Flying Flea Mini Glider. Maiden Flight.

[@Tahmazoheli_1989]

So cute. They fly slowly. Pood shells, louse in the sky. So soothing.

[@barkebaat]

1:08 , 1:27 -- ... and the way you Brits park your boats on the river-mud never ceases to surprise a foreigner :-)

[@nonoyorbusness]

That's an estuary surely even you foreign fellows have them, egad sir!

[@barkebaat]

@@nonoyorbusness : Estuary? Estuary? I'll have you know; In my country we have proper rivers who know how to behave themselves. We leave our boats afloat and expect to find the so when we return, thank you very much. None of this mudlarking in Norway I can assure you. Good day!

[@nonoyorbusness]

@@barkebaat So you can a fiord it!

[@barkebaat]

@@nonoyorbusness : Fjord it if you can afford it :-)

[@nonoyorbusness]

@@barkebaat No it's to expensive, stick with the mud!

[@boballoon]

Great model John, I've thought about building a Flying Flea many times, but never managed it. I like your method of getting a reasonable CG location with the extended nose weight.

[@SlopeRCGliders]

Thank you, it was a laser cut kit so I didn’t want to mess around lengthening the fuselage. Putting a weight out front seemed like a good solution.

[@robertkeddie]

@@SlopeRCGliders I assumed it was a tiny camera and was waiting to see the footage...

[@scottallen2190]

@@SlopeRCGliders What kit?

[@jasmijnariel]

What a fun little thing. I can see it with a little cox engine on it as well

[@LWJCarroll]

Cool as I have been watching KZbin videos on the full size ones after the design error on the original was corrected. There is a very nice looking side by side two seater composite available and the single seat microlight version looks and flies really well. I cant recall what the design “fix” but you should be able to Google that info. Thanks. Laurie. NZ. 😊

[@fox5136]

Excellent, a little smaller than the giants you fly. But just as impressive.

[@NickChittyFlying]

Lovely We had some cracking weather recently ❤

[@petermach8635]

Yikes, it's a twitchy wee beastie, definitely one to keep a close eye on ......... but nicely flown, as always !

[@babbonatale4223]

Soooooo sweet!!! ❤

[@associatedblacksheepandmisfits]

Floaty weather ! Nice one guys😊

[@craigwall9536]

Not many people know that it was Ed Heath that built the glider version of the Pou du Ciel. Mignet had nothing to do with it.

[@paulkrapp]

This is such a relaxing video. 😴😴 And that's a good thing! 😃👍

[@karlhawley342]

hi John,karl here looks like you might be on vacation somewhere that's a cute little plane🙋🏻🇺🇸😃

[@SlopeRCGliders]

I’ve recently moved house, so this is one of my new local slopes.

[@karlhawley342]

@@SlopeRCGliders hi John is that new slope very far from your old slope you say you moved home, good 👍🇺🇸🙋🏻

[@SlopeRCGliders]

I moved about 2 hours drive from the old slope, so probably won’t ever go back there to fly. But my new house is fantastic. It’s twice the size of the old one and has a lovely river at the bottom of the garden. Have been doing lots of model boats, canoeing, fishing etc.

[@astircalix4126]

Well done John! This Aircraft ( le Pou du ciel) was designed in the 1950's by Jean Lafarge a former French inventor. It never stalls like any conventional airplane so it was considered the safest of its type.Warning : @lbninja0 has brought light on my mistatake : "Sorry but le.pou du ciel is born by Henri Mignet in 1932 in France. You can find plan in his book “Le sport de l’air” published in 1934. The book is still available by the way".

[@lbninja0]

Sorry but le.pou du ciel is born by Henri Mignet in 1932 in France. You can find plan in his book “Le sport de l’air” published in 1934. The book is still available by the way

[@rjung_ch]

@@lbninja0 I found it on Wiki and first flight was in 1933. Thanks guys for helping me answer I had.

[@eriklapparent4662]

Mr Henri MIGNET would have much appreciated this model . Have you read his book? At the begining of the Pou du Ciel,several crashes occured,and the plane was grounded by Administration. So the Pou was sent to the French Flight Test Center for evaluation,and investigations proved that design was safe for flying,but the instructions of designer Mr MIGNET were not correctly applied by some amateur builders. Anyhow,sincere congrats and cheers for your beautiful model.

[@SlopeRCGliders]

I haven’t read his book. I will have to see if I can find a copy..

[@DennisMetelev]

New location... 👍

[@GNARGNARHEAD]

that's wonderful

[@moresco63]

This model of your invention is very cute

[@iskraivan7431]

Veliki pozdrav iz Slovenije 🇸🇮♥️♥️♥️👏👍💪

[@JohnWilliams-iw6oq]

What a beautiful little plane but you put the wrong wing on the back lol

[@erickbaccus6042]

Le Pou du Ciel (Henri Mignet) en PSS. Je ne l'avais encore jamais vu ! 😀

[@CliffHarveyRCPlanes]

That was fun 😁👍

[@timgarrett203]

And now for something…completely different…🧐👏😊

[@barkebaat]

Nice day, nice sixpence, nice hill, quirky plane. What's not to like?

[@alexisscott9573]

Hi john, that is wonderful, it looks like you modified and standard flea, are you aware there was a glider flea? it has a slightly longer nose that would mean you might not need the cg pole out front, I can email you the articles on the real Pou planuer if you don't have them already.

[@SlopeRCGliders]

I wasn’t aware there was a glider version. I did think about lengthening the fuselage nose, but it was a laser cut kit so didn’t want to change the design too much.

[@alexisscott9573]

@@SlopeRCGliders it looks like youtube wont allow me to share the links I have on the Pou Planuer

[@HighStartAeronautics]

That is a cutie.

[@grub1962]

Awesome john... Just floating along :) I am guessing that the main front wing acts as the canard ? Very Cool.

[@SlopeRCGliders]

Unlike the real Flying Flea, this one has a fixed front wing and all moving rear wing.

[@brianamato1078]

Looks like some "Lazy Bee" in its DNA. Is there?

[@marcellagrand1322]

Very nice John ,what's the thing on the front 😊

[@SlopeRCGliders]

It’s just a way of getting the nose weigh nicely far forward without redesigning the fuselage.

[@Cgraseck]

Cool. Is it just rudder controlled? Cheers, Chris

[@SlopeRCGliders]

The whole back wing moves as an elevator. But I was trying to fly with minimal elevator input as it seemed to have some really odd characteristics if you touched the controls.

[@windy488]

Cute! Is this plan built or a kit John?

[@SlopeRCGliders]

I got it as a laser cut kit from the Romsey swap meet. It took quite a bit of experimenting to get it to fly okay. Even now it still has some odd habits.

[@windy488]

@@SlopeRCGliders just like the real thing then!

[@rjung_ch]

Now how does that steer around? Does the top front wing move up and down? Didn't see any control surfaces. Didn't see anything in the description either. Please, you must explain or show some picture if possible, amazing light looking build as well. Thanks to both of you 👍💪✌

[@habbi1974]

looks like full flying stabilizer or stabilator (the back wing) and the rudder also is also moving its entire surface

[@rjung_ch]

@@habbi1974 someone below mentioned it's name, Mignet Pou-du-Ciel. Thanks!

[@SC-nw7nj]

Quick, little, almost predictive movements needed for this one? Larger ones look much easier to fly ?

[@SlopeRCGliders]

Yes definitely. Generally the bigger they are, the easier they are to fly.

[@beegee22]

Sweet little Pou de Ciel! Is that a balancing weight on the rod in front? 👍👍👏👏❤❤

[@SlopeRCGliders]

Yes it is. It works well but is a bit vulnerable.

[@petrokemikal]

John !! Could you recommend a glider for very small slope soaring, im talking an embankment or the likes.. Reason Im asking is because I got kicked off my local slope and theres no other one anywhere near me.. So I guess im regulated to psuedo slope flying..

[@gabrielsangnier8463]

Un pou du ciel Henry Mignet

[@av8153]

Is that the plane that controls pitch with the front wing?

[@SlopeRCGliders]

Yes it is.

[@rong1924]

Sorry but WTF? That's an odd little flyer.

[@Makes-and-Mods]

Lovely to watch John, I'm a big fan of quirky. Thanks to you and yours for the film. I'd love to know what the wee thing poking out front is? Joe.

[@SlopeRCGliders]

Hi there Joe. The original kit had a motor mounted out above the nose. The fuselage is so short it was impossible to get enough weight inside to balance it. I simply mounted some lead weight on a pole out the front of the nose.