Scavenging lift off a mountainside with the Biller 2
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@CookeCraft5 ай бұрын
Daniel, your older content is gold. Really enjoyed this one. Take care
@recommit9 жыл бұрын
Great video. My Hang gliding instructor taught me to always watch your surroundings, water, smoke, trees - you get the idea. They will tell you the wind strength, direction, gusts and wind shadowing from terrain. You could see on your final attempt to get lift from close to the hill, the light bushes were not moving. Pretty good sign that wind strength was gone and lift went with it. Your setup is pretty impressive. I look forward to more of these.
@yellowbluerc50479 жыл бұрын
can we get a quick vid of the solar powered plane? like an update or a sneak peak
@yellowbluerc50479 жыл бұрын
***** YEAH im really interested in this, mygeekshow is going to build something like this too and i want to know how hard it is
@Marten..9 жыл бұрын
I would love to visit the United States one day, and maybe meet you :D really enjoying your content, even tho i've never flown an aircraft before! greetings from Germany, Marten
@Noircogi9 жыл бұрын
Thanks for posting this Daniel! I grew up along the Wasatch front but moved away 20 years ago. Back in the 80s, I used to slope soar from point of the mountain all the time.
@28th_St_Air9 жыл бұрын
Outstanding Daniel!!! So cool to see you taking FPV to slope soaring and that you are getting into more glider flying. Looking forward to seeing your solar wings.
@DutchRC9 жыл бұрын
Nice man :) I wish I had hills like that over here :) Very enjoyable video again! Cheers
@3deeguy9 жыл бұрын
A solar glider? That's worth a subscription.
@hotliner9 жыл бұрын
... nice flight :-) ... you inspire me to do this with my Bixler next time maybe ;-)
@markhondaturbo9 жыл бұрын
Man, I can't wait to see your new projects. Mainly the solar powered plane. Keep it up, Daniel.
@martinba779 жыл бұрын
Very nice video Daniel, looking forward to learn more about your solar powered model! Cheers!
@mohannadmalik53739 жыл бұрын
Do you know what's so funny? ... I turned HD quality preparing to enjoy the fpv video XD
@navigator9029 жыл бұрын
Will be very exciting to see the new plane your building .... thoroughly enjoyed this flight...exciting performance. Solar plane want to see it fly.
@nickshortie9 жыл бұрын
Love to watch your Videos! They're just great! Keep going on please! Cheers!!!!
@Fluburtur8 жыл бұрын
This beeping brings back nice memory of my dad paragliding. If my current wing turns out to glide well I will ask him to try to fly two-seated so I can control the plane from the paraglider, since he knows how to find thermals and slope wind this could go on for quite some time
@rcplanes31318 жыл бұрын
Nice flight and very professional video ! I have to think of setup like that for my Bixler 2 ! :)
@fpvkernow26529 жыл бұрын
There is a technique used in gliding that reduces your altitude very quickly. It's call side slipping and it's where you cross the controls so it's the opposite of a coordinated turn. You hold the attitude with a mixture of elevator, aileron and rudder. I've used it before on my Hobbyking ASK-21! It works fantastically well! I'll see if I can find a video on it.
@autooptiks8188 жыл бұрын
I'd really like to see footage from slope soaring Mt. Olympus! That would be amazing. I used to live in that area - I can't think of any parks but you might be able to find a place to takeoff/land along Wasatch Boulevard or up in the Olympus Cove neighborhood. It's kinda tough with 215 right there though.
@actioncircus19 жыл бұрын
I would love to come and meet you!
@genesfpv8 жыл бұрын
I did some unpowered slope soaring with the Bixler as well not long ago. It glides pretty well, even in fairly light conditions.
@jeffmorris25209 жыл бұрын
Well done. Got me interested in the plane (a lot) and all the other gear (to varying degrees). I'm in Wyoming, but just over the border from you (yes, the place in SLC Punk). Really nice West-facing hill starts about 100 yards from my house. Liked your video on the Quanum V2s as well. I've ordered the V2s, Fatshark Base(s?), 5ghz transmitter and receiver. What I lack is a DVR and a long range RC setup like the Dragon Link - as well as 2.4 ghz video transmitter and receiver for when I switch video over from 5 ghz. I'll be watching your videos and others to decide what to get for those. Your videos are well done and low-key (relaxing, even) and hold special interest for me because I live so close and usually have very similar flying conditions. Question: Have you found you can use an inch-larger props than the folks at sea level? I've found on my tricopter that I can go from 8x4.5s to 9x4.7s and get the same performance and motor loads as the people using 8x4.5s at lower altitudes. It actually doesn't fully make up for the less dense air, even on paper, as I fly at 6800 ft ground level (11.4 psi average atmospheric pressure compared to 14.65 at sea level). Not going to push it any further as less dense air is also less effective at cooling electrical things like motors and ESCs. I've typed too much. Just meant to say "good job."
@TrondKlock9 жыл бұрын
you make great entertaining videos.. keep em coming :-)
@trygvemedhus44959 жыл бұрын
Great video! Supriced that you didn't get more lift...
@joelluckenbaugh75638 жыл бұрын
"They're held in by toothpicks" lol sounds reliable
@jflight16919 жыл бұрын
I'm shocked, instead of the standard "thanks for watching, bye" we got an "Adios" Truly, this is a new evolution in rctestflight. lol
@slodays11589 жыл бұрын
Wow! Pretty cool.
@bruceme1019 жыл бұрын
You commented in the video about "odd sink" in the same place there was lift a few minutes before. You where in a thermal, it moved on and left you in sink. Slopes often kick thermals. The surest indication of a thermal on any sunny day is unusual sink. Push through (nose down) the sink and you should find the lift.
@tr4nscend9 жыл бұрын
Love your videos
@lougedo079 жыл бұрын
Nice! welcome back again, love the narrated fpv videoas as i commented u before, adios!
@ehvlullo9 жыл бұрын
Great flight! Really interested in the solar plane
@MrTimmyGT9 жыл бұрын
Sweet! Looking forward to camera reviews, I really want a gopro but I just don't have the money right now.
@mentuemhet9 жыл бұрын
Hey man, if you go to Esprit Models you'll find top notch gliders for thermaling. I'm poor, going to college on August, so, I can't afford these planes. Yeah, I've never seen a solar powered RC plane on the market yet. Maybe you'll be the first? If that goes well quit school so you can make the big $ on that endeavor. Gosh, I can still hear that ringing noise! Anyways, I liked the video. I did see some hiking trails.
@Karlemilstorm9 жыл бұрын
If you ever come to Denmark you are invited to come fly with me :)
@seanbogaard5294 жыл бұрын
We can hear the vario, love your vids.
@dvnstone9 жыл бұрын
Great stuff man,,,, appreciate it!
@JaleelJohanson628 жыл бұрын
Definitely go with the HD camera view for the video. The video got dramatically better with the HD camera and the nose shot of the plane...
@extansegura9 жыл бұрын
thanks for your videos Daniel, can you comment on how much output power you are getting from the solar wings?
@TilmanBaumann9 жыл бұрын
Pretty amazing performance. Now imagine this with a less draggy plane.
@BurnastyProd.9 жыл бұрын
Let's get Daniel to 50k!!!!
@terminatord49 жыл бұрын
rctestflight Nice flying Daniel...MyGeekShow is also building a solar powered glider...Your probably aware of Solar Impulse...There flying a solar powered plane around the world right now...How about a sneak peak at your solar glider??? Please?
@DickGibson9 жыл бұрын
Very nice! What is you impression of the HK mini OSD? Way kool man
@rctestflight9 жыл бұрын
***** Its well worth the money
@SkillfullyBlind9 жыл бұрын
when youre doing the firmware update on the OSD, can you make a video of it? ive heared there is some soldering and some spesific software you need to use to update it.
@Slypilotguy9 жыл бұрын
Thanks that was amazing
@johngraboski7 жыл бұрын
Great vid! WOWa! and hello, you got a 2-3m soaring glider the delivers the best bang for the buck? link please and thanks!!
@luca_storani9 жыл бұрын
Awesome!
@TheTonstar19 жыл бұрын
COOL VID
@jeffmorris25209 жыл бұрын
Oh also, has anyone successfully used a folding prop with the Bixler 2? Or does the regular prop create so little drag it isn't worth worrying about?
@AscottSauce9 жыл бұрын
I didn't quite catch what video transmitter you had....?
@brucebfd8 жыл бұрын
very very cool
@marckart669 жыл бұрын
Probably a silly question but have you ever flown that far and crashed for what ever reason?
@czettner4 жыл бұрын
Same struggles as a paraglider :)
@lagman89089 жыл бұрын
Is there an altitude limit at which you can fly in your location? In my region it's 450m relative to ground which is really limiting.
@Aaron_b_c9 жыл бұрын
You're in slc? neat.
@badkeene9 жыл бұрын
Can you show me how you connected the Mini Osd :) ? , Did you also update the firmware or is it just right out of the box ?
@jbgood76944 жыл бұрын
I'd like to see hikers and animals
@CODXp3rt8 жыл бұрын
Does the HK mini OSD come with the altitude reading or did you have to add that on?
@BlueBluby7 жыл бұрын
Bro do you even Lift!
@klingerrc83429 жыл бұрын
Biller 2? (sorry, description error ocd...)
@Len020139 жыл бұрын
If anyone is interested kapteinkuk has put up diy variometer on rcgroups. Its just a ardunio and air pressure sensor and few resistors, works well and does the same job (and is cheap). Although last few thermals I caught were just watching apm/osd and had no dedicated vario
@twardysiusiak9 жыл бұрын
YOU DO NOT HAVE A PROBLEM WITH MOTOR, BUT WITH ESC - SET THE TIMING TO FAST
@urbanmuller1395 жыл бұрын
Hi, I know this is an old video but what altimeter is that? I can't seem to find a similar one
@mrdoney20019 жыл бұрын
I just bought the L1D variometer.
@mrdoney20019 жыл бұрын
Glenn Doney For those considering purchasing, the thorough L1D Variometer Manual is located at www.dronesvision.net/en/index.php?controller=attachment&id_attachment=19 .
@birdseyeview15439 жыл бұрын
Lego's for Wings please!
@katherineservheen5829 жыл бұрын
I could hear the variometer... Also you misspelled "Bixler" in the description.
@rcaddict45189 жыл бұрын
Nice
@RoyceMeredith9 жыл бұрын
I appreciate the inches climbed figure... I can never figure out feet or meters 😉
@thecaptain61488 жыл бұрын
Damn, wrong Bixler.
@pagani89 жыл бұрын
Can you still buy the L1D variometer?
@ThePorkyPilotShow9 жыл бұрын
What FPV gear do you use ?
@wes46528 жыл бұрын
Check your description
@mathiaschristensen17039 жыл бұрын
Which module do u use in our dominators?
@markorc99268 жыл бұрын
whats your range on a 2.4ghz crosshair?
@kylehassett38418 жыл бұрын
"Hill" in Texas that's called a mountain
@locouk9 жыл бұрын
Sell your small memory cards and replace them with 32gb + ones, there's no getting them mixed up and loosing footage then.
@Federico994__7 жыл бұрын
hello!! that engine mount? thanks
@lennartvm72029 жыл бұрын
What variometer did you use? Or did you make a DIY variometer?
@Sikorsky669 жыл бұрын
Lennart van Maarseveen i think he said it was from team black sheep.
@FredBD9 жыл бұрын
Lennart van Maarseveen Yes it's the TBS Variometer
@lennartvm72029 жыл бұрын
Pavel Lagun Thanks
@lennartvm72029 жыл бұрын
Freddie B-D thankyou
@DerekDeVere9 жыл бұрын
Is 900mhz good for soaring like this?
@elmardus9 жыл бұрын
***** 900MHz can penetrate objects better than on 1.2. 5.8 is what's pretty useless if you want to fly behind things. The only problem with 900mhz is that the antenna's are HUGE, and it's illegal in most of europe.