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Posted on October 19, 2025

Strange battery performance

Conversion of sailplane to electric powered folding prop

Today I was testing a new power setup for an old sailplane. The results were strange and disturbing. The sailplane is one that I used to fly with my boys when they were entering their teenage years. And I'm thinking that even back then it was old - acquired second hand. We would either launch …

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Posted on July 12, 2025July 12, 2025

RC Plane Electric Motor Test Cart

Today a subscriber asked me to provide some photos and details for how I made my test cart. This is the one that I use to test thrust and current drawn on my electric motors used in my planes. Of course there are times that I just do it in the plane itself, but sometimes, …

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Posted on December 15, 2024January 14, 2025

How to program an ESC

Electric powered radio controlled models need something to control the motor. Somehow, a signal from your transmitter has to tell the plane or other model when to go, how fast to go, when to stop, etc. That's not as simple as it may seem. The motors that are used are fantastic, powerful little things, but …

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