Author: Spencer Gould

ELA 10 Eclipse – Aircraft of the month

/ Spencer Gould

This month was kind of a head scratcher to find an aircraft to cover, going back to my LSA Expo 2018 coverage https://gouldaero.com/aviation-events-destinations/florida-events/lsa-expo-2018-sebring/ I came across an auto gyro I took quite a few pictures of, the10 Eclipse by ELA Aviacion ELA is based out of Cordoba Spain selling ready to fly Auto Gyro’s.

This type of Auto Gyro with a 2 blade main rotor and fairly slim profile makes it easy to transport and store in a trailer. The slow flight speeds can open up all kinds of flight adventures.

For the US market see https://elaaviation-us.com/ for details, looks like they are based out of Okeechobee FL

The composites work on this bird was truly impressive and the metallic green color I still remember to this day.

The tandem cockpit was quite ergonomic

impressive looking tail feathers

2 Blade main mast

Show special price and build sheet, good thing I took this photo to get the name of the aircraft.

Quite a few YouTube videos on the 10 Eclipse:

I could find no RC options for the 10 Eclipse, in fact RC auto gyros are very rare, I built a scratch built one around 20 years ago, here it is next to my Century 30 hawk RC Helicopter, It flew well but needed a better rotor system for more durability.

DCP_8473

A few plans options on Outerzone: https://outerzone.co.uk/search/results.asp?keyword=autogyro

one of the few RC turn key Auto Gyro options is the Durafly Auto-G2V2 from Hobby King:

https://hobbyking.com/en_us/durafly-pnf-auto-g2-v2-gyrocopter-w-auto-start-821mm.html

Durafly (PNF) Auto-G2 V2 Gyrocopter w/Auto-Start 821mm

Flightory 3D printed Aircraft – Company Spotlight

/ Spencer Gould

By now most of us know Planeprint and Eclipson but I just found a 3rd option for highly vetted & detailed 3D printed aircraft files in a payware option.

Flightory offers several UAV / FPV dedicated options including the stingray shown in the picture above, a flying wing with an intergraded quad copter VTOL option.

Check it out in action:

There YouTube channel has a good collection of how 2 and demo videos

Hipp’s Superbirds J-3 Kitten – Aircraft of the Month

/ Spencer Gould

The J-3 Kitten is a cub inspired US Ultralight with an empty weight of under 254 Lbs. It features a single seat and tube and fabric construction. First Flight was in 1986.

Power comes from a Rotax 277 / 28 hp or similar power.

Plans are still available on: https://buildandfly.shop/product/j3-kitten/

The J-3 Kitten has decent YouTube coverage:

For RC options Outerzone has one hit on the search:

https://outerzone.co.uk/plan_details.asp?ID=14993

No hits directly for the J-3 Kitten but plenty for the J3 Cub

J3 Cub Airplane Weathervane

J-3 Cub Airplane “Live to Fly” Vintage Pilot T-shirt T-Shirt

J3 RC Plane, 5 Channel RC Airplane

J-3 Cub Pilot Front with Floats Vinyl Sticker

New STEM resources from Ms. Elizabeth Miller

/ Spencer Gould

Ms. Miller sent me a few new STEM resources for the readers of the Web Site:

https://datascienceprograms.com/careers/how-to-become-a-data-scientist/
https://digitalmarketingdegree.org/digital-marketing-bootcamps/
https://aifwd.com/education/masters-in-machine-learning-online/
https://californiadegrees.org/information-technology/masters-in-data-science/

They Will also be added to the Link’s Page and the STEM Page

Sling – High Wing – Aircraft of the Month

/ Spencer Gould

The Sling High Wing is a recent E-AB kit plane available from Sling Aircraft. First Flight was at the end of 2020. The first time it actually cut through the noise is when I saw it in a recent Trent Palmer video where N669JP was flying along with Trent’s new Cub on an Idaho adventure. An N number look up let me know the aircraft make & type. Being very familiar with the general Kit Plane offerings this one was rather unique having a slick fuselage, a Tail Wheel configuration and fairly new construction. I knew it was way to big to be a Jabiru and not the right shape to be a Glasair 2+2.

MoJoGrip’s YouTube Channel has been a great ambassador for the Sling TSi where I learned a lot about there low wing aircraft.

The HW is offered in a tail wheel or nose wheel configuration. uses a Rotax 915 iS for power.

Main Web Page: https://slingaircraft.com/aircraft/sling-hw/

Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sling_Aircraft_Sling_HW

Some Additional Articles & Resources:

Sling High Wing

Sling High Wing

Quite a few YT videos for the HW:

Beyond what could be offered on the Sling web site I did not see any Books, Models or other Merch related to the aircraft.