Author: Spencer Gould
Dornier Seastar – Aircraft of the month
The Seastar comes from a very long linage of flying boat from Germany dating back to 1914.
The aircraft first flew in 1984 and has seating for 12. The controlling int rest in the design has gone through several hands and is currently held by Dornier Seawings.
The tractor / pusher arrangement is a staple of Dornier designs, this one uses PT6 turbo props.
They have a youtube channel for the aircraft at https://www.youtube.com/@dornierseawings4292
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Sea Level Performance
Archive video from the early 2000’s flying my Condor 8′ motor glider off the beach. True sea level performance. .40 Magnum 2 cycle engine using 15% omega fuel
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2006 Vintage FPV nitro motor glider
Found some old CD’s from 2006 with FPV footage where I was testing out the Black Widow AV FPV system. This was a good 8 years before FPV became mainstream.
Video playback and recording was on a RCA Lyra from Sharper Image.
This was a small fortune in gear that in less than a decade would be more capable at a fraction of the cost. Interesting to see how far the technology has come. Aircraft is a custom build I call the Florida Condor, 8′ span, .40 Magnum glow motor, Futaba 8UAPS on 72 mhz
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Cap 232 – Aircraft of the Month
The Cap 232 was made common to the American air show circuit by acrobatic pilot Mike Goulian.
This aircraft is also very popular with the RC acrobatic aircraft and is featured as one of the aircraft in Real Flight RC flight Sim.
The aircraft was developed from the Cap 21 (all made in France) and is also used by the French Air Force.
Like the Ultimate 300 there is likely way more RC aircraft of the Cap 232 then the real deal, bunch of videos on YT
The Great Planes Cap 232 (now a defunct company) plans are up on Outerzone if you want to build one
https://outerzone.co.uk/plan_details.asp?ID=10827
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3D Printed Wing Vase Mode Test
This is what all the testing is for. Testing out a NACA 63-618 Airfoil in Rhino / Cura for a Vase Mode Print. Also known as spiral mode.
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Rhino 3D Twist Command how 2
Legacy quick video in spanish from Arktos Tgo https://www.facebook.com/reel/609828974276121 Rhino
3D web site: https://www.rhino3d.com
3dConnexion simple & small Space Mouse: https://amzn.to/3U3Cbsf
3dConnexion fully loaded Space Mouse: https://amzn.to/3xNN8q8
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Chevy Sonic Dash Mount OBD2 Reader Review
Be able to easily read Coolant temp, Oil Temp and other engine vitals that may not be on your cars instrument cluster with this easy plug and play reader.
KGDHjuei OBD gauge = https://amzn.to/4cq4EzL
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Acapella 100 – Aircraft of the Month
My Amazon Cloud Photos had photos from this day 8/1 from the Oshkosh 2003 airshow I attended. In the photos was a few detail shots of the Acapella 100 home built aircraft.
Its based of a BD-5 Fuselage but sports a twin boom design and a large O-360 motor
Info is limited on this aircraft however there are a few sites & mentions:
https://1000aircraftphotos.com/Contributions/VanTilborg/10103.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bede_BD-5
https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1033836
I could find no YouTube videos on the Aircraft.
Last info I can find is its still at the Whitman airport in Wisconsin
A close up of the nicely contoured cowling over the O-360 Motor. Should note the original BD-5 only had a 70 hp engine on average, less than half the power of this one.
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OMA SUD Skycar – Aircraft of the Month
The OMA SUD Skycar was a unique twin engine pusher with a twin boom & hatchback feature made in Italy in the mid 2000’s
Info is limited on this unique aircraft, some reports noted that it was under powered and from what I can tell only the one prototype exist (reg I-SKY)
Some websites with more coverage
https://janes.migavia.com/ita/oma-sud/skycar.html
https://philip.greenspun.com/flying/oma-sud-skycar
I was not able to find any RC options, books or models of the skycar.
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