That was a joy to watch. The constant needling, on the other hand, was something else. Almost a wanna be comic! ;) Good stuff and a great flying plane for sure.
Sure is nice to see wings that aren't rotating for once!!!! Man that miniquad phase sure lasted a while, I do enjoy multi rotors but like everything enjoy in moderation!!!! lol!! Top vid!
I know it's a old video but I still love it. I think it's a Great plane SPEKTRA , I still have my Great plane SPERIT ELITE and I just found the Great plane Power pod for it. Thanks for the show
Like your seance of humor Bruce. That red and white checkering looks good. Suggest to Gordon that instead of checkering text time he use solid polished mahogany. It may not fly but it would look beautiful hanging from the sealing. ;-)
I have one of these spectra gliders with the original color scheme! Its converted to brushless from a huge brushed motor and nicd cells to lipo. It flies pretty well actually.
I too converted a 20+ year old, 2m glider from DC motor & 10-pack NiCD pack to brushless+lipo. The model is not only hundreds of grams lighter but also gained a substantial power boost. This transformed the typical flights from 3-minute climb, 5 minute glide, with perhaps one or two climbs before recharging, to rocket-like, 30-second climbs, half-hour glides, rinse/repeat as desired. A single lipo charge lasts a full afternoon at the club, doing half-hour long flights. This glider will be half a century old next year (knock on wood) and is still going strong.
I'm surprised that no one mentioned the reverse prop and motor rotation! When seeing the prop on backward during setup, I expected to see not such a good fight of the old power glider! OH WAIT! I forgot this is down under so everything is reversed, like water goes down a drain in the opposite direction. Right ?😃👍
I overheard you saying that multirotor ESCs don't have brakes on them. Newer firmware for them now has brakes on them, for snappier response during freestyle stunts. I didn't know that they DIDN'T have brake on multirotor ESCs... Also nice to know that brake is a good thing for gliders. I'll set it on my AXN when I get one.
Primary turn is always on your right hand stick. Is that true? That's how I set mine up cause moving throttle wiggled the rudder if I put it on the left stick. Thanks!
Hi Bruce I know it's a old vid but I noticed the wing is not parallel with the tail? Does that matter? As I've just bought a bexster and that is the same and I've already glued it up
Is this Spectra glider from the same stable as the Electra ? it looks very similar and from my limited experience the Electra was a sweet lady, in fact this looks a lot like the gentle Lady also. This one is a beauty.
G'day, Harrrumph ! Them there young Whippersnappers don't know they're alive, what with their ARF Plastic Fantastic Whatevertheycall'ems...! Next, you'll have to build something out of Spruce & Bamboo, covered with Oiled Silk, and using a Compressed-Air Hargrave Rotary-Engine, with the Fuselage comprising a High-Pressure Reservoir of hand-soldered Brass Shim...; that'll teach them what *Real AEROMUDDLING is all about...!* ;-p Ciao !
Go to Amazon.com or EBAY. Type in the search box, driving caps! May I be the first to wish you a "HAPPY BIRTH DAY". ;-) I will turn 70 Dec. 26 at 7: 40 AM. Lets hear it for stylish "Grey Power"!
Nice video, but camera guy is very annoying and NOT entertaining! When a windbag like shows up at the field several of us pack up gear and go have coffee at local cafe.
Most ESCs have a "brake" facility which, when turned on, causes the motor to stop the propeller from freewheeling when the throttle is closed. The advantage of this (on a glider) is that it reduces the drag that the propeller causes. Oddly enough, a stopped propeller produces less drag than one which is freewheeling. So... turn on the brake and the plane will glide further and longer.
+xjet thank you, I am in my first year with this hobby, started with a cheap quad, then a racing quad with FPV, I how have 4 fixed wing including a J3, and a 1600 EPG, it had it's first flight at the weekend, I had noticed the fold back prop was still spinning with the power off... I will have to look into this Brake.. love your videos, you have taught me lots and made me smile, you're very funny, most of all you have shown me not to take the hobby too seriously and enjoy it, you gave me confidence to just do it so thanks.
the "young guy"... haha, he's very funny, the sound is the best bit, I don't even care he pronounces "e" as "i".. must be a southern hemisphere thing. .. dry humour, you either "git" it or you don't.
Really like this glider and the colour scheme is straight out of the 60s.
Hey, maybe Gordon will need a couple of seconds of sepia tone each time he features in a video. You know, just to settle him in. ;¬)
Great build and fly, pity about the helpers. Enjoyed it all Gordon well done and video as always fantastic
Good to see you guys with a real plane at last. Fixed wing forever.
enjoy watching you, Ron and Gordon having fun.
Great video as usual thank you
Glides beautifully! Well done
Nothing beats a Balsa Flyer!! SHWEEEET! Nice camera work.
Just built one of these from the GP Kit. Amazing flying sailplane.
It came gift wrapped from the hobby shop 👍awsome glider.
Great video 📹 effects! 👍 Loved the "old" effect at one point. 👌
In the "old days" we'd have an oily nitro engine in there and a tank of fuel. Usually that was plenty of ballast.
Quite pleasant to watch... with the volume turned off.
Nice upgraded old time powered glider.
lovely.. nice work Gordon, a proper job.
Nice plane Nice flight
Blind leading the blind being filmed by an incourageable old rogue. Well done fellas.👍👍👍👍👍
:-D
Are they only flying power models in that field?
I have an Aussie made Aeroflyte brolga that I still fly. the kit was brought by my father in 1983. It's a great plane
Reminds me of my Great Planes Spirit glider, 23 years old and still flies great
Thank you for promoting Croatia with those red and white checker.
Loved it!
That was a joy to watch. The constant needling, on the other hand, was something else. Almost a wanna be comic! ;) Good stuff and a great flying plane for sure.
Nice to see a proper plane fly.
Nice one Gordon
looks like my first glider in the 80's with cox0.49 power pod.
I had one, called "Gentle Lady." Best plane for learning how to fly, and how to build. Tower still sells them.
Sure is nice to see wings that aren't rotating for once!!!! Man that miniquad phase sure lasted a while, I do enjoy multi rotors but like everything enjoy in moderation!!!! lol!! Top vid!
Iv got one ov them iv had it for years was a fantastic flyer I'm going to have to get the old girl out now I'm inspired 👍🏼🇬🇧
I know it's a old video but I still love it. I think it's a Great plane SPEKTRA , I still have my Great plane SPERIT ELITE and I just found the Great plane Power pod for it. Thanks for the show
The new club hats the guys are wearing are very dapper indeed
That was beautiful.
Please there...let those guys enjoy themselves...they are happy and contented people...
Do a loop, do a roll. Low pass inverted @ 5:56, funny stuff!!!
Old school but still cool
1st. That is one awesome little glider. Very relaxing.
Going through the old ones now Bruce. 👍👍
I really like your mates caps. They are regular GQ models. I liked them so much that I ordered a black suede "Stetson" driving cap. ;-)
Just love this plane !
Like your seance of humor Bruce. That red and white checkering looks good. Suggest to Gordon that instead of checkering text time he use solid polished mahogany. It may not fly but it would look beautiful hanging from the sealing. ;-)
Nice plane, nice video.
Awesome ::D ... reminds me on my Mosquito .... just great those gliders
I have one of these spectra gliders with the original color scheme! Its converted to brushless from a huge brushed motor and nicd cells to lipo. It flies pretty well actually.
I too converted a 20+ year old, 2m glider from DC motor & 10-pack NiCD pack to brushless+lipo. The model is not only hundreds of grams lighter but also gained a substantial power boost. This transformed the typical flights from 3-minute climb, 5 minute glide, with perhaps one or two climbs before recharging, to rocket-like, 30-second climbs, half-hour glides, rinse/repeat as desired. A single lipo charge lasts a full afternoon at the club, doing half-hour long flights. This glider will be half a century old next year (knock on wood) and is still going strong.
This is why I bought myself a 2.2m glider. Just relaxed flying after a 4 min brain frying quad flight.
Still one of my favorite episodes..too funny!..:)
Grumpy old men! haha! love it!
You need a folding prop Gordon. I have one just like it, great flyer.
I still have one of these great fun
I'm surprised that no one mentioned the reverse prop and motor rotation! When seeing the prop on backward during setup, I expected to see not such a good fight of the old power glider!
OH WAIT! I forgot this is down under so everything is reversed, like water goes down a drain in the opposite direction. Right ?😃👍
“..now that’s real aeromodeling” 🧐
Need some plans for this one... Awesome no frills
Ficou muito bonito, vôo super dócil eim...
Lol old men in the schoolyard brilliant! 😄😄😄
That was fulth bro! Choice.
6:35 This plane has a CHECKERED past.
Gordon, tuck the part of the canopy that goes up on the wing UNDER the rubber bands. Still have my Spectra :)
That is lovely! Well done Gordon! Have you got any links to plans / more information?
J'aime bien ce planeur le Spectra
I love my gliders
Way kool men
Nice Croatian colors!!
I overheard you saying that multirotor ESCs don't have brakes on them.
Newer firmware for them now has brakes on them, for snappier response during freestyle stunts.
I didn't know that they DIDN'T have brake on multirotor ESCs...
Also nice to know that brake is a good thing for gliders. I'll set it on my AXN when I get one.
nice one gordi i would launch it with left hand and trani on right that elevater only needs 1mil either way well done felas
great deal on 9 gram servos
It's a bulsa wood radian!!
You really ride the old timers badly. One day they are going to put your camera where the sun doesn't shine! BTW, thanks for the laughs. 😁
Well done Gordon. Real nice flyer. Love the shape of that wing. Any chance of some measurements so we cn build on to.
Fun plane. It would be a much better video if the guy on camera would knock off the stand-up comic routine and just stick to video.
He should remove the gravel from the motor housing
Primary turn is always on your right hand stick. Is that true? That's how I set mine up cause moving throttle wiggled the rudder if I put it on the left stick. Thanks!
What motor and battery size are you using.... I'm soon to finish mine... But came with the original 540
good ole days 049 on a gentle lady at sun set
is the rudder the only way to turn since theres no ailerons
That surely brings back mammaries!
like my old GB gentle lady
that was a long time ago
I wonder if the prop is balanced because it sure sounds noisy like its rattling around.
Fixed wing Bruce?? What happened to Miniquads?? LOL. Lovely plane flight.
Lovely plane and flight.
Nice flying there..are you using the Radar and Elevator only..because I cant see any Aileron movement there...correct me if I am wrong..
Do you have ailerons?
What plane was that glider kits name??
What a great covering job 👏👍
Hi Bruce I know it's a old vid but I noticed the wing is not parallel with the tail? Does that matter? As I've just bought a bexster and that is the same and I've already glued it up
Whilst it is desirable for the wing and tailplane to be parallel, unless there's a huge angle, you simply won't notice any difference.
Thanks Bruce
It looks like a Spirit 100? BTW no folding prop?
Was this designed in the Check republic? Czech out that colour scheme though! Ah, yes, deffo a wonky empennage.
Bit sketchy but good flight
I'll take your "cold" winter over ours. looked rather balmy...
He should use the brake on his ESC....
the esc he used don't have a brake
A Chubby Checker pun?? (8:14) I'm not near old enough to get that sort of thing.
You guys need a small folding table
Airfield surgery... nice Ron.
spectra gliders still got plans online :I
Is this Spectra glider from the same stable as the Electra ? it looks very similar and from my limited experience the Electra was a sweet lady, in fact this looks a lot like the gentle Lady also.
This one is a beauty.
You can still buy the kit from Great Planes. :¬)
G'day,
Harrrumph !
Them there young Whippersnappers don't know they're alive, what with their ARF Plastic Fantastic Whatevertheycall'ems...!
Next, you'll have to build something out of Spruce & Bamboo, covered with Oiled Silk, and using a Compressed-Air Hargrave Rotary-Engine, with the Fuselage comprising a High-Pressure Reservoir of hand-soldered Brass Shim...; that'll teach them what *Real AEROMUDDLING is all about...!*
;-p
Ciao !
Great to see this, and where do we get those hats? I'll be 72 Monday so I need one!
Go to Amazon.com or EBAY. Type in the search box, driving caps! May I be the first to wish you a "HAPPY BIRTH DAY". ;-) I will turn 70 Dec. 26 at 7: 40 AM. Lets hear it for stylish "Grey Power"!
Thank you sir. I will check out the caps. Thinking of getting a leather helmet googles and scarf also. LOL
I know LOL is overused on the internet, but from 7:10 onwards I did it literally. :)
Do some stuff!
I enjoyed the video much more with the sound turned off. Couldn't stand the camera man's snappy drivel.
Are you rc model reviews?
I'm afraid so :-)
xjet haha I thought so. Same voice and you’re sooooo funny!!!!
well its not a glider they get towed up
"6 meters" sure haha
Nice video, but camera guy is very annoying and NOT entertaining! When a windbag like shows up at the field several of us pack up gear and go have coffee at local cafe.
121,385 subscribers yet still no profile picture can I ask why
Chatshit getbombed You are most welcome to ask WHY, but you won't get an answer
HSVXU6 Suzuki Hatch strange
tell me more about this ESC "brake".. and why would you need it ?
Most ESCs have a "brake" facility which, when turned on, causes the motor to stop the propeller from freewheeling when the throttle is closed. The advantage of this (on a glider) is that it reduces the drag that the propeller causes. Oddly enough, a stopped propeller produces less drag than one which is freewheeling. So... turn on the brake and the plane will glide further and longer.
+xjet
thank you, I am in my first year with this hobby, started with a cheap quad, then a racing quad with FPV, I how have 4 fixed wing including a J3, and a 1600 EPG, it had it's first flight at the weekend, I had noticed the fold back prop was still spinning with the power off... I will have to look into this Brake..
love your videos, you have taught me lots and made me smile, you're very funny, most of all you have shown me not to take the hobby too seriously and enjoy it, you gave me confidence to just do it so thanks.
+xjet
any help with "turning on the brake" would be gratefully received.
did you sort it out? For simple ESC's it may be done with the programming card applicable to that particular flavour of ESC
Seems like your jokes are wasted! haha
more condescending camera man know it all, loving the sound of his own voice.
condescension is not humor.
Are you for real or a troll?
for real... you idiot !!!
just listen you fool and you will notice the continuous crap
I had turn the sound off becouse that guy yakin ,god he never shuts up and not funny although he thinks he is .
This probably isn't the channel for you then :-)
the "young guy"... haha, he's very funny, the sound is the best bit, I don't even care he pronounces "e" as "i".. must be a southern hemisphere thing. .. dry humour, you either "git" it or you don't.