Category Archives: DLG

808 camera fun

Richard (he of Expressfly) pushed one of these things in my hands, saying that I would really like to have one.. Never one to argue with something being put in my hands to try, I soon realised what fun this … Continue reading

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Build a Blaster

I’m building another one, and this time will try to document things. This one will have a fixed rudder, as per the latest thinking. (Birds don’t have rudders, do they?) In order to add the rudderless fin, I need to … Continue reading

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Long weekend, lots of flying!

..but most of all, I managed to fly the Bonzai, even though it is not quite finished. I reasoned I had enough of the basic stuff ready to give it a go. During the day we had frequent showers and … Continue reading

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Saturday morning, slope time!

Picture above looking west from the road. (messing around with a new phone-camera, so don’t look for artistic images) There was a mild breeze, broken clouds, but chilly enough. I took the DL50, and many good long flights were made, … Continue reading

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Spinning Birdy

Finally got them. Even managed to almost finish one already. I took it out tonight to get it used to the fresh air Colour sheme?? I only had a bit of red and blue, and just enough yellow for the … Continue reading

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What now?

I’ve been throwing planes in the air for a few weeks now, got all the gizmo’s to tell me ‘how high’, ‘what wind speed’ etc etc, and start to wonder, ‘am I doing this right?’ On a totally windstill evening … Continue reading

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