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I have bought an APM2.5 autopilot and am getting close to having that ready it looks like it will fit in the glider ebay which I have slightly enlarged. Trying to sort out a couple of glitches but it looks promising. It can be switched between "manual", "stabilise" and "return to launch."...

I modified the Easystar to a v-tail and tried it out today flying in a strong gusty wind at the launch site. It was much less stable in the roll direction and it took quite a bit of work to keep it horizontal. But if I buy an autopilot for the v-tail glider this will give me something to test...

Really nice second launch aerostadt. Are you going to develop that any further eg RC?

Or I could put a balsa v-tail on my Easystar.

It sounds daunting Ari given my knowledge of programming and software is absolutely minimal. If I was to purchase an APM2.5 I would probably have to buy an electric v-tail glider as well to test it out before launching with the rocket glider. Sounds like quite a bit of money.

I am putting together an updated version of the glider. Here is a photo of the carbon fibre frame roughly assembled with filament tape at this point. I am waiting on some more carbon fibre, hinges and servos to complete it. The idea is to have room for electronics such as an autopilot around...

Thats the sort of thing i had been hoping to achieve with the Rogallo wing glider, but I am not past the 1000 foot mark yet! Hopefully it will make it on the next launch. Perhaps a Rogallo glider deployed from a booster would offer minimal drag for getting up to 10,000 as opposed to a fixed...

I have changed the colour of the wing to give better visibility. Changed the nose cone from home made to machined and modified it to take the 808 keychain camera. Also altered the tail mounting which had been held on by filament tape after a rough test glide landing. Currently we are in the...

I am under pressure now!

I just bought a 16gb micro sd card to replace the 2gb and the camera is now working. Ooops!

thanks for the suggestions Ari, Frank ,Luke

can anyone suggest a camera which is reliable?

back to the drawing board

sounds like it is just a matter of luck whether they work or not!

that seems like a possibility did you try another brand?

A very impressive fly past on final approach Frank

I have the basic instructions which came with it and followed a Youtube instruction video. The indicator light is flashing as it should when i press the buttons but nothing is recording on the SD card. Perhaps i need a different SD card to record video, this one is 2GB. Perhaps just a faulty...

Just wondering if anyone has used the #3 808 keychain camera? I have bought one to mount in the nose cone of the glider. I am following instructions but it doesn't seem to be saving anything on the 2gb SD card which I have inserted. I have saved a picture file on it from the computer and it...

Here is the video of the last 30 seconds of the glide. It had already been flying for about 37 seconds. Apologies for the quality of the video, will try to do better next time. And the landing speaks for itself...

We launched the glider again today and this was by far the best flight as far as duration was concerned though the height was 60ft less than the previous one. The booster climbed to 928ft(282 mr) and the glider deployed without a problem. I immediately applied uptrim and it settled into a slow...