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Paraglider Oxy 1.0 from Opale

Flying4Nature’s team try to find, build and show you nice and fascinating flying RC-technology. I always was passionate about parachutes and paragliders. After a short performance-cost analysis I decided to buy the Oxy 1.0 (incl. the E Backpack XS) from “Opale Paramodels” (France), in my opinion, the best leading company in RC paragliders. Below you can watch a short flight HD video and few pictures. You find the complete Oxy 1.0 review HERE (technical data, more pictures and comments). Don’t hesitate to contact us for questions!

For new experiences on a slope (or E drive out of the plane) to give a try or buy. Relatively easy to build (for everyone with a little RC experience) the Backpack XS has very good instructions. For ESC and RX, as always, personal solutions must be found. The individual parts from G10 fiber are very precisely built/designed , you need not cut or saw. Adhesive is fortunately not necessary! Calibration of the wing is challenging (length of the brake lines that are connected to the two servos) in the first toss. If you already have a bit of RC flight experience, this can be overcome without problem as well. IMPORTANT: NOT TOO MUCH GAS during start up, be subtle! I set the two servos (CH1 and CH6) and motor CH3 to the Futaba T14 flying wing program. The end point of the channels CH1 and CH6 (backward tilt) is programmed from 100% to 0%. Thus, the servos only move forward; curve separately/individually or both at the same time for braking.

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Review Vitesse 3.0m

Winter flights with the Vitesse 3.0m E PNP (V1) from Dymond (Staufenbiel). Flying4Nature’s team built resp. assembled this E glider. After lot of not planned works and modifications (although PNP version) we flew the plane. Look at our evaluation and plane review HERE (technical data and pictures).

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Scale Bell AH-1W

First time in Ticino! Maiden flight of the new Bell AH-1W Super Cobra (700 size-electro by Roban) in Switzerland, model airfiled group of Mendrisio (http://gam2000.ch). Scale: 1:8 / Weight: 8kg / Lenght 1700mm / Pilot: Luca. Look at the complete HD video HERE.

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Black and White, Taser E PCM

Slope flying in Switzerland during a very cold day with North wind “Bise” (30-40km/h) in the countryside of Zürich (location Pfannenstiel). Carbon Taser Elektro from PCM (Podivine Composite Modellbau). With 539g (incl. 3S LiPo 800mAh) the perfect plane for this day. Look at the tecnical plane review here (with a lot of pictures).

This is the pure meaning of flying!

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Quadrocopter Blade 350 QX

Flying4Nature möchte nicht auf Copters einsteigen, aber für die bessere Dokumentierung unserer Fly-Locations und Plane-Reviews haben wir als Träger der treuen GoPro den Quadrocopter Blade 350 QX in unsere “Flugflotte” eingeführt. Hier ein paar neue Aufnahmen davon. Videos kannst Du in unserem YOUTUBE Channel geniessen und das Blade REVIEW here. Auf jedem Fall unsere Aufnahmen werden, wie gewohnt, schwergewichtig aus Seglern bzw. Motorseglern bleiben.

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Mini 3D GeeBee Balsa 600mm

The plane review of the new entry in the “air fleet” of flying4nature, the Mini GeeBee Balsa profile 600mm (230g incl. LiPo!!), is online. Motor Slowflyer 1400kv, Turnigy Micro Servo 5.5g/0.9g and Turnigy Mikro Regler 6A (buy from RLS-WINGS).

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TASER unplugged and electrical from PCM, review

The new plane review of the TASER UNPLUGGED and TASER ELEKTRO from PCM are online. F4N-Team built and flew this axtraordinary 2.0m full carbon gliders for you (unplugged version builded and flew by Philippe D., electrical builded by Martin K. and flew by Lorenzo).


Last year I [Philippe] found too many days with not enough lift for my slope ships so over the winter I wanted to build a light lift sloper that was tougher than a DLG and at least 2 metres span. After a lot of research, I made my decision…

The Taser Unplugged is a new creation from PCM in Austria. She was born out of a mixture of DLG and sloper DNA resulting in a very slippery and extremely light 2m ship that can fly in the lightest of lift but when the wind picks up can penetrate surprisingly well for a 2m ship with a flying weight of just 485g!
She is 100% carbon fibre from tip to tail and looks absolutely stunning for it.  All that carbon means a very, very lightweight model that flies a lot like a DLG. The model is manufactured to the absolute highest standards as we have all come to expect from PCM. All surfaces are cut and hinged at the factory meaning all you need to do is install the radio gear. One option that is left to the builder is the ailerons/flaps. They are supplied as one long, single flapperon like a DLG allowing you to choose the number of control surfaces. Seeing as the F4N team fly predominantly on the slope where flaps are a must to allow controlled landings (see the maiden video for a great example) I opted for both flaps and ailerons however those who want the lightest possible model can opt for a single control surface that means 2 less servos to carry.
I have opted for a 2 cell 850mAh LiFe battery that allows for a whole long afternoon on the slope without changing and is the perfect weight whilst avoiding the need for a UBEC.
More pictures by model reviews.
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New model reviews Camflyer Q, Zip33, Alex XXL, Beta and Alula

The new model reviews of ALEX XXL (Nan Models), CAMFLYER Q (Bormatec),  ZIP33V2 (Zaerotech), BETA (Topmodel CZ) and ALULA (Dream Flight) are online. The team of Flying4Nature build and flew this planes for you and reports about characteristics, performances and quality. Videos are here.

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Flying session Jeizinen 17.11.-18.11.12 (Wallis-Switzerland)

A wunderfull weekend with nice temparatures and unforgettable autumn coulors. Jeizinen and Untere Feselalp offer suitable locations to fly with gliders or electro gliders. Look at our new pictures and flycam videos.

Arcus Sport, Autumn flight, 17.11.12