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RC Paraglider OXY 1.0

Finally a new post! After 1 year in Italy for work and less time for flying, I could spend a week in “my mountains”, the Swiss Alps. I enjoy the vacations time with my RC paraglider OXY 1.0 from Opale (CLICK for review and tecnical specs) in the region of Jeizinen (Gampel).

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Ultegra E from DJI F450

Short flight in Switzerland (region of Geneva) filming the Ultegra E (PCM) from the DJI F450. Subscribe for news our YOUTUBE channel, if you like it!

DJI F450  Ultegra EDJI F450

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“Oldtimer” flying with Oly II

Soaring with the Oly II from Skybench (3CH balsa e-glider) in the region of Nyon (Switzerland). Look at the review of flying4nature HERE.

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Alula test flights

Some launches and landings (incl. some nice catches) with our DLG specialist Phil and his Alula Evo from Dream-Flight. Look at the plane review HERE. Soon is also coming the review of the new plane of Dream-Flight, the DLG Libelle. Follow us for news!

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Taser E in warm slope

Enjoying the warm sommer air in the Swiss Alps on 1500 ASL (Jeizinen – look at the maps, specs an pictures of the fly location HERE) with 550g carbon of the TASER E from PCM (Podivine Composite Modellbau).

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Oly II from Skybench

(by Philippe) A nice evening flight with flying4nature’s ‘big old girl’ the Oly II from Skybench.
You will see a mass of black clouds climbing over the Jura mountains towards ‘home field’ and then Mont Blanc in the background over the far side of Lac Leman. 15 minutes after the flight the black clouds rolled in bringing thunder, lightning and torrential rain. I was very glad to get all that wood safely indoors in time!


The Oly II is an evolution of the Olympic II designed and kitted by Airtronics in 1970. Since she was a huge hit in the 70’s and 80’s, Skybench have done a little tweaking and modernising and the end result is a very fine flying 100″ RE woodie.
Mine is a post 2006 kit using bang up to date electronics and a brushless motor meaning she truly is a fly anywhere, anytime bird.
Some people say that the additional weight of the motor makes the Oly II fly better now than the earlier designs but I am too young to be able to compare. Phew!
Onboard filming was done with a Mobius camera in 1080p at 30fps.

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Spring flight with Taser E

Spring flight with the Taser E from PCM (Podivine Composite Modellbau) in Switzerland-Pfannenstiel (countryside of Zürich). Very nice F5J glider (550g incl. 800mAh 3S Lipo). Look at the complete plane review HERE and the description of the fly location HERE.

Nice landing at 04:50!

 

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“Pure” flying4nature

Flight with the glider BETA 2.3m (from Topmodels CZ) – carrying  the GoPro –  in the Swiss Alps with a long landing in snow. Look also at our new FLICKR channel.

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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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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.