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3600 ft. MSL with my R/C glider today!

Great flight! I had shelved my glider a while back and recently brought it back out. I have GPS telemetry and the ultimate goal is to have video as well and fly "under a blanket". This has been a 4 year project (not consecutive) and I am trying once again to get both GPS and video working together.

Anyway, I have been having problems with the recorder unit that sits in the glider for the last few weeks and was finally able to get things sorted out Friday.

I'm happy with the results today, although I broke two wires at the field this morning, but fortunately, one of the guys had a butane soldering iron. The artificial horizon is still problematic, but at least I can feel good about getting the video working again...









BTW, at the altitude I was flying today, I fly with the the big guys (private and corporate).

I noticed one of my horizontal stabs was funny on take off today, but still flew for 37 minutes. Upon landing, I noticed that the right stab was cracked.
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