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“B-26 Marauder – Sfortunato collaudo” Martin B-26 Marauder unlucky maiden flight and total crash. Builder and Pilot (from the video credits) Beppe Ghisleri. What a loss!

When the well know Ettore Quenda is involved the level of craftsmanship is at the top! Of course, a big team supported him. You see the credits in the video.

A first review of the Asgard ADC Fly Test. True airspeed for the RC enthusiast.

On Sunday 27th May we tested a SkyEye equipped with an Asgard Air Data Computer and an 8 mm Pitot-Static probe, no mishaps to report. To interface with the ADC, we used the Android Air Data Bridge application. Weather and company were lovely, and wind rarely exceeded ten kph. We Read more…

Team building is a lovely activity! Language is essential! We’ve used deutschdrang.com  resources for German learners. The website is awesome!

“Acoustic methods have been used for detecting blockages in pipes and even the ears of newborn babies for many years. The study, published in Journal of Aircraft, set out to discover if similar methods could be used for real aircraft Pitot tubes” Read more…

Air data measurement using do-it-yourself material has been the obsession of Basic Air Data Project since the very beginning.  How to simplify a well-proven design to be useful for makers? Seven years ago we released to the internet a straightforward design for a pitot-static tube, along the time we also published Read more…

We’ve posted a getting started guide for GPS Logger. We’ve exceeded the 67 K installations!

From the Guinness World record website a new RC speed record. “Blink and you’ll miss it. German airplane pilot Niels Herbrich has officially broken the record for the Fastest remote-controlled jet-powered model aircraft (RC), after his handiwork achieved an incredible speed of 749.221 km/h (465.544 mph).” Continue reading …