Take-off stabilization

Notes from conversation with 'Dree today:

Chatted about taxi module idea. Also discussed this one.

problem - takeoff is a particularly stressful stage of RC flight.  The aircraft tends to veer off course.

solution - perhaps a magnetometer or IMU to provide feedback and stabilization during this phase, especially for wheeled models.

Something old, something new..

The old plane and the new fuselage

Here is the pic and video I mentioned in the last post.  The wings are intact but the impact broke the attachment to the fuselage.

The video below is what I got off the camera.  Even though the whole system was rained on for a few days everything still works.  The movie is quite dark for the first few minutes until the plane gains some altitude and then you can make out the street level.  Near the end there is a distinct outline of a nearby school so I can make out the path that it took.