Designer of Le Fish aerobatics glider, promoter of all forms of slope aerobatics, and lover of the joys of R/C slope soaring.
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Aeromod Voltij with Madstab Mod
A neat video from longtime friend and fellow traveler Phil Taylor. He’s finished modifying his Aeromod Voltij to use a Madstab, and...
BPLR is back! Madslide 2021
The slope soaring bug may go into remission, but you are never fully cured. It’s so wonderful to see Benoit flying a new edition of...
CB Jet flown by Eric Poulain
The latest iteration of the very cool CB Jet, flown here by Eric Poulain. These are some of the sweetest flying jet models I’ve...
Plastic Love
Third week with the Excalibur and she’s not dead yet! Getting pretty dialed in at this point, and been fortunate to have a string...
Prozack dans la Drôme
A new perso project from Jérémie Badel in France, the Prozack is a 1.8m 620g all composite VTPR glider. This video shows it flying in...
Lovely precision aerobatics from the UK
Graham Woods sent in this very lovely video of some precision aerobatics flying on a beautiful Spring day. Enjoy!
Week 2 with the Excalibur
Getting more comfortable with the Excalibur in my second week of flying it in California. Wind was about 16mph, but slicing across the...
Orcrist in the Snow
Mike Seale from the UK designed and built his own Excalibur-inspired glider which he calls the Orcrist. Here he’s putting the...
Getting to know the Excalibur
First GoPro session with the Excalibur VTPR glider. Wind was about 8-10mph, just enough for the glider to feel comfortable. Taking it...
First Excalibur flights in the USA
History has been made with the first Excalibur flights in the USA. The wind was a marginal 7mph, but it was enough to get the CG pretty...
François and the Catrax, 2019
A really fun video of François Cahour flying his prototype Catrax at Aiguille Croche and Mont Clocher in the Beaufortain, French Alps....
Excalibur VTPR solo at the Ménez-Hom by Eric Poulain
I was awestruck after watching this flight in person and was so glad to have captured it on camera. Eric Poulain is an absolute VTPR...