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Brushless motor from old CD drive to power RC airplane

The idea is to get the stock brushless motor from an old CD/DVD drive to power an rc airplane, let's see if it will work. It ...
Hackaday

Electric “Radial” RC Aircraft Motor

For a long time radial aircraft engines, with their distinctive cylinder housings arranged in a circle, were a common sight on aircraft. As an experiment, [KendinYap], wanted to see if he could ...
Hackaday

Dynamic Soaring: 545 MPH RC Planes Have No Motor

The fastest remote-controlled airplane flight ever recorded took place in 2018, with a top speed of 545 miles/hour. That’s 877 km/h, or Mach 0.77! What was the limiting factor, preventing the ...
Gizmodo

The World’s Fastest RC Plane Hit 548 MPH Without a Motor

According to the Guinness World Records, Germany’s Niels Herbrich flew a rocket-powered remote control plane to a record-breaking speed of 465.544 MPH back in 2018. Three days ago, California’s ...
New Atlas

World's fastest RC aircraft hits a stunning 548 mph – without a motor

No props, no jets, no rockets – California's Spencer Lisenby just broke the world speed record for remote controlled aircraft, taking an unpowered RC glider transonic at 548 mph (882 km/h) using ...