Welcome to Hoverbatics.com, my personal home page about flying.  I've been flying RC planes for 23 years.  I got my Private Pilot license in 2003.  I still enjoy both sports very much.  

The Star-Lite Experimental page shows the single-seat experimental plane I'm flying this year (2005).  It's a lightweight single-place economy cruiser powered by a 40hp Rotax 447.  It burns only 3gph at 120mph which makes for a lot of inexpensive flying.  

The Flying Adventures page shows a few videos and pictures from daily flying fun. 

The RC Aircraft page shows a few of the unusual R/C designs I've built.  The disc models are surprisingly good fliers and I've built about five different sizes including a 48" span glow powered version.

The Aerial Videos page shows some of the videos taken from a 100mph 36" Force One delta from Balsa USA.  It has a 520 line CCD camera with a 2.4ghz downlink that produces digital quality aerial video.  Military style rolling vertical climbs to 1000' and low level passes are captured from the aerial view.  It takes a strong stomach to watch them as the roll rate is about 720deg/sec.

My old web page 200MPH can still be found at http://hoverbatics.com/200MPH/  It features my Radio Control Lawnmowers, a beautiful 1/4 scale KR-2S model, and some flying adventures near Kennedy Space Center and in Tom Crawford's KR-2.  The R/C Lawnmower is funny yet practical.

What does Hoverbatics mean?  "Hovering Aerobatics".  This refers to 3D flying which is an extreme form of aerobatics performed below the stall speed of the aircraft, including the Torque Roll, Harrier, and Elevator maneuvers, and extreme aerobatics performed by a helicopter including the Chaos.  I've been enjoying flying 3D with a UCD model plane with Saito .91 for power and also with a Raptor 50 heli.  To see what 3D heli flying is all about, visit:

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