Check out our Brazilian representative Oscar and his beautiful JETLEGEND F16 1/6 scale jet running a Kingtech K180G1 Turbine. Rocking music, kick-butt-flying, and an amazing birds-eye view – this video is worth the watch!!!
Thank you for sharing the amazing video.
Well, this flight log is from two weeks ago, but better late than never, right?!
03/30/2023: Day 2 – Today I had my second flying lesson. We continued to work on a tail end hover. The wind was stronger today than it was the first time so it took a bit of adjustment to keep the Flame Wheel in front of me. Trying to master the movements is even harder when you are correcting for environmental changes. It is also odd dealing with the ground effects. Ground effect, as I learned, is how the air coming off (in my case) the rotor blades can actually cause lift. According to Skybrary, Ground Effect is “positive influence on the lifting characteristics of the horizontal surfaces of an aircraft wing when it is close to the ground”. I can tell that I am getting more comfortable with the multicopper, but I still panic when it turns into a different orientation. After I get down the tail end hover we will work on left and right orientations. I was able to fly it out and bring it back to me without turning too much. My stick movement has also become smoother. I even had a few onlookers while I was flying today, and thankfully I was able to handle it pretty well. I am excited for our next lesson!
Weather has been rather windy this week, but I am hoping to get back out towards the end of this week for my third lesson. Stay tuned!
Meet Aaron Zwaretsch! He is a ten year old from Brazil. His passion: Flying jets! With skills that can blow an experienced pilot out of the water, Aaron is well on his way… and now a proud Jeti Pilot!
Aaron enjoys piloting his Carf Ultra Flash and his BVM Super Bandit – at speeds of over two hundred and fifty miles per hour! Keep up the amazing flying Aaron!
If you are working on your aircraft and find yourself stuck with Jeti questions, or just want to learn as much as you can, head on over to the Esprit Tech YouTube Channel. Here we have recorded a plethora of programming and training videos (plus a few for “funsies”). The topics we chose to cover tend to be those that come up often in conversation, so there is a decent chance that we have a video that will apply to you. Maybe you even discover a feature you did not know your Jeti was capable of!
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We want to give a shout out two teams that traveled all they way from the Czech Republic, home of Jeti Model, to compete in this years SAE Aero Design East competition. The SAE Aero Design is a design competition where teams from undergraduate and graduate studies compete against each other to prove their engineering and communication skills.
Universities from around the world travel to compete in this design competition, and it is held in two locations. The SAE East happens to take place in Lakeland, Florida, only a few hours from us here at Jeti USA! The competition is broken down into three different classes. The classes include Regular (recommended for first time competitors), Advanced (where integration of multiple disciplines is introduced) , and Micro (which competitors have to make trade offs between “two conflicting restrictions” (SAE International, 2023) in their designs.
According to sae.org, “SAE International’s Collegiate Design Series (CDS) programs prepare undergraduate and graduate engineering students in a variety of disciplines for future employment in mobility-related industries by challenging them with a real world, engineering application.” We think this is amazing and provides an awesome opportunity to all the students involved. This year there were 46 registered teams, and the two Czech Teams (one flying what looks to be Jeti 😉 ) scored in the top 10. Way to go guys! Congratulations from Jeti USA!
Jeti USA wants to congratulate Gernot Bruckmann on his recent F3P-A World Indoor Acrobatic Championship. This win makes his fifth consecutive win. Also a big congrats to Czech pilot Radek Rája for his taking home third place in juniors, as well as all the others who placed in their categories! WAY TO GO!!!
Training Day! Does It Crash?!?
Check out Kasi learning to fly on the Jeti DS-12! Not too shabby for her first time flying. As always, James makes a great teacher!
She is flying a DJI Flame Wheel 330 frame that we had sitting around equip with the Jeti REX 7 Assist receiver, and a Jeti SBEC.
Check out this ground test we ran on our OV-10 Bronco. It ran so smoothly! Can’t wait till we get it up in the air!
March is Women’s History Month so it only seems fitting to bring attention to some of the women who have made amazing strides in the aviation world.
On March 8th, 1910 (which just happens to be International Women’s Day), Raymonde Laroche, a French actress, became the world’s first women to receive a pilot’s license1. In September of that same year, despite efforts from her flight instructor, Blance Stuart Scott flew forty feet in the air. Although she is not given credit for this, she is technically the first American women to have had a solo flight. In the same month, Bessica Raiche made an official solo flight that earned her the title of America’s First Women Aviator2 and Helene Dutrieu becomes the first women to fly with a passenger3. Harriet Quimby had a couple firsts in her career. By 1912 she was the first American to earn a pilot’s license, she was the first women to fly over Mexico, and she was the first woman to fly solo across the English Channel2. Matilde Moisant was the second American women to receive a pilot’s license. In November of 1911 she flew to an altitude of 4000 feet, winning the Rodman Wanamaker altitude trophy2. The year 1915 brought some new aerobatic records by Katherine Stinson, and in 1918 her sister Marjorie was the first women to be sworn in as a USPS air mail carrier3. The sisters also open a flight school and an Airport (which is still operational today).
In 1921, Bessie Coleman made history for not only women, but also African Americans. On June 15th, 1921 Coleman became the first African American woman pilot4. Charles Lindbergh’s wife, Anne Morrow Lindbergh became the first women to earn a glider pilot’s license in 1930. In 1932 Amelia Earhart became the first women (and only second person) to fly across the Atlantic Ocean5. The first aerial photo of Mount Kilimanjaro can be attributed to Osa Johnson and her husband6. The first women commercial pilot was Helen Richey in 1934, but she was quickly forced out of her job. It wasn’t until 1973 that there would be another female commercial pilot – and her name is Emil Howell Warner.
In the 60’s, after a twenty-nine day trip, Geraldine (Jerrie) Mock was the first woman to fly solo around the world6. Her record was topped in 1986 by Jenna Yeager and Dick Rutan when they flew around the world “non-stop and non-refueled”6. In 1980, Patty Wagstaff earned a pilot’s license and has since won serveral National Aerobatic Championships and has been inducted into the National Aviation Hall of Fame (Fun Fact – she teaches aerobatic flight abut three hours from our shop). Victoria Van Meter is the youngest pilot to fly across the United States (at eleven years old) and the Atlantic Ocean (at twelve years old).
A career in aviation was not an easy path. Many of these women died tragically after only a short time flying. Others were denied jobs and even positions in the military during the war, despite their skill. We have come a long way in aviation, and we are happy to see women pilots in the RC industry. Keep on soaring to new heights girls! Check out the all girls flight team from Joe Nall several years back. We are proud of team pilots Aneta Boušková and Ashleigh Heath for all that they have accomplished.
We got to see inside his hangar, now watch him fly! Follow along with Ramy (RamyRC) and Tyler Perry as they maiden three different aircraft! Learn about how Tyler Perry got involved in the sport, his support for young pilots, and the “Falconstein”. An amazing video, with two amazing pilots, flying some pretty amazing custom-built aircraft.
PLUS- if you listen closely, you can hear the Jeti Duplex voice output and timers during flight!
