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Latest blog posts from Flite Record

MIcro R/C Solar Powered Flying Wing
I found this video on YouTube it is a Solar Powered Flying Wing. The builder is Abdul Razzaq and he is located in Doha Qatar. I have been in contact with him and I hope to be able to publish...
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Published 3 months ago

R/C Solar Powered Canard
I wanted to share this builder with you all. His name is Chris Good and he has a site at www.ChrisGood.com he lists three separate solar powered R/C planes on his site with build pictures. Interestingly enough he mentions wanted...
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Published 3 months ago

Sky-Sailor Video
I just discovered this video of Sky-Sailor on YouTube and it's awesome. I will continue to post material on other solar powered R/C planes as I find it. Enjoy the video!
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Published 3 months ago

BSI Becomes Sponsor!
Bob Smith Industries (BSI) maker of adhesives for the hobby community since 1983 has signed on as a sponsor. No RC plane can even be built without a little bit of epoxy and cyanoacrylate (CA) adhesive as we all now....
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Published 3 months ago

Solar Powered Plane Video
We found this video of a Solar Powered UAV that was designed and built by Luis Dube and Corey Ohnstad in 2006 as a project at UNLV on YouTube. Something struck us odd abouts its design. The design was a...
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Published 4 months ago

Eage Tree Systems Backs Record!
I am extremely pleased to announce that Eagle Tree Systems has agreed to sponsor our record attempt. Many of you R/C enthusiast are already familiar with the awesome products they produce. As you can imagine no record like this is...
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Published 4 months ago

Some Fun Solar Facts
Did you know that the sun produces 1000 watts of energy per square meter per hour under normal atmospheric conditions or 1 kilowatt. Where you live will also vary your total available power from the sun. Did you know that...
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Published 4 months ago

World's Smallest Solar R/C Planes
No blog on R/C solar planes would be complete without including the world's smallest R/C solar planes. This first plane is called the Mikro-Sol and was built by Dr. Sieghard Dienlin and flew on 03-08-1995.The plane weighed 198 grams and...
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Published 4 months ago

A brief history of the Solar Cell
A brief history on the photovoltaic cell or what we commonly refer to today as, the solar cell. The Webster’s dictionary defines photovoltaic as “of, relating to, or utilizing the generation of a voltage when radiant energy falls on the...
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Published 4 months ago

FliteRecord Receives Blogged.com Rating...
Our site received a 7.5 rating of Very Good by the editors of www.Blogged.com. You yourself can go to Blogged.com and rate our Blog. We will continue to add great content to our Blog and document our effort to break...
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Published 4 months ago