About

Gender

Male


Location

West Richland, WA


About Me:

Retired Mechanical Engineer that loves RC gliders.


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

I'd like to build a multirotor heli that I can experiment with and fly around the neighborhood


Hometown:

West Richland, WA


Activity Feed

Larry Fitch commented on keeyen pang's blog post Formation flight with an eagle.
"Keeyen, a trick we've learned on our slope site when eagles and hawks try to attack our gliders is to roll inverted for several seconds.  The birds know they can't do that and usually leave the scene "defeated". You can not outrun an eagle. In a…"
Jan 29, 2013
Larry Fitch posted a discussion
I take it that I should chose a fairly simple airplane (aileron, elev, rudder, and speed control) for success in flying a UAV using the APM2.5.  I've been thinking about making a large UAV using the wing from my 5 meter Thermic XXXL glider for the…
Dec 24, 2012
Larry Fitch replied to Jake Bayless's discussion Octo-X, bicycle wheel design #2.
"Jake,
Have you flown your 4+4 yet? Normally in the biking world, the rim is seen as nearly a non-structural element until it is laced with spokes. The idea looks very interesting. This may be an idea for my next hexa I'm trying to get a frame for.…"
Nov 20, 2012