Here, I am about to launch a Graupner "Bussard", 2 meter glider with geared Speed 500 motor, 7 X 1.7 AH cells. The X440 glider (from SR Batteries) lies in wait.

This wonderful field has since been turned into a golf course. If the golfers hadn't stolen it, I suppose the soccer players would have.





The Bussard in flight, making a slow turn






My Impuls (8 foot wingspan) glider. It has an Aveox brushless motor which draws 40 amps at 10 volts, but only because I replaced the prop with a "conservative" model. It's designed to operate at 65 amps, which will take it straight up. (By the way, the prop in the picture appears broken, but it's not. It's a folding prop. When you turn off the motor, the prop folds back against the fuselage for low drag.)