This video was shot in Winona, Minnesota at Prairie Island Campground on the Mississippi River on July 29th, 2007. It has a Mega 15/16/3 Brushless Motor a with an e-Flight 40 amp brushless speed controller. The Prop is a Graupner 5.5" x 4.3" (14cm x 11cm)and spins at 19,000 RPM static. The battery is a MAX-AMPS Li-Po 3,000mAh @ 7.2 volts. With this set-up, the plane can easily fly over 45MPH (70KPH). I have flown the plane for 45 minutes continuously at about 1/3 throttle before having to land. I made the floats out of solid pink extruded foam and covered them with red Tyvek housewrap tape. I also sealed the canopy gaps with the Tyvek tape. Since this video, I have added velcro to the underside of the wing and to the top of the floats so that I can put them on and take them off with ease. I also added two vertical cooling tubes sticking up to keep the temps down inside the canopy. I have made new floats that are a little bigger and I should be able to take off from the water, not just land on the water. I will show that in a future video on You Tube. Hastings MN RC You can go to maxamps.com for batteries.

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This video was shot in Hastings Minnesota in the early morning of August 8th, 2007. The Sonic-Liner is made in Germany and is not sold in the USA anymore. It has two Mega 15/16/2 Brushless Motors and can draw over 120 amps at 7.2 volts on the 8,000mAh battery with two e-Flight 40 amp brushless speed controllers. That is over 800 watts of power, and using an estimated efficiency factor of 80%, that is 9/10 of a horsepower. The Props are Graupner folding 7.5" x 4" (19cm x 10cm)and spin at 19,000 RPM static. This Sonic-Liner will fly at least 60MPH (100KPH). I have flown the plane for 40 minutes continuously before landing. It can fly straight up within the first 10 minutes of flight. I use the computer radio to drop the front canard and the rear ailerons down for added lift and aero-drag for "air-brake" slow landings. This plane is great in cross winds even though it weighs only 3.1 pounds (1,410 grams). The plane has a wingspan of 50 inches (1265mm), and a length of 51 inches (1300mm).

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This video was shot in Hastings Minnesota at the RVRC club field on a calm evening in 2006. The Sonic-Liner is made in Germany and is not sold in the USA anymore. It has two Mega 16/15/2 Brushless Motors and can draw over 120 amps at 7.2 volts on the 8,000mAh battery with two e-Flight 40 amp brushless speed controllers. That is over 800 watts of power, and using an estimated efficiency factor of 80%, that is 9/10 of a horsepower. The Props are Graupner folding 7.5" x 4" (19cm x 10cm)and spin at 19,000 RPM static. I can fly faster than the cars that go by on the road and they are going about 60MPH (100KPH). I have flown the plane for 40 minutes continuously before landing. It can fly straight up in the first 10 minutes of flight. I use the computer radio to drop the front canard and the rear ailerons down for added lift and aero-drag for "air-brake" slow landings. This plane is great in cross winds even though it weighs only 3.1 pounds (1,410 grams). The plane has a wingspan of 50 inches (1265mm), and a length of 51 inches (1300mm).

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This is, to my knowledge, the first time this skit was ever performed (besides when the Frantics did it). This was done at the 1990 EFC martial arts convention.

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What's a Berkut? (Pronounced: Ber-koot) Well, this video shows you what it's all about!

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OK, unfortunately this video is out of date and there are no longer 53 of these beautiful planes flying.
This was the first video I shot with a brand new entry-level digital video camera back in October of 2000. I was returning from work on a Friday afternoon when I spotted Starship I (N500CP) on short final to the Livermore airport in California. I ran by home, picked up my camera, and ran down to the airport. It was getting dark but the pilot said he would be taking off on Saturday.
Upon talking to the line crew for fueling, we found out a second Starship (N48FL) was due back Saturday afternoon as well. Dan with 500CP waited as long as he could but then finally had to leave. As I was picking up my tripod I heard the distinctive sound of the second Starship just after the first had taken off.
Both aircraft were out of the Los Angeles area.

For a video on the Starship made by the History Channel, see:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =1vSiiE2cyuc

Here's a link to a Smithsonian Air & Space article entitled "Beached Starship" that has some more of the Starship story. The photo with the on-line article is of a LearFan, a third revolutionary twin-engine pusher-prop configuration that failed to make it into production.
http://www.airspacemag.com/mil itary-aviation/starship.html

Robert Scherer's Starship web site:
http://www.bobscherer.com/Page s/Starship.htm

Enjoy art in motion.

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