"Red Tips" (aka, Sixty HLG, Episilon 1.5m) "Final Flight" w/ Dynamic Soaring DS

This video pays tribute to one of the best flying gliders of all time, "Red Tips", aka "Sixty". I flew this model for a couple of years but lost it in Frankfort, KY last year. It was caused by a receiver going to failsafe positions due to unknown reasons. May have been transmitter antenna orientaion or cell tower. Who knows?
A great glider at 16oz! Unfortunately, it is out of production. :-(

Onboard camera is Flycam One 2 by www.hobby-lobby.com with battery modification and microphone relocation. The microphone was inside the airplane, thus you can hear the ballast slugs moving around.

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Autos & Vehicles

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• 2.4 ghz
• glider
• sailplane
• dynamic soaring
• ds
• rc
• r/c
• slope
• soaring
• sixty
• epsilon
• 1.5m
• onboard
• camera
• flycam
• one2
• flycamone2
• video

[RCFLIGHTHELP]

Poor plane .... How long has it been since the crash ....

[aero104]

March 7, 2009.

[aero104]

Crash at 2:58 and 3:17

[brucebebad]

I was flying the other matching airplane during this flight , seen briefly flying in the video . It was a great day of high speed flying untill I heard a screeching noise and a .......CRUNCH . a search of steep wooded slope revealed the remains , and the on board camera