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(This syllabus is not part of the opinion of the Court. It has been prepared by the Office of the Clerk for
the convenience of the reader. It has been neither reviewed nor approved by the Supreme Court. Please
note that, in the interests of brevity, portions of any opinion may not have been summarized).
Argued January 22, 1998 -- Decided June 26, 1998
HANDLER, J., writing for a unanimous Court.
The issue presented by this appeal is whether the police had a reasonable suspicion of criminal
activity that justified an investigatory stop.
Fort Lee Police Officer Phillip Ross, in plain clothes and driving an unmarked car, was patrolling an
area near the George Washington Bridge. He observed Citarella riding a ten-speed bicycle off the south
walkway exit of the bridge and heading north. Ross recognized Citarella as an individual he had arrested
several times on drug offenses. Most recently, Ross had arrested Citarella for driving under the influence of
CDS while on the suspended list. Ross also knew Citarella lived approximately two miles south of the bridge
-- the opposite direction from which he was now headed.
Ross slowed and drove alongside defendant. When Ross and defendant made eye contact,
defendant increased his speed, crossed the road, and jumped off the bicycle. Citarella then opened, without
using a key, the rear cab of a truck located in the driveway of a commercial building, and started to load the
bicycle into the truck. Citarella appeared to be quite nervous. Ross had never before seen Citarella or any
members of his family driving a pick-up truck. Ross testified that it was at this point that he decided to stop
Citarella as a suspicious person.
According to Ross, it is common practice for drug purchasers to drive to Fort Lee, park their cars,
and travel to New York on foot or bicycle to buy drugs. Ross further claimed that bicycle thefts were not
uncommon in Fort Lee. Those factors contributed to the decision to stop Citarella and inquire about his
Wearing his police shield on a chain around his neck, Ross got out of the vehicle and identified
himself as a police officer. Citarella turned and stared at Citarella for a moment and then quickly mounted
the bicycle to pedal away. Ross gave chase and grabbed defendant, who fell to the ground. Ross instructed
Citarella to stay on the ground, and called for back-up.
When additional officers arrived, Ross assisted Citarella to his feet. At that point, Ross recognized
that Citarella was sweating profusely, despite the relatively mild temperature. Ross further noted that
Citarella's eyes were bloodshot and his pupils were slow to react to light. Based on this information, Ross
believed that Citarella was under the influence of CDS. He therefore arrested defendant and read him his
Miranda rights.
Ross conducted a search incident to arrest, and discovered a folded dollar bill inside Citarella's front
pants pocket containing a white rock-like substance which Ross believed to be crack cocaine. Subsequent
laboratory testing confirmed this belief. Ross also found a transparent vial containing a liquid substance and
a white powdery residue. Ross believed the vial was used as a "cooker" for cocaine. After Citarella was
transported to headquarters, he was strip-searched, revealing a tinfoil packet in his jeans containing crack
Citarella was indicted for third degree possession of CDS. He moved to suppress the evidence, alleging that Ross was not justified in stopping him. The trial court denied the motion. Citarella then pled
guilty to the indictment. He was sentenced to five years in prison to be served consecutive to a five-year
term simultaneously imposed for another possession conviction stemming from a separate arrest.
On appeal, the Appellate Division reversed the denial of the motion to suppress in a 2-1 decision.
The majority found that Ross lacked the level of suspicion needed to support an investigative stop and that
Ross's chase and apprehension was an illegal seizure. The State appealed as of right to the Supreme Court
based on the dissenting opinion.
HELD: Based on the information available to the officer at the time he stopped Citarella, an articulable and
reasonable suspicion existed that justified the investigatory stop.
1. Under the Fourth Amendment and the New Jersey Constitution's similar provision, a warrantless search
is per se unreasonable unless it falls within one of the few well-delineated exceptions to the warrant
requirement. One of those exceptions is the investigatory stop, which is justified if an officer can point to
specific and articulable facts which, taken together with rational inferences from those facts, reasonably
warrant the intrusion. There must be some objective manifestation that the suspect was or is involved in
criminal activity. The fact that purely innocent connotations can be ascribed to a person's actions does not
mean that an officer cannot base a finding of reasonable suspicion on those actions as long as a reasonable
person would find the actions are consistent with guilt. (pp. 6-8)
2. Officer Ross observed the following conduct by Citarella: riding over the George Washington Bridge by
bicycle; riding in a hurried fashion; putting his bicycle into the back of a pickup truck not owned by Citarella
or a member of his family; acting as if he wanted to leave the area quickly in the truck; and acting nervously.
Based on his experience as a police officer, Ross knew the following: bicycles were often used for the
transport of drugs from New York City into Fort Lee; there had been a rash of burglaries in the area;
Citarella had been arrested many times before for drug crimes; Citarella had never been seen riding a
bicycle previously; Citarella lived two miles from the area in the opposite direction than that in which he was
riding; and Citarella's driving privileges had been suspended. Although Citarella's actions might have some
speculative innocent explanation, they also are reasonably consistent with illegal activity. (pp. 8-10)
3. The lower courts emphasized the significance of flight as a basis for finding a reasonable articulable
suspicion. Not including flight, however, the circumstances known to Officer Ross were sufficient to create a
reasonable articulable suspicion of criminal activity. Although not essential in the determination that there
was a valid basis to subject Citarella to an investigatory stop, flight adds weight to the already existing
reasonable articulable suspicion that is the measure of constitutional reasonableness of an ensuing search and
seizure. (pp. 10-11)
The judgment of the Appellate Division is REVERSED.
CHIEF JUSTICE PORITZ and JUSTICES POLLOCK, O'HERN, GARIBALDI, STEIN and
COLEMAN join in JUSTICE HANDLER's opinion.
Argued January 22, 1998 -- Decided June 26, 1998
On appeal from the Superior Court, Appellate
Barbara Petersen, Assistant Prosecutor,
argued the cause for appellant (William H.
Schmidt, Bergen County Prosecutor, attorney).
Sylvia M. Orenstein, Assistant Public
Defender, argued the cause for respondent
(Ivelisse Torres, Public Defender, attorney).
Michael J. Williams, Deputy Attorney General,
argued cause for amicus curiae, Attorney
General of New Jersey (Peter Verniero,
Attorney General, attorney; John E. Adams,
Jr., Deputy Attorney General, on the brief).
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
The defendant in this case was arrested by an officer from the Fort Lee Police Department. The circumstances leading up to his arrest call for the application of search and seizure law to investigatory stops. The trial court determined that the
circumstances gave rise to a reasonable articulable suspicion
that justified the initial stop of defendant by the police
officer. The Appellate Division concluded that the police
officer did not have a reasonable articulable suspicion to
justify stopping defendant and thus reversed the trial court's
denial of defendant's motion to suppress. Because there was a
dissent based on the view that the police officer had sufficient
information to form a reasonable articulable suspicion that
defendant was engaged in criminal activity, and therefore could
be stopped, the case is before us on the appeal by the State as a
matter of right.
Ross knew that defendant lived approximately two miles south of
the bridge -- the opposite direction from which he was now
headed. He had never seen defendant with a bicycle before and
knew defendant generally drove an older model, four-door car.
seconds and then quickly mounted the bicycle and pedaled away.
Ross chased defendant on foot for about twenty feet before he was
able to grab hold of defendant and the bicycle. Defendant fell
to the ground, landing in a supine position. Ross radioed for
backup and instructed defendant to stay on the ground and keep
his hands out of his pockets until the other officers arrived.
Defendant was indicted for third degree possession of a CDS
in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:35-10a(1). He moved to suppress the
evidence obtained from Ross's search, alleging that Ross was not
justified in stopping him. Based on evidence of the foregoing
version of events, the trial court denied defendant's motion to
suppress, concluding that Ross had lawfully stopped defendant.
The court found that Ross had a reasonable basis to conclude that
defendant was engaged in or about to be engaged in criminal
activity based on (i) defendant's known status as an individual
arrested many times by the Fort Lee Police Department for drug
offenses and motor vehicle violations; (ii) the fact that
defendant was heading north from the George Washington Bridge
when Ross knew he lived south of that area; (iii) defendant's
presence in a driveway not on his property; (iv) his seemingly
imminent operation of a truck while his driver's license was
suspended; and (v) defendant's hurried manner. The court further
found that, after stopping defendant and observing his sweating
and watery eyes, Ross reasonably concluded that defendant was
under the influence of a CDS; Ross therefore had probable cause
to arrest. The court concluded that the search of defendant was
thus a legitimate search incident to arrest.
another third-degree possession conviction stemming from a
separate occasion, arrest, and indictment.
The starting point for our analysis is the Fourth Amendment and the New Jersey Constitution's similar provision. The Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution protects against unreasonable searches and seizures. U.S. Const. amend. IV. Our State Constitution contains virtually identical language protecting people against government intrusion. N.J. const. Art.
1, ¶ 7. Under those provisions, a warrantless search is per se
unreasonable unless it falls within one of the few well-delineated exceptions to the warrant requirement. State v.
124 N.J. 374, 379-80 (1991). One of those exceptions,
and the one relevant to this case, is an investigatory stop based
on Terry v. Ohio,
88 S. Ct. 1868,
20 L. Ed.2d 889
(1968). Under Terry and its progeny, if an officer can "point to
specific and articulable facts which, taken together with
rational inferences from those facts, reasonably warrant [the]
intrusion" on the individual, the officer is justified in making
an investigatory stop. Id. at 21, 88 S. Ct. at 1880, 20 L. Ed.
2d at 906; Adams v. Williams,
92 S. Ct. 1921,
Ed.2d 612 (1972); United States v. Brignoni-Ponce,
95 S. Ct. 2574,
45 L. Ed.2d 607 (1975).
woman and then the defendant in his car. Id. at 5. Upon a
challenge by the defendant, the Court concluded that the
detectives were justified in stopping the defendant because the
facts "objectively gave rise to a reasonable and articulable
suspicion that defendant was engaged in illegal narcotics
activity." Id. at 12.
that determination, we must first determine when the stop
occurred. Under New Jersey law, a stop occurs when the police
act in such a way that a reasonable person would believe that he
or she is not free to leave. State v. Tucker,
136 N.J. 158, 164-65 (rejecting the definition of "stop" contained in California v.
Hodari D.,
111 S. Ct. 1547,
113 L. Ed.2d 690
(1991), in favor of the definition contained in United States v.
100 S. Ct. 1870,
64 L. Ed.2d 497
(1980), and State v. Davis,
104 N.J. 490 (1986)). Under that
standard, at the latest, Citarella was stopped after he took
flight and when Ross began to chase him; at the earliest,
Citarella was stopped when Ross first approached and identified
himself as a police officer.
crimes; Citarella had never been seen riding a bicycle
previously; Citarella lived two miles from the area in the
opposite direction than that in which he was riding; and
Citarella's driving privileges had been suspended. Even though
"defendant's actions might have some speculative innocent
explanation," Arthur, supra, 149 N.J. at 11, they also are
reasonably consistent with illegal activity; therefore, Officer
Ross had the required level of suspicion to conduct a Terry stop.
measure of constitutional reasonableness of an ensuing search and
CHIEF JUSTICE PORITZ and JUSTICES POLLOCK, O'HERN, GARIBALDI, STEIN, and COLEMAN join in this opinion.
Appellate Division, Superior Court
June 26, 1998
Chief Justice Poritz
Justice Handler
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McDonough, a resident of San Diego, came to CombiMatrix in 2012 with more than 15 years of experience in sales and business development with a specialty in diagnostics. McDonough previously worked for Fortune 500 companies (EMC and Lab Corp) as well as successful emerging companies (Ventana Medical Systems) and startups (Pathwork Diagnostics).
Jessup was named CEO in 2010 when CombiMatrix was in the midst of a transition phase from a manufacturing company to a diagnostics lab and services organization. Jessup recently refocused CombiMatrix's commercial efforts on prenatal and pediatric testing in response to the growing demand for molecular diagnostic testing in those specialties. Part of that strategic and operational shift included the recruitment of McDonough last year to lead the Company's commercial efforts."In his time at CombiMatrix, McDonough, (age 43), has been responsible for building a robust sales structure to accommodate the new strategic focus and effectively transitioning, equipping and training that team," Jessup said. "We brought Mark in to build and lead our sales team and he has done everything we expected and more. My role at Combimatrix was to lead during the transition to a pure-play diagnostics lab. With that transition complete, we have now refocused the organization on key markets where we are seeing rapid growth and Mark has led that execution over the past eight months. I believe the Company is headed in the right direction, is building momentum and is in very capable hands."
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Remember having that perfect outfit for the first day of school? Or telling your friends about your excitement about your favorite holiday gift? So do we. Kids and youth in foster care need the clothing and other items they need to fit in at school and feel great about themselves.
The Treehouse Wearhouse is a free store where youth and their caregivers can shop for high quality new and like-new clothing, shoes, school supplies, toys, books and other essentials. We carry clothes for infants, children and teens in all sizes. We work closely with our community to ensure that items in the store reflect current trends, brands and fashions along with the basics every kid needs.
Youth or their caregivers can shop the Wearhouse up to five times per year, with a bonus shopping visit in December. There must be 30 days between visits.
2100 24th Avenue S./Suite 200 Seattle, WA 98144-4643
Click here for directions.
Tuesdays: 2:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Thursdays: 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
3rd Saturday of the month: 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
Treehouse also provides extra shopping hours during the busy back-to-school and holiday seasons.
Only one visit per eligible youth in December, please. A December visit does not count towards the five allowed visits per year. Shoppers do not need to wait the 30 days for December visits. Questions? Please call the Wearhouse at 206.267.5185.
The Wearhouse will be closed for Thanksgiving Thursday, November 27 – Sunday, November 30. No shopping will be allowed during this time.
December Holiday Shopping Schedule:
Tuesday, 12/2: 10-7pm
Thursday, 12/4: 10-7pm
Saturday, 12/6: 10-3pm
Tuesday, 12/9: 10-7pm
Thursday, 12/11: 10-7pm
Saturday, 12/13: 10-3pm
Tuesday, 12/16: 10-7pm
Thursday, 12/18: 10-7pm
Saturday, 12/20: 10-3pm
Monday. 12/22: 10-2pm
Tuesday, 12/23: 10-2pm
The Wearhouse will be closed for the holidays Wednesday, December 24th – Sunday, January 4th. No shopping will be allowed during this time.
PLEASE NOTE: Throughout the winter months, the Wearhouse schedule is subject to change in the event of snow or other inclement weather. If this occurs, the Wearhouse will follow the Seattle School District closure schedule.


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// News and Releases
Magnitsky's Mother Goes to the Russian Supreme Court to Overturn the Second Posthumous Case Against Her Murdered Son
November 21, 2014
Sergei Magnitsky's mother has filed a complaint with the judicial collegium of the Supreme Court of Russia in relation to the second posthumous proceeding organized against her son by the Russian Interior Ministry.
Under this second posthumous case, Sergei Magnitsky has been named after his death as a "co-conspirator" in the $230 million tax refund fraud that he had in fact uncovered and exposed.
"…Investigator Urzhumtsev in violation of the principle of presumption of innocence, in violation of the constitutional right for defence, in the absence of a court order, in the absence of preliminary investigation, had stated in his decree [from December 2010] that Sergei Magnitsky who died a year before [in November 2009] in Matrosskaya Tishina detention center, committed a serious crime… the theft of 5.4 billion rubles [$230 million]…The conclusion itself must be qualified as slander in relation to knowingly innocent person," says the complaint.
"He [Investigator Urzhumtsev] knew very well, that Magnitsky not only was not complicit in the theft of 5.4 billion rubles, but that Magnitsky was the first person who had uncovered the crime committed against the three companies of his client, and who had exposed the criminal activity of perhaps one of the largest criminal groups which specializes in unlawful tax refunds," says the complaint.
Interior Ministry Investigator Oleg Urzhumtsev was included on both the investigative team on the case against Sergei Magnitsky under which Magnitsky was arrested and ill-treated in custody; and on the case to investigate the $230 million theft that Magnitsky had uncovered. The second investigation led by Investigator Urzhumtsev finished by exonerating all Russian Interior Ministry and tax officials from liability for the $230 million theft, and naming Sergei Magnitsky as co-conspirator posthumously and in secret from his relatives. Urzhumtsev also was responsible for assigning the blame for the crime to a "jobless" person named Vyacheslav Khlebnikov in a fast-track proceeding which ended with a lenient sentence of five years for the $230 million theft. As part of that proceeding conducted after Magnitsky's death, Khlebnikov gave a false testimony against Magnitsky from detention.
"As member of the investigative group [on the case Sergei Magnitsky was detained], Urzhumtsev knew that Magnitsky was arrested soon after his testimony implicating officials in the theft of 5.4 billion rubles, and that some of those officials were included on the same investigative team,- points out the complaint. — Magnitsky stated that his criminal prosecution was a measure of repression aimed to punish him for the assistance he provided to his client during the identification of circumstances of the theft of his client's companies — Rilend, Makhaon, and Parfenion."
The complaint says that Investigator Urzhumtsev has concealed the real perpetrators by blaming the $230 million theft on Sergei Magnitsky, and two other deceased individuals (Mr Gasanov and Mr Korobeinikov), neither of whom were alive and could be questioned at the time of the investigation.
"The evidence in the case file objectively demonstrates that Investigator Urzhumtsev acted in the interests of persons who perpetrated the theft of 5.4 billion rubles [$230 million], and who using his own terminology, "found" two deceased individuals in order to put on them the liability for the theft of budget funds, and in order to provide the service of concealment for the real perpetrators of the crime," says the complaint.
It was since uncovered that Mr Gasanov died on 1 October 2007, two months before the $230 million was committed. Mr Korobeinikov died in September 2008, "falling of a balcony" of a building under construction, according to the Russian investigation.
Ms Magnitskaya asks the Russian Supreme Court to examine the lawfulness of investigator Urzhumtsev's actions and annul previous decisions by lower-level Russian courts who rejected her complaints.
"The court must check the lawfulness and the justification for the Investigator's decree… The previous rejection violates the constitutional principle of the presumption of innocence because deceased Magnitsky was named by Investigator Urzhumtsev as a co-conspirator in a crime," says the complaint.
"The court had an opportunity to check the arguments using the criminal case files, and by inviting investigator Urzhumtsev to give testimony, but it failed to do so…As a result, the conclusion of the court [of lower instance] is not supported by the factual circumstances, which is … the ground to cancel the court decision," says the complaint in conclusion.
Previous complaints from Ms Magnitskaya addressed to lower instance courts have been rejected by Moscow district judge Tatiana Neverova, and Moscow city court judges Andrei Titov and Lyubov Ishmuratova.
In the United States, 26 Russian officials and private individuals involved in Sergei Magnitsky's detention and ill-treatment in custody and in the criminal conspiracy Magnitsy had uncovered have been sanctioned under the US Magnitsky Act. The list includes several colleagues of Investigator Urzhumtsev on the Russian Interior Ministry's investigative team in the Magnitsky case.
Sergei Magnitsky's Mother Slams the Russian Authorities Refusal to Investigate the Murder of Her Son on the 5th Anniversary of His Death
November 19, 2014
Sergei Magnitsky's mother has spoken of the suffering she has been subjected to in her calls to seek justice for her murdered son in Russia.
In an extensive interview to the Open Russia website, Natalia Magnitskaya spoke of her grief of the way that Russian officials have dealt with her complaints.
"All our applications and complaints to all government bodies are being rejected. I can't read these rejections any more. It is clear that they are simply mocking us. For example, they sent us materials to read, but the copies are so poor it was impossible to read them. My lawyer filed a complaint to the higher-level body, but his complaint was rejected. They said essentially that all is ok, there is no need for you to read them."
Natalia Magnitskaya also depicted her anguish at the lies officially issued by the Russian General Prosecutor's Office, which justified the posthumous trial of her son by claiming that the family had asked for it:
"Recently, one of the documents from the General Prosecutor's Office said that they had initiated the case against Magnitsky on the request from his mother. But we had stated in writing on so many occasions that we do not want the posthumous prosecution. Howcouldthisbe?"
Natalia Magnitskaya described the struggle to seek justice for her son in Russia as "facing a wall," but said she continues to challenge the rejections nevertheless and seek justice and is not prepared to give up:
"So far everything has been without effect. In spite of this we try to challenge everything, but it gives you the feeling that you are facing a wall…But we should not stop…It is impossible to give in."
In another report on the Open Russia website in memory of Sergei Magnitsky, Russian journalist and human rights activist Zoya Svetova recalled how she and other members of the Moscow Public Oversight Commission investigated the circumstances of his murder in detention.
"We wrote a report and sent it on 31 December 2009 to the President of Russia, the General Prosecutor's Office and the Ministry of Justice. In our report, we wrote that we do not trust the testimony of detention officials and are convinced that the right to life of Magnitsky was violated. In other words, the lawyer was murdered."
Also on the Open Russia website, Russian playwright Elena Gremina, author of the play, "One Hour Eighteen Minutes," which depicts the last hours of Sergei Magnitsky's life, spoke of how working with the Magnitsky story changed her and those who worked on the play with her:
"It was decided, as usually happens with new ideas, to gather documents and materials about Sergei Magnitsky to see if his story had potential for a play. I did not know then that the gathering of materials for this prospective play would change us, would introduce us to new ideas and new people, that it would change a lot in me."
Materials to Commemorate the 5th Anniversary of Sergei Magnitsky's Killing in Custody can be found on Open Russia website.
Statement by Bill Browder on 5th Anniversary of Sergei Magnitsky's Killing in Russia
November 16, 2014
Dear Friends and supporters,
Today marks the 5th anniversary of Sergei Magnitsky's killing in Russian police custody.
Sergei was my lawyer who was murdered because he exposed one of the largest government corruption schemes in Russian history. After he testified against the police officers involved, he was arrested by the same officers and was then systematically tortured for 358 days. On November 16, 2009 he went into critical condition and instead of being treated, he was put in an isolation cell and beaten by eight riot guards with rubber batons until he was dead at the age of 37.
When I learned of Sergei's death, it was the worst news I had ever received in my life. It was like a knife going into my heart and I made a vow to myself, his family and his memory that I would get justice for him. For five years, I have tried to get that justice, but the Russian government has used every tool at their disposal to thwart me. They claimed Sergei was never tortured and he died of natural causes. They claimed that he never uncovered or exposed a crime, but was the one guilty of one. And most shockingly, they exonerated every single Russian state employee involved in spite of a mountain of documentary evidence to the contrary.
It became clear to me that there was no possibility of justice inside of Russia so I sought justice outside of Russia and have advocated for sanctions against the people who killed Sergei in many countries in the West. Three years after Sergei's death, the US government signed the Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act imposing visa sanctions and asset freezes on those involved in Sergei's death as well as other human rights violations. Similar sanctions are being considered by governments in Europe as well.
Putin and his government have become infuriated at the global reaction to Sergei's case and have lashed out in all sorts of ways. Shortly after the Magnitsky Act was passed, Putin banned US adoptions of disabled Russian children. In 2013, more than three years after Sergei died, they put him on trial in the first ever posthumous trial in the history of Russia. They also put me on trial in absentia as his co-defendant and sentenced me to nine years.
When I first started this campaign, many people thought that what happened to Sergei was some kind of anomaly. They said "this is a sad story, but probably a one-off", but as time has gone by, more and more cases like this have surfaced and it's becoming obvious to everyone that Russia is a criminal state taking innocent people hostage and doing horrific things to them. The most recent actions in Ukraine make it clear to even the most ardent Russian apologists that Russia is engaging in all sorts of atrocities and brazenly covering them up.
What happened to Sergei is now a global symbol of everything that is wrong with Russia, from the actual crime of what they did to Sergei to the high level cover-up to the threats against me and others seeking justice. Despite the many horrific threats and all the misinformation Russia is spewing out in this case, I won't back down in my call for justice for Sergei Magnitsky and neither will those close to him. We will not stop until the people who tortured and killed Sergei are properly brought to justice.
Thank you for your continued support on this important mission.
European Parliamentarians Challenge EU's New Foreign Policy Chief on Russia and Demand EU to Implement Magnitsky Sanctions in Europe
November 12, 2014
European Parliamentarians Challenge EU's New Foreign Policy Chief on Russia and Demand EU to Implement Magnitsky Sanctions in Europe
12 November 2014 – Over twenty deputies in the European Parliament have written to Federica Mogherini, EU's new foreign policy chief, asking her to implement the European Parliament's recommendation to sanction 32 persons involved in the arrest, torture and murder of whistle-blowing Russian lawyer Sergei Magnitsky.
"We are writing to you in relation to the European Parliament Recommendation to the Council of 2 April 2014 on establishing common visa restrictions for Russian officials involved in the Sergei Magnitsky case. …As the new head of the European External Action Service, what nearest actions do you plan to undertake to follow through on this recommendation?" — said European Parliament deputies in their letter to Ms Mogherini — "We ask you now in your new position to answer these questions so the European Parliament can then take a view of what to do next to make sure there is no further impunity in the Magnitsky case."
Since Sergei Magnitsky's murder in Russian police detention five years ago, the only significant actions taken in Russia have been the posthumous trial of Sergei Magnitsky himself and the closure of the investigation into his death, which found "no signs of crime," and absolved all officials from responsibility. The investigation was closed following President Putin's public intervention at a December 2012 press conference, where he claimed that Magnitsky was not tortured, but "died from a heart attack."
Sergei Magnitsky's case and the impunity of the Russian officials involved have become a symbol of the endemic corruption and failing justice system in Russia, and highlighted the abuse that Russian citizens face when they challenge the authorities. The case lead to a dramatic movement in Russian civil society, calling on the West to create consequences for those involved and specifically to impose sanctions in the form of visa bans and freezes on assets in Western banks.
In response to the Russian impunity, on 2 April 2014 the European Parliament adopted a resolution without any objections requiring the European External Action Service, EU's foreign affairs body, to propose the sanctions to the EU Council of Ministers.
Since the resolution was passed, no action was taken by Baroness Catherine Ashton, the previous head of the EU's External Action Service.
In addition to the European Parliament's actions in the Magnitsky case, the U.S. passed the "Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act" in December 2012, imposing sanctions on the complicit Russian officials. Additionally, the Parliamentary Assembly of the OSCE and the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), international organizations comprising up to 57 countries, passed resolutions urging their members and their national parliaments to adopt a course similar to the US by implementing Magnitsky sanctions.
Sergei Magnitsky was a 37-year old lawyer and outside counsel for the Hermitage Fund, who was tortured to death in Russian Interior Ministry custody after he testified about the involvement of Interior Ministry officials in the theft of his client's companies and the $230 million theft. The Russian officials responsible for his arrest, torture and killing were absolved from any responsibility, promoted and decorated with state honours.
For more information, please contact:
Magnitsky Justice Campaign
+44 2074401777
Pussy Riot to Lead Tribute to Sergei Magnitsky at the British Parliament on the Fifth Anniversary of His Murder in Russian Police Custody
November 12, 2014
Pussy Riot to Lead Tribute to Sergei Magnitsky at the British Parliament on the Fifth Anniversary of His Murder in Russian Police Custody
11 November 2014 – This month marks the fifth anniversary of the killing in Russian police custody of 37-year old anti-corruption lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, who exposed a $230 million fraud perpetrated by Russian government officials and organised criminals.
While his death ignited worldwide condemnation and lead to numerous political and legal calls for justice around the globe, five years on there is still no justice in Russia for Sergei Magnitsky.
To mark the memory of Sergei Magnitsky and the fight against corruption which he gave his life for, politicians, artists, journalists and campaigners will gather in London on Tuesday 18 November 2014 to participate in a major panel by Henry Jackson Society to be held at the British parliament.
The session chaired by Chris Bryant, MP, is entitled 'Prospects for Russia after Putin: Five Years from the Death of Sergei Magnitsky.'
Among the panelists are members of the Russian punk protest group Pussy Riot, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alekhina, who were previously jailed in Russia for staging an anti-Putin protest in a Moscow church. Also participating will be Hon Irwin Cotler MP, former General Prosecutor of Canada, who represented prisoners of conscience Nathan Sharansky and Nelson Mandela; former Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov; environmental activist and opposition leader Evgenia Chirikova; and Franco-Russo journalist Elena Servettaz, author of the book, "Why Europe Needs a Magnitsky Law".
"This event will commemorate Sergei Magnitsky's legacy by bringing together some of the top human rights campaigners to discuss Russia after Putin, and if there is a chance for the kind of Russia that Sergei Magnitsky believed in," said a Magnitsky Justice Campaign representative.
Sergei Magnitsky was a 37-year old lawyer and outside counsel for the Hermitage Fund, who was tortured to death in Russian Interior Ministry custody after he testified about the involvement of Interior Ministry officials in the theft of his client's companies and the $230 million theft. The Russian officials responsible for his arrest, torture and killing were absolved from any responsibility, promoted and decorated with state honours.
For more information, please contact:
Magnitsky Justice Campaign
+44 2074401777
To register your attendance at the Magnitsky event, please go to Henry Jackson Society website:


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Check out these great Halloween events:
October 17, 18, 19, 24, 25, 26, 31
Hersheypark in the Dark
Hersheypark, Hershey
The park and rides will be decorated for Halloween, and families can enjoy riding the rides and live entertainment. Little ones are welcome to dress in costume and join in the Trick-or-Treat Adventure.
October 18, 19, 25, and 26, November 1 and 2
Happy Hauntings
Dutch Wonderland, Lancaster
A fall family event featuring themed rides, special entertainment, tasty treats and Trick-or-Treat Trail, a safe, interactive Trick-or-Treating experience.
Friends of Midtown Halloween Social
Friday, October 31, 2014 - 8pm
Historic Harrisburg Assoc. 1230 N 3rd. St., Midtown Harriburg
Enjoy drinks, appetizers, music, and the company of your neighbors in this Halloween-themed social event. Costumes are encouraged, and the best will be rewarded. We'll also have donation-based tarot readings. Please invite your friends and neighbors. It's free for Friends of Midtown members. Nonmembers may attend for $5 or join FOM for just $10.
Rocky Horror Picture Show
Friday, October 31, 2014 - 8pm & 10:30pm
Midtown Cinema, 250 Reiuly St., Midtown Harrisburg
Rated R, 100 min
Fri 10/31 @ 8:00pm
Fri 10/31 @ 10:30pm
$9 or $5 members. $5 prop bags!
No tricks, just treats! Grab your favorite drink, your best floor show costume, and come on out to either of our two showings of our favorite cult classic and have a blast with us! Best-dressed wins their very own Rocky Horror collectible movie statue! With two showings, you're bound to be hooting, hollering, calling and responding all night! Great Scott!
Halloween Undercover Show
Friday, October 31, 2014 - 7pm to 2am
Federal Taphouse, 234 N. 2nd Street, Downtown Harrisburg
Get tickets: http://ticketf.ly/1nkvfzr
Minshara as Travis Barker and DJ AM
Very Americans 90's Brit Pop
Mansion Builder as Espenshade
The Give Take as CCR
Houston as The White Stripes
Divebomber as Disney Classics
Spiderglass as Modest Mouse
The North Side as Queen
On Sunday, August 31, 2014, from 11 a.m.—5 p.m., the 19th Annual Hanover Chili Cook-off will be held rain or shine at the Good Fields, located at 70 North Forney Avenue in Hanover. Attendees will enjoy the chili tasting as well as see the judges that will be present to reward the best chili with prize money. There will also be musical entertainment, face painting, balloon twisting, inflatable jousting attraction, and a magician.
On Saturday, August 30, 2014, the newly renamed Kipona Wine, Art and Blues festival opens 12—9 p.m, and continues through Sunday, August 31, Noon—9 p.m., and Monday, September 1, Noon—7 p.m. Kipona is held in downtown Harrisburg, along Riverfront Park and on City Island, showcasing the Susquehanna River.
Over Labor Day Weekend, Long's Park in Lancaster County will be the site of the 36th Annual Long's Park Art and Craft Festival. From Friday, August 29 -31, 2014, 10 AM – 6 PM on Friday and Saturday, and 10 AM – 5 PM on Sunday, the fine art festival will be set up on the edge of historic Downtown Lancaster with 200 top artists and craftspeople from across the country putting their work on display. There will also be live music, food, wine and craft beers available.
The Pennsylvania National Fire Museum has an extensive collection of fire fighter company memorabilia on display, such as fire engines, hand-drawn equipment, a 9/11 display, video presentations, fire fight tools, helmets, belts, uniforms, as well as an extensive stovepipe parade hat collection from the 18th and 19th centuries. The museum is located in the 1899 Victorian firehouse Reily Hose Company No. 10, and is located at 1820 North Fourth Street in Harrisburg. Its hours of operation are Tuesdays—Fridays 10 a.m.—4 p.m., Saturdays 10 a.m.—4 p.m., and Sundays from 1—4 p.m. Tickets are $6 for adults and $5 for students and seniors.
On Wednesday, August 27, 2014, beginning at 6 and 6:30 p.m., Historic Church Tours of Gettysburg will be given tour-goers an up close look at four churches. Stories will be shared about the heroic acts that occurred before and after the Battle of Gettysburg. The short programs will focus on the beautiful features of the historic churches and the sacrifices made by citizens.
Spooky Nook Sports is a new destination for sports and entertainment in the Central Pennsylvania area, featuring indoor and outdoor fields and courts, a health and fitness center, as well as training areas, a family entertainment area with an arcade, rock climbing walls, ropes courses, a store, food court and much more. This is the largest indoor sports complex in the country.
Open daily all summer long, Dutch Wonderland offers plenty of fun attractions to make the whole family happy. On most days the park is open from 10 a.m.—8:30 p.m., and offers family rides, a monorail, boat rides, coasters, train rides, and more. There is a Just for Kids area, with small children rides and activities and Duke's Lagoon, which is a tropical island-themed water zone for kids, with a seating area for adults.
Climbnasium is an indoor rock climbing facility, with climbing walls that reach up to 40 feet in height. Any age is welcome to try climbing, and the Climbnasium offers first-time instruction, birthday parties, group climbing, and more family-friendly events.
From Friday to Saturday, August 22—24, 2014, there will be more than 5,000 Corvettes taking over downtown Carlisle. The Corvettes at Carlisle event will mainly be featured at Carlisle Events, with autocross, burnouts, a huge swap meet with a wide variety of vendors, an all-Corvette car corral, Manufacturers Midway and Installation Alley. Also at Corvettes at Carlisle will be a Kids at Carlisle Activity Center area, where there will be crafts for kids and parents to enjoy together, as well as play activities. Women can enjoy the Women's Oasis as well, where they can get massages, makeovers, shop and more. The event will also feature a parade through historic downtown Carlisle on Saturday, when the corvettes drive from the fairgrounds and will drive to the square in Carlisle and park. Once all of the cars park in downtown Carlisle, there will be a live band performing. The Corvettes Parade will be presented by the Downtown Carlisle Association.
The Ned Smith Center is hosting the Ted Lick Memorial Sporting Clays Classic on Friday, August 22, 2014. Beginning at 9 a.m. at the Blue Ridge Sportsmen's Club in Linglestown, participants can enjoy a full day of 100 rounds of clay birds, a cocktail hour and awards ceremony, and a silent auction. Dozens of Central Pennsylvania business leaders will be present throughout the day, partaking in the fun.
Every Thursday, Hauser Estate Winery hosts Thirsty Thursdays, an evening where guests can enjoy music, specials, and great wine and ciders from the winery. On this Thursday, Shelley McCarthy will be performing, a solo vocalist and guitarist performing favorite folk, classic rock and country tunes from the 60s – 80s.
From Tuesday, August 19 to Saturday, August 25, 2014, the annual Perry County Community Fair will be open at the Perry County Fairgrounds in Newport. This annual event is held the third full week of August at the Fairgrounds with rides, games, live music, animals, livestock, exhibits, arts and crafts, judging, benefit auction, talent shows, horse pulling, pony races, lumberjack show, vendors, food, entertainment and more.
From Monday, August 18 to Saturday, August 23, 2014, the Elizabethtown Fairgrounds will be holding the annual Elizabethtown Fair at 900 East High Street. At the fair, there will be animal shows for horses, goats, lambs, swine, beef, dairy beef and more. There will also be a Fair Queen competition, live music, sack races, garden tractor games, baked good auctions, livestock exhibits, arts and crafts auction, martial arts demonstrations, comedy, a hypnotist, amusement rides and a petting zoo.
During the third weekend in August, Mount Gretna will hold the 40th Annual Outdoor Art Show on the grounds of the Pennsylvania Chautauqua (park). 260 artists are carefully selected through a juried competition, and will have their works for display and sale for the 20,000 visitors the art show brings in every year.
Nearly every Saturday over the summer, Buddy Boy Winery and Vineyard in Duncannon offers a delectable night out with Dinner on the Deck. For only $20, from 6 – 8 p.m., guests can partake in a delicious meal while enjoying wines crafted by the vineyard, and after dinner, for $5, guests can stay and listen to a live performance by Darkside. The menu for Saturday includes pit beef, gourmet potatoes, baked cabbage, candied baby carrots, mixed green salad, fresh Fruit, and Heavens Delight.
Every third Friday of the month in Harrisburg is 3rd in the Burg, an evening where local galleries and venues have special exhibitions of art and great entertainment. On Friday, August 15, 2014, art enthusiasts can also enjoy a variety of food options at the Harrisburg Food Truck Feast. The Harrisburg Food Truck Feast is a group of the top food trucks and trailers in Central PA serving up their special menus every third Friday, from April to October. Some of the food trucks that will be present include MAD Sandwiches, Baron Von Schwein, Up in Smoke, Ice Cream Exress, Bountiful Feast, The Chicken Truck, Forno Inferno, as well as many others.
From Thursday, August 14 to Sunday, August 17, 2013, the semi-annual Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival will put on four days of incredible music on two stages. The festival will be held at the Granite Hill Camping Resort located at 3340 Fairfield Road in Gettysburg. The festival will offer workshops, live music, an all-star jam, the Bluegrass Academy for Kids, food, merchandise, arts and crafts vendors, camping and more. Some of the performers include The Del McCoury Band, The Seldom Scene, Bobby Osborne & the Rocky Top X-Press, US Navy Bluegrass Band, Steep Canyon Rangers, Blue highway, Junior Sisk & Rambers Choice, and many more.
From Wednesday, August 13 to Saturday, August 16, 2014, beginning at 9 a.m., the Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society will host the Bookworm Frollic, a community event that has been around for over 30 years where people can go through over 40,000 used books, magazines, and music for sale. The sale will be held outside the historical society, and with each passing day, the prices will decrease. Some of the used books categories that will be available are religion, psychology, health, textbooks, travel, natural sciences, how-to books, history, music, crafts, classic literature, children and teenager, fiction, biography, sports, foreign languages, and family. Local food will be available, and there will also be new books inside the bookstore that will also be discounted.
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Watching a high-action, military-might, testosterone-overloaded, heck-ya! film about alien robots that transform into cool cars, fighter jets, cell phones and radios is spectacularly exciting.
Watching a film about debating? Eh. Not so much.
But wait! Let me make my argument. We're talking about debating and Denzel Washington, which is a whole different thing altogether.
Watching a debate — the truly fire-under-your-belly kind — is fairly exciting in Denzel Washington-directed "The Great Debaters," his follow-up directorial effort post "Antwone Fisher" (another strong Washington-directed film, by the way).
This is an underdog movie, after all, even though a debate team is involved rather than a football team, and we all know that America loves underdog films.
"The Great Debaters" is one of those based-on-a-true story films, which makes it all the more inspirational.
Washington in the movie plays Melvin B. Tolson, a commanding classroom orator who thinks nothing of walking atop desks in "Dead Poets Society" fashion, stimulating the brain electrodes so as to fire up the neurons of eager young thinkers, and throwing out a meaningful quote now and then.
But he's also the debate teacher, which would normally not mean very much since he's the debate teacher at tiny Wiley College, an all-black college in the days of segregation in 1930s East Texas.
Nonetheless, Tolson has that fire-under-his-belly, impassioned, learned way about him, and he has turned Wiley College's small-town debate team into something to reckon with.
It's the reason why Samantha Booke (Jurnee Smollett) decides to transfer from her college to Wiley. She has a lofty goal. She wants to be the first black woman lawyer in Texas, and she thinks being part of the debate team will help her reach her goals. All she has to do is make the team — a hard thing to do, considering the dozens who show up to show off their oratorical skills.
But Samantha is pleased to make the four-student squad, even though she's on the B-team with James Farmer Jr. (Denzel Whitaker), the 14-ish-year-old, brilliant son of the college's unforgiving and eternally serious dean, James Farmer Sr. (Forest Whitaker).
The A-team debate duo includes the pompous Henry Lowe (Nate Parker), who is also brilliant, but he has a passion for juke joints and self-destruction. He is the team's wild card. And then there's the very likable Hamilton Burgess (Jermaine Williams), who keeps the team dynamic well balanced.
Much of the film follows the debaters as they slowly gain confidence, winning debate after debate, even stomping on a team from a white college. (Unfortunately, not everyone at that white college wants to see an all-white team welcome a black team as intellectual equals, so the debate is not held on campus but in a grassy field).
The film's culmination finds the team invited to Harvard University for the ultimate debate, where they must not only prove themselves on the debate field but have to overcome personal struggles within the group.
"The Great Debaters" was released in theaters at Christmastime. It had to compete against all the big, Oscar-worthy contenders and so probably didn't get the box-office love that it should have.
As far as underdog films go, this one follows the formula of underdogs rising to the challenge to fulfill their dream by overcoming personal struggles. It also follows the familiar message of many other films about great teachers. Like in those films, the idea is that the true measure of a great teacher, in the end, is that their students grow to become their equals — the whole "the student becomes the teacher" thing or the "You are ready, grasshopper" ideology.
"The Great Debaters," of course, is great because this inspiring story deals with more than debate. It focuses on a number of themes, like the demanding father-obedient son theme, the struggle of women in 1930s America to excel and go beyond societal expectations, prejudices against black America, lynching, and the murkiness of one's political convictions.
But most of all, it focuses on the right things, which are the characters, and these characters are likable and easy to root for. All of them have well-developed back stories that make you want them to succeed.
Washington, of course, is ever the commanding presence onscreen, along with his worthy counterpart, Forest Whitaker. But the young cast is excellent, too, from Smollett as the ambitious Samantha Booke, Nate Parker as the emotionally complex Henry Lowe and Denzel Whitaker as the son just trying to please his father.
Nothing to debate about there.
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"The Great Debaters"
Grade: B+
Director: Denzel Washington
Starring: Denzel Washington, Forest Whitaker, Jurnee Smollett, Denzel Whitaker and Nate Parker
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for depiction of strong thematic material, including violence and disturbing images, and for language and brief sexuality
Running time: 126 minutes
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"ROCKET SCIENCE." You would think that there aren't many films about debate teams because, you know, making a film about a debate team could be like making a film about the audio-visual club at school. Luckily, like in spelling bee movies, a certain amount of drama comes with those pressure-filled moments of debate (coincidentally, this film's director, Jeffrey Blitz, also directed the Oscar-nominated documentary "Spellbound").
The drama in "Rocket Science" is that high-schooler Hal Hefner (Reece Daniel Thompson) isn't the typical debater, since he has a stutter. But after the school's celebrated debater, Ben Wekselbaum (Nicholas D'Agosto), chokes at a tournament, he's recruited and trained by Ben's teammate, Ginny (Anna Kendrick), who of course, Hal decides he loves. Meanwhile, his family life is in an upheaval, too, after his dad announces he's leaving and his mom starts dating a weirdly likable Korean judge.
"Rocket Science" is very "Juno"-esque in its music and is a smart film, too, about teens in their geekiest and most vulnerable stage. It certainly has eccentric charm aplenty, though its humor is so subtle that the film drags at times. Still, there's no arguing that it's worth the rental.
(Grade: B-. Released in: 1997. Rated: R for sexual content and language.)
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|Jan 27, 2011, 06:46 PM
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I was thinking of just having 3 different 'profiles'. I really only want to change the pitch / roll rate and maybe the yaw rate. All though I can see wanting to change the PID too, but I think adding everything to the LCD config would be better.
I think assigning a Tx switch would be perfect for switching the rates. And you would probably only want to switch them when the copter was on the ground unarmed.
LMK if you need someone to test or to help you out. If I can ever get some free time I will be looking into the code more also.
|Jan 27, 2011, 06:47 PM
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Also, I tried setting up dual rates on my Tx, and it really doesn't have the same feel as changing the pitch roll rate in the GUI.
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Bug found in SERIAL_SUM_PPM define.
Using Hitec Eclipse 7 and HFD-08RD receiver with ppm sum signal extracted from pin1 of IC4015 (http://paparazzi.enac.fr/wiki/Image:Electron6mod.jpg)
On oscilloscope I have determined the channel order in serial sum signal as: 1,3,2,4,5,6,7 meaning Roll, Throttle, Pitch, Yaw, Aux1 (it matches Alex code for hitec)
Also, using this settings on #define Serial_sum_ppm, results in swapping throttle with pitch. The working combination found randomly, because swapping throttle and pitch provoke a bigger mess including yaw, is: ROLL YAW THROTTLE PITCH AUX
PS. More tweaking on receivers for PPM sum signal found here:http://paparazzi.enac.fr/wiki/RC_Rec...72MHz_Reciever
|Jan 27, 2011, 06:50 PM
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Someone was asking for setup details for a small tri? Attached are the settings I am currently running on my 8 inch m2m.
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|Jan 27, 2011, 07:07 PM
It's here! The OnLine Universal Ardu Configurator 1.00 by Dani Saez
There are 2 working versions:
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Big thanks go out to Dani, Emile & Hein from the ArduPirates' Crew!
|Jan 27, 2011, 07:13 PM
Full Tilt Tri Wii Copter -> inside (a closer look)
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It took quite a bit of time to get all this stuff in and fit in place.
As the servomounts were only glued by CA, i disassembled the copter, glued the mounts with 24h resin, and then build it together, cut some wires and screws, and now i have 560g on the scale excluding lipo.
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|Jan 27, 2011, 07:18 PM
Peer, this is ingenious and it resolves a problem I have. Now I can do a direct drive motor tilt. thank you.
|Jan 27, 2011, 07:49 PM
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First of all thank you to Alex for a really great controller design and thanks to the rest of you for contributing to the valuable discussion!
I have been following this thread for a while and a couple of weeks ago on a cold and dreary Sunday morning I decided to built a TCopter entirely from spare parts I had laying around. I pretty much completed the airframe on the first day but it's taken a couple of weeks to finish the electronics and wait for weather suitable for testing. The only thing I ended up having to buy was the WiiMotionPlus. I went for a "real" one and had no problems getting it to work.
Here is a photo gallery of the build:
The first 15 pictures were taken on that first Sunday and the rest about a week ago.
I was finally able to flight test it outside yesterday afternoon and I am astounded at how good it flys!
Here are some notes on my configuration:
My controller uses the Arduino Pro Mini (16 mHz, 5V) with WMP only. I'm running v1.5 firmware with standard gains. I wired it by hand and tried to keep it as compact as possible. I was really pleased with the result.
The motors are "Blue Wonders" from HobbyKing. I'm using 1300kv for the two front motors and 1500kv for the tail. That's what I had available and I convinced myself that it would be beneficial to have a higher kv motor on the tail and it looks like I was right. The ESCs are Turnigy Plush 10A. I was surprised I had three of them in my ESC drawer.
The frame is made from left over 450 size heli tail booms. I wasn't sure they would be strong enough on their own so I inserted wooden dowels and glued them in with a generous amount of Gorilla Glue (polyurethane). Then as you can see from the pictures I used a plywood inner frame and 2mm coroplast for the outer frame. Actually I think I got carried away with this and it would be interesting to try another one without the wooden parts to reduce the weight.
For the tail pivot I'm using a 450 size blade holder which works great. The servo is a DMG-16 which seems to work extremely well for this application.
The standard props for the "Blue Wonder" motors on 3S are GWS 8x4 but I couldn't even get it to lift off the ground with those. I switched to GWS 9x5 and it was a completely different animal!
My total weight with 3S-1000 battery is around 450g so it is not light but it flys well. I was surprised after the initial testing with the 8x4 props.
I know you can't get away without posting a video here, so here you go:
It has a bit of a surprise ending! Sorry it is so long but after I got the "picture-in-picture" worked out again I didn't have enough energy to look for the best clips.
I'm hoping for a big snow fall soon to cover the ground that is like concrete right now. Then I'm going to practice some flips and rolls.
Cheers to all.
|Jan 27, 2011, 08:51 PM
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Got a chance to get out to some wide open space today, the nicest day of the year yet!!!
While flying big smooth aerobatics, I found the downfall of a large negative "D" coefficient. Trying to do smooth loops & rolls, the "D" makes manouvers look knotchy as D resists changes in control rate. Example, while doing rolls, a small change in stick input results in no control rate change until some threshold is reached, then the control rate jumps to a different rate rather than making a smooth control rate transition. In the simplest terms I can say, a large negative D results in a knotchy control rate response. This makes sense mathmaticly and proves out in flight testing.
I reduced the negativness(I'll buy alex a beer if he takes that sign out of the gui) of D from -40 to -30 and am again happy with how my largish (32.5" motor to motor) tri flys.
While the above is true, if you're not flying aerobatics, I still see a big negative D as a good thing.
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