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Author Archives: Mark
Porcho’s Light Stryker – the Build
Porcho and I are building him a new plane: a lightweight Stryker modeled after my own White Lightning (minus the lights.) This post is a chronicle of the build. AUW – 12.5 ounces. Total cost of materials, about $60.00. Paint is … Continue reading
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UMX J-3 Cub mod – flying wires
Today while pulling some high-gee stunts, I managed to fold the port wing on my ultra-micro J-3 Cub. After gluing it back together, I decided to add some wing wires – inspired by my recent work on a scratch built … Continue reading
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Mr. Angry Quad
During the family’s weekly pilgrimage to Freddy’s Frozen Custard, I spotted these lids and wondered if they might not make suitable alternate bodies for my mQX quadcopter.
All my copters
Clockwise from top left: Blade mCX2; Blade mSR; Blade mQX; ThinkGeek R/C Micro Metal Gear Helicopter.
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The Frankenstick (RETIRED)
The last time I reorganized all my boxes of parts, I realized I had enough bits and pieces to put together a plane. Thus the Frankenstick was born. The wing is from an old HobbyZone Mini Super Cub. The fuselage … Continue reading
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Blade mQX Quadcopter – simple onboard camera mount
One of the big attractions of the new Blade mQX quadcopter, to me, was its potential to carry my little keychain cameras around. I’m using the crudest of mounts – a piece of 3M Heavy Duty Fastener (e.g. Velcro) stuck … Continue reading
New Toy! The Blade mQX ultra-micro quadcopter.
I couldn’t long resist having my own tiny little quadcopter so when the new Blade mQX showed up at my local hobby shop, I bought one. I’ve taken a long break from helicopters and it shows but, nonetheless, this is … Continue reading
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Blue fanfold scratch build – 1/12 Sopwith Triplane
This is a photo log of the build of my 1/12th scale (26.5″) Sopwith Triplane. I’m still building, and will update this post with new photos as I take them. Emax GF2215/20 60 gram Outrunner Brushless Motor Emax Budget 18 … Continue reading
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ThinkGeek Micro Metal Gear Helicopter
I got this tiny guy from my brother-in-law for Christmas. It’s a ThinkGeek R/C Micro Metal Gear Helicopter. I am really surprised at what a sweet little flier this bird is, especially given its tiny size and its $30 price tag. … Continue reading
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Oh no, Pierre!
I had a particularly stupid crash yesterday, brought on by bad depth perception and poor situational awareness. I was flying my 26″ Tiger Moth at a nearby school when I made a pass over the parking lot and caught a hanging power … Continue reading
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New tail gear for the Micro Moth
When I originally built my Micro Moth, I used a bent finishing nail as a cheap and easy, lightweight landing skid. This seemed to work okay, and it was certainly strong enough, but the sound the plane made on the … Continue reading
Micro Moth upgrade ready to fly
My original build of the Micro Moth used a EMAX CF2805 0.9 oz 2800kV outrunner motor I had lying around. This motor is designed for small pusher jets so it wasn’t really appropriate for a slow-ish biplane. This week, I … Continue reading