Category Archives: My Fleet

“Slowly”

This is my scratch build of Christian Huber’s plane, “Slowly.” Mine is built from blue Dow fanfold foam, and has a 34″ wingspan. AUW is about 11.5 ounces. You’ll find my build thread, with lotsa photos, here. You can read … Continue reading

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Crack Turbo Beaver

My newest acquisition is the Twisted Hobbys 35″ EPP Crack Turbo Beaver. I built it using Twisted’s “Standard” power combo: Crack Series 26g 1450kv Motor Crack Series 12A Esc (4) 5g Micro Servos I’m currently running 450mAh 3-cell LiPos 8043 slow-fly … Continue reading

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Scratch-built Antonov An-2

Here is my scratch-built, 41″ Antonov An-2 (The World’s Biggest Biplane.) Current Setup: HobbyKing HKU5 5V/5A UBEC 20A ESC salvaged from my Gripon EDF jet (2x) Tower Pro SG92R 9-gram high torque servos. (2x) HK15178 10-gram analog servos (2x) HXT900 … Continue reading

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Fluffy Bunny – AMX 50mm EDF

This is my J-Power / SkyAngel 50mm EDF AMX ‘jet’, the Fluffy Bunny. Originally intended to house the electronics and other guts from my Gripon, it’s actually ended up being built from all new parts. I first decided to upgrade … Continue reading

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Dynam Gee Bee Sportster

I just bought another plane (surprise, surprise!) It’s the 1270mm wingspan Dynam Gee Bee Sportster.

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Tripehound – scratch-built 1/12th scale Sopwith Triplane

This is my 1/12th scale Sopwith Triplane. It’s built entirely from Dow blue fanfold foam. You’ll find more about the construction of the plane, here. I had endless problems with this plane and gave up on it several times. I … Continue reading

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UM F-27Q Stryker 180 – “Baby Stryker”

This little guy is Parkzone’s ultra-micro Stryker. When it looked like HorizonHobby was closing them out at $65, I couldn’t resist. He’s stock at the moment.

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The Arlene Turner Memorial Moth

This is my fourth Tiger Moth, and my second GWS Tiger Moth 400 kit. You can see details of the build, here. Current setup: GWS Tiger Moth 400 Power-up 400 SlowFly motor HURC 18 Amp ESC GWS 9×3.8 slowfly propeller … Continue reading

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The SnowDragon (Retired)

A friend of mine ran for Senate this year (and almost won!) I collected a few yard signs at the end of his campaign with the idea of building something out of them. The SnowDragon, based on the Draco, is … Continue reading

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Parkzone S.E.5a

I found this little beauty under the Christmas tree. (Thanks, Honey!) The plane was more powerful and responsive than I’d anticipated – not a problem, but something that took me a bit to adjust to. I was expecting a slow, … Continue reading

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FPV Stryker

This plane started out as something else altogether. It was originally intended as a ‘3D’ mid-weight Stryker. It was a total failure. Instead, I have made it into an FPV / aerial video platform. Current setup: Emax CF2822 outrunner 20A … Continue reading

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The Dabbling Teal – Scratch-built Sporty Little Plane

My Sporty Little Plane, “The Dabbling Teal,” is a little low-wing sports plane with a 25″ wingspan, made from blue Dow fanfold foam. See video of it in the air at the bottom of this post. Heavily influenced by StevensAero’s adorable … Continue reading

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