Categories
- Aerial Photography
- Balsa
- Biplanes & Triplanes
- Boats & Watercraft
- Build Threads
- Building
- Cars & Trucks
- Combat
- Crashes
- Custom & Modified
- Electric Ducted Fans (EDF)
- Equipment
- FAQs and Tips
- Flying
- Flying Wings
- FPV
- Gyros
- Lessons Learned
- My Fleet
- My Planes
- Night Flying
- R/C Helicopters & Quadcopters
- R/C Planes
- RC Chat
- Repairs
- Retired
- Scratch Built
- Uncategorized
-
Recent Posts
Tags
FAQs and Tips Scratch Built Flying Building Combat Retired RC Chat Boats & Watercraft R/C Planes My Planes Night Flying funbat Balsa Crashes My Fleet Electric Ducted Fans (EDF) R/C Helicopters & Quadcopters Lessons Learned Repairs FPV Build Threads Flying Wings Equipment Biplanes & Triplanes Gyros Uncategorized Custom & Modified Cars & Trucks Aerial Photography
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
Posted in My Fleet, My Planes, R/C Planes, Scratch Built
Leave a comment
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
Posted in My Fleet, My Planes, R/C Planes
Leave a comment
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
Posted in Biplanes & Triplanes, My Fleet, My Planes, R/C Planes, Scratch Built
Leave a comment
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
Dynam Gee Bee Sportster
I just bought another plane (surprise, surprise!) It’s the 1270mm wingspan Dynam Gee Bee Sportster.
Posted in My Fleet, My Planes, R/C Planes
Leave a comment
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
Posted in Biplanes & Triplanes, My Fleet, My Planes, R/C Planes, Scratch Built
Leave a comment
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.
Posted in My Fleet, My Planes, R/C Planes
2 Comments
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
Posted in Biplanes & Triplanes, My Fleet, My Planes
Leave a comment
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
Posted in Custom & Modified, My Fleet, My Planes, R/C Planes, Retired, Scratch Built
1 Comment
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
Posted in Biplanes & Triplanes, My Fleet, My Planes, R/C Planes
1 Comment
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
Posted in Aerial Photography, Custom & Modified, FPV, My Fleet, My Planes, R/C Planes
Leave a comment
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
Posted in Custom & Modified, My Fleet, My Planes, R/C Planes, Scratch Built
7 Comments