Category Archives: R/C Planes

EDF FunBat – maiden flight

Posted on October 16, 2014 by Mark
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Hippy Horse enjoying a lovely, autumn day.

Posted on September 29, 2014 by Mark
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SE5a over South Wichita

Posted on September 2, 2014 by Mark

My S.E.5a inverted over one of my flying fields.

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Tiger Moth Re-re-re-re-re-build

Posted on July 9, 2014 by Mark

After an unexpected fire took out its original ESC and motor, I rebuilt my original Tiger Moth, Ella, for the umpteenth time. It’s now running an Emax CF2822 800kV motor and Turnigy Plush 18A ESC on a 1300mAh 3-cell, turning … Continue reading →

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UMX FrankenDelta

Posted on July 4, 2014 by Mark

It all started with my JAS-39 Gripon (retired). After a serious nose-in, it’s nothing more than a twisted hulk of foam that I trip over occasionally. But I noticed the wings were still in pretty good shape. What if, I … Continue reading →

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Sketching around

Posted on June 18, 2014 by Mark

Some 3D ‘sketches’ of a new plane design I’m noodling around with. I still haven’t decided on a wing shape: polyhedral or gull?

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Mustang down!

Posted on June 5, 2014 by Mark

Well, that could have gone better.

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An-2 Down

Posted on May 27, 2014 by Mark

Whoopsie.

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“Slowly” – wing & aileron mod

Posted on May 15, 2014 by Mark

I liked my new Slowly pretty well, but I couldn’t help but wonder how it would fly with a straight (or, at least, straighter) wing. So I built a second wing, using the same dimensions, but without any dihedral whatsoever. … Continue reading →

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“Slowly”

Posted on April 7, 2014 by Mark

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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Slowly build

Posted on March 27, 2014 by Mark

After a year or so of dithering and building other projects, I’m finally ready to start on a Slowly (for my wife.) I’ll be using 1/4″ Dow blue fanfold. The wingspan (before folding the wing) is about 36.5″ / 93cm. … Continue reading →

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Twisted Hobbies Crack Turbo Beaver up a Tree

Posted on March 23, 2014 by Mark
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