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Category Archives: R/C Planes
Catastrophic de-lam! The Nutball’s out of action.
I took my wife’s Nutball out for a flight this week, only to discover that something’s gone horribly wrong. The Dollar Tree foam board it’s made from has delaminated; the paper has completely detached from the foam. At first, I … Continue reading
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Pilot mod – letting Hippy Horse look around
[I’ve subsequently modded this mod. Read more here.] This is something I’ve wanted to do for a long time – give one of my pilots some mobility, so they can turn their head to see where they’re going. I picked … Continue reading
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New Xoar prop for the SE5a
I recently bought a sexy new XOAR Scimitar WWI propeller for my SE5a. I love the scale looks!
A successful drop!
Today, I successfully dropped my Ultra-micro F-27Q Stryker 180 from one of my custom light Strykers. The flight was a total success. Thanks, Porcho, for flying the mothership and making the whole thing possible. You’ll find more information about the … Continue reading
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Air-dropping a baby Stryker?
I’ve been thinking lately that it might be fun to drop my baby Stryker from one of my bigger Strykers, in flight. (Go here to see the first test flight.) The rig uses a single 10 gram servo sunk into … Continue reading
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That could have gone better!
I’m not entirely sure what happened here. The plane was fine and then … it just really wanted to climb. It put its nose all the way up and stalled and I could not get control before it spiraled to … Continue reading
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Onboard the Gee Bee
Onboard my UMX Gee Bee R2 I eventually get around to strapping a camera to most of my planes. Today, it was my UMX Gee Bee‘s turn.
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My Four Tiger Moths
I do love me some Tiger Moths. I currently have four flying: two GWS 400s, a GWS Pico and a little scratch-built moth of my own construction.
Clipped-wing UMX F-27Q
Somehow I broke the tip off of my UMX F-27Q’s port wing and elevon and lost the foam. Unsure how else to handle the problem, I carefully chopped off a matching section of the starboard wing so they’d at least, … Continue reading
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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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Yet another attempt at getting the Sopwith Triplane to fly
Following failure after failure, my scratch-built Sopwith Triplane has been gathering dust for quite some time. I’ve decided to give it another go. The plane seems really tail heavy, so I’m drastically shifting the weight. I’ve rebuilt the motor mount … Continue reading