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Category Archives: My 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!
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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Bipie Maiden Flight
I maidened my little bipe today, in 12-13MPH winds which proved to be WAY too much for it. 🙂 (Video beneath the photos.)
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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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