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!

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Light Stryker’s lights annotated

Just a couple of photos to show off how well the LEDs light up the Stryker’s wing and fuse. I’ve mounted LED strips with the LED lights facing into the foam, rather than pointing outwards.

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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.

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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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The shaky maiden of the scratch-built Sopwith Triplane

After months and months of struggle, including three different motors, I finally got an actual flight out of my scratch-built Sopwith Triplane!

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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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