Category Archives: My Planes

Rebuilding the Monkee Shines – the Bearcat gets a brushless setup

Posted on June 14, 2011 by Mark

When my F8F Bearcat, Monkee Shines, made a nose-dive into the dirt, breaking the motor mount and snapping the prop shaft, I decided to take the opportunity to upgrade the plane to a brushless setup. Since the new motor is … Continue reading →

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Building a Light, Night Stryker – Part 1

Posted on June 10, 2011 by Mark

Seems I’ve always got another project in mind in the basement. My latest is a ‘light’ Stryker. Where most modify their Strykers for speed, a few go the other direction: building a Stryker that’s as light and slow as possible. … Continue reading →

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Stryker Motor bearing going out

Posted on June 8, 2011 by Mark

It looks like something’s failing in the motor on my Stryker. I’m looking at a cheap and easy replacement. I’ve had the Turnigy 2835 2700kV motor recommended as a good replacement for the stock motor. If I ever get $20 together … Continue reading →

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Glider Down – the crash of the Night Radian

Posted on June 6, 2011 by Mark

Well, Getrude had her first major crash today. It was pitch dark – 11PM – to boot. I was night flying my Radian from my usual pitch black field in the middle of nowhere. I was climbing out after launch … Continue reading →

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Playing with Gyre – Detrum GY48V

Posted on June 3, 2011 by Mark

I wanted to play with gyro stabilization, but I didn’t want to spend a lot of money or do a lot of thinking. A little internet research indicated that the cheapest useful gyro was probably the  Detrum GY48V piezo headlock … Continue reading →

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Hard Candy – Parkzone F-27C Stryker

Posted on June 1, 2011 by Mark

This is my new Stryker. I bought the naked fuselage and fins online, and transferred the electronics and etc. from my old, crashed Stryker. The motor immediately began going out (of course.) My current setup is: Venom V40 3125Kv brushless … Continue reading →

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Sgt. Sweet-ass – Parkzone F-27C Stryker (R.I.P.)

Posted on June 1, 2011 by Mark

The Sergeant was a stock Parkzone F-27C Stryker that I received for Christmas. One of the digital servos went bad and HorizonHobby was kind enough to send me two new ones at no charge. Sadly, shortly after that, the plane met its … Continue reading →

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Little Joe – Tower Hobbies 40″ P-51 Mustang

Posted on May 31, 2011 by Mark

Little Joe is a Tower Hobbies P-51D Mustang. The plane is stock except for the prop, which is an APC 9×7.5 a Master Air Screw 10×6. This prop gives more thrust than the APC 9×7.5 I was previously running, and actually draws … Continue reading →

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The Ugly Orca – Custom Mini Cub (RETIRED)

Posted on May 31, 2011 by Mark

The Ugly Orca is a custom Mini Cub built from bits and scraps of (mostly) HobbyZone Mini Super Cubs that were left over after completing the Zombee. The Ugly Orca is powered by: EMAX CF2805 2800KV motor GWS 5030 prop TowerPro … Continue reading →

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Phoenix Flying Wing

Posted on May 31, 2011 by Mark

The Phoenix is a gyro-stabilized flying wing I built from the ruins of a badly crashed Stryker F-27C. The fuselage and tail were destroyed and I got the idea of cutting the wings off and then gluing them together to … Continue reading →

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Ella – Hippy Horse’s personal GWS Tiger Moth 400

Posted on May 31, 2011 by Mark

This GWS Tiger Moth has a 38″ wingspan, and was my first ‘kit’ plane. Sold as an ARF (almost ready to fly), the Tiger moth required more assembly than I was used to and was my introduction to sketchy ‘Chinglish’ instructions. Thanks … Continue reading →

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Zombee – Custom Mini Cub

Posted on May 31, 2011 by Mark

Zombee is my son’s plane. I built it as a Christmas present for him out of the ruins of a couple of HobbyZone Mini Super Cubs. The fuselage comes from Li’l B, my very first plane. It sported plenty of … Continue reading →

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