Category Archives: My Planes

An afternoon of balsa flying

Posted on May 6, 2016 by Mark
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First onboard footage from the Double Down

Posted on May 5, 2016 by Mark
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Twinbat

Posted on May 4, 2016 by Mark
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Double Down – scratch built conjoined flying wing

Posted on April 21, 2016 by Mark

Here is my scratch-built plane, the Double Down. It was inspired by a photo I saw online of two flying wings, one 60% the size of the other, placed nose-to-tail. My eyes misread it as one plane. Later, I decided … Continue reading →

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Double Down – maiden flight

Posted on April 19, 2016 by Mark
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Sunny day flying

Posted on April 9, 2016 by Mark

I took an afternoon off and trucked down to a nearby park with some planes including my SkyBuggy, Gee Bee Sportster, Sparrow and (the always problematic) Mustang pylon racer.

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Stevens Aero SkyBuggy 300

Posted on April 8, 2016 by Mark
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Dynam Gee Bee Sportster: Back in the air

Posted on April 8, 2016 by Mark
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A fairly terrible maiden.

Posted on April 5, 2016 by Mark

Well, I had a fairly disastrous maiden today with my Skybuggy 300. Balanced on the main spar, near the rear of the recommended CG range, the plane was uncontrollable. On take-off, it went straight up… … and came straight down. … Continue reading →

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FT Sparrow

Posted on April 3, 2016 by Mark

Here’s my FliteTest Sparrow, built as a project with my granddaughter. This was my first Flite Test build, and I used one of their speed build kits, rather than cut everything out myself. Setup: 3000 kV KEDA outrunner 12A Turnigy … Continue reading →

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Video: Full-on night flight of my SkyBoy

Posted on March 4, 2016 by Mark
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Dynam Gee Bee Sportster – rebuild

Posted on February 26, 2016 by Mark

I crashed my Dynam Gee Bee hard last year. I decided to buy a new fuselage, rather than try and piece together all the bits of the original. The cowling was also badly crushed and no amount of steam seemed … Continue reading →

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