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Category Archives: My Planes
ESC Fire!
There’s a first time for everything and today that thing was my ESC spontaneously breaking into flames. I took my GWS Tiger Moth, Ella, out for some flying today for the first time in a couple of months. I mounted … Continue reading
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Crack Turbo Beaver
My newest acquisition is the Twisted Hobbys 35″ EPP Crack Turbo Beaver. I built it using Twisted’s “Standard” power combo: Crack Series 26g 1450kv Motor Crack Series 12A Esc (4) 5g Micro Servos I’m currently running 450mAh 3-cell LiPos 8043 slow-fly … Continue reading
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Scratch-built Antonov An-2
Here is my scratch-built, 41″ Antonov An-2 (The World’s Biggest Biplane.) Current Setup: HobbyKing HKU5 5V/5A UBEC 20A ESC salvaged from my Gripon EDF jet (2x) Tower Pro SG92R 9-gram high torque servos. (2x) HK15178 10-gram analog servos (2x) HXT900 … Continue reading
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Fluffy Bunny – AMX 50mm EDF
This is my J-Power / SkyAngel 50mm EDF AMX ‘jet’, the Fluffy Bunny. Originally intended to house the electronics and other guts from my Gripon, it’s actually ended up being built from all new parts. I first decided to upgrade … Continue reading
Adding a little shine.
I’m trying out some water-based polyurethane on my new Dynam Gee Bee Sportster, to improve the look and protect the paint. It really looks good.
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Dynam Gee Bee Sportster
I just bought another plane (surprise, surprise!) It’s the 1270mm wingspan Dynam Gee Bee Sportster.
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Gripon re-maiden and crash
I remaidened my Gripon after implementing my battery mod (seen here) and it went poorly. A few seconds into the flight, I lost power to the motor and the plane went it hard. I’m afraid it’s bent pretty far out … Continue reading
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Gripon battery mod
I’ve hardly ever flown my JAS-39 Gripon EDF. In large part that’s because it only holds a relatively small (800mAh) battery and is still so nose-heavy that requires a full ounce of lead on the tail just to fly. I … Continue reading