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February
2, 2012 Show
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Tom Richard's Albatros D3, made from heat formed 6 mm Depron, 10" prop. Experimental scratch build needs more weight in nose (after one flight). Ask Tom about other building techniques. |
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Russ Doll's F109B from Hobby King. This $79 model is advertised as 100+ mph and Russ says it is FAST! Motor turns 20,000 rpm at WOT. ARF only requires adding the tail, battery (3 or 4 cell 850 mah), receiver and hooking up linkages. |
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Shannon Newman's video camera and receiver with range of 1000' for only $29 at Nitro Planes. Camera is powered by standard 9 volt battery. Receiver is powered by 12 volt gel cell. See more on YouTube by searching for OAGH. |
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Camera and 9-volt battery |
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January
5, 2012 Show
and Tell (click photo for larger
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Roger Steyaert's 2 Meter Radian Pro. Electric power with folding prop and 1300 to 2200 3-cell LiPo. Weighs about 36 ounces. Model has working flaps, rudder, elevator, ailerons, and throttle. Transmitter is programmed for various modes that link flaps and aileron, etc for the full range of sailplane maneuvers. |
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Randyl Britten's Baby Blue. Weighs about 1 pound and has about 1-1/2 SQ FT of wing area, 480 size motor, and is scratch built from Depron. Randyl indicated that more test flights were required due to stall characteristics, but expert advice suggested that more down thrust was typically needed for small foamies. |
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Dave Temby's P-26A from Hobby Lobby. |
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Tom Richard's year long F-14 Tomcat has twin ducted fans and rotatable wings. Tom's efforts to complete this larger scale model has been interrupted over the last year by many indoor scale models. |
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Ben Weaver's Park Zone P-51D Mustang. This BNF model is powered by 1300 mAh 3-cell LiPo. |
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Horizon Hobby - P-51D Mustang BL BNF by ParkZone (PKZ1880)
November
3, 2011 Show
and Tell (click photo for larger
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Widgen ARF
This is Randyl Brittens's Great Planes Widgen which weighs about 4 lbs. When ready to fly it will carry a 3300 mAh Lipo. |
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Fred Carey's Citabria
Fred's SWOS (Stand Way Off Sort-of) Scale version of the Citabria. |
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Dick Weaver's Albatros
1/12 scale with two G-15 motors. A scratch built from Ivan Pettigrew plans from Chilliwack, BC with 3-piece wing (see link below). It will carry two 2650 batteries and two 60 amp speed controllers. 96" wingspan. It took 6 months to research and re-engineer to a closer scale design and Dick spent 6 months building the basic structure. Next step is completing the structure and covering. |
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3-bladed prop on Albatros
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Dick Weaver's Float Fly Report
Some perfect flying weather for a Fall Float Fly |
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Foat Fly's Motto: Be Prepared!
Checking everything twice before take-off. |
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Don Parker skillfully pilots his "W" in a gentle North breeze.
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Hat's For Sale: $10 Green, Blue, & Tan
See Dan or Marlow to purchase a hat. |
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Ivan's Plans (see "Dick
Weaver's Albatros" above)
October
6, 2011 Show
and Tell (click photo for larger
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A Jim Weaver "Whatsit"
Ray Peters described his pre-assembled laser cut balsa Whatsit. He plans to cover it and install electric motor with 3-cell, 2200 Mah batter that should give about 2 minutes of flight. |
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Air Swimmer Shark
Dick Weaver demonstrated his Air Swimmer Shark by flying around the meeting room and described how it was partially swallowed by the indoor flying site air conditioning system. |
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Tom Richard's Scratch Built Sukhoi T-50
Tom described how he added vertical stabalizers to the underside of the fuselage to reduce "wallowing" at low-speed, high angle-of-attack flight. |
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Tom Richard's Scratch Built "Day Dream"
Prototype has rotating twin electric motors, but gremlins had altered tramsmitter programming provided by Gerry Drake, so it may be working by the next meeting. |
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Gerry Drake's Great Planes Ugly Stick ARF
Gerry plans to put Ugly Stick on floats after check-out flights from the ground. |
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Gerry Drake's GAUI A-10 Warthog ARF
Plane has no steering for nose wheel or rudder control, so twin ducted fans must be programmed in transmitter for ground steering? |
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July 7, 2011 Show
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Dave Temby's Stinson SR9 (Topflite Kit). |
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Saito 220, 3.5 HP, 100" wingspan, 16-25 lbs.
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Tom Richard's A7 Corsair. |
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Tom Richard's Mig 29. |
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June 2, 2011 Show and Tell
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Tom Richard's plane fro the movie "Stealth". |
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Canard and swing-wing with wing in forward position. |
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Gerry Drake's Big "E" designed by John Parker |
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Jay Nickell's E-flite Yak 54, flys fast and lands slow, but does 3-D and gets 7 minutes on 2200 mAh battery. |
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Jay Nickell's L-4 Grasshopper made by R/C Aerodyne (local company in Kent, WA) $129.95, flys fast, lands slow (10mph) with full flaps, 5 foot STOL takeoff & landing. |
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L-4 Grasshoppr has 6 foot wingspan and comes finished as shown. |
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May 5, 2011 Show and Tell
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Tom Richard's Mig 29 from R/C Groups foamy plans with center mounted motor, flies |
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with greater maneuverability than motor-on-tail design. |
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This design intended to fly indoors. |
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Tom's F-14 Tomcat with folding wings. Note slack wire that controls ailerons when wings are extended for slow flight. |
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Tom says it goes really fast with wings in either position, but does not loop or turn as tight as design with mid-ship motor (Tom, how about a vectored thrust design?). |
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Nose and cockpit of F-14 is a 3-D design made by wrapping 3mm Depron foam around a plug using heat gun for initial shape, then wrapping tight to plug and baking in 200 degree oven for 15 minutes. See Tom for additional details. |
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