tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72102846661943436632024-11-01T04:46:05.406-07:0050 years of Memories Flying RC Modelsdavideo4301http://www.blogger.com/profile/08292665305269488198noreply@blogger.comBlogger43125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7210284666194343663.post-52792956203712301672021-02-04T14:56:00.002-08:002021-02-04T17:47:52.445-08:00

 A lot of the models featured in this blog are hanging from my workshop ceiling waiting for a new home. If anyone sees something they like give me a shout at crockerdh@aol.com

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Charles Lindbergh's Spirit of St. Louis This is one of my favorite model aircraft but, the Spirit was not always one of my favorite because of it's lack of windscreen or cabin windows. In time it's unique classic looks won me over and now I can say, it ranks away up near the top. For years: while I was living on a farm with my very own flying strip, I would dust it off on that special day

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Many years ago I purchased the collection of a deceased local modeler and among the many items included in the lot, was a partially completed Pica kit of the Waco YMF 3 biplane. Fuselage Plan Sheet 1 Wing Plan Sheet 2 I have always admired the Waco line of biplanes although I admit that my knowledge of the various models in the Waco line-up was very limited to say

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Based on the Future Craft drawings show the safe center of gravity location at the 50 percent line of the root cord. We elected to use our newly acquired Spektrum AR 8000 8 channel receiver and DX8 transmitter combination when setting up this model for flight. Well try as I did I couldn't get this combination move any of the servos. I eventually gave up and

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Stories abound of PE at Epsom Downs in the 1950's, generally shirtless, with models performing wild aerobatics as he trimmed and tamed them. He took great joy in having several of his scale free-flight models all in the air at once! To call P.E. Norman multi-talented doesn't do him justice. Aside from being recognized, at least circa 1962, as Britain's most accomplished aeromodeller, he made

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71" WS, 13.2 lbs, Enya 120 This decision proved to be a very big mistake. Just before the landing on the downwind leg something caused the big model to enter a nose down spin dive into the ground.  The crash smasher all the plywood frames into many pieces leaving the fiberglass fuselage resembling a limp and gutted form. There were several buckles and creases and

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Published on 6 Sep 2017 134 inch wing span, Lancaster Bomber. Each engine nacelle is fitted with its own radio receiver, battery, electronic speed controller and brush-less motor.

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John flies his scratch built (fiberglass fus, foam wings) Macchi MC 205 Veltro at the Joe Nall Week 2017 Scale: 1/4.5 Wingspan 92" Weight: 27lbs Electric motor: RIMFIRE 65cc The Macchi MC-205 “Veltro” was the latest and best Italian fighter aircraft of WWII. it was based in Reggio-Emilia, Italy, 1944 of the 1st Fighter Group, 2nd Squadron of the ANR "Angry Wasps.”   Greg

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I have been Flying model aircraft for 60 years without any accidents causing damage or injury to the public or any living creature. Mostly I fly at MAAC club sites but not all the time (some float flying at a lake or river). If the truth were to be known most model flyers have flown from other than MAAC club sites. I was blown away when I learned of the  New Interim Rules; which

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William's Brothers La Jollita Vintage (circa 1970) Pylon Racer Kit    SPAN 45 INCHES LENGTH 41 INCHES AREA 460 SQ. INCHES ENGINE 25-40 The La Jollita was a first of it kind. It's a "Rare large scale Pylon Racer for the Miniature Goodyear Event or sport flying". Miniature pylon racing was all the rage in the late 1960's - early 1970's; they were designed to be

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Tony Nijhuis' 134” Avro Lancaster by Cris Maltomson      Specification   Wingspan 3404mm / 134" Length 2286mm / 90" Electric Motors 4-Max Recommended Radio 5 Function AUW (Electric) 12.7kg / 28lbs  Click here to download the RCM&E article in PDF format Please click here for the recommended electric setup The 134” Lancaster is a

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XFLR5 is an analysis tool for airfoils, wings and planes operating at low Reynolds Numbers. It includes: XFoil's Direct and Inverse analysis capabilities Wing design and analysis capabilities based on the Lifting Line Theory, on the Vortex Lattice Method, and on a 3D Panel Method This tool was used to predict the aerodynamic characteristics of a flying wing  glider

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Great Wing System (GWS) P-38 Lightning Model was purchased several years ago without any radio or electronic components. It was designed to be powered by a pair of GWS geared brush type power units and it was first flown successfully a few times using this power set-up. But we were never completely satisfied with its performance and we spent a lot of time trying to figure out how to

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Wacco Troop Glider Avro Lancaster Curtiss Robin Douglas C47 Just finished our first ever visit to Cape Cod. Saw probably the best display of model trains at this neat department store called Snow's in Orleans on Cape Cod. They even had a neat selections of stick and tissue model airplanes, which was an extra bonus for me.

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Unionville Hobbies produces a fine line of classic built up model airplanes and I have owned several over the course of my model building life. Noorduyn Norseman 40 Size finished in its Royal Canadian Mounted Police Air Division paint scheme (CF- MPL)*   When I purchased this model I was very disappointed with it. The cabin windows were fake

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"Vickers Challenger synchroniser (Bristol Scout)" by An unknown member of the Australian Flying Corps, 1916 - Roberts, e.g. Boxkites and beyond, Melbourne, Hawthorn Press, 1976. Licensed under Public domain via Wikimedia Commons. After its first public appearance, by May 1914 what would later become known as the "Bristol Scout A" had been refitted with a longer span - at 24 ft 7 in (7.49

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Yardstick A model made completely of surplus yardsticks  This model was so large that it makes the Quadra 40 engine on the nose resemble an 049 RCModeler's Yardstick Yardstick. Plan 910. Type Model RC Sport Trainer. Wingspan 108in.Highwing. Engine Glow Fox .60 Control 3 channels. Designer George Thompson. Magazine RCModeler Apr.1984. The wing was made up of 2 - 6 foot

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Unionville Hobby's Norseman semi scale kit was modified to more closely resemble the full scale airplane which is at the National Aircraft museum in Ottawa. The Noorduyn Norseman is a Canadian single-engine bush plane designed to operate from unimproved surfaces. The partial streamlining of the landing gear, in the form of two small "wings" extending from the lower fuselage, is a

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Construction sequence Durafly D.H.100 Vampire Mk6 EDF Jet w/retracts 1100mm (PNF) http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/__20580__Durafly_D_H_100_Vampire_Mk6. Flite Test - HobbyKing Vampire 

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Uploaded on 26 Sep 2011 A Hughes "Hercules" powered by EIGHT Cox Tee Dee .010's ! The footage is from the 1998 "S.M.A.L.L. Fly" near Little Rock Arkansas. I highly regret not getting the pilot/builder's name. He had several other fantastic aircraft he scratch-built. I ALSO regret NOT buying a bunch of these little engines back when I could order them new ! Cox .010 Spruce Goose -

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Corsair kit. An ideal scratch builders project for an Astro 25 or 40, geared or direct drive..   This is what a kit should contain.  Of course mine is missing a few parts. Like the sheet of full size plans; a few plywood fuselage frames, but  the punched out sheets are there and could be used as a pattern for them. The foam wing cores are also missing and the

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Camera work and commentary by YouTube Channel Wonderfulcat

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The Loeing Amphibian- was a very advanced aircraft for it's time. Designed and built in 1920's it was equipped with fully retracting landing gear which folded into recesses in the planing hull. Powered with a water cooled inverted twelve cylinder engine it could accommodate  up to seven . First flown in 1923, the OL was a high-performance amphibian with a large single hull and

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This model was originally fitted with an Enya 120 4 Cycle engine but has now been fitted with an Irvine 120 2 Cycle because the Enya  is now seeing service in a 120 size Japanese Zero WS 79 (2.0 Metre) Power 120 (20 cc) Irvine 2 cycle Nitro Dry Weight 9.3 pounds (4.22 kg) Model Designed by Dave Patrick Past VP of Carl Goldberg Models. I picked up this kit over 20 years ago

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