The Yak 110
2020-07-12
Every Engineer starts with an equation. (Yak 55 *2 =Yak 110) As soon as Extreme Flight gets 2 Yaks in, I know what I’m going to build!Continue Reading
The 3D Printed “Dummy” Radial Engine
2020-04-11
I love “Golden Age” aircraft which means that I also love a radial engine. I cannot stand that flimsy vacuum formed piece of plastic they provide with kits to represent the awesomeness that is supposed to be inside that round cowl. Back in the old days, I used to makeContinue Reading
Upgrade NiMH Flight Packs to LiPo’s. By Paul Geders
2020-04-11
The Need for a Project Being stuck at home, except for the grocery store and getting food at drive thru locations, meant there was only one thing to do…build something! Got down to the installation of the battery and called Mark Twain Hobby to buy what I usually use. TheyContinue Reading
Extreme Flight Muscle Bipe!
2020-04-02
The Review: The Legacy Aviation Muscle Bipe is loosely based on the hot rodded and highly modified Waco UPF-7 flown by the late airshow legend Jimmy Franklin and known as the Mystery Ship. The Muscle Bipe is Extreme Flights tribute to Jimmy and to classic barnstormer airshow style aerobatics. ManyContinue Reading
Spitfire Takes Second. March Madness Breaking News!
2020-03-20
Thanks for all the votes from our members. Your Presidents Spitfire took 2nd place out of 756 entries! My Hobbysquawk call-sign is “2FewDaysatFlyingfield” and as you can see, we pretty much owned the LIFT and DRAG brackets! Ultimately the AL37 / AWAC modification by Joey Jorgenson ended up taking homeContinue Reading
The Best Servo-Tester Money Can Buy. Finally!
2020-03-19
Lets face it. All servo testers are little electronic pieces of junk. Until now! At least that is my experience. I’ve probably purchased at least 3 or 4 of them and they ALL die eventually. Jump over to Amazon and they range from $7.00 to $15.00 and they are allContinue Reading
Airfoils: Where to go?
2020-02-29
Back when I used to scratch build airplanes (In this case, 3D print one) I always liked to try and use proven airfoil profiles. Sure, you can just draw something that looks like an airfoil for your project but why not use the “Actual” airfoil that was used for thatContinue Reading
Plans Website Favorite: The Outerzone!
2020-02-23
Finding a place that has an incredible amount of content for scratch building a variety of odd or different model aircraft is often difficult to impossible. Often you end up paying $’s for paper plans and if you want those electronically, you have to either scan them yourself if youContinue Reading
3D Printing a Gee Bee R2 Firewall
2020-01-22
The Great Planes GeeBee has been sitting in my workshop for about 2 years now. I essentially got it for free from Tower-Hobbies with some hobby bucks I had that were almost about to expire. The plane seemed like a fun little critter but it had one major flaw. TheContinue Reading
Dago Red Update:
2019-09-17
A Little Unlimited Warbird Eye-candy! I didn’t do much building yesterday since the finals for the Reno Air Races were streaming on YouTube so I made up for it tonight! In case you were curious, Dreadnaught took the Gold Unlimited’s in the desert with a average speed of about 420mph.Continue Reading
Dago Red Update (Power System):
2019-09-14
I was running around a lot this week and other obligations have kept me from going out to Reno to watch the Air Races so I spent the morning soldering up the power system for Dago Red. The goal here is POWER and its going to take a lot ofContinue Reading
Phoenix Ryan STA
2019-09-01
Flies like a 30’s Racer Should, On Rails! The 1/5th scale Ryan STA by Phoenix models is a fantastic sport flyer. Of all the single seat aerobatic sport planes that Claude Ryan built, this is one of my all time favorites. It made its full scale debut on June 8thContinue Reading
Lanier Rebel Bipe For Sale:
2019-08-30
Ken Murray kmmurray999@gmail.com contacted me to let me know that he has a vintage 50″ wingspan Lanier Rebel Bipe and Futaba radio for sale. If your interested, email him and make him an offer! If you buy it, be sure to comment below!Continue Reading
Dago Red Build for September Warbird Races!
2019-08-30
Don’t forget about the Electric Warbird Pylon Racing coming September 28th to Gizzie Field! Dago Red or in racer speak “Race Number Four” is one of the iconic warbirds from the annuals of Reno Air Racing. This was one of my favorite Mustangs and it deserves the spotlight right upContinue Reading
