You only have about 3 weeks left to build your racing machine!!! (Races on May 8th) The Uproar is a great option to get in the game. https://www.towerhobbies.com/product/uproar-v2-.46-gp-ep-arf-47.6/TOWA2040.html If your a super-saver don’t forget to add about $25.00 of accessories and save an additional $25 by adding the MODEL25 couponContinue Reading
Wayne has been pretty busy! He’s covering the Jug with Monokote and painting the Olive Drab (olive drab monokote is no more) and White (see the rudder pic below). Its a big project. Wayne’s son in law printed an R2800 for him and a little paint brings it to life. TheContinue Reading
With gusts of 30 miles an hour it’s just too dang windy to fly model airplanes today so it looks like it’s going to be a build day in the shop with aviation videos playing on the big screen! My boredom has brought me back to 2014 whereby sheer happenstanceContinue Reading
President Ralph Grant:Meeting and Zoom called to order at 7:00 pm. Attendance:14 members attended the meeting in person and 5 more logged in via ZOOM. Secretary’s report:Ralph Doyle, Secretary Motion made, seconded and voted to accept the Feb. meeting minutes as posted on the web. I hope everyone notedContinue Reading
Bringing the clubs in St. Louis together with discounts! The most awesome thing about flying model aircraft is fellowship of other flyers and meeting the model aircraft community. A common barrier to this is the concept of memberships. To fly at another club more than a few times a yearContinue Reading
If your looking for Spirits own Wayne Nenninger this winter, he can be found in his modeling lair working on his latest creation, the Carolina Custom Kits P47. For the unfamiliar, Carolina Custom Kits could very well be the last bastion in the Balsawood Kit manufacturing sector. While everyone elseContinue Reading
Babe Raab has been in full contact rubber-band powered aircraft construction mode this winter. You can see by his workbench here that the level of progress has been stellar. When your building like a wild-man, you don’t have time to organize. Just add another bench Babe and kick out someContinue Reading
This is without a doubt one of the most awesome aerobatic schemes ever and I had to share it here. Walter Extra posted his Extra NG “on Fire” in social media. What an awesome plane. When Extreme Flight or Pilot comes out with this scheme, I WILL OWN IT!Continue Reading
You’ve seen a number of my posts on how Autocad Fusion 360 coupled with the Prusa 3D priner has changed my modeling forever. While Additive Manufacturing with a filament 3D printer is an awesome tool, there are still some needs that require the ability to manufacture parts out of aluminum.Continue Reading
Monthly Meeting Minutes for February 9, 2021 By Ralph Doyle, Secretary President Ralph Grant: Meeting and Zoom called to order at 7:10 pm. Attendance: 11 members attended the meeting in person and 6 more logged in via ZOOM. Secretary’s report: Ralph Doyle, Secretary Motion made, seconded and voted to acceptContinue Reading
President Ralph Grant: Meeting and Zoom called to order at 7:05pm. Attendance: 16 members attended the meeting in person and 5 more logged in via ZOOM. Two new members introduced themselves. Secretary’s report: Ralph Doyle, Secretary Motion made, seconded and voted to accept the December meeting minutes as posted onContinue Reading
I recently had someone ask the following question, “If an application calls for a 40 or 60 Amp ESC, if you put a 130 Amp version on there is that OK or will it damage it?” I’m not going to claim that I am an expert on MOSFET Transistors etcContinue Reading
If you love Aviation, Speed, Pratt and Whitneys, Merlins, Mustangs, Sea-Furies, Bearcats, and a legacy that has lasted since 1964, click on the icon below and donate anything you can afford. Mention Trent Palmer in your donation message and you will also be entered in an opportunity to win aContinue Reading
There were about a dozen flyers who took to the skies to be the first flyers of 2021. We had about three shifts. An early crew that apparently got there before daybreak (Around 4:30 Navy Time) and left before 9:30, a mid morning crew (Yours Truly) and a late morningContinue Reading
One of the hardest things to do is to manufacture a part that is intended to fit an existing structure, particularly if that structure has compound curves in the X, Y, and Z axis or Three Dimensionally. In this article I’ll show you how I used 3 photographs to identifyContinue Reading
The Ultimate Battery Checker! If your like me, you cannot have enough LIPO battery checkers in your possession. I don’t know what it is about the little buggers but even if I attach them to everything I own, I never seem to have one when it is convenient. Additionally, someContinue Reading