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

The club is in serious need for a Treasurer. Every organization requires a certain level of participation to operate. We have leaned heavily on a select few individuals for decades and are in desperate need of some new blood! The treasurers position is a critical aspect of our operations andContinue Reading

At The Meeing This Month: At this months meeting, Paul Geders presented the club our recognition plaque for being an AMA Leader Club. The Spirits of St. Louis R/C club has had the distinction of being a chartered AMA flying club since 1965 and has been a Leader Club forContinue Reading

During recent conversations at the field regarding “Puffed LIPO’s”, passionate e-mails from our members regarding dangerous LIPO destruction practices, derelict LIPO batteries being left at the field, high energy crashes leaving LIPO batteries significantly damaged, people making the puncture of batteries with a screwdriver a religious experience, and the impendingContinue Reading

So Basically Everyone!!! On September 28th it would be awesome if we could get at least a dozen electric warbird racers! I would be willing to bet that just about every single member of the club has an electric warbird! If you can takeoff, fly in a 660’ oval, andContinue Reading

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

Can’t let a little thing like darkness keep you from flying the Extreme Flight Extra 300. The lighting system is the Aurora “Aries” system designed for Side Force Generators (SFG’s). I power it with a 800mah 3S lipo and get about 20 minutes of lighting time. These LED’s are soContinue Reading

Wyatt Grant flies his Extreme Flight Turbo Bushmaster: Spirits member Wyatt Grant (11 years old) enjoyed some wonderful weather flying his 84″ Bushmaster at Gizzie Field on Saturday. He should graduate off the buddy cord in the next few outings. The Bushmaster is a great airplane to teach someone toContinue Reading

Gizzie Field is good for rocketry: Spirits own Robert “Babe” Raab took advantage of the great weather to celebrate 4th of July with his grand-kids. Model rocketry is a great inexpensive way to get the kids involved in building and flying their own rockets. Estes Model Rockets and several othersContinue Reading