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It has been too long since my last Build post but I have not been snoozing in the cockpit. Seems the work moved from large components, like wings and surfaces, which are easier to show off…to a million-and-one small things, which are not photogenic. Covering remains for the tail controlContinue Reading

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Spirits RC Flying Club Meeting at Steve Pokorny’s, meeting called to order @ 7:20pm An abbreviated Float Fly-In was held between the raindrops and thunderstorms before the meeting…meeting was delayed slightly for this reason. Brian Aubuchon and Dan Morrison were flying, Steve Pokorny and others were boating…good times, just tooContinue Reading

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The Great Planes 70” Waco was reduced to this pile of hardware due to a failure to properly preflight the aircraft. The underlying physical issue was insufficient up elevator travel to pull out of the dive. Down in the corn (big thanks to Bob who ventured in with me) weContinue Reading

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We had a good time for the 2nd Annual Biplanes over Bonhomme Island event. Crowd was smaller than last year (likely due to heat) but we had a great time. It was an open event so we had some fast-movers as well. I brought out the Barth 1:3 scale WacoContinue Reading

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In our ongoing struggle against the raise and fall of our soil (and runway), the Field Maintenance team and volunteers, led by Paul G., gathered to grind the ridges formed along the cracks between the asphalt and concrete. These ridges were quite hard on small planes with light landing gearContinue Reading

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Paul Geders brought a couple news planes to the Club Meeting Show-n-Tell. First one is an XK Innovations Beech-17S biplane. Available on eBay in red or yellow for $89.99.  It comes ready to fly with a 3D6G system for stability and control, two flight batteries, spare propellor, receiver, battery charger,Continue Reading

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Tue, June 10, 2025 7pmMeeting called to order at 7:00pm27 persons Present            The weather was beautiful, several members showed up early and flew. Show and Tell Tell us a little about your project. Stick around after meeting adjourns to elaborate. Secretary’s Report: Stephen Adams – Minutes from May meeting notContinue Reading

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Stringers! Each former had to be notched for the stringers. I grabbed by Dremel and tripled up diamond grinders. This made the correct width and nearly the right depth. Tedious! And plenty of mistakes no one will ever see. Set the angle of the wheel pants so I can drillContinue Reading

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Top Center Wing Section Straightforward build but the video shows me starting then stopped because I forgot to shim the rear spar. That could have been bad. This section of the wing will remain attached to the fuselage at all times. Only the wing panels will be removed for travel.Continue Reading