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So the last couple days I have been working on covering the ARF so I can assemble an ARF. Seems odd to have to do so much just to get back to “go”. I guess that is what custom liveries require. Anyway I first did the wing. Top and bottom,Continue Reading

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The Robart gear has been disassembled, painted white, cleared, reassembled and reinstalled into the wing. The tailwheel and its gear doors have been built and pockets made and installed to accept the hinges during final assembly. All the servo hatches were installed and set up for surface mounted aileron andContinue Reading

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RESULTS AND PHOTOS: Our latest Fun Fly contest is in the books. The event had 13 contestants and included timed event trials like Lift, Roop, Land aimed at shortest elapsed time and Timed Flight that was an exercise that was scored on who flew the mission and landed closest toContinue Reading

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I mounted the wheels. I sorted thru about 6 pair to find some to use. The ones shipped with the kit are awful. Dubro 5″ inflatable were the easiest to do. I have more scale ones but these fit easy. I was studying the overall shape and decided that theContinue Reading

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Updated 05Sept Shout out to : Terry Houts, Ralph Doyle, Wayne Nenninger, Stephen Adams, J.C. Ballestas, Greg Tesson, Curt McIntyre, Kevin Mayden, Dan Faulkner, Stephen Ramonczuk, Bob Schmidt, and Dustin Whitrock The following tasks were Completed… painting of the charge & flight tables, replacing the frequency board plywood and rottedContinue Reading

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I’m replacing the abs exhaust stacks with printed ones. Trying to get the placement correct. Still looks low. The cowl fits the backplate and the engine is in the right spot. Seems there may be too much slope in the top of the cowl and the spinner shape is notContinue Reading

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Details ,details , details. After attaching the stacks to the cowl I opened up the “exhaust pies to flow air by drilling them out with a 7mm drill. Also added a second slot behind the first on the bottom of the cowl. The exhaust outlets along with the sixty-four 1/8″Continue Reading

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The caveats. I am a rookie drone pilot so the flight and video is not always smooth. The video is time compressed (sped up; leaving it a bit jerky) for the sake of not boring the viewers for too long. I bought a used DJI Inspire 1 v2.0 last yearContinue Reading

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I’m replacing the abs exhaust stacks with printed ones. Trying to get the placement correct. Still looks low. The cowl fits the backplate and the engine is in the right spot. Seems there may be too much slope in the top of the cowl and the spinner shape is notContinue Reading

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During the racing days of Warbirds in St. Louis I had a practice racer that I flew constantly doing laps and making left hand turns. It was a modified Jemco fun scale Mustang that was modified with a sheeted wing and had an OS .40 Rear exhaust engine and a Macs Muffler. It was done in the race colors of Leroy Penhalls #81 Reno racer from 1969-70. Continue Reading

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We had a beautiful day for racing…thank you Lord! Put out the call for workers early to ensure we had judging positions filled.  Had great response.  Terry Houts was my backup starter…thanks Terry you did an outstanding job.  The following volunteers made the race a tremendous success; Lap counters: Curt McIntyre, KerryContinue Reading

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After a Tuesday rain delay the Club members met on Wednesday 11Jul2024. Serra’s Pizza is closed for a couple weeks for vacation so the Meeting after the Meeting chose an alternate airport: DeRienzo’s Pizza and Pub. I do believe folks enjoyed the food and service.Continue Reading

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I visited the event this year. Not to fly but to observe. Wayne N was there several planes and knows the organizers. Saturday was windy and slowed down the flying but there was plenty of go-getters. The people were welcoming and friendly and the food was good. I look forwardContinue Reading