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Race results and reflections We had a pretty solid turnout for this month’s pylon races. 14 planes, 3 classes and 10 different pilots competed with terrific weather in what turned out to be a pretty competitive event. I want to thank the many members who turned out to watch andContinue Reading

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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