These are photos of my World Models
80" Spitfire ARF. It is stand off scale and has US markings. I even
have John Wayne
as my pilot. It is powered with a Moki 1.80. I have always wanted to
try a Moki and this one is nice. It runs really nice and
is dialed in and ready for flight. This plane should fly in the
neighborhood of 110-115 mph flat out. I did test fly it and it flies
quite nicely. I think it will be a hit at the field.
This is my 80" Hangar 9 Piper Pawnee. It is
built with the suggested power plant, a Saito .82 4 stroke. The pilot is
Kenneth and the red light on top of the cockpit flashes when the the receiver is
on. This is an excellent ARF and the quality
is superb. It was very easy to assemble. It is balanced, engine has
been run and ready for its first test flight.
Update - January 1, 2010 - I took it to the field for the maiden flight about
3pm. The weather was perfect for flying...nice
temperature, very slight breeze. The plane was off the ground as soon as I
advanced the throttle. A few clicks of up
elevator is all it needed and it flies like the reviews say. Boy, what a
floater it is. Slow crop-dusting passes will be
a signature maneuver for this plane for sure.
These photos were taken at the TRCM field near my
house on February 15, 2010. Talk about realistic looking
shots. The photographer - Brian did a nice job of capturing it in flight.
Some time ago, I had a Sig
Kadet Seniorita as my night flyer. It was equipped with RAM lights and
required some heavy
batteries. It was a fun plane for night flying, but I crashed it one day
during daylight hours because of a bad receiver
battery. Billie was after me for years to build another one and I
decided it should be a Sig Kadet Senior this time. I have
had this kit in the attic for several years and finally decided it was
time to get it done especially for the "Back at Castle"
West Coast Festival 2010. This is it...a Sig Kadet Senior with ailerons
and most of the dihedral out of the wing. It is
powered with an OS .70 Surpass 4-stroke and has over 80 bright LEDs and lights
with a 3 cell li-poly battery. Plenty
of light and looks great in the air.
I thought I would try a small
Electric Ducted Fan (EDF) Jet. I purchased an all foam F-22 from
Nitroplanes with two
55mm EDFs. It was cool but it was short lived as I had put a receiver in
it that was meant for park flyers. When it got
out of range it crashed and looked like someone had put a M80 in an ice chest.
That was a learning experience. So I
thought I buy another fuse only as all of the gear survived the crash. As
I was looking, I came across a nice little A-10
fuse that was meant for 50mm fans. I have always loved the A-10 so
installing the 55mm fans took a little extra work,
but worked out great and it flies excellent. That is it in the first
photo. Then one day I stumbled across the Banana
Hobby site only to find they were coming out with a 59" A-10 all foam with 70mm
EDFs. I had to have one and here it
it almost ready for maiden flight...just a few more things. It has screw
drive electric retracts, opening/closing canopy,
and other goodies like smoke which I chose not to install at this time. I
have beefed it up a bit with some carbon fiber,
painted the ordinance and did some weathering to make it look battle tested.
I still have some air brushing to do, but
that will not change it much.