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explosion at the paint factory

Here it is!

Well, got this in the air today. Ran 1500-2200 batteries, all 30c and above. I loved the plane. First flight noticed that controls were very sensitive even at 50% of throws. Brought it in and adjusted. On second landing the rear wheels came off and I didn't have glue, so I flew with just the front. Hit a bump landing on front wheel and bent it back. EUREKA, I love the look bend back. Although I love rolling takeoffs I'll deal with tossing it, which is pretty easy with this. Wasn't the fastest, wasn't the slowest. I like this one a lot, better than the Concept X which met it's end today (for me at least). Here are some pics.

Got this last week and did some changes to the paint. Stripped off the stickers as much as possible then covered with ultracoat like strips from my local hobby shop. The dayglo orange is set off nicely by the green.

Man it's tight to get all the wires etc locked down. I've dug out some foam but can't do to much. Canopy was barely held on so I took it off, the pilot flies al fresco now.

I changed the ESC to a 45 amp Eflite. Plenty of power. I love rundway takeoffs, doesn't take much to ROG. I'm not impressed with the flight times at all though. With a 2200 30c battery I'm getting about 4 minutes, and that's with some throttle management. I can get 7 or more on a 3300 with the Habu, which weighs twice as much as this does.

Also, there is almost NO warning when the battery is about done. It's gets slower for a sec, then BAM...no juice. Plane does float in nicely for landings though. Front landing gear is complete junk, I have to reattach after every two flights. Flimsy. Plane came with a warped vert stab which I tweaked as much as possible. If I get a good deal on a kit version I'll go for it, probably look at one of the Don's setups...bet this would scream.

Just ordered the Viper from Hobby Lobby, we'll see how that does compared to this one.

One of my newer planes. Comes with a sport wing and a glider wing. So far the sport one is my favorite. This was also my first true "build" all by myself. Tool longer than it should have of course, but it was fun. I already have another one in a box and will have to come up with another paint job.

Well, I think it's cool at least....

New T-29 that's had a some paint and electronics overhaul. This was the gray paint scheme. Went with bright white Krylon short cut paints, 3 cans. The dots are craft store neon colors, about 6 coats. Then two coats of poly although for some reason the wings got a bit yellowy after the paint job. Still plenty bright I think.

Upgraded to a 40 amp esc and Turnigy 1100 kv motor that should make between 400-600 watts depending on battery use.

I picked up another plane from at my club and plant he same makeover as here with the exception of the paint job. This new one will be bright yellow with red or orange flames, not 100% sure on that.

My hope is to get two of these in the air for some formation flying. I just need a willing partner that is (yes, I'm hinting at you Stefan).

Pretty much a Habu knock-off at half the price. I got this for about $140 delivered RTF but used my own RX and DX. A couple of days getting the paint on and it was ready to go.

Got to the field early Sunday morning figuring I would fly without anyone witnessing my crash. Was concerned about the throw in the elevators. They are actually pitched down somewhat and the part towards the vert stab comes up more than the outer piece. Instructions called for minimal travel (bout 12mm) so that's what I went with. Lined up on the runway and went for it. front wheel was NOT aligned and it veered to the the right but I got it off the blacktop before it hit grass.

Scared .the hell out of me, it's my first jet. Some adjustments were needed of course and I got it pretty well trimmed out. It did want to climb on full throttle so I had to down stick it after I went all out on the trim. Did four laps around the field, man it sure covers a lot of ground quick. Had the stock 2650 14.8 25c in there, so had plenty of time/power. It was grey and overcast, and started getting windy so I wanted to land. It took 4 passes before I finally got it right, and even then it went the full length of our runway and then another 20 feet in grass.

Loved the flight so much I took another one later on. Went with a 4000 mah battery and did about the same time (4-5 minutes). Did some mild aerobatics. 2 flights were enough for that day. Looking forward to more this week-end. Then it's onto the Habu, F-86, and F-20 Tigershark.

Got this a couple of months ago and I believe I got the last almost RTF kit from the seller. Good news of course given my lack of building skills. Put some paint on it and threw it together. Purple fuze, bright orange on the bottom of the wing. Top of the wing is yellow with florescent fuchsia stripes and tail as well.

Given the video I've seen of these, it's a screamer. Waiting for my field to open up again so I can maiden this puppy. I've been waiting to get something a bit faster and I think this is it.

One of the many...and I mean many planes I've bought over this snow filled winter. Finally got this together. Can't wait to get it into the air.

Got the cockpit upgrade on here as well, my first real attempt at this. Had some fun putting it together. My daughter painted the helmet with her glitter nail polish so it reflects light like crazy.

Stock battery is pretty small, perhaps I'll go to a 1600mah, but not much room here.

Thanks for looking.

Here are the pics, better ones to come this weekend. Pretty touchy on the controls so had to add a ton of expo. It was a pretty windy day as well, I'm sure it goes like crazy on a calm day. Overall performed nicely. quick snap rolls and flew nice inverted. I like to fly with wind so it was fun seeing what I could do with this. Given the barn door like profile of this thing it can be pretty interesting. Coming in to land was a dream. Steady as can be with little to no power. Actually had it hovering in place at one point.

I'll try to get some video this weekend.

So it's all done and ready to go. Just need to get a decent day without howling winds and close to zero temps. It's killing me to just sit and look at it. I took the curtains off my wall yesterday firing it up.

The floats are GWS slow stick floats cut down, then capped at the rear. Silicone is the gap filler. I cut the holes for the wing support way to big and tried to fill the gap with gorilla glue. Suffice it to say it's held on tight.

Hope to get pics of it in the air, and video too.

So I finally got both of my Twin Stars built. My friend Stefan (Komet 44) professionaly built the grey one and helped me maiden it this past weekend. It's got a couple of brushless motors from hobbypartz and my leftover T-28 ESCs. This thing rocks...a true STOL plane. I bought the Parkzone Extra 300 wheels and bracket and fit that into the fuze with some tinkering. Tail wheel is from the 300 as well. Love the way this thing flies. Less floaty then I expected punches right through the wind with a 3300 and 5000 battery installed.

The Twinstar 11 was built by another member of my club. As soon as I got it I stripped the stickers and my son and I started tinkering with the paint. We also added the float kit. At present all that's left to do is put the pontoons on the wings. I have GWS floats that I cut down and will be using those. I though the looked pretty cool, and share the same design as the front piece of float kit. I'll probably use a solid piece of wood for support and to attach to the wing. This plane is not light and I think a couple of small dowels would not do it. I plan on flying this on snow and water.

I'll update once it's completely done. Can't wait to maiden it.