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a couple of new videos from this weekend
Discussion / Posted by wmcneal / Jan 17, 2011 @ 07:36 PM / 7,772 Views / 0 Comments / Reply
My friend Pilot28 was out at the field with his video camera again and put together these vids.

First up is him flying his Parkzone P-51 with another one nearby.

PARKZONE P-51 (HD) (4 min 13 sec)


And next up is Craig flying his Gravity Hobby's DX-220 sailplane. 2 channel rudder and throttle, 20" wingspan. http://www.gravityhobby.com/DX-220.html

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13 Attachment(s) Another Twin Otter takes to the skies over Jacksonville
Discussion / Posted by wmcneal / Jan 11, 2011 @ 01:53 PM / 8,438 Views / 7 Comments / Reply
I just finished building another Twin Otter for my friend Rolo. Since his crashed last fall (due to a loose receiver battery plug) he decided he just had to have another one. So here is the new one. He wanted 3 bladed counter rotating props so I used the Master Airscrew 13x8, a normal one and a pusher flipped around backwards.

I had to slightly modify the 3 bladed spinner to accomodate the pusher.

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A couple new videos of older planes
Gallery / Posted by wmcneal / Jan 10, 2011 @ 08:49 PM / 8,098 Views / 0 Comments / Reply
My friend pilot28 was at the field again with his new camcorder and made these vids of me flying my venerable Parkzone T-28 with retracts and my old GWS Stearman.

Parkzone T-28 Trojan (8 min 45 sec)


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test
Discussion / Posted by wmcneal / Jan 08, 2011 @ 03:50 PM / 7,869 Views / 3 Comments / Reply
This is just a test of a previously published video to see how it displays from a different server.

http://exposureroom.com/members/RCBi...3381f3ef282bf/
New plane videos
Gallery / Posted by wmcneal / Jan 06, 2011 @ 10:58 AM / 7,775 Views / 0 Comments / Reply
My friend Arman (pilot28) got a new Panasonic HD video camera for Christmas and has been making good use of it.

This is a video of Rolo flying his E-Flite T-34

E-flite T-34 Mentor Touch And Goes! (2 min 41 sec)


This is the maiden flight of Rolo's Great Planes 1/4 scale Pitts 12S that has been converted to E power with a Rimfire 50cc motor. As you will see in the video we still have to work the bugs out of it.

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