What did you fly today?

[Oxotnik]

And this is how my HK 1.6m FW-190 ended the day. During the climbout, hatch came off, the battery slid back, she went into a death spiral too low to the ground for me to react quickly enough. I think she's repairable, but I'm gonna let her cool her heels for a few weeks before I decide if I want to repair her or scavenge the electronics and toss the foam.



I did get back upon the horse and had a nice flight and landing with my Freewing F-86.

[F106DeltaDart]

Went out to the Teas Scale Championships today with the heli fleet and had a great time flying! Lots of great people and amazing aircraft there. Will be back tomorrow for the final round of flights and awards!

[F22trainer]

She did rather well on the maiden flight despite being way too nose heavy - did a bit of off-roading before I finally yanked it into the sky. Maxed out the up elevator and viola! She flies. Nose steering is way too sensitive also, but that got addressed before the fancy graphics went on. Modified the battery install to get it farther aft and will set it on the stand to be sure. Instructions indicated CG was at 4” behind LE...
No way on an 8.5 inch chord so I moved it forward a bit further than the 25% mark.
The glider had a bad start - threw a propeller blade on the launch. Put a 2” gash in the wing sheeting, 2 places. Happened just as it left my hand on the throw, somehow I chopped power and gave it full up elevator and she just hit the runway flat and slow. She was headed nose first into the pavement if I had not. The real bummer was I was planning to let a potential buyer fly it after the launch.
Is ok, she is fully repaired and ready to go again tomorrow.
Think I will take the Ryan also.

[F22trainer]

Had a nice morning, but the winds are 20-30 right now. So we are all back at the shop. The new kid did quite well but I think she might be underpowered. A different ESC and 4S battery may be the fix. It takes 3/4 throttle to keep her level and she kind of mushes through a roll and not much vertical at all.

[F106DeltaDart]

Flew my helis again today for the conclusion of the TX Scale Championships. Took home the first place in the heli category for my 500 size Huey Gunship!

[OV10]

Flew my helis again today for the conclusion of the TX Scale Championships. Took home the first place in the heli category for my 500 size Huey Gunship!

Congrats DD :Cool:I've said it before and I'll say it again, have always admired your heli talents ;)

[F106DeltaDart]

Thanks Charlie!

[F22trainer]

Flew my helis again today for the conclusion of the TX Scale Championships. Took home the first place in the heli category for my 500 size Huey Gunship!

Congrats, not an easy competition. Always nice when your work is appreciated, eh? Looks like you had fun also. Well done!

[Elbee]

Flew my helis again today for the conclusion of the TX Scale Championships. Took home the first place in the heli category for my 500 size Huey Gunship!

F106, Congratulations, Bravo Zulu. Best, LB

[Aros]

Nice job F106!! :Cool:

[F106DeltaDart]

Thanks guys! Was a lot of fun flying!

[Hardway]

Very cool!!! Congrats! Love the pics..... As always, great job on the models Bro!!! Jerry :Cool::Cool::Cool::Cool:

[Hoomi]

Got out to the field this morning, only to have the windsock standing straight out. Wound up helping one of the other guys with a bit of runway maintenance. He was dragging the runway to smooth out the idiot ruts, so I walked along and pulled the weeds sprouting up.

Hopefully, the idiots leave the runway alone for at least a little while.

The wind didn't bother these folks, though. Marana Regional Airport was turning around the skydiving planes about as fast as they could.

[DCORSAIR]

Woke up to a nice cool clear morning here in Ca., didn't plan on flying but with a blue sky and those puffy white clouds, just couldn't resist;)

Got 4 flights on the A-4, 2 on the ME262, 3 on the F-104, not in the picture was the Yak 130, got 2 on it, quit after the Yak, didn't want to push my luck, greased 10 out of my 11 landings, had one tail skid scrape on the F-104 as usual.:Angry:LOL

[Aros]

[Hardway]

Nice!!! Any landing with the 104 is a good one!!! LOL Not really that hard, but she does keep you frosty!!! Blessings Bro! Jerry

[DCORSAIR]

Nice!!! Any landing with the 104 is a good one!!! LOL Not really that hard, but she does keep you frosty!!! Blessings Bro! Jerry

Yes it does, right when you think you got the landings down, SURPRISE!!! My first one was great, second one I was late on the throttle and got the tail skid, but the 3rd one was good, so I'm happy with that, two out of three is good on the F-104.:Whew:

[Grossman56]

Rain, rain rain:Angry::Angry::Angry:

[Hugh Wiedman]

It's been very windy for the last 3 weeks and haven't been able to get the Corsair or F4's out again,:Angry: but bit the bullet and decided to take out the 60" Extreme Flight fleet and to maiden my latest, the 60" Extra 300 V2. Absolutely love these airframes, they make even a crummy pilot like me look like I sort of know what I'm doing.;) They all fly level at any orientation and with the side force generators, they knife edge at 1/2 throttle with only 10-15mm rudder deflection. Flat spins, harriers and hovers are easy and I'm working on some of the other crazy tricks, but still 10,000 flights away from Jase Dusia (no, I'll never get close to him). The quality and ease of assembly is the best I've seen for ARF's. The only extra work I do is to build out the cockpit instrument panel and install a pilot, which on some is a little time consuming to fit in since I don't remove the canopy first. I'd say these are easier to fly and land than my wife's Apprentice and would make a better trainer, but at over $800 with the electronics (the frames only cost $300), it's a bit pricey. I guess the 48" planes at say $450 all in might be a closer match, but I love the larger planes. I really want to get a 74" or 94" but can't get it into my truck and I'm not ready to go all out and get a trailer (unless I can snatch one from the lawn maintenance crews).:Devil:

Whenever I get frustrated with my continued poor landing skills with the warbirds and jets, I take one of these babies out to boost my confidence. :Cool:Then back to the warbirds and it comes crashing back to earth (figuratively and literally). :Loser:The other pilots at the field who know me, come out to the edge to watch the Extreme Flight birds, but as soon as I roll out a warbird or jet, they all run for cover. These are the only planes in my hangar that I don't keep an extensive inventory of spare parts on hand (only extra Robart's-which have yet to be needed), so if I add up the cost of the FL Corsair with sound system, warbirds navy pilot, robart wheels and sufficient landing gear spare parts to keep me going, the cost is over $800. But then I'm at least getting a lot of experience and fun out of making repairs.LOL

[Marco Polo]

Beautiful collection Hugh. Are those stock schemes from Extreme Flight?