What did you fly today?

[paulrkytek]

This is our field this weekend after a few days of rain the adjacent river flooded in

[f4u ausie]

Got out recently and went to my "old" flying field at Markham Park in Weston Florida which has a great asphalt runway. Flew my Mig, Eurofighter, A-10 and Extra. Haven't flown there in years as I've been flying at a closer field in Miami called AMPS, which has a grass runway. Unfortunately, over the last 2 years the grass has been taken over with weeds and our lawn company just can't cut it below like a inch, so the majority of my EDF's (even though all have upgraded fans and some larger nose wheels than stock) either have trouble getting off or can't get off at all, especially in the summer when the grass grows knee high in a day. My flying buddy RudyD54 has yet to be able to fly his B1 or B2 and some of his EDF's, what a pain. We're exploring ways to correct it, but in the meantime I'm flying EDF's at Markham. Forgot how nice it was to make a smooth easy take-off on asphalt, and save a little battery juice along the way. At AMP's, the hardest part of flying has been the take-off (which sounds completely insane), so I'm planning on flying on asphalt a lot more, and it also helps fine tuning my landing techniques, as grass is just too forgiving.

Least u dont hav the gators to deal with at markam park my next fav is twin 80 a10 luv your camo version. One step,, f4 first

[Hugh Wiedman]

Got out recently and went to my "old" flying field at Markham Park in Weston Florida which has a great asphalt runway. Flew my Mig, Eurofighter, A-10 and Extra. Haven't flown there in years as I've been flying at a closer field in Miami called AMPS, which has a grass runway. Unfortunately, over the last 2 years the grass has been taken over with weeds and our lawn company just can't cut it below like a inch, so the majority of my EDF's (even though all have upgraded fans and some larger nose wheels than stock) either have trouble getting off or can't get off at all, especially in the summer when the grass grows knee high in a day. My flying buddy RudyD54 has yet to be able to fly his B1 or B2 and some of his EDF's, what a pain. We're exploring ways to correct it, but in the meantime I'm flying EDF's at Markham. Forgot how nice it was to make a smooth easy take-off on asphalt, and save a little battery juice along the way. At AMP's, the hardest part of flying has been the take-off (which sounds completely insane), so I'm planning on flying on asphalt a lot more, and it also helps fine tuning my landing techniques, as grass is just too forgiving.

[kallend]

I flew my new DJI Mini 4 Pro camera quad. Very impressed with the image quality and it weighs under 250g so is exempt from RID requirements.

[Grossman56]

These are raw pics, except that I resized them to post here. The wife is pretty darned good with a camera!

Grossman56

[Grossman56]

[Grossman56]

We had our Fall Fly In this weekend, the weather turned out great considering we got drenched during the week! See the snow on Hart Mountain?

[Jake Bullit]

Had a great time at the beach yesterday.Flew the PZ Mozzy,XFly Twin Novas both 1400 and 850mm versions,Draganfly/Skipper off the water and the 80mm Rafale:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0i1bqD1KB2g

[Gravythe clown]

How did the 14gr work out?

Gravy

[DCORSAIR]

Out bright and early this morning, 4 flights on the Eurofighter and 2 flights on the A-4 scooter

[DCORSAIR]

Nice day here in CA., perfect temps and a slight breeze down the runway so I got a couple of flights in this evening with the HSD F-16 and the first time all loaded up, flew great and not much difference than without really except the CG, had to move the batteries forward an inch or so, it looks great in the air too, sorry no video.

[Lon]

Made a trip to the Platteville Flying field today. Overcast day, but wind right down the runway. At first, I was wondering "what was the white stuff in the grass?" After further investigation, I'm thinking it is a patch of "Meadow Mushrooms" Had some great flights with my 8s Schubeler powered FW Avanti.

[davegee]

I took my F-4N and A-4E aircraft out to the field this morning for some flights. Weather perfect once again, zero wind at that time of the morning, which was good, although sometimes it's nice to have a bit of a headwind for flying these jets . My F-4 has electronic wheel brakes that came in handy this morning as I misjudged my speed a bit, or maybe had a bit of a tailwind, and it sailed past me and touched down way down the runway. All I could do was apply the brakes, and it slowed the plane down in time before the end of the runway like it had just "trapped" a 3-wire! I was impressed with that. I usually don't have to be that hard on the brakes.

I'll attach some pics from the morning's flights.

[davegee]

Thanks Dave! The B-17 is the Hobbyking/General Hobby 1875mm B-17 modified with an FMS BF-109 tail retract, and Freewing B-17 Main retracts. Its a favorite of mine, I've had it since 2013 and it a favorite of mine. Flies like a big trainer, and I'd definitely recommend it.

That B-17 looks very cool, as do all your models! I was hoping to do a B-17 rc model to honor my almost 101 year old father-in-law who flew 35 combat missions over Germany as B-17 pilot during WWII. He still has remarkable memories on his experience in the AF, WWII and afterwards, and it would be cool to make a plane representing one he flew during the war. Not sure that will happen, but it's worth a thought. Seeing your pic of the B-17 got me thinking about it again...

Cheers

Davegee

[F106DeltaDart]

Love the pics of those beautiful aircraft, F106DeltaDart! Curious which kit the B-17 is. I see the tailwheel is retracted, which is very cool. I've always hoped for a new offering from Flightline or FMS with a B-17 that I could buy, but I was curious what you thought of yours and if they still sell that kit, whichever company it came from. The photos look great, though. Still very impressed with your beautiful Marine helicopter and the Mercury spacecraft hanging below it!

Thanks Dave! The B-17 is the Hobbyking/General Hobby 1875mm B-17 modified with an FMS BF-109 tail retract, and Freewing B-17 Main retracts. Its a favorite of mine, I've had it since 2013. Flies like a big trainer, and I'd definitely recommend it.

[davegee]

Had a great weekend of flying. Went to a Scale Fun Fly and brought out my UH-34, B-17 and T-33. Credits to Bob Score for the excellent photos!

Love the pics of those beautiful aircraft, F106DeltaDart! Curious which kit the B-17 is. I see the tailwheel is retracted, which is very cool. I've always hoped for a new offering from Flightline or FMS with a B-17 that I could buy, but I was curious what you thought of yours and if they still sell that kit, whichever company it came from. The photos look great, though. Still very impressed with your beautiful Marine helicopter and the Mercury spacecraft hanging below it!

Cheers

davegee

[davegee]

Daveege your p51s and p47s alwaays look so real... another great shot,, that u could easily hang on ya wall,, and not think it was a 1500 foamie,,, i think that beautiful mountain gives it some scale

thanks for the kind words, f4uaussie. Wish I could trade it in on a full sized airplane, but I suppose that won't ever happen... (LOL)

Happy Flying Down Under!

Cheers

davegee

[f4u ausie]

Brought my EFlite Hun Hunter from Texas and P-47 "Ole Cock" out to the field today. Another great morning for flying, although my P-51 has a nasty habit today of making a sharp uncommanded ground loop near the end ot the landing roll, dipping a wingtip to the ground. Did some cosmetic damage to the bottom wingtip, and I'm fixing that this afternoon. Flies great, though, as does the FMS P-47D. All three of my FMS P-47s fly very well, I love the wlde gear stance making it much more stable for takeoffs and landing tracking.

Here's a shot today of Old Cock at the hardstand at AAF Cody, this morning!

Davegee

Daveege your p51s and p47s alwaays look so real... another great shot,, that u could easily hang on ya wall,, and not think it was a 1500 foamie,,, i think that beautiful mountain gives it some scale

[F106DeltaDart]

Had a great weekend of flying. Went to a Scale Fun Fly and brought out my UH-34, B-17 and T-33. Credits to Bob Score for the excellent photos!

[Grossman56]

Looks great Lon!

Grossman56