What did you fly today?

[SanExup]

Grossman56 That's an event I need to put on my calendar for next year. I'm thinking of making a trip out to Cody in August or September. August weather might be more predictable than September?

[Grossman56]

Having our Spring Fly In this weekend, this is Saturday. I'd planned on taking the trailer and staying overnight but the weather isn't very good, the field stayed pretty dry, but back in Cody, it rained pretty hard again.

My Bearcat and Avanti, both are old Nefi birds.
Same Bearcat, different paint scheme, with Steve's Skyhawk.

And same Avanti, minus the pilot, I blamed the crashes on him.
Hard to believe it's been 7 years since then, Even Nefi isn't happening any more.

Grossman56

[JohnVH]

Maiden of this beauty!

[Grossman56]

Looks good. Is that the Freewing?

No, that's an FMS 1400mm, back when Motion used to sell FMS and you could get the Big Beautiful Doll markings . Ahhhh those were the days my friend, we thought they'd never end....

Grossman56

[Elbee]

It's Memorial Day so all seven of my flags are flying. Speaking of flying, I had my oldest flying bird out....Flown in honor of the veterans that we owe our eternal gratitude. Thanks guys!!Grossman56

G-man, "Lest we forget." What a great notion. Beautiful Mustang and tradition, Sir. Best, LB

[Coconut]

Looks good. Is that the Freewing?

[Grossman56]

It's Memorial Day so all seven of my flags are flying. Speaking of flying, I had my oldest flying bird out as well as Bearcat 1.
Into her ninth season, she was the first airplane I purchased. Smarter heads prevailed and I bought two Pandoras that I flew the pants off before attempting the Mustang. Her first flight was in 2016 and since then, the only things that have been replaced are the retract sides ( went metal sides from Small Parts CNC), tires, gear doors and a few prop blades. As you can see, the tip of the tail has had some incidents , but she's still the original tail.

Love that plane!!
Flown in honor of the veterans that we owe our eternal gratitude. Thanks guys!!


Grossman56

[Lon]

yes, it's a Eflite 1.5m.

[Grossman56]

You can also see that the tail is part of the fuse mold, not so on the 1400 mm FMS and the 1700mm FMS pilot is the same as in the 1400mm so he looks like a little kid, so yeah, I'd agree, E Flite.

Grossman56

[Evan D]

You can see the joint in the wing between the aileron and flap... Eflite.

[sfcfury]

Had good early evening flights with these two.

Which P51 is that?

[Elbee]

Hugh Wiedman Got it. Well played. Best, LB

[paulrkytek]

That thing is pretty cool Paul! Very creative to use parts to come up with something that looks neat and seems to fly great. Have you moved to the Island of Dr. Moreau? (I'll bet only a few get that analogy!)

I think I have more chance of flying to the Moon than buying a ticket to that island Hugh . Maybe I can get get one of those holiday package deals

[Hugh Wiedman]

Video of my maiden flight of Sharp Nose Su

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSUPh8vVbPk&t=39s

That thing is pretty cool Paul! Very creative to use parts to come up with something that looks neat and seems to fly great. Have you moved to the Island of Dr. Moreau? (I'll bet only a few get that analogy!)

[Grossman56]

Had good early evening flights with these two.

Awesome Lon, love the Ding Hao!! Still pulling for a P51B with Jim Howard's markings, CMH guy and all.

Grossman56

[Turbinefancy]

That's cool, Turbinefancy. I like it.

Thanks! Another reason I like FPV is that I get twice the utility out of the same plane. I am out of storage space and don’t like selling old ones just to buy something new. So adding FPV to existing plane allows me to enjoy each one in two different ways. Either watching it like a spectator at an air show. Or be the air show pilot performing for the crowds

[Lon]

Had good early evening flights with these two.

[Coconut]

That's cool, Turbinefancy. I like it.

[Turbinefancy]

Yes it is the 120mm EDF version, one of these days I would love to get a turbine version and try my hand at that, never flown a turbine, not sure I will get the chance, 39yrs in this hobby, not sure how much longer I will keep flying, slowly losing interest now days, can't find the time to fly much these days, with work and family chores taken up most of my extra time.....

A change of perspective would reignite interest in the hobby. I have been flying RC since 1990. Was finding it harder and harder going to the field 5 years ago flying the same maneuvers. A new plane once in a while gave the interest a boost. But after it’s all trimmed out and a dozen flights in, the excitement wanes. So I explored head-tracking FPV inside the cockpit to fly from pilot’s perspective. That opend up opportunities to learn from full scale pilot training material. It’s like learning to fly all over again with new awe, wonder and challenges, all with existing planes in the hangar. Much longer lasting high than Maiden of a new plane. Then, being able to fly formation and dogfights with friends add new layers of experience never possible before flying conventionally. Now I can’t wait to get to the field every week. Sometimes twice a week flying with friends like this😉

[Wild Man]

Today I felt like taking a few prop jobs to the field and one 64mm F9F Panther from motion with stationary gear. an E-flite PT-17 I do a lot of go pro video's with I just velcro the Go pro 7 White to the top of the wing on the black spot you can see the Vecro I Mount it with Two different T-28's ,a Freewing OV-10, and the E-flite P-39 Aero Cobra. I had enough batteries to fly for hours my Brother and I started at 6 am and flew off and on until about 10:30 What a great time with just a slight cross wind. Test flew the new Twin Timber from E-Flite for My brother the Twin Timber has a wide envelope of flight characteristics From mild, almost docile to wild extremes. Love the diff. thrust and the thrust reversing great flying plane