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03-27-2014, 05:46 PM
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Hanger 9 fokker DVII
magnum 91 4 stroke
Sanded covering and added/adding scale touches when I can
sweet flyer to bad they don't make it anymore
can't wait for the nice weather shootin' touch and goes
03-28-2014, 05:18 AM
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Couple of mine over the years. The Byron Christen eagle I flew many years with a Quadra 52. Converted it to electric by stripping all the fiberglass off to lighten it up as it wasn't needed for gasproofing. Took 2 lbs of weight off it. Now has a Turnigy 6364 motor and 10 cells of 5000ma batteries. Flies better as electric as it can swing a bigger prop.
The little Fokker tripe is another scratchbuilt fun plane for indoors. Very agile with six ailerons.
The little Fokker tripe is another scratchbuilt fun plane for indoors. Very agile with six ailerons.
03-28-2014, 06:30 AM
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01-06-2015, 06:38 PM
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Gotta Love 'em!
Parkzone electric SE5a - 480 brushless power system, 2100 3 cell lipo. YouTube video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOSSV...Ch3HKUJD_xaaOA
Concept Models kit built 1/6 scale Fleet M2 OS 42 four stroke.
Great Planes Super Skybolt (1992 vintage kit) OS 91 four stroke. YouTube video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvgziJItyCE
Hangar 9 Fokker D-VII ARF OS 61 two stroke. YouTube video http://youtu.be/HQ_2FZy9EVA
Cermark 1/4 scale Pitts S2B ARF Saito 150 four stroke.
Great Planes WACO YMF-5D ARF Saito 125 four stroke. Youtube video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TK6Bj...ature=youtu.be
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That is a nice collection of biplanes and the detail your SE-5A is amazing.
I just got a 1/6 Fleet and would like to see more photos of yours...
01-07-2015, 09:34 AM
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Thanks! The SE5a is a foam almost ready to fly unit so I can't take credit for any details. My Fleet is currently hanging above an indoor "playport" playground at our local mall. It traded places with my WACO that had been hanging there last winter. I have a few pictures I can post later. I bought this one fully assembled but never flown at a swap meet. Great flyer but very delicate.
I'm currently building the BUSA 1/6 scale Nieuport 28C kit. Great fun.
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01-07-2015, 11:42 AM
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Thanks, looking forward to the photos of the Fleet and your Nieuport looks like it will be a great project. I haven't seen that foam SE-5A and thought you went all out with a Great Planes SE-5A... Some of the foamies do have amazing detail, but I've never owned any of them.
01-22-2015, 09:34 AM
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Hello, I don't have a bipe yet but maybe you all can help me. Is there a decent park sized electric biplane that can be disassembled for transport?? I love the parkzone se5a but with the way it's built it doesn't look like it can be taken down too easily. Thanking you all for your considerations to my question.
01-23-2015, 10:19 AM
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How about Great Planes P-6e hawk ep 43" wingspan looks like it's easy to put together. Or you need a bigger car.
My brother is flying a dynam albatros and a Waco ok flyers not a lot of assembly time but he usually leaves them together.
My brother is flying a dynam albatros and a Waco ok flyers not a lot of assembly time but he usually leaves them together.
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02-01-2015, 06:27 PM
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Just want to add to show your biplane. This is a photo of my fathers Curtiss JN-4H Jenny. It was scratch built and part of my family since before I could walk. He donated it to the Curtiss museum in Hammondsport Ny in 1990. He passed the following year but at least it made its way to where it belonged. She had a 96" ws, weighed about 15lbs and was powered by a webra 91. I have so many pictures of this plane that I wanted to share so here is a few. It was flow at Rhinebeck many times back when their Jenny was just green, now theirs is flying the same 6226 #. 
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02-11-2015, 04:12 AM
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Biplanes!
Here are some shots of my recently rebuilt (no crash, I had just cut it in half after my van died when I found a cheap trailer to haul it) 20% Maxford Jenny, and recently finished (both last year) Maxford 70" Bristol Fighter. The Jenny doesn't look it in the photo, but it stands taller than I do on it's nose, and I'm 6' 3".
02-11-2015, 01:57 PM
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Hey bro! I just got back from model flying at Markham Park west of Ft Lauderdale, Florida. I shipped my electric Extra 300 down from Maine for our visit there this week. My Nieuport 28 is on hold until we get back.
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02-12-2015, 01:47 PM
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Hi Jay!
I'm hoping that the Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome model weekend is the 18-20 of September, and won't coincide with our 25th anniversary Midwest Regional Float Fly the weekend prior.
http://www.oldrhinebeck.org/
http://www.skymasters.org/index.php?...il&event=mwrff
The Hoosier Dawn Patrol at the AMA modelling center in Indiana is still waiting for schedule approval, hopefully in August. The old Jenny and new Bristol should get a workout this summer.
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/show...7&goto=newpost
I'm hoping that the Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome model weekend is the 18-20 of September, and won't coincide with our 25th anniversary Midwest Regional Float Fly the weekend prior.
http://www.oldrhinebeck.org/
http://www.skymasters.org/index.php?...il&event=mwrff
The Hoosier Dawn Patrol at the AMA modelling center in Indiana is still waiting for schedule approval, hopefully in August. The old Jenny and new Bristol should get a workout this summer.
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/show...7&goto=newpost
05-26-2015, 06:31 PM
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Finished up my BUSA 1/6 scale nieuport 28C to the point of being flyable during the week but had to wait until early Monday morning for anything less than 15-20 mph gusty winds! This morning it was overcast and a light breeze out of the south-southwest. I had a couple of hours to try and test fly before family arrived for memorial day activities. I had gotten the engine running well the day before but it wasn't happy when I tried it at the field. It took a while to remove the cowling to make adjustments but after that it ran better. The KVMA club photographer was there and got some in flight pictures and made a wonderful video (thanks Joe!). It needed a fair amount of down trim to keep it from climbing but other than that it was pretty well set. It certainly isn't overpowered with the Saito 50 but it may need further adjustment and tuning. Landing was pretty straight forward and didn't seem to want to nose over as my other WWI planes do.
Video can be found here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHk7...ature=youtu.be
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Video can be found here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHk7...ature=youtu.be
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