Previous Next FliteTest Explorer Build Completed Well, while waiting on Spring to truly arrive (you know…warm days, green grass, flowers, pollen, rag weed achoo!), I picked the next FliteTest plane to build……I proudly present to you…tada, the FT Explorer. Like my last build, I spent considerable time decorating this plane. In doing so, I’ve learned …
Previous Next FliteTest Bloody Baron Comes To Life Well, after much deliberation, and based upon a lot of factors, I picked the next FliteTest plane to build……the Bloody Baron. I’ve spent more time decorating this plane than any other plane I’ve previously built. Translated, that means that I’ll likely crash it bad on the first …
Watch this in 1080P hi-def! I modified the rudder of my Hobbyking Skipper RC plane so that it would be both good in the water and great on land. This is the first time I have ever flown it off of water. Compared to my normal flying area, this lake is a bit smaller. This …
Well, my granddaughters, Whitney and Brittany, brought me over a couple cabbage plants from their school project. Whitney and I transferred the plants to some larger pots. We then built a simple shelf in a southward facing garage window. The plants are now enjoying the winter sunshine. We hope the garage window will keep them …
My wife and I recently visited the Inn at Wise for the first time since it was remodeled. We ate at their Tap Room restaurant. Everything about our dining experience was great. We then took a self guided tour of this remarkable place. If you haven’t been here, at least once, you owe it to …
Well, so much for the ‘well above average’ temperatures and otherwise ‘great winter weather’. Thursday night it started snowing, and Friday the snow really fell fast. Here it is Saturday and the snow is expected to end sometime tonight. Around 4PM today, I went out to do an evening run of the local driveways with …
Previous Next Well, I cleared my little garden space off quite a bit. I then tilled the soil and raked it down smooth. And today, October 14, 2015, I sowed kale and collard seeds in it. For each type of vegetable, I mixed 4 teaspoons seed with 1 cup corn meal and 1 cup of …
Watch in 1080P HD on YouTube.com Jeremy is flying the Bixler 2. I am behind him with my HawkSky. The HawkSky has a mobius camera mounted on it. Capturing good aerial video like this is a bit harder than you’d think. Check out Jeremy’s radical maneuver at 21 minutes. Hope you enjoy the video.
Watch in 108P HD on YouTube! Here is some footage of me flying my 148% scaled FliteTest Versa Wing RC plane. I named this model The BA Versa Wing because it has the Best Attibutes (BA) of: 1. It’s scaled up 148% in size resulting in a 57″ wingspan that fits door-to-door in the back …
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Watch in 1080P on YouTube. My badly beaten HawkSky and Jeremy’s fully trimmed out Bixler 2 Share Air Space. My HawkSky is still going strong despite being composed mainly of hot glue after being crashed so many many times. Jeremy has his Bixler 2 fine tuned and flying super smooth. What a great day to …