We checked out the new guts of the gambler dlg (we replaced servos and the receiver) – all systems are a go. Yucky day to fly however…
October 30, 2009
Tonight we are replacing the servos in the gambler. Did you know that hot glue is hot?
-jj
October 22, 2009
The first Micro Scale fly-in of the 2009-2010 season was last Thursday. Highlights of this event were:
Brent was sporting a modern clean look
Brent Good from York County Flyers presents Hospice of York a check for over $1,000
Holland was seen flying something small and electric
Daniel had to wipe the drool off of Jason from the Hobby Stop's Blade MSR
See these and many other pictures over at my Picasa Web Album.
Question for you guys is – what night of the week works best for you for the Micro Fly-In? We asked those that came tonight which night they preferred - surprisingly those that showed up on Thursday night picked Thursday (image that). After careful consideration and to cover all bases, we thought that maybe we could be a tad bit more scientific about how we poll you, the pilots of York County Flyers.
So cast your vote and watch the process. Multiple nights might work fine for you and if so then select multiple nights.
-jj
October 17, 2009
The Charlotte Aeromodelers held their grand opening this weekend. Daniel and I got there real late – but here’s some pictures form the event – here’ s a brief video of the Charlotte Aeromodelers Field Mascot too – enjoy!
-jj
Late in the day at the Charlotte Aeromodelers grand opening
October 11, 2009
Here are some shots from the York County Flyers club meeting. This one was a little unusual for the year because the day started out dreary and overcast. We brought out the micro flyers and had fun with a Sukhoi and a couple Ember2’s.
Enjoy the rest of them here!
-jj
August 31, 2009
We are designing a new tee shirt for the newly formed YCF: Electric Combat Service. What do you think?
August 13, 2009
Its called flyingelectric.com cuz when you crash a nitro plane it costs a lot more…
The pilot was able to recover all the important parts (receiver battery all but 1 servo) and a preliminary inspection of the motor suggests its unscathed.
So that means this unreplaceable model (it’s not made anymore) would only have cost 250 bucks plus time to get back in the air.
Not it…
-jj
August 13, 2009
The reason why its a bit of a decision to start over is because buried inside the win is 3 pieces of carbon fiber I glued in. Since I was reminded that foam safe super glue is extremely expensive (its like 25 bucks for a 3oz bottle) I think when I redo this I will use 5 min epoxy. That’s a lot more economical that the foam safe ca for sure…
I wonder how hard it will be to rip out the CF?
-jj
August 13, 2009
I have started construction of my first ever wing out of fff. FFF stands for Fan Fold Form. I learned that fff comes in these huge sheets maybe 40 feet long or longer and they are FOLDED into blocks. You have to buy the whole block of foam.
I didn’t pay real close attention as I was building. There is a fff spar inside to help form the airfoil. Its suppose to be 3/8″ think at the middle (wing root I think the ’sperts call it) and its suppose to taper down to 1/4″ at the wing tip. Well…I missed the part about how it tapers. So I’ve got the pretty wing all nice and taped and glued – I’m really quite happy with how it came together. Except for the part about how its wrong and probably wont fly worth a darn.
I’ve decided to start over from scratch. That’s ok though because I have a bunch of foam.
-jj
August 13, 2009
(Sunday august 2) It was either a tip stall or pilot error – either way I crunched and need to replace the fuse.
-jj
