Slope Soaring Slope soaring refers to flying in ridge lift. Ridge lift is formed by the upward movement of air as it goes over a slope of some sort. In the case of today that slope is formed by part Read more…
Last year I put together a Tower Hobbies Edge 540 with an NGH GT9 Pro 9cc two-stroke engine. It was a lot of fun, and I probably put in 50-75 flights on it. Unfortunately after I tried using a larger Read more…
You know how sometimes you have one of those little sites that you really like to use? Well I discovered a static thrust calculator I regularly used (http://www.godolloairport.hu/calc/strc_eng/index.htm) no longer exists. The original webpage has gone down. I will help Read more…
Today we had 2 tree crashes! I managed to fly my Phoenix Model Decathlon into a tree, and another club member flew his Freewing JAS-39 Gripen into a tree. Weather Today was a good day for flying. The temperature started Read more…
Airplane Today I flew the Crash Test Hobby rebel. It’s not a plane I fly a lot. It is setup for FPV. But today I felt like flying it line of sight. I built this plane a while ago. It Read more…
Today I went to a local park in Payson, Utah to do some casual flying of my OMP Challenger. One thing I like about this airplane is that it’s large enough to take to the club, but still small enough Read more…
Someone at our local rc airplane club scratch built a Dornier Do 335. He said got the plans from a magazine 25 years ago (would put that at roughly 1996 at the time I am writing this). This aircraft was Read more…
Thoughts about my newly constructed Willy Nillies Ace Simple 250
