Well, after an annoying soldering job, the SHP is very nearly ready for a maiden flight. The speed control I'm using (a Castle Creations TB-54) had apparently been used, even though I bought it as new. Someone had apparently pulled the red wire out of… more »

Well, I didn't get to fly, due to insanely chaotic winds, but I did take a road trip to the AMA (Academy of Model Aeronautics) headquarters and museum in Muncie. It's about a 120 mile trip and was well worth it! The museum has a huge collection of mo… more »

Got my camera back, and here's some photos of my 3DHS Extra 300 SHP! First a shot of the box as received -- triple boxed! Then a couple shots of the plane itself during assembly. more »

So my 3DHS Extra SHP came yesterday and I went over to my friend Chad's house to work on it. The only word is ... "wow"! It comes triple boxed, very secure. Pulling the parts out of the box, I saw that the photos of it don't do it justice! The coveri… more »

With the weather finally looking like it's going to be steadily good, it's becoming flying season! Hopefully I can get in a lot of flying this season, and advance my skills to the point where I can fly some of the more advanced maneuvers, and move into… more »

Finally got a chance to maiden my Cap 232 yesterday and it was fairly disastrous. Seems the settings of the speed control were all messed up. When throttle was applied, the motor would spin up like normal, then 2-5 seconds later, just spin down as if… more »

That's the shop I'm doing this build in. It's huge, and full of planes and tools and all kinds of stuff. :) It belongs to Claude Vest, the president of my R/C club, and something of a Simitar evangelist. Anyway, last night I finished up the sheeti… more »

I'm still not sure what to do with this airplane. It's an Ultrafly FW-190 ARF, with a few dozen hours worth of scale detail work put into it. I can't take credit for it; the scale detailing was all done by my friend Emmett Hall. This is his first scal… more »

I haven't written about the construction progress on my Wiseguy, as there isn't really much to say. And haven't taken any pictures, because honestly, unless you're also a builder, you'd be like "wtf!?!?" The first build night, all I was able to do w… more »

As per usual, I changed my plans re: planes a bit. I sold off the SA Edge kit. I really want to get into Electric Ducted Fan (EDF) airplanes, and I needed funds to get into that area of the hobby, so the Edge kit went. I'm a little sorry I sold it o… more »

I know I said I'd go into more details about the surgery, but there really isn't much to say! I was unconscious for all the interesting parts. ;) I showed up 2 hours ahead of the surgery time, as directed. They checked me in, then took me into a pri… more »