Heli Day

Well, it was a nice-ish day sunday. dave and i got all ready to meet mark and another heli pilot johnny at ubc. we drove out there, and well, it was a gong show. every field was full of people and various tournaments. so we went to a smaller field on ubc, and got kicked off, so we went to our fallback field where i can fly. 2 baseball games were going on. went to marks smaller field, also busy! so, we gave up and…

Last Weekend Flying Session

So, last weekend dave and i went flying, since it was so beautiful out. a little windy, but it was really nice out. Anyways, we brought the fleet out, and it was going to be exciting, because i was going to run the gas engine in the big piper for the first time. so, anyways, running the engine was really cool. we did take a video of it, have to get that off dave. i changed a mode on our aerial photography camera, and they…

the decade of the big piper cub

its been almost 10 years in the making, but finally, FINALLY, all this RC has gotten me motivated to finish the big gas piper cub! i mounted the servos this weekend, and got to finishing covering the wings and got the body covered! big thanks to dave, who helped me out a bunch with the more delicate work! wow, shes a beaut! i cant wait to get the engine mounted now, and taxi around in the parking lot! i still have no idea where im…