Hand Made R-985 Dummy Radial

Photo provided by Donald Kurtz, local scale builder. He’s building a Beech 18 and needed two dummy radials. No engine kit was available in the correct scale. The metal parts are K&S aluminum and copper tubing. The brass you see on the plug wires is brass...

Setting the Hook

Hi Dave, I know you are interested in getting young folks interested in Model Aviation. Last Saturday my club helped at the NASA Space and Rocket Center Aviation Challenge event. Here is a photo of me planting the seed with a little one (he was thrilled). Later I...

V22 Osprey Arrives at USAFM Today

Enjoyed watching a CV-22 Osprey arrive in front of our shop. The United States Air Force Museum is across the street from “US”. Osprey pilot dusts the snow off our roof. 😉 He put on a short airshow, bank angles easily up to 70 degree’s and a nice...

1SQ V-Cam Lake Rescue

Van Hershberger Sends an interesting photo. “Even this flight into the lake didn’t kill off the 1SQ, I’ve had 20 flights since with video, all is working like new : ) Van”

FPV Multi-Rotors Used to Help Solve Real Environmental Problem

The critics of FPV’s who stupidly call them “drones” (drones are autonomous or aircraft towed targets) fail to realize all the good environmental use they are currently being put to. Check out the video below. Used to put hunters on target to...

Two Wrights Flying Together At Mid-America 2013

Photo’s by Dennis Summer. Thanks Dennis! Great fun getting to fly formation with another 1905 Wright Flyer. We’ll, it was fairly windy and flying was actually more like herding cats around the field. But we got them reasonably close enough to each other...

Slow Stick Revived

Oct 7, 2013: ……. Everything arrived just fine. I’m very impressed with what I bought. I’ve had a slow stick for years and always enjoy flying it. A few weeks ago it got caught in a tree and we destroyed it getting it down. I think with the help...