My oldest son and grandson are in town from Indiana. We had not been flying in over 2 years. I've been inactive due to vision issues, but have that partly resolved. We got the R/C trailer out, cleaned up, and ready to go. It had been covered and just needed a bath :-)
RCDave's Crash Report
Nothing special, just various bits and pieces from my RC hobby adventures. I enjoy building, flying sport, and tinkering with RC Airplanes. Check out my webpage at www.RCDave.net.
Thursday, October 3, 2024
Friday, September 30, 2022
Marketplace Find...
I can't help myself when I run across a bunch of bits and pieces of old vintage stuff in a garage sale or swap meet. This popped up on Facebook Marketplace, and it looked like something I could rebuild one day. I contacted the person, and scooped it up for possible winter builds. Here's a few pics...
Monday, September 5, 2022
New RDRC Clocks finished...
I've been busy with a houseboat project (you can see it at http://www.NCFishy.net), and we've been sick with some sort of bug, so I've not put much time on my airplanes. I've had a bit of time to tinker on the clock layout. I had made one for myself many years ago, and it finally quit. I got back on CafePress and laid out the logos and played around with it. You can see them online at https://www.cafepress.com/rdrc/17332617 . They're online with no markup, so you can get one at CafePress' base cost, if you want one too. Here's the clock faces...
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Sunday, July 31, 2022
A New Charger for the Fleet...
Now that I've been getting active again, I found I needed to keep up with the changes in tech to better charge my batteries. I talked with some of the guys at the field, and saw they were using high capacity multi-port chargers. I needed something that could charge large LiPo batteries, maybe up to 6 cells. I found a great deal on a new HiTec X4-ACPlus. This should handle my charging requirements for a while :-) Here's a few pics...
The RC Workshop lives again!
I went pretty much inactive in 2019, and just recently got bitten by the RC bug again. My workshop had been re-purposed for other things, and most of my RC stuff was sold or put away. In April of this year, my oldest son came to visit a few days. We flew a little bit, went to a fly-in and a swap meet, and my interest in RC aviation returned. I got busy and worked in my workshop space, and got things back in order. I'm now active in the local club (RDRC) again, and having a blast. Here's a few pics of the shop...
I found a bunch of patches from days gone by, when I was an officer in the Wilson R/C Modelers and in Raleigh Durham RC.
Among other things, I found an old banner from the now defunct Hobby Lobby. My oldest son Chris worked for them a few years. We used this banner at fly-ins.
That scroll saw on the far left, and the belt sander in the middle, has been used to build many airplanes over the last 35+ years.
RC Related License Tags...
Friday, July 22, 2022
Friday FlyDay at RDRC
A big crowd gathered at the field on Friday. Not unlike many other days for this group, I just happened to be there to enjoy it with this awesome bunch of guys. Lots of different things flying, lots of good talk and fellowship! It was HOT, but we all had a great time, nonetheless. Here's a few photos...