Chris built a Graumpner Taxi 2400 w/84" wingspan with electric power, and it was a great performer. These photos are from when he lived in Tn, and others from the 2006 Fly For Tots at the RDRC Field...
Another knife edge pass, close in...
Under the tent at RDRC Fly-For-Tots '06
The Taxi about to tow up a sailplane...
She holds her own in an inverted pass!
Flying the Taxi at the RDRC Fly-in in '06.
Getting ready for a takeoff run...
These are a few pics from the 2006 Fly For Tots of Chris and his CAP 231 electric conversion. It was pretty impressive, and a great flyer...
Covering models is an art within itself, and one that many of us can use a little help or a few tips on. Mike Buzzeo put a 5-part video tutorial together on covering models with the various film coverings (Monokote, Ultracote, etc), and even included lots of detail on producing a professional covering job with graphics and such. If you cover models, no matter how long you've been doing it, you've GOTTA see these! Click the links below to view the Covering Videos by Mike Buzzeo...
NOTES
1- If you have problems downloading or playing these videos, plese drop a note to the webmaster at wb4iuy@gmail.com and describe the nature of this problem. We can't fix it, if we don't know it's broken!
2- If you have problems playing these videos, try 'right-clicking' on the link, and select 'open' from the popup.
These are some pics of various tools I use around the shop to build and/or repair balsa wood airplanes..
This is my "The Flight Box" from Custom Woodcraft. Debbie purchased this for me back around 1987. It has racks to hold a wing on the back, an adjustable padded rack on top for your plane, and really makes life easier on your knees and back. This thing is built like a piece of furniture! Inside, there's plenty of room for everything you need at the field. Tool drawers, fuel, pump, tach, flightline caddy, etc. I've had this thing for quite a few years!
Sometime in 2006, at the RDRC field...
At the field in early 2007, with Brandon's UFO in the cradle...
A poor photo graph in 1994, with my then 12 year old son (Chris), while he readies his Eagle for another flight.
Here it is, in 2007 at a Fly-in in Kinston, I think. That's my youngest son, Brandon, on the right.
In 1974, I got my first taste of building a kit. I bought a Nobler u-control kit, I think it was by Top Flite, but I dont recall for sure. This was a blast to build, but I was a nervous wreck the first few times I took it out to fly. It was a great flier, and a pretty good stunter (beyond my capabilities!). Again, girls, gasoline, and ham radio came along and captured my attention. I sold this at a swap meet, wish I still had it!
By 1972, I migrated to a Cox PT-19 control line airplane. My PT-19 was beat to a pulp, and it was time for something else. This photo isn't the actual model, my photos of it are long gone, but this is the exact airplane I had. This would have been a better choice for a trainer, as it was very docile and easy to fly. I flew this off and on for about 7 years. I was not a member of a club, so the enthusiasm level had an ebb and flow to it. Somewhere along that time I discovered girls, gasoline, and ham radio.
