by Jack Upchurch | Aug 22, 2019 | Events, Scale
The Tidewater Radio Control Club has announced the details of its upcoming event. OCTOBER 2nd to 6TH 2019 AT THE MILITARY AVIATION MUSEUM 1341 PRINCESS ANN ROAD VIRGINIA BEACH, VIRGINIA 23457 GPS 36.679230 -76.025050 5 DAYS OF FLYING CAMPING AND FOOD ON SITE JUST MINUTES FROM THE VIRGINIA BEACH OCEAN FRONT WWI FLIGHT DEMOS BY THE AVIATION MUSEUM FOURTY DOLLAR ENTRY FEE WHICH INCLUDES FRIDAY NIGHT DINNER Contact Mark Ward (CD) for more info Phone 757.615.2577 email warbirds58@hotmail.com PRE-REGISTER AT FLYTRC.COM Download a pdf flyer: MADP 2019...
by Greg Carter | Jul 24, 2018 | Aerobatics, Did You Know . . ., Hints and Kinks, Model Building, Reviews, Scale, UAV
The Pitts S-2B from Kingcraft is an ARF model airframe in an all wood construction using balsa and plywood. It comes with a painted lightweight fiberglass cowling. If you come from a builder background, you will appreciate the design details and the ultra scale dual cockpit with instrument panels which resemble that of the full-scale Pitts S-2B. The manufacturing level and quality of this Pitts ARF is impressive, most of the woodwork is done by hand and not by machine. When I received my kit from HobbyKing, it came in a designer box with all parts well packaged. You should not judge the content by its cover, but it looked good to me and I was ready to get started when I saw the box and content. Each part was packaged very well and no part was found to be damaged. Even the box it came in was structurally strong. The Instruction Manual is well thought out and can help you put the plane together in a few evenings. There were a few things I chose to do a little different and I am sharing with you as follows. I started the build with the wings. I was able to find the placement of the fiberglass horns and inter-plane struts by looking at their placement in the pictures and rubbing my finger over the area until finding the slots. I then took a knife an uncovered the slots. The servos were installed and wings were assembled. I proceeded to work on the fuselage and where the wings will attach. They supplied wood cross struts, however, I chose to use for...
by Jack Upchurch | Jul 12, 2018 | District News, Events, Radio Control, RC Jets, Scale
I just spent the day enjoying wonderful weather, great friendly people and some pretty spectacular airplanes. Anybody in range should drop whatever they are doing and get to Lums Pond to see this event. This is a family friendly environment with good food provided by a local Scout Troup. Wanted to share some photos to share the feel of what is going on- biplanes, triplanes, 3 scale warthog jets flying together- something for everyone. Link to the event website for more information: ...
by Rusty Kennedy | Jun 1, 2016 | Scale
OK all scale builders here is a project. Look at all those wings. ...
by Rusty Kennedy | Jun 12, 2015 | Events, Scale
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by Jeff Foley | May 6, 2015 | Scale
This is the first “blog” I have attempted, so if I seem a little shaky…stay with me….hopefully I will get better. I just returned from Top Gun 2015, great meet…weather was perfect. Believe me, that is a big contrast from last year. Somewhere in the neighborhood of 115 total entries in several classes. I believe there were three of us from District IV. Larry Botsford, John Welcome and myself. As usual, there were some really nice models present. I strongly suggest if you have an interest in scale, try to attend this event if you possible can. I will try to post again in the next few days and tell a little about myself and my modeling background. Let us hear from you as...
