$10 DIY RC Airplane

After recently taking baby-steps into the world of RC flight, I've started becoming more and more interested in projects like the one below. This guy made an RC plane for for $11, (he went a dollar over his $10 budget) and gives very good step-by-step details.




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Velocity RC Mag Free Article

Velocity RC Mag Free Article <<< CLICK HERE FOR AWESOMENESS

That's right, that is yours truly show on the first page of the article. This is one of the articles I helped photograph for Velocity RC Magazines first edition. Give it a read, then tell me why you haven't spent $2 to buy the entire 123 page magazine yet!

http://vrcmag.com

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Pole Cat

Well, I've put about 20 batteries through the Pole Cat, and she's still flying. Like a prostitute that was in a car accident, she's a little banged up but still performs great.

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Kyosh RB5 (second chapter)

I decided against running my 22 on dirt, and decided to run a Kyosho RB5 again. Between this and my original RB5, I should be able to come up with something good for racing.

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TLR 22 The Guide

I'm getting my TLR 22 ready for some dirt racing, and came across another great guide from petitrc:

THE 22 GUIDE.pdf
 
What you'll find in this guide:

1. Build Tips From the Experts
2. The Build
3. Problems you May Experience, and What to do
4. Custom Mods, and Upgrades
5. Pro Setups & Sheets
6. Completing Your Ride

Enjoy!

[/Tim Sanderson]

A Few Laps With Chet Kelsey

I had the day off work today, so I thought I’d head over to Sid’s Raceway to burn a few laps. I haven’t switched my TLR 22 over to the rear-motor layout yet, so I just had fun running the Torment. Chet Kelsey was there as well, so I got a few pics and some vids of him turning some laps. He now runs a Durango DEX210. 

Enjoy!

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Park Flying

A couple of weeks back I bought myself my first RC plane. I bought a Park Zone Pole Cat. It's a very aggressive  acrobatic flyer, and not usually a good first-time plane. However I taught myself on the Real Flight simulator and  was ready to fly it by the time I bought it. Joel (a buddy from work) and I went out to do a bit of flying after  work on Saturday. It was pretty windy, with gusts at least 15+ kph. I had the Pole Cat and Joel brought his Super Cub Here's a bit of footage of the Pole Cat in  action. (sorry for the terrible quality... they're cell phone vids) On my third battery I clipped one of the  basketball backboards, scoring myself a 3-pointer. It was pretty tricky getting it back down.

Joel was Flying his Super Cub. During a landing-gear-less landing Joel broke a blade off of his propeller. (almost  one entire half of the blade) A little CA glue, and it was back up and fling in no time. It actually held up for  quite a while, but at the end of the video you can see/hear the glued piece brake off.

[/Tim Sanderson]