Radio Controlled Airplanes?

[lefty]

900ss-

I fly most weekends at Bayfront Park, in Menlo Park, at 7:00AM.

Let me know when you can make it.

 

[900ss]

900ss-

I fly most weekends at Bayfront Park, in Menlo Park, at 7:00AM.

Let me know when you can make it.

 

[LongGoneJohn]

Don't be sorry. May I come and watch? I will try to make some Napier Sabre sounds (not that anyone alive today knows what they sounded like.......)

Sure, it's a handful! According to a... ahem, friends radar, it's hitting 97mph now.

I slapped a Power32 motor in it and on its 2200mah 4s batteries is running 90amp's peak and 1000watts. The motor is only rated to 850watts, so I don't run it that hard that often. All in all, it cruises around all day at like 80mph in 3/4 throttle, at 800watts and is just fine -- unlimited climb with the three blade prop that's stock still.

All I've got to do now is figure out a way to get these 3000mah batteries to fit, to increase my 6 minute flight time to around 8.

It's a damn fun plane -- the retracts are cheap as hell though and crappy. They work "sometimes," but a little wiggle and some "g" maneuvers seem to get them down every time.

 

[WeekEndWarrior]

Sure, it's a handful! According to a... ahem, friends radar, it's hitting 97mph now.

I slapped a Power32 motor in it and on its 2200mah 4s batteries is running 90amp's peak and 1000watts. The motor is only rated to 850watts, so I don't run it that hard that often. All in all, it cruises around all day at like 80mph in 3/4 throttle, at 800watts and is just fine -- unlimited climb with the three blade prop that's stock still.

All I've got to do now is figure out a way to get these 3000mah batteries to fit, to increase my 6 minute flight time to around 8.

It's a damn fun plane -- the retracts are cheap as hell though and crappy. They work "sometimes," but a little wiggle and some "g" maneuvers seem to get them down every time.

 

[lefty]

900ss-

A really good place to watch people fly in Rancho San antonio in Los altos. There are many older guys that fly there everyday. Those guys fly very scale looking prop planes. They tend to be DAMN good pilots.

Another spot with LOTS of action on the weekends, is Baylands Park in Sunnyvale. Most everyone flies in the morning, to avoid strong winds, so go early.

Diezel-

I've heard lots of negatives about buying from Banana Hobby- how was your experiance? What do you think of the plane?

 

[Diezel]

Diezel-
I've heard lots of negatives about buying from Banana Hobby- how was your experiance? What do you think of the plane?

I'm not going to buy from them after what I've read as well. I'll be picking up an A1 soon. I mulled it down from the F4u, P51, Focke Wulf, T28 and A1.

I dig the A1 since it's more of an underdog and not a "Warbird" but a torpedo plane. Was gonna do an A-10 and figured Oh god no. I'd want to build the shit out of it. The A1 is fast out of the box, and I can always tweak things a bit here and there.

Oh and +1 to Rancho and Baylands. www.BayRC.com heads those parks up, and I've met some awesome folks out there.

Now if I can just figure out who is flying at Ramac Park (really close to my house, and I can see / hear the planes and heli). I'd be set!

I would appreciate an invitation to watch. That is all. Cooler with beer? AR triggers?

I love Sandys, Spads, whatever. Skyraider? OK, paging Mr. Douglas!

Hell yeah Ken. Anytime I head out, I'll give you a msg.

 

[LongGoneJohn]

Anyone who wants to head up north can fly with me. I've got a buddy box and a beater plane you can try on - and I have two locations to fly at that offer endless room and paved landings. One being the old airport....

 

[900ss]

Are parachutes required?

 

[hyo650]

Anyone who wants to head up north can fly with me. I've got a buddy box and a beater plane you can try on - and I have two locations to fly at that offer endless room and paved landings. One being the old airport....

Its a trap.....he's gonna give you fix-it tickets and stuff...

 

[LongGoneJohn]

Its a trap.....he's gonna give you fix-it tickets and stuff...

Shhhhhhhhhh

 

[Ducky_Fresh]

Flying field in Morgan Hill is pretty good, no?

 

[Diezel]

Flying field in Morgan Hill is pretty good, no?

http://www.sccmas.org/ ?

It's ok. Nice field, good setup. Some of the people there, are pricks. A couple of nazi level hot heads. But over all it's a good place. Most of the folks there, dislike electric planes. No matter how big or fast they are.

To fly there it's $120 a year for just SCCMAS, and another $58 a year for AMA.

$180 a year to fly is fucking BS. I don't even enjoy the thought of paying $58 a year to be a club member of the AMA. :|

Especially since Santa Clara, Sunnyvale, and San Jose have been so very kind to us in allowing us to fly in the parks.

AFAICR :
SJ has no laws against any electric R/C anything. Gas is a no no, but almost never complained about in the larger parks.
Santa Clara, has a similar view. No complaints = go for it.
Sunnyvale, actually has OPEN allowance and in most larger parks, welcome electro fliers!

 

[Feanor]

I'm prepping an OS 1.20 4stroke powered PT-19 for her return to the air after almost a decade! Like others, I can't believe I'm getting back into this as well. I might also do nitro racebikes again too... I might as well hand over my entire wallet

I love watching the jets fly, but the only way I would get into that segment is to just by an entry level jet turbine, bolt it to a plank and just run in up in the backyard only to hear the sound of it

The jets are just insane, you get about 2 seconds a pass to see it before its a dot and you have to squint in order to not lose aspect so you can bring it back around and do it all over again, and all this to prep for the hair raising ultra high speed landing.

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[Ducky_Fresh]

I want to do an fpv quad...

 

[lefty]

I'm prepping an OS 1.20 4stroke powered PT-19 for her return to the air after almost a decade! Like others, I can't believe I'm getting back into this as well. I might also do nitro racebikes again too... I might as well hand over my entire wallet

I love watching the jets fly, but the only way I would get into that segment is to just by an entry level jet turbine, bolt it to a plank and just run in up in the backyard only to hear the sound of it

The jets are just insane, you get about 2 seconds a pass to see it before its a dot and you have to squint in order to not lose aspect so you can bring it back around and do it all over again, and all this to prep for the hair raising ultra high speed landing.

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That is insane. G/L with your project. I'll stick to my little girly electric park-flyers.

 

[Feanor]

That is insane. G/L with your project. I'll stick to my little girly electric park-flyers.

Lefty,

Nothing girly at all about park flyers or electrics! In the endgame a hobbyzone park flyer takes as much skill and focus as flying a 1/4 scale gas powered warbird. The ONLY difference is that almost impossible act of detaching yourself from the stress induced by the monetary cost In RC we used to call it "Flying your wallet" They probably call it something else now Optimally, you want to be as relaxed and stress free flying your giant $2000 scale warbird as you do your < $100 parkzone flyer because I've done both and if you remove the variable of cost and complexity, the small electric parkflyer in a steady wind actually takes MORE skill to fly well. There's something about a 15-20 pound model that just makes it impervious to wind and having things happen "slow" If you were to sit in front of a simulator and fly versions of both aircraft the giant scale would be easier to fly, because actually, it is; When you can divorce yourself from the stress of crashing it.

I'd like to get as my next project an F4U Corsair and put that same 120 4 stroke in it, but I used to think that sounded great! but then I saw a video of a Corsair with a Moki radial in it and I'm in LOVE! LoL! I just need to scrounge up $3500 for the engine Flying your wallet... It doesn't get any easier


OS FS-120SIII 4 Stroke

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Moki 215cc Radial

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[Feanor]

I want to do an fpv quad...

DF,

I looked into FPV flying a few years back You should get one of these as it would work easily with quads too (any scale LoL!)

30km max range with practical range right about at 15km or 5-7 miles

I think it would be the most amazing thing to launch your RC vehicle, then sit in your living room and drive it around miles away!

The transmitter and receiver are not that expensive. It will actually be the implementation of the long range video link that will probably be the bank breaker.

http://dragonlinkrc.com/v2/

 

[fraz]

Its a trap.....he's gonna give you fix-it tickets and stuff...

Haha I thought the same thing.

Antarius, where do you fly? Like what cities?

AFAICR :
SJ has no laws against any electric R/C anything. Gas is a no no, but almost never complained about in the larger parks.
Santa Clara, has a similar view. No complaints = go for it.
Sunnyvale, actually has OPEN allowance and in most larger parks, welcome electro fliers!

Yeah the main thing is be courteous. The school we fly at down here is chill and no problems. If there are soccer or softball players... we simply don't fly. The simplest way to lose a privileged flying spot is to be rude and piss off others who share it. Always other times to fly or other places but once you get folks mad with nitro, noise, trash, TopGun flybys over kids... that shit will end fast and we'll never get it back.