Are you looking to do a little ARF kit bashing? Check out what I did to the AeroWorks P-51 in this how-to video on my conversion from the Excalibur Mustang to the Tuskegee Red Tailed Mustang. I show you how to use easily available material to do cosmetic surgery and create the plane design you [...]
We have a charger review coming up in Electric Flight Magazine and we were lucky enough to get in the new X4 AC charger from Hitec. I have to say they raised the bar on this one. This compact charger has battery management and integral balancer features on each of the four identical and independent [...]
Here is some good news about a very historical aircraft that is undergoing restoration at the museum of the U.S. Air Force. DAYTON, Ohio — As the United States approaches the 70th anniversary of its involvement in World War II, one of the most famous aircraft from that war recently reached two milestones in its [...]
THE DEVIL IS IN THE DETAILS. After installing your servos according the manufacturer’s directions, you might find that when the servo arm is placed on the spline, it isn’t at a perfect right angle to the servo casing. Or, after you’ve hooked up the various linkages, you discover there is too much or not enough [...]
Here is the completed bird ready for its for photo shoot. I tried to do the color scheme of the N.A. P-51D Mustang of the 302nd FS, 332nd FG, of the 15th AF. This was based in Ramitelli, Italy during January 1945. This group was made of entirely of black personnel, known as the famous [...]
Venom’s new Low Voltage Monitor is designed for quick and easy voltage checking on your 2S-8S LiPO batteries. This monitor provides easy-to-read visual readout and an audible alarm if one or more cells within the pack gets too low. The audible alarm is factory set at 3.3V, although it can be adjusted between 2.7-3.8V. Just [...]
Here is a photo of something I am working on in the shop. You will soon see a complete how to article on converting your Mustang over to one like mine. I will soon have the AeroWorks Mustang converted over to look like the famous Red-Tail Warbird of the Tuskegee aviators.
The Composite-ARF (Comp-ARF) F4U Corsair is a true museum-quality warbird. It can be purchased in three versions: the standard kit featuring a plug-in wing, the folding wing kit, and the deluxe ARF folding wing kit with the wing mechanism installed, flying surfaces hinged and gear doors hinged and installed, which is the subject of this [...]
