Some more great work from Young Park
A true Master, here is his P-51
Paralight’s Powered Paraglider Lineup
If you are like me, you love flying lots of different planes and configurations. I got my first chance to fly a powered paraglider doing some infrared biomass photography from a large paraglider. That plane was all electric with nearly five pounds of battery necessary to power cameras, downlinks and motor. Paralight Aviation The Paralight […]
Spirit of “Ob”: Final Assembly
It’s well into the second week of the build, time to get this project finished and ready for test flight on Father’s Day. The fuse and wing are framed just a few things to do, mount wing, final sanding, covering, hinges, install hardware, engine, fuel tank, radio gear, balance and set-up. During the construction of […]
A True Craftsman!
Hawaii resident Young Park creates true scale masterpieces out of aluminum. Each aircraft is meticulously crafted, with functional cables and controls and painstaking scale details. Mr. Park generously donated his first (cutaway) Corsair model to the Joe Martin Foundation. It can be seen in its display at the Foundation’s museum in the Sherline building in […]
Spirit of “Ob”: Fuselage Construction
The fuselage for most Ugly Stik (& Stick) models is basically a balsa box. Many builders have modified the fuse a variety of ways adding a round cowl, canopy, guns, raising the wing saddle or lowering it. It may be one of them most modified designs, one of my favorites is to flip the […]
New Project — Balsa USA 1/3-scale Fokker Triplane
Wow! I just got my new kit delivered! I ordered it at the Toledo show (preordered) and I think it was worth waiting for. It has a 93 inch span and comes in at about 25 pounds. I plan to hang my GT 80 on the firewall. Here are some photos I found online of […]
Booma RC’s Microprocessor 3-Stage Fail-Safe Ignition Switch
The Australian Booma RC has designed and now made available a 3-stage fail-safe ignition switch for gas powered models. Referred to as Iggy, a microprocessor controlled optically isolated switch with 3 stage ignition protection. Iggy features a high intensity blue LED to give exact feedback to the user. Here is how the 3 stage safety system […]
Workshop Build-Along — Top Flite Giant Scale F4U Corsair — Part 4
With the wing all taken care of, the next step is assemblying the tail surfaces. The first step is to attach the plastic attachment tabs on the elevator control rods. Be sure to thread each of them the same number of turns so the control linkage leverage is the same length. The horizontal stabilizer and […]
Booma RC’s Intelliswitch V2
Booma RC’s innovations for high performance and demanding giant scale pilot configurations includes the Intelliswitch V2. This extensively designed switch includes: Dual Bat (Battery redundancy), Dual Battery Voltage Monitor, Dual Battery mA Usage Monitor, Flight Timer, Flight Counter and Temperature monitor. Intelliswitch Features: – Microprocessor control – of 2 x independent high powered digital switching […]
Booma RC’s Wallaby Switch with Battery Voltage Monitoring
Booma RC is an Australian company offering a broad range of products for the RC community. Check them out at: http://www.boomarc.com/ Among their many offerings is the Wallaby Switch. This unique product is capable of controlling and monitoring the power from your receiver battery through a digital microprocessor. It is produced in both a single […]
Finally, A Flying Car!
I want one of these, finally a flying car! check out the video https://youtu.be/SgHSaNtAMjs
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