Mike is at it again, have a look!

Since my building is at a stand still because of work interfearing with my play time, I have decided to share Mike Yanosky's newest build, the spit!

Here it is...






Master SPAD builder Mike has done it yet again! Nice job Mike!

Month of illness

November was a month of illness. Between my wife and myself someone was sick the whole month. Things seem to be getting back to normal now. I am still fighting the end of a cold and my wife is still fighting some thyroid issues. They are not as bad as they were, but still some things for her to get through. Thanks to everyone that keeps checking in! Sorry for the lack of updates, but maybe we can change that some here in December!

Take care all!

Hey! Looks like combat is in my future!

It would appear as though Mike really wants to combat bad! The above red version of his combat plane he built for me! Geez Mike, now Don needs one!

Can't wait to get my gear in her and see what she can do! Thanks Mike!!!

Combat anyone?

mike yanosky of our club built this 36 inch wingspan combat plane. seems he now has to build one or two more so he has someone to fly against! lol! as you can see, another A1 plane by mike! when is mine going to be done mike?!

busy busy busy

I can not believe how busy we have been! Geesh, I have not flown in what seems like forever! On top of that my daughter got married this past weekend! So much going on.. hope it slows down soon!





Here is my daughter Alishia and my son Tim. Alishia asked Tim to be in her wedding. It was nice to see them getting along. They where not super close growing up. But recently they have gotten a lot closer. It is nice :)

Bob O'Conner memorial

As mentioned in the last post, we where asked to build a memorial that will be located in a cancer/lymphoma center in Pittsburgh, PA. Also I said in my last post that I would try to put up a picture or two. Well here they are.... the completed piece and a closeup of the pedestal...

Flight time!

I was able to fly last few days. Ran about 11 tanks out of the FX-Cirrus now that I have Roberts original Thundertiger Pro 36 installed. Flys fast and is a bunch of fun. On my 5th tank today, I was making my last landing and I cut the approach to wide and clipped the top of a 30 foot pine. She went in hard and made one heck of a sound. Beside breaking the prop, it broke all 4 wing bolts and both gear bolts. Other than that there is not even a scratch on the plane. And of course I only had 4 bolts of the 6 I needed or I could have tossed on a new prop and flew again. Man I love SPADs!!!

Anyway, off to the HB shop tomorrow for some bolts.

Have been working on a big project for my wifes company (www.wakingbearstudio.com) so my time next few days will be limited once again. We where asked to build a memorial out of steel for the late Mayor of Pittsburgh, Bob O'Conner. Bob passed away suddenly with a rare form of brain cancer. We where honored when we were asked to create the piece. When we have the piece completed I will try to post a picture of it here.

Back and Busy

Will I have been back from vacation for awhile now. But have been very busy. Today was the first I made it to the field in a good while. Had some engine trouble so I was unable to fly. But fellow flyer Don showed up with his cloud dancer and I enjoyed watching him scream thru the air! I think I can see the light at the end of the current work tunnel. I should be able to post more often soon.

BTW, the plane I took was the FX-Cirrus. Finally got all the linkage in and an old os 40 installed. Turns out the os 40 needs rebuilt, or at the very least cleaned up. Will try to mount the TT 36 on the Cirrus this week.

Thanks for stopping by!

On vacation

Will be away until August 23rd. Wife and I are traveling to Manitoulin Island in Ontario. Updates when I get back!

The FX Cirrus

Work has begun to get the FX-Cirrus pictured above flight ready. The wing shown mounted actually had a broken spar. That was fixed this evening. In addition, a new dark blue elevator was cut and control horn was mounted. Robert, the guy I bought the plane from, had an extra light blue wing and elevator. I will be keeping those as spares.

This plane will have an OS 40 FP mounted to the nose. Will keep you posted.

The Blue Devil (Demon) has also had some recent work done to it. The wing is now bolt on and has some extra reinforcement added to it. Mike from the club folded his demon wing on a hard landing. Mind you, that was with the gear mounted in the wing. Since mine is now mounted in the wing, he suggested the reinforcement.

So many projects, so little time (sigh)...

More flying today...

Got in 4 more flights today on the Easy Goer! That is a total of 8 flights with 3 deadstick landings on the field! I am getting better at deadsticking :) Special thanks to fellow flyer Mike for getting my TT 40 tuned correctly. The Easy Goer seems to be slightly under powered with the 40. But, it flies great as a trainer and the landings are floats! She just really floats nice!

Afternoon was fantastic for flying! Although there was some strong wind at times, the Easy Goer flies with no bad tendencies. Got a lot of comments at the field on how well she is built and flies!

Until next time....

Flight of the Easy Goer

Well this past Sunday I was finally able to fly one of my new planes. The photo above shows the Easy Goer with the dihedral wing mounted. Flew the plane with that wing first. Wind was about 8-10 mph and the day was very hot. I am guessing mid 90's. I have mounted on the Easy Goer a Thunder Tiger 40. I had bought this engine off of ebay and this was my first attempt at starting it. Fortunately, it started easy but was a pain in my behind to get adjusted right. After almost an hour of messing around I finally had it running well enough to fly. Still needs some fine tuning but it worked for now.

The Easy Goer with the dihedral wing flew well. Fairly stable. That was after I cart wheeled it 3 times on take off. Seems my trims were way off! LOL Thank god it is a SPAD! Anyway, after two flights I put on the straight wing. Much faster and I liked the handling even better. So much so I ran 3 more tanks out of her. Was very fun to fly. The 40 with a 10 x 6 prop pulled her around at a reasonable speed. Can not wait to fly her again! Oh, and have the engine tuned correctly!

I have included the FX-Hobbies web site in the links section on the right side of this page. Go and check out their planes!

New additions to the fleet!

Bought a guy out in Nashville, TN a few weeks ago. All his planes are from http://www.fxhobbies.com . They are very well built and should be cool to fly! If you are not a builder but want a SPAD, check them out! Owner of FX-Hobbies is Frank and he is a super nice guy! More on these planes as I get a chance to fly them!

Demon Landing Gear

Finally some work on this bird! Many thanks to fellow flyer Mike for adding the landing gear to my wing!! As you can see it now also has the engine mount installed. Now I can get at the tail feathers and add the radio gear! Thanks again Mike!!!

Spadworld back online!

Spadworld.net appears to be back up and running! Hope they have no further issues!

spadworld.net

Just read on RCuniverse that that are moving the site to a new server! Hope it dont take to long I may go through withdrawl. :)

What's up with Spadworld.net?

Not sure what is up with spadworld.net today. The site appears to be down at the moment. If anyone knows, post a comment! Hope they are back online soon!

Been rather busy...

Work has taken most of my time leaving little to build. I need to order a few things yet for my demon and I can get her together. Since I dont have much to update and no photos of my own, I thought I would share Mikes new P51 "old yellow" as he calls it. Here are the photos...









She is just about done and I suspect Mike will be doing a maiden very soon. This P51 comes in 1 pound lighter than the last one he built (see farther down the page or archives for June). She should scream through the sky!

Demon canopy painted...

Had my father paint my canopy. He is 80 and got a kick out of me asking. I think he did a good job. Flash from camera makes it look more white than what it does in person. I am getting closer Mike!

SPADStang videos

And here are links to some video of the SPADStang. These where shot with a digital camera and are not that great. (right click and "save target as" if you want to save them)

First takeoff 3.4mb
Second takeoff 11.2mb
Fly by #1 1.35mb
Fly by #2 1.37mb
Fly over 4.76mb
Final landing 14.5mb
Mike as a pro builder and has done a fantastic job on his SPADStang! I think he said something about the Spitefire next, or was it the Mig 7? Nice work Mike!