Author: RCExplorer – David

  • FPV-pod for the TS2

    I have done some progress on the FPV system for the Twin Star whilst the bad weather has persisted.
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  • Two maidens!

    Today, finally, after over 2 week of bad weather, the wind died down long enough to do the maiden flights of both the Blizzard and the Twin Star.

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  • The beginning of the end!

    This week I have been working on the two airplanes that my wife gave me. Unfortunately the weather this week has been terrible, so I have not been able to maiden either of them. But I thought I would share the work I’ve done so far:

    The Twin Star II build log

    The Multiplex Blizzard build log

    I’ll post more pictures as soon as the weather changes for the better.

  • I’m back!

    It is good to be home again. After a week of snowboarding and only one flight it is nice to be able to get time for the hobby. In the week I was gone my package from china arrived!
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  • I’m going on vacation

    I just want to let you all know that I’m going to the mountains on vacation for a week. I’ll be bringing the AitT and the F1 hydro and if there is an opportunity I’ll get some film for you all. See you all in a week!

  • More presents from the wife!

    The wife and I were doing some errands in the same town as a hobby shop. So I slipped in a comment on that it would be a waste not to visit the hobby shop, and she agreed! I needed some small stuff like some servo cable and a prop. After looking around in the shop for a while my wife says:
    -I planned that we were going here so that I could by you some monokote. I want you to see your new planes so that you don’t loose them.

    My wife is awesome! I never buy covering since it’s so expensive (At least if you compare it to buying cheep servos from china).
    I’m so lucky that I such a lovely wife!

  • I’m mentioned on R/C FlightCast

    In episode 54 of Frank and Brian’s podcast called R/C FlightCast they mention my build of the Twin Boom Easystar and this site! I’m honored to be mentioned in such a good light by one of the best RC podcasts out there!

    To listen to the show, click here.

    Thanks to Frank and Brian!

  • The mystery airplane has arrived!

    Today my wife and I were cleaning the apartment, and when we were done we had a bag of old stuff that was going down into the basement. So I took the bag and heaved it down the seven staircases to the basement. We have our basement pretty neatly organized so when I opened the door and there were this big cardboard box standing in the way of where I was going to put down the heavy bag. Feeling a little irritated that there was a box in the way I asked my wife:
    -What is this box doing… wait a second! Is that?! The airplane!!
    My wife is sneaky! And oh so wonderful! I did not expect the airplane until earliest the end of the week.


    Which airplane do you think it’s going to be? (more…)

  • The Twin Boom Easystar

    The Twin Boom Easystar

    I have had the old pieces of that Easystar just lying around for quite a while now, and every night when I go to sleep I can see the pieces lying on my shelf. But now, after many nights of thinking of what I could do with it, I finally got an idea. I will not share with you just yet what it is, but soon you will find out.


    What would you do withe these pieces?

    This is an experiment, I’m going to try to get an Easystar that don’t look nor fly like an ordinary, everyday Easystar.
    I’ll try to push the envelope and expand my horizons to speak.

    To do that I’ll need carbon fiber, glue, a new motor and a different propeller.


    Two 10*8*500 mm carbon tubes should do it.


    A Turnigy 35-30C 1100kv motor with a 10*5 prop should be something to start out with. Here it is compared to a 6” prop that I had mounted on this Easystar before it crashed.


    I went with the approach of gluing the carbon tubes to the tail.


    To hold the carbon booms to the main airframe I chose to make a mount of 3 mm plywood. The booms will be fastened with screws which gives makes me able to take the airplane apart if I would like to.


    I’ll use epoxy to glue the plywood to the wings.


    Testing the mounts.


    I used my hot wire I chopped of the tail.


    I made a simple motor mount out of 3 mm plywood. The angel of the motor is the same as the original.


    Wow it’s ugly at the moment.


    FASST antenna tubes in place. I want the best reception as I can hence the “performance before look”.


    Speed controller now occupies the place where one of the old servos use to be.


    Didn’t your servos come with 1 meter of cable? Mine hither, so I had to solder on new ones.


    All Easystar’s need a larger rudder, this one is no exception.


    Mono coated and DU-BRO hinges.


    The rudder in place along with the tail rudder servo.


    The elevator servo in place.


    Cables tidied up.


    The tail needed some cosmetic work after the amputation. It does not look good, but it looks better.


    Linkage.


    Out in the wild.


    It’s not a beauty, but I can give it a makeover once it seen some sky.


    Servo cables tidied up.

    The only thing I need now is some calm weather so that I can unleash the beast so that it can rip up the sky.

  • My wife is buying my a mystery airplane!

    On the evening of the crash of the Twin Boom Biplane I was pretty downcast, and when my wife came home, she could instantly see that something was wrong. So she asked me what had happened. I told her about my day and about the crash and she didn’t even laughed. Instead she look at me and said: – I’m going to buy you a new airplane.

    My wife is the best!
    That managed to cheer me up quite a bit I must admit.
    And I asked what airplane she had planned to buy, and she said:
    -I’m not telling, I want it to be a surprise!

    I don’t know what airplane she is going to buy but I have been raving on about both the Multiplex Twinstar and the Blizzard and I think it’s going to be one of them.

    Oh I’m so exited!

    Which one would you pick?