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

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 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!

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!

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!

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…)

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?

Specifications:
Name: Easystar
Manufacturer: Multiplex
Type of product: Model Kit
Airplane type: Park Flyer
For: Beginner to intermediate pilots
Flying weight: ~700 g (24 oz)
Length: 917 mm (34”)
Wingspan: 1370 mm (54”)
Wing area: 24 dm² (372 sq. in.)
Wing loading: ~28 g/dm² (10.76 oz./sq. ft.)
Prop: 5*4” Included
Motor: Permax Speed 400 Included
Servos: 2 ~9-20g servos
CG: 78 mm from the leading edge of the wing

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