RC Airplanes

Ohio Model Planes :: Innovative Products for Model Aviation I really like the graphics on the Stiffys and Shock Flyer. There’s just too many cool looking planes out there! The snakeskin covered EPP is very interesting. I like the use of carbon and the landing gear in the Stiffys. Ah, still have to build and … Continue reading »

I’m receiving the Cox Christen Eagle biplane today which is made out of foam with water applied decals. They suggest coating the decals with Testor’s clear cote to protect the decals, but it looks like I can use the can of Varathane in the garage for that. I hope the Varathane is still in good … Continue reading »

I finished building a Tribute FX 3D last weekend, but I was too eager to take it out on a windy afternoon, and it flipped over and had its nose torn off. It’s interesting to see that the nose is mainly held on to the fuselage by glue between two flat plates of balsa. I … Continue reading »

I put some Fast-Pack tape on the empennage of the Fik 100 and it made the plane very tail heavy. Between the weight of the tape, and I’m assuming a worse airfoil created by the tape over the empennage, the plane flew very tail heavy. After the removal of the tape, the plane flew much … Continue reading »

I covered the wing of my Fik 100 with Fast-Pack.com tape last night (red and orange on the bottom and yellow on top), and it looked very nice on its morning flight today. The tape isn’t super-tight, but it sticks on fine. I also put red around the nose to cover up all the excess … Continue reading »

I velcroed the FlyCamOne to the belly of the Fik100 this morning and took my first aerial videos. The videos were a bit blurry from the vibration of the motor, and the low light due to cloudy skies didn’t produce the best pictures. I’ll have to do some gliding with the Fik 100 on a … Continue reading »

Last night, I decided to reconnoiter the area where I thought my FIK 100 landed. I was on my bike, slowly looking at the trees and yards on a street over 600 feet away from the park when I saw the FiK 100 sitting in the front of a garage. I went home and walked … Continue reading »

I don’t believe I lost the FIK 100 to the thermal coming off the parking lot at the local park. I learned from some reading that the thermal becomes a lot stronger a few hundred feet above the ground since there isn’t any interruption from ground terrain or winds. It wasn’t just the thermal that … Continue reading »

I flew the Fik 80 fuselage / Fik 100 wing some more this morning, and it flew pretty well at a slow speed. It makes more noise than the Pico-Stick since some resonance is occurring with the mount, but other than that, it’s a nice lazy flyer. I had to trim the rudder a bit … Continue reading »

I had a successful test flight of the Fik 100 wing and Fik 80 Fuselage last night. I couldn’t fly it too much since it was getting dark, but it had a nice slow flight performance. At home, I cut a slot for the battery, and tried to reinforce some areas with Sumo glue. Since … Continue reading »