Dom (Essential RC)

Strictly speaking, it's a boat, but since it flies above the water and is EDF powered and was displayed at Popham Model Show I had to share it here for those who might be interested. So innovative !

Steve Elias flying his Su-30 at Southern Model Show. Quite outstanding scale flying.

It's a characteristic of some digital servos when there is no load on the control surface. They are constantly trying to centre. It disappears with airflow applying load when it starts to move. It's not a problem but can be stopped by adding a small bit of fluffy sticky back velcro to the side of the fuselage so the control surface has a bit of resistance. It's what I've done on a 35% Extra because with 4 servos doing it it can be an annoying noise.

Has been a long time since I filmed at a Large Model Association Show so I drove 4 hours up to Elvington for their penultimate show of the season. Well worth it. Some superb flying over the 2 days I was there starting with this F-14 Tomcat flown by Steve Kilbon.

Originally powered by 4 turbines but now converted to electric ducted fans by RamyRC for Tyler Perry.

Top weekend at Old Warden Aerodrome ModelAir event supporting Stuart and Andreis from HobbyKing. Flew several times with 12 year old Finn attempting to do some half decent formation flying with the new Avios Super Tucano that's coming out in August.

I had a super 2 days supporting Stuart and Andries from HobbyKing who had both come over from Holland for the event. Brilliant zero stress atmosphere all weekend with lots of club type glow, diesel, petrol and electric flying and credit for that down to Gavin and his colleagues tirelessly running the RC flight line ensuring everything was safe and efficient. For me it could only be improved by bringing the RC related vendors like HobbyKing and MicroAces up to that part of the site.

Will be there flying with Stuart Warne (HobbyKing) and demonstrating some of their latest releases...

Scratch built Beechcraft Model 18 powered by twin Saito 90 3 cylinder radial engines by Bernd at Airliner Meeting 2024. Doesn't get any better than this. Very well flown.

Converted from 4 x micro turbines to 4 x electric ducted fans but does it fly better ?

Tyler Perry's 1st flight of Ramy RC's Giant 149KG XXL C-17 Globemaster at Airliner Meeting 2024. Tyler flies in less than ideal conditions on the first day (i.e. Friday) of the Airliner Meeting Show. There was a 15mph cross wind but that didn't stop him from getting this big quad EDF powered jet into the air. This unique EDF jet was constructed by Ramy RC in Atlanta, United States and shipped to Oppingen, Germany just for this event. It weights 149KG and is powered by 4 200mm EDFs running on 14S. The maximum pack capacity used per EDF is 17000mah. Wingspan is 6.4 meters (21 ft), length is 6.35 meters (20.9 ft).

After a first trimming flight and realising I needed to adjust the rudder I gave the new Avios Super Tucano a proper aerobatic flight. Let the flight do the talking.

Another Andrew White master piece in action...

A highlight from the BMFA Indoor Scale Nationals...

Next episode in my journey to master RC paragliding. This time in much better conditions !

Quick build 30mm EDF Red Arrows Hawk. Once trimmed out it flew quite well in the wind...

Something a bit different. Going to take me a while to master this one.

Most significant challenge with IC warbird conversions I have found is adding a tray for big lipos and making them easily accessible without needing to take the wing(s) off... and ruining the scheme with the modifications. I didn't see what Stuart had done to his P-51 for lipo access. Was hoping might see him and the P-51 at Old Warden next week but he's at Joe Nall at the moment so suspect that's unlikely.

Sounds good for an electric !

I'm looking forward to trying one of these soon.

Building this is one thing...but having the skill to fly it indoors is something else. Great skill demonstrated by master aero-modeller Andrew White.

Demo of the new Tundra v3 and a 12S 105mm EDF Hawk that could go into production soon...

So much more fun if there are 2 of you trying to fly formation. Challenging but that's why we like it.

Canopy plastic wasn't clear enough to put an FPV camera inside so I mounted it up on the tail. Nice view seeing the aeroplane in the foreground with the scenery below...

First flight. Needs some work but good to get it in the air.