How Many flyable planes do you have ?

[scott cuppello]

Er, let me see, all electric...

Piper Cub [62"]
Spitfire
P47
DH Mosquito
A-10
ME262
Super Chipmunk [baby one!]
Pitts
FW190

[Peter Miller]

I thought I was doing well. Only got about twelve.
Rhapsody, )
Symphony, )
Marauder, )
Bonzo, )
Cap 21 )
Fournier RF7 (sic) )All ODs
Li'l Mustang )
Toot Sweet )
Little Bandit )
Deja Vu (35 powered C/L stunt)
Stupid Cupid (15 C/L stunt) )

and an Easy Pigeon but ARTFs count

Plus a few without engines and radios.

[Phil Meredith]

wow what a compelling hobby this is, one or two just aint enough, i have 15 and 2 helis,
good job tim from the flying club not on here, he would fill a page, at last count he had 75 and looking for a fourth shed cos the other three were full,
maybe flown most of them only once or twice, he is an avid collector,
phil

[Lee Morgan]

Stumped !!!!!! :?

[Kelly]

Ripmax leky Spitfire and now a PicooZ freebee from RCM&E.

[Chris Dickens]

Here we go!!!!
In the workshop ready to go:-
1. Hanger 9 Hellcat
2. Jamara 60 Trainer- RCM&E sponsored (I'm club instrutor)
3. DB Sopwith Pup (the little one) x2, one electric, one with OS20FS
4. Flair Giles 202 (the pink 120size one)
5. WMP Volcano
6. Alfa Models Huckenbein
7. Ultrafly P51 Mustang
8. Extreme Flight Yak 54 Electric
9. Fliton AJ Extra
10. Weston Cougar
11. Blue Airlines Blue rolo leccy glider
12. IFO
13. Falcon models indoor SE5
14. Plantraco carbon butterfly (3g R/C indoor)
15. Unicorn combat wing
16. Hanger rat (indoor FF rubber)
17. Peacemaker C/L
18. KK Spectre C/L
19. 2 small FF models
20. Sceadu 30 Heli
21. ARK 400 Heli x2
22. Esky llamaV3

PLUS
approx 20 airframes in the loft just needing radio and engines adding.

PLUS
3 ARTFs and 15 unstarted real kits waiting to be built for myself and 2 more for magazine reviews

[Alistair Taylor]

Hmmm

Ready to fly:

Tucano 45" (Built from plan - Axi powered)
Tucano 30" (Built from plan - with U/C)
Mirage 2000 (ARTF foamie)
Candice (from plan - cox powered Canard)
Ripmax Alienator (ARTF foamie)
Teltech Jane (ARTF sp480 electric glider)
Piglet (plan built, .15 powered aerobat)
TT V-bat (ARTF 10 powered flying wing)
100" glider - EP powered

(hmmm 6x EP, 3 x IC, 4 x ARTF, 4 x plan built, one bought second hand))

Need R/C (re)installing
RCM&E Super dart (MPJet 1cc diesel powered)
MiniDrake (sp 400 glider, balsa and tissue)
Flying styro F16 (ARTF foamie electric pusher)
Robbe varta fly (kit built electric glider)
Wingamagig (plan built flying wing, oil soaked but still flyable)

Under repair
Ripmax reno racer (was EP, planning to go IC to take advantage of lightweight airframe)

On building board - IC Maricardo and several ARTFs

Alistair T

[duane wallace]

am dragging some what behind most of you

Uno Wot
Boomerang

am bulding seagull sea fury just needs 120 and will be away in the clouds

[Graham King]

Limbo Dancer with SC40 

Weston Mini Hype with West 36T1  and genesis pipe

Ripmax Extreme ( not the lite version) with Irvine 72

multiplex Acromaster with Axi 2820/10

Multiplex Twinstar II ( stock)

multiplex Easy Star (Stock)

Small electric Mustang about 1mtr wingspan - unknown make

Walkera 36 heli - Fully rebuilt with brushless motor and metal head - flys superbly now

Hirobo Shuttle with OS 32H

and for good measure - a pico Z

nearly forgot - an almost finished Galaxy Models Magician - to be fitted with as OS 40 or Magnum GP40

No doubt more to come. I have a hankering for a Hurricane with a nice big 4 stroke in it 

[Bob Cotsford]

ready to go:

    EMP Eclipse

    orange box

    acrowot

    little bit

needs rx installing

    hooligan

    wingamajig

    Cotswold models something or other - funny, can't remember the model name, just it's manufacturer

need repairing:

    Flair Baronette

    Pilot Cherokee

need finishing:

    CAP Gladiator refurb/rebuild

    Jungmeister

    Flair Sunrise

my question is: how many of us swap radio and engines between airframes as against installing a new setup in each new model?

[Graham King]

All mine have their own radio and engines / motors, ESC etc.  Too much bother to start swapping around every time I want to fly something different.

[Dave Bran]

Don't need many or have to spend a lot to have fun    :-

Fik 80 with 100 wing.  30 mins plus flying per battery on power all time.

Fik 80 no dihedral and Ailerons.  Hooligan plane..................grass stained fin..........used about three to fours hours a week.

Buzz wing.  Comes out above a Force 4...............

SuperFlea (hopped up big brushless and prop in slot so now outdoor only).

EFlite Thunderbolt

Shockflier (Yak)   Flown more outdoors than in...............

Twister CP   used about two hours flying time per week, still on original blades

Twister Hawk/47/Medevac

In workshop:-

Fik 80 but being built as Biplane a la "Panic"  (Yes, really!) 

Formosa

[GrumpyGnome]

Been rationalising my fleet........................

i.c.

Ultimate Fun Fly

TT Giles 202

Wot4

Leccy 

EasyStreet

Min Funtana

Mini UltraStik

Ehawk 1400

Helis

Twister 3d

Honeybee

My Baron 30 heli if for sale on ebay ...............

Lots of other planes and helis (20+ I guess) stored in the eaves.

GG 

[Richard Acland]

Precedent Stampe

Flair Pupeteer

Irvine Wild Card

Parkzone Spitfire

Solo 60 trainer fitted with camera.

Twister heli

 All flown this season and all in ready to fly condition. However having just ordered the Typhoon cowl and canopy and (correct size) plan. Something will have to go to make more space.

                       RA

[Martin McIntosh]

Too damned many. Need a bigger house/shed.

[Lee Morgan]

I turn green with envy looking at this tread, you lot dont know how lucky you are, We should start a new thread how many people fly there models like they were designed, i.e. If you buy an ultra light Cap232 do you fly it like it was designed.

I would beinterested in seeing how many people fly like a trainer or worse fly a 3d ship like a jet, I went to model club a little while ago and I saw several 3d planes and not 1 3d manover,

Just a thought out loud.

Lee

[John Arnold 2]

Lazy Bee 120 inch

Aeronca Champ 108 inch

Twinstar foamy

Twinjet

Picojet

and my favorite Flair Cub

[Tim Mackey]

oops. already posted years ago

[scott cuppello]

All Electric....

 Hawker Hurricane [63"]

 Katana [55"]

 Zero [52"]

 B-17

 Mustang

 BAE Hawk

 Ripmax Spit

 Beaver float-plane...GWS 3 channel job....love it!

 Predator UAV

 DH Mosquito

NEED MORE ROOM!

[Doug Ireland]

Caypso Mk 3 (Aviomodelli) driven by an Ervine 61, probably the worst model I've ever owned!

Great Planes Easy Sport 40 (OS 70 Surpass)

Hanger 9 CAP 232G (MVVS 45 Gas)

[Mark White]

Good evening everyone,

Kyosho Oxalys EP

Seb art Katana 30

Seb Art Katana 50

Kyosho Extra 300S EP

E-Flite mini Edge 540 3D

Fliton Rogue 3D BIPE

Then ive got an indoor Kyosho Minium Cessna

theirs a couple ive flown but i have used radio gear from them

Hanger 9 Pulse XT40 and Min Katana MD

I am amazed you guys have enough space to fit all your planes, i struggle

all the best

[Braddock, VC]

KK Falcon with laser 70

Southerner Major (84" ws) saito 62

Junior 60 os 26fs

Windy aint it (plan built) os 26 fs

ARC Cardinal saito 82

Arc Jupiter os 52 fs

Another ARC Cardinal ( I like Them) TT 61

Another ARC Jupiter ( I like them, too) YS 45

25 size cub, os 26 fs

GP slopoke tt 42gp

Flair Fokker D7 laser 80

in the loft T180, kyosho cw Cub, Flair Black Magic,

Just putting the finishing touches to with engines and gear mounted Wot4 saito 62, Acrowot saito 82

Building ,CG cw Cub

YT Cub ( you can't have too many cubs) another Flair Fokker D7 this one's gonna have lozenges, Slopoke 40 kit, another Flair black magic kit, another acrowot kit 1/4 scale zlin 526

Repairing, smallest damage first, Flair magnatilla tt 42 gp, Kyosho agwagon saito 82, WM midget mustang, another magnatilla, middle phase.

I wonder if I'll get round to finishing them.

[Julian Beckett]

Blimey, you've done it now. The old trouble and strife better not be peering over my shoulder...here we go, in no definitive order, some rtf, some not quite - I can't keep track!!!

IC / Electric Fixed Wing

1. YT Me109
2. Top Gun Models 1/3 scale Christen Eagle
3. Top Gun Models 1/4 scale Taylorcraft
4. Wot 4 (homebrew - built up)
5. Kyosho Majestic
6. Top Gun Models Cessna Aerobat
7.Fliton Edge 540
8. Eflite Byp Yak
9. Ultrafly Hawk
10. Ultrafly Ultimate
11. Alfa Mig (x2)
12. Alfa Sabre
13. Alfa Huckebein
14. Hilight Mini Speed 1.5m electric soarer
15. Simprop Diamond Hotliner
16-17. Foamy Factory Mini 3DX (x2)
18. Foamy Factory Votec
19. Foamy Factory Yak
20. Multiplex Easy Star
21. Falcon Models Edge 540
22. Falcon Models L'il Bit Special
23. 1/6 scale Sig Cub
24. Veron Tiger Moth
25. Plantraco Wot 4 (6" span OD)
26. Cooter - carbon stick Slo-Fly
27-28. Palm Z (x2)

 Heli

29. Mini Pred 3D
30. Hirobo Sceadu 50 (bought today!)
31. E-Sky Lama V4
32. ARK X400
33. Picoo Z
34. CML Venom Hughes 300

Glider

35. Acacia II F3F racer
36. Wizard Compact X-tail
37. Air-One
38. Reed Sherman Jart
39. Aeromod Voltij
40. Limit EX (own design)
41. Mini Weasel
42. Alula
43. Higgins Talon (okay so it's not quite finished...)
44. Doug Reel Barracuda
45. Gulp SR
46. Canterbury F20
47. Canterbury Aermacchi 339
48. Luna
49. SAS Aggressor

Building

50. RCM&E B17
51. Micro carbon stick model for Plantraco gear (OD)
52. Sig 1/5 Cub
53. Alula
54. Electric Limit EX
55. Simprop Sukhoi
56+ Indoor foamies ad-infinitum

 J E S U S......

Ah, but I know someone with even more toys. Come on Ellison, I'm calling you out...

 

[David Martin 2]

Been modelling for 25 years and have never written off any of them...!

 Over cautious or just plain lucky...probably a bit of both I should think..

 1. Pilot QB20H high wing trainer

 2. Flair Pupetteer

 3. Ridge Runt soarer

 4. SAS Blob soarer

 5. Westfield Hawk soarer

 6. Acrowot

 7. YT Spitfire

 8. Raptor heli

 9. Twister CP Mkll heli

10. Hughes Piccolo heli

11. Hummingbird Elite CP heli

All are ready for the off and I make sure they all get an airing from time to time. The Spitfire is just about ready for it's maiden....

The QB20H was my first, built with my Dad when I was 15 and still flies as good as ever.

David

[Mike Healy]

I thought that I had too many models - then I started to read Julian Becketts epistle - there's no way I can beat that! I dread to think too much about it, actually, especially if it's genuine (Wot? They are ALL ready to fly - Right now? - Off the shelf? - Honest Gospel?) So, are you married? Kids? Job? Live in a Castle? Millionaire? Other interests? (sorry, that's a daft question, of course!) Anyway, for the record, I've got too many models, and am just embarking on a vast 'clearance sale' to cut down the thirty plus airframes, about half of which are fully fitted with radios, motive power (where neccessary) but not batteries, which are usually kept separately, and are pretty much ready-to-go.

The main ones, in complete RTG state are as follows: Precedent Stampe, Flair Tiger Moth, Electic Quarter scale Vega, Fillip 600, Jiant Jabberwock, Sea Fury, Mustang, Alula, Furious, Pitts S1s, Stearman, Phase 6, Harvard, Chipmunk, Shitehawk 3, Shitehawk 4 and several others that I cant reach!

Watch the classified in the near future!

Mke H