Looks like Terry is the first guy to fly in the snow this year. Looks like fun albeit a bit cold 🙂

I did not do a whole lot tonight, but I did sand a 45 degree bevel on the ailerons and elevator. I rounded the edges of the stab and elevator. I also glued at 90 degree angle. Well as close as I could get 🙂 I am waiting for my power system to come in. Until then maybe its time to get back building my 89″ AJ slick.
 

I received my AR mini pylon racer yesterday. The kit was well packaged and everything arrived in tip top condition. I was surprised to see that it even came with a small sanding block! That being said one could easily build this plane from scratch. The kit was only $24 and it was nice to have the parts laser cut. The instructions  come with  layout/plans on the sizes of parts these can be found on http://www.stevensaero.com. The kit came with the wing, tail section, control horns, one carbon tube, pushrod and a push rod guide.

Not to creep anyone out with the mask but sanding balsa makes a lot dust. I recommend wearing a mask. Sanding the airfoil took around 20 minutes. It’s only my second time sanding a wing but I would say this it was fairly easy. You are basically sanding down 3/16 medium grade balsa plank to the shape of an airfoil. Stevensaero had sanding guides pre-etched into it. I am not sure how exact it needs to be but it turned out well. How good of airfoil can a 3/16 piece of wood have? 🙂
 At that point my wife came home and I called it a night. The batteries from Hobbyking also arrived. It only took 2 days from the USA warehouse. I am still waiting on the power system. The parts are coming from Hong Kong. I have read on the forums that the power system could have been purchased at http://www.headsuprc.com

 

Mike and I are starting to build a couple of pylon racers. We are doing it on the cheap and are starting out with two different styles of planes. They are both using cheap power systems and should go very fast for there size. I believe mine should go roughly 90+mph flat and level. That is really fast for a plane that only has a wing span of 23″! I hope my eyes can keep up with it! The plane I will be using is a Steven’s Aero Adrenaline Rush. There is a thread on RCgroups if you would like more information. The power system that most people are using:

3s – 850mah Nanotech Batteries
Turnigy 25amp ESC
4.75×4.75 Prop
2 – 5G HXT Servos
Turnigy 2750 – 3000kv Motor
Stick Mount

As I said before guys are typically getting 90+ miles an hour for about 4 minutes with this setup. I do not know the specs of Mike’s plane but feel free to join in on the fun! I know there are a few of you out there that love to turn and burn! They say the plane flies great in the wind as well. It does not cost a whole lot to build so no worries if you get a case of the dumb thumbs 🙂 They say it profiles out when flying, you just need to trust it is still there! Remember, there is no reason to fly full throttle with this bad boy until you can handle the RUSH!

Here is a video of the one Mike is building. Wow, looks like fun!

I have created club calendar with Google.  We will updating this with club meeting times, special events and other fun stuff. Check it out! The link is in the menu on the right!