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Ed Carroll’s Osprey Photos

Sean — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 22:45:00 +0000

Here’s a few photos of the Ed Carroll Osprey John flew last Tuesday. It has the names of club members that are no long with us. What a great plane.

Bill Kessler, Bill Turner, Chuck and Jean Perkins, Don Lorentson, Earl Thompson, Ed Carroll, Harold Wolf, Jim Dolan, Ken Otto, Ken Wells, Lamar Steen, Leo Ford, Les Sullivan

6th Annual Aeromodeling Expo, Feb 27

webpilot — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 04:11:15 +0000

Saturday, February 27, 2010

Drop-In From 10:00 AM To 4:00 PM

Location: Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum

Come to Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum February 27^th from 10AM to 4PM for the 6^th Annual Aeromodeling Expo. Come see radio controlled aircraft, helicopters, and even a blimp in action. Purchase your own R/C plane from one of the many vendors available. There will be demonstrations, question and answers sessions with R/C pilots, and food! Weather permitting, tours the Museum’s massive B-52 bomber will even be on the schedule. With fun for the whole family, this is an event that you will want to stay all day long for.

From Bob Bergin:

Well it is the new year and that means our 6th Model Expo is coming up. It will be held on Feb 27th from 10:00am to 4:00pm at the Wings Over The Rockies Museum again. The door will be open at 7:00 am for all the clubs and Hobby stores to start their set ups. Weather permitting, we hope to have the B-52 cockpit open for viewing as the drawing factor for the public. We also have been working with Buckley Air Base to have a Blackhawk helo there for display. We are still waiting to hear from them. All the paper work is in.

MAS will once again have a club display. Members are invited to bring their airplanes or helicopters. Set up time is from 8:00 am to 9:00am. They are requesting that all models stay in place until 4:00pm.

Classic MAS photos

Sean — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 06:00:09 +0000

Here’s a few MAS photos from years past. If you have any detail on the photos send a email sean@miniatureaerosporters.org and I’ll add the detail to the site. Any current member can post pictures and information to the MAS website. If you’re not already setup with a login account and you want to contribute let me know and I can set you up! I can also receive pictures from email or even at the field.

There’s been a lot of history with MAS so help other members learn more about their favorite flying site! Happy flying!

Big Stik .40 maiden flight

Sean — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 04:08:52 +0000

Here’s a picture of my Great Planes Big Stik right before its first flight with a Magnum .52 engine and Airtronics radio. I received the plane from my good friends at the Valley View Flyers a few years back and it’s been on the “Finish Building” list way too long. Before dusk I was able to get in about 6 take-off and landings. It’s a fast, stable flyer and lands like a dream with 25% Flaperons set. The Magnum engine isn’t quite running at 100%, but it’s not running bad. I need to check the spray bar, glo-plug, head temp, etc. and also make sure the 11×6 prop I’m using isn’t causing problems. I have a vibration issue which shook apart my on-off switch housing (wasn’t on real tight to begin with) and I suspect a unbalanced prop. I’ll check it out tonight. What a great day flying. Tomorrow I hope to do more.

F-27C eats its own stabilizer

Sean — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 17:34:31 +0000

While flying last weekend my Stryker’s right vertical stabilizer decided to come off during a high speed fly by. From the noise I initially though I had a shattered prop but I was quickly relieved that I still had power. After trying to see how this thing would behave with only one vertical stabilizer I landed it just off the runway in some grass. No harm.

When the vertical stabilizer was found, we noticed it had a chunk of it missing from where the prop bit into it. The stryker had a mid-air collision with – itself. Too funny.

This plane has been heavily used all summer and it’s a great flyer. I’m currently using cheap Tenergy 25C 1800mah batteries and so far they work great!.

Jordan’s show and tell

jordan — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 23:40:44 +0000

Here’s a few of my plane pictures. -Jordan

C-130

Pictures from the Airfield

webpilot — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 14:22:06 +0000

Mark’s P40

Mark's Warbird hanger

Mark and George Warbirds

: George’s OV-10 Bronco

Why pre-flight checks are good

Sean — Thu, 28 May 2009 15:56:24 +0000

This crash happened at the Denver R/C Eagles site and was a result of a stuck right aileron. A simple check of the control surfaces before takeoff could have pointed out the aileron issue and a simple fix would have had the model up in the air in no time. A good lesson for all us who fly!

A380 in Action

Sean — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 20:37:57 +0000

AIRBUS A380 In Action – Click here for the most popular videos

Oldest Flying Boeing Airliner

Sean — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 06:40:52 +0000

Historic Aviation

Here’s the link to the Boeing 40C described in Hanger Talk. Enjoy!

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/off-topic/2225583-oldest-boeing-airliner-in-flying-condition.html