The Building Board

Bud Romak with Foote Westerner C

noreply@blogger.com (Tom Ryan) — Sun, 27 May 2012 14:23:00 +0000

AeromodeLLer Magazine is Coming Back!

noreply@blogger.com (Tom Ryan) — Fri, 18 May 2012 23:14:00 +0000

Go here for updates: http://www.aero-modeller.co.uk/aeromodeller-magazine/

Pulse Jet

noreply@blogger.com (Tom Ryan) — Sun, 13 May 2012 01:49:00 +0000

Gladiator

noreply@blogger.com (Tom Ryan) — Wed, 09 May 2012 13:40:00 +0000

How to Build a Vic Smeed Tomboy

noreply@blogger.com (Tom Ryan) — Sat, 05 May 2012 17:50:00 +0000

Vintage Gliders

noreply@blogger.com (Tom Ryan) — Sat, 05 May 2012 03:07:00 +0000

Photos from the SAM 26 Spring Contest Taft March 2012 courtesy of Ned Nevels

Flying Rag

noreply@blogger.com (Tom Ryan) — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 01:28:00 +0000

Hi Tom, I saw an old article in an old magazine of a Cox .049 engine attached to a small block of wood and two shop rags hanging from it. Bob Stought at our meeting said he had one that he had flown a dozen times and a few days later presented it to me. See picture attached. You get the engine running and give it a twist in the direction of torque and send it straight up. The rags each with a knot in the end swing out with centrifugal force and it goes up like a helicopter. He said it works great. The rags are saturated with oil presumably from the exhaust so I have to believe it. What could be simpler. Not a good glider though.

This video is an addendum to the engine and rags: http://youtu.be/cquvA_IpEsA

Gil Morris

Willie's Back!

noreply@blogger.com (Tom Ryan) — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 00:44:00 +0000

I have some good news ! Willie is back, safe and sound. I spent a week distributing fliers in the Nashville area with no luck, then someone suggested CraigsList. I found out what that was and made up a very descriptive ad, offering $50 reward. That was Saturday afternoon, and Sunday afternoon I got a phone call from people at Murfreesboro (about midway between here and Nashville) saying they had him. Description two white spots on his head and he talked with a Brit accent ! I went up there to collect him, not really believing it until I got there, but it was Willie alright. He apparently flew through the thick woods when he disappeared and came out at an unfamiliar place. Not being able to find me, he went to someone else for help and they took him home to Murf where they already had a female parakeet ( I should have such luck ! ) I'm sure that without the $50 reward they would have kept him because they said they would put it toward another bird but Willie was easily worth that to me. He sat on my hat and studied me all the way back on the 40 minute drive and when we got into town here he started to recognise places. When I opened the car door to get out he shot off for the front door and when I opened it he made a beeline for his own little house. I trimmed his wings a little and it hasn't affected his flying but his rate of climb is reduced ! Now he doesn't like me getting more than six feet away from him. The impossible done immediately, miracles take a little longer ! ERIC CLUTTON

Clearly, Willie needs to learn his address: http://wap.myfoxny.com/w/main/story/60165915/

Easter Sunday at Old Warden

noreply@blogger.com (Tom Ryan) — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 17:46:00 +0000

Miguel's Kerswap Stable

noreply@blogger.com (Tom Ryan) — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 19:41:00 +0000

Hi Tom,

Glad to have seen you and your father in Toledo. Hope to see you in Muncie for the Sam Champs. In the meantime, here are a couple of pics of my Kerswap squadron. Just tested these this past Saturday and both flew very well!

The first one ( Red and yellow ) is the Kerswap 653 with a Super Tigre .29 RR and the second one ( red and white ) is the Kerswap 450 with an E.D. Hunter 3.5 Diesel picked up last year at Toledo from Stu.

Regards, and again hope to see you in Muncie for the SAM Champs.

Mike Salvador

Updated Heathkit

noreply@blogger.com (Tom Ryan) — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 03:29:00 +0000

Tom,

Here is my 2.4 gHZ Heathkit, courtesy of Tony Stillman of Radio South. I haven't flown it yet, but it works great on the bench with the XPS Nano receiver. The background is my building area/office/dinner table with

the semi finished wing panels for my Thor that I hope to fly this year in the Brown Jr. event at the SAM Champs.

C glow Startdust Special IV

noreply@blogger.com (Tom Ryan) — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 17:43:00 +0000

Whippy fuselage stiffened with 4ft of 1/4 X 1/8 balsa

Grosswing

noreply@blogger.com (Tom Ryan) — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 12:47:00 +0000

Post war version of the Gross Flying Wing

OT flying in Argentina

noreply@blogger.com (Tom Ryan) — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 17:15:00 +0000

Cloud Snooper

noreply@blogger.com (Tom Ryan) — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 01:29:00 +0000

Flying video of a Cloud Snooper as seen on a recent R/C Groups build log.

Lyman Slack's Aviation Website

noreply@blogger.com (Tom Ryan) — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 23:44:00 +0000

Lyman Slack's Aviation website

Cornwall Vintage Aeromodellers

noreply@blogger.com (Tom Ryan) — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 20:20:00 +0000

New website: www.cornwallvintageaeromodellers.weebly.com

Buccaneer & Quaker with Brown Juniors

noreply@blogger.com (Tom Ryan) — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 18:06:00 +0000

Single Channel R/C

noreply@blogger.com (Tom Ryan) — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 03:20:00 +0000

More links, photos, articles and videos can be found at www.singlechannel.co.uk.

More Flying From England

noreply@blogger.com (Tom Ryan) — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 22:10:00 +0000

Click here to skip the quadcopter

noreply@blogger.com (Tom Ryan) — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 09:56:00 +0000

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

The German from Nick Ryan on Vimeo.

R/C Groups videos

noreply@blogger.com (Tom Ryan) — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 15:09:00 +0000

The latest video from the Vintage & Old Timer section.

Aero 1.8

noreply@blogger.com (Tom Ryan) — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 03:00:00 +0000

Tom,

My Aero 1.8 powered by my home built Boll Aero 1.8 cc diesel. 50" wingspan, covered with polyspan with tissue trim, it was built in one week and flies in a "stately fashion". I brought it
to the FF NATs last year but only got one flight due to the excessive heat and humidity.

Dave Acton

Miter Glider

noreply@blogger.com (Tom Ryan) — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 14:37:00 +0000

I made one of these years ago

Installing Du-Bro hinges

noreply@blogger.com (Tom Ryan) — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 13:41:00 +0000

See the story at Model Airplane News