After a stress-free build, the ParkZone Habu gave me two stress-free maiden flights. I’ll let the video do all the talking:
My new Parkzone Habu ducted fan jet arrived in the mail this week. I put it together and provide this walkthrough for the benefit of those who have not yet purchased their Habu (hint: just do it). Stay tuned for the flight report in a couple weeks. Parkzone Habu Walk Through from djsmith on Vimeo. […]
Today my friend Cliff showed me his first-person video R/C airplane: This thing has every feature imaginable, which means it packs a lot of wires: Here’s a video tour of all its features, which include the following: Auto fly-home if control is lost (uses GPS) Heads up video display of altitude, heading, and pitch RF […]
My brain’s been a stewing about 2010, and I just gotta let it all out. If I’m even half right, 2010 will be awesome. 1. Hulu in the Living Room In 2010, Hulu will partner with a company like Western Digital or Popcorn Hour to release a tiny box that connects to your HDTV to […]
I finally took my newly built Stryker to the slope for some unpowered slope gliding at Ensign peak in Salt Lake City, Utah. I built the Stryker with these parts: Stryker Fuselage from ParkZone A tiny 2-cell LiPo battery Two cheap servos A cheap voltage converter I did not put a motor on the Stryker […]
To celebrate Independence Day, I flew my T-28 with red, white, and blue streamers around the park.
If you want to give your ParkZone T-28 Trojan unlimited vertical flight for under $30, today is your lucky day. Just head over to hobbycity.com, and pick up one of these Turnigy 35-36C motors. Here’s what you’ll need to do the upgrade: The new motor (duh) A Phillips-head screwdriver An everyday drill and an ordinary […]
A couple weeks ago I sent my Spektrum AR6000 receiver to Horizon Hobby’s service department because it was losing bind on the ground (especially in cold weather). Oddly, I could never reproduce the problem on the bench. It only happened at the flying field, and only on hand launches. Very weird. I was nervous that […]
Finally a successful maiden flight! Here are some post-maiden photos of my T-28 Trojan from ParkZone. This tiny dots to the right and left of the cockpit mark the Parkzone recommended center-of-gravity (2.5″ back from leading edge, measured 1″ out from the fuselage). I moved it forward by about 0.5″ and it flew better. On […]
Well, I upgraded my L-39 jet’s motor and re-maidened it. I don’t want to give away the ending but it wasn’t pretty. The new motor was fantastic. It bolted in with no modifications to the plane, and provided lots of thrust over the stock motor. It was great. The added thrust helped control the plane. […]