RC

I give you the M-Maxx

2009-03-10T17:48:00.001-07:00

I present to you the M-Maxx. M standing for Mongrel. The old T-Maxx lives again. in its Titan 775 powered electric version.

Getting Ready for Summer

2009-03-09T17:27:00.000-07:00

Here is the latest in the RC truck projects.

Electric conversion

2009-02-27T18:22:00.000-08:00

I have decided to convert my T-maxx to electric. I talked to a guy at the hobby shop and he said not to it is not worth it. Well that sounds like a challenge to me. I have ordered a speed control transmission and a Titan 775 motor. Wish me luck.

Youtube Video

2009-02-14T15:15:00.000-08:00

I have posted a video of my snow blower on youtube.

Lets see if this helps

2009-02-12T19:52:00.000-08:00

Well I this should fix the problem of spinning the tires.

It finally snowed.

2009-02-10T08:04:00.000-08:00

I finally got the chance to pull out the snow blower and try it with the new tires. They work tons better, but still when you get a little packed snow they can spin. I guess I need chains. The blower motor still needs an upgrade.

Time to get the snowblower working again

2008-12-20T08:05:00.000-08:00

I have pulled out my snow blower once again. Last year I had traction problems so I put knobbier tires on it. We will have to see if it helps.

More progress on my RC HEMMITT

2008-04-08T16:30:00.000-07:00

My new toy. I bought a quick change tool holder for my lathe. It is great. The next two pictures are of the cooling system for heavy duty cutting. The last pictures are of the cutting process of one of the front axle pieces.

Not perfect, but functional

2008-02-13T17:20:00.001-08:00

It does work but the blower needs more horsepower. It bogs down way too easy.

Snow blower the second time around

2008-02-06T19:09:00.000-08:00

Well it seems to work pretty good. I do have to solve a the problem of traction. I had to push it quite a bit, but the blower works pretty good.

Another Update

2008-02-04T20:36:00.000-08:00

Snow Blower progress.

Hemitt Front Axle.

Snow Blower progress

2008-01-29T19:45:00.000-08:00

My latest project

2008-01-23T18:23:00.001-08:00

I am building a 1/14 scale RC PLS (palletized load system) based on the Hemitt. I have parts of the front axle built. I have also been working on my RC snow blower version 2, aluminum not legos.

Ever have one of those days where you were bored

2008-01-08T19:59:00.001-08:00

So I decided that driving my RC truck would be more fun than shoveling.

Well I have decided that the motor is not big enough. It would bog down and it got so hot it started to melt the legos it was sitting on. I could possibly see a Aluminum version in the future.

Racing RC trucks

2007-09-08T14:44:00.000-07:00

A Saturday playing on a dirt hill.

RC boating in Logan

2006-08-01T08:33:00.000-07:00

On my visit to Logan we went Boating one day.

The RJ crashes

2006-07-17T06:34:00.000-07:00

It flew, but not for very long. It was on the verge of a stall the whole flight.

I got rid of some of my RC planes..... .... kind of.

2006-05-06T11:58:00.000-07:00

I traded off some of my planes and got a cessna 337

1/5 scale 86" wing span
Powered by 2 YS .91 4 stroke engines

Mirage 2000

2006-05-03T09:43:00.000-07:00

The mirage may yet fly.

RC Airplane progress update

2006-03-15T14:25:00.000-08:00

Lancair Electric powered speed 400 3:1 gearbox

Dash 8 rc model

RC Sonex

2006-02-25T10:49:00.000-08:00

Now all I have left is the pushrods.

An opportunity presented itself, so I took it.

2006-02-21T16:42:00.000-08:00

This aircraft made an emergency landing on Monday due to a water leak that formed ice down the side of the plane. Then a chunck broke off and went in the right engine. Today it was out of the hanger and ready to leave so I took my model and took some picutures.

The mechanics thought it was pretty cool and took my picture.

Plane progress

2006-02-15T20:10:00.000-08:00

The CRJ is ready for another test flight

My 1/5 scale Sonex is starting to look like a plane.

RC sonex construction

2005-11-23T14:48:00.000-08:00

Progress on my RC sonex

the wing rigging was complicated because I only wanted to use 2 servos

the flaps come off the left bellcrank and the ailerons come off the right one

C-130 water bombing

2005-11-15T19:46:00.000-08:00

My first attemt at simulating the fire fighting water bombers using my C130
See the new video links to the right

Test flight of the CRJ-200

2005-11-03T08:30:00.000-08:00

The initial test flight of my new model, the CRJ-200 was attempted on Nov. 1st. The attempt had to be aborted when a throttle cable broke while taxiing. A second attempt is planed for today, Nov 3.

The second test flight didn't go to well. I had some trouble starting the engines then on the first run down the runway it didn't fair well. I have video of the crash, but I don't know how to post it here.

October 22 2005 RC warbird rally

2005-10-22T12:50:00.000-07:00

I won quite a few awards.
3rd place for Scale flight with my DC3
2nd place for Scale flight with my C123
They had specific manuvers I had to do.
First place was actually won by the guy who gave me a ride in his RV8.
Runner up for Pilots Choice award C123
First Place People Choice award C123 (dropping parachutists helps)

World War One Planes

P-40

My C-123

Parachutes away

The DC-3 Finally flies, and quite well I might add

June 11 scale day

2005-10-03T19:18:00.000-07:00

This is a delayed post of the scale day fun fly we had.
T-24 mentor.

AT6 texan

Sea Fury. Looks kind of like the real ones

Your guess is as good as mine.

Mig 15. Turbine powered.

If you can't tell this was my favorite. The B-25

I thought this picture was cool because you can see the real contorl tower of the airport in the background.

If you look close you can see the tire came off on one of the main gear.

2005-08-30T19:09:00.000-07:00

This is the latest progress on my CRJ-200

This is a real picture for comparison

2005-08-08T09:19:00.000-07:00

My Current RC Projects. A scratch built Sonex

CRJ 200