MY ZN line Integral has been converted to electric. It has been flown just a few times this year, and although I love the simplicity of the 170 CDI, I needed to strip the whole plane down and re-paint parts of the nose where the paint had been eaten away by Nitro, and the home-made […]
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New plane: Kyosho Osmose EP
Update: It’s been flown, 5 flights total. The setup seems sound enough and the plane is extremely responsive. Low rates became high rates after some hefty tweaking on the radio. The rudder response is really out of this world. I cna’t belive the canalizer does all that but if it does, I don’t really see […]
Mini Scalar first flight
I finally got to fly the Mini Scalar that I spent the winter assembling and painting. The plane flew surprisingly well, requiring just two clicks of aileron trim. Surprising is putting it mildly, since I had to set up all incidences myself, my first time ever doing so. Nothing beats beginners luck. The plane is […]
Mini Scalar update
The tail is done, all hinges in place and everything seems to line up pretty good. The plugin assembly is all home made and sadly it also looks that way. Nylon screws hold the wing so that the model should be easy to assemble at the field. I have also completed the servo installation in […]
Blinky balancer
I came across this tiny balancer at the smallsize hobbystore in Oslo today. I’m a sucker for simple gadgets and this tiny thing was irresistable. It balances – and blinks – and is therefore called the Astroflight blinky balancer. Clever huh. But it seems to do the job fine: it balances, and blinks. Up to […]
Mini Scalar wing fitting
It’s starting to look more and more like a plane now. Fitting wings without ANY guidance or markings whatsoever is a bastard job and one that makes me wonder why this fuse was moulded without holes for the wing tube or any other markings. I have an incidence meter but before we get to that, […]
Mini Scalar motor run
I’ve test-run the Kora motor on the workbench. Because this is very dangerous to do, please observe the following method which I’ve found to be quite safe: 1. Make sure prop and motor is firmly in place with motor, ESC and receiver connectors checked. 2. Read instructions, ignoring the warning about throttle channel reversing. After […]
Autumn project: Mini Scalar
While the Lasers are stored away waiting for summer, my autumn project is finally underway. It’s an electric 50-size model called Mini Scalar from Peter Adolfs in Germany. It has a 164cm wingspan, glass fuse and bellypan and balsa sheeted foam surfaces. It is not so much a kit, you just get the glass and […]
Electrics you say?
I may fly glow engines but when I’m in the workshop all I ever do is charge things! Not visible in the photo is the Laser being charged by a Schulze Lipo card. I’m also charging my DeWalt drill all the time too. I say, I’m as electric as the next man!
schulze’s next generation charger
Hot on the heels of the new Robbe Power Peak III charger follows Shulze Elektronik’s “Next generation” charger and promises according to Schulze to become the leading charging device against which all others are measured. Looking at the specifications which are impressive enough, they might be right but it also incorporates a built-in balancer for […]