Dad’s Hanger
Multiplex Easy Star Wingspan: 54” Material: Elopar Foam Motor:
Speed 400 Prop: 5x4? Built: Feb 08 Comments:
I love this plane! It flies
so smooth and easy. This has great
potential as a video platform.
Brushless power is on the way too.
Can’t wait!
Speedwing 250 MKII Wingspan: 24” Material: Foam Motor:
Johnson 250 Prop: 4x4 Built: July 07 Comments:
Makes a great flying paintball target! I really like the one finger launch. I really DON’T like the battery hanging
under the belly. I beat it up pretty
bad balancing out the wing. I’ll not
get another one of these.
Status: Soon to be retired
due to exposed battery & paintball damage J
Micro Speedwing Wingspan: 17” Material: Foam Motor: Prop: 3x2 or 3x3 Built: October 04 Comments:
Small and quick. A handful in
the wind, but it will fly in it. On
a calm day turn down the rates and it’s nice and smooth. I really like this little one. Tons of go anywhere fun! Retired – It finally started falling
apart.
SIG Jenny Wingspan: ? Material: Foam Motor:
180? Prop: ? Built: July 04 Comments:
Fun slow flyer. Makes great
videos! Watch her do battle in the
Videos page. Retired when wings folded during a barrel
roll.
Micro FFF Wing Wingspan: 17 inches Material: Blue Fan Fold Foam Motor: ? Prop: 3x2 Built: September 04 Comments:
It flew o.k., but Rx failure brought it to an early demise. I’ll definitely try this one again. It handled a stiff breeze and also floated
nicely.
Mini Zagnutz
– MZN 50%+3
Wingspan: 26 inches
Material: Blue Fan Fold Foam
Motor: AE
Johnson 250
Battery : 1500 2 Cell LiPoly
Prop: 3x3, 4x2.5, 4x4
Built: August 04
Comments:
Another in the MZN line. This
plane will slow way down or get up and go.
It handles wind nicely. I
just can’t be without a MZN! Status: Preparing to rebuild.
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Mini Zagnutz – MZN 50%+3 Wingspan: 26 inches Material: Blue Fan Fold Foam Motor: AE Johnson 250 Prop: 3x3, 4x2.5, 4x4 Built: August 04 Comments: Another in the MZN line. This plane will slow way down or get up and go. It handles wind nicely. I just can’t be without a MZN! Status: Preparing to rebuild. |
Styrojet
Wingspan: 35 inches
Material: Styrofoam
Motor:
Twin AE Johnson 250s
Battery : 2000 2 Cell LiPoly
Prop: 3x2
Built: June 04
Comments:
Silky smooth and handles light wind.
Watch the videos. Kids toy glider converted to RC. Status: Recently
rebuilt. The wires are tucked in
better. Flies as good as ever!
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Styrojet Wingspan: 35 inches Material: Styrofoam Motor: Twin AE Johnson 250s Prop: 3x2 Built: June 04 Comments: Silky smooth and handles light wind. Watch the videos. Kids toy glider converted to RC. Status: Recently rebuilt. The wires are tucked in better. Flies as good as ever! |
Zagnutz
Wingspan: 52 inches
Material: Blue Fan Fold Foam
Motor:
Speed 400
Battery : 1800 Nimh
Prop: 6x4
Built: April 04
Comments:
A very smooth flyer, easy to build and control. This should make a good video plane. Feels like a big, lumbering mother ship,
but gets around the sky. Handles
moderate wind. Later cut down to 40
inches. Retired.
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Zagnutz Wingspan: 52 inches Material: Blue Fan Fold Foam Motor: Speed 400 Prop: 6x4 Built: April 04 Comments: A very smooth flyer, easy to build and control. This should make a good video plane. Feels like a big, lumbering mother ship, but gets around the sky. Handles moderate wind. Later cut down to 40 inches. Retired. |
Parkflyer Pete Wingspan: 32 inches Material: Blue Fan Fold Foam Motor: ? Prop: 8x6 Built: April 04 Comments:
Painted with RC car paint. Has not been flown enough at this time to evaluate. Retired after being shot
down by my kids. Watch the
video on the Videos page. Retired.
Mini Zagutz
– MZN 50%+2
Wingspan: 26 inches
Material: Blue Fan Fold Foam
Motor: AE
J250
Battery : 2 cell 2070 Kokum
li-poly
Prop: 3x2, 3x3 or 4x2.5
Built: February 04
Comments: Covered in Solite,
my daughter added the flames with some Sharpie markers. Elevons are
balsa, winglets are milk jugs. Bamboo skewer in nose for strength. Flies in wind and has plenty of
power. My new
favorite plane. Retired due to receiver failure.
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Mini Zagutz – MZN 50%+2 Wingspan: 26 inches Material: Blue Fan Fold Foam Motor: AE J250 Prop: 3x2, 3x3 or 4x2.5 Built: February 04 Comments: Covered in Solite, my daughter added the flames with some Sharpie markers. Elevons are balsa, winglets are milk jugs. Bamboo skewer in nose for strength. Flies in wind and has plenty of power. My new favorite plane. Retired due to receiver failure. |
Mini Zagutz
– MZN 50%+1 Wingspan: 26 inches Material: Blue Fan Fold Foam Motor: AE
J250 Prop: 3x2 or 3x3 Built: Nov 03 Comments:
My first successful scratch build. Built slightly crooked, the elevons don’t line up for straight and level
flight. This baby flies wonderfully,
handles wind anyway. Retired to build another plane.
GWS Tigermoth Comments:
If I had it to do over again this would have been my first
plane. I think my first flight
attempts would have been much more successful with this rather than the Wingo. Very slow and docile, a great dusk flyer. Before the MNZ 50%+1, this was my
favorite. It’s getting pretty beat
up as my kids shoot at it with their foam rockets.
Pocket Combat Wing Comments:
At 18 inches, it’s the smallest wing I’ve had. It is tough, but I knocked the stuffing
out of it learning to fly it. I’d
build it again, but want to experiment with other wings.
Firebird XL
Comments:
After my failed attempts with the Wingo
(see below) I took a step back to a 2 channel airplane. This is a very nice flyer and I couldn’t
be any happier with it. I later gave
this away to my nephew. This picture
shows how the video camera was mounted.
Early videos on the video page were made with this.
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Firebird XL
Comments: After my failed attempts with the Wingo (see below) I took a step back to a 2 channel airplane. This is a very nice flyer and I couldn’t be any happier with it. I later gave this away to my nephew. This picture shows how the video camera was mounted. Early videos on the video page were made with this. |
Wingo
Comments:
My first plane. It would have
been much more successful for me had I tried the ROG
take off rather than the hand launch.
You can read about my beginner experience with it on the Wingo page. By
the time I actually got a good take off and flight, it was pretty beat up
and heavily laden with epoxy. Retired.
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Wingo
Comments:
My first plane. It would have
been much more successful for me had I tried the |
Megatech Exec Diversion
Comments:
I shouldn’t have bought this one.
It sits in the box. I gave this
to a very deserving young man at my church.
It does fly pretty well, but it’s just not satisfying
given all of the other great airplanes I have.
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Megatech Exec Diversion
Comments: I shouldn’t have bought this one. It sits in the box. I gave this to a very deserving young man at my church. It does fly pretty well, but it’s just not satisfying given all of the other great airplanes I have. |
Glider Fleet Comments:
These are for the kids (and dad).
We stumbled on this idea one day and really have had a lot of fun
with them. The kids and I set up a
small assembly line in the garage to crank these out. We gave away over 30 of them to the kids
at Sunday school. They decorated
them with WWJD and other stickers and had a blast in the church parking
lot. Read more about these in the Free Flight FFF Glider
section.
Glider Jet Comments:
Plans for this one were provided by a kind user from RCGroups.
Slowstick: This is my Aerial
Photography plane. It’s powered by 3
cell 1800 Li-poly and MiniAC
brushless. This is one fine plane
for AP. Still
going strong for AP.
Not Shown Zagi: While this is a good flying plane, I
consider it a disappointment. It
just always feels under powered, especially after flying the MZN50%+1. People recommend brushless motors for
this, but that’s a good deal of money.
I’ll build a Zagnutz to replace it. RETIRED
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