R/C Aeronautics

	wingspan	weight	control	radio technology	aircraft battery	price
J-3 Cub Brushless	37.5"	15oz	throttle, rudder, elevator	3-ch prop. 27MHz	7.4v 800mAh Li-Po	~ $160
Ultra Micro J-3 Cub	18.2"	0.88oz	throttle, rudder, elevator	3-ch prop. 2.4GHz DSM	1S 3.7v 120mAh Li-Po	~ $ 90 BNF; $100 RTF
Ultra Micro P-51	15.8"	1.22oz	throttle, ailerons, rudder, elevator	4-ch prop. 2.4GHz DSM	14C 3.7v 120mAh Li-Po	~ $100 BNF; $130 RTF
Ultra Micro Mosquito Mk VI	20.5"	2.6oz	throttle, ailerons, rudder, elevator	4-ch prop. 2.4GHz DSM	20C 3.7v 250mAh Li-Po	~ $100 BNF; $130 RTF
Night Vapor	15.3"	0.6oz	throttle, rudder, elevator	3-ch prop. 2.4GHz DSM	1S 3.7v 70mAh Li-Po	~ $120 BNF
Ember 2	16.5"	0.7oz	throttle, rudder, elevator	3-ch prop. 2.4GHz DSM	1S 3.7v 70mAh Li-Po	~ $ 75 BNF; $100 RTF

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Hobbyzone

	wingspan	weight	control	radio technology	aircraft battery	price
Champ RTF	20.3"	1.3oz	throttle, rudder, elevator	3-ch prop. 2.4GHz DSM	3,7v 150mA LiPo	~ $ 90
Super Cub LP	47.7"	25.2oz	throttle, rudder, elevator	3-ch prop. 27MHz FM	3S 11.1v 1300 Li-Po	~ $170 BNF; $180 RTF
Super Cub DSM RTF	47.7"	25.2oz	throttle, rudder, elevator	4-ch prop. DSM	3S 11.1v 1300mAh LiPo	~ $200
Mini Super Cub RTF	31.75"	7oz	throttle, rudder, elevator	3-ch 27MHz FM	2-cell 7.4V 300mAh Li-Po	~ $100

Megatech

	wingspan	weight	control	radio technology	aircraft battery
Cosmic Flyer	22.5"	21oz	throttle & rudder	2-ch non-proportional	NiMH	spare parts
Avion	8.75"	0.3oz	throttle & rudder	2-ch proportional IR	Li-Po	indoor-only
Avion-io	16.5"	1.5oz	throttle & rudder	2-ch proportional 27MHz FM	3.7v 150mAh Li-Po	~ $100
Airship 1 / Area 51 Megablimp	n/a	LTA	throttle x 3 + lights	4-ch proportional 27MHz or 49MHz	dry-cell

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Flyzone

	wingspan	weight	control	radio technology	aircraft battery	price
Playmate	18.5"	1oz	throttle, rudder, elevator	3-ch proportional 2.4GHz DSM	3.7v 130mAh Li-Po	~ $80

E-Flite RC

Blade helicopters

GreatPlanes

Manufacturers, Radios (return to top)

Airtronics
Futaba
JR Radios
Spektrum 2.4GHz DSM radio systems

Retailers (return to top)

The Smokestack (Lancaster, Ohio) 740-653-0404 email (new email)

Don's Hobbies 407 West Church St. Newark

Horizon Hobby
Tower Hobbies
Gravity Hobby
Hobby Lobby

ParkFlyRC (www.readytoflyfun.com)

BalloonCraft RTF Electric RC Blimp

West Coast Blimps & Electronics with micro-sized R/C components

Batteries America

Clubs (return to top)

Blennerhassett Area RC Club, Belpre, Ohio
Flying Forks, Lancaster, Ohio
Columbus Aero RC Club, Columbus, Ohio
The Ohio Radio Kontrol Society (Flying TORKS R/C Club), Columbus, Ohio; read the AMA Insider newsletter
Tailspinners Central Ohio, Pataskala, Ohio
Greater Cincinnati Radio Control Club, Cincinnati, Ohio
Loveland Propbusters R/C Club, Cincinnati, Ohio
Dayton Wingmasters, Dayton, Ohio
Licking County Radio Control Club, Newark, Ohio
Lexington Model Airplane Club, Lexingon, Kentucky

Events (return to top)

November 5, 6, & 7: JR Indoor Electric Festival, Four Seasons Golf Dome, 5000 East Broad St., Columbus

Pilot's Logbook (return to top)

Logbook, 2012

January 01 -- Execuheli; one flight in house

February 26 -- acquired Revell UFO
February 26 -- Execuheli; one flight in house
February 29 -- 1^st flight of UFO; in house; 1^st charge of LiPo battery didn't last long

March 3 -- UFO; one flight in house; charge of LiPo battery didn't last long
March 3 -- Night Vapor; one flight on Adeline Circle
March 3 -- UFO; one flight over driveway/yard; not much control
March 17 -- Night Vapor; two flights on Adeline Circle; 1^st flight with new battery

April 18 -- Night Vapor; two flights on Adeline Circle; slightly dirty air; moved wing back on fuselage to move CG forward; flew well
April 20 -- Night Vapor; one long flight on Adeline Circle with newer battery

May 4 -- Night Vapor; two flights on Adeline Circle; slightly dirty air; newer battery didn't last long; affixed sliding rear wing-mount after flights
May 25 -- Night Vapor; one flight on Adeline Circle with older battery

Logbook, 2011

January 01 -- removed second skid from Super Hover; helicopter now ever-so-slightly tail-heavy
January 01 -- Super Hover; one flight in house
January 02 -- added weight to nose of Super Hover
January 02 -- Super Hover; two flights in house; broke rear-rotor mount; glued rear-rotor mount
January 02 -- Champ, two flights at OU Track and Field; first battery died quickly due to cold (~35F) temp; was blustery
January 04 -- Super Hover; one flight in house; glued rear-rotor mount failed
January 08 -- Super Hover; one flight in house; rear-rotor mount continues to be a problem
January 12 -- Super Hover; two flights in house; glued rear-rotor mount survived
January 13 -- Super Hover; one flight in house; glued rear-rotor mount survived
January 14 -- replaced Super Hover main rotors
January 14 -- Super Hover; one flight in house; stability not much improved with new rotors; glued rear-rotor mount survived
January 24 -- Super Hover; one flight in house
January 29 -- Super Hover; one flight in house
January 30 -- Champ; one flight at OU Track and Field; too windy
January 30 -- Night Vapor; one flight; OU Grover Center atrium; dirty air
January 30 -- glued spinner onto new prop and replaced velcro in battery holder of Night Vapor

February 02 -- Super Hover; one flight in house
February 10 -- Super Hover; one flight in house

March 5 -- Super Hover; one flight in house; became very unstable after crash; wasn't able to determine cause
March 27 -- Champ; attempted flights at Pruitt Field and in Peden Stadium; both locations too windy.
March 28 -- Champ; one short flight on Adeline Circle, between Cary & Heist residences

April 13 -- Champ; one flight on Adeline Circle, between Cary & Heist residences
April 24 -- Champ; one flight on Adeline Circle with Dad, between Cary & Heist residences

May 29 -- Champ; one flight in Granville, over McFadden's back yard, hand-launched; verified #2 LiPo is dead
May 30 -- Night Vapor; one flight on Adeline Circle

June 10 -- Night Vapor; one flight on Adeline Circle
June 17 -- Champ; one short flight on Adeline Circle; left Champ 70' up Carey tree
June 29 -- Night Vapor; one flight on Adeline Circle; keeping well below the tops of the trees

July 01 -- received Parkzone BNF Ultra-Micro P-51D, two extra batteries, extra landing gear, and prop and spinner for birthday
July 05 -- purchased second 70mAh LiPo battery for Night Vapor
July 18 -- Night Vapor; one flight on Adeline Circle with new battery; original battery no longer holding charge; need to buy another new battery
July 19 -- Champ fell from tree; landing gear missing; battery burnt/melted; battery wire broken; fuselage full of water
July 21 -- opened Champ fuselage and cleaned out leaf and bug residue; radio, servos, and pushrods appear to be OK; vertical stabilizer mount is weak
July 22 -- emailed Hobbyzone (using webform) about availability of replacement battery cable for Champ
July 24 -- Night Vapor; one flight on Adeline Circle

August 17 -- Night Vapor; one flight on Adeline Circle
August 25 -- P-51D at Pruitt Field; very challenging to fly; broke off left gear--repairable

September 15 -- received replacement power cables (x2) for Champ from The Smokestack, hand-delivered to Nelsonville by Gary
September 18 -- installed replacement power cable on Champ; verified receiver, throttle, and servo operation
Septemebr 22 -- Night Vapor; one partial flight on Adeline Circle; Kate broke prop-shaft on asphalt; need new prop and spinner
Septemebr 22 -- Avion; one partial flight on Adeline Circle; rudder wouldn't work properly
September 25 -- ordered prop/spinner for Night Vapor
September 25 -- ordered prop/spinner (2) and landing gear for Champ

October 06 -- one of flight of repaired Night Vapor on OU soccer field; Kate and Miles also flew
October 09 -- repaired P-51D landing gear
October 09 -- repaired Champ rudder and vertical stabilizer; repaired battery-mount velcro; need to order tail-wheel
October 09 -- Night Vapor; one flight on Adeline Circle; after flight adjusted CG by moving wing backwards slightly
October 10 -- Night Vapor; two flights on Adeline Cirlce; adjusted CG and mechanical trim

December 17 -- received Propel RC Execuheli; one flight in house; it requires a sensitive hand on the throttle
December 17 -- Execuheli; one flight in house; broke rear-gear; replaced with spare
December 22 -- Execuheli; one flight in house; broke rear-gear; replaced with spare
December 23 -- Execuheli; one flight in house
December 24 -- Execuheli; one flight in house
December 24 -- Execuheli; one flight in house; broke rear-gear mount
December 25 -- received Phoenix R/C Pro Simulator v3 with DX5e transmitter; installed on kids' PC
December 31 -- Phoenix R/C Pro Simulator; one hour
December 31 -- Night Vapor; one flight on Adeline circle; rough air; one 70mA battery is dead

Logbook, 2010

May 01 -- Avion, one flight; OU Grover Center atrium
May 02 -- Avion, one flight; OU Grover Center atrium
May 03 -- Avion, one flight; OU Grover Center atrium
May 05 -- Avion, one flight; OU Grover Center atrium
May 06 -- Cosmic Flyer short flight, part of one charge; field across river from Library; rudder hinge failed
May 06 -- Avion, one flight; OU Convocation Center
May 07 -- Avion, one flight; OU Grover Center atrium
May 09 -- Avion, one flight; OU Grover Center atrium; lots of moving air
May 12 -- Avion, one flight; OU Grover Center atrium
May 14 -- Avion, one flight; OU Grover Center atrium
May 19 -- Avion, two flights; outside house on still, overcast evening; works best keeping airplane between pilot and garage wall
May 20 -- Avion, one flight; OU Grover Center atrium
May 21 -- Avion, one flight; outside OU Walter Hall on nearly still, overcast evening; tried inside Walter Hall but too much airflow & lost IR too easily
May 22 -- Avion, one flight; outside OU Walter Hall on nearly still, overcast evening; gave Miles a bit of stick-time
May 23 -- Avion, one flight; outside house on still evening; didn't fly well--lost IR too many times; might not have been dark enough
May 25 -- Avion, one flight; OU Grover Center atrium
May 26 -- Avion, one flight; outside house on still evening; flew beautifully, and with bats
May 27 -- Avion, two flights; outside house on still evening; gave Miles & Kate stick-time; second charge didn't last long
May 29 -- Avion, one flight; outside house on still evening; got one circuit of side-yard before airplane battery discharged

July 03 -- received Night Vapor and 150mAh second battery--happy birthday to me!
July 03 -- Night Vapor; two flights Delaware County Fairgrounds, outside
July 04 -- Night Vapor; one flight inside building at Delaware County Fairgrounds; broke landing gear
July 05 -- Night Vapor; one night flight outside house on still evening; lights are way cool
July 06 -- Night Vapor; one flight on OU Green on still evening; Vickie got it stuck in sweet gum tree; I shook it loose
July 09 -- Night Vapor; one night flight outside house on still evening; got stuck in tree but retrieved it with Black Widow pole
July 10 -- installed replacement landing gear on Night Vapor
July 10 -- Night Vapor; one flight with take-offs from and landings onto Adeline Circle
July 14 -- Night Vapor; two flights Grover Center atrium; lots of moving air
July 20 -- Night Vapor; one flight over Adeline Circle; Miles flew most of second battery
July 22 -- Night Vapor; one flight over Adeline Circle
July 23 -- Night Vapor; one flight over Adeline Circle
July 24 -- Night Vapor; one flight in Baker Center Ballroom; Miles flew out bigger battery
July 24 -- Night Vapor; one flight over Adeline Circle; Miles flew out bigger battery
July 26 -- Night Vapor; one flight over Adeline Circle; strong thermal over house; overflew fox crossing yard
July 27 -- Night Vapor; one flight over Adeline Circle
July 28 -- Night Vapor; one flight over Adeline Circle
July 30 -- Night Vapor; one flight over Adeline Circle

August 01 -- Night Vapor; one flight over Adeline Circle; Miles flew out bigger battery
August 06 -- Night Vapor; one flight over Adeline Circle; Miles flew out smaller battery
August 13 -- Night Vapor; one flight over Adeline Circle
August 20 -- Night Vapor; one flight over Adeline Circle; Miles flew out bigger battery
August 22 -- main motor in Night Vapor is binding or otherwise inop

September 05 -- installed new motor in Night Vapor; had to splice old motor's cable to new after new broke at PCB connector
September 08 -- Night Vapor; one flight over Adeline Circle; experimented with elevator trim settings
September 10 -- Night Vapor; one flight over Adeline Circle; more experimentation with elevator trim settings
September 13 -- Night Vapor; one flight over Adeline Circle
September 14 -- Night Vapor; three flights over Adeline Circle
September 18 -- Night Vapor; one flight over Adeline Circle; daytime not-quite-still air not still enough
September 27 -- Night Vapor; one flight over Adeline Circle

October 01 -- Night Vapor; one flight over Adeline Circle
October 04 -- Night Vapor; one flight over Adeline Circle; suddenly got too windy
October 05 -- Night Vapor; one flight over Adeline Circle; bumpy air; got stuck on CATV line
October 09 -- Night Vapor; one flight over Adeline Circle; perfect air; climbed to high-altitude twice over neighbor's yard
October 10 -- Night Vapor; one flight over Adeline Circle; nice air; climbed to high-altitude twice over neighbor's yard
October 11 -- Night Vapor; one flight over Adeline Circle; abrupt transition from sky to pavement resulted in broken gearbox
October 31 -- Night Vapor; installed replacement gearbox; one flight at Bible residence--too windy

November 04 -- Night Vapor; one flight over Adeline Circle; too breezy
November 06 -- Night Vapor; one flight over Adeline Circle
November 09 -- Night Vapor; one flight over Adeline Circle; breezy above 100'
November 12 -- received replacement Avion airframe
November 12 -- Avion; one flight; OU Grover Center Atrium
November 12 -- Night Vapor; one flight; OU Grover Center Atrium; broke landing gear
November 20 -- Night Vapor; one flight over Adeline Circle
November 21 -- Night Vapor; one flight over Adeline Circle
November 28 -- Night Vapor; one flight at WPAFB
November 29 -- Night Vapor; one flight in the Convo; Mile's broke Avion rudder-hinge

December 18 -- purchased HobbyZone Champ
December 19 -- practiced taxiing Champ in ARC atrium
December 23 -- maiden flight of Champ in dark Convocation Center
December 24 -- received Fei Hu Super Hover metal-frame helicopter
December 24 -- Champ; one flight outside ARC
December 24 -- Super Hover; three flights in house
December 25 -- Super Hover; three flight in house
December 25 -- Night Vapor; one flight in ARC atrium
December 26 -- Super Hover; one flight in Sabine house; broke off one landing skid

Miscellaneous (return to top)

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MegaTech Avion image from on-line manual at MegaTech site, with modifications by William McFadden.