Repair - Parkzone UM Mosquito Vertical Stab

Sometime ago my UM Mosquito flipped over on take off and destroyed or shattered the vertical stab. It was impossible to glue and tape it back together as I had done in the past so I just built a new one with extra dollar store foam I had laying around.

I drew the original to preserve the original dimensions.

Nervous since the new stab is much wider than the original.

Post test flight, flew great!

Build Log #1 - Jenny JN-4

Yesterday I began building an e-flite Jenny JN-4 slowflyer that has been sitting on my shelf for a while. I don't yet have the motor or the ESC.

The Picture on the box of the completed airplane.

6-ch receiver for a 3-ch airplane. overkill?

S-60 Servos taken from old Blade CX heli. Slot was too small, had to cut it bigger.

Assembled tail piece.

This is all I have assembled so far. Hopefully I will get the motor sometime soon.

Summer Time!

          It's Summer time here in California but it dosen't quite feel that way. There is still plenty of clouds, rain and wind which is putting a stop to flying. On the bright side we have some special events coming up. A couple airshows are coming up soon, including the Ukiah airshow which takes place june 11th. RC airshows include the Dan Sullivan 2011 which happens June 25 and June 26.

         We are also working on some Android apps and a special Minecraft blog called Minecraft Pig. We are working on building an awesome world for download.

Model Indy Car

     Two days ago Indy cars race around Indianapolis for the Indy 500. Today I built a plastic model of an older version of an Indy car. This one happens to be powered by Chevy.

  The finished product. I came with decals but I'm too lazy, maybe in the future.

SwashBlade RC Blog App

   The official SwashBlade RC blog comes to Android with a new client application. This is the same exact application mentioned in one of the previous posts, only this time it has been uploaded to the app market.

Pythagorean Spiral

In math class we have been working on a Pythagorean spiral project. I just now completed mine and had to share it here on my blog.

Construction version.

Colored photo copy

Pythagorean Theorem used to calculate the length of all the hypotenuses.

SwashBlade RC Blog - Android

Okay, so I kinda cheated making this one, but it works! I used an online app creator to make SwashBlade RC blog for Android. Basically you have a shortcut to this blog on your android powered device! Nothing very special, right now you can download it here, this app and a game I created should be available on the market soon.