Ron's Falcon 56 was supposed to make its first flight, but an old pushrod had other plans. That turned out to be a good reminder that just because an old airplane looks ready to fly doesn't mean it is.
We also talk about our trip to the SIRS vintage fly-in, some really cool old airplanes, and why it took Dave four tries to finally land his Wonder somewhere other than the bean field.
Then we take a look at a few new airplanes:
- "Skynetic Micro T-33 Shooting Star 30mm EDF" (https://motionrc.com/products/skynetic-t-33-shooting-star-micro-30mm-edf-jet-with-gyro-str-sky1075-003)
- "Freewing F-35C Lightning II 110mm EDF" (https://www.freewing-model.com/freewing-f-35c-lightning-ii-12s-110mm-edf-jet-arf-plus-rc-airplane.html)
- "Skynetic P-12E Pursuit 1100mm Biplane" (https://motionrc.com/products/skynetic-p-12e-pursuit-biplane-1100mm-43-3-wingspan-pnp-sky1076-001)
In This Episode
- 02:50 – Ron's Falcon 56 and its failed pushrod
- 06:22 – Bringing old RC airplanes back to life
- 08:58 – Nitro, four-strokes, and old-school setups
- 18:03 – Spektrum versus FrSky
- 22:57 – Our trip to the vintage fly-in
- 39:32 – Dave versus the bean field
- 52:34 – A few new RC airplane releases
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