http://www.airron.com/wordpress Look, up there, it's a bird, it's a plane! Fri, 23 May 2008 20:48:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Our club, SEFLI, has a series of Summer long events, contests, that concentrate on a particular model/kit: The Terry, the SlowStick and now, the Multiplex EasyStar. I don’t take part in the events except to spot and time other members. When the EasyStar was announced as the model for the ... http://www.airron.com/wordpress/?p=13 The Blade XL, an EPP foam 3D plane is large, light and from all evidence flies well. This “kit” came from Northeast Sailplanes, aka Sal. Even though it’s an ARF (Almost Ready to Fly) it is not a plane to be assembled without some experience. Things could go wrong for ... http://www.airron.com/wordpress/?p=12 Strike #10 from the list of incompletes, the Pulsar aka Simply the Best is ready to fly. The only damage from its test flight crash was a small dent in the “D” tube of the wing at the center mounting peg, not worth trying to fix. The fuselage has now ... http://www.airron.com/wordpress/?p=11 There are too many unfinished projects in my workshop. Items No. 7 & 8 are being worked on actively. My plans are to expand on their assemby here, with pictures, as work goes forward. Here’s the list: 1 - An RBC kit from the Netherlands of a model called the Microbe. ... http://www.airron.com/wordpress/?p=10 Mike Glass has a new foamie he’s calling the B&W Matrix. It’s made with black and white foam used in a really ingenious way to give the plane its unique look and its structure. There was more to see about Mike’s plane at his website but he’s closed that down ... http://www.airron.com/wordpress/?p=9 My latest building project is Gary Wright’s Mini E3D. The kit was started a few weeks ago and has progressed to covering. How was the kit? Just fine except for a few little things involving the fuselage side balsa, the strip wood and a few places that had to be ... http://www.airron.com/wordpress/?p=3 When I loaded Element to go to the field the first few times, planes were spread all around on the rear floor and I realized I was driving with a big mess in the back. Getting everything in and out was hard on my back and the planes. I tried ... http://www.airron.com/wordpress/?p=1