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The following images are roughly in chronological order as to when the model was built and flown. Although I say these are "my model airplanes," some were actually built by my dad, but flown by me. Some were joint projects. |
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Ringmaster control line model. |
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Ringmaster Jr. Flash control line model. |
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The Marsh family at the AMA Nationals in Willow Grove, PA (circa 1965). Notice that great old ambulance in the background! |
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One of the first powered model airplanes I built on my own; certainly the earliest one for which I have a photograph. This is a profile contol line model of the pylon racer "Buster." |
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The 0.49 Minnie Mambo, built by my dad, was our first radio controlled model. It was flown with a single channel (rudder only) Controlaire radio. The servo was actually a rubber band powered escapement. |
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Carl Goldberg 1/2A Viking. My first, and only, attempt at building and flying a free flight model. |
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The last control line model I ever built, a semi-scale F-86. After this, it was RC all the way! |
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A glider I built in Germany where I spent my junior year of high school as an exchange student. |
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An early ARF (Almost Ready to Fly). This plane was molded entirely out of rigid styrofoam. |
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The Simitar was fairly close to being a flying wing. A few of us in my club ordered the foam wing cores through the mail and built the rest from plans. Here, I'm adding skis for winter flying. |
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An early version of the SIG Kadet. I added ailerons to this rudder-only kit. |
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This is a Carl Goldberg Skylark 56. My dad built the frame and I did the Monokote finish. |
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The last plane I built, a .40-size Dirty Birdy. The plane was finished over 15 years ago. I flew it a few times, then got out of the hobby. It's back in the air now! |
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My next project, an A-10 Thunderbolt II, a.k.a. Warthog. Click through to check on my progress. |
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After crashing my Dirty Birdy last year (2005), and since I'm already in the middle of build project (see A-10 above), I got a Hangar 9 Ultra Stick ARF to get back in the air quickly. |
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This is not so much a new airplane as it is a new project. I strapped a video camera to the top of my son's trainer. It worked! Click on the thumbnail to see my first (and now my second) video. |
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After nearly losing my A-10 on its maiden flight, due mainly to one engine going out just before landing, I decided to go back and get more experience with ducted fan engines using a single-engine trainer. This is a conversion of the Balsa USA Force One from a pusher-prop to ducted fan. It was called the Sunspot by the designer. I have renamed it the A-9½ Piglet since it is intended to help me fly its big brother, the A-10 Warthog. Click on the thumbnail image for more details. |
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Flyzone SkyFly Max. My first entry into the world of electric powered flight. Click on the thumbnail image for more details. |
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ParkZone T-28 Trojan. I wanted something a little more sporty to fly after the SkyFly Max until I could get back into building. This T-28 was perfect. Click on the thumbnail image for more details. |
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Some of the guys I fly with enjoy full-contact combat. I finally took the plung with the Wildwing. Click on the thumbnail image for more details. |
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This is my DIY UAV project. When complete, this will be a flying unmanned aerial vehicle capable of waypoint navigation via an on-board autopilot with GPS guidance. It will have downlinked telemetry and live video feed. I decided to make this into a larger project. This will be my first attempt to design a plane from scratch. It will be a 42% scale model of the IAI RQ-2A Pioneer UAV. Click on the thumbnail image for more details on this project. |
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