Jim T. Graham
[email protected]
Fierce competition at the JR Indoor Festival
micro-flying
Joe Malinchak
[email protected]
An indoor water runway and
separate areas for micro,
helicopter, and 3-D flying make
the JR Indoor Electric Festival event one
of the world’s best RC fun-fly events
to attend. Terry Nitsch and his hardworking
crews do a wonderful job of
organizing and running the event. Every
year I attend I am amazed by all of the
fascinating new models that are flown,
and the 2011 show was no exception.
One of this year’s highlights was
Peter Sripol’s (aka FoamandTape) flying
aircraft carrier. Peter’s flying aircraft
carrier is truly an innovative design.
The model uses four brushless motors
and ESCs that Lazertoyz donated to
help Peter with his project. The carrier
flew surprisingly well, and airplanes and
helicopters were constantly attempting
and making in-flight takeoffs and
landings throughout the weekend.
One of the coolest was an inverted
landing on the bottom of the carrier by a
pilot flying his Blade mCP X helicopter.
Peter painted a big H on the bottom of
the carrier to tempt pilots to land.
Another great model was Matt
Andren’s 20-inch wingspan Hawker
Tempest Mk V. The beautiful sixchannel
Scale model featured split
flaps, retracts, and a full-depth cockpit.
The model uses the E-flite BL180
motor, and the Spektrum AR6400L
BL receiver with Spektrum AS2000L
servos. Matt’s Tempest won the Best
Scale Model award.
Micro Pylon Race
The Micro Pylon Race at the JR
festival is always a fun event to enter.
This year, the new ParkZone Ultra
Micro Pole Cat was the model chosen
for the race. Ten airplanes are labeled
with different numbers and contestants
are randomly given a model to bind
with their transmitter before each race.
If a model crashes, a repair team stands
by to make it flyable for the next heat.
Peter Sripol’s flying aircraft carrier uses four brushless motors. Peter painted a big “H” on the
bottom to tempt helicopter pilots to land, and one did.
Matt Andren flew his six-channel, 20-inch wingspan Hawker
Tempest Mk V featuring split flaps, retracts, and a full-depth
cockpit. Matt won the Best Scale Model award.
The ParkZone Ultra Micro Pole Cat was used for the Micro Air Races. It is fun to
compete in this event, and you don’t have to place to win.
PLUS:
> Cindy Malinchak’s Butterflight
> Tiny MiG
www.ModelAviation.com March 2012 Model Aviation 91Sponsored by Horizon Hobby, the
race begins with the model taking
off from the ground. Several exciting
heat races are run with the top two
contestants moving on to the next race.
More than 30 contestants competed for
the top spots.
One of the reasons to enter this
race is that you do not have to place
to win. The 10 Pole Cats were raffled
off to the contestants after the finals!
Congratulations to the event winners:
Chris Hass, first place; Ross Robert,
second; and Steven Petrotto, third.
Cindy’s Butterflight
My wife, Cindy, had an idea for a
new airplane design that she wanted
to build for the JR event. She loves
butterflies and decided to try to build
one that would fly!
Cindy used the outline from a
photo of a real monarch butterfly and
Durobatics foam for construction.
The two-channel model has a 7-inch
wingspan and uses a small rudder
for control. Cindy also tested David
Theunissen’s new DT 51-M 2.4 GHz
Spektrum-compatible receiver in this
model and had great results.
The micro RC model weighs only
2.7 grams ready-to-fly with a 10 mAh
LiPo cell. The Butterflight uses the
Plantraco GB05 gearbox, and the
NanoAct actuator for rudder control.
The model will fly for roughly 5
minutes, and looks realistic in flight.
People were impressed by Cindy’s
efforts and she won the Best Micro
Aircraft award at the event!Higher Plane Productions was on
hand to videotape the action at the
JR event. The company specializes in
filming high-definition video of major
RC modeling events and competitions
that are available for immediate online
viewing. You can also download and save
the videos to your computer.
Higher Plane Productions’ JR event
coverage includes 31 videos of general
flying and sights. Individual video
galleries include six videos of Horizon
Hobby demos and interviews, featuring
the new Ultra Micro eXtreme (UMX)
Beast, UMX Hyper Taxi, and the UMX
Gee Bee R2. There also are videos of
Peter and his fascinating flying aircraft
carrier, and films of Combat and other
demonstrations.
I want to thank Higher Plane
Productions for including a special
video gallery with seven videos of
several of my micro RC models and
Cindy’s new Butterflight.
For more information and to find out
how to view all of the wonderful Higher
Plane Productions HD videos, please see
their website, listed in “Sources.”
Tiny Jet
I wanted to attempt to build a
smaller version of my 1/72-scale MiG
15 that I flew at last year’s JR event.
I thought that with the right wind, a
single-phase brushless motor could fly a
smaller airplane.
Dan Baird sent me a motor to try, so
I constructed a 15mm fan unit from
contest balsa to test. The fan unit weighs
only 450 mg and runs well on the 10
mAh LiPo cell. The model is constructed
from Durobatics foam. For guidance, I
used a 115-mg Hip Hop 2 receiver from
Micro Flier Radio, and a 30 mg actuator
on the rudder for control.
The completed, ready-to-fly model
weighs 1.8 grams. The model will fly
for only 30 to 45 seconds, but proved
that the single-phase brushless motor
will work. I also built a new, threechannel
1/48-scale version of my MiG
that performed well. You can see
them both fly in the Higher Plane
Productions JR event coverageThank You
I want to thank Terry Nitsch, his
crew, and the event sponsors for making
this JR Indoor Electric Festival one of
the best. The following is a list of the
event winners. Zap Glue sponsored the
beautiful awards.
Best Original Design: Quad Tilt Rotor by
Peter Sripol
Best Multiengine: B-17 by Steve Lawrie
Best Micro: Butterfl ight by Cindy
Malinchak
Best Scale: Hawker Tempest Mk V by
Matt Andren
Best Sport Performance: 3-D foamie by
Devin McGrath.
Best Jet: MiG 15 by Joe Malinchak
Best New Product: Horizon Hobby UMX
Gee Bee R2
Pilots’ Choice: Quad Tilt Rotor by Peter
Sripol
Special Recognition: Bernie and Marie
Oldenburgh
Special Recognition: Frank Noll
Congratulations to all of the award
winners!
SOURCES:
JR Indoor Electric Festival
[email protected]
www.jriefestival.com
Higher Plane Productions
[email protected]
www.higherplaneproductions.com
Horizon Hobby
(800) 338-4639
www.horizonhobby.com
DT 2.4 GHz Receivers
dt@ yelectric.org.uk
www.deltang.co.uk
Plantraco Micro ight
(306) 955-1836
www.micro ight.com
Micro Flier Radio
(941) 377-9808
http://micro ierradio.com
Edition: Model Aviation - 2012/03
Page Numbers: 91,92,93,94
Edition: Model Aviation - 2012/03
Page Numbers: 91,92,93,94
Jim T. Graham
[email protected]
Fierce competition at the JR Indoor Festival
micro-flying
Joe Malinchak
[email protected]
An indoor water runway and
separate areas for micro,
helicopter, and 3-D flying make
the JR Indoor Electric Festival event one
of the world’s best RC fun-fly events
to attend. Terry Nitsch and his hardworking
crews do a wonderful job of
organizing and running the event. Every
year I attend I am amazed by all of the
fascinating new models that are flown,
and the 2011 show was no exception.
One of this year’s highlights was
Peter Sripol’s (aka FoamandTape) flying
aircraft carrier. Peter’s flying aircraft
carrier is truly an innovative design.
The model uses four brushless motors
and ESCs that Lazertoyz donated to
help Peter with his project. The carrier
flew surprisingly well, and airplanes and
helicopters were constantly attempting
and making in-flight takeoffs and
landings throughout the weekend.
One of the coolest was an inverted
landing on the bottom of the carrier by a
pilot flying his Blade mCP X helicopter.
Peter painted a big H on the bottom of
the carrier to tempt pilots to land.
Another great model was Matt
Andren’s 20-inch wingspan Hawker
Tempest Mk V. The beautiful sixchannel
Scale model featured split
flaps, retracts, and a full-depth cockpit.
The model uses the E-flite BL180
motor, and the Spektrum AR6400L
BL receiver with Spektrum AS2000L
servos. Matt’s Tempest won the Best
Scale Model award.
Micro Pylon Race
The Micro Pylon Race at the JR
festival is always a fun event to enter.
This year, the new ParkZone Ultra
Micro Pole Cat was the model chosen
for the race. Ten airplanes are labeled
with different numbers and contestants
are randomly given a model to bind
with their transmitter before each race.
If a model crashes, a repair team stands
by to make it flyable for the next heat.
Peter Sripol’s flying aircraft carrier uses four brushless motors. Peter painted a big “H” on the
bottom to tempt helicopter pilots to land, and one did.
Matt Andren flew his six-channel, 20-inch wingspan Hawker
Tempest Mk V featuring split flaps, retracts, and a full-depth
cockpit. Matt won the Best Scale Model award.
The ParkZone Ultra Micro Pole Cat was used for the Micro Air Races. It is fun to
compete in this event, and you don’t have to place to win.
PLUS:
> Cindy Malinchak’s Butterflight
> Tiny MiG
www.ModelAviation.com March 2012 Model Aviation 91Sponsored by Horizon Hobby, the
race begins with the model taking
off from the ground. Several exciting
heat races are run with the top two
contestants moving on to the next race.
More than 30 contestants competed for
the top spots.
One of the reasons to enter this
race is that you do not have to place
to win. The 10 Pole Cats were raffled
off to the contestants after the finals!
Congratulations to the event winners:
Chris Hass, first place; Ross Robert,
second; and Steven Petrotto, third.
Cindy’s Butterflight
My wife, Cindy, had an idea for a
new airplane design that she wanted
to build for the JR event. She loves
butterflies and decided to try to build
one that would fly!
Cindy used the outline from a
photo of a real monarch butterfly and
Durobatics foam for construction.
The two-channel model has a 7-inch
wingspan and uses a small rudder
for control. Cindy also tested David
Theunissen’s new DT 51-M 2.4 GHz
Spektrum-compatible receiver in this
model and had great results.
The micro RC model weighs only
2.7 grams ready-to-fly with a 10 mAh
LiPo cell. The Butterflight uses the
Plantraco GB05 gearbox, and the
NanoAct actuator for rudder control.
The model will fly for roughly 5
minutes, and looks realistic in flight.
People were impressed by Cindy’s
efforts and she won the Best Micro
Aircraft award at the event!Higher Plane Productions was on
hand to videotape the action at the
JR event. The company specializes in
filming high-definition video of major
RC modeling events and competitions
that are available for immediate online
viewing. You can also download and save
the videos to your computer.
Higher Plane Productions’ JR event
coverage includes 31 videos of general
flying and sights. Individual video
galleries include six videos of Horizon
Hobby demos and interviews, featuring
the new Ultra Micro eXtreme (UMX)
Beast, UMX Hyper Taxi, and the UMX
Gee Bee R2. There also are videos of
Peter and his fascinating flying aircraft
carrier, and films of Combat and other
demonstrations.
I want to thank Higher Plane
Productions for including a special
video gallery with seven videos of
several of my micro RC models and
Cindy’s new Butterflight.
For more information and to find out
how to view all of the wonderful Higher
Plane Productions HD videos, please see
their website, listed in “Sources.”
Tiny Jet
I wanted to attempt to build a
smaller version of my 1/72-scale MiG
15 that I flew at last year’s JR event.
I thought that with the right wind, a
single-phase brushless motor could fly a
smaller airplane.
Dan Baird sent me a motor to try, so
I constructed a 15mm fan unit from
contest balsa to test. The fan unit weighs
only 450 mg and runs well on the 10
mAh LiPo cell. The model is constructed
from Durobatics foam. For guidance, I
used a 115-mg Hip Hop 2 receiver from
Micro Flier Radio, and a 30 mg actuator
on the rudder for control.
The completed, ready-to-fly model
weighs 1.8 grams. The model will fly
for only 30 to 45 seconds, but proved
that the single-phase brushless motor
will work. I also built a new, threechannel
1/48-scale version of my MiG
that performed well. You can see
them both fly in the Higher Plane
Productions JR event coverageThank You
I want to thank Terry Nitsch, his
crew, and the event sponsors for making
this JR Indoor Electric Festival one of
the best. The following is a list of the
event winners. Zap Glue sponsored the
beautiful awards.
Best Original Design: Quad Tilt Rotor by
Peter Sripol
Best Multiengine: B-17 by Steve Lawrie
Best Micro: Butterfl ight by Cindy
Malinchak
Best Scale: Hawker Tempest Mk V by
Matt Andren
Best Sport Performance: 3-D foamie by
Devin McGrath.
Best Jet: MiG 15 by Joe Malinchak
Best New Product: Horizon Hobby UMX
Gee Bee R2
Pilots’ Choice: Quad Tilt Rotor by Peter
Sripol
Special Recognition: Bernie and Marie
Oldenburgh
Special Recognition: Frank Noll
Congratulations to all of the award
winners!
SOURCES:
JR Indoor Electric Festival
[email protected]
www.jriefestival.com
Higher Plane Productions
[email protected]
www.higherplaneproductions.com
Horizon Hobby
(800) 338-4639
www.horizonhobby.com
DT 2.4 GHz Receivers
dt@ yelectric.org.uk
www.deltang.co.uk
Plantraco Micro ight
(306) 955-1836
www.micro ight.com
Micro Flier Radio
(941) 377-9808
http://micro ierradio.com
Edition: Model Aviation - 2012/03
Page Numbers: 91,92,93,94
Jim T. Graham
[email protected]
Fierce competition at the JR Indoor Festival
micro-flying
Joe Malinchak
[email protected]
An indoor water runway and
separate areas for micro,
helicopter, and 3-D flying make
the JR Indoor Electric Festival event one
of the world’s best RC fun-fly events
to attend. Terry Nitsch and his hardworking
crews do a wonderful job of
organizing and running the event. Every
year I attend I am amazed by all of the
fascinating new models that are flown,
and the 2011 show was no exception.
One of this year’s highlights was
Peter Sripol’s (aka FoamandTape) flying
aircraft carrier. Peter’s flying aircraft
carrier is truly an innovative design.
The model uses four brushless motors
and ESCs that Lazertoyz donated to
help Peter with his project. The carrier
flew surprisingly well, and airplanes and
helicopters were constantly attempting
and making in-flight takeoffs and
landings throughout the weekend.
One of the coolest was an inverted
landing on the bottom of the carrier by a
pilot flying his Blade mCP X helicopter.
Peter painted a big H on the bottom of
the carrier to tempt pilots to land.
Another great model was Matt
Andren’s 20-inch wingspan Hawker
Tempest Mk V. The beautiful sixchannel
Scale model featured split
flaps, retracts, and a full-depth cockpit.
The model uses the E-flite BL180
motor, and the Spektrum AR6400L
BL receiver with Spektrum AS2000L
servos. Matt’s Tempest won the Best
Scale Model award.
Micro Pylon Race
The Micro Pylon Race at the JR
festival is always a fun event to enter.
This year, the new ParkZone Ultra
Micro Pole Cat was the model chosen
for the race. Ten airplanes are labeled
with different numbers and contestants
are randomly given a model to bind
with their transmitter before each race.
If a model crashes, a repair team stands
by to make it flyable for the next heat.
Peter Sripol’s flying aircraft carrier uses four brushless motors. Peter painted a big “H” on the
bottom to tempt helicopter pilots to land, and one did.
Matt Andren flew his six-channel, 20-inch wingspan Hawker
Tempest Mk V featuring split flaps, retracts, and a full-depth
cockpit. Matt won the Best Scale Model award.
The ParkZone Ultra Micro Pole Cat was used for the Micro Air Races. It is fun to
compete in this event, and you don’t have to place to win.
PLUS:
> Cindy Malinchak’s Butterflight
> Tiny MiG
www.ModelAviation.com March 2012 Model Aviation 91Sponsored by Horizon Hobby, the
race begins with the model taking
off from the ground. Several exciting
heat races are run with the top two
contestants moving on to the next race.
More than 30 contestants competed for
the top spots.
One of the reasons to enter this
race is that you do not have to place
to win. The 10 Pole Cats were raffled
off to the contestants after the finals!
Congratulations to the event winners:
Chris Hass, first place; Ross Robert,
second; and Steven Petrotto, third.
Cindy’s Butterflight
My wife, Cindy, had an idea for a
new airplane design that she wanted
to build for the JR event. She loves
butterflies and decided to try to build
one that would fly!
Cindy used the outline from a
photo of a real monarch butterfly and
Durobatics foam for construction.
The two-channel model has a 7-inch
wingspan and uses a small rudder
for control. Cindy also tested David
Theunissen’s new DT 51-M 2.4 GHz
Spektrum-compatible receiver in this
model and had great results.
The micro RC model weighs only
2.7 grams ready-to-fly with a 10 mAh
LiPo cell. The Butterflight uses the
Plantraco GB05 gearbox, and the
NanoAct actuator for rudder control.
The model will fly for roughly 5
minutes, and looks realistic in flight.
People were impressed by Cindy’s
efforts and she won the Best Micro
Aircraft award at the event!Higher Plane Productions was on
hand to videotape the action at the
JR event. The company specializes in
filming high-definition video of major
RC modeling events and competitions
that are available for immediate online
viewing. You can also download and save
the videos to your computer.
Higher Plane Productions’ JR event
coverage includes 31 videos of general
flying and sights. Individual video
galleries include six videos of Horizon
Hobby demos and interviews, featuring
the new Ultra Micro eXtreme (UMX)
Beast, UMX Hyper Taxi, and the UMX
Gee Bee R2. There also are videos of
Peter and his fascinating flying aircraft
carrier, and films of Combat and other
demonstrations.
I want to thank Higher Plane
Productions for including a special
video gallery with seven videos of
several of my micro RC models and
Cindy’s new Butterflight.
For more information and to find out
how to view all of the wonderful Higher
Plane Productions HD videos, please see
their website, listed in “Sources.”
Tiny Jet
I wanted to attempt to build a
smaller version of my 1/72-scale MiG
15 that I flew at last year’s JR event.
I thought that with the right wind, a
single-phase brushless motor could fly a
smaller airplane.
Dan Baird sent me a motor to try, so
I constructed a 15mm fan unit from
contest balsa to test. The fan unit weighs
only 450 mg and runs well on the 10
mAh LiPo cell. The model is constructed
from Durobatics foam. For guidance, I
used a 115-mg Hip Hop 2 receiver from
Micro Flier Radio, and a 30 mg actuator
on the rudder for control.
The completed, ready-to-fly model
weighs 1.8 grams. The model will fly
for only 30 to 45 seconds, but proved
that the single-phase brushless motor
will work. I also built a new, threechannel
1/48-scale version of my MiG
that performed well. You can see
them both fly in the Higher Plane
Productions JR event coverageThank You
I want to thank Terry Nitsch, his
crew, and the event sponsors for making
this JR Indoor Electric Festival one of
the best. The following is a list of the
event winners. Zap Glue sponsored the
beautiful awards.
Best Original Design: Quad Tilt Rotor by
Peter Sripol
Best Multiengine: B-17 by Steve Lawrie
Best Micro: Butterfl ight by Cindy
Malinchak
Best Scale: Hawker Tempest Mk V by
Matt Andren
Best Sport Performance: 3-D foamie by
Devin McGrath.
Best Jet: MiG 15 by Joe Malinchak
Best New Product: Horizon Hobby UMX
Gee Bee R2
Pilots’ Choice: Quad Tilt Rotor by Peter
Sripol
Special Recognition: Bernie and Marie
Oldenburgh
Special Recognition: Frank Noll
Congratulations to all of the award
winners!
SOURCES:
JR Indoor Electric Festival
[email protected]
www.jriefestival.com
Higher Plane Productions
[email protected]
www.higherplaneproductions.com
Horizon Hobby
(800) 338-4639
www.horizonhobby.com
DT 2.4 GHz Receivers
dt@ yelectric.org.uk
www.deltang.co.uk
Plantraco Micro ight
(306) 955-1836
www.micro ight.com
Micro Flier Radio
(941) 377-9808
http://micro ierradio.com
Edition: Model Aviation - 2012/03
Page Numbers: 91,92,93,94
Jim T. Graham
[email protected]
Fierce competition at the JR Indoor Festival
micro-flying
Joe Malinchak
[email protected]
An indoor water runway and
separate areas for micro,
helicopter, and 3-D flying make
the JR Indoor Electric Festival event one
of the world’s best RC fun-fly events
to attend. Terry Nitsch and his hardworking
crews do a wonderful job of
organizing and running the event. Every
year I attend I am amazed by all of the
fascinating new models that are flown,
and the 2011 show was no exception.
One of this year’s highlights was
Peter Sripol’s (aka FoamandTape) flying
aircraft carrier. Peter’s flying aircraft
carrier is truly an innovative design.
The model uses four brushless motors
and ESCs that Lazertoyz donated to
help Peter with his project. The carrier
flew surprisingly well, and airplanes and
helicopters were constantly attempting
and making in-flight takeoffs and
landings throughout the weekend.
One of the coolest was an inverted
landing on the bottom of the carrier by a
pilot flying his Blade mCP X helicopter.
Peter painted a big H on the bottom of
the carrier to tempt pilots to land.
Another great model was Matt
Andren’s 20-inch wingspan Hawker
Tempest Mk V. The beautiful sixchannel
Scale model featured split
flaps, retracts, and a full-depth cockpit.
The model uses the E-flite BL180
motor, and the Spektrum AR6400L
BL receiver with Spektrum AS2000L
servos. Matt’s Tempest won the Best
Scale Model award.
Micro Pylon Race
The Micro Pylon Race at the JR
festival is always a fun event to enter.
This year, the new ParkZone Ultra
Micro Pole Cat was the model chosen
for the race. Ten airplanes are labeled
with different numbers and contestants
are randomly given a model to bind
with their transmitter before each race.
If a model crashes, a repair team stands
by to make it flyable for the next heat.
Peter Sripol’s flying aircraft carrier uses four brushless motors. Peter painted a big “H” on the
bottom to tempt helicopter pilots to land, and one did.
Matt Andren flew his six-channel, 20-inch wingspan Hawker
Tempest Mk V featuring split flaps, retracts, and a full-depth
cockpit. Matt won the Best Scale Model award.
The ParkZone Ultra Micro Pole Cat was used for the Micro Air Races. It is fun to
compete in this event, and you don’t have to place to win.
PLUS:
> Cindy Malinchak’s Butterflight
> Tiny MiG
www.ModelAviation.com March 2012 Model Aviation 91Sponsored by Horizon Hobby, the
race begins with the model taking
off from the ground. Several exciting
heat races are run with the top two
contestants moving on to the next race.
More than 30 contestants competed for
the top spots.
One of the reasons to enter this
race is that you do not have to place
to win. The 10 Pole Cats were raffled
off to the contestants after the finals!
Congratulations to the event winners:
Chris Hass, first place; Ross Robert,
second; and Steven Petrotto, third.
Cindy’s Butterflight
My wife, Cindy, had an idea for a
new airplane design that she wanted
to build for the JR event. She loves
butterflies and decided to try to build
one that would fly!
Cindy used the outline from a
photo of a real monarch butterfly and
Durobatics foam for construction.
The two-channel model has a 7-inch
wingspan and uses a small rudder
for control. Cindy also tested David
Theunissen’s new DT 51-M 2.4 GHz
Spektrum-compatible receiver in this
model and had great results.
The micro RC model weighs only
2.7 grams ready-to-fly with a 10 mAh
LiPo cell. The Butterflight uses the
Plantraco GB05 gearbox, and the
NanoAct actuator for rudder control.
The model will fly for roughly 5
minutes, and looks realistic in flight.
People were impressed by Cindy’s
efforts and she won the Best Micro
Aircraft award at the event!Higher Plane Productions was on
hand to videotape the action at the
JR event. The company specializes in
filming high-definition video of major
RC modeling events and competitions
that are available for immediate online
viewing. You can also download and save
the videos to your computer.
Higher Plane Productions’ JR event
coverage includes 31 videos of general
flying and sights. Individual video
galleries include six videos of Horizon
Hobby demos and interviews, featuring
the new Ultra Micro eXtreme (UMX)
Beast, UMX Hyper Taxi, and the UMX
Gee Bee R2. There also are videos of
Peter and his fascinating flying aircraft
carrier, and films of Combat and other
demonstrations.
I want to thank Higher Plane
Productions for including a special
video gallery with seven videos of
several of my micro RC models and
Cindy’s new Butterflight.
For more information and to find out
how to view all of the wonderful Higher
Plane Productions HD videos, please see
their website, listed in “Sources.”
Tiny Jet
I wanted to attempt to build a
smaller version of my 1/72-scale MiG
15 that I flew at last year’s JR event.
I thought that with the right wind, a
single-phase brushless motor could fly a
smaller airplane.
Dan Baird sent me a motor to try, so
I constructed a 15mm fan unit from
contest balsa to test. The fan unit weighs
only 450 mg and runs well on the 10
mAh LiPo cell. The model is constructed
from Durobatics foam. For guidance, I
used a 115-mg Hip Hop 2 receiver from
Micro Flier Radio, and a 30 mg actuator
on the rudder for control.
The completed, ready-to-fly model
weighs 1.8 grams. The model will fly
for only 30 to 45 seconds, but proved
that the single-phase brushless motor
will work. I also built a new, threechannel
1/48-scale version of my MiG
that performed well. You can see
them both fly in the Higher Plane
Productions JR event coverageThank You
I want to thank Terry Nitsch, his
crew, and the event sponsors for making
this JR Indoor Electric Festival one of
the best. The following is a list of the
event winners. Zap Glue sponsored the
beautiful awards.
Best Original Design: Quad Tilt Rotor by
Peter Sripol
Best Multiengine: B-17 by Steve Lawrie
Best Micro: Butterfl ight by Cindy
Malinchak
Best Scale: Hawker Tempest Mk V by
Matt Andren
Best Sport Performance: 3-D foamie by
Devin McGrath.
Best Jet: MiG 15 by Joe Malinchak
Best New Product: Horizon Hobby UMX
Gee Bee R2
Pilots’ Choice: Quad Tilt Rotor by Peter
Sripol
Special Recognition: Bernie and Marie
Oldenburgh
Special Recognition: Frank Noll
Congratulations to all of the award
winners!
SOURCES:
JR Indoor Electric Festival
[email protected]
www.jriefestival.com
Higher Plane Productions
[email protected]
www.higherplaneproductions.com
Horizon Hobby
(800) 338-4639
www.horizonhobby.com
DT 2.4 GHz Receivers
dt@ yelectric.org.uk
www.deltang.co.uk
Plantraco Micro ight
(306) 955-1836
www.micro ight.com
Micro Flier Radio
(941) 377-9808
http://micro ierradio.com
