Blacksheep community project, our two miles of Hiway 36, mile marker 57 to 59.
Blacksheep community project, our two miles of Hiway 36, mile marker 57 to 59.
What a great Labor Day at Blacksheep RC Modelers Corsair Field. We had over 70 people eat at our annual picnic cookout and I counted around 38 club members in attendance. Despite the heavy south winds, there was a lot of flying . Check out the video page for a few new videos from the weekend. A few pics of the day, L-R:
1. Mark Tudor flying his Israeli MD530, very nice, T-Rex 600N mechanics.
2. Mark's 530 in flight.
3. Ralph McBee coming back to the pit area with his new 100% size F-22, blue nose and fins look great with the desert camo paint..
4. Don Schmedake working on his 4-Star as Mike Whitmore looks on.
5. Joe Hartsock taxiing out his 46 sized Ultimate.
6. Matt Shelton getting his Ultra Stick ready, has crow flaps/ailerons on it.
7. Shot of the pit area on Labor Day. As full as it has been all year despite the wind.
8. Nick Shepler and Parker Hall discussing Nick's fleet of helicopters.
9. Ton Carlyle flying his Smith Special.
10. Tom and daughter Kim getting the Smith Special ready.
11. John Lawyer with his Dazzler, lost a big piece of trim and got caught in the elevator, landed with a little difficulty, but no damage.
12. Jonathan Rifkin flying one of his Depron foam Fire Fly.
13. Lou Torres with his Rave Envy 90 sized electric heli, 10 cell pack, amazing power.
14. John Louden launching his Velocity, very fast and quite the wing tip dance below the tree tops with the heavy crosswind.
15. Nick Shepler's colorful MA Fury Extreme.
16. VP Al Hill with his Dawg House RC Yak SP-55M, powered by a 3MM 53 cc.
17. Weir Thurman's A4D Skyray edf foam jet.
18. Parker Hall with Stratus on a low inverted pullout.
19. Parker's Stratus just pulling up.
What a wonderful Sunday afternoon. Truly was Blue Skies and Fair Winds! L-R:
1. Tony Bowling and old faithful Sr. Kadet, just wish he would put in little more effort into flying it.
2. Mike Whitmore with his Trainer 40 heading back to the pits area.
3. Parker Hall's Euro Fighter flat foamie, rolls very fast and is about the speed of the F-22's.
4. Parker catching his Euro Fighter.
5. Bryan Baumer launching his electric P-51.
6. P-51 rolling in.
7. Bryan's P-51 caught in a victory roll.
8. Jerry Morgan with his Toledo Special. Flies very well.
9. John Louden's Big Hawk smokin'. We thought he ws spelling John, but came out OOO!
10. John's Big Hawk, powered by a 53 cc 3MM gas engine.
11. Rege Hall's Extra 330SC smokin' up the blue skies during a barrage of tumbling. (photo by Parker)
12. Rege's 3D Hobby Shop Extra 330SC powered by a DA 100 in a knife edge pass (photo by Parker)
13. Stu Rieboldt with flat Yak 55, getting ready as David looks on.
14. Parker Hall flying the Pink Panther Stratus, coming out of a low flip inverted, very low.
15. Parker's Stratus on a low inverted backwards pull out.
16. Joe Hartsock getting his J-3 Cub ready for a flight.
17. Al Hill's Dawg House RC Yak SP-66M in a low knife edge.
18. Al's Yak inverted.
19. Dillon McBee's Vision 50 heli, flying it very well and a very nice paint scheme.
20. Scott Sorenson's EG Models 100" wing span Raven. Overpowered with a DLE 111cc twin.
Sunday 22-Aug, a nice sunny day, a little windy but nice.
1) Rege Hall's Hobby Lobby F-35 taking off.
2) Scott Sorenson taxiing out with his OMP 100" Raven. Powered by a DLE 111, wow, does it perform on that engine. Scott's is the back Raven.
3) Rege Hall's OMP 100" Raven, powered by a 3W 75. Rege's is the blue Raven.
4) A might heave ho and off it goes. Ralph is launching their Magnum 50. Blake is flying this speed demon.
5) Ray Turner flying the old trusty Raptor 30.
6) Blake with the Magnum 50 after another successful flight.
7) Al Hill with Scott's assistance starting Al's Dawg House RC Sukhoi SU 26M. Powered by a new DLE 55.
8) Sukhoi in flight.
9) Matt Shelton's PA Extra 260 electric, sliding by in a high alpha knife edge.
10) Lou Torres flying new Rave 700 electric heli. Flybarless, flies very sharp.
11) Ray Courtney and Beth Russel getting the jolly orange Kadet ready for Beth to make a flight.
L-R: 1) Rege Hall's Hobby Lobby F-35. Powered by a 70 mm EDF and 4 cell 2200 MaH li-po battery. Has retracts and 360 degree vectoring thrust.
2) F-35 in flight.
3) Bryan Baumer ready for another F-22 mission.
4. Ralph McBee holding his recent acquisition, a Magnum 50 powered by a Weston 50 on a pipe. Wow, does it go fast and hard to see on cloudy days.
5. Ralph caught Dillon's F-22 mid hoop! Check out the Video page for some Flying Circus action.
L-R: 1) Al Torres' Extreme Flight Yak 54 hanging around.
2) Tom Elson's fleet for the day.
3) Joe Hartsock getting his Cessna 182 ready for a flight.
4) Parker Hall retrieving his flat F-22 Raptor.
5) John Killenger cleaning up his 4 Star
6) Tom Elson firing up the Dragon Lady.
7) C182 in flight.
8) Ray Courtney showing Parker his blazing fast Great Planes Rifle.
9) Dillon McBee zeroed in on the circle.
10) Matt Shelton's Precision Aerobatics Extra 260, light, powerful and flies great.
L-R: 1. Bryan Baumer's Fokker FVIII on take off roll. Bryan did a great job resurrecting this plane. Powered by a DLE 30.
2. The Fokker on a fly by.
3. The Fokker landing after one wheel departed company.
4. John Louden's trusty old Sig Profile Ultimate biplane.
5. Dillon McBee and Parker Hall performing a table vertical take off, check out the video page for live action.
6. Ralph McBee rinign in his F-22 for a table landing attempt. Just a little outside.
7. Just after liftoff.
8. Joe Hartsock with his new P-51 Mustang.
9. Ray Turner flying his Beam 450 sized electric helicopter.
10. New member Al Torres with his Extreme Flight Yak 54. Powered by a DLE 55 cc gas engine. Just got it back form a crankshaft replacement.
What a great evening it turned out to be. Lots of flying, food and fellowship. Everyone had fun! We had 35 enjoy the burgers and dogs and brats, oh my! The pitch in items were good and plentiful.
The pylon races were a big hit. We flew two heats where the top two went to a Championship race and the others went to a consolation race. Ralph McBee won the consolation race. In the Championship race, Parker Hall was the winner with Scott Sorenson 2nd, Dillon McBee 3rd and Rege Hall 4th (He found the first pylon and a very close turn). Thanks to everyone who helped out.
Then the usual fireworks. Here's one for you, how high will a mortar go if not using a launch tube? About three feet! We then enjoyed the fireworks south of our field, wow! What a display.
1. Al Hill's 35% Extra 300 going vertical. Powered by a DEL 111cc gas engine.
2. Rege Hall's Great Planes Extra 300SX in Gene Soucey colors. Powered by an OS 1.60.
3. Ray Courtney's Yak 54 really putting out the smoke. Powered by an Area 51 51cc gas engine.
4. Even the buzzards were enjoying the evening.
5. Ralph helping Dillon get his Vision 50 ready to go fly.
6. Dillon McBee's Vision 50 in hover. Beautiful canopy.
7. Dillon hovering for the camera.
8. The crowd enjoying the cookout, 35 in all.
9. Parker Hall's Stratus in knife going in reverse.
10. The Stratus low and coming in close.
11. The race starting, front to back: John Louden, Bryan Baumer, Ralph McBee and Raymond Sorenson.
12. Ralph McBee's F-22 turning and burning.
13. Yes, mid airs do occur, this was the only bad one. Raymond and Scott found the same airspace at the same time. Hot glue does wonders and both were flying again in a matter of minutes.
14. Kenny Syster's Hangar 9 Piper Pawnee, powered by a Saito .82 four stroke. Looked very realistic in the air.
15. Al Hill with his 35% Extra 300.
1. John Louden with his 90% F-22, ready to race.
2. Roger Dohm's T28 electric, I think a E-Flight.
3. It's a race! Making a practice race, Rege Hall's orange tail, John Louden's red and blue, Parker Hall's T-Bird 1, and out front on the launch, Ralph McBee's camo bird.
4. Steve Greer's electric sport plane, may an Espirit plane.
5. Parker Hall's T-Bird 1 and Ray Turner's reed tail making a turn.
6. Parker Hall flying Stratus in a funnel just past himself.
7. John Kittenger taxiing out for a flight. I think a Sig 4 Star
8. Ray Turner flying his Park Zone Cub, don't put in too much effort, Ray.
9. Scott Sorenson's Daw House RC 87" Yak SP-55M Yak sliding by, powered by a 3MM 53 cc.
10. Joe Kosiba's Great Planes Extra 330, powered by a Fuji 43.
11. Parker Hall's T-Bird 1 F-22 90%'er.
12. Lou Torres flying his Mikado Logo 6 electric helicopter. Lou is looking pretty sharp on the sticks lately.
13. John Lawyer's Nitro Models P-38. Has two counter rotating K&B .61 glow engines.
14. Rege Hall's 42% Extra 260.
15. Ray Courtney with his 71" Dawg House RC Yak SP-55M re done in Monster Energy Drink colors, very nice.
16. Ray's Monster Yak in flight, powered by a Turnigy 26 cc gas engine.
17. A good shot or Ray's Yak on the ground.
18. Ralph's F-22 rounding the pylon.
19. Matt Shelton starting his Seagull Yak 54, he won at the December meeting last year.
20. Joe Hartsock starting his Top Flight Contender.
21. Matt Shelton with his Hangar 9 Mustang, powered by a Saito 100, ready for the Warbird Fly In.
22. Ralph McBee's F-22 coming in form another round around the field.
What a flying weekend. Very hot and humid, but lots of shade, good friends and a good cookout. A few mishaps, John lost his big Decathlon, just lost response. Randy McKee lost his beautiful Ultimate, again no radio response. Ah, the new rage, flat foamie F22 Raptors.
1. John Louden starting up his Midwest Super Decathlon with assistance of Lou Torres. Unfortunate last flight, lost all radio response, no apparent reason.
2. Roger Dohm with his Cessna electric, flies great.
3. Faron Trosper taxiing out his Wild Hare 102" Sukhoi SU-26 on maiden flight day. Powered by a 3W 106 AI version and a 28x10 prop, flies well.
4. Lou Torres' Dawg House RC Yak 55SP 71" wing span, powered by an OS 1.20 two stroke.
5. Faron's Sukhoi SU-26 in flight.
6. Ralph McBee launching his -10% F22 Raptor in Blue's paint scheme. I think this is the plane we are going to pylon race.
7. Parker Hall flying a Stratus through a wild maneuver, look at those blades bending.
8. Bryan Baumer proudly displays his new Ralph's Custom Models flat Yak 55.
9. Bryan just launching his flat Yak 55.
10. Ralph's F22 Raptor with Dillon in the back ground flying the gray F22.
11. Rege Hall's F22 Raptor in flight. Slow, but fun.
12. Rege's 33% Raven powered by a 3W 75 in knife edge flight.
13. Gary Melkey readying his Great Planes Piper Cherokee for another flight.
14. Ray Courtney's orange Sr. Kadet on an inverted pass. Ray, you are having too much fun flying that plane.
15. Ray's Sr. Kadet and Blake McBee flying family Alpha 40.
16. Blake flying the family Alpha trainer 40. Trainers are lots of fun to fly and can help you hone your skills,
17. Dillon McBee launching the Blue F22.
18. Scott Sorenson's OMP Yak 54 profile.
19. Al Hill get's his Dawg House RC Yak SP55M ready to go, powered by a very good running 3MM 53 cc gas engine.
20. Al's Yak on a low knife edge pass. Al pushed her to the limits several times.
21. Paul Toda taxiing a Great Planes Christen Eagle back from a flight.
22. John Killenger manning the radio as him and Paul check the engine on the Eagle.
23. F22 Raptors on patrol (photo by Henry Deveeny)
24. Bryan Baumer's .10 sized electric Maxford USA Ultimate.
25. John Louden's smokin' Big Hawk. Powered by a 3MM 53 cc gas engine
Top row L - R:
1. Ray Courtney's fleet.
2. Rege Hall's flat foam F-22 Raptor, not fast but noisy!
3. John's Big Hawk finishing a tear drop in the fantastic blue sky.
4. Tom Elson and his Model Tech Dragon Lady.
5. Brian James with his Top Flight P-51 Mustang, very nice plane.
6. Peanut Gallery, soaking up the shade.
7. Brian's Mustang gear down setting up for a landing.
8. Ralph & Dillon McBee flying trainers. Ralph's Alpha 40 flying by.
Bottom row L - R:
9. Ray Courtney taxiing back his orange Senior Kadet.
10. The McBee fleet.
11. Ray Courtney and Beth Russell flying the orange Sr. Kadet.
12. Dillon McBee getting ready for a flight with his Vision 50 helicopter.
13. John Louden's Turnigy 50 powered Pitts Special
14. More Pitts!
15. Randy McKee's YS 1.20 four stroke powered Ultimate in front of John Louden's Sig Fun Fly Ultimate, powered by an OS .46 two stroke.
16. Randy McKee starting his Super Tiger .51 powered Sig Somethin' Extra.
Sunday May 23, summer is here! High humidity and temperatures over 90. But we had shade and light winds and many enjoying the opportunity to fly.
1. Jon Louden's Pitts Special, smoke on!
2. Ray Courtney flying his Ralph's Custom Models flat Yak 55, very cool paint scheme and colors, Ray chose.
3. John's Pitts coming in for a landing.
4. Mike Whitmeore proudly posing with his Seagull Models Yak 54. Powered by a 91 four stroke.
5. Lou Torres flying his flybarless T-Rex 700 nitro.
6. Joe Kosiba's Dave Patrick Extra 300L, powered by a DLE 55, runs great.
7. Don Trosper starting his Wild Stick
8. Rege Hall taxiing out his new Sbach 342.
9. Rege's Sbach 342 doing a smoke check before take off. Powered by a DLE 30 cc gas engine, 72" wing span, 1023 sqin of wing area.
10. The Sbach has a much different look in the air.
11. Mike Underwood, with John's help got to fly his Eagle II trainer that was procured form Andrew.
12. Scott Sorenson's Bucker Jungmann, powered by a 3MM 53 cc engine.
13. Al Hill's Mike Hurly Extra 300, powered by a DLE 111. Flying a 45 degree downline.
14. Randy McKee carrying his "YS 1.20 powered Ultimate bipe back after a successful flight.
Well, the Blacksheep curse for spring fun flys struck again (we are blaming John Louden this time) on our "Day at the Field". We did not fly any fun fly events, but we flew a lot and had lots of fun until the rains came. I think more swapping than selling occured, however, many items did change hands. We had over 50 people enjoy the cook out lunch. Thanks to Ray Turner and Dave Miller for handling the chef chores. We seen John Louden's Pitts Special maiden flight, very nice! Rege Hall flew a thrust vectoring foam F-16, wow, wild tumbles and spins. Lots of guys did get some spot landing practice in. Later in the afternoon Jonathan Rifkin pulled round a 250 foot streamer, and all the little foamie's chased him around. Big Bob really does fly, you just have to get there early to see, early bird sees more flying. It was really nice to have so many club members come enjoy flying and socializing.
Top row L - R:
1. John Louden proudly poses with his Great Planes Pitts Special, powered by a Turnigy 50 cc gas engine flies great!
2. John's Pitts in flight, nothing prettier than a bright red Pitts Special in flight.
3. Dillon McBee flying his flat Yak.
4. David Jones launching Wayne's ME 109. As all of Wayne's designs, it flies great.
5. John's Pitts, smoke on.
6. Ralph McBee with old reliable #24 Kaos.
7. Parker Hall and Dillon McBee flying their flat planes, these planes have seen lots of air time.
Bottom row L - R:
8. Ray Courtney flying his Addicition.
9. Raymond Sorenson flying his Fire Fly
10. Bryan Baumer, Brian McPheron assisting Jonathan Rifkin get ready for a ribbon flight.
11. Jonathan's Sig Fazer pulling a 250 foot streamer, very cool ribbon looks.
12. All the little foamies and Graham's Twist chasing the ribbon.
13. Ralph McBee launching his Ledfeather Design flat foam F-22 Raptor. Looks really cool in the air!
14. Al Hill checking the balance on Joe Kosiba's Dave Patrick Extra 300. Joe powers it with a new DLE 55, starts and runs great.
15. Another shot of ribbon chasing (Matt Shelton photo)
16. Dave and Ray hard at work, or at least Dave is! (Matt Shelton photo)
17. Rege Hall gettnig ready to roll the F-16. (Matt Shelton photo)
18. Rege's F-16 doing a vectored thirust manuever (Matt Shelton photo).
A wonderful day of flying on 2010 Mothers Day, I guess some mothers wishes were peace and quiet so we had a good turnout at the field!
L - R top row:
1. Ralph's F-22 Raptor flying by. All the electrics from the flat foamies.
2. Parker Hall hovering his flat Edge 540 under the trees.
3. John Killinger, one of our newer members, working on his Hangar 9 P-51, once running, flew well.
4. Mike Whitmore proudly holding his Ralph's Custom Models flat Edge 540.
5. Brian James telling Mike about his Hangar 9 .46 sized P-51 Mustang.
6. Joe Kosiba starting his os powered Sonic.
7. John Lawyer assembling his Nitro Model P-38 Lightning, powered by two K&B .61's, sounds great.
8. Ray Courtney taxiing out his 500 Extra 300L.
L - R bottom row:
9. Ray's Extra 300L, powered by a Turnigy 50 cc gas engine.
10. Blake and Parker waiting to fly an keeping a keen eye on something.
11. Al taxiing new Extra 300 as Ray looks on.
12. Al Hill's Mike Hurley Extra 300 ready to roll. Powered by a DLE 111 cc gas engine.
13. Al's Hurley Extra 300 in knife edge on test flight.
14. Bryan Baumer's Maxford USA electric Ultimate 10-300 biplane.
15. Bryan retrieving the Ultimate after another successful flight, flies really well.
One more, one more time Saturday night indoor flying.
1. Bob Wernsing flying his Ember II as Eric Munevar in the background flying his bug.
2. Tom Carlyle holding his Toledo purchase, a Park Zone micro P-51.
3. If you need help, you don't even have to ask, several giving Bryan Baumer a helping hand.
4. Scott Sorenson's flat Yak 55 in a hover.
5. Al Hill, Big Bob and Ray Turner flying.
6. Ralph McBee launching his Fire Fly.
7. Smilin' Ray Turner with his Park Zone micro J-3 Cub.
8. Nothing better than father and son enjoying flying together. Matt and son Mark Shelton flying an MCX.
bottom row L-R:
8. Brian McPheron with his very nice depron Fire Fly.
9. Bryan Baumer launching his Park Zone P-51 with a crepe paper streamer.
10. Ralph and Dillon Mc Bee ready for a flight.
11. Parker Hall with Micro 4 Site.
12. Jonathan Rifkin's flying Mario Cart.
13. Parker Hall flying Micro 4 Site
14. Rege Hall's flat Extra 300 hovering.
L-R:
1. Rege Hall's thrust vectoring EDF F-16, really cool flips and flat spins.
2. Ray Turner got the concentration going.
3. Ray's Pluma is where the concentration is aimed.
4. Parker Hall flying Stratus fast, low and going backwards.
5. Nick Shepler with his very bright Freeya .91 sized helicopter.
6. Bryan Baumer geeting ready for a flight with his Fokker DVII.
7. Jonathan Rifkin's old reliable Sig Fazer. OS 46 powered, flies great in a beautiful blue sky.
8. Dave Miller getting his Park Zone micro Sukhoi SU-26 ready for a flight. Great little plane for calm evenings.
9. Al Hill and his newly finished Mike Hurley Extra 300. Powered by a DLE 111 and PT Models 27x10 carbon fiber prop.
Top row L - R:
1. Blake McBee and Parker Hall launching their flat Edge 540's. for a race around the tree.
2. The Edges coming around neck and neck.
3. Weir Thurman had his Strother electric out for a flight, very powerful.
4. Rege Hall's new PA Extra Mx on a knife edge pass. 58" wing span electric powered with a Thrust 50 motor and Vox 15x7 prop. Weighs less than 4 pounds at 721 sq.in. wing area. Takes off like an Estes rocket!
5. Low fly by of the Extra Mx
6. Graham Bitner with Twist 60 and Jonathan Rifkin with his old reliable Fazer ready for a take off together.
7. Weir lining up his EDF F-4 Phantom, looks great in the air.
8. Andrew Maasch, Parker Hall, Blake McBee and Ray Turner looking over Andrew's .15 sized Extra 300.
Bottom row L - R:
9. Weir's F-4 making a pass, gear down.
10. Jonathan Rifkin's depron Fire Fly with camera on the nose.
11. John Louden's Zagi cruising by.
12. Ray Tuner with his Park Zone Cub as Vern Hines looks on.
13. Gary Melkey with his 46 sized Thunder Tiger profile Extra 300.
14. Randy McKee's beautiful Goldberg Ultimate biplane. Powered by a YS 1.20.
15. Ray Courtney's OMP Yak 54 profile, powered by a .61 sized engine.
16. John Louden at the April meeting with his Turnigy 50 cc powered Great Planes 1/3 scale Pitts Special. About 14 pounds, should fly great.
please come back!
