Hi all,
If anyone has a used Park 400/450, or equivalent Asian motor, that they want to sell, please email me quick. I am tryng to get my old Formosa foamie ready for the big (I hope) indoor Sportsplex venue. I will be a way cool place to fly if it has a ceiling as high as the picture I saw indicates. See you there!

Here are some pictures of Sept. 3, 2011  EDF Jet Pylon Race.

For those of you who may have had or seen one of these "old-timers", I am restoring a GWS Formosa F-3A Foamie to flight condition.

It will be half airplane and half epoxy glue: ugly and heavy, hence the need for a old but still good 450 size motor.

It might even fly!

I was able to go to the Westchester Radio Aero Modelers (RC Club) annual Expo last weekend, while visiting my brother who lives in Stamford. I picked up a good buy from their swap/auction area (a Otop Dream 110 Pattern plane with a YS 110 in it.) Here are some pictures of the event. The attendance was way down from previous years, due to the usual suspect; they say it is usually jammed elbow to elbow but not this year.

They had a full size 1914 WWI airplane there from the Rhinebeck Aerodrome collection where they fly some WWI full size replicas. Notice the grooved deflector for the bullet path on the propeller (before synchro.)

Some nice multi-cylinder engines on the Corsair and the Stearman in the static display area. Note the GPS in the cockpit!

The Fun-fly was a great success and everyone seemed to have fun flying, watching or eating copious amounts of lunch.

Tom, That engine and muffler should pass the sound check without a problem I think. I had a older OS .46FX and it passed. The newer muffler designs are quieter than most older designs so you shouldn't have a problem. Someone else will no doubt comment on this soon. Welcome back (is your AMA card renewed yet, this is a must have.)  PS: We have our own lockable gate to the field that you must use and have the combo for.

Hi all,
I attended this event also and it was very informative, especially seeing the Wright Flyer reproduction. It looks metallic but in fact it is made of wood, coated with a powdered aluminum finish lacquered over the wood.  It is a later Wright model, I think it was 1910 or 1911 where the Wrights made several improvements to their basic design, including putting the elevator in the back instead of the front. The engine is an original Wright artifact restored. An interesting fact is that the pilot pushed the control stick forward or back for left/right wing-warping for turns.

Hi all, This was great fun. I also took some pictures.