THE NEWEST FROM SKYFOX R/C
SOARBIRD is a 61" wingspan slowflyer / thermal cruiser built in a stylized soaring hawk shape. It was designed to look a lot like a hawk or eagle from below when it's riding thermals above. (I've wanted to do one something like this for a long time!) There are already a few other bird-like designs of varying complexity; what I wanted to do was to come up with a design that would be relatively easy to build, without complex airfoil shaping or any hot-wire cutting. SOARBIRD II is a 52-1/2" wingspan version with elevator and ailerons / spoilerons, which is far more agile in windy conditions. For more information and the build sequence photos, click here to jump to the SOARBIRD page.
On December 4th, 2006 WOODSTOCK had his trike floats quickly remounted, and went out for some snow flying!
I did a rather extensive kit bashing project on a WILD WING; the photo above shows the results. Click HERE to go to the WILD WING project page.
The Spinner is a 30" wingspan, 12-5/8 Oz. flat plate airfoil plane made from BlueCor, set up with a brushless motor system which is producing 16 ounces of thrust; it flat-spins easily & recovers almost instantaneously, and is capable of amazing maneuvers. It's set up "0-0-0", for neutral stability... it's not a plane for novice flyers, but it does performe very well in the hands of an experienced pilot. For details on how this plane is built, visit the SPINNER page.
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Hello, and welcome to my RC Flying Web Site. My name is Bruce Stenulson. I started flying RC gliders in the Mountains of Colorado (On the face of the Lake Dillon dam ) in January of 1982. I started building electric powered aircraft in 1984, and have designed many planes for E-Power. I first flew a 'wet powered' RC aircraft on January 7th of 1990, when I built my Telemaster with float flying in mind. I've since designed and flown many wet powered aircraft, and continue to design and build both E-Powered and wet-powered planes (although the majority of my aircraft are now E-powered.)
June 12th, 2006 is the tenative date for the SPARCS 2006 Float Fly. Here's a photo essay on High Altitude FLOAT FLYING, featuring some more recent photos of high lakes and float planes. There's also a lot of info on float design and setup.
In 1990, The South Park Area Radio Control Society was established as AMA Chartered Club # 2774. Click Here For information on SPARCS, including links into an extensive photo gallery of pilots, aircraft, and flying sites and events, as well as links to other RC flying clubs in the Colorado region.
I enjoy slope flying, and have offered a variety of information on slope flying aircraft and flying sites in the central Colorado Rockies. The EPP foam slope ships available today are incredibly durable, and can handle rough landing areas that built up balsa gliders can not. It's revolutionized the opportunities for "Extreme terrain" slope flying.
The SOUTH PARK SLOPE FLYING SITES page has been periodicly updated, with more new photos of some of the EIGHT slope flying sites presently listed on this page. The last addition includes 6 new photos of the Hoosier Pass / North Star Mountain Slope Flying area at 12,230 feet elevation. I think you'll really enjoy these new high resolution photos (and the information about this exceptional slope flying area!)
In the spring of 2004, the NIGHT FLYING page was expanded, featuring information on setting up a newer, higher intensity light weight LED lighting system for night flyers. This is particularly well suited to Park Flyers and Slow Flyers, as the entire setup is in the 1-1/2 ounce weight range, including the separate lighting battery pack I'm using. Click here to go to the "Night Flying" page.
10-29-98 update; I've added the begining of chapter 2 to this web site; Not much input & feedback has been recieved on this project, so it's on hold for a while longer... While the chapter is unfinished, I've decided to offer what's already done. ENJOY!
