Previous Featured Models in the KITSAP ARCS Website

 

Big  HARV'S  HOG  Biplane

Harvey put together probably the best looking Hog Bipe in the club.  He deviated from the plans by inverting the engine, then enclosing it. The Bipe took 1st place at the Multi Wing event last month.   Greg Tinius put on the covering.
 

Wayne's FourStar 60

 

 

Wayne's new FourStar 60 is the best looking FourStar I've ever seen.  Master Builder Harvey Smith built the airframe.  Greg Tinius flawlessly covered the aircraft, then installed the Saito 100 FS engine and Futaba Radio.  All three were grinning from ear to ear after the maiden flight on June 22, 2008.  How does it fly?  Just look at their smiles.                                 

John's Pulsar Biplane

John built this kit, known as a Pulsar Biplane.  The plane has a 50 1/2 inch wingspan and is powered by a OS .61 two stroke.  John likes how it flies.  This is a very nicely put together bipe with great lines!
 

Verlyn's "Reflections of Freedom"

 

 

Verlyn calls it a convertible.  In 10 minutes, Verlyn can go from wheels to floats (in case of a sudden downpour).   The airplane has a 68 3/4" wingspan, fuselage length is 51 1/2", floats are 38" long".  The original Nextar was powered by a OS AX 46, but Verlyn has put in a OS AX55 2-cycle engine.  ARC member Kathy Grange and Verlyn printed the eagle graphics and "Freedom Aviation" graphics.  Well done!!

Boot's Fokker Triplane

Boot's Fokker Triplane is TOTALLY AWESOME!!  The very scale lines of the aircraft quickly set it apart from all other airplanes at the field.  It's menacing appearance on the ground, multiplies while it's flying in the sky.  The eagles don't even come very close to this bird.
 

Harvey's  "Spunky"

 

 

 

Harvey kit built this nice looking "Spunky".  The plane has a 52 inch wingspan and an OS FS .40 engine.  He purchased the plans and sent them to a gentleman who made a laser cut kit for Harvey.  Harvey built the kit and Greg Tinius covered the aircraft.  The flawless transparent red covering shows off Harvey's Master Builder skills and makes the aircraft very easy to see in the sky.  The plane takes off, flies and lands very well!

Mike's Somethin' Extra

Mike wanted to go to "float fly's" this summer.  He purchased this great set of floats for his kit built Somethin' Extra.  This is the same plane which showed up at the 2008 Frosty Finger Fly-in with skies on it!  The plane has well over 150 flights and sports a OS .46 engine along with the capability of dropping two items either separately or at the same time.   The Somethin Extra really puts the FUN into the term Fun Flyer!
 

Al Franklin's Reno Racer

MYASIS DRAGON'

Al's "Myasis Dragon" took 1st place at the Northwest model show in Monroe, WA with this nice Reno Racer.  The entire model is covered with monokote, including the dragon!  It's powered by a .10 size engine and goes like it's on fire!  This is greatly due to it's very light weight. 

Larry's 28% YAK 54

Larry just wasn't satisfied with his numerous small and medium sized foamy designs.  After all, more and more 27% and larger airplanes were showing up at Little Field.  Not to be outdone, Larry showed up with this 28% Yak 54, he designed and built himself.  The all foam model has a 72" wingspan and 57" long fuselage.  The 6 cell Li-Po battery powers an electric motor swinging a 20x10 propeller!  This large model weighs in at a measly 5 pounds.  It flies great!!  The first thing I noticed was it was very easy to see in the air.  The name of the big bird is "B.U.F.Y.", which stands for "Big, Ugly, Foamy Yak"!
 

Ron's RYAK 54 3D

Ron has himself a new hot-rod aerobatic aircraft!  This is a Nitro Models ARF "YAK 54 3D".  The plane, which seldom is seen flying straight and level, is powered by a Saito .82 four stroke.  The 56 inch wingspan and approx. 5.2 pound flying weight yields a wildly nimble craft.  In order to keep this bad boy under control, Ron uses Futaba servos and a 9C Futaba radio.

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Mike McIntyre's "Stick"

Mike McIntyre flew his E-Flight Ultra Stick (equipped with lights) for a four minute flight, which ended at six minutes into the new year.  This is the first flight of the year 2008 at Little Field.  Mike and Verlyn Grange braved the cold weather for this historic flight.  The aircraft is very light.  This enabled Mike to take off easily from hard packed snow without the need for skies. Mike uses a red tube light on the port wing and a green tube light on the starboard wing.  An additional red tube light outlines the vertical stabilizer.  Mike uses a 9C radio for communications with his Electric Ultra Stick.

Verlyn Grange's  "MS Freedom Fighter"

A Multiplex Twin Jet, Twin 480 electric motors, 6x4 stryker props.  Flies between 55 to 70 mph.  It has Verlyn's traditional Red, White, and Blue paint job.  He covered the foam model with Monokote self stick trim.  Veryln took the model to Al Franklin's rebuilding seminar (the past two sessions) and was able to get some good advice on covering it.   Verlyn sports a refractive ribbon on each tail of this twin tailed aircraft.  Refractive ribbons are a symbol of the Multiple Sclerosis Society.  Veryln has renamed his aircraft,  "MS Freedom Fighter".

Terry's YAK

Terry Hubbard and his YAK can usually be found at the flying field on the weekends.  He's currently sporting a DA-50 engine in it.  His low passes, knife edge flights, blenders and torque rolls have inspired many R/C Pilots at Little Field.  Terry has an easy going attitude and is always there to answer any questions about r/c aircraft.

Ron's  Fokker  D-VII

 

 

Ron Hubbard brought out this very nice Fokker D-VII.  It's a discontinued ARF by Global Models.  This D-VII is a very realistic looking aircraft sporting wire wheels and the correct graphics as the original "LO !".  It's powered by a Four Stroke O.S. .50 engine which is nicely canceled within the cowling.  Like many biplanes, only one wing carries the ailerons.  The realistic scale pilot looks like he's just waiting for someone to start the engine.

 

Mike's Phaeton 90

The plane is a Balsa USA kit.  He began building it on October 10th....of last year.  Only the bottom wing has ailerons, but the roll rate is still fairly quick for a biplane.  It has a 71 inch wingspan, powered by a OS FS 120S III engine with a pump.  Weight is 10 pounds.  The engine is just right for this biplane.  Not too much power and not too little.  The aircraft balanced without the need of additional weight added to the nose or tail (don't you wish all planes came out that way?).

 

Bruce's Flight Streak

 

 

During the morning of October 28th, the winds were calm and the clouds were on the deck.  About twenty-five modelers came out to do their thing.  Unfortunately, they stood around looking at the thick gray fog.  Out of the mist arrives Bruce.  He promptly exits his vehicle and proceeds to fuel up his airplane.  The fog didn't

hamper his flying spirit.  Bruce had a control line "Flight Streak"!  He put on a great show doing wing overs, flying inverted, followed by inside and outside loops!  ...and he didn't crash!

 

Soon after Bruce's flight, the fog disappeared and normal flying activities began.  Could it must have been that

screaming "Flight Streak" flying around in circles, like a mini tornado, which cleared up the fog?

 

Rich's "Mustang"

Rich states his new P-51 flies pretty well.  He's pleased with the looks in the air.  He added a few scale details:  foam profile pilot, machine gun barrels with  smoke streaking,  and scale looking  antenna.  It comes out of the suitcase almost as seen in the photo.  It flies very nicely.  Rich was a  little skeptical , with the four bladed prop, but it performed better than expected.  It's certainly not a speed ship. but so far  he has performed : rolls, split S, loops, wing overs, and inverted flight.   The only fault , so far, is the lack of steering on ground, no  steerable tail wheel.  Wing span is approx. 38".

"Boots" flying wing

 

Boots's Combat Flying Wing.  He made the wing out of styrofoam by hollowing out the foam between where the ribs would have gone.  It's powered by a .25 2-stroke and is extremely light weight.  This adds up to a quick and very sensitive combat plane for next year.  All the servos, receiver, battery pack and fuel tank are located inside the wing with an easy to access hatch.  It's so aerodynamic, even the on/off switch is located inside the wing.  A slight problem with the fuel tank, being lower than it should (from the needle valve), results in the plane starving for fuel in postive, high G maneuvers.  Therefore, Boots likes to fly it inverted, as the negative Gs have no effect on the engine.

 

 

Mike Carreiro's Carden

Mike Carreiro is flying this Carden to 1st place, time and time again, at Pacific Northwest IMAC events this year.

In October, he flew this 118 inch wingspan, 44 lb plane at the Tucson Shootout in Tucson, AZ.  The aircraft is powered by a DA150.  Mike states this is the best airplane he's ever flown.  

 Corkey's Twin Star

         

Corkey had his maiden flight (Sep 2nd) with this new Hobbico Twin Star.  It flew great!  Corkey stated the plane is very easy to fly.  Scale like turns are easily achieved with rudder input.

Al Lewis' Extra 260

Al has finished his Aviation Models 30%, Extra 260.  This bad boy has an 87 inch wingspan!  Up front is a DL 50 swinging a TBM, 22x8 propeller.  The DL sticker is from Bad Brad's Graphics.  The rest of the graphics are waterslide decals, home made, by Al.  All servos are Hitec.  They're running off of a Futaba 9 channel Rx.  

 

Mike Everhart's CAP 232

 

Mike put together this cool .40 size aerobatic CAP.  The aircraft lives up to it's legendary role as an aero bat when Mike is at the controls

 

 

Jim's Canard

                                

 Jim built and flew this stable flying Canard.  It flew great at the "Wild & Wacky" event on Aug. 11th, 2007.

Brian Campbell's Catapult Launcher

  

Brian Campbell's combat plane was the talk of the August Combat Event....well, not so much the plane, but the Catapult he built for it.  Brian's catapult enables him to easily launch an aircraft single handedly!!  Brian steps on a lever, it releases the catapult and the aircraft rockets forward into the air.  The aircraft reaches flight speed by the time it reaches the end of the ramp.  There is no slight curve downward as it reaches free air.  It simply rockets forward, reaches the end of the ramp and continues up and away.  The smoothest and most stable combat plane launch I've ever seen!  

Bruce dubbed it, "Campbell's Catapult Launcher" (or CCL for short).

 

Jeff's gotta Tiger by the tail !

       

Jeff Glauzman showed up at the field with his vintage Thunder Tiger .60 Trainer.  It's an ARF which used to be put out by Thunder Tiger.  Scaled to resemble a Cessna 172, this aircraft gives very realistic take offs and landings.  It looks stable and realistic in the air.  Especially, when making a pass over the airfield.  Looking at the picture, you can almost hear the engine roaring while the Tiger is eager to be let go!

 

 

Danny's recently finished electric plane.  Designed to fly in small spaces such as Campgrounds. It's a nice smooth flying plane with just enough power to easily fly around.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rich's 4th of July Salute       

RICH states all three are electric...of course.  The "Freedom" (far right) is an inherited classic from none other than the club's E-Mentor.."Lectric Larry".  The next (middle) is a Nikitis, "Hot Rod".  In the fore front is an E-Flight, "Tribute".  All are widely popular and proven winners in the field and in the air.  A person could hardly go wrong with any of these selections.  They are all..way over powered!  Yet, all three carry all up wing loadings, which are remarkably light.  Power to weight is were it's at!  All are good, proven design parameters, yielding solid performance, without bad handling traits.

 

Larry's Ultra Cool Jet

   

    

Larry's scratch built jet is powered by two electric motors.  The uniqueness of this craft is the tilting motors.  The duel motors tilt, up and down, with the elevators.  This makes for some really tight loops.   The aircraft is very fast in the air and a thrill to watch.  The question is, "If Larry puts some regular props on it (instead of the pushers), will it fly backwards"?

Harvey's Cub

       

Harvey is the proud builder/owner of his huge 104" wingspan Sig kit.  It's powered by a SAITO 100 and covered with Coverall (same material some real aircraft are using for covering).  The nice, Yellow Cub paint job was sprayed on by Harvey.  Building time, 1 1/2 years.  Looking through the windows revels a very realistic instrument panel which will have you wondering if the instruments are functional?  One look, at the incredibly detailed compass, shows what appears to be a round globe behind the instrument glass.  Harvey did a super job on this realistic looking Cub!! 

 

Wayne's Four Star

This yellow bandit is the latest member of Kitsap ARCS growing Four Star Squadron.  The planes large 71 inch wingspan enables it to float like a trainer, while the Golden Knight Saito 90 (swinging a 14x6 K series prop) will pull this through some advanced aerobatic maneuvers.  Wayne uses a Futaba 9C to keep this plane on track.  It's always a pleasure to see the plane perform loops, rolls, and perfect three point landings.  Folks, this is how a plane should look and fly!

 

 

 

Bruce's  "Sky Loop 404"

Bruce put this plane together many years ago.   Month after month, it can be found terrorizing the skies over Little Field as it swoops down for a strafing run over aircraft on the runway.  This is a Pilot Kit sporting a SAITO 50 FS engine.

 

 

Boots'  Polecat

 

Boots put together this quick little ARF called, "Polecat".  It's an aggressive looking aircraft with wide and long cheek cowls.   The low stance of the landing gear adds to this effect.   The plane looks fast sitting on the ground!   A YS 63 Four Stroke, hidden inside the cowling, gives this cat the speed to quickly catch it's prey.  To keep this feline from going completely wild, Boots uses a  reliable Futaba 9C radio.

 

 

Greg's Venture 60

Greg enclosed the cowling on his modified kit built Venture.  The Venture sports shorter wings and two inch longer fuselage from the original.

 

Jerry's Extra 260

  

Bill's Lancaster