Looks familiar indeed!
 

Yeow, looks familiar.



For those that don't know the history, I was inspired by Tom's paint scheme on his RV-6 but changed the colors for my orignal RV-8 to red/gray. That's Randy Griffin's plane in the foreground and my RV-3B in the background. We both like the paint scheme on my original RV-8 so I repeated it for my RV-3B and he copied for his -8, only he'd always liked checkered tails hence his variation. We painted both these planes together in my garage, info on our web sites...
http://www.romeolima.com/Griff/
http://www.rv3works.com

Good video
 

They did a great job of making that model look bigger than it really is. Most models of this size don't look so close up and smooth when I try to film them as this one does.

Darn it, another project coming up, maybe?:eek:

I've been an R/C modeler for 31 years now, thanks for the info; (I think ?)

RV8 RC
 

Wow! That makes me want to get back in to RC flying!
Looks like a great flyer (the experienced pilot makes em all look good).

Even the plastic pilot has the "RV GRIN"... Very cool for sure.

Not Big Enough
 

Scott Will and I have been kicking around a nearly 50% sized RV for a while now. Life has gotten in the way somewhat.

I've been working with a friend of mine to add a large RV to his line of 50% and larger RC models. We are kicking around the thought of a 7 and 8. Only have to tool one set of wings and tails that way.

If this comes to pass, how many might be interested? To get an idea of the size of these models, check out www.billhempel.com.

This past weekend, Bill Hempel gave a demo of the 50% Cub at our airport Open House. I didn't have my camera but the sight of large model hovering only feet off the ground was a crowd pleaser.

Again, if interested, let me know. FYI, the models will be ARF, (Almost Ready to Fly.)

Full circle....
 

It was my subscription to Model Airplane News that caused Kitplanes to send me some copies of their mag. Reading Kitplanes and attending A&P school got me into EAA and I "discovered" RVs shortly thereafter. Seeing that video almost makes me want to get back into models.......well not really.
It is cool however. I absolutely love scale RC planes and the pilot did a fantastic job of making it look realistic.
When I loose my medical - many, many years from now, I hope - I will build a 1/3 scale Spacewalker to putt around the sky with.

RC Doll
 

Let's see......I've got a birthday coming in early June and this model should be out in late May. Perfect! Now, if I can order it uncovered. I would hate to strip the covering off a new model.......but I will.

For those thinking to get back into RC, about 1-2 yrs ago they came out with 2.4 GHz radios. With one of these new ones you no longer have to worry about frequency flags or someone else shooting you down by turning on to your frequency. You just go to the field and fly and never give a thought interference again.

I love RC stuff, used to race the cars back in middle school and slowly breaking my way into Helis, got a Raptor 50 kit waiting to be put together when I return from deployment.

And I still have three new (now old) six channel radios in boxes from about 1993-95. Surprisingly, the batteries still have a partial charge, although I wouldn't trust them. Of course..........."interference" was always everyones excuse for crashing. I guess the word "stall" wasn't known enough.. :D

L.Adamson