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Would our radios be legal to use in Russia?

Is there going to be a Open Combat World Championship meet for 2005? If so, when and where is it going to be.

Man I had a heck of a time!!!! It sure was good to get out of the house and away from the computer for a couple of days. The weather turned out great and the flying was even better. Travis managed to con several LARKS club members into spending their whole Saturday watching us fly combat, I mean the...

Hi Jimbo, I guess it depends on the board approving Limited B as a class, but in anticipation of both Limited B and Scale 2548 becoming provisional for 2005, I added them to the webpage we use to input scores. Once the board approves the requests for the class, I'll add links to the NPS section so w...

Keep it.

Yes, the first one had a carbon fiber arrow shaft in the center running the full length of the fuselage. On this one, I'm going to cut a groove on each side of the fuselage and pro-bond .09" fiberglass rods in them the way Mike Fredricks does his fuselages. I think putting the rods in the outer...

After building my first Corsair for the Scale TOC, I wanted to see if I could refine the airframe to shed a little weight. I was in such a hurry to build the first one that I didn't take any photographs. http://www.laboyteaux.com/images/Corsair_01.jpg While looking at the Sureflite Zero fuselage (wh...

Testing 123

I built an 80" OV-10 Bronco (Dad still has it) that weighed 15 lbs. The outer wing panels were removable and had phenolic tubes mounted in them with a 1/2" diameter aluminum tube carrythrough. I know it wasn't combat, but I put that plane through some pretty hairy pullouts and they held up...

Ther Zero is here! The Zero is Here!!!!!! My Sureflite A6M Zero arrived this week, it's like Christmas came early. http://www.rccagallery.com/albums/Mark-LaBoyteaux/DSC07304.jpg The quality of the parts was better than I had anticipated. The foam, although white beaded, is very dense. Hmmmmm. I had ...

I finally got a few minutes to sit down in front of the computer and get some photos uploaded at: http://www.rccagallery.com/Gallery/view_album.php?set_albumName=Mark-LaBoyteaux&page=16 http://www.rccagallery.com/albums/Mark-LaBoyteaux/7175_G.jpg What a trip. 12 hours each way only to wind up ge...

I flew my 58" F7F Tigercat in 7 of the 14 rounds of 2610 at the Scale TOC. I think most pilots would agree that is was the coolest looking scale plane in the air. The only one cooler was when I flew the Corsair[:D]. Twins are way cool, (sigh) guess I'll have to convert to the dark side and buil...

Yeah, you gotta love constant speed props! The RV's are pretty clean. Flat out on the deck 2700 rpm and 29" MP it will indicate 185~190 mph. The VNE is 210 and it doesn't take much of a descent to get it there. Of course these are statute mph and not knots (200 mph sounds better than 175 knots!...

Full contact combat with a Starling at 200 mph indicated. He didn't have the guts to do it a second time. http://www.laboyteaux.com/images/bird_strike_01.jpeg The last thing that went through his mind was his ass. http://www.laboyteaux.com/images/bird_strike_02.jpeg I had been giving Young Eagle rid...

This will link you directly to the video[:p]

http://www.henrylx.rchomepage.com/vid/as_2004.WMV

The only thing that would've been cooler was if it had a streamer on it!!!!!!!!!

Mark LaBoyteaux
Ft. Worth, Texas