Tag Archives: RC Planes

Laser Cutting Airplane Kits

Posted on March 5, 2016 by civilwarrose5

Almost two years ago Jay bought a Shapeoko CNC Router. He has spent many hours learning the various software that is required to not only draw up what you want to cut out, but then translating it into a language that … Continue reading →

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Egads! It’s A Spad – Part 10.5

Posted on February 27, 2016 by civilwarrose5

I didn’t know if I could truly refer to this as an entire post all by itself, so that’s why it’s only 10.5 instead of 11. There hasn’t been a whole lot done, but I wanted to give you an … Continue reading →

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Egads! It’s a Spad! Part 9

Posted on January 10, 2016 by civilwarrose5

Chad, the Spad, was rather sad. It had been a while since Jay had really done much playing. The problem? Jay was to the point where he needed to work on the landing gear mounts, etc… but his mean ol’ … Continue reading →

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Egads! It’s A Spad! Part 7

Posted on December 13, 2015 by civilwarrose5

The masses have spoken. There will be more pictures. At least, as many as I can get Jay to take. This series of blog posts has become rather popular so I will defer to those who have asked for more … Continue reading →

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Egads! It’s a Spad! Part 6

Posted on November 23, 2015 by civilwarrose5

The overhead door people have been scheduled to install a giant door in our basement, so we can continue building this airplane. So far we have taken a look at the length of one wing. Actually, this is half of … Continue reading →

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Egads! It’s A Spad! Part 5

Posted on November 13, 2015 by civilwarrose5

When we last saw the A-1 Skyraider we had just seen the tail come together. Plus we had installed some push rods. Not to mention we had watched a LOT of football and drank a lot of beer. Phew! We … Continue reading →

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Egads! It’s A Spad! Part 4

Posted on November 6, 2015 by civilwarrose5

After one week of working on the Spad, this is what it looks like. This thing is going to be huge. (That’s what she said.) I really do think that we will have to buy a trailer just to haul … Continue reading →

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Egads! It’s a Spad! Part 2

Posted on October 27, 2015 by civilwarrose5

This is how we left the Spad yesterday. We had just finished striping the entire thing. My thought was that we could just leave it like this and get a few birds, but for some reason Jay wanted to keep … Continue reading →

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Egads! It’s a Spad! Part 1

Posted on October 25, 2015 by civilwarrose5

This past spring Jay purchased a balsa kit in order to build the Ziroli A-1 Skyraider, or “Spad” as it is also known. Since he had finished the A-4 and was mostly done with the Panther, he went ahead and … Continue reading →

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Yellow A-4 #8 – Update 10-5-15

Posted on October 7, 2015 by civilwarrose5

I don’t have a whole lot to update this project. It was mostly done when I last showed you pictures. I do love this picture, though. It makes me laugh. I don’t know why.       Jay has added … Continue reading →

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