Tired of having drinks spill and make a huge mess in your 1st gen Ford Super Duty Truck (F-250, F-350, 1999 – 2004) This cup holder upgrade from Amazon: https://amzn.to/4fefEDm is a plug and play replacement.
There are some tips and tricks to get the old track out and the new one in shown in the video.
By now most of us know Planeprint and Eclipson but I just found a 3rd option for highly vetted & detailed 3D printed aircraft files in a payware option.
Flightory offers several UAV / FPV dedicated options including the stingray shown in the picture above, a flying wing with an intergraded quad copter VTOL option.
Check it out in action:
There YouTube channel has a good collection of how 2 and demo videos
The J-3 Kitten is a cub inspired US Ultralight with an empty weight of under 254 Lbs. It features a single seat and tube and fabric construction. First Flight was in 1986.
Power comes from a Rotax 277 / 28 hp or similar power.
Plans are still available on: https://buildandfly.shop/product/j3-kitten/
The J-3 Kitten has decent YouTube coverage:
For RC options Outerzone has one hit on the search:
https://outerzone.co.uk/plan_details.asp?ID=14993
No hits directly for the J-3 Kitten but plenty for the J3 Cub
J-3 Cub Airplane “Live to Fly” Vintage Pilot T-shirt T-Shirt
J3 RC Plane, 5 Channel RC Airplane
J-3 Cub Pilot Front with Floats Vinyl Sticker
Ms. Miller sent me a few new STEM resources for the readers of the Web Site:
https://datascienceprograms.com/careers/how-to-become-a-data-scientist/
https://digitalmarketingdegree.org/digital-marketing-bootcamps/
https://aifwd.com/education/masters-in-machine-learning-online/
https://californiadegrees.org/information-technology/masters-in-data-science/
They Will also be added to the Link’s Page and the STEM Page
Looks like a very good practice when building up a Amphenol or Sub-D style connector
If your looking for a large 4K monitor that can fit within a corner desk or cubical setup look no further than the Cunpu 32″ 4K
I’ve had this monitor for over a month now, picture quality is amazing. Great for Real Flight, X-Plane and general use.
Check out my recent ASUS ROG full tower build:
The Sling High Wing is a recent E-AB kit plane available from Sling Aircraft. First Flight was at the end of 2020. The first time it actually cut through the noise is when I saw it in a recent Trent Palmer video where N669JP was flying along with Trent’s new Cub on an Idaho adventure. An N number look up let me know the aircraft make & type. Being very familiar with the general Kit Plane offerings this one was rather unique having a slick fuselage, a Tail Wheel configuration and fairly new construction. I knew it was way to big to be a Jabiru and not the right shape to be a Glasair 2+2.
MoJoGrip’s YouTube Channel has been a great ambassador for the Sling TSi where I learned a lot about there low wing aircraft.
The HW is offered in a tail wheel or nose wheel configuration. uses a Rotax 915 iS for power.
Main Web Page: https://slingaircraft.com/aircraft/sling-hw/
Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sling_Aircraft_Sling_HW
Some Additional Articles & Resources:
Quite a few YT videos for the HW:
Beyond what could be offered on the Sling web site I did not see any Books, Models or other Merch related to the aircraft.
Archive video of a custom designed RC Sea Plane called the Barracuda. Powered with a Tower .61 glow motor & Futaba 72 MHz control.
Going through some old videos and found one of me flying my Century Hawk .30 at the ERAU Soccer Field in 2003. Had the training gear on to prevent tip overs.
The Bellanca Viking was developed in the late 1960’s and with 1,356 aircraft produced they can still be seen at some airports and there are usually a few at the major air shows. It’s DNA can be trased back to the Cruisair that first flew in the late 1930’s. Production run was 1968 – 1975
I found this great exposed view on the https://aerospaceblog.wordpress.com web site. Much thanks to there information for putting this article together.
While its contemporaries at the time from Piper, Cessna and Beechcraft where all Aluminum, the Viking featured a welded steel tube fuselage, wood wings and fabric covering. Unfortunately wood wings require TLC storage or long term environment to last compared to all Aluminum aircraft that are still flying 6 decades later and are still in production.
Viking’s do come up for sale on the various aviation used aircraft web sites. If you have serious interest in one I highly recommend a prebuy with an A&P with wooden aircraft experience.
Likely because of its lower production numbers & a mid 70’s end of production it seems to have a style that is lost in the see it every day PA-28’s & 172’s.
I found a great historical article on the Viking on the same aerospace blog above beyond the coverage of a wiki page: https://aerospaceblog.wordpress.com/2010/02/16/bellanca-story-viking-17-30/ Its well worth the visit.
Power options looked to always be 500+ cubic inch variants of Continental and Lycoming’s
Ownership of Bellanca has changed hands a few times and has had its share of up and downs but it looks like it still functions today:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AviaBellanca_Aircraft
There are a good amount of YouTube videos on the Viking:
The Popular Microsoft Flight sim has a very detailed Viking from Lionheart Creations:
Dedicated web page for the Lionheart Creations Viking: https://lionheartsimulations.com/super_viking.html
The Lionheart Creations Viking 58 page POH pdf for the MS flight sim can be found on: https://downloads.justflight.com/support/manuals/SV_300_Super_Viking_POH.pdf PDF looks like it could offer good pointers on flying the actual thing as it has a very accurate 3D interior with functioning buttons and controls.
Amazon has a few offerings:
Bellanca Viking Service Maintenance Library 17-30a 17-31a 17-31atc
Bellanca Super Viking (Yellow) Custom HD Airplane Parking Sign
Bellanca Turbo Viking (Red/Blue) Airplane Ceramic Mug – Personalized w/N#
Bellanca Super Viking Airplane Custom Throw Pillow Case Stuffed & Sewn
Bellanca Turbo Viking (Brown/Green) T-Shirt – Personalized w/Your N#
I was quite surprised I was not able to find any RC plans on Outerzone for the Viking
With the 3 views below and some additional research it would be quite feasible to get this into CAD for a Scale RC model
Grab Cad does have a 3 View: https://grabcad.com/library/bellanca-super-viking-1
This scan in of an original Viking drawing thanks to the aerospaceblog site listed above.
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