2005-2006
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North California pattern open season at BARCS. (4/30/05) |
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Tony Frackowiak and his electric Partner. (4/30/05) |
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Adrin Wong's Impact. (4/30/05) |
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Intermideate flyer Terry Himens preparing to fire up. (4/30/05) |
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Mark and me at the Wavemaster spring pattern contest. (5/21/05) |
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Sequel is on deck. Wavemaster spring pattern contest. (5/21/05) |
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Wavemaster spring pattern contest. (5/21/05) |
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Greg Frohreich and his Oxai Pinnacle at Gold County pattern contest at Ione, CA. (6/04/05) |
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Gold County pattern contest at Ione, CA. (6/04/05) |
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Craig Blodgett's electric Smaragd. (6/04/05) |
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Smaragd takes off. (6/04/05) |
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Inside the Smaragd. |
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Mark is our new score keeper. |
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Tony's Partner take off. (6/04/05) |
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The 2nd Bob Whitacre Memorial Pattern was held at Wavemaster club flying site, Hollister. (9/10/05) |
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Tom Messer's electric version "Impact". (Hollister, 9/10/05) |
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Master pilot Scott Covey's "Icepoint", also converted to electric. (9/10/05) |
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Scott Covey (left) is working on his electric "Icepoint", while Mike Miller (center) and Tom Messer (right) are watching. (Hollister, 9/10/05) |
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"Icepoint" is about to touch down. Scott won the Master class. (9/10/05) |
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Sportsman pilot Dave Wick and his scratch- build electric "Focus 1". (Hollister, 9/10/05) |
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Jon Carter (left) is about to have another great flight on his "Pinnacle". Dick Beldon (right) and Bob Obregon (kneel) are helping to start the engine. (Hollister, 9/10/05) |
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"Pinnacle" landing. (9/10/05) |
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Jerry Budd's "Abbra". (9/10/05) |
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"Abbra" in final landing approach. Jerry placed second in the Master class. (Hollister, 9/10/05) |
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Rusty Fried's "Lazulite". Rusty placed third in Master class. (Hollister, 9/10/05) |
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Mike Miller (L) and Ken Nelson (R) with Mike's "Hydeaway". (Hollister, 9/10/05) |
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Pattern contest at SCCMAS. (10/15/05) |
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Adrian Wong is preparing his "Impact". (10/15/05) |
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Mike Middleton is about to fire up engine while Dave MacAfee is helping. (10/15/05) |
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Pattern contest at SCCMAS. (10/15/05) |
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Scott Covey is working on his electric "Icepoint". (10/15/05) |
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This is a GWS Formosa-II that I got from iHobby Show in October. Powered by Himax 3516 outer runner brushless. (12/17/05) |
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Mark and Formosa-II at Rancho San Antonio, Mountain View CA. (12/17/05) |
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Formosa-II fly-by. (12/24/05) |
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Formosa-II in landing approach. (12/24/05) |
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On my vacation back to Taiwan in April, I had chance to get together with some friends in KaoShiung. (4/15/06) |
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One of the most famous father-son team in Taiwan: Chen's family. KaoShiung, Taiwan.(4/15/06) |
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Father (standing) and son are preparing this composite gas powered Extra-300. KaoShiung, Taiwan. (4/15/06) |
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Y.S. Chen is hovering this 1/4 scale Extra. KaoShiung, Taiwan. (4/15/06) |
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North California 2006 kick-off contest at BARCS. (4/22/06) |
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My old faithful Sequel (left) and Astral XX (right). (BARCS 4/22/06) |
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Jon Carter and his e-powered Angel's Shadow. (BARCS 4/22/06) |
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Jon Carter's e-powered Angel's Shadow just clear the ground. (BARCS 4/22/06) |
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Derek Koopowitz and his gorgeous Astral XX. (BARCS 4/22/06) |
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This Astral XX ARF was made in Thailand. (BARCS 4/22/06) |
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Another e-powered patternship: Chip Hyde's design Genesis ARF. (BARCS 4/22/06) |
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Muffler of the Astral XX. (BARCS 4/22/06) |
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Adrin Wong's Angel's Shadow and Derek Koopowitz's Astral XX. (BARCS 4/22/06) |
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Pattern contest at Eagle's Nest. (Ione 5/06/06) |
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The contest is in a full scale airport. (Ione 5/06/06) |
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Derek Koopowitz is flying while Adrin Wong calls for him. (Ione 5/06/06) |
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Jerry Budd's electric Abbra. Jerry won the Master class. (Ione 5/06/06) |
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Bob Obregon's Composite Impact. (Ione 5/06/06) |
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Symphony is a product of Aeroslave in Texas. (Ione 5/06/06) |
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Rusty Fried's Lazurite electric airplane. (Ione 5/06/06) |
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Don Atwood takes the Lazurite to take-off position. (Ione 5/06/06) |
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Lazurite is off ground! (Ione 5/06/06) |
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Tom Messer's electric Genesis, powered by AXI 3550/FAI brushless outter runner. (Ione 5/06/06) |
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Jon Carter's electric Angel's Shadow. (Ione 5/06/06) |
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Yape! That's me! Bob Obregon is calling for me. (Ione 5/07/06) |
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SAM Spring pattern contest. (Sacramento 6/10/06) |
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SAM Spring pattern contest. (Sacramento 6/10/06) |
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Adrian Wong and his beautiful Astral XX. (Sacramento 6/10/06) |
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Bob Obregon fires up his Composite Impact, Frank Capone is helping. (Sacramento 6/10/06) |
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Impact is taking off. (Sacramento 6/10/06) |
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Sportsman flyer David Wick and his scale-down Temptation electric plane. (Sacramento 6/10/06) |
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Great lunch was served by Ron Davies and his wife. (Sacramento 6/10/06) |
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Wow!. (Sacramento 6/10/06) |
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I acquired this Hydeout from Derek Koopowitz. (Sacramento 6/10/06) |
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My new project is to modify a Focus-II from YS-140 (L) to electric power (R). This is a Himax 6332-230 brushless outer runner that equivalent to AXI 5330/F3A. (5/13/06) |
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Front view of the e-Focus. (5/20/06) |
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Matthew, e-Focus and me. (5/20/06) |
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First flight at Racho San Antonio, Mountain View, California. (7/04/06) |
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First flight at Racho San Antonio, Mountain View, California. (7/04/06) |
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Focus-II in flight, Mountain View, California. (7/15/06) |
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Focus-II, Hydeout and me at SCCMAS flying site. (7/30/06) |
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Focus-II and Hydeout at SCCMAS flying site. (7/30/06) |
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Bob Whitacre's memory pattern contest at Hollister. (9/16/06) |
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Chris Atwood's Lazurite (L) and Don Atwood's Brio (R) at Hollister pattern contest. Both are electric.(9/16/06) |
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Rusty Fried's electric Lazurite. (Hollister, 9/16/06) |
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Derek Koopowitz fires up his Axtral XX while Adrin Wong is helping. (Hollister, 9/16/06) |
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Jon Carter's beautiful electric Beryll. (Hollister, 9/16/06) |
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SCCMAS pattern contest. (9/23/06) |
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Jon Carter and Debby are preparing for another winning flight. (SCCMAS, 9/23/06) |
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SAM pattern contest. (10/07/06) |
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SAM pattern contest. (Sacramento, 10/07/06) |
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Tom Messer's e-Pinnacle (L) and Jerry Budd's e-Abbra (R) at Sacramento pattern contest. (10/07/06) |
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My e-Focus II and Hydeout. (SAM, 10/07/06) |
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