RC Plane Lab
RC Plane Lab
Ron Hull, Tom Dale, Dave Taylor
Ep 218 – Vintage RC, Nitro, and a Few Bean-Field Landings
1 hour 2 minutes Posted Sep 19, 2026 at 12:00 am.
– Ron's Falcon 56 and its failed pushrod
– Bringing old RC airplanes back to life
– Nitro, four-strokes, and old-school setups
– Spektrum versus FrSky
– Our trip to the vintage fly-in
– Dave versus the bean field
– A few new RC airplane releases
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Show notes
Ron's Falcon 56 was supposed to make its first flight, but an old pushrod had other plans. That turned out to be a good reminder that just because an old airplane looks ready to fly doesn't mean it is.
 
We also talk about our trip to the SIRS vintage fly-in, some really cool old airplanes, and why it took Dave four tries to finally land his Wonder somewhere other than the bean field.
 
Then we take a look at a few new airplanes:
 
- "Skynetic Micro T-33 Shooting Star 30mm EDF" (https://motionrc.com/products/skynetic-t-33-shooting-star-micro-30mm-edf-jet-with-gyro-str-sky1075-003)
- "Freewing F-35C Lightning II 110mm EDF" (https://www.freewing-model.com/freewing-f-35c-lightning-ii-12s-110mm-edf-jet-arf-plus-rc-airplane.html)
- "Skynetic P-12E Pursuit 1100mm Biplane" (https://motionrc.com/products/skynetic-p-12e-pursuit-biplane-1100mm-43-3-wingspan-pnp-sky1076-001)
 
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