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Ep 218 – Vintage RC, Nitro, and a Few Bean-Field Landings
Sep 19, 2026 · 1 hr 2 min · 13 segments
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…
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)
In This Episode
\- 02:50 – Ron's Falcon 56 and its failed pushrod
\- 06:22 – Bringing old RC airplanes back to life
\- 08:58 – Nitro, four-strokes, and old-school setups
\- 18:03 – Spektrum versus FrSky
\- 22:57 – Our trip to the vintage fly-in
\- 39:32 – Dave versus the bean field
\- 52:34 – A few new RC airplane releases
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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…