Freeborn-Mower Radio Control Flyers

12/26/2022

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all! Hope you all have a great flying season in 2023! See you at the flying field!

05/06/2022

We are having a club meeting on Tuesday May 10 at 7:00 pm at Kenny's Oak Grill. All are welcome to attend. If you have any questions about the club, you can call me at 507.438.9503. Pete Plunkett. See you there!

07/09/2021

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsiS-Xnnk2I

Peter Plunkett, Club President of Freeborn-Mower Radio Control Flyers, discusses the basics of Control Line Combat and describes a few of the different types...

05/17/2020

Here is my electric Magnum flying

This is a Sig Magnum with a Cobra 3520/14 700 KV motor; 6s Thunder Power Battery; KR Gov Timer; Castle Ice Lite ESC; 10 x 5.8 pusher prop (reverse rotating)....

04/12/2020

My Covid-19 project. I electrified my old Sig Magnum! I originally built this plane in 1991. My good friend and car painting expert John Smith painted this plane. The finish is still in pretty good shape after all these years. The front end was damaged in a light crash at the 2017 Fargo Contest when I had the lines hooked up backwards and took off not knowing it. I removed my Super Tigre G-21 .46; carved out some of the hard maple motor mount and removed one firewall and installed a different one for the electric motor. Now it has a Cobra 3520/14 700 KV motor; Thunder Power Pro Lite 2800 mAh 6s 25C battery; Castle Creations ICE Lite 50 ESC; and RSM Distribution KR Gov timer and switch. Prop is an APC 10 X 5.8 EP Thin Electric Pusher. I reversed polarity on the motor. I have a Tru-Turn spinner on order. I've flown it twice as it is right now. The cowl hatch is temporary to hold everything in while flying. The next step is to put glass cloth on the nose and refinish. Then construct a new motor/battery compartment cowl. Finally repaint where needed. I was pleasantly surprised at how well it flew even though it weighs in at just under 70 OZ. Most of the extra weight comes from the 6s battery which weighs about 12.5 OZ. I'm going to be experimenting with different battery and prop combinations. Probably lighten up the landing gear and wheels too. I think it can actually be made competitive if I can get the weight down a bit. But now I am definitely going to build a new stunt plane designed around this set up or something very similar. I like the advantages of electric. A lot less stuff to haul around; no mess; and quiet. Now any large parking lot in town is fair game! Cool! I'm psyched!

02/25/2020

I went out flying on Sunday February 16. Flew off skis on the hard packed snow. Fingers almost too cold to fly. Needed better gloves! My Kaos with OS .61 flew great!

11/30/2014

Bud Paulson used to fly alot at what was previously known as the Austin Junior College. This is Bud with one of his gliders circa 1973. Bud was an excellent builder and a great mentor.

11/28/2014

Here is Kenny Knutson with a glider from October, 1972. Cool shorts!

11/27/2014

This is Pete Plunkett's U-Control Sig Magnum. G21 Super Tigre .46 for power. You can see it flying the AMA stunt pattern in the next frame.

11/24/2014

Pete Plunkett flying the AMA Stunt Pattern with his Sig Magnum at the club field in May 2012. Super Tigre G21 .46 for power. Notice the use of a self launching device.

11/24/2014

This is one of the planes we had at our Mall Show in 2004 at the Oak Park Mall, in Austin, MN. Can anyone identify whose plane this is?

11/23/2014

:Pete Plunkett's Kaos on final approach at the club field in February 2004. It was a nice day to practice "carrier deck" type landings due to all the patches of snow around the field!