E45 Rocket Engine

Today we are making some plugged E45 solid propellant rocket engines out of PVC piping for experimental purposes. The design expectations are: Max Thrust: 88.24 NAverage Thrust: 44.61 N Time of Burn: .551 sec A ramming tool was fabricated using a 3/4″ wooden dowel and adding markings at 3.5″ for the bottom clay and at
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Kawartha Lakes Municipal Airport

September 6, 2020 Citabria by skycaptain

This video shows the takeoffs and landings of today’s round trip flight from Peterborough (CYPQ) to Lindsay (CNF4). Grass runway 21 in Lindsay was very bumpy so takeoff was from paved runway 31. Citabria 7ECA

Blue Dart Delta II Assembly

August 23, 2020 Model Rocketry by skycaptain

The Blue Dart Delta II is a fiberglass experimental RC rocket plane. It is based on the original Blue Dart Delta all foam rocket plane. The body tube (BT-80) was glassed with 1-ply of BID cloth and covered with peel ply. Paper templates were made for the delta wings, winglets, vertical stabilizer and ventral fin
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Greenbank Airport

August 18, 2020 Citabria by skycaptain

Today’s flight was a visit to Greenbank Airport (CNP8). Click here for a short video. Citabria 7ECA

Stanhope Municipal Airport

August 8, 2020 Citabria by skycaptain

A beautiful day for a cross country flight north into cottage country. Click here to watch the video. Citabria 7ECA

Cozy Fuselage

August 3, 2020 Cozy Experimental Aircraft Project by skycaptain

1/4” holes drilled and sanded for front and back seat centre safety harness anchor points. Opened up the 1/4” holes for the landing gear in the forward and aft landing gear bulkheads. Opened up the 1″ holes in the landing gear bulkheads for the torque tubes. 1” holes opened up in the front seatback –
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Aileron Rolls

August 1, 2020 Aerobatics, Citabria by skycaptain

An early morning roll around the Kawartha’s. Citabria 7ECA

Blue Dart Delta Launch

July 5, 2020 Model Rocketry by skycaptain

We flew the Blue Dart Delta rocket glider at Crooked Creek this morning. Click here for a short video of the launch.

Cozy Fuselage Repairs

July 2, 2020 Cozy Experimental Aircraft Project by skycaptain

This Cozy MKIV project arrived recently from Edmonton and consists of many of the main assemblies such as the fuselage, wings, canard, spar, engine mount, canopy, and nose gear. The project sat idle in a hangar for a number of years after the original builder passed away. The project has some hangar and road rashes
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Spin Practice

June 29, 2020 Aerobatics, Citabria by skycaptain

Here is a short video of the “spin” around the Kawartha’s.