Back in July, 2002, we held our Club meeting at the flying field and several members brought airplanes to fly or R/C trucks to drive, but the guy who got the most attention that night was Rick Taylor.

 Rick already had an ingenious airplane when he showed up with his electric powered Boeing "e-757" with twin GWS engines and regular propellers, but then he went one step further and added navigation lights to be able to fly at night! It's hard to imagine that something so small and inexpensive (Wal-Mart foam kit selling for around $6) could look so realistic in the air. Here's a photo of Rick holding his plane. Click here or on the photo for a larger view of Rick's "e-757".

 I was finally able to transfer the video to digital and the following thumbnails are some examples of Rick's first e-757 flying near dusk with the lights on. Caution! The first video is almost 9 MB, so unless you have a high-speed connection you might want to try one of the others, which are still between 3 & 4 MB. The first video also features Devin Nutt, son of JCRC Contest Director Brian Nutt as he was charging his Traxxas Electric Stampede R/C Truck. The first three videos are fly-by footage, the last is a landing;

 Rick has continued with the evolution of his electric Jetliner. He's taken a $6 airplane and added about $80 worth of electric ducted fan engines and it's more realistic than ever, but it's still hard to beat the one with lights. Click here or on the photo below to see a larger version of this photo.