Posts Tagged "HobbyKing"

First flight and “landing” of the HobbyKing Cessna RC model plane

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Here is the maiden flight of (and subsequent damage to) Ron’s Hobby King Cessna 182 foamie RC model airplane. Note the cheerful banter and encouraging words that can be heard on any Sunday at the South Waikato Model Aero club as the members gladly assist in helping a follow modeler to fix is damaged model. Yeah – right!

Cessna 150 Night Landing Norfolk (KORF) Virginia Airport

This is a video of me landing at night in a Cessna 150. Sorry about the night shot, it was the only way to see everything. This flight was for my long cross country for my commercial pilot training. I flew from Salisbury, MD (KSBY) to Wilmington, NC (KILM), to Norfolk, VA (KORF) and returned to Salisbury. Notice the horrible nose-wheel shimmy haha. The plane is old.

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Cessna 310 – HobbyKing Skunkwerks Series

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Ben takes the new Durafly Cessna 310 for a test flight and gives us a brief run down on what’s included with the model.

www.youtube.com If you hate the new Facebook chat, then this video is for you!! Cessna 172 lands on the motorway On 25 April, the people aboard the Cessna 172 had a scare. The plane had engine problems, the pilot had no choice but to land on the motorway.

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