Parkflyer Podcast

The Visit AK Mike takes a road trip down to Jays place to have him help out with he Birthday present. Join the guys as they discuss the repairs of the ZOHD plane and the re-maiden. Things were set to go well and after a few troubled gyro set up mistakes they head to the field. AK Mike walks us through the ups and downs of this crazy weekend.

BIG Jolt II Join the guys as Shannon discusses his trip out to california to the Big Jolt 2 Electric EDF event. Shannon heads out on an all electric weekend complete with electric transportation. AZ Mike informs the guys that he was able to secure the Skylink Cessna from Big Mikes estate.

Shannon’s Maiden In this episode join the guys as they discuss Shannon’s maiden of the Big turbo Duster he just picked up. Shannon heads to the field to put it through its paces but the airplane had other ideas. Shannon takes us through the build, set up and flight and the mishaps that sometimes happen on maiden flights.

Happy BDay AK Mike As we continue the Birthday episodes Join the guys as they discuss AK Mikes new gift from the guys. AK Mike gets a big brown box for his birthday and his only clue is the return label that has the hobby shop address on it. Unlike some people he actually waited till his actual birthday to open it. AK Mike takes us through the very quick build and his maiden flight and his thought...

Happy Bday AZ Mike Well its that time of year again where the Mike’s have birthdays. In this episode Join the guys as they discuss AZ Mike’s gift. Looks like the guys got tired of producing products for AZ Mike and decided to make him do some of the work himself. Unfortunately the box that arrived had a huge picture of the contents of the box, so with a little help from the spouse, Jay...

Shannon at Gunsmoke Shannon G heads off to the Gunsmoke contest and submits his aircraft for judging and flight. He takes us through what it takes to make it through the day of Judging. Jay and Jim head out to the field to do some flying and turns in to a great day! AK Mike is stuck with Dallas weather so no flights for him.

Mike maidens the Bison Shannon joins us again after getting bamboozled into the Gunsmoke qualifier, and takes us through how that happened. AZ Mike and Shannon recount the weekend at AZ warbirds and classics. Finally AZ Mike swings by Jay’s place to maiden the Bison. Join the guys as they discuss the different events and flying the bison!. Lots of fun and a few tense moments but overall a gr...

Happy Birthday Jay Jay from the hills of Texas has a birthday and a coffin sized box showed up on his doorstep. Jay takes us through the new airframe he got on his birthday and some of the building struggles he encountered. AK Mike talks about taking his planes out to the field and trying to fly with Sarge.

Gun Smoke 2023 Join the guys this week as they bring back Shannon G and discuss the safety tip of the week. Always look over your planes before you fly something is always either loose or disconnected or in this case cut wires. Shannon takes us through what it takes to compete in Gun Smoke 2023 a Scale Masters Qualifier. This one will be held at the end of this month at Shannons field in Mesa AZ.

AEF 2023 Review Join the guys as they review the weekend fun at the AZEF 2023 with Jay and discuss meeting some new friends at the field. During the night fly Montana and Rochelle showed up looking for the event and wound up hanging out with us for a little bit Saturday night. Sunday morning they once again came by the field and AZ Mike gets to test fly the volantex micro planes from Amazon and ge...

Arizona Electric Festival Part 2 Join the guys as they discuss Saturdays events at the AEF 2023. Saturday was nice weather and good flying had by all. Pilot raffle was fantastic and everyone received something. We wrap up the weekend with a night fly and look forward to next year.

AEF 2023 Once again we attend the AEF here in Mesa Arizona. Join Michael and AK Mike as they enjoy the great weather and good friends and meet some new people. This episode covers Friday the first day of the festival and we are lucky to have Steve from FrSky on the podcast. With such great weather we were able to fly lots of planes and meet lots of new folks…

Winter Warbirds This week Join the guys as they discuss getting prepped for the Winter Warbirds at Sun Valley Flyers club in Phoenix AZ. AZ Mike is working tirelessly to get the L-39 ready but in his haste creates a safety moment. When working around RC Planes there is always an opportunity to have something go wrong and thanks to Murphys Law it usually does. Special tip, always keep a First Aid k...

HELLO 2023 Welcome to 2023 everyone. This year we have set New Years resolutions to build more airplanes and fly more at our fields. We have several events coming up….First up is Winter Warbirds held at Sun Valley Flyers club here in sunny Phoenix, AZ. Followed by the AZEF first week in February. But to start off the year AK Mike and Jay decided to tackle the new landing gear on the fun cub....

SO Long 2022 Well the year has come an gone and the guys say goodby to 2022. Michael and Jay discuss the fact that the years are clipping along at a faster pace as they get older. Michael shows off his addition to the turbine gear installed on the L39. Then they discuss working with Carbon fiber plates. Make sure you wear protective gear when doing that so you don’t wind up with lung problem...

SECIAL GUEST -AZEF 2023 Join the guys as they have special guest Shannon Gallagher on the show to discuss the upcoming AZEF2023. This is Shannon’s last year as the club president and being in charge of the event. Make sure you go register for the event to be in February 2023. Stop by and see Michael and Jay as they are usually podcasting from the event or on the flight line trying out new pl...

Black Friday Sale Join Michael and Jay as they give a few suggestions for Black Friday. Every year the guys look around for the best sales during the Thanksgiving season and this year batteries were on the list. Several companies have some items on sale and the guys give you the places to find them. We wish everyone a very happy Thanksgiving and hope your holidays are spectacular. Please let us kn...

DID IT WORK This week AK Mike returns to the podcast from the Hills of Texas. Seems AK Mike is down visiting his daughter and dropped by Jays to hang out and catch up. The guys discuss Jims Electric motor repair maiden flight and everything seems to be going great…that is until Jay declares an emergency and Jim dead sticks the Rascal back to the field. Now he gets to fix a landing gear thank...

ELECTRIC MOTOR REPAIR Join the guys as they discuss flying with Jim and having his electric motor failing. Jim asks all the right questions and with help from everyone he decides to take on the repair of his electric motor. Jay describes the flight and Michael provides the steps to rewind an electric motor. Thanks to some elbow grease and coaching Jim successfully repairs his motor and is looking...

OCTOBER SAFETY TIPS Join Michael and Jay as they discuss safety tips for the RC Flyer. This week Michael recounts an article from his clubs newsletter “slow roll” which covers the use of preflights. Doing correct preflights at the house and field will make your day go well and keep your planes in shape. The article brought out the fact that you should be prepared to physically and ment...

LABOR PLAY 2 Join the guys as they continue to discuss the fun had by all on Labor Day. AZ Mike describes his plane flying through the fence and Jay discusses flying Jims gas airplane. We hope everyone had a great holiday and got out and flew their own planes. We also give a shout out to the Holly Springs Radio Control Group who had their annual Holly Springs Fest over the weekend as well.

Join the guys as they discuss the Labor Day weekend of Play. AZ Mike builds a custom wire harness for the L-39 and Jay and AK Mike get together to fly planes with Jim. Fun is had by all and even though there were crashes they all got fixed and were back in the air for more RC fun!

CA to the Rescue After several successful maiden flights on the Infinity Wing Mini, Michael and Jay tried to take flight once again. Much to our chagrin the exact same thing happened on both of the guys launches and the wings found the ground in a hurry. Join the guys as they discuss the disappointment of crashing their new Infinity Wings and how the repairs are coming along.   SU-XO a new 3d prin...

AZ Mike and Jay continue the discussion of a new 3D printed airplane called the Infinity wing  and other planes by 3d Aeroventures !

AZ Mike and Jay discuss the maiden of a new 3D printed airplane called the Infinity wing by 3d Aeroventures !