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  1. helicanic

    3D photofest, post your good shots

    Got a chance to go out Saturday with @ericb and burn some gas. Eric had his Viper and 91" Extreme Flight and I was flying my 78" Extreme Flight and my 88" Extreme Flight. Awesome time flying!! Got to get some more of this in before old man winter shows up....         ...
  2. helicanic

    3D photofest, post your good shots

       
  3. helicanic

    Hello all!

  4. helicanic

    Howdy From Louisiana

  5. helicanic

    Viper #1 is ready to go.

    Looking Great Eric and Terry! Both of those planes are works of art! 
  6. helicanic

    First Ever GSN Show Up, Throw Down. Sept 26 - 28th Rolla , MO - WE WILL BE HERE!

    LOOK!!! ITS A BIRD, ITS A PLANE,   its wonder woman??? 
  7. helicanic

    Anodizing

  8. helicanic

    Anodizing

    And Finally here is the finished product!!! I also put some pics of the Tru-Turn I did a week or so ago.                         
  9. helicanic

    Anodizing

    Alright now for the finishing steps.  After the part anodized for 60 minutes, I removed it from the anodizing tank and quickly rinsed it in a clean bucket of clean distilled water. I then sprayed clean distilled water over the entire part to rinse any acid away.    Next step is...
  10. helicanic

    Anodizing

    Ok, if your still reading thank you. My hope is I am doing a decent job at keeping this going and the subject matter interesting.  I wanted to take a bit of time to explain my anodizing tank setup. The two aluminum sheets are 100% pure aluminum I picked up at a box store. I bent them to fit...
  11. helicanic

    Anodizing

    Was going to post this last night but admin was busy adding more Awesome to this site so I went ahead and anodized the muffler and posting continues tonight.    Picking up where I left off.... Cleaning, cleaning, cleaning.....  As you can tell the muffler was used. (flyin4fun mentions...
  12. helicanic

    Viper #1 is ready to go.

    Looking good Eric!
  13. helicanic

    Tru-Turn Spinner

    had some time to do a little anodizing tonight. I started a thread on it if anyone is interested. http://giantscalenews.com/forum/showthread.php?1066-Anodizing
  14. helicanic

    Anodizing

    My goal here is to post the process I used for Anodizing parts. I wasn't sure where to place this so if it fits better somewhere else move it. :untroubled: First is my Disclaimer.... Anodizing involves working with dangerous chemicals which can be deadly. What I post here is an...
  15. helicanic

    Wing Nut / attachments

    I have been looking for some of these! Thanks for the link!
  16. helicanic

    Tru-Turn Spinner

    Ok so I didn't get time to this weekend to Anodize my Muffler (Baby Room Preparations) but i did get a chance to go out this afternoon for a few flights.... 19847=12793-_MG_0255.jpg 19847=12794-_MG_0232.jpg 19847=12795-_MG_0233.jpg I hope to Anodize sometime this next weekend...
  17. helicanic

    Tru-Turn Spinner

    I think I could do that. The next time I do a part I will take pictures and document the process on here. I hope to do a dle55 muffler this weekend (if time allows).
  18. helicanic

    Tru-Turn Spinner

    I don't do it commercially. Its a fairly straight forward process that can be accomplished on a small scale fairly easily, and I have always been interested in the chemistry of it so decided to learn how and give it a shot.
  19. helicanic

    Tru-Turn Spinner

    Didn't know that, thanks for the heads up.
  20. helicanic

    Tru-Turn Spinner

    I anodized one Red. 18618=12536-Anodized Red Tru Turn Spinner.jpg
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