I've had my CNC for nearly a year and it seems that all I ever do is add things to it without ever making anything useful. I added Logitech gamepad controls, a piece of steel pipe for zero-ing the X and Y axis perfectly, a automatic Z zero tool, many mounting points for fixturing and accurately flipping/milling parts. I finally said, "Enough! It's time to make something".
One of my favorite hobbies that I enjoyed up until 8 years ago was remote controlled (R/C) airplanes. Something significant in my life occured at that time and I decided to put things on hold for a little while. It was the birth of my twin daughters. Well, they're 8 years old now and it's now 'Daddy Time'. Here is is.
I used to love pylon racing. I was really good at it too. Since I stopped flying, I've always tried to catch the air racing out in Reno on the web or TV whenever I can. Out of all those beautiful warbirds, the Rare Bear is my favorite. There are so many Mustangs, Sea Furies, etc. But only one 'Bear that is worth watching. This is it.
With that, I decided to return to the hobby a few months ago and recently, I decided to try creating a semi-scale replica of this amazing plane. I started with some 3 views of the older version of Rare Bear and using MOI and Rhino 3d (CAD) I whipped up the following designs. The next steps are to generate the toolpaths and load some foam!
I've got a lot more pictures to show, so stay tuned.


