DB Mathews £iZ7WZ7L1i7 25 Licaoiii . LAST PAGE July 1995 column headed Detective Story detailed 20-year search documentation second Ford Flivver prototype 3218 eventual discovery sources material months column shows end product search can referred solution mystery Have ever noticed good mystery novels usually solve case last few pages Did ever read magazine mystery turn last page find missing instancethe solution hand Scale three-views historical photos documentation new replica suddenly fell place seemingly pure dumb luck Unfortunately felt time other constraints going keep developing model 3218 50 began searching someone abiding interest prototype also skills model properly Duane Dahnert demonstrated exceptional drafting photography building skills well longtime interest Ford some input structure model aerodynamics proceeded draw 3218 Copies first draft required few minor changes model now complete has flown meets expectations first saw photo Ford Flivver John Underwood George Collinges Lightplane 1909-1969 20 years ago knew developed deserved done well has almost perfect proportions modeling unlike its commonly modeled rather ugly older sister Thanks Duanes efforts previously untouched RC modeling subject has done Details Dahnerts Ford virtually exact-scale reproduction both dimensionally structurally Its too surprising Florida reproductions framework shown July 95 column looks world just like model airplane model e 3 inches ot perfect illustration reasoning behind International Miniature Aircraft Associations IMAA rule change true e instead 80-inch-minimum span limit previously used Flivver model has 72-inch span now IMAA legal model developed set three-views provided Florida Aviation Historical Society However John Raymond Aircraft Research Ltd 27-5 Queens Way Camillus NY 13031 now has much detailed set available high-quality vinyl Ford logos fuselage sides developed JO Designs Rt 1 Box 225 Stratford OK 24872 logo same used Ford Model T Flivver automobiles era exceptionally wide track landing gear couldnt better model Dahnert devised simple-to-fabricate shock absorbers outboard locations also found really clever solution tailwheel-in-the-fin problem Covering Sig Koverall heat-shrinkable polyester 78 Model Aviation active commonly modeled three-cylinder Flivver prototype 3218 has excellent proportions flying model Retired engineer Duane Dahnert proudly displays 72-inchspan Ford Flivver Construction drawings available similar dress lining given several coats nitrate dope painted deep blue silver Sig butyrate dope bit controversy raging over correct shade blue According purists second prototype deep blue fuselage similar Tamiyas dark blue whatever reason Florida reproduction lighter shade blue very evident color photos reproduction available Bob Bankas Scale Model Research 3114 Yukon Ave Costa Mesa CA 92626 Tel 714 9798058 models cowling fiberglass mold splits horizontally improved access two-cylinder Saito 90 four-cycle engine An onboard glow driver utilized just safe side although Saito idles well Incidentally Saito 90 remarkably close dimensions Ford twin looks just great nose Power bit excessive side does throttle down nicely Dahnert lucked set wire spoked wheels placed local hobby shop consignment As know extremely hard find also quite expensive Fortunately Williams Brothers 43/s vintage wheels size match spinner custom-made nonflying unit nothing seems available commercially airfoil classic Clark Y folks its flat-bottom airfoil point seems escape lot modelers will subject future column So want build project inexperienced builder Rather intended modeler has desire build totally out-of-the-mt model will showcase building skills score well Scale competition fact uncomplicated durable solid flier certainly bonus High-quality construction drawings available Duane Dahnert 7209 Bryant Ave S Richfield MN 55423 Tel 612 861-2109 have no financial interest inor receive compensation fromany sources mentioned column reward Flivver project seeing done well after years dreaming h 1996 79 Front view skeleton shows two-cylinder Saito 90 looks remarkably similar Ford twin Construction details show wide-set main gear outboard shock absorbers Ideal modeling purposes Filyvers operating shock absorbers fabricated Duane engineered solution rudder-mounted tailwheel brass tubing springs bolt retainers sheet brass Shown construction details carved-balsa fairings bare-bones view Filyver shows models near-scale structure ribs formers located per prototype
Edition: Model Aviation - 1996/03
Page Numbers: 78, 79
DB Mathews £iZ7WZ7L1i7 25 Licaoiii . LAST PAGE July 1995 column headed Detective Story detailed 20-year search documentation second Ford Flivver prototype 3218 eventual discovery sources material months column shows end product search can referred solution mystery Have ever noticed good mystery novels usually solve case last few pages Did ever read magazine mystery turn last page find missing instancethe solution hand Scale three-views historical photos documentation new replica suddenly fell place seemingly pure dumb luck Unfortunately felt time other constraints going keep developing model 3218 50 began searching someone abiding interest prototype also skills model properly Duane Dahnert demonstrated exceptional drafting photography building skills well longtime interest Ford some input structure model aerodynamics proceeded draw 3218 Copies first draft required few minor changes model now complete has flown meets expectations first saw photo Ford Flivver John Underwood George Collinges Lightplane 1909-1969 20 years ago knew developed deserved done well has almost perfect proportions modeling unlike its commonly modeled rather ugly older sister Thanks Duanes efforts previously untouched RC modeling subject has done Details Dahnerts Ford virtually exact-scale reproduction both dimensionally structurally Its too surprising Florida reproductions framework shown July 95 column looks world just like model airplane model e 3 inches ot perfect illustration reasoning behind International Miniature Aircraft Associations IMAA rule change true e instead 80-inch-minimum span limit previously used Flivver model has 72-inch span now IMAA legal model developed set three-views provided Florida Aviation Historical Society However John Raymond Aircraft Research Ltd 27-5 Queens Way Camillus NY 13031 now has much detailed set available high-quality vinyl Ford logos fuselage sides developed JO Designs Rt 1 Box 225 Stratford OK 24872 logo same used Ford Model T Flivver automobiles era exceptionally wide track landing gear couldnt better model Dahnert devised simple-to-fabricate shock absorbers outboard locations also found really clever solution tailwheel-in-the-fin problem Covering Sig Koverall heat-shrinkable polyester 78 Model Aviation active commonly modeled three-cylinder Flivver prototype 3218 has excellent proportions flying model Retired engineer Duane Dahnert proudly displays 72-inchspan Ford Flivver Construction drawings available similar dress lining given several coats nitrate dope painted deep blue silver Sig butyrate dope bit controversy raging over correct shade blue According purists second prototype deep blue fuselage similar Tamiyas dark blue whatever reason Florida reproduction lighter shade blue very evident color photos reproduction available Bob Bankas Scale Model Research 3114 Yukon Ave Costa Mesa CA 92626 Tel 714 9798058 models cowling fiberglass mold splits horizontally improved access two-cylinder Saito 90 four-cycle engine An onboard glow driver utilized just safe side although Saito idles well Incidentally Saito 90 remarkably close dimensions Ford twin looks just great nose Power bit excessive side does throttle down nicely Dahnert lucked set wire spoked wheels placed local hobby shop consignment As know extremely hard find also quite expensive Fortunately Williams Brothers 43/s vintage wheels size match spinner custom-made nonflying unit nothing seems available commercially airfoil classic Clark Y folks its flat-bottom airfoil point seems escape lot modelers will subject future column So want build project inexperienced builder Rather intended modeler has desire build totally out-of-the-mt model will showcase building skills score well Scale competition fact uncomplicated durable solid flier certainly bonus High-quality construction drawings available Duane Dahnert 7209 Bryant Ave S Richfield MN 55423 Tel 612 861-2109 have no financial interest inor receive compensation fromany sources mentioned column reward Flivver project seeing done well after years dreaming h 1996 79 Front view skeleton shows two-cylinder Saito 90 looks remarkably similar Ford twin Construction details show wide-set main gear outboard shock absorbers Ideal modeling purposes Filyvers operating shock absorbers fabricated Duane engineered solution rudder-mounted tailwheel brass tubing springs bolt retainers sheet brass Shown construction details carved-balsa fairings bare-bones view Filyver shows models near-scale structure ribs formers located per prototype