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Focal Point
Steve Baugrud (9946 Ridgewood Dr., Minocqua WI 54548; Email:
[email protected]) flies this 25%-scale Kangke WACO UPF-
7 that is painted and trimmed in the same colors as the full-scale
version that the late Jim Franklin owned and flew in air shows. Steve
even had custom decals made to better replicate Jim’s trim scheme.
As was Jim’s full-scale version, this model is fitted with two
ailerons per wing. It features a Sullivan Products Skywriter smoke
system and a ZDZ-40 engine.
“This airplane will do most aerobatics with authority,” wrote
Steve.
Steve Kurimchak (1439 N. Sumner Ave., Scranton PA 18509),
who is press relations officer for the Black Sheep Squadron of
northern Pennsylvania, submitted this shot of Al Arnal with his 42%-
scale Extra 300 ES that was on display at the club’s annual mall
show.
Al built the display platform as an effective way to show off the
outstanding airbrush work in the paint scheme he applied to his Extra.
The 3-D-capable model is powered by a 3W-150cc, 18-
horsepower engine that drives a 32 x 12 propeller, producing 90
pounds of thrust to pull the 39-pound airplane! A Futaba 9ZAP radio
system was installed, featuring two Futaba receivers and 15 JR 8411
digital servos.
Extra on Exhibit
In Memory of Jim Franklin
Richard F. Sauro (612 W. Graisbury Ave., Audubon NJ 08106)
has been flying his 28-pound twin-engine Cessna 310 since 1990. It
was built from a Bud Nosen kit and is powered by two O.S. Max
1.08 engines.
The model is covered with MonoKote; it is cream overall with
orange-and-metallic-brown trim. The big twin has a Futaba radio
system with two onboard flight packs for redundancy.
“Sid Clement, one of my fellow club members here in New
Jersey, took it up for the first flight and then handed me the
transmitter,” wrote Richard. “He said that it flies like a .60-sized
trainer!”
Cessna 310
“The wing is a thing of beauty—I knew I had to build one
ever since I saw a B-2 in a low pass at the USAF Academy,”
wrote Freeman Crocker (2974 S. Zeno Ct., Aurora CO 80013).
Freeman’s 1/9-scale flying wing is a modified World War II
German Ho 229. He built it from plans from the Bell-Imel Group.
It spans 72 inches and weighs 7.8 pounds. The model features
tricycle gear with a gyro, speed brake, and seven servos. It is
powered by a SuperTigre .61.
The Ho 229 is covered with light-gray UltraCote and painted
with Folk Art Acrylic Paint. The late-war yellow/red Reich
defence bands of JG301 decorate the aft middle section.
Horten Ho 229
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“I always wanted a Stearman,” wrote Terry Bolin (18991 Jaguar,
Neosho MO 64850).
He was inspired to build models by a pilot friend who flew a fullscale
Stearman he converted for crop-dusting duties. That pilot
friend also had a three-line CL Stearman that he built from a
Sterling kit.
Terry was waiting for a .60-size kit, but instead he bought and
assembled the model shown from a Great Planes ARF kit. He made
a few changes to suit his taste.
The Stearman is powered by a Magnum 1.20 four-stroke engine
and is guided via a Futaba six-channel radio system.
“It’s a big hit everywhere it goes!” he Terry.
Gary Owen (4002 26th Ave. W., Seattle WA 98199; E-mail:
[email protected]) scratch-built his gorgeous radio-controlled
Stinson 108-2 from a set of Wendell Hostetler plans.
According to Gary, Wendell designed the original to build
extremely light and be powered by an electric motor. Gary beefed
up the structure significantly to accept an Evolution .26GT gas
engine.
Gary’s model is shown in front of the ultralight hangar at
Weaver Field in Othello, Washington.
Always Wanted a Stearman
Stinson 108-2
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Joseph W. Chadwick (905 N. Amy Dr., Deer Park TX 77536)
built this clean Four-Star 120 from a Sig Manufacturing kit. Its gross
weight is 11 pounds, 10 ounces.
The 81-inch-wingspan model is powered by a YS 120 engine,
which is fitted with a polished Tru-Turn spinner. A JR XR6102
radio-control system is used for guidance duties. Joseph chose
MonoKote for covering.
John Epley (4260 S. Tucson Estates Pkwy., Tucson AZ 85735;
E-mail: [email protected]) built this Curtiss-Wright “Woody”
Jr.-1 from scratch using only scrap wood from around his shop.
John enlarged the drawings he had from a 44-inch-wingspan
model to one spanning 72 inches. He uses an O.S. Max .40 engine
for power and covered the model with Worldtex. According to him,
it weighs 6.5 pounds and flies best at half throttle.
“Back in the late 1920s and the early 1930s in my home state of
Kansas and surrounding states, the coyote population had to be
thinned.” John wrote. “This was the choice of airplanes to do this.
The person in the front cockpit had unobstructed vision in all
directions, so they would fly low and scare up a coyote.”
Curtiss-Wright “Woody” Jr.-1
Sig Four-Star 120
See page 191 for submission guidelines
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98 MODEL AVIATION
Focal Point
Steve Baugrud (9946 Ridgewood Dr., Minocqua WI 54548; Email:
[email protected]) flies this 25%-scale Kangke WACO UPF-
7 that is painted and trimmed in the same colors as the full-scale
version that the late Jim Franklin owned and flew in air shows. Steve
even had custom decals made to better replicate Jim’s trim scheme.
As was Jim’s full-scale version, this model is fitted with two
ailerons per wing. It features a Sullivan Products Skywriter smoke
system and a ZDZ-40 engine.
“This airplane will do most aerobatics with authority,” wrote
Steve.
Steve Kurimchak (1439 N. Sumner Ave., Scranton PA 18509),
who is press relations officer for the Black Sheep Squadron of
northern Pennsylvania, submitted this shot of Al Arnal with his 42%-
scale Extra 300 ES that was on display at the club’s annual mall
show.
Al built the display platform as an effective way to show off the
outstanding airbrush work in the paint scheme he applied to his Extra.
The 3-D-capable model is powered by a 3W-150cc, 18-
horsepower engine that drives a 32 x 12 propeller, producing 90
pounds of thrust to pull the 39-pound airplane! A Futaba 9ZAP radio
system was installed, featuring two Futaba receivers and 15 JR 8411
digital servos.
Extra on Exhibit
In Memory of Jim Franklin
Richard F. Sauro (612 W. Graisbury Ave., Audubon NJ 08106)
has been flying his 28-pound twin-engine Cessna 310 since 1990. It
was built from a Bud Nosen kit and is powered by two O.S. Max
1.08 engines.
The model is covered with MonoKote; it is cream overall with
orange-and-metallic-brown trim. The big twin has a Futaba radio
system with two onboard flight packs for redundancy.
“Sid Clement, one of my fellow club members here in New
Jersey, took it up for the first flight and then handed me the
transmitter,” wrote Richard. “He said that it flies like a .60-sized
trainer!”
Cessna 310
“The wing is a thing of beauty—I knew I had to build one
ever since I saw a B-2 in a low pass at the USAF Academy,”
wrote Freeman Crocker (2974 S. Zeno Ct., Aurora CO 80013).
Freeman’s 1/9-scale flying wing is a modified World War II
German Ho 229. He built it from plans from the Bell-Imel Group.
It spans 72 inches and weighs 7.8 pounds. The model features
tricycle gear with a gyro, speed brake, and seven servos. It is
powered by a SuperTigre .61.
The Ho 229 is covered with light-gray UltraCote and painted
with Folk Art Acrylic Paint. The late-war yellow/red Reich
defence bands of JG301 decorate the aft middle section.
Horten Ho 229
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“I always wanted a Stearman,” wrote Terry Bolin (18991 Jaguar,
Neosho MO 64850).
He was inspired to build models by a pilot friend who flew a fullscale
Stearman he converted for crop-dusting duties. That pilot
friend also had a three-line CL Stearman that he built from a
Sterling kit.
Terry was waiting for a .60-size kit, but instead he bought and
assembled the model shown from a Great Planes ARF kit. He made
a few changes to suit his taste.
The Stearman is powered by a Magnum 1.20 four-stroke engine
and is guided via a Futaba six-channel radio system.
“It’s a big hit everywhere it goes!” he Terry.
Gary Owen (4002 26th Ave. W., Seattle WA 98199; E-mail:
[email protected]) scratch-built his gorgeous radio-controlled
Stinson 108-2 from a set of Wendell Hostetler plans.
According to Gary, Wendell designed the original to build
extremely light and be powered by an electric motor. Gary beefed
up the structure significantly to accept an Evolution .26GT gas
engine.
Gary’s model is shown in front of the ultralight hangar at
Weaver Field in Othello, Washington.
Always Wanted a Stearman
Stinson 108-2
@@www.modelaircraft.org
Focal Point is now on the Web! Check out even
more model airplanes on the MA Web site.
Joseph W. Chadwick (905 N. Amy Dr., Deer Park TX 77536)
built this clean Four-Star 120 from a Sig Manufacturing kit. Its gross
weight is 11 pounds, 10 ounces.
The 81-inch-wingspan model is powered by a YS 120 engine,
which is fitted with a polished Tru-Turn spinner. A JR XR6102
radio-control system is used for guidance duties. Joseph chose
MonoKote for covering.
John Epley (4260 S. Tucson Estates Pkwy., Tucson AZ 85735;
E-mail: [email protected]) built this Curtiss-Wright “Woody”
Jr.-1 from scratch using only scrap wood from around his shop.
John enlarged the drawings he had from a 44-inch-wingspan
model to one spanning 72 inches. He uses an O.S. Max .40 engine
for power and covered the model with Worldtex. According to him,
it weighs 6.5 pounds and flies best at half throttle.
“Back in the late 1920s and the early 1930s in my home state of
Kansas and surrounding states, the coyote population had to be
thinned.” John wrote. “This was the choice of airplanes to do this.
The person in the front cockpit had unobstructed vision in all
directions, so they would fly low and scare up a coyote.”
Curtiss-Wright “Woody” Jr.-1
Sig Four-Star 120
See page 191 for submission guidelines
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