Blitz
Overview
A fun-fly design that's still fun!
In the early 1990s, model airplane clubs were discovering the joys of conducting fun-fly events for their members and for interclub contests. The idea was to use one airplane to perform many different and entertaining "tasks." This concept opened the floodgates to new, simple-to-build designs; among the better ones was John C. Hoover's Blitz.
Design features
- 48-inch wingspan.
- Designed for .28- to .35-size glow engines; easily convertible to electric power.
- One-piece construction for the fuselage.
- Simple sheet-balsa "box" fuselage.
- Tail assembly crafted from sheet balsa.
- Constant-chord wing with a semisymmetrical airfoil.
- Conventional balsa ribs with sheet-balsa leading edge (LE) and trailing edge (TE).
- Anhedral stabilizer tips — may or may not improve flying characteristics, but add a distinctive look.
This well-designed model could serve as a first construction project for a new RC builder.
Construction and plans
The Blitz was the subject of a construction article published in the October 1990 issue of Model Aviation (MA). It is listed with the AMA Plans Service as set 666; the price is $30. AMA members can access MA's Digital Archives online to read the complete article.
Transcribed from original scans by AI. Minor OCR errors may remain.
