Control Line Navy Carrier

CONTROL LINE NAVY CARRIER mu] r u i- S MONTHS COLUMN has distinctly English tone photos mystery airplane Web site model descriptionsbut dont misled thinking everything will British good number models 1998 Nationals patterned after British Royal Navy prototypes Among Fairey Barracuda Gany Andrews Brewster 340 Gary Hull Grumman Wildcats Terry Kirby Dave Rolley Jr Royal Navy flew during World War II Leon Ryktarsyk brought out Barracuda Sea Hornet did enter competition hope well see fly year months photos two other models based British designs Bill Calkins Class Hawker Sea Fury original design Bills model spans somewhat less 44-inch limit weighs two pounds 14 ounces K&B 405 engine Sea Fury last piston-engined fighter Fleet Air Arms first-line units first flew prototype end World War II its performance excellent Bristol Centaurus engine produced just less 2500 horsepower large factor Sea Fury still does rather well air-racing circuit its broad clipped-ellipse wings among loweraspect-ratio propeller fighters means can have relatively large wing area model built Navy Carrier event built exact scale span 44 inches will have wing area 368 square inches MO-l built scale has wing area 345 square inches larger wing area advantage slow flight long weight can kept under control Sea Furys engine makes rather large fuselage cross section large spinner sleek lines size factor need detriment high speed cowl would large enough approximately 53/4 inches diameter nearly conceal 60 65 engine Bills smaller model does good job hiding K&B Larger fuselages dont necessarily mean heavy fuselages long appropriate construction methods used Because larger crosssection can carry same load much thinner materials possible keep weight under control judicious design Curved surfaces particularly well-suited thin materials because arched surface much less prone deformation flat surfaces model such MO-I Ive built six-inch-diameter fuselage four /s 1/2. inch balsa longerons very narrow ring formers Mystery Aircraft Its identity will revealed October column lightweight plywood main loads carried /64-inch fuselage skin covering /2-ounce glass cloth rigid fuselages Ive builtmuch stiffer MO-i models Seafire naval version venerable Spitfire its clipped-wing variants designed operations lower altitudes Seafire lowest aspect ratio aircraft eligible bonus points Navy Carrier will produce model 420 square inches built full 44-inch span other model shown Supermarine Seafire Mk XV built Terry Kirby Class isnt clipped-wing variant isnt 120 Model Aviation ii Bill Calkins Sugar Grove IL competed 1998 Nats Class Class Supermarine Seafire Mk XV started out kit original-design Hawker Sea Fury K&S 40S engine Radio Control Combat Its work Terry Kirby built 44-inch wingspan does have appealing feature often found Navy Carrier kit Terry built Seafire Progressive Miniature Aviation kit intended Radio Control RC Combat event Ive written previous columns about /12-scale models used RC Combat Terrys model first Ive seen adapted Navy Carrier Seafire uses SuperTigre 34 power has span just less 37 inches has wing area about 240 square inches weighs two pounds 14 ounces UK Carrier England few countries world other US Control Line CL Navy Carrier event flown English have couple evenis unique rules use AMA rules equivalent Scale classes can look some English Carrier activities world wide web http//wwwchefferscouk/carrierhtml site maintained Nigel Cheffers-Heard Hed like hear US Carrier modelers welcomes input site would like have model full-scale Carrier information Another Carrier-oriented site right US http//pwpstametinccomlclflyer site Bill Calkins contribution CL flying general Carrier flying particular Mystery Airplane Mystery Airplane June issue Airspeed Fleet Shadower column mentioned another four-engine Carrier-legal aircraft besides Airspeed Fleet Shadowerit General Aircraft Fleet Shadower Because two aircraft built same specification equally interesting designs Most would say equally ugly am amazed England country could produce such aircraft Spitfire Mosquito could also produce something such Fleet Shadowers However existed prototypes Fleet Shadowers designed fly slowly stay up least eight hours small Pobjoy engines didnt use much fuel keeping airborne 45 knots however specifications have advantage being good ideas Fleet Shadowers very slow speed made rather vulnerable never put production Ill name winner next column Meanwhile dig out reference materials start working months mystery Send entry Ill select winner random correctly identify Mystery Airplane winner will receive free membership Navy Carrier Society months offering little practical Fleet Shadower Could also have British Check October issue find out st 1999 121 17 LtIJE Contributions tIw D R E NI - 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