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CONTROL LINE SCALE MODEL DATA main features model magazine columns photos sketches model construction workshop tips great-looking aircraft just completed ready take winners circle However person submits photos often does include much photo description overcome problem have put together form asking basic data sketch equipment give appropriate information about its use works etc photo including people tell something about involvement picture activity information allows columnist create better captions column material good thing about having photo data can give readers information about models weight power plants finish control system etc form also asks have special construction techniques ideas can pass other Scale builders ideas present might help fellow Scale modeler solve building problem Other columnists could also benefit using form least get asked-for data would happy send copies form anyone wants just send selfaddressed stamped envelope address top column hope future submissions will include requested data Model Information Form equivalent information Racing Corsair Kenneth R Smith Panna Heights OH reports Control Line CL Scale modeler Norm Skudeiin member North Coast Control Liners Club Cleveland OH honored 13th Annual Air Racing Historical Symposium having F2G Corsair model display symposiuma gathering pilots people involved Cleveland Air Races throughout yearswas held May 1997 Holiday Inn Cleveland Norms F2G Corsair # 74 its racing color scheme dark blue white tnm fashioned after F2G Corsair flown pilot Dick Becker 1948 Thompson 1949 Sohio races Mechanical problems blown reduction gear kept Corsair competing 1949 Thompson Races model scratch-built using Brian Taylor F4U plans modified meet F2G racing configuration has 60-inch span weighs about nine pounds uses standard Roberts three-line control system throttle powered OS 80 finished Sig paints Norm reported after adding about pound nose weight model handles extremely well pleasure fly little-known F2C Corsairs nicknamed Super Corsairs produced part 1944 crash program between US Navy Goodyear Aircraft produce fast powerful fighter high rate climb airplane used combat Japanese Kamikazes before reached targets Corsairs equipped Pratt & Whitney R-4300-4 engine capable developing 3500 horsepower given four-blade Hamilton-Standard Super Hydromatic propellers handle new engines power However Grummans F8F Bearcat similar capabilities F2G being used carrier interceptor end war Japan precluded need F2G 1946 several F2Gs found way Cleveland Air Races Between 1946 1949 F2Gs raced using numbers 57 74 94 reached speeds excess 390 mph closed race course hand symposium racing pilots Bill Brennand Steve Beville Bill pilot Goodyear racer Buster 1947April1998 119 great-looking 1930s racers competed Profile full-bodied class events Queen City U/C Club contest Cincinnati OH Chuck Snyder photo Brandon Jordan Mills Queen City U/C contest Brandon Norm Skuderins F2G Corsair #74 L-R Skuderin Becker Brennand holds Zero Corsair Jordan holds F-i 6 jet fighter Snyder photo Beville Queen City UC Club contest Adam Shelley photo 1949 Steve piloted Galloping Ghost P-Si Kendall Thompson Sohio races during 1947 1949 also piloted Little Spook Goodyear racer 1949 recent telephone conversation Norm learned original #74 racing Corsair purchased Crawford AutoAviation Museum Ohio will restored display purposes Its great hear another fabulous airplane WW II era will take its rightful place museum can appreciated public Contest Report Chuck Snyder Queen City U-Control Club Cincinnati Ohio reports clubs Golden Age Racing Profile Scale contest held Labor Day weekend 1997 Golden Age Racing took place Saturday competition among six clubs members Clayton Smith North Carolina flying 1930s racers models 36-inch wingspans entered two classesProfile full-bodied modelsand engine type propeller size restricted Profile full-bodied Stock class models equipped OS Max 4OFPs Unlimited models permitted equipped 40-size engine cost less $150 required swing 11inch props must have pleasant sight spectators see three scaleconfigured 930s racers air same time Sunday Scale competition club special Junior category two entrants overall number Juniors disappointing club two entries Scale event two contests have great start build Brothers Brandon Jordan Mills 13 11 years old respectively flew airplanes built Sterling/stes kits Brandon flew Zero powered NorVel 061 model wing guns radio mast belly tank documented using Aircraft Profile 120 Model Aviation 0-877-1445 f Service & Repairs Most Radio Control Systems Utilizing Calibrated Test Equipment & Spectrum Analyzers Endorsd AMA/ RCMA Sticker Station 4105 Futaba Airtronics JR Ace IliTec Tower Cirrus World Engines & WE USE GENUINE FACTORY REPLACEMENT PARTS Complete 1991 Narrow Banding & Upgrades RCD / HITEC R/C DEALER FCC Licensed Speed Control Repairs Quality Service Fast Turn Around Shipping & Insurance ExtraUPSU S MailCODs Visit home page 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