District VI Report
Illinois / Indiana / Kentucky / Missouri
Vice President
Charlie Bauer Vice President 4944 N. Orange Ave. Norridge, IL 60706-3224 Home: (708) 457-0565 Fax: (708) 457-2177 E-mail: [email protected]
District VI Web page: www.cs.iit.edu/~amadist6/
Associate Vice Presidents
Kentucky
- Lew McFarland, 3404 Keithshire Way, Lexington, KY 40503; (859) 277-8285
Illinois
- John Kallend, 1141 Dartmouth Rd., Flossmoor, IL 60422; (708) 798-7242
- Hal Parenti, 1920 Buckingham, Westchester, IL 60154; (708) 562-5752
- Jerry Worden, 400 Alden Dr., Normal, IL 61761-1202; (309) 454-3905
Indiana
- Ron Ballard, 6302 N. 700 E., Decatur, IN 46733; (219) 724-8934
- Gary Bussell, 5000 W. Connie Dr., Muncie, IN 47304; (765) 288-3541
- Frank Roales, 4585 E. State Road 61, Vincennes, IN 47591; (812) 882-4776
Missouri
- Bob Underwood, 32 Hollandbush Ct., St. Charles, MO 63304; (636) 939-3394
- Jim Cianciolo, 3014 Viking Court, Independence, MO 64057
Webmaster
Gary Parenti 11001 Martindale Dr., Westchester, IL 60154 Evening: (708) 531-9556
Taylorcraft Model B (Clipped-Wing) — AMA Experimental Rules
The following describes a model that will be flown under the Experimental Aircraft rules of the AMA. Built by Vernon Coop of Joliet, Illinois, this is quite a project. The specifications of the Taylorcraft Model B clipped-wing model are listed below.
Specifications:
- Scale: 49%
- Span: 170 inches
- Length: 130 inches
- Height: 35 inches
- Wing area: 4,100 square inches
- Engine: 3W-150
Construction Materials
- Fuselage: 1/2 x 3/4 pine; all joints fitted and screwed or doweled
- Wing: balsa ribs, pine D-tube spars, balsa sheeting
- Landing gear: fixed divided type with spring shock suspension
- Cowl: aluminum and fiberglass with hinged doors on both sides
- Covering and paint: Stits products
The airplane took six months to build, and much of the material used came from The Home Depot.
Transcribed from original scans by AI. Minor OCR errors may remain.
