Focal Point
Father and Son
Jerry Worden forwarded this Chuck Johnson photo of John Mynster and his son Kurt at the Pekin RC Club Fun Fly. No details were given on the model, but the note included with the photo stated that it "seems to me this represents AMA's end goal perfectly."
de Havilland (1916 D.H.2)
Don Zepp built this 1916 D.H.2 from A.W. Meek plans.
- Wingspan: 60 inches
- Weight: 9 pounds
- Radio: Futaba
- Power: O.S. 91 four-stroke turning a Zinger 14 x 8 pusher prop
- Covering: 21st Century fabric
"It's not fast," wrote Don, "but looks real in the air."
CAP 232
Jay Light built this Midwest CAP 232 as his first scale model.
- Covering: MonoKote®
- Power: G-62
- Weight: 17½ pounds
- Radio: Futaba
- Smoke: Slimline smoke muffler and TME smoke system
"The flying wires on the tail are not scale, but I felt they were necessary," he wrote. "Better to be safe than sorry." "I am thoroughly pleased with the model and its flight characteristics."
Butterfly (Dynaflite)
Michael Lewis sent this photo of a Dynaflite Butterfly equipped with floats and a bomb drop.
- Lights: Ram navigational lights, strobe lights in each wingtip
- Backup: Backup receiver battery
- Power: Enya .25
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Tamecat
Paul F. Bryk shared a project he recently finished and is somewhat proud of.
- Covering: Pearl White UltraCote® (bottom) and Teal Metallic MonoKote® (top)
- Power: Mecoa® Tomcat .46
- Special: Vortec bomb mechanism that works from about 200 feet with 1/4 cup of baking flour
"Not exactly scale," wrote Paul, "but I like it."
Cessna 182
Ed Sanders made a 14-inch-high photo cutout of himself to place in front of his Great Planes Gold Edition Cessna 182.
- Lighting: Landing lights, taillights, wingtip lights, strobe light on top of the stabilizer
- Interior: Complete scale interior
- Controls: Functioning Fowler flaps
"Cause That's What I Had" — Pica Duelist
Jim Leigh explains why his Pica Duelist uses one .35 and one .40 engine: "Cause that's what I had."
- Engines: One O.S. FP .35 and one O.S. FP .40 (the .40 in the left position)
- Modifications: Shortened nose, converted to tail-dragger, modified rudder to resemble a Mosquito bomber
- Props/RPM: 10 x 7 props turning about 10,200 rpm
"It flies beautifully."
Airmaster (Cessna Airmaster C-37)
George Jennings sent this photo of a Cessna Airmaster C-37 built for Don Coyne by Bill Grigaliunas from Jennings plans, based on factory three-views.
- Wingspan: 82 inches
- Weight: 15 pounds
- Power: Technipower seven-cylinder radial engine
Taylor Mosquito
George Lust built a Mosquito from Brian Taylor plans sold by Bob Holman.
- Wingspan: 83 inches
- Weight: nearly 16 pounds
- Features: Flaps and homemade retracts
- Power: Two O.S. 70 four-strokes turning Master Airscrew 14 x 8 props
- Finish: Sig Koverall and Chevron Perfect Paint
"It's a great-flying airplane that anybody with moderate flying skills can handle. The airplane is fast but lands great."
Heinkel Floatplane
Keith Christensen built this model from scratch using an Ed Miller design.
- Wingspan: 63 inches
- Covering/Finish: Goldberg UltraCote® and Ultrapaint®
- Power: O.S. .46
The model is "very suited for operation off small ponds or lakes." "I am so pleased," wrote Keith, "that I will build an electric version."
Robin Hood
Chuck Cartwright built this model from an ISC kit.
- Covering: Hobby Shack Flitkote
- Radio: Airtronics
- Power: .91 four-stroke
- Weight: 10 pounds
"It flies very well," says Chuck. "It took about six months to build—I am a slow builder!"
A-26
Lawrence Pivia built his A-26 from a Wing Mfg. short kit.
- Power: Two K&B .40s
- Radio: JR
- Retracts: Spring Air
- Other: Flaps; fiberglassed and painted with K&B Super Epoxy
"The paint scheme reflects the water bomber used by Conair," wrote Lawrence. The model had seven flights at the time of the photo; three of the seven were one-engine landings. "The model flies very well on one engine; with two it flies fairly fast."
Speed Wing (Travel Air)
Joe Putts built this Travel Air Speed Wing, modeled after one he saw in a World of Flight calendar.
- Power: O.S. .25 four-stroke
- Feature: Hand-carved radial engine
"It flies very scale-like." The full-scale aircraft is owned and flown by Bill Plecenik of Erwinna, PA, and is one of only two in existence.
Lanzo Bomber (Old-Timer)
Jerry Smartt sent a photo of Joe Costanzo's Lanzo Bomber Old-Timer.
"Joe is one of those master craftsmen with a free spirit," wrote Jerry. "This Bomber was flown at the 1999 SAM (Society of Antique Modelers) Champs in Muskogee, OK. No air-raid alerts."
F-22 (Fun Scale®)
Joseph Breda led a team that built this Fun Scale F-22 Raptor in 1/20 scale.
- Power: O.S. Max .25
- Radio: Four-channel
- Covering: MonoKote®
- Wingspan: 26½ inches
- Weight: 3½ pounds
Breda plans to scale the model up to a size appropriate for a ducted fan and possibly a turbine version.
Super Four-Star
Butch Davis built a "Super" Four-Star from enlarged Sig plans.
- Wingspan: 121 inches
- Power: Zenoah G-62
- Weight: approximately 35 pounds
- Modifications: Flaps added; landing gear moved under the wing for improved ground-handling
"The available power 'easily gets the airplane airborne at half-throttle,'" wrote David Cole, who supplied the photo and information.
Transcribed from original scans by AI. Minor OCR errors may remain.
