10 M ODEL AVIATION
Model Aviation, 5151 E. Memorial Dr., Muncie IN 47302
Focal Point
Citabria
Gary A. Worsham’s (Box 301, Mountain Home NC 28758)
daughter Amanda (who is 15) presents his 81-inch Citabria.
Gary found the bare-bones aircraft, minus the tail surfaces, at a
swap meet in Spartanburg SC for $30. The model had been crashed
and partially fixed, but it had a bad warp in the wing and fuselage at
the tail section.
He straightened the warps with hot water and a hair dryer,
covered the Citabria with MonoKote®, and added a Magnum 91
engine with a homemade muffler, an easy-fueler, and a
remote glow hookup. The radio is Futaba.
“I hope to test-fly at our field—Apple County Aero Modelers in
Spring Creek NC,” wrote Gary.
Bücker Jungmeister
“With all the interest in small airplanes, I thought you might be
interested in this one,” wrote Silas Seandel (551-3 W. 22nd St., New
York NY 10011).
This is his Bücker Jungmeister, highly modified from an old
Flyline kit designed by Don Srull.
The biggest change Silas made was to substitute basswood in all
the spars and longerons, because of his proclivity for “hangar rash and
heavy handling.”
The model weighs 30 ounces, spans 32 inches, has polyester
covering, and an O.S. Max 10 with a diesel conversion for power. The
engine is the in-line version, so the cowl and the wheel pants are
Chrome Mono-Kote®-abraded, to look like metal.
The rigging is elastic thread, paint is silver AeroGloss, and the
muffler is brazed brass, to accommodate the diesel. It is three-channel.
“My pals encouraged me to submit it,” wrote Silas.
AT-6 Texan
Charlie Smith (2406 N. Chama Ave., Loveland CO 80538) sent a
photo of one of last winter’s projects—a Top Flite® AT-6 Texan.
The Radio Control model was done in Royal Canadian colors; the
markings were taken from a photo in Air Classics magazine.
“The Harvard Mk II and III served well as trainers,” wrote Charlie.
The AT-6 is powered by an O.S. .61 FX engine, has Rhom-Air
retracts, and is covered with MonoKote®. The radio is Airtronics.
According to Charlie, it flies great!
B-25
This is Steve Moon’s (9930 Edgecliff Cir., Dallas TX 75238)
latest effort for Control Line Aerobatics: a profile B-25.
The 571⁄2-inch-wingspan model weighs 57 ounces, and it was
built with Gotcha 500 foam wing cores. Power is provided by two
O.S. 20 FPs turning APC 9 x 4 propellers.
“It looks realistic in the air and flies a pretty good Stunt
pattern,” wrote Steve.
February 2001 11
Duster
Buck Foster (Box 92, Chattaroy WA 99003-0092) scratch-built
his Radio Control Duster, designed by the late Bill Winter, from
AMA plans (#871) by John Hunton.
Power is provided by a Saito FA-65GK four-stroke hemihead,
the wingspan is 72 inches, and the model has 912 square
inches of area.
The Duster has five standard servos, mid-wing flaps, full
ailerons, rudder, elevator, throttle, and strobe and navigation lights.
Construction is built-up balsa, and the covering is 21st Century
fabric, film, and paint.
Buck is a member of the Barons Model Club, Spokane WA.
F4U Corsair
This is Jeff Callahan’s ([email protected]) 1/12-scale F4U Corsair,
built from a Pica kit.
The model has a 40-inch wingspan, a 9 x 6 propeller, and a
Magnum 28 engine.
The fuselage is sheeted, fiberglassed, and epoxied. The wing is
sheet and MonoKote®.
Giant Aeromaster
Clifford R. Clemens (9200 Hambletonian Pl., Suite B, Vienna
VA 22812-2043) built his Giant Aeromaster from a Great Planes kit.
In the cockpit is a 3-D instrument panel, a denim head pillow,
and a control stick for Mark McGuire—the home-run king from the
St. Louis Cardinals.
Clifford covered the biplane with Dark Red and White
UltraCote®, and the 73-inch wingspan is International Miniature
Aircraft Association (IMAA) legal.
The Aeromaster is controlled with a Futaba 8UAPS PCM
transmitter and receiver, with nine servos onboard, two elevators,
four ailerons, one rudder, one electrical cutoff, and one throttle.
The electrical cutoff and throttle-control rods are made from
fiberglass, to prevent electrical spark-plug noise from coming into the
fuselage. All control-surface ailerons have their servos mounted nearby.
The model has a Zenoah G62-A 3.8 cubic-inch gasoline engine
under an aftermarket fiberglass cowl. The engine swings a 22 x 10
propeller easily.
B-17 Flying Fortress
David M. Seales (235 Jefferson St., North Wilkesboro NC 28659)
built this B-17 Flying Fortress from an Aerotech kit (England) during
a period of 11⁄2 years.
The model weighs 19 pounds, has a wingspan of eight feet,
six inches, and is powered by four O.S. 25 engines. Covering is
MonoKote®.
“I built the plane to hear the sound of the four engines
together, and I was not disappointed,” wrote David. “It flies
gracefully.”
David is a member of the River’s Edge RC Flying Club Inc.,
and he is interested in hearing from others who build
multiengine aircraft.
12 M ODEL AVIATION
Model Aviation, 5151 E. Memorial Dr., Muncie IN 47302
Focal Point
Ultra Sport 60
John Cimock (3640 Roosevelt Cir., Jackson MI 49203) has
logged more than 6,000 flights since he joined the AMA 14 years
ago. He has built and flown nearly each type of Radio Control
aircraft.
This Ultra Sport 60 is the latest addition to his current squadron,
which includes a nine-foot Petrides Dolphin, a Sweet Tater, a Bridi
Utter Kaos, a Kaos, a Scat Cat, a Gentle Lady, an Aerostar 40, a
Senior Falcon, a Miss Norway, an Atlas, and an Eagle.
“Our club includes builders who don’t fly and fliers who don’t
build,” wrote John. “I’m becoming a pilot who builds almost as
well as he flies.”
His creation is powered by an O.S. 60 FP with a Futaba sixchannel
FM radio.
Staudacher S-600
Mike Smith’s (2753 Gail Dr., Gilbertsville PA 19525) Lanier
Staudacher S-600 is powered by a Zenoah twin engine and
controlled with a JR 10X radio.
At 25 pounds, the model has agile and very smooth flight
characteristics, and landings are slow and stable.
At the time of the photo, the Staudacher had four flights on it—
two at Valley Forge PA and two at Flagler Beach FL.
According to Mike, more information about the model can be
obtained at [email protected].
Globe Swift
Joe Casey’s (128 St. James Way, Naples FL 34104) model of a
1950s Globe Swift was built from a fiberglass-and-foam short kit.
“It is sporting a freshly polished aluminum paint job, and has
several thousand small pins to simulate the rivet detail,” wrote Joe.
The Swift has a 94-inch wingspan, weighs 241⁄2 pounds, has
Robart retracts and flaps, and swings a 20-inch propeller.
Ford 5-AT Tri-motor
Andy Anderson (1258 Adell St., Prattville AL 36066) scratch-built
his Ford 5-AT Tri-motor from plans drawn from Wylam’s drawings.
The 1⁄6-scale model is as close to scale as Andy could make it; it
weighs 62 pounds, has a 13-foot wingspan, and is powered by three
U.S. 35 engines.
The Tri-motor has corrugations, control cables, and bellcranks
outside the fuselage, and rubber-biscuit landing-gear shock absorbers.
The full-scale airplane is in the Smithsonian National Air and
Space Museum. “I had the pleasure of making a part and repairing the
airplane and flying in it when it was on its goodwill tour in
Montgomery AL, before being put in the Smithsonian,” wrote Andy.
The Tri-motor was photographed at Dannely Field (Montgomery
AL) by Gene Hannah, who built and photographed the Fairchild 24
on the cover of the April 2000 Model Aviation.
February 2001 13
Proud of your latest building/flying effort? Share it with MA’s
readers! Send us a glossy color print (no digital photos under
300 ppi or photocopies, please), with appropriate description
(no handwritten submissions, please), and we’ll run the best
submissions as space permits.
Please include your full address (including E-mail, if
available) so that interested parties may contact you directly.
Send to: Model Aviation, 5151 E. Memorial Dr., Muncie IN 47302;
Attn: Focal Point.
Because of this section’s popularity, it may be several
months before your model is featured.
Taurus
R. Jerome Parker (3334 Oak Knob Ct., Hillsborough NC 27278-
7849) built this Taurus.
Ed Kazmirski designed the model in the early 1960s, and he won
the 1961 Nationals Pattern event with it.
“In 1964 I built my first Taurus, but was busy raising a family
and couldn’t afford an engine for it,” wrote R. Jerome. “I sold it to
see it fly. At the same time I promised to build another one.”
He was 34 then, and he’s 70 now; the Taurus shown is the one
promised. It is powered by an O.S. 52 four-stroke engine swinging a
12 x 6 propeller, and is controlled by Airtronics electronics.
A Contender
Glynn Breaud’s daughter Amanda (40286 Causey Rd.,
Prairieville LA 70769) is holding his new Top Flite® Contender.
The camouflage scheme and the Magnum .53 engine are a
perfect match for the model, which is covered with MonoKote®.
It flies well, according to Glynn.
Brown B-2 Racer
Ben Siprus (Cactus County RV Park, 10195 S. Houghton Rd.,
Tucson AZ 85711) took this picture of Jim Lynch and his Brown B-
2 racer after he made his first successful flight with it.
The 31% model is powered by a Thunder Tiger 1.20 on CH
Syncro-spark, and is finished with Sig dope. Jim does a fantastic job
of flying it, according to Ben.
“I told Jim that I would like to send a picture to Model Aviation,
and being an AMA member, he agreed,” wrote Ben.
Jim Lynch’s address is 6270 E. 2nd St., Tucson AZ 85711.
Blue Maxx
Scott Boone’s (351 Dorado Ct. NW, Salem OR 97304) Blue
Maxx is a reproduction of a Veco Chief. It’s his first attempt at a
Control Line Stunt airplane.
The wingspan is 42 inches, power is from an O.S. Max .40, and
the model has operating flaps. The fuselage is covered with
fiberglass and UltraCote®, the wings are covered with UltraCote®,
and the graphics are adhesive Mylar™.
“As seen in the photo, Oregon fliers fly even in wet weather!”
wrote Scott. “The airplane is very stable in the air.”
