April 2003 11
Flying Quaker
Steve Kilian (400 Windflower Ln., Placentia CA 92870) built
this 1936 Megow Models Flying Quaker from plans obtained from
John Pond’s plans service.
The model spans 84 inches, is covered with silk and butyrate
dope, is powered with a Saito 65 Golden Knight engine, and is
outfitted with an Airtronics radio.
Finished weight is 7 pounds (including floats). That gives the
model a 16-ounce-per-square-foot wing loading. Construction also
features rattan reed on curved wingtips, and the stabilizer and rudder
are per the original plans.
Steve is shown with his grandson Lane (age 3), who likes to
watch him fly.
F-15A
This is Chris Zonio’s (7671⁄2 Chenango St., Binghamton NY
13901; E-mail: [email protected]; Web site:
www.geocities.com/czonio/Homepage.html) first turbine-powered
jet; it was built from a Philip Avonds kit.
The fuselage is fiberglass, reinforced with carbon fiber and
plywood formers. The wings are white foam cores, sheeted and
fiberglassed.
The turbine is a RAM 1000 (electric start) capable of producing
28 pounds of thrust. The takeoff weight is roughly 32 pounds.
The F-15 uses Spring Air 402 retracts, Robart struts, and Glennis
wheels and brakes. It also has a pneumatic, fully functional scale
airbrake, landing and position lights, smoke system, droppable
centerline fuel tank, fully detailed cockpit, and landing-gear doors.
Six-Year Project
Jim Schneider (5453 Miraloma Ct., Livermore CA 94550; Email:
[email protected]) started his 1⁄7-scale TopFlite P-51
Mustang in February 1996 and finished it in February 2002.
Power is a Magnum 1.29 two-stroke engine capable of swinging
an 18-inch propeller. The radio is a six-channel Airtronics with
Century Jet Models retracts. The model weighs 101⁄2 pounds.
“The checkerboard pattern on the nose looks intimidating but is
mostly time consuming,” wrote Jim. “A fully enclosed engine and
homemade muffler complete the illusion of the original ‘Big
Beautiful Doll.’”
Fieseler Fi 156
Bob Greaves’ (1765 Ridge Creek Dr., Bonita CA 91902) model
was built from Model Aviation plans for a design by Hurst Bowers.
The model spans 68 inches, and the wing loading is 22.6 ounces
per square foot.
The Fi 156 is covered with silkspan, four coats of nitrate dope,
and Cheveron Perfect Paint. Insignia is by Vinylwrite. The
camouflage pattern and color are from the book Camouflage &
Markings Luftwaffe 1935-1945.
The model features 23 individual windows set in individual
frames. It’s powered by an inverted O.S. .40 with a Slimline muffler
and dummy stacks on the right side. Flaps drop 44°. Bob made the
flaps and slats.
04sig1.QXD 1.24.03 9:37 am Page 11
12 MODEL AVIATION
Model Aviation, 5161 E. Memorial Dr., Muncie IN 47302
Focal Point
Bob Lee
Bruce Malm (1101 Cobalt Ct., Rescue CA 95672; E-mail:
[email protected]) built this aircraft for his longtime and
trusted friend Bob Lee, who had always wanted a model of a
Beechcraft Staggerwing.
Bob is a “real salvage nut,” so this airplane was made from
pieces of three acquisitions. The basic model is a Kadet Senior. The
upper wing and tail feathers were from one aircraft, already covered
with MonoKote, and the lower wing was a half-built unit chosen
from the three he had and modified for separate ailerons and landing
gear. The fuselage was a partially framed unit from somewhere else
that Bruce modified.
The model uses a Hitec Prism 7 radio with seven Kraft 15II
servos and a five-cell battery pack. Power is an O.S. 91 Surpass.
Sunduster
Leslie Sullivan’s (6531 Teller St., Arvada CO 80003) Old-Timer
was built from a Klarich short kit and covered with UltraCote.
The Sunduster is powered by a Thunder Tiger 46 Pro engine,
which, according to Leslie, is a perfect fit per Society of Antique
Modelers rules.
“Memphis Belle”
Robert J. Gillespie’s (737 Campus Dr., Twin Falls ID 83301) B-
17E was built from a Royal kit.
The model spans 78 inches and weighs 13 pounds. It’s powered
by four O.S. Max .25 FX engines. The kit was balsa-planked over
the frame and covered with fiberglass cloth and two coats of resin.
The final finish is Delta Ceramcoat acrylic hobby paints with a
TopFlite clear semigloss clearcoat.
The retracts are Spring Air. The top gun turret turns back and
forth, and the guns move up and down by remote control.
Robert thanks his daughter Robyn for the photo.
Fw 190D-9
Mark Williams (1771 Cramner, Fraser CO 80442) and Joe Bugos
(Box 3165, Winter Park CO 80482) built this Focke-Wulf Fw 190D-
9.
The model spans 631⁄2 inches. It is powered by an O.S. 91 fourstroke
engine and has a 14-inch propeller. The Fw 190’s covering is
Clear MonoKote, and it has an airbrush-painted finish.
04sig1.QXD 1.24.03 9:38 am Page 12
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School Spirit
Charlie Mikolajczyk’s (11583 Douglas Rd., Temperance MI
48182; E-mail: [email protected]) daughter Beth
graduated from the University of Michigan (maize and blue), and
Lianne graduated from Michigan State (green and white).
Built in their honor, The U of M model is an Extra 300 from
Ohio R/C with an MVVS 120 twin engine. The Michigan State
model is an Extra 300 Almost Ready to Fly from ISC with an
MVVS 140 twin engine. Both are flown with a Futaba radio.
Stearman PT-17
Milton C. McGuffin (116 Hillview Ave., Houlton ME 04730)
found this kit he had put away a long time ago and decided to try it.
He built it as a Red Baron Frozen Pizza airplane.
The model weighs approximately 91⁄2 pounds, has a K&B .65
Sportster engine that turns a 13 x 6 propeller at roughly 12,000 rpm,
and uses an old Tower radio.
Covering is Coverite Black Baron permagloss. The red is Black
Baron spray paint. “Otto”
Randy Wrisley’s (1601 Orchard Dr., Santa Ana CA 92707) “Otto
the Otto-Gyro” is made from balsa, light plywood, spruce, and has a
carbon-fiber tailboom.
The model has a 39-inch-diameter rotor. It is powered with an
Astro 802G brushless motor swinging an APC 11 x 7 electric
propeller.
The autogyro weighs 22 ounces ready to fly when powered with
an eight-cell 650AE battery pack. The direct-control rotor head is
guided by a Hitec Focus 3 FM radio.
Photo by Linda Wrisley.
All-American Extra 230
Lawrence Nault’s (1558 Irish Sea, High Ridge MO 63049)
scratch-built airplane was modeled after Dick Sarpolus’s All
American featured in the February 2002 Model Aviation.
The model’s plans were scaled back from the original 80-inch
wingspan to a 50-inch wingspan. The foam wing was ordered from
Dynamic Balsa and is for the Extra 230, hence the name. According
to Lawrence, it fit perfectly in the saddle.
The power plant is an O.S. .40 FS, and the radio is a Futaba
Attack-4.
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Edition: Model Aviation - 2003/04
Page Numbers: 11,12,13
Edition: Model Aviation - 2003/04
Page Numbers: 11,12,13
April 2003 11
Flying Quaker
Steve Kilian (400 Windflower Ln., Placentia CA 92870) built
this 1936 Megow Models Flying Quaker from plans obtained from
John Pond’s plans service.
The model spans 84 inches, is covered with silk and butyrate
dope, is powered with a Saito 65 Golden Knight engine, and is
outfitted with an Airtronics radio.
Finished weight is 7 pounds (including floats). That gives the
model a 16-ounce-per-square-foot wing loading. Construction also
features rattan reed on curved wingtips, and the stabilizer and rudder
are per the original plans.
Steve is shown with his grandson Lane (age 3), who likes to
watch him fly.
F-15A
This is Chris Zonio’s (7671⁄2 Chenango St., Binghamton NY
13901; E-mail: [email protected]; Web site:
www.geocities.com/czonio/Homepage.html) first turbine-powered
jet; it was built from a Philip Avonds kit.
The fuselage is fiberglass, reinforced with carbon fiber and
plywood formers. The wings are white foam cores, sheeted and
fiberglassed.
The turbine is a RAM 1000 (electric start) capable of producing
28 pounds of thrust. The takeoff weight is roughly 32 pounds.
The F-15 uses Spring Air 402 retracts, Robart struts, and Glennis
wheels and brakes. It also has a pneumatic, fully functional scale
airbrake, landing and position lights, smoke system, droppable
centerline fuel tank, fully detailed cockpit, and landing-gear doors.
Six-Year Project
Jim Schneider (5453 Miraloma Ct., Livermore CA 94550; Email:
[email protected]) started his 1⁄7-scale TopFlite P-51
Mustang in February 1996 and finished it in February 2002.
Power is a Magnum 1.29 two-stroke engine capable of swinging
an 18-inch propeller. The radio is a six-channel Airtronics with
Century Jet Models retracts. The model weighs 101⁄2 pounds.
“The checkerboard pattern on the nose looks intimidating but is
mostly time consuming,” wrote Jim. “A fully enclosed engine and
homemade muffler complete the illusion of the original ‘Big
Beautiful Doll.’”
Fieseler Fi 156
Bob Greaves’ (1765 Ridge Creek Dr., Bonita CA 91902) model
was built from Model Aviation plans for a design by Hurst Bowers.
The model spans 68 inches, and the wing loading is 22.6 ounces
per square foot.
The Fi 156 is covered with silkspan, four coats of nitrate dope,
and Cheveron Perfect Paint. Insignia is by Vinylwrite. The
camouflage pattern and color are from the book Camouflage &
Markings Luftwaffe 1935-1945.
The model features 23 individual windows set in individual
frames. It’s powered by an inverted O.S. .40 with a Slimline muffler
and dummy stacks on the right side. Flaps drop 44°. Bob made the
flaps and slats.
04sig1.QXD 1.24.03 9:37 am Page 11
12 MODEL AVIATION
Model Aviation, 5161 E. Memorial Dr., Muncie IN 47302
Focal Point
Bob Lee
Bruce Malm (1101 Cobalt Ct., Rescue CA 95672; E-mail:
[email protected]) built this aircraft for his longtime and
trusted friend Bob Lee, who had always wanted a model of a
Beechcraft Staggerwing.
Bob is a “real salvage nut,” so this airplane was made from
pieces of three acquisitions. The basic model is a Kadet Senior. The
upper wing and tail feathers were from one aircraft, already covered
with MonoKote, and the lower wing was a half-built unit chosen
from the three he had and modified for separate ailerons and landing
gear. The fuselage was a partially framed unit from somewhere else
that Bruce modified.
The model uses a Hitec Prism 7 radio with seven Kraft 15II
servos and a five-cell battery pack. Power is an O.S. 91 Surpass.
Sunduster
Leslie Sullivan’s (6531 Teller St., Arvada CO 80003) Old-Timer
was built from a Klarich short kit and covered with UltraCote.
The Sunduster is powered by a Thunder Tiger 46 Pro engine,
which, according to Leslie, is a perfect fit per Society of Antique
Modelers rules.
“Memphis Belle”
Robert J. Gillespie’s (737 Campus Dr., Twin Falls ID 83301) B-
17E was built from a Royal kit.
The model spans 78 inches and weighs 13 pounds. It’s powered
by four O.S. Max .25 FX engines. The kit was balsa-planked over
the frame and covered with fiberglass cloth and two coats of resin.
The final finish is Delta Ceramcoat acrylic hobby paints with a
TopFlite clear semigloss clearcoat.
The retracts are Spring Air. The top gun turret turns back and
forth, and the guns move up and down by remote control.
Robert thanks his daughter Robyn for the photo.
Fw 190D-9
Mark Williams (1771 Cramner, Fraser CO 80442) and Joe Bugos
(Box 3165, Winter Park CO 80482) built this Focke-Wulf Fw 190D-
9.
The model spans 631⁄2 inches. It is powered by an O.S. 91 fourstroke
engine and has a 14-inch propeller. The Fw 190’s covering is
Clear MonoKote, and it has an airbrush-painted finish.
04sig1.QXD 1.24.03 9:38 am Page 12
April 2003 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 dpi, E-mailed submissions, 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, 5161 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.
School Spirit
Charlie Mikolajczyk’s (11583 Douglas Rd., Temperance MI
48182; E-mail: [email protected]) daughter Beth
graduated from the University of Michigan (maize and blue), and
Lianne graduated from Michigan State (green and white).
Built in their honor, The U of M model is an Extra 300 from
Ohio R/C with an MVVS 120 twin engine. The Michigan State
model is an Extra 300 Almost Ready to Fly from ISC with an
MVVS 140 twin engine. Both are flown with a Futaba radio.
Stearman PT-17
Milton C. McGuffin (116 Hillview Ave., Houlton ME 04730)
found this kit he had put away a long time ago and decided to try it.
He built it as a Red Baron Frozen Pizza airplane.
The model weighs approximately 91⁄2 pounds, has a K&B .65
Sportster engine that turns a 13 x 6 propeller at roughly 12,000 rpm,
and uses an old Tower radio.
Covering is Coverite Black Baron permagloss. The red is Black
Baron spray paint. “Otto”
Randy Wrisley’s (1601 Orchard Dr., Santa Ana CA 92707) “Otto
the Otto-Gyro” is made from balsa, light plywood, spruce, and has a
carbon-fiber tailboom.
The model has a 39-inch-diameter rotor. It is powered with an
Astro 802G brushless motor swinging an APC 11 x 7 electric
propeller.
The autogyro weighs 22 ounces ready to fly when powered with
an eight-cell 650AE battery pack. The direct-control rotor head is
guided by a Hitec Focus 3 FM radio.
Photo by Linda Wrisley.
All-American Extra 230
Lawrence Nault’s (1558 Irish Sea, High Ridge MO 63049)
scratch-built airplane was modeled after Dick Sarpolus’s All
American featured in the February 2002 Model Aviation.
The model’s plans were scaled back from the original 80-inch
wingspan to a 50-inch wingspan. The foam wing was ordered from
Dynamic Balsa and is for the Extra 230, hence the name. According
to Lawrence, it fit perfectly in the saddle.
The power plant is an O.S. .40 FS, and the radio is a Futaba
Attack-4.
04sig1.QXD 1.24.03 9:39 am Page 13
Edition: Model Aviation - 2003/04
Page Numbers: 11,12,13
April 2003 11
Flying Quaker
Steve Kilian (400 Windflower Ln., Placentia CA 92870) built
this 1936 Megow Models Flying Quaker from plans obtained from
John Pond’s plans service.
The model spans 84 inches, is covered with silk and butyrate
dope, is powered with a Saito 65 Golden Knight engine, and is
outfitted with an Airtronics radio.
Finished weight is 7 pounds (including floats). That gives the
model a 16-ounce-per-square-foot wing loading. Construction also
features rattan reed on curved wingtips, and the stabilizer and rudder
are per the original plans.
Steve is shown with his grandson Lane (age 3), who likes to
watch him fly.
F-15A
This is Chris Zonio’s (7671⁄2 Chenango St., Binghamton NY
13901; E-mail: [email protected]; Web site:
www.geocities.com/czonio/Homepage.html) first turbine-powered
jet; it was built from a Philip Avonds kit.
The fuselage is fiberglass, reinforced with carbon fiber and
plywood formers. The wings are white foam cores, sheeted and
fiberglassed.
The turbine is a RAM 1000 (electric start) capable of producing
28 pounds of thrust. The takeoff weight is roughly 32 pounds.
The F-15 uses Spring Air 402 retracts, Robart struts, and Glennis
wheels and brakes. It also has a pneumatic, fully functional scale
airbrake, landing and position lights, smoke system, droppable
centerline fuel tank, fully detailed cockpit, and landing-gear doors.
Six-Year Project
Jim Schneider (5453 Miraloma Ct., Livermore CA 94550; Email:
[email protected]) started his 1⁄7-scale TopFlite P-51
Mustang in February 1996 and finished it in February 2002.
Power is a Magnum 1.29 two-stroke engine capable of swinging
an 18-inch propeller. The radio is a six-channel Airtronics with
Century Jet Models retracts. The model weighs 101⁄2 pounds.
“The checkerboard pattern on the nose looks intimidating but is
mostly time consuming,” wrote Jim. “A fully enclosed engine and
homemade muffler complete the illusion of the original ‘Big
Beautiful Doll.’”
Fieseler Fi 156
Bob Greaves’ (1765 Ridge Creek Dr., Bonita CA 91902) model
was built from Model Aviation plans for a design by Hurst Bowers.
The model spans 68 inches, and the wing loading is 22.6 ounces
per square foot.
The Fi 156 is covered with silkspan, four coats of nitrate dope,
and Cheveron Perfect Paint. Insignia is by Vinylwrite. The
camouflage pattern and color are from the book Camouflage &
Markings Luftwaffe 1935-1945.
The model features 23 individual windows set in individual
frames. It’s powered by an inverted O.S. .40 with a Slimline muffler
and dummy stacks on the right side. Flaps drop 44°. Bob made the
flaps and slats.
04sig1.QXD 1.24.03 9:37 am Page 11
12 MODEL AVIATION
Model Aviation, 5161 E. Memorial Dr., Muncie IN 47302
Focal Point
Bob Lee
Bruce Malm (1101 Cobalt Ct., Rescue CA 95672; E-mail:
[email protected]) built this aircraft for his longtime and
trusted friend Bob Lee, who had always wanted a model of a
Beechcraft Staggerwing.
Bob is a “real salvage nut,” so this airplane was made from
pieces of three acquisitions. The basic model is a Kadet Senior. The
upper wing and tail feathers were from one aircraft, already covered
with MonoKote, and the lower wing was a half-built unit chosen
from the three he had and modified for separate ailerons and landing
gear. The fuselage was a partially framed unit from somewhere else
that Bruce modified.
The model uses a Hitec Prism 7 radio with seven Kraft 15II
servos and a five-cell battery pack. Power is an O.S. 91 Surpass.
Sunduster
Leslie Sullivan’s (6531 Teller St., Arvada CO 80003) Old-Timer
was built from a Klarich short kit and covered with UltraCote.
The Sunduster is powered by a Thunder Tiger 46 Pro engine,
which, according to Leslie, is a perfect fit per Society of Antique
Modelers rules.
“Memphis Belle”
Robert J. Gillespie’s (737 Campus Dr., Twin Falls ID 83301) B-
17E was built from a Royal kit.
The model spans 78 inches and weighs 13 pounds. It’s powered
by four O.S. Max .25 FX engines. The kit was balsa-planked over
the frame and covered with fiberglass cloth and two coats of resin.
The final finish is Delta Ceramcoat acrylic hobby paints with a
TopFlite clear semigloss clearcoat.
The retracts are Spring Air. The top gun turret turns back and
forth, and the guns move up and down by remote control.
Robert thanks his daughter Robyn for the photo.
Fw 190D-9
Mark Williams (1771 Cramner, Fraser CO 80442) and Joe Bugos
(Box 3165, Winter Park CO 80482) built this Focke-Wulf Fw 190D-
9.
The model spans 631⁄2 inches. It is powered by an O.S. 91 fourstroke
engine and has a 14-inch propeller. The Fw 190’s covering is
Clear MonoKote, and it has an airbrush-painted finish.
04sig1.QXD 1.24.03 9:38 am Page 12
April 2003 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 dpi, E-mailed submissions, 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, 5161 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.
School Spirit
Charlie Mikolajczyk’s (11583 Douglas Rd., Temperance MI
48182; E-mail: [email protected]) daughter Beth
graduated from the University of Michigan (maize and blue), and
Lianne graduated from Michigan State (green and white).
Built in their honor, The U of M model is an Extra 300 from
Ohio R/C with an MVVS 120 twin engine. The Michigan State
model is an Extra 300 Almost Ready to Fly from ISC with an
MVVS 140 twin engine. Both are flown with a Futaba radio.
Stearman PT-17
Milton C. McGuffin (116 Hillview Ave., Houlton ME 04730)
found this kit he had put away a long time ago and decided to try it.
He built it as a Red Baron Frozen Pizza airplane.
The model weighs approximately 91⁄2 pounds, has a K&B .65
Sportster engine that turns a 13 x 6 propeller at roughly 12,000 rpm,
and uses an old Tower radio.
Covering is Coverite Black Baron permagloss. The red is Black
Baron spray paint. “Otto”
Randy Wrisley’s (1601 Orchard Dr., Santa Ana CA 92707) “Otto
the Otto-Gyro” is made from balsa, light plywood, spruce, and has a
carbon-fiber tailboom.
The model has a 39-inch-diameter rotor. It is powered with an
Astro 802G brushless motor swinging an APC 11 x 7 electric
propeller.
The autogyro weighs 22 ounces ready to fly when powered with
an eight-cell 650AE battery pack. The direct-control rotor head is
guided by a Hitec Focus 3 FM radio.
Photo by Linda Wrisley.
All-American Extra 230
Lawrence Nault’s (1558 Irish Sea, High Ridge MO 63049)
scratch-built airplane was modeled after Dick Sarpolus’s All
American featured in the February 2002 Model Aviation.
The model’s plans were scaled back from the original 80-inch
wingspan to a 50-inch wingspan. The foam wing was ordered from
Dynamic Balsa and is for the Extra 230, hence the name. According
to Lawrence, it fit perfectly in the saddle.
The power plant is an O.S. .40 FS, and the radio is a Futaba
Attack-4.
04sig1.QXD 1.24.03 9:39 am Page 13
