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Model Aviation, 5161 E. Memorial Dr., Muncie IN 47302
Focal Point
B-25 Bomber
Mark St. George (6526 Collamer Rd., East Syracuse NY 13057)
built his 19-pound North American B-25 from a Wing
Manufacturing kit.
The model has an 80-inch wingspan, two TSI .61 engines, a sixchannel
Futaba radio with nine servos, and Robart retracts. It was
finished with flat MonoKote then painted with MonoKote paint.
“This B-25 takes off with authority,” wrote Mark. “It flies very
well. This is my first twin-engine aircraft.”
Douglas Dauntless
Fran Schneider’s (990 Wilson Ct., Warrington PA 18976) Nick
Ziroli Plans SBD Dauntless spans 100 inches, weighs 38 pounds,
and has Robart retracts.
The dive brakes and flaps are operational, and the cockpit is a
Dynamic Balsa design. The model is painted with automotive paints
mixed from Federal Standard color chips. It is powered by a Zenoah
G-62 engine and uses a JR radio. Fran custom-made the muffler to
allow for scale exhaust.
“This has been a three step challenge: the first to complete my
first Giant Scale warbird, the second to show it at a few Scale meets,
and the third and most challenging to get the nerve to fly it!” wrote
Fran.
Q.A.C. Quickie
Avis J. Bourg Sr. (103 Gilmore Cir., Covington LA 70433) built
his 1⁄4-scale aircraft from Radio Control Modeler plans.
The Quickie is powered by an O.S. .40 Max engine. According
to Avis, this model has good flying characteristics, glides well, and
stands out on the tarmac.
Guidance is provided by a Futaba PCM six-channel radio.
Bearhawk
M.H. Pickard (7089 Goodview Rd., Goodview VA 24095) built
a 1⁄5-scale model of Experimental Aircraft Association builder and
designer Bob Barrous’s full-scale Bearhawk.
“He lives about 30 miles from me so I could see his airplanes (he
has built two of them) and I got a three view from him, which I used
to draw my plans and built mine,” wrote M.H.
The model was scratch-built except for the cowl that M.H. got
from Fiberglass Specialties. The Bearhawk weighs 12 pounds and
has an O.S. 1.08 engine for power.
The 82-inch-span wings were sheeted then covered with silk and
doped, and the fuselage is covered with Super Coverite and painted
with Krylon.
July 2003 11
“Pete”
Sam Donnell (5829 S.E. 48th Ave., Portland OR 97206) scratchbuilt
this model of a 1935 Pietenpol home-built aircraft.
It has an 80-inch wingspan and a Futaba radio with five servos.
“With the Magnum 91 four-stroke engine, the model flies just
like the real ‘Pete’ with its Model A Ford engine,” wrote Sam.
The Boomerang
Tony Newsom (4815 Shetland Ave., Oakland CA 94605; E-mail:
[email protected]) designed this swept-wing canard he calls
“The Boomerang.”
It spans 51 inches, weighs 51⁄2 pounds, has a Thunder Tiger .36
engine, uses a JR 388 radio, a total of seven servos, and an APC 9 x
6 propeller, and is covered with UltraCote.
The outer leading edge of the wing is “drooped,” which makes
the model stable at slow speeds. It has been clocked on radar at 109
mph.
“One of my club members took a photo of me, which I then
altered on my PC to make a vinyl decal, which is applied to the fin,”
wrote Tony.
Smith Miniplane
Russ Heslin (43 Fritz Pl., Wallingford CT 06492; E-mail:
[email protected]) built this model from a Sig Manufacturing kit for
Tim Loncar of Conway, Massachusetts.
It is powered by a SuperTigre .46 engine with a J’Tec insidecowl
muffler. The Miniplane was covered with White and red
Coverite 21st Century Fabric. The cabanes, struts, wheel pants, and
cowl were painted to match using 21st Century paint.
“The airplane had more detail in it than necessary but I really
wanted Tim to love this airplane as much as I did,” wrote Russ. “It
was tough handing it over to him but from his reaction on the day he
picked it up I knew it was going to a good home.”
Steve Oliver’s Chipmunk
Bart Asher (2051 Dohack Dr., Arnold MO 63010) scaled and
finished his Ohio R/C model to be a replica of Steve Oliver’s Super
Chipmunk. Steve is a full-scale aerobatics pilot and flies with the
Pepsi Aerial Entertainers.
“I met Steve Oliver at the St. Louis County Fair and Airshow in
2000,” wrote Bart.
The model is powered by a Zenoah G-38 engine and spans 81
inches. Bart competed with it at the 2000 Nationals and finished
seventh in Advanced Fun Scale.
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Model Aviation, 5161 E. Memorial Dr., Muncie IN 47302
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Seamaster
Ray Smith (30131 Pointe Dr., Gibraltar MI 48173; E-mail:
[email protected]) fell in love with float-flying and built this twinfuselage
Seamaster from plans.
It is covered with MonoKote, powered by twin SuperTigre .40
engines, has a wingspan of 93 inches, and weighs approximately 15
pounds.
“It is extremely stable on the water and flies well except it is
touchy at slower speeds so I hope to add flaps,” wrote Ray.
CAP 232
Aaron Jeffery Morford’s (1114 Cook Ave. Apt. 21, Lakewood
OH 44107) Great Planes 40-size CAP 232 is powered by an O.S. .46
FX engine and controlled by Tower Hobbies electronics.
The model sports Aaron’s original MonoKote scheme and has a
pull-pull rudder system.
“I fly with a great group of guys at the Cleveland RC Club, but
some of the vets were pushing my trainer and I around all the time,
so I decided to gain a little muscle in my corner with this CAP,”
wrote Aaron. “I might have bitten off more than I can chew since
this is only my second airplane, but we will see what happens.”
Sun Ray
After returning to the hobby after having been out of it for more
than 20 years, Gary D. Seira (1404 10th St. N.W., Austin MN
55912; E-mail: [email protected]) built this model designed by Jack
Scarbrough from March 1975 Radio Control Modeler plans.
Gary uses a JR 652 radio, and the Sun Ray weighs approximately
8 pounds and is powered by an O.S. .61 FX engine. The upper
wingspan is 51 inches, and the lower wingspan is 38 inches. The
covering is MonoKote.
Air Foiler
David Mitchell (129 Leslie Ave., Balto MD 21236) submitted
this photo of an Old-Timer he built from Hal deBolt plans. David’s
grandson David, who is 6, is sitting behind the model.
The Air Foiler spans 60 inches, has a wing area of 505 square
inches, is 35 inches long, and weighs 31⁄4 pounds. David uses a
three-channel radio, and the engine is an O.S. 26 four-stroke.
The model is covered with Solartex and trimmed with 21st
Century Fabric.
July 2003 13
Imperial Knight Twister
William C. Nichols (5892 Heritage Lakes Dr., Hilliard OH
43026) built this model of a full-scale aircraft that Vernon Payne
designed in the 1930s. Don Fairbanks of Cincinnati, Ohio, built this
version and flew it in the Reno Air Races in 1971.
William scratch-built this particular model from a three-view
drawing by Russ A. Brown. It is powered by a Norvel .074 engine,
weighs 23 ounces, and has a 300-square-inch wing area.
The construction and flying of this model has been very
rewarding to me personally,” wrote William. “As a boy in 1965
living in New Philadelphia, Ohio I was privileged to know Toni
Sabler who built and flew a Knight Twister. He was almost mystical
to all the kids that loved aviation back then in my area.”
F4U Corsair
Carmen S. Luciano (409 Booth Hill Rd., Huntington CT 06484;
E-mail: [email protected]) built his Scale warbird from a Gold Edition
TopFlite 60-size kit.
The model features a detailed cockpit, a dummy radial engine,
scale panel lines and rivets, scale 50-caliber machine guns, a Pitts
muffler, and Robart retracts. The engine is a SuperTigre G-75,
covering is MonoKote, and radio equipment is by JR.
Carmen won a Connecticut Model Airplane Club winter building
contest with this model.
Amelia’s Aircraft
Wesley R. Davis (8639 E. 24th Cir., Tucson AZ 85910)
constructed this replica of Amelia Earhart’s Lockheed Electra.
Everything in this model is aluminum—the bulkheads,
longerons, ribs, etc. It spans 88 inches, has a 58-inch wingspan, and
weighs 14 pounds.
According to Wesley, he used “lots of patterns, triangulations,
and ‘trimulation.’”
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Because of this section’s popularity, it may be several
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“The Only Way to Fly!”
Jack Wilder (50 Barque Ln., Port Ludlow LA 98365) scratchbuilt
his Western Airlines McDonnell Douglas DC-3.
It is powered by a Magnum .46 engine and uses Hitec radio
equipment. Covering is White and Chrome UltraCote. The vinyl
work is by Vinylwrite of Santa Rosa, California.
Edition: Model Aviation - 2003/07
Page Numbers: 10,11,12,13
Edition: Model Aviation - 2003/07
Page Numbers: 10,11,12,13
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Model Aviation, 5161 E. Memorial Dr., Muncie IN 47302
Focal Point
B-25 Bomber
Mark St. George (6526 Collamer Rd., East Syracuse NY 13057)
built his 19-pound North American B-25 from a Wing
Manufacturing kit.
The model has an 80-inch wingspan, two TSI .61 engines, a sixchannel
Futaba radio with nine servos, and Robart retracts. It was
finished with flat MonoKote then painted with MonoKote paint.
“This B-25 takes off with authority,” wrote Mark. “It flies very
well. This is my first twin-engine aircraft.”
Douglas Dauntless
Fran Schneider’s (990 Wilson Ct., Warrington PA 18976) Nick
Ziroli Plans SBD Dauntless spans 100 inches, weighs 38 pounds,
and has Robart retracts.
The dive brakes and flaps are operational, and the cockpit is a
Dynamic Balsa design. The model is painted with automotive paints
mixed from Federal Standard color chips. It is powered by a Zenoah
G-62 engine and uses a JR radio. Fran custom-made the muffler to
allow for scale exhaust.
“This has been a three step challenge: the first to complete my
first Giant Scale warbird, the second to show it at a few Scale meets,
and the third and most challenging to get the nerve to fly it!” wrote
Fran.
Q.A.C. Quickie
Avis J. Bourg Sr. (103 Gilmore Cir., Covington LA 70433) built
his 1⁄4-scale aircraft from Radio Control Modeler plans.
The Quickie is powered by an O.S. .40 Max engine. According
to Avis, this model has good flying characteristics, glides well, and
stands out on the tarmac.
Guidance is provided by a Futaba PCM six-channel radio.
Bearhawk
M.H. Pickard (7089 Goodview Rd., Goodview VA 24095) built
a 1⁄5-scale model of Experimental Aircraft Association builder and
designer Bob Barrous’s full-scale Bearhawk.
“He lives about 30 miles from me so I could see his airplanes (he
has built two of them) and I got a three view from him, which I used
to draw my plans and built mine,” wrote M.H.
The model was scratch-built except for the cowl that M.H. got
from Fiberglass Specialties. The Bearhawk weighs 12 pounds and
has an O.S. 1.08 engine for power.
The 82-inch-span wings were sheeted then covered with silk and
doped, and the fuselage is covered with Super Coverite and painted
with Krylon.
July 2003 11
“Pete”
Sam Donnell (5829 S.E. 48th Ave., Portland OR 97206) scratchbuilt
this model of a 1935 Pietenpol home-built aircraft.
It has an 80-inch wingspan and a Futaba radio with five servos.
“With the Magnum 91 four-stroke engine, the model flies just
like the real ‘Pete’ with its Model A Ford engine,” wrote Sam.
The Boomerang
Tony Newsom (4815 Shetland Ave., Oakland CA 94605; E-mail:
[email protected]) designed this swept-wing canard he calls
“The Boomerang.”
It spans 51 inches, weighs 51⁄2 pounds, has a Thunder Tiger .36
engine, uses a JR 388 radio, a total of seven servos, and an APC 9 x
6 propeller, and is covered with UltraCote.
The outer leading edge of the wing is “drooped,” which makes
the model stable at slow speeds. It has been clocked on radar at 109
mph.
“One of my club members took a photo of me, which I then
altered on my PC to make a vinyl decal, which is applied to the fin,”
wrote Tony.
Smith Miniplane
Russ Heslin (43 Fritz Pl., Wallingford CT 06492; E-mail:
[email protected]) built this model from a Sig Manufacturing kit for
Tim Loncar of Conway, Massachusetts.
It is powered by a SuperTigre .46 engine with a J’Tec insidecowl
muffler. The Miniplane was covered with White and red
Coverite 21st Century Fabric. The cabanes, struts, wheel pants, and
cowl were painted to match using 21st Century paint.
“The airplane had more detail in it than necessary but I really
wanted Tim to love this airplane as much as I did,” wrote Russ. “It
was tough handing it over to him but from his reaction on the day he
picked it up I knew it was going to a good home.”
Steve Oliver’s Chipmunk
Bart Asher (2051 Dohack Dr., Arnold MO 63010) scaled and
finished his Ohio R/C model to be a replica of Steve Oliver’s Super
Chipmunk. Steve is a full-scale aerobatics pilot and flies with the
Pepsi Aerial Entertainers.
“I met Steve Oliver at the St. Louis County Fair and Airshow in
2000,” wrote Bart.
The model is powered by a Zenoah G-38 engine and spans 81
inches. Bart competed with it at the 2000 Nationals and finished
seventh in Advanced Fun Scale.
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Model Aviation, 5161 E. Memorial Dr., Muncie IN 47302
Focal Point
Seamaster
Ray Smith (30131 Pointe Dr., Gibraltar MI 48173; E-mail:
[email protected]) fell in love with float-flying and built this twinfuselage
Seamaster from plans.
It is covered with MonoKote, powered by twin SuperTigre .40
engines, has a wingspan of 93 inches, and weighs approximately 15
pounds.
“It is extremely stable on the water and flies well except it is
touchy at slower speeds so I hope to add flaps,” wrote Ray.
CAP 232
Aaron Jeffery Morford’s (1114 Cook Ave. Apt. 21, Lakewood
OH 44107) Great Planes 40-size CAP 232 is powered by an O.S. .46
FX engine and controlled by Tower Hobbies electronics.
The model sports Aaron’s original MonoKote scheme and has a
pull-pull rudder system.
“I fly with a great group of guys at the Cleveland RC Club, but
some of the vets were pushing my trainer and I around all the time,
so I decided to gain a little muscle in my corner with this CAP,”
wrote Aaron. “I might have bitten off more than I can chew since
this is only my second airplane, but we will see what happens.”
Sun Ray
After returning to the hobby after having been out of it for more
than 20 years, Gary D. Seira (1404 10th St. N.W., Austin MN
55912; E-mail: [email protected]) built this model designed by Jack
Scarbrough from March 1975 Radio Control Modeler plans.
Gary uses a JR 652 radio, and the Sun Ray weighs approximately
8 pounds and is powered by an O.S. .61 FX engine. The upper
wingspan is 51 inches, and the lower wingspan is 38 inches. The
covering is MonoKote.
Air Foiler
David Mitchell (129 Leslie Ave., Balto MD 21236) submitted
this photo of an Old-Timer he built from Hal deBolt plans. David’s
grandson David, who is 6, is sitting behind the model.
The Air Foiler spans 60 inches, has a wing area of 505 square
inches, is 35 inches long, and weighs 31⁄4 pounds. David uses a
three-channel radio, and the engine is an O.S. 26 four-stroke.
The model is covered with Solartex and trimmed with 21st
Century Fabric.
July 2003 13
Imperial Knight Twister
William C. Nichols (5892 Heritage Lakes Dr., Hilliard OH
43026) built this model of a full-scale aircraft that Vernon Payne
designed in the 1930s. Don Fairbanks of Cincinnati, Ohio, built this
version and flew it in the Reno Air Races in 1971.
William scratch-built this particular model from a three-view
drawing by Russ A. Brown. It is powered by a Norvel .074 engine,
weighs 23 ounces, and has a 300-square-inch wing area.
The construction and flying of this model has been very
rewarding to me personally,” wrote William. “As a boy in 1965
living in New Philadelphia, Ohio I was privileged to know Toni
Sabler who built and flew a Knight Twister. He was almost mystical
to all the kids that loved aviation back then in my area.”
F4U Corsair
Carmen S. Luciano (409 Booth Hill Rd., Huntington CT 06484;
E-mail: [email protected]) built his Scale warbird from a Gold Edition
TopFlite 60-size kit.
The model features a detailed cockpit, a dummy radial engine,
scale panel lines and rivets, scale 50-caliber machine guns, a Pitts
muffler, and Robart retracts. The engine is a SuperTigre G-75,
covering is MonoKote, and radio equipment is by JR.
Carmen won a Connecticut Model Airplane Club winter building
contest with this model.
Amelia’s Aircraft
Wesley R. Davis (8639 E. 24th Cir., Tucson AZ 85910)
constructed this replica of Amelia Earhart’s Lockheed Electra.
Everything in this model is aluminum—the bulkheads,
longerons, ribs, etc. It spans 88 inches, has a 58-inch wingspan, and
weighs 14 pounds.
According to Wesley, he used “lots of patterns, triangulations,
and ‘trimulation.’”
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.
“The Only Way to Fly!”
Jack Wilder (50 Barque Ln., Port Ludlow LA 98365) scratchbuilt
his Western Airlines McDonnell Douglas DC-3.
It is powered by a Magnum .46 engine and uses Hitec radio
equipment. Covering is White and Chrome UltraCote. The vinyl
work is by Vinylwrite of Santa Rosa, California.
Edition: Model Aviation - 2003/07
Page Numbers: 10,11,12,13
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Model Aviation, 5161 E. Memorial Dr., Muncie IN 47302
Focal Point
B-25 Bomber
Mark St. George (6526 Collamer Rd., East Syracuse NY 13057)
built his 19-pound North American B-25 from a Wing
Manufacturing kit.
The model has an 80-inch wingspan, two TSI .61 engines, a sixchannel
Futaba radio with nine servos, and Robart retracts. It was
finished with flat MonoKote then painted with MonoKote paint.
“This B-25 takes off with authority,” wrote Mark. “It flies very
well. This is my first twin-engine aircraft.”
Douglas Dauntless
Fran Schneider’s (990 Wilson Ct., Warrington PA 18976) Nick
Ziroli Plans SBD Dauntless spans 100 inches, weighs 38 pounds,
and has Robart retracts.
The dive brakes and flaps are operational, and the cockpit is a
Dynamic Balsa design. The model is painted with automotive paints
mixed from Federal Standard color chips. It is powered by a Zenoah
G-62 engine and uses a JR radio. Fran custom-made the muffler to
allow for scale exhaust.
“This has been a three step challenge: the first to complete my
first Giant Scale warbird, the second to show it at a few Scale meets,
and the third and most challenging to get the nerve to fly it!” wrote
Fran.
Q.A.C. Quickie
Avis J. Bourg Sr. (103 Gilmore Cir., Covington LA 70433) built
his 1⁄4-scale aircraft from Radio Control Modeler plans.
The Quickie is powered by an O.S. .40 Max engine. According
to Avis, this model has good flying characteristics, glides well, and
stands out on the tarmac.
Guidance is provided by a Futaba PCM six-channel radio.
Bearhawk
M.H. Pickard (7089 Goodview Rd., Goodview VA 24095) built
a 1⁄5-scale model of Experimental Aircraft Association builder and
designer Bob Barrous’s full-scale Bearhawk.
“He lives about 30 miles from me so I could see his airplanes (he
has built two of them) and I got a three view from him, which I used
to draw my plans and built mine,” wrote M.H.
The model was scratch-built except for the cowl that M.H. got
from Fiberglass Specialties. The Bearhawk weighs 12 pounds and
has an O.S. 1.08 engine for power.
The 82-inch-span wings were sheeted then covered with silk and
doped, and the fuselage is covered with Super Coverite and painted
with Krylon.
July 2003 11
“Pete”
Sam Donnell (5829 S.E. 48th Ave., Portland OR 97206) scratchbuilt
this model of a 1935 Pietenpol home-built aircraft.
It has an 80-inch wingspan and a Futaba radio with five servos.
“With the Magnum 91 four-stroke engine, the model flies just
like the real ‘Pete’ with its Model A Ford engine,” wrote Sam.
The Boomerang
Tony Newsom (4815 Shetland Ave., Oakland CA 94605; E-mail:
[email protected]) designed this swept-wing canard he calls
“The Boomerang.”
It spans 51 inches, weighs 51⁄2 pounds, has a Thunder Tiger .36
engine, uses a JR 388 radio, a total of seven servos, and an APC 9 x
6 propeller, and is covered with UltraCote.
The outer leading edge of the wing is “drooped,” which makes
the model stable at slow speeds. It has been clocked on radar at 109
mph.
“One of my club members took a photo of me, which I then
altered on my PC to make a vinyl decal, which is applied to the fin,”
wrote Tony.
Smith Miniplane
Russ Heslin (43 Fritz Pl., Wallingford CT 06492; E-mail:
[email protected]) built this model from a Sig Manufacturing kit for
Tim Loncar of Conway, Massachusetts.
It is powered by a SuperTigre .46 engine with a J’Tec insidecowl
muffler. The Miniplane was covered with White and red
Coverite 21st Century Fabric. The cabanes, struts, wheel pants, and
cowl were painted to match using 21st Century paint.
“The airplane had more detail in it than necessary but I really
wanted Tim to love this airplane as much as I did,” wrote Russ. “It
was tough handing it over to him but from his reaction on the day he
picked it up I knew it was going to a good home.”
Steve Oliver’s Chipmunk
Bart Asher (2051 Dohack Dr., Arnold MO 63010) scaled and
finished his Ohio R/C model to be a replica of Steve Oliver’s Super
Chipmunk. Steve is a full-scale aerobatics pilot and flies with the
Pepsi Aerial Entertainers.
“I met Steve Oliver at the St. Louis County Fair and Airshow in
2000,” wrote Bart.
The model is powered by a Zenoah G-38 engine and spans 81
inches. Bart competed with it at the 2000 Nationals and finished
seventh in Advanced Fun Scale.
12 MODEL AVIATION
Model Aviation, 5161 E. Memorial Dr., Muncie IN 47302
Focal Point
Seamaster
Ray Smith (30131 Pointe Dr., Gibraltar MI 48173; E-mail:
[email protected]) fell in love with float-flying and built this twinfuselage
Seamaster from plans.
It is covered with MonoKote, powered by twin SuperTigre .40
engines, has a wingspan of 93 inches, and weighs approximately 15
pounds.
“It is extremely stable on the water and flies well except it is
touchy at slower speeds so I hope to add flaps,” wrote Ray.
CAP 232
Aaron Jeffery Morford’s (1114 Cook Ave. Apt. 21, Lakewood
OH 44107) Great Planes 40-size CAP 232 is powered by an O.S. .46
FX engine and controlled by Tower Hobbies electronics.
The model sports Aaron’s original MonoKote scheme and has a
pull-pull rudder system.
“I fly with a great group of guys at the Cleveland RC Club, but
some of the vets were pushing my trainer and I around all the time,
so I decided to gain a little muscle in my corner with this CAP,”
wrote Aaron. “I might have bitten off more than I can chew since
this is only my second airplane, but we will see what happens.”
Sun Ray
After returning to the hobby after having been out of it for more
than 20 years, Gary D. Seira (1404 10th St. N.W., Austin MN
55912; E-mail: [email protected]) built this model designed by Jack
Scarbrough from March 1975 Radio Control Modeler plans.
Gary uses a JR 652 radio, and the Sun Ray weighs approximately
8 pounds and is powered by an O.S. .61 FX engine. The upper
wingspan is 51 inches, and the lower wingspan is 38 inches. The
covering is MonoKote.
Air Foiler
David Mitchell (129 Leslie Ave., Balto MD 21236) submitted
this photo of an Old-Timer he built from Hal deBolt plans. David’s
grandson David, who is 6, is sitting behind the model.
The Air Foiler spans 60 inches, has a wing area of 505 square
inches, is 35 inches long, and weighs 31⁄4 pounds. David uses a
three-channel radio, and the engine is an O.S. 26 four-stroke.
The model is covered with Solartex and trimmed with 21st
Century Fabric.
July 2003 13
Imperial Knight Twister
William C. Nichols (5892 Heritage Lakes Dr., Hilliard OH
43026) built this model of a full-scale aircraft that Vernon Payne
designed in the 1930s. Don Fairbanks of Cincinnati, Ohio, built this
version and flew it in the Reno Air Races in 1971.
William scratch-built this particular model from a three-view
drawing by Russ A. Brown. It is powered by a Norvel .074 engine,
weighs 23 ounces, and has a 300-square-inch wing area.
The construction and flying of this model has been very
rewarding to me personally,” wrote William. “As a boy in 1965
living in New Philadelphia, Ohio I was privileged to know Toni
Sabler who built and flew a Knight Twister. He was almost mystical
to all the kids that loved aviation back then in my area.”
F4U Corsair
Carmen S. Luciano (409 Booth Hill Rd., Huntington CT 06484;
E-mail: [email protected]) built his Scale warbird from a Gold Edition
TopFlite 60-size kit.
The model features a detailed cockpit, a dummy radial engine,
scale panel lines and rivets, scale 50-caliber machine guns, a Pitts
muffler, and Robart retracts. The engine is a SuperTigre G-75,
covering is MonoKote, and radio equipment is by JR.
Carmen won a Connecticut Model Airplane Club winter building
contest with this model.
Amelia’s Aircraft
Wesley R. Davis (8639 E. 24th Cir., Tucson AZ 85910)
constructed this replica of Amelia Earhart’s Lockheed Electra.
Everything in this model is aluminum—the bulkheads,
longerons, ribs, etc. It spans 88 inches, has a 58-inch wingspan, and
weighs 14 pounds.
According to Wesley, he used “lots of patterns, triangulations,
and ‘trimulation.’”
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.
“The Only Way to Fly!”
Jack Wilder (50 Barque Ln., Port Ludlow LA 98365) scratchbuilt
his Western Airlines McDonnell Douglas DC-3.
It is powered by a Magnum .46 engine and uses Hitec radio
equipment. Covering is White and Chrome UltraCote. The vinyl
work is by Vinylwrite of Santa Rosa, California.
Edition: Model Aviation - 2003/07
Page Numbers: 10,11,12,13
10 MODEL AVIATION
Model Aviation, 5161 E. Memorial Dr., Muncie IN 47302
Focal Point
B-25 Bomber
Mark St. George (6526 Collamer Rd., East Syracuse NY 13057)
built his 19-pound North American B-25 from a Wing
Manufacturing kit.
The model has an 80-inch wingspan, two TSI .61 engines, a sixchannel
Futaba radio with nine servos, and Robart retracts. It was
finished with flat MonoKote then painted with MonoKote paint.
“This B-25 takes off with authority,” wrote Mark. “It flies very
well. This is my first twin-engine aircraft.”
Douglas Dauntless
Fran Schneider’s (990 Wilson Ct., Warrington PA 18976) Nick
Ziroli Plans SBD Dauntless spans 100 inches, weighs 38 pounds,
and has Robart retracts.
The dive brakes and flaps are operational, and the cockpit is a
Dynamic Balsa design. The model is painted with automotive paints
mixed from Federal Standard color chips. It is powered by a Zenoah
G-62 engine and uses a JR radio. Fran custom-made the muffler to
allow for scale exhaust.
“This has been a three step challenge: the first to complete my
first Giant Scale warbird, the second to show it at a few Scale meets,
and the third and most challenging to get the nerve to fly it!” wrote
Fran.
Q.A.C. Quickie
Avis J. Bourg Sr. (103 Gilmore Cir., Covington LA 70433) built
his 1⁄4-scale aircraft from Radio Control Modeler plans.
The Quickie is powered by an O.S. .40 Max engine. According
to Avis, this model has good flying characteristics, glides well, and
stands out on the tarmac.
Guidance is provided by a Futaba PCM six-channel radio.
Bearhawk
M.H. Pickard (7089 Goodview Rd., Goodview VA 24095) built
a 1⁄5-scale model of Experimental Aircraft Association builder and
designer Bob Barrous’s full-scale Bearhawk.
“He lives about 30 miles from me so I could see his airplanes (he
has built two of them) and I got a three view from him, which I used
to draw my plans and built mine,” wrote M.H.
The model was scratch-built except for the cowl that M.H. got
from Fiberglass Specialties. The Bearhawk weighs 12 pounds and
has an O.S. 1.08 engine for power.
The 82-inch-span wings were sheeted then covered with silk and
doped, and the fuselage is covered with Super Coverite and painted
with Krylon.
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“Pete”
Sam Donnell (5829 S.E. 48th Ave., Portland OR 97206) scratchbuilt
this model of a 1935 Pietenpol home-built aircraft.
It has an 80-inch wingspan and a Futaba radio with five servos.
“With the Magnum 91 four-stroke engine, the model flies just
like the real ‘Pete’ with its Model A Ford engine,” wrote Sam.
The Boomerang
Tony Newsom (4815 Shetland Ave., Oakland CA 94605; E-mail:
[email protected]) designed this swept-wing canard he calls
“The Boomerang.”
It spans 51 inches, weighs 51⁄2 pounds, has a Thunder Tiger .36
engine, uses a JR 388 radio, a total of seven servos, and an APC 9 x
6 propeller, and is covered with UltraCote.
The outer leading edge of the wing is “drooped,” which makes
the model stable at slow speeds. It has been clocked on radar at 109
mph.
“One of my club members took a photo of me, which I then
altered on my PC to make a vinyl decal, which is applied to the fin,”
wrote Tony.
Smith Miniplane
Russ Heslin (43 Fritz Pl., Wallingford CT 06492; E-mail:
[email protected]) built this model from a Sig Manufacturing kit for
Tim Loncar of Conway, Massachusetts.
It is powered by a SuperTigre .46 engine with a J’Tec insidecowl
muffler. The Miniplane was covered with White and red
Coverite 21st Century Fabric. The cabanes, struts, wheel pants, and
cowl were painted to match using 21st Century paint.
“The airplane had more detail in it than necessary but I really
wanted Tim to love this airplane as much as I did,” wrote Russ. “It
was tough handing it over to him but from his reaction on the day he
picked it up I knew it was going to a good home.”
Steve Oliver’s Chipmunk
Bart Asher (2051 Dohack Dr., Arnold MO 63010) scaled and
finished his Ohio R/C model to be a replica of Steve Oliver’s Super
Chipmunk. Steve is a full-scale aerobatics pilot and flies with the
Pepsi Aerial Entertainers.
“I met Steve Oliver at the St. Louis County Fair and Airshow in
2000,” wrote Bart.
The model is powered by a Zenoah G-38 engine and spans 81
inches. Bart competed with it at the 2000 Nationals and finished
seventh in Advanced Fun Scale.
12 MODEL AVIATION
Model Aviation, 5161 E. Memorial Dr., Muncie IN 47302
Focal Point
Seamaster
Ray Smith (30131 Pointe Dr., Gibraltar MI 48173; E-mail:
[email protected]) fell in love with float-flying and built this twinfuselage
Seamaster from plans.
It is covered with MonoKote, powered by twin SuperTigre .40
engines, has a wingspan of 93 inches, and weighs approximately 15
pounds.
“It is extremely stable on the water and flies well except it is
touchy at slower speeds so I hope to add flaps,” wrote Ray.
CAP 232
Aaron Jeffery Morford’s (1114 Cook Ave. Apt. 21, Lakewood
OH 44107) Great Planes 40-size CAP 232 is powered by an O.S. .46
FX engine and controlled by Tower Hobbies electronics.
The model sports Aaron’s original MonoKote scheme and has a
pull-pull rudder system.
“I fly with a great group of guys at the Cleveland RC Club, but
some of the vets were pushing my trainer and I around all the time,
so I decided to gain a little muscle in my corner with this CAP,”
wrote Aaron. “I might have bitten off more than I can chew since
this is only my second airplane, but we will see what happens.”
Sun Ray
After returning to the hobby after having been out of it for more
than 20 years, Gary D. Seira (1404 10th St. N.W., Austin MN
55912; E-mail: [email protected]) built this model designed by Jack
Scarbrough from March 1975 Radio Control Modeler plans.
Gary uses a JR 652 radio, and the Sun Ray weighs approximately
8 pounds and is powered by an O.S. .61 FX engine. The upper
wingspan is 51 inches, and the lower wingspan is 38 inches. The
covering is MonoKote.
Air Foiler
David Mitchell (129 Leslie Ave., Balto MD 21236) submitted
this photo of an Old-Timer he built from Hal deBolt plans. David’s
grandson David, who is 6, is sitting behind the model.
The Air Foiler spans 60 inches, has a wing area of 505 square
inches, is 35 inches long, and weighs 31⁄4 pounds. David uses a
three-channel radio, and the engine is an O.S. 26 four-stroke.
The model is covered with Solartex and trimmed with 21st
Century Fabric.
July 2003 13
Imperial Knight Twister
William C. Nichols (5892 Heritage Lakes Dr., Hilliard OH
43026) built this model of a full-scale aircraft that Vernon Payne
designed in the 1930s. Don Fairbanks of Cincinnati, Ohio, built this
version and flew it in the Reno Air Races in 1971.
William scratch-built this particular model from a three-view
drawing by Russ A. Brown. It is powered by a Norvel .074 engine,
weighs 23 ounces, and has a 300-square-inch wing area.
The construction and flying of this model has been very
rewarding to me personally,” wrote William. “As a boy in 1965
living in New Philadelphia, Ohio I was privileged to know Toni
Sabler who built and flew a Knight Twister. He was almost mystical
to all the kids that loved aviation back then in my area.”
F4U Corsair
Carmen S. Luciano (409 Booth Hill Rd., Huntington CT 06484;
E-mail: [email protected]) built his Scale warbird from a Gold Edition
TopFlite 60-size kit.
The model features a detailed cockpit, a dummy radial engine,
scale panel lines and rivets, scale 50-caliber machine guns, a Pitts
muffler, and Robart retracts. The engine is a SuperTigre G-75,
covering is MonoKote, and radio equipment is by JR.
Carmen won a Connecticut Model Airplane Club winter building
contest with this model.
Amelia’s Aircraft
Wesley R. Davis (8639 E. 24th Cir., Tucson AZ 85910)
constructed this replica of Amelia Earhart’s Lockheed Electra.
Everything in this model is aluminum—the bulkheads,
longerons, ribs, etc. It spans 88 inches, has a 58-inch wingspan, and
weighs 14 pounds.
According to Wesley, he used “lots of patterns, triangulations,
and ‘trimulation.’”
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“The Only Way to Fly!”
Jack Wilder (50 Barque Ln., Port Ludlow LA 98365) scratchbuilt
his Western Airlines McDonnell Douglas DC-3.
It is powered by a Magnum .46 engine and uses Hitec radio
equipment. Covering is White and Chrome UltraCote. The vinyl
work is by Vinylwrite of Santa Rosa, California.
