Edition: Model Aviation - 2006/08
Page Numbers: 84,85

84 MODEL AVIATION
Focal Point
Lanny R. Coggin Sr. (649 Laramie Dr., Springfield TN 37172; Email:
[email protected]) really likes biplanes.
“This Sig Hog-Bipe is my second Hog and I have built the
‘Flicka’ by Bill Winters twice,” he wrote.
This model has a Magnum XL-91RFS four-stroke engine. A
Hitec Flash 5 transmitter, a Micro 555 receiver, and five Hitec
standard servos make up the radio system. The biplane is covered
with Metallic Blue and yellow MonoKote, and it weighs slightly
more than 7 pounds.
Earl Acker (318 Peffer Ln., Fenton MO 63026; E-mail: ewajaf@
sbcglobal.net) looked in vain for a twin kit (not an ARF) to build, and
then he decided to convert a Sig Four-Star 60 kit for twin engines.
Walt Wilson designed the conversion to accommodate two Thunder
Tiger .46 PRO engines with 8-ounce fuel tanks. It’s controlled with a
Futaba 6DA radio using six servos. Earl didn’t want to build up cowls,
so he made them from the tops of quart-size milk bottles.
The big model is covered with red MonoKote, and the cowls are
painted with Krylon Fusion.
“It flies much like a stock Four-Star 60 and is quite fast,” wrote
Earl. “It looks and sounds great.”
Four-Star 60 Twin Conversion
Hog-Bipe
Hank Greenberg (540 Cross Timbers Ct., El Paso TX 79932; Email:
[email protected]) built this colorful DC-3 from a Top Flite
Gold Edition kit. He decided early in the project that there have
been enough DC-3s in Eastern Airlines livery and that Southwest
Airlines had none.
The model is powered by two Saito .40 engines, and it features
Robart scale landing gear. Guidance is provided via an Airtronics
RD8000 RC system with nine servos. Hank used Master Airscrew
three-blade 10 x 7 propellers on the DC-3.
The paint scheme was copied from Southwest Airlines’ Lone
Star I shown on www.airlines.net.
Southwest Douglas DC-3
Carl Lorber (1442 Haydon St., Salem VA 24153; E-mail: cu220@
earthlink.net) is a 71-year-old retiree who has been designing,
building, and flying all types of gliders since 1944. The Easterner, his
latest project, is a 12-foot-wingspan sailplane designed for all facets of
RC Soaring.
Guidance is via a Multiplex Cockpit MM seven-channel radio
system that controls rudder, elevator, spoilers, and captured towhooks.
The model features a custom-built fiberglass fuselage and built-up
wood flying surfaces. Carl’s beauty is covered with MonoKote.
The Easterner Sailplane
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Joe Denicola (3620 Sarazen Dr., New Port Richey FL 34655)
had a Precision Cut Kits kit produced from a set of Ziroli plans so he
could build this stunning 42-pound warbird.
It spans 96 inches, is powered by a 3W-75 gas engine, and
features Robart retracts. A JR 10 radio with 11 servos is used for
guidance chores.
Joe chose to present his Hellcat in the livery of VF27, which
operated off of the USS Princeton in 1944. Epoxy paint was used
for finishing, and Mike “The Brush” Marecki was pressed into
service to hand-paint the menacing-looking nose art.
Nathan Chronister (582 Laurelton Rd., Rochester NY 14609)
designed and built this RC Bird ornithopter. He sent his CAD
drawings to US LaserMade, which provided him with all the
plywood parts for the body and gearbox. The model is powered by a
GWS CN12-RLC motor and a two-cell, 340 mAh Li-Poly battery.
The Bird spans 24 inches and weighs 4.4 ounces. Nathan uses a
Plantraco DSP4-SC receiver/speed-control unit that varies the rate
of wing flapping. Two GWS Pico servos are employed to move the
tail for elevator and steering functions.
To learn more about ornithopters, Nathan recommends the site
www.ornithopter.org.
Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat
RC Bird
@@www.modelaircraft.org
Focal Point is now on the Web! Check out even
more model airplanes on the MA Web site.
Herman Burton (2918 Sea Ledge Dr., Seabrook TX 77586; Email:
[email protected]) started with a Top Flite Gold
Edition kit and built this P-47 “Jug.”
He powers it with an O.S. .91 FX engine that swings a Zinger 16
x 8 propeller. The model features Robart retracts and scale wheels. It
was covered with .06-ounce fiberglass cloth and painted with
LustreKote paint.
Herman added a scale cockpit and a replica radial engine for
realism. He also included the scale 108-gallon drop tank. Also
featured are functional flaps and a Vailly Aviation scale pilot. A
Futaba 6A radio takes care of guidance duties.
This 1/6-scale D.H.2 is Dick Scott’s (39521 Keiths Cir.,
Zephyrhills FL 33542) first attempt at a scratch-built model. It took
him more than a year to build the D.H.2 from plans he purchased
from Alan Morgan in England.
All the rigging fittings were cut out by hand except the
turnbuckles, and all the rigging was done with Kevlar. The struts
and landing gear were cut from ash.
The covering is antique Superfabric from Hobby Lobby, and the
top is airbrushed with enamel. The model has scale rib stitching
from Scale Rib Stitch in Canada.
The D.H.2 spans 57 inches and has a flying weight of 6 pounds,
5 ounces. Power is supplied by an AXI 4120/18 motor and a 5S1P
3700 mAh Li-Poly 20C battery pack.
Scratch-Built de Havilland D.H.2
The Jug
See page 183 for submission guidelines
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Edition: Model Aviation - 2006/08
Page Numbers: 84,85

84 MODEL AVIATION
Focal Point
Lanny R. Coggin Sr. (649 Laramie Dr., Springfield TN 37172; Email:
[email protected]) really likes biplanes.
“This Sig Hog-Bipe is my second Hog and I have built the
‘Flicka’ by Bill Winters twice,” he wrote.
This model has a Magnum XL-91RFS four-stroke engine. A
Hitec Flash 5 transmitter, a Micro 555 receiver, and five Hitec
standard servos make up the radio system. The biplane is covered
with Metallic Blue and yellow MonoKote, and it weighs slightly
more than 7 pounds.
Earl Acker (318 Peffer Ln., Fenton MO 63026; E-mail: ewajaf@
sbcglobal.net) looked in vain for a twin kit (not an ARF) to build, and
then he decided to convert a Sig Four-Star 60 kit for twin engines.
Walt Wilson designed the conversion to accommodate two Thunder
Tiger .46 PRO engines with 8-ounce fuel tanks. It’s controlled with a
Futaba 6DA radio using six servos. Earl didn’t want to build up cowls,
so he made them from the tops of quart-size milk bottles.
The big model is covered with red MonoKote, and the cowls are
painted with Krylon Fusion.
“It flies much like a stock Four-Star 60 and is quite fast,” wrote
Earl. “It looks and sounds great.”
Four-Star 60 Twin Conversion
Hog-Bipe
Hank Greenberg (540 Cross Timbers Ct., El Paso TX 79932; Email:
[email protected]) built this colorful DC-3 from a Top Flite
Gold Edition kit. He decided early in the project that there have
been enough DC-3s in Eastern Airlines livery and that Southwest
Airlines had none.
The model is powered by two Saito .40 engines, and it features
Robart scale landing gear. Guidance is provided via an Airtronics
RD8000 RC system with nine servos. Hank used Master Airscrew
three-blade 10 x 7 propellers on the DC-3.
The paint scheme was copied from Southwest Airlines’ Lone
Star I shown on www.airlines.net.
Southwest Douglas DC-3
Carl Lorber (1442 Haydon St., Salem VA 24153; E-mail: cu220@
earthlink.net) is a 71-year-old retiree who has been designing,
building, and flying all types of gliders since 1944. The Easterner, his
latest project, is a 12-foot-wingspan sailplane designed for all facets of
RC Soaring.
Guidance is via a Multiplex Cockpit MM seven-channel radio
system that controls rudder, elevator, spoilers, and captured towhooks.
The model features a custom-built fiberglass fuselage and built-up
wood flying surfaces. Carl’s beauty is covered with MonoKote.
The Easterner Sailplane
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Joe Denicola (3620 Sarazen Dr., New Port Richey FL 34655)
had a Precision Cut Kits kit produced from a set of Ziroli plans so he
could build this stunning 42-pound warbird.
It spans 96 inches, is powered by a 3W-75 gas engine, and
features Robart retracts. A JR 10 radio with 11 servos is used for
guidance chores.
Joe chose to present his Hellcat in the livery of VF27, which
operated off of the USS Princeton in 1944. Epoxy paint was used
for finishing, and Mike “The Brush” Marecki was pressed into
service to hand-paint the menacing-looking nose art.
Nathan Chronister (582 Laurelton Rd., Rochester NY 14609)
designed and built this RC Bird ornithopter. He sent his CAD
drawings to US LaserMade, which provided him with all the
plywood parts for the body and gearbox. The model is powered by a
GWS CN12-RLC motor and a two-cell, 340 mAh Li-Poly battery.
The Bird spans 24 inches and weighs 4.4 ounces. Nathan uses a
Plantraco DSP4-SC receiver/speed-control unit that varies the rate
of wing flapping. Two GWS Pico servos are employed to move the
tail for elevator and steering functions.
To learn more about ornithopters, Nathan recommends the site
www.ornithopter.org.
Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat
RC Bird
@@www.modelaircraft.org
Focal Point is now on the Web! Check out even
more model airplanes on the MA Web site.
Herman Burton (2918 Sea Ledge Dr., Seabrook TX 77586; Email:
[email protected]) started with a Top Flite Gold
Edition kit and built this P-47 “Jug.”
He powers it with an O.S. .91 FX engine that swings a Zinger 16
x 8 propeller. The model features Robart retracts and scale wheels. It
was covered with .06-ounce fiberglass cloth and painted with
LustreKote paint.
Herman added a scale cockpit and a replica radial engine for
realism. He also included the scale 108-gallon drop tank. Also
featured are functional flaps and a Vailly Aviation scale pilot. A
Futaba 6A radio takes care of guidance duties.
This 1/6-scale D.H.2 is Dick Scott’s (39521 Keiths Cir.,
Zephyrhills FL 33542) first attempt at a scratch-built model. It took
him more than a year to build the D.H.2 from plans he purchased
from Alan Morgan in England.
All the rigging fittings were cut out by hand except the
turnbuckles, and all the rigging was done with Kevlar. The struts
and landing gear were cut from ash.
The covering is antique Superfabric from Hobby Lobby, and the
top is airbrushed with enamel. The model has scale rib stitching
from Scale Rib Stitch in Canada.
The D.H.2 spans 57 inches and has a flying weight of 6 pounds,
5 ounces. Power is supplied by an AXI 4120/18 motor and a 5S1P
3700 mAh Li-Poly 20C battery pack.
Scratch-Built de Havilland D.H.2
The Jug
See page 183 for submission guidelines
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