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Ken Starzyk (2003 Spruce Terr., Arlington Heights IL 60004) built
his S.E.5a by incorporating slight modifications to the Rich Uravitch
plans and a kit cut from the Aeroplane Works company. The plans and
kit were purchased 15 years ago, and, after working on the kit off and
on since then, the model was completed early this year.
The model spans 73.5 inches and weighs 19 pounds. Power is a
SuperTigre 3000 with Maxx Products International onboard glow
driver, and control is via an Airtronics radio.
The S.E.5a is modeled after the one that Lt. George Vaughn of the
No. 84 Squadron flew. It is covered with olive drab and antique
Solartex, painted with custom-mixed latex paint, and finished with Cal-
Grafx vinyl decals.
The model’s machine guns are from Arizona Model Aircrafters and
William Brothers kits. It also has a machine-gun sound system from
Ram.
S.E.5a
David Polley (6087 Hedge Ln., Cincinnati OH 45011; e-mail:
[email protected]) started building this Nitro Model Planes de
Havilland Mosquito ARF in 2006.
He used K&B standard 1L glow plugs, rebuilt two older O.S. 40SF
engines with new O-ring seals in and around the carburetor, and added
new bearings for the 13-pound model.
David is using a JR XF631 transmitter with a Hitec seven-channel
Supreme receiver. The Mosquito has flaps and uses five JR Sport
servos, Du-Bro exhaust deflectors, Dave Brown Products 3.5-inch
aluminum spinners, and Top Flite 10 x 5 Power Point propellers.
He wrote:
“The engines are meticulously and mechanically adjusted ‘old
school,’ which makes it more of a joy when they sync up. No computer
programming here, no engine synching devices or onboard glow
batteries. There are no gyros either.
“It can be a handful getting it off of the ground at times because of
wind direction, but it’s worth the extra effort and time to fly it. A real
joy for me.”
Jerry W. Abel (443 N. Oak View Ave., Famersville CA 93223; email:
[email protected]) built this Advanced Scale Models C-130
ARF that weighs approximately 20 pounds and spans 100 inches.
He stripped the aircraft of its Coast Guard colors and painted and
modeled it after the full-scale C-130E, tail number 70-1270. Jerry
wrote that he worked on that aircraft when he was stationed at Pope
Air Force Base in North Carolina from 1975 to 1979.
The model is powered by four O.S. 25FX engines and has APC 10
x 4 propellers. A Futaba T7C controls 12 servos. Two onboard Pro
Tech 2700 mAh 6-volt battery packs are split; one powers the flight
controls and the other runs the engine servos, with a JR MatchBox to
synchronize the engines.
The C-130 was painted with Rust-Oleum gray automobile primer,
and Jerry’s son, Jason, added the custom made-decals.
“It has been my dream to build and fly a scale model of the C-130,
and Advanced Scale Models made that possible,” wrote Jerry. “I have
about 26 flights on her now, and she is a show stopper.”
Michael Skibo (4995 Holyoke St., Mukilteo WA 98275) built his
Top Flite P-47D as a replica of one of the 10 to 12 remaining flightworthy
P-47s in the world.
He used the Top Flite Gold Edition kit converted to a bubble-topcanopy
version with an O.S. 61FX engine. Michael added a fuselage
dorsal fin, operating inboard landing gear doors, tail-wheel doors,
cowl supercharger inlet, guns, and pitot tube, Top Flite scale
cockpit, and Robart pneumatic retracts.
Covering is Chrome MonoKote with flat clear spray applied after
panel lines and rivets were drawn using a Parma fine-line pen.
Michael wrote:
“I became interested in the Hun Hunter as I perused the net to
gather information about P-47s for my next RC building project.
When I informed Neal Melton (owner and operator of a Hun Hunter
in Luttrell, Tennessee) that I would be building a replica of his
airplane, he sent me a digital picture of the rooster on the engine
cowl along with various placard details I required.”
P-47D “Hun Hunter XVI”
C-130
Mosquito
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Bob Mitchell (100 Heinze Ranch Rd., Tuscola TX 79562; e-mail:
[email protected]), along with Jack Hanes, designed and built
these Yak-54s from three-view drawings of the full-scale Dancing
Bear.
Each Yak is 36% scale and spans 110 inches. The built-up wings
are 33/4 inches thick at the root chord. All parts were laser cut.
Bob wrote:
“We used carbon fiber parts where possible, and the airplane was
designed to use the BME 110 engine, thus the flying weight is 24
pounds.”
“It lands very slow and does not tip stall as the airfoil is
progressively larger at the tip. It is a great flying airplane and we
thought we should share it with our readers.”
David Muchmore (1849 Lititz Pike, Lancaster PA 17601; e-mail:
[email protected]) built his Blitz from a set of AMA plans
that he located two years ago, incorporating several modifications to the
model.
He made the tail surfaces from 1/4 x 1/2-inch stock, with 1/4 x 1/4 inch
for bracing, lightening the whole airplane. David made the landing gear
from 1/8 x 3/4-inch aluminum stock that he purchased at The Home
Depot.
Power is provided by an old CL Irvine .35 engine with a carburetor
from a SuperTigre .51 engine, and a 10 x 5 APC propeller is employed
for less speed and more thrust. The radio is Airtronics with a variety of
servos.
“On page 135 of the March 2009 issue of MA was featured plans for
the Blitz designated as a ‘fun-fly design that’s still fun,’” wrote David.
“This is indeed a true designation!”
Thomas W. Haake (174 Holly Rd., Richboro PA 18954; e-mail:
[email protected]) assembled this Green Models Albatros D.III
(distributed by Maxford USA).
The airplane weighs exactly 2 pounds and requires 166 watts of
power, supplied by an E-flite 480 outrunner motor. Thomas uses a JR
9303 transmitter, Berg 4L receiver, and Blue Bird servo. After he made
a few adjustments to the aileron control, the Albatros flew with ease.
Thomas wrote:
“Quality is outstanding. The supplied instruction and the online
pictures greatly aided in the assembly process. The model is a great
outdoor flyer in calm weather, and more spectacular indoors.”
Blitz
Yak-54 Albatros
Lawrence Tougas’s (1827 Santa Monica St., Fairfield CA 94533; email:
[email protected]) daughters, Hailee and Morgan, are
shown with the Great Planes Super Stearman ARF that he assembled.
The 72-inch-span model is powered by an O.S. 1.20 four-stroke
engine, and control is via a Futaba 2.4 GHz seven-channel FASST radio.
Lawrence added a Tejera Microsystems Engineering smoke pump
with a Slimline smoke muffler. He installed two receiver batteries and
switch harnesses, to provide redundant onboard power.
He wrote:
“The Super Stearman usually needs up to a pound of lead forward of
the firewall to balance correctly. I avoided this added weight by moving
the receiver, and smoke pump batteries to the engine compartment. The
Stearman looks awesome cruising through the sky doing aerobatics
while leaving a nice thick smoke trail.”
Super Stearman
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Focal Point
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70 MODEL AVIATION
Focal Point
Ken Starzyk (2003 Spruce Terr., Arlington Heights IL 60004) built
his S.E.5a by incorporating slight modifications to the Rich Uravitch
plans and a kit cut from the Aeroplane Works company. The plans and
kit were purchased 15 years ago, and, after working on the kit off and
on since then, the model was completed early this year.
The model spans 73.5 inches and weighs 19 pounds. Power is a
SuperTigre 3000 with Maxx Products International onboard glow
driver, and control is via an Airtronics radio.
The S.E.5a is modeled after the one that Lt. George Vaughn of the
No. 84 Squadron flew. It is covered with olive drab and antique
Solartex, painted with custom-mixed latex paint, and finished with Cal-
Grafx vinyl decals.
The model’s machine guns are from Arizona Model Aircrafters and
William Brothers kits. It also has a machine-gun sound system from
Ram.
S.E.5a
David Polley (6087 Hedge Ln., Cincinnati OH 45011; e-mail:
[email protected]) started building this Nitro Model Planes de
Havilland Mosquito ARF in 2006.
He used K&B standard 1L glow plugs, rebuilt two older O.S. 40SF
engines with new O-ring seals in and around the carburetor, and added
new bearings for the 13-pound model.
David is using a JR XF631 transmitter with a Hitec seven-channel
Supreme receiver. The Mosquito has flaps and uses five JR Sport
servos, Du-Bro exhaust deflectors, Dave Brown Products 3.5-inch
aluminum spinners, and Top Flite 10 x 5 Power Point propellers.
He wrote:
“The engines are meticulously and mechanically adjusted ‘old
school,’ which makes it more of a joy when they sync up. No computer
programming here, no engine synching devices or onboard glow
batteries. There are no gyros either.
“It can be a handful getting it off of the ground at times because of
wind direction, but it’s worth the extra effort and time to fly it. A real
joy for me.”
Jerry W. Abel (443 N. Oak View Ave., Famersville CA 93223; email:
[email protected]) built this Advanced Scale Models C-130
ARF that weighs approximately 20 pounds and spans 100 inches.
He stripped the aircraft of its Coast Guard colors and painted and
modeled it after the full-scale C-130E, tail number 70-1270. Jerry
wrote that he worked on that aircraft when he was stationed at Pope
Air Force Base in North Carolina from 1975 to 1979.
The model is powered by four O.S. 25FX engines and has APC 10
x 4 propellers. A Futaba T7C controls 12 servos. Two onboard Pro
Tech 2700 mAh 6-volt battery packs are split; one powers the flight
controls and the other runs the engine servos, with a JR MatchBox to
synchronize the engines.
The C-130 was painted with Rust-Oleum gray automobile primer,
and Jerry’s son, Jason, added the custom made-decals.
“It has been my dream to build and fly a scale model of the C-130,
and Advanced Scale Models made that possible,” wrote Jerry. “I have
about 26 flights on her now, and she is a show stopper.”
Michael Skibo (4995 Holyoke St., Mukilteo WA 98275) built his
Top Flite P-47D as a replica of one of the 10 to 12 remaining flightworthy
P-47s in the world.
He used the Top Flite Gold Edition kit converted to a bubble-topcanopy
version with an O.S. 61FX engine. Michael added a fuselage
dorsal fin, operating inboard landing gear doors, tail-wheel doors,
cowl supercharger inlet, guns, and pitot tube, Top Flite scale
cockpit, and Robart pneumatic retracts.
Covering is Chrome MonoKote with flat clear spray applied after
panel lines and rivets were drawn using a Parma fine-line pen.
Michael wrote:
“I became interested in the Hun Hunter as I perused the net to
gather information about P-47s for my next RC building project.
When I informed Neal Melton (owner and operator of a Hun Hunter
in Luttrell, Tennessee) that I would be building a replica of his
airplane, he sent me a digital picture of the rooster on the engine
cowl along with various placard details I required.”
P-47D “Hun Hunter XVI”
C-130
Mosquito
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Bob Mitchell (100 Heinze Ranch Rd., Tuscola TX 79562; e-mail:
[email protected]), along with Jack Hanes, designed and built
these Yak-54s from three-view drawings of the full-scale Dancing
Bear.
Each Yak is 36% scale and spans 110 inches. The built-up wings
are 33/4 inches thick at the root chord. All parts were laser cut.
Bob wrote:
“We used carbon fiber parts where possible, and the airplane was
designed to use the BME 110 engine, thus the flying weight is 24
pounds.”
“It lands very slow and does not tip stall as the airfoil is
progressively larger at the tip. It is a great flying airplane and we
thought we should share it with our readers.”
David Muchmore (1849 Lititz Pike, Lancaster PA 17601; e-mail:
[email protected]) built his Blitz from a set of AMA plans
that he located two years ago, incorporating several modifications to the
model.
He made the tail surfaces from 1/4 x 1/2-inch stock, with 1/4 x 1/4 inch
for bracing, lightening the whole airplane. David made the landing gear
from 1/8 x 3/4-inch aluminum stock that he purchased at The Home
Depot.
Power is provided by an old CL Irvine .35 engine with a carburetor
from a SuperTigre .51 engine, and a 10 x 5 APC propeller is employed
for less speed and more thrust. The radio is Airtronics with a variety of
servos.
“On page 135 of the March 2009 issue of MA was featured plans for
the Blitz designated as a ‘fun-fly design that’s still fun,’” wrote David.
“This is indeed a true designation!”
Thomas W. Haake (174 Holly Rd., Richboro PA 18954; e-mail:
[email protected]) assembled this Green Models Albatros D.III
(distributed by Maxford USA).
The airplane weighs exactly 2 pounds and requires 166 watts of
power, supplied by an E-flite 480 outrunner motor. Thomas uses a JR
9303 transmitter, Berg 4L receiver, and Blue Bird servo. After he made
a few adjustments to the aileron control, the Albatros flew with ease.
Thomas wrote:
“Quality is outstanding. The supplied instruction and the online
pictures greatly aided in the assembly process. The model is a great
outdoor flyer in calm weather, and more spectacular indoors.”
Blitz
Yak-54 Albatros
Lawrence Tougas’s (1827 Santa Monica St., Fairfield CA 94533; email:
[email protected]) daughters, Hailee and Morgan, are
shown with the Great Planes Super Stearman ARF that he assembled.
The 72-inch-span model is powered by an O.S. 1.20 four-stroke
engine, and control is via a Futaba 2.4 GHz seven-channel FASST radio.
Lawrence added a Tejera Microsystems Engineering smoke pump
with a Slimline smoke muffler. He installed two receiver batteries and
switch harnesses, to provide redundant onboard power.
He wrote:
“The Super Stearman usually needs up to a pound of lead forward of
the firewall to balance correctly. I avoided this added weight by moving
the receiver, and smoke pump batteries to the engine compartment. The
Stearman looks awesome cruising through the sky doing aerobatics
while leaving a nice thick smoke trail.”
Super Stearman
See page 175 for submission guidelines
Focal Point
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