Edition: Model Aviation - 2011/08
Page Numbers: 80,81

80 MODEL AVIATION
Focal Point
SUBMISSION INFORMATION AND GUIDELINES
Proud of your latest building/flying effort? Share it with MA’s readers! Send us a glossy color print or digital photo on CD-ROM (minimum 300 ppi) with an appropriate description of
the model, and we will publish or post the best submissions.
No emailed photos, laser copies, or photocopies will be accepted. Restrict content to the model with or without the owner/builder. Inappropriate photos will not be published.
Supply your full address (and email address if available) so that interested parties may contact you directly. Send all submissions to MA Editor Jay Smith at 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.
Double Flapper
Pete Valentine (4716 W. Jewell St., Boise ID 83706) shares
his Double Flapper made from two Neuros RC Cybird P2
ornithopters.
Pete connected the Cybirds’ gearboxes together with a
driveshaft made from hypodermic tubing from Small Parts Inc.
The two wing sets flap with the rear wing leading the front pair
by approximately 110-crank degrees. The original 350-size DC
motor powers the wing drives from a 1320 mAh Li-Poly
battery.
“The original ornithopters had a swiveling bird-like tail, but
I obtained a more aircraft-like control by using the tail as an
elevator and adding a conventional vertical stabilizer and
rudder,” wrote Pete.
Many parts came from Pete’s local hobby store, including
the hollow, square, carbon keel for the fuselage, the Slow Stick
landing gear and rubber material, the Spektrum radio and Hitec
servos, and lots of glue and miscellaneous parts.
Homesick Angel
Burt Gunter (334 Azalea Cir., Cuming GA 30040; email:
[email protected]) presents his third Hangar 9 J-3 Cub.
The Cub is 1/4 scale and is powered by a Zenoah G20ei
engine. Burt’s model spans 106 inches with a flying weight
between 14.5 and 16.5 pounds. Its overall length is 68 inches.
“Flies like a homesick angel and is much easier to clean
than former nitro-powered glow,” wrote Burt.
Buccaneer Old-Timer
“Chip” Chiappetta’s (Tuscarora Dr., Beaver Fall PA 15010)
Buccaneer Old-Timer was rebuilt from a discarded antique.
This 82-inch-wingspan model weighs 9 pounds and is
covered with lots of Super MonoKote. Power is an O.S. 55AX
swinging a 13 x 7 propeller and control is by a Futaba FASST
system for rudder, elevator, and motor. Bill Mohrbacher of
Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, took the photograph and submitted
Chip’s model.
“It flies wonderfully and looks great in the air and on the
ground,” wrote Bill.
Supermarine
Fred Mulholland (15410 Stonecreek Ln., Tampa FL 33613;
email: [email protected]) scratch-built his Supermarine
S.6B from Jim Pepino plans.
The full-scale Supermarine was a British aircraft and
winner of the 1931 Schneider Trophy Race with a speed of 340
mph.
Fred’s replica spans 73 inches. The model and floats are
built-up balsa covered with silk and Brodak dope.
“It flies beautifully,” wrote Fred.
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Drake II
Neil McCumber (301 E. Spencer St., St. Francis KS 67756;
email: [email protected]) built this modified Drake II
from Ken Willard plans.
The one-pound, 14-ounce model spans 47 inches. Covering
is Super MonoKote. Neil’s modifications include electric
power (the model was designed for .15 gas), out rigger floats
attached to the wing instead of the fuselage, and a “V” hull.
Neil uses a Futaba radio for control and has flown off large
lakes, small ponds, and grass.
Neil wrote:
“It flies great, gets up quick, and lands gently. Fishermen
get a kick out of it.
“When I chose the yellow and green, I didn’t think of it
being the John Deere colors. Being out here in rural Kansas, I
was showing it to the local John Deere dealer and he suggested
we call it the John Deere plane.”
Smith IV
Carl Schurenberg (7678 Oceola Ln., West Chester OH
45069; email: [email protected]) built this Balsa USA ¼-scale
Spad XIII in an approximate replica of US Ace Ray Brooks’
Smith IV, which he flew with the 22nd Aero Squadron in World
War I.
Carl’s Spad is 61-inches long and weighs approximately 22
pounds. Wingspan is 79 inches. Power is provided by a G-38
gas engine. Carl went with a red cowl (Ray Brooks’ was blue)
for a brighter look.
Carl added features including wing rigging, aileron wiring
covers, gun sight, hand-painted camouflage, cockpit coaming,
strut binding, headrest, and Smith IV decals.
Piper Arrow
Thomas Haake (174 Holly Hill Rd., Richboro PA 18954;
email: [email protected]) completed this scale model of
the Piper Aircraft Arrow by Top Flite.
Thomas wrote:
“James Shelmire, a local RC celebrity, who died from
cancer in early 2008, originally started the kit. It was
completed in his honor. An O.S. 91SII four-stroke engine
powers it. Control is by eight Futaba servos and a JR radio.
Covering is MonoKote cream trimmed in metallic green. A
superb flyer, it will be in honor of a good man.”
Phantom II
Mike Preda (2648 Ridge Rd., Lansing IL 60438) built this
.60-size F-4E Phantom II from a Great Planes kit.
Mike used flat and gloss MonoKote and LustreKote to paint
the nacelles. A SuperTigre 90 and a Futaba 7CAP flight pack
power the model. The airplane weighs nearly 13 pounds.
Mike wrote:
“The plane took two-and-a-half years to construct. But
when I flew it for the first time it was worth the hard work. I
made a cannon for the nose; I believe this was the only version
that had a cannon.”
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Edition: Model Aviation - 2011/08
Page Numbers: 80,81

80 MODEL AVIATION
Focal Point
SUBMISSION INFORMATION AND GUIDELINES
Proud of your latest building/flying effort? Share it with MA’s readers! Send us a glossy color print or digital photo on CD-ROM (minimum 300 ppi) with an appropriate description of
the model, and we will publish or post the best submissions.
No emailed photos, laser copies, or photocopies will be accepted. Restrict content to the model with or without the owner/builder. Inappropriate photos will not be published.
Supply your full address (and email address if available) so that interested parties may contact you directly. Send all submissions to MA Editor Jay Smith at 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.
Double Flapper
Pete Valentine (4716 W. Jewell St., Boise ID 83706) shares
his Double Flapper made from two Neuros RC Cybird P2
ornithopters.
Pete connected the Cybirds’ gearboxes together with a
driveshaft made from hypodermic tubing from Small Parts Inc.
The two wing sets flap with the rear wing leading the front pair
by approximately 110-crank degrees. The original 350-size DC
motor powers the wing drives from a 1320 mAh Li-Poly
battery.
“The original ornithopters had a swiveling bird-like tail, but
I obtained a more aircraft-like control by using the tail as an
elevator and adding a conventional vertical stabilizer and
rudder,” wrote Pete.
Many parts came from Pete’s local hobby store, including
the hollow, square, carbon keel for the fuselage, the Slow Stick
landing gear and rubber material, the Spektrum radio and Hitec
servos, and lots of glue and miscellaneous parts.
Homesick Angel
Burt Gunter (334 Azalea Cir., Cuming GA 30040; email:
[email protected]) presents his third Hangar 9 J-3 Cub.
The Cub is 1/4 scale and is powered by a Zenoah G20ei
engine. Burt’s model spans 106 inches with a flying weight
between 14.5 and 16.5 pounds. Its overall length is 68 inches.
“Flies like a homesick angel and is much easier to clean
than former nitro-powered glow,” wrote Burt.
Buccaneer Old-Timer
“Chip” Chiappetta’s (Tuscarora Dr., Beaver Fall PA 15010)
Buccaneer Old-Timer was rebuilt from a discarded antique.
This 82-inch-wingspan model weighs 9 pounds and is
covered with lots of Super MonoKote. Power is an O.S. 55AX
swinging a 13 x 7 propeller and control is by a Futaba FASST
system for rudder, elevator, and motor. Bill Mohrbacher of
Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, took the photograph and submitted
Chip’s model.
“It flies wonderfully and looks great in the air and on the
ground,” wrote Bill.
Supermarine
Fred Mulholland (15410 Stonecreek Ln., Tampa FL 33613;
email: [email protected]) scratch-built his Supermarine
S.6B from Jim Pepino plans.
The full-scale Supermarine was a British aircraft and
winner of the 1931 Schneider Trophy Race with a speed of 340
mph.
Fred’s replica spans 73 inches. The model and floats are
built-up balsa covered with silk and Brodak dope.
“It flies beautifully,” wrote Fred.
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Drake II
Neil McCumber (301 E. Spencer St., St. Francis KS 67756;
email: [email protected]) built this modified Drake II
from Ken Willard plans.
The one-pound, 14-ounce model spans 47 inches. Covering
is Super MonoKote. Neil’s modifications include electric
power (the model was designed for .15 gas), out rigger floats
attached to the wing instead of the fuselage, and a “V” hull.
Neil uses a Futaba radio for control and has flown off large
lakes, small ponds, and grass.
Neil wrote:
“It flies great, gets up quick, and lands gently. Fishermen
get a kick out of it.
“When I chose the yellow and green, I didn’t think of it
being the John Deere colors. Being out here in rural Kansas, I
was showing it to the local John Deere dealer and he suggested
we call it the John Deere plane.”
Smith IV
Carl Schurenberg (7678 Oceola Ln., West Chester OH
45069; email: [email protected]) built this Balsa USA ¼-scale
Spad XIII in an approximate replica of US Ace Ray Brooks’
Smith IV, which he flew with the 22nd Aero Squadron in World
War I.
Carl’s Spad is 61-inches long and weighs approximately 22
pounds. Wingspan is 79 inches. Power is provided by a G-38
gas engine. Carl went with a red cowl (Ray Brooks’ was blue)
for a brighter look.
Carl added features including wing rigging, aileron wiring
covers, gun sight, hand-painted camouflage, cockpit coaming,
strut binding, headrest, and Smith IV decals.
Piper Arrow
Thomas Haake (174 Holly Hill Rd., Richboro PA 18954;
email: [email protected]) completed this scale model of
the Piper Aircraft Arrow by Top Flite.
Thomas wrote:
“James Shelmire, a local RC celebrity, who died from
cancer in early 2008, originally started the kit. It was
completed in his honor. An O.S. 91SII four-stroke engine
powers it. Control is by eight Futaba servos and a JR radio.
Covering is MonoKote cream trimmed in metallic green. A
superb flyer, it will be in honor of a good man.”
Phantom II
Mike Preda (2648 Ridge Rd., Lansing IL 60438) built this
.60-size F-4E Phantom II from a Great Planes kit.
Mike used flat and gloss MonoKote and LustreKote to paint
the nacelles. A SuperTigre 90 and a Futaba 7CAP flight pack
power the model. The airplane weighs nearly 13 pounds.
Mike wrote:
“The plane took two-and-a-half years to construct. But
when I flew it for the first time it was worth the hard work. I
made a cannon for the nose; I believe this was the only version
that had a cannon.”
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