Edition: Model Aviation - 2012/02
Page Numbers: 68,69

68 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 Inappropriate photos will not be published.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.
Citabria
David Boudreau ([email protected]) built this Hobby
Shack Citabria in 1987.
The Citabria has a 48-inch wingspan with a 400-squareinch
wing. David uses an old O.S. Max .25 engine for power.
Control is an Airtronics FM six-channel radio.
David wrote:
“When I first joined the AMA it was in 1973 and things
sure have changed since then. In fact, I still have my old AMA
number. I’m retired now and look forward to flying RC again.
It is a wonderful hobby and I have missed it.”
Graupner Kit
Roger Mullins ([email protected]) shared with MA
his old Graupner kit from roughly 30 years ago that Ron
Norvelle passed on to him.
Roger’s model was missing the tail feathers and some minor
parts. He converted it to electric power and added slotted flaps.
The Graupner spans 62 inches and weighs nearly 7 pounds
ready to fly.
“It flies very realistically and it’s a lot of fun to shoot touchand-
gos with those big flaps,” wrote Roger.
Eddie the Eagle
Mike Weinig ([email protected]) built Eddie the
Eagle, a Slope Soaring glider, from plans by Jack Edwards.
The glider uses dragerons and elevator for control. The
Eagle is foam, covered with ¾-ounce fiberglass and polycrylic.
Mike finished the model by hand painting with an airbrush.
“It flies great and scared the local gulls good,” wrote Mike.
Thing
Bob Swenson (175 Santa Rosa Ave., #309, Oakland CA
94610; email: [email protected]) shares the
second edition of his highly modified TwinStar named Thing.
Features include twin tails, mechanical retracts, bomb drop, a
solid balsa nose, and a rounded fuselage with clipped P-38
canopy.
Bob wrote:
“Even with a bit of additional weight, it still flies very well.
With the gear up, it really looks good on a low pass. And with
no drag from a fixed landing gear, it really goes!
“One other feature, thanks to my son, Joel, who is a wonder
with transmitters, to help ground control, he linked the rudders
to the individually controlled throttle servos. So when you give
it right rudder, you get an increase in left throttle, and viceversa.
It really helps in a side wind, especially when taxiing
back to the pits.”
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Aeronca Champ
Charles Cimino ([email protected]) submits his
scratch-built Scale Aeronca Champ.
The Champ is covered in Super Fabric and painted. Its
wingspan is 18 feet and it weighs roughly 85-90 pounds.
The main gear has air shocks with internal springs in the
struts to handle the weight on landing. Charles used Aeronca
Champ logo and numbers identical in design and colors to the
full-scale airplane.
The engine is a two-cycle Briggs & Stratton 150cc engine
with a separate mechanical fuel pump. This powerhouse spins
a 36 x 16 pitch propeller.
Charles wrote:
“It’s so scale that I made a pilot figure wearing a shirt,
turtle neck, cap, sunglasses, and headset with mic. It looks so
real on a low pass that is drops spectators’ jaws!”
Note: A model of this size and power requires the pilot to
have a permit to fly under the Large Model Airplane program.
FedEx Flyer
Tom Chamberlin ([email protected]) is an
independent contractor with FedEx Home Delivery. He is able
to use his truck to haul his airplanes to the field.
This profile ARF is finished to match Tom’s truck. He
added a little white and purple MonoKote and used some
leftover vinyl lettering from FedEx trucks to complete it. It has
a 48-inch wingspan and is powered with a Saito .72.
“It flies great!” Tom wrote.
Slow Poke 15
Mark Coffin ([email protected]) built his Slow
Poke 15 from a kit.
An O.S. Max .25 FP powers the Slow Poke using Futaba
S3003 servos and a Futaba FASST 2.4 receiver for control.
The covering is red-and-cream Coverite 21st Century Fabric.
Mark wrote:
“I’m only in my second year of RC flying, and although
I’ve graduated to more advanced models, I still enjoy flying
the three-channel Slow Poke. It makes such graceful moves in
the sky! The guys at the field enjoy it as well because you
don’t see them very often.”
Zestorer
Gonzalo Bures ([email protected]) built this
ESM Bf 110 Zestorer modeled after the Night Fighter
Squadron.
The model spans 95 inches and is powered by two 26cc gas
engines. A nine-channel Futaba PCM with battery back-up
system controls four basic controls plus flaps, retracts, and
bomb drops. Scale details include the cockpit, panel lines,
rivets, and a full-figure pilot and radio operator.
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Edition: Model Aviation - 2012/02
Page Numbers: 68,69

68 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.
Citabria
David Boudreau ([email protected]) built this Hobby
Shack Citabria in 1987.
The Citabria has a 48-inch wingspan with a 400-squareinch
wing. David uses an old O.S. Max .25 engine for power.
Control is an Airtronics FM six-channel radio.
David wrote:
“When I first joined the AMA it was in 1973 and things
sure have changed since then. In fact, I still have my old AMA
number. I’m retired now and look forward to flying RC again.
It is a wonderful hobby and I have missed it.”
Graupner Kit
Roger Mullins ([email protected]) shared with MA
his old Graupner kit from roughly 30 years ago that Ron
Norvelle passed on to him.
Roger’s model was missing the tail feathers and some minor
parts. He converted it to electric power and added slotted flaps.
The Graupner spans 62 inches and weighs nearly 7 pounds
ready to fly.
“It flies very realistically and it’s a lot of fun to shoot touchand-
gos with those big flaps,” wrote Roger.
Eddie the Eagle
Mike Weinig ([email protected]) built Eddie the
Eagle, a Slope Soaring glider, from plans by Jack Edwards.
The glider uses dragerons and elevator for control. The
Eagle is foam, covered with ¾-ounce fiberglass and polycrylic.
Mike finished the model by hand painting with an airbrush.
“It flies great and scared the local gulls good,” wrote Mike.
Thing
Bob Swenson (175 Santa Rosa Ave., #309, Oakland CA
94610; email: [email protected]) shares the
second edition of his highly modified TwinStar named Thing.
Features include twin tails, mechanical retracts, bomb drop, a
solid balsa nose, and a rounded fuselage with clipped P-38
canopy.
Bob wrote:
“Even with a bit of additional weight, it still flies very well.
With the gear up, it really looks good on a low pass. And with
no drag from a fixed landing gear, it really goes!
“One other feature, thanks to my son, Joel, who is a wonder
with transmitters, to help ground control, he linked the rudders
to the individually controlled throttle servos. So when you give
it right rudder, you get an increase in left throttle, and viceversa.
It really helps in a side wind, especially when taxiing
back to the pits.”
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Focal Point
Aeronca Champ
Charles Cimino ([email protected]) submits his
scratch-built Scale Aeronca Champ.
The Champ is covered in Super Fabric and painted. Its
wingspan is 18 feet and it weighs roughly 85-90 pounds.
The main gear has air shocks with internal springs in the
struts to handle the weight on landing. Charles used Aeronca
Champ logo and numbers identical in design and colors to the
full-scale airplane.
The engine is a two-cycle Briggs & Stratton 150cc engine
with a separate mechanical fuel pump. This powerhouse spins
a 36 x 16 pitch propeller.
Charles wrote:
“It’s so scale that I made a pilot figure wearing a shirt,
turtle neck, cap, sunglasses, and headset with mic. It looks so
real on a low pass that is drops spectators’ jaws!”
Note: A model of this size and power requires the pilot to
have a permit to fly under the Large Model Airplane program.
FedEx Flyer
Tom Chamberlin ([email protected]) is an
independent contractor with FedEx Home Delivery. He is able
to use his truck to haul his airplanes to the field.
This profile ARF is finished to match Tom’s truck. He
added a little white and purple MonoKote and used some
leftover vinyl lettering from FedEx trucks to complete it. It has
a 48-inch wingspan and is powered with a Saito .72.
“It flies great!” Tom wrote.
Slow Poke 15
Mark Coffin ([email protected]) built his Slow
Poke 15 from a kit.
An O.S. Max .25 FP powers the Slow Poke using Futaba
S3003 servos and a Futaba FASST 2.4 receiver for control.
The covering is red-and-cream Coverite 21st Century Fabric.
Mark wrote:
“I’m only in my second year of RC flying, and although
I’ve graduated to more advanced models, I still enjoy flying
the three-channel Slow Poke. It makes such graceful moves in
the sky! The guys at the field enjoy it as well because you
don’t see them very often.”
Zestorer
Gonzalo Bures ([email protected]) built this
ESM Bf 110 Zestorer modeled after the Night Fighter
Squadron.
The model spans 95 inches and is powered by two 26cc gas
engines. A nine-channel Futaba PCM with battery back-up
system controls four basic controls plus flaps, retracts, and
bomb drops. Scale details include the cockpit, panel lines,
rivets, and a full-figure pilot and radio operator.
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