Edition: Model Aviation - 2012/03
Page Numbers: 82,83

82 Model Aviation MARCH 2012 www.ModelAviation.com
Farman 400
Bob Clemens (95 Shoreway Dr., Rochester NY 14612; email:
[email protected]) built a Rubber Scale model of a 1932
vintage Farman 400 Touring Monoplane for competition in Flying Aces
events, particularly the Golden Age category for models produced
between 1920 and 1939.
Bob enlarged 16-inch Dime Scale plans by Mike Nassise to 25
inches, covering it with silver tissue with blue-and-red tissue trim. A
Gizmo Geezer freewheeling propeller unit is mounted up front in the
33-gram model, keeping the rubber motor and four strands of 1/8-inch
FAI Super Sport under tension.
Bob’s nearly identical 21-inch version was lost to a thermal at
Geneseo, New York, in 2009. The newer Farman 400 won fi rst place in
an FAC meet in 2010.
Easy Sport Mk
Gordon McCready (2016 Tall Meadow St. NE, Grand Rapids MI
49505; email: [email protected]) submitted his Great
Planes Easy Sport Mk 40 ARF. This is his third Mk 40 model and
Gordon’s second ARF. It features an O.S. 46 engine guided by a
Futaba Skysport four-channel radio system with four servos.
“We have a small club here in Grand Rapids [Michigan] and
use a fi eld graciously loaned to us by the Amway Corporation,”
Gordon wrote.
Extra 300S
Vito Spano (130 Jensen Ave., Mamaroneck NY 10543; email:
[email protected]) shares his Phoenix Extra 300S ARF.
With a 57-inch wingspan and length of 50.4 inches, the model
is powered by an E-fl ite Power 46 670 Kv motor, Castle Creations
60 amp speed control, and two 4400 mAh LiPo three-cell batteries
wired in series. Vito uses a Futaba T6EX radio, and says the airplane
produces 1,100-plus watts at 50 amps with a 13 x 8.5 propeller.
Vito wrote: “The plane is an excellent fl ier capable of short
takeoff [when] going vertical. Oversized tires compensate for rough
fi eld—no wheel pants!”
focal point
Two Models Peter Dowling (email: [email protected]) shared two
airplanes with MA: a 1/5-scale Great Planes Fokker Dr.1 and a
Hangar 9 Fokker D.VIII.
The 75% scratch-built Fokker Dr.1 took 10 months to build.
Its covering is black and white Solartex. The aircraft uses all JR
equipment, with an O.S. 91FX ringed engine for power. Wheels are
1/5-scale Du-Bro Vintage.
Peter wrote:“The aircraft fl ies to scale and handles just like the original
Fokker Dr.1. This aircraft was in very bad condition when I bought it. It was
a labor love to customize this Great Planes Fokker Dr.1 to be more to scale. It
is called a ‘bashed ARF’ because of the extensive amount of work that went
into restoring and customizing it to airworthy condition.”
Peter’s Fokker D.VIII is a discontinued Hangar 9 ARF of Rudolf
Berthold’s famous airplane. All equipment is JR, with power provided by
an O.S. 61FX. Many of its details are scratch as well.www.ModelAviation.com MARCH 2012 Model Aviation 83
Morane Saulnier A-1
Carl Schurenberg (7678 Oceola Dr., West Chester OH 45069; email:
[email protected]) built his Morane Saulnier A-1 from a Balsa USA
1/3-scale kit.
The model spans 103 inches and is 62 inches long. It is powered
by a Zenoah G-62, covered with Solartex, and controlled by Futaba
equipment.
Carl added many features, including hand-painted camoufl age, kit
machine guns, a gun sight, pilot step, strut rigging, axle bungee cord,
aileron cable covers, and French servicing plaques.
“Remarkably, for an aircraft with a questionable structural
reliability, a celebrated French aerobatic pilot, Alfred Fronval, fl ew an
A-1 through 1,111 consecutive loops in 1928. I’m not going to try that!”
Carl noted.
Beriev Be-103
Henry Arance (880 Kimberly Ct., Upland CA 91784; email: arance@
verizon.net) built this 1/5-scale model of the Russian civil amphibious
aircraft Beriev Be-103.
The model is powered by two AXI 5320-28 motors and controlled
by Castle HV units connected to independent channels, which allows
the throttle to be slaved to the rudder during taxiing and provides
strong directional control in contrast to the effect of crosswind
against the big fi n.
Power is provided by a 10S 5000 mAh LiPo pack. The fi nish on the
25-pound model is Brodak butyrate.
Cessna 182 Skylane
Eric McGahey (123 Bunker Hill Dr., Rochester NY 14625; email:
[email protected]) shares his fi rst Scale project: a 40-size
Great Planes Cessna ARF.
Spanning 625/8 inches, the Cessna swings a 11 x 6 propeller and
uses an O.S. 46FX two-stroke for power. It was factory covered in
MonoKote. Eric noted that the kit was well built, easy to assemble, and
included quality hardware.
To make the cockpit more realistic, Eric added a fl ight deck, three
scale pilots, a luggage rack, and instrument panel. A miniature golf bag
with clubs, guitars, and a cat are part of the luggage.
Eric added, “I’m looking forward to a maiden fl ight in the spring.”
The Headwind
George Lemieux (12172 Deer Creek Circle, Plymouth MI 48170; email:
[email protected]) designed his 1/6-scale Headwind utilizing
full-scale airplane factory drawings and outlines.
The Headwind model is powered by an O.S. 25 with Frise-type
ailerons and rudder pull-pull and elevator push-push for controls. The
57-inch wingspan model sports an open cockpit.
George wrote: “The fi rst two fl ights were on June 15, 2007. It fl ew
exactly as envisioned with no trim changes made or required to any
of the fl ight surfaces. It showed an easy takeoff, gentle handling in
all attitudes, and gentle landings. The full-scale plane is limited in
maneuvers—i.e. turns 60° max, Lazy Eights, Chandelles, and spins—
one turn. The model has been mostly treated likewise.”
Edition: Model Aviation - 2012/03
Page Numbers: 82,83

82 Model Aviation MARCH 2012 www.ModelAviation.com
Farman 400
Bob Clemens (95 Shoreway Dr., Rochester NY 14612; email:
[email protected]) built a Rubber Scale model of a 1932
vintage Farman 400 Touring Monoplane for competition in Flying Aces
events, particularly the Golden Age category for models produced
between 1920 and 1939.
Bob enlarged 16-inch Dime Scale plans by Mike Nassise to 25
inches, covering it with silver tissue with blue-and-red tissue trim. A
Gizmo Geezer freewheeling propeller unit is mounted up front in the
33-gram model, keeping the rubber motor and four strands of 1/8-inch
FAI Super Sport under tension.
Bob’s nearly identical 21-inch version was lost to a thermal at
Geneseo, New York, in 2009. The newer Farman 400 won fi rst place in
an FAC meet in 2010.
Easy Sport Mk
Gordon McCready (2016 Tall Meadow St. NE, Grand Rapids MI
49505; email: [email protected]) submitted his Great
Planes Easy Sport Mk 40 ARF. This is his third Mk 40 model and
Gordon’s second ARF. It features an O.S. 46 engine guided by a
Futaba Skysport four-channel radio system with four servos.
“We have a small club here in Grand Rapids [Michigan] and
use a fi eld graciously loaned to us by the Amway Corporation,”
Gordon wrote.
Extra 300S
Vito Spano (130 Jensen Ave., Mamaroneck NY 10543; email:
[email protected]) shares his Phoenix Extra 300S ARF.
With a 57-inch wingspan and length of 50.4 inches, the model
is powered by an E-fl ite Power 46 670 Kv motor, Castle Creations
60 amp speed control, and two 4400 mAh LiPo three-cell batteries
wired in series. Vito uses a Futaba T6EX radio, and says the airplane
produces 1,100-plus watts at 50 amps with a 13 x 8.5 propeller.
Vito wrote: “The plane is an excellent fl ier capable of short
takeoff [when] going vertical. Oversized tires compensate for rough
fi eld—no wheel pants!”
focal point
Two Models Peter Dowling (email: [email protected]) shared two
airplanes with MA: a 1/5-scale Great Planes Fokker Dr.1 and a
Hangar 9 Fokker D.VIII.
The 75% scratch-built Fokker Dr.1 took 10 months to build.
Its covering is black and white Solartex. The aircraft uses all JR
equipment, with an O.S. 91FX ringed engine for power. Wheels are
1/5-scale Du-Bro Vintage.
Peter wrote:“The aircraft fl ies to scale and handles just like the original
Fokker Dr.1. This aircraft was in very bad condition when I bought it. It was
a labor love to customize this Great Planes Fokker Dr.1 to be more to scale. It
is called a ‘bashed ARF’ because of the extensive amount of work that went
into restoring and customizing it to airworthy condition.”
Peter’s Fokker D.VIII is a discontinued Hangar 9 ARF of Rudolf
Berthold’s famous airplane. All equipment is JR, with power provided by
an O.S. 61FX. Many of its details are scratch as well.www.ModelAviation.com MARCH 2012 Model Aviation 83
Morane Saulnier A-1
Carl Schurenberg (7678 Oceola Dr., West Chester OH 45069; email:
[email protected]) built his Morane Saulnier A-1 from a Balsa USA
1/3-scale kit.
The model spans 103 inches and is 62 inches long. It is powered
by a Zenoah G-62, covered with Solartex, and controlled by Futaba
equipment.
Carl added many features, including hand-painted camoufl age, kit
machine guns, a gun sight, pilot step, strut rigging, axle bungee cord,
aileron cable covers, and French servicing plaques.
“Remarkably, for an aircraft with a questionable structural
reliability, a celebrated French aerobatic pilot, Alfred Fronval, fl ew an
A-1 through 1,111 consecutive loops in 1928. I’m not going to try that!”
Carl noted.
Beriev Be-103
Henry Arance (880 Kimberly Ct., Upland CA 91784; email: arance@
verizon.net) built this 1/5-scale model of the Russian civil amphibious
aircraft Beriev Be-103.
The model is powered by two AXI 5320-28 motors and controlled
by Castle HV units connected to independent channels, which allows
the throttle to be slaved to the rudder during taxiing and provides
strong directional control in contrast to the effect of crosswind
against the big fi n.
Power is provided by a 10S 5000 mAh LiPo pack. The fi nish on the
25-pound model is Brodak butyrate.
Cessna 182 Skylane
Eric McGahey (123 Bunker Hill Dr., Rochester NY 14625; email:
[email protected]) shares his fi rst Scale project: a 40-size
Great Planes Cessna ARF.
Spanning 625/8 inches, the Cessna swings a 11 x 6 propeller and
uses an O.S. 46FX two-stroke for power. It was factory covered in
MonoKote. Eric noted that the kit was well built, easy to assemble, and
included quality hardware.
To make the cockpit more realistic, Eric added a fl ight deck, three
scale pilots, a luggage rack, and instrument panel. A miniature golf bag
with clubs, guitars, and a cat are part of the luggage.
Eric added, “I’m looking forward to a maiden fl ight in the spring.”
The Headwind
George Lemieux (12172 Deer Creek Circle, Plymouth MI 48170; email:
[email protected]) designed his 1/6-scale Headwind utilizing
full-scale airplane factory drawings and outlines.
The Headwind model is powered by an O.S. 25 with Frise-type
ailerons and rudder pull-pull and elevator push-push for controls. The
57-inch wingspan model sports an open cockpit.
George wrote: “The fi rst two fl ights were on June 15, 2007. It fl ew
exactly as envisioned with no trim changes made or required to any
of the fl ight surfaces. It showed an easy takeoff, gentle handling in
all attitudes, and gentle landings. The full-scale plane is limited in
maneuvers—i.e. turns 60° max, Lazy Eights, Chandelles, and spins—
one turn. The model has been mostly treated likewise.”