Kaos
Ashwath Nityanandan (email: [email protected]) submitted his Tower Hobbies Kaos ARF.
This electric conversion weighs less than 5 pounds with a six-cell 3000 mAh battery. The Kaos’s maiden flight showed spritely climb performance, but needed much trimming.
Ashwath hopes to make this his platform for learning pattern flying at his electrics-only club, the Silent Knights of Newark, Delaware.
Sig Kougar
Leonard Kaiser (Box 44, Rapelje MT 59067; [email protected]) wrote:
“Last summer on a trip east, my wife and I left Iowa Highway 80 on a short trip to Montezuma. There we visited Sig Manufacturing and I purchased this Sig Kougar. I finished it just like the original prototype.
“It is powered by a Super Tigre GS-45 turning an 11 x 4 propeller. Guidance is from a Spektrum seven-channel receiver and a DX6i transmitter. This is my third Kougar. I bought my first one back when it was first introduced and the second a year ago. This is one great-flying aircraft!”
Cessna Skymaster
Robert Yeager (102 N. 10th St., Bellevue IA 52031) built this Cessna Skymaster from an old Royal kit that was discontinued years ago.
The Skymaster is powered by two Fox .46 engines and painted with automotive paint.
Robert wrote:
“It was a challenge to build, but the outcome was rewarding. The plane flies great and is a thing of beauty in the air.”
Pacific Princess
Chris Mumbach (23150 Gunston Dr., Lexington Park MD 20653; email: [email protected]) built his Navy PBJ-1 Pacific Princess from an FMS/Airfield 1400 mm B-25 from Nitroplanes. Chris is an active-duty naval flight officer.
After removing all of the decals, Chris primed the entire model gray to paint it in the tricolored U.S. Navy scheme often seen on PBJ-1’s during World War II. The nose art decals are custom made by Callie Graphics.
Chris wrote:
“The final product turned out better than I had hoped. It looks fantastic as a static display and also looks great in the air. It’s a very stable flier and a pleasure to watch on low flybys. Without close inspection, once cannot readily tell that is was an off-the-shelf ARF!”
Simple Float
Mark Thom (32 Beach Dr., Kingston NH 03848; email: [email protected]) built the Simple Fly for his son, Brian, in 1968. Since then, he has built countless ones from the well-used plans with many variants.
This is the first Simple Float. It is overpowered by a YS 63-S. Mark scaled up the wingspan and tail surfaces for float flying. It rides on Gee Bee floats give to him by Don Foster.
“When my thumbs cooperate, then plane will hold a level knife edge. Now if the lake would just thaw!” wrote Mark.
Dormoy Bathtub
Lee Denny (2705 Powhatan Dr., Sumter SC 29150; email: [email protected]) scratch-built his Dormoy Bathtub model to 1/2 scale based on plans by Hank Iltzsch.
The Dormoy Bathtub’s fuselage is made of 1/2-inch diameter fiberglass tubing and the tail surfaces are from 1/4-inch aluminum tubing. The cowling is from aluminum flashing material. The pull-pull rudder, elevator surfaces, and wire bracing are made from 40-pound fishing leader wire. A Futaba radio and digital servos control the model.
“It flies well and a little differently due to a short tail moment and no fuselage covering,” wrote Lee.
Global Blue Max ARF
Marty Kocman (8865 Village Creek Dr., Arlington TN 38002; email: [email protected]) stripped the covering off this Global Blue Max ARF and recovered it with antique Super Shrink Coverite.
This Old-Timer model was built from plans. It is powered by an O.S. .56 four-stroke engine and guided by a Futaba 2.4 GHz radio. Marty wrote that the model is majestic in the air and has no bad habits.
Stingray
Ron Holmwall (email: [email protected]) designed and scratch-built this model.
The Stingray is all-wood construction with a fiberglass cowling from a hand-carved mold. The canopy is vacuum formed by Gordon Nichols. The model spans 84 inches and weighs 13.5 pounds dry. Power is a HobbyKing 30cc RCG gas engine and the covering is UltraCote.
Ron wrote:
“It is a great pattern flier and can do most pattern maneuvers easily, has smooth takeoffs and lands slowly like a dream.”
