Focal Point 2015/05
Curtiss XP-37
Dave Seale (Dedham, Massachusetts; email: [email protected]) kit-bashed a Sig Four-Star 120 into a Curtiss XP-37 sport version.
- Powerplant: inverted Magnum XL .91 four-stroke engine
- Fuselage finish: 1/2-ounce fiberglass cloth, water-based polyurethane varnish, aluminum-colored automotive paint
- Wing finish: yellow MonoKote
Miss Ashley
Jim Roselle (email: [email protected]) scratch-built this Control Line Miss Ashley.
- Wingspan: 15 inches
- Engine: Cox reed-valve with Black Widow cylinder
- Fuel system: pressure-bladder
- Purpose: built for the Cox Engine Forum Profile Scale Reed Speed event
de Havilland Tiger Moth
Jake Chichilitti (Santa Rosa, California; email: [email protected]) started his Tiger Moth from an old Japanese Pilot kit obtained from the estate of his friend and club member Kirk Phaling.
- Wingspan: 52 inches
- Weight: 4.5 pounds
- Engine: Saito .40
- Covering/finish: Polyspan, Brodak dope
- Radio: Futaba
- Notes: Paint scheme from Bob Banka. For the Limey Rickey logo on the tail, Jake contacted Dick Tristao of Model Graphics for paint masks.
Hurricane
Barry Killick (The Villages, Florida; email: [email protected]) built a 60-inch electric-powered Hurricane from a Manzano Laser Works kit designed by Derek Micko.
- Construction/covering: Polyspan with nitrate dope (covered with water-based contact cement that discolored in sun)
- Finish: painted royal blue to represent Princess Margaret’s racing colors
- Weight: 3.5 pounds (including sound system)
- Power/Systems: electric motor; Mr. RC Sound System with Merlin sound onboard
- Graphics: Callie Graphics
Barry wrote: "I wanted to have a large, rubber-style-looking model (love all those stringers!), so I covered it in Polyspan and nitrate dope. I used a water-based contact cement to adhere the Polyspan, but unfortunately, in our Florida sun, all of the glue seams turned dark brown. It was ugly! So to salvage it, I painted it royal blue to represent the Hurricane in Princess Margaret’s racing colors. The model only weighs 3.5 pounds including a Mr. RC Sound System with a Merlin sound onboard, so it flies extremely well. Wheeled landings are very easy."
CaraVellair
Don Thorstenson (email: [email protected]), with help from Eric Thorstenson, scratch-built a 1/6-scale CaraVellair roadable aircraft model.
- Weight: slightly more than 3 pounds
- Wingspan: 56 inches
- Propeller: 9-inch, three-blade
- Motor/Battery: 1,100 Kv motor, 4S battery
- Fuselage: EPP foam with Micro-Lite plywood sides
- Wing/empennage: EPS foam skinned with 1/32-inch balsa
- Tail booms: basswood and balsa
- Notes: flies well
Mega-Hots
David Jaecks (Wausau, Wisconsin; email: [email protected]) scratch-built an enlarged Hots design he dubbed the Mega Hots.
- Wingspan: 103 inches
- Engine: DLE-111 with 28x10 Xoar propeller
- Radio: JR
- Notes/Performance: 4-inch-thick wing for steady flight speed
David wrote: "It has good flight characteristics with a 4-inch-thick wing and maintains a steady flight speed. The DLE-111 will pull the model's 29 pounds straight up for unlimited vertical performance."
Telemaster
Ed Moore (Killbuck, Ohio; email: [email protected]) built this Telemaster from a partial kit that was missing most of the wood for the fuselage.
- Wingspan: 63 inches
- Power: Scorpion outrunner motor swinging a 12-inch propeller
- Covering: cream-colored Coverite with blue trim
- Radio: Futaba operating six servos
Ed wrote: "This photo was shot from my private strip in Killbuck, Ohio. It is deemed the mosquito capital of the world, thus the graphics I designed on the plane."
Catalina
Wayne Willey (email: [email protected]) designed a semiscale PBY-5A Catalina Control Line Profile Stunt model.
- Wingspan: 64 inches
- Weight: 82 ounces
- Engines: two Saito .40 four-stroke engines
- Covering/finish: Polyspan and Brodak dope
Wayne wrote: "The PBY is a rock-solid flier and is fully capable of performing the entire AMA Stunt pattern at a competitive level."
Transcribed from original scans by AI. Minor OCR errors may remain.
