Focal Point
Supermarine Spitfire
This model is the joint venture of Bob Lambert (21 Sportsman Rd., Rotonda West FL 33947; E-mail: [email protected]), on the left, and Carmine Filetti.
The Pica Spitfire is covered with fiberglass and dope, and the paint is Rust-Oleum.
Power is provided by a SuperTiger 3000, which, according to Bob, is ample to carry the 17-pound Spitfire through realistic combat-type flight maneuvers. The model is controlled with a JR six-channel radio.
Flying Dutchman
Ron B. Marshall (2226 N. 10th St., Phoenix AZ 85006) built this Szekely Flying Dutchman from plans from a construction article published in the September 2000 Model Aviation.
Powered by a Saito 80 engine and covered with Sig Koverall and dope, the model weighs nine pounds.
With 16 flights logged, "I am having a blast from the past," wrote Ron.
Savoia-Marchetti S.56
Albert Isaacson (73 Tilrose Ave., Malverne NY 11565) drew the plans for and scratch-built this S.56 amphibian.
As co-crew chief of a team of volunteers at the Cradle of Aviation Museum on Long Island, New York, Albert spent 8½ years restoring the full-scale S.56. He took dozens of measurements and produced this 9½-pound, 59-inch-span biplane in little more than three years.
Constructed from balsa, spruce, and plywood, the S.56 is covered with Silver 21st Century® Fabric. It's powered by an O.S. Max .46 FX engine.
Albert donated the model to the museum to be put on display.
Monocoupe 90A
John A. Anderson's (130 Willow Lake Ln., Sharpsburg GA 30277; E-mail: [email protected]) model was built from plans sold by Frank Mizer.
It is powered by a Turbo 10/20 brushless motor from Model Electronics Corporation on 14 SRC 2000 cells using the Battery Eliminator Circuit feature.
The Monocoupe spans 65 inches, has flaps, and weighs seven pounds.
"It flies great with a lot of power to spare," wrote John. "It will cruise at about half power."
Focal Point
'Sort of' a Monocoupe
This winter project is the third Monocoupe that John G. Giles (3240 N.W. 14th, Oklahoma City OK 73107; E-mail: [email protected]) has scratch-built. He elongated the nose slightly on this one.
The model weighs nine pounds and has a 72-inch wingspan. It is powered by an HB .61 engine using a 13 x 6 APC propeller.
"This is the airplane I always take to the field because it is such a joy to fly," wrote John.
Airco D.H.2
John A. Epley (4260 S. Tucson Estates Pkwy., Tucson AZ 85735) built his 60-inch-span D.H.2 from Radio Control Modeler plan 572.
It is covered with 21st Century® Fabric in Cub Yellow and is powered by an O.S. Max .65 LA engine.
"My special thanks to Floridian Don Zepp, who, having already built one, gave me many helpful suggestions while I built mine," wrote John.
Big Guff
Using the small three-view drawing in his 1942 purchase The Model Aircraft Handbook by William Winter, Morris Rippel (1317 Florida St. N.E., Albuquerque NM 87110) replicated Walt Good's Big Guff at 70% scale.
The model is single channel, rudder only, spans 70 inches, is powered by an O.S. .15 engine, and has an eight-ounce-per-square-foot wing loading.
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Dennyplane
Bill Welle's (1720 Kilpatrick Rd., Nokomis FL 34275) model is of the full-scale Dennyplane designed by British movie actor Reginald Denny in 1937.
Bill constructed the airplane from plans redrawn by D.B. "Doc" Matthews, which are included in the AMA plans list (169). Bill "stick built" the model from balsa and spruce.
He modified internal construction slightly to accept electric power. The model has a .15 EV3 motor, a 3:1 gearbox with a pack of seven-cell 800 mAh Ni-Cds, and an 8 x 11 wood propeller.
This aircraft is covered with white Dacron® material adhered and sealed with water-soluble glue. Color spray-can lacquer and masking achieved the "scallop" pattern.
The Dennyplane has a six-foot wingspan and weighs just more than three pounds.
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