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Radio Control Scale - 2009/08

Author: Stan Alexander


Edition: Model Aviation - 2009/08
Page Numbers: 108,109,110

Ohio hosts the Toledo R/C Expo or, as
it’s commonly called, “the Toledo Show.”
What a way for a city to get its name on the
map of many modelers across the country.
Other cities could take a lesson from this.
The show is well organized, with
parking, admittance, and food vendors, and
there are plenty of people to see, static
models to envy, and new products to buy.
Some modeling friends and I have a savings
plan for this event; we toss change and
sometimes small bills into a jar in the shop
beginning at the end of the show, for mad
money we can spend there the following
year.
Scale models play a big part in the show,
as does the static competition. Awards for
the beauty contest range from $2,000 for
Best of Show, to
$500 for first
place in each
category, to
$250 for third
place. The prizes
used to be radio
systems, but I’m
guessing that
cash is more
appreciated.
Check out the
Toledo Show Web site for entry rules, and
study them well.
The static scale classes include Non-
Military Sport Scale, Military Sport Scale,
Best Jet, and Designer Scale. You can see
these beautiful aircraft and chat with their
builders.
Manufacturers who attend the show
supply the parts for those models, or maybe
inspire the modelers to get charged up and
document and build their latest creations.
The show features many major
manufacturers, hobby shops, swap shops,
and new manufacturers. There is an auction
is fast and furious.
The R/C Expo and similar shows can
give a new company a jump-start in the
business, with exposure, contacts,
customers, and suppliers. The contacts that
new businesses can make with the press and
public at the AMA Expo in Ontario,
California, each January are priceless.
At Toledo, you can buy hobby supplies,
parts, engines, radios, stuff, more stuff,
magazines, books, RC cars, all sorts of
electric-powered helicopters, ARFs, and
more stuff on top of that. The first thing you
might want to do is pick up a
complimentary shopping bag from the Great
Planes or Horizon Hobby booth; they have
exclusive special releases just for this show.
What struck me when I first entered the
Toledo Show was the huge de Havilland
D.H.4 at the Balsa USA booth. This 1/4-
scale model had a wingspan of 127 inches, a
length of 89 inches, and an estimated all-up
weight of 30-35 pounds. A 60cc-80cc gas
engine is recommended for the model. The
retail price is expected to be near $550.
The D.H.4 looks great in bare bones, but
the main gear is spread out somewhat. If
you “tighten it up” for Scale contests, it
should be no problem. The model is so large
that it almost needed its own booth!
Sig Manufacturing Inc. brought all of its
current line of products, including the
beautiful electric-powered Bf 109E ARF.
Panel lines and most of the markings are
already applied to the 48-inch-span aircraft
when you buy it, and a pilot bust is
included. You need to purchase the motor,
ESC, and Li-Poly battery, as well as the
traditional radio parts.
The Bf 109 looks great and will be a hit
at the field. (See the product review in this
issue.) It has a street price of $159.95.
Top Flite attended the Toledo Show with
a Cessna 182 ARF that features a built-in
lighting system and many other scale details.
The 81-inch-wingspan model is expertly
finished, with fairings, scoops, and antennas
included.
Hardware is supplied for either electric
or two-stroke-engine power. A good .61
should work fine. A four-stroke would
sound even better purring along. The Cessna
is expected to cost approximately $399.
Top Flite and Sig are on the short list of
“big” manufacturers that offer the Scale
competitor true scale kits. I know that some
will argue the point and call my attention to
other designs. I already mentioned Balsa
USA, and Proctor Enterprises sells a line of
World War I aeroplanes.
Those models are kits; you have to put
some time into them. And when you actually
build a model, you have something special;
it’s worth every bit of your hard-earned free
time.
When you get to the field, the locals will
say, “I haven’t seen that color scheme
before; which ARF is it?”
“I built this one from a kit, installed the
gear, covered the model, and painted it,” you
can reply. Just watch their faces.
Budding Scale modelers can build these
kits, or experts can make masterpieces of
them. I’ve seen new modelers make
masterpieces too.
Today’s kits have scale outlines that are
correct, or extremely close, and this is where
it starts in competition: the outline of the
model.
Several modelers wish Top Flite had a
conversion kit for its 1/5-scale P-51D so they
could make it into the B version. At one
point, the company had a 1/5-scale B version
out as a kit; I know, because I have one.
Sig’s 1/3-scale Spacewalker is back up on
the company’s Web site, and so is the
Spacewalker II at 1/4 scale. Sig still has its
line of J-3 Cub kits, from the smaller 71-
inch model to the 1/4-scale J-3 and clippedwing
version of Hazel Sig’s airplane.
Top Flite still has one of the best military
kits out—its T-34—for which you can get
full-house retracts and flaps as options, and
the fact that it’s a tricycle-gear aircraft
makes ground handling much easier.
Top Flite also sells a Sea Fury, P-47
Thunderbolt (in two sizes), P-51D, Corsair
(in two sizes), Spitfire Mk IX, P-40, and
Cessna Skylane 182, as well as the Stinson
Reliant SR-9 and the DC-3 kit. Another
often overlooked model that looks great on
110 MODEL AVIATION
the runway is the Piper Arrow II. Missing
from that lineup is the Beech 35 V-tail
civil- aviation version of the T-34, which
Top Flite discontinued.
Yellow Aircraft was at Toledo with a
variety of models, as well as landing gear
sets and parts to fit many designs besides
its own. The company continues to expand
its kit line; this year it debuted a P-40
Warhawk and an all-composite YF-22
Raptor.
The YF-22, in particular, is big, and the
basic kit is expected to cost roughly
$3,000. And don’t forget the turbine and
radio gear.
When you price some turbine-powered
models, Yellow Aircraft’s aren’t
overpriced for what you get. Included are
the composite kit, scale retracts, prebuilt
interior with pilot, and scale machinedaluminum
wheels with rubber tires. Other
options include brakes with air-control
valves, door kit, sequencing valve, custom
conformal fuel cells, and bifurcated
tailpipe.
One of my favorites is the P-40. The
Yellow Aircraft design has an 86-inch
wingspan and an epoxy/fiberglass fuselage,
reinforced with carbon fiber. The wings are
built from foam cores, and they accept
retractable scale gear and split flaps. All
other accessories are available.
I just like WW II warbirds, and my
grandson says that he wants a model with a
shark’s mouth. It goes to show you that
kids know best.
If you don’t live close enough to drive
to Toledo, take a flight to Detroit,
Michigan, which is roughly a 30-minute
drive from the SeaGate Centre: the site of
the R/C Expo. If you fly to get to the show,
take an extra piece of luggage in which to
carry all of your treasures back home.
(You’re actually better off mailing Li-Poly
batteries.)
Even though the Toledo Show is held in
April, the winter winds off of the Great
Lakes don’t care. Dressing to stay warm is
required; layers work better, since it warms
up quickly inside the venue.
Plan to stay for at least two days,
because you can’t see all the show has to
offer in one. It’s important to take a good,
hard look at what’s available. Besides, you
want to make sure to attend the Saturdaynight
auction.
The R/C Expo is a once-in-a-lifetime
event for some modelers. For others, it
becomes a yearly migration to northern
Ohio. With all the new and great stuff there,
it’s a must-see. Make your plans now; the
2010 edition takes place April 9-11.
Around Scale: I have received some
photos from David Andersen, who has been
designing and building models for many
years. He has an interesting mix of civil and
military aircraft available, including a
Lavochkin La-7, a 1/3-scale Grumman
American Lynx, an Arado Ar.96, and
Benny Howard’s Pete.
Most recently, David completed a model
of the late-WW II version of Kurt Tank’s
Focke-Wulf Fw 190: the Ta 152H. That
was the high-altitude version of the
Luftwaffe fighter and offered a top speed of
480 mph.
The model spans 114 inches at 1/5 scale.
It is powered by a Desert Aircraft 50cc
engine and has a Bisson custom Fw 190
muffler and Sierra 1/5-scale retracts
designed specifically for this project. David
claims that with the throttle reduced to idle,
the Ta 152 will thermal on that high-aspectratio
wing.
Fair skies and tailwinds! MA
Sources:
Weak Signals R/C Expo
www.toledoshow.com
Balsa USA
(800) 225-7287
www.balsausa.com
Sig Manufacturing
(800) 247-5008
www.sigmfg.com
Top Flite Models
(800) 637-7660
www.top-flite.com
Yellow Aircraft International
(781) 935-9868
www.yellowaircraft.com
David Andersen Designs
(609) 538-1388
www.precisioncutkits.com
National Association of Scale Aeromodelers
www.nasascale.com
08sig4.QXD 6/23/09 8:25 AM Page 110

Author: Stan Alexander


Edition: Model Aviation - 2009/08
Page Numbers: 108,109,110

Ohio hosts the Toledo R/C Expo or, as
it’s commonly called, “the Toledo Show.”
What a way for a city to get its name on the
map of many modelers across the country.
Other cities could take a lesson from this.
The show is well organized, with
parking, admittance, and food vendors, and
there are plenty of people to see, static
models to envy, and new products to buy.
Some modeling friends and I have a savings
plan for this event; we toss change and
sometimes small bills into a jar in the shop
beginning at the end of the show, for mad
money we can spend there the following
year.
Scale models play a big part in the show,
as does the static competition. Awards for
the beauty contest range from $2,000 for
Best of Show, to
$500 for first
place in each
category, to
$250 for third
place. The prizes
used to be radio
systems, but I’m
guessing that
cash is more
appreciated.
Check out the
Toledo Show Web site for entry rules, and
study them well.
The static scale classes include Non-
Military Sport Scale, Military Sport Scale,
Best Jet, and Designer Scale. You can see
these beautiful aircraft and chat with their
builders.
Manufacturers who attend the show
supply the parts for those models, or maybe
inspire the modelers to get charged up and
document and build their latest creations.
The show features many major
manufacturers, hobby shops, swap shops,
and new manufacturers. There is an auction
is fast and furious.
The R/C Expo and similar shows can
give a new company a jump-start in the
business, with exposure, contacts,
customers, and suppliers. The contacts that
new businesses can make with the press and
public at the AMA Expo in Ontario,
California, each January are priceless.
At Toledo, you can buy hobby supplies,
parts, engines, radios, stuff, more stuff,
magazines, books, RC cars, all sorts of
electric-powered helicopters, ARFs, and
more stuff on top of that. The first thing you
might want to do is pick up a
complimentary shopping bag from the Great
Planes or Horizon Hobby booth; they have
exclusive special releases just for this show.
What struck me when I first entered the
Toledo Show was the huge de Havilland
D.H.4 at the Balsa USA booth. This 1/4-
scale model had a wingspan of 127 inches, a
length of 89 inches, and an estimated all-up
weight of 30-35 pounds. A 60cc-80cc gas
engine is recommended for the model. The
retail price is expected to be near $550.
The D.H.4 looks great in bare bones, but
the main gear is spread out somewhat. If
you “tighten it up” for Scale contests, it
should be no problem. The model is so large
that it almost needed its own booth!
Sig Manufacturing Inc. brought all of its
current line of products, including the
beautiful electric-powered Bf 109E ARF.
Panel lines and most of the markings are
already applied to the 48-inch-span aircraft
when you buy it, and a pilot bust is
included. You need to purchase the motor,
ESC, and Li-Poly battery, as well as the
traditional radio parts.
The Bf 109 looks great and will be a hit
at the field. (See the product review in this
issue.) It has a street price of $159.95.
Top Flite attended the Toledo Show with
a Cessna 182 ARF that features a built-in
lighting system and many other scale details.
The 81-inch-wingspan model is expertly
finished, with fairings, scoops, and antennas
included.
Hardware is supplied for either electric
or two-stroke-engine power. A good .61
should work fine. A four-stroke would
sound even better purring along. The Cessna
is expected to cost approximately $399.
Top Flite and Sig are on the short list of
“big” manufacturers that offer the Scale
competitor true scale kits. I know that some
will argue the point and call my attention to
other designs. I already mentioned Balsa
USA, and Proctor Enterprises sells a line of
World War I aeroplanes.
Those models are kits; you have to put
some time into them. And when you actually
build a model, you have something special;
it’s worth every bit of your hard-earned free
time.
When you get to the field, the locals will
say, “I haven’t seen that color scheme
before; which ARF is it?”
“I built this one from a kit, installed the
gear, covered the model, and painted it,” you
can reply. Just watch their faces.
Budding Scale modelers can build these
kits, or experts can make masterpieces of
them. I’ve seen new modelers make
masterpieces too.
Today’s kits have scale outlines that are
correct, or extremely close, and this is where
it starts in competition: the outline of the
model.
Several modelers wish Top Flite had a
conversion kit for its 1/5-scale P-51D so they
could make it into the B version. At one
point, the company had a 1/5-scale B version
out as a kit; I know, because I have one.
Sig’s 1/3-scale Spacewalker is back up on
the company’s Web site, and so is the
Spacewalker II at 1/4 scale. Sig still has its
line of J-3 Cub kits, from the smaller 71-
inch model to the 1/4-scale J-3 and clippedwing
version of Hazel Sig’s airplane.
Top Flite still has one of the best military
kits out—its T-34—for which you can get
full-house retracts and flaps as options, and
the fact that it’s a tricycle-gear aircraft
makes ground handling much easier.
Top Flite also sells a Sea Fury, P-47
Thunderbolt (in two sizes), P-51D, Corsair
(in two sizes), Spitfire Mk IX, P-40, and
Cessna Skylane 182, as well as the Stinson
Reliant SR-9 and the DC-3 kit. Another
often overlooked model that looks great on
110 MODEL AVIATION
the runway is the Piper Arrow II. Missing
from that lineup is the Beech 35 V-tail
civil- aviation version of the T-34, which
Top Flite discontinued.
Yellow Aircraft was at Toledo with a
variety of models, as well as landing gear
sets and parts to fit many designs besides
its own. The company continues to expand
its kit line; this year it debuted a P-40
Warhawk and an all-composite YF-22
Raptor.
The YF-22, in particular, is big, and the
basic kit is expected to cost roughly
$3,000. And don’t forget the turbine and
radio gear.
When you price some turbine-powered
models, Yellow Aircraft’s aren’t
overpriced for what you get. Included are
the composite kit, scale retracts, prebuilt
interior with pilot, and scale machinedaluminum
wheels with rubber tires. Other
options include brakes with air-control
valves, door kit, sequencing valve, custom
conformal fuel cells, and bifurcated
tailpipe.
One of my favorites is the P-40. The
Yellow Aircraft design has an 86-inch
wingspan and an epoxy/fiberglass fuselage,
reinforced with carbon fiber. The wings are
built from foam cores, and they accept
retractable scale gear and split flaps. All
other accessories are available.
I just like WW II warbirds, and my
grandson says that he wants a model with a
shark’s mouth. It goes to show you that
kids know best.
If you don’t live close enough to drive
to Toledo, take a flight to Detroit,
Michigan, which is roughly a 30-minute
drive from the SeaGate Centre: the site of
the R/C Expo. If you fly to get to the show,
take an extra piece of luggage in which to
carry all of your treasures back home.
(You’re actually better off mailing Li-Poly
batteries.)
Even though the Toledo Show is held in
April, the winter winds off of the Great
Lakes don’t care. Dressing to stay warm is
required; layers work better, since it warms
up quickly inside the venue.
Plan to stay for at least two days,
because you can’t see all the show has to
offer in one. It’s important to take a good,
hard look at what’s available. Besides, you
want to make sure to attend the Saturdaynight
auction.
The R/C Expo is a once-in-a-lifetime
event for some modelers. For others, it
becomes a yearly migration to northern
Ohio. With all the new and great stuff there,
it’s a must-see. Make your plans now; the
2010 edition takes place April 9-11.
Around Scale: I have received some
photos from David Andersen, who has been
designing and building models for many
years. He has an interesting mix of civil and
military aircraft available, including a
Lavochkin La-7, a 1/3-scale Grumman
American Lynx, an Arado Ar.96, and
Benny Howard’s Pete.
Most recently, David completed a model
of the late-WW II version of Kurt Tank’s
Focke-Wulf Fw 190: the Ta 152H. That
was the high-altitude version of the
Luftwaffe fighter and offered a top speed of
480 mph.
The model spans 114 inches at 1/5 scale.
It is powered by a Desert Aircraft 50cc
engine and has a Bisson custom Fw 190
muffler and Sierra 1/5-scale retracts
designed specifically for this project. David
claims that with the throttle reduced to idle,
the Ta 152 will thermal on that high-aspectratio
wing.
Fair skies and tailwinds! MA
Sources:
Weak Signals R/C Expo
www.toledoshow.com
Balsa USA
(800) 225-7287
www.balsausa.com
Sig Manufacturing
(800) 247-5008
www.sigmfg.com
Top Flite Models
(800) 637-7660
www.top-flite.com
Yellow Aircraft International
(781) 935-9868
www.yellowaircraft.com
David Andersen Designs
(609) 538-1388
www.precisioncutkits.com
National Association of Scale Aeromodelers
www.nasascale.com
08sig4.QXD 6/23/09 8:25 AM Page 110

Author: Stan Alexander


Edition: Model Aviation - 2009/08
Page Numbers: 108,109,110

Ohio hosts the Toledo R/C Expo or, as
it’s commonly called, “the Toledo Show.”
What a way for a city to get its name on the
map of many modelers across the country.
Other cities could take a lesson from this.
The show is well organized, with
parking, admittance, and food vendors, and
there are plenty of people to see, static
models to envy, and new products to buy.
Some modeling friends and I have a savings
plan for this event; we toss change and
sometimes small bills into a jar in the shop
beginning at the end of the show, for mad
money we can spend there the following
year.
Scale models play a big part in the show,
as does the static competition. Awards for
the beauty contest range from $2,000 for
Best of Show, to
$500 for first
place in each
category, to
$250 for third
place. The prizes
used to be radio
systems, but I’m
guessing that
cash is more
appreciated.
Check out the
Toledo Show Web site for entry rules, and
study them well.
The static scale classes include Non-
Military Sport Scale, Military Sport Scale,
Best Jet, and Designer Scale. You can see
these beautiful aircraft and chat with their
builders.
Manufacturers who attend the show
supply the parts for those models, or maybe
inspire the modelers to get charged up and
document and build their latest creations.
The show features many major
manufacturers, hobby shops, swap shops,
and new manufacturers. There is an auction
is fast and furious.
The R/C Expo and similar shows can
give a new company a jump-start in the
business, with exposure, contacts,
customers, and suppliers. The contacts that
new businesses can make with the press and
public at the AMA Expo in Ontario,
California, each January are priceless.
At Toledo, you can buy hobby supplies,
parts, engines, radios, stuff, more stuff,
magazines, books, RC cars, all sorts of
electric-powered helicopters, ARFs, and
more stuff on top of that. The first thing you
might want to do is pick up a
complimentary shopping bag from the Great
Planes or Horizon Hobby booth; they have
exclusive special releases just for this show.
What struck me when I first entered the
Toledo Show was the huge de Havilland
D.H.4 at the Balsa USA booth. This 1/4-
scale model had a wingspan of 127 inches, a
length of 89 inches, and an estimated all-up
weight of 30-35 pounds. A 60cc-80cc gas
engine is recommended for the model. The
retail price is expected to be near $550.
The D.H.4 looks great in bare bones, but
the main gear is spread out somewhat. If
you “tighten it up” for Scale contests, it
should be no problem. The model is so large
that it almost needed its own booth!
Sig Manufacturing Inc. brought all of its
current line of products, including the
beautiful electric-powered Bf 109E ARF.
Panel lines and most of the markings are
already applied to the 48-inch-span aircraft
when you buy it, and a pilot bust is
included. You need to purchase the motor,
ESC, and Li-Poly battery, as well as the
traditional radio parts.
The Bf 109 looks great and will be a hit
at the field. (See the product review in this
issue.) It has a street price of $159.95.
Top Flite attended the Toledo Show with
a Cessna 182 ARF that features a built-in
lighting system and many other scale details.
The 81-inch-wingspan model is expertly
finished, with fairings, scoops, and antennas
included.
Hardware is supplied for either electric
or two-stroke-engine power. A good .61
should work fine. A four-stroke would
sound even better purring along. The Cessna
is expected to cost approximately $399.
Top Flite and Sig are on the short list of
“big” manufacturers that offer the Scale
competitor true scale kits. I know that some
will argue the point and call my attention to
other designs. I already mentioned Balsa
USA, and Proctor Enterprises sells a line of
World War I aeroplanes.
Those models are kits; you have to put
some time into them. And when you actually
build a model, you have something special;
it’s worth every bit of your hard-earned free
time.
When you get to the field, the locals will
say, “I haven’t seen that color scheme
before; which ARF is it?”
“I built this one from a kit, installed the
gear, covered the model, and painted it,” you
can reply. Just watch their faces.
Budding Scale modelers can build these
kits, or experts can make masterpieces of
them. I’ve seen new modelers make
masterpieces too.
Today’s kits have scale outlines that are
correct, or extremely close, and this is where
it starts in competition: the outline of the
model.
Several modelers wish Top Flite had a
conversion kit for its 1/5-scale P-51D so they
could make it into the B version. At one
point, the company had a 1/5-scale B version
out as a kit; I know, because I have one.
Sig’s 1/3-scale Spacewalker is back up on
the company’s Web site, and so is the
Spacewalker II at 1/4 scale. Sig still has its
line of J-3 Cub kits, from the smaller 71-
inch model to the 1/4-scale J-3 and clippedwing
version of Hazel Sig’s airplane.
Top Flite still has one of the best military
kits out—its T-34—for which you can get
full-house retracts and flaps as options, and
the fact that it’s a tricycle-gear aircraft
makes ground handling much easier.
Top Flite also sells a Sea Fury, P-47
Thunderbolt (in two sizes), P-51D, Corsair
(in two sizes), Spitfire Mk IX, P-40, and
Cessna Skylane 182, as well as the Stinson
Reliant SR-9 and the DC-3 kit. Another
often overlooked model that looks great on
110 MODEL AVIATION
the runway is the Piper Arrow II. Missing
from that lineup is the Beech 35 V-tail
civil- aviation version of the T-34, which
Top Flite discontinued.
Yellow Aircraft was at Toledo with a
variety of models, as well as landing gear
sets and parts to fit many designs besides
its own. The company continues to expand
its kit line; this year it debuted a P-40
Warhawk and an all-composite YF-22
Raptor.
The YF-22, in particular, is big, and the
basic kit is expected to cost roughly
$3,000. And don’t forget the turbine and
radio gear.
When you price some turbine-powered
models, Yellow Aircraft’s aren’t
overpriced for what you get. Included are
the composite kit, scale retracts, prebuilt
interior with pilot, and scale machinedaluminum
wheels with rubber tires. Other
options include brakes with air-control
valves, door kit, sequencing valve, custom
conformal fuel cells, and bifurcated
tailpipe.
One of my favorites is the P-40. The
Yellow Aircraft design has an 86-inch
wingspan and an epoxy/fiberglass fuselage,
reinforced with carbon fiber. The wings are
built from foam cores, and they accept
retractable scale gear and split flaps. All
other accessories are available.
I just like WW II warbirds, and my
grandson says that he wants a model with a
shark’s mouth. It goes to show you that
kids know best.
If you don’t live close enough to drive
to Toledo, take a flight to Detroit,
Michigan, which is roughly a 30-minute
drive from the SeaGate Centre: the site of
the R/C Expo. If you fly to get to the show,
take an extra piece of luggage in which to
carry all of your treasures back home.
(You’re actually better off mailing Li-Poly
batteries.)
Even though the Toledo Show is held in
April, the winter winds off of the Great
Lakes don’t care. Dressing to stay warm is
required; layers work better, since it warms
up quickly inside the venue.
Plan to stay for at least two days,
because you can’t see all the show has to
offer in one. It’s important to take a good,
hard look at what’s available. Besides, you
want to make sure to attend the Saturdaynight
auction.
The R/C Expo is a once-in-a-lifetime
event for some modelers. For others, it
becomes a yearly migration to northern
Ohio. With all the new and great stuff there,
it’s a must-see. Make your plans now; the
2010 edition takes place April 9-11.
Around Scale: I have received some
photos from David Andersen, who has been
designing and building models for many
years. He has an interesting mix of civil and
military aircraft available, including a
Lavochkin La-7, a 1/3-scale Grumman
American Lynx, an Arado Ar.96, and
Benny Howard’s Pete.
Most recently, David completed a model
of the late-WW II version of Kurt Tank’s
Focke-Wulf Fw 190: the Ta 152H. That
was the high-altitude version of the
Luftwaffe fighter and offered a top speed of
480 mph.
The model spans 114 inches at 1/5 scale.
It is powered by a Desert Aircraft 50cc
engine and has a Bisson custom Fw 190
muffler and Sierra 1/5-scale retracts
designed specifically for this project. David
claims that with the throttle reduced to idle,
the Ta 152 will thermal on that high-aspectratio
wing.
Fair skies and tailwinds! MA
Sources:
Weak Signals R/C Expo
www.toledoshow.com
Balsa USA
(800) 225-7287
www.balsausa.com
Sig Manufacturing
(800) 247-5008
www.sigmfg.com
Top Flite Models
(800) 637-7660
www.top-flite.com
Yellow Aircraft International
(781) 935-9868
www.yellowaircraft.com
David Andersen Designs
(609) 538-1388
www.precisioncutkits.com
National Association of Scale Aeromodelers
www.nasascale.com
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