Top Fun
LISTEN UP, MEN, now that you've finished your training on the plastic prop jobs, it's time to taste the real thing. If becoming an adept Control Line flier is your aim, Top-Fun will help you learn the necessary skills.
Cessna Cardinal
THERE ARE flying days, and then there are flying days. We've all known summer days that seem to call us sirenlike to the field. At times like that, when a close look at the model inventory turns up an abundance of high-performance aircraft that you don't want to risk before the big upcoming meets, what do you do? If you're fortunate, you grab that tough, competent, easy-to-fly sport plane and go fly. But maybe you don't own a fun-flying sport model.
S2F Tracker
GRUMMAN introduced the S-2F Tracker with little fanfare shortly after World War II. Among the least known of the great Grumman aircraft that have seen considerable action with the world's navies, the S-2F nevertheless remains in service today. In fact, the United States and Canada have adapted the airplane for use as a firebomber. As a Control Line Scale model, this firebomber version of the S-2F is probably unique. Two experiences motivated me to build it.
Grumman Skyrocket
AFTER STARING at the stack of Control Line profile kits I had amassed from many club swap meets. I decided I could not just let them collect dust. On the other hand, what could be more boring than building the same type of model over and over again? Combat is one way to use up old kits, but it takes two people, and the inevitable crashes don't appeal to me. What else could I do? I began to look into the possibilities of converting the old kits
