Super Akro-1 'Chips'
The author borrowed freely from the Stephens Akro to design a .40-powered RC Scale-like plane with full aerobatics capability. He added a smoke-producing system to improve the visual impact in show team exhibition situations. Design of smoker and smoker valve also included. This is a very responsive model which is able to perform a full aerobatics schedule for an experienced RC pilot. I do not believe it should be built and flown by anyone who has not had a few projects under his wing and who may not be completely at ease with the transmitter. If you do want to build it, but are still new to this great sport, have an experienced pilot test hop it and check it out, then stand by until you feel confident in flying.
Cap 21
Scaled after the prototype of the French aerobatic mount, this .40-size Sport Scale model for a five-channel setup performs just as spectacularly as the full-size plane. In the hands of a capable pilot it'll put trails in the sky, with the smoker going, that will truly amaze you.
Sorta Pitts
In this RC model you can see all the romance of today's full-scale sport flying and aerobatics, but it's a look-alike without the complication of duplication in miniature. The design is for .40-.60 sport engines, and it uses five RC channels (fifth for the smoker).
Super Doubler II
It looks much like a model version of a full-size aerobatics plane, but it's a model RC sport flier all the way. Uses a 40 four-stroke engine and four or five channels-five for barnstorming with the smoker. Some say it is a revolution, and I suppose that is quite true considering the long years we have used only the high-rpm, over-square, piped two-cycle engines. Revolution may be too strong a word, but for sure the four-cycles are here to stay. One can get a little carried away with all the raves in the modeling publications. For me the challenge of getting a smoker system to work with a four-cycle was enough for me to jump in head first to try it. Checking my financial status and credit rating at the bank, I found I could purchase an O.S. .40 four-stroker to get things started.
TR-260
When the French decided to upgrade their CAP series of aerobatic planes, most expected them to simply refine their traditional airframe. When they unveiled the design modeled here, it was easy to see that what they really wanted was to breathe new life into their aerobatics team. For .65 four-stroke engines and five-channel controls.
