Freshman II
In 1949, the Woodworking Division of the Testors Corporation in Rockford, Illinois produced an outstanding, progressive series of Control Line models for .049, .099, .19, and .29 size engines, with Dick McCoy's power plants being the engines of choice. The immortal Freshman was an entry level basic trainer and offspring of their earlier TC-2. The Sophomore was an advanced trainer and the Junior was a stunt trainer. Top of the line was the Senior - a serious nonflapped contest Stunt machine. Of the quartet, the "Frosh" far outsold its siblings. The marginally attentive modeler who could chew gum and hack balsa at the same time was assured that he too could fly CL. If you see any original Freshmen still flying, you can spot the early versions by their wire tailskid and bellcrank on inboard wingtip! Later models used a subrudder and conventional bellcrank location.
Humm Bug
CO-2 STUNT? Why not? No one will say you're a copycat! Although not exactly common, the August 1948 issue of Flying Models carried a CO-2 Free Flight model and suggested "movable controls might be fitted to fly C1. About two years later, Frank Ehling powered one of his early Stunters with a tiny CO-2 engine. The former Herkimer model engine company produced a large CO-2 engine at that time. Its wallet-crunching greed for fuel required the 1.2-oz. steel sparklet cartridge to be carried along. It gave one flight. The new .0036 cu. in. Telco 3000 offers CL and FF fans a clear advance. Invertible, it gives 40 grams of thrust at a medium power setting. Why build the Humm Bug? 1) With no noise or crud, mind-jangling flying sites become available-like the meeting room in
