Free Flight: Sport and Scale
I HAVE A BUNCH of hints to pass on that I hope will prove to be useful in your Scale modeling efforts. I love biplanes. I have built a couple of full-size bipes - I have been flying the first one I built for 18 years now! Each time I fly it, I enjoy it more than the time before. However, biplanes have one drawback, as far as I'm concerned: They have two wings! What? I do not like building wings - any shape or size. Then there are cabane and interplane struts, flying and landing wires. This adds up to a potful of work, wouldn't you say? Therefore I have gone to great lengths to make all this work as easily as possible, including the alignment of the wings during assembly. I always laminate the trailing edge and the wingtip as a unit. I do not like wide, unrealistic trailing edges. The laminated TEs are stronger and more warp-resistant than their wide balsa counterparts. I use basswood exclusively, and you can buy all you want in any size and practical length you need from Joseph Deppe, Box 135, Bolton Landing NY 12814; Tel.: (518) 644-9465. Send him a dollar and a stamped, self-addressed envelope for his catalog.
