Longster Wimpy
THE LONGSTER WIMPY: Amateur aircraft builders of the late '20s and early '30s faced many difficulties. Among these were the lack of light, cheap, reliable engines, a dearth of technical design engineering data, and restrictive (or outright prohibitive) government policies. Despite this, Leslie Long and his brother (co-proprietors of a radio factory in Oregon) designed, built and flew at least nine different ????
Eaglerock
The superb Eaglerock three-views by Joseph Nieto (June 1953 Model Airplane News) are the primary reference used to develop the working drawings for this model. Here and there, a rigging wire or strut end may have been moved just a smidgen to tie in with an underlying structural member; but that's really nitpicking it. An analysis of the three-view at that time indicated that the Eaglerock had an excellent configuration for Control Line flying. With a 2.76:1 tail-to-nose moment, the model is not likely to require any ballast in its nose to achieve proper balance. Its large wheels are well forward for good ground handling operations. (The wheel tread is a bit narrower than some would wish). There is ample wing area, to keep the wing loading reasonable. The fuselage is smallish, slim, and clean in relation to the model's overall size. The configuration is straightforward, without any strange shapes or structures.
Howard Pete
Benny Howard's 1930s racer for CL Scale competition. Full-scale aircraft engineers are faced with challenging design and performance requirements that often can be resolved only by compromise or tradeoff. The same holds true for model designers. It will make a big difference in how the model will be designed and built, for instance, if it is to be a weekend sport model or an all-out competition machine.
