FREE FLIGHT SPORT - 2005/01
DIME SCALE MODELS: It amazes me how the model-airplane
designers of the 1930s could produce an airplane from a few bits of
balsa that was as easily recognizable as a full-scale airplane. Dime
Scale models have a unique niche in the history of Scale-model-aircraft
design. They have just the right blend of realism and simplicity.
Free Flight Sport - 2006/03
Nickel Scale models are not small change these days
Free Flight Sport - 2009/11
TOM ARNOLD buiLT a beautiful Ki-100: the radial-engine version
of the Japanese Tony. From the top, you can see the Ki-100’s Tony
heritage, with the long wings and skinny fuselage married to that big
radial engine. The wings are the cracked-rib type, with an internal spar
of 1/32 sheet topped with pieces of 1/16 x 1/8 between the ribs on the top,
forming a T-beam.
Free Flight Sport-2007/03
Build your Bounty Hunter for the one-design Nats event
FREE FLIGHT SPORT - 2004/10
EXCUSE ME SIR, but I think your nose just
fell off! Never underestimate the importance
of a tight nose block. A loose nose block can
cause trimming problems because the
thrustline will change in flight as the tension
of the rubber motor decreases.
