Free Flight Sport 2010/07
You still have time to build a Country Boy for this year’s
One Design event at the Nats. Don’t forget the One Design
Combo on Tuesday for prior .049 One Designs.
Free Flight Sport - 2006/01
Estes Aero Xs and Air Hogs E-Chargers are fun for kids. MANY OF US dads and grandpas are
looking for models with which to hook our
unsuspecting kids and grandkids on the fun of
FF. Ed Toner recently told me about the Estes
Aero X model. He had some success with it
after adding a .177-caliber pellet to the nose
for balance. Ed has even lost one out of sight!
I found an Aero X at the local Hobby Lobby
for $12
Free Flight Sport - 2009/09
THE HEYDAY OF model aviation was in
the 10 years after Charles Lindbergh’s
historic crossing of the Atlantic Ocean via
aircraft in 1927. Tens of thousands of youth
built and flew model airplanes, and many
groups were developed to organize modelers
and promote model aviation.
Free Flight Sport - 2011/01
Don’t forget to build a Viking for the 1/2A One Design event
at the 2011 AMA Nats. Plans for the original are available from the
National Free Flight Society (NFFS), listed as Viking 1/2A. The
reduced-size version is available as a kit from BMJR Model Products.
FREE FLIGHT SPORT - 2003/04
ARE YOU READING this column out of
simple curiosity? Maybe you are reading out
of morbid curiosity. Are you interested in
trying rubber-powered models? Maybe you
are an avid Radio Control flier who would
like to try your hand at a stick-and-tissue
model. Maybe you built a stick model as a
kid and want to try it again. Perhaps you are
a teenager who built a Science Olympiad
model and want to build a larger rubberpowered
model. This column may help, but
you will probably want more information
than I can provide here
