Free Flight Sport - 2007/07
BUZZ TRABIC did a great job on his Heath
Parasol on floats. The model spans 37 inches
and weighs 8.5 ounces. Originally built for
rubber power, it didn’t have much duration.
Buzz hopes to solve those short flight times by
converting it to electric.
The model now sports an EPU7 electric
motor and an ElectriFly 10 x 4.5 propeller
from Tower Hobbies. The fight pack is six
250 mA Ni-Cds. As of this writing flight tests
are pending.
A Peanut model for rubber fun - 2010/10
WHILE BROWSING in a used-book store I
saw a pocket encyclopedia of world aircraft in
color.
Free Flight Sport - 2006/09
Model Builder plans are still available from Bill Northrop’s Plan Service!
Free Flight Sport 01/10
THE COUNTRY BOY by Jim Clem is the 1/2A Gas One Design
model for 2010. It flies great and is perfect for that spare Cox TD
.049-.051 or Nostalgia-legal 1/2A engine you have in the drawer.
Plans are available from the National Free Flight Society (set
341, for $8). Kits are available from BMJR Model Products.
FREE FLIGHT SPORT - 2005/03
TERRY RIMERT’S Three Fixed Laws of FF:
1) Watch the weight.
2) Keep it light.
3) It shouldn’t weigh much.
Down With Torque: Regal Solutions sponsored an event at last
year’s Flying Aces Club (FAC) Nats for Scale models using
contrarotating propellers. The company manufactures and sells a
contrarotating gearbox which weighs 6 grams and measures 3⁄4-inch
square by 3⁄8-inch wide. You build the propellers and spinners
