George Gurney

THE INCENTIVE for attempting CO2 powered indoor RC came at the time the State College RC Club (Pa.) submitted Bill Brown's name for the Hall of Fame award. Bill had been flying small airplanes with his CO2 engines for many years at the club's annual Delta-Dart Centre Region Indoor Meet and it was thought that an RC flight using his latest model CO2 engine might complement an awards ceremony should the nomination be accepted. Bill was inducted into the AMA Hall of Fame and an indoor RC CO2 powered flight was made. While I was looking for a suitable plane one of the members of the local Jr. modeling club brought a 54" Comet Taylorcraft to one of the meetings, and I thought that this kit looked about right for the project I was about to undertake. After looking at a few kits I decided that the Taylorcraft had about as great a wing area as I could find for this span. The kit selected was the Comet Taylorcraft No. 3505 with a wingspan of 54" and a chord of 8". The wing area is 432 sq. in. or 3 sq. ft.