Ironside
THE ORIGINAL IRONSIDE was published in the July 1970 American Aircraft Modeler; it had a top speed of 183+ mph. Next was Ironside Too with a top speed of 196+ mp with nitromethane and propylene oxide fuel. A copy by Mike Couts, except for his engine mounts and tank ends, holds the present record with methanol and propylene oxide at 193.06 mph. The Mk II and Mk III are simplified versions of Ironside Too and a later model, Hummer, with the same basic aerodynamics. It isn't as simple as gluing some pieces of wood together, but the alignment of the wing(s) and horizontal stabilizer is difficult with a wooden airplane. A metal airplane can be made to fly as it should because you simply trim the tail incidence with .005 shims until the airplane tracks or grooves smoothly between three and five feet altitude.
