M.J.2 Tempete
THE M.J.2 TEMPETE was designed in the late 1950's by Marcel Jurca, a Rumanian living in France. This prolific designer's achievements were recognized with the Governors Award for work on light aircraft design at the 1968 EAA Convention. Many of his designs have been, and are being, built in the United States, so it is quite possible that there are Tempetes with U.S. registrations. From the modelers' point of view the Tempete is an ideal subject. It has simple yet attractive lines, no dihedral, plenty of tail area and large wheels that are placed well forward. The fuselage is flat bottomed and needs only two small areas of planking, and the cowl is nice and roomy. Both cowls shown on the plan have been used and, if the deeper one is used, a muffler can be hidden inside without trouble. The model is Stand-Off Scale. A few slight alterations have been made for easier construction and better performance.
Tiger Rag
IN THE WORLD of full-size aerobatics, the biplane can hold its own against the best monoplanes. No air show would be complete without at least one biplane performing in a small area right in front of the spectators. In the model world it is unlikely that a biplane would be competitive in contests, although the judges would probably appreciate a change from watching the same type of model for hours on end. But for display work and for pure fun, flying the biplane Control Line Stunt model is perfect. Another advantage is lower cost of building, often less than half the cost of a normal size .35-powered Stunt ship. Because the biplane has a simpler structure and each component is small, this makes it ideal for people with limited building space. The small size also makes transport easier. Tiger Rag will fit in the trunk of any compact car.
Ryan B-5 Brougham
THE RYAN BROUGHAM story is a long and interesting one which has strong connections with the Ryan NYP. By the time the Brougham was launched, Claude Ryan had left the company which was then controlled by Franklin Mahoney. The B-1 Brougham was basically a cabin version of the Ryan M-2, the first advertisement for it appearing in January 1927.
Don Kichot
THIS IS A home-built aircraft that was designed and constructed in Poland by Jaroslaw Janowski with assistance by Withold Kalita. Work was started on the plane in 1967, and the first flight was made in July 1970. Although information is hard to come by, I am told that the builder was killed in the aircraft two or three years ago. Another Don Kichot is reported to be under construction in Poland, and there are rumors of one being built in England. I came across a three-view drawing of this aircraft several years in a copy of Modelarz, the Polish modeling magazine, and the design stuck in my mind. Later, I obtained a superb set of photos of the fullsize plane taken by well-known Polish Scale modeler Lech Podgorski (via friend Piotr Zawada, Poland's top CL Aerobatics pilot), who was building a one-third-scale version for RC. These photos finally spurred me on to build the model which is the subject of this article. The model is so nice that I can't understand, now, why I didn't start it sooner.
