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Floatin' Piper
Tom Kempf (738 Carnation Dr., Sebastian, FL 32958; e-mail: trkay2@comcast.net) finished this Sig 84-inch wingspan, 1/5-scale Piper Cub with Flat Desert tan 21st Century Film covering and added British World War II markings.
Power is provided by a Turnigy 5065-350 motor, Jeti 60-amp ESC, and a six-cell 4000 mAh Li-Poly battery. A Spektrum DX7 radio with standard servos provides reliable control. The ready-to-fly weight is 8.5 pounds.
The floats are prebuilt wood floats available from Hangar 9. Tom stripped off the original UltraCote covering and refinished them with latex exterior paint using The Home Depot's color-matching service. The float system fits perfectly on the fuselage.
Twin Uproar
Patrick McClellan (3833 Arizona Ave., Los Alamos, NM 87544; e-mail: kvirgie@netzero.net) created his twin Uproar 60 by kitbashing two Tower Hobbies Uproar kits.
A pair of Evolution .61NX engines gives the model ample power. It spans 96 inches and weighs 14 pounds. The covering is Pearl Red MonoKote. A Futaba 6EXP radio provides guidance, with eight Hitec servos and a Hitec receiver.
"It flew quite well on maiden flight; it lifted off on first run down the runway," wrote Patrick. "A few clicks of aileron trim and a couple for elevator was all that was needed. I had to land with some power."
Stinger
Chris Busutil (2889 W. 14th St., Yuma, AZ 85364; e-mail: chris.busutil@yahoo.com) presents the Lanier Stinger 10 that he built from a kit in the course of one month.
It is powered by an O.S. .25 FP engine, JR digital DS368 servos, a JR 10X transmitter, and a 2100 mAh JR battery pack. Covering is Metallic Blue and Cub Yellow MonoKote. The wing spans 36 inches, and the model weighs 2 pounds.
"This plane flies awesome; I always get plenty of compliments every time I go to the field," wrote Chris.
Super Chipmunk
Jason Henderson (15912 Beaver Pike, Jackson, OH 45640) built his Super Chipmunk from an Ohio RC kit. It spans 81 inches and is powered by an O.S. 1.60 two-stroke engine spinning a 16 x 8 propeller. Jason covered his model with MonoKote and Custom Vinyl Graphics decals.
Other features include a Slimline Pitts-style smoke muffler, high-torque servos, and The Simple Smoke Pump II by Tejera Microsystems Engineering with Super-Dri smoke oil. Jason placed first with his Super Chipmunk at the 2008 Winton County Air Show.
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Crowd-Pleasing B-17
Marshal Emmendorfer (8245 New Lothrop Rd., New Lothrop, MI 48460) built this Don Smith B-17 Flying Fortress.
It spans 136 inches and is powered by Saito 1.15 four-stroke engines. The bomber has an option where only one main retractable landing gear leg comes down, to simulate landing distress. Marshal makes the other main retract come down on a proper landing.
"That really gets the crowd going," he wrote.
Cropmaster
James Biza (2556 Irene St., Saint Paul, MN 55113; e-mail: jbiza@aol.com) and his brother, John, built this Yeoman YA-1 Cropmaster agricultural delivery airplane from New Zealand Aero Products plans.
Fabricated from balsa and plywood, the model spans 76 inches and weighs 13 pounds. Power is provided by an O.S. .91 four-stroke engine.
The YA-1 was fiberglassed, coated with a polycrylic water-based finish, and then painted and clear-coated with automotive sealer.
"The original airplane was a British Commonwealth Wackett, which the Australians modified into the Yeoman," wrote James. "Twenty were built with two still surviving in New Zealand."
Highly Modified Hellcat
Jim Hagberg (Box 607, Pinecliffe, CO 80471; e-mail: jimh@ionsky.com) made extensive modifications to his Hangar 9 F6F Hellcat ARF.
He reconfigured the cowl, sheeted the wing and stabilizer with fiberglass, and added panel lines and rivets, flaps, a new sliding canopy, a scale cockpit, functional navigation and landing lights, LADO electric retractable gear, and a scale tail wheel.
It weighs 12.4 pounds with a Spektrum DX7 radio and six Spektrum DS821 servos. Power is a Saito 1.15 engine with an inverted Pitts muffler swinging a 15 x 8 propeller.
"The subject plane is modeled after the Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat flown by WWII fighter ace Lt. Cdr. Butch Voris," wrote Jim. "Lt. Cdr. Butch Voris, known as the First Blue Angel, formed the Blue Angels Flight Demonstration Team in 1946 as a naval aviation recruitment tool."
X-48B
Harry Roberts (6085 Carsten Rd., Medina, OH 44256) built this Boeing X-48B.
It has a 9-foot wingspan and a flying weight of 19.5 pounds. Power is provided by a K&B 7.5 cc engine (mounted in the center) in a Kress ducted-fan system. The model features retractable landing gear.
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