PHOTO: CURTIS MOSS


Another Curtis Moss model is his 66-inch Grandma(above left). He uses its stability and easy flying to get youngsters started in R/C. The Aviatik D-1 from 1916 has always been one of Don’s favorite WWI models. It’s lack of rigging


PHOTO: VIC BOCK


helps clean up this old-timer. George Odenwaller’s version (above right) has hand painted camouflage. The pilot is made of foam and painted, power is supplied by one 15-inch loop of ¹⁄₄-inch tan rubber and a 6-inch plastic prop.


R/C. Get it up, set the throttle and elevator, and let the visitor do some figure eights with reduced rudder and then demonstrate throt- tle and elevator control. This seems a swell way to get kids inter- ested in modeling. I’m still trying to make consistent landings of the Piper Cub on


the Real Flight simulator. This stuff takes lots of practice if you want to land on the runway in the right direction. I was spoiled when I first started R/C. Our field at Pine Island, NY is a sod farm about a mile square. No runway; land anywhere. I’m ashamed to ad- mit that the club was about to create a plaque to immortalize my fi- nally landing on the same field from which I took off. I think I’m making things harder by trying to land as if at an airport in a full sized plane. I try to fly downwind, base and final approaches and seem to overshoot the runway. At least I don’t have to glue togeth- er the bad landing results. I’m not allowed to write a column without a George Odenwaller


model. He has these trained fleas that will open my glue tubes at night if I don’t keep him happy. This one is an Aviatik D-1 from WWI designed and drawn by Ted Davis, May 2004. Span is 20 inches, con- struction is George’s standard. Wing and tail tips are ¹⁄₁₆ sheet bal- sa. Plug-ins for all the struts are ³⁄₃₂ Styrene for .045 wire. The nose block is laminated balsa, painted, and covering is tan domestic pa- per. The olive green camo is hand painted and wheels are hand made balsa, painted. The pilot is painted foam. Prop is 6-inch plas- tic painted, power is one 15-inch loop of ¼ tan rubber, no rigging. George thinks it needs more power and a 7-inch prop. I think


ILLUSTRATION: CHUCK WENLOCK


these draggy biplanes need carved, higher pitch props than the plas- tic ones but George doesn’t. Anyway, he’s a great builder and a good friend so I can’t push him too hard. I have been doing a bit of corresponding with Johann van Zyl in


South Africa. Freeflight is alive and well down there and Johann says their contests have generated more entrants every year. The contests are at a place called Oudshoorn in Western Cape Province and have been held for the last five years. Jake Larson is well known to these guys, having visited them before. The Cub is from one of Jake’s sheet wood plans and flies well. The next picture is from a new contributor named Craig Linder from Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Craig’s SE-5a weighs 23 grams without rubber and spans 16 inches. It flies on six strands of ¹⁄₈ rubber, 18 inch- es long which weigh 6.7 grams (almost ¹⁄₃ of the basic weight). The mo- tor takes 1100 turns and delivers flights of over 1 minute. Craig uses Gizmo-Geezer prop bearings and finds they do well on all his models. The pilot is foam colored with felt pens and the rigging is lightweight fishing line tinted with a black Sharpie pen. Covering is white Esaki tissue colored with an inkjet printer. I think we could use a good, sim- ple article on how to print tissue on a computer. Craig is considering a longer motor to try for 90-second flights. Similar to the famous statement of Mark Twain, the reports of


PHOTOS: JOHANN VAN ZYL


Johann van Zyl sends us a photo from his club’s contest in South Africa. Freeflight is alive and well there and his contests generate more entrants every year. The Cub is from a Jake Larson plan for a sheet balsa model. Jake has visited this group before.


FLYING MODELS


Allen Hunt’s death have been greatly exaggerated. Allen is alive and well and still plying his trade in West Virginia. Allen’s plans come from a wide range of sources from Cleveland forward. He has the Beautiful Bess (from my book on rubber power) in two sizes as well as many other hard-to-find subjects. However, Allen sells only on e- Bay so look him up under “Model Airplane Plans” and order what you need. Allen has simplified his plan pricing. Up to 30-inch span is $9.99. Over 30-inch span $14.99 and shipping is $2.99.


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