PHOTOS: DAVID WAGNER
David Wagner’s Bede 4 is the perfect platform for the compressed air motor with its spacious fuselage (above left). The model flies beautifully, and was wisely equipped with a DT to reduce the chance of the model flying OOS. David built his Bede 4 using John Morrill’s compressed air motor for power (above right). The motor is built by Jim Sprenger, and is available with three air tank options directly from Jim. The 17.6-inch span Arado 196A3 is a high quality kit,
PHOTOS: PAT TRITLE
available from e-Bay (below left). The rubber powered freeflight kit is complete with 17 wood parts sheets and lots of detail drawings, plus tissue cover and a complete hardware package. The Arado 196A3 finishes out beautifully (below right) using only the kit supplied items, and is a welcome addition to the freeflight realm. Supplies are limited; only 50 kits at the time of this writing, so don’t delay on adding this excellent kit to your collection.
And speaking of new stuff David Wagner checked in with his latest freeflight endeavor, the 28-inch span Bede 4. The model weighs in at 98 grams, and is powered with the new compressed air motor designed by John Morrill, and built by Jim Sprenger. Unlike his earlier rubber designs, David’s Bede is equipped with a DT since losing the motor to a flyaway would be a bit harder to take than giving up a couple of loops of rubber. Good choice! The compressed air motor will fly models
in the 90–140 square inch size class, weigh- ing in from 68–100 grams all-up weight. The air tank, available in three sizes, with an 8–8 propeller and spare parts is available di- rectly for $175.00 plus $7.65 postage from Jim at 7432 Irondale Ave. Winnetka, CA 91306, or drop him a line at zephyrmodel-
motors@gmail.com. Another great source for freeflight models
is from Dave Diels at Diels Engineering. Dave has a long list of proven freeflight de- signs, but Dave’s contact information has changed, so take note of the new addresses so not to lose track of these great little models. David G. Diels, Diels Engineering, Inc., P.O. Box 167016, Oregon, OH 43616 e-mail
dielsengr@buckeye.com, website:
www.dielsengineeringinc.com. Also new for the serious freeflighter is the 17.6-inch span Arado 196A3 that recently appeared on e-Bay. This limited run kit con- tains 17 balsa sheets and no less than 11 rolled sheets of detail drawings, a formed canopy and a decal sheet, plus tissue cover and a complete hardware package. When I
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received the notice from Lou Buffardi, there were only 50 kits left, so don’t delay. You can get all the details at robberoo1031@hot-
mail.com.
More good stuff from the readers And now, let’s get to a couple of great look-
ing models that also came our way this month. First up is David Payne’s C-118, also converted from the PCM DC-6 short kit. The model is powered with four Power Up 250 Plus outrunner motors with 6–3 contra-ro- tating 3-blade props, making 210 watts of power to motivate the 31-ounce model. Con- trol is 5-channel R/C, including the flaps, along with the four basic flight controls. Cov- er is UltraCote Parklite aluminum with de- cals printed on water slide decal paper from graphics made up in CAD. For those who would like to have a set of decals for this con- version, contact David at payne9999@com
cast.net. Once again we can see what can be done with a bit of ingenuity to convert the civilian airliner to its lesser known military counterpart. And for you biplane lovers out there, Bob
Davis dropped in with his Flybaby biplane, also from the PCM short kit. The yellow and silver color scheme is a bit unusual for a model of this type, but it sure did turn out nice. The model is powered with a Turnigy 370 motor with an 18-amp ESC and 1300 mAh 2S Li-Po battery. Guidance for the 14- ounce model is provided by two Hextronix 9- gram servos for the rudder and elevator, and two 5-gram servos for the ailerons, with a Spektrum DX-7 Tx and a Hobby King Or-
ange “Spektrum Type” Rx. And when you take a close look at the picture, I’ll bet you’ll see why the model was selected as the Mod- el Airplane News Pilot Project of the month for February 2012. Well, it looks like that’s going to wrap us
up for this month. Unfortunately, due to the unusually high volume of great stuff that’s come our way lately it just wasn’t possible to get it all in, so to all of you that had to move up a month, we’ll get to it next month and share all the terrific models that are being built out there. So till next month, keep on cranking out those terrific projects, and keep the terrific photos coming.
PHOTO: BOB DAVIS
Bob Davis built his Flybabybiplane and finished the model in a very unusual, but very striking yellow and silver color scheme. And then to prove the scheme works, the model was selected as the Model Airplane News Pilot Project of the month for February 2012.
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