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ust sit down close to Dan Banjock and attempt to keep up with him us- ing only your eyes and ears. Your feet will surely soon fail you, if you
are even attempting to keep up with the ac- tive Pennsylvanian. Dan is the extreme joc- ular gentleman and a jester “par excel- lence”. He was already having a good time with a stock Bi-Slob, but his mind worked overtime so he developed and built a twice- size version of the popular fun-like biplane. I remember the “bent back to the hilt” tilt
of his slim body as he flew his large size Flite Streak, but this new endeavor was tasking his small frame to the ultimate while flying the extreme Bi-Slob. The powerplant pulling the giant sized Bi-Slob through its paces weighs more than most of Dan’s .35 and .40 sized Stunters. Dan Banjock’s more serious Old Time
Stunt model is Red Reinhardt’s Galloping Comedian. Dan’s metal-working skills in his regular profession led him to pick up the hammer and form to encourage aluminum to bend to the final product of a new cowl and curved wheel pants. I have seen so many beautifully carved and painted wheel pants, but Dan’s aluminum persuasion skills out- shine many of the experts. His powerplant is a venerable Fox .35 with a little bit of his own customizing with a new bushing and a Randy Smith crank. Dan’s Galloping Come- dian is scratchbuilt from plans. The model weighs in at a svelte 34 ounces.
Joe Reinhard and X-Jet Joe Reinhard missed using a profile mod-
el for a number of years, and his workshop time eventually resulted in a newly-built X-Jet. This well-conceived and built profile utilizes a wing platform having a 10-inch center chord and an 8-inch tip chord width. The total wingspan is 54 inches and encom- passes 560 square inches of wing area. Joe confides that the X-Jet has a 9.25-inch nose moment and 15.5-inch tail moment.
by allen brickhaus You can reach Allen Brickhausat PO Box 206, Golconda, Illinois 62938, or via e-mail at
abkb801@shawneelink.net
PHOTOGRAPHY: ALLEN BRICKHAUS
Dan Banjock is certainly a skillful builder and flyer. This Red Reinhardt Galloping Comedianis a notch above so many. This model was viewed at the 2011 Brodak Fly-In and did well at Huntersville, NC later that year.
The stab root chord is 4 inches while the
stab tip is 2.25 inches. The elevator chord di- mensions are 3 inches at the root and 2 inch- es at the tip. The span is 24 inches. The to- tal fuselage length is 40 inches. His powerplant choice is an OS Max 46 LA, and the X-Jet weighs in at a great fighting weight of 48 ounces. I would have expected no less from Joe. His “fan” upfront is a Mas- ter Airscrew 11–5 prop and is measured with those set of numbers. He is running a .295-inch venturi and releases the X-Jet at 9300 rpm. His 62-foot by .015-inch braided lines allow a 4.9–5.0 second lap time.
Joe is an excellent finisher and this new
model is no exception to his rule. To get more information on his technique you may look up the Gypsy 35 article as published in the November 2006 issue and the Olympus finishing article as placed in the May 2010 issue of FLYING MODELS. Joe has been a great help in documenting the Jim Silhavy Gypsy 35 and the Wim Cator Plano.
Bob Hudak profile Legacy 40 Bob Hudak keeps up with me via e-mail
and his yearly trips to the Brodak Fly-In. Bob brought me his scratchbuilt Legacy 40
Jim Hoffman of Arizona and Joe Reinhard of Columbus, Ohio proudly hold Joe’s X-Jetprofile model (above left). Joe has completed another very nice project. Bob
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Hudak brought his profile version of the Brodak Legacy 40kit (above right). Bob’s is built to plans and more details about it can be found in this column.
MAY 2012
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