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Luke Zollner was not content with leaving his FlyFly F-100’s exterior stock with its overly large and deep panel lines and Styrofoam appearing surface (above left). So, he filled, covered, smoothed and painted his Hunand added external stores to take advantage of the power (and sound) of his ChangSum 90mm fan unit. Departure is quite spritely! Heading into “bad guy country” Luke’s F-100 (above center) looks like he is climbing above the weather a few decades ago. Skymaster’s large Hawk-100(above right),painted in the Canadian Air Force’s AETE squadron colors, departs for another sortie at the hands of Vernon


Montgomery. A Jet Central Rhino shoves this 97-inch long plane quite nicely. The large, and effective speed brakes (below left) on the Hawkare not usable (for obvious reasons!) upon landing, but do slow the plane down dramatically in the air. Jack Holland’s 105-inch long Jacknife (below center) is airborne in about 100–150 feet. Like a popular truck commercial, this airplane is built tough, yet flies totally predictably and smoothly. A large Phantom(below right) banks and yanks. It is hard for Greg not to get excited over the “Black Bunny” scheme, after all, Phantomsrule!


thread discussing the pros and cons of sev- eral manufacturers of ARFs: “One thing I’ve learned is that you should never take a man- ufacturer’s plane at face value. You have to go through the plane and improve aspects of it that give you pause. I even do this if I have a pro builder put my plane together... Prob- ably to my builder’s disgust! LOL I just dis- assembled the majority of a newly finished Skymaster large Hawk so that I would have piece of mind when flying it. I consider all of these planes ‘almost’ ARFs, so I go the extra mile in order to make sure the planes are airworthy and so far it’s worked for me.” This comment is doubly satisfying, in that


the author flies a lot of planes, and flies them hard with very few mechanical/ struc- tural issues. Something to ponder the next time you assemble an ARF! I had the opportunity to go to the Central


Texas Jet Rally for my annual spring road trip. While the attendance was good, it was not so busy that you had to wait and wait in order to fly. There are some serious electric


folks in south Texas, and Luke Zollner of McQueenie, TX is one of them. Luke took the FlyFly F-100 foam ARF and did an “Ex- treme Makeover” on it. First to go were the Grand Canyon sized molded-in panel lines. After all of the filling, coating and painting was done a gorgeous camouflage version presented itself for our viewing pleasure. Luke powers it with a Change Sum 90mm


fan driven by an HET 700-68-1200 motor which produces better than 2800 Watts at only 75 Amps. Best of all, this combination is sturdy enough to fly, then fly and fly again. Also seen was Vernon Montgomery’s 97-


inch long BAE Hawk-100 in the Canadian Air Force AETE colors, from Skymaster. This is one of the best looking (to my eyes) variants of the Hawk, and the AETE colors are perfect for the intangible that is so im- portant to a modeler—visibility! Powered by a JET Central Rhino, it certainly doesn’t lack power, but like most of the larger Hawks, slows down to a crawl for landing.


Wingham Jets Liberty Bell Jet Rally July 27–29 Aug. 2–5


Michigan Jets Annual Charity Event Aug. 9–12 Jets over Colorado


New England Jet Rally Minnesota Jet Rally


Jets over Whidbey Nighthawks Jet Rally 30th Annual Greater SW Jet Rally FLYING MODELS Aug. 17–19


Aug. 17–19 Aug. 23–26


Aug. 24–26


Aug. 24–26 Sept. 6–8


Upcoming Events Wingham, Ontario, Canada


Donegal Springs Airpark, Marietta, PA Grosse Ile, MI


Drake Field, Loveland, CO


Gardner, MA Rushford, MN


Whidbey Island, WA


Keeping the large model theme going,


Jack Holland logged a bunch more flights on his own-designed and manufactured Jacknife. At 105 inches long with a 95-inch wing span, this huge airplane can scoot along quite well, but it takes off in around 150 feet and can be landed in less than 300—not bad numbers at all—and easy to see! More information can be found on his website at www.wereoutofthisworld.com. Phantoms: what can one say about them


other than they are so ugly that they are beautiful! I can remember seeing (and hear- ing) them fly as a child, and still stop to watch when one takes to the skies (regard- less of the size). The “Black Bunny” scheme has always made me look, and this large version sure had my attention, though with this and that happening (all at the same time) I was unable to get more information on it. Regardless, Phantoms rule! Well, I’m out of space, so until next time:


keep busy with the building projects, fly safe, and trust in thrust!


www.maac.ca/events/event_ details.php?eid=3406


www.libertybelljetrally.com www.michiganjets.com


CD: Dan St. John, 970-231-4252 www.loveairrc.org


www.wachusettbarnstormers.org


CD: Dave Dennison ddennison@yahoo.com


CDs: Al Watson and Bob Brusa www.wircsrc.com.


North Jackson, Ohio (Youngstown area) http://nighthawksrc.com HOTMAC club field; Waco, TX


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