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TLAR Stik by Calvin McCarthy
Calvin McCarthy of Abbotsford, British Columbia starts off this month by saying: “Good day Jim, I continue to enjoy FLYING MODELS magazine with its variety, fun and friendly presentation of articles and building plans. Presented here is my TLAR (That Looks About Right) Stik. A simple aircraft to satisfy my
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need for flight without taking much time to make or adding too much detail to lose with one mistake too low. The ‘design’ is an amalgam of Stik ideas, including Dave Theunissen’s Bubbles fuselage, a wing resulting from my play with Compu-Foil 3, and Randy Randolph’s rudder and stabilizer shapes which to my eye are just right. The symmetrical airfoil wing has a span of 46 inches, cord of 10 inches and 1.5 degrees of dihedral. Fuselage length is 34 inches, and a flying weight of 32 ounces. The 11–5.5 prop is turned by a SuperTigre ST .10 outrunner, Castle Creations Thunderbird 36 ESC, and a 3-cell Li-Po. It has Futaba FASST radio with Hitec mini servos for guidance.”
1936 American Gyro AG4 Crusader by Will Gaylord
The American Gyro Crusader was a small, futuristic airplane that astonished and amazed the world during the Great Depression. Its history ranged from aeronautical innovation, to courtroom drama, to business intrigue. In the end it was unable to raise funds and went into bankruptcy. Will Gaylord writes: “I
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