PHOTO: JOHN LINK
PHOTO: LEN ROZAMUS
John Link built the Little Mulligan (above left) from the Fred Reese plans featured in RCMin the mid 1970s. The model features a built-up wing rather than the original Ace foam core to complete the 1⁄2A class racer. Len Rozamus
recovery, John built five models. Now that, my friends, is a dedicated modeler. One of the five is the Little Mulligan built from the circa 1975 RCM plan, designed by Fred Reese. The design was originally in- tended as a fast 1⁄2A racing trainer, or a pro- totype for a new class of 1⁄2A pylon racing. The original design incorporated the Ace foam wing, but John went with a 35-inch span built-up wing instead. The Mulligan finished out at 20 ounces
powered by a Turnigy C-2830, 1100 Kv out- runner on a 1300 mAh 3S battery. The color scheme roughly duplicates the scheme on the 1940 Howard DGA-15. The Little Mulli- gan is reported to be a great little flyer in 3- channel R/C, and thoughts of working one up with ailerons is already bubbling up. Very nice.
I’m seeing a “Vintage Theme” in the works here, so let’s keep it going. Our old friend, Tom Binkley, checked in this month with his Ken Willard designed Pageboy. The 3-chan- nel model spans 21.5 inches and is powered with a 2204-14T outrunner and a 300 mAh 2S Li-Po battery. The model is capable of the standard schoolyard aerobatics, and will even fly upside down. Tom describes the model as, “one that flies bigger than its size” with excellent wind penetration and flies PHOTO: RICHARD TACKLIND
is back this month with the F7F Tigercat(above right) from Brodak Models. The model is powered with a pair of MDS .18 engines and finished in the unmanned missile carrier colors.
easily and dependably in tight places. How can anyone not smile just a little over these classic old designs?
Also back with another terrific U/C mod- el is our good friend, Len Rozamus. Len’s latest creation is the F7F Tigercat. The Tigercat was designed by Mike Gorman, and this particular model was built from the Brodak kit and powered with a pair of MDS .18 engines. The yellow and blue col- or scheme is from an article in a 1950 Fly- ing magazine featuring the airplane as modified to an unmanned missile carrier, and makes for a very striking finish, espe- cially considering the rather drab overall blue scheme makes up the lion’s share of available options.
Stepping a little forward in time, Phillip Agnoletto is with us again with his latest, the Luscombe Silvaire. Phillip’s model was built from the PCM Short Kit and finished in the colors of a local full scale Luscombe. The model spans 53 inches and is powered with an E-flite Park 370 outrunner, 20-amp ESC, GWS 9–6 HD prop and 2S Li-Po bat- tery. All-up the Luscombe weighs in at 14.5 ounces. A couple of minor modifications were done as well, in that small nylon hinges were used to attach the lift struts. The hinge is
permanently attached at the top and is re- movable at the bottom for transport. Phillip also sleeved the landing gear blocks with aluminum tubes to add a bit of durability. And finally, the cowl is held in place with 1⁄8- inch magnets rather than screws, and the model trimmed in vinyl from Callie Graph- ics. Not only does the Luscombe look great, but it flies beautifully as well.
And last but not least, David Wagner is back with another BD-6. David enlarged and modified the original Bill Hannan de- sign to 20-inch span to build the latest ren- dition that is reported to fly very well. Why am I not surprised? The model finished up at 30 grams using a modified Peck Prop, and is covered in tissue and finished with acrylic colors. But here’s the best part; it appears that the model will be featured in an upcom- ing issue of FM, so do stay tuned for that. And with that, it looks like it’s time to say thanks to all for all the great stuff this month and start gathering the goodies for next. So till then, take advantage of the fall flying season, get the shop spruced up in your spare time and then get ready to get started on your favorite winter build. In the meantime, do keep the good stuff coming; it’s always fun to share those beautiful mod- els that come this way.
PHOTO: TOM BINKLEY
Richard Tacklind built his 55-inch span Comet Sparky (at left) from the PCM Short Kit. The 16-ounce, 3-channel R/C model is covered with Polyspan and finished with nitrate dope and butyrate dope colors. Tom Binkley hit another home run with his Ken Willard designed Pageboy (above). When you put a great design in the hands of a great modeler you just can’t help but come up with a great flying little model.
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