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ello again! It’s always interesting coming up with a “theme” to at- tempt to make my musings coher- ent enough to entice you to read not just this column, but rather the entire magazine from front to back and to contem- plate the advertisers! That being said, Colorado really and truly will not become ocean front property—it just seems that way! In the past, I’ve discussed protecting ourselves from skin cancer and cataracts, or bug-out plans in case of natural disaster (last year’s Waldo Canyon and this year’s Black Forest fires stimulated that thought process), but what about flooding? Yes, there are areas that get hit every year (the house I grew up in is a classic example until the storm drainage system was fin- ished), and along waterways most know the risks. How about those of us who live in areas far away from waterways and flood prone areas? Have you checked your sump- pumps? Mine hadn’t run in three years due to our drought, and man am I glad I checked it and replaced it since we now have had 20 inches of rain in the last six days. I know, 20 inches of rain is a drop in the bucket to many areas of the country, but here in Colorado, it is a year’s worth. Okay, off the preparedness soapbox. As long as I don’t lose electricity, my basement (where all my airplane stuff is kept) is dry. Some- thing to think about.


Since I am on the topic of water (how’s that for a segue!) I have been fighting the at- tachment of the steering cables in one of my airplanes; it keeps breaking them! Even us- ing control-line cable, it has been breaking at the crimp, routinely. The setup is not one I would have used had I designed it, but with an arf we are sometimes stuck with what we have.


The water connection (you wondered when I would get around to it) comes from John Morgan (of C-119 fame last year and


by greg moore You can reach Greg Moore via e-mail at jetflyr@comcast.net


PHOTO: CZECH AIR FORCE 211 SQUADRON


A Czech Air Force Gripenin Tiger Meet colors sits in front of a grass covered berm. Greg finds a butterfly in this photo, not a jet fighter. He also finds a color scheme for the canards of a sport model he has been working on, easily fabricated by his local sign shop with vinyl automotive material.


the F7F TigerCat over the last few months). John is using Robart struts and the nose wheel tiller on his ’Cat, with the connection point being very hard to break, since it is a non-crimped, heavyweight fishing leader se- cured with a small cotter pin through the hole in the tiller arm. Hmm, simple, light, idiot (me) proof … and to think of all the heavy duty trolling gear I left with my par- ents’ house in VA many moons ago. Moving on, today’s paper had an article


about a company tricking out Delorean au- tomobiles to resemble the units used in the Back to the Future movies, and here come some photos from Marti Snell of his B2. The back to the future/déjà vu moment comes from the fact that I had helped the late Ivan Munninghoff with the original circa 2000 design, which seems like a lifetime ago! Marti managed to get a hold of the molds


and has been revamping, lightening and im- proving upon the original. Power will be four 90mm fans, and I, for one, wish I was going to the Ace in the Hole event (October 11–13) in Las Vegas in order to see it! Hopefully, we’ll have more pictures following the event. Continuing this futuristic and science fic- tion theme works well for Eric Rantet, the president/CEO/chief designer and chief bot- tle washer of Aviation Design Models. His company, based in France, has always had some unique sport models in their offerings, and now he has come up with a really unique one! Named the Diamond, this futuristic model is huge with a 132-inch wing span! Even the announcer at the Jet Power, a fly- ing tradeshow for all things jet related held every September in Germany, called it something from Star Wars.


Following a thread on the RCU-jets forum exposed me to this airplane, and while I agree that beauty is in the eye of the behold- er, I want one! Watching the flight envelope on the posted video, it seems to do absolutely nothing bad or wrong, and I can think of sev- eral paint jobs that would be both hi-viz, as well as do it justice. Fortunately, for those of us with limited space, the entire vertical section as well as the wings detach, and the nose separates at the visible junction line. Needing a 220N en- gine and the supporting equipment (and space) for a 40+ pound airplane immediately negates my desires, but one can hope for a smaller version! More information concern- ing what is new can be found on RCU in the jets forum (www.rcuniverse.com/forum/rc- jets-120) in one of the Jet Power coverage threads (several different threads with pho- tos and videos).


PHOTO: GREG MOORE PHOTO: JOHN MORGAN VIA RCGROUPS


Greg’s nose steering cable keeps fraying (above left) at the crimp, even with strong wire. John Morgan uses a looped heavy gauge fishing leader (above right) looped through a small copper clevis to avoid the problems Greg has been having at the nose gear strut.


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The 10th Jet World Masters (held in Switzerland this time around) just conclud- ed and has gone “Back to the Future” with the champions of both weight classes repeat- ing with the same aircraft design as two


OCTOBER 2013


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