Robert Storick and his father, Richard (above), pose proudly with Bob’s new Crossfireat the 2013 US AMA Nats. Bob gives us a run-down on his model and powerplant in the text. Jose Modesto (at right) awaits his turn on the circles at Muncie with his Saturn/Impact/Pattern Master. Read the text to see how Jose came up with the name for his model.
wing, which is also 1⁄8 inch thicker; and (3) the Take-apart model, using the high lift wing format. The construction is vastly dif- ferent on this version although all outer di- mensions are the same.
“Weights on these airplanes have run from 61 ounces on the 2011 team trials ma- chine to 75 ounces for the 2013 Nats ship. Of these I feel the model is best at about 68 ounces.”
Robert Storick commented on his new Crossfire. “My Crossfire Hybrid is a throw- back to the past, and is taking the best of both worlds. First off I chose the esthetics of the Crossfire due to the need of the top load battery situation. I really liked that idea. Second was the desire for an I-beam wing. In my quest to make things lighter and with the wood today, I didn’t know any other way of completing a lighter model. The model is covered in silkspan and sprayed with Ran- dolph dope.
“The moments are 11.5 at the nose and 17.25 for the tail. My chord is 10.5 inches at the root and 8 inches at the tip. It is powered by an E-flite 25 and 3000 4S battery, utiliz- ing a Hubin timer and Castle 45 ESC to round out the drive train. At 60 ounces it is ready to fly. I needed an airplane for the Nats and was short on time. I built this plane in 30 days and received 18 points in appearance at the Nats. Not too bad. The next generation of electric planes that I am working on, with more time to spend with selection of wood and more time for finish, should be 5 ounces lighter.”
From Jose Modesto: “I’ve named my mod- el for the summer of 2013 the Saturn/Im- pact/Pattern Master. The model is a modi- fied “Big” Jim Greenaway Pattern Master built around a Bob Hunt Impact foam wing, with flaps, stab, and elevators. The fuselage is a vacuum bagged balsa carbon fiber Im- pact fuselage, with a traditional balsa rud- der and fin.
“The power package consists of an E-flite FLYING MODELS
Power 32 motor, and the batteries are Sky Li-Po 5S 3000. The Timer is a Will Hubin FM-9 flight manager/timer and a Castle Ice Lite 50 speed control. The flying lines are from Tom Morris and are 19-strand cables at 64 feet long and 0.018 inch in diameter. My model is finished in a combination of acrylic dope, auto base coat, and color with acrylic clear coat. The model weight is 71 ounces as flown, for the first time, at the 2013 Nats.”
This is from Andrew Saunders. “The Caribbean Cruiser came about after I posted on a Stunt forum that I needed help with building control line planes. A fellow club member from the Skyliners, Mike Starrett, read the post and immediately contacted me and offered to help and teach me to build. “The design for the Caribbean Cruiser came together from designs that Mike knows work well. The purpose of the whole design is to have a platform that flies stable, stays where you put it, and responds to what you want it to do. The fuselage is basically derived from the Tutor,
except it was
trimmed down and made to look sportier. “The wing is a design of Mike’s that he also used on his own design, the Eliminator. The plane is fully adjustable with adjustable outboard tip weight, adjustable rudder, ad- justable outboard wing tab, and adjustable leadout guide. The hinges are not your usual hinges. They are actually made from a tough Nylon string saturated in fast CA and cut to one-inch lengths. The bell crank/leadout as- sembly is from Tom Morris. Charles, at CFC Graphics, cut the graphics.
“The name of the plane was left up to me. I remembered my dad always talking about someday taking a cruise to the Caribbean before he passed away. With that in mind, I decided on the Caribbean Cruiser. “The powerplant is an O.S. Max .46 LA
that has one head shim and the intake ports of the piston sleeve reworked. That was the only suitable engine I had at the time with-
out spending any money, so the plane was designed to that engine.
“Mike Starrett did the re-work for me. The needle valve assembly is from a Super Tigre for stable adjustment of the rpm. The prop being used at this time is a Master Airscrew 11–5. The fuel tank is an all-metal 4-ounce tank with a uniflo setup to use air pressure from the forward facing uniflo tube. “The glow plug is a Sonic Tronic Glow
Devil ST #300. The fuel being used is Wild- cat 10% nitro, 18% synthetic with three ounces of castor added to it to bring it up to 20% lubrication. The engine runs at 9,000 to 9,200 rpm for a lap time of 5.2 to 5.5 seconds on 0.15-inch by 60-foot lines. The handle is an adjustable Reyco control handle.”
Andrew Saunders got his Caribbean Cruiserready for the Beginner Stunt venue at the 2013 Nationals with the help of Mike Starrett. He and Mike put together a nice combination for the competition.
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