PHOTO: MIKE HUDLASS PHOTO: GEORGE SMITH
Baby-Biwinger (FMJuly 2012), resurrected by Daniel Walton for Cox Tee Dee .010 pow- er. Working along side Tony Moore who has done a couple of R/C versions, Mike decided to stick with the original freeflight configu- ration for his model. Tony extended the nose a bit to better accommodate the c.g. location as well as the added space for the R/C com- ponents, and in retrospect, by going with electric power for the freeflight version, stretching the nose would not have been a bad idea either.
Getting the electronics into the small model proved to be a challenge using the KP (Knight & Prinham) Speed and Time Con- troller which incorporates a “Speed, Time, Decay” feature to control the motor run along with a 180 mAh 2S Li-Po battery. In spite of the confined space and the challenge of getting the c.g. placed properly, the little Biwinger turned out to be a terrific flyer. Then moving on to things less common, my ol’ buddy from SMALL, George Smith, has checked in with a couple of projects that he says were “spawned by boredom”. The de- signs came from the Experimental Airlines
The NOOB Tubeis also a simple design (at left) built from Dollar Tree foam board for those looking for low cost, but sprightly aerobatic performance using low cost power and guidance equipment. There’s definitely something to be said for simplicity. Mike Hudlass built his Baby Biwinger (above) for freeflight using electric power rather than the .010 for which the model was designed. The compact size and limited space created some challenges, but from it came a great flying little model.
web site. The first of the two was the Axon, built from four sheets of Dollar Tree foam board with a little balsa thrown in here and there where additional strength is required. As it turns out, the model is a terrific flyer which George describes as, “one of the smoothest flying trainers that I’ve ever had”. Funny how that works? The other is the NOOB Tube, built from three sheets of Dollar Tree foam. This one turned out to be a very spunky little flyer, and extremely durable as well. Power is pro- vided by an HK 2826-2200 motor. Just in case you’re stricken with one of those weath- er induced boring weekends, or would just like to dabble in things a little less main- stream, You can see more info on both of these little odd-balls at http://www.rcgroups. com/forums/
showthread.php?t=1587275. Then on a bit more serious note, George also built the 24-inch span Skiniwag. The model was designed by fellow SMALLster, Steve Adams, as a follow up to the old Skali- wag design (FMApril 2004). The model was designed for 1⁄2A power, but George’s 11- ounce model is set up with a PAW .033
Diesel on a Cox fuel tank mount. Conven- tional radio gear was used throughout, mounted on the outside of the fuselage. The radio is powered with a 450 mAh 2S Li-Po battery and a BEC to save the added weight of a Ni-Cd battery. And the good news is that kits are available from Steve at
www.selecthobbies.com.
And last but certainly not least we’re back
to things more conventional with the 35- inch span Nieuport 28 built by John White- head from the Dumas kit. The model was finished in Eddie Rickenbacker’s colors with lots of details added, including the scale ma- chine gun, printed instrument panel, pre- painted pilot figure, and theVess WW I style prop. Covering is done using Guillow’s tis- sue to finish the 10-ounce, 3-channel model. And with that, we’re going to have to wrap it up for this month. Thanks much for all the great stuff, and do keep those cards and let- ters coming with your latest endeavors. Af- ter all, half the fun of modeling is sharing your efforts with others. So till next month, keep those projects going and fly when you can.
PHOTOS: JOHN WHITEHEAD
Lots of scale details were added to John Whitehead’s Nieuport 28 (above left), built from the 35-inch span Dumas kit which includes the machine gun, instrument panel, pilot figure and a scale WWI style propeller. John’s Nieuport
FLYING MODELS
(above right) was covered with tissue, and finished in Eddie Rickenbacker’s Hat in the Ring Squadron colors. And when a model looks this good, you know it has to fly well too.
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