Midwest Regional Float Fly
A vintage Goldberg Falcon 56 on floats (above) was flown by Arthur Frederick (at right) from Trenton, Michigan. A classic trainer from when Greg was learning to fly, complete with its built-up airfoil shaped stabilizer. Greg’s fleet of airplanes for the weekend (below right)—a Model Aero Aqua Jet, Classic Aero Loening, Herr Engineering Cub, and a downsized version of Laddie Mikulasko’s Arrow. Bob Dukelow of Orion, Michigan flew his OMP Edge 540 profile (below left) with a single center float and tip floats configuration.
ON). Tom Reiner brought back his scratch- built Vought OS2U Kingfisher to fly with us again.
As he has for the past several years, Mike Weltyk (Oxford, MI) flew in with his newly repainted full scale Maule Rocket. Mike’s son, Bradlee, with the help of Steve Freder- icks (Oakland, MI), built and covered a mod- el of the Maule Rocket in matching colors.
Stealing the show this year was Bob Kom-
ro (Durand, WI) with his 60% L-4 Cub (cover photo). From a Bill Hempel model modified for floats, the plane has a 22-foot wingspan, and weighs over 100 pounds. Powered by a 3W engine, the plane made many flights throughout the weekend. Bob has five re- ceivers on board instead of running long ser- vo leads to one receiver, and also for redun-
dancy. There are two receivers in the wings, two in tail, and one in the fuselage for rud- der, throttle, and the retractable water rud- ders. This truly was an impressive sight to see flying.
The event is primarily a fly for fun event; however, there were two optional judged competition categories with the intent to at- tract more unique models. The competition
Laddie Mikulasko of Dundas, ON flew his Dornier SuperWal (above left). With a 70-inch wingspan, and at 9 pounds, the model is powered by four Turnigy
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3452 motors. 23-year attendee Mike Cisler of Brighton, Michigan, makes a flyby with his colorful Sea Dancer (above right).
MARCH 2014
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