PHOTO: DON SHILLING
Don Shilling built his 40-inch Stinson Voyager(above) from the Dumas kit. Don covered the model with transparent red Microlite so as not to hide all that great looking structure, and in spite of it being his first go-around with an iron-on covering, the model turned out great. Dave Salguero converted the Easy Built 22-inch span Taube (at right) to 3-channel R/C using off-the-shelf sub-micro R/C components. The model is covered with tissue and dope and features much of the rigging found on the full scale airplane.
Dave’s modeling skills, we know it’ll do real well.
Next up is another Stinson Voyager, but this time it’s the Dumas 40-inch span R/C of- fering. Don Shilling built the kit basically stock and covered it with Transparent Red Microlite to show off the internal structure. I know that it’s not scale, but there’s just something about that old style of stick frame construction that looks great with the sun shining through the covering in flight. This was Don’s first attempt at covering a model, as he puts it, “with plastic stuff”, but you’d never know by looking. The model looks great, and I’ll bet it’s going to fly great too.
Another freeflight conversion Another regular contributor, and very ac- complished modeler too, is Dave Salguero from right here in Albuquerque. Dave is also a regular at our Thursday and Friday morn- ing gatherings at the local flying site, and al- ways impresses us with his work. This time Dave has converted the Easy Built Taube to 3-channel R/C using the power system from the Micro P-51 Mustang. Guidance is by way of a Spektrum AR6400 brick. The controls are hooked up with pushrods, and use a “simulated”
pull/pull system that through holes in the control surfaces. slides
PHOTO: DAVE SALGUERO
Dave has been dabbling in these types of conversions for awhile now, and has discov- ered that the drive system from the Mus- tang makes a little too much power for the typical 18-inch span conversion he’s been working with, so this time he went with the 22-inch span model to see how it might work out. The only thing Dave sees with the mod- el is that with all the rigging in the way it could be a bit of a challenge to launch. Time will tell.
We’ve also seen Tony Eiman’s work in these pages as well. Tony has been hard at work on a design series he calls the Phoenix. The design started out at 36-inch span and flew well, but he wanted a larger model too, so went to work on a stretched span version called Phoenix 2. There were a couple of other changes that went into the new design as well, in that the wing was lowered somewhat by reducing the dihe- dral angle of the supporting sub-wing, though retaining the original T-tail and el- liptical wing platform. Both models have a very nice appeal, and though perhaps a bit unusual in their form, they are some very classy looking airplanes. The Phoenix 2 has a 42-inch span. With a wing area of 226 square inches and the fly- ing weight at 11.2 ounces, the model has a
very modest 7-ounce wing loading that makes for some very gentle flying qualities. Power comes from a HiMax 2212-1180 Out- runner motor with a 10–6 folding prop, a 10- amp ESC, and a 450 mAh 2S Li-Po battery. I’ve been swapping e-mail with Tony since the Phoenix project began, and have been re- ally excited about watching a new designer work through the challenges of turning an idea into a very successful flyer. Well done, and do keep up the good work.
And last but not least, my ’ol buddy Jerry Dudeck is back with the Sig Chipmunk U/C that he has recently resurrected and flown. The Chipmunk was one of those projects that we’ve all been involved in where it starts with good intentions, but doesn’t al- ways get finished up in a timely manner? But in spite of the “delays”, Jer got her done and has been enjoying the fruits of his labors ever since.
Well, it looks like that’s going to just about do it for this month. There was a very nice cross section of great stuff, from freeflight to converted freeflight, R/C and U/C. It just doesn’t get any better than that, so in keeping with the diverse cross section of SMALL modeling, and modelers, keep the good stuff coming, and we’ll see you all next month.
PHOTO: TONY EIMAN
Tony Eiman has been hard at work developing his Phoenixdesign (above left). The original 36-inch prototype (R) next to the second generation 42-inch prototype (L) shows the evolution of the basic design. Both models fly well, so
FLYING MODELS
PHOTO: JERRY DUDECK
we’ll be keeping a close eye on this one as it develops. Our “old friend” Jerry Dudeck (above right) resurrected an old and nearly forgotten Sig Chipmunk. The model was pulled off the wall and finished up after a short 20-year hiatus.
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