MiG-3 - 2004/11
LARGE-AIRPLANE MODELERS usually like to use World War II
fighters as subjects, as can be seen at most International Miniature
Aircraft Association fly-ins. It’s easy to spot P-51s, P-47s, F4Us, Fw
190s, Me 109s, Zeros, and so on, but where are the MiGs and the
Yaks?
NJ One Design-2007/02
Club project makes scratch-building as much fun as flying
Prime Cut
THIS AIRPLANE is my shot at a large, quick-building sport model that's also a capable flier. For a good deal of my sport flying activity. I prefer big airplanes, I think they really do fly better. Big airplanes need big engines and the large gas engines available today have proven to be economical and reliable. The Quadra 35 and 40 or the Zenoah G-38 are practical choices. At the moment I don't want to go any larger or heavier, in either engines or aircraft.
Hal deBolt's Classic CL Stunters
CONTROL LINE modelers have been taking to Old-Timer Stunt flying (OTS for short) in greater numbers in recent years. The OTS event rules call for aircraft designs dating prior to December 31, 1952, and the aerobatic pattern flown is the one outlined in the 1951-52 AMA rule book. The popularity of nostalgia and vintage events cuts across modeling categories. Control Line OTS is paralleled by the SAM (Society of Antique Modelers) Old-Timer events in Free Flight and Radio Control. Interest in early RC models prompted the recent formation of the Vintage Radio Control Society.
Charlie's Bird Flies Again
BACK IN the mid-1930s, modelers were pioneers. Each new design was an experiment. There was always something new to learn: stability, balance point location, area relationships, airfoils, overall proportions, structural requirements, wing loading. Almost-ready-to-fly models didn't exist, and few commercial kits were available; you made your own from scratch and learned as you went. These were the men and women who got our hobby going.
