FF Sport & Scale
Fernando Ramos shares his experience with building model airplanes, particularly the Guillow Grumman Hellcat kit, and introduces a fixture for easier fuselage construction.
FREE FLIGHT SCALE - 2003/10
I HAVE DONE business with companies (I
assume they are companies since they
advertise in model magazines) lately, with
some exasperating results. Although I would
like to single them out, I won’t since it
probably wouldn’t accomplish anything.
FREE FLIGHT SCALE - 2003/07
EVERY ONCE IN awhile a particular
technique has to be revisited. For those of
you who want to build as light as possible
yet maintain structural integrity, this review
is for you. Fulton Hungerford, of spokewheel
fame, is one of the most clever people
I have ever met.
FREE FLIGHT SCALE - 2003/04
STARTING WITH THE January 2003
issue, the Free Flight (FF) Scale column
will be published every three months
instead of every other month. Model
Aviation wants to target more of the
neophytes in modeling and get them secure
in this wonderful hobby. Specialized
columns such as mine don’t reach enough
of the majority—therefore the cutback.
What I offer is definitely geared toward the
individuals who like to build from scratch
and want their end products to look more
realistic and fly well.
Flying Aces Club Nationals
THE FLYING ACES CLUB (FAC) Nationals (Nats) Mark XIII,
held July 19-21, 2002, at Geneseo, New York, is in the books. It is
hard to believe that it has been 24 years since Dave Stott and Bob
Thompson created this event. (Neither one of them was there in 2002).
Going by memory, I believe the first Nats, which was held at Willow
Grove Naval Air Station in Pennsylvania, had approximately 70
contestants. This year there were more than 160!
