Mike Isermann's Fleet - 20127
Mike Isermann built a beautiful
Grumman Martlet Mk. II,
the British version of the F4F
Wildcat. It was built using Mike Midkiff
plans with a few modifications. The
model’s wingspan is 25 inches and it
weighs 53 grams. It was built for the
Grumman category of the Western
Regional Flying Aces Club (FAC) Mk. III
contest.
Free Flight Sport - 2010/03
FF Nats event name change
THE NATS STARDUSTER event has had a name change. It is now
called the “One Design Combo,” to more accurately reflect its intent.
You can fly any of the former One Design event 1/2A Gas models
in the class. If the airplane is early Nostalgia or Nostalgia-legal, it must
be flown with a Nostalgia-legal engine. All other designs can use a
Nostalgia-legal engine or a TD .049 or .051.
FF Sport-2012/11
The One-Design Satellite
Glen Simpers’ Zero Peanut - 201209
Glen Simpers created his clipped-wing
Zero Peanut from a modified Peck
Polymers kit. The planform and cowling
shape were modified to more closely resemble
the full-scale aircraft. Compared to the plans,
the vertical tail was decreased in size, dihedral
increased, and a larger propeller was used to
improve the spiral stability.
Free Flight Sport - 2007/11
NUMEROUS RC MODELS can easily be converted to FF, and
many of them can be found in the MA archives. The simplest are
those designed for rudder and elevator control only. They will have
enough dihedral to be stable flying free.
An excellent example is the Buttercup designed by Fred Reese
and published in MA in 1985. Bob Schlosberg based his CO2-
powered model on those plans.
He changed the fin outline and added a tail wheel, which really
dressed up the model. It’s striking in its Brodak dope white-and-
Caribbean Turquoise finish. It also flies great
