The Need for Speed-2011/12
MANY UNIVERSITY aeronautical engineering programs
in the country tend to focus on the theoretical knowledge
more than the application of theoretical
Lawton Area Fun Flyer Society’s Year of Success - 2009/12
FOR SOME pERiOd of time, flying RC in the Lawton-Fort Sill
community of southwest Oklahoma was an informal affair. Pilots
would show up at the old modeling field located on the Fort Sill
Army base, put their airplanes in the air when they felt like it, and
go home when they were finished.
AMA National Fun Fly
THE NOTION that modelers can and should get together for the sheer joy of flying their airplanes in each other's company is probably as old as modeling itself. During the last few years, this notion has become somewhat more formalized than in the days when flying sites were to be had on vacant lots or on the outskirts of every town. In lieu of the many impromptu flying sessions of earlier times, the scarcity of available flying sites has given rise to organized gatherings of modelers at specific local and regional locations-the fun fly format that has become so familiar to today's modelers.
A Tiny Revolution: Pistachio Scale
WHILE RC GIANT SCALE has garnered the lion's share of the model press over the past several years, there has been a minature revolution at the other end of the spectrum. Free Flight Scale models, as they've gained truly international acceptance, have gotten smaller and smaller. Spurred by the worldwide popularity of the Peanut Scale class, pioneers such as Dr. John Martin in Florida and Bill Hannan and Walt Mooney in California have introduced and promulgated an even smaller class of Free Flight Scale model-the Pistachio Nut. While Peanut models have a wingspan of 13 inches, Pistachios are allowed a maximum wingspan of a mere eight inches.
Boston Coupe
DESIGNED AS A SEMISCALE model of the Monocoupe 90A, the Boston Coupe is also geared to the current west coast (Mooney) Bostonian rules. The prototype has flown for 48 seconds indoors under a 28-ft. ceiling, and I anticipate that flights exceeding one minute can be achieved as further testing is conducted. Building this model presents no real problems for those with at least a few Scale ships to their credit. The brief construction notes that follow, however, will explain anything unclear on the plans as well as guide the uninitiated.
