CONTROL LINE NAVY CARRIER
2020 POSTAL CONTEST
By John Vlna | flyclcarrier@yahoo.com
IN AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER OF 2020, Dick Perry ran a Control Line (CL) Navy Carrier Postal Contest. You could fly whatever you wanted and there were no prizes—it was just for fun. However, the scores will be put in the Navy Carrier Society’s (NCS) Top 20 for 2020. I have included the 2020 scores in the column, along with a couple of pictures of Tim LaNore’s and George Marenka’s airplanes. Both are Webra powered and use electronic throttles via a 2.4 GHz radio. Interestingly, George and I had the same score; His was for glow power and mine was for electric power.
Dick is again running this Postal event, this time for the entire month of May. By the time you see this column, May will be nearly over, so I hope you entered and had fun. Requests for additional information and results can be sent to Dick. See his email at the end of the column.
Kawasaki Experimental .15 Profile
In my last column, I mentioned the Kawasaki Experimental that I was building for .15 Profile Carrier. The full-scale prototype was completed in June 1928. It had large, slotted flaps that were unusual for this time period. It also had a triangular fuselage. It might be an interesting design to build for Class I or Class II.
Production was not pursued because of problems with the flaps. There is not much information about this aircraft, but I have included a link in “Sources” for a website that has three-views. If you do an internet search, you’ll find some photographs of the aircraft.
I have finished my model and had hoped to have some test flights in by now, but the weather and other projects have interfered with my plans. I was trying
