Small Flying Arts

As you saw in my last post I changed the design to half former construction and cut new parts. I pinned down a top and bottom keel of 1/16" square. Then I pinned down right angle tools to the plan at the former positions. Working from back to front (to keep from trapping a right angle tool in the ...

I intended to build it as described in the magazine article but then I read the article. When you first look at the plan the fuselage appears to be built on a crutch. I have no problem building a fuselage on a crutch, I've even designed a couple that way, but that's not exactly the way he did it ...

With a Peanut contest coming up I decided to build one of the Herb Weiss minute models as a Peanut. Now, why I thought this was going to be a good idea is beyond me currently. I chose the F2A, Brewster Buffalo, as the one to build. The first thing I found was that despite their small appearance and ...

The Ascender is in kit on my website. The Side Effect is another matter. Although I have gotten prototypes to fly decently it's performance is not at the level of the Skinny Bomber and Ascender. I will not be putting it into kit.

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The Ascender is in kit on my website.

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Here is a video of the Ascender flying indoors at the last OFFC meeting. I had !/8" rubber on it to fly outdoors but no one would go outside to video it for me. (They were busy trimming models for next week's contest.) I had to keep the winds down to keep it out of the lights.

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The Ascender and Side Effect production prototypes. The Ascender is ready for prime time. The Side Effect needs at least one more prototype.

The other three ROG models that were originally designed for the Secret Sky Squadron postal contest, the Ascender, Side Effect and Climber will be in kit in Februkfary 2005.

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The model in the photo is a laser cut version of Wade Wiley's Basin Flyer. The Basin Flyer is a good performing, simplified model.
The kit will be available at the end of August.

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Bill Watson's Puzzle Plane has been chosen as the one design for the Sky Battle 2023. The contest rules are at http://www.skybattle.org . Once again, the plans are free or you can get a lazer cut kit at http://www.hjlmodels.com . This model flies amazingly well and can be built in under an hour from ...