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Scott
Russell’s, 1/5th Scale F-86 Sabre |
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Scott brought in hi s
SkyMaster North American F-86 Sabre in a
paint scheme reflecting West Germany's
first jet fighter division.
Tragically on Aug. 7th in '63, the
JG+344MSN was in a fatal accident on a
target range at Aurich-Brockzetel
killing the pilot and five bystanders on
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purchased the model that has a 91"
wingspan, a length of 90" and a dry
weight at about 42lbs. Scott
pulled the KingTech 320 (72lbs of
thrust) Turbine from the F86 and used it
for the test flights of the Me163
project. |
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Cal
Branton’s 1/3rd Scale Glenn Torrance
SE-5a |
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Cal brought in another great looking
project. The airplane is a 1/3
scale Glenn Torrance SE 5a .
The projected weight will be around 50
pounds. Glenn was originally going
to make around 12 kits but he’s not sure
how many Glenn actually made.
Roy Maynard has one as well. Each
kit ha s
over 4000 parts. The kit is very
well engineered and all the parts fit
perfectly.
Cal bought a set of flat flying wires
for it from Switzerland. He
expects it will take another year or two
for him to finish it. It will be
powered by a DA 85. As you can see from
the image, the scale details are
everywhere! |
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Sherwood
Heggen’s, Curtis P-36 ...
FOR SALE! |
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Sherwood share the progress on his
Curtis P-36/Hawk75 build from Jerry
Bates Plans.
It's been glassed and ready for
finishing. The power is to be a DLE-55.
The gear is from Sierra Giant Scale. |
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Sherwood is selling
it as well as several of his other large
scale airplanes to thin out his fleet. |
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Our next
meeting will be Friday November 24th ,
2023. |
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Roy
Maynard’s ¼ scale SPAD |
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Roy brought in his ¼ scale SPAD project.
The 1/4 scale Spad XIII kit was built
from a Peter Barth kit made in Germany
20 years ago.
Constructed of wood, ply and fiberglass
components including the cowl, belly
pan, cabane struts & landing gear. |
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It is covered in
Oratex and painted with latex. The
paint masks were supplied by Callie
Graphics. Powered by a Stinger 30
twin and controlled by a JETI radio.
The leather cockpit coaming and 3D
printed machine guns (I Fly Tallies) are
items added to enhance scale fidelity .
Roy’s color
scheme is from a British Spad found in a
Windsock Data file.
Roy tells us he used
the paint/sugar technique to get the
right rust look on the exhaust. He
expects he will be ready for its maiden
flight in the spring of 24. |
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TEAM
Composite’s Me-163 Komet - Project
Update |
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 Scott
Russell & Ahmed Bassal presented the
FLOWN Prototype of the 45% Me-163
project. Check-out the YouTube
Videos! |
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ME 163 Komet YouTube
Video's
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Dan
Schmidt’s, De Havilland DH-85 |
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Dan shared his most recent project, the
DH-85 Leopard Moth. It originated
from Puss Moth design in 1933 and was
sold as a 3-place air tourer. This
was the last aircraft design that
Geoffrey DeHavilland ever flew. |
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It competed in
the Kings Cup Air race from London to
Glasgow and back to London with an
average speed of 139mph, not to bad for
a 4 cylinder engine of 130 HP.
The model is just
shy of 1/4 scale with a 90" wingspan. |
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These wings also
fold back as the full scale. It
was built from English plan s
designed by Robin Fowler. Power is
f rom
an OS .91 4-cyl and the weight is 10
lbs. It has a full interior to
hide the radio system. The maiden
flight is planned for spring of '24,
should be a good flyer, lots of wing
area. |
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