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A
Scale Flyers of Minnesota meeting was held on
Friday, December 11, 2015 @ 7:00 pm.
at;
Southtown
Baptist Church.
Our next Meeting is January 15, 2016 @
7:00pm
At the last meeting ...
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We had over 30
members and guests join us for our
second meeting of the season!
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meeting was well attended. SFM
Secretary, Scott Anderson, was not
able to attend due so SFM
Treasurer, Larry Sorenson,
was gracious to take the following
notes and capture images for your
reading pleasure!
I want to thank
Larry again for capturing this
meeting and being such a strong
contributor to the SFM. |
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SFM
President, Cal Branton, displayed
his 1/3 Albatros D5a. Span
is 133 inches, weight is 45 lb, flies
with a DA-85 engine. Built by Barry
Vogel from Dave Johnson plans and used
by Balsa USA as a basis for their 1/3
Albatros kit.
Fuselage
construction features 1/64 plywood skin
over ply formers. |
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The dummy
engine is very well detailed including
magne to
ignition and the carburetor. This
Albatros has flown three times and is
modeled after one flown by Harmon
Lentil, squadron leader of Jager 63. |
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Ahmed
Bassal showed the standard version
of his Chenghu J-10A "Firebird".
A Chinese
Delta Winged multi-role fighter.
Available at
www.infinityrc.com
The Chinese
J-10 jet model that he produces
disassembles to fit in a compact
carrying case. Apparently not compact
enough for airline baggage however. |
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On a recent
flight he had to repackage a model into
two smaller boxes to deliver to a
customer. Video shows it performing
well, hovering and flying 3D with a
vectored thrust 200N turbine installed.
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Roy
Maynard brought his 25% Heinkel
HE 162 fuselage to show the progress
on the landing gear installation. The
doors are actuate d
by a link to the landing gear struts.
Location of
the link attachment on the door is
critical to correct operation. The main
landing gear doors over travel as they
open, then close slightly to their “gear
extended” position.
They work
flawlessly. |
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Larry
Sorenson brought in a menagerie of
model parts to show several ways to
mount retracts to carbon fiber flex
plates. The carbon reduces the
shock loading on an airframe.
These have
prevented damage in a Yellow Aircraft
Spitfire (80 flights) and a Cermark
MB-339 (60 flts). Both models weigh
around 24lbs. Also shown in a Skymaster F-16. |
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Typical
rail thickness is 1/8” and can be found
at
www.dragonplate.com and other sites.
Larry also
talked about hidden control linkages
including the rotary drive system (RDS)
and a sliding tube-in-tube method.
These were demonstrated on a display
board which showed the hardware
required.
The rotary shaft coupler can
be found at
www.servocity.com (servo to
shaft couplers). More information and
parts can be found at:
www.Oberflugmodellbau.de
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To Our
International Visitors ...
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Visitors,
we appreciate your questions, inquires and
support to keep Scale & Giant
Scale R/C planes flying everywhere!
Share your knowledge ... |
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Scott E.
Anderson, Secretary of The Scale Flyers of Minnesota.
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