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SFM News Letter
November 2007
by: David P. Andersen |
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The next meeting of
The Scale Flyers of Minnesota will be Friday,
November 30, 2007 7:00 p.m. at the
American Legion Post, 6501 Portland, Richfield. East entrance,
downstairs. Guests are always welcome. Come early and dine in the
restaurant. Meetings will be held on the last Friday of every month
thru March.
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At the last meeting ... |
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Dave
Schwantz
presented his F-18C from a Skymaster’s kit. This kit
is an ARF that came as you saw it at the meeting. It flies with a
JetCat P-120 turbine. It uses Skymaster’s scale landing gear and
weighs 29lbs. The bird holds 140 oz. of fuel that only provides
around an 8 minute flight. While the color scheme is very pleasing
it is very difficult to see in the air. The airplane flies well and
lands well. The speed brake is very effective. |
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Cal Branton (owner) and
Dave Schwantz (builder) presented a partial finished
Air World ARF kit of the Navy’s F9F-2 Panther. This is a straight
wing jet from the Korean War era. This plane is powered by a JetCat
Titan Turbine. It has all of the panel lines and rivet detail molded
into the surfaces of the model. Dave is adding all of the scale
details including a sliding canopy. |
R/C
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Chris O’Connor showed his P-51D Mustang built from a Top Flite ARC kit. The fuselage is covered in Flight Metal
aluminum and the wing is fiberglassed and painted. Paint is
Stits paint and did not blush in high humidity. Silver paint
matched the aluminum very well. Used Aerotech cockpit and
wheels with Robart retracts. This bird is powered with a
Desert Aircraft DA-50 engine with a scale exhaust system.
Epoxy was used on the cockpit gauges to give them that
yellowish tinge seen on aged instrumentation. |
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Tell Everyone! Second Annual
Dinner for Scale Flyers of Minnesota, IMAA Chapter 46 and
SMMAC will be held at the Bloomington Outback Steak House
(12th Ave. S and 494) 1/19/08 more details to come....
Couples,
Family and Friends are invited. For reservations,
contact Cal Branton at
BRANTONCFB@msn.com |
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Jeff Micko
brought his latest creation to share. It is a home made
F6F-5 Hellcat being modeled from Russian 3-views. The
3-views are supposed to be exact scale and Jeff is not
making any deviations. It is approximately 1/5 scale. He
will be using Robart landing gear and a Zenoah G-62 engine
for power. Wing center section will be laid up fiberglass
with built up removable outer panels. |
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Jeff Quesenberry
brought his Polikarpov I-16 to show his progress. This plane
resembles a Russian Gee Bee and in fact has its
origins based on the Gee Bee design. It is 1/3 scale
with a 118 inch wingspan. The plane will weigh in at about
45lbs with a 3W-120 engine for power. This plane has the
distinction of being the first plane with retractable
landing gear. The Russians also flew the I-16 off of snow
with special skis attached to the wheels that would lay flat
against the belly of the fuselage when the gear was
retracted. |
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Cal Branton brought a Cessna 150/150 Aerobat that he
bought earlier this year. This is a one off plane that was
built by Bob Patten from scratch and looks fantastic. Cal
reports that it flies as good as it looks. It is 1/3 scale
and powered by a 3W-85 twin engine, it has functional
brakes, lights, flaps, and a host of other details. Cal has
since sold the plane to Tim Johnson. Tim has a fine home for
the plane and it should enjoy many hours of flight in
Owatonna. |
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2007 MEMBERSHIP
APPLICATION—SCALE FLYERS OF MINNESOTA, INC. |
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$15 annual dues. Please make checks payable to Scale Flyers
of Minnesota |
Send Checks to:
Mark Prokop
1655 Sherwood Way
Eagan, MN 55122. |
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you know that by having the SFM News Letter emailed to you
or using the website save our club $10.00 per person per
year! The savings can be used directly on scale activities
and not wasted on paper and postage. Can you help? |
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Meeting notes by Mark Prokop. Photos by
Cal Branton and
Kirk Hall |
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