Big Otto

Have any of you guys ever had the chance to fly one of these Dingbats?? I havent, thats wy im wondering. Thanks,---Paul the dingbat

Flew as a kid with a Cox Black Widow the were fun flying planes, didnt know anything about the patern in those days but remember that it would go where ever you wanted it to go
Joe Gilbert

I purchased a set of "Big Otto" plans from Currell. Still have not built it.
If anybody would know something about the B.O. it would be Currell.

Thanks Friends, I think i might just look in to this one--< Paul

One time many years ago I was on a business trip to Calif. I had managed to get Dale Kerns phone number and gave him a call. He invited me over and we had a nice discussion that ended up with my buying 6 sets of Tee Dee piston liners for 1/2A combat. He asked what % nitro I would be using and matched the fit for that amount. I also got some very interesting hop up hints. The reason for all of this is he showed me a C*x Spook and commented that the Big Otto was a close copy of his design the Spook. He had never been able to get ahold of a Big Otto kit and sure wished he knew where he could find one. As it so happens I knew where one was in an old hobby shop in Fort Worth. I bought it and sent it to him. I was able to acquire another kit years later and just haven't gotten around to building it. A Spook was on e-bay a few weeks ago but it went for over $60 and was to rich for my blood!

>I purchased a set of "Big Otto" plans from Currell. Still
>have not built it.
>If anybody would know something about the B.O. it would be
>Currell.
>
>
>Paul Heimgaertner

"If anybody would know something about the B.O. it would be Currell."

Gotta watch that shorthand on the net!

Jake

My friend had a Big Otto. It flew pretty well kind of a cross between a little saten and a flite streak.

The Big Otto makes a nice Nostalgia 1/2A combat plane. You get 178 squares and 24" span. A double ported Cox will handle it OK. I think I saw one at a Musciano Meet, flown either for kicks or in the Musciano Unlimited portion. Stick a Norvel .065 on it for more fun.

This one is a bit unusual, since Walt usually didn't design combat ships of any size.

I have plans.

I flew one several times. Did fly pretty well for a reed valve Half A combat. The front end was more fragile than I like, but that is typical of the planes of that time.

Wow now here's a trip down memory lane! The big otto was the first model I ever did a loop with! yeah lots of good memories with this one!
Dwayne

My friends, my 3 sons' and myself flew the Big Otto a lot in the mid 70's. We even took advantage of an offer in the kits to buy replacement ribs etc and ended up building and flying at least a dozen of this fine flyer. We used BW's most of the time and flew on 35' of dacron line. I still have an original BO still in it's wrapper. I will never part with it. We built the motor mount to be held in place with rubber bands and thus saved many a near fatal crash from happening.
Joe

I had a big otto, or was it a kingpin, cant realy remember for sure, as a kid and botched up the motor mount, so i never had a chance to fly it. I never had a good mentor at the time, and had to rely on the local teenagers to try and copy. It was fun hi-jacking thier conversations and learning a little about this hobby. Paul