Want to Buy. F4U Corsair Semi Scale Stunt Plan.

LAST EDITED ON Aug-02-04 AT 07:26 PM (CDT)
 
around the 50" to 60" span range to suit 45 to 60's. Can anyone help out with a suitable recommendation of a plan for this model. Does anyone know of any existing sources or plans supplier or can anyone help out with a copy of a set of plans please.
This is for a fellow club member Barry, email
Cheers in advance
John Goodwin

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Someone had one at our Nats a couple of years ago with gull wing and coupled flaps that flew quite good. Can't recall his name, but perhaps someone else can chime in.

Saw one at Whittier Narrows late last year(?) at a contest. Think it was about the size you noted. I was impressed with scale-like appearance and seemed to fly pretty good. Might check with Knights of the Round Circle....

LAST EDITED ON Aug-02-04 AT 08:40 PM (CDT)
 
How about the one Jack sheiks had published in flying models Magazine in November 1978?

It appears to have been powered with an ST 46 or 60. The magazine article doesn't specify which engine was used but I doubt if it's a 60 considering that the motor mounts are 0.5 x 0.375" instead of one half-inch square.

I've always thought that this plane, with some up-to-date construction mods, might make a real nice semi-scale stunt ship.

His Carstens plan number CF-489

Thanks Guys and especially Bigs for the exact details to search for.
Just got of the phone from Barry he's going to go with the Jack Sheeks plan from Carstens, he says a big thank you to all too.
Cheers John

Jack also had a profile version published in Model Builder. I inked the plans while going to school. I wish I had kept a copy!

that was kirk mullinex right?
pa 61 and pipe (may have been rojett)

Yep, Kirk M. won expert about 4 weeks ago here at the Knights of the Round Table Contest with it here in So.Ca at Whittier Narrows. He flew one great pattern with it.

I never saw Jack Sheeks' plane fly, but I did see this one, and it was a good flyer (as attested by his win above). It is truer to scale than the Sheeks' plan and the latter only had partial flaps (easier to set up) while Kirk's plane had coupled flaps on both side of the gull break. I (like many others) had to try his controls and they were free and smooth. I would assume he would have plans of some kind, and, although more of a challenge than the one Jack built, would be a worthy candidate indeed.

>I never saw Jack Sheeks' plane fly, but I did see this one,
>and it was a good flyer (as attested by his win above). It
>is truer to scale than the Sheeks' plan and the latter only
>had partial flaps (easier to set up) while Kirk's plane had
>coupled flaps on both side of the gull break. I (like many
>others) had to try his controls and they were free and
>smooth. I would assume he would have plans of some kind,
>and, although more of a challenge than the one Jack built,
>would be a worthy candidate indeed.

Leonard,

Kirk Mullinix is a good friend of mine and his Corsair is truly a work of art. I have flown the airplane and it is a really nice flying ship and makes it easy to do a pattern. It has line tension everywhere with the PA .61 & Smith/Werwage tuned pipe.

Bob Whitely and I have been kidding (semi-seriously, actually) Kirk since he built it telling him that he only has to build two more...one for Whitely and one for me. Unfortunately, Kirk just laughs at us and says no way. He molded the fuselage using two layers of 1/16" balsa and then cut up the mold. He has no plans either available or in existence for the airplane.

The control system actuating the flaps is pretty complex and is, in itself, a work of art. Kirk was able to make it himself as he is a top quality prototype machinist.