This plane is pretty cool

This is a plane that a fellow club member built.
The pictures aren't the best after I scanned them
I'll try to get some digital shots,and post them later.

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Now that's cool. Very slick effect.

Hey, how about a dummy handle in one hand, one on a helmet, and one attached to the waistband. Do a demo, and the announcer says, "This guy is so good, he cannot only fly FOUR airplanes at once, but in a very tight formation."

This has to be one of the most original ideas ever, and very well executed, to boot!

Larry Fulwider

Very, very clever. I love the look. How does it fly? Does it stunt well? Tell (and show) us more.

--Ray

Was it Bill Winter who had one of these, RC, with the airplanes spread more, in Model Aviation back in the 70's or 80's? Neat in any case.

WOW.. Who says there isn't anything original? Who is the designer? Who is the Builder? How well does it maneuver? This is a great demo airplane! My hat is off to him!!!!

I would love to have plans ...Please!

(Edited cause I don't be spell good)
His name is Doug Morris. There are no plans, he started with the center rib for each wing, and just tapered the rest till he got what he wanted.It's only had a few flights, but so far all is good.

Plans may be inked and made available at a later date.

Bill Duane
Jax, Fla

Really cool! This set ip was a feature article in RCM in the 70's. At that time the rc combo was used to tell the crowd that the Blue Angels were coming for a special; fly by. The rc pilot would be standing away from the flight line some distance and as the group approached the actual flying field it did look like the real thing ...for a bit.
JJ

Never Give up! Never Surrender!

That is AWESOME!!!

>Really cool! This set ip was a feature article in RCM in the
>70's. At that time the rc combo was used to tell the crowd
>that the Blue Angels were coming for a special; fly by. The rc
>pilot would be standing away from the flight line some
>distance and as the group approached the actual flying field
>it did look like the real thing ...for a bit.
>JJ
>
>Never Give up! Never Surrender!

Yes the designer was Ken Willard. The planes were powered with an OS 10. As I recall it wasn't the easiest thing to design and set up.
Dennis

Which plane does the sharpest corner?

That would be a good candidate for retracts. It looks like a single wheel under the center of each middle plane and one as a "nose wheel" on the front??? I guess it qualifies as a Canard. Hmm, interesting concept. Give it full originality points. (Yes, I would be for going back to offering them. Then Rich J. (Don't ask me to spell his name) gets points for his bent wing, and this one certainly gets full consideration.

I believe it was Ken Willard that did the R/C one if I remember right.

Ken Williard did it in RC using 4 A-4s tied together. I picked up a copy of the plans from the Model Aviation plans service last year. I believe the people who put out Flying Scale Models and Aviation Modeler International have a similar design based on the BAE Hawk trainer. These planes seem to use about a 10 or 15 for RC, but should probably fly with a 15 to 25 for CL.

This is way kewl !!!!

What engine is on this thing?

Paul Taylor

~I wish I knew everything you have forgotten about C/L.

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LA.46


>This is way kewl !!!!
>
>What engine is on this thing?
>
>Paul Taylor
>
>~I wish I knew everything you have forgotten about C/L.
>
>Check out my Blog@
>http://rootbeard.rcuniverse.com
>A link to a slide show of a fun day:
>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-_sR0ZydSQ
>


Bill Duane
Jax, Fla

WOW! A great crowd pleaser for any flying event. [photo not recovered: shocked.gif]

Give it full
>originality points.

This is most definetly an awesome model. I wouldn't max it out on the originality points though. It's been done several times before. I've seen both three and four plane formations. If you can get a copy of R.G. Moulton's "Control Line Manual" published in 1961 there is a neat photo of three ME-109's connected with clear plastic tubes. I'm trying to find the photo of the four FW190's.

Personally I like the 4 Blue Angles. My hat's off to this modeller.
Well done sir.

regards,
Rick "catdaddy" Blankenship