Derringer 60 and Derringer 46

[Casey]

There are 2 Derringers. One is Derringer 60 (Aeromodeller September 1993) by Henk de Jong, a top Dutch control line stunt flyer. The other is Derringer 46 by Bob Whiteley, the 1978 U.S. Nats open winner. Anyone can shed any light on these 2 designs like the differences in their flying characteristics, their strong and not so strong points, which design is optimized for what kind of flying style, flying conditions etc etc

[Bill Hummel]

I built and flew one of Bob Whitely's Derringers; used a ST 51.  Outstanding stunter!!! Very "friendly", huge capabilities, made me look much better than I was!
Something special about the way it turned; was "magic" with the perfect pivot and always stopped right where it was supposed to.  Can't recall the weight, but it was not on the light side!  I think the airfoil gave the ship a wonderful "feel" all around the hemisphere, and allowed near-perfect control by a mediocre flyer.  That
one was from an RSM kit, and I will eventually build another.  Hope this helps!

[Casey]

Thanks Bill, Your feedback is invaluable. Derringer 46 has just been added to my to build list

[Trostle]

I built and flew one of Bob Whitely's Derringers; used a ST 51.  Outstanding stunter!!! Very "friendly", huge capabilities, made me look much better than I was!
Something special about the way it turned; was "magic" with the perfect pivot and always stopped right where it was supposed to.  Can't recall the weight, but it was not on the light side!  I think the airfoil gave the ship a wonderful "feel" all around the hemisphere, and allowed near-perfect control by a mediocre flyer.  That
one was from an RSM kit, and I will eventually build another.  Hope this helps!

Even though one might consider Bob Whitely as one of those blessed with a golden arm, there is probably some other good reason that he won the Nats with his Derringer..  Oh, I don't know for sure, but it probably had something to do with the fact that his airplane flew pretty good.

Keith

[Larry Borden]

Whitley at Riverside 1977

[Bill Little]

Hi Casey,

Henk made a habit for a while to upsize some popular models to .60 size and did a great job.  2 others he did were the Juno and Cobra.  I don't think a lot of them were built in the US since there were no kits available.  They should be excellent flying models!

BIG Bear
RNMM/AMM

[Gordon Tarbell]

The Derringer 46 in the picture looks like it is set up as a trike gear , or is that just a pigment of my homaginization? The current plans show a conventional tail dragger type set up.

[Bill Little]

The Derringer 46 in the picture looks like it is set up as a trike gear , or is that just a pigment of my homaginization? The current plans show a conventional tail dragger type set up.

Hi Gordon,

It IS a trike gear.  I bet Alfadawg (Bob Whitely) could tell you all about it!

BIG Bear
RNMM/AMM

[Ted Fancher]

Check out my remarks about Whitley's Derringer in the 'Ice cream cone" airfoil thread on the engineering board.

Ted Fancher

[Casey]

Thanks Bill for the info on Henk de Jong