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                                                                    Al Rabe
                                                             4200 Las Brisas Drive
                                                            Irving, TX 75038-9046
                                                               alsf8f@yahoo.com

The Disk 3 is simply a combination of Disks 1 & 2. The combination includes 153,369 words and 1323 pages of stunt reference material and photos and some short videos. The Disk 3 contains all of the material in the 8 notebooks of hard copies shown in a photo below and more.  The price of this DVD is $19.95 including shipping.

The Disk 1 content  contains two complete and complimentary parts.  The first part begins with a copy of the Control Line World magazine published in October 2007 and January 2008 by John Brodak. This two issue article contains 25,047 words and 61 photos. It's largely a series of monographs organized in an autobiographical format.  Most of the monographs in this part are technical explanations of various features of competition control line stunt ships. These features appeared over a forty year period and were nearly all original work. 

The second part of the Disk 1 content is a comprehensive construction tutorial containing another 53,662 words and 534 photos.  It is a hand holding tutorial covering the complete construction and finishing of the 1978 World Championship 2nd place semi-scale “Snaggletooth” Mustang. The Snaggletooth tutorial also contains a wealth of construction and finishing techniques, all explained in great detail with illustrating photos.

The rest of this Disk 1 content relates to the process of designing progressively capable and realistic semi-scale airplanes.

The Disk 2 content begins with two articles that most stunt flyers would consider "truly"  classic articles.  These two articles explain the orgin of  many features now considered normal in today's modern stunt ships.  The first article is "Evolution of a Thoroughbred".  This was the history and development of the 1977 NATs and Walker Trophy winning Snaggletooth Mustang.  It was published in the August 1978 issue of flying Models.  The second Classic article is "Go for Broke".  This article describes the history and development of the semi-scale "Sea Fury".  The Sea Fury Won Open Stunt in 1972 and 1973 and the Walker Trophy in 1973.  This was published in the March 1973 issue of American Aircraft Modeler. 

The Disk 2 content also includes another comprehensive construction tutorial.  This tutorial covers the history, design, construction and finishing of the "Mustunt IV".  This part also contains short articles on Trim and Tanks, Rabe Rudder, Shock Gears, Canopy repair, Appliqués and Vinyl Stencils, Trouble Shooting an Engine Problem, the BBQB Bellcrank Mount, Jig Building with Laser Cut Parts, and Flaps for Control Line Stunt ships. 

This section also includes a photo gallery and about a half hour of video of some BBQB Bearcat, Critical Mass and Snaggletooth Mustang patterns.

Al

Mike Griffin:
Al I want to thank you for making these available to the modeling community.  They are a great teaching tool and are a great asset to all of us in the hobby.

Mike

RC Storick:
Al sent me a video and it was cool to see the planes fly and the descriptions. Thank you Al!

Walter Hicks:
I have used these cd and some of his dvd to greatly aide in the building process of the Sea Fury. Very well worth  the $

Very detailed and informative. Even if you are not intending to build an Al Rabe airplane great information.

Martin Quartim:
Hi Al,

Can you tell us the specifications and differences between the Snaggletooth and the Millennium Mustang P-51 ?

Thank you,

Martin

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