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General control line discussion => AS TIME GOES BYE => Topic started by: Jim Pollock on April 05, 2010, 10:06:15 PM

Title: Old Magazines
Post by: Jim Pollock on April 05, 2010, 10:06:15 PM

Anyone remember the "Falcon" .35 stunter from the Aug '60
MAN a Berkeley Kit?  Supposedly the most tested stunt model ever????

Jim Pollock,  Let's see oh the year 1960 I was beginning my Sophomore year.
Paul Isenhower, Dan Cockrum, Keith McKnight, Larry Perkins and good
old George Lucas were all Juniors that year......man oh man those
were the days my friends!

Title: Re: Old Magazines
Post by: john e. holliday on April 06, 2010, 09:00:05 AM

I hope you are talking about the "Falcon 35" that was kitted by Duke Fox.  I obtained a set of plans from somewhere and built my version of it.  Flew it at Tuscon one year and lost it at a Topeka contest trying to finesse the out side loops.  Didn't know a Fox could roll that far when the nose came off. H^^

Title: Re: Old Magazines
Post by: Dalton Hammett on April 06, 2010, 09:32:33 AM

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  I just gave a kit away last year of the Berkeley Falcon .35.   I believe it may have been originally kitted by Fox for a short time.   As I recall it was rated for .15 - .35,  about 48"  and built very light.   Likely a  .25 would have been good power for it.  I may have a copy of the plans from it yet in my assortment of things.......   Mike Danford has the kit if you have any questions about it.

Dalton H.