Bob,
Looks neat, hope we see it at Brodaks next year. You and Bob Crusan can do a Korean war  multiflight, he has a real nice F9F Panther that is 15 size. He flew it in 2009 in carrier.
john

Cool! How is the big one flying?

Thanks, Big one is flying as well as can be expected for it's size. Having a little trouble with it being blown around by wind which kills the low speed time. Best I've been able to do is just over 200 which won't win any hardware. Part of it is my inabilities plus it really needs a line slider. I still love it, it's allot of fun to fly and a real attention getter. After I get the 15 built I have a Brodak Guardian kit I'm going to kit bash into a version between the two with a slider. Hope to have all 3 at Brodaks next year.

Hey, don't sneeze at 200,  I am doing good to even get close.  Might need plans for the .15 version for the Cox I have.   

Thanks Doc. After I get the plans finished anyone that wants the CAD file is welcome to it. Should be able to get prints made at Kinko's or one of it's competetors. If I can get in the right mood after the airplane is built I might do an article for CL World. That is a long way down the road but you never know...

I'll share a trade secret here.

At The Brodak you get a 10 point bonus for using Brodak kit (design) in 15 Profile and Sportsman Profile. If you look at the winning scores, you will see that 10 points is a big deal.  I like designing my own planes, too, but points is points, so I use a Brodak Junior Lightening Streak and a Brodak Super Clown in these events.

According to the rules, the only bonus in Sportsman is the Brodak bonus.  I heard rumor that, despite the published rules, you get both the Brodak bonus and the scale bonus in Sportsman class if you use Brodak's Skyraider or Bearcat.  Maybe if the organizer reads this we can get an answer.

Maybe you could sell your Fury designs to Mr. Brodak by next June and thereby qualify for the 10 points.

If you use a slider, it can only go back to the trailing edge of the ROOT CHORD.  Thus a swept wing like the FJ Fury would be a bad bet.  This rule is one reason why successful "slider designs" are limited to a short list of prototypes.

Sad but true.

The current rules favor planes from the 1935-to-1945 era, with the MO-1 composing the majority of models and the VAST majority of winner and record holders.  Planes like the MO-1 that were slow like turtles, fly closer to the actual speed of models and get more carrier points. 

The jet age, from 1946 to present, a full 65 years is largely absent, with the expecption a few models like yours, built because you like the subject, and giving up serious hope of winning.  Jet fighters that were designed to go 500+ MPH aren't all that hot for going 90 high and 10 low.

I've often thought of the idea of origianating a Jet-25 Event limited to jet fighters with one of the readliy available .25 cubic inch engines.  All of these "old time", "classic" and "nostalgia" things, as you say, don't leave much for today's designer.

Paul,  remember that there are no sliders in .15 carrier.

Personally I like 15 and Nostalgia best because of the no slider rule, now if we could go back to realistic flying.

Wayne,
I know I do, Maybe the way carrier is flown is why there isn't a lot of activity. Eliminating sliders ( movable leadouts) would make it like 15, you could hang if you want to pay the penalty in high speed or not , your choice. Most of the time 15  score are very close, usually determined by  the landing.
john

yeah bob i to would like a set
roger

Wayne,
I know I do, Maybe the way carrier is flown is why there isn't a lot of activity. Eliminating sliders ( movable leadouts) would make it like 15, you could hang if you want to pay the penalty in high speed or not , your choice. Most of the time 15  score are very close, usually determined by  the landing.
john

John, heresy?  Perhaps, but every poll taken since 1995 indicates that the only people loving the 60 degree rule are those flying now.  I wish I had kept all the notes, letters and emails I have received since 95 indicating personal near hatred of the 60 degree rule. Last year i gave away or sold at near cost nearly 40 .15 size ships.  I also passed on about 30 of my simplified handles and almost 75 of my cheapish 3-line bellcranks.  All this indicates that there is a bunch of interest in carrier simplicity (is that a legitimate word?)  While i am really not enamored with 10 or 12 divisions of carrier competition  as we have it now through the NCS "Top 20"  I do feel that some major changes are in store, which by right should not eliminate anyones interest such as 60 degree flight.  Skill levels may be an answer.  In the early to mid 90's there were two studies made to look at possible skill classes. Nothing came of it.  What do you think?