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Offline eric conley

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NAVY CARRIER plus SCALE XIII
« on: November 03, 2010, 08:12:21 PM »
     This contest is a yearly 2-day event scheduled late in October and held in Phoenix AZ. This year the weather was beautiful (as usual this time of the year in Phoenix) with temps in the mid 80s, light breezes both days, and lots of Carrier flying. Here are the scores and some pictures. I hope the scores are readable. There was a lot of pictures being taken so hopefully someone else will add some more pictures.  Eric
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Re: NAVY CARRIER plus SCALE XIII
« Reply #1 on: November 03, 2010, 08:37:00 PM »
Thanks for posting Eric.

It was  a good contest with a large number of flights on Sunday. A broad range of entries from nostalgia to electric and everything in between. I think everyone enjoyed.
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Re: NAVY CARRIER plus SCALE XIII
« Reply #2 on: November 04, 2010, 11:46:32 AM »
WOW....thanks for posting the pics.  Very nice selection of planes there.  Quick question cause I know nothing about carrier.  How come the MO-1 and the Guardian are so popular in carrier? H^^
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Re: NAVY CARRIER plus SCALE XIII
« Reply #3 on: November 04, 2010, 12:45:53 PM »
     The MO-1 has the ideal shape (square cross section fuselage, lots of wing area, ample tail plane areas) to perform well in Carrier competition. Very simple to build, especially for CL-1&2 (scale carrier classes) and you can build all 3 AMA Carrier class planes off of one set of plans. Plus there is not that much documentation about the plane and they are (to me) a bit ugly so I don't think they are never ever looked at closely. They do have ever attribute that the carrier flier is looking for.
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Re: NAVY CARRIER plus SCALE XIII
« Reply #4 on: November 05, 2010, 05:43:43 AM »
Quote from: Glenn (Gravitywell) Reach on November 04, 2010, 11:46:32 AM
WOW....thanks for posting the pics.  Very nice selection of planes there.  Quick question cause I know nothing about carrier.  How come the MO-1 and the Guardian are so popular in carrier? H^^

As for the Guardian...In the Classic Era the Guardian also had nearly ideal proportions. The general goal was to find a plane that offered the smallest fuselage frontal area for high speed while still having enough wing area to manage a respectable slow flight. The later piston era Attack Bombers had those attributes. Many of those planes were low wing, like the AM-1 Mauler and the Blackburn Firebrand, but the Guardian's mid-wing was an added plus.
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Re: NAVY CARRIER plus SCALE XIII
« Reply #5 on: November 13, 2010, 10:17:17 AM »
Any information on the twin boom white plane done up in Canadian colors?  Thanks, Mike
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Re: NAVY CARRIER plus SCALE XIII
« Reply #6 on: November 13, 2010, 10:27:35 PM »
That is a Dehavilland (SP?) Sea Vampire - in Profile.  Design is by Bill Calkins.  That particular model is Bob Frogner's.
We discussed it a bit in this thread:

http://stunthanger.com/smf/index.php?topic=17092.

Here is another shot of Bill's in flight at our Iowa Spring contest a couple of years ago

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cl_carrier


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Re: NAVY CARRIER plus SCALE XIII
« Reply #7 on: November 14, 2010, 01:58:17 AM »
Hi Mike, Thank you for the imformation on the DH Vampire.  Mike
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Re: NAVY CARRIER plus SCALE XIII
« Reply #8 on: November 20, 2010, 07:52:03 AM »
Does anyone know if plans for the Sea Vampire are available?  I tried to contact Bob Frogner and had no luck, bad email addy.  Thanks, Mike   H^^
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Re: NAVY CARRIER plus SCALE XIII
« Reply #9 on: November 20, 2010, 09:17:04 AM »
Try the AMA Plans Service.   H^^
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Re: NAVY CARRIER plus SCALE XIII
« Reply #10 on: November 20, 2010, 09:19:22 AM »
Thank you, John   #^
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Re: NAVY CARRIER plus SCALE XIII
« Reply #11 on: November 20, 2010, 01:29:47 PM »
For plans for the Vampire you need to contact Bill Calkins. He has the rough plans for the design. Try clflier.com. If that doesn't work let me know on this thread and I'll get a better address for you.
I have been flying the Vampire for the last 6 or 7 years and think it is a really good plane. Might be a tick slow but it hangs really well and is a very nice looking plane in flight. Any other questions I'd be glad to help. In any way I can
 
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Re: NAVY CARRIER plus SCALE XIII
« Reply #12 on: November 20, 2010, 01:57:15 PM »
Thank you Bob, I tried to email you earlier but it came back undelivered.  H^^
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Re: NAVY CARRIER plus SCALE XIII
« Reply #13 on: November 26, 2010, 07:44:13 PM »
Quote from: bfrog on November 20, 2010, 01:29:47 PM
For plans for the Vampire you need to contact Bill Calkins. He has the rough plans for the design. Try clflier.com. If that doesn't work let me know on this thread and I'll get a better address for you.
I have been flying the Vampire for the last 6 or 7 years and think it is a really good plane. Might be a tick slow but it hangs really well and is a very nice looking plane in flight. Any other questions I'd be glad to help. In any way I can
 

Nice  color PIC of a Vampire on Plane -A-Day
Wayne
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