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Classic Designs => Classic Planes => Topic started by: Ty Marcucci on December 18, 2015, 01:12:05 PM
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I obtained these 3 off e bay and noted they all had different covers. 1st issue, 2nd issue and final issue?
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I bought a second one recently on eBay too. I think the Goldberg Shoestring was my first successful .35 sized plane when I was 14 powered with a G21-35 on suction. It pulled like a train while flying at 70 mph and was not often grounded by western Kansas winds. I covered it with Fascal which refused to keep the paint attached, as a consession to my mom who hated the smell of dope. I think it was a much better flyer than the other Goldberg Goodyears.
While it was fun to stunt, I found that I could land it and run it around the circle for half a lap or more at speed. All was good, and could have been better had I noticed the axle holes in the wheels were getting larger. So one day after doing this for weeks, one wheel decided to turn the corner and ran up the leg to the fuselage. The result was about 30 zero radius outside loops at ground level........,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.....
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I thought the Voo-Doo was the kit that saved Goldberg?
A loooooong time ago I chatted with Carl and he singled out the Shoestring. No doubt he sold a boatload of VooDoos too.
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This is one of my bucket list planes to build....
A friend of my and his dad built one and we had a blast flying it at the school yard down the street. dang I miss those days when boys could do seemingly dangerous things without adults too concerned. Later we would bike around the neighbor hood and chat and laugh all evening long about how fun it was and where could we find some bottles to trade in so we could get more fuel for next weekend
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This is one of my bucket list planes to build....
A friend of my and his dad built one and we had a blast flying it at the school yard down the street. dang I miss those days when boys could do seemingly dangerous things without adults too concerned. Later we would bike around the neighbor hood and chat and laugh all evening long about how fun it was and where could we find some bottles to trade in so we could get more fuel for next weekend
Ah yes, those were the days, I remember them well........the mid-1950's, my flying buddy and I (we were 14 and 15 years old) used to ride around our little midwestern town of about 250 people getting his papers delivered on his paper route so we could go to the local school yard/ball diamond and fly our Ringmasters, Half Fasts and Bats (local combat design similar to the Greased Lightening) in the evening just before dark....those were the days......WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO OUR AMERICA ? D>K
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...."WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO OUR AMERICA?"
One word: Obama.
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I'm a tad younger than a lot of you guys and ALL of the Goldberg Shoestrings I ever bought (3 or 4) came in the plain jane box with the paper label. All had two piece fuses as well.
Late to the party, I guess.
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The CG Shoestring was my first 35 powered UC . Next was the voodoo good times with the two of them
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Hell Clint, You are younger than my youngest daughter. D>K
Yeah, sorry about that.
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my first "real" control ine plane was The shoestring with a Mcoy 40 red head,,
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My first Stunt win (Beginner), as a former Free Flighter, was in 1976 with a Goldberg Shoestring/Fox .35.
(There were only two of us in it, so no big deal there.)
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The Shoestring, (along with the FliteStreak and Ringmaster), is a model everyone need to keep in their stable. Mine is ST C-35 powered.
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I started with a Shoestring and a McCoy .35 around 1969.
My dad did most of the building but it was mine. Yellow silk wings with a black fuse.
I'll never forget those times, and of all my aviation memories, flying that Shoestring with my dad at the club field are the best.
The Shoestring a great flyer, you just need to be able to make a tank that will fit on the short nose. I think a Brodak 3.5 oz. extra wide might be just right.
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I hope the moulded leading edges on the kits that you guys have in your kits are better than those in the two kits I had.
The step in the leading edges with the joiner in place was about 3/32". When I mixed and matched the four pieces, the smallest step was more than 1/32" and the largest was almost 1/8".
That's why the Brodak kit has built up leading and trailing edges.
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Did someone say 3 Shoestrings? Here are PDK/Enya 45, Brodak/Enya 25 and Sig/MVVS 15!
I flew a Goldberg Shoestring/Fox 35 for the decade of the 70's. Great model!
Gord VT