Milton,

A search will probably get you a lot of pictures, but here's my '52 Nobler.

Paul

Here is one of mine from many years ago. That is monocote
Ed

If any of you kind gents would posts picture of Noblers and Skylarks, I would sincerely appreciate it.

Thanks

Wish I had a better pictures. The Skylark was my first "full house" stunter (Sterling kit) from 1964. Loved that plane...

The Nobler is from about '68, near as I can remember.

CurtD

Here are couple of photos of my first "Simonized" Nobler, circa 1966. Bill Simons was my mentor back then and he'd built about a dozen Noblers and had come up with a number of subtle modifications to make them much easier to build and (at least to me...) look better as well. Note the different shaped (rounder) tips the soild sheet stab and elev, the sheeted fin, and the wheel pants.

It was a great flying ship and with it I scored many Senior class wins on the East Coast. Interesting note: Harold "Red" Reinhardt crashed this ship. A few years later I crashed his BSA Victor 441 motorcycle. He ran up to me at the crash site laughing. I asked why he was laughing and why he wasn't mad. He said, "Now we're even!"

Memories...

Bob Hunt

Here are couple of photos of my first "Simonized" Nobler, circa 1966. Bill Simons was my mentor back then and he'd built about a dozen Noblers and had come up with a number of subtle modifications to make them much easier to build and (at least to me...) look better as well. Note the different shaped (rounder) tips the soild sheet stab and elev, the sheeted fin, and the wheel pants.

It was a great flying ship and with it I scored many Senior class wins on the East Coast. Interesting note: Harold "Red" Reinhardt crashed this ship. A few years later I crashed his BSA Victor 441 motorcycle. He ran up to me at the crash site laughing. I asked why he was laughing and why he wasn't mad. He said, "Now we're even!"

Memories...

Bob Hunt

Now for better details, this great looking plane  is another NOS 30 design.   Also we do change thru the years,  look at that head of hair. 

Now for better details, this great looking plane  is another NOS 30 design.   Also we do change thru the years,  look at that head of hair. 

Hi Doc:

Well, there are not too many additional details on this one. It has a 1/4-inch sheet stab and elevator, solid wing tips that were carved and then hollowed, custom wheel pants that I carved and hollowed. The fuse sides were not the ones from the kit. I made a new set with no holes in the sides as the stock kit Nobler had. The top and bottom blocks were carved and hollowed balsa, although, if I did another one (and I've long considered it...) I'd mold them.

If there is enough interest, I'll draw the mods up on a set of pencils that I could make available. The dimensions of the plane were pretty much stock Nobler; it was just dressed up a bit.

Later - Bob 

 

Yep...It's from an old Skylark kit....however the rudder looks a tad "different?"

Here's an oldie.  Big Art, back when he was still middle Art, two-tone blue Nobler - by the date this has to be AFTER the bellcrank repair.  He went to a contest and during pull test bent the Perfect bellcrank.  He opened up the top & bottom and removed the crank, replacing it with a Veco that was somewhat thicker and stouter.   Starting that winter the Adamisin stunters got 1/16 STEEL cranks because failing the crank was ABSOLUTELY preventable, and saving weight there was akin to fool's gold...

Nice treatment of  G. Nobler.

Nice treatment of  G. Nobler.

...except for those wide hinge gaps!

Seriously, beautiful plane, but I'll bet it will fly better if those gaps were to be sealed.

Bob Hunt

now thats an odd looking Nobler to be sure,, kinda looks like the "Nobler" I have hanging on my ceiling at home

Hi Mark:
Happy New Year.

If that is indeed your Nobler... put some hinge sealing tape on it...

Bob Hunt

Bob, Happy New year to you as well,,
My post was a response to Shultzie shamelessly posting a picture of his Avenger,, ( well actually Randy Powells Avenger) on a thread about Noblers,,
My gaps are all taped,, its part of my preflight bench trim process,, I always tape my gaps,, well excepting the gap under my nose,, that one still gets me in trouble,,

That Nobler now belongs to Paul Gebault, but it wasn't built by him. I took the pictures at one of our contests back in the late 70s or early 80s. I thought it flew extremely well at the contest.

It would fly better with the hinge line sealed...

Bob Hunt

I agree with Howard. Paul Wood's Nobler is very tastefully done. No excessive ink lines, no black rivets heads, just simple and beautiful. (BTW, I have never seen a full size airplane with every rivet head painted black.)

Skylark from Sterling kit 1966.

Here is my 51 Nobler. It was a great flyer. Sniff!

Well, the plan wasn't for two static pictures, and I don't seem able to get ride of one of them, sorry 'bout that. I like the inflight photo showing the flight controls deflected.....

The way you have your flaps is the way I would make mine.

Mike if you do take some pictures take some side views of the bottom. Is the bottom flat or does it have the notch in it like the kit. Measure the wingspan. He said in a article he had a shorter wing that he liked and used it in several planes, everyone on here would love to see the plane.
Ed