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Title: Harold Price's Defiant
Post by: Bill Little on August 04, 2009, 01:32:40 AM: Does anyone remember seeing Harold and this model? I was taken by it when it first appeared and just recently finally obtained plans. A lot of unusual aspects (for the day) in it. Very *fat* airfoil, flaps were part of the airfoil, etc., but that greenhouse is way cool! ;D I was attracted to Walt M.'s Stunting Vicker's Wellesley/b], also! LL~

Any pictures and thoughts will be appreciated.

Mongo
Title: Re: Harold Price's Defiant
Post by: Airacobra on August 04, 2009, 09:22:41 AM: Bill, is this the same plane that is in the Flying Models that featured Jack Sheek's LaDonna article?
Title: Re: Harold Price's Defiant
Post by: Tom Niebuhr on August 04, 2009, 05:36:53 PM: I think Geoge Gaydos had the canopy molds. But unfortunalely George passed away as a very young man. I have no idea what happened to the molds. Maybe Windy know.
Title: Re: Harold Price's Defiant
Post by: James C. Johnson on August 08, 2009, 08:21:34 AM: It is a modeler's model.... quite detailed ... in the same vein as the Warburton Tony.. and some of the other scale stunters from 1960-68.. PT-19.. PT-20 Ryan.. Hi Johnson Stuka (came a little earlier)..

(http://imgs.inkfrog.com/pix/banjoflier/American_Modeler_aug_67.jpg)

Jim
Title: Re: Harold Price's Defiant
Post by: Bill Little on August 10, 2009, 11:21:50 PM: Quote from: James C. Johnson on August 08, 2009, 08:21:34 AM
It is a modeler's model.... quite detailed ... in the same vein as the Warburton Tony.. and some of the other scale stunters from 1960-68.. PT-19.. PT-20 Ryan.. Hi Johnson Stuka (came a little earlier)..

(http://imgs.inkfrog.com/pix/banjoflier/American_Modeler_aug_67.jpg)

Jim

Thanks for the magazine referral. I have th eplans and a copy of the article. It is a wicked looking model! I built the Warburton Tony in 1971 and really enjoyed it.

Mongo
Title: Re: Harold Price's Defiant
Post by: Michael McPherson on September 17, 2009, 01:35:48 PM: Can you open the magazine and show us what the Defiant looks like....
Title: Re: Harold Price's Defiant
Post by: Trostle on September 17, 2009, 05:08:19 PM: Quote from: Michael McPherson on September 17, 2009, 01:35:48 PM
Can you open the magazine and show us what the Defiant looks like....

The magazine article published the plans on a two-page spread. I cannot scan this unless you want to see the thing on two separatate sheets, and might loose some detail in the process.

A rather complicated model.

Keith
Title: Re: Harold Price's Defiant
Post by: Dennis Adamisin on September 17, 2009, 07:22:18 PM: My Dad had built a Cleveland(?) rubber scale model of the Defiant and got an urge to build a stunter. He was gathering up 3 views and making drawings when Harold's Defiant was published - Dad lost interest in doing his.

The signature piece of the Defiant is the canopy and gun turret. Mr Price did a phenomenal job with that. I was always curious why he made the constant thickness wing ending in the football shaped tip rib. I do not think any of his other designs exhibited that feature.

I never got to see Harold's Defiant fly, bet it looked GREAT in the air...