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Title: Playboy (I-Beam) ?
Post by: Rob Killick on February 07, 2015, 04:30:46 PM: Hi ,

Several years ago , Bill Sawyer offered an I-beam kit , called The Playboy.
Can anyone tell me if it was Bill's design and if plans are available ?

Thanks ,

Rob Killick
Title: Re: Playboy (I-Bean) ?
Post by: Tim Wescott on February 07, 2015, 04:35:34 PM: I-Bean?
Title: Re: Playboy (I-Bean) ?
Post by: Bill Little on February 07, 2015, 04:46:57 PM: Hi Rob,

The Playboy was Norm Whittle's model. Bill made up the kits and it is a great looking I-Beam. I have a kit that Bill and I assembled from parts that he would not put in the kits he sold. A blemish here or there in the wood, etc., and I have not built it YET. The original was powered by a McCoy .40RH. I have a George Aldrich McGas .40 to use in mine. (George's remakes of the McCoy .40RHs)
Good kit!

BIG Bear
RNMM/AMM
Title: Re: Playboy (I-Beam) ?
Post by: Rob Killick on February 07, 2015, 05:09:01 PM: I-bean ...

Lol !
(guess I was looking at the "hot Ukrainian women" ads , on the letter heads) ;D

Thanks Bill , but I haven't dug up any info , concerning plans , though .

Rob K.
Title: Re: Playboy (I-Beam) ?
Post by: Dave_Trible on February 08, 2015, 01:27:49 PM: Is this anything like the Playboy that Roger Barrett flew way back?

Dave
Title: Re: Playboy (I-Beam) ?
Post by: Bill Little on February 08, 2015, 02:45:51 PM: Quote from: Dave_Trible on February 08, 2015, 01:27:49 PM
Is this anything like the Playboy that Roger Barrett flew way back?

Dave

Hi Dave,

I can't remember what Roger's model looked like........

BIG Bear
RNMM/AMM
Title: Re: Playboy (I-Beam) ?
Post by: Rob Killick on February 08, 2015, 08:02:00 PM: Hi Dave ,
Yes , Like the one Roger Barrett flew .
There is a photo in this forum , holding his plane , albeit , both wings are broken off .

Rob K.
Title: Re: Playboy (I-Beam) ?
Post by: Dave_Trible on February 08, 2015, 08:12:34 PM: Somewhere I saw a photo of it and him in an old magazine. I saw it at one Nats somewhere too. I didn't really know but I thought it was his design. Last time I knew of him he was trying to sell his property in Florida ( with hand sodded flying circle). Long ago. Gave the mag collection away so can't find the photo (sigh). :((

Dave
Title: Re: Playboy (I-Beam) ?
Post by: Chris McMillin on February 09, 2015, 02:14:21 AM: The Playboy design was an I-beam designed by Jim Mayfield of Garden Grove, California @ 1965. The basic look was admired and copied by Tom Warden in his Continental/Manado models. They look similar but aren't the same.
Jim designed a D tube wing for Norm Whittle to build for the '68 Nats. I had the Bill Sawyer Playboy kit but sold it off, it was a very complete and highly pre-fabbed top quality kit.
Jim's was powered by a Fox 35, Norm's a McCoy 40.
Chris...
Title: Re: Playboy (I-Beam) ?
Post by: Rob Killick on February 09, 2015, 09:51:42 PM: Good stuff , Chris y1

Thanks ,

Rob K.
Title: Re: Playboy (I-Beam) ?
Post by: Balsa Butcher on February 10, 2015, 11:57:11 PM: Give my flying buddie Clint Ormosen a PM and see if he will post a pic of his. He won the best I-Beam stunter award at VSC with it a few years ago. 8)
Title: Re: Playboy (I-Beam) ?
Post by: John Sunderland on February 15, 2015, 05:44:19 PM: A friend of mine has one of these kits....it looked excellent. We just pulled it out and gave it the once over at the table a few weeks ago. Really nice plans and such a gorgeous classic looking model too! I may try to buy it. ;D
Title: Re: Playboy (I-Beam) ?
Post by: Clint Ormosen on February 28, 2015, 10:46:44 PM: This is my Playboy built from Bill Sawyers kit. It flies ok but it's heavy at 50oz. I replaced the FP40 with an LA46 but haven't tried it yet. I just sort of moved on.
Title: Re: Playboy (I-Beam) ?
Post by: Bill Little on March 01, 2015, 10:29:53 AM: Quote from: Ty Marcucci on March 01, 2015, 10:02:18 AM
I found the kit supplied "box" beam was way too heavy, so made my own from balsa. Mine was made of some type of ply for the verticals. D>K

Hi Chief,

Unfortunately, Bill was given bad information about the I-Beam. He was told it was made of ply. I could not convince him otherwise!

BIG Bear
RNMM/AMM
Title: Re: Playboy (I-Beam) ?
Post by: Clint Ormosen on March 01, 2015, 09:25:16 PM: Quote from: Ty Marcucci on March 01, 2015, 10:02:18 AM
I found the kit supplied "box" beam was way too heavy, so made my own from balsa. Mine was made of some type of ply for the verticals. D>K

I shoulda built a new one for mine. Didn't seem that heavy at the time.
Title: Re: Playboy (I-Beam) ?
Post by: Chris McMillin on March 03, 2015, 08:31:42 PM: Quote from: Clint Ormosen on February 28, 2015, 10:46:44 PM
This is my Playboy built from Bill Sawyers kit. It flies ok but it's heavy at 50oz. I replaced the FP40 with an LA46 but haven't tried it yet. I just sort of moved on.

Pretty model, Clint.
I think Jim's weighed about 40 oz. He was a super weight concious modeler. I think he only used Elmers for glue.
Chris...
Title: Re: Playboy (I-Beam) ?
Post by: john e. holliday on March 04, 2015, 12:30:10 PM: Clint you should be proud of that plane as if I remember right, you got an award with it at your first VSC. H^^
Title: Re: Playboy (I-Beam) ?
Post by: John Sunderland on March 12, 2015, 12:01:32 AM: Well, a lighter beam may be in order. I watched Billy and Bob do up the Ares beam on video when we still all had VHS at home a few years ago ;)...pretty sure that can and should be replaced....