Since so much of the U.S. is either soak'in wet or snowy white, thought I'd throw down a pic of my recently finished Smoothy.  No ARF, no ARC, just ol' fashin kit bashin.  Started w/ a Brodak Smoothy kit and the picture of Bob Palmer featured on the Veco plans.  Paint scheme is based on that photo.  Power was a Brodak 40, since changed to an OS-35S, finish Brodak dope, weight 42 ounces. First flights have been encouraging. 

Thanks for the compliment Bill.  Haven't been out to Whittier Narrows in a long while but as I am now semi-retired, hope to get down south to fly more often.  I also plan to be at VSC this year. 

I thought someone might ask that question.  I'm a big fan of Brodak 40's but in this application it just seemed like too much power.  Airplane is relatively light w/thin airfoil and it was flying too fast, the pattern felt rushed.  I could have experimented w/props and line length etc. but a B-40 still likes to run a high speed 4-2-4 (or high speed 4) and with a classic plane I prefer a lower RPM, more traditional run w/ a prounounced break.  It also helped that I have a couple of nice 35-S' and have been looking for an excuse to use them. 

NICE job Pete!

That inverted engine looks SOOOO much better than the upright...

Hey Clint - But of course it will be accompanying your Chipmunk to Tucson.  That's what  I built it for.  I also heard from a completely unreliable source that inverting the engine on a Smoothy is known as the "Jack Sheeks Mod" so it will feel right at home at VSC XX 

If I can get this one to fly as well as your do Mike, I will be very happy.  The original Veco kit also shows a sketch of an inverted pointy nose/no cowl version as well as the cowled version so I think that it would be eligible for OTS.  I wanted the classic inverted look but the construction is a contemporary V-splitter cowled front end. Hopefully I will be putting in a lot of time at Woodland this year - whenever it stops raining.