Two of my columns discussed the first Excalibur and how it was to be a Profile Stunt, P-40 Stunt, Classic and Expert model. I flew it at Polk City Iowa, the Ice-O-Lated in St. Louis, multiple events at New Albany Indiana and the VSC of 2006. My Excalibur found a home with a young flyer who is the nephew of Michael Scmitt. I have published often in FM that multiple models helps a newbie flyer by allowing more flights on one bird with less change of fuel, handle, prop, tach setting, lap time, turning radius and full flight time. Thus, a new or even an experienced flyer can take on model to a contest and fly at least one warm up flight and possibly six to eight officials in one day/two days with the same weapon. Paint the Excalibur, but not changing shapes, to resemble a favorite single engine fighter of your choice and you can extend the flight day to eight to ten for putting the model in Fun Scale. My February and March columns for FM will discuss another of my favorite multiple event models and its preparation for the 2007 VSC.
Allen Brickhaus