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Offline Terrence Durrill

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ZOMBIE.
« on: April 07, 2012, 12:07:35 PM »
Is anybody familiar with Riley Wooten's modification of the VooDoo around 1966 called the ZOMBIE,  He described it as a VooDoo having tapered trailing edges from the tailbooms out to the wingtips.  I built one and flew it with a Johnson Combat Special and later with a Super Tigre .35 Combat, but could't see any improvement in performance over the standard VooDoo.......maybe because the tapering of the wing actually decreaed the wing area.  Anyway, it was whispered about at the Nationals in 1966. ......... ???......... D>K
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Offline Paul Smith

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Re: ZOMBIE.
« Reply #1 on: April 07, 2012, 02:48:42 PM »
I've never heard of the Zombie until now.

The Vampire, sort of  foam Voodoo, was a step backward as far as I could see.  Sort of an attempt to get into the foamie craze.

The Sneaker, a larger, taperwing woodie was a big step forward.  A really great design.

The Demon, a smaller diamond-airfoil design wasn't very well respected, but I built one and did OK while it lasted.

In retrospect, airframe design came in a long way behind power, reliability, pilotage, pitting, and judging as a deciding factor in who won the match.

The original Voodoo, with a good G15 or a Rossi in the engine room, was as good an F2D as any for a few years.






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Re: ZOMBIE.
« Reply #2 on: April 07, 2012, 05:59:26 PM »
Quote from: Paul Smith on April 07, 2012, 02:48:42 PM
I've never heard of the Zombie until now.

Did a lot of variations ( 1 of's ) different airfoils, tapers, etc. back "in the day"  I don't even remember all of them!

The Vampire, sort of  foam Voodoo, was a step backward as far as I could see.  Sort of an attempt to get into the foamie craze.

The Vampire was more the start of the craze.  That design was limited a lot in trying to market it at $4.95  Stubb
said "foam will never catch on"... Howard called it a cardboard plane but we won with it..


The Sneaker, a larger, taperwing woodie was a big step forward.  A really great design.

Agree, the prototype with 36" spars was even better

The Demon, a smaller diamond-airfoil design wasn't very well respected, but I built one and did OK while it lasted.

A lot of newcomers did well with it and that was what it was designed for..

In retrospect, airframe design came in a long way behind power, reliability, pilotage, pitting, and judging as a deciding factor in who won the match.

Agree, circle savy, and reflexes #1... Reliable power, pitting #2.. constant performing plane #3....

The original Voodoo, with a good G15 or a Rossi in the engine room, was as good an F2D as any for a few years.

Never saw this combination so no comment...
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Re: ZOMBIE.
« Reply #3 on: April 25, 2012, 11:15:39 AM »
Never heard of plane called Zombie but possible. I built my version of Demon and it was ok, but liked VooDoo better. After 50 years guys are still flying the VooDoo.
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