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Offline Ara Dedekian

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Bringing Stunt heritage to the Brodak Memorial Meet
« on: June 06, 2022, 04:51:49 PM »

       I'm bringing Dave Slagle's C/L biplane back to Brodak's this year for another demo flight.

       
       For those new to the game, Dave, beginning at thirteen years old, won the Walker Cup three years in a row starting in 1947. He left competition after that but kept building and switched to flying R/C. He designed a biplane he called, 'Bippi'.

      He returned to building C/L by creating two C/L Bippis with throttle control about 15 years ago. There were two because his Walker Cup wins were accomplished by flying two planes at once. The two Bippis were built before I knew him and I'm guessing they disappeared because he tried to recreate his youth and got dizzy. He couldn't remember what happened to them. More recently he built two more, both of which I have. Will Davis has graciously posted a couple of videos on Stunthanger of the demo  flight at the last Brodak flyin. I converted his down-the-line electric throttle control to R/C.

      He built the second and handed it over to me to install the control system. I asked what it had for power and he replied, 'a 120'. See the picture below of what I found when I 'popped the hood'. Haven't had the time to get to it as the blue one took a LOT of work to get airborn and fly properly.

      Dave is no longer with us, but his daughter couldn't be more appreciative that he's being remembered and his legacy lives on.

     Ara

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Re: Bringing Stunt heritage to the Brodak Memorial Meet
« Reply #1 on: June 07, 2022, 08:13:53 PM »
 Big project. Thanks for the photos and the effort.
Ed Ruane
Locust NC 40 miles from the Huntersville field

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Re: Bringing Stunt heritage to the Brodak Memorial Meet
« Reply #2 on: June 10, 2022, 12:36:53 PM »
Somehow I missed your last demo, I'll be paying more attention this time!
Denny Adamisin
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Re: Bringing Stunt heritage to the Brodak Memorial Meet
« Reply #3 on: June 10, 2022, 01:12:47 PM »
Davey Slagle is best known for winning the Walker Cup 3 times in a row in the late 1940's.

He was a Junior flyer at the time, and beat the open flyers 3 years in a row...
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Re: Bringing Stunt heritage to the Brodak Memorial Meet
« Reply #4 on: June 11, 2022, 04:16:49 AM »
Hello

Dave Slagle's Checkala Roma plan is on OuterZone:

https://outerzone.co.uk/plan_details.asp?ID=2292


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Re: Bringing Stunt heritage to the Brodak Memorial Meet
« Reply #5 on: June 11, 2022, 08:52:00 AM »
Thanks for sharing about this pioneer, as well as the efforts to restore to flying condition. 

AMA has this bio: https://www.modelaircraft.org/sites/default/files/SlagleDavisDaveDavyMaxton.pdf

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Re: Bringing Stunt heritage to the Brodak Memorial Meet
« Reply #6 on: June 11, 2022, 06:45:04 PM »
Are there plans for the Bippi available?
Bill Morell
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Re: Bringing Stunt heritage to the Brodak Memorial Meet
« Reply #7 on: June 20, 2022, 01:08:01 PM »


      Bill

        Dave occasionally had a set made up for local RC modelers. I had no luck trying to locate them. I have three of a four sheet set of plans for an RC Bippi. The fuselage sheet is missing but may still be with his family. I'll contact them and try to locate it.

     Ara

     

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Re: Bringing Stunt heritage to the Brodak Memorial Meet
« Reply #8 on: June 22, 2022, 07:01:46 AM »

      Bill

        Dave occasionally had a set made up for local RC modelers. I had no luck trying to locate them. I have three of a four sheet set of plans for an RC Bippi. The fuselage sheet is missing but may still be with his family. I'll contact them and try to locate it.

     Ara


     
Thank you
Bill Morell
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