I know that when we were kids most of us got the engines off those Cox plastic models and either got a Scientific kit or designed and built a tiny model that more or less flew. But that set up the glue of modeling that has lasted for the past 50 or 60 years now. I have been back into modeling since the spring of 1999. My first 12 or so planes did not make it much past a few flights. Usually the engine would flame out in the overheads, a wing was warped and showed up at a most inopportune time in flight, or my handle was out of adjustment and I did not compensate for that in a outside square manuever. Now I have around a dozen planes RTF and that many more wings and kits to build with engines for all. This past Christmas I was in Roy's Hobby Shop in Hurst, Texas and I laid eyes on the Brodak Legacy. Their price was about 15% less than I could order it from the manufacture. I laid out the plans and studied them closely. I had an extra S/Chipmunk foam wing panel that I had purchased from Model Wings of Marietta, Ga. some 10 years ago. It was about 11% shorter but the exact same airfoil as the plans showed. So I built a .40 size version of the Legacy. It flies wonderfully. I am looking forward to feeling better and building two full size versions of the kit. I have a NIB LA .46 and a NIB Avastar .46 to power each with. These planes will make a better presentation of the pattern than anything that I have ever flown. I have always wanted to design and build a CLPA model. And I have by using some tried and true numbers. But I simply cannot improve on the appearnace or performance of this design. Allen Brickhaus did a superb job on designing this model. When you have the best that you know of that pleases you then why build and fly anything else? Check them out......Jerry
Topic: Designing your own C/L airplane (Read 1443 times)