Help me Identify this plane. Guillow's T-1 trainer?

[Robert McHam]

OK you See the picture. Maybe home made or maybe a Guillow Trainer one?

Robert

[Gary Mondry]

It's the "Student".  Designed by Rick Foch, it was a full-size pull out plan in American Aircraft Modeler sometime in the 70's.  I've got the page plan.

Gary

[Robert McHam]

Gary, thanks for that. I knew I had seen this plane in an image somewhere sometime. Just could not place it. Every time I looked at it to maybe build one my mind would wander towards making some changes to it and I would finally just pass to something else.

The year was 1973... Now where can I get one of those Tenderfoot decals? She will fly again!!!  Still I just may want some more elevator area.

Anyone else build one of these?

Robert

[Steve Scott]

Our Piston Popper club built dozens of these.  I used the plans to build one for my youngster and it taught him basic flight.  Within 2 flights he was running out the tank. From there he graduated to a .15 powered Streak Trainer (the ½As were a bit difficult to ROG on grass), a TF Flite Streak ARF and finally a Sig Primary Force w/Brodak .40.  He used that combo to place 1st in Beginner Stunt at the 2006 Sig Contest.

Easy to build, idiot-proof to build straight and it will survive many of those early stage mishaps.  Just wish someone made a suitable radial mount ½A glow engine again.  I never had any issues getting the Cox reed valve engines to run well during the 60s and 70s.