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General control line discussion => Open Forum => Topic started by: Neville Legg on September 27, 2007, 10:39:45 AM
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I've just been given a pile of old magazines, Aeromodeller and Model Aircraft. In the August '53 Model Aircraft there is a design called Lethal Lucy by Leon Schulman. Its a tiny 3 view with no dimensions, very modern looking for '53. Power it says, is a Fox 59! does anyone know of this design?
Cheers Neville
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A construction article for Leon Shulman's Lethal Lucy was published in the Dec 52 issue of Air Trails. This is an OTS legal design and has appeared at least once at VSC. It has flaps and a comparatively thin airfoil that is probably about 8% thick (counting the flaps) or just less than 10% without the flaps. Straight wing with tapered flaps. About a 53 inch span with something like 620 sq inches. Long nose for when it appeared (9 inches between prop driver and LE) and a really short tail (just less than 11.5 inches HL to HL). Wing mounted gear and should have good takeoff and landing characteristics. The plans show a long shaft Fox 59. The several Lethal Lucy models that I have seen had to be flown extremely fast to do a credible OTS pattern. With the right power and if kept reasonably light, the airplane can be flown and in the hands of a good pilot, it can be made to perform fairly well, though that thin airfoil does not help very much except maybe handling the wind better than some other OTS ships of its day.. However, it is definitely not one for an inexperienced pilot if doing well in competition is a goal.
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I think I have the plan laying around somewhere - if you are interested (and I have it) I will e-mail it to you
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Wynn,
Thank you very much, I would like to see a copy of the drawings if you have them. My E-mail address is nevillelegg@btconnect.com I'm over in England, if there are any plans you are interested in let me know and I'll see if I have them!
Cheers Neville