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Title: Pitt's special plans or kits
Post by: Ronald Hopping on July 13, 2006, 12:02:27 PM

Does anyone know of plans or kits for a pitt's special 1/2a-.60 powerd C/L any help will be appreciated.Ron

Title: Re: Pitt's special plans or kits
Post by: Leroy Heikes on July 13, 2006, 12:21:10 PM

Black Hawk Models has a nice hollow log version of the Pits Special in 1/2a size.

Leroy

Title: Re: Pitt's special plans or kits
Post by: Bill Little on July 13, 2006, 02:54:03 PM

The plans for the old Berkeley kit show up often on ebay.  It was roughly a scale 19 size plane in its day.

They can be built from.

Bill <><

Title: Re: Pitt's special plans or kits
Post by: Wynn Robins on July 13, 2006, 03:08:25 PM

Ive got RC plans for a pitts that could be modified to suit control line.....I can print it as big or small as you like.....has all fuse formers and wing ribs to build from

let me know

Title: Re: Pitt's special plans or kits
Post by: Chris McMillin on July 14, 2006, 11:41:29 AM

The Berkely plans are a good start but the model kit design is over-built and will build up heavy.
I would make it 2.5 inch to one foot for 40 plus inch span, and build it up using Herr rubber powered plans with the necessary structural beef-ups. The airfoil could be symetrical and use the airfoil use by Don Hutchinson on his Stearman.
I assume you are doing it for stunt. If not, the Midwest Pitts Special produced in the eighties is my favorite for a C/L Scale ship.
Chris... 

Title: Re: Pitt's special plans or kits
Post by: Bill Sawyer on July 14, 2006, 06:08:47 PM

Therre is an Ebay auction now with two sets of plans in a dutch auction for the Berkley plans.

Title: Re: Pitt's special plans or kits
Post by: Ronald Hopping on July 24, 2006, 10:04:46 PM

Thanks for the input i chose the blackhawk 1/2a pitts.

Title: Re: Pitt's special plans or kits
Post by: Jay on July 24, 2006, 10:15:10 PM

I never flown mines due to engine troubles.  Nice plane and i think it will fly fine.

Jay

Title: Re: Pitt's special plans or kits
Post by: Ronald Hopping on July 24, 2006, 10:31:02 PM

Nice pitts like the color.I want to do mine in Clancy Speals Pitts colors.What type of engine you using?

Title: Re: Pitt's special plans or kits
Post by: Jay on July 25, 2006, 08:18:28 AM

It was a Fox 049.  I have since changed it to a Black Widow.  You couldn't reach the needle with the top wing in the way.
I haven't flown it yet but it will be my backup for the Musciano Contest coming in September.

Jay

Title: Re: Pitt's special plans or kits
Post by: frank carlisle on July 25, 2006, 02:02:23 PM

here is my Pitts.......it didn't come out looking like the picture on the box at all.

Title: Re: Pitt's special plans or kits
Post by: Ronald Hopping on July 25, 2006, 02:39:13 PM

Frank>that must of been a prototype that never made it from the factory,HA HA hows it fly?

Title: Re: Pitt's special plans or kits
Post by: frank carlisle on July 25, 2006, 02:48:21 PM

I don't know how it flies. I'm like Jay- I get 'em and build 'em but I haven't flown one yet.

Just look at them all. We're having a Musciano contest in September. Sometime between now and then I'll start testing them. Even Big Art has built a Golden Hawk from BHM that he plans to enter and Walt Musciano himself is going to be there.

Title: Re: Pitt's special plans or kits
Post by: Dennis Saydak on July 25, 2006, 04:03:40 PM

Tom Dixon has a plan available for a .60 size Pitts. Construction is quite straightforward and it would build into a very nice stunt-capable model.

Dennis

Title: Re: Pitt's special plans or kits
Post by: john e. holliday on July 25, 2006, 08:31:14 PM

I hate to say it, but, that olive drab job looks more like an SE-5 than a pitts.  I remember those Scientic kits well as it was all I could afford at the time.  Had a stooge on a discarded kitchen table for launch pad.  That little four foot runway was high enough and long enough to get airborne with the OK Cub .049A.   DOC Holliday

Title: Re: Pitt's special plans or kits
Post by: Warren Leadbeatter on July 25, 2006, 09:36:18 PM

It would be nice if those Pitts Specials had an engine cowl like some of the other Black Hawk Models do...

Title: Re: Pitt's special plans or kits
Post by: Ronald Hopping on July 25, 2006, 10:01:45 PM

Yes a cowl would be nice! I am brainstorming on a cowl now.gonna have to search the food stores for a cowl??? y1 y1 y1

Title: Re: Pitt's special plans or kits
Post by: Ronald Hopping on July 25, 2006, 10:05:54 PM

Frank whats the date,time and location of that musciano contest.there in michigan???

Title: Re: Pitt's special plans or kits
Post by: Warren Leadbeatter on July 26, 2006, 12:42:12 AM

Since there is none available, I was thinking of a contructing a balsa cowl jobby.  I will post some photos when we get ours made.  Does anyone know what these babies fly like?

Title: Re: Pitt's special plans or kits
Post by: frank carlisle on July 26, 2006, 04:45:36 AM

Ron, the Musciano Contest is set for September 30 in Kalamazoo, Michigan. At the Air Zoo Aviation Museum.
I have it posted in the events section here at SH and there is a link that will take you to the web page.

Here are two locations you will find it at:

                           www.flyingaces.us/musciano.html

                           rccd.org

Title: Re: Pitt's special plans or kits
Post by: Ronald Hopping on July 26, 2006, 05:30:23 PM

Warren>did you apply silk or just dope that pitts?

Title: Re: Pitt's special plans or kits
Post by: Chris McMillin on July 29, 2006, 11:25:34 PM

Quote from: warrenl on July 26, 2006, 12:42:12 AM

Since there is none available, I was thinking of a contructing a balsa cowl jobby.  I will post some photos when we get ours made.  Does anyone know what these babies fly like?

The cowlings in the old Scientific kits are metal. They form around the firewall and the ends meet at the cylinder. If you mount the engine inverted the cowl looks better. A nose bowl can be made out of a piece of soft metal too. They look cool and period.

The models fly like a 1/2A scale model, heavy and fast.
Chris...

Title: Re: Pitt's special plans or kits
Post by: Annette Elmore on July 30, 2006, 01:47:13 AM

Not a Pitts - but nice just the same - for this and other free plans look under 'full size plans' on my site - while you're there just take a look round at some of the other stuff on offer!

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http://www.the.elmores.btinternet.co.uk/telmore.html

Tony

Title: Re: Pitt's special plans or kits
Post by: Ronald Hopping on July 30, 2006, 09:44:32 PM

Tony great site loved the geebee plans!