Samuel's New Birds

[mike londke]

Sam has beat up just about all his planes to the point they reall don't fly well anymore. In addition he's running the same Foxes I had when I was a teenager. They are pretty clapped out so its time to get this boy some better gear.  I built 2 of Phil Cartier's Rugged Stunt Trainers in two days. They are ready for final color dope and engines. They will both get new engines. One an FP .25 the other a K&B Sportster .28. My friend's flies really well on the .28 and I expect the .25 to be more than adequate.

[Dan McEntee]

   Hi Mike;
    Great to see you and Sam at Paducah. Sam looked like he really liked that Skyray .35 that he was pushing around like a wheel barrow! My son Sean used to do the same thing. When Sam gets to a point where he wants to glue a few pieces together to build an airplane. check out that thread on the Lew Woolard Spider here on the list somewhere. It's an old slow combat model that had a neat airfoil, and is designed to be built from 4 sheets of standard size balsa! The plans show how to lay out the parts on the sheet. Very nicely engineered, and with a few touch ups and personal preferences, a pretty nice looking airplane also. I ran off some plans and thinking about whipping one up just for a fun fly airplane. As designed, a .25 should allow room for a tank to do the pattern and if not,just stretch the nose a bit then the tail to match. I was just really impressed with the whole design concept, and being a combat flyer yourself, I think you'll see what I mean! Phil Cartier's stuff is pretty nice and may get one of those for the shelf myself also.
   Type at you later,
    Dan McEntee

[mike londke]

 Thanks Dan I'll check out the Spider. Phil's RST is a steal at $59.

[john e. holliday]

Phil's planes should be a good match for the young man.  Also the wings are replaceable.  I have been flying the big Streak of his,
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[Fredvon4]

I know Mike knows this but if you build the RST with typical Combat wing conventions it is nearly indestructible

Phil's recommendations are good...SLC pieces...but tedious to do   (for me)... So I used .75 FG cloth (nose and forward area of wing tips, and the heavier CF veil...aft center TE area out 4 " either side of Fuse ,and Kevlar cording from wing tip to Fuse along TE

As soon as Phil responds to my current order I plan to get another RST... danged good flying plane for not much $$....and as Mike posted , easy and fast to build if you don't get anal about the finish

[kenneth cook]

            Mike, if your in need of another K&B .28 I have one. I believe it's in very good condition. The engine has the r/c carb on it currently. If you need it, it's yours. Ken

[mike londke]

            Mike, if your in need of another K&B .28 I have one. I believe it's in very good condition. The engine has the r/c carb on it currently. If you need it, it's yours. Ken

PM Sent

[Shug Emery]

Fly on and fly tough Sam))))))) Doing great.
Shug