Tucker 4B Bob Tucker

[Tom McClain]

I built another Tucker 4 after flying the first one and the second is just as much fun as the first.  Still have an OS-35 Max S in it with a XOAR 10x6 wood 2 blade propeller. It weighs 52 oz.  I believe the Tucker 4 to be the epitome in Classic Era stunt ships.

Tom McClain

[Tom McClain]

Wrong Entry

[Dennis Toth]

Tom,
Great looking ship. How is it different from the Tucker Special? You mentioned the Tucker 5, what changed from the 4?

Best,   DennisT

[Tom McClain]

The Tucker special is a D tube with conventional construction. The Tucker 4 has a highly tapered I-beam with severe forward swept flaps.

There is no Tucker 5.

[Tom McClain]

Super marine S-6B

[Alan Resinger]

The original Tucker 4 is hangjng in my shop.  I restored it in 2006 and drew the plans for it for Stunt News.

[Tom McClain]

Alan,

Thanks for the superb effort to bring this classic I-beam back from the past and to reverse engineer the plans which were published in Stunt New during my tenure as editor.  It is really a outstanding example of that time and a reminder of Bob Tucker and Gary Zeller and their 2 year domination of stunt in the St Louis area.

Tom McClain