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General control line discussion => Open Forum => Topic started by: Tom McClain on September 27, 2020, 06:14:19 AM

Title: Tucker 4B Bob Tucker
Post by: Tom McClain on September 27, 2020, 06:14:19 AM

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

Title: Wrong Entry
Post by: Tom McClain on September 27, 2020, 06:20:05 AM

Wrong Entry

Title: Re: Tucker 4B Bob Tucker
Post by: Dennis Toth on September 27, 2020, 07:49:24 AM

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

Best,   DennisT

Title: Re: Tucker 4B Bob Tucker
Post by: Tom McClain on September 27, 2020, 08:23:15 AM

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.

Title: Re: Tucker 4B Bob Tucker
Post by: Tom McClain on September 27, 2020, 09:57:15 AM

Super marine S-6B

Title: Re: Tucker 4B Bob Tucker
Post by: Alan Resinger on September 27, 2020, 11:37:26 AM

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

Title: Re: Tucker 4B Bob Tucker
Post by: Tom McClain on September 27, 2020, 11:52:52 AM

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