Vintage Combat Festival 2021 Sept. 19,2021

[Tom Luciano]

 The Middlesex Modelers Vintage Combat Festival will be held at the famed Middlesex Modelers field for 2021. So, dust the old girls off and get'em ready to rip it up!!

[Tom Luciano]

Just a gentle reminder this is coming up this weekend the 19th. We will be gathering at 10am at Mountainview park in Middlesex nj.

Middlesex modelers field Mountainview park Middlesex NJ  40.583603, -74.497955

[Tom Luciano]

Scarinzi Speed Challenge
We had some speed runs with some impressive results!

1. Al Ferraro Super Satan 14.0 128.52 MPH Fox 36x
2. Roy Glenn The Slasher 14.70 122.40 MPH Fox 36x
3. Al Ferraro  Modern Yuvenko Wakkermann  15.56 Fora 36
4. Jim Vigani  Arrow 17.3  103MPH Fox 36x
5. Jim Vigani Lancer 17.53 Fox 36x
6. Frank Imbriaco VooDoo 19.32 Super Tigre C35

Tom

[Al Ferraro]

  Tom, your new Nelson powered Super Satan is awesome! Everyone loved it and LS couldn't take his eyes off it Turning and Burning! Great day!
  Thanks for posting the speeds.
Al

[Tom Luciano]

Shawn Cook got the day started with a nice cruise on his Half Fast.

[Frank Imbriaco]

  Tom, your new Nelson powered Super Satan is awesome! Everyone loved it and LS couldn't take his eyes off it Turning and Burning! Great day!
  Thanks for posting the speeds.
Al

I'll second that and say that it is, IMO,  the most beautiful and capable combat ship I've seen since I flew my first Voodoo in 1965.

[Tom Luciano]

Thanks Al and Frank!!

Also a big thank you to Bob Hunt! Bob was all in when I wanted to take this on. He donated a lost foam jig to the cause. At first I thought a lost foam wing may not be up to the task of the loads a combat model flies under. Well, I stand corrected Bob had assured me that the wing can handle it, he was absolutely right!!! It was my first attempt at a lost foam wing and boy is that the way to build a wing!!!
  For those that haven't seen the plane in the combat section I'll post a couple of pictures here. Thanks again for the kind words!!!

Tom

[Tom Luciano]

1967 magazine version and 2021 version

[Tom Luciano]

A little experiment with a 1966 fox 36xbb Super Satan Vs. Nelson powered Pshyco! Next time they'll mix it up a bit!

[Al Ferraro]

My Nelson only ran 1-1/2 minutes on 4oz of 10% fuel, I guess that's long enough for a midair. LOL
Al