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Speed,Combat,Scale,Racing => Scale Models => Topic started by: Paul Smith on September 28, 2009, 06:55:19 AM
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1st Place - Janek Zalewski - Spitfire and/or Bf-109
2nd Place - Keith Morgan - Bristol Beaufighter
3rd - Paul Smith - Ole Tigre
The rules permit you to enter two or more planes and use the best for your score. It was like "sport scale", about 50/50 static and flying points.
Janek's fighters were both nicely done, but powered by AME .049's that weren't performing that well. I'm not sure which got the better score.
Keith's Beaufighter was powered by a pair of vintage OK Cubs, so getting it running at all was something of a miracle. Unfortunately, he was unable to keep both running long enough to score the multi-engine bonus, so an otherwise sure win slipped into second place.
My Ole Tigre was buit in 1974 as a 1/2A Goodyear and winter beauty contest entry. Powered by a healthy Black Widow it flew well, but not well enough to overcome the beating it took in Static points.
Finally, here's a pitcher of Kim Doherty and Chris Brownhill firing up and old WenMac P-39 Aircobra. Not an entry, just an exhibition.
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,,,,a few more photos,,,,
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Thanks Paul for reporting on these events.
Regarding the Beaufighter, it's a seven day
wonder being started on one Saturday and
compeating on the next.
It is an exact outline from the William Green
3-view. Early full scale Beaufighters had directional
stability problems which led to the very large
butterfly tail. This translated down to the
29 inch span model being easy to fly with an
exactly proportioned tail. It balanced perfectly
without any ballast. It weighs 11oz/ 300gm.
The butterfly tail required an entire day to
build the linkage but I know how to do it now.
If anyone is interested, feel free to ask me
for the long and boring description.
Since this Beaufighter was built in such a rush,
I was worried that it's first flight (an official!) might
be it's last. As soon as it lifted off it felt great and flew
perfectly even with just the starboard Cub pulling.
FWIW, because the OK Cubs are radial mounts
with remote tanks, I received advanced permission
to use the fully developed engine nacelles. They
sound wonderful running together.
I think the Beaufighter would be a great
subject for a more serious scale effort.
Cheers! - Keith Morgan
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sounds like a lot of fun. without the stress of a large , expensive etc ship .