How seeing just how beautiful Mike Haverly's beautiful new swept wing Classical FREEDOM flew the pattern last week end at the Narrows proved again that conservative sweep seems to have little adverse effects.
While my life long aerodynamic engineering friend Gary Letsinger and I watched Mike carve out that beautiful pattern last Sat. at the Narrow with his new swept winged FREEDOM...I GOTTA SAY REALLY MADE AN IMPRESSION on both of us.
Not unlike Peeing into the wind....Memories flooded back to my demented mind the article that Dave Gierke published in the 1973 issue of Flying Models.... His swept wing NORTHERN EAGLE.
I couldn't stop thinking about Mikes beautiful model and how beautiful and unique that swept wing of his FREEDOM looked in flight.
After returning home I couldn't help myself...
I pulled down my musty old magazines and found this article by Gierke quite interesting reading again. I couldn't put it down.
Although Dave Gierke never flew this beautiful R/C CLPA CROSS OVER EXOTIC MACHINE himself (humm? Dave Gierke, a NEWBEE?)
never flew this beautiful concept R/C art due in part because Bernie Paul of Ass.Hobby Mfg. made Dave "an offer in $$$$ he couldn't refuse" at that years BIG TOLEDO SHOW.
Also sealing the deal was the gifted R/C pattern master flyer Ralph Perillo proved to everyone that this Eagle flew exceptional well in the HIGH WINDS...at the Toledo flight demos.
I scanned the magazine plan form...and doodled some BRAINLESS-STORMIN' session thoughts over the top in red.
Again, as usual and true to form, Dave's article also has some really great finishing tips.
By chance..this same magazine has Dick Mathis's Excalibur 2 profile model with also some interesting reading.
Check out this attached doodle and scan of Gierkes...TOLEDO DREAM CROSS OVER MACHINE.