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Design => Stunt design => Topic started by: Jim Pollock on January 14, 2007, 07:32:08 PM
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Hello Guys,
Maybe someone has tried this design to determine how this (as best as I can describe it :P) simi-canard, airplane flies with it's double elevators - one forward of the propellor and the other aft suppored by two aft booms. The airplane looks similar to a conventional canard, :o however both the flying surfaces, look like and function the same as a conventional elevator. The three views of this airplane can be seen in Tom Morris's Classic Construction Drawings just above the Shark .35. n~ :!
Jim Pollock, Befuddeled by a model airplane LL~ LL~
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I watched Walt fly his which- a-way many times it flew like a bi slob It was a ringmaster wing and half a fuselage with twin booms on the original. Many times he flew it with a u-relly and held it in his hand to launch it then reeled it back in.
Willis ;D
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Jim,
Walt sure had a bunch of different (strange) models. I really liked his Which- a Way and have some of the wood cut for one now. The June - July '61 FM had the construction article for the Which-a-Way.
If you like I can send you a copy of the article via E-mail. Walt always had a nice looking young lady showing his models in his articles.
AP^
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I saw the Which-A-Way fly at the '61 NATS. It was the first time that I had seen the sabre dance .
Does anyone know if Walt is still with us?
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Walt is no longer with us. As I understand it, he died from injuries in a sideline accident while taking photographs at an highschool football game. Late '70's or early 80's.
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Walt’s mom donated his last Which-A-Way to the AMA back when the headquarters was in Reston VA. That model was in bad shape. I was there the next weekend flying 1/2A mouse racing with the SLOW club in the AMA parking lot. Vince Mankowski was there and stated that he was going to get someone to restore the Which-A-Way and have it placed in the AMA museum. That was the last time that I saw it. I do not know if the Which-A-Way was ever restored.
John Tate