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SFM News Letter
November 2004
by: David P. Andersen |
See You at Our Next
Meeting! |
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The next meeting
of The Scale Flyers of Minnesota will be Friday, November 26,
2004
7:00 p.m. at the American Legion Post, 6501 Portland, Richfield.
East entrance, downstairs. Guests are always welcome. Come early and
dine in the restaurant. Meetings will be held on the last Friday of
every month thru March, but not December.
( Directions ) |
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At Our Last Meeting... |
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David Kolbika's Mr.
Mulligan at Tri-Valley |
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Nate Dickerson
(612-242-1234)
described his epoxy paint, KlassKote. Made in Richfield for
38 years (Viking Paints). Now marketed to modelers.
Totally fuel proof. Gray or white primer. Self-leveling.
Two part plus thinner for spraying. New Dave Platt video
coming. Custom color mixing is available. Purchase at Hub
Hobby or order through:
www.KlassKote.com
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Jeff
Quesenberry's AMA certified 95 lb Corsair |
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The Paint
Man! |
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John Baligrodski
reviewed the highlights of the 2004 Scale Masters
Qualifier event. The 2005 Qualifier will be held at the
end of July or early August at either Sod Busters (in Lake
Elmo: One block north of Interstate 94 on Manning Avenue) or
Tri-Valley RC Flyers. John will be the event CD.
Fun Scale, Team and Expert classes will compete in this
years one-day event. Stay tuned or email newsletter editor
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Rudy Olsen
handed out a stack of aviation and model magazines. Thanks,
Rudy. |
Citabria by Jim Vogel at
Hallaway Aerodrome |
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Bud Durant displayed his very light 1941
TC-12 Deluxe Taylorcraft built from an IkonN’West kit. Randolph
dope, 13 lbs, 90” span, 26 oz/ sq. ft., Saito 100 twin. Custom cut
lettering and graphics. Kline pressure regulator w/ tank on CG.
Sig Koverall and Sig dope. Bud reduced wing incidence from 6
degrees to 2 degrees to reduce zooming coming out of a turn.
(Bernie’s response: “Take a picture of it.” ) Fueling, glow,
switches, etc. all inside cabin. |
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Bud assembling |
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Cal Branton
presented his 1/5th scale P-40 that he built from a
Yellow kit. Glass fuselage, foam wing. Had to add glue
to pre-installed formers. “Tedious to build” because
all glue must be epoxy. Color scheme after "God is
My Copilot" author’s airplane. “Perfect Paint is
anything but.” If Perfect primer is not used, the color
“tends to fall off.” Assembling the complex landing
gear doors were “a nightmare.” DA50 w/ 3-blade prop.
Engine fits if rotated slightly. 26 lbs. Large oleo
travel means very low bounce. 30 flights. “Very good
flying airplane.”
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Cal Branton's
P-40 |
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Dan Schmidt described
his 1917 Pfalz D3-A built from highly modified Tom Polipink plans.
“A lot of wire bending.” Some alignment problems in plans. Fuselage
sheeted w/ 1/64th ply—cuts like paper. ZDZ 40. Covered with
pre-printed Glen Torrence lozenge patterned linen and nitrate dope
and latex paint. Control column moves with servos. Custom Lexan
spinner on aluminum back plate. Color scheme from Windsock Data
Files. |
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Dan Schmidt's Pfalz |
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John Halvorson, Jack
Reeves, Roy Maynard |
Dick Steine winds up
Al Schwartz Pitcairn autogyro at Grassfield |
John Green with his
Sig Cub at Sod Busters |
Web Editors Fill
Shot...Enjoy |
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“If you try to
lay out all the panel lines before starting rivets, you’ll drive
yourself bloody crazy.”— Dave Platt.
“If you ain’t
willing to lose it, don’t fly it.”— Ted Carl |
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