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SFM News Letter
February 2006
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, February 24,
2006
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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If
there is a "06" after your name on the address label of your
newsletter, you are on record as a paid-up member of the Scale
Flyers of Minnesota. Thank you & Congratulations! |
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Much thanks to Mark Prokop for his excellent service as our
President |
Notam |
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Mark Prokop has
resigned from the presidency of the Scale Flyers because of business
and family time commitments but he will continue as treasurer. We
will have an election for a new president at the next meeting
Cal Branton
has offered his
services. |
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At Our Last Meeting... |
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Cal Branton brought a Focke Wulf 190 A8 built from an
SIS-T (German) kit imported by DJ Aerotech. 26 lbs, >1/5th
scale, 83” span. Kevlar spinner provided. Carbon fiber and
gel coat construction. G42 recommended but Cal installed a
G62 with a cooling fan. Tailwheel retracts straight up.
Rudder removes for access to t/w. Switches etc under cannon
access hatch. Warbird Colors
www.warbirdcolors.com
water based paint is very light but expensive. Tends to
chip. Blue Box pilot. “One of the better kits I have ever
built. Everything fits perfectly.” 60 hours build time. |
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Focke Wulf 190 A8. He gave a history of the plane and its
pilot. Model is a Meister kit. 102” span, 30 lbs,
fiberglass flaps, 100 flights, fixed t/w. Sierra Precision
spinner and landing gear with Glennis wheels. 3W75 engine.
Built by Gary Hack in Michigan. Drop tank for static display
only, attached with a cabinet latch. Non-scale flat-bottom
wing enlarged at root to enclose l/g. Sherwin Williams
latex paint w/ polyurethane clear |
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Wayne Siewert continued the saga of the new Porsche
Mooney. He described the plug-to-mold-to-fuselage process. This
included a two-part mold. Step and firewall were added to the plug
after the cowl mold was removed from the plug. Very large scale
removable belly pan for modular cockpit held with only two catches.
Wing supports inside the fuselage are removable for
insertion/removal of cockpit module. Clever. Windscreen and windows
were cut out and used to make molds for vacuum forming. Extra
layers of glass in hatch and door area. Scale landing gear by Eric
Malkerson. Stay tuned for the next step. |
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Editorial: The Napsterization
of Giant Scale
The music recording industry almost
died because it could not defend itself from internet
piracy. The movie industry may be next. The same could
happen to giant scale.
For 30 cents per square foot, your
local print shop can scan, say, a Ziroli plan and write the
PDF file onto a CD ROM. With a click of a mouse, this file
can be sent to anyone in the world at no cost. The
recipient can then print the plan at any print shop and most
Kinko’s at a cost of less of than half of Nick’s price. And
it’s only going to get cheaper.
This phenomenon was a major cause of
RCM going out of business. If it happens on a large scale,
the entire scale plan industry will die.
Don’t let it happen. Protect
your hobby--don’t download bootleg plans! |
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Tim Johnson showed the aileron of a 2/3rd scale J3 Cub
currently under construction. The Cub will have a 19’ span and
weigh 90-100 lbs. JPX ultra light motor, Stits covering. Rib
stitching sewn per f/s. Three 8611 servos for a total of 990 in-oz
torque per aileron. “It will have its stress analysis on its first
flight.” |
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NATS winner
Zach Spychalla at Owatonna Northern Alliance Fly |
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Ray
Grabowsky's quarter scale Ziroli Ercoupe at 3V |
Chris
O'Connars Extra 300 in flight at TCRC |
Wonder why we
have safety fences? Plane & People unhurt |
Gene Hallaway
dropped bombs on his own runway... Oops |
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"Don't fly an airplane you are still
in love with..."
...Dave Platt |
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