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News Letter
November 2008
by: David P. Andersen |
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The next meeting of
the Scale Flyers of Minnesota will be Friday,
November 28, 2008 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
non-smoking restaurant.
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At the last meeting ...
(Click on any photo to enlarge) |
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Jack Reeves
summarized the Joe Nall Giant Scale fly-in in Greenville, S.C. Huge
Event ... hundreds of motor homes.
He also displayed a T-Rex
450 helicopter, the scale fuselage improves visibility. "Amazingly
light and scale.”
He also flew a tiny
E-FLIGHT Blade MCX helicopter around the meeting room. Several
others did too. Applause erupted when Scott Russell landed
the tiny helicopter on Jack’s outstretched hand! |
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Chris
O’Connor
reported
on the Fox Valley Giant Scale Fly-In.
Fox uses
a "very, very nice flying field that has a
800-ft runway with country club grass." Event drew about 65
aircraft and 30 plus pilots. |
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Dave Andersen reported on the
local Scale Masters at ACRC. Nice turnout for one flight
line. He also gave a presentation on making rivets, panel
lines and rib stitching using simple tools and rivet tape
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Bud Durant discussed
the upcoming plans for float-fl-ins in New Brighton.
More details at future meetings. |
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Cal Branton reviewed the Fond
du Lac fly-in, Warbirds Over The Rockies and Warbirds Over
Denver. He took 1st place in WWII category with his C-47.
Built by Greg Hahn, it drops 6 paratroopers.
(Sorry didn't
have a photo threw in a couple of nice fills) |
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For Sale - 84" Top-Flite
P-51 Mustang $1995 RTF
Will sell without radio and/or
engine, Open to Offers...
Contact Brian @
612-721-4989 or 612-868-3993 |
- About 20
flights – no mishaps. Flies great.
- Airplane was
resin/glassed (3/4oz cloth) and spray painted with
hobbypoxy/KlassKote epoxy paint. Existing graphics
could be easily removed (no clear-cote over them yet) if
you wanted different graphics/markings.
- All top
quality hardware/linkages/etc.
- Mechanical
retracts. Mains are Robart units with air cylinders
removed and replaced with JR 791 retract servos.
Tailwheel is a B&D pattern nose wheel unit with a Robart
strut activated by a JR 203 retract servo. Tailwheel
retracts forward like a full size P-51. Retract setup
will work for hundreds of cycles with "no muss - no
fuss" (no air tanks, no filling, no plumbing, etc.). I
have gear doors and mounting brackets, but they have not
been installed yet.
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Ailerons/flaps/rudder/elevators have JR 8101 servos. JR
537 on the throttle. Total of 11 servos. All servos
and radio equipment are new.
- Moki 2.1 glow
engine. Engine has about 5 hours time on it. It would
be easy to convert to a different engine if you desire.
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- Includes
Aerotech exhaust stacks, but they have not been
installed yet.
- Airplane comes
complete with a special rack I made that holds the wing
and fuselage in your vehicle. Also comes with assembly
rack.
- Weight: 22
pounds exactly - ready to fly (dry)
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Jim and John
Biza's Tachikawa Ida at Grassfield Classic |
Wayne Gerdes's
DC-3 |
Roy Maynard, Dick
Steine and Wayne Siewert at AgAir10 |
John Clark's British
Hellcat at Owatonna |
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Roy Maynard preps
Junkers 52 |
Scott Russell lands
Wayne's Mooney at Top Gun 2008 |
Steve Meyer's Hawk at
Chap 46 Sept 2008 Fly-In |
Roy's Mooney wins
prize at Toledo Expo |
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Recommended reading...
The Cello Maker and Other Stories of the Working Man
by David
P. Andersen
Available at any Hennepin County
Library |
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“Sales Soar
In A Bad Economy"...
Larry Katona,
Precision Cut Kits |
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We'll See You At
This Months Meeting! |
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