Pilot for the Dave Platt Contender

Hi Guys,

 

Found this Paint in a craft store.  It covers balsa wood in one coat, if you are careful.  The paint set cost under $3.00

 

The base of the pilot is balsa wood.  The plastic pilot made by Williams Brothers.  

 

Bucky                

Eut Tileston's Sylph

Sylph. Bunch Mighty Midget (kit) powered. Original design 1940.

I designed the Sylph during the Christmas vacation (high school) 1940. It was inspired by a picture of a flying wing model that appeared in Model Airplane News (photo by Kulick). That model was the "Bobtail Contender." It is surprising how much the Sylph looks like the Bobtail Contender. The original Sylph was powered with a Bunch Mighty Midget that I bought as a kit for $7.85. I really don't remember too much about it or what became of it. The plans were drawn in ink on shelf paper (I still have them). They were copied and approved as Old Timer by SAM. Jim O'Reilly has the plans and Bob Holman kits a 1/2A Texaco version.
I have since built one that I flew in 1/2A Texaco and another powered with a Burford Elfin for A ign. LER (the yellow one).
That's all I have off the top of my head.

Eut
SAM Hall of Fame

The model has recently been built by a flying wing enthusiast in Germany (surprise) and featured at R/C Groups

Sylph. Bunch Mighty Midget (kit) powered. Original design 1940.