1/2A Texaco Bomber

Hi Tom: This is the 1/2A Irish flag Bomber. Many years ago, 1977 or 1978, I met Chet Lanzo at a Sam Champs in the Pines of N.J. The next week, Chet sent me plans for the Bomber. About 1995 I started to build the 1/2A version. The Stardust Special stopped all my other airplane building. After I gave away a bunch of airplanes, I dusted off the old Bomber parts and completed the airplane. The only silk I had was green and orange so it's my Irish flag Bomber. John A Sullivan

 Or, Côte d'Ivoire depending on whether it's coming or going...

Lanzo Airfoils (Bomber & R/C Stick)

Confusion persists about Lanzo Airfoils.  E.g:  The Puss Moth has been published with a flat bottomed and an undercambered airfoil. When the Bomber was approved by SAM in the early eighties, it was assumed to have the same airofoil as the Record Breaker because the Long-Center Section version has the same wing planform.  This was not the case.  The R/C Stick did not specify an airfoil and variations abound.

I found this blueprint in a box of tissue scraps left by the late Bucky Walter who worked with Chester Lanzo at NASA.  I never met Mr. Hoffman but I'm guessing he was also a colleague or, at least, a fellow member of SAM Chapter 39.

Now downloadable at Outerzone

Elfin Bomber

Tom McCoy's Lanzo Bomber

Powered by Ohlsson .60 Sideport





Ohlsson & Rice.60 from leadchucker on Vimeo.

A short center section Lanzo Bomber built by former SAM president Tom McCoy. Presently powered by an Ohlsson Sideport/Large Exhaust c.1947.   Sorry again for the vertical orientation of the video.

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