Lanzo R/C Stick re-build

Tom:

Here are the pictures of he stick. It came out at 5 1/2 lbs again; hope it flies as well as it has for the last 50 yrs.

              Chuck Schooley

Chet Lanzo with his R/C Stick

I'm guessing this was at the 1976 SAM Champs in Dayton.   He flew it FreeFlight on this occasion.

Lanzo Stick

Optional "Cabin" with superimposed rib template.  NB: Airfoil closer to that on MB plan than the Grant-8 typically shown.

John Pond plan showing a different airfoil

Bucky's Latest Project IV

Hi Tom,

Finally completed the 1/2 A Texaco Lanzo R/C Cabin Stick.
It weighs 16 ounces with the tracker transmitter installed.
Wing area is 288 square inches or 2 square feet.
It is covered with Polyspan and trimmed with Jap tissue and silkspan.
I doped 2 coats of 50% nitrate dope and 50% thinner, follow with five coats of butyrate 50 - 50 thinner.
Due to the high humidity the doped blushed.
Gene Wallock told me to use 50% retarder and 50% dope to slow down the drying.
It worked!
Hope to fly it soon.

Bucky

Bucky's Latest Project III

More Photos of the 1/2 A Lanzo Cabin Stick from Bucky's cluttered workbench.

A little more work and it will be ready for the final sanding prior to covering.

Bucky