A Really Big Dragonfly

A scaled up Dragonfly flown by none other than Tex Newman himself!

Model Builder Dragonfly (first flights part II)

A continuation of Part ONE of the report of the first flights of the Model Builder Magazine: Dragonfly designed by Tex Newman in the 1970s and copied by Bucky Walter with modern radio components.

























Dragonfly photos spotted on the web

The Original Park Flyer? Part I

Under construction by Bucky Walter is this Dragonfly designed by Bob Lee and Tex Newman back in 1974. Northrop Plan Service claims this is one of their best sellers. Being published in the the defunct Model Builder Magazine twice helped. Originally powered by an O.S. .10 and similar engines, the original used a Kraft brick.

With a new Spektrum 5 channel and a PAW .09, the performance of this 728 sq. in. model should be an improvement over the original.

Flying report here