A Texaco Foote Westerner (scaled up A version) Part 2

Solartex covered wing.

New 10 inch airscrew

New engine cutoff

Harry Higley aluminium spinner turned down on a drill.

Here is an .020 Replica

200 Square Inch Tatone Atomizer

Tom,

I flew my 200sq" / 7 ounce ATOMIZER yesterday. At 96 watts/pound it goes like a sky rocket. Attached are a few photos. I'm using an AXCI 2203-46 on 2 X 800 mAh Li-oly cells. (42 watts input power). This will be in the October RC MICRO WORLD.

I won my only 1/2 A Texaco contest while down in the Tampa, Fl area flying with Fred Mulholland. Out of 33 entries that day I had the only two 15 miunute max flights with my full size 288 sq." ATOMIZER. I have a photo that shows Walt Good giving my my plaque.

Bob Aberle

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

2010 AAM Old Timer Reunion model airplanes

Jim Jennings Jr. Electric "B" Free Flight Model

Jim Jennings Jr. flies his Electric "B" Free Flight model at 2010 Free Flight Nationals in Muncie, Indiana. The model gives good aerial views of the AMA flying field. Technical assistance provided by Alan Abriss of Home Grown TV.

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

Model Builder Dragonfly (first flights part I)

The first flights of the Dragonfly seen here under construction.
Part TWO continues the report.