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For U.S. orders, whether you want one plan or a dozen, we’ll ship them all by UPS in a crush-proof container. Pete, our veteran shipper, knows the ins and outs of the shipping system and will make sure that your plan arrives as quickly as possible and in perfect condition. 2 LATEST AND 13 28 45 GREATEST 92 GLIDERS GIANT SPORT BOATS, CARS, ETC. 4 LATEST AND 15 28 46 GREATEST 90-91 PATTERN DUCTED FAN SCALE DRAWINGS 6 19 29 50 TRAINERS RACING OLD-TIME R/C INDEX OF PLANS 7 20 30 SPORT SCALE CONTROL LINE 12 25 38 ELECTRICS GIANT SCALE FREE FLIGHT AND FSP02921 FSP01921 Skyburner .60 Tadpole This inexpensive. 9.5-pound, entry-level FSP08922 The Tadpole is a state-of-the-art fun-fly FSP05921 & FSP05922 ducted fan can be built with readily A-10 competition llier with a unique double- Viz Scale P-51 &BM09 WW II available materials for less than $100 (not This sport-scale. '/2A-powered A-10 twin reflex airfoil to enhance slow-flight per­ Combat including engine, fan and radio, and with design by John Kidd took fourth place in formance. It's built of balsa and plywood, Designed by Tom Stryker, these two WW a fixed landing gear). The skyburner has our 2nd Great R/C Design Contest. A and the tail boom is a fiberglass tube. Its II dogfightersare designed to comply with sheeted-foam wings and will take a .60 to stable flier on only one engine, it features very large control-surface deflections, light the new AMA 704 WW II Combat event. .90 engine. Depending on how you con­ a box fuselage and simple, built-up wings. wing loading and computer mixing of the Botharesimpliliedinconstruction(withoul figure it, you can have a docile ducted-fan This easy-to-fly, low-cost warbird is control surfaces make this light plane very landing gear). The P-51 is /12scalewith sport plane or a screamer. The plane can powered by two Cox TeeDee (or compa­ maneuverable. It isn't for beginners. One a wingspan of 37 ' /4', while the be flown off almost any grass field. WS: rable) engines (housed in two-liter-soda- full-size sheet. WS: 46.5"; L: 40"; Engine: Messerschmitt (WS 34") takes advantage 56": L:54"; Engine: any .60 to .90 rear- bottle nacelles) that turn 5x3 props cut .30 to .40 2-stroke, 4 channels with 5 of the 5-percent-enlargement deviation intake. rear-exhaust engine with a down to 4 inches. Complete, full-size plans servos; LD: 2 $11. rule to improve “flyability.” Both are of Dynamax fan; 4 channels required; LD 2; have been redrawn since this design was balsa-and-plywood construction and have 2 sheets. $18. published as a pullout plan. WS; 56"; L: fully symmetrical airfoils and wings that 45"; Engine: 1/2A, or larger; I.D: 1; 3 are built flat on the workbench. Engines sheets; $12.00. .15; 3 channels; LD 2. Order FSP-05921 forlhe P-51 ($8) and FSP-05922 for the Bf-109 ($8). or $12 for both plans. FSP07922 Fowler Flaps This Fowler flap design, by Robed Aimes, FSP08921 is a breakthrough lor R/C giant-scale Multiwiz modelers who want true Fowler-flap ac­ Roy Clough's balsa-and-iight-ply, '/2A- FSP10921 tuation based on simplified pnumatic powered Multiwiz offers fully proportional | Seahawk mechanics. The plans show flaps designed for a 1/5th-scale P-38 (flap chord of 4 FSP07921 “2-channel control" with just one stick. I Andy Lennon's Seahawk can be quickly Lockheed Express This small, stable airplane features a flat- and easily converted from tricycle landing inchesO. but these can be adapted to any appropriate airframe (see July '92 issue). Designed by Pete Fusco, the Lockheed Air bottom fuselage, a triangular, aft. fuselage gear to central and wing-tip floats for 1 sheets; LD:2;$9.00. Express is a sport-scale version of the cross section and high cabin lines Roy s water flying. This advanced design featu res famous Lockheed design from the "golden ingenious yoke-and-cam mechanism Youngman flaps (similiar to Fowler flaps), ager of aviation. It's a parasol design, so enables one servo to independenllyactuate mass-balanced control suriaces, the NASA some wire bending and soldering are re­ bolh rudder and elevator This technique safe-wing modificaion. and classis quired. It's of a traditional balsa-and-ply­ might hold promise for micro-R/C designs "stressed skin" construction. A sail winch wood construction; the wing is a D-tube in which saving weight is key. WS: 38‘; L: servo is recommeded for flap actuation. construction, and the fuselage is com­ 28"; Engine: 72A; 1 channel used; LD 2; Three sheets. WS: 64", L: 48". Eng. .46 2- pletely planked. 2 full-size sheets WS: 2 sheets; $10.00 stroke; LD: 3; $19.00. 61"; L: 43.5: Power: .60 to .65 2-stroke; Weight: 7.5 pounds; 4 channels; LD: 2; $21.00. FSP03921; FSP03922 Cad-Cat Designed by Steve Neu and Steve Manganelli, this Ist-place 1991 Nats win­ ner is for experienced aileron fliers who want to try electric pylon racing. Plan no. FSP03921 shows component layout for the composite version (sources for the fiberglass fuse and foam wing-cores are FSP06921 noted in the March '92 construction ar­ Dornier-335 ticle). A second plan. FSP03922, by Bob Al Masters' scale Arrow" Do-335—third-place winner of our 2nd Great R/C Design Sliff, shows a suggested wooden struc­ Contest, captures the excitement and innovation of what was reportedly the fastest ture (plan includes a separate instruction prop-driven fighter of WW II. It features a tandem, twin-engine, drive system that avoids sheet). WS: 31*; L: 26"; Motor: Astro FAI the typical one-engine-out problems, and il's sure to draw all eyes at the flying field. 05 Cobalt or equivalent. LO: 2; 1 sheet. $6 Designed from original documentation for discriminating modelers, the plans are a each; $10 (both). work of art. Two sheets. WS: 56"; L: 56"; engines: (two) .25 2-stroke, or .40 up front and .25 aft; 5 to 6 channels; 2 sheets; LD 3. $19. FSPB3921 MAXAM FAST ELECTRIC FSP-01931 This easy-to-build boat has a cardboard Extra 3.25 hull. The cardboard is folded and then Designed by Rich Uravitch, the Extra 3.25 glued into shape, then it's covered with has all the performance and aerobatic fiberglass cloth and resin for a smooth, excitement of the real thing. Built using durablefinish. The very basicplan consists balsa and ply, you can order a formed of flat templates on a full-size sheet. No running hardware or motor detail is in­ plasticcowling, wheel pants and a canopy. (Ordering iniormalion on plans.) Designed cluded because the Maxam's flexibility around the popular .25-size engine, the 4 allows you to use your favorite setup. FSP11921 Extra 3.25 has a flat-bottom, no-dihedral Length: 25"; Beam: 9"; Power: .05 to .40 SUPERCAKE wing. Not recommended for beginners. electric motor; LD1; 1 sheet: $6.00 Designed by Stan Rutz, the Supercaketied for fifth placeinthe 2nd Great Mode!A irplane WS: 47.25", L: 36.5", Power: .19 - .28 2- News R/C Design Contest. Its luselage is of a typical stick construction, and its wing Stroke, LD:2. $9.00 isa modified Piece O'Cake wing. Use the plans to convert the Piece O'Cake or to scratch- build your own model. The model penetrates well in moderate winds and thermals in glider country. It's a very versatile design with an old-timer look. WS: 76", L: 45.5", Eng. .15; LD: 2; $12.00. FSPB7921 XS-Cat Designed by Jay Turner, the XS-Cat is an easy-to-build,foam-and-wood catamaran FSP09921 that's perfect for 05 motors. The well- FSPB992 Whizpurr. FSP12921 detailed plans feature full-size templates 1/io-Scale Crackerbox Designed by Al Yeagle, the Whizpurr is a deHavilland Hornet and all the motor and hardware details. Racing Runabout 40-size, electric-powered sport flier de­ Designed by Roy Day, this scale, electric- The foam sponsons are covered with ’/32- Jerry Dunlap designed the Vio-scale signed for lively performance. The 104- powered, WW II twin-engine fighter is inch-thick plywood and are glued to the crackerbox to form a cne-design electric ounce balsa-and-plywood model is built with balsa and plywood; foam and built-up, wooden-hull center section. The racing class for his club. Simplicity and powered by 18 SCR Ni-Cd cells. It deliv­ papier-machd form the nose cone and bottom of the sponsons have “wedges" to low building cost were his main concerns, ers a 1,000 leet/minule rate of climb, and engine nacelles. Two Astro Flight geared increase lift (and speed!). Length: 25”; and this design fits the bill. The simple it can easily accomplish outside maneu­ 05 motors and 14,1700mAh SCR cells Beam: 9"; Power: 05 motor; 2 channel; LD wooden hull is built upside-down over the vers. WS: 66.5"; L: 40'; Power: 40 cobalt provide scale-like performance. WS: 58"; 2; 1 sheet; $9.00. plans, and the hard-chine design is easy motor; ; 4 channels; 2 sheets; LD 2 L: 49'; Power: two, 05 geared motors; 4 to plank. Even lirst-time scratch-builders $16.50 channels; 2 sheets; LD: 2; $12.00. will find it easy to construct. Length: 2Γ; Beam: 7V4"; Power: .05 motor; Channels req'd: 2; LD 1; $9.50 Watch for these construction articles in upcoming issues of Model Airplane News: • FUN-FLY HOTS • SIAI-MARCHETTI • OSPREY Auto Gyro • F4D SKYRAY Ducted Fan · STEALTH-E Electric Ducted Fan • WINGLET Sport Airplane .. .. . . (1st-place Design Contest Winner) (5th-place*tie Design Contest • GNOME Unlimited ClassSailplane 1 Winner) MAN PLANS DIRECTORY 3 ' . *. •BESTSELLER!* •BEST SELLER!' FSP11901 Ultra Hots FSP01911 Here's another fine, super-aerobatic flier in Rubber Guppy FSP11911 FSP-12911 Dan Santich’s immortal “Hots" lineage. The This unusual, proven design provides the Fred’s Special Minimax Ultra Hots is stable in slow (light but, in thrill of launching a high-performance, Designed by electric-flight aficionado Dan’s words, it's “the most capable model I Designed by Floyd Manly, the Minimax is a thermal-hunting, rubber-powered ship with Vernon Williams, this plane flies "the way have ever owned.” It's for intermediate build­ 'Λ-scale model of a full-size, all-wood, the assurance of a safe return. Power an electric ought to." It can be built as an ers, but it will bring out the best in any pilot-carrying ultralight aircraft. The model launches—with an initial climb angle of aerobat or as a trainer, and it features a aerobatic flier. Two lull-size sheets. WS: uses the same building technique as the approximately 80 degrees—pull the Guppy modified Eppler 193 airfoil, built-up con­ 81"; L:64.5”; Power: 1.5 to 4ci; 4 channels; full-size version and traditional slick and up several hundred feet. The airframe re­ struction and a choice of 3- or 4-channel LD: 2 $18.50. gusset construction methods. The rigging quires intermediate building skills; (with ailerons) control. Choose your motor is functional and shouldn’t be omitted. The miniservos are used in the plan; propeller according to how aggressively you want to original model was powered by a .70 assembly will be helped by referring to the fly: .05 ferrite; .05 or .15 Cobalt; or an Astro 4-stroke, which was too powerful. Any .40 illustrations in the construction article FAI .15 Cobalt racing motor. One full-size 4-stroke will be sufficient. Two full-size (1/91). One full-size sheet. WS: 52"; L: 42"; Sheet. WS: 46.5"; L: 32'; LD: 2; $11.00. sheets. WS: 75", L: 45", Engine: .40 Power: 3/i6-inch Brown FAI rubber band 4-stroke. LD: 2. $18. (18,40-inch-long loops); 2 channels; LD: 2; $12.00 •BESTSELLER!* ••BEST SELLER!* FSP07911 The Shooter Bill Evans has done it again with another great Simitar Series flying-wing design. FSP07912 FSP04911 The Shooter can be flown fast, or slowed to Bee-tween Wild Thing .40 glider-flying speed without tip-stalling. Designed by Randy Randolph, the Bee- The Wild Thing .40 is a powertul, highly This tail-less design uses "elevon" control tween is a VzA sport plane that's perfect for FSP05911 maneuverable, sport fun-fly design that can for both elevator and aileron inputs, which first-time modelers. Compared with those EZee Wizard be flown mild or wild! Designed by Tom can be achieved either with a mechanical of its high-wing brethren, its low-wing con­ The EZee Wizard is easy to build and fly, Stryker, it has a short wingspan for fast roll sliding tray (shown on plans) or with com­ figuration is distinctive, yet it retains the inexpensive and rugged. This swept-wing, rates, and its 600-square-inch wing area puter mixing. You have to fly it to believe stable flight characteristics of a trainer. One electric, .05-powered design has an airfoil and unique airfoil make it practically stall- its handling. Construction is straightfor­ sheet. WS: 37"; L: 22V4"; Power: .020- that gives the best possible speed range. It proof. It flies extremely well at low speeds ward and quick. One full-size plan sheet. ,049ci 2-stroke; 2 channels (rudder and generates high lift at low airspeeds, but it and can practically hover in a light breeze. WS: 50": L: 38”; Power: .40, 2-stroke; 4 elevator—throttle optional): LD: 1; $6.50. still hugs the pylons and flies out of the The design isn’t for beginners, but it’s fine channels; LD:1;$9.00. turns as fast as it went into them. Make this for intermediate builder/fliers. One full-size ali-balsa plane in a few evenings. The wiz­ sheet. WS: 48”: L: 44 '/a"; Power: .35 to ard has no ailerons, and it needs none for ,45ci 2-stroke: LD: 2: $11.00. exceptional roll rates. It’s great for sport ■ r? ' aerobatics and electric pylon racing. One full-size plan sheet. WS: 34 3/4”; L: 34"; FSP02911 Power: Astro 05 Cobalt or FAI 05; 3 chan- F2G Racer nels;L0 2; $9·00· The F2G—the fun-scale version of the Goodyear F2G—is a fast, agile racer with a built-up fuse and foam-core wings. It flies well with any sport .40 engine, and it will run with most Quickie 500s when it has a high-performance engine. The article FSP12901 (2/91) includes tips on cutting foam-cores Ultimate Bipe FSP10911 for the Corsair-style wings. Not for begin­ An incredible aerobatic performer that gave 2 Ugly ners; the airframe requires intermediate rise to a full-scale plane of the same name, The 2 Ugly is a different sport floatplane. It's building skills. One full-size sheet. WS: Floyd Manly's Ultimate Bipe is easy to fly a very short, coupled, almost flying-wing 49.5"; L: 38”; Power: ,40-.45ci; 4 channels; yet capable of doing all that you ask of it. design, but it has good pitch stability. This LD: 2; $7.00. It's favored by many top aerobatics com­ easily built model is of balsa, plywood and petitors. The plan is suitable for “high- foam, and it uses a .45 2-stroke ora .50 4- Attention builders! The plans illustrated in this catalogue are lever intermediate builders. Two full-size stroke. It may be called the 2 Ugly, but it's a construction plans only. All building materials must be pur­ sheets. WS: 51": L: 49.5 Power: .45 to pretty picture flying off the water. Two sheets. .74ci; 4 channels: LD: 2; $19.00. WS: 48"; L34V4"; LD 2; $10.00. chased, including wood, engine and radio. 90-91 •••BEST SELLER!*** FSP08911 Sport-Scale Hemiptere The Sport Scale Hemiptere is a “nice- I flying," unusual-looking model of a French FSP09911 Fairhope Flier design. Designed by Laddie Mikulasko, this FSP04351 sorta tandem wing design uses a .60 2- The KG The Fairhope Flier is a .40- to .60-size, shoulder-wing design that's intended for stroke or a .90 4-stroke engine. The model One of the first, inherently stable, gas- fun-fly competition. This 56-inch-span uses conventional balsa-and-plywood con­ powered model airplanes, the historic KG plane features simple construction, light struction, and it has tail-dragger landing was key in the development of gas-powered wing loading (16.7 ounces per square foot) gear and two very large disk-shaped rud­ aeromodeling. In the 1934 Nats, the 8-foot- aanll-da r6o8u9n sdq uaaerreo binactihc essp oorf tw fliinegr— areaan faogr ilaen, 4de8r3sA. TTw;LoD f:u 3ll;- s$iz1e8 .s0h0ee.ts. WS: 64 V2"; L:. smpiannu teosri.g 2in asel ctooonkd s2, nadn dw iitnh 1a9 f3li5g. htth eo f 1104- SBKcPa0le89 A11ircraft Drawings yet gentle, flier with a wide speed envelope. foot-span KG-2 made a record flight of 64 Volume II, World War II "Hot" fliers can build the clipped-winged minutes, 40 seconds. See the reprints of From the editors of Model Airplane News, version (50 inches) for increased speed and April, May and June'35 issues of M4/Vfor this volume contains incredibly detailed roll rate. One full-size plan sheet. WS: 56” complete assembly instructions. For ad­ scale drawings, historical data and rare (or 50"); Power; .40 to .60 2-stroke; 4 vanced builders. Twp full-size sheets. WS; photos of popular WWII aircraft. The three- channels; LD: 2; $12.00. 8 or 10 feet; L: 59"; Power: 4-stroke .90 view drawings by master aviation illustra­ FSP06911 recommended for R/C-assist; 4 channels; tors (e g., Wylam, Nye, Larson and Aquastar Seaplane LD: 3. $22.50. Karlstrom) will make any modeling buff's Designed by Laddie Mikulasko, the heart palpitate! $12.95. Aquastar Seaplane uses a pusher engine and is intended for intermediate builder/ fliers. This 4-channel sport model has many proven features that make it one of the best seaplane models. Constructed ol balsa and lite-ply, the model is easy to build and fly, and it can be flown from land or FSP03911 water. The three-sheet plans include a com­ Y’Not plete list of parts. WS: 70"; L; 59"; Power: Designed by Randy Randolph, the Y'Not is .45 to .60 2-stroke glow engine; LD: 2; a multi-purpose, easy-to-build sport de­ $20.00. sign that can be high-started, hand- launched, or flown with a .020 engine. The model is constructed of balsa and plywood using conventional techniques. A polydihedral wing makes it very stable. It's controlled by a light pull/pull monofilament control-cable system and is a great all- around fun flier. One full-size plan sheet. WS; 47”; L; 2574 "; Engine (if used); .020; 2 FSPB1921 Electric Outboard Tunnel Hull channels (rudder and elevator); LD: 1; $10.00. FSPB0591 The World Record Electric Outboard Tunnel Folger’s Fast Electric Hull has set three IMPBA speed records The Folger's Fast Electric by John Finch is (18- and 24-cell) and the 1990 and 1991 a foam tunnel-hull design that can be built APBA 12-cell OPC Tunnel Unlimited Class. quickly. In response to our readers' re­ The hull's slotted balsa and plywood parts BKP0591 R/C Airplane Building quests, we offer the boat as a full-size con­ just slide together. The model is designed struction template set that uses all the de­ for use with the electric outboard motor Techniques tails and information first published in the featured in the September '91 issue of R/C This new book contains over 100 great Summer '90 issue of R/C Bat Modeler Boat Modeler With this motor, speeds of up "how to" building and finishing techniques •Designed for fun, this boat is big enough for to 35mph can be expected. One full-size with step-by-step photosand illustrations. almost any power system and drive hard­ sheet; LD 2; $9.00. Author Randy Randolph covers it all: cut­ ware. The single plan sheet includes all the ting and drilling, working with balsa, mak­ templates for cutting foam as well as parts ing jigs, construction, tool ideas, CG loca­ for the balsa hull's center section. The hull tors, Nyrod installation, building wings, is 23 inches long and has a beam of 9 74 covering, trimming, motor mounts, muf­ inches. Details for setting up Hughey boat flers and exhausts, radios and installation, hardware are shown. $9.00; landing gear, wheels and more! $9.95. • MAN . PLANS DIRECTORY · ‘ 5 FSP12651 FSP08722 Aermacchi Lockheed Pronto This semi-scale R/C design was intended FSP07801 This low-wing sport trainer would be a per­ FSP05781 originally lor rudder-only control bul is G.L.A. Basic Trainer fect choice tor a second model after you've Tropic Trainer easily adaptable to REM. Its extreme stabil­ This “Great Little Airplane" is a ,40-pow- completed "basic training." Sheet-balsa, This easy-to-build and very forgiving R/C ity makes it ideal lor any novice modeler. ered, 4-channel R/C trainer designed tor built-up design by Dave Robelan gives easy trainer was designed by Warren Bishop and Easy-to-build Jess Krieser design features beginners and intermediate fliers. Joe Bridi construction and very stable flight. WS; uses built-up balsa. WS: 54"; L: 30.5"; En­ a sheet-balsa fuselage and built-up flight design is all-balsa and easy to build. WS: 49"; L: 38"; Engine: .09 to .23; 3 channels; gine: .10; 2 channels (rudder/throttle); LD s.1u5rf;a 1c ecsh.a WnnSe:l ;4 L2D"; 2L;: 13 1s.h5e"e; t;E $ng4i.n5e0; ..09 to 59.25"; L: 47"; Area: 625 sq. in.; Engine: LD 1; 1 sheet; $10.50. 2; 1 sheet; $10.50. .25 to .40; 4 channels; LD 2; 1 sheet; $11.50. FSP06751 The Tutor FSP05683 Apprentice A sturdy, functional R/C trainer for begin­ sTihginse md;a y fboer gthivei nbge st yRe/tC trmaainneeru evveerra bdlee­. FSP01862 nPerer natincde sfpeoarttu rfelise r. siTmhpisle d, esciognnv ebnyt ioDnoanl TFSwPi0l3ig87h1ter Straightforward construction in a Bill Hawkshaw construction. WS: 70"; L: 46"; Engine: .40 A basic aircraft for learning to build and fly Northrop design. WS: 72"; L: 52.25"; En- This nifty-looking and easy-flying shoul­ to .60; 4 channels; LD 2; 1 sheet; §11.50. Rin/tCro, dthucist iosnim ipnlteo dtehsei ghno bisb ya,n binuet xiptse nssimive­ li1ne.5: 0.1.9 to .40; 4 channels; LO 2; 1 sheet; der-wing model with small-field capabili­ plicity won't reduce your fun. A great trainer ties is an ideal trainer that's most suitable designed by Randy Randolph. WS: 53"; L: for novice builders and fliers. Balsa/ply 34.5'; Area: 355 sq. in.; Engine: .049; 2 to construction in a design by Randy 3 channels; LD 2; 1 sheet; $12.00. Randolph. WS: 55.25"; L: 42"; Area: 538 sq. in.; Engine: .25 to .45; 3 or 4 channels; LD 1; 1 sheet; $11.50. — BESTSELLER'»" FSP05822 Thrush This Steve Gardner-designed aircraft is FSP11703 nearly ideal lor low-wing aileron flying as Biggie’s Bird an intermediate trainer. Easy construction This easy-to-build R/C trainer suits the in an all-wood, built-up format. WS: 47”; L: FSP12871 needs of the novice flier and builder well. 40"; Engine: .19; 4 channels; LD 2; 1 sheet; Twiliter II All-balsa, built-up design by M.J. “Big" $12.00. An easy-going, slow-flying sport model Wilson. WS: 42"; L: 30"; Engine: .09; 3 channels; LD 2; 1 sheet; $5.50. FSP11751 with a large wing for stability. Economical MAN Trainer 40 •"BESTSELLER!·" operation, easy balsa construction, low The R/C trainer everyone has been waiting material demands and good flight qualities for! Not a good first project, but ideal for a make this airplane ideally suited to the R/C second try by someone who has gained a newcomer. Designed by Randy Randolph. little experience. Construction is straight­ WS: 66"; L: 42”; Engine: .10 to .15; 3 chan­ forward in this design by the famous pat­ nels; LD 2; 1 sheet; $11.00. tern man. Jim Martin. WS: 52"; L: 46"; En­ gine: .25 to .49; 4 channels; LD 2; 1 sheet; §9.50. FSP09851 Tooter FSP01792 A perfect trainer for that first model, this Jim Cub J-3 (Piper) Bigley design won't get out of control if you FSP03732 A fabulous flying trainer for the beginner breathe wrong! Easy to build, yet instruc­ Mark 1 Trainer and Sunday pilot. The special wing-rib tive enough to teach the essentials of good section almost guarantees stall-proof flight. building techniques. For 3-channe! (rud­ Created solely for the novice flier, this Full-size parts are all plywood in this de­ der, elevator, throttle) R/C, but adaptable for trainer is perfect for Sunday or sport flying. sign by Jerry Hall and Jerry Jarvis. WS: ailerons—could be a perfect introduction The design by George Wilson features 70"; L: 42”; Engine: .35; 3 channels; LD 2; to electrics. WS: 70”; L: 36”; Area: 600 sq. simple construction out of balsa and ply­ $15.00. in.; Engine: .10; 3 channels; LD 1; 1 sheet; wood. WS: 50”; L: 37”; Engine: .09; 3 $11.00. channels; LD 2; 1 sheet; $12.00. FSP01811 FSP08861 Acrostreak Canada Goose An interesting canard design for sport fliers. A versatile design by Tom Stryker that Andy Lennon design has a relatively simple makes an excellent intermediate trainer as well as a dynamite airplane. Simple con­ FSP10771 structure that gives it an uncomplicated struction with a foam wing and sheet-balsa Air Master look. Basic materials are balsa and ply­ fuselage makes an aircraft with nice lines. Fabulous R/C tun with an aerobatic ma­ w5 ocohda.n nWeSls:; 4L9D" ;3 L; :1 3s4h"e; eEt;n $gi1n0e:. 5.300. to .35: FCS0P21 B07e0e2 WS: 54"; L: 48"; Area: 518 sq. in.; Engine: chine that looks like the Cessna Push-Pull .35 to .40 2C, .46 to .60 4C; LO 2; 1 sheet; Skymaster. Gerry Pronovost design builds Howard McEntee’s last design for radio $10.00. an aerobatic plane using balsa/ply, built-up control. Build it and you'll be amazed at how construction and techniques that are easy effective the Brown CO, engine can be tor enough for novices. WS: 56"; L: 39"; En­ controlled flying. Easily built with sheet gine: .40; LD 2; 1 sheet; $7.50. balsa. WS: 19.5"; L: 13"; Engine: CO.,; 1 channel (rudder); LD 2; 1 sheet; $4.00. FSP07641 Cessna Skylane This simple, semi-scale built-up construc­ tion designed by Jess Krieserwas originally intended for rudder R/C control. It is easily FSP12841 converted to 3 channels. WS: 42"; L: 34 ; Aero Arrow Engine: .049; 1 to 3 channels; LD 2; 1 FSP04831 Easy-to-build, balsa/foam, low-wing sport sheet; $4.00. Crane airplane that gives surprisingly good per­ FSP01721 E M E U B ifl Andy Lennon's impressive STOL design formance. This Floyd Manly design is great Afrit utilizes flaps, leading-edge slats, spoilers for the Sunday flier. WS: 52"; L: 41"; En­ A scale trainer/sport biplane patterned after and a variable-pitch propeller. This built- gine: .40; 4 channels; ID 2; 1 sheet; $9.00. the prewar Hawker biplanes. John Sim- up wooden construction will certainly in­ mance design features extensive, ail built- crease your understanding of high-lift de­ up construction for a gentle-flying plane. vices and control-surface functions. WS: WS: 54": L: 48"; Engine: .35 to .61 2C or 60.5"; L: 45”; Engine: .45; 6 channels; LD 4C; 4 channels; LD 3; 2 sheets; $19.50. 3; 2 sheets; $19.00. FSP03901 Chips Another Randy Randolph sport design with low-wing style, featuring fast, easy con­ FSP12861 struction in balsa and ply. Its performance Aerofox far outweighs the cost and building time, making it ideal for the intermediate llier. A beautiful light-plane-style R/C sport air­ WS: 41"; L: 32"; Area: 308 sq. in.; Engine: plane that gives not only good looks but also super performance. Design by George $.1100 .t5o 0..15; 4 channels; LD 2; 1 sheet; FSP08692 and Scott MacAleer features built-up balsa/ Cupcake ply construction, cabin-mounted wing and This exciting single-channel, small-engine semi-symmetrical airfoil. WS: 60"; L:46"; FSP01851 plane is intended lor rudder-only control. Area: 525 sq. in.; Engine: .40 to .45; 6 Basic Canard Designed by Jay Richards, this little biplane channels; ID 3; 2 sheets; $20.00. This canard configuration in an R/C sport is built of sheet balsa. WS: 24"; L: 18.5"; airplane is relatively easy to build and good Engine: .020; 1 channel; LD 2; 1 sheet; $7.00. for training and sport flying. The Floyd Manly design has a built-up wing, slab side fuselage and sheet tail leathers. WS: 59"; L: FSP07842 Gull Sport 35": Area: 710 sq. in.; Engine: .40; 4 chan­ nels; LD 2; 1 sheet; $11.00. The near-hover capabilities of this design FSP12782 by aerodynamics expert Andy Lennon Arrow Sport makes it perfect for STOL experiments. The One of the finest plan sets in MAN'S collec­ many innovations in this balsa-and-ply tion. this first-rate R/C sport-and-pattern craft make it both a learning experience and FSP08791 trainer looks like a scale mid-wing aircraft a truly enjoyable project. WS: 61"; L: 45.5"; Coin Foo from the Golden Age. The design by Don Area: 643 sq. in.; Engine: .40; 5 channels; Carkhulf features balsa/ply construction LD 3; 2 sheets; $19.50. An easy-to-build, fun-to-fly 1/2A R/C model that is ideal tor small fields. Simple, and a symmetrical airfoil. WS: 65"; L. 52"; all-balsa design by Dean Swift. WS: 35.5"; Engine: .40 to .60; 4 channels; LD 3; 1 L: 24.5”; Engine: .049; 2 to 3 channels; LD sheet; $18.00. 2; 1 sheet; $7.50. '. MAN PLANS .DIRECTORY .7 SPORT FSP07901 FSP04741 Fat Cat Ekko III FSP01701 A sporty small-engine plane that gives Dactyl This good-looking sport/pattern designed matchless performance. The easy-to-trans- Couple great flying ability with a model air­ by Hoh Fang Chuin can fly all the pattern port Ralph Pearson design is suitable for FSP02762 plane that's so unusual it will never lose its maneuvers while remaining stable. The most inexperienced builders but best suited Fudpucker Fantom built-up, sheeted construction is not at all usefulness, and what do you get? This one- to moderately experienced fliers. WS; 49"; This interesting biplane design tor R/C difficult to build. WS: 64"; L: 55"; Engine: of-a-kind flying wing—robust, stable and L: 37”; Area: 416 sq. in.; Engine: .20 to .25; sport flying by Dick Wickham features easy to build. Built-up balsa design by .60; 4 channels; LD 2; 1 sheet; $13.00. 4 channels; LD: 2; 1 sheet; $12.00. straightforward balsa/ply construction. WS: Dennis Bryant. WS- 58"; L: 26"; Engine: .40 38"; L: 29"; Engine: .20; 3 channels; LD 2; to .60; 3 channels; LD 2; 1 sheet; $9.50. 4 sheets; $8.00. FSP03862 Elliptic 40 A nifty-looking sport model that “does it FSP04881 FSP10831 all." This easy-to-build design by Alex FSP02881 G-Man Daedalus, the Ultimate Stick FC Floater Bouknight is a hot ticket for turn-around Randy Randolph's latest small performer This easy-to-build, highly maneuverable pattern, featuring built-up balsa/ply con­ This cabin wing trainer has an inner struc­ has an extraordinary low-wing design that sport ship is great on .30 engines and a struction. WS: 58"; L: 51"; Area: 653 sq. in.; ture of balsa and an outer cover of foam features conventional construction and a rocket on ,40s. The design by Dr. David Engine: .40; 4 channels; LD 2; 2 sheets; board, giving this Ed Kudirka design ul­ wing loading of less than 10 ounces per Trost features a built-up wing and sheet- $19.50. tralight wing loading and a cost lower than square foot—aerobatic yet forgiving. WS: balsa fuselage. WS: 48"; L: 39.5"; Engine: those of comparable balsa structures. WS: 44”; L: 30"; Area: 330 sq. in.; Engine: .061; .30 to .40; 4 channels; LD 2; 2 sheets; 79"; L: 53”; Engine: .45; 4 channels; LD 2: 4 channels; LD 2; 1 sheet; $9.50. $15.00. 2 sheets; $21.00. FSP09801 Elseven - Sport A fun R/C “sport" miniature for the Sunday flier. Designed by Andy Lennon, it’s quick FSP08651 FSP03811 and easy to build and makes a very scale­ FSP09802 Galloping John Dot I looking model. WS: 66"; L: 44.5"; Area: Fifty Caliber Originally designed by Bill Northrup for Ttrhaiinse rV, ibnucte i t iMs ibcuchilti ain dthees isgtynl e iosf orelda-ltliym ea 61 4s1h eseqt.; i$n1.; 1E.n0g0in.e: .40; 5 channels; LD 3; sTthruisc ttwioinn -eanndg inwei lld epsroigdnu fceea tau rense wea tshyr cillo nin­ G"Gaallloloppiningg JoGhhno sits" apnu lseea srya-dtoio-b usiyldst,e m3-. free-flighters. This Ft/C beauty will teach R/C flying. Designed by Dick Sarpolus. channel airplane that could double as a you all the building and Hying tricks of the WS: 58"; L: 49.5"; Area: 550 sq. in.; En­ trainer. Built up of balsa sheet and sticks. bade. Features a beautiful built-up structure gines: (2) .25;‘4 channels; LD 3; 1 sheet, WS: 40"; L: 30"; Area: 475 sq. in.; Engine: of balsa sticks and sheet. WS: 73"; L· 51"; $11.00. $.1150 .to5 0..19: 3 channels; LD 2; 1 sheet; Area: 738 sq. in.; Engine- .19; 3 channels; LD 3:1 sheet; $14.50. FSP01832 English Electric Wren Designed for CO, engines and rudder-only flying, this easy-to-construct design by John Walker is ideally suited to small fields and low-cost R/C flying. WS: 24"; L: 21.5"; FSP10681 Power: C02; 1 channel; LD 2; 1 sheet; Flea Fli FSP04871 FSP05871 $7.00. This scaled-down version of Phil Kraft's Hotselliptic Easy famous Kwik-Fli retains all the fine charac­ A fast, high-performance sport design A gentle-flying, fast and easy-to-build teristics of its big brother while remaining similar in size to the popular Plots. Aerody- shoulder-wing sport/trainer. This Randy easy to construct. All-balsa structure is namically clean, when fitted with a hot .40 Randolph design, a good aerobatic primer, similar to that of the bigger airplane. WS: engine this John Bech-Hansen design will features an open-structure wing and sheet- 38.75"; L: 34”; Engine: .19; 4 channels: LD challenge anyone’s piloting skills. Although balsa fuselage. WS: 54"; L: 41"; Area: 507 2; 1 sheet; $9.50. not for the beginner, this model is quick to build, and its elliptical wing is easy to con­ sq. in.; Engine: .40 4S; 4 channels; LD 2; 1 FSP01761 struct. WS: 54"; L: 36": Area: 435 sq. in.; sheet; $12.00. Eyelash Engine: .40; 4 channels; LD 2; 1 sheet: This excellent small version ot the famous $15.00. Eyeball by MAN'S former editor, Art Schroeder. is highly maneuverable and easy to build using the readily available Ace foam wings. WS: 37”: L: 31"; Engine: .049; 3 to 4 channels; LD 2; 1 sheet; $8.50.