Dave's Place for Assorted R/C Things

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You can contact me at: dfritzke@pclink.com
  1. The AllStar" The All Star, published and then kitted by Ace R/C. Designed by Romey Buckolt. Great flying plane for .10-.15 motors. AND it flies just fine without ailerons. Picture of All Star from contemporary advertisement.
  2. The "QUADRATwirl"New from Al Foot, via Gene Rock, is the QuadraTwirl, an electric autogyro with TWIN twin rotors. Full article, pictures and construction plans. Picture of Al Foot's Quadratwirl
  3. The "Twirl"Also from Al Foot, is the Twirl, an electric autogyro with twin rotors. Looks like a ton of fun!
  4. "The Papillon"Long ago Hobby Lobby imported this kit from Japan made by Kyosho. It was a "point of entry" plane for lots of us in our 40's. Would be great with a cheap Speed 400 setup. Picture of Papillon from Hobby Lobby Ad
  5. "The Pizazz"This is an ARF that was sold by Hangar 9. It was a much loved plane at our flying field, so I decided to "archive" it by making some CAD plans of it. This one prints out in lots of tiles, so be prepared to do some taping to get a working plan.

    Thanks Gene for cleaning up my CAD work and generating the Acrobat files for the Papillon and Pizzz for me!

    The following plans are modernized, simplified, all "built-up" versions of the venerable clasics, They are presented here as multi-page Acrobat files generated from new cad drawings. These files are the result of much effort by Gene Rock (and by me on the GLH plan). Print the files, tape them together and get building. Use a Norvel .061 R/C and 4 channels if you must!

  6. "The Jr. Skylark"Classic design by Carl Goldberg, plans converted to CAD by Gene Rock and presented here as a tiled pdf file. Would make a great electric twin. Picture of Jr Skylark
  7. "The GLH (Goes Like He**!)" The George Kurreck "GLH". 2-4 channel micro radio. Advert for the GLH
  8. "The Pacer" The Owen Kampen "Pacer". 2-4 channel micro radio. Picture of Pacer
  9. "The Mach None"And later, the Mach None by Ken Holden (I think). 2-4 channel micro radio. Picture of Mach None
  10. "The Jr. Falcon"An all time classic design by Carl Goldberg. Reed valve COX and an escapement if you are a purist, or a 3 channel setup. Ailerons? WRONG for this plane! Picture of Jr Falcon
  11. "The Super Pacer"Nice Design by Owen Kampen. .15 to a .28 appropriate for this great flyer. Never published, kitted by Ace. This plan is another fine CAD to multipage pdf effort by Gene Rock.

    Picture of Super Pacer

FINALLY, "New" old stuff, all from the 1960's:

  1. "Miss America R/C" Nice little .020/.049 R/C version of the classic Miss America by William Winter.
  2. "Chameleon" For .09 to .10, the Chameleon bipe by Noel Shennan.
  3. "Whistler HLG" A simple hand launched glider, but George Perryman knew his stuff. Full size.
  4. "Lincoln Beachy". Peanut sized FF plans for the Lincoln Beachy, by another guy who knew his stuff, Walt Mooney. Full size
  5. "Pilatus Porter P6". And another Mooney scale gem, the Pilatus P6 Porter. Full size.
  6. "Durine Turbulent" Since we are on a roll, another Walt Mooney scale gem. Full size.
  7. "Beech Musketeer" And another Walt Mooney scale effort. Full size.
  8. "Piper Pawnee PA-25" Boy, this guy was prolific! and he did a scale peanut EVERY MONTH for years for Model Builder Magazine as well. Full size, but it is sheet balsa, so an enlarged version for depron foam and electric is a natural.
  9. "U-All-2" Here is a little t-tail .020 R/C job, but I think one of the 17 million reed valve Cox .049's out there would work. Woody Blanchard did this one.
  10. "Veedoo". Stylish V-tail R/C plane by Henery Struck.
  11. Aermacchi/Lockheed "Santa Maria".049 to .10 high wing lightplane by Jess Krieser. Much like the Golberg 1/2a Skylane.
  12. "Mayfly" Little sinple sheet balsa 1/2a R/C plane by Dick Gibbs.
  13. "Gee Bee Z" Little speedster U/C by KeithLaumer. Full size.
New and improved, a tiled Acrobat file of the favorite old Fred Reese Littlest Stick. Updated by yours truly and by Gene Rock. Gene has modified the tail, the airfoil, the fuselage, shown a modern micro proportional radio, etc etc. Get it right here! This is the plane kitted by Ace R/C as a rudder only, and published by RCM back in the late 70's. I had previously added a bit to the wingspan, removed the right thrust, reduced the wing incidence, & added an elevator.

TilePrint by Black Flight Models

 This little program (Under $20) is a winner. You can scan any plan, 3 view, insignia, whatever, and print it out on your lettersize inkjet in "tiles" and tape them together for a full size plan. Yes, scan that plan from an old mag and scale it to any size and print it out. You have a computer, and probably a printer and a scanner too, so why not?

Link to Black Flight Models Website
Link to thread at RC Universe about TilePrint

Hints:
Scan between 400 and 600 dpi.
Scan in black and white (bitonal/binary) not greyscale, and definitely not in color.
Look for a "line art" setting, or "black and white drawing". Avoid photo, halftone, or any "color" settings.
Tiff ( .tif) is a good format for this kind of stuff.
Experiment! Play with the brightness and contrast settings ecpecially.

Any and all of Ted Straders great designs (the Nomad, Miss L, Whirlwind and countless others) can be obtained from Ted Strader himself. His address is:
Ted Strader
One Orchard Dr.
Scotia NY, 12302

*Some of the material on this page, and many the .pdf format plans and articles are the result of work by Gene Rock. Thank You Gene for sharing your efforts and talent with the world!

& Thanks to all who visit this page!