Dave's Place for Assorted R/C Things

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You can contact me at: dfritzke@pclink.com
The AllStar"Picture of All Star from contemporary advertisement.
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.		 The "QUADRATwirl"Al Foot's Quadratwirl
From Al Foot, via Gene Rock, is the QuadraTwirl, an electric autogyro with TWIN twin rotors. Full article, pictures and construction plans.
The "Twirl"Al Foot's Twirl
Also from Al Foot, is the Twirl, an electric autogyro with twin rotors. Looks like a ton of fun!		 "The Papillon"Picture of Papillon from Hobby Lobby Ad
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.
"The Pizazz"Picture of 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, Pizzz, All Star and Queue Tea for me!
"The Jr. Skylark"Picture of 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.		 "The GLH (Goes Like He**!)"Advert for the GLH
The George Kurreck "GLH". 2-4 channel micro radio.
"The Pacer"Picture of Pacer
The Owen Kampen "Pacer". 2-4 channel micro radio.		 "The Mach None"Picture of Mach None
And later, the Mach None by Ken Holden (I think). 2-4 channel micro radio.
The "Guppy"Picture of Ace Guppy The Guppy is a simple R/O powered glider that was kitted by Tom Runge of Ace R/C, one of the patron saints of small R/C plane lovers. This plan was just done up by Gene Rock. Gene shows a built-up wing, or you can use a set of Ace tapered foam wings if you can score a pair. The Guppy is about as fool-proof as a rudder-only plane can be. Thanks Gene! "The Jr. Falcon"Picture of Jr FalconAn all time classic design by Carl Goldberg. Reed valve COX and an escapement if you are a purist, or a 3-4 channel setup. If you add ailerons, reduce the dihedral by half.
"The Super Pacer"Picture of Super PacerNice 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.

Some new old stuff, all from the 1960's:

  1. "Gimlet" Who knew Phil Kraft designed a 1/2a R/C plane?. He did, here it is. A photo of the Gimlet.
  2. "Blue tail Fly" Full size plans for a small C/L ship. Construction Diagram
  3. "Cessna 310" Scale C/l, complex. Construction Diagram
  4. Corbin "Ace". Sharp little scale plane, Dick Kidd.
  5. "P38"Robust C/L model of the "Fork Tail Devil".
  6. "Parlor Fly" Simple stick FF indoor plane. Full size.
  7. "Blackburn Monoplane"Very fiddly scale model of the antique Blackburn Monoplane.
  8. "Flanger" Larry Conover's "Flanger", a pretty simple HLG chukker. Full Size.
  9. "Humdinger" Here is an unusual little free-flight model.
  10. TaylorcraftA better candidate for actual flying than the Comet version.
  11. "Scorpion" Simple little sheet balsa 1/2a C/l. Full Size plan.
  12. "Breezy" Ken Willard's little Breezy bipe. Must have a Ken Willard plan on site at all times! A classic. Ken's one of the patron saints of small RC models.
  13. "Snappy"Rubber ornithoper, could be electric powered????
  14. "Rearwin Speedster"Nice Walt Mooney scale plane. And must have at least one Walt Mooney plane on the site! Walt published about 150 model designes in his lifetime.
  15. "Bi-Gone" Little simple sheet balsa bipe. Vern Clements.
  16. "Planophore"Plans for the 1871 Penaud "Planophore".
  17. "Gadfly"Vintage ultralight Gadfly, stick and tissue rubber scale. Full Size plan.
Picture of Littlest Stick 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. Photo of model built by Steve Polles, IIRC!

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

Airtronics Plans can be obtained from Aerosphere: Aerosphere

*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!

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