Original Pattern Model

[Ron Van Putte]

The question assumes that a particular design suddenly appeared.  They 
were flying aerobatic airplanes in the late 50s and early 60s.  I 
started flying in 1954, but I can't remember anyone trying to do more 
than a simple loop for many years.  The radios just weren't up to the task.

The first airplane/radio combinations I saw which were aerobatic enough 
to be called Pattern airplanes was in about 1960 or 1961.  They were the 
Astro Hog, Smog Hog and the Stormer.  Later I saw the Orion and Taurus 
at an invitational in Detroit about 1963.  This remembering stuff has 
dried out my brain; I think I'll have a beer.

Ron Van Putte

Rcmaster199 at aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 8/4/2003 1:51:51 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
> randy10926 at comcast.net writes:
>
>
>> Subj:Original Pattern Model
>> Date:8/4/2003 1:51:51 PM Eastern Daylight Time
>> From:randy10926 at comcast.net <mailto:randy10926 at comcast.net>
>> Reply-to:discussion at nsrca.org <mailto:discussion at nsrca.org>
>> To:discussion at nsrca.org <mailto:discussion at nsrca.org>
>> Sent from the Internet
>>
>>
>>
>> Well what was the original pattern model?
>>
>> Was it the Orion?  A gentleman from NVRC scratch build one of these 
>> and here is
>> a photo of them. http://www.1nvrc.com/.  It has ben flown with a 
>> green head 45
>> and a veco 45 (our however you spell it).
>>
>> Randy Hatfield
>
>
>
> Randy, they have flown aerobatics in some form of precision and 
> sequence order, for much longer than the Orion. If you are talking 
> with digital proportional full house control, then you may be right. 
> Don Lowe would know possibly, or may be Ron Van Putte
>
> There were early designs that did this, by Hal DeBolt, Carl Goldberg 
> and several other Pattern pioneers, with escapement type control, not 
> propo.
>
> regards
>
> Matt K


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