Vintage RC Society

[Dean Pappas]

Hi Tom,
Hi All,
Have you noticed that we've been discussing the old stuff under the heading Malibu?
I don't think the Malibu would have flown worth a darn as a rudder-only. It was definitel a CLASS III ship!
Dean
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-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Glaze [mailto:billglaze at triad.rr.com]
Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2003 12:53 PM
To: discussion at nsrca.org
Subject: Re: Malibu ??


Tom:
I'd like to know more about what Bob's doing with the vintage airplane thing.
I'd like to get involved in something where I could build an Astro Hog,
(designed by Fred Dunn, a good friend) and get with others of that same era.
Realizing, of course, the scarcity of K & B Green Head and Fox .59 and 35
engines, I realize some allowances have to be made, but, still, there oughta be
a way..........

Bill Glaze

"Thomas C. Weedon" wrote:

> Naw, with a compound escapement, you push once and you get right, push twice
> and you get left, push three times very carefully and you get engine (the
> opposite throttle position with an SN escapement). I didn't have up or down,
> so you trimmed the plane to climb and spiraled the plane to get down and do
> it again. Later, when Ace first came out with their receiver with one gas
> tube and 2 transistors, I was able to fly a more lively small plane with a
> Fox .09. Then it became fun. I had to fly in tall weeds to reduce the chance
> of damaging the plane on landing, but I could get that rudder only plane to
> loop, spin, and ever a barrel roll on occasion. A good friend of mine that
> flew with me 50 years ago has gotten back into Vintage Models. I belive Bob
> Noll is the president of that organization. Anyway, my friend let me fly his
> single channel Rudder Bug this summer and it was fun. I could actually land
> the damn thing! What a suprise! Later that day I flew my pattern ship and
> had to agree, the Good Old Days were not that Good!
> Tom W.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: discussion-request at nsrca.org
> [mailto:discussion-request at nsrca.org]On Behalf Of John Gayer
> Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2003 12:43 AM
> To: discussion at nsrca.org
> Subject: Re: Malibu ??
>
>  From what I remember, you push the button once, the plane went right.
> release, and press it agin, the plane went left.  Usually, however, the
> next time you tried it, the escapment hung up and you had a spiral dive
> to the ground.....
> John Gayer
> NSRCA 632
>
> RC Steve Sterling wrote:
> > There was just the one control, rudder. Oh, well ... and it only went
> > one direction!!
>
> >
>
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