[NSRCA-discussion] Plans for small electric pattern

[Ron Van Putte]

On Mar 27, 2006, at 7:24 PM, John Pavlick wrote:

> Ok, I confess. My hero as a kid was always Dean Pappas. And I  
> always wanted a Tipo. And a Ferrari. Well, at least I got to meet

I think I met Dean as a snotty-nosed little kid at the 1977 F3A Team  
Selection at Rough River, KY.  He flew a Bridi Escape or UFO  he'd  
added a turtledeck to, that I nicknamed "Upchuck".  He's come a long  
way.

Ron Van Putte
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org [mailto:nsrca- 
> discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org]On Behalf Of rcmaster199 at aol.com
> Sent: Monday, March 27, 2006 8:14 PM
> To: nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org
> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Plans for small electric pattern
>
> Ron, your column was always the first one I would read as  
> a ....ahem...youngster, aspiring to patterndom glory. I cut my  
> pattern teeth on your stuff. It was always relied upon to be good  
> reading.
>
> Now here we are almost 30 years later and I still haven't caught up  
> to your age and you will never catch up to my weight. Hey.... wait  
> a minute....that's not a such a good trade (VBG)
>
> Matt
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ron Van Putte <vanputte at cox.net>
> To: NSRCA Mailing List <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
> Sent: Mon, 27 Mar 2006 18:54:47 -0600
> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Plans for small electric pattern
>
> On Mar 27, 2006, at 6:04 PM, Thomas D. Simes wrote:
>
> > I don't know what other responses you may have gotten, but a .32  
> size
> > plane with pattern like flight manners sounds great to me.  My  
> flying
> > skills are at the point where cumulative stick time is way more
> > important than stick time on a particular model and a .32 size plane
> > would be great for keeping in the car and getting a few flights  
> in on
> > the way home from work every day.
> >
> > I found a reference to the article and plan being published in the
> > November 1974 issue of American Aviation Modeler (I think that's
> > correct...), but can't turn up an on-line source for the plans.   
> If I
> > can find the plans (or at least a construction outline) I would be
> > interested in a short kit.
> >
> > By the way, I'm intentionally replying to the list in hopes of
> > stirring
> > up some interest.  Sure, it isn't the latest composite widebody  
> but I
> > bet it's fun/$$ ratio is pretty hard to beat.
>
>
> Good move on replying to the List.  There are those of us, like me,
> who have boxes of old American Aircraft Modeler magazines up in the
> attic.  I would be happy to share my copy with you if you don't find
> one elsewhere.  BTW, that was just before AAM went out of business in
> early 1975.  AMA had relied on AAM to get their information out and
> were left with no way to do it when AAM folded.  They decided to
> publish their own magazine, much to R/C Modeler magazine's Don
> Dewey's dismay, who thought he had the inside track on AMA's
> business.  He proceeded to go on a tirade in his magazine for years,
> but that's another story.   AMA started Model Aviation magazine and I
> wrote the sport and aerobatics column for 20 years.  Ahh nostalgia!
>
> Ron Van Putte
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