[NSRCA-discussion] Looking for a Dave Scully in Ohio

[Verne Koester]

Hi Karl,
I built 6 Summit II's and 1 Summit 3. Don't have any of them anymore and not 
sure if any are still flying. They were great planes at the time and I 
learned a whole new construction technique with them - plug-in wings. 
Revolutionary back in the 80's. I got my first Summit II before Scully even 
wrote out any instructions. After a lot of head scratching with a pattern 
friend, I called Dave and told him how I planned to glue in the sockets and 
keep everything lined up at the same time. He said that was exactly the same 
thing he'd come up with and was writing into the instructions. His shop was 
the first place I saw a honeycomb composite panel, carbon reinforcement, and 
on and on. Anything I can think of that was new to composites or 
construction techniques back then came out of his shop. Most are still in 
use today.

Verne


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Karl G. Mueller" <kgamueller at rogers.com>
To: "NSRCA Mailing List" <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2008 11:34 AM
Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Looking for a Dave Scully in Ohio


> Verne,
>
> I think I got the last two Summit III kits that Scully produced at the 
> time.
> One of these went to Bob Kane after I flew it for a few years and he 
> passed
> it on to some one else. Don't know if it is still flying today, but mine 
> is.
> I get it out every spring to see if the fingers are still working before I
> go back to the 2 m versions.
>
> Karl G. Mueller
> kgamueller at rogers.com
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Verne Koester" <verne at twmi.rr.com>
> To: "NSRCA Mailing List" <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
> Sent: Saturday, March 22, 2008 11:26 PM
> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Looking for a Dave Scully in Ohio
>
>
>> Everytime I see Wayne Ullery, I ask about Dave. Dave and Pat moved to
>> Bradenton, Florida after they sold Aero Composites and retired. That was
>> probably ten years ago or so. Wayne Ullery is Qui Que's caller and 
>> partner
>> for those that don't know him. I last saw Wayne in Argentina at the
> World's
>> and asked about Dave as usual. Wayne had been in touch with shortly 
>> before
>> that. Wayne's probably your best bet to get in touch with Dave. Scully 
>> was
>> truly a pioneer in composite construction. A lot of what we see and 
>> marvel
>> at today was already happening at the "Scully skunkworks" twenty years
> ago.
>> Wayne Ullery was right in there as well. Scully got out of the pattern 
>> kit
>> business years ago and did contract work for the military. Anyway, hope
> this
>> helps.
>>
>> Verne Koester
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Ron Van Putte" <vanputte at cox.net>
>> To: "NSRCA Mailing List" <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
>> Sent: Saturday, March 22, 2008 5:09 PM
>> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Looking for a Dave Scully in Ohio
>>
>>
>> > The last time I saw Dave Scully was back in Dayton, Ohio in the late
>> > 1960s and 1970s.  He was a member of the Western Ohio Radio Kontrol
>> > Society (WORKS).
>> >
>> > Ron Van Putte
>> >
>> > On Mar 22, 2008, at 1:18 PM, Martin X. Moleski, SJ wrote:
>> >
>> >> I have a TOC history on my website:
>> >>
>> >> http://moleski.net/rc/toc.htm
>> >>
>> >> There is this note on it:
>> >>
>> >>> From Jon Britt, Grain Valley, MO (near Kansas City):
>> >>
>> >>> Mike McConville's commentary about the biplanes at the 1984 TOC is
>> >>> correct. In
>> >>> 1984, Dean Koger and I each flew a Skybolt designed by Dave Scully
>> >>> (Dayton,
>> >>> OH). Hanno Prettner's was disqualified.
>> >>
>> >> Mike Heneghan, USAF (Ret), knew a Dave Scully in Thailand
>> >> in 1973.  He and Dave were both in the RC club there.
>> >>
>> >> Anybody know Dave?  Mike would like to say hi to him.
>> >>
>> >> Marty
>> >>
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