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appy 8th Birthday tothe Warbird newslet-
ter! Holly Cow! Can itbe? It simply amazes mejust how very fast the timehas gone by! Many readerswill remember the old dayswhen I simply sent anMicrosoft Word Documentattached to an email, andhad to mail several issuesto people who just did nothave a computer or email.Ah, the good old days!
Today, I try to publish aworthy publication to high-light many of the great war-bird models that keepshowing up at the local fly-ing fields and at regionalevents.
And each year, justlike the newsletter that I tryto improve every month, allof those great warbirds arealso constantly improvingand becoming more andmore impressive. The level
of craftsmanship from thelocal guys to the competi-tors, is amazing. Scalecockpits, retracts, rivet andpanel line details are
TWNTWN8 years
of Warbirds
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Gus Hampton’s Corsair is an amazing project. He made all the
plug and formed many of the part from Fiberglass.
What’sInside
~Happy Birthday~
~Gus’ Corsair~
~Coming Events~
~Lee’s SE 5a~
~New Spad XII~
~Gerry’s Camel~
The Warbird Newsletter 5/07
becoming the rule, not justthe exception! You guys areall amazing and should bevery proud of your work.
So what do ya say?Let’s get to the May 2007issue.
Gus’ CorsairThis plane was built by anew reader by the name ofGus Hampton from scratchusing my own molds for thefuselage, cowl, canopy,wheel and brake hubs etc.Gus also machined theretracts and struts andinvestment-casted the scis-sor links. The cockpit wasbuilt completely fromscratch and he used a fiber-
glass wing center sectionand radome built by MikeMcIntyre. The fuselage plugwas done by Lee Cundiff.Gus’ Corsair started out asa practice plane to keepfrom damaging its prede-cessor while he waslearningto handle scale aircraft.Unfortunately, the scale-bug bit him hard during thebuild process and he justcouldn't resist adding adetailed cockpit, fuinctionalfolding wings, operationalcowl flaps, a tail hook andcanopy.
The model has a 75"wingspan, weighs 22 lbsand uses an OS BGX upfront. It has 17 servos and
Coming
EventsMay 2 - 6 2007
Top Gun Scale Invitational
Lakeland, FL
Frank Tiano
Phone 863-607-6611
www.franktiano.com
July 8, 2007
Dawn Patrol Over Green Road Sector
Ellington, CT
Contact: Robert Boulais
(860) 872-7900
www.ncrcc.org
July 12 thru 15, 2007
Warbirds Over Delaware 2007
Newark, DE
Contact: Dave Malchione
(610) 444-3855
www.delawarerc.org
August 11 - 12, 2007
US Scalemasters Qualifier
Eastport, NY
Long Island Skyhawks
August 17 - 19 2007
Hoosier Dawn Patrol
Muncie, Indiana
Steve Percifield, CD
www.hoosierdawnpatrol.com
September 21,22 23.
WARBIRDS OVER THE ROCKIES
Fort Collins, CO
CD Lloyd McConnell
EC Brian O'Meara
September 22 2007
6th Annual Big Biplane Bash
Farmington, CT
Gerry Yarrish, CD
Special Military award
is controlled by a JRPCM10 SXII. Gus’ firstCorsair was the same F4U-5NL Corsair except in ablack scheme with a built-up center section. The firstplane took 7 years becausehe had to create all of themolds and design all of theelectronics himself (cowlflaps, landing gear andwing-fold electronic con-trollers). “Annie Mo” tookabout 1.5 years to com-plete. Gus has been build-ing model planes since hewas about 10, and havebeen a U.S. Scale Mastersflight judge for about 15years.
Lee’s SE5aGood friend and Top GunJudge, Lee Henderson sentin this nice photo of hisnewest project he recentlycompleted, an RAF SE5a. It
is from Rich Uravitchplans. He stopped, restart-ed, stopped and restartedmany times but figured thiswinter he’d finish it. It hasa G-38 for power, is coveredin SolarTex and has Latexpaint, some markings arepainted and some are MajorDecals. It weighs about 22pounds, pilot was paintedby his wife Deanie. Leemade many changes to theplans and added quite a fewdetails to make it a littlemore scale, like the wind-screen and gun-sight thatare made of brass tube and
sheet. The exhaust is func-tional. The overflow fuellines on the top wing aremade from copper tubingwith hose clamps madefrom sheet brass and heatshrink tubing. The SE5a asnot flown as yet. Hope youenjoy the pictures.
Gerry’s CamelHere’s my newest warbird,a little Sopwith Camel ARFfrom Powerline Hobbies.This 37.5 inch span classicis powered by an 28mmoutrunner electric motorand features a pull-pullrudder and elevator control,all included for less than$200. Flies great!
Well, so much for yetanother issue, Next monthI’ll have a bit more to writeabout as I’ll have some war-bird info from the Toledoshow! Have a safe and funspringtime, and get thosewarbird ready for a new fly-ing season.
Gerry [email protected]
A wonderful new WW 1 Fighter is now available from Balsa USA! Know for
having some of the best flying WW 1 kits areound, Balsa USA has now pro-
duced a 1/4-scale Spad XIII kit and it has an 79.5 inch span. Eddie
Rickenbacker and Frank Luke would be so proud!
New Spad XIII
