- innerVIEW: What if your heart's set on a polished-aluminum Ryan STA, and
there isn't one for sale? Easy, you build it yourself - from plans. Did we mention this is a full scale replica? Yup, over 6 years in the making, Glen Moore of Burgaw, NC opens his hangar to us. Beautiful beyond belief, the world's only replica is a special treat.
- workBENCH: Learn to make parts out of fiberglass, it's how expert modelers
make fairings and cowls - especially when it's a B-17 and you need 4 cowls! Master modeler Larry Stenhouse's build of the Don Smith plans B-17 uses many fiberglass parts. The turrets, the cowls, the tail-gunners position, a radome, the cabin areas, are all made of customized fiberglass parts. Making them isn't hard if you know how already . . . we show you what materials you need, along with the little tips and tricks an expert uses.
- workBENCH: What do you do when the model you want isn't available as a kit? Easy, you look for a set of plans - but what do the lines mean? Balsa, plywood, foam - we show you, it's easy!
- ROT8: Clothed in a Robinson R22 fuselage and powered by OS Max's 50SX-H, means the hot-rod JR Ergo 50 is a wolf in sheep's clothing! Folks, this is a serious tour de force of aluminum stacked-frame engineering - and the Type 2 CCPM make it a breeze to build. But JR's awesome DS8411 ultra-torque digital FET servos give a precision like nothing we've ever experienced. Add to that the DS8417 ultra-speed servo on the tail combined with CSM's ICG400 heading lock gyro and suddenly . . . this changes everything!
- workBENCH: A great park flyer, and made of nearly indestructible EPP foam, Funtec's jet-like Sky Scooter Pro is easy to customize with spray paint! The real story of this model though is the sheer quality of the accompanying components. Supplied complete with the superb HS-55 sub-micro servos, an SP-1010 speed control, a 400-class direct-drive motor and prop, the neat little Focus 3 SS AM radio, the battery pack, and even a charger! Just a little math confirms the story - you can't source the components for less! This is a super deal if you're wanting quick and inexpensive fun - and she's easy to personalize!
- Tips, Tricks, & Secrets: Hello pine trees! We present the crash Du-Bro's fuel barbs would have prevented - sob! One minute she's perfect, the next she's broken. This leads to our story on annual pre-flight checks for a model that's been in storage.
- workBENCH: Interested in inexepensive electric flight? The elegant lines of our transluscent covered balsa beauty drifting overhead makes for powerful magic! Motivated by a geared 400-class electric motor, Sig's Rascal is a genuine sweetheart! We show you what to get to ensure success with these small models.
- talkRADIO: Hitec's Focus 3 SS FM is a superb system for park flyers. A single stick system with the third channel (for throttle, flaps, or spoilers) conveniently under your fingertip - there's even V-tail or elevon mixing!
- aboutENGINES: Muffled by a Pitt-style Slimline muffler, Supertigre's G2300
cranks an 18x8 and makes monster torque! A ringed design, it's not long before she's starting on one flip! The engine is a great way to power IMAA-legal giant scale models while using familiar glo-fuel . . . and the price? This engine may actually be underpriced! Definitely a keeper.
- workBENCH: Though hard to believe, the oval-fuselage Great Planes' Ryan STA on the cover is an ARF model. With an 82" wingspan, she's IMAA legal too! Covered in genuine Monokote - in the classic red and white with B&W checkerboard undersides of John Gosney's full-size original, she's drop-dead-gorgeous! A superb fiberglass cowl (complete with rivet details) along with the charcteristic wheel pants (also in fiberglass) complete the illusion. You'll make heads turn at the field because nobody can keep their eyes off you when you start to bring her out! Of course, we couldn't leave well enough alone, so we set out to improve the model. First, we show you how to add flaps, and then we doll up the cockpit with a DHModels pilot bust, and an intricately detailed instrument panel from SAC Headquarters. Amply powered by the big Tiger, she's a superb touch-and-go machine and what's more, after filming was complete, she quickly became the house favorite! Folks, if this model doesn't make your pulse beat a tad faster, you need to go for a physical - to see if you're alive!
- newPRODUCTS: JR's DS368 digital micro servo and Saito's FA-90R3 radial!
- All this, and lots more, in another jam-packed 2-hour issue of modelSPORT!
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Glenn Moore and the world's only Ryan replica, the STR.
Larry on laying up fiberglass parts into a female mold.
Tips on reading plans.
The fuselage gives the model presence - yup, a gusty day!
Sky Scooter Pro - fun!
When pines attack!
Sig's Rascal looks great and is a superb flier too!
A handsome single-stick radio - Hitec's Focus 3 FM.
SuperTigre's awesome G2300 - loads of torque.
Great Plane's Ryan STA on flyby - too sweet for words.
As if on rails, just starting to flare - what a pussycat!
Saito's FA-90R3 baby radial.
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