I ran across a set of plans I got back in the 70's for the Hornet 1/
Pylon race. I built on back then with a TD .049. I've dusted off th plans and am working on a new one but plan to use electric power. I hav an AXI 26-12-22 with 3C Lipo power. Any ideas how this will perform?
Boo Wrote:
Boo wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > It's a long time ago now but does anyone happen to remember th > name
> > > of a pair of 1/2a (Cox TD 049 power) rc pylon racers the plans for
> > > which were published in either RCM&E or Radio Modeller sometim > back
> > > around 1976 ? IIRC there was a 2 or 3-article series on 1/2 > pylon
> > > racing around that time. Any pointers for where I can get hol > of
> > > copies of the plans would be gratefully received. (I tried
> > > searching the plans at the
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> didn't
> > > find what I was looking for).
>
> Andrew Batts wrote:
> > 1/2 A racing was pretty popular during the 70's. I can recal
> several
> > pylon racers, some of which were replicas. Try these:
> >
> > Upstart Owen Kampen RCM Plan #459
> > Super Chip Jerry Cole 477
> > Fireball Floyd Carter 666
> >
> > There were some other designs that also raced, but were not repro's. > >
> > Hot Dawg Ken Willard 561
> > Cheetah Ken Eubanks 662
> > Hornet Nowl Roselle 705
> > Honker Rocket Dave Thorneburg 832
> > Undertaker Milt Sanders 885
>
> Daze wrote:
> > How about the Sept '75 issue of Model Aviation?
> > Thy had plans for a Shoestring based on the old
> > HOB kit (.15 powered?). No 1/2a pylon racers in Aero Modeler AFAIK.
> > How about the Quicksilver, also from MA?
>
> Thanks both of you but I don't think it was any of these. I'm almost
> positive it would have been either Radio Modeller or RCM&E that ha > the
> plan. I know RCM&E plans are listed at
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bu > can
> anyone tell me where the Radio Modeller plans ended up ?
>
> Thanks again,
>
> --
> Bo
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