All time great planes…

Last one for now Summit 3 and Summit 3s (slightly stretched wing and tail)

This was possibly the pinacle of 60 2 stroke F3a design, I was competing with these in the early to mid 90s against others flying 120 four strokes. Sold these as well

Thanks so much for digging out the photos Jon, you've had some really lovely looking planes. The Chevron looks like a lot of fun and fast, but I can't help thinking that the vertical stabiliser doesn't continue the same aesthetic quality as the rest of the design. Did you convert the Chevron and the Touché to tail draggers? I thought they all had steerable nose wheels.

Until I saw that picture of the guy holding the Touché I'd clean forgot about shell suits, he's not about to launch it is he? Did it have any quirkiness, or did it fly as cleanly as it looks? I think one day I'll have to try and build something like the Aurora/Touché, as a back up to the Wot 4, I know it will grieve you to hear this, but the ARTF wot4s seem to have vanished!

I still have a Touche, with an ex JT YS pumper ,Once motor set, enjoyed flying this model. Must try thr motor sometime, and check the Romairs.
Glen, of Glen's models made me a new bellypan.

Stuart

Stuart

Chris001 wrote: Thanks so much for digging out the photos Jon, you've had some really lovely looking models. The Chevron looks like a lot of fun and fast, but I can't help thinking that the vertical stabiliser doesn't continue the same aesthetic quality as the rest of the design. Did you convert the Chevron and the Touché to tail draggers? I thought they all had steerable nose wheels.

Until I saw that picture of the guy holding the Touché I'd clean forgot about shell suits, he's not about to launch it is he? Did it have any quirkiness, or did it fly as cleanly as it looks? I think one day I'll have to try and build something like the Aurora/Touché, as a back up to the Wot 4, I know it will grieve you to hear this, but the ARTF wot4s seem to have vanished!

I did convert the Chevron because I wanted retracts in it and the nose was too short to get a noseleg in, the Touche was designed as a taildragger anyway as that was starting to be the fashion at the time.

Don't think that was the full shell suit, just a typically gaudy 80s jacket That picture was taken mid hand launch, we always did that at Sandown as they weren't allowed to cut the grass on the race course, so the runway was a few hardboard sheets laid end to end!

The model flew really well despite being relatively heavy compared to modern machines, polyester glass fuselages made with chopped strand matt and nylon or glass covered and painted wings were the norm.

So good he signed it twice

On Saturday Mitch took the engine out of his trainer, I think/hope we'll be seeing a blue Double Vision at the field soon.

Didn't know where to post this, but this will probably do.

Classic Pattern 1973: classicpattern.com/f3a-wc-1973/?lang=en

That's a really good report. There are several interesting points. Firstly, my lovely Blue Angel possibly wasn't the best model there. Seems like Hanno should have won if his dad had called the landing correctly! I wonder if he would have developed the Curare had he won with the Super Sicroly?

Secondly, when I started flying (1980) I remember reading articles about swing-wing models and they were never successful. I'm amazed that it was tried (with some success) as early as 1973.

Lastly, I'm amazed that there is only one Futaba radio being used. When I started, everyone used Futaba...unless you were rich and flew Skyleader or wanted to risk using Fleet. Was Futaba a new(ish) company in 1973?