The Pepsi Skydancer was a famous aerobatic aircraft performing intricate routines with smoke and fireworks, becoming an iconic part of the North American airshow scene, with kits and graphics still available for hobbyists to this day. The Super Chipmunk is popular with the RC pilots and builders, with plans, ARF's and kits available. Carl Goldberg, Top Flight, Apache Avaition (now SLEC) and Seagull Models to name a few.
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My first Super Chipmunk was Art Scholl's N114V commonly known as Pennzoil after it's main sponsor. Back in 2012 I bought it from a Guy from Stoke who I met at the Granada services on the M6 who had virtually finished it but had to give it up after his club reduced engine and/or aircraft sizes. I powered it with an ASP 180 four stroke glow engine. It did not fly regulary at our field but did fly at some model airshows. Not having flaps and being a rather floaty plane it needed a decent long runway area to land. However, it was dream to fly.
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What do an engineer’s vice, a blow torch and a kettle have in common? Well, if you build this model, you’ll probably also use each one of them to do it. This is an electric Fun Fly model designed and kitted by Chris Morris – he of our alley. It’s my 1st foray into this type of plane. It all started at the club’s own Fun Fly event last year, when I was ‘roped in’ to have a go and Chris was basically supplying the plane that most people used. It was his own design and he offered to kit it, so I and several others of us got one!
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After a high speed vertical descent from 400 ft back in Spring 2024 after losing radio contact and left to gather dust in the corner of the hangar and with the Winter weather now arriving I thought it may be time to rebuild the Super Wing. The foam wing survived well being the original wing from numerous previous versions of the fuselage.
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Carl Goldberg Models. 2 meter wingspan electric glider for 3 function RC
Looking for something to pass the time, whilst I waited for a new large petrol model, I saw this advertised in the BMFA classified adverts – just reduced, by a local fellow, so I bought it. Apart from being quick to build, it offered a first step for me into electric flight and something different to my usual sport flyers. This model has its heritage rooted in the Gentle Lady by the same manufacturer.
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