Quickie 100 (oz11257)

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Quickie 100. Radio control 1/4A pylon racer.

Quote: "Half-A Pylon Racing is getting up into the 90 mph range with a new breed of planes which fly very well but are a pain to build, service, and repair. With a few minor modifications, hot fuel, and a good engine even the Quickie 200 (oz7889) is smoking around the pylons with the latest racers. It's time to slow things down again, so how about a new plane and a new class of pylon racing for the winter? Yes, I said winter! The new Quickie 100 is for indoor pylon racing.

The Quickie 100 is designed around the new Cannon Super Mini 2-channel receiver with the 100 mah fast charge nicad battery. The airborne unit weighs 3.2 ounces and the plane, ready to buzz the pylons, weighs only nine ounces.

In the East and the Midwest, where the weather gets fierce in November, the R/C gear goes into hibernation until April. No flying for six months! Incredible! The winter flying blues can be beaten by locating a large heated building, getting the racing nuts together and holding Quickie 100 races one Sunday a month all winter. It sounds a bit far out, but, two or more clubs could get together to secure an acceptable large building for racing, possibly an airplane hangar, a warehouse, or even a skating rink. The racing meet might involve traveling quite a distance for some but could be enjoyed as a winter 'indoor picnic' for the whole family. Winter racing will keep the flying reflexes sharp all year. The energy produced by these little racers in flight is quite low and poses little danger to spec-tators or property. Of course the Quickie 100 is an outdoor plane too, and due to the low noise factor, can be flown almost anywhere.

CONSTRUCTION Fuselage: Cut the fuselage sides, top, and tail from light, but firm 1/16 sheet balsa. Cut out the plywood formers and other plywood and balsa parts. Bind the 1/16 piano wire landing gear to former F-2 with soft 1/32 wire and dab a little epoxy on each binding. Using a ball point pen, mark the center line on the fuselage top, formers, and mark the former stations on the fuselage sides. This assures an accurate and easy job.

Begin assembly by gluing 1/8 square balsa strips to the fuselage sides with Hot Stuff, Zap, or one of the Alpha Cyanoacrylate adhesives. For a quick and positive bond with the Hot Stuff, always smear a light coat of white micro balloons between the mating surfaces.

Attach formers F-2 and F-3 to the fuselage top, making certain that the angle between the top and each former is correct. Add the sides and, with epoxy, add the firewall F-1, the wing saddles, plywood wing hold-down, tail, and wire tail skid. Epoxy the 1/16 bottom sheet balsa on crossgrain, add the 1/8 sheet bottom front, H-1, H-2, and construct and fit the hatch cover.

Cut the elevator horn from scrap 1/16 plywood, drill the pushrod holes and epoxy to the elevator. A light application of Hot Stuff to the pushrod holes in the horn toughens them against wear. Seal the tank com-partment with K & B Superpoxy, sand the fuselage and tail, and apply 2 coats of Superpoxy, sanding lightly between coats..."

Quickie 100, RCM, #674, February 1977.

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