Penny Pincher (oz15562)

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Penny Pincher. Simple control line trainer model.

Quote: "Short on cost and building time, but long on flying performance, this little control-liner is especially designed for those left-over Half-A engines. You can build it from the plans on the following two pages.

Quick and Cheap but no slouch in the air - that's our Penny-Pincher. It's a great project for modeling newcomers, any old timer who would like to help somebody else get started. Nothing fancy required. Practically any Half-A engine with beam mounting (see sketches for optional radial mounting) will do. There are thousands not in use;—most modelers have several gathering dust, which they'll gladly lend or give away to help a beginner.

Hobby shop dealers, too, are likely to have an assortment of old engines which they'd dispose of for a fraction of the original price. You might even try a trade. Offer to buy the materials for Penny-Pincher from him if he'll provide the engine, or suggest buying the engine if he'll provide the materials! The fancy crafts and slot-car-type hobby shop might not go along, but chances are the dealer who caters to model air-plane fliers will, so it helps to find out where the local fliers do business.

Most modelers like to help a newcomer and Penny-Pincher can be built from almost any modeler's scrap pile of assorted supplies. So, if you're starting from scratch on this project try to locate some local modelers first - meeting one or two is practically guaranteed to get them interested in helping you with Penny-Pincher. If you're one of the many older modelers who has been moaning about the 'Junior problem,' here's your chance to take direct action. Whether it be with your own son or daughter, or somebody else's, this is a quick and easy project to have fun withwhile being instructor-in-chief.

Penny-Pincher is light, so it doesn't need much power. It's easy to repair so that it isn't easily grounded by damage. Cheap and easy to build in the first place, it can be kept in flying shape with little further effort.

Building short cuts many conventional techniques. Though almost all-balsa, little carving for shaping is required, rounding off square corners with sand-paper is all it takes for most edges. The wing and tail pieces are cut from standard 3-in and 2-in wide balsa sheet..."

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