Swifty (oz15764)

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Swifty. Control line speed model, for .19 engine.

Quote: "This easy-to-build 110 mph Class A speedster has six firsts to its credit to date! Swifty, by Earl L Cayton.

Swifty is a Class A speed job designed to be good looking yet simple to build, rugged, stable, and fast enough for a lot of concentrated contest flying. Average speed is consistently over 110 mph - without too much effort. On the contest side of the ledger, Swifty has six firsts and one second place to its credit at the time of this writing. Nuff said, let's start construction.

Fuselage: Select two hard 12 x 1-5/8 x 7/8 in balsa blocks for the fuselage and cement them together lightly, carve to shape, then split apart and hollow out the inside. Leave the fuselage walls fairly thick for plenty of strength. You will note that the engine and tank are located in a removable pod, for ease of inspection.

3/16 plywood motor mounts form the pod crutch. Cement 3/32 pine dowels vertically through both mounts and pod, spacing them about 1 in apart, for additional anchorage. The pod is held in place by a bicycle spoke and is keyed with four 1/8 hardwood. Cut the skid from 1/16 plywood. Use dural if you expect to fly on a paved surface..."

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