Super V Shark (oz16625)

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Super V Shark. Control line sport model. Wingspan 24 in.

Direct submission to Outerzone.

Quote: "Steve, Mary.. Number 2... another yet different Stanzel Shark. I've got to laugh, the Shark P-60 (oz955) is rubber powered and the same sized plane as the V and the G.. only they had .60s up front!?! Looking at the size of the wings, it would have to be fast!

This Super V Shark is also 24" wingspan, and 24" long, with a slight variation on the control set-up from the earlier one. I can remember seeing a photo of one of my dad's planes, which I'm sure now, was a Stanzel Shark of one type or another. He didn't speak about it, as he did his other models, so it's possible the 100mph speeds were beyond his abilities??

This Super V apparently came about in 1943 as per https://www.modelaviationdigital.com/model.... In 1950, the true Mono-Line controller was introduced. I'll include some photos of one I have. This controller has over 17" of travel, with the pitch approximately 4.5 turns per inch of movement, of the red control knob. But the worm gear and bell-crank mounted in the airplane is spring centered, with only 6 full turns from one extreme to the other. The amount of required torque goes up rather quickly away from center, so it would seem the control wire was twisted with significant extra turns to overcome the spring centering action of the worm gear and bell-crank, feeding the elevator thru a standard push-rod."

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