American Boy (oz4046)
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American Boy. Control line trainer for .020 - .049 engines. Scientific kit no 24.
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Zipfile containing 2 items: a PDF of hand-drawn traced formers and a JPG of colour decals.
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(oz4046)
American Boy
by Walt Musciano
from Scientific
1954
18in span
IC C/L Trainer Kit
clean :)
all formers complete :)
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Submitted: 17/02/2013
Filesize: 718KB
Format: • PDFbitmap
Credit*: wsmith
Downloads: 4061
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Colour photos of his completed model are thanks to wsmith [model photo & more pics 003, 004].SteveWMD - 05/03/2013
Here are two photos of Scientific's American Boy, built by Phil Page [more pics 005, 006]. It originally was painted and decaled as per the box art.
EdShearer - 27/07/2017
Built close to plans from kit with a Cox .049 [pic 007].
SteveStaples - 12/11/2021
Was my first control line. Not good. Was not a good flyer. Wanted to go in all directions but the way it was supposed to. My dad who was a experienced builder couldnt figure it out so I built a baby ring master and it was a great flyer.
mike - 30/11/2022
Sorry. Can't let this comment go. The American Boy was my first successful control line airplane and I learned a lot from flying it. I found it to be steady and smooth allowing me to take off and land successfully over and over while getting the feel of flight. It was a terrific basic trainer. I then also graduated to, like you, a Baby Ringmaster and learned basic loops and maneuvers. It was a really fun time for me (around 1957)
Mel Gray - 01/12/2022
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- Supplement Filesize: 391KB Filename: American_Boy_oz4046_Decals_andFormers.zip
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