Shrike Commander (oz6744)
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Shrike Commander. Radio control scale twin. An aerobatic, stand-off scale multi-engined model for .049 engines. Uses the Ace foam wing.
Later kitted by Ace R/C see ad [pic 006].
Quote: "An exciting twin-engine version of Bob Hoover's aerobatic exhibition airplane designed for two .049's and a three channel radio.
Bob Hoover's flight demonstrations in his Rockwell Shrike Commander are truly amazing and I have longed to build a small RC version of this airplane. A year ago I saw Dan McCann's fabulous model that subsequently won the Nationals Scale event at Lake Charles and knew that I had to give it a try. My son and I have been flying various .049 powered creations for the last couple of years, so two .O49's and the Ace foam wing seemed the easiest way to go, not to mention the most economical. The overall covering is white Solarfilm with green and black MonoKote trim colors and numbers. The finished weight of the airplane is only 2-1/2 pounds.
The Shrike is easy to build and just as easy to fly. The lack of throttle control is really no problem. The loss of either engine causes only a reduction of speed with no loss of control or stability. Rudder trim quickly corrects the slight wing drop on the dead engine side. The Shrike will easily maintain altitude and even climb on only one engine. One engine always quits before the other so I have gained considerable experience with single engine flight. The Shrike will even loop and roll on one engine. I have deliberately forced spins with only one engine and had no problem recovering. What more can I say? Build it!
Construction. The wing is mad from apair of tapered Ace foam wing panels and two 6 inch sections of a constant chord Ace foam wing panel. A am sure Ace would ship this a a set as it is the same as their '2T' trainer wing set..."
Update 21/11/2016: added article, thanks to RFJ.
Note this plan used the Ace Foam wing. For a plan showing how to construct a replacement wing in balsa (both tapered and straight-chord) see Ace Foam Wing (oz8557) thanks to AndyKunz.
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(oz6744)
Shrike Commander
by Ken Holden
from RCMplans (ref:640)
May 1976
50in span
Scale IC R/C Multi
clean :)
all formers complete :)
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Found online 22/06/2015 at:
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