Mongoose II (oz6812)
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Mongoose II 60. Radio control pattern plane. March 1983. RCM Plan #884.
Quote: "An excellent tail dragger pattern ship for the novice and beyond. It has all the basic good points without the fancy goodies. Mongoose II 60
by Harold and Tracy Ackeret.
After Tracy had been flying pattern for a year or so we came to the conclusion that what he really needed was a plane that had very good flying characteristics but didn't need all the fancy goodies associated with pattern planes. What kind of goodies didn't he need? First, retract gear really wasn't necessary for Novice class; second a plane which could do all the necessary pattern without using a expensive .60 engine with tuned pipe, etc. One that didn't tear up the sky and do maneuvers so fast that a beginner couldn't keep up with it. What was needed was one that was fairly simple to build and repair. One that looked like an airplane. Well, this is what we started out to accomplish and we believe we have done just that.
Now right away you are going to notice this Mongoose is a taildragger, and you say taildraggers are terrible to take-off and land - not so if designed properly. The Mongoose will go down that runway as straight as an arrow with a little practice. And for take-offs, you don't need to haul back on the elevator to get it off the ground, it just lifts off nice and smooth when it reaches flying speed.
The total weight of the Mongoose has been kept to around eight pounds finished, fueleed, and ready to fly. Because of this, any good .60 engine will take it through all the maneouvers..."
Quote: "Scanned from RCM plans handbook. I scanned in all the plans at 2400dpi from the plansbook, most were unusable but not all. Suspect this was one of them."
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Mongoose II
by Harold Ackeret, Tracy Ackeret
from RCMplans (ref:884)
March 1983
64in span
IC R/C LowWing
clean :)
all formers complete :)
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