Smith Super Special (oz7030)

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Smith Super Special. Radio control sport / fun-fly model.

Quote: "If competition fun-flys are 'your thing', they why not fly what a champion flies! Smith Super Special design by Jerry L Smith. Text by Dave Paessler.

I have been active in modeling for about 30 years. Jerry Smith has been flying about 12 years. Most of my modeling activities have been in the sport flying arena. I got interested in fun-flys as a mild form of competition. Jerry got interested in the fun-fly competition and has been a driving force in its evolution.

Fun-flys of today are a far cry from those of 20 years ago. Today they are as specialized as any other class of competition. These models are built for maximum performance in the events flown. The evolution of the design has been truly remarkable with corresponding improvements in performance. To watch Jerry Smith fly in competition is a gut wrenching experience; the entire flight is flown only milliseconds from a crash. I don't have the nerve to fly this type of event, but I can help tweak the last bit of performance out of a design. We have made a good team, with me helping with the design, building, and strategy. Jerry also builds, designs, works the fastest thumbs I have ever seen, and thrives on high pressure competition.

The Smith Super Special is the product of four years of evolution in design. As built, it is a potent weapon in the hands of an experienced pilot. It is an updated version of the Smith Special that Jerry flew to w in the 1989 Competition Fun-Fly Shootout in Huntsville, Alabama, and the 1990 Competition Fun-Fly Nats in Columbus, Tennessee.

The main difference between these planes and the early Sweet Stiks flown in fun-flys is that these current planes are not designed to go fast. The idea is to go slow and close with very high maneuverability. One of the keys to this is to use a low pitch prop to develop power without the high forward speed: 10 x 4, 11 x 4, and occasionally a 10 x 5 are the most used props for these planes.

Many new ideas are presented here and have been researched. developed, and contest proven. Quality separates this design from all others.

During the contest season 1992, Jerry contacted Robert Vess of Raleigh, North Carolina. Robert is an Aerospace Engineer with the North Carolina State University and is also the designer of the famous Miss Martha of early fun-fly fame. He also has extensive experience in computer assisted airfoil design. With facilities at hand, Robert agreed to design an airfoil suited to the current fun-flx events. With his experience and research. we are able to offer you a quality aircraft with an airfoil that is more forgiving than any we have previously flown.

Robert's airfoil improved the maneuverabilty and controllability, and at the same time, preserved very slow flight capability. This plane is extremely maneuverable, but it can also he very easy to fly with reasonable control throws and slow forward speed if you need to ease into Fun-Flying..."

Quote:- "Here are the scans for Plan 1162, Smith Super Special from February 1994. The plan was embedded in text, I did my best. The plan is in 600 DPI, but some sections were not clear on the magazine - which got reflected to the scan."

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