Novi Arrow (oz7737)
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Novi Arrow. RC pattern plane. South African FAI Elimination Winner. The plan shows both full elliptical wing and clipped-wing versions, so actual wingspan may be either 70 in or 66-1/2 in.
Quote: "From South Africa, where the art forms are expressed in strikingly elegant lines, comes the Novi Arrow. This internationally renowned FAI pattern bird flies with a gazelle's gracefulness, yet it's a lion in competition. Novi Arrow, by John Brink.
Successful pattern flying consists of four major elements: the pilot, airplane, radio and the engine. With the Novi Arrow, the airplane element is taken care of - the rest can be bought or developed with practice.
What is so special about the elliptical wing? Does the extra trouble in construction warrant the results? Well, build one, and be convinced it does! For a start, it looks nice. All men like curves, and this includes those hard-to-please judges. But the elliptical wing has far more going for it than this. Theoretically, it is supposed to represent the ideal planform from a distribution-of-lift point of view; also it is an effective way of packing in maximum wing area within a given span.
This extra area helps to maintain a reasonable wing loading, especially with the additional weight retracts have brought to pattern planes. Most of our flying in South Africa is at altitudes of 6000 ft, in temperatures of 80 to 100°F, so keep it light for similar conditions..."
Note there is some central white banding on this scan, would be nice at some point to replace this with a better scan, a complete version.
Update 27/05/2016: Added article, thanks to RFJ.
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(oz7737)
Novi Arrow
by John Brink
from American Aircraft Modeler
June 1974
70in span
IC R/C LowWing
clean :)
formers unchecked
got article :) -
Found online 13/05/2016 at:
http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showpost.php?p=32672027...
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Credit*: Circlip, RFJ
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Photo of completed Novi Arrow model was found online at http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2571899SteveWMD - 24/05/2016
I finished my own Novi Arrow, maybe you're interested in some pictures [more pics 003-008]. Thanks for the hard work keeping Outerzone running!
AlbertoBettelini - 24/11/2017
Bellissimo....a vederlo son rimasto senza parole........che nostalgia pensando a quei tempi .....io e mio papa' volavamo in gara f3a con il curare ma prima avevo un modello di un sudafricano....il spitpanzer.....mi ricorda qualcosa come shape......eravamo.tutti piu semplici ...piu' liberi dentro e fuori ......e se sapevi volare lo facevi con 5 servi.....ad maiora semper !
DiegoGorizia_1973 - 05/01/2019
Beautiful .... to see it I was speechless ........ that nostalgia thinking about those times ..... me and my dad, we were flying in the f3a race with the cure but first I had a model of a South African .... the spitpanzer ..... reminds me of something like shape ...... we were ... all simpler ... more free inside and outside ...... and if you knew how to fly you did it with 5 servants ..... to greater things!!
DiegoGorizia_1973 - 07/01/2019
I'm about to build this model very soon. I like the old fashion models more then every thing.
Asaf - 01/04/2019
Hi, some pics here [009-011] if you like to show the Nitro-Version with Webra rear-Exhaust Engine.
Marc Holzhauer - 20/02/2021
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