Pussyfoot (oz8424)

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Pussyfoot. Radio control sport/pylon racer model.

Quote: "Compact size 48 inch sport model for the popular .29 to .40 motors. Economical to build, easy to transport. Pussyfoot, by Sid King.

INITIAL DEVELOPMENT of this model began some three years ago, with a strictly functional design intended to haul aloft full-house proportional gear (all 21 oz of it) using a .29 motor. It was also intended to meet other requirements, namely:

(a) ease of handling and transport.
(b) operation from relatively small grass strip.
(c) it should have an acrobatic capacity.
(d) use an engine size which would effect good fuel economy and finally,
(e) it should achieve maximum cost-effectiveness from standard sizes of wood - the wing being based upon two 48 x 6 in sheets of balsa, and the fuselage sides on 36 in stock. There is a marked absence of block -
no point in using great slabs of this Equadorial gold-dust and leaving half of it blowing around the workshop floor.

The foregoing requirements have given rise to a local legend that there is a certain parsimoniousness in my nature - particularly as this model was christened Econo-miser. However, it flew and, in the fullness of time, gave rise to an Econo-miser and finally to the present Pussyfoot. This latest model is so named because it is also a test vehicle for a new size and type of Roe 'Purr-pipe' (get it? - Purr - Pussy!)

In practical terms, this silencer is a major advantage when operating in confined areas, and its pressure-tap facility renders tank position much less critical - not so important with a big .61 providing the suction, but more so as engine size decreases.

Pussyfoot now uses much lighter gear than its predecessors (15 oz) and has been narrowed down to a nice fit around modern servos. It would not, in the form presented, accommodate the older, bulkier equipment. After three seasons of pylon racing, a certain amount of racer influence has crept into the looks - general configuration, under carriage position and so forth - as well as many constructional features. In fact, with a good .40 up front, it would make a formidable open racer..."

Article thanks to RFJ.

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