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Royono. Free flight power model. For .29 to .35 power.

Quote: "One might be misled by the Royono's appearance as just another pylon. Of course, a record in itself is not a useful index to the worth of a design, but the Royono has been carefully refined over earlier, very similar, designs and will perform with the most potent ships around if it is decently handled. The improvement has come about partly via actual surgery on the original frame since 1951, when the fuselage shown here was built. Since that time the geodetic structure has been added in a new wing and stab, the nose moment has been shortened twice, the rudder has been moved to the bottom of the fuselage, and the retractable landing gear has been moved out of the way for a VTO set-up. Perhaps the most surprising thing about the facelifting is that the fuselage has come through it in such good condition, for the polish on the four-year old surface was decisive (along with a kind thermal which got the ship mostly above the wind) in keeping the ship in sight on the thirty-five minute fourth flight.

Free flighters will immediately note that at 634 square inches, in spite of the thick Gottingen section and 56% stab, the Royono is a rather small B-C model by current meas-ures. But I suggest that there are advantages in such a ship: it avoids the awkwardness of the outsized B-C model; it allows a more rugged structure without going over weight. Silk-covered and anything but tender, the smaller Royono's selling points are largely of a very practical sort. One need only ask himself how many big, light 'six-minute' machines he has seen fail to show back up at the field after their first or second max's to see my point. But thus to stress the ship's ability to take punishment is not to apologize for its performance in any way..."

Royono from the October 1956 issue of Model Airplane News.

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