Titan (oz8567)

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Titan. FAI aerobatic model for .60 power.

Quote: "AN EXPLANATION of the raison d'etre for this new design of mine is, I feel, called for, before going on to extol its virtues and give guidance on constructional points. It goes something like this.

I have been flying 60-powered models for a number of years, both in contests and for general fun flying; never having been a scale model enthusiast, I have therefore always used the relatively stereotyped 'pat-tern ship' - to borrow a phrase from our American cousins. On hearing from a friend abroad, around the middle of last year, that a new pattern containing tighter and more difficult manoeuvres was proposed, I started to think what could - if anything - be done with the design of current aerobatic models to make these new manoeuvres easier to perform. As you have seen, in the February and March issues of Radio Modeller, the new pattern has now been adopted by the FAI for world-wide contest use - and of course by the SMAE for all their aerobatic events from now on.

Titan is my approach to this new pattern. In the past few years, the power available from the 60 range of engines has increased, with new and improved engine designs, tuned pipes, big bores, carburettors and pumps, this has meant that existing model designs have been going faster and faster. With Titan, which features a larger, thicker wing and tailplane than is usual, I now have a 'steadier' model. The top speed does not seem much slower, but when it is slowed, it decelerates much more rapidly, making the high-entry manoeuvres and vertical down-ward parts a great deal less frighten-ing because there is less build-up of speed..."

Titan, Radio Modeller, May 1978.

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