Chipper II (oz8622)
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Chipper II. Sport free flight model for .020 power. Simple all-sheet design. Drawing also shows optional floats.
Quote: "Are you looking for a hot contest model? If so, you may as well turn the page, for Chipper II is not a contest model. This little ship was conceived for one purpose only, fun, fun, fun! If fun is what you are after, then this baby is for you. Chipper will ROG practically from anywhere. With the balloon tires on the original model, I have ROG'd in places where the propeller was actually cutting the grass. You say that ROW is your meat? Chipper will do that too! After one sinking and many dig ins, Doug Emmins had a workable set of floats.
Neither one of us had ever tried floats before we tried them on Chipper II. It all came about when our club acquired afield with a small pond on it. Being the inquisitive types, and always ready to try something new, Doug and 1 just had to try a ROW. Naturally, the most versatile ship in our stable, being the Chipper II, we decided to make it our guinea pig. First attempts showed that Chipper II might also make a good submarine. Finally, we were rewarded when Chipper made a realistic 20-foot run and broke water. After making a fast climb to avoid the trees at the end of the pond, Chipper went into her climbing turn and gained altitude. Anyone who saw us doing an Indian rain dance on the shores of that small pond must have thought us completely daft. Oh well, we do have fun.
If all of this interests you, let's begin construction. Chipper II goes together easily and should not give too much trouble to even a novice..."
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Update 24/04/2017: added article, thanks to RFJ.
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(oz8622)
Chipper II
by William Harding
from Model Airplane News
December 1964
30in span
IC F/F Floatplane
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My first powered build! Cox Pee Wee .020, as shown on Mr. Harding's model. The blue "Thimble Drome" fuel can, the big Eveready dry battery, the Cox glow-plug clips, everything. Spring 1966. I was almost 11 years' young. And it was my first plan purchase from my new subscription to Model Airplane News. All thanks to our dear Dad. It was a big deal for me and my five (soon to be six) siblings!!!The model flew very well; so well that she left the Pali football field, flew wide climbing circles, all the way over and across the campus to the baseball field along Sunset Blvd. And that's where we found her, sitting right and proper on the sandy dirt diamond. Palisades High School, Pacific Palisades, California. 1960s Greatness!
John Rood - 10/06/2025
My experience almost exactly. The Pee Wee 020 was my first engine, about 1959 or so, bought with my paper route money. I had built a rubber powered model from Model Airplane News that used a big hunk of rubber in a rolled balsa fuselage. I cut the nose off and spliced on a plywood firewall to hold the Pee Wee. Then I headed for the old airport on my bicycle, holding the model with one hand. As usual, timing the engine run by using just a little fuel in the tank wasn't accurate. When I finally got it going, I again guessed on how long the tank would run, turned out to be waaaaay too long. My Pee Wee quit when it was a lot higher that I had planned, but that wasn't my biggest problem. It kept going UP, caught in a monster thermal, never saw the model or the Pee Wee again. A major loss for a kid, it was some time before I raised the $3.95 for another engine. But I was hooked, no more rubber power for me. Later that year I discovered that in my neighborhood, Cox 049 engines were available real cheap on Dec 26, after the plastic model had been crashed beyond repair. Sometimes they would throw in a battery and an almost full can of Cox fuel. Thus began my adventure in control line flying. No more flyaways for me. Those were reserved for my next adventure, radio control.
Doug Smith - 10/06/2025
That's some excellent history there, Doug.
Your mention of the Cox ukies reminds me of my very first experience of a model airplane engine, circa maybe 1961 or '62?
We were stuck in church, it was a beautiful blue-sky sunny morning, and adjacent -- AND WITHIN EASY EARSHOT -- was the Palisades Park, where some lucky kid's dad had him all set up and flying with a brand-new Cox PT-19. I was so jealous!!!
John Rood - 11/06/2025
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