Frantique Too (oz8644)

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Frantique Too. Radio control sport model.

Quote: "For .19 to .30 power the F-2 is truly an outstanding machine. The prototype in the photos built by Don Dewey served as RCM's test bed for the Graupner-OS Wankel engine. At 500 sq in it's docile on a .19 - fantastic with a .30.

The 'FRANTIQUE TOO' was designed and engineered by the infamous and somewhat old-fashioned 'Baron Von Drafty-bottom,' with all the hard and dirty work done by his faithful helper, Assistant Second Grade J Harmon.

Well the old codger looks like he's done it again. In fact, I hope that one of his misfit designs falls right out of the sky. Let me tell you the Baron is a NUT to say the least. Like, last summer he decided to take up flying. No instructor or anything and in a 'Little Splinters' at least that's what it was when he got through with it! He finally conceded that it was not suited to his ability. After spending a week in his favorite Kneipe he came staggering in with some childish looking scribblings and calculations on the back of an old Haufbrau label. After mumbling something about his Max .19 and 700 square inches he promptly expired.

What culminated from all this was one of the most under-powered but beautiful flying planes ever. After putting many uneventful hours of nothing but flying on her he decides he wants a new plane, something with a little more performance. Being the cheapskate that he is he still wanted to use his economical .19, so a smaller plane was in store. Remembering his unhappy experience with a plane that was just on the borderline of being too small, a little over 500 inches of area was decided upon.

Having started building 23 years ago, I still remembered what it was to actually build an airplane instead of making a sem-blance of one from something they use to make floral arrangements and toothpick trees. Half of the fun of modeling is the building, and the design of the 'F-2' makes it easy as anything you have ever built and about as cheap. All of the Baron's flying in it has been done from a dirt strip and other assorted un-aved surfaces and has proven itself as tough as you could want. Do not change any wood thicknesses, or substitute any balsa for the spruce that is called for..."

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