Shoestring (oz9423)
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Shoestring. Radio control sport scale model. 1/4 pylon racer.
Quote: "THERE IS a chap in our club (John Ralph) who persistently disturbs the peace and quiet of our otherwise rather sedate flying field with hairy, snarling, brightly coloured, monsters that leave the rest of us as though we were watching a tennis match in the sky. Not content with this, he is always managing to persuade one or other of us to join him in his madness - and this time it was my turn to succumb. Reports from America of the smaller pylon racing classes aroused my interest, particularly the '1/4-racers' for .15 sized engines. These, although smaller than the two usual classes, seemed to me to be not too small to get some of the less modern, not-so-mini radio gear into! To tell the truth, I couldn't understand the main centre of interest, so far at anyrate, being in the .049 powered class. However, after listening to comments made by the racing fraternity at some of the meetings, I realised that things could soon get out of hand with 1/4-racers, because of the very potent .15's that are available now, if there were no restrictions...
I always did like that Shoestring of John's so having got all the gen, I scaled it and tailored it to fit the 1/4-racer formula. With the smaller model size, construction could be made simpler, too, and this is what I have done. In fact, as you'll see from the plan, the construction is about as simple as it can be. However, just to be certain, we'll go over the main points..."
Shoestring, Radio Modeller, May 1973
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(oz9423)
Shoestring
by Bill Simmons
from Radio Modeller (ref:108)
March 1973
40in span
Scale IC R/C Racer Civil
clean :)
all formers complete :)
got article :) -
Submitted: 01/11/2017
Filesize: 595KB
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Credit*: Circlip, RFJ
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