Small Flying Arts

The Ascender is in kit on my website. The Side Effect is another matter. Although I have gotten prototypes to fly decently it's performance is not at the level of the Skinny Bomber and Ascender. I will not be putting it into kit.

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The Ascender is in kit on my website.

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Here is a video of the Ascender flying indoors at the last OFFC meeting. I had !/8" rubber on it to fly outdoors but no one would go outside to video it for me. (They were busy trimming models for next week's contest.) I had to keep the winds down to keep it out of the lights.

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The Ascender and Side Effect production prototypes. The Ascender is ready for prime time. The Side Effect needs at least one more prototype.

The other three ROG models that were originally designed for the Secret Sky Squadron postal contest, the Ascender, Side Effect and Climber will be in kit in Februkfary 2005.

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The model in the photo is a laser cut version of Wade Wiley's Basin Flyer. The Basin Flyer is a good performing, simplified model.
The kit will be available at the end of August.

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Bill Watson's Puzzle Plane has been chosen as the one design for the Sky Battle 2023. The contest rules are at http://www.skybattle.org . Once again, the plans are free or you can get a lazer cut kit at http://www.hjlmodels.com . This model flies amazingly well and can be built in under an hour from ...

Guillow's 900 Series Typhoon 2004 - 2020 R.I.P.

The one design contests for the Skinny Bomber, O.F.F.C. indoor in October and the Skybattle postal are getting closer.

I presented Don Butman with a kit at the Black Sheep Squadron meeting last week. He showed up at O.F.F.C. this morning with four of them, three built from the plan, including two ...

The O.F.F.C. meeting this morning was practice for next week's RTP speed contest. The pylon was at one end of the gym to keep the center clear for free flight models.

I was trying various combinations of props and rubber to see if I could get one of my speed models over 30 mph. The Speed Merchant ...