Small Flying Arts

Ready for it!

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 he...

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 di...

The Skinny Bomber has been chosen as the one-design for Sky Battle 2022.

The rules are available at http://skybattle.org

The Giant NoCal Beaufighter kit is now available from my web site. https://www.hjlmodels.com/sgino.html

Went to the Black Sheep Squadron Guillow's 500 series at the "Grassy Knoll" this morning. It was hot and (hit 104 F a bit later) and the wind came up and blew us out about 10:30. Dave Gee was first, P-40, Don Butman second, Spitfire, and myself third, Hellcat. Dave got an interesting lesso...

Peanuts were the subject of the July OFFC contest held this morning. I didn't have one although I do have one on the board (A Wittman D-12 Bonzo, and no, I'm not going to kit it.) but with other modeling commitments, i did not have a chance to finish it. Although other members were there with models...