Small Flying Arts

Since many modelers will cut a 24 X 36 plan into sections for convenience on their building board I decided to print them that way. The plans in the 1:16 scale series will be printed on two 12 X 36 strips. D520_Plan_Smaller.jpg Drafting on a computer doesn't make up for what you forget. In the first...

Just a little tease about the D.520 kit I am prototyping. If the virus crisis subsides and my balsa supplier can get back to work (They have been determined to be an unessential business in their state.) I will have it and the P-6E, my first two 1:16 scale kits, available by the middle of the year. ...

OFFC meetings and contests are postponed until further notice due to the virus situation. The park gyms and all other available venues are closed. The building season has been extended.

KF

Well, I got to test the landplane version. It may be a model of what was once the fastest airplane in the world but it isn't fast. The best I could get out of it was 12.3 mph. As an RTP speed model it's a dead end. It does fly free in completely dead air indoors. With just to prove the point I flew ...

On the morning of February 26th the OFFC once again held one of the most popular and fun contest events on its schedule, the Delta Dart Build on Site contest. Our esteemed Black Sheep Squadron President, Dave Gee, provided the materials and building boards for the mad scramble to build the models in...

At the first meeting of the O.F.F.C. this year there was extensive discussion of the scheduled RTP Speed event. There was discussion of adding a new class, NoCal style profile racers. The idea is to compete with profile scale models of a actual racing planes at NoCal size (16" span). We couldn'...

On January 29 the OFFC Minnow contest was held at Stonehurst. Five contestants participated. Some of the models were new builds and some had been flying for over a decade. The results were: 1. Bill Watson...............................206 seconds 2. Don Butman..............................120 3. Wil...

At today's O.F.F.C. meeting the 2020 Directory and Contest Calendars were distributed. The Contest Calendar is as follows: [list=] [*] Date Event CD Name [*]Jan 29.......Minnow........................Bill Watson [*]Feb 26 ......Delta Dart (Built on Site)....Dave Gee [*]Mar 25.......Embryo..............

ED SLOBAD MEMORIAL ROG UNLIMITED CONTEST Since it is open to any rubber powered model that can ROG this is always one of the more interesting contests of the year. You never know what kind of model that people will bring. There were designed for the job models, P-18s with landing gear, Legal Eagles,...

Here's the Group Picture.