S.M.A.L.L.
Small Model Airplane Lovers' League
Photo Page
| Carl Goldberg Jr Falcon Twin - This Falcon was scratch-built and highly modified for twin engines. The wings were stretched and engine nacelles added, the tail was enlarged and stretched. Powered by two Cox Tee Dee .049's and guided by an Ace Silver Seven radio operating on a 53 MHz amateur radio frequency. Four channel full house, six servos, nose wheel steering. The pretty lady is my "little girl", Jennifer. |
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Ace R/C Littlest Stik - Powered by a Cox Tee Dee .010, radio is a vintage Ace Pulse Commander rudder-only. This model was built in the summer of 1976 and is still flown on special occasions. I offer to let the "big boys" fly it, but never get any takers. Hmmm... Wonder why? At 19" wing span and no elevator, it is not for the faint of heart. Nice rudder-only flier, though. |
| Clancy Aviation Lazy Bee - This Lazy Bee was built by Dennis Blevins from Kenova, West Virginia. He describes it for us: "It was built in the winter of '97. It is the standard 40 inch wing with Easy-Tex covering that Clancy sells. It is the toughest and easiest to use covering I have ever worked with and makes the plane look like an old timer with silk. It uses a Hitec Focus 4 with standard servos and a 500 mah pack. The engine is an OS-15FP with an 8-4 prop. I like to fly the Lazy Bee for demos. It always makes people laugh and smile. They say it looks like a cartoon". |
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Clancy Aviation Lazy Bee - Another nice Bee, this one was built by Ron Patrick of Huntington, West Virginia. He opted to build the 48 inch wing to add some weight carrying capacity. He has added a headlight, a trap door for dropping things in flight, and a little electronic sound generator from a toy just for kicks. It's powered by an OS-15FP and uses a Hitec Focus 4 radio. Ron also built the Clancy floats and flies off the snow with them. |
| John Considine B-36 - This has to be one of the largest (and finest) S.M.A.L.L. airplanes around. Although it is quite large in size, it qualifies as a S.M.A.L.L. model because it is powered by small electric motors. It was designed and built by John Considine of Sydney, Australia. The B-36 spans 110 inches and weighs about 10 pounds. 21 cells are used and these power the six geared 400s and the retracts. John contributes to Radio Control Model News from time to time, and his B-36 has been submitted, and should be published in the coming months. |
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Here is the B-36 in a "low and slow" fly by. Notice the gear down. It has the flight duration (15 minutes plus) to compete in scale contests, but, unfortunately, with it's light wing loading it's not competitive in windy weather, which seems to include 90% of contests, but it is a fine sport model. Thanks, John, for sharing photos from the S.M.A.L.L. world down under! |
| Pat's Custom Models B-17 Flying Fortress - Powered by four Speed 400 electric motors with gear reduction, this warbird is a realistic flier. Photo was taken at S.M.A.L.L. '99 Fly In at Maumelle, AR. Pat Tritle designed and built this beauty. He is the owner of Pat's Custom Models , Albuquerque, NM. Plans and fiberglass accessories are available from him. |
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Clancy Aviation Lazy Bee - This "Bad to the Bone" Bee is owned and built by Charlie Meyer of Long Island, NY. He chose the new LA .15 by O.S. because it is user friendly, economical and light weight. The "untuned" pipe doesn't add any power, but it sure makes clean-up a breeze! |
| Ace R/C Guppy - Powered by a Cox Pee Wee .020, radio is Ace Pulse Commander rudder-only. This one was built in the late '70's with the help of my wife and is now a retired hanger queen (the plane, not my wife). Easy flier, but not a very good glide. An elevator would make it fly much better. With the ultra-micro servos and receivers available today, I just might upgrade it to 2-channel and take it out of retirement! |
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Carl Goldberg Jr. Falcon - Cox Black Widow .049 up front, 2 channnel - aileron & elevator. I built it in the mid '80's, and flew it until it was totally worn out. Ailerons were a last minute modification - it was designed for rudder only, so I should have taken out most of the dihedral and reduced the wing incidence to make it a better flyer. I didn't know any better at the time, so I had a blast flying it, anyway! |
| House of Balsa Nomad 2 - Cox Babe Bee .049, 2 channel - rudder & elevator. Built by Ron Fleckal of Blue Springs, MO in the early '80's. Originally powered by a Tee Dee .020, but was under-powered. Half tank of fuel in the Babe Bee takes it way up there! Nomad met its doom as a result of a bad flight pack battery. The kit was discontinued years ago, but I was able to get a set plans from House of Balsa, recently. I hope to rebuild some day... |
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Carl Goldberg Jr. Skylark - Cox Tee Dee .049 with Ace R/C throttle up front, 3 channel - aileron, elevator & throttle. Lessons learned from the Jr. Falcon were applied here - dihedral reduced to about a third, wing incidence decreased about 3/16", strip ailerons instead of "barn-door". It's been flying great since 1991, but it's oil soaked and looking battle weary after many years of flying and several "less-than-perfect" landings. |
| M.E.N. Trainer 20 - This S.M.A.L.L. giant has a wing span of 58" and is powered by a Fox .19. It is owned by Art Reeves of St. Joseph, MO and was built in the late '80's. It is still flying even though it has suffered two major crashes. With its huge under-cambered wing, it is a slow floater and the Fox pulls it just fine. |
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Ace R/C Littlest Stik - Two channels, elevator and aileron. This experimental Littlest Stik has a grand total of five flights on it. It was just too heavy to glide well after the engine cut out, but it was a real screamer when the Cox Tee Dee .020 was peaked out - vertical performance was spectacular & the roll rate had to be seen to be believed! I would like to try it again, this time with newer sub-micro servos & receiver. |
| Sig Kadet Seniorita - Another nice S.M.A.L.L. airplane by Charlie Meyer of Long Island, NY. This lovely Seniorita is modified for 4 channel operation by adding strip ailerons and reducing the dihedral. An OS 25FX pulls it with authority. It flies as great as it looks! |
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Fokker Triplane - Another lovely S.M.A.L.L. scale warbird from Pat Tritle , owner of Pat's Custom Models , Albuquerque, NM. He flew it at S.M.A.L.L. '99 Fly In at Maumelle, AR., where it was a real crowd pleaser! |
| Clancy Aviation Lazy Bee - This Bee belongs to Robert Wampler of Scurry, Texas. This interesting Top Flite Super MonoKote covering took days to cover! Powered by an OS .25 (I think), it was one of the many, many interesting S.M.A.L.L. models at S.M.A.L.L. '99 in Maumelle, AR. |
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John Considine Platypus - Another beautiful S.M.A.L.L. airplane from John Considine of Sydney, Australia. This electric twin is powered by two Speed 400 motors. You can see it (and order plans) at Radio Control Model News web site. |
| 'Hopper Too - This S.M.A.L.L. jewell was designed and built by Jon Wetherington of Marshfield, MO, about fifteen years ago. Magnum .25 GP up front for power, it flies great. |
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Perky - Yet another fine S.M.A.L.L. model fromm Charlie Meyer of Long Island, NY. This "perky" little aircraft has a 20 inch wing span and was scratch-built from plans. A Cox Tee Dee .010 engine powers it. |
| Ace Littlest Stik - This superb electric conversion belongs to Joe Colletti, Chalmette, LA. I'll let him describe it: "I modifed the kit for 3 channel electric flight. It uses a Graupner Speed 300 motor, Pixie 14 speed controller, and two FMA s-80 microservos. It is covered with transparent Orange Econokote. With a 7 cell 600 mah pack it weighs in at 12 ounces. Modifications are additional wingspan, ailerons, elevator, fuselage and wing ribs lightened, and additional vertical fin area. It flies very well. It is very fast and glides well." |
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Herr Engineering Pitts Special - This S.M.A.L.L. beauty was built by Kent Elder of Plattsburg, MO. With an A/P Hornet .09 up front, it has plenty of power. It is covered in Missile Red MonoKote and trimmed with white MonoKote trim sheet. Kent was showing it at the Kansas City R/C swap meet, but wouldn't part with it! |
| Another photo of Kent's beautiful little Pitts. Herr has a great line-up of S.M.A.L.L. kits. They feature laser-cut parts that literally "drop out" and fit together perfectly. They are well engineered and fly as good as they look! If you thought that smaller models were second-rate, you have never looked at a Herr model. |
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