Topic: rare birds!

Thought this might make an interesting topic,just thinking about what i learnt with, hobby hawk, kloudrider,micro mould avenger and the rocket ship of those days slim pig!anyone else remember the old stuff ?,there was a legend who goes by the name of bob mellor flew at leek club and he flew a speed bird, all built up but it ripped the skies like a loaded mini dragon ,in 1980 that was something very special.....he had a matching skyleader tranny and jacket.....how cool!

The hobby hawk that thing carved like a surf board?

The hobby hawk that thing carved like a surf board?

yep keith did ,not really a floater,flew really well for a rudder elev model

one nearly took my head of twanging down along on bungee last year. Nice wing shape viewed from close quarters

The hobby hawk that thing carved like a surf board?

sorry keith read that wrong,it was made like a surf board .....and it flew like one aswell!

Yes the Hobie Hawk was a very pretty, early ARTF model, with elliptical dihedral.  Well known as they used to perform the 'Hobie Roll' if they stalled whilst on the towline.  The Kloudrider was popular and flew pretty well, but I always had the yin for speed even back in the mid '70s.  So when craft like the Facctor and Sitar Special came out I was blown away.  I had the Avenger.  That was my stock slope model for a long time.  Seemed really fast at the time, and was a really pretty model I thought.

Simon

big eagle,impala,monterey,countryman by mike trew ...now thats a x country model!

Keil Kraft Hellmira!

Simon

Yes the Hobie Hawk was a very pretty, early ARTF model, with elliptical dihedral.  Well known as they used to perform the 'Hobie Roll' if they stalled whilst on the towline.  The Kloudrider was popular and flew pretty well, but I always had the yin for speed even back in the mid '70s.  So when craft like the Facctor and Sitar Special came out I was blown away.  I had the Avenger.  That was my stock slope model for a long time.  Seemed really fast at the time, and was a really pretty model I thought.

Simon

yes simon,remeber the slim pig? seemed like a rocket then,ridge rover,sitar as you say,sb10,loads and the club i flew at leek and moorland gliding asso....there was about 50 people there on a sunday !you had to wait for a colour!

Keil Kraft Hellmira!

Simon

i,ll have to google that one mate

I don't remember the slim pig - who did it (or was it a plan?)

Simon

Try googling Elmira 

Simon

I don't remember the slim pig - who did it (or was it a plan?)

Simon

plan pack thingy mate!

Elmira:



Simon

thats not you with the "lamb chops" is it si?

pretty plane that

thats not you with the "lamb chops" is it si?

LoL!

I had a algebra with the built up fuse, that was nice flew it in a cross country event in 1981 @malvern hills sean bannister i think!

There was a Slim Pig on ebay recently. I had a few bids but unfortunately the little porker got away!

yes i saw it dave!my mate has one but the wings have crinkled!like pork scratchin,s i guess 

Never had an RC glider first time round. I did have a Ghost Rider50 with home made Galloping Ghost radio.

The glass fus is the important bit. Very easy to make some foam venerred wings for it.

For those that dont know anything about the Slim Pig here is the listing that was on ebay. There's some information about it.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230402820347

I had a algebra with the built up fuse, that was nice flew it in a cross country event in 1981 @malvern hills sean bannister i think!

Sean did some great model designs, including power aerobatic.  The Plywood fuselage algebras were superb for their time, and very advanced in a way.  I loved some of Tony Bakers Ridge xxx's, especially the Ridge Rover.  Just a pity they were made out of re-cycled Trabant bodies!

Simon

anyone remember the warlock slope racer dam fast but butt ugly ,about 70" foam wings b/up fuse?and of course chris foss,s range was and still is, awesome ,mini phase still sits in my back room,should have been called "the screming little sh1t cause that carved and shaped wing 4"chord was so loud!

The glass fus is the important bit. Very easy to make some foam venerred wings for it.

For those that dont know anything about the Slim Pig here is the listing that was on ebay. There's some information about it.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230402820347

well done dave thats nice to see it again i had almost forgotten,this is turning into a cool thread,keep the memories comin guys

Well the model that really taught me loads was the Cambria Capstan.  Great looks, strong build, good wing section, and a good flyer.  I flew one of those on the Malverns, landing along one of the Tarmac paths (can't remember which hill it was, but I thing it was towards the north end)

Simon

Not very good photo of the box lid!

i have a mi-flight ro8 untouched in the box still circa oct 1979 thats cool,a bubble dancer plan pack untouched all nice in their own way

Don't forget the Pegasus Model's Mijet. I cut my pylon racing teeth on one of those back in the late 70's. Managed to have spectacular mid air too up Holme Moss with it's fin cutting clean through a foam wing travelling in the opposite direction! 

Anyone mention the MiJet?

Simon

Great minds think alike 

Simon

Well the model that really taught me loads was the Cambria Capstan.  Great looks, strong build, good wing section, and a good flyer.  I flew one of those on the Malverns, landing along one of the Tarmac paths (can't remember which hill it was, but I thing it was towards the north end)

Simon

Not very good photo of the box lid!

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don,t remember that one si ...heard of it but cannot picture it

I still fly a Diamond which was a 100" span development from Sean Bannister's Algebra 7 F3B design (not to be confused with the EMP Algebra variants). The fus for both were made by a guy in Somerset (John Hall?). I retro fitted ailerons & now use it slope flying with a Flycam mounted on the hatch as it's a fairly steady mount but still quite agile. Start of this video has a couple of jpgs of the Diamond.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTxw_b9MBbs" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTxw_b9MBbs</a>


 

Well the model that really taught me loads was the Cambria Capstan.  Great looks, strong build, good wing section, and a good flyer.  I flew one of those on the Malverns, landing along one of the Tarmac paths (can't remember which hill it was, but I thing it was towards the north end)

Simon

Not very good photo of the box lid!

I learnt to fly RC on one of those...Flying Brick

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I still fly a Diamond which was a 100" span development from Sean Bannister's Algebra 7 F3B design (not to be confused with the EMP Algebra variants). The fus for both were made by a guy in Somerset (John Hall?). I retro fitted ailerons & now use it slope flying with a Flycam mounted on the hatch as it's a fairly steady mount but still quite agile. Start of this video has a couple of jpgs of the Diamond.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTxw_b9MBbs" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTxw_b9MBbs</a>


 

nice vid pat where is it and what direction?

It's a couple of miles north of Whitley Bay on the NE coast. The slope is north facing.

flying brick??? I also had the Capstan flys fantastically, `coarse if you were a little slow it would tip stall nastily, my boss now has mine and we still fly it, one of my best flying days was with the capstan.

chaz@2b

,mini phase still sits in my back room,should have been called "the screming little sh1t cause that carved and shaped wing 4"chord was so loud!

Gotta love the Miniphase, I flew one extensively for many years. It still languishes in the shed ready for another scream around the sky some day......

Sean did some great model designs, including power aerobatic.  The Plywood fuselage algebras were superb for their time, and very advanced in a way.  I loved some of Tony Bakers Ridge xxx's, especially the Ridge Rover.  Just a pity they were made out of re-cycled Trabant bodies!

Simon

Great thread Smork!

The Bannister and Solent Sailplanes stuff were definitely the business - I still have an Algebra fuse and plan pack, NIB Algebra 2M and Aerobatic kits, Racer CS, Axle and Trendsetter (plus a couple of Ridge Racer fus/canopies).

The more exotic stuff seemed to be the Carrera range - Trico, Draco and Sagitta (which I also have as a NIB kit, courtesy of JP).   

I learnt a lot from the Marks Models Wanderer, Jubilee, Hi-Phase, Ridge Racer and Suzy-Q Mk5 - but always wanted a Royalist, or a Ridge Rover (which was way out of my price range). A Veron Vortex would have been pretty nice too :-)

Happy memories.

Cheers

Greg

My Memories of the Slim Pig are limited to those of Steve Moss (who taught me to fly) and Mike Earnshaw, which, I believe were converted for flat field use by the simple grafting on of Rossi 40s and tuned pipes....

I had a Caldercraft (?) Fledgling, but my first real sloper was a Dave Hardaker Kwicksilver, followed by a Phase Six, then by a Stefan Dransfield MinuteMan, not to be confused with other models of the same name..

Sadly, I couldn't afford the micro gear this needed, so I traded it for a Wot 4 kit, and have been looking for the plans ever since...

Had a couple of SAS Apaches too.....

That K/K handbook brings back memories, first ever model was a Keil Kraft Soarer Baby...


Tim

Great thread Smork!

The Bannister and Solent Sailplanes stuff were definitely the business - I still have an Algebra fuse and plan pack, NIB Algebra 2M and Aerobatic kits, Racer CS, Axle and Trendsetter (plus a couple of Ridge Racer fus/canopies).

The more exotic stuff seemed to be the Carrera range - Trico, Draco and Sagitta (which I also have as a NIB kit, courtesy of JP).   

I learnt a lot from the Marks Models Wanderer, Jubilee, Hi-Phase, Ridge Racer and Suzy-Q Mk5 - but always wanted a Royalist, or a Ridge Rover (which was way out of my price range). A Veron Vortex would have been pretty nice too :-)ahh yes i remember all those gregster!

Happy memories.

Cheers

Greg