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- From: ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Iskandar Taib)
- Subject: Re: SchoolGirl -- My first RC plane
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- References: <1993Jan20.142756.21667@cas.org>
- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 02:24:49 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan20.142756.21667@cas.org> cwc51@cas.org (Charles W. Collins) writes:
- >My wife bought this plane for me a couple of years ago, not realizing how much a
- >decent radio costs. My mother-in-law (yes, I love my mother-in-law!) bought me
- >a Futaba 6-channel FM for Christmas this year so I'm finally getting serious
- >about finishing this thing.
- >
- >As designed (and it's a very OLD design) this was supposed to be a
- >single-channel biplane. Rubber bands cranked the throttle and elevator down and
- >the only control the user had was the rudder. The plans called for an old
- >Bonner servo (God only knows when those were last made) and a very simple set-up
- >was required for the installation.
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- Hey! Sounds like a neat old airplane! How about scanning the plans
- or something? Perhaps someone might want to build a 2x replica...
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