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Re: SchoolGirl -- My first RC plane

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From: Iskandar Taib
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 02:24
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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.

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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