Each of these contains a detailed, written
description of every step, plus many nice
photos.
The amount of detail requires time to
sort through, but a beginning modeler
can find nearly any construction process
thoroughly described. Tandy specifies the
hardware and building materials used.
The current project is an electric-powered
Cleveland Models Viking.
Fred Mulholland’s Comanche
The timing feels right for this edited
description of Fred’s recently built
Comanche.
“Nostalgia gripped me when
I happened on the plans for the
Comanche, a model designed by Joe
Wagner in 1951 for Veco Models. I’d
built one in my Free Flight days. Joe
used Native American names for several
of his designs. I’d also built his popular
Dakota and Sioux.
“I added some structure to the
Comanche for RC, and it’s now ready to
go. I’m writing this epistle ’cause it’s been
raining for days and I can’t fly!”
Additional Motors for OT Electrics
Jay Burkart, SAM Electric Rules
Committee chairman, has announced
eligibility of additional motors for
OT Electric competition. Because of
shrinking supplies of Graupner motors,
the committee has tested and approved
alternates of similar performance and
mechanical compatibility. The new
motors may be used immediately,
including at the upcoming SAM
Championships, held October 6-11,
2013, in Boulder City, Nevada.
For the Speed 400 event, the Maxx
Products Promax Speed 400 6.0-volt
(part number ACC341) may now be
used as well as the original Graupner
motor. For Electric Wakefield, Maxx
Products Promax Speed 300, 370
Ferrite motor (part number ACC337)
may be used along with the Graupner.
Other rules for the events are
unchanged.
2013 Euro Champs
US SAM President Ed Hamler was
the overall champion at the 2013 Euro
Championships for the second year in a
row. This year, 113 competitors from 10
countries attended. The event was held in
Hungary. It moves to Italy in 2014, then
to the Czech Republic in 2015.
This European version of our SAM
Championships is limited to OT RC
because of space restrictions.
SOURCES:
SAM
www.antiquemodeler.org
SAM Forum
www.groups.yahoo.com/group/SAMTalk_
Forum/?tab=s
NFFS
www.freeflight.org
MECA
www.modelenginecollectors.org
PAMPA
www.control-line.org
RC Micro World
www.fullsizeplans.com
A2Z Corp.
(720) 833-9300
www.a2zcorp.us/store
Tandy’s Model Aircraft
www.tandysmodelplanes.com
Maxx Products International
(847) 438-2233
www.maxxprod.com
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