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Pictures and data of some of our customers handiwork:

Hawker Sea Fury by John Taylor   (electric powered!)

Weight with battery’s is 36.5lbs. The motor is a Turnigy C80-100-B130KV Brushless Out runner.

Power is 2 Turnigy Zippy 8000 22.2v 6 cell Lipo Battery’s

The Speed control is a Turnigy 120 amp HVOPTO K-Force series 12s

Prop is a modified 4 blade Zinger 28-14 with the tips rounded and painted yellow and the blades painted black.

Estimated speed was 52mph on the first flight flown at 1/2 to 3/4 throttle. Out of 2800amps only used 69.3

Gary Dye  down in Texas.  FW-190's in two sizes!

The newest is the 113 inch version... almost ready for paint...

          The other is our 90 inch version.

    Here are some good size comparisons of the two.

The larger one is using an Air Hobbies 150 twin with a 29/12 Mejzlik three bladed prop.

The bottom two picture are the enlarged one finished ready for test flying. Soon......

Pastorato Nicola, Biella, Italy 

Hawker  Hurricane. Engine is a DLE 55, Uses Sierra Giant Scale Retracts and wheels.

She's about 29 lbs ready to fly. Multiplex radio

John Messano,  Sioux Falls, SD

1/3 scale Stinson L-5,  "fun plane to fly, excellant"

ZDZ Super 80 engine. Latex paints.

Don Wolfe, Center Valley, Pa. – L-19 Bird Dog

1/4 scale, 30 lbs, Zenoah G-62 with 22/10 prop.

Dynamic Balsa cockpit kit, Rustoleum paints.

Frank Wicher of Pennsylvania — FW-190
Weight: 32 lbs,  Engine: G-62, It has Sierra precision retracts.

It is finished in fiberglass cloth and Z-poxy and painted in latex house paint. It flies beautiful.

John Lane of Northville, Michigan  —  P-47 Thunderbolt

Fiberglass fuselage, Q100 engine, Futaba radio, Cockpit kit

Robart retracts, PPG metallic aluminum paint, Incredibly expensive Blue Planet pilot doll, er, I'm sorry, "action figure"

    In-flight shot taken at the War Bird Rally in Muncie, 2006

Neville Thomas, Brooklyn NY — Hawker Hurricane

Hawker Hurricane done in a captured scheme. Sachs 4.2 turning 24x10. Weight 32 lbs

fabric covered with Behr latex paint. Markings are all airbrushed. JR 9303 radio.
retracts are from Sierra. Flies great !

Bob Kunkel of Washington, MO — Hawker Hurricane
Weight: 29 lbs,  Engine: 3W-50, Uses Sierra landing gear. Jerry Nelson fabrics and paints.

Denny Deweese  of Land O’ Lakes, Florida — FW-190 

Weight: 39 lbs., Engine: GT 80, Moki 22-12 prop. Vailly Aviation fiberglass fuselage, retracts and fan.

Denny Deweese  of Land O’ Lakes, Florida — FW-190  (number 2)

(He liked the first one so much he just had to do another!)
Weight: 35 lbs., Engine: GT 80, Xoar 23-10 prop. Vailly Aviation fiberglass fuselage, retracts and fan.

Franz-Meier Patton of Switzerland — P-47 Thunderbolt
Weight: 26 lbs, Engine:  Zenoah G-62. Uses Robart landing gear.

Jack Kezellian of Canton, MI        "Jack's Airforce"

        90 inch SeaFury,           101 inch SeaFury,              92 inch P-47,                  90 inch FW-190

John Labelle of Newport, NH — L-19
Weight: 24 lbs, Engine: Zenoah G-38. PPG automotive paint over fiberglass cloth and resin.

Tom Hammond of Surrey, B.C., Canada — Hawker Hurricane
Weight: 28 lbs, Engine: Quadra Q-52. Uses Gene Barton landing gear.

Jim Scammell of Victoria, B.C., Canada — Hawker Hurricane
Weight: 26 lbs. Uses Gene Barton landing gear.

John Pirozek of Michigan — Hawker Typhoon

Alan Rowson of New Zealand — FW-190
Weight: 28 lbs, Engine: 3W-60. Prop 2 blade 22 / 10  Bolly (Australian), Fuel tank 24 oz Dubro. Radio: Futaba PCM Rx, FP8 UAP PCM 1024 Tx.Covered in tissue and dope.  Painted with automotive undercoat and colours. Top coated with semi-matte automotive clear for fuel proofing. Vailly Aviation retracts and wheels. Pilot is a Perkins from the UK. Colour scheme came from Aircam Aviation Series no. 44 (an English publication).

Charles Hamilton - Buchanan, MI — Hawker  Hurricane
Weight: 26 lbs., Engine: Zenoah G-62, Finish: Fiberglass and Latex paints. Uses Sierra Giant Scale Retracts and wheels. This Plane has also been displayed at the Toledo show

Charlie Elwell - Blackwood NJ.— FW-190

Weight: 33 lbs., Engine: Zenoah G-62.

All markings are painted on.Utilizes functional scale exhaust and a sliding canopy.

Vailly fan and scale retracts and wheels.

Dave Wigley - Smithtown, NY— Hawker Tempest MK V

Weight: 44 lbs., Engine: Quadra Q-75. PPG automotive paints. Scale struts and tailwheel unit. Functioning canopy and landing lights. This plane has appeared at the WRAM ‘s and Toledo shows as well as The US Scale Masters and Top Gun.

Ed Grossheim of Lowell, Massachusetts — Hawker Hurricane done as a Mk IIC
Weight: 24 lbs., Engine: Quadra 42. Prop: 20x6-10. It's finished in desert camouflage, with a scratch built full cockpit.  Gene Barton retracts were used.  Finish: fwd fuse and wings glassed. Aft fuse is covered with Supershrink Coverite. Painted with Chevron Perfect Paint and Testors Model Masters paints. Scratch built full cockpit. Scratch built 20mm wing cannons.

Gudjon Olafsson of Iceland — FW-190

The FW was a huge success at our local model fly-in this weekend (the largest in Iceland).”

Jim Daris of Fitzwilliam, NH — FW-190

Weight: 33 lbs., Engine: Brison 5.8 . Prop: 24x12. The FW190 was modeled after a plane flown by Joseph "Pips" Priller from the

JG26. Retracts and wheels are from Sierra. Cockpit is by Dynamic Balsa. Fan , spinner , cowl and canopy from Vailly. All

Hitec radio gear in the plane and a Futaba transmitter. Plane is all built up , glassed and painted with Behr latex. All markings

except for the Jutta marking are painted. “The plane flies on rails”.

Kenneth Wikeroey of Kongsberg , Norway — FW-190.

Weight ; 38 lbs (17.4 kg)  Engine ; Zenoah G62  Finish ; Klasskote epoxy paint. Modeled after Siegried Schnell's Fw-190 A4,

Yellow 4 , Vannes , France 1943. All markings are painted on. It has all the Vailly options. Pneumatic operated canopy. The

G62 has spring starter, and is very reliable. Onboard flight-recorder.

Lee Watkins of South Bend, Indiana — FW-190.

Weight: 30 lbs., Engine: Quadra 75, Finish: Fiberglass cloth and resin with latex paint.

Functional fan from Vailly Aviation, Robart Retracts

Marty Cowan of Belleville, Ontario, Canada — Hawker Hurricane.

Norm Gates of Greenwich NY.— Hawker Hurricane.

The Hurricane weights 27Lbs, has a Quardra 52 swinging a 20X10 prop . Retracts are from Sierra. All Hitec radio gear in the

plane and a Futaba transmitter. Plane is all built up , glassed and painted with Behr latex. All markings are vinyl.  Norm states: 

“Great flying plane despite all the negative comments from the skeptics who can't fly warbirds.”

Tom Czikk of Ocala, Florida — P-47 Razorback

This P-47 Razorback has appeared at Top Gun a few times.

Bob Tomasulo’s — FW-190

Modeled after an F-190-F8 flown on the eastern front. Weight: 35 lbs., Engine: Zenoah Z445, Finish: Latex paints. Has

operational sliding canopy and full cockpit from Dynamic Balsa, Utilizes Vailly Aviation retracts, wheels and Fan.

Carl Reightler's L-19

Weight:26 lbs., Engine:OS300 Twin 4 cycle, Finish:Perfect paint #CHE 49 (FS34089 OD-USAAF), clear coated Rust-Oleum

crystal clear. All American Kit Cutters cut the kit. The landing lights and the "rotating beacon" each work via micro switches.

Kenneth Sulkowski of Warren Mi — L-5, member of the Radio Control Club of Detroit for 32 years.

Weight: 28 lbs., Engine: Zenoah G-38 swinging an APC 18 X 12 prop, Finish: Latex.
Modeled after the one owned by the Keystone Wing of the Confederate Air Force. Very realistic flight.

Mikael Pedersen of Denmark — FW-190
Weight: 29 lbs., Engine: Saito RD450 radial, "What a great sound.", Finish: PPG automotive lacquers. Done in the markings of Dietric Wickop circa 1942. Utilizes Vailly Aviation scale retracts. All markings are painted on.

Bob Breen of Rock Hill, NY — Hawker Hurricane
Weight: 28 lbs., Engine: Quadra Q-52, Finish: Latex paint over fiberglass cloth with polyester resin.

Uses Gene Barton landing gear.

Dan Shepherd of Sound Beach, NY — Hurricane
Weight: 28 lbs., Engine: Kioritz 2.4, Finish: latex house paints, Radio: Futaba radio. All markings are vinyl stick-on. Utilizes Gene Barton retracts. Took 21/2 years to complete.

Glenn Reilly’s — FW-190
Weight: 28 lbs., Engine: Quadra-65, Finish: PPG stage 2 automotive enamels. All markings are painted on. Utilizes Vailly Aviation scale retracts, and cooling fan. Features a functional canopy along with a drop tank and flaps. Took 21/2 years to complete. Glenn says "It handles well on the ground and fly’s extremely well and scale like."

Kevin Breen and Robert Vandermullen of Upstate, NY — Stinson L-5
Engine for both: US-41, Kevin’s weighs 25 lbs and uses latex paints while Rob’s weighs 24 lbs and uses Krylon paints.

Tom Cavagnaro of South Setauket, NY — Hurricane
Weight: 28 lbs., Engine: Sachs 3.4, Prop: 20/8 Finish: latex house paints, Radio: Futaba radio. All markings are vinyl stick-on. Utilizes Gene Barton retracts. Took 2 years to complete.

Hayashi Kazuhiko—Yokohama, Japan—FW-190
Weight: 34 lbs., Engine: Zenoah G-740, Prop: 24/10 Bolly prop Finish: Acrylic-urethane auto paints. Radio: Futaba 8 chl radio. Features a sliding canopy and drop tank and utilizes our Scale Retracts, Wheels and Fan.

Joe Mosso of Pt. Pleasant NJ—1/4 Scale Cessna L-19
Weight: 26 lbs., Engine: Zenoah G-38, Prop: 18/10 Finish: Automotive laquer paints Radio: Futaba radio

Bill Steftes of Schenectady, NY—1/4 Scale Cessna L-19
Weight: 24 lbs., Engine: US-41, Prop: 20/8 Finish: Automotive laquer paints. Radio: Futaba radio.

Features functioning landing lights and an opening door.

Bruce Jennings of Baltimore, MD —1/4 Scale Cessna L-19
Weight: 26 lbs., Engine: Zenoah G-38, Prop: 18/10 Finish: Latex paints. Radio: Futaba radio

Eric Nicolle of N.S.W. Australia—1/4 Scale Cessna L-19
Weight: 29 lbs., Engine: O.S. Pegasus, Prop: 20/8 Finish: Tissue and dope with Automotive top colors. Radio: Futaba radio. Features an on board glow driver.

John Julian of Ridge, NY—1/4 Scale Cessna L-19
Weight: 28 lbs., Engine: Zenoah G-38, Prop: 18/10 Finish: Latex paints. Radio: Futaba radio. Features functioning landing lights.