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Wanted Plans-Flying Saucer - 6/3/2004 11:13:54 PM   
sidgates



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Status: offline 		I am looking for plans for a free flight flying saucer. I think the original planes were in Air Trails Magazine in the mid to late '50s. A larger RC version was built later, and might have been published in American Modeler.
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RE: Wanted Plans-Flying Saucer - 6/10/2004 10:28:50 PM   
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Status: offline 		Don't know about the 1950's plans but here is a current model that plans are available.

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RE: Wanted Plans-Flying Saucer - 6/11/2004 4:36:02 AM   
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Status: offline 		There are two saucer designs by Roy L. Clough Jr. in the October 1993 issue of Model Builder. The larger one is the Zoomslot for an .049 engine and single channel radio. The smaller Minislot Saucer is a freeflight electric. Both are oval-shaped in plan with a slot and a small vertical tail.

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RE: Wanted Plans-Flying Saucer - 6/11/2004 9:11:47 PM   
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Status: offline 		Try Tom Dixon's site-about 2/3 of the way down the page, for plans for the Sassy Saucer. It was in AT 5/53. Is this the one?

http://members.tripod.com/~TomDixon/plans2.htm

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RE: Wanted Plans-Flying Saucer - 6/15/2004 11:10:41 PM   
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Status: offline 		American Modeler Oct 1960 has a construction article & plans for the 'PLATO". (AKA Canadian Saucer)
It is a RC flying saucer designed by Ernie Houslander. Dia is 30". Engine was a .15. It even had single channel galloping ghost control using a mighty midget motor as an actuator

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RE: Wanted Plans-Flying Saucer - 6/17/2004 5:34:37 AM   
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The August 1966 issue of American Modeler has plans and kits available by Flying Saucer models of Jetmore Kansas. Says powered by Thimble Drome .049


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RE: Wanted Plans-Flying Saucer - 6/17/2004 6:18:14 AM   
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I think that I might have the plans to the one you are thinking of. Was it was a 1/2 powered design that mounted the engine on a stalk above the front of the platter? It was published in either Popular Science or Popular Mechanics around 1962. I have a copy of that issue somewhere around the house. This one was about two feet wide, and three feet long. The article also mention that it could be converted to RC. I think that it had two rudders

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RE: Wanted Plans-Flying Saucer - 7/3/2004 12:11:17 AM   
sidgates



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Status: offline 		I appreciate all the replies but none seem to be the right one. The original had the engine in the nose and was an 0.20. I replaced my 0.20 with a .049 and thinking back I first flew it outside Rome,NY. in about 1956-7.

It was damaged beyond repair when I flew it in a school yard years later and kids came running out of all the houses around the school, the engine quit and it glided in for a perfect landing but the lead kid in the pack chasing it planted his foot right in the middle of the model.

I think an R/C version was flown around Wash. DC. later and it was much larger. This is the one I would really like to build.

Thanks again for the replies.

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RE: Wanted Plans-Flying Saucer - 3/18/2005 4:22:57 PM   
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Status: offline 		I am also looking for a Free-Flight Flying Saucer from the 1950's. The ones we built were unique. They had turned up wing tips and a round disk shaped rudder mounted on a wire. They were powered by either an .020 or an .049. We used .049 McCoy diesels. It had two skids mounted under the belly, and one wheel (landing gear) up in the front. The engine was mounted on a neck. It's ribs were dolphin shaped and had one spar in the wing. The overall diameter of the craft was around 25". Someone has to remember the name of this model or the manufacturer. Ours were purchased in Compton California in the late 50's early 60's. It might be a small name manufacturer...don't know.

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RE: Wanted Plans-Flying Saucer - 12/24/2005 12:02:42 PM   
Espresso-Outfitters


 

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Status: offline 		I have a couple of actual saucers in the works, tests have proven quite promising and I plan upon building and reselling them in several stages, from freeflight glider version to all out RC. I like that photo of the GeoBat, it's a nice looking plane by the way.


Taking note, there are already contendors, here is a link to some vid to one of them I'm going to attemt to dialog with next:

http://www.rcuniverse.com/mvp/videolink.cfm?postid=754

This is just utterly cool, and utterly dissapointing since I have to cross out one of the past designs out of the pic for the patent since it's design was concieved of in 1939 when it's all said and done. Here if a crude photo of it's present stage:



After I get the first two online officially, I can work on a third that's just beyond traditional thinking in this area all together, the only hint will be, that fin has no place in it's design what so ever..............

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RE: Wanted Plans-Flying Saucer - 12/24/2005 11:03:52 PM   
g-rock



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Status: offline 		SidGates,
This is a Roy Clough Jr. design. Air Trails August 1952
Gene

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RE: Wanted Plans-Flying Saucer - 12/27/2005 5:09:19 AM   
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ORIGINAL: g-rock

SidGates,
This is a Roy Clough Jr. design. Air Trails August 1952
Gene


Thanks g-rock, I would think there are many people collecting the Roy L Clough designs.

I for one am very pleased to get this one.

P.S. with the slot is it a Bi-Plane with serious stagger or a Tandem wing or even a Canard?






Happy New Year all,

old git.

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RE: Wanted Plans-Flying Saucer - 1/22/2006 10:18:36 PM   
Espresso-Outfitters


 

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Status: offline 		Let me know how that saucer flies? Also, where did you get those plans from?

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RE: Wanted Plans-Flying Saucer - 1/25/2006 9:50:23 PM   
Cowboy88


 

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Status: offline 		Hi I built a free flight saucer out of American Modeler that was an 0.020 design with a solid balsa wing undercambered and reflexed. It had twin rudders and in the article was marked with USAF markings. I nolonger have the plans or the magazines. But I know it was American modeler around the mid 60's I think...

Hope this helps

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RE: Wanted Plans-Flying Saucer - 1/26/2006 6:03:48 PM   
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Status: offline 		John (Old Git) your too late. have one on the board already. fab soon as the 3, D-7's are complete. dick

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