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RE: Roy L. Clough, Jr, Even More Articles - 12/6/2005 11:20:44 PM   
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Status: offline 		back again. still no luck/idea of finding the additional plans of Roy Clough's models, particular the 1/2 Hoop wing. its getting building weather again, no snow yet. the new 80"layboy wing completed structurually, my old Mon ocoat ,no good after being under water. so its also on the long order list with Lone Star Balsa, soon as Nadine opens the purse strings. dick

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RE: Roy L. Clough, Jr, Even More Articles - 12/7/2005 12:39:02 PM   
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Status: offline 		Dick,
Is this the RCJ model that you are looking for? It's called the Channel Winger. If so, PM me if you would like a higher resolution copy in PDF format.

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RE: Roy L. Clough, Jr, Even More Articles - 12/8/2005 4:51:35 AM   
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Status: offline 		yes and the print you sent me is on the board, ready to being upscaled to 81", starting tomorrow. power will be determed at a later date, after it starts to take shape. there's no sense in building miniture model aircraft-- too hard to see in the air. thanks again.. dick

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RE: Roy L. Clough, Jr, Even More Articles - 12/8/2005 6:30:50 PM   
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Status: online 		I just stumbled across these two designs in the 10/93 MB:

Zoomslot and Minislot



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RE: Roy L. Clough, Jr, Even More Articles - 12/9/2005 11:13:14 PM   
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Status: offline 		YUP, plans started @ 80 ws, for RC, will be a monster with 21" chord. will be another eye popper @ the field, if and when. another truck load Balsa and CA to be ordered from Lone Star. sure cheaper than the girls. dick

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RE: Roy L. Clough, Jr, Even More Articles - 12/13/2005 2:24:34 AM   
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Status: offline 		So which plan are you doing Dick...the 1/2 Hoop Wing or that neat Channel Wing that G-Rock posted? Are full size plans still available for the channel wing. I'm into building anything unusual. I think the Custer Channel Wing was built on the theory that increased air flow over the wing was supposed to cause greater lift at lower air speeds (a early STOL design). I think I found a picture of the original prototype that 'might' be at the Smithsonian. Not sure.



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RE: Roy L. Clough, Jr, Even More Articles - 12/13/2005 9:34:27 AM   
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ORIGINAL: Splinter Wood

So which plan are you doing Dick...the 1/2 Hoop Wing or that neat Channel Wing that G-Rock posted? Are full size plans still available for the channel wing. I'm into building anything unusual. I think the Custer Channel Wing was built on the theory that increased air flow over the wing was supposed to cause greater lift at lower air speeds (a early STOL design). I think I found a picture of the original prototype that 'might' be at the Smithsonian. Not sure.




Hi Clough enthusiasts,

I googled Custer Channel Wing some time ago and saved many pictures, At that time I was using Netscape and unfortunately nearly all the text I saved will no longer load (Netscape not on my machine any more). There is a huge amount of data available through google, I just checked. I still cannot upload a picture to RCU from my machine even though all the jpegs I saved are still useful. I really want to download any of Clough's MODEL drawings to my own computer.

Try the following:-1st AIAA Flow Control Conference 24-27 June 2002 St. Louis, Missouri, use Google.

Best of luck in your searching.

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RE: Roy L. Clough, Jr, Even More Articles - 12/13/2005 1:35:10 PM   
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Status: offline 		morning. its the 1/2 Hoop model. had layed it out at 81" and dicovered a super big monster, downsized to 60"ws. am also adding aielerons to help the old fingers control it-- know that its not to scale. my full Hoop model does not exist any more, No Thanks to Katrina. no idea of power yet. will keep you posted. dick

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RE: Roy L. Clough, Jr, Even More Articles - 12/13/2005 10:41:12 PM   
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Status: offline 		I guess landing gear could pose a problem with extremely large diameter (wing span) Hoop models. The distance to center would be something like 40+ inches off the ground. That would require some very long landing gear!! Good call making the 1/2 Hoop smaller.

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RE: Roy L. Clough, Jr, Even More Articles - 12/13/2005 11:55:52 PM   
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Status: offline 		My first Clough design I built was a hydrofoil which I cannot find any info on these days. Not to be confused with the WaterBug also designed by him though it has a few simalarities.
It had a cabin which was half round front and back, was I think 30" long and about 24" wide.
The width was mostly made up of a small boom which carried a couple of "pontoons" or floats fro stability. Under which were the front foils with aluminum tabs for trim.
The cabin was I believe 12" long behind which was another boom for the verticle fin and sub fin.
This was for the Baby Bee .o49 facing rearward. Can't remember where I found the plans. They were Blueprints. Populay mechanics possibly?

Does anyone rember it or where I can find plans? I have tried Ebay to no avail thus far.

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RE: Roy L. Clough, Jr, Even More Articles - 12/14/2005 1:12:16 AM   
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Is this the RJC design that you are looking for? If so, PM or e-mail me your e-mail. I have a PDF file that is the 3 page construction article for the WaterBug.

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RE: Roy L. Clough, Jr, Even More Articles - 12/14/2005 1:31:52 AM   
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Sorry, I misread your post, I have a list of RJC articles and cannot find one that is just called a hydrofoil. Could it possible be the Hydrojet?
Gene

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RE: Roy L. Clough, Jr, Even More Articles - 12/14/2005 1:52:01 AM   
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Status: offline 		I noticed the last set of plans had a Roy Clough trade mark Ping Pong ball pilot. I built a Tumblewing from the March 2005 Flying Models magazine. Here's a pic of Roy's pilot..

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RE: Roy L. Clough, Jr, Even More Articles - 12/14/2005 3:15:04 AM   
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Status: offline 		g-rock! that jet boat is way cool! How does the impeller system work?

Oh, to answer your question no thats not it, however it is way cool.

I read popular science with a passion back then but I think it was an older copy of Popular Mechanics that I may have found it in. I remember clearly that it was a blueprint. Blue background and white lines for the drawing. The motor pictured was a more modern cox motor with the standard Baby Bee tank mount tyhe motor faced backward ( pusher config,) I'll see if I can find some better way to describe it. Then I may be getting mixed up with another author.
It was meant to run free or on a tether. I bet it could be modded for R/C

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RE: Roy L. Clough, Jr, Even More Articles - 12/14/2005 9:13:53 AM   
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The Hydrojet drive is an impeller.
The only other two boats that are on my RJC list that may be what you are looking for I do not have.
"Boat that flips to go"; (Prop tail drive) Popular Science, September 1961.
The second is "Water Skating Boat": Popular Mechanics, June 1963.

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