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RE: Phil Krafts Original Ugly Stick - 10/24/2006 4:33 AM   
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Status: offline 		Please, Please, send a copy of the .pdf of the stik plans. This would be great. I have built several of the Jenson kits many years ago. May be nice to build one more.
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RE: Phil Krafts Original Ugly Stick - 10/26/2006 2:48 AM   
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1) Please read the Das Ugly Stik file at RCM site... for as long as the link will be there.
Many more interesting classic plane articles though...

http://64.233.183.104/search?q=cache:ys0R5M7co0cJ:www.rcmmagazine.com/issues/requested/content/requested-cn.html%3Fsid%3D0001A7I4qeqJKPIvec426E6+das+ugly+stik&hl=nl&gl=nl&ct=clnk&cd=25&client=firefox-a

2) Mailed RCM once or twice... got no mail back. Has the curtain been closed?

3) Does anyone do an exact Jensen laser cut? (60 in span)
Will ask Laserworks...

4) Will digitize a truely perfect Jensen two piece Plan into a tiff 1:1 file into the near future.
Have already digitized a water damaged plan without the instructions (those were cut off by the former owner and lost).
This plan needs to be corrected in Photoshop... meaning a lot of work... so...

Thanks Bas

PS: The link doesn't work. Heck! Search via Google... Das Ugly Stik.... look further for ....Feature Article... R/C Modeler Magazine - The World's Leading Publication For The ... and use cache option to get to the article. A nice back door! Sleepy people.... for as long as it takes!

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RE: Phil Krafts Original Ugly Stick - 10/26/2006 6:16 AM   
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Status: offline 		I have a question for you all.

What size (90" maybe) Ugly Stik would I want to build for a 16 to 22 cc gas engine?

CCRC1, could the plans you have be scaled to a larger size? If so please consider another begger asking for a handout.
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RE: Phil Krafts Original Ugly Stick - 10/27/2006 7:18 AM   
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Status: offline 		Bridi Stick. By Joe Bridi. Very Good Kit. Check E-Bay and search on Bridi. I have seen them there several times.
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RE: Phil Krafts Original Ugly Stick - 10/27/2006 6:24 PM   
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RE: Phil Krafts Original Ugly Stick - 12/8/2006 10:03 PM   
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RE: Phil Krafts Original Ugly Stick - 12/10/2006 2:23 AM   
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Thanks, I have been looking for plans for a while now. Also, got any build pics yet?

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RE: Phil Krafts Original Ugly Stick - 12/22/2006 11:23 PM   
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Could you please send me a pdf file of the Stick please. I will be reducing this for a smaller 30 size engine.
Many thanks for your help.

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RE: Phil Krafts Original Ugly Stick - 12/26/2006 12:13 AM   
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Status: offline 		I don't intend to steal any of CCRC1's thunder, but I have PDF files of both the Grid Leaks Ugly Stick plan sheet (not from the magazine article, but scanned from full-size plan bought from John Pond several years ago), and also the two-sheet plans from the Jensen (not Jenson) kit. I don't think there are any copyright issues for either one of these. All the sheets are about 36" x 48", within the printing abilities of a shop like Kinko's. Neither one is absolutely perfect dimensionally, since they were scanned using a roll scanner from my own plans. Anyone who wants a copy just drop me an email.

The Grid Leaks plan doesn't seem to indicate a recommended wing dihedral, or how the wing halves should be joined/reinforced. Possibly, the "original" had no dihedral, in which case the spar doublers could have been the joiner material -- just straight through the center joint. I can't decide from looking at the Grid Leaks cover photo (cool; thanks for that!) whether that model has a flat wing or a bit of dihedral.

In the Jensen kit (a beautiful thing, and an aesthetic experience to build), all the spars were tapered for scarf joints at precisely the dihedral angle, which overlapped each other -- the doubler spars were scarfed in one wing panel, while the full-length spars were scarfed in the other. One assembled the complete spars before starting wing construction, and then built the first half with the spars hanging off one end of the building board! This was an ingenious method, though it made it hard to change the dihedral angle -- you couldn't just cut new ply joiner plates as in most designs. But you might have been able to build it flat by flipping one piece over when assembling spars. The Grid Leaks plan seems to have the same spar arrangement and stock sizes, but no notation about jointing, and there are lines right through the whole wing centerline, as if all the parts on one side are separate from those on the other wing.

I built one of the Jensen kits in 1968, had a ball flying it for a summer, but sold the airframe when I went to college. I still have the Lee-Veco .61 that powered it. I framed up another one for my father a couple years later, and he still has it. In more recent times I've bought two of the Jensen kits on eBay for my "retirement stash"; one is of noticeably lesser quality than the other: wood more "punky" and holes not cut so crisply. I believe I've heard tell that there was fall-off in art when Jim Jensen sold the business. But the "good" one is just like I remember the other kits I built.

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RE: Phil Krafts Original Ugly Stick - 2/3/2007 4:05 PM   
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I am retired and living in Thailand. I would like a copy of the Stick plans. This is going to be my first build. Up to now I have been crashing ARFs.

Thanks, Gavin

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RE: Phil Krafts Original Ugly Stick - 2/5/2007 5:45 AM   
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Status: offline 		I bought a partially completed Jensen Ugly Stik about 5 years ago. It had a foam wing which was cut as a retro fit for the original Jensen wing. It had some water damage and had begun to delaminate so I re-skinned one of the panels and finished it off. I built it as a tail dragger and powered it with an old OS 90 FS. It has been a fantastic sport aerobatic flier ever since however it is now beginning to show it's age. The covering is peeling off along the bottom of the fuselage and the linkage is getting sloppy; never the less I plan on flying it til it drops (out of the sky). With the foam wing and the 90 the additional weight is more than made up for. Flaperons help slow it downfor landings and STOL take-off's are spectacular. I couldn't recommend a better sport aerobatic flier.
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RE: Phil Krafts Original Ugly Stick - 2/7/2007 8:48 PM   
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RE: Phil Krafts Original Ugly Stick - 2/7/2007 9:27 PM   
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If it's my plans you are asking about, I never did get any when I bought the plane. The fuselage was totally stock (and built) and the airfoil and wing span are as per original. I am sure some of the other subscribers to this thread have plans available.
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RE: Phil Krafts Original Ugly Stick - 3/10/2007 1:52 AM   
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Status: offline 		Hi there could i get a copy of this brilliant planes plans Joshua.hare@xtra.co.nz

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RE: Phil Krafts Original Ugly Stick - 3/29/2007 6:47 PM   
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I have a VERY cleaned up print of the Jensen plan from Uncle Willies Plans ...

http://www.myunclewillies.com/

Willie does a really superb job of cleaning up old stock/vintage plans !

I too would like a copy of the PDF plan (couldn't it be uploaded somewhere to save all the forwarding ??)

I also wouldn't mind a scan of the original RCM/Grid Leaks article too if anyone has it ???

TIA

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RE: Phil Krafts Original Ugly Stick - 4/24/2007 10:22 AM   
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Status: offline 		i too would like to have the .pdf plans emailed to me junkman123@gmail.com thanks new to the site and im liking it alot

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RE: Phil Krafts Original Ugly Stick - 4/29/2007 5:53 AM   
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RE: Phil Krafts Original Ugly Stick - 5/2/2007 6:57 AM   
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A good plane is like a bad penny, it keeps turning up..

So if you're still offering the .pdf files would you please email them to me?

lbartels@baldwin-telecom.net


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RE: Phil Krafts Original Ugly Stick - 5/2/2007 8:46 AM   
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Status: offline 		Please add me to your list of emailed plans....I pm'ed you a while back, probably forget to send...email address is tucker1865@roadrunner.com Thanks in advance. Dave

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RE: Phil Krafts Original Ugly Stick - 5/10/2007 10:48 AM   
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Status: offline 		Hey guys I have been working on a good set of quality actual scale set of DXF plans you can build from for a great Ugly Stick all winter long. I offered these plans on RCU for free and will continue to do so see link below. I however in no way take credit for its design Guy Fuller had it right. I just think I made it a little better with a fully symmetrical aerobatic wing designed in Compufoil without dihedral and build tabs. My design is also a tail dragger with a simple (two) bolt on wing very strong. I built it last month and I'm proud to say it flies so dang sweet I hate to land and refuel. Now that it's in my PC as A DXF file I can enlarge or reduce it simple as pie so anyone wanting a large Stick Gasser let me know. How much fun would that be!!!! I also made two forward hatches one plain and one with some guns to shoot down those pesky hellies and hovering planes, (just kidding) but not really.
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_5238202/anchors_5238202/mpage_1/key_/anchor/tm.htm#5238202

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RE: Phil Krafts Original Ugly Stick - 5/10/2007 6:39 PM   
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Status: offline 		Hey Guys, I found something that might interest the fanciers of the venerable ugly stick. Lazer Works offers the Jensen Ugly Stik as a short kit. I contacted the company and he said that they are available. The price was reasonable. Check it out: http://lazer-works.com/list.html

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RE: Phil Krafts Original Ugly Stick - 5/10/2007 7:22 PM   
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Status: offline 		Someone earlier in this thread wanted a scan of the original Das Ugly Stik article from Grid Leaks. Here it is.

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RE: Phil Krafts Original Ugly Stick - 5/13/2007 7:15 AM   
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RE: Phil Krafts Original Ugly Stick - 5/13/2007 8:08 AM   
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Status: offline 		Well I was out today with my new Stick and all was going great till the engine died on my third flight. I was low but right over head my field has few options it’s the runway or trees and she was coming in hot eating up runway very fast. Never wanting to noose-em down I held her off to bleed off some speed. I bleed off some speed alright as she hit one of those trees near the of the runway about 3ft. from the ground which tends to stop planes very quickly. I use 3/8" dowel rods for my leading edge so when the left wing hit the tree trunk there was little damage the leading 3/8" dowel never even broke it did crack the sheeting and busted a few ribs as it apparently flexed back rearward from the tree's impact. The ribs will need replaced of course I will also need to cut more sheeting back to get inside to make repairs as you can see in the photos I have already cut some back to have a look inside. The fuse cracked along the seems that make the fuses sides longer. An easy fix already done and covered with some added tribal flames in carbon fiber covering to hide the repair a bit, now on to the wing. I don't think it matters how many trees you have near a field even one is easly found by a RC plane dang trees!

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RE: Phil Krafts Original Ugly Stick - 6/2/2007 3:58 AM   
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Status: offline 		I recently ran across a Das Ugly Stik kit made by Jensen Enterprises of Glendora, California while scrounging around a junk store in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Being ignorant of the Stik's history, and seeing that it was in pretty nice condition, I shelled out eight bucks for it, figuring I could use the balsa and other woods for scratch building. But I got it home and looked it over and began to realize that this was a really neat airplane model and that it'd been around for some time, so I decided it was too nice to just tear up for other projects. The kit is still in the original white corrugated carton (3-1/2" x 7-1/2" x 37-1/2"), it has the Jensen labels (two: one 7 x 13 on the top end of the carton, the second 3 x 7 on the end), and as far as I can see everything is in the box. There's a price sticker on the end label from Pat's Hobbies, 5730 West 96th Street, no city cgiven, but I can tell you it sure ain't Green bay as we don't have 96 streets in town. The sticker price shows $95.00, which seems awfully proud given that it probably hails from the late 1960's; but what do I( know, maybe the Stik was that good a plane!

There's a large plastic sealed bag with the control rods, etc., and three others with small wood parts. The wing ribs are still wrapped with a lightweight rubber band with a construction note with them. The size of the finished plane must have been somewhere in the neighborhood of 52 to 60 inches in wingspan, judging by the length of the two scalloped ailerons, each of which is 25" long.

BUT..... I can't see any undercarriage parts, no metal struts or whatever the Stik used, and no wheels are in the kit. Plus, there are no plans so I can't tell how the thing goes together. I see from a bunch of earlier postings in this stream that plans are available; a set would apparently make this thing complete.

I'm really not up to building the kit, plans or no, and am wondering if anyone out there is interested in acquiring it. If so, zip me an e-mail at bonjudd@solarus.net. Price??? Don't have a clue. I'd really just like to see it go to someone who would love to build an original kit Stik.

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