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RE: Phil Krafts Original Ugly Stick - 10/24/2006 1:33:54 AM   
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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.
Email to gfhendrick@bellsouth.net
Thanks,
Gary

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RE: Phil Krafts Original Ugly Stick - 10/25/2006 11:48:55 PM   
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Read a lot here on this tread.... but did you know?
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 3:16:01 AM   
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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.
rcdayz_1999@yahoo.com

Thanks all.

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RE: Phil Krafts Original Ugly Stick - 10/27/2006 4:18:23 AM   
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Bridi Stick. By Joe Bridi. Very Good Kit. Check E-Bay and search on Bridi. I have seen them there several times.
Thanks, Gary

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RE: Phil Krafts Original Ugly Stick - 10/27/2006 3:24:15 PM   
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Or you can buy a brand spanking new Bridi Stick here.

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RE: Phil Krafts Original Ugly Stick - 12/8/2006 7:03:22 PM   
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If you are still passing our pdf files please send one to bill@flyingdollarphotography.com. Thanks!

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RE: Phil Krafts Original Ugly Stick - 12/9/2006 11:23:53 PM   
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If your not to busy, could you please send a pdf of the plans to mikestone@columbus.rr.com
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 8:23:19 PM   
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Hi CCRC1
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 - 12/25/2006 9:13:47 PM   
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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 1:05:28 PM   
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Hello:

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

gavin_craig@yahoo.com

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RE: Phil Krafts Original Ugly Stick - 2/5/2007 2:45:47 AM   
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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.
Peter

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RE: Phil Krafts Original Ugly Stick - 2/7/2007 5:48:41 PM   
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Any chance I could get a copy at kbryant@lcounty.com. Thanks

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RE: Phil Krafts Original Ugly Stick - 2/7/2007 6:27:35 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.
Peter

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RE: Phil Krafts Original Ugly Stick - 3/9/2007 10:52:18 PM   
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Hi there could i get a copy of this brilliant planes plans Joshua.hare@xtra.co.nz

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