CoosBayLumber
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Windy.....
The fiberglass fuselage was built by Dwight Hartman of Illinois. Around 1978 or so he pretty well got out of model airplanes and got interested in model boats. What you have is referred to as a Zeus 2 fuselage. I have it shown in my catalogue from Hartman.
The original Interceptor had problems when flying full speed. Hal then designed up a fiberglass fuselage to stick onto the original wings. The problem only showed up at a higher speed. No cure. But that did not stop Dwight from selling a few fuselages afterwards. He labeled them the Zeus 2. I have the original plan made by Hal for the Inteceptor two, says to use fiberglass fuselage, and Interceptor (original) wing.
After that he came up with an Interceptor three, four and then the Five. The five was the aircraft which put him within four points of an aerobatic perfect score at the A.M.A. Nats in 1965. I have in my possession several of the plans for Interceptors, and even did laser cut parts for the version Five last year. Biggest thing you will find is that if you cut parts according to any of the older plans, they will not fit properly, for somewhere along the line, who ever did the actual drafting forgot about wood thicknesses. Some parts are shown too thin, some too thick. I chucked the 'ceptor (Five) as Hal referred to it by into Autocad and redid it. If you visit my web site, you can see a picture of the Five. His favorite. And the new CAD plan don't cost near as much as the copies do.
The Zeus Two, is sort of wanted now, Dwight is trying to sell off whatever he has in airplanes at present time. The firm shut down about one year ago, with a relative running it. He is also suing a fellow from St. Louis over his management of the firm for the prior ten years. I wouldn't fly the Zeus two, but instead get it copied. I think Dan of North Carolina is trying to locate an original to copy. He is generally within the Vintage Forums.
Wm.
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