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RE: Keith Laumer - 8/29/2007 9:21:54 PM

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The coincidences just keep on piling up....

Like Roy I've been using ping pong balls decorated with felt pens for years. It's a fun bit of whimsy. I'll post a pic of my buddy "Psycho" in his office later on...

And Gene, I don't remember the name of the P-nut you have in your avatar but I made two of them as a young'un. First one didn't fly worth a hoot but the second one made from contest wood and with a much better prop did pretty decent for me.

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RE: Keith Laumer - 8/29/2007 10:35:52 PM

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Bruce
The avatar is the Poullin JP30. Dave Fritzke had it posted at his site several years ago. I have never built one - but to me, it is very attractive. The best flying rubber powered model that I ever built was a p-nut.
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RE: Keith Laumer - 8/30/2007 12:10:45 AM

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It's still posted there, but no links, so here's one:

http://my.pclink.com/~dfritzke/poullin.pdf

She is a nice looking little "job", as they used to say in the magazines of the day.

By the way, my Laumer plane is on the bench. Parts all cut out, glue spilled...
However I know better than to say WHEN she will debut.
Dave

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RE: Keith Laumer - 8/30/2007 3:50:12 AM

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I sent Bipeflyer a couple of old magazines (Young Boy's and Hobbies or something like that) that had a couple Laumer design's in them one of which was the Curevette. If you ask real nice he would probably share a copy of the article.

In fact I haven't seen Andrew speak up in this thread (unless I missed it), he is a big Laumer fan and built a real nice Zoomerang and had a build thread on here earlier this year.

I kind of like the The Dub-L Dek-R and I have a PAW 80 that would be a nice fit although the 55 would be nicer.

cheers, Graham in Embrun near Ottawa Canada

I've been busy and not on the forums much lately, so I just came across this thread. I've got a whack of Laumer plans, in fact the Push-Up plan that Tri-Pacer posted is one that I scanned from "The Book" and pieced together.

Here's one of my favourites. The Zoomerang!

Keith's daughter left a nice little note about it in my guestbook. http://www.donatelli.net/_write/ShowMessage.asp?ID=50

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RE: Keith Laumer - 8/30/2007 8:37:16 AM

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Hey Bipe,

Running across your Zoomerang thread is exactally what inspired me to start this thread. Up till then, I hadn't realized all the designs Keith had produced. And yes, some of the pictures I posted were from your thread and others I found, in hopes of inspiring what happened on this thread. By the way, your Zoomerang is a work of art! Please build another Laumer design; your work is inspiring.
As for mine, I just printed out the plans yesterday morning. Hope to get some sticks glued together this weekend.

chuck

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RE: Keith Laumer - 8/31/2007 5:34:33 AM

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If you can contact Sabrina and let her know that this event is ongoing she may get an additional smile out of knowing that her father isn't forgotten. Not that he would be thanks to his SF writings.

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RE: Keith Laumer - 8/31/2007 9:32:47 PM

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I sent Sabrina an email with a link to this thread.

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RE: Keith Laumer - 8/31/2007 9:46:06 PM

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I'm sending everything that I have that isn't already on Dave's website to Dave.

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RE: Keith Laumer - 9/1/2007 4:36:27 AM

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Dave, Gene and all you other fellas that contributed to this thread I just wanted to say thanks and how much I appreciated looking over these jewels. It seems every time I open a magazine or log into one of these forums another old timer has left us. I am glad to see this stuff posted so it isn't forgotten about and can be appreciated by like minded people who have an appetite for this kind of thing.

Dave I hope you will start a section on your site for Roy Clough fans as well. Even if you never have any intention of building one of his projects the sheer creativity and whimsy of his subjects is in and of itself entertaining. I have to credit for Roy getting me interesting in aircraft modeling. When I was a kid my dad brought home a set of Popular Mechanics Encyclopedias and there were all kinds of modeling projects in them. Those red books contained a lot of Roys crazy projects like the Hoop Skirt, the Parasol circular wing, a hover car, and if I remember right a rubber band launched glider that had variable swing wings that changed position during flight. Ahh! good memories. I was really bummed when I heard of his passing. Again thanks guys.

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RE: Keith Laumer - 9/1/2007 2:52:29 PM

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Bullseye,

Your post just reminded me. I have a full set of those Red Books behind me. I'll have to see if I can get decent scans of those items and post them.

Charlie

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RE: Keith Laumer - 9/1/2007 3:32:18 PM

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Wow! Hot dog too! Laumer AND Roy Clough too. Youse all are the greatest! I think Clough did the Turket Buzzard Hershey Bar flying wing with LE slats - one of my favorites. I can't wait to see what else is out there.

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RE: Keith Laumer - 9/1/2007 4:28:14 PM

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quote]ORIGINAL: bullseye000

-------- Dave I hope you will start a section on your sight for Roy Clough fans as well.------

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I'll second that, I have collected some Clough drawings from RCU and bought some from auction. From auction they were the Triad (radial wing) three wings in inverted Y config' rubber powered in Popular Science, the 1/2A Ducted Fan (barrel plane) for C/L in Practical Science, the 1/2A Gyroplane C/L in Popular Mechanics, the .049 to .15 Platter Plane for free flight or R/C - W24" L36" (for serving the main dish) from Poular Science.

I have also a number of Ray Malmstrom designs, the English version of Roy L Clough. He ws an art teacher in his local school and roduced a number of models to satisfy members of the school aeromodelling club which exists to this day and is trying to get his models more publicity for the sake of the club. Malmstrom doesnt have the quirky technical content of Clough but aome a rather attractive and others could only have been designed by a cartoonist.

If you search for "dicknadine" in the vintage area of RCU you will find a number of Clough designs that he has built pictured there. Before Katrina hit the Gulf and Bay St Louis. He had many more designs hung from his ceiling, now sadly lost together with his house in the storm and consequent floods.

old git - - - - - - aka John L.

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RE: Keith Laumer - 9/1/2007 4:48:22 PM

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Bullseye,

Your post just reminded me. I have a full set of those Red Books behind me. I'll have to see if I can get decent scans of those items and post them.

Charlie

I've been keeping my eyes peeled for a set of those to replace the ones my dad had. They were lost in a flood a few years back before I got a chance to scan the good stuff out of them. There's a lot of neat modeling projects in those books. There's a neat airboat that I've always wanted to build called the MissTake. A jetex powered freeflight delta wing model, a model of the Pikes Peak railroad, and even a brass cannon. I guess with the Nintendo generation there isn't any interest in stuff like this anymore. It's a shame really... they don't know what they're missing.

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RE: Keith Laumer - 9/1/2007 6:09:11 PM

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Bullseye,

I believe they called the generation during WWII the "great generation". Thats the generation that was part of our industrial revolution and in large part gave us most of the things we take for granted today. Why?? Because when they were kids they didn't sit around a TV or computer playing mind numbing games. If the kids of yor wanted something to play with I.E. airplanes etc, they not only had to build them, but many times design them as well. They actually had to invoke some creative thought process!!

I hope there's a few kids out there who read this fourm and give building a try..........Before its gone forever!

chuck

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RE: Keith Laumer - 9/2/2007 2:32:39 AM

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Chuck, it's not just the kids who are suffering from this lack of constructive drive. While copying some patterns for my V-Girl at work, my boss expressed interest in getting into some form of simple RC. His plan was to go out and buy something inexpensive and get to flying. I offered to help get him started, but he was adamant that he wasn't going to spend any time building something that was, in all likelyhood, going to be thrashed. Didn't want to waste precious time building. Of course, he goes home and plays with the dog, tends the roses, sits on the patio, 3 knocks back some brewskis, and watches TV. No time? Hardly. Just an other case of the, I don't know what I want but I want it now, syndrome. There is still some hope, however. Maybe after seeing the V-Girl go, and with a proding and some help, I can get him to invest at least a little time with some glue and sticks.

He'll probably want to go electric, too. Oh crap.

Reid

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RE: Keith Laumer - 9/2/2007 4:52:15 AM

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I don't believe I ever heard of the "red books". Are they something like an annual?

I know that Popular Science, Popular Mechanics, and Mechanix Ill. published some really cool and often imaginative model projects.

I wish I had access to these old issues now. I once built a hydrofoil for science class with a blueprint found in an old Popular