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What year was the Dirti Birdi designed? - 5/10/2008 3:34:02 PM

jeide

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Hi. Just wondering if anyone knows what year Joe designed the Dirti Birdi. I'm thinking of doing one for Vintage pattern. I think it needs to be designed before 1974 to quialify. Thanks, Jim

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RE: What year was the Dirti Birdi designed? - 5/10/2008 3:44:16 PM

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Part I of the construction article was published in the 6/75 RCM. So, it was obviously designed and flown before that.

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RE: What year was the Dirti Birdi designed? - 5/12/2008 1:05:28 PM

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The cut-off for SPA-legal planes is 1-1-76, so the Dirty Birdy is well before that. The D.B is a very popular plane in SPA flight lines, and was one of the five listed and discussed in the July 2007 SPA article published in Model Aviation.

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RE: What year was the Dirti Birdi designed? - 5/12/2008 10:08:37 PM

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Hi. Thanks for the info. I new it was SPA legal but the rules for Vintage are different. The cutoff is 35 years so the Dirti Birdi may not qualify yet.

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RE: What year was the Dirti Birdi designed? - 5/13/2008 3:16:04 AM

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Jim:

I'm working on my Dirty Birdy and should be done later this summer. If you finish yours this season just practice VR/CS and fly SPA with it and we can "clean some VR/CS clocks" next season.

Good Luck with the birdy.

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RE: What year was the Dirti Birdi designed? - 5/13/2008 4:34:42 AM

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Hi. Here's my Daddy Rabbit ready for Vintage this year but I was looking for another project.

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RE: What year was the Dirti Birdi designed? - 6/5/2008 11:34:54 PM

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I am in possesion of a bridi dirty birdy and I thought it was vintage 72 but it likely is a few years later.?

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RE: What year was the Dirti Birdi designed? - 6/11/2008 2:12:10 PM

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here is a list of all the planes for both reg SPA and the Veintage, The Dirty birty is not vintage, the Daddy rabbit is if its the #1 one.
http://www.seniorpattern.com/planes.asp

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RE: What year was the Dirti Birdi designed? - 6/12/2008 3:55:34 AM

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I am in possesion of a bridi dirty birdy and I thought it was vintage 72 but it likely is a few years later.?

I'll be the first to admit that my memory is full of holes and errors. So I'm not saying that anyone else is wrong.

I will say that I have been a Bridi model fan ever since the Sun Fli series of models of the Sixties. 1972 to 1973 rings a bell as to when I first heard of the Bridi Dirty Birdy. Originally, there was only the .60 size, so no designator was used since there were no other larger or smaller versions to designate.

IIRC, RCM was late in publishing the Dirty Birdy article by at least a few years. I remember wondering why they were publishing it after lots of "the latest" pattern models had come and gone by the time the of the appearance of their construction article. To someone in their twenties, back then, two or three years is a loooooong time.

I am really reaching back now, but I suspect that there is evidence of the existence of a Dirty Birdy .40 being in existence long before 1975, or perhaps right up to and including 1975. That would essentially prove that the original sixty sized Dirty Birdy predates our present acknowledgement date. Or not...

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RE: What year was the Dirti Birdi designed? - 6/12/2008 4:03:35 AM

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I just remembered that I recently saw a photo of Phil Kraft flying a Dirty Birdy. I'll try to dig up the magazine, but I'm pretty certain it was before the RCM construction article was published. Maybe '73 or '74.

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RE: What year was the Dirti Birdi designed? - 6/12/2008 7:13:06 AM

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How about this thread, posts #8 and #17.

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