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DeBolt Speed Plane - 5/12/2009 9:49 PM   
Phil Heller



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Status: offline 		Way back in the mid 1940's I built a kit of a speed plane designed by Hal DeBolt called the "DeBolt Special" or "Dmeco Special" and powered it with a Hornet 60. This was not DeBolt's Speedplane with the curved fuselage and the speed cowl over the engine
but an exposed cylinder and battery ignition. I would like to find a kit or plans for this airplane and a Hornet 60 (or replica) so I can duplicate that old speedster - (First one I had to break 100MPH!)

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RE: DeBolt Speed Plane - 5/12/2009 10:06 PM   
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Status: offline 		There is a CL special interest group that I think is called the North American Speed Society. Check the AMA website for special interest groups. They could probably point you to plans. My guess is that an original kit and engine would cost you quite a bit more than most of us have in our hobby budget....
Bob

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RE: DeBolt Speed Plane - 5/13/2009 11:46 PM   
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Status: offline 		Thanks Bob,

I already have a post in N.A.S.S. site hoping to leave no stone unturned! This has been a quest of mine for over 50 years! Doubtful that I could fly it today - maybe one of my grandsons?

Phil

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RE: DeBolt Speed Plane - 5/26/2009 7:23 AM   
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Status: offline 		Hi Phil,
There is a Hornet for sale on Ebay now with a "buy it now price of over $350.00
Check it out here:
Item number: 140321797846

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RE: DeBolt Speed Plane - 6/2/2009 1:10 AM   
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Status: offline 		Hi Orv.

Thought I'd take a minute and thank you for directing me to Ebay on that Hornet. I don't know if it's the same one, but I bid on a cherry Hornet 60 and ended up winning it for $240!! Judging from the pictures it is about the cleanest I have seen! Now I need the plans, picture, or sketch of the Dmeco Special. If I had either I could draw up a set of plans and finally build it!

Thanks again, I owe you one!

Phil

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RE: DeBolt Speed Plane - 6/5/2009 8:44 AM   
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Status: offline 		Your welcome Phil,
In the week after I sent you that link, I found at least three more on Ebay.  They all looked real nice. One must have been the one you got. Ebay is like that, you can't find something for a long time, then all of a sudden many appear.
I don't know how much help I can be with the plane but my copy of Ron Moulton's book "Control Line Manual" has a small photo of the DeBolt Special. The caption says "First of the DeBolt Specials with fixed u.c. and ignition Hornet 60, made 120 mph with clock wise rotation in circuit, was the first to crack 100 mph". Unfortunately, there is no plan but below the photo is a small plan for the DeBolt Speedwagon 50. The wings and stab look about the same. I think a person might be able to draw up a plan from the photo and Speedwagon plan.
Let me know if you would like me to scan the page and email it to you.
A while back, I got my hands on a McCoy .29 Red Head (Dick McCoy's rear rotor job) and would like to build a vintage speed plane for it. I still haven't decided which one, maybe a Speedwagon or a Whirlaway.

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RE: DeBolt Speed Plane - 6/27/2009 10:16 PM   
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Status: offline 		Hi Orv,

Sorry I didn't get back to you sooner but I had a little setback in my health. Everything seems to be back on track now. I received the Hornet and it truly is a peach! I cannot locate plans for the Dmeco Special, but I did locate plans for Ernie Babcock's "Jughaid". If you recall he won the N.Y.Mirrors flying fair AND the Phila. Inquirers flying circus and went home with TWO Ercoupes (the real ones, not models!) I saw his winning flight in Phila. So far I have turned the fuselage and acquired the wood and aluminum and Ignition to build it - Darn coil, condensor, and high tension lead cost more ($42.50) than I originally paid for my first Hornet ($35.)!!! I am enclosing the plans for it and a model called the "Screamliner" designed by a buddy of mine (who has long passed on!) I had built a Mac 60 and 29 powered version of it and won a few trophies. Maybe will give you some incentive! The DeBolt Speedwagon had a curved fuselage and flew clockwise - I remember seeing one chase "Pappy" around the circle afler a bad hand launch!

Keep in touch,
Phil Heller

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RE: DeBolt Speed Plane - 6/27/2009 10:29 PM   
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Status: offline 		Can't seem to upload plans - send me your Email and I will send them to you.

Phil phil_heller@sbcglobal.net

Try these - One on left is "Jughaid" One on right is "Screamliner"

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