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Forum: Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC
01-18-2012, 06:21 PM
Replies: 229
Views: 28,231
Posted By royf

RE: How Many Builders Are Left?

I agree with countilaw, those that buy ARF's are missing half the fun of designing and building their own ideas. I have been building model planes since I was 9 years old. I have built planes from...
Forum: Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC
11-29-2011, 06:42 PM
Replies: 229
Views: 28,231
Posted By royf

RE: How Many Builders Are Left?

Hi! Foodstick,
Thanks for the compliment on the shuttle. It takes a lot of imagination to take an idea from a piece of paper and make it a 3 dimensional reality.
Roy Fredrichsen
Forum: Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC
11-29-2011, 06:25 PM
Replies: 229
Views: 28,231
Posted By royf

RE: How Many Builders Are Left?

Hi! Sid,
I got the impression you wanted to tell me something but I couldn't figure out what it was.
Roy Fredrichsen
[email protected]
Forum: Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC
11-23-2011, 04:14 PM
Replies: 229
Views: 28,231
Posted By royf

RE: How Many Builders Are Left?

Thank you Harvey,
I constructed it like it was a boat, with a top keel and a bottom keel, Hinged the top "cargo bay" so I could get to the fuel tank. It has a lot of thin plywood parts that gave it...
Forum: Control Lines
11-23-2011, 08:28 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 3,856
Posted By royf

RE: Anyone Flying Delta Wing C/L?

I designed one with a Fox Combat Special crankcase pressurized tank that flew fast enough for me in the 1980's. I used it as a trainer for my control line space shuttle I also built "from Scratch"....
Forum: Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC
11-23-2011, 07:58 AM
Replies: 229
Views: 28,231
Posted By royf

RE: How Many Builders Are Left?

Hey! Don't count us "Old Timers" out just because we like to build some models that don't exist in kits or ARF's. Half of the fun in flying is seeing your own creation fly.
Forum: Gas Engines
11-01-2011, 02:36 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 803
Posted By royf

RE: Morton M-5 papers

I was talking to a man who says he has the papers that originally came in the box from the factory. He said it included instructions for running, exploded view picture and a parts list. I am waiting...
Forum: Control Lines
10-30-2011, 02:20 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 6,406
Posted By royf

RE: A couple of my old control line planes.

Both of my birds were covered with sheet balsa and silkspaned over for finshing.
Roy
Forum: Control Lines
10-30-2011, 09:49 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 5,522
Posted By royf

RE: Berkeley kits, did you build them?

I never had any problems with Berkeley Kits. In fact, here is one Ibuilt using all the wood that came in the kit and won 3rd place Flying Scale USAF in 1959. I still have the airplane and fly it now...
Forum: Control Lines
10-30-2011, 09:23 AM
Replies: 23
Views: 6,406
Posted By royf

RE: A couple of my old control line planes.

Since we're reminising about our favorite control line airplanes, here's two of mine. I took 3rd place flying scale USAF in 1959 with this Cessna 172. The ME 262 is one I "scratch built" from a 3...
Forum: Gas Engines
10-30-2011, 09:07 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 803
Posted By royf

Morton M-5 papers

Does anybody have the papers that came in the box with a Morton M-5 engine or engine kit from either Morton or Burgess they could let me have a copy of ?
Roy F
Forum: Gas Engines
10-30-2011, 08:20 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 1,041
Posted By royf

RE: gas engines

Hi! Everybody,
I need a little help. I have a Morton M-5 that I bought in 1959. The man I bought it from did not give me any papers, ie; instructions, maintenance tips, etc. If anybody has papers on...
Forum: Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC
10-18-2011, 04:28 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 3,016
Posted By royf

RE: antique engines????

GWILLY,
You wouldn't by chance still have the papers you got with your Morton M-5 would you? I have a Morton M-5 serial # AO311 but no papers. If you do have them , would you be good enough to send...
Forum: AMA Discussions
10-13-2011, 01:18 PM
Replies: 448
Views: 46,574
Posted By royf

RE: Whats wrong with this picture?

It sure looks like a Texas Aggie runway. See how short it is, but its the widest one I've ever seen.
Forum: Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC
10-13-2011, 08:04 AM
Replies: 20
Views: 3,016
Posted By royf

RE: antique engines????

Hi! GWILLIE,
Ihave a Morton M-5 that I bought in 1959 from a man. It is Serial # AO311. You wouldn't have any Morton/Burgess paper work that came with your engine would you? If so, I was wondering...
Forum: Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC
10-10-2011, 03:11 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 2,551
Posted By royf

RE: How identify vintage engines?

Just in case you guys like seeing paperwok on engines that are no longer made check out this.
i bought mine in 1964 for $40.00 and it is now worth about $450.00. The dark spots are original factory...
Forum: RC Scale Aircraft
10-10-2011, 09:31 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 15,482
Posted By royf

RE: Space Shuttle Orbiter Plans

I can let you have a set of my original drawings you can enlarge to any size you want. That is what I made my control liner from. These were the drawings from Rockwell who was making the real shuttle...
Forum: Golden Age, Vintage & Antique RC
10-09-2011, 05:36 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 1,581
Posted By royf

RE: Ignition Engine Info?

I'm looking for the paperwork that was in the box with the Morton M-5 engin in either the kit form or the complete engine. I have serial # AO311 I bought in 1958 and would like to get the papers I...
Forum: RC Scale Boating
10-06-2011, 12:07 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 21,938
Posted By royf

RE: Paddle Wheel Boat???

I"scratch built" a model of the Anchor Steamboat Line "Bluff City" not too long ago from photographs and drawings. I powered it with an electric screwdriver motor to turn the paddlewheel. It took me...
Forum: AMA Discussions
10-05-2011, 09:24 AM
Replies: 448
Views: 46,574
Posted By royf

RE: Whats wrong with this picture?

After reading all the complaints, I have a suggestion. Why not have the sign to mysteriously dissappear into infinity? Then, everybody can claim they don't know what happened and can get back to...
Forum: RC Scale Aircraft
10-05-2011, 08:49 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 15,482
Posted By royf

RE: Space Shuttle Orbiter Plans

Hi! Gabby,
I looked at the reference you gave and they look pretty good. Although mine doesn't the tail cone, it flew just fine on control line, landing just like the real Shuttle. The cargo bay...
Forum: Control Lines
10-05-2011, 08:22 AM
Replies: 24
Views: 3,619
Posted By royf

RE: Control Line Build?

How is this? In 1960 I wanted to build a Messerschmitt -262 and there were no kits on it. So I found a picture of a 3 view and made mine from it with a 48 inch wing span.
Roy Fredrichsen
Forum: Control Lines
10-02-2011, 07:45 AM
Replies: 41
Views: 12,348
Posted By royf

RE: Brotherhood of the Ring Forum is Back!!!

Years ago I built a control line Space Shuttle from drawings I found in a brochure from ROCKWELL INTERNATIONAL. While it was under construction
a couple of NASA engineers said it wouldn't fly...
Forum: RC Scale Aircraft
10-01-2011, 04:57 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 15,482
Posted By royf

RE: Space Shuttle Orbiter Plans

This is to give an idea what I used to make my Shuttle.
Roy F
Forum: RC Scale Aircraft
10-01-2011, 01:18 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 15,482
Posted By royf

RE: Space Shuttle Orbiter Plans

Ihave the Drawings from ROCKWELLINTERNATIONAL that I enlarged to a 24" wingspan for a control Line Shuttle with the engine in the nose with extended L.G for prop clearance.
It has all the bulkhead...
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