One of my real favorites is the Fairchild PT-19. I have one of the Dynaflite 89" WS versions. I made wing fillets & filled the front of the Fiberglas Specialties cowl for in depth (scale) radiused cooling openings. I used microbaloons/epoxy to accomplish that. I also built the scale roll bar & had somebody make me a pair of 1/5 scale pilots W/(resin) leather helmets/goggles, sheep fleece collars, the whole 9 yards. Each is a different pose W/the instructor looking off @ a slight angle while the student is concentrating, eyes straight ahead. I fully sheeted the wings & covered it W/Cub yellow & sky blue 21st century fabric. I also went for the added expense of Robart scale oleo struts. I could not find the correct instument panels so I substituted some for a PT-17.

It's not "Top Gun" caliber, but it does look pretty good. It's pretty heavy @ 16# but the FA150 on spark had plenty of snot to pull it into the air after a moderate ground roll & it would pull through BIG graceful loops on power. The power of the rudder is outragious. I had to reduce the throw as it would just put on the brakes & dive when I gave it full rudder as it was initially set-up. After reducing the rudder rate to a more appropriarte value, it would do 3 consecutive snap rolls in rapid succession W/a pull of the snap roll lever. W/the added wieght it would come in pretty hot & it didn't slow down very fast. I would have issues W/it taking back to the air when I would try to flare. I had to make a long, shallow approach to slowly scrub off speed for a good short field landing.

About 14 years ago, I crashed it into a safety barrier @ a field, smashed the mainspar in the right wing & snapped the horizontal stab off the left side. I plan to start over from scratch on the wing. I bought a complete kit right after the crash. Good thing too as they were discontinued. I want to build a little lighter, add flaps, cover it W/Solartex for a more realistic look & put my FA180 on spark in it for a bit more oomph.

I also have a SIG 1/3 scale Spacewalker that is framed up. The FA300TTDP in the video is slated to power that. I plan to also use Cub yellow Solartex on that & paint the red color sceme of Hazel Sig's Spacewalker on it. I want to go pretty detailed on that W/maybe full cockpits.

I have Wingsmaker 1/5 J-3 Cub ARF still in the box. I have a spark ignition FA91 for that one. After a few flights I will probably strip the plastic film & go Solartex on that too.

I am in the planning stages for a Brain Taylor 83" MK I-V Spitfire. I already bought the cowl from Vic R/C to assure that the Saito FA200Ti inline 30* "V" twin will fit. I have about 1/8 to 1/4" to spare on the front cylinder rocker cover. I will be going W/Vic's Fiberglas fuselage & he says he can lay it up for a lightweight but stong airframe. I want to keep weight down so there won't be rivet/panel lines, just an authentic color scheme & weathering. I am sending the 200Ti to C&H after it is broken in on glow ignition. Adrian is going to fabricate a nice tiddy EI sytem for it. Contrary to appearances it has a 30* offset twin throw crank & is "even firing" so an EI will be a simple, single magnet/sensor, single module, twin set up. Bob Holman cuts the kits for that.

I want a round engine warbird. to run an FA450R3. I am torn between a Valley FW190A-8 & an F4U Corsair. There's just something sinister looking about both, but the Focke Wulfe is downright nasty looking. Besides it would be fun chasing all those Mustangs around the local flying fields.

I also want a Biplane to use my FA150. I was settled on a Tiger Moth but as of late I have become smitten by the Maxford 20% Jenny & that's going to require @ least an FA220, maybe even a 300 twin. Man, they were BIG birds. Over 43" WS!

To me, it's all about the engines. I often select an engine & seek out an appropriate aitframe. The 300TTDP, 200Ti & the 450R3 are examples of that.