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Old 02-19-2014, 08:00 AM
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flywilly
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Hi Dean,
The Lady's Fancy was pretty progressive for the time ('70s) as it used a full cabin to support the upper wing and no interplant struts (if I remember correctly). I have the issue of RCM here somewhere. Good luck with your 'AeroLakes'. The Aeromaster was the starting point for a number lookalike biplanes. The Mini-Flite company kitted a sport scale version of the Bucker Jungmeister back in the '70s which was just a thinly disguised Aeromaster; so it flew quite well.
Here's another bipe kit to look for: the Northeast Aerodynamics Bel-Aire which was kitted in both 40 and 60 sizes. I had a 40 sized one with a piped OS 40VF which flew great and was clocked at slightly over 100mph (police radar). Northeast Aerodynamics was founded by a guy named Ernie LaChance who had worked for Lou Andrews at AAMCO; nice wood kits, but updated a bit from the original Andrews' designs.
-Will