Mike,

Just some trivia you might get a kick out of. You sound like you've been around pattern for a while, so you'll get most of this, I'm sure.

You gave credit to Ron Chidgey for the design of the Typhoon, which is correct...but the lineage of the model goes a bit further back.

If you remember the EU-1 or EU-1a designed by Wayne Ulery for Dean Koger in the late 70s, early 80s, interesting plane, narrowly missed winning the nats a couple of times during the 'Dave Brown dynasty'. I saw them fly head to head in '79, I think, and personally, I like the EU-1 much better.

One of the next planes Wayne designed for Dean was powered by a Webra .61 belt reduced, turning about a 14 x 12 prop. I never read too much about it, but he flew it for several years, I believe. It was called the 'Vortex'.

On the plans for the earlier versions of the Chidgey 'Typhoon', if you look at the data panel, you'll see he calls it the 'MV-1 Typhoon'. I have it on reliable information (Tony Frackowiack, I'm pretty sure) that 'MV-1' stands for 'Modified Vortex 1'. Tony flew the Typhoon for a number of years, not sure what he flies now (turbines, I understand), and was in a position to know.

I enjoy history trivia, and thought you might like to know this too :-). Maybe yours should be the 'MV-2 Tempest', heh heh.

respects,
Dave