I finally dusted off and started to reset-up my Zigsaw Atlanta.
This was a great kit distributed through Golden Gate Hobbies back in the mid 80's. I think it sold for either $189 or $229, a bit more than the standard glass and foam kits of the day but the amount of prefabrication and quality was quite good. The fuse was among the best available, no voids and minimal pinholes. It had fiberglass stiffeners in the rear section instead of formers which really worked quite well. The firewall and engine mounting beams were preinstalled. The wings and tail surfaces were sheeted with the landing gear mounts and cutouts already in place as were the servo wells I believe. The leading edge, trailing edge, and wing tips were installed but not shaped. The ailerons were cut out and edged I believe. The kit went together quite quickly. This plane was one of two that I built at the same time. I had built one previously which I guess I crashed. (Can't really remember). The paint is acrylic laquer (hand rubbed after spraying it with a $40 miller compressor and gun). The surfaces are covered with Goldberg Ultracote. Not bad stuff as there were no wrinkles after 20 years. Who kows what will happen once it is in the sun thouggh.

The plane was built in 85 or 86 and flown at the 86 Nats. Initially it was set up with a standard YS 60 with an 11 x 7 prop . Eventually I remember my favorite prop was a DW 11 X 9 wide. This was a bit quieter and still gave good speed and vertical performance. I believe we were running Hatori 601 pipes. (No clue on the length). With the introduction of turnaround the engine was switched to an OS 60 pumped long stroke which I have in there now with a 650 pipe. Larger props were tried to slow this missle down. It could be flown in turnaround but not real well in my hands The prop on there now is an MK laminated wood prop. Remember those? About $15 if remember correctly and you had to sand, balance and clear coat them.

The fourth picture attempts to show the adjustable stab set up. It was a metal plate (painted yellow) below the stab with a set screw pushing on the bottom of the stab and a 4-40 screw threaded from the top of the stab. Small glass nylon blocks were glued into the stab to hold the screws. Each stab half could be independantly adjusted. It was designed by Norm Staub's dad and was fairly simple to implement.

Stuart