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Old 03-14-2003 | 07:33 PM
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Do love those Ukie multi's. In the sixties being heavy into combat and we were a dedicated group of kids flying combat every weekend at the school and needless to say they were not exactly rulebook events. I built a Combat Cat with two Cameron .15's and you should have heard the guys grumble. Performance was no better but the thinking was to get a lot more prop disc area and increase the chance of cuts. Still got the petrified remains and engines of that old airframe.

Another one that I loved was a Douglas A-26, can,t remember whos kit it was but may have been Berkeley. Had two Fugi .29's without throttles (could not afford a three line system). A great airplane but never could get the outboard to quit first even going to the extreme of swapping sides with the engines or using a slightly smaller tank on the outboard. Of course the resultant single engine 'Backward Boogie' shuffle was fun for every body to watch each time.

John