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Old 01-18-2009, 06:05 AM
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Default RE: Saito 62a vs OS FL 70

G'day over in Perth. Yes, it is a beauty indeed. At the time (about 1961/2) there were about 7 or 8 young blokes all in their late teens or early twenties who were all seriously into Stunt in KMFC at St. Ives Showground in Sydney. They were flying beautifully built Noblers, Smoothies, Thunderbirds and other stunt models of the time. Most were Fox 35 powered but some used Mercos and the odd K&B. The standard of finish on the models was extremely high and the flying too. Within 10 years, most of those blokes had moved on and the club became much smaller as RC started to take off. The club is now 50 years old and is having quite a resurgence with many of the old members from that time again flying control line. What goes around comes around. And that is certainly true of control line.