Recent vintage combat projects
For whatever reason, I've been on a tear building some old combat rigs, all scratch from plans.
A Classic "short tail" VooDoo, with a hard pressure tank and a ST G21 .46. Covered in silk, trimmed with tissue on the wing. The frame came out a couple of ounces heavier than I might have liked, but I had to beef up certain areas to handle the .46. With a 9x8 RevUp and 5% nitro stunt fuel, it was quite fast and flew as well as I remember any VooDoo ever flying.
The Berryman Super Twister, also covered in silk. Trims are dope on this one. The intended motor is a rear rotor ST G40. The G40 is NOS and not quite broken in yet. I'm taking it slow with this one. It shows some real promise on a 75/25 FAI break in mix with an 8x8 APC.
A Melvin Mathews Killer from plans published in AAM back in 1971. Just flew this one today and it was great (or as good as one can expect a low aspect ratio era combat plane to fly). It was pretty quick with a ST C.35 running my 5% nitro stunt mix I use on the Fox Stunt .35's. Clear covering is FasCal 500, red trim and tail are Ultracoat, the blue is epoxy paint.
I've got a hankering to build a Scarinzi Super Satan next and maybe a Wooten Sneeker.