The Tiporare...

I assumed the photo next to the pink "Circus Circus" vehicle with the "Circus Hobbies" color schemes, included a Hippo Tipo, more than likely built and flown by Donny Weitz and may also have been flown by Chip Hyde. Mr. Hyde also drove a "Circus Circus" decorated vehicle for a period of time.

Hipo Tipo...Personally, I called (pestered) Mr. Hanson as a Jr. in H.S. (he was always gracious and courteous) from time to time and bugged him enough to be allowed to purchase a "Hipo Tipo" in the Fall of 1980. My kit did not have the molded channel in the fuselage, requiring the builder to fabricate one out of 1/32 plywood and with modeling techniques...it would look great. The idea was to have the tuned pipe partially buried in the fuselage side, using a rear exhaust engine...incredibly clever at the time.

Buried pipes in Tiporare's...EDS, an english company produced a muffled tuned pipe with crook or bend at the high point to be used for side exhaust installations, narrow header, to clear the wing of a Curare type model. Doug Ferguson, great builder, top 10 FAI pilot early-mid 80's, built a Tiporare in Winter of 1980 with an inverted OS .61 "RF". The engine, header and pipe were completely enclosed and featured a 1/32 plywood floor seperating the pipe and nose retract from the radio compartment. The model was painted in 100% white K&B Superpoxy and test flown a few times and basically given to me as Doug thought it was too heavey. In the Fall of 1980, I sold and shipped the model to the Northwest never to be seen again. Dean Koger who lived in the Omaha and Doug flew the E-U1A's produced by Scully of Aerocomposites.

Rusty Dose
Team Futaba