With all of you guys having had to opportunity to either meet, or see Jim Martin fly, I’m beginning to think that living in New England all of my life thus far has kept me too sheltered. I’ve really got to make an effort to get to a SPA event this summer, as I must confess that I’ve never been to any sort of competitive event.

Here is the build article from Flying Models.

http://www.trentonrcflyers.com/patte...es/banshee.pdf

It’s an informative, and often humorous read. Although Google yielded no results, Jim’s reference to “Snoopy’s Institute of Dog House Design”, leads me to believe that he is a degreed Aeronautical Engineer. It also seems that he designed, built, and flew at least two iteration of the aircraft before settling on the final plane. In my opinion, the Banshee is a very purposeful design, from the amount of fuselage side area, the lifting profile of the fuselage, the canopy placement, to the inverted “V” rudder.

Matt,

I’m pleased to know that Jim is still active, and by your location, he might still be “Jersey” Jim! I had started toying with an electric Banshee. I’d reduced it to a 50” wing to keep the battery cost down, and had the foam core cut. Hope to get back to it at some point.

Ed,

There are a few other annoyances with the DB retracts, such as the mounting plates on the mains aren’t parallel/flat, and several of the plastic standoff bosses were crushed during assembly. Nothing that can’t be rectified, but annoying nonetheless.

I’ve read many of your posts over the years; always informative and insightful. Thanks for checking in.

Doug