Looking To ID This Classic Beauty Of A Pattern Plane
10-19-2013, 04:51 PM
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Looking To ID This Classic Beauty Of A Pattern Plane
Thanks in advance to any of you that can help me ID this very nice classic.
This was aquired in an estate deal.....so the history is a mystery to me.
Specs:
60" Wing span
50 1/2"" Length
Glass fuse.
Glassed foam wing
Air assisted mechanical retracts
Some type of flap/brake mechanism
I believe it had a HB .61 PDP engine in it
Looks to be flown very little. The paint on it is very nice!
I would like to know what company, aircraft name, year of manufacture, brand of retracts & flying characteristics.
Thanks again for your input & help!
Steve
714-614-2890
This was aquired in an estate deal.....so the history is a mystery to me.
Specs:
60" Wing span
50 1/2"" Length
Glass fuse.
Glassed foam wing
Air assisted mechanical retracts
Some type of flap/brake mechanism
I believe it had a HB .61 PDP engine in it
Looks to be flown very little. The paint on it is very nice!
I would like to know what company, aircraft name, year of manufacture, brand of retracts & flying characteristics.
Thanks again for your input & help!
Steve
714-614-2890
10-19-2013, 05:59 PM
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That's pretty nice!
Looks like they relocated the stab to the top of the fuselage.
http://www.trentonrcflyers.com/patte...%20jramsey.jpg
Did you just acquire it?
Looks like they relocated the stab to the top of the fuselage.
http://www.trentonrcflyers.com/patte...%20jramsey.jpg
Did you just acquire it?
10-19-2013, 06:24 PM
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I've had it for a couple of weeks. I looks like the Tony Bonetti plane was never offered with a glass fuse likie this one. The Bonetti plane appears to be a built up fuse. The lines of this fuse do look very similar. The work is flawless, no signs of altering anything. I'm thinking some company took the lines
of the Trouble Maker....and made some twists.....and sold it as a ????
of the Trouble Maker....and made some twists.....and sold it as a ????
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10-19-2013, 10:49 PM
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I found these pictures on the web. The first is susposed to be a Bonetti "Triple Trouble" and the second is susposed to be the original "TroubleMaker"
What do you think?
What do you think?
10-20-2013, 07:18 AM
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Steve,
I picked up a glass fuse and foam wing Troublemaker a few years ago at a swap meet (J&J Specialties kit?). Your plane looks very similar to mine except for the modified anhedral stab, vertical stab location and the modified "Curare" style flaps/spoilers at the wing root. Great looking plane!
Gene
Ps. Forgot to add that the uneven width of the elevator halves are exactly like the ones on the kit that I have.
I picked up a glass fuse and foam wing Troublemaker a few years ago at a swap meet (J&J Specialties kit?). Your plane looks very similar to mine except for the modified anhedral stab, vertical stab location and the modified "Curare" style flaps/spoilers at the wing root. Great looking plane!
Gene
Ps. Forgot to add that the uneven width of the elevator halves are exactly like the ones on the kit that I have.
