I found this going through one of my old RC mags. Take a guess. I'll post the plans and build article after.

Revenger

Dave Rigotti

No not a Revenger. Kinda looks like one.

rcguy!

Take a look.

Cees

Hey Taurus Flyer is that you in the picture? hehehe

Here's a hint - it's a 40 size plane.

I can't find anything that looks just like it but something inside me is screaming Bridi.....?????

Side Pocket RCM plans 10-83

To me it looks kind of like a Deception and a Compensator mix.
Good looking plane. A MDS 48 should make it one hot plane

Ron

I remember that one; I think it was in the same issue with the Hot Kanary. Nice plan set if I remember right. Nice lines, too.

"Busted"

Hey! I live in the same state they lived in!

Dave

Yep! Side Pocket 40, from the October 1983 RCM Magazine

Seein that they're going to start a Mini pattern association I thought I'd share this. This is a great article and included lots of detail with a two sheet plan. They don't do articles like this anymore.

This is an enlarged and pieced together plan from the magazine article. Article shows two plans. I took the wing mirrored it and made a third plan for a complete wing. Updated to include all 3 plans in one post.

Right click of the word "Attachment.txt" then select "Save target as", next select a folder on your harddrive to save the file to,

Then type
sidepocket40-1.tif, for the first,
sidepocket40-2.tif, for the second,
and
sidepocket40-3.tif, for the third

in filename textbox. You should now have 400 DPI scans of the 20 size plans.
You can use whatever name you want but it must end in .tif (that's a "period" or ".", followed by the letters "tif"

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I couldn't help but notice that John Miller was the author. We had a John Miller in the Eglin Aeromodellers in the 70's and he flew pattern. I was just wondering if it was the same John Miller.
Thanks
Greg Grigsby

I built one in 83 when I read the article, I was looking for a 40 size plane and liked that it had a built up stab . It really looked alot like the Deception that I was flying at the time. I even finished it to look like in the magazine, It was my first scratch build.
After this build I always used yellow for the main color on my patternships. It flew like my deception , I liked it so much that I had the plans reduced for 20 size but never got around to it. It was a good plane.

Hey Paul, thanks for the ancedote. It reminded my of the Deception too. I had bought several used RCM mags and was stoked when I saw this one while thumbing thru the mags. I always like the jet style of pattern planes and had to add this to the list of planes I want to build.

A buddy on mine wanted a 20 sized version so I reduced the 40 sized to 20 if you or anyone wants a copy.

Bryan
Definitely should be on your list. I regret not building the 20 size, I had a couple of OPS Speed 29's from Shamrock back then, they would of been great.

Lets see if I can get the three plans of the Side Pocket 20 in one post

Right click of the word "Attachment.txt" then select "Save target as", next select a folder on your harddrive to save the file to,

Then type
sidepocket20-1.tif, for the first,
sidepocket20-2.tif, for the second,
and
sidepocket20-3.tif, for the third

in filename textbox. You should now have 400 DPI scans of the 20 size plans.
You can use whatever name you want but it must end in .tif (that's a "period" or ".", followed by the letters "tif"

Roguedog,

Thanks for taking the time and posting this for us! Looks like a good flyer.

FB

The Side Pocket was the reduced version of John's original Hip Pocket (60 sized) design (which may also have been published). John lived in Chelmsford, Ma. and I flew with him quite a bit back in the early '80s. He was living about 1 mile from the flying field; so he didn't have any excuses for not flying (and I could stop at his house on the way to field ). He flew at the '83 Nats and maybe the '85 Nats; I recall a photo of him and the Hip Pocket in Model Aviation from one of those events. His interest in pattern subsided not long after and he got into car restoration. I don't think he ever lived in Florida, but it's been more than 2 decades since I last saw him. The 'Pocket' designs flew very well as John incorporated many features from other designs that he liked.
-Will B.

Will. Way cool.

I wonder if RCM Mag carried the article? It sure would be nice to find the plan and/or article for it.

Bryan

I guess I need to ask the lame question but what reference do I use in terms of scale plan sizing in order for Kinko's to spit out an accurate dimensional copy?

After Roary M's question I updated all six plans with a Scale in the legend in case kinkos printers are off. These were done in Photoshop CS2 so you should not have to adjust the scale on these as they ready to print.

Thank you.