F-5 in Model Aviation
03-25-2009, 03:13 PM
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F-5 in Model Aviation
Model Aviation featured plan this month was for the f-5. The mag stated that this model was SPA legal with retracts? It is a nice looking airplane, but looks to be a hard build. The fuse looks to be planked. Anyone have any experience with this model?
03-25-2009, 06:44 PM
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Model Aviation featured plan this month was for the f-5. The mag stated that this model was SPA legal with retracts? It is a nice looking airplane, but looks to be a hard build. The fuse looks to be planked. Anyone have any experience with this model?
Model Aviation featured plan this month was for the f-5. The mag stated that this model was SPA legal with retracts? It is a nice looking airplane, but looks to be a hard build. The fuse looks to be planked. Anyone have any experience with this model?
03-26-2009, 01:35 PM
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RE: F-5 in Model Aviation
The date on the cover is July 1975, so this would be SPA legal since it flew before the cut-off date of January 1, 1976. As was said above, just leave the retracts down. I'll have to go out to my hangar and check this issue out - I keep my old issues at the hangar to make more room in the garage for building.
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03-26-2009, 03:03 PM
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RE: F-5 in Model Aviation
Thanks for posting the pictures Tom. Interesting take on the Northrop F5, but I think I prefer Rich Brand's Tiger Panzer version 
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03-26-2009, 03:26 PM
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Thanks for posting the pictures Tom. Interesting take on the Northrop F5, but I think I prefer Rich Brand's Tiger Panzer version
Ray
Thanks for posting the pictures Tom. Interesting take on the Northrop F5, but I think I prefer Rich Brand's Tiger Panzer version
Ray
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03-26-2009, 05:04 PM
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Some of the SPA judges are getting pretty senior, they might not notice!
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You can fly SPA with retracts, just don't flip the switch.
You can fly SPA with retracts, just don't flip the switch.
Another SPA "zinger". I keep hoping for a change of heart.
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03-26-2009, 05:52 PM
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Thanks for posting the pictures Tom. Interesting take on the Northrop F5, but I think I prefer Rich Brand's Tiger Panzer version
Ray
Thanks for posting the pictures Tom. Interesting take on the Northrop F5, but I think I prefer Rich Brand's Tiger Panzer version
Ray
I was specialist armouring and ejectionseats on the NF 5, dutch version with adjustable noseleg!
(And did get some education on the "Thunderstreak")
As I did tell in my thread, the (N)F 5 A/b did have J85-GE-13 engines, but!! Two of them.
When I did see the picture I thought. how is it possible even the people in the USA do not see the difference between a F20 Tigershark and a F5 Freedom fighter.
But there is a solution the F20 is initially the F5 G.
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03-26-2009, 07:29 PM
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RE: F-5 in Model Aviation
Well, Mr Brand noticed. I once watched the prototype F 20 flying at the Farnborough Air Show. One of the fastest, tightest demo flights I have ever seen by a jet. He was using reheat and small flap deflections to tighten the high speed turns. A week later that pilot was killed when the F 20 crashed doing the same display in South Korea. Cause of the crash - G loc causing the pilot to loose consciousness. Sometimes you can just push it too far [
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03-26-2009, 08:24 PM
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Ray,
Tiger Panzer, sounds "German"! Abrams Sherman sounds better I think.
I did spend some time to explain the difference between the (old) taildragger and the tricycle plane.
K-3066, 15-07-1974 tail strike on our base Gilze Rijen, the Netherlands. Sometimes the angle of the tailcone of a tricycle plane isn't "high" enough.
One of "my" planes!
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Tiger Panzer, sounds "German"! Abrams Sherman sounds better I think.
I did spend some time to explain the difference between the (old) taildragger and the tricycle plane.
K-3066, 15-07-1974 tail strike on our base Gilze Rijen, the Netherlands. Sometimes the angle of the tailcone of a tricycle plane isn't "high" enough.
One of "my" planes!
Cees
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Guys,
Bill Hinnant was my father he designed the F5. I went with my dad to many contest growing up and the plane flew perfectly. I think the fuse might have been originally sheeted but he later created a mold and made glass versions. They were all very true and very fast.
Dad was a mechanical/aeronautical engineer who helped design the B-52’s wings and many other projects.
Thanks again for posting his images.
Bill McKnight
Bill Hinnant was my father he designed the F5. I went with my dad to many contest growing up and the plane flew perfectly. I think the fuse might have been originally sheeted but he later created a mold and made glass versions. They were all very true and very fast.
Dad was a mechanical/aeronautical engineer who helped design the B-52’s wings and many other projects.
Thanks again for posting his images.
Bill McKnight
