So very true.

I think anyone over 50 needs an airplane name Bi-Slob or Bislob because it flies slowly yet is fully maneuverable - only control-line plane I've ever seen hovering yet pull out of the hover with a loop, outside loop and vertical eight. It flys best with a .25 sized engine.

When we were kids we got so dizzy we would fall down after landing. Kinda a playful fall to fully express our dizziness. The dizziness went away with more flying time

We also started flying inverted to "unwind" so to speak. We would fly LOTS of loops and maneuvers so that we were not constantly going round and round

Sometimes we would walk in a small circle instead of just pivoting around

Tower UPROAR
Tower Hobby Uproar kit that I built in 2015. Powered by a Magnum .46. Funny thing is, I thought it would be a fast build but pretty much spent 9 months on it. Thanks

What a great looking u-control model plane. I can see the time and quality from here. The translucent canopy gives a nice touch! Great finish scheme. Looks like a great flying plane. Nothing like having a tiger by the tail. SO many great u-control memories here. Thanks for posting. Good luck with it

Um, sorry for the misrepresentation, but the UPROAR is a Sport RC model. With its straight lines, it could be modified for Controline. The rib profile is rather thick though.

That explains the radio transmitter. Was wondering about that

Good to see a bump on this forum.
A couple of pics of the Bi-Slob ARC I finished over the Christmas-New Years break.
Chinese ringed Super Tigre 35, 92% finished (estimated - ha).

Hangar 9 green,

That's great man!

You are going to love that Bi-Slob!....Gene

Allmost ready for its first flight! This is a Pat Johnston 626 sq in ws Mustang. Silk and dope finish. Power is an OS 55AX engine.

Thank You

Very nice...

Ill try and wake up this thread. Heres some pics of an Oriental ARF that was given to me crashed that im trying to revive back to flying condition again. Made a new balsa cowl to replace the fiberglass one that was destroyed. Installed a Tower 40 engine that was rebuilt by Randy Smith. Got the wing back together and the controls reworked. Another week or so and i'll be ready to cover it.

Considering how cracked up that plane looks in the first photo, I'm impressed how you got that wing back together. That's close to being "totaled". Very good work bringing it back. I pancaked a RC ARF a few years back and teetered back and forth whether to fix or garbage can it. I liked the plane so much that I researched what it would take to fix a discontinued ARF. Found a slightly damaged wing on ebay and fixed it. Glad I did because I really like the plane.

Great Planes Escapade after fixing it.
I've always thought with crashed airplane models, pickup as many pieces as you can. Clean off as much dirt and fuel residue. Take home and wait a day or two. Then decide what you can do with it. Nice work gene.

I have a Sig Zlin Akrobat control line stunter sitting at home that I am still thinking about gluing back together. It would not be too hard but I think the pushrods and horns would make it a fairly fiddly job. I think I have been waiting 30 years to decide when to start the resurrection.

Those are nice planes with a nicely sized engine. Clean the crud off, clean the engine out, run it on a test stand. It can be fixed.

You know, i have one of these Oriental's in a kit to build, but for me its more of a challenge to repair the busted up one. I guess i enjoy challenge of seeing if i can save something from the trash bin instead of assembling the kit. I'll post some pictures once i move forward with it. Heres another model i repaired. Its called a Humongous. The largest piece salvageable was the tail section. I rebuilt the wing and forward fuse. It flies very well and does the Old Time Stunt pattern well.

I covered my Oriental and got several coats of clear dope on. Wont be too much longer until i can put down some color....Gene

Well, I got primer on it and have been sanding most of it off.....Gene

Update, I finally got around to spraying the Oriental with some Brodak butyrate dope. Plane now weighs 43oz ready to fly......Gene

Nice restoration award winning.reminds me of my Veco Chief! Worked on it all morning my last flight I think my Glow plug burned out. Had a hard landing been doing repairs but lost my one of a kind tail wheel. Had to do a repair on that. Also my BiSlob! a senior mans friend. I have a Fox Stunt 35 and run it a little rich. To rich for that Famous 4-2-4 break. It’s one tough built plane done a few fabric repairs on the top wing been playing with my handle I think my hard point handle works best! It’s a Raco and flying with 58’ 15 stainless 7 strand lines. Might try 55’ you know a lot of guys would have trashed that plane you restored. Nice work I really respect that. AJ

Been lookin at your muffler where can I get one?

I found a guy that makes Toung mufflers for several U Control engines. Nice work and very nicely built. FradyKagtt interprises out of Georgia.Stans World is one u Tube AJ

Well I beginning to find out how difficult it is to find a two hundred foot circle. That’s smooth enough to fly with the correct winds to coincide with the staging area. And power lines that nixes several spots. Never realized how many power lines and communication towers are around. Even the newly opened RC field axually run by a neighboring county. How they pulled that off I will never know. Don’t really care to fly with the zRC guys. Really a different breed. Just not use to most of the club members attitude. Need to find a circle that’s acceptable in a isolated area. Even with mufflers the motors are loud. And the sound carries with the wind. Hey everybody have a great holiday.AJ