Leaping Lena!!!
10-30-2012, 07:45 PM
#1
Leaping Lena!!!
Would someone be able to direct me to a set of plans for a vintage model called the "Leaping Lena?" (I hope that is the correct spelling!)
The gentleman that taught me how to fly used to own one of these. I would love to have one. It was an amazing flyer!
I am not sure if he blew the scale up or not, but I remember he powered it with a .35 engine. It was very strong.
Brian
The gentleman that taught me how to fly used to own one of these. I would love to have one. It was an amazing flyer!
I am not sure if he blew the scale up or not, but I remember he powered it with a .35 engine. It was very strong.
Brian
10-30-2012, 10:33 PM
#2
RE: Leaping Lena!!!
It did take me 10 seconds:
http://www.modelaircraft.org/plans/plans95.aspx
and nother 10 to copy and enlarge the picture
Taurus Flyer
http://www.modelaircraft.org/plans/plans95.aspx
and nother 10 to copy and enlarge the picture
Taurus Flyer
10-31-2012, 04:39 PM
#4
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RE: Leaping Lena!!!
Hi Brian;
Greetings from the ever warm 'Valley of the Sun'.
A few years back I nailed a mint kit of the 'Leapin Lena' at a local MECCA Collecto/Swapmeet down in Casa Grande. I remember looking at the plans, seeing the semi-simmetrical airfoil, and all the streamling, + the date on the plans, 'early 50s', and could not believe how someone could fly this design on single channel with escapements; she must have been a real challenge to fly. My kit is filed away in my storage archives, but, I do remember the late and great Hal deBolt mentioning the Leapin Lena in his old 'Golden Age of RC' column in Model Airplane News magazine about 20 or so years back, and noting it as a milestone type of design for the time.
Will close for now, just wanted to toss in my 2 cents worth, let's keep dese ole treasures alive and flyin', best regards from Glendale, Arizolna,
Joe Nagy.
Greetings from the ever warm 'Valley of the Sun'.
A few years back I nailed a mint kit of the 'Leapin Lena' at a local MECCA Collecto/Swapmeet down in Casa Grande. I remember looking at the plans, seeing the semi-simmetrical airfoil, and all the streamling, + the date on the plans, 'early 50s', and could not believe how someone could fly this design on single channel with escapements; she must have been a real challenge to fly. My kit is filed away in my storage archives, but, I do remember the late and great Hal deBolt mentioning the Leapin Lena in his old 'Golden Age of RC' column in Model Airplane News magazine about 20 or so years back, and noting it as a milestone type of design for the time.
Will close for now, just wanted to toss in my 2 cents worth, let's keep dese ole treasures alive and flyin', best regards from Glendale, Arizolna,
Joe Nagy.
10-31-2012, 04:41 PM
#5
RE: Leaping Lena!!!
Brian, your welcome,
I received an e-mail with the question, how I did find that page of AMA with Leapin Lena plans.
Because "Leapin Lena" on Google did show up with a lot of results but not the model airplane I started a second search on "Leapin Lena model airplane"
Now Google did show the AMA website and the plans.See the screen dump.
TF
BTW Leapin Lena can be used to search but Leaping Lena is called by Brian. Both have the same result!
I received an e-mail with the question, how I did find that page of AMA with Leapin Lena plans.
Because "Leapin Lena" on Google did show up with a lot of results but not the model airplane I started a second search on "Leapin Lena model airplane"
Now Google did show the AMA website and the plans.See the screen dump.
TF
BTW Leapin Lena can be used to search but Leaping Lena is called by Brian. Both have the same result!
11-01-2012, 12:01 PM
#6
RE: Leaping Lena!!!
That looks like a great plane to fly on a lazy Sunday afternoon. Sitting back in a lawn chair, cold glass of iced tea in one hand and a stick in the other.
Frank
Frank
11-01-2012, 02:01 PM
#7
RE: Leaping Lena!!!
ORIGINAL: countilaw
That looks like a great plane to fly on a lazy Sunday afternoon. Sitting back in a lawn chair, cold glass of iced tea in one hand and a stick in the other.
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That looks like a great plane to fly on a lazy Sunday afternoon. Sitting back in a lawn chair, cold glass of iced tea in one hand and a stick in the other.
Frank [img][/img]
Believe it or not, as a 3 channel airplane and a .35 2 stroke mounted on it (and the rudder extended down the bottom subfin), this airplane was fast and snappy! Some of the coolest snap rolls I can remember seing.
It could be a lazy sunday flyer, but boy she can perform too.
Brian
