<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I got a VK 65" Cherokee recently from a local RCer on CraigsList. A little rough, everything is there but the main gear and ailerons.

Could someone measure their ailerons and let me know length and, most important, chord (width)? I can guess, but woul like it to fly close to the original.

The wing and stab are covered with a stretchy, sticky white fabric-look covering that reminds me of thin surgical tape. It doesn't stick well, maybe due to age, so it will go. The wing is one piece with no bellcrank, torque rods or provision for aileron servos. Also no dowels or other attachment provisions, so I'll have to engineer the mount and aileron servos.
This wasn't a 3-channel, was it? The plans are very tough, one page assembly instructions (lol!) and the box says 'The Big One' (no comment!), for .40-.51, and for 'Multi-channel reeds or proportional'.

VK, when men built kits and it wasn't as much Radio Control as Radio Suggestion. </span>

I was at NASJAX FLORDIA in 66&67 had a vk and it flew great best I can remember it had tork rods that was a long time ago

you can find the plans here:http://www.outerzone.co.uk/index.asp If you can't get them there contact me by EM. I use a bit bigger than the plans on mine.

L.

Thanks for the replies. Have heard great things about its flying manners. <div>
</div><div>Cherokee Flyer, the link doesn't work.   ?</div>

hi eddieC

congrats on your vk cherokee. had one years ago and it was an excellent
flyer and my favorite plane. met its fate due to radio failure, a beautiful spirling
dive from very high. total and complet distruction.
think I still have plans, will let you know, give me several days to find. I put things up
where they won't get lost??? sometimes never to be found again. have thought of building
another but this one used a metal mount for the nose gear, have looked for this to no
avail. could probably be mounted by other means however.

pt19 flyer

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</div><div>Hi,</div><div>Thanx, if you find the plans that will help ! Let me know what you need plus shipping. I will forward copies to others as needed, keep these classics alive. </div><div>This as an early 60-size kit, 65" wing with the metal mount you describe. It has a 1.5" nose extension, possibly for a 4-stroke or electric conversion. Plane was partially completed, then left for many years. Upper cowl hatch is missing so I'll have to fabricate that, quite easy. Windshield is in the box but that area is already built with balsa so windows will be rendered out of covering. </div><div>
</div><div>Looking forward to this project, I enjoy the vintage kits. What a buy this was!</div>

hi eddieC

found plans, 2 sheets, and the aileron dimensions are 44x1 1/8 inches. this is measurement at trailing edge of
wind, aileron is tapered at both ends toward the inside and back of aileron. does that make sense?????
will check on cost for copy of plans and back to you. do you want them folded or rolled. folded would be
much cheaper method, the tube for the roll would probably run about $10.00, this is a guess and I could
be way off and the shipping would be considerably higher.
I plan on building another one of these, excellent flyer and my favorite of all planes.
would like to find plans on a ultra sport 60. rcm has them listed but from recent post there
seems to be a problem with rcm, taking the money but not shipping the plans.
I you know anyone that has these plans with the rib and former patterns shown I would sure
like to get a copy. don't want to gamble on rcm until I see the problems have been resolved.
give me your address and zip and I will get shipping on method preferred. get the folded and you
can easily iron out the fold creases.

thanks
pt19 flyer joe

Pt19,<div>
</div><div>Thanx for the generous offer, plans won't be needed. Found a club member who was familiar, have worked out the aileron details. Oddly, the wing was built and completely covered in what seems to be early Coverite fabric, with no provision for ailerons. Covering is being discarded. </div><div>
</div><div>Thanx for the aileron dimensions. What is their chord at the tip? That's the only thing we couldn't find out positively. </div><div>Thanks again for the offer. I hadn't heard about RCM plans not being delivered, just slow delivery. Have you sent an e-mail to them? If you pay with credit card, you have some protection. </div>

Give me an email address and I will send them to you in electronic format.

L.