Erm, in terms of pattern planes, I've not had many...

Crescent Bullet (ahhh the old 40vf with a magic muffler)
Supra Fly
Rubin (for a while)
Swallow
Venus 40..

I must say that I like the way the new airframes fly, but they don't have that real slippery appeal of the old school rocket ships..

I might add that I started flying when I was around 12, in the late 80's but grew up watching the old man fly everything from Curare's to Magics to Mach ones to well, all sorts of things..

I have a pretty good list but nothing like Tony's

Started in 85 and crashed a bunch of models learning to build and set up a pattern model


MK Curare
Tiporare (2)
MK Aurora
Tipo plus
MK Beetle
Avanti
LA-1
LA-2 (2)
Punch
Jeckyll 60
Dr Jeckyll II (2)
Ariel (2)
Typhoon 2+2 Tony stabs (2)
Fashion
Smaragd (2)
Hydeaway
Phenom (not flown yet)
Flashdance (not flown yet)


I didn't realize it was so many just missing that own design thing....

Kinda cool to see what people start out with and cool to see what the evolution has brought to us today in the current models.....


Troy Newman

Wow Tony, Not only do I remember alot of those planes you flew at the contests we used to fly at, but I also remember you giving me one to fly at a contest. I flew into a contest just to visit in the Pitts and you insisted that I use one of your birds to fly in the contest. It was one of your Challenges as I remember. I think however you left out your choppers aswell from the list! I also remember one night late at the hotel at the Tangerine contest in Florida. The kids from the marching band were loud enough that we were awake most of the night... But someone (TONY) chased them off to bed with a chopper!!!!!! HMMMM? ahhh the memories we have. I still see Steve Stricker and Bic now and then when I land for fuel on the way to an airshow. Check out my web sit and see what I've been up to since you saw me last. www.wingwalk.com take it easy and drop a line

Kirk Wicker

Tony,
I had a Challenge of yours. What a great flying airplane. Memory fails, as to which version it was. I wish I still had it. Any plans still around out there?
I also started with a Kwik Fli III w/Enya .60.
Had 3 EU-1As. Still have 2 of them.
The Mistress was probably the last pattern plane I bought. But I still went back the the Challenge.

Okay, I'll give it a try..

I'm new to RC Universe, but not particularly new to models...
Lemme see.

1. Ace All Star Bipe (learnt me to snap roll) (1972)
2. Ace Pacer (1/2a pattern plane)
3. Ace Mach None (ditto)
4. Midwest Foam Super Chipmunk w Enya .19 (would do ANYthing inside)
5. Midwest Foam Super Chipmunk #2 (painted with Taipan .15) HOT plane...still no outside manoevers.
(okay, these aren't technically pattern planes, but they led me to pattern)
(1975-1978...College. In retrospect, I shoulda saved my money)
6. (1977) Direct rip-off of Hanno Prettner Curare, replete with retracts, and Prettner style airbrakes. Scratch built.
7. Gator Flea. .40 sized version of Rhett Miller's ...um...was it Compensator? (someone help here)
8. Hobby Barn 'Minare' (.4o sized Curare)
9. Minare #II
geeze, I'm just up to 1983...what have i done since then?
10. Another scratch built 'Curare', still .40 sized.
11. Used 'Hippo Typo'...loved this plane
12. Used (but nice) .20 sized Dirty Birdy with K&B 3.5 and pipe. I HATED to admit I owned this a/c, but it was my trophy monger. 7 firsts, 2 seconds and 3 thirds, against full sized (.60) models. I put it into a SC swamp, and all I recovered was one elevator. It's a prized posession now.
13. EU-1A. Great plane, but the army conspired to never let me get to a contest with it.
14. Hobby Barn Curare (1986) Awesome plane...couldn't ever quite figure out the German system (I was stationed there) so never flew it in competition.
15. Hobby Barn Curare #II. Built it just to take home to the states after my Germany deployment. Removable stab, very deluxe. Shipped it via the Army. Never Saw it again. I suspect some eskimo is using the wing as a kayak, and the BRAND NEW OS .61 RE and pipe as a sinker...*sigh*
16. Original design....all inline (thrustline, wing, stab) flew well enough, with a tendency to tuck at high speed.
17. Original design, wide-body (seems that's all the rage now). Picked up another trophy or 3, during a mall demo, radio quit, went straight down from about 300 feet to concrete. Had a weiner roast over the remains (including radio and engine).
18. T2A-mk II. Traded a Frackowiac kit of his Challenge V for this. shoulda kept the Challenge...sweet a/c. T2 wasn't bad...but wasn't great. I flew it through 1992, and got a couple of trophies, but I SURE missed that Challlenge.
19. Own design 'Procyon'. Beautful flyer, somewhat underpowered with the engine I used. Lost in a home fire.
20. Presently have plans for all versions of the Typhoon. I plan to build one with a wide-body fuse, and no other changes. Probably aimed at a YS 1.10.

I might have missed a couple, but these were the ones that influenced me most. I'm currently building an original design, a Kwik-Fly III and a Typhoon 909.

regards,
Dave

Okay here we go, In no particular order:
Atlas, Tiporare, Atlanta, Joker, Cosmos, Aurora, Eclipse, Typhoon 900, Pheonix 7, Fresh Aire (2), Malibu (2), Conquest 120, Ariel (2), Triumph, Arrow, Curare, Bootlegger, and finally an Advantage, waiting now on a Panacea. And I just turned 40!

Here is my list:

1. Curare 1977-1982 (scratch built 8)
2. Flash 1983-1984 (own design)
3. Joker 1985-1990 (scratch built)
4. Joker B 1991-1992 (modified wings)
5. Super 1993-1994 (own design)
6. Hiper 1995-1998 (own design)
7. Agressa 1999-2000(my first 2m design)
8. Mantis 2001-2002 (own design)
9. Mantis EX 2003

I stick on my own designs as they fly perfectly well like other perfect aircraft i've used to fly. At least beyond the flying skills of my age.
BTW, I still fly F3A hoping I can still win a major contest!

1st contest - Bridi Super Kaos, K&B .61
Last Contest - Brian Hebert Patriot 3D, OS 1.40 FI

Currently building - ZN Line Supreme, Hacker C50-14XL, ThunderPower 10s3p
Own design biplane still in the works.