The choice of subjects is interesting:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2YzTvYU_iw
Starting at about 0:19, note that the model was rigged so that the outer engines stopped first to better maintain line tension. Note also how the inner engines were stopped — the old rag in the prop trick!
By: eye4wings - 22nd August 2011 at 12:15
My dad took me over to an open day at Radlett (where my uncle worked for HP later, making wind tunnel models) when I was a lad. It must have been sometime in the mid fifties. My abiding memory was of a beautifully detailed model Lancaster crashing on the tarmac when the control lines went slack. Very sad!
By: Flying-A - 8th August 2011 at 00:06
In the August 2011 issue of Model Aviation, p. 138-139, there’s a beautiful control line Avro Lancaster built in Canada by Gerald Boyd. Powered by four Cox 049s, it spans nearly 51″. Interestingly, it’s a model of the rare BII.
By: Flying-A - 26th March 2011 at 23:55
Glad to be of help, Sky High. If you e-mail Black Hawk and Brodak, they might be able to direct you to a UK vendor. As for power, there’s this source a bit closer to home:
By: Sky High - 23rd March 2011 at 09:29
Many thanks my American friend, but what about on our side opf the pond? Now I know they still exist I’ll do some googling and see what I can find here. The problem might be that you’ve got a lot more space then we have.;)
By: Flying-A - 23rd March 2011 at 01:34
Are control line models still produced?
Indeed they are, Sky High:
http://www.blackhawkmodels.com/catalog.html
And the following in the steps of those Lincoln and B-17 models, check out the September-October 2010 issue here:
http://www.controllinecentaz.com/Web%20Pages/Newsletters.html
By: Sky High - 22nd March 2011 at 09:06
Terrific video, which begs a question. Are control line models still produced?
By: Flying-A - 22nd March 2011 at 02:10
Glad you liked it, Anon. You’re probably right about the Lincoln’s covering — 1957 was too early for Monokote or Coverite and maybe too early for aluminized Mylar for a hobbyist. My hunch is that it might have been Al foil on balsa sheeting. With those four engines, weight wouldn’t have been a problem.
Speaking of engines, the time and place might suggest diesel rather than glow. Either way, starting and synching four engines was a feat in itself.
By: Arabella-Cox - 20th March 2011 at 21:20
Models
Wow, two very nice scale models – the Lincoln particularly so.
Looks like it was covered in aluminium foil. I wonder what became of them both? They may still be sat, dust-covered, in an old attic somewhere.
Thanks for flagging that one up Flying-A.
Anon.
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