From the Flight Line – Page 7 – Stealth Squadron FAC#49

Announcing Postal Dime Scale Contest!

Submit your flight times using the Postal Timesheet form in the Sidebar or on the Postal Contest page.

Enter your FAC Dime Scale model!

We’re bringing back the FAC Postal Contest – a real crowd-pleaser from the early days of the Flying Aces Club. This is a virtual event that allows flyers who can’t normally attend our contests to join the fun and go for the glory. Anyone can win so get out and fly your FAC Dime Scale model.

The Contest starts on Turkey-Day November 28, 2019 and ends on St. Patrick’s Day March 17, 2020. All flights are to be made outdoors and there will be a Temperature bonus to keep things even for those flying out of colder airdromes. That’s right, the colder the day you fly – the more bonus added to your flight time!

Check out the Postal Contest page of this site for the up to date Results Table – we’ll post the top 20 times submitted. Rules and online Timesheet Form can be found on this page. Look for the Timesheet Form at the bottom of the sidebar throughout the site as well.

This is meant to be a fun thing, not a go-for-broke max times only event. Get creative and use your best FAC Spirit! We encourage entries from all locations worldwide. Photos or videos of your model or flight are welcomed and we’ll try our best to post them on the Stealth Sqdn site for all to enjoy.

Have at it Skysters!

5min+ ROW Free Flight Rubber Powered Model Airplane

About 10 miles north of the Massachusetts border where the Connecticut River bends to starboard and flows south toward Long Island Sound, lies a tranquil place called Retreat Meadows. Here, a special breed of aeromodellers fly their aircraft free, rising off the still waters into the cool Vermont sky.

Our Stealth Squadron roving reporter recently caught up with Jim Woolwough, to learn more about his fantastic free flight rubber model “Thin Ice” and the quest for a 5 minute rise-off-water (ROW) flight over Retreat Meadows.

For perspective: the standing Mulvihill Rubber ROW world record flight is 5min 44sec made by Robert Hauk on September, 7, 2019.
In 1929, Bert Pond (AMA Hall of Fame) held the ROW world record with a 2min 52 sec flight made with an “A Frame” Twin Pusher on floats.

Jim Woolnough describes “Thin Ice” his fantastic model airplane and the quest for a 5 minute rise-off-water (ROW) flight

Retreat meadows, Vt – site of the flight

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2019-20 One Design: Plans & Rules

Fly your PIPIT at upcoming indoor flying sessions & contests in Georgetown, MA, or Glastonbury, CT

Download Rules & Plans Here!

Build the simple 12 inch wingspan PIPIT ROG and join the fun in the gym!

2018-19 One Design Rules (PIPIT ROG)

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PIPIT ROG Construction Plan

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NOTE: this model qualifies to enter the FAC Pinkham Field Stick events flown at the Durham CT outdoor FAC contests and mini-meets as well.

Clubster Designs & Builds Retracting Gear Mechanism

Dayton-Wright RB1 Automatic Retracting Landing Gear

OK gang, we’ve heard the rumors that clubster William Skelly has been busy building a new peanut scale model with a landing gear that retracts after takeoff.

Well, it’s official – William has completed his Dayton-Wright RB-1 model and logged his first official ROG (Rise Off Ground) flight with the gear retracting after takeoff.

We caught up with William at the Glastonbury Modelers Spring Fling last Sunday in the Glastonbury HS gym and got the lowdown. He even shared an illustrated design document (link under the video) so you can build your own. Our hat’s off to William and his nifty design!

Dayton Wright Retract Gear W Skelly 4-14-19

Stealth Squadron Exhibits at NEMES

It came as a pleasant surprise when THE STEALTH SQUADRON was invited to exhibit at the New England Model Engineering Society(NEMES) model engineering show at the Charles River Museum of Industry and Innovation, Waltham MA. The museum allows NEMES to put on a show every February. NEMES is an eclectic organization and the show included everything from live steam to compressed air engines, gunsmiths and water powered displays. Herb
Cotterly a Stealth Squadron member demonstrated his ¼ scale model A engine. Six members of the Stealth Squadron put on a display of our stick and tissue models. From the start, there was considerable interest. Even prior to the show opening other exhibitors made a visit to our table and when the doors opened at 10am we had a crowd of three deep, and many people signed Steves sheet to get info off of our website. Many of those visiting the table shared stories of building and crashing Guillow models in their youth, and had no idea that An organization like the FAC existed! One can only hope that such interest will swell our membership. NEMES impressed enough that we are invited back next year and we have been asked to give a presentation at one of their monthly meetings.

Welcome to the Stealth Squadron!

We are an active group of free flight aircraft model builders dedicated to the preservation and promotion of the hobby.

Based in Massachusetts, the Stealth Squadron is fortunate to count among its members some of the true masters of the trade. All club members are very supportive and freely share information and encouragement.

We welcome you to our web site and hope that you will get involved!