One Design Contest for 2025-26 Indoor Season!
The One Design Model has been announced for the 2025-26 indoor season. The “Jolly Roger” pusher canard stick model designed by Keith Goodchild will be flown by the Stealth Squadroneers in the Penn Brook Middle School gym and the Glastonbury Modelers in the Glastonbury High School gym. Indoor flying dates for both of these sites have been posted to the Calendar page and show up in Coming Events on the homepage. Get the Jolly Roger full size plan and construction article below (free download) and check out the Rules before you head to the building board (click to enlarge image below).
Bonus: Jolly Roger can be flown in the Pinkham Field Stick events frequently held at the outdoor meets at Woodsom Farm in Amesbury, MA and Pinkham Field in Durham, CT. Double or triple your fun with Jolly Roger, skysters!
Keith Goodchild “Jolly Roger” One Design
Use the links below to download the free full-size construction plan and article. Free, no charge, no downloads limits.
The plan and article files print on standard 8 1/2 x 11in “letter” sheets. Easy peasy.
Rules
Well, you knew there would be rules for this One-Design event, no? But have no fear, they’re simple as can be. Click the image below to view full-size
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Some comments on the One Design Model from John K. of the Glastonbury Modelers.
“When we started the Armstead Trophy event years ago, the concept was to build a simple, quirky indoor-oriented model and fly it throughout the season to post a high time.
As is their usual practice, the Stealth Squadroneers will be flying their Jolly Roger one design models in a series of fun events in the Penn Brook Middle School gym in 2026. The Calendar has been updated with the Penn Brook dates. We’re really looking forward to flying the “12 minutes of Georgetown event” with Jolly Roger this coming season!
Download 2025-26 Jolly Roger Plan and Construction Article
One-Design Event Background
For many years now, the Stealth Squadron and the Glastonbury Modelers, based in Glastonbury, CT have been sponsoring a joint One Design Event in their respective indoor free flight model airplane competitions. The indoor flying season for each of these Flying Aces Club “squadrons’ (local model airplane clubs) runs from November through April. Between the two clubs there is ample opportunity to fly these One Design Models which makes this one of the most popular events. Member enthusiasm and participation runs high as the One Design subject and plan is announced before each indoor flying season!
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2018-19 One Design Model
2017-18 One Design Model