Tag: Pinkham Stick

Saturday Nov 2 Season Close Meet @ Woodsom Farm

Don’t miss the final outdoor meet of the Season –

Event Flyer HERE

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Sam B launches his Super Capacitor powered Halberstadt D2. Sam’s a SuperCap pro!
Vance G lauches his Russian Kalinen K4 ambulance plane. Beautiful!
Another Boxy Bipe. This one by Steve E. Snidely Whiplash piloting!
Rich Z’s Corben Super Ace wheels above the Fall Colors.
Greve Race mass launch at Woodom Farm Oct. 20 meet

Outdoor Season Finale Nov 2

Tempus Fugit, gang!  Yep, time sure is flying, just like one of Steve E’s Pinkham Stick models.   Next Saturday Nov 2 will be your last chance this season to fly outdoors on the beautiful rolling fields of Woodsom Farm in Amesbury, MA.  Don’t miss it!

The event roster has been slimmed some, but we’ll still be filling the sky with stick & tissue models.  Check out the full Nov. 2 Meet Flyer. 

See you at the field!

October 20 Meet Results & Pics

Gorgeous weather, good friends and lot’s of high flying models – what more can a flyer ask for?  How about a bunch of great photos to help remember it all?

John R’s Google photostream

Kim W’s Google photostream

Thanks for sharing John & Kim!!

Pinkham Stick was arguably the event to watch with several new models and light-hearted competition.  Steve E kicked it off with a one minute flight on his new Troubadour in the calm morning air and then upped the mark to 100sec plus soon after.   Kim W got several nice flights with her Rocky-piloted Boxy Bipe.    Then in the thermally afternoon Rich Z popped off a 2min plus flight with his Gabelschwanz Teufel (Fork-Tailed Devil) which unfortunately ended with the model 80ft or so up in a majestic pine tree.  Steve countered late in the day with his Pelatowski Stork, catching a thermal and going OOS (out of sight) into a cloud.  But alas, he forgot to start the stopwatch!   Gremlins were surely riding Stork’s wing on its last flight!   And it was the FT Devil for the win.

One thing’s certain.  There’s a lot of flying smiles per build time invested in these simple Pinkham Stick models.  Why not join in the fun?

There was lots of action in the other competition events as well.  Steve E’s Hellcat took the top spot in Dime Scale again and his Mad Maxine (biplane, n’est pas!) topped the Embryo Endurance field.  George S’s Nassise Mustang edged out the Rittmeister’s Henschel 123 to win the WW2 Mass Launch event.  George’s Guillows Fairchild 24 won the Golden Age/Modern Civil event too.

Rich Z’s wretched Roland D2 wreaked havoc winning the WW1 Mass Launch event.  His silky smooth flying Ercoupe also won FAC Simplified Scale – the meet’s premiere competition event.

Sam B and Ara D made the trek from out-of-state to fly with us.  It was great to see you guys.  We sure did have FUN!

Stealth Squadron Oct 2024 Results Page 1

Stealth Squadron Oct 2024 Results Page 2

See you on the field at Woodsom Farm on Nov 2 tissue trimmers  🙂

Goose

Designed by Steve Evans, this unusual pusher canard stick model won the inaugural Stealth Squadron Pinkham Field Stick event. Easy to build and fly.

Clubster Steve Evans designed and built this unusual pusher canard model for  the inaugural Stealth Squadron Pinkham Field Stick event at Woodsom Farm and then won the event!
Easy to build and fly – give it a try!

Pond Tractor

An early stick model! Reduce plan to 20in wingspan to qualify for Pinkham Field Stick event.

Another very early stick model!  Originally intended for indoor flying, this model will fly well outdoors as well.  Reduce plan to 20in wingspan to qualify for Pinkham Field Stick event.

1929 Jaros Twin Pusher

Very early record-holding A-frame stick model. Reduce this plan to 20in wingspan for Pinkham Field Stick

A true oldtimer!  Very early record-holding  A-frame stick model.  Reduce this plan to 20in wingspan and you will have a unique Pinkham Field Stick entry.

Simple Simon

Very simple beginner’s stick model with flat tissue-covered wing and tail surfaces. Surprising flight performance!
Qualifies for FAC Pinkham Field Stick evernt

Very simple beginner’s stick model with flat tissue-covered wing and tail surfaces.  Flight performance will surprise you – several have flown out of sight.

FAC Trainer

Realistic profile fuselage model with built up tissue covered wing. Flies great

Simple built-up tissue covered wing, tail and profile fuselage makes the FAC Trainer a great beginner’s model and first step toward a simplified FF rubber sport or scale model.  Qualifies for FAC Pinkham Field Stick event.

The ROG

20in ROG stick model with cracked wing contruction

A full built up wing with simple cracked-rib construction makes the ROG stick model a bit more advanced than a flat wing stick job

Flying Aces Zephyr

Zephyr is a simple and high-flying stick model published in the Dec 1936 issue of Flying Aces magazine

Published in the Dec 1936 issue of Flying Aces magazine, the Zephyr is a simple and high-flying stick model.
Long-time FACer Mark Fineman won the Pinkham Field Stick event many times with Zephyr models built from these plans.  Mark’s models flew with the 8″dia carved balsa prop as specified on the plan.  A great opportunity to try carving a prop!