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This page will feature pictures of aircraft belonging to club members. Each month one will be selected as 'PLANE OF THE MONTH' and will be featured in more depth.
Plane of the month
June's plane of the month belongs to club Vice President Daryl Shutt.
The TOP FLITE CONTENDER
The TOPFLITE CONTENDER
rebirth of a classic design
(photos by Daryl Shutt)
front view of the contender
another view of Daryl's contender
side view
ready to go at the field!!!
Top Flite Contender built by Daryl Shutt
aircraft specs:
wingspan- powered by- O.S. .46fx
wing area- prop-APC 11x7
weight- 6 lbs balsa and light ply construction
wing loading- . radio used-futaba T6XA with 6 servos
overall length- other features- built with optional wingtip and
height- full flap
finish-red and white monokote
Well it seems Daryl asked Santa for the O.S. .46 fx last Christmas and Santa being the jolly fellow he is, made sure Daryl was a happy camper come Christmas Day. Now having the engine, Daryl had no more excuses not to start building this kit.
To date it has seven flights, two of which were made by club president and test pilot extraordinaire Keith Roehl. I am told that on the test flights the contender only required 2 clicks of right aileron trim. The plane shows no tendency to tip stall. Stalls are all pretty gentle with the nose dropping straight ahead. <---NICE!!!
Daryl says the throws and center of gravity are all set according to plans. He prefers to fly it with the ailerons on low rate and the elevator on high rate simply because he likes a little more response on elevator. The Contender goes where you point it and has terriffic flight characteristics and is a real joy to fly.
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