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As you can see from the NFFS website introduction picture, the Minneapolis Model Aero Club has high respect for the Ramrod 750.
Shown in the picture from left to right, Dennis Sussman, club treasurer, Dave Edmonson, club secretary and newsletter editor, Gary Oakins, long time club president. This picture was taken at our September 15, 2007 Mini-Model contest held at North Branch, Minnesota. 11 contestants competed on a nice sunny day on this lovely sod farm. On this particular day, Dennis put up a perfect score, and I dropped 9 seconds on the last flight after hitting some big down air.
We fly in a flat valley with mostly sod fields with crop areas interlaced. The field can be seen in the background looking to the north. We have about a 1 1/2 mile radius of useable field.
At the particular moment in this picture, we all had our models out, and I ran back to the car, grabbed the camera, and got us lined up. That is a rare occassion when you get 3 guys flying the same model at a contest to line up for a photo.
Dennis Sussman and myself both have good running OS Max III .35 steel fin engines.
Gary Oakins was running a very HOT Johnson 35 combat special. His engine came on very strong, and when the model was in a tight climb turn, the wings fluttered and folded. So now he has an incentive to get it fixed quickly for the next contest. Luckily we got this picture prior to that.
Dennis has beefed up his center section with carbon rod. Mine has been repaired twice now with fiberglass and plywood, so I run my engine rich so that it does not fold the wings.
The CF is definitely the way to go. Shame to have to run the engine rich to avoid folding. On our T-Birds down here, we sheet the wing center section and use pegs to get the wing rubber bands out of the dead center of the wing. Moves the load out from the center and cuts each in half.
When I did that, I stopped folding wings, even in the event of a too-quick DT under power.
Lately, I have run CF tubes full length under the wing mount instead of dowels.
Hello Dean
Mine are the minimum size and are suffering from glare on the picture. Gary’s are a little faded out. Dennis Sussman are big and with good contrast. On the other hand, what is the purpose of AMA numbers on the wing. Actually I am kind of tired of having to put them on models, especially when I have to cut them out by hand. Have printed them up, but then you have a heavy label. There is a neat cutting machine for $300 or maybe just have someone cut out a bunch of AMA 9788 numbers for me. Luckily I only have 4 numbers to cut out and paste on.
I can send you a larger picture if you really want to check things out thoroughly.
That idea of double banding the wing on might help under power. My wings broke the first time when the DT line let loose under power. The second time after 2 DTs onto blacktop. I don’t think the double banding would have helped either situation. I did not use hard enough balsa in the center section. and no reinforcement. Purchased the short kit, and pulled lumber out of my balsa rack.
There is a neat cutting machine for $300 or maybe just have someone cut out a bunch of AMA 9788 numbers for me. Luckily I only have 4 numbers to cut out and paste on.
I have been considering the same thing. Getting some 1-1/2, 2, & 3 inch numbers.
I can send you a larger picture if you really want to check things out thoroughly.
Naa, just kidding, I was sure I could make them out under the glare.
That idea of double banding the wing on might help under power.
Yeah, I can send a photo (worth, well…maybe a hundred words anyway) if you want. Double bands and sheeting the top to the center section to at least the first rib outside of the bands, each side of the center section.
Works great. 🙂 🙂
Hello Dean
I need to take a picture for you of my modified T-Bird. It is well beefed up. I call it the “Max Bird”. It has been driving the guys around here crazy because I have flown it solid for the past 3 years.
It even spent 3 weeks in a corn field last year, and is still going. At the 2004 Nats, I flew it in 5 events, and it got 5th in F1J. 1/2A, 1/2A classic, A, A classic, and F1J. If it did not have a beefed up fuselage, and larger fin, I could have flown it in a few NOS events. Goes really good with a Norvel 061 engine on it.
I flew all glider and rubber events at the 2007 NATS. Next year will only fly power.
Dave,
I would like a picture of your MAX Bird. I fly T-Birds in NOS. Best to send it to my email address
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