Tuesday 10 June 2014
Hostetler Liberty Sport
I like engines as much as airplanes and so a few years ago, I decided that the OS Pegasus FF-320 should be in my collection, only I needed a subject airplane. Years ago, I had test flown a Sig Liberty Sport for a club member and it became my favorite biplane of all time, just for styling. So, I ordered Hostetler's 1/4 scale plans and after studying them, I decided that the Pegasus would fit nicely in the cowl with the firewall moved aft a little bit. But, other things bothered me about the design. It was anything but "Super Scale". The top wing was clipped by about 7 inches and ailerons were added where there shouldn't be any. The airfoil section was wrong and I didn't like aspects of the fuselage construction either, so it became another project that needs a re-design. There was an article in June 1981 Scale R/C,
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