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Jean-Luc Belon unveiled his latest creation at Pendle in
the
form
of the NA XB-70 Valkyrie bomber!
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I finished my last report from this venue
hoping for a fifth consecutive successful meeting, and we
got it! Another good North-Westerly wind, Pendle's
best direction, and it stayed dry. Bliss! Plenty
of other pilots turned up, and there were about 21 models on
the slope.
Jean-Luc Belon brought his Me-110
and his newest creation, an XB-70 Valkyrie to
approximately 1:35 scale, complete with wingtips that turned
down in flight. These later proved to be lift-dumpers,
but otherwise appeared to exhibit no untoward effects.
The model is all balsa, spanning just under 36", but is over
51" in length. It is built from a plan by Paul
Janssens, and has a generous wing area of 540sq. in; the
wing section is not known. Jean-Luc had arranged the
canard to operate in conjunction with the elevators.
It needed a couple of flights and balance adjustments to get
it to fly reasonably well, and it looked very good in the
air!
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Steve Kemp had
been around those car boot sales again and picked up
a Balsacraft Grumman Bearcat for just £15.
After some
renovation work and a re-spray with car paint it is
as good as new! At 45" span it has an AUW of
44oz, and is another example of a model designed for
electric flight making a good PSS subject. |
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Ron Davies' P-51B Mustang is, if
my rather sketchy notes have jogged my memory correctly, a
fuselage from a power model on some wings from an old
Me-109: quite convincing, nonetheless, and a good flier.
It spans 43" was decorated as a machine from the Italian
theatre in 1944, complete with chequerboard tail feathers.
Ron also had a DH.88 Comet of 75" span, built from a
plan, of all balsa construction on a veneered foam wing.
It weighed 5 1/2lb.
Simon Hardman picked the event winners,
which were;
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Best Prop:
Messerschmitt Me-110 by
Jean-Luc Belon |
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Best Jet:
BAe Hawk 100 by Steve
Griffiths |
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