second great R/C design contest winners, The

IT'S SOMETIMES SAID that there's a creative genius inside every modeler; we agree. When the Second Great RIC Design Contest, co-sponsored by Global Hobby Distributors and Model Airplane News, was announced in our February '97 issue, many very talented readers immediately sat down at their drawing boards and started to work. Only designs that had never been published or manufactured qualified for this contest-although there were no restrictions on the type of RIC plane design submitted-and only non-professional and non-commercial modelers were eligible. We salute the modeling genius in all of the entrants and after carefully considering all the designs, we're proud to present the winners. We look forward to featuring these unique models in future construction articles. Stay tuned!

1st place

SLINGSHOT

Keith Lindsay of Kadena Air Force Base in Okinawa, Japan, won $1,000 worth of his choice of Global Hobby Dist. merchandise for his unique Slingshot pusher design. Keith writes that he wanted to "design and build something that nobody else had modeled before," and subsequently found an article about a Kolb Aircraft ultralight airplane in a magazine. After Kolb provided some 3-views, Keith was in business. He tells us that with a .20-size 4-stroke, the model performs like a trainer but can handle basic aerobatics. Congratulations, Keith, and Model Airplane News looks forward to featuring your design in a future construction article.

2nd place

T-34 C MENTOR The winner of $700 of Global Hobby products, Karl Blumenberg of Elmont, NY, designed this .25-size, sportscale T-34C Turbo Mentor. The 46-inch-span model is a balsa and ply construction, weighs 3.6 pounds and features a homemade, vacuum-formed canopy and an engine and muffler that are enclosed in the cowl. Karl writes, "My major interest is in sport or fun-scale aircraft that tend to be easy flyers." Well, Karl, if your Turbo Mentor flies as great as it looks, you've succeeded!

3rd place

DOUBLE TROUBLE This twin push/pull sport design won Tony Newsom of Oakland, CA, $500 worth of Global products. The model has a 51-inch wingspan and features two .25 engines (spinning 9x6 propellers) mounted on each end of the fuselage. Tony tells us that the 5.5-pound model can fly with a standard radio and four servos.

Runners up

XDF-1 THUNDER This .09-size sport ducted fan, T"Thunder," was designed by John Bermudez of Norwalk, CT. It has a 30-inch wingspan and is 32 inches long. John wins $200 of Global hobby products for his design.

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Ed Westwood of Spanaway, WA, designed this semiscale, twin-engine fire bomber around contrarotating .40 engines. The 75-inch model can drop 40 ounces of water and features flaps, pressure regulators and a water rudder. Ed says, "It flies extremely well, and even though I lost an engine on takeoff, it successfully flew a couple of circuits easily on one engine with only full opposite rudder trim." A gift certificate for $200 in Global products is on its way, Ed!

P2V-1 NEPTUNE

Gary Fuller of Claremore, OK, designed his .46-powered scale Navy "Neptune" from his own 3-views, which were created using photos and drawings from the Naval Air Museum in Pensacola, FL. The 100-inch-span model features Fowler flaps, is 77 inches long and uses 13 servos (one for each engine, two for ailerons, two for the fuel tank jettison, three for flaps, and one each for rudder, nose wheel and retracts). The model is all-balsa construction with foam-core tail surfaces and fiberglass nacelles. Gary will receive $200 in Global merchandise for his efforts.

FOKKER D-23

Doug Brauneck of Macon, GA, designed this .32-size push/pull scale twin around a Great Planes Ultra Sport .40 wing kit. He used TurboCAD to create plans for the model's fuselage and tail booms. Doug writes, "The Fokker is the best flying plane of my six current models and will take off, perform aerobatics, land and taxi with either engine; it's a real showstopper when both engines are running." We're pleased to send Doug a gift certificate for $200 worth of Global Hobby Dist. merchandise.

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