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| Submitted By | |
| Scott Kruize | |
| Tukwila, WA, United States | |
| Build Information | |
| Build Type | Plans-built |
| Manufacturer/Brand Name | |
| Aircraft Category | Sport |
| Model name, number, and/or variant | Comet ‘Phantom Fury’ |
| Wingspan/Rotor span (inches) | 29 |
| Scale | (same as 1929 original design) |
| Construction Type | Built up (wood/covering) |
| Propulsion Type | Prop |
| Power System | Other |
| Propeller (if applicable) | PeckPolymers plastic 20cm / 8″ |
| Radio System Brand and Model | n/a: Free Flight |
| Number of channels utilized | 2 |
| Channel functions | Rudder, Elevator |
| Retracts or Fixed Gear |
Music-wire fixed landing gear instead of original design’s balsa/plywood/card-stock struts. Modern 3rd-party plastic wheels |
| Cockpit/Interior Details |
Homemade instrument panel visible behind windshield, different shape from original design |
| Paint, Covering or Graphics |
Wing, tail feathers: yellow gif-wrap tissue. Fuselage covered blue silkspan. Some dark blue iron-on polyester film trimming wing and fuselage |
| Scale Accessories |
Only 3rd-party parts: plastic wheels, prop |
| Light System |
n/a |
| Smoke System |
n/a |
| Sound System |
n/a |
| Other Features or Options |
Wing is detachable from bamboo skewers set into fuselage cabin top. Rounded tips of flying surfaces done with basket-weave hobby cane stock. Rudder and elevators are hinged, with thin wire, to fin and horizontal stab, for fine-tuning plane’s Free Flight |
| Further Description/Back Story |
The 1929 ‘Phantom Flash’, built a year ago, performs well indoors in the SeaTac Community Center gym. I was glad to come across an old Comet kit of its ‘bigger brother’, the ‘Phantom Fury’; same design ‘vintage’; kit dates from mid-60s. This has a full fuselage design, built primarily of 1/16th-inch-square stringer stock. This new one is all scratch-built, using lighter balsa than the kit’s, and bent-cane flying-surface tips. Overall weight now, complete, tissue covered, but without motor rubber, is two ounces. 29 inch span, 20 inch length; 91 square inches of wing area. I look forward to flying it soon, outdoors in parks, as the Pacific Northwest’s weather improves. |
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