STILL MORE OTHER PEOPLE'S TWIN PUSHERS

SOME MINI TWIN PUSHERS ~ PETER ROSENTHALL'S MINI

I got this fun present in the mail
last Xmas. Peter Rosenthall sent it. A glorious addition to the tree it was. He writes that atop his tree was King Kong being pestered by the Army Aircorps Note the carved props and the adjustable canard. I tried flying it and the best I could do was 7 seconds, but an exciting 7 seconds. A loop, followed by a steep right and then a steep left into the floor. All at high and buzzy speed. I think maybe the high wing mount is the trouble. The thrust line passes under everything. I'll ask Peter permission to lower the wing and try again.

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MATT KEVENEY'S MINI
Matt writes... I've been meaning to build a twin pusher since the pages were first published...I finally got around to it. Here are the pictures & specs. Span: 4" length: 4" props: 2" pitch: dunno structure: 1/32" square Motorsticks: 1/16x3/32" covering: Rit-dyed ultrafilm (thanks to FFML advice) best time: 15 seconds ...still working on it

The props are scaled down Ceiling Walker props, based on your dimensions. They're made from IMS EZB stock and work okay, but came out a little too flimsy. I'm about ready for a new set already. And yes, I know it wouldn't be much more expensive to make a bigger one. Loads-O-fun! -Matt

PETER MICHEL & HIS SIMMERS A-FRAME

Here's a couple of pix of Peter Michel
and his Simmers, enjoying a Sunday on Chobham Common . He reports about 2 min on 8 strands of 1/8" TanII per motor stick on 2/3 turns. The Simmers is a fairly late Twin Pusher by Wally Simmers the GollyWock man. Note the overlapping props. He Writes "I'm busy tweaking up the trim of the Simmers in view of the annual A-frame challenge by visiting Americans, principal among them being Mik Mikkelson from Hollywood. He and I also enjoy a good A-frame shoot-out!" Note: They call them A-Frames over there. I like the loose plane in the upper left. Looks to be doing pretty good considering a prop fell off. And check the site !17 crow miles! from London Center (Trafalger Sq.). Amazing!

Photos by Charlie Jeffreys

And here we have a nice up to date Twin Pusher by C.S. Fries

He writes .. "Cook 45 riser from RCM plans 6/79. A great little flyer. Takes off from rough grass. Flies on one engine really well. Must be sure that both props are pushing!!"

Tom Schrader's Oversized Indoor Ott Twin Pusher

Tom Schrader sent this inspiring pic. He writes " I am enclosing a picture of my Ott Cloud Chaser in flight indoors. It is expanded to 36" wing span and 36" on the A-frame length. Look close and you can see the prop in motion and the front canard twist for right turn.... It is no record buster but just a graceful flyer. I asked about keeping it out of the rafters and away from the walls. Here's what he says. " Danny: First off. The gym we fly in is about 100ft. X 100ft. and maybe 30 or 35 ft.until you tangle up in the girders.... I set the front canard which is a V with a positive incidence + I warp it so as to have the left canard to have wash out and the right canard to have wash in for say a right turn. The wing has dihedral only. It is quite easy to get about a 50ft. circle. It is all trial and error but I use smaller width rubber. then wind on 1400 turns or so. The idea is to get a slow nearly flat climb and run out of peak power just under the rafters and then lessor power all the way down. I'll generally end up with half of the turns unused, and my friend says this is just wasted energy. My best time is a rather meek 125 seconds which is not to be bragged about but it is a PURE MAGIC to watch this slow silent flight! He adds "I also built a basic Mott but it is faster and smaller and is not near as neat.

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I had trouble keeping my indoor Mott in the gym and found I had to build a 1/2 sized one. 2 minutes sounds about right . Although with more lightness no doubt would come more minutes. Thanx Tom