Thanks for the info on "Swing Control". I was only vaguely aware of this method of flying models all those years ago (early 50's) when I began "sniffing glue"....
Hi Al, in Ann Arbor, We, too, have had our most success in flying "stick and tissue" planes swinging them around a pole. But we don't find it sad at all. In...
Thanks for all the info Al. I have viewed some of the photos in your swing control albums (Yahoo seems to be limiting my viewing time today, but I will...
Lately, we've had good results with some swing control models of 12 inch wing span or less. In the homepage picture is a Stinson built from a Comet plan....
The modified Cloud Buster is finished and ready to fly. First flights were good. The tail boom proved to be too flimsy for flying in windy weather. In a...
I am new to the group and thought you would like to see some of my models past and present. I will add more photos as time permits.I do enjoy seeing all of...
Welcome to the group. William. Thank you for sharing some of your model airplane pictures. They are interesting, especially the Jetco Thermic Trooper. I...
Al I am glad you liked the photos, I still have the plans for the Jetco Trooper and I think I have an extra set if you are interested. You may want to post the...
"I would like to get a kit of the Jetco Lark rubber model or at least a set of plans so I can build one." Happy Flying William William, Penn Valley does a...
The weather finally allowed me to "log" some "swing control time". I used a telescoping fishing pole that I found at Cabelas Outfitters for $8.00. It is 13...
Intriguing subject. You may be interested in a thread, with photos, running in SmallFlyingArts - smallflyingarts.com Enter the 'General discussions'...
Hi Al in Ann Arbor, Thank you for your lengthy message sharing your experieces with "swing control". Your experiences are very similar to mine. My first...
Thanks Jim and "SimpleFlyer" for pointing out the thread on SFA. I was not aware of it and will read through it to "get up to speed". Though I didn't mention...
... You present the advantages of 'swing control' very well. For these same reasons SC is more and more becoming my favorite method of flying model airplanes....
http://www.smallflyingartsforum.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1223680930/0#0 Al, SFA went through some server upgrades and maybe you hit an old link - try that...
SFA crashed, had server issues, got moved, upgraded and rebuilt. In the process, a lot of the attachments were lost. Many of the users are replacing the...
My brother and I used to build a lot of scale chuck gliders, when the weather was bad we would use thread to swing them from the blades of a ceiling fan in one...
Hi all, I built a Guillows Cadet today to fly with my daughter. I built it from the plans but with my own wood to save weight. The plane came in at about...
We've replaced the missing attachments on the 'swing control' thread at SFA. It can be aaccessed at:http://tinyurl.com/bjyzhw SFA takes a couple of moments to...
Hi all, I have posted some photos of a couple of my planes flying via Swing Control. One is a version of the Peck Polymers "One Nite 28". It flys really great....
Thanks, Al in AA, for posting the pictures of your One Night 28 and the Tudor. The flight pics of the ON 28 are very good and the model looks good in the...
Thanks Al. I am using a 13 ft telescoping fishing pole, with another 13 to 15 feet of line extending beyond it's tip. I guess the flight circle is about 52-56...
... That is about the lenghts that I use, too. My pole is 10 ft; for windy weather we use another 15 feet of line past the tip to keep the model off the...
I have added a few pictures of three more of my models being flown by Swing Control. They were all built from Comet Plans over the years and have been sitting...
... Thanks for posting the pictures. Nice flight pics. ... The closeups show good workmanship on the models. Were the Ercoupe and P-40 built from kits or...
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