Regretably, I have no proper record of models built before this date, when I started giving models numbers, although I built my first stunt model circa 1949.
No. | Model | Motor | No of Flights | First Flight | Written Off | Comments | |
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1 | Cherokee | OS 35 Max 1 | 74 | ? | Scrapped 27/9/59 |
Stretched Calamity Jane. Flew in 1959 Criterium | |
2 | Semi Scale Goodyear racer | Veco 19 | ? | ? | Swapped for OS 29 21/6/59 |
Based on Bill Morley Scimitar | |
3 | Monarch | AM 35 | 19 | ? | Written off by Tony Day 15/2/59 |
First stunt win. Rebuilt into P40 | |
5 | Condor | Frog 150 | 23 | ? | 8/3/59 | ||
6 | P40 (Monarch rebuild) | AM 35 | ? | 5/7/59 | Given to Tony Day 9/7/62 |
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7 | Iroquois | OS 35 Max ! | ? | 10/5/59 | Scrapped 9/7/62 | Enormous fuselage & too heavy | |
8 | Condor 2 | Frog 150 | 1 | 17/5/59 | 17/5/59 | Tips added to make it a T'bird | |
9 | Iroquois 2 | AM 35 | ? | 20/9/59 | Scrapped 9/7/62 | Take apart model. Still have plan | |
10 | Chief | OS 35 Max 1 | 67 | 3/1/60 | 4/3/62 | 2 wins. Flew in 1960 W/C | |
11 | Thunderbird | Merco 35 | 29 | ? | Rebuilt into Bluebird | Fuselage fell apart! | |
13 | Tipsy Jnr 2 | - | - | - | Scrapped 9/7/62 | Never finished | |
14 | Bluebird | Merco 35 | 62 | ? | Scrapped 9/7/62 | 2 wins. Rebuilt T'bird with inverted motor. Flew in 1960 W/C | |
15 | Smoothie | Merco 35 | 4 | ? | Sold | A real dog! | |
16 | Pedagogue 3 | OS 35 Max 1 | 43 | ? | 24/2/63 | 2 wins. This was the only one. The number '3' was to continue the Iroquois series, although there was no resemblance | |
17 | Nobler | OS 35 Max 1 | 22 | ? | 15/4/62 | 2 wins. 1930's US Navy scheme. Carried number 16. Flown at 1961 Criterium | |
18 | Nobler 2 | OS 35 Max 1 | 39 | ? | 23/8/63 | 3 wins. Dark blue US Navy scheme. Flown at 1963 Criterium | |
19 | Spectre | AM 35 | - | - | Not finished | ||
New numbering series started | |||||||
1 (20) | Iroquois IV | OS 35 Max 1 | 5 | ? | Rebuilt into Nobler 3 | Used Nobler wing & tail | |
1 (21) | Nobler 3 | OS 35 Max 1 | 41 | ? | 21/5/66 | Flown at 1963 Criterium | |
2 (22) | Tony | Merco 35 | ? | ? | Sold | Too heavy | |
4 (24) | Iroquois V | OS 35 Max 1 | 75 | ? | Scrapped 2/2/69 | 5 wins. Expo flaps | |
6 (26) | Spacebird | Merco 35 | ? | ? | Scrapped 25/3/97 | 9 wins, including 2 Gold Trophies. Canted motor with internal silencer | |
7 (27) | Chief 2 | OS 35S | 44 | ? | 7/1/67 | Wing mounted U/C | |
15 (35) | Iroquois 6 | OS 35S | 35 | ? | 28/9/69 | Expo flaps | |
Reverted to original numbering sequence | |||||||
66 | T'Bird II (Spacebird 2) | ST 46 | 72 | ? | 23/4/95 | Started in 1974 and finished in 1993! | |
T'Bird II/2 | ST 46 | 205 | ? | Still Going! | Wreck of No 66 rebuilt by Roy Cherry | ||
80 | Nobler Still | OS 35 Max 1/ST 35 | ? | ? | Broke up in air 26/8/89 | Wing mounted U/C. Film covered | |
84 | Even Nobler | ST 35/Merco 35 | ? | ? | Given away 21/9/88 | Wing mounted U/C. Sheeted wing | |
116 | Ambassador | Elfin 249 | 67 | 15/8/86 | Still Going! | Won '87 Nats | |
124 | Skystreak 26 | ED Bee | 6 | 21/8/88 | 19/8/90 | ||
128 | Ambassador 2 | Elfin 249 | 53 | 10/6/89 | Still Going! | ||
130 | Noblest (Original Nobler) | Merco 35 | 189 | 27/8/89 | Scrapped 15/3/97 | 6 Nats wins | |
133 | Barnstormer | ST 35 | 134 | 5/4/90 | 6/3/94 | 19 wins | |
134 | Lynx | AM 25 | 8 | 29/4/90 | Given away 9/897 | ||
137 | Stunt Queen | Frog 500 | 51 | 21/10/90 | Still Going! | Phantom Trophy | |
138 | Chipmunk | Baby Bee 049 | 18 | 13/1/91 | Sold 26/4/96 | ||
141 | Rascal | Frog 150 | 61 | 12/4/91 | '97 | ||
142 | Hutstormer | TeeDee 049/PAW 80 | 38 | 7/4/91 | Still Going! | 6/10 Barnstormer | |
143 | Stunt King | Fox 19 | 29 | 20/10/91 | Given away 6/6/93 | ||
144 | Box Car Chief | ST 35 | 119 | 1/4/92 | Workshop fall 24/5/96 | 16 wins, inc 2 Nats | |
146 | Stearman PT17 | ST 46 | 72 | 21/4/93 | 27/06/04 | ||
147 | Radial T'Bird restoration | Veco 35 | ? | 12/10/92 | Don't want to remember | One day I'll write a book | |
160 | Pagan | Frog 500 | 22 | 18/5/97 | Still Going! | ||
161 | Tanager | ST 35/Fox 35 | 121 | 23/8/95 | Sold | AM review | |
166 | Box Car Chief 2 | ST 35 | 279 | 13/7/96 | Still Going! | 5 Nats wins | |
167 | Nobler 40 | Merco 35 | 126 | 23/8/96 | Still Going! | 40th anniversary special. Needs new nose | |
168 | Argus | Fox 35 | 46 | 22/08/01 | Still Going! | ||
174 | Kan Doo | ED Comp Spl | 49 | 19/6/98 | Still Going! | ||
180 | Barnstormer 2 | ST 35 | 158 | 27/5/99 | Still Going! | ||
187 | Impact | ? | Wing and tail. Built for Roy Cherry | ||||
188 | Stiletto | ? | Wing and tail. Built for Roy Cherry | ||||
192 | Rascal 2 | Frog 150 | Still Going! | ||||
197 | Beebug | ED Bee | 20/05/01 | 2 | Still Going! | ||
199 | Tony | OS 40FP | Built for Paul Winter | ||||
200 | Chihuahua | PAW 80 | 01/04/01 | Still Going! | |||
201 | Beebug | Norvel 06 | Built for Paul Winter | ||||
222 | Box Car Papoose | Electric | 12/02/04 | 42 | 21/04/05 | 60% Box Car Chief | |
232 | Rebuild of 167. New nose | ST 35 | 22/07/04 | Still Going! | |||
234 | Box Car Chief 3 | ST 35 | Still Going! |