Tony's Model Planes

DATE	MODEL	CHANNELS	FATE	No of FLIGHTS	COMMENTS
1967	Junior 60 Keilkraft kit	1 (McGregor)	Sold	Around 50	1st Radio Control model. All previous were free-flight. Every take-off was a miracle, every landing was a crash
1968	Glider	1 (McGregor)	Sold		2nd Radio Control model. Never flown - ran out of spare time
1984	Yamamoto Trainer Precedent kit	3 (Futaba)	Flew away	Around 150	3rd RC model. Built jointly with Sean. Flew really well (too well as it turned out - it eventually flew away!)
1984	High Boy Precedent kit	3 (Multiplex)	Sold	Around 100	4th RC model. Bought second hand. Fitted with veryold HP motor. Good trainer
1985	Dara 20 Flair kit	3 (Multiplex)	“Worn out”	Around 150	5th RC model. Great flyer. Lasted 3 years before bottom of fuz wore through!
1986	Primary Trainer CalderCraft kit	4 (Futaba)	“Worn out”	Around 250	6th RC model. Great flyer - lasted 4 years then binned due to being worn out
1986	Magnatilla Flair kit	4 (Futaba)	Crashed	Around 150	7th RC model. Great flyer. Elevator servo failed causing vertical dive-in from around 100ft - nothing worth salvaging!
1987	Sopwith Pup Flair kit	3 (Futaba)	Sold	Around 10	8th RC model. Too heavy, not enough power, boring and very fragile
1988	Genie own design	4 (Multiplex)	Sold		9th RC model. Overweight own design and experiment in extreme engine silencing. Barely-flew at all
1988	Flying Wing own design	3 (Multiplex)	Crashed	1	10th RC model. Exciting failure! Fast launch, fast loop - and then "out for the count"
1989	The Menace Sean's design	5 (Futaba)	Sold	Over 200	11th RC model. Home-built. Excellent flyer. Much admired. Wish I'd kept this model!
1989	Yamamoto Trainer No 2 - Ready-built	5 (Sanwa)	Sold	Around 175	12th RC model. Bought 2nd hand. Good flyer (All Yammies are!)
1989	Mig 21 plan-built	4 (Futaba)	Crashed	2	13th RC model. Sean's model. Un-flyable (by me and Sean!) Big crash!
1989	Mig 21 (MkII) plan-built	4 (Futaba)	Crashed	6	14th RC model. Same as MkI.Even bigger crash this time! Still un-flyable by me
1990	Yamamoto Trainer No 3 Kit	5 (Futaba)	Sold	Around 125	15thRC model. Great flyer. Goodness knows why I keep selling my Yammies!
1990	F111 plan-built	3 (Sanwa)	Scrapped	Around 30	16th RC model. Flew great, but extremely boring diesel-engined pusher
1991	Hi-Fly Precedent kit	3 (Multiplex)	Sold	Around 25	17th RC model. Great flyer. Good for relaxation, but totally un-exciting
1992	Sopwith Pup No 2 Flair kit	4 (Futaba)	Sold	15	18th RC model. Flew ok, but too finicky to keep clean, etc. Also: became bored with it's flying characteristics
1995	Sports Model own design	5 (Futaba Skysport 6)	Crashed	1	19th RC model. Excellent “flick-in” on maiden take-off demolished this lightweight model. Later found the c.g. was miles out - rearwards!
1995	Yamamoto Trainer No 4 - kit	5	Lost in workshop fire 21.04.06	321	20th RC model. Excellent flyer - with flaperons. I'm keeping this one! (A)
1996	My-Moto own design	5	Crashed	Around 200	21st RC model. Home-made Yammy copy. Elevator servo failed - big crash during fast low pass! (B)
1996	Wot 4 Chris Foss kit	6	Sold 2.10.03	284	22nd RC model. Nice flyer. Built a second built-up wing with flaperons and separate flaps, and stored the original foam wing (C)
1996	Foam Delta home-made	4	Crashed	178	23rd RC model. Excellent flier - until I launched it with the Tx turned off!
1996	Autogyro plan-built	3	Scrapped	Around 12	24th RC model. Boring, but made a change from the usual shape in the sky - until I became bored with its stableness
1996	Autogyro No 2 own design	4	Scrapped	Around 10	25th RC model. Still boring, even with the addition of a small wing and ailerons this time. Aerobatics break rotors!
1996	Flexwing magazine plan	3	Scrapped	Around 25	26th RC model. This was a "kite-type" wing which fitted to the fuz in place of normal wing. Flew ok, but again it soon became boring
1997	EFA EuroFighter own design	4	Crashed	Around 50	27th RC model. Excellent flyer - until unexplainable crash wrote it off (in retrospect: probably a stall). Built from the full-size plane's shape, which I traced from my TV screen
1997	Tony-Tilla own design	4	Scrapped	52	28th RC model. Just couldn’t cure the awful flying characteristics. Gave-up trying in the end and stomped it into oblivion!
1997	Dara 20 No 2 Flair kit	4	Swapped	33	29th RC model. Great flier. Very, very, very fast with MDS 38 fitted!
1997	Diablo Ready-built	4	Scrapped	6	30th RC model. Given to me by a club-mate who couldn't fly it . . . . and neither could I (same problem as No 28). Overweight too
1998	SE5A Flair kit	4	Sold	12	31st RC model. Bought built-up it turned-out to be a very poor flier. Sold to model shop for "static display purposes only"
1998	F15 Eagle Howard Metcalfe kit	4	Sold	0	32nd RC model. Horrible kit to build. Proved too difficult for me to hand-launch and to carry around. 3 launch-attempts only
1998	The Strainer own design	5	Lost in workshop fire 21.04.06	148	33rd RC model. Home-grown design, based on RCM&E's "Groin Strain". Excellent flyer. Modified and turned into a "Knife-Edge Special" in Autumn of 2005 (L)
1998	FunFly Precedent kit	5 (Futaba FF8)	Lost in workshop fire 21.04.06	309	34th RC model. Beautiful predictable flyer. One of my all-time favourites (M)
1999	Giant Barnstormer	4	Swapped for Christian Eagle	35	35th RC model. It was too big for my car. Swapped it for a smaller model
1999	Christian Eagle Pilot kit	5	Sold	6	36th RC model. Lovely model which I thoroughly enjoyed building - but in use it was too finicky to clean and maintain
1999	Piper Cub Flair kit	5	Lost in workshop fire 21.04.06	171	37th RC model. Lovely flyer for calm days - also aerobatic with rearward c.g. (N)
1999	Limbo Dancer Balsacraft kit	5	Sold 24.09.03	175	38th RC model. Wonderful flier and very entertaining too. I only sold this model when the Cougar 2000 turned-out to fly better (P)
2000	Scrapster own design	5	Sold 25.09.03	63	39th RC model. Once my initial design flaw was identified it became an excellent flyer (Q)
2000	Xtreme 3D Balsacraft kit	5	Sold 29.09.03	175	40th RC model. Fantastic model in every respect - once the original design flaw was identified and rectified (R)
2000	Halifax own, errr, design?	3	Scrapped	5	41st RC model. Hopeless flyer (and a bad idea altogether). I was glad to scrap this experiment!
2001	Piccolo Ikarus kit	4	Still Flying	3,540	42nd RC model. First heli. Great indoor fun. My "most-flown" model by a very long way
2001	TwinStar Multiplex foam kit	5	Sold 05.05.04	156	43rd RC model. First electric-powered model plane. Took a while to sort-out the balance point - then very good, until I tired of electric flight (T)
2001	LMH kit	4	Sold 04.04.02	0	44th RC model. Sold to an admirer before I even flew it!
2001	TwinJet Multiplex foam kit	4	Sold 05.05.04	49	45th RC Model. Flew Very Well - but I eventually got tired of electric flight (U)
2002	IFO kit	3	Sold 15.11.05	21	46th RC model. Flew really well, but I soon tired of electric flight (V)
2002	Razzle Seagull Models ARTF	5	Swapped for Cougar 2000	0	47th RC model. ARTF. Swapped for Cougar 2000 when I discovered the model wouldn't fit into my car with wings fitted
2002	Cougar 2000 Weston ARTF	5	Lost in workshop fire 21.04.06	219	48th RC model. ARTF. Great flier! Looks great too. The Magnum engine I got with it is another story though (X)
2003	LMH Swapped back again!	4	Still Flying - Great fun	57	49th RC model. I am glad I got this one back! I finally flew, and sorted it out, on 1st September, 2003. It turned-out to be exceptionally good fun! (W)
2003	Caliber kit	6	Sold - Never Flew It!	0	50th RC model. First "collective" heli. This model was built and ready to fly for more than 2 years, and yet I just couldn't be bothered with it - I just got bored with helis! (Y)
2004	Wildcard ARTF	5 (Futaba FF9)	Lost in workshop fire 21.04.06	34	51st RC model. ARTF. Fantastic flier - after wasting a whole Summer trying to discover why the engine wouldn't run (Z)
2006	Wot-4 Home-built	6	Still Flying - Good flier	78	52nd RC model. This model came-about when I offered my "spare" built-up Wot-4 wing to a club-mate. Instead of accepting it, he offered to build me a new fuz for my wing. Irresistible! (W4)
2006	Hi-Fly Precedent kit	2	Lost in workshop fire 21.04.06	0	53rd RC model was "donated" (by same pal who made the new Wot-4 fuz) so that I could try-out my idea for a "piggy-back" project
2006	Funtana 40S Hangar 9 ARTF	5	Crashed & Burned!	240	54th RC model. ARTF. Build-quality was so bad that Inwood Models gave me another Hangar 9 model as compensation. Also: the 40S was a terrible flier - until I modified the wing's leading edge! Demise caused by faulty Rx switch harness (F/T)
2006	Twist Hangar 9 AFTF	5	Still Flying - Excellently!	132	55th RC model. ARTF. Good no-nonsense flier - will do "everything" I'm capable of doing (TW)
2007	Mojo 40 Paul Swanson Kit	5	Still Flying - Excellently!	174	56th RC model. Awkward build, despite being a profile model, but well-worth the effort as far as flying is concerned (MJ)
2007	TwinAce Precedent kit	5	Lovely flyer - but very difficult to fly on one engine!	9	57th RC model. My first twin-engined model. As soon as he saw it, a club-mate said: "Ah - double trouble!" He was right too (T/A)
2007	T240 Precedent kit	6	Still in the "flight-testing" stage - but improving with each larger engine I fit!	23	58th RC model. The Laser .91 which it originally used didn't have enough power, it currently has an ASP 120 (T240)
2007	Aeronca Champ Precedent kit	6	Given-away un-completed	0	59th RC model. A half-built kit which I was given. Kept it for several months before returning it to the original donator - both of us having changed our minds! (AC)
2008	Junior 60 Pre-built	3	Brilliant docile flier - I absolutely love flying this model!	65	60th RC model. A nostalgia trip back to the roots of my model-flying - model was given to me by Eddie Ducker (J60)
2008	Extra 300S Aero Sport ARTF	5	Enjoying this Nice Flier	59	61st RC model. ARTF. Bought at YAS Christmas Trade Show (EX)
2008	Xtreme 3D BalsaCraft Kit	5	Lovely Flier - despite crash during 3rd flight!	68	62nd RC model. Bought old and un-started kit which was being advertised on the BMFA website (XT)
2008	EasyStar Multiplex Kit	5	Excellent Flier - and massively over-powered too!	142	63rd RC model. Bought as my "Winter Hack" for 2008/9 (ES)
2009	Sukhoi SU-26 e-Flite kit	5	Great Flier	38	64th RC model. Bought in order to make use of my 3,300mah LiPo's (SU-26)
2010	SuKhoi SU-37	6	On Building Board	0	65th model. Built from plan downloaded from 'net (SU37)
2011	Bob's Funtana	5	Great Flier	10	66th model. Bought from Bob Elliott's estate after he passed-away (BFT)
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	Total Flights			8,833	You'd think I'd be bored with flying by now wouldn't you . . . . but I'm definitely not!