December 1964 Model Airplane News cover
Chipper II article (p26)
Chipper II article (p27)
Airplanes and Rockets website visitor Bob G. wrote to request that I post the
articles for the Skyrida (October
1969 American Aircraft Modeler) and for the
Minirod (February
1969 AAM). He is on a mission to build many of the "Tenderfoot" series of free flight
models featured in American Aircraft Modeler magazine back in the 1970s.
"Chipper II" was published in the December 1964 issue of Model Airplane
News magazine. The Academy of Model Aeronautics (AMA) Plans Service can supply
high quality plans for the
Chipper II.
 Says Bob, "I was building "Chipper II" (plans
supplied by my brother-in-law) when you posted the plans for "Skyrida". The "Chipper
II" is largely complete. (photo attached) It is the first engine powered plane
that I've attempted in 40 years. I've applied sanding sealer and dope. The
only dope available here was clear, so I haven't painted it, and may not. I doped
it in the garage, and it took a couple of days for the odors do dissipate, to my
wife's disgust. So I opened the garage window overnight, and now it is 33 degrees
in there. I haven't mounted the Cox .020 PeeWee yet, tho, and I probably won't until
the Spring or Summer. I've bought the materials for "Skyrida", and plan to build
it and "Minirod", so I need the engine as a guide to drill the mounting holes. And
I want to run that old engine on a test stand first to become familiar with it again.
And the free flight flying field west of the airport is a cow pasture, and off-limits
for a period in the Spring.
Here is a thread about the
Chipper II on the RCGroups website forum.
OuterZone also
has the plans and a copy of the original article, but I encourage you to buy the
plans from AMA
Plans Service since they now own the copyright to them.
Posted June 23, 2023
(updated from original post
on 1/10/2012)
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