What's In This Issue:
Plane Ratings - Pixel IV - Getting in touch with HL  - Data Logger Info - 10-cell Lazy Bee -  LOL '98 - Hot Dawg & Snapdragon - 1/4 scale Scheibe Tandem-Falke - More on Henschel Hs132 - An Invitation - Slo-flyers - A Modeller's Tale - A TigerKitten - Mid-Am '98

depending of how I fly it. 
Tom Cimato tells me I can go to 21 cells if I want and I may!  This plane is a real confidence builder.  I'd give it five stars, but I haven't flown  everything yet, so it gets 4 stars. ****
This plane is finished in Monokote, duplicating the color scheme on my Harley ElectraGlide.  The nose art now reads "Electra Hog."  I

Some Plane Ratings
Dr. Walter I. Thyng - docwt@worldpath.net


Here are two new plane ratings:
Sig Astro Hog: purpose built and highly modified for electric power. 
Flying weight: 7 lbs. with MaxCim 15 13Y, 3/1 gearing, 13/8 MA e prop, 18 2,000 mAh cells, three Airtronics 102 servos, taildragger gear w/ Dave Brown lite wheels, Tru-Turn aluminum spinner. 
It's off the ground in 20 feet out of grass. Very solid flyer.  Speed is fast, but not too
demanding. Flight times are 5-8 minutes,

faired the nose in and rounded the tail surface outlines to match the wing tips which gives it a 30's racer look. The pilot is finished in flat  black and is wearing reflector sunglasses.  He also has a long white beard (I didn't know how to create a tatoo!) continue