My first muse for 2025 is this beautiful but widely unknown 1937 Beechcraft Model 20M twin Staggerwing. The plan has been created for a 29.75" span rubber-powered free-flight version. This is the 2nd episode of a new and ongoing series, documenting the build. Join me, as we add stringers and wing saddles to the balsa frame. Filmed by Tom Hallman with an iPhone 14Pro. Music via ArtList.io.
Beechcraft concept designs article: https://kingairmagazine.com/article/bygone-beechcrafts-part-one/
*** 10 steps to trimming a rubber model, by John Koptonak: http://www.flyingacesclub.com/PFFT/Trimming10steps.pdf
Also, these tutorials from Easy Built Models: https://easybuiltmodels.com/tips.htm#gsc.tab=0
Geneseo FAC Nats Journals from 2016 & 2018: http://www.maxfliart.com
For more info on free-flight rubber-powered models, check these websites:
https://brooklyn-balsa.square.site
http://www.easybuiltmodels.com/
https://volare-products.myshopify.com
http://www.flyingacesclub.com
National Free Flight Society - https://freeflight.org/
Mike Stuart's Flying Scale Models - http://www.ffscale.co.uk/
https://www.freeflightsupplies.co.uk
Flying Aces Club merchandise: https://www.cafepress.com/flyingacesclub
All profits support Flying Aces Club activities.
Center of Gravity merchandise: https://www.cafepress.com/centergravity