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Model Airplane News, Mar 1999 by Chianelli, Chris

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Here are two new ARFs from Global. Above is the Kwik Fly 60L. For those of you who didn't know, the Kwik Fly is the pattern design with which Phil Kraft won the 1964 AMA world championship. Even today it makes an excellent-and very forgivingsport/pattern model. This all-wood ARF features a thick, symmetrical airfoil, long tail moment and big stabilizer, which make it track well in flight. Specs: wingspan-67.5 inches; wing area-877 square inches; weight-.5 to 7 pounds; engine-.61 to .75 2-stroke.

Also shown is the Schoolboy, a 90-percent-built, 50-inch wingspan, shoulder-wing trainer. Like the Kwik Fly, it is all-wood construction and comes covered. Some features are polyhedral wing and stallresistant, computer-designed airfoil for superlative stability. Specs: wingspan-50 inches; wing area325 square inches; weight-30 to 36 ounces; engine-.09 to .15; radio required-3-channel. Both the Kwik Fly and Schoolboy include hardware such as spinner, tank and wheels.

Global Hobbies, 18480 Bandilier Cir., Fountain Valley, CA 92728-8610; (714) 963-0133; fax (714) 962-6452.