Lil' Bit
THE IDEA for the Lil' Bit originated right after we built a Hurricane 1/2A Stunter kit. It was an inspiration, and we decided that, by George, we just ought to design and build our own-can't be that hard! But for one reason and another the idea got shelved, and we went on to other things. This past spring, however, the build-another-model bug bit pretty hard, and we resurrected our old idea of designing, building and flying an original 1/2A Stunter. We started the project by establishing basic criteria for Lil' Bit. The model would have to: 1) look like a full-size aircraft, 2) be inexpensive to build, 3) be easy to build and fly, 4) be aerobatic and capable of "Stunting."
RC Aerobatics World Championships
THE 1975 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS is over with all its excitement, trials and joy now just very precious memories, of which I have many (good ones). Our team did a good job finishing third, sixth, and ninth individually and capturing the first place team honors and the comments I heard most were for a new team to do that takes some darn nice flying. We did have our problems, but so did many others-teams and individuals-but for the first time in many years the final results show the way things really were. W. Matt, Liechtenstein, took first, (14,830); Prettner, Austria, second, (14,205); Dave Brown, U.S.A., third, (13,665); Yoshioka, Japan, fourth, (13,585); and Okumura, Japan, fifth (13,350). The team results are even better: USA, first, (39,960); Liechtenstein, second, (39,115); Japan, third, (38,100); and Germany, fourth, (37,930).
