Las 3 vistas y el plano mes las envió Antony desde Nueva Zelanda, y me recomendó que utilizara las 3 vistas para realizar la construcción, ya que el plano tiene varias deformaciones de escala para mejorar su vuelo. El lo realizó de esta manera y me comento que el modelo vuela bien.

"1911 Voisin Hydroplane; Scale pts. 130 + Ave. 2 best flights 88.5 sec = 218.5 total pts. ; Wt. od model (w/o motor) 8.5 grams - prop 6" dia. .9"pitch; Motor 27" x .080 FAI rubber, 2380 turns, torque 9.1.

Flight path: Model flew to the right (with torque). Model had to be tilted to the left to counter initial torque. Model ran out of turns at 25-30 ft. altitude. More time possible if better prop & motor combination can be found.

Don Strull must receive most of the credit for the success of this model. His good article in December 1985 sissue of Model Aviation inspired me to attempt to build a successful copy od his model. The drawing come from the centerfold of that issue. I chose the Voisin because the AMA Peanut rule allow 3pts. bonus for an aircraft floats, 2pts. bonus for a biplane, and 1pts. bonus for a canard type airplane. 6 pts. times the workmanship score could mean a maximum of 30 extra points over a conventional high wing monoplane. To get this model to fly those extra 30 points in scale is something I haven´t been able to accomplish. Nevertheless, those 30 extra points were enough to allow me to win at the 1987 USIC.

At 8.5 grams, the model is rugged enough to fly outdoors in fairly high winds. A skilled builder could probably build this model considerably lighter for indoor flying and get higher flight times than I have been able to get.

I experienced few trimming problems and was thrilled when it flew successfully the second time I wound the motor. Although I flew it with torque (to the right) in the 1987 USIC, I have since trimmed it to fly against torque (left). It might be interesting to note that I carve all of my canard props to turn to the left as viewed from the rear of the model. In this way I can wind the same direction as I do for tractor type models. It is embarrassing and sometimes disastrous to the model to wind it up backwards!

Up to this writing, 1:33 es the best time I have been able to achieve. When you consider all te drag caused by two wings and three large floats hanging underneath how much more can you expect? "

Este texto lo recibí de Antony junto con los planos, y fue realizado por Jim MILLER, de Cincinnati, OH. Peanut Scale 1° Place 1987 USIC - 218.5 pts.