ShockWave Dyna-Jet in 3D CAD

[mcg]

About a year ago, with Jerry's help here, I completed a 3D CAD model of the Dyna-Jet. Finally finished a 3D CAD model of an aircraft to go with it, the ShockWave of 1956. Thought you might enjoy seeing it.

There are more images and some mechanical details of the Stanzel monoline control system on a CAD forum, here:

http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1828800

Michael

[dynajetjerry]

mcg,
Thanks for your post. Stanzel also mfd Monoline control units for stunt, 1/2A, A, and BC Speed. The Jet Speed unit was reversed from the C because its mounting differed.
Many years ago, I drove to Fremont, OH, and was one of many who watched Dale Kirn fly a Stanzel Skyraider on a 150 ft. line! He needed helpers to hold the line off the half-grown alfalfa so that it wouldn't get entangled. (This demo may have been in conjunction with that year's Toledo "Weak Signals" Expo.) I think the model was powered by a K&B .45 but it also employed a weight and drag plate in the outer wing panel. He used a .036 in. dia. flying wire to reduce a loss of torsion in the control unit.
Everything worked fine. Dale performed unbelievable wing-overs and vertical eights, as well as many other maneuvers. We loved it.
Jerry

[mcg]

You have an astonishing eye for critical details, Jerry. 150 foot lines, 36 thousandths. Wow! Proved their point, too, in that the Stanzel system kept working when the lines were slack. I would love to have seen that.

Found this photo of Dale Kirn with one of his early jets. Michael

[dynajetjerry]

Michael,
Thanks for the reply. I recognized Dale in your picture, though when I knew him, he was older. He was a talented and articulate spokesman for Stanzel.
Jerry