Marquart MA-s `Charger`

'Charger
Marquart MA-s
this pretty
By DON BUTMAN. . . GeeBeereplicabuilderEd Marquartdesigned
good-flying
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A
since.
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fly-ins
ever
winning
at
1967,
has
been
bipein
. "lf it's got two wings it has to be
s oodl" We l l , t hispr obablywa s nt i n Ed
M arqua rts mi nd when he des i g n e dth e
M A -5 C h a rg er ,but he c am e u P w i th a
w i nner n o n e theles sF. d s Cha rg e rw a s
95ol"complete when Oscar Tombolato
flew hi sC h a rg erf or t he f ir s tt im e . Os c a r
startedconstructionin 1967,completed
,
w on " E A A ' s B i g
i t e a rl y i n 1 9 7 .1and
i n A ugust
, i sconsi n,
E v e n t"a t O s h k o s hW
1971.
T h e C h a rg e rh a ssi nceproveni tsel fto
b e a w i nn e rw h e reveri t hasbeenshow n.
It h a sa 2 4 -fo o tw i ngspanand an overal l
S urprbe, Fernar d o ! R C M B ' s P h i l B e r n h a td t sn a p p e dth e se p h o to s o { "F/F S cal e" col umni st
F ern ando Ram o s s C h a r g e ra t C o r on a /Aitp o r t. Bill No o n a n in th e fr o n t pi t. More i n text.
l engthof 20 feet, w j th a 160-hpLycom i ng engi neturni ng an A eromati cprop.
C onstructi onof the model i s typi cal
" sti cksn' pi eces"w i th onl y a coupl eo f
excepti ons.The w i ng ti ps and verti cal
and hori zontalstab outl i nesare made
pi ecesforme d
from l ami nated1/32x.1/16
aroundcardboardoutl i nes.The w hee lpant/l andi nggearstrutassemblcan
y be
made from bl ocks or vacuum forme d
u\i nB .015 .heer pl a' ti c. l hi . formi ng
methodw orl . !erv rel l {$i th prdctr(e: r
and producesa strong and l i ght assemD ry.
The model i s covered w i th yel l o w
ti ssue l i ghtl y shrunk w i th w ater, l o ll ow ed w i th a coupl e of coatsof TH IN
ni tratecl eardope.Thestri pi ngw asdone
usi nga R api dographdrafti ngpen, bu t
any good fel t-ti ppen can be used.
A 12-i nrh l oop of 1 I fl at rubber h ar
been usedand gi vesfl i ghtsof 25 to 3 0
w ere requi red
seconds.N o adj ustments
w i th the i nci dencesset up asshow no n
.
the pl ans.C ood fl yi ng!
A D D E N D U Mby Phil Eelnhaidt
Someof ou readersmaynot be aware
of the fact that FernandoRamos,our
" F/F S cal e" col umni st, i s the prou d
builder and owner of a Marguart MA-s
C harger based at C orona Muni ci pal
A i rporl . ncar R i rer.i c/e, C al i l ornia.
fernando spent 5-1/2 yeari on the
project,every minuteof which wastime
we// \penr, tor rhc lini'hed marhine i,
indeeda realbeauty.For thosewho wish
to duplicateit usingDon Butman'splans
in thi5,5sue,the overallcolor schemes a
glossy, slightly clark shade of red with a
Continued on page 94
P eanu t.. , ... Cont inued f r om p a g e 5 1
cteam stripedown the {uselageand on
the wheel pants,and cream rcgistration
numbercN77FRon the rudder. Powerplant i s a 1 25- hp.
Con- c y lin
d e t Swilt.
tinental taken frcm a' i\1946
Clobe
Builders who need more detai/s carr
write directly to Fernandoat 19361S.
Mesa Dr., Villa Park,CA 92667.Like all
homebuilders,he'smore than williDgto
tell you all about hispride and joyr
T he p h o l o ) ol ler nando ' C h a rE e r
accompanyingthisarliclewere takenat
Corona.A buddy and lwete teturning
from a model f/ying sessionat lake
Els i n o rea n c l dec ided t o s to p a t th e
airpott and see if our flying columnist
w as th e re ... t hat , end b d o a l i ttl e
airyort bumming in general.We found
Fernando'shangar locked and a little
while /ate/were iitt ing on a park bench,
taking in the usual Sunday afternoon
airport action, when we 5potted the
familiarred bipe on final approachand
watched it touch down three-point in
front of us.lt wasthen that it suddenly
occurredto meto geta coup/eofphotos
of t h e a i rp lane wit hout Fe rn a n d o ' s
knowleclgeand include them aspart of
Don Butman'sarticle,which we already
had on rrilear the RCMB office. So that's
what happened.Likethe photo caption
.
says,Surprise,Fernando!
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