Your favorite Boddington design

[Martin_H]

David Boddington has had a great and magnificent influence on so many of us over the years so I thought I would start a thread on favorite Boddo designs.

 

My all time favorite must be the Barnstormer series - not having built one myself but watching one magnificent and well crafted example of the big biplane version floating around the local flying club field converted me to big models.

 

The DB Autogyro was a lot of fun - experimenting with different rotating directions on the two rotors, both clockwise, both anticlockwise, contra rotating ; forward over the fuselage and backwards over the fuselage, proved nothing but having a great time doing it! 

 

When I can clear enough space amongst the current projects I have the 1/8 scale Boddington Vickers Vimy to build. I remember well the story of the model and its debut in the Masters in Florida. Electric for me! 

Edited By Arte et Marty on 12/03/2010 15:41:58

[Garry Pollard]

Dont think I have a favourate as all his designs are brilliant and I dont think he has done a bad one

Garry

[Braddock, VC]

God I wish I had half his talent, I built a tarka club 20 pylon racer and converted it to control line with a paw 19, my spaniel jumped on it one day........probably wanted to hunt otters.

[Barrie Dav 2]

Barnstormer.... Had one for years.  Great flyer as Arte et Marty says. Very relaxing.

[Roger in Dubai]

Mighty Barnstormer 90 for me.  Great parasol winged plane and even used it to piggyback an Aquila glider.  This used a home made cradle and releasable towhook mounted on the glider.  Supports for the 100" glider wing became of little use as the poor glider thought it had to lift the big plane hanging underneath, you should have seen the wing flex !!  Webra Speed 61 for power.

 

Survived hudreds of flights and eventually passed on to a fellow club member.  Thanks Boddo for a great design.

[julian]

Built a Bi-stormer,not flown it yet but an enjoyable build.The quality and information on the plan is,in my opinion,first class.

 

[Josip Vrandecic -Mes]

I believe that, for all lovers of war birds,Spit-Mk1a (80'')is the best and the favorite.

Thanks so much Mr Boddington   Sir !

[Chris Channon]

Hi all, for me it has to be the Tyro Too, it was the first model i built that flew ( well a huge loop and it "landed" behind me ), it got repaired and went on to teach me a bit of rudder / elevator flying until i was lucky enough to be taught properly ( if i remember, it had an O/S .28 engine from a Kalt Baronette heli in it )

 

I am getting old !!!

 

Regards as always

Chris.

[Big Bandit]

Hi all,

 

Got to be the 40 sized barnstormer parasol design for me had one for a number of years with an OS max 40, great flier. Wound up giving it to a mate, think he still has it.

 

Chris.

[Chris Bott - Moderator]

Here's my first Boddo design, has to be a favourite as it taught me to fly many moons ago. Check out the single channel push button radio too...

 

 

[fly boy3]

Hi all, did not build a lot of his designs,  but his astro hog 40 was a wonderfull flier.  FB3