Model Forum / Radio Controlled / Air Models / July 2004

Don't know about that, but Phil Kraft (of Kraft Radio fame)used his  "Quick
Fly" model to base a full scale version. It might have been spelled
differently, like Quik Fly???

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"Six_O'Clock_High"  wrote in message

Short answer: Nope.

I've interviewed Gordon Price via e-mail many times and once
in person.

I've got a section of my website devoted to the history of
the Ultimate:

<http://moleski.net/ULTBIPE/index.htm>

If you don't want to read the pages, here is a slightly
abridged answer:

Gordon designed the biplane after making parts to
improve the Pitts.

He designed it according to his own theories of what was
necessary to get a high roll rate for aerobatic competition
and to produce a good-looking aircraft.

After the 10-100 appeared, Gordon acted as a judge in
TOC competitions.  So he hung out with a lot of RC people
and talked design with them.

How much these conversations influenced the 10-200 and
the 10-300 is anybody's guess.  It's conceivable to me that
Gordon may have seen something he liked in the RC models;
it's also conceivable that they had nothing to do with what
he had learned from the 10-100.

                    Marty

Not sure if it was based on fact, but the pilot was killed flying the
model they made for the film.

I seem to recall hearing that it was based on a true story. But that was
many years ago and I could be wrong.

Chuck
Don't be confused!  I'm not contributing!

It was just a story but the point was a couple of planes were cobbled into
another plane to be used in the movie.  The movie plane was designed by Otto
Timm...how do we know he was not a modeler?  :-)

Don