TeiscoDelRay
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If your a radio control flyer you might remember the Sig Manufacturing Ryan STA Gosney Special because that one is also on our list. I have flown a couple rc versions of that back in the day.
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If your a radio control flyer you might remember the Sig Manufacturing Ryan STA Gosney Special because that one is also on our list. I have flown a couple rc versions of that back in the day.
heywooood
Mayor Emeritus of Taco City
If your a radio control flyer you might remember the Sig Manufacturing Ryan STA Gosney Special because that one is also on our list. I have flown a couple rc versions of that back in the day.
YeS I do
rdaniell
SOH-CM-2013
Yes, that model is on my RealFlight Simulator. And for anyone who might not know what RealFlight is, it is a radio control flight simulator. You fly the airplanes using a RC transmitter. It is a great training tool. If you crash, you just hit the "red" reset button. Not like at the flying field....LOL
RD
TeiscoDelRay
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TeiscoDelRay
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Some of you might remember this one
TeiscoDelRay
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TeiscoDelRay
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Heywood sent you a pm.
TeiscoDelRay
Life Time CM
Almost done, just a few details to go.
Almost done, just a few details to go.
Ship this thing already! man, that paint is stunning.
TeiscoDelRay
Life Time CM
Thats great, good find. That is the one I was really in doubt about.
Thanks,
Thanks,
Spad54
SOH-CM-2025
The Gosney version is being completely re-modeled so that when its done it will be an accurate representation. That process should be completed this weekend and then out for flight dynamics development. The 6 cylinder Ranger L 440 adds 12 inches to the length of the cowl and the cg will have to be adjusted as well as performance with the constant speed prop. The rest of the package is out for alpha test and we have some refinements to make but all is going according to plan. I'd like to say we'll have this out in a month. We'll keep you posted.
Best
Paul
jetstreamsky
Charter Member
Almost done, just a few details to go.
Now that's my kind of plane, this paint and accompaning model changes means this is a must buy
TeiscoDelRay
Life Time CM
I jumped the gun on this a bit guys, the picture shows the old cowl and two cockpits. Paul is doing a new longer cowl with correct exhaust ports and closing the front cockpit for the final version. It will be a true Gosney Ryan STA "Special 200".
I fell in love with this plane long ago when attending the Sig Manufacturing flyin in Montazuma Iowa. Back then Glen and Hazal Sigafoose owned the premier rc model company in the midwest called Sigs. They did everything in house, design, kits, testing, production and sales. They had a small airport with a grass strip outside of town for testing the models and also for flying their full sized planes. Glen and Hazel both flew Pitts Specials and did some areobatics during the yearly rc events they held there.
Max Hester worked at Sig and built a model of the Gosney Ryan Special that he entered in national contest. Sig also made a kit of that plane and it sold very well world wide. I saw the original rc version many times as I lived only an hour or so away from Sig and spent much time there flying rc and getting to know the guys. I have flown many versions of the rc Sig Ryan and they all looked and flew wonderfully.
Time passed and Sig was eventually sold and re-sold but still is putting out models today. Glen Sigafoose was killed flying his Pitts at an airshow many years ago and many of the old crew has left or retired from the company or started their own business in the model community.
As far as the real Gosney Special not much is known. There is very little on the internet and pictures are hard to come by. Wonder if that plane still exist and where it is today. Lucky for us though that Sig had detailed drawings and plans that were exact and very scale for us to keep it alive today in virtual form.
Max Hester with his award winning Sig Ryan and the real Gosney Special 200.
I fell in love with this plane long ago when attending the Sig Manufacturing flyin in Montazuma Iowa. Back then Glen and Hazal Sigafoose owned the premier rc model company in the midwest called Sigs. They did everything in house, design, kits, testing, production and sales. They had a small airport with a grass strip outside of town for testing the models and also for flying their full sized planes. Glen and Hazel both flew Pitts Specials and did some areobatics during the yearly rc events they held there.
Max Hester worked at Sig and built a model of the Gosney Ryan Special that he entered in national contest. Sig also made a kit of that plane and it sold very well world wide. I saw the original rc version many times as I lived only an hour or so away from Sig and spent much time there flying rc and getting to know the guys. I have flown many versions of the rc Sig Ryan and they all looked and flew wonderfully.
Time passed and Sig was eventually sold and re-sold but still is putting out models today. Glen Sigafoose was killed flying his Pitts at an airshow many years ago and many of the old crew has left or retired from the company or started their own business in the model community.
As far as the real Gosney Special not much is known. There is very little on the internet and pictures are hard to come by. Wonder if that plane still exist and where it is today. Lucky for us though that Sig had detailed drawings and plans that were exact and very scale for us to keep it alive today in virtual form.
Max Hester with his award winning Sig Ryan and the real Gosney Special 200.
modelr
SOH-CM-2025
Nice shot of your R/C Ryan STA-M, RD. Here's a shot of mine, Electric powered, Rimfire 1.20 on 5 cell 5000mah Lipo.
Looking forward to this one.
rdaniell
SOH-CM-2013
Nice shot of your R/C Ryan STA-M, RD. Here's a shot of mine, Electric powered, Rimfire 1.20 on 5 cell 5000mah Lipo.
Looking forward to this one.
That's a good looking model. Being electric, you don't have to clean it before leaving the flying field...LOL.. As an aside and OT for flight sim, when I first got into RC flying, all my models were electric. Now they are all glow engine with one exception. I still enjoy flying my EFlight PT-19.
RD