The winners of the three categories in the 1930 AMLA American Boy magazine contest won a six week trip to Europe. All contestants had to have accurate drawings of their plane that were approved by the manufacturer.Īlthough Bill Chaffee cashed his Airplane Model League of America first place check for $200.00 he was able to keep the check which had an original countersigned signature by Orville Wright the Chairman of the Contest Committee.
general neatness of the paint job, nine flanged cylinders equally spaced and located, etc. Included in this list there were 33 individual details rated such as neatness of the joints. The score sheet had a list with 71 items that were rated for fidelity to scale (within 1/16" or 1/32") for several details in the wing, the fuselage, the tail surface, the landing gear, the engine and the location of the parts. The wing structure is shown here during construction. The control wires are visible through the open area on the side of the P-12B and in the cockpit. Although none of the control surfaces had to move for the contest Bill's models control surfaces did work by moving the controls in the cockpit. Newspaper accounts noted the model "amazed veteran fliers, who viewed the model at the Statler hotel, for it was so true to exactness in every detail that it appeared to have been built at the Boeing factory".
Several pictures taken at the National Model Aviation Museum in Muncie, Indiana of the Boeing P-12B model, the first place silver trophy and the Certificate of Distinction for First in the Senior Scale contest with a model rated 97 out of 100 possible points for the detail and workmanship can be seen at these two blog addresses: The contest rules stated the judging decisions were based on "workmanship, originality in obtaining the desired resemblance to the man-carrying ship, the exactness to which is the model is scaled and any other points which are, in the opinion of the judges, important in such a contest." The plane is on display at the National Model Aviation Museum in Muncie, Indiana from June 1 until September 15, 2016.īoeing P-12B with a 24" wingspan in exact 1/15 scaleīill spent more than 500 hours building this plane from officially AMLA approved plans. Propeller: 5 1/2 in.At the 1930 National Airplane Model League of America (AMLA) Contest Bill Chaffee won first place with a 1:15 scale Boeing P-12B in the Senior Scale Model category. SportyROG plans are printed single sided with bonus 1:1 parts template page (Delivered Folded)
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The result is an attractive and compelling rubber powered free flight model that sirs more enthusiasm, in your budding pilot, than the typical “stick” type beginner models. The SportyROG combines all of the above processes in a format that is simpleHere’s a fun little project designed to giver you and that fledgling builder a simple and delightful model to assemble and fly together enough to hold the attention span of young builders. We were encouraged to create the SportyROG as a platform capable of reinforcing the basic aspects of model building, including: cutting parts, using glues, sanding, and covering.
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