Snow White Plans

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WHITtr8By AL HOLMES . . Instead f OLD TIMEB of theMonth, his s "OLD TllvlER f f te Century"! ooRaspante'slassic eautyWinnerhasbeen he centerof somecontroversy s o herparentage.his article,and fteaccompanyinglans, houldstraightent a ll out.

abi l i lywasalsoan impo.ranl actor . sbeaury as emainedimeless,andownthrou8h hey€ars, i rasbeenconsideredby many mod€lers s somerhing eryspecia l , omelhinS evered, omethinswi lh a myniqueand aloofness, osr lyb e c a u s e. o u l d n o rb e d u p l i c a r e d . . .

Bet inninSwi th lh€ Apr i l 82issueo,M8, Eill tllin8€rs lvf. Iechrical Ser-vicesadve ised lhe Snow Whire "20",srat ing hat t wasa l /+size v€.s ion lioe Rarpanre model . a! desisned y8, l l E{ l inrer .Model Sui lderalsopub-l ished a pho'o of the or ig inal SnowWhife in rhe March'82 R/C Worl< lcolumn, n which he capt ion, uppl iedby Bi l l f l in8er, c lar i t ied" h€ ad rharSnowWhirewashisdel iqn.

M e a n w h i l e , d i s c u s s l o nw i t h A lH o l m e s ,w h o w a ! i n t h e D r o c e s s ff in ishin8 p rh€ aborol lov; publ ish€dhe.ein. ndicaled hathe b€l ieved /Wwas oe edesi tn lWe. !kedAlroBerwrthJoeand t ly ro c le. r up lhe conlu5ionbefore w€ publ ished he Snowwhir€

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INTRODTJCTION Y THEEDITORThisart ic le asbeen n the works or

qui te a whi l€. In fact , Al Holmeshasworked on lhe plant over a period oft ive yeals.Unt i l 'ecent ly, here d idnlseem o beanycontrove,synvolved..SnowWhirewas imply verybeaut i lu lras mod€|, desisned nd bl ih by loeRaspanten 1917-1938,hichwenton rowin manybeauty o^tenr,where ly in8

AlHoh6us ingr r . zors .wro.onow a w inorit. E.ch o.e do.. rh. sre w5y.

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Joo ooking r, s r ot S.owWbno hn3 orih.lkr riEe n45 wa6.

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issue f ModelAvia l ion. i th astorvonSnowwhi te whichaddsmoreconi , i ionto the s i tuat ion, arr icular lyhe lhree-vi€w which ii suppos€d o be a 3/4-sizeversion f rhe or iBinalmodel .This i t af i re underAland M8'sedi ro. , to et th€reil Snow White publirh€d as soon asporsib le.Wirh thar int roduct ion,we

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"MtRROR,MTRROR N rH[ WAl" l , , . .WHO'S THI fAIRIST Of THEMATL?''

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bui ld insmodelsor morerhan 0yea6),rherehasnever een modelroal t ractsomu.h at renr ion irhso i l l leexposure.

( l inq rh inner toenoveplankans i ronopolw i .s , Noro l rusb6cin0b.rwe.n iik, . lypi@ m€thodol rh o rim..

Jor Ra3panr€nh h i3 and rd . loutcylindornanns onsiN, Yor, r runs-

Considerhi5, n lyoneSnowWhitehaseverbeenbuik, harwa!45years 8o. tsconten record was nothing lhort o laslonishinE.n eve.ycontesr he SnowW h i t e h a s e n t e r e d , i t w o n lh i ! i n c l u d e srheprenig ious erylo idcompel i t ion rrhe 1939Nars.

Today,he 5nowWhite s n hecenler

o f a c o n r r o v c r s y .h a r i s i r h o t r u l ydesiSned er i Al h i ! point wonl l ry osway ou in aoydi rcct ion. r b less ouw i t h t h e p e a r l r o t m y c o n c l u s i o n s .Ra(her, wi l l l isrwhi l I have oundoutaboul Snow Whi te over the p.( l iveyeaE that how onS vebec^workingon rheplans). eepinmindhowdi f l icu l ti t i ! lo uncover 4t yea.old t ru lh.

THt 8tCINNINCEarly1937, n Joc Raspanle 'sadio

r e p a i r h o p ,o n A t l . n t i c A v e n u e nErooklyn, cw York, oc al r .k io8 h isvery nvent ive .a in or some nsparal ionlor a newairp laner newi tha new ookabout t , . l i$ ic, I r rccfu l , and arse. nwi lks a f r iend nd memberot the same'nodelc lub (Maje5l ic asModelClob),Ei l l f t in !aer 8i l lwas h. movinE orcebehindBerkeleyModel ! ) .

As Joc ecal ls,t wenl somelhin8l ikelh i r Joe said, l 've been si t t inSheret ry int o c omc up wi lh somclhinS ewto enrer n ne( year 's eauty ontesrs.wantsomething i8, l ike enShc6haw'Caval ier 'Whatdo you hink?' Bi l l took

our a penci l ndon a s l ipof s(rrppape'!kerched he our l ,neol a l , le ly model .,oe took the skelch ome al ler c losinBrhe shop hat n i thr . Over he coulgeollhe nexr wo or threeweek! ,Joeen8i -neered. ef ined ndcav€bi l th to SnowWhrre n the ba€k, io ld, lat tened ur,brown paper ba8s.Joesaid,"lndeed, I

8i!€ Bill Hlinr€rcr€dit lor lhe ldea, he

inrpir.lion, that Saveme Snotr While,but in No wAY did he €ve. conkibut€lo lh€ acluald€rirn ol th€ snos whilel"

Now har haveeveryonel ackles pand div ided nlo wo camps,ersdel ine" D E S | O N . ' ,

Df i lCNi usedasa basisor ant ic ipa-r i n Ep r a c r i . a l r o b l e m s n d s o l v i n Srhem ar he engineer inSlage.

DtSICNtR:oncwhoplans,p.oduces,o. create! l i l i tar ian r aesthet icbjecls.{Ref .Webster Thi rd n lcrnal ionr lDic-

lwould !ay, I lh is s whal "DtSlCN"means, h€n loe is indecd the "DE-

s t cNE R.Now l you havenl guessed l ready,f i rmly bel ieve, hal wi rhout a doubr,losephM. Raspantes he onc a.d onlyder igner { rhe amou!SNOw \ /HlTElThi ! i ! not lntended o shool anyonedown, eanof al l a man who hasmidet h e k i n d o f c o n r r i b u t i o n o m o d e l

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All rhar remainsot Show !!hite afier Alr6uredod nr con$rud,onon the dEwings shown wirh thi. anicle. Now vou can build horl

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'iiand yp€s, ul heyal lhave ne hin8 ncommon, hey requirepower or lwoSlow lut t dur ing t . r t int .

There are any number of ways oIurnish hir tlow pluSpower,but hoseol us who haveerDeri€nce ilh elec-ronic suppl i€r , low-dr iverr ,pluS-driveB.orwhareveram€ hevbear,canart€sro theirsuperiorityv€raplainl.5vohbattery, sp€ciallyor thoseenginetthatarea inlecriticalo Bet8oin8.C& DEnterDrises, anutacturer l the verypopular lo Driver hat bearstsnam€,now hasavailabledriver or wins,wo

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TheTwinnDriver s manulaclur€dyC & D Enl€rprises,0042MerimacDr.,Huntin8ton8each,CA 92545, nd itDriced t$89.95.here ra nicedescriD-tive brochure oushouldwrite or. Tell

DONT AM IIone of th€avoid-al-allosls u es u

ing a R/C syrt€mnstallations o neveroermil a !€rvo lo conlinue o oDeratea8ainn mecha ica stoppaSp.odo sohales the servopull som€prenystilfcur.ents, smuch ashalf an amp or anormalservo,ndsurelymuchmorefor

rhos€ hith power obs that hav€ap-

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aviationBill Cf{in8er ar, bul to givcredi lwhere t ' rduel

I beli€ve oe would h.ve Biven hSnowwhhe ro anvonewho want€dprovidna hey€ouidcomeupwitha reof plans. f ter l l ,he aveher o me.al l didwas skl

Now ake ookatpate4Tofthe,u'82issue f Mode,Aviation ndyouwse€ where Eill ttfinS€rsaid he SnoWhit€ war not a treat flyer, powerwith the Brown unior. Bill would b

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Foryou under 40 ypes,who may norknow abou " Bea ry eventsal contests,I have to mention that even "8eauly"modelrhad o mak€ ual i fy int t l i th t5. Inorherwords,you ad o f ly o win, i rwas

L€fs rurn to paSe 107 of this M.A .feature,paraSfaphwo, where it stal€s,lhe fu l l s izedSnowWhi l€ hasa 90 nchwing span.Wront ata in, l has n ei thtfoot winS rpan {thats 96").

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FORSALEAnderso.Sp'tlre Ohsson60Ohrsson 9 bluehead Forsler 9 a.d oneDiese as a sroup 5500 Pho.e (408)264.5519

FET asumrThe rarBlazers l ! l /srzc3vews - a^d orhers hose y.g Acosmodeshalare lassics ASEor s l FETPlanSeivce.PO Box7893.MdrreldaL35224

PEANUT WALNUT CALE LANSSendSASElor l is lo i$ l0 lof amplepla.aodhDald Orels. ox 101,WoodviLlefi 43469

f l iBhrp€ oimancei I rhelargeandheavySnow white w.s indeed power€d by aBrown. The ,act is, l waspower€d {andv€ry ably) by a fo6ler "99". Surely,lhedesisnerwould remember that l (salIaib, recalis thal .roe did tty a Brown,found it was nadequate, nd went o theForster 9.Salsaystwasafineflier. wcn)loe's reason for not ilyin8 Snow Whileevery we€kend and in open lr€e fliShtcompetition wasa simpleone. The rhip

was a "Beauty" model and h€ didnlwant it smashedup, or end up in the

".edesigned nowWhite 20".O.KNow ookar he plans icturedn rhModeI uj lderr t ic le,ray oyou, h€ris Do way hat he "20" isa copyof lheSnowwhite, r€-desi8n,educedoorherwireloube he udSel , arasam on.erned, ne sSnowWhite ntheoiher he wacked nchl

There an be no doubrabour hauth€nticity I the SnowWhite planherein, heyweredrawnbytakingapa

the only Snow Whit€ ever built andpar ls.

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