Magic Bird – This pylon racer is your ticket for speed!

Simple speed. That is the logic behind the long lasting Quickie 500 class of pylon racers. With their straight “Hershey bar” wing design, slab-sided fuselage, easily available engines, and easy construction (ARFs weren’t as available back in the stone age of RC modeling), you could get into adrenaline-inducing racing with minimal cost and time, relatively speaking. Despite their racing heritage, it was quickly discovered that these models made for very nice sport planes when not...