NO OCR TEXT Frank Zaics immortal design 1AA Texaco size lightweight strong comparatively easy build tank full 30% nitro fuel Black Widow engine turning 6-3 prop will put %A Miss America just about out sight Best start out tank halfway filled WAS LOOKING October 1936 copy Model Airplane News collection Among items listed under Charles Hampson Grants name editor con tents page Building T-D Coupe Gas Lines Ways Means Gas Model Success Joe Kovel Build Fly SOC-i Scout Bill Winter Soaring Glider Alan Orthof Across contents page ad Scientific Models 2 18-220 M-l0 Mar ket St Newark NJ feature ad others like ran years subject article top half ad new Miss America kit large type banner states complete low-priced Gas Model kit market guaranteed fly w everyone can afford build gas model easily effi ciently kit introduced July 1936 Nowhere ad Miss America can find designers name men tioned peculiar just kit however Berkeley Model Supplies ad has no mention Ben Shereshaw de signer Cavalier Bill Effinger Buccaneer No credits shown Modelcraft Corbin Scout Burds King Burd nor Aircraft Industries California Chief Incredibly Gas mod els advertised issue engines models shown Forster Little cules Brown Junior Bunch Mighty Midget Fergusson Condor Baby Cyclone GHQ ads included kits newfangled Gas models few far between Obviously Miss America very early kit follow what now call Antiques Old-Timers im ply guarantee flight very novel say least Scientific Models placing lot faith design development work Frank Zaic good reason Zaic already established himself hobbys premier engineers chron ologist scientific progress classic Junior Aeronautics Year Books Frank Zaic brother John building models since 1926 modest means brothers first published Model Airplane Guide Log Book 1932 combination ruled pages record ing flights observations together plans helpful hints Although brothers sold few copies income less handsome Frank continued work draftsman patent attorneys depression came strong less less work availablegiving him time work 1933 version printed brothers modest flat total cost $1700 enough copies July 1984 95 eventually sold 25 show mod est profit meager beginning JASCO company grewwith legend Year Books Frank Zaic Beginning 1932 successes Max well Bassett Joe Kovel Bill Browns engines caused worldwide surge interest model airplanes powered engines Notice didnt say enginepowered since compressed air acetylene types predated 1932 con siderable margin Everything written model magazines day concerning Gas power greeted tremendous interest Kovels KG-2 published May 1935 Model Airplane News first pub lished Gas model US KG Bas sets Miss Philadelphia IV plans avail able Peru Model Airplane Co Frank Ehlings 8-foot Gas Model designs illustrated Zaics 1935-36 Year Book Only two years later 1938 Year Book contained 28 Explosive growth bet Technological advances am phibians biplanes bi-motors autogiro fairly safe classify 1935 1938 period dynamic Free Flight power models history point did Frank Zaic com pile publish much vitally neces sary data benefit de veloping Gas models also designed developed milestone kit Scientific Frankly writers opinion aero dynamics structural integrity de sign excellent compared its contemporaries little wonder Miss America has remained classic exactly chose shrink 1/zA Texaco design Model Frank Zaics clever com bination best structural features rubber-powered designs drawn three views aerodynamic theory developed published resulted remarkably lightweight strong struc ture reproduced much smaller size /2A version lighter also has proven remarkably durable Although deliberately designed have lower wing loading robust /2A Kloud King published January 1983 MA model theless will survive rough-and-tumble world everyday sport flying Required weight Society Antique Modelers SAM /2A Texaco flying 17 oz prototypewith 225 mAh battery two World S-22 servos Royal 1/2A receiverjust comes up Cox Black Widow turning 6-3 prop 30% nitro fuel will climb model outer limits vision Conversely 7-4 7-3 prop used engine will run longer climb wont rapid drawings model photo graphically reduced original 7-ft version soit should comply fully SAM rules its spectacular climb slow floating glide Miss America should competitive Texaco event uninitiated SAM Texaco rules very simple fills standard tank hand-launches model sometimes rise-off-ground launching required let Left designer/author full-time dentist other way around launches left hand can hold rudder elevator stick right thumb works best unassisted hand launches Vernon Clark photo Right reproduction origi nal Scientific Model Co ad October 1934 issue Model Airplane News price $750 very complete kit dope 96 Model Aviation Left Vinyl EZ-latters stationery store decorate fuselage sides Red trim sprayed-on Sig Skybrite Stripe Rite edging Right elevator control surface side sake simplicity works just fine way providing control thats needed 1/16 C-GRAIN BALSA RIBS WING PLAN TOP 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LORGERONG BALSA J6•ELEVATOR PLY HURN MOUNT STOCK FUSELAGE TOP VIEW SUPPORT MAIN L G WRAP S GLUE LB TO MGSO SPRUCE PUSHROD EXIT IS OH THE RIGHT SlOE TO SUIT SERVOS OUTLINE ["iiThTIFI"MISSAMEicA USE 3/16 FIRM BBLSA PUSHROOSFRANK ZAIC 0C23 43 6 WING AREA 310 SO IN MIN WY 1/2-A TEXACO I7O2 DESIGNED S DRAW14 BY DOC MATHEWS TRACING BY JOE DEMARCO RLODER MOVEMENT 1/2 LEFT LS RIGHT ELEVATOR MOVEMENT 1/2 UP S/B DOWN 3/16 BALSA SMEET WING TIP PARTS V -----3/16 BALSA SHEET WING TIP PARTS -1/ C C CD 0 -4 Left Radio compartment holds two World Engines S-22 servos Royal Vanguard receiver 225 mAh battery room spare Right Most Cox 049 engine can used thing sport flying might want opt version less powerful Black Widow model climb high will look lift 5-mm flight Three flight times combined select winners Some local rules require Golden Bee engine rather powerful Black Widowand may vary flight time pro cedures etc V2A Texaco has become very popular RC-assist Old-Timer event Construction primary adhesive used constructing model cyanoacrylate glue CyA such Jet Hot Stuff Zap etc slots cut trailing edges etc designed increase wetted surface CyA gluing Five-minute epoxy used adhering plywood firewall wing dihedral gussets structure designed sufficient rigidity using MonoKote covering however heavier radio system used total weight could still kept 17 oz substituting tissue dope Wood selection critical however use straight-grained moderately firm balsa fuselage longerons wing leading edge model tends slightly toward being tail-heavy lightweight contest balsa should selected tail surfaces Wing Since construction wing will generate some scrap wood useful constructing other surfaces advise start ing Develop master plywood rib patterns tracing plan tip ribs can trimmed out main ribs pattern really needed Cut 27 blanks light C-grain balsa stack-cut ribs jigsaw carving knife sandpaper smooth Trace wing tip shapes onto sheet balsa carbon paper cut out Sand good fit tips constructed flat building board Notch trailing edge stock /s deep rib locations easily done blade reversed jigsaw Pin ribs place over bottom spars Glue tip sections together pin over plan Place leading edge top spars position CyA-glue joints through out Note top spars must bend down touch wing tips Construct center section exten sion left wing cut loose Square faces block up panel tip 2 in. sand bevel onto pre viously-tilted inboard ribs Assemble two panels center section 5-mm epoxy After epoxy has cured use hacksaw blade held tightly against spar faces cut slot through two double ribs center section develop center section ply gussett slipping section A6 ply about 8 long slot drawing outlines onto Remove cut outlines epoxy spar rib faces using clothespins clamping Final-sand roughness wing preparation covering MonoKote tissue dope Tail surfaces fin rudder conventional flat structure techniques should present builder diffi culty stab semi-symmetrical lifting section name authenticity does require some special skills build use half elevator side unorthodox well proven convert Old-Timers RC-assist using type elevator advantages obvious no carry-through hardware required weight can saved construction much sim plified deflections specified drawing plenty elevator control available setup builder unbearably uncomfortable arrange ment certainly conventional elevator could used stabilizer airfoil section such obviously cannot built flat name authenticity SAM-legal sec tion must used other hand model intended strictly sport flying flat stabilizer could substituted seri ously doubt major trim changes would required such change Cut stab ribs same way wing use lightweight C-grain balsa case Pin lower front spar over Continued page 176 I98 Model Aviation Full-size plane has sheet balsa sides AA version substitutes Sig Kromekote enameled paper Windows re iluad Wilhold RIC 57 inside paper nest appearance FULL * SIZE* PLANS Le Crate$550 RC Electric-powered sport flier 05 motors 3-channels 1/zA Miss 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though hadnt used flight written Super trim Super Chicken felt bird needed visual hypesomething break monotony vast yellow ex panse Thats St Croix Golden Falcon ad caught eye phoned Park Falls WI office pleasantly surprised learn theyd send beauti ful Golden Falcon trim $1495 think makes Super Chicken absolutely sexy As said first factory RC kit Ive never flown RC before still cantexcept lots altitude structor Bob Wetle very skilled knowl edgeable patient very lov ing Super Chicken flies fact Bob can heard cackling about crackling 0S Super Chicken flies Bob has yet rub whitewalls Miss America/Mathews Continued paqe 98 plan shim leading edger trailing edge rear lower spar proper height scrap balsa Notice bot tom spars extend under sheet tips Add tips top spars end al ribs Fill tips scrap balsa Remove unit building sur face carefully cut 3/16-in slot verti cally elevator spar Add secondary reinforcement ribs gussets cut elevator loose Hinge Du-Bro molded hinges Ace nylon sheet units Trial-fit fin stab slot adjusting snug fit sure rudder will bind against elevator Sand both units smooth contours cover Fuselage Cut out plywood firewall Lite Ply Bulkhead B Fabricate C D directly over drawing CyA glue Bend up landing gear trial-fit B Mark engine mount drill holes 3-48 blind nuts Develop tail section filler sheet aid carbon paper un der plan Construct fuselage sides directly ovel drawingone built top other Use small strips masking tape between two halves aid separating sides glue has hardened remove sides building board run o table knife between sides separate Check bulkheads fit properly Glue C D bulkheads righthand side pinned buildin 176 Model Aviation No 446 No 447 No 131 No 113 No225 No 238 No 282 No 291 No 302 No 310 No 214 No 328 No 332 No 343 N348 No254 No 358 No382 No 285 No 383 No 388 No 383 No398 N3U No400 No 405 No405 No410 No 412 No 414 No 415 No 416 No 417 No 418 No 418 No 420 No 421 No 422 No 423 No424 No425 No 428 No 427 No438 No425 420 No431 No 432 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Cover4 147 15 158 ADVERTISERS INDEX ADVERTISERS INDEX ADVERTISERS INDEX ADVERTISERS INDEX board Check squareness fol lowing steps Carefully position left frame over right glue bulkheads Place weight over hold firmly place block up tail post exactly 1 7/ above board measured midline Cut cross braces pairs install themagain making sure everything square building surface rear unit completed nose section can pulled notches firewall fuselage box can removed board Cut two pieces Sig Kromekote other enameled paper pattern install aliphatic resin found method both light realisticwith much better strength A2 balsa Com plete fuselage installing pre viously-bent landing gear nose blocks longerons aft cabin should sanded half-round shape recom mend trial installation radio pushrods before covering fuselage Pin previously-constructed tail surfaces onto fuselage install engine position radio gear obtain slightly nose-heavy balance point will com pensate added weight covering prototype balanced perfectly 225 mAh battery directly behind fire wall receiver directly behind first bulkhead servos directly behind receiver Remove hardware cover fuse lage found MonoKote adheres well Kromekote paper excessive pressure avoided Sigs Skybright used trim sprayed directly onto MonoKote using electricians vinyl tape masking Num bers sticky-backed vinyl stationery store flags sticky vi nyl units found Sig catalog engine compartment should fuel proofed Skybrite clear urethane Trexler wheels also Sig catalog prefer test fly workshop check correct warps misalignments test engine adjust center gravity CG range-check radio unit home reduced stress leisurely looking over model shop often prevents disaster field everything functions perfectly head flying field Flying model exceptionally light quick under power Hand launches simple dam thing will fly right out hand no push whatsoever must absolutely sure CG rear ward point shown surface deflections no specified Otherwise Miss America can nasty lady Properly set up it will climb very rapidly Continued page 180 July 1984 177 NEW Full Line Catalog Now Available glance through new catalog will prove wh Byron Originals recognized quality world over since picture worth thousand words hav packed catalog full color black anc white photos highly descriptive illustrations well Youll pleased see new products improvements have joined family scale aircraft propulsion systems related accessories talk about value dollars Check oui factory direct prices competitive pricing th industry ts exclusive accessories tc standard hobby items such finishing materials glues Dont delay Order Byron Originals catalog today Simply send $300 Byron OriginalsoPO Box 279Ida Grove Iowa 514 Set Standards Model Aviation good groove Just point nose wind watch go radio used merely correct climb no upelevator i needed nor should used Since runnng full tank will put model very high suggest filling tank halfway first few flights Frankly Miss America tended sport flying rather com petition Golden Bee would sure nice However competition name game very few Texaco models will outclimb Miss glide rather gentle requiring much larger stick movements Miss America will thermal happily light lift wide narrow circle Try running right angles windthat left right turns Somewhere along wind wall lift will encountered As soon model tends turn its own begins rise set up wide circle until cone lift deter mined relatively small size Texaco models makes visibility potential problem Dont allow model drift too far down wind /2A Miss America buoyant doesnt penetrate too well locked large chunk lift try running leftto-right effort locate down side thermal fails full down elevator full rudder will break model out thermal Landing such lightweight model just matter lining up S-turning bleed off altitude model floats ground effect long way may require some down-elevator get wheels ground Whether hA Miss America built sport competition will reward builder hours flying minimal cost Although will dupli cate Scientific Models guarantee will fly will guarantee builder will enjoy Postscript wrote Frank Zaic inquire might young man shown ad photo historical back ground development very interest ing Let us quote letter Scientific approached design model agreed insisted name shown anywhere very wary time name con nected way commercialism will note never used name JASCO catalog connection time Carl Schmaedig work ing after school finished Gas model later published Model Craftsman Miss Model Crafts man So knew good builder design some good ideas could say Miss America influenced Schmaedigs design matter lot designs influenced others main thing wanted cabin look fairly easy make sturdy As far aerodynamical design concerned idea just what part rudder dihedral etc played overall picture Carl finished model white silkspan clear dope took Holmes Airport via subway lots trouble starting Baby Cyclone major con cern get engine going did get started let model taxi fly off did very nicely straightaway climb about 300 kept right going straightaway distance never saw model again Well proven would fly also meant make another model Scientific $5000 someone paint job final drawings means never did testing find out would behave turns etc model named Scientific us have Two prototypes built Carl Schmaedig first flown once second Miss Americas flew well built kits fly well today both Free Flight RC-assists needs no com ment us fact design has become true classic though kitted very little flying prototypes speaks absolute volumes incredible designing skill Frank Zaic writer has never seen Miss America fly badly regardless size Frank Zaic related story us would find difficult believe 180 Model Aviation
Edition: Model Aviation - 1984/07
Page Numbers: 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 176, 177, 180
NO OCR TEXT Frank Zaics immortal design 1AA Texaco size lightweight strong comparatively easy build tank full 30% nitro fuel Black Widow engine turning 6-3 prop will put %A Miss America just about out sight Best start out tank halfway filled WAS LOOKING October 1936 copy Model Airplane News collection Among items listed under Charles Hampson Grants name editor con tents page Building T-D Coupe Gas Lines Ways Means Gas Model Success Joe Kovel Build Fly SOC-i Scout Bill Winter Soaring Glider Alan Orthof Across contents page ad Scientific Models 2 18-220 M-l0 Mar ket St Newark NJ feature ad others like ran years subject article top half ad new Miss America kit large type banner states complete low-priced Gas Model kit market guaranteed fly w everyone can afford build gas model easily effi ciently kit introduced July 1936 Nowhere ad Miss America can find designers name men tioned peculiar just kit however Berkeley Model Supplies ad has no mention Ben Shereshaw de signer Cavalier Bill Effinger Buccaneer No credits shown Modelcraft Corbin Scout Burds King Burd nor Aircraft Industries California Chief Incredibly Gas mod els advertised issue engines models shown Forster Little cules Brown Junior Bunch Mighty Midget Fergusson Condor Baby Cyclone GHQ ads included kits newfangled Gas models few far between Obviously Miss America very early kit follow what now call Antiques Old-Timers im ply guarantee flight very novel say least Scientific Models placing lot faith design development work Frank Zaic good reason Zaic already established himself hobbys premier engineers chron ologist scientific progress classic Junior Aeronautics Year Books Frank Zaic brother John building models since 1926 modest means brothers first published Model Airplane Guide Log Book 1932 combination ruled pages record ing flights observations together plans helpful hints Although brothers sold few copies income less handsome Frank continued work draftsman patent attorneys depression came strong less less work availablegiving him time work 1933 version printed brothers modest flat total cost $1700 enough copies July 1984 95 eventually sold 25 show mod est profit meager beginning JASCO company grewwith legend Year Books Frank Zaic Beginning 1932 successes Max well Bassett Joe Kovel Bill Browns engines caused worldwide surge interest model airplanes powered engines Notice didnt say enginepowered since compressed air acetylene types predated 1932 con siderable margin Everything written model magazines day concerning Gas power greeted tremendous interest Kovels KG-2 published May 1935 Model Airplane News first pub lished Gas model US KG Bas sets Miss Philadelphia IV plans avail able Peru Model Airplane Co Frank Ehlings 8-foot Gas Model designs illustrated Zaics 1935-36 Year Book Only two years later 1938 Year Book contained 28 Explosive growth bet Technological advances am phibians biplanes bi-motors autogiro fairly safe classify 1935 1938 period dynamic Free Flight power models history point did Frank Zaic com pile publish much vitally neces sary data benefit de veloping Gas models also designed developed milestone kit Scientific Frankly writers opinion aero dynamics structural integrity de sign excellent compared its contemporaries little wonder Miss America has remained classic exactly chose shrink 1/zA Texaco design Model Frank Zaics clever com bination best structural features rubber-powered designs drawn three views aerodynamic theory developed published resulted remarkably lightweight strong struc ture reproduced much smaller size /2A version lighter also has proven remarkably durable Although deliberately designed have lower wing loading robust /2A Kloud King published January 1983 MA model theless will survive rough-and-tumble world everyday sport flying Required weight Society Antique Modelers SAM /2A Texaco flying 17 oz prototypewith 225 mAh battery two World S-22 servos Royal 1/2A receiverjust comes up Cox Black Widow turning 6-3 prop 30% nitro fuel will climb model outer limits vision Conversely 7-4 7-3 prop used engine will run longer climb wont rapid drawings model photo graphically reduced original 7-ft version soit should comply fully SAM rules its spectacular climb slow floating glide Miss America should competitive Texaco event uninitiated SAM Texaco rules very simple fills standard tank hand-launches model sometimes rise-off-ground launching required let Left designer/author full-time dentist other way around launches left hand can hold rudder elevator stick right thumb works best unassisted hand launches Vernon Clark photo Right reproduction origi nal Scientific Model Co ad October 1934 issue Model Airplane News price $750 very complete kit dope 96 Model Aviation Left Vinyl EZ-latters stationery store decorate fuselage sides Red trim sprayed-on Sig Skybrite Stripe Rite edging Right elevator control surface side sake simplicity works just fine way providing control thats needed 1/16 C-GRAIN BALSA RIBS WING PLAN TOP VIEW /32 PLY WHEDRAL 3/16 SO BALSA LEAfING EDGE7 1/B SO BALSA FRONT SPARS-TOPS BOTTOM I II------ ~1[ -it FILL 77U TOP -4 3R-2R-I-IP1lIHN-IN-IR- -IB-IW4 RI1-IP11-IP1lIP1H-II-IR-S 4 DIHEDRAL EACH WING TIP 3/IS 3/4 BALSA TRAILING EDGE STOCK DIHEDRAL RIB 3/16 So 3/I63/BBAL BALSA I/BSO3/16 3/B BALSABALSA 3/BC3/6S0 BALSA BALSA LTE B PL7\ B FIREWALLMOUNT ENGINE WITH 3-4B BOLTS AND BLIND NUTS 1/16 MUSIC WIRE FRONT LG SUPPORT MEMO 16 WRAP WITH COPPER WIRE SOLDER TO MAIN GEAR LANDING GEAR PATTERN I/Bx 3/16 BALSA BOT SPAR I/B SO BALSA TOP SPAR 1/16 C-GRAIN MAIN RIBS MAKE SI R-I R-2 1/IS C-GRAIN BALSA MAKE 2 1/16 DOWEL ABC S LAMITjATIONSIj OF 3/16 BALSAI NOTE ORAl TILT USING DIHEDRAL JIG 1/16 C-GRAIN BALSA MAKE S R-3 R-4 1/16 C-GRAIN BALSA MAKE S 3/16 50 BALSA CROSS MRA CROSS MEMBERS MB BALSA SHEET I/B BALSA GJSSETS STA5ILI7R 006 CLEAR1/16 BALSA PLASTICj/jI jj WINDSCREEill d / 3/52 SO BAL5A SPARS3/16 50 BALSA L E DI ilii ILL Fr_ AFTERI Ii / TYPICAL 1/161/16 SO BALSA RIBSBALSA SPARS 0 3/16 SO BALSA LORGERONG BALSA J6•ELEVATOR PLY HURN MOUNT STOCK FUSELAGE TOP VIEW SUPPORT MAIN L G WRAP S GLUE LB TO MGSO SPRUCE PUSHROD EXIT IS OH THE RIGHT SlOE TO SUIT SERVOS OUTLINE ["iiThTIFI"MISSAMEicA USE 3/16 FIRM BBLSA PUSHROOSFRANK ZAIC 0C23 43 6 WING AREA 310 SO IN MIN WY 1/2-A TEXACO I7O2 DESIGNED S DRAW14 BY DOC MATHEWS TRACING BY JOE DEMARCO RLODER MOVEMENT 1/2 LEFT LS RIGHT ELEVATOR MOVEMENT 1/2 UP S/B DOWN 3/16 BALSA SMEET WING TIP PARTS V -----3/16 BALSA SHEET WING TIP PARTS -1/ C C CD 0 -4 Left Radio compartment holds two World Engines S-22 servos Royal Vanguard receiver 225 mAh battery room spare Right Most Cox 049 engine can used thing sport flying might want opt version less powerful Black Widow model climb high will look lift 5-mm flight Three flight times combined select winners Some local rules require Golden Bee engine rather powerful Black Widowand may vary flight time pro cedures etc V2A Texaco has become very popular RC-assist Old-Timer event Construction primary adhesive used constructing model cyanoacrylate glue CyA such Jet Hot Stuff Zap etc slots cut trailing edges etc designed increase wetted surface CyA gluing Five-minute epoxy used adhering plywood firewall wing dihedral gussets structure designed sufficient rigidity using MonoKote covering however heavier radio system used total weight could still kept 17 oz substituting tissue dope Wood selection critical however use straight-grained moderately firm balsa fuselage longerons wing leading edge model tends slightly toward being tail-heavy lightweight contest balsa should selected tail surfaces Wing Since construction wing will generate some scrap wood useful constructing other surfaces advise start ing Develop master plywood rib patterns tracing plan tip ribs can trimmed out main ribs pattern really needed Cut 27 blanks light C-grain balsa stack-cut ribs jigsaw carving knife sandpaper smooth Trace wing tip shapes onto sheet balsa carbon paper cut out Sand good fit tips constructed flat building board Notch trailing edge stock /s deep rib locations easily done blade reversed jigsaw Pin ribs place over bottom spars Glue tip sections together pin over plan Place leading edge top spars position CyA-glue joints through out Note top spars must bend down touch wing tips Construct center section exten sion left wing cut loose Square faces block up panel tip 2 in. sand bevel onto pre viously-tilted inboard ribs Assemble two panels center section 5-mm epoxy After epoxy has cured use hacksaw blade held tightly against spar faces cut slot through two double ribs center section develop center section ply gussett slipping section A6 ply about 8 long slot drawing outlines onto Remove cut outlines epoxy spar rib faces using clothespins clamping Final-sand roughness wing preparation covering MonoKote tissue dope Tail surfaces fin rudder conventional flat structure techniques should present builder diffi culty stab semi-symmetrical lifting section name authenticity does require some special skills build use half elevator side unorthodox well proven convert Old-Timers RC-assist using type elevator advantages obvious no carry-through hardware required weight can saved construction much sim plified deflections specified drawing plenty elevator control available setup builder unbearably uncomfortable arrange ment certainly conventional elevator could used stabilizer airfoil section such obviously cannot built flat name authenticity SAM-legal sec tion must used other hand model intended strictly sport flying flat stabilizer could substituted seri ously doubt major trim changes would required such change Cut stab ribs same way wing use lightweight C-grain balsa case Pin lower front spar over Continued page 176 I98 Model Aviation Full-size plane has sheet balsa sides AA version substitutes Sig Kromekote enameled paper Windows re iluad Wilhold RIC 57 inside paper nest appearance FULL * SIZE* PLANS Le Crate$550 RC Electric-powered sport flier 05 motors 3-channels 1/zA Miss 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though hadnt used flight written Super trim Super Chicken felt bird needed visual hypesomething break monotony vast yellow ex panse Thats St Croix Golden Falcon ad caught eye phoned Park Falls WI office pleasantly surprised learn theyd send beauti ful Golden Falcon trim $1495 think makes Super Chicken absolutely sexy As said first factory RC kit Ive never flown RC before still cantexcept lots altitude structor Bob Wetle very skilled knowl edgeable patient very lov ing Super Chicken flies fact Bob can heard cackling about crackling 0S Super Chicken flies Bob has yet rub whitewalls Miss America/Mathews Continued paqe 98 plan shim leading edger trailing edge rear lower spar proper height scrap balsa Notice bot tom spars extend under sheet tips Add tips top spars end al ribs Fill tips scrap balsa Remove unit building sur face carefully cut 3/16-in slot verti cally elevator spar Add secondary reinforcement ribs gussets cut elevator loose Hinge Du-Bro molded hinges Ace nylon sheet units Trial-fit fin stab slot adjusting snug fit sure rudder will bind against elevator Sand both units smooth contours cover Fuselage Cut out plywood firewall Lite Ply Bulkhead B Fabricate C D directly over drawing CyA glue Bend up landing gear trial-fit B Mark engine mount drill holes 3-48 blind nuts Develop tail section filler sheet aid carbon paper un der plan Construct fuselage sides directly ovel drawingone built top other Use small strips masking tape between two halves aid separating sides glue has hardened remove sides building board run o table knife between sides separate Check bulkheads fit properly Glue C D bulkheads righthand side pinned buildin 176 Model Aviation No 446 No 447 No 131 No 113 No225 No 238 No 282 No 291 No 302 No 310 No 214 No 328 No 332 No 343 N348 No254 No 358 No382 No 285 No 383 No 388 No 383 No398 N3U No400 No 405 No405 No410 No 412 No 414 No 415 No 416 No 417 No 418 No 418 No 420 No 421 No 422 No 423 No424 No425 No 428 No 427 No438 No425 420 No431 No 432 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Cover4 147 15 158 ADVERTISERS INDEX ADVERTISERS INDEX ADVERTISERS INDEX ADVERTISERS INDEX board Check squareness fol lowing steps Carefully position left frame over right glue bulkheads Place weight over hold firmly place block up tail post exactly 1 7/ above board measured midline Cut cross braces pairs install themagain making sure everything square building surface rear unit completed nose section can pulled notches firewall fuselage box can removed board Cut two pieces Sig Kromekote other enameled paper pattern install aliphatic resin found method both light realisticwith much better strength A2 balsa Com plete fuselage installing pre viously-bent landing gear nose blocks longerons aft cabin should sanded half-round shape recom mend trial installation radio pushrods before covering fuselage Pin previously-constructed tail surfaces onto fuselage install engine position radio gear obtain slightly nose-heavy balance point will com pensate added weight covering prototype balanced perfectly 225 mAh battery directly behind fire wall receiver directly behind first bulkhead servos directly behind receiver Remove hardware cover fuse lage found MonoKote adheres well Kromekote paper excessive pressure avoided Sigs Skybright used trim sprayed directly onto MonoKote using electricians vinyl tape masking Num bers sticky-backed vinyl stationery store flags sticky vi nyl units found Sig catalog engine compartment should fuel proofed Skybrite clear urethane Trexler wheels also Sig catalog prefer test fly workshop check correct warps misalignments test engine adjust center gravity CG range-check radio unit home reduced stress leisurely looking over model shop often prevents disaster field everything functions perfectly head flying field Flying model exceptionally light quick under power Hand launches simple dam thing will fly right out hand no push whatsoever must absolutely sure CG rear ward point shown surface deflections no specified Otherwise Miss America can nasty lady Properly set up it will climb very rapidly Continued page 180 July 1984 177 NEW Full Line Catalog Now Available glance through new catalog will prove wh Byron Originals recognized quality world over since picture worth thousand words hav packed catalog full color black anc white photos highly descriptive illustrations well Youll pleased see new products improvements have joined family scale aircraft propulsion systems related accessories talk about value dollars Check oui factory direct prices competitive pricing th industry ts exclusive accessories tc standard hobby items such finishing materials glues Dont delay Order Byron Originals catalog today Simply send $300 Byron OriginalsoPO Box 279Ida Grove Iowa 514 Set Standards Model Aviation good groove Just point nose wind watch go radio used merely correct climb no upelevator i needed nor should used Since runnng full tank will put model very high suggest filling tank halfway first few flights Frankly Miss America tended sport flying rather com petition Golden Bee would sure nice However competition name game very few Texaco models will outclimb Miss glide rather gentle requiring much larger stick movements Miss America will thermal happily light lift wide narrow circle Try running right angles windthat left right turns Somewhere along wind wall lift will encountered As soon model tends turn its own begins rise set up wide circle until cone lift deter mined relatively small size Texaco models makes visibility potential problem Dont allow model drift too far down wind /2A Miss America buoyant doesnt penetrate too well locked large chunk lift try running leftto-right effort locate down side thermal fails full down elevator full rudder will break model out thermal Landing such lightweight model just matter lining up S-turning bleed off altitude model floats ground effect long way may require some down-elevator get wheels ground Whether hA Miss America built sport competition will reward builder hours flying minimal cost Although will dupli cate Scientific Models guarantee will fly will guarantee builder will enjoy Postscript wrote Frank Zaic inquire might young man shown ad photo historical back ground development very interest ing Let us quote letter Scientific approached design model agreed insisted name shown anywhere very wary time name con nected way commercialism will note never used name JASCO catalog connection time Carl Schmaedig work ing after school finished Gas model later published Model Craftsman Miss Model Crafts man So knew good builder design some good ideas could say Miss America influenced Schmaedigs design matter lot designs influenced others main thing wanted cabin look fairly easy make sturdy As far aerodynamical design concerned idea just what part rudder dihedral etc played overall picture Carl finished model white silkspan clear dope took Holmes Airport via subway lots trouble starting Baby Cyclone major con cern get engine going did get started let model taxi fly off did very nicely straightaway climb about 300 kept right going straightaway distance never saw model again Well proven would fly also meant make another model Scientific $5000 someone paint job final drawings means never did testing find out would behave turns etc model named Scientific us have Two prototypes built Carl Schmaedig first flown once second Miss Americas flew well built kits fly well today both Free Flight RC-assists needs no com ment us fact design has become true classic though kitted very little flying prototypes speaks absolute volumes incredible designing skill Frank Zaic writer has never seen Miss America fly badly regardless size Frank Zaic related story us would find difficult believe 180 Model Aviation
Edition: Model Aviation - 1984/07
Page Numbers: 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 176, 177, 180
NO OCR TEXT Frank Zaics immortal design 1AA Texaco size lightweight strong comparatively easy build tank full 30% nitro fuel Black Widow engine turning 6-3 prop will put %A Miss America just about out sight Best start out tank halfway filled WAS LOOKING October 1936 copy Model Airplane News collection Among items listed under Charles Hampson Grants name editor con tents page Building T-D Coupe Gas Lines Ways Means Gas Model Success Joe Kovel Build Fly SOC-i Scout Bill Winter Soaring Glider Alan Orthof Across contents page ad Scientific Models 2 18-220 M-l0 Mar ket St Newark NJ feature ad others like ran years subject article top half ad new Miss America kit large type banner states complete low-priced Gas Model kit market guaranteed fly w everyone can afford build gas model easily effi ciently kit introduced July 1936 Nowhere ad Miss America can find designers name men tioned peculiar just kit however Berkeley Model Supplies ad has no mention Ben Shereshaw de signer Cavalier Bill Effinger Buccaneer No credits shown Modelcraft Corbin Scout Burds King Burd nor Aircraft Industries California Chief Incredibly Gas mod els advertised issue engines models shown Forster Little cules Brown Junior Bunch Mighty Midget Fergusson Condor Baby Cyclone GHQ ads included kits newfangled Gas models few far between Obviously Miss America very early kit follow what now call Antiques Old-Timers im ply guarantee flight very novel say least Scientific Models placing lot faith design development work Frank Zaic good reason Zaic already established himself hobbys premier engineers chron ologist scientific progress classic Junior Aeronautics Year Books Frank Zaic brother John building models since 1926 modest means brothers first published Model Airplane Guide Log Book 1932 combination ruled pages record ing flights observations together plans helpful hints Although brothers sold few copies income less handsome Frank continued work draftsman patent attorneys depression came strong less less work availablegiving him time work 1933 version printed brothers modest flat total cost $1700 enough copies July 1984 95 eventually sold 25 show mod est profit meager beginning JASCO company grewwith legend Year Books Frank Zaic Beginning 1932 successes Max well Bassett Joe Kovel Bill Browns engines caused worldwide surge interest model airplanes powered engines Notice didnt say enginepowered since compressed air acetylene types predated 1932 con siderable margin Everything written model magazines day concerning Gas power greeted tremendous interest Kovels KG-2 published May 1935 Model Airplane News first pub lished Gas model US KG Bas sets Miss Philadelphia IV plans avail able Peru Model Airplane Co Frank Ehlings 8-foot Gas Model designs illustrated Zaics 1935-36 Year Book Only two years later 1938 Year Book contained 28 Explosive growth bet Technological advances am phibians biplanes bi-motors autogiro fairly safe classify 1935 1938 period dynamic Free Flight power models history point did Frank Zaic com pile publish much vitally neces sary data benefit de veloping Gas models also designed developed milestone kit Scientific Frankly writers opinion aero dynamics structural integrity de sign excellent compared its contemporaries little wonder Miss America has remained classic exactly chose shrink 1/zA Texaco design Model Frank Zaics clever com bination best structural features rubber-powered designs drawn three views aerodynamic theory developed published resulted remarkably lightweight strong struc ture reproduced much smaller size /2A version lighter also has proven remarkably durable Although deliberately designed have lower wing loading robust /2A Kloud King published January 1983 MA model theless will survive rough-and-tumble world everyday sport flying Required weight Society Antique Modelers SAM /2A Texaco flying 17 oz prototypewith 225 mAh battery two World S-22 servos Royal 1/2A receiverjust comes up Cox Black Widow turning 6-3 prop 30% nitro fuel will climb model outer limits vision Conversely 7-4 7-3 prop used engine will run longer climb wont rapid drawings model photo graphically reduced original 7-ft version soit should comply fully SAM rules its spectacular climb slow floating glide Miss America should competitive Texaco event uninitiated SAM Texaco rules very simple fills standard tank hand-launches model sometimes rise-off-ground launching required let Left designer/author full-time dentist other way around launches left hand can hold rudder elevator stick right thumb works best unassisted hand launches Vernon Clark photo Right reproduction origi nal Scientific Model Co ad October 1934 issue Model Airplane News price $750 very complete kit dope 96 Model Aviation Left Vinyl EZ-latters stationery store decorate fuselage sides Red trim sprayed-on Sig Skybrite Stripe Rite edging Right elevator control surface side sake simplicity works just fine way providing control thats needed 1/16 C-GRAIN BALSA RIBS WING PLAN TOP VIEW /32 PLY WHEDRAL 3/16 SO BALSA LEAfING EDGE7 1/B SO BALSA FRONT SPARS-TOPS BOTTOM I II------ ~1[ -it FILL 77U TOP -4 3R-2R-I-IP1lIHN-IN-IR- -IB-IW4 RI1-IP11-IP1lIP1H-II-IR-S 4 DIHEDRAL EACH WING TIP 3/IS 3/4 BALSA TRAILING EDGE STOCK DIHEDRAL RIB 3/16 So 3/I63/BBAL BALSA I/BSO3/16 3/B BALSABALSA 3/BC3/6S0 BALSA BALSA LTE B PL7\ B FIREWALLMOUNT ENGINE WITH 3-4B BOLTS AND BLIND NUTS 1/16 MUSIC WIRE FRONT LG SUPPORT MEMO 16 WRAP WITH COPPER WIRE SOLDER TO MAIN GEAR LANDING GEAR PATTERN I/Bx 3/16 BALSA BOT SPAR I/B SO BALSA TOP SPAR 1/16 C-GRAIN MAIN RIBS MAKE SI R-I R-2 1/IS C-GRAIN BALSA MAKE 2 1/16 DOWEL ABC S LAMITjATIONSIj OF 3/16 BALSAI NOTE ORAl TILT USING DIHEDRAL JIG 1/16 C-GRAIN BALSA MAKE S R-3 R-4 1/16 C-GRAIN BALSA MAKE S 3/16 50 BALSA CROSS MRA CROSS MEMBERS MB BALSA SHEET I/B BALSA GJSSETS STA5ILI7R 006 CLEAR1/16 BALSA PLASTICj/jI jj WINDSCREEill d / 3/52 SO BAL5A SPARS3/16 50 BALSA L E DI ilii ILL Fr_ AFTERI Ii / TYPICAL 1/161/16 SO BALSA RIBSBALSA SPARS 0 3/16 SO BALSA LORGERONG BALSA J6•ELEVATOR PLY HURN MOUNT STOCK FUSELAGE TOP VIEW SUPPORT MAIN L G WRAP S GLUE LB TO MGSO SPRUCE PUSHROD EXIT IS OH THE RIGHT SlOE TO SUIT SERVOS OUTLINE ["iiThTIFI"MISSAMEicA USE 3/16 FIRM BBLSA PUSHROOSFRANK ZAIC 0C23 43 6 WING AREA 310 SO IN MIN WY 1/2-A TEXACO I7O2 DESIGNED S DRAW14 BY DOC MATHEWS TRACING BY JOE DEMARCO RLODER MOVEMENT 1/2 LEFT LS RIGHT ELEVATOR MOVEMENT 1/2 UP S/B DOWN 3/16 BALSA SMEET WING TIP PARTS V -----3/16 BALSA SHEET WING TIP PARTS -1/ C C CD 0 -4 Left Radio compartment holds two World Engines S-22 servos Royal Vanguard receiver 225 mAh battery room spare Right Most Cox 049 engine can used thing sport flying might want opt version less powerful Black Widow model climb high will look lift 5-mm flight Three flight times combined select winners Some local rules require Golden Bee engine rather powerful Black Widowand may vary flight time pro cedures etc V2A Texaco has become very popular RC-assist Old-Timer event Construction primary adhesive used constructing model cyanoacrylate glue CyA such Jet Hot Stuff Zap etc slots cut trailing edges etc designed increase wetted surface CyA gluing Five-minute epoxy used adhering plywood firewall wing dihedral gussets structure designed sufficient rigidity using MonoKote covering however heavier radio system used total weight could still kept 17 oz substituting tissue dope Wood selection critical however use straight-grained moderately firm balsa fuselage longerons wing leading edge model tends slightly toward being tail-heavy lightweight contest balsa should selected tail surfaces Wing Since construction wing will generate some scrap wood useful constructing other surfaces advise start ing Develop master plywood rib patterns tracing plan tip ribs can trimmed out main ribs pattern really needed Cut 27 blanks light C-grain balsa stack-cut ribs jigsaw carving knife sandpaper smooth Trace wing tip shapes onto sheet balsa carbon paper cut out Sand good fit tips constructed flat building board Notch trailing edge stock /s deep rib locations easily done blade reversed jigsaw Pin ribs place over bottom spars Glue tip sections together pin over plan Place leading edge top spars position CyA-glue joints through out Note top spars must bend down touch wing tips Construct center section exten sion left wing cut loose Square faces block up panel tip 2 in. sand bevel onto pre viously-tilted inboard ribs Assemble two panels center section 5-mm epoxy After epoxy has cured use hacksaw blade held tightly against spar faces cut slot through two double ribs center section develop center section ply gussett slipping section A6 ply about 8 long slot drawing outlines onto Remove cut outlines epoxy spar rib faces using clothespins clamping Final-sand roughness wing preparation covering MonoKote tissue dope Tail surfaces fin rudder conventional flat structure techniques should present builder diffi culty stab semi-symmetrical lifting section name authenticity does require some special skills build use half elevator side unorthodox well proven convert Old-Timers RC-assist using type elevator advantages obvious no carry-through hardware required weight can saved construction much sim plified deflections specified drawing plenty elevator control available setup builder unbearably uncomfortable arrange ment certainly conventional elevator could used stabilizer airfoil section such obviously cannot built flat name authenticity SAM-legal sec tion must used other hand model intended strictly sport flying flat stabilizer could substituted seri ously doubt major trim changes would required such change Cut stab ribs same way wing use lightweight C-grain balsa case Pin lower front spar over Continued page 176 I98 Model Aviation Full-size plane has sheet balsa sides AA version substitutes Sig Kromekote enameled paper Windows re iluad Wilhold RIC 57 inside paper nest appearance FULL * SIZE* PLANS Le Crate$550 RC Electric-powered sport flier 05 motors 3-channels 1/zA Miss America$650 RC Old-Timer /2A Texaco model 049 glow 2-channels Gee flee dodel Y 40-powered AC stand-oft scale great old-time racers 5500 SIliletto CL Stunt model McDonald wInner 1976 1980 1982 PAl Woild Champs. $375 Ole RelIable RC 70 version 38 old-liner REM centrols 19-29 5425 Blue Bled RC Ken 98555s torinalinir plane 4-dr. 10 375 Crashesastar CL Crash-proot trainer Zsizes15-20 36-401125 Cap 20 40-powered scale AC 01 French aerotratic plane Low wing tal-dragger 2 sheets$700 lsl F-16 AC Sarpolus 1149 ducted tan sport tier tor 2-ch Balsa wings loll tune structure 1275 1830 Fleet Biplane AC Sport Scale tsr 35-40 4-nh Wlsgnpan 68 1/8 scale Two eheats 1825 make II RC Ken Willards Itying howl 3-ch 15-power Fly Ironi land removalule gear 1375 Taylor Cub AC Don Srslln Schoolyard-Scale tur DOSs 2-3 Ch Spans SOle1350 Zephyr RC Small 2-nh glider tsr hand-tuanch tow thermal slope sowing$200 Weep VI PP Mihe Stoyn Nato-winning Outdoor HLG$100 Onestep AC Troerer has vety turgtung t94ng quohses 3-nh. 10-26 power$425 Merlyn AC Gland 155-in span Sailylane uses SAC channels$798 pIeces PP Indoor Easy B Ruhber-power conSest-weiner W Van Gorder11 00 Supercat AC Halt-A Fyton Racer/sport flier Pdleron elevator ceotrol Foam wing1300 Saumaster AC Willards 40-sole flying boat tsr 4-dr Strap-on gear ton lontipbanet 2 ahls . 11100 CaBsto 82 AC Fly thin sleek Hats-winning Sailplane AMA Mod SId sr Ihsleniled classes $750 Laser 200 AC Sport Scale replica championship Aerohatic Bar Uses 40 power 4-5 di 2 shIn 11075 135k KIoud ICIng AC Reduced modermted version 011838 design tsr 12A Otd-Taner 2 sr 3 cli $450 Gee Bee A-i AC Hatthes latest I/4-scdo spans 75in. winoha 15th fires 00 er lerger Four nlrts doc 12225 Zephyr 1100 AC AMA Clans B Satplone tsr S-channel AC gear 9875 Cub Ploalplene AC Sport Scale tsr 045-10-size engines 4-ch AC J-3 floats ma dasaic 9898 Regent Queen Sides AC Fon-lypa biplane tur 40-00 power 4-charniels 2 sheets 11150 Re-Volt-Er AC electric-power spoil Ilier tur 2-channel OS recIter $850 Pober Plate AC Scale lamoos EM plane tur 40-power 4-nh Build tsr sport sr Freosion 2 sto $1300 Moequlto AC Spoil Scale twin uses 10 engines 4-nh AC 1825 Electric Sparky AC electric-powered tun flier tur 05 mob, 3-nh AC scaled-op 1538 either power lavodle 1850 Hawker HurrIcane MIt AC Electric-power Spsrl Scale br 16 motor 3-4 channels Two nheets $1175 Stuntltne 80 CL Big 82-in-span StonIer tsr 60-power 8700 Sportiesgon JR AC Pulse-rudder sportnter tsr 02-power . $300 Lab MInor AC Sport Scale mOdel 01 1530s Britleh lightplane tsr 10-power 4-channel AC $725 Dove 850 CL Competifon StonIer tsr 40-45 power has loser wing slab $700 Buck 800 PP Conipefiton Class erO Sc 15-21 power Han voriable-bondence tel VII 9800 Annes PIece CL2A traleer/sportoter rugged balsa tast-buitung $325 Scooter AC Two-Meter Sailplane has ens Nato event 1982 1583 plus other ceirlests 550 Cloud Cruiser AC Old-Timer tohes 80-power 3-nh AC Two-pace wing oplion tsr easy transport Iwo shoots $1175 Good Tern PP Embryo Endurance rubber-power tlsotplone Sm ophonal wheele nlid-and-hssue delight $200 Skyrocket CL Fun-Scale sport tier tooks like Grummans no-nose Navy twin 01 Sm Thebes twin l25s 1325 Chloe Clipper AC Fabulous 74-in-span Spoil Scale tosg hostler tour 10-3170 engines 4-nh Three sheets don $2000 Profiles PP Travelair Mystery Stop Man Lou Angeles profile at-balsa mhher models Sc spoil byng 17 span$200 Bearcat CL Big compohllon-cather profile Stonter br 60 power1800 Over E-Z CL Chit-bier Slant hiplane has profile tuselage uses 25 engine1400 Iroetalds AC Zippy ISle sportsler Sc 10-15 power 3-dronnel AC$400 Lockheed P-38 AC Pan-scale twin-iS-engine tier tur 4-channels Two sheets$1100 PhoenIx CL Updated Thunderbird-style Stunter Sc 35-40 engines1575 Welts Up AC Electric-powered glider tur 3-3 channels 036 moter spans 520 $498 Sty SIr CL loam-wing Combat ship won 83 NaIn Use ID 049-061 power . $398 ThIs N AC Aerobaic biplane tsr 40 englees 4-channels Great tar sport Ilyrig9850 Ryan B-S 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though hadnt used flight written Super trim Super Chicken felt bird needed visual hypesomething break monotony vast yellow ex panse Thats St Croix Golden Falcon ad caught eye phoned Park Falls WI office pleasantly surprised learn theyd send beauti ful Golden Falcon trim $1495 think makes Super Chicken absolutely sexy As said first factory RC kit Ive never flown RC before still cantexcept lots altitude structor Bob Wetle very skilled knowl edgeable patient very lov ing Super Chicken flies fact Bob can heard cackling about crackling 0S Super Chicken flies Bob has yet rub whitewalls Miss America/Mathews Continued paqe 98 plan shim leading edger trailing edge rear lower spar proper height scrap balsa Notice bot tom spars extend under sheet tips Add tips top spars end al ribs Fill tips scrap balsa Remove unit building sur face carefully cut 3/16-in slot verti cally elevator spar Add secondary reinforcement ribs gussets cut elevator loose Hinge Du-Bro molded hinges Ace nylon sheet units Trial-fit fin stab slot adjusting snug fit sure rudder will bind against elevator Sand both units smooth contours cover Fuselage Cut out plywood firewall Lite Ply Bulkhead B Fabricate C D directly over drawing CyA glue Bend up landing gear trial-fit B Mark engine mount drill holes 3-48 blind nuts Develop tail section filler sheet aid carbon paper un der plan Construct fuselage sides directly ovel drawingone built top other Use small strips masking tape between two halves aid separating sides glue has hardened remove sides building board run o table knife between sides separate Check bulkheads fit properly Glue C D bulkheads righthand side pinned buildin 176 Model Aviation No 446 No 447 No 131 No 113 No225 No 238 No 282 No 291 No 302 No 310 No 214 No 328 No 332 No 343 N348 No254 No 358 No382 No 285 No 383 No 388 No 383 No398 N3U No400 No 405 No405 No410 No 412 No 414 No 415 No 416 No 417 No 418 No 418 No 420 No 421 No 422 No 423 No424 No425 No 428 No 427 No438 No425 420 No431 No 432 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Cover4 147 15 158 ADVERTISERS INDEX ADVERTISERS INDEX ADVERTISERS INDEX ADVERTISERS INDEX board Check squareness fol lowing steps Carefully position left frame over right glue bulkheads Place weight over hold firmly place block up tail post exactly 1 7/ above board measured midline Cut cross braces pairs install themagain making sure everything square building surface rear unit completed nose section can pulled notches firewall fuselage box can removed board Cut two pieces Sig Kromekote other enameled paper pattern install aliphatic resin found method both light realisticwith much better strength A2 balsa Com plete fuselage installing pre viously-bent landing gear nose blocks longerons aft cabin should sanded half-round shape recom mend trial installation radio pushrods before covering fuselage Pin previously-constructed tail surfaces onto fuselage install engine position radio gear obtain slightly nose-heavy balance point will com pensate added weight covering prototype balanced perfectly 225 mAh battery directly behind fire wall receiver directly behind first bulkhead servos directly behind receiver Remove hardware cover fuse lage found MonoKote adheres well Kromekote paper excessive pressure avoided Sigs Skybright used trim sprayed directly onto MonoKote using electricians vinyl tape masking Num bers sticky-backed vinyl stationery store flags sticky vi nyl units found Sig catalog engine compartment should fuel proofed Skybrite clear urethane Trexler wheels also Sig catalog prefer test fly workshop check correct warps misalignments test engine adjust center gravity CG range-check radio unit home reduced stress leisurely looking over model shop often prevents disaster field everything functions perfectly head flying field Flying model exceptionally light quick under power Hand launches simple dam thing will fly right out hand no push whatsoever must absolutely sure CG rear ward point shown surface deflections no specified Otherwise Miss America can nasty lady Properly set up it will climb very rapidly Continued page 180 July 1984 177 NEW Full Line Catalog Now Available glance through new catalog will prove wh Byron Originals recognized quality world over since picture worth thousand words hav packed catalog full color black anc white photos highly descriptive illustrations well Youll pleased see new products improvements have joined family scale aircraft propulsion systems related accessories talk about value dollars Check oui factory direct prices competitive pricing th industry ts exclusive accessories tc standard hobby items such finishing materials glues Dont delay Order Byron Originals catalog today Simply send $300 Byron OriginalsoPO Box 279Ida Grove Iowa 514 Set Standards Model Aviation good groove Just point nose wind watch go radio used merely correct climb no upelevator i needed nor should used Since runnng full tank will put model very high suggest filling tank halfway first few flights Frankly Miss America tended sport flying rather com petition Golden Bee would sure nice However competition name game very few Texaco models will outclimb Miss glide rather gentle requiring much larger stick movements Miss America will thermal happily light lift wide narrow circle Try running right angles windthat left right turns Somewhere along wind wall lift will encountered As soon model tends turn its own begins rise set up wide circle until cone lift deter mined relatively small size Texaco models makes visibility potential problem Dont allow model drift too far down wind /2A Miss America buoyant doesnt penetrate too well locked large chunk lift try running leftto-right effort locate down side thermal fails full down elevator full rudder will break model out thermal Landing such lightweight model just matter lining up S-turning bleed off altitude model floats ground effect long way may require some down-elevator get wheels ground Whether hA Miss America built sport competition will reward builder hours flying minimal cost Although will dupli cate Scientific Models guarantee will fly will guarantee builder will enjoy Postscript wrote Frank Zaic inquire might young man shown ad photo historical back ground development very interest ing Let us quote letter Scientific approached design model agreed insisted name shown anywhere very wary time name con nected way commercialism will note never used name JASCO catalog connection time Carl Schmaedig work ing after school finished Gas model later published Model Craftsman Miss Model Crafts man So knew good builder design some good ideas could say Miss America influenced Schmaedigs design matter lot designs influenced others main thing wanted cabin look fairly easy make sturdy As far aerodynamical design concerned idea just what part rudder dihedral etc played overall picture Carl finished model white silkspan clear dope took Holmes Airport via subway lots trouble starting Baby Cyclone major con cern get engine going did get started let model taxi fly off did very nicely straightaway climb about 300 kept right going straightaway distance never saw model again Well proven would fly also meant make another model Scientific $5000 someone paint job final drawings means never did testing find out would behave turns etc model named Scientific us have Two prototypes built Carl Schmaedig first flown once second Miss Americas flew well built kits fly well today both Free Flight RC-assists needs no com ment us fact design has become true classic though kitted very little flying prototypes speaks absolute volumes incredible designing skill Frank Zaic writer has never seen Miss America fly badly regardless size Frank Zaic related story us would find difficult believe 180 Model Aviation
Edition: Model Aviation - 1984/07
Page Numbers: 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 176, 177, 180
NO OCR TEXT Frank Zaics immortal design 1AA Texaco size lightweight strong comparatively easy build tank full 30% nitro fuel Black Widow engine turning 6-3 prop will put %A Miss America just about out sight Best start out tank halfway filled WAS LOOKING October 1936 copy Model Airplane News collection Among items listed under Charles Hampson Grants name editor con tents page Building T-D Coupe Gas Lines Ways Means Gas Model Success Joe Kovel Build Fly SOC-i Scout Bill Winter Soaring Glider Alan Orthof Across contents page ad Scientific Models 2 18-220 M-l0 Mar ket St Newark NJ feature ad others like ran years subject article top half ad new Miss America kit large type banner states complete low-priced Gas Model kit market guaranteed fly w everyone can afford build gas model easily effi ciently kit introduced July 1936 Nowhere ad Miss America can find designers name men tioned peculiar just kit however Berkeley Model Supplies ad has no mention Ben Shereshaw de signer Cavalier Bill Effinger Buccaneer No credits shown Modelcraft Corbin Scout Burds King Burd nor Aircraft Industries California Chief Incredibly Gas mod els advertised issue engines models shown Forster Little cules Brown Junior Bunch Mighty Midget Fergusson Condor Baby Cyclone GHQ ads included kits newfangled Gas models few far between Obviously Miss America very early kit follow what now call Antiques Old-Timers im ply guarantee flight very novel say least Scientific Models placing lot faith design development work Frank Zaic good reason Zaic already established himself hobbys premier engineers chron ologist scientific progress classic Junior Aeronautics Year Books Frank Zaic brother John building models since 1926 modest means brothers first published Model Airplane Guide Log Book 1932 combination ruled pages record ing flights observations together plans helpful hints Although brothers sold few copies income less handsome Frank continued work draftsman patent attorneys depression came strong less less work availablegiving him time work 1933 version printed brothers modest flat total cost $1700 enough copies July 1984 95 eventually sold 25 show mod est profit meager beginning JASCO company grewwith legend Year Books Frank Zaic Beginning 1932 successes Max well Bassett Joe Kovel Bill Browns engines caused worldwide surge interest model airplanes powered engines Notice didnt say enginepowered since compressed air acetylene types predated 1932 con siderable margin Everything written model magazines day concerning Gas power greeted tremendous interest Kovels KG-2 published May 1935 Model Airplane News first pub lished Gas model US KG Bas sets Miss Philadelphia IV plans avail able Peru Model Airplane Co Frank Ehlings 8-foot Gas Model designs illustrated Zaics 1935-36 Year Book Only two years later 1938 Year Book contained 28 Explosive growth bet Technological advances am phibians biplanes bi-motors autogiro fairly safe classify 1935 1938 period dynamic Free Flight power models history point did Frank Zaic com pile publish much vitally neces sary data benefit de veloping Gas models also designed developed milestone kit Scientific Frankly writers opinion aero dynamics structural integrity de sign excellent compared its contemporaries little wonder Miss America has remained classic exactly chose shrink 1/zA Texaco design Model Frank Zaics clever com bination best structural features rubber-powered designs drawn three views aerodynamic theory developed published resulted remarkably lightweight strong struc ture reproduced much smaller size /2A version lighter also has proven remarkably durable Although deliberately designed have lower wing loading robust /2A Kloud King published January 1983 MA model theless will survive rough-and-tumble world everyday sport flying Required weight Society Antique Modelers SAM /2A Texaco flying 17 oz prototypewith 225 mAh battery two World S-22 servos Royal 1/2A receiverjust comes up Cox Black Widow turning 6-3 prop 30% nitro fuel will climb model outer limits vision Conversely 7-4 7-3 prop used engine will run longer climb wont rapid drawings model photo graphically reduced original 7-ft version soit should comply fully SAM rules its spectacular climb slow floating glide Miss America should competitive Texaco event uninitiated SAM Texaco rules very simple fills standard tank hand-launches model sometimes rise-off-ground launching required let Left designer/author full-time dentist other way around launches left hand can hold rudder elevator stick right thumb works best unassisted hand launches Vernon Clark photo Right reproduction origi nal Scientific Model Co ad October 1934 issue Model Airplane News price $750 very complete kit dope 96 Model Aviation Left Vinyl EZ-latters stationery store decorate fuselage sides Red trim sprayed-on Sig Skybrite Stripe Rite edging Right elevator control surface side sake simplicity works just fine way providing control thats needed 1/16 C-GRAIN BALSA RIBS WING PLAN TOP 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LORGERONG BALSA J6•ELEVATOR PLY HURN MOUNT STOCK FUSELAGE TOP VIEW SUPPORT MAIN L G WRAP S GLUE LB TO MGSO SPRUCE PUSHROD EXIT IS OH THE RIGHT SlOE TO SUIT SERVOS OUTLINE ["iiThTIFI"MISSAMEicA USE 3/16 FIRM BBLSA PUSHROOSFRANK ZAIC 0C23 43 6 WING AREA 310 SO IN MIN WY 1/2-A TEXACO I7O2 DESIGNED S DRAW14 BY DOC MATHEWS TRACING BY JOE DEMARCO RLODER MOVEMENT 1/2 LEFT LS RIGHT ELEVATOR MOVEMENT 1/2 UP S/B DOWN 3/16 BALSA SMEET WING TIP PARTS V -----3/16 BALSA SHEET WING TIP PARTS -1/ C C CD 0 -4 Left Radio compartment holds two World Engines S-22 servos Royal Vanguard receiver 225 mAh battery room spare Right Most Cox 049 engine can used thing sport flying might want opt version less powerful Black Widow model climb high will look lift 5-mm flight Three flight times combined select winners Some local rules require Golden Bee engine rather powerful Black Widowand may vary flight time pro cedures etc V2A Texaco has become very popular RC-assist Old-Timer event Construction primary adhesive used constructing model cyanoacrylate glue CyA such Jet Hot Stuff Zap etc slots cut trailing edges etc designed increase wetted surface CyA gluing Five-minute epoxy used adhering plywood firewall wing dihedral gussets structure designed sufficient rigidity using MonoKote covering however heavier radio system used total weight could still kept 17 oz substituting tissue dope Wood selection critical however use straight-grained moderately firm balsa fuselage longerons wing leading edge model tends slightly toward being tail-heavy lightweight contest balsa should selected tail surfaces Wing Since construction wing will generate some scrap wood useful constructing other surfaces advise start ing Develop master plywood rib patterns tracing plan tip ribs can trimmed out main ribs pattern really needed Cut 27 blanks light C-grain balsa stack-cut ribs jigsaw carving knife sandpaper smooth Trace wing tip shapes onto sheet balsa carbon paper cut out Sand good fit tips constructed flat building board Notch trailing edge stock /s deep rib locations easily done blade reversed jigsaw Pin ribs place over bottom spars Glue tip sections together pin over plan Place leading edge top spars position CyA-glue joints through out Note top spars must bend down touch wing tips Construct center section exten sion left wing cut loose Square faces block up panel tip 2 in. sand bevel onto pre viously-tilted inboard ribs Assemble two panels center section 5-mm epoxy After epoxy has cured use hacksaw blade held tightly against spar faces cut slot through two double ribs center section develop center section ply gussett slipping section A6 ply about 8 long slot drawing outlines onto Remove cut outlines epoxy spar rib faces using clothespins clamping Final-sand roughness wing preparation covering MonoKote tissue dope Tail surfaces fin rudder conventional flat structure techniques should present builder diffi culty stab semi-symmetrical lifting section name authenticity does require some special skills build use half elevator side unorthodox well proven convert Old-Timers RC-assist using type elevator advantages obvious no carry-through hardware required weight can saved construction much sim plified deflections specified drawing plenty elevator control available setup builder unbearably uncomfortable arrange ment certainly conventional elevator could used stabilizer airfoil section such obviously cannot built flat name authenticity SAM-legal sec tion must used other hand model intended strictly sport flying flat stabilizer could substituted seri ously doubt major trim changes would required such change Cut stab ribs same way wing use lightweight C-grain balsa case Pin lower front spar over Continued page 176 I98 Model Aviation Full-size plane has sheet balsa sides AA version substitutes Sig Kromekote enameled paper Windows re iluad Wilhold RIC 57 inside paper nest appearance FULL * SIZE* PLANS Le Crate$550 RC Electric-powered sport flier 05 motors 3-channels 1/zA Miss America$650 RC Old-Timer /2A Texaco model 049 glow 2-channels Gee flee dodel Y 40-powered AC stand-oft scale great old-time racers 5500 SIliletto CL Stunt model McDonald wInner 1976 1980 1982 PAl Woild Champs. $375 Ole RelIable RC 70 version 38 old-liner REM centrols 19-29 5425 Blue Bled RC Ken 98555s torinalinir plane 4-dr. 10 375 Crashesastar CL Crash-proot trainer Zsizes15-20 36-401125 Cap 20 40-powered scale AC 01 French aerotratic plane Low wing tal-dragger 2 sheets$700 lsl F-16 AC Sarpolus 1149 ducted tan sport tier tor 2-ch Balsa wings loll tune structure 1275 1830 Fleet Biplane AC Sport Scale tsr 35-40 4-nh Wlsgnpan 68 1/8 scale Two eheats 1825 make II RC Ken Willards Itying howl 3-ch 15-power Fly Ironi land removalule gear 1375 Taylor Cub AC Don Srslln Schoolyard-Scale tur DOSs 2-3 Ch Spans SOle1350 Zephyr RC Small 2-nh glider tsr hand-tuanch tow thermal slope sowing$200 Weep VI PP Mihe Stoyn Nato-winning Outdoor HLG$100 Onestep AC Troerer has vety turgtung t94ng quohses 3-nh. 10-26 power$425 Merlyn AC Gland 155-in span Sailylane uses SAC channels$798 pIeces PP Indoor Easy B Ruhber-power conSest-weiner W Van Gorder11 00 Supercat AC Halt-A Fyton Racer/sport flier Pdleron elevator ceotrol Foam wing1300 Saumaster AC Willards 40-sole flying boat tsr 4-dr Strap-on gear ton lontipbanet 2 ahls . 11100 CaBsto 82 AC Fly thin sleek Hats-winning Sailplane AMA Mod SId sr Ihsleniled classes $750 Laser 200 AC Sport Scale replica championship Aerohatic Bar Uses 40 power 4-5 di 2 shIn 11075 135k KIoud ICIng AC Reduced modermted version 011838 design tsr 12A Otd-Taner 2 sr 3 cli $450 Gee Bee A-i AC Hatthes latest I/4-scdo spans 75in. winoha 15th fires 00 er lerger Four nlrts doc 12225 Zephyr 1100 AC AMA Clans B Satplone tsr S-channel AC gear 9875 Cub Ploalplene AC Sport Scale tsr 045-10-size engines 4-ch AC J-3 floats ma dasaic 9898 Regent Queen Sides AC Fon-lypa biplane tur 40-00 power 4-charniels 2 sheets 11150 Re-Volt-Er AC electric-power spoil Ilier tur 2-channel OS recIter $850 Pober Plate AC Scale lamoos EM plane tur 40-power 4-nh Build tsr sport sr Freosion 2 sto $1300 Moequlto AC Spoil Scale twin uses 10 engines 4-nh AC 1825 Electric Sparky AC electric-powered tun flier tur 05 mob, 3-nh AC scaled-op 1538 either power lavodle 1850 Hawker HurrIcane MIt AC Electric-power Spsrl Scale br 16 motor 3-4 channels Two nheets $1175 Stuntltne 80 CL Big 82-in-span StonIer tsr 60-power 8700 Sportiesgon JR AC Pulse-rudder sportnter tsr 02-power . $300 Lab MInor AC Sport Scale mOdel 01 1530s Britleh lightplane tsr 10-power 4-channel AC $725 Dove 850 CL Competifon StonIer tsr 40-45 power has loser wing slab $700 Buck 800 PP Conipefiton Class erO Sc 15-21 power Han voriable-bondence tel VII 9800 Annes PIece CL2A traleer/sportoter rugged balsa tast-buitung $325 Scooter AC Two-Meter Sailplane has ens Nato event 1982 1583 plus other ceirlests 550 Cloud Cruiser AC Old-Timer tohes 80-power 3-nh AC Two-pace wing oplion tsr easy transport Iwo shoots $1175 Good Tern PP Embryo Endurance rubber-power tlsotplone Sm ophonal wheele nlid-and-hssue delight $200 Skyrocket CL Fun-Scale sport tier tooks like Grummans no-nose Navy twin 01 Sm Thebes twin l25s 1325 Chloe Clipper AC Fabulous 74-in-span Spoil Scale tosg hostler tour 10-3170 engines 4-nh Three sheets don $2000 Profiles PP Travelair Mystery Stop Man Lou Angeles profile at-balsa mhher models Sc spoil byng 17 span$200 Bearcat CL Big compohllon-cather profile Stonter br 60 power1800 Over E-Z CL Chit-bier Slant hiplane has profile tuselage uses 25 engine1400 Iroetalds AC Zippy ISle sportsler Sc 10-15 power 3-dronnel AC$400 Lockheed P-38 AC Pan-scale twin-iS-engine tier tur 4-channels Two sheets$1100 PhoenIx CL Updated Thunderbird-style Stunter Sc 35-40 engines1575 Welts Up AC Electric-powered glider tur 3-3 channels 036 moter spans 520 $498 Sty SIr CL loam-wing Combat ship won 83 NaIn Use ID 049-061 power . $398 ThIs N AC Aerobaic biplane tsr 40 englees 4-channels Great tar sport Ilyrig9850 Ryan B-S Brougham AC Scale tsr 4-nh. 40-size 4-cycle engines spoon fl315 Two sheets $1200 KIngfisher CL Profile Corner plane spans 40 hi. uses 35 nirgine 9800 CruIser PP Embryo Endurance mbber-power ton ship has big-modal chararlerishcs $200 Desperado AC Ilying wing unique negoolse dihedral Ilies 4-nh 15-40 power Foam wing $400 CavalIer AC Old-Timer-the new design has huge wing tsr stow easy Ilighto Per 25 power 3 channels Iwo sheets . 11725 Mt WIt PP Hot amall lightweight coinpelilion ship Sc 15 power designer Hany Maphy . $475 Lazy Dock AC Big canard spoil filer tor A-o9 power 2 channels Uses town hoard parts 9898 Tuibo Porter CL Scale tsr 25 power Simple lines tor easy huitong Two sheets 9875 FIreboll AC Poshor canard sport/ponere uses 40 ponher engine 4-channel Has swept-lorword team wings 9898 Neamfth Cougar CL Scale model 01 popular homohuit won Sm Nato Uses 21 alpine spoon 411s 9825 memo memo memo memo memo memo memo memo mom 03 Circlenumbers plans wish toorder03 03 13119322523926229129930231031403 32343348354358362365383386 e 393398399403405408410412414415 416417418419420421422423424425 U 42642742842943043143243343443503 03 43643743843944044144244344444503 4464470 o Price inClUdes first-class postage within us orders outside US please add $250 3 Air Mail $125 surtace mail Make check money order payable us fttrtdS Model Aviation g AMA 1810 Samuel Morse Dr Reston VA 22090 Please allow 3 weeks tor delivery Please print carefully Enclosed $03 NAMEZIP ____________________03 0 STATE ____________ memo memo memo memo memo memo memo memo memo m wheel larger vertical Control surfaces etc mighty 05 Max FSR 45 really flies Super Chicken e bird Its sight beholdreally show stopper makes great dead-stick landing found out hard way after losing en gine first flighttoo rich flaps flaps arent original plans idea seemed good added fourth servo wing allowing hang fuselage next three traymounted servos Sullivan flexible cables curve out flaps operate flaps smoothly though hadnt used flight written Super trim Super Chicken felt bird needed visual hypesomething break monotony vast yellow ex panse Thats St Croix Golden Falcon ad caught eye phoned Park Falls WI office pleasantly surprised learn theyd send beauti ful Golden Falcon trim $1495 think makes Super Chicken absolutely sexy As said first factory RC kit Ive never flown RC before still cantexcept lots altitude structor Bob Wetle very skilled knowl edgeable patient very lov ing Super Chicken flies fact Bob can heard cackling about crackling 0S Super Chicken flies Bob has yet rub whitewalls Miss America/Mathews Continued paqe 98 plan shim leading edger trailing edge rear lower spar proper height scrap balsa Notice bot tom spars extend under sheet tips Add tips top spars end al ribs Fill tips scrap balsa Remove unit building sur face carefully cut 3/16-in slot verti cally elevator spar Add secondary reinforcement ribs gussets cut elevator loose Hinge Du-Bro molded hinges Ace nylon sheet units Trial-fit fin stab slot adjusting snug fit sure rudder will bind against elevator Sand both units smooth contours cover Fuselage Cut out plywood firewall Lite Ply Bulkhead B Fabricate C D directly over drawing CyA glue Bend up landing gear trial-fit B Mark engine mount drill holes 3-48 blind nuts Develop tail section filler sheet aid carbon paper un der plan Construct fuselage sides directly ovel drawingone built top other Use small strips masking tape between two halves aid separating sides glue has hardened remove sides building board run o table knife between sides separate Check bulkheads fit properly Glue C D bulkheads righthand side pinned buildin 176 Model Aviation No 446 No 447 No 131 No 113 No225 No 238 No 282 No 291 No 302 No 310 No 214 No 328 No 332 No 343 N348 No254 No 358 No382 No 285 No 383 No 388 No 383 No398 N3U No400 No 405 No405 No410 No 412 No 414 No 415 No 416 No 417 No 418 No 418 No 420 No 421 No 422 No 423 No424 No425 No 428 No 427 No438 No425 420 No431 No 432 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Cover4 147 15 158 ADVERTISERS INDEX ADVERTISERS INDEX ADVERTISERS INDEX ADVERTISERS INDEX board Check squareness fol lowing steps Carefully position left frame over right glue bulkheads Place weight over hold firmly place block up tail post exactly 1 7/ above board measured midline Cut cross braces pairs install themagain making sure everything square building surface rear unit completed nose section can pulled notches firewall fuselage box can removed board Cut two pieces Sig Kromekote other enameled paper pattern install aliphatic resin found method both light realisticwith much better strength A2 balsa Com plete fuselage installing pre viously-bent landing gear nose blocks longerons aft cabin should sanded half-round shape recom mend trial installation radio pushrods before covering fuselage Pin previously-constructed tail surfaces onto fuselage install engine position radio gear obtain slightly nose-heavy balance point will com pensate added weight covering prototype balanced perfectly 225 mAh battery directly behind fire wall receiver directly behind first bulkhead servos directly behind receiver Remove hardware cover fuse lage found MonoKote adheres well Kromekote paper excessive pressure avoided Sigs Skybright used trim sprayed directly onto MonoKote using electricians vinyl tape masking Num bers sticky-backed vinyl stationery store flags sticky vi nyl units found Sig catalog engine compartment should fuel proofed Skybrite clear urethane Trexler wheels also Sig catalog prefer test fly workshop check correct warps misalignments test engine adjust center gravity CG range-check radio unit home reduced stress leisurely looking over model shop often prevents disaster field everything functions perfectly head flying field Flying model exceptionally light quick under power Hand launches simple dam thing will fly right out hand no push whatsoever must absolutely sure CG rear ward point shown surface deflections no specified Otherwise Miss America can nasty lady Properly set up it will climb very rapidly Continued page 180 July 1984 177 NEW Full Line Catalog Now Available glance through new catalog will prove wh Byron Originals recognized quality world over since picture worth thousand words hav packed catalog full color black anc white photos highly descriptive illustrations well Youll pleased see new products improvements have joined family scale aircraft propulsion systems related accessories talk about value dollars Check oui factory direct prices competitive pricing th industry ts exclusive accessories tc standard hobby items such finishing materials glues Dont delay Order Byron Originals catalog today Simply send $300 Byron OriginalsoPO Box 279Ida Grove Iowa 514 Set Standards Model Aviation good groove Just point nose wind watch go radio used merely correct climb no upelevator i needed nor should used Since runnng full tank will put model very high suggest filling tank halfway first few flights Frankly Miss America tended sport flying rather com petition Golden Bee would sure nice However competition name game very few Texaco models will outclimb Miss glide rather gentle requiring much larger stick movements Miss America will thermal happily light lift wide narrow circle Try running right angles windthat left right turns Somewhere along wind wall lift will encountered As soon model tends turn its own begins rise set up wide circle until cone lift deter mined relatively small size Texaco models makes visibility potential problem Dont allow model drift too far down wind /2A Miss America buoyant doesnt penetrate too well locked large chunk lift try running leftto-right effort locate down side thermal fails full down elevator full rudder will break model out thermal Landing such lightweight model just matter lining up S-turning bleed off altitude model floats ground effect long way may require some down-elevator get wheels ground Whether hA Miss America built sport competition will reward builder hours flying minimal cost Although will dupli cate Scientific Models guarantee will fly will guarantee builder will enjoy Postscript wrote Frank Zaic inquire might young man shown ad photo historical back ground development very interest ing Let us quote letter Scientific approached design model agreed insisted name shown anywhere very wary time name con nected way commercialism will note never used name JASCO catalog connection time Carl Schmaedig work ing after school finished Gas model later published Model Craftsman Miss Model Crafts man So knew good builder design some good ideas could say Miss America influenced Schmaedigs design matter lot designs influenced others main thing wanted cabin look fairly easy make sturdy As far aerodynamical design concerned idea just what part rudder dihedral etc played overall picture Carl finished model white silkspan clear dope took Holmes Airport via subway lots trouble starting Baby Cyclone major con cern get engine going did get started let model taxi fly off did very nicely straightaway climb about 300 kept right going straightaway distance never saw model again Well proven would fly also meant make another model Scientific $5000 someone paint job final drawings means never did testing find out would behave turns etc model named Scientific us have Two prototypes built Carl Schmaedig first flown once second Miss Americas flew well built kits fly well today both Free Flight RC-assists needs no com ment us fact design has become true classic though kitted very little flying prototypes speaks absolute volumes incredible designing skill Frank Zaic writer has never seen Miss America fly badly regardless size Frank Zaic related story us would find difficult believe 180 Model Aviation
Edition: Model Aviation - 1984/07
Page Numbers: 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 176, 177, 180
NO OCR TEXT Frank Zaics immortal design 1AA Texaco size lightweight strong comparatively easy build tank full 30% nitro fuel Black Widow engine turning 6-3 prop will put %A Miss America just about out sight Best start out tank halfway filled WAS LOOKING October 1936 copy Model Airplane News collection Among items listed under Charles Hampson Grants name editor con tents page Building T-D Coupe Gas Lines Ways Means Gas Model Success Joe Kovel Build Fly SOC-i Scout Bill Winter Soaring Glider Alan Orthof Across contents page ad Scientific Models 2 18-220 M-l0 Mar ket St Newark NJ feature ad others like ran years subject article top half ad new Miss America kit large type banner states complete low-priced Gas Model kit market guaranteed fly w everyone can afford build gas model easily effi ciently kit introduced July 1936 Nowhere ad Miss America can find designers name men tioned peculiar just kit however Berkeley Model Supplies ad has no mention Ben Shereshaw de signer Cavalier Bill Effinger Buccaneer No credits shown Modelcraft Corbin Scout Burds King Burd nor Aircraft Industries California Chief Incredibly Gas mod els advertised issue engines models shown Forster Little cules Brown Junior Bunch Mighty Midget Fergusson Condor Baby Cyclone GHQ ads included kits newfangled Gas models few far between Obviously Miss America very early kit follow what now call Antiques Old-Timers im ply guarantee flight very novel say least Scientific Models placing lot faith design development work Frank Zaic good reason Zaic already established himself hobbys premier engineers chron ologist scientific progress classic Junior Aeronautics Year Books Frank Zaic brother John building models since 1926 modest means brothers first published Model Airplane Guide Log Book 1932 combination ruled pages record ing flights observations together plans helpful hints Although brothers sold few copies income less handsome Frank continued work draftsman patent attorneys depression came strong less less work availablegiving him time work 1933 version printed brothers modest flat total cost $1700 enough copies July 1984 95 eventually sold 25 show mod est profit meager beginning JASCO company grewwith legend Year Books Frank Zaic Beginning 1932 successes Max well Bassett Joe Kovel Bill Browns engines caused worldwide surge interest model airplanes powered engines Notice didnt say enginepowered since compressed air acetylene types predated 1932 con siderable margin Everything written model magazines day concerning Gas power greeted tremendous interest Kovels KG-2 published May 1935 Model Airplane News first pub lished Gas model US KG Bas sets Miss Philadelphia IV plans avail able Peru Model Airplane Co Frank Ehlings 8-foot Gas Model designs illustrated Zaics 1935-36 Year Book Only two years later 1938 Year Book contained 28 Explosive growth bet Technological advances am phibians biplanes bi-motors autogiro fairly safe classify 1935 1938 period dynamic Free Flight power models history point did Frank Zaic com pile publish much vitally neces sary data benefit de veloping Gas models also designed developed milestone kit Scientific Frankly writers opinion aero dynamics structural integrity de sign excellent compared its contemporaries little wonder Miss America has remained classic exactly chose shrink 1/zA Texaco design Model Frank Zaics clever com bination best structural features rubber-powered designs drawn three views aerodynamic theory developed published resulted remarkably lightweight strong struc ture reproduced much smaller size /2A version lighter also has proven remarkably durable Although deliberately designed have lower wing loading robust /2A Kloud King published January 1983 MA model theless will survive rough-and-tumble world everyday sport flying Required weight Society Antique Modelers SAM /2A Texaco flying 17 oz prototypewith 225 mAh battery two World S-22 servos Royal 1/2A receiverjust comes up Cox Black Widow turning 6-3 prop 30% nitro fuel will climb model outer limits vision Conversely 7-4 7-3 prop used engine will run longer climb wont rapid drawings model photo graphically reduced original 7-ft version soit should comply fully SAM rules its spectacular climb slow floating glide Miss America should competitive Texaco event uninitiated SAM Texaco rules very simple fills standard tank hand-launches model sometimes rise-off-ground launching required let Left designer/author full-time dentist other way around launches left hand can hold rudder elevator stick right thumb works best unassisted hand launches Vernon Clark photo Right reproduction origi nal Scientific Model Co ad October 1934 issue Model Airplane News price $750 very complete kit dope 96 Model Aviation Left Vinyl EZ-latters stationery store decorate fuselage sides Red trim sprayed-on Sig Skybrite Stripe Rite edging Right elevator control surface side sake simplicity works just fine way providing control thats needed 1/16 C-GRAIN BALSA RIBS WING PLAN TOP 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LORGERONG BALSA J6•ELEVATOR PLY HURN MOUNT STOCK FUSELAGE TOP VIEW SUPPORT MAIN L G WRAP S GLUE LB TO MGSO SPRUCE PUSHROD EXIT IS OH THE RIGHT SlOE TO SUIT SERVOS OUTLINE ["iiThTIFI"MISSAMEicA USE 3/16 FIRM BBLSA PUSHROOSFRANK ZAIC 0C23 43 6 WING AREA 310 SO IN MIN WY 1/2-A TEXACO I7O2 DESIGNED S DRAW14 BY DOC MATHEWS TRACING BY JOE DEMARCO RLODER MOVEMENT 1/2 LEFT LS RIGHT ELEVATOR MOVEMENT 1/2 UP S/B DOWN 3/16 BALSA SMEET WING TIP PARTS V -----3/16 BALSA SHEET WING TIP PARTS -1/ C C CD 0 -4 Left Radio compartment holds two World Engines S-22 servos Royal Vanguard receiver 225 mAh battery room spare Right Most Cox 049 engine can used thing sport flying might want opt version less powerful Black Widow model climb high will look lift 5-mm flight Three flight times combined select winners Some local rules require Golden Bee engine rather powerful Black Widowand may vary flight time pro cedures etc V2A Texaco has become very popular RC-assist Old-Timer event Construction primary adhesive used constructing model cyanoacrylate glue CyA such Jet Hot Stuff Zap etc slots cut trailing edges etc designed increase wetted surface CyA gluing Five-minute epoxy used adhering plywood firewall wing dihedral gussets structure designed sufficient rigidity using MonoKote covering however heavier radio system used total weight could still kept 17 oz substituting tissue dope Wood selection critical however use straight-grained moderately firm balsa fuselage longerons wing leading edge model tends slightly toward being tail-heavy lightweight contest balsa should selected tail surfaces Wing Since construction wing will generate some scrap wood useful constructing other surfaces advise start ing Develop master plywood rib patterns tracing plan tip ribs can trimmed out main ribs pattern really needed Cut 27 blanks light C-grain balsa stack-cut ribs jigsaw carving knife sandpaper smooth Trace wing tip shapes onto sheet balsa carbon paper cut out Sand good fit tips constructed flat building board Notch trailing edge stock /s deep rib locations easily done blade reversed jigsaw Pin ribs place over bottom spars Glue tip sections together pin over plan Place leading edge top spars position CyA-glue joints through out Note top spars must bend down touch wing tips Construct center section exten sion left wing cut loose Square faces block up panel tip 2 in. sand bevel onto pre viously-tilted inboard ribs Assemble two panels center section 5-mm epoxy After epoxy has cured use hacksaw blade held tightly against spar faces cut slot through two double ribs center section develop center section ply gussett slipping section A6 ply about 8 long slot drawing outlines onto Remove cut outlines epoxy spar rib faces using clothespins clamping Final-sand roughness wing preparation covering MonoKote tissue dope Tail surfaces fin rudder conventional flat structure techniques should present builder diffi culty stab semi-symmetrical lifting section name authenticity does require some special skills build use half elevator side unorthodox well proven convert Old-Timers RC-assist using type elevator advantages obvious no carry-through hardware required weight can saved construction much sim plified deflections specified drawing plenty elevator control available setup builder unbearably uncomfortable arrange ment certainly conventional elevator could used stabilizer airfoil section such obviously cannot built flat name authenticity SAM-legal sec tion must used other hand model intended strictly sport flying flat stabilizer could substituted seri ously doubt major trim changes would required such change Cut stab ribs same way wing use lightweight C-grain balsa case Pin lower front spar over Continued page 176 I98 Model Aviation Full-size plane has sheet balsa sides AA version substitutes Sig Kromekote enameled paper Windows re iluad Wilhold RIC 57 inside paper nest appearance FULL * SIZE* PLANS Le Crate$550 RC Electric-powered sport flier 05 motors 3-channels 1/zA Miss America$650 RC Old-Timer /2A Texaco model 049 glow 2-channels Gee flee dodel Y 40-powered AC stand-oft scale great old-time racers 5500 SIliletto CL Stunt model McDonald wInner 1976 1980 1982 PAl Woild Champs. $375 Ole RelIable RC 70 version 38 old-liner REM centrols 19-29 5425 Blue Bled RC Ken 98555s torinalinir plane 4-dr. 10 375 Crashesastar CL Crash-proot trainer Zsizes15-20 36-401125 Cap 20 40-powered scale AC 01 French aerotratic plane Low wing tal-dragger 2 sheets$700 lsl F-16 AC Sarpolus 1149 ducted tan sport tier tor 2-ch Balsa wings loll tune structure 1275 1830 Fleet Biplane AC Sport Scale tsr 35-40 4-nh Wlsgnpan 68 1/8 scale Two eheats 1825 make II RC Ken Willards Itying howl 3-ch 15-power Fly Ironi land removalule gear 1375 Taylor Cub AC Don Srslln Schoolyard-Scale tur DOSs 2-3 Ch Spans SOle1350 Zephyr RC Small 2-nh glider tsr hand-tuanch tow thermal slope sowing$200 Weep VI PP Mihe Stoyn Nato-winning Outdoor HLG$100 Onestep AC Troerer has vety turgtung t94ng quohses 3-nh. 10-26 power$425 Merlyn AC Gland 155-in span Sailylane uses SAC channels$798 pIeces PP Indoor Easy B Ruhber-power conSest-weiner W Van Gorder11 00 Supercat AC Halt-A Fyton Racer/sport flier Pdleron elevator ceotrol Foam wing1300 Saumaster AC Willards 40-sole flying boat tsr 4-dr Strap-on gear ton lontipbanet 2 ahls . 11100 CaBsto 82 AC Fly thin sleek Hats-winning Sailplane AMA Mod SId sr Ihsleniled classes $750 Laser 200 AC Sport Scale replica championship Aerohatic Bar Uses 40 power 4-5 di 2 shIn 11075 135k KIoud ICIng AC Reduced modermted version 011838 design tsr 12A Otd-Taner 2 sr 3 cli $450 Gee Bee A-i AC Hatthes latest I/4-scdo spans 75in. winoha 15th fires 00 er lerger Four nlrts doc 12225 Zephyr 1100 AC AMA Clans B Satplone tsr S-channel AC gear 9875 Cub Ploalplene AC Sport Scale tsr 045-10-size engines 4-ch AC J-3 floats ma dasaic 9898 Regent Queen Sides AC Fon-lypa biplane tur 40-00 power 4-charniels 2 sheets 11150 Re-Volt-Er AC electric-power spoil Ilier tur 2-channel OS recIter $850 Pober Plate AC Scale lamoos EM plane tur 40-power 4-nh Build tsr sport sr Freosion 2 sto $1300 Moequlto AC Spoil Scale twin uses 10 engines 4-nh AC 1825 Electric Sparky AC electric-powered tun flier tur 05 mob, 3-nh AC scaled-op 1538 either power lavodle 1850 Hawker HurrIcane MIt AC Electric-power Spsrl Scale br 16 motor 3-4 channels Two nheets $1175 Stuntltne 80 CL Big 82-in-span StonIer tsr 60-power 8700 Sportiesgon JR AC Pulse-rudder sportnter tsr 02-power . $300 Lab MInor AC Sport Scale mOdel 01 1530s Britleh lightplane tsr 10-power 4-channel AC $725 Dove 850 CL Competifon StonIer tsr 40-45 power has loser wing slab $700 Buck 800 PP Conipefiton Class erO Sc 15-21 power Han voriable-bondence tel VII 9800 Annes PIece CL2A traleer/sportoter rugged balsa tast-buitung $325 Scooter AC Two-Meter Sailplane has ens Nato event 1982 1583 plus other ceirlests 550 Cloud Cruiser AC Old-Timer tohes 80-power 3-nh AC Two-pace wing oplion tsr easy transport Iwo shoots $1175 Good Tern PP Embryo Endurance rubber-power tlsotplone Sm ophonal wheele nlid-and-hssue delight $200 Skyrocket CL Fun-Scale sport tier tooks like Grummans no-nose Navy twin 01 Sm Thebes twin l25s 1325 Chloe Clipper AC Fabulous 74-in-span Spoil Scale tosg hostler tour 10-3170 engines 4-nh Three sheets don $2000 Profiles PP Travelair Mystery Stop Man Lou Angeles profile at-balsa mhher models Sc spoil byng 17 span$200 Bearcat CL Big compohllon-cather profile Stonter br 60 power1800 Over E-Z CL Chit-bier Slant hiplane has profile tuselage uses 25 engine1400 Iroetalds AC Zippy ISle sportsler Sc 10-15 power 3-dronnel AC$400 Lockheed P-38 AC Pan-scale twin-iS-engine tier tur 4-channels Two sheets$1100 PhoenIx CL Updated Thunderbird-style Stunter Sc 35-40 engines1575 Welts Up AC Electric-powered glider tur 3-3 channels 036 moter spans 520 $498 Sty SIr CL loam-wing Combat ship won 83 NaIn Use ID 049-061 power . $398 ThIs N AC Aerobaic biplane tsr 40 englees 4-channels Great tar sport Ilyrig9850 Ryan B-S Brougham AC Scale tsr 4-nh. 40-size 4-cycle engines spoon fl315 Two sheets $1200 KIngfisher CL Profile Corner plane spans 40 hi. uses 35 nirgine 9800 CruIser PP Embryo Endurance mbber-power ton ship has big-modal chararlerishcs $200 Desperado AC Ilying wing unique negoolse dihedral Ilies 4-nh 15-40 power Foam wing $400 CavalIer AC Old-Timer-the new design has huge wing tsr stow easy Ilighto Per 25 power 3 channels Iwo sheets . 11725 Mt WIt PP Hot amall lightweight coinpelilion ship Sc 15 power designer Hany Maphy . $475 Lazy Dock AC Big canard spoil filer tor A-o9 power 2 channels Uses town hoard parts 9898 Tuibo Porter CL Scale tsr 25 power Simple lines tor easy huitong Two sheets 9875 FIreboll AC Poshor canard sport/ponere uses 40 ponher engine 4-channel Has swept-lorword team wings 9898 Neamfth Cougar CL Scale model 01 popular homohuit won Sm Nato Uses 21 alpine spoon 411s 9825 memo memo memo memo memo memo memo memo mom 03 Circlenumbers plans wish toorder03 03 13119322523926229129930231031403 32343348354358362365383386 e 393398399403405408410412414415 416417418419420421422423424425 U 42642742842943043143243343443503 03 43643743843944044144244344444503 4464470 o Price inClUdes first-class postage within us orders outside US please add $250 3 Air Mail $125 surtace mail Make check money order payable us fttrtdS Model Aviation g AMA 1810 Samuel Morse Dr Reston VA 22090 Please allow 3 weeks tor delivery Please print carefully Enclosed $03 NAMEZIP ____________________03 0 STATE ____________ memo memo memo memo memo memo memo memo memo m wheel larger vertical Control surfaces etc mighty 05 Max FSR 45 really flies Super Chicken e bird Its sight beholdreally show stopper makes great dead-stick landing found out hard way after losing en gine first flighttoo rich flaps flaps arent original plans idea seemed good added fourth servo wing allowing hang fuselage next three traymounted servos Sullivan flexible cables curve out flaps operate flaps smoothly though hadnt used flight written Super trim Super Chicken felt bird needed visual hypesomething break monotony vast yellow ex panse Thats St Croix Golden Falcon ad caught eye phoned Park Falls WI office pleasantly surprised learn theyd send beauti ful Golden Falcon trim $1495 think makes Super Chicken absolutely sexy As said first factory RC kit Ive never flown RC before still cantexcept lots altitude structor Bob Wetle very skilled knowl edgeable patient very lov ing Super Chicken flies fact Bob can heard cackling about crackling 0S Super Chicken flies Bob has yet rub whitewalls Miss America/Mathews Continued paqe 98 plan shim leading edger trailing edge rear lower spar proper height scrap balsa Notice bot tom spars extend under sheet tips Add tips top spars end al ribs Fill tips scrap balsa Remove unit building sur face carefully cut 3/16-in slot verti cally elevator spar Add secondary reinforcement ribs gussets cut elevator loose Hinge Du-Bro molded hinges Ace nylon sheet units Trial-fit fin stab slot adjusting snug fit sure rudder will bind against elevator Sand both units smooth contours cover Fuselage Cut out plywood firewall Lite Ply Bulkhead B Fabricate C D directly over drawing CyA glue Bend up landing gear trial-fit B Mark engine mount drill holes 3-48 blind nuts Develop tail section filler sheet aid carbon paper un der plan Construct fuselage sides directly ovel drawingone built top other Use small strips masking tape between two halves aid separating sides glue has hardened remove sides building board run o table knife between sides separate Check bulkheads fit properly Glue C D bulkheads righthand side pinned buildin 176 Model Aviation No 446 No 447 No 131 No 113 No225 No 238 No 282 No 291 No 302 No 310 No 214 No 328 No 332 No 343 N348 No254 No 358 No382 No 285 No 383 No 388 No 383 No398 N3U No400 No 405 No405 No410 No 412 No 414 No 415 No 416 No 417 No 418 No 418 No 420 No 421 No 422 No 423 No424 No425 No 428 No 427 No438 No425 420 No431 No 432 No432 No434 No425 No438 No437 No438 No438 No440 No 441 No 442 No 443 No 444 No 445 0 0 V 03 o Cu 0 LO 0 dj 0 l1 cE - C bo O - C V - 0 2 ii 0C 0 c0 00 V WV in-CO 0 0 01 0 V 0 0 Eon 0 00 0 18 Ct 0 01 UCO 5 5 U ADVERTISERS INDEX ADVERTISERS INDEX ADVERTISERS INDEX ADVERTISERS INDEX A&A Industries160 AMA Membership79 Ace RC Inc24 Airtronics2 American Heritage Junior Models160 Americas Hobby Center99 Applied Design Corp26 Astro Flight40 b&r Hobbies Balsa USA Bladder Grabber Black Hawk Bru-Line Industries Byron Originals 168 149 22 158 40 180 CB Associates42 California Model Imports159 Carolina-Taffinder170 Johnnie Casburn Mfg17 Champion Model Products172 Circus Hobbies93 Cleveland Model & Supply Co168 Consumers Guide RC Aircraft Prod. Consumers Hobby Corp Coverite D&D Engineering DG Products DGA Designs D&L Tool Sales Dan Parsons Products Davey Systems Corp Detroit Expo Larry Dodge Aero Inc Dougs Hobby Shop Du-Bro Products Inc E&L Manufacturing Eberles Hobby Shop Enya Model Engines FAI Model Supply FHS Supply Inc Flyline Models Foam Scale Models Fourmost Products Fox Mfg Co Woody Frantz Full Command Systems Fun n Fly 84 Futaba Corp America 135 160 52 10 139 16143 65 138 156-157 14 41 150 Cover 2 168 164 172 138 42 143 138 50 139 27 Gator RC Products Gemini Models Carl Goldberg Models Goliath Whirlwind Aircraft Gorham Model Products Great Lakes Model Co Great Planes Model Mfg Co. Art Gross Enterprises H&N Electronics William M Hawke Historic Aviation Hobby Barn Hobby Capitol Distributors Hobby Craftsman Hobby Horn Hobby Lobby International Hobby Products Co Hobby Radio Shop Hoffelt Group Ikon Northwest Co Indy RC Sales Inc 166-167 J-5 Enterprises 51 Jomar K&B Manufacturing Co K&S Engineering Kings RC Hobbies Intl Kraft Systems Inc Kustom Kraftsmanship Leisure Electronics Lone Star Models Products Majestic Models Marks Models Master Kit McDaniel RC Service Jim Messers Quality Model Products Micro Mark Midwest Model Supply Co Midwest Products Co Model Aircraft Designs Inc Model Engineering Norwalk l Magic Products Model Products Corp Model Rectifier Corp Mod-Ler Mutchlers Hobbies 51 142 178-179 10 171 53 169 175 134 53 5 136-137 158 152 143 6 173 53 152 Nor-Cal Avionics134 Ocean State Aeromodel Engineering 2 PK Products Pacer Technology & Resources Peck-Polymers Penn Valley Hobby Center Pica Products Dave Plan Models Polks Hobby Precision Sanding Tools 164 175 135 170 16 43 53 Quadra Aero Engines55 RC Kits Mfg RF Enterprises Radio Equipment Exchange Rebel RC Repla-Tech International Richardson Precision Machining 155Robbe Modelisport 162-163 Ross Power Roush Mfg Co 52 51 9 - - 164 - 165174 31 .. 154 142 4 57 154 23 135 138 165 52 152 59 .154 142 146 Cover 3 142 144-1 45 - 59 170 155 139 160 151 - 40 159173 SR Batteries42 S&W Hobby Supply50 Saf-Flite Models139 Satellite City168 Scratch-A-Plane25 Shamrock Competition Imports Inc24 Sheldons Hobby Shop140-141 161 Sig Manufacturing Co13 Simplex Miniature Engines24 Sterling Models26 St Croix Park Falls Ltd160 Tatone Products Co Taylor-Craft Ltd Top Flite Models Inc Tournament Champions Tower Hobbies 41 160 83 153 11 VLProducts134 WE Technical Services Williams Brothers Windsor Propeller Co World Engines World Helicopters Zenith Aviation Books Nick Ziroli Models 8 41 26 .. Cover4 147 15 158 ADVERTISERS INDEX ADVERTISERS INDEX ADVERTISERS INDEX ADVERTISERS INDEX board Check squareness fol lowing steps Carefully position left frame over right glue bulkheads Place weight over hold firmly place block up tail post exactly 1 7/ above board measured midline Cut cross braces pairs install themagain making sure everything square building surface rear unit completed nose section can pulled notches firewall fuselage box can removed board Cut two pieces Sig Kromekote other enameled paper pattern install aliphatic resin found method both light realisticwith much better strength A2 balsa Com plete fuselage installing pre viously-bent landing gear nose blocks longerons aft cabin should sanded half-round shape recom mend trial installation radio pushrods before covering fuselage Pin previously-constructed tail surfaces onto fuselage install engine position radio gear obtain slightly nose-heavy balance point will com pensate added weight covering prototype balanced perfectly 225 mAh battery directly behind fire wall receiver directly behind first bulkhead servos directly behind receiver Remove hardware cover fuse lage found MonoKote adheres well Kromekote paper excessive pressure avoided Sigs Skybright used trim sprayed directly onto MonoKote using electricians vinyl tape masking Num bers sticky-backed vinyl stationery store flags sticky vi nyl units found Sig catalog engine compartment should fuel proofed Skybrite clear urethane Trexler wheels also Sig catalog prefer test fly workshop check correct warps misalignments test engine adjust center gravity CG range-check radio unit home reduced stress leisurely looking over model shop often prevents disaster field everything functions perfectly head flying field Flying model exceptionally light quick under power Hand launches simple dam thing will fly right out hand no push whatsoever must absolutely sure CG rear ward point shown surface deflections no specified Otherwise Miss America can nasty lady Properly set up it will climb very rapidly Continued page 180 July 1984 177 NEW Full Line Catalog Now Available glance through new catalog will prove wh Byron Originals recognized quality world over since picture worth thousand words hav packed catalog full color black anc white photos highly descriptive illustrations well Youll pleased see new products improvements have joined family scale aircraft propulsion systems related accessories talk about value dollars Check oui factory direct prices competitive pricing th industry ts exclusive accessories tc standard hobby items such finishing materials glues Dont delay Order Byron Originals catalog today Simply send $300 Byron OriginalsoPO Box 279Ida Grove Iowa 514 Set Standards Model Aviation good groove Just point nose wind watch go radio used merely correct climb no upelevator i needed nor should used Since runnng full tank will put model very high suggest filling tank halfway first few flights Frankly Miss America tended sport flying rather com petition Golden Bee would sure nice However competition name game very few Texaco models will outclimb Miss glide rather gentle requiring much larger stick movements Miss America will thermal happily light lift wide narrow circle Try running right angles windthat left right turns Somewhere along wind wall lift will encountered As soon model tends turn its own begins rise set up wide circle until cone lift deter mined relatively small size Texaco models makes visibility potential problem Dont allow model drift too far down wind /2A Miss America buoyant doesnt penetrate too well locked large chunk lift try running leftto-right effort locate down side thermal fails full down elevator full rudder will break model out thermal Landing such lightweight model just matter lining up S-turning bleed off altitude model floats ground effect long way may require some down-elevator get wheels ground Whether hA Miss America built sport competition will reward builder hours flying minimal cost Although will dupli cate Scientific Models guarantee will fly will guarantee builder will enjoy Postscript wrote Frank Zaic inquire might young man shown ad photo historical back ground development very interest ing Let us quote letter Scientific approached design model agreed insisted name shown anywhere very wary time name con nected way commercialism will note never used name JASCO catalog connection time Carl Schmaedig work ing after school finished Gas model later published Model Craftsman Miss Model Crafts man So knew good builder design some good ideas could say Miss America influenced Schmaedigs design matter lot designs influenced others main thing wanted cabin look fairly easy make sturdy As far aerodynamical design concerned idea just what part rudder dihedral etc played overall picture Carl finished model white silkspan clear dope took Holmes Airport via subway lots trouble starting Baby Cyclone major con cern get engine going did get started let model taxi fly off did very nicely straightaway climb about 300 kept right going straightaway distance never saw model again Well proven would fly also meant make another model Scientific $5000 someone paint job final drawings means never did testing find out would behave turns etc model named Scientific us have Two prototypes built Carl Schmaedig first flown once second Miss Americas flew well built kits fly well today both Free Flight RC-assists needs no com ment us fact design has become true classic though kitted very little flying prototypes speaks absolute volumes incredible designing skill Frank Zaic writer has never seen Miss America fly badly regardless size Frank Zaic related story us would find difficult believe 180 Model Aviation
Edition: Model Aviation - 1984/07
Page Numbers: 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 176, 177, 180
NO OCR TEXT Frank Zaics immortal design 1AA Texaco size lightweight strong comparatively easy build tank full 30% nitro fuel Black Widow engine turning 6-3 prop will put %A Miss America just about out sight Best start out tank halfway filled WAS LOOKING October 1936 copy Model Airplane News collection Among items listed under Charles Hampson Grants name editor con tents page Building T-D Coupe Gas Lines Ways Means Gas Model Success Joe Kovel Build Fly SOC-i Scout Bill Winter Soaring Glider Alan Orthof Across contents page ad Scientific Models 2 18-220 M-l0 Mar ket St Newark NJ feature ad others like ran years subject article top half ad new Miss America kit large type banner states complete low-priced Gas Model kit market guaranteed fly w everyone can afford build gas model easily effi ciently kit introduced July 1936 Nowhere ad Miss America can find designers name men tioned peculiar just kit however Berkeley Model Supplies ad has no mention Ben Shereshaw de signer Cavalier Bill Effinger Buccaneer No credits shown Modelcraft Corbin Scout Burds King Burd nor Aircraft Industries California Chief Incredibly Gas mod els advertised issue engines models shown Forster Little cules Brown Junior Bunch Mighty Midget Fergusson Condor Baby Cyclone GHQ ads included kits newfangled Gas models few far between Obviously Miss America very early kit follow what now call Antiques Old-Timers im ply guarantee flight very novel say least Scientific Models placing lot faith design development work Frank Zaic good reason Zaic already established himself hobbys premier engineers chron ologist scientific progress classic Junior Aeronautics Year Books Frank Zaic brother John building models since 1926 modest means brothers first published Model Airplane Guide Log Book 1932 combination ruled pages record ing flights observations together plans helpful hints Although brothers sold few copies income less handsome Frank continued work draftsman patent attorneys depression came strong less less work availablegiving him time work 1933 version printed brothers modest flat total cost $1700 enough copies July 1984 95 eventually sold 25 show mod est profit meager beginning JASCO company grewwith legend Year Books Frank Zaic Beginning 1932 successes Max well Bassett Joe Kovel Bill Browns engines caused worldwide surge interest model airplanes powered engines Notice didnt say enginepowered since compressed air acetylene types predated 1932 con siderable margin Everything written model magazines day concerning Gas power greeted tremendous interest Kovels KG-2 published May 1935 Model Airplane News first pub lished Gas model US KG Bas sets Miss Philadelphia IV plans avail able Peru Model Airplane Co Frank Ehlings 8-foot Gas Model designs illustrated Zaics 1935-36 Year Book Only two years later 1938 Year Book contained 28 Explosive growth bet Technological advances am phibians biplanes bi-motors autogiro fairly safe classify 1935 1938 period dynamic Free Flight power models history point did Frank Zaic com pile publish much vitally neces sary data benefit de veloping Gas models also designed developed milestone kit Scientific Frankly writers opinion aero dynamics structural integrity de sign excellent compared its contemporaries little wonder Miss America has remained classic exactly chose shrink 1/zA Texaco design Model Frank Zaics clever com bination best structural features rubber-powered designs drawn three views aerodynamic theory developed published resulted remarkably lightweight strong struc ture reproduced much smaller size /2A version lighter also has proven remarkably durable Although deliberately designed have lower wing loading robust /2A Kloud King published January 1983 MA model theless will survive rough-and-tumble world everyday sport flying Required weight Society Antique Modelers SAM /2A Texaco flying 17 oz prototypewith 225 mAh battery two World S-22 servos Royal 1/2A receiverjust comes up Cox Black Widow turning 6-3 prop 30% nitro fuel will climb model outer limits vision Conversely 7-4 7-3 prop used engine will run longer climb wont rapid drawings model photo graphically reduced original 7-ft version soit should comply fully SAM rules its spectacular climb slow floating glide Miss America should competitive Texaco event uninitiated SAM Texaco rules very simple fills standard tank hand-launches model sometimes rise-off-ground launching required let Left designer/author full-time dentist other way around launches left hand can hold rudder elevator stick right thumb works best unassisted hand launches Vernon Clark photo Right reproduction origi nal Scientific Model Co ad October 1934 issue Model Airplane News price $750 very complete kit dope 96 Model Aviation Left Vinyl EZ-latters stationery store decorate fuselage sides Red trim sprayed-on Sig Skybrite Stripe Rite edging Right elevator control surface side sake simplicity works just fine way providing control thats needed 1/16 C-GRAIN BALSA RIBS WING PLAN TOP 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LORGERONG BALSA J6•ELEVATOR PLY HURN MOUNT STOCK FUSELAGE TOP VIEW SUPPORT MAIN L G WRAP S GLUE LB TO MGSO SPRUCE PUSHROD EXIT IS OH THE RIGHT SlOE TO SUIT SERVOS OUTLINE ["iiThTIFI"MISSAMEicA USE 3/16 FIRM BBLSA PUSHROOSFRANK ZAIC 0C23 43 6 WING AREA 310 SO IN MIN WY 1/2-A TEXACO I7O2 DESIGNED S DRAW14 BY DOC MATHEWS TRACING BY JOE DEMARCO RLODER MOVEMENT 1/2 LEFT LS RIGHT ELEVATOR MOVEMENT 1/2 UP S/B DOWN 3/16 BALSA SMEET WING TIP PARTS V -----3/16 BALSA SHEET WING TIP PARTS -1/ C C CD 0 -4 Left Radio compartment holds two World Engines S-22 servos Royal Vanguard receiver 225 mAh battery room spare Right Most Cox 049 engine can used thing sport flying might want opt version less powerful Black Widow model climb high will look lift 5-mm flight Three flight times combined select winners Some local rules require Golden Bee engine rather powerful Black Widowand may vary flight time pro cedures etc V2A Texaco has become very popular RC-assist Old-Timer event Construction primary adhesive used constructing model cyanoacrylate glue CyA such Jet Hot Stuff Zap etc slots cut trailing edges etc designed increase wetted surface CyA gluing Five-minute epoxy used adhering plywood firewall wing dihedral gussets structure designed sufficient rigidity using MonoKote covering however heavier radio system used total weight could still kept 17 oz substituting tissue dope Wood selection critical however use straight-grained moderately firm balsa fuselage longerons wing leading edge model tends slightly toward being tail-heavy lightweight contest balsa should selected tail surfaces Wing Since construction wing will generate some scrap wood useful constructing other surfaces advise start ing Develop master plywood rib patterns tracing plan tip ribs can trimmed out main ribs pattern really needed Cut 27 blanks light C-grain balsa stack-cut ribs jigsaw carving knife sandpaper smooth Trace wing tip shapes onto sheet balsa carbon paper cut out Sand good fit tips constructed flat building board Notch trailing edge stock /s deep rib locations easily done blade reversed jigsaw Pin ribs place over bottom spars Glue tip sections together pin over plan Place leading edge top spars position CyA-glue joints through out Note top spars must bend down touch wing tips Construct center section exten sion left wing cut loose Square faces block up panel tip 2 in. sand bevel onto pre viously-tilted inboard ribs Assemble two panels center section 5-mm epoxy After epoxy has cured use hacksaw blade held tightly against spar faces cut slot through two double ribs center section develop center section ply gussett slipping section A6 ply about 8 long slot drawing outlines onto Remove cut outlines epoxy spar rib faces using clothespins clamping Final-sand roughness wing preparation covering MonoKote tissue dope Tail surfaces fin rudder conventional flat structure techniques should present builder diffi culty stab semi-symmetrical lifting section name authenticity does require some special skills build use half elevator side unorthodox well proven convert Old-Timers RC-assist using type elevator advantages obvious no carry-through hardware required weight can saved construction much sim plified deflections specified drawing plenty elevator control available setup builder unbearably uncomfortable arrange ment certainly conventional elevator could used stabilizer airfoil section such obviously cannot built flat name authenticity SAM-legal sec tion must used other hand model intended strictly sport flying flat stabilizer could substituted seri ously doubt major trim changes would required such change Cut stab ribs same way wing use lightweight C-grain balsa case Pin lower front spar over Continued page 176 I98 Model Aviation Full-size plane has sheet balsa sides AA version substitutes Sig Kromekote enameled paper Windows re iluad Wilhold RIC 57 inside paper nest appearance FULL * SIZE* PLANS Le Crate$550 RC Electric-powered sport flier 05 motors 3-channels 1/zA Miss America$650 RC Old-Timer /2A Texaco model 049 glow 2-channels Gee flee dodel Y 40-powered AC stand-oft scale great old-time racers 5500 SIliletto CL Stunt model McDonald wInner 1976 1980 1982 PAl Woild Champs. $375 Ole RelIable RC 70 version 38 old-liner REM centrols 19-29 5425 Blue Bled RC Ken 98555s torinalinir plane 4-dr. 10 375 Crashesastar CL Crash-proot trainer Zsizes15-20 36-401125 Cap 20 40-powered scale AC 01 French aerotratic plane Low wing tal-dragger 2 sheets$700 lsl F-16 AC Sarpolus 1149 ducted tan sport tier tor 2-ch Balsa wings loll tune structure 1275 1830 Fleet Biplane AC Sport Scale tsr 35-40 4-nh Wlsgnpan 68 1/8 scale Two eheats 1825 make II RC Ken Willards Itying howl 3-ch 15-power Fly Ironi land removalule gear 1375 Taylor Cub AC Don Srslln Schoolyard-Scale tur DOSs 2-3 Ch Spans SOle1350 Zephyr RC Small 2-nh glider tsr hand-tuanch tow thermal slope sowing$200 Weep VI PP Mihe Stoyn Nato-winning Outdoor HLG$100 Onestep AC Troerer has vety turgtung t94ng quohses 3-nh. 10-26 power$425 Merlyn AC Gland 155-in span Sailylane uses SAC channels$798 pIeces PP Indoor Easy B Ruhber-power conSest-weiner W Van Gorder11 00 Supercat AC Halt-A Fyton Racer/sport flier Pdleron elevator ceotrol Foam wing1300 Saumaster AC Willards 40-sole flying boat tsr 4-dr Strap-on gear ton lontipbanet 2 ahls . 11100 CaBsto 82 AC Fly thin sleek Hats-winning Sailplane AMA Mod SId sr Ihsleniled classes $750 Laser 200 AC Sport Scale replica championship Aerohatic Bar Uses 40 power 4-5 di 2 shIn 11075 135k KIoud ICIng AC Reduced modermted version 011838 design tsr 12A Otd-Taner 2 sr 3 cli $450 Gee Bee A-i AC Hatthes latest I/4-scdo spans 75in. winoha 15th fires 00 er lerger Four nlrts doc 12225 Zephyr 1100 AC AMA Clans B Satplone tsr S-channel AC gear 9875 Cub Ploalplene AC Sport Scale tsr 045-10-size engines 4-ch AC J-3 floats ma dasaic 9898 Regent Queen Sides AC Fon-lypa biplane tur 40-00 power 4-charniels 2 sheets 11150 Re-Volt-Er AC electric-power spoil Ilier tur 2-channel OS recIter $850 Pober Plate AC Scale lamoos EM plane tur 40-power 4-nh Build tsr sport sr Freosion 2 sto $1300 Moequlto AC Spoil Scale twin uses 10 engines 4-nh AC 1825 Electric Sparky AC electric-powered tun flier tur 05 mob, 3-nh AC scaled-op 1538 either power lavodle 1850 Hawker HurrIcane MIt AC Electric-power Spsrl Scale br 16 motor 3-4 channels Two nheets $1175 Stuntltne 80 CL Big 82-in-span StonIer tsr 60-power 8700 Sportiesgon JR AC Pulse-rudder sportnter tsr 02-power . $300 Lab MInor AC Sport Scale mOdel 01 1530s Britleh lightplane tsr 10-power 4-channel AC $725 Dove 850 CL Competifon StonIer tsr 40-45 power has loser wing slab $700 Buck 800 PP Conipefiton Class erO Sc 15-21 power Han voriable-bondence tel VII 9800 Annes PIece CL2A traleer/sportoter rugged balsa tast-buitung $325 Scooter AC Two-Meter Sailplane has ens Nato event 1982 1583 plus other ceirlests 550 Cloud Cruiser AC Old-Timer tohes 80-power 3-nh AC Two-pace wing oplion tsr easy transport Iwo shoots $1175 Good Tern PP Embryo Endurance rubber-power tlsotplone Sm ophonal wheele nlid-and-hssue delight $200 Skyrocket CL Fun-Scale sport tier tooks like Grummans no-nose Navy twin 01 Sm Thebes twin l25s 1325 Chloe Clipper AC Fabulous 74-in-span Spoil Scale tosg hostler tour 10-3170 engines 4-nh Three sheets don $2000 Profiles PP Travelair Mystery Stop Man Lou Angeles profile at-balsa mhher models Sc spoil byng 17 span$200 Bearcat CL Big compohllon-cather profile Stonter br 60 power1800 Over E-Z CL Chit-bier Slant hiplane has profile tuselage uses 25 engine1400 Iroetalds AC Zippy ISle sportsler Sc 10-15 power 3-dronnel AC$400 Lockheed P-38 AC Pan-scale twin-iS-engine tier tur 4-channels Two sheets$1100 PhoenIx CL Updated Thunderbird-style Stunter Sc 35-40 engines1575 Welts Up AC Electric-powered glider tur 3-3 channels 036 moter spans 520 $498 Sty SIr CL loam-wing Combat ship won 83 NaIn Use ID 049-061 power . $398 ThIs N AC Aerobaic biplane tsr 40 englees 4-channels Great tar sport Ilyrig9850 Ryan B-S Brougham AC Scale tsr 4-nh. 40-size 4-cycle engines spoon fl315 Two sheets $1200 KIngfisher CL Profile Corner plane spans 40 hi. uses 35 nirgine 9800 CruIser PP Embryo Endurance mbber-power ton ship has big-modal chararlerishcs $200 Desperado AC Ilying wing unique negoolse dihedral Ilies 4-nh 15-40 power Foam wing $400 CavalIer AC Old-Timer-the new design has huge wing tsr stow easy Ilighto Per 25 power 3 channels Iwo sheets . 11725 Mt WIt PP Hot amall lightweight coinpelilion ship Sc 15 power designer Hany Maphy . $475 Lazy Dock AC Big canard spoil filer tor A-o9 power 2 channels Uses town hoard parts 9898 Tuibo Porter CL Scale tsr 25 power Simple lines tor easy huitong Two sheets 9875 FIreboll AC Poshor canard sport/ponere uses 40 ponher engine 4-channel Has swept-lorword team wings 9898 Neamfth Cougar CL Scale model 01 popular homohuit won Sm Nato Uses 21 alpine spoon 411s 9825 memo memo memo memo memo memo memo memo mom 03 Circlenumbers plans wish toorder03 03 13119322523926229129930231031403 32343348354358362365383386 e 393398399403405408410412414415 416417418419420421422423424425 U 42642742842943043143243343443503 03 43643743843944044144244344444503 4464470 o Price inClUdes first-class postage within us orders outside US please add $250 3 Air Mail $125 surtace mail Make check money order payable us fttrtdS Model Aviation g AMA 1810 Samuel Morse Dr Reston VA 22090 Please allow 3 weeks tor delivery Please print carefully Enclosed $03 NAMEZIP ____________________03 0 STATE ____________ memo memo memo memo memo memo memo memo memo m wheel larger vertical Control surfaces etc mighty 05 Max FSR 45 really flies Super Chicken e bird Its sight beholdreally show stopper makes great dead-stick landing found out hard way after losing en gine first flighttoo rich flaps flaps arent original plans idea seemed good added fourth servo wing allowing hang fuselage next three traymounted servos Sullivan flexible cables curve out flaps operate flaps smoothly though hadnt used flight written Super trim Super Chicken felt bird needed visual hypesomething break monotony vast yellow ex panse Thats St Croix Golden Falcon ad caught eye phoned Park Falls WI office pleasantly surprised learn theyd send beauti ful Golden Falcon trim $1495 think makes Super Chicken absolutely sexy As said first factory RC kit Ive never flown RC before still cantexcept lots altitude structor Bob Wetle very skilled knowl edgeable patient very lov ing Super Chicken flies fact Bob can heard cackling about crackling 0S Super Chicken flies Bob has yet rub whitewalls Miss America/Mathews Continued paqe 98 plan shim leading edger trailing edge rear lower spar proper height scrap balsa Notice bot tom spars extend under sheet tips Add tips top spars end al ribs Fill tips scrap balsa Remove unit building sur face carefully cut 3/16-in slot verti cally elevator spar Add secondary reinforcement ribs gussets cut elevator loose Hinge Du-Bro molded hinges Ace nylon sheet units Trial-fit fin stab slot adjusting snug fit sure rudder will bind against elevator Sand both units smooth contours cover Fuselage Cut out plywood firewall Lite Ply Bulkhead B Fabricate C D directly over drawing CyA glue Bend up landing gear trial-fit B Mark engine mount drill holes 3-48 blind nuts Develop tail section filler sheet aid carbon paper un der plan Construct fuselage sides directly ovel drawingone built top other Use small strips masking tape between two halves aid separating sides glue has hardened remove sides building board run o table knife between sides separate Check bulkheads fit properly Glue C D bulkheads righthand side pinned buildin 176 Model Aviation No 446 No 447 No 131 No 113 No225 No 238 No 282 No 291 No 302 No 310 No 214 No 328 No 332 No 343 N348 No254 No 358 No382 No 285 No 383 No 388 No 383 No398 N3U No400 No 405 No405 No410 No 412 No 414 No 415 No 416 No 417 No 418 No 418 No 420 No 421 No 422 No 423 No424 No425 No 428 No 427 No438 No425 420 No431 No 432 No432 No434 No425 No438 No437 No438 No438 No440 No 441 No 442 No 443 No 444 No 445 0 0 V 03 o Cu 0 LO 0 dj 0 l1 cE - C bo O - C V - 0 2 ii 0C 0 c0 00 V WV in-CO 0 0 01 0 V 0 0 Eon 0 00 0 18 Ct 0 01 UCO 5 5 U ADVERTISERS INDEX ADVERTISERS INDEX ADVERTISERS INDEX ADVERTISERS INDEX A&A Industries160 AMA Membership79 Ace RC Inc24 Airtronics2 American Heritage Junior Models160 Americas Hobby Center99 Applied Design Corp26 Astro Flight40 b&r Hobbies Balsa USA Bladder Grabber Black Hawk Bru-Line Industries Byron Originals 168 149 22 158 40 180 CB Associates42 California Model Imports159 Carolina-Taffinder170 Johnnie Casburn Mfg17 Champion Model Products172 Circus Hobbies93 Cleveland Model & Supply Co168 Consumers Guide RC Aircraft Prod. Consumers Hobby Corp Coverite D&D Engineering DG Products DGA Designs D&L Tool Sales Dan Parsons Products Davey Systems Corp Detroit Expo Larry Dodge Aero Inc Dougs Hobby Shop Du-Bro Products Inc E&L Manufacturing Eberles Hobby Shop Enya Model Engines FAI Model Supply FHS Supply Inc Flyline Models Foam Scale Models Fourmost Products Fox Mfg Co Woody Frantz Full Command Systems Fun n Fly 84 Futaba Corp America 135 160 52 10 139 16143 65 138 156-157 14 41 150 Cover 2 168 164 172 138 42 143 138 50 139 27 Gator RC Products Gemini Models Carl Goldberg Models Goliath Whirlwind Aircraft Gorham Model Products Great Lakes Model Co Great Planes Model Mfg Co. Art Gross Enterprises H&N Electronics William M Hawke Historic Aviation Hobby Barn Hobby Capitol Distributors Hobby Craftsman Hobby Horn Hobby Lobby International Hobby Products Co Hobby Radio Shop Hoffelt Group Ikon Northwest Co Indy RC Sales Inc 166-167 J-5 Enterprises 51 Jomar K&B Manufacturing Co K&S Engineering Kings RC Hobbies Intl Kraft Systems Inc Kustom Kraftsmanship Leisure Electronics Lone Star Models Products Majestic Models Marks Models Master Kit McDaniel RC Service Jim Messers Quality Model Products Micro Mark Midwest Model Supply Co Midwest Products Co Model Aircraft Designs Inc Model Engineering Norwalk l Magic Products Model Products Corp Model Rectifier Corp Mod-Ler Mutchlers Hobbies 51 142 178-179 10 171 53 169 175 134 53 5 136-137 158 152 143 6 173 53 152 Nor-Cal Avionics134 Ocean State Aeromodel Engineering 2 PK Products Pacer Technology & Resources Peck-Polymers Penn Valley Hobby Center Pica Products Dave Plan Models Polks Hobby Precision Sanding Tools 164 175 135 170 16 43 53 Quadra Aero Engines55 RC Kits Mfg RF Enterprises Radio Equipment Exchange Rebel RC Repla-Tech International Richardson Precision Machining 155Robbe Modelisport 162-163 Ross Power Roush Mfg Co 52 51 9 - - 164 - 165174 31 .. 154 142 4 57 154 23 135 138 165 52 152 59 .154 142 146 Cover 3 142 144-1 45 - 59 170 155 139 160 151 - 40 159173 SR Batteries42 S&W Hobby Supply50 Saf-Flite Models139 Satellite City168 Scratch-A-Plane25 Shamrock Competition Imports Inc24 Sheldons Hobby Shop140-141 161 Sig Manufacturing Co13 Simplex Miniature Engines24 Sterling Models26 St Croix Park Falls Ltd160 Tatone Products Co Taylor-Craft Ltd Top Flite Models Inc Tournament Champions Tower Hobbies 41 160 83 153 11 VLProducts134 WE Technical Services Williams Brothers Windsor Propeller Co World Engines World Helicopters Zenith Aviation Books Nick Ziroli Models 8 41 26 .. Cover4 147 15 158 ADVERTISERS INDEX ADVERTISERS INDEX ADVERTISERS INDEX ADVERTISERS INDEX board Check squareness fol lowing steps Carefully position left frame over right glue bulkheads Place weight over hold firmly place block up tail post exactly 1 7/ above board measured midline Cut cross braces pairs install themagain making sure everything square building surface rear unit completed nose section can pulled notches firewall fuselage box can removed board Cut two pieces Sig Kromekote other enameled paper pattern install aliphatic resin found method both light realisticwith much better strength A2 balsa Com plete fuselage installing pre viously-bent landing gear nose blocks longerons aft cabin should sanded half-round shape recom mend trial installation radio pushrods before covering fuselage Pin previously-constructed tail surfaces onto fuselage install engine position radio gear obtain slightly nose-heavy balance point will com pensate added weight covering prototype balanced perfectly 225 mAh battery directly behind fire wall receiver directly behind first bulkhead servos directly behind receiver Remove hardware cover fuse lage found MonoKote adheres well Kromekote paper excessive pressure avoided Sigs Skybright used trim sprayed directly onto MonoKote using electricians vinyl tape masking Num bers sticky-backed vinyl stationery store flags sticky vi nyl units found Sig catalog engine compartment should fuel proofed Skybrite clear urethane Trexler wheels also Sig catalog prefer test fly workshop check correct warps misalignments test engine adjust center gravity CG range-check radio unit home reduced stress leisurely looking over model shop often prevents disaster field everything functions perfectly head flying field Flying model exceptionally light quick under power Hand launches simple dam thing will fly right out hand no push whatsoever must absolutely sure CG rear ward point shown surface deflections no specified Otherwise Miss America can nasty lady Properly set up it will climb very rapidly Continued page 180 July 1984 177 NEW Full Line Catalog Now Available glance through new catalog will prove wh Byron Originals recognized quality world over since picture worth thousand words hav packed catalog full color black anc white photos highly descriptive illustrations well Youll pleased see new products improvements have joined family scale aircraft propulsion systems related accessories talk about value dollars Check oui factory direct prices competitive pricing th industry ts exclusive accessories tc standard hobby items such finishing materials glues Dont delay Order Byron Originals catalog today Simply send $300 Byron OriginalsoPO Box 279Ida Grove Iowa 514 Set Standards Model Aviation good groove Just point nose wind watch go radio used merely correct climb no upelevator i needed nor should used Since runnng full tank will put model very high suggest filling tank halfway first few flights Frankly Miss America tended sport flying rather com petition Golden Bee would sure nice However competition name game very few Texaco models will outclimb Miss glide rather gentle requiring much larger stick movements Miss America will thermal happily light lift wide narrow circle Try running right angles windthat left right turns Somewhere along wind wall lift will encountered As soon model tends turn its own begins rise set up wide circle until cone lift deter mined relatively small size Texaco models makes visibility potential problem Dont allow model drift too far down wind /2A Miss America buoyant doesnt penetrate too well locked large chunk lift try running leftto-right effort locate down side thermal fails full down elevator full rudder will break model out thermal Landing such lightweight model just matter lining up S-turning bleed off altitude model floats ground effect long way may require some down-elevator get wheels ground Whether hA Miss America built sport competition will reward builder hours flying minimal cost Although will dupli cate Scientific Models guarantee will fly will guarantee builder will enjoy Postscript wrote Frank Zaic inquire might young man shown ad photo historical back ground development very interest ing Let us quote letter Scientific approached design model agreed insisted name shown anywhere very wary time name con nected way commercialism will note never used name JASCO catalog connection time Carl Schmaedig work ing after school finished Gas model later published Model Craftsman Miss Model Crafts man So knew good builder design some good ideas could say Miss America influenced Schmaedigs design matter lot designs influenced others main thing wanted cabin look fairly easy make sturdy As far aerodynamical design concerned idea just what part rudder dihedral etc played overall picture Carl finished model white silkspan clear dope took Holmes Airport via subway lots trouble starting Baby Cyclone major con cern get engine going did get started let model taxi fly off did very nicely straightaway climb about 300 kept right going straightaway distance never saw model again Well proven would fly also meant make another model Scientific $5000 someone paint job final drawings means never did testing find out would behave turns etc model named Scientific us have Two prototypes built Carl Schmaedig first flown once second Miss Americas flew well built kits fly well today both Free Flight RC-assists needs no com ment us fact design has become true classic though kitted very little flying prototypes speaks absolute volumes incredible designing skill Frank Zaic writer has never seen Miss America fly badly regardless size Frank Zaic related story us would find difficult believe 180 Model Aviation
Edition: Model Aviation - 1984/07
Page Numbers: 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 176, 177, 180
NO OCR TEXT Frank Zaics immortal design 1AA Texaco size lightweight strong comparatively easy build tank full 30% nitro fuel Black Widow engine turning 6-3 prop will put %A Miss America just about out sight Best start out tank halfway filled WAS LOOKING October 1936 copy Model Airplane News collection Among items listed under Charles Hampson Grants name editor con tents page Building T-D Coupe Gas Lines Ways Means Gas Model Success Joe Kovel Build Fly SOC-i Scout Bill Winter Soaring Glider Alan Orthof Across contents page ad Scientific Models 2 18-220 M-l0 Mar ket St Newark NJ feature ad others like ran years subject article top half ad new Miss America kit large type banner states complete low-priced Gas Model kit market guaranteed fly w everyone can afford build gas model easily effi ciently kit introduced July 1936 Nowhere ad Miss America can find designers name men tioned peculiar just kit however Berkeley Model Supplies ad has no mention Ben Shereshaw de signer Cavalier Bill Effinger Buccaneer No credits shown Modelcraft Corbin Scout Burds King Burd nor Aircraft Industries California Chief Incredibly Gas mod els advertised issue engines models shown Forster Little cules Brown Junior Bunch Mighty Midget Fergusson Condor Baby Cyclone GHQ ads included kits newfangled Gas models few far between Obviously Miss America very early kit follow what now call Antiques Old-Timers im ply guarantee flight very novel say least Scientific Models placing lot faith design development work Frank Zaic good reason Zaic already established himself hobbys premier engineers chron ologist scientific progress classic Junior Aeronautics Year Books Frank Zaic brother John building models since 1926 modest means brothers first published Model Airplane Guide Log Book 1932 combination ruled pages record ing flights observations together plans helpful hints Although brothers sold few copies income less handsome Frank continued work draftsman patent attorneys depression came strong less less work availablegiving him time work 1933 version printed brothers modest flat total cost $1700 enough copies July 1984 95 eventually sold 25 show mod est profit meager beginning JASCO company grewwith legend Year Books Frank Zaic Beginning 1932 successes Max well Bassett Joe Kovel Bill Browns engines caused worldwide surge interest model airplanes powered engines Notice didnt say enginepowered since compressed air acetylene types predated 1932 con siderable margin Everything written model magazines day concerning Gas power greeted tremendous interest Kovels KG-2 published May 1935 Model Airplane News first pub lished Gas model US KG Bas sets Miss Philadelphia IV plans avail able Peru Model Airplane Co Frank Ehlings 8-foot Gas Model designs illustrated Zaics 1935-36 Year Book Only two years later 1938 Year Book contained 28 Explosive growth bet Technological advances am phibians biplanes bi-motors autogiro fairly safe classify 1935 1938 period dynamic Free Flight power models history point did Frank Zaic com pile publish much vitally neces sary data benefit de veloping Gas models also designed developed milestone kit Scientific Frankly writers opinion aero dynamics structural integrity de sign excellent compared its contemporaries little wonder Miss America has remained classic exactly chose shrink 1/zA Texaco design Model Frank Zaics clever com bination best structural features rubber-powered designs drawn three views aerodynamic theory developed published resulted remarkably lightweight strong struc ture reproduced much smaller size /2A version lighter also has proven remarkably durable Although deliberately designed have lower wing loading robust /2A Kloud King published January 1983 MA model theless will survive rough-and-tumble world everyday sport flying Required weight Society Antique Modelers SAM /2A Texaco flying 17 oz prototypewith 225 mAh battery two World S-22 servos Royal 1/2A receiverjust comes up Cox Black Widow turning 6-3 prop 30% nitro fuel will climb model outer limits vision Conversely 7-4 7-3 prop used engine will run longer climb wont rapid drawings model photo graphically reduced original 7-ft version soit should comply fully SAM rules its spectacular climb slow floating glide Miss America should competitive Texaco event uninitiated SAM Texaco rules very simple fills standard tank hand-launches model sometimes rise-off-ground launching required let Left designer/author full-time dentist other way around launches left hand can hold rudder elevator stick right thumb works best unassisted hand launches Vernon Clark photo Right reproduction origi nal Scientific Model Co ad October 1934 issue Model Airplane News price $750 very complete kit dope 96 Model Aviation Left Vinyl EZ-latters stationery store decorate fuselage sides Red trim sprayed-on Sig Skybrite Stripe Rite edging Right elevator control surface side sake simplicity works just fine way providing control thats needed 1/16 C-GRAIN BALSA RIBS WING PLAN TOP 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LORGERONG BALSA J6•ELEVATOR PLY HURN MOUNT STOCK FUSELAGE TOP VIEW SUPPORT MAIN L G WRAP S GLUE LB TO MGSO SPRUCE PUSHROD EXIT IS OH THE RIGHT SlOE TO SUIT SERVOS OUTLINE ["iiThTIFI"MISSAMEicA USE 3/16 FIRM BBLSA PUSHROOSFRANK ZAIC 0C23 43 6 WING AREA 310 SO IN MIN WY 1/2-A TEXACO I7O2 DESIGNED S DRAW14 BY DOC MATHEWS TRACING BY JOE DEMARCO RLODER MOVEMENT 1/2 LEFT LS RIGHT ELEVATOR MOVEMENT 1/2 UP S/B DOWN 3/16 BALSA SMEET WING TIP PARTS V -----3/16 BALSA SHEET WING TIP PARTS -1/ C C CD 0 -4 Left Radio compartment holds two World Engines S-22 servos Royal Vanguard receiver 225 mAh battery room spare Right Most Cox 049 engine can used thing sport flying might want opt version less powerful Black Widow model climb high will look lift 5-mm flight Three flight times combined select winners Some local rules require Golden Bee engine rather powerful Black Widowand may vary flight time pro cedures etc V2A Texaco has become very popular RC-assist Old-Timer event Construction primary adhesive used constructing model cyanoacrylate glue CyA such Jet Hot Stuff Zap etc slots cut trailing edges etc designed increase wetted surface CyA gluing Five-minute epoxy used adhering plywood firewall wing dihedral gussets structure designed sufficient rigidity using MonoKote covering however heavier radio system used total weight could still kept 17 oz substituting tissue dope Wood selection critical however use straight-grained moderately firm balsa fuselage longerons wing leading edge model tends slightly toward being tail-heavy lightweight contest balsa should selected tail surfaces Wing Since construction wing will generate some scrap wood useful constructing other surfaces advise start ing Develop master plywood rib patterns tracing plan tip ribs can trimmed out main ribs pattern really needed Cut 27 blanks light C-grain balsa stack-cut ribs jigsaw carving knife sandpaper smooth Trace wing tip shapes onto sheet balsa carbon paper cut out Sand good fit tips constructed flat building board Notch trailing edge stock /s deep rib locations easily done blade reversed jigsaw Pin ribs place over bottom spars Glue tip sections together pin over plan Place leading edge top spars position CyA-glue joints through out Note top spars must bend down touch wing tips Construct center section exten sion left wing cut loose Square faces block up panel tip 2 in. sand bevel onto pre viously-tilted inboard ribs Assemble two panels center section 5-mm epoxy After epoxy has cured use hacksaw blade held tightly against spar faces cut slot through two double ribs center section develop center section ply gussett slipping section A6 ply about 8 long slot drawing outlines onto Remove cut outlines epoxy spar rib faces using clothespins clamping Final-sand roughness wing preparation covering MonoKote tissue dope Tail surfaces fin rudder conventional flat structure techniques should present builder diffi culty stab semi-symmetrical lifting section name authenticity does require some special skills build use half elevator side unorthodox well proven convert Old-Timers RC-assist using type elevator advantages obvious no carry-through hardware required weight can saved construction much sim plified deflections specified drawing plenty elevator control available setup builder unbearably uncomfortable arrange ment certainly conventional elevator could used stabilizer airfoil section such obviously cannot built flat name authenticity SAM-legal sec tion must used other hand model intended strictly sport flying flat stabilizer could substituted seri ously doubt major trim changes would required such change Cut stab ribs same way wing use lightweight C-grain balsa case Pin lower front spar over Continued page 176 I98 Model Aviation Full-size plane has sheet balsa sides AA version substitutes Sig Kromekote enameled paper Windows re iluad Wilhold RIC 57 inside paper nest appearance FULL * SIZE* PLANS Le Crate$550 RC Electric-powered sport flier 05 motors 3-channels 1/zA Miss America$650 RC Old-Timer /2A Texaco model 049 glow 2-channels Gee flee dodel Y 40-powered AC stand-oft scale great old-time racers 5500 SIliletto CL Stunt model McDonald wInner 1976 1980 1982 PAl Woild Champs. $375 Ole RelIable RC 70 version 38 old-liner REM centrols 19-29 5425 Blue Bled RC Ken 98555s torinalinir plane 4-dr. 10 375 Crashesastar CL Crash-proot trainer Zsizes15-20 36-401125 Cap 20 40-powered scale AC 01 French aerotratic plane Low wing tal-dragger 2 sheets$700 lsl F-16 AC Sarpolus 1149 ducted tan sport tier tor 2-ch Balsa wings loll tune structure 1275 1830 Fleet Biplane AC Sport Scale tsr 35-40 4-nh Wlsgnpan 68 1/8 scale Two eheats 1825 make II RC Ken Willards Itying howl 3-ch 15-power Fly Ironi land removalule gear 1375 Taylor Cub AC Don Srslln Schoolyard-Scale tur DOSs 2-3 Ch Spans SOle1350 Zephyr RC Small 2-nh glider tsr hand-tuanch tow thermal slope sowing$200 Weep VI PP Mihe Stoyn Nato-winning Outdoor HLG$100 Onestep AC Troerer has vety turgtung t94ng quohses 3-nh. 10-26 power$425 Merlyn AC Gland 155-in span Sailylane uses SAC channels$798 pIeces PP Indoor Easy B Ruhber-power conSest-weiner W Van Gorder11 00 Supercat AC Halt-A Fyton Racer/sport flier Pdleron elevator ceotrol Foam wing1300 Saumaster AC Willards 40-sole flying boat tsr 4-dr Strap-on gear ton lontipbanet 2 ahls . 11100 CaBsto 82 AC Fly thin sleek Hats-winning Sailplane AMA Mod SId sr Ihsleniled classes $750 Laser 200 AC Sport Scale replica championship Aerohatic Bar Uses 40 power 4-5 di 2 shIn 11075 135k KIoud ICIng AC Reduced modermted version 011838 design tsr 12A Otd-Taner 2 sr 3 cli $450 Gee Bee A-i AC Hatthes latest I/4-scdo spans 75in. winoha 15th fires 00 er lerger Four nlrts doc 12225 Zephyr 1100 AC AMA Clans B Satplone tsr S-channel AC gear 9875 Cub Ploalplene AC Sport Scale tsr 045-10-size engines 4-ch AC J-3 floats ma dasaic 9898 Regent Queen Sides AC Fon-lypa biplane tur 40-00 power 4-charniels 2 sheets 11150 Re-Volt-Er AC electric-power spoil Ilier tur 2-channel OS 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Embryo Endurance rubber-power tlsotplone Sm ophonal wheele nlid-and-hssue delight $200 Skyrocket CL Fun-Scale sport tier tooks like Grummans no-nose Navy twin 01 Sm Thebes twin l25s 1325 Chloe Clipper AC Fabulous 74-in-span Spoil Scale tosg hostler tour 10-3170 engines 4-nh Three sheets don $2000 Profiles PP Travelair Mystery Stop Man Lou Angeles profile at-balsa mhher models Sc spoil byng 17 span$200 Bearcat CL Big compohllon-cather profile Stonter br 60 power1800 Over E-Z CL Chit-bier Slant hiplane has profile tuselage uses 25 engine1400 Iroetalds AC Zippy ISle sportsler Sc 10-15 power 3-dronnel AC$400 Lockheed P-38 AC Pan-scale twin-iS-engine tier tur 4-channels Two sheets$1100 PhoenIx CL Updated Thunderbird-style Stunter Sc 35-40 engines1575 Welts Up AC Electric-powered glider tur 3-3 channels 036 moter spans 520 $498 Sty SIr CL loam-wing Combat ship won 83 NaIn Use ID 049-061 power . $398 ThIs N AC Aerobaic biplane tsr 40 englees 4-channels Great tar sport Ilyrig9850 Ryan B-S 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though hadnt used flight written Super trim Super Chicken felt bird needed visual hypesomething break monotony vast yellow ex panse Thats St Croix Golden Falcon ad caught eye phoned Park Falls WI office pleasantly surprised learn theyd send beauti ful Golden Falcon trim $1495 think makes Super Chicken absolutely sexy As said first factory RC kit Ive never flown RC before still cantexcept lots altitude structor Bob Wetle very skilled knowl edgeable patient very lov ing Super Chicken flies fact Bob can heard cackling about crackling 0S Super Chicken flies Bob has yet rub whitewalls Miss America/Mathews Continued paqe 98 plan shim leading edger trailing edge rear lower spar proper height scrap balsa Notice bot tom spars extend under sheet tips Add tips top spars end al ribs Fill tips scrap balsa Remove unit building sur face carefully cut 3/16-in slot verti cally elevator spar Add secondary reinforcement ribs gussets cut elevator loose Hinge Du-Bro molded hinges Ace nylon sheet units Trial-fit fin stab slot adjusting snug fit sure rudder will bind against elevator Sand both units smooth contours cover Fuselage Cut out plywood firewall Lite Ply Bulkhead B Fabricate C D directly over drawing CyA glue Bend up landing gear trial-fit B Mark engine mount drill holes 3-48 blind nuts Develop tail section filler sheet aid carbon paper un der plan Construct fuselage sides directly ovel drawingone built top other Use small strips masking tape between two halves aid separating sides glue has hardened remove sides building board run o table knife between sides separate Check bulkheads fit properly Glue C D bulkheads righthand side pinned buildin 176 Model Aviation No 446 No 447 No 131 No 113 No225 No 238 No 282 No 291 No 302 No 310 No 214 No 328 No 332 No 343 N348 No254 No 358 No382 No 285 No 383 No 388 No 383 No398 N3U No400 No 405 No405 No410 No 412 No 414 No 415 No 416 No 417 No 418 No 418 No 420 No 421 No 422 No 423 No424 No425 No 428 No 427 No438 No425 420 No431 No 432 No432 No434 No425 No438 No437 No438 No438 No440 No 441 No 442 No 443 No 444 No 445 0 0 V 03 o Cu 0 LO 0 dj 0 l1 cE - C bo O - C V - 0 2 ii 0C 0 c0 00 V WV in-CO 0 0 01 0 V 0 0 Eon 0 00 0 18 Ct 0 01 UCO 5 5 U ADVERTISERS INDEX ADVERTISERS INDEX ADVERTISERS INDEX ADVERTISERS INDEX A&A Industries160 AMA Membership79 Ace RC Inc24 Airtronics2 American Heritage Junior Models160 Americas Hobby Center99 Applied Design Corp26 Astro Flight40 b&r Hobbies Balsa USA Bladder Grabber Black Hawk Bru-Line Industries Byron Originals 168 149 22 158 40 180 CB Associates42 California Model Imports159 Carolina-Taffinder170 Johnnie Casburn Mfg17 Champion Model Products172 Circus Hobbies93 Cleveland Model & Supply Co168 Consumers Guide RC Aircraft Prod. Consumers Hobby Corp Coverite D&D Engineering DG Products DGA Designs D&L Tool Sales Dan Parsons Products Davey Systems Corp Detroit Expo Larry Dodge Aero Inc Dougs Hobby Shop Du-Bro Products Inc E&L Manufacturing Eberles Hobby Shop Enya Model Engines FAI Model Supply FHS Supply Inc Flyline Models Foam Scale Models Fourmost Products Fox Mfg Co Woody Frantz Full Command Systems Fun n Fly 84 Futaba Corp America 135 160 52 10 139 16143 65 138 156-157 14 41 150 Cover 2 168 164 172 138 42 143 138 50 139 27 Gator RC Products Gemini Models Carl Goldberg Models Goliath Whirlwind Aircraft Gorham Model Products Great Lakes Model Co Great Planes Model Mfg Co. Art Gross Enterprises H&N Electronics William M Hawke Historic Aviation Hobby Barn Hobby Capitol Distributors Hobby Craftsman Hobby Horn Hobby Lobby International Hobby Products Co Hobby Radio Shop Hoffelt Group Ikon Northwest Co Indy RC Sales Inc 166-167 J-5 Enterprises 51 Jomar K&B Manufacturing Co K&S Engineering Kings RC Hobbies Intl Kraft Systems Inc Kustom Kraftsmanship Leisure Electronics Lone Star Models Products Majestic Models Marks Models Master Kit McDaniel RC Service Jim Messers Quality Model Products Micro Mark Midwest Model Supply Co Midwest Products Co Model Aircraft Designs Inc Model Engineering Norwalk l Magic Products Model Products Corp Model Rectifier Corp Mod-Ler Mutchlers Hobbies 51 142 178-179 10 171 53 169 175 134 53 5 136-137 158 152 143 6 173 53 152 Nor-Cal Avionics134 Ocean State Aeromodel Engineering 2 PK Products Pacer Technology & Resources Peck-Polymers Penn Valley Hobby Center Pica Products Dave Plan Models Polks Hobby Precision Sanding Tools 164 175 135 170 16 43 53 Quadra Aero Engines55 RC Kits Mfg RF Enterprises Radio Equipment Exchange Rebel RC Repla-Tech International Richardson Precision Machining 155Robbe Modelisport 162-163 Ross Power Roush Mfg Co 52 51 9 - - 164 - 165174 31 .. 154 142 4 57 154 23 135 138 165 52 152 59 .154 142 146 Cover 3 142 144-1 45 - 59 170 155 139 160 151 - 40 159173 SR Batteries42 S&W Hobby Supply50 Saf-Flite Models139 Satellite City168 Scratch-A-Plane25 Shamrock Competition Imports Inc24 Sheldons Hobby Shop140-141 161 Sig Manufacturing Co13 Simplex Miniature Engines24 Sterling Models26 St Croix Park Falls Ltd160 Tatone Products Co Taylor-Craft Ltd Top Flite Models Inc Tournament Champions Tower Hobbies 41 160 83 153 11 VLProducts134 WE Technical Services Williams Brothers Windsor Propeller Co World Engines World Helicopters Zenith Aviation Books Nick Ziroli Models 8 41 26 .. Cover4 147 15 158 ADVERTISERS INDEX ADVERTISERS INDEX ADVERTISERS INDEX ADVERTISERS INDEX board Check squareness fol lowing steps Carefully position left frame over right glue bulkheads Place weight over hold firmly place block up tail post exactly 1 7/ above board measured midline Cut cross braces pairs install themagain making sure everything square building surface rear unit completed nose section can pulled notches firewall fuselage box can removed board Cut two pieces Sig Kromekote other enameled paper pattern install aliphatic resin found method both light realisticwith much better strength A2 balsa Com plete fuselage installing pre viously-bent landing gear nose blocks longerons aft cabin should sanded half-round shape recom mend trial installation radio pushrods before covering fuselage Pin previously-constructed tail surfaces onto fuselage install engine position radio gear obtain slightly nose-heavy balance point will com pensate added weight covering prototype balanced perfectly 225 mAh battery directly behind fire wall receiver directly behind first bulkhead servos directly behind receiver Remove hardware cover fuse lage found MonoKote adheres well Kromekote paper excessive pressure avoided Sigs Skybright used trim sprayed directly onto MonoKote using electricians vinyl tape masking Num bers sticky-backed vinyl stationery store flags sticky vi nyl units found Sig catalog engine compartment should fuel proofed Skybrite clear urethane Trexler wheels also Sig catalog prefer test fly workshop check correct warps misalignments test engine adjust center gravity CG range-check radio unit home reduced stress leisurely looking over model shop often prevents disaster field everything functions perfectly head flying field Flying model exceptionally light quick under power Hand launches simple dam thing will fly right out hand no push whatsoever must absolutely sure CG rear ward point shown surface deflections no specified Otherwise Miss America can nasty lady Properly set up it will climb very rapidly Continued page 180 July 1984 177 NEW Full Line Catalog Now Available glance through new catalog will prove wh Byron Originals recognized quality world over since picture worth thousand words hav packed catalog full color black anc white photos highly descriptive illustrations well Youll pleased see new products improvements have joined family scale aircraft propulsion systems related accessories talk about value dollars Check oui factory direct prices competitive pricing th industry ts exclusive accessories tc standard hobby items such finishing materials glues Dont delay Order Byron Originals catalog today Simply send $300 Byron OriginalsoPO Box 279Ida Grove Iowa 514 Set Standards Model Aviation good groove Just point nose wind watch go radio used merely correct climb no upelevator i needed nor should used Since runnng full tank will put model very high suggest filling tank halfway first few flights Frankly Miss America tended sport flying rather com petition Golden Bee would sure nice However competition name game very few Texaco models will outclimb Miss glide rather gentle requiring much larger stick movements Miss America will thermal happily light lift wide narrow circle Try running right angles windthat left right turns Somewhere along wind wall lift will encountered As soon model tends turn its own begins rise set up wide circle until cone lift deter mined relatively small size Texaco models makes visibility potential problem Dont allow model drift too far down wind /2A Miss America buoyant doesnt penetrate too well locked large chunk lift try running leftto-right effort locate down side thermal fails full down elevator full rudder will break model out thermal Landing such lightweight model just matter lining up S-turning bleed off altitude model floats ground effect long way may require some down-elevator get wheels ground Whether hA Miss America built sport competition will reward builder hours flying minimal cost Although will dupli cate Scientific Models guarantee will fly will guarantee builder will enjoy Postscript wrote Frank Zaic inquire might young man shown ad photo historical back ground development very interest ing Let us quote letter Scientific approached design model agreed insisted name shown anywhere very wary time name con nected way commercialism will note never used name JASCO catalog connection time Carl Schmaedig work ing after school finished Gas model later published Model Craftsman Miss Model Crafts man So knew good builder design some good ideas could say Miss America influenced Schmaedigs design matter lot designs influenced others main thing wanted cabin look fairly easy make sturdy As far aerodynamical design concerned idea just what part rudder dihedral etc played overall picture Carl finished model white silkspan clear dope took Holmes Airport via subway lots trouble starting Baby Cyclone major con cern get engine going did get started let model taxi fly off did very nicely straightaway climb about 300 kept right going straightaway distance never saw model again Well proven would fly also meant make another model Scientific $5000 someone paint job final drawings means never did testing find out would behave turns etc model named Scientific us have Two prototypes built Carl Schmaedig first flown once second Miss Americas flew well built kits fly well today both Free Flight RC-assists needs no com ment us fact design has become true classic though kitted very little flying prototypes speaks absolute volumes incredible designing skill Frank Zaic writer has never seen Miss America fly badly regardless size Frank Zaic related story us would find difficult believe 180 Model Aviation
Edition: Model Aviation - 1984/07
Page Numbers: 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 176, 177, 180
NO OCR TEXT Frank Zaics immortal design 1AA Texaco size lightweight strong comparatively easy build tank full 30% nitro fuel Black Widow engine turning 6-3 prop will put %A Miss America just about out sight Best start out tank halfway filled WAS LOOKING October 1936 copy Model Airplane News collection Among items listed under Charles Hampson Grants name editor con tents page Building T-D Coupe Gas Lines Ways Means Gas Model Success Joe Kovel Build Fly SOC-i Scout Bill Winter Soaring Glider Alan Orthof Across contents page ad Scientific Models 2 18-220 M-l0 Mar ket St Newark NJ feature ad others like ran years subject article top half ad new Miss America kit large type banner states complete low-priced Gas Model kit market guaranteed fly w everyone can afford build gas model easily effi ciently kit introduced July 1936 Nowhere ad Miss America can find designers name men tioned peculiar just kit however Berkeley Model Supplies ad has no mention Ben Shereshaw de signer Cavalier Bill Effinger Buccaneer No credits shown Modelcraft Corbin Scout Burds King Burd nor Aircraft Industries California Chief Incredibly Gas mod els advertised issue engines models shown Forster Little cules Brown Junior Bunch Mighty Midget Fergusson Condor Baby Cyclone GHQ ads included kits newfangled Gas models few far between Obviously Miss America very early kit follow what now call Antiques Old-Timers im ply guarantee flight very novel say least Scientific Models placing lot faith design development work Frank Zaic good reason Zaic already established himself hobbys premier engineers chron ologist scientific progress classic Junior Aeronautics Year Books Frank Zaic brother John building models since 1926 modest means brothers first published Model Airplane Guide Log Book 1932 combination ruled pages record ing flights observations together plans helpful hints Although brothers sold few copies income less handsome Frank continued work draftsman patent attorneys depression came strong less less work availablegiving him time work 1933 version printed brothers modest flat total cost $1700 enough copies July 1984 95 eventually sold 25 show mod est profit meager beginning JASCO company grewwith legend Year Books Frank Zaic Beginning 1932 successes Max well Bassett Joe Kovel Bill Browns engines caused worldwide surge interest model airplanes powered engines Notice didnt say enginepowered since compressed air acetylene types predated 1932 con siderable margin Everything written model magazines day concerning Gas power greeted tremendous interest Kovels KG-2 published May 1935 Model Airplane News first pub lished Gas model US KG Bas sets Miss Philadelphia IV plans avail able Peru Model Airplane Co Frank Ehlings 8-foot Gas Model designs illustrated Zaics 1935-36 Year Book Only two years later 1938 Year Book contained 28 Explosive growth bet Technological advances am phibians biplanes bi-motors autogiro fairly safe classify 1935 1938 period dynamic Free Flight power models history point did Frank Zaic com pile publish much vitally neces sary data benefit de veloping Gas models also designed developed milestone kit Scientific Frankly writers opinion aero dynamics structural integrity de sign excellent compared its contemporaries little wonder Miss America has remained classic exactly chose shrink 1/zA Texaco design Model Frank Zaics clever com bination best structural features rubber-powered designs drawn three views aerodynamic theory developed published resulted remarkably lightweight strong struc ture reproduced much smaller size /2A version lighter also has proven remarkably durable Although deliberately designed have lower wing loading robust /2A Kloud King published January 1983 MA model theless will survive rough-and-tumble world everyday sport flying Required weight Society Antique Modelers SAM /2A Texaco flying 17 oz prototypewith 225 mAh battery two World S-22 servos Royal 1/2A receiverjust comes up Cox Black Widow turning 6-3 prop 30% nitro fuel will climb model outer limits vision Conversely 7-4 7-3 prop used engine will run longer climb wont rapid drawings model photo graphically reduced original 7-ft version soit should comply fully SAM rules its spectacular climb slow floating glide Miss America should competitive Texaco event uninitiated SAM Texaco rules very simple fills standard tank hand-launches model sometimes rise-off-ground launching required let Left designer/author full-time dentist other way around launches left hand can hold rudder elevator stick right thumb works best unassisted hand launches Vernon Clark photo Right reproduction origi nal Scientific Model Co ad October 1934 issue Model Airplane News price $750 very complete kit dope 96 Model Aviation Left Vinyl EZ-latters stationery store decorate fuselage sides Red trim sprayed-on Sig Skybrite Stripe Rite edging Right elevator control surface side sake simplicity works just fine way providing control thats needed 1/16 C-GRAIN BALSA RIBS WING PLAN TOP 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LORGERONG BALSA J6•ELEVATOR PLY HURN MOUNT STOCK FUSELAGE TOP VIEW SUPPORT MAIN L G WRAP S GLUE LB TO MGSO SPRUCE PUSHROD EXIT IS OH THE RIGHT SlOE TO SUIT SERVOS OUTLINE ["iiThTIFI"MISSAMEicA USE 3/16 FIRM BBLSA PUSHROOSFRANK ZAIC 0C23 43 6 WING AREA 310 SO IN MIN WY 1/2-A TEXACO I7O2 DESIGNED S DRAW14 BY DOC MATHEWS TRACING BY JOE DEMARCO RLODER MOVEMENT 1/2 LEFT LS RIGHT ELEVATOR MOVEMENT 1/2 UP S/B DOWN 3/16 BALSA SMEET WING TIP PARTS V -----3/16 BALSA SHEET WING TIP PARTS -1/ C C CD 0 -4 Left Radio compartment holds two World Engines S-22 servos Royal Vanguard receiver 225 mAh battery room spare Right Most Cox 049 engine can used thing sport flying might want opt version less powerful Black Widow model climb high will look lift 5-mm flight Three flight times combined select winners Some local rules require Golden Bee engine rather powerful Black Widowand may vary flight time pro cedures etc V2A Texaco has become very popular RC-assist Old-Timer event Construction primary adhesive used constructing model cyanoacrylate glue CyA such Jet Hot Stuff Zap etc slots cut trailing edges etc designed increase wetted surface CyA gluing Five-minute epoxy used adhering plywood firewall wing dihedral gussets structure designed sufficient rigidity using MonoKote covering however heavier radio system used total weight could still kept 17 oz substituting tissue dope Wood selection critical however use straight-grained moderately firm balsa fuselage longerons wing leading edge model tends slightly toward being tail-heavy lightweight contest balsa should selected tail surfaces Wing Since construction wing will generate some scrap wood useful constructing other surfaces advise start ing Develop master plywood rib patterns tracing plan tip ribs can trimmed out main ribs pattern really needed Cut 27 blanks light C-grain balsa stack-cut ribs jigsaw carving knife sandpaper smooth Trace wing tip shapes onto sheet balsa carbon paper cut out Sand good fit tips constructed flat building board Notch trailing edge stock /s deep rib locations easily done blade reversed jigsaw Pin ribs place over bottom spars Glue tip sections together pin over plan Place leading edge top spars position CyA-glue joints through out Note top spars must bend down touch wing tips Construct center section exten sion left wing cut loose Square faces block up panel tip 2 in. sand bevel onto pre viously-tilted inboard ribs Assemble two panels center section 5-mm epoxy After epoxy has cured use hacksaw blade held tightly against spar faces cut slot through two double ribs center section develop center section ply gussett slipping section A6 ply about 8 long slot drawing outlines onto Remove cut outlines epoxy spar rib faces using clothespins clamping Final-sand roughness wing preparation covering MonoKote tissue dope Tail surfaces fin rudder conventional flat structure techniques should present builder diffi culty stab semi-symmetrical lifting section name authenticity does require some special skills build use half elevator side unorthodox well proven convert Old-Timers RC-assist using type elevator advantages obvious no carry-through hardware required weight can saved construction much sim plified deflections specified drawing plenty elevator control available setup builder unbearably uncomfortable arrange ment certainly conventional elevator could used stabilizer airfoil section such obviously cannot built flat name authenticity SAM-legal sec tion must used other hand model intended strictly sport flying flat stabilizer could substituted seri ously doubt major trim changes would required such change Cut stab ribs same way wing use lightweight C-grain balsa case Pin lower front spar over Continued page 176 I98 Model Aviation Full-size plane has sheet balsa sides AA version substitutes Sig Kromekote enameled paper Windows re iluad Wilhold RIC 57 inside paper nest appearance FULL * SIZE* PLANS Le Crate$550 RC Electric-powered sport flier 05 motors 3-channels 1/zA Miss America$650 RC Old-Timer /2A Texaco model 049 glow 2-channels Gee flee dodel Y 40-powered AC stand-oft scale great old-time racers 5500 SIliletto CL Stunt model McDonald wInner 1976 1980 1982 PAl Woild Champs. $375 Ole RelIable RC 70 version 38 old-liner REM centrols 19-29 5425 Blue Bled RC Ken 98555s torinalinir plane 4-dr. 10 375 Crashesastar CL Crash-proot trainer Zsizes15-20 36-401125 Cap 20 40-powered scale AC 01 French aerotratic plane Low wing tal-dragger 2 sheets$700 lsl F-16 AC Sarpolus 1149 ducted tan sport tier tor 2-ch Balsa wings loll tune structure 1275 1830 Fleet Biplane AC Sport Scale tsr 35-40 4-nh Wlsgnpan 68 1/8 scale Two eheats 1825 make II RC Ken Willards Itying howl 3-ch 15-power Fly Ironi land removalule gear 1375 Taylor Cub AC Don Srslln Schoolyard-Scale tur DOSs 2-3 Ch Spans SOle1350 Zephyr RC Small 2-nh glider tsr hand-tuanch tow thermal slope sowing$200 Weep VI PP Mihe Stoyn Nato-winning Outdoor HLG$100 Onestep AC Troerer has vety turgtung t94ng quohses 3-nh. 10-26 power$425 Merlyn AC Gland 155-in span Sailylane uses SAC channels$798 pIeces PP Indoor Easy B Ruhber-power conSest-weiner W Van Gorder11 00 Supercat AC Halt-A Fyton Racer/sport flier Pdleron elevator ceotrol Foam wing1300 Saumaster AC Willards 40-sole flying boat tsr 4-dr Strap-on gear ton lontipbanet 2 ahls . 11100 CaBsto 82 AC Fly thin sleek Hats-winning Sailplane AMA Mod SId sr Ihsleniled classes $750 Laser 200 AC Sport Scale replica championship Aerohatic Bar Uses 40 power 4-5 di 2 shIn 11075 135k KIoud ICIng AC Reduced modermted version 011838 design tsr 12A Otd-Taner 2 sr 3 cli $450 Gee Bee A-i AC Hatthes latest I/4-scdo spans 75in. winoha 15th fires 00 er lerger Four nlrts doc 12225 Zephyr 1100 AC AMA Clans B Satplone tsr S-channel AC gear 9875 Cub Ploalplene AC Sport Scale tsr 045-10-size engines 4-ch AC J-3 floats ma dasaic 9898 Regent Queen Sides AC Fon-lypa biplane tur 40-00 power 4-charniels 2 sheets 11150 Re-Volt-Er AC electric-power spoil Ilier tur 2-channel OS recIter $850 Pober Plate AC Scale lamoos EM plane tur 40-power 4-nh Build tsr sport sr Freosion 2 sto $1300 Moequlto AC Spoil Scale twin uses 10 engines 4-nh AC 1825 Electric Sparky AC electric-powered tun flier tur 05 mob, 3-nh AC scaled-op 1538 either power lavodle 1850 Hawker HurrIcane MIt AC Electric-power Spsrl Scale br 16 motor 3-4 channels Two nheets $1175 Stuntltne 80 CL Big 82-in-span StonIer tsr 60-power 8700 Sportiesgon JR AC Pulse-rudder sportnter tsr 02-power . $300 Lab MInor AC Sport Scale mOdel 01 1530s Britleh lightplane tsr 10-power 4-channel AC $725 Dove 850 CL Competifon StonIer tsr 40-45 power has loser wing slab $700 Buck 800 PP Conipefiton Class erO Sc 15-21 power Han voriable-bondence tel VII 9800 Annes PIece CL2A traleer/sportoter rugged balsa tast-buitung $325 Scooter AC Two-Meter Sailplane has ens Nato event 1982 1583 plus other ceirlests 550 Cloud Cruiser AC Old-Timer tohes 80-power 3-nh AC Two-pace wing oplion tsr easy transport Iwo shoots $1175 Good Tern PP Embryo Endurance rubber-power tlsotplone Sm ophonal wheele nlid-and-hssue delight $200 Skyrocket CL Fun-Scale sport tier tooks like Grummans no-nose Navy twin 01 Sm Thebes twin l25s 1325 Chloe Clipper AC Fabulous 74-in-span Spoil Scale tosg hostler tour 10-3170 engines 4-nh Three sheets don $2000 Profiles PP Travelair Mystery Stop Man Lou Angeles profile at-balsa mhher models Sc spoil byng 17 span$200 Bearcat CL Big compohllon-cather profile Stonter br 60 power1800 Over E-Z CL Chit-bier Slant hiplane has profile tuselage uses 25 engine1400 Iroetalds AC Zippy ISle sportsler Sc 10-15 power 3-dronnel AC$400 Lockheed P-38 AC Pan-scale twin-iS-engine tier tur 4-channels Two sheets$1100 PhoenIx CL Updated Thunderbird-style Stunter Sc 35-40 engines1575 Welts Up AC Electric-powered glider tur 3-3 channels 036 moter spans 520 $498 Sty SIr CL loam-wing Combat ship won 83 NaIn Use ID 049-061 power . $398 ThIs N AC Aerobaic biplane tsr 40 englees 4-channels Great tar sport Ilyrig9850 Ryan B-S 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though hadnt used flight written Super trim Super Chicken felt bird needed visual hypesomething break monotony vast yellow ex panse Thats St Croix Golden Falcon ad caught eye phoned Park Falls WI office pleasantly surprised learn theyd send beauti ful Golden Falcon trim $1495 think makes Super Chicken absolutely sexy As said first factory RC kit Ive never flown RC before still cantexcept lots altitude structor Bob Wetle very skilled knowl edgeable patient very lov ing Super Chicken flies fact Bob can heard cackling about crackling 0S Super Chicken flies Bob has yet rub whitewalls Miss America/Mathews Continued paqe 98 plan shim leading edger trailing edge rear lower spar proper height scrap balsa Notice bot tom spars extend under sheet tips Add tips top spars end al ribs Fill tips scrap balsa Remove unit building sur face carefully cut 3/16-in slot verti cally elevator spar Add secondary reinforcement ribs gussets cut elevator loose Hinge Du-Bro molded hinges Ace nylon sheet units Trial-fit fin stab slot adjusting snug fit sure rudder will bind against elevator Sand both units smooth contours cover Fuselage Cut out plywood firewall Lite Ply Bulkhead B Fabricate C D directly over drawing CyA glue Bend up landing gear trial-fit B Mark engine mount drill holes 3-48 blind nuts Develop tail section filler sheet aid carbon paper un der plan Construct fuselage sides directly ovel drawingone built top other Use small strips masking tape between two halves aid separating sides glue has hardened remove sides building board run o table knife between sides separate Check bulkheads fit properly Glue C D bulkheads righthand side pinned buildin 176 Model Aviation No 446 No 447 No 131 No 113 No225 No 238 No 282 No 291 No 302 No 310 No 214 No 328 No 332 No 343 N348 No254 No 358 No382 No 285 No 383 No 388 No 383 No398 N3U No400 No 405 No405 No410 No 412 No 414 No 415 No 416 No 417 No 418 No 418 No 420 No 421 No 422 No 423 No424 No425 No 428 No 427 No438 No425 420 No431 No 432 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Consumers Hobby Corp Coverite D&D Engineering DG Products DGA Designs D&L Tool Sales Dan Parsons Products Davey Systems Corp Detroit Expo Larry Dodge Aero Inc Dougs Hobby Shop Du-Bro Products Inc E&L Manufacturing Eberles Hobby Shop Enya Model Engines FAI Model Supply FHS Supply Inc Flyline Models Foam Scale Models Fourmost Products Fox Mfg Co Woody Frantz Full Command Systems Fun n Fly 84 Futaba Corp America 135 160 52 10 139 16143 65 138 156-157 14 41 150 Cover 2 168 164 172 138 42 143 138 50 139 27 Gator RC Products Gemini Models Carl Goldberg Models Goliath Whirlwind Aircraft Gorham Model Products Great Lakes Model Co Great Planes Model Mfg Co. Art Gross Enterprises H&N Electronics William M Hawke Historic Aviation Hobby Barn Hobby Capitol Distributors Hobby Craftsman Hobby Horn Hobby Lobby International Hobby Products Co Hobby Radio Shop Hoffelt Group Ikon Northwest Co Indy RC Sales Inc 166-167 J-5 Enterprises 51 Jomar K&B Manufacturing Co K&S Engineering Kings RC Hobbies Intl Kraft Systems Inc Kustom Kraftsmanship Leisure Electronics Lone Star Models Products Majestic Models Marks Models Master Kit McDaniel RC Service Jim Messers Quality Model Products Micro Mark Midwest Model Supply Co Midwest Products Co Model Aircraft Designs Inc Model Engineering Norwalk l Magic Products Model Products Corp Model Rectifier Corp Mod-Ler Mutchlers Hobbies 51 142 178-179 10 171 53 169 175 134 53 5 136-137 158 152 143 6 173 53 152 Nor-Cal Avionics134 Ocean State Aeromodel Engineering 2 PK Products Pacer Technology & Resources Peck-Polymers Penn Valley Hobby Center Pica Products Dave Plan Models Polks Hobby Precision Sanding Tools 164 175 135 170 16 43 53 Quadra Aero Engines55 RC Kits Mfg RF Enterprises Radio Equipment Exchange Rebel RC Repla-Tech International Richardson Precision Machining 155Robbe Modelisport 162-163 Ross Power Roush Mfg Co 52 51 9 - - 164 - 165174 31 .. 154 142 4 57 154 23 135 138 165 52 152 59 .154 142 146 Cover 3 142 144-1 45 - 59 170 155 139 160 151 - 40 159173 SR Batteries42 S&W Hobby Supply50 Saf-Flite Models139 Satellite City168 Scratch-A-Plane25 Shamrock Competition Imports Inc24 Sheldons Hobby Shop140-141 161 Sig Manufacturing Co13 Simplex Miniature Engines24 Sterling Models26 St Croix Park Falls Ltd160 Tatone Products Co Taylor-Craft Ltd Top Flite Models Inc Tournament Champions Tower Hobbies 41 160 83 153 11 VLProducts134 WE Technical Services Williams Brothers Windsor Propeller Co World Engines World Helicopters Zenith Aviation Books Nick Ziroli Models 8 41 26 .. Cover4 147 15 158 ADVERTISERS INDEX ADVERTISERS INDEX ADVERTISERS INDEX ADVERTISERS INDEX board Check squareness fol lowing steps Carefully position left frame over right glue bulkheads Place weight over hold firmly place block up tail post exactly 1 7/ above board measured midline Cut cross braces pairs install themagain making sure everything square building surface rear unit completed nose section can pulled notches firewall fuselage box can removed board Cut two pieces Sig Kromekote other enameled paper pattern install aliphatic resin found method both light realisticwith much better strength A2 balsa Com plete fuselage installing pre viously-bent landing gear nose blocks longerons aft cabin should sanded half-round shape recom mend trial installation radio pushrods before covering fuselage Pin previously-constructed tail surfaces onto fuselage install engine position radio gear obtain slightly nose-heavy balance point will com pensate added weight covering prototype balanced perfectly 225 mAh battery directly behind fire wall receiver directly behind first bulkhead servos directly behind receiver Remove hardware cover fuse lage found MonoKote adheres well Kromekote paper excessive pressure avoided Sigs Skybright used trim sprayed directly onto MonoKote using electricians vinyl tape masking Num bers sticky-backed vinyl stationery store flags sticky vi nyl units found Sig catalog engine compartment should fuel proofed Skybrite clear urethane Trexler wheels also Sig catalog prefer test fly workshop check correct warps misalignments test engine adjust center gravity CG range-check radio unit home reduced stress leisurely looking over model shop often prevents disaster field everything functions perfectly head flying field Flying model exceptionally light quick under power Hand launches simple dam thing will fly right out hand no push whatsoever must absolutely sure CG rear ward point shown surface deflections no specified Otherwise Miss America can nasty lady Properly set up it will climb very rapidly Continued page 180 July 1984 177 NEW Full Line Catalog Now Available glance through new catalog will prove wh Byron Originals recognized quality world over since picture worth thousand words hav packed catalog full color black anc white photos highly descriptive illustrations well Youll pleased see new products improvements have joined family scale aircraft propulsion systems related accessories talk about value dollars Check oui factory direct prices competitive pricing th industry ts exclusive accessories tc standard hobby items such finishing materials glues Dont delay Order Byron Originals catalog today Simply send $300 Byron OriginalsoPO Box 279Ida Grove Iowa 514 Set Standards Model Aviation good groove Just point nose wind watch go radio used merely correct climb no upelevator i needed nor should used Since runnng full tank will put model very high suggest filling tank halfway first few flights Frankly Miss America tended sport flying rather com petition Golden Bee would sure nice However competition name game very few Texaco models will outclimb Miss glide rather gentle requiring much larger stick movements Miss America will thermal happily light lift wide narrow circle Try running right angles windthat left right turns Somewhere along wind wall lift will encountered As soon model tends turn its own begins rise set up wide circle until cone lift deter mined relatively small size Texaco models makes visibility potential problem Dont allow model drift too far down wind /2A Miss America buoyant doesnt penetrate too well locked large chunk lift try running leftto-right effort locate down side thermal fails full down elevator full rudder will break model out thermal Landing such lightweight model just matter lining up S-turning bleed off altitude model floats ground effect long way may require some down-elevator get wheels ground Whether hA Miss America built sport competition will reward builder hours flying minimal cost Although will dupli cate Scientific Models guarantee will fly will guarantee builder will enjoy Postscript wrote Frank Zaic inquire might young man shown ad photo historical back ground development very interest ing Let us quote letter Scientific approached design model agreed insisted name shown anywhere very wary time name con nected way commercialism will note never used name JASCO catalog connection time Carl Schmaedig work ing after school finished Gas model later published Model Craftsman Miss Model Crafts man So knew good builder design some good ideas could say Miss America influenced Schmaedigs design matter lot designs influenced others main thing wanted cabin look fairly easy make sturdy As far aerodynamical design concerned idea just what part rudder dihedral etc played overall picture Carl finished model white silkspan clear dope took Holmes Airport via subway lots trouble starting Baby Cyclone major con cern get engine going did get started let model taxi fly off did very nicely straightaway climb about 300 kept right going straightaway distance never saw model again Well proven would fly also meant make another model Scientific $5000 someone paint job final drawings means never did testing find out would behave turns etc model named Scientific us have Two prototypes built Carl Schmaedig first flown once second Miss Americas flew well built kits fly well today both Free Flight RC-assists needs no com ment us fact design has become true classic though kitted very little flying prototypes speaks absolute volumes incredible designing skill Frank Zaic writer has never seen Miss America fly badly regardless size Frank Zaic related story us would find difficult believe 180 Model Aviation