iI WHEN IT WAS introduced spring 1930 Bellanca Skyrocket represented latest powerful version already-famous airplane design traced its origin back five years record-break ing prototype 1925 Giuseppe M Bellanca de signed built high-wing cabin mono plane Wright Aeronautical Corpo ration Wright commissioned design show off new Model J4 engine 200 horsepower plane known Wright-Bellanca WB-1was destroyed downwind landing attempt late 1925 second airplane design built 1926 landing gear simplified engine latest Wright air-cooled radial 220-horsepower Model J5 Wright-Bellanca WB-2 later named Bellanca Columbia Bellanca won both efficiency contests Detroit News Trophy speed 1926 National Air Races duly noted Charles Lindbergh chief pilot Robertson Aircraft Cor poration Robertson held air-mail con tract CAM No 2 between St Louis Chicago using Liberty-powered DeHavil land DH-4s route inefficiency war-surplus planes set Lindbergh dreaming Bellanca night September 1926 flying mail Chicago Lindbergh later recalled thoughts book Spirit St Lou grow conscious limits biplane inefficiency its wings struts wires bind earth field ahead Chicago Bellanca would cruise least 15 miles hour faster burn half amount gasoline carry double payload DH. Bellanca Id show St Louis businessmen what modem aircraft could do.. kinds records could break demonstrationdistance altitude load non-stop flights across country ging accounts Ive read its efficient plane ever G James Alaback built siblymy mind startled its thoughtI could fly non-stop between New York Paris New York Parisit sounds like dream yetif could carry fuel enough Bellanca mightif engine didnt stop new Wright Whirlwinds seldom stop arent like old Libertiesif just held right course long enough should arrive Europe Over next few weeks Lindbergh decided seriously pursue Orteig prize first nonstop New York Paris flight first secured preliminary financial backing group St Louis businessmen November 1926 meeting Giuseppe Bellanca Waldorf-Astoria Hotel New York plane fully capable flying nonstop New York Paris Bellanca told Lindbergh will necessary Registred NR 179N first Bellanca CH-400 Skyrocket spe cial 450-hp supercharged Wasp SC-i engine single cabin door Standard engine 420-hp Wasp C1 Note pilots raincoat draped wing Strut galoshes ground below Hugh W Butterfield pic Wright-Bellarica WB-2 Columbia looked November 1926 Lindbergh tried buy attempt non-stop flight New York Paris fuselage tail silver wing clear-dooed fabric lwhich looked tan light yellow Hank Clark pic /EJ YFj\9\i1jLj to put big gasoline tank cabin However Lindbergh unable reach agreement buy Columbia Wright Aeronautical went cross Atlantic six months later May 2021 1927 flying 3610 miles speciallymodified Ryan monoplane within fortnight June 4 5 Columbia also crossed Atlantic nonstop Clarence Chamberlain pilot Bellanca passed over France went landing Eisleben Germany some 3911 miles New York transatlantic Bellanca sired whole line commercial cabin planes Giuseppe Bellanca secured new financial backing set up own factory started building duplicates Columbia About 100 built Models J CH CH 200 Model CH-300 Pacemaker built under Approved Type Certificate ATC #47 same 220-hp Wright J5 Whirlwind engine powered Columbia Most others built under ATC #129 powerful Wright J6-9 330 hp April 30 1930 still powerful version Bellanca received Approved Type Certificate No 319 engine Pratt Whitney Wasp C- 1 engine 420 hp new version Model CH-400 Skyrocket its powerful en gine high-lift wing lightly-loaded Skyrocket would climb out 1850 feet per minute Like its predecessors Skyrocket six-place cabin land monoplane 6PCLM featured familiar Bellanca high-lift characteristics including airfoil curve fuselage top surface lifting wing struts airfoil cross section wing itself distinctive Bellanca CH400 Skyrocket Special NC 548V appeared summer 1936 aircraft shown accompanying three view drawings Photograph Lammot du Pont Collection courtesy Elutherian Mills Historical Library angular cut its tips its thick undercambered Bellanca airfoil section structure typical period fuselage frame built up welded steel tubing wood formers fairing strips wing used solid spruce spars built-up wood ribs tail assembly structure combination steel tubing wood entire airplane covered fabric cabin interior normally arranged six people dual controls pilot copilot sat individual seats narrow aisle between seats rather high relative window line combination slight wing-root cutouts high wind shield provided good visibility pilot Behind pilots seats another pair individual seats narrow aisle between bench seat two rear cabin completed seating arrangement Behind cabin 12-cubic-foot baggage compartment accessible cabin also through outside Continued page 136 Author inthe copilots seat NC 548V June1936 Colorwasdark red black lettering Long-chord engine cowling wasnt factory design th kyrocket series Photograph Bernard Alaback same Skyrocket Special big picture shows plane left factory May13 1930 Pratt Whitney supercharged Wasp SC1 450 hp Photo via Castle Graphics AMA Building Update XV THE BUILDING FUND drive 1982 few months left go written have acknowl edged update reports will also given special recognition new home aeromodeling Since project has needed considerable amount money just get started contributed beginning will have up front recognition entrance new home reserved honoring donated first needed years come certain hobby businesses individuals clubs will want donations honored ac knowledgement up front lobby building lobby area reserved just contributed prior De cember 31 1982while Building Fund Drive names record various scrolls plaques real Whos aeromodeling chil dren visit AMA HQ AMA Museum will enjoy seeing name group own name display up front After first year lists finalized will publish names level donation will done first acknowledge donors once again second ensure have ones name way donor wishes placed scroll plaque alms race continues reached initial goal $160000 few months ago drive continues anyone may ask consider though start up costs covered would nice get rid much mortgage possible dollar raised another dollar AMA doesnt have borrow million-dollar project involved some startling numbers Example another $100000 can raised can save over $20000 year mortgage payments amount could save dues increase could also spent increased membership services asked PR Department what use could made $20K Some thoughts $20000 additional funds available public relations 1 2 Attend hold meetings AMA district Use publicity service place infor mation over 50000 weekly newspa pers month 10 months 3 Have AMA representative booth trade industry shows 4 Be able participate non-related shows such National Rec reation Parks American Medical Association 5 Place advertising non-hobby-related magazines such Smithsonian Ameri can Medical American Dental NASA other professional journals 6 Use outside printers some items pres ently Xeroxed handoutsfor professional appearance 7 Hire full-time graphics person PR Department other AMA uses 8 Place subscriptions Model Aviation schools across country 2222 $9 per subscription dont think PR pays consider arc two dozen mountains Colorado taller Pikes Peak Everything contribute will come back us some form rare occasion us actually lower cost budgeted item drive continues keep hearing about imaginative ways raising funds Valley RC Flying Club raffled ham also donated proceeds concessions recent fun-fly Satel lite City firm should have mentioned two months ago among companies donated products resale Nats Hobby Shop proceeds went Building Fund Model Airplane News Aero Picnic di rected Joe lleshar raised money balloon-launch event names addresses attached balloons after simul taneous launch returned greatest distance declared winner entry fees Building Fund donations Honor Wall recognizing donations $1000 up has additions month Leon Shulman Mid-Hudson RC So ciety Inc International Miniature Aircraft Association Charter Members AMA Builders plaques recognizing $500 contributions up month includes Sky Masters RC Club Memory William Wardlow GCA Club Friends Contributing Members Honor Roll listing donations $100 up now includes Joseph Dunkis Nico Engraving Triad Ther mal Thumbers memory Sandy Hudson Satellite City VK Model Aircraft Co Valley RC Flying Club Whirlwinds Southwest Michigan Palm Beach Sky Hawks Western Ohio Radio Kontrol Green Mountain R/Cers Inc Southeastern Virginia RC Group Sagi naw Valley Radio Control Lawrence Pacifico Nicholas Johnen Winston-Salem RC Club Broward County RC Association Harlan Thelma Roth Scale Staffel Gold Members Scroll have donated $50 Building Fund will listed New names month John Armitage D Copeman Al Williamson Somerset Signal Senders Fred Bopp Carey Thake George Batiuk ToContinued page 143 January 1983 53 two pictures show new AMA HO/Museum building looked October con tractor completing building amazing rate Move-in anticipated early 1983 Settle 21 oz Enough newest Lectra Starter* Quadra weighs 21 oz including rechargable nicad battery 25-50 starts between battery charges evening installation now possible starter mechanics ahead firewall Finest quality components used throughout Engine starter easily transferred model model Also available assembled tested package overbalanced Quadra engine Call write prices Dealer InquirIes Invited EAS TCRAFT Speciality Products * SendSlOOtedaylereur * complete catalog Deductible first order PO Box 508-tM8 Irwin PA 15642 412 864-4959 * *SAILPLANE* *HereGETORGANlZEDloVe launching equIpment4 years yoor t4oO,te 8 11 nlagaZfleS hl-startIwlncheIpeds 4 MAG FILES $495 cemplete Ilnelbest prices send $495 p1w $1 00 send SASE fer Infe te RLF PRODUCTS P0 BOX 388-K ff3 Box 175-Y Pacil IN 47414 512-723-4310 OVER NH 03820 CL Aerobatics/Paul Continued page 64 looks like original few have used Iron-ons leave RC O-T lot oldies fly great have built yet 015 event instance profile Trixters Hotter n MAN April 1952 1950 Internats winner Air Trails January 1951 bunch others different butwilldo same job built right flown good flier Special building hints according Dahlke Since legal add wood order beef up model things help prevent warps promote solid engine mounting would dream building PAMPA Stunter cap-sparring same 01 Stunter Elderly wing design often used solid leading edges trailing edges will warp Cap-spar cyanoacrylate-type glues doesnt present much problem now simple trick use ZAP 1/16-in square strip side 1 / 16-in rib both top bottom giving 3/16-in wide cap spar rib sure butt strips snugly against leading edge trailing edge building Ringmaster take toylike engine mounts maple outside see far can throw Install new ones extend over leading edge wing Another little-used wing beef-up trick convert four-spar setup roughly 30% 60% chord lines both top bottom wing notch top rib just enough insert Vs-in-square spars weight penalty great warp resistance greatly enhanced Build light light tail OTs often have shortish moment arms know tail-heavy stuff flies dont real slick youll also build very light inboard wing Barn stormer flies three grams tip weight Jim Lee won OTS ignition 1982 Nats recommends Special attention should paid stabilizer ensure adequate thick ness strength rigidity actually changing flight characteristics Old-Timers used s-in stock stabilizer/elevator El Diablo John Miske suggested going 3/16 rather s shown plans use some type stiffeners huge wing tips soaked parts tips elevator Jet add some rigidity Renkar building Most models era have short engine mounts should extended back wing also plywood doublers should added butt joint spar leading trailing edges should also have plywood doublers added strength other note people run 01 events dont want chase people away sometimes let illegal planes fly common infractions moving leadout location definitely alters airplanes ability Someone has adjustable lead-outs Next month well take up engines ignition planes Old Time event information PAMPA Stunt contact Wynn Paul 1640 Maywick Dr Lexington KY 40504 SAFE FLYING IS NO ACCIDENT Bellanca/Alaback Continued page 51 baggage compartment door left side fuselage interior nicely trimmed out befitted airplane depression-era price about equal eight new Cadillacs same period price range $17800to$21lSOin 1930 1931the Skyrocket usually owned large business corporations wealthy individuals Buyers included Bendix Aviation May Co National Battery Shell Oil AO Smith Corp Socony Oil Movie stars Wallace Beery Ann Harding also proud owners Skyrockets 1932 US Navy boughtthree Sky rockets designated XRiE-1 XRE-2 XRE-3 latter being assigned US Marines three shortchord engine cowlings no wheel pants Some minor variations can observed among different Skyrockets ex ample streamlined fairing added over pivot point landing gear legs lower fuselage center line diagonal elevator brace added some production models Both features retrofitted NC548V subject three-view drawing 1936 Other factory options included landing lights short-chord engine cowling wheel pants significant differences engine options cabin door arrange ments affected coverage under Approved Type Certificate airplane shown accompanying three-view drawing sixth Skyrocket built factory serial No 606 manu factured May 16 1930 CH-400 Special under Memo Approval #2-213 registered NC 548V one-ofa-kind having several special features principal differences supercharged Wasp SC-i engine 450 hp single cabin entrance door step fuse lage left side regular production Sky rocket door step both sides particular high-performance Special further modified 1936 give extra eye-appeal match its supercharged power modifications included addi tion wheel pants Hill Streamliners long-chord NACA cowling work done Blue Bird Air Transport owned Mike Cafferello Chicago Municipal Airport now Chicago Midway Airport various times Blue Bird operated two Bellanca Pacemakers two Skyrockets Lockheed Orion its passenger service Joe Bailey usual pilot Blue Birds Skyrocket NC548V author inspected flew airplane June 1936 Chicago Municipal Airport Bellanca colored dark red overall black lettering Among cur rently-available model airplane 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wingspan increased 56 feet fuselage considerably faired out especially noticeable bottom Power creased again model 31-50 31-55 Senior Skyrocketas now called 525 550-hp Wasp engine K HENDERTOOrg Model 3 1-42 Senior Pacemaker Wright R-975 420 horsepower Bellanca offered models through 1937 Senior Skyrockets purchased Continued page 140 K II 14OUGHI YOU SAID f51AK 2 Fine Quality Flying Models Catalog $150 98 RUBBER POWER KITS plus Gliders C/L RIC Accessories Books MAJESTIC MODELS 3273 West 129th Street Cleveland Ohio 44111 CUSTfMI TUNED ENGINES COMPETITION 4CCESSORIES Specialists custom TD 049/051 reed engines Throttled TD s available Complete inventory individual stock custom parts Cox TD 020 049 081 & 09 engines Exclusive distributor Nelson 15 engIne parts Hard-to-get Items such custom needle valves racing wheels quick fills fuel shut-offs solid control lines others detailed brochure send 50 cents Kustom Kraftsmanship Box 2699 Laguna Hills CA 92653 Ph 714 830-5162 PRODUCTS FOR THE 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considered entry US Army competition liaison airplanes won DeHavilland Beaver become L.20 Although Bellanca Lindberghs first choice Spirit St Louis fate decreed would two weeks second airplane fly Atlantic Ocean nonstop However Bellanca first across Pacific Ocean nonstop Columbia its progeny became worlds premier long-distance planes Pacific flight made Clyde Pangborn Hugh Herndon Jr Miss Veedol Wasp C-i NR 796W serial No 3004 already six previous un successful attempts others before lifted off October 3 1931 Samishiro Beach 280 miles north Tokyo landed 41 hours 13 minutes later after flight 4558 miles Wanatchee WA win $25000 prize offered Tokyo Ashahi newspaper first non stop crossing Earlier 1931 July 2830 Russell Boardman John Polando set new long-distance record Cape Cod Wright J6-9 NR 761W serial No 3001 flew New York Istan bul Turkey 49 hours 20 minutes distance 5012 miles Transatlantic flights almost become commonplace 1931 1-4 successful nonstop cross ings spirit Otto Hillig Holger Hoiriis flew Newfoundland Krefeldt Germany June 1931 said just wanted visit home lands some pig knuckles sauerkraut beer plane called Liberty Wright J6-9 NR 797W Bellanca serial No 3003 Among other longdistance Bellancas Leonardo da Vinci American Nurse Pathfinder Lithuanica Warsaw addition its successes setting flight records efficiency long distances Bellancas design commercial success Over 200 CH J Pacemaker Skyrocket series variants produced Bellanca Aircraft Corporation New Castle Delaware decade 1927 1937 Today five left US Civil Aircraft Register Pacemakers Skyrockets live countless memories knew flew Rain Crow/Hull Continued page 59 After glider balanced trimmed long smooth glide possibly almost imaginary bit left turn has observed advance next stage flight adjustingthat launching modest altitude bank glider right wing tip about 6 lower left launch enough right oncoming breeze prevent violent stall launching speed tapers off should about half fullpower launch glider should instance make about half full circle gaining altitude way reach height about 20 ft should slowly drop its nose go smooth glide circle cautioned base judge ment performance observe during several flights since air currents may vary flight flight Based sort observance ever-tightening left glide circles seem regularly occur add bit right rudder opening-up glide circle abot 100 ft diameter use rudder doesnt cure tightening-up ultimately diving tendency will necessary lower leading edge LE hori zontal tail very small amount Accomplish softening tails cement joint about nserting cement-coated spruce wedge no 1/32 its thickest end Ambroid has used cement tail fuselage -it can softened acetone white glue has used can softened water will cause tail warpa catastrophe course can 140 Model Aviation J ETTRON GIANT SCALE & SPORT PLAN SETS KITS & QUADRAS order contains concise construction mental Partial kits include precut wing ribs fuselage formers prebent landing gear Full kits include 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iI WHEN IT WAS introduced spring 1930 Bellanca Skyrocket represented latest powerful version already-famous airplane design traced its origin back five years record-break ing prototype 1925 Giuseppe M Bellanca de signed built high-wing cabin mono plane Wright Aeronautical Corpo ration Wright commissioned design show off new Model J4 engine 200 horsepower plane known Wright-Bellanca WB-1was destroyed downwind landing attempt late 1925 second airplane design built 1926 landing gear simplified engine latest Wright air-cooled radial 220-horsepower Model J5 Wright-Bellanca WB-2 later named Bellanca Columbia Bellanca won both efficiency contests Detroit News Trophy speed 1926 National Air Races duly noted Charles Lindbergh chief pilot Robertson Aircraft Cor poration Robertson held air-mail con tract CAM No 2 between St Louis Chicago using Liberty-powered DeHavil land DH-4s route inefficiency war-surplus planes set Lindbergh dreaming Bellanca night September 1926 flying mail Chicago Lindbergh later recalled thoughts book Spirit St Lou grow conscious limits biplane inefficiency its wings struts wires bind earth field ahead Chicago Bellanca would cruise least 15 miles hour faster burn half amount gasoline carry double payload DH. Bellanca Id show St Louis businessmen what modem aircraft could do.. kinds records could break demonstrationdistance altitude load non-stop flights across country ging accounts Ive read its efficient plane ever G James Alaback built siblymy mind startled its thoughtI could fly non-stop between New York Paris New York Parisit sounds like dream yetif could carry fuel enough Bellanca mightif engine didnt stop new Wright Whirlwinds seldom stop arent like old Libertiesif just held right course long enough should arrive Europe Over next few weeks Lindbergh decided seriously pursue Orteig prize first nonstop New York Paris flight first secured preliminary financial backing group St Louis businessmen November 1926 meeting Giuseppe Bellanca Waldorf-Astoria Hotel New York plane fully capable flying nonstop New York Paris Bellanca told Lindbergh will necessary Registred NR 179N first Bellanca CH-400 Skyrocket spe cial 450-hp supercharged Wasp SC-i engine single cabin door Standard engine 420-hp Wasp C1 Note pilots raincoat draped wing Strut galoshes ground below Hugh W Butterfield pic Wright-Bellarica WB-2 Columbia looked November 1926 Lindbergh tried buy attempt non-stop flight New York Paris fuselage tail silver wing clear-dooed fabric lwhich looked tan light yellow Hank Clark pic /EJ YFj\9\i1jLj to put big gasoline tank cabin However Lindbergh unable reach agreement buy Columbia Wright Aeronautical went cross Atlantic six months later May 2021 1927 flying 3610 miles speciallymodified Ryan monoplane within fortnight June 4 5 Columbia also crossed Atlantic nonstop Clarence Chamberlain pilot Bellanca passed over France went landing Eisleben Germany some 3911 miles New York transatlantic Bellanca sired whole line commercial cabin planes Giuseppe Bellanca secured new financial backing set up own factory started building duplicates Columbia About 100 built Models J CH CH 200 Model CH-300 Pacemaker built under Approved Type Certificate ATC #47 same 220-hp Wright J5 Whirlwind engine powered Columbia Most others built under ATC #129 powerful Wright J6-9 330 hp April 30 1930 still powerful version Bellanca received Approved Type Certificate No 319 engine Pratt Whitney Wasp C- 1 engine 420 hp new version Model CH-400 Skyrocket its powerful en gine high-lift wing lightly-loaded Skyrocket would climb out 1850 feet per minute Like its predecessors Skyrocket six-place cabin land monoplane 6PCLM featured familiar Bellanca high-lift characteristics including airfoil curve fuselage top surface lifting wing struts airfoil cross section wing itself distinctive Bellanca CH400 Skyrocket Special NC 548V appeared summer 1936 aircraft shown accompanying three view drawings Photograph Lammot du Pont Collection courtesy Elutherian Mills Historical Library angular cut its tips its thick undercambered Bellanca airfoil section structure typical period fuselage frame built up welded steel tubing wood formers fairing strips wing used solid spruce spars built-up wood ribs tail assembly structure combination steel tubing wood entire airplane covered fabric cabin interior normally arranged six people dual controls pilot copilot sat individual seats narrow aisle between seats rather high relative window line combination slight wing-root cutouts high wind shield provided good visibility pilot Behind pilots seats another pair individual seats narrow aisle between bench seat two rear cabin completed seating arrangement Behind cabin 12-cubic-foot baggage compartment accessible cabin also through outside Continued page 136 Author inthe copilots seat NC 548V June1936 Colorwasdark red black lettering Long-chord engine cowling wasnt factory design th kyrocket series Photograph Bernard Alaback same Skyrocket Special big picture shows plane left factory May13 1930 Pratt Whitney supercharged Wasp SC1 450 hp Photo via Castle Graphics AMA Building Update XV THE BUILDING FUND drive 1982 few months left go written have acknowl edged update reports will also given special recognition new home aeromodeling Since project has needed considerable amount money just get started contributed beginning will have up front recognition entrance new home reserved honoring donated first needed years come certain hobby businesses individuals clubs will want donations honored ac knowledgement up front lobby building lobby area reserved just contributed prior De cember 31 1982while Building Fund Drive names record various scrolls plaques real Whos aeromodeling chil dren visit AMA HQ AMA Museum will enjoy seeing name group own name display up front After first year lists finalized will publish names level donation will done first acknowledge donors once again second ensure have ones name way donor wishes placed scroll plaque alms race continues reached initial goal $160000 few months ago drive continues anyone may ask consider though start up costs covered would nice get rid much mortgage possible dollar raised another dollar AMA doesnt have borrow million-dollar project involved some startling numbers Example another $100000 can raised can save over $20000 year mortgage payments amount could save dues increase could also spent increased membership services asked PR Department what use could made $20K Some thoughts $20000 additional funds available public relations 1 2 Attend hold meetings AMA district Use publicity service place infor mation over 50000 weekly newspa pers month 10 months 3 Have AMA representative booth trade industry shows 4 Be able participate non-related shows such National Rec reation Parks American Medical Association 5 Place advertising non-hobby-related magazines such Smithsonian Ameri can Medical American Dental NASA other professional journals 6 Use outside printers some items pres ently Xeroxed handoutsfor professional appearance 7 Hire full-time graphics person PR Department other AMA uses 8 Place subscriptions Model Aviation schools across country 2222 $9 per subscription dont think PR pays consider arc two dozen mountains Colorado taller Pikes Peak Everything contribute will come back us some form rare occasion us actually lower cost budgeted item drive continues keep hearing about imaginative ways raising funds Valley RC Flying Club raffled ham also donated proceeds concessions recent fun-fly Satel lite City firm should have mentioned two months ago among companies donated products resale Nats Hobby Shop proceeds went Building Fund Model Airplane News Aero Picnic di rected Joe lleshar raised money balloon-launch event names addresses attached balloons after simul taneous launch returned greatest distance declared winner entry fees Building Fund donations Honor Wall recognizing donations $1000 up has additions month Leon Shulman Mid-Hudson RC So ciety Inc International Miniature Aircraft Association Charter Members AMA Builders plaques recognizing $500 contributions up month includes Sky Masters RC Club Memory William Wardlow GCA Club Friends Contributing Members Honor Roll listing donations $100 up now includes Joseph Dunkis Nico Engraving Triad Ther mal Thumbers memory Sandy Hudson Satellite City VK Model Aircraft Co Valley RC Flying Club Whirlwinds Southwest Michigan Palm Beach Sky Hawks Western Ohio Radio Kontrol Green Mountain R/Cers Inc Southeastern Virginia RC Group Sagi naw Valley Radio Control Lawrence Pacifico Nicholas Johnen Winston-Salem RC Club Broward County RC Association Harlan Thelma Roth Scale Staffel Gold Members Scroll have donated $50 Building Fund will listed New names month John Armitage D Copeman Al Williamson Somerset Signal Senders Fred Bopp Carey Thake George Batiuk ToContinued page 143 January 1983 53 two pictures show new AMA HO/Museum building looked October con tractor completing building amazing rate Move-in anticipated early 1983 Settle 21 oz Enough newest Lectra Starter* Quadra weighs 21 oz including rechargable nicad battery 25-50 starts between battery charges evening installation now possible starter mechanics ahead firewall Finest quality components used throughout Engine starter easily transferred model model Also available assembled tested package overbalanced Quadra engine Call write prices Dealer InquirIes Invited EAS TCRAFT Speciality Products * SendSlOOtedaylereur * complete catalog Deductible first order PO Box 508-tM8 Irwin PA 15642 412 864-4959 * *SAILPLANE* *HereGETORGANlZEDloVe launching equIpment4 years yoor t4oO,te 8 11 nlagaZfleS hl-startIwlncheIpeds 4 MAG FILES $495 cemplete Ilnelbest prices send $495 p1w $1 00 send SASE fer Infe te RLF PRODUCTS P0 BOX 388-K ff3 Box 175-Y Pacil IN 47414 512-723-4310 OVER NH 03820 CL Aerobatics/Paul Continued page 64 looks like original few have used Iron-ons leave RC O-T lot oldies fly great have built yet 015 event instance profile Trixters Hotter n MAN April 1952 1950 Internats winner Air Trails January 1951 bunch others different butwilldo same job built right flown good flier Special building hints according Dahlke Since legal add wood order beef up model things help prevent warps promote solid engine mounting would dream building PAMPA Stunter cap-sparring same 01 Stunter Elderly wing design often used solid leading edges trailing edges will warp Cap-spar cyanoacrylate-type glues doesnt present much problem now simple trick use ZAP 1/16-in square strip side 1 / 16-in rib both top bottom giving 3/16-in wide cap spar rib sure butt strips snugly against leading edge trailing edge building Ringmaster take toylike engine mounts maple outside see far can throw Install new ones extend over leading edge wing Another little-used wing beef-up trick convert four-spar setup roughly 30% 60% chord lines both top bottom wing notch top rib just enough insert Vs-in-square spars weight penalty great warp resistance greatly enhanced Build light light tail OTs often have shortish moment arms know tail-heavy stuff flies dont real slick youll also build very light inboard wing Barn stormer flies three grams tip weight Jim Lee won OTS ignition 1982 Nats recommends Special attention should paid stabilizer ensure adequate thick ness strength rigidity actually changing flight characteristics Old-Timers used s-in stock stabilizer/elevator El Diablo John Miske suggested going 3/16 rather s shown plans use some type stiffeners huge wing tips soaked parts tips elevator Jet add some rigidity Renkar building Most models era have short engine mounts should extended back wing also plywood doublers should added butt joint spar leading trailing edges should also have plywood doublers added strength other note people run 01 events dont want chase people away sometimes let illegal planes fly common infractions moving leadout location definitely alters airplanes ability Someone has adjustable lead-outs Next month well take up engines ignition planes Old Time event information PAMPA Stunt contact Wynn Paul 1640 Maywick Dr Lexington KY 40504 SAFE FLYING IS NO ACCIDENT Bellanca/Alaback Continued page 51 baggage compartment door left side fuselage interior nicely trimmed out befitted airplane depression-era price about equal eight new Cadillacs same period price range $17800to$21lSOin 1930 1931the Skyrocket usually owned large business corporations wealthy individuals Buyers included Bendix Aviation May Co National Battery Shell Oil AO Smith Corp Socony Oil Movie stars Wallace Beery Ann Harding also proud owners Skyrockets 1932 US Navy boughtthree Sky rockets designated XRiE-1 XRE-2 XRE-3 latter being assigned US Marines three shortchord engine cowlings no wheel pants Some minor variations can observed among different Skyrockets ex ample streamlined fairing added over pivot point landing gear legs lower fuselage center line diagonal elevator brace added some production models Both features retrofitted NC548V subject three-view drawing 1936 Other factory options included landing lights short-chord engine cowling wheel pants significant differences engine options cabin door arrange ments affected coverage under Approved Type Certificate airplane shown accompanying three-view drawing sixth Skyrocket built factory serial No 606 manu factured May 16 1930 CH-400 Special under Memo Approval #2-213 registered NC 548V one-ofa-kind having several special features principal differences supercharged Wasp SC-i engine 450 hp single cabin entrance door step fuse lage left side regular production Sky rocket door step both sides particular high-performance Special further modified 1936 give extra eye-appeal match its supercharged power modifications included addi tion wheel pants Hill Streamliners long-chord NACA cowling work done Blue Bird Air Transport owned Mike Cafferello Chicago Municipal Airport now Chicago Midway Airport various times Blue Bird operated two Bellanca Pacemakers two Skyrockets Lockheed Orion its passenger service Joe Bailey usual pilot Blue Birds Skyrocket NC548V author inspected flew airplane June 1936 Chicago Municipal Airport Bellanca colored dark red overall black lettering Among cur rently-available model airplane finishes good color match Pactras #20072 Dark Red Formula U Polyurethane Solarfilms Dark Red similar color #11136 Federal Standard 595a 1 36 Model Aviation Patented stem 200 now available HE 61 engine new imoroved gears Introductory Price $15995 Complete Mount & charger BALSA SHEETS 36 1/19210p5290 3/22 210 pk358 1/8 210 pk385 3/16 210 pk435 1/42look499 1/16n210 pk330 3/32x 310 pk390 1/B310 pk480 3/16x 35pk275 1/435pk325 5/1635pk360 3/835pk395 1/235p5495 3/432pk280 1 r32pk350 1/16x4lOpk520 3/3245pk315 1/545pk360 3/16145pk415 1/445pk495 LGHT 46 LB 36 1/16310 pk430 3/32310 pk490 1/8310 pk880 3/1635 pk325 1/435 pk375 3/835 pk495 1/235 p5595 MATCHED SHEETS 42 3/3244pk399 1/644pk429 3/16x44p5459 1/4x44p5499 BALSA SHEETS 48 1/163 10 pk440 3/32 x310 pk515 1/9 x3 10 pk635 3/163 5 pk386 1/4 3 5 pk425 3/8 n3 5 p5558 1/2 x 3 4 pk560 1194lOpk680 3/3245pk419 1/645p5475 3/16 45pk547 1/445p5600 TRAILING EDGE 36 141Bpk200 5/181-1/4 6 pk 250 3/8xI-1/26p5299 1/2 2 4 pk299 BALSA SHEETS 30 1/16310pk275 3/32310pk325 1/8310pk405 1/184lOpk430 3/32410pk504 1/8410p5590 BALSA TRIANGLES 36 1/4 1/4 10 pk250 3/8 3/8 10 p5320 112 xl/2lOEk430 3/4 3/4 5 pL209 1 S275 BALSA STICKS 36 1/181/410p5180 3/32 1/420pk190 1/B q 20pk140 1/8 1/420pk195 1/9 1/220pk315 3/16 sg 20pS215 1/4g20p5315 1/4 1/220pk430 3/8sq10pk275 3/81/21015315 1/2410Ek360 48 STICKS ADD 25% PINESTICKS 36 1/8 sq10 pk125 1/B 1/410 pk155 1/8 3/810 pk200 3/16 sq10 pk165 114 10 skI255 1/4 3/B 10 pk295 3/8 810 pk370 48 STICKS ADO 25% BIRCH DOWELS 36 1/810pk85 3/1610pkl109 1/410pk140 POPLAR LITE PLY 48 1/8 6 2 p5300 1/8 12 2 pk600 3-Ply BIRCH PLYWOOD 48 1/32 121 pk425 1/165121 p5435 1/8 12 1 151450 5 PLY BIRCH 48 3/32 121 pk570 1/9 12 1 pl585 3/16 12l p5595 1/4 xl 1 p5600 IUNFLI4OSTAR STIKLONESTARCOMINGSOON S TA H B AT SC CoebaI $1498 KWIKSTAR 82498 Ga cSe 500 51 Slrax 15 40 Fxqxe51 Spar 1940 Feyxe45 Spar, 15 ,5 ,SALE $1995$1995 $1895Fox CoerSal$4200 Wln Fox 255CS489BFox 1SBSRC5400 KiSs feaSure foam wings balsa ply fuse Machine cuS paros rugged veryFox 40586C5700 quick assembly ouSstanding value. Choice trike gear Sail dragger.Fox 45B88C5700 Fox Eagle III7500 Riley Woolens UC Combat Shadosfoam cores- $895 accept Visa Master Charge personal checks COD pay Ups 1/2Afoam cores $498 Handling charge -$300 add $200 COD 5% lan TX US Currency Colors principal dimensions Sky rocket shown three-view drawing Performance specifications standard Skyrocket follows Top speed155 mph Cruising speed134 mph Landing speed55 mph Climb rate gross weight. 1250 ft/min Empty weight2592 lb Gross weight4600 lb Fuel capacity120 gallons Fuel consumption22 gal/hr Top speed increased eight miles per hour wheel pants used factory-style short-chord engine cowling added five miles per hour Performance further improved supercharged Wasp installed April 1932 Bellanca introduced slight ly refined versions line now called Skyrocket D Pacemaker E Both often seen engine cowlings wheel pants factory equipment final development basic Colum bia CH- design came 1935 included first major changes since line introduced wingspan increased 56 feet fuselage considerably faired out especially noticeable bottom Power creased again model 31-50 31-55 Senior Skyrocketas now called 525 550-hp Wasp engine K HENDERTOOrg Model 3 1-42 Senior Pacemaker Wright R-975 420 horsepower Bellanca offered models through 1937 Senior Skyrockets purchased Continued page 140 K II 14OUGHI YOU SAID f51AK 2 Fine Quality Flying Models Catalog $150 98 RUBBER POWER KITS plus Gliders C/L RIC Accessories Books MAJESTIC MODELS 3273 West 129th Street Cleveland Ohio 44111 CUSTfMI TUNED ENGINES COMPETITION 4CCESSORIES Specialists custom TD 049/051 reed engines Throttled TD s available Complete inventory individual stock custom parts Cox TD 020 049 081 & 09 engines Exclusive distributor Nelson 15 engIne parts Hard-to-get Items such custom needle valves racing wheels quick fills fuel shut-offs solid control lines others detailed brochure send 50 cents Kustom Kraftsmanship Box 2699 Laguna Hills CA 92653 Ph 714 830-5162 PRODUCTS FOR THE DI$CERNING MODELER Complete Line Exhaust Systems * Tuned Pipes * Muffled Tuned PiDes * Headers uri Mufflers * Expansion Mufflers Helicopter Ball Mufflers ialized Exhaust Systems lJnsurpass*i Wnrkmohin v Performance wiSh January 1983 137 BY RICKS KITS FORTHESPORTPILOT TOFLY TLOWWINGTRAINER T SLOWFLIGHTSTABILITY STSTALLPROOF FORGIVING ALSA WOOD ED rANICIDV SIZE PLANS RUOTION&PHOTO AIDS WARE MOSTPARTSMACHINECUT & FAST BUILDING OUNT ENG 5 SPAN 50 RADIO 4 ch WT lbs $6995 POST OFFICE BOX 1106 RICKS KITS WE PAY SHIPPING WITHIN USA CA RESIDENTS ADO 6% SALES TAX SANTEE CA 92071-0855 6191449-3316 GRAPHITE ULTRA-PLY Carbon laminating material strengthening types models LIGHTER THAN BALSA STRONGER THAN FIBERGLASS Send lonue 0 PO BOX 31228 Indols IN 46231 B Special MK 4 Convertible 84 Monoplane 78 Biplane Weighs 18 lbs tom Wing Biplane & ParasolPlans2195 EitherPartial Kit 85495 L Fall Kit 818495 Plans 82195 Both -] Partial Kit $9495 Fall Kit 819495 Travel Air 2000 105 Classic Scale Biplane Weighs 23 lbs Prans 2299Partial Kit 89850Fall Kit 819550 Travel Air 4808 88 Badial Engine ClassicBiplane 23 lbs Plans 82295Partial Kit 89995D4D Kit 821400 Pokker DVII 88German WWI FighterBiplane 23 lbs Plans 82295Partial Kit 819995 Fall Kit 20950 WACO UPF-7 gg Biplane 23 lbsPlans 82395 Sopmith Tripehoend 88 WWI Tn- 17 lbsPlans 82195 Sopwith Pap WWI BiplanePlant 82195 Quadras 22 CID89200 Shipping 8188 & Pactory Meant81000 ordering information orders shipped UPS Parcel Post Please add 8300 shippin9 plant 810 kits Make checks money orders payable Jerry Behrens fastest service sand Postal money order bank check Sorry no COD will accepted Send wail ders BEIIRENS PLAN SERVICE 31-27 Healy Ave. Far Rockaway NY 11591Phone 12121 337-6997 Allow 4-5 weeks delinery Bellanca cont US Navy JE-l manufacturing rights final version sold Northern Industries Ltd Edmonton Alberta Canada after World War II firm produced limited number Senior Skyrocket Model 31-55 early postwar years last gasp came 1950 design considered entry US Army competition liaison airplanes won DeHavilland Beaver become L.20 Although Bellanca Lindberghs first choice Spirit St Louis fate decreed would two weeks second airplane fly Atlantic Ocean nonstop However Bellanca first across Pacific Ocean nonstop Columbia its progeny became worlds premier long-distance planes Pacific flight made Clyde Pangborn Hugh Herndon Jr Miss Veedol Wasp C-i NR 796W serial No 3004 already six previous un successful attempts others before lifted off October 3 1931 Samishiro Beach 280 miles north Tokyo landed 41 hours 13 minutes later after flight 4558 miles Wanatchee WA win $25000 prize offered Tokyo Ashahi newspaper first non stop crossing Earlier 1931 July 2830 Russell Boardman John Polando set new long-distance record Cape Cod Wright J6-9 NR 761W serial No 3001 flew New York Istan bul Turkey 49 hours 20 minutes distance 5012 miles Transatlantic flights almost become commonplace 1931 1-4 successful nonstop cross ings spirit Otto Hillig Holger Hoiriis flew Newfoundland Krefeldt Germany June 1931 said just wanted visit home lands some pig knuckles sauerkraut beer plane called Liberty Wright J6-9 NR 797W Bellanca serial No 3003 Among other longdistance Bellancas Leonardo da Vinci American Nurse Pathfinder Lithuanica Warsaw addition its successes setting flight records efficiency long distances Bellancas design commercial success Over 200 CH J Pacemaker Skyrocket series variants produced Bellanca Aircraft Corporation New Castle Delaware decade 1927 1937 Today five left US Civil Aircraft Register Pacemakers Skyrockets live countless memories knew flew Rain Crow/Hull Continued page 59 After glider balanced trimmed long smooth glide possibly almost imaginary bit left turn has observed advance next stage flight adjustingthat launching modest altitude bank glider right wing tip about 6 lower left launch enough right oncoming breeze prevent violent stall launching speed tapers off should about half fullpower launch glider should instance make about half full circle gaining altitude way reach height about 20 ft should slowly drop its nose go smooth glide circle cautioned base judge ment performance observe during several flights since air currents may vary flight flight Based sort observance ever-tightening left glide circles seem regularly occur add bit right rudder opening-up glide circle abot 100 ft diameter use rudder doesnt cure tightening-up ultimately diving tendency will necessary lower leading edge LE hori zontal tail very small amount Accomplish softening tails cement joint about nserting cement-coated spruce wedge no 1/32 its thickest end Ambroid has used cement tail fuselage -it can softened acetone white glue has used can softened water will cause tail warpa catastrophe course can 140 Model Aviation J ETTRON GIANT SCALE & SPORT PLAN SETS KITS & QUADRAS order contains concise construction mental Partial kits include precut wing ribs fuselage formers prebent landing gear Full kits include everynhing aboee plus strip wood necessary hardware assembled landing gear cabana struts fiberglass cowl wheelpants required already have plan sets may deduct 81000 prices partial full kits listed below Travel Air D 4000
Edition: Model Aviation - 1983/01
Page Numbers: 50, 51, 136, 137, 140
iI WHEN IT WAS introduced spring 1930 Bellanca Skyrocket represented latest powerful version already-famous airplane design traced its origin back five years record-break ing prototype 1925 Giuseppe M Bellanca de signed built high-wing cabin mono plane Wright Aeronautical Corpo ration Wright commissioned design show off new Model J4 engine 200 horsepower plane known Wright-Bellanca WB-1was destroyed downwind landing attempt late 1925 second airplane design built 1926 landing gear simplified engine latest Wright air-cooled radial 220-horsepower Model J5 Wright-Bellanca WB-2 later named Bellanca Columbia Bellanca won both efficiency contests Detroit News Trophy speed 1926 National Air Races duly noted Charles Lindbergh chief pilot Robertson Aircraft Cor poration Robertson held air-mail con tract CAM No 2 between St Louis Chicago using Liberty-powered DeHavil land DH-4s route inefficiency war-surplus planes set Lindbergh dreaming Bellanca night September 1926 flying mail Chicago Lindbergh later recalled thoughts book Spirit St Lou grow conscious limits biplane inefficiency its wings struts wires bind earth field ahead Chicago Bellanca would cruise least 15 miles hour faster burn half amount gasoline carry double payload DH. Bellanca Id show St Louis businessmen what modem aircraft could do.. kinds records could break demonstrationdistance altitude load non-stop flights across country ging accounts Ive read its efficient plane ever G James Alaback built siblymy mind startled its thoughtI could fly non-stop between New York Paris New York Parisit sounds like dream yetif could carry fuel enough Bellanca mightif engine didnt stop new Wright Whirlwinds seldom stop arent like old Libertiesif just held right course long enough should arrive Europe Over next few weeks Lindbergh decided seriously pursue Orteig prize first nonstop New York Paris flight first secured preliminary financial backing group St Louis businessmen November 1926 meeting Giuseppe Bellanca Waldorf-Astoria Hotel New York plane fully capable flying nonstop New York Paris Bellanca told Lindbergh will necessary Registred NR 179N first Bellanca CH-400 Skyrocket spe cial 450-hp supercharged Wasp SC-i engine single cabin door Standard engine 420-hp Wasp C1 Note pilots raincoat draped wing Strut galoshes ground below Hugh W Butterfield pic Wright-Bellarica WB-2 Columbia looked November 1926 Lindbergh tried buy attempt non-stop flight New York Paris fuselage tail silver wing clear-dooed fabric lwhich looked tan light yellow Hank Clark pic /EJ YFj\9\i1jLj to put big gasoline tank cabin However Lindbergh unable reach agreement buy Columbia Wright Aeronautical went cross Atlantic six months later May 2021 1927 flying 3610 miles speciallymodified Ryan monoplane within fortnight June 4 5 Columbia also crossed Atlantic nonstop Clarence Chamberlain pilot Bellanca passed over France went landing Eisleben Germany some 3911 miles New York transatlantic Bellanca sired whole line commercial cabin planes Giuseppe Bellanca secured new financial backing set up own factory started building duplicates Columbia About 100 built Models J CH CH 200 Model CH-300 Pacemaker built under Approved Type Certificate ATC #47 same 220-hp Wright J5 Whirlwind engine powered Columbia Most others built under ATC #129 powerful Wright J6-9 330 hp April 30 1930 still powerful version Bellanca received Approved Type Certificate No 319 engine Pratt Whitney Wasp C- 1 engine 420 hp new version Model CH-400 Skyrocket its powerful en gine high-lift wing lightly-loaded Skyrocket would climb out 1850 feet per minute Like its predecessors Skyrocket six-place cabin land monoplane 6PCLM featured familiar Bellanca high-lift characteristics including airfoil curve fuselage top surface lifting wing struts airfoil cross section wing itself distinctive Bellanca CH400 Skyrocket Special NC 548V appeared summer 1936 aircraft shown accompanying three view drawings Photograph Lammot du Pont Collection courtesy Elutherian Mills Historical Library angular cut its tips its thick undercambered Bellanca airfoil section structure typical period fuselage frame built up welded steel tubing wood formers fairing strips wing used solid spruce spars built-up wood ribs tail assembly structure combination steel tubing wood entire airplane covered fabric cabin interior normally arranged six people dual controls pilot copilot sat individual seats narrow aisle between seats rather high relative window line combination slight wing-root cutouts high wind shield provided good visibility pilot Behind pilots seats another pair individual seats narrow aisle between bench seat two rear cabin completed seating arrangement Behind cabin 12-cubic-foot baggage compartment accessible cabin also through outside Continued page 136 Author inthe copilots seat NC 548V June1936 Colorwasdark red black lettering Long-chord engine cowling wasnt factory design th kyrocket series Photograph Bernard Alaback same Skyrocket Special big picture shows plane left factory May13 1930 Pratt Whitney supercharged Wasp SC1 450 hp Photo via Castle Graphics AMA Building Update XV THE BUILDING FUND drive 1982 few months left go written have acknowl edged update reports will also given special recognition new home aeromodeling Since project has needed considerable amount money just get started contributed beginning will have up front recognition entrance new home reserved honoring donated first needed years come certain hobby businesses individuals clubs will want donations honored ac knowledgement up front lobby building lobby area reserved just contributed prior De cember 31 1982while Building Fund Drive names record various scrolls plaques real Whos aeromodeling chil dren visit AMA HQ AMA Museum will enjoy seeing name group own name display up front After first year lists finalized will publish names level donation will done first acknowledge donors once again second ensure have ones name way donor wishes placed scroll plaque alms race continues reached initial goal $160000 few months ago drive continues anyone may ask consider though start up costs covered would nice get rid much mortgage possible dollar raised another dollar AMA doesnt have borrow million-dollar project involved some startling numbers Example another $100000 can raised can save over $20000 year mortgage payments amount could save dues increase could also spent increased membership services asked PR Department what use could made $20K Some thoughts $20000 additional funds available public relations 1 2 Attend hold meetings AMA district Use publicity service place infor mation over 50000 weekly newspa pers month 10 months 3 Have AMA representative booth trade industry shows 4 Be able participate non-related shows such National Rec reation Parks American Medical Association 5 Place advertising non-hobby-related magazines such Smithsonian Ameri can Medical American Dental NASA other professional journals 6 Use outside printers some items pres ently Xeroxed handoutsfor professional appearance 7 Hire full-time graphics person PR Department other AMA uses 8 Place subscriptions Model Aviation schools across country 2222 $9 per subscription dont think PR pays consider arc two dozen mountains Colorado taller Pikes Peak Everything contribute will come back us some form rare occasion us actually lower cost budgeted item drive continues keep hearing about imaginative ways raising funds Valley RC Flying Club raffled ham also donated proceeds concessions recent fun-fly Satel lite City firm should have mentioned two months ago among companies donated products resale Nats Hobby Shop proceeds went Building Fund Model Airplane News Aero Picnic di rected Joe lleshar raised money balloon-launch event names addresses attached balloons after simul taneous launch returned greatest distance declared winner entry fees Building Fund donations Honor Wall recognizing donations $1000 up has additions month Leon Shulman Mid-Hudson RC So ciety Inc International Miniature Aircraft Association Charter Members AMA Builders plaques recognizing $500 contributions up month includes Sky Masters RC Club Memory William Wardlow GCA Club Friends Contributing Members Honor Roll listing donations $100 up now includes Joseph Dunkis Nico Engraving Triad Ther mal Thumbers memory Sandy Hudson Satellite City VK Model Aircraft Co Valley RC Flying Club Whirlwinds Southwest Michigan Palm Beach Sky Hawks Western Ohio Radio Kontrol Green Mountain R/Cers Inc Southeastern Virginia RC Group Sagi naw Valley Radio Control Lawrence Pacifico Nicholas Johnen Winston-Salem RC Club Broward County RC Association Harlan Thelma Roth Scale Staffel Gold Members Scroll have donated $50 Building Fund will listed New names month John Armitage D Copeman Al Williamson Somerset Signal Senders Fred Bopp Carey Thake George Batiuk ToContinued page 143 January 1983 53 two pictures show new AMA HO/Museum building looked October con tractor completing building amazing rate Move-in anticipated early 1983 Settle 21 oz Enough newest Lectra Starter* Quadra weighs 21 oz including rechargable nicad battery 25-50 starts between battery charges evening installation now possible starter mechanics ahead firewall Finest quality components used throughout Engine starter easily transferred model model Also available assembled tested package overbalanced Quadra engine Call write prices Dealer InquirIes Invited EAS TCRAFT Speciality Products * SendSlOOtedaylereur * complete catalog Deductible first order PO Box 508-tM8 Irwin PA 15642 412 864-4959 * *SAILPLANE* *HereGETORGANlZEDloVe launching equIpment4 years yoor t4oO,te 8 11 nlagaZfleS hl-startIwlncheIpeds 4 MAG FILES $495 cemplete Ilnelbest prices send $495 p1w $1 00 send SASE fer Infe te RLF PRODUCTS P0 BOX 388-K ff3 Box 175-Y Pacil IN 47414 512-723-4310 OVER NH 03820 CL Aerobatics/Paul Continued page 64 looks like original few have used Iron-ons leave RC O-T lot oldies fly great have built yet 015 event instance profile Trixters Hotter n MAN April 1952 1950 Internats winner Air Trails January 1951 bunch others different butwilldo same job built right flown good flier Special building hints according Dahlke Since legal add wood order beef up model things help prevent warps promote solid engine mounting would dream building PAMPA Stunter cap-sparring same 01 Stunter Elderly wing design often used solid leading edges trailing edges will warp Cap-spar cyanoacrylate-type glues doesnt present much problem now simple trick use ZAP 1/16-in square strip side 1 / 16-in rib both top bottom giving 3/16-in wide cap spar rib sure butt strips snugly against leading edge trailing edge building Ringmaster take toylike engine mounts maple outside see far can throw Install new ones extend over leading edge wing Another little-used wing beef-up trick convert four-spar setup roughly 30% 60% chord lines both top bottom wing notch top rib just enough insert Vs-in-square spars weight penalty great warp resistance greatly enhanced Build light light tail OTs often have shortish moment arms know tail-heavy stuff flies dont real slick youll also build very light inboard wing Barn stormer flies three grams tip weight Jim Lee won OTS ignition 1982 Nats recommends Special attention should paid stabilizer ensure adequate thick ness strength rigidity actually changing flight characteristics Old-Timers used s-in stock stabilizer/elevator El Diablo John Miske suggested going 3/16 rather s shown plans use some type stiffeners huge wing tips soaked parts tips elevator Jet add some rigidity Renkar building Most models era have short engine mounts should extended back wing also plywood doublers should added butt joint spar leading trailing edges should also have plywood doublers added strength other note people run 01 events dont want chase people away sometimes let illegal planes fly common infractions moving leadout location definitely alters airplanes ability Someone has adjustable lead-outs Next month well take up engines ignition planes Old Time event information PAMPA Stunt contact Wynn Paul 1640 Maywick Dr Lexington KY 40504 SAFE FLYING IS NO ACCIDENT Bellanca/Alaback Continued page 51 baggage compartment door left side fuselage interior nicely trimmed out befitted airplane depression-era price about equal eight new Cadillacs same period price range $17800to$21lSOin 1930 1931the Skyrocket usually owned large business corporations wealthy individuals Buyers included Bendix Aviation May Co National Battery Shell Oil AO Smith Corp Socony Oil Movie stars Wallace Beery Ann Harding also proud owners Skyrockets 1932 US Navy boughtthree Sky rockets designated XRiE-1 XRE-2 XRE-3 latter being assigned US Marines three shortchord engine cowlings no wheel pants Some minor variations can observed among different Skyrockets ex ample streamlined fairing added over pivot point landing gear legs lower fuselage center line diagonal elevator brace added some production models Both features retrofitted NC548V subject three-view drawing 1936 Other factory options included landing lights short-chord engine cowling wheel pants significant differences engine options cabin door arrange ments affected coverage under Approved Type Certificate airplane shown accompanying three-view drawing sixth Skyrocket built factory serial No 606 manu factured May 16 1930 CH-400 Special under Memo Approval #2-213 registered NC 548V one-ofa-kind having several special features principal differences supercharged Wasp SC-i engine 450 hp single cabin entrance door step fuse lage left side regular production Sky rocket door step both sides particular high-performance Special further modified 1936 give extra eye-appeal match its supercharged power modifications included addi tion wheel pants Hill Streamliners long-chord NACA cowling work done Blue Bird Air Transport owned Mike Cafferello Chicago Municipal Airport now Chicago Midway Airport various times Blue Bird operated two Bellanca Pacemakers two Skyrockets Lockheed Orion its passenger service Joe Bailey usual pilot Blue Birds Skyrocket NC548V author inspected flew airplane June 1936 Chicago Municipal Airport Bellanca colored dark red overall black lettering Among cur rently-available model airplane finishes good color match Pactras #20072 Dark Red Formula U Polyurethane Solarfilms Dark Red similar color #11136 Federal Standard 595a 1 36 Model Aviation Patented stem 200 now available HE 61 engine new imoroved gears Introductory Price $15995 Complete Mount & charger BALSA SHEETS 36 1/19210p5290 3/22 210 pk358 1/8 210 pk385 3/16 210 pk435 1/42look499 1/16n210 pk330 3/32x 310 pk390 1/B310 pk480 3/16x 35pk275 1/435pk325 5/1635pk360 3/835pk395 1/235p5495 3/432pk280 1 r32pk350 1/16x4lOpk520 3/3245pk315 1/545pk360 3/16145pk415 1/445pk495 LGHT 46 LB 36 1/16310 pk430 3/32310 pk490 1/8310 pk880 3/1635 pk325 1/435 pk375 3/835 pk495 1/235 p5595 MATCHED SHEETS 42 3/3244pk399 1/644pk429 3/16x44p5459 1/4x44p5499 BALSA SHEETS 48 1/163 10 pk440 3/32 x310 pk515 1/9 x3 10 pk635 3/163 5 pk386 1/4 3 5 pk425 3/8 n3 5 p5558 1/2 x 3 4 pk560 1194lOpk680 3/3245pk419 1/645p5475 3/16 45pk547 1/445p5600 TRAILING EDGE 36 141Bpk200 5/181-1/4 6 pk 250 3/8xI-1/26p5299 1/2 2 4 pk299 BALSA SHEETS 30 1/16310pk275 3/32310pk325 1/8310pk405 1/184lOpk430 3/32410pk504 1/8410p5590 BALSA TRIANGLES 36 1/4 1/4 10 pk250 3/8 3/8 10 p5320 112 xl/2lOEk430 3/4 3/4 5 pL209 1 S275 BALSA STICKS 36 1/181/410p5180 3/32 1/420pk190 1/B q 20pk140 1/8 1/420pk195 1/9 1/220pk315 3/16 sg 20pS215 1/4g20p5315 1/4 1/220pk430 3/8sq10pk275 3/81/21015315 1/2410Ek360 48 STICKS ADD 25% PINESTICKS 36 1/8 sq10 pk125 1/B 1/410 pk155 1/8 3/810 pk200 3/16 sq10 pk165 114 10 skI255 1/4 3/B 10 pk295 3/8 810 pk370 48 STICKS ADO 25% BIRCH DOWELS 36 1/810pk85 3/1610pkl109 1/410pk140 POPLAR LITE PLY 48 1/8 6 2 p5300 1/8 12 2 pk600 3-Ply BIRCH PLYWOOD 48 1/32 121 pk425 1/165121 p5435 1/8 12 1 151450 5 PLY BIRCH 48 3/32 121 pk570 1/9 12 1 pl585 3/16 12l p5595 1/4 xl 1 p5600 IUNFLI4OSTAR STIKLONESTARCOMINGSOON S TA H B AT SC CoebaI $1498 KWIKSTAR 82498 Ga cSe 500 51 Slrax 15 40 Fxqxe51 Spar 1940 Feyxe45 Spar, 15 ,5 ,SALE $1995$1995 $1895Fox CoerSal$4200 Wln Fox 255CS489BFox 1SBSRC5400 KiSs feaSure foam wings balsa ply fuse Machine cuS paros rugged veryFox 40586C5700 quick assembly ouSstanding value. Choice trike gear Sail dragger.Fox 45B88C5700 Fox Eagle III7500 Riley Woolens UC Combat Shadosfoam cores- $895 accept Visa Master Charge personal checks COD pay Ups 1/2Afoam cores $498 Handling charge -$300 add $200 COD 5% lan TX US Currency Colors principal dimensions Sky rocket shown three-view drawing Performance specifications standard Skyrocket follows Top speed155 mph Cruising speed134 mph Landing speed55 mph Climb rate gross weight. 1250 ft/min Empty weight2592 lb Gross weight4600 lb Fuel capacity120 gallons Fuel consumption22 gal/hr Top speed increased eight miles per hour wheel pants used factory-style short-chord engine cowling added five miles per hour Performance further improved supercharged Wasp installed April 1932 Bellanca introduced slight ly refined versions line now called Skyrocket D Pacemaker E Both often seen engine cowlings wheel pants factory equipment final development basic Colum bia CH- design came 1935 included first major changes since line introduced wingspan increased 56 feet fuselage considerably faired out especially noticeable bottom Power creased again model 31-50 31-55 Senior Skyrocketas now called 525 550-hp Wasp engine K HENDERTOOrg Model 3 1-42 Senior Pacemaker Wright R-975 420 horsepower Bellanca offered models through 1937 Senior Skyrockets purchased Continued page 140 K II 14OUGHI YOU SAID f51AK 2 Fine Quality Flying Models Catalog $150 98 RUBBER POWER KITS plus Gliders C/L RIC Accessories Books MAJESTIC MODELS 3273 West 129th Street Cleveland Ohio 44111 CUSTfMI TUNED ENGINES COMPETITION 4CCESSORIES Specialists custom TD 049/051 reed engines Throttled TD s available Complete inventory individual stock custom parts Cox TD 020 049 081 & 09 engines Exclusive distributor Nelson 15 engIne parts Hard-to-get Items such custom needle valves racing wheels quick fills fuel shut-offs solid control lines others detailed brochure send 50 cents Kustom Kraftsmanship Box 2699 Laguna Hills CA 92653 Ph 714 830-5162 PRODUCTS FOR THE DI$CERNING MODELER Complete Line Exhaust Systems * Tuned Pipes * Muffled Tuned PiDes * Headers uri Mufflers * Expansion Mufflers Helicopter Ball Mufflers ialized Exhaust Systems lJnsurpass*i Wnrkmohin v Performance wiSh January 1983 137 BY RICKS KITS FORTHESPORTPILOT TOFLY TLOWWINGTRAINER T SLOWFLIGHTSTABILITY STSTALLPROOF FORGIVING ALSA WOOD ED rANICIDV SIZE PLANS RUOTION&PHOTO AIDS WARE MOSTPARTSMACHINECUT & FAST BUILDING OUNT ENG 5 SPAN 50 RADIO 4 ch WT lbs $6995 POST OFFICE BOX 1106 RICKS KITS WE PAY SHIPPING WITHIN USA CA RESIDENTS ADO 6% SALES TAX SANTEE CA 92071-0855 6191449-3316 GRAPHITE ULTRA-PLY Carbon laminating material strengthening types models LIGHTER THAN BALSA STRONGER THAN FIBERGLASS Send lonue 0 PO BOX 31228 Indols IN 46231 B Special MK 4 Convertible 84 Monoplane 78 Biplane Weighs 18 lbs tom Wing Biplane & ParasolPlans2195 EitherPartial Kit 85495 L Fall Kit 818495 Plans 82195 Both -] Partial Kit $9495 Fall Kit 819495 Travel Air 2000 105 Classic Scale Biplane Weighs 23 lbs Prans 2299Partial Kit 89850Fall Kit 819550 Travel Air 4808 88 Badial Engine ClassicBiplane 23 lbs Plans 82295Partial Kit 89995D4D Kit 821400 Pokker DVII 88German WWI FighterBiplane 23 lbs Plans 82295Partial Kit 819995 Fall Kit 20950 WACO UPF-7 gg Biplane 23 lbsPlans 82395 Sopmith Tripehoend 88 WWI Tn- 17 lbsPlans 82195 Sopwith Pap WWI BiplanePlant 82195 Quadras 22 CID89200 Shipping 8188 & Pactory Meant81000 ordering information orders shipped UPS Parcel Post Please add 8300 shippin9 plant 810 kits Make checks money orders payable Jerry Behrens fastest service sand Postal money order bank check Sorry no COD will accepted Send wail ders BEIIRENS PLAN SERVICE 31-27 Healy Ave. Far Rockaway NY 11591Phone 12121 337-6997 Allow 4-5 weeks delinery Bellanca cont US Navy JE-l manufacturing rights final version sold Northern Industries Ltd Edmonton Alberta Canada after World War II firm produced limited number Senior Skyrocket Model 31-55 early postwar years last gasp came 1950 design considered entry US Army competition liaison airplanes won DeHavilland Beaver become L.20 Although Bellanca Lindberghs first choice Spirit St Louis fate decreed would two weeks second airplane fly Atlantic Ocean nonstop However Bellanca first across Pacific Ocean nonstop Columbia its progeny became worlds premier long-distance planes Pacific flight made Clyde Pangborn Hugh Herndon Jr Miss Veedol Wasp C-i NR 796W serial No 3004 already six previous un successful attempts others before lifted off October 3 1931 Samishiro Beach 280 miles north Tokyo landed 41 hours 13 minutes later after flight 4558 miles Wanatchee WA win $25000 prize offered Tokyo Ashahi newspaper first non stop crossing Earlier 1931 July 2830 Russell Boardman John Polando set new long-distance record Cape Cod Wright J6-9 NR 761W serial No 3001 flew New York Istan bul Turkey 49 hours 20 minutes distance 5012 miles Transatlantic flights almost become commonplace 1931 1-4 successful nonstop cross ings spirit Otto Hillig Holger Hoiriis flew Newfoundland Krefeldt Germany June 1931 said just wanted visit home lands some pig knuckles sauerkraut beer plane called Liberty Wright J6-9 NR 797W Bellanca serial No 3003 Among other longdistance Bellancas Leonardo da Vinci American Nurse Pathfinder Lithuanica Warsaw addition its successes setting flight records efficiency long distances Bellancas design commercial success Over 200 CH J Pacemaker Skyrocket series variants produced Bellanca Aircraft Corporation New Castle Delaware decade 1927 1937 Today five left US Civil Aircraft Register Pacemakers Skyrockets live countless memories knew flew Rain Crow/Hull Continued page 59 After glider balanced trimmed long smooth glide possibly almost imaginary bit left turn has observed advance next stage flight adjustingthat launching modest altitude bank glider right wing tip about 6 lower left launch enough right oncoming breeze prevent violent stall launching speed tapers off should about half fullpower launch glider should instance make about half full circle gaining altitude way reach height about 20 ft should slowly drop its nose go smooth glide circle cautioned base judge ment performance observe during several flights since air currents may vary flight flight Based sort observance ever-tightening left glide circles seem regularly occur add bit right rudder opening-up glide circle abot 100 ft diameter use rudder doesnt cure tightening-up ultimately diving tendency will necessary lower leading edge LE hori zontal tail very small amount Accomplish softening tails cement joint about nserting cement-coated spruce wedge no 1/32 its thickest end Ambroid has used cement tail fuselage -it can softened acetone white glue has used can softened water will cause tail warpa catastrophe course can 140 Model Aviation J ETTRON GIANT SCALE & SPORT PLAN SETS KITS & QUADRAS order contains concise construction mental Partial kits include precut wing ribs fuselage formers prebent landing gear Full kits include everynhing aboee plus strip wood necessary hardware assembled landing gear cabana struts fiberglass cowl wheelpants required already have plan sets may deduct 81000 prices partial full kits listed below Travel Air D 4000
Edition: Model Aviation - 1983/01
Page Numbers: 50, 51, 136, 137, 140
iI WHEN IT WAS introduced spring 1930 Bellanca Skyrocket represented latest powerful version already-famous airplane design traced its origin back five years record-break ing prototype 1925 Giuseppe M Bellanca de signed built high-wing cabin mono plane Wright Aeronautical Corpo ration Wright commissioned design show off new Model J4 engine 200 horsepower plane known Wright-Bellanca WB-1was destroyed downwind landing attempt late 1925 second airplane design built 1926 landing gear simplified engine latest Wright air-cooled radial 220-horsepower Model J5 Wright-Bellanca WB-2 later named Bellanca Columbia Bellanca won both efficiency contests Detroit News Trophy speed 1926 National Air Races duly noted Charles Lindbergh chief pilot Robertson Aircraft Cor poration Robertson held air-mail con tract CAM No 2 between St Louis Chicago using Liberty-powered DeHavil land DH-4s route inefficiency war-surplus planes set Lindbergh dreaming Bellanca night September 1926 flying mail Chicago Lindbergh later recalled thoughts book Spirit St Lou grow conscious limits biplane inefficiency its wings struts wires bind earth field ahead Chicago Bellanca would cruise least 15 miles hour faster burn half amount gasoline carry double payload DH. Bellanca Id show St Louis businessmen what modem aircraft could do.. kinds records could break demonstrationdistance altitude load non-stop flights across country ging accounts Ive read its efficient plane ever G James Alaback built siblymy mind startled its thoughtI could fly non-stop between New York Paris New York Parisit sounds like dream yetif could carry fuel enough Bellanca mightif engine didnt stop new Wright Whirlwinds seldom stop arent like old Libertiesif just held right course long enough should arrive Europe Over next few weeks Lindbergh decided seriously pursue Orteig prize first nonstop New York Paris flight first secured preliminary financial backing group St Louis businessmen November 1926 meeting Giuseppe Bellanca Waldorf-Astoria Hotel New York plane fully capable flying nonstop New York Paris Bellanca told Lindbergh will necessary Registred NR 179N first Bellanca CH-400 Skyrocket spe cial 450-hp supercharged Wasp SC-i engine single cabin door Standard engine 420-hp Wasp C1 Note pilots raincoat draped wing Strut galoshes ground below Hugh W Butterfield pic Wright-Bellarica WB-2 Columbia looked November 1926 Lindbergh tried buy attempt non-stop flight New York Paris fuselage tail silver wing clear-dooed fabric lwhich looked tan light yellow Hank Clark pic /EJ YFj\9\i1jLj to put big gasoline tank cabin However Lindbergh unable reach agreement buy Columbia Wright Aeronautical went cross Atlantic six months later May 2021 1927 flying 3610 miles speciallymodified Ryan monoplane within fortnight June 4 5 Columbia also crossed Atlantic nonstop Clarence Chamberlain pilot Bellanca passed over France went landing Eisleben Germany some 3911 miles New York transatlantic Bellanca sired whole line commercial cabin planes Giuseppe Bellanca secured new financial backing set up own factory started building duplicates Columbia About 100 built Models J CH CH 200 Model CH-300 Pacemaker built under Approved Type Certificate ATC #47 same 220-hp Wright J5 Whirlwind engine powered Columbia Most others built under ATC #129 powerful Wright J6-9 330 hp April 30 1930 still powerful version Bellanca received Approved Type Certificate No 319 engine Pratt Whitney Wasp C- 1 engine 420 hp new version Model CH-400 Skyrocket its powerful en gine high-lift wing lightly-loaded Skyrocket would climb out 1850 feet per minute Like its predecessors Skyrocket six-place cabin land monoplane 6PCLM featured familiar Bellanca high-lift characteristics including airfoil curve fuselage top surface lifting wing struts airfoil cross section wing itself distinctive Bellanca CH400 Skyrocket Special NC 548V appeared summer 1936 aircraft shown accompanying three view drawings Photograph Lammot du Pont Collection courtesy Elutherian Mills Historical Library angular cut its tips its thick undercambered Bellanca airfoil section structure typical period fuselage frame built up welded steel tubing wood formers fairing strips wing used solid spruce spars built-up wood ribs tail assembly structure combination steel tubing wood entire airplane covered fabric cabin interior normally arranged six people dual controls pilot copilot sat individual seats narrow aisle between seats rather high relative window line combination slight wing-root cutouts high wind shield provided good visibility pilot Behind pilots seats another pair individual seats narrow aisle between bench seat two rear cabin completed seating arrangement Behind cabin 12-cubic-foot baggage compartment accessible cabin also through outside Continued page 136 Author inthe copilots seat NC 548V June1936 Colorwasdark red black lettering Long-chord engine cowling wasnt factory design th kyrocket series Photograph Bernard Alaback same Skyrocket Special big picture shows plane left factory May13 1930 Pratt Whitney supercharged Wasp SC1 450 hp Photo via Castle Graphics AMA Building Update XV THE BUILDING FUND drive 1982 few months left go written have acknowl edged update reports will also given special recognition new home aeromodeling Since project has needed considerable amount money just get started contributed beginning will have up front recognition entrance new home reserved honoring donated first needed years come certain hobby businesses individuals clubs will want donations honored ac knowledgement up front lobby building lobby area reserved just contributed prior De cember 31 1982while Building Fund Drive names record various scrolls plaques real Whos aeromodeling chil dren visit AMA HQ AMA Museum will enjoy seeing name group own name display up front After first year lists finalized will publish names level donation will done first acknowledge donors once again second ensure have ones name way donor wishes placed scroll plaque alms race continues reached initial goal $160000 few months ago drive continues anyone may ask consider though start up costs covered would nice get rid much mortgage possible dollar raised another dollar AMA doesnt have borrow million-dollar project involved some startling numbers Example another $100000 can raised can save over $20000 year mortgage payments amount could save dues increase could also spent increased membership services asked PR Department what use could made $20K Some thoughts $20000 additional funds available public relations 1 2 Attend hold meetings AMA district Use publicity service place infor mation over 50000 weekly newspa pers month 10 months 3 Have AMA representative booth trade industry shows 4 Be able participate non-related shows such National Rec reation Parks American Medical Association 5 Place advertising non-hobby-related magazines such Smithsonian Ameri can Medical American Dental NASA other professional journals 6 Use outside printers some items pres ently Xeroxed handoutsfor professional appearance 7 Hire full-time graphics person PR Department other AMA uses 8 Place subscriptions Model Aviation schools across country 2222 $9 per subscription dont think PR pays consider arc two dozen mountains Colorado taller Pikes Peak Everything contribute will come back us some form rare occasion us actually lower cost budgeted item drive continues keep hearing about imaginative ways raising funds Valley RC Flying Club raffled ham also donated proceeds concessions recent fun-fly Satel lite City firm should have mentioned two months ago among companies donated products resale Nats Hobby Shop proceeds went Building Fund Model Airplane News Aero Picnic di rected Joe lleshar raised money balloon-launch event names addresses attached balloons after simul taneous launch returned greatest distance declared winner entry fees Building Fund donations Honor Wall recognizing donations $1000 up has additions month Leon Shulman Mid-Hudson RC So ciety Inc International Miniature Aircraft Association Charter Members AMA Builders plaques recognizing $500 contributions up month includes Sky Masters RC Club Memory William Wardlow GCA Club Friends Contributing Members Honor Roll listing donations $100 up now includes Joseph Dunkis Nico Engraving Triad Ther mal Thumbers memory Sandy Hudson Satellite City VK Model Aircraft Co Valley RC Flying Club Whirlwinds Southwest Michigan Palm Beach Sky Hawks Western Ohio Radio Kontrol Green Mountain R/Cers Inc Southeastern Virginia RC Group Sagi naw Valley Radio Control Lawrence Pacifico Nicholas Johnen Winston-Salem RC Club Broward County RC Association Harlan Thelma Roth Scale Staffel Gold Members Scroll have donated $50 Building Fund will listed New names month John Armitage D Copeman Al Williamson Somerset Signal Senders Fred Bopp Carey Thake George Batiuk ToContinued page 143 January 1983 53 two pictures show new AMA HO/Museum building looked October con tractor completing building amazing rate Move-in anticipated early 1983 Settle 21 oz Enough newest Lectra Starter* Quadra weighs 21 oz including rechargable nicad battery 25-50 starts between battery charges evening installation now possible starter mechanics ahead firewall Finest quality components used throughout Engine starter easily transferred model model Also available assembled tested package overbalanced Quadra engine Call write prices Dealer InquirIes Invited EAS TCRAFT Speciality Products * SendSlOOtedaylereur * complete catalog Deductible first order PO Box 508-tM8 Irwin PA 15642 412 864-4959 * *SAILPLANE* *HereGETORGANlZEDloVe launching equIpment4 years yoor t4oO,te 8 11 nlagaZfleS hl-startIwlncheIpeds 4 MAG FILES $495 cemplete Ilnelbest prices send $495 p1w $1 00 send SASE fer Infe te RLF PRODUCTS P0 BOX 388-K ff3 Box 175-Y Pacil IN 47414 512-723-4310 OVER NH 03820 CL Aerobatics/Paul Continued page 64 looks like original few have used Iron-ons leave RC O-T lot oldies fly great have built yet 015 event instance profile Trixters Hotter n MAN April 1952 1950 Internats winner Air Trails January 1951 bunch others different butwilldo same job built right flown good flier Special building hints according Dahlke Since legal add wood order beef up model things help prevent warps promote solid engine mounting would dream building PAMPA Stunter cap-sparring same 01 Stunter Elderly wing design often used solid leading edges trailing edges will warp Cap-spar cyanoacrylate-type glues doesnt present much problem now simple trick use ZAP 1/16-in square strip side 1 / 16-in rib both top bottom giving 3/16-in wide cap spar rib sure butt strips snugly against leading edge trailing edge building Ringmaster take toylike engine mounts maple outside see far can throw Install new ones extend over leading edge wing Another little-used wing beef-up trick convert four-spar setup roughly 30% 60% chord lines both top bottom wing notch top rib just enough insert Vs-in-square spars weight penalty great warp resistance greatly enhanced Build light light tail OTs often have shortish moment arms know tail-heavy stuff flies dont real slick youll also build very light inboard wing Barn stormer flies three grams tip weight Jim Lee won OTS ignition 1982 Nats recommends Special attention should paid stabilizer ensure adequate thick ness strength rigidity actually changing flight characteristics Old-Timers used s-in stock stabilizer/elevator El Diablo John Miske suggested going 3/16 rather s shown plans use some type stiffeners huge wing tips soaked parts tips elevator Jet add some rigidity Renkar building Most models era have short engine mounts should extended back wing also plywood doublers should added butt joint spar leading trailing edges should also have plywood doublers added strength other note people run 01 events dont want chase people away sometimes let illegal planes fly common infractions moving leadout location definitely alters airplanes ability Someone has adjustable lead-outs Next month well take up engines ignition planes Old Time event information PAMPA Stunt contact Wynn Paul 1640 Maywick Dr Lexington KY 40504 SAFE FLYING IS NO ACCIDENT Bellanca/Alaback Continued page 51 baggage compartment door left side fuselage interior nicely trimmed out befitted airplane depression-era price about equal eight new Cadillacs same period price range $17800to$21lSOin 1930 1931the Skyrocket usually owned large business corporations wealthy individuals Buyers included Bendix Aviation May Co National Battery Shell Oil AO Smith Corp Socony Oil Movie stars Wallace Beery Ann Harding also proud owners Skyrockets 1932 US Navy boughtthree Sky rockets designated XRiE-1 XRE-2 XRE-3 latter being assigned US Marines three shortchord engine cowlings no wheel pants Some minor variations can observed among different Skyrockets ex ample streamlined fairing added over pivot point landing gear legs lower fuselage center line diagonal elevator brace added some production models Both features retrofitted NC548V subject three-view drawing 1936 Other factory options included landing lights short-chord engine cowling wheel pants significant differences engine options cabin door arrange ments affected coverage under Approved Type Certificate airplane shown accompanying three-view drawing sixth Skyrocket built factory serial No 606 manu factured May 16 1930 CH-400 Special under Memo Approval #2-213 registered NC 548V one-ofa-kind having several special features principal differences supercharged Wasp SC-i engine 450 hp single cabin entrance door step fuse lage left side regular production Sky rocket door step both sides particular high-performance Special further modified 1936 give extra eye-appeal match its supercharged power modifications included addi tion wheel pants Hill Streamliners long-chord NACA cowling work done Blue Bird Air Transport owned Mike Cafferello Chicago Municipal Airport now Chicago Midway Airport various times Blue Bird operated two Bellanca Pacemakers two Skyrockets Lockheed Orion its passenger service Joe Bailey usual pilot Blue Birds Skyrocket NC548V author inspected flew airplane June 1936 Chicago Municipal Airport Bellanca colored dark red overall black lettering Among cur rently-available model airplane finishes good color match Pactras #20072 Dark Red Formula U Polyurethane Solarfilms Dark Red similar color #11136 Federal Standard 595a 1 36 Model Aviation Patented stem 200 now available HE 61 engine new imoroved gears Introductory Price $15995 Complete Mount & charger BALSA SHEETS 36 1/19210p5290 3/22 210 pk358 1/8 210 pk385 3/16 210 pk435 1/42look499 1/16n210 pk330 3/32x 310 pk390 1/B310 pk480 3/16x 35pk275 1/435pk325 5/1635pk360 3/835pk395 1/235p5495 3/432pk280 1 r32pk350 1/16x4lOpk520 3/3245pk315 1/545pk360 3/16145pk415 1/445pk495 LGHT 46 LB 36 1/16310 pk430 3/32310 pk490 1/8310 pk880 3/1635 pk325 1/435 pk375 3/835 pk495 1/235 p5595 MATCHED SHEETS 42 3/3244pk399 1/644pk429 3/16x44p5459 1/4x44p5499 BALSA SHEETS 48 1/163 10 pk440 3/32 x310 pk515 1/9 x3 10 pk635 3/163 5 pk386 1/4 3 5 pk425 3/8 n3 5 p5558 1/2 x 3 4 pk560 1194lOpk680 3/3245pk419 1/645p5475 3/16 45pk547 1/445p5600 TRAILING EDGE 36 141Bpk200 5/181-1/4 6 pk 250 3/8xI-1/26p5299 1/2 2 4 pk299 BALSA SHEETS 30 1/16310pk275 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rugged veryFox 40586C5700 quick assembly ouSstanding value. Choice trike gear Sail dragger.Fox 45B88C5700 Fox Eagle III7500 Riley Woolens UC Combat Shadosfoam cores- $895 accept Visa Master Charge personal checks COD pay Ups 1/2Afoam cores $498 Handling charge -$300 add $200 COD 5% lan TX US Currency Colors principal dimensions Sky rocket shown three-view drawing Performance specifications standard Skyrocket follows Top speed155 mph Cruising speed134 mph Landing speed55 mph Climb rate gross weight. 1250 ft/min Empty weight2592 lb Gross weight4600 lb Fuel capacity120 gallons Fuel consumption22 gal/hr Top speed increased eight miles per hour wheel pants used factory-style short-chord engine cowling added five miles per hour Performance further improved supercharged Wasp installed April 1932 Bellanca introduced slight ly refined versions line now called Skyrocket D Pacemaker E Both often seen engine cowlings wheel pants factory equipment final development basic Colum bia CH- design came 1935 included first major changes since line introduced wingspan increased 56 feet fuselage considerably faired out especially noticeable bottom Power creased again model 31-50 31-55 Senior Skyrocketas now called 525 550-hp Wasp engine K HENDERTOOrg Model 3 1-42 Senior Pacemaker Wright R-975 420 horsepower Bellanca offered models through 1937 Senior Skyrockets purchased Continued page 140 K II 14OUGHI YOU SAID f51AK 2 Fine Quality Flying Models Catalog $150 98 RUBBER POWER KITS plus Gliders C/L RIC Accessories Books MAJESTIC MODELS 3273 West 129th Street Cleveland Ohio 44111 CUSTfMI TUNED ENGINES COMPETITION 4CCESSORIES Specialists custom TD 049/051 reed engines Throttled TD s available Complete inventory individual stock custom parts Cox TD 020 049 081 & 09 engines Exclusive distributor Nelson 15 engIne parts Hard-to-get Items such custom needle valves racing wheels quick fills fuel shut-offs solid control lines others detailed brochure send 50 cents Kustom Kraftsmanship Box 2699 Laguna Hills CA 92653 Ph 714 830-5162 PRODUCTS FOR THE DI$CERNING MODELER Complete Line Exhaust Systems * Tuned Pipes * Muffled Tuned PiDes * Headers uri Mufflers * Expansion Mufflers Helicopter Ball Mufflers ialized Exhaust Systems lJnsurpass*i Wnrkmohin v Performance wiSh January 1983 137 BY RICKS KITS FORTHESPORTPILOT TOFLY TLOWWINGTRAINER T SLOWFLIGHTSTABILITY STSTALLPROOF FORGIVING ALSA WOOD ED rANICIDV SIZE PLANS RUOTION&PHOTO AIDS WARE MOSTPARTSMACHINECUT & FAST BUILDING OUNT ENG 5 SPAN 50 RADIO 4 ch WT lbs $6995 POST OFFICE BOX 1106 RICKS KITS WE PAY SHIPPING WITHIN USA CA RESIDENTS ADO 6% SALES TAX SANTEE CA 92071-0855 6191449-3316 GRAPHITE ULTRA-PLY Carbon laminating material strengthening types models LIGHTER THAN BALSA STRONGER THAN FIBERGLASS Send lonue 0 PO BOX 31228 Indols IN 46231 B Special MK 4 Convertible 84 Monoplane 78 Biplane Weighs 18 lbs tom Wing Biplane & ParasolPlans2195 EitherPartial Kit 85495 L Fall Kit 818495 Plans 82195 Both -] Partial Kit $9495 Fall Kit 819495 Travel Air 2000 105 Classic Scale Biplane Weighs 23 lbs Prans 2299Partial Kit 89850Fall Kit 819550 Travel Air 4808 88 Badial Engine ClassicBiplane 23 lbs Plans 82295Partial Kit 89995D4D Kit 821400 Pokker DVII 88German WWI FighterBiplane 23 lbs Plans 82295Partial Kit 819995 Fall Kit 20950 WACO UPF-7 gg Biplane 23 lbsPlans 82395 Sopmith Tripehoend 88 WWI Tn- 17 lbsPlans 82195 Sopwith Pap WWI BiplanePlant 82195 Quadras 22 CID89200 Shipping 8188 & Pactory Meant81000 ordering information orders shipped UPS Parcel Post Please add 8300 shippin9 plant 810 kits Make checks money orders payable Jerry Behrens fastest service sand Postal money order bank check Sorry no COD will accepted Send wail ders BEIIRENS PLAN SERVICE 31-27 Healy Ave. Far Rockaway NY 11591Phone 12121 337-6997 Allow 4-5 weeks delinery Bellanca cont US Navy JE-l manufacturing rights final version sold Northern Industries Ltd Edmonton Alberta Canada after World War II firm produced limited number Senior Skyrocket Model 31-55 early postwar years last gasp came 1950 design considered entry US Army competition liaison airplanes won DeHavilland Beaver become L.20 Although Bellanca Lindberghs first choice Spirit St Louis fate decreed would two weeks second airplane fly Atlantic Ocean nonstop However Bellanca first across Pacific Ocean nonstop Columbia its progeny became worlds premier long-distance planes Pacific flight made Clyde Pangborn Hugh Herndon Jr Miss Veedol Wasp C-i NR 796W serial No 3004 already six previous un successful attempts others before lifted off October 3 1931 Samishiro Beach 280 miles north Tokyo landed 41 hours 13 minutes later after flight 4558 miles Wanatchee WA win $25000 prize offered Tokyo Ashahi newspaper first non stop crossing Earlier 1931 July 2830 Russell Boardman John Polando set new long-distance record Cape Cod Wright J6-9 NR 761W serial No 3001 flew New York Istan bul Turkey 49 hours 20 minutes distance 5012 miles Transatlantic flights almost become commonplace 1931 1-4 successful nonstop cross ings spirit Otto Hillig Holger Hoiriis flew Newfoundland Krefeldt Germany June 1931 said just wanted visit home lands some pig knuckles sauerkraut beer plane called Liberty Wright J6-9 NR 797W Bellanca serial No 3003 Among other longdistance Bellancas Leonardo da Vinci American Nurse Pathfinder Lithuanica Warsaw addition its successes setting flight records efficiency long distances Bellancas design commercial success Over 200 CH J Pacemaker Skyrocket series variants produced Bellanca Aircraft Corporation New Castle Delaware decade 1927 1937 Today five left US Civil Aircraft Register Pacemakers Skyrockets live countless memories knew flew Rain Crow/Hull Continued page 59 After glider balanced trimmed long smooth glide possibly almost imaginary bit left turn has observed advance next stage flight adjustingthat launching modest altitude bank glider right wing tip about 6 lower left launch enough right oncoming breeze prevent violent stall launching speed tapers off should about half fullpower launch glider should instance make about half full circle gaining altitude way reach height about 20 ft should slowly drop its nose go smooth glide circle cautioned base judge ment performance observe during several flights since air currents may vary flight flight Based sort observance ever-tightening left glide circles seem regularly occur add bit right rudder opening-up glide circle abot 100 ft diameter use rudder doesnt cure tightening-up ultimately diving tendency will necessary lower leading edge LE hori zontal tail very small amount Accomplish softening tails cement joint about nserting cement-coated spruce wedge no 1/32 its thickest end Ambroid has used cement tail fuselage -it can softened acetone white glue has used can softened water will cause tail warpa catastrophe course can 140 Model Aviation J ETTRON GIANT SCALE & SPORT PLAN SETS KITS & QUADRAS order contains concise construction mental Partial kits include precut wing ribs fuselage formers prebent landing gear Full kits include everynhing aboee plus strip wood necessary hardware assembled landing gear cabana struts fiberglass cowl wheelpants required already have plan sets may deduct 81000 prices partial full kits listed below Travel Air D 4000
Edition: Model Aviation - 1983/01
Page Numbers: 50, 51, 136, 137, 140
iI WHEN IT WAS introduced spring 1930 Bellanca Skyrocket represented latest powerful version already-famous airplane design traced its origin back five years record-break ing prototype 1925 Giuseppe M Bellanca de signed built high-wing cabin mono plane Wright Aeronautical Corpo ration Wright commissioned design show off new Model J4 engine 200 horsepower plane known Wright-Bellanca WB-1was destroyed downwind landing attempt late 1925 second airplane design built 1926 landing gear simplified engine latest Wright air-cooled radial 220-horsepower Model J5 Wright-Bellanca WB-2 later named Bellanca Columbia Bellanca won both efficiency contests Detroit News Trophy speed 1926 National Air Races duly noted Charles Lindbergh chief pilot Robertson Aircraft Cor poration Robertson held air-mail con tract CAM No 2 between St Louis Chicago using Liberty-powered DeHavil land DH-4s route inefficiency war-surplus planes set Lindbergh dreaming Bellanca night September 1926 flying mail Chicago Lindbergh later recalled thoughts book Spirit St Lou grow conscious limits biplane inefficiency its wings struts wires bind earth field ahead Chicago Bellanca would cruise least 15 miles hour faster burn half amount gasoline carry double payload DH. Bellanca Id show St Louis businessmen what modem aircraft could do.. kinds records could break demonstrationdistance altitude load non-stop flights across country ging accounts Ive read its efficient plane ever G James Alaback built siblymy mind startled its thoughtI could fly non-stop between New York Paris New York Parisit sounds like dream yetif could carry fuel enough Bellanca mightif engine didnt stop new Wright Whirlwinds seldom stop arent like old Libertiesif just held right course long enough should arrive Europe Over next few weeks Lindbergh decided seriously pursue Orteig prize first nonstop New York Paris flight first secured preliminary financial backing group St Louis businessmen November 1926 meeting Giuseppe Bellanca Waldorf-Astoria Hotel New York plane fully capable flying nonstop New York Paris Bellanca told Lindbergh will necessary Registred NR 179N first Bellanca CH-400 Skyrocket spe cial 450-hp supercharged Wasp SC-i engine single cabin door Standard engine 420-hp Wasp C1 Note pilots raincoat draped wing Strut galoshes ground below Hugh W Butterfield pic Wright-Bellarica WB-2 Columbia looked November 1926 Lindbergh tried buy attempt non-stop flight New York Paris fuselage tail silver wing clear-dooed fabric lwhich looked tan light yellow Hank Clark pic /EJ YFj\9\i1jLj to put big gasoline tank cabin However Lindbergh unable reach agreement buy Columbia Wright Aeronautical went cross Atlantic six months later May 2021 1927 flying 3610 miles speciallymodified Ryan monoplane within fortnight June 4 5 Columbia also crossed Atlantic nonstop Clarence Chamberlain pilot Bellanca passed over France went landing Eisleben Germany some 3911 miles New York transatlantic Bellanca sired whole line commercial cabin planes Giuseppe Bellanca secured new financial backing set up own factory started building duplicates Columbia About 100 built Models J CH CH 200 Model CH-300 Pacemaker built under Approved Type Certificate ATC #47 same 220-hp Wright J5 Whirlwind engine powered Columbia Most others built under ATC #129 powerful Wright J6-9 330 hp April 30 1930 still powerful version Bellanca received Approved Type Certificate No 319 engine Pratt Whitney Wasp C- 1 engine 420 hp new version Model CH-400 Skyrocket its powerful en gine high-lift wing lightly-loaded Skyrocket would climb out 1850 feet per minute Like its predecessors Skyrocket six-place cabin land monoplane 6PCLM featured familiar Bellanca high-lift characteristics including airfoil curve fuselage top surface lifting wing struts airfoil cross section wing itself distinctive Bellanca CH400 Skyrocket Special NC 548V appeared summer 1936 aircraft shown accompanying three view drawings Photograph Lammot du Pont Collection courtesy Elutherian Mills Historical Library angular cut its tips its thick undercambered Bellanca airfoil section structure typical period fuselage frame built up welded steel tubing wood formers fairing strips wing used solid spruce spars built-up wood ribs tail assembly structure combination steel tubing wood entire airplane covered fabric cabin interior normally arranged six people dual controls pilot copilot sat individual seats narrow aisle between seats rather high relative window line combination slight wing-root cutouts high wind shield provided good visibility pilot Behind pilots seats another pair individual seats narrow aisle between bench seat two rear cabin completed seating arrangement Behind cabin 12-cubic-foot baggage compartment accessible cabin also through outside Continued page 136 Author inthe copilots seat NC 548V June1936 Colorwasdark red black lettering Long-chord engine cowling wasnt factory design th kyrocket series Photograph Bernard Alaback same Skyrocket Special big picture shows plane left factory May13 1930 Pratt Whitney supercharged Wasp SC1 450 hp Photo via Castle Graphics AMA Building Update XV THE BUILDING FUND drive 1982 few months left go written have acknowl edged update reports will also given special recognition new home aeromodeling Since project has needed considerable amount money just get started contributed beginning will have up front recognition entrance new home reserved honoring donated first needed years come certain hobby businesses individuals clubs will want donations honored ac knowledgement up front lobby building lobby area reserved just contributed prior De cember 31 1982while Building Fund Drive names record various scrolls plaques real Whos aeromodeling chil dren visit AMA HQ AMA Museum will enjoy seeing name group own name display up front After first year lists finalized will publish names level donation will done first acknowledge donors once again second ensure have ones name way donor wishes placed scroll plaque alms race continues reached initial goal $160000 few months ago drive continues anyone may ask consider though start up costs covered would nice get rid much mortgage possible dollar raised another dollar AMA doesnt have borrow million-dollar project involved some startling numbers Example another $100000 can raised can save over $20000 year mortgage payments amount could save dues increase could also spent increased membership services asked PR Department what use could made $20K Some thoughts $20000 additional funds available public relations 1 2 Attend hold meetings AMA district Use publicity service place infor mation over 50000 weekly newspa pers month 10 months 3 Have AMA representative booth trade industry shows 4 Be able participate non-related shows such National Rec reation Parks American Medical Association 5 Place advertising non-hobby-related magazines such Smithsonian Ameri can Medical American Dental NASA other professional journals 6 Use outside printers some items pres ently Xeroxed handoutsfor professional appearance 7 Hire full-time graphics person PR Department other AMA uses 8 Place subscriptions Model Aviation schools across country 2222 $9 per subscription dont think PR pays consider arc two dozen mountains Colorado taller Pikes Peak Everything contribute will come back us some form rare occasion us actually lower cost budgeted item drive continues keep hearing about imaginative ways raising funds Valley RC Flying Club raffled ham also donated proceeds concessions recent fun-fly Satel lite City firm should have mentioned two months ago among companies donated products resale Nats Hobby Shop proceeds went Building Fund Model Airplane News Aero Picnic di rected Joe lleshar raised money balloon-launch event names addresses attached balloons after simul taneous launch returned greatest distance declared winner entry fees Building Fund donations Honor Wall recognizing donations $1000 up has additions month Leon Shulman Mid-Hudson RC So ciety Inc International Miniature Aircraft Association Charter Members AMA Builders plaques recognizing $500 contributions up month includes Sky Masters RC Club Memory William Wardlow GCA Club Friends Contributing Members Honor Roll listing donations $100 up now includes Joseph Dunkis Nico Engraving Triad Ther mal Thumbers memory Sandy Hudson Satellite City VK Model Aircraft Co Valley RC Flying Club Whirlwinds Southwest Michigan Palm Beach Sky Hawks Western Ohio Radio Kontrol Green Mountain R/Cers Inc Southeastern Virginia RC Group Sagi naw Valley Radio Control Lawrence Pacifico Nicholas Johnen Winston-Salem RC Club Broward County RC Association Harlan Thelma Roth Scale Staffel Gold Members Scroll have donated $50 Building Fund will listed New names month John Armitage D Copeman Al Williamson Somerset Signal Senders Fred Bopp Carey Thake George Batiuk ToContinued page 143 January 1983 53 two pictures show new AMA HO/Museum building looked October con tractor completing building amazing rate Move-in anticipated early 1983 Settle 21 oz Enough newest Lectra Starter* Quadra weighs 21 oz including rechargable nicad battery 25-50 starts between battery charges evening installation now possible starter mechanics ahead firewall Finest quality 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prevent warps promote solid engine mounting would dream building PAMPA Stunter cap-sparring same 01 Stunter Elderly wing design often used solid leading edges trailing edges will warp Cap-spar cyanoacrylate-type glues doesnt present much problem now simple trick use ZAP 1/16-in square strip side 1 / 16-in rib both top bottom giving 3/16-in wide cap spar rib sure butt strips snugly against leading edge trailing edge building Ringmaster take toylike engine mounts maple outside see far can throw Install new ones extend over leading edge wing Another little-used wing beef-up trick convert four-spar setup roughly 30% 60% chord lines both top bottom wing notch top rib just enough insert Vs-in-square spars weight penalty great warp resistance greatly enhanced Build light light tail OTs often have shortish moment arms know tail-heavy stuff flies dont real slick youll also build very light inboard wing Barn stormer flies three grams tip weight Jim Lee won OTS ignition 1982 Nats recommends Special attention should paid stabilizer ensure adequate thick ness strength rigidity actually changing flight characteristics Old-Timers used s-in stock stabilizer/elevator El Diablo John Miske suggested going 3/16 rather s shown plans use some type stiffeners huge wing tips soaked parts tips elevator Jet add some rigidity Renkar building Most models era have short engine mounts should extended back wing also plywood doublers should added butt joint spar leading trailing edges should also have plywood doublers added strength other note people run 01 events dont want chase people away sometimes let illegal planes fly common infractions moving leadout location definitely alters airplanes ability Someone has adjustable lead-outs Next month well take up engines ignition planes Old Time event information PAMPA Stunt contact Wynn Paul 1640 Maywick Dr Lexington KY 40504 SAFE FLYING IS NO ACCIDENT Bellanca/Alaback Continued page 51 baggage compartment door left side fuselage interior nicely trimmed out befitted airplane depression-era price about equal eight new Cadillacs same period price range $17800to$21lSOin 1930 1931the Skyrocket usually owned large business corporations wealthy individuals Buyers included Bendix Aviation May Co National Battery Shell Oil AO Smith Corp Socony Oil Movie stars Wallace Beery Ann Harding also proud owners Skyrockets 1932 US Navy boughtthree Sky rockets designated XRiE-1 XRE-2 XRE-3 latter being assigned US Marines three shortchord engine cowlings no wheel pants Some minor variations can observed among different Skyrockets ex ample streamlined fairing added over pivot point landing gear legs lower fuselage center line diagonal elevator brace added some production models Both features retrofitted NC548V subject three-view drawing 1936 Other factory options included landing lights short-chord engine cowling wheel pants significant differences engine options cabin door arrange ments affected coverage under Approved Type Certificate airplane shown accompanying three-view drawing sixth Skyrocket built factory serial No 606 manu factured May 16 1930 CH-400 Special under Memo Approval #2-213 registered NC 548V one-ofa-kind having several special features principal differences supercharged Wasp SC-i engine 450 hp single cabin entrance door step fuse lage left side regular production Sky rocket door step both sides particular high-performance Special further modified 1936 give extra eye-appeal match its supercharged power modifications included addi tion wheel pants Hill Streamliners long-chord NACA cowling work done Blue Bird Air Transport owned Mike Cafferello Chicago Municipal Airport now Chicago Midway Airport various times Blue Bird operated two Bellanca Pacemakers two Skyrockets Lockheed Orion its passenger service Joe Bailey usual pilot Blue Birds Skyrocket NC548V author inspected flew airplane June 1936 Chicago Municipal Airport Bellanca colored dark red overall black lettering Among cur rently-available model airplane 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considered entry US Army competition liaison airplanes won DeHavilland Beaver become L.20 Although Bellanca Lindberghs first choice Spirit St Louis fate decreed would two weeks second airplane fly Atlantic Ocean nonstop However Bellanca first across Pacific Ocean nonstop Columbia its progeny became worlds premier long-distance planes Pacific flight made Clyde Pangborn Hugh Herndon Jr Miss Veedol Wasp C-i NR 796W serial No 3004 already six previous un successful attempts others before lifted off October 3 1931 Samishiro Beach 280 miles north Tokyo landed 41 hours 13 minutes later after flight 4558 miles Wanatchee WA win $25000 prize offered Tokyo Ashahi newspaper first non stop crossing Earlier 1931 July 2830 Russell Boardman John Polando set new long-distance record Cape Cod Wright J6-9 NR 761W serial No 3001 flew New York Istan bul Turkey 49 hours 20 minutes distance 5012 miles Transatlantic flights almost become commonplace 1931 1-4 successful nonstop cross ings spirit Otto Hillig Holger Hoiriis flew Newfoundland Krefeldt Germany June 1931 said just wanted visit home lands some pig knuckles sauerkraut beer plane called Liberty Wright J6-9 NR 797W Bellanca serial No 3003 Among other longdistance Bellancas Leonardo da Vinci American Nurse Pathfinder Lithuanica Warsaw addition its successes setting flight records efficiency long distances Bellancas design commercial success Over 200 CH J Pacemaker Skyrocket series variants produced Bellanca Aircraft Corporation New Castle Delaware decade 1927 1937 Today five left US Civil Aircraft Register Pacemakers Skyrockets live countless memories knew flew Rain Crow/Hull Continued page 59 After glider balanced trimmed long smooth glide possibly almost imaginary bit left turn has observed advance next stage flight adjustingthat launching modest altitude bank glider right wing tip about 6 lower left launch enough right oncoming breeze prevent violent stall launching speed tapers off should about half fullpower launch glider should instance make about half full circle gaining altitude way reach height about 20 ft should slowly drop its nose go smooth glide circle cautioned base judge ment performance observe during several flights since air currents may vary flight flight Based sort observance ever-tightening left glide circles seem regularly occur add bit right rudder opening-up glide circle abot 100 ft diameter use rudder doesnt cure tightening-up ultimately diving tendency will necessary lower leading edge LE hori zontal tail very small amount Accomplish softening tails cement joint about nserting cement-coated spruce wedge no 1/32 its thickest end Ambroid has used cement tail fuselage -it can softened acetone white glue has used can softened water will cause tail warpa catastrophe course can 140 Model Aviation J ETTRON GIANT SCALE & SPORT PLAN SETS KITS & QUADRAS order contains concise construction mental Partial kits include precut wing ribs fuselage formers prebent landing gear Full kits include 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