Club Newsletters Communication thread keeps modelers togetherand isthesingle bestwaytoadvanceourhobbyand keep interest dwindling Newsletters fill critical gap local level todays home computers tried-and-tested guidelines maybe club should inves tigate starting restarting ETom Winter JOQE // simple way give photo enough contrast stand out very direct scissor out Plane decorating front page edition Winding Stooge Yellow Pioneer designed Editor Tom Winter first stick-and-tissue plane modeling class 54 Model Aviation paste-up stage newsietterlng re quires much workspace Intrepid editor ventures use wifes quilting frame own three drafting tables filled numerous modeling projects course Cheerful teamwork rescues newsletter editors being ground down right Walter Erbach Arsene Fauquet John Gritz help Tom Winter left collate Winding Stooge clubs weekly modelers lunch meeting Photo Waiter Erbach delay timer Left Sample front page shows mix text illustration black Xerox cut-out drawingsmore Inviting solid page typing Right gives game away showing edges taping distinctly Paste-up reproduction technique Logo Mike Schmidt SX-70 photos banner introduction half-column breaks Scotch-taped down Next step Xerox copier does see paper edges Second step Pictures reset Xerox copy taken Canon copier does better job reproducing photos MANY model airplane clubs coun try now newsletter found out writing telephoning wellknown modelers number cities suggest newsletter exchange program response Love dont have What happened asked Often old dedicated NL editor couldnt passed news letter retired died him change hands didnt work out club went through three NL editors year result same club gets used doing Often has meant end club Without newsletter glue some grand old clubs have diniin ished just contact man residual bank account Model flying better club hit how-to newslettering rather building flying soldering might very useful Editor made jillion copies logo five dIfferent sizes facilitate different layouts January 1987 55 Nothing gets taped down until youve got good idea everything goes SIX pages practical limit Once have back-file drawer going well space surprisingly tight Automatic trimming unwanted photo area accomplished piacement8A xli -in permits returning photo intact Easy B plc modeling student Gordon Vidaver will worthwhile can simply assure few people manageable task get started right direction few thoughts Getting material Most important things first essential material calendar upcoming club events took over Winding Stooge newsletter no events calendar first step line up events next club year get sites booked Reports club events next im portant area NL material Members love read contest reports some us love read contest reports dont know contestants Further hav ing meetings written up enshrined some potentially permanent record members rewards showing up competing weight-pulling enthus iastic good-willed members deserve Pretend newspaper re porter alert potential stories example lunch experi enced modeler tells some thing done take notes simply write up bit later leisure something didnt know can bet fellow club members will want know about too yourself very likely important source how-to ar tides member has library good interesting items could should write up club readership Jot down list Dedicate drawer newsletter mate rial gradualist Being gradualist gets articles written works like have odd moment somewhere between last morning cup coffee morning bus settle typewriter type up stories just take pencil make some notes enve lope Toss envelopes andthe completed stories drawer After you develop reserve good stuff can plug anytime material ready match up avail able space time best usage Getting drawer available articles going doubly good editors morale First means editor doesnt have panic cram work limited hours time next issue come out gradualists drawer means NL editor less likely get ground down can stay calm also take time workmanlike job compares building methods its like gluing couple sticks together morning instead building whole plane night before contest flying session other advantage gradualists drawer cant help improve quality newsletter giving time editing Winding Stooge instance now has such well-stocked drawer Im getting picky Ive turned down articles Ive written self some own pieces will probably never appear newsletter main point having drawer gives choice Write lots personal letters receive oorrespondence another mod eler whole thing parts potential material much better typical article several reasons Some people will never write article theyll write letter Theres something else friend writes buddy letter its going much readable wrote article Another reason encouraging letters can choose print newsletter having hurt feelings piece sent newsletter article youve either got print reject Imagine feelings instance go lot work putting article togethereven having asked soand gets rejected some reason letter involved editor doesnt have agonize over things like dedicated out-of-state club member once sent seven pages modeling jokes Winding Stooge didnt like guy pays club dues what Ito tell him Generally its best reprint material model magazines unless magazine old enough will familiar readers Ill reprint really good articles Thirties Forties Fif ties Otherwise reprint magazines represents point departure design exemplifies best its type author living try write permission reprint requires time time another luxury drawer gives editor An editor just starting out may have time source write permission must credit source Matching material space Assuming youve gathered stories youll have figure out what appropriate time month comes around should make list items must appear issue list can trail off things should go things can go After editor has done few two three issues three-part list will probably longer available spacewhich good As available space US Postal Service defines us indirect way ounce Go past nearly double postage Practical ex perience teaches us six sheets practical limit newsletter use paper light enough get seven eight sheets ounce its too light flimsy Continued page 147 56 Model Aviation Above paste-up left Canon copy right paste-up Edges have completely disappeared Item right shows replace molded plastic kit nose piece turned foam covered Japanese tissue papier-mache adjustable thrust line very enticing page Avoid lay outswithonesolldtyped pageafteranother PRACTICAL SIZED GIANT SCALE MODELS NICK ZIROLI Fiberalass Cowlings Canopies AvailableJets too s sent Post-Paid within USA Send 50 Full Catalog Balsa Order Nick ZfroIi 29 Edgar Dr Smithtown NY 11787 USA Hover 5 Bob Wallace 6 Tom Strom 7 Richard Oliver 8 Dave Latsha 9 Pete Reed 10 Dave Doyle Midwest Quickie 500 Nationals held Westland MI September 21 1986 Re porting event John Kilsdonk once rain gods stayed away nice 730 day set stage fourth annual Midwest Q500 Nationals hosted Signal Seekers meet unintentionally direct conflict NMPRA Sport Pylon cham pionship race held Smyrna TN same date However conflict probably little effect attendance either race 31 entries CAPS rules NMPRA airplanes Supertigre Como engines stock nine-inch/wide-blade props stock mufflers used 475-ft course Six rounds flown contest started promptly 1030 am fat lady sang around 430 pm race relatively uneventful fliers running much differently year exemplified once again very competitive Midwest style QSOO flying Ace Merlino set pace day backing up one-month-old CAPS record 12648 fine 12644 No else could come close ST S-40 Ring/China Clipper setup Adrian Apaza Merlino ended up perfect scores flew off forflrstplace Adrians engine flamed out first couple laps Ace darned kids cruised well-deserved victory Ken Heatlie Mike Lasker finished point down flew off third Ken taking close race John Kilsdonk finished fifth two points down Beautiful plaques donated Les Haddads Hobby Shop along cash presented first five places Joes Hobby Centers made very generous contribution souvenir transmit ter bags given workers fliers workers fliers shared merchandise awards various hobby indus try sponsors Good day good contest great fun FINAL RESULTS Pt Flier Ace Merlino 2Adrian Apaza 3Ken Heatlie 4Mike Lasker 5John Kilsdonk 6Barney Polzin 7Dave Keats 8Denny Sumner 9Joe Cohen 10Kevin Matney PtTime 2412644 2413000 2313010 2313540 2213450 2013170 1912870 1913100 1913130 1913920 Engine ST Ring ST Ring Como ABC ST Ring Como ABC ST Ring ST ABC ST ABC ST Ring Como ABC As Im writing am getting ready go Sepulveda Basin California years NMPRA Championship Race See next months issue results Till Bill Hager 706 Glen Haven Dr Conroe TX 77385 RC Helicopters/Jolly Continued page 53 simply getting anywhere ma chine Helicopter jumping up down twisting side side went out watch what doing transmitter realized tryingto fly chopperthe same way flew Ugly Stick would carry machine out pits set flying area would bring throttle trim up get blades turning Check ing controls would throw throttle forwardand mean throw Just suddenly would throttle back Gentlemen point realized people need aproportional throttle Most fixed-wing fliers satisfied On/Off switch engine control however proper way fly fixed-wing modeland will certainly work Helicopter throttle delicate control cyclic-pitch stick must handled gently Advance decrease throt tle smoothly slowly possible slower movement chance Helicopter will reach equilibrium tail will swing BCNU Larry Jolly 5501 W Como Santa Ana CA 92703 Newsletters/Winter Continued page 56 stand up handling postal system subscriber Winding Stooge Florida once received scrap paper address itplus enough postmark show mailing come Lincoln NE scrap arrived Post Office baggy subscriber mailed could see what happened eight-sheet issue CORBIN SUPER ACE$3995 05 Elec 10 Glow 50 Span MA DZCAL OVC OOsTS HIJ iant Scale18 Sheets *60 SIze38 Sheets *40 Size heets * Propeller Decals WT 6 Sheets3 sizes es * Kill Markings 12 Sheets * Nomenclature Markings 3 Sizes -12 Sheets Btsck White copy * Letters Numbers 1234 4-13/18 10 Colors * Stars 10 Colors 11 SIzes plus Sheet Assorted Sizee Major Decals pass flying colorse.ed/2LO6cte5wc/ae DISTRIBUTORS INQUIRIES INVITED Call Paul Major 413 525-4110 mayor decals Custom decal Manufacturers NORTHEAST SCREEN GRAPHICS 21 FISHER AVE. EAST LONOMEALIOW MA 81828 TEL 413-525-4118 January 1987 147 VA -3140 Span$4200 F4U CORSAIR93 Span$3000 AEMS ZERO91 Span$3000 CURTIS P4094 Span$3000 AT-B TEXAN101 Span$3000 FBF BEARCAT88 Span$3000 FOKKERDR-183 Tripe$2700 qw pan J5U sq 1/2 TEXACO School Yard Machine Cut Parts ONLY $ 2595 Send 5ASE Brochure Add $300 br S end H COD Add 8200 Calif Re. Add 6% Tax Meeter Card 916 985-3569 Set & Sun Pharle Modele PO Box 804 Poleom CA 95830 090 0 Most versatile mufflers ever offered Designed fit inside cowls Imited space can also used HELICOPTERS BOATS 0 For UPRIGHT INVERTED SIDE mounted engines 0 Exhaust tubes point almost direction S Worm drive clamp universal mounting can bolted direcfly engine BASIC DIMENSIONS INCLUDES Exhaust pipe extensions clamps99079497590799 soS 95990 warm drive clamp muffler alignment 9T plate gasket mounting screws UflIOrnSiOI7iNVeEED 7979991971449799 9979797975779 70990077995 975799799715097* 9090 a&f m U U 164 School St DOW City CA 94014 415 756-3400 good job Until Walter Erbach retired university could stroll across campus would Thermofax pages run off neatly Took hour club treasurer sure liked price someone club good theres substantial money can kept club treasury spend other things Mimeographing produces black copies grease-based ink also economical great improvement over spirit duplicating can correct stencil easily pictures difficult impossible no freedom lay out page Ed Unless also has access electronic stencil maker can work pasted oopy Mixing print ing methods can nice money-saving compromise edited Studebaker Drivers Club newsletter inside pages mimeos front page Xeroxedwith pictures layout rather like newspaper page Xeroxing expensive now Xeroxing Kinkos natioral chain copy centers outlets area has self-service copying three cents page during what call Happy Hours Its simple put master copies three pages three light tables enter 99 copies punch start button no longer use anything else Repeat process time two Im done can go collating addressing mailing Cost hundred copies times three cents times six pages $1800 subsidize issues Miss Happy Hours cost $2400 four cents per page Editing ironing text Actually mostly checking correct spelling readers good-natured will overlook much sake cause readers enjoyment can nettled misspelling worth some effort eve DECOR ovadlobte voos hobby shop OtfOER OUSECT ewsedof e sopment cssecj MO Ved MC accepted Add 5O tot ups soo t coo asd 6% sbtes fox cdt resident jammed good stuff reader complete waste Nowadays have also taken sealing fold-over least 2 tape practical way get seventh eighth page go over ounce print back sheets can done sheet printed both sides costs same two pages printed two separate sheets paper Furthermore some dupli cating systems dont work well printing sheet both sides Such printing spirit stencil will show through too much two-side printing mimeograph apt horribly messy lots smudges can see choice duplicating method governs what can pages Editors should get know nature printing presses economical duplicating meth od spirit stencil usually prints blue have access office machines make suitable arrange ments management can have very low costs disadvantage editing stencil next impossible usually has type text plain paper everything correct retype text stencil An alternative spirit duplicating system Thermofax machine Put Xerox copy typed sheet through Thermofax machine irons black plastic sheet stencil can run off blue copies Its advantage typed sheet paper easier correct edit stencil disadvantage getting good copies method either art throw dice Personally have aban doned spirit duplicating mention because some people can surprisingly eliminate nettles Ideally editor should have background victories school spelling bees Without can still clear weeds out literary garden word time realize have misspelled word check correct spelling de liberately can spell word properly onfor rest life know difference between its its can get last right looking up youre qualified edit editor particular modeling magazine has 25 years magazine still favorite could have much better text theyd take moment square away little things like editing larger scale helps have very literal mind what written itseW intuitive leap unclear have found sentence calls editing go back over sentence twice still understand another specific circumstance tells editing called Usually writers words simi lar meaning congruent can figure out sometimes actually have contact guy ask Once understand meaning editorial chore rewrite make sentence plan paragraph tell its own story Sometimes editorial task pure ly stylistic would much better just slightest nudge here right Go right ahead Lnyout Newspaper-style pages done just like downtownby scissoring out text headlines illustrations stick ing thdm backing sheet works both Thermofax Xerox processes layout process much easier type out text half-page margins gives much freer use page space practical way to paint margins Magic Marker back ing sheet way because showthrough can see throw typewriters return lever stay column entering newsletter computer file best thing order printer print story both full-page width half-page width permits starting headline item right across page continuing half-page width point setting other shorter items underneath full-width flag have fitted stories sheet typing paper neatly glue-stick smoothly line typing paper sheet page ready light table layout procedure will find photos need trimming sometimes will have return photo intact cant trim case effect cropping can accom plished letting unwanted side picture overhang edge layout slipping useless portion under some text Xerox machine will omit 148 Model Aviation UNIVERSAL IN-COWL AIRCRAFT MUFFLERS 19-4045-6075-13 engines UpRIGHT es INVERTED ENGINE 51-401 19-40 1600 51601 45-60 1700 51901 15-13 1900 74599 907770 7999 951 909990 999779 07 ODe. ECOIN 79977999090979 TOLEDO SPORTS ARENA ONE MAIN STREET TOLEDO OHIO Exposition information available contacting Wayne Yea ger co-director ticket address shown below ADVANCED TICKETS may ordered sending self-ad dressed-stamped business size 4 x 9 envelope Tickets 38235 Castle Romulus Michigan 48174 phone 313 941-6661 Canadian orders must contain International Postal Coupon US Stamps orders above 5 tickets must contain extra post age Include check money order US funds made payable Weak Signals R/C Club along 25 cents per order handl ing charge must state expo days tickets used prices $400 per day adults $100 per day children 12 under Deadline ticket orders March 31 1987 Ticket sales final non-refundable orders program will returned near MidMarch Tickets also available door presented Weak Signals R/O Club Toledo Ohio uring atest compieteiy finished models display enter competition excit ing awards R/C radios will awarded first second third place winners following classes NON-MILITARY SPORT SCALE PLANE AMA Rules MILITARY SPORT SCALE PLANE AMA Rules PRECISION SCALE PLANE AMA Rules PATTERN PLANE SPORT MONO-PLANE non-scale models SPORT 81-PLANE non-scale models OLD TIMER FREE FLIGHT RIC ASSIST RIC SAILPLANE non-scale models HELICOPTER R/C CAR COMPETITION BOAT MILITARY SCALE BOAT PLEASURE POWER BOAT WORKING VESSEL-UNARMED models entered competition will judged Best Finish Best MonoKote Directors Award Best Show Come join us enjoy yourselves unquestion ably worlds greatest radio control model show Open public three great days APRIL 10 11 & 12 1987 FRIDAY9am 6pm SATURDAY 9am 6pm SUNDAY 9am TO 430 pm anything thats outside standard paper size Mailing self-inking return address stamp big help newsletter editor should have got copy shop specialordered around $10 often advertised Sunday paper nowadays around $6 can get copies return-addressed minute Outgoing addresses take longer type fast faster write typing strip labels sticking surprisingly fast Best type ad dresses master photocopy master onto full sheets adhesive-backed labels Another way make own stickon labels present Winding Stooge mailing list three-column Word Handler computer file print out spray back printout adhesive scissor out three columns snip off addresses one press place Preparation mailing takes three sep arate passes two addresses yours subscribers postage stamp save time dont passes completed entire newsletter just separate outside sheet ie back last page fourth pass through collating stapling separate pages together finished newsletters fifth through stack fold newsletter over staple shut Yes lot work Best thing Ive found lightening load end announce newsletterstapling party ongoing event also means have give yourself deadline night party have everything ready five passes through new issue good good club work soon over leaving time pleasant informal meeting volunteers volunteer lives nearest Post Office usually drops off way home didnt mention proofreading dear better half said finished reading draft article Yes automatically ask preafrood humorous term everything write publication Some body other writer/typist has because writer/typist knows what its supposed can slide right over typosno matter well spells guy proofreads own text preafroods sees typos after hes run off jillionand painstakingly goes through stack correcting copy hand Ouch thing worse settling back issue after youve mailed seeing typos theres anything worse its settling down read newsletter edited someone hasnt Continued page 152 MORE POWEii WITH LESS NOISE four-cycle measuring up expectations read Make engine before Make 60 120 four-stroke less means 1 Quieter glow 2 More mellow sounding four-cycle 3 More usable power both 4 Highest power-to-weight ratio 5 The lowest idle ever 6 Increase mileage up 4 times 7 Runs cooler glow 8 No glowplugs fail 9 Increased reliability 10 Fuel available concentrate Conversion kits available 049 30 cid Schnuerle ported engines Its sim ple just change heads fuel What waiting Dust off two-cycle DIESEUZE Send self-addressed stamped enve lope 60 information call 203-877-1670 between 730 pm 930 pm EST DAVIS DIESEL DEVELOPMENT PO Box 141 Milford CT 06460 The leader quiet combustion technology since 1976 January 1987 149 THIRTY-THIRD ANNUAL RADIO CONTROL EXPOSITION BENTOM BROWN JR CAMPBELL EASY COVERITE COX DUBRO BUILT MODELS- ENYA FAI FLYLIN FOX- GOLDBERG- GOLDEN AGE REPRO GENE DUBOIS GUILLOW- K&B K&S L R MRC OS MAX PACTRA PECK-POLYMER PERFECT R N MODELS- SEAGLEN SIG ISTERLING SULLIVAN SUPER TIGRE TAFFINDER TELCO TOP FLITE TREXLER WILLIAMS & OTHERS ESTES MODEL ROCKETSI illustrations over 700 Kits choose IMAILORDER PHONEORDER IN STOREI 11111 VALLEY HOBBY CENTER 327 W Main St LansdaIuPa 19446 RUBBER Sizes 1/4 3/16 1/8 3/32 1/16 042 thick pound box Price $1300 includes 4 oz Slick Lube Price $1200 no lube Slick costs $1 75 Postpaid US Via UPS Cal add 6% tax SMALL BOX 1/4 lb rubber $450 size Orders up $1500 1/4 lb rubber ndse. add $150 UPS Over$15 add 10% MEW e mba classIcs P30 DroPS Air Expross Mini-Pout CrickEt bulks Front i assumbln SPrig kits Stardustor Satellites winders hardware looks morn ZONA SAWS famous Itne hobby saws Razor #200 $255 Newsletters/Winter Continued page 149 taken painsand leaves pains reader nuts bolts what newsletter editor doing youor what might doing club Think about Words have wings too know did Homer call winged words because go through air FF Indoor/Tenny Continued page 57 Prop blocks Figure 1 shows sketch traditional block used build Indoor props typically carved balsa block andthepitch props built block fixed once block carved built-up block shown previous column can constructed kind pitch distribution either uniform varying pitch across blade However carved block has uniform pitch distribution defined block dimensions according formula below formula defines what called true pitch helical pitch reasoning behind use non-helical pitch distribution usually concerns blade loading blade flare assumed inefficiencies slow-turning props very high blade angles formula Pitch x D xT/W formula D diameter W k width T block thickness Figure 1 block length shown D/2 block obviously can longer planned prop case multiply block length two use D formula starting carve block mark guide lines X Y block work very carefully final block surface must flat exactly line guidelines Warning once use sanding block finish up grit sandpaper can remain embedded surface can damage carving blade decide carve have block carved transfer blade template block shown Figure 2 Some builders glue small blocks outside template hold blade outline place during construction Instead small temporary strips can pinned place removed after both blades have built leaves block clear blade covered right block prop covered block freshly-covered blade should returned block cure out before covering second blade Similarly after repairs recovering return blade block until completely dry Other alternatives high cost balsa especially block balsa other approaches costless Figure 3 shows way build up equivalent solid block shown Figures 1 2 Start rectangular box top front missing Add angled top buildup prop platform narrow strips shown Trim off ragged ends sand palnt work surfaces case pitch computed same solid block need take care placing top sheet finished platform correct angle photos shows another approach styrofoam After choosing desired pitch imbed two pieces music wire Vt6 minimum diameter styrofoam along guideline locations wires can used guides hot-wire trimmer styrofoam must pro tected model airplane glue will dissolve Also use care straight pins can erode plastic repeated inser tions same location Another photo shows universal prop fixture built Pete Andrews approach makes possible select feasible pitch distribution tested fact fine-tuning prop design should very easytest prop make change test new prop comparison previous Finally third photo shows yet another approach building props non-helical pitch distribution Small pegs attached individual rib stations support spar hold blade outline place Note outer pegs must much shorter ones photo prop covered fixture Attention CDs newsletter editors havent sent flying schedules early 1987 now too late time read can use dates late March due Model Aviation publication deadiines Bud Tenny PO Box 545 Richardson TX 75080 SAFE FLYING IS NO ACCIDENT 152 Model Aviation PRESENTING FL INGER THE ULTIMATE SMALL SAILPLANE HANDLAUNCH HI-STARTorSLOPE WINGSPAN 57 WEIGHT l2oz MACHINECUT PARTS DEALERS&DIST INQUIRIES INVITEDFLINGER LJMP 110 $2995 ELECTRA L ITE-ICARUS-PANTERA METEOR-ELECTR ICUS -WHISTLER PR ELUDE-COMET LARRY JOLLY MODEL PRODUCTS 5501 W COMO SANTA ANA CALIFORNIA 92703 714 826 6861 Replacement Blades available dealer Send $100 1986 Catalog F Model Supply P0 Box 3957 Torrance CA 90510
Edition: Model Aviation - 1987/01
Page Numbers: 54, 55, 56, 147, 148, 149, 152
Club Newsletters Communication thread keeps modelers togetherand isthesingle bestwaytoadvanceourhobbyand keep interest dwindling Newsletters fill critical gap local level todays home computers tried-and-tested guidelines maybe club should inves tigate starting restarting ETom Winter JOQE // simple way give photo enough contrast stand out very direct scissor out Plane decorating front page edition Winding Stooge Yellow Pioneer designed Editor Tom Winter first stick-and-tissue plane modeling class 54 Model Aviation paste-up stage newsietterlng re quires much workspace Intrepid editor ventures use wifes quilting frame own three drafting tables filled numerous modeling projects course Cheerful teamwork rescues newsletter editors being ground down right Walter Erbach Arsene Fauquet John Gritz help Tom Winter left collate Winding Stooge clubs weekly modelers lunch meeting Photo Waiter Erbach delay timer Left Sample front page shows mix text illustration black Xerox cut-out drawingsmore Inviting solid page typing Right gives game away showing edges taping distinctly Paste-up reproduction technique Logo Mike Schmidt SX-70 photos banner introduction half-column breaks Scotch-taped down Next step Xerox copier does see paper edges Second step Pictures reset Xerox copy taken Canon copier does better job reproducing photos MANY model airplane clubs coun try now newsletter found out writing telephoning wellknown modelers number cities suggest newsletter exchange program response Love dont have What happened asked Often old dedicated NL editor couldnt passed news letter retired died him change hands didnt work out club went through three NL editors year result same club gets used doing Often has meant end club Without newsletter glue some grand old clubs have diniin ished just contact man residual bank account Model flying better club hit how-to newslettering rather building flying soldering might very useful Editor made jillion copies logo five dIfferent sizes facilitate different layouts January 1987 55 Nothing gets taped down until youve got good idea everything goes SIX pages practical limit Once have back-file drawer going well space surprisingly tight Automatic trimming unwanted photo area accomplished piacement8A xli -in permits returning photo intact Easy B plc modeling student Gordon Vidaver will worthwhile can simply assure few people manageable task get started right direction few thoughts Getting material Most important things first essential material calendar upcoming club events took over Winding Stooge newsletter no events calendar first step line up events next club year get sites booked Reports club events next im portant area NL material Members love read contest reports some us love read contest reports dont know contestants Further hav ing meetings written up enshrined some potentially permanent record members rewards showing up competing weight-pulling enthus iastic good-willed members deserve Pretend newspaper re porter alert potential stories example lunch experi enced modeler tells some thing done take notes simply write up bit later leisure something didnt know can bet fellow club members will want know about too yourself very likely important source how-to ar tides member has library good interesting items could should write up club readership Jot down list Dedicate drawer newsletter mate rial gradualist Being gradualist gets articles written works like have odd moment somewhere between last morning cup coffee morning bus settle typewriter type up stories just take pencil make some notes enve lope Toss envelopes andthe completed stories drawer After you develop reserve good stuff can plug anytime material ready match up avail able space time best usage Getting drawer available articles going doubly good editors morale First means editor doesnt have panic cram work limited hours time next issue come out gradualists drawer means NL editor less likely get ground down can stay calm also take time workmanlike job compares building methods its like gluing couple sticks together morning instead building whole plane night before contest flying session other advantage gradualists drawer cant help improve quality newsletter giving time editing Winding Stooge instance now has such well-stocked drawer Im getting picky Ive turned down articles Ive written self some own pieces will probably never appear newsletter main point having drawer gives choice Write lots personal letters receive oorrespondence another mod eler whole thing parts potential material much better typical article several reasons Some people will never write article theyll write letter Theres something else friend writes buddy letter its going much readable wrote article Another reason encouraging letters can choose print newsletter having hurt feelings piece sent newsletter article youve either got print reject Imagine feelings instance go lot work putting article togethereven having asked soand gets rejected some reason letter involved editor doesnt have agonize over things like dedicated out-of-state club member once sent seven pages modeling jokes Winding Stooge didnt like guy pays club dues what Ito tell him Generally its best reprint material model magazines unless magazine old enough will familiar readers Ill reprint really good articles Thirties Forties Fif ties Otherwise reprint magazines represents point departure design exemplifies best its type author living try write permission reprint requires time time another luxury drawer gives editor An editor just starting out may have time source write permission must credit source Matching material space Assuming youve gathered stories youll have figure out what appropriate time month comes around should make list items must appear issue list can trail off things should go things can go After editor has done few two three issues three-part list will probably longer available spacewhich good As available space US Postal Service defines us indirect way ounce Go past nearly double postage Practical ex perience teaches us six sheets practical limit newsletter use paper light enough get seven eight sheets ounce its too light flimsy Continued page 147 56 Model Aviation Above paste-up left Canon copy right paste-up Edges have completely disappeared Item right shows replace molded plastic kit nose piece turned foam covered Japanese tissue papier-mache adjustable thrust line very enticing page Avoid lay outswithonesolldtyped pageafteranother PRACTICAL SIZED GIANT SCALE MODELS NICK ZIROLI Fiberalass Cowlings Canopies AvailableJets too s sent Post-Paid within USA Send 50 Full Catalog Balsa Order Nick ZfroIi 29 Edgar Dr Smithtown NY 11787 USA Hover 5 Bob Wallace 6 Tom Strom 7 Richard Oliver 8 Dave Latsha 9 Pete Reed 10 Dave Doyle Midwest Quickie 500 Nationals held Westland MI September 21 1986 Re porting event John Kilsdonk once rain gods stayed away nice 730 day set stage fourth annual Midwest Q500 Nationals hosted Signal Seekers meet unintentionally direct conflict NMPRA Sport Pylon cham pionship race held Smyrna TN same date However conflict probably little effect attendance either race 31 entries CAPS rules NMPRA airplanes Supertigre Como engines stock nine-inch/wide-blade props stock mufflers used 475-ft course Six rounds flown contest started promptly 1030 am fat lady sang around 430 pm race relatively uneventful fliers running much differently year exemplified once again very competitive Midwest style QSOO flying Ace Merlino set pace day backing up one-month-old CAPS record 12648 fine 12644 No else could come close ST S-40 Ring/China Clipper setup Adrian Apaza Merlino ended up perfect scores flew off forflrstplace Adrians engine flamed out first couple laps Ace darned kids cruised well-deserved victory Ken Heatlie Mike Lasker finished point down flew off third Ken taking close race John Kilsdonk finished fifth two points down Beautiful plaques donated Les Haddads Hobby Shop along cash presented first five places Joes Hobby Centers made very generous contribution souvenir transmit ter bags given workers fliers workers fliers shared merchandise awards various hobby indus try sponsors Good day good contest great fun FINAL RESULTS Pt Flier Ace Merlino 2Adrian Apaza 3Ken Heatlie 4Mike Lasker 5John Kilsdonk 6Barney Polzin 7Dave Keats 8Denny Sumner 9Joe Cohen 10Kevin Matney PtTime 2412644 2413000 2313010 2313540 2213450 2013170 1912870 1913100 1913130 1913920 Engine ST Ring ST Ring Como ABC ST Ring Como ABC ST Ring ST ABC ST ABC ST Ring Como ABC As Im writing am getting ready go Sepulveda Basin California years NMPRA Championship Race See next months issue results Till Bill Hager 706 Glen Haven Dr Conroe TX 77385 RC Helicopters/Jolly Continued page 53 simply getting anywhere ma chine Helicopter jumping up down twisting side side went out watch what doing transmitter realized tryingto fly chopperthe same way flew Ugly Stick would carry machine out pits set flying area would bring throttle trim up get blades turning Check ing controls would throw throttle forwardand mean throw Just suddenly would throttle back Gentlemen point realized people need aproportional throttle Most fixed-wing fliers satisfied On/Off switch engine control however proper way fly fixed-wing modeland will certainly work Helicopter throttle delicate control cyclic-pitch stick must handled gently Advance decrease throt tle smoothly slowly possible slower movement chance Helicopter will reach equilibrium tail will swing BCNU Larry Jolly 5501 W Como Santa Ana CA 92703 Newsletters/Winter Continued page 56 stand up handling postal system subscriber Winding Stooge Florida once received scrap paper address itplus enough postmark show mailing come Lincoln NE scrap arrived Post Office baggy subscriber mailed could see what happened eight-sheet issue CORBIN SUPER ACE$3995 05 Elec 10 Glow 50 Span MA DZCAL OVC OOsTS HIJ iant Scale18 Sheets *60 SIze38 Sheets *40 Size heets * Propeller Decals WT 6 Sheets3 sizes es * Kill Markings 12 Sheets * Nomenclature Markings 3 Sizes -12 Sheets Btsck White copy * Letters Numbers 1234 4-13/18 10 Colors * Stars 10 Colors 11 SIzes plus Sheet Assorted Sizee Major Decals pass flying colorse.ed/2LO6cte5wc/ae DISTRIBUTORS INQUIRIES INVITED Call Paul Major 413 525-4110 mayor decals Custom decal Manufacturers NORTHEAST SCREEN GRAPHICS 21 FISHER AVE. EAST LONOMEALIOW MA 81828 TEL 413-525-4118 January 1987 147 VA -3140 Span$4200 F4U CORSAIR93 Span$3000 AEMS ZERO91 Span$3000 CURTIS P4094 Span$3000 AT-B TEXAN101 Span$3000 FBF BEARCAT88 Span$3000 FOKKERDR-183 Tripe$2700 qw pan J5U sq 1/2 TEXACO School Yard Machine Cut Parts ONLY $ 2595 Send 5ASE Brochure Add $300 br S end H COD Add 8200 Calif Re. Add 6% Tax Meeter Card 916 985-3569 Set & Sun Pharle Modele PO Box 804 Poleom CA 95830 090 0 Most versatile mufflers ever offered Designed fit inside cowls Imited space can also used HELICOPTERS BOATS 0 For UPRIGHT INVERTED SIDE mounted engines 0 Exhaust tubes point almost direction S Worm drive clamp universal mounting can bolted direcfly engine BASIC DIMENSIONS INCLUDES Exhaust pipe extensions clamps99079497590799 soS 95990 warm drive clamp muffler alignment 9T plate gasket mounting screws UflIOrnSiOI7iNVeEED 7979991971449799 9979797975779 70990077995 975799799715097* 9090 a&f m U U 164 School St DOW City CA 94014 415 756-3400 good job Until Walter Erbach retired university could stroll across campus would Thermofax pages run off neatly Took hour club treasurer sure liked price someone club good theres substantial money can kept club treasury spend other things Mimeographing produces black copies grease-based ink also economical great improvement over spirit duplicating can correct stencil easily pictures difficult impossible no freedom lay out page Ed Unless also has access electronic stencil maker can work pasted oopy Mixing print ing methods can nice money-saving compromise edited Studebaker Drivers Club newsletter inside pages mimeos front page Xeroxedwith pictures layout rather like newspaper page Xeroxing expensive now Xeroxing Kinkos natioral chain copy centers outlets area has self-service copying three cents page during what call Happy Hours Its simple put master copies three pages three light tables enter 99 copies punch start button no longer use anything else Repeat process time two Im done can go collating addressing mailing Cost hundred copies times three cents times six pages $1800 subsidize issues Miss Happy Hours cost $2400 four cents per page Editing ironing text Actually mostly checking correct spelling readers good-natured will overlook much sake cause readers enjoyment can nettled misspelling worth some effort eve DECOR ovadlobte voos hobby shop OtfOER OUSECT ewsedof e sopment cssecj MO Ved MC accepted Add 5O tot ups soo t coo asd 6% sbtes fox cdt resident jammed good stuff reader complete waste Nowadays have also taken sealing fold-over least 2 tape practical way get seventh eighth page go over ounce print back sheets can done sheet printed both sides costs same two pages printed two separate sheets paper Furthermore some dupli cating systems dont work well printing sheet both sides Such printing spirit stencil will show through too much two-side printing mimeograph apt horribly messy lots smudges can see choice duplicating method governs what can pages Editors should get know nature printing presses economical duplicating meth od spirit stencil usually prints blue have access office machines make suitable arrange ments management can have very low costs disadvantage editing stencil next impossible usually has type text plain paper everything correct retype text stencil An alternative spirit duplicating system Thermofax machine Put Xerox copy typed sheet through Thermofax machine irons black plastic sheet stencil can run off blue copies Its advantage typed sheet paper easier correct edit stencil disadvantage getting good copies method either art throw dice Personally have aban doned spirit duplicating mention because some people can surprisingly eliminate nettles Ideally editor should have background victories school spelling bees Without can still clear weeds out literary garden word time realize have misspelled word check correct spelling de liberately can spell word properly onfor rest life know difference between its its can get last right looking up youre qualified edit editor particular modeling magazine has 25 years magazine still favorite could have much better text theyd take moment square away little things like editing larger scale helps have very literal mind what written itseW intuitive leap unclear have found sentence calls editing go back over sentence twice still understand another specific circumstance tells editing called Usually writers words simi lar meaning congruent can figure out sometimes actually have contact guy ask Once understand meaning editorial chore rewrite make sentence plan paragraph tell its own story Sometimes editorial task pure ly stylistic would much better just slightest nudge here right Go right ahead Lnyout Newspaper-style pages done just like downtownby scissoring out text headlines illustrations stick ing thdm backing sheet works both Thermofax Xerox processes layout process much easier type out text half-page margins gives much freer use page space practical way to paint margins Magic Marker back ing sheet way because showthrough can see throw typewriters return lever stay column entering newsletter computer file best thing order printer print story both full-page width half-page width permits starting headline item right across page continuing half-page width point setting other shorter items underneath full-width flag have fitted stories sheet typing paper neatly glue-stick smoothly line typing paper sheet page ready light table layout procedure will find photos need trimming sometimes will have return photo intact cant trim case effect cropping can accom plished letting unwanted side picture overhang edge layout slipping useless portion under some text Xerox machine will omit 148 Model Aviation UNIVERSAL IN-COWL AIRCRAFT MUFFLERS 19-4045-6075-13 engines UpRIGHT es INVERTED ENGINE 51-401 19-40 1600 51601 45-60 1700 51901 15-13 1900 74599 907770 7999 951 909990 999779 07 ODe. ECOIN 79977999090979 TOLEDO SPORTS ARENA ONE MAIN STREET TOLEDO OHIO Exposition information available contacting Wayne Yea ger co-director ticket address shown below ADVANCED TICKETS may ordered sending self-ad dressed-stamped business size 4 x 9 envelope Tickets 38235 Castle Romulus Michigan 48174 phone 313 941-6661 Canadian orders must contain International Postal Coupon US Stamps orders above 5 tickets must contain extra post age Include check money order US funds made payable Weak Signals R/C Club along 25 cents per order handl ing charge must state expo days tickets used prices $400 per day adults $100 per day children 12 under Deadline ticket orders March 31 1987 Ticket sales final non-refundable orders program will returned near MidMarch Tickets also available door presented Weak Signals R/O Club Toledo Ohio uring atest compieteiy finished models display enter competition excit ing awards R/C radios will awarded first second third place winners following classes NON-MILITARY SPORT SCALE PLANE AMA Rules MILITARY SPORT SCALE PLANE AMA Rules PRECISION SCALE PLANE AMA Rules PATTERN PLANE SPORT MONO-PLANE non-scale models SPORT 81-PLANE non-scale models OLD TIMER FREE FLIGHT RIC ASSIST RIC SAILPLANE non-scale models HELICOPTER R/C CAR COMPETITION BOAT MILITARY SCALE BOAT PLEASURE POWER BOAT WORKING VESSEL-UNARMED models entered competition will judged Best Finish Best MonoKote Directors Award Best Show Come join us enjoy yourselves unquestion ably worlds greatest radio control model show Open public three great days APRIL 10 11 & 12 1987 FRIDAY9am 6pm SATURDAY 9am 6pm SUNDAY 9am TO 430 pm anything thats outside standard paper size Mailing self-inking return address stamp big help newsletter editor should have got copy shop specialordered around $10 often advertised Sunday paper nowadays around $6 can get copies return-addressed minute Outgoing addresses take longer type fast faster write typing strip labels sticking surprisingly fast Best type ad dresses master photocopy master onto full sheets adhesive-backed labels Another way make own stickon labels present Winding Stooge mailing list three-column Word Handler computer file print out spray back printout adhesive scissor out three columns snip off addresses one press place Preparation mailing takes three sep arate passes two addresses yours subscribers postage stamp save time dont passes completed entire newsletter just separate outside sheet ie back last page fourth pass through collating stapling separate pages together finished newsletters fifth through stack fold newsletter over staple shut Yes lot work Best thing Ive found lightening load end announce newsletterstapling party ongoing event also means have give yourself deadline night party have everything ready five passes through new issue good good club work soon over leaving time pleasant informal meeting volunteers volunteer lives nearest Post Office usually drops off way home didnt mention proofreading dear better half said finished reading draft article Yes automatically ask preafrood humorous term everything write publication Some body other writer/typist has because writer/typist knows what its supposed can slide right over typosno matter well spells guy proofreads own text preafroods sees typos after hes run off jillionand painstakingly goes through stack correcting copy hand Ouch thing worse settling back issue after youve mailed seeing typos theres anything worse its settling down read newsletter edited someone hasnt Continued page 152 MORE POWEii WITH LESS NOISE four-cycle measuring up expectations read Make engine before Make 60 120 four-stroke less means 1 Quieter glow 2 More mellow sounding four-cycle 3 More usable power both 4 Highest power-to-weight ratio 5 The lowest idle ever 6 Increase mileage up 4 times 7 Runs cooler glow 8 No glowplugs fail 9 Increased reliability 10 Fuel available concentrate Conversion kits available 049 30 cid Schnuerle ported engines Its sim ple just change heads fuel What waiting Dust off two-cycle DIESEUZE Send self-addressed stamped enve lope 60 information call 203-877-1670 between 730 pm 930 pm EST DAVIS DIESEL DEVELOPMENT PO Box 141 Milford CT 06460 The leader quiet combustion technology since 1976 January 1987 149 THIRTY-THIRD ANNUAL RADIO CONTROL EXPOSITION BENTOM BROWN JR CAMPBELL EASY COVERITE COX DUBRO BUILT MODELS- ENYA FAI FLYLIN FOX- GOLDBERG- GOLDEN AGE REPRO GENE DUBOIS GUILLOW- K&B K&S L R MRC OS MAX PACTRA PECK-POLYMER PERFECT R N MODELS- SEAGLEN SIG ISTERLING SULLIVAN SUPER TIGRE TAFFINDER TELCO TOP FLITE TREXLER WILLIAMS & OTHERS ESTES MODEL ROCKETSI illustrations over 700 Kits choose IMAILORDER PHONEORDER IN STOREI 11111 VALLEY HOBBY CENTER 327 W Main St LansdaIuPa 19446 RUBBER Sizes 1/4 3/16 1/8 3/32 1/16 042 thick pound box Price $1300 includes 4 oz Slick Lube Price $1200 no lube Slick costs $1 75 Postpaid US Via UPS Cal add 6% tax SMALL BOX 1/4 lb rubber $450 size Orders up $1500 1/4 lb rubber ndse. add $150 UPS Over$15 add 10% MEW e mba classIcs P30 DroPS Air Expross Mini-Pout CrickEt bulks Front i assumbln SPrig kits Stardustor Satellites winders hardware looks morn ZONA SAWS famous Itne hobby saws Razor #200 $255 Newsletters/Winter Continued page 149 taken painsand leaves pains reader nuts bolts what newsletter editor doing youor what might doing club Think about Words have wings too know did Homer call winged words because go through air FF Indoor/Tenny Continued page 57 Prop blocks Figure 1 shows sketch traditional block used build Indoor props typically carved balsa block andthepitch props built block fixed once block carved built-up block shown previous column can constructed kind pitch distribution either uniform varying pitch across blade However carved block has uniform pitch distribution defined block dimensions according formula below formula defines what called true pitch helical pitch reasoning behind use non-helical pitch distribution usually concerns blade loading blade flare assumed inefficiencies slow-turning props very high blade angles formula Pitch x D xT/W formula D diameter W k width T block thickness Figure 1 block length shown D/2 block obviously can longer planned prop case multiply block length two use D formula starting carve block mark guide lines X Y block work very carefully final block surface must flat exactly line guidelines Warning once use sanding block finish up grit sandpaper can remain embedded surface can damage carving blade decide carve have block carved transfer blade template block shown Figure 2 Some builders glue small blocks outside template hold blade outline place during construction Instead small temporary strips can pinned place removed after both blades have built leaves block clear blade covered right block prop covered block freshly-covered blade should returned block cure out before covering second blade Similarly after repairs recovering return blade block until completely dry Other alternatives high cost balsa especially block balsa other approaches costless Figure 3 shows way build up equivalent solid block shown Figures 1 2 Start rectangular box top front missing Add angled top buildup prop platform narrow strips shown Trim off ragged ends sand palnt work surfaces case pitch computed same solid block need take care placing top sheet finished platform correct angle photos shows another approach styrofoam After choosing desired pitch imbed two pieces music wire Vt6 minimum diameter styrofoam along guideline locations wires can used guides hot-wire trimmer styrofoam must pro tected model airplane glue will dissolve Also use care straight pins can erode plastic repeated inser tions same location Another photo shows universal prop fixture built Pete Andrews approach makes possible select feasible pitch distribution tested fact fine-tuning prop design should very easytest prop make change test new prop comparison previous Finally third photo shows yet another approach building props non-helical pitch distribution Small pegs attached individual rib stations support spar hold blade outline place Note outer pegs must much shorter ones photo prop covered fixture Attention CDs newsletter editors havent sent flying schedules early 1987 now too late time read can use dates late March due Model Aviation publication deadiines Bud Tenny PO Box 545 Richardson TX 75080 SAFE FLYING IS NO ACCIDENT 152 Model Aviation PRESENTING FL INGER THE ULTIMATE SMALL SAILPLANE HANDLAUNCH HI-STARTorSLOPE WINGSPAN 57 WEIGHT l2oz MACHINECUT PARTS DEALERS&DIST INQUIRIES INVITEDFLINGER LJMP 110 $2995 ELECTRA L ITE-ICARUS-PANTERA METEOR-ELECTR ICUS -WHISTLER PR ELUDE-COMET LARRY JOLLY MODEL PRODUCTS 5501 W COMO SANTA ANA CALIFORNIA 92703 714 826 6861 Replacement Blades available dealer Send $100 1986 Catalog F Model Supply P0 Box 3957 Torrance CA 90510
Edition: Model Aviation - 1987/01
Page Numbers: 54, 55, 56, 147, 148, 149, 152
Club Newsletters Communication thread keeps modelers togetherand isthesingle bestwaytoadvanceourhobbyand keep interest dwindling Newsletters fill critical gap local level todays home computers tried-and-tested guidelines maybe club should inves tigate starting restarting ETom Winter JOQE // simple way give photo enough contrast stand out very direct scissor out Plane decorating front page edition Winding Stooge Yellow Pioneer designed Editor Tom Winter first stick-and-tissue plane modeling class 54 Model Aviation paste-up stage newsietterlng re quires much workspace Intrepid editor ventures use wifes quilting frame own three drafting tables filled numerous modeling projects course Cheerful teamwork rescues newsletter editors being ground down right Walter Erbach Arsene Fauquet John Gritz help Tom Winter left collate Winding Stooge clubs weekly modelers lunch meeting Photo Waiter Erbach delay timer Left Sample front page shows mix text illustration black Xerox cut-out drawingsmore Inviting solid page typing Right gives game away showing edges taping distinctly Paste-up reproduction technique Logo Mike Schmidt SX-70 photos banner introduction half-column breaks Scotch-taped down Next step Xerox copier does see paper edges Second step Pictures reset Xerox copy taken Canon copier does better job reproducing photos MANY model airplane clubs coun try now newsletter found out writing telephoning wellknown modelers number cities suggest newsletter exchange program response Love dont have What happened asked Often old dedicated NL editor couldnt passed news letter retired died him change hands didnt work out club went through three NL editors year result same club gets used doing Often has meant end club Without newsletter glue some grand old clubs have diniin ished just contact man residual bank account Model flying better club hit how-to newslettering rather building flying soldering might very useful Editor made jillion copies logo five dIfferent sizes facilitate different layouts January 1987 55 Nothing gets taped down until youve got good idea everything goes SIX pages practical limit Once have back-file drawer going well space surprisingly tight Automatic trimming unwanted photo area accomplished piacement8A xli -in permits returning photo intact Easy B plc modeling student Gordon Vidaver will worthwhile can simply assure few people manageable task get started right direction few thoughts Getting material Most important things first essential material calendar upcoming club events took over Winding Stooge newsletter no events calendar first step line up events next club year get sites booked Reports club events next im portant area NL material Members love read contest reports some us love read contest reports dont know contestants Further hav ing meetings written up enshrined some potentially permanent record members rewards showing up competing weight-pulling enthus iastic good-willed members deserve Pretend newspaper re porter alert potential stories example lunch experi enced modeler tells some thing done take notes simply write up bit later leisure something didnt know can bet fellow club members will want know about too yourself very likely important source how-to ar tides member has library good interesting items could should write up club readership Jot down list Dedicate drawer newsletter mate rial gradualist Being gradualist gets articles written works like have odd moment somewhere between last morning cup coffee morning bus settle typewriter type up stories just take pencil make some notes enve lope Toss envelopes andthe completed stories drawer After you develop reserve good stuff can plug anytime material ready match up avail able space time best usage Getting drawer available articles going doubly good editors morale First means editor doesnt have panic cram work limited hours time next issue come out gradualists drawer means NL editor less likely get ground down can stay calm also take time workmanlike job compares building methods its like gluing couple sticks together morning instead building whole plane night before contest flying session other advantage gradualists drawer cant help improve quality newsletter giving time editing Winding Stooge instance now has such well-stocked drawer Im getting picky Ive turned down articles Ive written self some own pieces will probably never appear newsletter main point having drawer gives choice Write lots personal letters receive oorrespondence another mod eler whole thing parts potential material much better typical article several reasons Some people will never write article theyll write letter Theres something else friend writes buddy letter its going much readable wrote article Another reason encouraging letters can choose print newsletter having hurt feelings piece sent newsletter article youve either got print reject Imagine feelings instance go lot work putting article togethereven having asked soand gets rejected some reason letter involved editor doesnt have agonize over things like dedicated out-of-state club member once sent seven pages modeling jokes Winding Stooge didnt like guy pays club dues what Ito tell him Generally its best reprint material model magazines unless magazine old enough will familiar readers Ill reprint really good articles Thirties Forties Fif ties Otherwise reprint magazines represents point departure design exemplifies best its type author living try write permission reprint requires time time another luxury drawer gives editor An editor just starting out may have time source write permission must credit source Matching material space Assuming youve gathered stories youll have figure out what appropriate time month comes around should make list items must appear issue list can trail off things should go things can go After editor has done few two three issues three-part list will probably longer available spacewhich good As available space US Postal Service defines us indirect way ounce Go past nearly double postage Practical ex perience teaches us six sheets practical limit newsletter use paper light enough get seven eight sheets ounce its too light flimsy Continued page 147 56 Model Aviation Above paste-up left Canon copy right paste-up Edges have completely disappeared Item right shows replace molded plastic kit nose piece turned foam covered Japanese tissue papier-mache adjustable thrust line very enticing page Avoid lay outswithonesolldtyped pageafteranother PRACTICAL SIZED GIANT SCALE MODELS NICK ZIROLI Fiberalass Cowlings Canopies AvailableJets too s sent Post-Paid within USA Send 50 Full Catalog Balsa Order Nick ZfroIi 29 Edgar Dr Smithtown NY 11787 USA Hover 5 Bob Wallace 6 Tom Strom 7 Richard Oliver 8 Dave Latsha 9 Pete Reed 10 Dave Doyle Midwest Quickie 500 Nationals held Westland MI September 21 1986 Re porting event John Kilsdonk once rain gods stayed away nice 730 day set stage fourth annual Midwest Q500 Nationals hosted Signal Seekers meet unintentionally direct conflict NMPRA Sport Pylon cham pionship race held Smyrna TN same date However conflict probably little effect attendance either race 31 entries CAPS rules NMPRA airplanes Supertigre Como engines stock nine-inch/wide-blade props stock mufflers used 475-ft course Six rounds flown contest started promptly 1030 am fat lady sang around 430 pm race relatively uneventful fliers running much differently year exemplified once again very competitive Midwest style QSOO flying Ace Merlino set pace day backing up one-month-old CAPS record 12648 fine 12644 No else could come close ST S-40 Ring/China Clipper setup Adrian Apaza Merlino ended up perfect scores flew off forflrstplace Adrians engine flamed out first couple laps Ace darned kids cruised well-deserved victory Ken Heatlie Mike Lasker finished point down flew off third Ken taking close race John Kilsdonk finished fifth two points down Beautiful plaques donated Les Haddads Hobby Shop along cash presented first five places Joes Hobby Centers made very generous contribution souvenir transmit ter bags given workers fliers workers fliers shared merchandise awards various hobby indus try sponsors Good day good contest great fun FINAL RESULTS Pt Flier Ace Merlino 2Adrian Apaza 3Ken Heatlie 4Mike Lasker 5John Kilsdonk 6Barney Polzin 7Dave Keats 8Denny Sumner 9Joe Cohen 10Kevin Matney PtTime 2412644 2413000 2313010 2313540 2213450 2013170 1912870 1913100 1913130 1913920 Engine ST Ring ST Ring Como ABC ST Ring Como ABC ST Ring ST ABC ST ABC ST Ring Como ABC As Im writing am getting ready go Sepulveda Basin California years NMPRA Championship Race See next months issue results Till Bill Hager 706 Glen Haven Dr Conroe TX 77385 RC Helicopters/Jolly Continued page 53 simply getting anywhere ma chine Helicopter jumping up down twisting side side went out watch what doing transmitter realized tryingto fly chopperthe same way flew Ugly Stick would carry machine out pits set flying area would bring throttle trim up get blades turning Check ing controls would throw throttle forwardand mean throw Just suddenly would throttle back Gentlemen point realized people need aproportional throttle Most fixed-wing fliers satisfied On/Off switch engine control however proper way fly fixed-wing modeland will certainly work Helicopter throttle delicate control cyclic-pitch stick must handled gently Advance decrease throt tle smoothly slowly possible slower movement chance Helicopter will reach equilibrium tail will swing BCNU Larry Jolly 5501 W Como Santa Ana CA 92703 Newsletters/Winter Continued page 56 stand up handling postal system subscriber Winding Stooge Florida once received scrap paper address itplus enough postmark show mailing come Lincoln NE scrap arrived Post Office baggy subscriber mailed could see what happened eight-sheet issue CORBIN SUPER ACE$3995 05 Elec 10 Glow 50 Span MA DZCAL OVC OOsTS HIJ iant Scale18 Sheets *60 SIze38 Sheets *40 Size heets * Propeller Decals WT 6 Sheets3 sizes es * Kill Markings 12 Sheets * Nomenclature Markings 3 Sizes -12 Sheets Btsck White copy * Letters Numbers 1234 4-13/18 10 Colors * Stars 10 Colors 11 SIzes plus Sheet Assorted Sizee Major Decals pass flying colorse.ed/2LO6cte5wc/ae DISTRIBUTORS INQUIRIES INVITED Call Paul Major 413 525-4110 mayor decals Custom decal Manufacturers NORTHEAST SCREEN GRAPHICS 21 FISHER AVE. EAST LONOMEALIOW MA 81828 TEL 413-525-4118 January 1987 147 VA -3140 Span$4200 F4U CORSAIR93 Span$3000 AEMS ZERO91 Span$3000 CURTIS P4094 Span$3000 AT-B TEXAN101 Span$3000 FBF BEARCAT88 Span$3000 FOKKERDR-183 Tripe$2700 qw pan J5U sq 1/2 TEXACO School Yard Machine Cut Parts ONLY $ 2595 Send 5ASE Brochure Add $300 br S end H COD Add 8200 Calif Re. Add 6% Tax Meeter Card 916 985-3569 Set & Sun Pharle Modele PO Box 804 Poleom CA 95830 090 0 Most versatile mufflers ever offered Designed fit inside cowls Imited space can also used HELICOPTERS BOATS 0 For UPRIGHT INVERTED SIDE mounted engines 0 Exhaust tubes point almost direction S Worm drive clamp universal mounting can bolted direcfly engine BASIC DIMENSIONS INCLUDES Exhaust pipe extensions clamps99079497590799 soS 95990 warm drive clamp muffler alignment 9T plate gasket mounting screws UflIOrnSiOI7iNVeEED 7979991971449799 9979797975779 70990077995 975799799715097* 9090 a&f m U U 164 School St DOW City CA 94014 415 756-3400 good job Until Walter Erbach retired university could stroll across campus would Thermofax pages run off neatly Took hour club treasurer sure liked price someone club good theres substantial money can kept club treasury spend other things Mimeographing produces black copies grease-based ink also economical great improvement over spirit duplicating can correct stencil easily pictures difficult impossible no freedom lay out page Ed Unless also has access electronic stencil maker can work pasted oopy Mixing print ing methods can nice money-saving compromise edited Studebaker Drivers Club newsletter inside pages mimeos front page Xeroxedwith pictures layout rather like newspaper page Xeroxing expensive now Xeroxing Kinkos natioral chain copy centers outlets area has self-service copying three cents page during what call Happy Hours Its simple put master copies three pages three light tables enter 99 copies punch start button no longer use anything else Repeat process time two Im done can go collating addressing mailing Cost hundred copies times three cents times six pages $1800 subsidize issues Miss Happy Hours cost $2400 four cents per page Editing ironing text Actually mostly checking correct spelling readers good-natured will overlook much sake cause readers enjoyment can nettled misspelling worth some effort eve DECOR ovadlobte voos hobby shop OtfOER OUSECT ewsedof e sopment cssecj MO Ved MC accepted Add 5O tot ups soo t coo asd 6% sbtes fox cdt resident jammed good stuff reader complete waste Nowadays have also taken sealing fold-over least 2 tape practical way get seventh eighth page go over ounce print back sheets can done sheet printed both sides costs same two pages printed two separate sheets paper Furthermore some dupli cating systems dont work well printing sheet both sides Such printing spirit stencil will show through too much two-side printing mimeograph apt horribly messy lots smudges can see choice duplicating method governs what can pages Editors should get know nature printing presses economical duplicating meth od spirit stencil usually prints blue have access office machines make suitable arrange ments management can have very low costs disadvantage editing stencil next impossible usually has type text plain paper everything correct retype text stencil An alternative spirit duplicating system Thermofax machine Put Xerox copy typed sheet through Thermofax machine irons black plastic sheet stencil can run off blue copies Its advantage typed sheet paper easier correct edit stencil disadvantage getting good copies method either art throw dice Personally have aban doned spirit duplicating mention because some people can surprisingly eliminate nettles Ideally editor should have background victories school spelling bees Without can still clear weeds out literary garden word time realize have misspelled word check correct spelling de liberately can spell word properly onfor rest life know difference between its its can get last right looking up youre qualified edit editor particular modeling magazine has 25 years magazine still favorite could have much better text theyd take moment square away little things like editing larger scale helps have very literal mind what written itseW intuitive leap unclear have found sentence calls editing go back over sentence twice still understand another specific circumstance tells editing called Usually writers words simi lar meaning congruent can figure out sometimes actually have contact guy ask Once understand meaning editorial chore rewrite make sentence plan paragraph tell its own story Sometimes editorial task pure ly stylistic would much better just slightest nudge here right Go right ahead Lnyout Newspaper-style pages done just like downtownby scissoring out text headlines illustrations stick ing thdm backing sheet works both Thermofax Xerox processes layout process much easier type out text half-page margins gives much freer use page space practical way to paint margins Magic Marker back ing sheet way because showthrough can see throw typewriters return lever stay column entering newsletter computer file best thing order printer print story both full-page width half-page width permits starting headline item right across page continuing half-page width point setting other shorter items underneath full-width flag have fitted stories sheet typing paper neatly glue-stick smoothly line typing paper sheet page ready light table layout procedure will find photos need trimming sometimes will have return photo intact cant trim case effect cropping can accom plished letting unwanted side picture overhang edge layout slipping useless portion under some text Xerox machine will omit 148 Model Aviation UNIVERSAL IN-COWL AIRCRAFT MUFFLERS 19-4045-6075-13 engines UpRIGHT es INVERTED ENGINE 51-401 19-40 1600 51601 45-60 1700 51901 15-13 1900 74599 907770 7999 951 909990 999779 07 ODe. ECOIN 79977999090979 TOLEDO SPORTS ARENA ONE MAIN STREET TOLEDO OHIO Exposition information available contacting Wayne Yea ger co-director ticket address shown below ADVANCED TICKETS may ordered sending self-ad dressed-stamped business size 4 x 9 envelope Tickets 38235 Castle Romulus Michigan 48174 phone 313 941-6661 Canadian orders must contain International Postal Coupon US Stamps orders above 5 tickets must contain extra post age Include check money order US funds made payable Weak Signals R/C Club along 25 cents per order handl ing charge must state expo days tickets used prices $400 per day adults $100 per day children 12 under Deadline ticket orders March 31 1987 Ticket sales final non-refundable orders program will returned near MidMarch Tickets also available door presented Weak Signals R/O Club Toledo Ohio uring atest compieteiy finished models display enter competition excit ing awards R/C radios will awarded first second third place winners following classes NON-MILITARY SPORT SCALE PLANE AMA Rules MILITARY SPORT SCALE PLANE AMA Rules PRECISION SCALE PLANE AMA Rules PATTERN PLANE SPORT MONO-PLANE non-scale models SPORT 81-PLANE non-scale models OLD TIMER FREE FLIGHT RIC ASSIST RIC SAILPLANE non-scale models HELICOPTER R/C CAR COMPETITION BOAT MILITARY SCALE BOAT PLEASURE POWER BOAT WORKING VESSEL-UNARMED models entered competition will judged Best Finish Best MonoKote Directors Award Best Show Come join us enjoy yourselves unquestion ably worlds greatest radio control model show Open public three great days APRIL 10 11 & 12 1987 FRIDAY9am 6pm SATURDAY 9am 6pm SUNDAY 9am TO 430 pm anything thats outside standard paper size Mailing self-inking return address stamp big help newsletter editor should have got copy shop specialordered around $10 often advertised Sunday paper nowadays around $6 can get copies return-addressed minute Outgoing addresses take longer type fast faster write typing strip labels sticking surprisingly fast Best type ad dresses master photocopy master onto full sheets adhesive-backed labels Another way make own stickon labels present Winding Stooge mailing list three-column Word Handler computer file print out spray back printout adhesive scissor out three columns snip off addresses one press place Preparation mailing takes three sep arate passes two addresses yours subscribers postage stamp save time dont passes completed entire newsletter just separate outside sheet ie back last page fourth pass through collating stapling separate pages together finished newsletters fifth through stack fold newsletter over staple shut Yes lot work Best thing Ive found lightening load end announce newsletterstapling party ongoing event also means have give yourself deadline night party have everything ready five passes through new issue good good club work soon over leaving time pleasant informal meeting volunteers volunteer lives nearest Post Office usually drops off way home didnt mention proofreading dear better half said finished reading draft article Yes automatically ask preafrood humorous term everything write publication Some body other writer/typist has because writer/typist knows what its supposed can slide right over typosno matter well spells guy proofreads own text preafroods sees typos after hes run off jillionand painstakingly goes through stack correcting copy hand Ouch thing worse settling back issue after youve mailed seeing typos theres anything worse its settling down read newsletter edited someone hasnt Continued page 152 MORE POWEii WITH LESS NOISE four-cycle measuring up expectations read Make engine before Make 60 120 four-stroke less means 1 Quieter glow 2 More mellow sounding four-cycle 3 More usable power both 4 Highest power-to-weight ratio 5 The lowest idle ever 6 Increase mileage up 4 times 7 Runs cooler glow 8 No glowplugs fail 9 Increased reliability 10 Fuel available concentrate Conversion kits available 049 30 cid Schnuerle ported engines Its sim ple just change heads fuel What waiting Dust off two-cycle DIESEUZE Send self-addressed stamped enve lope 60 information call 203-877-1670 between 730 pm 930 pm EST DAVIS DIESEL DEVELOPMENT PO Box 141 Milford CT 06460 The leader quiet combustion technology since 1976 January 1987 149 THIRTY-THIRD ANNUAL RADIO CONTROL EXPOSITION BENTOM BROWN JR CAMPBELL EASY COVERITE COX DUBRO BUILT MODELS- ENYA FAI FLYLIN FOX- GOLDBERG- GOLDEN AGE REPRO GENE DUBOIS GUILLOW- K&B K&S L R MRC OS MAX PACTRA PECK-POLYMER PERFECT R N MODELS- SEAGLEN SIG ISTERLING SULLIVAN SUPER TIGRE TAFFINDER TELCO TOP FLITE TREXLER WILLIAMS & OTHERS ESTES MODEL ROCKETSI illustrations over 700 Kits choose IMAILORDER PHONEORDER IN STOREI 11111 VALLEY HOBBY CENTER 327 W Main St LansdaIuPa 19446 RUBBER Sizes 1/4 3/16 1/8 3/32 1/16 042 thick pound box Price $1300 includes 4 oz Slick Lube Price $1200 no lube Slick costs $1 75 Postpaid US Via UPS Cal add 6% tax SMALL BOX 1/4 lb rubber $450 size Orders up $1500 1/4 lb rubber ndse. add $150 UPS Over$15 add 10% MEW e mba classIcs P30 DroPS Air Expross Mini-Pout CrickEt bulks Front i assumbln SPrig kits Stardustor Satellites winders hardware looks morn ZONA SAWS famous Itne hobby saws Razor #200 $255 Newsletters/Winter Continued page 149 taken painsand leaves pains reader nuts bolts what newsletter editor doing youor what might doing club Think about Words have wings too know did Homer call winged words because go through air FF Indoor/Tenny Continued page 57 Prop blocks Figure 1 shows sketch traditional block used build Indoor props typically carved balsa block andthepitch props built block fixed once block carved built-up block shown previous column can constructed kind pitch distribution either uniform varying pitch across blade However carved block has uniform pitch distribution defined block dimensions according formula below formula defines what called true pitch helical pitch reasoning behind use non-helical pitch distribution usually concerns blade loading blade flare assumed inefficiencies slow-turning props very high blade angles formula Pitch x D xT/W formula D diameter W k width T block thickness Figure 1 block length shown D/2 block obviously can longer planned prop case multiply block length two use D formula starting carve block mark guide lines X Y block work very carefully final block surface must flat exactly line guidelines Warning once use sanding block finish up grit sandpaper can remain embedded surface can damage carving blade decide carve have block carved transfer blade template block shown Figure 2 Some builders glue small blocks outside template hold blade outline place during construction Instead small temporary strips can pinned place removed after both blades have built leaves block clear blade covered right block prop covered block freshly-covered blade should returned block cure out before covering second blade Similarly after repairs recovering return blade block until completely dry Other alternatives high cost balsa especially block balsa other approaches costless Figure 3 shows way build up equivalent solid block shown Figures 1 2 Start rectangular box top front missing Add angled top buildup prop platform narrow strips shown Trim off ragged ends sand palnt work surfaces case pitch computed same solid block need take care placing top sheet finished platform correct angle photos shows another approach styrofoam After choosing desired pitch imbed two pieces music wire Vt6 minimum diameter styrofoam along guideline locations wires can used guides hot-wire trimmer styrofoam must pro tected model airplane glue will dissolve Also use care straight pins can erode plastic repeated inser tions same location Another photo shows universal prop fixture built Pete Andrews approach makes possible select feasible pitch distribution tested fact fine-tuning prop design should very easytest prop make change test new prop comparison previous Finally third photo shows yet another approach building props non-helical pitch distribution Small pegs attached individual rib stations support spar hold blade outline place Note outer pegs must much shorter ones photo prop covered fixture Attention CDs newsletter editors havent sent flying schedules early 1987 now too late time read can use dates late March due Model Aviation publication deadiines Bud Tenny PO Box 545 Richardson TX 75080 SAFE FLYING IS NO ACCIDENT 152 Model Aviation PRESENTING FL INGER THE ULTIMATE SMALL SAILPLANE HANDLAUNCH HI-STARTorSLOPE WINGSPAN 57 WEIGHT l2oz MACHINECUT PARTS DEALERS&DIST INQUIRIES INVITEDFLINGER LJMP 110 $2995 ELECTRA L ITE-ICARUS-PANTERA METEOR-ELECTR ICUS -WHISTLER PR ELUDE-COMET LARRY JOLLY MODEL PRODUCTS 5501 W COMO SANTA ANA CALIFORNIA 92703 714 826 6861 Replacement Blades available dealer Send $100 1986 Catalog F Model Supply P0 Box 3957 Torrance CA 90510
Edition: Model Aviation - 1987/01
Page Numbers: 54, 55, 56, 147, 148, 149, 152
Club Newsletters Communication thread keeps modelers togetherand isthesingle bestwaytoadvanceourhobbyand keep interest dwindling Newsletters fill critical gap local level todays home computers tried-and-tested guidelines maybe club should inves tigate starting restarting ETom Winter JOQE // simple way give photo enough contrast stand out very direct scissor out Plane decorating front page edition Winding Stooge Yellow Pioneer designed Editor Tom Winter first stick-and-tissue plane modeling class 54 Model Aviation paste-up stage newsietterlng re quires much workspace Intrepid editor ventures use wifes quilting frame own three drafting tables filled numerous modeling projects course Cheerful teamwork rescues newsletter editors being ground down right Walter Erbach Arsene Fauquet John Gritz help Tom Winter left collate Winding Stooge clubs weekly modelers lunch meeting Photo Waiter Erbach delay timer Left Sample front page shows mix text illustration black Xerox cut-out drawingsmore Inviting solid page typing Right gives game away showing edges taping distinctly Paste-up reproduction technique Logo Mike Schmidt SX-70 photos banner introduction half-column breaks Scotch-taped down Next step Xerox copier does see paper edges Second step Pictures reset Xerox copy taken Canon copier does better job reproducing photos MANY model airplane clubs coun try now newsletter found out writing telephoning wellknown modelers number cities suggest newsletter exchange program response Love dont have What happened asked Often old dedicated NL editor couldnt passed news letter retired died him change hands didnt work out club went through three NL editors year result same club gets used doing Often has meant end club Without newsletter glue some grand old clubs have diniin ished just contact man residual bank account Model flying better club hit how-to newslettering rather building flying soldering might very useful Editor made jillion copies logo five dIfferent sizes facilitate different layouts January 1987 55 Nothing gets taped down until youve got good idea everything goes SIX pages practical limit Once have back-file drawer going well space surprisingly tight Automatic trimming unwanted photo area accomplished piacement8A xli -in permits returning photo intact Easy B plc modeling student Gordon Vidaver will worthwhile can simply assure few people manageable task get started right direction few thoughts Getting material Most important things first essential material calendar upcoming club events took over Winding Stooge newsletter no events calendar first step line up events next club year get sites booked Reports club events next im portant area NL material Members love read contest reports some us love read contest reports dont know contestants Further hav ing meetings written up enshrined some potentially permanent record members rewards showing up competing weight-pulling enthus iastic good-willed members deserve Pretend newspaper re porter alert potential stories example lunch experi enced modeler tells some thing done take notes simply write up bit later leisure something didnt know can bet fellow club members will want know about too yourself very likely important source how-to ar tides member has library good interesting items could should write up club readership Jot down list Dedicate drawer newsletter mate rial gradualist Being gradualist gets articles written works like have odd moment somewhere between last morning cup coffee morning bus settle typewriter type up stories just take pencil make some notes enve lope Toss envelopes andthe completed stories drawer After you develop reserve good stuff can plug anytime material ready match up avail able space time best usage Getting drawer available articles going doubly good editors morale First means editor doesnt have panic cram work limited hours time next issue come out gradualists drawer means NL editor less likely get ground down can stay calm also take time workmanlike job compares building methods its like gluing couple sticks together morning instead building whole plane night before contest flying session other advantage gradualists drawer cant help improve quality newsletter giving time editing Winding Stooge instance now has such well-stocked drawer Im getting picky Ive turned down articles Ive written self some own pieces will probably never appear newsletter main point having drawer gives choice Write lots personal letters receive oorrespondence another mod eler whole thing parts potential material much better typical article several reasons Some people will never write article theyll write letter Theres something else friend writes buddy letter its going much readable wrote article Another reason encouraging letters can choose print newsletter having hurt feelings piece sent newsletter article youve either got print reject Imagine feelings instance go lot work putting article togethereven having asked soand gets rejected some reason letter involved editor doesnt have agonize over things like dedicated out-of-state club member once sent seven pages modeling jokes Winding Stooge didnt like guy pays club dues what Ito tell him Generally its best reprint material model magazines unless magazine old enough will familiar readers Ill reprint really good articles Thirties Forties Fif ties Otherwise reprint magazines represents point departure design exemplifies best its type author living try write permission reprint requires time time another luxury drawer gives editor An editor just starting out may have time source write permission must credit source Matching material space Assuming youve gathered stories youll have figure out what appropriate time month comes around should make list items must appear issue list can trail off things should go things can go After editor has done few two three issues three-part list will probably longer available spacewhich good As available space US Postal Service defines us indirect way ounce Go past nearly double postage Practical ex perience teaches us six sheets practical limit newsletter use paper light enough get seven eight sheets ounce its too light flimsy Continued page 147 56 Model Aviation Above paste-up left Canon copy right paste-up Edges have completely disappeared Item right shows replace molded plastic kit nose piece turned foam covered Japanese tissue papier-mache adjustable thrust line very enticing page Avoid lay outswithonesolldtyped pageafteranother PRACTICAL SIZED GIANT SCALE MODELS NICK ZIROLI Fiberalass Cowlings Canopies AvailableJets too s sent Post-Paid within USA Send 50 Full Catalog Balsa Order Nick ZfroIi 29 Edgar Dr Smithtown NY 11787 USA Hover 5 Bob Wallace 6 Tom Strom 7 Richard Oliver 8 Dave Latsha 9 Pete Reed 10 Dave Doyle Midwest Quickie 500 Nationals held Westland MI September 21 1986 Re porting event John Kilsdonk once rain gods stayed away nice 730 day set stage fourth annual Midwest Q500 Nationals hosted Signal Seekers meet unintentionally direct conflict NMPRA Sport Pylon cham pionship race held Smyrna TN same date However conflict probably little effect attendance either race 31 entries CAPS rules NMPRA airplanes Supertigre Como engines stock nine-inch/wide-blade props stock mufflers used 475-ft course Six rounds flown contest started promptly 1030 am fat lady sang around 430 pm race relatively uneventful fliers running much differently year exemplified once again very competitive Midwest style QSOO flying Ace Merlino set pace day backing up one-month-old CAPS record 12648 fine 12644 No else could come close ST S-40 Ring/China Clipper setup Adrian Apaza Merlino ended up perfect scores flew off forflrstplace Adrians engine flamed out first couple laps Ace darned kids cruised well-deserved victory Ken Heatlie Mike Lasker finished point down flew off third Ken taking close race John Kilsdonk finished fifth two points down Beautiful plaques donated Les Haddads Hobby Shop along cash presented first five places Joes Hobby Centers made very generous contribution souvenir transmit ter bags given workers fliers workers fliers shared merchandise awards various hobby indus try sponsors Good day good contest great fun FINAL RESULTS Pt Flier Ace Merlino 2Adrian Apaza 3Ken Heatlie 4Mike Lasker 5John Kilsdonk 6Barney Polzin 7Dave Keats 8Denny Sumner 9Joe Cohen 10Kevin Matney PtTime 2412644 2413000 2313010 2313540 2213450 2013170 1912870 1913100 1913130 1913920 Engine ST Ring ST Ring Como ABC ST Ring Como ABC ST Ring ST ABC ST ABC ST Ring Como ABC As Im writing am getting ready go Sepulveda Basin California years NMPRA Championship Race See next months issue results Till Bill Hager 706 Glen Haven Dr Conroe TX 77385 RC Helicopters/Jolly Continued page 53 simply getting anywhere ma chine Helicopter jumping up down twisting side side went out watch what doing transmitter realized tryingto fly chopperthe same way flew Ugly Stick would carry machine out pits set flying area would bring throttle trim up get blades turning Check ing controls would throw throttle forwardand mean throw Just suddenly would throttle back Gentlemen point realized people need aproportional throttle Most fixed-wing fliers satisfied On/Off switch engine control however proper way fly fixed-wing modeland will certainly work Helicopter throttle delicate control cyclic-pitch stick must handled gently Advance decrease throt tle smoothly slowly possible slower movement chance Helicopter will reach equilibrium tail will swing BCNU Larry Jolly 5501 W Como Santa Ana CA 92703 Newsletters/Winter Continued page 56 stand up handling postal system subscriber Winding Stooge Florida once received scrap paper address itplus enough postmark show mailing come Lincoln NE scrap arrived Post Office baggy subscriber mailed could see what happened eight-sheet issue CORBIN SUPER ACE$3995 05 Elec 10 Glow 50 Span MA DZCAL OVC OOsTS HIJ iant Scale18 Sheets *60 SIze38 Sheets *40 Size heets * Propeller Decals WT 6 Sheets3 sizes es * 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stencil easily pictures difficult impossible no freedom lay out page Ed Unless also has access electronic stencil maker can work pasted oopy Mixing print ing methods can nice money-saving compromise edited Studebaker Drivers Club newsletter inside pages mimeos front page Xeroxedwith pictures layout rather like newspaper page Xeroxing expensive now Xeroxing Kinkos natioral chain copy centers outlets area has self-service copying three cents page during what call Happy Hours Its simple put master copies three pages three light tables enter 99 copies punch start button no longer use anything else Repeat process time two Im done can go collating addressing mailing Cost hundred copies times three cents times six pages $1800 subsidize issues Miss Happy Hours cost $2400 four cents per page Editing ironing text Actually mostly checking correct spelling readers good-natured will overlook much sake cause readers enjoyment can nettled misspelling worth some effort eve DECOR ovadlobte voos hobby shop OtfOER OUSECT ewsedof e sopment cssecj MO Ved MC accepted Add 5O tot ups soo t coo asd 6% sbtes fox cdt resident jammed good stuff reader complete waste Nowadays have also taken sealing fold-over least 2 tape practical way get seventh eighth page go over ounce print back sheets can done sheet printed both sides costs same two pages printed two separate sheets paper Furthermore some dupli cating systems dont work well printing sheet both sides Such printing spirit stencil will show through too much two-side printing mimeograph apt horribly messy lots smudges can see choice duplicating method governs what can pages Editors should get know nature printing presses economical duplicating meth od spirit stencil usually prints blue have access office machines make suitable arrange ments management can have very low costs disadvantage editing stencil next impossible usually has type text plain paper everything correct retype text stencil An alternative spirit duplicating system Thermofax machine Put Xerox copy typed sheet through Thermofax machine irons black plastic sheet stencil can run off blue copies Its advantage typed sheet paper easier correct edit stencil disadvantage getting good copies method either art throw dice Personally have aban doned spirit duplicating mention because some people can surprisingly eliminate nettles Ideally editor should have background victories school spelling bees Without can still clear weeds out literary garden word time realize have misspelled word check correct spelling de liberately can spell word properly onfor rest life know difference between its its can get last right looking up youre qualified edit editor particular modeling magazine has 25 years magazine still favorite could have much better text theyd take moment square away little things like editing larger scale helps have very literal mind what written itseW intuitive leap unclear have found sentence calls editing go back over sentence twice still understand another specific circumstance tells editing called Usually writers words simi lar meaning congruent can figure out sometimes actually have contact guy ask Once understand meaning editorial chore rewrite make sentence plan paragraph tell its own story Sometimes editorial task pure ly stylistic would much better just slightest nudge here right Go right ahead Lnyout Newspaper-style pages done just like downtownby scissoring out text headlines illustrations stick ing thdm backing sheet works both Thermofax Xerox processes layout process much easier type out text half-page margins gives much freer use page space practical way to paint margins Magic Marker back ing sheet way because showthrough can see throw typewriters return lever stay column entering newsletter computer file best thing order printer print story both full-page width half-page width permits starting headline item right across page continuing half-page width point setting other shorter items underneath full-width flag have fitted stories sheet typing paper neatly glue-stick smoothly line typing paper sheet page ready light table layout procedure will find photos need trimming sometimes will have return photo intact cant trim case effect cropping can accom plished letting unwanted side picture overhang edge layout slipping useless portion under some text Xerox machine will omit 148 Model Aviation UNIVERSAL IN-COWL AIRCRAFT MUFFLERS 19-4045-6075-13 engines UpRIGHT es INVERTED ENGINE 51-401 19-40 1600 51601 45-60 1700 51901 15-13 1900 74599 907770 7999 951 909990 999779 07 ODe. 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SPORT SCALE PLANE AMA Rules MILITARY SPORT SCALE PLANE AMA Rules PRECISION SCALE PLANE AMA Rules PATTERN PLANE SPORT MONO-PLANE non-scale models SPORT 81-PLANE non-scale models OLD TIMER FREE FLIGHT RIC ASSIST RIC SAILPLANE non-scale models HELICOPTER R/C CAR COMPETITION BOAT MILITARY SCALE BOAT PLEASURE POWER BOAT WORKING VESSEL-UNARMED models entered competition will judged Best Finish Best MonoKote Directors Award Best Show Come join us enjoy yourselves unquestion ably worlds greatest radio control model show Open public three great days APRIL 10 11 & 12 1987 FRIDAY9am 6pm SATURDAY 9am 6pm SUNDAY 9am TO 430 pm anything thats outside standard paper size Mailing self-inking return address stamp big help newsletter editor should have got copy shop specialordered around $10 often advertised Sunday paper nowadays around $6 can get copies return-addressed minute Outgoing addresses take longer type fast faster write typing strip labels sticking surprisingly fast Best type ad dresses master photocopy master onto full sheets adhesive-backed labels Another way make own stickon labels present Winding Stooge mailing list three-column Word Handler computer file print out spray back printout adhesive scissor out three columns snip off addresses one press place Preparation mailing takes three sep arate passes two addresses yours subscribers postage stamp save time dont passes completed entire newsletter just separate outside sheet ie back last page fourth pass through collating stapling separate pages together finished newsletters fifth through stack fold newsletter over staple shut Yes lot work Best thing Ive found lightening load end announce newsletterstapling party ongoing event also means have give yourself deadline night party have everything ready five passes through new issue good good club work soon over leaving time pleasant informal meeting volunteers volunteer lives nearest Post Office usually drops off way home didnt mention proofreading dear better half said finished reading draft article Yes automatically ask preafrood humorous term everything write publication Some body other writer/typist has because writer/typist knows what its supposed can slide right over typosno matter well spells guy proofreads own text preafroods sees typos after hes run off jillionand painstakingly goes through stack correcting copy hand Ouch thing worse settling back issue after youve mailed seeing typos theres anything worse its settling down read newsletter edited someone hasnt Continued page 152 MORE POWEii WITH LESS NOISE four-cycle measuring up expectations read Make engine before Make 60 120 four-stroke less means 1 Quieter glow 2 More mellow sounding four-cycle 3 More usable power both 4 Highest power-to-weight ratio 5 The lowest idle ever 6 Increase mileage up 4 times 7 Runs cooler glow 8 No glowplugs fail 9 Increased reliability 10 Fuel available concentrate Conversion kits available 049 30 cid Schnuerle ported engines Its sim ple just change heads fuel 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10% MEW e mba classIcs P30 DroPS Air Expross Mini-Pout CrickEt bulks Front i assumbln SPrig kits Stardustor Satellites winders hardware looks morn ZONA SAWS famous Itne hobby saws Razor #200 $255 Newsletters/Winter Continued page 149 taken painsand leaves pains reader nuts bolts what newsletter editor doing youor what might doing club Think about Words have wings too know did Homer call winged words because go through air FF Indoor/Tenny Continued page 57 Prop blocks Figure 1 shows sketch traditional block used build Indoor props typically carved balsa block andthepitch props built block fixed once block carved built-up block shown previous column can constructed kind pitch distribution either uniform varying pitch across blade However carved block has uniform pitch distribution defined block dimensions according formula below formula defines what called true pitch helical pitch reasoning behind use non-helical pitch distribution usually concerns blade loading blade flare assumed inefficiencies slow-turning props very high blade angles formula Pitch x D xT/W formula D diameter W k width T block thickness Figure 1 block length shown D/2 block obviously can longer planned prop case multiply block length two use D formula starting carve block mark guide lines X Y block work very carefully final block surface must flat exactly line guidelines Warning once use sanding block finish up grit sandpaper can remain embedded surface can damage carving blade decide carve have block carved transfer blade template block shown Figure 2 Some builders glue small blocks outside template hold blade outline place during construction Instead small temporary strips can pinned place removed after both blades have built leaves block clear blade covered right block prop covered block freshly-covered blade should returned block cure out before covering second blade Similarly after repairs recovering return blade block until completely dry Other alternatives high cost balsa especially block balsa other approaches costless Figure 3 shows way build up equivalent solid block shown Figures 1 2 Start rectangular box top front missing Add angled top buildup prop platform narrow strips shown Trim off ragged ends sand palnt work surfaces case pitch computed same solid block need take care placing top sheet finished platform correct angle photos shows another approach styrofoam After choosing desired pitch imbed two pieces music wire Vt6 minimum diameter styrofoam along guideline locations wires can used guides hot-wire trimmer styrofoam must pro tected model airplane glue will dissolve Also use care straight pins can erode plastic repeated inser tions same location Another photo shows universal prop fixture built Pete Andrews approach makes possible select feasible pitch distribution tested fact fine-tuning prop design should very easytest prop make change test new prop comparison previous Finally third photo shows yet another approach building props non-helical pitch distribution Small pegs attached individual rib stations support spar hold blade outline place Note outer pegs must much shorter ones photo prop covered fixture Attention CDs newsletter editors havent sent flying schedules early 1987 now too late time read can use dates late March due Model Aviation publication deadiines Bud Tenny PO Box 545 Richardson TX 75080 SAFE FLYING IS NO ACCIDENT 152 Model Aviation PRESENTING FL INGER THE ULTIMATE SMALL SAILPLANE HANDLAUNCH HI-STARTorSLOPE WINGSPAN 57 WEIGHT l2oz MACHINECUT PARTS DEALERS&DIST INQUIRIES INVITEDFLINGER LJMP 110 $2995 ELECTRA L ITE-ICARUS-PANTERA METEOR-ELECTR ICUS -WHISTLER PR ELUDE-COMET LARRY JOLLY MODEL PRODUCTS 5501 W COMO SANTA ANA CALIFORNIA 92703 714 826 6861 Replacement Blades available dealer Send $100 1986 Catalog F Model Supply P0 Box 3957 Torrance CA 90510
Edition: Model Aviation - 1987/01
Page Numbers: 54, 55, 56, 147, 148, 149, 152
Club Newsletters Communication thread keeps modelers togetherand isthesingle bestwaytoadvanceourhobbyand keep interest dwindling Newsletters fill critical gap local level todays home computers tried-and-tested guidelines maybe club should inves tigate starting restarting ETom Winter JOQE // simple way give photo enough contrast stand out very direct scissor out Plane decorating front page edition Winding Stooge Yellow Pioneer designed Editor Tom Winter first stick-and-tissue plane modeling class 54 Model Aviation paste-up stage newsietterlng re quires much workspace Intrepid editor ventures use wifes quilting frame own three drafting tables filled numerous modeling projects course Cheerful teamwork rescues newsletter editors being ground down right Walter Erbach Arsene Fauquet John Gritz help Tom Winter left collate Winding Stooge clubs weekly modelers lunch meeting Photo Waiter Erbach delay timer Left Sample front page shows mix text illustration black Xerox cut-out drawingsmore Inviting solid page typing Right gives game away showing edges taping distinctly Paste-up reproduction technique Logo Mike Schmidt SX-70 photos banner introduction half-column breaks Scotch-taped down Next step Xerox copier does see paper edges Second step Pictures reset Xerox copy taken Canon copier does better job reproducing photos MANY model airplane clubs coun try now newsletter found out writing telephoning wellknown modelers number cities suggest newsletter exchange program response Love dont have What happened asked Often old dedicated NL editor couldnt passed news letter retired died him change hands didnt work out club went through three NL editors year result same club gets used doing Often has meant end club Without newsletter glue some grand old clubs have diniin ished just contact man residual bank account Model flying better club hit how-to newslettering rather building flying soldering might very useful Editor made jillion copies logo five dIfferent sizes facilitate different layouts January 1987 55 Nothing gets taped down until youve got good idea everything goes SIX pages practical limit Once have back-file drawer going well space surprisingly tight Automatic trimming unwanted photo area accomplished piacement8A xli -in permits returning photo intact Easy B plc modeling student Gordon Vidaver will worthwhile can simply assure few people manageable task get started right direction few thoughts Getting material Most important things first essential material calendar upcoming club events took over Winding Stooge newsletter no events calendar first step line up events next club year get sites booked Reports club events next im portant area NL material Members love read contest reports some us love read contest reports dont know contestants Further hav ing meetings written up enshrined some potentially permanent record members rewards showing up competing weight-pulling enthus iastic good-willed members deserve Pretend newspaper re porter alert potential stories example lunch experi enced modeler tells some thing done take notes simply write up bit later leisure something didnt know can bet fellow club members will want know about too yourself very likely important source how-to ar tides member has library good interesting items could should write up club readership Jot down list Dedicate drawer newsletter mate rial gradualist Being gradualist gets articles written works like have odd moment somewhere between last morning cup coffee morning bus settle typewriter type up stories just take pencil make some notes enve lope Toss envelopes andthe completed stories drawer After you develop reserve good stuff can plug anytime material ready match up avail able space time best usage Getting drawer available articles going doubly good editors morale First means editor doesnt have panic cram work limited hours time next issue come out gradualists drawer means NL editor less likely get ground down can stay calm also take time workmanlike job compares building methods its like gluing couple sticks together morning instead building whole plane night before contest flying session other advantage gradualists drawer cant help improve quality newsletter giving time editing Winding Stooge instance now has such well-stocked drawer Im getting picky Ive turned down articles Ive written self some own pieces will probably never appear newsletter main point having drawer gives choice Write lots personal letters receive oorrespondence another mod eler whole thing parts potential material much better typical article several reasons Some people will never write article theyll write letter Theres something else friend writes buddy letter its going much readable wrote article Another reason encouraging letters can choose print newsletter having hurt feelings piece sent newsletter article youve either got print reject Imagine feelings instance go lot work putting article togethereven having asked soand gets rejected some reason letter involved editor doesnt have agonize over things like dedicated out-of-state club member once sent seven pages modeling jokes Winding Stooge didnt like guy pays club dues what Ito tell him Generally its best reprint material model magazines unless magazine old enough will familiar readers Ill reprint really good articles Thirties Forties Fif ties Otherwise reprint magazines represents point departure design exemplifies best its type author living try write permission reprint requires time time another luxury drawer gives editor An editor just starting out may have time source write permission must credit source Matching material space Assuming youve gathered stories youll have figure out what appropriate time month comes around should make list items must appear issue list can trail off things should go things can go After editor has done few two three issues three-part list will probably longer available spacewhich good As available space US Postal Service defines us indirect way ounce Go past nearly double postage Practical ex perience teaches us six sheets practical limit newsletter use paper light enough get seven eight sheets ounce its too light flimsy Continued page 147 56 Model Aviation Above paste-up left Canon copy right paste-up Edges have completely disappeared Item right shows replace molded plastic kit nose piece turned foam covered Japanese tissue papier-mache adjustable thrust line very enticing page Avoid lay outswithonesolldtyped pageafteranother PRACTICAL SIZED GIANT SCALE MODELS NICK ZIROLI Fiberalass Cowlings Canopies AvailableJets too s sent Post-Paid within USA Send 50 Full Catalog Balsa Order Nick ZfroIi 29 Edgar Dr Smithtown NY 11787 USA Hover 5 Bob Wallace 6 Tom Strom 7 Richard Oliver 8 Dave Latsha 9 Pete Reed 10 Dave Doyle Midwest Quickie 500 Nationals held Westland MI September 21 1986 Re porting event John Kilsdonk once rain gods stayed away nice 730 day set stage fourth annual Midwest Q500 Nationals hosted Signal Seekers meet unintentionally direct conflict NMPRA Sport Pylon cham pionship race held Smyrna TN same date However conflict probably little effect attendance either race 31 entries CAPS rules NMPRA airplanes Supertigre Como engines stock nine-inch/wide-blade props stock mufflers used 475-ft course Six rounds flown contest started promptly 1030 am fat lady sang around 430 pm race relatively uneventful fliers running much differently year exemplified once again very competitive Midwest style QSOO flying Ace Merlino set pace day backing up one-month-old CAPS record 12648 fine 12644 No else could come close ST S-40 Ring/China Clipper setup Adrian Apaza Merlino ended up perfect scores flew off forflrstplace Adrians engine flamed out first couple laps Ace darned kids cruised well-deserved victory Ken Heatlie Mike Lasker finished point down flew off third Ken taking close race John Kilsdonk finished fifth two points down Beautiful plaques donated Les Haddads Hobby Shop along cash presented first five places Joes Hobby Centers made very generous contribution souvenir transmit ter bags given workers fliers workers fliers shared merchandise awards various hobby indus try sponsors Good day good contest great fun FINAL RESULTS Pt Flier Ace Merlino 2Adrian Apaza 3Ken Heatlie 4Mike Lasker 5John Kilsdonk 6Barney Polzin 7Dave Keats 8Denny Sumner 9Joe Cohen 10Kevin Matney PtTime 2412644 2413000 2313010 2313540 2213450 2013170 1912870 1913100 1913130 1913920 Engine ST Ring ST Ring Como ABC ST Ring Como ABC ST Ring ST ABC ST ABC ST Ring Como ABC As Im writing am getting ready go Sepulveda Basin California years NMPRA Championship Race See next months issue results Till Bill Hager 706 Glen Haven Dr Conroe TX 77385 RC Helicopters/Jolly Continued page 53 simply getting anywhere ma chine Helicopter jumping up down twisting side side went out watch what doing transmitter realized tryingto fly chopperthe same way flew Ugly Stick would carry machine out pits set flying area would bring throttle trim up get blades turning Check ing controls would throw throttle forwardand mean throw Just suddenly would throttle back Gentlemen point realized people need aproportional throttle Most fixed-wing fliers satisfied On/Off switch engine control however proper way fly fixed-wing modeland will certainly work Helicopter throttle delicate control cyclic-pitch stick must handled gently Advance decrease throt tle smoothly slowly possible slower movement chance Helicopter will reach equilibrium tail will swing BCNU Larry Jolly 5501 W Como Santa Ana CA 92703 Newsletters/Winter Continued page 56 stand up handling postal system subscriber Winding Stooge Florida once received scrap paper address itplus enough postmark show mailing come Lincoln NE scrap arrived Post Office baggy subscriber mailed could see what happened eight-sheet issue CORBIN SUPER ACE$3995 05 Elec 10 Glow 50 Span MA DZCAL OVC OOsTS HIJ iant Scale18 Sheets *60 SIze38 Sheets *40 Size heets * Propeller Decals WT 6 Sheets3 sizes es * Kill Markings 12 Sheets * Nomenclature Markings 3 Sizes -12 Sheets Btsck White copy * Letters Numbers 1234 4-13/18 10 Colors * Stars 10 Colors 11 SIzes plus Sheet Assorted Sizee Major Decals pass flying colorse.ed/2LO6cte5wc/ae DISTRIBUTORS INQUIRIES INVITED Call Paul Major 413 525-4110 mayor decals Custom decal Manufacturers NORTHEAST SCREEN GRAPHICS 21 FISHER AVE. EAST LONOMEALIOW MA 81828 TEL 413-525-4118 January 1987 147 VA -3140 Span$4200 F4U CORSAIR93 Span$3000 AEMS ZERO91 Span$3000 CURTIS P4094 Span$3000 AT-B TEXAN101 Span$3000 FBF BEARCAT88 Span$3000 FOKKERDR-183 Tripe$2700 qw pan J5U sq 1/2 TEXACO School Yard Machine Cut Parts ONLY $ 2595 Send 5ASE Brochure Add $300 br S end H COD Add 8200 Calif Re. Add 6% Tax Meeter Card 916 985-3569 Set & Sun Pharle Modele PO Box 804 Poleom CA 95830 090 0 Most versatile mufflers ever offered Designed fit inside cowls Imited space can also used HELICOPTERS BOATS 0 For UPRIGHT INVERTED SIDE mounted engines 0 Exhaust tubes point almost direction S Worm drive clamp universal mounting can bolted direcfly engine BASIC DIMENSIONS INCLUDES Exhaust pipe extensions clamps99079497590799 soS 95990 warm drive clamp muffler alignment 9T plate gasket mounting screws UflIOrnSiOI7iNVeEED 7979991971449799 9979797975779 70990077995 975799799715097* 9090 a&f m U U 164 School St DOW City CA 94014 415 756-3400 good job Until Walter Erbach retired university could stroll across campus would Thermofax pages run off neatly Took hour club treasurer sure liked price someone club good theres substantial money can kept club treasury spend other things Mimeographing produces black copies grease-based ink also economical great improvement over spirit duplicating can correct stencil easily pictures difficult impossible no freedom lay out page Ed Unless also has access electronic stencil maker can work pasted oopy Mixing print ing methods can nice money-saving compromise edited Studebaker Drivers Club newsletter inside pages mimeos front page Xeroxedwith pictures layout rather like newspaper page Xeroxing expensive now Xeroxing Kinkos natioral chain copy centers outlets area has self-service copying three cents page during what call Happy Hours Its simple put master copies three pages three light tables enter 99 copies punch start button no longer use anything else Repeat process time two Im done can go collating addressing mailing Cost hundred copies times three cents times six pages $1800 subsidize issues Miss Happy Hours cost $2400 four cents per page Editing ironing text Actually mostly checking correct spelling readers good-natured will overlook much sake cause readers enjoyment can nettled misspelling worth some effort eve DECOR ovadlobte voos hobby shop OtfOER OUSECT ewsedof e sopment cssecj MO Ved MC accepted Add 5O tot ups soo t coo asd 6% sbtes fox cdt resident jammed good stuff reader complete waste Nowadays have also taken sealing fold-over least 2 tape practical way get seventh eighth page go over ounce print back sheets can done sheet printed both sides costs same two pages printed two separate sheets paper Furthermore some dupli cating systems dont work well printing sheet both sides Such printing spirit stencil will show through too much two-side printing mimeograph apt horribly messy lots smudges can see choice duplicating method governs what can pages Editors should get know nature printing presses economical duplicating meth od spirit stencil usually prints blue have access office machines make suitable arrange ments management can have very low costs disadvantage editing stencil next impossible usually has type text plain paper everything correct retype text stencil An alternative spirit duplicating system Thermofax machine Put Xerox copy typed sheet through Thermofax machine irons black plastic sheet stencil can run off blue copies Its advantage typed sheet paper easier correct edit stencil disadvantage getting good copies method either art throw dice Personally have aban doned spirit duplicating mention because some people can surprisingly eliminate nettles Ideally editor should have background victories school spelling bees Without can still clear weeds out literary garden word time realize have misspelled word check correct spelling de liberately can spell word properly onfor rest life know difference between its its can get last right looking up youre qualified edit editor particular modeling magazine has 25 years magazine still favorite could have much better text theyd take moment square away little things like editing larger scale helps have very literal mind what written itseW intuitive leap unclear have found sentence calls editing go back over sentence twice still understand another specific circumstance tells editing called Usually writers words simi lar meaning congruent can figure out sometimes actually have contact guy ask Once understand meaning editorial chore rewrite make sentence plan paragraph tell its own story Sometimes editorial task pure ly stylistic would much better just slightest nudge here right Go right ahead Lnyout Newspaper-style pages done just like downtownby scissoring out text headlines illustrations stick ing thdm backing sheet works both Thermofax Xerox processes layout process much easier type out text half-page margins gives much freer use page space practical way to paint margins Magic Marker back ing sheet way because showthrough can see throw typewriters return lever stay column entering newsletter computer file best thing order printer print story both full-page width half-page width permits starting headline item right across page continuing half-page width point setting other shorter items underneath full-width flag have fitted stories sheet typing paper neatly glue-stick smoothly line typing paper sheet page ready light table layout procedure will find photos need trimming sometimes will have return photo intact cant trim case effect cropping can accom plished letting unwanted side picture overhang edge layout slipping useless portion under some text Xerox machine will omit 148 Model Aviation UNIVERSAL IN-COWL AIRCRAFT MUFFLERS 19-4045-6075-13 engines UpRIGHT es INVERTED ENGINE 51-401 19-40 1600 51601 45-60 1700 51901 15-13 1900 74599 907770 7999 951 909990 999779 07 ODe. ECOIN 79977999090979 TOLEDO SPORTS ARENA ONE MAIN STREET TOLEDO OHIO Exposition information available contacting Wayne Yea ger co-director ticket address shown below ADVANCED TICKETS may ordered sending self-ad dressed-stamped business size 4 x 9 envelope Tickets 38235 Castle Romulus Michigan 48174 phone 313 941-6661 Canadian orders must contain International Postal Coupon US Stamps orders above 5 tickets must contain extra post age Include check money order US funds made payable Weak Signals R/C Club along 25 cents per order handl ing charge must state expo days tickets used prices $400 per day adults $100 per day children 12 under Deadline ticket orders March 31 1987 Ticket sales final non-refundable orders program will returned near MidMarch Tickets also available door presented Weak Signals R/O Club Toledo Ohio uring atest compieteiy finished models display enter competition excit ing awards R/C radios will awarded first second third place winners following classes NON-MILITARY SPORT SCALE PLANE AMA Rules MILITARY SPORT SCALE PLANE AMA Rules PRECISION SCALE PLANE AMA Rules PATTERN PLANE SPORT MONO-PLANE non-scale models SPORT 81-PLANE non-scale models OLD TIMER FREE FLIGHT RIC ASSIST RIC SAILPLANE non-scale models HELICOPTER R/C CAR COMPETITION BOAT MILITARY SCALE BOAT PLEASURE POWER BOAT WORKING VESSEL-UNARMED models entered competition will judged Best Finish Best MonoKote Directors Award Best Show Come join us enjoy yourselves unquestion ably worlds greatest radio control model show Open public three great days APRIL 10 11 & 12 1987 FRIDAY9am 6pm SATURDAY 9am 6pm SUNDAY 9am TO 430 pm anything thats outside standard paper size Mailing self-inking return address stamp big help newsletter editor should have got copy shop specialordered around $10 often advertised Sunday paper nowadays around $6 can get copies return-addressed minute Outgoing addresses take longer type fast faster write typing strip labels sticking surprisingly fast Best type ad dresses master photocopy master onto full sheets adhesive-backed labels Another way make own stickon labels present Winding Stooge mailing list three-column Word Handler computer file print out spray back printout adhesive scissor out three columns snip off addresses one press place Preparation mailing takes three sep arate passes two addresses yours subscribers postage stamp save time dont passes completed entire newsletter just separate outside sheet ie back last page fourth pass through collating stapling separate pages together finished newsletters fifth through stack fold newsletter over staple shut Yes lot work Best thing Ive found lightening load end announce newsletterstapling party ongoing event also means have give yourself deadline night party have everything ready five passes through new issue good good club work soon over leaving time pleasant informal meeting volunteers volunteer lives nearest Post Office usually drops off way home didnt mention proofreading dear better half said finished reading draft article Yes automatically ask preafrood humorous term everything write publication Some body other writer/typist has because writer/typist knows what its supposed can slide right over typosno matter well spells guy proofreads own text preafroods sees typos after hes run off jillionand painstakingly goes through stack correcting copy hand Ouch thing worse settling back issue after youve mailed seeing typos theres anything worse its settling down read newsletter edited someone hasnt Continued page 152 MORE POWEii WITH LESS NOISE four-cycle measuring up expectations read Make engine before Make 60 120 four-stroke less means 1 Quieter glow 2 More mellow sounding four-cycle 3 More usable power both 4 Highest power-to-weight ratio 5 The lowest idle ever 6 Increase mileage up 4 times 7 Runs cooler glow 8 No glowplugs fail 9 Increased reliability 10 Fuel available concentrate Conversion kits available 049 30 cid Schnuerle ported engines Its sim ple just change heads fuel What waiting Dust off two-cycle DIESEUZE Send self-addressed stamped enve lope 60 information call 203-877-1670 between 730 pm 930 pm EST DAVIS DIESEL DEVELOPMENT PO Box 141 Milford CT 06460 The leader quiet combustion technology since 1976 January 1987 149 THIRTY-THIRD ANNUAL RADIO CONTROL EXPOSITION BENTOM BROWN JR CAMPBELL EASY COVERITE COX DUBRO BUILT MODELS- ENYA FAI FLYLIN FOX- GOLDBERG- GOLDEN AGE REPRO GENE DUBOIS GUILLOW- K&B K&S L R MRC OS MAX PACTRA PECK-POLYMER PERFECT R N MODELS- SEAGLEN SIG ISTERLING SULLIVAN SUPER TIGRE TAFFINDER TELCO TOP FLITE TREXLER WILLIAMS & OTHERS ESTES MODEL ROCKETSI illustrations over 700 Kits choose IMAILORDER PHONEORDER IN STOREI 11111 VALLEY HOBBY CENTER 327 W Main St LansdaIuPa 19446 RUBBER Sizes 1/4 3/16 1/8 3/32 1/16 042 thick pound box Price $1300 includes 4 oz Slick Lube Price $1200 no lube Slick costs $1 75 Postpaid US Via UPS Cal add 6% tax SMALL BOX 1/4 lb rubber $450 size Orders up $1500 1/4 lb rubber ndse. add $150 UPS Over$15 add 10% MEW e mba classIcs P30 DroPS Air Expross Mini-Pout CrickEt bulks Front i assumbln SPrig kits Stardustor Satellites winders hardware looks morn ZONA SAWS famous Itne hobby saws Razor #200 $255 Newsletters/Winter Continued page 149 taken painsand leaves pains reader nuts bolts what newsletter editor doing youor what might doing club Think about Words have wings too know did Homer call winged words because go through air FF Indoor/Tenny Continued page 57 Prop blocks Figure 1 shows sketch traditional block used build Indoor props typically carved balsa block andthepitch props built block fixed once block carved built-up block shown previous column can constructed kind pitch distribution either uniform varying pitch across blade However carved block has uniform pitch distribution defined block dimensions according formula below formula defines what called true pitch helical pitch reasoning behind use non-helical pitch distribution usually concerns blade loading blade flare assumed inefficiencies slow-turning props very high blade angles formula Pitch x D xT/W formula D diameter W k width T block thickness Figure 1 block length shown D/2 block obviously can longer planned prop case multiply block length two use D formula starting carve block mark guide lines X Y block work very carefully final block surface must flat exactly line guidelines Warning once use sanding block finish up grit sandpaper can remain embedded surface can damage carving blade decide carve have block carved transfer blade template block shown Figure 2 Some builders glue small blocks outside template hold blade outline place during construction Instead small temporary strips can pinned place removed after both blades have built leaves block clear blade covered right block prop covered block freshly-covered blade should returned block cure out before covering second blade Similarly after repairs recovering return blade block until completely dry Other alternatives high cost balsa especially block balsa other approaches costless Figure 3 shows way build up equivalent solid block shown Figures 1 2 Start rectangular box top front missing Add angled top buildup prop platform narrow strips shown Trim off ragged ends sand palnt work surfaces case pitch computed same solid block need take care placing top sheet finished platform correct angle photos shows another approach styrofoam After choosing desired pitch imbed two pieces music wire Vt6 minimum diameter styrofoam along guideline locations wires can used guides hot-wire trimmer styrofoam must pro tected model airplane glue will dissolve Also use care straight pins can erode plastic repeated inser tions same location Another photo shows universal prop fixture built Pete Andrews approach makes possible select feasible pitch distribution tested fact fine-tuning prop design should very easytest prop make change test new prop comparison previous Finally third photo shows yet another approach building props non-helical pitch distribution Small pegs attached individual rib stations support spar hold blade outline place Note outer pegs must much shorter ones photo prop covered fixture Attention CDs newsletter editors havent sent flying schedules early 1987 now too late time read can use dates late March due Model Aviation publication deadiines Bud Tenny PO Box 545 Richardson TX 75080 SAFE FLYING IS NO ACCIDENT 152 Model Aviation PRESENTING FL INGER THE ULTIMATE SMALL SAILPLANE HANDLAUNCH HI-STARTorSLOPE WINGSPAN 57 WEIGHT l2oz MACHINECUT PARTS DEALERS&DIST INQUIRIES INVITEDFLINGER LJMP 110 $2995 ELECTRA L ITE-ICARUS-PANTERA METEOR-ELECTR ICUS -WHISTLER PR ELUDE-COMET LARRY JOLLY MODEL PRODUCTS 5501 W COMO SANTA ANA CALIFORNIA 92703 714 826 6861 Replacement Blades available dealer Send $100 1986 Catalog F Model Supply P0 Box 3957 Torrance CA 90510
Edition: Model Aviation - 1987/01
Page Numbers: 54, 55, 56, 147, 148, 149, 152
Club Newsletters Communication thread keeps modelers togetherand isthesingle bestwaytoadvanceourhobbyand keep interest dwindling Newsletters fill critical gap local level todays home computers tried-and-tested guidelines maybe club should inves tigate starting restarting ETom Winter JOQE // simple way give photo enough contrast stand out very direct scissor out Plane decorating front page edition Winding Stooge Yellow Pioneer designed Editor Tom Winter first stick-and-tissue plane modeling class 54 Model Aviation paste-up stage newsietterlng re quires much workspace Intrepid editor ventures use wifes quilting frame own three drafting tables filled numerous modeling projects course Cheerful teamwork rescues newsletter editors being ground down right Walter Erbach Arsene Fauquet John Gritz help Tom Winter left collate Winding Stooge clubs weekly modelers lunch meeting Photo Waiter Erbach delay timer Left Sample front page shows mix text illustration black Xerox cut-out drawingsmore Inviting solid page typing Right gives game away showing edges taping distinctly Paste-up reproduction technique Logo Mike Schmidt SX-70 photos banner introduction half-column breaks Scotch-taped down Next step Xerox copier does see paper edges Second step Pictures reset Xerox copy taken Canon copier does better job reproducing photos MANY model airplane clubs coun try now newsletter found out writing telephoning wellknown modelers number cities suggest newsletter exchange program response Love dont have What happened asked Often old dedicated NL editor couldnt passed news letter retired died him change hands didnt work out club went through three NL editors year result same club gets used doing Often has meant end club Without newsletter glue some grand old clubs have diniin ished just contact man residual bank account Model flying better club hit how-to newslettering rather building flying soldering might very useful Editor made jillion copies logo five dIfferent sizes facilitate different layouts January 1987 55 Nothing gets taped down until youve got good idea everything goes SIX pages practical limit Once have back-file drawer going well space surprisingly tight Automatic trimming unwanted photo area accomplished piacement8A xli -in permits returning photo intact Easy B plc modeling student Gordon Vidaver will worthwhile can simply assure few people manageable task get started right direction few thoughts Getting material Most important things first essential material calendar upcoming club events took over Winding Stooge newsletter no events calendar first step line up events next club year get sites booked Reports club events next im portant area NL material Members love read contest reports some us love read contest reports dont know contestants Further hav ing meetings written up enshrined some potentially permanent record members rewards showing up competing weight-pulling enthus iastic good-willed members deserve Pretend newspaper re porter alert potential stories example lunch experi enced modeler tells some thing done take notes simply write up bit later leisure something didnt know can bet fellow club members will want know about too yourself very likely important source how-to ar tides member has library good interesting items could should write up club readership Jot down list Dedicate drawer newsletter mate rial gradualist Being gradualist gets articles written works like have odd moment somewhere between last morning cup coffee morning bus settle typewriter type up stories just take pencil make some notes enve lope Toss envelopes andthe completed stories drawer After you develop reserve good stuff can plug anytime material ready match up avail able space time best usage Getting drawer available articles going doubly good editors morale First means editor doesnt have panic cram work limited hours time next issue come out gradualists drawer means NL editor less likely get ground down can stay calm also take time workmanlike job compares building methods its like gluing couple sticks together morning instead building whole plane night before contest flying session other advantage gradualists drawer cant help improve quality newsletter giving time editing Winding Stooge instance now has such well-stocked drawer Im getting picky Ive turned down articles Ive written self some own pieces will probably never appear newsletter main point having drawer gives choice Write lots personal letters receive oorrespondence another mod eler whole thing parts potential material much better typical article several reasons Some people will never write article theyll write letter Theres something else friend writes buddy letter its going much readable wrote article Another reason encouraging letters can choose print newsletter having hurt feelings piece sent newsletter article youve either got print reject Imagine feelings instance go lot work putting article togethereven having asked soand gets rejected some reason letter involved editor doesnt have agonize over things like dedicated out-of-state club member once sent seven pages modeling jokes Winding Stooge didnt like guy pays club dues what Ito tell him Generally its best reprint material model magazines unless magazine old enough will familiar readers Ill reprint really good articles Thirties Forties Fif ties Otherwise reprint magazines represents point departure design exemplifies best its type author living try write permission reprint requires time time another luxury drawer gives editor An editor just starting out may have time source write permission must credit source Matching material space Assuming youve gathered stories youll have figure out what appropriate time month comes around should make list items must appear issue list can trail off things should go things can go After editor has done few two three issues three-part list will probably longer available spacewhich good As available space US Postal Service defines us indirect way ounce Go past nearly double postage Practical ex perience teaches us six sheets practical limit newsletter use paper light enough get seven eight sheets ounce its too light flimsy Continued page 147 56 Model Aviation Above paste-up left Canon copy right paste-up Edges have completely disappeared Item right shows replace molded plastic kit nose piece turned foam covered Japanese tissue papier-mache adjustable thrust line very enticing page Avoid lay outswithonesolldtyped pageafteranother PRACTICAL SIZED GIANT SCALE MODELS NICK ZIROLI Fiberalass Cowlings Canopies AvailableJets too s sent Post-Paid within USA Send 50 Full Catalog Balsa Order Nick ZfroIi 29 Edgar Dr Smithtown NY 11787 USA Hover 5 Bob Wallace 6 Tom Strom 7 Richard Oliver 8 Dave Latsha 9 Pete Reed 10 Dave Doyle Midwest Quickie 500 Nationals held Westland MI September 21 1986 Re porting event John Kilsdonk once rain gods stayed away nice 730 day set stage fourth annual Midwest Q500 Nationals hosted Signal Seekers meet unintentionally direct conflict NMPRA Sport Pylon cham pionship race held Smyrna TN same date However conflict probably little effect attendance either race 31 entries CAPS rules NMPRA airplanes Supertigre Como engines stock nine-inch/wide-blade props stock mufflers used 475-ft course Six rounds flown contest started promptly 1030 am fat lady sang around 430 pm race relatively uneventful fliers running much differently year exemplified once again very competitive Midwest style QSOO flying Ace Merlino set pace day backing up one-month-old CAPS record 12648 fine 12644 No else could come close ST S-40 Ring/China Clipper setup Adrian Apaza Merlino ended up perfect scores flew off forflrstplace Adrians engine flamed out first couple laps Ace darned kids cruised well-deserved victory Ken Heatlie Mike Lasker finished point down flew off third Ken taking close race John Kilsdonk finished fifth two points down Beautiful plaques donated Les Haddads Hobby Shop along cash presented first five places Joes Hobby Centers made very generous contribution souvenir transmit ter bags given workers fliers workers fliers shared merchandise awards various hobby indus try sponsors Good day good contest great fun FINAL RESULTS Pt Flier Ace Merlino 2Adrian Apaza 3Ken Heatlie 4Mike Lasker 5John Kilsdonk 6Barney Polzin 7Dave Keats 8Denny Sumner 9Joe Cohen 10Kevin Matney PtTime 2412644 2413000 2313010 2313540 2213450 2013170 1912870 1913100 1913130 1913920 Engine ST Ring ST Ring Como ABC ST Ring Como ABC ST Ring ST ABC ST ABC ST Ring Como ABC As Im writing am getting ready go Sepulveda Basin California years NMPRA Championship Race See next months issue results Till Bill Hager 706 Glen Haven Dr Conroe TX 77385 RC Helicopters/Jolly Continued page 53 simply getting anywhere ma chine Helicopter jumping up down twisting side side went out watch what doing transmitter realized tryingto fly chopperthe same way flew Ugly Stick would carry machine out pits set flying area would bring throttle trim up get blades turning Check ing controls would throw throttle forwardand mean throw Just suddenly would throttle back Gentlemen point realized people need aproportional throttle Most fixed-wing fliers satisfied On/Off switch engine control however proper way fly fixed-wing modeland will certainly work Helicopter throttle delicate control cyclic-pitch stick must handled gently Advance decrease throt tle smoothly slowly possible slower movement chance Helicopter will reach equilibrium tail will swing BCNU Larry Jolly 5501 W Como Santa Ana CA 92703 Newsletters/Winter Continued page 56 stand up handling postal system subscriber Winding Stooge Florida once received scrap paper address itplus enough postmark show mailing come Lincoln NE scrap arrived Post Office baggy subscriber mailed could see what happened eight-sheet issue CORBIN SUPER ACE$3995 05 Elec 10 Glow 50 Span MA DZCAL OVC OOsTS HIJ iant Scale18 Sheets *60 SIze38 Sheets *40 Size heets * Propeller Decals WT 6 Sheets3 sizes es * Kill Markings 12 Sheets * Nomenclature Markings 3 Sizes -12 Sheets Btsck White copy * Letters Numbers 1234 4-13/18 10 Colors * Stars 10 Colors 11 SIzes plus Sheet Assorted Sizee Major Decals pass flying colorse.ed/2LO6cte5wc/ae DISTRIBUTORS INQUIRIES INVITED Call Paul Major 413 525-4110 mayor decals Custom decal Manufacturers NORTHEAST SCREEN GRAPHICS 21 FISHER AVE. EAST LONOMEALIOW MA 81828 TEL 413-525-4118 January 1987 147 VA -3140 Span$4200 F4U CORSAIR93 Span$3000 AEMS ZERO91 Span$3000 CURTIS P4094 Span$3000 AT-B TEXAN101 Span$3000 FBF BEARCAT88 Span$3000 FOKKERDR-183 Tripe$2700 qw pan J5U sq 1/2 TEXACO School Yard Machine Cut Parts ONLY $ 2595 Send 5ASE Brochure Add $300 br S end H COD Add 8200 Calif Re. Add 6% Tax Meeter Card 916 985-3569 Set & Sun Pharle Modele PO Box 804 Poleom CA 95830 090 0 Most versatile mufflers ever offered Designed fit inside cowls Imited space can also used HELICOPTERS BOATS 0 For UPRIGHT INVERTED SIDE mounted engines 0 Exhaust tubes point almost direction S Worm drive clamp universal mounting can bolted direcfly engine BASIC DIMENSIONS INCLUDES Exhaust pipe extensions clamps99079497590799 soS 95990 warm drive clamp muffler alignment 9T plate gasket mounting screws UflIOrnSiOI7iNVeEED 7979991971449799 9979797975779 70990077995 975799799715097* 9090 a&f m U U 164 School St DOW City CA 94014 415 756-3400 good job Until Walter Erbach retired university could stroll across campus would Thermofax pages run off neatly Took hour club treasurer sure liked price someone club good theres substantial money can kept club treasury spend other things Mimeographing produces black copies grease-based ink also economical great improvement over spirit duplicating can correct stencil easily pictures difficult impossible no freedom lay out page Ed Unless also has access electronic stencil maker can work pasted oopy Mixing print ing methods can nice money-saving compromise edited Studebaker Drivers Club newsletter inside pages mimeos front page Xeroxedwith pictures layout rather like newspaper page Xeroxing expensive now Xeroxing Kinkos natioral chain copy centers outlets area has self-service copying three cents page during what call Happy Hours Its simple put master copies three pages three light tables enter 99 copies punch start button no longer use anything else Repeat process time two Im done can go collating addressing mailing Cost hundred copies times three cents times six pages $1800 subsidize issues Miss Happy Hours cost $2400 four cents per page Editing ironing text Actually mostly checking correct spelling readers good-natured will overlook much sake cause readers enjoyment can nettled misspelling worth some effort eve DECOR ovadlobte voos hobby shop OtfOER OUSECT ewsedof e sopment cssecj MO Ved MC accepted Add 5O tot ups soo t coo asd 6% sbtes fox cdt resident jammed good stuff reader complete waste Nowadays have also taken sealing fold-over least 2 tape practical way get seventh eighth page go over ounce print back sheets can done sheet printed both sides costs same two pages printed two separate sheets paper Furthermore some dupli cating systems dont work well printing sheet both sides Such printing spirit stencil will show through too much two-side printing mimeograph apt horribly messy lots smudges can see choice duplicating method governs what can pages Editors should get know nature printing presses economical duplicating meth od spirit stencil usually prints blue have access office machines make suitable arrange ments management can have very low costs disadvantage editing stencil next impossible usually has type text plain paper everything correct retype text stencil An alternative spirit duplicating system Thermofax machine Put Xerox copy typed sheet through Thermofax machine irons black plastic sheet stencil can run off blue copies Its advantage typed sheet paper easier correct edit stencil disadvantage getting good copies method either art throw dice Personally have aban doned spirit duplicating mention because some people can surprisingly eliminate nettles Ideally editor should have background victories school spelling bees Without can still clear weeds out literary garden word time realize have misspelled word check correct spelling de liberately can spell word properly onfor rest life know difference between its its can get last right looking up youre qualified edit editor particular modeling magazine has 25 years magazine still favorite could have much better text theyd take moment square away little things like editing larger scale helps have very literal mind what written itseW intuitive leap unclear have found sentence calls editing go back over sentence twice still understand another specific circumstance tells editing called Usually writers words simi lar meaning congruent can figure out sometimes actually have contact guy ask Once understand meaning editorial chore rewrite make sentence plan paragraph tell its own story Sometimes editorial task pure ly stylistic would much better just slightest nudge here right Go right ahead Lnyout Newspaper-style pages done just like downtownby scissoring out text headlines illustrations stick ing thdm backing sheet works both Thermofax Xerox processes layout process much easier type out text half-page margins gives much freer use page space practical way to paint margins Magic Marker back ing sheet way because showthrough can see throw typewriters return lever stay column entering newsletter computer file best thing order printer print story both full-page width half-page width permits starting headline item right across page continuing half-page width point setting other shorter items underneath full-width flag have fitted stories sheet typing paper neatly glue-stick smoothly line typing paper sheet page ready light table layout procedure will find photos need trimming sometimes will have return photo intact cant trim case effect cropping can accom plished letting unwanted side picture overhang edge layout slipping useless portion under some text Xerox machine will omit 148 Model Aviation UNIVERSAL IN-COWL AIRCRAFT MUFFLERS 19-4045-6075-13 engines UpRIGHT es INVERTED ENGINE 51-401 19-40 1600 51601 45-60 1700 51901 15-13 1900 74599 907770 7999 951 909990 999779 07 ODe. ECOIN 79977999090979 TOLEDO SPORTS ARENA ONE MAIN STREET TOLEDO OHIO Exposition information available contacting Wayne Yea ger co-director ticket address shown below ADVANCED TICKETS may ordered sending self-ad dressed-stamped business size 4 x 9 envelope Tickets 38235 Castle Romulus Michigan 48174 phone 313 941-6661 Canadian orders must contain International Postal Coupon US Stamps orders above 5 tickets must contain extra post age Include check money order US funds made payable Weak Signals R/C Club along 25 cents per order handl ing charge must state expo days tickets used prices $400 per day adults $100 per day children 12 under Deadline ticket orders March 31 1987 Ticket sales final non-refundable orders program will returned near MidMarch Tickets also available door presented Weak Signals R/O Club Toledo Ohio uring atest compieteiy finished models display enter competition excit ing awards R/C radios will awarded first second third place winners following classes NON-MILITARY SPORT SCALE PLANE AMA Rules MILITARY SPORT SCALE PLANE AMA Rules PRECISION SCALE PLANE AMA Rules PATTERN PLANE SPORT MONO-PLANE non-scale models SPORT 81-PLANE non-scale models OLD TIMER FREE FLIGHT RIC ASSIST RIC SAILPLANE non-scale models HELICOPTER R/C CAR COMPETITION BOAT MILITARY SCALE BOAT PLEASURE POWER BOAT WORKING VESSEL-UNARMED models entered competition will judged Best Finish Best MonoKote Directors Award Best Show Come join us enjoy yourselves unquestion ably worlds greatest radio control model show Open public three great days APRIL 10 11 & 12 1987 FRIDAY9am 6pm SATURDAY 9am 6pm SUNDAY 9am TO 430 pm anything thats outside standard paper size Mailing self-inking return address stamp big help newsletter editor should have got copy shop specialordered around $10 often advertised Sunday paper nowadays around $6 can get copies return-addressed minute Outgoing addresses take longer type fast faster write typing strip labels sticking surprisingly fast Best type ad dresses master photocopy master onto full sheets adhesive-backed labels Another way make own stickon labels present Winding Stooge mailing list three-column Word Handler computer file print out spray back printout adhesive scissor out three columns snip off addresses one press place Preparation mailing takes three sep arate passes two addresses yours subscribers postage stamp save time dont passes completed entire newsletter just separate outside sheet ie back last page fourth pass through collating stapling separate pages together finished newsletters fifth through stack fold newsletter over staple shut Yes lot work Best thing Ive found lightening load end announce newsletterstapling party ongoing event also means have give yourself deadline night party have everything ready five passes through new issue good good club work soon over leaving time pleasant informal meeting volunteers volunteer lives nearest Post Office usually drops off way home didnt mention proofreading dear better half said finished reading draft article Yes automatically ask preafrood humorous term everything write publication Some body other writer/typist has because writer/typist knows what its supposed can slide right over typosno matter well spells guy proofreads own text preafroods sees typos after hes run off jillionand painstakingly goes through stack correcting copy hand Ouch thing worse settling back issue after youve mailed seeing typos theres anything worse its settling down read newsletter edited someone hasnt Continued page 152 MORE POWEii WITH LESS NOISE four-cycle measuring up expectations read Make engine before Make 60 120 four-stroke less means 1 Quieter glow 2 More mellow sounding four-cycle 3 More usable power both 4 Highest power-to-weight ratio 5 The lowest idle ever 6 Increase mileage up 4 times 7 Runs cooler glow 8 No glowplugs fail 9 Increased reliability 10 Fuel available concentrate Conversion kits available 049 30 cid Schnuerle ported engines Its sim ple just change heads fuel What waiting Dust off two-cycle DIESEUZE Send self-addressed stamped enve lope 60 information call 203-877-1670 between 730 pm 930 pm EST DAVIS DIESEL DEVELOPMENT PO Box 141 Milford CT 06460 The leader quiet combustion technology since 1976 January 1987 149 THIRTY-THIRD ANNUAL RADIO CONTROL EXPOSITION BENTOM BROWN JR CAMPBELL EASY COVERITE COX DUBRO BUILT MODELS- ENYA FAI FLYLIN FOX- GOLDBERG- GOLDEN AGE REPRO GENE DUBOIS GUILLOW- K&B K&S L R MRC OS MAX PACTRA PECK-POLYMER PERFECT R N MODELS- SEAGLEN SIG ISTERLING SULLIVAN SUPER TIGRE TAFFINDER TELCO TOP FLITE TREXLER WILLIAMS & OTHERS ESTES MODEL ROCKETSI illustrations over 700 Kits choose IMAILORDER PHONEORDER IN STOREI 11111 VALLEY HOBBY CENTER 327 W Main St LansdaIuPa 19446 RUBBER Sizes 1/4 3/16 1/8 3/32 1/16 042 thick pound box Price $1300 includes 4 oz Slick Lube Price $1200 no lube Slick costs $1 75 Postpaid US Via UPS Cal add 6% tax SMALL BOX 1/4 lb rubber $450 size Orders up $1500 1/4 lb rubber ndse. add $150 UPS Over$15 add 10% MEW e mba classIcs P30 DroPS Air Expross Mini-Pout CrickEt bulks Front i assumbln SPrig kits Stardustor Satellites winders hardware looks morn ZONA SAWS famous Itne hobby saws Razor #200 $255 Newsletters/Winter Continued page 149 taken painsand leaves pains reader nuts bolts what newsletter editor doing youor what might doing club Think about Words have wings too know did Homer call winged words because go through air FF Indoor/Tenny Continued page 57 Prop blocks Figure 1 shows sketch traditional block used build Indoor props typically carved balsa block andthepitch props built block fixed once block carved built-up block shown previous column can constructed kind pitch distribution either uniform varying pitch across blade However carved block has uniform pitch distribution defined block dimensions according formula below formula defines what called true pitch helical pitch reasoning behind use non-helical pitch distribution usually concerns blade loading blade flare assumed inefficiencies slow-turning props very high blade angles formula Pitch x D xT/W formula D diameter W k width T block thickness Figure 1 block length shown D/2 block obviously can longer planned prop case multiply block length two use D formula starting carve block mark guide lines X Y block work very carefully final block surface must flat exactly line guidelines Warning once use sanding block finish up grit sandpaper can remain embedded surface can damage carving blade decide carve have block carved transfer blade template block shown Figure 2 Some builders glue small blocks outside template hold blade outline place during construction Instead small temporary strips can pinned place removed after both blades have built leaves block clear blade covered right block prop covered block freshly-covered blade should returned block cure out before covering second blade Similarly after repairs recovering return blade block until completely dry Other alternatives high cost balsa especially block balsa other approaches costless Figure 3 shows way build up equivalent solid block shown Figures 1 2 Start rectangular box top front missing Add angled top buildup prop platform narrow strips shown Trim off ragged ends sand palnt work surfaces case pitch computed same solid block need take care placing top sheet finished platform correct angle photos shows another approach styrofoam After choosing desired pitch imbed two pieces music wire Vt6 minimum diameter styrofoam along guideline locations wires can used guides hot-wire trimmer styrofoam must pro tected model airplane glue will dissolve Also use care straight pins can erode plastic repeated inser tions same location Another photo shows universal prop fixture built Pete Andrews approach makes possible select feasible pitch distribution tested fact fine-tuning prop design should very easytest prop make change test new prop comparison previous Finally third photo shows yet another approach building props non-helical pitch distribution Small pegs attached individual rib stations support spar hold blade outline place Note outer pegs must much shorter ones photo prop covered fixture Attention CDs newsletter editors havent sent flying schedules early 1987 now too late time read can use dates late March due Model Aviation publication deadiines Bud Tenny PO Box 545 Richardson TX 75080 SAFE FLYING IS NO ACCIDENT 152 Model Aviation PRESENTING FL INGER THE ULTIMATE SMALL SAILPLANE HANDLAUNCH HI-STARTorSLOPE WINGSPAN 57 WEIGHT l2oz MACHINECUT PARTS DEALERS&DIST INQUIRIES INVITEDFLINGER LJMP 110 $2995 ELECTRA L ITE-ICARUS-PANTERA METEOR-ELECTR ICUS -WHISTLER PR ELUDE-COMET LARRY JOLLY MODEL PRODUCTS 5501 W COMO SANTA ANA CALIFORNIA 92703 714 826 6861 Replacement Blades available dealer Send $100 1986 Catalog F Model Supply P0 Box 3957 Torrance CA 90510
Edition: Model Aviation - 1987/01
Page Numbers: 54, 55, 56, 147, 148, 149, 152
Club Newsletters Communication thread keeps modelers togetherand isthesingle bestwaytoadvanceourhobbyand keep interest dwindling Newsletters fill critical gap local level todays home computers tried-and-tested guidelines maybe club should inves tigate starting restarting ETom Winter JOQE // simple way give photo enough contrast stand out very direct scissor out Plane decorating front page edition Winding Stooge Yellow Pioneer designed Editor Tom Winter first stick-and-tissue plane modeling class 54 Model Aviation paste-up stage newsietterlng re quires much workspace Intrepid editor ventures use wifes quilting frame own three drafting tables filled numerous modeling projects course Cheerful teamwork rescues newsletter editors being ground down right Walter Erbach Arsene Fauquet John Gritz help Tom Winter left collate Winding Stooge clubs weekly modelers lunch meeting Photo Waiter Erbach delay timer Left Sample front page shows mix text illustration black Xerox cut-out drawingsmore Inviting solid page typing Right gives game away showing edges taping distinctly Paste-up reproduction technique Logo Mike Schmidt SX-70 photos banner introduction half-column breaks Scotch-taped down Next step Xerox copier does see paper edges Second step Pictures reset Xerox copy taken Canon copier does better job reproducing photos MANY model airplane clubs coun try now newsletter found out writing telephoning wellknown modelers number cities suggest newsletter exchange program response Love dont have What happened asked Often old dedicated NL editor couldnt passed news letter retired died him change hands didnt work out club went through three NL editors year result same club gets used doing Often has meant end club Without newsletter glue some grand old clubs have diniin ished just contact man residual bank account Model flying better club hit how-to newslettering rather building flying soldering might very useful Editor made jillion copies logo five dIfferent sizes facilitate different layouts January 1987 55 Nothing gets taped down until youve got good idea everything goes SIX pages practical limit Once have back-file drawer going well space surprisingly tight Automatic trimming unwanted photo area accomplished piacement8A xli -in permits returning photo intact Easy B plc modeling student Gordon Vidaver will worthwhile can simply assure few people manageable task get started right direction few thoughts Getting material Most important things first essential material calendar upcoming club events took over Winding Stooge newsletter no events calendar first step line up events next club year get sites booked Reports club events next im portant area NL material Members love read contest reports some us love read contest reports dont know contestants Further hav ing meetings written up enshrined some potentially permanent record members rewards showing up competing weight-pulling enthus iastic good-willed members deserve Pretend newspaper re porter alert potential stories example lunch experi enced modeler tells some thing done take notes simply write up bit later leisure something didnt know can bet fellow club members will want know about too yourself very likely important source how-to ar tides member has library good interesting items could should write up club readership Jot down list Dedicate drawer newsletter mate rial gradualist Being gradualist gets articles written works like have odd moment somewhere between last morning cup coffee morning bus settle typewriter type up stories just take pencil make some notes enve lope Toss envelopes andthe completed stories drawer After you develop reserve good stuff can plug anytime material ready match up avail able space time best usage Getting drawer available articles going doubly good editors morale First means editor doesnt have panic cram work limited hours time next issue come out gradualists drawer means NL editor less likely get ground down can stay calm also take time workmanlike job compares building methods its like gluing couple sticks together morning instead building whole plane night before contest flying session other advantage gradualists drawer cant help improve quality newsletter giving time editing Winding Stooge instance now has such well-stocked drawer Im getting picky Ive turned down articles Ive written self some own pieces will probably never appear newsletter main point having drawer gives choice Write lots personal letters receive oorrespondence another mod eler whole thing parts potential material much better typical article several reasons Some people will never write article theyll write letter Theres something else friend writes buddy letter its going much readable wrote article Another reason encouraging letters can choose print newsletter having hurt feelings piece sent newsletter article youve either got print reject Imagine feelings instance go lot work putting article togethereven having asked soand gets rejected some reason letter involved editor doesnt have agonize over things like dedicated out-of-state club member once sent seven pages modeling jokes Winding Stooge didnt like guy pays club dues what Ito tell him Generally its best reprint material model magazines unless magazine old enough will familiar readers Ill reprint really good articles Thirties Forties Fif ties Otherwise reprint magazines represents point departure design exemplifies best its type author living try write permission reprint requires time time another luxury drawer gives editor An editor just starting out may have time source write permission must credit source Matching material space Assuming youve gathered stories youll have figure out what appropriate time month comes around should make list items must appear issue list can trail off things should go things can go After editor has done few two three issues three-part list will probably longer available spacewhich good As available space US Postal Service defines us indirect way ounce Go past nearly double postage Practical ex perience teaches us six sheets practical limit newsletter use paper light enough get seven eight sheets ounce its too light flimsy Continued page 147 56 Model Aviation Above paste-up left Canon copy right paste-up Edges have completely disappeared Item right shows replace molded plastic kit nose piece turned foam covered Japanese tissue papier-mache adjustable thrust line very enticing page Avoid lay outswithonesolldtyped pageafteranother PRACTICAL SIZED GIANT SCALE MODELS NICK ZIROLI Fiberalass Cowlings Canopies AvailableJets too s sent Post-Paid within USA Send 50 Full Catalog Balsa Order Nick ZfroIi 29 Edgar Dr Smithtown NY 11787 USA Hover 5 Bob Wallace 6 Tom Strom 7 Richard Oliver 8 Dave Latsha 9 Pete Reed 10 Dave Doyle Midwest Quickie 500 Nationals held Westland MI September 21 1986 Re porting event John Kilsdonk once rain gods stayed away nice 730 day set stage fourth annual Midwest Q500 Nationals hosted Signal Seekers meet unintentionally direct conflict NMPRA Sport Pylon cham pionship race held Smyrna TN same date However conflict probably little effect attendance either race 31 entries CAPS rules NMPRA airplanes Supertigre Como engines stock nine-inch/wide-blade props stock mufflers used 475-ft course Six rounds flown contest started promptly 1030 am fat lady sang around 430 pm race relatively uneventful fliers running much differently year exemplified once again very competitive Midwest style QSOO flying Ace Merlino set pace day backing up one-month-old CAPS record 12648 fine 12644 No else could come close ST S-40 Ring/China Clipper setup Adrian Apaza Merlino ended up perfect scores flew off forflrstplace Adrians engine flamed out first couple laps Ace darned kids cruised well-deserved victory Ken Heatlie Mike Lasker finished point down flew off third Ken taking close race John Kilsdonk finished fifth two points down Beautiful plaques donated Les Haddads Hobby Shop along cash presented first five places Joes Hobby Centers made very generous contribution souvenir transmit ter bags given workers fliers workers fliers shared merchandise awards various hobby indus try sponsors Good day good contest great fun FINAL RESULTS Pt Flier Ace Merlino 2Adrian Apaza 3Ken Heatlie 4Mike Lasker 5John Kilsdonk 6Barney Polzin 7Dave Keats 8Denny Sumner 9Joe Cohen 10Kevin Matney PtTime 2412644 2413000 2313010 2313540 2213450 2013170 1912870 1913100 1913130 1913920 Engine ST Ring ST Ring Como ABC ST Ring Como ABC ST Ring ST ABC ST ABC ST Ring Como ABC As Im writing am getting ready go Sepulveda Basin California years NMPRA Championship Race See next months issue results Till Bill Hager 706 Glen Haven Dr Conroe TX 77385 RC Helicopters/Jolly Continued page 53 simply getting anywhere ma chine Helicopter jumping up down twisting side side went out watch what doing transmitter realized tryingto fly chopperthe same way flew Ugly Stick would carry machine out pits set flying area would bring throttle trim up get blades turning Check ing controls would throw throttle forwardand mean throw Just suddenly would throttle back Gentlemen point realized people need aproportional throttle Most fixed-wing fliers satisfied On/Off switch engine control however proper way fly fixed-wing modeland will certainly work Helicopter throttle delicate control cyclic-pitch stick must handled gently Advance decrease throt tle smoothly slowly possible slower movement chance Helicopter will reach equilibrium tail will swing BCNU Larry Jolly 5501 W Como Santa Ana CA 92703 Newsletters/Winter Continued page 56 stand up handling postal system subscriber Winding Stooge Florida once received scrap paper address itplus enough postmark show mailing come Lincoln NE scrap arrived Post Office baggy subscriber mailed could see what happened eight-sheet issue CORBIN SUPER ACE$3995 05 Elec 10 Glow 50 Span MA DZCAL OVC OOsTS HIJ iant Scale18 Sheets *60 SIze38 Sheets *40 Size heets * Propeller Decals WT 6 Sheets3 sizes es * 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Add 6% Tax Meeter Card 916 985-3569 Set & Sun Pharle Modele PO Box 804 Poleom CA 95830 090 0 Most versatile mufflers ever offered Designed fit inside cowls Imited space can also used HELICOPTERS BOATS 0 For UPRIGHT INVERTED SIDE mounted engines 0 Exhaust tubes point almost direction S Worm drive clamp universal mounting can bolted direcfly engine BASIC DIMENSIONS INCLUDES Exhaust pipe extensions clamps99079497590799 soS 95990 warm drive clamp muffler alignment 9T plate gasket mounting screws UflIOrnSiOI7iNVeEED 7979991971449799 9979797975779 70990077995 975799799715097* 9090 a&f m U U 164 School St DOW City CA 94014 415 756-3400 good job Until Walter Erbach retired university could stroll across campus would Thermofax pages run off neatly Took hour club treasurer sure liked price someone club good theres substantial money can kept club treasury spend other things Mimeographing produces black copies grease-based ink also economical great improvement over spirit duplicating can correct stencil easily pictures difficult impossible no freedom lay out page Ed Unless also has access electronic stencil maker can work pasted oopy Mixing print ing methods can nice money-saving compromise edited Studebaker Drivers Club newsletter inside pages mimeos front page Xeroxedwith pictures layout rather like newspaper page Xeroxing expensive now Xeroxing Kinkos natioral chain copy centers outlets area has self-service copying three cents page during what call Happy Hours Its simple put master copies three pages three light tables enter 99 copies punch start button no longer use anything else Repeat process time two Im done can go collating addressing mailing Cost hundred copies times three cents times six pages $1800 subsidize issues Miss Happy Hours cost $2400 four cents per page Editing ironing text Actually mostly checking correct spelling readers good-natured will overlook much sake cause readers enjoyment can nettled misspelling worth some effort eve DECOR ovadlobte voos hobby shop OtfOER OUSECT ewsedof e sopment cssecj MO Ved MC accepted Add 5O tot ups soo t coo asd 6% sbtes fox cdt resident jammed good stuff reader complete waste Nowadays have also taken sealing fold-over least 2 tape practical way get seventh eighth page go over ounce print back sheets can done sheet printed both sides costs same two pages printed two separate sheets paper Furthermore some dupli cating systems dont work well printing sheet both sides Such printing spirit stencil will show through too much two-side printing mimeograph apt horribly messy lots smudges can see choice duplicating method governs what can pages Editors should get know nature printing presses economical duplicating meth od spirit stencil usually prints blue have access office machines make suitable arrange ments management can have very low costs disadvantage editing stencil next impossible usually has type text plain paper everything correct retype text stencil An alternative spirit duplicating system Thermofax machine Put Xerox copy typed sheet through Thermofax machine irons black plastic sheet stencil can run off blue copies Its advantage typed sheet paper easier correct edit stencil disadvantage getting good copies method either art throw dice Personally have aban doned spirit duplicating mention because some people can surprisingly eliminate nettles Ideally editor should have background victories school spelling bees Without can still clear weeds out literary garden word time realize have misspelled word check correct spelling de liberately can spell word properly onfor rest life know difference between its its can get last right looking up youre qualified edit editor particular modeling magazine has 25 years magazine still favorite could have much better text theyd take moment square away little things like editing larger scale helps have very literal mind what written itseW intuitive leap unclear have found sentence calls editing go back over sentence twice still understand another specific circumstance tells editing called Usually writers words simi lar meaning congruent can figure out sometimes actually have contact guy ask Once understand meaning editorial chore rewrite make sentence plan paragraph tell its own story Sometimes editorial task pure ly stylistic would much better just slightest nudge here right Go right ahead Lnyout Newspaper-style pages done just like downtownby scissoring out text headlines illustrations stick ing thdm backing sheet works both Thermofax Xerox processes layout process much easier type out text half-page margins gives much freer use page space practical way to paint margins Magic Marker back ing sheet way because showthrough can see throw typewriters return lever stay column entering newsletter computer file best thing order printer print story both full-page width half-page width permits starting headline item right across page continuing half-page width point setting other shorter items underneath full-width flag have fitted stories sheet typing paper neatly glue-stick smoothly line typing paper sheet page ready light table layout procedure will find photos need trimming sometimes will have return photo intact cant trim case effect cropping can accom plished letting unwanted side picture overhang edge layout slipping useless portion under some text Xerox machine will omit 148 Model Aviation UNIVERSAL IN-COWL AIRCRAFT MUFFLERS 19-4045-6075-13 engines UpRIGHT es INVERTED ENGINE 51-401 19-40 1600 51601 45-60 1700 51901 15-13 1900 74599 907770 7999 951 909990 999779 07 ODe. ECOIN 79977999090979 TOLEDO SPORTS ARENA ONE MAIN STREET TOLEDO OHIO Exposition information available contacting Wayne Yea ger co-director ticket address shown below ADVANCED TICKETS may ordered sending self-ad dressed-stamped business size 4 x 9 envelope Tickets 38235 Castle Romulus Michigan 48174 phone 313 941-6661 Canadian orders must contain International Postal Coupon US Stamps orders above 5 tickets must contain extra post age Include check money order US funds made payable Weak Signals R/C Club along 25 cents per order handl ing charge must state expo days tickets used prices $400 per day adults $100 per day children 12 under Deadline ticket orders March 31 1987 Ticket sales final non-refundable orders program will returned near MidMarch Tickets also available door presented Weak Signals R/O Club Toledo Ohio uring atest compieteiy finished models display enter competition excit ing awards R/C radios will awarded first second third place winners following classes NON-MILITARY SPORT SCALE PLANE AMA Rules MILITARY SPORT SCALE PLANE AMA Rules PRECISION SCALE PLANE AMA Rules PATTERN PLANE SPORT MONO-PLANE non-scale models SPORT 81-PLANE non-scale models OLD TIMER FREE FLIGHT RIC ASSIST RIC SAILPLANE non-scale models HELICOPTER R/C CAR COMPETITION BOAT MILITARY SCALE BOAT PLEASURE POWER BOAT WORKING VESSEL-UNARMED models entered competition will judged Best Finish Best MonoKote Directors Award Best Show Come join us enjoy yourselves unquestion ably worlds greatest radio control model show Open public three great days APRIL 10 11 & 12 1987 FRIDAY9am 6pm SATURDAY 9am 6pm SUNDAY 9am TO 430 pm anything thats outside standard paper size Mailing self-inking return address stamp big help newsletter editor should have got copy shop specialordered around $10 often advertised Sunday paper nowadays around $6 can get copies return-addressed minute Outgoing addresses take longer type fast faster write typing strip labels sticking surprisingly fast Best type ad dresses master photocopy master onto full sheets adhesive-backed labels Another way make own stickon labels present Winding Stooge mailing list three-column Word Handler computer file print out spray back printout adhesive scissor out three columns snip off addresses one press place Preparation mailing takes three sep arate passes two addresses yours subscribers postage stamp save time dont passes completed entire newsletter just separate outside sheet ie back last page fourth pass through collating stapling separate pages together finished newsletters fifth through stack fold newsletter over staple shut Yes lot work Best thing Ive found lightening load end announce newsletterstapling party ongoing event also means have give yourself deadline night party have everything ready five passes through new issue good good club work soon over leaving time pleasant informal meeting volunteers volunteer lives nearest Post Office usually drops off way home didnt mention proofreading dear better half said finished reading draft article Yes automatically ask preafrood humorous term everything write publication Some body other writer/typist has because writer/typist knows what its supposed can slide right over typosno matter well spells guy proofreads own text preafroods sees typos after hes run off jillionand painstakingly goes through stack correcting copy hand Ouch thing worse settling back issue after youve mailed seeing typos theres anything worse its settling down read newsletter edited someone hasnt Continued page 152 MORE POWEii WITH LESS NOISE four-cycle measuring up expectations read Make engine before Make 60 120 four-stroke less means 1 Quieter glow 2 More mellow sounding four-cycle 3 More usable power both 4 Highest power-to-weight ratio 5 The lowest idle ever 6 Increase mileage up 4 times 7 Runs cooler glow 8 No glowplugs fail 9 Increased reliability 10 Fuel available concentrate Conversion kits available 049 30 cid Schnuerle ported engines Its sim ple just change heads fuel What waiting Dust off two-cycle DIESEUZE Send self-addressed stamped enve lope 60 information call 203-877-1670 between 730 pm 930 pm EST DAVIS DIESEL DEVELOPMENT PO Box 141 Milford CT 06460 The leader quiet combustion technology since 1976 January 1987 149 THIRTY-THIRD ANNUAL RADIO CONTROL EXPOSITION BENTOM BROWN JR CAMPBELL EASY COVERITE COX DUBRO BUILT MODELS- ENYA FAI FLYLIN FOX- GOLDBERG- GOLDEN AGE REPRO GENE DUBOIS GUILLOW- K&B K&S L R MRC OS MAX PACTRA PECK-POLYMER PERFECT R N MODELS- SEAGLEN SIG ISTERLING SULLIVAN SUPER TIGRE TAFFINDER TELCO TOP FLITE TREXLER WILLIAMS & OTHERS ESTES MODEL ROCKETSI illustrations over 700 Kits choose IMAILORDER PHONEORDER IN STOREI 11111 VALLEY HOBBY CENTER 327 W Main St LansdaIuPa 19446 RUBBER Sizes 1/4 3/16 1/8 3/32 1/16 042 thick pound box Price $1300 includes 4 oz Slick Lube Price $1200 no lube Slick costs $1 75 Postpaid US Via UPS Cal add 6% tax SMALL BOX 1/4 lb rubber $450 size Orders up $1500 1/4 lb rubber ndse. add $150 UPS Over$15 add 10% MEW e mba classIcs P30 DroPS Air Expross Mini-Pout CrickEt bulks Front i assumbln SPrig kits Stardustor Satellites winders hardware looks morn ZONA SAWS famous Itne hobby saws Razor #200 $255 Newsletters/Winter Continued page 149 taken painsand leaves pains reader nuts bolts what newsletter editor doing youor what might doing club Think about Words have wings too know did Homer call winged words because go through air FF Indoor/Tenny Continued page 57 Prop blocks Figure 1 shows sketch traditional block used build Indoor props typically carved balsa block andthepitch props built block fixed once block carved built-up block shown previous column can constructed kind pitch distribution either uniform varying pitch across blade However carved block has uniform pitch distribution defined block dimensions according formula below formula defines what called true pitch helical pitch reasoning behind use non-helical pitch distribution usually concerns blade loading blade flare assumed inefficiencies slow-turning props very high blade angles formula Pitch x D xT/W formula D diameter W k width T block thickness Figure 1 block length shown D/2 block obviously can longer planned prop case multiply block length two use D formula starting carve block mark guide lines X Y block work very carefully final block surface must flat exactly line guidelines Warning once use sanding block finish up grit sandpaper can remain embedded surface can damage carving blade decide carve have block carved transfer blade template block shown Figure 2 Some builders glue small blocks outside template hold blade outline place during construction Instead small temporary strips can pinned place removed after both blades have built leaves block clear blade covered right block prop covered block freshly-covered blade should returned block cure out before covering second blade Similarly after repairs recovering return blade block until completely dry Other alternatives high cost balsa especially block balsa other approaches costless Figure 3 shows way build up equivalent solid block shown Figures 1 2 Start rectangular box top front missing Add angled top buildup prop platform narrow strips shown Trim off ragged ends sand palnt work surfaces case pitch computed same solid block need take care placing top sheet finished platform correct angle photos shows another approach styrofoam After choosing desired pitch imbed two pieces music wire Vt6 minimum diameter styrofoam along guideline locations wires can used guides hot-wire trimmer styrofoam must pro tected model airplane glue will dissolve Also use care straight pins can erode plastic repeated inser tions same location Another photo shows universal prop fixture built Pete Andrews approach makes possible select feasible pitch distribution tested fact fine-tuning prop design should very easytest prop make change test new prop comparison previous Finally third photo shows yet another approach building props non-helical pitch distribution Small pegs attached individual rib stations support spar hold blade outline place Note outer pegs must much shorter ones photo prop covered fixture Attention CDs newsletter editors havent sent flying schedules early 1987 now too late time read can use dates late March due Model Aviation publication deadiines Bud Tenny PO Box 545 Richardson TX 75080 SAFE FLYING IS NO ACCIDENT 152 Model Aviation PRESENTING FL INGER THE ULTIMATE SMALL SAILPLANE HANDLAUNCH HI-STARTorSLOPE WINGSPAN 57 WEIGHT l2oz MACHINECUT PARTS DEALERS&DIST INQUIRIES INVITEDFLINGER LJMP 110 $2995 ELECTRA L ITE-ICARUS-PANTERA METEOR-ELECTR ICUS -WHISTLER PR ELUDE-COMET LARRY JOLLY MODEL PRODUCTS 5501 W COMO SANTA ANA CALIFORNIA 92703 714 826 6861 Replacement Blades available dealer Send $100 1986 Catalog F Model Supply P0 Box 3957 Torrance CA 90510