CONTROL LINE AEROBATICS U I U i m CATING COLUMN beginning Precision Aerobatics stirred memories got involved years ago late 1940s sound engine running exciting remember brave soul starting ignition engine New Yorks Central Park middle winter dad watched him hour didnt have much success learned about Pelham Bay Park set up Control Line model flying could reach park hour subway ride thirty-minute walk up went following Saturday Several modelers working hard flying having varying degrees success flier remember particular older gentleman called Whitey never knew real name person probably got interested good craftsman believe cabinet maker recall model very simple box-fuselage constant-chord design then-rare Fox 35 model what would call utilitarian finish Whitey made own fittings controls tank mixed own fuel impressed saw him fly also impressed retrospect Im sure loops inverted flight nothing unusual young boy. simply wasnt much information available days Pioneers carved hard path cases laboring themselves make slow progress Fittings equipment rare cases prone failure remember horns used break solder joints documents chronicle efforts early pioneers show amazingly well early combinations could made fly number models limited relatively few fliers either very creative support good group fliers such Detroit Strathmoor Club Garden State Circle Burners Thinking about flier support made realize first thing anyone interested Precision Aerobatics should meet other Precision Aerobatics fliers has never easier Ive mentioned joining Precision Aerobatics Model Pilots Association PAMPA before bears repeating especially context some PAMPAs membership advantages newsletter has become authoritative source whats going competitively technically commercially member contact list listing area fliers provided new members vast source information published article Precision Aerobatics through Stunt Bibliography copies available copy charges Contact Tom Morris PAMPA 327 Pueblo Pass Anniston AL 36206 explain start Stunt return must address competitor knows whats up front good engine makes flying fun rest striving good run Before get specifics need discuss engine size strong temptation seriously consider smaller engines beginner engines such 1/2A sizes satisfactory simply learning fly develop feel flying Stunt need power just important engine gives desirable characteristics Over years Ive run just about combination thats become available As thinking about what engine recommend beginners remembered photo years Nationals beautiful runs Don McClave getting Fox 35/Thunderbird Classic event engine doing everything welloperating two/four-cycle break just right points realized engine started considered other engines such OS 40 FP others series Merco series engines no longer available such OS 35S also would have good choice after weighing such factors availability price reliability characteristics purely stock engine select good old Fox 35 Let emphasize Im considering box stock engine handle properly must run very carefully Don McClave did Fox Super Fuel/like fuel Sig Champion 25% oil 5% Nitro 25-28% castor oil No synthetics will rewarded sweet engine recent development work several engine builders have done Fox 35 has improved basic engine An AAC version George Aldrich has cut down notorious vibration L&J Engineering has done much work internal balancing fits Don Dixon has done work years Marvin Denny has developed Hemi Head Stuffer backplate Fox has recognized offers option engines cost practical standpoint recommend using stock engine until can run reliably January1995 145 Allen Brickhaus latest piped Stunt model Randy Smithdesigned SV-15 Astra 66 ounces 690 square inches Al Rabes last Mustang superb weathering crashed just prior 1978 world championships Long-ago semiscale Stunters Al Rabes Sea Hornet back has retracting gear counter-rotating 06 35s Contributors Continued page 144 D Oliver David J Olson Howard T Olson Lanny R Oneal Russel Osburn Katsuo Nakabayashi Byron D Neely John J NelsonStanley E Newland Victor T Newton Brad Noblet Bruce Nordquist Clifton Norman E Northmore Allen B Mackenzie Gerald M Magarian Roy G Magnuson Sr Elmer J Majewski Allan R Malamy Richard H Manz John S Manzano Fred Margarido Carl Maroney Thomas F Marr James C Marsh Paul W Martin Fred Martinez Bill Mathews Joseph F Matthias Philip R Mayer Warren K McCune David McDonald Vein McIntosh Robert E McKay Ronald McKinnon Joseph L McNutt Lee McWilliams Billy Mebane P H Messinger Kazuhiro Mihara Kazuhiro Mihara Carl Mills Carlton Molesworth Donald E Moore E M MoormanStephen D Moulton Francis L Murphy Donald E Murray Jack Lammering Hugh D Langhans Richard H Langill Leslie Lanham Kenneth H Larson Jerome R Laufer C F Lee Kirkwood M Lee Robert E Leiper J C Leisk Brian H Lewis James K Lindeman William R Lindemann Jerry L Linderman Lee M Lippert Kenneth Lovelace Olli F Kaarakka Robert K Keesler Richard K Keith Howard Keller Douglas R Kerr L K Kimmel Richard J Kipp P Klintworth Richard W Kohl Joseph H Konefes Joseph Kovel Stanley J Kulesa Warren Kurth Jack Wilson Laird Jackson William F Jackson JamesS Jauregui Christopher M Jett Charles R Johnson Edward S Johnson Gregory S Johnson Michael R Johnson R D Johnson William G Johnston Gene Jones David W Jones Donald C Jones George W Ingraham Zell R Hall Michael J Haller David Hambleton W Gerald Hamm Randy Hancock Meinrad Hanggi Gene Hannah W C Hannan Rebecca HansonSteve F Hanzlik Robert G Harold David L Hartman Detlev E Hasselmann Jim Haught Roy T Hawkinson Paul Hayes Alan Hems Wallace H Henderson James E Henry Richard J Hercules Alan R Herzog Frank Himmerich John Hitt Mcneill Hodges Michael J Hofelich Gerald E Hoff Douglas C Hoffman Ray Hostetler Raymond Hotard Louis E Hudson Don Huffman Joseph R Huggins Bob E Hughes Allan T Hurst Edward Y Hydorn Jr Arthur L Gagnier Bruce W Gale Hector Garcia Obaldo Garcia Glenn W Gauger Richard Gavalis Thomas Gealta Harvey C Goff Jay R Gould Michael Granieri Michael C Gray Frank L Green Lorne G Greenwood Thomas J Fennell Ferdelman William S Fields Chris M Filtz Aldor G Fink Folding Tibor Tibor Folding John J Frost Jr Chuck C Eads Michael Eber Lynn C Elston Leonard T Englehart Walter Erbach John S Evans Jr Daniel Tetzlaff David Rothbart James T Davidson L Davilaaponte Leroy E DaySteven Delaney Nelson J Delisle Monroe Demott John T Dephilip Erich Dern Louis F Derose Albert Diaz C L Dodge James H Dodsworth Donald J HeringtonStephen R Donohue Ralph E Dorsey Darby H Dozier Lawrence J Dranchak Daniel R Drott Michael J Duff Michael J Dulligan James F Dunkin Jerry Dunton Carl R Canfield David Cardiff Richard Carson Harold B Carstensen Alfred Carter Thompson Casey Allen R CassensStephen L Charnes Phillip L Chastain John J Cheraso Frederick J Christopher Robert Churchill James M Clough Jack L Cobb Murray Cohen Roger H Coleman Jonathan J Constant Harold G Cooper Gary R Copher Robert Corwin George J Cory HaroldS Covell Dice M Cowger Michael D Cowman Duane R Cox Philip W Cox Wesley Crane Michael N Crawford Floyd M Cregger D R Cummings Ron H Cupps Donald L Bales James H Bangley Richard R Bartkowski Van D Baser Martin M Bassett Richard H Batton Charles W Baucom Peter Baylinson Russell C Behr James V Belfont Jerry E Bell Keith H Berge Gene Berry Hamilton F Biggar K F Birkel Frank M Birkmire James W Blair William Blewitt Jeffrey R Blondin Lawrence B Boensch Jesus M Bonilla William L Boss Leonard Lee Bosworth Henry Bourgeois Timothy K Bowman Wilber Bradshaw Chester V Brady Donald Breivogel Raymond H Briggs Edward F BrimoSylvester W Brock Jr Charles Brown David Brown Andrew Brudnak Charles E Buhl Frank J Bunn Rick R Burk Continued page 148 can fly too accidents Another part power plant equation good tank fortunately several sources recommend 31/2 4-ounce capacity metal tank Smiths Carolina Taffinder available through manufacturer through Sig Aero Products model choice will profile select model tank Always use fuel filter fuel line between fuel can tank scrupulous about fuel cleanliness Remember make picture work devil details Now power plant sorted out lets look reasonable model Again am looking solid design plenty convenience behind consistent quality wood relatively complete hardware package value good choice Sig Skyray 35 kit design does have flaps simplicity simple design intended Fox 35 moments nice long stability can constructed quickly Build accurately put minimal finish get ready fly Much has written over years execute superb finishes purposes initial finishes get copy current Sig catalog find page details put Traditional Aircraft Finish still best overall might well get start difference between expert beginner sandpaper timelots time Check bibliography articles finishing Ive talked about printed information far video camera has truly revolutionized everything medium has made major contributions Stunt old axiom picture worth thousand words still valid enjoy watching craftsman work being tutored aspects building consider some construction videos Pro Stunt Products Windy Urtnowski 93 Elliot Place Rutherford NJ 07070 lengthy contain vast amounts useful information Stunt community welcomes anyone has interest event Im certain will find lifetime friends addition thoroughly enjoyable challenging flying 4146 Model Aviation
Edition: Model Aviation - 1995/01
Page Numbers: 145, 146
CONTROL LINE AEROBATICS U I U i m CATING COLUMN beginning Precision Aerobatics stirred memories got involved years ago late 1940s sound engine running exciting remember brave soul starting ignition engine New Yorks Central Park middle winter dad watched him hour didnt have much success learned about Pelham Bay Park set up Control Line model flying could reach park hour subway ride thirty-minute walk up went following Saturday Several modelers working hard flying having varying degrees success flier remember particular older gentleman called Whitey never knew real name person probably got interested good craftsman believe cabinet maker recall model very simple box-fuselage constant-chord design then-rare Fox 35 model what would call utilitarian finish Whitey made own fittings controls tank mixed own fuel impressed saw him fly also impressed retrospect Im sure loops inverted flight nothing unusual young boy. simply wasnt much information available days Pioneers carved hard path cases laboring themselves make slow progress Fittings equipment rare cases prone failure remember horns used break solder joints documents chronicle efforts early pioneers show amazingly well early combinations could made fly number models limited relatively few fliers either very creative support good group fliers such Detroit Strathmoor Club Garden State Circle Burners Thinking about flier support made realize first thing anyone interested Precision Aerobatics should meet other Precision Aerobatics fliers has never easier Ive mentioned joining Precision Aerobatics Model Pilots Association PAMPA before bears repeating especially context some PAMPAs membership advantages newsletter has become authoritative source whats going competitively technically commercially member contact list listing area fliers provided new members vast source information published article Precision Aerobatics through Stunt Bibliography copies available copy charges Contact Tom Morris PAMPA 327 Pueblo Pass Anniston AL 36206 explain start Stunt return must address competitor knows whats up front good engine makes flying fun rest striving good run Before get specifics need discuss engine size strong temptation seriously consider smaller engines beginner engines such 1/2A sizes satisfactory simply learning fly develop feel flying Stunt need power just important engine gives desirable characteristics Over years Ive run just about combination thats become available As thinking about what engine recommend beginners remembered photo years Nationals beautiful runs Don McClave getting Fox 35/Thunderbird Classic event engine doing everything welloperating two/four-cycle break just right points realized engine started considered other engines such OS 40 FP others series Merco series engines no longer available such OS 35S also would have good choice after weighing such factors availability price reliability characteristics purely stock engine select good old Fox 35 Let emphasize Im considering box stock engine handle properly must run very carefully Don McClave did Fox Super Fuel/like fuel Sig Champion 25% oil 5% Nitro 25-28% castor oil No synthetics will rewarded sweet engine recent development work several engine builders have done Fox 35 has improved basic engine An AAC version George Aldrich has cut down notorious vibration L&J Engineering has done much work internal balancing fits Don Dixon has done work years Marvin Denny has developed Hemi Head Stuffer backplate Fox has recognized offers option engines cost practical standpoint recommend using stock engine until can run reliably January1995 145 Allen Brickhaus latest piped Stunt model Randy Smithdesigned SV-15 Astra 66 ounces 690 square inches Al Rabes last Mustang superb weathering crashed just prior 1978 world championships Long-ago semiscale Stunters Al Rabes Sea Hornet back has retracting gear counter-rotating 06 35s Contributors Continued page 144 D Oliver David J Olson Howard T Olson Lanny R Oneal Russel Osburn Katsuo Nakabayashi Byron D Neely John J NelsonStanley E Newland Victor T Newton Brad Noblet Bruce Nordquist Clifton Norman E Northmore Allen B Mackenzie Gerald M Magarian Roy G Magnuson Sr Elmer J Majewski Allan R Malamy Richard H Manz John S Manzano Fred Margarido Carl Maroney Thomas F Marr James C Marsh Paul W Martin Fred Martinez Bill Mathews Joseph F Matthias Philip R Mayer Warren K McCune David McDonald Vein McIntosh Robert E McKay Ronald McKinnon Joseph L McNutt Lee McWilliams Billy Mebane P H Messinger Kazuhiro Mihara Kazuhiro Mihara Carl Mills Carlton Molesworth Donald E Moore E M MoormanStephen D Moulton Francis L Murphy Donald E Murray Jack Lammering Hugh D Langhans Richard H Langill Leslie Lanham Kenneth H Larson Jerome R Laufer C F Lee Kirkwood M Lee Robert E Leiper J C Leisk Brian H Lewis James K Lindeman William R Lindemann Jerry L Linderman Lee M Lippert Kenneth Lovelace Olli F Kaarakka Robert K Keesler Richard K Keith Howard Keller Douglas R Kerr L K Kimmel Richard J Kipp P Klintworth Richard W Kohl Joseph H Konefes Joseph Kovel Stanley J Kulesa Warren Kurth Jack Wilson Laird Jackson William F Jackson JamesS Jauregui Christopher M Jett Charles R Johnson Edward S Johnson Gregory S Johnson Michael R Johnson R D Johnson William G Johnston Gene Jones David W Jones Donald C Jones George W Ingraham Zell R Hall Michael J Haller David Hambleton W Gerald Hamm Randy Hancock Meinrad Hanggi Gene Hannah W C Hannan Rebecca HansonSteve F Hanzlik Robert G Harold David L Hartman Detlev E Hasselmann Jim Haught Roy T Hawkinson Paul Hayes Alan Hems Wallace H Henderson James E Henry Richard J Hercules Alan R Herzog Frank Himmerich John Hitt Mcneill Hodges Michael J Hofelich Gerald E Hoff Douglas C Hoffman Ray Hostetler Raymond Hotard Louis E Hudson Don Huffman Joseph R Huggins Bob E Hughes Allan T Hurst Edward Y Hydorn Jr Arthur L Gagnier Bruce W Gale Hector Garcia Obaldo Garcia Glenn W Gauger Richard Gavalis Thomas Gealta Harvey C Goff Jay R Gould Michael Granieri Michael C Gray Frank L Green Lorne G Greenwood Thomas J Fennell Ferdelman William S Fields Chris M Filtz Aldor G Fink Folding Tibor Tibor Folding John J Frost Jr Chuck C Eads Michael Eber Lynn C Elston Leonard T Englehart Walter Erbach John S Evans Jr Daniel Tetzlaff David Rothbart James T Davidson L Davilaaponte Leroy E DaySteven Delaney Nelson J Delisle Monroe Demott John T Dephilip Erich Dern Louis F Derose Albert Diaz C L Dodge James H Dodsworth Donald J HeringtonStephen R Donohue Ralph E Dorsey Darby H Dozier Lawrence J Dranchak Daniel R Drott Michael J Duff Michael J Dulligan James F Dunkin Jerry Dunton Carl R Canfield David Cardiff Richard Carson Harold B Carstensen Alfred Carter Thompson Casey Allen R CassensStephen L Charnes Phillip L Chastain John J Cheraso Frederick J Christopher Robert Churchill James M Clough Jack L Cobb Murray Cohen Roger H Coleman Jonathan J Constant Harold G Cooper Gary R Copher Robert Corwin George J Cory HaroldS Covell Dice M Cowger Michael D Cowman Duane R Cox Philip W Cox Wesley Crane Michael N Crawford Floyd M Cregger D R Cummings Ron H Cupps Donald L Bales James H Bangley Richard R Bartkowski Van D Baser Martin M Bassett Richard H Batton Charles W Baucom Peter Baylinson Russell C Behr James V Belfont Jerry E Bell Keith H Berge Gene Berry Hamilton F Biggar K F Birkel Frank M Birkmire James W Blair William Blewitt Jeffrey R Blondin Lawrence B Boensch Jesus M Bonilla William L Boss Leonard Lee Bosworth Henry Bourgeois Timothy K Bowman Wilber Bradshaw Chester V Brady Donald Breivogel Raymond H Briggs Edward F BrimoSylvester W Brock Jr Charles Brown David Brown Andrew Brudnak Charles E Buhl Frank J Bunn Rick R Burk Continued page 148 can fly too accidents Another part power plant equation good tank fortunately several sources recommend 31/2 4-ounce capacity metal tank Smiths Carolina Taffinder available through manufacturer through Sig Aero Products model choice will profile select model tank Always use fuel filter fuel line between fuel can tank scrupulous about fuel cleanliness Remember make picture work devil details Now power plant sorted out lets look reasonable model Again am looking solid design plenty convenience behind consistent quality wood relatively complete hardware package value good choice Sig Skyray 35 kit design does have flaps simplicity simple design intended Fox 35 moments nice long stability can constructed quickly Build accurately put minimal finish get ready fly Much has written over years execute superb finishes purposes initial finishes get copy current Sig catalog find page details put Traditional Aircraft Finish still best overall might well get start difference between expert beginner sandpaper timelots time Check bibliography articles finishing Ive talked about printed information far video camera has truly revolutionized everything medium has made major contributions Stunt old axiom picture worth thousand words still valid enjoy watching craftsman work being tutored aspects building consider some construction videos Pro Stunt Products Windy Urtnowski 93 Elliot Place Rutherford NJ 07070 lengthy contain vast amounts useful information Stunt community welcomes anyone has interest event Im certain will find lifetime friends addition thoroughly enjoyable challenging flying 4146 Model Aviation