Navy Carrier THE NATS behind us another year flying season northern states draw ing close time start thinking about building new ships next year Before start however take time ensure engines will ready go next spring castor oil rather expensive mixing rather poorly larger amounts nitromethane commercial fuels use syn thetic oil synthetics quite well assigned job lubrication some very poor second function expect oilrust prevention synthetics lose rust-preventive qualities might have exposed air week two safe put good rustinhibiting oil engines before wrapping up winter people use WD-40 other multi-purpose household oils have used Mar vel Mystery Oil over year am quite pleased recommended Tom Upton uses because can take higher temperatures other oils out decomposing Look auto supply stores sold top oil Tatone priming bottle 1/16 OD brass tube stuck spout makes good oil can Senior Profile Carrier years NATS won Carlos Aloise using new engine Fox rear-exhaust engine Schnuerle-type porting no exhaust restric tor NATS time 16 produced enough parts 100 engine successful expect will Carlos Fox least good Super tigres experience gained engine may well end up being best un modified engine event Its announced price $80 double cost other Profile engines market new Fox little removed inexpensive engines originally envisioned Profile Carrier certainly cant blame Duke Fox trying produce better product Progress name game competition new engine good argument allow ing engine modifications reason CDs should consider having Expert/ Novice divisions Profile Carrier contests Expert/Novice classes have tried some areas already should serve good basis submitting rules proposals such division Members CL Contest Board Richard L Perry have spoken favor some means establishing experience skill levels Carrier well other events have ideas submit rules change proposal ask AMA HQ necessary form send will see Navy Carrier Advisory Commit tee looks have proposals restrict use moveable surfaces Profile Carrier elevators may used reason hind proposals such models would simpler build event would fore interest people Whether include flaps planning new model major design decisions use flaps will continue option next two years dont discouraged building Profile Carrier ship because will need com plicated flap mechanism competitive simply true First flaps can simple elevators consisting strip /i sheet hinged wing trailing edge can use rubber band hold down latch pushrod hold up just tail hooks held up high speed Second airplane does need flaps competitive Neither second nor third place models Open Profile Nats flaps Both flapped flapless models have advantages model flaps easier fly slow flight because increased drag flaps down Engine idle less critical because extra drag allows higher idle rpm model will slow down quickly coming wind following recovery slack-line situation other emergency results temporary speed increase model flaps can built lighter will have slight extra drag caused disturbance airfoil surface flap joins wing flapless model little easier build capable flying almost slowly flapped model hands good pilot ii comes flaps can use improve slow-speed handling concentrate high speed think use strictly matter personal pref erence no distinct advantage either way Color Markings month will give brief summary paint schemes national markings used US Navy aircraft WW II present After WW lithe overall dark blue car rier aircraft adopted camouflaged aircraft 1955 Navy returned grey coloring used off between wars time grey supplemented white bottom fuselage wing tail coloring still use today control surfaces also being painted white cases During Vietnam war some aircraft usually attack bombers such A-l Skyraiders A-4 Skyhawks received three-tone camouflage pattern consisting brown two shades green grey white lower surfaces color scheme can still seen some Air Force aircraft today White has used trainer aircraft since 1956 red-orange supplemental coloring vertical stabilizer wingtips forward fuse lage pattern supplemental coloring varies type aircraft recently blue has replaced orange some planes 1947 red stripes added blue white national markings make US insignia use today displayed fuselage sides upper left lower right wing surfaces will conclude series overall color schemes Future color markings will continued page 78 December1975 23 Paul Smiths Supertigre Douglas Devestato placed third Nats Open Profile Carrier event Only rudder elevator moveable Processing Airabonita got him second Junior Profile Carrier Nais Louis Matusik left Above Modified Carrier Pigeon Joe Koch reflects view Profile models should look like real thing Joe Koch pie 1SF Tournament/Pruss continued page 47 ida Illinois comes same idea practicing precision aspect precision-duration flight John Nielsen has using Pana sonic pocket tape recorder count down information has put tape Bill Layers West Palm Beach has elaborate system own input reading stop watch record side tape counting up starting zero count up seconds Jets Friends Challenges RIC Modeler Magazine Western Wind isa new kind air. plane slope soaring trainer made special water resistant card board carefully engineered help computer strongest least expensive easiest flying craft possible A/C Modeler reported August75 issue Western Wind doesnt what claim ACM gave Western Winda poor wri te up reason product review based guesswork hearsay ACM did bother fly Western Wind What way test kit know ACM wrong Thats whr making challenge mv te ACM modeling press public 1 Observe Western Wind being flown iefs FrIends mutually agreeable slope site ACM can see well flies 2 Test Western Wind pilot chosen ACM shal attempt cause crash pieces upon impact claimed ACM review No Western Wind have ever flown has broken up Impact fact however ACM crashes West ern Wind win probably remain fly able no repairs whatever WE WiLL SULECT THE WESTERN WIND TO PUBliC SCRUTINY WiLL ACM ACCEPT Iyoud like pedoirn test self peshCws Just ant learn slope soar see hobby dealer order Ms Friends Box 511 Bris bane CA 94005 direct orders send $1295 plus $100 handing California residents add $78 tax please CODs accepted Dealer distributor inquiries invited calling out minute goes set cassette zero time push play button glider comes off tow ring Use other side tape count-down side Starting count seven minutes count down seconds calling out minute goes until reach zero time Before flight target time concern fast forward cassette stop flight time have selected practice Example 3 minutes 54 seconds plane released press play button automatic count-down starts Remember however timers watch still official Hot Stuff Zap adhesives cyanoacrylate family have more uses being found modelers sides being almost instant repair kit field other uses bench worth considering Sometimes canopies have turned out less perfect though rest plane could show stopper new adhesives literally weld cano pies frames no evidence dis torting canopy itself After frame has carefully matched fuselage lay untrimmed canopy around frame holding CL Navy Carrier/Perry continued page 23 less frequent will feature special purpose paint distinctive markings limited Navy aircraft have questions about markings particular time period special paint schemes let know will try find answer Aero-Challenge Muscular Dystrophy DeKaib Ill best Carrier contests have attended highlight meet setting new Class record Dave Wallick score 61496 modi fied K&B 40 swinging left-hand fiberglass prop pulled Daves Guardian along 11916 mph flaps ailerons aided achieving 2056 mph slow speed Congratulations Dave address 5016 Angelita Ave Dayton Ohio 45424 frame canopy place dropa tiny dropof adhesive either front back former frame canopy will welded almost instantly holding assembly check bottom frame straight-edge being sure pressure holding doesnt dis tort frame Spot weld opposite former Double-check straightness spot-weld sides canopy bottom frame Now cupping canopy around former apply normal size drop adhesive allow ing canopy frame act trough Let excess glue run around trough Hold few seconds excess glue remains quickly blot away corner paper towel Repeat procedure other former two sides finished cut away canopy overhang about time took read will have assembled perfect canopy Points remember 1 sure frame surfaces glued dressed good contact canopy 2 Use glue sparingly 3 Double-check canopy/frame alignment during assembly 4 spot-weld technique allows canopy separation #1 1 X-acto blade ideal mistake made productreviewproductrviwproductrviewproductreveew Monitaire Board Air-Pressure Gauge Linear motion can used operate warn ing light raise lower pilots arm other action ingenuity suggests Unit mounts instrument panel fuselage external reading Indicator piston plunger 1/4 dia denotes pressure position As air-pressure indicator Monitaire shows low pressure 30 psi good pressure 70 psi high pressure 100 psi Also dicates leaks pressure system Needs no extra air operationeliminates external plug-in gauges Weight 6 grams 12 high pressure tubing T-fitting indicator $595 hobby shops 50t extra mail Sonic Systems P 0 Box 192 Whippany NJ 07981 78 Model Aviation US NATIONAL MARKINGS 1947 ENT UPPER LEFT b LOWER RIGLIT WING LEFT 4T FUSELAGE SIDES IJll REDDWWTEBLUE
Edition: Model Aviation - 1975/12
Page Numbers: 23, 78
Navy Carrier THE NATS behind us another year flying season northern states draw ing close time start thinking about building new ships next year Before start however take time ensure engines will ready go next spring castor oil rather expensive mixing rather poorly larger amounts nitromethane commercial fuels use syn thetic oil synthetics quite well assigned job lubrication some very poor second function expect oilrust prevention synthetics lose rust-preventive qualities might have exposed air week two safe put good rustinhibiting oil engines before wrapping up winter people use WD-40 other multi-purpose household oils have used Mar vel Mystery Oil over year am quite pleased recommended Tom Upton uses because can take higher temperatures other oils out decomposing Look auto supply stores sold top oil Tatone priming bottle 1/16 OD brass tube stuck spout makes good oil can Senior Profile Carrier years NATS won Carlos Aloise using new engine Fox rear-exhaust engine Schnuerle-type porting no exhaust restric tor NATS time 16 produced enough parts 100 engine successful expect will Carlos Fox least good Super tigres experience gained engine may well end up being best un modified engine event Its announced price $80 double cost other Profile engines market new Fox little removed inexpensive engines originally envisioned Profile Carrier certainly cant blame Duke Fox trying produce better product Progress name game competition new engine good argument allow ing engine modifications reason CDs should consider having Expert/ Novice divisions Profile Carrier contests Expert/Novice classes have tried some areas already should serve good basis submitting rules proposals such division Members CL Contest Board Richard L Perry have spoken favor some means establishing experience skill levels Carrier well other events have ideas submit rules change proposal ask AMA HQ necessary form send will see Navy Carrier Advisory Commit tee looks have proposals restrict use moveable surfaces Profile Carrier elevators may used reason hind proposals such models would simpler build event would fore interest people Whether include flaps planning new model major design decisions use flaps will continue option next two years dont discouraged building Profile Carrier ship because will need com plicated flap mechanism competitive simply true First flaps can simple elevators consisting strip /i sheet hinged wing trailing edge can use rubber band hold down latch pushrod hold up just tail hooks held up high speed Second airplane does need flaps competitive Neither second nor third place models Open Profile Nats flaps Both flapped flapless models have advantages model flaps easier fly slow flight because increased drag flaps down Engine idle less critical because extra drag allows higher idle rpm model will slow down quickly coming wind following recovery slack-line situation other emergency results temporary speed increase model flaps can built lighter will have slight extra drag caused disturbance airfoil surface flap joins wing flapless model little easier build capable flying almost slowly flapped model hands good pilot ii comes flaps can use improve slow-speed handling concentrate high speed think use strictly matter personal pref erence no distinct advantage either way Color Markings month will give brief summary paint schemes national markings used US Navy aircraft WW II present After WW lithe overall dark blue car rier aircraft adopted camouflaged aircraft 1955 Navy returned grey coloring used off between wars time grey supplemented white bottom fuselage wing tail coloring still use today control surfaces also being painted white cases During Vietnam war some aircraft usually attack bombers such A-l Skyraiders A-4 Skyhawks received three-tone camouflage pattern consisting brown two shades green grey white lower surfaces color scheme can still seen some Air Force aircraft today White has used trainer aircraft since 1956 red-orange supplemental coloring vertical stabilizer wingtips forward fuse lage pattern supplemental coloring varies type aircraft recently blue has replaced orange some planes 1947 red stripes added blue white national markings make US insignia use today displayed fuselage sides upper left lower right wing surfaces will conclude series overall color schemes Future color markings will continued page 78 December1975 23 Paul Smiths Supertigre Douglas Devestato placed third Nats Open Profile Carrier event Only rudder elevator moveable Processing Airabonita got him second Junior Profile Carrier Nais Louis Matusik left Above Modified Carrier Pigeon Joe Koch reflects view Profile models should look like real thing Joe Koch pie 1SF Tournament/Pruss continued page 47 ida Illinois comes same idea practicing precision aspect precision-duration flight John Nielsen has using Pana sonic pocket tape recorder count down information has put tape Bill Layers West Palm Beach has elaborate system own input reading stop watch record side tape counting up starting zero count up seconds Jets Friends Challenges RIC Modeler Magazine Western Wind isa new kind air. plane slope soaring trainer made special water resistant card board carefully engineered help computer strongest least expensive easiest flying craft possible A/C Modeler reported August75 issue Western Wind doesnt what claim ACM gave Western Winda poor wri te up reason product review based guesswork hearsay ACM did bother fly Western Wind What way test kit know ACM wrong Thats whr making challenge mv te ACM modeling press public 1 Observe Western Wind being flown iefs FrIends mutually agreeable slope site ACM can see well flies 2 Test Western Wind pilot chosen ACM shal attempt cause crash pieces upon impact claimed ACM review No Western Wind have ever flown has broken up Impact fact however ACM crashes West ern Wind win probably remain fly able no repairs whatever WE WiLL SULECT THE WESTERN WIND TO PUBliC SCRUTINY WiLL ACM ACCEPT Iyoud like pedoirn test self peshCws Just ant learn slope soar see hobby dealer order Ms Friends Box 511 Bris bane CA 94005 direct orders send $1295 plus $100 handing California residents add $78 tax please CODs accepted Dealer distributor inquiries invited calling out minute goes set cassette zero time push play button glider comes off tow ring Use other side tape count-down side Starting count seven minutes count down seconds calling out minute goes until reach zero time Before flight target time concern fast forward cassette stop flight time have selected practice Example 3 minutes 54 seconds plane released press play button automatic count-down starts Remember however timers watch still official Hot Stuff Zap adhesives cyanoacrylate family have more uses being found modelers sides being almost instant repair kit field other uses bench worth considering Sometimes canopies have turned out less perfect though rest plane could show stopper new adhesives literally weld cano pies frames no evidence dis torting canopy itself After frame has carefully matched fuselage lay untrimmed canopy around frame holding CL Navy Carrier/Perry continued page 23 less frequent will feature special purpose paint distinctive markings limited Navy aircraft have questions about markings particular time period special paint schemes let know will try find answer Aero-Challenge Muscular Dystrophy DeKaib Ill best Carrier contests have attended highlight meet setting new Class record Dave Wallick score 61496 modi fied K&B 40 swinging left-hand fiberglass prop pulled Daves Guardian along 11916 mph flaps ailerons aided achieving 2056 mph slow speed Congratulations Dave address 5016 Angelita Ave Dayton Ohio 45424 frame canopy place dropa tiny dropof adhesive either front back former frame canopy will welded almost instantly holding assembly check bottom frame straight-edge being sure pressure holding doesnt dis tort frame Spot weld opposite former Double-check straightness spot-weld sides canopy bottom frame Now cupping canopy around former apply normal size drop adhesive allow ing canopy frame act trough Let excess glue run around trough Hold few seconds excess glue remains quickly blot away corner paper towel Repeat procedure other former two sides finished cut away canopy overhang about time took read will have assembled perfect canopy Points remember 1 sure frame surfaces glued dressed good contact canopy 2 Use glue sparingly 3 Double-check canopy/frame alignment during assembly 4 spot-weld technique allows canopy separation #1 1 X-acto blade ideal mistake made productreviewproductrviwproductrviewproductreveew Monitaire Board Air-Pressure Gauge Linear motion can used operate warn ing light raise lower pilots arm other action ingenuity suggests Unit mounts instrument panel fuselage external reading Indicator piston plunger 1/4 dia denotes pressure position As air-pressure indicator Monitaire shows low pressure 30 psi good pressure 70 psi high pressure 100 psi Also dicates leaks pressure system Needs no extra air operationeliminates external plug-in gauges Weight 6 grams 12 high pressure tubing T-fitting indicator $595 hobby shops 50t extra mail Sonic Systems P 0 Box 192 Whippany NJ 07981 78 Model Aviation US NATIONAL MARKINGS 1947 ENT UPPER LEFT b LOWER RIGLIT WING LEFT 4T FUSELAGE SIDES IJll REDDWWTEBLUE