C NAVY CARRIER Richard Perry ONE enjoyable aspects specialty looking suitable Carrier subjects model spend good deal time browsing through libraries seeking out books magazines might discover some gotten carrier aircraft Good references essential providing proof-of-scale drawings proof particular aircraft qualities Navy Carrier event some books specializing naval aircraft have found very useful first has particularly good both drawings background Unitd Stares Navy Aircraft Since 1911 Gordon Swanborough & Peter Bowers Funk & Wagnalls New York 1968 US Navy Marine Coips Fighters William Green & Gordon Swanborough Arco Publishing New York 1977 US Naval Fighters Lloyd Jones Aero Pub lishers Fallbrook CA 1977 NavalAircraft Christy Campbell ed Chartwell Books Secaucus NJ 1977 Naval Aircraft 1 939-1945 Phoebus Publish ing London 1977 US Navy Marine Corps Fighters 19181962 Matt Robinson Aero Publishers Fallbrook CA 1962 addition books Janes Worlds Aircraft often available libraries good source basic three-views once subject selected High speed important part event Because models timed standing start acceleration important lightweight model has advantage ultimate top speed however has greatest effect high speed scores true would have retire grossly overweight models long ago recent engine refinements Class & II speeds have gone up very little past seven eight years Record improvements have come primarily improved low speed scores Speeds have increased because little has done reduce drag models significant drag reduction tried last few years has line grouping now illegal basic ideareduction line dragis sound Speed model line drag over 80% total drag relatively dirty Carrier models three-line systems line drag averages 60 70% range suspect Reduction line drag offers some promise amount often question Assume line drag l drag disre gard Reynolds number effects assume engine/prop power output constant using two lines 020 Class 024 Class II rather three flight scores would increase 25% 34 points Using mono-line system 026 Class 03 3 Class II improvement becomes 9% 10% 12-15 points assumes constant low speed can maintained clean model would benefit reduction drag mono-line Carrier would rather im practical because problem throttle control two-line systems have used before described Jim Storts successful system last column up elevator opens throttle down elevator closes Over 20 years ago Dale Kim flying twoline throttle using two Monoline units throttle elevator Model Airplane News October 1959 control units slipped over belt hand control time writing Pete Mazur trying line up event directors judges Nats assume time read personnel problems will fairly well worked out yet am sure Pete would like hear willing volunteers Last minute cancel lations can present real headache give Pete call 312 466-4051 can offer hand Dayton Nats best Carrier events long time two decks going full steam two days year should just good better plenty opportunity see new models different parts country Richard L Perri 416 Woodh ill Dr Goldsborn NC 27530 II bc ak skill fti rncxteI August 1980 47 author holds Current Profile record G-S Bearcat has modified include flaps Powered OS 36 engine