CONTROL LINE SPEED Bill Nusz saddened hear about death Bill Nusz recent years prominent younger Speed fliers died Air Force T-38 jet British exchange pilot collided F-16 photographing B-i bombing exercise high speed low altitude Bill grew up Lombard IL far live bought first model jet engine about 20 years ago graduated University Illinois 1978 degree Aeronautical Astronautical Engineering obtained MS Astronautical Engineering Air Force Institute Technology 1979 1984 went USAF Test Pilot School Flight Test Engineer course stayed Air Force worked up rank colonel attained single multiengine commercial pilots license instrument glider flight instructor ratings flew Air Force jets including F-16 became Director Engineering 419 Flight Test Squadron Bill also loved flying models built first Super Burp jet 1982 placed third Nationals Nats competed AMA-sanctioned contests won trophies different Speed events flights Class D Jet excess 200 mph Bill excelled Speed events flew would have National Speed Champion 1993 Nats didnt fly /2A models year held records /2A Profile Proto two 1/2A Speed D Speed Jet Speed Bills Air Force duties kept him busy during last two years missed him Speed circles Sincere condolences go out wife Gail family Most information came NASS [North American Speed Society] Speed Times newsletter New F-40 Record Bills equipment still winning Jim Rhoades Salt Lake City UT bought Bills Formula 40 airplane Nelson engine last year won F-40 1997 Nats October set new F-40 record Seebree Hayes contest Whittier Narrows new time 16022 mpha tremendous speed such model 10% nitro fuel Thanks Fred Cronenwett Contest Director sending photo information F2A Team Congratulations 1998 US Speed team Tommy Brown Will Naemura Billy Hughes will compete World Championships Kiev Ukraine top speeds eight contestants team selection flyoff AMA flying site September Tommys average speed 17739 mph Wills 17621 Billys 17489 Jim Rhoades first alternate 17044 respectable speeds new longer lines New Dooling Some read column know aboutor have least heard aboutDooling engines used 50 years ago Class D Speed tether cars beautiful well-built 136 Model Aviation Rhoades Formula 40 after record-setting 16022 mph Power Nelson 40 Bill Nusz tuned Cronenwett photo 1998 US F2A Speed Team Tommy Brown Will Naemura Billy Hughes will compete Kiev Ukraine summer Dooling engines designed built 50 years ago Shown 29 61 Arne Hendes 038 1/4-scale copyit runs engines powerful day outclassed Schnuerle ported ABC engines Today Doolings desirable collectors engines Arne Hende Sweden member MECA Model Engine Collectors Association builds scale models engines couple years ago built some miniature Drone diesels last year manufactured some -scale Doolings are nearly exact scale have displacement 038 cu made glow diesel versions havent tried run yet Arne made displacement 049 would have tempted put /2A Speed model just fun Ill probably build miniature scale tether car ita sixinch-long Dooling Arrow should about right interested Arnes small engines contact him AH Model Engine Nostalgia Stenshallsvagen 13 5-1 1264 Stockholm Sweden Break-In I talked Radio Control RC club about engine development usual questions came up afterwards engine break-in necessity try get point across different engines require different break-in techniques cant say engines need least hour running before can safely put airplanes fly Have bought chain saw weed trimmer leaf blower lately instructions tell run engine slow rich hour before using No some other engines large small can treated same waybuy em fly em determine methods techniques needed new engine something have figure out Such variety number engines available no fixed way Consider racing ABC AAC engines used such events Control Line CL Formula 40 various RC Pylon races engines come tight squeaky tight ready go start try run slow big propeller might destroy Get sleeve hot expands away piston Thats whole secret magic ABC metallurgy engines meant idle down piston might stick top stroke youll yank connecting rod conrod apart Ive seen failures similar also engines lapped cast iron pistons buy Fox 35 Stunt engine similar have run run some break inthats hours running Most regular RC throttle ABC engines set up loose enough can keep running throttled down need break-in Maybe have think crankpin bearing surface fit Some foreign manufacturers have learned much clearance need crankpin engines should run slightly rich before fly just wear conrod allowable clearance Running fast smaller propeller slightly rich setting can Most chain saw March 1998 137 weed trimmer engines have roller bearings crankpin get no break-in lower-oil-content fuel same thinking applies ringed four-stroke engines crankpin bearing might need break-in modeler club lean run piped CL Stunt engine felt terrible after considerable continuous drag turned over thought sleeve piston ruined convinced him take apart see Sure enough conrod galled crankpin So polished crank strips 400grit sandpaper lapped rod out little back business Sometimes have sit down think buy new engine read instructions first manufacturers tell what Speed fliers should take engine apart first check parts fits sport flier should likely bench-run new engine propeller about inch less diameter will use fly model allow rev up have large amount cooling fuel going through wear conrod bearing Talking about engine feels good usually means bearing touching surfaces fit properly Good luck ers Continued page 124 marketing created trend RC aeromodeling must live its undulating consumer target AMAs declining membership probably due mixture recreational consumer fickleness experienced modelers tired waiting frequency pin behind numerous oneweekend twits will always AMA RC modeling hopefully years come enthusiasm time rewards reserved own RC pleasure folks approach sincere interest Passing Dick Tristao Visalia California Remember first found out about model airplanes might have sleek Control Line model 50s stick-and-tissue creation generation before may have RC trainer just few years ago important thing discovered flight literally fingertips Aeromodeling has become important part life would miss chewing glue off fingers couldnt regularly thrill took root has become castor oil blood balsa dust ever since flying buddies have become some best friends Modeling may have helped learn few things about sportsmanship friendly competition have enriched life ever since construction engineering finishing skills learned have helped work home Just spending day outside good friends has added important dimension life Few hobbies sports offer variety opportunities skill development personal reward model aviation has brought generations enthusiasts opportunity pass gifts have received great hobby next generation within reach Wouldnt nine-year-old nephew nose glued computer screen delighted receive subscription model magazine Perhaps own son granddaughter bright-eyed youth life would fascinated some basic building tools already interested have yet started resurgence Control Line flying offers great low-cost way learn building flying skills about taking young person out field next Sunday Now would great time plant seeds will grow next 138 Model Aviation inued page 173
Edition: Model Aviation - 1998/03
Page Numbers: 136, 137, 138
CONTROL LINE SPEED Bill Nusz saddened hear about death Bill Nusz recent years prominent younger Speed fliers died Air Force T-38 jet British exchange pilot collided F-16 photographing B-i bombing exercise high speed low altitude Bill grew up Lombard IL far live bought first model jet engine about 20 years ago graduated University Illinois 1978 degree Aeronautical Astronautical Engineering obtained MS Astronautical Engineering Air Force Institute Technology 1979 1984 went USAF Test Pilot School Flight Test Engineer course stayed Air Force worked up rank colonel attained single multiengine commercial pilots license instrument glider flight instructor ratings flew Air Force jets including F-16 became Director Engineering 419 Flight Test Squadron Bill also loved flying models built first Super Burp jet 1982 placed third Nationals Nats competed AMA-sanctioned contests won trophies different Speed events flights Class D Jet excess 200 mph Bill excelled Speed events flew would have National Speed Champion 1993 Nats didnt fly /2A models year held records /2A Profile Proto two 1/2A Speed D Speed Jet Speed Bills Air Force duties kept him busy during last two years missed him Speed circles Sincere condolences go out wife Gail family Most information came NASS [North American Speed Society] Speed Times newsletter New F-40 Record Bills equipment still winning Jim Rhoades Salt Lake City UT bought Bills Formula 40 airplane Nelson engine last year won F-40 1997 Nats October set new F-40 record Seebree Hayes contest Whittier Narrows new time 16022 mpha tremendous speed such model 10% nitro fuel Thanks Fred Cronenwett Contest Director sending photo information F2A Team Congratulations 1998 US Speed team Tommy Brown Will Naemura Billy Hughes will compete World Championships Kiev Ukraine top speeds eight contestants team selection flyoff AMA flying site September Tommys average speed 17739 mph Wills 17621 Billys 17489 Jim Rhoades first alternate 17044 respectable speeds new longer lines New Dooling Some read column know aboutor have least heard aboutDooling engines used 50 years ago Class D Speed tether cars beautiful well-built 136 Model Aviation Rhoades Formula 40 after record-setting 16022 mph Power Nelson 40 Bill Nusz tuned Cronenwett photo 1998 US F2A Speed Team Tommy Brown Will Naemura Billy Hughes will compete Kiev Ukraine summer Dooling engines designed built 50 years ago Shown 29 61 Arne Hendes 038 1/4-scale copyit runs engines powerful day outclassed Schnuerle ported ABC engines Today Doolings desirable collectors engines Arne Hende Sweden member MECA Model Engine Collectors Association builds scale models engines couple years ago built some miniature Drone diesels last year manufactured some -scale Doolings are nearly exact scale have displacement 038 cu made glow diesel versions havent tried run yet Arne made displacement 049 would have tempted put /2A Speed model just fun Ill probably build miniature scale tether car ita sixinch-long Dooling Arrow should about right interested Arnes small engines contact him AH Model Engine Nostalgia Stenshallsvagen 13 5-1 1264 Stockholm Sweden Break-In I talked Radio Control RC club about engine development usual questions came up afterwards engine break-in necessity try get point across different engines require different break-in techniques cant say engines need least hour running before can safely put airplanes fly Have bought chain saw weed trimmer leaf blower lately instructions tell run engine slow rich hour before using No some other engines large small can treated same waybuy em fly em determine methods techniques needed new engine something have figure out Such variety number engines available no fixed way Consider racing ABC AAC engines used such events Control Line CL Formula 40 various RC Pylon races engines come tight squeaky tight ready go start try run slow big propeller might destroy Get sleeve hot expands away piston Thats whole secret magic ABC metallurgy engines meant idle down piston might stick top stroke youll yank connecting rod conrod apart Ive seen failures similar also engines lapped cast iron pistons buy Fox 35 Stunt engine similar have run run some break inthats hours running Most regular RC throttle ABC engines set up loose enough can keep running throttled down need break-in Maybe have think crankpin bearing surface fit Some foreign manufacturers have learned much clearance need crankpin engines should run slightly rich before fly just wear conrod allowable clearance Running fast smaller propeller slightly rich setting can Most chain saw March 1998 137 weed trimmer engines have roller bearings crankpin get no break-in lower-oil-content fuel same thinking applies ringed four-stroke engines crankpin bearing might need break-in modeler club lean run piped CL Stunt engine felt terrible after considerable continuous drag turned over thought sleeve piston ruined convinced him take apart see Sure enough conrod galled crankpin So polished crank strips 400grit sandpaper lapped rod out little back business Sometimes have sit down think buy new engine read instructions first manufacturers tell what Speed fliers should take engine apart first check parts fits sport flier should likely bench-run new engine propeller about inch less diameter will use fly model allow rev up have large amount cooling fuel going through wear conrod bearing Talking about engine feels good usually means bearing touching surfaces fit properly Good luck ers Continued page 124 marketing created trend RC aeromodeling must live its undulating consumer target AMAs declining membership probably due mixture recreational consumer fickleness experienced modelers tired waiting frequency pin behind numerous oneweekend twits will always AMA RC modeling hopefully years come enthusiasm time rewards reserved own RC pleasure folks approach sincere interest Passing Dick Tristao Visalia California Remember first found out about model airplanes might have sleek Control Line model 50s stick-and-tissue creation generation before may have RC trainer just few years ago important thing discovered flight literally fingertips Aeromodeling has become important part life would miss chewing glue off fingers couldnt regularly thrill took root has become castor oil blood balsa dust ever since flying buddies have become some best friends Modeling may have helped learn few things about sportsmanship friendly competition have enriched life ever since construction engineering finishing skills learned have helped work home Just spending day outside good friends has added important dimension life Few hobbies sports offer variety opportunities skill development personal reward model aviation has brought generations enthusiasts opportunity pass gifts have received great hobby next generation within reach Wouldnt nine-year-old nephew nose glued computer screen delighted receive subscription model magazine Perhaps own son granddaughter bright-eyed youth life would fascinated some basic building tools already interested have yet started resurgence Control Line flying offers great low-cost way learn building flying skills about taking young person out field next Sunday Now would great time plant seeds will grow next 138 Model Aviation inued page 173
Edition: Model Aviation - 1998/03
Page Numbers: 136, 137, 138
CONTROL LINE SPEED Bill Nusz saddened hear about death Bill Nusz recent years prominent younger Speed fliers died Air Force T-38 jet British exchange pilot collided F-16 photographing B-i bombing exercise high speed low altitude Bill grew up Lombard IL far live bought first model jet engine about 20 years ago graduated University Illinois 1978 degree Aeronautical Astronautical Engineering obtained MS Astronautical Engineering Air Force Institute Technology 1979 1984 went USAF Test Pilot School Flight Test Engineer course stayed Air Force worked up rank colonel attained single multiengine commercial pilots license instrument glider flight instructor ratings flew Air Force jets including F-16 became Director Engineering 419 Flight Test Squadron Bill also loved flying models built first Super Burp jet 1982 placed third Nationals Nats competed AMA-sanctioned contests won trophies different Speed events flights Class D Jet excess 200 mph Bill excelled Speed events flew would have National Speed Champion 1993 Nats didnt fly /2A models year held records /2A Profile Proto two 1/2A Speed D Speed Jet Speed Bills Air Force duties kept him busy during last two years missed him Speed circles Sincere condolences go out wife Gail family Most information came NASS [North American Speed Society] Speed Times newsletter New F-40 Record Bills equipment still winning Jim Rhoades Salt Lake City UT bought Bills Formula 40 airplane Nelson engine last year won F-40 1997 Nats October set new F-40 record Seebree Hayes contest Whittier Narrows new time 16022 mpha tremendous speed such model 10% nitro fuel Thanks Fred Cronenwett Contest Director sending photo information F2A Team Congratulations 1998 US Speed team Tommy Brown Will Naemura Billy Hughes will compete World Championships Kiev Ukraine top speeds eight contestants team selection flyoff AMA flying site September Tommys average speed 17739 mph Wills 17621 Billys 17489 Jim Rhoades first alternate 17044 respectable speeds new longer lines New Dooling Some read column know aboutor have least heard aboutDooling engines used 50 years ago Class D Speed tether cars beautiful well-built 136 Model Aviation Rhoades Formula 40 after record-setting 16022 mph Power Nelson 40 Bill Nusz tuned Cronenwett photo 1998 US F2A Speed Team Tommy Brown Will Naemura Billy Hughes will compete Kiev Ukraine summer Dooling engines designed built 50 years ago Shown 29 61 Arne Hendes 038 1/4-scale copyit runs engines powerful day outclassed Schnuerle ported ABC engines Today Doolings desirable collectors engines Arne Hende Sweden member MECA Model Engine Collectors Association builds scale models engines couple years ago built some miniature Drone diesels last year manufactured some -scale Doolings are nearly exact scale have displacement 038 cu made glow diesel versions havent tried run yet Arne made displacement 049 would have tempted put /2A Speed model just fun Ill probably build miniature scale tether car ita sixinch-long Dooling Arrow should about right interested Arnes small engines contact him AH Model Engine Nostalgia Stenshallsvagen 13 5-1 1264 Stockholm Sweden Break-In I talked Radio Control RC club about engine development usual questions came up afterwards engine break-in necessity try get point across different engines require different break-in techniques cant say engines need least hour running before can safely put airplanes fly Have bought chain saw weed trimmer leaf blower lately instructions tell run engine slow rich hour before using No some other engines large small can treated same waybuy em fly em determine methods techniques needed new engine something have figure out Such variety number engines available no fixed way Consider racing ABC AAC engines used such events Control Line CL Formula 40 various RC Pylon races engines come tight squeaky tight ready go start try run slow big propeller might destroy Get sleeve hot expands away piston Thats whole secret magic ABC metallurgy engines meant idle down piston might stick top stroke youll yank connecting rod conrod apart Ive seen failures similar also engines lapped cast iron pistons buy Fox 35 Stunt engine similar have run run some break inthats hours running Most regular RC throttle ABC engines set up loose enough can keep running throttled down need break-in Maybe have think crankpin bearing surface fit Some foreign manufacturers have learned much clearance need crankpin engines should run slightly rich before fly just wear conrod allowable clearance Running fast smaller propeller slightly rich setting can Most chain saw March 1998 137 weed trimmer engines have roller bearings crankpin get no break-in lower-oil-content fuel same thinking applies ringed four-stroke engines crankpin bearing might need break-in modeler club lean run piped CL Stunt engine felt terrible after considerable continuous drag turned over thought sleeve piston ruined convinced him take apart see Sure enough conrod galled crankpin So polished crank strips 400grit sandpaper lapped rod out little back business Sometimes have sit down think buy new engine read instructions first manufacturers tell what Speed fliers should take engine apart first check parts fits sport flier should likely bench-run new engine propeller about inch less diameter will use fly model allow rev up have large amount cooling fuel going through wear conrod bearing Talking about engine feels good usually means bearing touching surfaces fit properly Good luck ers Continued page 124 marketing created trend RC aeromodeling must live its undulating consumer target AMAs declining membership probably due mixture recreational consumer fickleness experienced modelers tired waiting frequency pin behind numerous oneweekend twits will always AMA RC modeling hopefully years come enthusiasm time rewards reserved own RC pleasure folks approach sincere interest Passing Dick Tristao Visalia California Remember first found out about model airplanes might have sleek Control Line model 50s stick-and-tissue creation generation before may have RC trainer just few years ago important thing discovered flight literally fingertips Aeromodeling has become important part life would miss chewing glue off fingers couldnt regularly thrill took root has become castor oil blood balsa dust ever since flying buddies have become some best friends Modeling may have helped learn few things about sportsmanship friendly competition have enriched life ever since construction engineering finishing skills learned have helped work home Just spending day outside good friends has added important dimension life Few hobbies sports offer variety opportunities skill development personal reward model aviation has brought generations enthusiasts opportunity pass gifts have received great hobby next generation within reach Wouldnt nine-year-old nephew nose glued computer screen delighted receive subscription model magazine Perhaps own son granddaughter bright-eyed youth life would fascinated some basic building tools already interested have yet started resurgence Control Line flying offers great low-cost way learn building flying skills about taking young person out field next Sunday Now would great time plant seeds will grow next 138 Model Aviation inued page 173