Free Flight Duration Bob Meuser THIS IS RATHER NEAT being semi retired semi-employed Free Flight columnist now actually get see print what wrote column before deadline next has its drawbacks Deadline times always fun times deadline June column example March 1st So March 3rd get typical letter Associate Editor Ross McMullen reads THUN DERATION March 1st al ready dont have column Lets look alive out gotten column time Id have deprived myself Rosss latest missive look forward anticipatively Thats word NASA can invent wordssched ulization commonize actualize etc willy nilly taxpayers expense guess Im entitled few freebies along about March 10th can expect get friendly call Ross inquiring status health local weather situation perhaps slithering sly inuendo regarding status column always nice talking Ross Too bad happens other month now Ive got gripe followed instructions bottom page 75 April column namely Continued page 172 would have missed two pages neat stuff should have Continued page 170 Tomy timers again Richard Kastuer Dayton OH sent fuel-cutoff engine timer built around Tomy toy windup motor goals developing unit Use Tomy spring disassemble unit cut off fuel supply engine certainty provide automatic starting timer model released consistent engine runs achieved have few minor reservations about unit may may conse quence potential user unit especially compact overall length over 5 although could easily reduced inch two length important Ideally timers should fit holes designed accept long-extinct Tatone timers maybe Im living past some modelers might find torsion spring bit difficult make Some rubberband arrangement might liking some modelers despite poor reliability rubberbands Perhaps time sat down learned wind springs certaluly have utility aspects sport However can virtually guarantee first few attempts make spring large outside-to-inside-diameter ratio going get blood carpet minor reservations aside Kastners unit seems well-engineered amply meets goals appears pre-production prototype Replace screws cheapie rivets decent shop could knock off billions perhaps importantly us short run its design geared well production two time using simple hand tools Kastner observed winding shaft will slip attempts overwind unit So simply wind prede termined position past point starts slip can assured consistency running time estab lished set three notched discs effect act sort-of screw thread reminiscent old Tatone extender disc Kastner made discs wheels Tomy toy gutted obtain motor bottom two can slip winding shaft outer slipped bit too much Kastners liking HotStuffed winding knob shaft Adjustment position innermost disc determines engine-run time axle shaft turns rate intermediate between spring escapement bent over 90 angle can used part start-stop control Bending shaft installed timer would put too much strain timer parts Kastner reasoned devised sneaky trick using piece 62 Model Aviation Aluminum faceplate added Tomy motor 1/4inchspaces Release lever hold position Guide pin7 Fuel shutoff lever 7Safety pin Tomy wheels Torsion springWinding knob 032 wire 1/8inch fuel tubing FUEL SHUT-OFF TIMER USING TOMY TOY WIND-UP MOTOR Richard Kastner Mystified Read column Bob explains homemade timer expected work group cheery Seniors flew MAC Winter indoor meet February L R Brian Fuimer Kris Warmann Dennis Pantazis Tim Warren charles Markos photo wire no larger axle shaft push axle shaft out unit Bend cut whatever axle shaft hearts desire use axle shaft push other piece wire out unit timer unit itself doesnt have enough poop skoosh fuel tubing required authority Kastner devised mechanical relay mousetrap job sequence operations flight goes like Position release lever under its retainer insert safety pin Hook bent end safety pin under release-lever retainer vibrations engine etc will cause safety pin fall out Place end fuel shut off lever under innermost disc against its guide pin Start engine Hold thumb against release lever grasp model launching Pull safety pin As launch model timer will start forgot pull safety pin send SASE check amount $43754 Official NFFS Crying Towel personally autographed NFFS President Tony Italiano can get condolences just SASE drawing Kastners timer isometric true perspective looks little funny Isometrics useful can measure off set scales included doing just High-tech materials performing monthly ritual known locally Balancing Books lie never really balance figure banks computer can get within 10 20 bucks thats close enough computers arent perfectI came across strange entry Bob Violett samples $15 heck Bob Violett Samples what Next day comes big package Bob Violett Models open expectantly Expec ting what Im still sure what find Great gobs crunched-up newspapers teeny-weeny envelope pour out onto table expectantly Nothing much comes out tear enve lope limb limb thats Fifteen bucks Oh well its deductible Four four-inch squares stuff seems would make good firewalls light seemingly tough Core end-grain balsa butcher-block style grain parallel thickness dimen sion Thats proper direction course Facings fiberglass cloth hard wood plywood carbon fiber thicknesses res bit 50-mil carbon fiber rod seems almost stiff music wire same size far lighter Next bit carbon-fiber cord like roving have frazzles easily seems have doused something having effect hair spray also some 2 x 10-in sheets 7-mil 14mil uni-directional carbon fiber bonded very thin fiberglass cloth gives enough cross-grain strength keep tact see envelope milled carbon fiber dare open house fear getting blood carpet Whats long strip -in-wide carbon fiber laminate spar cap-strips Near bot tom heap little chunk carbonfiber angle 1/16-in thick -in -in legs last item 4-in length -in-dia rod dont think Ill find much use Also package wad dozen sheets showing perhaps hundred po tential applications stuff well thought-out well-illustrated Immedi ately catalyze brain invent hundred Some applications shown include repairsstrips angle stock stuck CyA ie cyanoacrylate adhesive such Hot Stufi LE TE reinforcement dihedral joint reinforce ment 50-mil rod used LE bumperguard straightish wings cord set epoxy CyA curvy LEs outlines carbon strip spar cap-strips carbon strips used surface reinforcement foam wings ever get Ron St Jeans foam techniques Free Flight firewalls course 50-mil rod let longerons corners box-type fuselages wherever need cord set joint would otherwise tend bit weak dozens others Stronger lighter its way fly Prices $10 square foot balsacore laminates roughly example cheap square foot would make lot firewalls Brochure $1 Address Bob Violett Models 1373 Citrus Rd Winter Springs FL 32708 about rules-chauge propos als have already caught some flack over comments February issue Id have surprised somewhat disappoint ed hadnt Id also have surprised everything said absolutely correct Richard Doig corrected state ment effect nothing rule book required HandLaunched Stick model example hand-launched rule governing does appear FF Indoor Rubber rules tucked away under Free Flight General page 8 1984-85 rule book paragraph 3 Except specific events requiring rise-off-ground ROG mod els shall hand-launched HL proposal would prohibit sticking wheels hand-launched models order prevent time could spend run ning around floor being counted flight time would prohibit Helicop ter Autogiro Ornithopter models doing just required hand-launched although seems should last time saw ROG Ornithopter Perhaps Doig could modify proposal include such models hand-launched cate gory Continued page 150 June 1985 63 see Gil Graunke FAI Power flier Dick Smith Cincinnati OH seems bemoreoftenthanatan Indoorsiteflying Manspitting Class modified satellitehattan Cabin Scene 1984 Bong Ea Youve got talk nice em Smittylgles meet Charles Markos took photo Bill Barr snapped Interesting photo Don Lindley Naperville IL Corben Super Ace built Megow plans Best time 138 Golden Age Reproductions now has kit market Markos photo pings candle keep lamina tions sticking Recently tried using long strips 025-in plastic sheet hold laminated material form helps going around corners best techniques using pins sometimes allows cracking keeps pins leaving little dents part too Doug Wilkey writing DC Max eduters Max-Fax outlines what might great way decal youve always trouble will need art work Xeroxedeven color live near color copying center Remem ber can reduced down couple different sizes wont cost much might useful later decide build Peanut smaller version Take some clear contact paper plastic can get local five-anddimes peel off backing carefully stick down xerox Using roll ing pin really press contact sheet down solidly soak warm water five minutes longer gently begin rubbing paper off will sort 0405 1011 1519 2025 3035 4045 4045L 5060 6010 195 225 235 245 265 275 300 325 325 OEM BULK INQUIRES INVITED Featuring LONG GLASS FILLED NYLON FOR STRENGTH AND STABILITY Alignment Lines Mounting Interchangeable K raft Flat bottom nose gear roll off Keep soaking rolling off until fibers gone Hold up light make sure fibers off using tweezers remove necessary its dry decal can ap plied model Spray-Ment Scotch 77 see art photo supplier can spray Testors Dull-Kote Micro-Scale Matte Finish over well clear gloss finish vinyl plastic will affected lets hope Caution always make extra decals practice old models before go broke new baby Doug always tries fill up whole sheet art work before going buck-and-a-half color Xerox shot Ralph Kuenz legendary Von Rot tensox has used method Cur tiss Heildiver looks great As anyone has ever turned down model subject due art work now may have answer prayers tend break motors blow out sides models occa sionally youll find two benefits decal adds some strength tissue can make extras easily just keeping art work file Just prior press time got word Hying Aces postal contest modelers send Peanut flight times over may soon extended RC Scale well Modelers will fly scale maneuvers award themselves points send postcard contest HQ Sounds like fun doesnt cant walt see turns out Ill leave some food thought major French model magazine offers its readers free classified ads young modelers begging free RC equipment generous older mod elers reminded Doug Gillies childhood depression Glasgow told using wood packing crates glue took two weeks dry paint bummed up redecorating proj ect neighborhood weve come long way. Bill Warner 423-C San Vicente Blvd Santa Monica CA 90402 FF Duration/Meuser Continued page 63 ballots essentially useless Initial Vote have cast Im sure whether make want cry puke both certainly isnt above enough make lose interest whole rules-making process cant good conscience lifes blood Details later perhaps Im up Its lot easier just good guy smile lot CO-2 revisited As aresultofthe lead item April column Herb Clukey headperson down Flyline Models Kitworks sent plans CO-2 Funster two-footer built-up wing sheet-box fuselage traditional wind shield side-windows Ed Lidgard could have designed although lacks few trademarks drafting superb 150 Model Aviation NEW GLASS FILLED MOTOR MOUNTS SEE YOUR DEALER OR DISTRIBUTOR DAVE BROWN PRODUCTS 4560 LAYHIGH RD HAMILTON OH 45013 AREA CODE 5 3 38 5 6 VIKTAU R-C PLAN CONSOLIDATED PSY-SA CATALINA 9FT WINGSPAN ALL RIBS B FUU PORMERS SHOWN ON PLANS PLASTIC ENGCOWLS PR CLEAR GUN BLiSTERS 660 PR 4 LARGE PLAN SHEETS- Plans $1695 GFT WINGSPAN MODEL PBV-SA ENGINE COWLS 5 650 PR Plans $ 1295 GUN SLISTERS S 450 PR ADD 8250 POSTAGE CATALOGOVER SOPLANS 5ioo DEALERS WRITE WORLD 0 WIDE SID MORGAN 13157 ORMONDBELLEVILLE 48111 USA dORM Ultimate Fun Fly Competition Model ideal Sunday Fiyer US PRICE p94 S 5995 Introductory price offor limited time Curtis Model Aircraft 3002 M Canterbury Circle Sherman Texas 75090 AC 214-893-6135 TInier Save Old 15j%Ue AODst iatefO0e66~ CbsmP have parts Inventory prompt delivery Over 235 items Send $200 current catalog OWARBIRDS IN ACTION 0 SENSA TIONAL aviation videos type See action packed simulated bomb ings straifings formation flights tours interviews 4/100 aircraft such P-38 P-51-47 B-Il 24 2526290-130 F-SF AD-4 k/ Jets Transports much GIANT airshow package covering 4/ more 4 events 4/ FREE DRAWING WINNER - MARCH 1986 Artice Gallery Arlington Hg. 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Edition: Model Aviation - 1985/06
Page Numbers: 62, 63, 150, 151, 152
Free Flight Duration Bob Meuser THIS IS RATHER NEAT being semi retired semi-employed Free Flight columnist now actually get see print what wrote column before deadline next has its drawbacks Deadline times always fun times deadline June column example March 1st So March 3rd get typical letter Associate Editor Ross McMullen reads THUN DERATION March 1st al ready dont have column Lets look alive out gotten column time Id have deprived myself Rosss latest missive look forward anticipatively Thats word NASA can invent wordssched ulization commonize actualize etc willy nilly taxpayers expense guess Im entitled few freebies along about March 10th can expect get friendly call Ross inquiring status health local weather situation perhaps slithering sly inuendo regarding status column always nice talking Ross Too bad happens other month now Ive got gripe followed instructions bottom page 75 April column namely Continued page 172 would have missed two pages neat stuff should have Continued page 170 Tomy timers again Richard Kastuer Dayton OH sent fuel-cutoff engine timer built around Tomy toy windup motor goals developing unit Use Tomy spring disassemble unit cut off fuel supply engine certainty provide automatic starting timer model released consistent engine runs achieved have few minor reservations about unit may may conse quence potential user unit especially compact overall length over 5 although could easily reduced inch two length important Ideally timers should fit holes designed accept long-extinct Tatone timers maybe Im living past some modelers might find torsion spring bit difficult make Some rubberband arrangement might liking some modelers despite poor reliability rubberbands Perhaps time sat down learned wind springs certaluly have utility aspects sport However can virtually guarantee first few attempts make spring large outside-to-inside-diameter ratio going get blood carpet minor reservations aside Kastners unit seems well-engineered amply meets goals appears pre-production prototype Replace screws cheapie rivets decent shop could knock off billions perhaps importantly us short run its design geared well production two time using simple hand tools Kastner observed winding shaft will slip attempts overwind unit So simply wind prede termined position past point starts slip can assured consistency running time estab lished set three notched discs effect act sort-of screw thread reminiscent old Tatone extender disc Kastner made discs wheels Tomy toy gutted obtain motor bottom two can slip winding shaft outer slipped bit too much Kastners liking HotStuffed winding knob shaft Adjustment position innermost disc determines engine-run time axle shaft turns rate intermediate between spring escapement bent over 90 angle can used part start-stop control Bending shaft installed timer would put too much strain timer parts Kastner reasoned devised sneaky trick using piece 62 Model Aviation Aluminum faceplate added Tomy motor 1/4inchspaces Release lever hold position Guide pin7 Fuel shutoff lever 7Safety pin Tomy wheels Torsion springWinding knob 032 wire 1/8inch fuel tubing FUEL SHUT-OFF TIMER USING TOMY TOY WIND-UP MOTOR Richard Kastner Mystified Read column Bob explains homemade timer expected work group cheery Seniors flew MAC Winter indoor meet February L R Brian Fuimer Kris Warmann Dennis Pantazis Tim Warren charles Markos photo wire no larger axle shaft push axle shaft out unit Bend cut whatever axle shaft hearts desire use axle shaft push other piece wire out unit timer unit itself doesnt have enough poop skoosh fuel tubing required authority Kastner devised mechanical relay mousetrap job sequence operations flight goes like Position release lever under its retainer insert safety pin Hook bent end safety pin under release-lever retainer vibrations engine etc will cause safety pin fall out Place end fuel shut off lever under innermost disc against its guide pin Start engine Hold thumb against release lever grasp model launching Pull safety pin As launch model timer will start forgot pull safety pin send SASE check amount $43754 Official NFFS Crying Towel personally autographed NFFS President Tony Italiano can get condolences just SASE drawing Kastners timer isometric true perspective looks little funny Isometrics useful can measure off set scales included doing just High-tech materials performing monthly ritual known locally Balancing Books lie never really balance figure banks computer can get within 10 20 bucks thats close enough computers arent perfectI came across strange entry Bob Violett samples $15 heck Bob Violett Samples what Next day comes big package Bob Violett Models open expectantly Expec ting what Im still sure what find Great gobs crunched-up newspapers teeny-weeny envelope pour out onto table expectantly Nothing much comes out tear enve lope limb limb thats Fifteen bucks Oh well its deductible Four four-inch squares stuff seems would make good firewalls light seemingly tough Core end-grain balsa butcher-block style grain parallel thickness dimen sion Thats proper direction course Facings fiberglass cloth hard wood plywood carbon fiber thicknesses res bit 50-mil carbon fiber rod seems almost stiff music wire same size far lighter Next bit carbon-fiber cord like roving have frazzles easily seems have doused something having effect hair spray also some 2 x 10-in sheets 7-mil 14mil uni-directional carbon fiber bonded very thin fiberglass cloth gives enough cross-grain strength keep tact see envelope milled carbon fiber dare open house fear getting blood carpet Whats long strip -in-wide carbon fiber laminate spar cap-strips Near bot tom heap little chunk carbonfiber angle 1/16-in thick -in -in legs last item 4-in length -in-dia rod dont think Ill find much use Also package wad dozen sheets showing perhaps hundred po tential applications stuff well thought-out well-illustrated Immedi ately catalyze brain invent hundred Some applications shown include repairsstrips angle stock stuck CyA ie cyanoacrylate adhesive such Hot Stufi LE TE reinforcement dihedral joint reinforce ment 50-mil rod used LE bumperguard straightish wings cord set epoxy CyA curvy LEs outlines carbon strip spar cap-strips carbon strips used surface reinforcement foam wings ever get Ron St Jeans foam techniques Free Flight firewalls course 50-mil rod let longerons corners box-type fuselages wherever need cord set joint would otherwise tend bit weak dozens others Stronger lighter its way fly Prices $10 square foot balsacore laminates roughly example cheap square foot would make lot firewalls Brochure $1 Address Bob Violett Models 1373 Citrus Rd Winter Springs FL 32708 about rules-chauge propos als have already caught some flack over comments February issue Id have surprised somewhat disappoint ed hadnt Id also have surprised everything said absolutely correct Richard Doig corrected state ment effect nothing rule book required HandLaunched Stick model example hand-launched rule governing does appear FF Indoor Rubber rules tucked away under Free Flight General page 8 1984-85 rule book paragraph 3 Except specific events requiring rise-off-ground ROG mod els shall hand-launched HL proposal would prohibit sticking wheels hand-launched models order prevent time could spend run ning around floor being counted flight time would prohibit Helicop ter Autogiro Ornithopter models doing just required hand-launched although seems should last time saw ROG Ornithopter Perhaps Doig could modify proposal include such models hand-launched cate gory Continued page 150 June 1985 63 see Gil Graunke FAI Power flier Dick Smith Cincinnati OH seems bemoreoftenthanatan Indoorsiteflying Manspitting Class modified satellitehattan Cabin Scene 1984 Bong Ea Youve got talk nice em Smittylgles meet Charles Markos took photo Bill Barr snapped Interesting photo Don Lindley Naperville IL Corben Super Ace built Megow plans Best time 138 Golden Age Reproductions now has kit market Markos photo pings candle keep lamina tions sticking Recently tried using long strips 025-in plastic sheet hold laminated material form helps going around corners best techniques using pins sometimes allows cracking keeps pins leaving little dents part too Doug Wilkey writing DC Max eduters Max-Fax outlines what might great way decal youve always trouble will need art work Xeroxedeven color live near color copying center Remem ber can reduced down couple different sizes wont cost much might useful later decide build Peanut smaller version Take some clear contact paper plastic can get local five-anddimes peel off backing carefully stick down xerox Using roll ing pin really press contact sheet down solidly soak warm water five minutes longer gently begin rubbing paper off will sort 0405 1011 1519 2025 3035 4045 4045L 5060 6010 195 225 235 245 265 275 300 325 325 OEM BULK INQUIRES INVITED Featuring LONG GLASS FILLED NYLON FOR STRENGTH AND STABILITY Alignment Lines Mounting Interchangeable K raft Flat bottom nose gear roll off Keep soaking rolling off until fibers gone Hold up light make sure fibers off using tweezers remove necessary its dry decal can ap plied model Spray-Ment Scotch 77 see art photo supplier can spray Testors Dull-Kote Micro-Scale Matte Finish over well clear gloss finish vinyl plastic will affected lets hope Caution always make extra decals practice old models before go broke new baby Doug always tries fill up whole sheet art work before going buck-and-a-half color Xerox shot Ralph Kuenz legendary Von Rot tensox has used method Cur tiss Heildiver looks great As anyone has ever turned down model subject due art work now may have answer prayers tend break motors blow out sides models occa sionally youll find two benefits decal adds some strength tissue can make extras easily just keeping art work file Just prior press time got word Hying Aces postal contest modelers send Peanut flight times over may soon extended RC Scale well Modelers will fly scale maneuvers award themselves points send postcard contest HQ Sounds like fun doesnt cant walt see turns out Ill leave some food thought major French model magazine offers its readers free classified ads young modelers begging free RC equipment generous older mod elers reminded Doug Gillies childhood depression Glasgow told using wood packing crates glue took two weeks dry paint bummed up redecorating proj ect neighborhood weve come long way. Bill Warner 423-C San Vicente Blvd Santa Monica CA 90402 FF Duration/Meuser Continued page 63 ballots essentially useless Initial Vote have cast Im sure whether make want cry puke both certainly isnt above enough make lose interest whole rules-making process cant good conscience lifes blood Details later perhaps Im up Its lot easier just good guy smile lot CO-2 revisited As aresultofthe lead item April column Herb Clukey headperson down Flyline Models Kitworks sent plans CO-2 Funster two-footer built-up wing sheet-box fuselage traditional wind shield side-windows Ed Lidgard could have designed although lacks few trademarks drafting superb 150 Model Aviation NEW GLASS FILLED MOTOR MOUNTS SEE YOUR DEALER OR DISTRIBUTOR DAVE BROWN PRODUCTS 4560 LAYHIGH RD HAMILTON OH 45013 AREA CODE 5 3 38 5 6 VIKTAU R-C PLAN CONSOLIDATED PSY-SA CATALINA 9FT WINGSPAN ALL RIBS B FUU PORMERS SHOWN ON PLANS PLASTIC ENGCOWLS PR CLEAR GUN BLiSTERS 660 PR 4 LARGE PLAN SHEETS- Plans $1695 GFT WINGSPAN MODEL PBV-SA ENGINE COWLS 5 650 PR Plans $ 1295 GUN SLISTERS S 450 PR ADD 8250 POSTAGE CATALOGOVER SOPLANS 5ioo DEALERS WRITE WORLD 0 WIDE SID MORGAN 13157 ORMONDBELLEVILLE 48111 USA dORM Ultimate Fun Fly Competition Model ideal Sunday Fiyer US PRICE p94 S 5995 Introductory price offor limited time Curtis Model Aircraft 3002 M Canterbury Circle Sherman Texas 75090 AC 214-893-6135 TInier Save Old 15j%Ue AODst iatefO0e66~ CbsmP have parts Inventory prompt delivery Over 235 items Send $200 current catalog OWARBIRDS IN ACTION 0 SENSA TIONAL aviation videos type See action packed simulated bomb ings straifings formation flights tours interviews 4/100 aircraft such P-38 P-51-47 B-Il 24 2526290-130 F-SF AD-4 k/ Jets Transports much GIANT airshow package covering 4/ more 4 events 4/ FREE DRAWING WINNER - MARCH 1986 Artice Gallery Arlington Hg. IL 4/ PRIZE Top Flight Model Airplane Kit MORE PRIZES EACH MONTH RENT OR 4/ PURCHASE TO ENTER 4/ SF Ce. TDEO PROGRAMS9 000000 s. rOR BEGINNERS IN RIO107 Mm IIININGFORBEGINNERSINRJC 55Mm 51 highly detailed step-by-step instruction Z 3 THEWORLDOFMODELAVIATION Expos Scale meets AMA Hats & 4 OSHKOSH OVERVIEW 65 Mm Workshops Forums Tours Aerobatics Warbirds & 5 AIRPLANE FUNNIES 30Mm See friends others goofing wildest video ever 5 US SCALE MASTERS CHAMPIONSHIPS Mm best scale models pilots competing top honors 7 WARBIRDS IN ACTION 75 Mm sa/es final prices sublecf change please check current ads rafes RENT BUY 14954995 14954495 14954495 14953995 14953995 14953995 14954995 ORDERING INFORMATION Pfeaae Read Carefully Avoid Delays RENTAL DEPOSIT full purchase price EACH program ordered difference refunded upon return programs RENTAL DURATION 1 week after delivery Reserved dates require 12 day notice PAYMENT Check 10 day clearance money order Sorry no Visa etc CODs available phone SHIPPING $350 purchases $450 rentals ForeIgn Canada add 10% TOTAL others add 15% IL res add 8% tax SEND ORDERS TO ACADEMY OF AVIATION RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT OX 428139 AGO IL 60642 cell 312 574-0486 -10 am-8 pm Mon thru Sat FREE VIDEO IThis month 4/ SPECIAL OFFER 4/ Buy 3 programs receive 4th FREE Rent 3 programs receive 4th FREE pIus 3 extra days rental. PROGRAM #7 NOT IN CLUDED IN ABOVE OF- 4/ FERS Purchase PARTICIPATING hobby4/ dealers save RENTALS 4/ AVAILABLE FROM AARD ONLY4/ BEGINNERS PACKAGE OFFER 4/ Purchase Basic Con struction program lar price receive Basic Flight Training 30% off retail Save $13954/ finest tradition Free Flight plans almost good some Paul Plecans best cant help fly great have admit Ive never seen built Flylme kit have built seem swear Mostly Scale stuff Send 50 Flylmes catalog Flyline PO Box 2136 Fairfax VA 22031 Some small rubber-power kitsPecks Prairie Bird exampleshow convert CO-2 Any rubber-power design about 20-inch wingspan can converted CO-2 quite easily Rib-cutting revisited Make template thin metal plywood hold finuly against balsa sheet stock cut around razor blade have rib Whats big deal No big deal really unless want job just little better faster have presented half-adozen variations basic theme during past few years World-class Wakefield competitor Paul Van Leuven Austra lia read what say didnt think much Good small models perhaps Id hardly use methods FM projects Pauls method bit elaborate andyou may elect pay price Nevertheless dont wish go way Pauls method nifty features might well take note Pauls method uses two kinds templates first made about 1/16 larger around finished size used rough cutting Using can conserve pre cious C-grain balsa avoid bad spots ensure grain same direction rib carefully locating template second set templates two requiredare finish sanding cut about 1/64 larger finished dimensions should made steel made 1/16-in plywood faced Laminex like Formica roughed-out ribs stacked together using little rub rubbing glue stick leading andtrailing edges kind rubbing glue stick found local art-supply store called Uhu Stic Dont say glue say yoo-hoo distributed Faber Castell Stationery stores should have too Handy stuff Also stick sanding template end stack block-sand stack oonform template According Paul about 1/64th inch template will get sanded away inthe process come out onthe nose use steel templates thick brass aluminum templates might wish cut closer line awfully hard sandpaper 1/64 off steel template respectable thickness templates reused edge can built up bit layer model cement will sanded away during sanding next lot ribs sanding spar notches finished size Paul uses piece spar stock strip sandpaper same width glued Payment photos etc sup posed paid photos information used column $5 whack publisher Material newsletters etc doesnt count however Payment should received within month after submit voucherbut sometimes get behind submitting vouchers recently much 10 months promise better chances slipups especially photos photo gets published credit almost impossible trace its source Also hard keep track photos sent IN STOCK FOR IMMEDIATE SHIPMENT NEW RA SOS$19995 New Ocedre 36 CDI$10556 Roe Ocadra 35 $6655 Brielahelle flywheel$11566 Rae Ocadra 35 Pow Aneenbly Only$6466 QUADRA REPAIRslate Ipi. pertel Jim Meaner ERCOUPEPLANS 62356 KIT $23695 Jim Manner TOMAhAWKPLANS $2396 KIT $25996 Jim ManeareBALLTRAiNERPLANS$lee6 KIT$lee95 BALSA end BASSWOOD eli eleenlSie price lane 10% New ZENOAH 023 $13966ZENOAI4 030 $ 9995 FLOATS 361/5 noelcore 61766complete hi $3966 FLOATS 461/4 scala core $2166complete kit $4795 10 $6Wl WIIEELS 3666 FlaW CVIS FLEET 151$2596 PLANS SUPER STEARMAN 1/4 lGodfrevl$2695 STARDUSTER TOOl/f ierinieheliel 1/3 J3 CUB Neilte$2955 VOLKSPLANE 1/3 IChioken Cherliel$2a95 COCKPIT KITS Towohowh F4U1 Spitfire MEiW$2395 Ercoopa Fieet J3 Coh P66 P47 C Eagle $2195 Citabrie $2466 Zro $2566 Zero ectarior $1666 US Osedre FUEL TANKS16 oc $66632 oc $766 FIBERGLASS ARROW SHAFTS 5/15023 long6/$195t1 24-Hour ServIce. 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Edition: Model Aviation - 1985/06
Page Numbers: 62, 63, 150, 151, 152
Free Flight Duration Bob Meuser THIS IS RATHER NEAT being semi retired semi-employed Free Flight columnist now actually get see print what wrote column before deadline next has its drawbacks Deadline times always fun times deadline June column example March 1st So March 3rd get typical letter Associate Editor Ross McMullen reads THUN DERATION March 1st al ready dont have column Lets look alive out gotten column time Id have deprived myself Rosss latest missive look forward anticipatively Thats word NASA can invent wordssched ulization commonize actualize etc willy nilly taxpayers expense guess Im entitled few freebies along about March 10th can expect get friendly call Ross inquiring status health local weather situation perhaps slithering sly inuendo regarding status column always nice talking Ross Too bad happens other month now Ive got gripe followed instructions bottom page 75 April column namely Continued page 172 would have missed two pages neat stuff should have Continued page 170 Tomy timers again Richard Kastuer Dayton OH sent fuel-cutoff engine timer built around Tomy toy windup motor goals developing unit Use Tomy spring disassemble unit cut off fuel supply engine certainty provide automatic starting timer model released consistent engine runs achieved have few minor reservations about unit may may conse quence potential user unit especially compact overall length over 5 although could easily reduced inch two length important Ideally timers should fit holes designed accept long-extinct Tatone timers maybe Im living past some modelers might find torsion spring bit difficult make Some rubberband arrangement might liking some modelers despite poor reliability rubberbands Perhaps time sat down learned wind springs certaluly have utility aspects sport However can virtually guarantee first few attempts make spring large outside-to-inside-diameter ratio going get blood carpet minor reservations aside Kastners unit seems well-engineered amply meets goals appears pre-production prototype Replace screws cheapie rivets decent shop could knock off billions perhaps importantly us short run its design geared well production two time using simple hand tools Kastner observed winding shaft will slip attempts overwind unit So simply wind prede termined position past point starts slip can assured consistency running time estab lished set three notched discs effect act sort-of screw thread reminiscent old Tatone extender disc Kastner made discs wheels Tomy toy gutted obtain motor bottom two can slip winding shaft outer slipped bit too much Kastners liking HotStuffed winding knob shaft Adjustment position innermost disc determines engine-run time axle shaft turns rate intermediate between spring escapement bent over 90 angle can used part start-stop control Bending shaft installed timer would put too much strain timer parts Kastner reasoned devised sneaky trick using piece 62 Model Aviation Aluminum faceplate added Tomy motor 1/4inchspaces Release lever hold position Guide pin7 Fuel shutoff lever 7Safety pin Tomy wheels Torsion springWinding knob 032 wire 1/8inch fuel tubing FUEL SHUT-OFF TIMER USING TOMY TOY WIND-UP MOTOR Richard Kastner Mystified Read column Bob explains homemade timer expected work group cheery Seniors flew MAC Winter indoor meet February L R Brian Fuimer Kris Warmann Dennis Pantazis Tim Warren charles Markos photo wire no larger axle shaft push axle shaft out unit Bend cut whatever axle shaft hearts desire use axle shaft push other piece wire out unit timer unit itself doesnt have enough poop skoosh fuel tubing required authority Kastner devised mechanical relay mousetrap job sequence operations flight goes like Position release lever under its retainer insert safety pin Hook bent end safety pin under release-lever retainer vibrations engine etc will cause safety pin fall out Place end fuel shut off lever under innermost disc against its guide pin Start engine Hold thumb against release lever grasp model launching Pull safety pin As launch model timer will start forgot pull safety pin send SASE check amount $43754 Official NFFS Crying Towel personally autographed NFFS President Tony Italiano can get condolences just SASE drawing Kastners timer isometric true perspective looks little funny Isometrics useful can measure off set scales included doing just High-tech materials performing monthly ritual known locally Balancing Books lie never really balance figure banks computer can get within 10 20 bucks thats close enough computers arent perfectI came across strange entry Bob Violett samples $15 heck Bob Violett Samples what Next day comes big package Bob Violett Models open expectantly Expec ting what Im still sure what find Great gobs crunched-up newspapers teeny-weeny envelope pour out onto table expectantly Nothing much comes out tear enve lope limb limb thats Fifteen bucks Oh well its deductible Four four-inch squares stuff seems would make good firewalls light seemingly tough Core end-grain balsa butcher-block style grain parallel thickness dimen sion Thats proper direction course Facings fiberglass cloth hard wood plywood carbon fiber thicknesses res bit 50-mil carbon fiber rod seems almost stiff music wire same size far lighter Next bit carbon-fiber cord like roving have frazzles easily seems have doused something having effect hair spray also some 2 x 10-in sheets 7-mil 14mil uni-directional carbon fiber bonded very thin fiberglass cloth gives enough cross-grain strength keep tact see envelope milled carbon fiber dare open house fear getting blood carpet Whats long strip -in-wide carbon fiber laminate spar cap-strips Near bot tom heap little chunk carbonfiber angle 1/16-in thick -in -in legs last item 4-in length -in-dia rod dont think Ill find much use Also package wad dozen sheets showing perhaps hundred po tential applications stuff well thought-out well-illustrated Immedi ately catalyze brain invent hundred Some applications shown include repairsstrips angle stock stuck CyA ie cyanoacrylate adhesive such Hot Stufi LE TE reinforcement dihedral joint reinforce ment 50-mil rod used LE bumperguard straightish wings cord set epoxy CyA curvy LEs outlines carbon strip spar cap-strips carbon strips used surface reinforcement foam wings ever get Ron St Jeans foam techniques Free Flight firewalls course 50-mil rod let longerons corners box-type fuselages wherever need cord set joint would otherwise tend bit weak dozens others Stronger lighter its way fly Prices $10 square foot balsacore laminates roughly example cheap square foot would make lot firewalls Brochure $1 Address Bob Violett Models 1373 Citrus Rd Winter Springs FL 32708 about rules-chauge propos als have already caught some flack over comments February issue Id have surprised somewhat disappoint ed hadnt Id also have surprised everything said absolutely correct Richard Doig corrected state ment effect nothing rule book required HandLaunched Stick model example hand-launched rule governing does appear FF Indoor Rubber rules tucked away under Free Flight General page 8 1984-85 rule book paragraph 3 Except specific events requiring rise-off-ground ROG mod els shall hand-launched HL proposal would prohibit sticking wheels hand-launched models order prevent time could spend run ning around floor being counted flight time would prohibit Helicop ter Autogiro Ornithopter models doing just required hand-launched although seems should last time saw ROG Ornithopter Perhaps Doig could modify proposal include such models hand-launched cate gory Continued page 150 June 1985 63 see Gil Graunke FAI Power flier Dick Smith Cincinnati OH seems bemoreoftenthanatan Indoorsiteflying Manspitting Class modified satellitehattan Cabin Scene 1984 Bong Ea Youve got talk nice em Smittylgles meet Charles Markos took photo Bill Barr snapped Interesting photo Don Lindley Naperville IL Corben Super Ace built Megow plans Best time 138 Golden Age Reproductions now has kit market Markos photo pings candle keep lamina tions sticking Recently tried using long strips 025-in plastic sheet hold laminated material form helps going around corners best techniques using pins sometimes allows cracking keeps pins leaving little dents part too Doug Wilkey writing DC Max eduters Max-Fax outlines what might great way decal youve always trouble will need art work Xeroxedeven color live near color copying center Remem ber can reduced down couple different sizes wont cost much might useful later decide build Peanut smaller version Take some clear contact paper plastic can get local five-anddimes peel off backing carefully stick down xerox Using roll ing pin really press contact sheet down solidly soak warm water five minutes longer gently begin rubbing paper off will sort 0405 1011 1519 2025 3035 4045 4045L 5060 6010 195 225 235 245 265 275 300 325 325 OEM BULK INQUIRES INVITED Featuring LONG GLASS FILLED NYLON FOR STRENGTH AND STABILITY Alignment Lines Mounting Interchangeable K raft Flat bottom nose gear roll off Keep soaking rolling off until fibers gone Hold up light make sure fibers off using tweezers remove necessary its dry decal can ap plied model Spray-Ment Scotch 77 see art photo supplier can spray Testors Dull-Kote Micro-Scale Matte Finish over well clear gloss finish vinyl plastic will affected lets hope Caution always make extra decals practice old models before go broke new baby Doug always tries fill up whole sheet art work before going buck-and-a-half color Xerox shot Ralph Kuenz legendary Von Rot tensox has used method Cur tiss Heildiver looks great As anyone has ever turned down model subject due art work now may have answer prayers tend break motors blow out sides models occa sionally youll find two benefits decal adds some strength tissue can make extras easily just keeping art work file Just prior press time got word Hying Aces postal contest modelers send Peanut flight times over may soon extended RC Scale well Modelers will fly scale maneuvers award themselves points send postcard contest HQ Sounds like fun doesnt cant walt see turns out Ill leave some food thought major French model magazine offers its readers free classified ads young modelers begging free RC equipment generous older mod elers reminded Doug Gillies childhood depression Glasgow told using wood packing crates glue took two weeks dry paint bummed up redecorating proj ect neighborhood weve come long way. Bill Warner 423-C San Vicente Blvd Santa Monica CA 90402 FF Duration/Meuser Continued page 63 ballots essentially useless Initial Vote have cast Im sure whether make want cry puke both certainly isnt above enough make lose interest whole rules-making process cant good conscience lifes blood Details later perhaps Im up Its lot easier just good guy smile lot CO-2 revisited As aresultofthe lead item April column Herb Clukey headperson down Flyline Models Kitworks sent plans CO-2 Funster two-footer built-up wing sheet-box fuselage traditional wind shield side-windows Ed Lidgard could have designed although lacks few trademarks drafting superb 150 Model Aviation NEW GLASS FILLED MOTOR MOUNTS SEE YOUR DEALER OR DISTRIBUTOR DAVE BROWN PRODUCTS 4560 LAYHIGH RD HAMILTON OH 45013 AREA CODE 5 3 38 5 6 VIKTAU R-C PLAN CONSOLIDATED PSY-SA CATALINA 9FT WINGSPAN ALL RIBS B FUU PORMERS SHOWN ON PLANS PLASTIC ENGCOWLS PR CLEAR GUN BLiSTERS 660 PR 4 LARGE PLAN SHEETS- Plans $1695 GFT WINGSPAN MODEL PBV-SA ENGINE COWLS 5 650 PR Plans $ 1295 GUN SLISTERS S 450 PR ADD 8250 POSTAGE CATALOGOVER SOPLANS 5ioo DEALERS WRITE WORLD 0 WIDE SID MORGAN 13157 ORMONDBELLEVILLE 48111 USA dORM Ultimate Fun Fly Competition Model ideal Sunday Fiyer US PRICE p94 S 5995 Introductory price offor limited time Curtis Model Aircraft 3002 M Canterbury Circle Sherman Texas 75090 AC 214-893-6135 TInier Save Old 15j%Ue AODst iatefO0e66~ CbsmP have parts Inventory prompt delivery Over 235 items Send $200 current catalog OWARBIRDS IN ACTION 0 SENSA TIONAL aviation videos type See action packed simulated bomb ings straifings formation flights tours interviews 4/100 aircraft such P-38 P-51-47 B-Il 24 2526290-130 F-SF AD-4 k/ Jets Transports much GIANT airshow package covering 4/ more 4 events 4/ FREE DRAWING WINNER - MARCH 1986 Artice Gallery Arlington Hg. IL 4/ PRIZE Top Flight Model Airplane Kit MORE PRIZES EACH MONTH RENT OR 4/ PURCHASE TO ENTER 4/ SF Ce. TDEO PROGRAMS9 000000 s. rOR BEGINNERS IN RIO107 Mm IIININGFORBEGINNERSINRJC 55Mm 51 highly detailed step-by-step instruction Z 3 THEWORLDOFMODELAVIATION Expos Scale meets AMA Hats & 4 OSHKOSH OVERVIEW 65 Mm Workshops Forums Tours Aerobatics Warbirds & 5 AIRPLANE FUNNIES 30Mm See friends others goofing wildest video ever 5 US SCALE MASTERS CHAMPIONSHIPS Mm best scale models pilots competing top honors 7 WARBIRDS IN ACTION 75 Mm sa/es final prices sublecf change please check current ads rafes RENT BUY 14954995 14954495 14954495 14953995 14953995 14953995 14954995 ORDERING INFORMATION Pfeaae Read Carefully Avoid Delays RENTAL DEPOSIT full purchase price EACH program ordered difference refunded upon return programs RENTAL DURATION 1 week after delivery Reserved dates require 12 day notice PAYMENT Check 10 day clearance money order Sorry no Visa etc CODs available phone SHIPPING $350 purchases $450 rentals ForeIgn Canada add 10% TOTAL others add 15% IL res add 8% tax SEND ORDERS TO ACADEMY OF AVIATION RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT OX 428139 AGO IL 60642 cell 312 574-0486 -10 am-8 pm Mon thru Sat FREE VIDEO IThis month 4/ SPECIAL OFFER 4/ Buy 3 programs receive 4th FREE Rent 3 programs receive 4th FREE pIus 3 extra days rental. PROGRAM #7 NOT IN CLUDED IN ABOVE OF- 4/ FERS Purchase PARTICIPATING hobby4/ dealers save RENTALS 4/ AVAILABLE FROM AARD ONLY4/ BEGINNERS PACKAGE OFFER 4/ Purchase Basic Con struction program lar price receive Basic Flight Training 30% off retail Save $13954/ finest tradition Free Flight plans almost good some Paul Plecans best cant help fly great have admit Ive never seen built Flylme kit have built seem swear Mostly Scale stuff Send 50 Flylmes catalog Flyline PO Box 2136 Fairfax VA 22031 Some small rubber-power kitsPecks Prairie Bird exampleshow convert CO-2 Any rubber-power design about 20-inch wingspan can converted CO-2 quite easily Rib-cutting revisited Make template thin metal plywood hold finuly against balsa sheet stock cut around razor blade have rib Whats big deal No big deal really unless want job just little better faster have presented half-adozen variations basic theme during past few years World-class Wakefield competitor Paul Van Leuven Austra lia read what say didnt think much Good small models perhaps Id hardly use methods FM projects Pauls method bit elaborate andyou may elect pay price Nevertheless dont wish go way Pauls method nifty features might well take note Pauls method uses two kinds templates first made about 1/16 larger around finished size used rough cutting Using can conserve pre cious C-grain balsa avoid bad spots ensure grain same direction rib carefully locating template second set templates two requiredare finish sanding cut about 1/64 larger finished dimensions should made steel made 1/16-in plywood faced Laminex like Formica roughed-out ribs stacked together using little rub rubbing glue stick leading andtrailing edges kind rubbing glue stick found local art-supply store called Uhu Stic Dont say glue say yoo-hoo distributed Faber Castell Stationery stores should have too Handy stuff Also stick sanding template end stack block-sand stack oonform template According Paul about 1/64th inch template will get sanded away inthe process come out onthe nose use steel templates thick brass aluminum templates might wish cut closer line awfully hard sandpaper 1/64 off steel template respectable thickness templates reused edge can built up bit layer model cement will sanded away during sanding next lot ribs sanding spar notches finished size Paul uses piece spar stock strip sandpaper same width glued Payment photos etc sup posed paid photos information used column $5 whack publisher Material newsletters etc doesnt count however Payment should received within month after submit voucherbut sometimes get behind submitting vouchers recently much 10 months promise better chances slipups especially photos photo gets published credit almost impossible trace its source Also hard keep track photos sent IN STOCK FOR IMMEDIATE SHIPMENT NEW RA SOS$19995 New Ocedre 36 CDI$10556 Roe Ocadra 35 $6655 Brielahelle flywheel$11566 Rae Ocadra 35 Pow Aneenbly Only$6466 QUADRA REPAIRslate Ipi. pertel Jim Meaner ERCOUPEPLANS 62356 KIT $23695 Jim Manner TOMAhAWKPLANS $2396 KIT $25996 Jim ManeareBALLTRAiNERPLANS$lee6 KIT$lee95 BALSA end BASSWOOD eli eleenlSie price lane 10% New ZENOAH 023 $13966ZENOAI4 030 $ 9995 FLOATS 361/5 noelcore 61766complete hi $3966 FLOATS 461/4 scala core $2166complete kit $4795 10 $6Wl WIIEELS 3666 FlaW CVIS FLEET 151$2596 PLANS SUPER STEARMAN 1/4 lGodfrevl$2695 STARDUSTER TOOl/f ierinieheliel 1/3 J3 CUB Neilte$2955 VOLKSPLANE 1/3 IChioken Cherliel$2a95 COCKPIT KITS Towohowh F4U1 Spitfire MEiW$2395 Ercoopa Fieet J3 Coh P66 P47 C Eagle $2195 Citabrie $2466 Zro $2566 Zero ectarior $1666 US Osedre FUEL TANKS16 oc $66632 oc $766 FIBERGLASS ARROW SHAFTS 5/15023 long6/$195t1 24-Hour ServIce. Add $250 postage Send Bank Check Money Order JIM MESSERS QUALTIY MODEL PRODUCTS Valley View Dr. Bee 43 Ailegeny NY 14706 June1985 151 J% 201 SE 12th Street Pompano Beach FL 33080 305-785 7978 ENGINEERING THE LANDING GEAR PEOPLE tIrid St kIt hidIng gears dee lit leer biggie preperff o & 0 Esgineeneg can salve year prebleasl * Caslom haitI Ia year eeedt & specs gaaraoteed lit * Streng & darahle aithgland leogheal aEdiog * 0 & 0 Esgietermog gear will work & keep year biggie flying * In oteck rtplacemeet gear ter sell pepalor models Byree Pltts Cbnstee Eagle CAP 21 Balsa USA J-3 CUB Air Tech Pawees Eagle Nosee Big Slick Chimp Cilabria II & B models Snapper Slinger aed Seapper Toe IIone nandi/nyru nox en unampeigo IL einuuI ELECTRIC MODEL SAILPLANE SPECIALISTS 1981 World Soaring Champ DWIGHT HOLLEY IS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE NEW COMPANY TO HELP BOTH BEGINNER & EXPERT FLY INTO THE NEW ERA OF ELECTRIC AIRCRAFT WE ALSO OFFER SELECT FEW PURE SAILPLANES 4 DEMONSTRATION FLIGHTS CHECK OUT ANDIOR TEST FLIGHTS OF I0OR NEW PLANES CALL OR WRITE 5FOR FREE DESCRIPTIVE FLYER O UPS COD FOR IMMEDIATE SHIPMENT ELECTRIC KITS IN STOCK AEROBATIC OLOTIMER SPORTSCALE GLIDERS HOLLEYS SILENT FLIGHT 203 748-0083 151 CHESTNUT RIDGE ROAD BETHEL CT 06801 FEAlURING ONLY STATE OF ThE ART ITEMS U U 1 m m N 0 2 -I 21 0 r r U 21 21 61 21 C 1 2 U 21 C z HI 21 ELThINAIE LEAD STICK ANDThX Fits OS 4 stroke & standard glow plugs Ccsnplete HEAD IIXX tbrk III GP connector external start external start/charge jack charger w/HEAD IIXX connector quality 12 Nicad w/nxunt Caletely assnbled ready nixint nothing else buy IS uBde SINGLE CYL $3795 ThAJ CYL $4495 person taken another person feel should have paid item have please let know about Ill try sort out send photos taken another person please include his/her address Writing Caption material back photos OK although often transfers front another photo best caption material written piece paper taped back photo such way can read front Thats now Ill back two months Keep cards letters photos coming Bob Meuser 4200 Gregory St Oak land CA 94619 Manta 250/Bedish Continued page 65 fuel tank mount Cover front fuselage section hard balsa sheet ing Attach wing mount after epoxygluing wire wing hooks Run fillet glue corner joint wing mount pylon added strength Round corners fuselage trim stabil izer mount Glue stabilizer mount brace place may need ballast box front end fuselage due light weight Cox TD 049 Covering/finishing fine sandpaper go over entire model smooth surfaces Trim away surface glue blobs recommend covering model either silkspan silk Silk resistant punctures covered model silk applied three coats clear nitrate dope recommend kind dope because allows steaming-out warps wont come back fuselage brushed two coats clear dope sanded smooth After two coats color applied Put engine KSB timer fuel tubing Dont forget dethermalizer snuf fer tube rear hooks Recess top hook bottom rudder cement rudder atop stabilizer Flying use 20 left thrust 3/32-in right rudder right turn climb glide model will turn either way very sensitive rudder changes use rudder adjustment sparingly neces sary downthrust drawn plan large stabilizer helps overcome looping tendency Balance model indicated ad ding lead shot BBs nose ballast box Hand glide model until long smooth descent obtained model really moves under power use bottomlow throttle 3/32-in rudder offset 5-sec engine run bottom-low throttle model will spiral up steeply After everything okay can gradually open up engine full power believe Manta wing holds great potential high-performance Free Flight models rate have built design will have real contender contest Good luck very own Manta 250 Fl C Tech/Cowley Continued page 68 Stuarts models Goulburn under control time thanks complete set gadgets ever grace Power shipincluding VIT auto-rudder wing-wiggler bunt set fifth place except 64-sec disaster last round subsequent letter tells further experiments moment arm extended 600mm 860 great improvement climb stability now plans 1000mm version thoughts dispensing VIT altogetherfull circle Another project hes working manufacture fiberglass/carbon props made pattern props Chinese using Australia avail able shaft sizes order $600 plus $500 postage packing Joe Supercool PO Box 40 Kingswood 2750 NSW Australia Stewart tells hes saving up go Yugoslavia 1985 50 could help him get airfare Continued page 154 152Model Aviation HEAD LOCK On-Board Pb C U wi AJ Fireball owhe pie. availble Imihe lam. A-l FImball Plans show six production variants plus FOUR modified designs including Reeball Bipe beautitni Sportster set also includes Fireball Roats instructions atewothernicesueprisesOrderyonrFirehajl Plan PakTODAY start huildingyosrown A-JAIR FORCE COLLECTION Price includes Malhisg Tube Rrst Class tIPS delivejy charges price complete $2500 74GIidr5IgtrPk 110flJIA#JjIAltP 745 Pu9415pJ5 454Bujtd,Kil$395AIRCRAnCO 4AItF1595PO 9064552lonerl U4RTr1795P 5401 501 555a JFu P5I
Edition: Model Aviation - 1985/06
Page Numbers: 62, 63, 150, 151, 152
Free Flight Duration Bob Meuser THIS IS RATHER NEAT being semi retired semi-employed Free Flight columnist now actually get see print what wrote column before deadline next has its drawbacks Deadline times always fun times deadline June column example March 1st So March 3rd get typical letter Associate Editor Ross McMullen reads THUN DERATION March 1st al ready dont have column Lets look alive out gotten column time Id have deprived myself Rosss latest missive look forward anticipatively Thats word NASA can invent wordssched ulization commonize actualize etc willy nilly taxpayers expense guess Im entitled few freebies along about March 10th can expect get friendly call Ross inquiring status health local weather situation perhaps slithering sly inuendo regarding status column always nice talking Ross Too bad happens other month now Ive got gripe followed instructions bottom page 75 April column namely Continued page 172 would have missed two pages neat stuff should have Continued page 170 Tomy timers again Richard Kastuer Dayton OH sent fuel-cutoff engine timer built around Tomy toy windup motor goals developing unit Use Tomy spring disassemble unit cut off fuel supply engine certainty provide automatic starting timer model released consistent engine runs achieved have few minor reservations about unit may may conse quence potential user unit especially compact overall length over 5 although could easily reduced inch two length important Ideally timers should fit holes designed accept long-extinct Tatone timers maybe Im living past some modelers might find torsion spring bit difficult make Some rubberband arrangement might liking some modelers despite poor reliability rubberbands Perhaps time sat down learned wind springs certaluly have utility aspects sport However can virtually guarantee first few attempts make spring large outside-to-inside-diameter ratio going get blood carpet minor reservations aside Kastners unit seems well-engineered amply meets goals appears pre-production prototype Replace screws cheapie rivets decent shop could knock off billions perhaps importantly us short run its design geared well production two time using simple hand tools Kastner observed winding shaft will slip attempts overwind unit So simply wind prede termined position past point starts slip can assured consistency running time estab lished set three notched discs effect act sort-of screw thread reminiscent old Tatone extender disc Kastner made discs wheels Tomy toy gutted obtain motor bottom two can slip winding shaft outer slipped bit too much Kastners liking HotStuffed winding knob shaft Adjustment position innermost disc determines engine-run time axle shaft turns rate intermediate between spring escapement bent over 90 angle can used part start-stop control Bending shaft installed timer would put too much strain timer parts Kastner reasoned devised sneaky trick using piece 62 Model Aviation Aluminum faceplate added Tomy motor 1/4inchspaces Release lever hold position Guide pin7 Fuel shutoff lever 7Safety pin Tomy wheels Torsion springWinding knob 032 wire 1/8inch fuel tubing FUEL SHUT-OFF TIMER USING TOMY TOY WIND-UP MOTOR Richard Kastner Mystified Read column Bob explains homemade timer expected work group cheery Seniors flew MAC Winter indoor meet February L R Brian Fuimer Kris Warmann Dennis Pantazis Tim Warren charles Markos photo wire no larger axle shaft push axle shaft out unit Bend cut whatever axle shaft hearts desire use axle shaft push other piece wire out unit timer unit itself doesnt have enough poop skoosh fuel tubing required authority Kastner devised mechanical relay mousetrap job sequence operations flight goes like Position release lever under its retainer insert safety pin Hook bent end safety pin under release-lever retainer vibrations engine etc will cause safety pin fall out Place end fuel shut off lever under innermost disc against its guide pin Start engine Hold thumb against release lever grasp model launching Pull safety pin As launch model timer will start forgot pull safety pin send SASE check amount $43754 Official NFFS Crying Towel personally autographed NFFS President Tony Italiano can get condolences just SASE drawing Kastners timer isometric true perspective looks little funny Isometrics useful can measure off set scales included doing just High-tech materials performing monthly ritual known locally Balancing Books lie never really balance figure banks computer can get within 10 20 bucks thats close enough computers arent perfectI came across strange entry Bob Violett samples $15 heck Bob Violett Samples what Next day comes big package Bob Violett Models open expectantly Expec ting what Im still sure what find Great gobs crunched-up newspapers teeny-weeny envelope pour out onto table expectantly Nothing much comes out tear enve lope limb limb thats Fifteen bucks Oh well its deductible Four four-inch squares stuff seems would make good firewalls light seemingly tough Core end-grain balsa butcher-block style grain parallel thickness dimen sion Thats proper direction course Facings fiberglass cloth hard wood plywood carbon fiber thicknesses res bit 50-mil carbon fiber rod seems almost stiff music wire same size far lighter Next bit carbon-fiber cord like roving have frazzles easily seems have doused something having effect hair spray also some 2 x 10-in sheets 7-mil 14mil uni-directional carbon fiber bonded very thin fiberglass cloth gives enough cross-grain strength keep tact see envelope milled carbon fiber dare open house fear getting blood carpet Whats long strip -in-wide carbon fiber laminate spar cap-strips Near bot tom heap little chunk carbonfiber angle 1/16-in thick -in -in legs last item 4-in length -in-dia rod dont think Ill find much use Also package wad dozen sheets showing perhaps hundred po tential applications stuff well thought-out well-illustrated Immedi ately catalyze brain invent hundred Some applications shown include repairsstrips angle stock stuck CyA ie cyanoacrylate adhesive such Hot Stufi LE TE reinforcement dihedral joint reinforce ment 50-mil rod used LE bumperguard straightish wings cord set epoxy CyA curvy LEs outlines carbon strip spar cap-strips carbon strips used surface reinforcement foam wings ever get Ron St Jeans foam techniques Free Flight firewalls course 50-mil rod let longerons corners box-type fuselages wherever need cord set joint would otherwise tend bit weak dozens others Stronger lighter its way fly Prices $10 square foot balsacore laminates roughly example cheap square foot would make lot firewalls Brochure $1 Address Bob Violett Models 1373 Citrus Rd Winter Springs FL 32708 about rules-chauge propos als have already caught some flack over comments February issue Id have surprised somewhat disappoint ed hadnt Id also have surprised everything said absolutely correct Richard Doig corrected state ment effect nothing rule book required HandLaunched Stick model example hand-launched rule governing does appear FF Indoor Rubber rules tucked away under Free Flight General page 8 1984-85 rule book paragraph 3 Except specific events requiring rise-off-ground ROG mod els shall hand-launched HL proposal would prohibit sticking wheels hand-launched models order prevent time could spend run ning around floor being counted flight time would prohibit Helicop ter Autogiro Ornithopter models doing just required hand-launched although seems should last time saw ROG Ornithopter Perhaps Doig could modify proposal include such models hand-launched cate gory Continued page 150 June 1985 63 see Gil Graunke FAI Power flier Dick Smith Cincinnati OH seems bemoreoftenthanatan Indoorsiteflying Manspitting Class modified satellitehattan Cabin Scene 1984 Bong Ea Youve got talk nice em Smittylgles meet Charles Markos took photo Bill Barr snapped Interesting photo Don Lindley Naperville IL Corben Super Ace built Megow plans Best time 138 Golden Age Reproductions now has kit market Markos photo pings candle keep lamina tions sticking Recently tried using long strips 025-in plastic sheet hold laminated material form helps going around corners best techniques using pins sometimes allows cracking keeps pins leaving little dents part too Doug Wilkey writing DC Max eduters Max-Fax outlines what might great way decal youve always trouble will need art work Xeroxedeven color live near color copying center Remem ber can reduced down couple different sizes wont cost much might useful later decide build Peanut smaller version Take some clear contact paper plastic can get local five-anddimes peel off backing carefully stick down xerox Using roll ing pin really press contact sheet down solidly soak warm water five minutes longer gently begin rubbing paper off will sort 0405 1011 1519 2025 3035 4045 4045L 5060 6010 195 225 235 245 265 275 300 325 325 OEM BULK INQUIRES INVITED Featuring LONG GLASS FILLED NYLON FOR STRENGTH AND STABILITY Alignment Lines Mounting Interchangeable K raft Flat bottom nose gear roll off Keep soaking rolling off until fibers gone Hold up light make sure fibers off using tweezers remove necessary its dry decal can ap plied model Spray-Ment Scotch 77 see art photo supplier can spray Testors Dull-Kote Micro-Scale Matte Finish over well clear gloss finish vinyl plastic will affected lets hope Caution always make extra decals practice old models before go broke new baby Doug always tries fill up whole sheet art work before going buck-and-a-half color Xerox shot Ralph Kuenz legendary Von Rot tensox has used method Cur tiss Heildiver looks great As anyone has ever turned down model subject due art work now may have answer prayers tend break motors blow out sides models occa sionally youll find two benefits decal adds some strength tissue can make extras easily just keeping art work file Just prior press time got word Hying Aces postal contest modelers send Peanut flight times over may soon extended RC Scale well Modelers will fly scale maneuvers award themselves points send postcard contest HQ Sounds like fun doesnt cant walt see turns out Ill leave some food thought major French model magazine offers its readers free classified ads young modelers begging free RC equipment generous older mod elers reminded Doug Gillies childhood depression Glasgow told using wood packing crates glue took two weeks dry paint bummed up redecorating proj ect neighborhood weve come long way. Bill Warner 423-C San Vicente Blvd Santa Monica CA 90402 FF Duration/Meuser Continued page 63 ballots essentially useless Initial Vote have cast Im sure whether make want cry puke both certainly isnt above enough make lose interest whole rules-making process cant good conscience lifes blood Details later perhaps Im up Its lot easier just good guy smile lot CO-2 revisited As aresultofthe lead item April column Herb Clukey headperson down Flyline Models Kitworks sent plans CO-2 Funster two-footer built-up wing sheet-box fuselage traditional wind shield side-windows Ed Lidgard could have designed although lacks few trademarks drafting superb 150 Model Aviation NEW GLASS FILLED MOTOR MOUNTS SEE YOUR DEALER OR DISTRIBUTOR DAVE BROWN PRODUCTS 4560 LAYHIGH RD HAMILTON OH 45013 AREA CODE 5 3 38 5 6 VIKTAU R-C PLAN CONSOLIDATED PSY-SA CATALINA 9FT WINGSPAN ALL RIBS B FUU PORMERS SHOWN ON PLANS PLASTIC ENGCOWLS PR CLEAR GUN BLiSTERS 660 PR 4 LARGE PLAN SHEETS- Plans $1695 GFT WINGSPAN MODEL PBV-SA ENGINE COWLS 5 650 PR Plans $ 1295 GUN SLISTERS S 450 PR ADD 8250 POSTAGE CATALOGOVER SOPLANS 5ioo DEALERS WRITE WORLD 0 WIDE SID MORGAN 13157 ORMONDBELLEVILLE 48111 USA dORM Ultimate Fun Fly Competition Model ideal Sunday Fiyer US PRICE p94 S 5995 Introductory price offor limited time Curtis Model Aircraft 3002 M Canterbury Circle Sherman Texas 75090 AC 214-893-6135 TInier Save Old 15j%Ue AODst iatefO0e66~ CbsmP have parts Inventory prompt delivery Over 235 items Send $200 current catalog OWARBIRDS IN ACTION 0 SENSA TIONAL aviation videos type See action packed simulated bomb ings straifings formation flights tours interviews 4/100 aircraft such P-38 P-51-47 B-Il 24 2526290-130 F-SF AD-4 k/ Jets Transports much GIANT airshow package covering 4/ more 4 events 4/ FREE DRAWING WINNER - MARCH 1986 Artice Gallery Arlington Hg. IL 4/ PRIZE Top Flight Model Airplane Kit MORE PRIZES EACH MONTH RENT OR 4/ PURCHASE TO ENTER 4/ SF Ce. TDEO PROGRAMS9 000000 s. rOR BEGINNERS IN RIO107 Mm IIININGFORBEGINNERSINRJC 55Mm 51 highly detailed step-by-step instruction Z 3 THEWORLDOFMODELAVIATION Expos Scale meets AMA Hats & 4 OSHKOSH OVERVIEW 65 Mm Workshops Forums Tours Aerobatics Warbirds & 5 AIRPLANE FUNNIES 30Mm See friends others goofing wildest video ever 5 US SCALE MASTERS CHAMPIONSHIPS Mm best scale models pilots competing top honors 7 WARBIRDS IN ACTION 75 Mm sa/es final prices sublecf change please check current ads rafes RENT BUY 14954995 14954495 14954495 14953995 14953995 14953995 14954995 ORDERING INFORMATION Pfeaae Read Carefully Avoid Delays RENTAL DEPOSIT full purchase price EACH program ordered difference refunded upon return programs RENTAL DURATION 1 week after delivery Reserved dates require 12 day notice PAYMENT Check 10 day clearance money order Sorry no Visa etc CODs available phone SHIPPING $350 purchases $450 rentals ForeIgn Canada add 10% TOTAL others add 15% IL res add 8% tax SEND ORDERS TO ACADEMY OF AVIATION RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT OX 428139 AGO IL 60642 cell 312 574-0486 -10 am-8 pm Mon thru Sat FREE VIDEO IThis month 4/ SPECIAL OFFER 4/ Buy 3 programs receive 4th FREE Rent 3 programs receive 4th FREE pIus 3 extra days rental. PROGRAM #7 NOT IN CLUDED IN ABOVE OF- 4/ FERS Purchase PARTICIPATING hobby4/ dealers save RENTALS 4/ AVAILABLE FROM AARD ONLY4/ BEGINNERS PACKAGE OFFER 4/ Purchase Basic Con struction program lar price receive Basic Flight Training 30% off retail Save $13954/ finest tradition Free Flight plans almost good some Paul Plecans best cant help fly great have admit Ive never seen built Flylme kit have built seem swear Mostly Scale stuff Send 50 Flylmes catalog Flyline PO Box 2136 Fairfax VA 22031 Some small rubber-power kitsPecks Prairie Bird exampleshow convert CO-2 Any rubber-power design about 20-inch wingspan can converted CO-2 quite easily Rib-cutting revisited Make template thin metal plywood hold finuly against balsa sheet stock cut around razor blade have rib Whats big deal No big deal really unless want job just little better faster have presented half-adozen variations basic theme during past few years World-class Wakefield competitor Paul Van Leuven Austra lia read what say didnt think much Good small models perhaps Id hardly use methods FM projects Pauls method bit elaborate andyou may elect pay price Nevertheless dont wish go way Pauls method nifty features might well take note Pauls method uses two kinds templates first made about 1/16 larger around finished size used rough cutting Using can conserve pre cious C-grain balsa avoid bad spots ensure grain same direction rib carefully locating template second set templates two requiredare finish sanding cut about 1/64 larger finished dimensions should made steel made 1/16-in plywood faced Laminex like Formica roughed-out ribs stacked together using little rub rubbing glue stick leading andtrailing edges kind rubbing glue stick found local art-supply store called Uhu Stic Dont say glue say yoo-hoo distributed Faber Castell Stationery stores should have too Handy stuff Also stick sanding template end stack block-sand stack oonform template According Paul about 1/64th inch template will get sanded away inthe process come out onthe nose use steel templates thick brass aluminum templates might wish cut closer line awfully hard sandpaper 1/64 off steel template respectable thickness templates reused edge can built up bit layer model cement will sanded away during sanding next lot ribs sanding spar notches finished size Paul uses piece spar stock strip sandpaper same width glued Payment photos etc sup posed paid photos information used column $5 whack publisher Material newsletters etc doesnt count however Payment should received within month after submit voucherbut sometimes get behind submitting vouchers recently much 10 months promise better chances slipups especially photos photo gets published credit almost impossible trace its source Also hard keep track photos sent IN STOCK FOR IMMEDIATE SHIPMENT NEW RA SOS$19995 New Ocedre 36 CDI$10556 Roe Ocadra 35 $6655 Brielahelle flywheel$11566 Rae Ocadra 35 Pow Aneenbly Only$6466 QUADRA REPAIRslate Ipi. pertel Jim Meaner ERCOUPEPLANS 62356 KIT $23695 Jim Manner TOMAhAWKPLANS $2396 KIT $25996 Jim ManeareBALLTRAiNERPLANS$lee6 KIT$lee95 BALSA end BASSWOOD eli eleenlSie price lane 10% New ZENOAH 023 $13966ZENOAI4 030 $ 9995 FLOATS 361/5 noelcore 61766complete hi $3966 FLOATS 461/4 scala core $2166complete kit $4795 10 $6Wl WIIEELS 3666 FlaW CVIS FLEET 151$2596 PLANS SUPER STEARMAN 1/4 lGodfrevl$2695 STARDUSTER TOOl/f ierinieheliel 1/3 J3 CUB Neilte$2955 VOLKSPLANE 1/3 IChioken Cherliel$2a95 COCKPIT KITS Towohowh F4U1 Spitfire MEiW$2395 Ercoopa Fieet J3 Coh P66 P47 C Eagle $2195 Citabrie $2466 Zro $2566 Zero ectarior $1666 US Osedre FUEL TANKS16 oc $66632 oc $766 FIBERGLASS ARROW SHAFTS 5/15023 long6/$195t1 24-Hour ServIce. Add $250 postage Send Bank Check Money Order JIM MESSERS QUALTIY MODEL PRODUCTS Valley View Dr. Bee 43 Ailegeny NY 14706 June1985 151 J% 201 SE 12th Street Pompano Beach FL 33080 305-785 7978 ENGINEERING THE LANDING GEAR PEOPLE tIrid St kIt hidIng gears dee lit leer biggie preperff o & 0 Esgineeneg can salve year prebleasl * Caslom haitI Ia year eeedt & specs gaaraoteed lit * Streng & darahle aithgland leogheal aEdiog * 0 & 0 Esgietermog gear will work & keep year biggie flying * In oteck rtplacemeet gear ter sell pepalor models Byree Pltts Cbnstee Eagle CAP 21 Balsa USA J-3 CUB Air Tech Pawees Eagle Nosee Big Slick Chimp Cilabria II & B models Snapper Slinger aed Seapper Toe IIone nandi/nyru nox en unampeigo IL einuuI ELECTRIC MODEL SAILPLANE SPECIALISTS 1981 World Soaring Champ DWIGHT HOLLEY IS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE NEW COMPANY TO HELP BOTH BEGINNER & EXPERT FLY INTO THE NEW ERA OF ELECTRIC AIRCRAFT WE ALSO OFFER SELECT FEW PURE SAILPLANES 4 DEMONSTRATION FLIGHTS CHECK OUT ANDIOR TEST FLIGHTS OF I0OR NEW PLANES CALL OR WRITE 5FOR FREE DESCRIPTIVE FLYER O UPS COD FOR IMMEDIATE SHIPMENT ELECTRIC KITS IN STOCK AEROBATIC OLOTIMER SPORTSCALE GLIDERS HOLLEYS SILENT FLIGHT 203 748-0083 151 CHESTNUT RIDGE ROAD BETHEL CT 06801 FEAlURING ONLY STATE OF ThE ART ITEMS U U 1 m m N 0 2 -I 21 0 r r U 21 21 61 21 C 1 2 U 21 C z HI 21 ELThINAIE LEAD STICK ANDThX Fits OS 4 stroke & standard glow plugs Ccsnplete HEAD IIXX tbrk III GP connector external start external start/charge jack charger w/HEAD IIXX connector quality 12 Nicad w/nxunt Caletely assnbled ready nixint nothing else buy IS uBde SINGLE CYL $3795 ThAJ CYL $4495 person taken another person feel should have paid item have please let know about Ill try sort out send photos taken another person please include his/her address Writing Caption material back photos OK although often transfers front another photo best caption material written piece paper taped back photo such way can read front Thats now Ill back two months Keep cards letters photos coming Bob Meuser 4200 Gregory St Oak land CA 94619 Manta 250/Bedish Continued page 65 fuel tank mount Cover front fuselage section hard balsa sheet ing Attach wing mount after epoxygluing wire wing hooks Run fillet glue corner joint wing mount pylon added strength Round corners fuselage trim stabil izer mount Glue stabilizer mount brace place may need ballast box front end fuselage due light weight Cox TD 049 Covering/finishing fine sandpaper go over entire model smooth surfaces Trim away surface glue blobs recommend covering model either silkspan silk Silk resistant punctures covered model silk applied three coats clear nitrate dope recommend kind dope because allows steaming-out warps wont come back fuselage brushed two coats clear dope sanded smooth After two coats color applied Put engine KSB timer fuel tubing Dont forget dethermalizer snuf fer tube rear hooks Recess top hook bottom rudder cement rudder atop stabilizer Flying use 20 left thrust 3/32-in right rudder right turn climb glide model will turn either way very sensitive rudder changes use rudder adjustment sparingly neces sary downthrust drawn plan large stabilizer helps overcome looping tendency Balance model indicated ad ding lead shot BBs nose ballast box Hand glide model until long smooth descent obtained model really moves under power use bottomlow throttle 3/32-in rudder offset 5-sec engine run bottom-low throttle model will spiral up steeply After everything okay can gradually open up engine full power believe Manta wing holds great potential high-performance Free Flight models rate have built design will have real contender contest Good luck very own Manta 250 Fl C Tech/Cowley Continued page 68 Stuarts models Goulburn under control time thanks complete set gadgets ever grace Power shipincluding VIT auto-rudder wing-wiggler bunt set fifth place except 64-sec disaster last round subsequent letter tells further experiments moment arm extended 600mm 860 great improvement climb stability now plans 1000mm version thoughts dispensing VIT altogetherfull circle Another project hes working manufacture fiberglass/carbon props made pattern props Chinese using Australia avail able shaft sizes order $600 plus $500 postage packing Joe Supercool PO Box 40 Kingswood 2750 NSW Australia Stewart tells hes saving up go Yugoslavia 1985 50 could help him get airfare Continued page 154 152Model Aviation HEAD LOCK On-Board Pb C U wi AJ Fireball owhe pie. availble Imihe lam. A-l FImball Plans show six production variants plus FOUR modified designs including Reeball Bipe beautitni Sportster set also includes Fireball Roats instructions atewothernicesueprisesOrderyonrFirehajl Plan PakTODAY start huildingyosrown A-JAIR FORCE COLLECTION Price includes Malhisg Tube Rrst Class tIPS delivejy charges price complete $2500 74GIidr5IgtrPk 110flJIA#JjIAltP 745 Pu9415pJ5 454Bujtd,Kil$395AIRCRAnCO 4AItF1595PO 9064552lonerl U4RTr1795P 5401 501 555a JFu P5I
Edition: Model Aviation - 1985/06
Page Numbers: 62, 63, 150, 151, 152
Free Flight Duration Bob Meuser THIS IS RATHER NEAT being semi retired semi-employed Free Flight columnist now actually get see print what wrote column before deadline next has its drawbacks Deadline times always fun times deadline June column example March 1st So March 3rd get typical letter Associate Editor Ross McMullen reads THUN DERATION March 1st al ready dont have column Lets look alive out gotten column time Id have deprived myself Rosss latest missive look forward anticipatively Thats word NASA can invent wordssched ulization commonize actualize etc willy nilly taxpayers expense guess Im entitled few freebies along about March 10th can expect get friendly call Ross inquiring status health local weather situation perhaps slithering sly inuendo regarding status column always nice talking Ross Too bad happens other month now Ive got gripe followed instructions bottom page 75 April column namely Continued page 172 would have missed two pages neat stuff should have Continued page 170 Tomy timers again Richard Kastuer Dayton OH sent fuel-cutoff engine timer built around Tomy toy windup motor goals developing unit Use Tomy spring disassemble unit cut off fuel supply engine certainty provide automatic starting timer model released consistent engine runs achieved have few minor reservations about unit may may conse quence potential user unit especially compact overall length over 5 although could easily reduced inch two length important Ideally timers should fit holes designed accept long-extinct Tatone timers maybe Im living past some modelers might find torsion spring bit difficult make Some rubberband arrangement might liking some modelers despite poor reliability rubberbands Perhaps time sat down learned wind springs certaluly have utility aspects sport However can virtually guarantee first few attempts make spring large outside-to-inside-diameter ratio going get blood carpet minor reservations aside Kastners unit seems well-engineered amply meets goals appears pre-production prototype Replace screws cheapie rivets decent shop could knock off billions perhaps importantly us short run its design geared well production two time using simple hand tools Kastner observed winding shaft will slip attempts overwind unit So simply wind prede termined position past point starts slip can assured consistency running time estab lished set three notched discs effect act sort-of screw thread reminiscent old Tatone extender disc Kastner made discs wheels Tomy toy gutted obtain motor bottom two can slip winding shaft outer slipped bit too much Kastners liking HotStuffed winding knob shaft Adjustment position innermost disc determines engine-run time axle shaft turns rate intermediate between spring escapement bent over 90 angle can used part start-stop control Bending shaft installed timer would put too much strain timer parts Kastner reasoned devised sneaky trick using piece 62 Model Aviation Aluminum faceplate added Tomy motor 1/4inchspaces Release lever hold position Guide pin7 Fuel shutoff lever 7Safety pin Tomy wheels Torsion springWinding knob 032 wire 1/8inch fuel tubing FUEL SHUT-OFF TIMER USING TOMY TOY WIND-UP MOTOR Richard Kastner Mystified Read column Bob explains homemade timer expected work group cheery Seniors flew MAC Winter indoor meet February L R Brian Fuimer Kris Warmann Dennis Pantazis Tim Warren charles Markos photo wire no larger axle shaft push axle shaft out unit Bend cut whatever axle shaft hearts desire use axle shaft push other piece wire out unit timer unit itself doesnt have enough poop skoosh fuel tubing required authority Kastner devised mechanical relay mousetrap job sequence operations flight goes like Position release lever under its retainer insert safety pin Hook bent end safety pin under release-lever retainer vibrations engine etc will cause safety pin fall out Place end fuel shut off lever under innermost disc against its guide pin Start engine Hold thumb against release lever grasp model launching Pull safety pin As launch model timer will start forgot pull safety pin send SASE check amount $43754 Official NFFS Crying Towel personally autographed NFFS President Tony Italiano can get condolences just SASE drawing Kastners timer isometric true perspective looks little funny Isometrics useful can measure off set scales included doing just High-tech materials performing monthly ritual known locally Balancing Books lie never really balance figure banks computer can get within 10 20 bucks thats close enough computers arent perfectI came across strange entry Bob Violett samples $15 heck Bob Violett Samples what Next day comes big package Bob Violett Models open expectantly Expec ting what Im still sure what find Great gobs crunched-up newspapers teeny-weeny envelope pour out onto table expectantly Nothing much comes out tear enve lope limb limb thats Fifteen bucks Oh well its deductible Four four-inch squares stuff seems would make good firewalls light seemingly tough Core end-grain balsa butcher-block style grain parallel thickness dimen sion Thats proper direction course Facings fiberglass cloth hard wood plywood carbon fiber thicknesses res bit 50-mil carbon fiber rod seems almost stiff music wire same size far lighter Next bit carbon-fiber cord like roving have frazzles easily seems have doused something having effect hair spray also some 2 x 10-in sheets 7-mil 14mil uni-directional carbon fiber bonded very thin fiberglass cloth gives enough cross-grain strength keep tact see envelope milled carbon fiber dare open house fear getting blood carpet Whats long strip -in-wide carbon fiber laminate spar cap-strips Near bot tom heap little chunk carbonfiber angle 1/16-in thick -in -in legs last item 4-in length -in-dia rod dont think Ill find much use Also package wad dozen sheets showing perhaps hundred po tential applications stuff well thought-out well-illustrated Immedi ately catalyze brain invent hundred Some applications shown include repairsstrips angle stock stuck CyA ie cyanoacrylate adhesive such Hot Stufi LE TE reinforcement dihedral joint reinforce ment 50-mil rod used LE bumperguard straightish wings cord set epoxy CyA curvy LEs outlines carbon strip spar cap-strips carbon strips used surface reinforcement foam wings ever get Ron St Jeans foam techniques Free Flight firewalls course 50-mil rod let longerons corners box-type fuselages wherever need cord set joint would otherwise tend bit weak dozens others Stronger lighter its way fly Prices $10 square foot balsacore laminates roughly example cheap square foot would make lot firewalls Brochure $1 Address Bob Violett Models 1373 Citrus Rd Winter Springs FL 32708 about rules-chauge propos als have already caught some flack over comments February issue Id have surprised somewhat disappoint ed hadnt Id also have surprised everything said absolutely correct Richard Doig corrected state ment effect nothing rule book required HandLaunched Stick model example hand-launched rule governing does appear FF Indoor Rubber rules tucked away under Free Flight General page 8 1984-85 rule book paragraph 3 Except specific events requiring rise-off-ground ROG mod els shall hand-launched HL proposal would prohibit sticking wheels hand-launched models order prevent time could spend run ning around floor being counted flight time would prohibit Helicop ter Autogiro Ornithopter models doing just required hand-launched although seems should last time saw ROG Ornithopter Perhaps Doig could modify proposal include such models hand-launched cate gory Continued page 150 June 1985 63 see Gil Graunke FAI Power flier Dick Smith Cincinnati OH seems bemoreoftenthanatan Indoorsiteflying Manspitting Class modified satellitehattan Cabin Scene 1984 Bong Ea Youve got talk nice em Smittylgles meet Charles Markos took photo Bill Barr snapped Interesting photo Don Lindley Naperville IL Corben Super Ace built Megow plans Best time 138 Golden Age Reproductions now has kit market Markos photo pings candle keep lamina tions sticking Recently tried using long strips 025-in plastic sheet hold laminated material form helps going around corners best techniques using pins sometimes allows cracking keeps pins leaving little dents part too Doug Wilkey writing DC Max eduters Max-Fax outlines what might great way decal youve always trouble will need art work Xeroxedeven color live near color copying center Remem ber can reduced down couple different sizes wont cost much might useful later decide build Peanut smaller version Take some clear contact paper plastic can get local five-anddimes peel off backing carefully stick down xerox Using roll ing pin really press contact sheet down solidly soak warm water five minutes longer gently begin rubbing paper off will sort 0405 1011 1519 2025 3035 4045 4045L 5060 6010 195 225 235 245 265 275 300 325 325 OEM BULK INQUIRES INVITED Featuring LONG GLASS FILLED NYLON FOR STRENGTH AND STABILITY Alignment Lines Mounting Interchangeable K raft Flat bottom nose gear roll off Keep soaking rolling off until fibers gone Hold up light make sure fibers off using tweezers remove necessary its dry decal can ap plied model Spray-Ment Scotch 77 see art photo supplier can spray Testors Dull-Kote Micro-Scale Matte Finish over well clear gloss finish vinyl plastic will affected lets hope Caution always make extra decals practice old models before go broke new baby Doug always tries fill up whole sheet art work before going buck-and-a-half color Xerox shot Ralph Kuenz legendary Von Rot tensox has used method Cur tiss Heildiver looks great As anyone has ever turned down model subject due art work now may have answer prayers tend break motors blow out sides models occa sionally youll find two benefits decal adds some strength tissue can make extras easily just keeping art work file Just prior press time got word Hying Aces postal contest modelers send Peanut flight times over may soon extended RC Scale well Modelers will fly scale maneuvers award themselves points send postcard contest HQ Sounds like fun doesnt cant walt see turns out Ill leave some food thought major French model magazine offers its readers free classified ads young modelers begging free RC equipment generous older mod elers reminded Doug Gillies childhood depression Glasgow told using wood packing crates glue took two weeks dry paint bummed up redecorating proj ect neighborhood weve come long way. Bill Warner 423-C San Vicente Blvd Santa Monica CA 90402 FF Duration/Meuser Continued page 63 ballots essentially useless Initial Vote have cast Im sure whether make want cry puke both certainly isnt above enough make lose interest whole rules-making process cant good conscience lifes blood Details later perhaps Im up Its lot easier just good guy smile lot CO-2 revisited As aresultofthe lead item April column Herb Clukey headperson down Flyline Models Kitworks sent plans CO-2 Funster two-footer built-up wing sheet-box fuselage traditional wind shield side-windows Ed Lidgard could have designed although lacks few trademarks drafting superb 150 Model Aviation NEW GLASS FILLED MOTOR MOUNTS SEE YOUR DEALER OR DISTRIBUTOR DAVE BROWN PRODUCTS 4560 LAYHIGH RD HAMILTON OH 45013 AREA CODE 5 3 38 5 6 VIKTAU R-C PLAN CONSOLIDATED PSY-SA CATALINA 9FT WINGSPAN ALL RIBS B FUU PORMERS SHOWN ON PLANS PLASTIC ENGCOWLS PR CLEAR GUN BLiSTERS 660 PR 4 LARGE PLAN SHEETS- Plans $1695 GFT WINGSPAN MODEL PBV-SA ENGINE COWLS 5 650 PR Plans $ 1295 GUN SLISTERS S 450 PR ADD 8250 POSTAGE CATALOGOVER SOPLANS 5ioo DEALERS WRITE WORLD 0 WIDE SID MORGAN 13157 ORMONDBELLEVILLE 48111 USA dORM Ultimate Fun Fly Competition Model ideal Sunday Fiyer US PRICE p94 S 5995 Introductory price offor limited time Curtis Model Aircraft 3002 M Canterbury Circle Sherman Texas 75090 AC 214-893-6135 TInier Save Old 15j%Ue AODst iatefO0e66~ CbsmP have parts Inventory prompt delivery Over 235 items Send $200 current catalog OWARBIRDS IN ACTION 0 SENSA TIONAL aviation videos type See action packed simulated bomb ings straifings formation flights tours interviews 4/100 aircraft such P-38 P-51-47 B-Il 24 2526290-130 F-SF AD-4 k/ Jets Transports much GIANT airshow package covering 4/ more 4 events 4/ FREE DRAWING WINNER - MARCH 1986 Artice Gallery Arlington Hg. 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