NFFS/USOC For newcomers stands Na tional Free Flight Society/US Outdoor Champi onships time column hits streets sometime early March NFFS will have made information packet available up coming Week Free Flightthe USOC event will staged Lawrenceville IL during period June 19-23 1989 info packets scheduled have available midJanuary havent seen referenced anywhere else date may acquire yours sending No 10 SASE NFFS/USOC 1655 Revere Rd Brookfleld WI 53005and tell em Duration twisted arm event schedule locked up writing somewhat too lengthy relate However essentially Outdoor Free Flight fac tions fully covered myriad events will official AMA Gas non-Gas events array special events full FM card six NFFS Nostalgia Gas events umpteen Old-Timer FF events along complement OT RC-Assist eventsand Flying Aces Club FAC has recently asked permitted latch onto balloon continues rise will offer various Flying Scale categories eye-catching mass launch events its Free Flight will see USOC Write info packet today Also watch advertised notices elsewhere magazine Most important Make plans attend Before moving let say fair should give credit due re spect actual sponsorship combined ef fort Whereas NFFS will sponsor AMA FAI Nosgas events Old-Timer Scale events will handled funded sepa rately through SAM Chapter 57 FAC ganizations respectively will fully ex plained info packets havent al ready done send yours PDQ case may have overlooked three admonitions get info packet let clearly understood columnist enthusiastic respect prospects venture Whoopee grapevine Some newsletter clips interest grassroots underground follows Max-Out NFFS Model Supplies appropriately Model Box now has recently sold Joe Wagnerhas relo cated new address RR #5 Box 348-B Chesterton MD 21620 may also explain Joes Bantam 19 reproduction effort has slowed somewhat late Man would hate have move would take whole squadron Red Ball Express just handle modeling paraphernalia books magazines records what have Whew Another Max-Outs editor Rick Pan gell t true Coverite has disconti nued Micafllm wondering about since have difficulty finding stuff big Indianapolis hobby shops late Apparently reason colored stuff such bear get shrunk properly coloring process required heat thus product already least partially preshrunk took out box rumored Coverite has developed new no-heat coloring process havent seen new stuff yet sad news department announce ment favorite newsletters Georgia-based SEKS Talks going Out busi ness As often situation club newsletters one-man show little help friends Witty Editor Jim Waiston being forced throw towel respect spokes-rag effort representing South Eastern Kamikaze Squadron Atlanta GA area reasons given increasing de mands personal business understandable does have earn living able afford buy balsa issue No 17 newsletter promised spring truly wish fi nal chapter Anyway good show lasted Jimmy New stuff After couple stutter steps So ciety Antique Modelers SAM has just nounced third final location its 23rd Annual SAM Champs Initial plans Reno NV Carson City NV ever flag has now firmiy planted Jean NV October 8-13 SAM headquar ters being set up Gold Strike Hotel/Casino require further info can contact Con test Manager Larry Jeno 4341 Flanders St Las Vegas NV 89121 Rumors affair will staged near Pensacola FL 1990 dates month October well new October time frame scheduling good step Old-Timer con tingent thereby escape normal heat 66 Model Aviation Free Flight Duration Harry Murphy 3924 Oakwood Blvd Anderson IN 46011 Gary Qakins Birchwood MN Buck 600 recent meet Lawrenceville IL Power Rossl 21 Lawrencevllle will serve site first weekiong NFFS/USOC June 1989 couple ElectrIc buffs display heavyweIghts Sacramento CA contest Don Hughes L Electric Toy won 87 Nats Russ Cuips ship R emphasizes large size California Electrics Theres new mini-Electric event now E-30 info column midsummer months magic number 30 emerging once again new event column First P-30 established simple rubber-powered event models having maximum wingspan 30 came Pee Wee 30 same wingspan limit Cox 020 PeeWee power Now comes E 30 small electric motors Tony Naccarato Blacksheep Exhibition Squadron authored rules simplified event briefly consist following Wingspan 28-30 Minimum weight 60 grams including batter ses Commercially available plastic props Motor systems permitted 1 Ferrel enter prises two-cell system 2 V-L HY-70 motor system 3 MRC motor system removed kit #ISO1 Cessna 150 foam model motor system permitted model No motor modifications permitted Only two 50 mAh batteries come above systems permitted Flight scoring rather basic official flight being 40 sec two-minute maxes 30 sec added flyoff flights six attempts make three official flights Tony gets started listing some cur rently available small Rubber kits can easily converted E-30 use include PeckPolymers One-Night 28 Micro-X Hornet P-30 Pharis Models Potent P-30 RN Panda Blue Ridge Square Eagle lets add Campbells Souper 30 sounds like fun see number clubs experimenting event Don Ross has published book entitled Rubber Powered Model Airplanes complete where-from encyclopedia begin ner expert alike scores pictures sketches clearly describe aspect construction covering props rubber wind ing flight trim whole chapter devoted designing own stuff item impressed book clarity sketches cant say have ever seen better quality drawings model pub lication sort book available through Motorbooks International PO Box 1 Osceola WI 54020 retails $1295 plus $395 postage copies Get Youll like Hold CG have received enough mail alr-o-nought-i-kal injuneers last week convince simplified formula computing CG center-of-gravity given model design went great lengths explain December 1988 column actu ally full holes misleading doesnt work very well number design situations Bill Bogart first slap hands wrote similar article subject cluded Zaics 1959-61 Handbook came Bill McCombs nlcely spelled out whole thing could under stand noted formula would give tail volume coefficient certainly factor determinlng CG location must considered computing initial guesstimates establishing location CG sent hand-drawn chart chock full typ ical situations different categories Rub ber Gas Scale competition FF de signs best have ever seen written down single sheet paper will attempt clean up include next column a great design model trim tool apologies may have dorked mod els already because misdemeanor am sure local hobby shops will love increase business Hang until next time Zeek chroniclesPart Ill Since last ep isode December 1988 issue have good fortune having couple lengthy tele phone conversations Lew Mahieu process brushed away some cobwebs helped refurbish few dimming images early postwar period spawned classic Zeek design confirmed personal Zeek ef forts incorporated undercambered airfoils basic concept itself greatly fluenced designs Carl Goldberg friend Lockheed aeronautical engineer Bob Holland Holland Hornet engine fame com mented him first Zeek would fly cause relatively sharp leading edge airfoil Lew persisted because built flown Goldbergs Interceptor very thin airfoil impressed its speed under power Lew attributes eventual competitiveness models initial design decision move polyhedral breaks wing outboard centerline thus producing small up turned wing tip sections such distin guishing feature Zeek feels feature contributed greatly models ability stay thermals others would fall Out descend ground Remember guys days before dethermalizers vogue flight maxes least 10 mm length Thus glide thermaling charac teristics model influence determining its competitiveness what might considered relevant todays standards powerful engines much shorter maximum flight time limitations Lew provided additional elaboration 1946 Stockton CA contest original Zeek model lost significant look event detail somewhat con firms Lews comments regarding compara tive themalability Zeekplus comes good point continue story As mentioned earlier episodes saga Stockton contest itial competition Zeek Lew tended good friends Ray Acord Stillman Clampett Ray established competi tor point accomplishments often being related area newspapers various model publications Anyhow Lew recalled both Zeek Ray Acords Comet Sailplane hooked same thermal Lew pursuing Zeek foot liked run marathon model-chasse efforts cup tea Eventually returning launch site Rays model tow found contest over some time single car remained field occupants Ray Stillman feared Lew gotten himself lost persistent pursuit wayward mod els Lew explained Rays Sallplane eventually dropped out thermal de scended chased model un til disappeared over mountain friends queried What mountain Only did Lew realize gone some 20 miles foot no mountains visible launch site Sailplane being regarded epi tome model gliding flight story would cer tainly seem lend some credence thermal capabilities Zeek design incident also impressed Ray Acord became interested flying Zeeks subsequently winning AMA Nats using Ohlsson 23 power accomplishment turn prompted call Irwin Ohlsson requested permission use Rays picture testimony engine ads Continued page 162 April 1989 67 Frank Heeb ponders last-minute trim change before flight NosGas-eligibie Bruce Goodnow brought rendering hA Space Wamp Stuart Savage design British Half Swift design Wright Field 1953 Frank Zaic Yearbook meet 88 Model really scootal Don Ross new book great treasure both novice expert has scores pho tos descriptive sketches Want get Source info column MK 231 OR PFM 3200 Aloonev 1/5th SCALE SEMI-KIT WAYNE SIEWERT AMA NATh1st PLACE WINNER RADIO 4-6 CHANNEL77fl1988 NA TS EXPERT ENGINEPORSCHE FI7TEO MOONEY 90-1082 CYCLE 120-4 CYCLE SPAN 88 AREA 990SQIN WEIGHT 12-15# Fiberglass Cowlings Windshield Tip Lenses Plastic Elevator & Rudder Surfaces Rolled Plans Scale Documentation Full Instructions Scale Spinner MORE INFO SEND SASE WAYNE SIEWERT 31st Ave MPLS MN 55406 USA612-722-7564 y-made monopod typesweather turned nice about 100 pm Sunday andsions came later assumed ear John Morrill Simplex engine rubber-allowed great deal fantastic flying Theher ignition-engine versions must have incorpo winder fame has just designed come-apartevent brought Out some world-class FF Scalerated two-wheeled gear enable meeting modular winding stooge about mostships generated much enthusiasm plan-ROG rise-off-ground requirement thenversatile around Costing neighbor-ning has begun next years meetto heldcurrent AMA rules Wrong hood 50 bucks Simplex stooge features alate August weather better Lew stated Zeeks utilized single hollow aluminum tube sectioned centerpost andwheels ROG requirement met aluminum uprights hold model byWell gang until next time keep top screwedsimply drilling holes stab trailing edges means stiff piece music wire passedon yer diesel fuel props balancedthe approximate location still-future subthrough upright through models__________________________________________rudders inserting/cementing short lengths rear rubber peg aluminum tube n.4~n/Murphyhardwood dowel extended downthrough other upright attitude side view approximate bottom model controlled foam-rubber cylinder onContinued page 67the fuselage Thus models would remain adjustable armupright no support other two pegs whole unit guyed against pull ofin commercial magazines periodand single wheel placed ground winding two lines attached ground be- Ray would ultimately produce first comlner-Neat huh hind unit V formation kept fromcial kit Zeek under Air-0 label As know other Zeeks followed 277-sqtwisting staking its base ground usingwas understandable employees atin original sizes 435 575 sq wing spike through side wooden basethe time Lew Mahieu kits fabri-area 435 originally powered Tor block template included making eas-cated Rays own shop Air-0pedo 29 575 Bunch Tiger 45 ily attached shelfMighty Midget enginea 45 cid power plantLews 435 held AMA ROW rise-off-water need Simplex stooge can takenwhich Ray Acord-redesigned continuancerecord time 22-mm three-flight toapart short box mere three inches squareof earlier Bunch Tiger engines Lew re-tal matter held Free Flight small enough go under airline seat Ordermained employ Ray Acords machineROW records time another As further yours through Old-Timer Model Supply POshop 45 through 48 moonlightingtribute individual versatility modeling Box 7334 Van Nuys CA 91409 can alsowith other projects Oops tangent has got-skills person ever hold four call OTMS 818 781-8667ten us little ahead mainstream stoIy 50Control Line Speed records Classes B C lets press once again Lews personaland D same time Scale watch Pacific Northwest Ric Ditt- participation evolution Zeek Lew related another derivative probably good place pause man airline captain founder NorthwestAlsod Sailplanethe Hurricane somewhat smaller Scale Watch newsletter Free Flight Scalereport minor correction sketch orig-look-alike Goldberg classic produced builders fliers sends along report theinal Zeek included Decemberby Advanced Engineering Companywas first annual No-Doe no documentation required88 column Whereas three-view shows two-also quite popular West Coast time Scale meet held Snohomish Harvey Field Oc-wheeled landing gear reality should haveThis design influenced version Zeek tober 1988 Ric co-CD along Larrybeen shown single wheel two-wheelwhich friend Stu Sittig whipped out few Olson informs us about 43 modelsconfiguration erroneous assumption ondays after flight tests begun Initial showed up wet windy weekend try outmy part landing gear details omittedflights indicated new fuselage configuration what looks like best flying site Westfrom Stu Sittigs original drawings Since earlyseemed need rudder area in-theCoastphotographs indicated omission sub-Continued page 164 hardy souls stuck out therudders applied kitted ver FOAM WING CORES PRECISION MADE EXPANDED BEAD POLYSTYRENE -REPLACEMENT WING & STAB CORES FOR ALL POPULAR RIG AIRCRAFT OVER 250 DIFFERENT WINGS IN STOCK FOR IMMEDIATE DELIVERY SO IF HAVE FAVORITE BIRD THAT NEEDS WING CALL OR CRYSTAL CLEAR THERMOFORMED CANOPIES DRESS UP YOUR PLANE WITH NEW CANOPY FROM CWING MFG TOP QUALITY TOOLING & MATERIAL MAKES THESE SECOND TO NONE WE HAVE LOTS OF SHAPES & SIZES IN STOCK WHICH FIT MOST KITS & SCRATCH BUILT MODELS PO BOX 33 CRYSTAL LAKE IL t0014 SEND $350 FOR DESCRIPTIVE VISIT OUR OUTLET STORE AT IS MORGAN STREET IN CRYSTAL LAKE ii-PRODUCT CATALOG 162 Model Aviation QUAY BARBER MODELS 27106 BUTTERNUT 500 1/4 SCALENOLMSTED OHIO 44070 ALL KITS $i25952167776172 EPOXY/GLASS/PIIKIT PRICESHIPPING CONSTRUCTION I11i DRAWINGS AND DATA FOR FORMUU 120 CREDIT CANDS WELCOMED P1105 SPORT OR STANDOFF QHIO REIIDENTS ADO 7% SCALE oX TOLEDO WEAK SIGNALS RIC EXPOSITION APRIL 5 1960 Uvu APRIL 9 1606 field fix made using cardboard cutout bona fide rudder fabricated stalled back workshop Zeek variation ultimately did prove itself eventually dropped Lew testified fabled 1 500-sq-in McCoy 60-powered Zeek definite reality although managed half-dozen contests because just too large transport very eas ily says eventually gave away oftband couldnt remember ac quired monster its 18-in center section chord However few years later early modeling friend called inform him just moved new residence found huge model left previous occupant Since Lew no longer active modeler time did attempt reclaim 435-sq-in version became testbed transition ignition power less complicated greater-power-per-weight age early glow plug ignition Torpedo 29 removed pylon moved rearward fuselage cross section reduced glow-plugequipped Arden 199 ignition Bunch 45 eventually replaced glow-equipped Tor pedo 19s 23s 575-sized models Lews slab-sided balsa box fuselage uti lized Sailplane wing tail sported McCoy 60which replaced time Dool ing 61 Lew stated high-rpm racing en gine probably made noise rather supplying power eventually re moved replaced original McCoy Lew mixed own glow fuel personal suc cesses flying field prompted friends begin borrowing tankfuls smelly brews Since practice soon became little expen sive began sell concoctions area mod elers bobby shops under Super Sonic la bel name should sound familiar should eventually sold fuel interests John Brod beck K&B Manufacturing still sells glow fuels under same label today40 years later youre getting notion now Lew Mahieu energetic sort could handle irons fire simultaneously am getting story across teenager ten held two jobs went school same timein addition being avid modeler competitor Lew would eventually work full time K&B beginning 1949 claims responsi bility bringing noted engine designer Bill Wis niewaki K&B well addition edited unique West Coast Report Model Airplane News couple years aided Bill Cranford produc ing second edition successful A/B Zeek under Premium Manufacturing Co label version included larger stab some sub tle fuselage refinements distinctive wing design left intact Arguments persist today version design better both parties agree either version ex tremely competitive discussing Zeek Jerry Nolin last summer Jerry came up item heretofore considered said Zeek kits milestone first show fuse dethermalizer configuration kit plans Interesting Maybe would have sold kits able re trieve models because Now 62 years age Lews assured selfpropelled energetic personality exuded through 2500 miles telephone cables micro waves subsequent activities since 1950 have included variety ventures such owning bus line airline running hops Los An geles area Catalina Island machinery sales current Mahieu Engineering Co recently made majority parts John Morrills Hornet Morrisons Super Cyclone reproduction venture has owned pursued six businessesall simultaneouslyand still owns three four full-scale aircraft often flying home-away-from-home Alaska periods relaxation says pondering possibil ity returning Free Flight eventu ally fall renew physical pilots li cense Rest assured fellas time comes prepared rewrite record books again Meanwhile surely wish thank Lew Mahieu furnishing information perContinued page 166 164 Model Aviation AN-TENNA Tub& 36 Flexible Tubes Antenna Lead Out 6U-PR-UNE PRODUCTS INC us St. R e E Sidney OH erJect GLASS CLOTH 58 oz Full Satisfaction Full Refund Factory pre-treated perfect compatibility epoxy polyester resin *395 per yard 38 wide Price includes postage & handling Immediate shipment Minimum order rds Easy use ructions included Also — see ad Plain Cradle-2 84 Stonefield Trail marty Berr SWlndaor CT06074 sonal Zeek involvement next tune we will concluding Lews involvement original Zeek concepts getting era subsequent flat-bottom-airfoiled spinoffs Stay tuned thrilling nostalgic adven tures Till See ya downwind Milwaukee/Noonan Continued page 70 son shot down France 1918 included photo grave model Nieuport Monoplane framework superbly detailed donated Lynn Davies Discovery aviation section science room public library led countless trips notebook since books could borrowed books gradually lost discarded few remained end World War II 1936 found book Milwaukee Model Aero Club published 1917 same Lynn Davies nicely done photos drawings models well complete story club prob ably written Lynn doing graduate work Armour Institute Chicago also appeared very limited number published club member time tracked down four surviving members 1968 copies well librarys vanished last surviving club members Mil waukee hold annual reunions old modelers As part program usually have flysheet filled things past hand out job write flysheet occasion mentioned Milwaukee Model Aero Club ceased exist before us born Apparently sheets circulated well long afterward received note mail Walter Loehndorf nearby Wau kesha letter Walter stated former field director publicity man Milwaukee Model Aero Club went tell Lynn Davies leader club 19 members Naturally Walter quickly struck up fast friendship Together soon visited Gilbert Counsell another ex-club-member Gilbert stack old photos cop ied files Walter Gil helped compile list former members Modelers ch Has Ended Look No Further Pilot Bust Comnietely finished equipped ready fly 1/4 5 5 Weight 6oz Price $1995 ea P&H $325 per Item Calif resid add sales tax 209 224-4170... Thus began search earnest pioneering group led discover marvelously talented group boys pre-balsa era equaled best mod elers country bit work names phone book led meeting Lee Eirsng son ex-club-member Ervin Eiring Lee become invalid shortly thereafter before sessions sharing mutual interest music model flying history loaned fathers box propellers sil ver trophies 1915 model catalogs phone book also led another club member Alfred Hayden met once gave batch clippings Milwaukee Journal regretted box propellers has used amuse grandchildren Though died soon after will always appreciate kind assistance Yet another ex-member found living retirement Florida Ken Sedgwick viv idly remembered clubs building tech niques contests statement sums up intensity club members love aviation utterly serious about hobby all-compelling force lives great deal shaping adult lives four men surviving club members late 1960s Both Lynn Davies Ervin Eiring passed away 1961 1975 last Milwaukee Model Aero Club members gone Models contests Apparently Mil waukee Model Aero Club began early 1914 Lynn Davies already built models adept instructing others art building finding proper materials took several weeks make good-flying model Hobby shops 20 years future club eventually out grew its initial flying site located present-day University Wisconsin-Mil waukee campus time MMAC members very advanced builders Models con structed refinement parts carefully streamlined sanded doped banana oil Props designed carved true pitch X layout Rubber pur Continued page 168 166 Model Aviation IL@CTITL Teekdqae LCO1 242 THREADLOCKER Industrial grade sealant slops nuts bolts loosening Locks metal tasteners against vibration shock Allows disassembly normal hand tools use on. 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NFFS/USOC For newcomers stands Na tional Free Flight Society/US Outdoor Champi onships time column hits streets sometime early March NFFS will have made information packet available up coming Week Free Flightthe USOC event will staged Lawrenceville IL during period June 19-23 1989 info packets scheduled have available midJanuary havent seen referenced anywhere else date may acquire yours sending No 10 SASE NFFS/USOC 1655 Revere Rd Brookfleld WI 53005and tell em Duration twisted arm event schedule locked up writing somewhat too lengthy relate However essentially Outdoor Free Flight fac tions fully covered myriad events will official AMA Gas non-Gas events array special events full FM card six NFFS Nostalgia Gas events umpteen Old-Timer FF events along complement OT RC-Assist eventsand Flying Aces Club FAC has recently asked permitted latch onto balloon continues rise will offer various Flying Scale categories eye-catching mass launch events its Free Flight will see USOC Write info packet today Also watch advertised notices elsewhere magazine Most important Make plans attend Before moving let say fair should give credit due re spect actual sponsorship combined ef fort Whereas NFFS will sponsor AMA FAI Nosgas events Old-Timer Scale events will handled funded sepa rately through SAM Chapter 57 FAC ganizations respectively will fully ex plained info packets havent al ready done send yours PDQ case may have overlooked three admonitions get info packet let clearly understood columnist enthusiastic respect prospects venture Whoopee grapevine Some newsletter clips interest grassroots underground follows Max-Out NFFS Model Supplies appropriately Model Box now has recently sold Joe Wagnerhas relo cated new address RR #5 Box 348-B Chesterton MD 21620 may also explain Joes Bantam 19 reproduction effort has slowed somewhat late Man would hate have move would take whole squadron Red Ball Express just handle modeling paraphernalia books magazines records what have Whew Another Max-Outs editor Rick Pan gell t true Coverite has disconti nued Micafllm wondering about since have difficulty finding stuff big Indianapolis hobby shops late Apparently reason colored stuff such bear get shrunk properly coloring process required heat thus product already least partially preshrunk took out box rumored Coverite has developed new no-heat coloring process havent seen new stuff yet sad news department announce ment favorite newsletters Georgia-based SEKS Talks going Out busi ness As often situation club newsletters one-man show little help friends Witty Editor Jim Waiston being forced throw towel respect spokes-rag effort representing South Eastern Kamikaze Squadron Atlanta GA area reasons given increasing de mands personal business understandable does have earn living able afford buy balsa issue No 17 newsletter promised spring truly wish fi nal chapter Anyway good show lasted Jimmy New stuff After couple stutter steps So ciety Antique Modelers SAM has just nounced third final location its 23rd Annual SAM Champs Initial plans Reno NV Carson City NV ever flag has now firmiy planted Jean NV October 8-13 SAM headquar ters being set up Gold Strike Hotel/Casino require further info can contact Con test Manager Larry Jeno 4341 Flanders St Las Vegas NV 89121 Rumors affair will staged near Pensacola FL 1990 dates month October well new October time frame scheduling good step Old-Timer con tingent thereby escape normal heat 66 Model Aviation Free Flight Duration Harry Murphy 3924 Oakwood Blvd Anderson IN 46011 Gary Qakins Birchwood MN Buck 600 recent meet Lawrenceville IL Power Rossl 21 Lawrencevllle will serve site first weekiong NFFS/USOC June 1989 couple ElectrIc buffs display heavyweIghts Sacramento CA contest Don Hughes L Electric Toy won 87 Nats Russ Cuips ship R emphasizes large size California Electrics Theres new mini-Electric event now E-30 info column midsummer months magic number 30 emerging once again new event column First P-30 established simple rubber-powered event models having maximum wingspan 30 came Pee Wee 30 same wingspan limit Cox 020 PeeWee power Now comes E 30 small electric motors Tony Naccarato Blacksheep Exhibition Squadron authored rules simplified event briefly consist following Wingspan 28-30 Minimum weight 60 grams including batter ses Commercially available plastic props Motor systems permitted 1 Ferrel enter prises two-cell system 2 V-L HY-70 motor system 3 MRC motor system removed kit #ISO1 Cessna 150 foam model motor system permitted model No motor modifications permitted Only two 50 mAh batteries come above systems permitted Flight scoring rather basic official flight being 40 sec two-minute maxes 30 sec added flyoff flights six attempts make three official flights Tony gets started listing some cur rently available small Rubber kits can easily converted E-30 use include PeckPolymers One-Night 28 Micro-X Hornet P-30 Pharis Models Potent P-30 RN Panda Blue Ridge Square Eagle lets add Campbells Souper 30 sounds like fun see number clubs experimenting event Don Ross has published book entitled Rubber Powered Model Airplanes complete where-from encyclopedia begin ner expert alike scores pictures sketches clearly describe aspect construction covering props rubber wind ing flight trim whole chapter devoted designing own stuff item impressed book clarity sketches cant say have ever seen better quality drawings model pub lication sort book available through Motorbooks International PO Box 1 Osceola WI 54020 retails $1295 plus $395 postage copies Get Youll like Hold CG have received enough mail alr-o-nought-i-kal injuneers last week convince simplified formula computing CG center-of-gravity given model design went great lengths explain December 1988 column actu ally full holes misleading doesnt work very well number design situations Bill Bogart first slap hands wrote similar article subject cluded Zaics 1959-61 Handbook came Bill McCombs nlcely spelled out whole thing could under stand noted formula would give tail volume coefficient certainly factor determinlng CG location must considered computing initial guesstimates establishing location CG sent hand-drawn chart chock full typ ical situations different categories Rub ber Gas Scale competition FF de signs best have ever seen written down single sheet paper will attempt clean up include next column a great design model trim tool apologies may have dorked mod els already because misdemeanor am sure local hobby shops will love increase business Hang until next time Zeek chroniclesPart Ill Since last ep isode December 1988 issue have good fortune having couple lengthy tele phone conversations Lew Mahieu process brushed away some cobwebs helped refurbish few dimming images early postwar period spawned classic Zeek design confirmed personal Zeek ef forts incorporated undercambered airfoils basic concept itself greatly fluenced designs Carl Goldberg friend Lockheed aeronautical engineer Bob Holland Holland Hornet engine fame com mented him first Zeek would fly cause relatively sharp leading edge airfoil Lew persisted because built flown Goldbergs Interceptor very thin airfoil impressed its speed under power Lew attributes eventual competitiveness models initial design decision move polyhedral breaks wing outboard centerline thus producing small up turned wing tip sections such distin guishing feature Zeek feels feature contributed greatly models ability stay thermals others would fall Out descend ground Remember guys days before dethermalizers vogue flight maxes least 10 mm length Thus glide thermaling charac teristics model influence determining its competitiveness what might considered relevant todays standards powerful engines much shorter maximum flight time limitations Lew provided additional elaboration 1946 Stockton CA contest original Zeek model lost significant look event detail somewhat con firms Lews comments regarding compara tive themalability Zeekplus comes good point continue story As mentioned earlier episodes saga Stockton contest itial competition Zeek Lew tended good friends Ray Acord Stillman Clampett Ray established competi tor point accomplishments often being related area newspapers various model publications Anyhow Lew recalled both Zeek Ray Acords Comet Sailplane hooked same thermal Lew pursuing Zeek foot liked run marathon model-chasse efforts cup tea Eventually returning launch site Rays model tow found contest over some time single car remained field occupants Ray Stillman feared Lew gotten himself lost persistent pursuit wayward mod els Lew explained Rays Sallplane eventually dropped out thermal de scended chased model un til disappeared over mountain friends queried What mountain Only did Lew realize gone some 20 miles foot no mountains visible launch site Sailplane being regarded epi tome model gliding flight story would cer tainly seem lend some credence thermal capabilities Zeek design incident also impressed Ray Acord became interested flying Zeeks subsequently winning AMA Nats using Ohlsson 23 power accomplishment turn prompted call Irwin Ohlsson requested permission use Rays picture testimony engine ads Continued page 162 April 1989 67 Frank Heeb ponders last-minute trim change before flight NosGas-eligibie Bruce Goodnow brought rendering hA Space Wamp Stuart Savage design British Half Swift design Wright Field 1953 Frank Zaic Yearbook meet 88 Model really scootal Don Ross new book great treasure both novice expert has scores pho tos descriptive sketches Want get Source info column MK 231 OR PFM 3200 Aloonev 1/5th SCALE SEMI-KIT WAYNE SIEWERT AMA NATh1st PLACE WINNER RADIO 4-6 CHANNEL77fl1988 NA TS EXPERT ENGINEPORSCHE FI7TEO MOONEY 90-1082 CYCLE 120-4 CYCLE SPAN 88 AREA 990SQIN WEIGHT 12-15# Fiberglass Cowlings Windshield Tip Lenses Plastic Elevator & Rudder Surfaces Rolled Plans Scale Documentation Full Instructions Scale Spinner MORE INFO SEND SASE WAYNE SIEWERT 31st Ave MPLS MN 55406 USA612-722-7564 y-made monopod typesweather turned nice about 100 pm Sunday andsions came later assumed ear John Morrill Simplex engine rubber-allowed great deal fantastic flying Theher ignition-engine versions must have incorpo winder fame has just designed come-apartevent brought Out some world-class FF Scalerated two-wheeled gear enable meeting modular winding stooge about mostships generated much enthusiasm plan-ROG rise-off-ground requirement thenversatile around Costing neighbor-ning has begun next years meetto heldcurrent AMA rules Wrong hood 50 bucks Simplex stooge features alate August weather better Lew stated Zeeks utilized single hollow aluminum tube sectioned centerpost andwheels ROG requirement met aluminum uprights hold model byWell gang until next time keep top screwedsimply drilling holes stab trailing edges means stiff piece music wire passedon yer diesel fuel props balancedthe approximate location still-future subthrough upright through models__________________________________________rudders inserting/cementing short lengths rear rubber peg aluminum tube n.4~n/Murphyhardwood dowel extended downthrough other upright attitude side view approximate bottom model controlled foam-rubber cylinder onContinued page 67the fuselage Thus models would remain adjustable armupright no support other two pegs whole unit guyed against pull ofin commercial magazines periodand single wheel placed ground winding two lines attached ground be- Ray would ultimately produce first comlner-Neat huh hind unit V formation kept fromcial kit Zeek under Air-0 label As know other Zeeks followed 277-sqtwisting staking its base ground usingwas understandable employees atin original sizes 435 575 sq wing spike through side wooden basethe time Lew Mahieu kits fabri-area 435 originally powered Tor block template included making eas-cated Rays own shop Air-0pedo 29 575 Bunch Tiger 45 ily attached shelfMighty Midget enginea 45 cid power plantLews 435 held AMA ROW rise-off-water need Simplex stooge can takenwhich Ray Acord-redesigned continuancerecord time 22-mm three-flight toapart short box mere three inches squareof earlier Bunch Tiger engines Lew re-tal matter held Free Flight small enough go under airline seat Ordermained employ Ray Acords machineROW records time another As further yours through Old-Timer Model Supply POshop 45 through 48 moonlightingtribute individual versatility modeling Box 7334 Van Nuys CA 91409 can alsowith other projects Oops tangent has got-skills person ever hold four call OTMS 818 781-8667ten us little ahead mainstream stoIy 50Control Line Speed records Classes B C lets press once again Lews personaland D same time Scale watch Pacific Northwest Ric Ditt- participation evolution Zeek Lew related another derivative probably good place pause man airline captain founder NorthwestAlsod Sailplanethe Hurricane somewhat smaller Scale Watch newsletter Free Flight Scalereport minor correction sketch orig-look-alike Goldberg classic produced builders fliers sends along report theinal Zeek included Decemberby Advanced Engineering Companywas first annual No-Doe no documentation required88 column Whereas three-view shows two-also quite popular West Coast time Scale meet held Snohomish Harvey Field Oc-wheeled landing gear reality should haveThis design influenced version Zeek tober 1988 Ric co-CD along Larrybeen shown single wheel two-wheelwhich friend Stu Sittig whipped out few Olson informs us about 43 modelsconfiguration erroneous assumption ondays after flight tests begun Initial showed up wet windy weekend try outmy part landing gear details omittedflights indicated new fuselage configuration what looks like best flying site Westfrom Stu Sittigs original drawings Since earlyseemed need rudder area in-theCoastphotographs indicated omission sub-Continued page 164 hardy souls stuck out therudders applied kitted ver FOAM WING CORES PRECISION MADE EXPANDED BEAD POLYSTYRENE -REPLACEMENT WING & STAB CORES FOR ALL POPULAR RIG AIRCRAFT OVER 250 DIFFERENT WINGS IN STOCK FOR IMMEDIATE DELIVERY SO IF HAVE FAVORITE BIRD THAT NEEDS WING CALL OR CRYSTAL CLEAR THERMOFORMED CANOPIES DRESS UP YOUR PLANE WITH NEW CANOPY FROM CWING MFG TOP QUALITY TOOLING & MATERIAL MAKES THESE SECOND TO NONE WE HAVE LOTS OF SHAPES & SIZES IN STOCK WHICH FIT MOST KITS & SCRATCH BUILT MODELS PO BOX 33 CRYSTAL LAKE IL t0014 SEND $350 FOR DESCRIPTIVE VISIT OUR OUTLET STORE AT IS MORGAN STREET IN CRYSTAL LAKE ii-PRODUCT CATALOG 162 Model Aviation QUAY BARBER MODELS 27106 BUTTERNUT 500 1/4 SCALENOLMSTED OHIO 44070 ALL KITS $i25952167776172 EPOXY/GLASS/PIIKIT PRICESHIPPING CONSTRUCTION I11i DRAWINGS AND DATA FOR FORMUU 120 CREDIT CANDS WELCOMED P1105 SPORT OR STANDOFF QHIO REIIDENTS ADO 7% SCALE oX TOLEDO WEAK SIGNALS RIC EXPOSITION APRIL 5 1960 Uvu APRIL 9 1606 field fix made using cardboard cutout bona fide rudder fabricated stalled back workshop Zeek variation ultimately did prove itself eventually dropped Lew testified fabled 1 500-sq-in McCoy 60-powered Zeek definite reality although managed half-dozen contests because just too large transport very eas ily says eventually gave away oftband couldnt remember ac quired monster its 18-in center section chord However few years later early modeling friend called inform him just moved new residence found huge model left previous occupant Since Lew no longer active modeler time did attempt reclaim 435-sq-in version became testbed transition ignition power less complicated greater-power-per-weight age early glow plug ignition Torpedo 29 removed pylon moved rearward fuselage cross section reduced glow-plugequipped Arden 199 ignition Bunch 45 eventually replaced glow-equipped Tor pedo 19s 23s 575-sized models Lews slab-sided balsa box fuselage uti lized Sailplane wing tail sported McCoy 60which replaced time Dool ing 61 Lew stated high-rpm racing en gine probably made noise rather supplying power eventually re moved replaced original McCoy Lew mixed own glow fuel personal suc cesses flying field prompted friends begin borrowing tankfuls smelly brews Since practice soon became little expen sive began sell concoctions area mod elers bobby shops under Super Sonic la bel name should sound familiar should eventually sold fuel interests John Brod beck K&B Manufacturing still sells glow fuels under same label today40 years later youre getting notion now Lew Mahieu energetic sort could handle irons fire simultaneously am getting story across teenager ten held two jobs went school same timein addition being avid modeler competitor Lew would eventually work full time K&B beginning 1949 claims responsi bility bringing noted engine designer Bill Wis niewaki K&B well addition edited unique West Coast Report Model Airplane News couple years aided Bill Cranford produc ing second edition successful A/B Zeek under Premium Manufacturing Co label version included larger stab some sub tle fuselage refinements distinctive wing design left intact Arguments persist today version design better both parties agree either version ex tremely competitive discussing Zeek Jerry Nolin last summer Jerry came up item heretofore considered said Zeek kits milestone first show fuse dethermalizer configuration kit plans Interesting Maybe would have sold kits able re trieve models because Now 62 years age Lews assured selfpropelled energetic personality exuded through 2500 miles telephone cables micro waves subsequent activities since 1950 have included variety ventures such owning bus line airline running hops Los An geles area Catalina Island machinery sales current Mahieu Engineering Co recently made majority parts John Morrills Hornet Morrisons Super Cyclone reproduction venture has owned pursued six businessesall simultaneouslyand still owns three four full-scale aircraft often flying home-away-from-home Alaska periods relaxation says pondering possibil ity returning Free Flight eventu ally fall renew physical pilots li cense Rest assured fellas time comes prepared rewrite record books again Meanwhile surely wish thank Lew Mahieu furnishing information perContinued page 166 164 Model Aviation AN-TENNA Tub& 36 Flexible Tubes Antenna Lead Out 6U-PR-UNE PRODUCTS INC us St. R e E Sidney OH erJect GLASS CLOTH 58 oz Full Satisfaction Full Refund Factory pre-treated perfect compatibility epoxy polyester resin *395 per yard 38 wide Price includes postage & handling Immediate shipment Minimum order rds Easy use ructions included Also — see ad Plain Cradle-2 84 Stonefield Trail marty Berr SWlndaor CT06074 sonal Zeek involvement next tune we will concluding Lews involvement original Zeek concepts getting era subsequent flat-bottom-airfoiled spinoffs Stay tuned thrilling nostalgic adven tures Till See ya downwind Milwaukee/Noonan Continued page 70 son shot down France 1918 included photo grave model Nieuport Monoplane framework superbly detailed donated Lynn Davies Discovery aviation section science room public library led countless trips notebook since books could borrowed books gradually lost discarded few remained end World War II 1936 found book Milwaukee Model Aero Club published 1917 same Lynn Davies nicely done photos drawings models well complete story club prob ably written Lynn doing graduate work Armour Institute Chicago also appeared very limited number published club member time tracked down four surviving members 1968 copies well librarys vanished last surviving club members Mil waukee hold annual reunions old modelers As part program usually have flysheet filled things past hand out job write flysheet occasion mentioned Milwaukee Model Aero Club ceased exist before us born Apparently sheets circulated well long afterward received note mail Walter Loehndorf nearby Wau kesha letter Walter stated former field director publicity man Milwaukee Model Aero Club went tell Lynn Davies leader club 19 members Naturally Walter quickly struck up fast friendship Together soon visited Gilbert Counsell another ex-club-member Gilbert stack old photos cop ied files Walter Gil helped compile list former members Modelers ch Has Ended Look No Further Pilot Bust Comnietely finished equipped ready fly 1/4 5 5 Weight 6oz Price $1995 ea P&H $325 per Item Calif resid add sales tax 209 224-4170... Thus began search earnest pioneering group led discover marvelously talented group boys pre-balsa era equaled best mod elers country bit work names phone book led meeting Lee Eirsng son ex-club-member Ervin Eiring Lee become invalid shortly thereafter before sessions sharing mutual interest music model flying history loaned fathers box propellers sil ver trophies 1915 model catalogs phone book also led another club member Alfred Hayden met once gave batch clippings Milwaukee Journal regretted box propellers has used amuse grandchildren Though died soon after will always appreciate kind assistance Yet another ex-member found living retirement Florida Ken Sedgwick viv idly remembered clubs building tech niques contests statement sums up intensity club members love aviation utterly serious about hobby all-compelling force lives great deal shaping adult lives four men surviving club members late 1960s Both Lynn Davies Ervin Eiring passed away 1961 1975 last Milwaukee Model Aero Club members gone Models contests Apparently Mil waukee Model Aero Club began early 1914 Lynn Davies already built models adept instructing others art building finding proper materials took several weeks make good-flying model Hobby shops 20 years future club eventually out grew its initial flying site located present-day University Wisconsin-Mil waukee campus time MMAC members very advanced builders Models con structed refinement parts carefully streamlined sanded doped banana oil Props designed carved true pitch X layout Rubber pur Continued page 168 166 Model Aviation IL@CTITL Teekdqae LCO1 242 THREADLOCKER Industrial grade sealant slops nuts bolts loosening Locks metal tasteners against vibration shock Allows disassembly normal hand tools use on. ENGINt BOLTSR 0 CAR MOUNTING SCREWSt79~1JTURNBUCKLES MUFfLER SCREWSAND OLE VIS LINKS Available quality hobby shops everywhera Loctite registered tradenark Loctite Corporation MWith ENGINESwin Amerka Technology RIC & U/C ENGINES 15 thru 61 Glow Plugs & Spark Plugs Ignition Engines 29 35 ORIGINAL REPLACEMENT PARTS Kraft 61 Cox Conquest .15 Testor/McCoy Series 21 Taipan 40 HGK Forster Remco Viking twin DC 09 diesel con orte free information RJL Industries PO Box 5 Sierra Ma&e CA 91024 818 359-0016 entOrpisS po box 5631 freano calif 93755
Edition: Model Aviation - 1989/04
Page Numbers: 66, 67, 162, 164, 166
NFFS/USOC For newcomers stands Na tional Free Flight Society/US Outdoor Champi onships time column hits streets sometime early March NFFS will have made information packet available up coming Week Free Flightthe USOC event will staged Lawrenceville IL during period June 19-23 1989 info packets scheduled have available midJanuary havent seen referenced anywhere else date may acquire yours sending No 10 SASE NFFS/USOC 1655 Revere Rd Brookfleld WI 53005and tell em Duration twisted arm event schedule locked up writing somewhat too lengthy relate However essentially Outdoor Free Flight fac tions fully covered myriad events will official AMA Gas non-Gas events array special events full FM card six NFFS Nostalgia Gas events umpteen Old-Timer FF events along complement OT RC-Assist eventsand Flying Aces Club FAC has recently asked permitted latch onto balloon continues rise will offer various Flying Scale categories eye-catching mass launch events its Free Flight will see USOC Write info packet today Also watch advertised notices elsewhere magazine Most important Make plans attend Before moving let say fair should give credit due re spect actual sponsorship combined ef fort Whereas NFFS will sponsor AMA FAI Nosgas events Old-Timer Scale events will handled funded sepa rately through SAM Chapter 57 FAC ganizations respectively will fully ex plained info packets havent al ready done send yours PDQ case may have overlooked three admonitions get info packet let clearly understood columnist enthusiastic respect prospects venture Whoopee grapevine Some newsletter clips interest grassroots underground follows Max-Out NFFS Model Supplies appropriately Model Box now has recently sold Joe Wagnerhas relo cated new address RR #5 Box 348-B Chesterton MD 21620 may also explain Joes Bantam 19 reproduction effort has slowed somewhat late Man would hate have move would take whole squadron Red Ball Express just handle modeling paraphernalia books magazines records what have Whew Another Max-Outs editor Rick Pan gell t true Coverite has disconti nued Micafllm wondering about since have difficulty finding stuff big Indianapolis hobby shops late Apparently reason colored stuff such bear get shrunk properly coloring process required heat thus product already least partially preshrunk took out box rumored Coverite has developed new no-heat coloring process havent seen new stuff yet sad news department announce ment favorite newsletters Georgia-based SEKS Talks going Out busi ness As often situation club newsletters one-man show little help friends Witty Editor Jim Waiston being forced throw towel respect spokes-rag effort representing South Eastern Kamikaze Squadron Atlanta GA area reasons given increasing de mands personal business understandable does have earn living able afford buy balsa issue No 17 newsletter promised spring truly wish fi nal chapter Anyway good show lasted Jimmy New stuff After couple stutter steps So ciety Antique Modelers SAM has just nounced third final location its 23rd Annual SAM Champs Initial plans Reno NV Carson City NV ever flag has now firmiy planted Jean NV October 8-13 SAM headquar ters being set up Gold Strike Hotel/Casino require further info can contact Con test Manager Larry Jeno 4341 Flanders St Las Vegas NV 89121 Rumors affair will staged near Pensacola FL 1990 dates month October well new October time frame scheduling good step Old-Timer con tingent thereby escape normal heat 66 Model Aviation Free Flight Duration Harry Murphy 3924 Oakwood Blvd Anderson IN 46011 Gary Qakins Birchwood MN Buck 600 recent meet Lawrenceville IL Power Rossl 21 Lawrencevllle will serve site first weekiong NFFS/USOC June 1989 couple ElectrIc buffs display heavyweIghts Sacramento CA contest Don Hughes L Electric Toy won 87 Nats Russ Cuips ship R emphasizes large size California Electrics Theres new mini-Electric event now E-30 info column midsummer months magic number 30 emerging once again new event column First P-30 established simple rubber-powered event models having maximum wingspan 30 came Pee Wee 30 same wingspan limit Cox 020 PeeWee power Now comes E 30 small electric motors Tony Naccarato Blacksheep Exhibition Squadron authored rules simplified event briefly consist following Wingspan 28-30 Minimum weight 60 grams including batter ses Commercially available plastic props Motor systems permitted 1 Ferrel enter prises two-cell system 2 V-L HY-70 motor system 3 MRC motor system removed kit #ISO1 Cessna 150 foam model motor system permitted model No motor modifications permitted Only two 50 mAh batteries come above systems permitted Flight scoring rather basic official flight being 40 sec two-minute maxes 30 sec added flyoff flights six attempts make three official flights Tony gets started listing some cur rently available small Rubber kits can easily converted E-30 use include PeckPolymers One-Night 28 Micro-X Hornet P-30 Pharis Models Potent P-30 RN Panda Blue Ridge Square Eagle lets add Campbells Souper 30 sounds like fun see number clubs experimenting event Don Ross has published book entitled Rubber Powered Model Airplanes complete where-from encyclopedia begin ner expert alike scores pictures sketches clearly describe aspect construction covering props rubber wind ing flight trim whole chapter devoted designing own stuff item impressed book clarity sketches cant say have ever seen better quality drawings model pub lication sort book available through Motorbooks International PO Box 1 Osceola WI 54020 retails $1295 plus $395 postage copies Get Youll like Hold CG have received enough mail alr-o-nought-i-kal injuneers last week convince simplified formula computing CG center-of-gravity given model design went great lengths explain December 1988 column actu ally full holes misleading doesnt work very well number design situations Bill Bogart first slap hands wrote similar article subject cluded Zaics 1959-61 Handbook came Bill McCombs nlcely spelled out whole thing could under stand noted formula would give tail volume coefficient certainly factor determinlng CG location must considered computing initial guesstimates establishing location CG sent hand-drawn chart chock full typ ical situations different categories Rub ber Gas Scale competition FF de signs best have ever seen written down single sheet paper will attempt clean up include next column a great design model trim tool apologies may have dorked mod els already because misdemeanor am sure local hobby shops will love increase business Hang until next time Zeek chroniclesPart Ill Since last ep isode December 1988 issue have good fortune having couple lengthy tele phone conversations Lew Mahieu process brushed away some cobwebs helped refurbish few dimming images early postwar period spawned classic Zeek design confirmed personal Zeek ef forts incorporated undercambered airfoils basic concept itself greatly fluenced designs Carl Goldberg friend Lockheed aeronautical engineer Bob Holland Holland Hornet engine fame com mented him first Zeek would fly cause relatively sharp leading edge airfoil Lew persisted because built flown Goldbergs Interceptor very thin airfoil impressed its speed under power Lew attributes eventual competitiveness models initial design decision move polyhedral breaks wing outboard centerline thus producing small up turned wing tip sections such distin guishing feature Zeek feels feature contributed greatly models ability stay thermals others would fall Out descend ground Remember guys days before dethermalizers vogue flight maxes least 10 mm length Thus glide thermaling charac teristics model influence determining its competitiveness what might considered relevant todays standards powerful engines much shorter maximum flight time limitations Lew provided additional elaboration 1946 Stockton CA contest original Zeek model lost significant look event detail somewhat con firms Lews comments regarding compara tive themalability Zeekplus comes good point continue story As mentioned earlier episodes saga Stockton contest itial competition Zeek Lew tended good friends Ray Acord Stillman Clampett Ray established competi tor point accomplishments often being related area newspapers various model publications Anyhow Lew recalled both Zeek Ray Acords Comet Sailplane hooked same thermal Lew pursuing Zeek foot liked run marathon model-chasse efforts cup tea Eventually returning launch site Rays model tow found contest over some time single car remained field occupants Ray Stillman feared Lew gotten himself lost persistent pursuit wayward mod els Lew explained Rays Sallplane eventually dropped out thermal de scended chased model un til disappeared over mountain friends queried What mountain Only did Lew realize gone some 20 miles foot no mountains visible launch site Sailplane being regarded epi tome model gliding flight story would cer tainly seem lend some credence thermal capabilities Zeek design incident also impressed Ray Acord became interested flying Zeeks subsequently winning AMA Nats using Ohlsson 23 power accomplishment turn prompted call Irwin Ohlsson requested permission use Rays picture testimony engine ads Continued page 162 April 1989 67 Frank Heeb ponders last-minute trim change before flight NosGas-eligibie Bruce Goodnow brought rendering hA Space Wamp Stuart Savage design British Half Swift design Wright Field 1953 Frank Zaic Yearbook meet 88 Model really scootal Don Ross new book great treasure both novice expert has scores pho tos descriptive sketches Want get Source info column MK 231 OR PFM 3200 Aloonev 1/5th SCALE SEMI-KIT WAYNE SIEWERT AMA NATh1st PLACE WINNER RADIO 4-6 CHANNEL77fl1988 NA TS EXPERT ENGINEPORSCHE FI7TEO MOONEY 90-1082 CYCLE 120-4 CYCLE SPAN 88 AREA 990SQIN WEIGHT 12-15# Fiberglass Cowlings Windshield Tip Lenses Plastic Elevator & Rudder Surfaces Rolled Plans Scale Documentation Full Instructions Scale Spinner MORE INFO SEND SASE WAYNE SIEWERT 31st Ave MPLS MN 55406 USA612-722-7564 y-made monopod typesweather turned nice about 100 pm Sunday andsions came later assumed ear John Morrill Simplex engine rubber-allowed great deal fantastic flying Theher ignition-engine versions must have incorpo winder fame has just designed come-apartevent brought Out some world-class FF Scalerated two-wheeled gear enable meeting modular winding stooge about mostships generated much enthusiasm plan-ROG rise-off-ground requirement thenversatile around Costing neighbor-ning has begun next years meetto heldcurrent AMA rules Wrong hood 50 bucks Simplex stooge features alate August weather better Lew stated Zeeks utilized single hollow aluminum tube sectioned centerpost andwheels ROG requirement met aluminum uprights hold model byWell gang until next time keep top screwedsimply drilling holes stab trailing edges means stiff piece music wire passedon yer diesel fuel props balancedthe approximate location still-future subthrough upright through models__________________________________________rudders inserting/cementing short lengths rear rubber peg aluminum tube n.4~n/Murphyhardwood dowel extended downthrough other upright attitude side view approximate bottom model controlled foam-rubber cylinder onContinued page 67the fuselage Thus models would remain adjustable armupright no support other two pegs whole unit guyed against pull ofin commercial magazines periodand single wheel placed ground winding two lines attached ground be- Ray would ultimately produce first comlner-Neat huh hind unit V formation kept fromcial kit Zeek under Air-0 label As know other Zeeks followed 277-sqtwisting staking its base ground usingwas understandable employees atin original sizes 435 575 sq wing spike through side wooden basethe time Lew Mahieu kits fabri-area 435 originally powered Tor block template included making eas-cated Rays own shop Air-0pedo 29 575 Bunch Tiger 45 ily attached shelfMighty Midget enginea 45 cid power plantLews 435 held AMA ROW rise-off-water need Simplex stooge can takenwhich Ray Acord-redesigned continuancerecord time 22-mm three-flight toapart short box mere three inches squareof earlier Bunch Tiger engines Lew re-tal matter held Free Flight small enough go under airline seat Ordermained employ Ray Acords machineROW records time another As further yours through Old-Timer Model Supply POshop 45 through 48 moonlightingtribute individual versatility modeling Box 7334 Van Nuys CA 91409 can alsowith other projects Oops tangent has got-skills person ever hold four call OTMS 818 781-8667ten us little ahead mainstream stoIy 50Control Line Speed records Classes B C lets press once again Lews personaland D same time Scale watch Pacific Northwest Ric Ditt- participation evolution Zeek Lew related another derivative probably good place pause man airline captain founder NorthwestAlsod Sailplanethe Hurricane somewhat smaller Scale Watch newsletter Free Flight Scalereport minor correction sketch orig-look-alike Goldberg classic produced builders fliers sends along report theinal Zeek included Decemberby Advanced Engineering Companywas first annual No-Doe no documentation required88 column Whereas three-view shows two-also quite popular West Coast time Scale meet held Snohomish Harvey Field Oc-wheeled landing gear reality should haveThis design influenced version Zeek tober 1988 Ric co-CD along Larrybeen shown single wheel two-wheelwhich friend Stu Sittig whipped out few Olson informs us about 43 modelsconfiguration erroneous assumption ondays after flight tests begun Initial showed up wet windy weekend try outmy part landing gear details omittedflights indicated new fuselage configuration what looks like best flying site Westfrom Stu Sittigs original drawings Since earlyseemed need rudder area in-theCoastphotographs indicated omission sub-Continued page 164 hardy souls stuck out therudders applied kitted ver FOAM WING CORES PRECISION MADE EXPANDED BEAD POLYSTYRENE -REPLACEMENT WING & STAB CORES FOR ALL POPULAR RIG AIRCRAFT OVER 250 DIFFERENT WINGS IN STOCK FOR IMMEDIATE DELIVERY SO IF HAVE FAVORITE BIRD THAT NEEDS WING CALL OR CRYSTAL CLEAR THERMOFORMED CANOPIES DRESS UP YOUR PLANE WITH NEW CANOPY FROM CWING MFG TOP QUALITY TOOLING & MATERIAL MAKES THESE SECOND TO NONE WE HAVE LOTS OF SHAPES & SIZES IN STOCK WHICH FIT MOST KITS & SCRATCH BUILT MODELS PO BOX 33 CRYSTAL LAKE IL t0014 SEND $350 FOR DESCRIPTIVE VISIT OUR OUTLET STORE AT IS MORGAN STREET IN CRYSTAL LAKE ii-PRODUCT CATALOG 162 Model Aviation QUAY BARBER MODELS 27106 BUTTERNUT 500 1/4 SCALENOLMSTED OHIO 44070 ALL KITS $i25952167776172 EPOXY/GLASS/PIIKIT PRICESHIPPING CONSTRUCTION I11i DRAWINGS AND DATA FOR FORMUU 120 CREDIT CANDS WELCOMED P1105 SPORT OR STANDOFF QHIO REIIDENTS ADO 7% SCALE oX TOLEDO WEAK SIGNALS RIC EXPOSITION APRIL 5 1960 Uvu APRIL 9 1606 field fix made using cardboard cutout bona fide rudder fabricated stalled back workshop Zeek variation ultimately did prove itself eventually dropped Lew testified fabled 1 500-sq-in McCoy 60-powered Zeek definite reality although managed half-dozen contests because just too large transport very eas ily says eventually gave away oftband couldnt remember ac quired monster its 18-in center section chord However few years later early modeling friend called inform him just moved new residence found huge model left previous occupant Since Lew no longer active modeler time did attempt reclaim 435-sq-in version became testbed transition ignition power less complicated greater-power-per-weight age early glow plug ignition Torpedo 29 removed pylon moved rearward fuselage cross section reduced glow-plugequipped Arden 199 ignition Bunch 45 eventually replaced glow-equipped Tor pedo 19s 23s 575-sized models Lews slab-sided balsa box fuselage uti lized Sailplane wing tail sported McCoy 60which replaced time Dool ing 61 Lew stated high-rpm racing en gine probably made noise rather supplying power eventually re moved replaced original McCoy Lew mixed own glow fuel personal suc cesses flying field prompted friends begin borrowing tankfuls smelly brews Since practice soon became little expen sive began sell concoctions area mod elers bobby shops under Super Sonic la bel name should sound familiar should eventually sold fuel interests John Brod beck K&B Manufacturing still sells glow fuels under same label today40 years later youre getting notion now Lew Mahieu energetic sort could handle irons fire simultaneously am getting story across teenager ten held two jobs went school same timein addition being avid modeler competitor Lew would eventually work full time K&B beginning 1949 claims responsi bility bringing noted engine designer Bill Wis niewaki K&B well addition edited unique West Coast Report Model Airplane News couple years aided Bill Cranford produc ing second edition successful A/B Zeek under Premium Manufacturing Co label version included larger stab some sub tle fuselage refinements distinctive wing design left intact Arguments persist today version design better both parties agree either version ex tremely competitive discussing Zeek Jerry Nolin last summer Jerry came up item heretofore considered said Zeek kits milestone first show fuse dethermalizer configuration kit plans Interesting Maybe would have sold kits able re trieve models because Now 62 years age Lews assured selfpropelled energetic personality exuded through 2500 miles telephone cables micro waves subsequent activities since 1950 have included variety ventures such owning bus line airline running hops Los An geles area Catalina Island machinery sales current Mahieu Engineering Co recently made majority parts John Morrills Hornet Morrisons Super Cyclone reproduction venture has owned pursued six businessesall simultaneouslyand still owns three four full-scale aircraft often flying home-away-from-home Alaska periods relaxation says pondering possibil ity returning Free Flight eventu ally fall renew physical pilots li cense Rest assured fellas time comes prepared rewrite record books again Meanwhile surely wish thank Lew Mahieu furnishing information perContinued page 166 164 Model Aviation AN-TENNA Tub& 36 Flexible Tubes Antenna Lead Out 6U-PR-UNE PRODUCTS INC us St. R e E Sidney OH erJect GLASS CLOTH 58 oz Full Satisfaction Full Refund Factory pre-treated perfect compatibility epoxy polyester resin *395 per yard 38 wide Price includes postage & handling Immediate shipment Minimum order rds Easy use ructions included Also — see ad Plain Cradle-2 84 Stonefield Trail marty Berr SWlndaor CT06074 sonal Zeek involvement next tune we will concluding Lews involvement original Zeek concepts getting era subsequent flat-bottom-airfoiled spinoffs Stay tuned thrilling nostalgic adven tures Till See ya downwind Milwaukee/Noonan Continued page 70 son shot down France 1918 included photo grave model Nieuport Monoplane framework superbly detailed donated Lynn Davies Discovery aviation section science room public library led countless trips notebook since books could borrowed books gradually lost discarded few remained end World War II 1936 found book Milwaukee Model Aero Club published 1917 same Lynn Davies nicely done photos drawings models well complete story club prob ably written Lynn doing graduate work Armour Institute Chicago also appeared very limited number published club member time tracked down four surviving members 1968 copies well librarys vanished last surviving club members Mil waukee hold annual reunions old modelers As part program usually have flysheet filled things past hand out job write flysheet occasion mentioned Milwaukee Model Aero Club ceased exist before us born Apparently sheets circulated well long afterward received note mail Walter Loehndorf nearby Wau kesha letter Walter stated former field director publicity man Milwaukee Model Aero Club went tell Lynn Davies leader club 19 members Naturally Walter quickly struck up fast friendship Together soon visited Gilbert Counsell another ex-club-member Gilbert stack old photos cop ied files Walter Gil helped compile list former members Modelers ch Has Ended Look No Further Pilot Bust Comnietely finished equipped ready fly 1/4 5 5 Weight 6oz Price $1995 ea P&H $325 per Item Calif resid add sales tax 209 224-4170... Thus began search earnest pioneering group led discover marvelously talented group boys pre-balsa era equaled best mod elers country bit work names phone book led meeting Lee Eirsng son ex-club-member Ervin Eiring Lee become invalid shortly thereafter before sessions sharing mutual interest music model flying history loaned fathers box propellers sil ver trophies 1915 model catalogs phone book also led another club member Alfred Hayden met once gave batch clippings Milwaukee Journal regretted box propellers has used amuse grandchildren Though died soon after will always appreciate kind assistance Yet another ex-member found living retirement Florida Ken Sedgwick viv idly remembered clubs building tech niques contests statement sums up intensity club members love aviation utterly serious about hobby all-compelling force lives great deal shaping adult lives four men surviving club members late 1960s Both Lynn Davies Ervin Eiring passed away 1961 1975 last Milwaukee Model Aero Club members gone Models contests Apparently Mil waukee Model Aero Club began early 1914 Lynn Davies already built models adept instructing others art building finding proper materials took several weeks make good-flying model Hobby shops 20 years future club eventually out grew its initial flying site located present-day University Wisconsin-Mil waukee campus time MMAC members very advanced builders Models con structed refinement parts carefully streamlined sanded doped banana oil Props designed carved true pitch X layout Rubber pur Continued page 168 166 Model Aviation IL@CTITL Teekdqae LCO1 242 THREADLOCKER Industrial grade sealant slops nuts bolts loosening Locks metal tasteners against vibration shock Allows disassembly normal hand tools use on. ENGINt BOLTSR 0 CAR MOUNTING SCREWSt79~1JTURNBUCKLES MUFfLER SCREWSAND OLE VIS LINKS Available quality hobby shops everywhera Loctite registered tradenark Loctite Corporation MWith ENGINESwin Amerka Technology RIC & U/C ENGINES 15 thru 61 Glow Plugs & Spark Plugs Ignition Engines 29 35 ORIGINAL REPLACEMENT PARTS Kraft 61 Cox Conquest .15 Testor/McCoy Series 21 Taipan 40 HGK Forster Remco Viking twin DC 09 diesel con orte free information RJL Industries PO Box 5 Sierra Ma&e CA 91024 818 359-0016 entOrpisS po box 5631 freano calif 93755
Edition: Model Aviation - 1989/04
Page Numbers: 66, 67, 162, 164, 166
NFFS/USOC For newcomers stands Na tional Free Flight Society/US Outdoor Champi onships time column hits streets sometime early March NFFS will have made information packet available up coming Week Free Flightthe USOC event will staged Lawrenceville IL during period June 19-23 1989 info packets scheduled have available midJanuary havent seen referenced anywhere else date may acquire yours sending No 10 SASE NFFS/USOC 1655 Revere Rd Brookfleld WI 53005and tell em Duration twisted arm event schedule locked up writing somewhat too lengthy relate However essentially Outdoor Free Flight fac tions fully covered myriad events will official AMA Gas non-Gas events array special events full FM card six NFFS Nostalgia Gas events umpteen Old-Timer FF events along complement OT RC-Assist eventsand Flying Aces Club FAC has recently asked permitted latch onto balloon continues rise will offer various Flying Scale categories eye-catching mass launch events its Free Flight will see USOC Write info packet today Also watch advertised notices elsewhere magazine Most important Make plans attend Before moving let say fair should give credit due re spect actual sponsorship combined ef fort Whereas NFFS will sponsor AMA FAI Nosgas events Old-Timer Scale events will handled funded sepa rately through SAM Chapter 57 FAC ganizations respectively will fully ex plained info packets havent al ready done send yours PDQ case may have overlooked three admonitions get info packet let clearly understood columnist enthusiastic respect prospects venture Whoopee grapevine Some newsletter clips interest grassroots underground follows Max-Out NFFS Model Supplies appropriately Model Box now has recently sold Joe Wagnerhas relo cated new address RR #5 Box 348-B Chesterton MD 21620 may also explain Joes Bantam 19 reproduction effort has slowed somewhat late Man would hate have move would take whole squadron Red Ball Express just handle modeling paraphernalia books magazines records what have Whew Another Max-Outs editor Rick Pan gell t true Coverite has disconti nued Micafllm wondering about since have difficulty finding stuff big Indianapolis hobby shops late Apparently reason colored stuff such bear get shrunk properly coloring process required heat thus product already least partially preshrunk took out box rumored Coverite has developed new no-heat coloring process havent seen new stuff yet sad news department announce ment favorite newsletters Georgia-based SEKS Talks going Out busi ness As often situation club newsletters one-man show little help friends Witty Editor Jim Waiston being forced throw towel respect spokes-rag effort representing South Eastern Kamikaze Squadron Atlanta GA area reasons given increasing de mands personal business understandable does have earn living able afford buy balsa issue No 17 newsletter promised spring truly wish fi nal chapter Anyway good show lasted Jimmy New stuff After couple stutter steps So ciety Antique Modelers SAM has just nounced third final location its 23rd Annual SAM Champs Initial plans Reno NV Carson City NV ever flag has now firmiy planted Jean NV October 8-13 SAM headquar ters being set up Gold Strike Hotel/Casino require further info can contact Con test Manager Larry Jeno 4341 Flanders St Las Vegas NV 89121 Rumors affair will staged near Pensacola FL 1990 dates month October well new October time frame scheduling good step Old-Timer con tingent thereby escape normal heat 66 Model Aviation Free Flight Duration Harry Murphy 3924 Oakwood Blvd Anderson IN 46011 Gary Qakins Birchwood MN Buck 600 recent meet Lawrenceville IL Power Rossl 21 Lawrencevllle will serve site first weekiong NFFS/USOC June 1989 couple ElectrIc buffs display heavyweIghts Sacramento CA contest Don Hughes L Electric Toy won 87 Nats Russ Cuips ship R emphasizes large size California Electrics Theres new mini-Electric event now E-30 info column midsummer months magic number 30 emerging once again new event column First P-30 established simple rubber-powered event models having maximum wingspan 30 came Pee Wee 30 same wingspan limit Cox 020 PeeWee power Now comes E 30 small electric motors Tony Naccarato Blacksheep Exhibition Squadron authored rules simplified event briefly consist following Wingspan 28-30 Minimum weight 60 grams including batter ses Commercially available plastic props Motor systems permitted 1 Ferrel enter prises two-cell system 2 V-L HY-70 motor system 3 MRC motor system removed kit #ISO1 Cessna 150 foam model motor system permitted model No motor modifications permitted Only two 50 mAh batteries come above systems permitted Flight scoring rather basic official flight being 40 sec two-minute maxes 30 sec added flyoff flights six attempts make three official flights Tony gets started listing some cur rently available small Rubber kits can easily converted E-30 use include PeckPolymers One-Night 28 Micro-X Hornet P-30 Pharis Models Potent P-30 RN Panda Blue Ridge Square Eagle lets add Campbells Souper 30 sounds like fun see number clubs experimenting event Don Ross has published book entitled Rubber Powered Model Airplanes complete where-from encyclopedia begin ner expert alike scores pictures sketches clearly describe aspect construction covering props rubber wind ing flight trim whole chapter devoted designing own stuff item impressed book clarity sketches cant say have ever seen better quality drawings model pub lication sort book available through Motorbooks International PO Box 1 Osceola WI 54020 retails $1295 plus $395 postage copies Get Youll like Hold CG have received enough mail alr-o-nought-i-kal injuneers last week convince simplified formula computing CG center-of-gravity given model design went great lengths explain December 1988 column actu ally full holes misleading doesnt work very well number design situations Bill Bogart first slap hands wrote similar article subject cluded Zaics 1959-61 Handbook came Bill McCombs nlcely spelled out whole thing could under stand noted formula would give tail volume coefficient certainly factor determinlng CG location must considered computing initial guesstimates establishing location CG sent hand-drawn chart chock full typ ical situations different categories Rub ber Gas Scale competition FF de signs best have ever seen written down single sheet paper will attempt clean up include next column a great design model trim tool apologies may have dorked mod els already because misdemeanor am sure local hobby shops will love increase business Hang until next time Zeek chroniclesPart Ill Since last ep isode December 1988 issue have good fortune having couple lengthy tele phone conversations Lew Mahieu process brushed away some cobwebs helped refurbish few dimming images early postwar period spawned classic Zeek design confirmed personal Zeek ef forts incorporated undercambered airfoils basic concept itself greatly fluenced designs Carl Goldberg friend Lockheed aeronautical engineer Bob Holland Holland Hornet engine fame com mented him first Zeek would fly cause relatively sharp leading edge airfoil Lew persisted because built flown Goldbergs Interceptor very thin airfoil impressed its speed under power Lew attributes eventual competitiveness models initial design decision move polyhedral breaks wing outboard centerline thus producing small up turned wing tip sections such distin guishing feature Zeek feels feature contributed greatly models ability stay thermals others would fall Out descend ground Remember guys days before dethermalizers vogue flight maxes least 10 mm length Thus glide thermaling charac teristics model influence determining its competitiveness what might considered relevant todays standards powerful engines much shorter maximum flight time limitations Lew provided additional elaboration 1946 Stockton CA contest original Zeek model lost significant look event detail somewhat con firms Lews comments regarding compara tive themalability Zeekplus comes good point continue story As mentioned earlier episodes saga Stockton contest itial competition Zeek Lew tended good friends Ray Acord Stillman Clampett Ray established competi tor point accomplishments often being related area newspapers various model publications Anyhow Lew recalled both Zeek Ray Acords Comet Sailplane hooked same thermal Lew pursuing Zeek foot liked run marathon model-chasse efforts cup tea Eventually returning launch site Rays model tow found contest over some time single car remained field occupants Ray Stillman feared Lew gotten himself lost persistent pursuit wayward mod els Lew explained Rays Sallplane eventually dropped out thermal de scended chased model un til disappeared over mountain friends queried What mountain Only did Lew realize gone some 20 miles foot no mountains visible launch site Sailplane being regarded epi tome model gliding flight story would cer tainly seem lend some credence thermal capabilities Zeek design incident also impressed Ray Acord became interested flying Zeeks subsequently winning AMA Nats using Ohlsson 23 power accomplishment turn prompted call Irwin Ohlsson requested permission use Rays picture testimony engine ads Continued page 162 April 1989 67 Frank Heeb ponders last-minute trim change before flight NosGas-eligibie Bruce Goodnow brought rendering hA Space Wamp Stuart Savage design British Half Swift design Wright Field 1953 Frank Zaic Yearbook meet 88 Model really scootal Don Ross new book great treasure both novice expert has scores pho tos descriptive sketches Want get Source info column MK 231 OR PFM 3200 Aloonev 1/5th SCALE SEMI-KIT WAYNE SIEWERT AMA NATh1st PLACE WINNER RADIO 4-6 CHANNEL77fl1988 NA TS EXPERT ENGINEPORSCHE FI7TEO MOONEY 90-1082 CYCLE 120-4 CYCLE SPAN 88 AREA 990SQIN WEIGHT 12-15# Fiberglass Cowlings Windshield Tip Lenses Plastic Elevator & Rudder Surfaces Rolled Plans Scale Documentation Full Instructions Scale Spinner MORE INFO SEND SASE WAYNE SIEWERT 31st Ave MPLS MN 55406 USA612-722-7564 y-made monopod typesweather turned nice about 100 pm Sunday andsions came later assumed ear John Morrill Simplex engine rubber-allowed great deal fantastic flying Theher ignition-engine versions must have incorpo winder fame has just designed come-apartevent brought Out some world-class FF Scalerated two-wheeled gear enable meeting modular winding stooge about mostships generated much enthusiasm plan-ROG rise-off-ground requirement thenversatile around Costing neighbor-ning has begun next years meetto heldcurrent AMA rules Wrong hood 50 bucks Simplex stooge features alate August weather better Lew stated Zeeks utilized single hollow aluminum tube sectioned centerpost andwheels ROG requirement met aluminum uprights hold model byWell gang until next time keep top screwedsimply drilling holes stab trailing edges means stiff piece music wire passedon yer diesel fuel props balancedthe approximate location still-future subthrough upright through models__________________________________________rudders inserting/cementing short lengths rear rubber peg aluminum tube n.4~n/Murphyhardwood dowel extended downthrough other upright attitude side view approximate bottom model controlled foam-rubber cylinder onContinued page 67the fuselage Thus models would remain adjustable armupright no support other two pegs whole unit guyed against pull ofin commercial magazines periodand single wheel placed ground winding two lines attached ground be- Ray would ultimately produce first comlner-Neat huh hind unit V formation kept fromcial kit Zeek under Air-0 label As know other Zeeks followed 277-sqtwisting staking its base ground usingwas understandable employees atin original sizes 435 575 sq wing spike through side wooden basethe time Lew Mahieu kits fabri-area 435 originally powered Tor block template included making eas-cated Rays own shop Air-0pedo 29 575 Bunch Tiger 45 ily attached shelfMighty Midget enginea 45 cid power plantLews 435 held AMA ROW rise-off-water need Simplex stooge can takenwhich Ray Acord-redesigned continuancerecord time 22-mm three-flight toapart short box mere three inches squareof earlier Bunch Tiger engines Lew re-tal matter held Free Flight small enough go under airline seat Ordermained employ Ray Acords machineROW records time another As further yours through Old-Timer Model Supply POshop 45 through 48 moonlightingtribute individual versatility modeling Box 7334 Van Nuys CA 91409 can alsowith other projects Oops tangent has got-skills person ever hold four call OTMS 818 781-8667ten us little ahead mainstream stoIy 50Control Line Speed records Classes B C lets press once again Lews personaland D same time Scale watch Pacific Northwest Ric Ditt- participation evolution Zeek Lew related another derivative probably good place pause man airline captain founder NorthwestAlsod Sailplanethe Hurricane somewhat smaller Scale Watch newsletter Free Flight Scalereport minor correction sketch orig-look-alike Goldberg classic produced builders fliers sends along report theinal Zeek included Decemberby Advanced Engineering Companywas first annual No-Doe no documentation required88 column Whereas three-view shows two-also quite popular West Coast time Scale meet held Snohomish Harvey Field Oc-wheeled landing gear reality should haveThis design influenced version Zeek tober 1988 Ric co-CD along Larrybeen shown single wheel two-wheelwhich friend Stu Sittig whipped out few Olson informs us about 43 modelsconfiguration erroneous assumption ondays after flight tests begun Initial showed up wet windy weekend try outmy part landing gear details omittedflights indicated new fuselage configuration what looks like best flying site Westfrom Stu Sittigs original drawings Since earlyseemed need rudder area in-theCoastphotographs indicated omission sub-Continued page 164 hardy souls stuck out therudders applied kitted ver FOAM WING CORES PRECISION MADE EXPANDED BEAD POLYSTYRENE -REPLACEMENT WING & STAB CORES FOR ALL POPULAR RIG AIRCRAFT OVER 250 DIFFERENT WINGS IN STOCK FOR IMMEDIATE DELIVERY SO IF HAVE FAVORITE BIRD THAT NEEDS WING CALL OR CRYSTAL CLEAR THERMOFORMED CANOPIES DRESS UP YOUR PLANE WITH NEW CANOPY FROM CWING MFG TOP QUALITY TOOLING & MATERIAL MAKES THESE SECOND TO NONE WE HAVE LOTS OF SHAPES & SIZES IN STOCK WHICH FIT MOST KITS & SCRATCH BUILT MODELS PO BOX 33 CRYSTAL LAKE IL t0014 SEND $350 FOR DESCRIPTIVE VISIT OUR OUTLET STORE AT IS MORGAN STREET IN CRYSTAL LAKE ii-PRODUCT CATALOG 162 Model Aviation QUAY BARBER MODELS 27106 BUTTERNUT 500 1/4 SCALENOLMSTED OHIO 44070 ALL KITS $i25952167776172 EPOXY/GLASS/PIIKIT PRICESHIPPING CONSTRUCTION I11i DRAWINGS AND DATA FOR FORMUU 120 CREDIT CANDS WELCOMED P1105 SPORT OR STANDOFF QHIO REIIDENTS ADO 7% SCALE oX TOLEDO WEAK SIGNALS RIC EXPOSITION APRIL 5 1960 Uvu APRIL 9 1606 field fix made using cardboard cutout bona fide rudder fabricated stalled back workshop Zeek variation ultimately did prove itself eventually dropped Lew testified fabled 1 500-sq-in McCoy 60-powered Zeek definite reality although managed half-dozen contests because just too large transport very eas ily says eventually gave away oftband couldnt remember ac quired monster its 18-in center section chord However few years later early modeling friend called inform him just moved new residence found huge model left previous occupant Since Lew no longer active modeler time did attempt reclaim 435-sq-in version became testbed transition ignition power less complicated greater-power-per-weight age early glow plug ignition Torpedo 29 removed pylon moved rearward fuselage cross section reduced glow-plugequipped Arden 199 ignition Bunch 45 eventually replaced glow-equipped Tor pedo 19s 23s 575-sized models Lews slab-sided balsa box fuselage uti lized Sailplane wing tail sported McCoy 60which replaced time Dool ing 61 Lew stated high-rpm racing en gine probably made noise rather supplying power eventually re moved replaced original McCoy Lew mixed own glow fuel personal suc cesses flying field prompted friends begin borrowing tankfuls smelly brews Since practice soon became little expen sive began sell concoctions area mod elers bobby shops under Super Sonic la bel name should sound familiar should eventually sold fuel interests John Brod beck K&B Manufacturing still sells glow fuels under same label today40 years later youre getting notion now Lew Mahieu energetic sort could handle irons fire simultaneously am getting story across teenager ten held two jobs went school same timein addition being avid modeler competitor Lew would eventually work full time K&B beginning 1949 claims responsi bility bringing noted engine designer Bill Wis niewaki K&B well addition edited unique West Coast Report Model Airplane News couple years aided Bill Cranford produc ing second edition successful A/B Zeek under Premium Manufacturing Co label version included larger stab some sub tle fuselage refinements distinctive wing design left intact Arguments persist today version design better both parties agree either version ex tremely competitive discussing Zeek Jerry Nolin last summer Jerry came up item heretofore considered said Zeek kits milestone first show fuse dethermalizer configuration kit plans Interesting Maybe would have sold kits able re trieve models because Now 62 years age Lews assured selfpropelled energetic personality exuded through 2500 miles telephone cables micro waves subsequent activities since 1950 have included variety ventures such owning bus line airline running hops Los An geles area Catalina Island machinery sales current Mahieu Engineering Co recently made majority parts John Morrills Hornet Morrisons Super Cyclone reproduction venture has owned pursued six businessesall simultaneouslyand still owns three four full-scale aircraft often flying home-away-from-home Alaska periods relaxation says pondering possibil ity returning Free Flight eventu ally fall renew physical pilots li cense Rest assured fellas time comes prepared rewrite record books again Meanwhile surely wish thank Lew Mahieu furnishing information perContinued page 166 164 Model Aviation AN-TENNA Tub& 36 Flexible Tubes Antenna Lead Out 6U-PR-UNE PRODUCTS INC us St. R e E Sidney OH erJect GLASS CLOTH 58 oz Full Satisfaction Full Refund Factory pre-treated perfect compatibility epoxy polyester resin *395 per yard 38 wide Price includes postage & handling Immediate shipment Minimum order rds Easy use ructions included Also — see ad Plain Cradle-2 84 Stonefield Trail marty Berr SWlndaor CT06074 sonal Zeek involvement next tune we will concluding Lews involvement original Zeek concepts getting era subsequent flat-bottom-airfoiled spinoffs Stay tuned thrilling nostalgic adven tures Till See ya downwind Milwaukee/Noonan Continued page 70 son shot down France 1918 included photo grave model Nieuport Monoplane framework superbly detailed donated Lynn Davies Discovery aviation section science room public library led countless trips notebook since books could borrowed books gradually lost discarded few remained end World War II 1936 found book Milwaukee Model Aero Club published 1917 same Lynn Davies nicely done photos drawings models well complete story club prob ably written Lynn doing graduate work Armour Institute Chicago also appeared very limited number published club member time tracked down four surviving members 1968 copies well librarys vanished last surviving club members Mil waukee hold annual reunions old modelers As part program usually have flysheet filled things past hand out job write flysheet occasion mentioned Milwaukee Model Aero Club ceased exist before us born Apparently sheets circulated well long afterward received note mail Walter Loehndorf nearby Wau kesha letter Walter stated former field director publicity man Milwaukee Model Aero Club went tell Lynn Davies leader club 19 members Naturally Walter quickly struck up fast friendship Together soon visited Gilbert Counsell another ex-club-member Gilbert stack old photos cop ied files Walter Gil helped compile list former members Modelers ch Has Ended Look No Further Pilot Bust Comnietely finished equipped ready fly 1/4 5 5 Weight 6oz Price $1995 ea P&H $325 per Item Calif resid add sales tax 209 224-4170... Thus began search earnest pioneering group led discover marvelously talented group boys pre-balsa era equaled best mod elers country bit work names phone book led meeting Lee Eirsng son ex-club-member Ervin Eiring Lee become invalid shortly thereafter before sessions sharing mutual interest music model flying history loaned fathers box propellers sil ver trophies 1915 model catalogs phone book also led another club member Alfred Hayden met once gave batch clippings Milwaukee Journal regretted box propellers has used amuse grandchildren Though died soon after will always appreciate kind assistance Yet another ex-member found living retirement Florida Ken Sedgwick viv idly remembered clubs building tech niques contests statement sums up intensity club members love aviation utterly serious about hobby all-compelling force lives great deal shaping adult lives four men surviving club members late 1960s Both Lynn Davies Ervin Eiring passed away 1961 1975 last Milwaukee Model Aero Club members gone Models contests Apparently Mil waukee Model Aero Club began early 1914 Lynn Davies already built models adept instructing others art building finding proper materials took several weeks make good-flying model Hobby shops 20 years future club eventually out grew its initial flying site located present-day University Wisconsin-Mil waukee campus time MMAC members very advanced builders Models con structed refinement parts carefully streamlined sanded doped banana oil Props designed carved true pitch X layout Rubber pur Continued page 168 166 Model Aviation IL@CTITL Teekdqae LCO1 242 THREADLOCKER Industrial grade sealant slops nuts bolts loosening Locks metal tasteners against vibration shock Allows disassembly normal hand tools use on. 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NFFS/USOC For newcomers stands Na tional Free Flight Society/US Outdoor Champi onships time column hits streets sometime early March NFFS will have made information packet available up coming Week Free Flightthe USOC event will staged Lawrenceville IL during period June 19-23 1989 info packets scheduled have available midJanuary havent seen referenced anywhere else date may acquire yours sending No 10 SASE NFFS/USOC 1655 Revere Rd Brookfleld WI 53005and tell em Duration twisted arm event schedule locked up writing somewhat too lengthy relate However essentially Outdoor Free Flight fac tions fully covered myriad events will official AMA Gas non-Gas events array special events full FM card six NFFS Nostalgia Gas events umpteen Old-Timer FF events along complement OT RC-Assist eventsand Flying Aces Club FAC has recently asked permitted latch onto balloon continues rise will offer various Flying Scale categories eye-catching mass launch events its Free Flight will see USOC Write info packet today Also watch advertised notices elsewhere magazine Most important Make plans attend Before moving let say fair should give credit due re spect actual sponsorship combined ef fort Whereas NFFS will sponsor AMA FAI Nosgas events Old-Timer Scale events will handled funded sepa rately through SAM Chapter 57 FAC ganizations respectively will fully ex plained info packets havent al ready done send yours PDQ case may have overlooked three admonitions get info packet let clearly understood columnist enthusiastic respect prospects venture Whoopee grapevine Some newsletter clips interest grassroots underground follows Max-Out NFFS Model Supplies appropriately Model Box now has recently sold Joe Wagnerhas relo cated new address RR #5 Box 348-B Chesterton MD 21620 may also explain Joes Bantam 19 reproduction effort has slowed somewhat late Man would hate have move would take whole squadron Red Ball Express just handle modeling paraphernalia books magazines records what have Whew Another Max-Outs editor Rick Pan gell t true Coverite has disconti nued Micafllm wondering about since have difficulty finding stuff big Indianapolis hobby shops late Apparently reason colored stuff such bear get shrunk properly coloring process required heat thus product already least partially preshrunk took out box rumored Coverite has developed new no-heat coloring process havent seen new stuff yet sad news department announce ment favorite newsletters Georgia-based SEKS Talks going Out busi ness As often situation club newsletters one-man show little help friends Witty Editor Jim Waiston being forced throw towel respect spokes-rag effort representing South Eastern Kamikaze Squadron Atlanta GA area reasons given increasing de mands personal business understandable does have earn living able afford buy balsa issue No 17 newsletter promised spring truly wish fi nal chapter Anyway good show lasted Jimmy New stuff After couple stutter steps So ciety Antique Modelers SAM has just nounced third final location its 23rd Annual SAM Champs Initial plans Reno NV Carson City NV ever flag has now firmiy planted Jean NV October 8-13 SAM headquar ters being set up Gold Strike Hotel/Casino require further info can contact Con test Manager Larry Jeno 4341 Flanders St Las Vegas NV 89121 Rumors affair will staged near Pensacola FL 1990 dates month October well new October time frame scheduling good step Old-Timer con tingent thereby escape normal heat 66 Model Aviation Free Flight Duration Harry Murphy 3924 Oakwood Blvd Anderson IN 46011 Gary Qakins Birchwood MN Buck 600 recent meet Lawrenceville IL Power Rossl 21 Lawrencevllle will serve site first weekiong NFFS/USOC June 1989 couple ElectrIc buffs display heavyweIghts Sacramento CA contest Don Hughes L Electric Toy won 87 Nats Russ Cuips ship R emphasizes large size California Electrics Theres new mini-Electric event now E-30 info column midsummer months magic number 30 emerging once again new event column First P-30 established simple rubber-powered event models having maximum wingspan 30 came Pee Wee 30 same wingspan limit Cox 020 PeeWee power Now comes E 30 small electric motors Tony Naccarato Blacksheep Exhibition Squadron authored rules simplified event briefly consist following Wingspan 28-30 Minimum weight 60 grams including batter ses Commercially available plastic props Motor systems permitted 1 Ferrel enter prises two-cell system 2 V-L HY-70 motor system 3 MRC motor system removed kit #ISO1 Cessna 150 foam model motor system permitted model No motor modifications permitted Only two 50 mAh batteries come above systems permitted Flight scoring rather basic official flight being 40 sec two-minute maxes 30 sec added flyoff flights six attempts make three official flights Tony gets started listing some cur rently available small Rubber kits can easily converted E-30 use include PeckPolymers One-Night 28 Micro-X Hornet P-30 Pharis Models Potent P-30 RN Panda Blue Ridge Square Eagle lets add Campbells Souper 30 sounds like fun see number clubs experimenting event Don Ross has published book entitled Rubber Powered Model Airplanes complete where-from encyclopedia begin ner expert alike scores pictures sketches clearly describe aspect construction covering props rubber wind ing flight trim whole chapter devoted designing own stuff item impressed book clarity sketches cant say have ever seen better quality drawings model pub lication sort book available through Motorbooks International PO Box 1 Osceola WI 54020 retails $1295 plus $395 postage copies Get Youll like Hold CG have received enough mail alr-o-nought-i-kal injuneers last week convince simplified formula computing CG center-of-gravity given model design went great lengths explain December 1988 column actu ally full holes misleading doesnt work very well number design situations Bill Bogart first slap hands wrote similar article subject cluded Zaics 1959-61 Handbook came Bill McCombs nlcely spelled out whole thing could under stand noted formula would give tail volume coefficient certainly factor determinlng CG location must considered computing initial guesstimates establishing location CG sent hand-drawn chart chock full typ ical situations different categories Rub ber Gas Scale competition FF de signs best have ever seen written down single sheet paper will attempt clean up include next column a great design model trim tool apologies may have dorked mod els already because misdemeanor am sure local hobby shops will love increase business Hang until next time Zeek chroniclesPart Ill Since last ep isode December 1988 issue have good fortune having couple lengthy tele phone conversations Lew Mahieu process brushed away some cobwebs helped refurbish few dimming images early postwar period spawned classic Zeek design confirmed personal Zeek ef forts incorporated undercambered airfoils basic concept itself greatly fluenced designs Carl Goldberg friend Lockheed aeronautical engineer Bob Holland Holland Hornet engine fame com mented him first Zeek would fly cause relatively sharp leading edge airfoil Lew persisted because built flown Goldbergs Interceptor very thin airfoil impressed its speed under power Lew attributes eventual competitiveness models initial design decision move polyhedral breaks wing outboard centerline thus producing small up turned wing tip sections such distin guishing feature Zeek feels feature contributed greatly models ability stay thermals others would fall Out descend ground Remember guys days before dethermalizers vogue flight maxes least 10 mm length Thus glide thermaling charac teristics model influence determining its competitiveness what might considered relevant todays standards powerful engines much shorter maximum flight time limitations Lew provided additional elaboration 1946 Stockton CA contest original Zeek model lost significant look event detail somewhat con firms Lews comments regarding compara tive themalability Zeekplus comes good point continue story As mentioned earlier episodes saga Stockton contest itial competition Zeek Lew tended good friends Ray Acord Stillman Clampett Ray established competi tor point accomplishments often being related area newspapers various model publications Anyhow Lew recalled both Zeek Ray Acords Comet Sailplane hooked same thermal Lew pursuing Zeek foot liked run marathon model-chasse efforts cup tea Eventually returning launch site Rays model tow found contest over some time single car remained field occupants Ray Stillman feared Lew gotten himself lost persistent pursuit wayward mod els Lew explained Rays Sallplane eventually dropped out thermal de scended chased model un til disappeared over mountain friends queried What mountain Only did Lew realize gone some 20 miles foot no mountains visible launch site Sailplane being regarded epi tome model gliding flight story would cer tainly seem lend some credence thermal capabilities Zeek design incident also impressed Ray Acord became interested flying Zeeks subsequently winning AMA Nats using Ohlsson 23 power accomplishment turn prompted call Irwin Ohlsson requested permission use Rays picture testimony engine ads Continued page 162 April 1989 67 Frank Heeb ponders last-minute trim change before flight NosGas-eligibie Bruce Goodnow brought rendering hA Space Wamp Stuart Savage design British Half Swift design Wright Field 1953 Frank Zaic Yearbook meet 88 Model really scootal Don Ross new book great treasure both novice expert has scores pho tos descriptive sketches Want get Source info column MK 231 OR PFM 3200 Aloonev 1/5th SCALE SEMI-KIT WAYNE SIEWERT AMA NATh1st PLACE WINNER RADIO 4-6 CHANNEL77fl1988 NA TS EXPERT ENGINEPORSCHE FI7TEO MOONEY 90-1082 CYCLE 120-4 CYCLE SPAN 88 AREA 990SQIN WEIGHT 12-15# Fiberglass Cowlings Windshield Tip Lenses Plastic Elevator & Rudder Surfaces Rolled Plans Scale Documentation Full Instructions Scale Spinner MORE INFO SEND SASE WAYNE SIEWERT 31st Ave MPLS MN 55406 USA612-722-7564 y-made monopod typesweather turned nice about 100 pm Sunday andsions came later assumed ear John Morrill Simplex engine rubber-allowed great deal fantastic flying Theher ignition-engine versions must have incorpo winder fame has just designed come-apartevent brought Out some world-class FF Scalerated two-wheeled gear enable meeting modular winding stooge about mostships generated much enthusiasm plan-ROG rise-off-ground requirement thenversatile around Costing neighbor-ning has begun next years meetto heldcurrent AMA rules Wrong hood 50 bucks Simplex stooge features alate August weather better Lew stated Zeeks utilized single hollow aluminum tube sectioned centerpost andwheels ROG requirement met aluminum uprights hold model byWell gang until next time keep top screwedsimply drilling holes stab trailing edges means stiff piece music wire passedon yer diesel fuel props balancedthe approximate location still-future subthrough upright through models__________________________________________rudders inserting/cementing short lengths rear rubber peg aluminum tube n.4~n/Murphyhardwood dowel extended downthrough other upright attitude side view approximate bottom model controlled foam-rubber cylinder onContinued page 67the fuselage Thus models would remain adjustable armupright no support other two pegs whole unit guyed against pull ofin commercial magazines periodand single wheel placed ground winding two lines attached ground be- Ray would ultimately produce first comlner-Neat huh hind unit V formation kept fromcial kit Zeek under Air-0 label As know other Zeeks followed 277-sqtwisting staking its base ground usingwas understandable employees atin original sizes 435 575 sq wing spike through side wooden basethe time Lew Mahieu kits fabri-area 435 originally powered Tor block template included making eas-cated Rays own shop Air-0pedo 29 575 Bunch Tiger 45 ily attached shelfMighty Midget enginea 45 cid power plantLews 435 held AMA ROW rise-off-water need Simplex stooge can takenwhich Ray Acord-redesigned continuancerecord time 22-mm three-flight toapart short box mere three inches squareof earlier Bunch Tiger engines Lew re-tal matter held Free Flight small enough go under airline seat Ordermained employ Ray Acords machineROW records time another As further yours through Old-Timer Model Supply POshop 45 through 48 moonlightingtribute individual versatility modeling Box 7334 Van Nuys CA 91409 can alsowith other projects Oops tangent has got-skills person ever hold four call OTMS 818 781-8667ten us little ahead mainstream stoIy 50Control Line Speed records Classes B C lets press once again Lews personaland D same time Scale watch Pacific Northwest Ric Ditt- participation evolution Zeek Lew related another derivative probably good place pause man airline captain founder NorthwestAlsod Sailplanethe Hurricane somewhat smaller Scale Watch newsletter Free Flight Scalereport minor correction sketch orig-look-alike Goldberg classic produced builders fliers sends along report theinal Zeek included Decemberby Advanced Engineering Companywas first annual No-Doe no documentation required88 column Whereas three-view shows two-also quite popular West Coast time Scale meet held Snohomish Harvey Field Oc-wheeled landing gear reality should haveThis design influenced version Zeek tober 1988 Ric co-CD along Larrybeen shown single wheel two-wheelwhich friend Stu Sittig whipped out few Olson informs us about 43 modelsconfiguration erroneous assumption ondays after flight tests begun Initial showed up wet windy weekend try outmy part landing gear details omittedflights indicated new fuselage configuration what looks like best flying site Westfrom Stu Sittigs original drawings Since earlyseemed need rudder area in-theCoastphotographs indicated omission sub-Continued page 164 hardy souls stuck out therudders applied kitted ver FOAM WING CORES PRECISION MADE EXPANDED BEAD POLYSTYRENE -REPLACEMENT WING & STAB CORES FOR ALL POPULAR RIG AIRCRAFT OVER 250 DIFFERENT WINGS IN STOCK FOR IMMEDIATE DELIVERY SO IF HAVE FAVORITE BIRD THAT NEEDS WING CALL OR CRYSTAL CLEAR THERMOFORMED CANOPIES DRESS UP YOUR PLANE WITH NEW CANOPY FROM CWING MFG TOP QUALITY TOOLING & MATERIAL MAKES THESE SECOND TO NONE WE HAVE LOTS OF SHAPES & SIZES IN STOCK WHICH FIT MOST KITS & SCRATCH BUILT MODELS PO BOX 33 CRYSTAL LAKE IL t0014 SEND $350 FOR DESCRIPTIVE VISIT OUR OUTLET STORE AT IS MORGAN STREET IN CRYSTAL LAKE ii-PRODUCT CATALOG 162 Model Aviation QUAY BARBER MODELS 27106 BUTTERNUT 500 1/4 SCALENOLMSTED OHIO 44070 ALL KITS $i25952167776172 EPOXY/GLASS/PIIKIT PRICESHIPPING CONSTRUCTION I11i DRAWINGS AND DATA FOR FORMUU 120 CREDIT CANDS WELCOMED P1105 SPORT OR STANDOFF QHIO REIIDENTS ADO 7% SCALE oX TOLEDO WEAK SIGNALS RIC EXPOSITION APRIL 5 1960 Uvu APRIL 9 1606 field fix made using cardboard cutout bona fide rudder fabricated stalled back workshop Zeek variation ultimately did prove itself eventually dropped Lew testified fabled 1 500-sq-in McCoy 60-powered Zeek definite reality although managed half-dozen contests because just too large transport very eas ily says eventually gave away oftband couldnt remember ac quired monster its 18-in center section chord However few years later early modeling friend called inform him just moved new residence found huge model left previous occupant Since Lew no longer active modeler time did attempt reclaim 435-sq-in version became testbed transition ignition power less complicated greater-power-per-weight age early glow plug ignition Torpedo 29 removed pylon moved rearward fuselage cross section reduced glow-plugequipped Arden 199 ignition Bunch 45 eventually replaced glow-equipped Tor pedo 19s 23s 575-sized models Lews slab-sided balsa box fuselage uti lized Sailplane wing tail sported McCoy 60which replaced time Dool ing 61 Lew stated high-rpm racing en gine probably made noise rather supplying power eventually re moved replaced original McCoy Lew mixed own glow fuel personal suc cesses flying field prompted friends begin borrowing tankfuls smelly brews Since practice soon became little expen sive began sell concoctions area mod elers bobby shops under Super Sonic la bel name should sound familiar should eventually sold fuel interests John Brod beck K&B Manufacturing still sells glow fuels under same label today40 years later youre getting notion now Lew Mahieu energetic sort could handle irons fire simultaneously am getting story across teenager ten held two jobs went school same timein addition being avid modeler competitor Lew would eventually work full time K&B beginning 1949 claims responsi bility bringing noted engine designer Bill Wis niewaki K&B well addition edited unique West Coast Report Model Airplane News couple years aided Bill Cranford produc ing second edition successful A/B Zeek under Premium Manufacturing Co label version included larger stab some sub tle fuselage refinements distinctive wing design left intact Arguments persist today version design better both parties agree either version ex tremely competitive discussing Zeek Jerry Nolin last summer Jerry came up item heretofore considered said Zeek kits milestone first show fuse dethermalizer configuration kit plans Interesting Maybe would have sold kits able re trieve models because Now 62 years age Lews assured selfpropelled energetic personality exuded through 2500 miles telephone cables micro waves subsequent activities since 1950 have included variety ventures such owning bus line airline running hops Los An geles area Catalina Island machinery sales current Mahieu Engineering Co recently made majority parts John Morrills Hornet Morrisons Super Cyclone reproduction venture has owned pursued six businessesall simultaneouslyand still owns three four full-scale aircraft often flying home-away-from-home Alaska periods relaxation says pondering possibil ity returning Free Flight eventu ally fall renew physical pilots li cense Rest assured fellas time comes prepared rewrite record books again Meanwhile surely wish thank Lew Mahieu furnishing information perContinued page 166 164 Model Aviation AN-TENNA Tub& 36 Flexible Tubes Antenna Lead Out 6U-PR-UNE PRODUCTS INC us St. R e E Sidney OH erJect GLASS CLOTH 58 oz Full Satisfaction Full Refund Factory pre-treated perfect compatibility epoxy polyester resin *395 per yard 38 wide Price includes postage & handling Immediate shipment Minimum order rds Easy use ructions included Also — see ad Plain Cradle-2 84 Stonefield Trail marty Berr SWlndaor CT06074 sonal Zeek involvement next tune we will concluding Lews involvement original Zeek concepts getting era subsequent flat-bottom-airfoiled spinoffs Stay tuned thrilling nostalgic adven tures Till See ya downwind Milwaukee/Noonan Continued page 70 son shot down France 1918 included photo grave model Nieuport Monoplane framework superbly detailed donated Lynn Davies Discovery aviation section science room public library led countless trips notebook since books could borrowed books gradually lost discarded few remained end World War II 1936 found book Milwaukee Model Aero Club published 1917 same Lynn Davies nicely done photos drawings models well complete story club prob ably written Lynn doing graduate work Armour Institute Chicago also appeared very limited number published club member time tracked down four surviving members 1968 copies well librarys vanished last surviving club members Mil waukee hold annual reunions old modelers As part program usually have flysheet filled things past hand out job write flysheet occasion mentioned Milwaukee Model Aero Club ceased exist before us born Apparently sheets circulated well long afterward received note mail Walter Loehndorf nearby Wau kesha letter Walter stated former field director publicity man Milwaukee Model Aero Club went tell Lynn Davies leader club 19 members Naturally Walter quickly struck up fast friendship Together soon visited Gilbert Counsell another ex-club-member Gilbert stack old photos cop 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Thus began search earnest pioneering group led discover marvelously talented group boys pre-balsa era equaled best mod elers country bit work names phone book led meeting Lee Eirsng son ex-club-member Ervin Eiring Lee become invalid shortly thereafter before sessions sharing mutual interest music model flying history loaned fathers box propellers sil ver trophies 1915 model catalogs phone book also led another club member Alfred Hayden met once gave batch clippings Milwaukee Journal regretted box propellers has used amuse grandchildren Though died soon after will always appreciate kind assistance Yet another ex-member found living retirement Florida Ken Sedgwick viv idly remembered clubs building tech niques contests statement sums up intensity club members love aviation utterly serious about hobby all-compelling force lives great deal shaping adult lives four men surviving club members late 1960s Both Lynn Davies Ervin Eiring passed away 1961 1975 last Milwaukee Model Aero Club members gone Models contests Apparently Mil waukee Model Aero Club began early 1914 Lynn Davies already built models adept instructing others art building finding proper materials took several weeks make good-flying model Hobby shops 20 years future club eventually out grew its initial flying site located present-day University Wisconsin-Mil waukee campus time MMAC members very advanced builders Models con structed refinement parts carefully streamlined sanded doped banana oil Props designed carved true pitch X layout Rubber pur Continued page 168 166 Model Aviation IL@CTITL Teekdqae LCO1 242 THREADLOCKER Industrial grade sealant slops nuts bolts loosening Locks metal tasteners against vibration shock Allows disassembly normal hand tools use on. 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