SELF-TIMER The state-of-the-art FAI Power model comes equipped mechanical brain form five-function clockwork timer device serves onboard controller such preset disciplines fuel cutoff bunt transi tion power glide mode dethermal izer timer also acts controller autorudder and/or flapper control either both incorporated model Obviously takes flights trips test flying site fine tune incor porated gadgetry achieve optimum power tran sition glide given model Oftentimes flight sessions lonesome affairs persistent flier finding himself alone test site seeks ultimate trim phisticated flying machine engine run crucial segment Power model flight Since modelers know maxi mum engine run possible results maximum altitude attainable difference between full engine run permitted rules over run would default otherwise perfect flight can mere fractions second Fine tuning engine runs has always prob lem task flying alone since its difficult launch model start stopwatch same instant However FAI Power enthusiast Gil Mor ris has dropped self-timing innovation us may prove popular lonesome flier constituents As accompanying photo depicts Gil has needled way miniature circuitry digital wristwatch wired pressure sensitive switch contained standard rubber thumb guard Wearing altered chrono graph launching arm dons thumb guard plugs two contacts watch prior flight stopwatch function set zero reading model gripped readied launch grip released model launched watch instantly records launch begins running Gil closes thumb fore finger contained switch until engine ceases running shuts off stopwatch releasing hold switch What sees watch face elapsed engine run its overrun cant blame guy whos timing him because did timing himself Neato think about timing engine runs ten leads controversy because human el ement involved Since timing process inDecember 1990 83 Free Flight Duration Harry Murphy 3824 Oakwood Blvd Anderson IN 46011 youthful Dan Lutz destined help establish Dooling 29-powered Zeek 575 fa bled legend pictured 1951 Dallas Nets demonstrating Class 575 entry Power came K&B Green Head 19 engine Official Navy photo contributed D Lutz An accurate innovative self-timer engine runs built Gil Morris thumb guard holds switch starts wrist-mounted chronograph soon airplane released Among other items Murf reviews 54-inspan Corben Ace P-30 Rubber model kits available Pharis Models also die cusses merits thread-locking compounds Gil Morris latest FAI Power flapper concepta high aspect ratio 95-in span wing sheet aluminum small tipiets model ultimate glide mode Flappers maze wires cords rubberbands hinges end levers operated five-function flight timer 64625 825189375 -1 8375 FTg1 - Ii E 31 4 1 5A25jL~ -F -IL 10875 3925 20Balance 65% 1~~ 325 875 rFr 3 K 29 75 7It--- 74375 II I H2jFT III IIIIIIj III III _ _ -L 4375 5625f3125 Np25K875 ZEEK 515 Lew Mahieu Bill Cranford last derivative Zeek series 575 ThIs version B/C class model fiat-bottomed airfoil 575 sq never marketed kit plans Murphy finally found copy plans New England 35 years continent away originated fluenced quickness accuracy sight hearing second individual qualifica tions efficiency often knows nothing about flier has little no control over selftiming system Gil has created could least give flier basis argument situations could interpreted close calls Gils mechanism doesnt eliminate human unpredicta bility shutting off stopwatch end engine run does approach ultimate starting watch because can little doubt end flight launch watch activation simultaneous Gil stopped return Bong FAI invitational July coaxed new much-flown 95-in -span Nelson-powered flapper out car trunk take some pho tographs Trying understand le vers springs rubberbands lines etc model function mind-boggling cant argue results As submit column editor just three short weeks USA team fi nals Lost Hills CA Gil will join others seeking membership 91 FAI Power team Good luck alland thanks Gil permitting us peek latest innova tion Hey guys getting closer electronic flight timer innovation John Oldenkamp sent pho tos Bob Beecrofts ingenious P-30 design model has 122 sq wing area rolled tube fuselage covered bright red cellophane wrapping material using 3M 77 spray adhesive Skywrap also attached 3M 77 deco rates relatively dinky tail surfaces Beecrofts ship uses Czech prop FAI Model Supply also incorporates wing DT wing rather stab pops up supposedly guarantees trustworthy descent out strong thermals light weight models wing itself sports self turbulating Goldberg Goot 193 airfoil red Peck-Polymers brand tissue applied Aero dyne dope Hows innovative mix coverings adhesives various parts single model special note plug-in tail boom connec tion Its lathe-turned hardware store PVC sprinkler pipe weighs gram All-up weight model itself 42 grams Naturally airplane claimed have straight-up climb flat glide What could ask rate Beecrofts pas tiche design features results very neat modContinued page 186 Bob Beecroff 122-sq-in CACA BOX P-30 design unique plug-In tall uses pipe connector made PVC Photo J Oldenkamp 84 Model Aviation CHECK EM BOTH OUT FLY YOUR BEST Finally Complete Flight Training Video R/C Piloti FROM THEORY IN THE CLASSROOM TO ORGANIZED FLIGHT PROGRAM PATTERNED AFTER FULL-SCALE FLIGHT TRAINING CLASSROOM Learn foctn about lift thrust drag Stability center gravity now wing design affects Stalls Includes in-depth siudy turns effect load stall speed Learn causes cures torque Also airplane set-up control surface checks ha ance FIELD Learn toe techniques taxi take-off crosswind procedures level flight turns climbs descents stalls go arounds aborted takeoffs landings toe importance good up proaco Also engine starts safety pre takeoff checks aerobatics much Pilot Command Video Program Can Help Fly Bestt Only $2495 Plus $3 Shipping Handling Send Check Money Ordxr KEMP AVIATION 3243 Arlington Ave - Suite 345 w Riverside CA 92506 IIIATIrsA protect Investment SAVE MONEY Easy build Iransonster boxes Singie doubte version Both sets ot plans 0400 p Si Send cheok money order * HUDS PLANS * PO Ben 47203 Onreville GA 30340 flying judging meet scheduled September 21-22 1991 sports complex University Nottingham England Two halls available competitions being 125 115 ft other 115 62 ft Both said pos sess sufficient height Single occupancy ac commodation meals available through university Proxy entries will accepted Pistachio class further information suggest send two three international reply coupons post office Reg Boor Interscale 91 103 Crow Hill South Middleton Man chester M24 1 LA England Until next time get started Indoor models next years Interscale meet FF Duration/Murphy Continued page 84 el Good show-and-tell Bobby Product review department Phil Alvirez Idealair Models informed companys change address firm can now reached 1350 Arncliffe P1 Windsor Ontario N85 4K3 Canada Idealair has new US address well Box 44853 Detroit MI 48244-0853 As may remember high school geogra phy Detroit still directly across Detroit River Windsor Canada Alvirez also mentioned Idealair offering some specials neat iron-on Litespan cover ing material described some detail June 1990 Duration column real news Litespan now available longer 20 x 72-in sheet size addition original 20 x 36-in size convenient new length has come about popular request seems Litespan ing used increasingly larger models because its light weight ease application good ap pearance Special introductory prices USA $250 36-in length $5 6-ft length Shipping handling charges $3 10 sheets Add another 45C both price postage Canada tele phone requests call 1-519/947-8790 either address Order now introduc tory prices still valid some time now Ive yearning build decent-sized Free Flight Scale model could powered 09- 15-size diesel Like US Free Flight Gas fliers have lim ited experience diesel engines Free Flight Scale concept suggested good way uti lize couple diesel engines Ive acquired recent years What mind much highly accurate Scale specimen some thing closer stand-off category model would qualify Old-Timer Free Flight Scale event accent Free Flight Duration fidelity scale pretty well settled Corben Super Ace model would answer criteria since plenty vintage plans available classic home-built design caught mention RC Electric rendition old 54-in Peer less Model Airplane Co Rubber kit remit tance $3995 plus $350 postage Pharis Mod els PO Box 804 Folsom CA 95630 got kit posthaste return Corben kit suits purposes perfectly Itll certainly convert Free Flight will save some extra work getting project started finished winter Robin manufactures number other funtype models well might want send him $ $ $ $ $ $ Home Video Buffs 4 video used will receive $50 All tape content used becomes property RC Funnies formats accepted One-copy-down tapes please br originall will return tape enclose $300 P & H name address phone number Set tape proper segment brief written explanation Send video anything funny new interesting fl flS 3493 Scottwoad Dr Green Bay WI 54311 SASE description price photo spec ification sheets Pharis puts out Tell him Duration sent knows might find prize box Cracker Jacks too Oops Suppose shouldnt get hopes up Did ever have engine vibrate loose engine mounts running Scary aint about engine vibration destroying engine timer because screws came loose 186 Model Aviation NEW STARHAWK BIPLANE NEW MISS STARHAWK POSTER See your Starhawk Dealer details write Thorpe Engineering Corporation 1715 E Fairfield Mesa AZ 85203 Poster $500 P&H Prepaid fJflflCS Premieres Oct 1990 RC Entertainment its best Sit bacl & relax Smile h y funny side modeling series 30-45 mm videos will tickle funny bonel collection fun-filled funny moments around country Great club meetings home entertainment new & eaciting tape other month $25 per tape VHS SPECIAL INTRODUCTORY OFFER $$$SAVEOVER$501 YEAR SUBSCRIPTION 6 TAPES -$MI $9995 SAVE $1102 YEAR SUBSCRIPTION 12 TAPES -$3G $190 year round entertainment Credit card orders may placed calling 1 -800-236-9696 Visa & MasterCard send name address phone please print type subscription amount RC FUNNIES 3493 Scottwood Dr Green Bay WI 54311 6 n] flL1Ih2 CATAWN AND I EJiSO inwr Am E&WA JAP lZ V 1S AMD 3 CANDW E AND ALS PO Z 1886 ANWYUe MI 01810 5 VEND MOUNTS TIlE VIBRATION KILLER Faiienoruiproorrrrmoaes 20 120 engines mounts nopicaioiteron inguction 705 Moe ioU no kit cosss isuiete tour points ebouiiO .esnrns rusng inICiixns eon' f, 0000 $1700 oneok ot 001 per flu 0 GOA PROOCT5 P0 SOC 38025 SARASOTA FL 34235 8r3 3774202 FL esiaents cod 72e saies te INFORMATiON song 5*5k got lost altogether worse yet about runaway overruns because screws came flying loose out flight timer Dont let happen again some years now Ive backing out screws flight timer adding tiny drop Loctite 242 Threadlocker compound before installing timer model Im particularly faithful about performing chore ignition models vibration produced some vintage gasoline burners little short ferocious Ive also using procedure prevent crankcase screws loosening radially mounted engines Threadlocker makes fine sealant red Cox TD 020 Free Flight tank mounts invariably leak fuel sooner later tiny bottle Loctite 242 finally went dry happened remember perusing cement rack local chain hardware store finding Loctite 242 latched bottle Devcon brand thread-locking compound hoping would fair substitute depend able Loctite So far good saying goes difference can find moment 242 blue Devcon compound purple cares long serves purpose Ill probably getting mail some chemical engineer will write fourpage epistle good bad points various brands thread-locking compounds Whichever brand available area its good idea play safe using some sort thread-locking compound metal-to-metal machine screw attachments engine mount ings flight timer mechanisms Zeek ChroniclesPart VII history Zeek design having pretty well summa rized previous six chapters what remains finally record posterity existence fabled flat-bottom-airfoil B/C class 575-sqin version first five chapters traced ori gins Lew Mahieus initial 277-sq-in ignition version 1947 mid-fifties fi nally laid rest tooling glow-powered A/B kit Frank Garcher Midwest Models covered Zeeks incorporated undercambered airfoils last chapter doubled back expound flat-bottom-airfoil spin-off designs began /2A kit version reintroduced Dan Lutzs 276-sq-in Class 09-powered de rivative 1951 three-view form accompa nying model construction information Should anyone wish review previous install ments following index will save consid erable research August 88 December 88 April 89 June 89 August 89 June 90 also significant group photo October 1990 issue personal quest obtain set plans 575 began after having number interesting discussions prompted some articles run Central Indiana Aeromodelers newsletter late seventies about early Zeeks Dan Lutz few others Dan eventually got Lew Mahieus attention doing some sort magazine article record history Zeek As time passed quite mass material collected yet still gaps filled going mold Zeek tory some orderly fashionplans available example Since full-length article would have complete since addition three-views might make piece too long squeeze single magazine issue decided attempt series shorter excerpts instead ap proach might possible generate additional input knowledgeable readers along way Man did decision ever produce pay dirt search plans 575 began ear nest Lyman Armstrong volunteered names five individuals thought pos sessed plan sets time another After few months spent investigating however leads ran dead ends Bill Cran ford authored plans lost original tracings unfortunate fire appeared 575 might never see light day again November 1988 skies opened up Chet Orrill wrote say following Zeek chronicles plan set 575 hed received Lew Mahieu 53 Nats Unbelievable Chet lived Connecticut would ever have expected 575 plans turn up New England places design originated California known plan sets distributed Strange things surely occur hobby kinship 575 previous kitted Zeeks certainly apparent entire model appears sleeker slimmer deep belly fuselage gone producing optical effect fuselage proportionally longer its predecessors planform also has somewhat stretched look because its higher aspect ratio wing stab Yet 575 unmistakably still Zeek plans recommend K&B 29 32 en gine possibly because Bill Cranfords helpmate project Lew Mahieu himself time aiding Bill producing kitted Zeeks under Premium Manufacturing Co la bel simultaneously working K&B engines could conveniently radially mounted A-in plywood firewall eliminating need metal engine mounts hardwood motor bear ers saving considerable up-front weight plans mention hardwood beam mounts should engine utilized require As balsa box fuselage Zeek 575 fuselage box constructed upside down over plan top bottom firm /16 sheet sides /-in sheet stock bulkheads aft A-in plywood firewall A-in sheet pylon laminated A-in sheet core wood grain running vertically sides /8-in sheet core wood grain running horizontally Wing stab platforms 3/~ /16 sheet respectively course pylon permanently located until both wing stab totally completed covered correct position longitudinal bal ance point can established flat-bottomed airfoil 575 wing cer tainly facilitates construction outlines spars can pinned down plans ribs subsequently added godsend compared internal spars required undercambered airfoils A/B kit versions bill materials wing includes x 3A-in leading edge LE x I-in tapered trail ing edge TE %-in sheet ribs A-in sheet wing tip outlines tip spars x LE planking /16 sheet cut standard 3-in width space between two center ribs planked top facilitate retain ing wing wing platform rubberbands stab construction similar used wing outline spar tacked down over plans A-in sheet ribs added last contoured outlines A-in sheet LE x Y16 in spar tapered ginning third rib end Space two center ribs %-in sheet vertical fin plank top LE A6 sheet SPECIALISTSINCUSTOMCOX TEE DEE & REED ENGINES 020S 049S 051S 074S & 09S ALL CUS TOM & STOCK PARTS VAILABLE INDIVIDUALLY COMPETITIONACCESSORIES RACING WHEELS KLOTZ OIL CARBON FIBER SOLID LINES ALL KINDS OFFUEL TUBING THREE BRANDS OFGLOWPLUGS HARD-TO-FINDHARDWARE OLD TIMER SUPPLIES COILS CONDENSERS NGK& STIlT SPARK PLUGS SILK8 COLORS QUALITYDOPEBRUSHES 5& 7LOOP 1/4RUBBER BANDS TRANSISTORIGNITIONSYSTEMS RESISTOR HIGH TENSION LEADS 1/2A TEXACO PLA YBOYSR KIT 1/2A TEXACO ENGINES & PARTS KSB & IGNITION TIMERS RUBBER POWER KITS PROPS TISSUEAND OTHER SUPPLIES CYANOACRYLA TES& EPOXIES ORDER BY MAIL OR PHONE 619 728-4365 SORRY NO COD VISA & MASTERCARD WELCOME MINIMUM MERCHANDISE ORDER $1000 SHIPPING HANDLING AND INSURANCE FEE $300 STOCK ORDERS SHIPPED WITHIN 24 HRS shown Actually entire model quite simple quick build Mahieu Cranford took obvi ous measures use standard wood sizes building techniques As Bill Cranford indicated previously number plan sets originally distributed assess marketability possi ble B/C 575 kit whatever reasons kit never produced commercially course writing Zeek chronicles number entertaining interesting facts have December 1990 187 OUR RE V-UP IN VENTOR V VERA GES 0 VER 9000 PROPS ! IMMEDIA TESHIPMENTON VISA/MC COPUTER/ZED 4/RCRfT PLOTS Technical Illustrations Suitable Framn Scale ting Scanning Seryices 3 Views D-TECH SYSTEMS Catalog $100 if62915 SASE 6189862383 FPEE / HANDLE N FORMATION 18007495942 NLZAD FThLD CHAHOEF $4495 TOP OF THE LINE DESIGNS FOR LESS BOTH UNITS DESIONED FOR RECEIVER AND TRANSMITTER BATTERIES NINETY DAY WARRANTY PRECiSION EXPANDED SCALE VOLT METER H DOUPER ELECTRONICS PO BOX 90171 AUSTIN TEXAS 78709 surfaced few come mind Lew Mahieu single-handedly conceptual ized designed original Zeeks never full responsibility kitting deriv atives despite fact worked Air-O Premium producing commercial Zeek kits worked K&B produced subsequent Kiwi de sign original Zeek kits first show fuse-operated pop-up DT also first tilting stab up side other would produce glide turn correspond ing direction noticeable effect power portion flight nothing else series has relit candles illuminate some heretofore fabled Zeeks yet see commercial print respon sible being have given proper credit list includes original 277-sq-in 1947 ignition-powered version drawn Stu Sit tig Lutz-produced 51 Class 09 deriva tive Cranford B/C 575 directly influenced Lew Mahieu though case recorded plans drawn another individ ual Obviously Lew Mahieu preferred work innovation standing still laurels de served hats off Lew Mahieu one-time associates making Free Flight legend thing certain People may eventu ally fade away hobby Zeeks ever Lastly am forever indebted Ive discussions correspondence phone conversations over past 10 years Prop er acknowledgment responsiveness good things have emerged colloquy would fill another chapter lieu shall simply close alphabetical listing names included 6-in-deep pile correspondence accumulated over 10 years individuals Lyman Armstrong Bill Cranford Ray Downs Gerald Fowler Russ Han sen FK Heeb Elmer Jordan Dan Lutz Lew Mahieu Ed Mate Chet Orrill Russ Snyder Bob Spink Carl Stokes Ed Toner heartfelt thanks Ive forgotten anyone humbly apologize oversight Obviously 10 years reliving Zeek designs turn contribution growth popularity Nostalgia Gas movement have acquired considerable inventory full size Zeek plans Should anyone require informa tion regard large SASE will get listing Thats aint no Till next time see downwind Nats Tale/Berman Continued page 88 rounds three afternoons looked logisti cally impossiblethere just too contestants Shadows grew long haze close IFR Just before 800 pm curfew turn couldnt put off longer Nerves thor oughly numbed now executed se quence either incident elegance think used ESP visual track ing Mercifully never caught up scoresheet After long-suffering wife made back motel dining room 30 miles away mere 10 minutes before locked door So Murphy dont win time Actually patience endurance dedication judges line officials other contest personnel old demon chaos cant get toehold Nats Dry roasting sun day varied crew did splendid job deserve thanks appreciation can express some Year after year Vince Mankowski Nats search committee come up good site Its amazing Mid-American Air Center flew off George Field World War II Army Air Force training base named after gen eral served its first commander Its 3000-acre facility mile-long run ways Ray Pickering genial veteran ser vice manager recalled hundreds Wacs well troop-carrying gliders part scene George Field dur ing forties As such air bases grisly dents sometimes occurred rookie pilot missed approach smacked house near field starting fire both adult residents perished fire men reached scene found threeyear-old girl unhurt wandering outside tears raised relatives another state visited Lawrenceville some 30 years later local folks gave big party Forgetfulness also causes accidents fullscale flying pilot lost life George Field after failing remove locks airplanes tail surfaces Economic survival large government facility difficult after Uncle Sam pulls out former military base low popula tion density limited fixed base operations dearth major industrial patronage scheduled airline stop hardly Five choose F-106 Delta Dart 71 Long F-20 Tigershark 88 Mig 25 Foxbat 75 U-2 Spyplane 52 F11F-1 Grumman Tiger 70 kits include Fiberglass fuselage foam wing cores balsa hardware color decals fuel tanks landing gear struts plans instructions *399 UPS U-2 $329 Cash check Money Order only4 8 weeks delivery Super Detailed Pilots molded four five parts lightweight ready assembly painting civilian Barnstormer /s US Navy &WWIIAAF st Full figures $1995 busts $795 PS 188 Model Aviation DID YOU KNOW Since 1982 Knights Air Inc has making great products scale modelers Thousands satis fied R/Cers have enjoyed scale pilot figures hundreds ducted fan jet kits hands happy jet modelers across country next time want great scale model product call upon Knights Air Inc - LAlNES fMILLS METALSB00S -PRECISION INSTRUMENTS OMPLETE OSTOLOC $200 L2ciEP1Eu FLS ce lOGOs stenos Zion C SIa Ra Sprrgf1o OZ 5505 COMPO513 3228562
Edition: Model Aviation - 1990/12
Page Numbers: 83, 84, 186, 187, 188
SELF-TIMER The state-of-the-art FAI Power model comes equipped mechanical brain form five-function clockwork timer device serves onboard controller such preset disciplines fuel cutoff bunt transi tion power glide mode dethermal izer timer also acts controller autorudder and/or flapper control either both incorporated model Obviously takes flights trips test flying site fine tune incor porated gadgetry achieve optimum power tran sition glide given model Oftentimes flight sessions lonesome affairs persistent flier finding himself alone test site seeks ultimate trim phisticated flying machine engine run crucial segment Power model flight Since modelers know maxi mum engine run possible results maximum altitude attainable difference between full engine run permitted rules over run would default otherwise perfect flight can mere fractions second Fine tuning engine runs has always prob lem task flying alone since its difficult launch model start stopwatch same instant However FAI Power enthusiast Gil Mor ris has dropped self-timing innovation us may prove popular lonesome flier constituents As accompanying photo depicts Gil has needled way miniature circuitry digital wristwatch wired pressure sensitive switch contained standard rubber thumb guard Wearing altered chrono graph launching arm dons thumb guard plugs two contacts watch prior flight stopwatch function set zero reading model gripped readied launch grip released model launched watch instantly records launch begins running Gil closes thumb fore finger contained switch until engine ceases running shuts off stopwatch releasing hold switch What sees watch face elapsed engine run its overrun cant blame guy whos timing him because did timing himself Neato think about timing engine runs ten leads controversy because human el ement involved Since timing process inDecember 1990 83 Free Flight Duration Harry Murphy 3824 Oakwood Blvd Anderson IN 46011 youthful Dan Lutz destined help establish Dooling 29-powered Zeek 575 fa bled legend pictured 1951 Dallas Nets demonstrating Class 575 entry Power came K&B Green Head 19 engine Official Navy photo contributed D Lutz An accurate innovative self-timer engine runs built Gil Morris thumb guard holds switch starts wrist-mounted chronograph soon airplane released Among other items Murf reviews 54-inspan Corben Ace P-30 Rubber model kits available Pharis Models also die cusses merits thread-locking compounds Gil Morris latest FAI Power flapper concepta high aspect ratio 95-in span wing sheet aluminum small tipiets model ultimate glide mode Flappers maze wires cords rubberbands hinges end levers operated five-function flight timer 64625 825189375 -1 8375 FTg1 - Ii E 31 4 1 5A25jL~ -F -IL 10875 3925 20Balance 65% 1~~ 325 875 rFr 3 K 29 75 7It--- 74375 II I H2jFT III IIIIIIj III III _ _ -L 4375 5625f3125 Np25K875 ZEEK 515 Lew Mahieu Bill Cranford last derivative Zeek series 575 ThIs version B/C class model fiat-bottomed airfoil 575 sq never marketed kit plans Murphy finally found copy plans New England 35 years continent away originated fluenced quickness accuracy sight hearing second individual qualifica tions efficiency often knows nothing about flier has little no control over selftiming system Gil has created could least give flier basis argument situations could interpreted close calls Gils mechanism doesnt eliminate human unpredicta bility shutting off stopwatch end engine run does approach ultimate starting watch because can little doubt end flight launch watch activation simultaneous Gil stopped return Bong FAI invitational July coaxed new much-flown 95-in -span Nelson-powered flapper out car trunk take some pho tographs Trying understand le vers springs rubberbands lines etc model function mind-boggling cant argue results As submit column editor just three short weeks USA team fi nals Lost Hills CA Gil will join others seeking membership 91 FAI Power team Good luck alland thanks Gil permitting us peek latest innova tion Hey guys getting closer electronic flight timer innovation John Oldenkamp sent pho tos Bob Beecrofts ingenious P-30 design model has 122 sq wing area rolled tube fuselage covered bright red cellophane wrapping material using 3M 77 spray adhesive Skywrap also attached 3M 77 deco rates relatively dinky tail surfaces Beecrofts ship uses Czech prop FAI Model Supply also incorporates wing DT wing rather stab pops up supposedly guarantees trustworthy descent out strong thermals light weight models wing itself sports self turbulating Goldberg Goot 193 airfoil red Peck-Polymers brand tissue applied Aero dyne dope Hows innovative mix coverings adhesives various parts single model special note plug-in tail boom connec tion Its lathe-turned hardware store PVC sprinkler pipe weighs gram All-up weight model itself 42 grams Naturally airplane claimed have straight-up climb flat glide What could ask rate Beecrofts pas tiche design features results very neat modContinued page 186 Bob Beecroff 122-sq-in CACA BOX P-30 design unique plug-In tall uses pipe connector made PVC Photo J Oldenkamp 84 Model Aviation CHECK EM BOTH OUT FLY YOUR BEST Finally Complete Flight Training Video R/C Piloti FROM THEORY IN THE CLASSROOM TO ORGANIZED FLIGHT PROGRAM PATTERNED AFTER FULL-SCALE FLIGHT TRAINING CLASSROOM Learn foctn about lift thrust drag Stability center gravity now wing design affects Stalls Includes in-depth siudy turns effect load stall speed Learn causes cures torque Also airplane set-up control surface checks ha ance FIELD Learn toe techniques taxi take-off crosswind procedures level flight turns climbs descents stalls go arounds aborted takeoffs landings toe importance good up proaco Also engine starts safety pre takeoff checks aerobatics much Pilot Command Video Program Can Help Fly Bestt Only $2495 Plus $3 Shipping Handling Send Check Money Ordxr KEMP AVIATION 3243 Arlington Ave - Suite 345 w Riverside CA 92506 IIIATIrsA protect Investment SAVE MONEY Easy build Iransonster boxes Singie doubte version Both sets ot plans 0400 p Si Send cheok money order * HUDS PLANS * PO Ben 47203 Onreville GA 30340 flying judging meet scheduled September 21-22 1991 sports complex University Nottingham England Two halls available competitions being 125 115 ft other 115 62 ft Both said pos sess sufficient height Single occupancy ac commodation meals available through university Proxy entries will accepted Pistachio class further information suggest send two three international reply coupons post office Reg Boor Interscale 91 103 Crow Hill South Middleton Man chester M24 1 LA England Until next time get started Indoor models next years Interscale meet FF Duration/Murphy Continued page 84 el Good show-and-tell Bobby Product review department Phil Alvirez Idealair Models informed companys change address firm can now reached 1350 Arncliffe P1 Windsor Ontario N85 4K3 Canada Idealair has new US address well Box 44853 Detroit MI 48244-0853 As may remember high school geogra phy Detroit still directly across Detroit River Windsor Canada Alvirez also mentioned Idealair offering some specials neat iron-on Litespan cover ing material described some detail June 1990 Duration column real news Litespan now available longer 20 x 72-in sheet size addition original 20 x 36-in size convenient new length has come about popular request seems Litespan ing used increasingly larger models because its light weight ease application good ap pearance Special introductory prices USA $250 36-in length $5 6-ft length Shipping handling charges $3 10 sheets Add another 45C both price postage Canada tele phone requests call 1-519/947-8790 either address Order now introduc tory prices still valid some time now Ive yearning build decent-sized Free Flight Scale model could powered 09- 15-size diesel Like US Free Flight Gas fliers have lim ited experience diesel engines Free Flight Scale concept suggested good way uti lize couple diesel engines Ive acquired recent years What mind much highly accurate Scale specimen some thing closer stand-off category model would qualify Old-Timer Free Flight Scale event accent Free Flight Duration fidelity scale pretty well settled Corben Super Ace model would answer criteria since plenty vintage plans available classic home-built design caught mention RC Electric rendition old 54-in Peer less Model Airplane Co Rubber kit remit tance $3995 plus $350 postage Pharis Mod els PO Box 804 Folsom CA 95630 got kit posthaste return Corben kit suits purposes perfectly Itll certainly convert Free Flight will save some extra work getting project started finished winter Robin manufactures number other funtype models well might want send him $ $ $ $ $ $ Home Video Buffs 4 video used will receive $50 All tape content used becomes property RC Funnies formats accepted One-copy-down tapes please br originall will return tape enclose $300 P & H name address phone number Set tape proper segment brief written explanation Send video anything funny new interesting fl flS 3493 Scottwoad Dr Green Bay WI 54311 SASE description price photo spec ification sheets Pharis puts out Tell him Duration sent knows might find prize box Cracker Jacks too Oops Suppose shouldnt get hopes up Did ever have engine vibrate loose engine mounts running Scary aint about engine vibration destroying engine timer because screws came loose 186 Model Aviation NEW STARHAWK BIPLANE NEW MISS STARHAWK POSTER See your Starhawk Dealer details write Thorpe Engineering Corporation 1715 E Fairfield Mesa AZ 85203 Poster $500 P&H Prepaid fJflflCS Premieres Oct 1990 RC Entertainment its best Sit bacl & relax Smile h y funny side modeling series 30-45 mm videos will tickle funny bonel collection fun-filled funny moments around country Great club meetings home entertainment new & eaciting tape other month $25 per tape VHS SPECIAL INTRODUCTORY OFFER $$$SAVEOVER$501 YEAR SUBSCRIPTION 6 TAPES -$MI $9995 SAVE $1102 YEAR SUBSCRIPTION 12 TAPES -$3G $190 year round entertainment Credit card orders may placed calling 1 -800-236-9696 Visa & MasterCard send name address phone please print type subscription amount RC FUNNIES 3493 Scottwood Dr Green Bay WI 54311 6 n] flL1Ih2 CATAWN AND I EJiSO inwr Am E&WA JAP lZ V 1S AMD 3 CANDW E AND ALS PO Z 1886 ANWYUe MI 01810 5 VEND MOUNTS TIlE VIBRATION KILLER Faiienoruiproorrrrmoaes 20 120 engines mounts nopicaioiteron inguction 705 Moe ioU no kit cosss isuiete tour points ebouiiO .esnrns rusng inICiixns eon' f, 0000 $1700 oneok ot 001 per flu 0 GOA PROOCT5 P0 SOC 38025 SARASOTA FL 34235 8r3 3774202 FL esiaents cod 72e saies te INFORMATiON song 5*5k got lost altogether worse yet about runaway overruns because screws came flying loose out flight timer Dont let happen again some years now Ive backing out screws flight timer adding tiny drop Loctite 242 Threadlocker compound before installing timer model Im particularly faithful about performing chore ignition models vibration produced some vintage gasoline burners little short ferocious Ive also using procedure prevent crankcase screws loosening radially mounted engines Threadlocker makes fine sealant red Cox TD 020 Free Flight tank mounts invariably leak fuel sooner later tiny bottle Loctite 242 finally went dry happened remember perusing cement rack local chain hardware store finding Loctite 242 latched bottle Devcon brand thread-locking compound hoping would fair substitute depend able Loctite So far good saying goes difference can find moment 242 blue Devcon compound purple cares long serves purpose Ill probably getting mail some chemical engineer will write fourpage epistle good bad points various brands thread-locking compounds Whichever brand available area its good idea play safe using some sort thread-locking compound metal-to-metal machine screw attachments engine mount ings flight timer mechanisms Zeek ChroniclesPart VII history Zeek design having pretty well summa rized previous six chapters what remains finally record posterity existence fabled flat-bottom-airfoil B/C class 575-sqin version first five chapters traced ori gins Lew Mahieus initial 277-sq-in ignition version 1947 mid-fifties fi nally laid rest tooling glow-powered A/B kit Frank Garcher Midwest Models covered Zeeks incorporated undercambered airfoils last chapter doubled back expound flat-bottom-airfoil spin-off designs began /2A kit version reintroduced Dan Lutzs 276-sq-in Class 09-powered de rivative 1951 three-view form accompa nying model construction information Should anyone wish review previous install ments following index will save consid erable research August 88 December 88 April 89 June 89 August 89 June 90 also significant group photo October 1990 issue personal quest obtain set plans 575 began after having number interesting discussions prompted some articles run Central Indiana Aeromodelers newsletter late seventies about early Zeeks Dan Lutz few others Dan eventually got Lew Mahieus attention doing some sort magazine article record history Zeek As time passed quite mass material collected yet still gaps filled going mold Zeek tory some orderly fashionplans available example Since full-length article would have complete since addition three-views might make piece too long squeeze single magazine issue decided attempt series shorter excerpts instead ap proach might possible generate additional input knowledgeable readers along way Man did decision ever produce pay dirt search plans 575 began ear nest Lyman Armstrong volunteered names five individuals thought pos sessed plan sets time another After few months spent investigating however leads ran dead ends Bill Cran ford authored plans lost original tracings unfortunate fire appeared 575 might never see light day again November 1988 skies opened up Chet Orrill wrote say following Zeek chronicles plan set 575 hed received Lew Mahieu 53 Nats Unbelievable Chet lived Connecticut would ever have expected 575 plans turn up New England places design originated California known plan sets distributed Strange things surely occur hobby kinship 575 previous kitted Zeeks certainly apparent entire model appears sleeker slimmer deep belly fuselage gone producing optical effect fuselage proportionally longer its predecessors planform also has somewhat stretched look because its higher aspect ratio wing stab Yet 575 unmistakably still Zeek plans recommend K&B 29 32 en gine possibly because Bill Cranfords helpmate project Lew Mahieu himself time aiding Bill producing kitted Zeeks under Premium Manufacturing Co la bel simultaneously working K&B engines could conveniently radially mounted A-in plywood firewall eliminating need metal engine mounts hardwood motor bear ers saving considerable up-front weight plans mention hardwood beam mounts should engine utilized require As balsa box fuselage Zeek 575 fuselage box constructed upside down over plan top bottom firm /16 sheet sides /-in sheet stock bulkheads aft A-in plywood firewall A-in sheet pylon laminated A-in sheet core wood grain running vertically sides /8-in sheet core wood grain running horizontally Wing stab platforms 3/~ /16 sheet respectively course pylon permanently located until both wing stab totally completed covered correct position longitudinal bal ance point can established flat-bottomed airfoil 575 wing cer tainly facilitates construction outlines spars can pinned down plans ribs subsequently added godsend compared internal spars required undercambered airfoils A/B kit versions bill materials wing includes x 3A-in leading edge LE x I-in tapered trail ing edge TE %-in sheet ribs A-in sheet wing tip outlines tip spars x LE planking /16 sheet cut standard 3-in width space between two center ribs planked top facilitate retain ing wing wing platform rubberbands stab construction similar used wing outline spar tacked down over plans A-in sheet ribs added last contoured outlines A-in sheet LE x Y16 in spar tapered ginning third rib end Space two center ribs %-in sheet vertical fin plank top LE A6 sheet SPECIALISTSINCUSTOMCOX TEE DEE & REED ENGINES 020S 049S 051S 074S & 09S ALL CUS TOM & STOCK PARTS VAILABLE INDIVIDUALLY COMPETITIONACCESSORIES RACING WHEELS KLOTZ OIL CARBON FIBER SOLID LINES ALL KINDS OFFUEL TUBING THREE BRANDS OFGLOWPLUGS HARD-TO-FINDHARDWARE OLD TIMER SUPPLIES COILS CONDENSERS NGK& STIlT SPARK PLUGS SILK8 COLORS QUALITYDOPEBRUSHES 5& 7LOOP 1/4RUBBER BANDS TRANSISTORIGNITIONSYSTEMS RESISTOR HIGH TENSION LEADS 1/2A TEXACO PLA YBOYSR KIT 1/2A TEXACO ENGINES & PARTS KSB & IGNITION TIMERS RUBBER POWER KITS PROPS TISSUEAND OTHER SUPPLIES CYANOACRYLA TES& EPOXIES ORDER BY MAIL OR PHONE 619 728-4365 SORRY NO COD VISA & MASTERCARD WELCOME MINIMUM MERCHANDISE ORDER $1000 SHIPPING HANDLING AND INSURANCE FEE $300 STOCK ORDERS SHIPPED WITHIN 24 HRS shown Actually entire model quite simple quick build Mahieu Cranford took obvi ous measures use standard wood sizes building techniques As Bill Cranford indicated previously number plan sets originally distributed assess marketability possi ble B/C 575 kit whatever reasons kit never produced commercially course writing Zeek chronicles number entertaining interesting facts have December 1990 187 OUR RE V-UP IN VENTOR V VERA GES 0 VER 9000 PROPS ! IMMEDIA TESHIPMENTON VISA/MC COPUTER/ZED 4/RCRfT PLOTS Technical Illustrations Suitable Framn Scale ting Scanning Seryices 3 Views D-TECH SYSTEMS Catalog $100 if62915 SASE 6189862383 FPEE / HANDLE N FORMATION 18007495942 NLZAD FThLD CHAHOEF $4495 TOP OF THE LINE DESIGNS FOR LESS BOTH UNITS DESIONED FOR RECEIVER AND TRANSMITTER BATTERIES NINETY DAY WARRANTY PRECiSION EXPANDED SCALE VOLT METER H DOUPER ELECTRONICS PO BOX 90171 AUSTIN TEXAS 78709 surfaced few come mind Lew Mahieu single-handedly conceptual ized designed original Zeeks never full responsibility kitting deriv atives despite fact worked Air-O Premium producing commercial Zeek kits worked K&B produced subsequent Kiwi de sign original Zeek kits first show fuse-operated pop-up DT also first tilting stab up side other would produce glide turn correspond ing direction noticeable effect power portion flight nothing else series has relit candles illuminate some heretofore fabled Zeeks yet see commercial print respon sible being have given proper credit list includes original 277-sq-in 1947 ignition-powered version drawn Stu Sit tig Lutz-produced 51 Class 09 deriva tive Cranford B/C 575 directly influenced Lew Mahieu though case recorded plans drawn another individ ual Obviously Lew Mahieu preferred work innovation standing still laurels de served hats off Lew Mahieu one-time associates making Free Flight legend thing certain People may eventu ally fade away hobby Zeeks ever Lastly am forever indebted Ive discussions correspondence phone conversations over past 10 years Prop er acknowledgment responsiveness good things have emerged colloquy would fill another chapter lieu shall simply close alphabetical listing names included 6-in-deep pile correspondence accumulated over 10 years individuals Lyman Armstrong Bill Cranford Ray Downs Gerald Fowler Russ Han sen FK Heeb Elmer Jordan Dan Lutz Lew Mahieu Ed Mate Chet Orrill Russ Snyder Bob Spink Carl Stokes Ed Toner heartfelt thanks Ive forgotten anyone humbly apologize oversight Obviously 10 years reliving Zeek designs turn contribution growth popularity Nostalgia Gas movement have acquired considerable inventory full size Zeek plans Should anyone require informa tion regard large SASE will get listing Thats aint no Till next time see downwind Nats Tale/Berman Continued page 88 rounds three afternoons looked logisti cally impossiblethere just too contestants Shadows grew long haze close IFR Just before 800 pm curfew turn couldnt put off longer Nerves thor oughly numbed now executed se quence either incident elegance think used ESP visual track ing Mercifully never caught up scoresheet After long-suffering wife made back motel dining room 30 miles away mere 10 minutes before locked door So Murphy dont win time Actually patience endurance dedication judges line officials other contest personnel old demon chaos cant get toehold Nats Dry roasting sun day varied crew did splendid job deserve thanks appreciation can express some Year after year Vince Mankowski Nats search committee come up good site Its amazing Mid-American Air Center flew off George Field World War II Army Air Force training base named after gen eral served its first commander Its 3000-acre facility mile-long run ways Ray Pickering genial veteran ser vice manager recalled hundreds Wacs well troop-carrying gliders part scene George Field dur ing forties As such air bases grisly dents sometimes occurred rookie pilot missed approach smacked house near field starting fire both adult residents perished fire men reached scene found threeyear-old girl unhurt wandering outside tears raised relatives another state visited Lawrenceville some 30 years later local folks gave big party Forgetfulness also causes accidents fullscale flying pilot lost life George Field after failing remove locks airplanes tail surfaces Economic survival large government facility difficult after Uncle Sam pulls out former military base low popula tion density limited fixed base operations dearth major industrial patronage scheduled airline stop hardly Five choose F-106 Delta Dart 71 Long F-20 Tigershark 88 Mig 25 Foxbat 75 U-2 Spyplane 52 F11F-1 Grumman Tiger 70 kits include Fiberglass fuselage foam wing cores balsa hardware color decals fuel tanks landing gear struts plans instructions *399 UPS U-2 $329 Cash check Money Order only4 8 weeks delivery Super Detailed Pilots molded four five parts lightweight ready assembly painting civilian Barnstormer /s US Navy &WWIIAAF st Full figures $1995 busts $795 PS 188 Model Aviation DID YOU KNOW Since 1982 Knights Air Inc has making great products scale modelers Thousands satis fied R/Cers have enjoyed scale pilot figures hundreds ducted fan jet kits hands happy jet modelers across country next time want great scale model product call upon Knights Air Inc - LAlNES fMILLS METALSB00S -PRECISION INSTRUMENTS OMPLETE OSTOLOC $200 L2ciEP1Eu FLS ce lOGOs stenos Zion C SIa Ra Sprrgf1o OZ 5505 COMPO513 3228562
Edition: Model Aviation - 1990/12
Page Numbers: 83, 84, 186, 187, 188
SELF-TIMER The state-of-the-art FAI Power model comes equipped mechanical brain form five-function clockwork timer device serves onboard controller such preset disciplines fuel cutoff bunt transi tion power glide mode dethermal izer timer also acts controller autorudder and/or flapper control either both incorporated model Obviously takes flights trips test flying site fine tune incor porated gadgetry achieve optimum power tran sition glide given model Oftentimes flight sessions lonesome affairs persistent flier finding himself alone test site seeks ultimate trim phisticated flying machine engine run crucial segment Power model flight Since modelers know maxi mum engine run possible results maximum altitude attainable difference between full engine run permitted rules over run would default otherwise perfect flight can mere fractions second Fine tuning engine runs has always prob lem task flying alone since its difficult launch model start stopwatch same instant However FAI Power enthusiast Gil Mor ris has dropped self-timing innovation us may prove popular lonesome flier constituents As accompanying photo depicts Gil has needled way miniature circuitry digital wristwatch wired pressure sensitive switch contained standard rubber thumb guard Wearing altered chrono graph launching arm dons thumb guard plugs two contacts watch prior flight stopwatch function set zero reading model gripped readied launch grip released model launched watch instantly records launch begins running Gil closes thumb fore finger contained switch until engine ceases running shuts off stopwatch releasing hold switch What sees watch face elapsed engine run its overrun cant blame guy whos timing him because did timing himself Neato think about timing engine runs ten leads controversy because human el ement involved Since timing process inDecember 1990 83 Free Flight Duration Harry Murphy 3824 Oakwood Blvd Anderson IN 46011 youthful Dan Lutz destined help establish Dooling 29-powered Zeek 575 fa bled legend pictured 1951 Dallas Nets demonstrating Class 575 entry Power came K&B Green Head 19 engine Official Navy photo contributed D Lutz An accurate innovative self-timer engine runs built Gil Morris thumb guard holds switch starts wrist-mounted chronograph soon airplane released Among other items Murf reviews 54-inspan Corben Ace P-30 Rubber model kits available Pharis Models also die cusses merits thread-locking compounds Gil Morris latest FAI Power flapper concepta high aspect ratio 95-in span wing sheet aluminum small tipiets model ultimate glide mode Flappers maze wires cords rubberbands hinges end levers operated five-function flight timer 64625 825189375 -1 8375 FTg1 - Ii E 31 4 1 5A25jL~ -F -IL 10875 3925 20Balance 65% 1~~ 325 875 rFr 3 K 29 75 7It--- 74375 II I H2jFT III IIIIIIj III III _ _ -L 4375 5625f3125 Np25K875 ZEEK 515 Lew Mahieu Bill Cranford last derivative Zeek series 575 ThIs version B/C class model fiat-bottomed airfoil 575 sq never marketed kit plans Murphy finally found copy plans New England 35 years continent away originated fluenced quickness accuracy sight hearing second individual qualifica tions efficiency often knows nothing about flier has little no control over selftiming system Gil has created could least give flier basis argument situations could interpreted close calls Gils mechanism doesnt eliminate human unpredicta bility shutting off stopwatch end engine run does approach ultimate starting watch because can little doubt end flight launch watch activation simultaneous Gil stopped return Bong FAI invitational July coaxed new much-flown 95-in -span Nelson-powered flapper out car trunk take some pho tographs Trying understand le vers springs rubberbands lines etc model function mind-boggling cant argue results As submit column editor just three short weeks USA team fi nals Lost Hills CA Gil will join others seeking membership 91 FAI Power team Good luck alland thanks Gil permitting us peek latest innova tion Hey guys getting closer electronic flight timer innovation John Oldenkamp sent pho tos Bob Beecrofts ingenious P-30 design model has 122 sq wing area rolled tube fuselage covered bright red cellophane wrapping material using 3M 77 spray adhesive Skywrap also attached 3M 77 deco rates relatively dinky tail surfaces Beecrofts ship uses Czech prop FAI Model Supply also incorporates wing DT wing rather stab pops up supposedly guarantees trustworthy descent out strong thermals light weight models wing itself sports self turbulating Goldberg Goot 193 airfoil red Peck-Polymers brand tissue applied Aero dyne dope Hows innovative mix coverings adhesives various parts single model special note plug-in tail boom connec tion Its lathe-turned hardware store PVC sprinkler pipe weighs gram All-up weight model itself 42 grams Naturally airplane claimed have straight-up climb flat glide What could ask rate Beecrofts pas tiche design features results very neat modContinued page 186 Bob Beecroff 122-sq-in CACA BOX P-30 design unique plug-In tall uses pipe connector made PVC Photo J Oldenkamp 84 Model Aviation CHECK EM BOTH OUT FLY YOUR BEST Finally Complete Flight Training Video R/C Piloti FROM THEORY IN THE CLASSROOM TO ORGANIZED FLIGHT PROGRAM PATTERNED AFTER FULL-SCALE FLIGHT TRAINING CLASSROOM Learn foctn about lift thrust drag Stability center gravity now wing design affects Stalls Includes in-depth siudy turns effect load stall speed Learn causes cures torque Also airplane set-up control surface checks ha ance FIELD Learn toe techniques taxi take-off crosswind procedures level flight turns climbs descents stalls go arounds aborted takeoffs landings toe importance good up proaco Also engine starts safety pre takeoff checks aerobatics much Pilot Command Video Program Can Help Fly Bestt Only $2495 Plus $3 Shipping Handling Send Check Money Ordxr KEMP AVIATION 3243 Arlington Ave - Suite 345 w Riverside CA 92506 IIIATIrsA protect Investment SAVE MONEY Easy build Iransonster boxes Singie doubte version Both sets ot plans 0400 p Si Send cheok money order * HUDS PLANS * PO Ben 47203 Onreville GA 30340 flying judging meet scheduled September 21-22 1991 sports complex University Nottingham England Two halls available competitions being 125 115 ft other 115 62 ft Both said pos sess sufficient height Single occupancy ac commodation meals available through university Proxy entries will accepted Pistachio class further information suggest send two three international reply coupons post office Reg Boor Interscale 91 103 Crow Hill South Middleton Man chester M24 1 LA England Until next time get started Indoor models next years Interscale meet FF Duration/Murphy Continued page 84 el Good show-and-tell Bobby Product review department Phil Alvirez Idealair Models informed companys change address firm can now reached 1350 Arncliffe P1 Windsor Ontario N85 4K3 Canada Idealair has new US address well Box 44853 Detroit MI 48244-0853 As may remember high school geogra phy Detroit still directly across Detroit River Windsor Canada Alvirez also mentioned Idealair offering some specials neat iron-on Litespan cover ing material described some detail June 1990 Duration column real news Litespan now available longer 20 x 72-in sheet size addition original 20 x 36-in size convenient new length has come about popular request seems Litespan ing used increasingly larger models because its light weight ease application good ap pearance Special introductory prices USA $250 36-in length $5 6-ft length Shipping handling charges $3 10 sheets Add another 45C both price postage Canada tele phone requests call 1-519/947-8790 either address Order now introduc tory prices still valid some time now Ive yearning build decent-sized Free Flight Scale model could powered 09- 15-size diesel Like US Free Flight Gas fliers have lim ited experience diesel engines Free Flight Scale concept suggested good way uti lize couple diesel engines Ive acquired recent years What mind much highly accurate Scale specimen some thing closer stand-off category model would qualify Old-Timer Free Flight Scale event accent Free Flight Duration fidelity scale pretty well settled Corben Super Ace model would answer criteria since plenty vintage plans available classic home-built design caught mention RC Electric rendition old 54-in Peer less Model Airplane Co Rubber kit remit tance $3995 plus $350 postage Pharis Mod els PO Box 804 Folsom CA 95630 got kit posthaste return Corben kit suits purposes perfectly Itll certainly convert Free Flight will save some extra work getting project started finished winter Robin manufactures number other funtype models well might want send him $ $ $ $ $ $ Home Video Buffs 4 video used will receive $50 All tape content used becomes property RC Funnies formats accepted One-copy-down tapes please br originall will return tape enclose $300 P & H name address phone number Set tape proper segment brief written explanation Send video anything funny new interesting fl flS 3493 Scottwoad Dr Green Bay WI 54311 SASE description price photo spec ification sheets Pharis puts out Tell him Duration sent knows might find prize box Cracker Jacks too Oops Suppose shouldnt get hopes up Did ever have engine vibrate loose engine mounts running Scary aint about engine vibration destroying engine timer because screws came loose 186 Model Aviation NEW STARHAWK BIPLANE NEW MISS STARHAWK POSTER See your Starhawk Dealer details write Thorpe Engineering Corporation 1715 E Fairfield Mesa AZ 85203 Poster $500 P&H Prepaid fJflflCS Premieres Oct 1990 RC Entertainment its best Sit bacl & relax Smile h y funny side modeling series 30-45 mm videos will tickle funny bonel collection fun-filled funny moments around country Great club meetings home entertainment new & eaciting tape other month $25 per tape VHS SPECIAL INTRODUCTORY OFFER $$$SAVEOVER$501 YEAR SUBSCRIPTION 6 TAPES -$MI $9995 SAVE $1102 YEAR SUBSCRIPTION 12 TAPES -$3G $190 year round entertainment Credit card orders may placed calling 1 -800-236-9696 Visa & MasterCard send name address phone please print type subscription amount RC FUNNIES 3493 Scottwood Dr Green Bay WI 54311 6 n] flL1Ih2 CATAWN AND I EJiSO inwr Am E&WA JAP lZ V 1S AMD 3 CANDW E AND ALS PO Z 1886 ANWYUe MI 01810 5 VEND MOUNTS TIlE VIBRATION KILLER Faiienoruiproorrrrmoaes 20 120 engines mounts nopicaioiteron inguction 705 Moe ioU no kit cosss isuiete tour points ebouiiO .esnrns rusng inICiixns eon' f, 0000 $1700 oneok ot 001 per flu 0 GOA PROOCT5 P0 SOC 38025 SARASOTA FL 34235 8r3 3774202 FL esiaents cod 72e saies te INFORMATiON song 5*5k got lost altogether worse yet about runaway overruns because screws came flying loose out flight timer Dont let happen again some years now Ive backing out screws flight timer adding tiny drop Loctite 242 Threadlocker compound before installing timer model Im particularly faithful about performing chore ignition models vibration produced some vintage gasoline burners little short ferocious Ive also using procedure prevent crankcase screws loosening radially mounted engines Threadlocker makes fine sealant red Cox TD 020 Free Flight tank mounts invariably leak fuel sooner later tiny bottle Loctite 242 finally went dry happened remember perusing cement rack local chain hardware store finding Loctite 242 latched bottle Devcon brand thread-locking compound hoping would fair substitute depend able Loctite So far good saying goes difference can find moment 242 blue Devcon compound purple cares long serves purpose Ill probably getting mail some chemical engineer will write fourpage epistle good bad points various brands thread-locking compounds Whichever brand available area its good idea play safe using some sort thread-locking compound metal-to-metal machine screw attachments engine mount ings flight timer mechanisms Zeek ChroniclesPart VII history Zeek design having pretty well summa rized previous six chapters what remains finally record posterity existence fabled flat-bottom-airfoil B/C class 575-sqin version first five chapters traced ori gins Lew Mahieus initial 277-sq-in ignition version 1947 mid-fifties fi nally laid rest tooling glow-powered A/B kit Frank Garcher Midwest Models covered Zeeks incorporated undercambered airfoils last chapter doubled back expound flat-bottom-airfoil spin-off designs began /2A kit version reintroduced Dan Lutzs 276-sq-in Class 09-powered de rivative 1951 three-view form accompa nying model construction information Should anyone wish review previous install ments following index will save consid erable research August 88 December 88 April 89 June 89 August 89 June 90 also significant group photo October 1990 issue personal quest obtain set plans 575 began after having number interesting discussions prompted some articles run Central Indiana Aeromodelers newsletter late seventies about early Zeeks Dan Lutz few others Dan eventually got Lew Mahieus attention doing some sort magazine article record history Zeek As time passed quite mass material collected yet still gaps filled going mold Zeek tory some orderly fashionplans available example Since full-length article would have complete since addition three-views might make piece too long squeeze single magazine issue decided attempt series shorter excerpts instead ap proach might possible generate additional input knowledgeable readers along way Man did decision ever produce pay dirt search plans 575 began ear nest Lyman Armstrong volunteered names five individuals thought pos sessed plan sets time another After few months spent investigating however leads ran dead ends Bill Cran ford authored plans lost original tracings unfortunate fire appeared 575 might never see light day again November 1988 skies opened up Chet Orrill wrote say following Zeek chronicles plan set 575 hed received Lew Mahieu 53 Nats Unbelievable Chet lived Connecticut would ever have expected 575 plans turn up New England places design originated California known plan sets distributed Strange things surely occur hobby kinship 575 previous kitted Zeeks certainly apparent entire model appears sleeker slimmer deep belly fuselage gone producing optical effect fuselage proportionally longer its predecessors planform also has somewhat stretched look because its higher aspect ratio wing stab Yet 575 unmistakably still Zeek plans recommend K&B 29 32 en gine possibly because Bill Cranfords helpmate project Lew Mahieu himself time aiding Bill producing kitted Zeeks under Premium Manufacturing Co la bel simultaneously working K&B engines could conveniently radially mounted A-in plywood firewall eliminating need metal engine mounts hardwood motor bear ers saving considerable up-front weight plans mention hardwood beam mounts should engine utilized require As balsa box fuselage Zeek 575 fuselage box constructed upside down over plan top bottom firm /16 sheet sides /-in sheet stock bulkheads aft A-in plywood firewall A-in sheet pylon laminated A-in sheet core wood grain running vertically sides /8-in sheet core wood grain running horizontally Wing stab platforms 3/~ /16 sheet respectively course pylon permanently located until both wing stab totally completed covered correct position longitudinal bal ance point can established flat-bottomed airfoil 575 wing cer tainly facilitates construction outlines spars can pinned down plans ribs subsequently added godsend compared internal spars required undercambered airfoils A/B kit versions bill materials wing includes x 3A-in leading edge LE x I-in tapered trail ing edge TE %-in sheet ribs A-in sheet wing tip outlines tip spars x LE planking /16 sheet cut standard 3-in width space between two center ribs planked top facilitate retain ing wing wing platform rubberbands stab construction similar used wing outline spar tacked down over plans A-in sheet ribs added last contoured outlines A-in sheet LE x Y16 in spar tapered ginning third rib end Space two center ribs %-in sheet vertical fin plank top LE A6 sheet SPECIALISTSINCUSTOMCOX TEE DEE & REED ENGINES 020S 049S 051S 074S & 09S ALL CUS TOM & STOCK PARTS VAILABLE INDIVIDUALLY COMPETITIONACCESSORIES RACING WHEELS KLOTZ OIL CARBON FIBER SOLID LINES ALL KINDS OFFUEL TUBING THREE BRANDS OFGLOWPLUGS HARD-TO-FINDHARDWARE OLD TIMER SUPPLIES COILS CONDENSERS NGK& STIlT SPARK PLUGS SILK8 COLORS QUALITYDOPEBRUSHES 5& 7LOOP 1/4RUBBER BANDS TRANSISTORIGNITIONSYSTEMS RESISTOR HIGH TENSION LEADS 1/2A TEXACO PLA YBOYSR KIT 1/2A TEXACO ENGINES & PARTS KSB & IGNITION TIMERS RUBBER POWER KITS PROPS TISSUEAND OTHER SUPPLIES CYANOACRYLA TES& EPOXIES ORDER BY MAIL OR PHONE 619 728-4365 SORRY NO COD VISA & MASTERCARD WELCOME MINIMUM MERCHANDISE ORDER $1000 SHIPPING HANDLING AND INSURANCE FEE $300 STOCK ORDERS SHIPPED WITHIN 24 HRS shown Actually entire model quite simple quick build Mahieu Cranford took obvi ous measures use standard wood sizes building techniques As Bill Cranford indicated previously number plan sets originally distributed assess marketability possi ble B/C 575 kit whatever reasons kit never produced commercially course writing Zeek chronicles number entertaining interesting facts have December 1990 187 OUR RE V-UP IN VENTOR V VERA GES 0 VER 9000 PROPS ! IMMEDIA TESHIPMENTON VISA/MC COPUTER/ZED 4/RCRfT PLOTS Technical Illustrations Suitable Framn Scale ting Scanning Seryices 3 Views D-TECH SYSTEMS Catalog $100 if62915 SASE 6189862383 FPEE / HANDLE N FORMATION 18007495942 NLZAD FThLD CHAHOEF $4495 TOP OF THE LINE DESIGNS FOR LESS BOTH UNITS DESIONED FOR RECEIVER AND TRANSMITTER BATTERIES NINETY DAY WARRANTY PRECiSION EXPANDED SCALE VOLT METER H DOUPER ELECTRONICS PO BOX 90171 AUSTIN TEXAS 78709 surfaced few come mind Lew Mahieu single-handedly conceptual ized designed original Zeeks never full responsibility kitting deriv atives despite fact worked Air-O Premium producing commercial Zeek kits worked K&B produced subsequent Kiwi de sign original Zeek kits first show fuse-operated pop-up DT also first tilting stab up side other would produce glide turn correspond ing direction noticeable effect power portion flight nothing else series has relit candles illuminate some heretofore fabled Zeeks yet see commercial print respon sible being have given proper credit list includes original 277-sq-in 1947 ignition-powered version drawn Stu Sit tig Lutz-produced 51 Class 09 deriva tive Cranford B/C 575 directly influenced Lew Mahieu though case recorded plans drawn another individ ual Obviously Lew Mahieu preferred work innovation standing still laurels de served hats off Lew Mahieu one-time associates making Free Flight legend thing certain People may eventu ally fade away hobby Zeeks ever Lastly am forever indebted Ive discussions correspondence phone conversations over past 10 years Prop er acknowledgment responsiveness good things have emerged colloquy would fill another chapter lieu shall simply close alphabetical listing names included 6-in-deep pile correspondence accumulated over 10 years individuals Lyman Armstrong Bill Cranford Ray Downs Gerald Fowler Russ Han sen FK Heeb Elmer Jordan Dan Lutz Lew Mahieu Ed Mate Chet Orrill Russ Snyder Bob Spink Carl Stokes Ed Toner heartfelt thanks Ive forgotten anyone humbly apologize oversight Obviously 10 years reliving Zeek designs turn contribution growth popularity Nostalgia Gas movement have acquired considerable inventory full size Zeek plans Should anyone require informa tion regard large SASE will get listing Thats aint no Till next time see downwind Nats Tale/Berman Continued page 88 rounds three afternoons looked logisti cally impossiblethere just too contestants Shadows grew long haze close IFR Just before 800 pm curfew turn couldnt put off longer Nerves thor oughly numbed now executed se quence either incident elegance think used ESP visual track ing Mercifully never caught up scoresheet After long-suffering wife made back motel dining room 30 miles away mere 10 minutes before locked door So Murphy dont win time Actually patience endurance dedication judges line officials other contest personnel old demon chaos cant get toehold Nats Dry roasting sun day varied crew did splendid job deserve thanks appreciation can express some Year after year Vince Mankowski Nats search committee come up good site Its amazing Mid-American Air Center flew off George Field World War II Army Air Force training base named after gen eral served its first commander Its 3000-acre facility mile-long run ways Ray Pickering genial veteran ser vice manager recalled hundreds Wacs well troop-carrying gliders part scene George Field dur ing forties As such air bases grisly dents sometimes occurred rookie pilot missed approach smacked house near field starting fire both adult residents perished fire men reached scene found threeyear-old girl unhurt wandering outside tears raised relatives another state visited Lawrenceville some 30 years later local folks gave big party Forgetfulness also causes accidents fullscale flying pilot lost life George Field after failing remove locks airplanes tail surfaces Economic survival large government facility difficult after Uncle Sam pulls out former military base low popula tion density limited fixed base operations dearth major industrial patronage scheduled airline stop hardly Five choose F-106 Delta Dart 71 Long F-20 Tigershark 88 Mig 25 Foxbat 75 U-2 Spyplane 52 F11F-1 Grumman Tiger 70 kits include Fiberglass fuselage foam wing cores balsa hardware color decals fuel tanks landing gear struts plans instructions *399 UPS U-2 $329 Cash check Money Order only4 8 weeks delivery Super Detailed Pilots molded four five parts lightweight ready assembly painting civilian Barnstormer /s US Navy &WWIIAAF st Full figures $1995 busts $795 PS 188 Model Aviation DID YOU KNOW Since 1982 Knights Air Inc has making great products scale modelers Thousands satis fied R/Cers have enjoyed scale pilot figures hundreds ducted fan jet kits hands happy jet modelers across country next time want great scale model product call upon Knights Air Inc - LAlNES fMILLS METALSB00S -PRECISION INSTRUMENTS OMPLETE OSTOLOC $200 L2ciEP1Eu FLS ce lOGOs stenos Zion C SIa Ra Sprrgf1o OZ 5505 COMPO513 3228562
Edition: Model Aviation - 1990/12
Page Numbers: 83, 84, 186, 187, 188
SELF-TIMER The state-of-the-art FAI Power model comes equipped mechanical brain form five-function clockwork timer device serves onboard controller such preset disciplines fuel cutoff bunt transi tion power glide mode dethermal izer timer also acts controller autorudder and/or flapper control either both incorporated model Obviously takes flights trips test flying site fine tune incor porated gadgetry achieve optimum power tran sition glide given model Oftentimes flight sessions lonesome affairs persistent flier finding himself alone test site seeks ultimate trim phisticated flying machine engine run crucial segment Power model flight Since modelers know maxi mum engine run possible results maximum altitude attainable difference between full engine run permitted rules over run would default otherwise perfect flight can mere fractions second Fine tuning engine runs has always prob lem task flying alone since its difficult launch model start stopwatch same instant However FAI Power enthusiast Gil Mor ris has dropped self-timing innovation us may prove popular lonesome flier constituents As accompanying photo depicts Gil has needled way miniature circuitry digital wristwatch wired pressure sensitive switch contained standard rubber thumb guard Wearing altered chrono graph launching arm dons thumb guard plugs two contacts watch prior flight stopwatch function set zero reading model gripped readied launch grip released model launched watch instantly records launch begins running Gil closes thumb fore finger contained switch until engine ceases running shuts off stopwatch releasing hold switch What sees watch face elapsed engine run its overrun cant blame guy whos timing him because did timing himself Neato think about timing engine runs ten leads controversy because human el ement involved Since timing process inDecember 1990 83 Free Flight Duration Harry Murphy 3824 Oakwood Blvd Anderson IN 46011 youthful Dan Lutz destined help establish Dooling 29-powered Zeek 575 fa bled legend pictured 1951 Dallas Nets demonstrating Class 575 entry Power came K&B Green Head 19 engine Official Navy photo contributed D Lutz An accurate innovative self-timer engine runs built Gil Morris thumb guard holds switch starts wrist-mounted chronograph soon airplane released Among other items Murf reviews 54-inspan Corben Ace P-30 Rubber model kits available Pharis Models also die cusses merits thread-locking compounds Gil Morris latest FAI Power flapper concepta high aspect ratio 95-in span wing sheet aluminum small tipiets model ultimate glide mode Flappers maze wires cords rubberbands hinges end levers operated five-function flight timer 64625 825189375 -1 8375 FTg1 - Ii E 31 4 1 5A25jL~ -F -IL 10875 3925 20Balance 65% 1~~ 325 875 rFr 3 K 29 75 7It--- 74375 II I H2jFT III IIIIIIj III III _ _ -L 4375 5625f3125 Np25K875 ZEEK 515 Lew Mahieu Bill Cranford last derivative Zeek series 575 ThIs version B/C class model fiat-bottomed airfoil 575 sq never marketed kit plans Murphy finally found copy plans New England 35 years continent away originated fluenced quickness accuracy sight hearing second individual qualifica tions efficiency often knows nothing about flier has little no control over selftiming system Gil has created could least give flier basis argument situations could interpreted close calls Gils mechanism doesnt eliminate human unpredicta bility shutting off stopwatch end engine run does approach ultimate starting watch because can little doubt end flight launch watch activation simultaneous Gil stopped return Bong FAI invitational July coaxed new much-flown 95-in -span Nelson-powered flapper out car trunk take some pho tographs Trying understand le vers springs rubberbands lines etc model function mind-boggling cant argue results As submit column editor just three short weeks USA team fi nals Lost Hills CA Gil will join others seeking membership 91 FAI Power team Good luck alland thanks Gil permitting us peek latest innova tion Hey guys getting closer electronic flight timer innovation John Oldenkamp sent pho tos Bob Beecrofts ingenious P-30 design model has 122 sq wing area rolled tube fuselage covered bright red cellophane wrapping material using 3M 77 spray adhesive Skywrap also attached 3M 77 deco rates relatively dinky tail surfaces Beecrofts ship uses Czech prop FAI Model Supply also incorporates wing DT wing rather stab pops up supposedly guarantees trustworthy descent out strong thermals light weight models wing itself sports self turbulating Goldberg Goot 193 airfoil red Peck-Polymers brand tissue applied Aero dyne dope Hows innovative mix coverings adhesives various parts single model special note plug-in tail boom connec tion Its lathe-turned hardware store PVC sprinkler pipe weighs gram All-up weight model itself 42 grams Naturally airplane claimed have straight-up climb flat glide What could ask rate Beecrofts pas tiche design features results very neat modContinued page 186 Bob Beecroff 122-sq-in CACA BOX P-30 design unique plug-In tall uses pipe connector made PVC Photo J Oldenkamp 84 Model Aviation CHECK EM BOTH OUT FLY YOUR BEST Finally Complete Flight Training Video R/C Piloti FROM THEORY IN THE CLASSROOM TO ORGANIZED FLIGHT PROGRAM PATTERNED AFTER FULL-SCALE FLIGHT TRAINING CLASSROOM Learn foctn about lift thrust drag Stability center gravity now wing design affects Stalls Includes in-depth siudy turns effect load stall speed Learn causes cures torque Also airplane set-up control surface checks ha ance FIELD Learn toe techniques taxi take-off crosswind procedures level flight turns climbs descents stalls go arounds aborted takeoffs landings toe importance good up proaco Also engine starts safety pre takeoff checks aerobatics much Pilot Command Video Program Can Help Fly Bestt Only $2495 Plus $3 Shipping Handling Send Check Money Ordxr KEMP AVIATION 3243 Arlington Ave - Suite 345 w Riverside CA 92506 IIIATIrsA protect Investment SAVE MONEY Easy build Iransonster boxes Singie doubte version Both sets ot plans 0400 p Si Send cheok money order * HUDS PLANS * PO Ben 47203 Onreville GA 30340 flying judging meet scheduled September 21-22 1991 sports complex University Nottingham England Two halls available competitions being 125 115 ft other 115 62 ft Both said pos sess sufficient height Single occupancy ac commodation meals available through university Proxy entries will accepted Pistachio class further information suggest send two three international reply coupons post office Reg Boor Interscale 91 103 Crow Hill South Middleton Man chester M24 1 LA England Until next time get started Indoor models next years Interscale meet FF Duration/Murphy Continued page 84 el Good show-and-tell Bobby Product review department Phil Alvirez Idealair Models informed companys change address firm can now reached 1350 Arncliffe P1 Windsor Ontario N85 4K3 Canada Idealair has new US address well Box 44853 Detroit MI 48244-0853 As may remember high school geogra phy Detroit still directly across Detroit River Windsor Canada Alvirez also mentioned Idealair offering some specials neat iron-on Litespan cover ing material described some detail June 1990 Duration column real news Litespan now available longer 20 x 72-in sheet size addition original 20 x 36-in size convenient new length has come about popular request seems Litespan ing used increasingly larger models because its light weight ease application good ap pearance Special introductory prices USA $250 36-in length $5 6-ft length Shipping handling charges $3 10 sheets Add another 45C both price postage Canada tele phone requests call 1-519/947-8790 either address Order now introduc tory prices still valid some time now Ive yearning build decent-sized Free Flight Scale model could powered 09- 15-size diesel Like US Free Flight Gas fliers have lim ited experience diesel engines Free Flight Scale concept suggested good way uti lize couple diesel engines Ive acquired recent years What mind much highly accurate Scale specimen some thing closer stand-off category model would qualify Old-Timer Free Flight Scale event accent Free Flight Duration fidelity scale pretty well settled Corben Super Ace model would answer criteria since plenty vintage plans available classic home-built design caught mention RC Electric rendition old 54-in Peer less Model Airplane Co Rubber kit remit tance $3995 plus $350 postage Pharis Mod els PO Box 804 Folsom CA 95630 got kit posthaste return Corben kit suits purposes perfectly Itll certainly convert Free Flight will save some extra work getting project started finished winter Robin manufactures number other funtype models well might want send him $ $ $ $ $ $ Home Video Buffs 4 video used will receive $50 All tape content used becomes property RC Funnies formats accepted One-copy-down tapes please br originall will return tape enclose $300 P & H name address phone number Set tape proper segment brief written explanation Send video anything funny new interesting fl flS 3493 Scottwoad Dr Green Bay WI 54311 SASE description price photo spec ification sheets Pharis puts out Tell him Duration sent knows might find prize box Cracker Jacks too Oops Suppose shouldnt get hopes up Did ever have engine vibrate loose engine mounts running Scary aint about engine vibration destroying engine timer because screws came loose 186 Model Aviation NEW STARHAWK BIPLANE NEW MISS STARHAWK POSTER See your Starhawk Dealer details write Thorpe Engineering Corporation 1715 E Fairfield Mesa AZ 85203 Poster $500 P&H Prepaid fJflflCS Premieres Oct 1990 RC Entertainment its best Sit bacl & relax Smile h y funny side modeling series 30-45 mm videos will tickle funny bonel collection fun-filled funny moments around country Great club meetings home entertainment new & eaciting tape other month $25 per tape VHS SPECIAL INTRODUCTORY OFFER $$$SAVEOVER$501 YEAR SUBSCRIPTION 6 TAPES -$MI $9995 SAVE $1102 YEAR SUBSCRIPTION 12 TAPES -$3G $190 year round entertainment Credit card orders may placed calling 1 -800-236-9696 Visa & MasterCard send name address phone please print type subscription amount RC FUNNIES 3493 Scottwood Dr Green Bay WI 54311 6 n] flL1Ih2 CATAWN AND I EJiSO inwr Am E&WA JAP lZ V 1S AMD 3 CANDW E AND ALS PO Z 1886 ANWYUe MI 01810 5 VEND MOUNTS TIlE VIBRATION KILLER Faiienoruiproorrrrmoaes 20 120 engines mounts nopicaioiteron inguction 705 Moe ioU no kit cosss isuiete tour points ebouiiO .esnrns rusng inICiixns eon' f, 0000 $1700 oneok ot 001 per flu 0 GOA PROOCT5 P0 SOC 38025 SARASOTA FL 34235 8r3 3774202 FL esiaents cod 72e saies te INFORMATiON song 5*5k got lost altogether worse yet about runaway overruns because screws came flying loose out flight timer Dont let happen again some years now Ive backing out screws flight timer adding tiny drop Loctite 242 Threadlocker compound before installing timer model Im particularly faithful about performing chore ignition models vibration produced some vintage gasoline burners little short ferocious Ive also using procedure prevent crankcase screws loosening radially mounted engines Threadlocker makes fine sealant red Cox TD 020 Free Flight tank mounts invariably leak fuel sooner later tiny bottle Loctite 242 finally went dry happened remember perusing cement rack local chain hardware store finding Loctite 242 latched bottle Devcon brand thread-locking compound hoping would fair substitute depend able Loctite So far good saying goes difference can find moment 242 blue Devcon compound purple cares long serves purpose Ill probably getting mail some chemical engineer will write fourpage epistle good bad points various brands thread-locking compounds Whichever brand available area its good idea play safe using some sort thread-locking compound metal-to-metal machine screw attachments engine mount ings flight timer mechanisms Zeek ChroniclesPart VII history Zeek design having pretty well summa rized previous six chapters what remains finally record posterity existence fabled flat-bottom-airfoil B/C class 575-sqin version first five chapters traced ori gins Lew Mahieus initial 277-sq-in ignition version 1947 mid-fifties fi nally laid rest tooling glow-powered A/B kit Frank Garcher Midwest Models covered Zeeks incorporated undercambered airfoils last chapter doubled back expound flat-bottom-airfoil spin-off designs began /2A kit version reintroduced Dan Lutzs 276-sq-in Class 09-powered de rivative 1951 three-view form accompa nying model construction information Should anyone wish review previous install ments following index will save consid erable research August 88 December 88 April 89 June 89 August 89 June 90 also significant group photo October 1990 issue personal quest obtain set plans 575 began after having number interesting discussions prompted some articles run Central Indiana Aeromodelers newsletter late seventies about early Zeeks Dan Lutz few others Dan eventually got Lew Mahieus attention doing some sort magazine article record history Zeek As time passed quite mass material collected yet still gaps filled going mold Zeek tory some orderly fashionplans available example Since full-length article would have complete since addition three-views might make piece too long squeeze single magazine issue decided attempt series shorter excerpts instead ap proach might possible generate additional input knowledgeable readers along way Man did decision ever produce pay dirt search plans 575 began ear nest Lyman Armstrong volunteered names five individuals thought pos sessed plan sets time another After few months spent investigating however leads ran dead ends Bill Cran ford authored plans lost original tracings unfortunate fire appeared 575 might never see light day again November 1988 skies opened up Chet Orrill wrote say following Zeek chronicles plan set 575 hed received Lew Mahieu 53 Nats Unbelievable Chet lived Connecticut would ever have expected 575 plans turn up New England places design originated California known plan sets distributed Strange things surely occur hobby kinship 575 previous kitted Zeeks certainly apparent entire model appears sleeker slimmer deep belly fuselage gone producing optical effect fuselage proportionally longer its predecessors planform also has somewhat stretched look because its higher aspect ratio wing stab Yet 575 unmistakably still Zeek plans recommend K&B 29 32 en gine possibly because Bill Cranfords helpmate project Lew Mahieu himself time aiding Bill producing kitted Zeeks under Premium Manufacturing Co la bel simultaneously working K&B engines could conveniently radially mounted A-in plywood firewall eliminating need metal engine mounts hardwood motor bear ers saving considerable up-front weight plans mention hardwood beam mounts should engine utilized require As balsa box fuselage Zeek 575 fuselage box constructed upside down over plan top bottom firm /16 sheet sides /-in sheet stock bulkheads aft A-in plywood firewall A-in sheet pylon laminated A-in sheet core wood grain running vertically sides /8-in sheet core wood grain running horizontally Wing stab platforms 3/~ /16 sheet respectively course pylon permanently located until both wing stab totally completed covered correct position longitudinal bal ance point can established flat-bottomed airfoil 575 wing cer tainly facilitates construction outlines spars can pinned down plans ribs subsequently added godsend compared internal spars required undercambered airfoils A/B kit versions bill materials wing includes x 3A-in leading edge LE x I-in tapered trail ing edge TE %-in sheet ribs A-in sheet wing tip outlines tip spars x LE planking /16 sheet cut standard 3-in width space between two center ribs planked top facilitate retain ing wing wing platform rubberbands stab construction similar used wing outline spar tacked down over plans A-in sheet ribs added last contoured outlines A-in sheet LE x Y16 in spar tapered ginning third rib end Space two center ribs %-in sheet vertical fin plank top LE A6 sheet SPECIALISTSINCUSTOMCOX TEE DEE & REED ENGINES 020S 049S 051S 074S & 09S ALL CUS TOM & STOCK PARTS VAILABLE INDIVIDUALLY COMPETITIONACCESSORIES RACING WHEELS KLOTZ OIL CARBON FIBER SOLID LINES ALL KINDS OFFUEL TUBING THREE BRANDS OFGLOWPLUGS HARD-TO-FINDHARDWARE OLD TIMER SUPPLIES COILS CONDENSERS NGK& STIlT SPARK PLUGS SILK8 COLORS QUALITYDOPEBRUSHES 5& 7LOOP 1/4RUBBER BANDS TRANSISTORIGNITIONSYSTEMS RESISTOR HIGH TENSION LEADS 1/2A TEXACO PLA YBOYSR KIT 1/2A TEXACO ENGINES & PARTS KSB & IGNITION TIMERS RUBBER POWER KITS PROPS TISSUEAND OTHER SUPPLIES CYANOACRYLA TES& EPOXIES ORDER BY MAIL OR PHONE 619 728-4365 SORRY NO COD VISA & MASTERCARD WELCOME MINIMUM MERCHANDISE ORDER $1000 SHIPPING HANDLING AND INSURANCE FEE $300 STOCK ORDERS SHIPPED WITHIN 24 HRS shown Actually entire model quite simple quick build Mahieu Cranford took obvi ous measures use standard wood sizes building techniques As Bill Cranford indicated previously number plan sets originally distributed assess marketability possi ble B/C 575 kit whatever reasons kit never produced commercially course writing Zeek chronicles number entertaining interesting facts have December 1990 187 OUR RE V-UP IN VENTOR V VERA GES 0 VER 9000 PROPS ! IMMEDIA TESHIPMENTON VISA/MC COPUTER/ZED 4/RCRfT PLOTS Technical Illustrations Suitable Framn Scale ting Scanning Seryices 3 Views D-TECH SYSTEMS Catalog $100 if62915 SASE 6189862383 FPEE / HANDLE N FORMATION 18007495942 NLZAD FThLD CHAHOEF $4495 TOP OF THE LINE DESIGNS FOR LESS BOTH UNITS DESIONED FOR RECEIVER AND TRANSMITTER BATTERIES NINETY DAY WARRANTY PRECiSION EXPANDED SCALE VOLT METER H DOUPER ELECTRONICS PO BOX 90171 AUSTIN TEXAS 78709 surfaced few come mind Lew Mahieu single-handedly conceptual ized designed original Zeeks never full responsibility kitting deriv atives despite fact worked Air-O Premium producing commercial Zeek kits worked K&B produced subsequent Kiwi de sign original Zeek kits first show fuse-operated pop-up DT also first tilting stab up side other would produce glide turn correspond ing direction noticeable effect power portion flight nothing else series has relit candles illuminate some heretofore fabled Zeeks yet see commercial print respon sible being have given proper credit list includes original 277-sq-in 1947 ignition-powered version drawn Stu Sit tig Lutz-produced 51 Class 09 deriva tive Cranford B/C 575 directly influenced Lew Mahieu though case recorded plans drawn another individ ual Obviously Lew Mahieu preferred work innovation standing still laurels de served hats off Lew Mahieu one-time associates making Free Flight legend thing certain People may eventu ally fade away hobby Zeeks ever Lastly am forever indebted Ive discussions correspondence phone conversations over past 10 years Prop er acknowledgment responsiveness good things have emerged colloquy would fill another chapter lieu shall simply close alphabetical listing names included 6-in-deep pile correspondence accumulated over 10 years individuals Lyman Armstrong Bill Cranford Ray Downs Gerald Fowler Russ Han sen FK Heeb Elmer Jordan Dan Lutz Lew Mahieu Ed Mate Chet Orrill Russ Snyder Bob Spink Carl Stokes Ed Toner heartfelt thanks Ive forgotten anyone humbly apologize oversight Obviously 10 years reliving Zeek designs turn contribution growth popularity Nostalgia Gas movement have acquired considerable inventory full size Zeek plans Should anyone require informa tion regard large SASE will get listing Thats aint no Till next time see downwind Nats Tale/Berman Continued page 88 rounds three afternoons looked logisti cally impossiblethere just too contestants Shadows grew long haze close IFR Just before 800 pm curfew turn couldnt put off longer Nerves thor oughly numbed now executed se quence either incident elegance think used ESP visual track ing Mercifully never caught up scoresheet After long-suffering wife made back motel dining room 30 miles away mere 10 minutes before locked door So Murphy dont win time Actually patience endurance dedication judges line officials other contest personnel old demon chaos cant get toehold Nats Dry roasting sun day varied crew did splendid job deserve thanks appreciation can express some Year after year Vince Mankowski Nats search committee come up good site Its amazing Mid-American Air Center flew off George Field World War II Army Air Force training base named after gen eral served its first commander Its 3000-acre facility mile-long run ways Ray Pickering genial veteran ser vice manager recalled hundreds Wacs well troop-carrying gliders part scene George Field dur ing forties As such air bases grisly dents sometimes occurred rookie pilot missed approach smacked house near field starting fire both adult residents perished fire men reached scene found threeyear-old girl unhurt wandering outside tears raised relatives another state visited Lawrenceville some 30 years later local folks gave big party Forgetfulness also causes accidents fullscale flying pilot lost life George Field after failing remove locks airplanes tail surfaces Economic survival large government facility difficult after Uncle Sam pulls out former military base low popula tion density limited fixed base operations dearth major industrial patronage scheduled airline stop hardly Five choose F-106 Delta Dart 71 Long F-20 Tigershark 88 Mig 25 Foxbat 75 U-2 Spyplane 52 F11F-1 Grumman Tiger 70 kits include Fiberglass fuselage foam wing cores balsa hardware color decals fuel tanks landing gear struts plans instructions *399 UPS U-2 $329 Cash check Money Order only4 8 weeks delivery Super Detailed Pilots molded four five parts lightweight ready assembly painting civilian Barnstormer /s US Navy &WWIIAAF st Full figures $1995 busts $795 PS 188 Model Aviation DID YOU KNOW Since 1982 Knights Air Inc has making great products scale modelers Thousands satis fied R/Cers have enjoyed scale pilot figures hundreds ducted fan jet kits hands happy jet modelers across country next time want great scale model product call upon Knights Air Inc - LAlNES fMILLS METALSB00S -PRECISION INSTRUMENTS OMPLETE OSTOLOC $200 L2ciEP1Eu FLS ce lOGOs stenos Zion C SIa Ra Sprrgf1o OZ 5505 COMPO513 3228562
Edition: Model Aviation - 1990/12
Page Numbers: 83, 84, 186, 187, 188
SELF-TIMER The state-of-the-art FAI Power model comes equipped mechanical brain form five-function clockwork timer device serves onboard controller such preset disciplines fuel cutoff bunt transi tion power glide mode dethermal izer timer also acts controller autorudder and/or flapper control either both incorporated model Obviously takes flights trips test flying site fine tune incor porated gadgetry achieve optimum power tran sition glide given model Oftentimes flight sessions lonesome affairs persistent flier finding himself alone test site seeks ultimate trim phisticated flying machine engine run crucial segment Power model flight Since modelers know maxi mum engine run possible results maximum altitude attainable difference between full engine run permitted rules over run would default otherwise perfect flight can mere fractions second Fine tuning engine runs has always prob lem task flying alone since its difficult launch model start stopwatch same instant However FAI Power enthusiast Gil Mor ris has dropped self-timing innovation us may prove popular lonesome flier constituents As accompanying photo depicts Gil has needled way miniature circuitry digital wristwatch wired pressure sensitive switch contained standard rubber thumb guard Wearing altered chrono graph launching arm dons thumb guard plugs two contacts watch prior flight stopwatch function set zero reading model gripped readied launch grip released model launched watch instantly records launch begins running Gil closes thumb fore finger contained switch until engine ceases running shuts off stopwatch releasing hold switch What sees watch face elapsed engine run its overrun cant blame guy whos timing him because did timing himself Neato think about timing engine runs ten leads controversy because human el ement involved Since timing process inDecember 1990 83 Free Flight Duration Harry Murphy 3824 Oakwood Blvd Anderson IN 46011 youthful Dan Lutz destined help establish Dooling 29-powered Zeek 575 fa bled legend pictured 1951 Dallas Nets demonstrating Class 575 entry Power came K&B Green Head 19 engine Official Navy photo contributed D Lutz An accurate innovative self-timer engine runs built Gil Morris thumb guard holds switch starts wrist-mounted chronograph soon airplane released Among other items Murf reviews 54-inspan Corben Ace P-30 Rubber model kits available Pharis Models also die cusses merits thread-locking compounds Gil Morris latest FAI Power flapper concepta high aspect ratio 95-in span wing sheet aluminum small tipiets model ultimate glide mode Flappers maze wires cords rubberbands hinges end levers operated five-function flight timer 64625 825189375 -1 8375 FTg1 - Ii E 31 4 1 5A25jL~ -F -IL 10875 3925 20Balance 65% 1~~ 325 875 rFr 3 K 29 75 7It--- 74375 II I H2jFT III IIIIIIj III III _ _ -L 4375 5625f3125 Np25K875 ZEEK 515 Lew Mahieu Bill Cranford last derivative Zeek series 575 ThIs version B/C class model fiat-bottomed airfoil 575 sq never marketed kit plans Murphy finally found copy plans New England 35 years continent away originated fluenced quickness accuracy sight hearing second individual qualifica tions efficiency often knows nothing about flier has little no control over selftiming system Gil has created could least give flier basis argument situations could interpreted close calls Gils mechanism doesnt eliminate human unpredicta bility shutting off stopwatch end engine run does approach ultimate starting watch because can little doubt end flight launch watch activation simultaneous Gil stopped return Bong FAI invitational July coaxed new much-flown 95-in -span Nelson-powered flapper out car trunk take some pho tographs Trying understand le vers springs rubberbands lines etc model function mind-boggling cant argue results As submit column editor just three short weeks USA team fi nals Lost Hills CA Gil will join others seeking membership 91 FAI Power team Good luck alland thanks Gil permitting us peek latest innova tion Hey guys getting closer electronic flight timer innovation John Oldenkamp sent pho tos Bob Beecrofts ingenious P-30 design model has 122 sq wing area rolled tube fuselage covered bright red cellophane wrapping material using 3M 77 spray adhesive Skywrap also attached 3M 77 deco rates relatively dinky tail surfaces Beecrofts ship uses Czech prop FAI Model Supply also incorporates wing DT wing rather stab pops up supposedly guarantees trustworthy descent out strong thermals light weight models wing itself sports self turbulating Goldberg Goot 193 airfoil red Peck-Polymers brand tissue applied Aero dyne dope Hows innovative mix coverings adhesives various parts single model special note plug-in tail boom connec tion Its lathe-turned hardware store PVC sprinkler pipe weighs gram All-up weight model itself 42 grams Naturally airplane claimed have straight-up climb flat glide What could ask rate Beecrofts pas tiche design features results very neat modContinued page 186 Bob Beecroff 122-sq-in CACA BOX P-30 design unique plug-In tall uses pipe connector made PVC Photo J Oldenkamp 84 Model Aviation CHECK EM BOTH OUT FLY YOUR BEST Finally Complete Flight Training Video R/C Piloti FROM THEORY IN THE CLASSROOM TO ORGANIZED FLIGHT PROGRAM PATTERNED AFTER FULL-SCALE FLIGHT TRAINING CLASSROOM Learn foctn about lift thrust drag Stability center gravity now wing design affects Stalls Includes in-depth siudy turns effect load stall speed Learn causes cures torque Also airplane set-up control surface checks ha ance FIELD Learn toe techniques taxi take-off crosswind procedures level flight turns climbs descents stalls go arounds aborted takeoffs landings toe importance good up proaco Also engine starts safety pre takeoff checks aerobatics much Pilot Command Video Program Can Help Fly Bestt Only $2495 Plus $3 Shipping Handling Send Check Money Ordxr KEMP AVIATION 3243 Arlington Ave - Suite 345 w Riverside CA 92506 IIIATIrsA protect Investment SAVE MONEY Easy build Iransonster boxes Singie doubte version Both sets ot plans 0400 p Si Send cheok money order * HUDS PLANS * PO Ben 47203 Onreville GA 30340 flying judging meet scheduled September 21-22 1991 sports complex University Nottingham England Two halls available competitions being 125 115 ft other 115 62 ft Both said pos sess sufficient height Single occupancy ac commodation meals available through university Proxy entries will accepted Pistachio class further information suggest send two three international reply coupons post office Reg Boor Interscale 91 103 Crow Hill South Middleton Man chester M24 1 LA England Until next time get started Indoor models next years Interscale meet FF Duration/Murphy Continued page 84 el Good show-and-tell Bobby Product review department Phil Alvirez Idealair Models informed companys change address firm can now reached 1350 Arncliffe P1 Windsor Ontario N85 4K3 Canada Idealair has new US address well Box 44853 Detroit MI 48244-0853 As may remember high school geogra phy Detroit still directly across Detroit River Windsor Canada Alvirez also mentioned Idealair offering some specials neat iron-on Litespan cover ing material described some detail June 1990 Duration column real news Litespan now available longer 20 x 72-in sheet size addition original 20 x 36-in size convenient new length has come about popular request seems Litespan ing used increasingly larger models because its light weight ease application good ap pearance Special introductory prices USA $250 36-in length $5 6-ft length Shipping handling charges $3 10 sheets Add another 45C both price postage Canada tele phone requests call 1-519/947-8790 either address Order now introduc tory prices still valid some time now Ive yearning build decent-sized Free Flight Scale model could powered 09- 15-size diesel Like US Free Flight Gas fliers have lim ited experience diesel engines Free Flight Scale concept suggested good way uti lize couple diesel engines Ive acquired recent years What mind much highly accurate Scale specimen some thing closer stand-off category model would qualify Old-Timer Free Flight Scale event accent Free Flight Duration fidelity scale pretty well settled Corben Super Ace model would answer criteria since plenty vintage plans available classic home-built design caught mention RC Electric rendition old 54-in Peer less Model Airplane Co Rubber kit remit tance $3995 plus $350 postage Pharis Mod els PO Box 804 Folsom CA 95630 got kit posthaste return Corben kit suits purposes perfectly Itll certainly convert Free Flight will save some extra work getting project started finished winter Robin manufactures number other funtype models well might want send him $ $ $ $ $ $ Home Video Buffs 4 video used will receive $50 All tape content used becomes property RC Funnies formats accepted One-copy-down tapes please br originall will return tape enclose $300 P & H name address phone number Set tape proper segment brief written explanation Send video anything funny new interesting fl flS 3493 Scottwoad Dr Green Bay WI 54311 SASE description price photo spec ification sheets Pharis puts out Tell him Duration sent knows might find prize box Cracker Jacks too Oops Suppose shouldnt get hopes up Did ever have engine vibrate loose engine mounts running Scary aint about engine vibration destroying engine timer because screws came loose 186 Model Aviation NEW STARHAWK BIPLANE NEW MISS STARHAWK POSTER See your Starhawk Dealer details write Thorpe Engineering Corporation 1715 E Fairfield Mesa AZ 85203 Poster $500 P&H Prepaid fJflflCS Premieres Oct 1990 RC Entertainment its best Sit bacl & relax Smile h y funny side modeling series 30-45 mm videos will tickle funny bonel collection fun-filled funny moments around country Great club meetings home entertainment new & eaciting tape other month $25 per tape VHS SPECIAL INTRODUCTORY OFFER $$$SAVEOVER$501 YEAR SUBSCRIPTION 6 TAPES -$MI $9995 SAVE $1102 YEAR SUBSCRIPTION 12 TAPES -$3G $190 year round entertainment Credit card orders may placed calling 1 -800-236-9696 Visa & MasterCard send name address phone please print type subscription amount RC FUNNIES 3493 Scottwood Dr Green Bay WI 54311 6 n] flL1Ih2 CATAWN AND I EJiSO inwr Am E&WA JAP lZ V 1S AMD 3 CANDW E AND ALS PO Z 1886 ANWYUe MI 01810 5 VEND MOUNTS TIlE VIBRATION KILLER Faiienoruiproorrrrmoaes 20 120 engines mounts nopicaioiteron inguction 705 Moe ioU no kit cosss isuiete tour points ebouiiO .esnrns rusng inICiixns eon' f, 0000 $1700 oneok ot 001 per flu 0 GOA PROOCT5 P0 SOC 38025 SARASOTA FL 34235 8r3 3774202 FL esiaents cod 72e saies te INFORMATiON song 5*5k got lost altogether worse yet about runaway overruns because screws came flying loose out flight timer Dont let happen again some years now Ive backing out screws flight timer adding tiny drop Loctite 242 Threadlocker compound before installing timer model Im particularly faithful about performing chore ignition models vibration produced some vintage gasoline burners little short ferocious Ive also using procedure prevent crankcase screws loosening radially mounted engines Threadlocker makes fine sealant red Cox TD 020 Free Flight tank mounts invariably leak fuel sooner later tiny bottle Loctite 242 finally went dry happened remember perusing cement rack local chain hardware store finding Loctite 242 latched bottle Devcon brand thread-locking compound hoping would fair substitute depend able Loctite So far good saying goes difference can find moment 242 blue Devcon compound purple cares long serves purpose Ill probably getting mail some chemical engineer will write fourpage epistle good bad points various brands thread-locking compounds Whichever brand available area its good idea play safe using some sort thread-locking compound metal-to-metal machine screw attachments engine mount ings flight timer mechanisms Zeek ChroniclesPart VII history Zeek design having pretty well summa rized previous six chapters what remains finally record posterity existence fabled flat-bottom-airfoil B/C class 575-sqin version first five chapters traced ori gins Lew Mahieus initial 277-sq-in ignition version 1947 mid-fifties fi nally laid rest tooling glow-powered A/B kit Frank Garcher Midwest Models covered Zeeks incorporated undercambered airfoils last chapter doubled back expound flat-bottom-airfoil spin-off designs began /2A kit version reintroduced Dan Lutzs 276-sq-in Class 09-powered de rivative 1951 three-view form accompa nying model construction information Should anyone wish review previous install ments following index will save consid erable research August 88 December 88 April 89 June 89 August 89 June 90 also significant group photo October 1990 issue personal quest obtain set plans 575 began after having number interesting discussions prompted some articles run Central Indiana Aeromodelers newsletter late seventies about early Zeeks Dan Lutz few others Dan eventually got Lew Mahieus attention doing some sort magazine article record history Zeek As time passed quite mass material collected yet still gaps filled going mold Zeek tory some orderly fashionplans available example Since full-length article would have complete since addition three-views might make piece too long squeeze single magazine issue decided attempt series shorter excerpts instead ap proach might possible generate additional input knowledgeable readers along way Man did decision ever produce pay dirt search plans 575 began ear nest Lyman Armstrong volunteered names five individuals thought pos sessed plan sets time another After few months spent investigating however leads ran dead ends Bill Cran ford authored plans lost original tracings unfortunate fire appeared 575 might never see light day again November 1988 skies opened up Chet Orrill wrote say following Zeek chronicles plan set 575 hed received Lew Mahieu 53 Nats Unbelievable Chet lived Connecticut would ever have expected 575 plans turn up New England places design originated California known plan sets distributed Strange things surely occur hobby kinship 575 previous kitted Zeeks certainly apparent entire model appears sleeker slimmer deep belly fuselage gone producing optical effect fuselage proportionally longer its predecessors planform also has somewhat stretched look because its higher aspect ratio wing stab Yet 575 unmistakably still Zeek plans recommend K&B 29 32 en gine possibly because Bill Cranfords helpmate project Lew Mahieu himself time aiding Bill producing kitted Zeeks under Premium Manufacturing Co la bel simultaneously working K&B engines could conveniently radially mounted A-in plywood firewall eliminating need metal engine mounts hardwood motor bear ers saving considerable up-front weight plans mention hardwood beam mounts should engine utilized require As balsa box fuselage Zeek 575 fuselage box constructed upside down over plan top bottom firm /16 sheet sides /-in sheet stock bulkheads aft A-in plywood firewall A-in sheet pylon laminated A-in sheet core wood grain running vertically sides /8-in sheet core wood grain running horizontally Wing stab platforms 3/~ /16 sheet respectively course pylon permanently located until both wing stab totally completed covered correct position longitudinal bal ance point can established flat-bottomed airfoil 575 wing cer tainly facilitates construction outlines spars can pinned down plans ribs subsequently added godsend compared internal spars required undercambered airfoils A/B kit versions bill materials wing includes x 3A-in leading edge LE x I-in tapered trail ing edge TE %-in sheet ribs A-in sheet wing tip outlines tip spars x LE planking /16 sheet cut standard 3-in width space between two center ribs planked top facilitate retain ing wing wing platform rubberbands stab construction similar used wing outline spar tacked down over plans A-in sheet ribs added last contoured outlines A-in sheet LE x Y16 in spar tapered ginning third rib end Space two center ribs %-in sheet vertical fin plank top LE A6 sheet SPECIALISTSINCUSTOMCOX TEE DEE & REED ENGINES 020S 049S 051S 074S & 09S ALL CUS TOM & STOCK PARTS VAILABLE INDIVIDUALLY COMPETITIONACCESSORIES RACING WHEELS KLOTZ OIL CARBON FIBER SOLID LINES ALL KINDS OFFUEL TUBING THREE BRANDS OFGLOWPLUGS HARD-TO-FINDHARDWARE OLD TIMER SUPPLIES COILS CONDENSERS NGK& STIlT SPARK PLUGS SILK8 COLORS QUALITYDOPEBRUSHES 5& 7LOOP 1/4RUBBER BANDS TRANSISTORIGNITIONSYSTEMS RESISTOR HIGH TENSION LEADS 1/2A TEXACO PLA YBOYSR KIT 1/2A TEXACO ENGINES & PARTS KSB & IGNITION TIMERS RUBBER POWER KITS PROPS TISSUEAND OTHER SUPPLIES CYANOACRYLA TES& EPOXIES ORDER BY MAIL OR PHONE 619 728-4365 SORRY NO COD VISA & MASTERCARD WELCOME MINIMUM MERCHANDISE ORDER $1000 SHIPPING HANDLING AND INSURANCE FEE $300 STOCK ORDERS SHIPPED WITHIN 24 HRS shown Actually entire model quite simple quick build Mahieu Cranford took obvi ous measures use standard wood sizes building techniques As Bill Cranford indicated previously number plan sets originally distributed assess marketability possi ble B/C 575 kit whatever reasons kit never produced commercially course writing Zeek chronicles number entertaining interesting facts have December 1990 187 OUR RE V-UP IN VENTOR V VERA GES 0 VER 9000 PROPS ! IMMEDIA TESHIPMENTON VISA/MC COPUTER/ZED 4/RCRfT PLOTS Technical Illustrations Suitable Framn Scale ting Scanning Seryices 3 Views D-TECH SYSTEMS Catalog $100 if62915 SASE 6189862383 FPEE / HANDLE N FORMATION 18007495942 NLZAD FThLD CHAHOEF $4495 TOP OF THE LINE DESIGNS FOR LESS BOTH UNITS DESIONED FOR RECEIVER AND TRANSMITTER BATTERIES NINETY DAY WARRANTY PRECiSION EXPANDED SCALE VOLT METER H DOUPER ELECTRONICS PO BOX 90171 AUSTIN TEXAS 78709 surfaced few come mind Lew Mahieu single-handedly conceptual ized designed original Zeeks never full responsibility kitting deriv atives despite fact worked Air-O Premium producing commercial Zeek kits worked K&B produced subsequent Kiwi de sign original Zeek kits first show fuse-operated pop-up DT also first tilting stab up side other would produce glide turn correspond ing direction noticeable effect power portion flight nothing else series has relit candles illuminate some heretofore fabled Zeeks yet see commercial print respon sible being have given proper credit list includes original 277-sq-in 1947 ignition-powered version drawn Stu Sit tig Lutz-produced 51 Class 09 deriva tive Cranford B/C 575 directly influenced Lew Mahieu though case recorded plans drawn another individ ual Obviously Lew Mahieu preferred work innovation standing still laurels de served hats off Lew Mahieu one-time associates making Free Flight legend thing certain People may eventu ally fade away hobby Zeeks ever Lastly am forever indebted Ive discussions correspondence phone conversations over past 10 years Prop er acknowledgment responsiveness good things have emerged colloquy would fill another chapter lieu shall simply close alphabetical listing names included 6-in-deep pile correspondence accumulated over 10 years individuals Lyman Armstrong Bill Cranford Ray Downs Gerald Fowler Russ Han sen FK Heeb Elmer Jordan Dan Lutz Lew Mahieu Ed Mate Chet Orrill Russ Snyder Bob Spink Carl Stokes Ed Toner heartfelt thanks Ive forgotten anyone humbly apologize oversight Obviously 10 years reliving Zeek designs turn contribution growth popularity Nostalgia Gas movement have acquired considerable inventory full size Zeek plans Should anyone require informa tion regard large SASE will get listing Thats aint no Till next time see downwind Nats Tale/Berman Continued page 88 rounds three afternoons looked logisti cally impossiblethere just too contestants Shadows grew long haze close IFR Just before 800 pm curfew turn couldnt put off longer Nerves thor oughly numbed now executed se quence either incident elegance think used ESP visual track ing Mercifully never caught up scoresheet After long-suffering wife made back motel dining room 30 miles away mere 10 minutes before locked door So Murphy dont win time Actually patience endurance dedication judges line officials other contest personnel old demon chaos cant get toehold Nats Dry roasting sun day varied crew did splendid job deserve thanks appreciation can express some Year after year Vince Mankowski Nats search committee come up good site Its amazing Mid-American Air Center flew off George Field World War II Army Air Force training base named after gen eral served its first commander Its 3000-acre facility mile-long run ways Ray Pickering genial veteran ser vice manager recalled hundreds Wacs well troop-carrying gliders part scene George Field dur ing forties As such air bases grisly dents sometimes occurred rookie pilot missed approach smacked house near field starting fire both adult residents perished fire men reached scene found threeyear-old girl unhurt wandering outside tears raised relatives another state visited Lawrenceville some 30 years later local folks gave big party Forgetfulness also causes accidents fullscale flying pilot lost life George Field after failing remove locks airplanes tail surfaces Economic survival large government facility difficult after Uncle Sam pulls out former military base low popula tion density limited fixed base operations dearth major industrial patronage scheduled airline stop hardly Five choose F-106 Delta Dart 71 Long F-20 Tigershark 88 Mig 25 Foxbat 75 U-2 Spyplane 52 F11F-1 Grumman Tiger 70 kits include Fiberglass fuselage foam wing cores balsa hardware color decals fuel tanks landing gear struts plans instructions *399 UPS U-2 $329 Cash check Money Order only4 8 weeks delivery Super Detailed Pilots molded four five parts lightweight ready assembly painting civilian Barnstormer /s US Navy &WWIIAAF st Full figures $1995 busts $795 PS 188 Model Aviation DID YOU KNOW Since 1982 Knights Air Inc has making great products scale modelers Thousands satis fied R/Cers have enjoyed scale pilot figures hundreds ducted fan jet kits hands happy jet modelers across country next time want great scale model product call upon Knights Air Inc - LAlNES fMILLS METALSB00S -PRECISION INSTRUMENTS OMPLETE OSTOLOC $200 L2ciEP1Eu FLS ce lOGOs stenos Zion C SIa Ra Sprrgf1o OZ 5505 COMPO513 3228562