FREE FLIGHT DURATION FREE FLIGHT FORUM 1997 Dont let date mislead youthis latest edition British equivalent NFFS National Free Flight Society Sympos What British have formal presentation of papers usually early January 1997 case papers published usually late same year 1997 Forum edited Bryan Spooner Martin Dilly includes broad range papersmost practical rather theoretical bent Heres rundown articles Dave Clarkson back flying Free Flight after long turn Team Racing gives personal thoughts building flying Slow Open Power Known SLOP United Kingdom very similar Nostalgia Gas events requirements use pre-1955 design Basically SLOP rules call plain-bearing engine 35cc maximum size running suction no pressure pacifier fuel systems Gadgets such auto surfaces engine brakes banned article should interest anyone flying Nostalgia events Vintage Lightweight rubber models smaller lighter rubber models 1 930s 40s basic stepping stone beginner model larger heavier Wakefields era Wally Simmers familiar Gollywock Jabberwock models typical lightweights Andrew Longhurst explores history lightweight Great Britaln includes detailed drawings nine models Most oldtimers side pond will familiar Gordon Lights 1932 1935 Wakefield winners designed old four-ounce-weight Wakefield rules Regular readers Aeromodeller will recognize Mick Farthing Lightweight popular model current lightweight class several good possibilities interested Old-Timer rubber model little unusual Testing Balsa Quality Bernard Hunt John Taylor discusses method measuring stiffness balsa picking balsa strictly basis density grain paper will real eye-opener basic premise some pieces balsa stiffer others same density must-read anyone builds Indoor models Paper airplanes way us began modeling careers us left littering school ground moved real models tissue balsa what happens British Aerospace decides participate assault world paper airplane duration record Using CAD Computer Aided Design group employees including Chris Edge Mike Fantham systematically developed refined paper airplane culminating world record 209 seconds Plans included can try folding own Some Rambling Thoughts Free Flight Aeromodelling Design Trends aptly sums up Andrew Crisps paper look aerodynamic structural fashion changes over years ends paper quick look forward new possibilities including folding wings one-bladed Wakefield props flaps FlA towline glider inflatable wing changes airfoil section international events especially Fl glider electronic timers increasingly popular alternative mechanical clockwork timers Chris Edge Martin Gregorie examine various available options interested electronic timers need read Selecting best lubricant rubber motors things voodoo art science John Barker describes simple method has developed evaluate various rubber lubricants 114 Model Aviation e Miller mounts Bradley transmitter wing antenna running through holes ribs Andrey Burdovs Coupe has wingspan 1055 mm Finished Two-piece wing uses carbon-fiber D-box rigidity Folding models components available Starine International blades spinner carbon fiber Auto rudder VIT Basically involves closely wrapping few inches rubber strip around piece -inch-diameter tubing foot-long piece rubber looped over four-ounce weight added end provide tension see sketch Both pieces rubber treated lubricant being tested eight-ounce weight added time heavier end took reach floor 55 inches below noted result Good old glycerin-and-green-soap didnt try some popular American lubes such Formula 2001 automotive vinyl cleaner silicone oil has developed very simple method testing comparing lube 1997 Free Flight Forum available 850 pounds sterling including postage United States Order Martin Dilly 20 Links Road West Wickham Kent BR4 OQW England can order credit card sure send card number expiration date check However checks must pounds sterling drawn bank branch UK Make check payable BMFA F/F Team Support Fund Transmitter Housings Yes Free Flight column us use small low-powered radio transmitters track errant models sometimes distances up 20 miles backwards Radio Control transmitter model receiver hand Perhaps model controlling us typical transmitter such Walston Retrieval System unit measures about inch long bit less half-inch diameter Weight about five grams including wire antenna Since transmitters expensive people have few switch model model means needs some simple way quickly install transmitter model also antenna deal few ideas Ive seen typical Rubber model strap-on one-piece wing best place put transmitter under wing As long wing stays transmitter cant fall out neatest installations kind Tom McCoys Korda Tom simply made small balsa box top fuselage under wing open-topped Y16-sheet box just large enough hold transmitter antenna trailed out back box underneath wing along top fuselage Wakefield models have cutting hole rear pylon just above motor tube transmitter simply inserted hole antenna run through couple short lengths /16 aluminum tubing epoxied top motor tube seal off compartment inside keep dirt getting timer similar elegant solution developed Bill Shailor used short piece fiberglass tube projecting out rear pylon hold transmitter leaves room inside pylon other hardware such timer start switch wing wiggler After seeing Bills model 1997 Nats have used idea models Heres transmitter housing made heavy fiberglass cloth form used cutoff big end aluminum/carbon-fiber tailboom anything about 1/2 inch diameter would have worked Youll need adapt sizes fit transmitter wrapped layer plastic kitchen wrap around form release film cut piece fiberglass about two inches wide long enough wrap around form couple times coated glass cloth slow-curing epoxy blotted off excess resin paper towel wrapped around form cut piece drafting MylarTM about three inches square wrapped tightly around fiberglass epoxy wont stick MylarTM used masking tape hold together until epoxy hardened result smooth tube should just right size transmitter Please dont get ideas about substituting carbon fiber fiberglass conductor could short out transmitter batteries KevlarTM would work very difficult cut fuzzing up Power models transmitter best located well away engine exhaust mess FiC high-tech FlJ models May1998 115 ji 0 U Fig Bill Shailors FiB Timer wing wiggler start switch Vivchar fiberglass pylon shell Rear tube houses Waiston transmitter Jim Brooks uses small molded blister near nose hold transmitter timer Plastic tape holds everything place Introducing 30 Wingspan Laser Cut Rubber Powered Flying Models Kit #301 Over 80 LASER CUT PARTS Kit #303 Over 75 LASER CUT PARTS good thing just got bigger expanding line airplanes addition new 30 wingspan laser cut kits Like walnut series line geared toward exciting subject matter captures best model aviation has offer Besides offering cleanest laser cuts comprehensive plans free flight kit provide following quality features Hand Selected Balsa Color Peel & Stick Decal Set 9 Plastic Propeller Full Size Plan FAI Tan II Rubber Step Step Instructions Vacuum Molded Parts Light Weight Colored Tissue Call today 1-800-458-2828 Ext 800 ask information packet Dumas line Rubber Powered Flying Models dumas aircraft DUMAS PRODUCTS INC 9O9AMA E 17th St Tucson AZ 85719 Phone 520-623-3742 Fax 520-620-1329 E-MAIL dumas@azstarnetcom two-piece plug-in wings transmitter often located top pylon behind wing wire AMA Nostalgia gas models transmitter can housed small blister side pylon compartment top side fuselage wing thick enough transmitter antenna can housed inside larger Jays Bird Nostalgia power models Frank Parmenter makes small compartment just side center rib behind main spar thin plastic tube extends out wing accommodate antenna hinged hatch cover held place wing hold-down rubber bands Jody Miller uses similar idea house Bradley transmitter wing FlA towline glider However Jodie permanently installed transmitter has hinged panel install remove batteries usual position towline gliders upper portion pod behind wing wire mechanical electrical gear crammed modern glider about spot available braided wire antenna runs along top tailboom rigid wire antenna used some systems can stick straight up antenna should never run inside aluminum carbonfiber tailboom other structure since could block signal Although location near center gravity considered ideal transmitter can positioned close front fuselage reduce nose length Mulvihill models Canadian Jim Brooks uses small molded fiberglass blister taped place just behind prop antenna runs along top fuselage passing through small tube pylon Burdov Coupe few years back opportunity watch Russian Wakefield flier Andrey Burdov demonstrate Coupe looks like scaled-down version own Wakefield models complete auto surfacesand climbed like Wakefield too Now Sal Fruciano Starline International importing Burdov Sweet G Coupe well wide range its component parts Coupe relatively small wing area about 165 square inches definitely get high go home type model Following standard Wakefield practice Coupe makes extensive use composites Prop molded carbon fiber motor tube pylon brown Russian aramid tailboom rolled thin aluminum unidirectional carbon fiber Wing construction familiar carbon-fiber D-box carbon-capped balsa ribs thin carbon trailing edge Covering polyester tissue Complete ready-to-fly Coupes available Starline cost $410 plus shipping Sample prices some components front end blades $79 finished wing $104 motor tube $20 pylon timer start switch $49 Contact Sal complete price list Starline International 6146 B Cactus Wren Rd Scottsdale AZ 85253 Tel 602 948-5798 Along information photos Coupe Sal included brief biography Andrey age 36 Andrey Burdov has already attained high level achievement European aeromodeling Andrey started aeromodeling 1972 made first FIB 1975 age 14 has Soviet champion Russian champion three-time team member recently vice champion 1997 World Aeromodelling Games Turkey aeronautical engineering degree Kazan Aviation University led position professor aeromodeling science university married two children has building flying FlG models since 1992 pleased say personal Sweet G will normally clock four-minute nonthermal flights 4116 Model Aviation #302 Over 70 LASER CUT PARTS free flight fun Peck-Polymers planes plans props paper / tools CO2 enginesfor next caper US ___V4 Czechoslovakia tremendous assortment types sizes catalog kits accessories engines nine-cylinder radial engineand endless ideas available $400 PeckPeIyners stop shopping rubber power C02 needs P 0 BOX 110309 MASANTEE CA 920720309 USAtOlo 4481818FAX tOIS 4481833
Edition: Model Aviation - 1998/05
Page Numbers: 114, 115, 116
FREE FLIGHT DURATION FREE FLIGHT FORUM 1997 Dont let date mislead youthis latest edition British equivalent NFFS National Free Flight Society Sympos What British have formal presentation of papers usually early January 1997 case papers published usually late same year 1997 Forum edited Bryan Spooner Martin Dilly includes broad range papersmost practical rather theoretical bent Heres rundown articles Dave Clarkson back flying Free Flight after long turn Team Racing gives personal thoughts building flying Slow Open Power Known SLOP United Kingdom very similar Nostalgia Gas events requirements use pre-1955 design Basically SLOP rules call plain-bearing engine 35cc maximum size running suction no pressure pacifier fuel systems Gadgets such auto surfaces engine brakes banned article should interest anyone flying Nostalgia events Vintage Lightweight rubber models smaller lighter rubber models 1 930s 40s basic stepping stone beginner model larger heavier Wakefields era Wally Simmers familiar Gollywock Jabberwock models typical lightweights Andrew Longhurst explores history lightweight Great Britaln includes detailed drawings nine models Most oldtimers side pond will familiar Gordon Lights 1932 1935 Wakefield winners designed old four-ounce-weight Wakefield rules Regular readers Aeromodeller will recognize Mick Farthing Lightweight popular model current lightweight class several good possibilities interested Old-Timer rubber model little unusual Testing Balsa Quality Bernard Hunt John Taylor discusses method measuring stiffness balsa picking balsa strictly basis density grain paper will real eye-opener basic premise some pieces balsa stiffer others same density must-read anyone builds Indoor models Paper airplanes way us began modeling careers us left littering school ground moved real models tissue balsa what happens British Aerospace decides participate assault world paper airplane duration record Using CAD Computer Aided Design group employees including Chris Edge Mike Fantham systematically developed refined paper airplane culminating world record 209 seconds Plans included can try folding own Some Rambling Thoughts Free Flight Aeromodelling Design Trends aptly sums up Andrew Crisps paper look aerodynamic structural fashion changes over years ends paper quick look forward new possibilities including folding wings one-bladed Wakefield props flaps FlA towline glider inflatable wing changes airfoil section international events especially Fl glider electronic timers increasingly popular alternative mechanical clockwork timers Chris Edge Martin Gregorie examine various available options interested electronic timers need read Selecting best lubricant rubber motors things voodoo art science John Barker describes simple method has developed evaluate various rubber lubricants 114 Model Aviation e Miller mounts Bradley transmitter wing antenna running through holes ribs Andrey Burdovs Coupe has wingspan 1055 mm Finished Two-piece wing uses carbon-fiber D-box rigidity Folding models components available Starine International blades spinner carbon fiber Auto rudder VIT Basically involves closely wrapping few inches rubber strip around piece -inch-diameter tubing foot-long piece rubber looped over four-ounce weight added end provide tension see sketch Both pieces rubber treated lubricant being tested eight-ounce weight added time heavier end took reach floor 55 inches below noted result Good old glycerin-and-green-soap didnt try some popular American lubes such Formula 2001 automotive vinyl cleaner silicone oil has developed very simple method testing comparing lube 1997 Free Flight Forum available 850 pounds sterling including postage United States Order Martin Dilly 20 Links Road West Wickham Kent BR4 OQW England can order credit card sure send card number expiration date check However checks must pounds sterling drawn bank branch UK Make check payable BMFA F/F Team Support Fund Transmitter Housings Yes Free Flight column us use small low-powered radio transmitters track errant models sometimes distances up 20 miles backwards Radio Control transmitter model receiver hand Perhaps model controlling us typical transmitter such Walston Retrieval System unit measures about inch long bit less half-inch diameter Weight about five grams including wire antenna Since transmitters expensive people have few switch model model means needs some simple way quickly install transmitter model also antenna deal few ideas Ive seen typical Rubber model strap-on one-piece wing best place put transmitter under wing As long wing stays transmitter cant fall out neatest installations kind Tom McCoys Korda Tom simply made small balsa box top fuselage under wing open-topped Y16-sheet box just large enough hold transmitter antenna trailed out back box underneath wing along top fuselage Wakefield models have cutting hole rear pylon just above motor tube transmitter simply inserted hole antenna run through couple short lengths /16 aluminum tubing epoxied top motor tube seal off compartment inside keep dirt getting timer similar elegant solution developed Bill Shailor used short piece fiberglass tube projecting out rear pylon hold transmitter leaves room inside pylon other hardware such timer start switch wing wiggler After seeing Bills model 1997 Nats have used idea models Heres transmitter housing made heavy fiberglass cloth form used cutoff big end aluminum/carbon-fiber tailboom anything about 1/2 inch diameter would have worked Youll need adapt sizes fit transmitter wrapped layer plastic kitchen wrap around form release film cut piece fiberglass about two inches wide long enough wrap around form couple times coated glass cloth slow-curing epoxy blotted off excess resin paper towel wrapped around form cut piece drafting MylarTM about three inches square wrapped tightly around fiberglass epoxy wont stick MylarTM used masking tape hold together until epoxy hardened result smooth tube should just right size transmitter Please dont get ideas about substituting carbon fiber fiberglass conductor could short out transmitter batteries KevlarTM would work very difficult cut fuzzing up Power models transmitter best located well away engine exhaust mess FiC high-tech FlJ models May1998 115 ji 0 U Fig Bill Shailors FiB Timer wing wiggler start switch Vivchar fiberglass pylon shell Rear tube houses Waiston transmitter Jim Brooks uses small molded blister near nose hold transmitter timer Plastic tape holds everything place Introducing 30 Wingspan Laser Cut Rubber Powered Flying Models Kit #301 Over 80 LASER CUT PARTS Kit #303 Over 75 LASER CUT PARTS good thing just got bigger expanding line airplanes addition new 30 wingspan laser cut kits Like walnut series line geared toward exciting subject matter captures best model aviation has offer Besides offering cleanest laser cuts comprehensive plans free flight kit provide following quality features Hand Selected Balsa Color Peel & Stick Decal Set 9 Plastic Propeller Full Size Plan FAI Tan II Rubber Step Step Instructions Vacuum Molded Parts Light Weight Colored Tissue Call today 1-800-458-2828 Ext 800 ask information packet Dumas line Rubber Powered Flying Models dumas aircraft DUMAS PRODUCTS INC 9O9AMA E 17th St Tucson AZ 85719 Phone 520-623-3742 Fax 520-620-1329 E-MAIL dumas@azstarnetcom two-piece plug-in wings transmitter often located top pylon behind wing wire AMA Nostalgia gas models transmitter can housed small blister side pylon compartment top side fuselage wing thick enough transmitter antenna can housed inside larger Jays Bird Nostalgia power models Frank Parmenter makes small compartment just side center rib behind main spar thin plastic tube extends out wing accommodate antenna hinged hatch cover held place wing hold-down rubber bands Jody Miller uses similar idea house Bradley transmitter wing FlA towline glider However Jodie permanently installed transmitter has hinged panel install remove batteries usual position towline gliders upper portion pod behind wing wire mechanical electrical gear crammed modern glider about spot available braided wire antenna runs along top tailboom rigid wire antenna used some systems can stick straight up antenna should never run inside aluminum carbonfiber tailboom other structure since could block signal Although location near center gravity considered ideal transmitter can positioned close front fuselage reduce nose length Mulvihill models Canadian Jim Brooks uses small molded fiberglass blister taped place just behind prop antenna runs along top fuselage passing through small tube pylon Burdov Coupe few years back opportunity watch Russian Wakefield flier Andrey Burdov demonstrate Coupe looks like scaled-down version own Wakefield models complete auto surfacesand climbed like Wakefield too Now Sal Fruciano Starline International importing Burdov Sweet G Coupe well wide range its component parts Coupe relatively small wing area about 165 square inches definitely get high go home type model Following standard Wakefield practice Coupe makes extensive use composites Prop molded carbon fiber motor tube pylon brown Russian aramid tailboom rolled thin aluminum unidirectional carbon fiber Wing construction familiar carbon-fiber D-box carbon-capped balsa ribs thin carbon trailing edge Covering polyester tissue Complete ready-to-fly Coupes available Starline cost $410 plus shipping Sample prices some components front end blades $79 finished wing $104 motor tube $20 pylon timer start switch $49 Contact Sal complete price list Starline International 6146 B Cactus Wren Rd Scottsdale AZ 85253 Tel 602 948-5798 Along information photos Coupe Sal included brief biography Andrey age 36 Andrey Burdov has already attained high level achievement European aeromodeling Andrey started aeromodeling 1972 made first FIB 1975 age 14 has Soviet champion Russian champion three-time team member recently vice champion 1997 World Aeromodelling Games Turkey aeronautical engineering degree Kazan Aviation University led position professor aeromodeling science university married two children has building flying FlG models since 1992 pleased say personal Sweet G will normally clock four-minute nonthermal flights 4116 Model Aviation #302 Over 70 LASER CUT PARTS free flight fun Peck-Polymers planes plans props paper / tools CO2 enginesfor next caper US ___V4 Czechoslovakia tremendous assortment types sizes catalog kits accessories engines nine-cylinder radial engineand endless ideas available $400 PeckPeIyners stop shopping rubber power C02 needs P 0 BOX 110309 MASANTEE CA 920720309 USAtOlo 4481818FAX tOIS 4481833
Edition: Model Aviation - 1998/05
Page Numbers: 114, 115, 116
FREE FLIGHT DURATION FREE FLIGHT FORUM 1997 Dont let date mislead youthis latest edition British equivalent NFFS National Free Flight Society Sympos What British have formal presentation of papers usually early January 1997 case papers published usually late same year 1997 Forum edited Bryan Spooner Martin Dilly includes broad range papersmost practical rather theoretical bent Heres rundown articles Dave Clarkson back flying Free Flight after long turn Team Racing gives personal thoughts building flying Slow Open Power Known SLOP United Kingdom very similar Nostalgia Gas events requirements use pre-1955 design Basically SLOP rules call plain-bearing engine 35cc maximum size running suction no pressure pacifier fuel systems Gadgets such auto surfaces engine brakes banned article should interest anyone flying Nostalgia events Vintage Lightweight rubber models smaller lighter rubber models 1 930s 40s basic stepping stone beginner model larger heavier Wakefields era Wally Simmers familiar Gollywock Jabberwock models typical lightweights Andrew Longhurst explores history lightweight Great Britaln includes detailed drawings nine models Most oldtimers side pond will familiar Gordon Lights 1932 1935 Wakefield winners designed old four-ounce-weight Wakefield rules Regular readers Aeromodeller will recognize Mick Farthing Lightweight popular model current lightweight class several good possibilities interested Old-Timer rubber model little unusual Testing Balsa Quality Bernard Hunt John Taylor discusses method measuring stiffness balsa picking balsa strictly basis density grain paper will real eye-opener basic premise some pieces balsa stiffer others same density must-read anyone builds Indoor models Paper airplanes way us began modeling careers us left littering school ground moved real models tissue balsa what happens British Aerospace decides participate assault world paper airplane duration record Using CAD Computer Aided Design group employees including Chris Edge Mike Fantham systematically developed refined paper airplane culminating world record 209 seconds Plans included can try folding own Some Rambling Thoughts Free Flight Aeromodelling Design Trends aptly sums up Andrew Crisps paper look aerodynamic structural fashion changes over years ends paper quick look forward new possibilities including folding wings one-bladed Wakefield props flaps FlA towline glider inflatable wing changes airfoil section international events especially Fl glider electronic timers increasingly popular alternative mechanical clockwork timers Chris Edge Martin Gregorie examine various available options interested electronic timers need read Selecting best lubricant rubber motors things voodoo art science John Barker describes simple method has developed evaluate various rubber lubricants 114 Model Aviation e Miller mounts Bradley transmitter wing antenna running through holes ribs Andrey Burdovs Coupe has wingspan 1055 mm Finished Two-piece wing uses carbon-fiber D-box rigidity Folding models components available Starine International blades spinner carbon fiber Auto rudder VIT Basically involves closely wrapping few inches rubber strip around piece -inch-diameter tubing foot-long piece rubber looped over four-ounce weight added end provide tension see sketch Both pieces rubber treated lubricant being tested eight-ounce weight added time heavier end took reach floor 55 inches below noted result Good old glycerin-and-green-soap didnt try some popular American lubes such Formula 2001 automotive vinyl cleaner silicone oil has developed very simple method testing comparing lube 1997 Free Flight Forum available 850 pounds sterling including postage United States Order Martin Dilly 20 Links Road West Wickham Kent BR4 OQW England can order credit card sure send card number expiration date check However checks must pounds sterling drawn bank branch UK Make check payable BMFA F/F Team Support Fund Transmitter Housings Yes Free Flight column us use small low-powered radio transmitters track errant models sometimes distances up 20 miles backwards Radio Control transmitter model receiver hand Perhaps model controlling us typical transmitter such Walston Retrieval System unit measures about inch long bit less half-inch diameter Weight about five grams including wire antenna Since transmitters expensive people have few switch model model means needs some simple way quickly install transmitter model also antenna deal few ideas Ive seen typical Rubber model strap-on one-piece wing best place put transmitter under wing As long wing stays transmitter cant fall out neatest installations kind Tom McCoys Korda Tom simply made small balsa box top fuselage under wing open-topped Y16-sheet box just large enough hold transmitter antenna trailed out back box underneath wing along top fuselage Wakefield models have cutting hole rear pylon just above motor tube transmitter simply inserted hole antenna run through couple short lengths /16 aluminum tubing epoxied top motor tube seal off compartment inside keep dirt getting timer similar elegant solution developed Bill Shailor used short piece fiberglass tube projecting out rear pylon hold transmitter leaves room inside pylon other hardware such timer start switch wing wiggler After seeing Bills model 1997 Nats have used idea models Heres transmitter housing made heavy fiberglass cloth form used cutoff big end aluminum/carbon-fiber tailboom anything about 1/2 inch diameter would have worked Youll need adapt sizes fit transmitter wrapped layer plastic kitchen wrap around form release film cut piece fiberglass about two inches wide long enough wrap around form couple times coated glass cloth slow-curing epoxy blotted off excess resin paper towel wrapped around form cut piece drafting MylarTM about three inches square wrapped tightly around fiberglass epoxy wont stick MylarTM used masking tape hold together until epoxy hardened result smooth tube should just right size transmitter Please dont get ideas about substituting carbon fiber fiberglass conductor could short out transmitter batteries KevlarTM would work very difficult cut fuzzing up Power models transmitter best located well away engine exhaust mess FiC high-tech FlJ models May1998 115 ji 0 U Fig Bill Shailors FiB Timer wing wiggler start switch Vivchar fiberglass pylon shell Rear tube houses Waiston transmitter Jim Brooks uses small molded blister near nose hold transmitter timer Plastic tape holds everything place Introducing 30 Wingspan Laser Cut Rubber Powered Flying Models Kit #301 Over 80 LASER CUT PARTS Kit #303 Over 75 LASER CUT PARTS good thing just got bigger expanding line airplanes addition new 30 wingspan laser cut kits Like walnut series line geared toward exciting subject matter captures best model aviation has offer Besides offering cleanest laser cuts comprehensive plans free flight kit provide following quality features Hand Selected Balsa Color Peel & Stick Decal Set 9 Plastic Propeller Full Size Plan FAI Tan II Rubber Step Step Instructions Vacuum Molded Parts Light Weight Colored Tissue Call today 1-800-458-2828 Ext 800 ask information packet Dumas line Rubber Powered Flying Models dumas aircraft DUMAS PRODUCTS INC 9O9AMA E 17th St Tucson AZ 85719 Phone 520-623-3742 Fax 520-620-1329 E-MAIL dumas@azstarnetcom two-piece plug-in wings transmitter often located top pylon behind wing wire AMA Nostalgia gas models transmitter can housed small blister side pylon compartment top side fuselage wing thick enough transmitter antenna can housed inside larger Jays Bird Nostalgia power models Frank Parmenter makes small compartment just side center rib behind main spar thin plastic tube extends out wing accommodate antenna hinged hatch cover held place wing hold-down rubber bands Jody Miller uses similar idea house Bradley transmitter wing FlA towline glider However Jodie permanently installed transmitter has hinged panel install remove batteries usual position towline gliders upper portion pod behind wing wire mechanical electrical gear crammed modern glider about spot available braided wire antenna runs along top tailboom rigid wire antenna used some systems can stick straight up antenna should never run inside aluminum carbonfiber tailboom other structure since could block signal Although location near center gravity considered ideal transmitter can positioned close front fuselage reduce nose length Mulvihill models Canadian Jim Brooks uses small molded fiberglass blister taped place just behind prop antenna runs along top fuselage passing through small tube pylon Burdov Coupe few years back opportunity watch Russian Wakefield flier Andrey Burdov demonstrate Coupe looks like scaled-down version own Wakefield models complete auto surfacesand climbed like Wakefield too Now Sal Fruciano Starline International importing Burdov Sweet G Coupe well wide range its component parts Coupe relatively small wing area about 165 square inches definitely get high go home type model Following standard Wakefield practice Coupe makes extensive use composites Prop molded carbon fiber motor tube pylon brown Russian aramid tailboom rolled thin aluminum unidirectional carbon fiber Wing construction familiar carbon-fiber D-box carbon-capped balsa ribs thin carbon trailing edge Covering polyester tissue Complete ready-to-fly Coupes available Starline cost $410 plus shipping Sample prices some components front end blades $79 finished wing $104 motor tube $20 pylon timer start switch $49 Contact Sal complete price list Starline International 6146 B Cactus Wren Rd Scottsdale AZ 85253 Tel 602 948-5798 Along information photos Coupe Sal included brief biography Andrey age 36 Andrey Burdov has already attained high level achievement European aeromodeling Andrey started aeromodeling 1972 made first FIB 1975 age 14 has Soviet champion Russian champion three-time team member recently vice champion 1997 World Aeromodelling Games Turkey aeronautical engineering degree Kazan Aviation University led position professor aeromodeling science university married two children has building flying FlG models since 1992 pleased say personal Sweet G will normally clock four-minute nonthermal flights 4116 Model Aviation #302 Over 70 LASER CUT PARTS free flight fun Peck-Polymers planes plans props paper / tools CO2 enginesfor next caper US ___V4 Czechoslovakia tremendous assortment types sizes catalog kits accessories engines nine-cylinder radial engineand endless ideas available $400 PeckPeIyners stop shopping rubber power C02 needs P 0 BOX 110309 MASANTEE CA 920720309 USAtOlo 4481818FAX tOIS 4481833