FCC Flight Scale/Sport Bill Warner IN REPLY TO readers wonder column spending time hints tips just let say magnificent in-depth treasuries available Bill Hannans Peanut Power Bill McCombs Flying Improving Scale Model Airplanes Fred Halls Indoor Scale Model Flying new entry field Ron Williams Building Flying Indoor Model Airplanes Suffice say thousand words other month cannot begin scratch surface what above books well real Scale nut number clubs devoted art such Flightmasters Flying Aces DC Maxecuters Detroit Cloudhusters Scale Staffel San Diego Cleveland Free Flight Society etc newsletters source inspiration rejuvenation limited column Well continue pass tips either unique recurring use Keep em coming Repairing tissue frustrating point distraction Loren Williams Flightmasters passes little gem replacing area has doped-on tissue markings lettering brush thinner over area lay layer Saran Wrap about 54 Model Aviation Bill Noonan San Diego Scale Staffel did up two caricature Boston Farman Boston Taube birds 14-gram Mooney Bostonian event Planes fly endurance Noonan photo Junkers 352 Russian disguise Jumbo Rubber ship Dick Seifried did 38 minutesatthe 1 98i Taft FFChamps Heres Dickbeforetheflight should have seen grin afterwards Model has DT needs Boo arer wiin nis III-rasea McuonneII XP67 twin rubber 5flIp Plane has made good flights butwas victim over-enthusiastic launch few minutes after picture taken Bill Warner photo Jim Algar Reseda CA rubber-powered Comper Swift think looks great should see air Warner photo Arizonas own Dave Smith great P38 Rubber mode, very realistic real attention-getter Phyllis Warner photo K 4 $/ flnL Would somebody please brush bumble bee off back Asst Ed loves combination two favorites space exploration neat old airplanes minute can remove letter roundel intact ready put back after under lying tissue has replaced Super idea Another use Saran Wrap have using success least 10 years repairing split tissue Minor splits tears come together easily can redone brushing clear dope along rip applying Saran Wrap over side does want come up adhere Saran puff air fuselage 0 15m music-wire prod shoved though opposite surface may help along being noticeable After hour peel off Saran Wrap blend rough edges left doped spot surrounding area using little thinner brush little practice repair will almost invisible final tip has repairing holes tear-outs Often tempted just slap bit tissue Band-Aid manner usually looks like devil due doubleTWA Thermal Worthy Aircraft award thickness talking about translucentDick Siefried Granada Hills CA Jumbo color-tissue coverings re-cover theRubber JU-352 trimotor outboard engines whole area between two structural componentswere dummies won hands-down great ribs whatever joint will bethermal flight 28 minutes official 38 minutes following balsa line will haveon watch chase crew plane single-thickness tissue per original onlyfrom Warplanes Third Reich takes minute two longer tissue iscaptured German ship redone painted cheap Really improves appearancesRussian markings red trim white back ground Czechs presented Stalin new Mercedes inside Indoor session dominated fine models Ron Wittman won Continued page 128 1981 US Free Flight Championships Taft over Memorial Day provided usual quota thrills enthusiast years outstanding performance earns coveted September 1981 55 1910PaulhanTatin Aero-Torpille No1 powered Astro Flight 02 Electric Won Power event Taft FF Championships iuv ulrauaan-vermora peanut nyc rilmun UIIIUFUIIIJ flOU IIIdUU HUU hand-launched flights maintaining altitude needs work get climb Definitely beginners model Fillon photo KIORITZ tNIiINES BY GIBBS HOBBY & RESEA Original Developer Factory Trained Authorized Master Service Dealer Year Limited Warranty Pre- Drilled Props Avail Ask About Custom- Built KIORITZ Engines Deep Fins Optimum Cooling 21/4 Flywheel Small Magneto 1 5/8in Six Bolt Aluminum Hub Carb Needles &Throttle Accessible Engine Running Don Godfrey [2z22276J Points Sealed Rear Housing $19995 pay ship pre-paid orders Mufflers Now Availablel DEALERS WELCOME 5FECIFICATION5 242co 357ccWoIbro Pnorp CobRoll Reorngs Crenk 32HP ot 8000 too3 Rog PstoeCoged Rollers Rod ond Fstoo Rn ght 6 lb GIBBS HOBBY & RESEARCH 6195 HIlifleld St NW N CANTON OHIO 44720 Phone 216 499-8854 after 600 PM covering lodged itself midway along fuselage Somehow Bill fished out too much additional damage model repaired model made required number flights result two trophies satisfac tion finishing ajob set out despite difficulties Off other side main sequence Indoor fliers Both Novice Pennyplane Easy B flown Champs too-small gym lights about 20 feet above floor choice events turns out good although happened somewhat accidentally Easy B lack covering bracing restric tions minimum-weight rule gives real Indoor fliers something play flying larger AMA FAI-class Indoor models such place would ludicrous Novice Pennyplane its severe restrictions gives novice good shot necessary skills can relatively quickly developed Still same guysMather Banks Hoffmanwin top spots both events nearly year isnt say fragile pillars glory couldnt toppled someone willing devote litte effort such endeavor Forming another offshoot main se quence Hand Launched Glider fliers come two colors Indoor Outdoor Strangely skills goals two diametrically opposed same guys fly both classes Indoor event name game chuck 16-in 4-gram solid-balsa model up rafter 20 feet overhead program flip steady glide losing lot altitude pray someone doesnt sneeze takes bit luck no little skill experience get such light model survive launch gliding speed such models unbelievably slow glide angle rather steep pair over-30-second flights required win Mike Stoy Chicago area frequent Nats Hand Launch Glider winner dropped long enough win Indoor Glider event did friend Bob Hayes Jr two years ago guest Cloud Dusters barbeque thrown Bud Romak way Yosemite plans go top Half Dome hard way up face Outdoor Hand Launch Glider event game chuck 1 -oz solid-balsa glider up height 100 ft thermal Strong thermals easy find such low heights tend small diameter Cattail fluff thrown air popular way detecting localizing thermal surprisingly Jim Leuken won event Hes lad won event 1977 Nats newcomer flying Senior age class hes wins since As trophies tucked away unoccu pied corner car trunk motorcycle lashed down bumper rack wonders what will like next year bound hotter Will able avoid errors bad luck years meet will largely same old guys doing same old thing expectation will some fresh young faces too Thats what keeps crazy Free Flight business going FF Scale/Warner Continued page 55 Eindecker second year running Clar ence Mather great new Tipsy Junior Scott Rubke whole load airbrushed fine-flying WW II vintage ships sporting decal decorations larger plastic kits really dresses up crowd favorite Lynne Bubens Dean Delt-Air 250 homebuilt flew better real destroyed itself its builder its first test flight Lynnes ship fourth model made rock-steady left-hand circles times bit under half minutebut spectacular enough draw applause crowd could believe Barnaby Wainfans Dreadnought Postal monoplane its huge wing area also flew fine form Its what makes FF Scale fun seeing unusual rare finely-crafted models flying well FF Gas now aptly designated FF Power went electrics wiht Paulhan Tatin taking first Ferrell Papics Bleriot VII right behind Both powered Astro 02 units Ferrell uses Sanyo -length Nicad cells standard GE cells supplied Astro-Flight minutes charge gives about 30-second flight 20 seconds minunum judging realism-of-flight Ferrell uses about six minutes always seems stay up forever Two amps seems best rate charge four-cell pack Peanut outdoor would have won Clarence Mather Tom Comparet Jr except fact planes flew too well Clarences Davis V-tailed ultra-light model made OOS early game Toms Peck Lacey sailed off same thermal Lacey dropped out judging after flying its lucky amateur thats bacon first place Lacey teh Peck kit lost timers eye 2/2 minutes falling out thermal about four minutes total might interested note model built flown Indoor contest e hours six minutes box flight used Super Jet building save time prove no has excuse building model due lack spare time ll admit did take about six hours finishing touches such tissue letters recovering wrinkles adding de tails etc 128 Model Aviation Parker McQuown flew Coot Indoor Hand Launch Glider /s-oz models get flights 3Osec chucked height 20 ft Parker Novato CA George Schroedters new Wakefield Wake-Up soon kittedWII first US Wake kit since Korda back 30s gives good account itself despite its simplicity ILGAIN Losing control can night mare wrong response given command can take its toll model nerves wallet Radio South know feel about hobby too avid RC enthusiasts nearly half century combined experience Futaba L0LJ 1925 E Creighton Road CONTROl modeling radio repair So avoid inflated repair costs undue service time Radio South fast economical inhouse radio service can depend Radio South customer satisfaction isnt just motto Its way life Let us put back n control U Pensacola FL 32504 i~j 904/47&6745 Earl Stahl plans Smithsonian can asking reports Allan Schanzle latest DC Maxecuters Max-Fax newsletter Specify desired aircraft publication source along large self-addressed stamped envelope limit set plans per request Smithsonian National Air Space Museum Attn Library Smithsonian Institution Wash ington DC 20560 have old maga zines willing help modelers out Sounds good might accept dona tions appreciate what doing Earl Stahl designs forthose arrived modeling scene recently fly beautifully simple build Thanks cards letters photos hints tips would like get touch FF Scale club eye receiving newsletter journal send self-addressed postcard along some info what looking club just may area edit club newsletter might interest Scale modelers send along may able help pick up Bill Warner 423-C San Vicente Blvd Santa Monico CA 90402 FF Indoor/Tenny Continued page 56 models lighter Scale models problem safely winding motors trusted helper experienced handling such models can hold model help task hooking loaded motor prop getting noseblock safely place fliers prefer use some sort stooge anchor model can wind motor fly depending someone else may need fly own models Walt Everson Coral Gables FL uses stooge special feature help wind Manhattan cabin model Walts stooge has two vertical wires hold rear motor peg have inward bend about half-way up base bend coupled [A li no une lug k W ph have setting ap production replacement canspanents such battery packs servos receivers switch harnesses chargers nrcall evisting PraLine will ready regular hasis As bob Curare Ace will pradace line radias asides PraLine label will casuhine oar 25 years vf experience PraLines dedication rv quality lv produce radia feel will carry tradition af anmatched perfarmance aed de pendabiily directed toward Imly dedicated SIC modeler transmitter will cansist basically af prasen PraLine gimbals exceptional Silver Sesen encoder has aniversally ac cepted will upgrade receiver serves far pasitive palse cawpntahility und maw efficient aperutian Oar gaul will ra re taut what made PraLine mast used mdiv campetision circlet several years ago add things necessary update curreel slateofthe-art make unce again Winners Edge mast certaitdy plan stand behind what manufacture stay 28 yeses w lhss bussness proof rbnt Pro Line Electronics Division ACE E/ Ifl would like info parts service cali write PRO LINE Box 735 E 203 W 19 th St HlgginsviiieMo 64037 Teiephone 816 584 7121 wood spacer slides up down wires allows jaws open close spacer moves Thus release model Walt slides spacer down forces top end wires apart enough model inserted removed bit advance planning during construction type stooge can built hold different models case height wires set match models landing gear height model approximately level set up wind word warning build kind September1981 129 Solar Challenger model made byE Fillon St Raphael France Ship spans meter weighs 150 grams powered solar cells just like full-sized plane Photo Fillon few new members
Edition: Model Aviation - 1981/09
Page Numbers: 54, 55, 128, 129
FCC Flight Scale/Sport Bill Warner IN REPLY TO readers wonder column spending time hints tips just let say magnificent in-depth treasuries available Bill Hannans Peanut Power Bill McCombs Flying Improving Scale Model Airplanes Fred Halls Indoor Scale Model Flying new entry field Ron Williams Building Flying Indoor Model Airplanes Suffice say thousand words other month cannot begin scratch surface what above books well real Scale nut number clubs devoted art such Flightmasters Flying Aces DC Maxecuters Detroit Cloudhusters Scale Staffel San Diego Cleveland Free Flight Society etc newsletters source inspiration rejuvenation limited column Well continue pass tips either unique recurring use Keep em coming Repairing tissue frustrating point distraction Loren Williams Flightmasters passes little gem replacing area has doped-on tissue markings lettering brush thinner over area lay layer Saran Wrap about 54 Model Aviation Bill Noonan San Diego Scale Staffel did up two caricature Boston Farman Boston Taube birds 14-gram Mooney Bostonian event Planes fly endurance Noonan photo Junkers 352 Russian disguise Jumbo Rubber ship Dick Seifried did 38 minutesatthe 1 98i Taft FFChamps Heres Dickbeforetheflight should have seen grin afterwards Model has DT needs Boo arer wiin nis III-rasea McuonneII XP67 twin rubber 5flIp Plane has made good flights butwas victim over-enthusiastic launch few minutes after picture taken Bill Warner photo Jim Algar Reseda CA rubber-powered Comper Swift think looks great should see air Warner photo Arizonas own Dave Smith great P38 Rubber mode, very realistic real attention-getter Phyllis Warner photo K 4 $/ flnL Would somebody please brush bumble bee off back Asst Ed loves combination two favorites space exploration neat old airplanes minute can remove letter roundel intact ready put back after under lying tissue has replaced Super idea Another use Saran Wrap have using success least 10 years repairing split tissue Minor splits tears come together easily can redone brushing clear dope along rip applying Saran Wrap over side does want come up adhere Saran puff air fuselage 0 15m music-wire prod shoved though opposite surface may help along being noticeable After hour peel off Saran Wrap blend rough edges left doped spot surrounding area using little thinner brush little practice repair will almost invisible final tip has repairing holes tear-outs Often tempted just slap bit tissue Band-Aid manner usually looks like devil due doubleTWA Thermal Worthy Aircraft award thickness talking about translucentDick Siefried Granada Hills CA Jumbo color-tissue coverings re-cover theRubber JU-352 trimotor outboard engines whole area between two structural componentswere dummies won hands-down great ribs whatever joint will bethermal flight 28 minutes official 38 minutes following balsa line will haveon watch chase crew plane single-thickness tissue per original onlyfrom Warplanes Third Reich takes minute two longer tissue iscaptured German ship redone painted cheap Really improves appearancesRussian markings red trim white back ground Czechs presented Stalin new Mercedes inside Indoor session dominated fine models Ron Wittman won Continued page 128 1981 US Free Flight Championships Taft over Memorial Day provided usual quota thrills enthusiast years outstanding performance earns coveted September 1981 55 1910PaulhanTatin Aero-Torpille No1 powered Astro Flight 02 Electric Won Power event Taft FF Championships iuv ulrauaan-vermora peanut nyc rilmun UIIIUFUIIIJ flOU IIIdUU HUU hand-launched flights maintaining altitude needs work get climb Definitely beginners model Fillon photo KIORITZ tNIiINES BY GIBBS HOBBY & RESEA Original Developer Factory Trained Authorized Master Service Dealer Year Limited Warranty Pre- Drilled Props Avail Ask About Custom- Built KIORITZ Engines Deep Fins Optimum Cooling 21/4 Flywheel Small Magneto 1 5/8in Six Bolt Aluminum Hub Carb Needles &Throttle Accessible Engine Running Don Godfrey [2z22276J Points Sealed Rear Housing $19995 pay ship pre-paid orders Mufflers Now Availablel DEALERS WELCOME 5FECIFICATION5 242co 357ccWoIbro Pnorp CobRoll Reorngs Crenk 32HP ot 8000 too3 Rog PstoeCoged Rollers Rod ond Fstoo Rn ght 6 lb GIBBS HOBBY & RESEARCH 6195 HIlifleld St NW N CANTON OHIO 44720 Phone 216 499-8854 after 600 PM covering lodged itself midway along fuselage Somehow Bill fished out too much additional damage model repaired model made required number flights result two trophies satisfac tion finishing ajob set out despite difficulties Off other side main sequence Indoor fliers Both Novice Pennyplane Easy B flown Champs too-small gym lights about 20 feet above floor choice events turns out good although happened somewhat accidentally Easy B lack covering bracing restric tions minimum-weight rule gives real Indoor fliers something play flying larger AMA FAI-class Indoor models such place would ludicrous Novice Pennyplane its severe restrictions gives novice good shot necessary skills can relatively quickly developed Still same guysMather Banks Hoffmanwin top spots both events nearly year isnt say fragile pillars glory couldnt toppled someone willing devote litte effort such endeavor Forming another offshoot main se quence Hand Launched Glider fliers come two colors Indoor Outdoor Strangely skills goals two diametrically opposed same guys fly both classes Indoor event name game chuck 16-in 4-gram solid-balsa model up rafter 20 feet overhead program flip steady glide losing lot altitude pray someone doesnt sneeze takes bit luck no little skill experience get such light model survive launch gliding speed such models unbelievably slow glide angle rather steep pair over-30-second flights required win Mike Stoy Chicago area frequent Nats Hand Launch Glider winner dropped long enough win Indoor Glider event did friend Bob Hayes Jr two years ago guest Cloud Dusters barbeque thrown Bud Romak way Yosemite plans go top Half Dome hard way up face Outdoor Hand Launch Glider event game chuck 1 -oz solid-balsa glider up height 100 ft thermal Strong thermals easy find such low heights tend small diameter Cattail fluff thrown air popular way detecting localizing thermal surprisingly Jim Leuken won event Hes lad won event 1977 Nats newcomer flying Senior age class hes wins since As trophies tucked away unoccu pied corner car trunk motorcycle lashed down bumper rack wonders what will like next year bound hotter Will able avoid errors bad luck years meet will largely same old guys doing same old thing expectation will some fresh young faces too Thats what keeps crazy Free Flight business going FF Scale/Warner Continued page 55 Eindecker second year running Clar ence Mather great new Tipsy Junior Scott Rubke whole load airbrushed fine-flying WW II vintage ships sporting decal decorations larger plastic kits really dresses up crowd favorite Lynne Bubens Dean Delt-Air 250 homebuilt flew better real destroyed itself its builder its first test flight Lynnes ship fourth model made rock-steady left-hand circles times bit under half minutebut spectacular enough draw applause crowd could believe Barnaby Wainfans Dreadnought Postal monoplane its huge wing area also flew fine form Its what makes FF Scale fun seeing unusual rare finely-crafted models flying well FF Gas now aptly designated FF Power went electrics wiht Paulhan Tatin taking first Ferrell Papics Bleriot VII right behind Both powered Astro 02 units Ferrell uses Sanyo -length Nicad cells standard GE cells supplied Astro-Flight minutes charge gives about 30-second flight 20 seconds minunum judging realism-of-flight Ferrell uses about six minutes always seems stay up forever Two amps seems best rate charge four-cell pack Peanut outdoor would have won Clarence Mather Tom Comparet Jr except fact planes flew too well Clarences Davis V-tailed ultra-light model made OOS early game Toms Peck Lacey sailed off same thermal Lacey dropped out judging after flying its lucky amateur thats bacon first place Lacey teh Peck kit lost timers eye 2/2 minutes falling out thermal about four minutes total might interested note model built flown Indoor contest e hours six minutes box flight used Super Jet building save time prove no has excuse building model due lack spare time ll admit did take about six hours finishing touches such tissue letters recovering wrinkles adding de tails etc 128 Model Aviation Parker McQuown flew Coot Indoor Hand Launch Glider /s-oz models get flights 3Osec chucked height 20 ft Parker Novato CA George Schroedters new Wakefield Wake-Up soon kittedWII first US Wake kit since Korda back 30s gives good account itself despite its simplicity ILGAIN Losing control can night mare wrong response given command can take its toll model nerves wallet Radio South know feel about hobby too avid RC enthusiasts nearly half century combined experience Futaba L0LJ 1925 E Creighton Road CONTROl modeling radio repair So avoid inflated repair costs undue service time Radio South fast economical inhouse radio service can depend Radio South customer satisfaction isnt just motto Its way life Let us put back n control U Pensacola FL 32504 i~j 904/47&6745 Earl Stahl plans Smithsonian can asking reports Allan Schanzle latest DC Maxecuters Max-Fax newsletter Specify desired aircraft publication source along large self-addressed stamped envelope limit set plans per request Smithsonian National Air Space Museum Attn Library Smithsonian Institution Wash ington DC 20560 have old maga zines willing help modelers out Sounds good might accept dona tions appreciate what doing Earl Stahl designs forthose arrived modeling scene recently fly beautifully simple build Thanks cards letters photos hints tips would like get touch FF Scale club eye receiving newsletter journal send self-addressed postcard along some info what looking club just may area edit club newsletter might interest Scale modelers send along may able help pick up Bill Warner 423-C San Vicente Blvd Santa Monico CA 90402 FF Indoor/Tenny Continued page 56 models lighter Scale models problem safely winding motors trusted helper experienced handling such models can hold model help task hooking loaded motor prop getting noseblock safely place fliers prefer use some sort stooge anchor model can wind motor fly depending someone else may need fly own models Walt Everson Coral Gables FL uses stooge special feature help wind Manhattan cabin model Walts stooge has two vertical wires hold rear motor peg have inward bend about half-way up base bend coupled [A li no une lug k W ph have setting ap production replacement canspanents such battery packs servos receivers switch harnesses chargers nrcall evisting PraLine will ready regular hasis As bob Curare Ace will pradace line radias asides PraLine label will casuhine oar 25 years vf experience PraLines dedication rv quality lv produce radia feel will carry tradition af anmatched perfarmance aed de pendabiily directed toward Imly dedicated SIC modeler transmitter will cansist basically af prasen PraLine gimbals exceptional Silver Sesen encoder has aniversally ac cepted will upgrade receiver serves far pasitive palse cawpntahility und maw efficient aperutian Oar gaul will ra re taut what made PraLine mast used mdiv campetision circlet several years ago add things necessary update curreel slateofthe-art make unce again Winners Edge mast certaitdy plan stand behind what manufacture stay 28 yeses w lhss bussness proof rbnt Pro Line Electronics Division ACE E/ Ifl would like info parts service cali write PRO LINE Box 735 E 203 W 19 th St HlgginsviiieMo 64037 Teiephone 816 584 7121 wood spacer slides up down wires allows jaws open close spacer moves Thus release model Walt slides spacer down forces top end wires apart enough model inserted removed bit advance planning during construction type stooge can built hold different models case height wires set match models landing gear height model approximately level set up wind word warning build kind September1981 129 Solar Challenger model made byE Fillon St Raphael France Ship spans meter weighs 150 grams powered solar cells just like full-sized plane Photo Fillon few new members
Edition: Model Aviation - 1981/09
Page Numbers: 54, 55, 128, 129
FCC Flight Scale/Sport Bill Warner IN REPLY TO readers wonder column spending time hints tips just let say magnificent in-depth treasuries available Bill Hannans Peanut Power Bill McCombs Flying Improving Scale Model Airplanes Fred Halls Indoor Scale Model Flying new entry field Ron Williams Building Flying Indoor Model Airplanes Suffice say thousand words other month cannot begin scratch surface what above books well real Scale nut number clubs devoted art such Flightmasters Flying Aces DC Maxecuters Detroit Cloudhusters Scale Staffel San Diego Cleveland Free Flight Society etc newsletters source inspiration rejuvenation limited column Well continue pass tips either unique recurring use Keep em coming Repairing tissue frustrating point distraction Loren Williams Flightmasters passes little gem replacing area has doped-on tissue markings lettering brush thinner over area lay layer Saran Wrap about 54 Model Aviation Bill Noonan San Diego Scale Staffel did up two caricature Boston Farman Boston Taube birds 14-gram Mooney Bostonian event Planes fly endurance Noonan photo Junkers 352 Russian disguise Jumbo Rubber ship Dick Seifried did 38 minutesatthe 1 98i Taft FFChamps Heres Dickbeforetheflight should have seen grin afterwards Model has DT needs Boo arer wiin nis III-rasea McuonneII XP67 twin rubber 5flIp Plane has made good flights butwas victim over-enthusiastic launch few minutes after picture taken Bill Warner photo Jim Algar Reseda CA rubber-powered Comper Swift think looks great should see air Warner photo Arizonas own Dave Smith great P38 Rubber mode, very realistic real attention-getter Phyllis Warner photo K 4 $/ flnL Would somebody please brush bumble bee off back Asst Ed loves combination two favorites space exploration neat old airplanes minute can remove letter roundel intact ready put back after under lying tissue has replaced Super idea Another use Saran Wrap have using success least 10 years repairing split tissue Minor splits tears come together easily can redone brushing clear dope along rip applying Saran Wrap over side does want come up adhere Saran puff air fuselage 0 15m music-wire prod shoved though opposite surface may help along being noticeable After hour peel off Saran Wrap blend rough edges left doped spot surrounding area using little thinner brush little practice repair will almost invisible final tip has repairing holes tear-outs Often tempted just slap bit tissue Band-Aid manner usually looks like devil due doubleTWA Thermal Worthy Aircraft award thickness talking about translucentDick Siefried Granada Hills CA Jumbo color-tissue coverings re-cover theRubber JU-352 trimotor outboard engines whole area between two structural componentswere dummies won hands-down great ribs whatever joint will bethermal flight 28 minutes official 38 minutes following balsa line will haveon watch chase crew plane single-thickness tissue per original onlyfrom Warplanes Third Reich takes minute two longer tissue iscaptured German ship redone painted cheap Really improves appearancesRussian markings red trim white back ground Czechs presented Stalin new Mercedes inside Indoor session dominated fine models Ron Wittman won Continued page 128 1981 US Free Flight Championships Taft over Memorial Day provided usual quota thrills enthusiast years outstanding performance earns coveted September 1981 55 1910PaulhanTatin Aero-Torpille No1 powered Astro Flight 02 Electric Won Power event Taft FF Championships iuv ulrauaan-vermora peanut nyc rilmun UIIIUFUIIIJ flOU IIIdUU HUU hand-launched flights maintaining altitude needs work get climb Definitely beginners model Fillon photo KIORITZ tNIiINES BY GIBBS HOBBY & RESEA Original Developer Factory Trained Authorized Master Service Dealer Year Limited Warranty Pre- Drilled Props Avail Ask About Custom- Built KIORITZ Engines Deep Fins Optimum Cooling 21/4 Flywheel Small Magneto 1 5/8in Six Bolt Aluminum Hub Carb Needles &Throttle Accessible Engine Running Don Godfrey [2z22276J Points Sealed Rear Housing $19995 pay ship pre-paid orders Mufflers Now Availablel DEALERS WELCOME 5FECIFICATION5 242co 357ccWoIbro Pnorp CobRoll Reorngs Crenk 32HP ot 8000 too3 Rog PstoeCoged Rollers Rod ond Fstoo Rn ght 6 lb GIBBS HOBBY & RESEARCH 6195 HIlifleld St NW N CANTON OHIO 44720 Phone 216 499-8854 after 600 PM covering lodged itself midway along fuselage Somehow Bill fished out too much additional damage model repaired model made required number flights result two trophies satisfac tion finishing ajob set out despite difficulties Off other side main sequence Indoor fliers Both Novice Pennyplane Easy B flown Champs too-small gym lights about 20 feet above floor choice events turns out good although happened somewhat accidentally Easy B lack covering bracing restric tions minimum-weight rule gives real Indoor fliers something play flying larger AMA FAI-class Indoor models such place would ludicrous Novice Pennyplane its severe restrictions gives novice good shot necessary skills can relatively quickly developed Still same guysMather Banks Hoffmanwin top spots both events nearly year isnt say fragile pillars glory couldnt toppled someone willing devote litte effort such endeavor Forming another offshoot main se quence Hand Launched Glider fliers come two colors Indoor Outdoor Strangely skills goals two diametrically opposed same guys fly both classes Indoor event name game chuck 16-in 4-gram solid-balsa model up rafter 20 feet overhead program flip steady glide losing lot altitude pray someone doesnt sneeze takes bit luck no little skill experience get such light model survive launch gliding speed such models unbelievably slow glide angle rather steep pair over-30-second flights required win Mike Stoy Chicago area frequent Nats Hand Launch Glider winner dropped long enough win Indoor Glider event did friend Bob Hayes Jr two years ago guest Cloud Dusters barbeque thrown Bud Romak way Yosemite plans go top Half Dome hard way up face Outdoor Hand Launch Glider event game chuck 1 -oz solid-balsa glider up height 100 ft thermal Strong thermals easy find such low heights tend small diameter Cattail fluff thrown air popular way detecting localizing thermal surprisingly Jim Leuken won event Hes lad won event 1977 Nats newcomer flying Senior age class hes wins since As trophies tucked away unoccu pied corner car trunk motorcycle lashed down bumper rack wonders what will like next year bound hotter Will able avoid errors bad luck years meet will largely same old guys doing same old thing expectation will some fresh young faces too Thats what keeps crazy Free Flight business going FF Scale/Warner Continued page 55 Eindecker second year running Clar ence Mather great new Tipsy Junior Scott Rubke whole load airbrushed fine-flying WW II vintage ships sporting decal decorations larger plastic kits really dresses up crowd favorite Lynne Bubens Dean Delt-Air 250 homebuilt flew better real destroyed itself its builder its first test flight Lynnes ship fourth model made rock-steady left-hand circles times bit under half minutebut spectacular enough draw applause crowd could believe Barnaby Wainfans Dreadnought Postal monoplane its huge wing area also flew fine form Its what makes FF Scale fun seeing unusual rare finely-crafted models flying well FF Gas now aptly designated FF Power went electrics wiht Paulhan Tatin taking first Ferrell Papics Bleriot VII right behind Both powered Astro 02 units Ferrell uses Sanyo -length Nicad cells standard GE cells supplied Astro-Flight minutes charge gives about 30-second flight 20 seconds minunum judging realism-of-flight Ferrell uses about six minutes always seems stay up forever Two amps seems best rate charge four-cell pack Peanut outdoor would have won Clarence Mather Tom Comparet Jr except fact planes flew too well Clarences Davis V-tailed ultra-light model made OOS early game Toms Peck Lacey sailed off same thermal Lacey dropped out judging after flying its lucky amateur thats bacon first place Lacey teh Peck kit lost timers eye 2/2 minutes falling out thermal about four minutes total might interested note model built flown Indoor contest e hours six minutes box flight used Super Jet building save time prove no has excuse building model due lack spare time ll admit did take about six hours finishing touches such tissue letters recovering wrinkles adding de tails etc 128 Model Aviation Parker McQuown flew Coot Indoor Hand Launch Glider /s-oz models get flights 3Osec chucked height 20 ft Parker Novato CA George Schroedters new Wakefield Wake-Up soon kittedWII first US Wake kit since Korda back 30s gives good account itself despite its simplicity ILGAIN Losing control can night mare wrong response given command can take its toll model nerves wallet Radio South know feel about hobby too avid RC enthusiasts nearly half century combined experience Futaba L0LJ 1925 E Creighton Road CONTROl modeling radio repair So avoid inflated repair costs undue service time Radio South fast economical inhouse radio service can depend Radio South customer satisfaction isnt just motto Its way life Let us put back n control U Pensacola FL 32504 i~j 904/47&6745 Earl Stahl plans Smithsonian can asking reports Allan Schanzle latest DC Maxecuters Max-Fax newsletter Specify desired aircraft publication source along large self-addressed stamped envelope limit set plans per request Smithsonian National Air Space Museum Attn Library Smithsonian Institution Wash ington DC 20560 have old maga zines willing help modelers out Sounds good might accept dona tions appreciate what doing Earl Stahl designs forthose arrived modeling scene recently fly beautifully simple build Thanks cards letters photos hints tips would like get touch FF Scale club eye receiving newsletter journal send self-addressed postcard along some info what looking club just may area edit club newsletter might interest Scale modelers send along may able help pick up Bill Warner 423-C San Vicente Blvd Santa Monico CA 90402 FF Indoor/Tenny Continued page 56 models lighter Scale models problem safely winding motors trusted helper experienced handling such models can hold model help task hooking loaded motor prop getting noseblock safely place fliers prefer use some sort stooge anchor model can wind motor fly depending someone else may need fly own models Walt Everson Coral Gables FL uses stooge special feature help wind Manhattan cabin model Walts stooge has two vertical wires hold rear motor peg have inward bend about half-way up base bend coupled [A li no une lug k W ph have setting ap production replacement canspanents such battery packs servos receivers switch harnesses chargers nrcall evisting PraLine will ready regular hasis As bob Curare Ace will pradace line radias asides PraLine label will casuhine oar 25 years vf experience PraLines dedication rv quality lv produce radia feel will carry tradition af anmatched perfarmance aed de pendabiily directed toward Imly dedicated SIC modeler transmitter will cansist basically af prasen PraLine gimbals exceptional Silver Sesen encoder has aniversally ac cepted will upgrade receiver serves far pasitive palse cawpntahility und maw efficient aperutian Oar gaul will ra re taut what made PraLine mast used mdiv campetision circlet several years ago add things necessary update curreel slateofthe-art make unce again Winners Edge mast certaitdy plan stand behind what manufacture stay 28 yeses w lhss bussness proof rbnt Pro Line Electronics Division ACE E/ Ifl would like info parts service cali write PRO LINE Box 735 E 203 W 19 th St HlgginsviiieMo 64037 Teiephone 816 584 7121 wood spacer slides up down wires allows jaws open close spacer moves Thus release model Walt slides spacer down forces top end wires apart enough model inserted removed bit advance planning during construction type stooge can built hold different models case height wires set match models landing gear height model approximately level set up wind word warning build kind September1981 129 Solar Challenger model made byE Fillon St Raphael France Ship spans meter weighs 150 grams powered solar cells just like full-sized plane Photo Fillon few new members
Edition: Model Aviation - 1981/09
Page Numbers: 54, 55, 128, 129
FCC Flight Scale/Sport Bill Warner IN REPLY TO readers wonder column spending time hints tips just let say magnificent in-depth treasuries available Bill Hannans Peanut Power Bill McCombs Flying Improving Scale Model Airplanes Fred Halls Indoor Scale Model Flying new entry field Ron Williams Building Flying Indoor Model Airplanes Suffice say thousand words other month cannot begin scratch surface what above books well real Scale nut number clubs devoted art such Flightmasters Flying Aces DC Maxecuters Detroit Cloudhusters Scale Staffel San Diego Cleveland Free Flight Society etc newsletters source inspiration rejuvenation limited column Well continue pass tips either unique recurring use Keep em coming Repairing tissue frustrating point distraction Loren Williams Flightmasters passes little gem replacing area has doped-on tissue markings lettering brush thinner over area lay layer Saran Wrap about 54 Model Aviation Bill Noonan San Diego Scale Staffel did up two caricature Boston Farman Boston Taube birds 14-gram Mooney Bostonian event Planes fly endurance Noonan photo Junkers 352 Russian disguise Jumbo Rubber ship Dick Seifried did 38 minutesatthe 1 98i Taft FFChamps Heres Dickbeforetheflight should have seen grin afterwards Model has DT needs Boo arer wiin nis III-rasea McuonneII XP67 twin rubber 5flIp Plane has made good flights butwas victim over-enthusiastic launch few minutes after picture taken Bill Warner photo Jim Algar Reseda CA rubber-powered Comper Swift think looks great should see air Warner photo Arizonas own Dave Smith great P38 Rubber mode, very realistic real attention-getter Phyllis Warner photo K 4 $/ flnL Would somebody please brush bumble bee off back Asst Ed loves combination two favorites space exploration neat old airplanes minute can remove letter roundel intact ready put back after under lying tissue has replaced Super idea Another use Saran Wrap have using success least 10 years repairing split tissue Minor splits tears come together easily can redone brushing clear dope along rip applying Saran Wrap over side does want come up adhere Saran puff air fuselage 0 15m music-wire prod shoved though opposite surface may help along being noticeable After hour peel off Saran Wrap blend rough edges left doped spot surrounding area using little thinner brush little practice repair will almost invisible final tip has repairing holes tear-outs Often tempted just slap bit tissue Band-Aid manner usually looks like devil due doubleTWA Thermal Worthy Aircraft award thickness talking about translucentDick Siefried Granada Hills CA Jumbo color-tissue coverings re-cover theRubber JU-352 trimotor outboard engines whole area between two structural componentswere dummies won hands-down great ribs whatever joint will bethermal flight 28 minutes official 38 minutes following balsa line will haveon watch chase crew plane single-thickness tissue per original onlyfrom Warplanes Third Reich takes minute two longer tissue iscaptured German ship redone painted cheap Really improves appearancesRussian markings red trim white back ground Czechs presented Stalin new Mercedes inside Indoor session dominated fine models Ron Wittman won Continued page 128 1981 US Free Flight Championships Taft over Memorial Day provided usual quota thrills enthusiast years outstanding performance earns coveted September 1981 55 1910PaulhanTatin Aero-Torpille No1 powered Astro Flight 02 Electric Won Power event Taft FF Championships iuv ulrauaan-vermora peanut nyc rilmun UIIIUFUIIIJ flOU IIIdUU HUU hand-launched flights maintaining altitude needs work get climb Definitely beginners model Fillon photo KIORITZ tNIiINES BY GIBBS HOBBY & RESEA Original Developer Factory Trained Authorized Master Service Dealer Year Limited Warranty Pre- Drilled Props Avail Ask About Custom- Built KIORITZ Engines Deep Fins Optimum Cooling 21/4 Flywheel Small Magneto 1 5/8in Six Bolt Aluminum Hub Carb Needles &Throttle Accessible Engine Running Don Godfrey [2z22276J Points Sealed Rear Housing $19995 pay ship pre-paid orders Mufflers Now Availablel DEALERS WELCOME 5FECIFICATION5 242co 357ccWoIbro Pnorp CobRoll Reorngs Crenk 32HP ot 8000 too3 Rog PstoeCoged Rollers Rod ond Fstoo Rn ght 6 lb GIBBS HOBBY & RESEARCH 6195 HIlifleld St NW N CANTON OHIO 44720 Phone 216 499-8854 after 600 PM covering lodged itself midway along fuselage Somehow Bill fished out too much additional damage model repaired model made required number flights result two trophies satisfac tion finishing ajob set out despite difficulties Off other side main sequence Indoor fliers Both Novice Pennyplane Easy B flown Champs too-small gym lights about 20 feet above floor choice events turns out good although happened somewhat accidentally Easy B lack covering bracing restric tions minimum-weight rule gives real Indoor fliers something play flying larger AMA FAI-class Indoor models such place would ludicrous Novice Pennyplane its severe restrictions gives novice good shot necessary skills can relatively quickly developed Still same guysMather Banks Hoffmanwin top spots both events nearly year isnt say fragile pillars glory couldnt toppled someone willing devote litte effort such endeavor Forming another offshoot main se quence Hand Launched Glider fliers come two colors Indoor Outdoor Strangely skills goals two diametrically opposed same guys fly both classes Indoor event name game chuck 16-in 4-gram solid-balsa model up rafter 20 feet overhead program flip steady glide losing lot altitude pray someone doesnt sneeze takes bit luck no little skill experience get such light model survive launch gliding speed such models unbelievably slow glide angle rather steep pair over-30-second flights required win Mike Stoy Chicago area frequent Nats Hand Launch Glider winner dropped long enough win Indoor Glider event did friend Bob Hayes Jr two years ago guest Cloud Dusters barbeque thrown Bud Romak way Yosemite plans go top Half Dome hard way up face Outdoor Hand Launch Glider event game chuck 1 -oz solid-balsa glider up height 100 ft thermal Strong thermals easy find such low heights tend small diameter Cattail fluff thrown air popular way detecting localizing thermal surprisingly Jim Leuken won event Hes lad won event 1977 Nats newcomer flying Senior age class hes wins since As trophies tucked away unoccu pied corner car trunk motorcycle lashed down bumper rack wonders what will like next year bound hotter Will able avoid errors bad luck years meet will largely same old guys doing same old thing expectation will some fresh young faces too Thats what keeps crazy Free Flight business going FF Scale/Warner Continued page 55 Eindecker second year running Clar ence Mather great new Tipsy Junior Scott Rubke whole load airbrushed fine-flying WW II vintage ships sporting decal decorations larger plastic kits really dresses up crowd favorite Lynne Bubens Dean Delt-Air 250 homebuilt flew better real destroyed itself its builder its first test flight Lynnes ship fourth model made rock-steady left-hand circles times bit under half minutebut spectacular enough draw applause crowd could believe Barnaby Wainfans Dreadnought Postal monoplane its huge wing area also flew fine form Its what makes FF Scale fun seeing unusual rare finely-crafted models flying well FF Gas now aptly designated FF Power went electrics wiht Paulhan Tatin taking first Ferrell Papics Bleriot VII right behind Both powered Astro 02 units Ferrell uses Sanyo -length Nicad cells standard GE cells supplied Astro-Flight minutes charge gives about 30-second flight 20 seconds minunum judging realism-of-flight Ferrell uses about six minutes always seems stay up forever Two amps seems best rate charge four-cell pack Peanut outdoor would have won Clarence Mather Tom Comparet Jr except fact planes flew too well Clarences Davis V-tailed ultra-light model made OOS early game Toms Peck Lacey sailed off same thermal Lacey dropped out judging after flying its lucky amateur thats bacon first place Lacey teh Peck kit lost timers eye 2/2 minutes falling out thermal about four minutes total might interested note model built flown Indoor contest e hours six minutes box flight used Super Jet building save time prove no has excuse building model due lack spare time ll admit did take about six hours finishing touches such tissue letters recovering wrinkles adding de tails etc 128 Model Aviation Parker McQuown flew Coot Indoor Hand Launch Glider /s-oz models get flights 3Osec chucked height 20 ft Parker Novato CA George Schroedters new Wakefield Wake-Up soon kittedWII first US Wake kit since Korda back 30s gives good account itself despite its simplicity ILGAIN Losing control can night mare wrong response given command can take its toll model nerves wallet Radio South know feel about hobby too avid RC enthusiasts nearly half century combined experience Futaba L0LJ 1925 E Creighton Road CONTROl modeling radio repair So avoid inflated repair costs undue service time Radio South fast economical inhouse radio service can depend Radio South customer satisfaction isnt just motto Its way life Let us put back n control U Pensacola FL 32504 i~j 904/47&6745 Earl Stahl plans Smithsonian can asking reports Allan Schanzle latest DC Maxecuters Max-Fax newsletter Specify desired aircraft publication source along large self-addressed stamped envelope limit set plans per request Smithsonian National Air Space Museum Attn Library Smithsonian Institution Wash ington DC 20560 have old maga zines willing help modelers out Sounds good might accept dona tions appreciate what doing Earl Stahl designs forthose arrived modeling scene recently fly beautifully simple build Thanks cards letters photos hints tips would like get touch FF Scale club eye receiving newsletter journal send self-addressed postcard along some info what looking club just may area edit club newsletter might interest Scale modelers send along may able help pick up Bill Warner 423-C San Vicente Blvd Santa Monico CA 90402 FF Indoor/Tenny Continued page 56 models lighter Scale models problem safely winding motors trusted helper experienced handling such models can hold model help task hooking loaded motor prop getting noseblock safely place fliers prefer use some sort stooge anchor model can wind motor fly depending someone else may need fly own models Walt Everson Coral Gables FL uses stooge special feature help wind Manhattan cabin model Walts stooge has two vertical wires hold rear motor peg have inward bend about half-way up base bend coupled [A li no une lug k W ph have setting ap production replacement canspanents such battery packs servos receivers switch harnesses chargers nrcall evisting PraLine will ready regular hasis As bob Curare Ace will pradace line radias asides PraLine label will casuhine oar 25 years vf experience PraLines dedication rv quality lv produce radia feel will carry tradition af anmatched perfarmance aed de pendabiily directed toward Imly dedicated SIC modeler transmitter will cansist basically af prasen PraLine gimbals exceptional Silver Sesen encoder has aniversally ac cepted will upgrade receiver serves far pasitive palse cawpntahility und maw efficient aperutian Oar gaul will ra re taut what made PraLine mast used mdiv campetision circlet several years ago add things necessary update curreel slateofthe-art make unce again Winners Edge mast certaitdy plan stand behind what manufacture stay 28 yeses w lhss bussness proof rbnt Pro Line Electronics Division ACE E/ Ifl would like info parts service cali write PRO LINE Box 735 E 203 W 19 th St HlgginsviiieMo 64037 Teiephone 816 584 7121 wood spacer slides up down wires allows jaws open close spacer moves Thus release model Walt slides spacer down forces top end wires apart enough model inserted removed bit advance planning during construction type stooge can built hold different models case height wires set match models landing gear height model approximately level set up wind word warning build kind September1981 129 Solar Challenger model made byE Fillon St Raphael France Ship spans meter weighs 150 grams powered solar cells just like full-sized plane Photo Fillon few new members