RECALLING EXPERIENCES from the late 1940s, Grant Carson
remembered more than one Interceptor equipped with a Bantam .19.
A Carl Goldberg design, the Interceptor was originally designed for
Class A FF. It has such a small vertical fin surface that it looks as if
it would spin, but not so; it’s extremely stable.
Grant’s model is
a .020 Replica from
Model Builder
plans. Although he
hasn’t flown it yet,
he knows it will be
competitive because
he has built two
Interceptors before.
They scream
skyward under
power and float in
the glide. He
doesn’t know why
we don’t see more
of these in the .020
Replica event.
I can second
Grant’s favorable
opinion of the
Interceptor. I had
one that flew very
well.
It is amazing how
many rubberpowered
Scale
model techniques
we “invent,” only to
find them described
in some 50-year-old book or magazine. However, rubber-powered
Scale airplanes have come a long way in the last 15 or 20 years,
thanks in large part to the Flying Aces Club organization.
Refinement of the techniques involved in building and trimming the
models and the availability of good rubber for motors have boosted
model performance to the point where one
can almost predict out-of-sight flights.
As a result, many modelers (me included)
are adding DTs to their Scale models. Tom
Hallman’s 20-inch WACO YKC is finally
ready for trim flights. It came in at 25 grams
without rubber, so I suspect that adding a
DT was a good idea.
Tom found the DT installation for his
WACO to be tricky since the entire tail
needed to pivot from the top of the fuselage
to make it work correctly. He didn’t want to
pivot only the stabilizer, because it was too
thin to use the aluminum-tube pivot method.
Plus, he was trying to keep the model as
light as possible.
On the bottom of the fuselage near the
front, Tom has a button DT timer that uses a
spring for activation. He uses .010 steel
guitar wire for the spring action that elevates
the stabilizer/fin unit. That size of wire
seems to be the perfect thickness to lift this
relatively light tail unit.
The wire is anchored to the fuselage
Also included in this column:
• DTs for Scale models such as
the WACO
• Don DeLoach’s Martinsyde
• Bob Schlosberg’s Sea Hornet
and/or Fairchild Radial
• Karl Gies, philosopher
• Greg Tutmark’s GE Cabinette
• Eugene Jensen’s foamie
• Share kids’ model-building
club ideas
• Western NY FF Society’s new
Web site
Early test flights have shown that Don DeLoach’s Martinsyde will be a force with which to
be reckoned.
Tom Hallman intends to bring this beautiful WACO back with a
pop-up stabilizer DT.
Grant Carson expects great performance from his Goldberg
Interceptor Replica model.
[[email protected]]
Free Flight Sport Gene Smith
Grant Carson’s Interceptor
September 2008 129
vertically in a balsa sandwich, with the exposed portion sliding into
the 1/16 square balsa stringer on the top of the tail, where the rudder
sits. The exposed section of the wire is bent back roughly 15°. To
help limit the angle of the DT, Tom attached a tissue tube “stopper”
on the DT line, just in front of the tissue tube guide below the
stabilizer.
There are no other attachment points or guides for the tail when
it is released. The DT line and the wire hold it in place well enough.
If the stabilizer flops around a bit left or right, that shouldn’t
matter.
The important things are that it is light and that it stays securely
in position while flying. The additional weight of this DT setup is
minimal and is certainly worth the effort if it brings the model
back.
Don DeLoach’s Martinsyde was built from Tom Hallman’s Peanut
Scale plans enlarged to a 24-inch flat wingspan. Don carved a 10.5
x 9.5 balsa propeller and then covered it with light fiberglass cloth.
He plans to use six strands of 1/8-inch rubber weighing 16 grams.
The paint is Tamiya Deep Green acrylic, which added 1.5
grams. The matte crystal clear sealer added .5 gram. Don added
small details, such as an instrument panel, panel lines, and a
headrest.
Markings are from the Belgian Air Force: a British ally and
operator of Martinsyde F.4 Buzzards immediately after World War
I. If the war had lasted until 1919 or 1920, F.4s would likely have
seen combat duty in Belgian squadrons.
If you are going to have a first-class model, you must have a firstclass
framework. This is illustrated by Bob Schlosberg’s 30.5-inchwingspan
Sea Hornet that was built from Mike Midkiff plans, with
a few of Bob’s building preferences. Everything looks clean and
sharp, which is a sign of a well-built model.
Bob collects pictures of cockpit instruments and runs them
through his Cannon copier to obtain the sizes he needs. The Sea
Hornet’s cockpit instruments were placed on light card stock with
the neutral gray background. They are removable as shown, but
they will be glued to permanent 1/32 sheet backing. There is a
control stick in the cockpit and a nice seat.
Yes, I own an ARF RC model that I use to bore holes in the sky at
the local RC field when it’s too windy to fly FF. It’s an ARF
because I don’t want to take the time to build from a kit or scratch
build something for RC; I want that building-board time for FF.
My friend, Karl Gies, wrote the following beautiful piece that
puts into words what many of us who build
our own models feel about this hobby.
“What endures in this hobby of building
model airplanes are your feelings about
your work and creations. You would not
trade your models for anybody’s, not even
the best models ever made because they
were made by someone else.
“To buy a model implies that I would
have to trade my life for his which means
living a whole new complex of pain and joy.
One of those per lifetime is enough.
“I remember the late Joe Macay entering
an old time rubber stick model with a one
bladed folder in the Concours d’ elegance at
the Muskogee Sam Champs. Joe was not a
pretty builder but a person I will never
forget. Joe let it all hang out and was a
totally honest person.
“He showed the model to me and as I
looked at it he read my thoughts. Joe said to
me, ‘I know that it will not win but to me it
is the most beautiful model in the world
because I gave it my all and I am entering it
for myself.’
September 2008 131
The text contains details about how Bob Schlosberg made these beautiful cockpit
instruments for his Sea Hornet.
Eugene Jensen shows what can be done with some meat-tray
foam, craft glue, and a plastic propeller assembly.
Greg Tutmark took a few minutes off from the Southwest
Regionals scoring table to fly his CO2-powered GE Cabinette.
“Later on he flew it for me. It was a
great performer and the experience was a
Jonathan Livingston Seagull moment for
both of us. As we struggled to get it out of a
downwind tree Joe said, ‘Isn’t this just
great?’
“I recognize being a builder of
intermediate skills in all respects but I can
narcissistically stare over and over at a
model that I have built. This would never
happen with a model that I did not build. I
will admire another’s model analytically
trying to learn from it and be motivated by
the craftsmanship. But it will never be mine
at rest or in the air and my spirit will never
soar with it.”
For approximately eight years, Greg
Tutmark has traveled to Oregon to man the
scoring table at the Southwest Regionals,
held each January in Eloy, Arizona. This
year he took his GE Cabinette built from an
Al Lidberg kit.
Greg powers his model with a G300
CO2 motor. In contrast, Al’s original model
was powered by an Atom .09 on ignition.
Greg’s model put in a number of nice
flights. It takes just a few seconds to charge
the CO2 tank, and with a flip of the
propeller, away it goes. Greg modified his
model with a two-piece wing so he could
put it in a box under his seat on the airliner.
This year’s Southwest Regionals was
blessed with three days of excellent
weather. It was the first year the event was
held for three days instead of two, which
enabled organizers to separate several
events that were previously lumped
together. Consider putting the January 2009
event on your contest schedule.
See the source listing for ways to obtain
more information about Al Lidberg’s
Cabinette kit and other plans and kits. Al’s
A.A. Lidberg Model Plan Service also has a
link to a 2008 Southwest Regionals contest
report and pictures.
Eugene Jensen flew his meat-tray-foam
stick model at the Southwest Regionals. It
spanned 18 inches and flew great with a 16-
inch loop of 3/16-inch rubber. Eugene used
foam glue from the craft shop to assemble
the airplane.
One of its neat features was a thin, 3-
inch-long strip of steel that Eugene glued
under the balsa wing saddle. Then he glued a
small super magnet flush with the top of the
fuselage at roughly the place he thought the
CG should be located. The magnet was
strong enough to hold the wing in place
during flights, and the wing could be slid
back and forth for CG adjustments.
David Wiles has started an online group to
support those who are interested in teaching
kids stick-and-tissue model-building
techniques. See the “Sources” list for the
Web site address.
The Western New York Free Flight Society
has its Web page up and running. See the
source list for the Web site address. MA
Sources:
A.A. Lidberg Model Plan Service (Al
Lidberg)
(480) 839-8154 (evenings and weekends)
www.aalmps.com
Free Flight and Kids! (David Wiles)
http://groups.msn.com/FreeFlightandKids
Western New York FF Society
www.amadistrictii.org/wnyffs/index.html
Edition: Model Aviation - 2008/09
Page Numbers: 129,131,132
Edition: Model Aviation - 2008/09
Page Numbers: 129,131,132
RECALLING EXPERIENCES from the late 1940s, Grant Carson
remembered more than one Interceptor equipped with a Bantam .19.
A Carl Goldberg design, the Interceptor was originally designed for
Class A FF. It has such a small vertical fin surface that it looks as if
it would spin, but not so; it’s extremely stable.
Grant’s model is
a .020 Replica from
Model Builder
plans. Although he
hasn’t flown it yet,
he knows it will be
competitive because
he has built two
Interceptors before.
They scream
skyward under
power and float in
the glide. He
doesn’t know why
we don’t see more
of these in the .020
Replica event.
I can second
Grant’s favorable
opinion of the
Interceptor. I had
one that flew very
well.
It is amazing how
many rubberpowered
Scale
model techniques
we “invent,” only to
find them described
in some 50-year-old book or magazine. However, rubber-powered
Scale airplanes have come a long way in the last 15 or 20 years,
thanks in large part to the Flying Aces Club organization.
Refinement of the techniques involved in building and trimming the
models and the availability of good rubber for motors have boosted
model performance to the point where one
can almost predict out-of-sight flights.
As a result, many modelers (me included)
are adding DTs to their Scale models. Tom
Hallman’s 20-inch WACO YKC is finally
ready for trim flights. It came in at 25 grams
without rubber, so I suspect that adding a
DT was a good idea.
Tom found the DT installation for his
WACO to be tricky since the entire tail
needed to pivot from the top of the fuselage
to make it work correctly. He didn’t want to
pivot only the stabilizer, because it was too
thin to use the aluminum-tube pivot method.
Plus, he was trying to keep the model as
light as possible.
On the bottom of the fuselage near the
front, Tom has a button DT timer that uses a
spring for activation. He uses .010 steel
guitar wire for the spring action that elevates
the stabilizer/fin unit. That size of wire
seems to be the perfect thickness to lift this
relatively light tail unit.
The wire is anchored to the fuselage
Also included in this column:
• DTs for Scale models such as
the WACO
• Don DeLoach’s Martinsyde
• Bob Schlosberg’s Sea Hornet
and/or Fairchild Radial
• Karl Gies, philosopher
• Greg Tutmark’s GE Cabinette
• Eugene Jensen’s foamie
• Share kids’ model-building
club ideas
• Western NY FF Society’s new
Web site
Early test flights have shown that Don DeLoach’s Martinsyde will be a force with which to
be reckoned.
Tom Hallman intends to bring this beautiful WACO back with a
pop-up stabilizer DT.
Grant Carson expects great performance from his Goldberg
Interceptor Replica model.
[[email protected]]
Free Flight Sport Gene Smith
Grant Carson’s Interceptor
September 2008 129
vertically in a balsa sandwich, with the exposed portion sliding into
the 1/16 square balsa stringer on the top of the tail, where the rudder
sits. The exposed section of the wire is bent back roughly 15°. To
help limit the angle of the DT, Tom attached a tissue tube “stopper”
on the DT line, just in front of the tissue tube guide below the
stabilizer.
There are no other attachment points or guides for the tail when
it is released. The DT line and the wire hold it in place well enough.
If the stabilizer flops around a bit left or right, that shouldn’t
matter.
The important things are that it is light and that it stays securely
in position while flying. The additional weight of this DT setup is
minimal and is certainly worth the effort if it brings the model
back.
Don DeLoach’s Martinsyde was built from Tom Hallman’s Peanut
Scale plans enlarged to a 24-inch flat wingspan. Don carved a 10.5
x 9.5 balsa propeller and then covered it with light fiberglass cloth.
He plans to use six strands of 1/8-inch rubber weighing 16 grams.
The paint is Tamiya Deep Green acrylic, which added 1.5
grams. The matte crystal clear sealer added .5 gram. Don added
small details, such as an instrument panel, panel lines, and a
headrest.
Markings are from the Belgian Air Force: a British ally and
operator of Martinsyde F.4 Buzzards immediately after World War
I. If the war had lasted until 1919 or 1920, F.4s would likely have
seen combat duty in Belgian squadrons.
If you are going to have a first-class model, you must have a firstclass
framework. This is illustrated by Bob Schlosberg’s 30.5-inchwingspan
Sea Hornet that was built from Mike Midkiff plans, with
a few of Bob’s building preferences. Everything looks clean and
sharp, which is a sign of a well-built model.
Bob collects pictures of cockpit instruments and runs them
through his Cannon copier to obtain the sizes he needs. The Sea
Hornet’s cockpit instruments were placed on light card stock with
the neutral gray background. They are removable as shown, but
they will be glued to permanent 1/32 sheet backing. There is a
control stick in the cockpit and a nice seat.
Yes, I own an ARF RC model that I use to bore holes in the sky at
the local RC field when it’s too windy to fly FF. It’s an ARF
because I don’t want to take the time to build from a kit or scratch
build something for RC; I want that building-board time for FF.
My friend, Karl Gies, wrote the following beautiful piece that
puts into words what many of us who build
our own models feel about this hobby.
“What endures in this hobby of building
model airplanes are your feelings about
your work and creations. You would not
trade your models for anybody’s, not even
the best models ever made because they
were made by someone else.
“To buy a model implies that I would
have to trade my life for his which means
living a whole new complex of pain and joy.
One of those per lifetime is enough.
“I remember the late Joe Macay entering
an old time rubber stick model with a one
bladed folder in the Concours d’ elegance at
the Muskogee Sam Champs. Joe was not a
pretty builder but a person I will never
forget. Joe let it all hang out and was a
totally honest person.
“He showed the model to me and as I
looked at it he read my thoughts. Joe said to
me, ‘I know that it will not win but to me it
is the most beautiful model in the world
because I gave it my all and I am entering it
for myself.’
September 2008 131
The text contains details about how Bob Schlosberg made these beautiful cockpit
instruments for his Sea Hornet.
Eugene Jensen shows what can be done with some meat-tray
foam, craft glue, and a plastic propeller assembly.
Greg Tutmark took a few minutes off from the Southwest
Regionals scoring table to fly his CO2-powered GE Cabinette.
“Later on he flew it for me. It was a
great performer and the experience was a
Jonathan Livingston Seagull moment for
both of us. As we struggled to get it out of a
downwind tree Joe said, ‘Isn’t this just
great?’
“I recognize being a builder of
intermediate skills in all respects but I can
narcissistically stare over and over at a
model that I have built. This would never
happen with a model that I did not build. I
will admire another’s model analytically
trying to learn from it and be motivated by
the craftsmanship. But it will never be mine
at rest or in the air and my spirit will never
soar with it.”
For approximately eight years, Greg
Tutmark has traveled to Oregon to man the
scoring table at the Southwest Regionals,
held each January in Eloy, Arizona. This
year he took his GE Cabinette built from an
Al Lidberg kit.
Greg powers his model with a G300
CO2 motor. In contrast, Al’s original model
was powered by an Atom .09 on ignition.
Greg’s model put in a number of nice
flights. It takes just a few seconds to charge
the CO2 tank, and with a flip of the
propeller, away it goes. Greg modified his
model with a two-piece wing so he could
put it in a box under his seat on the airliner.
This year’s Southwest Regionals was
blessed with three days of excellent
weather. It was the first year the event was
held for three days instead of two, which
enabled organizers to separate several
events that were previously lumped
together. Consider putting the January 2009
event on your contest schedule.
See the source listing for ways to obtain
more information about Al Lidberg’s
Cabinette kit and other plans and kits. Al’s
A.A. Lidberg Model Plan Service also has a
link to a 2008 Southwest Regionals contest
report and pictures.
Eugene Jensen flew his meat-tray-foam
stick model at the Southwest Regionals. It
spanned 18 inches and flew great with a 16-
inch loop of 3/16-inch rubber. Eugene used
foam glue from the craft shop to assemble
the airplane.
One of its neat features was a thin, 3-
inch-long strip of steel that Eugene glued
under the balsa wing saddle. Then he glued a
small super magnet flush with the top of the
fuselage at roughly the place he thought the
CG should be located. The magnet was
strong enough to hold the wing in place
during flights, and the wing could be slid
back and forth for CG adjustments.
David Wiles has started an online group to
support those who are interested in teaching
kids stick-and-tissue model-building
techniques. See the “Sources” list for the
Web site address.
The Western New York Free Flight Society
has its Web page up and running. See the
source list for the Web site address. MA
Sources:
A.A. Lidberg Model Plan Service (Al
Lidberg)
(480) 839-8154 (evenings and weekends)
www.aalmps.com
Free Flight and Kids! (David Wiles)
http://groups.msn.com/FreeFlightandKids
Western New York FF Society
www.amadistrictii.org/wnyffs/index.html
Edition: Model Aviation - 2008/09
Page Numbers: 129,131,132
RECALLING EXPERIENCES from the late 1940s, Grant Carson
remembered more than one Interceptor equipped with a Bantam .19.
A Carl Goldberg design, the Interceptor was originally designed for
Class A FF. It has such a small vertical fin surface that it looks as if
it would spin, but not so; it’s extremely stable.
Grant’s model is
a .020 Replica from
Model Builder
plans. Although he
hasn’t flown it yet,
he knows it will be
competitive because
he has built two
Interceptors before.
They scream
skyward under
power and float in
the glide. He
doesn’t know why
we don’t see more
of these in the .020
Replica event.
I can second
Grant’s favorable
opinion of the
Interceptor. I had
one that flew very
well.
It is amazing how
many rubberpowered
Scale
model techniques
we “invent,” only to
find them described
in some 50-year-old book or magazine. However, rubber-powered
Scale airplanes have come a long way in the last 15 or 20 years,
thanks in large part to the Flying Aces Club organization.
Refinement of the techniques involved in building and trimming the
models and the availability of good rubber for motors have boosted
model performance to the point where one
can almost predict out-of-sight flights.
As a result, many modelers (me included)
are adding DTs to their Scale models. Tom
Hallman’s 20-inch WACO YKC is finally
ready for trim flights. It came in at 25 grams
without rubber, so I suspect that adding a
DT was a good idea.
Tom found the DT installation for his
WACO to be tricky since the entire tail
needed to pivot from the top of the fuselage
to make it work correctly. He didn’t want to
pivot only the stabilizer, because it was too
thin to use the aluminum-tube pivot method.
Plus, he was trying to keep the model as
light as possible.
On the bottom of the fuselage near the
front, Tom has a button DT timer that uses a
spring for activation. He uses .010 steel
guitar wire for the spring action that elevates
the stabilizer/fin unit. That size of wire
seems to be the perfect thickness to lift this
relatively light tail unit.
The wire is anchored to the fuselage
Also included in this column:
• DTs for Scale models such as
the WACO
• Don DeLoach’s Martinsyde
• Bob Schlosberg’s Sea Hornet
and/or Fairchild Radial
• Karl Gies, philosopher
• Greg Tutmark’s GE Cabinette
• Eugene Jensen’s foamie
• Share kids’ model-building
club ideas
• Western NY FF Society’s new
Web site
Early test flights have shown that Don DeLoach’s Martinsyde will be a force with which to
be reckoned.
Tom Hallman intends to bring this beautiful WACO back with a
pop-up stabilizer DT.
Grant Carson expects great performance from his Goldberg
Interceptor Replica model.
[[email protected]]
Free Flight Sport Gene Smith
Grant Carson’s Interceptor
September 2008 129
vertically in a balsa sandwich, with the exposed portion sliding into
the 1/16 square balsa stringer on the top of the tail, where the rudder
sits. The exposed section of the wire is bent back roughly 15°. To
help limit the angle of the DT, Tom attached a tissue tube “stopper”
on the DT line, just in front of the tissue tube guide below the
stabilizer.
There are no other attachment points or guides for the tail when
it is released. The DT line and the wire hold it in place well enough.
If the stabilizer flops around a bit left or right, that shouldn’t
matter.
The important things are that it is light and that it stays securely
in position while flying. The additional weight of this DT setup is
minimal and is certainly worth the effort if it brings the model
back.
Don DeLoach’s Martinsyde was built from Tom Hallman’s Peanut
Scale plans enlarged to a 24-inch flat wingspan. Don carved a 10.5
x 9.5 balsa propeller and then covered it with light fiberglass cloth.
He plans to use six strands of 1/8-inch rubber weighing 16 grams.
The paint is Tamiya Deep Green acrylic, which added 1.5
grams. The matte crystal clear sealer added .5 gram. Don added
small details, such as an instrument panel, panel lines, and a
headrest.
Markings are from the Belgian Air Force: a British ally and
operator of Martinsyde F.4 Buzzards immediately after World War
I. If the war had lasted until 1919 or 1920, F.4s would likely have
seen combat duty in Belgian squadrons.
If you are going to have a first-class model, you must have a firstclass
framework. This is illustrated by Bob Schlosberg’s 30.5-inchwingspan
Sea Hornet that was built from Mike Midkiff plans, with
a few of Bob’s building preferences. Everything looks clean and
sharp, which is a sign of a well-built model.
Bob collects pictures of cockpit instruments and runs them
through his Cannon copier to obtain the sizes he needs. The Sea
Hornet’s cockpit instruments were placed on light card stock with
the neutral gray background. They are removable as shown, but
they will be glued to permanent 1/32 sheet backing. There is a
control stick in the cockpit and a nice seat.
Yes, I own an ARF RC model that I use to bore holes in the sky at
the local RC field when it’s too windy to fly FF. It’s an ARF
because I don’t want to take the time to build from a kit or scratch
build something for RC; I want that building-board time for FF.
My friend, Karl Gies, wrote the following beautiful piece that
puts into words what many of us who build
our own models feel about this hobby.
“What endures in this hobby of building
model airplanes are your feelings about
your work and creations. You would not
trade your models for anybody’s, not even
the best models ever made because they
were made by someone else.
“To buy a model implies that I would
have to trade my life for his which means
living a whole new complex of pain and joy.
One of those per lifetime is enough.
“I remember the late Joe Macay entering
an old time rubber stick model with a one
bladed folder in the Concours d’ elegance at
the Muskogee Sam Champs. Joe was not a
pretty builder but a person I will never
forget. Joe let it all hang out and was a
totally honest person.
“He showed the model to me and as I
looked at it he read my thoughts. Joe said to
me, ‘I know that it will not win but to me it
is the most beautiful model in the world
because I gave it my all and I am entering it
for myself.’
September 2008 131
The text contains details about how Bob Schlosberg made these beautiful cockpit
instruments for his Sea Hornet.
Eugene Jensen shows what can be done with some meat-tray
foam, craft glue, and a plastic propeller assembly.
Greg Tutmark took a few minutes off from the Southwest
Regionals scoring table to fly his CO2-powered GE Cabinette.
“Later on he flew it for me. It was a
great performer and the experience was a
Jonathan Livingston Seagull moment for
both of us. As we struggled to get it out of a
downwind tree Joe said, ‘Isn’t this just
great?’
“I recognize being a builder of
intermediate skills in all respects but I can
narcissistically stare over and over at a
model that I have built. This would never
happen with a model that I did not build. I
will admire another’s model analytically
trying to learn from it and be motivated by
the craftsmanship. But it will never be mine
at rest or in the air and my spirit will never
soar with it.”
For approximately eight years, Greg
Tutmark has traveled to Oregon to man the
scoring table at the Southwest Regionals,
held each January in Eloy, Arizona. This
year he took his GE Cabinette built from an
Al Lidberg kit.
Greg powers his model with a G300
CO2 motor. In contrast, Al’s original model
was powered by an Atom .09 on ignition.
Greg’s model put in a number of nice
flights. It takes just a few seconds to charge
the CO2 tank, and with a flip of the
propeller, away it goes. Greg modified his
model with a two-piece wing so he could
put it in a box under his seat on the airliner.
This year’s Southwest Regionals was
blessed with three days of excellent
weather. It was the first year the event was
held for three days instead of two, which
enabled organizers to separate several
events that were previously lumped
together. Consider putting the January 2009
event on your contest schedule.
See the source listing for ways to obtain
more information about Al Lidberg’s
Cabinette kit and other plans and kits. Al’s
A.A. Lidberg Model Plan Service also has a
link to a 2008 Southwest Regionals contest
report and pictures.
Eugene Jensen flew his meat-tray-foam
stick model at the Southwest Regionals. It
spanned 18 inches and flew great with a 16-
inch loop of 3/16-inch rubber. Eugene used
foam glue from the craft shop to assemble
the airplane.
One of its neat features was a thin, 3-
inch-long strip of steel that Eugene glued
under the balsa wing saddle. Then he glued a
small super magnet flush with the top of the
fuselage at roughly the place he thought the
CG should be located. The magnet was
strong enough to hold the wing in place
during flights, and the wing could be slid
back and forth for CG adjustments.
David Wiles has started an online group to
support those who are interested in teaching
kids stick-and-tissue model-building
techniques. See the “Sources” list for the
Web site address.
The Western New York Free Flight Society
has its Web page up and running. See the
source list for the Web site address. MA
Sources:
A.A. Lidberg Model Plan Service (Al
Lidberg)
(480) 839-8154 (evenings and weekends)
www.aalmps.com
Free Flight and Kids! (David Wiles)
http://groups.msn.com/FreeFlightandKids
Western New York FF Society
www.amadistrictii.org/wnyffs/index.html