HOT The hottest new development model scene seems oldestthe com pressed air motor Free Flight Scale has passed through some power fads probably know sixties Gas engine sev enties C02 Electric big eighties now compressed air seems rise nineties motor has gotten much attention late Italian Power Max Z Doug McHard re lates experiences unit April May issues Aeronwdeller averaging minute-and-a-half flights Piper Super Cruiser motor rated seven bars pres sure over 100 psi filled hand pump As head blows off nine bars some reinforcement needed help stay place overfilling clear plastic tank Doug used end Pentel brand perma nent marker peening aluminum sheath around cylinder CyAing lot together extra strength seems its last little bit pressure puts makes dif ference between average spectacular climb Max Z motor available US Bert Pond 128 Warren Terr Long Meadow MA 01106 tel 1-413/567-5346 New contest Roger Aime sent reproduc tion 1925 French postcard showing avia tion school Istres will note quite field towers background first reader correctly identifies structures will receive neat model kit Rubber Scale ship runners-up receiving Scale plans Postcards Jim Woods Seattle WA installed new Italian Power Max Z compressed air motor specially designed ITOH model 40-in span capable flights well over minute Photo Jim Woods Left Columnist Warner included snapshot another columnists rubber supply prove rats nest isnt Right Warner wonders Curtiss-Reid Courier Peanut James Dean plan refuses break 30 seconds Reno Must have altitude December 1990 81 Free Flight Sport & Scale Bill Warner 1370 Monad Ave ftrervlll CA 93257 Can guess what towers behind hangars 1925 French postcard used Send entries address top column first correct answer wins model fine Send entries address very beginning column service readers Some readers happiest find errors Correct try encourage form active participation including least mistake per column couple issues ago mentioned new Dave Diels F4F kit Bill Hannan plan appeared originally Ed Colemans Flying Scale Models WW II reality Harry Bagley Jr F4F same publica tion Hannans being F6F What troubles reader caught Bill Hannan Silk-over-tissue covering Bobby Haight forms new Fairey Swordfish features silkspan covering silk applied over works like charm first saw method basement Pierre Bluhms optical salon Nice mid-sixties Bluhm demonstrat ing its practicality Wakefield fuselage using silk applied over Japanese tissue covering bulletproof either silk tis sue alone requires less dope As know youve doped silk dope ten goes inside cloth adding extra weight Supposedly paper-silk combination about same weight just plain doped-over silk Using couple coats dope tis sue letting dry adding silk thinned dope does job easily Let know having good luck Litespan Since mentioning new wonder ma terial have heard several modelers re port good results plastic material re sembles doped Japanese tissue superstrong Made Solarfilm England Litespan avail able colors textured aluminum finish local hobby shop doesnt have T Hobby Lobby 3512 W Victory Blvd Burbank CA 91505 tel 1-818/842-5062 can supply $375 per sheet including postage Wet tissue covering subject cov ering Tom Arnold editor Scale Staffel newsletter highly recommends using PeckPolymers white Japanese tissue due its supe rior wet strength Tom uses thinned Titebond glue adhesive dampens tissue using water pump atomizer borrowed wifes dresser covers round fuselages quad rant time noting getting ambitious Sub-Peanut B-25 Havasu Flash Dick Howard built Mike Midkifts plan Flying Models Dick flies living DeHavilland Mosquito built Keith Rid- room Photo Dick Howard lay England Wingspan 40 uses rubber power Plan Howard Boys Pho Newman comes via Dick Howard trying usually doesnt save much time trouble youd doing four sides box frame anyway Tom begins covering first quarter apply ing Titebond lengthwise along stringers both ends fuselage taking extra stringer side required area clever trick allows usual wrinkles col lect edges can cut away leaving actual boundary stringer nice smooth youd like receive great newsletter become member Staffel boasts some finest modeling talent country send $10 Scale Staffel Dave Kemp 8905 Idyllwild Lane San Diego CA 92119 Using 77M spray adhesive attach plans An addendum tip gave some time ago about using 77M Spray Cement adhere plans flat building board secure transpar ent plastic over Bob Beecroft San Diego Orbiteers says just mist lightest possible coat distance emphasis light Now know weld plan down Bob says Hunters Satellite City excellent videotape building method available few years ago Continued page 18S 82 Model Aviation charming Mireille Aims Salon France holds husband Rogers Nisuport 1921 racer built Pistachio size Fuselage heat-formed using soft styrene foam sheet over two mold halves Photo Roger Aims Dave Linstrum holds rubber-powered minute-pius Coconut Scale Indoor Sperry Mono plane wheels appear two flattened camp fire marshmallows Thats very interesting sleigh Santa insanity merry Christmas Dick Allen got lost altogether worse yet about runaway overruns because screws came flying loose out flight timer Dont let happen again some years now Ive backing out screws flight timer adding tiny drop Loctite 242 Threadlocker compound before installing timer model Im particularly faithful about performing chore ignition models vibration produced some vintage gasoline burners little short ferocious Ive also using procedure prevent crankcase screws loosening radially mounted engines Threadlocker makes fine sealant red Cox TD 020 Free Flight tank mounts invariably leak fuel sooner later tiny bottle Loctite 242 finally went dry happened remember perusing cement rack local chain hardware store finding Loctite 242 latched bottle Devcon brand thread-locking compound hoping would fair substitute depend able Loctite So far good saying goes difference can find moment 242 blue Devcon compound purple cares long serves purpose Ill probably getting mail some chemical engineer will write fourpage epistle good bad points various brands thread-locking compounds Whichever brand available area its good idea play safe using some sort thread-locking compound metal-to-metal machine screw attachments engine mount ings flight timer mechanisms Zeek ChroniclesPart VII history Zeek design having pretty well summa rized previous six chapters what remains finally record posterity existence fabled flat-bottom-airfoil B/C class 575-sqin version first five chapters traced ori gins Lew Mahieus initial 277-sq-in ignition version 1947 mid-fifties fi nally laid rest tooling glow-powered A/B kit Frank Garcher Midwest Models covered Zeeks incorporated undercambered airfoils last chapter doubled back expound flat-bottom-airfoil spin-off designs began /2A kit version reintroduced Dan Lutzs 276-sq-in Class 09-powered de rivative 1951 three-view form accompa nying model construction information Should anyone wish review previous install ments following index will save consid erable research August 88 December 88 April 89 June 89 August 89 June 90 also significant group photo October 1990 issue personal quest obtain set plans 575 began after having number interesting discussions prompted some articles run Central Indiana Aeromodelers newsletter late seventies about early Zeeks Dan Lutz few others Dan eventually got Lew Mahieus attention doing some sort magazine article record history Zeek As time passed quite mass material collected yet still gaps filled going mold Zeek tory some orderly fashionplans available example Since full-length article would have complete since addition three-views might make piece too long squeeze single magazine issue decided attempt series shorter excerpts instead ap proach might possible generate additional input knowledgeable readers along way Man did decision ever produce pay dirt search plans 575 began ear nest Lyman Armstrong volunteered names five individuals thought pos sessed plan sets time another After few months spent investigating however leads ran dead ends Bill Cran ford authored plans lost original tracings unfortunate fire appeared 575 might never see light day again November 1988 skies opened up Chet Orrill wrote say following Zeek chronicles plan set 575 hed received Lew Mahieu 53 Nats Unbelievable Chet lived Connecticut would ever have expected 575 plans turn up New England places design originated California known plan sets distributed Strange things surely occur hobby kinship 575 previous kitted Zeeks certainly apparent entire model appears sleeker slimmer deep belly fuselage gone producing optical effect fuselage proportionally longer its predecessors planform also has somewhat stretched look because its higher aspect ratio wing stab Yet 575 unmistakably still Zeek plans recommend K&B 29 32 en gine possibly because Bill Cranfords helpmate project Lew Mahieu himself time aiding Bill producing kitted Zeeks under Premium Manufacturing Co la bel simultaneously working K&B engines could conveniently radially mounted A-in plywood firewall eliminating need metal engine mounts hardwood motor bear ers saving considerable up-front weight plans mention hardwood beam mounts should engine utilized require As balsa box fuselage Zeek 575 fuselage box constructed upside down over plan top bottom firm /16 sheet sides /-in sheet stock bulkheads aft A-in plywood firewall A-in sheet pylon laminated A-in sheet core wood grain running vertically sides /8-in sheet core wood grain running horizontally Wing stab platforms 3/~ /16 sheet respectively course pylon permanently located until both wing stab totally completed covered correct position longitudinal bal ance point can established flat-bottomed airfoil 575 wing cer tainly facilitates construction outlines spars can pinned down plans ribs subsequently added godsend compared internal spars required undercambered airfoils A/B kit versions bill materials wing includes x 3A-in leading edge LE x I-in tapered trail ing edge TE %-in sheet ribs A-in sheet wing tip outlines tip spars x LE planking /16 sheet cut standard 3-in width space between two center ribs planked top facilitate retain ing wing wing platform rubberbands stab construction similar used wing outline spar tacked down over plans A-in sheet ribs added last contoured outlines A-in sheet LE x Y16 in spar tapered ginning third rib end Space two center ribs %-in sheet vertical fin plank top LE A6 sheet SPECIALISTSINCUSTOMCOX TEE DEE & REED ENGINES 020S 049S 051S 074S & 09S ALL CUS TOM & STOCK PARTS VAILABLE INDIVIDUALLY COMPETITIONACCESSORIES RACING WHEELS KLOTZ OIL CARBON FIBER SOLID LINES ALL KINDS OFFUEL TUBING THREE BRANDS OFGLOWPLUGS HARD-TO-FINDHARDWARE OLD TIMER SUPPLIES COILS CONDENSERS NGK& STIlT SPARK PLUGS SILK8 COLORS QUALITYDOPEBRUSHES 5& 7LOOP 1/4RUBBER BANDS TRANSISTORIGNITIONSYSTEMS RESISTOR HIGH TENSION LEADS 1/2A TEXACO PLA YBOYSR KIT 1/2A TEXACO ENGINES & PARTS KSB & IGNITION TIMERS RUBBER POWER KITS PROPS TISSUEAND OTHER SUPPLIES CYANOACRYLA TES& EPOXIES ORDER BY MAIL OR PHONE 619 728-4365 SORRY NO COD VISA & MASTERCARD WELCOME MINIMUM MERCHANDISE ORDER $1000 SHIPPING HANDLING AND INSURANCE FEE $300 STOCK ORDERS SHIPPED WITHIN 24 HRS shown Actually entire model quite simple quick build Mahieu Cranford took obvi ous measures use standard wood sizes building techniques As Bill Cranford indicated previously number plan sets originally distributed assess marketability possi ble B/C 575 kit whatever reasons kit never produced commercially course writing Zeek chronicles number entertaining interesting facts have December 1990 187 OUR RE V-UP IN VENTOR V VERA GES 0 VER 9000 PROPS ! IMMEDIA TESHIPMENTON VISA/MC COPUTER/ZED 4/RCRfT PLOTS Technical Illustrations Suitable Framn Scale ting Scanning Seryices 3 Views D-TECH SYSTEMS Catalog $100 if62915 SASE 6189862383 FPEE / HANDLE N FORMATION 18007495942 NLZAD FThLD CHAHOEF $4495 TOP OF THE LINE DESIGNS FOR LESS BOTH UNITS DESIONED FOR RECEIVER AND TRANSMITTER BATTERIES NINETY DAY WARRANTY PRECiSION EXPANDED SCALE VOLT METER H DOUPER ELECTRONICS PO BOX 90171 AUSTIN TEXAS 78709 surfaced few come mind Lew Mahieu single-handedly conceptual ized designed original Zeeks never full responsibility kitting deriv atives despite fact worked Air-O Premium producing commercial Zeek kits worked K&B produced subsequent Kiwi de sign original Zeek kits first show fuse-operated pop-up DT also first tilting stab up side other would produce glide turn correspond ing direction noticeable effect power portion flight nothing else series has relit candles illuminate some heretofore fabled Zeeks yet see commercial print respon sible being have given proper credit list includes original 277-sq-in 1947 ignition-powered version drawn Stu Sit tig Lutz-produced 51 Class 09 deriva tive Cranford B/C 575 directly influenced Lew Mahieu though case recorded plans drawn another individ ual Obviously Lew Mahieu preferred work innovation standing still laurels de served hats off Lew Mahieu one-time associates making Free Flight legend thing certain People may eventu ally fade away hobby Zeeks ever Lastly am forever indebted Ive discussions correspondence phone conversations over past 10 years Prop er acknowledgment responsiveness good things have emerged colloquy would fill another chapter lieu shall simply close alphabetical listing names included 6-in-deep pile correspondence accumulated over 10 years individuals Lyman Armstrong Bill Cranford Ray Downs Gerald Fowler Russ Han sen FK Heeb Elmer Jordan Dan Lutz Lew Mahieu Ed Mate Chet Orrill Russ Snyder Bob Spink Carl Stokes Ed Toner heartfelt thanks Ive forgotten anyone humbly apologize oversight Obviously 10 years reliving Zeek designs turn contribution growth popularity Nostalgia Gas movement have acquired considerable inventory full size Zeek plans Should anyone require informa tion regard large SASE will get listing Thats aint no Till next time see downwind Nats Tale/Berman Continued page 88 rounds three afternoons looked logisti cally impossiblethere just too contestants Shadows grew long haze close IFR Just before 800 pm curfew turn couldnt put off longer Nerves thor oughly numbed now executed se quence either incident elegance think used ESP visual track ing Mercifully never caught up scoresheet After long-suffering wife made back motel dining room 30 miles away mere 10 minutes before locked door So Murphy dont win time Actually patience endurance dedication judges line officials other contest personnel old demon chaos cant get toehold Nats Dry roasting sun day varied crew did splendid job deserve thanks appreciation can express some Year after year Vince Mankowski Nats search committee come up good site Its amazing Mid-American Air Center flew off George Field World War II Army Air Force training base named after gen eral served its first commander Its 3000-acre facility mile-long run ways Ray Pickering genial veteran ser vice manager recalled hundreds Wacs well troop-carrying gliders part scene George Field dur ing forties As such air bases grisly dents sometimes occurred rookie pilot missed approach smacked house near field starting fire both adult residents perished fire men reached scene found threeyear-old girl unhurt wandering outside tears raised relatives another state visited Lawrenceville some 30 years later local folks gave big party Forgetfulness also causes accidents fullscale flying pilot lost life George Field after failing remove locks airplanes tail surfaces Economic survival large government facility difficult after Uncle Sam pulls out former military base low popula tion density limited fixed base operations dearth major industrial patronage scheduled airline stop hardly Five choose F-106 Delta Dart 71 Long F-20 Tigershark 88 Mig 25 Foxbat 75 U-2 Spyplane 52 F11F-1 Grumman Tiger 70 kits include Fiberglass fuselage foam wing cores balsa hardware color decals fuel tanks landing gear struts plans instructions *399 UPS U-2 $329 Cash check Money Order only4 8 weeks delivery Super Detailed Pilots molded four five parts lightweight ready assembly painting civilian Barnstormer /s US Navy &WWIIAAF st Full figures $1995 busts $795 PS 188 Model Aviation DID YOU KNOW Since 1982 Knights Air Inc has making great products scale modelers Thousands satis fied R/Cers have enjoyed scale pilot figures hundreds ducted fan jet kits hands happy jet modelers across country next time want great scale model product call upon Knights Air Inc - LAlNES fMILLS METALSB00S -PRECISION INSTRUMENTS OMPLETE OSTOLOC $200 L2ciEP1Eu FLS ce lOGOs stenos Zion C SIa Ra Sprrgf1o OZ 5505 COMPO513 3228562
Edition: Model Aviation - 1990/12
Page Numbers: 81, 82, 187, 188
HOT The hottest new development model scene seems oldestthe com pressed air motor Free Flight Scale has passed through some power fads probably know sixties Gas engine sev enties C02 Electric big eighties now compressed air seems rise nineties motor has gotten much attention late Italian Power Max Z Doug McHard re lates experiences unit April May issues Aeronwdeller averaging minute-and-a-half flights Piper Super Cruiser motor rated seven bars pres sure over 100 psi filled hand pump As head blows off nine bars some reinforcement needed help stay place overfilling clear plastic tank Doug used end Pentel brand perma nent marker peening aluminum sheath around cylinder CyAing lot together extra strength seems its last little bit pressure puts makes dif ference between average spectacular climb Max Z motor available US Bert Pond 128 Warren Terr Long Meadow MA 01106 tel 1-413/567-5346 New contest Roger Aime sent reproduc tion 1925 French postcard showing avia tion school Istres will note quite field towers background first reader correctly identifies structures will receive neat model kit Rubber Scale ship runners-up receiving Scale plans Postcards Jim Woods Seattle WA installed new Italian Power Max Z compressed air motor specially designed ITOH model 40-in span capable flights well over minute Photo Jim Woods Left Columnist Warner included snapshot another columnists rubber supply prove rats nest isnt Right Warner wonders Curtiss-Reid Courier Peanut James Dean plan refuses break 30 seconds Reno Must have altitude December 1990 81 Free Flight Sport & Scale Bill Warner 1370 Monad Ave ftrervlll CA 93257 Can guess what towers behind hangars 1925 French postcard used Send entries address top column first correct answer wins model fine Send entries address very beginning column service readers Some readers happiest find errors Correct try encourage form active participation including least mistake per column couple issues ago mentioned new Dave Diels F4F kit Bill Hannan plan appeared originally Ed Colemans Flying Scale Models WW II reality Harry Bagley Jr F4F same publica tion Hannans being F6F What troubles reader caught Bill Hannan Silk-over-tissue covering Bobby Haight forms new Fairey Swordfish features silkspan covering silk applied over works like charm first saw method basement Pierre Bluhms optical salon Nice mid-sixties Bluhm demonstrat ing its practicality Wakefield fuselage using silk applied over Japanese tissue covering bulletproof either silk tis sue alone requires less dope As know youve doped silk dope ten goes inside cloth adding extra weight Supposedly paper-silk combination about same weight just plain doped-over silk Using couple coats dope tis sue letting dry adding silk thinned dope does job easily Let know having good luck Litespan Since mentioning new wonder ma terial have heard several modelers re port good results plastic material re sembles doped Japanese tissue superstrong Made Solarfilm England Litespan avail able colors textured aluminum finish local hobby shop doesnt have T Hobby Lobby 3512 W Victory Blvd Burbank CA 91505 tel 1-818/842-5062 can supply $375 per sheet including postage Wet tissue covering subject cov ering Tom Arnold editor Scale Staffel newsletter highly recommends using PeckPolymers white Japanese tissue due its supe rior wet strength Tom uses thinned Titebond glue adhesive dampens tissue using water pump atomizer borrowed wifes dresser covers round fuselages quad rant time noting getting ambitious Sub-Peanut B-25 Havasu Flash Dick Howard built Mike Midkifts plan Flying Models Dick flies living DeHavilland Mosquito built Keith Rid- room Photo Dick Howard lay England Wingspan 40 uses rubber power Plan Howard Boys Pho Newman comes via Dick Howard trying usually doesnt save much time trouble youd doing four sides box frame anyway Tom begins covering first quarter apply ing Titebond lengthwise along stringers both ends fuselage taking extra stringer side required area clever trick allows usual wrinkles col lect edges can cut away leaving actual boundary stringer nice smooth youd like receive great newsletter become member Staffel boasts some finest modeling talent country send $10 Scale Staffel Dave Kemp 8905 Idyllwild Lane San Diego CA 92119 Using 77M spray adhesive attach plans An addendum tip gave some time ago about using 77M Spray Cement adhere plans flat building board secure transpar ent plastic over Bob Beecroft San Diego Orbiteers says just mist lightest possible coat distance emphasis light Now know weld plan down Bob says Hunters Satellite City excellent videotape building method available few years ago Continued page 18S 82 Model Aviation charming Mireille Aims Salon France holds husband Rogers Nisuport 1921 racer built Pistachio size Fuselage heat-formed using soft styrene foam sheet over two mold halves Photo Roger Aims Dave Linstrum holds rubber-powered minute-pius Coconut Scale Indoor Sperry Mono plane wheels appear two flattened camp fire marshmallows Thats very interesting sleigh Santa insanity merry Christmas Dick Allen got lost altogether worse yet about runaway overruns because screws came flying loose out flight timer Dont let happen again some years now Ive backing out screws flight timer adding tiny drop Loctite 242 Threadlocker compound before installing timer model Im particularly faithful about performing chore ignition models vibration produced some vintage gasoline burners little short ferocious Ive also using procedure prevent crankcase screws loosening radially mounted engines Threadlocker makes fine sealant red Cox TD 020 Free Flight tank mounts invariably leak fuel sooner later tiny bottle Loctite 242 finally went dry happened remember perusing cement rack local chain hardware store finding Loctite 242 latched bottle Devcon brand thread-locking compound hoping would fair substitute depend able Loctite So far good saying goes difference can find moment 242 blue Devcon compound purple cares long serves purpose Ill probably getting mail some chemical engineer will write fourpage epistle good bad points various brands thread-locking compounds Whichever brand available area its good idea play safe using some sort thread-locking compound metal-to-metal machine screw attachments engine mount ings flight timer mechanisms Zeek ChroniclesPart VII history Zeek design having pretty well summa rized previous six chapters what remains finally record posterity existence fabled flat-bottom-airfoil B/C class 575-sqin version first five chapters traced ori gins Lew Mahieus initial 277-sq-in ignition version 1947 mid-fifties fi nally laid rest tooling glow-powered A/B kit Frank Garcher Midwest Models covered Zeeks incorporated undercambered airfoils last chapter doubled back expound flat-bottom-airfoil spin-off designs began /2A kit version reintroduced Dan Lutzs 276-sq-in Class 09-powered de rivative 1951 three-view form accompa nying model construction information Should anyone wish review previous install ments following index will save consid erable research August 88 December 88 April 89 June 89 August 89 June 90 also significant group photo October 1990 issue personal quest obtain set plans 575 began after having number interesting discussions prompted some articles run Central Indiana Aeromodelers newsletter late seventies about early Zeeks Dan Lutz few others Dan eventually got Lew Mahieus attention doing some sort magazine article record history Zeek As time passed quite mass material collected yet still gaps filled going mold Zeek tory some orderly fashionplans available example Since full-length article would have complete since addition three-views might make piece too long squeeze single magazine issue decided attempt series shorter excerpts instead ap proach might possible generate additional input knowledgeable readers along way Man did decision ever produce pay dirt search plans 575 began ear nest Lyman Armstrong volunteered names five individuals thought pos sessed plan sets time another After few months spent investigating however leads ran dead ends Bill Cran ford authored plans lost original tracings unfortunate fire appeared 575 might never see light day again November 1988 skies opened up Chet Orrill wrote say following Zeek chronicles plan set 575 hed received Lew Mahieu 53 Nats Unbelievable Chet lived Connecticut would ever have expected 575 plans turn up New England places design originated California known plan sets distributed Strange things surely occur hobby kinship 575 previous kitted Zeeks certainly apparent entire model appears sleeker slimmer deep belly fuselage gone producing optical effect fuselage proportionally longer its predecessors planform also has somewhat stretched look because its higher aspect ratio wing stab Yet 575 unmistakably still Zeek plans recommend K&B 29 32 en gine possibly because Bill Cranfords helpmate project Lew Mahieu himself time aiding Bill producing kitted Zeeks under Premium Manufacturing Co la bel simultaneously working K&B engines could conveniently radially mounted A-in plywood firewall eliminating need metal engine mounts hardwood motor bear ers saving considerable up-front weight plans mention hardwood beam mounts should engine utilized require As balsa box fuselage Zeek 575 fuselage box constructed upside down over plan top bottom firm /16 sheet sides /-in sheet stock bulkheads aft A-in plywood firewall A-in sheet pylon laminated A-in sheet core wood grain running vertically sides /8-in sheet core wood grain running horizontally Wing stab platforms 3/~ /16 sheet respectively course pylon permanently located until both wing stab totally completed covered correct position longitudinal bal ance point can established flat-bottomed airfoil 575 wing cer tainly facilitates construction outlines spars can pinned down plans ribs subsequently added godsend compared internal spars required undercambered airfoils A/B kit versions bill materials wing includes x 3A-in leading edge LE x I-in tapered trail ing edge TE %-in sheet ribs A-in sheet wing tip outlines tip spars x LE planking /16 sheet cut standard 3-in width space between two center ribs planked top facilitate retain ing wing wing platform rubberbands stab construction similar used wing outline spar tacked down over plans A-in sheet ribs added last contoured outlines A-in sheet LE x Y16 in spar tapered ginning third rib end Space two center ribs %-in sheet vertical fin plank top LE A6 sheet SPECIALISTSINCUSTOMCOX TEE DEE & REED ENGINES 020S 049S 051S 074S & 09S ALL CUS TOM & STOCK PARTS VAILABLE INDIVIDUALLY COMPETITIONACCESSORIES RACING WHEELS KLOTZ OIL CARBON FIBER SOLID LINES ALL KINDS OFFUEL TUBING THREE BRANDS OFGLOWPLUGS HARD-TO-FINDHARDWARE OLD TIMER SUPPLIES COILS CONDENSERS NGK& STIlT SPARK PLUGS SILK8 COLORS QUALITYDOPEBRUSHES 5& 7LOOP 1/4RUBBER BANDS TRANSISTORIGNITIONSYSTEMS RESISTOR HIGH TENSION LEADS 1/2A TEXACO PLA YBOYSR KIT 1/2A TEXACO ENGINES & PARTS KSB & IGNITION TIMERS RUBBER POWER KITS PROPS TISSUEAND OTHER SUPPLIES CYANOACRYLA TES& EPOXIES ORDER BY MAIL OR PHONE 619 728-4365 SORRY NO COD VISA & MASTERCARD WELCOME MINIMUM MERCHANDISE ORDER $1000 SHIPPING HANDLING AND INSURANCE FEE $300 STOCK ORDERS SHIPPED WITHIN 24 HRS shown Actually entire model quite simple quick build Mahieu Cranford took obvi ous measures use standard wood sizes building techniques As Bill Cranford indicated previously number plan sets originally distributed assess marketability possi ble B/C 575 kit whatever reasons kit never produced commercially course writing Zeek chronicles number entertaining interesting facts have December 1990 187 OUR RE V-UP IN VENTOR V VERA GES 0 VER 9000 PROPS ! IMMEDIA TESHIPMENTON VISA/MC COPUTER/ZED 4/RCRfT PLOTS Technical Illustrations Suitable Framn Scale ting Scanning Seryices 3 Views D-TECH SYSTEMS Catalog $100 if62915 SASE 6189862383 FPEE / HANDLE N FORMATION 18007495942 NLZAD FThLD CHAHOEF $4495 TOP OF THE LINE DESIGNS FOR LESS BOTH UNITS DESIONED FOR RECEIVER AND TRANSMITTER BATTERIES NINETY DAY WARRANTY PRECiSION EXPANDED SCALE VOLT METER H DOUPER ELECTRONICS PO BOX 90171 AUSTIN TEXAS 78709 surfaced few come mind Lew Mahieu single-handedly conceptual ized designed original Zeeks never full responsibility kitting deriv atives despite fact worked Air-O Premium producing commercial Zeek kits worked K&B produced subsequent Kiwi de sign original Zeek kits first show fuse-operated pop-up DT also first tilting stab up side other would produce glide turn correspond ing direction noticeable effect power portion flight nothing else series has relit candles illuminate some heretofore fabled Zeeks yet see commercial print respon sible being have given proper credit list includes original 277-sq-in 1947 ignition-powered version drawn Stu Sit tig Lutz-produced 51 Class 09 deriva tive Cranford B/C 575 directly influenced Lew Mahieu though case recorded plans drawn another individ ual Obviously Lew Mahieu preferred work innovation standing still laurels de served hats off Lew Mahieu one-time associates making Free Flight legend thing certain People may eventu ally fade away hobby Zeeks ever Lastly am forever indebted Ive discussions correspondence phone conversations over past 10 years Prop er acknowledgment responsiveness good things have emerged colloquy would fill another chapter lieu shall simply close alphabetical listing names included 6-in-deep pile correspondence accumulated over 10 years individuals Lyman Armstrong Bill Cranford Ray Downs Gerald Fowler Russ Han sen FK Heeb Elmer Jordan Dan Lutz Lew Mahieu Ed Mate Chet Orrill Russ Snyder Bob Spink Carl Stokes Ed Toner heartfelt thanks Ive forgotten anyone humbly apologize oversight Obviously 10 years reliving Zeek designs turn contribution growth popularity Nostalgia Gas movement have acquired considerable inventory full size Zeek plans Should anyone require informa tion regard large SASE will get listing Thats aint no Till next time see downwind Nats Tale/Berman Continued page 88 rounds three afternoons looked logisti cally impossiblethere just too contestants Shadows grew long haze close IFR Just before 800 pm curfew turn couldnt put off longer Nerves thor oughly numbed now executed se quence either incident elegance think used ESP visual track ing Mercifully never caught up scoresheet After long-suffering wife made back motel dining room 30 miles away mere 10 minutes before locked door So Murphy dont win time Actually patience endurance dedication judges line officials other contest personnel old demon chaos cant get toehold Nats Dry roasting sun day varied crew did splendid job deserve thanks appreciation can express some Year after year Vince Mankowski Nats search committee come up good site Its amazing Mid-American Air Center flew off George Field World War II Army Air Force training base named after gen eral served its first commander Its 3000-acre facility mile-long run ways Ray Pickering genial veteran ser vice manager recalled hundreds Wacs well troop-carrying gliders part scene George Field dur ing forties As such air bases grisly dents sometimes occurred rookie pilot missed approach smacked house near field starting fire both adult residents perished fire men reached scene found threeyear-old girl unhurt wandering outside tears raised relatives another state visited Lawrenceville some 30 years later local folks gave big party Forgetfulness also causes accidents fullscale flying pilot lost life George Field after failing remove locks airplanes tail surfaces Economic survival large government facility difficult after Uncle Sam pulls out former military base low popula tion density limited fixed base operations dearth major industrial patronage scheduled airline stop hardly Five choose F-106 Delta Dart 71 Long F-20 Tigershark 88 Mig 25 Foxbat 75 U-2 Spyplane 52 F11F-1 Grumman Tiger 70 kits include Fiberglass fuselage foam wing cores balsa hardware color decals fuel tanks landing gear struts plans instructions *399 UPS U-2 $329 Cash check Money Order only4 8 weeks delivery Super Detailed Pilots molded four five parts lightweight ready assembly painting civilian Barnstormer /s US Navy &WWIIAAF st Full figures $1995 busts $795 PS 188 Model Aviation DID YOU KNOW Since 1982 Knights Air Inc has making great products scale modelers Thousands satis fied R/Cers have enjoyed scale pilot figures hundreds ducted fan jet kits hands happy jet modelers across country next time want great scale model product call upon Knights Air Inc - LAlNES fMILLS METALSB00S -PRECISION INSTRUMENTS OMPLETE OSTOLOC $200 L2ciEP1Eu FLS ce lOGOs stenos Zion C SIa Ra Sprrgf1o OZ 5505 COMPO513 3228562
Edition: Model Aviation - 1990/12
Page Numbers: 81, 82, 187, 188
HOT The hottest new development model scene seems oldestthe com pressed air motor Free Flight Scale has passed through some power fads probably know sixties Gas engine sev enties C02 Electric big eighties now compressed air seems rise nineties motor has gotten much attention late Italian Power Max Z Doug McHard re lates experiences unit April May issues Aeronwdeller averaging minute-and-a-half flights Piper Super Cruiser motor rated seven bars pres sure over 100 psi filled hand pump As head blows off nine bars some reinforcement needed help stay place overfilling clear plastic tank Doug used end Pentel brand perma nent marker peening aluminum sheath around cylinder CyAing lot together extra strength seems its last little bit pressure puts makes dif ference between average spectacular climb Max Z motor available US Bert Pond 128 Warren Terr Long Meadow MA 01106 tel 1-413/567-5346 New contest Roger Aime sent reproduc tion 1925 French postcard showing avia tion school Istres will note quite field towers background first reader correctly identifies structures will receive neat model kit Rubber Scale ship runners-up receiving Scale plans Postcards Jim Woods Seattle WA installed new Italian Power Max Z compressed air motor specially designed ITOH model 40-in span capable flights well over minute Photo Jim Woods Left Columnist Warner included snapshot another columnists rubber supply prove rats nest isnt Right Warner wonders Curtiss-Reid Courier Peanut James Dean plan refuses break 30 seconds Reno Must have altitude December 1990 81 Free Flight Sport & Scale Bill Warner 1370 Monad Ave ftrervlll CA 93257 Can guess what towers behind hangars 1925 French postcard used Send entries address top column first correct answer wins model fine Send entries address very beginning column service readers Some readers happiest find errors Correct try encourage form active participation including least mistake per column couple issues ago mentioned new Dave Diels F4F kit Bill Hannan plan appeared originally Ed Colemans Flying Scale Models WW II reality Harry Bagley Jr F4F same publica tion Hannans being F6F What troubles reader caught Bill Hannan Silk-over-tissue covering Bobby Haight forms new Fairey Swordfish features silkspan covering silk applied over works like charm first saw method basement Pierre Bluhms optical salon Nice mid-sixties Bluhm demonstrat ing its practicality Wakefield fuselage using silk applied over Japanese tissue covering bulletproof either silk tis sue alone requires less dope As know youve doped silk dope ten goes inside cloth adding extra weight Supposedly paper-silk combination about same weight just plain doped-over silk Using couple coats dope tis sue letting dry adding silk thinned dope does job easily Let know having good luck Litespan Since mentioning new wonder ma terial have heard several modelers re port good results plastic material re sembles doped Japanese tissue superstrong Made Solarfilm England Litespan avail able colors textured aluminum finish local hobby shop doesnt have T Hobby Lobby 3512 W Victory Blvd Burbank CA 91505 tel 1-818/842-5062 can supply $375 per sheet including postage Wet tissue covering subject cov ering Tom Arnold editor Scale Staffel newsletter highly recommends using PeckPolymers white Japanese tissue due its supe rior wet strength Tom uses thinned Titebond glue adhesive dampens tissue using water pump atomizer borrowed wifes dresser covers round fuselages quad rant time noting getting ambitious Sub-Peanut B-25 Havasu Flash Dick Howard built Mike Midkifts plan Flying Models Dick flies living DeHavilland Mosquito built Keith Rid- room Photo Dick Howard lay England Wingspan 40 uses rubber power Plan Howard Boys Pho Newman comes via Dick Howard trying usually doesnt save much time trouble youd doing four sides box frame anyway Tom begins covering first quarter apply ing Titebond lengthwise along stringers both ends fuselage taking extra stringer side required area clever trick allows usual wrinkles col lect edges can cut away leaving actual boundary stringer nice smooth youd like receive great newsletter become member Staffel boasts some finest modeling talent country send $10 Scale Staffel Dave Kemp 8905 Idyllwild Lane San Diego CA 92119 Using 77M spray adhesive attach plans An addendum tip gave some time ago about using 77M Spray Cement adhere plans flat building board secure transpar ent plastic over Bob Beecroft San Diego Orbiteers says just mist lightest possible coat distance emphasis light Now know weld plan down Bob says Hunters Satellite City excellent videotape building method available few years ago Continued page 18S 82 Model Aviation charming Mireille Aims Salon France holds husband Rogers Nisuport 1921 racer built Pistachio size Fuselage heat-formed using soft styrene foam sheet over two mold halves Photo Roger Aims Dave Linstrum holds rubber-powered minute-pius Coconut Scale Indoor Sperry Mono plane wheels appear two flattened camp fire marshmallows Thats very interesting sleigh Santa insanity merry Christmas Dick Allen got lost altogether worse yet about runaway overruns because screws came flying loose out flight timer Dont let happen again some years now Ive backing out screws flight timer adding tiny drop Loctite 242 Threadlocker compound before installing timer model Im particularly faithful about performing chore ignition models vibration produced some vintage gasoline burners little short ferocious Ive also using procedure prevent crankcase screws loosening radially mounted engines Threadlocker makes fine sealant red Cox TD 020 Free Flight tank mounts invariably leak fuel sooner later tiny bottle Loctite 242 finally went dry happened remember perusing cement rack local chain hardware store finding Loctite 242 latched bottle Devcon brand thread-locking compound hoping would fair substitute depend able Loctite So far good saying goes difference can find moment 242 blue Devcon compound purple cares long serves purpose Ill probably getting mail some chemical engineer will write fourpage epistle good bad points various brands thread-locking compounds Whichever brand available area its good idea play safe using some sort thread-locking compound metal-to-metal machine screw attachments engine mount ings flight timer mechanisms Zeek ChroniclesPart VII history Zeek design having pretty well summa rized previous six chapters what remains finally record posterity existence fabled flat-bottom-airfoil B/C class 575-sqin version first five chapters traced ori gins Lew Mahieus initial 277-sq-in ignition version 1947 mid-fifties fi nally laid rest tooling glow-powered A/B kit Frank Garcher Midwest Models covered Zeeks incorporated undercambered airfoils last chapter doubled back expound flat-bottom-airfoil spin-off designs began /2A kit version reintroduced Dan Lutzs 276-sq-in Class 09-powered de rivative 1951 three-view form accompa nying model construction information Should anyone wish review previous install ments following index will save consid erable research August 88 December 88 April 89 June 89 August 89 June 90 also significant group photo October 1990 issue personal quest obtain set plans 575 began after having number interesting discussions prompted some articles run Central Indiana Aeromodelers newsletter late seventies about early Zeeks Dan Lutz few others Dan eventually got Lew Mahieus attention doing some sort magazine article record history Zeek As time passed quite mass material collected yet still gaps filled going mold Zeek tory some orderly fashionplans available example Since full-length article would have complete since addition three-views might make piece too long squeeze single magazine issue decided attempt series shorter excerpts instead ap proach might possible generate additional input knowledgeable readers along way Man did decision ever produce pay dirt search plans 575 began ear nest Lyman Armstrong volunteered names five individuals thought pos sessed plan sets time another After few months spent investigating however leads ran dead ends Bill Cran ford authored plans lost original tracings unfortunate fire appeared 575 might never see light day again November 1988 skies opened up Chet Orrill wrote say following Zeek chronicles plan set 575 hed received Lew Mahieu 53 Nats Unbelievable Chet lived Connecticut would ever have expected 575 plans turn up New England places design originated California known plan sets distributed Strange things surely occur hobby kinship 575 previous kitted Zeeks certainly apparent entire model appears sleeker slimmer deep belly fuselage gone producing optical effect fuselage proportionally longer its predecessors planform also has somewhat stretched look because its higher aspect ratio wing stab Yet 575 unmistakably still Zeek plans recommend K&B 29 32 en gine possibly because Bill Cranfords helpmate project Lew Mahieu himself time aiding Bill producing kitted Zeeks under Premium Manufacturing Co la bel simultaneously working K&B engines could conveniently radially mounted A-in plywood firewall eliminating need metal engine mounts hardwood motor bear ers saving considerable up-front weight plans mention hardwood beam mounts should engine utilized require As balsa box fuselage Zeek 575 fuselage box constructed upside down over plan top bottom firm /16 sheet sides /-in sheet stock bulkheads aft A-in plywood firewall A-in sheet pylon laminated A-in sheet core wood grain running vertically sides /8-in sheet core wood grain running horizontally Wing stab platforms 3/~ /16 sheet respectively course pylon permanently located until both wing stab totally completed covered correct position longitudinal bal ance point can established flat-bottomed airfoil 575 wing cer tainly facilitates construction outlines spars can pinned down plans ribs subsequently added godsend compared internal spars required undercambered airfoils A/B kit versions bill materials wing includes x 3A-in leading edge LE x I-in tapered trail ing edge TE %-in sheet ribs A-in sheet wing tip outlines tip spars x LE planking /16 sheet cut standard 3-in width space between two center ribs planked top facilitate retain ing wing wing platform rubberbands stab construction similar used wing outline spar tacked down over plans A-in sheet ribs added last contoured outlines A-in sheet LE x Y16 in spar tapered ginning third rib end Space two center ribs %-in sheet vertical fin plank top LE A6 sheet SPECIALISTSINCUSTOMCOX TEE DEE & REED ENGINES 020S 049S 051S 074S & 09S ALL CUS TOM & STOCK PARTS VAILABLE INDIVIDUALLY COMPETITIONACCESSORIES RACING WHEELS KLOTZ OIL CARBON FIBER SOLID LINES ALL KINDS OFFUEL TUBING THREE BRANDS OFGLOWPLUGS HARD-TO-FINDHARDWARE OLD TIMER SUPPLIES COILS CONDENSERS NGK& STIlT SPARK PLUGS SILK8 COLORS QUALITYDOPEBRUSHES 5& 7LOOP 1/4RUBBER BANDS TRANSISTORIGNITIONSYSTEMS RESISTOR HIGH TENSION LEADS 1/2A TEXACO PLA YBOYSR KIT 1/2A TEXACO ENGINES & PARTS KSB & IGNITION TIMERS RUBBER POWER KITS PROPS TISSUEAND OTHER SUPPLIES CYANOACRYLA TES& EPOXIES ORDER BY MAIL OR PHONE 619 728-4365 SORRY NO COD VISA & MASTERCARD WELCOME MINIMUM MERCHANDISE ORDER $1000 SHIPPING HANDLING AND INSURANCE FEE $300 STOCK ORDERS SHIPPED WITHIN 24 HRS shown Actually entire model quite simple quick build Mahieu Cranford took obvi ous measures use standard wood sizes building techniques As Bill Cranford indicated previously number plan sets originally distributed assess marketability possi ble B/C 575 kit whatever reasons kit never produced commercially course writing Zeek chronicles number entertaining interesting facts have December 1990 187 OUR RE V-UP IN VENTOR V VERA GES 0 VER 9000 PROPS ! IMMEDIA TESHIPMENTON VISA/MC COPUTER/ZED 4/RCRfT PLOTS Technical Illustrations Suitable Framn Scale ting Scanning Seryices 3 Views D-TECH SYSTEMS Catalog $100 if62915 SASE 6189862383 FPEE / HANDLE N FORMATION 18007495942 NLZAD FThLD CHAHOEF $4495 TOP OF THE LINE DESIGNS FOR LESS BOTH UNITS DESIONED FOR RECEIVER AND TRANSMITTER BATTERIES NINETY DAY WARRANTY PRECiSION EXPANDED SCALE VOLT METER H DOUPER ELECTRONICS PO BOX 90171 AUSTIN TEXAS 78709 surfaced few come mind Lew Mahieu single-handedly conceptual ized designed original Zeeks never full responsibility kitting deriv atives despite fact worked Air-O Premium producing commercial Zeek kits worked K&B produced subsequent Kiwi de sign original Zeek kits first show fuse-operated pop-up DT also first tilting stab up side other would produce glide turn correspond ing direction noticeable effect power portion flight nothing else series has relit candles illuminate some heretofore fabled Zeeks yet see commercial print respon sible being have given proper credit list includes original 277-sq-in 1947 ignition-powered version drawn Stu Sit tig Lutz-produced 51 Class 09 deriva tive Cranford B/C 575 directly influenced Lew Mahieu though case recorded plans drawn another individ ual Obviously Lew Mahieu preferred work innovation standing still laurels de served hats off Lew Mahieu one-time associates making Free Flight legend thing certain People may eventu ally fade away hobby Zeeks ever Lastly am forever indebted Ive discussions correspondence phone conversations over past 10 years Prop er acknowledgment responsiveness good things have emerged colloquy would fill another chapter lieu shall simply close alphabetical listing names included 6-in-deep pile correspondence accumulated over 10 years individuals Lyman Armstrong Bill Cranford Ray Downs Gerald Fowler Russ Han sen FK Heeb Elmer Jordan Dan Lutz Lew Mahieu Ed Mate Chet Orrill Russ Snyder Bob Spink Carl Stokes Ed Toner heartfelt thanks Ive forgotten anyone humbly apologize oversight Obviously 10 years reliving Zeek designs turn contribution growth popularity Nostalgia Gas movement have acquired considerable inventory full size Zeek plans Should anyone require informa tion regard large SASE will get listing Thats aint no Till next time see downwind Nats Tale/Berman Continued page 88 rounds three afternoons looked logisti cally impossiblethere just too contestants Shadows grew long haze close IFR Just before 800 pm curfew turn couldnt put off longer Nerves thor oughly numbed now executed se quence either incident elegance think used ESP visual track ing Mercifully never caught up scoresheet After long-suffering wife made back motel dining room 30 miles away mere 10 minutes before locked door So Murphy dont win time Actually patience endurance dedication judges line officials other contest personnel old demon chaos cant get toehold Nats Dry roasting sun day varied crew did splendid job deserve thanks appreciation can express some Year after year Vince Mankowski Nats search committee come up good site Its amazing Mid-American Air Center flew off George Field World War II Army Air Force training base named after gen eral served its first commander Its 3000-acre facility mile-long run ways Ray Pickering genial veteran ser vice manager recalled hundreds Wacs well troop-carrying gliders part scene George Field dur ing forties As such air bases grisly dents sometimes occurred rookie pilot missed approach smacked house near field starting fire both adult residents perished fire men reached scene found threeyear-old girl unhurt wandering outside tears raised relatives another state visited Lawrenceville some 30 years later local folks gave big party Forgetfulness also causes accidents fullscale flying pilot lost life George Field after failing remove locks airplanes tail surfaces Economic survival large government facility difficult after Uncle Sam pulls out former military base low popula tion density limited fixed base operations dearth major industrial patronage scheduled airline stop hardly Five choose F-106 Delta Dart 71 Long F-20 Tigershark 88 Mig 25 Foxbat 75 U-2 Spyplane 52 F11F-1 Grumman Tiger 70 kits include Fiberglass fuselage foam wing cores balsa hardware color decals fuel tanks landing gear struts plans instructions *399 UPS U-2 $329 Cash check Money Order only4 8 weeks delivery Super Detailed Pilots molded four five parts lightweight ready assembly painting civilian Barnstormer /s US Navy &WWIIAAF st Full figures $1995 busts $795 PS 188 Model Aviation DID YOU KNOW Since 1982 Knights Air Inc has making great products scale modelers Thousands satis fied R/Cers have enjoyed scale pilot figures hundreds ducted fan jet kits hands happy jet modelers across country next time want great scale model product call upon Knights Air Inc - LAlNES fMILLS METALSB00S -PRECISION INSTRUMENTS OMPLETE OSTOLOC $200 L2ciEP1Eu FLS ce lOGOs stenos Zion C SIa Ra Sprrgf1o OZ 5505 COMPO513 3228562
Edition: Model Aviation - 1990/12
Page Numbers: 81, 82, 187, 188
HOT The hottest new development model scene seems oldestthe com pressed air motor Free Flight Scale has passed through some power fads probably know sixties Gas engine sev enties C02 Electric big eighties now compressed air seems rise nineties motor has gotten much attention late Italian Power Max Z Doug McHard re lates experiences unit April May issues Aeronwdeller averaging minute-and-a-half flights Piper Super Cruiser motor rated seven bars pres sure over 100 psi filled hand pump As head blows off nine bars some reinforcement needed help stay place overfilling clear plastic tank Doug used end Pentel brand perma nent marker peening aluminum sheath around cylinder CyAing lot together extra strength seems its last little bit pressure puts makes dif ference between average spectacular climb Max Z motor available US Bert Pond 128 Warren Terr Long Meadow MA 01106 tel 1-413/567-5346 New contest Roger Aime sent reproduc tion 1925 French postcard showing avia tion school Istres will note quite field towers background first reader correctly identifies structures will receive neat model kit Rubber Scale ship runners-up receiving Scale plans Postcards Jim Woods Seattle WA installed new Italian Power Max Z compressed air motor specially designed ITOH model 40-in span capable flights well over minute Photo Jim Woods Left Columnist Warner included snapshot another columnists rubber supply prove rats nest isnt Right Warner wonders Curtiss-Reid Courier Peanut James Dean plan refuses break 30 seconds Reno Must have altitude December 1990 81 Free Flight Sport & Scale Bill Warner 1370 Monad Ave ftrervlll CA 93257 Can guess what towers behind hangars 1925 French postcard used Send entries address top column first correct answer wins model fine Send entries address very beginning column service readers Some readers happiest find errors Correct try encourage form active participation including least mistake per column couple issues ago mentioned new Dave Diels F4F kit Bill Hannan plan appeared originally Ed Colemans Flying Scale Models WW II reality Harry Bagley Jr F4F same publica tion Hannans being F6F What troubles reader caught Bill Hannan Silk-over-tissue covering Bobby Haight forms new Fairey Swordfish features silkspan covering silk applied over works like charm first saw method basement Pierre Bluhms optical salon Nice mid-sixties Bluhm demonstrat ing its practicality Wakefield fuselage using silk applied over Japanese tissue covering bulletproof either silk tis sue alone requires less dope As know youve doped silk dope ten goes inside cloth adding extra weight Supposedly paper-silk combination about same weight just plain doped-over silk Using couple coats dope tis sue letting dry adding silk thinned dope does job easily Let know having good luck Litespan Since mentioning new wonder ma terial have heard several modelers re port good results plastic material re sembles doped Japanese tissue superstrong Made Solarfilm England Litespan avail able colors textured aluminum finish local hobby shop doesnt have T Hobby Lobby 3512 W Victory Blvd Burbank CA 91505 tel 1-818/842-5062 can supply $375 per sheet including postage Wet tissue covering subject cov ering Tom Arnold editor Scale Staffel newsletter highly recommends using PeckPolymers white Japanese tissue due its supe rior wet strength Tom uses thinned Titebond glue adhesive dampens tissue using water pump atomizer borrowed wifes dresser covers round fuselages quad rant time noting getting ambitious Sub-Peanut B-25 Havasu Flash Dick Howard built Mike Midkifts plan Flying Models Dick flies living DeHavilland Mosquito built Keith Rid- room Photo Dick Howard lay England Wingspan 40 uses rubber power Plan Howard Boys Pho Newman comes via Dick Howard trying usually doesnt save much time trouble youd doing four sides box frame anyway Tom begins covering first quarter apply ing Titebond lengthwise along stringers both ends fuselage taking extra stringer side required area clever trick allows usual wrinkles col lect edges can cut away leaving actual boundary stringer nice smooth youd like receive great newsletter become member Staffel boasts some finest modeling talent country send $10 Scale Staffel Dave Kemp 8905 Idyllwild Lane San Diego CA 92119 Using 77M spray adhesive attach plans An addendum tip gave some time ago about using 77M Spray Cement adhere plans flat building board secure transpar ent plastic over Bob Beecroft San Diego Orbiteers says just mist lightest possible coat distance emphasis light Now know weld plan down Bob says Hunters Satellite City excellent videotape building method available few years ago Continued page 18S 82 Model Aviation charming Mireille Aims Salon France holds husband Rogers Nisuport 1921 racer built Pistachio size Fuselage heat-formed using soft styrene foam sheet over two mold halves Photo Roger Aims Dave Linstrum holds rubber-powered minute-pius Coconut Scale Indoor Sperry Mono plane wheels appear two flattened camp fire marshmallows Thats very interesting sleigh Santa insanity merry Christmas Dick Allen got lost altogether worse yet about runaway overruns because screws came flying loose out flight timer Dont let happen again some years now Ive backing out screws flight timer adding tiny drop Loctite 242 Threadlocker compound before installing timer model Im particularly faithful about performing chore ignition models vibration produced some vintage gasoline burners little short ferocious Ive also using procedure prevent crankcase screws loosening radially mounted engines Threadlocker makes fine sealant red Cox TD 020 Free Flight tank mounts invariably leak fuel sooner later tiny bottle Loctite 242 finally went dry happened remember perusing cement rack local chain hardware store finding Loctite 242 latched bottle Devcon brand thread-locking compound hoping would fair substitute depend able Loctite So far good saying goes difference can find moment 242 blue Devcon compound purple cares long serves purpose Ill probably getting mail some chemical engineer will write fourpage epistle good bad points various brands thread-locking compounds Whichever brand available area its good idea play safe using some sort thread-locking compound metal-to-metal machine screw attachments engine mount ings flight timer mechanisms Zeek ChroniclesPart VII history Zeek design having pretty well summa rized previous six chapters what remains finally record posterity existence fabled flat-bottom-airfoil B/C class 575-sqin version first five chapters traced ori gins Lew Mahieus initial 277-sq-in ignition version 1947 mid-fifties fi nally laid rest tooling glow-powered A/B kit Frank Garcher Midwest Models covered Zeeks incorporated undercambered airfoils last chapter doubled back expound flat-bottom-airfoil spin-off designs began /2A kit version reintroduced Dan Lutzs 276-sq-in Class 09-powered de rivative 1951 three-view form accompa nying model construction information Should anyone wish review previous install ments following index will save consid erable research August 88 December 88 April 89 June 89 August 89 June 90 also significant group photo October 1990 issue personal quest obtain set plans 575 began after having number interesting discussions prompted some articles run Central Indiana Aeromodelers newsletter late seventies about early Zeeks Dan Lutz few others Dan eventually got Lew Mahieus attention doing some sort magazine article record history Zeek As time passed quite mass material collected yet still gaps filled going mold Zeek tory some orderly fashionplans available example Since full-length article would have complete since addition three-views might make piece too long squeeze single magazine issue decided attempt series shorter excerpts instead ap proach might possible generate additional input knowledgeable readers along way Man did decision ever produce pay dirt search plans 575 began ear nest Lyman Armstrong volunteered names five individuals thought pos sessed plan sets time another After few months spent investigating however leads ran dead ends Bill Cran ford authored plans lost original tracings unfortunate fire appeared 575 might never see light day again November 1988 skies opened up Chet Orrill wrote say following Zeek chronicles plan set 575 hed received Lew Mahieu 53 Nats Unbelievable Chet lived Connecticut would ever have expected 575 plans turn up New England places design originated California known plan sets distributed Strange things surely occur hobby kinship 575 previous kitted Zeeks certainly apparent entire model appears sleeker slimmer deep belly fuselage gone producing optical effect fuselage proportionally longer its predecessors planform also has somewhat stretched look because its higher aspect ratio wing stab Yet 575 unmistakably still Zeek plans recommend K&B 29 32 en gine possibly because Bill Cranfords helpmate project Lew Mahieu himself time aiding Bill producing kitted Zeeks under Premium Manufacturing Co la bel simultaneously working K&B engines could conveniently radially mounted A-in plywood firewall eliminating need metal engine mounts hardwood motor bear ers saving considerable up-front weight plans mention hardwood beam mounts should engine utilized require As balsa box fuselage Zeek 575 fuselage box constructed upside down over plan top bottom firm /16 sheet sides /-in sheet stock bulkheads aft A-in plywood firewall A-in sheet pylon laminated A-in sheet core wood grain running vertically sides /8-in sheet core wood grain running horizontally Wing stab platforms 3/~ /16 sheet respectively course pylon permanently located until both wing stab totally completed covered correct position longitudinal bal ance point can established flat-bottomed airfoil 575 wing cer tainly facilitates construction outlines spars can pinned down plans ribs subsequently added godsend compared internal spars required undercambered airfoils A/B kit versions bill materials wing includes x 3A-in leading edge LE x I-in tapered trail ing edge TE %-in sheet ribs A-in sheet wing tip outlines tip spars x LE planking /16 sheet cut standard 3-in width space between two center ribs planked top facilitate retain ing wing wing platform rubberbands stab construction similar used wing outline spar tacked down over plans A-in sheet ribs added last contoured outlines A-in sheet LE x Y16 in spar tapered ginning third rib end Space two center ribs %-in sheet vertical fin plank top LE A6 sheet SPECIALISTSINCUSTOMCOX TEE DEE & REED ENGINES 020S 049S 051S 074S & 09S ALL CUS TOM & STOCK PARTS VAILABLE INDIVIDUALLY COMPETITIONACCESSORIES RACING WHEELS KLOTZ OIL CARBON FIBER SOLID LINES ALL KINDS OFFUEL TUBING THREE BRANDS OFGLOWPLUGS HARD-TO-FINDHARDWARE OLD TIMER SUPPLIES COILS CONDENSERS NGK& STIlT SPARK PLUGS SILK8 COLORS QUALITYDOPEBRUSHES 5& 7LOOP 1/4RUBBER BANDS TRANSISTORIGNITIONSYSTEMS RESISTOR HIGH TENSION LEADS 1/2A TEXACO PLA YBOYSR KIT 1/2A TEXACO ENGINES & PARTS KSB & IGNITION TIMERS RUBBER POWER KITS PROPS TISSUEAND OTHER SUPPLIES CYANOACRYLA TES& EPOXIES ORDER BY MAIL OR PHONE 619 728-4365 SORRY NO COD VISA & MASTERCARD WELCOME MINIMUM MERCHANDISE ORDER $1000 SHIPPING HANDLING AND INSURANCE FEE $300 STOCK ORDERS SHIPPED WITHIN 24 HRS shown Actually entire model quite simple quick build Mahieu Cranford took obvi ous measures use standard wood sizes building techniques As Bill Cranford indicated previously number plan sets originally distributed assess marketability possi ble B/C 575 kit whatever reasons kit never produced commercially course writing Zeek chronicles number entertaining interesting facts have December 1990 187 OUR RE V-UP IN VENTOR V VERA GES 0 VER 9000 PROPS ! IMMEDIA TESHIPMENTON VISA/MC COPUTER/ZED 4/RCRfT PLOTS Technical Illustrations Suitable Framn Scale ting Scanning Seryices 3 Views D-TECH SYSTEMS Catalog $100 if62915 SASE 6189862383 FPEE / HANDLE N FORMATION 18007495942 NLZAD FThLD CHAHOEF $4495 TOP OF THE LINE DESIGNS FOR LESS BOTH UNITS DESIONED FOR RECEIVER AND TRANSMITTER BATTERIES NINETY DAY WARRANTY PRECiSION EXPANDED SCALE VOLT METER H DOUPER ELECTRONICS PO BOX 90171 AUSTIN TEXAS 78709 surfaced few come mind Lew Mahieu single-handedly conceptual ized designed original Zeeks never full responsibility kitting deriv atives despite fact worked Air-O Premium producing commercial Zeek kits worked K&B produced subsequent Kiwi de sign original Zeek kits first show fuse-operated pop-up DT also first tilting stab up side other would produce glide turn correspond ing direction noticeable effect power portion flight nothing else series has relit candles illuminate some heretofore fabled Zeeks yet see commercial print respon sible being have given proper credit list includes original 277-sq-in 1947 ignition-powered version drawn Stu Sit tig Lutz-produced 51 Class 09 deriva tive Cranford B/C 575 directly influenced Lew Mahieu though case recorded plans drawn another individ ual Obviously Lew Mahieu preferred work innovation standing still laurels de served hats off Lew Mahieu one-time associates making Free Flight legend thing certain People may eventu ally fade away hobby Zeeks ever Lastly am forever indebted Ive discussions correspondence phone conversations over past 10 years Prop er acknowledgment responsiveness good things have emerged colloquy would fill another chapter lieu shall simply close alphabetical listing names included 6-in-deep pile correspondence accumulated over 10 years individuals Lyman Armstrong Bill Cranford Ray Downs Gerald Fowler Russ Han sen FK Heeb Elmer Jordan Dan Lutz Lew Mahieu Ed Mate Chet Orrill Russ Snyder Bob Spink Carl Stokes Ed Toner heartfelt thanks Ive forgotten anyone humbly apologize oversight Obviously 10 years reliving Zeek designs turn contribution growth popularity Nostalgia Gas movement have acquired considerable inventory full size Zeek plans Should anyone require informa tion regard large SASE will get listing Thats aint no Till next time see downwind Nats Tale/Berman Continued page 88 rounds three afternoons looked logisti cally impossiblethere just too contestants Shadows grew long haze close IFR Just before 800 pm curfew turn couldnt put off longer Nerves thor oughly numbed now executed se quence either incident elegance think used ESP visual track ing Mercifully never caught up scoresheet After long-suffering wife made back motel dining room 30 miles away mere 10 minutes before locked door So Murphy dont win time Actually patience endurance dedication judges line officials other contest personnel old demon chaos cant get toehold Nats Dry roasting sun day varied crew did splendid job deserve thanks appreciation can express some Year after year Vince Mankowski Nats search committee come up good site Its amazing Mid-American Air Center flew off George Field World War II Army Air Force training base named after gen eral served its first commander Its 3000-acre facility mile-long run ways Ray Pickering genial veteran ser vice manager recalled hundreds Wacs well troop-carrying gliders part scene George Field dur ing forties As such air bases grisly dents sometimes occurred rookie pilot missed approach smacked house near field starting fire both adult residents perished fire men reached scene found threeyear-old girl unhurt wandering outside tears raised relatives another state visited Lawrenceville some 30 years later local folks gave big party Forgetfulness also causes accidents fullscale flying pilot lost life George Field after failing remove locks airplanes tail surfaces Economic survival large government facility difficult after Uncle Sam pulls out former military base low popula tion density limited fixed base operations dearth major industrial patronage scheduled airline stop hardly Five choose F-106 Delta Dart 71 Long F-20 Tigershark 88 Mig 25 Foxbat 75 U-2 Spyplane 52 F11F-1 Grumman Tiger 70 kits include Fiberglass fuselage foam wing cores balsa hardware color decals fuel tanks landing gear struts plans instructions *399 UPS U-2 $329 Cash check Money Order only4 8 weeks delivery Super Detailed Pilots molded four five parts lightweight ready assembly painting civilian Barnstormer /s US Navy &WWIIAAF st Full figures $1995 busts $795 PS 188 Model Aviation DID YOU KNOW Since 1982 Knights Air Inc has making great products scale modelers Thousands satis fied R/Cers have enjoyed scale pilot figures hundreds ducted fan jet kits hands happy jet modelers across country next time want great scale model product call upon Knights Air Inc - LAlNES fMILLS METALSB00S -PRECISION INSTRUMENTS OMPLETE OSTOLOC $200 L2ciEP1Eu FLS ce lOGOs stenos Zion C SIa Ra Sprrgf1o OZ 5505 COMPO513 3228562