WINNERS What Are Towers contest Wow Id like thank readers wrote entries contest announced page 81 December 1990 sue What response dozens rea soned creative altogether plausible explana tions including possible use towers radar Don Yoppini lifting up aircraft maintenance Jesse Harrell training pilots hook up dirigibles Don Schultz Radio Free Europe antennae Harry Gilkewqicz parachute training towers Russ Wells Sr supports hang camouflage hiding hangars G Wright lightning arresters John Conaney anchors balloons Clarence Troegel Sr so originally guessed towers radio antennae farm varietybut no According source postcard Roger Aime Sa lon France designed support wires hold up hangar roofs winner Robert W McCord Milpitas CA knew now proud owner new Shinden model kit Diels Engineering Runners-up figured towers hold up hangar roofs will receive model plans prizes Todd Long Fountain Hills Arizona Newton J Heuberger Tampa Florida Paul Grabski Pensacola Florida Todd Long Fountain Hills Arizona Charles Braun Knightdale North Carolina Hal Redner Clinton New York Good work guys thanks skysters entered First P-30 now SP-30 world-renowned Black Sheep Squadron Burbank California has come up what promises interesting new wrinkle FF Scale Scale Performance 30 SP-30 takeoff popular P-30 event goal performance craftsman ship also stressed bonuses given dif ficult subjects la Flying Aces rules 1 The model must exceed 30-in span 24-in mimmum 2 Minimum weight rubber 40 grams plus weight timers 3 The rubber motor shall exceed 10 grams multiple motors 15 grams 4 The prop may material No folders 5 Any flight 20 seconds will official Maximum flight two minutes 6 Six official flightsbest three count 7 In event tie next best flight can count another flight can recorded 8 Bonus handicap times exceed two mm utes worth will awarded a multiple engines 25 b multiple wings 20 c canards pushers 15 d flying wings 25 e floats 15 t low wing 15 g rigging scale 10 9 Bonus handicap times will awarded 72 Model Aviation Free Flight Sport & Scale Bill Warner 1370 Monache Ave Porteivilie CA 93257 Jane SchIosbergs Boulton-Paul Defiant tram Golden Age kit quality workman ship beiies modeilng-is-for-men-only myth museums show lesser caliber models Jack McCracken built Waco RNF jumbo Rubber model 1930 three-piace Waco F dubbed easiest fiying airpiane America Photo Jack McCracken Left corner Bob Schiosberge workroom Some coupies hundred-pius outstanding models spill over other rooms Ar izona home Right sampling Bobs museum-quality model squadron top row left right Sig Monoooupe C02 Golden Age Spartan Cabin Rearwin Speedster Davis D-1 W Golden Age Curtiss Robin Velie Monocoupe C02 Polish fighter Fokker D-7 Boeing F4B4 Waco UPF-7 few static models Bob Schiosberg has exhibit built Avrum Zier design finished orange white black trim a craftsmanship finish 30 b ROG table 30 c Scale documentation within reason 10 aircraft must have control surfaces either outlined operable license numbers insignia trim 10 Dethermalizers recommended mechan ical-type clockwork onlyTomy timers Sil ly Putty etc No fuse type 11 Retractable gear must ROG 12 The CD may disqua1if modelscontestants deemed unfair true spirit event HaBW Well gang can imagine some prob lems will need ironed out basic idea might fun club try perhaps own variations Less costly CyA anyone Some ad dicted cyanoacrylate Rey McClusky 17 Al den Court Delmar NY 12054 telephone 518/ 439-9627 has deal may interest brand old-fashioned stuff called Gloo l oz bottle Teflon tubing tip $250 Postage another $100 six bot tIes club rate $75 box 30 $300 Jane Schiosberg hoids 24-In Ryder R-4 Firecracker Janes artistic background helped got FF Scale few years ago Photo Bob Schlosberg Jane work Found Centenniai twicescale Peanut took third Peanut Scaic 1990 Mooney Memoriai Phoenix AZ postage Scott Smith editor renowned newsletter Mid-Hudson Modelmasters says works just like other thin non UFO CyA adhesives hes tried Legendary CanadIan Courier seeing photo Curtiss Reid Courier Peanut December FF Scale column Peter Mann wrote tell about Paul Verdiers 1936 Canadian Senior Indoor semiscale record 25-in Courier 4 ft 51 18-in loop 3A2 brown rubber Peter archivist MAAC Canadian equivalent AMA following year 1936 Fred mayer won Senior event flight 3 ft 54 Paul came second both flying Courier Freds covered red yellow microfilm Whatever happened microfilm Scale jobs anyway pany thats name game just re ceived samples precision-cut balsa block prop blanks made Ed Wickland Superior finest have ever seen props hesitate call blanks almost no work needed finish up predrilled cost fifty cents per inch Theyre available right-hand left-hand version can cut light medium heavy balsa Three- four-bladers priced $100 per inch freewheeling variety comes anything fourto 14-inch pitch folders avallable larger sizes up 28 inches receive free 12-page brochure little machine-cut beauties send large SASE Supe rior Props 2412 Tucson Ave Pensacola FL 32526 telephone 904/944-1972 time writing free prop up to9 being offered first order think youll pleasantly surprised -- -~\ ______2ff Allen fans always knew Dickthe US Navys futurethe seagoing Gee-Bee April 1991 73 front end Bob Schiosbergs Howard DGA 17 CO2 shows off clever baa-relief Bob built striking Arrow Sport Medummy motor aluminum tube pushrod gow plan motivates Brown CO2 mo covers wires See column Bobs tor Color scheme cream dark red hints making dummy motors other tips visit Bob Jane Schlosbers Cnntin,d,, -174 Frank Faracos Ford 2AT being readied Black Sheep Squadrons SP-30 event new wrinkle FF Scale Bill lists SP-30 rules column Photo Sweeny Haysahi Wind-Up purchased paltry $133 smacked hammer FF Sport & Scale/Warner Continued page 73 Schlosbergs live little two-story bungalow Scottsdale Arizona would put governors mansion shame addition extensive art collection includes much aviation art have something model storage problem over hundred examples fine craftsman ship display Retiring Arizona Massa chusetts few years ago built dream house ample model shop complete custom workshop shelves showcases Now models overflow two adjacent rooms Bobs reputation master scale modeler harks back days did show models Golden Age Repreductions two things have hap pened since First has leamed fly em well enough win contests Second charming wife Jane has taken up hobby now producing models quality least equal men tor resist uaing words museum qualify refer models museums regularly display ships lesser quality spent lot time Bob squeaky-clean atelier trying find out what secret making such fine models might think adjective meticulous sums up Bob builds plans rather drawing everything scratch means lot construction stuff has worked out leaving him energy improvements ac tual construction place tool theyre place building Bob matches up parts uses sandpa per lot isnt afraid something over doesnt come out way likes work certain level quality can live Bobs higher true us course has nice soft alfalfa fly over saves lot models flew over hard dirt stiff sagebrush some other stuff thats hard modelswho knows Hints Bob Schlosberg Ever try potato peeler shape leading edges larger mod els Bob says works great also uses hair dryer coax striping tape around sharp bends affix model surface cuts Carl Goldberg striping tape pin-striping tape sticking down plastic cutting sheet us ing metal straightedge get right width Striping have noticed gives Bobs models classy look making dummy engine representation Rubber models prototypes radial en gines Bob draws up cylinder xeroxes times necessary make up entire engine set pasteup engine front can copied often desiredan incentive build other models type future two-dimensional drawing can jazzed up addition aluminum pushrods partial Williams Bros cylinders thick electrical wire insulation still collector rings smaller copper wire spark plug leads asked about nice finishes Bob re plied uses Sig Lite-Coat dope thinned three parts thinner dope Spraying dope keeps lighter professional looking Bob prefers thinned white glue dope attaching tissue keeps well away inside edge wing stab prevent tissue pulling down behind structural member India ink technical pen provides control surface outlines field Bob Jane scientific flight testing strive consistency keeping records models performance special notebook models fly well often house often meetingplace Cactus Squadron based Phoenix area Bob does fine job Contest Director sides being meticulous craftspersons excel lent fliers Bob Jane warm unselfish human beings Theyre nomination Modeling Couple Year Broom straws Dave Smith Cactus Squad ron passes along little hint may some use gumbanders out uses broom straws ordinary kitchen broom manner things models J F Frugoli France Ulises Alvarez Uruguay have long used smooth strong free material have also used dried straw larger dimension slit down side cover fatten up wire under carriage cabane strutting Start collecting box various sizes types straw today youll amazed uses youll find axles way tail skids Windshield problems Scale Watch newslet ter Great Pacific Northwest passes tip John Stewart Elmers Safe T contact cement dries clear can worked wet wind shields nemesis might give try Custom-printed tissue few years ago late great Walt Mooney wowed us nifty decorations Kunkadlo done di rectly tissue color Xerox machine Now again some brave soul will run sheet Jap anese tissue copier have jam up side Bob Meuser elder statesman OakContinued page 179 q F~~OFFICIAL AMA SAFETY CODEJanuary 11991 Model Flying Must Accordance Code Order AMA Liability Protection Apply GENERALflown indoors3 will perform initial turn after takeoff away 1 I will fly model aircraft competition 7 will operate models metal-bladed pro- pit spectator areas will thereafter fly over pit spectator areas unless be- U presence spectators until has beenpellers gaseous boosts gasesU proven airworthy having previ-other air normal atmospheric pressure en-yond control ously successfully flight testedter internal combustion engines nor will I4 will operate model using radio control I2 will fly model higher approxioperate models extremely hazardous fuelsfrequencies currently allowed Federal mately 400 feet within 3 miles airport with-such containing tetranitromethane orCommunications Commission Only properly Iiout notifying airport operator will give right-hydrazinecensed Amateurs authorized operate equip of-way avoid flying proximity full-8 will operate models pyrotechnics anyment Amateur Band frequencies Further scale aircraft necessary observerdevice explodes burns propels projec-any transmitters use sanctioned eveni shall utilized supervise flying avoid hay- tile kind including limited rock- must have certified RICMA-AMA gold sticker af fixed indicating manufactured modi- U ing models fly proximity full-scale aircraft ets explosive bombs dropped models fled 3Where established will abide safetysmoke bombs explosive gases such peration 20kHz frequency separa rules flying site use will willfullyhydrogen-filled balloons ground mounted de-tion except 27MHz 53MHzU deliberately fly models careless reck-vices launching projectileThe exceptions permitted rockets flown accordance withFREE FLIGHT less and/or dangerous mannerthe Safety Code National Association 4If model weighs over 20 pounds will onlyRocketry permanently attached per1 will launch model aircraft unless fly accordance paragraph 5 sec-JATO use also items authorized Airleast 100 feet downwind spectators autoU tion AMA Safety CodeShow Team use defined AST Advisory Coin-mobile parkingi 5At air shows model flying demonstrations amittee document available AMA HO Note2 will fly model unless launch area single straight line must established sideA model aircraft defined aircraft orclear persons except mechanic offi-U flying other side spec-without engine able carry human beingcials tators Only persons essential flight 9 will fly model using turbojet power ax operations permitted flying side ial centrifugal flow unless have obtained 31 will employ use adequate device line others must spectatorflight extinguish fuses model after itU special waiver such specific flights theh Id side Flying over spectator side line isAMA President Executive Director willas compete its unction prohibited unless beyond control theabide restrictions imposed such flights pilots exceptions may permitby Note does apply ducted fanCONTROL LINEI ted single straight line requirement undermodels using piston engines electric motors special circumstances involving consideration of1 will subject complete control system site conditions model size weight speedRADIO CONTROLcluding safety thong applicable inand power must jointly approved AMAspection pull test prior flyingI President Executive Director maxi-1 will have completed successful radio equipmum permissible takeoff weight models 55ment ground range check before first flight of2 will assure fly ng area safely clear lbs repaired model lity wires poles 6lwill fly model unless identified with21 will fly model aircraft presence31 will assure flying area safely clear name address AMA number inof spectators until become qualified flier un-of non-essential participants spectators model Note does apply modelsless assisted experienced helperbefore permitting engine started L ll Ettinger * says Only ian n Pottere Seta gino aesotted deorgno wont hove neleoted bent olonsin designo time ohooso ftom paneres eoch port ore important noolusioe feature Curtiss HAWK PlC 94% wingspan ength 2268 eq wing eree 13 23 ClO enginen eenel 9/C RCOS14 5 Curtiss FALCON O-IB/A3 114 wingspan ength 3160 eq wing eree 23 35 Cl13 enainen annel 6/C RCf2S13 5 One-ThlrdScale Piper Tn-Pacer PA 22 63/9 meg pa 23605i meg en 200030 d eno ens F 05 bR/C sepe 265 0 noern segh 0C35302995 1/3 Scale Piper CubI 3 s ttg wino span 95 length 2995qinwioearea4nhRIC 2tt-3lt old eneines RC3S202995 Quarter Scale WW SE-5A ggna wing npoe sq wing areas 78 22 engines RCO57 0 7SYe open s 21 2$ sq wingorno t3to3t engines ecTt CapableOver captures imoginotion OCOSO 6 FOKKER DR-i TRIPLANE 72 wing span eq wing area 7000100 engines OCOSO 0 SOPWITH CAMEL F1 04 wing open 0 eq wing area 11 lbs w/n If/C Ply wood ft balsa onesnuctino eve 05 eq ft drawings RCO5t t g34g5 Fokker D-VII 00 wingspan eq wIng no 91 25 cd evaov 35 oh. 0COS5 5 Ducted Fans Navy F4D-1 Skyray 1 5 scale esgeb 40% wing aeon lbs oh 9/Cs Ifeteantible Landing Oser RCOF2$2995 1 soot. 44 Isngth 32% wing spas bs wie RIC 35 oh 9/C RK72$ tees RCDFl01995 Golden Age 116 Scale Cessna AW gtwtngnpon900eqinwingateo 60 enginess3 4 chenwi 01C RC05-t 5 118 Scale Puss Moth 573Awntgspansdd0eqin wee Fm20.Agenginess3chonoolRiC $C05-2 0 6i11 Effioger Feesding MwbOr AMA NFFS Hell Fswst Friow vomyleto view nob omembly ft detailed porte lists PLEASE ADD 0395 ler shipplee mailing tobel Sne 1951 Floe Seen binochorn 1t w efondebe u r sto den WE TECHNICAL SERVICES Rt 1 Box 2900A Sents Rose Bench FL 32459 land Cloud Dusters suggests trying following First dust very light Coat 3M Super 77 spray adhesive back tissue wait five minutes Stick tissue sheet bond paper using bit Magic Mending Tape around edges Run through machine artwork will beautifully transferred rigbt onto tissue tissue stuck tigbt bit thinner back bond paper will aid peeling off careful dope thinner smears printing going dope model means spray brush ing will certainly mess up Also its advisable test piece just though check ing compatibility two different dopes en amels always test piece right Well gang until next time Remember dont stop playing because get old get old because stop playingD See Dealer Cataloger Order don catty Square Cut Too cal us- pay lot Cal pay lot ah pping thy U S eva Canada 407 254-0516 905 N Haroor Cry too Melbourne FL 32935 DeslerlDlatnlbutor InquirieS belIed Fionda Rea Add Saea Tax 1/8 Air ForcelBott Continued page 76 high priority always put safety / Air Force fly-ins AMA Frequency Committee member Lance Halle oversaw transmitter control spectrum ana lyzer /a Air Force has excellent flight line control system safety officer flight line has radio contact control tower atop ramada depar tures landings special front center maneuvers must given prior approval % Air Force Fall Fly-In keeps bring ing back pit area less crowded spring event pilots proficient Im always fascinated assortment working technology bring spring fly-in beats size never fun El Hanno/Boddington Continued page 97 revised porting timing stainless steel HS bearings carburetion modifications other refinements Special combines good power outputits among powerful 61 engineswith low noise level fact proved quietest two-strokers Fentress contest Four-stroke engines continue im proved OS offerings example have progressed standard engines Surpass Surpass 2 now super charged version 120 four-strokers allowed FAT contests tend nois ier less powerful engines using larger higher-pitch propellers would help keep noise acceptable levels super charged engines would still put out power currently use Also theyd require larger models Hanno isnt sure thats right way go mo ment course Hanno uses variety mod els demonstration display flying EZ Extra 230 fitted special OS Gemini 120 horizontal twin fourstroke engine Twin carburetors give Ge mini fantastic throttle response hori zontal twin engine setup keeps vibration lev els low Noise levels modest en gine sounds delightful could well power plant reigning World Champions future would mistake FAI authorities introduce new maneuvers solely ex ploit todays powerful engines efforts much better spent reducing noise levels improving flight realism invisible link Hanno Prettners world competition success top-line well-maintained radio equipment Its mis take assume Hanno would win re .THE SUPERIOR GLOW PLUGS FOR GO FAST FL YERS ARE BACK! 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WINNERS What Are Towers contest Wow Id like thank readers wrote entries contest announced page 81 December 1990 sue What response dozens rea soned creative altogether plausible explana tions including possible use towers radar Don Yoppini lifting up aircraft maintenance Jesse Harrell training pilots hook up dirigibles Don Schultz Radio Free Europe antennae Harry Gilkewqicz parachute training towers Russ Wells Sr supports hang camouflage hiding hangars G Wright lightning arresters John Conaney anchors balloons Clarence Troegel Sr so originally guessed towers radio antennae farm varietybut no According source postcard Roger Aime Sa lon France designed support wires hold up hangar roofs winner Robert W McCord Milpitas CA knew now proud owner new Shinden model kit Diels Engineering Runners-up figured towers hold up hangar roofs will receive model plans prizes Todd Long Fountain Hills Arizona Newton J Heuberger Tampa Florida Paul Grabski Pensacola Florida Todd Long Fountain Hills Arizona Charles Braun Knightdale North Carolina Hal Redner Clinton New York Good work guys thanks skysters entered First P-30 now SP-30 world-renowned Black Sheep Squadron Burbank California has come up what promises interesting new wrinkle FF Scale Scale Performance 30 SP-30 takeoff popular P-30 event goal performance craftsman ship also stressed bonuses given dif ficult subjects la Flying Aces rules 1 The model must exceed 30-in span 24-in mimmum 2 Minimum weight rubber 40 grams plus weight timers 3 The rubber motor shall exceed 10 grams multiple motors 15 grams 4 The prop may material No folders 5 Any flight 20 seconds will official Maximum flight two minutes 6 Six official flightsbest three count 7 In event tie next best flight can count another flight can recorded 8 Bonus handicap times exceed two mm utes worth will awarded a multiple engines 25 b multiple wings 20 c canards pushers 15 d flying wings 25 e floats 15 t low wing 15 g rigging scale 10 9 Bonus handicap times will awarded 72 Model Aviation Free Flight Sport & Scale Bill Warner 1370 Monache Ave Porteivilie CA 93257 Jane SchIosbergs Boulton-Paul Defiant tram Golden Age kit quality workman ship beiies modeilng-is-for-men-only myth museums show lesser caliber models Jack McCracken built Waco RNF jumbo Rubber model 1930 three-piace Waco F dubbed easiest fiying airpiane America Photo Jack McCracken Left corner Bob Schiosberge workroom Some coupies hundred-pius outstanding models spill over other rooms Ar izona home Right sampling Bobs museum-quality model squadron top row left right Sig Monoooupe C02 Golden Age Spartan Cabin Rearwin Speedster Davis D-1 W Golden Age Curtiss Robin Velie Monocoupe C02 Polish fighter Fokker D-7 Boeing F4B4 Waco UPF-7 few static models Bob Schiosberg has exhibit built Avrum Zier design finished orange white black trim a craftsmanship finish 30 b ROG table 30 c Scale documentation within reason 10 aircraft must have control surfaces either outlined operable license numbers insignia trim 10 Dethermalizers recommended mechan ical-type clockwork onlyTomy timers Sil ly Putty etc No fuse type 11 Retractable gear must ROG 12 The CD may disqua1if modelscontestants deemed unfair true spirit event HaBW Well gang can imagine some prob lems will need ironed out basic idea might fun club try perhaps own variations Less costly CyA anyone Some ad dicted cyanoacrylate Rey McClusky 17 Al den Court Delmar NY 12054 telephone 518/ 439-9627 has deal may interest brand old-fashioned stuff called Gloo l oz bottle Teflon tubing tip $250 Postage another $100 six bot tIes club rate $75 box 30 $300 Jane Schiosberg hoids 24-In Ryder R-4 Firecracker Janes artistic background helped got FF Scale few years ago Photo Bob Schlosberg Jane work Found Centenniai twicescale Peanut took third Peanut Scaic 1990 Mooney Memoriai Phoenix AZ postage Scott Smith editor renowned newsletter Mid-Hudson Modelmasters says works just like other thin non UFO CyA adhesives hes tried Legendary CanadIan Courier seeing photo Curtiss Reid Courier Peanut December FF Scale column Peter Mann wrote tell about Paul Verdiers 1936 Canadian Senior Indoor semiscale record 25-in Courier 4 ft 51 18-in loop 3A2 brown rubber Peter archivist MAAC Canadian equivalent AMA following year 1936 Fred mayer won Senior event flight 3 ft 54 Paul came second both flying Courier Freds covered red yellow microfilm Whatever happened microfilm Scale jobs anyway pany thats name game just re ceived samples precision-cut balsa block prop blanks made Ed Wickland Superior finest have ever seen props hesitate call blanks almost no work needed finish up predrilled cost fifty cents per inch Theyre available right-hand left-hand version can cut light medium heavy balsa Three- four-bladers priced $100 per inch freewheeling variety comes anything fourto 14-inch pitch folders avallable larger sizes up 28 inches receive free 12-page brochure little machine-cut beauties send large SASE Supe rior Props 2412 Tucson Ave Pensacola FL 32526 telephone 904/944-1972 time writing free prop up to9 being offered first order think youll pleasantly surprised -- -~\ ______2ff Allen fans always knew Dickthe US Navys futurethe seagoing Gee-Bee April 1991 73 front end Bob Schiosbergs Howard DGA 17 CO2 shows off clever baa-relief Bob built striking Arrow Sport Medummy motor aluminum tube pushrod gow plan motivates Brown CO2 mo covers wires See column Bobs tor Color scheme cream dark red hints making dummy motors other tips visit Bob Jane Schlosbers Cnntin,d,, -174 Frank Faracos Ford 2AT being readied Black Sheep Squadrons SP-30 event new wrinkle FF Scale Bill lists SP-30 rules column Photo Sweeny Haysahi Wind-Up purchased paltry $133 smacked hammer FF Sport & Scale/Warner Continued page 73 Schlosbergs live little two-story bungalow Scottsdale Arizona would put governors mansion shame addition extensive art collection includes much aviation art have something model storage problem over hundred examples fine craftsman ship display Retiring Arizona Massa chusetts few years ago built dream house ample model shop complete custom workshop shelves showcases Now models overflow two adjacent rooms Bobs reputation master scale modeler harks back days did show models Golden Age Repreductions two things have hap pened since First has leamed fly em well enough win contests Second charming wife Jane has taken up hobby now producing models quality least equal men tor resist uaing words museum qualify refer models museums regularly display ships lesser quality spent lot time Bob squeaky-clean atelier trying find out what secret making such fine models might think adjective meticulous sums up Bob builds plans rather drawing everything scratch means lot construction stuff has worked out leaving him energy improvements ac tual construction place tool theyre place building Bob matches up parts uses sandpa per lot isnt afraid something over doesnt come out way likes work certain level quality can live Bobs higher true us course has nice soft alfalfa fly over saves lot models flew over hard dirt stiff sagebrush some other stuff thats hard modelswho knows Hints Bob Schlosberg Ever try potato peeler shape leading edges larger mod els Bob says works great also uses hair dryer coax striping tape around sharp bends affix model surface cuts Carl Goldberg striping tape pin-striping tape sticking down plastic cutting sheet us ing metal straightedge get right width Striping have noticed gives Bobs models classy look making dummy engine representation Rubber models prototypes radial en gines Bob draws up cylinder xeroxes times necessary make up entire engine set pasteup engine front can copied often desiredan incentive build other models type future two-dimensional drawing can jazzed up addition aluminum pushrods partial Williams Bros cylinders thick electrical wire insulation still collector rings smaller copper wire spark plug leads asked about nice finishes Bob re plied uses Sig Lite-Coat dope thinned three parts thinner dope Spraying dope keeps lighter professional looking Bob prefers thinned white glue dope attaching tissue keeps well away inside edge wing stab prevent tissue pulling down behind structural member India ink technical pen provides control surface outlines field Bob Jane scientific flight testing strive consistency keeping records models performance special notebook models fly well often house often meetingplace Cactus Squadron based Phoenix area Bob does fine job Contest Director sides being meticulous craftspersons excel lent fliers Bob Jane warm unselfish human beings Theyre nomination Modeling Couple Year Broom straws Dave Smith Cactus Squad ron passes along little hint may some use gumbanders out uses broom straws ordinary kitchen broom manner things models J F Frugoli France Ulises Alvarez Uruguay have long used smooth strong free material have also used dried straw larger dimension slit down side cover fatten up wire under carriage cabane strutting Start collecting box various sizes types straw today youll amazed uses youll find axles way tail skids Windshield problems Scale Watch newslet ter Great Pacific Northwest passes tip John Stewart Elmers Safe T contact cement dries clear can worked wet wind shields nemesis might give try Custom-printed tissue few years ago late great Walt Mooney wowed us nifty decorations Kunkadlo done di rectly tissue color Xerox machine Now again some brave soul will run sheet Jap anese tissue copier have jam up side Bob Meuser elder statesman OakContinued page 179 q F~~OFFICIAL AMA SAFETY CODEJanuary 11991 Model Flying Must Accordance Code Order AMA Liability Protection Apply GENERALflown indoors3 will perform initial turn after takeoff away 1 I will fly model aircraft competition 7 will operate models metal-bladed pro- pit spectator areas will thereafter fly over pit spectator areas unless be- U presence spectators until has beenpellers gaseous boosts gasesU proven airworthy having previ-other air normal atmospheric pressure en-yond control ously successfully flight testedter internal combustion engines nor will I4 will operate model using radio control I2 will fly model higher approxioperate models extremely hazardous fuelsfrequencies currently allowed Federal mately 400 feet within 3 miles airport with-such containing tetranitromethane orCommunications Commission Only properly Iiout notifying airport operator will give right-hydrazinecensed Amateurs authorized operate equip of-way avoid flying proximity full-8 will operate models pyrotechnics anyment Amateur Band frequencies Further scale aircraft necessary observerdevice explodes burns propels projec-any transmitters use sanctioned eveni shall utilized supervise flying avoid hay- tile kind including limited rock- must have certified RICMA-AMA gold sticker af fixed indicating manufactured modi- U ing models fly proximity full-scale aircraft ets explosive bombs dropped models fled 3Where established will abide safetysmoke bombs explosive gases such peration 20kHz frequency separa rules flying site use will willfullyhydrogen-filled balloons ground mounted de-tion except 27MHz 53MHzU deliberately fly models careless reck-vices launching projectileThe exceptions permitted rockets flown accordance withFREE FLIGHT less and/or dangerous mannerthe Safety Code National Association 4If model weighs over 20 pounds will onlyRocketry permanently attached per1 will launch model aircraft unless fly accordance paragraph 5 sec-JATO use also items authorized Airleast 100 feet downwind spectators autoU tion AMA Safety CodeShow Team use defined AST Advisory Coin-mobile parkingi 5At air shows model flying demonstrations amittee document available AMA HO Note2 will fly model unless launch area single straight line must established sideA model aircraft defined aircraft orclear persons except mechanic offi-U flying other side spec-without engine able carry human beingcials tators Only persons essential flight 9 will fly model using turbojet power ax operations permitted flying side ial centrifugal flow unless have obtained 31 will employ use adequate device line others must spectatorflight extinguish fuses model after itU special waiver such specific flights theh Id side Flying over spectator side line isAMA President Executive Director willas compete its unction prohibited unless beyond control theabide restrictions imposed such flights pilots exceptions may permitby Note does apply ducted fanCONTROL LINEI ted single straight line requirement undermodels using piston engines electric motors special circumstances involving consideration of1 will subject complete control system site conditions model size weight speedRADIO CONTROLcluding safety thong applicable inand power must jointly approved AMAspection pull test prior flyingI President Executive Director maxi-1 will have completed successful radio equipmum permissible takeoff weight models 55ment ground range check before first flight of2 will assure fly ng area safely clear lbs repaired model lity wires poles 6lwill fly model unless identified with21 will fly model aircraft presence31 will assure flying area safely clear name address AMA number inof spectators until become qualified flier un-of non-essential participants spectators model Note does apply modelsless assisted experienced helperbefore permitting engine started L ll Ettinger * says Only ian n Pottere Seta gino aesotted deorgno wont hove neleoted bent olonsin designo time ohooso ftom paneres eoch port ore important noolusioe feature Curtiss HAWK PlC 94% wingspan ength 2268 eq wing eree 13 23 ClO enginen eenel 9/C RCOS14 5 Curtiss FALCON O-IB/A3 114 wingspan ength 3160 eq wing eree 23 35 Cl13 enainen annel 6/C RCf2S13 5 One-ThlrdScale Piper Tn-Pacer PA 22 63/9 meg pa 23605i meg en 200030 d eno ens F 05 bR/C sepe 265 0 noern segh 0C35302995 1/3 Scale Piper CubI 3 s ttg wino span 95 length 2995qinwioearea4nhRIC 2tt-3lt old eneines RC3S202995 Quarter Scale WW SE-5A ggna wing npoe sq wing areas 78 22 engines RCO57 0 7SYe open s 21 2$ sq wingorno t3to3t engines ecTt CapableOver captures imoginotion OCOSO 6 FOKKER DR-i TRIPLANE 72 wing span eq wing area 7000100 engines OCOSO 0 SOPWITH CAMEL F1 04 wing open 0 eq wing area 11 lbs w/n If/C Ply wood ft balsa onesnuctino eve 05 eq ft drawings RCO5t t g34g5 Fokker D-VII 00 wingspan eq wIng no 91 25 cd evaov 35 oh. 0COS5 5 Ducted Fans Navy F4D-1 Skyray 1 5 scale esgeb 40% wing aeon lbs oh 9/Cs Ifeteantible Landing Oser RCOF2$2995 1 soot. 44 Isngth 32% wing spas bs wie RIC 35 oh 9/C RK72$ tees RCDFl01995 Golden Age 116 Scale Cessna AW gtwtngnpon900eqinwingateo 60 enginess3 4 chenwi 01C RC05-t 5 118 Scale Puss Moth 573Awntgspansdd0eqin wee Fm20.Agenginess3chonoolRiC $C05-2 0 6i11 Effioger Feesding MwbOr AMA NFFS Hell Fswst Friow vomyleto view nob omembly ft detailed porte lists PLEASE ADD 0395 ler shipplee mailing tobel Sne 1951 Floe Seen binochorn 1t w efondebe u r sto den WE TECHNICAL SERVICES Rt 1 Box 2900A Sents Rose Bench FL 32459 land Cloud Dusters suggests trying following First dust very light Coat 3M Super 77 spray adhesive back tissue wait five minutes Stick tissue sheet bond paper using bit Magic Mending Tape around edges Run through machine artwork will beautifully transferred rigbt onto tissue tissue stuck tigbt bit thinner back bond paper will aid peeling off careful dope thinner smears printing going dope model means spray brush ing will certainly mess up Also its advisable test piece just though check ing compatibility two different dopes en amels always test piece right Well gang until next time Remember dont stop playing because get old get old because stop playingD See Dealer Cataloger Order don catty Square Cut Too cal us- pay lot Cal pay lot ah pping thy U S eva Canada 407 254-0516 905 N Haroor Cry too Melbourne FL 32935 DeslerlDlatnlbutor InquirieS belIed Fionda Rea Add Saea Tax 1/8 Air ForcelBott Continued page 76 high priority always put safety / Air Force fly-ins AMA Frequency Committee member Lance Halle oversaw transmitter control spectrum ana lyzer /a Air Force has excellent flight line control system safety officer flight line has radio contact control tower atop ramada depar tures landings special front center maneuvers must given prior approval % Air Force Fall Fly-In keeps bring ing back pit area less crowded spring event pilots proficient Im always fascinated assortment working technology bring spring fly-in beats size never fun El Hanno/Boddington Continued page 97 revised porting timing stainless steel HS bearings carburetion modifications other refinements Special combines good power outputits among powerful 61 engineswith low noise level fact proved quietest two-strokers Fentress contest Four-stroke engines continue im proved OS offerings example have progressed standard engines Surpass Surpass 2 now super charged version 120 four-strokers allowed FAT contests tend nois ier less powerful engines using larger higher-pitch propellers would help keep noise acceptable levels super charged engines would still put out power currently use Also theyd require larger models Hanno isnt sure thats right way go mo ment course Hanno uses variety mod els demonstration display flying EZ Extra 230 fitted special OS Gemini 120 horizontal twin fourstroke engine Twin carburetors give Ge mini fantastic throttle response hori zontal twin engine setup keeps vibration lev els low Noise levels modest en gine sounds delightful could well power plant reigning World Champions future would mistake FAI authorities introduce new maneuvers solely ex ploit todays powerful engines efforts much better spent reducing noise levels improving flight realism invisible link Hanno Prettners world competition success top-line well-maintained radio equipment Its mis take assume Hanno would win re .THE SUPERIOR GLOW PLUGS FOR GO FAST FL YERS ARE BACK! Puts sting engine Unique flat-wound Spiral coil element high temperature glass-to-metal seal add up faster ignition increased RPM 1 /2A GloBee plugs designed exclusivelyfor 049/051 Cox engines Ask new GB-SRX Speed Plug GB-SR Racing Plug GB-5P Sport Plug local dealer today unavailable locally write call Twinn-K collect tor pricing delivery information FREE GloBee Catalog MAKE THE GLOBEE / INDY CONNECTION Twinn-K Inc 10296 W Washington St Indianapolis IN 46231 Telephone 317-839-6579 FAX 317-839-8928 April 1991 179 0, nIl 55 110 100 0000 CAnaLOG SPPS snsvovo z na U Ultimate FOAM CUTTING WIRE Out performs music wire end nichromn Pkg 8 Send $400 plus $225 shipping handling Warden WoodworksDealer Inquiries 14935 MarIa Warren Ml 48093veiled 313-294-0890 lfl balsa Wood SQUARE CUT TOOLS 5 pc Masters Set 1/I 3/it 1 4 516 3$S16 98 3 pc Builders Set 3/16 1 4 Sit $ 998
Edition: Model Aviation - 1991/04
Page Numbers: 72, 73, 174, 179
WINNERS What Are Towers contest Wow Id like thank readers wrote entries contest announced page 81 December 1990 sue What response dozens rea soned creative altogether plausible explana tions including possible use towers radar Don Yoppini lifting up aircraft maintenance Jesse Harrell training pilots hook up dirigibles Don Schultz Radio Free Europe antennae Harry Gilkewqicz parachute training towers Russ Wells Sr supports hang camouflage hiding hangars G Wright lightning arresters John Conaney anchors balloons Clarence Troegel Sr so originally guessed towers radio antennae farm varietybut no According source postcard Roger Aime Sa lon France designed support wires hold up hangar roofs winner Robert W McCord Milpitas CA knew now proud owner new Shinden model kit Diels Engineering Runners-up figured towers hold up hangar roofs will receive model plans prizes Todd Long Fountain Hills Arizona Newton J Heuberger Tampa Florida Paul Grabski Pensacola Florida Todd Long Fountain Hills Arizona Charles Braun Knightdale North Carolina Hal Redner Clinton New York Good work guys thanks skysters entered First P-30 now SP-30 world-renowned Black Sheep Squadron Burbank California has come up what promises interesting new wrinkle FF Scale Scale Performance 30 SP-30 takeoff popular P-30 event goal performance craftsman ship also stressed bonuses given dif ficult subjects la Flying Aces rules 1 The model must exceed 30-in span 24-in mimmum 2 Minimum weight rubber 40 grams plus weight timers 3 The rubber motor shall exceed 10 grams multiple motors 15 grams 4 The prop may material No folders 5 Any flight 20 seconds will official Maximum flight two minutes 6 Six official flightsbest three count 7 In event tie next best flight can count another flight can recorded 8 Bonus handicap times exceed two mm utes worth will awarded a multiple engines 25 b multiple wings 20 c canards pushers 15 d flying wings 25 e floats 15 t low wing 15 g rigging scale 10 9 Bonus handicap times will awarded 72 Model Aviation Free Flight Sport & Scale Bill Warner 1370 Monache Ave Porteivilie CA 93257 Jane SchIosbergs Boulton-Paul Defiant tram Golden Age kit quality workman ship beiies modeilng-is-for-men-only myth museums show lesser caliber models Jack McCracken built Waco RNF jumbo Rubber model 1930 three-piace Waco F dubbed easiest fiying airpiane America Photo Jack McCracken Left corner Bob Schiosberge workroom Some coupies hundred-pius outstanding models spill over other rooms Ar izona home Right sampling Bobs museum-quality model squadron top row left right Sig Monoooupe C02 Golden Age Spartan Cabin Rearwin Speedster Davis D-1 W Golden Age Curtiss Robin Velie Monocoupe C02 Polish fighter Fokker D-7 Boeing F4B4 Waco UPF-7 few static models Bob Schiosberg has exhibit built Avrum Zier design finished orange white black trim a craftsmanship finish 30 b ROG table 30 c Scale documentation within reason 10 aircraft must have control surfaces either outlined operable license numbers insignia trim 10 Dethermalizers recommended mechan ical-type clockwork onlyTomy timers Sil ly Putty etc No fuse type 11 Retractable gear must ROG 12 The CD may disqua1if modelscontestants deemed unfair true spirit event HaBW Well gang can imagine some prob lems will need ironed out basic idea might fun club try perhaps own variations Less costly CyA anyone Some ad dicted cyanoacrylate Rey McClusky 17 Al den Court Delmar NY 12054 telephone 518/ 439-9627 has deal may interest brand old-fashioned stuff called Gloo l oz bottle Teflon tubing tip $250 Postage another $100 six bot tIes club rate $75 box 30 $300 Jane Schiosberg hoids 24-In Ryder R-4 Firecracker Janes artistic background helped got FF Scale few years ago Photo Bob Schlosberg Jane work Found Centenniai twicescale Peanut took third Peanut Scaic 1990 Mooney Memoriai Phoenix AZ postage Scott Smith editor renowned newsletter Mid-Hudson Modelmasters says works just like other thin non UFO CyA adhesives hes tried Legendary CanadIan Courier seeing photo Curtiss Reid Courier Peanut December FF Scale column Peter Mann wrote tell about Paul Verdiers 1936 Canadian Senior Indoor semiscale record 25-in Courier 4 ft 51 18-in loop 3A2 brown rubber Peter archivist MAAC Canadian equivalent AMA following year 1936 Fred mayer won Senior event flight 3 ft 54 Paul came second both flying Courier Freds covered red yellow microfilm Whatever happened microfilm Scale jobs anyway pany thats name game just re ceived samples precision-cut balsa block prop blanks made Ed Wickland Superior finest have ever seen props hesitate call blanks almost no work needed finish up predrilled cost fifty cents per inch Theyre available right-hand left-hand version can cut light medium heavy balsa Three- four-bladers priced $100 per inch freewheeling variety comes anything fourto 14-inch pitch folders avallable larger sizes up 28 inches receive free 12-page brochure little machine-cut beauties send large SASE Supe rior Props 2412 Tucson Ave Pensacola FL 32526 telephone 904/944-1972 time writing free prop up to9 being offered first order think youll pleasantly surprised -- -~\ ______2ff Allen fans always knew Dickthe US Navys futurethe seagoing Gee-Bee April 1991 73 front end Bob Schiosbergs Howard DGA 17 CO2 shows off clever baa-relief Bob built striking Arrow Sport Medummy motor aluminum tube pushrod gow plan motivates Brown CO2 mo covers wires See column Bobs tor Color scheme cream dark red hints making dummy motors other tips visit Bob Jane Schlosbers Cnntin,d,, -174 Frank Faracos Ford 2AT being readied Black Sheep Squadrons SP-30 event new wrinkle FF Scale Bill lists SP-30 rules column Photo Sweeny Haysahi Wind-Up purchased paltry $133 smacked hammer FF Sport & Scale/Warner Continued page 73 Schlosbergs live little two-story bungalow Scottsdale Arizona would put governors mansion shame addition extensive art collection includes much aviation art have something model storage problem over hundred examples fine craftsman ship display Retiring Arizona Massa chusetts few years ago built dream house ample model shop complete custom workshop shelves showcases Now models overflow two adjacent rooms Bobs reputation master scale modeler harks back days did show models Golden Age Repreductions two things have hap pened since First has leamed fly em well enough win contests Second charming wife Jane has taken up hobby now producing models quality least equal men tor resist uaing words museum qualify refer models museums regularly display ships lesser quality spent lot time Bob squeaky-clean atelier trying find out what secret making such fine models might think adjective meticulous sums up Bob builds plans rather drawing everything scratch means lot construction stuff has worked out leaving him energy improvements ac tual construction place tool theyre place building Bob matches up parts uses sandpa per lot isnt afraid something over doesnt come out way likes work certain level quality can live Bobs higher true us course has nice soft alfalfa fly over saves lot models flew over hard dirt stiff sagebrush some other stuff thats hard modelswho knows Hints Bob Schlosberg Ever try potato peeler shape leading edges larger mod els Bob says works great also uses hair dryer coax striping tape around sharp bends affix model surface cuts Carl Goldberg striping tape pin-striping tape sticking down plastic cutting sheet us ing metal straightedge get right width Striping have noticed gives Bobs models classy look making dummy engine representation Rubber models prototypes radial en gines Bob draws up cylinder xeroxes times necessary make up entire engine set pasteup engine front can copied often desiredan incentive build other models type future two-dimensional drawing can jazzed up addition aluminum pushrods partial Williams Bros cylinders thick electrical wire insulation still collector rings smaller copper wire spark plug leads asked about nice finishes Bob re plied uses Sig Lite-Coat dope thinned three parts thinner dope Spraying dope keeps lighter professional looking Bob prefers thinned white glue dope attaching tissue keeps well away inside edge wing stab prevent tissue pulling down behind structural member India ink technical pen provides control surface outlines field Bob Jane scientific flight testing strive consistency keeping records models performance special notebook models fly well often house often meetingplace Cactus Squadron based Phoenix area Bob does fine job Contest Director sides being meticulous craftspersons excel lent fliers Bob Jane warm unselfish human beings Theyre nomination Modeling Couple Year Broom straws Dave Smith Cactus Squad ron passes along little hint may some use gumbanders out uses broom straws ordinary kitchen broom manner things models J F Frugoli France Ulises Alvarez Uruguay have long used smooth strong free material have also used dried straw larger dimension slit down side cover fatten up wire under carriage cabane strutting Start collecting box various sizes types straw today youll amazed uses youll find axles way tail skids Windshield problems Scale Watch newslet ter Great Pacific Northwest passes tip John Stewart Elmers Safe T contact cement dries clear can worked wet wind shields nemesis might give try Custom-printed tissue few years ago late great Walt Mooney wowed us nifty decorations Kunkadlo done di rectly tissue color Xerox machine Now again some brave soul will run sheet Jap anese tissue copier have jam up side Bob Meuser elder statesman OakContinued page 179 q F~~OFFICIAL AMA SAFETY CODEJanuary 11991 Model Flying Must Accordance Code Order AMA Liability Protection Apply GENERALflown indoors3 will perform initial turn after takeoff away 1 I will fly model aircraft competition 7 will operate models metal-bladed pro- pit spectator areas will thereafter fly over pit spectator areas unless be- U presence spectators until has beenpellers gaseous boosts gasesU proven airworthy having previ-other air normal atmospheric pressure en-yond control ously successfully flight testedter internal combustion engines nor will I4 will operate model using radio control I2 will fly model higher approxioperate models extremely hazardous fuelsfrequencies currently allowed Federal mately 400 feet within 3 miles airport with-such containing tetranitromethane orCommunications Commission Only properly Iiout notifying airport operator will give right-hydrazinecensed Amateurs authorized operate equip of-way avoid flying proximity full-8 will operate models pyrotechnics anyment Amateur Band frequencies Further scale aircraft necessary observerdevice explodes burns propels projec-any transmitters use sanctioned eveni shall utilized supervise flying avoid hay- tile kind including limited rock- must have certified RICMA-AMA gold sticker af fixed indicating manufactured modi- U ing models fly proximity full-scale aircraft ets explosive bombs dropped models fled 3Where established will abide safetysmoke bombs explosive gases such peration 20kHz frequency separa rules flying site use will willfullyhydrogen-filled balloons ground mounted de-tion except 27MHz 53MHzU deliberately fly models careless reck-vices launching projectileThe exceptions permitted rockets flown accordance withFREE FLIGHT less and/or dangerous mannerthe Safety Code National Association 4If model weighs over 20 pounds will onlyRocketry permanently attached per1 will launch model aircraft unless fly accordance paragraph 5 sec-JATO use also items authorized Airleast 100 feet downwind spectators autoU tion AMA Safety CodeShow Team use defined AST Advisory Coin-mobile parkingi 5At air shows model flying demonstrations amittee document available AMA HO Note2 will fly model unless launch area single straight line must established sideA model aircraft defined aircraft orclear persons except mechanic offi-U flying other side spec-without engine able carry human beingcials tators Only persons essential flight 9 will fly model using turbojet power ax operations permitted flying side ial centrifugal flow unless have obtained 31 will employ use adequate device line others must spectatorflight extinguish fuses model after itU special waiver such specific flights theh Id side Flying over spectator side line isAMA President Executive Director willas compete its unction prohibited unless beyond control theabide restrictions imposed such flights pilots exceptions may permitby Note does apply ducted fanCONTROL LINEI ted single straight line requirement undermodels using piston engines electric motors special circumstances involving consideration of1 will subject complete control system site conditions model size weight speedRADIO CONTROLcluding safety thong applicable inand power must jointly approved AMAspection pull test prior flyingI President Executive Director maxi-1 will have completed successful radio equipmum permissible takeoff weight models 55ment ground range check before first flight of2 will assure fly ng area safely clear lbs repaired model lity wires poles 6lwill fly model unless identified with21 will fly model aircraft presence31 will assure flying area safely clear name address AMA number inof spectators until become qualified flier un-of non-essential participants spectators model Note does apply modelsless assisted experienced helperbefore permitting engine started L ll Ettinger * says Only ian n Pottere Seta gino aesotted deorgno wont hove neleoted bent olonsin designo time ohooso ftom paneres eoch port ore important noolusioe feature Curtiss HAWK PlC 94% wingspan ength 2268 eq wing eree 13 23 ClO enginen eenel 9/C RCOS14 5 Curtiss FALCON O-IB/A3 114 wingspan ength 3160 eq wing eree 23 35 Cl13 enainen annel 6/C RCf2S13 5 One-ThlrdScale Piper Tn-Pacer PA 22 63/9 meg pa 23605i meg en 200030 d eno ens F 05 bR/C sepe 265 0 noern segh 0C35302995 1/3 Scale Piper CubI 3 s ttg wino span 95 length 2995qinwioearea4nhRIC 2tt-3lt old eneines RC3S202995 Quarter Scale WW SE-5A ggna wing npoe sq wing areas 78 22 engines RCO57 0 7SYe open s 21 2$ sq wingorno t3to3t engines ecTt CapableOver captures imoginotion OCOSO 6 FOKKER DR-i TRIPLANE 72 wing span eq wing area 7000100 engines OCOSO 0 SOPWITH CAMEL F1 04 wing open 0 eq wing area 11 lbs w/n If/C Ply wood ft balsa onesnuctino eve 05 eq ft drawings RCO5t t g34g5 Fokker D-VII 00 wingspan eq wIng no 91 25 cd evaov 35 oh. 0COS5 5 Ducted Fans Navy F4D-1 Skyray 1 5 scale esgeb 40% wing aeon lbs oh 9/Cs Ifeteantible Landing Oser RCOF2$2995 1 soot. 44 Isngth 32% wing spas bs wie RIC 35 oh 9/C RK72$ tees RCDFl01995 Golden Age 116 Scale Cessna AW gtwtngnpon900eqinwingateo 60 enginess3 4 chenwi 01C RC05-t 5 118 Scale Puss Moth 573Awntgspansdd0eqin wee Fm20.Agenginess3chonoolRiC $C05-2 0 6i11 Effioger Feesding MwbOr AMA NFFS Hell Fswst Friow vomyleto view nob omembly ft detailed porte lists PLEASE ADD 0395 ler shipplee mailing tobel Sne 1951 Floe Seen binochorn 1t w efondebe u r sto den WE TECHNICAL SERVICES Rt 1 Box 2900A Sents Rose Bench FL 32459 land Cloud Dusters suggests trying following First dust very light Coat 3M Super 77 spray adhesive back tissue wait five minutes Stick tissue sheet bond paper using bit Magic Mending Tape around edges Run through machine artwork will beautifully transferred rigbt onto tissue tissue stuck tigbt bit thinner back bond paper will aid peeling off careful dope thinner smears printing going dope model means spray brush ing will certainly mess up Also its advisable test piece just though check ing compatibility two different dopes en amels always test piece right Well gang until next time Remember dont stop playing because get old get old because stop playingD See Dealer Cataloger Order don catty Square Cut Too cal us- pay lot Cal pay lot ah pping thy U S eva Canada 407 254-0516 905 N Haroor Cry too Melbourne FL 32935 DeslerlDlatnlbutor InquirieS belIed Fionda Rea Add Saea Tax 1/8 Air ForcelBott Continued page 76 high priority always put safety / Air Force fly-ins AMA Frequency Committee member Lance Halle oversaw transmitter control spectrum ana lyzer /a Air Force has excellent flight line control system safety officer flight line has radio contact control tower atop ramada depar tures landings special front center maneuvers must given prior approval % Air Force Fall Fly-In keeps bring ing back pit area less crowded spring event pilots proficient Im always fascinated assortment working technology bring spring fly-in beats size never fun El Hanno/Boddington Continued page 97 revised porting timing stainless steel HS bearings carburetion modifications other refinements Special combines good power outputits among powerful 61 engineswith low noise level fact proved quietest two-strokers Fentress contest Four-stroke engines continue im proved OS offerings example have progressed standard engines Surpass Surpass 2 now super charged version 120 four-strokers allowed FAT contests tend nois ier less powerful engines using larger higher-pitch propellers would help keep noise acceptable levels super charged engines would still put out power currently use Also theyd require larger models Hanno isnt sure thats right way go mo ment course Hanno uses variety mod els demonstration display flying EZ Extra 230 fitted special OS Gemini 120 horizontal twin fourstroke engine Twin carburetors give Ge mini fantastic throttle response hori zontal twin engine setup keeps vibration lev els low Noise levels modest en gine sounds delightful could well power plant reigning World Champions future would mistake FAI authorities introduce new maneuvers solely ex ploit todays powerful engines efforts much better spent reducing noise levels improving flight realism invisible link Hanno Prettners world competition success top-line well-maintained radio equipment Its mis take assume Hanno would win re .THE SUPERIOR GLOW PLUGS FOR GO FAST FL YERS ARE BACK! Puts sting engine Unique flat-wound Spiral coil element high temperature glass-to-metal seal add up faster ignition increased RPM 1 /2A GloBee plugs designed exclusivelyfor 049/051 Cox engines Ask new GB-SRX Speed Plug GB-SR Racing Plug GB-5P Sport Plug local dealer today unavailable locally write call Twinn-K collect tor pricing delivery information FREE GloBee Catalog MAKE THE GLOBEE / INDY CONNECTION Twinn-K Inc 10296 W Washington St Indianapolis IN 46231 Telephone 317-839-6579 FAX 317-839-8928 April 1991 179 0, nIl 55 110 100 0000 CAnaLOG SPPS snsvovo z na U Ultimate FOAM CUTTING WIRE Out performs music wire end nichromn Pkg 8 Send $400 plus $225 shipping handling Warden WoodworksDealer Inquiries 14935 MarIa Warren Ml 48093veiled 313-294-0890 lfl balsa Wood SQUARE CUT TOOLS 5 pc Masters Set 1/I 3/it 1 4 516 3$S16 98 3 pc Builders Set 3/16 1 4 Sit $ 998
Edition: Model Aviation - 1991/04
Page Numbers: 72, 73, 174, 179
WINNERS What Are Towers contest Wow Id like thank readers wrote entries contest announced page 81 December 1990 sue What response dozens rea soned creative altogether plausible explana tions including possible use towers radar Don Yoppini lifting up aircraft maintenance Jesse Harrell training pilots hook up dirigibles Don Schultz Radio Free Europe antennae Harry Gilkewqicz parachute training towers Russ Wells Sr supports hang camouflage hiding hangars G Wright lightning arresters John Conaney anchors balloons Clarence Troegel Sr so originally guessed towers radio antennae farm varietybut no According source postcard Roger Aime Sa lon France designed support wires hold up hangar roofs winner Robert W McCord Milpitas CA knew now proud owner new Shinden model kit Diels Engineering Runners-up figured towers hold up hangar roofs will receive model plans prizes Todd Long Fountain Hills Arizona Newton J Heuberger Tampa Florida Paul Grabski Pensacola Florida Todd Long Fountain Hills Arizona Charles Braun Knightdale North Carolina Hal Redner Clinton New York Good work guys thanks skysters entered First P-30 now SP-30 world-renowned Black Sheep Squadron Burbank California has come up what promises interesting new wrinkle FF Scale Scale Performance 30 SP-30 takeoff popular P-30 event goal performance craftsman ship also stressed bonuses given dif ficult subjects la Flying Aces rules 1 The model must exceed 30-in span 24-in mimmum 2 Minimum weight rubber 40 grams plus weight timers 3 The rubber motor shall exceed 10 grams multiple motors 15 grams 4 The prop may material No folders 5 Any flight 20 seconds will official Maximum flight two minutes 6 Six official flightsbest three count 7 In event tie next best flight can count another flight can recorded 8 Bonus handicap times exceed two mm utes worth will awarded a multiple engines 25 b multiple wings 20 c canards pushers 15 d flying wings 25 e floats 15 t low wing 15 g rigging scale 10 9 Bonus handicap times will awarded 72 Model Aviation Free Flight Sport & Scale Bill Warner 1370 Monache Ave Porteivilie CA 93257 Jane SchIosbergs Boulton-Paul Defiant tram Golden Age kit quality workman ship beiies modeilng-is-for-men-only myth museums show lesser caliber models Jack McCracken built Waco RNF jumbo Rubber model 1930 three-piace Waco F dubbed easiest fiying airpiane America Photo Jack McCracken Left corner Bob Schiosberge workroom Some coupies hundred-pius outstanding models spill over other rooms Ar izona home Right sampling Bobs museum-quality model squadron top row left right Sig Monoooupe C02 Golden Age Spartan Cabin Rearwin Speedster Davis D-1 W Golden Age Curtiss Robin Velie Monocoupe C02 Polish fighter Fokker D-7 Boeing F4B4 Waco UPF-7 few static models Bob Schiosberg has exhibit built Avrum Zier design finished orange white black trim a craftsmanship finish 30 b ROG table 30 c Scale documentation within reason 10 aircraft must have control surfaces either outlined operable license numbers insignia trim 10 Dethermalizers recommended mechan ical-type clockwork onlyTomy timers Sil ly Putty etc No fuse type 11 Retractable gear must ROG 12 The CD may disqua1if modelscontestants deemed unfair true spirit event HaBW Well gang can imagine some prob lems will need ironed out basic idea might fun club try perhaps own variations Less costly CyA anyone Some ad dicted cyanoacrylate Rey McClusky 17 Al den Court Delmar NY 12054 telephone 518/ 439-9627 has deal may interest brand old-fashioned stuff called Gloo l oz bottle Teflon tubing tip $250 Postage another $100 six bot tIes club rate $75 box 30 $300 Jane Schiosberg hoids 24-In Ryder R-4 Firecracker Janes artistic background helped got FF Scale few years ago Photo Bob Schlosberg Jane work Found Centenniai twicescale Peanut took third Peanut Scaic 1990 Mooney Memoriai Phoenix AZ postage Scott Smith editor renowned newsletter Mid-Hudson Modelmasters says works just like other thin non UFO CyA adhesives hes tried Legendary CanadIan Courier seeing photo Curtiss Reid Courier Peanut December FF Scale column Peter Mann wrote tell about Paul Verdiers 1936 Canadian Senior Indoor semiscale record 25-in Courier 4 ft 51 18-in loop 3A2 brown rubber Peter archivist MAAC Canadian equivalent AMA following year 1936 Fred mayer won Senior event flight 3 ft 54 Paul came second both flying Courier Freds covered red yellow microfilm Whatever happened microfilm Scale jobs anyway pany thats name game just re ceived samples precision-cut balsa block prop blanks made Ed Wickland Superior finest have ever seen props hesitate call blanks almost no work needed finish up predrilled cost fifty cents per inch Theyre available right-hand left-hand version can cut light medium heavy balsa Three- four-bladers priced $100 per inch freewheeling variety comes anything fourto 14-inch pitch folders avallable larger sizes up 28 inches receive free 12-page brochure little machine-cut beauties send large SASE Supe rior Props 2412 Tucson Ave Pensacola FL 32526 telephone 904/944-1972 time writing free prop up to9 being offered first order think youll pleasantly surprised -- -~\ ______2ff Allen fans always knew Dickthe US Navys futurethe seagoing Gee-Bee April 1991 73 front end Bob Schiosbergs Howard DGA 17 CO2 shows off clever baa-relief Bob built striking Arrow Sport Medummy motor aluminum tube pushrod gow plan motivates Brown CO2 mo covers wires See column Bobs tor Color scheme cream dark red hints making dummy motors other tips visit Bob Jane Schlosbers Cnntin,d,, -174 Frank Faracos Ford 2AT being readied Black Sheep Squadrons SP-30 event new wrinkle FF Scale Bill lists SP-30 rules column Photo Sweeny Haysahi Wind-Up purchased paltry $133 smacked hammer FF Sport & Scale/Warner Continued page 73 Schlosbergs live little two-story bungalow Scottsdale Arizona would put governors mansion shame addition extensive art collection includes much aviation art have something model storage problem over hundred examples fine craftsman ship display Retiring Arizona Massa chusetts few years ago built dream house ample model shop complete custom workshop shelves showcases Now models overflow two adjacent rooms Bobs reputation master scale modeler harks back days did show models Golden Age Repreductions two things have hap pened since First has leamed fly em well enough win contests Second charming wife Jane has taken up hobby now producing models quality least equal men tor resist uaing words museum qualify refer models museums regularly display ships lesser quality spent lot time Bob squeaky-clean atelier trying find out what secret making such fine models might think adjective meticulous sums up Bob builds plans rather drawing everything scratch means lot construction stuff has worked out leaving him energy improvements ac tual construction place tool theyre place building Bob matches up parts uses sandpa per lot isnt afraid something over doesnt come out way likes work certain level quality can live Bobs higher true us course has nice soft alfalfa fly over saves lot models flew over hard dirt stiff sagebrush some other stuff thats hard modelswho knows Hints Bob Schlosberg Ever try potato peeler shape leading edges larger mod els Bob says works great also uses hair dryer coax striping tape around sharp bends affix model surface cuts Carl Goldberg striping tape pin-striping tape sticking down plastic cutting sheet us ing metal straightedge get right width Striping have noticed gives Bobs models classy look making dummy engine representation Rubber models prototypes radial en gines Bob draws up cylinder xeroxes times necessary make up entire engine set pasteup engine front can copied often desiredan incentive build other models type future two-dimensional drawing can jazzed up addition aluminum pushrods partial Williams Bros cylinders thick electrical wire insulation still collector rings smaller copper wire spark plug leads asked about nice finishes Bob re plied uses Sig Lite-Coat dope thinned three parts thinner dope Spraying dope keeps lighter professional looking Bob prefers thinned white glue dope attaching tissue keeps well away inside edge wing stab prevent tissue pulling down behind structural member India ink technical pen provides control surface outlines field Bob Jane scientific flight testing strive consistency keeping records models performance special notebook models fly well often house often meetingplace Cactus Squadron based Phoenix area Bob does fine job Contest Director sides being meticulous craftspersons excel lent fliers Bob Jane warm unselfish human beings Theyre nomination Modeling Couple Year Broom straws Dave Smith Cactus Squad ron passes along little hint may some use gumbanders out uses broom straws ordinary kitchen broom manner things models J F Frugoli France Ulises Alvarez Uruguay have long used smooth strong free material have also used dried straw larger dimension slit down side cover fatten up wire under carriage cabane strutting Start collecting box various sizes types straw today youll amazed uses youll find axles way tail skids Windshield problems Scale Watch newslet ter Great Pacific Northwest passes tip John Stewart Elmers Safe T contact cement dries clear can worked wet wind shields nemesis might give try Custom-printed tissue few years ago late great Walt Mooney wowed us nifty decorations Kunkadlo done di rectly tissue color Xerox machine Now again some brave soul will run sheet Jap anese tissue copier have jam up side Bob Meuser elder statesman OakContinued page 179 q F~~OFFICIAL AMA SAFETY CODEJanuary 11991 Model Flying Must Accordance Code Order AMA Liability Protection Apply GENERALflown indoors3 will perform initial turn after takeoff away 1 I will fly model aircraft competition 7 will operate models metal-bladed pro- pit spectator areas will thereafter fly over pit spectator areas unless be- U presence spectators until has beenpellers gaseous boosts gasesU proven airworthy having previ-other air normal atmospheric pressure en-yond control ously successfully flight testedter internal combustion engines nor will I4 will operate model using radio control I2 will fly model higher approxioperate models extremely hazardous fuelsfrequencies currently allowed Federal mately 400 feet within 3 miles airport with-such containing tetranitromethane orCommunications Commission Only properly Iiout notifying airport operator will give right-hydrazinecensed Amateurs authorized operate equip of-way avoid flying proximity full-8 will operate models pyrotechnics anyment Amateur Band frequencies Further scale aircraft necessary observerdevice explodes burns propels projec-any transmitters use sanctioned eveni shall utilized supervise flying avoid hay- tile kind including limited rock- must have certified RICMA-AMA gold sticker af fixed indicating manufactured modi- U ing models fly proximity full-scale aircraft ets explosive bombs dropped models fled 3Where established will abide safetysmoke bombs explosive gases such peration 20kHz frequency separa rules flying site use will willfullyhydrogen-filled balloons ground mounted de-tion except 27MHz 53MHzU deliberately fly models careless reck-vices launching projectileThe exceptions permitted rockets flown accordance withFREE FLIGHT less and/or dangerous mannerthe Safety Code National Association 4If model weighs over 20 pounds will onlyRocketry permanently attached per1 will launch model aircraft unless fly accordance paragraph 5 sec-JATO use also items authorized Airleast 100 feet downwind spectators autoU tion AMA Safety CodeShow Team use defined AST Advisory Coin-mobile parkingi 5At air shows model flying demonstrations amittee document available AMA HO Note2 will fly model unless launch area single straight line must established sideA model aircraft defined aircraft orclear persons except mechanic offi-U flying other side spec-without engine able carry human beingcials tators Only persons essential flight 9 will fly model using turbojet power ax operations permitted flying side ial centrifugal flow unless have obtained 31 will employ use adequate device line others must spectatorflight extinguish fuses model after itU special waiver such specific flights theh Id side Flying over spectator side line isAMA President Executive Director willas compete its unction prohibited unless beyond control theabide restrictions imposed such flights pilots exceptions may permitby Note does apply ducted fanCONTROL LINEI ted single straight line requirement undermodels using piston engines electric motors special circumstances involving consideration of1 will subject complete control system site conditions model size weight speedRADIO CONTROLcluding safety thong applicable inand power must jointly approved AMAspection pull test prior flyingI President Executive Director maxi-1 will have completed successful radio equipmum permissible takeoff weight models 55ment ground range check before first flight of2 will assure fly ng area safely clear lbs repaired model lity wires poles 6lwill fly model unless identified with21 will fly model aircraft presence31 will assure flying area safely clear name address AMA number inof spectators until become qualified flier un-of non-essential participants spectators model Note does apply modelsless assisted experienced helperbefore permitting engine started L ll Ettinger * says Only ian n Pottere Seta gino aesotted deorgno wont hove neleoted bent olonsin designo time ohooso ftom paneres eoch port ore important noolusioe feature Curtiss HAWK PlC 94% wingspan ength 2268 eq wing eree 13 23 ClO enginen eenel 9/C RCOS14 5 Curtiss FALCON O-IB/A3 114 wingspan ength 3160 eq wing eree 23 35 Cl13 enainen annel 6/C RCf2S13 5 One-ThlrdScale Piper Tn-Pacer PA 22 63/9 meg pa 23605i meg en 200030 d eno ens F 05 bR/C sepe 265 0 noern segh 0C35302995 1/3 Scale Piper CubI 3 s ttg wino span 95 length 2995qinwioearea4nhRIC 2tt-3lt old eneines RC3S202995 Quarter Scale WW SE-5A ggna wing npoe sq wing areas 78 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