1-rom siplane praaani aim inc uneirumtur Issue Pail aascrrne ins amporiarn consirucuon points words pictures Designer/Author Henry Haffke left holds Quarter Scale Gee Bee R-1 Howell W Pete Miller looks R-1 Petes fIrst prolect chief engIneer br Granvllle brothers FIFTY YEARS AGO 1932 National Air Races unique aircraft appeared amazed saw looked different other flying machines decided wouldnt fly called Bumble Bee Eying Milk Bottle other such uncomplimentary nicknames model has called flying pickle bar rel friends calls Fat Albert flew made avia tion history winning prestigious Thomp son Trophy setting new world speed record land planes ofjust under 300 mph aircraft Gee Bee R-l Super Sportster caught everyones fancy has probably become single writtenabout aircraft air racing history Unfortun ately stories about R-l other craft built Granville brothers filled inaccuracies misconceptions sensationalistic nonsense Thus Gee Bees have poor reputation aircraft buffs considered accomplishment model Gee Bee flies well Gee Bee R- masterpiece small dedicated group men des perately trying make go aircraft business during hard times 1930s five Granville brothers farm lands upper New Hampshire mechanically inclined master particular craft young man hired chief engineer 24 Model Aviation ulose-ups ot inc Kail ana front enas cleft ana midale pictures vividly show good finish trim add realism ooes lflC pilot ugure iiign: wing removed see two aiieron servos side connected receiver Y-cordaiso front-of-wing hoid-down dowels nyion bolts rear looped rubberband keep bolts failing out Left Webra gi engine Martin industries carburetor muffler pressure fuel tank goes Edson mount ply boxpainted black better visual concealment Author uses 164l/2 Rev-Up prop Middle Author vacu-formed cowl ABS plastic Ply ring epoxied inside cowl mounting firewall Attaches three sheet-metal screws positioned two alignment pegs Right Close-up cockpit Left Exhaust extensions undemeath engine made plumbing materials attached Slim Line muffler Middle detailing Note panel lines louvers Right Ace Atlas servos used rudder engine elevators Also visible back side Sullivan 16-ox tank MY FALCONy2A GEE BEEWIkINIEMAE LATEPIT5 AAS N Xc JET IS N UTYOURE 50 YEARs AO PAJL GARBER FOR IT5 AND IDLANES FLEWAROL*ID ON ThIEI4ALLOWED AI4hJUAL- WINNIE ThE WORLDSOLO WALLS O COME _ TO BU ThERE HNJKCLARI- ATSUP SO PAINTED XSO THEY THIS ONE FORTHEFNALLYHUNt NATIOHAL AIR MUSEUM HAJK- HUHFLY WEBRA 91 ENGINE ON EDSON MOUNT ON 1/4 PLYWOOD FLY WIRE MOUNTS I/B PLYWOOD WING CRADLE 3/32BALSA PLANKING I/B PLYWOOD INSIDE ENGINE BEARERS BACK TO F 5 I/BBALSA RIBS HALVES EACH SIDE OF BLANK I/B BALSA FORMERS1/B PLYWOOD BUILT UPR 2 3/32BALSARUDtER POST F 2 TO F BRUDDER HINGES-BOLTED BLANK 3/32 BALSA RUDDER AI [ji 1/8 RIBSTOP AND BOTTCi 1/8 BALSA ELEVATOR BLANK LIGHTENED AS IN RUDDER-AILERJS I/4X 1/2 BALSA SIR 1/4 BALSA STABIUZER I/BBALSA HINGE BOX 2 BUILT UP TAILWHEEL FAIRING 3/16 DOWEL PUSH ROD TUBES 118 DUMMY WASP CYLINDERS TO FiT MOUNTON 1/8 PLYWCOD AROUND CRNKSI-LAFr C-I 2 3 1/2 BALSA AND PLY FORM RING 1/8 PLYWOOD COWL MOUNT PLATES AND BRACES x F 2A I/B PLYWXU DIHEDRAL BRACES FRONTAND BACK OF BOTH SPARS 3/32 PLYWOOD LG INNER FRAMES 1/2 BALSA SHEET BUILT-UP PANTS C 4-5 1/2 BALSA CONL FORMS ALL AROUND 5 1/2 WHEELS ON 3/16 WIRE LGLEGS / I/4DIA TORQUE TUBE 3/16 PLYWOOD MOUNTS DOUBLED FOR L GEAR WIRES I/32PLY VB PLYWOOD BLOCKS FOR FLYIJG WIRES Q BALSA LEADING EDGE 3/8XI HARD BALSA FRONTSPAR TO C/L WIRE INTO BLOCK AND PLYWOOD I/4SO LONGERONS AND VERTICAL FRAMES I/BXI/4 FAIRLEADSFROM F 3 BACKTO B I/B BALSA SIDE FORMS FOR FAIRLEADS I/16BALSA WING SADDLE UNDER FILLETS -OVER 1/16 BALSA 3/32 BALSA AILERON BLANK I/B RIBS UPPER LOWER DOWEL I/2LEADING EDGE 3/BBALSA AILERON SPAR WITH I/4TRIANGLE FILL ill 1/4 BALSA TIPS 3/32RIBS EXCEPT ATLG AREA 3/BX 3/4 HARD BALSA REAR SFR Howell W Pete Miller fresh New York Universitys School Aeronautics Bob Hall former Gee Bee engineer left year before form own company proved team would estab lish aviation records rock aeronauti cal world planes produced tiny shop former dance hall edge Springfield Airport Springfield MA R-l Pete Millers first project team wanted plane capable winning rac ings biggest prize Thompson Trophy Pylon Race other big event National Air Races Bendix CrossCountry Race two ships built nearly identical appearance aimed event R- 1 bigger engine two polishing pylons Thompson R-2 fuel capacity smaller engine California-toCleveland Bendix Race Zantford Grannie Granville eldest Gran ville brother head company laid eut basic design new racers Pete Miller Grannies idea build airframe behind big Pratt & Whitney radial engine would streamline en gine fuselage efficient way possible genesis teardropshaped Gee Bee Super Sportsters actually slightly larger diameter engines about one-third planes length back nose prove idea model built extensive program wind tunnel testing carried out Pete Miller professors New York University Tests proved basic concept completely Read ers may have heard Gee Bees designed slapdash style stories say built chalk sketches workshop floor type unfounded story has burdened Gee Bee aircraft undeserved reputation 50 years actually marvels technology time Pete Millers evaluation design performance craft work master calcu lated estimate R- ls top speed less 2 mph actual speed attained R- built vertical fin very little rudder area wind tunnel tests shown bob tail would ade uate though marginal Russell Boardman pilot R-I Thompson Race made first test flight clear Friday taking off grass strip front Granville shop landed nearby Bowles Agawam Field told waiting Granvilles boys sure build air planes suggestion would like little rudder fin night Zantford youngest brother Bob cut out parts rudder fin additions installed next day Bob told gone church morning instead coming straight out work R-l really caught dickens Grannie arrived Bowles finish doping new tail section Russ Boardman make another test flight Monday Russ climbed Model E Sportster make hop Springfield Bowles quite pilot always putting show favorite tricks loop takeoff Hed done times larger powerful Model Y Sportster time ever 110-hp Warner engine rather 300-hp P&W Wasp Jr accus tomed Boardman ended up woods across street runway back injuries really serious enough keep him out Thompson Trophy Race Grannie heard Jimmy Doolittle landing accident Laird racer Jimmy needed plane Thompson called Doolittle offered him R- 1 Jimmy flew Bowles Agawam Field Shell Lockheed went over R- 1 Grannie rest brothers After lengthy discussion thorough examina tion Doolittle buckled himself big racer fired up took off disap peared over horizon Several hours later Grannie got telegram read Landed OK ClevelandDoolittle RI ~osPIsIt PLAN SHEET NO WINGSPAN75 IN LENGTH52/N WEIGHT/4-ISLES SCALE31NIFT DESIGNEG BY HENRY HAFEKE C C3 F1 F28 COWL WAo 5 I2 WHEELS race day R-l topped field set new world speed record Shell Speed Dash well new closed-course record during Thompson Race Doolittle flew R- 1 back Springfield after races final race planned retire comments ship reported Cleveland Springfield papers full praise recent publications Doolittle described having damned racer calling unstable touchy After considerable time able contact Gen Doolittle personally reports very differ ent what has written history books has told honest ship fly flew very well ham-handled felt might have bit tail heavy resulting some pitch insta bility reported good stability other cases After 1932 successes thoughts turned winning again 1933 time snatched picture next months construction section show whst completed Russ Boardmans turn R- given assembied framework looks like Just prior covering Looks good bare-bones stage bigger engine rudder area 26 Model Aviation FULL-SIZE PLANS AVAILABLE . 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inverted skidded down runway Boardman alive pulled wreckage died next day hospital Granvilles lost old friend Russ Boardman out 1933 races R- rebuilt extended Zantford Grannie Granvilie leans wing A-i picture taken soon after vertical fin added Bumblebee flying milk bottleits easy see R-1 has nicknames view Author says people have misconceptions about flying traits famous airplane Jimmy Doolittle controls R-i flashes grandstands Cleveland 1932 Won Thompson Trophy Race Shell Speed Dash February 1983 29 Grannie runs-up engine original R-1 layout Russell Boardman made first lest flight wayno fin small rudder Sister ship A-ithe Gee Bee R-2 R-2 has same airframe A-i smaller engine fuel capacity R-2 thus could built plans presented NE1 ON FIBER/KEVLAR SAMPLER SEE TOUCH WORK WITH SAMPLES OF THESE SPACE AGE BUILDING PRODUCTS CARBON FIBER PUSHROD/TORQUE TUBE & BEARING 200000 FILAMENT CARBON FIBER TAPE 40000 FILAMENT CARBON FIBER TAPE 30000 FILAMENT CARBON FIBER TAPE CARBON FIBER LAMINATE KEVLAR 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products Granville Miller imaginations fly notably QED Jackie Cochran flew Mac Robertson Race fabulous Time Flies built Frank Hawks end Long Tail Racer ended days Spring field MA home fastest land planes world born Springfield spent evenings young boy watching activity Springfield Airport big entertain ment days 0i movie hard come lived less mile airport father would load us car after supper drive us airport evening plane watching parking area benches next Granville shop could sit watch can still remember evening trips cant say remember specific aircraft just airplanes Im sure however saw different Gee Bees fly After getting involved RC years ago decided build model Gee Bee planes no plans kits finally decided design own selected Model Y Sportster red-andwhite beauty two seats ringed radial engine Material very sketchy finally got set none-too-accurate three-views drew model flew well attracted other Gee Bee designs made layout analysis chart various Gee Bee aircraft discovered 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SOr brings Catalog Brochure FLYLINE MODELS INC 2820 Dorr Ave Bll Fairfax Virginia 22031 repairing Helicopters replacing airplanes important lesson learned Helicopters become popular local flying fields though always aware sharing sky other aircraft would recommend other aircraft being oper ated agree upon specific flight patterns areas beforehand maintain adequate separa tion still feel Helicopter operations fixed-wing operations general mix simply because high degree concentra tion heli-pilots require safe operations Sometimes moments diversion can allow things get out hand Fly safely See next month Dave Chesney PO box 16612 Greensboro NC 27406 Gee Bee R-1 /Haffke Continued page 30 Model Y Model D Model E Quarter Scale Model Y Quarter Scale Model Aviation May 1981 best flying RC ship have ever flown came time famous R- 1 felt knew someSend $100 Building Guide AI-Tec Product list Ideducted trom 1st orderl thing few other people did layout chart shown dimensions moments R- no different Model D E Sportsters exceptionally good-flying planes smaller model RI / R2 wing loading over 60 oz still flew great Pete Miller told fuselage created some lift helped explain what seemed like impossibly high loading Some figuring showed could build Quarter Scale R-l under 15 lb wing loading would respectable 35 oz felt could hit weight easily since 90-inspan Model Y weighed just under 15 lb Quarter Scale Model D tsters weighed around II lb felt best three-views R- done Harry Robinson Eng land plans scaled 1 did everything could keep weight down fact went too far about later model built readied test flying Once again called Test Pilot Supreme Sid Clements take bird up its first flights used Ace Silver Seven radio won Bealeton VA Scale Meet Ace kindly replaced small ser vos heavy-duty Atlas models Edi tor Never fly Quarter Scale model standard servos test day large group club members South Jersey Clayton clubs showed up watch flight ever notice always happens first flight new model Sid checked engine looked over controls tank topped off engine restarted bird placed posi tion end runway Sid opened throttle R-l leaped forward tail came up right away After much shorter roll expected air After short run upwind Sid put bird gentle 90-deg left turn As flew downwind tail began flutter alarmingly Sid immediately cut throttle lined up runway made good approach wounded bird couldnt flare completely nosed over broke prop stab broken both sides fuselage Coverite held together long enough get back ground original built-up stab replaced piece solid 1/4-in hard balsa Flight number two began beautiful takeoff just like first Sid climbed up about 300 feet feel out after four five minutes reported no aileron response throttled back ailerons came back time went high speed would lose ailerons Finally made turn down left left wing folded bird spiraled down ground disaster turned out caused using wood too weak wing spars wing structure plenty strong used soft piece wood make spars Both spars brokenjust outside center section same happened other wing easy see what caused loss aileron high speed wing would forced upward causing torque tubes bind lower speed wing would flex downward ailerons would freed Fortunately major repair job little discouraged big Bealeton Scale Meet far off decided get R-l back together started burning midnight oil fuselage repairs polished off four evenings decided needed complete new wing time picked out hardest spar material could find another week R-l ready fly again although much detail work wasnt done After working until 4am went bed got up six install radio arranged meet Sid nine morning flight time R- 1 denied flight beautiful takeoff landing roll Everything perfect After making some camera passes Sid took up higher some stalls 1oop stall turns put another flight same pattern 128 Model Aviation L ATTENTION OPS Engines & Parts Available Racing Marine Use OPS 15 ter Midget OPS 45 Marine PLUS Custom TD 0491051 engine parts Complete inventory stock custom parts COX TD 049/051 engines complete formation send $1 P & G Metal Products 301 North Yale Drive Garland TX 75042 Gene Hempelt2141 2725210 lafter 600 PM CUT LITTLESAVE LOT SCRATCH BUILDER KITSTM BY Ohio Superior quality woodcut proper thickness wood build kit includedsome hardware 5IIII~ Exclusive CAN TAKE IT landing gears Fiberglass cowlsbeautiful canopies Detailed plans instructions Unbelievable low price quality kits in Z5OL 1/3 scale sizegas engines $129 95 Super Fli 1/3 scale sizegas engines $11995 Zlin Z5OL 1/4 scale sizegas glow $9995 Add $500 shipping Send $100 free catalogredeemable first order kits way soon! 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1-rom siplane praaani aim inc uneirumtur Issue Pail aascrrne ins amporiarn consirucuon points words pictures Designer/Author Henry Haffke left holds Quarter Scale Gee Bee R-1 Howell W Pete Miller looks R-1 Petes fIrst prolect chief engIneer br Granvllle brothers FIFTY YEARS AGO 1932 National Air Races unique aircraft appeared amazed saw looked different other flying machines decided wouldnt fly called Bumble Bee Eying Milk Bottle other such uncomplimentary nicknames model has called flying pickle bar rel friends calls Fat Albert flew made avia tion history winning prestigious Thomp son Trophy setting new world speed record land planes ofjust under 300 mph aircraft Gee Bee R-l Super Sportster caught everyones fancy has probably become single writtenabout aircraft air racing history Unfortun ately stories about R-l other craft built Granville brothers filled inaccuracies misconceptions sensationalistic nonsense Thus Gee Bees have poor reputation aircraft buffs considered accomplishment model Gee Bee flies well Gee Bee R- masterpiece small dedicated group men des perately trying make go aircraft business during hard times 1930s five Granville brothers farm lands upper New Hampshire mechanically inclined master particular craft young man hired chief engineer 24 Model Aviation ulose-ups ot inc Kail ana front enas cleft ana midale pictures vividly show good finish trim add realism ooes lflC pilot ugure iiign: wing removed see two aiieron servos side connected receiver Y-cordaiso front-of-wing hoid-down dowels nyion bolts rear looped rubberband keep bolts failing out Left Webra gi engine Martin industries carburetor muffler pressure fuel tank goes Edson mount ply boxpainted black better visual concealment Author uses 164l/2 Rev-Up prop Middle Author vacu-formed cowl ABS plastic Ply ring epoxied inside cowl mounting firewall Attaches three sheet-metal screws positioned two alignment pegs Right Close-up cockpit Left Exhaust extensions undemeath engine made plumbing materials attached Slim Line muffler Middle detailing Note panel lines louvers Right Ace Atlas servos used rudder engine elevators Also visible back side Sullivan 16-ox tank MY FALCONy2A GEE BEEWIkINIEMAE LATEPIT5 AAS N Xc JET IS N UTYOURE 50 YEARs AO PAJL GARBER FOR IT5 AND IDLANES FLEWAROL*ID ON ThIEI4ALLOWED AI4hJUAL- WINNIE ThE WORLDSOLO WALLS O COME _ TO BU ThERE HNJKCLARI- ATSUP SO PAINTED XSO THEY THIS ONE FORTHEFNALLYHUNt NATIOHAL AIR MUSEUM HAJK- HUHFLY WEBRA 91 ENGINE ON EDSON MOUNT ON 1/4 PLYWOOD FLY WIRE MOUNTS I/B PLYWOOD WING CRADLE 3/32BALSA PLANKING I/B PLYWOOD INSIDE ENGINE BEARERS BACK TO F 5 I/BBALSA RIBS HALVES EACH SIDE OF BLANK I/B BALSA FORMERS1/B PLYWOOD BUILT UPR 2 3/32BALSARUDtER POST F 2 TO F BRUDDER HINGES-BOLTED BLANK 3/32 BALSA RUDDER AI [ji 1/8 RIBSTOP AND BOTTCi 1/8 BALSA ELEVATOR BLANK LIGHTENED AS IN RUDDER-AILERJS I/4X 1/2 BALSA SIR 1/4 BALSA STABIUZER I/BBALSA HINGE BOX 2 BUILT UP TAILWHEEL FAIRING 3/16 DOWEL PUSH ROD TUBES 118 DUMMY WASP CYLINDERS TO FiT MOUNTON 1/8 PLYWCOD AROUND CRNKSI-LAFr C-I 2 3 1/2 BALSA AND PLY FORM RING 1/8 PLYWOOD COWL MOUNT PLATES AND BRACES x F 2A I/B PLYWXU DIHEDRAL BRACES FRONTAND BACK OF BOTH SPARS 3/32 PLYWOOD LG INNER FRAMES 1/2 BALSA SHEET BUILT-UP PANTS C 4-5 1/2 BALSA CONL FORMS ALL AROUND 5 1/2 WHEELS ON 3/16 WIRE LGLEGS / I/4DIA TORQUE TUBE 3/16 PLYWOOD MOUNTS DOUBLED FOR L GEAR WIRES I/32PLY VB PLYWOOD BLOCKS FOR FLYIJG WIRES Q BALSA LEADING EDGE 3/8XI HARD BALSA FRONTSPAR TO C/L WIRE INTO BLOCK AND PLYWOOD I/4SO LONGERONS AND VERTICAL FRAMES I/BXI/4 FAIRLEADSFROM F 3 BACKTO B I/B BALSA SIDE FORMS FOR FAIRLEADS I/16BALSA WING SADDLE UNDER FILLETS -OVER 1/16 BALSA 3/32 BALSA AILERON BLANK I/B RIBS UPPER LOWER DOWEL I/2LEADING EDGE 3/BBALSA AILERON SPAR WITH I/4TRIANGLE FILL ill 1/4 BALSA TIPS 3/32RIBS EXCEPT ATLG AREA 3/BX 3/4 HARD BALSA REAR SFR Howell W Pete Miller fresh New York Universitys School Aeronautics Bob Hall former Gee Bee engineer left year before form own company proved team would estab lish aviation records rock aeronauti cal world planes produced tiny shop former dance hall edge Springfield Airport Springfield MA R-l Pete Millers first project team wanted plane capable winning rac ings biggest prize Thompson Trophy Pylon Race other big event National Air Races Bendix CrossCountry Race two ships built nearly identical appearance aimed event R- 1 bigger engine two polishing pylons Thompson R-2 fuel capacity smaller engine California-toCleveland Bendix Race Zantford Grannie Granville eldest Gran ville brother head company laid eut basic design new racers Pete Miller Grannies idea build airframe behind big Pratt & Whitney radial engine would streamline en gine fuselage efficient way possible genesis teardropshaped Gee Bee Super Sportsters actually slightly larger diameter engines about one-third planes length back nose prove idea model built extensive program wind tunnel testing carried out Pete Miller professors New York University Tests proved basic concept completely Read ers may have heard Gee Bees designed slapdash style stories say built chalk sketches workshop floor type unfounded story has burdened Gee Bee aircraft undeserved reputation 50 years actually marvels technology time Pete Millers evaluation design performance craft work master calcu lated estimate R- ls top speed less 2 mph actual speed attained R- built vertical fin very little rudder area wind tunnel tests shown bob tail would ade uate though marginal Russell Boardman pilot R-I Thompson Race made first test flight clear Friday taking off grass strip front Granville shop landed nearby Bowles Agawam Field told waiting Granvilles boys sure build air planes suggestion would like little rudder fin night Zantford youngest brother Bob cut out parts rudder fin additions installed next day Bob told gone church morning instead coming straight out work R-l really caught dickens Grannie arrived Bowles finish doping new tail section Russ Boardman make another test flight Monday Russ climbed Model E Sportster make hop Springfield Bowles quite pilot always putting show favorite tricks loop takeoff Hed done times larger powerful Model Y Sportster time ever 110-hp Warner engine rather 300-hp P&W Wasp Jr accus tomed Boardman ended up woods across street runway back injuries really serious enough keep him out Thompson Trophy Race Grannie heard Jimmy Doolittle landing accident Laird racer Jimmy needed plane Thompson called Doolittle offered him R- 1 Jimmy flew Bowles Agawam Field Shell Lockheed went over R- 1 Grannie rest brothers After lengthy discussion thorough examina tion Doolittle buckled himself big racer fired up took off disap peared over horizon Several hours later Grannie got telegram read Landed OK ClevelandDoolittle RI ~osPIsIt PLAN SHEET NO WINGSPAN75 IN LENGTH52/N WEIGHT/4-ISLES SCALE31NIFT DESIGNEG BY HENRY HAFEKE C C3 F1 F28 COWL WAo 5 I2 WHEELS race day R-l topped field set new world speed record Shell Speed Dash well new closed-course record during Thompson Race Doolittle flew R- 1 back Springfield after races final race planned retire comments ship reported Cleveland Springfield papers full praise recent publications Doolittle described having damned racer calling unstable touchy After considerable time able contact Gen Doolittle personally reports very differ ent what has written history books has told honest ship fly flew very well ham-handled felt might have bit tail heavy resulting some pitch insta bility reported good stability other cases After 1932 successes thoughts turned winning again 1933 time snatched picture next months construction section show whst completed Russ Boardmans turn R- given assembied framework looks like Just prior covering Looks good bare-bones stage bigger engine rudder area 26 Model Aviation FULL-SIZE PLANS AVAILABLE . SEE PAGE 164 BE CONCERNED WITH WEIGHT KEEP MODEL LIGHT 00000 0000000___ STABILIZERI4 BALSA HARD INSTRUMENT PANEL L AYOLIT HINGE LOUVRE PATTERNS PUJVATOR SPAR I2 XI4 BALSAJO/NERd HORN ELEVATOR 332 LOU VRE ALUMINUM FLASHINGBALSA LOUVRE LOCATIONFORMING BLOCK TEMPLATE1rf I4 BASS REM LOUVRE AROUND &IXN LOCATE LOUVRE POSITIONS -CUT SLOTS RIBS TOP d ROT TOM INSERT LGUR1ES -HOT STUFF IN PLACE 1 Fl/V ODUALEBALSA ALOk ATNp W4SOs~FFT RASIC &oEN EON - --AS%IRNLC & NA F 4BDCASTC nP68 I4 XIB SADWE TRINGERF78- H-11/0 ASNFR F88 STRINGERS OMITTED FOR CLARITYTAIL PRIFEL MOUNT LA[v33][b-2-10-1-10]]TAIL WHEEL RLOCIIN11 TAIL WHEEL AIRING1T\I BALSA PAIRING FRONT VIEWBOTTOM VIEW UT GUT TO CLEAR WHEELI I-S TAIL WHEEL Springfield Airport no trouble time either craft Since 1933 races held California rather Cleveland Gee Bee p added Boardman flew re-engined R-1 well R-2 now equipped R-ls old engine times during summer 1933 flew out tiny February 198327 Test Pilot Sid Clements checks out RIs controls prior first flight Three Gee Bees pilots snapped Bealeton Contest Joe Gallagher L flew Model E Sportater Henry Haffke C model D Sportster far right Sid Clements R-1 Henry designed three model Gee Bees others Another Granville brother FULL-SIZE PLANS AVAILABLE . SEE PAGE 164 BAlBRIGAl WBECKDC TURK / Al PLY BC CONCERNED WITH WEIGHT KEEP MODEL LIGHT K3B SPAR 3AUOR SPAR\ BREY BUSHING] 5/ TRIAPRULE B PLY -TAPEK BOTTOMOP BEAR EPA PER PLY 3W BALSA GEE BEE RI SUPEPER SPORTSTER PLAN SHEET NO U DESIUNEU BY HENRY RAEFKE V AILERON SECTION AZLII[][]C Al Z EBYIRPLYU WING TIP PARTS 14 BALSA I1LIE DIHEDRAL BBAEEIB PLYB REARI EROHT DIHEDRAL BRACE P PLY IIiiiIiiiIIIiiiiiiiALL WINO RIBS 3 32BALSA ERCEPT AS NOTED GEE BEE R-I SUPER SPORTSTER___________________ PARTS PATTERNSLANDING DEAR MOUNT PARTS PLAN SHEET NO 3 3 PLY DESIGNED BY HENRY HAEEKE TORQUE BOG BRUHINGS YELPER LEO YRGNY RE B f S lB VEER LU AGE BEG RERRI SETH ERR PEAR CRC BEE REW VEYRBELANDING YEAR PAIKINGS B1RERRB CR3 HERTS YROM REBIIWRREEEERRERIALA BRrR CR \ ACE PARTS PEBEYVE B B REAMS NCEREY PERIL YTSERREAEAY ERR 4 CRAVE RNR BANE TRYITEAL BERRY TERRE BASE YACABBE AROUSE TEIPE LEGS MEL ERRI BROKER LB LB BRACE BIER ERIBAPE YEELY LU 3BRAEBAELD 31 ABALUR N COWL OUTLINE IS lB 02 TANK NYNROYTLE B T2R 4 BATTERY N THIS BAT AT TOP OF TEJOELBUE PLY SERVO I-KEYES MOUNT KYLE IIHECRAC BRACE AlBIEPLYI AlAl IIKY CMOUNT B PLY PLY RUSHING 4 40 RHEDRAI RRACE LA ACER TONGUE C4UI 4 TRAILK LUKE ______IE2AEEBCW L E liiiIIII-ECR TRIANGLE 332 BIB ~wT/3E323E3AILERON BASE BASE 28 Model Aviation Jimmy Doolittie poses front Gee Bee A-i Super Sportster Notes dont say taken judging interest onlookers guess must have after big Cleveland wins Doolittle takes off record-setting flight dust being kicked up looks like might grass fieid Faiiure brakes hold wet grass led retirement Granvilles racing crew planned have both ships fly Cali fornia Bendix Race Boardman landed R- Indianapolis refueling stop found R-2 although supposed have gone R-2 out race due collapse aerol strut resulting wing tip damage Boardman very upset words R-2 pilot R- being refueled boarded R-l started takeoff roll pulled ship off ground before used up half run way As left ground gust wind hit him flipped nearly-stalled R- 1 its back hit inverted skidded down runway Boardman alive pulled wreckage died next day hospital Granvilles lost old friend Russ Boardman out 1933 races R- rebuilt extended Zantford Grannie Granvilie leans wing A-i picture taken soon after vertical fin added Bumblebee flying milk bottleits easy see R-1 has nicknames view Author says people have misconceptions about flying traits famous airplane Jimmy Doolittle controls R-i flashes grandstands Cleveland 1932 Won Thompson Trophy Race Shell Speed Dash February 1983 29 Grannie runs-up engine original R-1 layout Russell Boardman made first lest flight wayno fin small rudder Sister ship A-ithe Gee Bee R-2 R-2 has same airframe A-i smaller engine fuel capacity R-2 thus could built plans presented NE1 ON FIBER/KEVLAR SAMPLER SEE TOUCH WORK WITH SAMPLES OF THESE SPACE AGE BUILDING PRODUCTS CARBON FIBER PUSHROD/TORQUE TUBE & BEARING 200000 FILAMENT CARBON FIBER TAPE 40000 FILAMENT CARBON FIBER TAPE 30000 FILAMENT CARBON FIBER TAPE CARBON FIBER LAMINATE KEVLAR 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products Granville Miller imaginations fly notably QED Jackie Cochran flew Mac Robertson Race fabulous Time Flies built Frank Hawks end Long Tail Racer ended days Spring field MA home fastest land planes world born Springfield spent evenings young boy watching activity Springfield Airport big entertain ment days 0i movie hard come lived less mile airport father would load us car after supper drive us airport evening plane watching parking area benches next Granville shop could sit watch can still remember evening trips cant say remember specific aircraft just airplanes Im sure however saw different Gee Bees fly After getting involved RC years ago decided build model Gee Bee planes no plans kits finally decided design own selected Model Y Sportster red-andwhite beauty two seats ringed radial engine Material very sketchy finally got set none-too-accurate three-views drew model flew well attracted other Gee Bee designs made layout analysis chart various Gee Bee aircraft discovered 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SOr brings Catalog Brochure FLYLINE MODELS INC 2820 Dorr Ave Bll Fairfax Virginia 22031 repairing Helicopters replacing airplanes important lesson learned Helicopters become popular local flying fields though always aware sharing sky other aircraft would recommend other aircraft being oper ated agree upon specific flight patterns areas beforehand maintain adequate separa tion still feel Helicopter operations fixed-wing operations general mix simply because high degree concentra tion heli-pilots require safe operations Sometimes moments diversion can allow things get out hand Fly safely See next month Dave Chesney PO box 16612 Greensboro NC 27406 Gee Bee R-1 /Haffke Continued page 30 Model Y Model D Model E Quarter Scale Model Y Quarter Scale Model Aviation May 1981 best flying RC ship have ever flown came time famous R- 1 felt knew someSend $100 Building Guide AI-Tec Product list Ideducted trom 1st orderl thing few other people did layout chart shown dimensions moments R- no different Model D E Sportsters exceptionally good-flying planes smaller model RI / R2 wing loading over 60 oz still flew great Pete Miller told fuselage created some lift helped explain what seemed like impossibly high loading Some figuring showed could build Quarter Scale R-l under 15 lb wing loading would respectable 35 oz felt could hit weight easily since 90-inspan Model Y weighed just under 15 lb Quarter Scale Model D tsters weighed around II lb felt best three-views R- done Harry Robinson Eng land plans scaled 1 did everything could keep weight down fact went too far about later model built readied test flying Once again called Test Pilot Supreme Sid Clements take bird up its first flights used Ace Silver Seven radio won Bealeton VA Scale Meet Ace kindly replaced small ser vos heavy-duty Atlas models Edi tor Never fly Quarter Scale model standard servos test day large group club members South Jersey Clayton clubs showed up watch flight ever notice always happens first flight new model Sid checked engine looked over controls tank topped off engine restarted bird placed posi tion end runway Sid opened throttle R-l leaped forward tail came up right away After much shorter roll expected air After short run upwind Sid put bird gentle 90-deg left turn As flew downwind tail began flutter alarmingly Sid immediately cut throttle lined up runway made good approach wounded bird couldnt flare completely nosed over broke prop stab broken both sides fuselage Coverite held together long enough get back ground original built-up stab replaced piece solid 1/4-in hard balsa Flight number two began beautiful takeoff just like first Sid climbed up about 300 feet feel out after four five minutes reported no aileron response throttled back ailerons came back time went high speed would lose ailerons Finally made turn down left left wing folded bird spiraled down ground disaster turned out caused using wood too weak wing spars wing structure plenty strong used soft piece wood make spars Both spars brokenjust outside center section same happened other wing easy see what caused loss aileron high speed wing would forced upward causing torque tubes bind lower speed wing would flex downward ailerons would freed Fortunately major repair job little discouraged big Bealeton Scale Meet far off decided get R-l back together started burning midnight oil fuselage repairs polished off four evenings decided needed complete new wing time picked out hardest spar material could find another week R-l ready fly again although much detail work wasnt done After working until 4am went bed got up six install radio arranged meet Sid nine morning flight time R- 1 denied flight beautiful takeoff landing roll Everything perfect After making some camera passes Sid took up higher some stalls 1oop stall turns put another flight same pattern 128 Model Aviation L ATTENTION OPS Engines & Parts Available Racing Marine Use OPS 15 ter Midget OPS 45 Marine PLUS Custom TD 0491051 engine parts Complete inventory stock custom parts COX TD 049/051 engines complete formation send $1 P & G Metal Products 301 North Yale Drive Garland TX 75042 Gene Hempelt2141 2725210 lafter 600 PM CUT LITTLESAVE LOT SCRATCH BUILDER KITSTM BY Ohio Superior quality woodcut proper thickness wood build kit includedsome hardware 5IIII~ Exclusive CAN TAKE IT landing gears Fiberglass cowlsbeautiful canopies Detailed plans instructions Unbelievable low price quality kits in Z5OL 1/3 scale sizegas engines $129 95 Super Fli 1/3 scale sizegas engines $11995 Zlin Z5OL 1/4 scale sizegas glow $9995 Add $500 shipping Send $100 free catalogredeemable first order kits way soon! 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1-rom siplane praaani aim inc uneirumtur Issue Pail aascrrne ins amporiarn consirucuon points words pictures Designer/Author Henry Haffke left holds Quarter Scale Gee Bee R-1 Howell W Pete Miller looks R-1 Petes fIrst prolect chief engIneer br Granvllle brothers FIFTY YEARS AGO 1932 National Air Races unique aircraft appeared amazed saw looked different other flying machines decided wouldnt fly called Bumble Bee Eying Milk Bottle other such uncomplimentary nicknames model has called flying pickle bar rel friends calls Fat Albert flew made avia tion history winning prestigious Thomp son Trophy setting new world speed record land planes ofjust under 300 mph aircraft Gee Bee R-l Super Sportster caught everyones fancy has probably become single writtenabout aircraft air racing history Unfortun ately stories about R-l other craft built Granville brothers filled inaccuracies misconceptions sensationalistic nonsense Thus Gee Bees have poor reputation aircraft buffs considered accomplishment model Gee Bee flies well Gee Bee R- masterpiece small dedicated group men des perately trying make go aircraft business during hard times 1930s five Granville brothers farm lands upper New Hampshire mechanically inclined master particular craft young man hired chief engineer 24 Model Aviation ulose-ups ot inc Kail ana front enas cleft ana midale pictures vividly show good finish trim add realism ooes lflC pilot ugure iiign: wing removed see two aiieron servos side connected receiver Y-cordaiso front-of-wing hoid-down dowels nyion bolts rear looped rubberband keep bolts failing out Left Webra gi engine Martin industries carburetor muffler pressure fuel tank goes Edson mount ply boxpainted black better visual concealment Author uses 164l/2 Rev-Up prop Middle Author vacu-formed cowl ABS plastic Ply ring epoxied inside cowl mounting firewall Attaches three sheet-metal screws positioned two alignment pegs Right Close-up cockpit Left Exhaust extensions undemeath engine made plumbing materials attached Slim Line muffler Middle detailing Note panel lines louvers Right Ace Atlas servos used rudder engine elevators Also visible back side Sullivan 16-ox tank MY FALCONy2A GEE BEEWIkINIEMAE LATEPIT5 AAS N Xc JET IS N UTYOURE 50 YEARs AO PAJL GARBER FOR IT5 AND IDLANES FLEWAROL*ID ON ThIEI4ALLOWED AI4hJUAL- WINNIE ThE WORLDSOLO WALLS O COME _ TO BU ThERE HNJKCLARI- ATSUP SO PAINTED XSO THEY THIS ONE FORTHEFNALLYHUNt NATIOHAL AIR MUSEUM HAJK- HUHFLY WEBRA 91 ENGINE ON EDSON MOUNT ON 1/4 PLYWOOD FLY WIRE MOUNTS I/B PLYWOOD WING CRADLE 3/32BALSA PLANKING I/B PLYWOOD INSIDE ENGINE BEARERS BACK TO F 5 I/BBALSA RIBS HALVES EACH SIDE OF BLANK I/B BALSA FORMERS1/B PLYWOOD BUILT UPR 2 3/32BALSARUDtER POST F 2 TO F BRUDDER HINGES-BOLTED BLANK 3/32 BALSA RUDDER AI [ji 1/8 RIBSTOP AND BOTTCi 1/8 BALSA ELEVATOR BLANK LIGHTENED AS IN RUDDER-AILERJS I/4X 1/2 BALSA SIR 1/4 BALSA STABIUZER I/BBALSA HINGE BOX 2 BUILT UP TAILWHEEL FAIRING 3/16 DOWEL PUSH ROD TUBES 118 DUMMY WASP CYLINDERS TO FiT MOUNTON 1/8 PLYWCOD AROUND CRNKSI-LAFr C-I 2 3 1/2 BALSA AND PLY FORM RING 1/8 PLYWOOD COWL MOUNT PLATES AND BRACES x F 2A I/B PLYWXU DIHEDRAL BRACES FRONTAND BACK OF BOTH SPARS 3/32 PLYWOOD LG INNER FRAMES 1/2 BALSA SHEET BUILT-UP PANTS C 4-5 1/2 BALSA CONL FORMS ALL AROUND 5 1/2 WHEELS ON 3/16 WIRE LGLEGS / I/4DIA TORQUE TUBE 3/16 PLYWOOD MOUNTS DOUBLED FOR L GEAR WIRES I/32PLY VB PLYWOOD BLOCKS FOR FLYIJG WIRES Q BALSA LEADING EDGE 3/8XI HARD BALSA FRONTSPAR TO C/L WIRE INTO BLOCK AND PLYWOOD I/4SO LONGERONS AND VERTICAL FRAMES I/BXI/4 FAIRLEADSFROM F 3 BACKTO B I/B BALSA SIDE FORMS FOR FAIRLEADS I/16BALSA WING SADDLE UNDER FILLETS -OVER 1/16 BALSA 3/32 BALSA AILERON BLANK I/B RIBS UPPER LOWER DOWEL I/2LEADING EDGE 3/BBALSA AILERON SPAR WITH I/4TRIANGLE FILL ill 1/4 BALSA TIPS 3/32RIBS EXCEPT ATLG AREA 3/BX 3/4 HARD BALSA REAR SFR Howell W Pete Miller fresh New York Universitys School Aeronautics Bob Hall former Gee Bee engineer left year before form own company proved team would estab lish aviation records rock aeronauti cal world planes produced tiny shop former dance hall edge Springfield Airport Springfield MA R-l Pete Millers first project team wanted plane capable winning rac ings biggest prize Thompson Trophy Pylon Race other big event National Air Races Bendix CrossCountry Race two ships built nearly identical appearance aimed event R- 1 bigger engine two polishing pylons Thompson R-2 fuel capacity smaller engine California-toCleveland Bendix Race Zantford Grannie Granville eldest Gran ville brother head company laid eut basic design new racers Pete Miller Grannies idea build airframe behind big Pratt & Whitney radial engine would streamline en gine fuselage efficient way possible genesis teardropshaped Gee Bee Super Sportsters actually slightly larger diameter engines about one-third planes length back nose prove idea model built extensive program wind tunnel testing carried out Pete Miller professors New York University Tests proved basic concept completely Read ers may have heard Gee Bees designed slapdash style stories say built chalk sketches workshop floor type unfounded story has burdened Gee Bee aircraft undeserved reputation 50 years actually marvels technology time Pete Millers evaluation design performance craft work master calcu lated estimate R- ls top speed less 2 mph actual speed attained R- built vertical fin very little rudder area wind tunnel tests shown bob tail would ade uate though marginal Russell Boardman pilot R-I Thompson Race made first test flight clear Friday taking off grass strip front Granville shop landed nearby Bowles Agawam Field told waiting Granvilles boys sure build air planes suggestion would like little rudder fin night Zantford youngest brother Bob cut out parts rudder fin additions installed next day Bob told gone church morning instead coming straight out work R-l really caught dickens Grannie arrived Bowles finish doping new tail section Russ Boardman make another test flight Monday Russ climbed Model E Sportster make hop Springfield Bowles quite pilot always putting show favorite tricks loop takeoff Hed done times larger powerful Model Y Sportster time ever 110-hp Warner engine rather 300-hp P&W Wasp Jr accus tomed Boardman ended up woods across street runway back injuries really serious enough keep him out Thompson Trophy Race Grannie heard Jimmy Doolittle landing accident Laird racer Jimmy needed plane Thompson called Doolittle offered him R- 1 Jimmy flew Bowles Agawam Field Shell Lockheed went over R- 1 Grannie rest brothers After lengthy discussion thorough examina tion Doolittle buckled himself big racer fired up took off disap peared over horizon Several hours later Grannie got telegram read Landed OK ClevelandDoolittle RI ~osPIsIt PLAN SHEET NO WINGSPAN75 IN LENGTH52/N WEIGHT/4-ISLES SCALE31NIFT DESIGNEG BY HENRY HAFEKE C C3 F1 F28 COWL WAo 5 I2 WHEELS race day R-l topped field set new world speed record Shell Speed Dash well new closed-course record during Thompson Race Doolittle flew R- 1 back Springfield after races final race planned retire comments ship reported Cleveland Springfield papers full praise recent publications Doolittle described having damned racer calling unstable touchy After considerable time able contact Gen Doolittle personally reports very differ ent what has written history books has told honest ship fly flew very well ham-handled felt might have bit tail heavy resulting some pitch insta bility reported good stability other cases After 1932 successes thoughts turned winning again 1933 time snatched picture next months construction section show whst completed Russ Boardmans turn R- given assembied framework looks like Just prior covering Looks good bare-bones stage bigger engine rudder area 26 Model Aviation FULL-SIZE PLANS AVAILABLE . SEE PAGE 164 BE CONCERNED WITH WEIGHT KEEP MODEL LIGHT 00000 0000000___ STABILIZERI4 BALSA HARD INSTRUMENT PANEL L AYOLIT HINGE LOUVRE PATTERNS PUJVATOR SPAR I2 XI4 BALSAJO/NERd HORN ELEVATOR 332 LOU VRE ALUMINUM FLASHINGBALSA LOUVRE LOCATIONFORMING BLOCK TEMPLATE1rf I4 BASS REM LOUVRE AROUND &IXN LOCATE LOUVRE POSITIONS -CUT SLOTS RIBS TOP d ROT TOM INSERT LGUR1ES -HOT STUFF IN PLACE 1 Fl/V ODUALEBALSA ALOk ATNp W4SOs~FFT RASIC &oEN EON - --AS%IRNLC & NA F 4BDCASTC nP68 I4 XIB SADWE TRINGERF78- H-11/0 ASNFR F88 STRINGERS OMITTED FOR CLARITYTAIL PRIFEL MOUNT LA[v33][b-2-10-1-10]]TAIL WHEEL RLOCIIN11 TAIL WHEEL AIRING1T\I BALSA PAIRING FRONT VIEWBOTTOM VIEW UT GUT TO CLEAR WHEELI I-S TAIL WHEEL Springfield Airport no trouble time either craft Since 1933 races held California rather Cleveland Gee Bee p added Boardman flew re-engined R-1 well R-2 now equipped R-ls old engine times during summer 1933 flew out tiny February 198327 Test Pilot Sid Clements checks out RIs controls prior first flight Three Gee Bees pilots snapped Bealeton Contest Joe Gallagher L flew Model E Sportater Henry Haffke C model D Sportster far right Sid Clements R-1 Henry designed three model Gee Bees others Another Granville brother FULL-SIZE PLANS AVAILABLE . SEE PAGE 164 BAlBRIGAl WBECKDC TURK / Al PLY BC CONCERNED WITH WEIGHT KEEP MODEL LIGHT K3B SPAR 3AUOR SPAR\ BREY BUSHING] 5/ TRIAPRULE B PLY -TAPEK BOTTOMOP BEAR EPA PER PLY 3W BALSA GEE BEE RI SUPEPER SPORTSTER PLAN SHEET NO U DESIUNEU BY HENRY RAEFKE V AILERON SECTION AZLII[][]C Al Z EBYIRPLYU WING TIP PARTS 14 BALSA I1LIE DIHEDRAL BBAEEIB PLYB REARI EROHT DIHEDRAL BRACE P PLY IIiiiIiiiIIIiiiiiiiALL WINO RIBS 3 32BALSA ERCEPT AS NOTED GEE BEE R-I SUPER SPORTSTER___________________ PARTS PATTERNSLANDING DEAR MOUNT PARTS PLAN SHEET NO 3 3 PLY DESIGNED BY HENRY HAEEKE TORQUE BOG BRUHINGS YELPER LEO YRGNY RE B f S lB VEER LU AGE BEG RERRI SETH ERR PEAR CRC BEE REW VEYRBELANDING YEAR PAIKINGS B1RERRB CR3 HERTS YROM REBIIWRREEEERRERIALA BRrR CR \ ACE PARTS PEBEYVE B B REAMS NCEREY PERIL YTSERREAEAY ERR 4 CRAVE RNR BANE TRYITEAL BERRY TERRE BASE YACABBE AROUSE TEIPE LEGS MEL ERRI BROKER LB LB BRACE BIER ERIBAPE YEELY LU 3BRAEBAELD 31 ABALUR N COWL OUTLINE IS lB 02 TANK NYNROYTLE B T2R 4 BATTERY N THIS BAT AT TOP OF TEJOELBUE PLY SERVO I-KEYES MOUNT KYLE IIHECRAC BRACE AlBIEPLYI AlAl IIKY CMOUNT B PLY PLY RUSHING 4 40 RHEDRAI RRACE LA ACER TONGUE C4UI 4 TRAILK LUKE ______IE2AEEBCW L E liiiIIII-ECR TRIANGLE 332 BIB ~wT/3E323E3AILERON BASE BASE 28 Model Aviation Jimmy Doolittie poses front Gee Bee A-i Super Sportster Notes dont say taken judging interest onlookers guess must have after big Cleveland wins Doolittle takes off record-setting flight dust being kicked up looks like might grass fieid Faiiure brakes hold wet grass led retirement Granvilles racing crew planned have both ships fly Cali fornia Bendix Race Boardman landed R- Indianapolis refueling stop found R-2 although supposed have gone R-2 out race due collapse aerol strut resulting wing tip damage Boardman very upset words R-2 pilot R- being refueled boarded R-l started takeoff roll pulled ship off ground before used up half run way As left ground gust wind hit him flipped nearly-stalled R- 1 its back hit inverted skidded down runway Boardman alive pulled wreckage died next day hospital Granvilles lost old friend Russ Boardman out 1933 races R- rebuilt extended Zantford Grannie Granvilie leans wing A-i picture taken soon after vertical fin added Bumblebee flying milk bottleits easy see R-1 has nicknames view Author says people have misconceptions about flying traits famous airplane Jimmy Doolittle controls R-i flashes grandstands Cleveland 1932 Won Thompson Trophy Race Shell Speed Dash February 1983 29 Grannie runs-up engine original R-1 layout Russell Boardman made first lest flight wayno fin small rudder Sister ship A-ithe Gee Bee R-2 R-2 has same airframe A-i smaller engine fuel capacity R-2 thus could built plans presented NE1 ON FIBER/KEVLAR SAMPLER SEE TOUCH WORK WITH SAMPLES OF THESE SPACE AGE BUILDING PRODUCTS CARBON FIBER PUSHROD/TORQUE TUBE & BEARING 200000 FILAMENT CARBON FIBER TAPE 40000 FILAMENT CARBON FIBER TAPE 30000 FILAMENT CARBON FIBER TAPE CARBON FIBER LAMINATE KEVLAR 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SOr brings Catalog Brochure FLYLINE MODELS INC 2820 Dorr Ave Bll Fairfax Virginia 22031 repairing Helicopters replacing airplanes important lesson learned Helicopters become popular local flying fields though always aware sharing sky other aircraft would recommend other aircraft being oper ated agree upon specific flight patterns areas beforehand maintain adequate separa tion still feel Helicopter operations fixed-wing operations general mix simply because high degree concentra tion heli-pilots require safe operations Sometimes moments diversion can allow things get out hand Fly safely See next month Dave Chesney PO box 16612 Greensboro NC 27406 Gee Bee R-1 /Haffke Continued page 30 Model Y Model D Model E Quarter Scale Model Y Quarter Scale Model Aviation May 1981 best flying RC ship have ever flown came time famous R- 1 felt knew someSend $100 Building Guide AI-Tec Product list Ideducted trom 1st orderl thing few other people did layout chart shown dimensions moments R- no different Model D E Sportsters exceptionally good-flying planes smaller model RI / R2 wing loading over 60 oz still flew great Pete Miller told fuselage created some lift helped explain what seemed like impossibly high loading Some figuring showed could build Quarter Scale R-l under 15 lb wing loading would respectable 35 oz felt could hit weight easily since 90-inspan Model Y weighed just under 15 lb Quarter Scale Model D tsters weighed around II lb felt best three-views R- done Harry Robinson Eng land plans scaled 1 did everything could keep weight down fact went too far about later model built readied test flying Once again called Test Pilot Supreme Sid Clements take bird up its first flights used Ace Silver Seven radio won Bealeton VA Scale Meet Ace kindly replaced small ser vos heavy-duty Atlas models Edi tor Never fly Quarter Scale model standard servos test day large group club members South Jersey Clayton clubs showed up watch flight ever notice always happens first flight new model Sid checked engine looked over controls tank topped off engine restarted bird placed posi tion end runway Sid opened throttle R-l leaped forward tail came up right away After much shorter roll expected air After short run upwind Sid put bird gentle 90-deg left turn As flew downwind tail began flutter alarmingly Sid immediately cut throttle lined up runway made good approach wounded bird couldnt flare completely nosed over broke prop stab broken both sides fuselage Coverite held together long enough get back ground original built-up stab replaced piece solid 1/4-in hard balsa Flight number two began beautiful takeoff just like first Sid climbed up about 300 feet feel out after four five minutes reported no aileron response throttled back ailerons came back time went high speed would lose ailerons Finally made turn down left left wing folded bird spiraled down ground disaster turned out caused using wood too weak wing spars wing structure plenty strong used soft piece wood make spars Both spars brokenjust outside center section same happened other wing easy see what caused loss aileron high speed wing would forced upward causing torque tubes bind lower speed wing would flex downward ailerons would freed Fortunately major repair job little discouraged big Bealeton Scale Meet far off decided get R-l back together started burning midnight oil fuselage repairs polished off four evenings decided needed complete new wing time picked out hardest spar material could find another week R-l ready fly again although much detail work wasnt done After working until 4am went bed got up six install radio arranged meet Sid nine morning flight time R- 1 denied flight beautiful takeoff landing roll Everything perfect After making some camera passes Sid took up higher some stalls 1oop stall turns put another flight same pattern 128 Model Aviation L ATTENTION OPS Engines & Parts Available Racing Marine Use OPS 15 ter Midget OPS 45 Marine PLUS Custom TD 0491051 engine parts Complete inventory stock custom parts COX TD 049/051 engines complete formation send $1 P & G Metal Products 301 North Yale Drive Garland TX 75042 Gene Hempelt2141 2725210 lafter 600 PM CUT LITTLESAVE LOT SCRATCH BUILDER KITSTM BY Ohio Superior quality woodcut proper thickness wood build kit includedsome hardware 5IIII~ Exclusive CAN TAKE IT landing gears Fiberglass cowlsbeautiful canopies Detailed plans instructions Unbelievable low price quality kits in Z5OL 1/3 scale sizegas engines $129 95 Super Fli 1/3 scale sizegas engines $11995 Zlin Z5OL 1/4 scale sizegas glow $9995 Add $500 shipping Send $100 free catalogredeemable first order kits way soon! 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1-rom siplane praaani aim inc uneirumtur Issue Pail aascrrne ins amporiarn consirucuon points words pictures Designer/Author Henry Haffke left holds Quarter Scale Gee Bee R-1 Howell W Pete Miller looks R-1 Petes fIrst prolect chief engIneer br Granvllle brothers FIFTY YEARS AGO 1932 National Air Races unique aircraft appeared amazed saw looked different other flying machines decided wouldnt fly called Bumble Bee Eying Milk Bottle other such uncomplimentary nicknames model has called flying pickle bar rel friends calls Fat Albert flew made avia tion history winning prestigious Thomp son Trophy setting new world speed record land planes ofjust under 300 mph aircraft Gee Bee R-l Super Sportster caught everyones fancy has probably become single writtenabout aircraft air racing history Unfortun ately stories about R-l other craft built Granville brothers filled inaccuracies misconceptions sensationalistic nonsense Thus Gee Bees have poor reputation aircraft buffs considered accomplishment model Gee Bee flies well Gee Bee R- masterpiece small dedicated group men des perately trying make go aircraft business during hard times 1930s five Granville brothers farm lands upper New Hampshire mechanically inclined master particular craft young man hired chief engineer 24 Model Aviation ulose-ups ot inc Kail ana front enas cleft ana midale pictures vividly show good finish trim add realism ooes lflC pilot ugure iiign: wing removed see two aiieron servos side connected receiver Y-cordaiso front-of-wing hoid-down dowels nyion bolts rear looped rubberband keep bolts failing out Left Webra gi engine Martin industries carburetor muffler pressure fuel tank goes Edson mount ply boxpainted black better visual concealment Author uses 164l/2 Rev-Up prop Middle Author vacu-formed cowl ABS plastic Ply ring epoxied inside cowl mounting firewall Attaches three sheet-metal screws positioned two alignment pegs Right Close-up cockpit Left Exhaust extensions undemeath engine made plumbing materials attached Slim Line muffler Middle detailing Note panel lines louvers Right Ace Atlas servos used rudder engine elevators Also visible back side Sullivan 16-ox tank MY FALCONy2A GEE BEEWIkINIEMAE LATEPIT5 AAS N Xc JET IS N UTYOURE 50 YEARs AO PAJL GARBER FOR IT5 AND IDLANES FLEWAROL*ID ON ThIEI4ALLOWED AI4hJUAL- WINNIE ThE WORLDSOLO WALLS O COME _ TO BU ThERE HNJKCLARI- ATSUP SO PAINTED XSO THEY THIS ONE FORTHEFNALLYHUNt NATIOHAL AIR MUSEUM HAJK- HUHFLY WEBRA 91 ENGINE ON EDSON MOUNT ON 1/4 PLYWOOD FLY WIRE MOUNTS I/B PLYWOOD WING CRADLE 3/32BALSA PLANKING I/B PLYWOOD INSIDE ENGINE BEARERS BACK TO F 5 I/BBALSA RIBS HALVES EACH SIDE OF BLANK I/B BALSA FORMERS1/B PLYWOOD BUILT UPR 2 3/32BALSARUDtER POST F 2 TO F BRUDDER HINGES-BOLTED BLANK 3/32 BALSA RUDDER AI [ji 1/8 RIBSTOP AND BOTTCi 1/8 BALSA ELEVATOR BLANK LIGHTENED AS IN RUDDER-AILERJS I/4X 1/2 BALSA SIR 1/4 BALSA STABIUZER I/BBALSA HINGE BOX 2 BUILT UP TAILWHEEL FAIRING 3/16 DOWEL PUSH ROD TUBES 118 DUMMY WASP CYLINDERS TO FiT MOUNTON 1/8 PLYWCOD AROUND CRNKSI-LAFr C-I 2 3 1/2 BALSA AND PLY FORM RING 1/8 PLYWOOD COWL MOUNT PLATES AND BRACES x F 2A I/B PLYWXU DIHEDRAL BRACES FRONTAND BACK OF BOTH SPARS 3/32 PLYWOOD LG INNER FRAMES 1/2 BALSA SHEET BUILT-UP PANTS C 4-5 1/2 BALSA CONL FORMS ALL AROUND 5 1/2 WHEELS ON 3/16 WIRE LGLEGS / I/4DIA TORQUE TUBE 3/16 PLYWOOD MOUNTS DOUBLED FOR L GEAR WIRES I/32PLY VB PLYWOOD BLOCKS FOR FLYIJG WIRES Q BALSA LEADING EDGE 3/8XI HARD BALSA FRONTSPAR TO C/L WIRE INTO BLOCK AND PLYWOOD I/4SO LONGERONS AND VERTICAL FRAMES I/BXI/4 FAIRLEADSFROM F 3 BACKTO B I/B BALSA SIDE FORMS FOR FAIRLEADS I/16BALSA WING SADDLE UNDER FILLETS -OVER 1/16 BALSA 3/32 BALSA AILERON BLANK I/B RIBS UPPER LOWER DOWEL I/2LEADING EDGE 3/BBALSA AILERON SPAR WITH I/4TRIANGLE FILL ill 1/4 BALSA TIPS 3/32RIBS EXCEPT ATLG AREA 3/BX 3/4 HARD BALSA REAR SFR Howell W Pete Miller fresh New York Universitys School Aeronautics Bob Hall former Gee Bee engineer left year before form own company proved team would estab lish aviation records rock aeronauti cal world planes produced tiny shop former dance hall edge Springfield Airport Springfield MA R-l Pete Millers first project team wanted plane capable winning rac ings biggest prize Thompson Trophy Pylon Race other big event National Air Races Bendix CrossCountry Race two ships built nearly identical appearance aimed event R- 1 bigger engine two polishing pylons Thompson R-2 fuel capacity smaller engine California-toCleveland Bendix Race Zantford Grannie Granville eldest Gran ville brother head company laid eut basic design new racers Pete Miller Grannies idea build airframe behind big Pratt & Whitney radial engine would streamline en gine fuselage efficient way possible genesis teardropshaped Gee Bee Super Sportsters actually slightly larger diameter engines about one-third planes length back nose prove idea model built extensive program wind tunnel testing carried out Pete Miller professors New York University Tests proved basic concept completely Read ers may have heard Gee Bees designed slapdash style stories say built chalk sketches workshop floor type unfounded story has burdened Gee Bee aircraft undeserved reputation 50 years actually marvels technology time Pete Millers evaluation design performance craft work master calcu lated estimate R- ls top speed less 2 mph actual speed attained R- built vertical fin very little rudder area wind tunnel tests shown bob tail would ade uate though marginal Russell Boardman pilot R-I Thompson Race made first test flight clear Friday taking off grass strip front Granville shop landed nearby Bowles Agawam Field told waiting Granvilles boys sure build air planes suggestion would like little rudder fin night Zantford youngest brother Bob cut out parts rudder fin additions installed next day Bob told gone church morning instead coming straight out work R-l really caught dickens Grannie arrived Bowles finish doping new tail section Russ Boardman make another test flight Monday Russ climbed Model E Sportster make hop Springfield Bowles quite pilot always putting show favorite tricks loop takeoff Hed done times larger powerful Model Y Sportster time ever 110-hp Warner engine rather 300-hp P&W Wasp Jr accus tomed Boardman ended up woods across street runway back injuries really serious enough keep him out Thompson Trophy Race Grannie heard Jimmy Doolittle landing accident Laird racer Jimmy needed plane Thompson called Doolittle offered him R- 1 Jimmy flew Bowles Agawam Field Shell Lockheed went over R- 1 Grannie rest brothers After lengthy discussion thorough examina tion Doolittle buckled himself big racer fired up took off disap peared over horizon Several hours later Grannie got telegram read Landed OK ClevelandDoolittle RI ~osPIsIt PLAN SHEET NO WINGSPAN75 IN LENGTH52/N WEIGHT/4-ISLES SCALE31NIFT DESIGNEG BY HENRY HAFEKE C C3 F1 F28 COWL WAo 5 I2 WHEELS race day R-l topped field set new world speed record Shell Speed Dash well new closed-course record during Thompson Race Doolittle flew R- 1 back Springfield after races final race planned retire comments ship reported Cleveland Springfield papers full praise recent publications Doolittle described having damned racer calling unstable touchy After considerable time able contact Gen Doolittle personally reports very differ ent what has written history books has told honest ship fly flew very well ham-handled felt might have bit tail heavy resulting some pitch insta bility reported good stability other cases After 1932 successes thoughts turned winning again 1933 time snatched picture next months construction section show whst completed Russ Boardmans turn R- given assembied framework looks like Just prior covering Looks good bare-bones stage bigger engine rudder area 26 Model Aviation FULL-SIZE PLANS AVAILABLE . SEE PAGE 164 BE CONCERNED WITH WEIGHT KEEP MODEL LIGHT 00000 0000000___ STABILIZERI4 BALSA HARD INSTRUMENT PANEL L AYOLIT HINGE LOUVRE PATTERNS PUJVATOR SPAR I2 XI4 BALSAJO/NERd HORN ELEVATOR 332 LOU VRE ALUMINUM FLASHINGBALSA LOUVRE LOCATIONFORMING BLOCK TEMPLATE1rf I4 BASS REM LOUVRE AROUND &IXN LOCATE LOUVRE POSITIONS -CUT SLOTS RIBS TOP d ROT TOM INSERT LGUR1ES -HOT STUFF IN PLACE 1 Fl/V ODUALEBALSA ALOk ATNp W4SOs~FFT RASIC &oEN EON - --AS%IRNLC & NA F 4BDCASTC nP68 I4 XIB SADWE TRINGERF78- H-11/0 ASNFR F88 STRINGERS OMITTED FOR CLARITYTAIL PRIFEL MOUNT LA[v33][b-2-10-1-10]]TAIL WHEEL RLOCIIN11 TAIL WHEEL AIRING1T\I BALSA PAIRING FRONT VIEWBOTTOM VIEW UT GUT TO CLEAR WHEELI I-S TAIL WHEEL Springfield Airport no trouble time either craft Since 1933 races held California rather Cleveland Gee Bee p added Boardman flew re-engined R-1 well R-2 now equipped R-ls old engine times during summer 1933 flew out tiny February 198327 Test Pilot Sid Clements checks out RIs controls prior first flight Three Gee Bees pilots snapped Bealeton Contest Joe Gallagher L flew Model E Sportater Henry Haffke C model D Sportster far right Sid Clements R-1 Henry designed three model Gee Bees others Another Granville brother FULL-SIZE PLANS AVAILABLE . SEE PAGE 164 BAlBRIGAl WBECKDC TURK / Al PLY BC CONCERNED WITH WEIGHT KEEP MODEL LIGHT K3B SPAR 3AUOR SPAR\ BREY BUSHING] 5/ TRIAPRULE B PLY -TAPEK BOTTOMOP BEAR EPA PER PLY 3W BALSA GEE BEE RI SUPEPER SPORTSTER PLAN SHEET NO U DESIUNEU BY HENRY RAEFKE V AILERON SECTION AZLII[][]C Al Z EBYIRPLYU WING TIP PARTS 14 BALSA I1LIE DIHEDRAL BBAEEIB PLYB REARI EROHT DIHEDRAL BRACE P PLY IIiiiIiiiIIIiiiiiiiALL WINO RIBS 3 32BALSA ERCEPT AS NOTED GEE BEE R-I SUPER SPORTSTER___________________ PARTS PATTERNSLANDING DEAR MOUNT PARTS PLAN SHEET NO 3 3 PLY DESIGNED BY HENRY HAEEKE TORQUE BOG BRUHINGS YELPER LEO YRGNY RE B f S lB VEER LU AGE BEG RERRI SETH ERR PEAR CRC BEE REW VEYRBELANDING YEAR PAIKINGS B1RERRB CR3 HERTS YROM REBIIWRREEEERRERIALA BRrR CR \ ACE PARTS PEBEYVE B B REAMS NCEREY PERIL YTSERREAEAY ERR 4 CRAVE RNR BANE TRYITEAL BERRY TERRE BASE YACABBE AROUSE TEIPE LEGS MEL ERRI BROKER LB LB BRACE BIER ERIBAPE YEELY LU 3BRAEBAELD 31 ABALUR N COWL OUTLINE IS lB 02 TANK NYNROYTLE B T2R 4 BATTERY N THIS BAT AT TOP OF TEJOELBUE PLY SERVO I-KEYES MOUNT KYLE IIHECRAC BRACE AlBIEPLYI AlAl IIKY CMOUNT B PLY PLY RUSHING 4 40 RHEDRAI RRACE LA ACER TONGUE C4UI 4 TRAILK LUKE ______IE2AEEBCW L E liiiIIII-ECR TRIANGLE 332 BIB ~wT/3E323E3AILERON BASE BASE 28 Model Aviation Jimmy Doolittie poses front Gee Bee A-i Super Sportster Notes dont say taken judging interest onlookers guess must have after big Cleveland wins Doolittle takes off record-setting flight dust being kicked up looks like might grass fieid Faiiure brakes hold wet grass led retirement Granvilles racing crew planned have both ships fly Cali fornia Bendix Race Boardman landed R- Indianapolis refueling stop found R-2 although supposed have gone R-2 out race due collapse aerol strut resulting wing tip damage Boardman very upset words R-2 pilot R- being refueled boarded R-l started takeoff roll pulled ship off ground before used up half run way As left ground gust wind hit him flipped nearly-stalled R- 1 its back hit inverted skidded down runway Boardman alive pulled wreckage died next day hospital Granvilles lost old friend Russ Boardman out 1933 races R- rebuilt extended Zantford Grannie Granvilie leans wing A-i picture taken soon after vertical fin added Bumblebee flying milk bottleits easy see R-1 has nicknames view Author says people have misconceptions about flying traits famous airplane Jimmy Doolittle controls R-i flashes grandstands Cleveland 1932 Won Thompson Trophy Race Shell Speed Dash February 1983 29 Grannie runs-up engine original R-1 layout Russell Boardman made first lest flight wayno fin small rudder Sister ship A-ithe Gee Bee R-2 R-2 has same airframe A-i smaller engine fuel capacity R-2 thus could built plans presented NE1 ON FIBER/KEVLAR SAMPLER SEE TOUCH WORK WITH SAMPLES OF THESE SPACE AGE BUILDING PRODUCTS CARBON FIBER PUSHROD/TORQUE TUBE & BEARING 200000 FILAMENT CARBON FIBER TAPE 40000 FILAMENT CARBON FIBER TAPE 30000 FILAMENT CARBON FIBER TAPE CARBON FIBER LAMINATE KEVLAR 18 OZ FABRIC KEVLAR 3A W TAPECIflIVI CARBON/KEVLAR INFO MANUALCash Check Money Order 1983 AEROLITE CATALOG UMaterCad VISA [vpj~MlIersport 1-twy 716-634442 uffalo NY 14221 fik 1325 fuselage mated old R-2 wing still storage Springfield since R-2 reworked 1933 final Gee Bee racer known R-l/R-2 Long Tail Racer readied 1933 Chicago International Races pilot West Coast engaged fly Test flights showed good handling very good speed Pete Miller felt fastest racer ever built Its shame never really chance show its stuff During second flight ground very wet recent storm pilot having some difficulty getting ship ground since floated low speeds made several passes Finally touched down too much speed brakes useless wet grass R-l / R-2 skidded ditch end field tipped up its nose big Hornet engine still tick ing over ship nosed up prop hit ground flipped entire plane over ditch came rest its feet damage wings prop made impos sible race Chicago ended racing Granville organization no money left Other products Granville Miller imaginations fly notably QED Jackie Cochran flew Mac Robertson Race fabulous Time Flies built Frank Hawks end Long Tail Racer ended days Spring field MA home fastest land planes world born Springfield spent evenings young boy watching activity Springfield Airport big entertain ment days 0i movie hard come lived less mile airport father would load us car after supper drive us airport evening plane watching parking area benches next Granville shop could sit watch can still remember evening trips cant say remember specific aircraft just airplanes Im sure however saw different Gee Bees fly After getting involved RC years ago decided build model Gee Bee planes no plans kits finally decided design own selected Model Y Sportster red-andwhite beauty two seats ringed radial engine Material very sketchy finally got set none-too-accurate three-views drew model flew well attracted other Gee Bee designs made layout analysis chart various Gee Bee aircraft discovered proportions nearly bad everyone seems think shape gives illusion very short have designed buih flown models of Gee Bee Sportsters over past eight years two Model Ys Model D RI / R2 56-in-wingspan size Continued page 128 30 Model Aviation RIC MODEL TRANSPORTER$570 retail price plus shipping * Call now about Super Winter Discount* Compact Versatile Durable Hauls 2 planes plus gear equipment will need field customize inside hangers tool box etc meet need Send $100 information X-HAUL ER PO Box 185 Constantine MI 49042 Call 616435-6905 Box Size 4 x 10 x30 High Maintenance Free Aluminum Exterior Wood Box Construction Steel Running Geur AL-TEC PROdUCTS INC INTRODUCES NEW BUILDING CONCEPT unique AL-I-SpAR1 & 2 AI-T-SpAR & 2 [patent pending] integral component uni-structure membered light weight Alum inum beam T spar Specially planned total model aircraft world mind STRONG easyto use balsa foam wings tail planes Spar material Aluminum alloy 018 nominal thick AIISpARl .Bozlft l18x3/8 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SOr brings Catalog Brochure FLYLINE MODELS INC 2820 Dorr Ave Bll Fairfax Virginia 22031 repairing Helicopters replacing airplanes important lesson learned Helicopters become popular local flying fields though always aware sharing sky other aircraft would recommend other aircraft being oper ated agree upon specific flight patterns areas beforehand maintain adequate separa tion still feel Helicopter operations fixed-wing operations general mix simply because high degree concentra tion heli-pilots require safe operations Sometimes moments diversion can allow things get out hand Fly safely See next month Dave Chesney PO box 16612 Greensboro NC 27406 Gee Bee R-1 /Haffke Continued page 30 Model Y Model D Model E Quarter Scale Model Y Quarter Scale Model Aviation May 1981 best flying RC ship have ever flown came time famous R- 1 felt knew someSend $100 Building Guide AI-Tec Product list Ideducted trom 1st orderl thing few other people did layout chart shown dimensions moments R- no different Model D E Sportsters exceptionally good-flying planes smaller model RI / R2 wing loading over 60 oz still flew great Pete Miller told fuselage created some lift helped explain what seemed like impossibly high loading Some figuring showed could build Quarter Scale R-l under 15 lb wing loading would respectable 35 oz felt could hit weight easily since 90-inspan Model Y weighed just under 15 lb Quarter Scale Model D tsters weighed around II lb felt best three-views R- done Harry Robinson Eng land plans scaled 1 did everything could keep weight down fact went too far about later model built readied test flying Once again called Test Pilot Supreme Sid Clements take bird up its first flights used Ace Silver Seven radio won Bealeton VA Scale Meet Ace kindly replaced small ser vos heavy-duty Atlas models Edi tor Never fly Quarter Scale model standard servos test day large group club members South Jersey Clayton clubs showed up watch flight ever notice always happens first flight new model Sid checked engine looked over controls tank topped off engine restarted bird placed posi tion end runway Sid opened throttle R-l leaped forward tail came up right away After much shorter roll expected air After short run upwind Sid put bird gentle 90-deg left turn As flew downwind tail began flutter alarmingly Sid immediately cut throttle lined up runway made good approach wounded bird couldnt flare completely nosed over broke prop stab broken both sides fuselage Coverite held together long enough get back ground original built-up stab replaced piece solid 1/4-in hard balsa Flight number two began beautiful takeoff just like first Sid climbed up about 300 feet feel out after four five minutes reported no aileron response throttled back ailerons came back time went high speed would lose ailerons Finally made turn down left left wing folded bird spiraled down ground disaster turned out caused using wood too weak wing spars wing structure plenty strong used soft piece wood make spars Both spars brokenjust outside center section same happened other wing easy see what caused loss aileron high speed wing would forced upward causing torque tubes bind lower speed wing would flex downward ailerons would freed Fortunately major repair job little discouraged big Bealeton Scale Meet far off decided get R-l back together started burning midnight oil fuselage repairs polished off four evenings decided needed complete new wing time picked out hardest spar material could find another week R-l ready fly again although much detail work wasnt done After working until 4am went bed got up six install radio arranged meet Sid nine morning flight time R- 1 denied flight beautiful takeoff landing roll Everything perfect After making some camera passes Sid took up higher some stalls 1oop stall turns put another flight same pattern 128 Model Aviation L ATTENTION OPS Engines & Parts Available Racing Marine Use OPS 15 ter Midget OPS 45 Marine PLUS Custom TD 0491051 engine parts Complete inventory stock custom parts COX TD 049/051 engines complete formation send $1 P & G Metal Products 301 North Yale Drive Garland TX 75042 Gene Hempelt2141 2725210 lafter 600 PM CUT LITTLESAVE LOT SCRATCH BUILDER KITSTM BY Ohio Superior quality woodcut proper thickness wood build kit includedsome hardware 5IIII~ Exclusive CAN TAKE IT landing gears Fiberglass cowlsbeautiful canopies Detailed plans instructions Unbelievable low price quality kits in Z5OL 1/3 scale sizegas engines $129 95 Super Fli 1/3 scale sizegas engines $11995 Zlin Z5OL 1/4 scale sizegas glow $9995 Add $500 shipping Send $100 free catalogredeemable first order kits way soon! 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Edition: Model Aviation - 1983/02
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1-rom siplane praaani aim inc uneirumtur Issue Pail aascrrne ins amporiarn consirucuon points words pictures Designer/Author Henry Haffke left holds Quarter Scale Gee Bee R-1 Howell W Pete Miller looks R-1 Petes fIrst prolect chief engIneer br Granvllle brothers FIFTY YEARS AGO 1932 National Air Races unique aircraft appeared amazed saw looked different other flying machines decided wouldnt fly called Bumble Bee Eying Milk Bottle other such uncomplimentary nicknames model has called flying pickle bar rel friends calls Fat Albert flew made avia tion history winning prestigious Thomp son Trophy setting new world speed record land planes ofjust under 300 mph aircraft Gee Bee R-l Super Sportster caught everyones fancy has probably become single writtenabout aircraft air racing history Unfortun ately stories about R-l other craft built Granville brothers filled inaccuracies misconceptions sensationalistic nonsense Thus Gee Bees have poor reputation aircraft buffs considered accomplishment model Gee Bee flies well Gee Bee R- masterpiece small dedicated group men des perately trying make go aircraft business during hard times 1930s five Granville brothers farm lands upper New Hampshire mechanically inclined master particular craft young man hired chief engineer 24 Model Aviation ulose-ups ot inc Kail ana front enas cleft ana midale pictures vividly show good finish trim add realism ooes lflC pilot ugure iiign: wing removed see two aiieron servos side connected receiver Y-cordaiso front-of-wing hoid-down dowels nyion bolts rear looped rubberband keep bolts failing out Left Webra gi engine Martin industries carburetor muffler pressure fuel tank goes Edson mount ply boxpainted black better visual concealment Author uses 164l/2 Rev-Up prop Middle Author vacu-formed cowl ABS plastic Ply ring epoxied inside cowl mounting firewall Attaches three sheet-metal screws positioned two alignment pegs Right Close-up cockpit Left Exhaust extensions undemeath engine made plumbing materials attached Slim Line muffler Middle detailing Note panel lines louvers Right Ace Atlas servos used rudder engine elevators Also visible back side Sullivan 16-ox tank MY FALCONy2A GEE BEEWIkINIEMAE LATEPIT5 AAS N Xc JET IS N UTYOURE 50 YEARs AO PAJL GARBER FOR IT5 AND IDLANES FLEWAROL*ID ON ThIEI4ALLOWED AI4hJUAL- WINNIE ThE WORLDSOLO WALLS O COME _ TO BU ThERE HNJKCLARI- ATSUP SO PAINTED XSO THEY THIS ONE FORTHEFNALLYHUNt NATIOHAL AIR MUSEUM HAJK- HUHFLY WEBRA 91 ENGINE ON EDSON MOUNT ON 1/4 PLYWOOD FLY WIRE MOUNTS I/B PLYWOOD WING CRADLE 3/32BALSA PLANKING I/B PLYWOOD INSIDE ENGINE BEARERS BACK TO F 5 I/BBALSA RIBS HALVES EACH SIDE OF BLANK I/B BALSA FORMERS1/B PLYWOOD BUILT UPR 2 3/32BALSARUDtER POST F 2 TO F BRUDDER HINGES-BOLTED BLANK 3/32 BALSA RUDDER AI [ji 1/8 RIBSTOP AND BOTTCi 1/8 BALSA ELEVATOR BLANK LIGHTENED AS IN RUDDER-AILERJS I/4X 1/2 BALSA SIR 1/4 BALSA STABIUZER I/BBALSA HINGE BOX 2 BUILT UP TAILWHEEL FAIRING 3/16 DOWEL PUSH ROD TUBES 118 DUMMY WASP CYLINDERS 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would estab lish aviation records rock aeronauti cal world planes produced tiny shop former dance hall edge Springfield Airport Springfield MA R-l Pete Millers first project team wanted plane capable winning rac ings biggest prize Thompson Trophy Pylon Race other big event National Air Races Bendix CrossCountry Race two ships built nearly identical appearance aimed event R- 1 bigger engine two polishing pylons Thompson R-2 fuel capacity smaller engine California-toCleveland Bendix Race Zantford Grannie Granville eldest Gran ville brother head company laid eut basic design new racers Pete Miller Grannies idea build airframe behind big Pratt & Whitney radial engine would streamline en gine fuselage efficient way possible genesis teardropshaped Gee Bee Super Sportsters actually slightly larger diameter engines about one-third planes length back nose prove idea model built extensive program wind tunnel testing carried out Pete Miller professors New York University Tests proved basic concept completely Read ers may have heard Gee Bees designed slapdash style stories say built chalk sketches workshop floor type unfounded story has burdened Gee Bee aircraft undeserved reputation 50 years actually marvels technology time Pete Millers evaluation design performance craft work master calcu lated estimate R- ls top speed less 2 mph actual speed attained R- built vertical fin very little rudder area wind tunnel tests shown bob tail would ade uate though marginal Russell Boardman pilot R-I Thompson Race made first test flight clear Friday taking off grass strip front Granville shop landed nearby Bowles Agawam Field told waiting Granvilles boys sure build air planes suggestion would like little rudder fin night Zantford youngest brother Bob cut out parts rudder fin additions installed next day Bob told gone church morning instead coming straight out work R-l really caught dickens Grannie arrived Bowles finish doping new tail section Russ Boardman make another test flight Monday Russ climbed Model E Sportster make hop Springfield Bowles quite pilot always putting show favorite tricks loop takeoff Hed done times larger powerful Model Y Sportster time ever 110-hp Warner engine rather 300-hp P&W Wasp Jr accus tomed Boardman ended up woods across street runway back injuries really serious enough keep him out Thompson Trophy Race Grannie heard Jimmy Doolittle landing accident Laird racer Jimmy needed plane Thompson called Doolittle offered him R- 1 Jimmy flew Bowles Agawam Field Shell Lockheed went over R- 1 Grannie rest brothers After lengthy discussion thorough examina tion Doolittle buckled himself big racer fired up took off disap peared over horizon Several hours later Grannie got telegram read Landed OK ClevelandDoolittle RI ~osPIsIt PLAN SHEET NO WINGSPAN75 IN LENGTH52/N WEIGHT/4-ISLES SCALE31NIFT DESIGNEG BY HENRY HAFEKE C C3 F1 F28 COWL WAo 5 I2 WHEELS race day R-l topped field set new world speed record Shell Speed Dash well new closed-course record during Thompson Race Doolittle flew R- 1 back Springfield after races final race planned retire comments ship reported Cleveland Springfield papers full praise recent publications Doolittle described having damned racer calling unstable touchy After considerable time able contact Gen Doolittle personally reports very differ ent what has written history books has told honest ship fly flew very well ham-handled felt might have bit tail heavy resulting some pitch insta bility reported good stability other cases After 1932 successes thoughts turned winning again 1933 time snatched picture next months construction section show whst completed Russ Boardmans turn R- given assembied framework looks like Just prior covering Looks good bare-bones stage bigger engine rudder area 26 Model Aviation FULL-SIZE PLANS AVAILABLE . 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BATTERY N THIS BAT AT TOP OF TEJOELBUE PLY SERVO I-KEYES MOUNT KYLE IIHECRAC BRACE AlBIEPLYI AlAl IIKY CMOUNT B PLY PLY RUSHING 4 40 RHEDRAI RRACE LA ACER TONGUE C4UI 4 TRAILK LUKE ______IE2AEEBCW L E liiiIIII-ECR TRIANGLE 332 BIB ~wT/3E323E3AILERON BASE BASE 28 Model Aviation Jimmy Doolittie poses front Gee Bee A-i Super Sportster Notes dont say taken judging interest onlookers guess must have after big Cleveland wins Doolittle takes off record-setting flight dust being kicked up looks like might grass fieid Faiiure brakes hold wet grass led retirement Granvilles racing crew planned have both ships fly Cali fornia Bendix Race Boardman landed R- Indianapolis refueling stop found R-2 although supposed have gone R-2 out race due collapse aerol strut resulting wing tip damage Boardman very upset words R-2 pilot R- being refueled boarded R-l started takeoff roll pulled ship off ground before used up half run way As left ground gust wind hit him flipped nearly-stalled R- 1 its back hit inverted skidded down runway Boardman alive pulled wreckage died next day hospital Granvilles lost old friend Russ Boardman out 1933 races R- rebuilt extended Zantford Grannie Granvilie leans wing A-i picture taken soon after vertical fin added Bumblebee flying milk bottleits easy see R-1 has nicknames view Author says people have misconceptions about flying traits famous airplane Jimmy Doolittle controls R-i flashes grandstands Cleveland 1932 Won Thompson Trophy Race Shell Speed Dash February 1983 29 Grannie runs-up engine original R-1 layout Russell Boardman made first lest flight wayno fin small rudder Sister ship A-ithe Gee Bee R-2 R-2 has same airframe A-i smaller engine fuel capacity R-2 thus could built plans presented NE1 ON FIBER/KEVLAR SAMPLER SEE TOUCH WORK WITH SAMPLES OF THESE SPACE AGE BUILDING PRODUCTS CARBON FIBER PUSHROD/TORQUE TUBE & BEARING 200000 FILAMENT CARBON FIBER TAPE 40000 FILAMENT CARBON FIBER TAPE 30000 FILAMENT CARBON FIBER TAPE CARBON FIBER LAMINATE KEVLAR 18 OZ FABRIC KEVLAR 3A W TAPECIflIVI CARBON/KEVLAR INFO MANUALCash Check Money Order 1983 AEROLITE CATALOG UMaterCad VISA [vpj~MlIersport 1-twy 716-634442 uffalo NY 14221 fik 1325 fuselage mated old R-2 wing still storage Springfield since R-2 reworked 1933 final Gee Bee racer known R-l/R-2 Long Tail Racer readied 1933 Chicago International Races pilot West Coast engaged fly Test flights showed good handling very good speed Pete Miller felt fastest racer ever built Its shame never really chance show its stuff During second flight ground very wet recent storm pilot having some difficulty getting ship ground since floated low speeds made several passes Finally touched down too much speed brakes useless wet grass R-l / R-2 skidded ditch end field tipped up its nose big Hornet engine still tick ing over ship nosed up prop hit ground flipped entire plane over ditch came rest its feet damage wings prop made impos sible race Chicago ended racing Granville organization no money left Other products Granville Miller imaginations fly notably QED Jackie Cochran flew Mac Robertson Race fabulous Time Flies built Frank Hawks end Long Tail Racer ended days Spring field MA home fastest land planes world born Springfield spent evenings young boy watching activity Springfield Airport big entertain ment days 0i movie hard come lived less mile airport father would load us car after supper drive us airport evening plane watching parking area benches next Granville shop could sit watch can still remember evening trips cant say remember specific aircraft just airplanes Im sure however saw different Gee Bees fly After getting involved RC years ago decided build model Gee Bee planes no plans kits finally decided design own selected Model Y Sportster red-andwhite beauty two seats ringed radial engine Material very sketchy finally got set none-too-accurate three-views drew model flew well attracted other Gee Bee designs made layout analysis chart various Gee Bee aircraft discovered proportions nearly bad everyone seems think shape gives illusion very short have designed buih flown models of Gee Bee Sportsters over past eight years two Model Ys Model D RI / R2 56-in-wingspan size Continued page 128 30 Model Aviation RIC MODEL TRANSPORTER$570 retail price plus shipping * Call now about Super Winter Discount* Compact Versatile Durable Hauls 2 planes plus gear equipment will need field customize inside hangers tool box etc meet need Send $100 information X-HAUL ER PO Box 185 Constantine MI 49042 Call 616435-6905 Box Size 4 x 10 x30 High Maintenance Free Aluminum Exterior Wood Box Construction Steel Running Geur AL-TEC PROdUCTS INC INTRODUCES NEW BUILDING CONCEPT unique AL-I-SpAR1 & 2 AI-T-SpAR & 2 [patent pending] integral component uni-structure membered light weight Alum inum beam T spar Specially planned total model aircraft world mind STRONG easyto use balsa foam wings tail planes Spar material Aluminum alloy 018 nominal thick AIISpARl .Bozlft l18x3/8 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SOr brings Catalog Brochure FLYLINE MODELS INC 2820 Dorr Ave Bll Fairfax Virginia 22031 repairing Helicopters replacing airplanes important lesson learned Helicopters become popular local flying fields though always aware sharing sky other aircraft would recommend other aircraft being oper ated agree upon specific flight patterns areas beforehand maintain adequate separa tion still feel Helicopter operations fixed-wing operations general mix simply because high degree concentra tion heli-pilots require safe operations Sometimes moments diversion can allow things get out hand Fly safely See next month Dave Chesney PO box 16612 Greensboro NC 27406 Gee Bee R-1 /Haffke Continued page 30 Model Y Model D Model E Quarter Scale Model Y Quarter Scale Model Aviation May 1981 best flying RC ship have ever flown came time famous R- 1 felt knew someSend $100 Building Guide AI-Tec Product list Ideducted trom 1st orderl thing few other people did layout chart shown dimensions moments R- no different Model D E Sportsters exceptionally good-flying planes smaller model RI / R2 wing loading over 60 oz still flew great Pete Miller told fuselage created some lift helped explain what seemed like impossibly high loading Some figuring showed could build Quarter Scale R-l under 15 lb wing loading would respectable 35 oz felt could hit weight easily since 90-inspan Model Y weighed just under 15 lb Quarter Scale Model D tsters weighed around II lb felt best three-views R- done Harry Robinson Eng land plans scaled 1 did everything could keep weight down fact went too far about later model built readied test flying Once again called Test Pilot Supreme Sid Clements take bird up its first flights used Ace Silver Seven radio won Bealeton VA Scale Meet Ace kindly replaced small ser vos heavy-duty Atlas models Edi tor Never fly Quarter Scale model standard servos test day large group club members South Jersey Clayton clubs showed up watch flight ever notice always happens first flight new model Sid checked engine looked over controls tank topped off engine restarted bird placed posi tion end runway Sid opened throttle R-l leaped forward tail came up right away After much shorter roll expected air After short run upwind Sid put bird gentle 90-deg left turn As flew downwind tail began flutter alarmingly Sid immediately cut throttle lined up runway made good approach wounded bird couldnt flare completely nosed over broke prop stab broken both sides fuselage Coverite held together long enough get back ground original built-up stab replaced piece solid 1/4-in hard balsa Flight number two began beautiful takeoff just like first Sid climbed up about 300 feet feel out after four five minutes reported no aileron response throttled back ailerons came back time went high speed would lose ailerons Finally made turn down left left wing folded bird spiraled down ground disaster turned out caused using wood too weak wing spars wing structure plenty strong used soft piece wood make spars Both spars brokenjust outside center section same happened other wing easy see what caused loss aileron high speed wing would forced upward causing torque tubes bind lower speed wing would flex downward ailerons would freed Fortunately major repair job little discouraged big Bealeton Scale Meet far off decided get R-l back together started burning midnight oil fuselage repairs polished off four evenings decided needed complete new wing time picked out hardest spar material could find another week R-l ready fly again although much detail work wasnt done After working until 4am went bed got up six install radio arranged meet Sid nine morning flight time R- 1 denied flight beautiful takeoff landing roll Everything perfect After making some camera passes Sid took up higher some stalls 1oop stall turns put another flight same pattern 128 Model Aviation L ATTENTION OPS Engines & Parts Available Racing Marine Use OPS 15 ter Midget OPS 45 Marine PLUS Custom TD 0491051 engine parts Complete inventory stock custom parts COX TD 049/051 engines complete formation send $1 P & G Metal Products 301 North Yale Drive Garland TX 75042 Gene Hempelt2141 2725210 lafter 600 PM CUT LITTLESAVE LOT SCRATCH BUILDER KITSTM BY Ohio Superior quality woodcut proper thickness wood build kit includedsome hardware 5IIII~ Exclusive CAN TAKE IT landing gears Fiberglass cowlsbeautiful canopies Detailed plans instructions Unbelievable low price quality kits in Z5OL 1/3 scale sizegas engines $129 95 Super Fli 1/3 scale sizegas engines $11995 Zlin Z5OL 1/4 scale sizegas glow $9995 Add $500 shipping Send $100 free catalogredeemable first order kits way soon! 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Edition: Model Aviation - 1983/02
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1-rom siplane praaani aim inc uneirumtur Issue Pail aascrrne ins amporiarn consirucuon points words pictures Designer/Author Henry Haffke left holds Quarter Scale Gee Bee R-1 Howell W Pete Miller looks R-1 Petes fIrst prolect chief engIneer br Granvllle brothers FIFTY YEARS AGO 1932 National Air Races unique aircraft appeared amazed saw looked different other flying machines decided wouldnt fly called Bumble Bee Eying Milk Bottle other such uncomplimentary nicknames model has called flying pickle bar rel friends calls Fat Albert flew made avia tion history winning prestigious Thomp son Trophy setting new world speed record land planes ofjust under 300 mph aircraft Gee Bee R-l Super Sportster caught everyones fancy has probably become single writtenabout aircraft air racing history Unfortun ately stories about R-l other craft built Granville brothers filled inaccuracies misconceptions sensationalistic nonsense Thus Gee Bees have poor reputation aircraft buffs considered accomplishment model Gee Bee flies well Gee Bee R- masterpiece small dedicated group men des perately trying make go aircraft business during hard times 1930s five Granville brothers farm lands upper New Hampshire mechanically inclined master particular craft young man hired chief engineer 24 Model Aviation ulose-ups ot inc Kail ana front enas cleft ana midale pictures vividly show good finish trim add realism ooes lflC pilot ugure iiign: wing removed see two aiieron servos side connected receiver Y-cordaiso front-of-wing hoid-down dowels nyion bolts rear looped rubberband keep bolts failing out Left Webra gi engine Martin industries carburetor muffler pressure fuel tank goes Edson mount ply boxpainted black better visual concealment Author uses 164l/2 Rev-Up prop Middle Author vacu-formed cowl ABS plastic Ply ring epoxied inside cowl mounting firewall Attaches three sheet-metal screws positioned two alignment pegs Right Close-up cockpit Left Exhaust extensions undemeath engine made plumbing materials attached Slim Line muffler Middle detailing Note panel lines louvers Right Ace Atlas servos used rudder engine elevators Also visible back side Sullivan 16-ox tank MY FALCONy2A GEE BEEWIkINIEMAE LATEPIT5 AAS N Xc JET IS N UTYOURE 50 YEARs AO PAJL GARBER FOR IT5 AND IDLANES FLEWAROL*ID ON ThIEI4ALLOWED AI4hJUAL- WINNIE ThE WORLDSOLO WALLS O COME _ TO BU ThERE HNJKCLARI- ATSUP SO PAINTED XSO THEY THIS ONE FORTHEFNALLYHUNt NATIOHAL AIR MUSEUM HAJK- HUHFLY WEBRA 91 ENGINE ON EDSON MOUNT ON 1/4 PLYWOOD FLY WIRE MOUNTS I/B PLYWOOD WING CRADLE 3/32BALSA PLANKING I/B PLYWOOD INSIDE ENGINE BEARERS BACK TO F 5 I/BBALSA RIBS HALVES EACH SIDE OF BLANK I/B BALSA FORMERS1/B PLYWOOD BUILT UPR 2 3/32BALSARUDtER POST F 2 TO F BRUDDER HINGES-BOLTED BLANK 3/32 BALSA RUDDER AI [ji 1/8 RIBSTOP AND BOTTCi 1/8 BALSA ELEVATOR BLANK LIGHTENED AS IN RUDDER-AILERJS I/4X 1/2 BALSA SIR 1/4 BALSA STABIUZER I/BBALSA HINGE BOX 2 BUILT UP TAILWHEEL FAIRING 3/16 DOWEL PUSH ROD TUBES 118 DUMMY WASP CYLINDERS 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would estab lish aviation records rock aeronauti cal world planes produced tiny shop former dance hall edge Springfield Airport Springfield MA R-l Pete Millers first project team wanted plane capable winning rac ings biggest prize Thompson Trophy Pylon Race other big event National Air Races Bendix CrossCountry Race two ships built nearly identical appearance aimed event R- 1 bigger engine two polishing pylons Thompson R-2 fuel capacity smaller engine California-toCleveland Bendix Race Zantford Grannie Granville eldest Gran ville brother head company laid eut basic design new racers Pete Miller Grannies idea build airframe behind big Pratt & Whitney radial engine would streamline en gine fuselage efficient way possible genesis teardropshaped Gee Bee Super Sportsters actually slightly larger diameter engines about one-third planes length back nose prove idea model built extensive program wind tunnel testing carried out Pete Miller professors New York University Tests proved basic concept completely Read ers may have heard Gee Bees designed slapdash style stories say built chalk sketches workshop floor type unfounded story has burdened Gee Bee aircraft undeserved reputation 50 years actually marvels technology time Pete Millers evaluation design performance craft work master calcu lated estimate R- ls top speed less 2 mph actual speed attained R- built vertical fin very little rudder area wind tunnel tests shown bob tail would ade uate though marginal Russell Boardman pilot R-I Thompson Race made first test flight clear Friday taking off grass strip front Granville shop landed nearby Bowles Agawam Field told waiting Granvilles boys sure build air planes suggestion would like little rudder fin night Zantford youngest brother Bob cut out parts rudder fin additions installed next day Bob told gone church morning instead coming straight out work R-l really caught dickens Grannie arrived Bowles finish doping new tail section Russ Boardman make another test flight Monday Russ climbed Model E Sportster make hop Springfield Bowles quite pilot always putting show favorite tricks loop takeoff Hed done times larger powerful Model Y Sportster time ever 110-hp Warner engine rather 300-hp P&W Wasp Jr accus tomed Boardman ended up woods across street runway back injuries really serious enough keep him out Thompson Trophy Race Grannie heard Jimmy Doolittle landing accident Laird racer Jimmy needed plane Thompson called Doolittle offered him R- 1 Jimmy flew Bowles Agawam Field Shell Lockheed went over R- 1 Grannie rest brothers After lengthy discussion thorough examina tion Doolittle buckled himself big racer fired up took off disap peared over horizon Several hours later Grannie got telegram read Landed OK ClevelandDoolittle RI ~osPIsIt PLAN SHEET NO WINGSPAN75 IN LENGTH52/N WEIGHT/4-ISLES SCALE31NIFT DESIGNEG BY HENRY HAFEKE C C3 F1 F28 COWL WAo 5 I2 WHEELS race day R-l topped field set new world speed record Shell Speed Dash well new closed-course record during Thompson Race Doolittle flew R- 1 back Springfield after races final race planned retire comments ship reported Cleveland Springfield papers full praise recent publications Doolittle described having damned racer calling unstable touchy After considerable time able contact Gen Doolittle personally reports very differ ent what has written history books has told honest ship fly flew very well ham-handled felt might have bit tail heavy resulting some pitch insta bility reported good stability other cases After 1932 successes thoughts turned winning again 1933 time snatched picture next months construction section show whst completed Russ Boardmans turn R- given assembied framework looks like Just prior covering Looks good bare-bones stage bigger engine rudder area 26 Model Aviation FULL-SIZE PLANS AVAILABLE . 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BATTERY N THIS BAT AT TOP OF TEJOELBUE PLY SERVO I-KEYES MOUNT KYLE IIHECRAC BRACE AlBIEPLYI AlAl IIKY CMOUNT B PLY PLY RUSHING 4 40 RHEDRAI RRACE LA ACER TONGUE C4UI 4 TRAILK LUKE ______IE2AEEBCW L E liiiIIII-ECR TRIANGLE 332 BIB ~wT/3E323E3AILERON BASE BASE 28 Model Aviation Jimmy Doolittie poses front Gee Bee A-i Super Sportster Notes dont say taken judging interest onlookers guess must have after big Cleveland wins Doolittle takes off record-setting flight dust being kicked up looks like might grass fieid Faiiure brakes hold wet grass led retirement Granvilles racing crew planned have both ships fly Cali fornia Bendix Race Boardman landed R- Indianapolis refueling stop found R-2 although supposed have gone R-2 out race due collapse aerol strut resulting wing tip damage Boardman very upset words R-2 pilot R- being refueled boarded R-l started takeoff roll pulled ship off ground before used up half run way As left ground gust wind hit him flipped nearly-stalled R- 1 its back hit inverted skidded down runway Boardman alive pulled wreckage died next day hospital Granvilles lost old friend Russ Boardman out 1933 races R- rebuilt extended Zantford Grannie Granvilie leans wing A-i picture taken soon after vertical fin added Bumblebee flying milk bottleits easy see R-1 has nicknames view Author says people have misconceptions about flying traits famous airplane Jimmy Doolittle controls R-i flashes grandstands Cleveland 1932 Won Thompson Trophy Race Shell Speed Dash February 1983 29 Grannie runs-up engine original R-1 layout Russell Boardman made first lest flight wayno fin small rudder Sister ship A-ithe Gee Bee R-2 R-2 has same airframe A-i smaller engine fuel capacity R-2 thus could built plans presented NE1 ON FIBER/KEVLAR SAMPLER SEE TOUCH WORK WITH SAMPLES OF THESE SPACE AGE BUILDING PRODUCTS CARBON FIBER PUSHROD/TORQUE TUBE & BEARING 200000 FILAMENT CARBON FIBER TAPE 40000 FILAMENT CARBON FIBER TAPE 30000 FILAMENT CARBON FIBER TAPE CARBON FIBER LAMINATE KEVLAR 18 OZ FABRIC KEVLAR 3A W TAPECIflIVI CARBON/KEVLAR INFO MANUALCash Check Money Order 1983 AEROLITE CATALOG UMaterCad VISA [vpj~MlIersport 1-twy 716-634442 uffalo NY 14221 fik 1325 fuselage mated old R-2 wing still storage Springfield since R-2 reworked 1933 final Gee Bee racer known R-l/R-2 Long Tail Racer readied 1933 Chicago International Races pilot West Coast engaged fly Test flights showed good handling very good speed Pete Miller felt fastest racer ever built Its shame never really chance show its stuff During second flight ground very wet recent storm pilot having some difficulty getting ship ground since floated low speeds made several passes Finally touched down too much speed brakes useless wet grass R-l / R-2 skidded ditch end field tipped up its nose big Hornet engine still tick ing over ship nosed up prop hit ground flipped entire plane over ditch came rest its feet damage wings prop made impos sible race Chicago ended racing Granville organization no money left Other products Granville Miller imaginations fly notably QED Jackie Cochran flew Mac Robertson Race fabulous Time Flies built Frank Hawks end Long Tail Racer ended days Spring field MA home fastest land planes world born Springfield spent evenings young boy watching activity Springfield Airport big entertain ment days 0i movie hard come lived less mile airport father would load us car after supper drive us airport evening plane watching parking area benches next Granville shop could sit watch can still remember evening trips cant say remember specific aircraft just airplanes Im sure however saw different Gee Bees fly After getting involved RC years ago decided build model Gee Bee planes no plans kits finally decided design own selected Model Y Sportster red-andwhite beauty two seats ringed radial engine Material very sketchy finally got set none-too-accurate three-views drew model flew well attracted other Gee Bee designs made layout analysis chart various Gee Bee aircraft discovered proportions nearly bad everyone seems think shape gives illusion very short have designed buih flown models of Gee Bee Sportsters over past eight years two Model Ys Model D RI / R2 56-in-wingspan size Continued page 128 30 Model Aviation RIC MODEL TRANSPORTER$570 retail price plus shipping * Call now about Super Winter Discount* Compact Versatile Durable Hauls 2 planes plus gear equipment will need field customize inside hangers tool box etc meet need Send $100 information X-HAUL ER PO Box 185 Constantine MI 49042 Call 616435-6905 Box Size 4 x 10 x30 High Maintenance Free Aluminum Exterior Wood Box Construction Steel Running Geur AL-TEC PROdUCTS INC INTRODUCES NEW BUILDING CONCEPT unique AL-I-SpAR1 & 2 AI-T-SpAR & 2 [patent pending] integral component uni-structure membered light weight Alum inum beam T spar Specially planned total model aircraft world mind STRONG easyto use balsa foam wings tail planes Spar material Aluminum alloy 018 nominal thick AIISpARl .Bozlft l18x3/8 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SOr brings Catalog Brochure FLYLINE MODELS INC 2820 Dorr Ave Bll Fairfax Virginia 22031 repairing Helicopters replacing airplanes important lesson learned Helicopters become popular local flying fields though always aware sharing sky other aircraft would recommend other aircraft being oper ated agree upon specific flight patterns areas beforehand maintain adequate separa tion still feel Helicopter operations fixed-wing operations general mix simply because high degree concentra tion heli-pilots require safe operations Sometimes moments diversion can allow things get out hand Fly safely See next month Dave Chesney PO box 16612 Greensboro NC 27406 Gee Bee R-1 /Haffke Continued page 30 Model Y Model D Model E Quarter Scale Model Y Quarter Scale Model Aviation May 1981 best flying RC ship have ever flown came time famous R- 1 felt knew someSend $100 Building Guide AI-Tec Product list Ideducted trom 1st orderl thing few other people did layout chart shown dimensions moments R- no different Model D E Sportsters exceptionally good-flying planes smaller model RI / R2 wing loading over 60 oz still flew great Pete Miller told fuselage created some lift helped explain what seemed like impossibly high loading Some figuring showed could build Quarter Scale R-l under 15 lb wing loading would respectable 35 oz felt could hit weight easily since 90-inspan Model Y weighed just under 15 lb Quarter Scale Model D tsters weighed around II lb felt best three-views R- done Harry Robinson Eng land plans scaled 1 did everything could keep weight down fact went too far about later model built readied test flying Once again called Test Pilot Supreme Sid Clements take bird up its first flights used Ace Silver Seven radio won Bealeton VA Scale Meet Ace kindly replaced small ser vos heavy-duty Atlas models Edi tor Never fly Quarter Scale model standard servos test day large group club members South Jersey Clayton clubs showed up watch flight ever notice always happens first flight new model Sid checked engine looked over controls tank topped off engine restarted bird placed posi tion end runway Sid opened throttle R-l leaped forward tail came up right away After much shorter roll expected air After short run upwind Sid put bird gentle 90-deg left turn As flew downwind tail began flutter alarmingly Sid immediately cut throttle lined up runway made good approach wounded bird couldnt flare completely nosed over broke prop stab broken both sides fuselage Coverite held together long enough get back ground original built-up stab replaced piece solid 1/4-in hard balsa Flight number two began beautiful takeoff just like first Sid climbed up about 300 feet feel out after four five minutes reported no aileron response throttled back ailerons came back time went high speed would lose ailerons Finally made turn down left left wing folded bird spiraled down ground disaster turned out caused using wood too weak wing spars wing structure plenty strong used soft piece wood make spars Both spars brokenjust outside center section same happened other wing easy see what caused loss aileron high speed wing would forced upward causing torque tubes bind lower speed wing would flex downward ailerons would freed Fortunately major repair job little discouraged big Bealeton Scale Meet far off decided get R-l back together started burning midnight oil fuselage repairs polished off four evenings decided needed complete new wing time picked out hardest spar material could find another week R-l ready fly again although much detail work wasnt done After working until 4am went bed got up six install radio arranged meet Sid nine morning flight time R- 1 denied flight beautiful takeoff landing roll Everything perfect After making some camera passes Sid took up higher some stalls 1oop stall turns put another flight same pattern 128 Model Aviation L ATTENTION OPS Engines & Parts Available Racing Marine Use OPS 15 ter Midget OPS 45 Marine PLUS Custom TD 0491051 engine parts Complete inventory stock custom parts COX TD 049/051 engines complete formation send $1 P & G Metal Products 301 North Yale Drive Garland TX 75042 Gene Hempelt2141 2725210 lafter 600 PM CUT LITTLESAVE LOT SCRATCH BUILDER KITSTM BY Ohio Superior quality woodcut proper thickness wood build kit includedsome hardware 5IIII~ Exclusive CAN TAKE IT landing gears Fiberglass cowlsbeautiful canopies Detailed plans instructions Unbelievable low price quality kits in Z5OL 1/3 scale sizegas engines $129 95 Super Fli 1/3 scale sizegas engines $11995 Zlin Z5OL 1/4 scale sizegas glow $9995 Add $500 shipping Send $100 free catalogredeemable first order kits way soon! 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Edition: Model Aviation - 1983/02
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1-rom siplane praaani aim inc uneirumtur Issue Pail aascrrne ins amporiarn consirucuon points words pictures Designer/Author Henry Haffke left holds Quarter Scale Gee Bee R-1 Howell W Pete Miller looks R-1 Petes fIrst prolect chief engIneer br Granvllle brothers FIFTY YEARS AGO 1932 National Air Races unique aircraft appeared amazed saw looked different other flying machines decided wouldnt fly called Bumble Bee Eying Milk Bottle other such uncomplimentary nicknames model has called flying pickle bar rel friends calls Fat Albert flew made avia tion history winning prestigious Thomp son Trophy setting new world speed record land planes ofjust under 300 mph aircraft Gee Bee R-l Super Sportster caught everyones fancy has probably become single writtenabout aircraft air racing history Unfortun ately stories about R-l other craft built Granville brothers filled inaccuracies misconceptions sensationalistic nonsense Thus Gee Bees have poor reputation aircraft buffs considered accomplishment model Gee Bee flies well Gee Bee R- masterpiece small dedicated group men des perately trying make go aircraft business during hard times 1930s five Granville brothers farm lands upper New Hampshire mechanically inclined master particular craft young man hired chief engineer 24 Model Aviation ulose-ups ot inc Kail ana front enas cleft ana midale pictures vividly show good finish trim add realism ooes lflC pilot ugure iiign: wing removed see two aiieron servos side connected receiver Y-cordaiso front-of-wing hoid-down dowels nyion bolts rear looped rubberband keep bolts failing out Left Webra gi engine Martin industries carburetor muffler pressure fuel tank goes Edson mount ply boxpainted black better visual concealment Author uses 164l/2 Rev-Up prop Middle Author vacu-formed cowl ABS plastic Ply ring epoxied inside cowl mounting firewall Attaches three sheet-metal screws positioned two alignment pegs Right Close-up cockpit Left Exhaust extensions undemeath engine made plumbing materials attached Slim Line muffler Middle detailing Note panel lines louvers Right Ace Atlas servos used rudder engine elevators Also visible back side Sullivan 16-ox tank MY FALCONy2A GEE BEEWIkINIEMAE LATEPIT5 AAS N Xc JET IS N UTYOURE 50 YEARs AO PAJL GARBER FOR IT5 AND IDLANES FLEWAROL*ID ON ThIEI4ALLOWED AI4hJUAL- WINNIE ThE WORLDSOLO WALLS O COME _ TO BU ThERE HNJKCLARI- ATSUP SO PAINTED XSO THEY THIS ONE FORTHEFNALLYHUNt NATIOHAL AIR MUSEUM HAJK- HUHFLY WEBRA 91 ENGINE ON EDSON MOUNT ON 1/4 PLYWOOD FLY WIRE MOUNTS I/B PLYWOOD WING CRADLE 3/32BALSA PLANKING I/B PLYWOOD INSIDE ENGINE BEARERS BACK TO F 5 I/BBALSA RIBS HALVES EACH SIDE OF BLANK I/B BALSA FORMERS1/B PLYWOOD BUILT UPR 2 3/32BALSARUDtER POST F 2 TO F BRUDDER HINGES-BOLTED BLANK 3/32 BALSA RUDDER AI [ji 1/8 RIBSTOP AND BOTTCi 1/8 BALSA ELEVATOR BLANK LIGHTENED AS IN RUDDER-AILERJS I/4X 1/2 BALSA SIR 1/4 BALSA STABIUZER I/BBALSA HINGE BOX 2 BUILT UP TAILWHEEL FAIRING 3/16 DOWEL PUSH ROD TUBES 118 DUMMY WASP CYLINDERS 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would estab lish aviation records rock aeronauti cal world planes produced tiny shop former dance hall edge Springfield Airport Springfield MA R-l Pete Millers first project team wanted plane capable winning rac ings biggest prize Thompson Trophy Pylon Race other big event National Air Races Bendix CrossCountry Race two ships built nearly identical appearance aimed event R- 1 bigger engine two polishing pylons Thompson R-2 fuel capacity smaller engine California-toCleveland Bendix Race Zantford Grannie Granville eldest Gran ville brother head company laid eut basic design new racers Pete Miller Grannies idea build airframe behind big Pratt & Whitney radial engine would streamline en gine fuselage efficient way possible genesis teardropshaped Gee Bee Super Sportsters actually slightly larger diameter engines about one-third planes length back nose prove idea model built extensive program wind tunnel testing carried out Pete Miller professors New York University Tests proved basic concept completely Read ers may have heard Gee Bees designed slapdash style stories say built chalk sketches workshop floor type unfounded story has burdened Gee Bee aircraft undeserved reputation 50 years actually marvels technology time Pete Millers evaluation design performance craft work master calcu lated estimate R- ls top speed less 2 mph actual speed attained R- built vertical fin very little rudder area wind tunnel tests shown bob tail would ade uate though marginal Russell Boardman pilot R-I Thompson Race made first test flight clear Friday taking off grass strip front Granville shop landed nearby Bowles Agawam Field told waiting Granvilles boys sure build air planes suggestion would like little rudder fin night Zantford youngest brother Bob cut out parts rudder fin additions installed next day Bob told gone church morning instead coming straight out work R-l really caught dickens Grannie arrived Bowles finish doping new tail section Russ Boardman make another test flight Monday Russ climbed Model E Sportster make hop Springfield Bowles quite pilot always putting show favorite tricks loop takeoff Hed done times larger powerful Model Y Sportster time ever 110-hp Warner engine rather 300-hp P&W Wasp Jr accus tomed Boardman ended up woods across street runway back injuries really serious enough keep him out Thompson Trophy Race Grannie heard Jimmy Doolittle landing accident Laird racer Jimmy needed plane Thompson called Doolittle offered him R- 1 Jimmy flew Bowles Agawam Field Shell Lockheed went over R- 1 Grannie rest brothers After lengthy discussion thorough examina tion Doolittle buckled himself big racer fired up took off disap peared over horizon Several hours later Grannie got telegram read Landed OK ClevelandDoolittle RI ~osPIsIt PLAN SHEET NO WINGSPAN75 IN LENGTH52/N WEIGHT/4-ISLES SCALE31NIFT DESIGNEG BY HENRY HAFEKE C C3 F1 F28 COWL WAo 5 I2 WHEELS race day R-l topped field set new world speed record Shell Speed Dash well new closed-course record during Thompson Race Doolittle flew R- 1 back Springfield after races final race planned retire comments ship reported Cleveland Springfield papers full praise recent publications Doolittle described having damned racer calling unstable touchy After considerable time able contact Gen Doolittle personally reports very differ ent what has written history books has told honest ship fly flew very well ham-handled felt might have bit tail heavy resulting some pitch insta bility reported good stability other cases After 1932 successes thoughts turned winning again 1933 time snatched picture next months construction section show whst completed Russ Boardmans turn R- given assembied framework looks like Just prior covering Looks good bare-bones stage bigger engine rudder area 26 Model Aviation FULL-SIZE PLANS AVAILABLE . 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BATTERY N THIS BAT AT TOP OF TEJOELBUE PLY SERVO I-KEYES MOUNT KYLE IIHECRAC BRACE AlBIEPLYI AlAl IIKY CMOUNT B PLY PLY RUSHING 4 40 RHEDRAI RRACE LA ACER TONGUE C4UI 4 TRAILK LUKE ______IE2AEEBCW L E liiiIIII-ECR TRIANGLE 332 BIB ~wT/3E323E3AILERON BASE BASE 28 Model Aviation Jimmy Doolittie poses front Gee Bee A-i Super Sportster Notes dont say taken judging interest onlookers guess must have after big Cleveland wins Doolittle takes off record-setting flight dust being kicked up looks like might grass fieid Faiiure brakes hold wet grass led retirement Granvilles racing crew planned have both ships fly Cali fornia Bendix Race Boardman landed R- Indianapolis refueling stop found R-2 although supposed have gone R-2 out race due collapse aerol strut resulting wing tip damage Boardman very upset words R-2 pilot R- being refueled boarded R-l started takeoff roll pulled ship off ground before used up half run way As left ground gust wind hit him flipped nearly-stalled R- 1 its back hit inverted skidded down runway Boardman alive pulled wreckage died next day hospital Granvilles lost old friend Russ Boardman out 1933 races R- rebuilt extended Zantford Grannie Granvilie leans wing A-i picture taken soon after vertical fin added Bumblebee flying milk bottleits easy see R-1 has nicknames view Author says people have misconceptions about flying traits famous airplane Jimmy Doolittle controls R-i flashes grandstands Cleveland 1932 Won Thompson Trophy Race Shell Speed Dash February 1983 29 Grannie runs-up engine original R-1 layout Russell Boardman made first lest flight wayno fin small rudder Sister ship A-ithe Gee Bee R-2 R-2 has same airframe A-i smaller engine fuel capacity R-2 thus could built plans presented NE1 ON FIBER/KEVLAR SAMPLER SEE TOUCH WORK WITH SAMPLES OF THESE SPACE AGE BUILDING PRODUCTS CARBON FIBER PUSHROD/TORQUE TUBE & BEARING 200000 FILAMENT CARBON FIBER TAPE 40000 FILAMENT CARBON FIBER TAPE 30000 FILAMENT CARBON FIBER TAPE CARBON FIBER LAMINATE KEVLAR 18 OZ FABRIC KEVLAR 3A W TAPECIflIVI CARBON/KEVLAR INFO MANUALCash Check Money Order 1983 AEROLITE CATALOG UMaterCad VISA [vpj~MlIersport 1-twy 716-634442 uffalo NY 14221 fik 1325 fuselage mated old R-2 wing still storage Springfield since R-2 reworked 1933 final Gee Bee racer known R-l/R-2 Long Tail Racer readied 1933 Chicago International Races pilot West Coast engaged fly Test flights showed good handling very good speed Pete Miller felt fastest racer ever built Its shame never really chance show its stuff During second flight ground very wet recent storm pilot having some difficulty getting ship ground since floated low speeds made several passes Finally touched down too much speed brakes useless wet grass R-l / R-2 skidded ditch end field tipped up its nose big Hornet engine still tick ing over ship nosed up prop hit ground flipped entire plane over ditch came rest its feet damage wings prop made impos sible race Chicago ended racing Granville organization no money left Other products Granville Miller imaginations fly notably QED Jackie Cochran flew Mac Robertson Race fabulous Time Flies built Frank Hawks end Long Tail Racer ended days Spring field MA home fastest land planes world born Springfield spent evenings young boy watching activity Springfield Airport big entertain ment days 0i movie hard come lived less mile airport father would load us car after supper drive us airport evening plane watching parking area benches next Granville shop could sit watch can still remember evening trips cant say remember specific aircraft just airplanes Im sure however saw different Gee Bees fly After getting involved RC years ago decided build model Gee Bee planes no plans kits finally decided design own selected Model Y Sportster red-andwhite beauty two seats ringed radial engine Material very sketchy finally got set none-too-accurate three-views drew model flew well attracted other Gee Bee designs made layout analysis chart various Gee Bee aircraft discovered proportions nearly bad everyone seems think shape gives illusion very short have designed buih flown models of Gee Bee Sportsters over past eight years two Model Ys Model D RI / R2 56-in-wingspan size Continued page 128 30 Model Aviation RIC MODEL TRANSPORTER$570 retail price plus shipping * Call now about Super Winter Discount* Compact Versatile Durable Hauls 2 planes plus gear equipment will need field customize inside hangers tool box etc meet need Send $100 information X-HAUL ER PO Box 185 Constantine MI 49042 Call 616435-6905 Box Size 4 x 10 x30 High Maintenance Free Aluminum Exterior Wood Box Construction Steel Running Geur AL-TEC PROdUCTS INC INTRODUCES NEW BUILDING CONCEPT unique AL-I-SpAR1 & 2 AI-T-SpAR & 2 [patent pending] integral component uni-structure membered light weight Alum inum beam T spar Specially planned total model aircraft world mind STRONG easyto use balsa foam wings tail planes Spar material Aluminum alloy 018 nominal thick AIISpARl .Bozlft l18x3/8 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SOr brings Catalog Brochure FLYLINE MODELS INC 2820 Dorr Ave Bll Fairfax Virginia 22031 repairing Helicopters replacing airplanes important lesson learned Helicopters become popular local flying fields though always aware sharing sky other aircraft would recommend other aircraft being oper ated agree upon specific flight patterns areas beforehand maintain adequate separa tion still feel Helicopter operations fixed-wing operations general mix simply because high degree concentra tion heli-pilots require safe operations Sometimes moments diversion can allow things get out hand Fly safely See next month Dave Chesney PO box 16612 Greensboro NC 27406 Gee Bee R-1 /Haffke Continued page 30 Model Y Model D Model E Quarter Scale Model Y Quarter Scale Model Aviation May 1981 best flying RC ship have ever flown came time famous R- 1 felt knew someSend $100 Building Guide AI-Tec Product list Ideducted trom 1st orderl thing few other people did layout chart shown dimensions moments R- no different Model D E Sportsters exceptionally good-flying planes smaller model RI / R2 wing loading over 60 oz still flew great Pete Miller told fuselage created some lift helped explain what seemed like impossibly high loading Some figuring showed could build Quarter Scale R-l under 15 lb wing loading would respectable 35 oz felt could hit weight easily since 90-inspan Model Y weighed just under 15 lb Quarter Scale Model D tsters weighed around II lb felt best three-views R- done Harry Robinson Eng land plans scaled 1 did everything could keep weight down fact went too far about later model built readied test flying Once again called Test Pilot Supreme Sid Clements take bird up its first flights used Ace Silver Seven radio won Bealeton VA Scale Meet Ace kindly replaced small ser vos heavy-duty Atlas models Edi tor Never fly Quarter Scale model standard servos test day large group club members South Jersey Clayton clubs showed up watch flight ever notice always happens first flight new model Sid checked engine looked over controls tank topped off engine restarted bird placed posi tion end runway Sid opened throttle R-l leaped forward tail came up right away After much shorter roll expected air After short run upwind Sid put bird gentle 90-deg left turn As flew downwind tail began flutter alarmingly Sid immediately cut throttle lined up runway made good approach wounded bird couldnt flare completely nosed over broke prop stab broken both sides fuselage Coverite held together long enough get back ground original built-up stab replaced piece solid 1/4-in hard balsa Flight number two began beautiful takeoff just like first Sid climbed up about 300 feet feel out after four five minutes reported no aileron response throttled back ailerons came back time went high speed would lose ailerons Finally made turn down left left wing folded bird spiraled down ground disaster turned out caused using wood too weak wing spars wing structure plenty strong used soft piece wood make spars Both spars brokenjust outside center section same happened other wing easy see what caused loss aileron high speed wing would forced upward causing torque tubes bind lower speed wing would flex downward ailerons would freed Fortunately major repair job little discouraged big Bealeton Scale Meet far off decided get R-l back together started burning midnight oil fuselage repairs polished off four evenings decided needed complete new wing time picked out hardest spar material could find another week R-l ready fly again although much detail work wasnt done After working until 4am went bed got up six install radio arranged meet Sid nine morning flight time R- 1 denied flight beautiful takeoff landing roll Everything perfect After making some camera passes Sid took up higher some stalls 1oop stall turns put another flight same pattern 128 Model Aviation L ATTENTION OPS Engines & Parts Available Racing Marine Use OPS 15 ter Midget OPS 45 Marine PLUS Custom TD 0491051 engine parts Complete inventory stock custom parts COX TD 049/051 engines complete formation send $1 P & G Metal Products 301 North Yale Drive Garland TX 75042 Gene Hempelt2141 2725210 lafter 600 PM CUT LITTLESAVE LOT SCRATCH BUILDER KITSTM BY Ohio Superior quality woodcut proper thickness wood build kit includedsome hardware 5IIII~ Exclusive CAN TAKE IT landing gears Fiberglass cowlsbeautiful canopies Detailed plans instructions Unbelievable low price quality kits in Z5OL 1/3 scale sizegas engines $129 95 Super Fli 1/3 scale sizegas engines $11995 Zlin Z5OL 1/4 scale sizegas glow $9995 Add $500 shipping Send $100 free catalogredeemable first order kits way soon! 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Edition: Model Aviation - 1983/02
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1-rom siplane praaani aim inc uneirumtur Issue Pail aascrrne ins amporiarn consirucuon points words pictures Designer/Author Henry Haffke left holds Quarter Scale Gee Bee R-1 Howell W Pete Miller looks R-1 Petes fIrst prolect chief engIneer br Granvllle brothers FIFTY YEARS AGO 1932 National Air Races unique aircraft appeared amazed saw looked different other flying machines decided wouldnt fly called Bumble Bee Eying Milk Bottle other such uncomplimentary nicknames model has called flying pickle bar rel friends calls Fat Albert flew made avia tion history winning prestigious Thomp son Trophy setting new world speed record land planes ofjust under 300 mph aircraft Gee Bee R-l Super Sportster caught everyones fancy has probably become single writtenabout aircraft air racing history Unfortun ately stories about R-l other craft built Granville brothers filled inaccuracies misconceptions sensationalistic nonsense Thus Gee Bees have poor reputation aircraft buffs considered accomplishment model Gee Bee flies well Gee Bee R- masterpiece small dedicated group men des perately trying make go aircraft business during hard times 1930s five Granville brothers farm lands upper New Hampshire mechanically inclined master particular craft young man hired chief engineer 24 Model Aviation ulose-ups ot inc Kail ana front enas cleft ana midale pictures vividly show good finish trim add realism ooes lflC pilot ugure iiign: wing removed see two aiieron servos side connected receiver Y-cordaiso front-of-wing hoid-down dowels nyion bolts rear looped rubberband keep bolts failing out Left Webra gi engine Martin industries carburetor muffler pressure fuel tank goes Edson mount ply boxpainted black better visual concealment Author uses 164l/2 Rev-Up prop Middle Author vacu-formed cowl ABS plastic Ply ring epoxied inside cowl mounting firewall Attaches three sheet-metal screws positioned two alignment pegs Right Close-up cockpit Left Exhaust extensions undemeath engine made plumbing materials attached Slim Line muffler Middle detailing Note panel lines louvers Right Ace Atlas servos used rudder engine elevators Also visible back side Sullivan 16-ox tank MY FALCONy2A GEE BEEWIkINIEMAE LATEPIT5 AAS N Xc JET IS N UTYOURE 50 YEARs AO PAJL GARBER FOR IT5 AND IDLANES FLEWAROL*ID ON ThIEI4ALLOWED AI4hJUAL- WINNIE ThE WORLDSOLO WALLS O COME _ TO BU ThERE HNJKCLARI- ATSUP SO PAINTED XSO THEY THIS ONE FORTHEFNALLYHUNt NATIOHAL AIR MUSEUM HAJK- HUHFLY WEBRA 91 ENGINE ON EDSON MOUNT ON 1/4 PLYWOOD FLY WIRE MOUNTS I/B PLYWOOD WING CRADLE 3/32BALSA PLANKING I/B PLYWOOD INSIDE ENGINE BEARERS BACK TO F 5 I/BBALSA RIBS HALVES EACH SIDE OF BLANK I/B BALSA FORMERS1/B PLYWOOD BUILT UPR 2 3/32BALSARUDtER POST F 2 TO F BRUDDER HINGES-BOLTED BLANK 3/32 BALSA RUDDER AI [ji 1/8 RIBSTOP AND BOTTCi 1/8 BALSA ELEVATOR BLANK LIGHTENED AS IN RUDDER-AILERJS I/4X 1/2 BALSA SIR 1/4 BALSA STABIUZER I/BBALSA HINGE BOX 2 BUILT UP TAILWHEEL FAIRING 3/16 DOWEL PUSH ROD TUBES 118 DUMMY WASP CYLINDERS 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would estab lish aviation records rock aeronauti cal world planes produced tiny shop former dance hall edge Springfield Airport Springfield MA R-l Pete Millers first project team wanted plane capable winning rac ings biggest prize Thompson Trophy Pylon Race other big event National Air Races Bendix CrossCountry Race two ships built nearly identical appearance aimed event R- 1 bigger engine two polishing pylons Thompson R-2 fuel capacity smaller engine California-toCleveland Bendix Race Zantford Grannie Granville eldest Gran ville brother head company laid eut basic design new racers Pete Miller Grannies idea build airframe behind big Pratt & Whitney radial engine would streamline en gine fuselage efficient way possible genesis teardropshaped Gee Bee Super Sportsters actually slightly larger diameter engines about one-third planes length back nose prove idea model built extensive program wind tunnel testing carried out Pete Miller professors New York University Tests proved basic concept completely Read ers may have heard Gee Bees designed slapdash style stories say built chalk sketches workshop floor type unfounded story has burdened Gee Bee aircraft undeserved reputation 50 years actually marvels technology time Pete Millers evaluation design performance craft work master calcu lated estimate R- ls top speed less 2 mph actual speed attained R- built vertical fin very little rudder area wind tunnel tests shown bob tail would ade uate though marginal Russell Boardman pilot R-I Thompson Race made first test flight clear Friday taking off grass strip front Granville shop landed nearby Bowles Agawam Field told waiting Granvilles boys sure build air planes suggestion would like little rudder fin night Zantford youngest brother Bob cut out parts rudder fin additions installed next day Bob told gone church morning instead coming straight out work R-l really caught dickens Grannie arrived Bowles finish doping new tail section Russ Boardman make another test flight Monday Russ climbed Model E Sportster make hop Springfield Bowles quite pilot always putting show favorite tricks loop takeoff Hed done times larger powerful Model Y Sportster time ever 110-hp Warner engine rather 300-hp P&W Wasp Jr accus tomed Boardman ended up woods across street runway back injuries really serious enough keep him out Thompson Trophy Race Grannie heard Jimmy Doolittle landing accident Laird racer Jimmy needed plane Thompson called Doolittle offered him R- 1 Jimmy flew Bowles Agawam Field Shell Lockheed went over R- 1 Grannie rest brothers After lengthy discussion thorough examina tion Doolittle buckled himself big racer fired up took off disap peared over horizon Several hours later Grannie got telegram read Landed OK ClevelandDoolittle RI ~osPIsIt PLAN SHEET NO WINGSPAN75 IN LENGTH52/N WEIGHT/4-ISLES SCALE31NIFT DESIGNEG BY HENRY HAFEKE C C3 F1 F28 COWL WAo 5 I2 WHEELS race day R-l topped field set new world speed record Shell Speed Dash well new closed-course record during Thompson Race Doolittle flew R- 1 back Springfield after races final race planned retire comments ship reported Cleveland Springfield papers full praise recent publications Doolittle described having damned racer calling unstable touchy After considerable time able contact Gen Doolittle personally reports very differ ent what has written history books has told honest ship fly flew very well ham-handled felt might have bit tail heavy resulting some pitch insta bility reported good stability other cases After 1932 successes thoughts turned winning again 1933 time snatched picture next months construction section show whst completed Russ Boardmans turn R- given assembied framework looks like Just prior covering Looks good bare-bones stage bigger engine rudder area 26 Model Aviation FULL-SIZE PLANS AVAILABLE . 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BATTERY N THIS BAT AT TOP OF TEJOELBUE PLY SERVO I-KEYES MOUNT KYLE IIHECRAC BRACE AlBIEPLYI AlAl IIKY CMOUNT B PLY PLY RUSHING 4 40 RHEDRAI RRACE LA ACER TONGUE C4UI 4 TRAILK LUKE ______IE2AEEBCW L E liiiIIII-ECR TRIANGLE 332 BIB ~wT/3E323E3AILERON BASE BASE 28 Model Aviation Jimmy Doolittie poses front Gee Bee A-i Super Sportster Notes dont say taken judging interest onlookers guess must have after big Cleveland wins Doolittle takes off record-setting flight dust being kicked up looks like might grass fieid Faiiure brakes hold wet grass led retirement Granvilles racing crew planned have both ships fly Cali fornia Bendix Race Boardman landed R- Indianapolis refueling stop found R-2 although supposed have gone R-2 out race due collapse aerol strut resulting wing tip damage Boardman very upset words R-2 pilot R- being refueled boarded R-l started takeoff roll pulled ship off ground before used up half run way As left ground gust wind hit him flipped nearly-stalled R- 1 its back hit inverted skidded down runway Boardman alive pulled wreckage died next day hospital Granvilles lost old friend Russ Boardman out 1933 races R- rebuilt extended Zantford Grannie Granvilie leans wing A-i picture taken soon after vertical fin added Bumblebee flying milk bottleits easy see R-1 has nicknames view Author says people have misconceptions about flying traits famous airplane Jimmy Doolittle controls R-i flashes grandstands Cleveland 1932 Won Thompson Trophy Race Shell Speed Dash February 1983 29 Grannie runs-up engine original R-1 layout Russell Boardman made first lest flight wayno fin small rudder Sister ship A-ithe Gee Bee R-2 R-2 has same airframe A-i smaller engine fuel capacity R-2 thus could built plans presented NE1 ON FIBER/KEVLAR SAMPLER SEE TOUCH WORK WITH SAMPLES OF THESE SPACE AGE BUILDING PRODUCTS CARBON FIBER PUSHROD/TORQUE TUBE & BEARING 200000 FILAMENT CARBON FIBER TAPE 40000 FILAMENT CARBON FIBER TAPE 30000 FILAMENT CARBON FIBER TAPE CARBON FIBER LAMINATE KEVLAR 18 OZ FABRIC KEVLAR 3A W TAPECIflIVI CARBON/KEVLAR INFO MANUALCash Check Money Order 1983 AEROLITE CATALOG UMaterCad VISA [vpj~MlIersport 1-twy 716-634442 uffalo NY 14221 fik 1325 fuselage mated old R-2 wing still storage Springfield since R-2 reworked 1933 final Gee Bee racer known R-l/R-2 Long Tail Racer readied 1933 Chicago International Races pilot West Coast engaged fly Test flights showed good handling very good speed Pete Miller felt fastest racer ever built Its shame never really chance show its stuff During second flight ground very wet recent storm pilot having some difficulty getting ship ground since floated low speeds made several passes Finally touched down too much speed brakes useless wet grass R-l / R-2 skidded ditch end field tipped up its nose big Hornet engine still tick ing over ship nosed up prop hit ground flipped entire plane over ditch came rest its feet damage wings prop made impos sible race Chicago ended racing Granville organization no money left Other products Granville Miller imaginations fly notably QED Jackie Cochran flew Mac Robertson Race fabulous Time Flies built Frank Hawks end Long Tail Racer ended days Spring field MA home fastest land planes world born Springfield spent evenings young boy watching activity Springfield Airport big entertain ment days 0i movie hard come lived less mile airport father would load us car after supper drive us airport evening plane watching parking area benches next Granville shop could sit watch can still remember evening trips cant say remember specific aircraft just airplanes Im sure however saw different Gee Bees fly After getting involved RC years ago decided build model Gee Bee planes no plans kits finally decided design own selected Model Y Sportster red-andwhite beauty two seats ringed radial engine Material very sketchy finally got set none-too-accurate three-views drew model flew well attracted other Gee Bee designs made layout analysis chart various Gee Bee aircraft discovered proportions nearly bad everyone seems think shape gives illusion very short have designed buih flown models of Gee Bee Sportsters over past eight years two Model Ys Model D RI / R2 56-in-wingspan size Continued page 128 30 Model Aviation RIC MODEL TRANSPORTER$570 retail price plus shipping * Call now about Super Winter Discount* Compact Versatile Durable Hauls 2 planes plus gear equipment will need field customize inside hangers tool box etc meet need Send $100 information X-HAUL ER PO Box 185 Constantine MI 49042 Call 616435-6905 Box Size 4 x 10 x30 High Maintenance Free Aluminum Exterior Wood Box Construction Steel Running Geur AL-TEC PROdUCTS INC INTRODUCES NEW BUILDING CONCEPT unique AL-I-SpAR1 & 2 AI-T-SpAR & 2 [patent pending] integral component uni-structure membered light weight Alum inum beam T spar Specially planned total model aircraft world mind STRONG easyto use balsa foam wings tail planes Spar material Aluminum alloy 018 nominal thick AIISpARl .Bozlft l18x3/8 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SOr brings Catalog Brochure FLYLINE MODELS INC 2820 Dorr Ave Bll Fairfax Virginia 22031 repairing Helicopters replacing airplanes important lesson learned Helicopters become popular local flying fields though always aware sharing sky other aircraft would recommend other aircraft being oper ated agree upon specific flight patterns areas beforehand maintain adequate separa tion still feel Helicopter operations fixed-wing operations general mix simply because high degree concentra tion heli-pilots require safe operations Sometimes moments diversion can allow things get out hand Fly safely See next month Dave Chesney PO box 16612 Greensboro NC 27406 Gee Bee R-1 /Haffke Continued page 30 Model Y Model D Model E Quarter Scale Model Y Quarter Scale Model Aviation May 1981 best flying RC ship have ever flown came time famous R- 1 felt knew someSend $100 Building Guide AI-Tec Product list Ideducted trom 1st orderl thing few other people did layout chart shown dimensions moments R- no different Model D E Sportsters exceptionally good-flying planes smaller model RI / R2 wing loading over 60 oz still flew great Pete Miller told fuselage created some lift helped explain what seemed like impossibly high loading Some figuring showed could build Quarter Scale R-l under 15 lb wing loading would respectable 35 oz felt could hit weight easily since 90-inspan Model Y weighed just under 15 lb Quarter Scale Model D tsters weighed around II lb felt best three-views R- done Harry Robinson Eng land plans scaled 1 did everything could keep weight down fact went too far about later model built readied test flying Once again called Test Pilot Supreme Sid Clements take bird up its first flights used Ace Silver Seven radio won Bealeton VA Scale Meet Ace kindly replaced small ser vos heavy-duty Atlas models Edi tor Never fly Quarter Scale model standard servos test day large group club members South Jersey Clayton clubs showed up watch flight ever notice always happens first flight new model Sid checked engine looked over controls tank topped off engine restarted bird placed posi tion end runway Sid opened throttle R-l leaped forward tail came up right away After much shorter roll expected air After short run upwind Sid put bird gentle 90-deg left turn As flew downwind tail began flutter alarmingly Sid immediately cut throttle lined up runway made good approach wounded bird couldnt flare completely nosed over broke prop stab broken both sides fuselage Coverite held together long enough get back ground original built-up stab replaced piece solid 1/4-in hard balsa Flight number two began beautiful takeoff just like first Sid climbed up about 300 feet feel out after four five minutes reported no aileron response throttled back ailerons came back time went high speed would lose ailerons Finally made turn down left left wing folded bird spiraled down ground disaster turned out caused using wood too weak wing spars wing structure plenty strong used soft piece wood make spars Both spars brokenjust outside center section same happened other wing easy see what caused loss aileron high speed wing would forced upward causing torque tubes bind lower speed wing would flex downward ailerons would freed Fortunately major repair job little discouraged big Bealeton Scale Meet far off decided get R-l back together started burning midnight oil fuselage repairs polished off four evenings decided needed complete new wing time picked out hardest spar material could find another week R-l ready fly again although much detail work wasnt done After working until 4am went bed got up six install radio arranged meet Sid nine morning flight time R- 1 denied flight beautiful takeoff landing roll Everything perfect After making some camera passes Sid took up higher some stalls 1oop stall turns put another flight same pattern 128 Model Aviation L ATTENTION OPS Engines & Parts Available Racing Marine Use OPS 15 ter Midget OPS 45 Marine PLUS Custom TD 0491051 engine parts Complete inventory stock custom parts COX TD 049/051 engines complete formation send $1 P & G Metal Products 301 North Yale Drive Garland TX 75042 Gene Hempelt2141 2725210 lafter 600 PM CUT LITTLESAVE LOT SCRATCH BUILDER KITSTM BY Ohio Superior quality woodcut proper thickness wood build kit includedsome hardware 5IIII~ Exclusive CAN TAKE IT landing gears Fiberglass cowlsbeautiful canopies Detailed plans instructions Unbelievable low price quality kits in Z5OL 1/3 scale sizegas engines $129 95 Super Fli 1/3 scale sizegas engines $11995 Zlin Z5OL 1/4 scale sizegas glow $9995 Add $500 shipping Send $100 free catalogredeemable first order kits way soon! 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Edition: Model Aviation - 1983/02
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1-rom siplane praaani aim inc uneirumtur Issue Pail aascrrne ins amporiarn consirucuon points words pictures Designer/Author Henry Haffke left holds Quarter Scale Gee Bee R-1 Howell W Pete Miller looks R-1 Petes fIrst prolect chief engIneer br Granvllle brothers FIFTY YEARS AGO 1932 National Air Races unique aircraft appeared amazed saw looked different other flying machines decided wouldnt fly called Bumble Bee Eying Milk Bottle other such uncomplimentary nicknames model has called flying pickle bar rel friends calls Fat Albert flew made avia tion history winning prestigious Thomp son Trophy setting new world speed record land planes ofjust under 300 mph aircraft Gee Bee R-l Super Sportster caught everyones fancy has probably become single writtenabout aircraft air racing history Unfortun ately stories about R-l other craft built Granville brothers filled inaccuracies misconceptions sensationalistic nonsense Thus Gee Bees have poor reputation aircraft buffs considered accomplishment model Gee Bee flies well Gee Bee R- masterpiece small dedicated group men des perately trying make go aircraft business during hard times 1930s five Granville brothers farm lands upper New Hampshire mechanically inclined master particular craft young man hired chief engineer 24 Model Aviation ulose-ups ot inc Kail ana front enas cleft ana midale pictures vividly show good finish trim add realism ooes lflC pilot ugure iiign: wing removed see two aiieron servos side connected receiver Y-cordaiso front-of-wing hoid-down dowels nyion bolts rear looped rubberband keep bolts failing out Left Webra gi engine Martin industries carburetor muffler pressure fuel tank goes Edson mount ply boxpainted black better visual concealment Author uses 164l/2 Rev-Up prop Middle Author vacu-formed cowl ABS plastic Ply ring epoxied inside cowl mounting firewall Attaches three sheet-metal screws positioned two alignment pegs Right Close-up cockpit Left Exhaust extensions undemeath engine made plumbing materials attached Slim Line muffler Middle detailing Note panel lines louvers Right Ace Atlas servos used rudder engine elevators Also visible back side Sullivan 16-ox tank MY FALCONy2A GEE BEEWIkINIEMAE LATEPIT5 AAS N Xc JET IS N UTYOURE 50 YEARs AO PAJL GARBER FOR IT5 AND IDLANES FLEWAROL*ID ON ThIEI4ALLOWED AI4hJUAL- WINNIE ThE WORLDSOLO WALLS O COME _ TO BU ThERE HNJKCLARI- ATSUP SO PAINTED XSO THEY THIS ONE FORTHEFNALLYHUNt NATIOHAL AIR MUSEUM HAJK- HUHFLY WEBRA 91 ENGINE ON EDSON MOUNT ON 1/4 PLYWOOD FLY WIRE MOUNTS I/B PLYWOOD WING CRADLE 3/32BALSA PLANKING I/B PLYWOOD INSIDE ENGINE BEARERS BACK TO F 5 I/BBALSA RIBS HALVES EACH SIDE OF BLANK I/B BALSA FORMERS1/B PLYWOOD BUILT UPR 2 3/32BALSARUDtER POST F 2 TO F BRUDDER HINGES-BOLTED BLANK 3/32 BALSA RUDDER AI [ji 1/8 RIBSTOP AND BOTTCi 1/8 BALSA ELEVATOR BLANK LIGHTENED AS IN RUDDER-AILERJS I/4X 1/2 BALSA SIR 1/4 BALSA STABIUZER I/BBALSA HINGE BOX 2 BUILT UP TAILWHEEL FAIRING 3/16 DOWEL PUSH ROD TUBES 118 DUMMY WASP CYLINDERS 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would estab lish aviation records rock aeronauti cal world planes produced tiny shop former dance hall edge Springfield Airport Springfield MA R-l Pete Millers first project team wanted plane capable winning rac ings biggest prize Thompson Trophy Pylon Race other big event National Air Races Bendix CrossCountry Race two ships built nearly identical appearance aimed event R- 1 bigger engine two polishing pylons Thompson R-2 fuel capacity smaller engine California-toCleveland Bendix Race Zantford Grannie Granville eldest Gran ville brother head company laid eut basic design new racers Pete Miller Grannies idea build airframe behind big Pratt & Whitney radial engine would streamline en gine fuselage efficient way possible genesis teardropshaped Gee Bee Super Sportsters actually slightly larger diameter engines about one-third planes length back nose prove idea model built extensive program wind tunnel testing carried out Pete Miller professors New York University Tests proved basic concept completely Read ers may have heard Gee Bees designed slapdash style stories say built chalk sketches workshop floor type unfounded story has burdened Gee Bee aircraft undeserved reputation 50 years actually marvels technology time Pete Millers evaluation design performance craft work master calcu lated estimate R- ls top speed less 2 mph actual speed attained R- built vertical fin very little rudder area wind tunnel tests shown bob tail would ade uate though marginal Russell Boardman pilot R-I Thompson Race made first test flight clear Friday taking off grass strip front Granville shop landed nearby Bowles Agawam Field told waiting Granvilles boys sure build air planes suggestion would like little rudder fin night Zantford youngest brother Bob cut out parts rudder fin additions installed next day Bob told gone church morning instead coming straight out work R-l really caught dickens Grannie arrived Bowles finish doping new tail section Russ Boardman make another test flight Monday Russ climbed Model E Sportster make hop Springfield Bowles quite pilot always putting show favorite tricks loop takeoff Hed done times larger powerful Model Y Sportster time ever 110-hp Warner engine rather 300-hp P&W Wasp Jr accus tomed Boardman ended up woods across street runway back injuries really serious enough keep him out Thompson Trophy Race Grannie heard Jimmy Doolittle landing accident Laird racer Jimmy needed plane Thompson called Doolittle offered him R- 1 Jimmy flew Bowles Agawam Field Shell Lockheed went over R- 1 Grannie rest brothers After lengthy discussion thorough examina tion Doolittle buckled himself big racer fired up took off disap peared over horizon Several hours later Grannie got telegram read Landed OK ClevelandDoolittle RI ~osPIsIt PLAN SHEET NO WINGSPAN75 IN LENGTH52/N WEIGHT/4-ISLES SCALE31NIFT DESIGNEG BY HENRY HAFEKE C C3 F1 F28 COWL WAo 5 I2 WHEELS race day R-l topped field set new world speed record Shell Speed Dash well new closed-course record during Thompson Race Doolittle flew R- 1 back Springfield after races final race planned retire comments ship reported Cleveland Springfield papers full praise recent publications Doolittle described having damned racer calling unstable touchy After considerable time able contact Gen Doolittle personally reports very differ ent what has written history books has told honest ship fly flew very well ham-handled felt might have bit tail heavy resulting some pitch insta bility reported good stability other cases After 1932 successes thoughts turned winning again 1933 time snatched picture next months construction section show whst completed Russ Boardmans turn R- given assembied framework looks like Just prior covering Looks good bare-bones stage bigger engine rudder area 26 Model Aviation FULL-SIZE PLANS AVAILABLE . 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BATTERY N THIS BAT AT TOP OF TEJOELBUE PLY SERVO I-KEYES MOUNT KYLE IIHECRAC BRACE AlBIEPLYI AlAl IIKY CMOUNT B PLY PLY RUSHING 4 40 RHEDRAI RRACE LA ACER TONGUE C4UI 4 TRAILK LUKE ______IE2AEEBCW L E liiiIIII-ECR TRIANGLE 332 BIB ~wT/3E323E3AILERON BASE BASE 28 Model Aviation Jimmy Doolittie poses front Gee Bee A-i Super Sportster Notes dont say taken judging interest onlookers guess must have after big Cleveland wins Doolittle takes off record-setting flight dust being kicked up looks like might grass fieid Faiiure brakes hold wet grass led retirement Granvilles racing crew planned have both ships fly Cali fornia Bendix Race Boardman landed R- Indianapolis refueling stop found R-2 although supposed have gone R-2 out race due collapse aerol strut resulting wing tip damage Boardman very upset words R-2 pilot R- being refueled boarded R-l started takeoff roll pulled ship off ground before used up half run way As left ground gust wind hit him flipped nearly-stalled R- 1 its back hit inverted skidded down runway Boardman alive pulled wreckage died next day hospital Granvilles lost old friend Russ Boardman out 1933 races R- rebuilt extended Zantford Grannie Granvilie leans wing A-i picture taken soon after vertical fin added Bumblebee flying milk bottleits easy see R-1 has nicknames view Author says people have misconceptions about flying traits famous airplane Jimmy Doolittle controls R-i flashes grandstands Cleveland 1932 Won Thompson Trophy Race Shell Speed Dash February 1983 29 Grannie runs-up engine original R-1 layout Russell Boardman made first lest flight wayno fin small rudder Sister ship A-ithe Gee Bee R-2 R-2 has same airframe A-i smaller engine fuel capacity R-2 thus could built plans presented NE1 ON FIBER/KEVLAR SAMPLER SEE TOUCH WORK WITH SAMPLES OF THESE SPACE AGE BUILDING PRODUCTS CARBON FIBER PUSHROD/TORQUE TUBE & BEARING 200000 FILAMENT CARBON FIBER TAPE 40000 FILAMENT CARBON FIBER TAPE 30000 FILAMENT CARBON FIBER TAPE CARBON FIBER LAMINATE KEVLAR 18 OZ FABRIC KEVLAR 3A W TAPECIflIVI CARBON/KEVLAR INFO MANUALCash Check Money Order 1983 AEROLITE CATALOG UMaterCad VISA [vpj~MlIersport 1-twy 716-634442 uffalo NY 14221 fik 1325 fuselage mated old R-2 wing still storage Springfield since R-2 reworked 1933 final Gee Bee racer known R-l/R-2 Long Tail Racer readied 1933 Chicago International Races pilot West Coast engaged fly Test flights showed good handling very good speed Pete Miller felt fastest racer ever built Its shame never really chance show its stuff During second flight ground very wet recent storm pilot having some difficulty getting ship ground since floated low speeds made several passes Finally touched down too much speed brakes useless wet grass R-l / R-2 skidded ditch end field tipped up its nose big Hornet engine still tick ing over ship nosed up prop hit ground flipped entire plane over ditch came rest its feet damage wings prop made impos sible race Chicago ended racing Granville organization no money left Other products Granville Miller imaginations fly notably QED Jackie Cochran flew Mac Robertson Race fabulous Time Flies built Frank Hawks end Long Tail Racer ended days Spring field MA home fastest land planes world born Springfield spent evenings young boy watching activity Springfield Airport big entertain ment days 0i movie hard come lived less mile airport father would load us car after supper drive us airport evening plane watching parking area benches next Granville shop could sit watch can still remember evening trips cant say remember specific aircraft just airplanes Im sure however saw different Gee Bees fly After getting involved RC years ago decided build model Gee Bee planes no plans kits finally decided design own selected Model Y Sportster red-andwhite beauty two seats ringed radial engine Material very sketchy finally got set none-too-accurate three-views drew model flew well attracted other Gee Bee designs made layout analysis chart various Gee Bee aircraft discovered proportions nearly bad everyone seems think shape gives illusion very short have designed buih flown models of Gee Bee Sportsters over past eight years two Model Ys Model D RI / R2 56-in-wingspan size Continued page 128 30 Model Aviation RIC MODEL TRANSPORTER$570 retail price plus shipping * Call now about Super Winter Discount* Compact Versatile Durable Hauls 2 planes plus gear equipment will need field customize inside hangers tool box etc meet need Send $100 information X-HAUL ER PO Box 185 Constantine MI 49042 Call 616435-6905 Box Size 4 x 10 x30 High Maintenance Free Aluminum Exterior Wood Box Construction Steel Running Geur AL-TEC PROdUCTS INC INTRODUCES NEW BUILDING CONCEPT unique AL-I-SpAR1 & 2 AI-T-SpAR & 2 [patent pending] integral component uni-structure membered light weight Alum inum beam T spar Specially planned total model aircraft world mind STRONG easyto use balsa foam wings tail planes Spar material Aluminum alloy 018 nominal thick AIISpARl .Bozlft l18x3/8 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SOr brings Catalog Brochure FLYLINE MODELS INC 2820 Dorr Ave Bll Fairfax Virginia 22031 repairing Helicopters replacing airplanes important lesson learned Helicopters become popular local flying fields though always aware sharing sky other aircraft would recommend other aircraft being oper ated agree upon specific flight patterns areas beforehand maintain adequate separa tion still feel Helicopter operations fixed-wing operations general mix simply because high degree concentra tion heli-pilots require safe operations Sometimes moments diversion can allow things get out hand Fly safely See next month Dave Chesney PO box 16612 Greensboro NC 27406 Gee Bee R-1 /Haffke Continued page 30 Model Y Model D Model E Quarter Scale Model Y Quarter Scale Model Aviation May 1981 best flying RC ship have ever flown came time famous R- 1 felt knew someSend $100 Building Guide AI-Tec Product list Ideducted trom 1st orderl thing few other people did layout chart shown dimensions moments R- no different Model D E Sportsters exceptionally good-flying planes smaller model RI / R2 wing loading over 60 oz still flew great Pete Miller told fuselage created some lift helped explain what seemed like impossibly high loading Some figuring showed could build Quarter Scale R-l under 15 lb wing loading would respectable 35 oz felt could hit weight easily since 90-inspan Model Y weighed just under 15 lb Quarter Scale Model D tsters weighed around II lb felt best three-views R- done Harry Robinson Eng land plans scaled 1 did everything could keep weight down fact went too far about later model built readied test flying Once again called Test Pilot Supreme Sid Clements take bird up its first flights used Ace Silver Seven radio won Bealeton VA Scale Meet Ace kindly replaced small ser vos heavy-duty Atlas models Edi tor Never fly Quarter Scale model standard servos test day large group club members South Jersey Clayton clubs showed up watch flight ever notice always happens first flight new model Sid checked engine looked over controls tank topped off engine restarted bird placed posi tion end runway Sid opened throttle R-l leaped forward tail came up right away After much shorter roll expected air After short run upwind Sid put bird gentle 90-deg left turn As flew downwind tail began flutter alarmingly Sid immediately cut throttle lined up runway made good approach wounded bird couldnt flare completely nosed over broke prop stab broken both sides fuselage Coverite held together long enough get back ground original built-up stab replaced piece solid 1/4-in hard balsa Flight number two began beautiful takeoff just like first Sid climbed up about 300 feet feel out after four five minutes reported no aileron response throttled back ailerons came back time went high speed would lose ailerons Finally made turn down left left wing folded bird spiraled down ground disaster turned out caused using wood too weak wing spars wing structure plenty strong used soft piece wood make spars Both spars brokenjust outside center section same happened other wing easy see what caused loss aileron high speed wing would forced upward causing torque tubes bind lower speed wing would flex downward ailerons would freed Fortunately major repair job little discouraged big Bealeton Scale Meet far off decided get R-l back together started burning midnight oil fuselage repairs polished off four evenings decided needed complete new wing time picked out hardest spar material could find another week R-l ready fly again although much detail work wasnt done After working until 4am went bed got up six install radio arranged meet Sid nine morning flight time R- 1 denied flight beautiful takeoff landing roll Everything perfect After making some camera passes Sid took up higher some stalls 1oop stall turns put another flight same pattern 128 Model Aviation L ATTENTION OPS Engines & Parts Available Racing Marine Use OPS 15 ter Midget OPS 45 Marine PLUS Custom TD 0491051 engine parts Complete inventory stock custom parts COX TD 049/051 engines complete formation send $1 P & G Metal Products 301 North Yale Drive Garland TX 75042 Gene Hempelt2141 2725210 lafter 600 PM CUT LITTLESAVE LOT SCRATCH BUILDER KITSTM BY Ohio Superior quality woodcut proper thickness wood build kit includedsome hardware 5IIII~ Exclusive CAN TAKE IT landing gears Fiberglass cowlsbeautiful canopies Detailed plans instructions Unbelievable low price quality kits in Z5OL 1/3 scale sizegas engines $129 95 Super Fli 1/3 scale sizegas engines $11995 Zlin Z5OL 1/4 scale sizegas glow $9995 Add $500 shipping Send $100 free catalogredeemable first order kits way soon! 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Edition: Model Aviation - 1983/02
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1-rom siplane praaani aim inc uneirumtur Issue Pail aascrrne ins amporiarn consirucuon points words pictures Designer/Author Henry Haffke left holds Quarter Scale Gee Bee R-1 Howell W Pete Miller looks R-1 Petes fIrst prolect chief engIneer br Granvllle brothers FIFTY YEARS AGO 1932 National Air Races unique aircraft appeared amazed saw looked different other flying machines decided wouldnt fly called Bumble Bee Eying Milk Bottle other such uncomplimentary nicknames model has called flying pickle bar rel friends calls Fat Albert flew made avia tion history winning prestigious Thomp son Trophy setting new world speed record land planes ofjust under 300 mph aircraft Gee Bee R-l Super Sportster caught everyones fancy has probably become single writtenabout aircraft air racing history Unfortun ately stories about R-l other craft built Granville brothers filled inaccuracies misconceptions sensationalistic nonsense Thus Gee Bees have poor reputation aircraft buffs considered accomplishment model Gee Bee flies well Gee Bee R- masterpiece small dedicated group men des perately trying make go aircraft business during hard times 1930s five Granville brothers farm lands upper New Hampshire mechanically inclined master particular craft young man hired chief engineer 24 Model Aviation ulose-ups ot inc Kail ana front enas cleft ana midale pictures vividly show good finish trim add realism ooes lflC pilot ugure iiign: wing removed see two aiieron servos side connected receiver Y-cordaiso front-of-wing hoid-down dowels nyion bolts rear looped rubberband keep bolts failing out Left Webra gi engine Martin industries carburetor muffler pressure fuel tank goes Edson mount ply boxpainted black better visual concealment Author uses 164l/2 Rev-Up prop Middle Author vacu-formed cowl ABS plastic Ply ring epoxied inside cowl mounting firewall Attaches three sheet-metal screws positioned two alignment pegs Right Close-up cockpit Left Exhaust extensions undemeath engine made plumbing materials attached Slim Line muffler Middle detailing Note panel lines louvers Right Ace Atlas servos used rudder engine elevators Also visible back side Sullivan 16-ox tank MY FALCONy2A GEE BEEWIkINIEMAE LATEPIT5 AAS N Xc JET IS N UTYOURE 50 YEARs AO PAJL GARBER FOR IT5 AND IDLANES FLEWAROL*ID ON ThIEI4ALLOWED AI4hJUAL- WINNIE ThE WORLDSOLO WALLS O COME _ TO BU ThERE HNJKCLARI- ATSUP SO PAINTED XSO THEY THIS ONE FORTHEFNALLYHUNt NATIOHAL AIR MUSEUM HAJK- HUHFLY WEBRA 91 ENGINE ON EDSON MOUNT ON 1/4 PLYWOOD FLY WIRE MOUNTS I/B PLYWOOD WING CRADLE 3/32BALSA PLANKING I/B PLYWOOD INSIDE ENGINE BEARERS BACK TO F 5 I/BBALSA RIBS HALVES EACH SIDE OF BLANK I/B BALSA FORMERS1/B PLYWOOD BUILT UPR 2 3/32BALSARUDtER POST F 2 TO F BRUDDER HINGES-BOLTED BLANK 3/32 BALSA RUDDER AI [ji 1/8 RIBSTOP AND BOTTCi 1/8 BALSA ELEVATOR BLANK LIGHTENED AS IN RUDDER-AILERJS I/4X 1/2 BALSA SIR 1/4 BALSA STABIUZER I/BBALSA HINGE BOX 2 BUILT UP TAILWHEEL FAIRING 3/16 DOWEL PUSH ROD TUBES 118 DUMMY WASP CYLINDERS 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would estab lish aviation records rock aeronauti cal world planes produced tiny shop former dance hall edge Springfield Airport Springfield MA R-l Pete Millers first project team wanted plane capable winning rac ings biggest prize Thompson Trophy Pylon Race other big event National Air Races Bendix CrossCountry Race two ships built nearly identical appearance aimed event R- 1 bigger engine two polishing pylons Thompson R-2 fuel capacity smaller engine California-toCleveland Bendix Race Zantford Grannie Granville eldest Gran ville brother head company laid eut basic design new racers Pete Miller Grannies idea build airframe behind big Pratt & Whitney radial engine would streamline en gine fuselage efficient way possible genesis teardropshaped Gee Bee Super Sportsters actually slightly larger diameter engines about one-third planes length back nose prove idea model built extensive program wind tunnel testing carried out Pete Miller professors New York University Tests proved basic concept completely Read ers may have heard Gee Bees designed slapdash style stories say built chalk sketches workshop floor type unfounded story has burdened Gee Bee aircraft undeserved reputation 50 years actually marvels technology time Pete Millers evaluation design performance craft work master calcu lated estimate R- ls top speed less 2 mph actual speed attained R- built vertical fin very little rudder area wind tunnel tests shown bob tail would ade uate though marginal Russell Boardman pilot R-I Thompson Race made first test flight clear Friday taking off grass strip front Granville shop landed nearby Bowles Agawam Field told waiting Granvilles boys sure build air planes suggestion would like little rudder fin night Zantford youngest brother Bob cut out parts rudder fin additions installed next day Bob told gone church morning instead coming straight out work R-l really caught dickens Grannie arrived Bowles finish doping new tail section Russ Boardman make another test flight Monday Russ climbed Model E Sportster make hop Springfield Bowles quite pilot always putting show favorite tricks loop takeoff Hed done times larger powerful Model Y Sportster time ever 110-hp Warner engine rather 300-hp P&W Wasp Jr accus tomed Boardman ended up woods across street runway back injuries really serious enough keep him out Thompson Trophy Race Grannie heard Jimmy Doolittle landing accident Laird racer Jimmy needed plane Thompson called Doolittle offered him R- 1 Jimmy flew Bowles Agawam Field Shell Lockheed went over R- 1 Grannie rest brothers After lengthy discussion thorough examina tion Doolittle buckled himself big racer fired up took off disap peared over horizon Several hours later Grannie got telegram read Landed OK ClevelandDoolittle RI ~osPIsIt PLAN SHEET NO WINGSPAN75 IN LENGTH52/N WEIGHT/4-ISLES SCALE31NIFT DESIGNEG BY HENRY HAFEKE C C3 F1 F28 COWL WAo 5 I2 WHEELS race day R-l topped field set new world speed record Shell Speed Dash well new closed-course record during Thompson Race Doolittle flew R- 1 back Springfield after races final race planned retire comments ship reported Cleveland Springfield papers full praise recent publications Doolittle described having damned racer calling unstable touchy After considerable time able contact Gen Doolittle personally reports very differ ent what has written history books has told honest ship fly flew very well ham-handled felt might have bit tail heavy resulting some pitch insta bility reported good stability other cases After 1932 successes thoughts turned winning again 1933 time snatched picture next months construction section show whst completed Russ Boardmans turn R- given assembied framework looks like Just prior covering Looks good bare-bones stage bigger engine rudder area 26 Model Aviation FULL-SIZE PLANS AVAILABLE . 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BATTERY N THIS BAT AT TOP OF TEJOELBUE PLY SERVO I-KEYES MOUNT KYLE IIHECRAC BRACE AlBIEPLYI AlAl IIKY CMOUNT B PLY PLY RUSHING 4 40 RHEDRAI RRACE LA ACER TONGUE C4UI 4 TRAILK LUKE ______IE2AEEBCW L E liiiIIII-ECR TRIANGLE 332 BIB ~wT/3E323E3AILERON BASE BASE 28 Model Aviation Jimmy Doolittie poses front Gee Bee A-i Super Sportster Notes dont say taken judging interest onlookers guess must have after big Cleveland wins Doolittle takes off record-setting flight dust being kicked up looks like might grass fieid Faiiure brakes hold wet grass led retirement Granvilles racing crew planned have both ships fly Cali fornia Bendix Race Boardman landed R- Indianapolis refueling stop found R-2 although supposed have gone R-2 out race due collapse aerol strut resulting wing tip damage Boardman very upset words R-2 pilot R- being refueled boarded R-l started takeoff roll pulled ship off ground before used up half run way As left ground gust wind hit him flipped nearly-stalled R- 1 its back hit inverted skidded down runway Boardman alive pulled wreckage died next day hospital Granvilles lost old friend Russ Boardman out 1933 races R- rebuilt extended Zantford Grannie Granvilie leans wing A-i picture taken soon after vertical fin added Bumblebee flying milk bottleits easy see R-1 has nicknames view Author says people have misconceptions about flying traits famous airplane Jimmy Doolittle controls R-i flashes grandstands Cleveland 1932 Won Thompson Trophy Race Shell Speed Dash February 1983 29 Grannie runs-up engine original R-1 layout Russell Boardman made first lest flight wayno fin small rudder Sister ship A-ithe Gee Bee R-2 R-2 has same airframe A-i smaller engine fuel capacity R-2 thus could built plans presented NE1 ON FIBER/KEVLAR SAMPLER SEE TOUCH WORK WITH SAMPLES OF THESE SPACE AGE BUILDING PRODUCTS CARBON FIBER PUSHROD/TORQUE TUBE & BEARING 200000 FILAMENT CARBON FIBER TAPE 40000 FILAMENT CARBON FIBER TAPE 30000 FILAMENT CARBON FIBER TAPE CARBON FIBER LAMINATE KEVLAR 18 OZ FABRIC KEVLAR 3A W TAPECIflIVI CARBON/KEVLAR INFO MANUALCash Check Money Order 1983 AEROLITE CATALOG UMaterCad VISA [vpj~MlIersport 1-twy 716-634442 uffalo NY 14221 fik 1325 fuselage mated old R-2 wing still storage Springfield since R-2 reworked 1933 final Gee Bee racer known R-l/R-2 Long Tail Racer readied 1933 Chicago International Races pilot West Coast engaged fly Test flights showed good handling very good speed Pete Miller felt fastest racer ever built Its shame never really chance show its stuff During second flight ground very wet recent storm pilot having some difficulty getting ship ground since floated low speeds made several passes Finally touched down too much speed brakes useless wet grass R-l / R-2 skidded ditch end field tipped up its nose big Hornet engine still tick ing over ship nosed up prop hit ground flipped entire plane over ditch came rest its feet damage wings prop made impos sible race Chicago ended racing Granville organization no money left Other products Granville Miller imaginations fly notably QED Jackie Cochran flew Mac Robertson Race fabulous Time Flies built Frank Hawks end Long Tail Racer ended days Spring field MA home fastest land planes world born Springfield spent evenings young boy watching activity Springfield Airport big entertain ment days 0i movie hard come lived less mile airport father would load us car after supper drive us airport evening plane watching parking area benches next Granville shop could sit watch can still remember evening trips cant say remember specific aircraft just airplanes Im sure however saw different Gee Bees fly After getting involved RC years ago decided build model Gee Bee planes no plans kits finally decided design own selected Model Y Sportster red-andwhite beauty two seats ringed radial engine Material very sketchy finally got set none-too-accurate three-views drew model flew well attracted other Gee Bee designs made layout analysis chart various Gee Bee aircraft discovered proportions nearly bad everyone seems think shape gives illusion very short have designed buih flown models of Gee Bee Sportsters over past eight years two Model Ys Model D RI / R2 56-in-wingspan size Continued page 128 30 Model Aviation RIC MODEL TRANSPORTER$570 retail price plus shipping * Call now about Super Winter Discount* Compact Versatile Durable Hauls 2 planes plus gear equipment will need field customize inside hangers tool box etc meet need Send $100 information X-HAUL ER PO Box 185 Constantine MI 49042 Call 616435-6905 Box Size 4 x 10 x30 High Maintenance Free Aluminum Exterior Wood Box Construction Steel Running Geur AL-TEC PROdUCTS INC INTRODUCES NEW BUILDING CONCEPT unique AL-I-SpAR1 & 2 AI-T-SpAR & 2 [patent pending] integral component uni-structure membered light weight Alum inum beam T spar Specially planned total model aircraft world mind STRONG easyto use balsa foam wings tail planes Spar material Aluminum alloy 018 nominal thick AIISpARl .Bozlft l18x3/8 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SOr brings Catalog Brochure FLYLINE MODELS INC 2820 Dorr Ave Bll Fairfax Virginia 22031 repairing Helicopters replacing airplanes important lesson learned Helicopters become popular local flying fields though always aware sharing sky other aircraft would recommend other aircraft being oper ated agree upon specific flight patterns areas beforehand maintain adequate separa tion still feel Helicopter operations fixed-wing operations general mix simply because high degree concentra tion heli-pilots require safe operations Sometimes moments diversion can allow things get out hand Fly safely See next month Dave Chesney PO box 16612 Greensboro NC 27406 Gee Bee R-1 /Haffke Continued page 30 Model Y Model D Model E Quarter Scale Model Y Quarter Scale Model Aviation May 1981 best flying RC ship have ever flown came time famous R- 1 felt knew someSend $100 Building Guide AI-Tec Product list Ideducted trom 1st orderl thing few other people did layout chart shown dimensions moments R- no different Model D E Sportsters exceptionally good-flying planes smaller model RI / R2 wing loading over 60 oz still flew great Pete Miller told fuselage created some lift helped explain what seemed like impossibly high loading Some figuring showed could build Quarter Scale R-l under 15 lb wing loading would respectable 35 oz felt could hit weight easily since 90-inspan Model Y weighed just under 15 lb Quarter Scale Model D tsters weighed around II lb felt best three-views R- done Harry Robinson Eng land plans scaled 1 did everything could keep weight down fact went too far about later model built readied test flying Once again called Test Pilot Supreme Sid Clements take bird up its first flights used Ace Silver Seven radio won Bealeton VA Scale Meet Ace kindly replaced small ser vos heavy-duty Atlas models Edi tor Never fly Quarter Scale model standard servos test day large group club members South Jersey Clayton clubs showed up watch flight ever notice always happens first flight new model Sid checked engine looked over controls tank topped off engine restarted bird placed posi tion end runway Sid opened throttle R-l leaped forward tail came up right away After much shorter roll expected air After short run upwind Sid put bird gentle 90-deg left turn As flew downwind tail began flutter alarmingly Sid immediately cut throttle lined up runway made good approach wounded bird couldnt flare completely nosed over broke prop stab broken both sides fuselage Coverite held together long enough get back ground original built-up stab replaced piece solid 1/4-in hard balsa Flight number two began beautiful takeoff just like first Sid climbed up about 300 feet feel out after four five minutes reported no aileron response throttled back ailerons came back time went high speed would lose ailerons Finally made turn down left left wing folded bird spiraled down ground disaster turned out caused using wood too weak wing spars wing structure plenty strong used soft piece wood make spars Both spars brokenjust outside center section same happened other wing easy see what caused loss aileron high speed wing would forced upward causing torque tubes bind lower speed wing would flex downward ailerons would freed Fortunately major repair job little discouraged big Bealeton Scale Meet far off decided get R-l back together started burning midnight oil fuselage repairs polished off four evenings decided needed complete new wing time picked out hardest spar material could find another week R-l ready fly again although much detail work wasnt done After working until 4am went bed got up six install radio arranged meet Sid nine morning flight time R- 1 denied flight beautiful takeoff landing roll Everything perfect After making some camera passes Sid took up higher some stalls 1oop stall turns put another flight same pattern 128 Model Aviation L ATTENTION OPS Engines & Parts Available Racing Marine Use OPS 15 ter Midget OPS 45 Marine PLUS Custom TD 0491051 engine parts Complete inventory stock custom parts COX TD 049/051 engines complete formation send $1 P & G Metal Products 301 North Yale Drive Garland TX 75042 Gene Hempelt2141 2725210 lafter 600 PM CUT LITTLESAVE LOT SCRATCH BUILDER KITSTM BY Ohio Superior quality woodcut proper thickness wood build kit includedsome hardware 5IIII~ Exclusive CAN TAKE IT landing gears Fiberglass cowlsbeautiful canopies Detailed plans instructions Unbelievable low price quality kits in Z5OL 1/3 scale sizegas engines $129 95 Super Fli 1/3 scale sizegas engines $11995 Zlin Z5OL 1/4 scale sizegas glow $9995 Add $500 shipping Send $100 free catalogredeemable first order kits way soon! 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