Above Raspantes first RC model double-size Super Buccaneer scaled up him Sal Taibi flown radio designed built Joe Below preparation demonstration flight Joe checks out equipment todays Giant Scale standards plane big radio equipment humongous Check out multimeter its bigger todays transmitters Right Notable aviatrix day Jacqueline Cochran took great Interest Joes model picture taken sometime during 1939 shows Joe pre paring model special demonstration flight took place Floyd Bennett Field RECEIVED phone call day distressed greatly Joe Raspante man Id known 48 years passed away Most knew Joe Raspante per sonally reputation saddened loss man loss per sonal Joe RC pioneer modeling con56 Model Aviation Moda1-0 j Joe Raspante RC Pioneer AMA News section issue article latest ductees AMAs Hall Fame Among honored man subject piece name isnt familiar nows chance catch up bit modeling history knew Joe accomplishments heres chance some reminiscing U Norm Rosenstock temporaries Clinton B Desoto Good brothers Jim Walker etc first RC model Super Buccaneer scaled up double-size good friend still-active modeler Sal Taibi radio Super Buccaneerequipped tele phone dial transmitter serve control selectorwas Joe designed built himself Joe started Ham radio 1929 teen ager As skills radio equipment grew began make living radio repair 1937 earned franchise Majestic Radio Company called radio repair shop Atlantic Avenue Brooklyn NY Majestic Radio Repair Shop back shop Ham radio station metal working equipment used developed radio sets would later use models As accomplishments began receive media attention news success spread companies like Union Carbide makers Eveready batteries Joe needed very small lightweight battery models company glad help unique needs produced special battery him Joe flying RC early 1937 attracted attention Elmer Sperry RC model story related Joe 1964 accurate memory Sunday year uncertain proba bly 1939 out flying giant RC model teenager watching Joe came up him started ask ques tions about plane Joe always willing talk kids methodically answered boys questions Joe also observed father boy stood back ways didnt speak incident repeated itself number weeks before father stepped forward thank Joe patience sons questions introduced himself Joe surprised find out father Elmer Sperry Sperry subsequently hired Joe company order acquire December 1987 57 Raspantes efforts didnt go unnoticed publications during time either excerpts Popular Science Mechanix Illustrated touted successes RC pioneer Joe Wilma Raspante 1937 location probably Creedmore NY pop ular pre-WW II flying spot Joes big RC planes Willie series named after Left In early years Joe interested competition often traveled some distances compete picture personal photo album shows Joe Snow White handwritten caption says 1st place Sept Phila 1938 Above Snow White de signed 1938 quickly became standard excellence modeling Charles H Grant often referenced model books articles example well-proportioned design Snow White consistent contest winner significant ach ievements winning prestigious Berryloid competItion best finish 1939 Nats Left Joe shows off fuselage Snow White front old radIo repair shop Atlantic Ave Brooklyn Barely visible behind Joe window display modeling display nothing business Joe proud hobby liked show Interested Right Steve Ditta reproduction Snow White plans published Model Builder magazine Steves mod el exact duplication Raspantes being powered Forster 99 deviation original Inclusion radio knowledge skills Elmer Sperry appre ciated what Joe achieved no en gineering staff himself experimented radio control understood what Joe accomplished Joe worked Sperry 27 years until re tirement 1967 Around 1938 Joe designed built famous model Snow White became standard excellence modeling model won contests consid ered hard beat competitors Joe showed up best could hope second place Snow White backed up everyones good feelings plane winning prestigious Berryloid competition finest finish 1939 Nats Joe also competed RC during 1939 1940 Nationals took second 1939 third 1940 flying familiar double-sized Super Buccaneer Sometime during 1938-1939 Joe designed built Willie 3 replacement Super Buccaneer believe last time During 1970s Joe built RC demonstrator show non-modelers RC plane works consisted cutaway four-function RC model Connected model via um Willie 3 flown competition blilcal cord transmitter its original circuitry replaced special closed-circuit sys New York Daily Mirrors 1946 Mirror tem operate servos Because did generate radio signals could safely Model Meet Joe took first place operated during meet demonstration interfering contestants models 58 Model Aviation Left Joe designed Willie Ill shown around 1938-1939 replacement Super Buccaneer Willie Ill last flew competitively New York Daily Mirrors Model Meet 1946 Right Daily Mirrors Meet open first 1000 people register all-around win ner meet received Ercoupe full-size plane Joe entered Willie Ill contests RC category 1946 took home first place December 1987 59 Left Joes Willie Ill resurrected 1964 LIDS meet Mitchell Field Although model flown meet certainly photographed Right spite its size 11 ft plane exceptionally light weighing 14 lb 14 lb radio batteries weighed 7 lb three-tube receiver used full-size tubes control system required four batteries operate batteries tube filaments B batteries probably 90 volts C bias battery another battery powered servo escapement setup Jt m tet November 25 1939 Joe guest John Gamblings Model Airplane Club Air program WOR-Mtitual Network During talk-show program Joe gave tips about RC modeling Joe Raspante consummate inven tor addition model aircraft Ham radio also loved scale model power boats remember six-foot Chris-Craft powered big Avion Mercury engine designed boat stand geared starter crank employed dog clutch gear engaged propeller under rear boat start engine turn fuel cock switch ignition crank starter handle Later built large PT boat works powered watercooled four cylinder inline four-stroke engine built boat made exacting standards complete detail guns swiveled fired blanks loudspeaker called out swabbies sweep deck fore aft anchor raised lowered tor pedoes could fired done radio control model boat now exhibit Navys floating muse um aircraft carrier Enterprise anchored pier New York City Recently honor returning Joes last RC model Willie 3 aeromod eling world delivered AMA Museum Reston VA first time saw Willie 3 dur ing 1946 New York Mirror Meet New York Daily Mirror newspaper interested modeling used run large limited first 1000 mail entry applicants contest year 1946 contest paper gave away fullscale Ercoupe first prize meet champion Joe entered Willie 3 con tests RC event won first place contestant meet did have too much time take close look plane remember commenting its size saw model airborne years later club LIDS Long Island Drone Society held first RC contest Mitchell Field LI contest planning committee charged meets publicity looking something would attract large crowd centerpiece tention grabber meet inunediately thought Joe big RC model 1964 spoken Joe years felt kind funny calling him favor after calling him long answered call re sponded spoken him last week always pleasant quickly came point Joe still have big plane saw Mirror Meet Well s no Joe what does mean Are busy now No Well dont come over house now Ill show called Harold Brink committee went over Joes house Joe lived modest home village Lake Success too far Sperry plant worked knew house Joes 1953 Ford Thunderbird sitting driveway classic car Joes pride joy kept pristine condition taken basement totally finished divided two parts part workshop quite large would say about 15 x 20 ft finished like kitchen cabinets along both long walls For-mica tabletops also hanging cabinets above counters floors finished asphalt tile highly polished hanging ceiling re cessed fluorescent lights looked like laboratory modelers work shop personification Joe always dressed groomed neatly counter workbench us com mon folk Joes fabled PT boat sitting its stand removed top could see innards Needless say Har old dazzled though shop clean whistle Joe opened cabinet after cabinet drawer after drawer suddenly realized pristine condition shop belied what really took place Continued page 160 60 Model Aviation Left Some crew last flight Willie lii Septem ber 1964 L-R Joe Raspante Larry Davidson Joe Raspante Jr Harold Brink After pictures taken Joe decided let Larry Davidson experienced reed flier handle controls Above Willie Ill takes off its last flight bulky original radio replaced 1 -lb Orbit reed radio prop hand carved Joe After flight Joe donated Willie Iii Nassau County Cradel Aviation Museum Plc Model Airplane News June 18 1986 Norm Rosenstock along Bill Winter delivered historic Willie iii AMA Museum Reston should celebrate arrival Joe Raspantes plane its rightful place among other famous models will go down modeling history OpUs ssAEaglaes Throttle-coupled spm* advance *6000 24-UIbe2oz-SHP 27-tIbe4oz6iHP 42-BlbsSoz7HP Customized newest German engines Inot parts Muffler Mount Mounting Bolt. Pressure Tap Smoke Cerburetor Unkage CDI Ignition ICH ElectronIcs 48 Volt Ignition Pack Sefety Switch S Bolt Nub Resistor Spark Plugs 1 Warranty Faulty Parts Workmanship New Prop Adaptor Byrons4 3 bladed props Fits Sacha engine witn7/8 bolt pattern 5 plus shipping TG Laser 2001 e* tonsil8499*6 GiasabodySf11 wheel pants cowl Hardware kit foam wing balsa Included Basis 31 wIth points Included Laaer Kit 86dew 2pleoe wing converalon 6 Laser built bones Laser Hardware 0 exIts T G MFGII 857 HIgh Mountain Rd North Haledon NJ 07508 62014273845 Raspante/Rosenstock Continued page 60 definitely working shop just Joes manner working kept shop neat went through door Joes radio station Joe still active Ham Amateur radio operator radio sta tion professional looking commercial station designed built Joe same fastidi ous appearance shop 1964later Joe converted station video broadcasts After getting grand tour Joes shop took us upstairs top floor ex plained large airplanes used kept attic certain point attic finished give Joe Jr room own done big planes stored placed out side room walls other words between interior walls roofin eaves roof ac cess area small removable panel about 30 wide 48 high Joe moved aside dresser expose panel Harold looked other disbelief peered crawl space saw fabled Snow White covered dust looking part like ghost past Also seen por tions large RC plane Willie 3 Joe reached grabbed tip Willie 3 wing pulled out through small opening could bring out about four feet wing before hit adjacent wall Fortunately wall window Joe opened window wing out window before other wing tip appeared pulled wing room placed floor just about went wall wall time largest model ever seen wing terrible shape least covering was torn dried out brittle Obviously no shape shown fuselage still attic looked little better about four weeks go before SUPERIOR DESIGN & CRAFrSMANSHIP DEL-A IOr NORTHEAST AERODYNAMICS Inc_______ 610 LEBANON STREET ORD E 04073207-460-1681 Finest Kits Youll Ever Buy Build Train-Air 20 o Train-Air 40 o Sport-Air 40 o Bel-Air 40 o 40 Hydro-Floats need essy handiing superior acrobatic modern iooking sport exhibition biplane has hued Eel-Air 80 kit Au parts bipiane sil tine line kits machine Cut assist buiiding resi show stopper Eel-Air 60 hss fully summetricai wing sections gives greatest potentisi acrobatic performance either upright inverted ship capable very slow close-in type flight right up rigorous serobatic schedule can muster Engine Requirement Wing Span Wing Area Fuselage Length 60 52 935 D 46 SPECIFICATIONS Fuselage Width Weight Range Wing Loading Range 35, 6 75 lbs 146 165 207-490-1861 Visa & MasterCard Accepted contest turned Joe asked Can get plane fixed time con test thought moment replied Ill need little help can get rest plane shape wing will take some time Harold up stunned presence famous pioneer awed tremendous size plane suddenly found tongue Can help volunteered Joe just smiled put arm around Ha rolds shoulder said know cover silk Harold sured him could Joe gave him job recovering whole wing way back Harold could talk about Joe big airplane Joe Harold became fast friends after Harolds help plane ready time exhibited meet As matter fact Harold transported plane contest presence plane contest attracted awful lot attention what wanted probably most-photographed plane field know took lot shots pictures took two children ages five seven sit ting under wing Joes plane now have framed hanging wall Another Joe holding wing tip used cover now-defunct Grid Ieaks magazine contest spring After over did hear Joe until day September called tell since plane such good shape decided equip modem RC equipment Orbit 8-channel reed sys tem fly Willie 3 once again must remember 1964 wanted get opinion latest techniques RC having inactive long concern whether twospeed points yes OK Twin pow ered plane spark ignition would adequate bring down plane ignition low speed may seem strange question must remember plane 11 ft originally weighed 14 lb original radio batterContinued page 163 160 Model Aviation JILL AIRCRAFT & SURFACE FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM p ies carried weighed 7 lb 50% total weight Orbit equipment Joe wanted install weighed 1 /2 lb giving refurbished model all-up weight 8 lb Joe built light big wing area high-lift airfoil possible bring ing model back earth would prob lem suggested install choke butterfly intake work conjunc tion low-speed points richen mixture slow engine down enough land week later Joe called say would coming out Mitchell Field flying site ready fly Willie 3 once called number club members assist project presence mind bring camera record event After Joe assembled plane took pictures Joe de cided let Larry Davidson experienced reed flier handle controls Joe felt did have enough stick time justice task Also present field day Joes son Joe Jr never seen Willie 3 fly last time flew New York Mirror Meet 1946 year Joe Jr born Joe got engine started very quickly After checking out control functions Larry gave signal release plane plane shot forward within six feet airborne climbed altitude about 400 ft aware Larry having trouble Du-Bro has numbers need comply new 1988 AMA Frequency Regulation Select channel number corresponds frequency number transmitter Affix numbers frequency number clip snap base antenna Select frequency flag identifies transmitter Aircraft Surface use attach tip antenna Its quick simple use Frequency clip flags remove easily storage 3Look AttractIve Display ANOITEM IfpJj/ Q455FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION NO 0 456FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION NO 1 457 FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION NO 2 / 458FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION NO3 9FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION NO4 460FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION NO5 461FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION NO6 462FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION NO7 463FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION NO8 64FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION NO9jUl 465FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATIONCLIP 466AIRCRAFT DENT FLAG 72 MHz 467SURFACE DENT FLAG 75 MHz ImE~ plane wanted keep climbing Larry found necessary apply more down elevator After circling field couple times decided bring plane down Low throttle turned due twoposition ignition two speedshigh low laborious task bringing plane down com menced worst fears came fruition plane light wanted climb low throttle Larry resort full down elevator low throttle get plane lose altitude After three four circles field mode Larry got plane down about six feet off runway due ground effect plane just would come down lower made another circuit field banking sharply keep plane close ground could time half dozen helpers ran along under plane trying grab wheels part plane pull out sky flew slowly could stay under couple hundred feet scene comical almost like Key stone Kops routine reminiscent dirigible landing Someone finally man aged grasp wheels brought plane down safely its last flight couple years later Joe told plans donate plane Nassau County Museum pictures took day pub lished Model Airplane News 1965 Tl ally December 1987 163 CARBON RODS Round re angular Extremely strong & lightweight solid rods continuous carbon fibers epoxy base Can used forwing spars wing retention rods torque tubes & landing gear struts 050 Dia x 36 $ 550 Oja X 24 00 1/le Diax60 $1050%Diax12 $1100 070 Dia x 60 $1150Ia Dia x 12 . $1700 1/s Dia x 60 50 /8 x % x 12 0 Dia x 12 0 /8 x% x 24 $1600 1/16 X1/16 x36 $ 900 Add $300 S5H esidents add 8% sales tax seas orders add 15% check money order COO AEROSPACE COMPOSITE PRODUCTS PO Box 16621 IDept Al Irvine CA 92714 Puzzled CALL MArl Notlmetehalld Mgttdelt Ill lhvethetiue owhw 1 Complete 2 Semi-Assembled ready cover sanded calf 9am- 8pm EST 609-275-7264 Send prices Kits Engines accessories 7 Mitts Model Building P0 lox 443 7 Hampshire Drive Plainaboro NJ 06536 Catalogs available$3 Rate cards available free SASE 14-118a91/2 also build Cars Boats under title 25 Years Young Today could called 47 Years Young During 1970s Joe built RC demon strator show non-modelers RC model works consisted cutaway RC model four control functions Con nected demonstrator model via um bilical cord transmitter its circuitry removed special closedcircuit system operate servos could bring demonstrator local contests let invited public try hand operating controls danger contestants flying Joe attended local meet could bringing demo him showing crowd spectators RC model works No meet complete out Joe demo Contest Directors would call him planning meet make sure Joe could attend con tinued until death effort Joe Raspantes part contrib uted greatly enhance image RC modeling general public Thus great service modeling 115 NO SECRETS LIQUID FINISHES MASTER MODELING DESIGNING SCRATCH BUILDING AMA have suffered loss now no longer us Pink Lady/Wisniewski Continued page 62 shape Laminate 4 plywood outside using gap-filling Hot Stuff cyanoacrylate adhesive Spray balsa accelerator Spread adhesive plywood press balsa bonding almost stant position carefully cowl base piece A-in balsa extends front cowl leading edge wing Wing Use piece 3R-in balsa make wing Taper bottom wing /16 thickness tips leaving flat portion cowl mating Cut outline wing Cut 020 x %-in-deep groove leading trail ing edges parallel %2 bottom wing Fill slots /64 plywood glue thin cyanoacrylate adhesive gives hard line shaping liii ALL ABOUT ENGINES MORE COMING $1095 EACH HARRY B HIGLEY & SONS INC PO BOX 532 GLENWOOD ILL 60425 airfoil Cut bellcrank mount hard maple glue bellcrank yet Cut wing accept bellcrank mount clear bellcrank Cut grooves bottom wing lines caps cover Seal grooves polyester resin tip guide wires made piece /6 brass tube flattened /64 inside dimension using some short pieces /64 wire Glue place using slow-setting epoxy Note both lines go through tube Shape airfoil giving lifting sec tion center making symmetrical tips Glue bellcrank mount place Note wing left flat joins fuselage cowl Cover wing two-ounce fiberglass using polyester resin Drill two pieces bellcrank mount / bellcrank pivot Glue bellcrank mount pieces together slow setting epoxy bellcrank should put place before gluing sure can re move pivot pin pushrod can installed Stabilizer Use 46 balsa sheet Cut out164 Model Aviation AIR WOLF EPOXY FIBERGLASS FUSELAGES TAKES MOST 50-60 MECHANICS OTHER MODELS AVAILABLE LARRY JOLLY MODEL PRODUCTS $20000 5501 WCOMO SANTA ANA CALIFORNIA 92703 714 826-6861 Z 7ICHMQUES MONOKOTING FLYING AROUND OLD TIME U CONTROL Note clever landing gear installation author used does have low drag also acts heat sink engine
Edition: Model Aviation - 1987/12
Page Numbers: 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 160, 163, 164
Above Raspantes first RC model double-size Super Buccaneer scaled up him Sal Taibi flown radio designed built Joe Below preparation demonstration flight Joe checks out equipment todays Giant Scale standards plane big radio equipment humongous Check out multimeter its bigger todays transmitters Right Notable aviatrix day Jacqueline Cochran took great Interest Joes model picture taken sometime during 1939 shows Joe pre paring model special demonstration flight took place Floyd Bennett Field RECEIVED phone call day distressed greatly Joe Raspante man Id known 48 years passed away Most knew Joe Raspante per sonally reputation saddened loss man loss per sonal Joe RC pioneer modeling con56 Model Aviation Moda1-0 j Joe Raspante RC Pioneer AMA News section issue article latest ductees AMAs Hall Fame Among honored man subject piece name isnt familiar nows chance catch up bit modeling history knew Joe accomplishments heres chance some reminiscing U Norm Rosenstock temporaries Clinton B Desoto Good brothers Jim Walker etc first RC model Super Buccaneer scaled up double-size good friend still-active modeler Sal Taibi radio Super Buccaneerequipped tele phone dial transmitter serve control selectorwas Joe designed built himself Joe started Ham radio 1929 teen ager As skills radio equipment grew began make living radio repair 1937 earned franchise Majestic Radio Company called radio repair shop Atlantic Avenue Brooklyn NY Majestic Radio Repair Shop back shop Ham radio station metal working equipment used developed radio sets would later use models As accomplishments began receive media attention news success spread companies like Union Carbide makers Eveready batteries Joe needed very small lightweight battery models company glad help unique needs produced special battery him Joe flying RC early 1937 attracted attention Elmer Sperry RC model story related Joe 1964 accurate memory Sunday year uncertain proba bly 1939 out flying giant RC model teenager watching Joe came up him started ask ques tions about plane Joe always willing talk kids methodically answered boys questions Joe also observed father boy stood back ways didnt speak incident repeated itself number weeks before father stepped forward thank Joe patience sons questions introduced himself Joe surprised find out father Elmer Sperry Sperry subsequently hired Joe company order acquire December 1987 57 Raspantes efforts didnt go unnoticed publications during time either excerpts Popular Science Mechanix Illustrated touted successes RC pioneer Joe Wilma Raspante 1937 location probably Creedmore NY pop ular pre-WW II flying spot Joes big RC planes Willie series named after Left In early years Joe interested competition often traveled some distances compete picture personal photo album shows Joe Snow White handwritten caption says 1st place Sept Phila 1938 Above Snow White de signed 1938 quickly became standard excellence modeling Charles H Grant often referenced model books articles example well-proportioned design Snow White consistent contest winner significant ach ievements winning prestigious Berryloid competItion best finish 1939 Nats Left Joe shows off fuselage Snow White front old radIo repair shop Atlantic Ave Brooklyn Barely visible behind Joe window display modeling display nothing business Joe proud hobby liked show Interested Right Steve Ditta reproduction Snow White plans published Model Builder magazine Steves mod el exact duplication Raspantes being powered Forster 99 deviation original Inclusion radio knowledge skills Elmer Sperry appre ciated what Joe achieved no en gineering staff himself experimented radio control understood what Joe accomplished Joe worked Sperry 27 years until re tirement 1967 Around 1938 Joe designed built famous model Snow White became standard excellence modeling model won contests consid ered hard beat competitors Joe showed up best could hope second place Snow White backed up everyones good feelings plane winning prestigious Berryloid competition finest finish 1939 Nats Joe also competed RC during 1939 1940 Nationals took second 1939 third 1940 flying familiar double-sized Super Buccaneer Sometime during 1938-1939 Joe designed built Willie 3 replacement Super Buccaneer believe last time During 1970s Joe built RC demonstrator show non-modelers RC plane works consisted cutaway four-function RC model Connected model via um Willie 3 flown competition blilcal cord transmitter its original circuitry replaced special closed-circuit sys New York Daily Mirrors 1946 Mirror tem operate servos Because did generate radio signals could safely Model Meet Joe took first place operated during meet demonstration interfering contestants models 58 Model Aviation Left Joe designed Willie Ill shown around 1938-1939 replacement Super Buccaneer Willie Ill last flew competitively New York Daily Mirrors Model Meet 1946 Right Daily Mirrors Meet open first 1000 people register all-around win ner meet received Ercoupe full-size plane Joe entered Willie Ill contests RC category 1946 took home first place December 1987 59 Left Joes Willie Ill resurrected 1964 LIDS meet Mitchell Field Although model flown meet certainly photographed Right spite its size 11 ft plane exceptionally light weighing 14 lb 14 lb radio batteries weighed 7 lb three-tube receiver used full-size tubes control system required four batteries operate batteries tube filaments B batteries probably 90 volts C bias battery another battery powered servo escapement setup Jt m tet November 25 1939 Joe guest John Gamblings Model Airplane Club Air program WOR-Mtitual Network During talk-show program Joe gave tips about RC modeling Joe Raspante consummate inven tor addition model aircraft Ham radio also loved scale model power boats remember six-foot Chris-Craft powered big Avion Mercury engine designed boat stand geared starter crank employed dog clutch gear engaged propeller under rear boat start engine turn fuel cock switch ignition crank starter handle Later built large PT boat works powered watercooled four cylinder inline four-stroke engine built boat made exacting standards complete detail guns swiveled fired blanks loudspeaker called out swabbies sweep deck fore aft anchor raised lowered tor pedoes could fired done radio control model boat now exhibit Navys floating muse um aircraft carrier Enterprise anchored pier New York City Recently honor returning Joes last RC model Willie 3 aeromod eling world delivered AMA Museum Reston VA first time saw Willie 3 dur ing 1946 New York Mirror Meet New York Daily Mirror newspaper interested modeling used run large limited first 1000 mail entry applicants contest year 1946 contest paper gave away fullscale Ercoupe first prize meet champion Joe entered Willie 3 con tests RC event won first place contestant meet did have too much time take close look plane remember commenting its size saw model airborne years later club LIDS Long Island Drone Society held first RC contest Mitchell Field LI contest planning committee charged meets publicity looking something would attract large crowd centerpiece tention grabber meet inunediately thought Joe big RC model 1964 spoken Joe years felt kind funny calling him favor after calling him long answered call re sponded spoken him last week always pleasant quickly came point Joe still have big plane saw Mirror Meet Well s no Joe what does mean Are busy now No Well dont come over house now Ill show called Harold Brink committee went over Joes house Joe lived modest home village Lake Success too far Sperry plant worked knew house Joes 1953 Ford Thunderbird sitting driveway classic car Joes pride joy kept pristine condition taken basement totally finished divided two parts part workshop quite large would say about 15 x 20 ft finished like kitchen cabinets along both long walls For-mica tabletops also hanging cabinets above counters floors finished asphalt tile highly polished hanging ceiling re cessed fluorescent lights looked like laboratory modelers work shop personification Joe always dressed groomed neatly counter workbench us com mon folk Joes fabled PT boat sitting its stand removed top could see innards Needless say Har old dazzled though shop clean whistle Joe opened cabinet after cabinet drawer after drawer suddenly realized pristine condition shop belied what really took place Continued page 160 60 Model Aviation Left Some crew last flight Willie lii Septem ber 1964 L-R Joe Raspante Larry Davidson Joe Raspante Jr Harold Brink After pictures taken Joe decided let Larry Davidson experienced reed flier handle controls Above Willie Ill takes off its last flight bulky original radio replaced 1 -lb Orbit reed radio prop hand carved Joe After flight Joe donated Willie Iii Nassau County Cradel Aviation Museum Plc Model Airplane News June 18 1986 Norm Rosenstock along Bill Winter delivered historic Willie iii AMA Museum Reston should celebrate arrival Joe Raspantes plane its rightful place among other famous models will go down modeling history OpUs ssAEaglaes Throttle-coupled spm* advance *6000 24-UIbe2oz-SHP 27-tIbe4oz6iHP 42-BlbsSoz7HP Customized newest German engines Inot parts Muffler Mount Mounting Bolt. Pressure Tap Smoke Cerburetor Unkage CDI Ignition ICH ElectronIcs 48 Volt Ignition Pack Sefety Switch S Bolt Nub Resistor Spark Plugs 1 Warranty Faulty Parts Workmanship New Prop Adaptor Byrons4 3 bladed props Fits Sacha engine witn7/8 bolt pattern 5 plus shipping TG Laser 2001 e* tonsil8499*6 GiasabodySf11 wheel pants cowl Hardware kit foam wing balsa Included Basis 31 wIth points Included Laaer Kit 86dew 2pleoe wing converalon 6 Laser built bones Laser Hardware 0 exIts T G MFGII 857 HIgh Mountain Rd North Haledon NJ 07508 62014273845 Raspante/Rosenstock Continued page 60 definitely working shop just Joes manner working kept shop neat went through door Joes radio station Joe still active Ham Amateur radio operator radio sta tion professional looking commercial station designed built Joe same fastidi ous appearance shop 1964later Joe converted station video broadcasts After getting grand tour Joes shop took us upstairs top floor ex plained large airplanes used kept attic certain point attic finished give Joe Jr room own done big planes stored placed out side room walls other words between interior walls roofin eaves roof ac cess area small removable panel about 30 wide 48 high Joe moved aside dresser expose panel Harold looked other disbelief peered crawl space saw fabled Snow White covered dust looking part like ghost past Also seen por tions large RC plane Willie 3 Joe reached grabbed tip Willie 3 wing pulled out through small opening could bring out about four feet wing before hit adjacent wall Fortunately wall window Joe opened window wing out window before other wing tip appeared pulled wing room placed floor just about went wall wall time largest model ever seen wing terrible shape least covering was torn dried out brittle Obviously no shape shown fuselage still attic looked little better about four weeks go before SUPERIOR DESIGN & CRAFrSMANSHIP DEL-A IOr NORTHEAST AERODYNAMICS Inc_______ 610 LEBANON STREET ORD E 04073207-460-1681 Finest Kits Youll Ever Buy Build Train-Air 20 o Train-Air 40 o Sport-Air 40 o Bel-Air 40 o 40 Hydro-Floats need essy handiing superior acrobatic modern iooking sport exhibition biplane has hued Eel-Air 80 kit Au parts bipiane sil tine line kits machine Cut assist buiiding resi show stopper Eel-Air 60 hss fully summetricai wing sections gives greatest potentisi acrobatic performance either upright inverted ship capable very slow close-in type flight right up rigorous serobatic schedule can muster Engine Requirement Wing Span Wing Area Fuselage Length 60 52 935 D 46 SPECIFICATIONS Fuselage Width Weight Range Wing Loading Range 35, 6 75 lbs 146 165 207-490-1861 Visa & MasterCard Accepted contest turned Joe asked Can get plane fixed time con test thought moment replied Ill need little help can get rest plane shape wing will take some time Harold up stunned presence famous pioneer awed tremendous size plane suddenly found tongue Can help volunteered Joe just smiled put arm around Ha rolds shoulder said know cover silk Harold sured him could Joe gave him job recovering whole wing way back Harold could talk about Joe big airplane Joe Harold became fast friends after Harolds help plane ready time exhibited meet As matter fact Harold transported plane contest presence plane contest attracted awful lot attention what wanted probably most-photographed plane field know took lot shots pictures took two children ages five seven sit ting under wing Joes plane now have framed hanging wall Another Joe holding wing tip used cover now-defunct Grid Ieaks magazine contest spring After over did hear Joe until day September called tell since plane such good shape decided equip modem RC equipment Orbit 8-channel reed sys tem fly Willie 3 once again must remember 1964 wanted get opinion latest techniques RC having inactive long concern whether twospeed points yes OK Twin pow ered plane spark ignition would adequate bring down plane ignition low speed may seem strange question must remember plane 11 ft originally weighed 14 lb original radio batterContinued page 163 160 Model Aviation JILL AIRCRAFT & SURFACE FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM p ies carried weighed 7 lb 50% total weight Orbit equipment Joe wanted install weighed 1 /2 lb giving refurbished model all-up weight 8 lb Joe built light big wing area high-lift airfoil possible bring ing model back earth would prob lem suggested install choke butterfly intake work conjunc tion low-speed points richen mixture slow engine down enough land week later Joe called say would coming out Mitchell Field flying site ready fly Willie 3 once called number club members assist project presence mind bring camera record event After Joe assembled plane took pictures Joe de cided let Larry Davidson experienced reed flier handle controls Joe felt did have enough stick time justice task Also present field day Joes son Joe Jr never seen Willie 3 fly last time flew New York Mirror Meet 1946 year Joe Jr born Joe got engine started very quickly After checking out control functions Larry gave signal release plane plane shot forward within six feet airborne climbed altitude about 400 ft aware Larry having trouble Du-Bro has numbers need comply new 1988 AMA Frequency Regulation Select channel number corresponds frequency number transmitter Affix numbers frequency number clip snap base antenna Select frequency flag identifies transmitter Aircraft Surface use attach tip antenna Its quick simple use Frequency clip flags remove easily storage 3Look AttractIve Display ANOITEM IfpJj/ Q455FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION NO 0 456FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION NO 1 457 FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION NO 2 / 458FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION NO3 9FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION NO4 460FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION NO5 461FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION NO6 462FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION NO7 463FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION NO8 64FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION NO9jUl 465FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATIONCLIP 466AIRCRAFT DENT FLAG 72 MHz 467SURFACE DENT FLAG 75 MHz ImE~ plane wanted keep climbing Larry found necessary apply more down elevator After circling field couple times decided bring plane down Low throttle turned due twoposition ignition two speedshigh low laborious task bringing plane down com menced worst fears came fruition plane light wanted climb low throttle Larry resort full down elevator low throttle get plane lose altitude After three four circles field mode Larry got plane down about six feet off runway due ground effect plane just would come down lower made another circuit field banking sharply keep plane close ground could time half dozen helpers ran along under plane trying grab wheels part plane pull out sky flew slowly could stay under couple hundred feet scene comical almost like Key stone Kops routine reminiscent dirigible landing Someone finally man aged grasp wheels brought plane down safely its last flight couple years later Joe told plans donate plane Nassau County Museum pictures took day pub lished Model Airplane News 1965 Tl ally December 1987 163 CARBON RODS Round re angular Extremely strong & lightweight solid rods continuous carbon fibers epoxy base Can used forwing spars wing retention rods torque tubes & landing gear struts 050 Dia x 36 $ 550 Oja X 24 00 1/le Diax60 $1050%Diax12 $1100 070 Dia x 60 $1150Ia Dia x 12 . $1700 1/s Dia x 60 50 /8 x % x 12 0 Dia x 12 0 /8 x% x 24 $1600 1/16 X1/16 x36 $ 900 Add $300 S5H esidents add 8% sales tax seas orders add 15% check money order COO AEROSPACE COMPOSITE PRODUCTS PO Box 16621 IDept Al Irvine CA 92714 Puzzled CALL MArl Notlmetehalld Mgttdelt Ill lhvethetiue owhw 1 Complete 2 Semi-Assembled ready cover sanded calf 9am- 8pm EST 609-275-7264 Send prices Kits Engines accessories 7 Mitts Model Building P0 lox 443 7 Hampshire Drive Plainaboro NJ 06536 Catalogs available$3 Rate cards available free SASE 14-118a91/2 also build Cars Boats under title 25 Years Young Today could called 47 Years Young During 1970s Joe built RC demon strator show non-modelers RC model works consisted cutaway RC model four control functions Con nected demonstrator model via um bilical cord transmitter its circuitry removed special closedcircuit system operate servos could bring demonstrator local contests let invited public try hand operating controls danger contestants flying Joe attended local meet could bringing demo him showing crowd spectators RC model works No meet complete out Joe demo Contest Directors would call him planning meet make sure Joe could attend con tinued until death effort Joe Raspantes part contrib uted greatly enhance image RC modeling general public Thus great service modeling 115 NO SECRETS LIQUID FINISHES MASTER MODELING DESIGNING SCRATCH BUILDING AMA have suffered loss now no longer us Pink Lady/Wisniewski Continued page 62 shape Laminate 4 plywood outside using gap-filling Hot Stuff cyanoacrylate adhesive Spray balsa accelerator Spread adhesive plywood press balsa bonding almost stant position carefully cowl base piece A-in balsa extends front cowl leading edge wing Wing Use piece 3R-in balsa make wing Taper bottom wing /16 thickness tips leaving flat portion cowl mating Cut outline wing Cut 020 x %-in-deep groove leading trail ing edges parallel %2 bottom wing Fill slots /64 plywood glue thin cyanoacrylate adhesive gives hard line shaping liii ALL ABOUT ENGINES MORE COMING $1095 EACH HARRY B HIGLEY & SONS INC PO BOX 532 GLENWOOD ILL 60425 airfoil Cut bellcrank mount hard maple glue bellcrank yet Cut wing accept bellcrank mount clear bellcrank Cut grooves bottom wing lines caps cover Seal grooves polyester resin tip guide wires made piece /6 brass tube flattened /64 inside dimension using some short pieces /64 wire Glue place using slow-setting epoxy Note both lines go through tube Shape airfoil giving lifting sec tion center making symmetrical tips Glue bellcrank mount place Note wing left flat joins fuselage cowl Cover wing two-ounce fiberglass using polyester resin Drill two pieces bellcrank mount / bellcrank pivot Glue bellcrank mount pieces together slow setting epoxy bellcrank should put place before gluing sure can re move pivot pin pushrod can installed Stabilizer Use 46 balsa sheet Cut out164 Model Aviation AIR WOLF EPOXY FIBERGLASS FUSELAGES TAKES MOST 50-60 MECHANICS OTHER MODELS AVAILABLE LARRY JOLLY MODEL PRODUCTS $20000 5501 WCOMO SANTA ANA CALIFORNIA 92703 714 826-6861 Z 7ICHMQUES MONOKOTING FLYING AROUND OLD TIME U CONTROL Note clever landing gear installation author used does have low drag also acts heat sink engine
Edition: Model Aviation - 1987/12
Page Numbers: 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 160, 163, 164
Above Raspantes first RC model double-size Super Buccaneer scaled up him Sal Taibi flown radio designed built Joe Below preparation demonstration flight Joe checks out equipment todays Giant Scale standards plane big radio equipment humongous Check out multimeter its bigger todays transmitters Right Notable aviatrix day Jacqueline Cochran took great Interest Joes model picture taken sometime during 1939 shows Joe pre paring model special demonstration flight took place Floyd Bennett Field RECEIVED phone call day distressed greatly Joe Raspante man Id known 48 years passed away Most knew Joe Raspante per sonally reputation saddened loss man loss per sonal Joe RC pioneer modeling con56 Model Aviation Moda1-0 j Joe Raspante RC Pioneer AMA News section issue article latest ductees AMAs Hall Fame Among honored man subject piece name isnt familiar nows chance catch up bit modeling history knew Joe accomplishments heres chance some reminiscing U Norm Rosenstock temporaries Clinton B Desoto Good brothers Jim Walker etc first RC model Super Buccaneer scaled up double-size good friend still-active modeler Sal Taibi radio Super Buccaneerequipped tele phone dial transmitter serve control selectorwas Joe designed built himself Joe started Ham radio 1929 teen ager As skills radio equipment grew began make living radio repair 1937 earned franchise Majestic Radio Company called radio repair shop Atlantic Avenue Brooklyn NY Majestic Radio Repair Shop back shop Ham radio station metal working equipment used developed radio sets would later use models As accomplishments began receive media attention news success spread companies like Union Carbide makers Eveready batteries Joe needed very small lightweight battery models company glad help unique needs produced special battery him Joe flying RC early 1937 attracted attention Elmer Sperry RC model story related Joe 1964 accurate memory Sunday year uncertain proba bly 1939 out flying giant RC model teenager watching Joe came up him started ask ques tions about plane Joe always willing talk kids methodically answered boys questions Joe also observed father boy stood back ways didnt speak incident repeated itself number weeks before father stepped forward thank Joe patience sons questions introduced himself Joe surprised find out father Elmer Sperry Sperry subsequently hired Joe company order acquire December 1987 57 Raspantes efforts didnt go unnoticed publications during time either excerpts Popular Science Mechanix Illustrated touted successes RC pioneer Joe Wilma Raspante 1937 location probably Creedmore NY pop ular pre-WW II flying spot Joes big RC planes Willie series named after Left In early years Joe interested competition often traveled some distances compete picture personal photo album shows Joe Snow White handwritten caption says 1st place Sept Phila 1938 Above Snow White de signed 1938 quickly became standard excellence modeling Charles H Grant often referenced model books articles example well-proportioned design Snow White consistent contest winner significant ach ievements winning prestigious Berryloid competItion best finish 1939 Nats Left Joe shows off fuselage Snow White front old radIo repair shop Atlantic Ave Brooklyn Barely visible behind Joe window display modeling display nothing business Joe proud hobby liked show Interested Right Steve Ditta reproduction Snow White plans published Model Builder magazine Steves mod el exact duplication Raspantes being powered Forster 99 deviation original Inclusion radio knowledge skills Elmer Sperry appre ciated what Joe achieved no en gineering staff himself experimented radio control understood what Joe accomplished Joe worked Sperry 27 years until re tirement 1967 Around 1938 Joe designed built famous model Snow White became standard excellence modeling model won contests consid ered hard beat competitors Joe showed up best could hope second place Snow White backed up everyones good feelings plane winning prestigious Berryloid competition finest finish 1939 Nats Joe also competed RC during 1939 1940 Nationals took second 1939 third 1940 flying familiar double-sized Super Buccaneer Sometime during 1938-1939 Joe designed built Willie 3 replacement Super Buccaneer believe last time During 1970s Joe built RC demonstrator show non-modelers RC plane works consisted cutaway four-function RC model Connected model via um Willie 3 flown competition blilcal cord transmitter its original circuitry replaced special closed-circuit sys New York Daily Mirrors 1946 Mirror tem operate servos Because did generate radio signals could safely Model Meet Joe took first place operated during meet demonstration interfering contestants models 58 Model Aviation Left Joe designed Willie Ill shown around 1938-1939 replacement Super Buccaneer Willie Ill last flew competitively New York Daily Mirrors Model Meet 1946 Right Daily Mirrors Meet open first 1000 people register all-around win ner meet received Ercoupe full-size plane Joe entered Willie Ill contests RC category 1946 took home first place December 1987 59 Left Joes Willie Ill resurrected 1964 LIDS meet Mitchell Field Although model flown meet certainly photographed Right spite its size 11 ft plane exceptionally light weighing 14 lb 14 lb radio batteries weighed 7 lb three-tube receiver used full-size tubes control system required four batteries operate batteries tube filaments B batteries probably 90 volts C bias battery another battery powered servo escapement setup Jt m tet November 25 1939 Joe guest John Gamblings Model Airplane Club Air program WOR-Mtitual Network During talk-show program Joe gave tips about RC modeling Joe Raspante consummate inven tor addition model aircraft Ham radio also loved scale model power boats remember six-foot Chris-Craft powered big Avion Mercury engine designed boat stand geared starter crank employed dog clutch gear engaged propeller under rear boat start engine turn fuel cock switch ignition crank starter handle Later built large PT boat works powered watercooled four cylinder inline four-stroke engine built boat made exacting standards complete detail guns swiveled fired blanks loudspeaker called out swabbies sweep deck fore aft anchor raised lowered tor pedoes could fired done radio control model boat now exhibit Navys floating muse um aircraft carrier Enterprise anchored pier New York City Recently honor returning Joes last RC model Willie 3 aeromod eling world delivered AMA Museum Reston VA first time saw Willie 3 dur ing 1946 New York Mirror Meet New York Daily Mirror newspaper interested modeling used run large limited first 1000 mail entry applicants contest year 1946 contest paper gave away fullscale Ercoupe first prize meet champion Joe entered Willie 3 con tests RC event won first place contestant meet did have too much time take close look plane remember commenting its size saw model airborne years later club LIDS Long Island Drone Society held first RC contest Mitchell Field LI contest planning committee charged meets publicity looking something would attract large crowd centerpiece tention grabber meet inunediately thought Joe big RC model 1964 spoken Joe years felt kind funny calling him favor after calling him long answered call re sponded spoken him last week always pleasant quickly came point Joe still have big plane saw Mirror Meet Well s no Joe what does mean Are busy now No Well dont come over house now Ill show called Harold Brink committee went over Joes house Joe lived modest home village Lake Success too far Sperry plant worked knew house Joes 1953 Ford Thunderbird sitting driveway classic car Joes pride joy kept pristine condition taken basement totally finished divided two parts part workshop quite large would say about 15 x 20 ft finished like kitchen cabinets along both long walls For-mica tabletops also hanging cabinets above counters floors finished asphalt tile highly polished hanging ceiling re cessed fluorescent lights looked like laboratory modelers work shop personification Joe always dressed groomed neatly counter workbench us com mon folk Joes fabled PT boat sitting its stand removed top could see innards Needless say Har old dazzled though shop clean whistle Joe opened cabinet after cabinet drawer after drawer suddenly realized pristine condition shop belied what really took place Continued page 160 60 Model Aviation Left Some crew last flight Willie lii Septem ber 1964 L-R Joe Raspante Larry Davidson Joe Raspante Jr Harold Brink After pictures taken Joe decided let Larry Davidson experienced reed flier handle controls Above Willie Ill takes off its last flight bulky original radio replaced 1 -lb Orbit reed radio prop hand carved Joe After flight Joe donated Willie Iii Nassau County Cradel Aviation Museum Plc Model Airplane News June 18 1986 Norm Rosenstock along Bill Winter delivered historic Willie iii AMA Museum Reston should celebrate arrival Joe Raspantes plane its rightful place among other famous models will go down modeling history OpUs ssAEaglaes Throttle-coupled spm* advance *6000 24-UIbe2oz-SHP 27-tIbe4oz6iHP 42-BlbsSoz7HP Customized newest German engines Inot parts Muffler Mount Mounting Bolt. Pressure Tap Smoke Cerburetor Unkage CDI Ignition ICH ElectronIcs 48 Volt Ignition Pack Sefety Switch S Bolt Nub Resistor Spark Plugs 1 Warranty Faulty Parts Workmanship New Prop Adaptor Byrons4 3 bladed props Fits Sacha engine witn7/8 bolt pattern 5 plus shipping TG Laser 2001 e* tonsil8499*6 GiasabodySf11 wheel pants cowl Hardware kit foam wing balsa Included Basis 31 wIth points Included Laaer Kit 86dew 2pleoe wing converalon 6 Laser built bones Laser Hardware 0 exIts T G MFGII 857 HIgh Mountain Rd North Haledon NJ 07508 62014273845 Raspante/Rosenstock Continued page 60 definitely working shop just Joes manner working kept shop neat went through door Joes radio station Joe still active Ham Amateur radio operator radio sta tion professional looking commercial station designed built Joe same fastidi ous appearance shop 1964later Joe converted station video broadcasts After getting grand tour Joes shop took us upstairs top floor ex plained large airplanes used kept attic certain point attic finished give Joe Jr room own done big planes stored placed out side room walls other words between interior walls roofin eaves roof ac cess area small removable panel about 30 wide 48 high Joe moved aside dresser expose panel Harold looked other disbelief peered crawl space saw fabled Snow White covered dust looking part like ghost past Also seen por tions large RC plane Willie 3 Joe reached grabbed tip Willie 3 wing pulled out through small opening could bring out about four feet wing before hit adjacent wall Fortunately wall window Joe opened window wing out window before other wing tip appeared pulled wing room placed floor just about went wall wall time largest model ever seen wing terrible shape least covering was torn dried out brittle Obviously no shape shown fuselage still attic looked little better about four weeks go before SUPERIOR DESIGN & CRAFrSMANSHIP DEL-A IOr NORTHEAST AERODYNAMICS Inc_______ 610 LEBANON STREET ORD E 04073207-460-1681 Finest Kits Youll Ever Buy Build Train-Air 20 o Train-Air 40 o Sport-Air 40 o Bel-Air 40 o 40 Hydro-Floats need essy handiing superior acrobatic modern iooking sport exhibition biplane has hued Eel-Air 80 kit Au parts bipiane sil tine line kits machine Cut assist buiiding resi show stopper Eel-Air 60 hss fully summetricai wing sections gives greatest potentisi acrobatic performance either upright inverted ship capable very slow close-in type flight right up rigorous serobatic schedule can muster Engine Requirement Wing Span Wing Area Fuselage Length 60 52 935 D 46 SPECIFICATIONS Fuselage Width Weight Range Wing Loading Range 35, 6 75 lbs 146 165 207-490-1861 Visa & MasterCard Accepted contest turned Joe asked Can get plane fixed time con test thought moment replied Ill need little help can get rest plane shape wing will take some time Harold up stunned presence famous pioneer awed tremendous size plane suddenly found tongue Can help volunteered Joe just smiled put arm around Ha rolds shoulder said know cover silk Harold sured him could Joe gave him job recovering whole wing way back Harold could talk about Joe big airplane Joe Harold became fast friends after Harolds help plane ready time exhibited meet As matter fact Harold transported plane contest presence plane contest attracted awful lot attention what wanted probably most-photographed plane field know took lot shots pictures took two children ages five seven sit ting under wing Joes plane now have framed hanging wall Another Joe holding wing tip used cover now-defunct Grid Ieaks magazine contest spring After over did hear Joe until day September called tell since plane such good shape decided equip modem RC equipment Orbit 8-channel reed sys tem fly Willie 3 once again must remember 1964 wanted get opinion latest techniques RC having inactive long concern whether twospeed points yes OK Twin pow ered plane spark ignition would adequate bring down plane ignition low speed may seem strange question must remember plane 11 ft originally weighed 14 lb original radio batterContinued page 163 160 Model Aviation JILL AIRCRAFT & SURFACE FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM p ies carried weighed 7 lb 50% total weight Orbit equipment Joe wanted install weighed 1 /2 lb giving refurbished model all-up weight 8 lb Joe built light big wing area high-lift airfoil possible bring ing model back earth would prob lem suggested install choke butterfly intake work conjunc tion low-speed points richen mixture slow engine down enough land week later Joe called say would coming out Mitchell Field flying site ready fly Willie 3 once called number club members assist project presence mind bring camera record event After Joe assembled plane took pictures Joe de cided let Larry Davidson experienced reed flier handle controls Joe felt did have enough stick time justice task Also present field day Joes son Joe Jr never seen Willie 3 fly last time flew New York Mirror Meet 1946 year Joe Jr born Joe got engine started very quickly After checking out control functions Larry gave signal release plane plane shot forward within six feet airborne climbed altitude about 400 ft aware Larry having trouble Du-Bro has numbers need comply new 1988 AMA Frequency Regulation Select channel number corresponds frequency number transmitter Affix numbers frequency number clip snap base antenna Select frequency flag identifies transmitter Aircraft Surface use attach tip antenna Its quick simple use Frequency clip flags remove easily storage 3Look AttractIve Display ANOITEM IfpJj/ Q455FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION NO 0 456FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION NO 1 457 FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION NO 2 / 458FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION NO3 9FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION NO4 460FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION NO5 461FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION NO6 462FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION NO7 463FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION NO8 64FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION NO9jUl 465FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATIONCLIP 466AIRCRAFT DENT FLAG 72 MHz 467SURFACE DENT FLAG 75 MHz ImE~ plane wanted keep climbing Larry found necessary apply more down elevator After circling field couple times decided bring plane down Low throttle turned due twoposition ignition two speedshigh low laborious task bringing plane down com menced worst fears came fruition plane light wanted climb low throttle Larry resort full down elevator low throttle get plane lose altitude After three four circles field mode Larry got plane down about six feet off runway due ground effect plane just would come down lower made another circuit field banking sharply keep plane close ground could time half dozen helpers ran along under plane trying grab wheels part plane pull out sky flew slowly could stay under couple hundred feet scene comical almost like Key stone Kops routine reminiscent dirigible landing Someone finally man aged grasp wheels brought plane down safely its last flight couple years later Joe told plans donate plane Nassau County Museum pictures took day pub lished Model Airplane News 1965 Tl ally December 1987 163 CARBON RODS Round re angular Extremely strong & lightweight solid rods continuous carbon fibers epoxy base Can used forwing spars wing retention rods torque tubes & landing gear struts 050 Dia x 36 $ 550 Oja X 24 00 1/le Diax60 $1050%Diax12 $1100 070 Dia x 60 $1150Ia Dia x 12 . $1700 1/s Dia x 60 50 /8 x % x 12 0 Dia x 12 0 /8 x% x 24 $1600 1/16 X1/16 x36 $ 900 Add $300 S5H esidents add 8% sales tax seas orders add 15% check money order COO AEROSPACE COMPOSITE PRODUCTS PO Box 16621 IDept Al Irvine CA 92714 Puzzled CALL MArl Notlmetehalld Mgttdelt Ill lhvethetiue owhw 1 Complete 2 Semi-Assembled ready cover sanded calf 9am- 8pm EST 609-275-7264 Send prices Kits Engines accessories 7 Mitts Model Building P0 lox 443 7 Hampshire Drive Plainaboro NJ 06536 Catalogs available$3 Rate cards available free SASE 14-118a91/2 also build Cars Boats under title 25 Years Young Today could called 47 Years Young During 1970s Joe built RC demon strator show non-modelers RC model works consisted cutaway RC model four control functions Con nected demonstrator model via um bilical cord transmitter its circuitry removed special closedcircuit system operate servos could bring demonstrator local contests let invited public try hand operating controls danger contestants flying Joe attended local meet could bringing demo him showing crowd spectators RC model works No meet complete out Joe demo Contest Directors would call him planning meet make sure Joe could attend con tinued until death effort Joe Raspantes part contrib uted greatly enhance image RC modeling general public Thus great service modeling 115 NO SECRETS LIQUID FINISHES MASTER MODELING DESIGNING SCRATCH BUILDING AMA have suffered loss now no longer us Pink Lady/Wisniewski Continued page 62 shape Laminate 4 plywood outside using gap-filling Hot Stuff cyanoacrylate adhesive Spray balsa accelerator Spread adhesive plywood press balsa bonding almost stant position carefully cowl base piece A-in balsa extends front cowl leading edge wing Wing Use piece 3R-in balsa make wing Taper bottom wing /16 thickness tips leaving flat portion cowl mating Cut outline wing Cut 020 x %-in-deep groove leading trail ing edges parallel %2 bottom wing Fill slots /64 plywood glue thin cyanoacrylate adhesive gives hard line shaping liii ALL ABOUT ENGINES MORE COMING $1095 EACH HARRY B HIGLEY & SONS INC PO BOX 532 GLENWOOD ILL 60425 airfoil Cut bellcrank mount hard maple glue bellcrank yet Cut wing accept bellcrank mount clear bellcrank Cut grooves bottom wing lines caps cover Seal grooves polyester resin tip guide wires made piece /6 brass tube flattened /64 inside dimension using some short pieces /64 wire Glue place using slow-setting epoxy Note both lines go through tube Shape airfoil giving lifting sec tion center making symmetrical tips Glue bellcrank mount place Note wing left flat joins fuselage cowl Cover wing two-ounce fiberglass using polyester resin Drill two pieces bellcrank mount / bellcrank pivot Glue bellcrank mount pieces together slow setting epoxy bellcrank should put place before gluing sure can re move pivot pin pushrod can installed Stabilizer Use 46 balsa sheet Cut out164 Model Aviation AIR WOLF EPOXY FIBERGLASS FUSELAGES TAKES MOST 50-60 MECHANICS OTHER MODELS AVAILABLE LARRY JOLLY MODEL PRODUCTS $20000 5501 WCOMO SANTA ANA CALIFORNIA 92703 714 826-6861 Z 7ICHMQUES MONOKOTING FLYING AROUND OLD TIME U CONTROL Note clever landing gear installation author used does have low drag also acts heat sink engine
Edition: Model Aviation - 1987/12
Page Numbers: 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 160, 163, 164
Above Raspantes first RC model double-size Super Buccaneer scaled up him Sal Taibi flown radio designed built Joe Below preparation demonstration flight Joe checks out equipment todays Giant Scale standards plane big radio equipment humongous Check out multimeter its bigger todays transmitters Right Notable aviatrix day Jacqueline Cochran took great Interest Joes model picture taken sometime during 1939 shows Joe pre paring model special demonstration flight took place Floyd Bennett Field RECEIVED phone call day distressed greatly Joe Raspante man Id known 48 years passed away Most knew Joe Raspante per sonally reputation saddened loss man loss per sonal Joe RC pioneer modeling con56 Model Aviation Moda1-0 j Joe Raspante RC Pioneer AMA News section issue article latest ductees AMAs Hall Fame Among honored man subject piece name isnt familiar nows chance catch up bit modeling history knew Joe accomplishments heres chance some reminiscing U Norm Rosenstock temporaries Clinton B Desoto Good brothers Jim Walker etc first RC model Super Buccaneer scaled up double-size good friend still-active modeler Sal Taibi radio Super Buccaneerequipped tele phone dial transmitter serve control selectorwas Joe designed built himself Joe started Ham radio 1929 teen ager As skills radio equipment grew began make living radio repair 1937 earned franchise Majestic Radio Company called radio repair shop Atlantic Avenue Brooklyn NY Majestic Radio Repair Shop back shop Ham radio station metal working equipment used developed radio sets would later use models As accomplishments began receive media attention news success spread companies like Union Carbide makers Eveready batteries Joe needed very small lightweight battery models company glad help unique needs produced special battery him Joe flying RC early 1937 attracted attention Elmer Sperry RC model story related Joe 1964 accurate memory Sunday year uncertain proba bly 1939 out flying giant RC model teenager watching Joe came up him started ask ques tions about plane Joe always willing talk kids methodically answered boys questions Joe also observed father boy stood back ways didnt speak incident repeated itself number weeks before father stepped forward thank Joe patience sons questions introduced himself Joe surprised find out father Elmer Sperry Sperry subsequently hired Joe company order acquire December 1987 57 Raspantes efforts didnt go unnoticed publications during time either excerpts Popular Science Mechanix Illustrated touted successes RC pioneer Joe Wilma Raspante 1937 location probably Creedmore NY pop ular pre-WW II flying spot Joes big RC planes Willie series named after Left In early years Joe interested competition often traveled some distances compete picture personal photo album shows Joe Snow White handwritten caption says 1st place Sept Phila 1938 Above Snow White de signed 1938 quickly became standard excellence modeling Charles H Grant often referenced model books articles example well-proportioned design Snow White consistent contest winner significant ach ievements winning prestigious Berryloid competItion best finish 1939 Nats Left Joe shows off fuselage Snow White front old radIo repair shop Atlantic Ave Brooklyn Barely visible behind Joe window display modeling display nothing business Joe proud hobby liked show Interested Right Steve Ditta reproduction Snow White plans published Model Builder magazine Steves mod el exact duplication Raspantes being powered Forster 99 deviation original Inclusion radio knowledge skills Elmer Sperry appre ciated what Joe achieved no en gineering staff himself experimented radio control understood what Joe accomplished Joe worked Sperry 27 years until re tirement 1967 Around 1938 Joe designed built famous model Snow White became standard excellence modeling model won contests consid ered hard beat competitors Joe showed up best could hope second place Snow White backed up everyones good feelings plane winning prestigious Berryloid competition finest finish 1939 Nats Joe also competed RC during 1939 1940 Nationals took second 1939 third 1940 flying familiar double-sized Super Buccaneer Sometime during 1938-1939 Joe designed built Willie 3 replacement Super Buccaneer believe last time During 1970s Joe built RC demonstrator show non-modelers RC plane works consisted cutaway four-function RC model Connected model via um Willie 3 flown competition blilcal cord transmitter its original circuitry replaced special closed-circuit sys New York Daily Mirrors 1946 Mirror tem operate servos Because did generate radio signals could safely Model Meet Joe took first place operated during meet demonstration interfering contestants models 58 Model Aviation Left Joe designed Willie Ill shown around 1938-1939 replacement Super Buccaneer Willie Ill last flew competitively New York Daily Mirrors Model Meet 1946 Right Daily Mirrors Meet open first 1000 people register all-around win ner meet received Ercoupe full-size plane Joe entered Willie Ill contests RC category 1946 took home first place December 1987 59 Left Joes Willie Ill resurrected 1964 LIDS meet Mitchell Field Although model flown meet certainly photographed Right spite its size 11 ft plane exceptionally light weighing 14 lb 14 lb radio batteries weighed 7 lb three-tube receiver used full-size tubes control system required four batteries operate batteries tube filaments B batteries probably 90 volts C bias battery another battery powered servo escapement setup Jt m tet November 25 1939 Joe guest John Gamblings Model Airplane Club Air program WOR-Mtitual Network During talk-show program Joe gave tips about RC modeling Joe Raspante consummate inven tor addition model aircraft Ham radio also loved scale model power boats remember six-foot Chris-Craft powered big Avion Mercury engine designed boat stand geared starter crank employed dog clutch gear engaged propeller under rear boat start engine turn fuel cock switch ignition crank starter handle Later built large PT boat works powered watercooled four cylinder inline four-stroke engine built boat made exacting standards complete detail guns swiveled fired blanks loudspeaker called out swabbies sweep deck fore aft anchor raised lowered tor pedoes could fired done radio control model boat now exhibit Navys floating muse um aircraft carrier Enterprise anchored pier New York City Recently honor returning Joes last RC model Willie 3 aeromod eling world delivered AMA Museum Reston VA first time saw Willie 3 dur ing 1946 New York Mirror Meet New York Daily Mirror newspaper interested modeling used run large limited first 1000 mail entry applicants contest year 1946 contest paper gave away fullscale Ercoupe first prize meet champion Joe entered Willie 3 con tests RC event won first place contestant meet did have too much time take close look plane remember commenting its size saw model airborne years later club LIDS Long Island Drone Society held first RC contest Mitchell Field LI contest planning committee charged meets publicity looking something would attract large crowd centerpiece tention grabber meet inunediately thought Joe big RC model 1964 spoken Joe years felt kind funny calling him favor after calling him long answered call re sponded spoken him last week always pleasant quickly came point Joe still have big plane saw Mirror Meet Well s no Joe what does mean Are busy now No Well dont come over house now Ill show called Harold Brink committee went over Joes house Joe lived modest home village Lake Success too far Sperry plant worked knew house Joes 1953 Ford Thunderbird sitting driveway classic car Joes pride joy kept pristine condition taken basement totally finished divided two parts part workshop quite large would say about 15 x 20 ft finished like kitchen cabinets along both long walls For-mica tabletops also hanging cabinets above counters floors finished asphalt tile highly polished hanging ceiling re cessed fluorescent lights looked like laboratory modelers work shop personification Joe always dressed groomed neatly counter workbench us com mon folk Joes fabled PT boat sitting its stand removed top could see innards Needless say Har old dazzled though shop clean whistle Joe opened cabinet after cabinet drawer after drawer suddenly realized pristine condition shop belied what really took place Continued page 160 60 Model Aviation Left Some crew last flight Willie lii Septem ber 1964 L-R Joe Raspante Larry Davidson Joe Raspante Jr Harold Brink After pictures taken Joe decided let Larry Davidson experienced reed flier handle controls Above Willie Ill takes off its last flight bulky original radio replaced 1 -lb Orbit reed radio prop hand carved Joe After flight Joe donated Willie Iii Nassau County Cradel Aviation Museum Plc Model Airplane News June 18 1986 Norm Rosenstock along Bill Winter delivered historic Willie iii AMA Museum Reston should celebrate arrival Joe Raspantes plane its rightful place among other famous models will go down modeling history OpUs ssAEaglaes Throttle-coupled spm* advance *6000 24-UIbe2oz-SHP 27-tIbe4oz6iHP 42-BlbsSoz7HP Customized newest German engines Inot parts Muffler Mount Mounting Bolt. Pressure Tap Smoke Cerburetor Unkage CDI Ignition ICH ElectronIcs 48 Volt Ignition Pack Sefety Switch S Bolt Nub Resistor Spark Plugs 1 Warranty Faulty Parts Workmanship New Prop Adaptor Byrons4 3 bladed props Fits Sacha engine witn7/8 bolt pattern 5 plus shipping TG Laser 2001 e* tonsil8499*6 GiasabodySf11 wheel pants cowl Hardware kit foam wing balsa Included Basis 31 wIth points Included Laaer Kit 86dew 2pleoe wing converalon 6 Laser built bones Laser Hardware 0 exIts T G MFGII 857 HIgh Mountain Rd North Haledon NJ 07508 62014273845 Raspante/Rosenstock Continued page 60 definitely working shop just Joes manner working kept shop neat went through door Joes radio station Joe still active Ham Amateur radio operator radio sta tion professional looking commercial station designed built Joe same fastidi ous appearance shop 1964later Joe converted station video broadcasts After getting grand tour Joes shop took us upstairs top floor ex plained large airplanes used kept attic certain point attic finished give Joe Jr room own done big planes stored placed out side room walls other words between interior walls roofin eaves roof ac cess area small removable panel about 30 wide 48 high Joe moved aside dresser expose panel Harold looked other disbelief peered crawl space saw fabled Snow White covered dust looking part like ghost past Also seen por tions large RC plane Willie 3 Joe reached grabbed tip Willie 3 wing pulled out through small opening could bring out about four feet wing before hit adjacent wall Fortunately wall window Joe opened window wing out window before other wing tip appeared pulled wing room placed floor just about went wall wall time largest model ever seen wing terrible shape least covering was torn dried out brittle Obviously no shape shown fuselage still attic looked little better about four weeks go before SUPERIOR DESIGN & CRAFrSMANSHIP DEL-A IOr NORTHEAST AERODYNAMICS Inc_______ 610 LEBANON STREET ORD E 04073207-460-1681 Finest Kits Youll Ever Buy Build Train-Air 20 o Train-Air 40 o Sport-Air 40 o Bel-Air 40 o 40 Hydro-Floats need essy handiing superior acrobatic modern iooking sport exhibition biplane has hued Eel-Air 80 kit Au parts bipiane sil tine line kits machine Cut assist buiiding resi show stopper Eel-Air 60 hss fully summetricai wing sections gives greatest potentisi acrobatic performance either upright inverted ship capable very slow close-in type flight right up rigorous serobatic schedule can muster Engine Requirement Wing Span Wing Area Fuselage Length 60 52 935 D 46 SPECIFICATIONS Fuselage Width Weight Range Wing Loading Range 35, 6 75 lbs 146 165 207-490-1861 Visa & MasterCard Accepted contest turned Joe asked Can get plane fixed time con test thought moment replied Ill need little help can get rest plane shape wing will take some time Harold up stunned presence famous pioneer awed tremendous size plane suddenly found tongue Can help volunteered Joe just smiled put arm around Ha rolds shoulder said know cover silk Harold sured him could Joe gave him job recovering whole wing way back Harold could talk about Joe big airplane Joe Harold became fast friends after Harolds help plane ready time exhibited meet As matter fact Harold transported plane contest presence plane contest attracted awful lot attention what wanted probably most-photographed plane field know took lot shots pictures took two children ages five seven sit ting under wing Joes plane now have framed hanging wall Another Joe holding wing tip used cover now-defunct Grid Ieaks magazine contest spring After over did hear Joe until day September called tell since plane such good shape decided equip modem RC equipment Orbit 8-channel reed sys tem fly Willie 3 once again must remember 1964 wanted get opinion latest techniques RC having inactive long concern whether twospeed points yes OK Twin pow ered plane spark ignition would adequate bring down plane ignition low speed may seem strange question must remember plane 11 ft originally weighed 14 lb original radio batterContinued page 163 160 Model Aviation JILL AIRCRAFT & SURFACE FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM p ies carried weighed 7 lb 50% total weight Orbit equipment Joe wanted install weighed 1 /2 lb giving refurbished model all-up weight 8 lb Joe built light big wing area high-lift airfoil possible bring ing model back earth would prob lem suggested install choke butterfly intake work conjunc tion low-speed points richen mixture slow engine down enough land week later Joe called say would coming out Mitchell Field flying site ready fly Willie 3 once called number club members assist project presence mind bring camera record event After Joe assembled plane took pictures Joe de cided let Larry Davidson experienced reed flier handle controls Joe felt did have enough stick time justice task Also present field day Joes son Joe Jr never seen Willie 3 fly last time flew New York Mirror Meet 1946 year Joe Jr born Joe got engine started very quickly After checking out control functions Larry gave signal release plane plane shot forward within six feet airborne climbed altitude about 400 ft aware Larry having trouble Du-Bro has numbers need comply new 1988 AMA Frequency Regulation Select channel number corresponds frequency number transmitter Affix numbers frequency number clip snap base antenna Select frequency flag identifies transmitter Aircraft Surface use attach tip antenna Its quick simple use Frequency clip flags remove easily storage 3Look AttractIve Display ANOITEM IfpJj/ Q455FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION NO 0 456FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION NO 1 457 FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION NO 2 / 458FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION NO3 9FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION NO4 460FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION NO5 461FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION NO6 462FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION NO7 463FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION NO8 64FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION NO9jUl 465FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATIONCLIP 466AIRCRAFT DENT FLAG 72 MHz 467SURFACE DENT FLAG 75 MHz ImE~ plane wanted keep climbing Larry found necessary apply more down elevator After circling field couple times decided bring plane down Low throttle turned due twoposition ignition two speedshigh low laborious task bringing plane down com menced worst fears came fruition plane light wanted climb low throttle Larry resort full down elevator low throttle get plane lose altitude After three four circles field mode Larry got plane down about six feet off runway due ground effect plane just would come down lower made another circuit field banking sharply keep plane close ground could time half dozen helpers ran along under plane trying grab wheels part plane pull out sky flew slowly could stay under couple hundred feet scene comical almost like Key stone Kops routine reminiscent dirigible landing Someone finally man aged grasp wheels brought plane down safely its last flight couple years later Joe told plans donate plane Nassau County Museum pictures took day pub lished Model Airplane News 1965 Tl ally December 1987 163 CARBON RODS Round re angular Extremely strong & lightweight solid rods continuous carbon fibers epoxy base Can used forwing spars wing retention rods torque tubes & landing gear struts 050 Dia x 36 $ 550 Oja X 24 00 1/le Diax60 $1050%Diax12 $1100 070 Dia x 60 $1150Ia Dia x 12 . $1700 1/s Dia x 60 50 /8 x % x 12 0 Dia x 12 0 /8 x% x 24 $1600 1/16 X1/16 x36 $ 900 Add $300 S5H esidents add 8% sales tax seas orders add 15% check money order COO AEROSPACE COMPOSITE PRODUCTS PO Box 16621 IDept Al Irvine CA 92714 Puzzled CALL MArl Notlmetehalld Mgttdelt Ill lhvethetiue owhw 1 Complete 2 Semi-Assembled ready cover sanded calf 9am- 8pm EST 609-275-7264 Send prices Kits Engines accessories 7 Mitts Model Building P0 lox 443 7 Hampshire Drive Plainaboro NJ 06536 Catalogs available$3 Rate cards available free SASE 14-118a91/2 also build Cars Boats under title 25 Years Young Today could called 47 Years Young During 1970s Joe built RC demon strator show non-modelers RC model works consisted cutaway RC model four control functions Con nected demonstrator model via um bilical cord transmitter its circuitry removed special closedcircuit system operate servos could bring demonstrator local contests let invited public try hand operating controls danger contestants flying Joe attended local meet could bringing demo him showing crowd spectators RC model works No meet complete out Joe demo Contest Directors would call him planning meet make sure Joe could attend con tinued until death effort Joe Raspantes part contrib uted greatly enhance image RC modeling general public Thus great service modeling 115 NO SECRETS LIQUID FINISHES MASTER MODELING DESIGNING SCRATCH BUILDING AMA have suffered loss now no longer us Pink Lady/Wisniewski Continued page 62 shape Laminate 4 plywood outside using gap-filling Hot Stuff cyanoacrylate adhesive Spray balsa accelerator Spread adhesive plywood press balsa bonding almost stant position carefully cowl base piece A-in balsa extends front cowl leading edge wing Wing Use piece 3R-in balsa make wing Taper bottom wing /16 thickness tips leaving flat portion cowl mating Cut outline wing Cut 020 x %-in-deep groove leading trail ing edges parallel %2 bottom wing Fill slots /64 plywood glue thin cyanoacrylate adhesive gives hard line shaping liii ALL ABOUT ENGINES MORE COMING $1095 EACH HARRY B HIGLEY & SONS INC PO BOX 532 GLENWOOD ILL 60425 airfoil Cut bellcrank mount hard maple glue bellcrank yet Cut wing accept bellcrank mount clear bellcrank Cut grooves bottom wing lines caps cover Seal grooves polyester resin tip guide wires made piece /6 brass tube flattened /64 inside dimension using some short pieces /64 wire Glue place using slow-setting epoxy Note both lines go through tube Shape airfoil giving lifting sec tion center making symmetrical tips Glue bellcrank mount place Note wing left flat joins fuselage cowl Cover wing two-ounce fiberglass using polyester resin Drill two pieces bellcrank mount / bellcrank pivot Glue bellcrank mount pieces together slow setting epoxy bellcrank should put place before gluing sure can re move pivot pin pushrod can installed Stabilizer Use 46 balsa sheet Cut out164 Model Aviation AIR WOLF EPOXY FIBERGLASS FUSELAGES TAKES MOST 50-60 MECHANICS OTHER MODELS AVAILABLE LARRY JOLLY MODEL PRODUCTS $20000 5501 WCOMO SANTA ANA CALIFORNIA 92703 714 826-6861 Z 7ICHMQUES MONOKOTING FLYING AROUND OLD TIME U CONTROL Note clever landing gear installation author used does have low drag also acts heat sink engine
Edition: Model Aviation - 1987/12
Page Numbers: 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 160, 163, 164
Above Raspantes first RC model double-size Super Buccaneer scaled up him Sal Taibi flown radio designed built Joe Below preparation demonstration flight Joe checks out equipment todays Giant Scale standards plane big radio equipment humongous Check out multimeter its bigger todays transmitters Right Notable aviatrix day Jacqueline Cochran took great Interest Joes model picture taken sometime during 1939 shows Joe pre paring model special demonstration flight took place Floyd Bennett Field RECEIVED phone call day distressed greatly Joe Raspante man Id known 48 years passed away Most knew Joe Raspante per sonally reputation saddened loss man loss per sonal Joe RC pioneer modeling con56 Model Aviation Moda1-0 j Joe Raspante RC Pioneer AMA News section issue article latest ductees AMAs Hall Fame Among honored man subject piece name isnt familiar nows chance catch up bit modeling history knew Joe accomplishments heres chance some reminiscing U Norm Rosenstock temporaries Clinton B Desoto Good brothers Jim Walker etc first RC model Super Buccaneer scaled up double-size good friend still-active modeler Sal Taibi radio Super Buccaneerequipped tele phone dial transmitter serve control selectorwas Joe designed built himself Joe started Ham radio 1929 teen ager As skills radio equipment grew began make living radio repair 1937 earned franchise Majestic Radio Company called radio repair shop Atlantic Avenue Brooklyn NY Majestic Radio Repair Shop back shop Ham radio station metal working equipment used developed radio sets would later use models As accomplishments began receive media attention news success spread companies like Union Carbide makers Eveready batteries Joe needed very small lightweight battery models company glad help unique needs produced special battery him Joe flying RC early 1937 attracted attention Elmer Sperry RC model story related Joe 1964 accurate memory Sunday year uncertain proba bly 1939 out flying giant RC model teenager watching Joe came up him started ask ques tions about plane Joe always willing talk kids methodically answered boys questions Joe also observed father boy stood back ways didnt speak incident repeated itself number weeks before father stepped forward thank Joe patience sons questions introduced himself Joe surprised find out father Elmer Sperry Sperry subsequently hired Joe company order acquire December 1987 57 Raspantes efforts didnt go unnoticed publications during time either excerpts Popular Science Mechanix Illustrated touted successes RC pioneer Joe Wilma Raspante 1937 location probably Creedmore NY pop ular pre-WW II flying spot Joes big RC planes Willie series named after Left In early years Joe interested competition often traveled some distances compete picture personal photo album shows Joe Snow White handwritten caption says 1st place Sept Phila 1938 Above Snow White de signed 1938 quickly became standard excellence modeling Charles H Grant often referenced model books articles example well-proportioned design Snow White consistent contest winner significant ach ievements winning prestigious Berryloid competItion best finish 1939 Nats Left Joe shows off fuselage Snow White front old radIo repair shop Atlantic Ave Brooklyn Barely visible behind Joe window display modeling display nothing business Joe proud hobby liked show Interested Right Steve Ditta reproduction Snow White plans published Model Builder magazine Steves mod el exact duplication Raspantes being powered Forster 99 deviation original Inclusion radio knowledge skills Elmer Sperry appre ciated what Joe achieved no en gineering staff himself experimented radio control understood what Joe accomplished Joe worked Sperry 27 years until re tirement 1967 Around 1938 Joe designed built famous model Snow White became standard excellence modeling model won contests consid ered hard beat competitors Joe showed up best could hope second place Snow White backed up everyones good feelings plane winning prestigious Berryloid competition finest finish 1939 Nats Joe also competed RC during 1939 1940 Nationals took second 1939 third 1940 flying familiar double-sized Super Buccaneer Sometime during 1938-1939 Joe designed built Willie 3 replacement Super Buccaneer believe last time During 1970s Joe built RC demonstrator show non-modelers RC plane works consisted cutaway four-function RC model Connected model via um Willie 3 flown competition blilcal cord transmitter its original circuitry replaced special closed-circuit sys New York Daily Mirrors 1946 Mirror tem operate servos Because did generate radio signals could safely Model Meet Joe took first place operated during meet demonstration interfering contestants models 58 Model Aviation Left Joe designed Willie Ill shown around 1938-1939 replacement Super Buccaneer Willie Ill last flew competitively New York Daily Mirrors Model Meet 1946 Right Daily Mirrors Meet open first 1000 people register all-around win ner meet received Ercoupe full-size plane Joe entered Willie Ill contests RC category 1946 took home first place December 1987 59 Left Joes Willie Ill resurrected 1964 LIDS meet Mitchell Field Although model flown meet certainly photographed Right spite its size 11 ft plane exceptionally light weighing 14 lb 14 lb radio batteries weighed 7 lb three-tube receiver used full-size tubes control system required four batteries operate batteries tube filaments B batteries probably 90 volts C bias battery another battery powered servo escapement setup Jt m tet November 25 1939 Joe guest John Gamblings Model Airplane Club Air program WOR-Mtitual Network During talk-show program Joe gave tips about RC modeling Joe Raspante consummate inven tor addition model aircraft Ham radio also loved scale model power boats remember six-foot Chris-Craft powered big Avion Mercury engine designed boat stand geared starter crank employed dog clutch gear engaged propeller under rear boat start engine turn fuel cock switch ignition crank starter handle Later built large PT boat works powered watercooled four cylinder inline four-stroke engine built boat made exacting standards complete detail guns swiveled fired blanks loudspeaker called out swabbies sweep deck fore aft anchor raised lowered tor pedoes could fired done radio control model boat now exhibit Navys floating muse um aircraft carrier Enterprise anchored pier New York City Recently honor returning Joes last RC model Willie 3 aeromod eling world delivered AMA Museum Reston VA first time saw Willie 3 dur ing 1946 New York Mirror Meet New York Daily Mirror newspaper interested modeling used run large limited first 1000 mail entry applicants contest year 1946 contest paper gave away fullscale Ercoupe first prize meet champion Joe entered Willie 3 con tests RC event won first place contestant meet did have too much time take close look plane remember commenting its size saw model airborne years later club LIDS Long Island Drone Society held first RC contest Mitchell Field LI contest planning committee charged meets publicity looking something would attract large crowd centerpiece tention grabber meet inunediately thought Joe big RC model 1964 spoken Joe years felt kind funny calling him favor after calling him long answered call re sponded spoken him last week always pleasant quickly came point Joe still have big plane saw Mirror Meet Well s no Joe what does mean Are busy now No Well dont come over house now Ill show called Harold Brink committee went over Joes house Joe lived modest home village Lake Success too far Sperry plant worked knew house Joes 1953 Ford Thunderbird sitting driveway classic car Joes pride joy kept pristine condition taken basement totally finished divided two parts part workshop quite large would say about 15 x 20 ft finished like kitchen cabinets along both long walls For-mica tabletops also hanging cabinets above counters floors finished asphalt tile highly polished hanging ceiling re cessed fluorescent lights looked like laboratory modelers work shop personification Joe always dressed groomed neatly counter workbench us com mon folk Joes fabled PT boat sitting its stand removed top could see innards Needless say Har old dazzled though shop clean whistle Joe opened cabinet after cabinet drawer after drawer suddenly realized pristine condition shop belied what really took place Continued page 160 60 Model Aviation Left Some crew last flight Willie lii Septem ber 1964 L-R Joe Raspante Larry Davidson Joe Raspante Jr Harold Brink After pictures taken Joe decided let Larry Davidson experienced reed flier handle controls Above Willie Ill takes off its last flight bulky original radio replaced 1 -lb Orbit reed radio prop hand carved Joe After flight Joe donated Willie Iii Nassau County Cradel Aviation Museum Plc Model Airplane News June 18 1986 Norm Rosenstock along Bill Winter delivered historic Willie iii AMA Museum Reston should celebrate arrival Joe Raspantes plane its rightful place among other famous models will go down modeling history OpUs ssAEaglaes Throttle-coupled spm* advance *6000 24-UIbe2oz-SHP 27-tIbe4oz6iHP 42-BlbsSoz7HP Customized newest German engines Inot parts Muffler Mount Mounting Bolt. Pressure Tap Smoke Cerburetor Unkage CDI Ignition ICH ElectronIcs 48 Volt Ignition Pack Sefety Switch S Bolt Nub Resistor Spark Plugs 1 Warranty Faulty Parts Workmanship New Prop Adaptor Byrons4 3 bladed props Fits Sacha engine witn7/8 bolt pattern 5 plus shipping TG Laser 2001 e* tonsil8499*6 GiasabodySf11 wheel pants cowl Hardware kit foam wing balsa Included Basis 31 wIth points Included Laaer Kit 86dew 2pleoe wing converalon 6 Laser built bones Laser Hardware 0 exIts T G MFGII 857 HIgh Mountain Rd North Haledon NJ 07508 62014273845 Raspante/Rosenstock Continued page 60 definitely working shop just Joes manner working kept shop neat went through door Joes radio station Joe still active Ham Amateur radio operator radio sta tion professional looking commercial station designed built Joe same fastidi ous appearance shop 1964later Joe converted station video broadcasts After getting grand tour Joes shop took us upstairs top floor ex plained large airplanes used kept attic certain point attic finished give Joe Jr room own done big planes stored placed out side room walls other words between interior walls roofin eaves roof ac cess area small removable panel about 30 wide 48 high Joe moved aside dresser expose panel Harold looked other disbelief peered crawl space saw fabled Snow White covered dust looking part like ghost past Also seen por tions large RC plane Willie 3 Joe reached grabbed tip Willie 3 wing pulled out through small opening could bring out about four feet wing before hit adjacent wall Fortunately wall window Joe opened window wing out window before other wing tip appeared pulled wing room placed floor just about went wall wall time largest model ever seen wing terrible shape least covering was torn dried out brittle Obviously no shape shown fuselage still attic looked little better about four weeks go before SUPERIOR DESIGN & CRAFrSMANSHIP DEL-A IOr NORTHEAST AERODYNAMICS Inc_______ 610 LEBANON STREET ORD E 04073207-460-1681 Finest Kits Youll Ever Buy Build Train-Air 20 o Train-Air 40 o Sport-Air 40 o Bel-Air 40 o 40 Hydro-Floats need essy handiing superior acrobatic modern iooking sport exhibition biplane has hued Eel-Air 80 kit Au parts bipiane sil tine line kits machine Cut assist buiiding resi show stopper Eel-Air 60 hss fully summetricai wing sections gives greatest potentisi acrobatic performance either upright inverted ship capable very slow close-in type flight right up rigorous serobatic schedule can muster Engine Requirement Wing Span Wing Area Fuselage Length 60 52 935 D 46 SPECIFICATIONS Fuselage Width Weight Range Wing Loading Range 35, 6 75 lbs 146 165 207-490-1861 Visa & MasterCard Accepted contest turned Joe asked Can get plane fixed time con test thought moment replied Ill need little help can get rest plane shape wing will take some time Harold up stunned presence famous pioneer awed tremendous size plane suddenly found tongue Can help volunteered Joe just smiled put arm around Ha rolds shoulder said know cover silk Harold sured him could Joe gave him job recovering whole wing way back Harold could talk about Joe big airplane Joe Harold became fast friends after Harolds help plane ready time exhibited meet As matter fact Harold transported plane contest presence plane contest attracted awful lot attention what wanted probably most-photographed plane field know took lot shots pictures took two children ages five seven sit ting under wing Joes plane now have framed hanging wall Another Joe holding wing tip used cover now-defunct Grid Ieaks magazine contest spring After over did hear Joe until day September called tell since plane such good shape decided equip modem RC equipment Orbit 8-channel reed sys tem fly Willie 3 once again must remember 1964 wanted get opinion latest techniques RC having inactive long concern whether twospeed points yes OK Twin pow ered plane spark ignition would adequate bring down plane ignition low speed may seem strange question must remember plane 11 ft originally weighed 14 lb original radio batterContinued page 163 160 Model Aviation JILL AIRCRAFT & SURFACE FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM p ies carried weighed 7 lb 50% total weight Orbit equipment Joe wanted install weighed 1 /2 lb giving refurbished model all-up weight 8 lb Joe built light big wing area high-lift airfoil possible bring ing model back earth would prob lem suggested install choke butterfly intake work conjunc tion low-speed points richen mixture slow engine down enough land week later Joe called say would coming out Mitchell Field flying site ready fly Willie 3 once called number club members assist project presence mind bring camera record event After Joe assembled plane took pictures Joe de cided let Larry Davidson experienced reed flier handle controls Joe felt did have enough stick time justice task Also present field day Joes son Joe Jr never seen Willie 3 fly last time flew New York Mirror Meet 1946 year Joe Jr born Joe got engine started very quickly After checking out control functions Larry gave signal release plane plane shot forward within six feet airborne climbed altitude about 400 ft aware Larry having trouble Du-Bro has numbers need comply new 1988 AMA Frequency Regulation Select channel number corresponds frequency number transmitter Affix numbers frequency number clip snap base antenna Select frequency flag identifies transmitter Aircraft Surface use attach tip antenna Its quick simple use Frequency clip flags remove easily storage 3Look AttractIve Display ANOITEM IfpJj/ Q455FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION NO 0 456FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION NO 1 457 FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION NO 2 / 458FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION NO3 9FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION NO4 460FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION NO5 461FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION NO6 462FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION NO7 463FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION NO8 64FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION NO9jUl 465FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATIONCLIP 466AIRCRAFT DENT FLAG 72 MHz 467SURFACE DENT FLAG 75 MHz ImE~ plane wanted keep climbing Larry found necessary apply more down elevator After circling field couple times decided bring plane down Low throttle turned due twoposition ignition two speedshigh low laborious task bringing plane down com menced worst fears came fruition plane light wanted climb low throttle Larry resort full down elevator low throttle get plane lose altitude After three four circles field mode Larry got plane down about six feet off runway due ground effect plane just would come down lower made another circuit field banking sharply keep plane close ground could time half dozen helpers ran along under plane trying grab wheels part plane pull out sky flew slowly could stay under couple hundred feet scene comical almost like Key stone Kops routine reminiscent dirigible landing Someone finally man aged grasp wheels brought plane down safely its last flight couple years later Joe told plans donate plane Nassau County Museum pictures took day pub lished Model Airplane News 1965 Tl ally December 1987 163 CARBON RODS Round re angular Extremely strong & lightweight solid rods continuous carbon fibers epoxy base Can used forwing spars wing retention rods torque tubes & landing gear struts 050 Dia x 36 $ 550 Oja X 24 00 1/le Diax60 $1050%Diax12 $1100 070 Dia x 60 $1150Ia Dia x 12 . $1700 1/s Dia x 60 50 /8 x % x 12 0 Dia x 12 0 /8 x% x 24 $1600 1/16 X1/16 x36 $ 900 Add $300 S5H esidents add 8% sales tax seas orders add 15% check money order COO AEROSPACE COMPOSITE PRODUCTS PO Box 16621 IDept Al Irvine CA 92714 Puzzled CALL MArl Notlmetehalld Mgttdelt Ill lhvethetiue owhw 1 Complete 2 Semi-Assembled ready cover sanded calf 9am- 8pm EST 609-275-7264 Send prices Kits Engines accessories 7 Mitts Model Building P0 lox 443 7 Hampshire Drive Plainaboro NJ 06536 Catalogs available$3 Rate cards available free SASE 14-118a91/2 also build Cars Boats under title 25 Years Young Today could called 47 Years Young During 1970s Joe built RC demon strator show non-modelers RC model works consisted cutaway RC model four control functions Con nected demonstrator model via um bilical cord transmitter its circuitry removed special closedcircuit system operate servos could bring demonstrator local contests let invited public try hand operating controls danger contestants flying Joe attended local meet could bringing demo him showing crowd spectators RC model works No meet complete out Joe demo Contest Directors would call him planning meet make sure Joe could attend con tinued until death effort Joe Raspantes part contrib uted greatly enhance image RC modeling general public Thus great service modeling 115 NO SECRETS LIQUID FINISHES MASTER MODELING DESIGNING SCRATCH BUILDING AMA have suffered loss now no longer us Pink Lady/Wisniewski Continued page 62 shape Laminate 4 plywood outside using gap-filling Hot Stuff cyanoacrylate adhesive Spray balsa accelerator Spread adhesive plywood press balsa bonding almost stant position carefully cowl base piece A-in balsa extends front cowl leading edge wing Wing Use piece 3R-in balsa make wing Taper bottom wing /16 thickness tips leaving flat portion cowl mating Cut outline wing Cut 020 x %-in-deep groove leading trail ing edges parallel %2 bottom wing Fill slots /64 plywood glue thin cyanoacrylate adhesive gives hard line shaping liii ALL ABOUT ENGINES MORE COMING $1095 EACH HARRY B HIGLEY & SONS INC PO BOX 532 GLENWOOD ILL 60425 airfoil Cut bellcrank mount hard maple glue bellcrank yet Cut wing accept bellcrank mount clear bellcrank Cut grooves bottom wing lines caps cover Seal grooves polyester resin tip guide wires made piece /6 brass tube flattened /64 inside dimension using some short pieces /64 wire Glue place using slow-setting epoxy Note both lines go through tube Shape airfoil giving lifting sec tion center making symmetrical tips Glue bellcrank mount place Note wing left flat joins fuselage cowl Cover wing two-ounce fiberglass using polyester resin Drill two pieces bellcrank mount / bellcrank pivot Glue bellcrank mount pieces together slow setting epoxy bellcrank should put place before gluing sure can re move pivot pin pushrod can installed Stabilizer Use 46 balsa sheet Cut out164 Model Aviation AIR WOLF EPOXY FIBERGLASS FUSELAGES TAKES MOST 50-60 MECHANICS OTHER MODELS AVAILABLE LARRY JOLLY MODEL PRODUCTS $20000 5501 WCOMO SANTA ANA CALIFORNIA 92703 714 826-6861 Z 7ICHMQUES MONOKOTING FLYING AROUND OLD TIME U CONTROL Note clever landing gear installation author used does have low drag also acts heat sink engine
Edition: Model Aviation - 1987/12
Page Numbers: 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 160, 163, 164
Above Raspantes first RC model double-size Super Buccaneer scaled up him Sal Taibi flown radio designed built Joe Below preparation demonstration flight Joe checks out equipment todays Giant Scale standards plane big radio equipment humongous Check out multimeter its bigger todays transmitters Right Notable aviatrix day Jacqueline Cochran took great Interest Joes model picture taken sometime during 1939 shows Joe pre paring model special demonstration flight took place Floyd Bennett Field RECEIVED phone call day distressed greatly Joe Raspante man Id known 48 years passed away Most knew Joe Raspante per sonally reputation saddened loss man loss per sonal Joe RC pioneer modeling con56 Model Aviation Moda1-0 j Joe Raspante RC Pioneer AMA News section issue article latest ductees AMAs Hall Fame Among honored man subject piece name isnt familiar nows chance catch up bit modeling history knew Joe accomplishments heres chance some reminiscing U Norm Rosenstock temporaries Clinton B Desoto Good brothers Jim Walker etc first RC model Super Buccaneer scaled up double-size good friend still-active modeler Sal Taibi radio Super Buccaneerequipped tele phone dial transmitter serve control selectorwas Joe designed built himself Joe started Ham radio 1929 teen ager As skills radio equipment grew began make living radio repair 1937 earned franchise Majestic Radio Company called radio repair shop Atlantic Avenue Brooklyn NY Majestic Radio Repair Shop back shop Ham radio station metal working equipment used developed radio sets would later use models As accomplishments began receive media attention news success spread companies like Union Carbide makers Eveready batteries Joe needed very small lightweight battery models company glad help unique needs produced special battery him Joe flying RC early 1937 attracted attention Elmer Sperry RC model story related Joe 1964 accurate memory Sunday year uncertain proba bly 1939 out flying giant RC model teenager watching Joe came up him started ask ques tions about plane Joe always willing talk kids methodically answered boys questions Joe also observed father boy stood back ways didnt speak incident repeated itself number weeks before father stepped forward thank Joe patience sons questions introduced himself Joe surprised find out father Elmer Sperry Sperry subsequently hired Joe company order acquire December 1987 57 Raspantes efforts didnt go unnoticed publications during time either excerpts Popular Science Mechanix Illustrated touted successes RC pioneer Joe Wilma Raspante 1937 location probably Creedmore NY pop ular pre-WW II flying spot Joes big RC planes Willie series named after Left In early years Joe interested competition often traveled some distances compete picture personal photo album shows Joe Snow White handwritten caption says 1st place Sept Phila 1938 Above Snow White de signed 1938 quickly became standard excellence modeling Charles H Grant often referenced model books articles example well-proportioned design Snow White consistent contest winner significant ach ievements winning prestigious Berryloid competItion best finish 1939 Nats Left Joe shows off fuselage Snow White front old radIo repair shop Atlantic Ave Brooklyn Barely visible behind Joe window display modeling display nothing business Joe proud hobby liked show Interested Right Steve Ditta reproduction Snow White plans published Model Builder magazine Steves mod el exact duplication Raspantes being powered Forster 99 deviation original Inclusion radio knowledge skills Elmer Sperry appre ciated what Joe achieved no en gineering staff himself experimented radio control understood what Joe accomplished Joe worked Sperry 27 years until re tirement 1967 Around 1938 Joe designed built famous model Snow White became standard excellence modeling model won contests consid ered hard beat competitors Joe showed up best could hope second place Snow White backed up everyones good feelings plane winning prestigious Berryloid competition finest finish 1939 Nats Joe also competed RC during 1939 1940 Nationals took second 1939 third 1940 flying familiar double-sized Super Buccaneer Sometime during 1938-1939 Joe designed built Willie 3 replacement Super Buccaneer believe last time During 1970s Joe built RC demonstrator show non-modelers RC plane works consisted cutaway four-function RC model Connected model via um Willie 3 flown competition blilcal cord transmitter its original circuitry replaced special closed-circuit sys New York Daily Mirrors 1946 Mirror tem operate servos Because did generate radio signals could safely Model Meet Joe took first place operated during meet demonstration interfering contestants models 58 Model Aviation Left Joe designed Willie Ill shown around 1938-1939 replacement Super Buccaneer Willie Ill last flew competitively New York Daily Mirrors Model Meet 1946 Right Daily Mirrors Meet open first 1000 people register all-around win ner meet received Ercoupe full-size plane Joe entered Willie Ill contests RC category 1946 took home first place December 1987 59 Left Joes Willie Ill resurrected 1964 LIDS meet Mitchell Field Although model flown meet certainly photographed Right spite its size 11 ft plane exceptionally light weighing 14 lb 14 lb radio batteries weighed 7 lb three-tube receiver used full-size tubes control system required four batteries operate batteries tube filaments B batteries probably 90 volts C bias battery another battery powered servo escapement setup Jt m tet November 25 1939 Joe guest John Gamblings Model Airplane Club Air program WOR-Mtitual Network During talk-show program Joe gave tips about RC modeling Joe Raspante consummate inven tor addition model aircraft Ham radio also loved scale model power boats remember six-foot Chris-Craft powered big Avion Mercury engine designed boat stand geared starter crank employed dog clutch gear engaged propeller under rear boat start engine turn fuel cock switch ignition crank starter handle Later built large PT boat works powered watercooled four cylinder inline four-stroke engine built boat made exacting standards complete detail guns swiveled fired blanks loudspeaker called out swabbies sweep deck fore aft anchor raised lowered tor pedoes could fired done radio control model boat now exhibit Navys floating muse um aircraft carrier Enterprise anchored pier New York City Recently honor returning Joes last RC model Willie 3 aeromod eling world delivered AMA Museum Reston VA first time saw Willie 3 dur ing 1946 New York Mirror Meet New York Daily Mirror newspaper interested modeling used run large limited first 1000 mail entry applicants contest year 1946 contest paper gave away fullscale Ercoupe first prize meet champion Joe entered Willie 3 con tests RC event won first place contestant meet did have too much time take close look plane remember commenting its size saw model airborne years later club LIDS Long Island Drone Society held first RC contest Mitchell Field LI contest planning committee charged meets publicity looking something would attract large crowd centerpiece tention grabber meet inunediately thought Joe big RC model 1964 spoken Joe years felt kind funny calling him favor after calling him long answered call re sponded spoken him last week always pleasant quickly came point Joe still have big plane saw Mirror Meet Well s no Joe what does mean Are busy now No Well dont come over house now Ill show called Harold Brink committee went over Joes house Joe lived modest home village Lake Success too far Sperry plant worked knew house Joes 1953 Ford Thunderbird sitting driveway classic car Joes pride joy kept pristine condition taken basement totally finished divided two parts part workshop quite large would say about 15 x 20 ft finished like kitchen cabinets along both long walls For-mica tabletops also hanging cabinets above counters floors finished asphalt tile highly polished hanging ceiling re cessed fluorescent lights looked like laboratory modelers work shop personification Joe always dressed groomed neatly counter workbench us com mon folk Joes fabled PT boat sitting its stand removed top could see innards Needless say Har old dazzled though shop clean whistle Joe opened cabinet after cabinet drawer after drawer suddenly realized pristine condition shop belied what really took place Continued page 160 60 Model Aviation Left Some crew last flight Willie lii Septem ber 1964 L-R Joe Raspante Larry Davidson Joe Raspante Jr Harold Brink After pictures taken Joe decided let Larry Davidson experienced reed flier handle controls Above Willie Ill takes off its last flight bulky original radio replaced 1 -lb Orbit reed radio prop hand carved Joe After flight Joe donated Willie Iii Nassau County Cradel Aviation Museum Plc Model Airplane News June 18 1986 Norm Rosenstock along Bill Winter delivered historic Willie iii AMA Museum Reston should celebrate arrival Joe Raspantes plane its rightful place among other famous models will go down modeling history OpUs ssAEaglaes Throttle-coupled spm* advance *6000 24-UIbe2oz-SHP 27-tIbe4oz6iHP 42-BlbsSoz7HP Customized newest German engines Inot parts Muffler Mount Mounting Bolt. Pressure Tap Smoke Cerburetor Unkage CDI Ignition ICH ElectronIcs 48 Volt Ignition Pack Sefety Switch S Bolt Nub Resistor Spark Plugs 1 Warranty Faulty Parts Workmanship New Prop Adaptor Byrons4 3 bladed props Fits Sacha engine witn7/8 bolt pattern 5 plus shipping TG Laser 2001 e* tonsil8499*6 GiasabodySf11 wheel pants cowl Hardware kit foam wing balsa Included Basis 31 wIth points Included Laaer Kit 86dew 2pleoe wing converalon 6 Laser built bones Laser Hardware 0 exIts T G MFGII 857 HIgh Mountain Rd North Haledon NJ 07508 62014273845 Raspante/Rosenstock Continued page 60 definitely working shop just Joes manner working kept shop neat went through door Joes radio station Joe still active Ham Amateur radio operator radio sta tion professional looking commercial station designed built Joe same fastidi ous appearance shop 1964later Joe converted station video broadcasts After getting grand tour Joes shop took us upstairs top floor ex plained large airplanes used kept attic certain point attic finished give Joe Jr room own done big planes stored placed out side room walls other words between interior walls roofin eaves roof ac cess area small removable panel about 30 wide 48 high Joe moved aside dresser expose panel Harold looked other disbelief peered crawl space saw fabled Snow White covered dust looking part like ghost past Also seen por tions large RC plane Willie 3 Joe reached grabbed tip Willie 3 wing pulled out through small opening could bring out about four feet wing before hit adjacent wall Fortunately wall window Joe opened window wing out window before other wing tip appeared pulled wing room placed floor just about went wall wall time largest model ever seen wing terrible shape least covering was torn dried out brittle Obviously no shape shown fuselage still attic looked little better about four weeks go before SUPERIOR DESIGN & CRAFrSMANSHIP DEL-A IOr NORTHEAST AERODYNAMICS Inc_______ 610 LEBANON STREET ORD E 04073207-460-1681 Finest Kits Youll Ever Buy Build Train-Air 20 o Train-Air 40 o Sport-Air 40 o Bel-Air 40 o 40 Hydro-Floats need essy handiing superior acrobatic modern iooking sport exhibition biplane has hued Eel-Air 80 kit Au parts bipiane sil tine line kits machine Cut assist buiiding resi show stopper Eel-Air 60 hss fully summetricai wing sections gives greatest potentisi acrobatic performance either upright inverted ship capable very slow close-in type flight right up rigorous serobatic schedule can muster Engine Requirement Wing Span Wing Area Fuselage Length 60 52 935 D 46 SPECIFICATIONS Fuselage Width Weight Range Wing Loading Range 35, 6 75 lbs 146 165 207-490-1861 Visa & MasterCard Accepted contest turned Joe asked Can get plane fixed time con test thought moment replied Ill need little help can get rest plane shape wing will take some time Harold up stunned presence famous pioneer awed tremendous size plane suddenly found tongue Can help volunteered Joe just smiled put arm around Ha rolds shoulder said know cover silk Harold sured him could Joe gave him job recovering whole wing way back Harold could talk about Joe big airplane Joe Harold became fast friends after Harolds help plane ready time exhibited meet As matter fact Harold transported plane contest presence plane contest attracted awful lot attention what wanted probably most-photographed plane field know took lot shots pictures took two children ages five seven sit ting under wing Joes plane now have framed hanging wall Another Joe holding wing tip used cover now-defunct Grid Ieaks magazine contest spring After over did hear Joe until day September called tell since plane such good shape decided equip modem RC equipment Orbit 8-channel reed sys tem fly Willie 3 once again must remember 1964 wanted get opinion latest techniques RC having inactive long concern whether twospeed points yes OK Twin pow ered plane spark ignition would adequate bring down plane ignition low speed may seem strange question must remember plane 11 ft originally weighed 14 lb original radio batterContinued page 163 160 Model Aviation JILL AIRCRAFT & SURFACE FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM p ies carried weighed 7 lb 50% total weight Orbit equipment Joe wanted install weighed 1 /2 lb giving refurbished model all-up weight 8 lb Joe built light big wing area high-lift airfoil possible bring ing model back earth would prob lem suggested install choke butterfly intake work conjunc tion low-speed points richen mixture slow engine down enough land week later Joe called say would coming out Mitchell Field flying site ready fly Willie 3 once called number club members assist project presence mind bring camera record event After Joe assembled plane took pictures Joe de cided let Larry Davidson experienced reed flier handle controls Joe felt did have enough stick time justice task Also present field day Joes son Joe Jr never seen Willie 3 fly last time flew New York Mirror Meet 1946 year Joe Jr born Joe got engine started very quickly After checking out control functions Larry gave signal release plane plane shot forward within six feet airborne climbed altitude about 400 ft aware Larry having trouble Du-Bro has numbers need comply new 1988 AMA Frequency Regulation Select channel number corresponds frequency number transmitter Affix numbers frequency number clip snap base antenna Select frequency flag identifies transmitter Aircraft Surface use attach tip antenna Its quick simple use Frequency clip flags remove easily storage 3Look AttractIve Display ANOITEM IfpJj/ Q455FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION NO 0 456FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION NO 1 457 FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION NO 2 / 458FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION NO3 9FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION NO4 460FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION NO5 461FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION NO6 462FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION NO7 463FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION NO8 64FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION NO9jUl 465FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATIONCLIP 466AIRCRAFT DENT FLAG 72 MHz 467SURFACE DENT FLAG 75 MHz ImE~ plane wanted keep climbing Larry found necessary apply more down elevator After circling field couple times decided bring plane down Low throttle turned due twoposition ignition two speedshigh low laborious task bringing plane down com menced worst fears came fruition plane light wanted climb low throttle Larry resort full down elevator low throttle get plane lose altitude After three four circles field mode Larry got plane down about six feet off runway due ground effect plane just would come down lower made another circuit field banking sharply keep plane close ground could time half dozen helpers ran along under plane trying grab wheels part plane pull out sky flew slowly could stay under couple hundred feet scene comical almost like Key stone Kops routine reminiscent dirigible landing Someone finally man aged grasp wheels brought plane down safely its last flight couple years later Joe told plans donate plane Nassau County Museum pictures took day pub lished Model Airplane News 1965 Tl ally December 1987 163 CARBON RODS Round re angular Extremely strong & lightweight solid rods continuous carbon fibers epoxy base Can used forwing spars wing retention rods torque tubes & landing gear struts 050 Dia x 36 $ 550 Oja X 24 00 1/le Diax60 $1050%Diax12 $1100 070 Dia x 60 $1150Ia Dia x 12 . $1700 1/s Dia x 60 50 /8 x % x 12 0 Dia x 12 0 /8 x% x 24 $1600 1/16 X1/16 x36 $ 900 Add $300 S5H esidents add 8% sales tax seas orders add 15% check money order COO AEROSPACE COMPOSITE PRODUCTS PO Box 16621 IDept Al Irvine CA 92714 Puzzled CALL MArl Notlmetehalld Mgttdelt Ill lhvethetiue owhw 1 Complete 2 Semi-Assembled ready cover sanded calf 9am- 8pm EST 609-275-7264 Send prices Kits Engines accessories 7 Mitts Model Building P0 lox 443 7 Hampshire Drive Plainaboro NJ 06536 Catalogs available$3 Rate cards available free SASE 14-118a91/2 also build Cars Boats under title 25 Years Young Today could called 47 Years Young During 1970s Joe built RC demon strator show non-modelers RC model works consisted cutaway RC model four control functions Con nected demonstrator model via um bilical cord transmitter its circuitry removed special closedcircuit system operate servos could bring demonstrator local contests let invited public try hand operating controls danger contestants flying Joe attended local meet could bringing demo him showing crowd spectators RC model works No meet complete out Joe demo Contest Directors would call him planning meet make sure Joe could attend con tinued until death effort Joe Raspantes part contrib uted greatly enhance image RC modeling general public Thus great service modeling 115 NO SECRETS LIQUID FINISHES MASTER MODELING DESIGNING SCRATCH BUILDING AMA have suffered loss now no longer us Pink Lady/Wisniewski Continued page 62 shape Laminate 4 plywood outside using gap-filling Hot Stuff cyanoacrylate adhesive Spray balsa accelerator Spread adhesive plywood press balsa bonding almost stant position carefully cowl base piece A-in balsa extends front cowl leading edge wing Wing Use piece 3R-in balsa make wing Taper bottom wing /16 thickness tips leaving flat portion cowl mating Cut outline wing Cut 020 x %-in-deep groove leading trail ing edges parallel %2 bottom wing Fill slots /64 plywood glue thin cyanoacrylate adhesive gives hard line shaping liii ALL ABOUT ENGINES MORE COMING $1095 EACH HARRY B HIGLEY & SONS INC PO BOX 532 GLENWOOD ILL 60425 airfoil Cut bellcrank mount hard maple glue bellcrank yet Cut wing accept bellcrank mount clear bellcrank Cut grooves bottom wing lines caps cover Seal grooves polyester resin tip guide wires made piece /6 brass tube flattened /64 inside dimension using some short pieces /64 wire Glue place using slow-setting epoxy Note both lines go through tube Shape airfoil giving lifting sec tion center making symmetrical tips Glue bellcrank mount place Note wing left flat joins fuselage cowl Cover wing two-ounce fiberglass using polyester resin Drill two pieces bellcrank mount / bellcrank pivot Glue bellcrank mount pieces together slow setting epoxy bellcrank should put place before gluing sure can re move pivot pin pushrod can installed Stabilizer Use 46 balsa sheet Cut out164 Model Aviation AIR WOLF EPOXY FIBERGLASS FUSELAGES TAKES MOST 50-60 MECHANICS OTHER MODELS AVAILABLE LARRY JOLLY MODEL PRODUCTS $20000 5501 WCOMO SANTA ANA CALIFORNIA 92703 714 826-6861 Z 7ICHMQUES MONOKOTING FLYING AROUND OLD TIME U CONTROL Note clever landing gear installation author used does have low drag also acts heat sink engine
Edition: Model Aviation - 1987/12
Page Numbers: 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 160, 163, 164
Above Raspantes first RC model double-size Super Buccaneer scaled up him Sal Taibi flown radio designed built Joe Below preparation demonstration flight Joe checks out equipment todays Giant Scale standards plane big radio equipment humongous Check out multimeter its bigger todays transmitters Right Notable aviatrix day Jacqueline Cochran took great Interest Joes model picture taken sometime during 1939 shows Joe pre paring model special demonstration flight took place Floyd Bennett Field RECEIVED phone call day distressed greatly Joe Raspante man Id known 48 years passed away Most knew Joe Raspante per sonally reputation saddened loss man loss per sonal Joe RC pioneer modeling con56 Model Aviation Moda1-0 j Joe Raspante RC Pioneer AMA News section issue article latest ductees AMAs Hall Fame Among honored man subject piece name isnt familiar nows chance catch up bit modeling history knew Joe accomplishments heres chance some reminiscing U Norm Rosenstock temporaries Clinton B Desoto Good brothers Jim Walker etc first RC model Super Buccaneer scaled up double-size good friend still-active modeler Sal Taibi radio Super Buccaneerequipped tele phone dial transmitter serve control selectorwas Joe designed built himself Joe started Ham radio 1929 teen ager As skills radio equipment grew began make living radio repair 1937 earned franchise Majestic Radio Company called radio repair shop Atlantic Avenue Brooklyn NY Majestic Radio Repair Shop back shop Ham radio station metal working equipment used developed radio sets would later use models As accomplishments began receive media attention news success spread companies like Union Carbide makers Eveready batteries Joe needed very small lightweight battery models company glad help unique needs produced special battery him Joe flying RC early 1937 attracted attention Elmer Sperry RC model story related Joe 1964 accurate memory Sunday year uncertain proba bly 1939 out flying giant RC model teenager watching Joe came up him started ask ques tions about plane Joe always willing talk kids methodically answered boys questions Joe also observed father boy stood back ways didnt speak incident repeated itself number weeks before father stepped forward thank Joe patience sons questions introduced himself Joe surprised find out father Elmer Sperry Sperry subsequently hired Joe company order acquire December 1987 57 Raspantes efforts didnt go unnoticed publications during time either excerpts Popular Science Mechanix Illustrated touted successes RC pioneer Joe Wilma Raspante 1937 location probably Creedmore NY pop ular pre-WW II flying spot Joes big RC planes Willie series named after Left In early years Joe interested competition often traveled some distances compete picture personal photo album shows Joe Snow White handwritten caption says 1st place Sept Phila 1938 Above Snow White de signed 1938 quickly became standard excellence modeling Charles H Grant often referenced model books articles example well-proportioned design Snow White consistent contest winner significant ach ievements winning prestigious Berryloid competItion best finish 1939 Nats Left Joe shows off fuselage Snow White front old radIo repair shop Atlantic Ave Brooklyn Barely visible behind Joe window display modeling display nothing business Joe proud hobby liked show Interested Right Steve Ditta reproduction Snow White plans published Model Builder magazine Steves mod el exact duplication Raspantes being powered Forster 99 deviation original Inclusion radio knowledge skills Elmer Sperry appre ciated what Joe achieved no en gineering staff himself experimented radio control understood what Joe accomplished Joe worked Sperry 27 years until re tirement 1967 Around 1938 Joe designed built famous model Snow White became standard excellence modeling model won contests consid ered hard beat competitors Joe showed up best could hope second place Snow White backed up everyones good feelings plane winning prestigious Berryloid competition finest finish 1939 Nats Joe also competed RC during 1939 1940 Nationals took second 1939 third 1940 flying familiar double-sized Super Buccaneer Sometime during 1938-1939 Joe designed built Willie 3 replacement Super Buccaneer believe last time During 1970s Joe built RC demonstrator show non-modelers RC plane works consisted cutaway four-function RC model Connected model via um Willie 3 flown competition blilcal cord transmitter its original circuitry replaced special closed-circuit sys New York Daily Mirrors 1946 Mirror tem operate servos Because did generate radio signals could safely Model Meet Joe took first place operated during meet demonstration interfering contestants models 58 Model Aviation Left Joe designed Willie Ill shown around 1938-1939 replacement Super Buccaneer Willie Ill last flew competitively New York Daily Mirrors Model Meet 1946 Right Daily Mirrors Meet open first 1000 people register all-around win ner meet received Ercoupe full-size plane Joe entered Willie Ill contests RC category 1946 took home first place December 1987 59 Left Joes Willie Ill resurrected 1964 LIDS meet Mitchell Field Although model flown meet certainly photographed Right spite its size 11 ft plane exceptionally light weighing 14 lb 14 lb radio batteries weighed 7 lb three-tube receiver used full-size tubes control system required four batteries operate batteries tube filaments B batteries probably 90 volts C bias battery another battery powered servo escapement setup Jt m tet November 25 1939 Joe guest John Gamblings Model Airplane Club Air program WOR-Mtitual Network During talk-show program Joe gave tips about RC modeling Joe Raspante consummate inven tor addition model aircraft Ham radio also loved scale model power boats remember six-foot Chris-Craft powered big Avion Mercury engine designed boat stand geared starter crank employed dog clutch gear engaged propeller under rear boat start engine turn fuel cock switch ignition crank starter handle Later built large PT boat works powered watercooled four cylinder inline four-stroke engine built boat made exacting standards complete detail guns swiveled fired blanks loudspeaker called out swabbies sweep deck fore aft anchor raised lowered tor pedoes could fired done radio control model boat now exhibit Navys floating muse um aircraft carrier Enterprise anchored pier New York City Recently honor returning Joes last RC model Willie 3 aeromod eling world delivered AMA Museum Reston VA first time saw Willie 3 dur ing 1946 New York Mirror Meet New York Daily Mirror newspaper interested modeling used run large limited first 1000 mail entry applicants contest year 1946 contest paper gave away fullscale Ercoupe first prize meet champion Joe entered Willie 3 con tests RC event won first place contestant meet did have too much time take close look plane remember commenting its size saw model airborne years later club LIDS Long Island Drone Society held first RC contest Mitchell Field LI contest planning committee charged meets publicity looking something would attract large crowd centerpiece tention grabber meet inunediately thought Joe big RC model 1964 spoken Joe years felt kind funny calling him favor after calling him long answered call re sponded spoken him last week always pleasant quickly came point Joe still have big plane saw Mirror Meet Well s no Joe what does mean Are busy now No Well dont come over house now Ill show called Harold Brink committee went over Joes house Joe lived modest home village Lake Success too far Sperry plant worked knew house Joes 1953 Ford Thunderbird sitting driveway classic car Joes pride joy kept pristine condition taken basement totally finished divided two parts part workshop quite large would say about 15 x 20 ft finished like kitchen cabinets along both long walls For-mica tabletops also hanging cabinets above counters floors finished asphalt tile highly polished hanging ceiling re cessed fluorescent lights looked like laboratory modelers work shop personification Joe always dressed groomed neatly counter workbench us com mon folk Joes fabled PT boat sitting its stand removed top could see innards Needless say Har old dazzled though shop clean whistle Joe opened cabinet after cabinet drawer after drawer suddenly realized pristine condition shop belied what really took place Continued page 160 60 Model Aviation Left Some crew last flight Willie lii Septem ber 1964 L-R Joe Raspante Larry Davidson Joe Raspante Jr Harold Brink After pictures taken Joe decided let Larry Davidson experienced reed flier handle controls Above Willie Ill takes off its last flight bulky original radio replaced 1 -lb Orbit reed radio prop hand carved Joe After flight Joe donated Willie Iii Nassau County Cradel Aviation Museum Plc Model Airplane News June 18 1986 Norm Rosenstock along Bill Winter delivered historic Willie iii AMA Museum Reston should celebrate arrival Joe Raspantes plane its rightful place among other famous 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Pressure Tap Smoke Cerburetor Unkage CDI Ignition ICH ElectronIcs 48 Volt Ignition Pack Sefety Switch S Bolt Nub Resistor Spark Plugs 1 Warranty Faulty Parts Workmanship New Prop Adaptor Byrons4 3 bladed props Fits Sacha engine witn7/8 bolt pattern 5 plus shipping TG Laser 2001 e* tonsil8499*6 GiasabodySf11 wheel pants cowl Hardware kit foam wing balsa Included Basis 31 wIth points Included Laaer Kit 86dew 2pleoe wing converalon 6 Laser built bones Laser Hardware 0 exIts T G MFGII 857 HIgh Mountain Rd North Haledon NJ 07508 62014273845 Raspante/Rosenstock Continued page 60 definitely working shop just Joes manner working kept shop neat went through door Joes radio station Joe still active Ham Amateur radio operator radio sta tion professional looking commercial station designed built Joe same fastidi ous appearance shop 1964later Joe converted station video broadcasts After getting grand tour Joes shop took us upstairs top floor ex plained large airplanes used kept attic certain point attic finished give Joe Jr room own done big planes stored placed out side room walls other words between interior walls roofin eaves roof ac cess area small removable panel about 30 wide 48 high Joe moved aside dresser expose panel Harold looked other disbelief peered crawl space saw fabled Snow White covered dust looking part like ghost past Also seen por tions large RC plane Willie 3 Joe reached grabbed tip Willie 3 wing pulled out through small opening could bring out about four feet wing before hit adjacent wall Fortunately wall window Joe opened window wing out window before other wing tip appeared pulled wing room placed floor just about went wall wall time largest model ever seen wing terrible shape least covering was torn dried out brittle Obviously no shape shown fuselage still attic looked little better about four weeks go before SUPERIOR DESIGN & CRAFrSMANSHIP DEL-A IOr NORTHEAST AERODYNAMICS Inc_______ 610 LEBANON STREET ORD E 04073207-460-1681 Finest Kits Youll Ever Buy Build Train-Air 20 o Train-Air 40 o Sport-Air 40 o Bel-Air 40 o 40 Hydro-Floats need essy handiing superior acrobatic modern iooking sport exhibition biplane has hued Eel-Air 80 kit Au parts bipiane sil tine line kits machine Cut assist buiiding resi show stopper Eel-Air 60 hss fully summetricai wing sections gives greatest potentisi acrobatic performance either upright inverted ship capable very slow close-in type flight right up rigorous serobatic schedule can muster Engine Requirement Wing Span Wing Area Fuselage Length 60 52 935 D 46 SPECIFICATIONS Fuselage Width Weight Range Wing Loading Range 35, 6 75 lbs 146 165 207-490-1861 Visa & MasterCard Accepted contest turned Joe asked Can get plane fixed time con test thought moment replied Ill need little help can get rest plane shape wing will take some time Harold up stunned presence famous pioneer awed tremendous size plane suddenly found tongue Can help volunteered Joe just smiled put arm around Ha rolds shoulder said know cover silk Harold sured him could Joe gave him job recovering whole wing way back Harold could talk about Joe big airplane Joe Harold became fast friends after Harolds help plane ready time exhibited meet As matter fact Harold transported plane contest presence plane contest attracted awful lot attention what wanted probably most-photographed plane field know took lot shots pictures took two children ages five seven sit ting under wing Joes plane now have framed hanging wall Another Joe holding wing tip used cover now-defunct Grid Ieaks magazine contest spring After over did hear Joe until day September called tell since plane such good shape decided equip modem RC equipment Orbit 8-channel reed sys tem fly Willie 3 once again must remember 1964 wanted get opinion latest techniques RC having inactive long concern whether twospeed points yes OK Twin pow ered plane spark ignition would adequate bring down plane ignition low speed may seem strange question must remember plane 11 ft originally weighed 14 lb original radio batterContinued page 163 160 Model Aviation JILL AIRCRAFT & SURFACE FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM p ies carried weighed 7 lb 50% total weight Orbit equipment Joe wanted install weighed 1 /2 lb giving refurbished model all-up weight 8 lb Joe built light big wing area high-lift airfoil possible bring ing model back earth would prob lem suggested install choke butterfly intake work conjunc tion low-speed points richen mixture slow engine down enough land week later Joe called say would coming out Mitchell Field flying site ready fly Willie 3 once called number club members assist project presence mind bring camera record event After Joe assembled plane took pictures Joe de cided let Larry Davidson experienced reed flier handle controls Joe felt did have enough stick time justice task Also present field day Joes son Joe Jr never seen Willie 3 fly last time flew New York Mirror Meet 1946 year Joe Jr born Joe got engine started very quickly After checking out control functions Larry gave signal release plane plane shot forward within six feet airborne climbed altitude about 400 ft aware Larry having trouble Du-Bro has numbers need comply new 1988 AMA Frequency Regulation Select channel number corresponds frequency number transmitter Affix numbers frequency number clip snap base antenna Select frequency flag identifies transmitter Aircraft Surface use attach tip antenna Its quick simple use Frequency clip flags remove easily storage 3Look AttractIve Display ANOITEM IfpJj/ Q455FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION NO 0 456FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION NO 1 457 FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION NO 2 / 458FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION NO3 9FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION NO4 460FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION NO5 461FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION NO6 462FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION NO7 463FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION NO8 64FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION NO9jUl 465FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATIONCLIP 466AIRCRAFT DENT FLAG 72 MHz 467SURFACE DENT FLAG 75 MHz ImE~ plane wanted keep climbing Larry found necessary apply more down elevator After circling field couple times decided bring plane down Low throttle turned due twoposition ignition two speedshigh low laborious task bringing plane down com menced worst fears came fruition plane light wanted climb low throttle Larry resort full down elevator low throttle get plane lose altitude After three four circles field mode Larry got plane down about six feet off runway due ground effect plane just would come down lower made another circuit field banking sharply keep plane close ground could time half dozen helpers ran along under plane trying grab wheels part plane pull out sky flew slowly could stay under couple hundred feet scene comical almost like Key stone Kops routine reminiscent dirigible landing Someone finally man aged grasp wheels brought plane down safely its last flight couple years later Joe told plans donate plane Nassau County Museum pictures took day pub lished Model Airplane News 1965 Tl ally December 1987 163 CARBON RODS Round re angular Extremely strong & lightweight solid rods continuous carbon fibers epoxy base Can used forwing spars wing retention rods torque tubes & landing gear struts 050 Dia x 36 $ 550 Oja X 24 00 1/le Diax60 $1050%Diax12 $1100 070 Dia x 60 $1150Ia Dia x 12 . $1700 1/s Dia x 60 50 /8 x % x 12 0 Dia x 12 0 /8 x% x 24 $1600 1/16 X1/16 x36 $ 900 Add $300 S5H esidents add 8% sales tax seas orders add 15% check money order COO AEROSPACE COMPOSITE PRODUCTS PO Box 16621 IDept Al Irvine CA 92714 Puzzled CALL MArl Notlmetehalld Mgttdelt Ill lhvethetiue owhw 1 Complete 2 Semi-Assembled ready cover sanded calf 9am- 8pm EST 609-275-7264 Send prices Kits Engines accessories 7 Mitts Model Building P0 lox 443 7 Hampshire Drive Plainaboro NJ 06536 Catalogs available$3 Rate cards available free SASE 14-118a91/2 also build Cars Boats under title 25 Years Young Today could called 47 Years Young During 1970s Joe built RC demon strator show non-modelers RC model works consisted cutaway RC model four control functions Con nected demonstrator model via um bilical cord transmitter its circuitry removed special closedcircuit system operate servos could bring demonstrator local contests let invited public try hand operating controls danger contestants flying Joe attended local meet could bringing demo him showing crowd spectators RC model works No meet complete out Joe demo Contest Directors would call him planning meet make sure Joe could attend con tinued until death effort Joe Raspantes part contrib uted greatly enhance image RC modeling general public Thus great service modeling 115 NO SECRETS LIQUID FINISHES MASTER MODELING DESIGNING SCRATCH BUILDING AMA have suffered loss now no longer us Pink Lady/Wisniewski Continued page 62 shape Laminate 4 plywood outside using gap-filling Hot Stuff cyanoacrylate adhesive Spray balsa accelerator Spread adhesive plywood press balsa bonding almost stant position carefully cowl base piece A-in balsa extends front cowl leading edge wing Wing Use piece 3R-in balsa make wing Taper bottom wing /16 thickness tips leaving flat portion cowl mating Cut outline wing Cut 020 x %-in-deep groove leading trail ing edges parallel %2 bottom wing Fill slots /64 plywood glue thin cyanoacrylate adhesive gives hard line shaping liii ALL ABOUT ENGINES MORE COMING $1095 EACH HARRY B HIGLEY & SONS INC PO BOX 532 GLENWOOD ILL 60425 airfoil Cut bellcrank mount hard maple glue bellcrank yet Cut wing accept bellcrank mount clear bellcrank Cut grooves bottom wing lines caps cover Seal grooves polyester resin tip guide wires made piece /6 brass tube flattened /64 inside dimension using some short pieces /64 wire Glue place using slow-setting epoxy Note both lines go through tube Shape airfoil giving lifting sec tion center making symmetrical tips Glue bellcrank mount place Note wing left flat joins fuselage cowl Cover wing two-ounce fiberglass using polyester resin Drill two pieces bellcrank mount / bellcrank pivot Glue bellcrank mount pieces together slow setting epoxy bellcrank should put place before gluing sure can re move pivot pin pushrod can installed Stabilizer Use 46 balsa sheet Cut out164 Model Aviation AIR WOLF EPOXY FIBERGLASS FUSELAGES TAKES MOST 50-60 MECHANICS OTHER MODELS AVAILABLE LARRY JOLLY MODEL PRODUCTS $20000 5501 WCOMO SANTA ANA CALIFORNIA 92703 714 826-6861 Z 7ICHMQUES MONOKOTING FLYING AROUND OLD TIME U CONTROL Note clever landing gear installation author used does have low drag also acts heat sink engine
Edition: Model Aviation - 1987/12
Page Numbers: 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 160, 163, 164
Above Raspantes first RC model double-size Super Buccaneer scaled up him Sal Taibi flown radio designed built Joe Below preparation demonstration flight Joe checks out equipment todays Giant Scale standards plane big radio equipment humongous Check out multimeter its bigger todays transmitters Right Notable aviatrix day Jacqueline Cochran took great Interest Joes model picture taken sometime during 1939 shows Joe pre paring model special demonstration flight took place Floyd Bennett Field RECEIVED phone call day distressed greatly Joe Raspante man Id known 48 years passed away Most knew Joe Raspante per sonally reputation saddened loss man loss per sonal Joe RC pioneer modeling con56 Model Aviation Moda1-0 j Joe Raspante RC Pioneer AMA News section issue article latest ductees AMAs Hall Fame Among honored man subject piece name isnt familiar nows chance catch up bit modeling history knew Joe accomplishments heres chance some reminiscing U Norm Rosenstock temporaries Clinton B Desoto Good brothers Jim Walker etc first RC model Super Buccaneer scaled up double-size good friend still-active modeler Sal Taibi radio Super Buccaneerequipped tele phone dial transmitter serve control selectorwas Joe designed built himself Joe started Ham radio 1929 teen ager As skills radio equipment grew began make living radio repair 1937 earned franchise Majestic Radio Company called radio repair shop Atlantic Avenue Brooklyn NY Majestic Radio Repair Shop back shop Ham radio station metal working equipment used developed radio sets would later use models As accomplishments began receive media attention news success spread companies like Union Carbide makers Eveready batteries Joe needed very small lightweight battery models company glad help unique needs produced special battery him Joe flying RC early 1937 attracted attention Elmer Sperry RC model story related Joe 1964 accurate memory Sunday year uncertain proba bly 1939 out flying giant RC model teenager watching Joe came up him started ask ques tions about plane Joe always willing talk kids methodically answered boys questions Joe also observed father boy stood back ways didnt speak incident repeated itself number weeks before father stepped forward thank Joe patience sons questions introduced himself Joe surprised find out father Elmer Sperry Sperry subsequently hired Joe company order acquire December 1987 57 Raspantes efforts didnt go unnoticed publications during time either excerpts Popular Science Mechanix Illustrated touted successes RC pioneer Joe Wilma Raspante 1937 location probably Creedmore NY pop ular pre-WW II flying spot Joes big RC planes Willie series named after Left In early years Joe interested competition often traveled some distances compete picture personal photo album shows Joe Snow White handwritten caption says 1st place Sept Phila 1938 Above Snow White de signed 1938 quickly became standard excellence modeling Charles H Grant often referenced model books articles example well-proportioned design Snow White consistent contest winner significant ach ievements winning prestigious Berryloid competItion best finish 1939 Nats Left Joe shows off fuselage Snow White front old radIo repair shop Atlantic Ave Brooklyn Barely visible behind Joe window display modeling display nothing business Joe proud hobby liked show Interested Right Steve Ditta reproduction Snow White plans published Model Builder magazine Steves mod el exact duplication Raspantes being powered Forster 99 deviation original Inclusion radio knowledge skills Elmer Sperry appre ciated what Joe achieved no en gineering staff himself experimented radio control understood what Joe accomplished Joe worked Sperry 27 years until re tirement 1967 Around 1938 Joe designed built famous model Snow White became standard excellence modeling model won contests consid ered hard beat competitors Joe showed up best could hope second place Snow White backed up everyones good feelings plane winning prestigious Berryloid competition finest finish 1939 Nats Joe also competed RC during 1939 1940 Nationals took second 1939 third 1940 flying familiar double-sized Super Buccaneer Sometime during 1938-1939 Joe designed built Willie 3 replacement Super Buccaneer believe last time During 1970s Joe built RC demonstrator show non-modelers RC plane works consisted cutaway four-function RC model Connected model via um Willie 3 flown competition blilcal cord transmitter its original circuitry replaced special closed-circuit sys New York Daily Mirrors 1946 Mirror tem operate servos Because did generate radio signals could safely Model Meet Joe took first place operated during meet demonstration interfering contestants models 58 Model Aviation Left Joe designed Willie Ill shown around 1938-1939 replacement Super Buccaneer Willie Ill last flew competitively New York Daily Mirrors Model Meet 1946 Right Daily Mirrors Meet open first 1000 people register all-around win ner meet received Ercoupe full-size plane Joe entered Willie Ill contests RC category 1946 took home first place December 1987 59 Left Joes Willie Ill resurrected 1964 LIDS meet Mitchell Field Although model flown meet certainly photographed Right spite its size 11 ft plane exceptionally light weighing 14 lb 14 lb radio batteries weighed 7 lb three-tube receiver used full-size tubes control system required four batteries operate batteries tube filaments B batteries probably 90 volts C bias battery another battery powered servo escapement setup Jt m tet November 25 1939 Joe guest John Gamblings Model Airplane Club Air program WOR-Mtitual Network During talk-show program Joe gave tips about RC modeling Joe Raspante consummate inven tor addition model aircraft Ham radio also loved scale model power boats remember six-foot Chris-Craft powered big Avion Mercury engine designed boat stand geared starter crank employed dog clutch gear engaged propeller under rear boat start engine turn fuel cock switch ignition crank starter handle Later built large PT boat works powered watercooled four cylinder inline four-stroke engine built boat made exacting standards complete detail guns swiveled fired blanks loudspeaker called out swabbies sweep deck fore aft anchor raised lowered tor pedoes could fired done radio control model boat now exhibit Navys floating muse um aircraft carrier Enterprise anchored pier New York City Recently honor returning Joes last RC model Willie 3 aeromod eling world delivered AMA Museum Reston VA first time saw Willie 3 dur ing 1946 New York Mirror Meet New York Daily Mirror newspaper interested modeling used run large limited first 1000 mail entry applicants contest year 1946 contest paper gave away fullscale Ercoupe first prize meet champion Joe entered Willie 3 con tests RC event won first place contestant meet did have too much time take close look plane remember commenting its size saw model airborne years later club LIDS Long Island Drone Society held first RC contest Mitchell Field LI contest planning committee charged meets publicity looking something would attract large crowd centerpiece tention grabber meet inunediately thought Joe big RC model 1964 spoken Joe years felt kind funny calling him favor after calling him long answered call re sponded spoken him last week always pleasant quickly came point Joe still have big plane saw Mirror Meet Well s no Joe what does mean Are busy now No Well dont come over house now Ill show called Harold Brink committee went over Joes house Joe lived modest home village Lake Success too far Sperry plant worked knew house Joes 1953 Ford Thunderbird sitting driveway classic car Joes pride joy kept pristine condition taken basement totally finished divided two parts part workshop quite large would say about 15 x 20 ft finished like kitchen cabinets along both long walls For-mica tabletops also hanging cabinets above counters floors finished asphalt tile highly polished hanging ceiling re cessed fluorescent lights looked like laboratory modelers work shop personification Joe always dressed groomed neatly counter workbench us com mon folk Joes fabled PT boat sitting its stand removed top could see innards Needless say Har old dazzled though shop clean whistle Joe opened cabinet after cabinet drawer after drawer suddenly realized pristine condition shop belied what really took place Continued page 160 60 Model Aviation Left Some crew last flight Willie lii Septem ber 1964 L-R Joe Raspante Larry Davidson Joe Raspante Jr Harold Brink After pictures taken Joe decided let Larry Davidson experienced reed flier handle controls Above Willie Ill takes off its last flight bulky original radio replaced 1 -lb Orbit reed radio prop hand carved Joe After flight Joe donated Willie Iii Nassau County Cradel Aviation Museum Plc Model Airplane News June 18 1986 Norm Rosenstock along Bill Winter delivered historic Willie iii AMA Museum Reston should celebrate arrival Joe Raspantes plane its rightful place among other famous 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attic finished give Joe Jr room own done big planes stored placed out side room walls other words between interior walls roofin eaves roof ac cess area small removable panel about 30 wide 48 high Joe moved aside dresser expose panel Harold looked other disbelief peered crawl space saw fabled Snow White covered dust looking part like ghost past Also seen por tions large RC plane Willie 3 Joe reached grabbed tip Willie 3 wing pulled out through small opening could bring out about four feet wing before hit adjacent wall Fortunately wall window Joe opened window wing out window before other wing tip appeared pulled wing room placed floor just about went wall wall time largest model ever seen wing terrible shape least covering was torn dried out brittle Obviously no shape shown fuselage still attic looked little better about four weeks go before SUPERIOR DESIGN & CRAFrSMANSHIP DEL-A IOr NORTHEAST AERODYNAMICS Inc_______ 610 LEBANON STREET ORD E 04073207-460-1681 Finest Kits Youll Ever Buy Build Train-Air 20 o Train-Air 40 o Sport-Air 40 o Bel-Air 40 o 40 Hydro-Floats need essy handiing superior acrobatic modern iooking sport exhibition biplane has hued Eel-Air 80 kit Au parts bipiane sil tine line kits machine Cut assist buiiding resi show stopper Eel-Air 60 hss fully summetricai wing sections gives greatest potentisi acrobatic performance either upright inverted ship capable very slow close-in type flight right up rigorous serobatic schedule can muster Engine Requirement Wing Span Wing Area Fuselage Length 60 52 935 D 46 SPECIFICATIONS Fuselage Width Weight Range Wing Loading Range 35, 6 75 lbs 146 165 207-490-1861 Visa & MasterCard Accepted contest turned Joe asked Can get plane fixed time con test thought moment replied Ill need little help can get rest plane shape wing will take some time Harold up stunned presence famous pioneer awed tremendous size plane suddenly found tongue Can help volunteered Joe just smiled put arm around Ha rolds shoulder said know cover silk Harold sured him could Joe gave him job recovering whole wing way back Harold could talk about Joe big airplane Joe Harold became fast friends after Harolds help plane ready time exhibited meet As matter fact Harold transported plane contest presence plane contest attracted awful lot attention what wanted probably most-photographed plane field know took lot shots pictures took two children ages five seven sit ting under wing Joes plane now have framed hanging wall Another Joe holding wing tip used cover now-defunct Grid Ieaks magazine contest spring After over did hear Joe until day September called tell since plane such good shape decided equip modem RC equipment Orbit 8-channel reed sys tem fly Willie 3 once again must remember 1964 wanted get opinion latest techniques RC having inactive long concern whether twospeed points yes OK Twin pow ered plane spark ignition would adequate bring down plane ignition low speed may seem strange question must remember plane 11 ft originally weighed 14 lb original radio batterContinued page 163 160 Model Aviation JILL AIRCRAFT & SURFACE FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM p ies carried weighed 7 lb 50% total weight Orbit equipment Joe wanted install weighed 1 /2 lb giving refurbished model all-up weight 8 lb Joe built light big wing area high-lift airfoil possible bring ing model back earth would prob lem suggested install choke butterfly intake work conjunc tion low-speed points richen mixture slow engine down enough land week later Joe called say would coming out Mitchell Field flying site ready fly Willie 3 once called number club members assist project presence mind bring camera record event After Joe assembled plane took pictures Joe de cided let Larry Davidson experienced reed flier handle controls Joe felt did have enough stick time justice task Also present field day Joes son Joe Jr never seen Willie 3 fly last time flew New York Mirror Meet 1946 year Joe Jr born Joe got engine started very quickly After checking out control functions Larry gave signal release plane plane shot forward within six feet airborne climbed altitude about 400 ft aware Larry having trouble Du-Bro has numbers need comply new 1988 AMA Frequency Regulation Select channel number corresponds frequency number transmitter Affix numbers frequency number clip snap base antenna Select frequency flag identifies transmitter Aircraft Surface use attach tip antenna Its quick simple use Frequency clip flags remove easily storage 3Look AttractIve Display ANOITEM IfpJj/ Q455FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION NO 0 456FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION NO 1 457 FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION NO 2 / 458FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION NO3 9FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION NO4 460FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION NO5 461FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION NO6 462FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION NO7 463FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION NO8 64FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION NO9jUl 465FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATIONCLIP 466AIRCRAFT DENT FLAG 72 MHz 467SURFACE DENT FLAG 75 MHz ImE~ plane wanted keep climbing Larry found necessary apply more down elevator After circling field couple times decided bring plane down Low throttle turned due twoposition ignition two speedshigh low laborious task bringing plane down com menced worst fears came fruition plane light wanted climb low throttle Larry resort full down elevator low throttle get plane lose altitude After three four circles field mode Larry got plane down about six feet off runway due ground effect plane just would come down lower made another circuit field banking sharply keep plane close ground could time half dozen helpers ran along under plane trying grab wheels part plane pull out sky flew slowly could stay under couple hundred feet scene comical almost like Key stone Kops routine reminiscent dirigible landing Someone finally man aged grasp wheels brought plane down safely its last flight couple years later Joe told plans donate plane Nassau County Museum pictures took day pub lished Model Airplane News 1965 Tl ally December 1987 163 CARBON RODS Round re 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functions Con nected demonstrator model via um bilical cord transmitter its circuitry removed special closedcircuit system operate servos could bring demonstrator local contests let invited public try hand operating controls danger contestants flying Joe attended local meet could bringing demo him showing crowd spectators RC model works No meet complete out Joe demo Contest Directors would call him planning meet make sure Joe could attend con tinued until death effort Joe Raspantes part contrib uted greatly enhance image RC modeling general public Thus great service modeling 115 NO SECRETS LIQUID FINISHES MASTER MODELING DESIGNING SCRATCH BUILDING AMA have suffered loss now no longer us Pink Lady/Wisniewski Continued page 62 shape Laminate 4 plywood outside using gap-filling Hot Stuff cyanoacrylate adhesive Spray balsa accelerator Spread adhesive plywood press balsa bonding almost stant position carefully cowl base piece A-in balsa extends front cowl leading edge wing Wing Use piece 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