DON TRUNICK United Airlines captain Control Line Scaler 195 1 until two years ago lives Palos Verdes Peninsula California sounds like Heaven live has significant effect kind models build ways enjoy Geographic location major ingredient modeling mix Dons adventures surely remind us member Peninsula Silent Flyers Dons flying philosophy blends traditional American ingenuitystill around thank goodnesswith imagination generous spicing fantasy Once Scaler always Scaler After taking familiar step CL Scale RC Scale Don found no close-in places fly Gliders seemed answer Peninsula glider mans paradise natural Slope Soaring Most often on-shore flow air has pick convenient hilltop near beach toss crate soar personal seagull Don began Wandererweve told landlocked characters great flies Max 10 nose taildragger gearthen moved up slightly Olympic II Scale conquered thing him does surprise us way went about makes scalp tingle Testing water tentative big toe opted semi-Scale designs about 75 inches span No make-believe Mustangs interest Left Don Trunick about launch semi-Scale Curtiss 1912 Flying Boat over waters Palos Verdes Peninsula Flies very well about four pounds float body handles good landings not-so-good areas Right Curtiss rides wind Although biplanes have considerable drag require slightly breeze light craft bit difficult fly land spoilers help good rudder needed turn 18 Model Aviation Lert lJons Liii VYVV i snip lOOKS nice aion ano iiies very well mis spoilers always needed because flies slowly has lots lift slow approaches light winds Weighs five poinds isa Sailplane rememberl Right bored Olympic II Trunick added ancient scale-like twin fin/rudders tried Nieuport Triplane flew well troubled forward middle wing making elevators too sensitive converted Nieuport 17 85-in top wing spoilers six pounds 1300 squares flies very well Now fiddling parasol Bill thinks gigantic Russian ANT monoplane would work designs Finding off-beat crates per formed well too adjustments dived head first world biplanes encouraged fact 4- 5-lb gliders did surprisingly well Biplanes look nice air seen anyone Don explains Rather take off another round-theworld flight weve selected few Trunicks photos Fun find Orange banana Introducing himself abitofa maverick Bernard Cawley treasurer Boeing Hawks newcomer RC lover Half-As dabbler electrics first suc cessful RC Airtronics Q-Tee still alive after two tough years wanted fly nearby soccer fields schoolyards touch-and-goesan overweight Q-Tee hard keep close want thank putting onto Banana Winged Masterpiece Ken Willards Showmaster says Bernie Loss folks have written sent pix banana wings Bernie zings along such grand style yield soapbox him also wanted something could fly Hawks Fun Fly reports included two taxi events duration bomb drop etc flapped Showmaster recent column sold ordered plans RCM modified three channels 1-oz round tank Medallion 049 Hiscott throttle Used redwood front spars fin/stab trailing edges HalIco gear Airtronics XL radio Ace Micro servos throttle Astro 250 mAh pack Orange Coverite coat Glaskote weight 20oz combination magic Hiscott throttle muffler gives quiet power plant turns 6-4 15000 below 4000 idle wont die speed like betweenjust like big boys air other engine except OS 4-stroke drowns out Ive accused once having electric thats just start Oh goodness plane maneuverable responsive yet taught land touch-and-goes can fly low circle 20 feet radiuslike Control Lineif wish All-around confidence-building plane Can managed days windy enough people question sanity flying t love What can say Bernie blew minds Seattle Radio Aero modellers Annual Contest Taxied Out took off flew around landed taxied backnot too common 049s Just about everyone else using TDs pen bladders Hurts hear run says Bernie banana wing took third both Novice Pattern Fun Fly against aileron/elevator ships Among variations hell try flat-winged ship ailerons clipped wing about 36 should nifty windy days advantage learning two channels Bernie tosses out learn worried about dead-stick landings amazing people Ive seen learned power full-house panic engine quits Yea verily As reported way back Showmaster impressive cabin model ye curator ever flew Trimmed out blasted along little diesel engine responded smoothly always groov ing andwhen will ever learnno trim changes Thats what writer wants stable steady platform Thinking enlarging itto6 feet K&B 19 several readers reminded us such ship existsthe MEN trainer Saw father son Rubber-Scale-sacred Shangrila Watched laze around low-motor Books Worth Buying Ducted Fan RCAircra ft $695 Dick Sarpol us Kal mbach Books 1027 North Seventh St Milwaukee WI 53233 Dick authority ducted fans magazine articles plans two Mode/Aviation plane kits hia credit 52-page magazine-size book provides simple ci earpath mastering technology et models Well written organized excellent photos drawings Are No Secrets $995 Harry Higley& Sons PO Box 532 Glenwood IL 60425 rates 10 Richter Scale about finishes something everyone wants know about Harry Higi ey talks Hutton istens mag-si zeB3-page blockbuster 314 superb pi x masterpiece craft talented people step-by-step how-to pix key drawings Theressti II enough spacefor text youll ever need read Sixteen chapters detail materials methods procedures Dont left out investment value will last lifetime World Free Flight Review $3000 published edited Bill Hartill World Free Flight Press 7513 Sausal ito Ave Canoga Park CA 91307 Believe isa mag size hard-cover book 416-pages covers ins outs international meets competition FF obs Power Glider Indoor Outdoor Rubber techniques count less secrets Beautiful four-color pictures plans drawings sketches kind easy-to-read analytical text perhaps Hartill could have managed work tremendous courage Production costs must well five figures pictures overwhelm numberanddetails Layoutand makeuparesuperb Whetheryou hope get competition already world-class fI i eryoud nuts let get Plans greatand world-famousdesigns sketches devices good stuff adj ustments use materi ala including exoti cnothi ng missing FF work world-class character youll learn sorts things youd spend years finding out hard wayand few would get far own arent FFer heres remarkable opportunity learn about intrigued science traditional form activity Truly collectors item May 198219 Good books covering special aspects hobby adding up library covers full spectrum activity phenomenon may never repeatyoud better grab comes along Three Miles Libellule M-35 canard Peanut Scale Pedashenko inc Britisn wuru surigus Hogul mis freak WW Il Canards make great flying modelsthey hate stall Photo Warren Shlpp gently steering almost hovering landing big air wheels tall grass Provided can cover deeply undercambered wing youll love Give yourself breakgo bananas got problems get up-tight guy mower forgets trim runway join us trek Homer Alaska small seaport end Kenai Peninsula 225 road miles185 air south Anchorage According Greg McCullough two active pilots 1978 year began RC Now 11 What got plenty nothing no good places fly Control Line Free Flight utter futility lots trees facilities Rubber nonexistent 1978 no airstrip Gregs first flight took place lonely dirt road middle winter landing frozen snow five feet deep has made landings back roads no traffic 12 feet wide sixfoot-tall grass both sides spotted 30-foot spruce trees Homers RCers cope Skis require lots tinkering says Greg Unless icy surface hard snow wheels work just well Usually snow soft just slow up plop down Fast airplanes wont hold together fly planes build quickly dont break easily dont fly fastsuch Airtronics Q-Tees Sig Super Sports Colts Pilot QB-l5Hs etc guys have survival instincts ahem cockroach find places fly ranging fairly good thats Homer Scale good bad good worse has got pits Some guys try beach littered rocks trip up planes sand gets engines Being AMA members covered insurance State Alaska lets use abandoned sand/gravel pit Doesnt compare pictures Sig Field Montezuma rains Greg reports field soft 60-powered planes wont move ground end 60-foot drop swamp other Spruce trees both sidesinteresting problems approaches Yet manage six planes line sometimes four air once Greg puts quotes around word club life memberRemarkable model French 1918-1919 Brequet presumably its builderswho might have anywhere France Print photo files Wright Field Research Li brary courtesy Bill Noonan guys todays RC equipment theyd like Flynn Bill remarks ship token $100 maybe well move tion AMA club far unrealized Homer instead Palos Verdesor take up dream next NVRC meeting No official officers 1978 nearest hobby shop 85 miles individual members AMA Affilia- Continued oaeeA-8- 2 20 Model Aviation Left Bernard Cawley gets readyto amaze orange banana-winged Showmasterwith Medallion 09 neat P38 foreground based Guillow Rubber kit Fourchannels plus retracts ontwo 0-Mark 03s Looks fantastic flightwith gear up Right closeupofCawleysdelightshows banana airfoil think spars act turbulators ala Free Flight Note downthrust What you glue finger airplane Winter came across Sterling Ring master packing move stopped everything put together Sounds like has priorities straight Correspondents should note new address end column ENGINE MOUNTS original RADIAL-BEAM engine mounts have mount engines hA /4 scale b Universal manifold cowling problems Select tall tube required Three sizes 09-ig 29.40 45.aO SCALE INSTRUMENTS away good ones far-off Anchorage Now Homer has ifs own shop Two others within 85 miles four Anchorage Since flying see own guys gobble up magazines tilt hunger see other fliers throughout country AMA Model nation provide same companionship needed RC magazines nameless club knows about train ers Greg offers significant comment has opinion beginner could start almost sport plane depending much experienced help available good airstrip has two original pilots old school chum Randel Jones local rancher Greg says own case through en couragement help built sufficient enthusi asm overcome inevitable crashes helped could final analysis up to learn fly built three before finding fit abilities conditions fly Q-Tee set up three channels cold winter day remote dead-end road some prodding wife hand-launched first successful flight After fly crash present semblance success What Greg says now worth listening future experience will continued effort find ultimate RC Bush Plane last four years have taught no limit possibilities experiments available sport fliers will continue grow through efforts people like Author Lets emphasize people can reach modelers bring us together Dont construe letter woe complaint letter pride Pride hobby transcends obstacles love aviation write hopes spurring novice RCers greater heights know everyone AMA feels dedication proves feel honored belong AMA will what can promote organization hobby model building flying bottom line should resolve just thatand get Facta non verba exactly news competition Free Flighters detest well-meaning suggestions addition RC would benefit branch art Thats red-hot potato writer thinks RC-Assist pleasant thing forever getting head shot off folks strenuously object calling model Free Flight After publishing pictures Dick Sarpolus Hungry Eaglea high-performance thing sends sky high retrieves RC Joe Ed Pederson chided us calling FF read reply subtitled Aint Ashamed laid out considerations Vagabond FF minimum use radio could observed FF long flight times Joe back nice letter analyzing good things about RC-Assist flying wishes continuing pleasure restates pure Free Flighters viewpoint Since Joe puts well yield soapbox once again dont touch transmitter 15 minutes time still have RC model begins still RC pilot virtue fact point flight have potential control plane essence FF risk challenge enforced discipline shot catching thermal radio whether use Continued page 91 Tatone Makes Easy SCALE AIRCRAFT MA LDS OS complete package metal rims glasses face plates Sizes 1/4 13116 dia PIflS MUFFLER ENGINE MUFFLERS wIde variety uses pin-S type a. 2940 GLOW Safety Preston Continued page 14 mitters immediately returned impound after use dont permit guys diddle engines pit area have special area Right search pin should take couple seconds fellow fliers follow rules elusive pin seek could use someone process adjusting control throwsor whatever way solve whos got pin problem have pit area subdivided according frequency know number clubs have adopted approach feel definite plus minimizing accidental shoot-downs due human error find very reassuring flying such field can see-at-a-glance other users ones frequency Its also safety benefit have transmitter impound area coded frequency becomes simple task run ones eyes over transmitters ones own frequency check turned off Maybe trans mitter left its switch its antenna collapsed wouldnt radiate enough power cause interference Wed rather take chance this dialogue leading up frequency control system think will appropriate going successfully control use some 50 RC frequencies Perhaps AMA Frequency Committee already has system figured out wed like hear about details frequency control system have mind board rack tray some such thing would prominently displayed pit area close transmitter impound club member wishing fly would place personal frequency marker board before turning transmitter current RC frequencies persons marker would color-coded frequency would contain name Anyone else wishing fly frequency would easily see presence color-coded marker already use name marker using person could seen flight line could quickly check presence pits see really preparing flyor just forgot left marker board after last flight know some clubs already using some variation system wed appreci ate some information about its success permission granted FCC use additional frequencies understand current color-code method frequency identification will replaced channel num bers colored background add number new frequencies existing 72 MHz 6-meter frequencies arrive large number under commonly used old clothespin system frequency identity could quite nightmare Somebody club might have full-time job just replacing missing clothespins think system requires flier provide own frequency marker superior could some problems effect ing orderly changeover new system dont think would insurmountable have asked what happens under new system member arrives club field fly find left marker home response has another question What happens flier arrives field finds has left transmitter home answer simple go nearest telephone booth call wife brings missing item Out field Right Any comments suggested frequency control system would appreciated especially clubs already using similar system Have safe month John Preston 7012 Ehira Cour4 Falls Church VA 22042 Fun/Winter Continued page 22 gives security fly FF security thing must foreswear am sure can see obvious flaw defining model servos aboard basis infrequently controls utilized modeler FFer basis much time elapses between picking up trans mitter its next use draw line finition followed its logical conclusion would state model RC CL Free Flight moment controls moving modeler FFer moment does cause controls operated. entials have legitimizing effect what say So define FF FFers ways make terms null void concerns case referring model FF criteria original FF design legitimate install RC gear Joe reasons because modeler does have know trim strictly FF model quite few people fly RC SAM events have never attempted trim FF dont know aerodynamics involved FF work cer tainly could fly model took RC gear Out. am Ito accept somehow model RC gear controlling surfaces really FF sets transmitter ground irrespective fact cant trim FF simply because original design flown FF Am Ito accept modelers truly FFers simply because design flying stable enough continue circling control inputs cant sell bill goods FF isnt cheap Conversely just because instance FFer 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DON TRUNICK United Airlines captain Control Line Scaler 195 1 until two years ago lives Palos Verdes Peninsula California sounds like Heaven live has significant effect kind models build ways enjoy Geographic location major ingredient modeling mix Dons adventures surely remind us member Peninsula Silent Flyers Dons flying philosophy blends traditional American ingenuitystill around thank goodnesswith imagination generous spicing fantasy Once Scaler always Scaler After taking familiar step CL Scale RC Scale Don found no close-in places fly Gliders seemed answer Peninsula glider mans paradise natural Slope Soaring Most often on-shore flow air has pick convenient hilltop near beach toss crate soar personal seagull Don began Wandererweve told landlocked characters great flies Max 10 nose taildragger gearthen moved up slightly Olympic II Scale conquered thing him does surprise us way went about makes scalp tingle Testing water tentative big toe opted semi-Scale designs about 75 inches span No make-believe Mustangs interest Left Don Trunick about launch semi-Scale Curtiss 1912 Flying Boat over waters Palos Verdes Peninsula Flies very well about four pounds float body handles good landings not-so-good areas Right Curtiss rides wind Although biplanes have considerable drag require slightly breeze light craft bit difficult fly land spoilers help good rudder needed turn 18 Model Aviation Lert lJons Liii VYVV i snip lOOKS nice aion ano iiies very well mis spoilers always needed because flies slowly has lots lift slow approaches light winds Weighs five poinds isa Sailplane rememberl Right bored Olympic II Trunick added ancient scale-like twin fin/rudders tried Nieuport Triplane flew well troubled forward middle wing making elevators too sensitive converted Nieuport 17 85-in top wing spoilers six pounds 1300 squares flies very well Now fiddling parasol Bill thinks gigantic Russian ANT monoplane would work designs Finding off-beat crates per formed well too adjustments dived head first world biplanes encouraged fact 4- 5-lb gliders did surprisingly well Biplanes look nice air seen anyone Don explains Rather take off another round-theworld flight weve selected few Trunicks photos Fun find Orange banana Introducing himself abitofa maverick Bernard Cawley treasurer Boeing Hawks newcomer RC lover Half-As dabbler electrics first suc cessful RC Airtronics Q-Tee still alive after two tough years wanted fly nearby soccer fields schoolyards touch-and-goesan overweight Q-Tee hard keep close want thank putting onto Banana Winged Masterpiece Ken Willards Showmaster says Bernie Loss folks have written sent pix banana wings Bernie zings along such grand style yield soapbox him also wanted something could fly Hawks Fun Fly reports included two taxi events duration bomb drop etc flapped Showmaster recent column sold ordered plans RCM modified three channels 1-oz round tank Medallion 049 Hiscott throttle Used redwood front spars fin/stab trailing edges HalIco gear Airtronics XL radio Ace Micro servos throttle Astro 250 mAh pack Orange Coverite coat Glaskote weight 20oz combination magic Hiscott throttle muffler gives quiet power plant turns 6-4 15000 below 4000 idle wont die speed like betweenjust like big boys air other engine except OS 4-stroke drowns out Ive accused once having electric thats just start Oh goodness plane maneuverable responsive yet taught land touch-and-goes can fly low circle 20 feet radiuslike Control Lineif wish All-around confidence-building plane Can managed days windy enough people question sanity flying t love What can say Bernie blew minds Seattle Radio Aero modellers Annual Contest Taxied Out took off flew around landed taxied backnot too common 049s Just about everyone else using TDs pen bladders Hurts hear run says Bernie banana wing took third both Novice Pattern Fun Fly against aileron/elevator ships Among variations hell try flat-winged ship ailerons clipped wing about 36 should nifty windy days advantage learning two channels Bernie tosses out learn worried about dead-stick landings amazing people Ive seen learned power full-house panic engine quits Yea verily As reported way back Showmaster impressive cabin model ye curator ever flew Trimmed out blasted along little diesel engine responded smoothly always groov ing andwhen will ever learnno trim changes Thats what writer wants stable steady platform Thinking enlarging itto6 feet K&B 19 several readers reminded us such ship existsthe MEN trainer Saw father son Rubber-Scale-sacred Shangrila Watched laze around low-motor Books Worth Buying Ducted Fan RCAircra ft $695 Dick Sarpol us Kal mbach Books 1027 North Seventh St Milwaukee WI 53233 Dick authority ducted fans magazine articles plans two Mode/Aviation plane kits hia credit 52-page magazine-size book provides simple ci earpath mastering technology et models Well written organized excellent photos drawings Are No Secrets $995 Harry Higley& Sons PO Box 532 Glenwood IL 60425 rates 10 Richter Scale about finishes something everyone wants know about Harry Higi ey talks Hutton istens mag-si zeB3-page blockbuster 314 superb pi x masterpiece craft talented people step-by-step how-to pix key drawings Theressti II enough spacefor text youll ever need read Sixteen chapters detail materials methods procedures Dont left out investment value will last lifetime World Free Flight Review $3000 published edited Bill Hartill World Free Flight Press 7513 Sausal ito Ave Canoga Park CA 91307 Believe isa mag size hard-cover book 416-pages covers ins outs international meets competition FF obs Power Glider Indoor Outdoor Rubber techniques count less secrets Beautiful four-color pictures plans drawings sketches kind easy-to-read analytical text perhaps Hartill could have managed work tremendous courage Production costs must well five figures pictures overwhelm numberanddetails Layoutand makeuparesuperb Whetheryou hope get competition already world-class fI i eryoud nuts let get Plans greatand world-famousdesigns sketches devices good stuff adj ustments use materi ala including exoti cnothi ng missing FF work world-class character youll learn sorts things youd spend years finding out hard wayand few would get far own arent FFer heres remarkable opportunity learn about intrigued science traditional form activity Truly collectors item May 198219 Good books covering special aspects hobby adding up library covers full spectrum activity phenomenon may never repeatyoud better grab comes along Three Miles Libellule M-35 canard Peanut Scale Pedashenko inc Britisn wuru surigus Hogul mis freak WW Il Canards make great flying modelsthey hate stall Photo Warren Shlpp gently steering almost hovering landing big air wheels tall grass Provided can cover deeply undercambered wing youll love Give yourself breakgo bananas got problems get up-tight guy mower forgets trim runway join us trek Homer Alaska small seaport end Kenai Peninsula 225 road miles185 air south Anchorage According Greg McCullough two active pilots 1978 year began RC Now 11 What got plenty nothing no good places fly Control Line Free Flight utter futility lots trees facilities Rubber nonexistent 1978 no airstrip Gregs first flight took place lonely dirt road middle winter landing frozen snow five feet deep has made landings back roads no traffic 12 feet wide sixfoot-tall grass both sides spotted 30-foot spruce trees Homers RCers cope Skis require lots tinkering says Greg Unless icy surface hard snow wheels work just well Usually snow soft just slow up plop down Fast airplanes wont hold together fly planes build quickly dont break easily dont fly fastsuch Airtronics Q-Tees Sig Super Sports Colts Pilot QB-l5Hs etc guys have survival instincts ahem cockroach find places fly ranging fairly good thats Homer Scale good bad good worse has got pits Some guys try beach littered rocks trip up planes sand gets engines Being AMA members covered insurance State Alaska lets use abandoned sand/gravel pit Doesnt compare pictures Sig Field Montezuma rains Greg reports field soft 60-powered planes wont move ground end 60-foot drop swamp other Spruce trees both sidesinteresting problems approaches Yet manage six planes line sometimes four air once Greg puts quotes around word club life memberRemarkable model French 1918-1919 Brequet presumably its builderswho might have anywhere France Print photo files Wright Field Research Li brary courtesy Bill Noonan guys todays RC equipment theyd like Flynn Bill remarks ship token $100 maybe well move tion AMA club far unrealized Homer instead Palos Verdesor take up dream next NVRC meeting No official officers 1978 nearest hobby shop 85 miles individual members AMA Affilia- Continued oaeeA-8- 2 20 Model Aviation Left Bernard Cawley gets readyto amaze orange banana-winged Showmasterwith Medallion 09 neat P38 foreground based Guillow Rubber kit Fourchannels plus retracts ontwo 0-Mark 03s Looks fantastic flightwith gear up Right closeupofCawleysdelightshows banana airfoil think spars act turbulators ala Free Flight Note downthrust What you glue finger airplane Winter came across Sterling Ring master packing move stopped everything put together Sounds like has priorities straight Correspondents should note new address end column ENGINE MOUNTS original RADIAL-BEAM engine mounts have mount engines hA /4 scale b Universal manifold cowling problems Select tall tube required Three sizes 09-ig 29.40 45.aO SCALE INSTRUMENTS away good ones far-off Anchorage Now Homer has ifs own shop Two others within 85 miles four Anchorage Since flying see own guys gobble up magazines tilt hunger see other fliers throughout country AMA Model nation provide same companionship needed RC magazines nameless club knows about train ers Greg offers significant comment has opinion beginner could start almost sport plane depending much experienced help available good airstrip has two original pilots old school chum Randel Jones local rancher Greg says own case through en couragement help built sufficient enthusi asm overcome inevitable crashes helped could final analysis up to learn fly built three before finding fit abilities conditions fly Q-Tee set up three channels cold winter day remote dead-end road some prodding wife hand-launched first successful flight After fly crash present semblance success What Greg says now worth listening future experience will continued effort find ultimate RC Bush Plane last four years have taught no limit possibilities experiments available sport fliers will continue grow through efforts people like Author Lets emphasize people can reach modelers bring us together Dont construe letter woe complaint letter pride Pride hobby transcends obstacles love aviation write hopes spurring novice RCers greater heights know everyone AMA feels dedication proves feel honored belong AMA will what can promote organization hobby model building flying bottom line should resolve just thatand get Facta non verba exactly news competition Free Flighters detest well-meaning suggestions addition RC would benefit branch art Thats red-hot potato writer thinks RC-Assist pleasant thing forever getting head shot off folks strenuously object calling model Free Flight After publishing pictures Dick Sarpolus Hungry Eaglea high-performance thing sends sky high retrieves RC Joe Ed Pederson chided us calling FF read reply subtitled Aint Ashamed laid out considerations Vagabond FF minimum use radio could observed FF long flight times Joe back nice letter analyzing good things about RC-Assist flying wishes continuing pleasure restates pure Free Flighters viewpoint Since Joe puts well yield soapbox once again dont touch transmitter 15 minutes time still have RC model begins still RC pilot virtue fact point flight have potential control plane essence FF risk challenge enforced discipline shot catching thermal radio whether use Continued page 91 Tatone Makes Easy SCALE AIRCRAFT MA LDS OS complete package metal rims glasses face plates Sizes 1/4 13116 dia PIflS MUFFLER ENGINE MUFFLERS wIde variety uses pin-S type a. 2940 GLOW Safety Preston Continued page 14 mitters immediately returned impound after use dont permit guys diddle engines pit area have special area Right search pin should take couple seconds fellow fliers follow rules elusive pin seek could use someone process adjusting control throwsor whatever way solve whos got pin problem have pit area subdivided according frequency know number clubs have adopted approach feel definite plus minimizing accidental shoot-downs due human error find very reassuring flying such field can see-at-a-glance other users ones frequency Its also safety benefit have transmitter impound area coded frequency becomes simple task run ones eyes over transmitters ones own frequency check turned off Maybe trans mitter left its switch its antenna collapsed wouldnt radiate enough power cause interference Wed rather take chance this dialogue leading up frequency control system think will appropriate going successfully control use some 50 RC frequencies Perhaps AMA Frequency Committee already has system figured out wed like hear about details frequency control system have mind board rack tray some such thing would prominently displayed pit area close transmitter impound club member wishing fly would place personal frequency marker board before turning transmitter current RC frequencies persons marker would color-coded frequency would contain name Anyone else wishing fly frequency would easily see presence color-coded marker already use name marker using person could seen flight line could quickly check presence pits see really preparing flyor just forgot left marker board after last flight know some clubs already using some variation system wed appreci ate some information about its success permission granted FCC use additional frequencies understand current color-code method frequency identification will replaced channel num bers colored background add number new frequencies existing 72 MHz 6-meter frequencies arrive large number under commonly used old clothespin system frequency identity could quite nightmare Somebody club might have full-time job just replacing missing clothespins think system requires flier provide own frequency marker superior could some problems effect ing orderly changeover new system dont think would insurmountable have asked what happens under new system member arrives club field fly find left marker home response has another question What happens flier arrives field finds has left transmitter home answer simple go nearest telephone booth call wife brings missing item Out field Right Any comments suggested frequency control system would appreciated especially clubs already using similar system Have safe month John Preston 7012 Ehira Cour4 Falls Church VA 22042 Fun/Winter Continued page 22 gives security fly FF security thing must foreswear am sure can see obvious flaw defining model servos aboard basis infrequently controls utilized modeler FFer basis much time elapses between picking up trans mitter its next use draw line finition followed its logical conclusion would state model RC CL Free Flight moment controls moving modeler FFer moment does cause controls operated. entials have legitimizing effect what say So define FF FFers ways make terms null void concerns case referring model FF criteria original FF design legitimate install RC gear Joe reasons because modeler does have know trim strictly FF model quite few people fly RC SAM events have never attempted trim FF dont know aerodynamics involved FF work cer tainly could fly model took RC gear Out. am Ito accept somehow model RC gear controlling surfaces really FF sets transmitter ground irrespective fact cant trim FF simply because original design flown FF Am Ito accept modelers truly FFers simply because design flying stable enough continue circling control inputs cant sell bill goods FF isnt cheap Conversely just because instance FFer models fly look like FF models cannot change fact now RC modeler Just example above model does have power make its owner FFer neither does ability knowledge skill FFer confer model fly FF model status None reasons calling RC model RC FF will hold drop water FF RC unmixable like oil water cannot change no matter emotion ally dependent identifying models yourself FF have given up FF very reasonable reasons What will hurt admit Growing older nothing ashamed hope some day Ralph Prey editor Satellite San Valeers FF Club As using RC 8-ft Korda think FF has got thinking about using RC just arent FF fields available afford luxury 5-mm max Im already gearing up use RC large C D Gas AMA contest models. have pretty good idea am going lash up emergenct DI lost too large models Taft Imjust going go through traumatic moment anymore. see model go OOS overhead would take flip lever pop up stab heck max trophy want model back So disqualify flight Ive Continued page 96 ly tsose completed kdS P-47 Military Scale $180 INCLUDES Top Flight P-47 kit Rhom retracts Aerosport 6 channel radio 5 servos Fox Eagle 60 engine J-3 CUB Quarter Scale $227 INCLUDESBud Nosen 1/4 scale J-3 Cub kit Kratt 4 channel radio rvos Quadra engine mount & props $212 Super Hustler engine SUPER KAOS Fast & Fun $185 INCLUDES Bridi Super Kaos kit Proline 5 channel radio 4 servos DX Max 60 engine $205 Rhom retracts items shown plus HUNDREDS others individualy offered sale recent issues Hobby Swap News model en thusiasts Used Equipmenf Guide BuySell-Trade first ad free 50 words max subscription $10/yr 10 issues $19/2yr $27/3yr Add $3/yr 1st class mail Canada & Mexico must use 1st class rates other countries write first MC & Visa Accepted include numbers expiration date Expect 4 8 weeks delivery 1st issue address changes Submit free ad B&W photo $2 extra subscription orders Hobby Swap News Dept AR-3 PO Box 834 Santa Maria CA 93456 LOWERiNG THE COST OF HAVING FUN May 198291 THE UALITY LINE LECTRONICS [ 7P~er Pacer QUALITY EQUIPMENT THAT FILLS ALL OF THE ELECTRICAL NEEDS OF YOUR RIG ACCESSORIES Coo L R Taylor & Co ealer20831 Roscoe Blvd Canoga Park California 91306 213 360-1178 got five attempts nothing rules says cant use RC FF making official flight long dont actually transmit signal Besides can use emergency DT too see model will crash spectators building some other less desirable landing area Bill Winter 4426 Altura Ct Fairfax VA 22030 Radio Technique/Myers Continued page 35 about older World Engines product S-i 6 servo teaching class servo main tenance S-i 6 would training aid has big parts lots room inside case rugged enough stand up abuse Specifically have using 5-16 Sail Control Unit 36/600 M-class boats works great sails really jolt gears jibe sustained load put servo sailing reach run strong wind awesome havent seen signs deterioration after year hard sailing S-16 gear teeth massive relative usual airplane servo eat up shocks come back ball bearing output shaft same find crankshaft 05 25 can see overdesigned case sealed 0-rings might think servo designed use mind wasnt quibble have milli second pulse-width change produces 900 servo arm throw Sailors prefer throw 1350 1800 happens gears allow 1750 bewtween stops simple electrical change desirable provide Tell what Ive got because plenty room inside case Im going show you can have adjustable end-point control inside servo Youll need buy two -watt 1K subminia ture potentiometers Radio Shack 271-333 4700 ohm yellow purple red silver bands resistor Unsolder black wire poten tiometer inside servo solder right-hand lug 1K pot viewing pot two external lugs facing Unsolder green wire solder left-hand lug other 1K pot Clip points off four lugs leaving points lugs coming beneath 1K pots Now put leads 4700 ohm resistor lug holes servo poten tiometer Put center point pot Wing Bolts Cowl Bolts NYLON Have Nylon Bolt Needs & e Airplanes 5/16 1/4 1032 StabBolts632 Landing Gear Bolts Available 24 Assorted Packages NEW Kitty Hawk Models Hobby-Craft Magnifier 8 Accessory Writ Call a12723-3501 723-34aa 96 Model Aviation Multi Charger H TIMER KITS Fu P 0 W Semi-Kils--R 0 1941 Playboy Jr 54 Plan--$250 Compa on combination Playbo 1941 Playboy 5r lan--El 00 companion Strspwood Ktt--$20 30 combination Playboy Sr three itema-$450t 1939 Zipper Comet 14 5pan Plan md $3300 companion stripoond Kit--$l572 combination Zipper Both above items--$4500 1937 Dallaire 5portster too span Plan OX $2600 Plan--S500 companion Slripwood KiI-$3000 combination Dallaire Kit three items-$5600 1930 Powerhouse 84 span Plan Extra $2100 Plan--94 00 companion Slripwood Kit--$17 70 combination Powerhouse Kit tall 3 above $3900 Other combinations available- 1038 Buccaneer$49 00 1938 clipper MK $3600 1930 Mercury $1500 1035 Miss America $1900 1940 Ranger $2700 1940 Sailplane $7000 1040 5o Long $2600 1938 Trenton Terror $3000 Korda Wake $1600 MIDWAY MODEL cOMPANY Partial Kits 1930 Flying Quaker 84 span Plan md $2110 companion 5tripwood Kit--$31 40 combination Flying Quaker Kit Both itews$49 00 1937 Quaker Flash 67 5pan Plan Inci $1750 companion Stripwood Kit--$2345 combination Quaker Flash Kit Both items $3800 1937 Long cabin 78 5pan Plan Extra $1500 Plan--$9 00 companion Stripwood Kit--$24 06 combination Long cabin Kit three$4008 MIDWAY MODEL COMPANY Full Kits 1939 Air Trails Sportster 50 10 11 R/C $3580 1938 Powerhouse 50 Span io15 It/C $3506 1940 Buzzard Bombshell 30 Span 020 $1191 1040 Playboy Sr 38 span 020 engines $1291 1935 Miss America 36 span 020 engines $1201 1040 clipper MKII 30 5pan 020 engines $0491 1940 New Ruler 31 Span 020 engines $0395 0040 Mercury Scientifics 36 5psn 020 $1395 1941 Request 30 Span 020 engines $1295 SHIPPING AND HANDLING 10 Page CATALOGuE up $800 add 9110 $100 PP copy will $801 $2000 add $225 sent free upon 94581 97000 add $310 o y orn $2001 10 94000 add 9300 request oroert over $7000 add $400 PO Bow 300l CA Addressees add 0% Taa Seal Beach Ca 91740 Send MO VisaAtc 8 OxpI 1 714] 094-6223[Besl CK 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Edition: Model Aviation - 1982/05
Page Numbers: 18, 19, 20, 22, 91, 96
DON TRUNICK United Airlines captain Control Line Scaler 195 1 until two years ago lives Palos Verdes Peninsula California sounds like Heaven live has significant effect kind models build ways enjoy Geographic location major ingredient modeling mix Dons adventures surely remind us member Peninsula Silent Flyers Dons flying philosophy blends traditional American ingenuitystill around thank goodnesswith imagination generous spicing fantasy Once Scaler always Scaler After taking familiar step CL Scale RC Scale Don found no close-in places fly Gliders seemed answer Peninsula glider mans paradise natural Slope Soaring Most often on-shore flow air has pick convenient hilltop near beach toss crate soar personal seagull Don began Wandererweve told landlocked characters great flies Max 10 nose taildragger gearthen moved up slightly Olympic II Scale conquered thing him does surprise us way went about makes scalp tingle Testing water tentative big toe opted semi-Scale designs about 75 inches span No make-believe Mustangs interest Left Don Trunick about launch semi-Scale Curtiss 1912 Flying Boat over waters Palos Verdes Peninsula Flies very well about four pounds float body handles good landings not-so-good areas Right Curtiss rides wind Although biplanes have considerable drag require slightly breeze light craft bit difficult fly land spoilers help good rudder needed turn 18 Model Aviation Lert lJons Liii VYVV i snip lOOKS nice aion ano iiies very well mis spoilers always needed because flies slowly has lots lift slow approaches light winds Weighs five poinds isa Sailplane rememberl Right bored Olympic II Trunick added ancient scale-like twin fin/rudders tried Nieuport Triplane flew well troubled forward middle wing making elevators too sensitive converted Nieuport 17 85-in top wing spoilers six pounds 1300 squares flies very well Now fiddling parasol Bill thinks gigantic Russian ANT monoplane would work designs Finding off-beat crates per formed well too adjustments dived head first world biplanes encouraged fact 4- 5-lb gliders did surprisingly well Biplanes look nice air seen anyone Don explains Rather take off another round-theworld flight weve selected few Trunicks photos Fun find Orange banana Introducing himself abitofa maverick Bernard Cawley treasurer Boeing Hawks newcomer RC lover Half-As dabbler electrics first suc cessful RC Airtronics Q-Tee still alive after two tough years wanted fly nearby soccer fields schoolyards touch-and-goesan overweight Q-Tee hard keep close want thank putting onto Banana Winged Masterpiece Ken Willards Showmaster says Bernie Loss folks have written sent pix banana wings Bernie zings along such grand style yield soapbox him also wanted something could fly Hawks Fun Fly reports included two taxi events duration bomb drop etc flapped Showmaster recent column sold ordered plans RCM modified three channels 1-oz round tank Medallion 049 Hiscott throttle Used redwood front spars fin/stab trailing edges HalIco gear Airtronics XL radio Ace Micro servos throttle Astro 250 mAh pack Orange Coverite coat Glaskote weight 20oz combination magic Hiscott throttle muffler gives quiet power plant turns 6-4 15000 below 4000 idle wont die speed like betweenjust like big boys air other engine except OS 4-stroke drowns out Ive accused once having electric thats just start Oh goodness plane maneuverable responsive yet taught land touch-and-goes can fly low circle 20 feet radiuslike Control Lineif wish All-around confidence-building plane Can managed days windy enough people question sanity flying t love What can say Bernie blew minds Seattle Radio Aero modellers Annual Contest Taxied Out took off flew around landed taxied backnot too common 049s Just about everyone else using TDs pen bladders Hurts hear run says Bernie banana wing took third both Novice Pattern Fun Fly against aileron/elevator ships Among variations hell try flat-winged ship ailerons clipped wing about 36 should nifty windy days advantage learning two channels Bernie tosses out learn worried about dead-stick landings amazing people Ive seen learned power full-house panic engine quits Yea verily As reported way back Showmaster impressive cabin model ye curator ever flew Trimmed out blasted along little diesel engine responded smoothly always groov ing andwhen will ever learnno trim changes Thats what writer wants stable steady platform Thinking enlarging itto6 feet K&B 19 several readers reminded us such ship existsthe MEN trainer Saw father son Rubber-Scale-sacred Shangrila Watched laze around low-motor Books Worth Buying Ducted Fan RCAircra ft $695 Dick Sarpol us Kal mbach Books 1027 North Seventh St Milwaukee WI 53233 Dick authority ducted fans magazine articles plans two Mode/Aviation plane kits hia credit 52-page magazine-size book provides simple ci earpath mastering technology et models Well written organized excellent photos drawings Are No Secrets $995 Harry Higley& Sons PO Box 532 Glenwood IL 60425 rates 10 Richter Scale about finishes something everyone wants know about Harry Higi ey talks Hutton istens mag-si zeB3-page blockbuster 314 superb pi x masterpiece craft talented people step-by-step how-to pix key drawings Theressti II enough spacefor text youll ever need read Sixteen chapters detail materials methods procedures Dont left out investment value will last lifetime World Free Flight Review $3000 published edited Bill Hartill World Free Flight Press 7513 Sausal ito Ave Canoga Park CA 91307 Believe isa mag size hard-cover book 416-pages covers ins outs international meets competition FF obs Power Glider Indoor Outdoor Rubber techniques count less secrets Beautiful four-color pictures plans drawings sketches kind easy-to-read analytical text perhaps Hartill could have managed work tremendous courage Production costs must well five figures pictures overwhelm numberanddetails Layoutand makeuparesuperb Whetheryou hope get competition already world-class fI i eryoud nuts let get Plans greatand world-famousdesigns sketches devices good stuff adj ustments use materi ala including exoti cnothi ng missing FF work world-class character youll learn sorts things youd spend years finding out hard wayand few would get far own arent FFer heres remarkable opportunity learn about intrigued science traditional form activity Truly collectors item May 198219 Good books covering special aspects hobby adding up library covers full spectrum activity phenomenon may never repeatyoud better grab comes along Three Miles Libellule M-35 canard Peanut Scale Pedashenko inc Britisn wuru surigus Hogul mis freak WW Il Canards make great flying modelsthey hate stall Photo Warren Shlpp gently steering almost hovering landing big air wheels tall grass Provided can cover deeply undercambered wing youll love Give yourself breakgo bananas got problems get up-tight guy mower forgets trim runway join us trek Homer Alaska small seaport end Kenai Peninsula 225 road miles185 air south Anchorage According Greg McCullough two active pilots 1978 year began RC Now 11 What got plenty nothing no good places fly Control Line Free Flight utter futility lots trees facilities Rubber nonexistent 1978 no airstrip Gregs first flight took place lonely dirt road middle winter landing frozen snow five feet deep has made landings back roads no traffic 12 feet wide sixfoot-tall grass both sides spotted 30-foot spruce trees Homers RCers cope Skis require lots tinkering says Greg Unless icy surface hard snow wheels work just well Usually snow soft just slow up plop down Fast airplanes wont hold together fly planes build quickly dont break easily dont fly fastsuch Airtronics Q-Tees Sig Super Sports Colts Pilot QB-l5Hs etc guys have survival instincts ahem cockroach find places fly ranging fairly good thats Homer Scale good bad good worse has got pits Some guys try beach littered rocks trip up planes sand gets engines Being AMA members covered insurance State Alaska lets use abandoned sand/gravel pit Doesnt compare pictures Sig Field Montezuma rains Greg reports field soft 60-powered planes wont move ground end 60-foot drop swamp other Spruce trees both sidesinteresting problems approaches Yet manage six planes line sometimes four air once Greg puts quotes around word club life memberRemarkable model French 1918-1919 Brequet presumably its builderswho might have anywhere France Print photo files Wright Field Research Li brary courtesy Bill Noonan guys todays RC equipment theyd like Flynn Bill remarks ship token $100 maybe well move tion AMA club far unrealized Homer instead Palos Verdesor take up dream next NVRC meeting No official officers 1978 nearest hobby shop 85 miles individual members AMA Affilia- Continued oaeeA-8- 2 20 Model Aviation Left Bernard Cawley gets readyto amaze orange banana-winged Showmasterwith Medallion 09 neat P38 foreground based Guillow Rubber kit Fourchannels plus retracts ontwo 0-Mark 03s Looks fantastic flightwith gear up Right closeupofCawleysdelightshows banana airfoil think spars act turbulators ala Free Flight Note downthrust What you glue finger airplane Winter came across Sterling Ring master packing move stopped everything put together Sounds like has priorities straight Correspondents should note new address end column ENGINE MOUNTS original RADIAL-BEAM engine mounts have mount engines hA /4 scale b Universal manifold cowling problems Select tall tube required Three sizes 09-ig 29.40 45.aO SCALE INSTRUMENTS away good ones far-off Anchorage Now Homer has ifs own shop Two others within 85 miles four Anchorage Since flying see own guys gobble up magazines tilt hunger see other fliers throughout country AMA Model nation provide same companionship needed RC magazines nameless club knows about train ers Greg offers significant comment has opinion beginner could start almost sport plane depending much experienced help available good airstrip has two original pilots old school chum Randel Jones local rancher Greg says own case through en couragement help built sufficient enthusi asm overcome inevitable crashes helped could final analysis up to learn fly built three before finding fit abilities conditions fly Q-Tee set up three channels cold winter day remote dead-end road some prodding wife hand-launched first successful flight After fly crash present semblance success What Greg says now worth listening future experience will continued effort find ultimate RC Bush Plane last four years have taught no limit possibilities experiments available sport fliers will continue grow through efforts people like Author Lets emphasize people can reach modelers bring us together Dont construe letter woe complaint letter pride Pride hobby transcends obstacles love aviation write hopes spurring novice RCers greater heights know everyone AMA feels dedication proves feel honored belong AMA will what can promote organization hobby model building flying bottom line should resolve just thatand get Facta non verba exactly news competition Free Flighters detest well-meaning suggestions addition RC would benefit branch art Thats red-hot potato writer thinks RC-Assist pleasant thing forever getting head shot off folks strenuously object calling model Free Flight After publishing pictures Dick Sarpolus Hungry Eaglea high-performance thing sends sky high retrieves RC Joe Ed Pederson chided us calling FF read reply subtitled Aint Ashamed laid out considerations Vagabond FF minimum use radio could observed FF long flight times Joe back nice letter analyzing good things about RC-Assist flying wishes continuing pleasure restates pure Free Flighters viewpoint Since Joe puts well yield soapbox once again dont touch transmitter 15 minutes time still have RC model begins still RC pilot virtue fact point flight have potential control plane essence FF risk challenge enforced discipline shot catching thermal radio whether use Continued page 91 Tatone Makes Easy SCALE AIRCRAFT MA LDS OS complete package metal rims glasses face plates Sizes 1/4 13116 dia PIflS MUFFLER ENGINE MUFFLERS wIde variety uses pin-S type a. 2940 GLOW Safety Preston Continued page 14 mitters immediately returned impound after use dont permit guys diddle engines pit area have special area Right search pin should take couple seconds fellow fliers follow rules elusive pin seek could use someone process adjusting control throwsor whatever way solve whos got pin problem have pit area subdivided according frequency know number clubs have adopted approach feel definite plus minimizing accidental shoot-downs due human error find very reassuring flying such field can see-at-a-glance other users ones frequency Its also safety benefit have transmitter impound area coded frequency becomes simple task run ones eyes over transmitters ones own frequency check turned off Maybe trans mitter left its switch its antenna collapsed wouldnt radiate enough power cause interference Wed rather take chance this dialogue leading up frequency control system think will appropriate going successfully control use some 50 RC frequencies Perhaps AMA Frequency Committee already has system figured out wed like hear about details frequency control system have mind board rack tray some such thing would prominently displayed pit area close transmitter impound club member wishing fly would place personal frequency marker board before turning transmitter current RC frequencies persons marker would color-coded frequency would contain name Anyone else wishing fly frequency would easily see presence color-coded marker already use name marker using person could seen flight line could quickly check presence pits see really preparing flyor just forgot left marker board after last flight know some clubs already using some variation system wed appreci ate some information about its success permission granted FCC use additional frequencies understand current color-code method frequency identification will replaced channel num bers colored background add number new frequencies existing 72 MHz 6-meter frequencies arrive large number under commonly used old clothespin system frequency identity could quite nightmare Somebody club might have full-time job just replacing missing clothespins think system requires flier provide own frequency marker superior could some problems effect ing orderly changeover new system dont think would insurmountable have asked what happens under new system member arrives club field fly find left marker home response has another question What happens flier arrives field finds has left transmitter home answer simple go nearest telephone booth call wife brings missing item Out field Right Any comments suggested frequency control system would appreciated especially clubs already using similar system Have safe month John Preston 7012 Ehira Cour4 Falls Church VA 22042 Fun/Winter Continued page 22 gives security fly FF security thing must foreswear am sure can see obvious flaw defining model servos aboard basis infrequently controls utilized modeler FFer basis much time elapses between picking up trans mitter its next use draw line finition followed its logical conclusion would state model RC CL Free Flight moment controls moving modeler FFer moment does cause controls operated. entials have legitimizing effect what say So define FF FFers ways make terms null void concerns case referring model FF criteria original FF design legitimate install RC gear Joe reasons because modeler does have know trim strictly FF model quite few people fly RC SAM events have never attempted trim FF dont know aerodynamics involved FF work cer tainly could fly model took RC gear Out. am Ito accept somehow model RC gear controlling surfaces really FF sets transmitter ground irrespective fact cant trim FF simply because original design flown FF Am Ito accept modelers truly FFers simply because design flying stable enough continue circling control inputs cant sell bill goods FF isnt cheap Conversely just because instance FFer models fly look like FF models cannot change fact now RC modeler Just example above model does have power make its owner FFer neither does ability knowledge skill FFer confer model fly FF model status None reasons calling RC model RC FF will hold drop water FF RC unmixable like oil water cannot change no matter emotion ally dependent identifying models yourself FF have given up FF very reasonable reasons What will hurt admit Growing older nothing ashamed hope some day Ralph Prey editor Satellite San Valeers FF Club As using RC 8-ft Korda think FF has got thinking about using RC just arent FF fields available afford luxury 5-mm max Im already gearing up use RC large C D Gas AMA contest models. have pretty good idea am going lash up emergenct DI lost too large models Taft Imjust going go through traumatic moment anymore. see model go OOS overhead would take flip lever pop up stab heck max trophy want model back So disqualify flight Ive Continued page 96 ly tsose completed kdS P-47 Military Scale $180 INCLUDES Top Flight P-47 kit Rhom retracts Aerosport 6 channel radio 5 servos Fox Eagle 60 engine J-3 CUB Quarter Scale $227 INCLUDESBud Nosen 1/4 scale J-3 Cub kit Kratt 4 channel radio rvos Quadra engine mount & props $212 Super Hustler engine SUPER KAOS Fast & Fun $185 INCLUDES Bridi Super Kaos kit Proline 5 channel radio 4 servos DX Max 60 engine $205 Rhom retracts items shown plus HUNDREDS others individualy offered sale recent issues Hobby Swap News model en thusiasts Used Equipmenf Guide BuySell-Trade first ad free 50 words max subscription $10/yr 10 issues $19/2yr $27/3yr Add $3/yr 1st class mail Canada & Mexico must use 1st class rates other countries write first MC & Visa Accepted include numbers expiration date Expect 4 8 weeks delivery 1st issue address changes Submit free ad B&W photo $2 extra subscription orders Hobby Swap News Dept AR-3 PO Box 834 Santa Maria CA 93456 LOWERiNG THE COST OF HAVING FUN May 198291 THE UALITY LINE LECTRONICS [ 7P~er Pacer QUALITY EQUIPMENT THAT FILLS ALL OF THE ELECTRICAL NEEDS OF YOUR RIG ACCESSORIES Coo L R Taylor & Co ealer20831 Roscoe Blvd Canoga Park California 91306 213 360-1178 got five attempts nothing rules says cant use RC FF making official flight long dont actually transmit signal Besides can use emergency DT too see model will crash spectators building some other less desirable landing area Bill Winter 4426 Altura Ct Fairfax VA 22030 Radio Technique/Myers Continued page 35 about older World Engines product S-i 6 servo teaching class servo main tenance S-i 6 would training aid has big parts lots room inside case rugged enough stand up abuse Specifically have using 5-16 Sail Control Unit 36/600 M-class boats works great sails really jolt gears jibe sustained load put servo sailing reach run strong wind awesome havent seen signs deterioration after year hard sailing S-16 gear teeth massive relative usual airplane servo eat up shocks come back ball bearing output shaft same find crankshaft 05 25 can see overdesigned case sealed 0-rings might think servo designed use mind wasnt quibble have milli second pulse-width change produces 900 servo arm throw Sailors prefer throw 1350 1800 happens gears allow 1750 bewtween stops simple electrical change desirable provide Tell what Ive got because plenty room inside case Im going show you can have adjustable end-point control inside servo Youll need buy two -watt 1K subminia ture potentiometers Radio Shack 271-333 4700 ohm yellow purple red silver bands resistor Unsolder black wire poten tiometer inside servo solder right-hand lug 1K pot viewing pot two external lugs facing Unsolder green wire solder left-hand lug other 1K pot Clip points off four lugs leaving points lugs coming beneath 1K pots Now put leads 4700 ohm resistor lug holes servo poten tiometer Put center point pot Wing Bolts Cowl Bolts NYLON Have Nylon Bolt Needs & e Airplanes 5/16 1/4 1032 StabBolts632 Landing Gear Bolts Available 24 Assorted Packages NEW Kitty Hawk Models Hobby-Craft Magnifier 8 Accessory Writ Call a12723-3501 723-34aa 96 Model Aviation Multi Charger H TIMER KITS Fu P 0 W Semi-Kils--R 0 1941 Playboy Jr 54 Plan--$250 Compa on combination Playbo 1941 Playboy 5r lan--El 00 companion Strspwood Ktt--$20 30 combination Playboy Sr three itema-$450t 1939 Zipper Comet 14 5pan Plan md $3300 companion stripoond Kit--$l572 combination Zipper Both above items--$4500 1937 Dallaire 5portster too span Plan OX $2600 Plan--S500 companion Slripwood KiI-$3000 combination Dallaire Kit three items-$5600 1930 Powerhouse 84 span Plan Extra $2100 Plan--94 00 companion Slripwood Kit--$17 70 combination Powerhouse Kit tall 3 above $3900 Other combinations available- 1038 Buccaneer$49 00 1938 clipper MK $3600 1930 Mercury $1500 1035 Miss America $1900 1940 Ranger $2700 1940 Sailplane $7000 1040 5o Long $2600 1938 Trenton Terror $3000 Korda Wake $1600 MIDWAY MODEL cOMPANY Partial Kits 1930 Flying Quaker 84 span Plan md $2110 companion 5tripwood Kit--$31 40 combination Flying Quaker Kit Both itews$49 00 1937 Quaker Flash 67 5pan Plan Inci $1750 companion Stripwood Kit--$2345 combination Quaker Flash Kit Both items $3800 1937 Long cabin 78 5pan Plan Extra $1500 Plan--$9 00 companion Stripwood Kit--$24 06 combination Long cabin Kit three$4008 MIDWAY MODEL COMPANY Full Kits 1939 Air Trails Sportster 50 10 11 R/C $3580 1938 Powerhouse 50 Span io15 It/C $3506 1940 Buzzard Bombshell 30 Span 020 $1191 1040 Playboy Sr 38 span 020 engines $1291 1935 Miss America 36 span 020 engines $1201 1040 clipper MKII 30 5pan 020 engines $0491 1940 New Ruler 31 Span 020 engines $0395 0040 Mercury Scientifics 36 5psn 020 $1395 1941 Request 30 Span 020 engines $1295 SHIPPING AND HANDLING 10 Page CATALOGuE up $800 add 9110 $100 PP copy will $801 $2000 add $225 sent free upon 94581 97000 add $310 o y orn $2001 10 94000 add 9300 request oroert over $7000 add $400 PO Bow 300l CA Addressees add 0% Taa Seal Beach Ca 91740 Send MO VisaAtc 8 OxpI 1 714] 094-6223[Besl CK COD--Exact Chg mornings recorder--0150 HdI Cash Only activates 5 rings] Paul Clements IITTT KIWI MODELS RR 2 PUII End 47454 tonaI jaoua tifle oM b 1Yot 1dte$1ooeS C%cite tetOKtt~deVtXi oxute oXott~ devoted OeJlevIS tiXX Xts toO tibusiofl 0 1ble CO bave 0fs~l jetlge aaine 141~ aC1vie9ode bet $9/yr $250/copy7106-A5Coml3fleldRd Send free secrets Baltimore MD 21207
Edition: Model Aviation - 1982/05
Page Numbers: 18, 19, 20, 22, 91, 96
DON TRUNICK United Airlines captain Control Line Scaler 195 1 until two years ago lives Palos Verdes Peninsula California sounds like Heaven live has significant effect kind models build ways enjoy Geographic location major ingredient modeling mix Dons adventures surely remind us member Peninsula Silent Flyers Dons flying philosophy blends traditional American ingenuitystill around thank goodnesswith imagination generous spicing fantasy Once Scaler always Scaler After taking familiar step CL Scale RC Scale Don found no close-in places fly Gliders seemed answer Peninsula glider mans paradise natural Slope Soaring Most often on-shore flow air has pick convenient hilltop near beach toss crate soar personal seagull Don began Wandererweve told landlocked characters great flies Max 10 nose taildragger gearthen moved up slightly Olympic II Scale conquered thing him does surprise us way went about makes scalp tingle Testing water tentative big toe opted semi-Scale designs about 75 inches span No make-believe Mustangs interest Left Don Trunick about launch semi-Scale Curtiss 1912 Flying Boat over waters Palos Verdes Peninsula Flies very well about four pounds float body handles good landings not-so-good areas Right Curtiss rides wind Although biplanes have considerable drag require slightly breeze light craft bit difficult fly land spoilers help good rudder needed turn 18 Model Aviation Lert lJons Liii VYVV i snip lOOKS nice aion ano iiies very well mis spoilers always needed because flies slowly has lots lift slow approaches light winds Weighs five poinds isa Sailplane rememberl Right bored Olympic II Trunick added ancient scale-like twin fin/rudders tried Nieuport Triplane flew well troubled forward middle wing making elevators too sensitive converted Nieuport 17 85-in top wing spoilers six pounds 1300 squares flies very well Now fiddling parasol Bill thinks gigantic Russian ANT monoplane would work designs Finding off-beat crates per formed well too adjustments dived head first world biplanes encouraged fact 4- 5-lb gliders did surprisingly well Biplanes look nice air seen anyone Don explains Rather take off another round-theworld flight weve selected few Trunicks photos Fun find Orange banana Introducing himself abitofa maverick Bernard Cawley treasurer Boeing Hawks newcomer RC lover Half-As dabbler electrics first suc cessful RC Airtronics Q-Tee still alive after two tough years wanted fly nearby soccer fields schoolyards touch-and-goesan overweight Q-Tee hard keep close want thank putting onto Banana Winged Masterpiece Ken Willards Showmaster says Bernie Loss folks have written sent pix banana wings Bernie zings along such grand style yield soapbox him also wanted something could fly Hawks Fun Fly reports included two taxi events duration bomb drop etc flapped Showmaster recent column sold ordered plans RCM modified three channels 1-oz round tank Medallion 049 Hiscott throttle Used redwood front spars fin/stab trailing edges HalIco gear Airtronics XL radio Ace Micro servos throttle Astro 250 mAh pack Orange Coverite coat Glaskote weight 20oz combination magic Hiscott throttle muffler gives quiet power plant turns 6-4 15000 below 4000 idle wont die speed like betweenjust like big boys air other engine except OS 4-stroke drowns out Ive accused once having electric thats just start Oh goodness plane maneuverable responsive yet taught land touch-and-goes can fly low circle 20 feet radiuslike Control Lineif wish All-around confidence-building plane Can managed days windy enough people question sanity flying t love What can say Bernie blew minds Seattle Radio Aero modellers Annual Contest Taxied Out took off flew around landed taxied backnot too common 049s Just about everyone else using TDs pen bladders Hurts hear run says Bernie banana wing took third both Novice Pattern Fun Fly against aileron/elevator ships Among variations hell try flat-winged ship ailerons clipped wing about 36 should nifty windy days advantage learning two channels Bernie tosses out learn worried about dead-stick landings amazing people Ive seen learned power full-house panic engine quits Yea verily As reported way back Showmaster impressive cabin model ye curator ever flew Trimmed out blasted along little diesel engine responded smoothly always groov ing andwhen will ever learnno trim changes Thats what writer wants stable steady platform Thinking enlarging itto6 feet K&B 19 several readers reminded us such ship existsthe MEN trainer Saw father son Rubber-Scale-sacred Shangrila Watched laze around low-motor Books Worth Buying Ducted Fan RCAircra ft $695 Dick Sarpol us Kal mbach Books 1027 North Seventh St Milwaukee WI 53233 Dick authority ducted fans magazine articles plans two Mode/Aviation plane kits hia credit 52-page magazine-size book provides simple ci earpath mastering technology et models Well written organized excellent photos drawings Are No Secrets $995 Harry Higley& Sons PO Box 532 Glenwood IL 60425 rates 10 Richter Scale about finishes something everyone wants know about Harry Higi ey talks Hutton istens mag-si zeB3-page blockbuster 314 superb pi x masterpiece craft talented people step-by-step how-to pix key drawings Theressti II enough spacefor text youll ever need read Sixteen chapters detail materials methods procedures Dont left out investment value will last lifetime World Free Flight Review $3000 published edited Bill Hartill World Free Flight Press 7513 Sausal ito Ave Canoga Park CA 91307 Believe isa mag size hard-cover book 416-pages covers ins outs international meets competition FF obs Power Glider Indoor Outdoor Rubber techniques count less secrets Beautiful four-color pictures plans drawings sketches kind easy-to-read analytical text perhaps Hartill could have managed work tremendous courage Production costs must well five figures pictures overwhelm numberanddetails Layoutand makeuparesuperb Whetheryou hope get competition already world-class fI i eryoud nuts let get Plans greatand world-famousdesigns sketches devices good stuff adj ustments use materi ala including exoti cnothi ng missing FF work world-class character youll learn sorts things youd spend years finding out hard wayand few would get far own arent FFer heres remarkable opportunity learn about intrigued science traditional form activity Truly collectors item May 198219 Good books covering special aspects hobby adding up library covers full spectrum activity phenomenon may never repeatyoud better grab comes along Three Miles Libellule M-35 canard Peanut Scale Pedashenko inc Britisn wuru surigus Hogul mis freak WW Il Canards make great flying modelsthey hate stall Photo Warren Shlpp gently steering almost hovering landing big air wheels tall grass Provided can cover deeply undercambered wing youll love Give yourself breakgo bananas got problems get up-tight guy mower forgets trim runway join us trek Homer Alaska small seaport end Kenai Peninsula 225 road miles185 air south Anchorage According Greg McCullough two active pilots 1978 year began RC Now 11 What got plenty nothing no good places fly Control Line Free Flight utter futility lots trees facilities Rubber nonexistent 1978 no airstrip Gregs first flight took place lonely dirt road middle winter landing frozen snow five feet deep has made landings back roads no traffic 12 feet wide sixfoot-tall grass both sides spotted 30-foot spruce trees Homers RCers cope Skis require lots tinkering says Greg Unless icy surface hard snow wheels work just well Usually snow soft just slow up plop down Fast airplanes wont hold together fly planes build quickly dont break easily dont fly fastsuch Airtronics Q-Tees Sig Super Sports Colts Pilot QB-l5Hs etc guys have survival instincts ahem cockroach find places fly ranging fairly good thats Homer Scale good bad good worse has got pits Some guys try beach littered rocks trip up planes sand gets engines Being AMA members covered insurance State Alaska lets use abandoned sand/gravel pit Doesnt compare pictures Sig Field Montezuma rains Greg reports field soft 60-powered planes wont move ground end 60-foot drop swamp other Spruce trees both sidesinteresting problems approaches Yet manage six planes line sometimes four air once Greg puts quotes around word club life memberRemarkable model French 1918-1919 Brequet presumably its builderswho might have anywhere France Print photo files Wright Field Research Li brary courtesy Bill Noonan guys todays RC equipment theyd like Flynn Bill remarks ship token $100 maybe well move tion AMA club far unrealized Homer instead Palos Verdesor take up dream next NVRC meeting No official officers 1978 nearest hobby shop 85 miles individual members AMA Affilia- Continued oaeeA-8- 2 20 Model Aviation Left Bernard Cawley gets readyto amaze orange banana-winged Showmasterwith Medallion 09 neat P38 foreground based Guillow Rubber kit Fourchannels plus retracts ontwo 0-Mark 03s Looks fantastic flightwith gear up Right closeupofCawleysdelightshows banana airfoil think spars act turbulators ala Free Flight Note downthrust What you glue finger airplane Winter came across Sterling Ring master packing move stopped everything put together Sounds like has priorities straight Correspondents should note new address end column ENGINE MOUNTS original RADIAL-BEAM engine mounts have mount engines hA /4 scale b Universal manifold cowling problems Select tall tube required Three sizes 09-ig 29.40 45.aO SCALE INSTRUMENTS away good ones far-off Anchorage Now Homer has ifs own shop Two others within 85 miles four Anchorage Since flying see own guys gobble up magazines tilt hunger see other fliers throughout country AMA Model nation provide same companionship needed RC magazines nameless club knows about train ers Greg offers significant comment has opinion beginner could start almost sport plane depending much experienced help available good airstrip has two original pilots old school chum Randel Jones local rancher Greg says own case through en couragement help built sufficient enthusi asm overcome inevitable crashes helped could final analysis up to learn fly built three before finding fit abilities conditions fly Q-Tee set up three channels cold winter day remote dead-end road some prodding wife hand-launched first successful flight After fly crash present semblance success What Greg says now worth listening future experience will continued effort find ultimate RC Bush Plane last four years have taught no limit possibilities experiments available sport fliers will continue grow through efforts people like Author Lets emphasize people can reach modelers bring us together Dont construe letter woe complaint letter pride Pride hobby transcends obstacles love aviation write hopes spurring novice RCers greater heights know everyone AMA feels dedication proves feel honored belong AMA will what can promote organization hobby model building flying bottom line should resolve just thatand get Facta non verba exactly news competition Free Flighters detest well-meaning suggestions addition RC would benefit branch art Thats red-hot potato writer thinks RC-Assist pleasant thing forever getting head shot off folks strenuously object calling model Free Flight After publishing pictures Dick Sarpolus Hungry Eaglea high-performance thing sends sky high retrieves RC Joe Ed Pederson chided us calling FF read reply subtitled Aint Ashamed laid out considerations Vagabond FF minimum use radio could observed FF long flight times Joe back nice letter analyzing good things about RC-Assist flying wishes continuing pleasure restates pure Free Flighters viewpoint Since Joe puts well yield soapbox once again dont touch transmitter 15 minutes time still have RC model begins still RC pilot virtue fact point flight have potential control plane essence FF risk challenge enforced discipline shot catching thermal radio whether use Continued page 91 Tatone Makes Easy SCALE AIRCRAFT MA LDS OS complete package metal rims glasses face plates Sizes 1/4 13116 dia PIflS MUFFLER ENGINE MUFFLERS wIde variety uses pin-S type a. 2940 GLOW Safety Preston Continued page 14 mitters immediately returned impound after use dont permit guys diddle engines pit area have special area Right search pin should take couple seconds fellow fliers follow rules elusive pin seek could use someone process adjusting control throwsor whatever way solve whos got pin problem have pit area subdivided according frequency know number clubs have adopted approach feel definite plus minimizing accidental shoot-downs due human error find very reassuring flying such field can see-at-a-glance other users ones frequency Its also safety benefit have transmitter impound area coded frequency becomes simple task run ones eyes over transmitters ones own frequency check turned off Maybe trans mitter left its switch its antenna collapsed wouldnt radiate enough power cause interference Wed rather take chance this dialogue leading up frequency control system think will appropriate going successfully control use some 50 RC frequencies Perhaps AMA Frequency Committee already has system figured out wed like hear about details frequency control system have mind board rack tray some such thing would prominently displayed pit area close transmitter impound club member wishing fly would place personal frequency marker board before turning transmitter current RC frequencies persons marker would color-coded frequency would contain name Anyone else wishing fly frequency would easily see presence color-coded marker already use name marker using person could seen flight line could quickly check presence pits see really preparing flyor just forgot left marker board after last flight know some clubs already using some variation system wed appreci ate some information about its success permission granted FCC use additional frequencies understand current color-code method frequency identification will replaced channel num bers colored background add number new frequencies existing 72 MHz 6-meter frequencies arrive large number under commonly used old clothespin system frequency identity could quite nightmare Somebody club might have full-time job just replacing missing clothespins think system requires flier provide own frequency marker superior could some problems effect ing orderly changeover new system dont think would insurmountable have asked what happens under new system member arrives club field fly find left marker home response has another question What happens flier arrives field finds has left transmitter home answer simple go nearest telephone booth call wife brings missing item Out field Right Any comments suggested frequency control system would appreciated especially clubs already using similar system Have safe month John Preston 7012 Ehira Cour4 Falls Church VA 22042 Fun/Winter Continued page 22 gives security fly FF security thing must foreswear am sure can see obvious flaw defining model servos aboard basis infrequently controls utilized modeler FFer basis much time elapses between picking up trans mitter its next use draw line finition followed its logical conclusion would state model RC CL Free Flight moment controls moving modeler FFer moment does cause controls operated. entials have legitimizing effect what say So define FF FFers ways make terms null void concerns case referring model FF criteria original FF design legitimate install RC gear Joe reasons because modeler does have know trim strictly FF model quite few people fly RC SAM events have never attempted trim FF dont know aerodynamics involved FF work cer tainly could fly model took RC gear Out. am Ito accept somehow model RC gear controlling surfaces really FF sets transmitter ground irrespective fact cant trim FF simply because original design flown FF Am Ito accept modelers truly FFers simply because design flying stable enough continue circling control inputs cant sell bill goods FF isnt cheap Conversely just because instance FFer models fly look like FF models cannot change fact now RC modeler Just example above model does have power make its owner FFer neither does ability knowledge skill FFer confer model fly FF model status None reasons calling RC model RC FF will hold drop water FF RC unmixable like oil water cannot change no matter emotion ally dependent identifying models yourself FF have given up FF very reasonable reasons What will hurt admit Growing older nothing ashamed hope some day Ralph Prey editor Satellite San Valeers FF Club As using RC 8-ft Korda think FF has got thinking about using RC just arent FF fields available afford luxury 5-mm max Im already gearing up use RC large C D Gas AMA contest models. have pretty good idea am going lash up emergenct DI lost too large models Taft Imjust going go through traumatic moment anymore. see model go OOS overhead would take flip lever pop up stab heck max trophy want model back So disqualify flight Ive Continued page 96 ly tsose completed kdS P-47 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QUALITY EQUIPMENT THAT FILLS ALL OF THE ELECTRICAL NEEDS OF YOUR RIG ACCESSORIES Coo L R Taylor & Co ealer20831 Roscoe Blvd Canoga Park California 91306 213 360-1178 got five attempts nothing rules says cant use RC FF making official flight long dont actually transmit signal Besides can use emergency DT too see model will crash spectators building some other less desirable landing area Bill Winter 4426 Altura Ct Fairfax VA 22030 Radio Technique/Myers Continued page 35 about older World Engines product S-i 6 servo teaching class servo main tenance S-i 6 would training aid has big parts lots room inside case rugged enough stand up abuse Specifically have using 5-16 Sail Control Unit 36/600 M-class boats works great sails really jolt gears jibe sustained load put servo sailing reach run strong wind awesome havent seen signs deterioration after year hard sailing S-16 gear teeth massive relative usual airplane servo eat up shocks come back ball bearing output shaft same find crankshaft 05 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Edition: Model Aviation - 1982/05
Page Numbers: 18, 19, 20, 22, 91, 96
DON TRUNICK United Airlines captain Control Line Scaler 195 1 until two years ago lives Palos Verdes Peninsula California sounds like Heaven live has significant effect kind models build ways enjoy Geographic location major ingredient modeling mix Dons adventures surely remind us member Peninsula Silent Flyers Dons flying philosophy blends traditional American ingenuitystill around thank goodnesswith imagination generous spicing fantasy Once Scaler always Scaler After taking familiar step CL Scale RC Scale Don found no close-in places fly Gliders seemed answer Peninsula glider mans paradise natural Slope Soaring Most often on-shore flow air has pick convenient hilltop near beach toss crate soar personal seagull Don began Wandererweve told landlocked characters great flies Max 10 nose taildragger gearthen moved up slightly Olympic II Scale conquered thing him does surprise us way went about makes scalp tingle Testing water tentative big toe opted semi-Scale designs about 75 inches span No make-believe Mustangs interest Left Don Trunick about launch semi-Scale Curtiss 1912 Flying Boat over waters Palos Verdes Peninsula Flies very well about four pounds float body handles good landings not-so-good areas Right Curtiss rides wind Although biplanes have considerable drag require slightly breeze light craft bit difficult fly land spoilers help good rudder needed turn 18 Model Aviation Lert lJons Liii VYVV i snip lOOKS nice aion ano iiies very well mis spoilers always needed because flies slowly has lots lift slow approaches light winds Weighs five poinds isa Sailplane rememberl Right bored Olympic II Trunick added ancient scale-like twin fin/rudders tried Nieuport Triplane flew well troubled forward middle wing making elevators too sensitive converted Nieuport 17 85-in top wing spoilers six pounds 1300 squares flies very well Now fiddling parasol Bill thinks gigantic Russian ANT monoplane would work designs Finding off-beat crates per formed well too adjustments dived head first world biplanes encouraged fact 4- 5-lb gliders did surprisingly well Biplanes look nice air seen anyone Don explains Rather take off another round-theworld flight weve selected few Trunicks photos Fun find Orange banana Introducing himself abitofa maverick Bernard Cawley treasurer Boeing Hawks newcomer RC lover Half-As dabbler electrics first suc cessful RC Airtronics Q-Tee still alive after two tough years wanted fly nearby soccer fields schoolyards touch-and-goesan overweight Q-Tee hard keep close want thank putting onto Banana Winged Masterpiece Ken Willards Showmaster says Bernie Loss folks have written sent pix banana wings Bernie zings along such grand style yield soapbox him also wanted something could fly Hawks Fun Fly reports included two taxi events duration bomb drop etc flapped Showmaster recent column sold ordered plans RCM modified three channels 1-oz round tank Medallion 049 Hiscott throttle Used redwood front spars fin/stab trailing edges HalIco gear Airtronics XL radio Ace Micro servos throttle Astro 250 mAh pack Orange Coverite coat Glaskote weight 20oz combination magic Hiscott throttle muffler gives quiet power plant turns 6-4 15000 below 4000 idle wont die speed like betweenjust like big boys air other engine except OS 4-stroke drowns out Ive accused once having electric thats just start Oh goodness plane maneuverable responsive yet taught land touch-and-goes can fly low circle 20 feet radiuslike Control Lineif wish All-around confidence-building plane Can managed days windy enough people question sanity flying t love What can say Bernie blew minds Seattle Radio Aero modellers Annual Contest Taxied Out took off flew around landed taxied backnot too common 049s Just about everyone else using TDs pen bladders Hurts hear run says Bernie banana wing took third both Novice Pattern Fun Fly against aileron/elevator ships Among variations hell try flat-winged ship ailerons clipped wing about 36 should nifty windy days advantage learning two channels Bernie tosses out learn worried about dead-stick landings amazing people Ive seen learned power full-house panic engine quits Yea verily As reported way back Showmaster impressive cabin model ye curator ever flew Trimmed out blasted along little diesel engine responded smoothly always groov ing andwhen will ever learnno trim changes Thats what writer wants stable steady platform Thinking enlarging itto6 feet K&B 19 several readers reminded us such ship existsthe MEN trainer Saw father son Rubber-Scale-sacred Shangrila Watched laze around low-motor Books Worth Buying Ducted Fan RCAircra ft $695 Dick Sarpol us Kal mbach Books 1027 North Seventh St Milwaukee WI 53233 Dick authority ducted fans magazine articles plans two Mode/Aviation plane kits hia credit 52-page magazine-size book provides simple ci earpath mastering technology et models Well written organized excellent photos drawings Are No Secrets $995 Harry Higley& Sons PO Box 532 Glenwood IL 60425 rates 10 Richter Scale about finishes something everyone wants know about Harry Higi ey talks Hutton istens mag-si zeB3-page blockbuster 314 superb pi x masterpiece craft talented people step-by-step how-to pix key drawings Theressti II enough spacefor text youll ever need read Sixteen chapters detail materials methods procedures Dont left out investment value will last lifetime World Free Flight Review $3000 published edited Bill Hartill World Free Flight Press 7513 Sausal ito Ave Canoga Park CA 91307 Believe isa mag size hard-cover book 416-pages covers ins outs international meets competition FF obs Power Glider Indoor Outdoor Rubber techniques count less secrets Beautiful four-color pictures plans drawings sketches kind easy-to-read analytical text perhaps Hartill could have managed work tremendous courage Production costs must well five figures pictures overwhelm numberanddetails Layoutand makeuparesuperb Whetheryou hope get competition already world-class fI i eryoud nuts let get Plans greatand world-famousdesigns sketches devices good stuff adj ustments use materi ala including exoti cnothi ng missing FF work world-class character youll learn sorts things youd spend years finding out hard wayand few would get far own arent FFer heres remarkable opportunity learn about intrigued science traditional form activity Truly collectors item May 198219 Good books covering special aspects hobby adding up library covers full spectrum activity phenomenon may never repeatyoud better grab comes along Three Miles Libellule M-35 canard Peanut Scale Pedashenko inc Britisn wuru surigus Hogul mis freak WW Il Canards make great flying modelsthey hate stall Photo Warren Shlpp gently steering almost hovering landing big air wheels tall grass Provided can cover deeply undercambered wing youll love Give yourself breakgo bananas got problems get up-tight guy mower forgets trim runway join us trek Homer Alaska small seaport end Kenai Peninsula 225 road miles185 air south Anchorage According Greg McCullough two active pilots 1978 year began RC Now 11 What got plenty nothing no good places fly Control Line Free Flight utter futility lots trees facilities Rubber nonexistent 1978 no airstrip Gregs first flight took place lonely dirt road middle winter landing frozen snow five feet deep has made landings back roads no traffic 12 feet wide sixfoot-tall grass both sides spotted 30-foot spruce trees Homers RCers cope Skis require lots tinkering says Greg Unless icy surface hard snow wheels work just well Usually snow soft just slow up plop down Fast airplanes wont hold together fly planes build quickly dont break easily dont fly fastsuch Airtronics Q-Tees Sig Super Sports Colts Pilot QB-l5Hs etc guys have survival instincts ahem cockroach find places fly ranging fairly good thats Homer Scale good bad good worse has got pits Some guys try beach littered rocks trip up planes sand gets engines Being AMA members covered insurance State Alaska lets use abandoned sand/gravel pit Doesnt compare pictures Sig Field Montezuma rains Greg reports field soft 60-powered planes wont move ground end 60-foot drop swamp other Spruce trees both sidesinteresting problems approaches Yet manage six planes line sometimes four air once Greg puts quotes around word club life memberRemarkable model French 1918-1919 Brequet presumably its builderswho might have anywhere France Print photo files Wright Field Research Li brary courtesy Bill Noonan guys todays RC equipment theyd like Flynn Bill remarks ship token $100 maybe well move tion AMA club far unrealized Homer instead Palos Verdesor take up dream next NVRC meeting No official officers 1978 nearest hobby shop 85 miles individual members AMA Affilia- Continued oaeeA-8- 2 20 Model Aviation Left Bernard Cawley gets readyto amaze orange banana-winged Showmasterwith Medallion 09 neat P38 foreground based Guillow Rubber kit Fourchannels plus retracts ontwo 0-Mark 03s Looks fantastic flightwith gear up Right closeupofCawleysdelightshows banana airfoil think spars act turbulators ala Free Flight Note downthrust What you glue finger airplane Winter came across Sterling Ring master packing move stopped everything put together Sounds like has priorities straight Correspondents should note new address end column ENGINE MOUNTS original RADIAL-BEAM engine mounts have mount engines hA /4 scale b Universal manifold cowling problems Select tall tube required Three sizes 09-ig 29.40 45.aO SCALE INSTRUMENTS away good ones far-off Anchorage Now Homer has ifs own shop Two others within 85 miles four Anchorage Since flying see own guys gobble up magazines tilt hunger see other fliers throughout country AMA Model nation provide same companionship needed RC magazines nameless club knows about train ers Greg offers significant comment has opinion beginner could start almost sport plane depending much experienced help available good airstrip has two original pilots old school chum Randel Jones local rancher Greg says own case through en couragement help built sufficient enthusi asm overcome inevitable crashes helped could final analysis up to learn fly built three before finding fit abilities conditions fly Q-Tee set up three channels cold winter day remote dead-end road some prodding wife hand-launched first successful flight After fly crash present semblance success What Greg says now worth listening future experience will continued effort find ultimate RC Bush Plane last four years have taught no limit possibilities experiments available sport fliers will continue grow through efforts people like Author Lets emphasize people can reach modelers bring us together Dont construe letter woe complaint letter pride Pride hobby transcends obstacles love aviation write hopes spurring novice RCers greater heights know everyone AMA feels dedication proves feel honored belong AMA will what can promote organization hobby model building flying bottom line should resolve just thatand get Facta non verba exactly news competition Free Flighters detest well-meaning suggestions addition RC would benefit branch art Thats red-hot potato writer thinks RC-Assist pleasant thing forever getting head shot off folks strenuously object calling model Free Flight After publishing pictures Dick Sarpolus Hungry Eaglea high-performance thing sends sky high retrieves RC Joe Ed Pederson chided us calling FF read reply subtitled Aint Ashamed laid out considerations Vagabond FF minimum use radio could observed FF long flight times Joe back nice letter analyzing good things about RC-Assist flying wishes continuing pleasure restates pure Free Flighters viewpoint Since Joe puts well yield soapbox once again dont touch transmitter 15 minutes time still have RC model begins still RC pilot virtue fact point flight have potential control plane essence FF risk challenge enforced discipline shot catching thermal radio whether use Continued page 91 Tatone Makes Easy SCALE AIRCRAFT MA LDS OS complete package metal rims glasses face plates Sizes 1/4 13116 dia PIflS MUFFLER ENGINE MUFFLERS wIde variety uses pin-S type a. 2940 GLOW Safety Preston Continued page 14 mitters immediately returned impound after use dont permit guys diddle engines pit area have special area Right search pin should take couple seconds fellow fliers follow rules elusive pin seek could use someone process adjusting control throwsor whatever way solve whos got pin problem have pit area subdivided according frequency know number clubs have adopted approach feel definite plus minimizing accidental shoot-downs due human error find very reassuring flying such field can see-at-a-glance other users ones frequency Its also safety benefit have transmitter impound area coded frequency becomes simple task run ones eyes over transmitters ones own frequency check turned off Maybe trans mitter left its switch its antenna collapsed wouldnt radiate enough power cause interference Wed rather take chance this dialogue leading up frequency control system think will appropriate going successfully control use some 50 RC frequencies Perhaps AMA Frequency Committee already has system figured out wed like hear about details frequency control system have mind board rack tray some such thing would prominently displayed pit area close transmitter impound club member wishing fly would place personal frequency marker board before turning transmitter current RC frequencies persons marker would color-coded frequency would contain name Anyone else wishing fly frequency would easily see presence color-coded marker already use name marker using person could seen flight line could quickly check presence pits see really preparing flyor just forgot left marker board after last flight know some clubs already using some variation system wed appreci ate some information about its success permission granted FCC use additional frequencies understand current color-code method frequency identification will replaced channel num bers colored background add number new frequencies existing 72 MHz 6-meter frequencies arrive large number under commonly used old clothespin system frequency identity could quite nightmare Somebody club might have full-time job just replacing missing clothespins think system requires flier provide own frequency marker superior could some problems effect ing orderly changeover new system dont think would insurmountable have asked what happens under new system member arrives club field fly find left marker home response has another question What happens flier arrives field finds has left transmitter home answer simple go nearest telephone booth call wife brings missing item Out field Right Any comments suggested frequency control system would appreciated especially clubs already using similar system Have safe month John Preston 7012 Ehira Cour4 Falls Church VA 22042 Fun/Winter Continued page 22 gives security fly FF security thing must foreswear am sure can see obvious flaw defining model servos aboard basis infrequently controls utilized modeler FFer basis much time elapses between picking up trans mitter its next use draw line finition followed its logical conclusion would state model RC CL Free Flight moment controls moving modeler FFer moment does cause controls operated. entials have legitimizing effect what say So define FF FFers ways make terms null void concerns case referring model FF criteria original FF design legitimate install RC gear Joe reasons because modeler does have know trim strictly FF model quite few people fly RC SAM events have never attempted trim FF dont know aerodynamics involved FF work cer tainly could fly model took RC gear Out. am Ito accept somehow model RC gear controlling surfaces really FF sets transmitter ground irrespective fact cant trim FF simply because original design flown FF Am Ito accept modelers truly FFers simply because design flying stable enough continue circling control inputs cant sell bill goods FF isnt cheap Conversely just because instance FFer models fly look like FF models cannot change fact now RC modeler Just example above model does have power make its owner FFer neither does ability knowledge skill FFer confer model fly FF model status None reasons calling RC model RC FF will hold drop water FF RC unmixable like oil water cannot change no matter emotion ally dependent identifying models yourself FF have given up FF very reasonable reasons What will hurt admit Growing older nothing ashamed hope some day Ralph Prey editor Satellite San Valeers FF Club As using RC 8-ft Korda think FF has got thinking about using RC just arent FF fields available afford luxury 5-mm max Im already gearing up use RC large C D Gas AMA contest models. have pretty good idea am going lash up emergenct DI lost too large models Taft Imjust going go through traumatic moment anymore. see model go OOS overhead would take flip lever pop up stab heck max trophy want model back So disqualify flight Ive Continued page 96 ly tsose completed kdS P-47 Military Scale $180 INCLUDES Top Flight P-47 kit Rhom retracts Aerosport 6 channel radio 5 servos Fox Eagle 60 engine J-3 CUB Quarter Scale $227 INCLUDESBud Nosen 1/4 scale J-3 Cub kit Kratt 4 channel radio rvos Quadra engine mount & props $212 Super Hustler engine SUPER KAOS Fast & Fun $185 INCLUDES Bridi Super Kaos kit Proline 5 channel radio 4 servos DX Max 60 engine $205 Rhom retracts items shown plus HUNDREDS others individualy offered sale recent issues Hobby Swap News model en thusiasts Used Equipmenf Guide BuySell-Trade first ad free 50 words max subscription $10/yr 10 issues $19/2yr $27/3yr Add $3/yr 1st class mail Canada & Mexico must use 1st class rates other countries write first MC & Visa Accepted include numbers expiration date Expect 4 8 weeks delivery 1st issue address changes Submit free ad B&W photo $2 extra subscription orders Hobby Swap News Dept AR-3 PO Box 834 Santa Maria CA 93456 LOWERiNG THE COST OF HAVING FUN May 198291 THE UALITY LINE LECTRONICS [ 7P~er Pacer QUALITY EQUIPMENT THAT FILLS ALL OF THE ELECTRICAL NEEDS OF YOUR RIG ACCESSORIES Coo L R Taylor & Co ealer20831 Roscoe Blvd Canoga Park California 91306 213 360-1178 got five attempts nothing rules says cant use RC FF making official flight long dont actually transmit signal Besides can use emergency DT too see model will crash spectators building some other less desirable landing area Bill Winter 4426 Altura Ct Fairfax VA 22030 Radio Technique/Myers Continued page 35 about older World Engines product S-i 6 servo teaching class servo main tenance S-i 6 would training aid has big parts lots room inside case rugged enough stand up abuse Specifically have using 5-16 Sail Control Unit 36/600 M-class boats works great sails really jolt gears jibe sustained load put servo sailing reach run strong wind awesome havent seen signs deterioration after year hard sailing S-16 gear teeth massive relative usual airplane servo eat up shocks come back ball bearing output shaft same find crankshaft 05 25 can see overdesigned case sealed 0-rings might think servo designed use mind wasnt quibble have milli second pulse-width change produces 900 servo arm throw Sailors prefer throw 1350 1800 happens gears allow 1750 bewtween stops simple electrical change desirable provide Tell what Ive got because plenty room inside case Im going show you can have adjustable end-point control inside servo Youll need buy two -watt 1K subminia ture potentiometers Radio Shack 271-333 4700 ohm yellow purple red silver bands resistor Unsolder black wire poten tiometer inside servo solder right-hand lug 1K pot viewing pot two external lugs facing Unsolder green wire solder left-hand lug other 1K pot Clip points off four lugs leaving points lugs coming beneath 1K pots Now put leads 4700 ohm resistor lug holes servo poten tiometer Put center point pot Wing Bolts Cowl Bolts NYLON Have Nylon Bolt Needs & e Airplanes 5/16 1/4 1032 StabBolts632 Landing Gear Bolts Available 24 Assorted Packages NEW Kitty Hawk 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combination Flying Quaker Kit Both itews$49 00 1937 Quaker Flash 67 5pan Plan Inci $1750 companion Stripwood Kit--$2345 combination Quaker Flash Kit Both items $3800 1937 Long cabin 78 5pan Plan Extra $1500 Plan--$9 00 companion Stripwood Kit--$24 06 combination Long cabin Kit three$4008 MIDWAY MODEL COMPANY Full Kits 1939 Air Trails Sportster 50 10 11 R/C $3580 1938 Powerhouse 50 Span io15 It/C $3506 1940 Buzzard Bombshell 30 Span 020 $1191 1040 Playboy Sr 38 span 020 engines $1291 1935 Miss America 36 span 020 engines $1201 1040 clipper MKII 30 5pan 020 engines $0491 1940 New Ruler 31 Span 020 engines $0395 0040 Mercury Scientifics 36 5psn 020 $1395 1941 Request 30 Span 020 engines $1295 SHIPPING AND HANDLING 10 Page CATALOGuE up $800 add 9110 $100 PP copy will $801 $2000 add $225 sent free upon 94581 97000 add $310 o y orn $2001 10 94000 add 9300 request oroert over $7000 add $400 PO Bow 300l CA Addressees add 0% Taa Seal Beach Ca 91740 Send MO VisaAtc 8 OxpI 1 714] 094-6223[Besl CK 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Edition: Model Aviation - 1982/05
Page Numbers: 18, 19, 20, 22, 91, 96
DON TRUNICK United Airlines captain Control Line Scaler 195 1 until two years ago lives Palos Verdes Peninsula California sounds like Heaven live has significant effect kind models build ways enjoy Geographic location major ingredient modeling mix Dons adventures surely remind us member Peninsula Silent Flyers Dons flying philosophy blends traditional American ingenuitystill around thank goodnesswith imagination generous spicing fantasy Once Scaler always Scaler After taking familiar step CL Scale RC Scale Don found no close-in places fly Gliders seemed answer Peninsula glider mans paradise natural Slope Soaring Most often on-shore flow air has pick convenient hilltop near beach toss crate soar personal seagull Don began Wandererweve told landlocked characters great flies Max 10 nose taildragger gearthen moved up slightly Olympic II Scale conquered thing him does surprise us way went about makes scalp tingle Testing water tentative big toe opted semi-Scale designs about 75 inches span No make-believe Mustangs interest Left Don Trunick about launch semi-Scale Curtiss 1912 Flying Boat over waters Palos Verdes Peninsula Flies very well about four pounds float body handles good landings not-so-good areas Right Curtiss rides wind Although biplanes have considerable drag require slightly breeze light craft bit difficult fly land spoilers help good rudder needed turn 18 Model Aviation Lert lJons Liii VYVV i snip lOOKS nice aion ano iiies very well mis spoilers always needed because flies slowly has lots lift slow approaches light winds Weighs five poinds isa Sailplane rememberl Right bored Olympic II Trunick added ancient scale-like twin fin/rudders tried Nieuport Triplane flew well troubled forward middle wing making elevators too sensitive converted Nieuport 17 85-in top wing spoilers six pounds 1300 squares flies very well Now fiddling parasol Bill thinks gigantic Russian ANT monoplane would work designs Finding off-beat crates per formed well too adjustments dived head first world biplanes encouraged fact 4- 5-lb gliders did surprisingly well Biplanes look nice air seen anyone Don explains Rather take off another round-theworld flight weve selected few Trunicks photos Fun find Orange banana Introducing himself abitofa maverick Bernard Cawley treasurer Boeing Hawks newcomer RC lover Half-As dabbler electrics first suc cessful RC Airtronics Q-Tee still alive after two tough years wanted fly nearby soccer fields schoolyards touch-and-goesan overweight Q-Tee hard keep close want thank putting onto Banana Winged Masterpiece Ken Willards Showmaster says Bernie Loss folks have written sent pix banana wings Bernie zings along such grand style yield soapbox him also wanted something could fly Hawks Fun Fly reports included two taxi events duration bomb drop etc flapped Showmaster recent column sold ordered plans RCM modified three channels 1-oz round tank Medallion 049 Hiscott throttle Used redwood front spars fin/stab trailing edges HalIco gear Airtronics XL radio Ace Micro servos throttle Astro 250 mAh pack Orange Coverite coat Glaskote weight 20oz combination magic Hiscott throttle muffler gives quiet power plant turns 6-4 15000 below 4000 idle wont die speed like betweenjust like big boys air other engine except OS 4-stroke drowns out Ive accused once having electric thats just start Oh goodness plane maneuverable responsive yet taught land touch-and-goes can fly low circle 20 feet radiuslike Control Lineif wish All-around confidence-building plane Can managed days windy enough people question sanity flying t love What can say Bernie blew minds Seattle Radio Aero modellers Annual Contest Taxied Out took off flew around landed taxied backnot too common 049s Just about everyone else using TDs pen bladders Hurts hear run says Bernie banana wing took third both Novice Pattern Fun Fly against aileron/elevator ships Among variations hell try flat-winged ship ailerons clipped wing about 36 should nifty windy days advantage learning two channels Bernie tosses out learn worried about dead-stick landings amazing people Ive seen learned power full-house panic engine quits Yea verily As reported way back Showmaster impressive cabin model ye curator ever flew Trimmed out blasted along little diesel engine responded smoothly always groov ing andwhen will ever learnno trim changes Thats what writer wants stable steady platform Thinking enlarging itto6 feet K&B 19 several readers reminded us such ship existsthe MEN trainer Saw father son Rubber-Scale-sacred Shangrila Watched laze around low-motor Books Worth Buying Ducted Fan RCAircra ft $695 Dick Sarpol us Kal mbach Books 1027 North Seventh St Milwaukee WI 53233 Dick authority ducted fans magazine articles plans two Mode/Aviation plane kits hia credit 52-page magazine-size book provides simple ci earpath mastering technology et models Well written organized excellent photos drawings Are No Secrets $995 Harry Higley& Sons PO Box 532 Glenwood IL 60425 rates 10 Richter Scale about finishes something everyone wants know about Harry Higi ey talks Hutton istens mag-si zeB3-page blockbuster 314 superb pi x masterpiece craft talented people step-by-step how-to pix key drawings Theressti II enough spacefor text youll ever need read Sixteen chapters detail materials methods procedures Dont left out investment value will last lifetime World Free Flight Review $3000 published edited Bill Hartill World Free Flight Press 7513 Sausal ito Ave Canoga Park CA 91307 Believe isa mag size hard-cover book 416-pages covers ins outs international meets competition FF obs Power Glider Indoor Outdoor Rubber techniques count less secrets Beautiful four-color pictures plans drawings sketches kind easy-to-read analytical text perhaps Hartill could have managed work tremendous courage Production costs must well five figures pictures overwhelm numberanddetails Layoutand makeuparesuperb Whetheryou hope get competition already world-class fI i eryoud nuts let get Plans greatand world-famousdesigns sketches devices good stuff adj ustments use materi ala including exoti cnothi ng missing FF work world-class character youll learn sorts things youd spend years finding out hard wayand few would get far own arent FFer heres remarkable opportunity learn about intrigued science traditional form activity Truly collectors item May 198219 Good books covering special aspects hobby adding up library covers full spectrum activity phenomenon may never repeatyoud better grab comes along Three Miles Libellule M-35 canard Peanut Scale Pedashenko inc Britisn wuru surigus Hogul mis freak WW Il Canards make great flying modelsthey hate stall Photo Warren Shlpp gently steering almost hovering landing big air wheels tall grass Provided can cover deeply undercambered wing youll love Give yourself breakgo bananas got problems get up-tight guy mower forgets trim runway join us trek Homer Alaska small seaport end Kenai Peninsula 225 road miles185 air south Anchorage According Greg McCullough two active pilots 1978 year began RC Now 11 What got plenty nothing no good places fly Control Line Free Flight utter futility lots trees facilities Rubber nonexistent 1978 no airstrip Gregs first flight took place lonely dirt road middle winter landing frozen snow five feet deep has made landings back roads no traffic 12 feet wide sixfoot-tall grass both sides spotted 30-foot spruce trees Homers RCers cope Skis require lots tinkering says Greg Unless icy surface hard snow wheels work just well Usually snow soft just slow up plop down Fast airplanes wont hold together fly planes build quickly dont break easily dont fly fastsuch Airtronics Q-Tees Sig Super Sports Colts Pilot QB-l5Hs etc guys have survival instincts ahem cockroach find places fly ranging fairly good thats Homer Scale good bad good worse has got pits Some guys try beach littered rocks trip up planes sand gets engines Being AMA members covered insurance State Alaska lets use abandoned sand/gravel pit Doesnt compare pictures Sig Field Montezuma rains Greg reports field soft 60-powered planes wont move ground end 60-foot drop swamp other Spruce trees both sidesinteresting problems approaches Yet manage six planes line sometimes four air once Greg puts quotes around word club life memberRemarkable model French 1918-1919 Brequet presumably its builderswho might have anywhere France Print photo files Wright Field Research Li brary courtesy Bill Noonan guys todays RC equipment theyd like Flynn Bill remarks ship token $100 maybe well move tion AMA club far unrealized Homer instead Palos Verdesor take up dream next NVRC meeting No official officers 1978 nearest hobby shop 85 miles individual members AMA Affilia- Continued oaeeA-8- 2 20 Model Aviation Left Bernard Cawley gets readyto amaze orange banana-winged Showmasterwith Medallion 09 neat P38 foreground based Guillow Rubber kit Fourchannels plus retracts ontwo 0-Mark 03s Looks fantastic flightwith gear up Right closeupofCawleysdelightshows banana airfoil think spars act turbulators ala Free Flight Note downthrust What you glue finger airplane Winter came across Sterling Ring master packing move stopped everything put together Sounds like has priorities straight Correspondents should note new address end column ENGINE MOUNTS original RADIAL-BEAM engine mounts have mount engines hA /4 scale b Universal manifold cowling problems Select tall tube required Three sizes 09-ig 29.40 45.aO SCALE INSTRUMENTS away good ones far-off Anchorage Now Homer has ifs own shop Two others within 85 miles four Anchorage Since flying see own guys gobble up magazines tilt hunger see other fliers throughout country AMA Model nation provide same companionship needed RC magazines nameless club knows about train ers Greg offers significant comment has opinion beginner could start almost sport plane depending much experienced help available good airstrip has two original pilots old school chum Randel Jones local rancher Greg says own case through en couragement help built sufficient enthusi asm overcome inevitable crashes helped could final analysis up to learn fly built three before finding fit abilities conditions fly Q-Tee set up three channels cold winter day remote dead-end road some prodding wife hand-launched first successful flight After fly crash present semblance success What Greg says now worth listening future experience will continued effort find ultimate RC Bush Plane last four years have taught no limit possibilities experiments available sport fliers will continue grow through efforts people like Author Lets emphasize people can reach modelers bring us together Dont construe letter woe complaint letter pride Pride hobby transcends obstacles love aviation write hopes spurring novice RCers greater heights know everyone AMA feels dedication proves feel honored belong AMA will what can promote organization hobby model building flying bottom line should resolve just thatand get Facta non verba exactly news competition Free Flighters detest well-meaning suggestions addition RC would benefit branch art Thats red-hot potato writer thinks RC-Assist pleasant thing forever getting head shot off folks strenuously object calling model Free Flight After publishing pictures Dick Sarpolus Hungry Eaglea high-performance thing sends sky high retrieves RC Joe Ed Pederson chided us calling FF read reply subtitled Aint Ashamed laid out considerations Vagabond FF minimum use radio could observed FF long flight times Joe back nice letter analyzing good things about RC-Assist flying wishes continuing pleasure restates pure Free Flighters viewpoint Since Joe puts well yield soapbox once again dont touch transmitter 15 minutes time still have RC model begins still RC pilot virtue fact point flight have potential control plane essence FF risk challenge enforced discipline shot catching thermal radio whether use Continued page 91 Tatone Makes Easy SCALE AIRCRAFT MA LDS OS complete package metal rims glasses face plates Sizes 1/4 13116 dia PIflS MUFFLER ENGINE MUFFLERS wIde variety uses pin-S type a. 2940 GLOW Safety Preston Continued page 14 mitters immediately returned impound after use dont permit guys diddle engines pit area have special area Right search pin should take couple seconds fellow fliers follow rules elusive pin seek could use someone process adjusting control throwsor whatever way solve whos got pin problem have pit area subdivided according frequency know number clubs have adopted approach feel definite plus minimizing accidental shoot-downs due human error find very reassuring flying such field can see-at-a-glance other users ones frequency Its also safety benefit have transmitter impound area coded frequency becomes simple task run ones eyes over transmitters ones own frequency check turned off Maybe trans mitter left its switch its antenna collapsed wouldnt radiate enough power cause interference Wed rather take chance this dialogue leading up frequency control system think will appropriate going successfully control use some 50 RC frequencies Perhaps AMA Frequency Committee already has system figured out wed like hear about details frequency control system have mind board rack tray some such thing would prominently displayed pit area close transmitter impound club member wishing fly would place personal frequency marker board before turning transmitter current RC frequencies persons marker would color-coded frequency would contain name Anyone else wishing fly frequency would easily see presence color-coded marker already use name marker using person could seen flight line could quickly check presence pits see really preparing flyor just forgot left marker board after last flight know some clubs already using some variation system wed appreci ate some information about its success permission granted FCC use additional frequencies understand current color-code method frequency identification will replaced channel num bers colored background add number new frequencies existing 72 MHz 6-meter frequencies arrive large number under commonly used old clothespin system frequency identity could quite nightmare Somebody club might have full-time job just replacing missing clothespins think system requires flier provide own frequency marker superior could some problems effect ing orderly changeover new system dont think would insurmountable have asked what happens under new system member arrives club field fly find left marker home response has another question What happens flier arrives field finds has left transmitter home answer simple go nearest telephone booth call wife brings missing item Out field Right Any comments suggested frequency control system would appreciated especially clubs already using similar system Have safe month John Preston 7012 Ehira Cour4 Falls Church VA 22042 Fun/Winter Continued page 22 gives security fly FF security thing must foreswear am sure can see obvious flaw defining model servos aboard basis infrequently controls utilized modeler FFer basis much time elapses between picking up trans mitter its next use draw line finition followed its logical conclusion would state model RC CL Free Flight moment controls moving modeler FFer moment does cause controls operated. entials have legitimizing effect what say So define FF FFers ways make terms null void concerns case referring model FF criteria original FF design legitimate install RC gear Joe reasons because modeler does have know trim strictly FF model quite few people fly RC SAM events have never attempted trim FF dont know aerodynamics involved FF work cer tainly could fly model took RC gear Out. am Ito accept somehow model RC gear controlling surfaces really FF sets transmitter ground irrespective fact cant trim FF simply because original design flown FF Am Ito accept modelers truly FFers simply because design flying stable enough continue circling control inputs cant sell bill goods FF isnt cheap Conversely just because instance FFer models fly look like FF models cannot change fact now RC modeler Just example above model does have power make its owner FFer neither does ability knowledge skill FFer confer model fly FF model status None reasons calling RC model RC FF will hold drop water FF RC unmixable like oil water cannot change no matter emotion ally dependent identifying models yourself FF have given up FF very reasonable reasons What will hurt admit Growing older nothing ashamed hope some day Ralph Prey editor Satellite San Valeers FF Club As using RC 8-ft Korda think FF has got thinking about using RC just arent FF fields available afford luxury 5-mm max Im already gearing up use RC large C D Gas AMA contest models. have pretty good idea am going lash up emergenct DI lost too large models Taft Imjust going go through traumatic moment anymore. see model go OOS overhead would take flip lever pop up stab heck max trophy want model back So disqualify flight Ive Continued page 96 ly tsose completed kdS P-47 Military Scale $180 INCLUDES Top Flight P-47 kit Rhom retracts Aerosport 6 channel radio 5 servos Fox Eagle 60 engine J-3 CUB Quarter Scale $227 INCLUDESBud Nosen 1/4 scale J-3 Cub kit Kratt 4 channel radio rvos Quadra engine mount & props $212 Super Hustler engine SUPER KAOS Fast & Fun $185 INCLUDES Bridi Super Kaos kit Proline 5 channel radio 4 servos DX Max 60 engine $205 Rhom retracts items shown plus HUNDREDS others individualy offered sale recent issues Hobby Swap News model en thusiasts Used Equipmenf Guide BuySell-Trade first ad free 50 words max subscription $10/yr 10 issues $19/2yr $27/3yr Add $3/yr 1st class mail Canada & Mexico must use 1st class rates other countries write first MC & Visa Accepted include numbers expiration date Expect 4 8 weeks delivery 1st issue address changes Submit free ad B&W photo $2 extra subscription orders Hobby Swap News Dept AR-3 PO Box 834 Santa Maria CA 93456 LOWERiNG THE COST OF HAVING FUN May 198291 THE UALITY LINE LECTRONICS [ 7P~er Pacer QUALITY EQUIPMENT THAT FILLS ALL OF THE ELECTRICAL NEEDS OF YOUR RIG ACCESSORIES Coo L R Taylor & Co ealer20831 Roscoe Blvd Canoga Park California 91306 213 360-1178 got five attempts nothing rules says cant use RC FF making official flight long dont actually transmit signal Besides can use emergency DT too see model will crash spectators building some other less desirable landing area Bill Winter 4426 Altura Ct Fairfax VA 22030 Radio Technique/Myers Continued page 35 about older World Engines product S-i 6 servo teaching class servo main tenance S-i 6 would training aid has big parts lots room inside case rugged enough stand up abuse Specifically have using 5-16 Sail Control Unit 36/600 M-class boats works great sails really jolt gears jibe sustained load put servo sailing reach run strong wind awesome havent seen signs deterioration after year hard sailing S-16 gear teeth massive relative usual airplane servo eat up shocks come back ball bearing output shaft same find crankshaft 05 25 can see overdesigned case sealed 0-rings might think servo designed use mind wasnt quibble have milli second pulse-width change produces 900 servo arm throw Sailors prefer throw 1350 1800 happens gears allow 1750 bewtween stops simple electrical change desirable provide Tell what Ive got because plenty room inside case Im going show you can have adjustable end-point control inside servo Youll need buy two -watt 1K subminia ture potentiometers Radio Shack 271-333 4700 ohm yellow purple red silver bands resistor Unsolder black wire poten tiometer inside servo solder right-hand lug 1K pot viewing pot two external lugs facing Unsolder green wire solder left-hand lug other 1K pot Clip points off four lugs leaving points lugs coming beneath 1K pots Now put leads 4700 ohm resistor lug holes servo poten tiometer Put center point pot Wing Bolts Cowl Bolts NYLON Have Nylon Bolt Needs & e Airplanes 5/16 1/4 1032 StabBolts632 Landing Gear Bolts Available 24 Assorted Packages NEW Kitty Hawk Models Hobby-Craft Magnifier 8 Accessory Writ Call a12723-3501 723-34aa 96 Model Aviation Multi Charger H TIMER KITS Fu P 0 W Semi-Kils--R 0 1941 Playboy Jr 54 Plan--$250 Compa on combination Playbo 1941 Playboy 5r lan--El 00 companion Strspwood Ktt--$20 30 combination Playboy Sr three itema-$450t 1939 Zipper Comet 14 5pan Plan md $3300 companion stripoond Kit--$l572 combination Zipper Both above items--$4500 1937 Dallaire 5portster too span Plan OX $2600 Plan--S500 companion Slripwood KiI-$3000 combination Dallaire Kit three items-$5600 1930 Powerhouse 84 span Plan Extra $2100 Plan--94 00 companion Slripwood Kit--$17 70 combination Powerhouse Kit tall 3 above $3900 Other combinations available- 1038 Buccaneer$49 00 1938 clipper MK $3600 1930 Mercury $1500 1035 Miss America $1900 1940 Ranger $2700 1940 Sailplane $7000 1040 5o Long $2600 1938 Trenton Terror $3000 Korda Wake $1600 MIDWAY MODEL cOMPANY Partial Kits 1930 Flying Quaker 84 span Plan md $2110 companion 5tripwood Kit--$31 40 combination Flying Quaker Kit Both itews$49 00 1937 Quaker Flash 67 5pan Plan Inci $1750 companion Stripwood Kit--$2345 combination Quaker Flash Kit Both items $3800 1937 Long cabin 78 5pan Plan Extra $1500 Plan--$9 00 companion Stripwood Kit--$24 06 combination Long cabin Kit three$4008 MIDWAY MODEL COMPANY Full Kits 1939 Air Trails Sportster 50 10 11 R/C $3580 1938 Powerhouse 50 Span io15 It/C $3506 1940 Buzzard Bombshell 30 Span 020 $1191 1040 Playboy Sr 38 span 020 engines $1291 1935 Miss America 36 span 020 engines $1201 1040 clipper MKII 30 5pan 020 engines $0491 1940 New Ruler 31 Span 020 engines $0395 0040 Mercury Scientifics 36 5psn 020 $1395 1941 Request 30 Span 020 engines $1295 SHIPPING AND HANDLING 10 Page CATALOGuE up $800 add 9110 $100 PP copy will $801 $2000 add $225 sent free upon 94581 97000 add $310 o y orn $2001 10 94000 add 9300 request oroert over $7000 add $400 PO Bow 300l CA Addressees add 0% Taa Seal Beach Ca 91740 Send MO VisaAtc 8 OxpI 1 714] 094-6223[Besl CK COD--Exact Chg mornings recorder--0150 HdI Cash Only activates 5 rings] Paul Clements IITTT KIWI MODELS RR 2 PUII End 47454 tonaI jaoua tifle oM b 1Yot 1dte$1ooeS C%cite tetOKtt~deVtXi oxute oXott~ devoted OeJlevIS tiXX Xts toO tibusiofl 0 1ble CO bave 0fs~l jetlge aaine 141~ aC1vie9ode bet $9/yr $250/copy7106-A5Coml3fleldRd Send free secrets Baltimore MD 21207