Bill Winter st53r bS&n qfit THOSE WHO FOLLOW foreign magazines know two generations late Keith Hearn Australia remarkable man quote 1981 issue Airborne magazine achievements received recognition lifted aeromodeling above other hobby Cer tainly no modeler present past rates higher acclaim Hearn glider pilot before WW II later flew RAAF As boy wanted hobby shop us did After war began cut balsa gliders chain stores using jigsaw adapted moth ers sewing machine 1945 brothers Bruce Jack founded Hearns Hobbies built first CL models Down Un der held several Speed records designed innovative kits both FF CL offered Hearns Trophies CL Aerobatics competition produced Australian champions over years helped develop Tempest engine 1954 won race RC aircraft across Hobsons Bay 1960 Hearn set World Al titude Record 4100 feet controlling model familys DH Hornet Moth served Air Force General Re serve 30 years leader Air Training Corps teaching boys principles flight through modeling experiences awarded Forces Medal worry about toy image director Heams Hobbies 20 years man aged well known toy shop organized Keith Heam Enterprises produce kits came factory manager Artmil Balsa until retirement Aiready ill built 1977-78 famous 12-ft Fokker Trisnotor Southern Cross flew over water Point Cook Berwick June 9 1978 using chopper chase aircraft same year piloting speed boat flew Fokker 12 miles up Brisbane River heart city dont recall two flights celebrated 50th anniversary famous flight real Southern Cross lately took up hang gliding son Bruce May 1928 Southern Cross made first transpacific flight starting Oakland landing Hawaii Fiji finally Brisbane7389 miles flying time 83 hours 38 minutes Later first cross Tasmanian Sea New Zealand 14-hour flight friend Merv Buckmaster editor Airborne truly great mag sought re markable photo Hearn flying unique early monster now stored Air Training Corpsto alas photo returned available Merv 16 Model Aviation Australian old-timers remember Keith Helms modeling achievements mostly prehis toric 0S 80powered monster RC huge lightweight ship covered plastic filmevidently long before advent iron-ons appeared least 20 years ago Imagination end innovation said Airborne magazine enabled Keith holding transmitter things few others ever dreamed about 05 80 looks like Pee Wee 02 some six4ooter Shadows reveal beautiful realistic cabin-configuration ghost ship just lifted off Rendered Hank Clark Air Training Corps photo Keith Hearn co-pilot 1950 Altitude World Record-setting RC 4000 ft flown Keith familys DH Hornet Moth background Twenty-two years later ship would pride end joy sport modeler Note strip ailerons Air Train ing Corps photo compliments Airborne magazine piece de resistancel Hearn about start Quadra-powered Fokker Trimotor Casey Field Berwick Using helicopter chase plane Keith piloted 12-ft Southern Cross high above across wide water body commemorate 50th anniversary flight real Southern Cross Tony Farnan photo Airborne 70 FUSE & VERTICAL TAILPLANE FROM SHEET BALSA WING B STAB FROM OPEN CONSTRUCTION PREVIOUSLY KITTED BYJETCO MODELS BROOKLYN NY C U 9 RCIERJ4C DES IGNED BY BILL WINTER SPAN -53 AREA-4755QIN Ill POWER-09 TO19 RADIOC H WITH CONTHUL 0 w U z 1a U -J L 1 N S 05 0 z 4 0 ILU IhJ cD 00 z-J Il JL*J 4W 00 0 0 I-yy Winter thinks Krackerjac design early Sixties single-channel escapement job could answer what now needs 3- 4-channel sport job Theres lots about text Modified modern proportional should enjoyable did send other shots youll appreciate Hank Clark artwork see precise drawing takeoff photo fired writers imagination two-way street AU columnists would suc cumb crunch death-row deadlines letters loyal fol lowers Most columnists necessarily deal technical specialties few us rattle cages six readers arent quite sure having fun freaking out Since ungodly chore play hanky-panky typewriter bright calm morning blue sky beckons am looking sympathy coffee hot Hermes stone cold am about entertained story tellers first effort talk back begins L G Schmidt St Pete FL having busy rime usual winding cat putting clock out beating wolf back door Now first time life have time things Ive always wanted have either now hand have built time kind critter flies its own volition jist took inventory have 43 models flyable condition four abuildin Rudder Servo Arm / /1 Could opposite side rudder & oppo site side servo arm /Sailplane rudder Articulated rudder Sailplanes H Thomas tantalizing thought Elevators rud ders hinge operate like wing flaps brakes yielding half-diamond airfoil cross section whereas HAs depicts variable camber wing flap would virtual infinity combinations ranging very high lift through progression extreme braking called out pilot especially fiddles horn hole combinations STOL capa bilities should superb mixed stab elevator trima high cabin probably requires progressive down-trim low-wing up-trim continuous piano-type hinge would close gaps H suggests short lengths Sullivan plastic pushrod inner rod sliding through say inch-wide segments alternated between surfaces along hinge lines HA uses Hot Stuff covers plane MonoKote Bigger planes might require light glass/epoxy attachment October 1982 17 -J Winters Antique Old-Timers Some comment Old Square Sides 1936-37 FF elevated An tique Old-Timer Vagabond WOG now officially OldTimers Old Square Sides originally published Air Trails several years after its birthalso true other twowas powered Baby Cyke No special adjustments runs true lifts tail flies gently wide shallow left-hand circles modified Vagabond published MAN recently RC sport job modified too much qualify SAM competitions Youll need John Pond planshe expected have Ohlsson 60 Vagabond WOG Old Square Sides availableauthentic Model Builder designer given John Sprague Winters mid dle names Vagabond has left power turn since high thrustline doesnt produce prop wash against sufficient cabin area force right can flown left-left left-right popular because forgiving competitive Comet Sailplanes etc prob lem has no OT tail Bob Larsh suggested Winter fin moves down slot fuselage top tail could pop up damage could result stab snags obstacle Winter likes Larshs suaclestion nortion etah aft soars Reproduced Radio Modeller 1971 sue shots Roland Boucher Fournier during demos electric power intrigued British cousins Its Sailplane looks potential strongly contrasted F F Glider conversions day dozen designs drawn up Sounds like forgot mention partridge pear tree PS adds few escaped first tally four Control Line models seven Indoor models some HLGs bursitis shoulder makes forgetting pleasure Its obvious Im fun rarely go contests am primarily design er-experimenter garbage original have yet step field however out being informed am flying modi fied Wbiffenpoof Author Whiffenpoofs have glide wouldnt believe inevit able some designs will resemble other peoples work just arent ways put ship together working within limited force arrangements very nature birds have thrust upon us Lord knows try Have noted interest captions un der pictures L G goes particular interest two Peanut-size Chambermaids Continued page 20 18 Model Aviation used popping up slot pass over fin/rudder located partially forward horizontal tail H A Thomas obliged quickie sketch Ohlsson 23powered WOG high aspect shoulder wing planked oval fuselage wing sheeted top Megows kit oversize heaw woodso kits earned plane dog reputation efficient demands skilled adjustments Reading clip old article Winter finds Walt Schroder helped much both Vagabond WOG said WOG should flown left-right could extremely touchy forced right under power should flown open shallow fast climb circle Stab tilt right glide could added tail wasnt pop-up origi nal configuration adaptable sport flying want enjoy long slow cruises WOG would idealbut chore build Winter doesnt recall WOG straight V-dihedral poly plc old article shows him holding such earlier developmentdate unknown Says Bill amazes crates fun sketches sportthe credit goes fliers made work competition Bill Brenchley built authentic Vagabond shown picture kit put out Loran Schmidt Custom Kits 11948 Franklin Blvd Elk Grove CA 95624 wants us remind everyone John Ponds Old Timer Plains Service PO Box 3215 San Jose CA 95156 Bill Brenchley hopes reader can send him Eagle ad picture Vagabond kit model address RR 3 Box 307B Marion IL 62959 also asks about colors silked painted blue white nitrate dope butyrate came later Brenchlcys ship powered 05 25FSR Davis Diesel head throttle Original Brown-powered contest fliers used inverted Ohlsson 6W etc sketch HA Thomas Bill Winters WOG designed 1942 published 1944 has five-foot wingspan powered Ohlsson 23 spark ignition S r FT BANK R/C DISTRIBUTORS 19 So Brett Street Beacon N Y 12508 Hours Mon Sat 914 831-121410 am -9 pm 050 HB 40 R/C w/Muffler $5695 p 4400 HB 40 PDP w/Muffler $6795 Shipping & Handling $300 Please add $200 COD Service Sorry no Foreign Orders Personal checks will held far clearance N Y State Residents must add local sales tax Price subject change Lnotice Send long SASE complete listing4 NEW REALISM NEW PILOTS FOR MORE NATURAL APPEARANCE STANDARD FEATURES 2 SCALE Z% HIGH SEPARATE GOGGLES OR SUN GLASSES DEEP TORSO EASILY ASSEMBLED EASILY PAINTED INSTRUCTIONS SHOW SIMPLE ACTUATING SYSTEM SPORTSMAN Separate head permits tilting turning actuation model air craft boat car control system Ask pilots dealer will supply order directly factory SCALE WHEELS NE KITS LAY MODEL KITS MACHII4E GUN KITS SSORIES SEND $1 FOR COMPLETE CATALOG DEPT MA 181 PAWNEE ST SAN MARCOS CALIFORNIA 9 supposedly fly outdoors claims 8-gram weight other fantastic 45 grams just happen have Manhattan Cab bends beam shade over 4 grams good sneeze would blow apart have uncovered Chambermaid see sketch around 8 grams Dont see Ill wind up less omes apart wing canopy lift off have two pods bottomone wheels other retract gear Chambermaid 45 grams terrific dadburned things got bones herring fellows have got know something dont know Perhaps scaie wrongthe Messers Ohaus will delighted hear Keep doing what doing knew about time last year werent dis mayed wailing gnashing teeth L G dont know euphoric am about 300-lb ducted-fan 747 four Kawasakis Dont get shook up about thatIm just kidding Dad gummit coffee cold yeal 2500 some stone-chipper coipes upon time capsule undoubtedly will find Buccaneer thing imperish able 1948 after three years Air Force Jack Haren recalls RC just get ting started bought Aero-Trol trans mitter receiver escapement Author days anyone could assemble such kit system long evening Heart air borne single-tube receiverin case tiny gas-filled tube flashed lovely purple light shorted anything idled perhaps 15 mils signal dropped say 3 mil miniscule current change caused relay armature move dead contact live triggered escapement move rudder full-on long signal held Vibration rattled relaywhich wiggled rudder Joy Essentially controlled Free Flight Chet Lanzo observed radio enabled choose point crash McNabbs 465 frequency system citi zen-Ship approved FCC woods filled characters flew n frequency happened come up no crystalsand transistor yet gleam some ones eye awarded 27 band no good buddies traffic lights Since receivers super-regen superhets followed quickly spots actu ally subject transmitter youd have 25 guys line waiting fly Pins diapers Sooner later usually sooner crates either crashed flew away people tried weekend year long never got flIght loved hobby shop owner suggested Ber keley Buccaneer B Special Jack recalls Au thor write WE Technical Services MA advertiser will come upon authentic Bill Effinger plans goodies Bucs lots other stufflike Snow White 20 Bill Joe Raspante close friends Joe flew scaled-up monster Buc RC As Snow White magazine writer studiously took apart hear come up accurate plans stating best-ever Free Flight having won three Nats add wins Berryloid event finish Snow White too beautiful flyit stood day exhibition Continued page 110 20 Model Aviation HB 61 PDP W/ Muffler $8995 WE WONT LET YOU DOWN Cox Customer Service prompily handles parts service requests Cox Cox/Sanwa products CHECK IT OUT Cox division Leisure Onamics Inc Hobbies lIOO W 78tt~5L Minneapolis MN 55135 J Fun/Winter Continued page 20 numerous eastern FF meets attended assume Joe flew Bill Effinger once sold sticks room over garage Berkeley Placehence name Berkeleyin Brooklyn reader asks opinion about inflation let say us money took author seven years acquire enginea Baby Cyke $9 wholesale Ben Shereshawwho designed beautiful airplanes anyone earth recent ads offer super big enginedid first Cavalier exchange set air wheels Dont shocked immortal Scotty Murray got $3 apiece FF Gas de signs Bay Ridge editorial salary fat $30 other hand im possible lift $15 worth groceries house rented $35 balsa 2 x 6 cost $95 Jacks Buccaneer Forster 29 engine ig nition since giow plug came postwar Forster 29 gem such engine run continuously day break its gasloll mixture Jack used solenoid fuel cutoff Throttles came 1950s covered silk since didnt wet first bit loose Jack remembers After procrastinating several weeks finally got up nerve fly plane fuel shutoff set minute play safe let run 45 seconds before launching Author RC jobs test-glided first like Free Flights adjusted rich four-cycle safety 15 seconds flying time plane did two loops 360-degree circle just 10 feet off ground landed safely Two weeks later plugged venturi wood 1/8-in hole made two 90-deg turns downwind land ing damaged receiver plane went shelf Twenty-three years later again became terested RC joined American Air lines Club Cleveland Jack goes trouble so-called trainers Jack laments kept looking old Buccaneer sitting shelf wondering would modern en gine radio Rebuliding posed too problems still plans did second modifica ton provided elevator control cov ered MonoKote Things started out weli Jack continues won first prize static show flew like dream few wceks able launch fly land own first time would take off very weli because extreme forward location wheels Thats story about two Buccaneer Specials photo Jack concludes says nothing about letter-box slots near tips Used some real Stinsons etc such slots tremendousiy effective main taining air flow over wing high angle attack maintains aileron control impossible stall tip Gene Foxworthy used Hoosier Hotshot RC Nats winner Did work Indianapolis Airport Gene taped over slots ship flew across big airport skimming ground until struck fence far side evidently add lift too Used generous dihedral Hoosier plane would lose altitude continuous tight circles twin rudders hard over know because once flew Genes model 110 Model Aviation K SUPERwings DIVISION OF HI JOHNSON MODEL PRODUCTS 11015 GLENOAKS BLVD PACOIMA CA 91331 SAILPLANE COMPONENTS CREATE YOUR OWN SUPER GLIDER WING FOAM CORES Floater Thermal & Slope FUSELAGES LUSTROLEEN 2 Meter Standard Open & Scale STAB FOAM CORES Rudder & Fin Cores COVERING MATERIALS White skin & Lustroleen WING RODS Wing Tongue Kits FOR HI JOHNSONS PORTFOLIO PRICE SHEET & ORDER FORM about sailplane construction & design using foam & plastic SEND $250 CHECK OR MO CA RES ADD SALES TAX Smokers Between son flies RC Long Island another Louisianaand flying NVRC northern Vir ginia frequent visits Aeromasters Club FredericksburgI see hear about everything wings guy Cajun coun try now manages circuits Aces Air Scout formerly Concept Taking old mans advice goes out early before work abandoned military field Its bucolic No s sight hay stacks grass areas quail calling spreads out sheet hand-launches Gentle Lady hes made three 049 nose Im strong its great 05 electric too lies down shades eyes enjoys other day almost fell asleep discovered live club calls wild men Wild favorite word reports about Pattern crate called Smoker wild So now weve heard Warren Pete Hare sec/treas Mid-State RC Club 4529 Lee St Alexandria LA 71301 Its sane active group 45 members lease site Town Poliock Poliock Municipal old World War II fighter base Son Mike says people painting stripes runways watch out Activities include Glider competition Fun Flies /2A Pylon Racing meet fourth Mondays MacArthur Village branch Guaranty Bank Trust Co 7 pm open public try show AMA Air Force Film Library film after meeting Nice membership package too Members interested phases modelingnoteworthy Smoker proves scaled-down Phoenix 40 power designed kitted two members own fiber glass work Since Mike mentions can pick up kit reasonable figure brother Rob can thread needle such things might give guys try Cant promise Obviously its scorcher Theres pic Smoker Gus Vol flips Mike turns us Speaking approaches As know cruelty Sigs unbustable Kadet consis tent approaches ol Bill lukewarm friends learn constantly fiddling own stuff out time Mike tossed Kadet together could get back after long hiatus two-stick con trols Ailerons big dealfrankly end youli find safer threechannel getting used steering left takeoff coordinated banking right initial prob lem Anyway Mike making Goldberg Eagle 1983 aerial sadism Kadet cant possibly live long elephant though might designers always want alter other guys concept biggest demand rockstable platform approaches early 1960s published Air Thails kitted Jetco Krackerjac single-channel just rudder throttle Yes Mable planes fly weli elevators will note vague resemblance Kadet days Rudder Only big problem balloon ing coming out turns wind hence out-of-sight flights Krackedac thin wing its day flat-bottomed airfoil almost symmetrical forward main spar About 10 years prior after discussions deBolt led Live Wire series Hal Control Line master Speed Stunt veteran Indoor/Outdoor FFer reasoned RC model would invert outsides symmetrical airfoilseen Over Under evolution Live Wire own High Diver also published MAN think met Hal halfway using two-thirds/onethird airfoil abandoned tranditional hand-glide testsit wouldnt hand glide Heavy much too big seen today its then-new K&B 151953-54 flew glided like dream could fly inverted supplementary escapement Last year Hal filled work Glider airfoil Davis-f oil front end lilt 0111GM 1/4 SCALE SEMI KIT 3900 1/4 SCALE COMPLETE KIT. 19900 1/3 SCALE SEMI KIT 6900 1/3 SCALE COMPLETE KIT.229OO PLEASE ADD $750 POR SHIPPING 1/4 GALE SPAS 80 WEIGHT Z0# ENGINE QUADNA 1/3 ScALE EI9AN 106 WEIGHT 8# ENGINE QUADRA SEMI KiTS GONTAIN SAWED AM SANDED PORNERS WALL WING RIBS TIPS RUDDER AND STAB OUThIN SIZE lIARS ON THE ABOVE PARTS ALL PINE AND BA STRIP WOOD WARE SEND *1 00 FOR OUR CIPLE1E CATALOG NOKE 1419 599 212I jI1cttj Fc3ciic- SIcI PO Box 607 So Gallatin Road Madison_TN 37115 860-6811 SaIeI ice Complete line ROYAL Electronics R/C equinment WARRANTY repairs thing sell Call Ed Venus B rannan Repair Service HOBBY LOBBY EK LOGICTROL FUTABA HOBBY SHACK ROYAL CA ZAIC CO INC 883 Lexington Ave Brooklyn NY 11221 USA October 1982111 SOUTHERNS SORGHUM & FLEXALL THE STANDARD CO NTACT ADHESIVE FOR SHEETING FOAM WINGS TILLOTSON 4 WALBRO 55 carburetors Easy installationuses two existing carburetor screws Positive acting spring loaded choke arm Can servo manually operated Floating neoprene disk chokes better finger easier PLASTIC IZER FDR ACRYLICS AND DOPES ultimate racing something different try running Hurricane 1 2-foot waves Easy build mahogany plywood construction Designed hobby Quadra TML35 gasoline engine 66 long x 18% wide x 11 deep Shipping charges Included US & canada * i-S ENTERPRISES PO Box 82 Belmont Ontario NOL 1 BO 519-644-0375 basically same thing saw Glider recent RCM escapement guys didnt like Krack esiac Since did bob float its ap proaches acted like modem craft fell short crosswind-Into-final wind approached close next county Thats like today didnt know what could see cabin configuration could shoo-in advanced multi aerobatics shot lovely touch-andgoes Through years people kept hitting old-timer George Myers reported tested flew pretty good have seen pix some big 9 ftas long 12 years ago 40-size elevators ailerons Krackerjac could what hope short-coupled big tail steady can thrown around wildly anyone would wish steadiness may come re lationship wing stab positions well airfoil short coupling quite pos sibly has some kind biplane factor give some aspect very wide slot between wing TE low-located stab LE opt tail-dragger Just mastering technique holding up during initial roll going neutral briefly let tail come up pushing gentle down avoid early lift-offs nose high crate flounders might snapespecially di hedralled three-channel wiggle rudder can break loose tip stall am having genuine fun just feel good conquer tail-draggers have work would say Cub take off climb-out trike mod easy OS Max 15the miracle engine its day throttled exhaust baffle went carb butterfly linked exhaust restrictor no carbs known today stuck upright tank mounted fully exposed tank utility dream now can side-mount drop tank go hatch An ST 25 would great ailerons could decrease dihedral has some time anywhere two five degrees seven degrees one-chan nel wing front could D-tubed Another great feature first used Walt Good Rudder BugBonners Smog Hog good later examplewas mildly sweptforward trailing edge tip bot tom sanding modified airfoil shown yielding automatic washout oppose tip stalls wonders what low-wing would like just closing off cabin top wellrounding cabin corners sport would keep seven degrees dihedraL have word fine airplane Another luck-out accident gosh just discovered Boucher broth ers Bob Roland twins Maybe electric guys knew didnt have two identical-twin grandsons called Hey Heh Two Well back around 1970 Boucher often visited American Modeler office faintly wondered names whether Bob equated Roland Somewhere recent past Roland went off own both Astro Flight started Leisure Electronics made quite reputation car field motors batteries techniques now planes has Playboy came friends Bob still Astro de voted hours educating dee tries developing data crates such 112 Model 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save weight driving Top Flite 8 x 4 amazing 9500 rpm drew 7 amps shortly after wards rewound draw 15 amps 108 volts 10500 rpmequivalent power 09 glow day gained 500 feet did loop Roland quoted saying looking possibility getting special batteries model market Said mag can look forward glori ously quiet power models future demos shook up English cousins Dave Hughes Radio Modeller wrote Roland July 1971 must say quite few eyebrows raised models ther mal performance since its general appearance British eyes seems Slope Soarer typethe British Thermal Soarer de signs being much functional look ing pretty well just like Free Flight Gliders course Monterey also kit model may explaln pretty ap pearance Author Astro Flight still has Monterey kit came across Flying Models article June 1972 entitled An Electric Record author Roland Flying one-kilome ter closed course around two pylons along bluffs Pacific Ocean same ship flown 196 miles using prototype 25 elec tric motor plane 20% larger stock Foumler kit one-shot silver-zinc battery 50% capacity day flight first 5 km flown aver age speed 466 mph no drop speed until 30th lap Distance 31 km 2 91/2 minutes caption mentions Fred Militkys experiments Germany pub lished preceding issue technical articles Roland notably RCM years foilow Now lets see Bob Astro Roland Leisure grandsons Pete Jim can teil apart too Darn runway short. 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Bill Winter st53r bS&n qfit THOSE WHO FOLLOW foreign magazines know two generations late Keith Hearn Australia remarkable man quote 1981 issue Airborne magazine achievements received recognition lifted aeromodeling above other hobby Cer tainly no modeler present past rates higher acclaim Hearn glider pilot before WW II later flew RAAF As boy wanted hobby shop us did After war began cut balsa gliders chain stores using jigsaw adapted moth ers sewing machine 1945 brothers Bruce Jack founded Hearns Hobbies built first CL models Down Un der held several Speed records designed innovative kits both FF CL offered Hearns Trophies CL Aerobatics competition produced Australian champions over years helped develop Tempest engine 1954 won race RC aircraft across Hobsons Bay 1960 Hearn set World Al titude Record 4100 feet controlling model familys DH Hornet Moth served Air Force General Re serve 30 years leader Air Training Corps teaching boys principles flight through modeling experiences awarded Forces Medal worry about toy image director Heams Hobbies 20 years man aged well known toy shop organized Keith Heam Enterprises produce kits came factory manager Artmil Balsa until retirement Aiready ill built 1977-78 famous 12-ft Fokker Trisnotor Southern Cross flew over water Point Cook Berwick June 9 1978 using chopper chase aircraft same year piloting speed boat flew Fokker 12 miles up Brisbane River heart city dont recall two flights celebrated 50th anniversary famous flight real Southern Cross lately took up hang gliding son Bruce May 1928 Southern Cross made first transpacific flight starting Oakland landing Hawaii Fiji finally Brisbane7389 miles flying time 83 hours 38 minutes Later first cross Tasmanian Sea New Zealand 14-hour flight friend Merv Buckmaster editor Airborne truly great mag sought re markable photo Hearn flying unique early monster now stored Air Training Corpsto alas photo returned available Merv 16 Model Aviation Australian old-timers remember Keith Helms modeling achievements mostly prehis toric 0S 80powered monster RC huge lightweight ship covered plastic filmevidently long before advent iron-ons appeared least 20 years ago Imagination end innovation said Airborne magazine enabled Keith holding transmitter things few others ever dreamed about 05 80 looks like Pee Wee 02 some six4ooter Shadows reveal beautiful realistic cabin-configuration ghost ship just lifted off Rendered Hank Clark Air Training Corps photo Keith Hearn co-pilot 1950 Altitude World Record-setting RC 4000 ft flown Keith familys DH Hornet Moth background Twenty-two years later ship would pride end joy sport modeler Note strip ailerons Air Train ing Corps photo compliments Airborne magazine piece de resistancel Hearn about start Quadra-powered Fokker Trimotor Casey Field Berwick Using helicopter chase plane Keith piloted 12-ft Southern Cross high above across wide water body commemorate 50th anniversary flight real Southern Cross Tony Farnan photo Airborne 70 FUSE & VERTICAL TAILPLANE FROM SHEET BALSA WING B STAB FROM OPEN CONSTRUCTION PREVIOUSLY KITTED BYJETCO MODELS BROOKLYN NY C U 9 RCIERJ4C DES IGNED BY BILL WINTER SPAN -53 AREA-4755QIN Ill POWER-09 TO19 RADIOC H WITH CONTHUL 0 w U z 1a U -J L 1 N S 05 0 z 4 0 ILU IhJ cD 00 z-J Il JL*J 4W 00 0 0 I-yy Winter thinks Krackerjac design early Sixties single-channel escapement job could answer what now needs 3- 4-channel sport job Theres lots about text Modified modern proportional should enjoyable did send other shots youll appreciate Hank Clark artwork see precise drawing takeoff photo fired writers imagination two-way street AU columnists would suc cumb crunch death-row deadlines letters loyal fol lowers Most columnists necessarily deal technical specialties few us rattle cages six readers arent quite sure having fun freaking out Since ungodly chore play hanky-panky typewriter bright calm morning blue sky beckons am looking sympathy coffee hot Hermes stone cold am about entertained story tellers first effort talk back begins L G Schmidt St Pete FL having busy rime usual winding cat putting clock out beating wolf back door Now first time life have time things Ive always wanted have either now hand have built time kind critter flies its own volition jist took inventory have 43 models flyable condition four abuildin Rudder Servo Arm / /1 Could opposite side rudder & oppo site side servo arm /Sailplane rudder Articulated rudder Sailplanes H Thomas tantalizing thought Elevators rud ders hinge operate like wing flaps brakes yielding half-diamond airfoil cross section whereas HAs depicts variable camber wing flap would virtual infinity combinations ranging very high lift through progression extreme braking called out pilot especially fiddles horn hole combinations STOL capa bilities should superb mixed stab elevator trima high cabin probably requires progressive down-trim low-wing up-trim continuous piano-type hinge would close gaps H suggests short lengths Sullivan plastic pushrod inner rod sliding through say inch-wide segments alternated between surfaces along hinge lines HA uses Hot Stuff covers plane MonoKote Bigger planes might require light glass/epoxy attachment October 1982 17 -J Winters Antique Old-Timers Some comment Old Square Sides 1936-37 FF elevated An tique Old-Timer Vagabond WOG now officially OldTimers Old Square Sides originally published Air Trails several years after its birthalso true other twowas powered Baby Cyke No special adjustments runs true lifts tail flies gently wide shallow left-hand circles modified Vagabond published MAN recently RC sport job modified too much qualify SAM competitions Youll need John Pond planshe expected have Ohlsson 60 Vagabond WOG Old Square Sides availableauthentic Model Builder designer given John Sprague Winters mid dle names Vagabond has left power turn since high thrustline doesnt produce prop wash against sufficient cabin area force right can flown left-left left-right popular because forgiving competitive Comet Sailplanes etc prob lem has no OT tail Bob Larsh suggested Winter fin moves down slot fuselage top tail could pop up damage could result stab snags obstacle Winter likes Larshs suaclestion nortion etah aft soars Reproduced Radio Modeller 1971 sue shots Roland Boucher Fournier during demos electric power intrigued British cousins Its Sailplane looks potential strongly contrasted F F Glider conversions day dozen designs drawn up Sounds like forgot mention partridge pear tree PS adds few escaped first tally four Control Line models seven Indoor models some HLGs bursitis shoulder makes forgetting pleasure Its obvious Im fun rarely go contests am primarily design er-experimenter garbage original have yet step field however out being informed am flying modi fied Wbiffenpoof Author Whiffenpoofs have glide wouldnt believe inevit able some designs will resemble other peoples work just arent ways put ship together working within limited force arrangements very nature birds have thrust upon us Lord knows try Have noted interest captions un der pictures L G goes particular interest two Peanut-size Chambermaids Continued page 20 18 Model Aviation used popping up slot pass over fin/rudder located partially forward horizontal tail H A Thomas obliged quickie sketch Ohlsson 23powered WOG high aspect shoulder wing planked oval fuselage wing sheeted top Megows kit oversize heaw woodso kits earned plane dog reputation efficient demands skilled adjustments Reading clip old article Winter finds Walt Schroder helped much both Vagabond WOG said WOG should flown left-right could extremely touchy forced right under power should flown open shallow fast climb circle Stab tilt right glide could added tail wasnt pop-up origi nal configuration adaptable sport flying want enjoy long slow cruises WOG would idealbut chore build Winter doesnt recall WOG straight V-dihedral poly plc old article shows him holding such earlier developmentdate unknown Says Bill amazes crates fun sketches sportthe credit goes fliers made work competition Bill Brenchley built authentic Vagabond shown picture kit put out Loran Schmidt Custom Kits 11948 Franklin Blvd Elk Grove CA 95624 wants us remind everyone John Ponds Old Timer Plains Service PO Box 3215 San Jose CA 95156 Bill Brenchley hopes reader can send him Eagle ad picture Vagabond kit model address RR 3 Box 307B Marion IL 62959 also asks about colors silked painted blue white nitrate dope butyrate came later Brenchlcys ship powered 05 25FSR Davis Diesel head throttle Original Brown-powered contest fliers used inverted Ohlsson 6W etc sketch HA Thomas Bill Winters WOG designed 1942 published 1944 has five-foot wingspan powered Ohlsson 23 spark ignition S r FT BANK R/C DISTRIBUTORS 19 So Brett Street Beacon N Y 12508 Hours Mon Sat 914 831-121410 am -9 pm 050 HB 40 R/C w/Muffler $5695 p 4400 HB 40 PDP w/Muffler $6795 Shipping & Handling $300 Please add $200 COD Service Sorry no Foreign Orders Personal checks will held far clearance N Y State Residents must add local sales tax Price subject change Lnotice Send long SASE complete listing4 NEW REALISM NEW PILOTS FOR MORE NATURAL APPEARANCE STANDARD FEATURES 2 SCALE Z% HIGH SEPARATE GOGGLES OR SUN GLASSES DEEP TORSO EASILY ASSEMBLED EASILY PAINTED INSTRUCTIONS SHOW SIMPLE ACTUATING SYSTEM SPORTSMAN Separate head permits tilting turning actuation model air craft boat car control system Ask pilots dealer will supply order directly factory SCALE WHEELS NE KITS LAY MODEL KITS MACHII4E GUN KITS SSORIES SEND $1 FOR COMPLETE CATALOG DEPT MA 181 PAWNEE ST SAN MARCOS CALIFORNIA 9 supposedly fly outdoors claims 8-gram weight other fantastic 45 grams just happen have Manhattan Cab bends beam shade over 4 grams good sneeze would blow apart have uncovered Chambermaid see sketch around 8 grams Dont see Ill wind up less omes apart wing canopy lift off have two pods bottomone wheels other retract gear Chambermaid 45 grams terrific dadburned things got bones herring fellows have got know something dont know Perhaps scaie wrongthe Messers Ohaus will delighted hear Keep doing what doing knew about time last year werent dis mayed wailing gnashing teeth L G dont know euphoric am about 300-lb ducted-fan 747 four Kawasakis Dont get shook up about thatIm just kidding Dad gummit coffee cold yeal 2500 some stone-chipper coipes upon time capsule undoubtedly will find Buccaneer thing imperish able 1948 after three years Air Force Jack Haren recalls RC just get ting started bought Aero-Trol trans mitter receiver escapement Author days anyone could assemble such kit system long evening Heart air borne single-tube receiverin case tiny gas-filled tube flashed lovely purple light shorted anything idled perhaps 15 mils signal dropped say 3 mil miniscule current change caused relay armature move dead contact live triggered escapement move rudder full-on long signal held Vibration rattled relaywhich wiggled rudder Joy Essentially controlled Free Flight Chet Lanzo observed radio enabled choose point crash McNabbs 465 frequency system citi zen-Ship approved FCC woods filled characters flew n frequency happened come up no crystalsand transistor yet gleam some ones eye awarded 27 band no good buddies traffic lights Since receivers super-regen superhets followed quickly spots actu ally subject transmitter youd have 25 guys line waiting fly Pins diapers Sooner later usually sooner crates either crashed flew away people tried weekend year long never got flIght loved hobby shop owner suggested Ber keley Buccaneer B Special Jack recalls Au thor write WE Technical Services MA advertiser will come upon authentic Bill Effinger plans goodies Bucs lots other stufflike Snow White 20 Bill Joe Raspante close friends Joe flew scaled-up monster Buc RC As Snow White magazine writer studiously took apart hear come up accurate plans stating best-ever Free Flight having won three Nats add wins Berryloid event finish Snow White too beautiful flyit stood day exhibition Continued page 110 20 Model Aviation HB 61 PDP W/ Muffler $8995 WE WONT LET YOU DOWN Cox Customer Service prompily handles parts service requests Cox Cox/Sanwa products CHECK IT OUT Cox division Leisure Onamics Inc Hobbies lIOO W 78tt~5L Minneapolis MN 55135 J Fun/Winter Continued page 20 numerous eastern FF meets attended assume Joe flew Bill Effinger once sold sticks room over garage Berkeley Placehence name Berkeleyin Brooklyn reader asks opinion about inflation let say us money took author seven years acquire enginea Baby Cyke $9 wholesale Ben Shereshawwho designed beautiful airplanes anyone earth recent ads offer super big enginedid first Cavalier exchange set air wheels Dont shocked immortal Scotty Murray got $3 apiece FF Gas de signs Bay Ridge editorial salary fat $30 other hand im possible lift $15 worth groceries house rented $35 balsa 2 x 6 cost $95 Jacks Buccaneer Forster 29 engine ig nition since giow plug came postwar Forster 29 gem such engine run continuously day break its gasloll mixture Jack used solenoid fuel cutoff Throttles came 1950s covered silk since didnt wet first bit loose Jack remembers After procrastinating several weeks finally got up nerve fly plane fuel shutoff set minute play safe let run 45 seconds before launching Author RC jobs test-glided first like Free Flights adjusted rich four-cycle safety 15 seconds flying time plane did two loops 360-degree circle just 10 feet off ground landed safely Two weeks later plugged venturi wood 1/8-in hole made two 90-deg turns downwind land ing damaged receiver plane went shelf Twenty-three years later again became terested RC joined American Air lines Club Cleveland Jack goes trouble so-called trainers Jack laments kept looking old Buccaneer sitting shelf wondering would modern en gine radio Rebuliding posed too problems still plans did second modifica ton provided elevator control cov ered MonoKote Things started out weli Jack continues won first prize static show flew like dream few wceks able launch fly land own first time would take off very weli because extreme forward location wheels Thats story about two Buccaneer Specials photo Jack concludes says nothing about letter-box slots near tips Used some real Stinsons etc such slots tremendousiy effective main taining air flow over wing high angle attack maintains aileron control impossible stall tip Gene Foxworthy used Hoosier Hotshot RC Nats winner Did work Indianapolis Airport Gene taped over slots ship flew across big airport skimming ground until struck fence far side evidently add lift too Used generous dihedral Hoosier plane would lose altitude continuous tight circles twin rudders hard over know because once flew Genes model 110 Model Aviation K SUPERwings DIVISION OF HI JOHNSON MODEL PRODUCTS 11015 GLENOAKS BLVD PACOIMA CA 91331 SAILPLANE COMPONENTS CREATE YOUR OWN SUPER GLIDER WING FOAM CORES Floater Thermal & Slope FUSELAGES LUSTROLEEN 2 Meter Standard Open & Scale STAB FOAM CORES Rudder & Fin Cores COVERING MATERIALS White skin & Lustroleen WING RODS Wing Tongue Kits FOR HI JOHNSONS PORTFOLIO PRICE SHEET & ORDER FORM about sailplane construction & design using foam & plastic SEND $250 CHECK OR MO CA RES ADD SALES TAX Smokers Between son flies RC Long Island another Louisianaand flying NVRC northern Vir ginia frequent visits Aeromasters Club FredericksburgI see hear about everything wings guy Cajun coun try now manages circuits Aces Air Scout formerly Concept Taking old mans advice goes out early before work abandoned military field Its bucolic No s sight hay stacks grass areas quail calling spreads out sheet hand-launches Gentle Lady hes made three 049 nose Im strong its great 05 electric too lies down shades eyes enjoys other day almost fell asleep discovered live club calls wild men Wild favorite word reports about Pattern crate called Smoker wild So now weve heard Warren Pete Hare sec/treas Mid-State RC Club 4529 Lee St Alexandria LA 71301 Its sane active group 45 members lease site Town Poliock Poliock Municipal old World War II fighter base Son Mike says people painting stripes runways watch out Activities include Glider competition Fun Flies /2A Pylon Racing meet fourth Mondays MacArthur Village branch Guaranty Bank Trust Co 7 pm open public try show AMA Air Force Film Library film after meeting Nice membership package too Members interested phases modelingnoteworthy Smoker proves scaled-down Phoenix 40 power designed kitted two members own fiber glass work Since Mike mentions can pick up kit reasonable figure brother Rob can thread needle such things might give guys try Cant promise Obviously its scorcher Theres pic Smoker Gus Vol flips Mike turns us Speaking approaches As know cruelty Sigs unbustable Kadet consis tent approaches ol Bill lukewarm friends learn constantly fiddling own stuff out time Mike tossed Kadet together could get back after long hiatus two-stick con trols Ailerons big dealfrankly end youli find safer threechannel getting used steering left takeoff coordinated banking right initial prob lem Anyway Mike making Goldberg Eagle 1983 aerial sadism Kadet cant possibly live long elephant though might designers always want alter other guys concept biggest demand rockstable platform approaches early 1960s published Air Thails kitted Jetco Krackerjac single-channel just rudder throttle Yes Mable planes fly weli elevators will note vague resemblance Kadet days Rudder Only big problem balloon ing coming out turns wind hence out-of-sight flights Krackedac thin wing its day flat-bottomed airfoil almost symmetrical forward main spar About 10 years prior after discussions deBolt led Live Wire series Hal Control Line master Speed Stunt veteran Indoor/Outdoor FFer reasoned RC model would invert outsides symmetrical airfoilseen Over Under evolution Live Wire own High Diver also published MAN think met Hal halfway using two-thirds/onethird airfoil abandoned tranditional hand-glide testsit wouldnt hand glide Heavy much too big seen today its then-new K&B 151953-54 flew glided like dream could fly inverted supplementary escapement Last year Hal filled work Glider airfoil Davis-f oil front end lilt 0111GM 1/4 SCALE SEMI KIT 3900 1/4 SCALE COMPLETE KIT. 19900 1/3 SCALE SEMI KIT 6900 1/3 SCALE COMPLETE KIT.229OO PLEASE ADD $750 POR SHIPPING 1/4 GALE SPAS 80 WEIGHT Z0# ENGINE QUADNA 1/3 ScALE EI9AN 106 WEIGHT 8# ENGINE QUADRA SEMI KiTS GONTAIN SAWED AM SANDED PORNERS WALL WING RIBS TIPS RUDDER AND STAB OUThIN SIZE lIARS ON THE ABOVE PARTS ALL PINE AND BA STRIP WOOD WARE SEND *1 00 FOR OUR CIPLE1E CATALOG NOKE 1419 599 212I jI1cttj Fc3ciic- SIcI PO Box 607 So Gallatin Road Madison_TN 37115 860-6811 SaIeI ice Complete line ROYAL Electronics R/C equinment WARRANTY repairs thing sell Call Ed Venus B rannan Repair Service HOBBY LOBBY EK LOGICTROL FUTABA HOBBY SHACK ROYAL CA ZAIC CO INC 883 Lexington Ave Brooklyn NY 11221 USA October 1982111 SOUTHERNS SORGHUM & FLEXALL THE STANDARD CO NTACT ADHESIVE FOR SHEETING FOAM WINGS TILLOTSON 4 WALBRO 55 carburetors Easy installationuses two existing carburetor screws Positive acting spring loaded choke arm Can servo manually operated Floating neoprene disk chokes better finger easier PLASTIC IZER FDR ACRYLICS AND DOPES ultimate racing something different try running Hurricane 1 2-foot waves Easy build mahogany plywood construction Designed hobby Quadra TML35 gasoline engine 66 long x 18% wide x 11 deep Shipping charges Included US & canada * i-S ENTERPRISES PO Box 82 Belmont Ontario NOL 1 BO 519-644-0375 basically same thing saw Glider recent RCM escapement guys didnt like Krack esiac Since did bob float its ap proaches acted like modem craft fell short crosswind-Into-final wind approached close next county Thats like today didnt know what could see cabin configuration could shoo-in advanced multi aerobatics shot lovely touch-andgoes Through years people kept hitting old-timer George Myers reported tested flew pretty good have seen pix some big 9 ftas long 12 years ago 40-size elevators ailerons Krackerjac could what hope short-coupled big tail steady can thrown around wildly anyone would wish steadiness may come re lationship wing stab positions well airfoil short coupling quite pos sibly has some kind biplane factor give some aspect very wide slot between wing TE low-located stab LE opt tail-dragger Just mastering technique holding up during initial roll going neutral briefly let tail come up pushing gentle down avoid early lift-offs nose high crate flounders might snapespecially di hedralled three-channel wiggle rudder can break loose tip stall am having genuine fun just feel good conquer tail-draggers have work would say Cub take off climb-out trike mod easy OS Max 15the miracle engine its day throttled exhaust baffle went carb butterfly linked exhaust restrictor no carbs known today stuck upright tank mounted fully exposed tank utility dream now can side-mount drop tank go hatch An ST 25 would great ailerons could decrease dihedral has some time anywhere two five degrees seven degrees one-chan nel wing front could D-tubed Another great feature first used Walt Good Rudder BugBonners Smog Hog good later examplewas mildly sweptforward trailing edge tip bot tom sanding modified airfoil shown yielding automatic washout oppose tip stalls wonders what low-wing would like just closing off cabin top wellrounding cabin corners sport would keep seven degrees dihedraL have word fine airplane Another luck-out accident gosh just discovered Boucher broth ers Bob Roland twins Maybe electric guys knew didnt have two identical-twin grandsons called Hey Heh Two Well back around 1970 Boucher often visited American Modeler office faintly wondered names whether Bob equated Roland Somewhere recent past Roland went off own both Astro Flight started Leisure Electronics made quite reputation car field motors batteries techniques now planes has Playboy came friends Bob still Astro de voted hours educating dee tries developing data crates such 112 Model Aviation WILL NOT ATTACK STYROF DAM CORES DAVE BROWN PRODUCTS 4560 Layhigh Hamilton OH 45013 213 738-1576 YOUR DEALER DR DISTRIBUTOR STOPS CRACKING AND CHIPPING 5/a FEET OF THRILLS AND EXCITEMENT THE LEAN MEAN HURRICANE SUPER-BIG OFFSHORE DEEP V KIT & DRIVE TRAIN $1 5390 KIT DRIVE TRAIN & ENGINE $27390 Srulls Spitfire MA belt-drive 15 system Ive got two systemsand might yet put Old Square Sides Antique hope build next winter also have back-ordered 0S 40 4-stroke also have couple Rolands hot-wind 05 systems along Astro belt-drive units available motor So think Bouchers Genius Genius IITrouble unknowingly forgot No II ganged pictures see Roland 1971 Radio Modeller British Roland consultant Bristol biggie fullscale firm England made worlds first practical RC electric demo MAC Show model April 1971 model Fournier RF4 actually 100-in job using two-piece wings Astro Flights Monterey Sailplane motor mag stated childs sit-on-type mo torized car extremely efficient 10oz Japanese 12-volterfiled save weight driving Top Flite 8 x 4 amazing 9500 rpm drew 7 amps shortly after wards rewound draw 15 amps 108 volts 10500 rpmequivalent power 09 glow day gained 500 feet did loop Roland quoted saying looking possibility getting special batteries model market Said mag can look forward glori ously quiet power models future demos shook up English cousins Dave Hughes Radio Modeller wrote Roland July 1971 must say quite few eyebrows raised models ther mal performance since its general appearance British eyes seems Slope Soarer typethe British Thermal Soarer de signs being much functional look ing pretty well just like Free Flight Gliders course Monterey also kit model may explaln pretty ap pearance Author Astro Flight still has Monterey kit came across Flying Models article June 1972 entitled An Electric Record author Roland Flying one-kilome ter closed course around two pylons along bluffs Pacific Ocean same ship flown 196 miles using prototype 25 elec tric motor plane 20% larger stock Foumler kit one-shot silver-zinc battery 50% capacity day flight first 5 km flown aver age speed 466 mph no drop speed until 30th lap Distance 31 km 2 91/2 minutes caption mentions Fred Militkys experiments Germany pub lished preceding issue technical articles Roland notably RCM years foilow Now lets see Bob Astro Roland Leisure grandsons Pete Jim can teil apart too Darn runway short. Bill Winter 4426 Altura Ct Fairfax VA 22030 Callisto 82/Edmonds Continued page 29 Fin rudder Pin 1/64 ply fin right side building board Glue 3/32 balsa frame work place Cut notches frame stabilator control tubing Glue both control tubes place securing fin side Fabricate stabilator drive fitting Out two Continued page 116 2 Quadra Plus Off rs aMuch Power. Lot Better Idle revised Quadra engine ready mount airplane following already done! Crankcaae has replaned tighten up main bearing very close tolerance resealed new special compound thus eliminating leaks Another crankcase bolt added maintain its tight seal will virtually stay clean oil-free expensive engines has E & R balanced flywheel greater performance smoothness Tatone Motor Mount Muffler Quadra Carburetor adaptor turns carburetor direct servo hookup eliminating extra linkages also lets set needle valves engine running Plus motor mount already drilled taped use Lord vibration dampeners desire Dampeners available option E & R revised Quadra can easily identified high-heat resistant black finish block crankcasePRICE $16995 Also revised CD pointless ignison version balanced flywheel same price Air-Cleaner Choke Assembly E ft R HOBBIES stocks other accessories send $1 00 complete catalog Add $600 ea Airplane Kit Radio Engine $300 up 10 lbs UPS handling Tatone Motor Mount pJdO R R 1 10 Edgeley N0 58433 701/493-2015flobbIeses J T HAWK F 4 PHANTOMEALE HUNDERBIRO REVENGERTAIL II RZLI TLAS BOOTLE GER CO 50 L LASER 0 OBU#BR ANG UPE F A441PU DERI3IRD RI NZ- LLAER2O Y N TA P 2 Y NOT NE JAN AAt Local Dealer Send $100 Catalog v v AT October 1982 113 Tatone Muffler Lord Shock-ahsorbing Dampeners engine DON GODFREY wrote eboot feb 1982 MODEL AgRPLANE NEWS colonn
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Bill Winter st53r bS&n qfit THOSE WHO FOLLOW foreign magazines know two generations late Keith Hearn Australia remarkable man quote 1981 issue Airborne magazine achievements received recognition lifted aeromodeling above other hobby Cer tainly no modeler present past rates higher acclaim Hearn glider pilot before WW II later flew RAAF As boy wanted hobby shop us did After war began cut balsa gliders chain stores using jigsaw adapted moth ers sewing machine 1945 brothers Bruce Jack founded Hearns Hobbies built first CL models Down Un der held several Speed records designed innovative kits both FF CL offered Hearns Trophies CL Aerobatics competition produced Australian champions over years helped develop Tempest engine 1954 won race RC aircraft across Hobsons Bay 1960 Hearn set World Al titude Record 4100 feet controlling model familys DH Hornet Moth served Air Force General Re serve 30 years leader Air Training Corps teaching boys principles flight through modeling experiences awarded Forces Medal worry about toy image director Heams Hobbies 20 years man aged well known toy shop organized Keith Heam Enterprises produce kits came factory manager Artmil Balsa until retirement Aiready ill built 1977-78 famous 12-ft Fokker Trisnotor Southern Cross flew over water Point Cook Berwick June 9 1978 using chopper chase aircraft same year piloting speed boat flew Fokker 12 miles up Brisbane River heart city dont recall two flights celebrated 50th anniversary famous flight real Southern Cross lately took up hang gliding son Bruce May 1928 Southern Cross made first transpacific flight starting Oakland landing Hawaii Fiji finally Brisbane7389 miles flying time 83 hours 38 minutes Later first cross Tasmanian Sea New Zealand 14-hour flight friend Merv Buckmaster editor Airborne truly great mag sought re markable photo Hearn flying unique early monster now stored Air Training Corpsto alas photo returned available Merv 16 Model Aviation Australian old-timers remember Keith Helms modeling achievements mostly prehis toric 0S 80powered monster RC huge lightweight ship covered plastic filmevidently long before advent iron-ons appeared least 20 years ago Imagination end innovation said Airborne magazine enabled Keith holding transmitter things few others ever dreamed about 05 80 looks like Pee Wee 02 some six4ooter Shadows reveal beautiful realistic cabin-configuration ghost ship just lifted off Rendered Hank Clark Air Training Corps photo Keith Hearn co-pilot 1950 Altitude World Record-setting RC 4000 ft flown Keith familys DH Hornet Moth background Twenty-two years later ship would pride end joy sport modeler Note strip ailerons Air Train ing Corps photo compliments Airborne magazine piece de resistancel Hearn about start Quadra-powered Fokker Trimotor Casey Field Berwick Using helicopter chase plane Keith piloted 12-ft Southern Cross high above across wide water body commemorate 50th anniversary flight real Southern Cross Tony Farnan photo Airborne 70 FUSE & VERTICAL TAILPLANE FROM SHEET BALSA WING B STAB FROM OPEN CONSTRUCTION PREVIOUSLY KITTED BYJETCO MODELS BROOKLYN NY C U 9 RCIERJ4C DES IGNED BY BILL WINTER SPAN -53 AREA-4755QIN Ill POWER-09 TO19 RADIOC H WITH CONTHUL 0 w U z 1a U -J L 1 N S 05 0 z 4 0 ILU IhJ cD 00 z-J Il JL*J 4W 00 0 0 I-yy Winter thinks Krackerjac design early Sixties single-channel escapement job could answer what now needs 3- 4-channel sport job Theres lots about text Modified modern proportional should enjoyable did send other shots youll appreciate Hank Clark artwork see precise drawing takeoff photo fired writers imagination two-way street AU columnists would suc cumb crunch death-row deadlines letters loyal fol lowers Most columnists necessarily deal technical specialties few us rattle cages six readers arent quite sure having fun freaking out Since ungodly chore play hanky-panky typewriter bright calm morning blue sky beckons am looking sympathy coffee hot Hermes stone cold am about entertained story tellers first effort talk back begins L G Schmidt St Pete FL having busy rime usual winding cat putting clock out beating wolf back door Now first time life have time things Ive always wanted have either now hand have built time kind critter flies its own volition jist took inventory have 43 models flyable condition four abuildin Rudder Servo Arm / /1 Could opposite side rudder & oppo site side servo arm /Sailplane rudder Articulated rudder Sailplanes H Thomas tantalizing thought Elevators rud ders hinge operate like wing flaps brakes yielding half-diamond airfoil cross section whereas HAs depicts variable camber wing flap would virtual infinity combinations ranging very high lift through progression extreme braking called out pilot especially fiddles horn hole combinations STOL capa bilities should superb mixed stab elevator trima high cabin probably requires progressive down-trim low-wing up-trim continuous piano-type hinge would close gaps H suggests short lengths Sullivan plastic pushrod inner rod sliding through say inch-wide segments alternated between surfaces along hinge lines HA uses Hot Stuff covers plane MonoKote Bigger planes might require light glass/epoxy attachment October 1982 17 -J Winters Antique Old-Timers Some comment Old Square Sides 1936-37 FF elevated An tique Old-Timer Vagabond WOG now officially OldTimers Old Square Sides originally published Air Trails several years after its birthalso true other twowas powered Baby Cyke No special adjustments runs true lifts tail flies gently wide shallow left-hand circles modified Vagabond published MAN recently RC sport job modified too much qualify SAM competitions Youll need John Pond planshe expected have Ohlsson 60 Vagabond WOG Old Square Sides availableauthentic Model Builder designer given John Sprague Winters mid dle names Vagabond has left power turn since high thrustline doesnt produce prop wash against sufficient cabin area force right can flown left-left left-right popular because forgiving competitive Comet Sailplanes etc prob lem has no OT tail Bob Larsh suggested Winter fin moves down slot fuselage top tail could pop up damage could result stab snags obstacle Winter likes Larshs suaclestion nortion etah aft soars Reproduced Radio Modeller 1971 sue shots Roland Boucher Fournier during demos electric power intrigued British cousins Its Sailplane looks potential strongly contrasted F F Glider conversions day dozen designs drawn up Sounds like forgot mention partridge pear tree PS adds few escaped first tally four Control Line models seven Indoor models some HLGs bursitis shoulder makes forgetting pleasure Its obvious Im fun rarely go contests am primarily design er-experimenter garbage original have yet step field however out being informed am flying modi fied Wbiffenpoof Author Whiffenpoofs have glide wouldnt believe inevit able some designs will resemble other peoples work just arent ways put ship together working within limited force arrangements very nature birds have thrust upon us Lord knows try Have noted interest captions un der pictures L G goes particular interest two Peanut-size Chambermaids Continued page 20 18 Model Aviation used popping up slot pass over fin/rudder located partially forward horizontal tail H A Thomas obliged quickie sketch Ohlsson 23powered WOG high aspect shoulder wing planked oval fuselage wing sheeted top Megows kit oversize heaw woodso kits earned plane dog reputation efficient demands skilled adjustments Reading clip old article Winter finds Walt Schroder helped much both Vagabond WOG said WOG should flown left-right could extremely touchy forced right under power should flown open shallow fast climb circle Stab tilt right glide could added tail wasnt pop-up origi nal configuration adaptable sport flying want enjoy long slow cruises WOG would idealbut chore build Winter doesnt recall WOG straight V-dihedral poly plc old article shows him holding such earlier developmentdate unknown Says Bill amazes crates fun sketches sportthe credit goes fliers made work competition Bill Brenchley built authentic Vagabond shown picture kit put out Loran Schmidt Custom Kits 11948 Franklin Blvd Elk Grove CA 95624 wants us remind everyone John Ponds Old Timer Plains Service PO Box 3215 San Jose CA 95156 Bill Brenchley hopes reader can send him Eagle ad picture Vagabond kit model address RR 3 Box 307B Marion IL 62959 also asks about colors silked painted blue white nitrate dope butyrate came later Brenchlcys ship powered 05 25FSR Davis Diesel head throttle Original Brown-powered contest fliers used inverted Ohlsson 6W etc sketch HA Thomas Bill Winters WOG designed 1942 published 1944 has five-foot wingspan powered Ohlsson 23 spark ignition S r FT BANK R/C DISTRIBUTORS 19 So Brett Street Beacon N Y 12508 Hours Mon Sat 914 831-121410 am -9 pm 050 HB 40 R/C w/Muffler $5695 p 4400 HB 40 PDP w/Muffler $6795 Shipping & Handling $300 Please add $200 COD Service Sorry no Foreign Orders Personal checks will held far clearance N Y State Residents must add local sales tax Price subject change Lnotice Send long SASE complete listing4 NEW REALISM NEW PILOTS FOR MORE NATURAL APPEARANCE STANDARD FEATURES 2 SCALE Z% HIGH SEPARATE GOGGLES OR SUN GLASSES DEEP TORSO EASILY ASSEMBLED EASILY PAINTED INSTRUCTIONS SHOW SIMPLE ACTUATING SYSTEM SPORTSMAN Separate head permits tilting turning actuation model air craft boat car control system Ask pilots dealer will supply order directly factory SCALE WHEELS NE KITS LAY MODEL KITS MACHII4E GUN KITS SSORIES SEND $1 FOR COMPLETE CATALOG DEPT MA 181 PAWNEE ST SAN MARCOS CALIFORNIA 9 supposedly fly outdoors claims 8-gram weight other fantastic 45 grams just happen have Manhattan Cab bends beam shade over 4 grams good sneeze would blow apart have uncovered Chambermaid see sketch around 8 grams Dont see Ill wind up less omes apart wing canopy lift off have two pods bottomone wheels other retract gear Chambermaid 45 grams terrific dadburned things got bones herring fellows have got know something dont know Perhaps scaie wrongthe Messers Ohaus will delighted hear Keep doing what doing knew about time last year werent dis mayed wailing gnashing teeth L G dont know euphoric am about 300-lb ducted-fan 747 four Kawasakis Dont get shook up about thatIm just kidding Dad gummit coffee cold yeal 2500 some stone-chipper coipes upon time capsule undoubtedly will find Buccaneer thing imperish able 1948 after three years Air Force Jack Haren recalls RC just get ting started bought Aero-Trol trans mitter receiver escapement Author days anyone could assemble such kit system long evening Heart air borne single-tube receiverin case tiny gas-filled tube flashed lovely purple light shorted anything idled perhaps 15 mils signal dropped say 3 mil miniscule current change caused relay armature move dead contact live triggered escapement move rudder full-on long signal held Vibration rattled relaywhich wiggled rudder Joy Essentially controlled Free Flight Chet Lanzo observed radio enabled choose point crash McNabbs 465 frequency system citi zen-Ship approved FCC woods filled characters flew n frequency happened come up no crystalsand transistor yet gleam some ones eye awarded 27 band no good buddies traffic lights Since receivers super-regen superhets followed quickly spots actu ally subject transmitter youd have 25 guys line waiting fly Pins diapers Sooner later usually sooner crates either crashed flew away people tried weekend year long never got flIght loved hobby shop owner suggested Ber keley Buccaneer B Special Jack recalls Au thor write WE Technical Services MA advertiser will come upon authentic Bill Effinger plans goodies Bucs lots other stufflike Snow White 20 Bill Joe Raspante close friends Joe flew scaled-up monster Buc RC As Snow White magazine writer studiously took apart hear come up accurate plans stating best-ever Free Flight having won three Nats add wins Berryloid event finish Snow White too beautiful flyit stood day exhibition Continued page 110 20 Model Aviation HB 61 PDP W/ Muffler $8995 WE WONT LET YOU DOWN Cox Customer Service prompily handles parts service requests Cox Cox/Sanwa products CHECK IT OUT Cox division Leisure Onamics Inc Hobbies lIOO W 78tt~5L Minneapolis MN 55135 J Fun/Winter Continued page 20 numerous eastern FF meets attended assume Joe flew Bill Effinger once sold sticks room over garage Berkeley Placehence name Berkeleyin Brooklyn reader asks opinion about inflation let say us money took author seven years acquire enginea Baby Cyke $9 wholesale Ben Shereshawwho designed beautiful airplanes anyone earth recent ads offer super big enginedid first Cavalier exchange set air wheels Dont shocked immortal Scotty Murray got $3 apiece FF Gas de signs Bay Ridge editorial salary fat $30 other hand im possible lift $15 worth groceries house rented $35 balsa 2 x 6 cost $95 Jacks Buccaneer Forster 29 engine ig nition since giow plug came postwar Forster 29 gem such engine run continuously day break its gasloll mixture Jack used solenoid fuel cutoff Throttles came 1950s covered silk since didnt wet first bit loose Jack remembers After procrastinating several weeks finally got up nerve fly plane fuel shutoff set minute play safe let run 45 seconds before launching Author RC jobs test-glided first like Free Flights adjusted rich four-cycle safety 15 seconds flying time plane did two loops 360-degree circle just 10 feet off ground landed safely Two weeks later plugged venturi wood 1/8-in hole made two 90-deg turns downwind land ing damaged receiver plane went shelf Twenty-three years later again became terested RC joined American Air lines Club Cleveland Jack goes trouble so-called trainers Jack laments kept looking old Buccaneer sitting shelf wondering would modern en gine radio Rebuliding posed too problems still plans did second modifica ton provided elevator control cov ered MonoKote Things started out weli Jack continues won first prize static show flew like dream few wceks able launch fly land own first time would take off very weli because extreme forward location wheels Thats story about two Buccaneer Specials photo Jack concludes says nothing about letter-box slots near tips Used some real Stinsons etc such slots tremendousiy effective main taining air flow over wing high angle attack maintains aileron control impossible stall tip Gene Foxworthy used Hoosier Hotshot RC Nats winner Did work Indianapolis Airport Gene taped over slots ship flew across big airport skimming ground until struck fence far side evidently add lift too Used generous dihedral Hoosier plane would lose altitude continuous tight circles twin rudders hard over know because once flew Genes model 110 Model Aviation K SUPERwings DIVISION OF HI JOHNSON MODEL PRODUCTS 11015 GLENOAKS BLVD PACOIMA CA 91331 SAILPLANE COMPONENTS CREATE YOUR OWN SUPER GLIDER WING FOAM CORES Floater Thermal & Slope FUSELAGES LUSTROLEEN 2 Meter Standard Open & Scale STAB FOAM CORES Rudder & Fin Cores COVERING MATERIALS White skin & Lustroleen WING RODS Wing Tongue Kits FOR HI JOHNSONS PORTFOLIO PRICE SHEET & ORDER FORM about sailplane construction & design using foam & plastic SEND $250 CHECK OR MO CA RES ADD SALES TAX Smokers Between son flies RC Long Island another Louisianaand flying NVRC northern Vir ginia frequent visits Aeromasters Club FredericksburgI see hear about everything wings guy Cajun coun try now manages circuits Aces Air Scout formerly Concept Taking old mans advice goes out early before work abandoned military field Its bucolic No s sight hay stacks grass areas quail calling spreads out sheet hand-launches Gentle Lady hes made three 049 nose Im strong its great 05 electric too lies down shades eyes enjoys other day almost fell asleep discovered live club calls wild men Wild favorite word reports about Pattern crate called Smoker wild So now weve heard Warren Pete Hare sec/treas Mid-State RC Club 4529 Lee St Alexandria LA 71301 Its sane active group 45 members lease site Town Poliock Poliock Municipal old World War II fighter base Son Mike says people painting stripes runways watch out Activities include Glider competition Fun Flies /2A Pylon Racing meet fourth Mondays MacArthur Village branch Guaranty Bank Trust Co 7 pm open public try show AMA Air Force Film Library film after meeting Nice membership package too Members interested phases modelingnoteworthy Smoker proves scaled-down Phoenix 40 power designed kitted two members own fiber glass work Since Mike mentions can pick up kit reasonable figure brother Rob can thread needle such things might give guys try Cant promise Obviously its scorcher Theres pic Smoker Gus Vol flips Mike turns us Speaking approaches As know cruelty Sigs unbustable Kadet consis tent approaches ol Bill lukewarm friends learn constantly fiddling own stuff out time Mike tossed Kadet together could get back after long hiatus two-stick con trols Ailerons big dealfrankly end youli find safer threechannel getting used steering left takeoff coordinated banking right initial prob lem Anyway Mike making Goldberg Eagle 1983 aerial sadism Kadet cant possibly live long elephant though might designers always want alter other guys concept biggest demand rockstable platform approaches early 1960s published Air Thails kitted Jetco Krackerjac single-channel just rudder throttle Yes Mable planes fly weli elevators will note vague resemblance Kadet days Rudder Only big problem balloon ing coming out turns wind hence out-of-sight flights Krackedac thin wing its day flat-bottomed airfoil almost symmetrical forward main spar About 10 years prior after discussions deBolt led Live Wire series Hal Control Line master Speed Stunt veteran Indoor/Outdoor FFer reasoned RC model would invert outsides symmetrical airfoilseen Over Under evolution Live Wire own High Diver also published MAN think met Hal halfway using two-thirds/onethird airfoil abandoned tranditional hand-glide testsit wouldnt hand glide Heavy much too big seen today its then-new K&B 151953-54 flew glided like dream could fly inverted supplementary escapement Last year Hal filled work Glider airfoil Davis-f oil front end lilt 0111GM 1/4 SCALE SEMI KIT 3900 1/4 SCALE COMPLETE KIT. 19900 1/3 SCALE SEMI KIT 6900 1/3 SCALE COMPLETE KIT.229OO PLEASE ADD $750 POR SHIPPING 1/4 GALE SPAS 80 WEIGHT Z0# ENGINE QUADNA 1/3 ScALE EI9AN 106 WEIGHT 8# ENGINE QUADRA SEMI KiTS GONTAIN SAWED AM SANDED PORNERS WALL WING RIBS TIPS RUDDER AND STAB OUThIN SIZE lIARS ON THE ABOVE PARTS ALL PINE AND BA STRIP WOOD WARE SEND *1 00 FOR OUR CIPLE1E CATALOG NOKE 1419 599 212I jI1cttj Fc3ciic- SIcI PO Box 607 So Gallatin Road Madison_TN 37115 860-6811 SaIeI ice Complete line ROYAL Electronics R/C equinment WARRANTY repairs thing sell Call Ed Venus B rannan Repair Service HOBBY LOBBY EK LOGICTROL FUTABA HOBBY SHACK ROYAL CA ZAIC CO INC 883 Lexington Ave Brooklyn NY 11221 USA October 1982111 SOUTHERNS SORGHUM & FLEXALL THE STANDARD CO NTACT ADHESIVE FOR SHEETING FOAM WINGS TILLOTSON 4 WALBRO 55 carburetors Easy installationuses two existing carburetor screws Positive acting spring loaded choke arm Can servo manually operated Floating neoprene disk chokes better finger easier PLASTIC IZER FDR ACRYLICS AND DOPES ultimate racing something different try running Hurricane 1 2-foot waves Easy build mahogany plywood construction Designed hobby Quadra TML35 gasoline engine 66 long x 18% wide x 11 deep Shipping charges Included US & canada * i-S ENTERPRISES PO Box 82 Belmont Ontario NOL 1 BO 519-644-0375 basically same thing saw Glider recent RCM escapement guys didnt like Krack esiac Since did bob float its ap proaches acted like modem craft fell short crosswind-Into-final wind approached close next county Thats like today didnt know what could see cabin configuration could shoo-in advanced multi aerobatics shot lovely touch-andgoes Through years people kept hitting old-timer George Myers reported tested flew pretty good have seen pix some big 9 ftas long 12 years ago 40-size elevators ailerons Krackerjac could what hope short-coupled big tail steady can thrown around wildly anyone would wish steadiness may come re lationship wing stab positions well airfoil short coupling quite pos sibly has some kind biplane factor give some aspect very wide slot between wing TE low-located stab LE opt tail-dragger Just mastering technique holding up during initial roll going neutral briefly let tail come up pushing gentle down avoid early lift-offs nose high crate flounders might snapespecially di hedralled three-channel wiggle rudder can break loose tip stall am having genuine fun just feel good conquer tail-draggers have work would say Cub take off climb-out trike mod easy OS Max 15the miracle engine its day throttled exhaust baffle went carb butterfly linked exhaust restrictor no carbs known today stuck upright tank mounted fully exposed tank utility dream now can side-mount drop tank go hatch An ST 25 would great ailerons could decrease dihedral has some time anywhere two five degrees seven degrees one-chan nel wing front could D-tubed Another great feature first used Walt Good Rudder BugBonners Smog Hog good later examplewas mildly sweptforward trailing edge tip bot tom sanding modified airfoil shown yielding automatic washout oppose tip stalls wonders what low-wing would like just closing off cabin top wellrounding cabin corners sport would keep seven degrees dihedraL have word fine airplane Another luck-out accident gosh just discovered Boucher broth ers Bob Roland twins Maybe electric guys knew didnt have two identical-twin grandsons called Hey Heh Two Well back around 1970 Boucher often visited American Modeler office faintly wondered names whether Bob equated Roland Somewhere recent past Roland went off own both Astro Flight started Leisure Electronics made quite reputation car field motors batteries techniques now planes has Playboy came friends Bob still Astro de voted hours educating dee tries developing data crates such 112 Model Aviation WILL NOT ATTACK STYROF DAM CORES DAVE BROWN PRODUCTS 4560 Layhigh Hamilton OH 45013 213 738-1576 YOUR DEALER DR DISTRIBUTOR STOPS CRACKING AND CHIPPING 5/a FEET OF THRILLS AND EXCITEMENT THE LEAN MEAN HURRICANE SUPER-BIG OFFSHORE DEEP V KIT & DRIVE TRAIN $1 5390 KIT DRIVE TRAIN & ENGINE $27390 Srulls Spitfire MA belt-drive 15 system Ive got two systemsand might yet put Old Square Sides Antique hope build next winter also have back-ordered 0S 40 4-stroke also have couple Rolands hot-wind 05 systems along Astro belt-drive units available motor So think Bouchers Genius Genius IITrouble unknowingly forgot No II ganged pictures see Roland 1971 Radio Modeller British Roland consultant Bristol biggie fullscale firm England made worlds first practical RC electric demo MAC Show model April 1971 model Fournier RF4 actually 100-in job using two-piece wings Astro Flights Monterey Sailplane motor mag stated childs sit-on-type mo torized car extremely efficient 10oz Japanese 12-volterfiled save weight driving Top Flite 8 x 4 amazing 9500 rpm drew 7 amps shortly after wards rewound draw 15 amps 108 volts 10500 rpmequivalent power 09 glow day gained 500 feet did loop Roland quoted saying looking possibility getting special batteries model market Said mag can look forward glori ously quiet power models future demos shook up English cousins Dave Hughes Radio Modeller wrote Roland July 1971 must say quite few eyebrows raised models ther mal performance since its general appearance British eyes seems Slope Soarer typethe British Thermal Soarer de signs being much functional look ing pretty well just like Free Flight Gliders course Monterey also kit model may explaln pretty ap pearance Author Astro Flight still has Monterey kit came across Flying Models article June 1972 entitled An Electric Record author Roland Flying one-kilome ter closed course around two pylons along bluffs Pacific Ocean same ship flown 196 miles using prototype 25 elec tric motor plane 20% larger stock Foumler kit one-shot silver-zinc battery 50% capacity day flight first 5 km flown aver age speed 466 mph no drop speed until 30th lap Distance 31 km 2 91/2 minutes caption mentions Fred Militkys experiments Germany pub lished preceding issue technical articles Roland notably RCM years foilow Now lets see Bob Astro Roland Leisure grandsons Pete Jim can teil apart too Darn runway short. Bill Winter 4426 Altura Ct Fairfax VA 22030 Callisto 82/Edmonds Continued page 29 Fin rudder Pin 1/64 ply fin right side building board Glue 3/32 balsa frame work place Cut notches frame stabilator control tubing Glue both control tubes place securing fin side Fabricate stabilator drive fitting Out two Continued page 116 2 Quadra Plus Off rs aMuch Power. Lot Better Idle revised Quadra engine ready mount airplane following already done! Crankcaae has replaned tighten up main bearing very close tolerance resealed new special compound thus eliminating leaks Another crankcase bolt added maintain its tight seal will virtually stay clean oil-free expensive engines has E & R balanced flywheel greater performance smoothness Tatone Motor Mount Muffler Quadra Carburetor adaptor turns carburetor direct servo hookup eliminating extra linkages also lets set needle valves engine running Plus motor mount already drilled taped use Lord vibration dampeners desire Dampeners available option E & R revised Quadra can easily identified high-heat resistant black finish block crankcasePRICE $16995 Also revised CD pointless ignison version balanced flywheel same price Air-Cleaner Choke Assembly E ft R HOBBIES stocks other accessories send $1 00 complete catalog Add $600 ea Airplane Kit Radio Engine $300 up 10 lbs UPS handling Tatone Motor Mount pJdO R R 1 10 Edgeley N0 58433 701/493-2015flobbIeses J T HAWK F 4 PHANTOMEALE HUNDERBIRO REVENGERTAIL II RZLI TLAS BOOTLE GER CO 50 L LASER 0 OBU#BR ANG UPE F A441PU DERI3IRD RI NZ- LLAER2O Y N TA P 2 Y NOT NE JAN AAt Local Dealer Send $100 Catalog v v AT October 1982 113 Tatone Muffler Lord Shock-ahsorbing Dampeners engine DON GODFREY wrote eboot feb 1982 MODEL AgRPLANE NEWS colonn
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Bill Winter st53r bS&n qfit THOSE WHO FOLLOW foreign magazines know two generations late Keith Hearn Australia remarkable man quote 1981 issue Airborne magazine achievements received recognition lifted aeromodeling above other hobby Cer tainly no modeler present past rates higher acclaim Hearn glider pilot before WW II later flew RAAF As boy wanted hobby shop us did After war began cut balsa gliders chain stores using jigsaw adapted moth ers sewing machine 1945 brothers Bruce Jack founded Hearns Hobbies built first CL models Down Un der held several Speed records designed innovative kits both FF CL offered Hearns Trophies CL Aerobatics competition produced Australian champions over years helped develop Tempest engine 1954 won race RC aircraft across Hobsons Bay 1960 Hearn set World Al titude Record 4100 feet controlling model familys DH Hornet Moth served Air Force General Re serve 30 years leader Air Training Corps teaching boys principles flight through modeling experiences awarded Forces Medal worry about toy image director Heams Hobbies 20 years man aged well known toy shop organized Keith Heam Enterprises produce kits came factory manager Artmil Balsa until retirement Aiready ill built 1977-78 famous 12-ft Fokker Trisnotor Southern Cross flew over water Point Cook Berwick June 9 1978 using chopper chase aircraft same year piloting speed boat flew Fokker 12 miles up Brisbane River heart city dont recall two flights celebrated 50th anniversary famous flight real Southern Cross lately took up hang gliding son Bruce May 1928 Southern Cross made first transpacific flight starting Oakland landing Hawaii Fiji finally Brisbane7389 miles flying time 83 hours 38 minutes Later first cross Tasmanian Sea New Zealand 14-hour flight friend Merv Buckmaster editor Airborne truly great mag sought re markable photo Hearn flying unique early monster now stored Air Training Corpsto alas photo returned available Merv 16 Model Aviation Australian old-timers remember Keith Helms modeling achievements mostly prehis toric 0S 80powered monster RC huge lightweight ship covered plastic filmevidently long before advent iron-ons appeared least 20 years ago Imagination end innovation said Airborne magazine enabled Keith holding transmitter things few others ever dreamed about 05 80 looks like Pee Wee 02 some six4ooter Shadows reveal beautiful realistic cabin-configuration ghost ship just lifted off Rendered Hank Clark Air Training Corps photo Keith Hearn co-pilot 1950 Altitude World Record-setting RC 4000 ft flown Keith familys DH Hornet Moth background Twenty-two years later ship would pride end joy sport modeler Note strip ailerons Air Train ing Corps photo compliments Airborne magazine piece de resistancel Hearn about start Quadra-powered Fokker Trimotor Casey Field Berwick Using helicopter chase plane Keith piloted 12-ft Southern Cross high above across wide water body commemorate 50th anniversary flight real Southern Cross Tony Farnan photo Airborne 70 FUSE & VERTICAL TAILPLANE FROM SHEET BALSA WING B STAB FROM OPEN CONSTRUCTION PREVIOUSLY KITTED BYJETCO MODELS BROOKLYN NY C U 9 RCIERJ4C DES IGNED BY BILL WINTER SPAN -53 AREA-4755QIN Ill POWER-09 TO19 RADIOC H WITH CONTHUL 0 w U z 1a U -J L 1 N S 05 0 z 4 0 ILU IhJ cD 00 z-J Il JL*J 4W 00 0 0 I-yy Winter thinks Krackerjac design early Sixties single-channel escapement job could answer what now needs 3- 4-channel sport job Theres lots about text Modified modern proportional should enjoyable did send other shots youll appreciate Hank Clark artwork see precise drawing takeoff photo fired writers imagination two-way street AU columnists would suc cumb crunch death-row deadlines letters loyal fol lowers Most columnists necessarily deal technical specialties few us rattle cages six readers arent quite sure having fun freaking out Since ungodly chore play hanky-panky typewriter bright calm morning blue sky beckons am looking sympathy coffee hot Hermes stone cold am about entertained story tellers first effort talk back begins L G Schmidt St Pete FL having busy rime usual winding cat putting clock out beating wolf back door Now first time life have time things Ive always wanted have either now hand have built time kind critter flies its own volition jist took inventory have 43 models flyable condition four abuildin Rudder Servo Arm / /1 Could opposite side rudder & oppo site side servo arm /Sailplane rudder Articulated rudder Sailplanes H Thomas tantalizing thought Elevators rud ders hinge operate like wing flaps brakes yielding half-diamond airfoil cross section whereas HAs depicts variable camber wing flap would virtual infinity combinations ranging very high lift through progression extreme braking called out pilot especially fiddles horn hole combinations STOL capa bilities should superb mixed stab elevator trima high cabin probably requires progressive down-trim low-wing up-trim continuous piano-type hinge would close gaps H suggests short lengths Sullivan plastic pushrod inner rod sliding through say inch-wide segments alternated between surfaces along hinge lines HA uses Hot Stuff covers plane MonoKote Bigger planes might require light glass/epoxy attachment October 1982 17 -J Winters Antique Old-Timers Some comment Old Square Sides 1936-37 FF elevated An tique Old-Timer Vagabond WOG now officially OldTimers Old Square Sides originally published Air Trails several years after its birthalso true other twowas powered Baby Cyke No special adjustments runs true lifts tail flies gently wide shallow left-hand circles modified Vagabond published MAN recently RC sport job modified too much qualify SAM competitions Youll need John Pond planshe expected have Ohlsson 60 Vagabond WOG Old Square Sides availableauthentic Model Builder designer given John Sprague Winters mid dle names Vagabond has left power turn since high thrustline doesnt produce prop wash against sufficient cabin area force right can flown left-left left-right popular because forgiving competitive Comet Sailplanes etc prob lem has no OT tail Bob Larsh suggested Winter fin moves down slot fuselage top tail could pop up damage could result stab snags obstacle Winter likes Larshs suaclestion nortion etah aft soars Reproduced Radio Modeller 1971 sue shots Roland Boucher Fournier during demos electric power intrigued British cousins Its Sailplane looks potential strongly contrasted F F Glider conversions day dozen designs drawn up Sounds like forgot mention partridge pear tree PS adds few escaped first tally four Control Line models seven Indoor models some HLGs bursitis shoulder makes forgetting pleasure Its obvious Im fun rarely go contests am primarily design er-experimenter garbage original have yet step field however out being informed am flying modi fied Wbiffenpoof Author Whiffenpoofs have glide wouldnt believe inevit able some designs will resemble other peoples work just arent ways put ship together working within limited force arrangements very nature birds have thrust upon us Lord knows try Have noted interest captions un der pictures L G goes particular interest two Peanut-size Chambermaids Continued page 20 18 Model Aviation used popping up slot pass over fin/rudder located partially forward horizontal tail H A Thomas obliged quickie sketch Ohlsson 23powered WOG high aspect shoulder wing planked oval fuselage wing sheeted top Megows kit oversize heaw woodso kits earned plane dog reputation efficient demands skilled adjustments Reading clip old article Winter finds Walt Schroder helped much both Vagabond WOG said WOG should flown left-right could extremely touchy forced right under power should flown open shallow fast climb circle Stab tilt right glide could added tail wasnt pop-up origi nal configuration adaptable sport flying want enjoy long slow cruises WOG would idealbut chore build Winter doesnt recall WOG straight V-dihedral poly plc old article shows him holding such earlier developmentdate unknown Says Bill amazes crates fun sketches sportthe credit goes fliers made work competition Bill Brenchley built authentic Vagabond shown picture kit put out Loran Schmidt Custom Kits 11948 Franklin Blvd Elk Grove CA 95624 wants us remind everyone John Ponds Old Timer Plains Service PO Box 3215 San Jose CA 95156 Bill Brenchley hopes reader can send him Eagle ad picture Vagabond kit model address RR 3 Box 307B Marion IL 62959 also asks about colors silked painted blue white nitrate dope butyrate came later Brenchlcys ship powered 05 25FSR Davis Diesel head throttle Original Brown-powered contest fliers used inverted Ohlsson 6W etc sketch HA Thomas Bill Winters WOG designed 1942 published 1944 has five-foot wingspan powered Ohlsson 23 spark ignition S r FT BANK R/C DISTRIBUTORS 19 So Brett Street Beacon N Y 12508 Hours Mon Sat 914 831-121410 am -9 pm 050 HB 40 R/C w/Muffler $5695 p 4400 HB 40 PDP w/Muffler $6795 Shipping & Handling $300 Please add $200 COD Service Sorry no Foreign Orders Personal checks will held far clearance N Y State Residents must add local sales tax Price subject change Lnotice Send long SASE complete listing4 NEW REALISM NEW PILOTS FOR MORE NATURAL APPEARANCE STANDARD FEATURES 2 SCALE Z% HIGH SEPARATE GOGGLES OR SUN GLASSES DEEP TORSO EASILY ASSEMBLED EASILY PAINTED INSTRUCTIONS SHOW SIMPLE ACTUATING SYSTEM SPORTSMAN Separate head permits tilting turning actuation model air craft boat car control system Ask pilots dealer will supply order directly factory SCALE WHEELS NE KITS LAY MODEL KITS MACHII4E GUN KITS SSORIES SEND $1 FOR COMPLETE CATALOG DEPT MA 181 PAWNEE ST SAN MARCOS CALIFORNIA 9 supposedly fly outdoors claims 8-gram weight other fantastic 45 grams just happen have Manhattan Cab bends beam shade over 4 grams good sneeze would blow apart have uncovered Chambermaid see sketch around 8 grams Dont see Ill wind up less omes apart wing canopy lift off have two pods bottomone wheels other retract gear Chambermaid 45 grams terrific dadburned things got bones herring fellows have got know something dont know Perhaps scaie wrongthe Messers Ohaus will delighted hear Keep doing what doing knew about time last year werent dis mayed wailing gnashing teeth L G dont know euphoric am about 300-lb ducted-fan 747 four Kawasakis Dont get shook up about thatIm just kidding Dad gummit coffee cold yeal 2500 some stone-chipper coipes upon time capsule undoubtedly will find Buccaneer thing imperish able 1948 after three years Air Force Jack Haren recalls RC just get ting started bought Aero-Trol trans mitter receiver escapement Author days anyone could assemble such kit system long evening Heart air borne single-tube receiverin case tiny gas-filled tube flashed lovely purple light shorted anything idled perhaps 15 mils signal dropped say 3 mil miniscule current change caused relay armature move dead contact live triggered escapement move rudder full-on long signal held Vibration rattled relaywhich wiggled rudder Joy Essentially controlled Free Flight Chet Lanzo observed radio enabled choose point crash McNabbs 465 frequency system citi zen-Ship approved FCC woods filled characters flew n frequency happened come up no crystalsand transistor yet gleam some ones eye awarded 27 band no good buddies traffic lights Since receivers super-regen superhets followed quickly spots actu ally subject transmitter youd have 25 guys line waiting fly Pins diapers Sooner later usually sooner crates either crashed flew away people tried weekend year long never got flIght loved hobby shop owner suggested Ber keley Buccaneer B Special Jack recalls Au thor write WE Technical Services MA advertiser will come upon authentic Bill Effinger plans goodies Bucs lots other stufflike Snow White 20 Bill Joe Raspante close friends Joe flew scaled-up monster Buc RC As Snow White magazine writer studiously took apart hear come up accurate plans stating best-ever Free Flight having won three Nats add wins Berryloid event finish Snow White too beautiful flyit stood day exhibition Continued page 110 20 Model Aviation HB 61 PDP W/ Muffler $8995 WE WONT LET YOU DOWN Cox Customer Service prompily handles parts service requests Cox Cox/Sanwa products CHECK IT OUT Cox division Leisure Onamics Inc Hobbies lIOO W 78tt~5L Minneapolis MN 55135 J Fun/Winter Continued page 20 numerous eastern FF meets attended assume Joe flew Bill Effinger once sold sticks room over garage Berkeley Placehence name Berkeleyin Brooklyn reader asks opinion about inflation let say us money took author seven years acquire enginea Baby Cyke $9 wholesale Ben Shereshawwho designed beautiful airplanes anyone earth recent ads offer super big enginedid first Cavalier exchange set air wheels Dont shocked immortal Scotty Murray got $3 apiece FF Gas de signs Bay Ridge editorial salary fat $30 other hand im possible lift $15 worth groceries house rented $35 balsa 2 x 6 cost $95 Jacks Buccaneer Forster 29 engine ig nition since giow plug came postwar Forster 29 gem such engine run continuously day break its gasloll mixture Jack used solenoid fuel cutoff Throttles came 1950s covered silk since didnt wet first bit loose Jack remembers After procrastinating several weeks finally got up nerve fly plane fuel shutoff set minute play safe let run 45 seconds before launching Author RC jobs test-glided first like Free Flights adjusted rich four-cycle safety 15 seconds flying time plane did two loops 360-degree circle just 10 feet off ground landed safely Two weeks later plugged venturi wood 1/8-in hole made two 90-deg turns downwind land ing damaged receiver plane went shelf Twenty-three years later again became terested RC joined American Air lines Club Cleveland Jack goes trouble so-called trainers Jack laments kept looking old Buccaneer sitting shelf wondering would modern en gine radio Rebuliding posed too problems still plans did second modifica ton provided elevator control cov ered MonoKote Things started out weli Jack continues won first prize static show flew like dream few wceks able launch fly land own first time would take off very weli because extreme forward location wheels Thats story about two Buccaneer Specials photo Jack concludes says nothing about letter-box slots near tips Used some real Stinsons etc such slots tremendousiy effective main taining air flow over wing high angle attack maintains aileron control impossible stall tip Gene Foxworthy used Hoosier Hotshot RC Nats winner Did work Indianapolis Airport Gene taped over slots ship flew across big airport skimming ground until struck fence far side evidently add lift too Used generous dihedral Hoosier plane would lose altitude continuous tight circles twin rudders hard over know because once flew Genes model 110 Model Aviation K SUPERwings DIVISION OF HI JOHNSON MODEL PRODUCTS 11015 GLENOAKS BLVD PACOIMA CA 91331 SAILPLANE COMPONENTS CREATE YOUR OWN SUPER GLIDER WING FOAM CORES Floater Thermal & Slope FUSELAGES LUSTROLEEN 2 Meter Standard Open & Scale STAB FOAM CORES Rudder & Fin Cores COVERING MATERIALS White skin & Lustroleen WING RODS Wing Tongue Kits FOR HI JOHNSONS PORTFOLIO PRICE SHEET & ORDER FORM about sailplane construction & design using foam & plastic SEND $250 CHECK OR MO CA RES ADD SALES TAX Smokers Between son flies RC Long Island another Louisianaand flying NVRC northern Vir ginia frequent visits Aeromasters Club FredericksburgI see hear about everything wings guy Cajun coun try now manages circuits Aces Air Scout formerly Concept Taking old mans advice goes out early before work abandoned military field Its bucolic No s sight hay stacks grass areas quail calling spreads out sheet hand-launches Gentle Lady hes made three 049 nose Im strong its great 05 electric too lies down shades eyes enjoys other day almost fell asleep discovered live club calls wild men Wild favorite word reports about Pattern crate called Smoker wild So now weve heard Warren Pete Hare sec/treas Mid-State RC Club 4529 Lee St Alexandria LA 71301 Its sane active group 45 members lease site Town Poliock Poliock Municipal old World War II fighter base Son Mike says people painting stripes runways watch out Activities include Glider competition Fun Flies /2A Pylon Racing meet fourth Mondays MacArthur Village branch Guaranty Bank Trust Co 7 pm open public try show AMA Air Force Film Library film after meeting Nice membership package too Members interested phases modelingnoteworthy Smoker proves scaled-down Phoenix 40 power designed kitted two members own fiber glass work Since Mike mentions can pick up kit reasonable figure brother Rob can thread needle such things might give guys try Cant promise Obviously its scorcher Theres pic Smoker Gus Vol flips Mike turns us Speaking approaches As know cruelty Sigs unbustable Kadet consis tent approaches ol Bill lukewarm friends learn constantly fiddling own stuff out time Mike tossed Kadet together could get back after long hiatus two-stick con trols Ailerons big dealfrankly end youli find safer threechannel getting used steering left takeoff coordinated banking right initial prob lem Anyway Mike making Goldberg Eagle 1983 aerial sadism Kadet cant possibly live long elephant though might designers always want alter other guys concept biggest demand rockstable platform approaches early 1960s published Air Thails kitted Jetco Krackerjac single-channel just rudder throttle Yes Mable planes fly weli elevators will note vague resemblance Kadet days Rudder Only big problem balloon ing coming out turns wind hence out-of-sight flights Krackedac thin wing its day flat-bottomed airfoil almost symmetrical forward main spar About 10 years prior after discussions deBolt led Live Wire series Hal Control Line master Speed Stunt veteran Indoor/Outdoor FFer reasoned RC model would invert outsides symmetrical airfoilseen Over Under evolution Live Wire own High Diver also published MAN think met Hal halfway using two-thirds/onethird airfoil abandoned tranditional hand-glide testsit wouldnt hand glide Heavy much too big seen today its then-new K&B 151953-54 flew glided like dream could fly inverted supplementary escapement Last year Hal filled work Glider airfoil Davis-f oil front end lilt 0111GM 1/4 SCALE SEMI KIT 3900 1/4 SCALE COMPLETE KIT. 19900 1/3 SCALE SEMI KIT 6900 1/3 SCALE COMPLETE KIT.229OO PLEASE ADD $750 POR SHIPPING 1/4 GALE SPAS 80 WEIGHT Z0# ENGINE QUADNA 1/3 ScALE EI9AN 106 WEIGHT 8# ENGINE QUADRA SEMI KiTS GONTAIN SAWED AM SANDED PORNERS WALL WING RIBS TIPS RUDDER AND STAB OUThIN SIZE lIARS ON THE ABOVE PARTS ALL PINE AND BA STRIP WOOD WARE SEND *1 00 FOR OUR CIPLE1E CATALOG NOKE 1419 599 212I jI1cttj Fc3ciic- SIcI PO Box 607 So Gallatin Road Madison_TN 37115 860-6811 SaIeI ice Complete line ROYAL Electronics R/C equinment WARRANTY repairs thing sell Call Ed Venus B rannan Repair Service HOBBY LOBBY EK LOGICTROL FUTABA HOBBY SHACK ROYAL CA ZAIC CO INC 883 Lexington Ave Brooklyn NY 11221 USA October 1982111 SOUTHERNS SORGHUM & FLEXALL THE STANDARD CO NTACT ADHESIVE FOR SHEETING FOAM WINGS TILLOTSON 4 WALBRO 55 carburetors Easy installationuses two existing carburetor screws Positive acting spring loaded choke arm Can servo manually operated Floating neoprene disk chokes better finger easier PLASTIC IZER FDR ACRYLICS AND DOPES ultimate racing something different try running Hurricane 1 2-foot waves Easy build mahogany plywood construction Designed hobby Quadra TML35 gasoline engine 66 long x 18% wide x 11 deep Shipping charges Included US & canada * i-S ENTERPRISES PO Box 82 Belmont Ontario NOL 1 BO 519-644-0375 basically same thing saw Glider recent RCM escapement guys didnt like Krack esiac Since did bob float its ap proaches acted like modem craft fell short crosswind-Into-final wind approached close next county Thats like today didnt know what could see cabin configuration could shoo-in advanced multi aerobatics shot lovely touch-andgoes Through years people kept hitting old-timer George Myers reported tested flew pretty good have seen pix some big 9 ftas long 12 years ago 40-size elevators ailerons Krackerjac could what hope short-coupled big tail steady can thrown around wildly anyone would wish steadiness may come re lationship wing stab positions well airfoil short coupling quite pos sibly has some kind biplane factor give some aspect very wide slot between wing TE low-located stab LE opt tail-dragger Just mastering technique holding up during initial roll going neutral briefly let tail come up pushing gentle down avoid early lift-offs nose high crate flounders might snapespecially di hedralled three-channel wiggle rudder can break loose tip stall am having genuine fun just feel good conquer tail-draggers have work would say Cub take off climb-out trike mod easy OS Max 15the miracle engine its day throttled exhaust baffle went carb butterfly linked exhaust restrictor no carbs known today stuck upright tank mounted fully exposed tank utility dream now can side-mount drop tank go hatch An ST 25 would great ailerons could decrease dihedral has some time anywhere two five degrees seven degrees one-chan nel wing front could D-tubed Another great feature first used Walt Good Rudder BugBonners Smog Hog good later examplewas mildly sweptforward trailing edge tip bot tom sanding modified airfoil shown yielding automatic washout oppose tip stalls wonders what low-wing would like just closing off cabin top wellrounding cabin corners sport would keep seven degrees dihedraL have word fine airplane Another luck-out accident gosh just discovered Boucher broth ers Bob Roland twins Maybe electric guys knew didnt have two identical-twin grandsons called Hey Heh Two Well back around 1970 Boucher often visited American Modeler office faintly wondered names whether Bob equated Roland Somewhere recent past Roland went off own both Astro Flight started Leisure Electronics made quite reputation car field motors batteries techniques now planes has Playboy came friends Bob still Astro de voted hours educating dee tries developing data crates such 112 Model Aviation WILL NOT ATTACK STYROF DAM CORES DAVE BROWN PRODUCTS 4560 Layhigh Hamilton OH 45013 213 738-1576 YOUR DEALER DR DISTRIBUTOR STOPS CRACKING AND CHIPPING 5/a FEET OF THRILLS AND EXCITEMENT THE LEAN MEAN HURRICANE SUPER-BIG OFFSHORE DEEP V KIT & DRIVE TRAIN $1 5390 KIT DRIVE TRAIN & ENGINE $27390 Srulls Spitfire MA belt-drive 15 system Ive got two systemsand might yet put Old Square Sides Antique hope build next winter also have back-ordered 0S 40 4-stroke also have couple Rolands hot-wind 05 systems along Astro belt-drive units available motor So think Bouchers Genius Genius IITrouble unknowingly forgot No II ganged pictures see Roland 1971 Radio Modeller British Roland consultant Bristol biggie fullscale firm England made worlds first practical RC electric demo MAC Show model April 1971 model Fournier RF4 actually 100-in job using two-piece wings Astro Flights Monterey Sailplane motor mag stated childs sit-on-type mo torized car extremely efficient 10oz Japanese 12-volterfiled save weight driving Top Flite 8 x 4 amazing 9500 rpm drew 7 amps shortly after wards rewound draw 15 amps 108 volts 10500 rpmequivalent power 09 glow day gained 500 feet did loop Roland quoted saying looking possibility getting special batteries model market Said mag can look forward glori ously quiet power models future demos shook up English cousins Dave Hughes Radio Modeller wrote Roland July 1971 must say quite few eyebrows raised models ther mal performance since its general appearance British eyes seems Slope Soarer typethe British Thermal Soarer de signs being much functional look ing pretty well just like Free Flight Gliders course Monterey also kit model may explaln pretty ap pearance Author Astro Flight still has Monterey kit came across Flying Models article June 1972 entitled An Electric Record author Roland Flying one-kilome ter closed course around two pylons along bluffs Pacific Ocean same ship flown 196 miles using prototype 25 elec tric motor plane 20% larger stock Foumler kit one-shot silver-zinc battery 50% capacity day flight first 5 km flown aver age speed 466 mph no drop speed until 30th lap Distance 31 km 2 91/2 minutes caption mentions Fred Militkys experiments Germany pub lished preceding issue technical articles Roland notably RCM years foilow Now lets see Bob Astro Roland Leisure grandsons Pete Jim can teil apart too Darn runway short. Bill Winter 4426 Altura Ct Fairfax VA 22030 Callisto 82/Edmonds Continued page 29 Fin rudder Pin 1/64 ply fin right side building board Glue 3/32 balsa frame work place Cut notches frame stabilator control tubing Glue both control tubes place securing fin side Fabricate stabilator drive fitting Out two Continued page 116 2 Quadra Plus Off rs aMuch Power. Lot Better Idle revised Quadra engine ready mount airplane following already done! Crankcaae has replaned tighten up main bearing very close tolerance resealed new special compound thus eliminating leaks Another crankcase bolt added maintain its tight seal will virtually stay clean oil-free expensive engines has E & R balanced flywheel greater performance smoothness Tatone Motor Mount Muffler Quadra Carburetor adaptor turns carburetor direct servo hookup eliminating extra linkages also lets set needle valves engine running Plus motor mount already drilled taped use Lord vibration dampeners desire Dampeners available option E & R revised Quadra can easily identified high-heat resistant black finish block crankcasePRICE $16995 Also revised CD pointless ignison version balanced flywheel same price Air-Cleaner Choke Assembly E ft R HOBBIES stocks other accessories send $1 00 complete catalog Add $600 ea Airplane Kit Radio Engine $300 up 10 lbs UPS handling Tatone Motor Mount pJdO R R 1 10 Edgeley N0 58433 701/493-2015flobbIeses J T HAWK F 4 PHANTOMEALE HUNDERBIRO REVENGERTAIL II RZLI TLAS BOOTLE GER CO 50 L LASER 0 OBU#BR ANG UPE F A441PU DERI3IRD RI NZ- LLAER2O Y N TA P 2 Y NOT NE JAN AAt Local Dealer Send $100 Catalog v v AT October 1982 113 Tatone Muffler Lord Shock-ahsorbing Dampeners engine DON GODFREY wrote eboot feb 1982 MODEL AgRPLANE NEWS colonn
Edition: Model Aviation - 1982/10
Page Numbers: 16, 17, 18, 20, 110, 111, 112, 113
Bill Winter st53r bS&n qfit THOSE WHO FOLLOW foreign magazines know two generations late Keith Hearn Australia remarkable man quote 1981 issue Airborne magazine achievements received recognition lifted aeromodeling above other hobby Cer tainly no modeler present past rates higher acclaim Hearn glider pilot before WW II later flew RAAF As boy wanted hobby shop us did After war began cut balsa gliders chain stores using jigsaw adapted moth ers sewing machine 1945 brothers Bruce Jack founded Hearns Hobbies built first CL models Down Un der held several Speed records designed innovative kits both FF CL offered Hearns Trophies CL Aerobatics competition produced Australian champions over years helped develop Tempest engine 1954 won race RC aircraft across Hobsons Bay 1960 Hearn set World Al titude Record 4100 feet controlling model familys DH Hornet Moth served Air Force General Re serve 30 years leader Air Training Corps teaching boys principles flight through modeling experiences awarded Forces Medal worry about toy image director Heams Hobbies 20 years man aged well known toy shop organized Keith Heam Enterprises produce kits came factory manager Artmil Balsa until retirement Aiready ill built 1977-78 famous 12-ft Fokker Trisnotor Southern Cross flew over water Point Cook Berwick June 9 1978 using chopper chase aircraft same year piloting speed boat flew Fokker 12 miles up Brisbane River heart city dont recall two flights celebrated 50th anniversary famous flight real Southern Cross lately took up hang gliding son Bruce May 1928 Southern Cross made first transpacific flight starting Oakland landing Hawaii Fiji finally Brisbane7389 miles flying time 83 hours 38 minutes Later first cross Tasmanian Sea New Zealand 14-hour flight friend Merv Buckmaster editor Airborne truly great mag sought re markable photo Hearn flying unique early monster now stored Air Training Corpsto alas photo returned available Merv 16 Model Aviation Australian old-timers remember Keith Helms modeling achievements mostly prehis toric 0S 80powered monster RC huge lightweight ship covered plastic filmevidently long before advent iron-ons appeared least 20 years ago Imagination end innovation said Airborne magazine enabled Keith holding transmitter things few others ever dreamed about 05 80 looks like Pee Wee 02 some six4ooter Shadows reveal beautiful realistic cabin-configuration ghost ship just lifted off Rendered Hank Clark Air Training Corps photo Keith Hearn co-pilot 1950 Altitude World Record-setting RC 4000 ft flown Keith familys DH Hornet Moth background Twenty-two years later ship would pride end joy sport modeler Note strip ailerons Air Train ing Corps photo compliments Airborne magazine piece de resistancel Hearn about start Quadra-powered Fokker Trimotor Casey Field Berwick Using helicopter chase plane Keith piloted 12-ft Southern Cross high above across wide water body commemorate 50th anniversary flight real Southern Cross Tony Farnan photo Airborne 70 FUSE & VERTICAL TAILPLANE FROM SHEET BALSA WING B STAB FROM OPEN CONSTRUCTION PREVIOUSLY KITTED BYJETCO MODELS BROOKLYN NY C U 9 RCIERJ4C DES IGNED BY BILL WINTER SPAN -53 AREA-4755QIN Ill POWER-09 TO19 RADIOC H WITH CONTHUL 0 w U z 1a U -J L 1 N S 05 0 z 4 0 ILU IhJ cD 00 z-J Il JL*J 4W 00 0 0 I-yy Winter thinks Krackerjac design early Sixties single-channel escapement job could answer what now needs 3- 4-channel sport job Theres lots about text Modified modern proportional should enjoyable did send other shots youll appreciate Hank Clark artwork see precise drawing takeoff photo fired writers imagination two-way street AU columnists would suc cumb crunch death-row deadlines letters loyal fol lowers Most columnists necessarily deal technical specialties few us rattle cages six readers arent quite sure having fun freaking out Since ungodly chore play hanky-panky typewriter bright calm morning blue sky beckons am looking sympathy coffee hot Hermes stone cold am about entertained story tellers first effort talk back begins L G Schmidt St Pete FL having busy rime usual winding cat putting clock out beating wolf back door Now first time life have time things Ive always wanted have either now hand have built time kind critter flies its own volition jist took inventory have 43 models flyable condition four abuildin Rudder Servo Arm / /1 Could opposite side rudder & oppo site side servo arm /Sailplane rudder Articulated rudder Sailplanes H Thomas tantalizing thought Elevators rud ders hinge operate like wing flaps brakes yielding half-diamond airfoil cross section whereas HAs depicts variable camber wing flap would virtual infinity combinations ranging very high lift through progression extreme braking called out pilot especially fiddles horn hole combinations STOL capa bilities should superb mixed stab elevator trima high cabin probably requires progressive down-trim low-wing up-trim continuous piano-type hinge would close gaps H suggests short lengths Sullivan plastic pushrod inner rod sliding through say inch-wide segments alternated between surfaces along hinge lines HA uses Hot Stuff covers plane MonoKote Bigger planes might require light glass/epoxy attachment October 1982 17 -J Winters Antique Old-Timers Some comment Old Square Sides 1936-37 FF elevated An tique Old-Timer Vagabond WOG now officially OldTimers Old Square Sides originally published Air Trails several years after its birthalso true other twowas powered Baby Cyke No special adjustments runs true lifts tail flies gently wide shallow left-hand circles modified Vagabond published MAN recently RC sport job modified too much qualify SAM competitions Youll need John Pond planshe expected have Ohlsson 60 Vagabond WOG Old Square Sides availableauthentic Model Builder designer given John Sprague Winters mid dle names Vagabond has left power turn since high thrustline doesnt produce prop wash against sufficient cabin area force right can flown left-left left-right popular because forgiving competitive Comet Sailplanes etc prob lem has no OT tail Bob Larsh suggested Winter fin moves down slot fuselage top tail could pop up damage could result stab snags obstacle Winter likes Larshs suaclestion nortion etah aft soars Reproduced Radio Modeller 1971 sue shots Roland Boucher Fournier during demos electric power intrigued British cousins Its Sailplane looks potential strongly contrasted F F Glider conversions day dozen designs drawn up Sounds like forgot mention partridge pear tree PS adds few escaped first tally four Control Line models seven Indoor models some HLGs bursitis shoulder makes forgetting pleasure Its obvious Im fun rarely go contests am primarily design er-experimenter garbage original have yet step field however out being informed am flying modi fied Wbiffenpoof Author Whiffenpoofs have glide wouldnt believe inevit able some designs will resemble other peoples work just arent ways put ship together working within limited force arrangements very nature birds have thrust upon us Lord knows try Have noted interest captions un der pictures L G goes particular interest two Peanut-size Chambermaids Continued page 20 18 Model Aviation used popping up slot pass over fin/rudder located partially forward horizontal tail H A Thomas obliged quickie sketch Ohlsson 23powered WOG high aspect shoulder wing planked oval fuselage wing sheeted top Megows kit oversize heaw woodso kits earned plane dog reputation efficient demands skilled adjustments Reading clip old article Winter finds Walt Schroder helped much both Vagabond WOG said WOG should flown left-right could extremely touchy forced right under power should flown open shallow fast climb circle Stab tilt right glide could added tail wasnt pop-up origi nal configuration adaptable sport flying want enjoy long slow cruises WOG would idealbut chore build Winter doesnt recall WOG straight V-dihedral poly plc old article shows him holding such earlier developmentdate unknown Says Bill amazes crates fun sketches sportthe credit goes fliers made work competition Bill Brenchley built authentic Vagabond shown picture kit put out Loran Schmidt Custom Kits 11948 Franklin Blvd Elk Grove CA 95624 wants us remind everyone John Ponds Old Timer Plains Service PO Box 3215 San Jose CA 95156 Bill Brenchley hopes reader can send him Eagle ad picture Vagabond kit model address RR 3 Box 307B Marion IL 62959 also asks about colors silked painted blue white nitrate dope butyrate came later Brenchlcys ship powered 05 25FSR Davis Diesel head throttle Original Brown-powered contest fliers used inverted Ohlsson 6W etc sketch HA Thomas Bill Winters WOG designed 1942 published 1944 has five-foot wingspan powered Ohlsson 23 spark ignition S r FT BANK R/C DISTRIBUTORS 19 So Brett Street Beacon N Y 12508 Hours Mon Sat 914 831-121410 am -9 pm 050 HB 40 R/C w/Muffler $5695 p 4400 HB 40 PDP w/Muffler $6795 Shipping & Handling $300 Please add $200 COD Service Sorry no Foreign Orders Personal checks will held far clearance N Y State Residents must add local sales tax Price subject change Lnotice Send long SASE complete listing4 NEW REALISM NEW PILOTS FOR MORE NATURAL APPEARANCE STANDARD FEATURES 2 SCALE Z% HIGH SEPARATE GOGGLES OR SUN GLASSES DEEP TORSO EASILY ASSEMBLED EASILY PAINTED INSTRUCTIONS SHOW SIMPLE ACTUATING SYSTEM SPORTSMAN Separate head permits tilting turning actuation model air craft boat car control system Ask pilots dealer will supply order directly factory SCALE WHEELS NE KITS LAY MODEL KITS MACHII4E GUN KITS SSORIES SEND $1 FOR COMPLETE CATALOG DEPT MA 181 PAWNEE ST SAN MARCOS CALIFORNIA 9 supposedly fly outdoors claims 8-gram weight other fantastic 45 grams just happen have Manhattan Cab bends beam shade over 4 grams good sneeze would blow apart have uncovered Chambermaid see sketch around 8 grams Dont see Ill wind up less omes apart wing canopy lift off have two pods bottomone wheels other retract gear Chambermaid 45 grams terrific dadburned things got bones herring fellows have got know something dont know Perhaps scaie wrongthe Messers Ohaus will delighted hear Keep doing what doing knew about time last year werent dis mayed wailing gnashing teeth L G dont know euphoric am about 300-lb ducted-fan 747 four Kawasakis Dont get shook up about thatIm just kidding Dad gummit coffee cold yeal 2500 some stone-chipper coipes upon time capsule undoubtedly will find Buccaneer thing imperish able 1948 after three years Air Force Jack Haren recalls RC just get ting started bought Aero-Trol trans mitter receiver escapement Author days anyone could assemble such kit system long evening Heart air borne single-tube receiverin case tiny gas-filled tube flashed lovely purple light shorted anything idled perhaps 15 mils signal dropped say 3 mil miniscule current change caused relay armature move dead contact live triggered escapement move rudder full-on long signal held Vibration rattled relaywhich wiggled rudder Joy Essentially controlled Free Flight Chet Lanzo observed radio enabled choose point crash McNabbs 465 frequency system citi zen-Ship approved FCC woods filled characters flew n frequency happened come up no crystalsand transistor yet gleam some ones eye awarded 27 band no good buddies traffic lights Since receivers super-regen superhets followed quickly spots actu ally subject transmitter youd have 25 guys line waiting fly Pins diapers Sooner later usually sooner crates either crashed flew away people tried weekend year long never got flIght loved hobby shop owner suggested Ber keley Buccaneer B Special Jack recalls Au thor write WE Technical Services MA advertiser will come upon authentic Bill Effinger plans goodies Bucs lots other stufflike Snow White 20 Bill Joe Raspante close friends Joe flew scaled-up monster Buc RC As Snow White magazine writer studiously took apart hear come up accurate plans stating best-ever Free Flight having won three Nats add wins Berryloid event finish Snow White too beautiful flyit stood day exhibition Continued page 110 20 Model Aviation HB 61 PDP W/ Muffler $8995 WE WONT LET YOU DOWN Cox Customer Service prompily handles parts service requests Cox Cox/Sanwa products CHECK IT OUT Cox division Leisure Onamics Inc Hobbies lIOO W 78tt~5L Minneapolis MN 55135 J Fun/Winter Continued page 20 numerous eastern FF meets attended assume Joe flew Bill Effinger once sold sticks room over garage Berkeley Placehence name Berkeleyin Brooklyn reader asks opinion about inflation let say us money took author seven years acquire enginea Baby Cyke $9 wholesale Ben Shereshawwho designed beautiful airplanes anyone earth recent ads offer super big enginedid first Cavalier exchange set air wheels Dont shocked immortal Scotty Murray got $3 apiece FF Gas de signs Bay Ridge editorial salary fat $30 other hand im possible lift $15 worth groceries house rented $35 balsa 2 x 6 cost $95 Jacks Buccaneer Forster 29 engine ig nition since giow plug came postwar Forster 29 gem such engine run continuously day break its gasloll mixture Jack used solenoid fuel cutoff Throttles came 1950s covered silk since didnt wet first bit loose Jack remembers After procrastinating several weeks finally got up nerve fly plane fuel shutoff set minute play safe let run 45 seconds before launching Author RC jobs test-glided first like Free Flights adjusted rich four-cycle safety 15 seconds flying time plane did two loops 360-degree circle just 10 feet off ground landed safely Two weeks later plugged venturi wood 1/8-in hole made two 90-deg turns downwind land ing damaged receiver plane went shelf Twenty-three years later again became terested RC joined American Air lines Club Cleveland Jack goes trouble so-called trainers Jack laments kept looking old Buccaneer sitting shelf wondering would modern en gine radio Rebuliding posed too problems still plans did second modifica ton provided elevator control cov ered MonoKote Things started out weli Jack continues won first prize static show flew like dream few wceks able launch fly land own first time would take off very weli because extreme forward location wheels Thats story about two Buccaneer Specials photo Jack concludes says nothing about letter-box slots near tips Used some real Stinsons etc such slots tremendousiy effective main taining air flow over wing high angle attack maintains aileron control impossible stall tip Gene Foxworthy used Hoosier Hotshot RC Nats winner Did work Indianapolis Airport Gene taped over slots ship flew across big airport skimming ground until struck fence far side evidently add lift too Used generous dihedral Hoosier plane would lose altitude continuous tight circles twin rudders hard over know because once flew Genes model 110 Model Aviation K SUPERwings DIVISION OF HI JOHNSON MODEL PRODUCTS 11015 GLENOAKS BLVD PACOIMA CA 91331 SAILPLANE COMPONENTS CREATE YOUR OWN SUPER GLIDER WING FOAM CORES Floater Thermal & Slope FUSELAGES LUSTROLEEN 2 Meter Standard Open & Scale STAB FOAM CORES Rudder & Fin Cores COVERING MATERIALS White skin & Lustroleen WING RODS Wing Tongue Kits FOR HI JOHNSONS PORTFOLIO PRICE SHEET & ORDER FORM about sailplane construction & design using foam & plastic SEND $250 CHECK OR MO CA RES ADD SALES TAX Smokers Between son flies RC Long Island another Louisianaand flying NVRC northern Vir ginia frequent visits Aeromasters Club FredericksburgI see hear about everything wings guy Cajun coun try now manages circuits Aces Air Scout formerly Concept Taking old mans advice goes out early before work abandoned military field Its bucolic No s sight hay stacks grass areas quail calling spreads out sheet hand-launches Gentle Lady hes made three 049 nose Im strong its great 05 electric too lies down shades eyes enjoys other day almost fell asleep discovered live club calls wild men Wild favorite word reports about Pattern crate called Smoker wild So now weve heard Warren Pete Hare sec/treas Mid-State RC Club 4529 Lee St Alexandria LA 71301 Its sane active group 45 members lease site Town Poliock Poliock Municipal old World War II fighter base Son Mike says people painting stripes runways watch out Activities include Glider competition Fun Flies /2A Pylon Racing meet fourth Mondays MacArthur Village branch Guaranty Bank Trust Co 7 pm open public try show AMA Air Force Film Library film after meeting Nice membership package too Members interested phases modelingnoteworthy Smoker proves scaled-down Phoenix 40 power designed kitted two members own fiber glass work Since Mike mentions can pick up kit reasonable figure brother Rob can thread needle such things might give guys try Cant promise Obviously its scorcher Theres pic Smoker Gus Vol flips Mike turns us Speaking approaches As know cruelty Sigs unbustable Kadet consis tent approaches ol Bill lukewarm friends learn constantly fiddling own stuff out time Mike tossed Kadet together could get back after long hiatus two-stick con trols Ailerons big dealfrankly end youli find safer threechannel getting used steering left takeoff coordinated banking right initial prob lem Anyway Mike making Goldberg Eagle 1983 aerial sadism Kadet cant possibly live long elephant though might designers always want alter other guys concept biggest demand rockstable platform approaches early 1960s published Air Thails kitted Jetco Krackerjac single-channel just rudder throttle Yes Mable planes fly weli elevators will note vague resemblance Kadet days Rudder Only big problem balloon ing coming out turns wind hence out-of-sight flights Krackedac thin wing its day flat-bottomed airfoil almost symmetrical forward main spar About 10 years prior after discussions deBolt led Live Wire series Hal Control Line master Speed Stunt veteran Indoor/Outdoor FFer reasoned RC model would invert outsides symmetrical airfoilseen Over Under evolution Live Wire own High Diver also published MAN think met Hal halfway using two-thirds/onethird airfoil abandoned tranditional hand-glide testsit wouldnt hand glide Heavy much too big seen today its then-new K&B 151953-54 flew glided like dream could fly inverted supplementary escapement Last year Hal filled work Glider airfoil Davis-f oil front end lilt 0111GM 1/4 SCALE SEMI KIT 3900 1/4 SCALE COMPLETE KIT. 19900 1/3 SCALE SEMI KIT 6900 1/3 SCALE COMPLETE KIT.229OO PLEASE ADD $750 POR SHIPPING 1/4 GALE SPAS 80 WEIGHT Z0# ENGINE QUADNA 1/3 ScALE EI9AN 106 WEIGHT 8# ENGINE QUADRA SEMI KiTS GONTAIN SAWED AM SANDED PORNERS WALL WING RIBS TIPS RUDDER AND STAB OUThIN SIZE lIARS ON THE ABOVE PARTS ALL PINE AND BA STRIP WOOD WARE SEND *1 00 FOR OUR CIPLE1E CATALOG NOKE 1419 599 212I jI1cttj Fc3ciic- SIcI PO Box 607 So Gallatin Road Madison_TN 37115 860-6811 SaIeI ice Complete line ROYAL Electronics R/C equinment WARRANTY repairs thing sell Call Ed Venus B rannan Repair Service HOBBY LOBBY EK LOGICTROL FUTABA HOBBY SHACK ROYAL CA ZAIC CO INC 883 Lexington Ave Brooklyn NY 11221 USA October 1982111 SOUTHERNS SORGHUM & FLEXALL THE STANDARD CO NTACT ADHESIVE FOR SHEETING FOAM WINGS TILLOTSON 4 WALBRO 55 carburetors Easy installationuses two existing carburetor screws Positive acting spring loaded choke arm Can servo manually operated Floating neoprene disk chokes better finger easier PLASTIC IZER FDR ACRYLICS AND DOPES ultimate racing something different try running Hurricane 1 2-foot waves Easy build mahogany plywood construction Designed hobby Quadra TML35 gasoline engine 66 long x 18% wide x 11 deep Shipping charges Included US & canada * i-S ENTERPRISES PO Box 82 Belmont Ontario NOL 1 BO 519-644-0375 basically same thing saw Glider recent RCM escapement guys didnt like Krack esiac Since did bob float its ap proaches acted like modem craft fell short crosswind-Into-final wind approached close next county Thats like today didnt know what could see cabin configuration could shoo-in advanced multi aerobatics shot lovely touch-andgoes Through years people kept hitting old-timer George Myers reported tested flew pretty good have seen pix some big 9 ftas long 12 years ago 40-size elevators ailerons Krackerjac could what hope short-coupled big tail steady can thrown around wildly anyone would wish steadiness may come re lationship wing stab positions well airfoil short coupling quite pos sibly has some kind biplane factor give some aspect very wide slot between wing TE low-located stab LE opt tail-dragger Just mastering technique holding up during initial roll going neutral briefly let tail come up pushing gentle down avoid early lift-offs nose high crate flounders might snapespecially di hedralled three-channel wiggle rudder can break loose tip stall am having genuine fun just feel good conquer tail-draggers have work would say Cub take off climb-out trike mod easy OS Max 15the miracle engine its day throttled exhaust baffle went carb butterfly linked exhaust restrictor no carbs known today stuck upright tank mounted fully exposed tank utility dream now can side-mount drop tank go hatch An ST 25 would great ailerons could decrease dihedral has some time anywhere two five degrees seven degrees one-chan nel wing front could D-tubed Another great feature first used Walt Good Rudder BugBonners Smog Hog good later examplewas mildly sweptforward trailing edge tip bot tom sanding modified airfoil shown yielding automatic washout oppose tip stalls wonders what low-wing would like just closing off cabin top wellrounding cabin corners sport would keep seven degrees dihedraL have word fine airplane Another luck-out accident gosh just discovered Boucher broth ers Bob Roland twins Maybe electric guys knew didnt have two identical-twin grandsons called Hey Heh Two Well back around 1970 Boucher often visited American Modeler office faintly wondered names whether Bob equated Roland Somewhere recent past Roland went off own both Astro Flight started Leisure Electronics made quite reputation car field motors batteries techniques now planes has Playboy came friends Bob still Astro de voted hours educating dee tries developing data crates such 112 Model Aviation WILL NOT ATTACK STYROF DAM CORES DAVE BROWN PRODUCTS 4560 Layhigh Hamilton OH 45013 213 738-1576 YOUR DEALER DR DISTRIBUTOR STOPS CRACKING AND CHIPPING 5/a FEET OF THRILLS AND EXCITEMENT THE LEAN MEAN HURRICANE SUPER-BIG OFFSHORE DEEP V KIT & DRIVE TRAIN $1 5390 KIT DRIVE TRAIN & ENGINE $27390 Srulls Spitfire MA belt-drive 15 system Ive got two systemsand might yet put Old Square Sides Antique hope build next winter also have back-ordered 0S 40 4-stroke also have couple Rolands hot-wind 05 systems along Astro belt-drive units available motor So think Bouchers Genius Genius IITrouble unknowingly forgot No II ganged pictures see Roland 1971 Radio Modeller British Roland consultant Bristol biggie fullscale firm England made worlds first practical RC electric demo MAC Show model April 1971 model Fournier RF4 actually 100-in job using two-piece wings Astro Flights Monterey Sailplane motor mag stated childs sit-on-type mo torized car extremely efficient 10oz Japanese 12-volterfiled save weight driving Top Flite 8 x 4 amazing 9500 rpm drew 7 amps shortly after wards rewound draw 15 amps 108 volts 10500 rpmequivalent power 09 glow day gained 500 feet did loop Roland quoted saying looking possibility getting special batteries model market Said mag can look forward glori ously quiet power models future demos shook up English cousins Dave Hughes Radio Modeller wrote Roland July 1971 must say quite few eyebrows raised models ther mal performance since its general appearance British eyes seems Slope Soarer typethe British Thermal Soarer de signs being much functional look ing pretty well just like Free Flight Gliders course Monterey also kit model may explaln pretty ap pearance Author Astro Flight still has Monterey kit came across Flying Models article June 1972 entitled An Electric Record author Roland Flying one-kilome ter closed course around two pylons along bluffs Pacific Ocean same ship flown 196 miles using prototype 25 elec tric motor plane 20% larger stock Foumler kit one-shot silver-zinc battery 50% capacity day flight first 5 km flown aver age speed 466 mph no drop speed until 30th lap Distance 31 km 2 91/2 minutes caption mentions Fred Militkys experiments Germany pub lished preceding issue technical articles Roland notably RCM years foilow Now lets see Bob Astro Roland Leisure grandsons Pete Jim can teil apart too Darn runway short. Bill Winter 4426 Altura Ct Fairfax VA 22030 Callisto 82/Edmonds Continued page 29 Fin rudder Pin 1/64 ply fin right side building board Glue 3/32 balsa frame work place Cut notches frame stabilator control tubing Glue both control tubes place securing fin side Fabricate stabilator drive fitting Out two Continued page 116 2 Quadra Plus Off rs aMuch Power. Lot Better Idle revised Quadra engine ready mount airplane following already done! Crankcaae has replaned tighten up main bearing very close tolerance resealed new special compound thus eliminating leaks Another crankcase bolt added maintain its tight seal will virtually stay clean oil-free expensive engines has E & R balanced flywheel greater performance smoothness Tatone Motor Mount Muffler Quadra Carburetor adaptor turns carburetor direct servo hookup eliminating extra linkages also lets set needle valves engine running Plus motor mount already drilled taped use Lord vibration dampeners desire Dampeners available option E & R revised Quadra can easily identified high-heat resistant black finish block crankcasePRICE $16995 Also revised CD pointless ignison version balanced flywheel same price Air-Cleaner Choke Assembly E ft R HOBBIES stocks other accessories send $1 00 complete catalog Add $600 ea Airplane Kit Radio Engine $300 up 10 lbs UPS handling Tatone Motor Mount pJdO R R 1 10 Edgeley N0 58433 701/493-2015flobbIeses J T HAWK F 4 PHANTOMEALE HUNDERBIRO REVENGERTAIL II RZLI TLAS BOOTLE GER CO 50 L LASER 0 OBU#BR ANG UPE F A441PU DERI3IRD RI NZ- LLAER2O Y N TA P 2 Y NOT NE JAN AAt Local Dealer Send $100 Catalog v v AT October 1982 113 Tatone Muffler Lord Shock-ahsorbing Dampeners engine DON GODFREY wrote eboot feb 1982 MODEL AgRPLANE NEWS colonn
Edition: Model Aviation - 1982/10
Page Numbers: 16, 17, 18, 20, 110, 111, 112, 113
Bill Winter st53r bS&n qfit THOSE WHO FOLLOW foreign magazines know two generations late Keith Hearn Australia remarkable man quote 1981 issue Airborne magazine achievements received recognition lifted aeromodeling above other hobby Cer tainly no modeler present past rates higher acclaim Hearn glider pilot before WW II later flew RAAF As boy wanted hobby shop us did After war began cut balsa gliders chain stores using jigsaw adapted moth ers sewing machine 1945 brothers Bruce Jack founded Hearns Hobbies built first CL models Down Un der held several Speed records designed innovative kits both FF CL offered Hearns Trophies CL Aerobatics competition produced Australian champions over years helped develop Tempest engine 1954 won race RC aircraft across Hobsons Bay 1960 Hearn set World Al titude Record 4100 feet controlling model familys DH Hornet Moth served Air Force General Re serve 30 years leader Air Training Corps teaching boys principles flight through modeling experiences awarded Forces Medal worry about toy image director Heams Hobbies 20 years man aged well known toy shop organized Keith Heam Enterprises produce kits came factory manager Artmil Balsa until retirement Aiready ill built 1977-78 famous 12-ft Fokker Trisnotor Southern Cross flew over water Point Cook Berwick June 9 1978 using chopper chase aircraft same year piloting speed boat flew Fokker 12 miles up Brisbane River heart city dont recall two flights celebrated 50th anniversary famous flight real Southern Cross lately took up hang gliding son Bruce May 1928 Southern Cross made first transpacific flight starting Oakland landing Hawaii Fiji finally Brisbane7389 miles flying time 83 hours 38 minutes Later first cross Tasmanian Sea New Zealand 14-hour flight friend Merv Buckmaster editor Airborne truly great mag sought re markable photo Hearn flying unique early monster now stored Air Training Corpsto alas photo returned available Merv 16 Model Aviation Australian old-timers remember Keith Helms modeling achievements mostly prehis toric 0S 80powered monster RC huge lightweight ship covered plastic filmevidently long before advent iron-ons appeared least 20 years ago Imagination end innovation said Airborne magazine enabled Keith holding transmitter things few others ever dreamed about 05 80 looks like Pee Wee 02 some six4ooter Shadows reveal beautiful realistic cabin-configuration ghost ship just lifted off Rendered Hank Clark Air Training Corps photo Keith Hearn co-pilot 1950 Altitude World Record-setting RC 4000 ft flown Keith familys DH Hornet Moth background Twenty-two years later ship would pride end joy sport modeler Note strip ailerons Air Train ing Corps photo compliments Airborne magazine piece de resistancel Hearn about start Quadra-powered Fokker Trimotor Casey Field Berwick Using helicopter chase plane Keith piloted 12-ft Southern Cross high above across wide water body commemorate 50th anniversary flight real Southern Cross Tony Farnan photo Airborne 70 FUSE & VERTICAL TAILPLANE FROM SHEET BALSA WING B STAB FROM OPEN CONSTRUCTION PREVIOUSLY KITTED BYJETCO MODELS BROOKLYN NY C U 9 RCIERJ4C DES IGNED BY BILL WINTER SPAN -53 AREA-4755QIN Ill POWER-09 TO19 RADIOC H WITH CONTHUL 0 w U z 1a U -J L 1 N S 05 0 z 4 0 ILU IhJ cD 00 z-J Il JL*J 4W 00 0 0 I-yy Winter thinks Krackerjac design early Sixties single-channel escapement job could answer what now needs 3- 4-channel sport job Theres lots about text Modified modern proportional should enjoyable did send other shots youll appreciate Hank Clark artwork see precise drawing takeoff photo fired writers imagination two-way street AU columnists would suc cumb crunch death-row deadlines letters loyal fol lowers Most columnists necessarily deal technical specialties few us rattle cages six readers arent quite sure having fun freaking out Since ungodly chore play hanky-panky typewriter bright calm morning blue sky beckons am looking sympathy coffee hot Hermes stone cold am about entertained story tellers first effort talk back begins L G Schmidt St Pete FL having busy rime usual winding cat putting clock out beating wolf back door Now first time life have time things Ive always wanted have either now hand have built time kind critter flies its own volition jist took inventory have 43 models flyable condition four abuildin Rudder Servo Arm / /1 Could opposite side rudder & oppo site side servo arm /Sailplane rudder Articulated rudder Sailplanes H Thomas tantalizing thought Elevators rud ders hinge operate like wing flaps brakes yielding half-diamond airfoil cross section whereas HAs depicts variable camber wing flap would virtual infinity combinations ranging very high lift through progression extreme braking called out pilot especially fiddles horn hole combinations STOL capa bilities should superb mixed stab elevator trima high cabin probably requires progressive down-trim low-wing up-trim continuous piano-type hinge would close gaps H suggests short lengths Sullivan plastic pushrod inner rod sliding through say inch-wide segments alternated between surfaces along hinge lines HA uses Hot Stuff covers plane MonoKote Bigger planes might require light glass/epoxy attachment October 1982 17 -J Winters Antique Old-Timers Some comment Old Square Sides 1936-37 FF elevated An tique Old-Timer Vagabond WOG now officially OldTimers Old Square Sides originally published Air Trails several years after its birthalso true other twowas powered Baby Cyke No special adjustments runs true lifts tail flies gently wide shallow left-hand circles modified Vagabond published MAN recently RC sport job modified too much qualify SAM competitions Youll need John Pond planshe expected have Ohlsson 60 Vagabond WOG Old Square Sides availableauthentic Model Builder designer given John Sprague Winters mid dle names Vagabond has left power turn since high thrustline doesnt produce prop wash against sufficient cabin area force right can flown left-left left-right popular because forgiving competitive Comet Sailplanes etc prob lem has no OT tail Bob Larsh suggested Winter fin moves down slot fuselage top tail could pop up damage could result stab snags obstacle Winter likes Larshs suaclestion nortion etah aft soars Reproduced Radio Modeller 1971 sue shots Roland Boucher Fournier during demos electric power intrigued British cousins Its Sailplane looks potential strongly contrasted F F Glider conversions day dozen designs drawn up Sounds like forgot mention partridge pear tree PS adds few escaped first tally four Control Line models seven Indoor models some HLGs bursitis shoulder makes forgetting pleasure Its obvious Im fun rarely go contests am primarily design er-experimenter garbage original have yet step field however out being informed am flying modi fied Wbiffenpoof Author Whiffenpoofs have glide wouldnt believe inevit able some designs will resemble other peoples work just arent ways put ship together working within limited force arrangements very nature birds have thrust upon us Lord knows try Have noted interest captions un der pictures L G goes particular interest two Peanut-size Chambermaids Continued page 20 18 Model Aviation used popping up slot pass over fin/rudder located partially forward horizontal tail H A Thomas obliged quickie sketch Ohlsson 23powered WOG high aspect shoulder wing planked oval fuselage wing sheeted top Megows kit oversize heaw woodso kits earned plane dog reputation efficient demands skilled adjustments Reading clip old article Winter finds Walt Schroder helped much both Vagabond WOG said WOG should flown left-right could extremely touchy forced right under power should flown open shallow fast climb circle Stab tilt right glide could added tail wasnt pop-up origi nal configuration adaptable sport flying want enjoy long slow cruises WOG would idealbut chore build Winter doesnt recall WOG straight V-dihedral poly plc old article shows him holding such earlier developmentdate unknown Says Bill amazes crates fun sketches sportthe credit goes fliers made work competition Bill Brenchley built authentic Vagabond shown picture kit put out Loran Schmidt Custom Kits 11948 Franklin Blvd Elk Grove CA 95624 wants us remind everyone John Ponds Old Timer Plains Service PO Box 3215 San Jose CA 95156 Bill Brenchley hopes reader can send him Eagle ad picture Vagabond kit model address RR 3 Box 307B Marion IL 62959 also asks about colors silked painted blue white nitrate dope butyrate came later Brenchlcys ship powered 05 25FSR Davis Diesel head throttle Original Brown-powered contest fliers used inverted Ohlsson 6W etc sketch HA Thomas Bill Winters WOG designed 1942 published 1944 has five-foot wingspan powered Ohlsson 23 spark ignition S r FT BANK R/C DISTRIBUTORS 19 So Brett Street Beacon N Y 12508 Hours Mon Sat 914 831-121410 am -9 pm 050 HB 40 R/C w/Muffler $5695 p 4400 HB 40 PDP w/Muffler $6795 Shipping & Handling $300 Please add $200 COD Service Sorry no Foreign Orders Personal checks will held far clearance N Y State Residents must add local sales tax Price subject change Lnotice Send long SASE complete listing4 NEW REALISM NEW PILOTS FOR MORE NATURAL APPEARANCE STANDARD FEATURES 2 SCALE Z% HIGH SEPARATE GOGGLES OR SUN GLASSES DEEP TORSO EASILY ASSEMBLED EASILY PAINTED INSTRUCTIONS SHOW SIMPLE ACTUATING SYSTEM SPORTSMAN Separate head permits tilting turning actuation model air craft boat car control system Ask pilots dealer will supply order directly factory SCALE WHEELS NE KITS LAY MODEL KITS MACHII4E GUN KITS SSORIES SEND $1 FOR COMPLETE CATALOG DEPT MA 181 PAWNEE ST SAN MARCOS CALIFORNIA 9 supposedly fly outdoors claims 8-gram weight other fantastic 45 grams just happen have Manhattan Cab bends beam shade over 4 grams good sneeze would blow apart have uncovered Chambermaid see sketch around 8 grams Dont see Ill wind up less omes apart wing canopy lift off have two pods bottomone wheels other retract gear Chambermaid 45 grams terrific dadburned things got bones herring fellows have got know something dont know Perhaps scaie wrongthe Messers Ohaus will delighted hear Keep doing what doing knew about time last year werent dis mayed wailing gnashing teeth L G dont know euphoric am about 300-lb ducted-fan 747 four Kawasakis Dont get shook up about thatIm just kidding Dad gummit coffee cold yeal 2500 some stone-chipper coipes upon time capsule undoubtedly will find Buccaneer thing imperish able 1948 after three years Air Force Jack Haren recalls RC just get ting started bought Aero-Trol trans mitter receiver escapement Author days anyone could assemble such kit system long evening Heart air borne single-tube receiverin case tiny gas-filled tube flashed lovely purple light shorted anything idled perhaps 15 mils signal dropped say 3 mil miniscule current change caused relay armature move dead contact live triggered escapement move rudder full-on long signal held Vibration rattled relaywhich wiggled rudder Joy Essentially controlled Free Flight Chet Lanzo observed radio enabled choose point crash McNabbs 465 frequency system citi zen-Ship approved FCC woods filled characters flew n frequency happened come up no crystalsand transistor yet gleam some ones eye awarded 27 band no good buddies traffic lights Since receivers super-regen superhets followed quickly spots actu ally subject transmitter youd have 25 guys line waiting fly Pins diapers Sooner later usually sooner crates either crashed flew away people tried weekend year long never got flIght loved hobby shop owner suggested Ber keley Buccaneer B Special Jack recalls Au thor write WE Technical Services MA advertiser will come upon authentic Bill Effinger plans goodies Bucs lots other stufflike Snow White 20 Bill Joe Raspante close friends Joe flew scaled-up monster Buc RC As Snow White magazine writer studiously took apart hear come up accurate plans stating best-ever Free Flight having won three Nats add wins Berryloid event finish Snow White too beautiful flyit stood day exhibition Continued page 110 20 Model Aviation HB 61 PDP W/ Muffler $8995 WE WONT LET YOU DOWN Cox Customer Service prompily handles parts service requests Cox Cox/Sanwa products CHECK IT OUT Cox division Leisure Onamics Inc Hobbies lIOO W 78tt~5L Minneapolis MN 55135 J Fun/Winter Continued page 20 numerous eastern FF meets attended assume Joe flew Bill Effinger once sold sticks room over garage Berkeley Placehence name Berkeleyin Brooklyn reader asks opinion about inflation let say us money took author seven years acquire enginea Baby Cyke $9 wholesale Ben Shereshawwho designed beautiful airplanes anyone earth recent ads offer super big enginedid first Cavalier exchange set air wheels Dont shocked immortal Scotty Murray got $3 apiece FF Gas de signs Bay Ridge editorial salary fat $30 other hand im possible lift $15 worth groceries house rented $35 balsa 2 x 6 cost $95 Jacks Buccaneer Forster 29 engine ig nition since giow plug came postwar Forster 29 gem such engine run continuously day break its gasloll mixture Jack used solenoid fuel cutoff Throttles came 1950s covered silk since didnt wet first bit loose Jack remembers After procrastinating several weeks finally got up nerve fly plane fuel shutoff set minute play safe let run 45 seconds before launching Author RC jobs test-glided first like Free Flights adjusted rich four-cycle safety 15 seconds flying time plane did two loops 360-degree circle just 10 feet off ground landed safely Two weeks later plugged venturi wood 1/8-in hole made two 90-deg turns downwind land ing damaged receiver plane went shelf Twenty-three years later again became terested RC joined American Air lines Club Cleveland Jack goes trouble so-called trainers Jack laments kept looking old Buccaneer sitting shelf wondering would modern en gine radio Rebuliding posed too problems still plans did second modifica ton provided elevator control cov ered MonoKote Things started out weli Jack continues won first prize static show flew like dream few wceks able launch fly land own first time would take off very weli because extreme forward location wheels Thats story about two Buccaneer Specials photo Jack concludes says nothing about letter-box slots near tips Used some real Stinsons etc such slots tremendousiy effective main taining air flow over wing high angle attack maintains aileron control impossible stall tip Gene Foxworthy used Hoosier Hotshot RC Nats winner Did work Indianapolis Airport Gene taped over slots ship flew across big airport skimming ground until struck fence far side evidently add lift too Used generous dihedral Hoosier plane would lose altitude continuous tight circles twin rudders hard over know because once flew Genes model 110 Model Aviation K SUPERwings DIVISION OF HI JOHNSON MODEL PRODUCTS 11015 GLENOAKS BLVD PACOIMA CA 91331 SAILPLANE COMPONENTS CREATE YOUR OWN SUPER GLIDER WING FOAM CORES Floater Thermal & Slope FUSELAGES LUSTROLEEN 2 Meter Standard Open & Scale STAB FOAM CORES Rudder & Fin Cores COVERING MATERIALS White skin & Lustroleen WING RODS Wing Tongue Kits FOR HI JOHNSONS PORTFOLIO PRICE SHEET & ORDER FORM about sailplane construction & design using foam & plastic SEND $250 CHECK OR MO CA RES ADD SALES TAX Smokers Between son flies RC Long Island another Louisianaand flying NVRC northern Vir ginia frequent visits Aeromasters Club FredericksburgI see hear about everything wings guy Cajun coun try now manages circuits Aces Air Scout formerly Concept Taking old mans advice goes out early before work abandoned military field Its bucolic No s sight hay stacks grass areas quail calling spreads out sheet hand-launches Gentle Lady hes made three 049 nose Im strong its great 05 electric too lies down shades eyes enjoys other day almost fell asleep discovered live club calls wild men Wild favorite word reports about Pattern crate called Smoker wild So now weve heard Warren Pete Hare sec/treas Mid-State RC Club 4529 Lee St Alexandria LA 71301 Its sane active group 45 members lease site Town Poliock Poliock Municipal old World War II fighter base Son Mike says people painting stripes runways watch out Activities include Glider competition Fun Flies /2A Pylon Racing meet fourth Mondays MacArthur Village branch Guaranty Bank Trust Co 7 pm open public try show AMA Air Force Film Library film after meeting Nice membership package too Members interested phases modelingnoteworthy Smoker proves scaled-down Phoenix 40 power designed kitted two members own fiber glass work Since Mike mentions can pick up kit reasonable figure brother Rob can thread needle such things might give guys try Cant promise Obviously its scorcher Theres pic Smoker Gus Vol flips Mike turns us Speaking approaches As know cruelty Sigs unbustable Kadet consis tent approaches ol Bill lukewarm friends learn constantly fiddling own stuff out time Mike tossed Kadet together could get back after long hiatus two-stick con trols Ailerons big dealfrankly end youli find safer threechannel getting used steering left takeoff coordinated banking right initial prob lem Anyway Mike making Goldberg Eagle 1983 aerial sadism Kadet cant possibly live long elephant though might designers always want alter other guys concept biggest demand rockstable platform approaches early 1960s published Air Thails kitted Jetco Krackerjac single-channel just rudder throttle Yes Mable planes fly weli elevators will note vague resemblance Kadet days Rudder Only big problem balloon ing coming out turns wind hence out-of-sight flights Krackedac thin wing its day flat-bottomed airfoil almost symmetrical forward main spar About 10 years prior after discussions deBolt led Live Wire series Hal Control Line master Speed Stunt veteran Indoor/Outdoor FFer reasoned RC model would invert outsides symmetrical airfoilseen Over Under evolution Live Wire own High Diver also published MAN think met Hal halfway using two-thirds/onethird airfoil abandoned tranditional hand-glide testsit wouldnt hand glide Heavy much too big seen today its then-new K&B 151953-54 flew glided like dream could fly inverted supplementary escapement Last year Hal filled work Glider airfoil Davis-f oil front end lilt 0111GM 1/4 SCALE SEMI KIT 3900 1/4 SCALE COMPLETE KIT. 19900 1/3 SCALE SEMI KIT 6900 1/3 SCALE COMPLETE KIT.229OO PLEASE ADD $750 POR SHIPPING 1/4 GALE SPAS 80 WEIGHT Z0# ENGINE QUADNA 1/3 ScALE EI9AN 106 WEIGHT 8# ENGINE QUADRA SEMI KiTS GONTAIN SAWED AM SANDED PORNERS WALL WING RIBS TIPS RUDDER AND STAB OUThIN SIZE lIARS ON THE ABOVE PARTS ALL PINE AND BA STRIP WOOD WARE SEND *1 00 FOR OUR CIPLE1E CATALOG NOKE 1419 599 212I jI1cttj Fc3ciic- SIcI PO Box 607 So Gallatin Road Madison_TN 37115 860-6811 SaIeI ice Complete line ROYAL Electronics R/C equinment WARRANTY repairs thing sell Call Ed Venus B rannan Repair Service HOBBY LOBBY EK LOGICTROL FUTABA HOBBY SHACK ROYAL CA ZAIC CO INC 883 Lexington Ave Brooklyn NY 11221 USA October 1982111 SOUTHERNS SORGHUM & FLEXALL THE STANDARD CO NTACT ADHESIVE FOR SHEETING FOAM WINGS TILLOTSON 4 WALBRO 55 carburetors Easy installationuses two existing carburetor screws Positive acting spring loaded choke arm Can servo manually operated Floating neoprene disk chokes better finger easier PLASTIC IZER FDR ACRYLICS AND DOPES ultimate racing something different try running Hurricane 1 2-foot waves Easy build mahogany plywood construction Designed hobby Quadra TML35 gasoline engine 66 long x 18% wide x 11 deep Shipping charges Included US & canada * i-S ENTERPRISES PO Box 82 Belmont Ontario NOL 1 BO 519-644-0375 basically same thing saw Glider recent RCM escapement guys didnt like Krack esiac Since did bob float its ap proaches acted like modem craft fell short crosswind-Into-final wind approached close next county Thats like today didnt know what could see cabin configuration could shoo-in advanced multi aerobatics shot lovely touch-andgoes Through years people kept hitting old-timer George Myers reported tested flew pretty good have seen pix some big 9 ftas long 12 years ago 40-size elevators ailerons Krackerjac could what hope short-coupled big tail steady can thrown around wildly anyone would wish steadiness may come re lationship wing stab positions well airfoil short coupling quite pos sibly has some kind biplane factor give some aspect very wide slot between wing TE low-located stab LE opt tail-dragger Just mastering technique holding up during initial roll going neutral briefly let tail come up pushing gentle down avoid early lift-offs nose high crate flounders might snapespecially di hedralled three-channel wiggle rudder can break loose tip stall am having genuine fun just feel good conquer tail-draggers have work would say Cub take off climb-out trike mod easy OS Max 15the miracle engine its day throttled exhaust baffle went carb butterfly linked exhaust restrictor no carbs known today stuck upright tank mounted fully exposed tank utility dream now can side-mount drop tank go hatch An ST 25 would great ailerons could decrease dihedral has some time anywhere two five degrees seven degrees one-chan nel wing front could D-tubed Another great feature first used Walt Good Rudder BugBonners Smog Hog good later examplewas mildly sweptforward trailing edge tip bot tom sanding modified airfoil shown yielding automatic washout oppose tip stalls wonders what low-wing would like just closing off cabin top wellrounding cabin corners sport would keep seven degrees dihedraL have word fine airplane Another luck-out accident gosh just discovered Boucher broth ers Bob Roland twins Maybe electric guys knew didnt have two identical-twin grandsons called Hey Heh Two Well back around 1970 Boucher often visited American Modeler office faintly wondered names whether Bob equated Roland Somewhere recent past Roland went off own both Astro Flight started Leisure Electronics made quite reputation car field motors batteries techniques now planes has Playboy came friends Bob still Astro de voted hours educating dee tries developing data crates such 112 Model Aviation WILL NOT ATTACK STYROF DAM CORES DAVE BROWN PRODUCTS 4560 Layhigh Hamilton OH 45013 213 738-1576 YOUR DEALER DR DISTRIBUTOR STOPS CRACKING AND CHIPPING 5/a FEET OF THRILLS AND EXCITEMENT THE LEAN MEAN HURRICANE SUPER-BIG OFFSHORE DEEP V KIT & DRIVE TRAIN $1 5390 KIT DRIVE TRAIN & ENGINE $27390 Srulls Spitfire MA belt-drive 15 system Ive got two systemsand might yet put Old Square Sides Antique hope build next winter also have back-ordered 0S 40 4-stroke also have couple Rolands hot-wind 05 systems along Astro belt-drive units available motor So think Bouchers Genius Genius IITrouble unknowingly forgot No II ganged pictures see Roland 1971 Radio Modeller British Roland consultant Bristol biggie fullscale firm England made worlds first practical RC electric demo MAC Show model April 1971 model Fournier RF4 actually 100-in job using two-piece wings Astro Flights Monterey Sailplane motor mag stated childs sit-on-type mo torized car extremely efficient 10oz Japanese 12-volterfiled save weight driving Top Flite 8 x 4 amazing 9500 rpm drew 7 amps shortly after wards rewound draw 15 amps 108 volts 10500 rpmequivalent power 09 glow day gained 500 feet did loop Roland quoted saying looking possibility getting special batteries model market Said mag can look forward glori ously quiet power models future demos shook up English cousins Dave Hughes Radio Modeller wrote Roland July 1971 must say quite few eyebrows raised models ther mal performance since its general appearance British eyes seems Slope Soarer typethe British Thermal Soarer de signs being much functional look ing pretty well just like Free Flight Gliders course Monterey also kit model may explaln pretty ap pearance Author Astro Flight still has Monterey kit came across Flying Models article June 1972 entitled An Electric Record author Roland Flying one-kilome ter closed course around two pylons along bluffs Pacific Ocean same ship flown 196 miles using prototype 25 elec tric motor plane 20% larger stock Foumler kit one-shot silver-zinc battery 50% capacity day flight first 5 km flown aver age speed 466 mph no drop speed until 30th lap Distance 31 km 2 91/2 minutes caption mentions Fred Militkys experiments Germany pub lished preceding issue technical articles Roland notably RCM years foilow Now lets see Bob Astro Roland Leisure grandsons Pete Jim can teil apart too Darn runway short. Bill Winter 4426 Altura Ct Fairfax VA 22030 Callisto 82/Edmonds Continued page 29 Fin rudder Pin 1/64 ply fin right side building board Glue 3/32 balsa frame work place Cut notches frame stabilator control tubing Glue both control tubes place securing fin side Fabricate stabilator drive fitting Out two Continued page 116 2 Quadra Plus Off rs aMuch Power. Lot Better Idle revised Quadra engine ready mount airplane following already done! Crankcaae has replaned tighten up main bearing very close tolerance resealed new special compound thus eliminating leaks Another crankcase bolt added maintain its tight seal will virtually stay clean oil-free expensive engines has E & R balanced flywheel greater performance smoothness Tatone Motor Mount Muffler Quadra Carburetor adaptor turns carburetor direct servo hookup eliminating extra linkages also lets set needle valves engine running Plus motor mount already drilled taped use Lord vibration dampeners desire Dampeners available option E & R revised Quadra can easily identified high-heat resistant black finish block crankcasePRICE $16995 Also revised CD pointless ignison version balanced flywheel same price Air-Cleaner Choke Assembly E ft R HOBBIES stocks other accessories send $1 00 complete catalog Add $600 ea Airplane Kit Radio Engine $300 up 10 lbs UPS handling Tatone Motor Mount pJdO R R 1 10 Edgeley N0 58433 701/493-2015flobbIeses J T HAWK F 4 PHANTOMEALE HUNDERBIRO REVENGERTAIL II RZLI TLAS BOOTLE GER CO 50 L LASER 0 OBU#BR ANG UPE F A441PU DERI3IRD RI NZ- LLAER2O Y N TA P 2 Y NOT NE JAN AAt Local Dealer Send $100 Catalog v v AT October 1982 113 Tatone Muffler Lord Shock-ahsorbing Dampeners engine DON GODFREY wrote eboot feb 1982 MODEL AgRPLANE NEWS colonn
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Bill Winter st53r bS&n qfit THOSE WHO FOLLOW foreign magazines know two generations late Keith Hearn Australia remarkable man quote 1981 issue Airborne magazine achievements received recognition lifted aeromodeling above other hobby Cer tainly no modeler present past rates higher acclaim Hearn glider pilot before WW II later flew RAAF As boy wanted hobby shop us did After war began cut balsa gliders chain stores using jigsaw adapted moth ers sewing machine 1945 brothers Bruce Jack founded Hearns Hobbies built first CL models Down Un der held several Speed records designed innovative kits both FF CL offered Hearns Trophies CL Aerobatics competition produced Australian champions over years helped develop Tempest engine 1954 won race RC aircraft across Hobsons Bay 1960 Hearn set World Al titude Record 4100 feet controlling model familys DH Hornet Moth served Air Force General Re serve 30 years leader Air Training Corps teaching boys principles flight through modeling experiences awarded Forces Medal worry about toy image director Heams Hobbies 20 years man aged well known toy shop organized Keith Heam Enterprises produce kits came factory manager Artmil Balsa until retirement Aiready ill built 1977-78 famous 12-ft Fokker Trisnotor Southern Cross flew over water Point Cook Berwick June 9 1978 using chopper chase aircraft same year piloting speed boat flew Fokker 12 miles up Brisbane River heart city dont recall two flights celebrated 50th anniversary famous flight real Southern Cross lately took up hang gliding son Bruce May 1928 Southern Cross made first transpacific flight starting Oakland landing Hawaii Fiji finally Brisbane7389 miles flying time 83 hours 38 minutes Later first cross Tasmanian Sea New Zealand 14-hour flight friend Merv Buckmaster editor Airborne truly great mag sought re markable photo Hearn flying unique early monster now stored Air Training Corpsto alas photo returned available Merv 16 Model Aviation Australian old-timers remember Keith Helms modeling achievements mostly prehis toric 0S 80powered monster RC huge lightweight ship covered plastic filmevidently long before advent iron-ons appeared least 20 years ago Imagination end innovation said Airborne magazine enabled Keith holding transmitter things few others ever dreamed about 05 80 looks like Pee Wee 02 some six4ooter Shadows reveal beautiful realistic cabin-configuration ghost ship just lifted off Rendered Hank Clark Air Training Corps photo Keith Hearn co-pilot 1950 Altitude World Record-setting RC 4000 ft flown Keith familys DH Hornet Moth background Twenty-two years later ship would pride end joy sport modeler Note strip ailerons Air Train ing Corps photo compliments Airborne magazine piece de resistancel Hearn about start Quadra-powered Fokker Trimotor Casey Field Berwick Using helicopter chase plane Keith piloted 12-ft Southern Cross high above across wide water body commemorate 50th anniversary flight real Southern Cross Tony Farnan photo Airborne 70 FUSE & VERTICAL TAILPLANE FROM SHEET BALSA WING B STAB FROM OPEN CONSTRUCTION PREVIOUSLY KITTED BYJETCO MODELS BROOKLYN NY C U 9 RCIERJ4C DES IGNED BY BILL WINTER SPAN -53 AREA-4755QIN Ill POWER-09 TO19 RADIOC H WITH CONTHUL 0 w U z 1a U -J L 1 N S 05 0 z 4 0 ILU IhJ cD 00 z-J Il JL*J 4W 00 0 0 I-yy Winter thinks Krackerjac design early Sixties single-channel escapement job could answer what now needs 3- 4-channel sport job Theres lots about text Modified modern proportional should enjoyable did send other shots youll appreciate Hank Clark artwork see precise drawing takeoff photo fired writers imagination two-way street AU columnists would suc cumb crunch death-row deadlines letters loyal fol lowers Most columnists necessarily deal technical specialties few us rattle cages six readers arent quite sure having fun freaking out Since ungodly chore play hanky-panky typewriter bright calm morning blue sky beckons am looking sympathy coffee hot Hermes stone cold am about entertained story tellers first effort talk back begins L G Schmidt St Pete FL having busy rime usual winding cat putting clock out beating wolf back door Now first time life have time things Ive always wanted have either now hand have built time kind critter flies its own volition jist took inventory have 43 models flyable condition four abuildin Rudder Servo Arm / /1 Could opposite side rudder & oppo site side servo arm /Sailplane rudder Articulated rudder Sailplanes H Thomas tantalizing thought Elevators rud ders hinge operate like wing flaps brakes yielding half-diamond airfoil cross section whereas HAs depicts variable camber wing flap would virtual infinity combinations ranging very high lift through progression extreme braking called out pilot especially fiddles horn hole combinations STOL capa bilities should superb mixed stab elevator trima high cabin probably requires progressive down-trim low-wing up-trim continuous piano-type hinge would close gaps H suggests short lengths Sullivan plastic pushrod inner rod sliding through say inch-wide segments alternated between surfaces along hinge lines HA uses Hot Stuff covers plane MonoKote Bigger planes might require light glass/epoxy attachment October 1982 17 -J Winters Antique Old-Timers Some comment Old Square Sides 1936-37 FF elevated An tique Old-Timer Vagabond WOG now officially OldTimers Old Square Sides originally published Air Trails several years after its birthalso true other twowas powered Baby Cyke No special adjustments runs true lifts tail flies gently wide shallow left-hand circles modified Vagabond published MAN recently RC sport job modified too much qualify SAM competitions Youll need John Pond planshe expected have Ohlsson 60 Vagabond WOG Old Square Sides availableauthentic Model Builder designer given John Sprague Winters mid dle names Vagabond has left power turn since high thrustline doesnt produce prop wash against sufficient cabin area force right can flown left-left left-right popular because forgiving competitive Comet Sailplanes etc prob lem has no OT tail Bob Larsh suggested Winter fin moves down slot fuselage top tail could pop up damage could result stab snags obstacle Winter likes Larshs suaclestion nortion etah aft soars Reproduced Radio Modeller 1971 sue shots Roland Boucher Fournier during demos electric power intrigued British cousins Its Sailplane looks potential strongly contrasted F F Glider conversions day dozen designs drawn up Sounds like forgot mention partridge pear tree PS adds few escaped first tally four Control Line models seven Indoor models some HLGs bursitis shoulder makes forgetting pleasure Its obvious Im fun rarely go contests am primarily design er-experimenter garbage original have yet step field however out being informed am flying modi fied Wbiffenpoof Author Whiffenpoofs have glide wouldnt believe inevit able some designs will resemble other peoples work just arent ways put ship together working within limited force arrangements very nature birds have thrust upon us Lord knows try Have noted interest captions un der pictures L G goes particular interest two Peanut-size Chambermaids Continued page 20 18 Model Aviation used popping up slot pass over fin/rudder located partially forward horizontal tail H A Thomas obliged quickie sketch Ohlsson 23powered WOG high aspect shoulder wing planked oval fuselage wing sheeted top Megows kit oversize heaw woodso kits earned plane dog reputation efficient demands skilled adjustments Reading clip old article Winter finds Walt Schroder helped much both Vagabond WOG said WOG should flown left-right could extremely touchy forced right under power should flown open shallow fast climb circle Stab tilt right glide could added tail wasnt pop-up origi nal configuration adaptable sport flying want enjoy long slow cruises WOG would idealbut chore build Winter doesnt recall WOG straight V-dihedral poly plc old article shows him holding such earlier developmentdate unknown Says Bill amazes crates fun sketches sportthe credit goes fliers made work competition Bill Brenchley built authentic Vagabond shown picture kit put out Loran Schmidt Custom Kits 11948 Franklin Blvd Elk Grove CA 95624 wants us remind everyone John Ponds Old Timer Plains Service PO Box 3215 San Jose CA 95156 Bill Brenchley hopes reader can send him Eagle ad picture Vagabond kit model address RR 3 Box 307B Marion IL 62959 also asks about colors silked painted blue white nitrate dope butyrate came later Brenchlcys ship powered 05 25FSR Davis Diesel head throttle Original Brown-powered contest fliers used inverted Ohlsson 6W etc sketch HA Thomas Bill Winters WOG designed 1942 published 1944 has five-foot wingspan powered Ohlsson 23 spark ignition S r FT BANK R/C DISTRIBUTORS 19 So Brett Street Beacon N Y 12508 Hours Mon Sat 914 831-121410 am -9 pm 050 HB 40 R/C w/Muffler $5695 p 4400 HB 40 PDP w/Muffler $6795 Shipping & Handling $300 Please add $200 COD Service Sorry no Foreign Orders Personal checks will held far clearance N Y State Residents must add local sales tax Price subject change Lnotice Send long SASE complete listing4 NEW REALISM NEW PILOTS FOR MORE NATURAL APPEARANCE STANDARD FEATURES 2 SCALE Z% HIGH SEPARATE GOGGLES OR SUN GLASSES DEEP TORSO EASILY ASSEMBLED EASILY PAINTED INSTRUCTIONS SHOW SIMPLE ACTUATING SYSTEM SPORTSMAN Separate head permits tilting turning actuation model air craft boat car control system Ask pilots dealer will supply order directly factory SCALE WHEELS NE KITS LAY MODEL KITS MACHII4E GUN KITS SSORIES SEND $1 FOR COMPLETE CATALOG DEPT MA 181 PAWNEE ST SAN MARCOS CALIFORNIA 9 supposedly fly outdoors claims 8-gram weight other fantastic 45 grams just happen have Manhattan Cab bends beam shade over 4 grams good sneeze would blow apart have uncovered Chambermaid see sketch around 8 grams Dont see Ill wind up less omes apart wing canopy lift off have two pods bottomone wheels other retract gear Chambermaid 45 grams terrific dadburned things got bones herring fellows have got know something dont know Perhaps scaie wrongthe Messers Ohaus will delighted hear Keep doing what doing knew about time last year werent dis mayed wailing gnashing teeth L G dont know euphoric am about 300-lb ducted-fan 747 four Kawasakis Dont get shook up about thatIm just kidding Dad gummit coffee cold yeal 2500 some stone-chipper coipes upon time capsule undoubtedly will find Buccaneer thing imperish able 1948 after three years Air Force Jack Haren recalls RC just get ting started bought Aero-Trol trans mitter receiver escapement Author days anyone could assemble such kit system long evening Heart air borne single-tube receiverin case tiny gas-filled tube flashed lovely purple light shorted anything idled perhaps 15 mils signal dropped say 3 mil miniscule current change caused relay armature move dead contact live triggered escapement move rudder full-on long signal held Vibration rattled relaywhich wiggled rudder Joy Essentially controlled Free Flight Chet Lanzo observed radio enabled choose point crash McNabbs 465 frequency system citi zen-Ship approved FCC woods filled characters flew n frequency happened come up no crystalsand transistor yet gleam some ones eye awarded 27 band no good buddies traffic lights Since receivers super-regen superhets followed quickly spots actu ally subject transmitter youd have 25 guys line waiting fly Pins diapers Sooner later usually sooner crates either crashed flew away people tried weekend year long never got flIght loved hobby shop owner suggested Ber keley Buccaneer B Special Jack recalls Au thor write WE Technical Services MA advertiser will come upon authentic Bill Effinger plans goodies Bucs lots other stufflike Snow White 20 Bill Joe Raspante close friends Joe flew scaled-up monster Buc RC As Snow White magazine writer studiously took apart hear come up accurate plans stating best-ever Free Flight having won three Nats add wins Berryloid event finish Snow White too beautiful flyit stood day exhibition Continued page 110 20 Model Aviation HB 61 PDP W/ Muffler $8995 WE WONT LET YOU DOWN Cox Customer Service prompily handles parts service requests Cox Cox/Sanwa products CHECK IT OUT Cox division Leisure Onamics Inc Hobbies lIOO W 78tt~5L Minneapolis MN 55135 J Fun/Winter Continued page 20 numerous eastern FF meets attended assume Joe flew Bill Effinger once sold sticks room over garage Berkeley Placehence name Berkeleyin Brooklyn reader asks opinion about inflation let say us money took author seven years acquire enginea Baby Cyke $9 wholesale Ben Shereshawwho designed beautiful airplanes anyone earth recent ads offer super big enginedid first Cavalier exchange set air wheels Dont shocked immortal Scotty Murray got $3 apiece FF Gas de signs Bay Ridge editorial salary fat $30 other hand im possible lift $15 worth groceries house rented $35 balsa 2 x 6 cost $95 Jacks Buccaneer Forster 29 engine ig nition since giow plug came postwar Forster 29 gem such engine run continuously day break its gasloll mixture Jack used solenoid fuel cutoff Throttles came 1950s covered silk since didnt wet first bit loose Jack remembers After procrastinating several weeks finally got up nerve fly plane fuel shutoff set minute play safe let run 45 seconds before launching Author RC jobs test-glided first like Free Flights adjusted rich four-cycle safety 15 seconds flying time plane did two loops 360-degree circle just 10 feet off ground landed safely Two weeks later plugged venturi wood 1/8-in hole made two 90-deg turns downwind land ing damaged receiver plane went shelf Twenty-three years later again became terested RC joined American Air lines Club Cleveland Jack goes trouble so-called trainers Jack laments kept looking old Buccaneer sitting shelf wondering would modern en gine radio Rebuliding posed too problems still plans did second modifica ton provided elevator control cov ered MonoKote Things started out weli Jack continues won first prize static show flew like dream few wceks able launch fly land own first time would take off very weli because extreme forward location wheels Thats story about two Buccaneer Specials photo Jack concludes says nothing about letter-box slots near tips Used some real Stinsons etc such slots tremendousiy effective main taining air flow over wing high angle attack maintains aileron control impossible stall tip Gene Foxworthy used Hoosier Hotshot RC Nats winner Did work Indianapolis Airport Gene taped over slots ship flew across big airport skimming ground until struck fence far side evidently add lift too Used generous dihedral Hoosier plane would lose altitude continuous tight circles twin rudders hard over know because once flew Genes model 110 Model Aviation K SUPERwings DIVISION OF HI JOHNSON MODEL PRODUCTS 11015 GLENOAKS BLVD PACOIMA CA 91331 SAILPLANE COMPONENTS CREATE YOUR OWN SUPER GLIDER WING FOAM CORES Floater Thermal & Slope FUSELAGES LUSTROLEEN 2 Meter Standard Open & Scale STAB FOAM CORES Rudder & Fin Cores COVERING MATERIALS White skin & Lustroleen WING RODS Wing Tongue Kits FOR HI JOHNSONS PORTFOLIO PRICE SHEET & ORDER FORM about sailplane construction & design using foam & plastic SEND $250 CHECK OR MO CA RES ADD SALES TAX Smokers Between son flies RC Long Island another Louisianaand flying NVRC northern Vir ginia frequent visits Aeromasters Club FredericksburgI see hear about everything wings guy Cajun coun try now manages circuits Aces Air Scout formerly Concept Taking old mans advice goes out early before work abandoned military field Its bucolic No s sight hay stacks grass areas quail calling spreads out sheet hand-launches Gentle Lady hes made three 049 nose Im strong its great 05 electric too lies down shades eyes enjoys other day almost fell asleep discovered live club calls wild men Wild favorite word reports about Pattern crate called Smoker wild So now weve heard Warren Pete Hare sec/treas Mid-State RC Club 4529 Lee St Alexandria LA 71301 Its sane active group 45 members lease site Town Poliock Poliock Municipal old World War II fighter base Son Mike says people painting stripes runways watch out Activities include Glider competition Fun Flies /2A Pylon Racing meet fourth Mondays MacArthur Village branch Guaranty Bank Trust Co 7 pm open public try show AMA Air Force Film Library film after meeting Nice membership package too Members interested phases modelingnoteworthy Smoker proves scaled-down Phoenix 40 power designed kitted two members own fiber glass work Since Mike mentions can pick up kit reasonable figure brother Rob can thread needle such things might give guys try Cant promise Obviously its scorcher Theres pic Smoker Gus Vol flips Mike turns us Speaking approaches As know cruelty Sigs unbustable Kadet consis tent approaches ol Bill lukewarm friends learn constantly fiddling own stuff out time Mike tossed Kadet together could get back after long hiatus two-stick con trols Ailerons big dealfrankly end youli find safer threechannel getting used steering left takeoff coordinated banking right initial prob lem Anyway Mike making Goldberg Eagle 1983 aerial sadism Kadet cant possibly live long elephant though might designers always want alter other guys concept biggest demand rockstable platform approaches early 1960s published Air Thails kitted Jetco Krackerjac single-channel just rudder throttle Yes Mable planes fly weli elevators will note vague resemblance Kadet days Rudder Only big problem balloon ing coming out turns wind hence out-of-sight flights Krackedac thin wing its day flat-bottomed airfoil almost symmetrical forward main spar About 10 years prior after discussions deBolt led Live Wire series Hal Control Line master Speed Stunt veteran Indoor/Outdoor FFer reasoned RC model would invert outsides symmetrical airfoilseen Over Under evolution Live Wire own High Diver also published MAN think met Hal halfway using two-thirds/onethird airfoil abandoned tranditional hand-glide testsit wouldnt hand glide Heavy much too big seen today its then-new K&B 151953-54 flew glided like dream could fly inverted supplementary escapement Last year Hal filled work Glider airfoil Davis-f oil front end lilt 0111GM 1/4 SCALE SEMI KIT 3900 1/4 SCALE COMPLETE KIT. 19900 1/3 SCALE SEMI KIT 6900 1/3 SCALE COMPLETE KIT.229OO PLEASE ADD $750 POR SHIPPING 1/4 GALE SPAS 80 WEIGHT Z0# ENGINE QUADNA 1/3 ScALE EI9AN 106 WEIGHT 8# ENGINE QUADRA SEMI KiTS GONTAIN SAWED AM SANDED PORNERS WALL WING RIBS TIPS RUDDER AND STAB OUThIN SIZE lIARS ON THE ABOVE PARTS ALL PINE AND BA STRIP WOOD WARE SEND *1 00 FOR OUR CIPLE1E CATALOG NOKE 1419 599 212I jI1cttj Fc3ciic- SIcI PO Box 607 So Gallatin Road Madison_TN 37115 860-6811 SaIeI ice Complete line ROYAL Electronics R/C equinment WARRANTY repairs thing sell Call Ed Venus B rannan Repair Service HOBBY LOBBY EK LOGICTROL FUTABA HOBBY SHACK ROYAL CA ZAIC CO INC 883 Lexington Ave Brooklyn NY 11221 USA October 1982111 SOUTHERNS SORGHUM & FLEXALL THE STANDARD CO NTACT ADHESIVE FOR SHEETING FOAM WINGS TILLOTSON 4 WALBRO 55 carburetors Easy installationuses two existing carburetor screws Positive acting spring loaded choke arm Can servo manually operated Floating neoprene disk chokes better finger easier PLASTIC IZER FDR ACRYLICS AND DOPES ultimate racing something different try running Hurricane 1 2-foot waves Easy build mahogany plywood construction Designed hobby Quadra TML35 gasoline engine 66 long x 18% wide x 11 deep Shipping charges Included US & canada * i-S ENTERPRISES PO Box 82 Belmont Ontario NOL 1 BO 519-644-0375 basically same thing saw Glider recent RCM escapement guys didnt like Krack esiac Since did bob float its ap proaches acted like modem craft fell short crosswind-Into-final wind approached close next county Thats like today didnt know what could see cabin configuration could shoo-in advanced multi aerobatics shot lovely touch-andgoes Through years people kept hitting old-timer George Myers reported tested flew pretty good have seen pix some big 9 ftas long 12 years ago 40-size elevators ailerons Krackerjac could what hope short-coupled big tail steady can thrown around wildly anyone would wish steadiness may come re lationship wing stab positions well airfoil short coupling quite pos sibly has some kind biplane factor give some aspect very wide slot between wing TE low-located stab LE opt tail-dragger Just mastering technique holding up during initial roll going neutral briefly let tail come up pushing gentle down avoid early lift-offs nose high crate flounders might snapespecially di hedralled three-channel wiggle rudder can break loose tip stall am having genuine fun just feel good conquer tail-draggers have work would say Cub take off climb-out trike mod easy OS Max 15the miracle engine its day throttled exhaust baffle went carb butterfly linked exhaust restrictor no carbs known today stuck upright tank mounted fully exposed tank utility dream now can side-mount drop tank go hatch An ST 25 would great ailerons could decrease dihedral has some time anywhere two five degrees seven degrees one-chan nel wing front could D-tubed Another great feature first used Walt Good Rudder BugBonners Smog Hog good later examplewas mildly sweptforward trailing edge tip bot tom sanding modified airfoil shown yielding automatic washout oppose tip stalls wonders what low-wing would like just closing off cabin top wellrounding cabin corners sport would keep seven degrees dihedraL have word fine airplane Another luck-out accident gosh just discovered Boucher broth ers Bob Roland twins Maybe electric guys knew didnt have two identical-twin grandsons called Hey Heh Two Well back around 1970 Boucher often visited American Modeler office faintly wondered names whether Bob equated Roland Somewhere recent past Roland went off own both Astro Flight started Leisure Electronics made quite reputation car field motors batteries techniques now planes has Playboy came friends Bob still Astro de voted hours educating dee tries developing data crates such 112 Model Aviation WILL NOT ATTACK STYROF DAM CORES DAVE BROWN PRODUCTS 4560 Layhigh Hamilton OH 45013 213 738-1576 YOUR DEALER DR DISTRIBUTOR STOPS CRACKING AND CHIPPING 5/a FEET OF THRILLS AND EXCITEMENT THE LEAN MEAN HURRICANE SUPER-BIG OFFSHORE DEEP V KIT & DRIVE TRAIN $1 5390 KIT DRIVE TRAIN & ENGINE $27390 Srulls Spitfire MA belt-drive 15 system Ive got two systemsand might yet put Old Square Sides Antique hope build next winter also have back-ordered 0S 40 4-stroke also have couple Rolands hot-wind 05 systems along Astro belt-drive units available motor So think Bouchers Genius Genius IITrouble unknowingly forgot No II ganged pictures see Roland 1971 Radio Modeller British Roland consultant Bristol biggie fullscale firm England made worlds first practical RC electric demo MAC Show model April 1971 model Fournier RF4 actually 100-in job using two-piece wings Astro Flights Monterey Sailplane motor mag stated childs sit-on-type mo torized car extremely efficient 10oz Japanese 12-volterfiled save weight driving Top Flite 8 x 4 amazing 9500 rpm drew 7 amps shortly after wards rewound draw 15 amps 108 volts 10500 rpmequivalent power 09 glow day gained 500 feet did loop Roland quoted saying looking possibility getting special batteries model market Said mag can look forward glori ously quiet power models future demos shook up English cousins Dave Hughes Radio Modeller wrote Roland July 1971 must say quite few eyebrows raised models ther mal performance since its general appearance British eyes seems Slope Soarer typethe British Thermal Soarer de signs being much functional look ing pretty well just like Free Flight Gliders course Monterey also kit model may explaln pretty ap pearance Author Astro Flight still has Monterey kit came across Flying Models article June 1972 entitled An Electric Record author Roland Flying one-kilome ter closed course around two pylons along bluffs Pacific Ocean same ship flown 196 miles using prototype 25 elec tric motor plane 20% larger stock Foumler kit one-shot silver-zinc battery 50% capacity day flight first 5 km flown aver age speed 466 mph no drop speed until 30th lap Distance 31 km 2 91/2 minutes caption mentions Fred Militkys experiments Germany pub lished preceding issue technical articles Roland notably RCM years foilow Now lets see Bob Astro Roland Leisure grandsons Pete Jim can teil apart too Darn runway short. Bill Winter 4426 Altura Ct Fairfax VA 22030 Callisto 82/Edmonds Continued page 29 Fin rudder Pin 1/64 ply fin right side building board Glue 3/32 balsa frame work place Cut notches frame stabilator control tubing Glue both control tubes place securing fin side Fabricate stabilator drive fitting Out two Continued page 116 2 Quadra Plus Off rs aMuch Power. Lot Better Idle revised Quadra engine ready mount airplane following already done! Crankcaae has replaned tighten up main bearing very close tolerance resealed new special compound thus eliminating leaks Another crankcase bolt added maintain its tight seal will virtually stay clean oil-free expensive engines has E & R balanced flywheel greater performance smoothness Tatone Motor Mount Muffler Quadra Carburetor adaptor turns carburetor direct servo hookup eliminating extra linkages also lets set needle valves engine running Plus motor mount already drilled taped use Lord vibration dampeners desire Dampeners available option E & R revised Quadra can easily identified high-heat resistant black finish block crankcasePRICE $16995 Also revised CD pointless ignison version balanced flywheel same price Air-Cleaner Choke Assembly E ft R HOBBIES stocks other accessories send $1 00 complete catalog Add $600 ea Airplane Kit Radio Engine $300 up 10 lbs UPS handling Tatone Motor Mount pJdO R R 1 10 Edgeley N0 58433 701/493-2015flobbIeses J T HAWK F 4 PHANTOMEALE HUNDERBIRO REVENGERTAIL II RZLI TLAS BOOTLE GER CO 50 L LASER 0 OBU#BR ANG UPE F A441PU DERI3IRD RI NZ- LLAER2O Y N TA P 2 Y NOT NE JAN AAt Local Dealer Send $100 Catalog v v AT October 1982 113 Tatone Muffler Lord Shock-ahsorbing Dampeners engine DON GODFREY wrote eboot feb 1982 MODEL AgRPLANE NEWS colonn
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Bill Winter st53r bS&n qfit THOSE WHO FOLLOW foreign magazines know two generations late Keith Hearn Australia remarkable man quote 1981 issue Airborne magazine achievements received recognition lifted aeromodeling above other hobby Cer tainly no modeler present past rates higher acclaim Hearn glider pilot before WW II later flew RAAF As boy wanted hobby shop us did After war began cut balsa gliders chain stores using jigsaw adapted moth ers sewing machine 1945 brothers Bruce Jack founded Hearns Hobbies built first CL models Down Un der held several Speed records designed innovative kits both FF CL offered Hearns Trophies CL Aerobatics competition produced Australian champions over years helped develop Tempest engine 1954 won race RC aircraft across Hobsons Bay 1960 Hearn set World Al titude Record 4100 feet controlling model familys DH Hornet Moth served Air Force General Re serve 30 years leader Air Training Corps teaching boys principles flight through modeling experiences awarded Forces Medal worry about toy image director Heams Hobbies 20 years man aged well known toy shop organized Keith Heam Enterprises produce kits came factory manager Artmil Balsa until retirement Aiready ill built 1977-78 famous 12-ft Fokker Trisnotor Southern Cross flew over water Point Cook Berwick June 9 1978 using chopper chase aircraft same year piloting speed boat flew Fokker 12 miles up Brisbane River heart city dont recall two flights celebrated 50th anniversary famous flight real Southern Cross lately took up hang gliding son Bruce May 1928 Southern Cross made first transpacific flight starting Oakland landing Hawaii Fiji finally Brisbane7389 miles flying time 83 hours 38 minutes Later first cross Tasmanian Sea New Zealand 14-hour flight friend Merv Buckmaster editor Airborne truly great mag sought re markable photo Hearn flying unique early monster now stored Air Training Corpsto alas photo returned available Merv 16 Model Aviation Australian old-timers remember Keith Helms modeling achievements mostly prehis toric 0S 80powered monster RC huge lightweight ship covered plastic filmevidently long before advent iron-ons appeared least 20 years ago Imagination end innovation said Airborne magazine enabled Keith holding transmitter things few others ever dreamed about 05 80 looks like Pee Wee 02 some six4ooter Shadows reveal beautiful realistic cabin-configuration ghost ship just lifted off Rendered Hank Clark Air Training Corps photo Keith Hearn co-pilot 1950 Altitude World Record-setting RC 4000 ft flown Keith familys DH Hornet Moth background Twenty-two years later ship would pride end joy sport modeler Note strip ailerons Air Train ing Corps photo compliments Airborne magazine piece de resistancel Hearn about start Quadra-powered Fokker Trimotor Casey Field Berwick Using helicopter chase plane Keith piloted 12-ft Southern Cross high above across wide water body commemorate 50th anniversary flight real Southern Cross Tony Farnan photo Airborne 70 FUSE & VERTICAL TAILPLANE FROM SHEET BALSA WING B STAB FROM OPEN CONSTRUCTION PREVIOUSLY KITTED BYJETCO MODELS BROOKLYN NY C U 9 RCIERJ4C DES IGNED BY BILL WINTER SPAN -53 AREA-4755QIN Ill POWER-09 TO19 RADIOC H WITH CONTHUL 0 w U z 1a U -J L 1 N S 05 0 z 4 0 ILU IhJ cD 00 z-J Il JL*J 4W 00 0 0 I-yy Winter thinks Krackerjac design early Sixties single-channel escapement job could answer what now needs 3- 4-channel sport job Theres lots about text Modified modern proportional should enjoyable did send other shots youll appreciate Hank Clark artwork see precise drawing takeoff photo fired writers imagination two-way street AU columnists would suc cumb crunch death-row deadlines letters loyal fol lowers Most columnists necessarily deal technical specialties few us rattle cages six readers arent quite sure having fun freaking out Since ungodly chore play hanky-panky typewriter bright calm morning blue sky beckons am looking sympathy coffee hot Hermes stone cold am about entertained story tellers first effort talk back begins L G Schmidt St Pete FL having busy rime usual winding cat putting clock out beating wolf back door Now first time life have time things Ive always wanted have either now hand have built time kind critter flies its own volition jist took inventory have 43 models flyable condition four abuildin Rudder Servo Arm / /1 Could opposite side rudder & oppo site side servo arm /Sailplane rudder Articulated rudder Sailplanes H Thomas tantalizing thought Elevators rud ders hinge operate like wing flaps brakes yielding half-diamond airfoil cross section whereas HAs depicts variable camber wing flap would virtual infinity combinations ranging very high lift through progression extreme braking called out pilot especially fiddles horn hole combinations STOL capa bilities should superb mixed stab elevator trima high cabin probably requires progressive down-trim low-wing up-trim continuous piano-type hinge would close gaps H suggests short lengths Sullivan plastic pushrod inner rod sliding through say inch-wide segments alternated between surfaces along hinge lines HA uses Hot Stuff covers plane MonoKote Bigger planes might require light glass/epoxy attachment October 1982 17 -J Winters Antique Old-Timers Some comment Old Square Sides 1936-37 FF elevated An tique Old-Timer Vagabond WOG now officially OldTimers Old Square Sides originally published Air Trails several years after its birthalso true other twowas powered Baby Cyke No special adjustments runs true lifts tail flies gently wide shallow left-hand circles modified Vagabond published MAN recently RC sport job modified too much qualify SAM competitions Youll need John Pond planshe expected have Ohlsson 60 Vagabond WOG Old Square Sides availableauthentic Model Builder designer given John Sprague Winters mid dle names Vagabond has left power turn since high thrustline doesnt produce prop wash against sufficient cabin area force right can flown left-left left-right popular because forgiving competitive Comet Sailplanes etc prob lem has no OT tail Bob Larsh suggested Winter fin moves down slot fuselage top tail could pop up damage could result stab snags obstacle Winter likes Larshs suaclestion nortion etah aft soars Reproduced Radio Modeller 1971 sue shots Roland Boucher Fournier during demos electric power intrigued British cousins Its Sailplane looks potential strongly contrasted F F Glider conversions day dozen designs drawn up Sounds like forgot mention partridge pear tree PS adds few escaped first tally four Control Line models seven Indoor models some HLGs bursitis shoulder makes forgetting pleasure Its obvious Im fun rarely go contests am primarily design er-experimenter garbage original have yet step field however out being informed am flying modi fied Wbiffenpoof Author Whiffenpoofs have glide wouldnt believe inevit able some designs will resemble other peoples work just arent ways put ship together working within limited force arrangements very nature birds have thrust upon us Lord knows try Have noted interest captions un der pictures L G goes particular interest two Peanut-size Chambermaids Continued page 20 18 Model Aviation used popping up slot pass over fin/rudder located partially forward horizontal tail H A Thomas obliged quickie sketch Ohlsson 23powered WOG high aspect shoulder wing planked oval fuselage wing sheeted top Megows kit oversize heaw woodso kits earned plane dog reputation efficient demands skilled adjustments Reading clip old article Winter finds Walt Schroder helped much both Vagabond WOG said WOG should flown left-right could extremely touchy forced right under power should flown open shallow fast climb circle Stab tilt right glide could added tail wasnt pop-up origi nal configuration adaptable sport flying want enjoy long slow cruises WOG would idealbut chore build Winter doesnt recall WOG straight V-dihedral poly plc old article shows him holding such earlier developmentdate unknown Says Bill amazes crates fun sketches sportthe credit goes fliers made work competition Bill Brenchley built authentic Vagabond shown picture kit put out Loran Schmidt Custom Kits 11948 Franklin Blvd Elk Grove CA 95624 wants us remind everyone John Ponds Old Timer Plains Service PO Box 3215 San Jose CA 95156 Bill Brenchley hopes reader can send him Eagle ad picture Vagabond kit model address RR 3 Box 307B Marion IL 62959 also asks about colors silked painted blue white nitrate dope butyrate came later Brenchlcys ship powered 05 25FSR Davis Diesel head throttle Original Brown-powered contest fliers used inverted Ohlsson 6W etc sketch HA Thomas Bill Winters WOG designed 1942 published 1944 has five-foot wingspan powered Ohlsson 23 spark ignition S r FT BANK R/C DISTRIBUTORS 19 So Brett Street Beacon N Y 12508 Hours Mon Sat 914 831-121410 am -9 pm 050 HB 40 R/C w/Muffler $5695 p 4400 HB 40 PDP w/Muffler $6795 Shipping & Handling $300 Please add $200 COD Service Sorry no Foreign Orders Personal checks will held far clearance N Y State Residents must add local sales tax Price subject change Lnotice Send long SASE complete listing4 NEW REALISM NEW PILOTS FOR MORE NATURAL APPEARANCE STANDARD FEATURES 2 SCALE Z% HIGH SEPARATE GOGGLES OR SUN GLASSES DEEP TORSO EASILY ASSEMBLED EASILY PAINTED INSTRUCTIONS SHOW SIMPLE ACTUATING SYSTEM SPORTSMAN Separate head permits tilting turning actuation model air craft boat car control system Ask pilots dealer will supply order directly factory SCALE WHEELS NE KITS LAY MODEL KITS MACHII4E GUN KITS SSORIES SEND $1 FOR COMPLETE CATALOG DEPT MA 181 PAWNEE ST SAN MARCOS CALIFORNIA 9 supposedly fly outdoors claims 8-gram weight other fantastic 45 grams just happen have Manhattan Cab bends beam shade over 4 grams good sneeze would blow apart have uncovered Chambermaid see sketch around 8 grams Dont see Ill wind up less omes apart wing canopy lift off have two pods bottomone wheels other retract gear Chambermaid 45 grams terrific dadburned things got bones herring fellows have got know something dont know Perhaps scaie wrongthe Messers Ohaus will delighted hear Keep doing what doing knew about time last year werent dis mayed wailing gnashing teeth L G dont know euphoric am about 300-lb ducted-fan 747 four Kawasakis Dont get shook up about thatIm just kidding Dad gummit coffee cold yeal 2500 some stone-chipper coipes upon time capsule undoubtedly will find Buccaneer thing imperish able 1948 after three years Air Force Jack Haren recalls RC just get ting started bought Aero-Trol trans mitter receiver escapement Author days anyone could assemble such kit system long evening Heart air borne single-tube receiverin case tiny gas-filled tube flashed lovely purple light shorted anything idled perhaps 15 mils signal dropped say 3 mil miniscule current change caused relay armature move dead contact live triggered escapement move rudder full-on long signal held Vibration rattled relaywhich wiggled rudder Joy Essentially controlled Free Flight Chet Lanzo observed radio enabled choose point crash McNabbs 465 frequency system citi zen-Ship approved FCC woods filled characters flew n frequency happened come up no crystalsand transistor yet gleam some ones eye awarded 27 band no good buddies traffic lights Since receivers super-regen superhets followed quickly spots actu ally subject transmitter youd have 25 guys line waiting fly Pins diapers Sooner later usually sooner crates either crashed flew away people tried weekend year long never got flIght loved hobby shop owner suggested Ber keley Buccaneer B Special Jack recalls Au thor write WE Technical Services MA advertiser will come upon authentic Bill Effinger plans goodies Bucs lots other stufflike Snow White 20 Bill Joe Raspante close friends Joe flew scaled-up monster Buc RC As Snow White magazine writer studiously took apart hear come up accurate plans stating best-ever Free Flight having won three Nats add wins Berryloid event finish Snow White too beautiful flyit stood day exhibition Continued page 110 20 Model Aviation HB 61 PDP W/ Muffler $8995 WE WONT LET YOU DOWN Cox Customer Service prompily handles parts service requests Cox Cox/Sanwa products CHECK IT OUT Cox division Leisure Onamics Inc Hobbies lIOO W 78tt~5L Minneapolis MN 55135 J Fun/Winter Continued page 20 numerous eastern FF meets attended assume Joe flew Bill Effinger once sold sticks room over garage Berkeley Placehence name Berkeleyin Brooklyn reader asks opinion about inflation let say us money took author seven years acquire enginea Baby Cyke $9 wholesale Ben Shereshawwho designed beautiful airplanes anyone earth recent ads offer super big enginedid first Cavalier exchange set air wheels Dont shocked immortal Scotty Murray got $3 apiece FF Gas de signs Bay Ridge editorial salary fat $30 other hand im possible lift $15 worth groceries house rented $35 balsa 2 x 6 cost $95 Jacks Buccaneer Forster 29 engine ig nition since giow plug came postwar Forster 29 gem such engine run continuously day break its gasloll mixture Jack used solenoid fuel cutoff Throttles came 1950s covered silk since didnt wet first bit loose Jack remembers After procrastinating several weeks finally got up nerve fly plane fuel shutoff set minute play safe let run 45 seconds before launching Author RC jobs test-glided first like Free Flights adjusted rich four-cycle safety 15 seconds flying time plane did two loops 360-degree circle just 10 feet off ground landed safely Two weeks later plugged venturi wood 1/8-in hole made two 90-deg turns downwind land ing damaged receiver plane went shelf Twenty-three years later again became terested RC joined American Air lines Club Cleveland Jack goes trouble so-called trainers Jack laments kept looking old Buccaneer sitting shelf wondering would modern en gine radio Rebuliding posed too problems still plans did second modifica ton provided elevator control cov ered MonoKote Things started out weli Jack continues won first prize static show flew like dream few wceks able launch fly land own first time would take off very weli because extreme forward location wheels Thats story about two Buccaneer Specials photo Jack concludes says nothing about letter-box slots near tips Used some real Stinsons etc such slots tremendousiy effective main taining air flow over wing high angle attack maintains aileron control impossible stall tip Gene Foxworthy used Hoosier Hotshot RC Nats winner Did work Indianapolis Airport Gene taped over slots ship flew across big airport skimming ground until struck fence far side evidently add lift too Used generous dihedral Hoosier plane would lose altitude continuous tight circles twin rudders hard over know because once flew Genes model 110 Model Aviation K SUPERwings DIVISION OF HI JOHNSON MODEL PRODUCTS 11015 GLENOAKS BLVD PACOIMA CA 91331 SAILPLANE COMPONENTS CREATE YOUR OWN SUPER GLIDER WING FOAM CORES Floater Thermal & Slope FUSELAGES LUSTROLEEN 2 Meter Standard Open & Scale STAB FOAM CORES Rudder & Fin Cores COVERING MATERIALS White skin & Lustroleen WING RODS Wing Tongue Kits FOR HI JOHNSONS PORTFOLIO PRICE SHEET & ORDER FORM about sailplane construction & design using foam & plastic SEND $250 CHECK OR MO CA RES ADD SALES TAX Smokers Between son flies RC Long Island another Louisianaand flying NVRC northern Vir ginia frequent visits Aeromasters Club FredericksburgI see hear about everything wings guy Cajun coun try now manages circuits Aces Air Scout formerly Concept Taking old mans advice goes out early before work abandoned military field Its bucolic No s sight hay stacks grass areas quail calling spreads out sheet hand-launches Gentle Lady hes made three 049 nose Im strong its great 05 electric too lies down shades eyes enjoys other day almost fell asleep discovered live club calls wild men Wild favorite word reports about Pattern crate called Smoker wild So now weve heard Warren Pete Hare sec/treas Mid-State RC Club 4529 Lee St Alexandria LA 71301 Its sane active group 45 members lease site Town Poliock Poliock Municipal old World War II fighter base Son Mike says people painting stripes runways watch out Activities include Glider competition Fun Flies /2A Pylon Racing meet fourth Mondays MacArthur Village branch Guaranty Bank Trust Co 7 pm open public try show AMA Air Force Film Library film after meeting Nice membership package too Members interested phases modelingnoteworthy Smoker proves scaled-down Phoenix 40 power designed kitted two members own fiber glass work Since Mike mentions can pick up kit reasonable figure brother Rob can thread needle such things might give guys try Cant promise Obviously its scorcher Theres pic Smoker Gus Vol flips Mike turns us Speaking approaches As know cruelty Sigs unbustable Kadet consis tent approaches ol Bill lukewarm friends learn constantly fiddling own stuff out time Mike tossed Kadet together could get back after long hiatus two-stick con trols Ailerons big dealfrankly end youli find safer threechannel getting used steering left takeoff coordinated banking right initial prob lem Anyway Mike making Goldberg Eagle 1983 aerial sadism Kadet cant possibly live long elephant though might designers always want alter other guys concept biggest demand rockstable platform approaches early 1960s published Air Thails kitted Jetco Krackerjac single-channel just rudder throttle Yes Mable planes fly weli elevators will note vague resemblance Kadet days Rudder Only big problem balloon ing coming out turns wind hence out-of-sight flights Krackedac thin wing its day flat-bottomed airfoil almost symmetrical forward main spar About 10 years prior after discussions deBolt led Live Wire series Hal Control Line master Speed Stunt veteran Indoor/Outdoor FFer reasoned RC model would invert outsides symmetrical airfoilseen Over Under evolution Live Wire own High Diver also published MAN think met Hal halfway using two-thirds/onethird airfoil abandoned tranditional hand-glide testsit wouldnt hand glide Heavy much too big seen today its then-new K&B 151953-54 flew glided like dream could fly inverted supplementary escapement Last year Hal filled work Glider airfoil Davis-f oil front end lilt 0111GM 1/4 SCALE SEMI KIT 3900 1/4 SCALE COMPLETE KIT. 19900 1/3 SCALE SEMI KIT 6900 1/3 SCALE COMPLETE KIT.229OO PLEASE ADD $750 POR SHIPPING 1/4 GALE SPAS 80 WEIGHT Z0# ENGINE QUADNA 1/3 ScALE EI9AN 106 WEIGHT 8# ENGINE QUADRA SEMI KiTS GONTAIN SAWED AM SANDED PORNERS WALL WING RIBS TIPS RUDDER AND STAB OUThIN SIZE lIARS ON THE ABOVE PARTS ALL PINE AND BA STRIP WOOD WARE SEND *1 00 FOR OUR CIPLE1E CATALOG NOKE 1419 599 212I jI1cttj Fc3ciic- SIcI PO Box 607 So Gallatin Road Madison_TN 37115 860-6811 SaIeI ice Complete line ROYAL Electronics R/C equinment WARRANTY repairs thing sell Call Ed Venus B rannan Repair Service HOBBY LOBBY EK LOGICTROL FUTABA HOBBY SHACK ROYAL CA ZAIC CO INC 883 Lexington Ave Brooklyn NY 11221 USA October 1982111 SOUTHERNS SORGHUM & FLEXALL THE STANDARD CO NTACT ADHESIVE FOR SHEETING FOAM WINGS TILLOTSON 4 WALBRO 55 carburetors Easy installationuses two existing carburetor screws Positive acting spring loaded choke arm Can servo manually operated Floating neoprene disk chokes better finger easier PLASTIC IZER FDR ACRYLICS AND DOPES ultimate racing something different try running Hurricane 1 2-foot waves Easy build mahogany plywood construction Designed hobby Quadra TML35 gasoline engine 66 long x 18% wide x 11 deep Shipping charges Included US & canada * i-S ENTERPRISES PO Box 82 Belmont Ontario NOL 1 BO 519-644-0375 basically same thing saw Glider recent RCM escapement guys didnt like Krack esiac Since did bob float its ap proaches acted like modem craft fell short crosswind-Into-final wind approached close next county Thats like today didnt know what could see cabin configuration could shoo-in advanced multi aerobatics shot lovely touch-andgoes Through years people kept hitting old-timer George Myers reported tested flew pretty good have seen pix some big 9 ftas long 12 years ago 40-size elevators ailerons Krackerjac could what hope short-coupled big tail steady can thrown around wildly anyone would wish steadiness may come re lationship wing stab positions well airfoil short coupling quite pos sibly has some kind biplane factor give some aspect very wide slot between wing TE low-located stab LE opt tail-dragger Just mastering technique holding up during initial roll going neutral briefly let tail come up pushing gentle down avoid early lift-offs nose high crate flounders might snapespecially di hedralled three-channel wiggle rudder can break loose tip stall am having genuine fun just feel good conquer tail-draggers have work would say Cub take off climb-out trike mod easy OS Max 15the miracle engine its day throttled exhaust baffle went carb butterfly linked exhaust restrictor no carbs known today stuck upright tank mounted fully exposed tank utility dream now can side-mount drop tank go hatch An ST 25 would great ailerons could decrease dihedral has some time anywhere two five degrees seven degrees one-chan nel wing front could D-tubed Another great feature first used Walt Good Rudder BugBonners Smog Hog good later examplewas mildly sweptforward trailing edge tip bot tom sanding modified airfoil shown yielding automatic washout oppose tip stalls wonders what low-wing would like just closing off cabin top wellrounding cabin corners sport would keep seven degrees dihedraL have word fine airplane Another luck-out accident gosh just discovered Boucher broth ers Bob Roland twins Maybe electric guys knew didnt have two identical-twin grandsons called Hey Heh Two Well back around 1970 Boucher often visited American Modeler office faintly wondered names whether Bob equated Roland Somewhere recent past Roland went off own both Astro Flight started Leisure Electronics made quite reputation car field motors batteries techniques now planes has Playboy came friends Bob still Astro de voted hours educating dee tries developing data crates such 112 Model Aviation WILL NOT ATTACK STYROF DAM CORES DAVE BROWN PRODUCTS 4560 Layhigh Hamilton OH 45013 213 738-1576 YOUR DEALER DR DISTRIBUTOR STOPS CRACKING AND CHIPPING 5/a FEET OF THRILLS AND EXCITEMENT THE LEAN MEAN HURRICANE SUPER-BIG OFFSHORE DEEP V KIT & DRIVE TRAIN $1 5390 KIT DRIVE TRAIN & ENGINE $27390 Srulls Spitfire MA belt-drive 15 system Ive got two systemsand might yet put Old Square Sides Antique hope build next winter also have back-ordered 0S 40 4-stroke also have couple Rolands hot-wind 05 systems along Astro belt-drive units available motor So think Bouchers Genius Genius IITrouble unknowingly forgot No II ganged pictures see Roland 1971 Radio Modeller British Roland consultant Bristol biggie fullscale firm England made worlds first practical RC electric demo MAC Show model April 1971 model Fournier RF4 actually 100-in job using two-piece wings Astro Flights Monterey Sailplane motor mag stated childs sit-on-type mo torized car extremely efficient 10oz Japanese 12-volterfiled save weight driving Top Flite 8 x 4 amazing 9500 rpm drew 7 amps shortly after wards rewound draw 15 amps 108 volts 10500 rpmequivalent power 09 glow day gained 500 feet did loop Roland quoted saying looking possibility getting special batteries model market Said mag can look forward glori ously quiet power models future demos shook up English cousins Dave Hughes Radio Modeller wrote Roland July 1971 must say quite few eyebrows raised models ther mal performance since its general appearance British eyes seems Slope Soarer typethe British Thermal Soarer de signs being much functional look ing pretty well just like Free Flight Gliders course Monterey also kit model may explaln pretty ap pearance Author Astro Flight still has Monterey kit came across Flying Models article June 1972 entitled An Electric Record author Roland Flying one-kilome ter closed course around two pylons along bluffs Pacific Ocean same ship flown 196 miles using prototype 25 elec tric motor plane 20% larger stock Foumler kit one-shot silver-zinc battery 50% capacity day flight first 5 km flown aver age speed 466 mph no drop speed until 30th lap Distance 31 km 2 91/2 minutes caption mentions Fred Militkys experiments Germany pub lished preceding issue technical articles Roland notably RCM years foilow Now lets see Bob Astro Roland Leisure grandsons Pete Jim can teil apart too Darn runway short. Bill Winter 4426 Altura Ct Fairfax VA 22030 Callisto 82/Edmonds Continued page 29 Fin rudder Pin 1/64 ply fin right side building board Glue 3/32 balsa frame work place Cut notches frame stabilator control tubing Glue both control tubes place securing fin side Fabricate stabilator drive fitting Out two Continued page 116 2 Quadra Plus Off rs aMuch Power. Lot Better Idle revised Quadra engine ready mount airplane following already done! 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