DOCUMENTATION painful chore folks enter Scale events won der share view simpler days built few hundred so-called Scale jobs almost rubber-powered research limited stumbling over some three-view caught fancy Photos just stirred juices did bother details authentic markings people have libraries airplane books drawings articles photos Documentation sounds dull Some have love everything ever flew older subject greater fas Boeing F4B-4 fighters piloted daredevil Marines VF-9M thrilled air show audiences 1930s flying wing tip wing tip 18-plane stunt formationsso close fact planes occasional ly bumped other VF-9Ms Red Devils team sometimes practiced three times day pictures drawings Jess C Barrow collection courtesy Leatherneck magazine Engine cowls wheels VF-9Ms F4B-4s bright red three-plane section having solid-color tails red white blue Cen tered across top wing U S Marines large letters assist quick identification rolling around wild maneuvers regulation markings replaced 2-ft-high numerals side fuselage 30-in-high number underside bottom right wing panel rest airplane standard Navy-Marine colors might want model plane should note rather large bottom wing-fuselage fillet famous Squirrel Cage executed 18 F4B-4s spiral-dived through two nine-plane groups VO-7M 1-feildivers circled opposite directions finishing on-the-deck W pullouts grandstand flyby must have awesome sight sure show-stopper typical 18-plane act Marine F4B-4s Nine planes looped tail-chase through horizontal Figure 8 flown other nine about VF-9M text *fr I__ 14 K iS P48-4 LOOPING TO FORM SQUIRREL CAGE idANEUvER CIRCLES OF vO-7N PLANES GOING IN ORPOSiTE DIRECTIONS PULL OUT AT VERY LOW AL1TUeE-WIUE OPEN MmsYMmgTNTTLE 18 Model Aviation cination Collecting data transcends re search becomes hobby itself stories planes designers pilots times past wars exploits glory tragedy substances dreams Giant Scalers focus some favorite fly breathtaking realism Rubber Scalers have rare sensitivity things build because building time short gambol field flow ers bringing life again mystique subjects no else would build model turn treasured especi ally flies well enough conjur up visions guys happiest uniquely sharing taking pride whatever others life beautiful Interest something no other has built becomes long long trail may go like have occasionally mentioned fascination Boe ing 100 civilian version Boeing P-12 biplane fighter circa 1930 much like colorful F4B-4 fighter flew off carriers 100 premier aero batic steed men like Paul Mantz Milo Burcham Mail trickled West Coast reader sent copy Leatherneck May 1982 magazine Marine Corps another reader came book Aero PublishersBoe ing P-]2 F4B loaded pix factory floor flight some fullcolor schemes pic shows Model 100 rebuilt resemble Curtiss Helldiver movie Task Force 1 947 Its two-place same sweptback top wing Curtiss-like vertical tail wanted one-of-a-kind wouldnt drive judges mad vice versa cover Leatherneck trio F4Bs dive colors strangely different ings unique schemes used early Marine Corps air show teams Inside sensational six-page article illus trations Marine Fighting Squadron Nine-Mby Jess C Barrow Pappy Boy ington WW II Southwest Pacific super ace member Aviation Cadet article excerpt Barrows book same title pub lished 1981 Tab Booksavailable Marine Corps Association Ta Dal L G Schmidt left call Smittydubbed George Perryman St Pete Gulfhawksrevels left-handed thinking Youll never unravel pile zany crates sitting box see text although holds two HL Gliders right-handed left hand admiration left-handed throwing hand assuming hes right handed Winter thinks Smitty has Bills missing pipes day will live infamy. Center Smitty picks poetic names crates like Phffft IV Jetex Brimstone Depth Charge Sponsored Drunken Doughnuts foregound Depth Charge take off Stan Hills motor-on-pylon FF fuselage hull rise-off-water flying Little Buzzard has uncovered wing Some problem name probablycant get around Konefes Buzzard Bombshell think Right youve forgotten about Payloaders never heard em heres Smittys Fulcrum can compete small boys local meets national threat Smitty reassures us So far Smitty has won pewter mug Pan Am clock travel bag Winter suggests Claiming Race event January 1984 19 New props significantly improved performance Don Srulls Electric Sparky July 1983 MA Plan No 414 $850 As received imported plastic folding prop barely got plane off ground Originally pitch hub tip about 150 near zero Heated MonoKote iron prop twisted re-pitched go tip retaining 150 hub Heavier Electrics can fly very well Srulls scaled-up Jabberwock Wally Simmers design4A lb 600 sq wingdemonstrated gets 14-mm flights much glide using same im ported prop Sparky modified 19-in dia 13-in pitch twisting extending blade area diameter thin ply addition darker area prop new Astro Super Ferrite 15 motor 2A1 belt reduction 12 cells gives long high climb ship minimal climb 05 having 36 39 reduction Later Jabberwock version lightened considerably Winters LeCrate 460 sq Leisure 05 2%1 six cells Rev-Up 11-7% prop does 10 mm 45 sec thick cool evening air significant improvement climb rate since resulted reworking prop used rat-tail wood file streamline outer hub removed excess wood sanded blades thinner sharper leading edge rounded tips taper Bookservice Box 1775 Quantico VA 22134 $795 plus $1 shipping phoned Quantico permission ex cerpt obtain diagram few pictures Friendly people never theless said must have authors per mission Jess obliged supplied second diagram published article will dream tonight airplanes Marines wore handed-down clothes Navy know Marines foster devel opment aviation within corps Col Thomas C Turner Officer-inCharge Marine Aviation launched intensive publicity campaign 1930 failing convince Navy ad ditional funds equipment bad ly needed survival Marine Aviation took case people ordered special aerobatic squadron formed merely two- three-plane unit often seen other ser vices 1st Lt Lawson Sandy Sanderson given command VF 9M told simply mold squad ron top-flight demonstration team Sanderson asked about re strictions told Turner Just get job done anyway can dont want know did itjust dont get caught Sanderson somehow robbed other squadrons top pilots recruited ground crews above average disci plines No distinctions made between officers enlisted pilots Using six hand-me-down Curtiss F7C-l Seahawk fighters Rojo Diablos Red Devils became colorful fighter squadron Marine Aviation tory its daring air shows Chicago 1930 National Air Races won Sir Charles Orr Trophy Continued page 22 s 3 DATER 2 C FROM REAR WING RIRSI/ZUSREET LEADING EDGE 4 SO /32SREET TOP GNLRI--- WING SPAR NOTE 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Races 1934 Army Air Corps its famed 27th Pursuit Squad ron Selfridge Field flying new low-wing Boeing P-26As Navy brought its renowned Felix Cat Squadron based carri er Saratoga VF-9M granted permis sion use Heildivers assist show helps know people like Frank Tailman have described F4B indestructible Pursuits era could tossed around tight quarters like wouldnt believe Air Corps Navy put flawless tactical shows before sell-out crowd VF 9M show other hand based upon doing impossible 18 air planes 18 F4B-4s took off close mation routine after takeoff consisted two low passes demonstration close formation Bar row quotes Major General W Kreiser leader second division eaking two nine-plane divisions performed intersecting loops loops through figure-8 dive bombing miniature bombs gave off loud bang lots smoke ended grand finale Squirrel Cage landed formation ite chore 18 airplanes What about Helldivers drawing right youll note top 18 F4B-4s looping tail chase Squirrel Cage obliquely left downside last loop fighter succession went vertical rolling dive passing through two nine-plane layers Helldivers lay er circling opposite directions Pullouts front stands virtually ground wide-open throttle other drawing left nine F4B-4s looping through horizontal eight comprised other nine F4B-4s 1935 Tex Rogers squadron per formed 20 air shows US Canada flying open-cockpit fighters cross-country kinds weather Continued page 24 22 Model Aviation L REPAIR SERVICE FOR HOBBY LOBBY EK LOG ICTROL FUTABA T HOBBY SHACK ROYAL LINE SALES RADIO SYSTEMS FUTABA ROYAL ACCESSORIES FOR MOST RADIOS riiscrtminate Scale Fliers Denuand Dave PlattiTh Im perfectionist.my kits prove reputation finest models RC scale has founded upon careful attention detail period over twenty years fact Im particular about kits theyre available personally make kit sign hold myself responsible reproductions genuine Dave Platt kit guarantee true outline combined force arrangement flies properly THE ULTIMATE legendary beauty 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wind free style aerobatics strung together like machine gun fire Stunts came bursts next day went back hop ing find mysterious airplane Curtiss Seahawk Semper Fidelis emblem its side graceful little machine configured like Helidiver straight bottom wing swept-back top wingalso like Great Lakes beloved genera tions modelers Alas forgot pilots name 50 years wondered about phantom pilot Barrow told Sandy Sanderson man molded Marine Fighting Squadron Nine-M historys greatest air show demonstration team considered greatest pilot come out Marines mentioned Norm Ros enstock sent two pages Wylam drawings MAN appeared mags book Best Wylam marvelous side-view pic Since selected contents first two Wylam volumes bit shaken up Seahawk worthy antagonist Great Lakes Pitts model can still obtain Wylam plans Unlike classic Army Hawks tapered wings bulldog noses Seahawk 450-hp P&W Wasp bayonet stacks Townend ring pleases Seahawk designed 1926 battleship/carrier specs rejected tad slower F4B-4 anticipated few years Re jected sea duty handed-down Marines began teoric career Nine-M its fea tures continued later Navy craft Continued page 26 K 26 Model Aviation prototype stretched Heildiver Boeing edge Hawk Seahawk far better acrobatic model either Hawk Boeing aero batic magic swept-wing---remem ber Great Lakes Pitts Jungmeister et al less CG problem last mad dogs English men go out midday sun column told about spoiler caper power 6-ft Krackerjac have fixes mods can hold breath article coming down pike Also flew again rub ber ducky still cant handle its sensitive ailerons Lucky get down pieceyet again bitd like numerous cabin kits has aileron arms cocked forward remember high wing Too designs Usual ly bulkhead way What gives aileron differentialmore down up Thats backwards spot kit change ob tained some differential servo wheels Expert putting servo connectors far forward servo shaft line now have up down less travel hope use thing approach practice Out curiosity lengthen life 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help too cant observe difference flight time peaking probably competition thing fact best flights happened occur moderate chargingand way Continued page 128 28 Mode Aviation c 4MARK XI JPower Panel FAST ST T RCHARGER UMI ADVANCED INTEGRATED CIRCUITRY way Add mufflers list Also props fuel tanks What need little structural integrity Otherwise someone might get hurt once saw nine-foot Custom Cavalier flying six inches beneath wing loose rubberbands stretched much pullout loop Think Safety Think 0-Forces models subjected great stress flight tired spar underdesigned surface can let go forces become too great Think lock nuts seek smooth power set tings dampen out vibration building orange cratewere building some sophisticated robot machinery can cruise 140 60 engine once excellent manufacture something wrong sheared almost mounting bolts time started up Two extra holes drilled four 1/8-in bolts would snap bench test freak happens build care test run trial fly boonies resist urge low roar crowdor someday maybe roar will crowd coming discuss low-level air manship Have safe month John Preston Model Aviation 1810 Samuel Morse Dr Reston VA 22090 Fun/Winter Continued page 28 battery lasts longer believe Bob Kopski series said same thing Gus Munich uses 300 squares 05 large gear-down 11-7 two servos shut off gets 10 mm 10-mm charge use two servosno separate ON OFFa fuse absolute must Id use fuse anyway play safe What previously read about peaking suggest forget Napoleans retreat Moscow mind Id like share some real fun provided bythismonthsguestL C Smitty Schmidt St Petersburg FL Judging mail area have oranges grapefruit about time pestered again little left-handed thinking Smitty announces enclose couple pictures shows old boy some Jetex efforts jumble top box Phffft IV heavy weight good penetration sporting fiberglass fishpole fuselage Atop two design call Sir occo very light consis tently good performers yet uncovered having just completed replace bad judgment land highway 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rails until airplane balances loca tion shown plans Glue tray spot Connect elevator rudder respective servos Run some soft iron wire through guide throttle servo engine Check ensure surfaces move proper direction control given throttle line runs smoothly correctly Attach fuel overflow lines engine Any warps wing tail surfaces should removed hot iron heat gun Fun/Winter Continued page 128 keyed plywood fin slots hottest thing market days Space Bug hung front end wasnt until later found Hill Ozzie Czeppa mounted wings underneath though never figured out platform behind fin still way Oh well whatever makes tires squeal reckon About year ago club members asked come went right informed VHT models should fly left dont know some people get information rate ROW surprise job little different has hull fuselage 400 squares Medallion 09 keep leaping off water re placed Babe Bee result realistic 10- 15-ft takeoff Tell ya ignorant wasand still amI called designs UHT Ultra High Thrust never knowing 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Edition: Model Aviation - 1984/01
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DOCUMENTATION painful chore folks enter Scale events won der share view simpler days built few hundred so-called Scale jobs almost rubber-powered research limited stumbling over some three-view caught fancy Photos just stirred juices did bother details authentic markings people have libraries airplane books drawings articles photos Documentation sounds dull Some have love everything ever flew older subject greater fas Boeing F4B-4 fighters piloted daredevil Marines VF-9M thrilled air show audiences 1930s flying wing tip wing tip 18-plane stunt formationsso close fact planes occasional ly bumped other VF-9Ms Red Devils team sometimes practiced three times day pictures drawings Jess C Barrow collection courtesy Leatherneck magazine Engine cowls wheels VF-9Ms F4B-4s bright red three-plane section having solid-color tails red white blue Cen tered across top wing U S Marines large letters assist quick identification rolling around wild maneuvers regulation markings replaced 2-ft-high numerals side fuselage 30-in-high number underside bottom right wing panel rest airplane standard Navy-Marine colors might want model plane should note rather large bottom wing-fuselage fillet famous Squirrel Cage executed 18 F4B-4s spiral-dived through two nine-plane groups VO-7M 1-feildivers circled opposite directions finishing on-the-deck W pullouts grandstand flyby must have awesome sight sure show-stopper typical 18-plane act Marine F4B-4s Nine planes looped tail-chase through horizontal Figure 8 flown other nine about VF-9M text *fr I__ 14 K iS P48-4 LOOPING TO FORM SQUIRREL CAGE idANEUvER CIRCLES OF vO-7N PLANES GOING IN ORPOSiTE DIRECTIONS PULL OUT AT VERY LOW AL1TUeE-WIUE OPEN MmsYMmgTNTTLE 18 Model Aviation cination Collecting data transcends re search becomes hobby itself stories planes designers pilots times past wars exploits glory tragedy substances dreams Giant Scalers focus some favorite fly breathtaking realism Rubber Scalers have rare sensitivity things build because building time short gambol field flow ers bringing life again mystique subjects no else would build model turn treasured especi ally flies well enough conjur up visions guys happiest uniquely sharing taking pride whatever others life beautiful Interest something no other has built becomes long long trail may go like have occasionally mentioned fascination Boe ing 100 civilian version Boeing P-12 biplane fighter circa 1930 much like colorful F4B-4 fighter flew off carriers 100 premier aero batic steed men like Paul Mantz Milo Burcham Mail trickled West Coast reader sent copy Leatherneck May 1982 magazine Marine Corps another reader came book Aero PublishersBoe ing P-]2 F4B loaded pix factory floor flight some fullcolor schemes pic shows Model 100 rebuilt resemble Curtiss Helldiver movie Task Force 1 947 Its two-place same sweptback top wing Curtiss-like vertical tail wanted one-of-a-kind wouldnt drive judges mad vice versa cover Leatherneck trio F4Bs dive colors strangely different ings unique schemes used early Marine Corps air show teams Inside sensational six-page article illus trations Marine Fighting Squadron Nine-Mby Jess C Barrow Pappy Boy ington WW II Southwest Pacific super ace member Aviation Cadet article excerpt Barrows book same title pub lished 1981 Tab Booksavailable Marine Corps Association Ta Dal L G Schmidt left call Smittydubbed George Perryman St Pete Gulfhawksrevels left-handed thinking Youll never unravel pile zany crates sitting box see text although holds two HL Gliders right-handed left hand admiration left-handed throwing hand assuming hes right handed Winter thinks Smitty has Bills missing pipes day will live infamy. Center Smitty picks poetic names crates like Phffft IV Jetex Brimstone Depth Charge Sponsored Drunken Doughnuts foregound Depth Charge take off Stan Hills motor-on-pylon FF fuselage hull rise-off-water flying Little Buzzard has uncovered wing Some problem name probablycant get around Konefes Buzzard Bombshell think Right youve forgotten about Payloaders never heard em heres Smittys Fulcrum can compete small boys local meets national threat Smitty reassures us So far Smitty has won pewter mug Pan Am clock travel bag Winter suggests Claiming Race event January 1984 19 New props significantly improved performance Don Srulls Electric Sparky July 1983 MA Plan No 414 $850 As received imported plastic folding prop barely got plane off ground Originally pitch hub tip about 150 near zero Heated MonoKote iron prop twisted re-pitched go tip retaining 150 hub Heavier Electrics can fly very well Srulls scaled-up Jabberwock Wally Simmers design4A lb 600 sq wingdemonstrated gets 14-mm flights much glide using same im ported prop Sparky modified 19-in dia 13-in pitch twisting extending blade area diameter thin ply addition darker area prop new Astro Super Ferrite 15 motor 2A1 belt reduction 12 cells gives long high climb ship minimal climb 05 having 36 39 reduction Later Jabberwock version lightened considerably Winters LeCrate 460 sq Leisure 05 2%1 six cells Rev-Up 11-7% prop does 10 mm 45 sec thick cool evening air significant improvement climb rate since resulted reworking prop used rat-tail wood file streamline outer hub removed excess wood sanded blades thinner sharper leading edge rounded tips taper Bookservice Box 1775 Quantico VA 22134 $795 plus $1 shipping phoned Quantico permission ex cerpt obtain diagram few pictures Friendly people never theless said must have authors per mission Jess obliged supplied second diagram published article will dream tonight airplanes Marines wore handed-down clothes Navy know Marines foster devel opment aviation within corps Col Thomas C Turner Officer-inCharge Marine Aviation launched intensive publicity campaign 1930 failing convince Navy ad ditional funds equipment bad ly needed survival Marine Aviation took case people ordered special aerobatic squadron formed merely two- three-plane unit often seen other ser vices 1st Lt Lawson Sandy Sanderson given command VF 9M told simply mold squad ron top-flight demonstration team Sanderson asked about re strictions told Turner Just get job done anyway can dont want know did itjust dont get caught Sanderson somehow robbed other squadrons top pilots recruited ground crews above average disci plines No distinctions made between officers enlisted pilots Using six hand-me-down Curtiss F7C-l Seahawk fighters Rojo Diablos Red Devils became colorful fighter squadron Marine Aviation tory its daring air shows Chicago 1930 National Air Races won Sir Charles Orr Trophy Continued page 22 s 3 DATER 2 C FROM REAR WING RIRSI/ZUSREET LEADING EDGE 4 SO /32SREET TOP GNLRI--- WING SPAR NOTE ENTIRE MODEL COGERED WIT LIORT TISSUE I___ 5/6 C ENTER II /64 PS _____PIPE DREAM I/IA SO\ DES toRd H THOMASSECTDON W NOOPAN DOPRO ECTED I/IR03/3D ENGTR 4 JR DUERALL POWER SOURS RANDS R FLAT RARRER D GO UGESNEREASE FI/IRXO/OD NEEDED IIII _________II III'I SIMOLATE CAR N PROM R LAMINATIONSDU NUT CLT OUTI/3DR3/32-I/IROREEO ..OF /8 SREETON INSIDE LIONT ELASTIC DO I I I III III II I/II II SCALE IN INCISESRNGEMR AD I/3D SREES SOES0 2~R TERNATE PROP SR 8 EAR N ORT R DOWN 64 PLT TRRAST What see three-view cute 22-in Rubber job course nice CO-2 perhaps An 02 FF 30 36 tail-wagger rudder-only RC 02 049 say 48-in span about mini-servostwo three-channel An old-timer type RC 6 ft 19 05 electric motor say 60 66 60 20-ft span Hugh Enthrop once flew 23-ft FF Orwick 60 Nats Got good time went out-of-sight overhead 20 Model Aviation Fat Albert what Winter calls MRCs big new foam Cessna sport flying Enya 35 Doug Pratt AMAs PR Department test flying Bill arrived scene Center size huge Cessna apparent tiny-looking Enya 35 its nose wasnt weighing scale handy crate obviously quite light Right near-disappearance servos receiver Cessnas cathedral interior may tempt fliers store iced Cokes after strapping wing Winter pics High film strength lubricant increased power long engine life Detergents cut performance robbing varnish Highest quality ingredients insure top engine performance reliability Gal Price Drum Price Type Nitro o/a LubricantFreight PaidFreight-Collect FAI00/aSynthetic$ 675$13995 Ss50/aSynthetic$ 775$21995 Sc50/aCastor$ 775$21995 4cyl70/aCastor$ 850$28995 lOs100hSynthetic$ 895$32995 lOc100/aCastor$ 895$32995 R/G120/aSyn & Castor$ 995$34995 155150/aSynthetic$ 995$34995 20c200/aCastor$1395$51995 25s250/aSynthetic$1495$52995 40400/a15 Syn-5 Castor$199S$72995 50500/aSynthetic$2395$89595 60600/aSynthetic$26 95$99595 EXCEPT 54 GAL DRUMS MINIMUM ORDER 4 Gal Asst OK DISCOUNTS 24 63 Gal Deduct 5% Asstd OK 64 Gal Orders Deduct 100/a Asstd OK SHELDONS Hours HOBBY SHOP Mon Wed Fri & Sat 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Races 1934 Army Air Corps its famed 27th Pursuit Squad ron Selfridge Field flying new low-wing Boeing P-26As Navy brought its renowned Felix Cat Squadron based carri er Saratoga VF-9M granted permis sion use Heildivers assist show helps know people like Frank Tailman have described F4B indestructible Pursuits era could tossed around tight quarters like wouldnt believe Air Corps Navy put flawless tactical shows before sell-out crowd VF 9M show other hand based upon doing impossible 18 air planes 18 F4B-4s took off close mation routine after takeoff consisted two low passes demonstration close formation Bar row quotes Major General W Kreiser leader second division eaking two nine-plane divisions performed intersecting loops loops through figure-8 dive bombing miniature bombs gave off loud bang lots smoke ended grand finale Squirrel Cage landed formation ite chore 18 airplanes What about Helldivers drawing right youll note top 18 F4B-4s looping tail chase Squirrel Cage obliquely left downside last loop fighter succession went vertical rolling dive passing through two nine-plane layers Helldivers lay er circling opposite directions Pullouts front stands virtually ground wide-open throttle other drawing left nine F4B-4s looping through horizontal eight comprised other nine F4B-4s 1935 Tex Rogers squadron per formed 20 air shows US Canada flying open-cockpit fighters cross-country kinds weather Continued page 24 22 Model Aviation L REPAIR SERVICE FOR HOBBY LOBBY EK LOG ICTROL FUTABA T HOBBY SHACK ROYAL LINE SALES RADIO SYSTEMS FUTABA ROYAL ACCESSORIES FOR MOST RADIOS riiscrtminate Scale Fliers Denuand Dave PlattiTh Im perfectionist.my kits prove reputation finest models RC scale has founded upon careful attention detail period over twenty years fact Im particular about kits theyre available personally make kit sign hold myself responsible reproductions genuine Dave Platt kit guarantee true outline combined force arrangement flies properly THE ULTIMATE legendary beauty 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wind free style aerobatics strung together like machine gun fire Stunts came bursts next day went back hop ing find mysterious airplane Curtiss Seahawk Semper Fidelis emblem its side graceful little machine configured like Helidiver straight bottom wing swept-back top wingalso like Great Lakes beloved genera tions modelers Alas forgot pilots name 50 years wondered about phantom pilot Barrow told Sandy Sanderson man molded Marine Fighting Squadron Nine-M historys greatest air show demonstration team considered greatest pilot come out Marines mentioned Norm Ros enstock sent two pages Wylam drawings MAN appeared mags book Best Wylam marvelous side-view pic Since selected contents first two Wylam volumes bit shaken up Seahawk worthy antagonist Great Lakes Pitts model can still obtain Wylam plans Unlike classic Army Hawks tapered wings bulldog noses Seahawk 450-hp P&W Wasp bayonet stacks Townend ring pleases Seahawk designed 1926 battleship/carrier specs rejected tad slower F4B-4 anticipated few years Re jected sea duty handed-down Marines began teoric career Nine-M its fea tures continued later Navy craft Continued page 26 K 26 Model Aviation prototype stretched Heildiver Boeing edge Hawk Seahawk far better acrobatic model either Hawk Boeing aero batic magic swept-wing---remem ber Great Lakes Pitts Jungmeister et al less CG problem last mad dogs English men go out midday sun column told about spoiler caper power 6-ft Krackerjac have fixes mods can hold breath article coming down pike Also flew again rub ber ducky still cant handle its sensitive ailerons Lucky get down pieceyet again bitd like numerous cabin kits has aileron arms cocked forward remember high wing Too designs Usual ly bulkhead way What gives aileron differentialmore down up Thats backwards spot kit change ob tained some differential servo wheels Expert putting servo connectors far forward servo shaft line now have up down less travel hope use thing approach practice Out curiosity lengthen life faithful six-year-old K&B-Veco 19 RC-assist Vagabond gave mill POWR treatment 19 now quite angry Happy days Joined John Worth local park Electric ses sion cool eveningthats flight times highest Airplanes love thick cool air last time saw him John two Kitty wings biplane Airtronics RTF bird time Sportavia wing little crate let teil Sportavia/Kitty high climbing perpetual gliding steady machine will ever learn four-crate most-ofthe-day session Don Srull Shan gri-la Four Electrics Sparky son Mikes lead-sled modified Midwest Champion Dons new big Jabberwock Simmers rubber job scaled up LeCrate 11 oclock lift over occasional local thermalling areas well Don Sparky going seven cells own large gear reduction 05 modified 15-15 folder using twisted Carrera spine Two quick 13-mm flights take down Climb now agressive say 35 45 oz range 05 Mikes Champ after dug out six ounces still weighed monstrous 51 oz 381 reduction seven ceils 05 11-7 prop did 13 mm about can lighten suitable-area Gas kit fly 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over 20 mm 4 oz finding thermals killing power like shooting ducks rain barrel LeCrate know have 5 6 mm power get very high thermal hunting Ifs just great get payoff long soaring flight get Rubber too es pecially Scale energy good maybe 30 sec minute Rubber flights abso lutely beautiful seem far longer really Id like modify charging info passed earlier Until lately have peak-charging using either digital readout charger voltmeter charge until peak observed drop appears shut off six-cell Sanyo pack about 1060 volts Bob Bouchers Astro advice Ive cut out flight-drain too far can end up uneven cells peaking repeatedly leveling off cells begins damage battery sits same thing true Bobs advice trickle-charge Astros AC/DC charger handy since allows adjustable trickle long periods level off cells can trickle too Leisure digital charger night before flying Bob claimed charge 14 16 per cell plenty good Thats 96 six cells can get cycle charger dont have reset monitor leaving free fly Spare packs help too cant observe difference flight time peaking probably competition thing fact best flights happened occur moderate chargingand way Continued page 128 28 Mode Aviation c 4MARK XI JPower Panel FAST ST T RCHARGER UMI ADVANCED INTEGRATED CIRCUITRY way Add mufflers list Also props fuel tanks What need little structural integrity Otherwise someone might get hurt once saw nine-foot Custom Cavalier flying six inches beneath wing loose rubberbands stretched much pullout loop Think Safety Think 0-Forces models subjected great stress flight tired spar underdesigned surface can let go forces become too great Think lock nuts seek smooth power set tings dampen out vibration building orange cratewere building some sophisticated robot machinery can cruise 140 60 engine once excellent manufacture something wrong sheared almost mounting bolts time started up Two extra holes drilled four 1/8-in bolts would snap bench test freak happens build care test run trial fly boonies resist urge low roar crowdor someday maybe roar will crowd coming discuss low-level air manship Have safe month John Preston Model Aviation 1810 Samuel Morse Dr Reston VA 22090 Fun/Winter Continued page 28 battery lasts longer believe Bob Kopski series said same thing Gus Munich uses 300 squares 05 large gear-down 11-7 two servos shut off gets 10 mm 10-mm charge use two servosno separate ON OFFa fuse absolute must Id use fuse anyway play safe What previously read about peaking suggest forget Napoleans retreat Moscow mind Id like share some real fun provided bythismonthsguestL C Smitty Schmidt St Petersburg FL Judging mail area have oranges grapefruit about time pestered again little left-handed thinking Smitty announces enclose couple pictures shows old boy some Jetex efforts jumble top box Phffft IV heavy weight good penetration sporting fiberglass fishpole fuselage Atop two design call Sir occo very light consis tently good performers yet uncovered having just completed replace bad judgment land highway small job right hand named Brimstone has angles jailhouse lawyer probably hatched just prove myself am design rut offerings such boys local club Gulfhawks have dubbed George Perryman St Pete dont object put some kinda class company attend club meets time time Smitty goes go outside contest once year two collecting hardware leave capable hands feel inclined already have Pan Am clock Payload model pewter mug Coupe dHiver old trophy older Sirocco Jetex jobs also have old flight bag some long-forgotten deed field somewhere trophy totally useless item have shelf darkroom bit luck wont have explain other critter Smitty revs up prop unloaded Depth Charge sponsored Drunken Doughnuts have no idea Stan Hill started VHT models friend told having seen engine mounted forward fin Since seemed good way handle power developed inde pendently eye-balled time started out fiberglass fishpole fuselage Continued page 130 128 Model Aviation SOP WITH TABLOID PLANS AVAILABLE IN TWO SIZES 1/A Scale 90 2 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rails until airplane balances loca tion shown plans Glue tray spot Connect elevator rudder respective servos Run some soft iron wire through guide throttle servo engine Check ensure surfaces move proper direction control given throttle line runs smoothly correctly Attach fuel overflow lines engine Any warps wing tail surfaces should removed hot iron heat gun Fun/Winter Continued page 128 keyed plywood fin slots hottest thing market days Space Bug hung front end wasnt until later found Hill Ozzie Czeppa mounted wings underneath though never figured out platform behind fin still way Oh well whatever makes tires squeal reckon About year ago club members asked come went right informed VHT models should fly left dont know some people get information rate ROW surprise job little different has hull fuselage 400 squares Medallion 09 keep leaping off water re placed Babe Bee result realistic 10- 15-ft takeoff Tell ya ignorant wasand still amI called designs UHT Ultra High Thrust never knowing rest world spoke VHT Just finished magic black box says Smitty going glide help out old censored like rig wire bracing Indoor models completely adjustable mea sures 6 x 7 x 26 solves port ability problem Although small opens out create black hole makes nicirrome wire stand out like silver dollar mud puddle itll hold size wing position am proud dog two tails Speaking two-tailed dogs Bel lanca fuselage profile lifting airfoil others tooisnt deepbellied fuselage inverted airfoil what lose Bill Winter 4426 Altura Ct Fairfax VA 22030 IWhen writing advertisers mention read about Model Aviation Flying very good idea taxi around bit get familiar control response especially important have flying full-house birds used 130 Model Aviation * pius shipping DAVE V limECORPOR ION SYSTEMS ONE WOOD LANE MALVERNPA1935S t2t5l644-0692 landing gear mount very simple Screws go through ply plate good idea glue 1/16 balsa over mount inside fuselage keep wiring away sharp screw ends Builders Get f Better Start 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Edition: Model Aviation - 1984/01
Page Numbers: 18, 19, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 128, 130
DOCUMENTATION painful chore folks enter Scale events won der share view simpler days built few hundred so-called Scale jobs almost rubber-powered research limited stumbling over some three-view caught fancy Photos just stirred juices did bother details authentic markings people have libraries airplane books drawings articles photos Documentation sounds dull Some have love everything ever flew older subject greater fas Boeing F4B-4 fighters piloted daredevil Marines VF-9M thrilled air show audiences 1930s flying wing tip wing tip 18-plane stunt formationsso close fact planes occasional ly bumped other VF-9Ms Red Devils team sometimes practiced three times day pictures drawings Jess C Barrow collection courtesy Leatherneck magazine Engine cowls wheels VF-9Ms F4B-4s bright red three-plane section having solid-color tails red white blue Cen tered across top wing U S Marines large letters assist quick identification rolling around wild maneuvers regulation markings replaced 2-ft-high numerals side fuselage 30-in-high number underside bottom right wing panel rest airplane standard Navy-Marine colors might want model plane should note rather large bottom wing-fuselage fillet famous Squirrel Cage executed 18 F4B-4s spiral-dived through two nine-plane groups VO-7M 1-feildivers circled opposite directions finishing on-the-deck W pullouts grandstand flyby must have awesome sight sure show-stopper typical 18-plane act Marine F4B-4s Nine planes looped tail-chase through horizontal Figure 8 flown other nine about VF-9M text *fr I__ 14 K iS P48-4 LOOPING TO FORM SQUIRREL CAGE idANEUvER CIRCLES OF vO-7N PLANES GOING IN ORPOSiTE DIRECTIONS PULL OUT AT VERY LOW AL1TUeE-WIUE OPEN MmsYMmgTNTTLE 18 Model Aviation cination Collecting data transcends re search becomes hobby itself stories planes designers pilots times past wars exploits glory tragedy substances dreams Giant Scalers focus some favorite fly breathtaking realism Rubber Scalers have rare sensitivity things build because building time short gambol field flow ers bringing life again mystique subjects no else would build model turn treasured especi ally flies well enough conjur up visions guys happiest uniquely sharing taking pride whatever others life beautiful Interest something no other has built becomes long long trail may go like have occasionally mentioned fascination Boe ing 100 civilian version Boeing P-12 biplane fighter circa 1930 much like colorful F4B-4 fighter flew off carriers 100 premier aero batic steed men like Paul Mantz Milo Burcham Mail trickled West Coast reader sent copy Leatherneck May 1982 magazine Marine Corps another reader came book Aero PublishersBoe ing P-]2 F4B loaded pix factory floor flight some fullcolor schemes pic shows Model 100 rebuilt resemble Curtiss Helldiver movie Task Force 1 947 Its two-place same sweptback top wing Curtiss-like vertical tail wanted one-of-a-kind wouldnt drive judges mad vice versa cover Leatherneck trio F4Bs dive colors strangely different ings unique schemes used early Marine Corps air show teams Inside sensational six-page article illus trations Marine Fighting Squadron Nine-Mby Jess C Barrow Pappy Boy ington WW II Southwest Pacific super ace member Aviation Cadet article excerpt Barrows book same title pub lished 1981 Tab Booksavailable Marine Corps Association Ta Dal L G Schmidt left call Smittydubbed George Perryman St Pete Gulfhawksrevels left-handed thinking Youll never unravel pile zany crates sitting box see text although holds two HL Gliders right-handed left hand admiration left-handed throwing hand assuming hes right handed Winter thinks Smitty has Bills missing pipes day will live infamy. Center Smitty picks poetic names crates like Phffft IV Jetex Brimstone Depth Charge Sponsored Drunken Doughnuts foregound Depth Charge take off Stan Hills motor-on-pylon FF fuselage hull rise-off-water flying Little Buzzard has uncovered wing Some problem name probablycant get around Konefes Buzzard Bombshell think Right youve forgotten about Payloaders never heard em heres Smittys Fulcrum can compete small boys local meets national threat Smitty reassures us So far Smitty has won pewter mug Pan Am clock travel bag Winter suggests Claiming Race event January 1984 19 New props significantly improved performance Don Srulls Electric Sparky July 1983 MA Plan No 414 $850 As received imported plastic folding prop barely got plane off ground Originally pitch hub tip about 150 near zero Heated MonoKote iron prop twisted re-pitched go tip retaining 150 hub Heavier Electrics can fly very well Srulls scaled-up Jabberwock Wally Simmers design4A lb 600 sq wingdemonstrated gets 14-mm flights much glide using same im ported prop Sparky modified 19-in dia 13-in pitch twisting extending blade area diameter thin ply addition darker area prop new Astro Super Ferrite 15 motor 2A1 belt reduction 12 cells gives long high climb ship minimal climb 05 having 36 39 reduction Later Jabberwock version lightened considerably Winters LeCrate 460 sq Leisure 05 2%1 six cells Rev-Up 11-7% prop does 10 mm 45 sec thick cool evening air significant improvement climb rate since resulted reworking prop used rat-tail wood file streamline outer hub removed excess wood sanded blades thinner sharper leading edge rounded tips taper Bookservice Box 1775 Quantico VA 22134 $795 plus $1 shipping phoned Quantico permission ex cerpt obtain diagram few pictures Friendly people never theless said must have authors per mission Jess obliged supplied second diagram published article will dream tonight airplanes Marines wore handed-down clothes Navy know Marines foster devel opment aviation within corps Col Thomas C Turner Officer-inCharge Marine Aviation launched intensive publicity campaign 1930 failing convince Navy ad ditional funds equipment bad ly needed survival Marine Aviation took case people ordered special aerobatic squadron formed merely two- three-plane unit often seen other ser vices 1st Lt Lawson Sandy Sanderson given command VF 9M told simply mold squad ron top-flight demonstration team Sanderson asked about re strictions told Turner Just get job done anyway can dont want know did itjust dont get caught Sanderson somehow robbed other squadrons top pilots recruited ground crews above average disci plines No distinctions made between officers enlisted pilots Using six hand-me-down Curtiss F7C-l Seahawk fighters Rojo Diablos Red Devils became colorful fighter squadron Marine Aviation tory its daring air shows Chicago 1930 National Air Races won Sir Charles Orr Trophy Continued page 22 s 3 DATER 2 C FROM REAR WING RIRSI/ZUSREET LEADING EDGE 4 SO /32SREET TOP GNLRI--- WING SPAR NOTE ENTIRE MODEL COGERED WIT LIORT TISSUE I___ 5/6 C ENTER II /64 PS _____PIPE DREAM I/IA SO\ DES toRd H THOMASSECTDON W NOOPAN DOPRO ECTED I/IR03/3D ENGTR 4 JR DUERALL POWER SOURS RANDS R FLAT RARRER D GO UGESNEREASE FI/IRXO/OD NEEDED IIII _________II III'I SIMOLATE CAR N PROM R LAMINATIONSDU NUT CLT OUTI/3DR3/32-I/IROREEO ..OF /8 SREETON INSIDE LIONT ELASTIC DO I I I III III II I/II II SCALE IN INCISESRNGEMR AD I/3D SREES SOES0 2~R TERNATE PROP SR 8 EAR N ORT R DOWN 64 PLT TRRAST What see three-view cute 22-in Rubber job course nice CO-2 perhaps An 02 FF 30 36 tail-wagger rudder-only RC 02 049 say 48-in span about mini-servostwo three-channel An old-timer type RC 6 ft 19 05 electric motor say 60 66 60 20-ft span Hugh Enthrop once flew 23-ft FF Orwick 60 Nats Got good time went out-of-sight overhead 20 Model Aviation Fat Albert what Winter calls MRCs big new foam Cessna sport flying Enya 35 Doug Pratt AMAs PR Department test flying Bill arrived scene Center size huge Cessna apparent tiny-looking Enya 35 its nose wasnt weighing scale handy crate obviously quite light Right near-disappearance servos receiver Cessnas cathedral interior may tempt fliers store iced Cokes after strapping wing Winter pics High film strength lubricant increased power long engine life Detergents cut performance robbing varnish Highest quality ingredients insure top engine performance reliability Gal Price Drum Price Type Nitro o/a LubricantFreight PaidFreight-Collect FAI00/aSynthetic$ 675$13995 Ss50/aSynthetic$ 775$21995 Sc50/aCastor$ 775$21995 4cyl70/aCastor$ 850$28995 lOs100hSynthetic$ 895$32995 lOc100/aCastor$ 895$32995 R/G120/aSyn & Castor$ 995$34995 155150/aSynthetic$ 995$34995 20c200/aCastor$1395$51995 25s250/aSynthetic$1495$52995 40400/a15 Syn-5 Castor$199S$72995 50500/aSynthetic$2395$89595 60600/aSynthetic$26 95$99595 EXCEPT 54 GAL DRUMS MINIMUM ORDER 4 Gal Asst OK DISCOUNTS 24 63 Gal Deduct 5% Asstd OK 64 Gal Orders Deduct 100/a Asstd OK SHELDONS Hours HOBBY SHOP Mon Wed Fri & Sat 3157 Alum Rock Avenue 530 Thur 930-900 M/C San Jose California 95127Sun 1200-500 UPS COD $165 408 251-0787 322 So Gallatin RdMadison TN 37115 615 868-6811 Mon thru Sat am 500 pm GE RECHARGEABLES TO Replace expensive throwaway dry cell transmitter battery recharg eable nickel cadmium battery Ready use Replaces Eveready 276 nine volt dry cell battery Transmitter Ni-Cad Battery 000 Transmitter Ni-Cad Charger 895 Battery/Charger Combo $3500 Miami AU-American Air Maneuvers 1931 Cleveland National Air Races flying nine F7C-ls first pub lic appearance Squirrel Cage prompted papers describe squad ron greatest exhibition squad ron world Army Navy seen beginning Washington knew good thing Nine-M 1932 1933 allocated 28 prize Boeings Marines wouldnt guess assigned Nine-M Sanderson latched onto full 18-plane squadron July 5 1934 Capt Ford Rogers friend Sanderson took over baton weeks team practiced day some times three sessions flew close occasionally bumped flight greatest shoot-out came Cleveland Races 1934 Army Air Corps its famed 27th Pursuit Squad ron Selfridge Field flying new low-wing Boeing P-26As Navy brought its renowned Felix Cat Squadron based carri er Saratoga VF-9M granted permis sion use Heildivers assist show helps know people like Frank Tailman have described F4B indestructible Pursuits era could tossed around tight quarters like wouldnt believe Air Corps Navy put flawless tactical shows before sell-out crowd VF 9M show other hand based upon doing impossible 18 air planes 18 F4B-4s took off close mation routine after takeoff consisted two low passes demonstration close formation Bar row quotes Major General W Kreiser leader second division eaking two nine-plane divisions performed intersecting loops loops through figure-8 dive bombing miniature bombs gave off loud bang lots smoke ended grand finale Squirrel Cage landed formation ite chore 18 airplanes What about Helldivers drawing right youll note top 18 F4B-4s looping tail chase Squirrel Cage obliquely left downside last loop fighter succession went vertical rolling dive passing through two nine-plane layers Helldivers lay er circling opposite directions Pullouts front stands virtually ground wide-open throttle other drawing left nine F4B-4s looping through horizontal eight comprised other nine F4B-4s 1935 Tex Rogers squadron per formed 20 air shows US Canada flying open-cockpit fighters cross-country kinds weather Continued page 24 22 Model Aviation L REPAIR SERVICE FOR HOBBY LOBBY EK LOG ICTROL FUTABA T HOBBY SHACK ROYAL LINE SALES RADIO SYSTEMS FUTABA ROYAL ACCESSORIES FOR MOST RADIOS riiscrtminate Scale Fliers Denuand Dave PlattiTh Im perfectionist.my kits prove reputation finest models RC scale has founded upon careful attention detail period over twenty years fact Im particular about kits theyre available personally make kit sign hold myself responsible reproductions genuine Dave Platt kit guarantee true outline combined force arrangement flies properly THE ULTIMATE legendary beauty efficiency Spitfire 1/S scale Accurate last subtle curve Magnificierit indeed just silting simply awe inspiring flight Powered 90 121 glo engine Maximizer ultimate Spitfire siflprovide intense expenence sophisticated R/C modelerSpan 88Length 76Weight 15-20 lbs $ ii Bucker Jungmeister regular direct drive engines 60 90 65 span 1/4 scale ace aerobatic biplane time Still fits car $139 5I 1O9 snd bold flies great staying easily transportable 11/5 scale 79 span over 1000 sq ins 90 engines $179 New 1/4 Scale Pilot Supplied unpaini-Also$139 ed comes in- AiraIlable struction booklet 1/5 1/6 scale World Retracting Landing Gear $ War II Fighter Pilots full Now Strengthened figure$15heavie ships _______________________________ Complete system St 39 110W TO ORDERDireci manufacturer no mark-api Write call.sse accept check money order Master Charge Visa cards pay UPS anywhere USA IFlorida residents add 4% sales tax Yes accept foreign orders pon pay freight information model send self addressed envelope aave Dlatt nuodels inc 6940 NW 15th Street Plantation Florida 33313r Phone 305 587-4861 Noi ,Thlnivd ih n5 oihrr ro ens 24 Model Aviation Unlike todays teams Nine-M required carry full military load Navy-Marine war games 1936 stood Number entire Naval Service winning both bombing gunnery trophies Marine Aviation now firmly established within Navy Bureau Aeronautics sepa rate division welcomed aboard car riers equals No hand-me-downs 1937 pressure within Navy Marines back off promotion its aviation branch surprise Barrow recalls Rear Admiral Ernest King Chief Navys Bureau Aeronautics let known admired anyone seized initiative gusto Marines suggested anyone inclined think otherwise should tend own knitting Scale research has wheels within wheels read later letter Barrow hair stood end Twice past columns mentioned seeing incredible aerobatics pas sing Teterboro NJ 1933 Traffic snarled miles weekday Joining crowds people deserted cars saw tiny biplane twisting turning like leaf wind free style aerobatics strung together like machine gun fire Stunts came bursts next day went back hop ing find mysterious airplane Curtiss Seahawk Semper Fidelis emblem its side graceful little machine configured like Helidiver straight bottom wing swept-back top wingalso like Great Lakes beloved genera tions modelers Alas forgot pilots name 50 years wondered about phantom pilot Barrow told Sandy Sanderson man molded Marine Fighting Squadron Nine-M historys greatest air show demonstration team considered greatest pilot come out Marines mentioned Norm Ros enstock sent two pages Wylam drawings MAN appeared mags book Best Wylam marvelous side-view pic Since selected contents first two Wylam volumes bit shaken up Seahawk worthy antagonist Great Lakes Pitts model can still obtain Wylam plans Unlike classic Army Hawks tapered wings bulldog noses Seahawk 450-hp P&W Wasp bayonet stacks Townend ring pleases Seahawk designed 1926 battleship/carrier specs rejected tad slower F4B-4 anticipated few years Re jected sea duty handed-down Marines began teoric career Nine-M its fea tures continued later Navy craft Continued page 26 K 26 Model Aviation prototype stretched Heildiver Boeing edge Hawk Seahawk far better acrobatic model either Hawk Boeing aero batic magic swept-wing---remem ber Great Lakes Pitts Jungmeister et al less CG problem last mad dogs English men go out midday sun column told about spoiler caper power 6-ft Krackerjac have fixes mods can hold breath article coming down pike Also flew again rub ber ducky still cant handle its sensitive ailerons Lucky get down pieceyet again bitd like numerous cabin kits has aileron arms cocked forward remember high wing Too designs Usual ly bulkhead way What gives aileron differentialmore down up Thats backwards spot kit change ob tained some differential servo wheels Expert putting servo connectors far forward servo shaft line now have up down less travel hope use thing approach practice Out curiosity lengthen life faithful six-year-old K&B-Veco 19 RC-assist Vagabond gave mill POWR treatment 19 now quite angry Happy days Joined John Worth local park Electric ses sion cool eveningthats flight times highest Airplanes love thick cool air last time saw him John two Kitty wings biplane Airtronics RTF bird time Sportavia wing little crate let teil Sportavia/Kitty high climbing perpetual gliding steady machine will ever learn four-crate most-ofthe-day session Don Srull Shan gri-la Four Electrics Sparky son Mikes lead-sled modified Midwest Champion Dons new big Jabberwock Simmers rubber job scaled up LeCrate 11 oclock lift over occasional local thermalling areas well Don Sparky going seven cells own large gear reduction 05 modified 15-15 folder using twisted Carrera spine Two quick 13-mm flights take down Climb now agressive say 35 45 oz range 05 Mikes Champ after dug out six ounces still weighed monstrous 51 oz 381 reduction seven ceils 05 11-7 prop did 13 mm about can lighten suitable-area Gas kit fly Electric new Jabberwock big tad heavy 72 oz glides like ghost Climb geared 05 Continued page 28 ELJISE K 1973 DAE Revolutionized Modeling Statement Now Battery Can ALL AGAIN DAE ADVANCES THE ART OF ELECTRONIC ENGINE STARTING LOW POWER CONSUMPTIONOnly 800 milliamps maximum battery drain SOLID 15v PLUG OUTPUTMaintains 15v starter LIGHTS ANY 1V2V PLUGAutomatically adjusts current plug needs EFFICIENT OPERATION tarter MARK VI can also run 6v battery FEATURES AMERICAN MADE QUALITY PULSE DRIVER FOR ANY 1v PLUG 6v 12v FUEL PUMP SUPPLY DIRECTIONAL PUMP FLOW SWITCHES 48v 96v FAST CHARGER AMMETER MONITORING PLUG CHARGER CONNECTING HARDWARE INCLUDED Only $4795 SEE DEALER FIRSTDA Enteipilses unavailable r DirectADT INDIANA 47630 8323 7684020 * * Long Engine Life * * Use BRU LINE Air Cleaner Completely Fuel Proof Nylon Rubber Parts Cat No 102 Air Cleaner Coarse $225 Cat No 202 Air Cleaner Fine $225 Replacement Inserts Cat No 104 Pk/2 Inserts Coarse $195 Cat No204 Pk/2 lnsertsFine $195 FITS MOST ENGINES 25 UP SEE YOUR LOCAL HOBBY DEALER IF UNAVAILABLE LOCALLY SEND TO Add 75 shippingMichigan residents add 4% sales tax Bru Line Industries Inc PO Bax3786 Center Line Michigan 48015 bit too slowmore anon put LeCrate up 30 mm almost tore up trying get down Dives spirals stalls everything mixed using down well over area survived amazing thing conies out thermal glides straight once upwind fades gently either left right get closer thermal Upon finding thermal tightens up go round round up up Strange unexpected blessing So Don switched Jabberwock new Astro Super Ferrite 15 belt reduction 12 sub-C cells Jabberwock now goes through roof spans almost 6 ft cool ing big pack glide forever 8-mm run did 14 mm sundown am about go all-Electric though tempted have too much fun trying live up crazy 40 Kadet flying things like Krackerjac 6-ft Vagabond RC-assist riding thermals dime dozen know enjoy LeCrate Vagabond reason challenge Limited Available Energythe con servation thereof K&B will idle over 20 mm 4 oz finding thermals killing power like shooting ducks rain barrel LeCrate know have 5 6 mm power get very high thermal hunting Ifs just great get payoff long soaring flight get Rubber too es pecially Scale energy good maybe 30 sec minute Rubber flights abso lutely beautiful seem far longer really Id like modify charging info passed earlier Until lately have peak-charging using either digital readout charger voltmeter charge until peak observed drop appears shut off six-cell Sanyo pack about 1060 volts Bob Bouchers Astro advice Ive cut out flight-drain too far can end up uneven cells peaking repeatedly leveling off cells begins damage battery sits same thing true Bobs advice trickle-charge Astros AC/DC charger handy since allows adjustable trickle long periods level off cells can trickle too Leisure digital charger night before flying Bob claimed charge 14 16 per cell plenty good Thats 96 six cells can get cycle charger dont have reset monitor leaving free fly Spare packs help too cant observe difference flight time peaking probably competition thing fact best flights happened occur moderate chargingand way Continued page 128 28 Mode Aviation c 4MARK XI JPower Panel FAST ST T RCHARGER UMI ADVANCED INTEGRATED CIRCUITRY way Add mufflers list Also props fuel tanks What need little structural integrity Otherwise someone might get hurt once saw nine-foot Custom Cavalier flying six inches beneath wing loose rubberbands stretched much pullout loop Think Safety Think 0-Forces models subjected great stress flight tired spar underdesigned surface can let go forces become too great Think lock nuts seek smooth power set tings dampen out vibration building orange cratewere building some sophisticated robot machinery can cruise 140 60 engine once excellent manufacture something wrong sheared almost mounting bolts time started up Two extra holes drilled four 1/8-in bolts would snap bench test freak happens build care test run trial fly boonies resist urge low roar crowdor someday maybe roar will crowd coming discuss low-level air manship Have safe month John Preston Model Aviation 1810 Samuel Morse Dr Reston VA 22090 Fun/Winter Continued page 28 battery lasts longer believe Bob Kopski series said same thing Gus Munich uses 300 squares 05 large gear-down 11-7 two servos shut off gets 10 mm 10-mm charge use two servosno separate ON OFFa fuse absolute must Id use fuse anyway play safe What previously read about peaking suggest forget Napoleans retreat Moscow mind Id like share some real fun provided bythismonthsguestL C Smitty Schmidt St Petersburg FL Judging mail area have oranges grapefruit about time pestered again little left-handed thinking Smitty announces enclose couple pictures shows old boy some Jetex efforts jumble top box Phffft IV heavy weight good penetration sporting fiberglass fishpole fuselage Atop two design call Sir occo very light consis tently good performers yet uncovered having just completed replace bad judgment land highway small job right hand named Brimstone has angles jailhouse lawyer probably hatched just prove myself am design rut offerings such boys local club Gulfhawks have dubbed George Perryman St Pete dont object put some kinda class company attend club meets time time Smitty goes go outside contest once year two collecting hardware leave capable hands feel inclined already have Pan Am clock Payload model pewter mug Coupe dHiver old trophy older Sirocco Jetex jobs also have old flight bag some long-forgotten deed field somewhere trophy totally useless item have shelf darkroom bit luck wont have explain other critter Smitty revs up prop unloaded Depth Charge sponsored Drunken Doughnuts have no idea Stan Hill started VHT models friend told having seen engine mounted forward fin Since seemed good way handle power developed inde pendently eye-balled time started out fiberglass fishpole fuselage Continued page 130 128 Model Aviation SOP WITH TABLOID PLANS AVAILABLE IN TWO SIZES 1/A Scale 90 2 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rails until airplane balances loca tion shown plans Glue tray spot Connect elevator rudder respective servos Run some soft iron wire through guide throttle servo engine Check ensure surfaces move proper direction control given throttle line runs smoothly correctly Attach fuel overflow lines engine Any warps wing tail surfaces should removed hot iron heat gun Fun/Winter Continued page 128 keyed plywood fin slots hottest thing market days Space Bug hung front end wasnt until later found Hill Ozzie Czeppa mounted wings underneath though never figured out platform behind fin still way Oh well whatever makes tires squeal reckon About year ago club members asked come went right informed VHT models should fly left dont know some people get information rate ROW surprise job little different has hull fuselage 400 squares Medallion 09 keep leaping off water re placed Babe Bee result realistic 10- 15-ft takeoff Tell ya ignorant wasand still amI called designs UHT Ultra High Thrust never knowing rest world spoke VHT Just finished magic black box says Smitty going glide help out old censored like rig wire bracing Indoor models completely adjustable mea sures 6 x 7 x 26 solves port ability problem Although small opens out create black hole makes nicirrome wire stand out like silver dollar mud puddle itll hold size wing position am proud dog two tails Speaking two-tailed dogs Bel lanca fuselage profile lifting airfoil others tooisnt deepbellied fuselage inverted airfoil what lose Bill Winter 4426 Altura Ct Fairfax VA 22030 IWhen writing advertisers mention read about Model Aviation Flying very good idea taxi around bit get familiar control response especially important have flying full-house birds used 130 Model Aviation * pius shipping DAVE V limECORPOR ION SYSTEMS ONE WOOD LANE MALVERNPA1935S t2t5l644-0692 landing gear mount very simple Screws go through ply plate good idea glue 1/16 balsa over mount inside fuselage keep wiring away sharp screw ends Builders Get f Better Start 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Edition: Model Aviation - 1984/01
Page Numbers: 18, 19, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 128, 130
DOCUMENTATION painful chore folks enter Scale events won der share view simpler days built few hundred so-called Scale jobs almost rubber-powered research limited stumbling over some three-view caught fancy Photos just stirred juices did bother details authentic markings people have libraries airplane books drawings articles photos Documentation sounds dull Some have love everything ever flew older subject greater fas Boeing F4B-4 fighters piloted daredevil Marines VF-9M thrilled air show audiences 1930s flying wing tip wing tip 18-plane stunt formationsso close fact planes occasional ly bumped other VF-9Ms Red Devils team sometimes practiced three times day pictures drawings Jess C Barrow collection courtesy Leatherneck magazine Engine cowls wheels VF-9Ms F4B-4s bright red three-plane section having solid-color tails red white blue Cen tered across top wing U S Marines large letters assist quick identification rolling around wild maneuvers regulation markings replaced 2-ft-high numerals side fuselage 30-in-high number underside bottom right wing panel rest airplane standard Navy-Marine colors might want model plane should note rather large bottom wing-fuselage fillet famous Squirrel Cage executed 18 F4B-4s spiral-dived through two nine-plane groups VO-7M 1-feildivers circled opposite directions finishing on-the-deck W pullouts grandstand flyby must have awesome sight sure show-stopper typical 18-plane act Marine F4B-4s Nine planes looped tail-chase through horizontal Figure 8 flown other nine about VF-9M text *fr I__ 14 K iS P48-4 LOOPING TO FORM SQUIRREL CAGE idANEUvER CIRCLES OF vO-7N PLANES GOING IN ORPOSiTE DIRECTIONS PULL OUT AT VERY LOW AL1TUeE-WIUE OPEN MmsYMmgTNTTLE 18 Model Aviation cination Collecting data transcends re search becomes hobby itself stories planes designers pilots times past wars exploits glory tragedy substances dreams Giant Scalers focus some favorite fly breathtaking realism Rubber Scalers have rare sensitivity things build because building time short gambol field flow ers bringing life again mystique subjects no else would build model turn treasured especi ally flies well enough conjur up visions guys happiest uniquely sharing taking pride whatever others life beautiful Interest something no other has built becomes long long trail may go like have occasionally mentioned fascination Boe ing 100 civilian version Boeing P-12 biplane fighter circa 1930 much like colorful F4B-4 fighter flew off carriers 100 premier aero batic steed men like Paul Mantz Milo Burcham Mail trickled West Coast reader sent copy Leatherneck May 1982 magazine Marine Corps another reader came book Aero PublishersBoe ing P-]2 F4B loaded pix factory floor flight some fullcolor schemes pic shows Model 100 rebuilt resemble Curtiss Helldiver movie Task Force 1 947 Its two-place same sweptback top wing Curtiss-like vertical tail wanted one-of-a-kind wouldnt drive judges mad vice versa cover Leatherneck trio F4Bs dive colors strangely different ings unique schemes used early Marine Corps air show teams Inside sensational six-page article illus trations Marine Fighting Squadron Nine-Mby Jess C Barrow Pappy Boy ington WW II Southwest Pacific super ace member Aviation Cadet article excerpt Barrows book same title pub lished 1981 Tab Booksavailable Marine Corps Association Ta Dal L G Schmidt left call Smittydubbed George Perryman St Pete Gulfhawksrevels left-handed thinking Youll never unravel pile zany crates sitting box see text although holds two HL Gliders right-handed left hand admiration left-handed throwing hand assuming hes right handed Winter thinks Smitty has Bills missing pipes day will live infamy. Center Smitty picks poetic names crates like Phffft IV Jetex Brimstone Depth Charge Sponsored Drunken Doughnuts foregound Depth Charge take off Stan Hills motor-on-pylon FF fuselage hull rise-off-water flying Little Buzzard has uncovered wing Some problem name probablycant get around Konefes Buzzard Bombshell think Right youve forgotten about Payloaders never heard em heres Smittys Fulcrum can compete small boys local meets national threat Smitty reassures us So far Smitty has won pewter mug Pan Am clock travel bag Winter suggests Claiming Race event January 1984 19 New props significantly improved performance Don Srulls Electric Sparky July 1983 MA Plan No 414 $850 As received imported plastic folding prop barely got plane off ground Originally pitch hub tip about 150 near zero Heated MonoKote iron prop twisted re-pitched go tip retaining 150 hub Heavier Electrics can fly very well Srulls scaled-up Jabberwock Wally Simmers design4A lb 600 sq wingdemonstrated gets 14-mm flights much glide using same im ported prop Sparky modified 19-in dia 13-in pitch twisting extending blade area diameter thin ply addition darker area prop new Astro Super Ferrite 15 motor 2A1 belt reduction 12 cells gives long high climb ship minimal climb 05 having 36 39 reduction Later Jabberwock version lightened considerably Winters LeCrate 460 sq Leisure 05 2%1 six cells Rev-Up 11-7% prop does 10 mm 45 sec thick cool evening air significant improvement climb rate since resulted reworking prop used rat-tail wood file streamline outer hub removed excess wood sanded blades thinner sharper leading edge rounded tips taper Bookservice Box 1775 Quantico VA 22134 $795 plus $1 shipping phoned Quantico permission ex cerpt obtain diagram few pictures Friendly people never theless said must have authors per mission Jess obliged supplied second diagram published article will dream tonight airplanes Marines wore handed-down clothes Navy know Marines foster devel opment aviation within corps Col Thomas C Turner Officer-inCharge Marine Aviation launched intensive publicity campaign 1930 failing convince Navy ad ditional funds equipment bad ly needed survival Marine Aviation took case people ordered special aerobatic squadron formed merely two- three-plane unit often seen other ser vices 1st Lt Lawson Sandy Sanderson given command VF 9M told simply mold squad ron top-flight demonstration team Sanderson asked about re strictions told Turner Just get job done anyway can dont want know did itjust dont get caught Sanderson somehow robbed other squadrons top pilots recruited ground crews above average disci plines No distinctions made between officers enlisted pilots Using six hand-me-down Curtiss F7C-l Seahawk fighters Rojo Diablos Red Devils became colorful fighter squadron Marine Aviation tory its daring air shows Chicago 1930 National Air Races won Sir Charles Orr Trophy Continued page 22 s 3 DATER 2 C FROM REAR WING RIRSI/ZUSREET LEADING EDGE 4 SO /32SREET TOP GNLRI--- WING SPAR NOTE ENTIRE MODEL COGERED WIT LIORT TISSUE I___ 5/6 C ENTER II /64 PS _____PIPE DREAM I/IA SO\ DES toRd H THOMASSECTDON W NOOPAN DOPRO ECTED I/IR03/3D ENGTR 4 JR DUERALL POWER SOURS RANDS R FLAT RARRER D GO UGESNEREASE FI/IRXO/OD NEEDED IIII _________II III'I SIMOLATE CAR N PROM R LAMINATIONSDU NUT CLT OUTI/3DR3/32-I/IROREEO ..OF /8 SREETON INSIDE LIONT ELASTIC DO I I I III III II I/II II SCALE IN INCISESRNGEMR AD I/3D SREES SOES0 2~R TERNATE PROP SR 8 EAR N ORT R DOWN 64 PLT TRRAST What see three-view cute 22-in Rubber job course nice CO-2 perhaps An 02 FF 30 36 tail-wagger rudder-only RC 02 049 say 48-in span about mini-servostwo three-channel An old-timer type RC 6 ft 19 05 electric motor say 60 66 60 20-ft span Hugh Enthrop once flew 23-ft FF Orwick 60 Nats Got good time went out-of-sight overhead 20 Model Aviation Fat Albert what Winter calls MRCs big new foam Cessna sport flying Enya 35 Doug Pratt AMAs PR Department test flying Bill arrived scene Center size huge Cessna apparent tiny-looking Enya 35 its nose wasnt weighing scale handy crate obviously quite light Right near-disappearance servos receiver Cessnas cathedral interior may tempt fliers store iced Cokes after strapping wing Winter pics High film strength lubricant increased power long engine life Detergents cut performance robbing varnish Highest quality ingredients insure top engine performance reliability Gal Price Drum Price Type Nitro o/a LubricantFreight PaidFreight-Collect FAI00/aSynthetic$ 675$13995 Ss50/aSynthetic$ 775$21995 Sc50/aCastor$ 775$21995 4cyl70/aCastor$ 850$28995 lOs100hSynthetic$ 895$32995 lOc100/aCastor$ 895$32995 R/G120/aSyn & Castor$ 995$34995 155150/aSynthetic$ 995$34995 20c200/aCastor$1395$51995 25s250/aSynthetic$1495$52995 40400/a15 Syn-5 Castor$199S$72995 50500/aSynthetic$2395$89595 60600/aSynthetic$26 95$99595 EXCEPT 54 GAL DRUMS MINIMUM ORDER 4 Gal Asst OK DISCOUNTS 24 63 Gal Deduct 5% Asstd OK 64 Gal Orders Deduct 100/a Asstd OK SHELDONS Hours HOBBY SHOP Mon Wed Fri & Sat 3157 Alum Rock Avenue 530 Thur 930-900 M/C San Jose California 95127Sun 1200-500 UPS COD $165 408 251-0787 322 So Gallatin RdMadison TN 37115 615 868-6811 Mon thru Sat am 500 pm GE RECHARGEABLES TO Replace expensive throwaway dry cell transmitter battery recharg eable nickel cadmium battery Ready use Replaces Eveready 276 nine volt dry cell battery Transmitter Ni-Cad Battery 000 Transmitter Ni-Cad Charger 895 Battery/Charger Combo $3500 Miami AU-American Air Maneuvers 1931 Cleveland National Air Races flying nine F7C-ls first pub lic appearance Squirrel Cage prompted papers describe squad ron greatest exhibition squad ron world Army Navy seen beginning Washington knew good thing Nine-M 1932 1933 allocated 28 prize Boeings Marines wouldnt guess assigned Nine-M Sanderson latched onto full 18-plane squadron July 5 1934 Capt Ford Rogers friend Sanderson took over baton weeks team practiced day some times three sessions flew close occasionally bumped flight greatest shoot-out came Cleveland Races 1934 Army Air Corps its famed 27th Pursuit Squad ron Selfridge Field flying new low-wing Boeing P-26As Navy brought its renowned Felix Cat Squadron based carri er Saratoga VF-9M granted permis sion use Heildivers assist show helps know people like Frank Tailman have described F4B indestructible Pursuits era could tossed around tight quarters like wouldnt believe Air Corps Navy put flawless tactical shows before sell-out crowd VF 9M show other hand based upon doing impossible 18 air planes 18 F4B-4s took off close mation routine after takeoff consisted two low passes demonstration close formation Bar row quotes Major General W Kreiser leader second division eaking two nine-plane divisions performed intersecting loops loops through figure-8 dive bombing miniature bombs gave off loud bang lots smoke ended grand finale Squirrel Cage landed formation ite chore 18 airplanes What about Helldivers drawing right youll note top 18 F4B-4s looping tail chase Squirrel Cage obliquely left downside last loop fighter succession went vertical rolling dive passing through two nine-plane layers Helldivers lay er circling opposite directions Pullouts front stands virtually ground wide-open throttle other drawing left nine F4B-4s looping through horizontal eight comprised other nine F4B-4s 1935 Tex Rogers squadron per formed 20 air shows US Canada flying open-cockpit fighters cross-country kinds weather Continued page 24 22 Model Aviation L REPAIR SERVICE FOR HOBBY LOBBY EK LOG ICTROL FUTABA T HOBBY SHACK ROYAL LINE SALES RADIO SYSTEMS FUTABA ROYAL ACCESSORIES FOR MOST RADIOS riiscrtminate Scale Fliers Denuand Dave PlattiTh Im perfectionist.my kits prove reputation finest models RC scale has founded upon careful attention detail period over twenty years fact Im particular about kits theyre available personally make kit sign hold myself responsible reproductions genuine Dave Platt kit guarantee true outline combined force arrangement flies properly THE ULTIMATE legendary beauty efficiency Spitfire 1/S scale Accurate last subtle curve Magnificierit indeed just silting simply awe inspiring flight Powered 90 121 glo engine Maximizer ultimate Spitfire siflprovide intense expenence sophisticated R/C modelerSpan 88Length 76Weight 15-20 lbs $ ii Bucker Jungmeister regular direct drive engines 60 90 65 span 1/4 scale ace aerobatic biplane time Still fits car $139 5I 1O9 snd bold flies great staying easily transportable 11/5 scale 79 span over 1000 sq ins 90 engines $179 New 1/4 Scale Pilot Supplied unpaini-Also$139 ed comes in- AiraIlable struction booklet 1/5 1/6 scale World Retracting Landing Gear $ War II Fighter Pilots full Now Strengthened figure$15heavie ships _______________________________ Complete system St 39 110W TO ORDERDireci manufacturer no mark-api Write call.sse accept check money order Master Charge Visa cards pay UPS anywhere USA IFlorida residents add 4% sales tax Yes accept foreign orders pon pay freight information model send self addressed envelope aave Dlatt nuodels inc 6940 NW 15th Street Plantation Florida 33313r Phone 305 587-4861 Noi ,Thlnivd ih n5 oihrr ro ens 24 Model Aviation Unlike todays teams Nine-M required carry full military load Navy-Marine war games 1936 stood Number entire Naval Service winning both bombing gunnery trophies Marine Aviation now firmly established within Navy Bureau Aeronautics sepa rate division welcomed aboard car riers equals No hand-me-downs 1937 pressure within Navy Marines back off promotion its aviation branch surprise Barrow recalls Rear Admiral Ernest King Chief Navys Bureau Aeronautics let known admired anyone seized initiative gusto Marines suggested anyone inclined think otherwise should tend own knitting Scale research has wheels within wheels read later letter Barrow hair stood end Twice past columns mentioned seeing incredible aerobatics pas sing Teterboro NJ 1933 Traffic snarled miles weekday Joining crowds people deserted cars saw tiny biplane twisting turning like leaf wind free style aerobatics strung together like machine gun fire Stunts came bursts next day went back hop ing find mysterious airplane Curtiss Seahawk Semper Fidelis emblem its side graceful little machine configured like Helidiver straight bottom wing swept-back top wingalso like Great Lakes beloved genera tions modelers Alas forgot pilots name 50 years wondered about phantom pilot Barrow told Sandy Sanderson man molded Marine Fighting Squadron Nine-M historys greatest air show demonstration team considered greatest pilot come out Marines mentioned Norm Ros enstock sent two pages Wylam drawings MAN appeared mags book Best Wylam marvelous side-view pic Since selected contents first two Wylam volumes bit shaken up Seahawk worthy antagonist Great Lakes Pitts model can still obtain Wylam plans Unlike classic Army Hawks tapered wings bulldog noses Seahawk 450-hp P&W Wasp bayonet stacks Townend ring pleases Seahawk designed 1926 battleship/carrier specs rejected tad slower F4B-4 anticipated few years Re jected sea duty handed-down Marines began teoric career Nine-M its fea tures continued later Navy craft Continued page 26 K 26 Model Aviation prototype stretched Heildiver Boeing edge Hawk Seahawk far better acrobatic model either Hawk Boeing aero batic magic swept-wing---remem ber Great Lakes Pitts Jungmeister et al less CG problem last mad dogs English men go out midday sun column told about spoiler caper power 6-ft Krackerjac have fixes mods can hold breath article coming down pike Also flew again rub ber ducky still cant handle its sensitive ailerons Lucky get down pieceyet again bitd like numerous cabin kits has aileron arms cocked forward remember high wing Too designs Usual ly bulkhead way What gives aileron differentialmore down up Thats backwards spot kit change ob tained some differential servo wheels Expert putting servo connectors far forward servo shaft line now have up down less travel hope use thing approach practice Out curiosity lengthen life faithful six-year-old K&B-Veco 19 RC-assist Vagabond gave mill POWR treatment 19 now quite angry Happy days Joined John Worth local park Electric ses sion cool eveningthats flight times highest Airplanes love thick cool air last time saw him John two Kitty wings biplane Airtronics RTF bird time Sportavia wing little crate let teil Sportavia/Kitty high climbing perpetual gliding steady machine will ever learn four-crate most-ofthe-day session Don Srull Shan gri-la Four Electrics Sparky son Mikes lead-sled modified Midwest Champion Dons new big Jabberwock Simmers rubber job scaled up LeCrate 11 oclock lift over occasional local thermalling areas well Don Sparky going seven cells own large gear reduction 05 modified 15-15 folder using twisted Carrera spine Two quick 13-mm flights take down Climb now agressive say 35 45 oz range 05 Mikes Champ after dug out six ounces still weighed monstrous 51 oz 381 reduction seven ceils 05 11-7 prop did 13 mm about can lighten suitable-area Gas kit fly Electric new Jabberwock big tad heavy 72 oz glides like ghost Climb geared 05 Continued page 28 ELJISE K 1973 DAE Revolutionized Modeling Statement Now Battery Can ALL AGAIN DAE ADVANCES THE ART OF ELECTRONIC ENGINE STARTING LOW POWER CONSUMPTIONOnly 800 milliamps maximum battery drain SOLID 15v PLUG OUTPUTMaintains 15v starter LIGHTS ANY 1V2V PLUGAutomatically adjusts current plug needs EFFICIENT OPERATION tarter MARK VI can also run 6v battery FEATURES AMERICAN MADE QUALITY PULSE DRIVER FOR ANY 1v PLUG 6v 12v FUEL PUMP SUPPLY DIRECTIONAL PUMP FLOW SWITCHES 48v 96v FAST CHARGER AMMETER MONITORING PLUG CHARGER CONNECTING HARDWARE INCLUDED Only $4795 SEE DEALER FIRSTDA Enteipilses unavailable r DirectADT INDIANA 47630 8323 7684020 * * Long Engine Life * * Use BRU LINE Air Cleaner Completely Fuel Proof Nylon Rubber Parts Cat No 102 Air Cleaner Coarse $225 Cat No 202 Air Cleaner Fine $225 Replacement Inserts Cat No 104 Pk/2 Inserts Coarse $195 Cat No204 Pk/2 lnsertsFine $195 FITS MOST ENGINES 25 UP SEE YOUR LOCAL HOBBY DEALER IF UNAVAILABLE LOCALLY SEND TO Add 75 shippingMichigan residents add 4% sales tax Bru Line Industries Inc PO Bax3786 Center Line Michigan 48015 bit too slowmore anon put LeCrate up 30 mm almost tore up trying get down Dives spirals stalls everything mixed using down well over area survived amazing thing conies out thermal glides straight once upwind fades gently either left right get closer thermal Upon finding thermal tightens up go round round up up Strange unexpected blessing So Don switched Jabberwock new Astro Super Ferrite 15 belt reduction 12 sub-C cells Jabberwock now goes through roof spans almost 6 ft cool ing big pack glide forever 8-mm run did 14 mm sundown am about go all-Electric though tempted have too much fun trying live up crazy 40 Kadet flying things like Krackerjac 6-ft Vagabond RC-assist riding thermals dime dozen know enjoy LeCrate Vagabond reason challenge Limited Available Energythe con servation thereof K&B will idle over 20 mm 4 oz finding thermals killing power like shooting ducks rain barrel LeCrate know have 5 6 mm power get very high thermal hunting Ifs just great get payoff long soaring flight get Rubber too es pecially Scale energy good maybe 30 sec minute Rubber flights abso lutely beautiful seem far longer really Id like modify charging info passed earlier Until lately have peak-charging using either digital readout charger voltmeter charge until peak observed drop appears shut off six-cell Sanyo pack about 1060 volts Bob Bouchers Astro advice Ive cut out flight-drain too far can end up uneven cells peaking repeatedly leveling off cells begins damage battery sits same thing true Bobs advice trickle-charge Astros AC/DC charger handy since allows adjustable trickle long periods level off cells can trickle too Leisure digital charger night before flying Bob claimed charge 14 16 per cell plenty good Thats 96 six cells can get cycle charger dont have reset monitor leaving free fly Spare packs help too cant observe difference flight time peaking probably competition thing fact best flights happened occur moderate chargingand way Continued page 128 28 Mode Aviation c 4MARK XI JPower Panel FAST ST T RCHARGER UMI ADVANCED INTEGRATED CIRCUITRY way Add mufflers list Also props fuel tanks What need little structural integrity Otherwise someone might get hurt once saw nine-foot Custom Cavalier flying six inches beneath wing loose rubberbands stretched much pullout loop Think Safety Think 0-Forces models subjected great stress flight tired spar underdesigned surface can let go forces become too great Think lock nuts seek smooth power set tings dampen out vibration building orange cratewere building some sophisticated robot machinery can cruise 140 60 engine once excellent manufacture something wrong sheared almost mounting bolts time started up Two extra holes drilled four 1/8-in bolts would snap bench test freak happens build care test run trial fly boonies resist urge low roar crowdor someday maybe roar will crowd coming discuss low-level air manship Have safe month John Preston Model Aviation 1810 Samuel Morse Dr Reston VA 22090 Fun/Winter Continued page 28 battery lasts longer believe Bob Kopski series said same thing Gus Munich uses 300 squares 05 large gear-down 11-7 two servos shut off gets 10 mm 10-mm charge use two servosno separate ON OFFa fuse absolute must Id use fuse anyway play safe What previously read about peaking suggest forget Napoleans retreat Moscow mind Id like share some real fun provided bythismonthsguestL C Smitty Schmidt St Petersburg FL Judging mail area have oranges grapefruit about time pestered again little left-handed thinking Smitty announces enclose couple pictures shows old boy some Jetex efforts jumble top box Phffft IV heavy weight good penetration sporting fiberglass fishpole fuselage Atop two design call Sir occo very light consis tently good performers yet uncovered having just completed replace bad judgment land highway small job right hand named Brimstone has angles jailhouse lawyer probably hatched just prove myself am design rut offerings such boys local club Gulfhawks have dubbed George Perryman St Pete dont object put some kinda class company attend club meets time time Smitty goes go outside contest once year two collecting hardware leave capable hands feel inclined already have Pan Am clock Payload model pewter mug Coupe dHiver old trophy older Sirocco Jetex jobs also have old flight bag some long-forgotten deed field somewhere trophy totally useless item have shelf darkroom bit luck wont have explain other critter Smitty revs up prop unloaded Depth Charge sponsored Drunken Doughnuts have no idea Stan Hill started VHT models friend told having seen engine mounted forward fin Since seemed good way handle power developed inde pendently eye-balled time started out fiberglass fishpole fuselage Continued page 130 128 Model Aviation SOP WITH TABLOID PLANS AVAILABLE IN TWO SIZES 1/A Scale 90 2 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rails until airplane balances loca tion shown plans Glue tray spot Connect elevator rudder respective servos Run some soft iron wire through guide throttle servo engine Check ensure surfaces move proper direction control given throttle line runs smoothly correctly Attach fuel overflow lines engine Any warps wing tail surfaces should removed hot iron heat gun Fun/Winter Continued page 128 keyed plywood fin slots hottest thing market days Space Bug hung front end wasnt until later found Hill Ozzie Czeppa mounted wings underneath though never figured out platform behind fin still way Oh well whatever makes tires squeal reckon About year ago club members asked come went right informed VHT models should fly left dont know some people get information rate ROW surprise job little different has hull fuselage 400 squares Medallion 09 keep leaping off water re placed Babe Bee result realistic 10- 15-ft takeoff Tell ya ignorant wasand still amI called designs UHT Ultra High Thrust never knowing rest world spoke VHT Just finished magic black box says Smitty going glide help out old censored like rig wire bracing Indoor models completely adjustable mea sures 6 x 7 x 26 solves port ability problem Although small opens out create black hole makes nicirrome wire stand out like silver dollar mud puddle itll hold size wing position am proud dog two tails Speaking two-tailed dogs Bel lanca fuselage profile lifting airfoil others tooisnt deepbellied fuselage inverted airfoil what lose Bill Winter 4426 Altura Ct Fairfax VA 22030 IWhen writing advertisers mention read about Model Aviation Flying very good idea taxi around bit get familiar control response especially important have flying full-house birds used 130 Model Aviation * pius shipping DAVE V limECORPOR ION SYSTEMS ONE WOOD LANE MALVERNPA1935S t2t5l644-0692 landing gear mount very simple Screws go through ply plate good idea glue 1/16 balsa over mount inside fuselage keep wiring away sharp screw ends Builders Get f Better Start 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Edition: Model Aviation - 1984/01
Page Numbers: 18, 19, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 128, 130
DOCUMENTATION painful chore folks enter Scale events won der share view simpler days built few hundred so-called Scale jobs almost rubber-powered research limited stumbling over some three-view caught fancy Photos just stirred juices did bother details authentic markings people have libraries airplane books drawings articles photos Documentation sounds dull Some have love everything ever flew older subject greater fas Boeing F4B-4 fighters piloted daredevil Marines VF-9M thrilled air show audiences 1930s flying wing tip wing tip 18-plane stunt formationsso close fact planes occasional ly bumped other VF-9Ms Red Devils team sometimes practiced three times day pictures drawings Jess C Barrow collection courtesy Leatherneck magazine Engine cowls wheels VF-9Ms F4B-4s bright red three-plane section having solid-color tails red white blue Cen tered across top wing U S Marines large letters assist quick identification rolling around wild maneuvers regulation markings replaced 2-ft-high numerals side fuselage 30-in-high number underside bottom right wing panel rest airplane standard Navy-Marine colors might want model plane should note rather large bottom wing-fuselage fillet famous Squirrel Cage executed 18 F4B-4s spiral-dived through two nine-plane groups VO-7M 1-feildivers circled opposite directions finishing on-the-deck W pullouts grandstand flyby must have awesome sight sure show-stopper typical 18-plane act Marine F4B-4s Nine planes looped tail-chase through horizontal Figure 8 flown other nine about VF-9M text *fr I__ 14 K iS P48-4 LOOPING TO FORM SQUIRREL CAGE idANEUvER CIRCLES OF vO-7N PLANES GOING IN ORPOSiTE DIRECTIONS PULL OUT AT VERY LOW AL1TUeE-WIUE OPEN MmsYMmgTNTTLE 18 Model Aviation cination Collecting data transcends re search becomes hobby itself stories planes designers pilots times past wars exploits glory tragedy substances dreams Giant Scalers focus some favorite fly breathtaking realism Rubber Scalers have rare sensitivity things build because building time short gambol field flow ers bringing life again mystique subjects no else would build model turn treasured especi ally flies well enough conjur up visions guys happiest uniquely sharing taking pride whatever others life beautiful Interest something no other has built becomes long long trail may go like have occasionally mentioned fascination Boe ing 100 civilian version Boeing P-12 biplane fighter circa 1930 much like colorful F4B-4 fighter flew off carriers 100 premier aero batic steed men like Paul Mantz Milo Burcham Mail trickled West Coast reader sent copy Leatherneck May 1982 magazine Marine Corps another reader came book Aero PublishersBoe ing P-]2 F4B loaded pix factory floor flight some fullcolor schemes pic shows Model 100 rebuilt resemble Curtiss Helldiver movie Task Force 1 947 Its two-place same sweptback top wing Curtiss-like vertical tail wanted one-of-a-kind wouldnt drive judges mad vice versa cover Leatherneck trio F4Bs dive colors strangely different ings unique schemes used early Marine Corps air show teams Inside sensational six-page article illus trations Marine Fighting Squadron Nine-Mby Jess C Barrow Pappy Boy ington WW II Southwest Pacific super ace member Aviation Cadet article excerpt Barrows book same title pub lished 1981 Tab Booksavailable Marine Corps Association Ta Dal L G Schmidt left call Smittydubbed George Perryman St Pete Gulfhawksrevels left-handed thinking Youll never unravel pile zany crates sitting box see text although holds two HL Gliders right-handed left hand admiration left-handed throwing hand assuming hes right handed Winter thinks Smitty has Bills missing pipes day will live infamy. Center Smitty picks poetic names crates like Phffft IV Jetex Brimstone Depth Charge Sponsored Drunken Doughnuts foregound Depth Charge take off Stan Hills motor-on-pylon FF fuselage hull rise-off-water flying Little Buzzard has uncovered wing Some problem name probablycant get around Konefes Buzzard Bombshell think Right youve forgotten about Payloaders never heard em heres Smittys Fulcrum can compete small boys local meets national threat Smitty reassures us So far Smitty has won pewter mug Pan Am clock travel bag Winter suggests Claiming Race event January 1984 19 New props significantly improved performance Don Srulls Electric Sparky July 1983 MA Plan No 414 $850 As received imported plastic folding prop barely got plane off ground Originally pitch hub tip about 150 near zero Heated MonoKote iron prop twisted re-pitched go tip retaining 150 hub Heavier Electrics can fly very well Srulls scaled-up Jabberwock Wally Simmers design4A lb 600 sq wingdemonstrated gets 14-mm flights much glide using same im ported prop Sparky modified 19-in dia 13-in pitch twisting extending blade area diameter thin ply addition darker area prop new Astro Super Ferrite 15 motor 2A1 belt reduction 12 cells gives long high climb ship minimal climb 05 having 36 39 reduction Later Jabberwock version lightened considerably Winters LeCrate 460 sq Leisure 05 2%1 six cells Rev-Up 11-7% prop does 10 mm 45 sec thick cool evening air significant improvement climb rate since resulted reworking prop used rat-tail wood file streamline outer hub removed excess wood sanded blades thinner sharper leading edge rounded tips taper Bookservice Box 1775 Quantico VA 22134 $795 plus $1 shipping phoned Quantico permission ex cerpt obtain diagram few pictures Friendly people never theless said must have authors per mission Jess obliged supplied second diagram published article will dream tonight airplanes Marines wore handed-down clothes Navy know Marines foster devel opment aviation within corps Col Thomas C Turner Officer-inCharge Marine Aviation launched intensive publicity campaign 1930 failing convince Navy ad ditional funds equipment bad ly needed survival Marine Aviation took case people ordered special aerobatic squadron formed merely two- three-plane unit often seen other ser vices 1st Lt Lawson Sandy Sanderson given command VF 9M told simply mold squad ron top-flight demonstration team Sanderson asked about re strictions told Turner Just get job done anyway can dont want know did itjust dont get caught Sanderson somehow robbed other squadrons top pilots recruited ground crews above average disci plines No distinctions made between officers enlisted pilots Using six hand-me-down Curtiss F7C-l Seahawk fighters Rojo Diablos Red Devils became colorful fighter squadron Marine Aviation tory its daring air shows Chicago 1930 National Air Races won Sir Charles Orr Trophy Continued page 22 s 3 DATER 2 C FROM REAR WING RIRSI/ZUSREET LEADING EDGE 4 SO /32SREET TOP GNLRI--- WING SPAR NOTE 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Races 1934 Army Air Corps its famed 27th Pursuit Squad ron Selfridge Field flying new low-wing Boeing P-26As Navy brought its renowned Felix Cat Squadron based carri er Saratoga VF-9M granted permis sion use Heildivers assist show helps know people like Frank Tailman have described F4B indestructible Pursuits era could tossed around tight quarters like wouldnt believe Air Corps Navy put flawless tactical shows before sell-out crowd VF 9M show other hand based upon doing impossible 18 air planes 18 F4B-4s took off close mation routine after takeoff consisted two low passes demonstration close formation Bar row quotes Major General W Kreiser leader second division eaking two nine-plane divisions performed intersecting loops loops through figure-8 dive bombing miniature bombs gave off loud bang lots smoke ended grand finale Squirrel Cage landed formation ite chore 18 airplanes What about Helldivers drawing right youll note top 18 F4B-4s looping tail chase Squirrel Cage obliquely left downside last loop fighter succession went vertical rolling dive passing through two nine-plane layers Helldivers lay er circling opposite directions Pullouts front stands virtually ground wide-open throttle other drawing left nine F4B-4s looping through horizontal eight comprised other nine F4B-4s 1935 Tex Rogers squadron per formed 20 air shows US Canada flying open-cockpit fighters cross-country kinds weather Continued page 24 22 Model Aviation L REPAIR SERVICE FOR HOBBY LOBBY EK LOG ICTROL FUTABA T HOBBY SHACK ROYAL LINE SALES RADIO SYSTEMS FUTABA ROYAL ACCESSORIES FOR MOST RADIOS riiscrtminate Scale Fliers Denuand Dave PlattiTh Im perfectionist.my kits prove reputation finest models RC scale has founded upon careful attention detail period over twenty years fact Im particular about kits theyre available personally make kit sign hold myself responsible reproductions genuine Dave Platt kit guarantee true outline combined force arrangement flies properly THE ULTIMATE legendary beauty 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envelope aave Dlatt nuodels inc 6940 NW 15th Street Plantation Florida 33313r Phone 305 587-4861 Noi ,Thlnivd ih n5 oihrr ro ens 24 Model Aviation Unlike todays teams Nine-M required carry full military load Navy-Marine war games 1936 stood Number entire Naval Service winning both bombing gunnery trophies Marine Aviation now firmly established within Navy Bureau Aeronautics sepa rate division welcomed aboard car riers equals No hand-me-downs 1937 pressure within Navy Marines back off promotion its aviation branch surprise Barrow recalls Rear Admiral Ernest King Chief Navys Bureau Aeronautics let known admired anyone seized initiative gusto Marines suggested anyone inclined think otherwise should tend own knitting Scale research has wheels within wheels read later letter Barrow hair stood end Twice past columns mentioned seeing incredible aerobatics pas sing Teterboro NJ 1933 Traffic snarled miles weekday Joining crowds people deserted cars saw tiny biplane twisting turning like leaf wind free style aerobatics strung together like machine gun fire Stunts came bursts next day went back hop ing find mysterious airplane Curtiss Seahawk Semper Fidelis emblem its side graceful little machine configured like Helidiver straight bottom wing swept-back top wingalso like Great Lakes beloved genera tions modelers Alas forgot pilots name 50 years wondered about phantom pilot Barrow told Sandy Sanderson man molded Marine Fighting Squadron Nine-M historys greatest air show demonstration team considered greatest pilot come out Marines mentioned Norm Ros enstock sent two pages Wylam drawings MAN appeared mags book Best Wylam marvelous side-view pic Since selected contents first two Wylam volumes bit shaken up Seahawk worthy antagonist Great Lakes Pitts model can still obtain Wylam plans Unlike classic Army Hawks tapered wings bulldog noses Seahawk 450-hp P&W Wasp bayonet stacks Townend ring pleases Seahawk designed 1926 battleship/carrier specs rejected tad slower F4B-4 anticipated few years Re jected sea duty handed-down Marines began teoric career Nine-M its fea tures continued later Navy craft Continued page 26 K 26 Model Aviation prototype stretched Heildiver Boeing edge Hawk Seahawk far better acrobatic model either Hawk Boeing aero batic magic swept-wing---remem ber Great Lakes Pitts Jungmeister et al less CG problem last mad dogs English men go out midday sun column told about spoiler caper power 6-ft Krackerjac have fixes mods can hold breath article coming down pike Also flew again rub ber ducky still cant handle its sensitive ailerons Lucky get down pieceyet again bitd like numerous cabin kits has aileron arms cocked forward remember high wing Too designs Usual ly bulkhead way What gives aileron differentialmore down up Thats backwards spot kit change ob tained some differential servo wheels Expert putting servo connectors far forward servo shaft line now have up down less travel hope use thing approach practice Out curiosity lengthen life faithful six-year-old K&B-Veco 19 RC-assist Vagabond gave mill POWR treatment 19 now quite angry Happy days Joined John Worth local park Electric ses sion cool eveningthats flight times highest Airplanes love thick cool air last time saw him John two Kitty wings biplane Airtronics RTF bird time Sportavia wing little crate let teil Sportavia/Kitty high climbing perpetual gliding steady machine will ever learn four-crate most-ofthe-day session Don Srull Shan gri-la Four Electrics Sparky son Mikes lead-sled modified Midwest Champion Dons new big Jabberwock Simmers rubber job scaled up LeCrate 11 oclock lift over occasional local thermalling areas well Don Sparky going seven cells own large gear reduction 05 modified 15-15 folder using twisted Carrera spine Two quick 13-mm flights take down Climb now agressive say 35 45 oz range 05 Mikes Champ after dug out six ounces still weighed monstrous 51 oz 381 reduction seven ceils 05 11-7 prop did 13 mm about can lighten suitable-area Gas kit fly Electric new Jabberwock big tad heavy 72 oz glides like ghost Climb geared 05 Continued page 28 ELJISE K 1973 DAE Revolutionized Modeling Statement Now Battery Can ALL AGAIN DAE ADVANCES THE ART OF ELECTRONIC ENGINE STARTING LOW POWER CONSUMPTIONOnly 800 milliamps maximum battery drain SOLID 15v PLUG OUTPUTMaintains 15v starter LIGHTS ANY 1V2V PLUGAutomatically adjusts current plug needs EFFICIENT OPERATION tarter MARK VI can also run 6v battery FEATURES AMERICAN MADE QUALITY PULSE DRIVER FOR ANY 1v PLUG 6v 12v FUEL PUMP SUPPLY DIRECTIONAL PUMP FLOW SWITCHES 48v 96v FAST CHARGER AMMETER MONITORING PLUG CHARGER CONNECTING HARDWARE INCLUDED Only $4795 SEE DEALER FIRSTDA Enteipilses unavailable r DirectADT INDIANA 47630 8323 7684020 * * Long Engine Life * * Use BRU LINE Air Cleaner Completely Fuel Proof Nylon Rubber Parts Cat No 102 Air Cleaner Coarse $225 Cat No 202 Air Cleaner Fine $225 Replacement Inserts Cat No 104 Pk/2 Inserts Coarse $195 Cat No204 Pk/2 lnsertsFine $195 FITS MOST ENGINES 25 UP SEE YOUR LOCAL HOBBY DEALER IF UNAVAILABLE LOCALLY SEND TO Add 75 shippingMichigan residents add 4% sales tax Bru Line Industries Inc PO Bax3786 Center Line Michigan 48015 bit too slowmore anon put LeCrate up 30 mm almost tore up trying get down Dives spirals stalls everything mixed using down well over area survived amazing thing conies out thermal glides straight once upwind fades gently either left right get closer thermal Upon finding thermal tightens up go round round up up Strange unexpected blessing So Don switched Jabberwock new Astro Super Ferrite 15 belt reduction 12 sub-C cells Jabberwock now goes through roof spans almost 6 ft cool ing big pack glide forever 8-mm run did 14 mm sundown am about go all-Electric though tempted have too much fun trying live up crazy 40 Kadet flying things like Krackerjac 6-ft Vagabond RC-assist riding thermals dime dozen know enjoy LeCrate Vagabond reason challenge Limited Available Energythe con servation thereof K&B will idle over 20 mm 4 oz finding thermals killing power like shooting ducks rain barrel LeCrate know have 5 6 mm power get very high thermal hunting Ifs just great get payoff long soaring flight get Rubber too es pecially Scale energy good maybe 30 sec minute Rubber flights abso lutely beautiful seem far longer really Id like modify charging info passed earlier Until lately have peak-charging using either digital readout charger voltmeter charge until peak observed drop appears shut off six-cell Sanyo pack about 1060 volts Bob Bouchers Astro advice Ive cut out flight-drain too far can end up uneven cells peaking repeatedly leveling off cells begins damage battery sits same thing true Bobs advice trickle-charge Astros AC/DC charger handy since allows adjustable trickle long periods level off cells can trickle too Leisure digital charger night before flying Bob claimed charge 14 16 per cell plenty good Thats 96 six cells can get cycle charger dont have reset monitor leaving free fly Spare packs help too cant observe difference flight time peaking probably competition thing fact best flights happened occur moderate chargingand way Continued page 128 28 Mode Aviation c 4MARK XI JPower Panel FAST ST T RCHARGER UMI ADVANCED INTEGRATED CIRCUITRY way Add mufflers list Also props fuel tanks What need little structural integrity Otherwise someone might get hurt once saw nine-foot Custom Cavalier flying six inches beneath wing loose rubberbands stretched much pullout loop Think Safety Think 0-Forces models subjected great stress flight tired spar underdesigned surface can let go forces become too great Think lock nuts seek smooth power set tings dampen out vibration building orange cratewere building some sophisticated robot machinery can cruise 140 60 engine once excellent manufacture something wrong sheared almost mounting bolts time started up Two extra holes drilled four 1/8-in bolts would snap bench test freak happens build care test run trial fly boonies resist urge low roar crowdor someday maybe roar will crowd coming discuss low-level air manship Have safe month John Preston Model Aviation 1810 Samuel Morse Dr Reston VA 22090 Fun/Winter Continued page 28 battery lasts longer believe Bob Kopski series said same thing Gus Munich uses 300 squares 05 large gear-down 11-7 two servos shut off gets 10 mm 10-mm charge use two servosno separate ON OFFa fuse absolute must Id use fuse anyway play safe What previously read about peaking suggest forget Napoleans retreat Moscow mind Id like share some real fun provided bythismonthsguestL C Smitty Schmidt St Petersburg FL Judging mail area have oranges grapefruit about time pestered again little left-handed thinking Smitty announces enclose couple pictures shows old boy some Jetex efforts jumble top box Phffft IV heavy weight good penetration sporting fiberglass fishpole fuselage Atop two design call Sir occo very light consis tently good performers yet uncovered having just completed replace bad judgment land highway small job right hand named Brimstone has angles jailhouse lawyer probably hatched just prove myself am design rut offerings such boys local club Gulfhawks have dubbed George Perryman St Pete dont object put some kinda class company attend club meets time time Smitty goes go outside contest once year two collecting hardware leave capable hands feel inclined already have Pan Am clock Payload model pewter mug Coupe dHiver old trophy older Sirocco Jetex jobs also have old flight bag some long-forgotten deed field somewhere trophy totally useless item have shelf darkroom bit luck wont have explain other critter Smitty revs up prop unloaded Depth Charge sponsored Drunken Doughnuts have no idea Stan Hill started VHT models friend told having seen engine mounted forward fin Since seemed good way handle power developed inde pendently eye-balled time started out fiberglass fishpole fuselage Continued page 130 128 Model Aviation SOP WITH TABLOID PLANS AVAILABLE IN TWO SIZES 1/A Scale 90 2 EngInes2% EngInes SOPWITH TABLOIDI/ASeal77 Span$2400 ppUSA SOPWITH TABLOID2V 164 Span$1000 ppUSA AT-6 TEXAN24 1101 SpanS2700 ppUSA POEKOR DR-i27 I02 Telpa$2500 ppUSA P4U CORSAIR2 193 Span$2700ppUSA CURTISS 452 I94 Span$2700 ppUSA POP BEARCAT2A I06 Span$2700 ppUSA Fibeglaes Cowlings & Canopies ale available Send Slanp tIle delaIed Brachues tbanl Scale Accessories Foregn Orders Please add 255 Postage & Handlirlgl Nick Ziroli 29 Edgar Drive Smlthtown NY 11787 USA LLVLL U 13311 Beach Ave na Del Rey CA 2 821-6242 Magic Dragon Trainer Fire Fox Pre-Built Price $9995 Engine 25 Cu Pre-Built Price $12495 Engine 40 Cu Wing Span 55 Radio 3 4 Channels ng Span S2/2 nfl Radio 4 Channels balsa construction Ready fine seed end coverAll boise construction Reedy fine send cover Contral surfaces hinged Nalico lending gear 5132 noseControl surfaces hinged Has boltan wing end Halico ian gear strut Fitted canopy instruction booklet hardding gear ABS wheei pants mounted ascii installed ledudedFitted canopy instruction booklet herdware Included DEALER INQUIRIES INVITED Other ModelsSend Free Brochsre nd check MO Credit Cards accepted Add $850 UPS shipping 350P51 carton Fl res add 5% tax RICUS Hwy 19 No. Palm Harbor Florida 33563813 938-3266 S POWR ZOOM winch serious flyer t4 demands extraordinary launching power sailplane particularly F3Bscale cross-country Included antikiting/ antibacklash brake 2200 ft braided nylon 160 lb line manual tow drum foot brake new specially engineered motor much capable drum speeds 5000 rpm launching 3 meter sailplane XgJL choose speed select pulleys launchaminute flights use companion RETRIEVER $250 Write call information Ironside/Randoiph Continued page 36 built-up now Once covered mounted screws through brackets sol dered landing gear wheels installed Epoxy wing hold-down dowels place Make plywood servo tray same width inside fuselage cabin area Mount servos tray Mount engine place receiver battery pack forward part cabin area Slide servo tray along servo rails until airplane balances loca tion shown plans Glue tray spot Connect elevator rudder respective servos Run some soft iron wire through guide throttle servo engine Check ensure surfaces move proper direction control given throttle line runs smoothly correctly Attach fuel overflow lines engine Any warps wing tail surfaces should removed hot iron heat gun Fun/Winter Continued page 128 keyed plywood fin slots hottest thing market days Space Bug hung front end wasnt until later found Hill Ozzie Czeppa mounted wings underneath though never figured out platform behind fin still way Oh well whatever makes tires squeal reckon About year ago club members asked come went right informed VHT models should fly left dont know some people get information rate ROW surprise job little different has hull fuselage 400 squares Medallion 09 keep leaping off water re placed Babe Bee result realistic 10- 15-ft takeoff Tell ya ignorant wasand still amI called designs UHT Ultra High Thrust never knowing rest world spoke VHT Just finished magic black box says Smitty going glide help out old censored like rig wire bracing Indoor models completely adjustable mea sures 6 x 7 x 26 solves port ability problem Although small opens out create black hole makes nicirrome wire stand out like silver dollar mud puddle itll hold size wing position am proud dog two tails Speaking two-tailed dogs Bel lanca fuselage profile lifting airfoil others tooisnt deepbellied fuselage inverted airfoil what lose Bill Winter 4426 Altura Ct Fairfax VA 22030 IWhen writing advertisers mention read about Model Aviation Flying very good idea taxi around bit get familiar control response especially important have flying full-house birds used 130 Model Aviation * pius shipping DAVE V limECORPOR ION SYSTEMS ONE WOOD LANE MALVERNPA1935S t2t5l644-0692 landing gear mount very simple Screws go through ply plate good idea glue 1/16 balsa over mount inside fuselage keep wiring away sharp screw ends Builders Get f Better Start 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Edition: Model Aviation - 1984/01
Page Numbers: 18, 19, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 128, 130
DOCUMENTATION painful chore folks enter Scale events won der share view simpler days built few hundred so-called Scale jobs almost rubber-powered research limited stumbling over some three-view caught fancy Photos just stirred juices did bother details authentic markings people have libraries airplane books drawings articles photos Documentation sounds dull Some have love everything ever flew older subject greater fas Boeing F4B-4 fighters piloted daredevil Marines VF-9M thrilled air show audiences 1930s flying wing tip wing tip 18-plane stunt formationsso close fact planes occasional ly bumped other VF-9Ms Red Devils team sometimes practiced three times day pictures drawings Jess C Barrow collection courtesy Leatherneck magazine Engine cowls wheels VF-9Ms F4B-4s bright red three-plane section having solid-color tails red white blue Cen tered across top wing U S Marines large letters assist quick identification rolling around wild maneuvers regulation markings replaced 2-ft-high numerals side fuselage 30-in-high number underside bottom right wing panel rest airplane standard Navy-Marine colors might want model plane should note rather large bottom wing-fuselage fillet famous Squirrel Cage executed 18 F4B-4s spiral-dived through two nine-plane groups VO-7M 1-feildivers circled opposite directions finishing on-the-deck W pullouts grandstand flyby must have awesome sight sure show-stopper typical 18-plane act Marine F4B-4s Nine planes looped tail-chase through horizontal Figure 8 flown other nine about VF-9M text *fr I__ 14 K iS P48-4 LOOPING TO FORM SQUIRREL CAGE idANEUvER CIRCLES OF vO-7N PLANES GOING IN ORPOSiTE DIRECTIONS PULL OUT AT VERY LOW AL1TUeE-WIUE OPEN MmsYMmgTNTTLE 18 Model Aviation cination Collecting data transcends re search becomes hobby itself stories planes designers pilots times past wars exploits glory tragedy substances dreams Giant Scalers focus some favorite fly breathtaking realism Rubber Scalers have rare sensitivity things build because building time short gambol field flow ers bringing life again mystique subjects no else would build model turn treasured especi ally flies well enough conjur up visions guys happiest uniquely sharing taking pride whatever others life beautiful Interest something no other has built becomes long long trail may go like have occasionally mentioned fascination Boe ing 100 civilian version Boeing P-12 biplane fighter circa 1930 much like colorful F4B-4 fighter flew off carriers 100 premier aero batic steed men like Paul Mantz Milo Burcham Mail trickled West Coast reader sent copy Leatherneck May 1982 magazine Marine Corps another reader came book Aero PublishersBoe ing P-]2 F4B loaded pix factory floor flight some fullcolor schemes pic shows Model 100 rebuilt resemble Curtiss Helldiver movie Task Force 1 947 Its two-place same sweptback top wing Curtiss-like vertical tail wanted one-of-a-kind wouldnt drive judges mad vice versa cover Leatherneck trio F4Bs dive colors strangely different ings unique schemes used early Marine Corps air show teams Inside sensational six-page article illus trations Marine Fighting Squadron Nine-Mby Jess C Barrow Pappy Boy ington WW II Southwest Pacific super ace member Aviation Cadet article excerpt Barrows book same title pub lished 1981 Tab Booksavailable Marine Corps Association Ta Dal L G Schmidt left call Smittydubbed George Perryman St Pete Gulfhawksrevels left-handed thinking Youll never unravel pile zany crates sitting box see text although holds two HL Gliders right-handed left hand admiration left-handed throwing hand assuming hes right handed Winter thinks Smitty has Bills missing pipes day will live infamy. Center Smitty picks poetic names crates like Phffft IV Jetex Brimstone Depth Charge Sponsored Drunken Doughnuts foregound Depth Charge take off Stan Hills motor-on-pylon FF fuselage hull rise-off-water flying Little Buzzard has uncovered wing Some problem name probablycant get around Konefes Buzzard Bombshell think Right youve forgotten about Payloaders never heard em heres Smittys Fulcrum can compete small boys local meets national threat Smitty reassures us So far Smitty has won pewter mug Pan Am clock travel bag Winter suggests Claiming Race event January 1984 19 New props significantly improved performance Don Srulls Electric Sparky July 1983 MA Plan No 414 $850 As received imported plastic folding prop barely got plane off ground Originally pitch hub tip about 150 near zero Heated MonoKote iron prop twisted re-pitched go tip retaining 150 hub Heavier Electrics can fly very well Srulls scaled-up Jabberwock Wally Simmers design4A lb 600 sq wingdemonstrated gets 14-mm flights much glide using same im ported prop Sparky modified 19-in dia 13-in pitch twisting extending blade area diameter thin ply addition darker area prop new Astro Super Ferrite 15 motor 2A1 belt reduction 12 cells gives long high climb ship minimal climb 05 having 36 39 reduction Later Jabberwock version lightened considerably Winters LeCrate 460 sq Leisure 05 2%1 six cells Rev-Up 11-7% prop does 10 mm 45 sec thick cool evening air significant improvement climb rate since resulted reworking prop used rat-tail wood file streamline outer hub removed excess wood sanded blades thinner sharper leading edge rounded tips taper Bookservice Box 1775 Quantico VA 22134 $795 plus $1 shipping phoned Quantico permission ex cerpt obtain diagram few pictures Friendly people never theless said must have authors per mission Jess obliged supplied second diagram published article will dream tonight airplanes Marines wore handed-down clothes Navy know Marines foster devel opment aviation within corps Col Thomas C Turner Officer-inCharge Marine Aviation launched intensive publicity campaign 1930 failing convince Navy ad ditional funds equipment bad ly needed survival Marine Aviation took case people ordered special aerobatic squadron formed merely two- three-plane unit often seen other ser vices 1st Lt Lawson Sandy Sanderson given command VF 9M told simply mold squad ron top-flight demonstration team Sanderson asked about re strictions told Turner Just get job done anyway can dont want know did itjust dont get caught Sanderson somehow robbed other squadrons top pilots recruited ground crews above average disci plines No distinctions made between officers enlisted pilots Using six hand-me-down Curtiss F7C-l Seahawk fighters Rojo Diablos Red Devils became colorful fighter squadron Marine Aviation tory its daring air shows Chicago 1930 National Air Races won Sir Charles Orr Trophy Continued page 22 s 3 DATER 2 C FROM REAR WING RIRSI/ZUSREET LEADING EDGE 4 SO /32SREET TOP GNLRI--- WING SPAR NOTE ENTIRE MODEL COGERED WIT LIORT TISSUE I___ 5/6 C ENTER II /64 PS _____PIPE DREAM I/IA SO\ DES toRd H THOMASSECTDON W NOOPAN DOPRO ECTED I/IR03/3D ENGTR 4 JR DUERALL POWER SOURS RANDS R FLAT RARRER D GO UGESNEREASE FI/IRXO/OD NEEDED IIII _________II III'I SIMOLATE CAR N PROM R LAMINATIONSDU NUT CLT OUTI/3DR3/32-I/IROREEO ..OF /8 SREETON INSIDE LIONT ELASTIC DO I I I III III II I/II II SCALE IN INCISESRNGEMR AD I/3D SREES SOES0 2~R TERNATE PROP SR 8 EAR N ORT R DOWN 64 PLT TRRAST What see three-view cute 22-in Rubber job course nice CO-2 perhaps An 02 FF 30 36 tail-wagger rudder-only RC 02 049 say 48-in span about mini-servostwo three-channel An old-timer type RC 6 ft 19 05 electric motor say 60 66 60 20-ft span Hugh Enthrop once flew 23-ft FF Orwick 60 Nats Got good time went out-of-sight overhead 20 Model Aviation Fat Albert what Winter calls MRCs big new foam Cessna sport flying Enya 35 Doug Pratt AMAs PR Department test flying Bill arrived scene Center size huge Cessna apparent tiny-looking Enya 35 its nose wasnt weighing scale handy crate obviously quite light Right near-disappearance servos receiver Cessnas cathedral interior may tempt fliers store iced Cokes after strapping wing Winter pics High film strength lubricant increased power long engine life Detergents cut performance robbing varnish Highest quality ingredients insure top engine performance reliability Gal Price Drum Price Type Nitro o/a LubricantFreight PaidFreight-Collect FAI00/aSynthetic$ 675$13995 Ss50/aSynthetic$ 775$21995 Sc50/aCastor$ 775$21995 4cyl70/aCastor$ 850$28995 lOs100hSynthetic$ 895$32995 lOc100/aCastor$ 895$32995 R/G120/aSyn & Castor$ 995$34995 155150/aSynthetic$ 995$34995 20c200/aCastor$1395$51995 25s250/aSynthetic$1495$52995 40400/a15 Syn-5 Castor$199S$72995 50500/aSynthetic$2395$89595 60600/aSynthetic$26 95$99595 EXCEPT 54 GAL DRUMS MINIMUM ORDER 4 Gal Asst OK DISCOUNTS 24 63 Gal Deduct 5% Asstd OK 64 Gal Orders Deduct 100/a Asstd OK SHELDONS Hours HOBBY SHOP Mon Wed Fri & Sat 3157 Alum Rock Avenue 530 Thur 930-900 M/C San Jose California 95127Sun 1200-500 UPS COD $165 408 251-0787 322 So Gallatin RdMadison TN 37115 615 868-6811 Mon thru Sat am 500 pm GE RECHARGEABLES TO Replace expensive throwaway dry cell transmitter battery recharg eable nickel cadmium battery Ready use Replaces Eveready 276 nine volt dry cell battery Transmitter Ni-Cad Battery 000 Transmitter Ni-Cad Charger 895 Battery/Charger Combo $3500 Miami AU-American Air Maneuvers 1931 Cleveland National Air Races flying nine F7C-ls first pub lic appearance Squirrel Cage prompted papers describe squad ron greatest exhibition squad ron world Army Navy seen beginning Washington knew good thing Nine-M 1932 1933 allocated 28 prize Boeings Marines wouldnt guess assigned Nine-M Sanderson latched onto full 18-plane squadron July 5 1934 Capt Ford Rogers friend Sanderson took over baton weeks team practiced day some times three sessions flew close occasionally bumped flight greatest shoot-out came Cleveland Races 1934 Army Air Corps its famed 27th Pursuit Squad ron Selfridge Field flying new low-wing Boeing P-26As Navy brought its renowned Felix Cat Squadron based carri er Saratoga VF-9M granted permis sion use Heildivers assist show helps know people like Frank Tailman have described F4B indestructible Pursuits era could tossed around tight quarters like wouldnt believe Air Corps Navy put flawless tactical shows before sell-out crowd VF 9M show other hand based upon doing impossible 18 air planes 18 F4B-4s took off close mation routine after takeoff consisted two low passes demonstration close formation Bar row quotes Major General W Kreiser leader second division eaking two nine-plane divisions performed intersecting loops loops through figure-8 dive bombing miniature bombs gave off loud bang lots smoke ended grand finale Squirrel Cage landed formation ite chore 18 airplanes What about Helldivers drawing right youll note top 18 F4B-4s looping tail chase Squirrel Cage obliquely left downside last loop fighter succession went vertical rolling dive passing through two nine-plane layers Helldivers lay er circling opposite directions Pullouts front stands virtually ground wide-open throttle other drawing left nine F4B-4s looping through horizontal eight comprised other nine F4B-4s 1935 Tex Rogers squadron per formed 20 air shows US Canada flying open-cockpit fighters cross-country kinds weather Continued page 24 22 Model Aviation L REPAIR SERVICE FOR HOBBY LOBBY EK LOG ICTROL FUTABA T HOBBY SHACK ROYAL LINE SALES RADIO SYSTEMS FUTABA ROYAL ACCESSORIES FOR MOST RADIOS riiscrtminate Scale Fliers Denuand Dave PlattiTh Im perfectionist.my kits prove reputation finest models RC scale has founded upon careful attention detail period over twenty years fact Im particular about kits theyre available personally make kit sign hold myself responsible reproductions genuine Dave Platt kit guarantee true outline combined force arrangement flies properly THE ULTIMATE legendary beauty 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envelope aave Dlatt nuodels inc 6940 NW 15th Street Plantation Florida 33313r Phone 305 587-4861 Noi ,Thlnivd ih n5 oihrr ro ens 24 Model Aviation Unlike todays teams Nine-M required carry full military load Navy-Marine war games 1936 stood Number entire Naval Service winning both bombing gunnery trophies Marine Aviation now firmly established within Navy Bureau Aeronautics sepa rate division welcomed aboard car riers equals No hand-me-downs 1937 pressure within Navy Marines back off promotion its aviation branch surprise Barrow recalls Rear Admiral Ernest King Chief Navys Bureau Aeronautics let known admired anyone seized initiative gusto Marines suggested anyone inclined think otherwise should tend own knitting Scale research has wheels within wheels read later letter Barrow hair stood end Twice past columns mentioned seeing incredible aerobatics pas sing Teterboro NJ 1933 Traffic snarled miles weekday Joining crowds people deserted cars saw tiny biplane twisting turning like leaf wind free style aerobatics strung together like machine gun fire Stunts came bursts next day went back hop ing find mysterious airplane Curtiss Seahawk Semper Fidelis emblem its side graceful little machine configured like Helidiver straight bottom wing swept-back top wingalso like Great Lakes beloved genera tions modelers Alas forgot pilots name 50 years wondered about phantom pilot Barrow told Sandy Sanderson man molded Marine Fighting Squadron Nine-M historys greatest air show demonstration team considered greatest pilot come out Marines mentioned Norm Ros enstock sent two pages Wylam drawings MAN appeared mags book Best Wylam marvelous side-view pic Since selected contents first two Wylam volumes bit shaken up Seahawk worthy antagonist Great Lakes Pitts model can still obtain Wylam plans Unlike classic Army Hawks tapered wings bulldog noses Seahawk 450-hp P&W Wasp bayonet stacks Townend ring pleases Seahawk designed 1926 battleship/carrier specs rejected tad slower F4B-4 anticipated few years Re jected sea duty handed-down Marines began teoric career Nine-M its fea tures continued later Navy craft Continued page 26 K 26 Model Aviation prototype stretched Heildiver Boeing edge Hawk Seahawk far better acrobatic model either Hawk Boeing aero batic magic swept-wing---remem ber Great Lakes Pitts Jungmeister et al less CG problem last mad dogs English men go out midday sun column told about spoiler caper power 6-ft Krackerjac have fixes mods can hold breath article coming down pike Also flew again rub ber ducky still cant handle its sensitive ailerons Lucky get down pieceyet again bitd like numerous cabin kits has aileron arms cocked forward remember high wing Too designs Usual ly bulkhead way What gives aileron differentialmore down up Thats backwards spot kit change ob tained some differential servo wheels Expert putting servo connectors far forward servo shaft line now have up down less travel hope use thing approach practice Out curiosity lengthen life faithful six-year-old K&B-Veco 19 RC-assist Vagabond gave mill POWR treatment 19 now quite angry Happy days Joined John Worth local park Electric ses sion cool eveningthats flight times highest Airplanes love thick cool air last time saw him John two Kitty wings biplane Airtronics RTF bird time Sportavia wing little crate let teil Sportavia/Kitty high climbing perpetual gliding steady machine will ever learn four-crate most-ofthe-day session Don Srull Shan gri-la Four Electrics Sparky son Mikes lead-sled modified Midwest Champion Dons new big Jabberwock Simmers rubber job scaled up LeCrate 11 oclock lift over occasional local thermalling areas well Don Sparky going seven cells own large gear reduction 05 modified 15-15 folder using twisted Carrera spine Two quick 13-mm flights take down Climb now agressive say 35 45 oz range 05 Mikes Champ after dug out six ounces still weighed monstrous 51 oz 381 reduction seven ceils 05 11-7 prop did 13 mm about can lighten suitable-area Gas kit fly Electric new Jabberwock big tad heavy 72 oz glides like ghost Climb geared 05 Continued page 28 ELJISE K 1973 DAE Revolutionized Modeling Statement Now Battery Can ALL AGAIN DAE ADVANCES THE ART OF ELECTRONIC ENGINE STARTING LOW POWER CONSUMPTIONOnly 800 milliamps maximum battery drain SOLID 15v PLUG OUTPUTMaintains 15v starter LIGHTS ANY 1V2V PLUGAutomatically adjusts current plug needs EFFICIENT OPERATION tarter MARK VI can also run 6v battery FEATURES AMERICAN MADE QUALITY PULSE DRIVER FOR ANY 1v PLUG 6v 12v FUEL PUMP SUPPLY DIRECTIONAL PUMP FLOW SWITCHES 48v 96v FAST CHARGER AMMETER MONITORING PLUG CHARGER CONNECTING HARDWARE INCLUDED Only $4795 SEE DEALER FIRSTDA Enteipilses unavailable r DirectADT INDIANA 47630 8323 7684020 * * Long Engine Life * * Use BRU LINE Air Cleaner Completely Fuel Proof Nylon Rubber Parts Cat No 102 Air Cleaner Coarse $225 Cat No 202 Air Cleaner Fine $225 Replacement Inserts Cat No 104 Pk/2 Inserts Coarse $195 Cat No204 Pk/2 lnsertsFine $195 FITS MOST ENGINES 25 UP SEE YOUR LOCAL HOBBY DEALER IF UNAVAILABLE LOCALLY SEND TO Add 75 shippingMichigan residents add 4% sales tax Bru Line Industries Inc PO Bax3786 Center Line Michigan 48015 bit too slowmore anon put LeCrate up 30 mm almost tore up trying get down Dives spirals stalls everything mixed using down well over area survived amazing thing conies out thermal glides straight once upwind fades gently either left right get closer thermal Upon finding thermal tightens up go round round up up Strange unexpected blessing So Don switched Jabberwock new Astro Super Ferrite 15 belt reduction 12 sub-C cells Jabberwock now goes through roof spans almost 6 ft cool ing big pack glide forever 8-mm run did 14 mm sundown am about go all-Electric though tempted have too much fun trying live up crazy 40 Kadet flying things like Krackerjac 6-ft Vagabond RC-assist riding thermals dime dozen know enjoy LeCrate Vagabond reason challenge Limited Available Energythe con servation thereof K&B will idle over 20 mm 4 oz finding thermals killing power like shooting ducks rain barrel LeCrate know have 5 6 mm power get very high thermal hunting Ifs just great get payoff long soaring flight get Rubber too es pecially Scale energy good maybe 30 sec minute Rubber flights abso lutely beautiful seem far longer really Id like modify charging info passed earlier Until lately have peak-charging using either digital readout charger voltmeter charge until peak observed drop appears shut off six-cell Sanyo pack about 1060 volts Bob Bouchers Astro advice Ive cut out flight-drain too far can end up uneven cells peaking repeatedly leveling off cells begins damage battery sits same thing true Bobs advice trickle-charge Astros AC/DC charger handy since allows adjustable trickle long periods level off cells can trickle too Leisure digital charger night before flying Bob claimed charge 14 16 per cell plenty good Thats 96 six cells can get cycle charger dont have reset monitor leaving free fly Spare packs help too cant observe difference flight time peaking probably competition thing fact best flights happened occur moderate chargingand way Continued page 128 28 Mode Aviation c 4MARK XI JPower Panel FAST ST T RCHARGER UMI ADVANCED INTEGRATED CIRCUITRY way Add mufflers list Also props fuel tanks What need little structural integrity Otherwise someone might get hurt once saw nine-foot Custom Cavalier flying six inches beneath wing loose rubberbands stretched much pullout loop Think Safety Think 0-Forces models subjected great stress flight tired spar underdesigned surface can let go forces become too great Think lock nuts seek smooth power set tings dampen out vibration building orange cratewere building some sophisticated robot machinery can cruise 140 60 engine once excellent manufacture something wrong sheared almost mounting bolts time started up Two extra holes drilled four 1/8-in bolts would snap bench test freak happens build care test run trial fly boonies resist urge low roar crowdor someday maybe roar will crowd coming discuss low-level air manship Have safe month John Preston Model Aviation 1810 Samuel Morse Dr Reston VA 22090 Fun/Winter Continued page 28 battery lasts longer believe Bob Kopski series said same thing Gus Munich uses 300 squares 05 large gear-down 11-7 two servos shut off gets 10 mm 10-mm charge use two servosno separate ON OFFa fuse absolute must Id use fuse anyway play safe What previously read about peaking suggest forget Napoleans retreat Moscow mind Id like share some real fun provided bythismonthsguestL C Smitty Schmidt St Petersburg FL Judging mail area have oranges grapefruit about time pestered again little left-handed thinking Smitty announces enclose couple pictures shows old boy some Jetex efforts jumble top box Phffft IV heavy weight good penetration sporting fiberglass fishpole fuselage Atop two design call Sir occo very light consis tently good performers yet uncovered having just completed replace bad judgment land highway small job right hand named Brimstone has angles jailhouse lawyer probably hatched just prove myself am design rut offerings such boys local club Gulfhawks have dubbed George Perryman St Pete dont object put some kinda class company attend club meets time time Smitty goes go outside contest once year two collecting hardware leave capable hands feel inclined already have Pan Am clock Payload model pewter mug Coupe dHiver old trophy older Sirocco Jetex jobs also have old flight bag some long-forgotten deed field somewhere trophy totally useless item have shelf darkroom bit luck wont have explain other critter Smitty revs up prop unloaded Depth Charge sponsored Drunken Doughnuts have no idea Stan Hill started VHT models friend told having seen engine mounted forward fin Since seemed good way handle power developed inde pendently eye-balled time started out fiberglass fishpole fuselage Continued page 130 128 Model Aviation SOP WITH TABLOID PLANS AVAILABLE IN TWO SIZES 1/A Scale 90 2 EngInes2% EngInes SOPWITH TABLOIDI/ASeal77 Span$2400 ppUSA SOPWITH TABLOID2V 164 Span$1000 ppUSA AT-6 TEXAN24 1101 SpanS2700 ppUSA POEKOR DR-i27 I02 Telpa$2500 ppUSA P4U CORSAIR2 193 Span$2700ppUSA CURTISS 452 I94 Span$2700 ppUSA POP BEARCAT2A I06 Span$2700 ppUSA Fibeglaes Cowlings & Canopies ale available Send Slanp tIle delaIed Brachues tbanl Scale Accessories Foregn Orders Please add 255 Postage & Handlirlgl Nick Ziroli 29 Edgar Drive Smlthtown NY 11787 USA LLVLL U 13311 Beach Ave na Del Rey CA 2 821-6242 Magic Dragon Trainer Fire Fox Pre-Built Price $9995 Engine 25 Cu Pre-Built Price $12495 Engine 40 Cu Wing Span 55 Radio 3 4 Channels ng Span S2/2 nfl Radio 4 Channels balsa construction Ready fine seed end coverAll boise construction Reedy fine send cover Contral surfaces hinged Nalico lending gear 5132 noseControl surfaces hinged Has boltan wing end Halico ian gear strut Fitted canopy instruction booklet hardding gear ABS wheei pants mounted ascii installed ledudedFitted canopy instruction booklet herdware Included DEALER INQUIRIES INVITED Other ModelsSend Free Brochsre nd check MO Credit Cards accepted Add $850 UPS shipping 350P51 carton Fl res add 5% tax RICUS Hwy 19 No. Palm Harbor Florida 33563813 938-3266 S POWR ZOOM winch serious flyer t4 demands extraordinary launching power sailplane particularly F3Bscale cross-country Included antikiting/ antibacklash brake 2200 ft braided nylon 160 lb line manual tow drum foot brake new specially engineered motor much capable drum speeds 5000 rpm launching 3 meter sailplane XgJL choose speed select pulleys launchaminute flights use companion RETRIEVER $250 Write call information Ironside/Randoiph Continued page 36 built-up now Once covered mounted screws through brackets sol dered landing gear wheels installed Epoxy wing hold-down dowels place Make plywood servo tray same width inside fuselage cabin area Mount servos tray Mount engine place receiver battery pack forward part cabin area Slide servo tray along servo rails until airplane balances loca tion shown plans Glue tray spot Connect elevator rudder respective servos Run some soft iron wire through guide throttle servo engine Check ensure surfaces move proper direction control given throttle line runs smoothly correctly Attach fuel overflow lines engine Any warps wing tail surfaces should removed hot iron heat gun Fun/Winter Continued page 128 keyed plywood fin slots hottest thing market days Space Bug hung front end wasnt until later found Hill Ozzie Czeppa mounted wings underneath though never figured out platform behind fin still way Oh well whatever makes tires squeal reckon About year ago club members asked come went right informed VHT models should fly left dont know some people get information rate ROW surprise job little different has hull fuselage 400 squares Medallion 09 keep leaping off water re placed Babe Bee result realistic 10- 15-ft takeoff Tell ya ignorant wasand still amI called designs UHT Ultra High Thrust never knowing rest world spoke VHT Just finished magic black box says Smitty going glide help out old censored like rig wire bracing Indoor models completely adjustable mea sures 6 x 7 x 26 solves port ability problem Although small opens out create black hole makes nicirrome wire stand out like silver dollar mud puddle itll hold size wing position am proud dog two tails Speaking two-tailed dogs Bel lanca fuselage profile lifting airfoil others tooisnt deepbellied fuselage inverted airfoil what lose Bill Winter 4426 Altura Ct Fairfax VA 22030 IWhen writing advertisers mention read about Model Aviation Flying very good idea taxi around bit get familiar control response especially important have flying full-house birds used 130 Model Aviation * pius shipping DAVE V limECORPOR ION SYSTEMS ONE WOOD LANE MALVERNPA1935S t2t5l644-0692 landing gear mount very simple Screws go through ply plate good idea glue 1/16 balsa over mount inside fuselage keep wiring away sharp screw ends Builders Get f Better Start Season Using KIN-CRAFT Quality Line Polyester Resins Micro-Balloon Air-O-Fill Gloves Protective Fiberglass Cloth & Tapes 1A zCloth 1 4 & 6 Tapes Custom Cut Cloth Any Length Sandable Primers Thinner Accessories also Dust Masks Gator Grip Contact Cement Applicator Kits Engine Cleaner Oil KitsNIH Send self-addressed stamped envelope free catalogue discounts Kin-Craft Mfg Ri 2 Box 481E Ashland KY 41101 Dealer Distributor Inquiries Invited 606 928-4763NIH HOT SHOT U S PAT 4405890 Hand held rechargeable glow plug energizer size engine uses glow plug Small enough carry shirt pocket Makes dry cell batteries power losing wires thing past Easy attachment cowled engines Reinforced extra hard use Can charged upto 1 times uses HEAD LOCK glow plug connector MODEL PRODuCTS CORP positive connec tion glow plug 90 day unconditional guarantee plus limited warranty up .one year Complete instructions charger Available dealer order direct Visa Mastercard accepted Add $150 postage power -iconvenience $1995 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Edition: Model Aviation - 1984/01
Page Numbers: 18, 19, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 128, 130
DOCUMENTATION painful chore folks enter Scale events won der share view simpler days built few hundred so-called Scale jobs almost rubber-powered research limited stumbling over some three-view caught fancy Photos just stirred juices did bother details authentic markings people have libraries airplane books drawings articles photos Documentation sounds dull Some have love everything ever flew older subject greater fas Boeing F4B-4 fighters piloted daredevil Marines VF-9M thrilled air show audiences 1930s flying wing tip wing tip 18-plane stunt formationsso close fact planes occasional ly bumped other VF-9Ms Red Devils team sometimes practiced three times day pictures drawings Jess C Barrow collection courtesy Leatherneck magazine Engine cowls wheels VF-9Ms F4B-4s bright red three-plane section having solid-color tails red white blue Cen tered across top wing U S Marines large letters assist quick identification rolling around wild maneuvers regulation markings replaced 2-ft-high numerals side fuselage 30-in-high number underside bottom right wing panel rest airplane standard Navy-Marine colors might want model plane should note rather large bottom wing-fuselage fillet famous Squirrel Cage executed 18 F4B-4s spiral-dived through two nine-plane groups VO-7M 1-feildivers circled opposite directions finishing on-the-deck W pullouts grandstand flyby must have awesome sight sure show-stopper typical 18-plane act Marine F4B-4s Nine planes looped tail-chase through horizontal Figure 8 flown other nine about VF-9M text *fr I__ 14 K iS P48-4 LOOPING TO FORM SQUIRREL CAGE idANEUvER CIRCLES OF vO-7N PLANES GOING IN ORPOSiTE DIRECTIONS PULL OUT AT VERY LOW AL1TUeE-WIUE OPEN MmsYMmgTNTTLE 18 Model Aviation cination Collecting data transcends re search becomes hobby itself stories planes designers pilots times past wars exploits glory tragedy substances dreams Giant Scalers focus some favorite fly breathtaking realism Rubber Scalers have rare sensitivity things build because building time short gambol field flow ers bringing life again mystique subjects no else would build model turn treasured especi ally flies well enough conjur up visions guys happiest uniquely sharing taking pride whatever others life beautiful Interest something no other has built becomes long long trail may go like have occasionally mentioned fascination Boe ing 100 civilian version Boeing P-12 biplane fighter circa 1930 much like colorful F4B-4 fighter flew off carriers 100 premier aero batic steed men like Paul Mantz Milo Burcham Mail trickled West Coast reader sent copy Leatherneck May 1982 magazine Marine Corps another reader came book Aero PublishersBoe ing P-]2 F4B loaded pix factory floor flight some fullcolor schemes pic shows Model 100 rebuilt resemble Curtiss Helldiver movie Task Force 1 947 Its two-place same sweptback top wing Curtiss-like vertical tail wanted one-of-a-kind wouldnt drive judges mad vice versa cover Leatherneck trio F4Bs dive colors strangely different ings unique schemes used early Marine Corps air show teams Inside sensational six-page article illus trations Marine Fighting Squadron Nine-Mby Jess C Barrow Pappy Boy ington WW II Southwest Pacific super ace member Aviation Cadet article excerpt Barrows book same title pub lished 1981 Tab Booksavailable Marine Corps Association Ta Dal L G Schmidt left call Smittydubbed George Perryman St Pete Gulfhawksrevels left-handed thinking Youll never unravel pile zany crates sitting box see text although holds two HL Gliders right-handed left hand admiration left-handed throwing hand assuming hes right handed Winter thinks Smitty has Bills missing pipes day will live infamy. Center Smitty picks poetic names crates like Phffft IV Jetex Brimstone Depth Charge Sponsored Drunken Doughnuts foregound Depth Charge take off Stan Hills motor-on-pylon FF fuselage hull rise-off-water flying Little Buzzard has uncovered wing Some problem name probablycant get around Konefes Buzzard Bombshell think Right youve forgotten about Payloaders never heard em heres Smittys Fulcrum can compete small boys local meets national threat Smitty reassures us So far Smitty has won pewter mug Pan Am clock travel bag Winter suggests Claiming Race event January 1984 19 New props significantly improved performance Don Srulls Electric Sparky July 1983 MA Plan No 414 $850 As received imported plastic folding prop barely got plane off ground Originally pitch hub tip about 150 near zero Heated MonoKote iron prop twisted re-pitched go tip retaining 150 hub Heavier Electrics can fly very well Srulls scaled-up Jabberwock Wally Simmers design4A lb 600 sq wingdemonstrated gets 14-mm flights much glide using same im ported prop Sparky modified 19-in dia 13-in pitch twisting extending blade area diameter thin ply addition darker area prop new Astro Super Ferrite 15 motor 2A1 belt reduction 12 cells gives long high climb ship minimal climb 05 having 36 39 reduction Later Jabberwock version lightened considerably Winters LeCrate 460 sq Leisure 05 2%1 six cells Rev-Up 11-7% prop does 10 mm 45 sec thick cool evening air significant improvement climb rate since resulted reworking prop used rat-tail wood file streamline outer hub removed excess wood sanded blades thinner sharper leading edge rounded tips taper Bookservice Box 1775 Quantico VA 22134 $795 plus $1 shipping phoned Quantico permission ex cerpt obtain diagram few pictures Friendly people never theless said must have authors per mission Jess obliged supplied second diagram published article will dream tonight airplanes Marines wore handed-down clothes Navy know Marines foster devel opment aviation within corps Col Thomas C Turner Officer-inCharge Marine Aviation launched intensive publicity campaign 1930 failing convince Navy ad ditional funds equipment bad ly needed survival Marine Aviation took case people ordered special aerobatic squadron formed merely two- three-plane unit often seen other ser vices 1st Lt Lawson Sandy Sanderson given command VF 9M told simply mold squad ron top-flight demonstration team Sanderson asked about re strictions told Turner Just get job done anyway can dont want know did itjust dont get caught Sanderson somehow robbed other squadrons top pilots recruited ground crews above average disci plines No distinctions made between officers enlisted pilots Using six hand-me-down Curtiss F7C-l Seahawk fighters Rojo Diablos Red Devils became colorful fighter squadron Marine Aviation tory its daring air shows Chicago 1930 National Air Races won Sir Charles Orr Trophy Continued page 22 s 3 DATER 2 C FROM REAR WING RIRSI/ZUSREET LEADING EDGE 4 SO /32SREET TOP GNLRI--- WING SPAR NOTE ENTIRE MODEL COGERED WIT LIORT TISSUE I___ 5/6 C ENTER II /64 PS _____PIPE DREAM I/IA SO\ DES toRd H THOMASSECTDON W NOOPAN DOPRO ECTED I/IR03/3D ENGTR 4 JR DUERALL POWER SOURS RANDS R FLAT RARRER D GO UGESNEREASE FI/IRXO/OD NEEDED IIII _________II III'I SIMOLATE CAR N PROM R LAMINATIONSDU NUT CLT OUTI/3DR3/32-I/IROREEO ..OF /8 SREETON INSIDE LIONT ELASTIC DO I I I III III II I/II II SCALE IN INCISESRNGEMR AD I/3D SREES SOES0 2~R TERNATE PROP SR 8 EAR N ORT R DOWN 64 PLT TRRAST What see three-view cute 22-in Rubber job course nice CO-2 perhaps An 02 FF 30 36 tail-wagger rudder-only RC 02 049 say 48-in span about mini-servostwo three-channel An old-timer type RC 6 ft 19 05 electric motor say 60 66 60 20-ft span Hugh Enthrop once flew 23-ft FF Orwick 60 Nats Got good time went out-of-sight overhead 20 Model Aviation Fat Albert what Winter calls MRCs big new foam Cessna sport flying Enya 35 Doug Pratt AMAs PR Department test flying Bill arrived scene Center size huge Cessna apparent tiny-looking Enya 35 its nose wasnt weighing scale handy crate obviously quite light Right near-disappearance servos receiver Cessnas cathedral interior may tempt fliers store iced Cokes after strapping wing Winter pics High film strength lubricant increased power long engine life Detergents cut performance robbing varnish Highest quality ingredients insure top engine performance reliability Gal Price Drum Price Type Nitro o/a LubricantFreight PaidFreight-Collect FAI00/aSynthetic$ 675$13995 Ss50/aSynthetic$ 775$21995 Sc50/aCastor$ 775$21995 4cyl70/aCastor$ 850$28995 lOs100hSynthetic$ 895$32995 lOc100/aCastor$ 895$32995 R/G120/aSyn & Castor$ 995$34995 155150/aSynthetic$ 995$34995 20c200/aCastor$1395$51995 25s250/aSynthetic$1495$52995 40400/a15 Syn-5 Castor$199S$72995 50500/aSynthetic$2395$89595 60600/aSynthetic$26 95$99595 EXCEPT 54 GAL DRUMS MINIMUM ORDER 4 Gal Asst OK DISCOUNTS 24 63 Gal Deduct 5% Asstd OK 64 Gal Orders Deduct 100/a Asstd OK SHELDONS Hours HOBBY SHOP Mon Wed Fri & Sat 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Races 1934 Army Air Corps its famed 27th Pursuit Squad ron Selfridge Field flying new low-wing Boeing P-26As Navy brought its renowned Felix Cat Squadron based carri er Saratoga VF-9M granted permis sion use Heildivers assist show helps know people like Frank Tailman have described F4B indestructible Pursuits era could tossed around tight quarters like wouldnt believe Air Corps Navy put flawless tactical shows before sell-out crowd VF 9M show other hand based upon doing impossible 18 air planes 18 F4B-4s took off close mation routine after takeoff consisted two low passes demonstration close formation Bar row quotes Major General W Kreiser leader second division eaking two nine-plane divisions performed intersecting loops loops through figure-8 dive bombing miniature bombs gave off loud bang lots smoke ended grand finale Squirrel Cage landed formation ite chore 18 airplanes What about Helldivers drawing right youll note top 18 F4B-4s looping tail chase Squirrel Cage obliquely left downside last loop fighter succession went vertical rolling dive passing through two nine-plane layers Helldivers lay er circling opposite directions Pullouts front stands virtually ground wide-open throttle other drawing left nine F4B-4s looping through horizontal eight comprised other nine F4B-4s 1935 Tex Rogers squadron per formed 20 air shows US Canada flying open-cockpit fighters cross-country kinds weather Continued page 24 22 Model Aviation L REPAIR SERVICE FOR HOBBY LOBBY EK LOG ICTROL FUTABA T HOBBY SHACK ROYAL LINE SALES RADIO SYSTEMS FUTABA ROYAL ACCESSORIES FOR MOST RADIOS riiscrtminate Scale Fliers Denuand Dave PlattiTh Im perfectionist.my kits prove reputation finest models RC scale has founded upon careful attention detail period over twenty years fact Im particular about kits theyre available personally make kit sign hold myself responsible reproductions genuine Dave Platt kit guarantee true outline combined force arrangement flies properly THE ULTIMATE legendary beauty 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envelope aave Dlatt nuodels inc 6940 NW 15th Street Plantation Florida 33313r Phone 305 587-4861 Noi ,Thlnivd ih n5 oihrr ro ens 24 Model Aviation Unlike todays teams Nine-M required carry full military load Navy-Marine war games 1936 stood Number entire Naval Service winning both bombing gunnery trophies Marine Aviation now firmly established within Navy Bureau Aeronautics sepa rate division welcomed aboard car riers equals No hand-me-downs 1937 pressure within Navy Marines back off promotion its aviation branch surprise Barrow recalls Rear Admiral Ernest King Chief Navys Bureau Aeronautics let known admired anyone seized initiative gusto Marines suggested anyone inclined think otherwise should tend own knitting Scale research has wheels within wheels read later letter Barrow hair stood end Twice past columns mentioned seeing incredible aerobatics pas sing Teterboro NJ 1933 Traffic snarled miles weekday Joining crowds people deserted cars saw tiny biplane twisting turning like leaf wind free style aerobatics strung together like machine gun fire Stunts came bursts next day went back hop ing find mysterious airplane Curtiss Seahawk Semper Fidelis emblem its side graceful little machine configured like Helidiver straight bottom wing swept-back top wingalso like Great Lakes beloved genera tions modelers Alas forgot pilots name 50 years wondered about phantom pilot Barrow told Sandy Sanderson man molded Marine Fighting Squadron Nine-M historys greatest air show demonstration team considered greatest pilot come out Marines mentioned Norm Ros enstock sent two pages Wylam drawings MAN appeared mags book Best Wylam marvelous side-view pic Since selected contents first two Wylam volumes bit shaken up Seahawk worthy antagonist Great Lakes Pitts model can still obtain Wylam plans Unlike classic Army Hawks tapered wings bulldog noses Seahawk 450-hp P&W Wasp bayonet stacks Townend ring pleases Seahawk designed 1926 battleship/carrier specs rejected tad slower F4B-4 anticipated few years Re jected sea duty handed-down Marines began teoric career Nine-M its fea tures continued later Navy craft Continued page 26 K 26 Model Aviation prototype stretched Heildiver Boeing edge Hawk Seahawk far better acrobatic model either Hawk Boeing aero batic magic swept-wing---remem ber Great Lakes Pitts Jungmeister et al less CG problem last mad dogs English men go out midday sun column told about spoiler caper power 6-ft Krackerjac have fixes mods can hold breath article coming down pike Also flew again rub ber ducky still cant handle its sensitive ailerons Lucky get down pieceyet again bitd like numerous cabin kits has aileron arms cocked forward remember high wing Too designs Usual ly bulkhead way What gives aileron differentialmore down up Thats backwards spot kit change ob tained some differential servo wheels Expert putting servo connectors far forward servo shaft line now have up down less travel hope use thing approach practice Out curiosity lengthen life faithful six-year-old K&B-Veco 19 RC-assist Vagabond gave mill POWR treatment 19 now quite angry Happy days Joined John Worth local park Electric ses sion cool eveningthats flight times highest Airplanes love thick cool air last time saw him John two Kitty wings biplane Airtronics RTF bird time Sportavia wing little crate let teil Sportavia/Kitty high climbing perpetual gliding steady machine will ever learn four-crate most-ofthe-day session Don Srull Shan gri-la Four Electrics Sparky son Mikes lead-sled modified Midwest Champion Dons new big Jabberwock Simmers rubber job scaled up LeCrate 11 oclock lift over occasional local thermalling areas well Don Sparky going seven cells own large gear reduction 05 modified 15-15 folder using twisted Carrera spine Two quick 13-mm flights take down Climb now agressive say 35 45 oz range 05 Mikes Champ after dug out six ounces still weighed monstrous 51 oz 381 reduction seven ceils 05 11-7 prop did 13 mm about can lighten suitable-area Gas kit fly 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over 20 mm 4 oz finding thermals killing power like shooting ducks rain barrel LeCrate know have 5 6 mm power get very high thermal hunting Ifs just great get payoff long soaring flight get Rubber too es pecially Scale energy good maybe 30 sec minute Rubber flights abso lutely beautiful seem far longer really Id like modify charging info passed earlier Until lately have peak-charging using either digital readout charger voltmeter charge until peak observed drop appears shut off six-cell Sanyo pack about 1060 volts Bob Bouchers Astro advice Ive cut out flight-drain too far can end up uneven cells peaking repeatedly leveling off cells begins damage battery sits same thing true Bobs advice trickle-charge Astros AC/DC charger handy since allows adjustable trickle long periods level off cells can trickle too Leisure digital charger night before flying Bob claimed charge 14 16 per cell plenty good Thats 96 six cells can get cycle charger dont have reset monitor leaving free fly Spare packs help too cant observe difference flight time peaking probably competition thing fact best flights happened occur moderate chargingand way Continued page 128 28 Mode Aviation c 4MARK XI JPower Panel FAST ST T RCHARGER UMI ADVANCED INTEGRATED CIRCUITRY way Add mufflers list Also props fuel tanks What need little structural integrity Otherwise someone might get hurt once saw nine-foot Custom Cavalier flying six inches beneath wing loose rubberbands stretched much pullout loop Think Safety Think 0-Forces models subjected great stress flight tired spar underdesigned surface can let go forces become too great Think lock nuts seek smooth power set tings dampen out vibration building orange cratewere building some sophisticated robot machinery can cruise 140 60 engine once excellent manufacture something wrong sheared almost mounting bolts time started up Two extra holes drilled four 1/8-in bolts would snap bench test freak happens build care test run trial fly boonies resist urge low roar crowdor someday maybe roar will crowd coming discuss low-level air manship Have safe month John Preston Model Aviation 1810 Samuel Morse Dr Reston VA 22090 Fun/Winter Continued page 28 battery lasts longer believe Bob Kopski series said same thing Gus Munich uses 300 squares 05 large gear-down 11-7 two servos shut off gets 10 mm 10-mm charge use two servosno separate ON OFFa fuse absolute must Id use fuse anyway play safe What previously read about peaking suggest forget Napoleans retreat Moscow mind Id like share some real fun provided bythismonthsguestL C Smitty Schmidt St Petersburg FL Judging mail area have oranges grapefruit about time pestered again little left-handed thinking Smitty announces enclose couple pictures shows old boy some Jetex efforts jumble top box Phffft IV heavy weight good penetration sporting fiberglass fishpole fuselage Atop two design call Sir occo very light consis tently good performers yet uncovered having just completed replace bad judgment land highway small job right hand named Brimstone has angles jailhouse lawyer probably hatched just prove myself am design rut offerings such boys local club Gulfhawks have dubbed George Perryman St Pete dont object put some kinda class company attend club meets time time Smitty goes go outside contest once year two collecting hardware leave capable hands feel inclined already have Pan Am clock Payload model pewter mug Coupe dHiver old trophy older Sirocco Jetex jobs also have old flight bag some long-forgotten deed field somewhere trophy totally useless item have shelf darkroom bit luck wont have explain other critter Smitty revs up prop unloaded Depth Charge sponsored Drunken Doughnuts have no idea Stan Hill started VHT models friend told having seen engine mounted forward fin Since seemed good way handle power developed inde pendently eye-balled time started out fiberglass fishpole fuselage Continued page 130 128 Model Aviation SOP WITH TABLOID PLANS AVAILABLE IN TWO SIZES 1/A Scale 90 2 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instruction booklet herdware Included DEALER INQUIRIES INVITED Other ModelsSend Free Brochsre nd check MO Credit Cards accepted Add $850 UPS shipping 350P51 carton Fl res add 5% tax RICUS Hwy 19 No. Palm Harbor Florida 33563813 938-3266 S POWR ZOOM winch serious flyer t4 demands extraordinary launching power sailplane particularly F3Bscale cross-country Included antikiting/ antibacklash brake 2200 ft braided nylon 160 lb line manual tow drum foot brake new specially engineered motor much capable drum speeds 5000 rpm launching 3 meter sailplane XgJL choose speed select pulleys launchaminute flights use companion RETRIEVER $250 Write call information Ironside/Randoiph Continued page 36 built-up now Once covered mounted screws through brackets sol dered landing gear wheels installed Epoxy wing hold-down dowels place Make plywood servo tray same width inside fuselage cabin area Mount servos tray Mount engine place receiver battery pack forward part cabin area Slide servo tray along servo rails until airplane balances loca tion shown plans Glue tray spot Connect elevator rudder respective servos Run some soft iron wire through guide throttle servo engine Check ensure surfaces move proper direction control given throttle line runs smoothly correctly Attach fuel overflow lines engine Any warps wing tail surfaces should removed hot iron heat gun Fun/Winter Continued page 128 keyed plywood fin slots hottest thing market days Space Bug hung front end wasnt until later found Hill Ozzie Czeppa mounted wings underneath though never figured out platform behind fin still way Oh well whatever makes tires squeal reckon About year ago club members asked come went right informed VHT models should fly left dont know some people get information rate ROW surprise job little different has hull fuselage 400 squares Medallion 09 keep leaping off water re placed Babe Bee result realistic 10- 15-ft takeoff Tell ya ignorant wasand still amI called designs UHT Ultra High Thrust never knowing rest world spoke VHT Just finished magic black box says Smitty going glide help out old censored like rig wire bracing Indoor models completely adjustable mea sures 6 x 7 x 26 solves port ability problem Although small opens out create black hole makes nicirrome wire stand out like silver dollar mud puddle itll hold size wing position am proud dog two tails Speaking two-tailed dogs Bel lanca fuselage profile lifting airfoil others tooisnt deepbellied fuselage inverted airfoil what lose Bill Winter 4426 Altura Ct Fairfax VA 22030 IWhen writing advertisers mention read about Model Aviation Flying very good idea taxi around bit get familiar control response especially important have flying full-house birds used 130 Model Aviation * pius shipping DAVE V limECORPOR ION SYSTEMS ONE WOOD LANE MALVERNPA1935S t2t5l644-0692 landing gear mount very simple Screws go through ply plate good idea glue 1/16 balsa over mount inside fuselage keep wiring away sharp screw ends Builders Get f Better Start Season Using KIN-CRAFT Quality Line Polyester Resins Micro-Balloon Air-O-Fill Gloves Protective Fiberglass Cloth & Tapes 1A zCloth 1 4 & 6 Tapes Custom Cut Cloth Any Length Sandable Primers Thinner Accessories also Dust Masks Gator Grip Contact Cement Applicator Kits Engine Cleaner Oil KitsNIH Send self-addressed stamped envelope free catalogue discounts Kin-Craft Mfg Ri 2 Box 481E Ashland KY 41101 Dealer Distributor Inquiries Invited 606 928-4763NIH HOT SHOT U S PAT 4405890 Hand held rechargeable glow plug energizer size engine uses glow plug Small enough carry shirt pocket Makes dry cell batteries power losing wires thing past Easy attachment cowled engines Reinforced extra hard use Can charged upto 1 times uses HEAD LOCK glow plug connector MODEL PRODuCTS CORP positive connec tion glow plug 90 day unconditional guarantee plus limited warranty up .one year Complete instructions charger Available dealer order direct Visa Mastercard accepted Add $150 postage power -iconvenience $1995 Without charger $1595 b & r Hobbies PO Bos 192 Oscoda Ml 48750 [517] 7393549 Making Leisure Time Enloyable
Edition: Model Aviation - 1984/01
Page Numbers: 18, 19, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 128, 130
DOCUMENTATION painful chore folks enter Scale events won der share view simpler days built few hundred so-called Scale jobs almost rubber-powered research limited stumbling over some three-view caught fancy Photos just stirred juices did bother details authentic markings people have libraries airplane books drawings articles photos Documentation sounds dull Some have love everything ever flew older subject greater fas Boeing F4B-4 fighters piloted daredevil Marines VF-9M thrilled air show audiences 1930s flying wing tip wing tip 18-plane stunt formationsso close fact planes occasional ly bumped other VF-9Ms Red Devils team sometimes practiced three times day pictures drawings Jess C Barrow collection courtesy Leatherneck magazine Engine cowls wheels VF-9Ms F4B-4s bright red three-plane section having solid-color tails red white blue Cen tered across top wing U S Marines large letters assist quick identification rolling around wild maneuvers regulation markings replaced 2-ft-high numerals side fuselage 30-in-high number underside bottom right wing panel rest airplane standard Navy-Marine colors might want model plane should note rather large bottom wing-fuselage fillet famous Squirrel Cage executed 18 F4B-4s spiral-dived through two nine-plane groups VO-7M 1-feildivers circled opposite directions finishing on-the-deck W pullouts grandstand flyby must have awesome sight sure show-stopper typical 18-plane act Marine F4B-4s Nine planes looped tail-chase through horizontal Figure 8 flown other nine about VF-9M text *fr I__ 14 K iS P48-4 LOOPING TO FORM SQUIRREL CAGE idANEUvER CIRCLES OF vO-7N PLANES GOING IN ORPOSiTE DIRECTIONS PULL OUT AT VERY LOW AL1TUeE-WIUE OPEN MmsYMmgTNTTLE 18 Model Aviation cination Collecting data transcends re search becomes hobby itself stories planes designers pilots times past wars exploits glory tragedy substances dreams Giant Scalers focus some favorite fly breathtaking realism Rubber Scalers have rare sensitivity things build because building time short gambol field flow ers bringing life again mystique subjects no else would build model turn treasured especi ally flies well enough conjur up visions guys happiest uniquely sharing taking pride whatever others life beautiful Interest something no other has built becomes long long trail may go like have occasionally mentioned fascination Boe ing 100 civilian version Boeing P-12 biplane fighter circa 1930 much like colorful F4B-4 fighter flew off carriers 100 premier aero batic steed men like Paul Mantz Milo Burcham Mail trickled West Coast reader sent copy Leatherneck May 1982 magazine Marine Corps another reader came book Aero PublishersBoe ing P-]2 F4B loaded pix factory floor flight some fullcolor schemes pic shows Model 100 rebuilt resemble Curtiss Helldiver movie Task Force 1 947 Its two-place same sweptback top wing Curtiss-like vertical tail wanted one-of-a-kind wouldnt drive judges mad vice versa cover Leatherneck trio F4Bs dive colors strangely different ings unique schemes used early Marine Corps air show teams Inside sensational six-page article illus trations Marine Fighting Squadron Nine-Mby Jess C Barrow Pappy Boy ington WW II Southwest Pacific super ace member Aviation Cadet article excerpt Barrows book same title pub lished 1981 Tab Booksavailable Marine Corps Association Ta Dal L G Schmidt left call Smittydubbed George Perryman St Pete Gulfhawksrevels left-handed thinking Youll never unravel pile zany crates sitting box see text although holds two HL Gliders right-handed left hand admiration left-handed throwing hand assuming hes right handed Winter thinks Smitty has Bills missing pipes day will live infamy. Center Smitty picks poetic names crates like Phffft IV Jetex Brimstone Depth Charge Sponsored Drunken Doughnuts foregound Depth Charge take off Stan Hills motor-on-pylon FF fuselage hull rise-off-water flying Little Buzzard has uncovered wing Some problem name probablycant get around Konefes Buzzard Bombshell think Right youve forgotten about Payloaders never heard em heres Smittys Fulcrum can compete small boys local meets national threat Smitty reassures us So far Smitty has won pewter mug Pan Am clock travel bag Winter suggests Claiming Race event January 1984 19 New props significantly improved performance Don Srulls Electric Sparky July 1983 MA Plan No 414 $850 As received imported plastic folding prop barely got plane off ground Originally pitch hub tip about 150 near zero Heated MonoKote iron prop twisted re-pitched go tip retaining 150 hub Heavier Electrics can fly very well Srulls scaled-up Jabberwock Wally Simmers design4A lb 600 sq wingdemonstrated gets 14-mm flights much glide using same im ported prop Sparky modified 19-in dia 13-in pitch twisting extending blade area diameter thin ply addition darker area prop new Astro Super Ferrite 15 motor 2A1 belt reduction 12 cells gives long high climb ship minimal climb 05 having 36 39 reduction Later Jabberwock version lightened considerably Winters LeCrate 460 sq Leisure 05 2%1 six cells Rev-Up 11-7% prop does 10 mm 45 sec thick cool evening air significant improvement climb rate since resulted reworking prop used rat-tail wood file streamline outer hub removed excess wood sanded blades thinner sharper leading edge rounded tips taper Bookservice Box 1775 Quantico VA 22134 $795 plus $1 shipping phoned Quantico permission ex cerpt obtain diagram few pictures Friendly people never theless said must have authors per mission Jess obliged supplied second diagram published article will dream tonight airplanes Marines wore handed-down clothes Navy know Marines foster devel opment aviation within corps Col Thomas C Turner Officer-inCharge Marine Aviation launched intensive publicity campaign 1930 failing convince Navy ad ditional funds equipment bad ly needed survival Marine Aviation took case people ordered special aerobatic squadron formed merely two- three-plane unit often seen other ser vices 1st Lt Lawson Sandy Sanderson given command VF 9M told simply mold squad ron top-flight demonstration team Sanderson asked about re strictions told Turner Just get job done anyway can dont want know did itjust dont get caught Sanderson somehow robbed other squadrons top pilots recruited ground crews above average disci plines No distinctions made between officers enlisted pilots Using six hand-me-down Curtiss F7C-l Seahawk fighters Rojo Diablos Red Devils became colorful fighter squadron Marine Aviation tory its daring air shows Chicago 1930 National Air Races won Sir Charles Orr Trophy Continued page 22 s 3 DATER 2 C FROM REAR WING RIRSI/ZUSREET LEADING EDGE 4 SO /32SREET TOP GNLRI--- WING SPAR NOTE 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tiny-looking Enya 35 its nose wasnt weighing scale handy crate obviously quite light Right near-disappearance servos receiver Cessnas cathedral interior may tempt fliers store iced Cokes after strapping wing Winter pics High film strength lubricant increased power long engine life Detergents cut performance robbing varnish Highest quality ingredients insure top engine performance reliability Gal Price Drum Price Type Nitro o/a LubricantFreight PaidFreight-Collect FAI00/aSynthetic$ 675$13995 Ss50/aSynthetic$ 775$21995 Sc50/aCastor$ 775$21995 4cyl70/aCastor$ 850$28995 lOs100hSynthetic$ 895$32995 lOc100/aCastor$ 895$32995 R/G120/aSyn & Castor$ 995$34995 155150/aSynthetic$ 995$34995 20c200/aCastor$1395$51995 25s250/aSynthetic$1495$52995 40400/a15 Syn-5 Castor$199S$72995 50500/aSynthetic$2395$89595 60600/aSynthetic$26 95$99595 EXCEPT 54 GAL DRUMS MINIMUM ORDER 4 Gal Asst OK DISCOUNTS 24 63 Gal Deduct 5% Asstd OK 64 Gal Orders Deduct 100/a Asstd OK SHELDONS Hours HOBBY SHOP Mon Wed Fri & Sat 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Races 1934 Army Air Corps its famed 27th Pursuit Squad ron Selfridge Field flying new low-wing Boeing P-26As Navy brought its renowned Felix Cat Squadron based carri er Saratoga VF-9M granted permis sion use Heildivers assist show helps know people like Frank Tailman have described F4B indestructible Pursuits era could tossed around tight quarters like wouldnt believe Air Corps Navy put flawless tactical shows before sell-out crowd VF 9M show other hand based upon doing impossible 18 air planes 18 F4B-4s took off close mation routine after takeoff consisted two low passes demonstration close formation Bar row quotes Major General W Kreiser leader second division eaking two nine-plane divisions performed intersecting loops loops through figure-8 dive bombing miniature bombs gave off loud bang lots smoke ended grand finale Squirrel Cage landed formation ite chore 18 airplanes What about Helldivers drawing right youll note top 18 F4B-4s looping tail chase Squirrel Cage obliquely left downside last loop fighter succession went vertical rolling dive passing through two nine-plane layers Helldivers lay er circling opposite directions Pullouts front stands virtually ground wide-open throttle other drawing left nine F4B-4s looping through horizontal eight comprised other nine F4B-4s 1935 Tex Rogers squadron per formed 20 air shows US Canada flying open-cockpit fighters cross-country kinds weather Continued page 24 22 Model Aviation L REPAIR SERVICE FOR HOBBY LOBBY EK LOG ICTROL FUTABA T HOBBY SHACK ROYAL LINE SALES RADIO SYSTEMS FUTABA ROYAL ACCESSORIES FOR MOST RADIOS riiscrtminate Scale Fliers Denuand Dave PlattiTh Im perfectionist.my kits prove reputation finest models RC scale has founded upon careful attention detail period over twenty years fact Im particular about kits theyre available personally make kit sign hold myself responsible reproductions genuine Dave Platt kit guarantee true outline combined force arrangement flies properly THE ULTIMATE legendary beauty 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wind free style aerobatics strung together like machine gun fire Stunts came bursts next day went back hop ing find mysterious airplane Curtiss Seahawk Semper Fidelis emblem its side graceful little machine configured like Helidiver straight bottom wing swept-back top wingalso like Great Lakes beloved genera tions modelers Alas forgot pilots name 50 years wondered about phantom pilot Barrow told Sandy Sanderson man molded Marine Fighting Squadron Nine-M historys greatest air show demonstration team considered greatest pilot come out Marines mentioned Norm Ros enstock sent two pages Wylam drawings MAN appeared mags book Best Wylam marvelous side-view pic Since selected contents first two Wylam volumes bit shaken up Seahawk worthy antagonist Great Lakes Pitts model can still obtain Wylam plans Unlike classic Army Hawks tapered wings bulldog noses Seahawk 450-hp P&W Wasp bayonet stacks Townend ring pleases Seahawk designed 1926 battleship/carrier specs rejected tad slower F4B-4 anticipated few years Re jected sea duty handed-down Marines began teoric career Nine-M its fea tures continued later Navy craft Continued page 26 K 26 Model Aviation prototype stretched Heildiver Boeing edge Hawk Seahawk far better acrobatic model either Hawk Boeing aero batic magic swept-wing---remem ber Great Lakes Pitts Jungmeister et al less CG problem last mad dogs English men go out midday sun column told about spoiler caper power 6-ft Krackerjac have fixes mods can hold breath article coming down pike Also flew again rub ber ducky still cant handle its sensitive ailerons Lucky get down pieceyet again bitd like numerous cabin kits has aileron arms cocked forward remember high wing Too designs Usual ly bulkhead way What gives aileron differentialmore down up Thats backwards spot kit change ob tained some differential servo wheels Expert putting servo connectors far forward servo shaft line now have up down less travel hope use thing approach practice Out curiosity lengthen life faithful six-year-old K&B-Veco 19 RC-assist Vagabond gave mill POWR treatment 19 now quite angry Happy days Joined John Worth local park Electric ses sion cool eveningthats flight times highest Airplanes love thick cool air last time saw him John two Kitty wings biplane Airtronics RTF bird time Sportavia wing little crate let teil Sportavia/Kitty high climbing perpetual gliding steady machine will ever learn four-crate most-ofthe-day session Don Srull Shan gri-la Four Electrics Sparky son Mikes lead-sled modified Midwest Champion Dons new big Jabberwock Simmers rubber job scaled up LeCrate 11 oclock lift over occasional local thermalling areas well Don Sparky going seven cells own large gear reduction 05 modified 15-15 folder using twisted Carrera spine Two quick 13-mm flights take down Climb now agressive say 35 45 oz range 05 Mikes Champ after dug out six ounces still weighed monstrous 51 oz 381 reduction seven ceils 05 11-7 prop did 13 mm about can lighten suitable-area Gas kit fly 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help too cant observe difference flight time peaking probably competition thing fact best flights happened occur moderate chargingand way Continued page 128 28 Mode Aviation c 4MARK XI JPower Panel FAST ST T RCHARGER UMI ADVANCED INTEGRATED CIRCUITRY way Add mufflers list Also props fuel tanks What need little structural integrity Otherwise someone might get hurt once saw nine-foot Custom Cavalier flying six inches beneath wing loose rubberbands stretched much pullout loop Think Safety Think 0-Forces models subjected great stress flight tired spar underdesigned surface can let go forces become too great Think lock nuts seek smooth power set tings dampen out vibration building orange cratewere building some sophisticated robot machinery can cruise 140 60 engine once excellent manufacture something wrong sheared almost mounting bolts time started up Two extra holes drilled four 1/8-in bolts would snap bench test freak happens build care test run trial fly boonies resist urge low roar crowdor someday maybe roar will crowd coming discuss low-level air manship Have safe month John Preston Model Aviation 1810 Samuel Morse Dr Reston VA 22090 Fun/Winter Continued page 28 battery lasts longer believe Bob Kopski series said same thing Gus Munich uses 300 squares 05 large gear-down 11-7 two servos shut off gets 10 mm 10-mm charge use two servosno separate ON OFFa fuse absolute must Id use fuse anyway play safe What previously read about peaking suggest forget Napoleans retreat Moscow mind Id like share some real fun provided bythismonthsguestL C Smitty Schmidt St Petersburg FL Judging mail area have oranges grapefruit about time pestered again little left-handed thinking Smitty announces enclose couple pictures shows old boy some Jetex efforts jumble top box Phffft IV heavy weight good penetration sporting fiberglass fishpole fuselage Atop two design call Sir occo very light consis tently good performers yet uncovered having just completed replace bad judgment land highway small job right hand named Brimstone has angles jailhouse lawyer probably hatched just prove myself am design rut offerings such boys local club Gulfhawks have dubbed George Perryman St Pete dont object put some kinda class company attend club meets time time Smitty goes go outside contest once year two collecting hardware leave capable hands feel inclined already have Pan Am clock Payload model pewter mug Coupe dHiver old trophy older Sirocco Jetex jobs also have old flight bag some long-forgotten deed field somewhere trophy totally useless item have shelf darkroom bit luck wont have explain other critter Smitty revs up prop unloaded Depth Charge sponsored Drunken Doughnuts have no idea Stan Hill started VHT models friend told having seen engine mounted forward fin Since seemed good way handle power developed inde pendently eye-balled time started out fiberglass fishpole fuselage Continued page 130 128 Model Aviation SOP WITH TABLOID PLANS AVAILABLE IN TWO SIZES 1/A Scale 90 2 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rails until airplane balances loca tion shown plans Glue tray spot Connect elevator rudder respective servos Run some soft iron wire through guide throttle servo engine Check ensure surfaces move proper direction control given throttle line runs smoothly correctly Attach fuel overflow lines engine Any warps wing tail surfaces should removed hot iron heat gun Fun/Winter Continued page 128 keyed plywood fin slots hottest thing market days Space Bug hung front end wasnt until later found Hill Ozzie Czeppa mounted wings underneath though never figured out platform behind fin still way Oh well whatever makes tires squeal reckon About year ago club members asked come went right informed VHT models should fly left dont know some people get information rate ROW surprise job little different has hull fuselage 400 squares Medallion 09 keep leaping off water re placed Babe Bee result realistic 10- 15-ft takeoff Tell ya ignorant wasand still amI called designs UHT Ultra High Thrust never knowing 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Edition: Model Aviation - 1984/01
Page Numbers: 18, 19, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 128, 130
DOCUMENTATION painful chore folks enter Scale events won der share view simpler days built few hundred so-called Scale jobs almost rubber-powered research limited stumbling over some three-view caught fancy Photos just stirred juices did bother details authentic markings people have libraries airplane books drawings articles photos Documentation sounds dull Some have love everything ever flew older subject greater fas Boeing F4B-4 fighters piloted daredevil Marines VF-9M thrilled air show audiences 1930s flying wing tip wing tip 18-plane stunt formationsso close fact planes occasional ly bumped other VF-9Ms Red Devils team sometimes practiced three times day pictures drawings Jess C Barrow collection courtesy Leatherneck magazine Engine cowls wheels VF-9Ms F4B-4s bright red three-plane section having solid-color tails red white blue Cen tered across top wing U S Marines large letters assist quick identification rolling around wild maneuvers regulation markings replaced 2-ft-high numerals side fuselage 30-in-high number underside bottom right wing panel rest airplane standard Navy-Marine colors might want model plane should note rather large bottom wing-fuselage fillet famous Squirrel Cage executed 18 F4B-4s spiral-dived through two nine-plane groups VO-7M 1-feildivers circled opposite directions finishing on-the-deck W pullouts grandstand flyby must have awesome sight sure show-stopper typical 18-plane act Marine F4B-4s Nine planes looped tail-chase through horizontal Figure 8 flown other nine about VF-9M text *fr I__ 14 K iS P48-4 LOOPING TO FORM SQUIRREL CAGE idANEUvER CIRCLES OF vO-7N PLANES GOING IN ORPOSiTE DIRECTIONS PULL OUT AT VERY LOW AL1TUeE-WIUE OPEN MmsYMmgTNTTLE 18 Model Aviation cination Collecting data transcends re search becomes hobby itself stories planes designers pilots times past wars exploits glory tragedy substances dreams Giant Scalers focus some favorite fly breathtaking realism Rubber Scalers have rare sensitivity things build because building time short gambol field flow ers bringing life again mystique subjects no else would build model turn treasured especi ally flies well enough conjur up visions guys happiest uniquely sharing taking pride whatever others life beautiful Interest something no other has built becomes long long trail may go like have occasionally mentioned fascination Boe ing 100 civilian version Boeing P-12 biplane fighter circa 1930 much like colorful F4B-4 fighter flew off carriers 100 premier aero batic steed men like Paul Mantz Milo Burcham Mail trickled West Coast reader sent copy Leatherneck May 1982 magazine Marine Corps another reader came book Aero PublishersBoe ing P-]2 F4B loaded pix factory floor flight some fullcolor schemes pic shows Model 100 rebuilt resemble Curtiss Helldiver movie Task Force 1 947 Its two-place same sweptback top wing Curtiss-like vertical tail wanted one-of-a-kind wouldnt drive judges mad vice versa cover Leatherneck trio F4Bs dive colors strangely different ings unique schemes used early Marine Corps air show teams Inside sensational six-page article illus trations Marine Fighting Squadron Nine-Mby Jess C Barrow Pappy Boy ington WW II Southwest Pacific super ace member Aviation Cadet article excerpt Barrows book same title pub lished 1981 Tab Booksavailable Marine Corps Association Ta Dal L G Schmidt left call Smittydubbed George Perryman St Pete Gulfhawksrevels left-handed thinking Youll never unravel pile zany crates sitting box see text although holds two HL Gliders right-handed left hand admiration left-handed throwing hand assuming hes right handed Winter thinks Smitty has Bills missing pipes day will live infamy. Center Smitty picks poetic names crates like Phffft IV Jetex Brimstone Depth Charge Sponsored Drunken Doughnuts foregound Depth Charge take off Stan Hills motor-on-pylon FF fuselage hull rise-off-water flying Little Buzzard has uncovered wing Some problem name probablycant get around Konefes Buzzard Bombshell think Right youve forgotten about Payloaders never heard em heres Smittys Fulcrum can compete small boys local meets national threat Smitty reassures us So far Smitty has won pewter mug Pan Am clock travel bag Winter suggests Claiming Race event January 1984 19 New props significantly improved performance Don Srulls Electric Sparky July 1983 MA Plan No 414 $850 As received imported plastic folding prop barely got plane off ground Originally pitch hub tip about 150 near zero Heated MonoKote iron prop twisted re-pitched go tip retaining 150 hub Heavier Electrics can fly very well Srulls scaled-up Jabberwock Wally Simmers design4A lb 600 sq wingdemonstrated gets 14-mm flights much glide using same im ported prop Sparky modified 19-in dia 13-in pitch twisting extending blade area diameter thin ply addition darker area prop new Astro Super Ferrite 15 motor 2A1 belt reduction 12 cells gives long high climb ship minimal climb 05 having 36 39 reduction Later Jabberwock version lightened considerably Winters LeCrate 460 sq Leisure 05 2%1 six cells Rev-Up 11-7% prop does 10 mm 45 sec thick cool evening air significant improvement climb rate since resulted reworking prop used rat-tail wood file streamline outer hub removed excess wood sanded blades thinner sharper leading edge rounded tips taper Bookservice Box 1775 Quantico VA 22134 $795 plus $1 shipping phoned Quantico permission ex cerpt obtain diagram few pictures Friendly people never theless said must have authors per mission Jess obliged supplied second diagram published article will dream tonight airplanes Marines wore handed-down clothes Navy know Marines foster devel opment aviation within corps Col Thomas C Turner Officer-inCharge Marine Aviation launched intensive publicity campaign 1930 failing convince Navy ad ditional funds equipment bad ly needed survival Marine Aviation took case people ordered special aerobatic squadron formed merely two- three-plane unit often seen other ser vices 1st Lt Lawson Sandy Sanderson given command VF 9M told simply mold squad ron top-flight demonstration team Sanderson asked about re strictions told Turner Just get job done anyway can dont want know did itjust dont get caught Sanderson somehow robbed other squadrons top pilots recruited ground crews above average disci plines No distinctions made between officers enlisted pilots Using six hand-me-down Curtiss F7C-l Seahawk fighters Rojo Diablos Red Devils became colorful fighter squadron Marine Aviation tory its daring air shows Chicago 1930 National Air Races won Sir Charles Orr Trophy Continued page 22 s 3 DATER 2 C FROM REAR WING RIRSI/ZUSREET LEADING EDGE 4 SO /32SREET TOP GNLRI--- WING SPAR NOTE 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downside last loop fighter succession went vertical rolling dive passing through two nine-plane layers Helldivers lay er circling opposite directions Pullouts front stands virtually ground wide-open throttle other drawing left nine F4B-4s looping through horizontal eight comprised other nine F4B-4s 1935 Tex Rogers squadron per formed 20 air shows US Canada flying open-cockpit fighters cross-country kinds weather Continued page 24 22 Model Aviation L REPAIR SERVICE FOR HOBBY LOBBY EK LOG ICTROL FUTABA T HOBBY SHACK ROYAL LINE SALES RADIO SYSTEMS FUTABA ROYAL ACCESSORIES FOR MOST RADIOS riiscrtminate Scale Fliers Denuand Dave PlattiTh Im perfectionist.my kits prove reputation finest models RC scale has founded upon careful attention detail period over twenty years fact Im particular about kits theyre available personally make kit sign hold myself responsible reproductions genuine Dave Platt kit guarantee true outline combined force arrangement flies properly THE ULTIMATE legendary beauty 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wind free style aerobatics strung together like machine gun fire Stunts came bursts next day went back hop ing find mysterious airplane Curtiss Seahawk Semper Fidelis emblem its side graceful little machine configured like Helidiver straight bottom wing swept-back top wingalso like Great Lakes beloved genera tions modelers Alas forgot pilots name 50 years wondered about phantom pilot Barrow told Sandy Sanderson man molded Marine Fighting Squadron Nine-M historys greatest air show demonstration team considered greatest pilot come out Marines mentioned Norm Ros enstock sent two pages Wylam drawings MAN appeared mags book Best Wylam marvelous side-view pic Since selected contents first two Wylam volumes bit shaken up Seahawk worthy antagonist Great Lakes Pitts model can still obtain Wylam plans Unlike classic Army Hawks tapered wings bulldog noses Seahawk 450-hp P&W Wasp bayonet stacks Townend ring pleases Seahawk designed 1926 battleship/carrier specs rejected tad slower F4B-4 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