Bill Winter Just Fun SEVERAL YEARS AGO received note Ward Maitre Hollywood MD Ive enclosed Xeroxed picture three-channel airplane shown index page 1975 Sport Mod eler listed editor Can recall anything about airplane its size engine availability plans added what seemed irrelevant remark quickly forgotten used Dave Robelens Pronto plan areas moments tried duplicate fuselage shape made fine threechannel flier Ward said working such small picture wonder close came original Indeed thumbnail picture Sport Modeler did reveal very attractive low-wing sport model have bound volumes Junior Mod eler Sport Modeler former evolved Dont ask change took place over strongest objections mystery plane could found Puzzled reported failure Ward thing nagged Since picture contents page February 1975 issue heading next issue possibly announced issue may have produced Potomac Aviation Publications publisher moved Washington DC Reno NV both American Modeler Sport Modeler would die Material tended Sport Modeler first go did appear later issues American Modeler anyone has March 1975 issue Sport Modeler both Ward would like know about plane bound volumes above pictures Dave Robelen positions Pronto camera prior publication plans August 1972 MAN pic tures solved three-year effort Winter what calls Agatha Christie mystery though text sounds itlore like Mike Hammer episode landing shot speaks itself Winter found five Prontos locally plus several experts describe Pronto finest three-channel air plane have flown Though manufactured kit some years design remains popular underground subject Both pictures Bill Conkling Below Left Super Pronto has ailerons less dihedral Until last season prominent model air show team used such model its limbo pole act Below Right Daves wife Grace shows off Parakeet spring 1982 Although never kitted 42in bipe flown 30 modelers Tabb area southeast Virginia near Langley Field Some fly 8-ft versions Pronto weighing 15 20 lb Quadra engines Employed NASA Dave expert spin tunnels dynamic testing RC models 18 Model Aviation 4 include complete six-month periods may have straggling sue dont have After long delay Maitre wrote again enclosing Xerox copies Pronto did register mesaying flying since 1975 15 19 What distracted fact working drawings showed also turned fuselage make shoulder wing highwing version adding l-in-high cabin top fuselage la old Midwest Esquire added am cur rently enlarging plan Author October 1982 56-in version Fox 36 using Swizzle Stick wing Balsa USA reducing plans 40-incher 09 considering 90-in Pronto big plane craze re semble single-place home-built Fox 60 power name Pronto still didnt catch attention though Ward stated caught glider contest Washington TV program Evening Magazine Pronto hanging hobby shop shown part program still blind-sided mysterious picture Sport Modeler now Maitres file comprised giant envelope marked Unfinished Business cut-up plans Pronto goof really goof Time passed forgot Pronto plans Haunted fished out Wards tear sheets another magazine Unfortunately some magazines have habit always providing identity what trade termed running foot find month year page num ber Magazines also change format fre quently familiarity type faces such could guess magazines identity Sub consciously now trail Pronto plans forgotten pictures Pronto article fas cinated plane ingeniously simple functional bearing good designers touch still did have pages sequence clear photos looked like presentation RCM Aha letter RCM led dil 1 IPARAKEET David B Robelen Ispan 42 area 486sq power I9cuin Ltzzzz PRONTO by David B Rabelen span48 area384sq power 19 Cu 7 ySCALE IN INCHES both aircrafthic 2468 igent search Dick Kidd plans lists etc Dick said no didnt pub lish Time went Dicks mind too wrote again say come across kit review Pronto 1975 issue Tidewater Hobby Enter prises company produced out business day wandered down pits flying field local cute strange low-winger asked chap what 12162024 design replied made old kit plan wan dered off course turned out Pronto Maitres pile material hanging over know truth Les Miserables Odd things began happen note Maitre assuring him still alive produced return complete tear sheets time another magazine gave date page num July 1984 19 Robelen uses small Rubber models share fun boys half-size Wakefield simple sheet construction survives bouts trees fence poles wash drying lines bers could see small subhead An FM Product Review blurb stated Jerry Dunlap really busts tail review -three-channel RC trainer easy build repair text address Tidewater Fairfax VA live Tidewa ter no longer Calls old-tim ers local club produced nothing head scratching among found five Prontos still being flown Talk about shocks sixth ap pealed prominent modeler scaled up parts prekit pic ture old Flying Models review off little could distinguished authentic five being used late last year show team actit flew limbo-pole demonstrations came across Super Pronto ailerons must know about because danged airplane underground subjectall over place am telling story As pin pointed members 250-man club Prontos flown Super Prontos noted including two past-presidents superb pilots told unasked Pronto finest threechannel airplane ever flown gold fever Only last night dis covered Don Dewey RCM scratch-built MAN plans 1972 became enthusiastic asked Robelen send him kit review What about PlainJane aircraft know about Prontos may chuckle bet wise guys dont know biplane Pronto called No 1 Winter thinks Bill Kleinhansof Evansville IN could first AMA member Theres long story about text picture left shows Bill Kleinhans 1938 thereabouts Winter thinks AMA licenses first issued 1938 has AMA formed scientific pursuit purposes 1937 National Contest Note Kleinhans NAA 101 AMA todays roster shows him still holding AMA No 101 first 100 numbers inclusive reserved presidents now 22 Above Built 1937 before AMA according Kleinhans 300 sq model /4 hp Gwinn Aero NAA 101 license numbers still exists Below Just *as taken attic October 1983 Kleinhans ancient model shows different color scheme beneath tat ters must have recovered sometime forgotten past Subsequently has stripped bare bones restoration Parakeet Tabb thats Virgin ia environs 30-odd Parakeets flying plan published future Model Aviation well as sorted Prontos Supers including gaggle eight-footers Quadras confess amusement have 8-ft lightweight low-winger climbs well flies just fine K&B Veco 19 Quadras seems Quadra guys Tabb like go lumberyard cut up timbers Prontos Supers wind up about 15 20 lb take giant engines fly stuff in-town site nearby highway Dave Robelen low-profile career man NASA cleverest minds among modeliags old-timers Since NACA now NASA hired -fr modelers before WW II Langley Field Virginia area has fa mous modeling experts per capita other place US Sal Taibi worked went engi neering fame like Bob Champine came test pilots postwar FF pen cil bombers came out Langley Hewitt Phillips pioneer Indoor man lifetime modeler MA published pictures some years ago huge scale 747 Sailplane nacelles soared mountaintops Cum berland MD near equal footing specialized RC Sallplanes Caidwell Johnson Woody Blanchard Na tional Champion several times others Robelen specialist us ing indoor tunnels outdoor RC dy namic scale models authority flight characteristics own AMA Ex ecutive Director John Worth stayed NASA early Sixties instead joining AMA its beam end would now hold Daves position Dave says Daves big boss Earl Stahl did Rubber Scale things Model Airpalne News Air Trails Robelen isnt ready called 20 Model Aviation 4 Bill Kleinhans Rough River Mint Julep Meet Quarter Scale Robin Originally prop drive McCulloch chainsaw finally prop drive Built spruce ply old-timer long varied work field makes him seem like hazily recall developed tiny RC actua tors fussed tiny little RC planes landmark performance may remember spin tunnel operated home tested char acteristics well-known aircraft miniscule March 1980 Model via tion Heres Dave now about Pronto fills us original design pub lished August 1972 issue MAN design attempt blend full-scale Volksplane simple model construction contemporary threechannel flying features ardent Pattern contestant late Sixties mainly Class II really affect ed thinking regards threechannel maneuver capability large rud der modest wing loading low power loading Throughout discussion Prontos design features toned down notion competitive virtue However original models three channels powered Super tigre 23 placed first Advanced Pat tern AA-size meet Norfolk VA against such planes Kwik-Fli Phoenix etc What fun Au thor Dave showed photo sheets Pronto Super Pronto three-viewsincluding Parakeet Herb Clukey has refurbished printing issue Tidewater Hobby Enterpris es Dave continues winter 1971 decided start manufacturing enterprise garage partnership formed B Mark Schwing Navy submarine man stationed Newport News Thats rightthe same Mark Schwing EMS California Author point Daves wife fatally injuredand son badly injuredin auto accident Mark Sch wing stepped keep Tidewater going Navy assignments required him move Fairfax California mid-70s Mark forced wind down Tidewater order Yeah Farman 400 1933 French tourist three-placer did get finished Bill Winter Bill Kaluf pooled resources former designing latter doing building Specs include 05 40 four-cycle engine 6-ft 4-in wingspan 6 lb weight shock struts hinged landing gear legs Covering MonoKote green silver Seeming wrinkles top wing may show magazine reproduction actually just reflections full-size plane seated three tandem its huge flaps highly unusual lightplane such ancient vintage cracked flaps model takes off within 50-ft runwithout elevator input flat-bottomed airfoil model doesnt drop its nose turn Power-on intentional stalls gentle straight ahead Slight CAR coupling 20% rudder rela tion aileron ideal have no problems inverted four-cycle Takeoff estimated 17 mph flyby cruise 34 mph July 1984 21 Above Bill Weaver spring 1938 age 18 second Gas model Scien tific Miss America Brown Junior B engine Note numbers NAA-1 02 Left Weavers Comet Zipper built 1939before AMA says possible ex planation suggested text Zipper carries NAA 102 though AMA prefixes appeared 1938 Below Weavers first Gas model California Chief Baby Cy clone C built 1937 NAA-102 added wing 1938 could read identification label behind wing top Miss America fuselagel place full emphasis Electronic Model Systems July 1976 Dave happily married Grace Goodman Daves son John off college couple first two children Grace prevailed Davenot much pre vailing required Id guessto revive Tidewater Demand Prontos creased soon deluxe Continued page 22 $5000 WORTH OF PRIZES pDDe Rq80 TRIPLE ELIMINATION MODEL AIRPLANE COMBAT TOURNAMENT JULY7th&8th 1984 BOEING SPACE CENTER KENT WASHINGTON Prizes through 4th place include both trophies Carver Corporation stereo equipment Entry fee $400 proceedings begin breakfast 900 AM July 7th free contestants Call Howard breakfast location Registration will open until 1100 AM field July 7th Flying will begin promptly 1100 AM further information call Howard Rush 206 823-6018 Let us know need place stay ride airport Super Pronto ailerons model ing buddy Chuck Cusick helped wood cutting shipping etc Chuck became pastor Ohio church Robelens three sons expecting another offspring due about time read John Ro belen now 22 doing Army service Germany accompanied wife Diane family activity plus working full-time NASA Dave ex plains decision made stop production kits ood needs good father much super-modeler kit manufacturer sometimes-dad thing tells us Pronto has joined biplane called Parakeet three-channel biplane effort blending Pronto features simple sport bipe think great Others agree Mean small spin tunnel published Model Aviation has grown sophis ticated much larger dynamicallyscaled models being tested NASA has installed copy spin tunnel Langley Visitor Center current modeling activity Dave continues much influenced fine little boys well So have re established interest small Rubber models am helping boys build such models AMA Cub Rang er 21a great modeL Ive scratch-built little 22-in Wakefield look-alike allsheet construction since trees around well clotheslines fences etc flies great too youd like investigate Super Pronto Dave says Corkscrew published January 1983 RCMod eler much same After studying plansa design Stu Richmond Id say Stus refinement finelooking sport/aerobatic ship 1 9 30 Reminds bit low-wing Eaglet recently published RCM high-lift flat-bottom wing Like much earlier Pronto Eaglet Corkscrew has sturdy dowel leading edge Dave breathed word focal point develop ment lightweight RC systems tiny RC models published Prophet American Modeler late Sixties miniature Rookie Span 24 weight 7/2 OZ power 02 aileronsall channel subject lecture Toledo Show 1971 men tioned yesterday Don Srulla mistake because guy walking index Two pages notes call last night Robelen Two pages notes dont suppose newcom ers ever heard Kicking Duck Gallop ing Ghost WAG systems first Dave Woody Blanchard mini-scale Since 15-mph ships 10Continued page 24 22 Model Aviation U two cycle engine power characteristics four cycle OPS 30 cc MAXI designed operate glow plug using 8% castor oil 92% methanol has long stroke high torque/low RPM operation ported good economy low operating speeds Buy local hobby shop ir emcae 7mfwt4 9cc P 0 BOX 26247 0 NEW ORLEANS LA 70186 0 504242-5867 VLJLTMAIEI1 Voitmaster very precisely measures transmitter receiver battery voltage under load determine whether battery reaching discharged state Green yellow red scales indicate go-caution-no go situation Unique features include four voltage ranges including 12V starter batteries Load Engage switch monitor recovery rate cells important parameter deter mining cell condition plus Load Status switch two different loads 200 ma 500 ma can engaged large packs 0 mah up mon itored validity Less connectors 26K18Voltmaster Kit 26K18CVoltmaster Assembled $2495LI $2995 IAk m/ Iuucj Send $200 complete catalog Ace items available dealer must order direct add $1O0handlingfee POR0X511EHIGGINSVILLEMO64527 516484-7121 24 Model Aviation mph wind werent much fun two flew under lights between 10 pm midnight shopping center parking lot seems have begun Daves 13-in SE-S Wylam plans Dave also machinist have throt tled Cox 010s Other ships include 18-in Corben Super Ace 13-in Sper ry Messenger published Model Build er Sopwith Pup talking about 3 oz up actuator SE-5 pulsed relay stick glued its armature About 15 years back RCM published Daves Pipsqueaktwo chan nels Galloping Ghost 18-in wing 010 engine want name designer plane contents-page pic ture February 1975 Sport Model er Now have story early RC proportionalfrom Ed Lorenz Howard McEntee estate radio arti facts given Dave Robelen through John Worth Walt Good Jerry Pullen California seems father proportional know Well leave later column Dave working up photo selection Youll hearing about Kick ing Duck Galloping Ghost WAG things went bump night few us expect fly Tabb guys Daves dad Horrace active Richmond VA area age 73 dont know yet guys three areas may descend season epicenter Richmond because Ward Maitre Mary land curious about picture Dont ever stare photo think Ive lost marbles Number Ever wonder first licensed AMA member During mid-30s Charlie Grant fiery editor Model Airplane News newspaper syndicate sponsored nationwide model competi tion took dim view new Gaspowered planes dangerous know doesnt sound familiar After two states barred Gas models Charlie began International Gas Model Air plane Association IGMAA mem bership ballooned turned over National Aeronautic Association would swamped its youth division passed new ly-formed AMA first AMA numbers could have issued 1938 present allocation first 100 numbers inclusive presidents place beginning current president No 22 first member ship number cannot lower 101 theorized organization would issue No 1 likely would make look good beginning 100 probably would shy away round number issue perhaps 101 Continued page 26 Littlest Miracle Workshon ALTOOL Send SUITABLE FOR ALLforcatalog HOBBIES AND CRAFTS Makers of. Mini-Glue Tips Stray-Tray Tee Bar Mini-Saw uff-Stuff & Jewel Stripes sort thing got Pronto mixup Later AMA policy reserved three-digit numbers Contest Directors through years three-digit numbers have re issued Among authentic three digits some old-tuners Some have passed others have dropped out lost number years forgot pay dues Finally restored have no idea hQw others may have shared Now then. first heard about Bill Klemhans letter Fred Williams Evansville IN exchange tall stones Fred 50 has kid high school daughter taking enineering Purdue antique carshas four present soccer coach high school just won its fourth state title puts out newsletter 55-mem ber Thermal Thumbers Club has 26-acre flying site four-acre lake sitting valley 10 miles out town lease Amal Coal Co costs $1 year Amal put mile rocked entry road graded 600 x 200-ft flying strip Fred men tioned phenom old-timer Bill Kleinhans license No 101 check AMA membership roster shows Kleinhans holding 101 number has since Thirties Fred pleased prepare following Bill graduated high school 1938 already built rubberpowered models early 30s doesnt remember very first granted Certificate No 29 Gas Model Pioneers signed Charles H Grant obtained AMA 101 card February 1938 high school belonged International Gas Model Association America spon sored Model Airplane News thought before around September 1937 first Gas model Scien tific Red Zephyr kit second plane still has called Fly ing Midget recently done again August 1983 Model Builder won first contest Henderson KY just across Ohio River south us 1940 using Baby Playboy Atom power first Control Line plane Baby Stanzel Shark O&R 23 also about time working NACA Lang ley Field Virginia Pearl Harbor hit think model maker flight test hangar went Republic Aviation followed military service going aviation cadet Amarillo TX training B-29 ffight engineer cancelled war ending did some Control Line flying Texas After war built flew about everything competing Free Flight Rubber Control Line Continued page 134 26 Model Aviation $225 strips$ 145 Add 20% postage APPLIED DESIGN CORP 138 Penn Street El Seunde CA 90245 3-FUNCTION ACCUTACH ITM O LCD Tachometer w/dual scale capability lox bOX G Digital Voltmeter or load 56 checking/cycling TX/RX battery combos ACISC Monitoruick charging operation 79prepaidSend check Noror money order CalCalif add 6% tax Box 70956 AVIONISSSunnyvale CA INC94086 Letters Editor Vs.#s ~ naae 10 antenna wire substituted As have no musical ability guitar put better use getting sitting closet collecting dust Donald H Smith Malvern PA can wonder what will next kind airplane come innovative show team modelers Safety/Preston Continued paqe 16 considerable amount CyA glue fol lowing first aid treatments might worth clipping out saving Skin bonds try pull bonded surfaces apart direct opposing action Immerse surfaces warm soapy water Peel roll surfaces apart using blunt edge such spoon handle Wash adhesive off skin soap water Eyelid-to-eyelid -eyeball bonds try open eyes manipulation eyelids stuck together bonded eyeball wash thoroughly warm water apply gauze patch eye will open further action typically four days Adhesive eyeball Cyanoacrylate introduced eyes will attach itself eye protein will disassociate within matter hours gross con tamination has occurred During period contamination before clearance takes place weeping will occur double vision may experienced Mouth If lips accidentally stuck together apply stream warm water lips encourage maximum wetting pressure saliva inside mouth Peel roll lips apart gently try pull lips direct opposing action almost impossible swallow cyano acrylate adhesive solidifies adheres mouth Saliva will lift adhesive one-half two days lump forms mouth position patient prevent gestion lump detaches Burns Cyanoacrylates give off heat solidification rare cases larger drop may cause bum Bums should treated normally after lump cyanoacrylate released tissue described above wind up months column Marlin Kinning editor Corsair newsletter Joint Military RC Fliers club Oceanside CA has following advise fellow club members think will agree message should headed Safe Un prefix un has suddenly swept prominence First heard about un cola soon became un un uncool group thats around long time unsafe Related RC breed generally uncoordinated pilots unmaintained air planes Once air unsafe become unfliers because have uncontrolla ble crashes people unread unin hibited unwonied about accidents injury prefix un great talking about undamaged uninjured un impaired unbandaged unsplintered unwheelchaired unsquashed its rather frightening talking about unheeding uncareful un done unconscious Im glad no unsafe un field note Ill get back packing preparing move new house days Ill find time build modelperhaps Have safe month John Preston 12235 Tildenwood Dr Rockville MD 20852 Fun/Winter Continued oaaa 26 thing Stunt flown time entering RC about 1956 1957 leader still forming first club called Thermal Thumbers mostly Free Flight 1946 joined youngster 1947 club led Air Whiners mostly Control Line later evolving Evansville RC Club RC got going around club present active Bill being very few elder statesmen still around still very active almost RC now once will knock out something else As said fore can about anything mod eling master figuring simple solution some model engineering problem crops up taking few scraps making whats needed cant count things has taught modeling have known him since 1947 older brother building him high schooL So see go back long way present builds mostly RC Scale usually large stuff Giant Scale etc has list RC plane has built somewhere plane will have number particu lar plane Right now number stands near 75 newest Fieseler Storch European kit 134 Model Aviation ACK-U-VOLT Digital DC Voltmeter Kit Njcd sun, battoons Srii Inst VOLT 3 Digit LED Aiowinoss Cusu 0-559 & 0-999 Scins Com ulok Ansdiond uuih Loads Inpot & Cho Cabins Tiis could ihe nost vaiuabie ten fiighi box No need io guess batteries need charged Aiso vaiuabie voltage monitor quick charging Simpie baud simpie io use 3 digits shows what battery voltages simply pressing switch places load bat tery no quesiion charge Special lens lute makes easie read sunlight HOLD switch hoids dispiay input removed bandy wish record values later use Charge 45 SOma charger DONT TAKE ChANCEGET ACK-UVOLT better product modeler H8N ELEcTRONIcS050 055ss5O iN FLYING NEAR Al RPORTS BE CAREFUL PROTECT YOUR RIGHT TO FLY some modifications type bear know large glass area plus wing slots other engineer ing problems ailerons counter weights same etc seems thrive engineering nightmares sum up has done still going pretty good although may slowing up some last few months repeat old adage use too builders fliers modelers definitely latter about 62 thanks anything can print him club de serves Number Two youll look upper right-hand cor ner April issue youll see Bill Weavers Live Wire Sr carries num ber 102 met Weaver Maxecu ters meet Rubber models query produced following letter ex cerpted fills days dinosaursand bears No 101 well About AMA 102 mem ber IGMAA announced February 1938 issue MAN being combined NAA form Gas model division immediately sent $100 li cense fee NAA part defense against anti-Gas model legislation spreading included set flying rules pledge etc probably remember received license number assumed member Number 102 few years later read NAA columns article about first member NAA Gas Model Divi sion No 101 dont remember name explained first 100 numbers reserved VIPs such presidents life members etc re alized second membership issued . n wonder member No 101 given up membership would make technically may minutes until No 103 issued NAA office longest continu ous member AMA w weeks ago sited AMA Head quarters building talked Geoff Styles about looked up No 101 member computer said didnt give issuing date since leader member may have given low number vacated course may original No 101 still active enclosing few old photos show NAA 102 number wings before became AMA spring 1940 Author 1940 date may mistake Although AMA numbersnot prefixed NAAappeared 1938 far can tell know editor Air Trails carried 1940 memory servesa column supplied CMASTER JT Dlv BAR/RICH SALES CO 2 FAiRWAY-HANNIBAL MO 03401 3t4122t h803 WINO SPAN42 WING AREA651 onin ENGINE4000 WEIGHTSIbs BUILT-UP BALSA Sport stand oil scale model die cot lormers sod ply parts 25515 rOlled lull size plans HIGHLY AEROBATIC FOr eapierienced halide National Aeronautic Association written Al Lewis first executive director AMA definitely also worked NAA handing torch NAA AMA does seem therefore have sharp transition own recollections can fuzzy opinion AMA strong enough finan cially able operated NAA offices late 1940 hence dual personality expect Frank Zaic upon reading will make everything crys tal clearhe usually cites chapter verse SOS Im bothered bewildered bewitchedby ready-to-fly looks great standard cabin design built total disaster dont know can get off just fine make smooth first turn Hades breaks loose ships before mildly-tapered wing flew well current version manufacturer went rectangular wing having area should easier fly Don SruU made first test flight high wind kept full bore way highspeed powered landing approach re ported first touch aile ron supersensitive 54 43e es 40 WEhiSs AU L.a construction die tot former, ribd2shtu oil SiZC glenS transition airplane good Ound hendling fine St low-wieser 8 almost went Ailerons normal strip type airfoil semi-symmetrical control movement excessive adjusted movement near minimum barreled out fine morning have fun Surprise model bit heavy hopelessly aerobatic 40 weak 35 After fairly long run rotated gently Slight pres sure stick produced smooth moderately climbing turn left firm use aileron after produced violent roll almost verti cat got worse throttled back approach speeds behaved like Dirty Birdy hands kid mak ing first attempt help No aileron adjustment slightest affect dropped wing could picked up instantly full bore Katy bar door could fight thing until pointed field chop throttle pray fervently plopped hard enough shear main gear bolts next flight wild approach aborted climb-out goround landing pattern height pointed adjacent woods en gine quit turn speed cer tain death dove over trees gain airspeed got turned far-out crosswind leg clipped tallest Continued page 138 P -P4vws PNtu BOX 2495-MALA MESA CA 92045 1984 135 HIP ERBIPE W7AHTAN 173 NW 45 Street Ft Lauderdale FL 333119 13051 411-6175 4 ENGINEERING TIlE LANDING GEAR PEOPLE TIred kit lauding gears dent fIt year hIgglC praperty O & 0 Engloesring can salve year prehlems * Cast haItI year needs & specs gearmnteed IlL * Strung & darahte ta withstand teughest aiding * 0 & 0 Eagiacering gear wilt wart & keep year higgle ttying * In stuck replacement gear tar mast popular models Byren Pills ChrIsten Eagle CAP 21 Balsa USA J-3 CUB Air Tech Pawaee Eagle Nose Big Stick Chump Cltahrla R & B medels Snapper Stioger Soapper Tao C02 ENGINES WE NOW HAVE COMPLETE UNE OF BROWN TELCO DAVIS CO2 ENGINES INCLUDING SPARE PARTS SERVICE Ii0WNTEL CO A23 PEANUT$3060STANDARD TELCO$3406 CAMPUS BEE*3495TURBO 3005#295 CAMPUS TWIN ISaiSTURBO 6000Wang SODA CHARGeR -stUB D4VIS- cox 02CONVERSION TO CO213005 NEWIC4TALOC No 25 $150 TORK-STARTER $2995 Wrth Charger 11OV 220V 12V Fast Charger $2095 Without Cherger CHARGERS $1295 Charger Only Ii 1OV 220V 12V Past Charger 12721 HASKELL LANE BOWIE MARYLAND 20716301464-2260 Fun/Winter Continued page 135 tree nasty thing fell vertically breaking engine lug Kraft mountbut failed damage plastic fuselage some rubberized material apparently takes anything No other damage After weeks wondering realized up-aileron side giving trouble spin entryI never thought spin best guess tip stall right now come stalled tip could picked up instantly did happen speeds including full bore Remember slower thing flew worse got upaileron acting like spoiler Perhaps ailerons narrow have excessive movementremember adjusted minimum making difference Bal ance correct everything absolutely proper order Yaw nothing plane mushy Ive never seen anything like Can help Bill Winter 4426 Altura Ct Fairfax VA 22030 PROTECT YOUR RIGHT TO FLY Safe Flying No Accident Toledo/Beckman Continued Daqe 30 coming addition Big Bangers ser ies AMT back again King 60 saw last year two twins in-line opposed King 60 will next Big Bangers both twins later year Also scheduled next test runs Zenoah Quartz G38 PK Products Ive hearing lot good things about engine Im eager see what will final comment years show crowd Toledo very light Friday Saturday Sunday crowded dense crunch weve seen last couple 1935 KINNER SPORTWING 1/4 size span Plans Consist 4 sheets include construction booklet fin decals Plans 0 Postage WOODY FRANTZ 9126 E 67th Ct Tulsa OK 74133 918 250-0033 show selling Most exhibitors sell products show some represents big part yearly volume Several told did two three times much business year com pared last two years combined Conclusion less unemployment fewer people have time get show made money spend convenience manufac turers mentioned listed below years other hand good AMT USA 5068 Greensboro Ct Co 138 Model Aviation MFG OF NI STARTER $2995 Charger PLEASE SPECIFY WHICH CHARGER WHEN ORDERING TORK-STARTER revolutionary concept power 1 5V glow plugs model cars boats sirplanes using glow fuel enginee TORK-STARTERTMI has steel wrench steong enough reduce compression easier startIng ft supplies power dolag comes new CtlO charger has LED indIcate unit charging also has removable 7 handle can used Torque amplifier Over 50 consecutive starts full charge rechargeable hundreds times Clips Onto plug positive connection Send ad along pm-payment end receive free shipping handling L flls cutaway AMT KIng Wi used demon strate electronic ignition What shows porting combustion chamber also very fascinating STICK &TISSUE MODELSFOAM SCALE ARE GREATMODELS new 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Edition: Model Aviation - 1984/07
Page Numbers: 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 26, 134, 135, 138
Bill Winter Just Fun SEVERAL YEARS AGO received note Ward Maitre Hollywood MD Ive enclosed Xeroxed picture three-channel airplane shown index page 1975 Sport Mod eler listed editor Can recall anything about airplane its size engine availability plans added what seemed irrelevant remark quickly forgotten used Dave Robelens Pronto plan areas moments tried duplicate fuselage shape made fine threechannel flier Ward said working such small picture wonder close came original Indeed thumbnail picture Sport Modeler did reveal very attractive low-wing sport model have bound volumes Junior Mod eler Sport Modeler former evolved Dont ask change took place over strongest objections mystery plane could found Puzzled reported failure Ward thing nagged Since picture contents page February 1975 issue heading next issue possibly announced issue may have produced Potomac Aviation Publications publisher moved Washington DC Reno NV both American Modeler Sport Modeler would die Material tended Sport Modeler first go did appear later issues American Modeler anyone has March 1975 issue Sport Modeler both Ward would like know about plane bound volumes above pictures Dave Robelen positions Pronto camera prior publication plans August 1972 MAN pic tures solved three-year effort Winter what calls Agatha Christie mystery though text sounds itlore like Mike Hammer episode landing shot speaks itself Winter found five Prontos locally plus several experts describe Pronto finest three-channel air plane have flown Though manufactured kit some years design remains popular underground subject Both pictures Bill Conkling Below Left Super Pronto has ailerons less dihedral Until last season prominent model air show team used such model its limbo pole act Below Right Daves wife Grace shows off Parakeet spring 1982 Although never kitted 42in bipe flown 30 modelers Tabb area southeast Virginia near Langley Field Some fly 8-ft versions Pronto weighing 15 20 lb Quadra engines Employed NASA Dave expert spin tunnels dynamic testing RC models 18 Model Aviation 4 include complete six-month periods may have straggling sue dont have After long delay Maitre wrote again enclosing Xerox copies Pronto did register mesaying flying since 1975 15 19 What distracted fact working drawings showed also turned fuselage make shoulder wing highwing version adding l-in-high cabin top fuselage la old Midwest Esquire added am cur rently enlarging plan Author October 1982 56-in version Fox 36 using Swizzle Stick wing Balsa USA reducing plans 40-incher 09 considering 90-in Pronto big plane craze re semble single-place home-built Fox 60 power name Pronto still didnt catch attention though Ward stated caught glider contest Washington TV program Evening Magazine Pronto hanging hobby shop shown part program still blind-sided mysterious picture Sport Modeler now Maitres file comprised giant envelope marked Unfinished Business cut-up plans Pronto goof really goof Time passed forgot Pronto plans Haunted fished out Wards tear sheets another magazine Unfortunately some magazines have habit always providing identity what trade termed running foot find month year page num ber Magazines also change format fre quently familiarity type faces such could guess magazines identity Sub consciously now trail Pronto plans forgotten pictures Pronto article fas cinated plane ingeniously simple functional bearing good designers touch still did have pages sequence clear photos looked like presentation RCM Aha letter RCM led dil 1 IPARAKEET David B Robelen Ispan 42 area 486sq power I9cuin Ltzzzz PRONTO by David B Rabelen span48 area384sq power 19 Cu 7 ySCALE IN INCHES both aircrafthic 2468 igent search Dick Kidd plans lists etc Dick said no didnt pub lish Time went Dicks mind too wrote again say come across kit review Pronto 1975 issue Tidewater Hobby Enter prises company produced out business day wandered down pits flying field local cute strange low-winger asked chap what 12162024 design replied made old kit plan wan dered off course turned out Pronto Maitres pile material hanging over know truth Les Miserables Odd things began happen note Maitre assuring him still alive produced return complete tear sheets time another magazine gave date page num July 1984 19 Robelen uses small Rubber models share fun boys half-size Wakefield simple sheet construction survives bouts trees fence poles wash drying lines bers could see small subhead An FM Product Review blurb stated Jerry Dunlap really busts tail review -three-channel RC trainer easy build repair text address Tidewater Fairfax VA live Tidewa ter no longer Calls old-tim ers local club produced nothing head scratching among found five Prontos still being flown Talk about shocks sixth ap pealed prominent modeler scaled up parts prekit pic ture old Flying Models review off little could distinguished authentic five being used late last year show team actit flew limbo-pole demonstrations came across Super Pronto ailerons must know about because danged airplane underground subjectall over place am telling story As pin pointed members 250-man club Prontos flown Super Prontos noted including two past-presidents superb pilots told unasked Pronto finest threechannel airplane ever flown gold fever Only last night dis covered Don Dewey RCM scratch-built MAN plans 1972 became enthusiastic asked Robelen send him kit review What about PlainJane aircraft know about Prontos may chuckle bet wise guys dont know biplane Pronto called No 1 Winter thinks Bill Kleinhansof Evansville IN could first AMA member Theres long story about text picture left shows Bill Kleinhans 1938 thereabouts Winter thinks AMA licenses first issued 1938 has AMA formed scientific pursuit purposes 1937 National Contest Note Kleinhans NAA 101 AMA todays roster shows him still holding AMA No 101 first 100 numbers inclusive reserved presidents now 22 Above Built 1937 before AMA according Kleinhans 300 sq model /4 hp Gwinn Aero NAA 101 license numbers still exists Below Just *as taken attic October 1983 Kleinhans ancient model shows different color scheme beneath tat ters must have recovered sometime forgotten past Subsequently has stripped bare bones restoration Parakeet Tabb thats Virgin ia environs 30-odd Parakeets flying plan published future Model Aviation well as sorted Prontos Supers including gaggle eight-footers Quadras confess amusement have 8-ft lightweight low-winger climbs well flies just fine K&B Veco 19 Quadras seems Quadra guys Tabb like go lumberyard cut up timbers Prontos Supers wind up about 15 20 lb take giant engines fly stuff in-town site nearby highway Dave Robelen low-profile career man NASA cleverest minds among modeliags old-timers Since NACA now NASA hired -fr modelers before WW II Langley Field Virginia area has fa mous modeling experts per capita other place US Sal Taibi worked went engi neering fame like Bob Champine came test pilots postwar FF pen cil bombers came out Langley Hewitt Phillips pioneer Indoor man lifetime modeler MA published pictures some years ago huge scale 747 Sailplane nacelles soared mountaintops Cum berland MD near equal footing specialized RC Sallplanes Caidwell Johnson Woody Blanchard Na tional Champion several times others Robelen specialist us ing indoor tunnels outdoor RC dy namic scale models authority flight characteristics own AMA Ex ecutive Director John Worth stayed NASA early Sixties instead joining AMA its beam end would now hold Daves position Dave says Daves big boss Earl Stahl did Rubber Scale things Model Airpalne News Air Trails Robelen isnt ready called 20 Model Aviation 4 Bill Kleinhans Rough River Mint Julep Meet Quarter Scale Robin Originally prop drive McCulloch chainsaw finally prop drive Built spruce ply old-timer long varied work field makes him seem like hazily recall developed tiny RC actua tors fussed tiny little RC planes landmark performance may remember spin tunnel operated home tested char acteristics well-known aircraft miniscule March 1980 Model via tion Heres Dave now about Pronto fills us original design pub lished August 1972 issue MAN design attempt blend full-scale Volksplane simple model construction contemporary threechannel flying features ardent Pattern contestant late Sixties mainly Class II really affect ed thinking regards threechannel maneuver capability large rud der modest wing loading low power loading Throughout discussion Prontos design features toned down notion competitive virtue However original models three channels powered Super tigre 23 placed first Advanced Pat tern AA-size meet Norfolk VA against such planes Kwik-Fli Phoenix etc What fun Au thor Dave showed photo sheets Pronto Super Pronto three-viewsincluding Parakeet Herb Clukey has refurbished printing issue Tidewater Hobby Enterpris es Dave continues winter 1971 decided start manufacturing enterprise garage partnership formed B Mark Schwing Navy submarine man stationed Newport News Thats rightthe same Mark Schwing EMS California Author point Daves wife fatally injuredand son badly injuredin auto accident Mark Sch wing stepped keep Tidewater going Navy assignments required him move Fairfax California mid-70s Mark forced wind down Tidewater order Yeah Farman 400 1933 French tourist three-placer did get finished Bill Winter Bill Kaluf pooled resources former designing latter doing building Specs include 05 40 four-cycle engine 6-ft 4-in wingspan 6 lb weight shock struts hinged landing gear legs Covering MonoKote green silver Seeming wrinkles top wing may show magazine reproduction actually just reflections full-size plane seated three tandem its huge flaps highly unusual lightplane such ancient vintage cracked flaps model takes off within 50-ft runwithout elevator input flat-bottomed airfoil model doesnt drop its nose turn Power-on intentional stalls gentle straight ahead Slight CAR coupling 20% rudder rela tion aileron ideal have no problems inverted four-cycle Takeoff estimated 17 mph flyby cruise 34 mph July 1984 21 Above Bill Weaver spring 1938 age 18 second Gas model Scien tific Miss America Brown Junior B engine Note numbers NAA-1 02 Left Weavers Comet Zipper built 1939before AMA says possible ex planation suggested text Zipper carries NAA 102 though AMA prefixes appeared 1938 Below Weavers first Gas model California Chief Baby Cy clone C built 1937 NAA-102 added wing 1938 could read identification label behind wing top Miss America fuselagel place full emphasis Electronic Model Systems July 1976 Dave happily married Grace Goodman Daves son John off college couple first two children Grace prevailed Davenot much pre vailing required Id guessto revive Tidewater Demand Prontos creased soon deluxe Continued page 22 $5000 WORTH OF PRIZES pDDe Rq80 TRIPLE ELIMINATION MODEL AIRPLANE COMBAT TOURNAMENT JULY7th&8th 1984 BOEING SPACE CENTER KENT WASHINGTON Prizes through 4th place include both trophies Carver Corporation stereo equipment Entry fee $400 proceedings begin breakfast 900 AM July 7th free contestants Call Howard breakfast location Registration will open until 1100 AM field July 7th Flying will begin promptly 1100 AM further information call Howard Rush 206 823-6018 Let us know need place stay ride airport Super Pronto ailerons model ing buddy Chuck Cusick helped wood cutting shipping etc Chuck became pastor Ohio church Robelens three sons expecting another offspring due about time read John Ro belen now 22 doing Army service Germany accompanied wife Diane family activity plus working full-time NASA Dave ex plains decision made stop production kits ood needs good father much super-modeler kit manufacturer sometimes-dad thing tells us Pronto has joined biplane called Parakeet three-channel biplane effort blending Pronto features simple sport bipe think great Others agree Mean small spin tunnel published Model Aviation has grown sophis ticated much larger dynamicallyscaled models being tested NASA has installed copy spin tunnel Langley Visitor Center current modeling activity Dave continues much influenced fine little boys well So have re established interest small Rubber models am helping boys build such models AMA Cub Rang er 21a great modeL Ive scratch-built little 22-in Wakefield look-alike allsheet construction since trees around well clotheslines fences etc flies great too youd like investigate Super Pronto Dave says Corkscrew published January 1983 RCMod eler much same After studying plansa design Stu Richmond Id say Stus refinement finelooking sport/aerobatic ship 1 9 30 Reminds bit low-wing Eaglet recently published RCM high-lift flat-bottom wing Like much earlier Pronto Eaglet Corkscrew has sturdy dowel leading edge Dave breathed word focal point develop ment lightweight RC systems tiny RC models published Prophet American Modeler late Sixties miniature Rookie Span 24 weight 7/2 OZ power 02 aileronsall channel subject lecture Toledo Show 1971 men tioned yesterday Don Srulla mistake because guy walking index Two pages notes call last night Robelen Two pages notes dont suppose newcom ers ever heard Kicking Duck Gallop ing Ghost WAG systems first Dave Woody Blanchard mini-scale Since 15-mph ships 10Continued page 24 22 Model Aviation U two cycle engine power characteristics four cycle OPS 30 cc MAXI designed operate glow plug using 8% castor oil 92% methanol has long stroke high torque/low RPM operation ported good economy low operating speeds Buy local hobby shop ir emcae 7mfwt4 9cc P 0 BOX 26247 0 NEW ORLEANS LA 70186 0 504242-5867 VLJLTMAIEI1 Voitmaster very precisely measures transmitter receiver battery voltage under load determine whether battery reaching discharged state Green yellow red scales indicate go-caution-no go situation Unique features include four voltage ranges including 12V starter batteries Load Engage switch monitor recovery rate cells important parameter deter mining cell condition plus Load Status switch two different loads 200 ma 500 ma can engaged large packs 0 mah up mon itored validity Less connectors 26K18Voltmaster Kit 26K18CVoltmaster Assembled $2495LI $2995 IAk m/ Iuucj Send $200 complete catalog Ace items available dealer must order direct add $1O0handlingfee POR0X511EHIGGINSVILLEMO64527 516484-7121 24 Model Aviation mph wind werent much fun two flew under lights between 10 pm midnight shopping center parking lot seems have begun Daves 13-in SE-S Wylam plans Dave also machinist have throt tled Cox 010s Other ships include 18-in Corben Super Ace 13-in Sper ry Messenger published Model Build er Sopwith Pup talking about 3 oz up actuator SE-5 pulsed relay stick glued its armature About 15 years back RCM published Daves Pipsqueaktwo chan nels Galloping Ghost 18-in wing 010 engine want name designer plane contents-page pic ture February 1975 Sport Model er Now have story early RC proportionalfrom Ed Lorenz Howard McEntee estate radio arti facts given Dave Robelen through John Worth Walt Good Jerry Pullen California seems father proportional know Well leave later column Dave working up photo selection Youll hearing about Kick ing Duck Galloping Ghost WAG things went bump night few us expect fly Tabb guys Daves dad Horrace active Richmond VA area age 73 dont know yet guys three areas may descend season epicenter Richmond because Ward Maitre Mary land curious about picture Dont ever stare photo think Ive lost marbles Number Ever wonder first licensed AMA member During mid-30s Charlie Grant fiery editor Model Airplane News newspaper syndicate sponsored nationwide model competi tion took dim view new Gaspowered planes dangerous know doesnt sound familiar After two states barred Gas models Charlie began International Gas Model Air plane Association IGMAA mem bership ballooned turned over National Aeronautic Association would swamped its youth division passed new ly-formed AMA first AMA numbers could have issued 1938 present allocation first 100 numbers inclusive presidents place beginning current president No 22 first member ship number cannot lower 101 theorized organization would issue No 1 likely would make look good beginning 100 probably would shy away round number issue perhaps 101 Continued page 26 Littlest Miracle Workshon ALTOOL Send SUITABLE FOR ALLforcatalog HOBBIES AND CRAFTS Makers of. Mini-Glue Tips Stray-Tray Tee Bar Mini-Saw uff-Stuff & Jewel Stripes sort thing got Pronto mixup Later AMA policy reserved three-digit numbers Contest Directors through years three-digit numbers have re issued Among authentic three digits some old-tuners Some have passed others have dropped out lost number years forgot pay dues Finally restored have no idea hQw others may have shared Now then. first heard about Bill Klemhans letter Fred Williams Evansville IN exchange tall stones Fred 50 has kid high school daughter taking enineering Purdue antique carshas four present soccer coach high school just won its fourth state title puts out newsletter 55-mem ber Thermal Thumbers Club has 26-acre flying site four-acre lake sitting valley 10 miles out town lease Amal Coal Co costs $1 year Amal put mile rocked entry road graded 600 x 200-ft flying strip Fred men tioned phenom old-timer Bill Kleinhans license No 101 check AMA membership roster shows Kleinhans holding 101 number has since Thirties Fred pleased prepare following Bill graduated high school 1938 already built rubberpowered models early 30s doesnt remember very first granted Certificate No 29 Gas Model Pioneers signed Charles H Grant obtained AMA 101 card February 1938 high school belonged International Gas Model Association America spon sored Model Airplane News thought before around September 1937 first Gas model Scien tific Red Zephyr kit second plane still has called Fly ing Midget recently done again August 1983 Model Builder won first contest Henderson KY just across Ohio River south us 1940 using Baby Playboy Atom power first Control Line plane Baby Stanzel Shark O&R 23 also about time working NACA Lang ley Field Virginia Pearl Harbor hit think model maker flight test hangar went Republic Aviation followed military service going aviation cadet Amarillo TX training B-29 ffight engineer cancelled war ending did some Control Line flying Texas After war built flew about everything competing Free Flight Rubber Control Line Continued page 134 26 Model Aviation $225 strips$ 145 Add 20% postage APPLIED DESIGN CORP 138 Penn Street El Seunde CA 90245 3-FUNCTION ACCUTACH ITM O LCD Tachometer w/dual scale capability lox bOX G Digital Voltmeter or load 56 checking/cycling TX/RX battery combos ACISC Monitoruick charging operation 79prepaidSend check Noror money order CalCalif add 6% tax Box 70956 AVIONISSSunnyvale CA INC94086 Letters Editor Vs.#s ~ naae 10 antenna wire substituted As have no musical ability guitar put better use getting sitting closet collecting dust Donald H Smith Malvern PA can wonder what will next kind airplane come innovative show team modelers Safety/Preston Continued paqe 16 considerable amount CyA glue fol lowing first aid treatments might worth clipping out saving Skin bonds try pull bonded surfaces apart direct opposing action Immerse surfaces warm soapy water Peel roll surfaces apart using blunt edge such spoon handle Wash adhesive off skin soap water Eyelid-to-eyelid -eyeball bonds try open eyes manipulation eyelids stuck together bonded eyeball wash thoroughly warm water apply gauze patch eye will open further action typically four days Adhesive eyeball Cyanoacrylate introduced eyes will attach itself eye protein will disassociate within matter hours gross con tamination has occurred During period contamination before clearance takes place weeping will occur double vision may experienced Mouth If lips accidentally stuck together apply stream warm water lips encourage maximum wetting pressure saliva inside mouth Peel roll lips apart gently try pull lips direct opposing action almost impossible swallow cyano acrylate adhesive solidifies adheres mouth Saliva will lift adhesive one-half two days lump forms mouth position patient prevent gestion lump detaches Burns Cyanoacrylates give off heat solidification rare cases larger drop may cause bum Bums should treated normally after lump cyanoacrylate released tissue described above wind up months column Marlin Kinning editor Corsair newsletter Joint Military RC Fliers club Oceanside CA has following advise fellow club members think will agree message should headed Safe Un prefix un has suddenly swept prominence First heard about un cola soon became un un uncool group thats around long time unsafe Related RC breed generally uncoordinated pilots unmaintained air planes Once air unsafe become unfliers because have uncontrolla ble crashes people unread unin hibited unwonied about accidents injury prefix un great talking about undamaged uninjured un impaired unbandaged unsplintered unwheelchaired unsquashed its rather frightening talking about unheeding uncareful un done unconscious Im glad no unsafe un field note Ill get back packing preparing move new house days Ill find time build modelperhaps Have safe month John Preston 12235 Tildenwood Dr Rockville MD 20852 Fun/Winter Continued oaaa 26 thing Stunt flown time entering RC about 1956 1957 leader still forming first club called Thermal Thumbers mostly Free Flight 1946 joined youngster 1947 club led Air Whiners mostly Control Line later evolving Evansville RC Club RC got going around club present active Bill being very few elder statesmen still around still very active almost RC now once will knock out something else As said fore can about anything mod eling master figuring simple solution some model engineering problem crops up taking few scraps making whats needed cant count things has taught modeling have known him since 1947 older brother building him high schooL So see go back long way present builds mostly RC Scale usually large stuff Giant Scale etc has list RC plane has built somewhere plane will have number particu lar plane Right now number stands near 75 newest Fieseler Storch European kit 134 Model Aviation ACK-U-VOLT Digital DC Voltmeter Kit Njcd sun, battoons Srii Inst VOLT 3 Digit LED Aiowinoss Cusu 0-559 & 0-999 Scins Com ulok Ansdiond uuih Loads Inpot & Cho Cabins Tiis could ihe nost vaiuabie ten fiighi box No need io guess batteries need charged Aiso vaiuabie voltage monitor quick charging Simpie baud simpie io use 3 digits shows what battery voltages simply pressing switch places load bat tery no quesiion charge Special lens lute makes easie read sunlight HOLD switch hoids dispiay input removed bandy wish record values later use Charge 45 SOma charger DONT TAKE ChANCEGET ACK-UVOLT better product modeler H8N ELEcTRONIcS050 055ss5O iN FLYING NEAR Al RPORTS BE CAREFUL PROTECT YOUR RIGHT TO FLY some modifications type bear know large glass area plus wing slots other engineer ing problems ailerons counter weights same etc seems thrive engineering nightmares sum up has done still going pretty good although may slowing up some last few months repeat old adage use too builders fliers modelers definitely latter about 62 thanks anything can print him club de serves Number Two youll look upper right-hand cor ner April issue youll see Bill Weavers Live Wire Sr carries num ber 102 met Weaver Maxecu ters meet Rubber models query produced following letter ex cerpted fills days dinosaursand bears No 101 well About AMA 102 mem ber IGMAA announced February 1938 issue MAN being combined NAA form Gas model division immediately sent $100 li cense fee NAA part defense against anti-Gas model legislation spreading included set flying rules pledge etc probably remember received license number assumed member Number 102 few years later read NAA columns article about first member NAA Gas Model Divi sion No 101 dont remember name explained first 100 numbers reserved VIPs such presidents life members etc re alized second membership issued . n wonder member No 101 given up membership would make technically may minutes until No 103 issued NAA office longest continu ous member AMA w weeks ago sited AMA Head quarters building talked Geoff Styles about looked up No 101 member computer said didnt give issuing date since leader member may have given low number vacated course may original No 101 still active enclosing few old photos show NAA 102 number wings before became AMA spring 1940 Author 1940 date may mistake Although AMA numbersnot prefixed NAAappeared 1938 far can tell know editor Air Trails carried 1940 memory servesa column supplied CMASTER JT Dlv BAR/RICH SALES CO 2 FAiRWAY-HANNIBAL MO 03401 3t4122t h803 WINO SPAN42 WING AREA651 onin ENGINE4000 WEIGHTSIbs BUILT-UP BALSA Sport stand oil scale model die cot lormers sod ply parts 25515 rOlled lull size plans HIGHLY AEROBATIC FOr eapierienced halide National Aeronautic Association written Al Lewis first executive director AMA definitely also worked NAA handing torch NAA AMA does seem therefore have sharp transition own recollections can fuzzy opinion AMA strong enough finan cially able operated NAA offices late 1940 hence dual personality expect Frank Zaic upon reading will make everything crys tal clearhe usually cites chapter verse SOS Im bothered bewildered bewitchedby ready-to-fly looks great standard cabin design built total disaster dont know can get off just fine make smooth first turn Hades breaks loose ships before mildly-tapered wing flew well current version manufacturer went rectangular wing having area should easier fly Don SruU made first test flight high wind kept full bore way highspeed powered landing approach re ported first touch aile ron supersensitive 54 43e es 40 WEhiSs AU L.a construction die tot former, ribd2shtu oil SiZC glenS transition airplane good Ound hendling fine St low-wieser 8 almost went Ailerons normal strip type airfoil semi-symmetrical control movement excessive adjusted movement near minimum barreled out fine morning have fun Surprise model bit heavy hopelessly aerobatic 40 weak 35 After fairly long run rotated gently Slight pres sure stick produced smooth moderately climbing turn left firm use aileron after produced violent roll almost verti cat got worse throttled back approach speeds behaved like Dirty Birdy hands kid mak ing first attempt help No aileron adjustment slightest affect dropped wing could picked up instantly full bore Katy bar door could fight thing until pointed field chop throttle pray fervently plopped hard enough shear main gear bolts next flight wild approach aborted climb-out goround landing pattern height pointed adjacent woods en gine quit turn speed cer tain death dove over trees gain airspeed got turned far-out crosswind leg clipped tallest Continued page 138 P -P4vws PNtu BOX 2495-MALA MESA CA 92045 1984 135 HIP ERBIPE W7AHTAN 173 NW 45 Street Ft Lauderdale FL 333119 13051 411-6175 4 ENGINEERING TIlE LANDING GEAR PEOPLE TIred kit lauding gears dent fIt year hIgglC praperty O & 0 Engloesring can salve year prehlems * Cast haItI year needs & specs gearmnteed IlL * Strung & darahte ta withstand teughest aiding * 0 & 0 Eagiacering gear wilt wart & keep year higgle ttying * In stuck replacement gear tar mast popular models Byren Pills ChrIsten Eagle CAP 21 Balsa USA J-3 CUB Air Tech Pawaee Eagle Nose Big Stick Chump Cltahrla R & B medels Snapper Stioger Soapper Tao C02 ENGINES WE NOW HAVE COMPLETE UNE OF BROWN TELCO DAVIS CO2 ENGINES INCLUDING SPARE PARTS SERVICE Ii0WNTEL CO A23 PEANUT$3060STANDARD TELCO$3406 CAMPUS BEE*3495TURBO 3005#295 CAMPUS TWIN ISaiSTURBO 6000Wang SODA CHARGeR -stUB D4VIS- cox 02CONVERSION TO CO213005 NEWIC4TALOC No 25 $150 TORK-STARTER $2995 Wrth Charger 11OV 220V 12V Fast Charger $2095 Without Cherger CHARGERS $1295 Charger Only Ii 1OV 220V 12V Past Charger 12721 HASKELL LANE BOWIE MARYLAND 20716301464-2260 Fun/Winter Continued page 135 tree nasty thing fell vertically breaking engine lug Kraft mountbut failed damage plastic fuselage some rubberized material apparently takes anything No other damage After weeks wondering realized up-aileron side giving trouble spin entryI never thought spin best guess tip stall right now come stalled tip could picked up instantly did happen speeds including full bore Remember slower thing flew worse got upaileron acting like spoiler Perhaps ailerons narrow have excessive movementremember adjusted minimum making difference Bal ance correct everything absolutely proper order Yaw nothing plane mushy Ive never seen anything like Can help Bill Winter 4426 Altura Ct Fairfax VA 22030 PROTECT YOUR RIGHT TO FLY Safe Flying No Accident Toledo/Beckman Continued Daqe 30 coming addition Big Bangers ser ies AMT back again King 60 saw last year two twins in-line opposed King 60 will next Big Bangers both twins later year Also scheduled next test runs Zenoah Quartz G38 PK Products Ive hearing lot good things about engine Im eager see what will final comment years show crowd Toledo very light Friday Saturday Sunday crowded dense crunch weve seen last couple 1935 KINNER SPORTWING 1/4 size span Plans Consist 4 sheets include construction booklet fin decals Plans 0 Postage WOODY FRANTZ 9126 E 67th Ct Tulsa OK 74133 918 250-0033 show selling Most exhibitors sell products show some represents big part yearly volume Several told did two three times much business year com pared last two years combined Conclusion less unemployment fewer people have time get show made money spend convenience manufac turers mentioned listed below years other hand good AMT USA 5068 Greensboro Ct Co 138 Model Aviation MFG OF NI STARTER $2995 Charger PLEASE SPECIFY WHICH CHARGER WHEN ORDERING TORK-STARTER revolutionary concept power 1 5V glow plugs model cars boats sirplanes using glow fuel enginee TORK-STARTERTMI has steel wrench steong enough reduce compression easier startIng ft supplies power dolag comes new CtlO charger has LED indIcate unit charging also has removable 7 handle can used Torque amplifier Over 50 consecutive starts full charge rechargeable hundreds times Clips Onto plug positive connection Send ad along pm-payment end receive free shipping handling L flls cutaway AMT KIng Wi used demon strate electronic ignition What shows porting combustion chamber also very fascinating STICK &TISSUE MODELSFOAM SCALE ARE GREATMODELS new 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Edition: Model Aviation - 1984/07
Page Numbers: 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 26, 134, 135, 138
Bill Winter Just Fun SEVERAL YEARS AGO received note Ward Maitre Hollywood MD Ive enclosed Xeroxed picture three-channel airplane shown index page 1975 Sport Mod eler listed editor Can recall anything about airplane its size engine availability plans added what seemed irrelevant remark quickly forgotten used Dave Robelens Pronto plan areas moments tried duplicate fuselage shape made fine threechannel flier Ward said working such small picture wonder close came original Indeed thumbnail picture Sport Modeler did reveal very attractive low-wing sport model have bound volumes Junior Mod eler Sport Modeler former evolved Dont ask change took place over strongest objections mystery plane could found Puzzled reported failure Ward thing nagged Since picture contents page February 1975 issue heading next issue possibly announced issue may have produced Potomac Aviation Publications publisher moved Washington DC Reno NV both American Modeler Sport Modeler would die Material tended Sport Modeler first go did appear later issues American Modeler anyone has March 1975 issue Sport Modeler both Ward would like know about plane bound volumes above pictures Dave Robelen positions Pronto camera prior publication plans August 1972 MAN pic tures solved three-year effort Winter what calls Agatha Christie mystery though text sounds itlore like Mike Hammer episode landing shot speaks itself Winter found five Prontos locally plus several experts describe Pronto finest three-channel air plane have flown Though manufactured kit some years design remains popular underground subject Both pictures Bill Conkling Below Left Super Pronto has ailerons less dihedral Until last season prominent model air show team used such model its limbo pole act Below Right Daves wife Grace shows off Parakeet spring 1982 Although never kitted 42in bipe flown 30 modelers Tabb area southeast Virginia near Langley Field Some fly 8-ft versions Pronto weighing 15 20 lb Quadra engines Employed NASA Dave expert spin tunnels dynamic testing RC models 18 Model Aviation 4 include complete six-month periods may have straggling sue dont have After long delay Maitre wrote again enclosing Xerox copies Pronto did register mesaying flying since 1975 15 19 What distracted fact working drawings showed also turned fuselage make shoulder wing highwing version adding l-in-high cabin top fuselage la old Midwest Esquire added am cur rently enlarging plan Author October 1982 56-in version Fox 36 using Swizzle Stick wing Balsa USA reducing plans 40-incher 09 considering 90-in Pronto big plane craze re semble single-place home-built Fox 60 power name Pronto still didnt catch attention though Ward stated caught glider contest Washington TV program Evening Magazine Pronto hanging hobby shop shown part program still blind-sided mysterious picture Sport Modeler now Maitres file comprised giant envelope marked Unfinished Business cut-up plans Pronto goof really goof Time passed forgot Pronto plans Haunted fished out Wards tear sheets another magazine Unfortunately some magazines have habit always providing identity what trade termed running foot find month year page num ber Magazines also change format fre quently familiarity type faces such could guess magazines identity Sub consciously now trail Pronto plans forgotten pictures Pronto article fas cinated plane ingeniously simple functional bearing good designers touch still did have pages sequence clear photos looked like presentation RCM Aha letter RCM led dil 1 IPARAKEET David B Robelen Ispan 42 area 486sq power I9cuin Ltzzzz PRONTO by David B Rabelen span48 area384sq power 19 Cu 7 ySCALE IN INCHES both aircrafthic 2468 igent search Dick Kidd plans lists etc Dick said no didnt pub lish Time went Dicks mind too wrote again say come across kit review Pronto 1975 issue Tidewater Hobby Enter prises company produced out business day wandered down pits flying field local cute strange low-winger asked chap what 12162024 design replied made old kit plan wan dered off course turned out Pronto Maitres pile material hanging over know truth Les Miserables Odd things began happen note Maitre assuring him still alive produced return complete tear sheets time another magazine gave date page num July 1984 19 Robelen uses small Rubber models share fun boys half-size Wakefield simple sheet construction survives bouts trees fence poles wash drying lines bers could see small subhead An FM Product Review blurb stated Jerry Dunlap really busts tail review -three-channel RC trainer easy build repair text address Tidewater Fairfax VA live Tidewa ter no longer Calls old-tim ers local club produced nothing head scratching among found five Prontos still being flown Talk about shocks sixth ap pealed prominent modeler scaled up parts prekit pic ture old Flying Models review off little could distinguished authentic five being used late last year show team actit flew limbo-pole demonstrations came across Super Pronto ailerons must know about because danged airplane underground subjectall over place am telling story As pin pointed members 250-man club Prontos flown Super Prontos noted including two past-presidents superb pilots told unasked Pronto finest threechannel airplane ever flown gold fever Only last night dis covered Don Dewey RCM scratch-built MAN plans 1972 became enthusiastic asked Robelen send him kit review What about PlainJane aircraft know about Prontos may chuckle bet wise guys dont know biplane Pronto called No 1 Winter thinks Bill Kleinhansof Evansville IN could first AMA member Theres long story about text picture left shows Bill Kleinhans 1938 thereabouts Winter thinks AMA licenses first issued 1938 has AMA formed scientific pursuit purposes 1937 National Contest Note Kleinhans NAA 101 AMA todays roster shows him still holding AMA No 101 first 100 numbers inclusive reserved presidents now 22 Above Built 1937 before AMA according Kleinhans 300 sq model /4 hp Gwinn Aero NAA 101 license numbers still exists Below Just *as taken attic October 1983 Kleinhans ancient model shows different color scheme beneath tat ters must have recovered sometime forgotten past Subsequently has stripped bare bones restoration Parakeet Tabb thats Virgin ia environs 30-odd Parakeets flying plan published future Model Aviation well as sorted Prontos Supers including gaggle eight-footers Quadras confess amusement have 8-ft lightweight low-winger climbs well flies just fine K&B Veco 19 Quadras seems Quadra guys Tabb like go lumberyard cut up timbers Prontos Supers wind up about 15 20 lb take giant engines fly stuff in-town site nearby highway Dave Robelen low-profile career man NASA cleverest minds among modeliags old-timers Since NACA now NASA hired -fr modelers before WW II Langley Field Virginia area has fa mous modeling experts per capita other place US Sal Taibi worked went engi neering fame like Bob Champine came test pilots postwar FF pen cil bombers came out Langley Hewitt Phillips pioneer Indoor man lifetime modeler MA published pictures some years ago huge scale 747 Sailplane nacelles soared mountaintops Cum berland MD near equal footing specialized RC Sallplanes Caidwell Johnson Woody Blanchard Na tional Champion several times others Robelen specialist us ing indoor tunnels outdoor RC dy namic scale models authority flight characteristics own AMA Ex ecutive Director John Worth stayed NASA early Sixties instead joining AMA its beam end would now hold Daves position Dave says Daves big boss Earl Stahl did Rubber Scale things Model Airpalne News Air Trails Robelen isnt ready called 20 Model Aviation 4 Bill Kleinhans Rough River Mint Julep Meet Quarter Scale Robin Originally prop drive McCulloch chainsaw finally prop drive Built spruce ply old-timer long varied work field makes him seem like hazily recall developed tiny RC actua tors fussed tiny little RC planes landmark performance may remember spin tunnel operated home tested char acteristics well-known aircraft miniscule March 1980 Model via tion Heres Dave now about Pronto fills us original design pub lished August 1972 issue MAN design attempt blend full-scale Volksplane simple model construction contemporary threechannel flying features ardent Pattern contestant late Sixties mainly Class II really affect ed thinking regards threechannel maneuver capability large rud der modest wing loading low power loading Throughout discussion Prontos design features toned down notion competitive virtue However original models three channels powered Super tigre 23 placed first Advanced Pat tern AA-size meet Norfolk VA against such planes Kwik-Fli Phoenix etc What fun Au thor Dave showed photo sheets Pronto Super Pronto three-viewsincluding Parakeet Herb Clukey has refurbished printing issue Tidewater Hobby Enterpris es Dave continues winter 1971 decided start manufacturing enterprise garage partnership formed B Mark Schwing Navy submarine man stationed Newport News Thats rightthe same Mark Schwing EMS California Author point Daves wife fatally injuredand son badly injuredin auto accident Mark Sch wing stepped keep Tidewater going Navy assignments required him move Fairfax California mid-70s Mark forced wind down Tidewater order Yeah Farman 400 1933 French tourist three-placer did get finished Bill Winter Bill Kaluf pooled resources former designing latter doing building Specs include 05 40 four-cycle engine 6-ft 4-in wingspan 6 lb weight shock struts hinged landing gear legs Covering MonoKote green silver Seeming wrinkles top wing may show magazine reproduction actually just reflections full-size plane seated three tandem its huge flaps highly unusual lightplane such ancient vintage cracked flaps model takes off within 50-ft runwithout elevator input flat-bottomed airfoil model doesnt drop its nose turn Power-on intentional stalls gentle straight ahead Slight CAR coupling 20% rudder rela tion aileron ideal have no problems inverted four-cycle Takeoff estimated 17 mph flyby cruise 34 mph July 1984 21 Above Bill Weaver spring 1938 age 18 second Gas model Scien tific Miss America Brown Junior B engine Note numbers NAA-1 02 Left Weavers Comet Zipper built 1939before AMA says possible ex planation suggested text Zipper carries NAA 102 though AMA prefixes appeared 1938 Below Weavers first Gas model California Chief Baby Cy clone C built 1937 NAA-102 added wing 1938 could read identification label behind wing top Miss America fuselagel place full emphasis Electronic Model Systems July 1976 Dave happily married Grace Goodman Daves son John off college couple first two children Grace prevailed Davenot much pre vailing required Id guessto revive Tidewater Demand Prontos creased soon deluxe Continued page 22 $5000 WORTH OF PRIZES pDDe Rq80 TRIPLE ELIMINATION MODEL AIRPLANE COMBAT TOURNAMENT JULY7th&8th 1984 BOEING SPACE CENTER KENT WASHINGTON Prizes through 4th place include both trophies Carver Corporation stereo equipment Entry fee $400 proceedings begin breakfast 900 AM July 7th free contestants Call Howard breakfast location Registration will open until 1100 AM field July 7th Flying will begin promptly 1100 AM further information call Howard Rush 206 823-6018 Let us know need place stay ride airport Super Pronto ailerons model ing buddy Chuck Cusick helped wood cutting shipping etc Chuck became pastor Ohio church Robelens three sons expecting another offspring due about time read John Ro belen now 22 doing Army service Germany accompanied wife Diane family activity plus working full-time NASA Dave ex plains decision made stop production kits ood needs good father much super-modeler kit manufacturer sometimes-dad thing tells us Pronto has joined biplane called Parakeet three-channel biplane effort blending Pronto features simple sport bipe think great Others agree Mean small spin tunnel published Model Aviation has grown sophis ticated much larger dynamicallyscaled models being tested NASA has installed copy spin tunnel Langley Visitor Center current modeling activity Dave continues much influenced fine little boys well So have re established interest small Rubber models am helping boys build such models AMA Cub Rang er 21a great modeL Ive scratch-built little 22-in Wakefield look-alike allsheet construction since trees around well clotheslines fences etc flies great too youd like investigate Super Pronto Dave says Corkscrew published January 1983 RCMod eler much same After studying plansa design Stu Richmond Id say Stus refinement finelooking sport/aerobatic ship 1 9 30 Reminds bit low-wing Eaglet recently published RCM high-lift flat-bottom wing Like much earlier Pronto Eaglet Corkscrew has sturdy dowel leading edge Dave breathed word focal point develop ment lightweight RC systems tiny RC models published Prophet American Modeler late Sixties miniature Rookie Span 24 weight 7/2 OZ power 02 aileronsall channel subject lecture Toledo Show 1971 men tioned yesterday Don Srulla mistake because guy walking index Two pages notes call last night Robelen Two pages notes dont suppose newcom ers ever heard Kicking Duck Gallop ing Ghost WAG systems first Dave Woody Blanchard mini-scale Since 15-mph ships 10Continued page 24 22 Model Aviation U two cycle engine power characteristics four cycle OPS 30 cc MAXI designed operate glow plug using 8% castor oil 92% methanol has long stroke high torque/low RPM operation ported good economy low operating speeds Buy local hobby shop ir emcae 7mfwt4 9cc P 0 BOX 26247 0 NEW ORLEANS LA 70186 0 504242-5867 VLJLTMAIEI1 Voitmaster very precisely measures transmitter receiver battery voltage under load determine whether battery reaching discharged state Green yellow red scales indicate go-caution-no go situation Unique features include four voltage ranges including 12V starter batteries Load Engage switch monitor recovery rate cells important parameter deter mining cell condition plus Load Status switch two different loads 200 ma 500 ma can engaged large packs 0 mah up mon itored validity Less connectors 26K18Voltmaster Kit 26K18CVoltmaster Assembled $2495LI $2995 IAk m/ Iuucj Send $200 complete catalog Ace items available dealer must order direct add $1O0handlingfee POR0X511EHIGGINSVILLEMO64527 516484-7121 24 Model Aviation mph wind werent much fun two flew under lights between 10 pm midnight shopping center parking lot seems have begun Daves 13-in SE-S Wylam plans Dave also machinist have throt tled Cox 010s Other ships include 18-in Corben Super Ace 13-in Sper ry Messenger published Model Build er Sopwith Pup talking about 3 oz up actuator SE-5 pulsed relay stick glued its armature About 15 years back RCM published Daves Pipsqueaktwo chan nels Galloping Ghost 18-in wing 010 engine want name designer plane contents-page pic ture February 1975 Sport Model er Now have story early RC proportionalfrom Ed Lorenz Howard McEntee estate radio arti facts given Dave Robelen through John Worth Walt Good Jerry Pullen California seems father proportional know Well leave later column Dave working up photo selection Youll hearing about Kick ing Duck Galloping Ghost WAG things went bump night few us expect fly Tabb guys Daves dad Horrace active Richmond VA area age 73 dont know yet guys three areas may descend season epicenter Richmond because Ward Maitre Mary land curious about picture Dont ever stare photo think Ive lost marbles Number Ever wonder first licensed AMA member During mid-30s Charlie Grant fiery editor Model Airplane News newspaper syndicate sponsored nationwide model competi tion took dim view new Gaspowered planes dangerous know doesnt sound familiar After two states barred Gas models Charlie began International Gas Model Air plane Association IGMAA mem bership ballooned turned over National Aeronautic Association would swamped its youth division passed new ly-formed AMA first AMA numbers could have issued 1938 present allocation first 100 numbers inclusive presidents place beginning current president No 22 first member ship number cannot lower 101 theorized organization would issue No 1 likely would make look good beginning 100 probably would shy away round number issue perhaps 101 Continued page 26 Littlest Miracle Workshon ALTOOL Send SUITABLE FOR ALLforcatalog HOBBIES AND CRAFTS Makers of. Mini-Glue Tips Stray-Tray Tee Bar Mini-Saw uff-Stuff & Jewel Stripes sort thing got Pronto mixup Later AMA policy reserved three-digit numbers Contest Directors through years three-digit numbers have re issued Among authentic three digits some old-tuners Some have passed others have dropped out lost number years forgot pay dues Finally restored have no idea hQw others may have shared Now then. first heard about Bill Klemhans letter Fred Williams Evansville IN exchange tall stones Fred 50 has kid high school daughter taking enineering Purdue antique carshas four present soccer coach high school just won its fourth state title puts out newsletter 55-mem ber Thermal Thumbers Club has 26-acre flying site four-acre lake sitting valley 10 miles out town lease Amal Coal Co costs $1 year Amal put mile rocked entry road graded 600 x 200-ft flying strip Fred men tioned phenom old-timer Bill Kleinhans license No 101 check AMA membership roster shows Kleinhans holding 101 number has since Thirties Fred pleased prepare following Bill graduated high school 1938 already built rubberpowered models early 30s doesnt remember very first granted Certificate No 29 Gas Model Pioneers signed Charles H Grant obtained AMA 101 card February 1938 high school belonged International Gas Model Association America spon sored Model Airplane News thought before around September 1937 first Gas model Scien tific Red Zephyr kit second plane still has called Fly ing Midget recently done again August 1983 Model Builder won first contest Henderson KY just across Ohio River south us 1940 using Baby Playboy Atom power first Control Line plane Baby Stanzel Shark O&R 23 also about time working NACA Lang ley Field Virginia Pearl Harbor hit think model maker flight test hangar went Republic Aviation followed military service going aviation cadet Amarillo TX training B-29 ffight engineer cancelled war ending did some Control Line flying Texas After war built flew about everything competing Free Flight Rubber Control Line Continued page 134 26 Model Aviation $225 strips$ 145 Add 20% postage APPLIED DESIGN CORP 138 Penn Street El Seunde CA 90245 3-FUNCTION ACCUTACH ITM O LCD Tachometer w/dual scale capability lox bOX G Digital Voltmeter or load 56 checking/cycling TX/RX battery combos ACISC Monitoruick charging operation 79prepaidSend check Noror money order CalCalif add 6% tax Box 70956 AVIONISSSunnyvale CA INC94086 Letters Editor Vs.#s ~ naae 10 antenna wire substituted As have no musical ability guitar put better use getting sitting closet collecting dust Donald H Smith Malvern PA can wonder what will next kind airplane come innovative show team modelers Safety/Preston Continued paqe 16 considerable amount CyA glue fol lowing first aid treatments might worth clipping out saving Skin bonds try pull bonded surfaces apart direct opposing action Immerse surfaces warm soapy water Peel roll surfaces apart using blunt edge such spoon handle Wash adhesive off skin soap water Eyelid-to-eyelid -eyeball bonds try open eyes manipulation eyelids stuck together bonded eyeball wash thoroughly warm water apply gauze patch eye will open further action typically four days Adhesive eyeball Cyanoacrylate introduced eyes will attach itself eye protein will disassociate within matter hours gross con tamination has occurred During period contamination before clearance takes place weeping will occur double vision may experienced Mouth If lips accidentally stuck together apply stream warm water lips encourage maximum wetting pressure saliva inside mouth Peel roll lips apart gently try pull lips direct opposing action almost impossible swallow cyano acrylate adhesive solidifies adheres mouth Saliva will lift adhesive one-half two days lump forms mouth position patient prevent gestion lump detaches Burns Cyanoacrylates give off heat solidification rare cases larger drop may cause bum Bums should treated normally after lump cyanoacrylate released tissue described above wind up months column Marlin Kinning editor Corsair newsletter Joint Military RC Fliers club Oceanside CA has following advise fellow club members think will agree message should headed Safe Un prefix un has suddenly swept prominence First heard about un cola soon became un un uncool group thats around long time unsafe Related RC breed generally uncoordinated pilots unmaintained air planes Once air unsafe become unfliers because have uncontrolla ble crashes people unread unin hibited unwonied about accidents injury prefix un great talking about undamaged uninjured un impaired unbandaged unsplintered unwheelchaired unsquashed its rather frightening talking about unheeding uncareful un done unconscious Im glad no unsafe un field note Ill get back packing preparing move new house days Ill find time build modelperhaps Have safe month John Preston 12235 Tildenwood Dr Rockville MD 20852 Fun/Winter Continued oaaa 26 thing Stunt flown time entering RC about 1956 1957 leader still forming first club called Thermal Thumbers mostly Free Flight 1946 joined youngster 1947 club led Air Whiners mostly Control Line later evolving Evansville RC Club RC got going around club present active Bill being very few elder statesmen still around still very active almost RC now once will knock out something else As said fore can about anything mod eling master figuring simple solution some model engineering problem crops up taking few scraps making whats needed cant count things has taught modeling have known him since 1947 older brother building him high schooL So see go back long way present builds mostly RC Scale usually large stuff Giant Scale etc has list RC plane has built somewhere plane will have number particu lar plane Right now number stands near 75 newest Fieseler Storch European kit 134 Model Aviation ACK-U-VOLT Digital DC Voltmeter Kit Njcd sun, battoons Srii Inst VOLT 3 Digit LED Aiowinoss Cusu 0-559 & 0-999 Scins Com ulok Ansdiond uuih Loads Inpot & Cho Cabins Tiis could ihe nost vaiuabie ten fiighi box No need io guess batteries need charged Aiso vaiuabie voltage monitor quick charging Simpie baud simpie io use 3 digits shows what battery voltages simply pressing switch places load bat tery no quesiion charge Special lens lute makes easie read sunlight HOLD switch hoids dispiay input removed bandy wish record values later use Charge 45 SOma charger DONT TAKE ChANCEGET ACK-UVOLT better product modeler H8N ELEcTRONIcS050 055ss5O iN FLYING NEAR Al RPORTS BE CAREFUL PROTECT YOUR RIGHT TO FLY some modifications type bear know large glass area plus wing slots other engineer ing problems ailerons counter weights same etc seems thrive engineering nightmares sum up has done still going pretty good although may slowing up some last few months repeat old adage use too builders fliers modelers definitely latter about 62 thanks anything can print him club de serves Number Two youll look upper right-hand cor ner April issue youll see Bill Weavers Live Wire Sr carries num ber 102 met Weaver Maxecu ters meet Rubber models query produced following letter ex cerpted fills days dinosaursand bears No 101 well About AMA 102 mem ber IGMAA announced February 1938 issue MAN being combined NAA form Gas model division immediately sent $100 li cense fee NAA part defense against anti-Gas model legislation spreading included set flying rules pledge etc probably remember received license number assumed member Number 102 few years later read NAA columns article about first member NAA Gas Model Divi sion No 101 dont remember name explained first 100 numbers reserved VIPs such presidents life members etc re alized second membership issued . n wonder member No 101 given up membership would make technically may minutes until No 103 issued NAA office longest continu ous member AMA w weeks ago sited AMA Head quarters building talked Geoff Styles about looked up No 101 member computer said didnt give issuing date since leader member may have given low number vacated course may original No 101 still active enclosing few old photos show NAA 102 number wings before became AMA spring 1940 Author 1940 date may mistake Although AMA numbersnot prefixed NAAappeared 1938 far can tell know editor Air Trails carried 1940 memory servesa column supplied CMASTER JT Dlv BAR/RICH SALES CO 2 FAiRWAY-HANNIBAL MO 03401 3t4122t h803 WINO SPAN42 WING AREA651 onin ENGINE4000 WEIGHTSIbs BUILT-UP BALSA Sport stand oil scale model die cot lormers sod ply parts 25515 rOlled lull size plans HIGHLY AEROBATIC FOr eapierienced halide National Aeronautic Association written Al Lewis first executive director AMA definitely also worked NAA handing torch NAA AMA does seem therefore have sharp transition own recollections can fuzzy opinion AMA strong enough finan cially able operated NAA offices late 1940 hence dual personality expect Frank Zaic upon reading will make everything crys tal clearhe usually cites chapter verse SOS Im bothered bewildered bewitchedby ready-to-fly looks great standard cabin design built total disaster dont know can get off just fine make smooth first turn Hades breaks loose ships before mildly-tapered wing flew well current version manufacturer went rectangular wing having area should easier fly Don SruU made first test flight high wind kept full bore way highspeed powered landing approach re ported first touch aile ron supersensitive 54 43e es 40 WEhiSs AU L.a construction die tot former, ribd2shtu oil SiZC glenS transition airplane good Ound hendling fine St low-wieser 8 almost went Ailerons normal strip type airfoil semi-symmetrical control movement excessive adjusted movement near minimum barreled out fine morning have fun Surprise model bit heavy hopelessly aerobatic 40 weak 35 After fairly long run rotated gently Slight pres sure stick produced smooth moderately climbing turn left firm use aileron after produced violent roll almost verti cat got worse throttled back approach speeds behaved like Dirty Birdy hands kid mak ing first attempt help No aileron adjustment slightest affect dropped wing could picked up instantly full bore Katy bar door could fight thing until pointed field chop throttle pray fervently plopped hard enough shear main gear bolts next flight wild approach aborted climb-out goround landing pattern height pointed adjacent woods en gine quit turn speed cer tain death dove over trees gain airspeed got turned far-out crosswind leg clipped tallest Continued page 138 P -P4vws PNtu BOX 2495-MALA MESA CA 92045 1984 135 HIP ERBIPE W7AHTAN 173 NW 45 Street Ft Lauderdale FL 333119 13051 411-6175 4 ENGINEERING TIlE LANDING GEAR PEOPLE TIred kit lauding gears dent fIt year hIgglC praperty O & 0 Engloesring can salve year prehlems * Cast haItI year needs & specs gearmnteed IlL * Strung & darahte ta withstand teughest aiding * 0 & 0 Eagiacering gear wilt wart & keep year higgle ttying * In stuck replacement gear tar mast popular models Byren Pills ChrIsten Eagle CAP 21 Balsa USA J-3 CUB Air Tech Pawaee Eagle Nose Big Stick Chump Cltahrla R & B medels Snapper Stioger Soapper Tao C02 ENGINES WE NOW HAVE COMPLETE UNE OF BROWN TELCO DAVIS CO2 ENGINES INCLUDING SPARE PARTS SERVICE Ii0WNTEL CO A23 PEANUT$3060STANDARD TELCO$3406 CAMPUS BEE*3495TURBO 3005#295 CAMPUS TWIN ISaiSTURBO 6000Wang SODA CHARGeR -stUB D4VIS- cox 02CONVERSION TO CO213005 NEWIC4TALOC No 25 $150 TORK-STARTER $2995 Wrth Charger 11OV 220V 12V Fast Charger $2095 Without Cherger CHARGERS $1295 Charger Only Ii 1OV 220V 12V Past Charger 12721 HASKELL LANE BOWIE MARYLAND 20716301464-2260 Fun/Winter Continued page 135 tree nasty thing fell vertically breaking engine lug Kraft mountbut failed damage plastic fuselage some rubberized material apparently takes anything No other damage After weeks wondering realized up-aileron side giving trouble spin entryI never thought spin best guess tip stall right now come stalled tip could picked up instantly did happen speeds including full bore Remember slower thing flew worse got upaileron acting like spoiler Perhaps ailerons narrow have excessive movementremember adjusted minimum making difference Bal ance correct everything absolutely proper order Yaw nothing plane mushy Ive never seen anything like Can help Bill Winter 4426 Altura Ct Fairfax VA 22030 PROTECT YOUR RIGHT TO FLY Safe Flying No Accident Toledo/Beckman Continued Daqe 30 coming addition Big Bangers ser ies AMT back again King 60 saw last year two twins in-line opposed King 60 will next Big Bangers both twins later year Also scheduled next test runs Zenoah Quartz G38 PK Products Ive hearing lot good things about engine Im eager see what will final comment years show crowd Toledo very light Friday Saturday Sunday crowded dense crunch weve seen last couple 1935 KINNER SPORTWING 1/4 size span Plans Consist 4 sheets include construction booklet fin decals Plans 0 Postage WOODY FRANTZ 9126 E 67th Ct Tulsa OK 74133 918 250-0033 show selling Most exhibitors sell products show some represents big part yearly volume Several told did two three times much business year com pared last two years combined Conclusion less unemployment fewer people have time get show made money spend convenience manufac turers mentioned listed below years other hand good AMT USA 5068 Greensboro Ct Co 138 Model Aviation MFG OF NI STARTER $2995 Charger PLEASE SPECIFY WHICH CHARGER WHEN ORDERING TORK-STARTER revolutionary concept power 1 5V glow plugs model cars boats sirplanes using glow fuel enginee TORK-STARTERTMI has steel wrench steong enough reduce compression easier startIng ft supplies power dolag comes new CtlO charger has LED indIcate unit charging also has removable 7 handle can used Torque amplifier Over 50 consecutive starts full charge rechargeable hundreds times Clips Onto plug positive connection Send ad along pm-payment end receive free shipping handling L flls cutaway AMT KIng Wi used demon strate electronic ignition What shows porting combustion chamber also very fascinating STICK &TISSUE MODELSFOAM SCALE ARE GREATMODELS new sheetfoam builds eas4er difference youll enjoyat lowest coat Seveesi scale de signs available antique clas sic warbirds homehuilts Send $1O0forlatastplanslistfoan -samples disceuntcoupon etc 662F GETAFREECO-2 MOTORSLCreExFaUs W154024 noiuutwin idUtO new druni-iye Waibro iurewrs engine will also tested sne Big Bangers series gasoline 10 toot TUBING ILICONE lD.062125u S POST S/coil 235 265 325 54/colL LARRY DODGE AERO INC 210 MANNINGSTILLWATER MN 55082 . 638 ava,auc suv au sources Don Harris version
Edition: Model Aviation - 1984/07
Page Numbers: 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 26, 134, 135, 138
Bill Winter Just Fun SEVERAL YEARS AGO received note Ward Maitre Hollywood MD Ive enclosed Xeroxed picture three-channel airplane shown index page 1975 Sport Mod eler listed editor Can recall anything about airplane its size engine availability plans added what seemed irrelevant remark quickly forgotten used Dave Robelens Pronto plan areas moments tried duplicate fuselage shape made fine threechannel flier Ward said working such small picture wonder close came original Indeed thumbnail picture Sport Modeler did reveal very attractive low-wing sport model have bound volumes Junior Mod eler Sport Modeler former evolved Dont ask change took place over strongest objections mystery plane could found Puzzled reported failure Ward thing nagged Since picture contents page February 1975 issue heading next issue possibly announced issue may have produced Potomac Aviation Publications publisher moved Washington DC Reno NV both American Modeler Sport Modeler would die Material tended Sport Modeler first go did appear later issues American Modeler anyone has March 1975 issue Sport Modeler both Ward would like know about plane bound volumes above pictures Dave Robelen positions Pronto camera prior publication plans August 1972 MAN pic tures solved three-year effort Winter what calls Agatha Christie mystery though text sounds itlore like Mike Hammer episode landing shot speaks itself Winter found five Prontos locally plus several experts describe Pronto finest three-channel air plane have flown Though manufactured kit some years design remains popular underground subject Both pictures Bill Conkling Below Left Super Pronto has ailerons less dihedral Until last season prominent model air show team used such model its limbo pole act Below Right Daves wife Grace shows off Parakeet spring 1982 Although never kitted 42in bipe flown 30 modelers Tabb area southeast Virginia near Langley Field Some fly 8-ft versions Pronto weighing 15 20 lb Quadra engines Employed NASA Dave expert spin tunnels dynamic testing RC models 18 Model Aviation 4 include complete six-month periods may have straggling sue dont have After long delay Maitre wrote again enclosing Xerox copies Pronto did register mesaying flying since 1975 15 19 What distracted fact working drawings showed also turned fuselage make shoulder wing highwing version adding l-in-high cabin top fuselage la old Midwest Esquire added am cur rently enlarging plan Author October 1982 56-in version Fox 36 using Swizzle Stick wing Balsa USA reducing plans 40-incher 09 considering 90-in Pronto big plane craze re semble single-place home-built Fox 60 power name Pronto still didnt catch attention though Ward stated caught glider contest Washington TV program Evening Magazine Pronto hanging hobby shop shown part program still blind-sided mysterious picture Sport Modeler now Maitres file comprised giant envelope marked Unfinished Business cut-up plans Pronto goof really goof Time passed forgot Pronto plans Haunted fished out Wards tear sheets another magazine Unfortunately some magazines have habit always providing identity what trade termed running foot find month year page num ber Magazines also change format fre quently familiarity type faces such could guess magazines identity Sub consciously now trail Pronto plans forgotten pictures Pronto article fas cinated plane ingeniously simple functional bearing good designers touch still did have pages sequence clear photos looked like presentation RCM Aha letter RCM led dil 1 IPARAKEET David B Robelen Ispan 42 area 486sq power I9cuin Ltzzzz PRONTO by David B Rabelen span48 area384sq power 19 Cu 7 ySCALE IN INCHES both aircrafthic 2468 igent search Dick Kidd plans lists etc Dick said no didnt pub lish Time went Dicks mind too wrote again say come across kit review Pronto 1975 issue Tidewater Hobby Enter prises company produced out business day wandered down pits flying field local cute strange low-winger asked chap what 12162024 design replied made old kit plan wan dered off course turned out Pronto Maitres pile material hanging over know truth Les Miserables Odd things began happen note Maitre assuring him still alive produced return complete tear sheets time another magazine gave date page num July 1984 19 Robelen uses small Rubber models share fun boys half-size Wakefield simple sheet construction survives bouts trees fence poles wash drying lines bers could see small subhead An FM Product Review blurb stated Jerry Dunlap really busts tail review -three-channel RC trainer easy build repair text address Tidewater Fairfax VA live Tidewa ter no longer Calls old-tim ers local club produced nothing head scratching among found five Prontos still being flown Talk about shocks sixth ap pealed prominent modeler scaled up parts prekit pic ture old Flying Models review off little could distinguished authentic five being used late last year show team actit flew limbo-pole demonstrations came across Super Pronto ailerons must know about because danged airplane underground subjectall over place am telling story As pin pointed members 250-man club Prontos flown Super Prontos noted including two past-presidents superb pilots told unasked Pronto finest threechannel airplane ever flown gold fever Only last night dis covered Don Dewey RCM scratch-built MAN plans 1972 became enthusiastic asked Robelen send him kit review What about PlainJane aircraft know about Prontos may chuckle bet wise guys dont know biplane Pronto called No 1 Winter thinks Bill Kleinhansof Evansville IN could first AMA member Theres long story about text picture left shows Bill Kleinhans 1938 thereabouts Winter thinks AMA licenses first issued 1938 has AMA formed scientific pursuit purposes 1937 National Contest Note Kleinhans NAA 101 AMA todays roster shows him still holding AMA No 101 first 100 numbers inclusive reserved presidents now 22 Above Built 1937 before AMA according Kleinhans 300 sq model /4 hp Gwinn Aero NAA 101 license numbers still exists Below Just *as taken attic October 1983 Kleinhans ancient model shows different color scheme beneath tat ters must have recovered sometime forgotten past Subsequently has stripped bare bones restoration Parakeet Tabb thats Virgin ia environs 30-odd Parakeets flying plan published future Model Aviation well as sorted Prontos Supers including gaggle eight-footers Quadras confess amusement have 8-ft lightweight low-winger climbs well flies just fine K&B Veco 19 Quadras seems Quadra guys Tabb like go lumberyard cut up timbers Prontos Supers wind up about 15 20 lb take giant engines fly stuff in-town site nearby highway Dave Robelen low-profile career man NASA cleverest minds among modeliags old-timers Since NACA now NASA hired -fr modelers before WW II Langley Field Virginia area has fa mous modeling experts per capita other place US Sal Taibi worked went engi neering fame like Bob Champine came test pilots postwar FF pen cil bombers came out Langley Hewitt Phillips pioneer Indoor man lifetime modeler MA published pictures some years ago huge scale 747 Sailplane nacelles soared mountaintops Cum berland MD near equal footing specialized RC Sallplanes Caidwell Johnson Woody Blanchard Na tional Champion several times others Robelen specialist us ing indoor tunnels outdoor RC dy namic scale models authority flight characteristics own AMA Ex ecutive Director John Worth stayed NASA early Sixties instead joining AMA its beam end would now hold Daves position Dave says Daves big boss Earl Stahl did Rubber Scale things Model Airpalne News Air Trails Robelen isnt ready called 20 Model Aviation 4 Bill Kleinhans Rough River Mint Julep Meet Quarter Scale Robin Originally prop drive McCulloch chainsaw finally prop drive Built spruce ply old-timer long varied work field makes him seem like hazily recall developed tiny RC actua tors fussed tiny little RC planes landmark performance may remember spin tunnel operated home tested char acteristics well-known aircraft miniscule March 1980 Model via tion Heres Dave now about Pronto fills us original design pub lished August 1972 issue MAN design attempt blend full-scale Volksplane simple model construction contemporary threechannel flying features ardent Pattern contestant late Sixties mainly Class II really affect ed thinking regards threechannel maneuver capability large rud der modest wing loading low power loading Throughout discussion Prontos design features toned down notion competitive virtue However original models three channels powered Super tigre 23 placed first Advanced Pat tern AA-size meet Norfolk VA against such planes Kwik-Fli Phoenix etc What fun Au thor Dave showed photo sheets Pronto Super Pronto three-viewsincluding Parakeet Herb Clukey has refurbished printing issue Tidewater Hobby Enterpris es Dave continues winter 1971 decided start manufacturing enterprise garage partnership formed B Mark Schwing Navy submarine man stationed Newport News Thats rightthe same Mark Schwing EMS California Author point Daves wife fatally injuredand son badly injuredin auto accident Mark Sch wing stepped keep Tidewater going Navy assignments required him move Fairfax California mid-70s Mark forced wind down Tidewater order Yeah Farman 400 1933 French tourist three-placer did get finished Bill Winter Bill Kaluf pooled resources former designing latter doing building Specs include 05 40 four-cycle engine 6-ft 4-in wingspan 6 lb weight shock struts hinged landing gear legs Covering MonoKote green silver Seeming wrinkles top wing may show magazine reproduction actually just reflections full-size plane seated three tandem its huge flaps highly unusual lightplane such ancient vintage cracked flaps model takes off within 50-ft runwithout elevator input flat-bottomed airfoil model doesnt drop its nose turn Power-on intentional stalls gentle straight ahead Slight CAR coupling 20% rudder rela tion aileron ideal have no problems inverted four-cycle Takeoff estimated 17 mph flyby cruise 34 mph July 1984 21 Above Bill Weaver spring 1938 age 18 second Gas model Scien tific Miss America Brown Junior B engine Note numbers NAA-1 02 Left Weavers Comet Zipper built 1939before AMA says possible ex planation suggested text Zipper carries NAA 102 though AMA prefixes appeared 1938 Below Weavers first Gas model California Chief Baby Cy clone C built 1937 NAA-102 added wing 1938 could read identification label behind wing top Miss America fuselagel place full emphasis Electronic Model Systems July 1976 Dave happily married Grace Goodman Daves son John off college couple first two children Grace prevailed Davenot much pre vailing required Id guessto revive Tidewater Demand Prontos creased soon deluxe Continued page 22 $5000 WORTH OF PRIZES pDDe Rq80 TRIPLE ELIMINATION MODEL AIRPLANE COMBAT TOURNAMENT JULY7th&8th 1984 BOEING SPACE CENTER KENT WASHINGTON Prizes through 4th place include both trophies Carver Corporation stereo equipment Entry fee $400 proceedings begin breakfast 900 AM July 7th free contestants Call Howard breakfast location Registration will open until 1100 AM field July 7th Flying will begin promptly 1100 AM further information call Howard Rush 206 823-6018 Let us know need place stay ride airport Super Pronto ailerons model ing buddy Chuck Cusick helped wood cutting shipping etc Chuck became pastor Ohio church Robelens three sons expecting another offspring due about time read John Ro belen now 22 doing Army service Germany accompanied wife Diane family activity plus working full-time NASA Dave ex plains decision made stop production kits ood needs good father much super-modeler kit manufacturer sometimes-dad thing tells us Pronto has joined biplane called Parakeet three-channel biplane effort blending Pronto features simple sport bipe think great Others agree Mean small spin tunnel published Model Aviation has grown sophis ticated much larger dynamicallyscaled models being tested NASA has installed copy spin tunnel Langley Visitor Center current modeling activity Dave continues much influenced fine little boys well So have re established interest small Rubber models am helping boys build such models AMA Cub Rang er 21a great modeL Ive scratch-built little 22-in Wakefield look-alike allsheet construction since trees around well clotheslines fences etc flies great too youd like investigate Super Pronto Dave says Corkscrew published January 1983 RCMod eler much same After studying plansa design Stu Richmond Id say Stus refinement finelooking sport/aerobatic ship 1 9 30 Reminds bit low-wing Eaglet recently published RCM high-lift flat-bottom wing Like much earlier Pronto Eaglet Corkscrew has sturdy dowel leading edge Dave breathed word focal point develop ment lightweight RC systems tiny RC models published Prophet American Modeler late Sixties miniature Rookie Span 24 weight 7/2 OZ power 02 aileronsall channel subject lecture Toledo Show 1971 men tioned yesterday Don Srulla mistake because guy walking index Two pages notes call last night Robelen Two pages notes dont suppose newcom ers ever heard Kicking Duck Gallop ing Ghost WAG systems first Dave Woody Blanchard mini-scale Since 15-mph ships 10Continued page 24 22 Model Aviation U two cycle engine power characteristics four cycle OPS 30 cc MAXI designed operate glow plug using 8% castor oil 92% methanol has long stroke high torque/low RPM operation ported good economy low operating speeds Buy local hobby shop ir emcae 7mfwt4 9cc P 0 BOX 26247 0 NEW ORLEANS LA 70186 0 504242-5867 VLJLTMAIEI1 Voitmaster very precisely measures transmitter receiver battery voltage under load determine whether battery reaching discharged state Green yellow red scales indicate go-caution-no go situation Unique features include four voltage ranges including 12V starter batteries Load Engage switch monitor recovery rate cells important parameter deter mining cell condition plus Load Status switch two different loads 200 ma 500 ma can engaged large packs 0 mah up mon itored validity Less connectors 26K18Voltmaster Kit 26K18CVoltmaster Assembled $2495LI $2995 IAk m/ Iuucj Send $200 complete catalog Ace items available dealer must order direct add $1O0handlingfee POR0X511EHIGGINSVILLEMO64527 516484-7121 24 Model Aviation mph wind werent much fun two flew under lights between 10 pm midnight shopping center parking lot seems have begun Daves 13-in SE-S Wylam plans Dave also machinist have throt tled Cox 010s Other ships include 18-in Corben Super Ace 13-in Sper ry Messenger published Model Build er Sopwith Pup talking about 3 oz up actuator SE-5 pulsed relay stick glued its armature About 15 years back RCM published Daves Pipsqueaktwo chan nels Galloping Ghost 18-in wing 010 engine want name designer plane contents-page pic ture February 1975 Sport Model er Now have story early RC proportionalfrom Ed Lorenz Howard McEntee estate radio arti facts given Dave Robelen through John Worth Walt Good Jerry Pullen California seems father proportional know Well leave later column Dave working up photo selection Youll hearing about Kick ing Duck Galloping Ghost WAG things went bump night few us expect fly Tabb guys Daves dad Horrace active Richmond VA area age 73 dont know yet guys three areas may descend season epicenter Richmond because Ward Maitre Mary land curious about picture Dont ever stare photo think Ive lost marbles Number Ever wonder first licensed AMA member During mid-30s Charlie Grant fiery editor Model Airplane News newspaper syndicate sponsored nationwide model competi tion took dim view new Gaspowered planes dangerous know doesnt sound familiar After two states barred Gas models Charlie began International Gas Model Air plane Association IGMAA mem bership ballooned turned over National Aeronautic Association would swamped its youth division passed new ly-formed AMA first AMA numbers could have issued 1938 present allocation first 100 numbers inclusive presidents place beginning current president No 22 first member ship number cannot lower 101 theorized organization would issue No 1 likely would make look good beginning 100 probably would shy away round number issue perhaps 101 Continued page 26 Littlest Miracle Workshon ALTOOL Send SUITABLE FOR ALLforcatalog HOBBIES AND CRAFTS Makers of. Mini-Glue Tips Stray-Tray Tee Bar Mini-Saw uff-Stuff & Jewel Stripes sort thing got Pronto mixup Later AMA policy reserved three-digit numbers Contest Directors through years three-digit numbers have re issued Among authentic three digits some old-tuners Some have passed others have dropped out lost number years forgot pay dues Finally restored have no idea hQw others may have shared Now then. first heard about Bill Klemhans letter Fred Williams Evansville IN exchange tall stones Fred 50 has kid high school daughter taking enineering Purdue antique carshas four present soccer coach high school just won its fourth state title puts out newsletter 55-mem ber Thermal Thumbers Club has 26-acre flying site four-acre lake sitting valley 10 miles out town lease Amal Coal Co costs $1 year Amal put mile rocked entry road graded 600 x 200-ft flying strip Fred men tioned phenom old-timer Bill Kleinhans license No 101 check AMA membership roster shows Kleinhans holding 101 number has since Thirties Fred pleased prepare following Bill graduated high school 1938 already built rubberpowered models early 30s doesnt remember very first granted Certificate No 29 Gas Model Pioneers signed Charles H Grant obtained AMA 101 card February 1938 high school belonged International Gas Model Association America spon sored Model Airplane News thought before around September 1937 first Gas model Scien tific Red Zephyr kit second plane still has called Fly ing Midget recently done again August 1983 Model Builder won first contest Henderson KY just across Ohio River south us 1940 using Baby Playboy Atom power first Control Line plane Baby Stanzel Shark O&R 23 also about time working NACA Lang ley Field Virginia Pearl Harbor hit think model maker flight test hangar went Republic Aviation followed military service going aviation cadet Amarillo TX training B-29 ffight engineer cancelled war ending did some Control Line flying Texas After war built flew about everything competing Free Flight Rubber Control Line Continued page 134 26 Model Aviation $225 strips$ 145 Add 20% postage APPLIED DESIGN CORP 138 Penn Street El Seunde CA 90245 3-FUNCTION ACCUTACH ITM O LCD Tachometer w/dual scale capability lox bOX G Digital Voltmeter or load 56 checking/cycling TX/RX battery combos ACISC Monitoruick charging operation 79prepaidSend check Noror money order CalCalif add 6% tax Box 70956 AVIONISSSunnyvale CA INC94086 Letters Editor Vs.#s ~ naae 10 antenna wire substituted As have no musical ability guitar put better use getting sitting closet collecting dust Donald H Smith Malvern PA can wonder what will next kind airplane come innovative show team modelers Safety/Preston Continued paqe 16 considerable amount CyA glue fol lowing first aid treatments might worth clipping out saving Skin bonds try pull bonded surfaces apart direct opposing action Immerse surfaces warm soapy water Peel roll surfaces apart using blunt edge such spoon handle Wash adhesive off skin soap water Eyelid-to-eyelid -eyeball bonds try open eyes manipulation eyelids stuck together bonded eyeball wash thoroughly warm water apply gauze patch eye will open further action typically four days Adhesive eyeball Cyanoacrylate introduced eyes will attach itself eye protein will disassociate within matter hours gross con tamination has occurred During period contamination before clearance takes place weeping will occur double vision may experienced Mouth If lips accidentally stuck together apply stream warm water lips encourage maximum wetting pressure saliva inside mouth Peel roll lips apart gently try pull lips direct opposing action almost impossible swallow cyano acrylate adhesive solidifies adheres mouth Saliva will lift adhesive one-half two days lump forms mouth position patient prevent gestion lump detaches Burns Cyanoacrylates give off heat solidification rare cases larger drop may cause bum Bums should treated normally after lump cyanoacrylate released tissue described above wind up months column Marlin Kinning editor Corsair newsletter Joint Military RC Fliers club Oceanside CA has following advise fellow club members think will agree message should headed Safe Un prefix un has suddenly swept prominence First heard about un cola soon became un un uncool group thats around long time unsafe Related RC breed generally uncoordinated pilots unmaintained air planes Once air unsafe become unfliers because have uncontrolla ble crashes people unread unin hibited unwonied about accidents injury prefix un great talking about undamaged uninjured un impaired unbandaged unsplintered unwheelchaired unsquashed its rather frightening talking about unheeding uncareful un done unconscious Im glad no unsafe un field note Ill get back packing preparing move new house days Ill find time build modelperhaps Have safe month John Preston 12235 Tildenwood Dr Rockville MD 20852 Fun/Winter Continued oaaa 26 thing Stunt flown time entering RC about 1956 1957 leader still forming first club called Thermal Thumbers mostly Free Flight 1946 joined youngster 1947 club led Air Whiners mostly Control Line later evolving Evansville RC Club RC got going around club present active Bill being very few elder statesmen still around still very active almost RC now once will knock out something else As said fore can about anything mod eling master figuring simple solution some model engineering problem crops up taking few scraps making whats needed cant count things has taught modeling have known him since 1947 older brother building him high schooL So see go back long way present builds mostly RC Scale usually large stuff Giant Scale etc has list RC plane has built somewhere plane will have number particu lar plane Right now number stands near 75 newest Fieseler Storch European kit 134 Model Aviation ACK-U-VOLT Digital DC Voltmeter Kit Njcd sun, battoons Srii Inst VOLT 3 Digit LED Aiowinoss Cusu 0-559 & 0-999 Scins Com ulok Ansdiond uuih Loads Inpot & Cho Cabins Tiis could ihe nost vaiuabie ten fiighi box No need io guess batteries need charged Aiso vaiuabie voltage monitor quick charging Simpie baud simpie io use 3 digits shows what battery voltages simply pressing switch places load bat tery no quesiion charge Special lens lute makes easie read sunlight HOLD switch hoids dispiay input removed bandy wish record values later use Charge 45 SOma charger DONT TAKE ChANCEGET ACK-UVOLT better product modeler H8N ELEcTRONIcS050 055ss5O iN FLYING NEAR Al RPORTS BE CAREFUL PROTECT YOUR RIGHT TO FLY some modifications type bear know large glass area plus wing slots other engineer ing problems ailerons counter weights same etc seems thrive engineering nightmares sum up has done still going pretty good although may slowing up some last few months repeat old adage use too builders fliers modelers definitely latter about 62 thanks anything can print him club de serves Number Two youll look upper right-hand cor ner April issue youll see Bill Weavers Live Wire Sr carries num ber 102 met Weaver Maxecu ters meet Rubber models query produced following letter ex cerpted fills days dinosaursand bears No 101 well About AMA 102 mem ber IGMAA announced February 1938 issue MAN being combined NAA form Gas model division immediately sent $100 li cense fee NAA part defense against anti-Gas model legislation spreading included set flying rules pledge etc probably remember received license number assumed member Number 102 few years later read NAA columns article about first member NAA Gas Model Divi sion No 101 dont remember name explained first 100 numbers reserved VIPs such presidents life members etc re alized second membership issued . n wonder member No 101 given up membership would make technically may minutes until No 103 issued NAA office longest continu ous member AMA w weeks ago sited AMA Head quarters building talked Geoff Styles about looked up No 101 member computer said didnt give issuing date since leader member may have given low number vacated course may original No 101 still active enclosing few old photos show NAA 102 number wings before became AMA spring 1940 Author 1940 date may mistake Although AMA numbersnot prefixed NAAappeared 1938 far can tell know editor Air Trails carried 1940 memory servesa column supplied CMASTER JT Dlv BAR/RICH SALES CO 2 FAiRWAY-HANNIBAL MO 03401 3t4122t h803 WINO SPAN42 WING AREA651 onin ENGINE4000 WEIGHTSIbs BUILT-UP BALSA Sport stand oil scale model die cot lormers sod ply parts 25515 rOlled lull size plans HIGHLY AEROBATIC FOr eapierienced halide National Aeronautic Association written Al Lewis first executive director AMA definitely also worked NAA handing torch NAA AMA does seem therefore have sharp transition own recollections can fuzzy opinion AMA strong enough finan cially able operated NAA offices late 1940 hence dual personality expect Frank Zaic upon reading will make everything crys tal clearhe usually cites chapter verse SOS Im bothered bewildered bewitchedby ready-to-fly looks great standard cabin design built total disaster dont know can get off just fine make smooth first turn Hades breaks loose ships before mildly-tapered wing flew well current version manufacturer went rectangular wing having area should easier fly Don SruU made first test flight high wind kept full bore way highspeed powered landing approach re ported first touch aile ron supersensitive 54 43e es 40 WEhiSs AU L.a construction die tot former, ribd2shtu oil SiZC glenS transition airplane good Ound hendling fine St low-wieser 8 almost went Ailerons normal strip type airfoil semi-symmetrical control movement excessive adjusted movement near minimum barreled out fine morning have fun Surprise model bit heavy hopelessly aerobatic 40 weak 35 After fairly long run rotated gently Slight pres sure stick produced smooth moderately climbing turn left firm use aileron after produced violent roll almost verti cat got worse throttled back approach speeds behaved like Dirty Birdy hands kid mak ing first attempt help No aileron adjustment slightest affect dropped wing could picked up instantly full bore Katy bar door could fight thing until pointed field chop throttle pray fervently plopped hard enough shear main gear bolts next flight wild approach aborted climb-out goround landing pattern height pointed adjacent woods en gine quit turn speed cer tain death dove over trees gain airspeed got turned far-out crosswind leg clipped tallest Continued page 138 P -P4vws PNtu BOX 2495-MALA MESA CA 92045 1984 135 HIP ERBIPE W7AHTAN 173 NW 45 Street Ft Lauderdale FL 333119 13051 411-6175 4 ENGINEERING TIlE LANDING GEAR PEOPLE TIred kit lauding gears dent fIt year hIgglC praperty O & 0 Engloesring can salve year prehlems * Cast haItI year needs & specs gearmnteed IlL * Strung & darahte ta withstand teughest aiding * 0 & 0 Eagiacering gear wilt wart & keep year higgle ttying * In stuck replacement gear tar mast popular models Byren Pills ChrIsten Eagle CAP 21 Balsa USA J-3 CUB Air Tech Pawaee Eagle Nose Big Stick Chump Cltahrla R & B medels Snapper Stioger Soapper Tao C02 ENGINES WE NOW HAVE COMPLETE UNE OF BROWN TELCO DAVIS CO2 ENGINES INCLUDING SPARE PARTS SERVICE Ii0WNTEL CO A23 PEANUT$3060STANDARD TELCO$3406 CAMPUS BEE*3495TURBO 3005#295 CAMPUS TWIN ISaiSTURBO 6000Wang SODA CHARGeR -stUB D4VIS- cox 02CONVERSION TO CO213005 NEWIC4TALOC No 25 $150 TORK-STARTER $2995 Wrth Charger 11OV 220V 12V Fast Charger $2095 Without Cherger CHARGERS $1295 Charger Only Ii 1OV 220V 12V Past Charger 12721 HASKELL LANE BOWIE MARYLAND 20716301464-2260 Fun/Winter Continued page 135 tree nasty thing fell vertically breaking engine lug Kraft mountbut failed damage plastic fuselage some rubberized material apparently takes anything No other damage After weeks wondering realized up-aileron side giving trouble spin entryI never thought spin best guess tip stall right now come stalled tip could picked up instantly did happen speeds including full bore Remember slower thing flew worse got upaileron acting like spoiler Perhaps ailerons narrow have excessive movementremember adjusted minimum making difference Bal ance correct everything absolutely proper order Yaw nothing plane mushy Ive never seen anything like Can help Bill Winter 4426 Altura Ct Fairfax VA 22030 PROTECT YOUR RIGHT TO FLY Safe Flying No Accident Toledo/Beckman Continued Daqe 30 coming addition Big Bangers ser ies AMT back again King 60 saw last year two twins in-line opposed King 60 will next Big Bangers both twins later year Also scheduled next test runs Zenoah Quartz G38 PK Products Ive hearing lot good things about engine Im eager see what will final comment years show crowd Toledo very light Friday Saturday Sunday crowded dense crunch weve seen last couple 1935 KINNER SPORTWING 1/4 size span Plans Consist 4 sheets include construction booklet fin decals Plans 0 Postage WOODY FRANTZ 9126 E 67th Ct Tulsa OK 74133 918 250-0033 show selling Most exhibitors sell products show some represents big part yearly volume Several told did two three times much business year com pared last two years combined Conclusion less unemployment fewer people have time get show made money spend convenience manufac turers mentioned listed below years other hand good AMT USA 5068 Greensboro Ct Co 138 Model Aviation MFG OF NI STARTER $2995 Charger PLEASE SPECIFY WHICH CHARGER WHEN ORDERING TORK-STARTER revolutionary concept power 1 5V glow plugs model cars boats sirplanes using glow fuel enginee TORK-STARTERTMI has steel wrench steong enough reduce compression easier startIng ft supplies power dolag comes new CtlO charger has LED indIcate unit charging also has removable 7 handle can used Torque amplifier Over 50 consecutive starts full charge rechargeable hundreds times Clips Onto plug positive connection Send ad along pm-payment end receive free shipping handling L flls cutaway AMT KIng Wi used demon strate electronic ignition What shows porting combustion chamber also very fascinating STICK &TISSUE MODELSFOAM SCALE ARE GREATMODELS new sheetfoam builds eas4er difference youll enjoyat lowest coat Seveesi scale de signs available antique clas sic warbirds homehuilts Send $1O0forlatastplanslistfoan -samples disceuntcoupon etc 662F GETAFREECO-2 MOTORSLCreExFaUs W154024 noiuutwin idUtO new druni-iye Waibro iurewrs engine will also tested sne Big Bangers series gasoline 10 toot TUBING ILICONE lD.062125u S POST S/coil 235 265 325 54/colL LARRY DODGE AERO INC 210 MANNINGSTILLWATER MN 55082 . 638 ava,auc suv au sources Don Harris version
Edition: Model Aviation - 1984/07
Page Numbers: 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 26, 134, 135, 138
Bill Winter Just Fun SEVERAL YEARS AGO received note Ward Maitre Hollywood MD Ive enclosed Xeroxed picture three-channel airplane shown index page 1975 Sport Mod eler listed editor Can recall anything about airplane its size engine availability plans added what seemed irrelevant remark quickly forgotten used Dave Robelens Pronto plan areas moments tried duplicate fuselage shape made fine threechannel flier Ward said working such small picture wonder close came original Indeed thumbnail picture Sport Modeler did reveal very attractive low-wing sport model have bound volumes Junior Mod eler Sport Modeler former evolved Dont ask change took place over strongest objections mystery plane could found Puzzled reported failure Ward thing nagged Since picture contents page February 1975 issue heading next issue possibly announced issue may have produced Potomac Aviation Publications publisher moved Washington DC Reno NV both American Modeler Sport Modeler would die Material tended Sport Modeler first go did appear later issues American Modeler anyone has March 1975 issue Sport Modeler both Ward would like know about plane bound volumes above pictures Dave Robelen positions Pronto camera prior publication plans August 1972 MAN pic tures solved three-year effort Winter what calls Agatha Christie mystery though text sounds itlore like Mike Hammer episode landing shot speaks itself Winter found five Prontos locally plus several experts describe Pronto finest three-channel air plane have flown Though manufactured kit some years design remains popular underground subject Both pictures Bill Conkling Below Left Super Pronto has ailerons less dihedral Until last season prominent model air show team used such model its limbo pole act Below Right Daves wife Grace shows off Parakeet spring 1982 Although never kitted 42in bipe flown 30 modelers Tabb area southeast Virginia near Langley Field Some fly 8-ft versions Pronto weighing 15 20 lb Quadra engines Employed NASA Dave expert spin tunnels dynamic testing RC models 18 Model Aviation 4 include complete six-month periods may have straggling sue dont have After long delay Maitre wrote again enclosing Xerox copies Pronto did register mesaying flying since 1975 15 19 What distracted fact working drawings showed also turned fuselage make shoulder wing highwing version adding l-in-high cabin top fuselage la old Midwest Esquire added am cur rently enlarging plan Author October 1982 56-in version Fox 36 using Swizzle Stick wing Balsa USA reducing plans 40-incher 09 considering 90-in Pronto big plane craze re semble single-place home-built Fox 60 power name Pronto still didnt catch attention though Ward stated caught glider contest Washington TV program Evening Magazine Pronto hanging hobby shop shown part program still blind-sided mysterious picture Sport Modeler now Maitres file comprised giant envelope marked Unfinished Business cut-up plans Pronto goof really goof Time passed forgot Pronto plans Haunted fished out Wards tear sheets another magazine Unfortunately some magazines have habit always providing identity what trade termed running foot find month year page num ber Magazines also change format fre quently familiarity type faces such could guess magazines identity Sub consciously now trail Pronto plans forgotten pictures Pronto article fas cinated plane ingeniously simple functional bearing good designers touch still did have pages sequence clear photos looked like presentation RCM Aha letter RCM led dil 1 IPARAKEET David B Robelen Ispan 42 area 486sq power I9cuin Ltzzzz PRONTO by David B Rabelen span48 area384sq power 19 Cu 7 ySCALE IN INCHES both aircrafthic 2468 igent search Dick Kidd plans lists etc Dick said no didnt pub lish Time went Dicks mind too wrote again say come across kit review Pronto 1975 issue Tidewater Hobby Enter prises company produced out business day wandered down pits flying field local cute strange low-winger asked chap what 12162024 design replied made old kit plan wan dered off course turned out Pronto Maitres pile material hanging over know truth Les Miserables Odd things began happen note Maitre assuring him still alive produced return complete tear sheets time another magazine gave date page num July 1984 19 Robelen uses small Rubber models share fun boys half-size Wakefield simple sheet construction survives bouts trees fence poles wash drying lines bers could see small subhead An FM Product Review blurb stated Jerry Dunlap really busts tail review -three-channel RC trainer easy build repair text address Tidewater Fairfax VA live Tidewa ter no longer Calls old-tim ers local club produced nothing head scratching among found five Prontos still being flown Talk about shocks sixth ap pealed prominent modeler scaled up parts prekit pic ture old Flying Models review off little could distinguished authentic five being used late last year show team actit flew limbo-pole demonstrations came across Super Pronto ailerons must know about because danged airplane underground subjectall over place am telling story As pin pointed members 250-man club Prontos flown Super Prontos noted including two past-presidents superb pilots told unasked Pronto finest threechannel airplane ever flown gold fever Only last night dis covered Don Dewey RCM scratch-built MAN plans 1972 became enthusiastic asked Robelen send him kit review What about PlainJane aircraft know about Prontos may chuckle bet wise guys dont know biplane Pronto called No 1 Winter thinks Bill Kleinhansof Evansville IN could first AMA member Theres long story about text picture left shows Bill Kleinhans 1938 thereabouts Winter thinks AMA licenses first issued 1938 has AMA formed scientific pursuit purposes 1937 National Contest Note Kleinhans NAA 101 AMA todays roster shows him still holding AMA No 101 first 100 numbers inclusive reserved presidents now 22 Above Built 1937 before AMA according Kleinhans 300 sq model /4 hp Gwinn Aero NAA 101 license numbers still exists Below Just *as taken attic October 1983 Kleinhans ancient model shows different color scheme beneath tat ters must have recovered sometime forgotten past Subsequently has stripped bare bones restoration Parakeet Tabb thats Virgin ia environs 30-odd Parakeets flying plan published future Model Aviation well as sorted Prontos Supers including gaggle eight-footers Quadras confess amusement have 8-ft lightweight low-winger climbs well flies just fine K&B Veco 19 Quadras seems Quadra guys Tabb like go lumberyard cut up timbers Prontos Supers wind up about 15 20 lb take giant engines fly stuff in-town site nearby highway Dave Robelen low-profile career man NASA cleverest minds among modeliags old-timers Since NACA now NASA hired -fr modelers before WW II Langley Field Virginia area has fa mous modeling experts per capita other place US Sal Taibi worked went engi neering fame like Bob Champine came test pilots postwar FF pen cil bombers came out Langley Hewitt Phillips pioneer Indoor man lifetime modeler MA published pictures some years ago huge scale 747 Sailplane nacelles soared mountaintops Cum berland MD near equal footing specialized RC Sallplanes Caidwell Johnson Woody Blanchard Na tional Champion several times others Robelen specialist us ing indoor tunnels outdoor RC dy namic scale models authority flight characteristics own AMA Ex ecutive Director John Worth stayed NASA early Sixties instead joining AMA its beam end would now hold Daves position Dave says Daves big boss Earl Stahl did Rubber Scale things Model Airpalne News Air Trails Robelen isnt ready called 20 Model Aviation 4 Bill Kleinhans Rough River Mint Julep Meet Quarter Scale Robin Originally prop drive McCulloch chainsaw finally prop drive Built spruce ply old-timer long varied work field makes him seem like hazily recall developed tiny RC actua tors fussed tiny little RC planes landmark performance may remember spin tunnel operated home tested char acteristics well-known aircraft miniscule March 1980 Model via tion Heres Dave now about Pronto fills us original design pub lished August 1972 issue MAN design attempt blend full-scale Volksplane simple model construction contemporary threechannel flying features ardent Pattern contestant late Sixties mainly Class II really affect ed thinking regards threechannel maneuver capability large rud der modest wing loading low power loading Throughout discussion Prontos design features toned down notion competitive virtue However original models three channels powered Super tigre 23 placed first Advanced Pat tern AA-size meet Norfolk VA against such planes Kwik-Fli Phoenix etc What fun Au thor Dave showed photo sheets Pronto Super Pronto three-viewsincluding Parakeet Herb Clukey has refurbished printing issue Tidewater Hobby Enterpris es Dave continues winter 1971 decided start manufacturing enterprise garage partnership formed B Mark Schwing Navy submarine man stationed Newport News Thats rightthe same Mark Schwing EMS California Author point Daves wife fatally injuredand son badly injuredin auto accident Mark Sch wing stepped keep Tidewater going Navy assignments required him move Fairfax California mid-70s Mark forced wind down Tidewater order Yeah Farman 400 1933 French tourist three-placer did get finished Bill Winter Bill Kaluf pooled resources former designing latter doing building Specs include 05 40 four-cycle engine 6-ft 4-in wingspan 6 lb weight shock struts hinged landing gear legs Covering MonoKote green silver Seeming wrinkles top wing may show magazine reproduction actually just reflections full-size plane seated three tandem its huge flaps highly unusual lightplane such ancient vintage cracked flaps model takes off within 50-ft runwithout elevator input flat-bottomed airfoil model doesnt drop its nose turn Power-on intentional stalls gentle straight ahead Slight CAR coupling 20% rudder rela tion aileron ideal have no problems inverted four-cycle Takeoff estimated 17 mph flyby cruise 34 mph July 1984 21 Above Bill Weaver spring 1938 age 18 second Gas model Scien tific Miss America Brown Junior B engine Note numbers NAA-1 02 Left Weavers Comet Zipper built 1939before AMA says possible ex planation suggested text Zipper carries NAA 102 though AMA prefixes appeared 1938 Below Weavers first Gas model California Chief Baby Cy clone C built 1937 NAA-102 added wing 1938 could read identification label behind wing top Miss America fuselagel place full emphasis Electronic Model Systems July 1976 Dave happily married Grace Goodman Daves son John off college couple first two children Grace prevailed Davenot much pre vailing required Id guessto revive Tidewater Demand Prontos creased soon deluxe Continued page 22 $5000 WORTH OF PRIZES pDDe Rq80 TRIPLE ELIMINATION MODEL AIRPLANE COMBAT TOURNAMENT JULY7th&8th 1984 BOEING SPACE CENTER KENT WASHINGTON Prizes through 4th place include both trophies Carver Corporation stereo equipment Entry fee $400 proceedings begin breakfast 900 AM July 7th free contestants Call Howard breakfast location Registration will open until 1100 AM field July 7th Flying will begin promptly 1100 AM further information call Howard Rush 206 823-6018 Let us know need place stay ride airport Super Pronto ailerons model ing buddy Chuck Cusick helped wood cutting shipping etc Chuck became pastor Ohio church Robelens three sons expecting another offspring due about time read John Ro belen now 22 doing Army service Germany accompanied wife Diane family activity plus working full-time NASA Dave ex plains decision made stop production kits ood needs good father much super-modeler kit manufacturer sometimes-dad thing tells us Pronto has joined biplane called Parakeet three-channel biplane effort blending Pronto features simple sport bipe think great Others agree Mean small spin tunnel published Model Aviation has grown sophis ticated much larger dynamicallyscaled models being tested NASA has installed copy spin tunnel Langley Visitor Center current modeling activity Dave continues much influenced fine little boys well So have re established interest small Rubber models am helping boys build such models AMA Cub Rang er 21a great modeL Ive scratch-built little 22-in Wakefield look-alike allsheet construction since trees around well clotheslines fences etc flies great too youd like investigate Super Pronto Dave says Corkscrew published January 1983 RCMod eler much same After studying plansa design Stu Richmond Id say Stus refinement finelooking sport/aerobatic ship 1 9 30 Reminds bit low-wing Eaglet recently published RCM high-lift flat-bottom wing Like much earlier Pronto Eaglet Corkscrew has sturdy dowel leading edge Dave breathed word focal point develop ment lightweight RC systems tiny RC models published Prophet American Modeler late Sixties miniature Rookie Span 24 weight 7/2 OZ power 02 aileronsall channel subject lecture Toledo Show 1971 men tioned yesterday Don Srulla mistake because guy walking index Two pages notes call last night Robelen Two pages notes dont suppose newcom ers ever heard Kicking Duck Gallop ing Ghost WAG systems first Dave Woody Blanchard mini-scale Since 15-mph ships 10Continued page 24 22 Model Aviation U two cycle engine power characteristics four cycle OPS 30 cc MAXI designed operate glow plug using 8% castor oil 92% methanol has long stroke high torque/low RPM operation ported good economy low operating speeds Buy local hobby shop ir emcae 7mfwt4 9cc P 0 BOX 26247 0 NEW ORLEANS LA 70186 0 504242-5867 VLJLTMAIEI1 Voitmaster very precisely measures transmitter receiver battery voltage under load determine whether battery reaching discharged state Green yellow red scales indicate go-caution-no go situation Unique features include four voltage ranges including 12V starter batteries Load Engage switch monitor recovery rate cells important parameter deter mining cell condition plus Load Status switch two different loads 200 ma 500 ma can engaged large packs 0 mah up mon itored validity Less connectors 26K18Voltmaster Kit 26K18CVoltmaster Assembled $2495LI $2995 IAk m/ Iuucj Send $200 complete catalog Ace items available dealer must order direct add $1O0handlingfee POR0X511EHIGGINSVILLEMO64527 516484-7121 24 Model Aviation mph wind werent much fun two flew under lights between 10 pm midnight shopping center parking lot seems have begun Daves 13-in SE-S Wylam plans Dave also machinist have throt tled Cox 010s Other ships include 18-in Corben Super Ace 13-in Sper ry Messenger published Model Build er Sopwith Pup talking about 3 oz up actuator SE-5 pulsed relay stick glued its armature About 15 years back RCM published Daves Pipsqueaktwo chan nels Galloping Ghost 18-in wing 010 engine want name designer plane contents-page pic ture February 1975 Sport Model er Now have story early RC proportionalfrom Ed Lorenz Howard McEntee estate radio arti facts given Dave Robelen through John Worth Walt Good Jerry Pullen California seems father proportional know Well leave later column Dave working up photo selection Youll hearing about Kick ing Duck Galloping Ghost WAG things went bump night few us expect fly Tabb guys Daves dad Horrace active Richmond VA area age 73 dont know yet guys three areas may descend season epicenter Richmond because Ward Maitre Mary land curious about picture Dont ever stare photo think Ive lost marbles Number Ever wonder first licensed AMA member During mid-30s Charlie Grant fiery editor Model Airplane News newspaper syndicate sponsored nationwide model competi tion took dim view new Gaspowered planes dangerous know doesnt sound familiar After two states barred Gas models Charlie began International Gas Model Air plane Association IGMAA mem bership ballooned turned over National Aeronautic Association would swamped its youth division passed new ly-formed AMA first AMA numbers could have issued 1938 present allocation first 100 numbers inclusive presidents place beginning current president No 22 first member ship number cannot lower 101 theorized organization would issue No 1 likely would make look good beginning 100 probably would shy away round number issue perhaps 101 Continued page 26 Littlest Miracle Workshon ALTOOL Send SUITABLE FOR ALLforcatalog HOBBIES AND CRAFTS Makers of. Mini-Glue Tips Stray-Tray Tee Bar Mini-Saw uff-Stuff & Jewel Stripes sort thing got Pronto mixup Later AMA policy reserved three-digit numbers Contest Directors through years three-digit numbers have re issued Among authentic three digits some old-tuners Some have passed others have dropped out lost number years forgot pay dues Finally restored have no idea hQw others may have shared Now then. first heard about Bill Klemhans letter Fred Williams Evansville IN exchange tall stones Fred 50 has kid high school daughter taking enineering Purdue antique carshas four present soccer coach high school just won its fourth state title puts out newsletter 55-mem ber Thermal Thumbers Club has 26-acre flying site four-acre lake sitting valley 10 miles out town lease Amal Coal Co costs $1 year Amal put mile rocked entry road graded 600 x 200-ft flying strip Fred men tioned phenom old-timer Bill Kleinhans license No 101 check AMA membership roster shows Kleinhans holding 101 number has since Thirties Fred pleased prepare following Bill graduated high school 1938 already built rubberpowered models early 30s doesnt remember very first granted Certificate No 29 Gas Model Pioneers signed Charles H Grant obtained AMA 101 card February 1938 high school belonged International Gas Model Association America spon sored Model Airplane News thought before around September 1937 first Gas model Scien tific Red Zephyr kit second plane still has called Fly ing Midget recently done again August 1983 Model Builder won first contest Henderson KY just across Ohio River south us 1940 using Baby Playboy Atom power first Control Line plane Baby Stanzel Shark O&R 23 also about time working NACA Lang ley Field Virginia Pearl Harbor hit think model maker flight test hangar went Republic Aviation followed military service going aviation cadet Amarillo TX training B-29 ffight engineer cancelled war ending did some Control Line flying Texas After war built flew about everything competing Free Flight Rubber Control Line Continued page 134 26 Model Aviation $225 strips$ 145 Add 20% postage APPLIED DESIGN CORP 138 Penn Street El Seunde CA 90245 3-FUNCTION ACCUTACH ITM O LCD Tachometer w/dual scale capability lox bOX G Digital Voltmeter or load 56 checking/cycling TX/RX battery combos ACISC Monitoruick charging operation 79prepaidSend check Noror money order CalCalif add 6% tax Box 70956 AVIONISSSunnyvale CA INC94086 Letters Editor Vs.#s ~ naae 10 antenna wire substituted As have no musical ability guitar put better use getting sitting closet collecting dust Donald H Smith Malvern PA can wonder what will next kind airplane come innovative show team modelers Safety/Preston Continued paqe 16 considerable amount CyA glue fol lowing first aid treatments might worth clipping out saving Skin bonds try pull bonded surfaces apart direct opposing action Immerse surfaces warm soapy water Peel roll surfaces apart using blunt edge such spoon handle Wash adhesive off skin soap water Eyelid-to-eyelid -eyeball bonds try open eyes manipulation eyelids stuck together bonded eyeball wash thoroughly warm water apply gauze patch eye will open further action typically four days Adhesive eyeball Cyanoacrylate introduced eyes will attach itself eye protein will disassociate within matter hours gross con tamination has occurred During period contamination before clearance takes place weeping will occur double vision may experienced Mouth If lips accidentally stuck together apply stream warm water lips encourage maximum wetting pressure saliva inside mouth Peel roll lips apart gently try pull lips direct opposing action almost impossible swallow cyano acrylate adhesive solidifies adheres mouth Saliva will lift adhesive one-half two days lump forms mouth position patient prevent gestion lump detaches Burns Cyanoacrylates give off heat solidification rare cases larger drop may cause bum Bums should treated normally after lump cyanoacrylate released tissue described above wind up months column Marlin Kinning editor Corsair newsletter Joint Military RC Fliers club Oceanside CA has following advise fellow club members think will agree message should headed Safe Un prefix un has suddenly swept prominence First heard about un cola soon became un un uncool group thats around long time unsafe Related RC breed generally uncoordinated pilots unmaintained air planes Once air unsafe become unfliers because have uncontrolla ble crashes people unread unin hibited unwonied about accidents injury prefix un great talking about undamaged uninjured un impaired unbandaged unsplintered unwheelchaired unsquashed its rather frightening talking about unheeding uncareful un done unconscious Im glad no unsafe un field note Ill get back packing preparing move new house days Ill find time build modelperhaps Have safe month John Preston 12235 Tildenwood Dr Rockville MD 20852 Fun/Winter Continued oaaa 26 thing Stunt flown time entering RC about 1956 1957 leader still forming first club called Thermal Thumbers mostly Free Flight 1946 joined youngster 1947 club led Air Whiners mostly Control Line later evolving Evansville RC Club RC got going around club present active Bill being very few elder statesmen still around still very active almost RC now once will knock out something else As said fore can about anything mod eling master figuring simple solution some model engineering problem crops up taking few scraps making whats needed cant count things has taught modeling have known him since 1947 older brother building him high schooL So see go back long way present builds mostly RC Scale usually large stuff Giant Scale etc has list RC plane has built somewhere plane will have number particu lar plane Right now number stands near 75 newest Fieseler Storch European kit 134 Model Aviation ACK-U-VOLT Digital DC Voltmeter Kit Njcd sun, battoons Srii Inst VOLT 3 Digit LED Aiowinoss Cusu 0-559 & 0-999 Scins Com ulok Ansdiond uuih Loads Inpot & Cho Cabins Tiis could ihe nost vaiuabie ten fiighi box No need io guess batteries need charged Aiso vaiuabie voltage monitor quick charging Simpie baud simpie io use 3 digits shows what battery voltages simply pressing switch places load bat tery no quesiion charge Special lens lute makes easie read sunlight HOLD switch hoids dispiay input removed bandy wish record values later use Charge 45 SOma charger DONT TAKE ChANCEGET ACK-UVOLT better product modeler H8N ELEcTRONIcS050 055ss5O iN FLYING NEAR Al RPORTS BE CAREFUL PROTECT YOUR RIGHT TO FLY some modifications type bear know large glass area plus wing slots other engineer ing problems ailerons counter weights same etc seems thrive engineering nightmares sum up has done still going pretty good although may slowing up some last few months repeat old adage use too builders fliers modelers definitely latter about 62 thanks anything can print him club de serves Number Two youll look upper right-hand cor ner April issue youll see Bill Weavers Live Wire Sr carries num ber 102 met Weaver Maxecu ters meet Rubber models query produced following letter ex cerpted fills days dinosaursand bears No 101 well About AMA 102 mem ber IGMAA announced February 1938 issue MAN being combined NAA form Gas model division immediately sent $100 li cense fee NAA part defense against anti-Gas model legislation spreading included set flying rules pledge etc probably remember received license number assumed member Number 102 few years later read NAA columns article about first member NAA Gas Model Divi sion No 101 dont remember name explained first 100 numbers reserved VIPs such presidents life members etc re alized second membership issued . n wonder member No 101 given up membership would make technically may minutes until No 103 issued NAA office longest continu ous member AMA w weeks ago sited AMA Head quarters building talked Geoff Styles about looked up No 101 member computer said didnt give issuing date since leader member may have given low number vacated course may original No 101 still active enclosing few old photos show NAA 102 number wings before became AMA spring 1940 Author 1940 date may mistake Although AMA numbersnot prefixed NAAappeared 1938 far can tell know editor Air Trails carried 1940 memory servesa column supplied CMASTER JT Dlv BAR/RICH SALES CO 2 FAiRWAY-HANNIBAL MO 03401 3t4122t h803 WINO SPAN42 WING AREA651 onin ENGINE4000 WEIGHTSIbs BUILT-UP BALSA Sport stand oil scale model die cot lormers sod ply parts 25515 rOlled lull size plans HIGHLY AEROBATIC FOr eapierienced halide National Aeronautic Association written Al Lewis first executive director AMA definitely also worked NAA handing torch NAA AMA does seem therefore have sharp transition own recollections can fuzzy opinion AMA strong enough finan cially able operated NAA offices late 1940 hence dual personality expect Frank Zaic upon reading will make everything crys tal clearhe usually cites chapter verse SOS Im bothered bewildered bewitchedby ready-to-fly looks great standard cabin design built total disaster dont know can get off just fine make smooth first turn Hades breaks loose ships before mildly-tapered wing flew well current version manufacturer went rectangular wing having area should easier fly Don SruU made first test flight high wind kept full bore way highspeed powered landing approach re ported first touch aile ron supersensitive 54 43e es 40 WEhiSs AU L.a construction die tot former, ribd2shtu oil SiZC glenS transition airplane good Ound hendling fine St low-wieser 8 almost went Ailerons normal strip type airfoil semi-symmetrical control movement excessive adjusted movement near minimum barreled out fine morning have fun Surprise model bit heavy hopelessly aerobatic 40 weak 35 After fairly long run rotated gently Slight pres sure stick produced smooth moderately climbing turn left firm use aileron after produced violent roll almost verti cat got worse throttled back approach speeds behaved like Dirty Birdy hands kid mak ing first attempt help No aileron adjustment slightest affect dropped wing could picked up instantly full bore Katy bar door could fight thing until pointed field chop throttle pray fervently plopped hard enough shear main gear bolts next flight wild approach aborted climb-out goround landing pattern height pointed adjacent woods en gine quit turn speed cer tain death dove over trees gain airspeed got turned far-out crosswind leg clipped tallest Continued page 138 P -P4vws PNtu BOX 2495-MALA MESA CA 92045 1984 135 HIP ERBIPE W7AHTAN 173 NW 45 Street Ft Lauderdale FL 333119 13051 411-6175 4 ENGINEERING TIlE LANDING GEAR PEOPLE TIred kit lauding gears dent fIt year hIgglC praperty O & 0 Engloesring can salve year prehlems * Cast haItI year needs & specs gearmnteed IlL * Strung & darahte ta withstand teughest aiding * 0 & 0 Eagiacering gear wilt wart & keep year higgle ttying * In stuck replacement gear tar mast popular models Byren Pills ChrIsten Eagle CAP 21 Balsa USA J-3 CUB Air Tech Pawaee Eagle Nose Big Stick Chump Cltahrla R & B medels Snapper Stioger Soapper Tao C02 ENGINES WE NOW HAVE COMPLETE UNE OF BROWN TELCO DAVIS CO2 ENGINES INCLUDING SPARE PARTS SERVICE Ii0WNTEL CO A23 PEANUT$3060STANDARD TELCO$3406 CAMPUS BEE*3495TURBO 3005#295 CAMPUS TWIN ISaiSTURBO 6000Wang SODA CHARGeR -stUB D4VIS- cox 02CONVERSION TO CO213005 NEWIC4TALOC No 25 $150 TORK-STARTER $2995 Wrth Charger 11OV 220V 12V Fast Charger $2095 Without Cherger CHARGERS $1295 Charger Only Ii 1OV 220V 12V Past Charger 12721 HASKELL LANE BOWIE MARYLAND 20716301464-2260 Fun/Winter Continued page 135 tree nasty thing fell vertically breaking engine lug Kraft mountbut failed damage plastic fuselage some rubberized material apparently takes anything No other damage After weeks wondering realized up-aileron side giving trouble spin entryI never thought spin best guess tip stall right now come stalled tip could picked up instantly did happen speeds including full bore Remember slower thing flew worse got upaileron acting like spoiler Perhaps ailerons narrow have excessive movementremember adjusted minimum making difference Bal ance correct everything absolutely proper order Yaw nothing plane mushy Ive never seen anything like Can help Bill Winter 4426 Altura Ct Fairfax VA 22030 PROTECT YOUR RIGHT TO FLY Safe Flying No Accident Toledo/Beckman Continued Daqe 30 coming addition Big Bangers ser ies AMT back again King 60 saw last year two twins in-line opposed King 60 will next Big Bangers both twins later year Also scheduled next test runs Zenoah Quartz G38 PK Products Ive hearing lot good things about engine Im eager see what will final comment years show crowd Toledo very light Friday Saturday Sunday crowded dense crunch weve seen last couple 1935 KINNER SPORTWING 1/4 size span Plans Consist 4 sheets include construction booklet fin decals Plans 0 Postage WOODY FRANTZ 9126 E 67th Ct Tulsa OK 74133 918 250-0033 show selling Most exhibitors sell products show some represents big part yearly volume Several told did two three times much business year com pared last two years combined Conclusion less unemployment fewer people have time get show made money spend convenience manufac turers mentioned listed below years other hand good AMT USA 5068 Greensboro Ct Co 138 Model Aviation MFG OF NI STARTER $2995 Charger PLEASE SPECIFY WHICH CHARGER WHEN ORDERING TORK-STARTER revolutionary concept power 1 5V glow plugs model cars boats sirplanes using glow fuel enginee TORK-STARTERTMI has steel wrench steong enough reduce compression easier startIng ft supplies power dolag comes new CtlO charger has LED indIcate unit charging also has removable 7 handle can used Torque amplifier Over 50 consecutive starts full charge rechargeable hundreds times Clips Onto plug positive connection Send ad along pm-payment end receive free shipping handling L flls cutaway AMT KIng Wi used demon strate electronic ignition What shows porting combustion chamber also very fascinating STICK &TISSUE MODELSFOAM SCALE ARE GREATMODELS new sheetfoam builds eas4er difference youll enjoyat lowest coat Seveesi scale de signs available antique clas sic warbirds homehuilts Send $1O0forlatastplanslistfoan -samples disceuntcoupon etc 662F GETAFREECO-2 MOTORSLCreExFaUs W154024 noiuutwin idUtO new druni-iye Waibro iurewrs engine will also tested sne Big Bangers series gasoline 10 toot TUBING ILICONE lD.062125u S POST S/coil 235 265 325 54/colL LARRY DODGE AERO INC 210 MANNINGSTILLWATER MN 55082 . 638 ava,auc suv au sources Don Harris version
Edition: Model Aviation - 1984/07
Page Numbers: 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 26, 134, 135, 138
Bill Winter Just Fun SEVERAL YEARS AGO received note Ward Maitre Hollywood MD Ive enclosed Xeroxed picture three-channel airplane shown index page 1975 Sport Mod eler listed editor Can recall anything about airplane its size engine availability plans added what seemed irrelevant remark quickly forgotten used Dave Robelens Pronto plan areas moments tried duplicate fuselage shape made fine threechannel flier Ward said working such small picture wonder close came original Indeed thumbnail picture Sport Modeler did reveal very attractive low-wing sport model have bound volumes Junior Mod eler Sport Modeler former evolved Dont ask change took place over strongest objections mystery plane could found Puzzled reported failure Ward thing nagged Since picture contents page February 1975 issue heading next issue possibly announced issue may have produced Potomac Aviation Publications publisher moved Washington DC Reno NV both American Modeler Sport Modeler would die Material tended Sport Modeler first go did appear later issues American Modeler anyone has March 1975 issue Sport Modeler both Ward would like know about plane bound volumes above pictures Dave Robelen positions Pronto camera prior publication plans August 1972 MAN pic tures solved three-year effort Winter what calls Agatha Christie mystery though text sounds itlore like Mike Hammer episode landing shot speaks itself Winter found five Prontos locally plus several experts describe Pronto finest three-channel air plane have flown Though manufactured kit some years design remains popular underground subject Both pictures Bill Conkling Below Left Super Pronto has ailerons less dihedral Until last season prominent model air show team used such model its limbo pole act Below Right Daves wife Grace shows off Parakeet spring 1982 Although never kitted 42in bipe flown 30 modelers Tabb area southeast Virginia near Langley Field Some fly 8-ft versions Pronto weighing 15 20 lb Quadra engines Employed NASA Dave expert spin tunnels dynamic testing RC models 18 Model Aviation 4 include complete six-month periods may have straggling sue dont have After long delay Maitre wrote again enclosing Xerox copies Pronto did register mesaying flying since 1975 15 19 What distracted fact working drawings showed also turned fuselage make shoulder wing highwing version adding l-in-high cabin top fuselage la old Midwest Esquire added am cur rently enlarging plan Author October 1982 56-in version Fox 36 using Swizzle Stick wing Balsa USA reducing plans 40-incher 09 considering 90-in Pronto big plane craze re semble single-place home-built Fox 60 power name Pronto still didnt catch attention though Ward stated caught glider contest Washington TV program Evening Magazine Pronto hanging hobby shop shown part program still blind-sided mysterious picture Sport Modeler now Maitres file comprised giant envelope marked Unfinished Business cut-up plans Pronto goof really goof Time passed forgot Pronto plans Haunted fished out Wards tear sheets another magazine Unfortunately some magazines have habit always providing identity what trade termed running foot find month year page num ber Magazines also change format fre quently familiarity type faces such could guess magazines identity Sub consciously now trail Pronto plans forgotten pictures Pronto article fas cinated plane ingeniously simple functional bearing good designers touch still did have pages sequence clear photos looked like presentation RCM Aha letter RCM led dil 1 IPARAKEET David B Robelen Ispan 42 area 486sq power I9cuin Ltzzzz PRONTO by David B Rabelen span48 area384sq power 19 Cu 7 ySCALE IN INCHES both aircrafthic 2468 igent search Dick Kidd plans lists etc Dick said no didnt pub lish Time went Dicks mind too wrote again say come across kit review Pronto 1975 issue Tidewater Hobby Enter prises company produced out business day wandered down pits flying field local cute strange low-winger asked chap what 12162024 design replied made old kit plan wan dered off course turned out Pronto Maitres pile material hanging over know truth Les Miserables Odd things began happen note Maitre assuring him still alive produced return complete tear sheets time another magazine gave date page num July 1984 19 Robelen uses small Rubber models share fun boys half-size Wakefield simple sheet construction survives bouts trees fence poles wash drying lines bers could see small subhead An FM Product Review blurb stated Jerry Dunlap really busts tail review -three-channel RC trainer easy build repair text address Tidewater Fairfax VA live Tidewa ter no longer Calls old-tim ers local club produced nothing head scratching among found five Prontos still being flown Talk about shocks sixth ap pealed prominent modeler scaled up parts prekit pic ture old Flying Models review off little could distinguished authentic five being used late last year show team actit flew limbo-pole demonstrations came across Super Pronto ailerons must know about because danged airplane underground subjectall over place am telling story As pin pointed members 250-man club Prontos flown Super Prontos noted including two past-presidents superb pilots told unasked Pronto finest threechannel airplane ever flown gold fever Only last night dis covered Don Dewey RCM scratch-built MAN plans 1972 became enthusiastic asked Robelen send him kit review What about PlainJane aircraft know about Prontos may chuckle bet wise guys dont know biplane Pronto called No 1 Winter thinks Bill Kleinhansof Evansville IN could first AMA member Theres long story about text picture left shows Bill Kleinhans 1938 thereabouts Winter thinks AMA licenses first issued 1938 has AMA formed scientific pursuit purposes 1937 National Contest Note Kleinhans NAA 101 AMA todays roster shows him still holding AMA No 101 first 100 numbers inclusive reserved presidents now 22 Above Built 1937 before AMA according Kleinhans 300 sq model /4 hp Gwinn Aero NAA 101 license numbers still exists Below Just *as taken attic October 1983 Kleinhans ancient model shows different color scheme beneath tat ters must have recovered sometime forgotten past Subsequently has stripped bare bones restoration Parakeet Tabb thats Virgin ia environs 30-odd Parakeets flying plan published future Model Aviation well as sorted Prontos Supers including gaggle eight-footers Quadras confess amusement have 8-ft lightweight low-winger climbs well flies just fine K&B Veco 19 Quadras seems Quadra guys Tabb like go lumberyard cut up timbers Prontos Supers wind up about 15 20 lb take giant engines fly stuff in-town site nearby highway Dave Robelen low-profile career man NASA cleverest minds among modeliags old-timers Since NACA now NASA hired -fr modelers before WW II Langley Field Virginia area has fa mous modeling experts per capita other place US Sal Taibi worked went engi neering fame like Bob Champine came test pilots postwar FF pen cil bombers came out Langley Hewitt Phillips pioneer Indoor man lifetime modeler MA published pictures some years ago huge scale 747 Sailplane nacelles soared mountaintops Cum berland MD near equal footing specialized RC Sallplanes Caidwell Johnson Woody Blanchard Na tional Champion several times others Robelen specialist us ing indoor tunnels outdoor RC dy namic scale models authority flight characteristics own AMA Ex ecutive Director John Worth stayed NASA early Sixties instead joining AMA its beam end would now hold Daves position Dave says Daves big boss Earl Stahl did Rubber Scale things Model Airpalne News Air Trails Robelen isnt ready called 20 Model Aviation 4 Bill Kleinhans Rough River Mint Julep Meet Quarter Scale Robin Originally prop drive McCulloch chainsaw finally prop drive Built spruce ply old-timer long varied work field makes him seem like hazily recall developed tiny RC actua tors fussed tiny little RC planes landmark performance may remember spin tunnel operated home tested char acteristics well-known aircraft miniscule March 1980 Model via tion Heres Dave now about Pronto fills us original design pub lished August 1972 issue MAN design attempt blend full-scale Volksplane simple model construction contemporary threechannel flying features ardent Pattern contestant late Sixties mainly Class II really affect ed thinking regards threechannel maneuver capability large rud der modest wing loading low power loading Throughout discussion Prontos design features toned down notion competitive virtue However original models three channels powered Super tigre 23 placed first Advanced Pat tern AA-size meet Norfolk VA against such planes Kwik-Fli Phoenix etc What fun Au thor Dave showed photo sheets Pronto Super Pronto three-viewsincluding Parakeet Herb Clukey has refurbished printing issue Tidewater Hobby Enterpris es Dave continues winter 1971 decided start manufacturing enterprise garage partnership formed B Mark Schwing Navy submarine man stationed Newport News Thats rightthe same Mark Schwing EMS California Author point Daves wife fatally injuredand son badly injuredin auto accident Mark Sch wing stepped keep Tidewater going Navy assignments required him move Fairfax California mid-70s Mark forced wind down Tidewater order Yeah Farman 400 1933 French tourist three-placer did get finished Bill Winter Bill Kaluf pooled resources former designing latter doing building Specs include 05 40 four-cycle engine 6-ft 4-in wingspan 6 lb weight shock struts hinged landing gear legs Covering MonoKote green silver Seeming wrinkles top wing may show magazine reproduction actually just reflections full-size plane seated three tandem its huge flaps highly unusual lightplane such ancient vintage cracked flaps model takes off within 50-ft runwithout elevator input flat-bottomed airfoil model doesnt drop its nose turn Power-on intentional stalls gentle straight ahead Slight CAR coupling 20% rudder rela tion aileron ideal have no problems inverted four-cycle Takeoff estimated 17 mph flyby cruise 34 mph July 1984 21 Above Bill Weaver spring 1938 age 18 second Gas model Scien tific Miss America Brown Junior B engine Note numbers NAA-1 02 Left Weavers Comet Zipper built 1939before AMA says possible ex planation suggested text Zipper carries NAA 102 though AMA prefixes appeared 1938 Below Weavers first Gas model California Chief Baby Cy clone C built 1937 NAA-102 added wing 1938 could read identification label behind wing top Miss America fuselagel place full emphasis Electronic Model Systems July 1976 Dave happily married Grace Goodman Daves son John off college couple first two children Grace prevailed Davenot much pre vailing required Id guessto revive Tidewater Demand Prontos creased soon deluxe Continued page 22 $5000 WORTH OF PRIZES pDDe Rq80 TRIPLE ELIMINATION MODEL AIRPLANE COMBAT TOURNAMENT JULY7th&8th 1984 BOEING SPACE CENTER KENT WASHINGTON Prizes through 4th place include both trophies Carver Corporation stereo equipment Entry fee $400 proceedings begin breakfast 900 AM July 7th free contestants Call Howard breakfast location Registration will open until 1100 AM field July 7th Flying will begin promptly 1100 AM further information call Howard Rush 206 823-6018 Let us know need place stay ride airport Super Pronto ailerons model ing buddy Chuck Cusick helped wood cutting shipping etc Chuck became pastor Ohio church Robelens three sons expecting another offspring due about time read John Ro belen now 22 doing Army service Germany accompanied wife Diane family activity plus working full-time NASA Dave ex plains decision made stop production kits ood needs good father much super-modeler kit manufacturer sometimes-dad thing tells us Pronto has joined biplane called Parakeet three-channel biplane effort blending Pronto features simple sport bipe think great Others agree Mean small spin tunnel published Model Aviation has grown sophis ticated much larger dynamicallyscaled models being tested NASA has installed copy spin tunnel Langley Visitor Center current modeling activity Dave continues much influenced fine little boys well So have re established interest small Rubber models am helping boys build such models AMA Cub Rang er 21a great modeL Ive scratch-built little 22-in Wakefield look-alike allsheet construction since trees around well clotheslines fences etc flies great too youd like investigate Super Pronto Dave says Corkscrew published January 1983 RCMod eler much same After studying plansa design Stu Richmond Id say Stus refinement finelooking sport/aerobatic ship 1 9 30 Reminds bit low-wing Eaglet recently published RCM high-lift flat-bottom wing Like much earlier Pronto Eaglet Corkscrew has sturdy dowel leading edge Dave breathed word focal point develop ment lightweight RC systems tiny RC models published Prophet American Modeler late Sixties miniature Rookie Span 24 weight 7/2 OZ power 02 aileronsall channel subject lecture Toledo Show 1971 men tioned yesterday Don Srulla mistake because guy walking index Two pages notes call last night Robelen Two pages notes dont suppose newcom ers ever heard Kicking Duck Gallop ing Ghost WAG systems first Dave Woody Blanchard mini-scale Since 15-mph ships 10Continued page 24 22 Model Aviation U two cycle engine power characteristics four cycle OPS 30 cc MAXI designed operate glow plug using 8% castor oil 92% methanol has long stroke high torque/low RPM operation ported good economy low operating speeds Buy local hobby shop ir emcae 7mfwt4 9cc P 0 BOX 26247 0 NEW ORLEANS LA 70186 0 504242-5867 VLJLTMAIEI1 Voitmaster very precisely measures transmitter receiver battery voltage under load determine whether battery reaching discharged state Green yellow red scales indicate go-caution-no go situation Unique features include four voltage ranges including 12V starter batteries Load Engage switch monitor recovery rate cells important parameter deter mining cell condition plus Load Status switch two different loads 200 ma 500 ma can engaged large packs 0 mah up mon itored validity Less connectors 26K18Voltmaster Kit 26K18CVoltmaster Assembled $2495LI $2995 IAk m/ Iuucj Send $200 complete catalog Ace items available dealer must order direct add $1O0handlingfee POR0X511EHIGGINSVILLEMO64527 516484-7121 24 Model Aviation mph wind werent much fun two flew under lights between 10 pm midnight shopping center parking lot seems have begun Daves 13-in SE-S Wylam plans Dave also machinist have throt tled Cox 010s Other ships include 18-in Corben Super Ace 13-in Sper ry Messenger published Model Build er Sopwith Pup talking about 3 oz up actuator SE-5 pulsed relay stick glued its armature About 15 years back RCM published Daves Pipsqueaktwo chan nels Galloping Ghost 18-in wing 010 engine want name designer plane contents-page pic ture February 1975 Sport Model er Now have story early RC proportionalfrom Ed Lorenz Howard McEntee estate radio arti facts given Dave Robelen through John Worth Walt Good Jerry Pullen California seems father proportional know Well leave later column Dave working up photo selection Youll hearing about Kick ing Duck Galloping Ghost WAG things went bump night few us expect fly Tabb guys Daves dad Horrace active Richmond VA area age 73 dont know yet guys three areas may descend season epicenter Richmond because Ward Maitre Mary land curious about picture Dont ever stare photo think Ive lost marbles Number Ever wonder first licensed AMA member During mid-30s Charlie Grant fiery editor Model Airplane News newspaper syndicate sponsored nationwide model competi tion took dim view new Gaspowered planes dangerous know doesnt sound familiar After two states barred Gas models Charlie began International Gas Model Air plane Association IGMAA mem bership ballooned turned over National Aeronautic Association would swamped its youth division passed new ly-formed AMA first AMA numbers could have issued 1938 present allocation first 100 numbers inclusive presidents place beginning current president No 22 first member ship number cannot lower 101 theorized organization would issue No 1 likely would make look good beginning 100 probably would shy away round number issue perhaps 101 Continued page 26 Littlest Miracle Workshon ALTOOL Send SUITABLE FOR ALLforcatalog HOBBIES AND CRAFTS Makers of. Mini-Glue Tips Stray-Tray Tee Bar Mini-Saw uff-Stuff & Jewel Stripes sort thing got Pronto mixup Later AMA policy reserved three-digit numbers Contest Directors through years three-digit numbers have re issued Among authentic three digits some old-tuners Some have passed others have dropped out lost number years forgot pay dues Finally restored have no idea hQw others may have shared Now then. first heard about Bill Klemhans letter Fred Williams Evansville IN exchange tall stones Fred 50 has kid high school daughter taking enineering Purdue antique carshas four present soccer coach high school just won its fourth state title puts out newsletter 55-mem ber Thermal Thumbers Club has 26-acre flying site four-acre lake sitting valley 10 miles out town lease Amal Coal Co costs $1 year Amal put mile rocked entry road graded 600 x 200-ft flying strip Fred men tioned phenom old-timer Bill Kleinhans license No 101 check AMA membership roster shows Kleinhans holding 101 number has since Thirties Fred pleased prepare following Bill graduated high school 1938 already built rubberpowered models early 30s doesnt remember very first granted Certificate No 29 Gas Model Pioneers signed Charles H Grant obtained AMA 101 card February 1938 high school belonged International Gas Model Association America spon sored Model Airplane News thought before around September 1937 first Gas model Scien tific Red Zephyr kit second plane still has called Fly ing Midget recently done again August 1983 Model Builder won first contest Henderson KY just across Ohio River south us 1940 using Baby Playboy Atom power first Control Line plane Baby Stanzel Shark O&R 23 also about time working NACA Lang ley Field Virginia Pearl Harbor hit think model maker flight test hangar went Republic Aviation followed military service going aviation cadet Amarillo TX training B-29 ffight engineer cancelled war ending did some Control Line flying Texas After war built flew about everything competing Free Flight Rubber Control Line Continued page 134 26 Model Aviation $225 strips$ 145 Add 20% postage APPLIED DESIGN CORP 138 Penn Street El Seunde CA 90245 3-FUNCTION ACCUTACH ITM O LCD Tachometer w/dual scale capability lox bOX G Digital Voltmeter or load 56 checking/cycling TX/RX battery combos ACISC Monitoruick charging operation 79prepaidSend check Noror money order CalCalif add 6% tax Box 70956 AVIONISSSunnyvale CA INC94086 Letters Editor Vs.#s ~ naae 10 antenna wire substituted As have no musical ability guitar put better use getting sitting closet collecting dust Donald H Smith Malvern PA can wonder what will next kind airplane come innovative show team modelers Safety/Preston Continued paqe 16 considerable amount CyA glue fol lowing first aid treatments might worth clipping out saving Skin bonds try pull bonded surfaces apart direct opposing action Immerse surfaces warm soapy water Peel roll surfaces apart using blunt edge such spoon handle Wash adhesive off skin soap water Eyelid-to-eyelid -eyeball bonds try open eyes manipulation eyelids stuck together bonded eyeball wash thoroughly warm water apply gauze patch eye will open further action typically four days Adhesive eyeball Cyanoacrylate introduced eyes will attach itself eye protein will disassociate within matter hours gross con tamination has occurred During period contamination before clearance takes place weeping will occur double vision may experienced Mouth If lips accidentally stuck together apply stream warm water lips encourage maximum wetting pressure saliva inside mouth Peel roll lips apart gently try pull lips direct opposing action almost impossible swallow cyano acrylate adhesive solidifies adheres mouth Saliva will lift adhesive one-half two days lump forms mouth position patient prevent gestion lump detaches Burns Cyanoacrylates give off heat solidification rare cases larger drop may cause bum Bums should treated normally after lump cyanoacrylate released tissue described above wind up months column Marlin Kinning editor Corsair newsletter Joint Military RC Fliers club Oceanside CA has following advise fellow club members think will agree message should headed Safe Un prefix un has suddenly swept prominence First heard about un cola soon became un un uncool group thats around long time unsafe Related RC breed generally uncoordinated pilots unmaintained air planes Once air unsafe become unfliers because have uncontrolla ble crashes people unread unin hibited unwonied about accidents injury prefix un great talking about undamaged uninjured un impaired unbandaged unsplintered unwheelchaired unsquashed its rather frightening talking about unheeding uncareful un done unconscious Im glad no unsafe un field note Ill get back packing preparing move new house days Ill find time build modelperhaps Have safe month John Preston 12235 Tildenwood Dr Rockville MD 20852 Fun/Winter Continued oaaa 26 thing Stunt flown time entering RC about 1956 1957 leader still forming first club called Thermal Thumbers mostly Free Flight 1946 joined youngster 1947 club led Air Whiners mostly Control Line later evolving Evansville RC Club RC got going around club present active Bill being very few elder statesmen still around still very active almost RC now once will knock out something else As said fore can about anything mod eling master figuring simple solution some model engineering problem crops up taking few scraps making whats needed cant count things has taught modeling have known him since 1947 older brother building him high schooL So see go back long way present builds mostly RC Scale usually large stuff Giant Scale etc has list RC plane has built somewhere plane will have number particu lar plane Right now number stands near 75 newest Fieseler Storch European kit 134 Model Aviation ACK-U-VOLT Digital DC Voltmeter Kit Njcd sun, battoons Srii Inst VOLT 3 Digit LED Aiowinoss Cusu 0-559 & 0-999 Scins Com ulok Ansdiond uuih Loads Inpot & Cho Cabins Tiis could ihe nost vaiuabie ten fiighi box No need io guess batteries need charged Aiso vaiuabie voltage monitor quick charging Simpie baud simpie io use 3 digits shows what battery voltages simply pressing switch places load bat tery no quesiion charge Special lens lute makes easie read sunlight HOLD switch hoids dispiay input removed bandy wish record values later use Charge 45 SOma charger DONT TAKE ChANCEGET ACK-UVOLT better product modeler H8N ELEcTRONIcS050 055ss5O iN FLYING NEAR Al RPORTS BE CAREFUL PROTECT YOUR RIGHT TO FLY some modifications type bear know large glass area plus wing slots other engineer ing problems ailerons counter weights same etc seems thrive engineering nightmares sum up has done still going pretty good although may slowing up some last few months repeat old adage use too builders fliers modelers definitely latter about 62 thanks anything can print him club de serves Number Two youll look upper right-hand cor ner April issue youll see Bill Weavers Live Wire Sr carries num ber 102 met Weaver Maxecu ters meet Rubber models query produced following letter ex cerpted fills days dinosaursand bears No 101 well About AMA 102 mem ber IGMAA announced February 1938 issue MAN being combined NAA form Gas model division immediately sent $100 li cense fee NAA part defense against anti-Gas model legislation spreading included set flying rules pledge etc probably remember received license number assumed member Number 102 few years later read NAA columns article about first member NAA Gas Model Divi sion No 101 dont remember name explained first 100 numbers reserved VIPs such presidents life members etc re alized second membership issued . n wonder member No 101 given up membership would make technically may minutes until No 103 issued NAA office longest continu ous member AMA w weeks ago sited AMA Head quarters building talked Geoff Styles about looked up No 101 member computer said didnt give issuing date since leader member may have given low number vacated course may original No 101 still active enclosing few old photos show NAA 102 number wings before became AMA spring 1940 Author 1940 date may mistake Although AMA numbersnot prefixed NAAappeared 1938 far can tell know editor Air Trails carried 1940 memory servesa column supplied CMASTER JT Dlv BAR/RICH SALES CO 2 FAiRWAY-HANNIBAL MO 03401 3t4122t h803 WINO SPAN42 WING AREA651 onin ENGINE4000 WEIGHTSIbs BUILT-UP BALSA Sport stand oil scale model die cot lormers sod ply parts 25515 rOlled lull size plans HIGHLY AEROBATIC FOr eapierienced halide National Aeronautic Association written Al Lewis first executive director AMA definitely also worked NAA handing torch NAA AMA does seem therefore have sharp transition own recollections can fuzzy opinion AMA strong enough finan cially able operated NAA offices late 1940 hence dual personality expect Frank Zaic upon reading will make everything crys tal clearhe usually cites chapter verse SOS Im bothered bewildered bewitchedby ready-to-fly looks great standard cabin design built total disaster dont know can get off just fine make smooth first turn Hades breaks loose ships before mildly-tapered wing flew well current version manufacturer went rectangular wing having area should easier fly Don SruU made first test flight high wind kept full bore way highspeed powered landing approach re ported first touch aile ron supersensitive 54 43e es 40 WEhiSs AU L.a construction die tot former, ribd2shtu oil SiZC glenS transition airplane good Ound hendling fine St low-wieser 8 almost went Ailerons normal strip type airfoil semi-symmetrical control movement excessive adjusted movement near minimum barreled out fine morning have fun Surprise model bit heavy hopelessly aerobatic 40 weak 35 After fairly long run rotated gently Slight pres sure stick produced smooth moderately climbing turn left firm use aileron after produced violent roll almost verti cat got worse throttled back approach speeds behaved like Dirty Birdy hands kid mak ing first attempt help No aileron adjustment slightest affect dropped wing could picked up instantly full bore Katy bar door could fight thing until pointed field chop throttle pray fervently plopped hard enough shear main gear bolts next flight wild approach aborted climb-out goround landing pattern height pointed adjacent woods en gine quit turn speed cer tain death dove over trees gain airspeed got turned far-out crosswind leg clipped tallest Continued page 138 P -P4vws PNtu BOX 2495-MALA MESA CA 92045 1984 135 HIP ERBIPE W7AHTAN 173 NW 45 Street Ft Lauderdale FL 333119 13051 411-6175 4 ENGINEERING TIlE LANDING GEAR PEOPLE TIred kit lauding gears dent fIt year hIgglC praperty O & 0 Engloesring can salve year prehlems * Cast haItI year needs & specs gearmnteed IlL * Strung & darahte ta withstand teughest aiding * 0 & 0 Eagiacering gear wilt wart & keep year higgle ttying * In stuck replacement gear tar mast popular models Byren Pills ChrIsten Eagle CAP 21 Balsa USA J-3 CUB Air Tech Pawaee Eagle Nose Big Stick Chump Cltahrla R & B medels Snapper Stioger Soapper Tao C02 ENGINES WE NOW HAVE COMPLETE UNE OF BROWN TELCO DAVIS CO2 ENGINES INCLUDING SPARE PARTS SERVICE Ii0WNTEL CO A23 PEANUT$3060STANDARD TELCO$3406 CAMPUS BEE*3495TURBO 3005#295 CAMPUS TWIN ISaiSTURBO 6000Wang SODA CHARGeR -stUB D4VIS- cox 02CONVERSION TO CO213005 NEWIC4TALOC No 25 $150 TORK-STARTER $2995 Wrth Charger 11OV 220V 12V Fast Charger $2095 Without Cherger CHARGERS $1295 Charger Only Ii 1OV 220V 12V Past Charger 12721 HASKELL LANE BOWIE MARYLAND 20716301464-2260 Fun/Winter Continued page 135 tree nasty thing fell vertically breaking engine lug Kraft mountbut failed damage plastic fuselage some rubberized material apparently takes anything No other damage After weeks wondering realized up-aileron side giving trouble spin entryI never thought spin best guess tip stall right now come stalled tip could picked up instantly did happen speeds including full bore Remember slower thing flew worse got upaileron acting like spoiler Perhaps ailerons narrow have excessive movementremember adjusted minimum making difference Bal ance correct everything absolutely proper order Yaw nothing plane mushy Ive never seen anything like Can help Bill Winter 4426 Altura Ct Fairfax VA 22030 PROTECT YOUR RIGHT TO FLY Safe Flying No Accident Toledo/Beckman Continued Daqe 30 coming addition Big Bangers ser ies AMT back again King 60 saw last year two twins in-line opposed King 60 will next Big Bangers both twins later year Also scheduled next test runs Zenoah Quartz G38 PK Products Ive hearing lot good things about engine Im eager see what will final comment years show crowd Toledo very light Friday Saturday Sunday crowded dense crunch weve seen last couple 1935 KINNER SPORTWING 1/4 size span Plans Consist 4 sheets include construction booklet fin decals Plans 0 Postage WOODY FRANTZ 9126 E 67th Ct Tulsa OK 74133 918 250-0033 show selling Most exhibitors sell products show some represents big part yearly volume Several told did two three times much business year com pared last two years combined Conclusion less unemployment fewer people have time get show made money spend convenience manufac turers mentioned listed below years other hand good AMT USA 5068 Greensboro Ct Co 138 Model Aviation MFG OF NI STARTER $2995 Charger PLEASE SPECIFY WHICH CHARGER WHEN ORDERING TORK-STARTER revolutionary concept power 1 5V glow plugs model cars boats sirplanes using glow fuel enginee TORK-STARTERTMI has steel wrench steong enough reduce compression easier startIng ft supplies power dolag comes new CtlO charger has LED indIcate unit charging also has removable 7 handle can used Torque amplifier Over 50 consecutive starts full charge rechargeable hundreds times Clips Onto plug positive connection Send ad along pm-payment end receive free shipping handling L flls cutaway AMT KIng Wi used demon strate electronic ignition What shows porting combustion chamber also very fascinating STICK &TISSUE MODELSFOAM SCALE ARE GREATMODELS new 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Edition: Model Aviation - 1984/07
Page Numbers: 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 26, 134, 135, 138
Bill Winter Just Fun SEVERAL YEARS AGO received note Ward Maitre Hollywood MD Ive enclosed Xeroxed picture three-channel airplane shown index page 1975 Sport Mod eler listed editor Can recall anything about airplane its size engine availability plans added what seemed irrelevant remark quickly forgotten used Dave Robelens Pronto plan areas moments tried duplicate fuselage shape made fine threechannel flier Ward said working such small picture wonder close came original Indeed thumbnail picture Sport Modeler did reveal very attractive low-wing sport model have bound volumes Junior Mod eler Sport Modeler former evolved Dont ask change took place over strongest objections mystery plane could found Puzzled reported failure Ward thing nagged Since picture contents page February 1975 issue heading next issue possibly announced issue may have produced Potomac Aviation Publications publisher moved Washington DC Reno NV both American Modeler Sport Modeler would die Material tended Sport Modeler first go did appear later issues American Modeler anyone has March 1975 issue Sport Modeler both Ward would like know about plane bound volumes above pictures Dave Robelen positions Pronto camera prior publication plans August 1972 MAN pic tures solved three-year effort Winter what calls Agatha Christie mystery though text sounds itlore like Mike Hammer episode landing shot speaks itself Winter found five Prontos locally plus several experts describe Pronto finest three-channel air plane have flown Though manufactured kit some years design remains popular underground subject Both pictures Bill Conkling Below Left Super Pronto has ailerons less dihedral Until last season prominent model air show team used such model its limbo pole act Below Right Daves wife Grace shows off Parakeet spring 1982 Although never kitted 42in bipe flown 30 modelers Tabb area southeast Virginia near Langley Field Some fly 8-ft versions Pronto weighing 15 20 lb Quadra engines Employed NASA Dave expert spin tunnels dynamic testing RC models 18 Model Aviation 4 include complete six-month periods may have straggling sue dont have After long delay Maitre wrote again enclosing Xerox copies Pronto did register mesaying flying since 1975 15 19 What distracted fact working drawings showed also turned fuselage make shoulder wing highwing version adding l-in-high cabin top fuselage la old Midwest Esquire added am cur rently enlarging plan Author October 1982 56-in version Fox 36 using Swizzle Stick wing Balsa USA reducing plans 40-incher 09 considering 90-in Pronto big plane craze re semble single-place home-built Fox 60 power name Pronto still didnt catch attention though Ward stated caught glider contest Washington TV program Evening Magazine Pronto hanging hobby shop shown part program still blind-sided mysterious picture Sport Modeler now Maitres file comprised giant envelope marked Unfinished Business cut-up plans Pronto goof really goof Time passed forgot Pronto plans Haunted fished out Wards tear sheets another magazine Unfortunately some magazines have habit always providing identity what trade termed running foot find month year page num ber Magazines also change format fre quently familiarity type faces such could guess magazines identity Sub consciously now trail Pronto plans forgotten pictures Pronto article fas cinated plane ingeniously simple functional bearing good designers touch still did have pages sequence clear photos looked like presentation RCM Aha letter RCM led dil 1 IPARAKEET David B Robelen Ispan 42 area 486sq power I9cuin Ltzzzz PRONTO by David B Rabelen span48 area384sq power 19 Cu 7 ySCALE IN INCHES both aircrafthic 2468 igent search Dick Kidd plans lists etc Dick said no didnt pub lish Time went Dicks mind too wrote again say come across kit review Pronto 1975 issue Tidewater Hobby Enter prises company produced out business day wandered down pits flying field local cute strange low-winger asked chap what 12162024 design replied made old kit plan wan dered off course turned out Pronto Maitres pile material hanging over know truth Les Miserables Odd things began happen note Maitre assuring him still alive produced return complete tear sheets time another magazine gave date page num July 1984 19 Robelen uses small Rubber models share fun boys half-size Wakefield simple sheet construction survives bouts trees fence poles wash drying lines bers could see small subhead An FM Product Review blurb stated Jerry Dunlap really busts tail review -three-channel RC trainer easy build repair text address Tidewater Fairfax VA live Tidewa ter no longer Calls old-tim ers local club produced nothing head scratching among found five Prontos still being flown Talk about shocks sixth ap pealed prominent modeler scaled up parts prekit pic ture old Flying Models review off little could distinguished authentic five being used late last year show team actit flew limbo-pole demonstrations came across Super Pronto ailerons must know about because danged airplane underground subjectall over place am telling story As pin pointed members 250-man club Prontos flown Super Prontos noted including two past-presidents superb pilots told unasked Pronto finest threechannel airplane ever flown gold fever Only last night dis covered Don Dewey RCM scratch-built MAN plans 1972 became enthusiastic asked Robelen send him kit review What about PlainJane aircraft know about Prontos may chuckle bet wise guys dont know biplane Pronto called No 1 Winter thinks Bill Kleinhansof Evansville IN could first AMA member Theres long story about text picture left shows Bill Kleinhans 1938 thereabouts Winter thinks AMA licenses first issued 1938 has AMA formed scientific pursuit purposes 1937 National Contest Note Kleinhans NAA 101 AMA todays roster shows him still holding AMA No 101 first 100 numbers inclusive reserved presidents now 22 Above Built 1937 before AMA according Kleinhans 300 sq model /4 hp Gwinn Aero NAA 101 license numbers still exists Below Just *as taken attic October 1983 Kleinhans ancient model shows different color scheme beneath tat ters must have recovered sometime forgotten past Subsequently has stripped bare bones restoration Parakeet Tabb thats Virgin ia environs 30-odd Parakeets flying plan published future Model Aviation well as sorted Prontos Supers including gaggle eight-footers Quadras confess amusement have 8-ft lightweight low-winger climbs well flies just fine K&B Veco 19 Quadras seems Quadra guys Tabb like go lumberyard cut up timbers Prontos Supers wind up about 15 20 lb take giant engines fly stuff in-town site nearby highway Dave Robelen low-profile career man NASA cleverest minds among modeliags old-timers Since NACA now NASA hired -fr modelers before WW II Langley Field Virginia area has fa mous modeling experts per capita other place US Sal Taibi worked went engi neering fame like Bob Champine came test pilots postwar FF pen cil bombers came out Langley Hewitt Phillips pioneer Indoor man lifetime modeler MA published pictures some years ago huge scale 747 Sailplane nacelles soared mountaintops Cum berland MD near equal footing specialized RC Sallplanes Caidwell Johnson Woody Blanchard Na tional Champion several times others Robelen specialist us ing indoor tunnels outdoor RC dy namic scale models authority flight characteristics own AMA Ex ecutive Director John Worth stayed NASA early Sixties instead joining AMA its beam end would now hold Daves position Dave says Daves big boss Earl Stahl did Rubber Scale things Model Airpalne News Air Trails Robelen isnt ready called 20 Model Aviation 4 Bill Kleinhans Rough River Mint Julep Meet Quarter Scale Robin Originally prop drive McCulloch chainsaw finally prop drive Built spruce ply old-timer long varied work field makes him seem like hazily recall developed tiny RC actua tors fussed tiny little RC planes landmark performance may remember spin tunnel operated home tested char acteristics well-known aircraft miniscule March 1980 Model via tion Heres Dave now about Pronto fills us original design pub lished August 1972 issue MAN design attempt blend full-scale Volksplane simple model construction contemporary threechannel flying features ardent Pattern contestant late Sixties mainly Class II really affect ed thinking regards threechannel maneuver capability large rud der modest wing loading low power loading Throughout discussion Prontos design features toned down notion competitive virtue However original models three channels powered Super tigre 23 placed first Advanced Pat tern AA-size meet Norfolk VA against such planes Kwik-Fli Phoenix etc What fun Au thor Dave showed photo sheets Pronto Super Pronto three-viewsincluding Parakeet Herb Clukey has refurbished printing issue Tidewater Hobby Enterpris es Dave continues winter 1971 decided start manufacturing enterprise garage partnership formed B Mark Schwing Navy submarine man stationed Newport News Thats rightthe same Mark Schwing EMS California Author point Daves wife fatally injuredand son badly injuredin auto accident Mark Sch wing stepped keep Tidewater going Navy assignments required him move Fairfax California mid-70s Mark forced wind down Tidewater order Yeah Farman 400 1933 French tourist three-placer did get finished Bill Winter Bill Kaluf pooled resources former designing latter doing building Specs include 05 40 four-cycle engine 6-ft 4-in wingspan 6 lb weight shock struts hinged landing gear legs Covering MonoKote green silver Seeming wrinkles top wing may show magazine reproduction actually just reflections full-size plane seated three tandem its huge flaps highly unusual lightplane such ancient vintage cracked flaps model takes off within 50-ft runwithout elevator input flat-bottomed airfoil model doesnt drop its nose turn Power-on intentional stalls gentle straight ahead Slight CAR coupling 20% rudder rela tion aileron ideal have no problems inverted four-cycle Takeoff estimated 17 mph flyby cruise 34 mph July 1984 21 Above Bill Weaver spring 1938 age 18 second Gas model Scien tific Miss America Brown Junior B engine Note numbers NAA-1 02 Left Weavers Comet Zipper built 1939before AMA says possible ex planation suggested text Zipper carries NAA 102 though AMA prefixes appeared 1938 Below Weavers first Gas model California Chief Baby Cy clone C built 1937 NAA-102 added wing 1938 could read identification label behind wing top Miss America fuselagel place full emphasis Electronic Model Systems July 1976 Dave happily married Grace Goodman Daves son John off college couple first two children Grace prevailed Davenot much pre vailing required Id guessto revive Tidewater Demand Prontos creased soon deluxe Continued page 22 $5000 WORTH OF PRIZES pDDe Rq80 TRIPLE ELIMINATION MODEL AIRPLANE COMBAT TOURNAMENT JULY7th&8th 1984 BOEING SPACE CENTER KENT WASHINGTON Prizes through 4th place include both trophies Carver Corporation stereo equipment Entry fee $400 proceedings begin breakfast 900 AM July 7th free contestants Call Howard breakfast location Registration will open until 1100 AM field July 7th Flying will begin promptly 1100 AM further information call Howard Rush 206 823-6018 Let us know need place stay ride airport Super Pronto ailerons model ing buddy Chuck Cusick helped wood cutting shipping etc Chuck became pastor Ohio church Robelens three sons expecting another offspring due about time read John Ro belen now 22 doing Army service Germany accompanied wife Diane family activity plus working full-time NASA Dave ex plains decision made stop production kits ood needs good father much super-modeler kit manufacturer sometimes-dad thing tells us Pronto has joined biplane called Parakeet three-channel biplane effort blending Pronto features simple sport bipe think great Others agree Mean small spin tunnel published Model Aviation has grown sophis ticated much larger dynamicallyscaled models being tested NASA has installed copy spin tunnel Langley Visitor Center current modeling activity Dave continues much influenced fine little boys well So have re established interest small Rubber models am helping boys build such models AMA Cub Rang er 21a great modeL Ive scratch-built little 22-in Wakefield look-alike allsheet construction since trees around well clotheslines fences etc flies great too youd like investigate Super Pronto Dave says Corkscrew published January 1983 RCMod eler much same After studying plansa design Stu Richmond Id say Stus refinement finelooking sport/aerobatic ship 1 9 30 Reminds bit low-wing Eaglet recently published RCM high-lift flat-bottom wing Like much earlier Pronto Eaglet Corkscrew has sturdy dowel leading edge Dave breathed word focal point develop ment lightweight RC systems tiny RC models published Prophet American Modeler late Sixties miniature Rookie Span 24 weight 7/2 OZ power 02 aileronsall channel subject lecture Toledo Show 1971 men tioned yesterday Don Srulla mistake because guy walking index Two pages notes call last night Robelen Two pages notes dont suppose newcom ers ever heard Kicking Duck Gallop ing Ghost WAG systems first Dave Woody Blanchard mini-scale Since 15-mph ships 10Continued page 24 22 Model Aviation U two cycle engine power characteristics four cycle OPS 30 cc MAXI designed operate glow plug using 8% castor oil 92% methanol has long stroke high torque/low RPM operation ported good economy low operating speeds Buy local hobby shop ir emcae 7mfwt4 9cc P 0 BOX 26247 0 NEW ORLEANS LA 70186 0 504242-5867 VLJLTMAIEI1 Voitmaster very precisely measures transmitter receiver battery voltage under load determine whether battery reaching discharged state Green yellow red scales indicate go-caution-no go situation Unique features include four voltage ranges including 12V starter batteries Load Engage switch monitor recovery rate cells important parameter deter mining cell condition plus Load Status switch two different loads 200 ma 500 ma can engaged large packs 0 mah up mon itored validity Less connectors 26K18Voltmaster Kit 26K18CVoltmaster Assembled $2495LI $2995 IAk m/ Iuucj Send $200 complete catalog Ace items available dealer must order direct add $1O0handlingfee POR0X511EHIGGINSVILLEMO64527 516484-7121 24 Model Aviation mph wind werent much fun two flew under lights between 10 pm midnight shopping center parking lot seems have begun Daves 13-in SE-S Wylam plans Dave also machinist have throt tled Cox 010s Other ships include 18-in Corben Super Ace 13-in Sper ry Messenger published Model Build er Sopwith Pup talking about 3 oz up actuator SE-5 pulsed relay stick glued its armature About 15 years back RCM published Daves Pipsqueaktwo chan nels Galloping Ghost 18-in wing 010 engine want name designer plane contents-page pic ture February 1975 Sport Model er Now have story early RC proportionalfrom Ed Lorenz Howard McEntee estate radio arti facts given Dave Robelen through John Worth Walt Good Jerry Pullen California seems father proportional know Well leave later column Dave working up photo selection Youll hearing about Kick ing Duck Galloping Ghost WAG things went bump night few us expect fly Tabb guys Daves dad Horrace active Richmond VA area age 73 dont know yet guys three areas may descend season epicenter Richmond because Ward Maitre Mary land curious about picture Dont ever stare photo think Ive lost marbles Number Ever wonder first licensed AMA member During mid-30s Charlie Grant fiery editor Model Airplane News newspaper syndicate sponsored nationwide model competi tion took dim view new Gaspowered planes dangerous know doesnt sound familiar After two states barred Gas models Charlie began International Gas Model Air plane Association IGMAA mem bership ballooned turned over National Aeronautic Association would swamped its youth division passed new ly-formed AMA first AMA numbers could have issued 1938 present allocation first 100 numbers inclusive presidents place beginning current president No 22 first member ship number cannot lower 101 theorized organization would issue No 1 likely would make look good beginning 100 probably would shy away round number issue perhaps 101 Continued page 26 Littlest Miracle Workshon ALTOOL Send SUITABLE FOR ALLforcatalog HOBBIES AND CRAFTS Makers of. Mini-Glue Tips Stray-Tray Tee Bar Mini-Saw uff-Stuff & Jewel Stripes sort thing got Pronto mixup Later AMA policy reserved three-digit numbers Contest Directors through years three-digit numbers have re issued Among authentic three digits some old-tuners Some have passed others have dropped out lost number years forgot pay dues Finally restored have no idea hQw others may have shared Now then. first heard about Bill Klemhans letter Fred Williams Evansville IN exchange tall stones Fred 50 has kid high school daughter taking enineering Purdue antique carshas four present soccer coach high school just won its fourth state title puts out newsletter 55-mem ber Thermal Thumbers Club has 26-acre flying site four-acre lake sitting valley 10 miles out town lease Amal Coal Co costs $1 year Amal put mile rocked entry road graded 600 x 200-ft flying strip Fred men tioned phenom old-timer Bill Kleinhans license No 101 check AMA membership roster shows Kleinhans holding 101 number has since Thirties Fred pleased prepare following Bill graduated high school 1938 already built rubberpowered models early 30s doesnt remember very first granted Certificate No 29 Gas Model Pioneers signed Charles H Grant obtained AMA 101 card February 1938 high school belonged International Gas Model Association America spon sored Model Airplane News thought before around September 1937 first Gas model Scien tific Red Zephyr kit second plane still has called Fly ing Midget recently done again August 1983 Model Builder won first contest Henderson KY just across Ohio River south us 1940 using Baby Playboy Atom power first Control Line plane Baby Stanzel Shark O&R 23 also about time working NACA Lang ley Field Virginia Pearl Harbor hit think model maker flight test hangar went Republic Aviation followed military service going aviation cadet Amarillo TX training B-29 ffight engineer cancelled war ending did some Control Line flying Texas After war built flew about everything competing Free Flight Rubber Control Line Continued page 134 26 Model Aviation $225 strips$ 145 Add 20% postage APPLIED DESIGN CORP 138 Penn Street El Seunde CA 90245 3-FUNCTION ACCUTACH ITM O LCD Tachometer w/dual scale capability lox bOX G Digital Voltmeter or load 56 checking/cycling TX/RX battery combos ACISC Monitoruick charging operation 79prepaidSend check Noror money order CalCalif add 6% tax Box 70956 AVIONISSSunnyvale CA INC94086 Letters Editor Vs.#s ~ naae 10 antenna wire substituted As have no musical ability guitar put better use getting sitting closet collecting dust Donald H Smith Malvern PA can wonder what will next kind airplane come innovative show team modelers Safety/Preston Continued paqe 16 considerable amount CyA glue fol lowing first aid treatments might worth clipping out saving Skin bonds try pull bonded surfaces apart direct opposing action Immerse surfaces warm soapy water Peel roll surfaces apart using blunt edge such spoon handle Wash adhesive off skin soap water Eyelid-to-eyelid -eyeball bonds try open eyes manipulation eyelids stuck together bonded eyeball wash thoroughly warm water apply gauze patch eye will open further action typically four days Adhesive eyeball Cyanoacrylate introduced eyes will attach itself eye protein will disassociate within matter hours gross con tamination has occurred During period contamination before clearance takes place weeping will occur double vision may experienced Mouth If lips accidentally stuck together apply stream warm water lips encourage maximum wetting pressure saliva inside mouth Peel roll lips apart gently try pull lips direct opposing action almost impossible swallow cyano acrylate adhesive solidifies adheres mouth Saliva will lift adhesive one-half two days lump forms mouth position patient prevent gestion lump detaches Burns Cyanoacrylates give off heat solidification rare cases larger drop may cause bum Bums should treated normally after lump cyanoacrylate released tissue described above wind up months column Marlin Kinning editor Corsair newsletter Joint Military RC Fliers club Oceanside CA has following advise fellow club members think will agree message should headed Safe Un prefix un has suddenly swept prominence First heard about un cola soon became un un uncool group thats around long time unsafe Related RC breed generally uncoordinated pilots unmaintained air planes Once air unsafe become unfliers because have uncontrolla ble crashes people unread unin hibited unwonied about accidents injury prefix un great talking about undamaged uninjured un impaired unbandaged unsplintered unwheelchaired unsquashed its rather frightening talking about unheeding uncareful un done unconscious Im glad no unsafe un field note Ill get back packing preparing move new house days Ill find time build modelperhaps Have safe month John Preston 12235 Tildenwood Dr Rockville MD 20852 Fun/Winter Continued oaaa 26 thing Stunt flown time entering RC about 1956 1957 leader still forming first club called Thermal Thumbers mostly Free Flight 1946 joined youngster 1947 club led Air Whiners mostly Control Line later evolving Evansville RC Club RC got going around club present active Bill being very few elder statesmen still around still very active almost RC now once will knock out something else As said fore can about anything mod eling master figuring simple solution some model engineering problem crops up taking few scraps making whats needed cant count things has taught modeling have known him since 1947 older brother building him high schooL So see go back long way present builds mostly RC Scale usually large stuff Giant Scale etc has list RC plane has built somewhere plane will have number particu lar plane Right now number stands near 75 newest Fieseler Storch European kit 134 Model Aviation ACK-U-VOLT Digital DC Voltmeter Kit Njcd sun, battoons Srii Inst VOLT 3 Digit LED Aiowinoss Cusu 0-559 & 0-999 Scins Com ulok Ansdiond uuih Loads Inpot & Cho Cabins Tiis could ihe nost vaiuabie ten fiighi box No need io guess batteries need charged Aiso vaiuabie voltage monitor quick charging Simpie baud simpie io use 3 digits shows what battery voltages simply pressing switch places load bat tery no quesiion charge Special lens lute makes easie read sunlight HOLD switch hoids dispiay input removed bandy wish record values later use Charge 45 SOma charger DONT TAKE ChANCEGET ACK-UVOLT better product modeler H8N ELEcTRONIcS050 055ss5O iN FLYING NEAR Al RPORTS BE CAREFUL PROTECT YOUR RIGHT TO FLY some modifications type bear know large glass area plus wing slots other engineer ing problems ailerons counter weights same etc seems thrive engineering nightmares sum up has done still going pretty good although may slowing up some last few months repeat old adage use too builders fliers modelers definitely latter about 62 thanks anything can print him club de serves Number Two youll look upper right-hand cor ner April issue youll see Bill Weavers Live Wire Sr carries num ber 102 met Weaver Maxecu ters meet Rubber models query produced following letter ex cerpted fills days dinosaursand bears No 101 well About AMA 102 mem ber IGMAA announced February 1938 issue MAN being combined NAA form Gas model division immediately sent $100 li cense fee NAA part defense against anti-Gas model legislation spreading included set flying rules pledge etc probably remember received license number assumed member Number 102 few years later read NAA columns article about first member NAA Gas Model Divi sion No 101 dont remember name explained first 100 numbers reserved VIPs such presidents life members etc re alized second membership issued . n wonder member No 101 given up membership would make technically may minutes until No 103 issued NAA office longest continu ous member AMA w weeks ago sited AMA Head quarters building talked Geoff Styles about looked up No 101 member computer said didnt give issuing date since leader member may have given low number vacated course may original No 101 still active enclosing few old photos show NAA 102 number wings before became AMA spring 1940 Author 1940 date may mistake Although AMA numbersnot prefixed NAAappeared 1938 far can tell know editor Air Trails carried 1940 memory servesa column supplied CMASTER JT Dlv BAR/RICH SALES CO 2 FAiRWAY-HANNIBAL MO 03401 3t4122t h803 WINO SPAN42 WING AREA651 onin ENGINE4000 WEIGHTSIbs BUILT-UP BALSA Sport stand oil scale model die cot lormers sod ply parts 25515 rOlled lull size plans HIGHLY AEROBATIC FOr eapierienced halide National Aeronautic Association written Al Lewis first executive director AMA definitely also worked NAA handing torch NAA AMA does seem therefore have sharp transition own recollections can fuzzy opinion AMA strong enough finan cially able operated NAA offices late 1940 hence dual personality expect Frank Zaic upon reading will make everything crys tal clearhe usually cites chapter verse SOS Im bothered bewildered bewitchedby ready-to-fly looks great standard cabin design built total disaster dont know can get off just fine make smooth first turn Hades breaks loose ships before mildly-tapered wing flew well current version manufacturer went rectangular wing having area should easier fly Don SruU made first test flight high wind kept full bore way highspeed powered landing approach re ported first touch aile ron supersensitive 54 43e es 40 WEhiSs AU L.a construction die tot former, ribd2shtu oil SiZC glenS transition airplane good Ound hendling fine St low-wieser 8 almost went Ailerons normal strip type airfoil semi-symmetrical control movement excessive adjusted movement near minimum barreled out fine morning have fun Surprise model bit heavy hopelessly aerobatic 40 weak 35 After fairly long run rotated gently Slight pres sure stick produced smooth moderately climbing turn left firm use aileron after produced violent roll almost verti cat got worse throttled back approach speeds behaved like Dirty Birdy hands kid mak ing first attempt help No aileron adjustment slightest affect dropped wing could picked up instantly full bore Katy bar door could fight thing until pointed field chop throttle pray fervently plopped hard enough shear main gear bolts next flight wild approach aborted climb-out goround landing pattern height pointed adjacent woods en gine quit turn speed cer tain death dove over trees gain airspeed got turned far-out crosswind leg clipped tallest Continued page 138 P -P4vws PNtu BOX 2495-MALA MESA CA 92045 1984 135 HIP ERBIPE W7AHTAN 173 NW 45 Street Ft Lauderdale FL 333119 13051 411-6175 4 ENGINEERING TIlE LANDING GEAR PEOPLE TIred kit lauding gears dent fIt year hIgglC praperty O & 0 Engloesring can salve year prehlems * Cast haItI year needs & specs gearmnteed IlL * Strung & darahte ta withstand teughest aiding * 0 & 0 Eagiacering gear wilt wart & keep year higgle ttying * In stuck replacement gear tar mast popular models Byren Pills ChrIsten Eagle CAP 21 Balsa USA J-3 CUB Air Tech Pawaee Eagle Nose Big Stick Chump Cltahrla R & B medels Snapper Stioger Soapper Tao C02 ENGINES WE NOW HAVE COMPLETE UNE OF BROWN TELCO DAVIS CO2 ENGINES INCLUDING SPARE PARTS SERVICE Ii0WNTEL CO A23 PEANUT$3060STANDARD TELCO$3406 CAMPUS BEE*3495TURBO 3005#295 CAMPUS TWIN ISaiSTURBO 6000Wang SODA CHARGeR -stUB D4VIS- cox 02CONVERSION TO CO213005 NEWIC4TALOC No 25 $150 TORK-STARTER $2995 Wrth Charger 11OV 220V 12V Fast Charger $2095 Without Cherger CHARGERS $1295 Charger Only Ii 1OV 220V 12V Past Charger 12721 HASKELL LANE BOWIE MARYLAND 20716301464-2260 Fun/Winter Continued page 135 tree nasty thing fell vertically breaking engine lug Kraft mountbut failed damage plastic fuselage some rubberized material apparently takes anything No other damage After weeks wondering realized up-aileron side giving trouble spin entryI never thought spin best guess tip stall right now come stalled tip could picked up instantly did happen speeds including full bore Remember slower thing flew worse got upaileron acting like spoiler Perhaps ailerons narrow have excessive movementremember adjusted minimum making difference Bal ance correct everything absolutely proper order Yaw nothing plane mushy Ive never seen anything like Can help Bill Winter 4426 Altura Ct Fairfax VA 22030 PROTECT YOUR RIGHT TO FLY Safe Flying No Accident Toledo/Beckman Continued Daqe 30 coming addition Big Bangers ser ies AMT back again King 60 saw last year two twins in-line opposed King 60 will next Big Bangers both twins later year Also scheduled next test runs Zenoah Quartz G38 PK Products Ive hearing lot good things about engine Im eager see what will final comment years show crowd Toledo very light Friday Saturday Sunday crowded dense crunch weve seen last couple 1935 KINNER SPORTWING 1/4 size span Plans Consist 4 sheets include construction booklet fin decals Plans 0 Postage WOODY FRANTZ 9126 E 67th Ct Tulsa OK 74133 918 250-0033 show selling Most exhibitors sell products show some represents big part yearly volume Several told did two three times much business year com pared last two years combined Conclusion less unemployment fewer people have time get show made money spend convenience manufac turers mentioned listed below years other hand good AMT USA 5068 Greensboro Ct Co 138 Model Aviation MFG OF NI STARTER $2995 Charger PLEASE SPECIFY WHICH CHARGER WHEN ORDERING TORK-STARTER revolutionary concept power 1 5V glow plugs model cars boats sirplanes using glow fuel enginee TORK-STARTERTMI has steel wrench steong enough reduce compression easier startIng ft supplies power dolag comes new CtlO charger has LED indIcate unit charging also has removable 7 handle can used Torque amplifier Over 50 consecutive starts full charge rechargeable hundreds times Clips Onto plug positive connection Send ad along pm-payment end receive free shipping handling L flls cutaway AMT KIng Wi used demon strate electronic ignition What shows porting combustion chamber also very fascinating STICK &TISSUE MODELSFOAM SCALE ARE GREATMODELS new sheetfoam builds eas4er difference youll enjoyat lowest coat Seveesi scale de signs available antique clas sic warbirds homehuilts Send $1O0forlatastplanslistfoan -samples disceuntcoupon etc 662F GETAFREECO-2 MOTORSLCreExFaUs W154024 noiuutwin idUtO new druni-iye Waibro iurewrs engine will also tested sne Big Bangers series gasoline 10 toot TUBING ILICONE lD.062125u S POST S/coil 235 265 325 54/colL LARRY DODGE AERO INC 210 MANNINGSTILLWATER MN 55082 . 638 ava,auc suv au sources Don Harris version
Edition: Model Aviation - 1984/07
Page Numbers: 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 26, 134, 135, 138
Bill Winter Just Fun SEVERAL YEARS AGO received note Ward Maitre Hollywood MD Ive enclosed Xeroxed picture three-channel airplane shown index page 1975 Sport Mod eler listed editor Can recall anything about airplane its size engine availability plans added what seemed irrelevant remark quickly forgotten used Dave Robelens Pronto plan areas moments tried duplicate fuselage shape made fine threechannel flier Ward said working such small picture wonder close came original Indeed thumbnail picture Sport Modeler did reveal very attractive low-wing sport model have bound volumes Junior Mod eler Sport Modeler former evolved Dont ask change took place over strongest objections mystery plane could found Puzzled reported failure Ward thing nagged Since picture contents page February 1975 issue heading next issue possibly announced issue may have produced Potomac Aviation Publications publisher moved Washington DC Reno NV both American Modeler Sport Modeler would die Material tended Sport Modeler first go did appear later issues American Modeler anyone has March 1975 issue Sport Modeler both Ward would like know about plane bound volumes above pictures Dave Robelen positions Pronto camera prior publication plans August 1972 MAN pic tures solved three-year effort Winter what calls Agatha Christie mystery though text sounds itlore like Mike Hammer episode landing shot speaks itself Winter found five Prontos locally plus several experts describe Pronto finest three-channel air plane have flown Though manufactured kit some years design remains popular underground subject Both pictures Bill Conkling Below Left Super Pronto has ailerons less dihedral Until last season prominent model air show team used such model its limbo pole act Below Right Daves wife Grace shows off Parakeet spring 1982 Although never kitted 42in bipe flown 30 modelers Tabb area southeast Virginia near Langley Field Some fly 8-ft versions Pronto weighing 15 20 lb Quadra engines Employed NASA Dave expert spin tunnels dynamic testing RC models 18 Model Aviation 4 include complete six-month periods may have straggling sue dont have After long delay Maitre wrote again enclosing Xerox copies Pronto did register mesaying flying since 1975 15 19 What distracted fact working drawings showed also turned fuselage make shoulder wing highwing version adding l-in-high cabin top fuselage la old Midwest Esquire added am cur rently enlarging plan Author October 1982 56-in version Fox 36 using Swizzle Stick wing Balsa USA reducing plans 40-incher 09 considering 90-in Pronto big plane craze re semble single-place home-built Fox 60 power name Pronto still didnt catch attention though Ward stated caught glider contest Washington TV program Evening Magazine Pronto hanging hobby shop shown part program still blind-sided mysterious picture Sport Modeler now Maitres file comprised giant envelope marked Unfinished Business cut-up plans Pronto goof really goof Time passed forgot Pronto plans Haunted fished out Wards tear sheets another magazine Unfortunately some magazines have habit always providing identity what trade termed running foot find month year page num ber Magazines also change format fre quently familiarity type faces such could guess magazines identity Sub consciously now trail Pronto plans forgotten pictures Pronto article fas cinated plane ingeniously simple functional bearing good designers touch still did have pages sequence clear photos looked like presentation RCM Aha letter RCM led dil 1 IPARAKEET David B Robelen Ispan 42 area 486sq power I9cuin Ltzzzz PRONTO by David B Rabelen span48 area384sq power 19 Cu 7 ySCALE IN INCHES both aircrafthic 2468 igent search Dick Kidd plans lists etc Dick said no didnt pub lish Time went Dicks mind too wrote again say come across kit review Pronto 1975 issue Tidewater Hobby Enter prises company produced out business day wandered down pits flying field local cute strange low-winger asked chap what 12162024 design replied made old kit plan wan dered off course turned out Pronto Maitres pile material hanging over know truth Les Miserables Odd things began happen note Maitre assuring him still alive produced return complete tear sheets time another magazine gave date page num July 1984 19 Robelen uses small Rubber models share fun boys half-size Wakefield simple sheet construction survives bouts trees fence poles wash drying lines bers could see small subhead An FM Product Review blurb stated Jerry Dunlap really busts tail review -three-channel RC trainer easy build repair text address Tidewater Fairfax VA live Tidewa ter no longer Calls old-tim ers local club produced nothing head scratching among found five Prontos still being flown Talk about shocks sixth ap pealed prominent modeler scaled up parts prekit pic ture old Flying Models review off little could distinguished authentic five being used late last year show team actit flew limbo-pole demonstrations came across Super Pronto ailerons must know about because danged airplane underground subjectall over place am telling story As pin pointed members 250-man club Prontos flown Super Prontos noted including two past-presidents superb pilots told unasked Pronto finest threechannel airplane ever flown gold fever Only last night dis covered Don Dewey RCM scratch-built MAN plans 1972 became enthusiastic asked Robelen send him kit review What about PlainJane aircraft know about Prontos may chuckle bet wise guys dont know biplane Pronto called No 1 Winter thinks Bill Kleinhansof Evansville IN could first AMA member Theres long story about text picture left shows Bill Kleinhans 1938 thereabouts Winter thinks AMA licenses first issued 1938 has AMA formed scientific pursuit purposes 1937 National Contest Note Kleinhans NAA 101 AMA todays roster shows him still holding AMA No 101 first 100 numbers inclusive reserved presidents now 22 Above Built 1937 before AMA according Kleinhans 300 sq model /4 hp Gwinn Aero NAA 101 license numbers still exists Below Just *as taken attic October 1983 Kleinhans ancient model shows different color scheme beneath tat ters must have recovered sometime forgotten past Subsequently has stripped bare bones restoration Parakeet Tabb thats Virgin ia environs 30-odd Parakeets flying plan published future Model Aviation well as sorted Prontos Supers including gaggle eight-footers Quadras confess amusement have 8-ft lightweight low-winger climbs well flies just fine K&B Veco 19 Quadras seems Quadra guys Tabb like go lumberyard cut up timbers Prontos Supers wind up about 15 20 lb take giant engines fly stuff in-town site nearby highway Dave Robelen low-profile career man NASA cleverest minds among modeliags old-timers Since NACA now NASA hired -fr modelers before WW II Langley Field Virginia area has fa mous modeling experts per capita other place US Sal Taibi worked went engi neering fame like Bob Champine came test pilots postwar FF pen cil bombers came out Langley Hewitt Phillips pioneer Indoor man lifetime modeler MA published pictures some years ago huge scale 747 Sailplane nacelles soared mountaintops Cum berland MD near equal footing specialized RC Sallplanes Caidwell Johnson Woody Blanchard Na tional Champion several times others Robelen specialist us ing indoor tunnels outdoor RC dy namic scale models authority flight characteristics own AMA Ex ecutive Director John Worth stayed NASA early Sixties instead joining AMA its beam end would now hold Daves position Dave says Daves big boss Earl Stahl did Rubber Scale things Model Airpalne News Air Trails Robelen isnt ready called 20 Model Aviation 4 Bill Kleinhans Rough River Mint Julep Meet Quarter Scale Robin Originally prop drive McCulloch chainsaw finally prop drive Built spruce ply old-timer long varied work field makes him seem like hazily recall developed tiny RC actua tors fussed tiny little RC planes landmark performance may remember spin tunnel operated home tested char acteristics well-known aircraft miniscule March 1980 Model via tion Heres Dave now about Pronto fills us original design pub lished August 1972 issue MAN design attempt blend full-scale Volksplane simple model construction contemporary threechannel flying features ardent Pattern contestant late Sixties mainly Class II really affect ed thinking regards threechannel maneuver capability large rud der modest wing loading low power loading Throughout discussion Prontos design features toned down notion competitive virtue However original models three channels powered Super tigre 23 placed first Advanced Pat tern AA-size meet Norfolk VA against such planes Kwik-Fli Phoenix etc What fun Au thor Dave showed photo sheets Pronto Super Pronto three-viewsincluding Parakeet Herb Clukey has refurbished printing issue Tidewater Hobby Enterpris es Dave continues winter 1971 decided start manufacturing enterprise garage partnership formed B Mark Schwing Navy submarine man stationed Newport News Thats rightthe same Mark Schwing EMS California Author point Daves wife fatally injuredand son badly injuredin auto accident Mark Sch wing stepped keep Tidewater going Navy assignments required him move Fairfax California mid-70s Mark forced wind down Tidewater order Yeah Farman 400 1933 French tourist three-placer did get finished Bill Winter Bill Kaluf pooled resources former designing latter doing building Specs include 05 40 four-cycle engine 6-ft 4-in wingspan 6 lb weight shock struts hinged landing gear legs Covering MonoKote green silver Seeming wrinkles top wing may show magazine reproduction actually just reflections full-size plane seated three tandem its huge flaps highly unusual lightplane such ancient vintage cracked flaps model takes off within 50-ft runwithout elevator input flat-bottomed airfoil model doesnt drop its nose turn Power-on intentional stalls gentle straight ahead Slight CAR coupling 20% rudder rela tion aileron ideal have no problems inverted four-cycle Takeoff estimated 17 mph flyby cruise 34 mph July 1984 21 Above Bill Weaver spring 1938 age 18 second Gas model Scien tific Miss America Brown Junior B engine Note numbers NAA-1 02 Left Weavers Comet Zipper built 1939before AMA says possible ex planation suggested text Zipper carries NAA 102 though AMA prefixes appeared 1938 Below Weavers first Gas model California Chief Baby Cy clone C built 1937 NAA-102 added wing 1938 could read identification label behind wing top Miss America fuselagel place full emphasis Electronic Model Systems July 1976 Dave happily married Grace Goodman Daves son John off college couple first two children Grace prevailed Davenot much pre vailing required Id guessto revive Tidewater Demand Prontos creased soon deluxe Continued page 22 $5000 WORTH OF PRIZES pDDe Rq80 TRIPLE ELIMINATION MODEL AIRPLANE COMBAT TOURNAMENT JULY7th&8th 1984 BOEING SPACE CENTER KENT WASHINGTON Prizes through 4th place include both trophies Carver Corporation stereo equipment Entry fee $400 proceedings begin breakfast 900 AM July 7th free contestants Call Howard breakfast location Registration will open until 1100 AM field July 7th Flying will begin promptly 1100 AM further information call Howard Rush 206 823-6018 Let us know need place stay ride airport Super Pronto ailerons model ing buddy Chuck Cusick helped wood cutting shipping etc Chuck became pastor Ohio church Robelens three sons expecting another offspring due about time read John Ro belen now 22 doing Army service Germany accompanied wife Diane family activity plus working full-time NASA Dave ex plains decision made stop production kits ood needs good father much super-modeler kit manufacturer sometimes-dad thing tells us Pronto has joined biplane called Parakeet three-channel biplane effort blending Pronto features simple sport bipe think great Others agree Mean small spin tunnel published Model Aviation has grown sophis ticated much larger dynamicallyscaled models being tested NASA has installed copy spin tunnel Langley Visitor Center current modeling activity Dave continues much influenced fine little boys well So have re established interest small Rubber models am helping boys build such models AMA Cub Rang er 21a great modeL Ive scratch-built little 22-in Wakefield look-alike allsheet construction since trees around well clotheslines fences etc flies great too youd like investigate Super Pronto Dave says Corkscrew published January 1983 RCMod eler much same After studying plansa design Stu Richmond Id say Stus refinement finelooking sport/aerobatic ship 1 9 30 Reminds bit low-wing Eaglet recently published RCM high-lift flat-bottom wing Like much earlier Pronto Eaglet Corkscrew has sturdy dowel leading edge Dave breathed word focal point develop ment lightweight RC systems tiny RC models published Prophet American Modeler late Sixties miniature Rookie Span 24 weight 7/2 OZ power 02 aileronsall channel subject lecture Toledo Show 1971 men tioned yesterday Don Srulla mistake because guy walking index Two pages notes call last night Robelen Two pages notes dont suppose newcom ers ever heard Kicking Duck Gallop ing Ghost WAG systems first Dave Woody Blanchard mini-scale Since 15-mph ships 10Continued page 24 22 Model Aviation U two cycle engine power characteristics four cycle OPS 30 cc MAXI designed operate glow plug using 8% castor oil 92% methanol has long stroke high torque/low RPM operation ported good economy low operating speeds Buy local hobby shop ir emcae 7mfwt4 9cc P 0 BOX 26247 0 NEW ORLEANS LA 70186 0 504242-5867 VLJLTMAIEI1 Voitmaster very precisely measures transmitter receiver battery voltage under load determine whether battery reaching discharged state Green yellow red scales indicate go-caution-no go situation Unique features include four voltage ranges including 12V starter batteries Load Engage switch monitor recovery rate cells important parameter deter mining cell condition plus Load Status switch two different loads 200 ma 500 ma can engaged large packs 0 mah up mon itored validity Less connectors 26K18Voltmaster Kit 26K18CVoltmaster Assembled $2495LI $2995 IAk m/ Iuucj Send $200 complete catalog Ace items available dealer must order direct add $1O0handlingfee POR0X511EHIGGINSVILLEMO64527 516484-7121 24 Model Aviation mph wind werent much fun two flew under lights between 10 pm midnight shopping center parking lot seems have begun Daves 13-in SE-S Wylam plans Dave also machinist have throt tled Cox 010s Other ships include 18-in Corben Super Ace 13-in Sper ry Messenger published Model Build er Sopwith Pup talking about 3 oz up actuator SE-5 pulsed relay stick glued its armature About 15 years back RCM published Daves Pipsqueaktwo chan nels Galloping Ghost 18-in wing 010 engine want name designer plane contents-page pic ture February 1975 Sport Model er Now have story early RC proportionalfrom Ed Lorenz Howard McEntee estate radio arti facts given Dave Robelen through John Worth Walt Good Jerry Pullen California seems father proportional know Well leave later column Dave working up photo selection Youll hearing about Kick ing Duck Galloping Ghost WAG things went bump night few us expect fly Tabb guys Daves dad Horrace active Richmond VA area age 73 dont know yet guys three areas may descend season epicenter Richmond because Ward Maitre Mary land curious about picture Dont ever stare photo think Ive lost marbles Number Ever wonder first licensed AMA member During mid-30s Charlie Grant fiery editor Model Airplane News newspaper syndicate sponsored nationwide model competi tion took dim view new Gaspowered planes dangerous know doesnt sound familiar After two states barred Gas models Charlie began International Gas Model Air plane Association IGMAA mem bership ballooned turned over National Aeronautic Association would swamped its youth division passed new ly-formed AMA first AMA numbers could have issued 1938 present allocation first 100 numbers inclusive presidents place beginning current president No 22 first member ship number cannot lower 101 theorized organization would issue No 1 likely would make look good beginning 100 probably would shy away round number issue perhaps 101 Continued page 26 Littlest Miracle Workshon ALTOOL Send SUITABLE FOR ALLforcatalog HOBBIES AND CRAFTS Makers of. Mini-Glue Tips Stray-Tray Tee Bar Mini-Saw uff-Stuff & Jewel Stripes sort thing got Pronto mixup Later AMA policy reserved three-digit numbers Contest Directors through years three-digit numbers have re issued Among authentic three digits some old-tuners Some have passed others have dropped out lost number years forgot pay dues Finally restored have no idea hQw others may have shared Now then. first heard about Bill Klemhans letter Fred Williams Evansville IN exchange tall stones Fred 50 has kid high school daughter taking enineering Purdue antique carshas four present soccer coach high school just won its fourth state title puts out newsletter 55-mem ber Thermal Thumbers Club has 26-acre flying site four-acre lake sitting valley 10 miles out town lease Amal Coal Co costs $1 year Amal put mile rocked entry road graded 600 x 200-ft flying strip Fred men tioned phenom old-timer Bill Kleinhans license No 101 check AMA membership roster shows Kleinhans holding 101 number has since Thirties Fred pleased prepare following Bill graduated high school 1938 already built rubberpowered models early 30s doesnt remember very first granted Certificate No 29 Gas Model Pioneers signed Charles H Grant obtained AMA 101 card February 1938 high school belonged International Gas Model Association America spon sored Model Airplane News thought before around September 1937 first Gas model Scien tific Red Zephyr kit second plane still has called Fly ing Midget recently done again August 1983 Model Builder won first contest Henderson KY just across Ohio River south us 1940 using Baby Playboy Atom power first Control Line plane Baby Stanzel Shark O&R 23 also about time working NACA Lang ley Field Virginia Pearl Harbor hit think model maker flight test hangar went Republic Aviation followed military service going aviation cadet Amarillo TX training B-29 ffight engineer cancelled war ending did some Control Line flying Texas After war built flew about everything competing Free Flight Rubber Control Line Continued page 134 26 Model Aviation $225 strips$ 145 Add 20% postage APPLIED DESIGN CORP 138 Penn Street El Seunde CA 90245 3-FUNCTION ACCUTACH ITM O LCD Tachometer w/dual scale capability lox bOX G Digital Voltmeter or load 56 checking/cycling TX/RX battery combos ACISC Monitoruick charging operation 79prepaidSend check Noror money order CalCalif add 6% tax Box 70956 AVIONISSSunnyvale CA INC94086 Letters Editor Vs.#s ~ naae 10 antenna wire substituted As have no musical ability guitar put better use getting sitting closet collecting dust Donald H Smith Malvern PA can wonder what will next kind airplane come innovative show team modelers Safety/Preston Continued paqe 16 considerable amount CyA glue fol lowing first aid treatments might worth clipping out saving Skin bonds try pull bonded surfaces apart direct opposing action Immerse surfaces warm soapy water Peel roll surfaces apart using blunt edge such spoon handle Wash adhesive off skin soap water Eyelid-to-eyelid -eyeball bonds try open eyes manipulation eyelids stuck together bonded eyeball wash thoroughly warm water apply gauze patch eye will open further action typically four days Adhesive eyeball Cyanoacrylate introduced eyes will attach itself eye protein will disassociate within matter hours gross con tamination has occurred During period contamination before clearance takes place weeping will occur double vision may experienced Mouth If lips accidentally stuck together apply stream warm water lips encourage maximum wetting pressure saliva inside mouth Peel roll lips apart gently try pull lips direct opposing action almost impossible swallow cyano acrylate adhesive solidifies adheres mouth Saliva will lift adhesive one-half two days lump forms mouth position patient prevent gestion lump detaches Burns Cyanoacrylates give off heat solidification rare cases larger drop may cause bum Bums should treated normally after lump cyanoacrylate released tissue described above wind up months column Marlin Kinning editor Corsair newsletter Joint Military RC Fliers club Oceanside CA has following advise fellow club members think will agree message should headed Safe Un prefix un has suddenly swept prominence First heard about un cola soon became un un uncool group thats around long time unsafe Related RC breed generally uncoordinated pilots unmaintained air planes Once air unsafe become unfliers because have uncontrolla ble crashes people unread unin hibited unwonied about accidents injury prefix un great talking about undamaged uninjured un impaired unbandaged unsplintered unwheelchaired unsquashed its rather frightening talking about unheeding uncareful un done unconscious Im glad no unsafe un field note Ill get back packing preparing move new house days Ill find time build modelperhaps Have safe month John Preston 12235 Tildenwood Dr Rockville MD 20852 Fun/Winter Continued oaaa 26 thing Stunt flown time entering RC about 1956 1957 leader still forming first club called Thermal Thumbers mostly Free Flight 1946 joined youngster 1947 club led Air Whiners mostly Control Line later evolving Evansville RC Club RC got going around club present active Bill being very few elder statesmen still around still very active almost RC now once will knock out something else As said fore can about anything mod eling master figuring simple solution some model engineering problem crops up taking few scraps making whats needed cant count things has taught modeling have known him since 1947 older brother building him high schooL So see go back long way present builds mostly RC Scale usually large stuff Giant Scale etc has list RC plane has built somewhere plane will have number particu lar plane Right now number stands near 75 newest Fieseler Storch European kit 134 Model Aviation ACK-U-VOLT Digital DC Voltmeter Kit Njcd sun, battoons Srii Inst VOLT 3 Digit LED Aiowinoss Cusu 0-559 & 0-999 Scins Com ulok Ansdiond uuih Loads Inpot & Cho Cabins Tiis could ihe nost vaiuabie ten fiighi box No need io guess batteries need charged Aiso vaiuabie voltage monitor quick charging Simpie baud simpie io use 3 digits shows what battery voltages simply pressing switch places load bat tery no quesiion charge Special lens lute makes easie read sunlight HOLD switch hoids dispiay input removed bandy wish record values later use Charge 45 SOma charger DONT TAKE ChANCEGET ACK-UVOLT better product modeler H8N ELEcTRONIcS050 055ss5O iN FLYING NEAR Al RPORTS BE CAREFUL PROTECT YOUR RIGHT TO FLY some modifications type bear know large glass area plus wing slots other engineer ing problems ailerons counter weights same etc seems thrive engineering nightmares sum up has done still going pretty good although may slowing up some last few months repeat old adage use too builders fliers modelers definitely latter about 62 thanks anything can print him club de serves Number Two youll look upper right-hand cor ner April issue youll see Bill Weavers Live Wire Sr carries num ber 102 met Weaver Maxecu ters meet Rubber models query produced following letter ex cerpted fills days dinosaursand bears No 101 well About AMA 102 mem ber IGMAA announced February 1938 issue MAN being combined NAA form Gas model division immediately sent $100 li cense fee NAA part defense against anti-Gas model legislation spreading included set flying rules pledge etc probably remember received license number assumed member Number 102 few years later read NAA columns article about first member NAA Gas Model Divi sion No 101 dont remember name explained first 100 numbers reserved VIPs such presidents life members etc re alized second membership issued . n wonder member No 101 given up membership would make technically may minutes until No 103 issued NAA office longest continu ous member AMA w weeks ago sited AMA Head quarters building talked Geoff Styles about looked up No 101 member computer said didnt give issuing date since leader member may have given low number vacated course may original No 101 still active enclosing few old photos show NAA 102 number wings before became AMA spring 1940 Author 1940 date may mistake Although AMA numbersnot prefixed NAAappeared 1938 far can tell know editor Air Trails carried 1940 memory servesa column supplied CMASTER JT Dlv BAR/RICH SALES CO 2 FAiRWAY-HANNIBAL MO 03401 3t4122t h803 WINO SPAN42 WING AREA651 onin ENGINE4000 WEIGHTSIbs BUILT-UP BALSA Sport stand oil scale model die cot lormers sod ply parts 25515 rOlled lull size plans HIGHLY AEROBATIC FOr eapierienced halide National Aeronautic Association written Al Lewis first executive director AMA definitely also worked NAA handing torch NAA AMA does seem therefore have sharp transition own recollections can fuzzy opinion AMA strong enough finan cially able operated NAA offices late 1940 hence dual personality expect Frank Zaic upon reading will make everything crys tal clearhe usually cites chapter verse SOS Im bothered bewildered bewitchedby ready-to-fly looks great standard cabin design built total disaster dont know can get off just fine make smooth first turn Hades breaks loose ships before mildly-tapered wing flew well current version manufacturer went rectangular wing having area should easier fly Don SruU made first test flight high wind kept full bore way highspeed powered landing approach re ported first touch aile ron supersensitive 54 43e es 40 WEhiSs AU L.a construction die tot former, ribd2shtu oil SiZC glenS transition airplane good Ound hendling fine St low-wieser 8 almost went Ailerons normal strip type airfoil semi-symmetrical control movement excessive adjusted movement near minimum barreled out fine morning have fun Surprise model bit heavy hopelessly aerobatic 40 weak 35 After fairly long run rotated gently Slight pres sure stick produced smooth moderately climbing turn left firm use aileron after produced violent roll almost verti cat got worse throttled back approach speeds behaved like Dirty Birdy hands kid mak ing first attempt help No aileron adjustment slightest affect dropped wing could picked up instantly full bore Katy bar door could fight thing until pointed field chop throttle pray fervently plopped hard enough shear main gear bolts next flight wild approach aborted climb-out goround landing pattern height pointed adjacent woods en gine quit turn speed cer tain death dove over trees gain airspeed got turned far-out crosswind leg clipped tallest Continued page 138 P -P4vws PNtu BOX 2495-MALA MESA CA 92045 1984 135 HIP ERBIPE W7AHTAN 173 NW 45 Street Ft Lauderdale FL 333119 13051 411-6175 4 ENGINEERING TIlE LANDING GEAR PEOPLE TIred kit lauding gears dent fIt year hIgglC praperty O & 0 Engloesring can salve year prehlems * Cast haItI year needs & specs gearmnteed IlL * Strung & darahte ta withstand teughest aiding * 0 & 0 Eagiacering gear wilt wart & keep year higgle ttying * In stuck replacement gear tar mast popular models Byren Pills ChrIsten Eagle CAP 21 Balsa USA J-3 CUB Air Tech Pawaee Eagle Nose Big Stick Chump Cltahrla R & B medels Snapper Stioger Soapper Tao C02 ENGINES WE NOW HAVE COMPLETE UNE OF BROWN TELCO DAVIS CO2 ENGINES INCLUDING SPARE PARTS SERVICE Ii0WNTEL CO A23 PEANUT$3060STANDARD TELCO$3406 CAMPUS BEE*3495TURBO 3005#295 CAMPUS TWIN ISaiSTURBO 6000Wang SODA CHARGeR -stUB D4VIS- cox 02CONVERSION TO CO213005 NEWIC4TALOC No 25 $150 TORK-STARTER $2995 Wrth Charger 11OV 220V 12V Fast Charger $2095 Without Cherger CHARGERS $1295 Charger Only Ii 1OV 220V 12V Past Charger 12721 HASKELL LANE BOWIE MARYLAND 20716301464-2260 Fun/Winter Continued page 135 tree nasty thing fell vertically breaking engine lug Kraft mountbut failed damage plastic fuselage some rubberized material apparently takes anything No other damage After weeks wondering realized up-aileron side giving trouble spin entryI never thought spin best guess tip stall right now come stalled tip could picked up instantly did happen speeds including full bore Remember slower thing flew worse got upaileron acting like spoiler Perhaps ailerons narrow have excessive movementremember adjusted minimum making difference Bal ance correct everything absolutely proper order Yaw nothing plane mushy Ive never seen anything like Can help Bill Winter 4426 Altura Ct Fairfax VA 22030 PROTECT YOUR RIGHT TO FLY Safe Flying No Accident Toledo/Beckman Continued Daqe 30 coming addition Big Bangers ser ies AMT back again King 60 saw last year two twins in-line opposed King 60 will next Big Bangers both twins later year Also scheduled next test runs Zenoah Quartz G38 PK Products Ive hearing lot good things about engine Im eager see what will final comment years show crowd Toledo very light Friday Saturday Sunday crowded dense crunch weve seen last couple 1935 KINNER SPORTWING 1/4 size span Plans Consist 4 sheets include construction booklet fin decals Plans 0 Postage WOODY FRANTZ 9126 E 67th Ct Tulsa OK 74133 918 250-0033 show selling Most exhibitors sell products show some represents big part yearly volume Several told did two three times much business year com pared last two years combined Conclusion less unemployment fewer people have time get show made money spend convenience manufac turers mentioned listed below years other hand good AMT USA 5068 Greensboro Ct Co 138 Model Aviation MFG OF NI STARTER $2995 Charger PLEASE SPECIFY WHICH CHARGER WHEN ORDERING TORK-STARTER revolutionary concept power 1 5V glow plugs model cars boats sirplanes using glow fuel enginee TORK-STARTERTMI has steel wrench steong enough reduce compression easier startIng ft supplies power dolag comes new CtlO charger has LED indIcate unit charging also has removable 7 handle can used Torque amplifier Over 50 consecutive starts full charge rechargeable hundreds times Clips Onto plug positive connection Send ad along pm-payment end receive free shipping handling L flls cutaway AMT KIng Wi used demon strate electronic ignition What shows porting combustion chamber also very fascinating STICK &TISSUE MODELSFOAM SCALE ARE GREATMODELS new sheetfoam builds eas4er difference youll enjoyat lowest coat Seveesi scale de signs available antique clas sic warbirds homehuilts Send $1O0forlatastplanslistfoan -samples disceuntcoupon etc 662F GETAFREECO-2 MOTORSLCreExFaUs W154024 noiuutwin idUtO new druni-iye Waibro iurewrs engine will also tested sne Big Bangers series gasoline 10 toot TUBING ILICONE lD.062125u S POST S/coil 235 265 325 54/colL LARRY DODGE AERO INC 210 MANNINGSTILLWATER MN 55082 . 638 ava,auc suv au sources Don Harris version
Edition: Model Aviation - 1984/07
Page Numbers: 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 26, 134, 135, 138
Bill Winter Just Fun SEVERAL YEARS AGO received note Ward Maitre Hollywood MD Ive enclosed Xeroxed picture three-channel airplane shown index page 1975 Sport Mod eler listed editor Can recall anything about airplane its size engine availability plans added what seemed irrelevant remark quickly forgotten used Dave Robelens Pronto plan areas moments tried duplicate fuselage shape made fine threechannel flier Ward said working such small picture wonder close came original Indeed thumbnail picture Sport Modeler did reveal very attractive low-wing sport model have bound volumes Junior Mod eler Sport Modeler former evolved Dont ask change took place over strongest objections mystery plane could found Puzzled reported failure Ward thing nagged Since picture contents page February 1975 issue heading next issue possibly announced issue may have produced Potomac Aviation Publications publisher moved Washington DC Reno NV both American Modeler Sport Modeler would die Material tended Sport Modeler first go did appear later issues American Modeler anyone has March 1975 issue Sport Modeler both Ward would like know about plane bound volumes above pictures Dave Robelen positions Pronto camera prior publication plans August 1972 MAN pic tures solved three-year effort Winter what calls Agatha Christie mystery though text sounds itlore like Mike Hammer episode landing shot speaks itself Winter found five Prontos locally plus several experts describe Pronto finest three-channel air plane have flown Though manufactured kit some years design remains popular underground subject Both pictures Bill Conkling Below Left Super Pronto has ailerons less dihedral Until last season prominent model air show team used such model its limbo pole act Below Right Daves wife Grace shows off Parakeet spring 1982 Although never kitted 42in bipe flown 30 modelers Tabb area southeast Virginia near Langley Field Some fly 8-ft versions Pronto weighing 15 20 lb Quadra engines Employed NASA Dave expert spin tunnels dynamic testing RC models 18 Model Aviation 4 include complete six-month periods may have straggling sue dont have After long delay Maitre wrote again enclosing Xerox copies Pronto did register mesaying flying since 1975 15 19 What distracted fact working drawings showed also turned fuselage make shoulder wing highwing version adding l-in-high cabin top fuselage la old Midwest Esquire added am cur rently enlarging plan Author October 1982 56-in version Fox 36 using Swizzle Stick wing Balsa USA reducing plans 40-incher 09 considering 90-in Pronto big plane craze re semble single-place home-built Fox 60 power name Pronto still didnt catch attention though Ward stated caught glider contest Washington TV program Evening Magazine Pronto hanging hobby shop shown part program still blind-sided mysterious picture Sport Modeler now Maitres file comprised giant envelope marked Unfinished Business cut-up plans Pronto goof really goof Time passed forgot Pronto plans Haunted fished out Wards tear sheets another magazine Unfortunately some magazines have habit always providing identity what trade termed running foot find month year page num ber Magazines also change format fre quently familiarity type faces such could guess magazines identity Sub consciously now trail Pronto plans forgotten pictures Pronto article fas cinated plane ingeniously simple functional bearing good designers touch still did have pages sequence clear photos looked like presentation RCM Aha letter RCM led dil 1 IPARAKEET David B Robelen Ispan 42 area 486sq power I9cuin Ltzzzz PRONTO by David B Rabelen span48 area384sq power 19 Cu 7 ySCALE IN INCHES both aircrafthic 2468 igent search Dick Kidd plans lists etc Dick said no didnt pub lish Time went Dicks mind too wrote again say come across kit review Pronto 1975 issue Tidewater Hobby Enter prises company produced out business day wandered down pits flying field local cute strange low-winger asked chap what 12162024 design replied made old kit plan wan dered off course turned out Pronto Maitres pile material hanging over know truth Les Miserables Odd things began happen note Maitre assuring him still alive produced return complete tear sheets time another magazine gave date page num July 1984 19 Robelen uses small Rubber models share fun boys half-size Wakefield simple sheet construction survives bouts trees fence poles wash drying lines bers could see small subhead An FM Product Review blurb stated Jerry Dunlap really busts tail review -three-channel RC trainer easy build repair text address Tidewater Fairfax VA live Tidewa ter no longer Calls old-tim ers local club produced nothing head scratching among found five Prontos still being flown Talk about shocks sixth ap pealed prominent modeler scaled up parts prekit pic ture old Flying Models review off little could distinguished authentic five being used late last year show team actit flew limbo-pole demonstrations came across Super Pronto ailerons must know about because danged airplane underground subjectall over place am telling story As pin pointed members 250-man club Prontos flown Super Prontos noted including two past-presidents superb pilots told unasked Pronto finest threechannel airplane ever flown gold fever Only last night dis covered Don Dewey RCM scratch-built MAN plans 1972 became enthusiastic asked Robelen send him kit review What about PlainJane aircraft know about Prontos may chuckle bet wise guys dont know biplane Pronto called No 1 Winter thinks Bill Kleinhansof Evansville IN could first AMA member Theres long story about text picture left shows Bill Kleinhans 1938 thereabouts Winter thinks AMA licenses first issued 1938 has AMA formed scientific pursuit purposes 1937 National Contest Note Kleinhans NAA 101 AMA todays roster shows him still holding AMA No 101 first 100 numbers inclusive reserved presidents now 22 Above Built 1937 before AMA according Kleinhans 300 sq model /4 hp Gwinn Aero NAA 101 license numbers still exists Below Just *as taken attic October 1983 Kleinhans ancient model shows different color scheme beneath tat ters must have recovered sometime forgotten past Subsequently has stripped bare bones restoration Parakeet Tabb thats Virgin ia environs 30-odd Parakeets flying plan published future Model Aviation well as sorted Prontos Supers including gaggle eight-footers Quadras confess amusement have 8-ft lightweight low-winger climbs well flies just fine K&B Veco 19 Quadras seems Quadra guys Tabb like go lumberyard cut up timbers Prontos Supers wind up about 15 20 lb take giant engines fly stuff in-town site nearby highway Dave Robelen low-profile career man NASA cleverest minds among modeliags old-timers Since NACA now NASA hired -fr modelers before WW II Langley Field Virginia area has fa mous modeling experts per capita other place US Sal Taibi worked went engi neering fame like Bob Champine came test pilots postwar FF pen cil bombers came out Langley Hewitt Phillips pioneer Indoor man lifetime modeler MA published pictures some years ago huge scale 747 Sailplane nacelles soared mountaintops Cum berland MD near equal footing specialized RC Sallplanes Caidwell Johnson Woody Blanchard Na tional Champion several times others Robelen specialist us ing indoor tunnels outdoor RC dy namic scale models authority flight characteristics own AMA Ex ecutive Director John Worth stayed NASA early Sixties instead joining AMA its beam end would now hold Daves position Dave says Daves big boss Earl Stahl did Rubber Scale things Model Airpalne News Air Trails Robelen isnt ready called 20 Model Aviation 4 Bill Kleinhans Rough River Mint Julep Meet Quarter Scale Robin Originally prop drive McCulloch chainsaw finally prop drive Built spruce ply old-timer long varied work field makes him seem like hazily recall developed tiny RC actua tors fussed tiny little RC planes landmark performance may remember spin tunnel operated home tested char acteristics well-known aircraft miniscule March 1980 Model via tion Heres Dave now about Pronto fills us original design pub lished August 1972 issue MAN design attempt blend full-scale Volksplane simple model construction contemporary threechannel flying features ardent Pattern contestant late Sixties mainly Class II really affect ed thinking regards threechannel maneuver capability large rud der modest wing loading low power loading Throughout discussion Prontos design features toned down notion competitive virtue However original models three channels powered Super tigre 23 placed first Advanced Pat tern AA-size meet Norfolk VA against such planes Kwik-Fli Phoenix etc What fun Au thor Dave showed photo sheets Pronto Super Pronto three-viewsincluding Parakeet Herb Clukey has refurbished printing issue Tidewater Hobby Enterpris es Dave continues winter 1971 decided start manufacturing enterprise garage partnership formed B Mark Schwing Navy submarine man stationed Newport News Thats rightthe same Mark Schwing EMS California Author point Daves wife fatally injuredand son badly injuredin auto accident Mark Sch wing stepped keep Tidewater going Navy assignments required him move Fairfax California mid-70s Mark forced wind down Tidewater order Yeah Farman 400 1933 French tourist three-placer did get finished Bill Winter Bill Kaluf pooled resources former designing latter doing building Specs include 05 40 four-cycle engine 6-ft 4-in wingspan 6 lb weight shock struts hinged landing gear legs Covering MonoKote green silver Seeming wrinkles top wing may show magazine reproduction actually just reflections full-size plane seated three tandem its huge flaps highly unusual lightplane such ancient vintage cracked flaps model takes off within 50-ft runwithout elevator input flat-bottomed airfoil model doesnt drop its nose turn Power-on intentional stalls gentle straight ahead Slight CAR coupling 20% rudder rela tion aileron ideal have no problems inverted four-cycle Takeoff estimated 17 mph flyby cruise 34 mph July 1984 21 Above Bill Weaver spring 1938 age 18 second Gas model Scien tific Miss America Brown Junior B engine Note numbers NAA-1 02 Left Weavers Comet Zipper built 1939before AMA says possible ex planation suggested text Zipper carries NAA 102 though AMA prefixes appeared 1938 Below Weavers first Gas model California Chief Baby Cy clone C built 1937 NAA-102 added wing 1938 could read identification label behind wing top Miss America fuselagel place full emphasis Electronic Model Systems July 1976 Dave happily married Grace Goodman Daves son John off college couple first two children Grace prevailed Davenot much pre vailing required Id guessto revive Tidewater Demand Prontos creased soon deluxe Continued page 22 $5000 WORTH OF PRIZES pDDe Rq80 TRIPLE ELIMINATION MODEL AIRPLANE COMBAT TOURNAMENT JULY7th&8th 1984 BOEING SPACE CENTER KENT WASHINGTON Prizes through 4th place include both trophies Carver Corporation stereo equipment Entry fee $400 proceedings begin breakfast 900 AM July 7th free contestants Call Howard breakfast location Registration will open until 1100 AM field July 7th Flying will begin promptly 1100 AM further information call Howard Rush 206 823-6018 Let us know need place stay ride airport Super Pronto ailerons model ing buddy Chuck Cusick helped wood cutting shipping etc Chuck became pastor Ohio church Robelens three sons expecting another offspring due about time read John Ro belen now 22 doing Army service Germany accompanied wife Diane family activity plus working full-time NASA Dave ex plains decision made stop production kits ood needs good father much super-modeler kit manufacturer sometimes-dad thing tells us Pronto has joined biplane called Parakeet three-channel biplane effort blending Pronto features simple sport bipe think great Others agree Mean small spin tunnel published Model Aviation has grown sophis ticated much larger dynamicallyscaled models being tested NASA has installed copy spin tunnel Langley Visitor Center current modeling activity Dave continues much influenced fine little boys well So have re established interest small Rubber models am helping boys build such models AMA Cub Rang er 21a great modeL Ive scratch-built little 22-in Wakefield look-alike allsheet construction since trees around well clotheslines fences etc flies great too youd like investigate Super Pronto Dave says Corkscrew published January 1983 RCMod eler much same After studying plansa design Stu Richmond Id say Stus refinement finelooking sport/aerobatic ship 1 9 30 Reminds bit low-wing Eaglet recently published RCM high-lift flat-bottom wing Like much earlier Pronto Eaglet Corkscrew has sturdy dowel leading edge Dave breathed word focal point develop ment lightweight RC systems tiny RC models published Prophet American Modeler late Sixties miniature Rookie Span 24 weight 7/2 OZ power 02 aileronsall channel subject lecture Toledo Show 1971 men tioned yesterday Don Srulla mistake because guy walking index Two pages notes call last night Robelen Two pages notes dont suppose newcom ers ever heard Kicking Duck Gallop ing Ghost WAG systems first Dave Woody Blanchard mini-scale Since 15-mph ships 10Continued page 24 22 Model Aviation U two cycle engine power characteristics four cycle OPS 30 cc MAXI designed operate glow plug using 8% castor oil 92% methanol has long stroke high torque/low RPM operation ported good economy low operating speeds Buy local hobby shop ir emcae 7mfwt4 9cc P 0 BOX 26247 0 NEW ORLEANS LA 70186 0 504242-5867 VLJLTMAIEI1 Voitmaster very precisely measures transmitter receiver battery voltage under load determine whether battery reaching discharged state Green yellow red scales indicate go-caution-no go situation Unique features include four voltage ranges including 12V starter batteries Load Engage switch monitor recovery rate cells important parameter deter mining cell condition plus Load Status switch two different loads 200 ma 500 ma can engaged large packs 0 mah up mon itored validity Less connectors 26K18Voltmaster Kit 26K18CVoltmaster Assembled $2495LI $2995 IAk m/ Iuucj Send $200 complete catalog Ace items available dealer must order direct add $1O0handlingfee POR0X511EHIGGINSVILLEMO64527 516484-7121 24 Model Aviation mph wind werent much fun two flew under lights between 10 pm midnight shopping center parking lot seems have begun Daves 13-in SE-S Wylam plans Dave also machinist have throt tled Cox 010s Other ships include 18-in Corben Super Ace 13-in Sper ry Messenger published Model Build er Sopwith Pup talking about 3 oz up actuator SE-5 pulsed relay stick glued its armature About 15 years back RCM published Daves Pipsqueaktwo chan nels Galloping Ghost 18-in wing 010 engine want name designer plane contents-page pic ture February 1975 Sport Model er Now have story early RC proportionalfrom Ed Lorenz Howard McEntee estate radio arti facts given Dave Robelen through John Worth Walt Good Jerry Pullen California seems father proportional know Well leave later column Dave working up photo selection Youll hearing about Kick ing Duck Galloping Ghost WAG things went bump night few us expect fly Tabb guys Daves dad Horrace active Richmond VA area age 73 dont know yet guys three areas may descend season epicenter Richmond because Ward Maitre Mary land curious about picture Dont ever stare photo think Ive lost marbles Number Ever wonder first licensed AMA member During mid-30s Charlie Grant fiery editor Model Airplane News newspaper syndicate sponsored nationwide model competi tion took dim view new Gaspowered planes dangerous know doesnt sound familiar After two states barred Gas models Charlie began International Gas Model Air plane Association IGMAA mem bership ballooned turned over National Aeronautic Association would swamped its youth division passed new ly-formed AMA first AMA numbers could have issued 1938 present allocation first 100 numbers inclusive presidents place beginning current president No 22 first member ship number cannot lower 101 theorized organization would issue No 1 likely would make look good beginning 100 probably would shy away round number issue perhaps 101 Continued page 26 Littlest Miracle Workshon ALTOOL Send SUITABLE FOR ALLforcatalog HOBBIES AND CRAFTS Makers of. Mini-Glue Tips Stray-Tray Tee Bar Mini-Saw uff-Stuff & Jewel Stripes sort thing got Pronto mixup Later AMA policy reserved three-digit numbers Contest Directors through years three-digit numbers have re issued Among authentic three digits some old-tuners Some have passed others have dropped out lost number years forgot pay dues Finally restored have no idea hQw others may have shared Now then. first heard about Bill Klemhans letter Fred Williams Evansville IN exchange tall stones Fred 50 has kid high school daughter taking enineering Purdue antique carshas four present soccer coach high school just won its fourth state title puts out newsletter 55-mem ber Thermal Thumbers Club has 26-acre flying site four-acre lake sitting valley 10 miles out town lease Amal Coal Co costs $1 year Amal put mile rocked entry road graded 600 x 200-ft flying strip Fred men tioned phenom old-timer Bill Kleinhans license No 101 check AMA membership roster shows Kleinhans holding 101 number has since Thirties Fred pleased prepare following Bill graduated high school 1938 already built rubberpowered models early 30s doesnt remember very first granted Certificate No 29 Gas Model Pioneers signed Charles H Grant obtained AMA 101 card February 1938 high school belonged International Gas Model Association America spon sored Model Airplane News thought before around September 1937 first Gas model Scien tific Red Zephyr kit second plane still has called Fly ing Midget recently done again August 1983 Model Builder won first contest Henderson KY just across Ohio River south us 1940 using Baby Playboy Atom power first Control Line plane Baby Stanzel Shark O&R 23 also about time working NACA Lang ley Field Virginia Pearl Harbor hit think model maker flight test hangar went Republic Aviation followed military service going aviation cadet Amarillo TX training B-29 ffight engineer cancelled war ending did some Control Line flying Texas After war built flew about everything competing Free Flight Rubber Control Line Continued page 134 26 Model Aviation $225 strips$ 145 Add 20% postage APPLIED DESIGN CORP 138 Penn Street El Seunde CA 90245 3-FUNCTION ACCUTACH ITM O LCD Tachometer w/dual scale capability lox bOX G Digital Voltmeter or load 56 checking/cycling TX/RX battery combos ACISC Monitoruick charging operation 79prepaidSend check Noror money order CalCalif add 6% tax Box 70956 AVIONISSSunnyvale CA INC94086 Letters Editor Vs.#s ~ naae 10 antenna wire substituted As have no musical ability guitar put better use getting sitting closet collecting dust Donald H Smith Malvern PA can wonder what will next kind airplane come innovative show team modelers Safety/Preston Continued paqe 16 considerable amount CyA glue fol lowing first aid treatments might worth clipping out saving Skin bonds try pull bonded surfaces apart direct opposing action Immerse surfaces warm soapy water Peel roll surfaces apart using blunt edge such spoon handle Wash adhesive off skin soap water Eyelid-to-eyelid -eyeball bonds try open eyes manipulation eyelids stuck together bonded eyeball wash thoroughly warm water apply gauze patch eye will open further action typically four days Adhesive eyeball Cyanoacrylate introduced eyes will attach itself eye protein will disassociate within matter hours gross con tamination has occurred During period contamination before clearance takes place weeping will occur double vision may experienced Mouth If lips accidentally stuck together apply stream warm water lips encourage maximum wetting pressure saliva inside mouth Peel roll lips apart gently try pull lips direct opposing action almost impossible swallow cyano acrylate adhesive solidifies adheres mouth Saliva will lift adhesive one-half two days lump forms mouth position patient prevent gestion lump detaches Burns Cyanoacrylates give off heat solidification rare cases larger drop may cause bum Bums should treated normally after lump cyanoacrylate released tissue described above wind up months column Marlin Kinning editor Corsair newsletter Joint Military RC Fliers club Oceanside CA has following advise fellow club members think will agree message should headed Safe Un prefix un has suddenly swept prominence First heard about un cola soon became un un uncool group thats around long time unsafe Related RC breed generally uncoordinated pilots unmaintained air planes Once air unsafe become unfliers because have uncontrolla ble crashes people unread unin hibited unwonied about accidents injury prefix un great talking about undamaged uninjured un impaired unbandaged unsplintered unwheelchaired unsquashed its rather frightening talking about unheeding uncareful un done unconscious Im glad no unsafe un field note Ill get back packing preparing move new house days Ill find time build modelperhaps Have safe month John Preston 12235 Tildenwood Dr Rockville MD 20852 Fun/Winter Continued oaaa 26 thing Stunt flown time entering RC about 1956 1957 leader still forming first club called Thermal Thumbers mostly Free Flight 1946 joined youngster 1947 club led Air Whiners mostly Control Line later evolving Evansville RC Club RC got going around club present active Bill being very few elder statesmen still around still very active almost RC now once will knock out something else As said fore can about anything mod eling master figuring simple solution some model engineering problem crops up taking few scraps making whats needed cant count things has taught modeling have known him since 1947 older brother building him high schooL So see go back long way present builds mostly RC Scale usually large stuff Giant Scale etc has list RC plane has built somewhere plane will have number particu lar plane Right now number stands near 75 newest Fieseler Storch European kit 134 Model Aviation ACK-U-VOLT Digital DC Voltmeter Kit Njcd sun, battoons Srii Inst VOLT 3 Digit LED Aiowinoss Cusu 0-559 & 0-999 Scins Com ulok Ansdiond uuih Loads Inpot & Cho Cabins Tiis could ihe nost vaiuabie ten fiighi box No need io guess batteries need charged Aiso vaiuabie voltage monitor quick charging Simpie baud simpie io use 3 digits shows what battery voltages simply pressing switch places load bat tery no quesiion charge Special lens lute makes easie read sunlight HOLD switch hoids dispiay input removed bandy wish record values later use Charge 45 SOma charger DONT TAKE ChANCEGET ACK-UVOLT better product modeler H8N ELEcTRONIcS050 055ss5O iN FLYING NEAR Al RPORTS BE CAREFUL PROTECT YOUR RIGHT TO FLY some modifications type bear know large glass area plus wing slots other engineer ing problems ailerons counter weights same etc seems thrive engineering nightmares sum up has done still going pretty good although may slowing up some last few months repeat old adage use too builders fliers modelers definitely latter about 62 thanks anything can print him club de serves Number Two youll look upper right-hand cor ner April issue youll see Bill Weavers Live Wire Sr carries num ber 102 met Weaver Maxecu ters meet Rubber models query produced following letter ex cerpted fills days dinosaursand bears No 101 well About AMA 102 mem ber IGMAA announced February 1938 issue MAN being combined NAA form Gas model division immediately sent $100 li cense fee NAA part defense against anti-Gas model legislation spreading included set flying rules pledge etc probably remember received license number assumed member Number 102 few years later read NAA columns article about first member NAA Gas Model Divi sion No 101 dont remember name explained first 100 numbers reserved VIPs such presidents life members etc re alized second membership issued . n wonder member No 101 given up membership would make technically may minutes until No 103 issued NAA office longest continu ous member AMA w weeks ago sited AMA Head quarters building talked Geoff Styles about looked up No 101 member computer said didnt give issuing date since leader member may have given low number vacated course may original No 101 still active enclosing few old photos show NAA 102 number wings before became AMA spring 1940 Author 1940 date may mistake Although AMA numbersnot prefixed NAAappeared 1938 far can tell know editor Air Trails carried 1940 memory servesa column supplied CMASTER JT Dlv BAR/RICH SALES CO 2 FAiRWAY-HANNIBAL MO 03401 3t4122t h803 WINO SPAN42 WING AREA651 onin ENGINE4000 WEIGHTSIbs BUILT-UP BALSA Sport stand oil scale model die cot lormers sod ply parts 25515 rOlled lull size plans HIGHLY AEROBATIC FOr eapierienced halide National Aeronautic Association written Al Lewis first executive director AMA definitely also worked NAA handing torch NAA AMA does seem therefore have sharp transition own recollections can fuzzy opinion AMA strong enough finan cially able operated NAA offices late 1940 hence dual personality expect Frank Zaic upon reading will make everything crys tal clearhe usually cites chapter verse SOS Im bothered bewildered bewitchedby ready-to-fly looks great standard cabin design built total disaster dont know can get off just fine make smooth first turn Hades breaks loose ships before mildly-tapered wing flew well current version manufacturer went rectangular wing having area should easier fly Don SruU made first test flight high wind kept full bore way highspeed powered landing approach re ported first touch aile ron supersensitive 54 43e es 40 WEhiSs AU L.a construction die tot former, ribd2shtu oil SiZC glenS transition airplane good Ound hendling fine St low-wieser 8 almost went Ailerons normal strip type airfoil semi-symmetrical control movement excessive adjusted movement near minimum barreled out fine morning have fun Surprise model bit heavy hopelessly aerobatic 40 weak 35 After fairly long run rotated gently Slight pres sure stick produced smooth moderately climbing turn left firm use aileron after produced violent roll almost verti cat got worse throttled back approach speeds behaved like Dirty Birdy hands kid mak ing first attempt help No aileron adjustment slightest affect dropped wing could picked up instantly full bore Katy bar door could fight thing until pointed field chop throttle pray fervently plopped hard enough shear main gear bolts next flight wild approach aborted climb-out goround landing pattern height pointed adjacent woods en gine quit turn speed cer tain death dove over trees gain airspeed got turned far-out crosswind leg clipped tallest Continued page 138 P -P4vws PNtu BOX 2495-MALA MESA CA 92045 1984 135 HIP ERBIPE W7AHTAN 173 NW 45 Street Ft Lauderdale FL 333119 13051 411-6175 4 ENGINEERING TIlE LANDING GEAR PEOPLE TIred kit lauding gears dent fIt year hIgglC praperty O & 0 Engloesring can salve year prehlems * Cast haItI year needs & specs gearmnteed IlL * Strung & darahte ta withstand teughest aiding * 0 & 0 Eagiacering gear wilt wart & keep year higgle ttying * In stuck replacement gear tar mast popular models Byren Pills ChrIsten Eagle CAP 21 Balsa USA J-3 CUB Air Tech Pawaee Eagle Nose Big Stick Chump Cltahrla R & B medels Snapper Stioger Soapper Tao C02 ENGINES WE NOW HAVE COMPLETE UNE OF BROWN TELCO DAVIS CO2 ENGINES INCLUDING SPARE PARTS SERVICE Ii0WNTEL CO A23 PEANUT$3060STANDARD TELCO$3406 CAMPUS BEE*3495TURBO 3005#295 CAMPUS TWIN ISaiSTURBO 6000Wang SODA CHARGeR -stUB D4VIS- cox 02CONVERSION TO CO213005 NEWIC4TALOC No 25 $150 TORK-STARTER $2995 Wrth Charger 11OV 220V 12V Fast Charger $2095 Without Cherger CHARGERS $1295 Charger Only Ii 1OV 220V 12V Past Charger 12721 HASKELL LANE BOWIE MARYLAND 20716301464-2260 Fun/Winter Continued page 135 tree nasty thing fell vertically breaking engine lug Kraft mountbut failed damage plastic fuselage some rubberized material apparently takes anything No other damage After weeks wondering realized up-aileron side giving trouble spin entryI never thought spin best guess tip stall right now come stalled tip could picked up instantly did happen speeds including full bore Remember slower thing flew worse got upaileron acting like spoiler Perhaps ailerons narrow have excessive movementremember adjusted minimum making difference Bal ance correct everything absolutely proper order Yaw nothing plane mushy Ive never seen anything like Can help Bill Winter 4426 Altura Ct Fairfax VA 22030 PROTECT YOUR RIGHT TO FLY Safe Flying No Accident Toledo/Beckman Continued Daqe 30 coming addition Big Bangers ser ies AMT back again King 60 saw last year two twins in-line opposed King 60 will next Big Bangers both twins later year Also scheduled next test runs Zenoah Quartz G38 PK Products Ive hearing lot good things about engine Im eager see what will final comment years show crowd Toledo very light Friday Saturday Sunday crowded dense crunch weve seen last couple 1935 KINNER SPORTWING 1/4 size span Plans Consist 4 sheets include construction booklet fin decals Plans 0 Postage WOODY FRANTZ 9126 E 67th Ct Tulsa OK 74133 918 250-0033 show selling Most exhibitors sell products show some represents big part yearly volume Several told did two three times much business year com pared last two years combined Conclusion less unemployment fewer people have time get show made money spend convenience manufac turers mentioned listed below years other hand good AMT USA 5068 Greensboro Ct Co 138 Model Aviation MFG OF NI STARTER $2995 Charger PLEASE SPECIFY WHICH CHARGER WHEN ORDERING TORK-STARTER revolutionary concept power 1 5V glow plugs model cars boats sirplanes using glow fuel enginee TORK-STARTERTMI has steel wrench steong enough reduce compression easier startIng ft supplies power dolag comes new CtlO charger has LED indIcate unit charging also has removable 7 handle can used Torque amplifier Over 50 consecutive starts full charge rechargeable hundreds times Clips Onto plug positive connection Send ad along pm-payment end receive free shipping handling L flls cutaway AMT KIng Wi used demon strate electronic ignition What shows porting combustion chamber also very fascinating STICK &TISSUE MODELSFOAM SCALE ARE GREATMODELS new 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Edition: Model Aviation - 1984/07
Page Numbers: 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 26, 134, 135, 138
Bill Winter Just Fun SEVERAL YEARS AGO received note Ward Maitre Hollywood MD Ive enclosed Xeroxed picture three-channel airplane shown index page 1975 Sport Mod eler listed editor Can recall anything about airplane its size engine availability plans added what seemed irrelevant remark quickly forgotten used Dave Robelens Pronto plan areas moments tried duplicate fuselage shape made fine threechannel flier Ward said working such small picture wonder close came original Indeed thumbnail picture Sport Modeler did reveal very attractive low-wing sport model have bound volumes Junior Mod eler Sport Modeler former evolved Dont ask change took place over strongest objections mystery plane could found Puzzled reported failure Ward thing nagged Since picture contents page February 1975 issue heading next issue possibly announced issue may have produced Potomac Aviation Publications publisher moved Washington DC Reno NV both American Modeler Sport Modeler would die Material tended Sport Modeler first go did appear later issues American Modeler anyone has March 1975 issue Sport Modeler both Ward would like know about plane bound volumes above pictures Dave Robelen positions Pronto camera prior publication plans August 1972 MAN pic tures solved three-year effort Winter what calls Agatha Christie mystery though text sounds itlore like Mike Hammer episode landing shot speaks itself Winter found five Prontos locally plus several experts describe Pronto finest three-channel air plane have flown Though manufactured kit some years design remains popular underground subject Both pictures Bill Conkling Below Left Super Pronto has ailerons less dihedral Until last season prominent model air show team used such model its limbo pole act Below Right Daves wife Grace shows off Parakeet spring 1982 Although never kitted 42in bipe flown 30 modelers Tabb area southeast Virginia near Langley Field Some fly 8-ft versions Pronto weighing 15 20 lb Quadra engines Employed NASA Dave expert spin tunnels dynamic testing RC models 18 Model Aviation 4 include complete six-month periods may have straggling sue dont have After long delay Maitre wrote again enclosing Xerox copies Pronto did register mesaying flying since 1975 15 19 What distracted fact working drawings showed also turned fuselage make shoulder wing highwing version adding l-in-high cabin top fuselage la old Midwest Esquire added am cur rently enlarging plan Author October 1982 56-in version Fox 36 using Swizzle Stick wing Balsa USA reducing plans 40-incher 09 considering 90-in Pronto big plane craze re semble single-place home-built Fox 60 power name Pronto still didnt catch attention though Ward stated caught glider contest Washington TV program Evening Magazine Pronto hanging hobby shop shown part program still blind-sided mysterious picture Sport Modeler now Maitres file comprised giant envelope marked Unfinished Business cut-up plans Pronto goof really goof Time passed forgot Pronto plans Haunted fished out Wards tear sheets another magazine Unfortunately some magazines have habit always providing identity what trade termed running foot find month year page num ber Magazines also change format fre quently familiarity type faces such could guess magazines identity Sub consciously now trail Pronto plans forgotten pictures Pronto article fas cinated plane ingeniously simple functional bearing good designers touch still did have pages sequence clear photos looked like presentation RCM Aha letter RCM led dil 1 IPARAKEET David B Robelen Ispan 42 area 486sq power I9cuin Ltzzzz PRONTO by David B Rabelen span48 area384sq power 19 Cu 7 ySCALE IN INCHES both aircrafthic 2468 igent search Dick Kidd plans lists etc Dick said no didnt pub lish Time went Dicks mind too wrote again say come across kit review Pronto 1975 issue Tidewater Hobby Enter prises company produced out business day wandered down pits flying field local cute strange low-winger asked chap what 12162024 design replied made old kit plan wan dered off course turned out Pronto Maitres pile material hanging over know truth Les Miserables Odd things began happen note Maitre assuring him still alive produced return complete tear sheets time another magazine gave date page num July 1984 19 Robelen uses small Rubber models share fun boys half-size Wakefield simple sheet construction survives bouts trees fence poles wash drying lines bers could see small subhead An FM Product Review blurb stated Jerry Dunlap really busts tail review -three-channel RC trainer easy build repair text address Tidewater Fairfax VA live Tidewa ter no longer Calls old-tim ers local club produced nothing head scratching among found five Prontos still being flown Talk about shocks sixth ap pealed prominent modeler scaled up parts prekit pic ture old Flying Models review off little could distinguished authentic five being used late last year show team actit flew limbo-pole demonstrations came across Super Pronto ailerons must know about because danged airplane underground subjectall over place am telling story As pin pointed members 250-man club Prontos flown Super Prontos noted including two past-presidents superb pilots told unasked Pronto finest threechannel airplane ever flown gold fever Only last night dis covered Don Dewey RCM scratch-built MAN plans 1972 became enthusiastic asked Robelen send him kit review What about PlainJane aircraft know about Prontos may chuckle bet wise guys dont know biplane Pronto called No 1 Winter thinks Bill Kleinhansof Evansville IN could first AMA member Theres long story about text picture left shows Bill Kleinhans 1938 thereabouts Winter thinks AMA licenses first issued 1938 has AMA formed scientific pursuit purposes 1937 National Contest Note Kleinhans NAA 101 AMA todays roster shows him still holding AMA No 101 first 100 numbers inclusive reserved presidents now 22 Above Built 1937 before AMA according Kleinhans 300 sq model /4 hp Gwinn Aero NAA 101 license numbers still exists Below Just *as taken attic October 1983 Kleinhans ancient model shows different color scheme beneath tat ters must have recovered sometime forgotten past Subsequently has stripped bare bones restoration Parakeet Tabb thats Virgin ia environs 30-odd Parakeets flying plan published future Model Aviation well as sorted Prontos Supers including gaggle eight-footers Quadras confess amusement have 8-ft lightweight low-winger climbs well flies just fine K&B Veco 19 Quadras seems Quadra guys Tabb like go lumberyard cut up timbers Prontos Supers wind up about 15 20 lb take giant engines fly stuff in-town site nearby highway Dave Robelen low-profile career man NASA cleverest minds among modeliags old-timers Since NACA now NASA hired -fr modelers before WW II Langley Field Virginia area has fa mous modeling experts per capita other place US Sal Taibi worked went engi neering fame like Bob Champine came test pilots postwar FF pen cil bombers came out Langley Hewitt Phillips pioneer Indoor man lifetime modeler MA published pictures some years ago huge scale 747 Sailplane nacelles soared mountaintops Cum berland MD near equal footing specialized RC Sallplanes Caidwell Johnson Woody Blanchard Na tional Champion several times others Robelen specialist us ing indoor tunnels outdoor RC dy namic scale models authority flight characteristics own AMA Ex ecutive Director John Worth stayed NASA early Sixties instead joining AMA its beam end would now hold Daves position Dave says Daves big boss Earl Stahl did Rubber Scale things Model Airpalne News Air Trails Robelen isnt ready called 20 Model Aviation 4 Bill Kleinhans Rough River Mint Julep Meet Quarter Scale Robin Originally prop drive McCulloch chainsaw finally prop drive Built spruce ply old-timer long varied work field makes him seem like hazily recall developed tiny RC actua tors fussed tiny little RC planes landmark performance may remember spin tunnel operated home tested char acteristics well-known aircraft miniscule March 1980 Model via tion Heres Dave now about Pronto fills us original design pub lished August 1972 issue MAN design attempt blend full-scale Volksplane simple model construction contemporary threechannel flying features ardent Pattern contestant late Sixties mainly Class II really affect ed thinking regards threechannel maneuver capability large rud der modest wing loading low power loading Throughout discussion Prontos design features toned down notion competitive virtue However original models three channels powered Super tigre 23 placed first Advanced Pat tern AA-size meet Norfolk VA against such planes Kwik-Fli Phoenix etc What fun Au thor Dave showed photo sheets Pronto Super Pronto three-viewsincluding Parakeet Herb Clukey has refurbished printing issue Tidewater Hobby Enterpris es Dave continues winter 1971 decided start manufacturing enterprise garage partnership formed B Mark Schwing Navy submarine man stationed Newport News Thats rightthe same Mark Schwing EMS California Author point Daves wife fatally injuredand son badly injuredin auto accident Mark Sch wing stepped keep Tidewater going Navy assignments required him move Fairfax California mid-70s Mark forced wind down Tidewater order Yeah Farman 400 1933 French tourist three-placer did get finished Bill Winter Bill Kaluf pooled resources former designing latter doing building Specs include 05 40 four-cycle engine 6-ft 4-in wingspan 6 lb weight shock struts hinged landing gear legs Covering MonoKote green silver Seeming wrinkles top wing may show magazine reproduction actually just reflections full-size plane seated three tandem its huge flaps highly unusual lightplane such ancient vintage cracked flaps model takes off within 50-ft runwithout elevator input flat-bottomed airfoil model doesnt drop its nose turn Power-on intentional stalls gentle straight ahead Slight CAR coupling 20% rudder rela tion aileron ideal have no problems inverted four-cycle Takeoff estimated 17 mph flyby cruise 34 mph July 1984 21 Above Bill Weaver spring 1938 age 18 second Gas model Scien tific Miss America Brown Junior B engine Note numbers NAA-1 02 Left Weavers Comet Zipper built 1939before AMA says possible ex planation suggested text Zipper carries NAA 102 though AMA prefixes appeared 1938 Below Weavers first Gas model California Chief Baby Cy clone C built 1937 NAA-102 added wing 1938 could read identification label behind wing top Miss America fuselagel place full emphasis Electronic Model Systems July 1976 Dave happily married Grace Goodman Daves son John off college couple first two children Grace prevailed Davenot much pre vailing required Id guessto revive Tidewater Demand Prontos creased soon deluxe Continued page 22 $5000 WORTH OF PRIZES pDDe Rq80 TRIPLE ELIMINATION MODEL AIRPLANE COMBAT TOURNAMENT JULY7th&8th 1984 BOEING SPACE CENTER KENT WASHINGTON Prizes through 4th place include both trophies Carver Corporation stereo equipment Entry fee $400 proceedings begin breakfast 900 AM July 7th free contestants Call Howard breakfast location Registration will open until 1100 AM field July 7th Flying will begin promptly 1100 AM further information call Howard Rush 206 823-6018 Let us know need place stay ride airport Super Pronto ailerons model ing buddy Chuck Cusick helped wood cutting shipping etc Chuck became pastor Ohio church Robelens three sons expecting another offspring due about time read John Ro belen now 22 doing Army service Germany accompanied wife Diane family activity plus working full-time NASA Dave ex plains decision made stop production kits ood needs good father much super-modeler kit manufacturer sometimes-dad thing tells us Pronto has joined biplane called Parakeet three-channel biplane effort blending Pronto features simple sport bipe think great Others agree Mean small spin tunnel published Model Aviation has grown sophis ticated much larger dynamicallyscaled models being tested NASA has installed copy spin tunnel Langley Visitor Center current modeling activity Dave continues much influenced fine little boys well So have re established interest small Rubber models am helping boys build such models AMA Cub Rang er 21a great modeL Ive scratch-built little 22-in Wakefield look-alike allsheet construction since trees around well clotheslines fences etc flies great too youd like investigate Super Pronto Dave says Corkscrew published January 1983 RCMod eler much same After studying plansa design Stu Richmond Id say Stus refinement finelooking sport/aerobatic ship 1 9 30 Reminds bit low-wing Eaglet recently published RCM high-lift flat-bottom wing Like much earlier Pronto Eaglet Corkscrew has sturdy dowel leading edge Dave breathed word focal point develop ment lightweight RC systems tiny RC models published Prophet American Modeler late Sixties miniature Rookie Span 24 weight 7/2 OZ power 02 aileronsall channel subject lecture Toledo Show 1971 men tioned yesterday Don Srulla mistake because guy walking index Two pages notes call last night Robelen Two pages notes dont suppose newcom ers ever heard Kicking Duck Gallop ing Ghost WAG systems first Dave Woody Blanchard mini-scale Since 15-mph ships 10Continued page 24 22 Model Aviation U two cycle engine power characteristics four cycle OPS 30 cc MAXI designed operate glow plug using 8% castor oil 92% methanol has long stroke high torque/low RPM operation ported good economy low operating speeds Buy local hobby shop ir emcae 7mfwt4 9cc P 0 BOX 26247 0 NEW ORLEANS LA 70186 0 504242-5867 VLJLTMAIEI1 Voitmaster very precisely measures transmitter receiver battery voltage under load determine whether battery reaching discharged state Green yellow red scales indicate go-caution-no go situation Unique features include four voltage ranges including 12V starter batteries Load Engage switch monitor recovery rate cells important parameter deter mining cell condition plus Load Status switch two different loads 200 ma 500 ma can engaged large packs 0 mah up mon itored validity Less connectors 26K18Voltmaster Kit 26K18CVoltmaster Assembled $2495LI $2995 IAk m/ Iuucj Send $200 complete catalog Ace items available dealer must order direct add $1O0handlingfee POR0X511EHIGGINSVILLEMO64527 516484-7121 24 Model Aviation mph wind werent much fun two flew under lights between 10 pm midnight shopping center parking lot seems have begun Daves 13-in SE-S Wylam plans Dave also machinist have throt tled Cox 010s Other ships include 18-in Corben Super Ace 13-in Sper ry Messenger published Model Build er Sopwith Pup talking about 3 oz up actuator SE-5 pulsed relay stick glued its armature About 15 years back RCM published Daves Pipsqueaktwo chan nels Galloping Ghost 18-in wing 010 engine want name designer plane contents-page pic ture February 1975 Sport Model er Now have story early RC proportionalfrom Ed Lorenz Howard McEntee estate radio arti facts given Dave Robelen through John Worth Walt Good Jerry Pullen California seems father proportional know Well leave later column Dave working up photo selection Youll hearing about Kick ing Duck Galloping Ghost WAG things went bump night few us expect fly Tabb guys Daves dad Horrace active Richmond VA area age 73 dont know yet guys three areas may descend season epicenter Richmond because Ward Maitre Mary land curious about picture Dont ever stare photo think Ive lost marbles Number Ever wonder first licensed AMA member During mid-30s Charlie Grant fiery editor Model Airplane News newspaper syndicate sponsored nationwide model competi tion took dim view new Gaspowered planes dangerous know doesnt sound familiar After two states barred Gas models Charlie began International Gas Model Air plane Association IGMAA mem bership ballooned turned over National Aeronautic Association would swamped its youth division passed new ly-formed AMA first AMA numbers could have issued 1938 present allocation first 100 numbers inclusive presidents place beginning current president No 22 first member ship number cannot lower 101 theorized organization would issue No 1 likely would make look good beginning 100 probably would shy away round number issue perhaps 101 Continued page 26 Littlest Miracle Workshon ALTOOL Send SUITABLE FOR ALLforcatalog HOBBIES AND CRAFTS Makers of. Mini-Glue Tips Stray-Tray Tee Bar Mini-Saw uff-Stuff & Jewel Stripes sort thing got Pronto mixup Later AMA policy reserved three-digit numbers Contest Directors through years three-digit numbers have re issued Among authentic three digits some old-tuners Some have passed others have dropped out lost number years forgot pay dues Finally restored have no idea hQw others may have shared Now then. first heard about Bill Klemhans letter Fred Williams Evansville IN exchange tall stones Fred 50 has kid high school daughter taking enineering Purdue antique carshas four present soccer coach high school just won its fourth state title puts out newsletter 55-mem ber Thermal Thumbers Club has 26-acre flying site four-acre lake sitting valley 10 miles out town lease Amal Coal Co costs $1 year Amal put mile rocked entry road graded 600 x 200-ft flying strip Fred men tioned phenom old-timer Bill Kleinhans license No 101 check AMA membership roster shows Kleinhans holding 101 number has since Thirties Fred pleased prepare following Bill graduated high school 1938 already built rubberpowered models early 30s doesnt remember very first granted Certificate No 29 Gas Model Pioneers signed Charles H Grant obtained AMA 101 card February 1938 high school belonged International Gas Model Association America spon sored Model Airplane News thought before around September 1937 first Gas model Scien tific Red Zephyr kit second plane still has called Fly ing Midget recently done again August 1983 Model Builder won first contest Henderson KY just across Ohio River south us 1940 using Baby Playboy Atom power first Control Line plane Baby Stanzel Shark O&R 23 also about time working NACA Lang ley Field Virginia Pearl Harbor hit think model maker flight test hangar went Republic Aviation followed military service going aviation cadet Amarillo TX training B-29 ffight engineer cancelled war ending did some Control Line flying Texas After war built flew about everything competing Free Flight Rubber Control Line Continued page 134 26 Model Aviation $225 strips$ 145 Add 20% postage APPLIED DESIGN CORP 138 Penn Street El Seunde CA 90245 3-FUNCTION ACCUTACH ITM O LCD Tachometer w/dual scale capability lox bOX G Digital Voltmeter or load 56 checking/cycling TX/RX battery combos ACISC Monitoruick charging operation 79prepaidSend check Noror money order CalCalif add 6% tax Box 70956 AVIONISSSunnyvale CA INC94086 Letters Editor Vs.#s ~ naae 10 antenna wire substituted As have no musical ability guitar put better use getting sitting closet collecting dust Donald H Smith Malvern PA can wonder what will next kind airplane come innovative show team modelers Safety/Preston Continued paqe 16 considerable amount CyA glue fol lowing first aid treatments might worth clipping out saving Skin bonds try pull bonded surfaces apart direct opposing action Immerse surfaces warm soapy water Peel roll surfaces apart using blunt edge such spoon handle Wash adhesive off skin soap water Eyelid-to-eyelid -eyeball bonds try open eyes manipulation eyelids stuck together bonded eyeball wash thoroughly warm water apply gauze patch eye will open further action typically four days Adhesive eyeball Cyanoacrylate introduced eyes will attach itself eye protein will disassociate within matter hours gross con tamination has occurred During period contamination before clearance takes place weeping will occur double vision may experienced Mouth If lips accidentally stuck together apply stream warm water lips encourage maximum wetting pressure saliva inside mouth Peel roll lips apart gently try pull lips direct opposing action almost impossible swallow cyano acrylate adhesive solidifies adheres mouth Saliva will lift adhesive one-half two days lump forms mouth position patient prevent gestion lump detaches Burns Cyanoacrylates give off heat solidification rare cases larger drop may cause bum Bums should treated normally after lump cyanoacrylate released tissue described above wind up months column Marlin Kinning editor Corsair newsletter Joint Military RC Fliers club Oceanside CA has following advise fellow club members think will agree message should headed Safe Un prefix un has suddenly swept prominence First heard about un cola soon became un un uncool group thats around long time unsafe Related RC breed generally uncoordinated pilots unmaintained air planes Once air unsafe become unfliers because have uncontrolla ble crashes people unread unin hibited unwonied about accidents injury prefix un great talking about undamaged uninjured un impaired unbandaged unsplintered unwheelchaired unsquashed its rather frightening talking about unheeding uncareful un done unconscious Im glad no unsafe un field note Ill get back packing preparing move new house days Ill find time build modelperhaps Have safe month John Preston 12235 Tildenwood Dr Rockville MD 20852 Fun/Winter Continued oaaa 26 thing Stunt flown time entering RC about 1956 1957 leader still forming first club called Thermal Thumbers mostly Free Flight 1946 joined youngster 1947 club led Air Whiners mostly Control Line later evolving Evansville RC Club RC got going around club present active Bill being very few elder statesmen still around still very active almost RC now once will knock out something else As said fore can about anything mod eling master figuring simple solution some model engineering problem crops up taking few scraps making whats needed cant count things has taught modeling have known him since 1947 older brother building him high schooL So see go back long way present builds mostly RC Scale usually large stuff Giant Scale etc has list RC plane has built somewhere plane will have number particu lar plane Right now number stands near 75 newest Fieseler Storch European kit 134 Model Aviation ACK-U-VOLT Digital DC Voltmeter Kit Njcd sun, battoons Srii Inst VOLT 3 Digit LED Aiowinoss Cusu 0-559 & 0-999 Scins Com ulok Ansdiond uuih Loads Inpot & Cho Cabins Tiis could ihe nost vaiuabie ten fiighi box No need io guess batteries need charged Aiso vaiuabie voltage monitor quick charging Simpie baud simpie io use 3 digits shows what battery voltages simply pressing switch places load bat tery no quesiion charge Special lens lute makes easie read sunlight HOLD switch hoids dispiay input removed bandy wish record values later use Charge 45 SOma charger DONT TAKE ChANCEGET ACK-UVOLT better product modeler H8N ELEcTRONIcS050 055ss5O iN FLYING NEAR Al RPORTS BE CAREFUL PROTECT YOUR RIGHT TO FLY some modifications type bear know large glass area plus wing slots other engineer ing problems ailerons counter weights same etc seems thrive engineering nightmares sum up has done still going pretty good although may slowing up some last few months repeat old adage use too builders fliers modelers definitely latter about 62 thanks anything can print him club de serves Number Two youll look upper right-hand cor ner April issue youll see Bill Weavers Live Wire Sr carries num ber 102 met Weaver Maxecu ters meet Rubber models query produced following letter ex cerpted fills days dinosaursand bears No 101 well About AMA 102 mem ber IGMAA announced February 1938 issue MAN being combined NAA form Gas model division immediately sent $100 li cense fee NAA part defense against anti-Gas model legislation spreading included set flying rules pledge etc probably remember received license number assumed member Number 102 few years later read NAA columns article about first member NAA Gas Model Divi sion No 101 dont remember name explained first 100 numbers reserved VIPs such presidents life members etc re alized second membership issued . n wonder member No 101 given up membership would make technically may minutes until No 103 issued NAA office longest continu ous member AMA w weeks ago sited AMA Head quarters building talked Geoff Styles about looked up No 101 member computer said didnt give issuing date since leader member may have given low number vacated course may original No 101 still active enclosing few old photos show NAA 102 number wings before became AMA spring 1940 Author 1940 date may mistake Although AMA numbersnot prefixed NAAappeared 1938 far can tell know editor Air Trails carried 1940 memory servesa column supplied CMASTER JT Dlv BAR/RICH SALES CO 2 FAiRWAY-HANNIBAL MO 03401 3t4122t h803 WINO SPAN42 WING AREA651 onin ENGINE4000 WEIGHTSIbs BUILT-UP BALSA Sport stand oil scale model die cot lormers sod ply parts 25515 rOlled lull size plans HIGHLY AEROBATIC FOr eapierienced halide National Aeronautic Association written Al Lewis first executive director AMA definitely also worked NAA handing torch NAA AMA does seem therefore have sharp transition own recollections can fuzzy opinion AMA strong enough finan cially able operated NAA offices late 1940 hence dual personality expect Frank Zaic upon reading will make everything crys tal clearhe usually cites chapter verse SOS Im bothered bewildered bewitchedby ready-to-fly looks great standard cabin design built total disaster dont know can get off just fine make smooth first turn Hades breaks loose ships before mildly-tapered wing flew well current version manufacturer went rectangular wing having area should easier fly Don SruU made first test flight high wind kept full bore way highspeed powered landing approach re ported first touch aile ron supersensitive 54 43e es 40 WEhiSs AU L.a construction die tot former, ribd2shtu oil SiZC glenS transition airplane good Ound hendling fine St low-wieser 8 almost went Ailerons normal strip type airfoil semi-symmetrical control movement excessive adjusted movement near minimum barreled out fine morning have fun Surprise model bit heavy hopelessly aerobatic 40 weak 35 After fairly long run rotated gently Slight pres sure stick produced smooth moderately climbing turn left firm use aileron after produced violent roll almost verti cat got worse throttled back approach speeds behaved like Dirty Birdy hands kid mak ing first attempt help No aileron adjustment slightest affect dropped wing could picked up instantly full bore Katy bar door could fight thing until pointed field chop throttle pray fervently plopped hard enough shear main gear bolts next flight wild approach aborted climb-out goround landing pattern height pointed adjacent woods en gine quit turn speed cer tain death dove over trees gain airspeed got turned far-out crosswind leg clipped tallest Continued page 138 P -P4vws PNtu BOX 2495-MALA MESA CA 92045 1984 135 HIP ERBIPE W7AHTAN 173 NW 45 Street Ft Lauderdale FL 333119 13051 411-6175 4 ENGINEERING TIlE LANDING GEAR PEOPLE TIred kit lauding gears dent fIt year hIgglC praperty O & 0 Engloesring can salve year prehlems * Cast haItI year needs & specs gearmnteed IlL * Strung & darahte ta withstand teughest aiding * 0 & 0 Eagiacering gear wilt wart & keep year higgle ttying * In stuck replacement gear tar mast popular models Byren Pills ChrIsten Eagle CAP 21 Balsa USA J-3 CUB Air Tech Pawaee Eagle Nose Big Stick Chump Cltahrla R & B medels Snapper Stioger Soapper Tao C02 ENGINES WE NOW HAVE COMPLETE UNE OF BROWN TELCO DAVIS CO2 ENGINES INCLUDING SPARE PARTS SERVICE Ii0WNTEL CO A23 PEANUT$3060STANDARD TELCO$3406 CAMPUS BEE*3495TURBO 3005#295 CAMPUS TWIN ISaiSTURBO 6000Wang SODA CHARGeR -stUB D4VIS- cox 02CONVERSION TO CO213005 NEWIC4TALOC No 25 $150 TORK-STARTER $2995 Wrth Charger 11OV 220V 12V Fast Charger $2095 Without Cherger CHARGERS $1295 Charger Only Ii 1OV 220V 12V Past Charger 12721 HASKELL LANE BOWIE MARYLAND 20716301464-2260 Fun/Winter Continued page 135 tree nasty thing fell vertically breaking engine lug Kraft mountbut failed damage plastic fuselage some rubberized material apparently takes anything No other damage After weeks wondering realized up-aileron side giving trouble spin entryI never thought spin best guess tip stall right now come stalled tip could picked up instantly did happen speeds including full bore Remember slower thing flew worse got upaileron acting like spoiler Perhaps ailerons narrow have excessive movementremember adjusted minimum making difference Bal ance correct everything absolutely proper order Yaw nothing plane mushy Ive never seen anything like Can help Bill Winter 4426 Altura Ct Fairfax VA 22030 PROTECT YOUR RIGHT TO FLY Safe Flying No Accident Toledo/Beckman Continued Daqe 30 coming addition Big Bangers ser ies AMT back again King 60 saw last year two twins in-line opposed King 60 will next Big Bangers both twins later year Also scheduled next test runs Zenoah Quartz G38 PK Products Ive hearing lot good things about engine Im eager see what will final comment years show crowd Toledo very light Friday Saturday Sunday crowded dense crunch weve seen last couple 1935 KINNER SPORTWING 1/4 size span Plans Consist 4 sheets include construction booklet fin decals Plans 0 Postage WOODY FRANTZ 9126 E 67th Ct Tulsa OK 74133 918 250-0033 show selling Most exhibitors sell products show some represents big part yearly volume Several told did two 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