June1994 49 U Don Berliner Lancair IV prototype Its record-setting trip San Francisco Denver earned four-seat home-built touring plane place 1991 Reno Air Races pit area hopes could compete likes Sea Furys Mustangs Fuselage remains completely gear 76 dIameter proyaller 12 prop clearance 78 AFIER WORLD WAR U airplane factories switched fighters bombers private planes Beech Bonanza leapt spotlight its futuristic lines allmetal construction exotic V tail far ahead resunected prewar Piper Cubs Aeroncas Taylorcrafts Forty-five years later Bonanza looks about same remains top line has interior room bigger engine vastly improved radios navigation gear price has risen little $5000 $200000 its rivals have come gone Bonanza still Cadillac personal airplanes can updated 1946 airplane best American aircraft industry can come up someone wants get places huny isnt quite up buying Leaijet results decades progress aerodynamics materials about airplane less half cost Bonanza flies 100 mph faster same power tells everyone its owner out front comes advanced thinking Lancair does thanks its truly modern design Like almost other personal airplane has debuted past decade Lancair homebuilt like homebuilts offers performance looks eons beyond anything lightplane manufacturing industry USA France anywhere else have able build source such shocking differences mostly economic cost homebuilt neednt include labor its really recreation liability insurance advertising 50 Model Aviation Gallants Lancalr 320 1991 Oshkosh Kit Built Grand Champion Art Gallants Lycoming 0-320-powered Lancair 320 cost approximately $45000 Lancair 320 Oshkosh 91 Span 23 feet 6 inches gross weight 1685 lb administration overhead items have turned once-vibrant industry bunch memories isnt arent smart people lightplane industry its new kind cottage industry has created fill demand modern personal airplanes kit manufacturer turns out superbly molded major componentswings fuselages tailsand home craftsman completes job turning airplanes lines contours finishes make latest Pipers Cessnas look crude comparison secret composite materials Long popular sailplanes entered homebuilt movement 1970s brilliant Burt Rutan introduced tail-first VariEze built carved blocks plastic foam covered fiberglass cloth combination lighter stronger easier-to-build aluminum plywood steel tubing resulting airplanes cleaner aerodynamically advanced could possibly have built old fashioned materials dont seem practical limits what can done foam-and-fiberglass advanced materials such Kevlar carbon fiber Rutan continues turn out amazingly shaped airplanescanards tandem-wings push-pullsand continues make work better conventional shapes Others however developed conventional shape wing front tail back engine nose performed ways have long considered trademark high-tech factories milliondollar computers Take Lancair example very impressive little two-seater just sleek monoplane started out 1985 Model 235 powered 115 hp Lycoming 0-235 engine quickiy supplanted model 320 using 150 hp Lycoming 0-320 model 360 its 180-200 hp Lycoming 0-360 engine Now advanced version four-seat Lancair IV 350 hp Continental TSIO-550 engine Continued poge 54 K&S METAL Sport Flying Flys hour L THE AIRPLANE FACTORY INC 1880 PINt VItW MANDEVILLE LA 70448 504-626-7840 FRtt CATALOG R/C Cornball__________ Crash Resistant 48 wingspan 44 -5Ibs Aluminum Landing Gea Video 4$74 95 $595P&H $1295 PPLIST $89 95 VISA 1-800-264-7840 AM-X COD Kombat 40 member quick building extremely durable Armadillo senes Made aluminum polypropelyne no foam can assembled engine mounted radio installed hour NoThing extra buy provide 4 channel radio / 25-40 engine supply everything else great sports plane fully aerobatic bolt-on symmetrical wing pre-hinged pre-finished red blue orange yellow compared other almost ready fly designs take 10-12 hours longer complete Koinbat 40 true winner ORDER YOURS TODAVI Trainer Version available $8495 June1994 51 AluniinumlBrass/Copper Tubing & Shapes Music Wire Tools Soldering Irons Silk Silk Span Finishing Materials SEND $100 FOR iL2ijjjjjbN THE LITTLEST MI QNDER MIRACLE OF THE WORKSHOP Ever-taut adlustIe sanding belt paper saver Patented locking p~pIe. snaps taut s square rich usanie No waste hnger pill ingenious fasteiing dipA Pits smaJi large osrve resesses Use companion Mini-Strips assortedI small large beads grits wet dry Buy readymade bets Knife-edge sides own 8 bets standard sheeti Sands dose right angle fitrings Sturdy constructon High impad plasacAPPLIEDDESIGN CORP Padded body est quatty town tubber Tough enoughP 0Box 3384 Conforms variations surface heaviest wori hobbyist Mfrs househeder Torrance CA 90510 Add 20% far 8 & H -Glue Tips Stay-Tray Tee Bar Mini-Saw Ruft-SILIff & Jewel Stripes $795 shielded resistor spail plug lead 89 lded cover Prices include switch harness pulse switch Available T&G 8nons MM Brisson older CH systems 11 jJ[J new heavy-duty ignition system featuring Low drain high output circuit Will run 15000 rpm American-made spark coil Spark plug lead eas ily replaced Heavyduty aluminum case Iiitro Price $19995 List SUS SIO S&H NYS add 7% tax Reids Quality Model Products 16 Main Street Phelps New York 14532 Catalog S1OO 3155483779 American Made Lancair IV/Berliner Continued page 51 having twin-intercooled turbochargers two-seat models 235 320 360 share same airframe basic kit costs around $20000 cost finished airplane neighborhood $45000 has length 21 feet wingspan 23 feet six inches wing area 76 square feet gross weight 1685 pounds cabin three feet seven inches wide five feet three inches long three feet 61/2 inches high baggage capacity 50-90 pounds Performance course varies power Lancair 320 cruises 241 mph 8000 feet after sea-level takeoff run 700 feet 30 hp Lancair 360 cruises 250 mph Both will cruise along 1000 miles tank gas Lancair IV another matter entirely larger 25 feet long 30 feet 11/2 inch wingspan has 98 square feet wing area heavier 1750 pounds empty 2900 pounds fully loaded Performance turboprop range cruising speed 58% power 17000 feet 330 mph price steep homebuilt kind speed $44000 kit something less $100000 finished product February 20 1991 race pilot/test pilot Dave Morss flew Lancair IV prototype San Francisco Denver 65% power tailwind time 238 speed 3624 mph old record set Beech Bonanza 1988 328 2713 mph isnt factory-brochure hype official NAA record because prototype Lancair IV found itself parked among Continued page 56 MACHINERY & TOOLS Lathes ing Machines lies Tools s lsllt Yoi CornpMte Machhe Slap BLUE4iI*Et Catalo g $100 8004726500 VisAMASruRcAojviscov B-00 0.0 54 Model Aviation LL SPECIAL Giant Sport its Best accesso- ries parts custom installation Send $2 price list newsletter ordenng InstructIons premium quality wood & foam kit containing hand cut balsa ply parts f cowl aluminum landing gear canopy foam wing cores rolled plans Extremely aerobatic yet capable slow solid flight Span SF Weight 175 lbs Area 1360 Length 63 Power G38/Q42 similar IKON offers largest selection giant scale kits world STINSON SR-a 1/4 SCALE 901/4 SCALE 80 SCALE 100 Dave Lane Best Civilian QSAA order kits call 1-800-327-7198 log fine kits send $400 Idaho Residents Add 5% State Sales Tax HERES HOW AMAZING DALSARITE REDUCES BUBBLES AND SAGS Iron-on coverings tend stick surface balsa & other woods often leaving trapped air sagging coming unglued Balsarite IRON-ON liquid sinks COVERING deep wood,4 intermixes adhesive the-WITH BALSARITE covering ironed No trapped air deep permanent adhesion Eliminates sagging fuelcreep warping due mois ture makes hard-to-reach fillets easy cover use Coverite Monokote Solarfilm etc must use Balsarite takes gamble out covering iron-ons New 1-ormula Film C0VERITE 420 BABYLON ROAD HORSI-IAM PENNSYLVANIA 19044 USA INTRO PRICE$17000 ALL KITS FEATURE BAND LAID FIBERGLASS FVSELAGEPANEL LINES & SCALE DETAJLSFOAM CORE WINGS MACHINE cur FORMERS & BULYJIRADS SEE YOUR LOCAL DEALER OR CALL HOBBY IL4NGAR 6A5-283-546 FOR IMMEDL4TE DELIVERY DEALER INQUIRIES WELCOME WEACCEPT VISA MA57ERCARD & DISCOVER CARDS WE GLADLYSHIP COD SHIPPING & lUND UNG $500 PER KIT COm7NEAPFAL USA OIlIER AREAS CALL KENTUCKY RESID FJI ADD 6% SALES TAX HOBBY HANGAR ISA FULL SER VICE HOBBY SHOP WITH OVER 11000 ITEMS IN STOCI CATALOGS AVAILABLE $00 EACH WIREBATE ON FIRST ORDER SPECIFY PIANEHEUCOPTER OR CAR HOBBY HANGAR EXCLUSIVE DISTRIBUTOR OF FIBER SCALE MODELS 153 LLOYD AVE FLORENCE KY 41042 600-283-5746 PHONE 606-282-4666 FAX ALSO AVAILABLE Pocke WuIf 190 $18500 P40 Warhawk $17000 Cessna 150 $17000 Giant Scale Me-i 09 $37500 Lancair IVIBerliner Continued page 54 Mustangs Sea Furys pit area 1991 Reno Air Races Several practice laps around nine-mile course 325 mph produced great optimism four-place homehuilt touring airplane could actually compete big boys ended entire blade special racing propeller parted hub Dave Morss made fine emergency landing sans much cowl needles shaken off instruments engine stayed no obvious damage done airframe proving its structural integrity right out open entire Lancair airframe made premolded epoxy-based high-temperature advanced composites including DuPont Nomex honeycomb High Temperature Divinycell bonded special epoxy resins wing airfoil 15%-thick NASA Laminar Flow NLF-02 15-F details about obtaimng information kit videotape contact Neico Viation Inc 403 5 Ojai St Santa Paula CA 93060 Tel 805 933-2747 lliclThomerson Continued page 42 supply store used regular masking tape pieces advertising flyer finish Dont use regular newspaper mask black ink will get model difficult remove mixed sky blue cutting Curtiss Blue about half half white match doesnt need exactjust mix suit sprayed stripe color about inch wide centered pencil line feathered off both sides bottom strip sprayed heavily make little darker top strip let dope dry thoroughly masked off upper part letters center line will look too low move up little bit until suits added black dope drop time sky blue until got medium grayblue sprayed pretty dark centering masking line numbers look balanced lower part slightly darker top part stroke genius dumped grey out airbrush bottle added some thinner sloshed around made couple passes over bottom numbers Just right Once everything dry removed mask upper part letters numbers knocked paint flash edge masking tape dry plastic dishwashing scrubber Sanding down will mess up pretty feathering pencil lines should still visible used Continued page 64 56 Model Aviation IIJLI MWW 8 SPELIFICATWNS WINGSPAN 60 ENGINE SUE60 2-S1lIOKE WEIGHT8-ES LBS Model uIIdifl9I5y ~NTING 1178 MOSTLY MOUNTING presents entirely new approach Installations works weil popular kits including ARFs easy accurate sure fire MOSTLY MOUNTING system gives better model builders stress controls Include complete treatments tanks engine mounts canopies cowls wheel pants retracts other subjects Youll find MOSTLY MOUNTING refreshing interesting way great flying trouble free models BOKO14$1495 Please Try Dealer First Direct Sales Please Add $300 HARRY 3 HIGLEY & SONS INC P 0 DOX 532 OLENWOOD IL 60425
Edition: Model Aviation - 1994/06
Page Numbers: 49, 50, 51, 54, 56
June1994 49 U Don Berliner Lancair IV prototype Its record-setting trip San Francisco Denver earned four-seat home-built touring plane place 1991 Reno Air Races pit area hopes could compete likes Sea Furys Mustangs Fuselage remains completely gear 76 dIameter proyaller 12 prop clearance 78 AFIER WORLD WAR U airplane factories switched fighters bombers private planes Beech Bonanza leapt spotlight its futuristic lines allmetal construction exotic V tail far ahead resunected prewar Piper Cubs Aeroncas Taylorcrafts Forty-five years later Bonanza looks about same remains top line has interior room bigger engine vastly improved radios navigation gear price has risen little $5000 $200000 its rivals have come gone Bonanza still Cadillac personal airplanes can updated 1946 airplane best American aircraft industry can come up someone wants get places huny isnt quite up buying Leaijet results decades progress aerodynamics materials about airplane less half cost Bonanza flies 100 mph faster same power tells everyone its owner out front comes advanced thinking Lancair does thanks its truly modern design Like almost other personal airplane has debuted past decade Lancair homebuilt like homebuilts offers performance looks eons beyond anything lightplane manufacturing industry USA France anywhere else have able build source such shocking differences mostly economic cost homebuilt neednt include labor its really recreation liability insurance advertising 50 Model Aviation Gallants Lancalr 320 1991 Oshkosh Kit Built Grand Champion Art Gallants Lycoming 0-320-powered Lancair 320 cost approximately $45000 Lancair 320 Oshkosh 91 Span 23 feet 6 inches gross weight 1685 lb administration overhead items have turned once-vibrant industry bunch memories isnt arent smart people lightplane industry its new kind cottage industry has created fill demand modern personal airplanes kit manufacturer turns out superbly molded major componentswings fuselages tailsand home craftsman completes job turning airplanes lines contours finishes make latest Pipers Cessnas look crude comparison secret composite materials Long popular sailplanes entered homebuilt movement 1970s brilliant Burt Rutan introduced tail-first VariEze built carved blocks plastic foam covered fiberglass cloth combination lighter stronger easier-to-build aluminum plywood steel tubing resulting airplanes cleaner aerodynamically advanced could possibly have built old fashioned materials dont seem practical limits what can done foam-and-fiberglass advanced materials such Kevlar carbon fiber Rutan continues turn out amazingly shaped airplanescanards tandem-wings push-pullsand continues make work better conventional shapes Others however developed conventional shape wing front tail back engine nose performed ways have long considered trademark high-tech factories milliondollar computers Take Lancair example very impressive little two-seater just sleek monoplane started out 1985 Model 235 powered 115 hp Lycoming 0-235 engine quickiy supplanted model 320 using 150 hp Lycoming 0-320 model 360 its 180-200 hp Lycoming 0-360 engine Now advanced version four-seat Lancair IV 350 hp Continental TSIO-550 engine Continued poge 54 K&S METAL Sport Flying Flys hour L THE AIRPLANE FACTORY INC 1880 PINt VItW MANDEVILLE LA 70448 504-626-7840 FRtt CATALOG R/C Cornball__________ Crash Resistant 48 wingspan 44 -5Ibs Aluminum Landing Gea Video 4$74 95 $595P&H $1295 PPLIST $89 95 VISA 1-800-264-7840 AM-X COD Kombat 40 member quick building extremely durable Armadillo senes Made aluminum polypropelyne no foam can assembled engine mounted radio installed hour NoThing extra buy provide 4 channel radio / 25-40 engine supply everything else great sports plane fully aerobatic bolt-on symmetrical wing pre-hinged pre-finished red blue orange yellow compared other almost ready fly designs take 10-12 hours longer complete Koinbat 40 true winner ORDER YOURS TODAVI Trainer Version available $8495 June1994 51 AluniinumlBrass/Copper Tubing & Shapes Music Wire Tools Soldering Irons Silk Silk Span Finishing Materials SEND $100 FOR iL2ijjjjjbN THE LITTLEST MI QNDER MIRACLE OF THE WORKSHOP Ever-taut adlustIe sanding belt paper saver Patented locking p~pIe. snaps taut s square rich usanie No waste hnger pill ingenious fasteiing dipA Pits smaJi large osrve resesses Use companion Mini-Strips assortedI small large beads grits wet dry Buy readymade bets Knife-edge sides own 8 bets standard sheeti Sands dose right angle fitrings Sturdy constructon High impad plasacAPPLIEDDESIGN CORP Padded body est quatty town tubber Tough enoughP 0Box 3384 Conforms variations surface heaviest wori hobbyist Mfrs househeder Torrance CA 90510 Add 20% far 8 & H -Glue Tips Stay-Tray Tee Bar Mini-Saw Ruft-SILIff & Jewel Stripes $795 shielded resistor spail plug lead 89 lded cover Prices include switch harness pulse switch Available T&G 8nons MM Brisson older CH systems 11 jJ[J new heavy-duty ignition system featuring Low drain high output circuit Will run 15000 rpm American-made spark coil Spark plug lead eas ily replaced Heavyduty aluminum case Iiitro Price $19995 List SUS SIO S&H NYS add 7% tax Reids Quality Model Products 16 Main Street Phelps New York 14532 Catalog S1OO 3155483779 American Made Lancair IV/Berliner Continued page 51 having twin-intercooled turbochargers two-seat models 235 320 360 share same airframe basic kit costs around $20000 cost finished airplane neighborhood $45000 has length 21 feet wingspan 23 feet six inches wing area 76 square feet gross weight 1685 pounds cabin three feet seven inches wide five feet three inches long three feet 61/2 inches high baggage capacity 50-90 pounds Performance course varies power Lancair 320 cruises 241 mph 8000 feet after sea-level takeoff run 700 feet 30 hp Lancair 360 cruises 250 mph Both will cruise along 1000 miles tank gas Lancair IV another matter entirely larger 25 feet long 30 feet 11/2 inch wingspan has 98 square feet wing area heavier 1750 pounds empty 2900 pounds fully loaded Performance turboprop range cruising speed 58% power 17000 feet 330 mph price steep homebuilt kind speed $44000 kit something less $100000 finished product February 20 1991 race pilot/test pilot Dave Morss flew Lancair IV prototype San Francisco Denver 65% power tailwind time 238 speed 3624 mph old record set Beech Bonanza 1988 328 2713 mph isnt factory-brochure hype official NAA record because prototype Lancair IV found itself parked among Continued page 56 MACHINERY & TOOLS Lathes ing Machines lies Tools s lsllt Yoi CornpMte Machhe Slap BLUE4iI*Et Catalo g $100 8004726500 VisAMASruRcAojviscov B-00 0.0 54 Model Aviation LL SPECIAL Giant Sport its Best accesso- ries parts custom installation Send $2 price list newsletter ordenng InstructIons premium quality wood & foam kit containing hand cut balsa ply parts f cowl aluminum landing gear canopy foam wing cores rolled plans Extremely aerobatic yet capable slow solid flight Span SF Weight 175 lbs Area 1360 Length 63 Power G38/Q42 similar IKON offers largest selection giant scale kits world STINSON SR-a 1/4 SCALE 901/4 SCALE 80 SCALE 100 Dave Lane Best Civilian QSAA order kits call 1-800-327-7198 log fine kits send $400 Idaho Residents Add 5% State Sales Tax HERES HOW AMAZING DALSARITE REDUCES BUBBLES AND SAGS Iron-on coverings tend stick surface balsa & other woods often leaving trapped air sagging coming unglued Balsarite IRON-ON liquid sinks COVERING deep wood,4 intermixes adhesive the-WITH BALSARITE covering ironed No trapped air deep permanent adhesion Eliminates sagging fuelcreep warping due mois ture makes hard-to-reach fillets easy cover use Coverite Monokote Solarfilm etc must use Balsarite takes gamble out covering iron-ons New 1-ormula Film C0VERITE 420 BABYLON ROAD HORSI-IAM PENNSYLVANIA 19044 USA INTRO PRICE$17000 ALL KITS FEATURE BAND LAID FIBERGLASS FVSELAGEPANEL LINES & SCALE DETAJLSFOAM CORE WINGS MACHINE cur FORMERS & BULYJIRADS SEE YOUR LOCAL DEALER OR CALL HOBBY IL4NGAR 6A5-283-546 FOR IMMEDL4TE DELIVERY DEALER INQUIRIES WELCOME WEACCEPT VISA MA57ERCARD & DISCOVER CARDS WE GLADLYSHIP COD SHIPPING & lUND UNG $500 PER KIT COm7NEAPFAL USA OIlIER AREAS CALL KENTUCKY RESID FJI ADD 6% SALES TAX HOBBY HANGAR ISA FULL SER VICE HOBBY SHOP WITH OVER 11000 ITEMS IN STOCI CATALOGS AVAILABLE $00 EACH WIREBATE ON FIRST ORDER SPECIFY PIANEHEUCOPTER OR CAR HOBBY HANGAR EXCLUSIVE DISTRIBUTOR OF FIBER SCALE MODELS 153 LLOYD AVE FLORENCE KY 41042 600-283-5746 PHONE 606-282-4666 FAX ALSO AVAILABLE Pocke WuIf 190 $18500 P40 Warhawk $17000 Cessna 150 $17000 Giant Scale Me-i 09 $37500 Lancair IVIBerliner Continued page 54 Mustangs Sea Furys pit area 1991 Reno Air Races Several practice laps around nine-mile course 325 mph produced great optimism four-place homehuilt touring airplane could actually compete big boys ended entire blade special racing propeller parted hub Dave Morss made fine emergency landing sans much cowl needles shaken off instruments engine stayed no obvious damage done airframe proving its structural integrity right out open entire Lancair airframe made premolded epoxy-based high-temperature advanced composites including DuPont Nomex honeycomb High Temperature Divinycell bonded special epoxy resins wing airfoil 15%-thick NASA Laminar Flow NLF-02 15-F details about obtaimng information kit videotape contact Neico Viation Inc 403 5 Ojai St Santa Paula CA 93060 Tel 805 933-2747 lliclThomerson Continued page 42 supply store used regular masking tape pieces advertising flyer finish Dont use regular newspaper mask black ink will get model difficult remove mixed sky blue cutting Curtiss Blue about half half white match doesnt need exactjust mix suit sprayed stripe color about inch wide centered pencil line feathered off both sides bottom strip sprayed heavily make little darker top strip let dope dry thoroughly masked off upper part letters center line will look too low move up little bit until suits added black dope drop time sky blue until got medium grayblue sprayed pretty dark centering masking line numbers look balanced lower part slightly darker top part stroke genius dumped grey out airbrush bottle added some thinner sloshed around made couple passes over bottom numbers Just right Once everything dry removed mask upper part letters numbers knocked paint flash edge masking tape dry plastic dishwashing scrubber Sanding down will mess up pretty feathering pencil lines should still visible used Continued page 64 56 Model Aviation IIJLI MWW 8 SPELIFICATWNS WINGSPAN 60 ENGINE SUE60 2-S1lIOKE WEIGHT8-ES LBS Model uIIdifl9I5y ~NTING 1178 MOSTLY MOUNTING presents entirely new approach Installations works weil popular kits including ARFs easy accurate sure fire MOSTLY MOUNTING system gives better model builders stress controls Include complete treatments tanks engine mounts canopies cowls wheel pants retracts other subjects Youll find MOSTLY MOUNTING refreshing interesting way great flying trouble free models BOKO14$1495 Please Try Dealer First Direct Sales Please Add $300 HARRY 3 HIGLEY & SONS INC P 0 DOX 532 OLENWOOD IL 60425
Edition: Model Aviation - 1994/06
Page Numbers: 49, 50, 51, 54, 56
June1994 49 U Don Berliner Lancair IV prototype Its record-setting trip San Francisco Denver earned four-seat home-built touring plane place 1991 Reno Air Races pit area hopes could compete likes Sea Furys Mustangs Fuselage remains completely gear 76 dIameter proyaller 12 prop clearance 78 AFIER WORLD WAR U airplane factories switched fighters bombers private planes Beech Bonanza leapt spotlight its futuristic lines allmetal construction exotic V tail far ahead resunected prewar Piper Cubs Aeroncas Taylorcrafts Forty-five years later Bonanza looks about same remains top line has interior room bigger engine vastly improved radios navigation gear price has risen little $5000 $200000 its rivals have come gone Bonanza still Cadillac personal airplanes can updated 1946 airplane best American aircraft industry can come up someone wants get places huny isnt quite up buying Leaijet results decades progress aerodynamics materials about airplane less half cost Bonanza flies 100 mph faster same power tells everyone its owner out front comes advanced thinking Lancair does thanks its truly modern design Like almost other personal airplane has debuted past decade Lancair homebuilt like homebuilts offers performance looks eons beyond anything lightplane manufacturing industry USA France anywhere else have able build source such shocking differences mostly economic cost homebuilt neednt include labor its really recreation liability insurance advertising 50 Model Aviation Gallants Lancalr 320 1991 Oshkosh Kit Built Grand Champion Art Gallants Lycoming 0-320-powered Lancair 320 cost approximately $45000 Lancair 320 Oshkosh 91 Span 23 feet 6 inches gross weight 1685 lb administration overhead items have turned once-vibrant industry bunch memories isnt arent smart people lightplane industry its new kind cottage industry has created fill demand modern personal airplanes kit manufacturer turns out superbly molded major componentswings fuselages tailsand home craftsman completes job turning airplanes lines contours finishes make latest Pipers Cessnas look crude comparison secret composite materials Long popular sailplanes entered homebuilt movement 1970s brilliant Burt Rutan introduced tail-first VariEze built carved blocks plastic foam covered fiberglass cloth combination lighter stronger easier-to-build aluminum plywood steel tubing resulting airplanes cleaner aerodynamically advanced could possibly have built old fashioned materials dont seem practical limits what can done foam-and-fiberglass advanced materials such Kevlar carbon fiber Rutan continues turn out amazingly shaped airplanescanards tandem-wings push-pullsand continues make work better conventional shapes Others however developed conventional shape wing front tail back engine nose performed ways have long considered trademark high-tech factories milliondollar computers Take Lancair example very impressive little two-seater just sleek monoplane started out 1985 Model 235 powered 115 hp Lycoming 0-235 engine quickiy supplanted model 320 using 150 hp Lycoming 0-320 model 360 its 180-200 hp Lycoming 0-360 engine Now advanced version four-seat Lancair IV 350 hp Continental TSIO-550 engine Continued poge 54 K&S METAL Sport Flying Flys hour L THE AIRPLANE FACTORY INC 1880 PINt VItW MANDEVILLE LA 70448 504-626-7840 FRtt CATALOG R/C Cornball__________ Crash Resistant 48 wingspan 44 -5Ibs Aluminum Landing Gea Video 4$74 95 $595P&H $1295 PPLIST $89 95 VISA 1-800-264-7840 AM-X COD Kombat 40 member quick building extremely durable Armadillo senes Made aluminum polypropelyne no foam can assembled engine mounted radio installed hour NoThing extra buy provide 4 channel radio / 25-40 engine supply everything else great sports plane fully aerobatic bolt-on symmetrical wing pre-hinged pre-finished red blue orange yellow compared other almost ready fly designs take 10-12 hours longer complete Koinbat 40 true winner ORDER YOURS TODAVI Trainer Version available $8495 June1994 51 AluniinumlBrass/Copper Tubing & Shapes Music Wire Tools Soldering Irons Silk Silk Span Finishing Materials SEND $100 FOR iL2ijjjjjbN THE LITTLEST MI QNDER MIRACLE OF THE WORKSHOP Ever-taut adlustIe sanding belt paper saver Patented locking p~pIe. snaps taut s square rich usanie No waste hnger pill ingenious fasteiing dipA Pits smaJi large osrve resesses Use companion Mini-Strips assortedI small large beads grits wet dry Buy readymade bets Knife-edge sides own 8 bets standard sheeti Sands dose right angle fitrings Sturdy constructon High impad plasacAPPLIEDDESIGN CORP Padded body est quatty town tubber Tough enoughP 0Box 3384 Conforms variations surface heaviest wori hobbyist Mfrs househeder Torrance CA 90510 Add 20% far 8 & H -Glue Tips Stay-Tray Tee Bar Mini-Saw Ruft-SILIff & Jewel Stripes $795 shielded resistor spail plug lead 89 lded cover Prices include switch harness pulse switch Available T&G 8nons MM Brisson older CH systems 11 jJ[J new heavy-duty ignition system featuring Low drain high output circuit Will run 15000 rpm American-made spark coil Spark plug lead eas ily replaced Heavyduty aluminum case Iiitro Price $19995 List SUS SIO S&H NYS add 7% tax Reids Quality Model Products 16 Main Street Phelps New York 14532 Catalog S1OO 3155483779 American Made Lancair IV/Berliner Continued page 51 having twin-intercooled turbochargers two-seat models 235 320 360 share same airframe basic kit costs around $20000 cost finished airplane neighborhood $45000 has length 21 feet wingspan 23 feet six inches wing area 76 square feet gross weight 1685 pounds cabin three feet seven inches wide five feet three inches long three feet 61/2 inches high baggage capacity 50-90 pounds Performance course varies power Lancair 320 cruises 241 mph 8000 feet after sea-level takeoff run 700 feet 30 hp Lancair 360 cruises 250 mph Both will cruise along 1000 miles tank gas Lancair IV another matter entirely larger 25 feet long 30 feet 11/2 inch wingspan has 98 square feet wing area heavier 1750 pounds empty 2900 pounds fully loaded Performance turboprop range cruising speed 58% power 17000 feet 330 mph price steep homebuilt kind speed $44000 kit something less $100000 finished product February 20 1991 race pilot/test pilot Dave Morss flew Lancair IV prototype San Francisco Denver 65% power tailwind time 238 speed 3624 mph old record set Beech Bonanza 1988 328 2713 mph isnt factory-brochure hype official NAA record because prototype Lancair IV found itself parked among Continued page 56 MACHINERY & TOOLS Lathes ing Machines lies Tools s lsllt Yoi CornpMte Machhe Slap BLUE4iI*Et Catalo g $100 8004726500 VisAMASruRcAojviscov B-00 0.0 54 Model Aviation LL SPECIAL Giant Sport its Best accesso- ries parts custom installation Send $2 price list newsletter ordenng InstructIons premium quality wood & foam kit containing hand cut balsa ply parts f cowl aluminum landing gear canopy foam wing cores rolled plans Extremely aerobatic yet capable slow solid flight Span SF Weight 175 lbs Area 1360 Length 63 Power G38/Q42 similar IKON offers largest selection giant scale kits world STINSON SR-a 1/4 SCALE 901/4 SCALE 80 SCALE 100 Dave Lane Best Civilian QSAA order kits call 1-800-327-7198 log fine kits send $400 Idaho Residents Add 5% State Sales Tax HERES HOW AMAZING DALSARITE REDUCES BUBBLES AND SAGS Iron-on coverings tend stick surface balsa & other woods often leaving trapped air sagging coming unglued Balsarite IRON-ON liquid sinks COVERING deep wood,4 intermixes adhesive the-WITH BALSARITE covering ironed No trapped air deep permanent adhesion Eliminates sagging fuelcreep warping due mois ture makes hard-to-reach fillets easy cover use Coverite Monokote Solarfilm etc must use Balsarite takes gamble out covering iron-ons New 1-ormula Film C0VERITE 420 BABYLON ROAD HORSI-IAM PENNSYLVANIA 19044 USA INTRO PRICE$17000 ALL KITS FEATURE BAND LAID FIBERGLASS FVSELAGEPANEL LINES & SCALE DETAJLSFOAM CORE WINGS MACHINE cur FORMERS & BULYJIRADS SEE YOUR LOCAL DEALER OR CALL HOBBY IL4NGAR 6A5-283-546 FOR IMMEDL4TE DELIVERY DEALER INQUIRIES WELCOME WEACCEPT VISA MA57ERCARD & DISCOVER CARDS WE GLADLYSHIP COD SHIPPING & lUND UNG $500 PER KIT COm7NEAPFAL USA OIlIER AREAS CALL KENTUCKY RESID FJI ADD 6% SALES TAX HOBBY HANGAR ISA FULL SER VICE HOBBY SHOP WITH OVER 11000 ITEMS IN STOCI CATALOGS AVAILABLE $00 EACH WIREBATE ON FIRST ORDER SPECIFY PIANEHEUCOPTER OR CAR HOBBY HANGAR EXCLUSIVE DISTRIBUTOR OF FIBER SCALE MODELS 153 LLOYD AVE FLORENCE KY 41042 600-283-5746 PHONE 606-282-4666 FAX ALSO AVAILABLE Pocke WuIf 190 $18500 P40 Warhawk $17000 Cessna 150 $17000 Giant Scale Me-i 09 $37500 Lancair IVIBerliner Continued page 54 Mustangs Sea Furys pit area 1991 Reno Air Races Several practice laps around nine-mile course 325 mph produced great optimism four-place homehuilt touring airplane could actually compete big boys ended entire blade special racing propeller parted hub Dave Morss made fine emergency landing sans much cowl needles shaken off instruments engine stayed no obvious damage done airframe proving its structural integrity right out open entire Lancair airframe made premolded epoxy-based high-temperature advanced composites including DuPont Nomex honeycomb High Temperature Divinycell bonded special epoxy resins wing airfoil 15%-thick NASA Laminar Flow NLF-02 15-F details about obtaimng information kit videotape contact Neico Viation Inc 403 5 Ojai St Santa Paula CA 93060 Tel 805 933-2747 lliclThomerson Continued page 42 supply store used regular masking tape pieces advertising flyer finish Dont use regular newspaper mask black ink will get model difficult remove mixed sky blue cutting Curtiss Blue about half half white match doesnt need exactjust mix suit sprayed stripe color about inch wide centered pencil line feathered off both sides bottom strip sprayed heavily make little darker top strip let dope dry thoroughly masked off upper part letters center line will look too low move up little bit until suits added black dope drop time sky blue until got medium grayblue sprayed pretty dark centering masking line numbers look balanced lower part slightly darker top part stroke genius dumped grey out airbrush bottle added some thinner sloshed around made couple passes over bottom numbers Just right Once everything dry removed mask upper part letters numbers knocked paint flash edge masking tape dry plastic dishwashing scrubber Sanding down will mess up pretty feathering pencil lines should still visible used Continued page 64 56 Model Aviation IIJLI MWW 8 SPELIFICATWNS WINGSPAN 60 ENGINE SUE60 2-S1lIOKE WEIGHT8-ES LBS Model uIIdifl9I5y ~NTING 1178 MOSTLY MOUNTING presents entirely new approach Installations works weil popular kits including ARFs easy accurate sure fire MOSTLY MOUNTING system gives better model builders stress controls Include complete treatments tanks engine mounts canopies cowls wheel pants retracts other subjects Youll find MOSTLY MOUNTING refreshing interesting way great flying trouble free models BOKO14$1495 Please Try Dealer First Direct Sales Please Add $300 HARRY 3 HIGLEY & SONS INC P 0 DOX 532 OLENWOOD IL 60425
Edition: Model Aviation - 1994/06
Page Numbers: 49, 50, 51, 54, 56
June1994 49 U Don Berliner Lancair IV prototype Its record-setting trip San Francisco Denver earned four-seat home-built touring plane place 1991 Reno Air Races pit area hopes could compete likes Sea Furys Mustangs Fuselage remains completely gear 76 dIameter proyaller 12 prop clearance 78 AFIER WORLD WAR U airplane factories switched fighters bombers private planes Beech Bonanza leapt spotlight its futuristic lines allmetal construction exotic V tail far ahead resunected prewar Piper Cubs Aeroncas Taylorcrafts Forty-five years later Bonanza looks about same remains top line has interior room bigger engine vastly improved radios navigation gear price has risen little $5000 $200000 its rivals have come gone Bonanza still Cadillac personal airplanes can updated 1946 airplane best American aircraft industry can come up someone wants get places huny isnt quite up buying Leaijet results decades progress aerodynamics materials about airplane less half cost Bonanza flies 100 mph faster same power tells everyone its owner out front comes advanced thinking Lancair does thanks its truly modern design Like almost other personal airplane has debuted past decade Lancair homebuilt like homebuilts offers performance looks eons beyond anything lightplane manufacturing industry USA France anywhere else have able build source such shocking differences mostly economic cost homebuilt neednt include labor its really recreation liability insurance advertising 50 Model Aviation Gallants Lancalr 320 1991 Oshkosh Kit Built Grand Champion Art Gallants Lycoming 0-320-powered Lancair 320 cost approximately $45000 Lancair 320 Oshkosh 91 Span 23 feet 6 inches gross weight 1685 lb administration overhead items have turned once-vibrant industry bunch memories isnt arent smart people lightplane industry its new kind cottage industry has created fill demand modern personal airplanes kit manufacturer turns out superbly molded major componentswings fuselages tailsand home craftsman completes job turning airplanes lines contours finishes make latest Pipers Cessnas look crude comparison secret composite materials Long popular sailplanes entered homebuilt movement 1970s brilliant Burt Rutan introduced tail-first VariEze built carved blocks plastic foam covered fiberglass cloth combination lighter stronger easier-to-build aluminum plywood steel tubing resulting airplanes cleaner aerodynamically advanced could possibly have built old fashioned materials dont seem practical limits what can done foam-and-fiberglass advanced materials such Kevlar carbon fiber Rutan continues turn out amazingly shaped airplanescanards tandem-wings push-pullsand continues make work better conventional shapes Others however developed conventional shape wing front tail back engine nose performed ways have long considered trademark high-tech factories milliondollar computers Take Lancair example very impressive little two-seater just sleek monoplane started out 1985 Model 235 powered 115 hp Lycoming 0-235 engine quickiy supplanted model 320 using 150 hp Lycoming 0-320 model 360 its 180-200 hp Lycoming 0-360 engine Now advanced version four-seat Lancair IV 350 hp Continental TSIO-550 engine Continued poge 54 K&S METAL Sport Flying Flys hour L THE AIRPLANE FACTORY INC 1880 PINt VItW MANDEVILLE LA 70448 504-626-7840 FRtt CATALOG R/C Cornball__________ Crash Resistant 48 wingspan 44 -5Ibs Aluminum Landing Gea Video 4$74 95 $595P&H $1295 PPLIST $89 95 VISA 1-800-264-7840 AM-X COD Kombat 40 member quick building extremely durable Armadillo senes Made aluminum polypropelyne no foam can assembled engine mounted radio installed hour NoThing extra buy provide 4 channel radio / 25-40 engine supply everything else great sports plane fully aerobatic bolt-on symmetrical wing pre-hinged pre-finished red blue orange yellow compared other almost ready fly designs take 10-12 hours longer complete Koinbat 40 true winner ORDER YOURS TODAVI Trainer Version available $8495 June1994 51 AluniinumlBrass/Copper Tubing & Shapes Music Wire Tools Soldering Irons Silk Silk Span Finishing Materials SEND $100 FOR iL2ijjjjjbN THE LITTLEST MI QNDER MIRACLE OF THE WORKSHOP Ever-taut adlustIe sanding belt paper saver Patented locking p~pIe. snaps taut s square rich usanie No waste hnger pill ingenious fasteiing dipA Pits smaJi large osrve resesses Use companion Mini-Strips assortedI small large beads grits wet dry Buy readymade bets Knife-edge sides own 8 bets standard sheeti Sands dose right angle fitrings Sturdy constructon High impad plasacAPPLIEDDESIGN CORP Padded body est quatty town tubber Tough enoughP 0Box 3384 Conforms variations surface heaviest wori hobbyist Mfrs househeder Torrance CA 90510 Add 20% far 8 & H -Glue Tips Stay-Tray Tee Bar Mini-Saw Ruft-SILIff & Jewel Stripes $795 shielded resistor spail plug lead 89 lded cover Prices include switch harness pulse switch Available T&G 8nons MM Brisson older CH systems 11 jJ[J new heavy-duty ignition system featuring Low drain high output circuit Will run 15000 rpm American-made spark coil Spark plug lead eas ily replaced Heavyduty aluminum case Iiitro Price $19995 List SUS SIO S&H NYS add 7% tax Reids Quality Model Products 16 Main Street Phelps New York 14532 Catalog S1OO 3155483779 American Made Lancair IV/Berliner Continued page 51 having twin-intercooled turbochargers two-seat models 235 320 360 share same airframe basic kit costs around $20000 cost finished airplane neighborhood $45000 has length 21 feet wingspan 23 feet six inches wing area 76 square feet gross weight 1685 pounds cabin three feet seven inches wide five feet three inches long three feet 61/2 inches high baggage capacity 50-90 pounds Performance course varies power Lancair 320 cruises 241 mph 8000 feet after sea-level takeoff run 700 feet 30 hp Lancair 360 cruises 250 mph Both will cruise along 1000 miles tank gas Lancair IV another matter entirely larger 25 feet long 30 feet 11/2 inch wingspan has 98 square feet wing area heavier 1750 pounds empty 2900 pounds fully loaded Performance turboprop range cruising speed 58% power 17000 feet 330 mph price steep homebuilt kind speed $44000 kit something less $100000 finished product February 20 1991 race pilot/test pilot Dave Morss flew Lancair IV prototype San Francisco Denver 65% power tailwind time 238 speed 3624 mph old record set Beech Bonanza 1988 328 2713 mph isnt factory-brochure hype official NAA record because prototype Lancair IV found itself parked among Continued page 56 MACHINERY & TOOLS Lathes ing Machines lies Tools s lsllt Yoi CornpMte Machhe Slap BLUE4iI*Et Catalo g $100 8004726500 VisAMASruRcAojviscov B-00 0.0 54 Model Aviation LL SPECIAL Giant Sport its Best accesso- ries parts custom installation Send $2 price list newsletter ordenng InstructIons premium quality wood & foam kit containing hand cut balsa ply parts f cowl aluminum landing gear canopy foam wing cores rolled plans Extremely aerobatic yet capable slow solid flight Span SF Weight 175 lbs Area 1360 Length 63 Power G38/Q42 similar IKON offers largest selection giant scale kits world STINSON SR-a 1/4 SCALE 901/4 SCALE 80 SCALE 100 Dave Lane Best Civilian QSAA order kits call 1-800-327-7198 log fine kits send $400 Idaho Residents Add 5% State Sales Tax HERES HOW AMAZING DALSARITE REDUCES BUBBLES AND SAGS Iron-on coverings tend stick surface balsa & other woods often leaving trapped air sagging coming unglued Balsarite IRON-ON liquid sinks COVERING deep wood,4 intermixes adhesive the-WITH BALSARITE covering ironed No trapped air deep permanent adhesion Eliminates sagging fuelcreep warping due mois ture makes hard-to-reach fillets easy cover use Coverite Monokote Solarfilm etc must use Balsarite takes gamble out covering iron-ons New 1-ormula Film C0VERITE 420 BABYLON ROAD HORSI-IAM PENNSYLVANIA 19044 USA INTRO PRICE$17000 ALL KITS FEATURE BAND LAID FIBERGLASS FVSELAGEPANEL LINES & SCALE DETAJLSFOAM CORE WINGS MACHINE cur FORMERS & BULYJIRADS SEE YOUR LOCAL DEALER OR CALL HOBBY IL4NGAR 6A5-283-546 FOR IMMEDL4TE DELIVERY DEALER INQUIRIES WELCOME WEACCEPT VISA MA57ERCARD & DISCOVER CARDS WE GLADLYSHIP COD SHIPPING & lUND UNG $500 PER KIT COm7NEAPFAL USA OIlIER AREAS CALL KENTUCKY RESID FJI ADD 6% SALES TAX HOBBY HANGAR ISA FULL SER VICE HOBBY SHOP WITH OVER 11000 ITEMS IN STOCI CATALOGS AVAILABLE $00 EACH WIREBATE ON FIRST ORDER SPECIFY PIANEHEUCOPTER OR CAR HOBBY HANGAR EXCLUSIVE DISTRIBUTOR OF FIBER SCALE MODELS 153 LLOYD AVE FLORENCE KY 41042 600-283-5746 PHONE 606-282-4666 FAX ALSO AVAILABLE Pocke WuIf 190 $18500 P40 Warhawk $17000 Cessna 150 $17000 Giant Scale Me-i 09 $37500 Lancair IVIBerliner Continued page 54 Mustangs Sea Furys pit area 1991 Reno Air Races Several practice laps around nine-mile course 325 mph produced great optimism four-place homehuilt touring airplane could actually compete big boys ended entire blade special racing propeller parted hub Dave Morss made fine emergency landing sans much cowl needles shaken off instruments engine stayed no obvious damage done airframe proving its structural integrity right out open entire Lancair airframe made premolded epoxy-based high-temperature advanced composites including DuPont Nomex honeycomb High Temperature Divinycell bonded special epoxy resins wing airfoil 15%-thick NASA Laminar Flow NLF-02 15-F details about obtaimng information kit videotape contact Neico Viation Inc 403 5 Ojai St Santa Paula CA 93060 Tel 805 933-2747 lliclThomerson Continued page 42 supply store used regular masking tape pieces advertising flyer finish Dont use regular newspaper mask black ink will get model difficult remove mixed sky blue cutting Curtiss Blue about half half white match doesnt need exactjust mix suit sprayed stripe color about inch wide centered pencil line feathered off both sides bottom strip sprayed heavily make little darker top strip let dope dry thoroughly masked off upper part letters center line will look too low move up little bit until suits added black dope drop time sky blue until got medium grayblue sprayed pretty dark centering masking line numbers look balanced lower part slightly darker top part stroke genius dumped grey out airbrush bottle added some thinner sloshed around made couple passes over bottom numbers Just right Once everything dry removed mask upper part letters numbers knocked paint flash edge masking tape dry plastic dishwashing scrubber Sanding down will mess up pretty feathering pencil lines should still visible used Continued page 64 56 Model Aviation IIJLI MWW 8 SPELIFICATWNS WINGSPAN 60 ENGINE SUE60 2-S1lIOKE WEIGHT8-ES LBS Model uIIdifl9I5y ~NTING 1178 MOSTLY MOUNTING presents entirely new approach Installations works weil popular kits including ARFs easy accurate sure fire MOSTLY MOUNTING system gives better model builders stress controls Include complete treatments tanks engine mounts canopies cowls wheel pants retracts other subjects Youll find MOSTLY MOUNTING refreshing interesting way great flying trouble free models BOKO14$1495 Please Try Dealer First Direct Sales Please Add $300 HARRY 3 HIGLEY & SONS INC P 0 DOX 532 OLENWOOD IL 60425
Edition: Model Aviation - 1994/06
Page Numbers: 49, 50, 51, 54, 56
June1994 49 U Don Berliner Lancair IV prototype Its record-setting trip San Francisco Denver earned four-seat home-built touring plane place 1991 Reno Air Races pit area hopes could compete likes Sea Furys Mustangs Fuselage remains completely gear 76 dIameter proyaller 12 prop clearance 78 AFIER WORLD WAR U airplane factories switched fighters bombers private planes Beech Bonanza leapt spotlight its futuristic lines allmetal construction exotic V tail far ahead resunected prewar Piper Cubs Aeroncas Taylorcrafts Forty-five years later Bonanza looks about same remains top line has interior room bigger engine vastly improved radios navigation gear price has risen little $5000 $200000 its rivals have come gone Bonanza still Cadillac personal airplanes can updated 1946 airplane best American aircraft industry can come up someone wants get places huny isnt quite up buying Leaijet results decades progress aerodynamics materials about airplane less half cost Bonanza flies 100 mph faster same power tells everyone its owner out front comes advanced thinking Lancair does thanks its truly modern design Like almost other personal airplane has debuted past decade Lancair homebuilt like homebuilts offers performance looks eons beyond anything lightplane manufacturing industry USA France anywhere else have able build source such shocking differences mostly economic cost homebuilt neednt include labor its really recreation liability insurance advertising 50 Model Aviation Gallants Lancalr 320 1991 Oshkosh Kit Built Grand Champion Art Gallants Lycoming 0-320-powered Lancair 320 cost approximately $45000 Lancair 320 Oshkosh 91 Span 23 feet 6 inches gross weight 1685 lb administration overhead items have turned once-vibrant industry bunch memories isnt arent smart people lightplane industry its new kind cottage industry has created fill demand modern personal airplanes kit manufacturer turns out superbly molded major componentswings fuselages tailsand home craftsman completes job turning airplanes lines contours finishes make latest Pipers Cessnas look crude comparison secret composite materials Long popular sailplanes entered homebuilt movement 1970s brilliant Burt Rutan introduced tail-first VariEze built carved blocks plastic foam covered fiberglass cloth combination lighter stronger easier-to-build aluminum plywood steel tubing resulting airplanes cleaner aerodynamically advanced could possibly have built old fashioned materials dont seem practical limits what can done foam-and-fiberglass advanced materials such Kevlar carbon fiber Rutan continues turn out amazingly shaped airplanescanards tandem-wings push-pullsand continues make work better conventional shapes Others however developed conventional shape wing front tail back engine nose performed ways have long considered trademark high-tech factories milliondollar computers Take Lancair example very impressive little two-seater just sleek monoplane started out 1985 Model 235 powered 115 hp Lycoming 0-235 engine quickiy supplanted model 320 using 150 hp Lycoming 0-320 model 360 its 180-200 hp Lycoming 0-360 engine Now advanced version four-seat Lancair IV 350 hp Continental TSIO-550 engine Continued poge 54 K&S METAL Sport Flying Flys hour L THE AIRPLANE FACTORY INC 1880 PINt VItW MANDEVILLE LA 70448 504-626-7840 FRtt CATALOG R/C Cornball__________ Crash Resistant 48 wingspan 44 -5Ibs Aluminum Landing Gea Video 4$74 95 $595P&H $1295 PPLIST $89 95 VISA 1-800-264-7840 AM-X COD Kombat 40 member quick building extremely durable Armadillo senes Made aluminum polypropelyne no foam can assembled engine mounted radio installed hour NoThing extra buy provide 4 channel radio / 25-40 engine supply everything else great sports plane fully aerobatic bolt-on symmetrical wing pre-hinged pre-finished red blue orange yellow compared other almost ready fly designs take 10-12 hours longer complete Koinbat 40 true winner ORDER YOURS TODAVI Trainer Version available $8495 June1994 51 AluniinumlBrass/Copper Tubing & Shapes Music Wire Tools Soldering Irons Silk Silk Span Finishing Materials SEND $100 FOR iL2ijjjjjbN THE LITTLEST MI QNDER MIRACLE OF THE WORKSHOP Ever-taut adlustIe sanding belt paper saver Patented locking p~pIe. snaps taut s square rich usanie No waste hnger pill ingenious fasteiing dipA Pits smaJi large osrve resesses Use companion Mini-Strips assortedI small large beads grits wet dry Buy readymade bets Knife-edge sides own 8 bets standard sheeti Sands dose right angle fitrings Sturdy constructon High impad plasacAPPLIEDDESIGN CORP Padded body est quatty town tubber Tough enoughP 0Box 3384 Conforms variations surface heaviest wori hobbyist Mfrs househeder Torrance CA 90510 Add 20% far 8 & H -Glue Tips Stay-Tray Tee Bar Mini-Saw Ruft-SILIff & Jewel Stripes $795 shielded resistor spail plug lead 89 lded cover Prices include switch harness pulse switch Available T&G 8nons MM Brisson older CH systems 11 jJ[J new heavy-duty ignition system featuring Low drain high output circuit Will run 15000 rpm American-made spark coil Spark plug lead eas ily replaced Heavyduty aluminum case Iiitro Price $19995 List SUS SIO S&H NYS add 7% tax Reids Quality Model Products 16 Main Street Phelps New York 14532 Catalog S1OO 3155483779 American Made Lancair IV/Berliner Continued page 51 having twin-intercooled turbochargers two-seat models 235 320 360 share same airframe basic kit costs around $20000 cost finished airplane neighborhood $45000 has length 21 feet wingspan 23 feet six inches wing area 76 square feet gross weight 1685 pounds cabin three feet seven inches wide five feet three inches long three feet 61/2 inches high baggage capacity 50-90 pounds Performance course varies power Lancair 320 cruises 241 mph 8000 feet after sea-level takeoff run 700 feet 30 hp Lancair 360 cruises 250 mph Both will cruise along 1000 miles tank gas Lancair IV another matter entirely larger 25 feet long 30 feet 11/2 inch wingspan has 98 square feet wing area heavier 1750 pounds empty 2900 pounds fully loaded Performance turboprop range cruising speed 58% power 17000 feet 330 mph price steep homebuilt kind speed $44000 kit something less $100000 finished product February 20 1991 race pilot/test pilot Dave Morss flew Lancair IV prototype San Francisco Denver 65% power tailwind time 238 speed 3624 mph old record set Beech Bonanza 1988 328 2713 mph isnt factory-brochure hype official NAA record because prototype Lancair IV found itself parked among Continued page 56 MACHINERY & TOOLS Lathes ing Machines lies Tools s lsllt Yoi CornpMte Machhe Slap BLUE4iI*Et Catalo g $100 8004726500 VisAMASruRcAojviscov B-00 0.0 54 Model Aviation LL SPECIAL Giant Sport its Best accesso- ries parts custom installation Send $2 price list newsletter ordenng InstructIons premium quality wood & foam kit containing hand cut balsa ply parts f cowl aluminum landing gear canopy foam wing cores rolled plans Extremely aerobatic yet capable slow solid flight Span SF Weight 175 lbs Area 1360 Length 63 Power G38/Q42 similar IKON offers largest selection giant scale kits world STINSON SR-a 1/4 SCALE 901/4 SCALE 80 SCALE 100 Dave Lane Best Civilian QSAA order kits call 1-800-327-7198 log fine kits send $400 Idaho Residents Add 5% State Sales Tax HERES HOW AMAZING DALSARITE REDUCES BUBBLES AND SAGS Iron-on coverings tend stick surface balsa & other woods often leaving trapped air sagging coming unglued Balsarite IRON-ON liquid sinks COVERING deep wood,4 intermixes adhesive the-WITH BALSARITE covering ironed No trapped air deep permanent adhesion Eliminates sagging fuelcreep warping due mois ture makes hard-to-reach fillets easy cover use Coverite Monokote Solarfilm etc must use Balsarite takes gamble out covering iron-ons New 1-ormula Film C0VERITE 420 BABYLON ROAD HORSI-IAM PENNSYLVANIA 19044 USA INTRO PRICE$17000 ALL KITS FEATURE BAND LAID FIBERGLASS FVSELAGEPANEL LINES & SCALE DETAJLSFOAM CORE WINGS MACHINE cur FORMERS & BULYJIRADS SEE YOUR LOCAL DEALER OR CALL HOBBY IL4NGAR 6A5-283-546 FOR IMMEDL4TE DELIVERY DEALER INQUIRIES WELCOME WEACCEPT VISA MA57ERCARD & DISCOVER CARDS WE GLADLYSHIP COD SHIPPING & lUND UNG $500 PER KIT COm7NEAPFAL USA OIlIER AREAS CALL KENTUCKY RESID FJI ADD 6% SALES TAX HOBBY HANGAR ISA FULL SER VICE HOBBY SHOP WITH OVER 11000 ITEMS IN STOCI CATALOGS AVAILABLE $00 EACH WIREBATE ON FIRST ORDER SPECIFY PIANEHEUCOPTER OR CAR HOBBY HANGAR EXCLUSIVE DISTRIBUTOR OF FIBER SCALE MODELS 153 LLOYD AVE FLORENCE KY 41042 600-283-5746 PHONE 606-282-4666 FAX ALSO AVAILABLE Pocke WuIf 190 $18500 P40 Warhawk $17000 Cessna 150 $17000 Giant Scale Me-i 09 $37500 Lancair IVIBerliner Continued page 54 Mustangs Sea Furys pit area 1991 Reno Air Races Several practice laps around nine-mile course 325 mph produced great optimism four-place homehuilt touring airplane could actually compete big boys ended entire blade special racing propeller parted hub Dave Morss made fine emergency landing sans much cowl needles shaken off instruments engine stayed no obvious damage done airframe proving its structural integrity right out open entire Lancair airframe made premolded epoxy-based high-temperature advanced composites including DuPont Nomex honeycomb High Temperature Divinycell bonded special epoxy resins wing airfoil 15%-thick NASA Laminar Flow NLF-02 15-F details about obtaimng information kit videotape contact Neico Viation Inc 403 5 Ojai St Santa Paula CA 93060 Tel 805 933-2747 lliclThomerson Continued page 42 supply store used regular masking tape pieces advertising flyer finish Dont use regular newspaper mask black ink will get model difficult remove mixed sky blue cutting Curtiss Blue about half half white match doesnt need exactjust mix suit sprayed stripe color about inch wide centered pencil line feathered off both sides bottom strip sprayed heavily make little darker top strip let dope dry thoroughly masked off upper part letters center line will look too low move up little bit until suits added black dope drop time sky blue until got medium grayblue sprayed pretty dark centering masking line numbers look balanced lower part slightly darker top part stroke genius dumped grey out airbrush bottle added some thinner sloshed around made couple passes over bottom numbers Just right Once everything dry removed mask upper part letters numbers knocked paint flash edge masking tape dry plastic dishwashing scrubber Sanding down will mess up pretty feathering pencil lines should still visible used Continued page 64 56 Model Aviation IIJLI MWW 8 SPELIFICATWNS WINGSPAN 60 ENGINE SUE60 2-S1lIOKE WEIGHT8-ES LBS Model uIIdifl9I5y ~NTING 1178 MOSTLY MOUNTING presents entirely new approach Installations works weil popular kits including ARFs easy accurate sure fire MOSTLY MOUNTING system gives better model builders stress controls Include complete treatments tanks engine mounts canopies cowls wheel pants retracts other subjects Youll find MOSTLY MOUNTING refreshing interesting way great flying trouble free models BOKO14$1495 Please Try Dealer First Direct Sales Please Add $300 HARRY 3 HIGLEY & SONS INC P 0 DOX 532 OLENWOOD IL 60425