MORE FIRST PLACE WINNERS AT THE 1977 NATIONALS THAN THE OTHER MAJOR MANUFACTURERS COMBINED IN FACT OVER THE PAST 10 YEARS MORE NATIONALS USED REV-UP PROPS THAN ANY OTHER BRAND Rev-Up better 1 The efficient design con stant upgrading testing program 2 Better quality control better selection hard maple wood 3 best finish completelyfuelproof New Improved 1978 SPECIAL PRO SERIES 2 FOR RCFREE FLIGHT CONTROL LINE DIAPITCHPRICE 5%3489 63489 733%4119 833%456 129 8S77%139 94566% 77%139 104567149 106W 8W149 106EW159 114677/, 7A7%8159 116EW169 11%67169 126179 125W179 1356239 1456279 1556349 16456449 1756599 1856699 W WIDE BLADE 8W EXTRA WIDE SERIES 400 B FOR SPEED & RACING ADVANCED DESIGN ND 1 IN PYLON RACING LEADING SPEED RECORD HDLDER OF ALL TIMES RC PYLON RACING DIAPITCHPRICE S3%4 129 756 149 75N 6N 1A9 8%6% 6% 7 7%7%189 97 7% 7%189 CONTROL LiNE SPEED & RACING DIAPITCHPRICE 4%6%7129 4%55%129 6789%149 77%10%11169 889189 89N 9%N199 91213229 NNARROW Xetters t d letters will carefully considered general interest used Send Model Aviation 815 15th St NW Washington DC 20005 Cub Still Lives Walt Good Sailing Along read interest Openers June 1979 got thinking about own affair J-3 Cub continues today As young student pilot 19621 bought 1941 wood spar J-3 recovered wings along other smaller repair jobs re quired pass FAA inspection learned lots about Cub its history weeks spent fixing up item failed mention about Cub flown solo rear seat Now sounds awkward junior pilot modem day old hat us Cub pilots Rear seat flying ordinary time flew front passenger seemed wrong Some little details remember about J-3 include high-set cowling its exposed engine cylinders forced look out side windows taxi 5 turn see directly ahead can forget words Switch off puller through brakes con tact Hand starting Propping off called art itself Few student pilots today ever learn step right up live prop grab-a-hold could write pages facts experi ences own others know have owned flown J-3 Cub Cub dead yet Did know new ones can still Wag-Aero Lyons Wis markets com plete kit build real cub reference mention made about Berkeley Cub Hollinger article inAir Trails Ive looking years copy Jan 1955 issue ofAir Trails just read text pictures article have set Hobby Helpers plans Cub believe still print Alvin E Johnson Oxford PA Cub soloed flown rear empty instructors seat spooky solo After war Cub certificated flown either seat Likes Classic Scale Just wanted congratulate excel lent format magazine month example fine article drawings Fairchild FC-2 Used dozens north Canadian bush Alaska Long time favorite pilots durable simple carry huge load simple maintain primitive conditions think though later slightly different 71 models Keep articles drawings fine oldtimers coming will make beautiful models drawings have real historic value too get very tired ofWWl WW2 later military jets Like plastic models everyone has em Just note tell much enjoy efforts bringing us ModelAviation Im RCer years breadth MA helps keep perspective activities enclosed photo Old Wait Good taken May 20 1979 Orlando FL after spent afternoon learning make racing yacht move RC pastime now introduced Walt just goes show WA Good can seen non-flying areas modeling occasion Dick Jansson Maitland FL Earl VanGorder copy MA copy letter going Bill Winter Model Aviation possible interest main point letter touches attracting keeping new-comers modeling Im sure its cricket address magazine competitors goes Based recent experience Ill try relate briefly Im wondering nature airplane kits does frustrate discourage new-comers especially youngsters tis ago surprise delight wife never showed lot interest airplanes modeling asked get Peanut kit So checked various columns talked hobby dealer etc based selected a. good beginner kit touted us being just point should point out modeling know about RC ignorant no help wife matter Attempting build kit proved very frustrating experience both us Heres Chuck Wood kit assumes builder knows about Seattle WA some critical aspects building quite 6 Model Aviation THE LEADER IN COM PETITION PROPELLERS WINNERS HAVE obviously beginner does know anything about building example directions say simplyInstall rubber motor work motor madehow strands rubber washers long rubber strands should lube should lubed Nor does indicate install wing could see held rubber bands RC experience told thatmy wife no idea could relate areas confusion get point Hopefully good beginners kit should never have recommended true question remains kit typical model airplane rubber kits Typi cally beginners especially kids sub scribe $40 $60 worth magazines year pick up kind information dribbles just get airplane bug go out buy kit get discouraged frustrated resolved wave goodby modeling live happily ever after Maybe its economically feasible its shame kit cannot contain few sheets making rubber motor covering tissue motor winding tips kit makers association maybe could association effort wonder people have bought kit left hobby disgust Tom MehI Sand Lake MI dont feel use letter would embarrass Earlwe read stzSTfaitltfully message importantwe totally agree Tom also writes MA guys having effect least seven people strictly RC club have decided give rubber-power try Weve decided 1 looks like heck ofa lot fun and2 could probably better RC builders what learned building smaller delicate models Sometimes get impression other modelers think RCers look down nose Nothing could further truth Its really quite easy build fly RCjob can just club parts fit dont have slop epoxy good practice possible did poor building job just crank some trim radio make bird fly cant get away with rubber-power RCer knows case Flying Models Model via tion responsible hooking wife guys club two doing great things modeling through magazines know wife would have set fire kit hadnt Fox Combat Special 1978 NatIonals Wins Slow Combat Open 1-Dick Stubblefield Fox 2-Larry Driscoll Fox 3-Geo Cleveland Fox Fast Combat Jr 1-Tom Fluker Fox 2-Mathis Fox 3-White Fox Fast Combat Sr 2-Bill Maywald Fox 3-Russell Crawford Fox Fast Combat Open 1-Phil Granderson Fox 2-Mike Tallman Fox 3-Bob Mears Fox 4-Karns Fox Congratulations Thanks EOJt MANUFACTURING CO 8308 TOW8ON AVE POfi 88Mm AM 72881 PHOt4E 88 444186 scramble RC dollar manufacturers have passed control line flyers needs Fox last couple years have upgraded control line motors added new control line products invite inspection tanks control lines bell cranks control handles fuel bulbs fuel line wheels wheel collars other products catalog free asking beginner have sembled starter sets consisting motor mounting bolts fuel line tank bell crank elevator horn wheels wheel collar fuel filter extra plus control lines handle cups matched considerable price savings over buying separately suggest consider #81015 Fox 15 Baffle Starter Set Profile Models $3795 #81016 Fox 15 Schneurle Starter Set Pro file Models 5 motors pleasure oriented thought might like see competition orrented motors fared summers Nationals SEND FOR OUR FREE CATALOG Buy Insurance Against Premature Release BUY THE BEST Buy LOGICTROLS THR-2 captured releaseable tow hook Un like competitors LOGICTROL THR-2 tow hook does take spe cial tow ring attachment Also captured hook feature designed concentrate load near pivot point prevent premature release caused tow hook flex ing possible certain foreign imports captured feature fail-safe externally adjustable return spring provided positive hook reset easy installation See dealer captured releaseable tow hook Model No 210-3500-002 great buy onlyLogictrol International Corporation PO Box 3565 $ A993300 Stovall St TIrving TX 75061 Logictro October1979 7 ATTENTION Control Line Flyers Fox Cares About WHA K no membi extr sider m able tne sible magazine witi satisfies Below v issue Please check order prel eral 1 nex best mint prove well w helping Openers Letters Editor RC Ryan ST-A RC Technique Cleveland Air Races Part II RC Scale RC Pylon RC Helicopters Business Flying FF Focke-WuIf Stosser FF Old Timers FF Duration FF Sport/Scale RC Hare CL Scale CL Aerobatics CL Combat CL Racing Product Reviews RC Soaring World Championships. Adventures ModelingTutor Falcon 56 MK II CL Building Imitation AMA News Presidents Report District Reports Competition News Clip along dotted line make copy facsimile mail Model Aviation Survey 815 15th St NW Washington DC 20005 Comment and/or name etc great VanGorder columns straighten out Humongous Keep progress reports coming humongous General Aristocrat project Its just like dropping locals swap deep secrets opinions Dremel deserves plug havent lost finger 5 yrs Just wish faster unship blade fish through drilled hole make inside cuts Its fun back modeling again no pressure absolutely no desire compete other conquering aerodynamics rotor geometry autogiros William 0 Murtland Atlanta GA Aristocrat inches along scale types will recall striking plans bonanza original drawings submittedforATC approval 1929 should shakeup everybodythey didnt follow own plans Diagonals differ ent changes rib spacing etc no such animal authentic sourceunless find actual airplane check.. passing same suggestion Dremel Bill made Fair Shake Combat Hooray After years major modeling publication has finally seen light published informative scholarly arti cle combat ship design July 1979 Howard Rush besides being aeronautical engineer foremost combat model designers country hope herald future articles combat popular sport aeromodeling today William R Bud Bodzioch Jr Palatine IL works projects Rudner Pape Rudne4 drafting stage landmark project FAST feature4 poop SLOW FAI Quarter-Scale C-5 am sending some photos general info RC e C-S has just completed initial test flights preparation show team circuit PlansCourtesy Lockheed Dover AFB 140 scaleBaseline Model Power2 OS Wankels 6 oz Sullivan round tanks LengthNose tailcone 70 Span sweptback 63 Weightdry 10 Wing loading35 oz Flies beautifullyquick no bad habits Rolls cleanly stalls cleanly will sustain inverted flights Havent tried loops yet expect use pattern ship methodbig open lots room Ship flies hands-off trimmed up Approx 100 feet takeoff little longer landing Constructionoutline crutch foamboard few alsa stringers covered 1/32 balsa glassed loth applied epoxy paint clear Nine flights far between myself Leroy Myers really didnt want build beast opened mouth time too often last year during show Dover AFB came through plans soup flying characteristics amazed meId have settled up down piece call guts Last flight Air Expo Salisbury MD Boy Scouts hit show Have nade couple mods improve ground handling rotation shorten takeoff run 1 Moved maln gear forward five inches 2 Increased nose wheels 1 Increased wire size out-riggers reduce sideto-side motion help save props Shall able go airborne approx 60 ft instead 150 Gordon S Crispin Seaford DE Pen Pal Wanted apply entreaty Im 27 years old collector plastic models air planes would like find friend country could interchange models because Id like have models made concerns can offer models made Druzstvo Smer Kovozavody-Prostejov Czechoslo vakia also made Flugzeung Modellbaukas ten Germany Jaroslav Varga 072 16 Vrbnica cd 7 okr Michalovee CSSR Paintings Covers Magazine looking good getting better better particularly like Hank Clarks drawings learned build models studying type drawings kid MAN come magazines run artwork covers anymore Photography great favorite magazine covers always old MAN paintings great Too expensive modern world Jack Hiner Downers Grove IL covers speak MAN done years artist Jo Kotula has crossed editor r mind paintings glamorous aircraft would well received true too good paintings costly perhaps 10 times nuch transparency Sonedai. maybe. Wright Flyer Kit am purchasing two 1903 Wright Flyer plans framing hung wall bar area home Now someone would offer nice scale display kit Wright Flyer Ken Lemke Yakima WA Wants Help am looking 3 scale plans Acronca L low wing 1935 36 vintage anyone knows plans available airplane would appreciate hearing Armand Cote 20 Gillete St Laconia NH have given Mr Cote s full address anyone having information can write him direct 8 Model Aviation ado will ank for
Edition: Model Aviation - 1979/10
Page Numbers: 6, 7, 8
MORE FIRST PLACE WINNERS AT THE 1977 NATIONALS THAN THE OTHER MAJOR MANUFACTURERS COMBINED IN FACT OVER THE PAST 10 YEARS MORE NATIONALS USED REV-UP PROPS THAN ANY OTHER BRAND Rev-Up better 1 The efficient design con stant upgrading testing program 2 Better quality control better selection hard maple wood 3 best finish completelyfuelproof New Improved 1978 SPECIAL PRO SERIES 2 FOR RCFREE FLIGHT CONTROL LINE DIAPITCHPRICE 5%3489 63489 733%4119 833%456 129 8S77%139 94566% 77%139 104567149 106W 8W149 106EW159 114677/, 7A7%8159 116EW169 11%67169 126179 125W179 1356239 1456279 1556349 16456449 1756599 1856699 W WIDE BLADE 8W EXTRA WIDE SERIES 400 B FOR SPEED & RACING ADVANCED DESIGN ND 1 IN PYLON RACING LEADING SPEED RECORD HDLDER OF ALL TIMES RC PYLON RACING DIAPITCHPRICE S3%4 129 756 149 75N 6N 1A9 8%6% 6% 7 7%7%189 97 7% 7%189 CONTROL LiNE SPEED & RACING DIAPITCHPRICE 4%6%7129 4%55%129 6789%149 77%10%11169 889189 89N 9%N199 91213229 NNARROW Xetters t d letters will carefully considered general interest used Send Model Aviation 815 15th St NW Washington DC 20005 Cub Still Lives Walt Good Sailing Along read interest Openers June 1979 got thinking about own affair J-3 Cub continues today As young student pilot 19621 bought 1941 wood spar J-3 recovered wings along other smaller repair jobs re quired pass FAA inspection learned lots about Cub its history weeks spent fixing up item failed mention about Cub flown solo rear seat Now sounds awkward junior pilot modem day old hat us Cub pilots Rear seat flying ordinary time flew front passenger seemed wrong Some little details remember about J-3 include high-set cowling its exposed engine cylinders forced look out side windows taxi 5 turn see directly ahead can forget words Switch off puller through brakes con tact Hand starting Propping off called art itself Few student pilots today ever learn step right up live prop grab-a-hold could write pages facts experi ences own others know have owned flown J-3 Cub Cub dead yet Did know new ones can still Wag-Aero Lyons Wis markets com plete kit build real cub reference mention made about Berkeley Cub Hollinger article inAir Trails Ive looking years copy Jan 1955 issue ofAir Trails just read text pictures article have set Hobby Helpers plans Cub believe still print Alvin E Johnson Oxford PA Cub soloed flown rear empty instructors seat spooky solo After war Cub certificated flown either seat Likes Classic Scale Just wanted congratulate excel lent format magazine month example fine article drawings Fairchild FC-2 Used dozens north Canadian bush Alaska Long time favorite pilots durable simple carry huge load simple maintain primitive conditions think though later slightly different 71 models Keep articles drawings fine oldtimers coming will make beautiful models drawings have real historic value too get very tired ofWWl WW2 later military jets Like plastic models everyone has em Just note tell much enjoy efforts bringing us ModelAviation Im RCer years breadth MA helps keep perspective activities enclosed photo Old Wait Good taken May 20 1979 Orlando FL after spent afternoon learning make racing yacht move RC pastime now introduced Walt just goes show WA Good can seen non-flying areas modeling occasion Dick Jansson Maitland FL Earl VanGorder copy MA copy letter going Bill Winter Model Aviation possible interest main point letter touches attracting keeping new-comers modeling Im sure its cricket address magazine competitors goes Based recent experience Ill try relate briefly Im wondering nature airplane kits does frustrate discourage new-comers especially youngsters tis ago surprise delight wife never showed lot interest airplanes modeling asked get Peanut kit So checked various columns talked hobby dealer etc based selected a. good beginner kit touted us being just point should point out modeling know about RC ignorant no help wife matter Attempting build kit proved very frustrating experience both us Heres Chuck Wood kit assumes builder knows about Seattle WA some critical aspects building quite 6 Model Aviation THE LEADER IN COM PETITION PROPELLERS WINNERS HAVE obviously beginner does know anything about building example directions say simplyInstall rubber motor work motor madehow strands rubber washers long rubber strands should lube should lubed Nor does indicate install wing could see held rubber bands RC experience told thatmy wife no idea could relate areas confusion get point Hopefully good beginners kit should never have recommended true question remains kit typical model airplane rubber kits Typi cally beginners especially kids sub scribe $40 $60 worth magazines year pick up kind information dribbles just get airplane bug go out buy kit get discouraged frustrated resolved wave goodby modeling live happily ever after Maybe its economically feasible its shame kit cannot contain few sheets making rubber motor covering tissue motor winding tips kit makers association maybe could association effort wonder people have bought kit left hobby disgust Tom MehI Sand Lake MI dont feel use letter would embarrass Earlwe read stzSTfaitltfully message importantwe totally agree Tom also writes MA guys having effect least seven people strictly RC club have decided give rubber-power try Weve decided 1 looks like heck ofa lot fun and2 could probably better RC builders what learned building smaller delicate models Sometimes get impression other modelers think RCers look down nose Nothing could further truth Its really quite easy build fly RCjob can just club parts fit dont have slop epoxy good practice possible did poor building job just crank some trim radio make bird fly cant get away with rubber-power RCer knows case Flying Models Model via tion responsible hooking wife guys club two doing great things modeling through magazines know wife would have set fire kit hadnt Fox Combat Special 1978 NatIonals Wins Slow Combat Open 1-Dick Stubblefield Fox 2-Larry Driscoll Fox 3-Geo Cleveland Fox Fast Combat Jr 1-Tom Fluker Fox 2-Mathis Fox 3-White Fox Fast Combat Sr 2-Bill Maywald Fox 3-Russell Crawford Fox Fast Combat Open 1-Phil Granderson Fox 2-Mike Tallman Fox 3-Bob Mears Fox 4-Karns Fox Congratulations Thanks EOJt MANUFACTURING CO 8308 TOW8ON AVE POfi 88Mm AM 72881 PHOt4E 88 444186 scramble RC dollar manufacturers have passed control line flyers needs Fox last couple years have upgraded control line motors added new control line products invite inspection tanks control lines bell cranks control handles fuel bulbs fuel line wheels wheel collars other products catalog free asking beginner have sembled starter sets consisting motor mounting bolts fuel line tank bell crank elevator horn wheels wheel collar fuel filter extra plus control lines handle cups matched considerable price savings over buying separately suggest consider #81015 Fox 15 Baffle Starter Set Profile Models $3795 #81016 Fox 15 Schneurle Starter Set Pro file Models 5 motors pleasure oriented thought might like see competition orrented motors fared summers Nationals SEND FOR OUR FREE CATALOG Buy Insurance Against Premature Release BUY THE BEST Buy LOGICTROLS THR-2 captured releaseable tow hook Un like competitors LOGICTROL THR-2 tow hook does take spe cial tow ring attachment Also captured hook feature designed concentrate load near pivot point prevent premature release caused tow hook flex ing possible certain foreign imports captured feature fail-safe externally adjustable return spring provided positive hook reset easy installation See dealer captured releaseable tow hook Model No 210-3500-002 great buy onlyLogictrol International Corporation PO Box 3565 $ A993300 Stovall St TIrving TX 75061 Logictro October1979 7 ATTENTION Control Line Flyers Fox Cares About WHA K no membi extr sider m able tne sible magazine witi satisfies Below v issue Please check order prel eral 1 nex best mint prove well w helping Openers Letters Editor RC Ryan ST-A RC Technique Cleveland Air Races Part II RC Scale RC Pylon RC Helicopters Business Flying FF Focke-WuIf Stosser FF Old Timers FF Duration FF Sport/Scale RC Hare CL Scale CL Aerobatics CL Combat CL Racing Product Reviews RC Soaring World Championships. Adventures ModelingTutor Falcon 56 MK II CL Building Imitation AMA News Presidents Report District Reports Competition News Clip along dotted line make copy facsimile mail Model Aviation Survey 815 15th St NW Washington DC 20005 Comment and/or name etc great VanGorder columns straighten out Humongous Keep progress reports coming humongous General Aristocrat project Its just like dropping locals swap deep secrets opinions Dremel deserves plug havent lost finger 5 yrs Just wish faster unship blade fish through drilled hole make inside cuts Its fun back modeling again no pressure absolutely no desire compete other conquering aerodynamics rotor geometry autogiros William 0 Murtland Atlanta GA Aristocrat inches along scale types will recall striking plans bonanza original drawings submittedforATC approval 1929 should shakeup everybodythey didnt follow own plans Diagonals differ ent changes rib spacing etc no such animal authentic sourceunless find actual airplane check.. passing same suggestion Dremel Bill made Fair Shake Combat Hooray After years major modeling publication has finally seen light published informative scholarly arti cle combat ship design July 1979 Howard Rush besides being aeronautical engineer foremost combat model designers country hope herald future articles combat popular sport aeromodeling today William R Bud Bodzioch Jr Palatine IL works projects Rudner Pape Rudne4 drafting stage landmark project FAST feature4 poop SLOW FAI Quarter-Scale C-5 am sending some photos general info RC e C-S has just completed initial test flights preparation show team circuit PlansCourtesy Lockheed Dover AFB 140 scaleBaseline Model Power2 OS Wankels 6 oz Sullivan round tanks LengthNose tailcone 70 Span sweptback 63 Weightdry 10 Wing loading35 oz Flies beautifullyquick no bad habits Rolls cleanly stalls cleanly will sustain inverted flights Havent tried loops yet expect use pattern ship methodbig open lots room Ship flies hands-off trimmed up Approx 100 feet takeoff little longer landing Constructionoutline crutch foamboard few alsa stringers covered 1/32 balsa glassed loth applied epoxy paint clear Nine flights far between myself Leroy Myers really didnt want build beast opened mouth time too often last year during show Dover AFB came through plans soup flying characteristics amazed meId have settled up down piece call guts Last flight Air Expo Salisbury MD Boy Scouts hit show Have nade couple mods improve ground handling rotation shorten takeoff run 1 Moved maln gear forward five inches 2 Increased nose wheels 1 Increased wire size out-riggers reduce sideto-side motion help save props Shall able go airborne approx 60 ft instead 150 Gordon S Crispin Seaford DE Pen Pal Wanted apply entreaty Im 27 years old collector plastic models air planes would like find friend country could interchange models because Id like have models made concerns can offer models made Druzstvo Smer Kovozavody-Prostejov Czechoslo vakia also made Flugzeung Modellbaukas ten Germany Jaroslav Varga 072 16 Vrbnica cd 7 okr Michalovee CSSR Paintings Covers Magazine looking good getting better better particularly like Hank Clarks drawings learned build models studying type drawings kid MAN come magazines run artwork covers anymore Photography great favorite magazine covers always old MAN paintings great Too expensive modern world Jack Hiner Downers Grove IL covers speak MAN done years artist Jo Kotula has crossed editor r mind paintings glamorous aircraft would well received true too good paintings costly perhaps 10 times nuch transparency Sonedai. maybe. Wright Flyer Kit am purchasing two 1903 Wright Flyer plans framing hung wall bar area home Now someone would offer nice scale display kit Wright Flyer Ken Lemke Yakima WA Wants Help am looking 3 scale plans Acronca L low wing 1935 36 vintage anyone knows plans available airplane would appreciate hearing Armand Cote 20 Gillete St Laconia NH have given Mr Cote s full address anyone having information can write him direct 8 Model Aviation ado will ank for
Edition: Model Aviation - 1979/10
Page Numbers: 6, 7, 8
MORE FIRST PLACE WINNERS AT THE 1977 NATIONALS THAN THE OTHER MAJOR MANUFACTURERS COMBINED IN FACT OVER THE PAST 10 YEARS MORE NATIONALS USED REV-UP PROPS THAN ANY OTHER BRAND Rev-Up better 1 The efficient design con stant upgrading testing program 2 Better quality control better selection hard maple wood 3 best finish completelyfuelproof New Improved 1978 SPECIAL PRO SERIES 2 FOR RCFREE FLIGHT CONTROL LINE DIAPITCHPRICE 5%3489 63489 733%4119 833%456 129 8S77%139 94566% 77%139 104567149 106W 8W149 106EW159 114677/, 7A7%8159 116EW169 11%67169 126179 125W179 1356239 1456279 1556349 16456449 1756599 1856699 W WIDE BLADE 8W EXTRA WIDE SERIES 400 B FOR SPEED & RACING ADVANCED DESIGN ND 1 IN PYLON RACING LEADING SPEED RECORD HDLDER OF ALL TIMES RC PYLON RACING DIAPITCHPRICE S3%4 129 756 149 75N 6N 1A9 8%6% 6% 7 7%7%189 97 7% 7%189 CONTROL LiNE SPEED & RACING DIAPITCHPRICE 4%6%7129 4%55%129 6789%149 77%10%11169 889189 89N 9%N199 91213229 NNARROW Xetters t d letters will carefully considered general interest used Send Model Aviation 815 15th St NW Washington DC 20005 Cub Still Lives Walt Good Sailing Along read interest Openers June 1979 got thinking about own affair J-3 Cub continues today As young student pilot 19621 bought 1941 wood spar J-3 recovered wings along other smaller repair jobs re quired pass FAA inspection learned lots about Cub its history weeks spent fixing up item failed mention about Cub flown solo rear seat Now sounds awkward junior pilot modem day old hat us Cub pilots Rear seat flying ordinary time flew front passenger seemed wrong Some little details remember about J-3 include high-set cowling its exposed engine cylinders forced look out side windows taxi 5 turn see directly ahead can forget words Switch off puller through brakes con tact Hand starting Propping off called art itself Few student pilots today ever learn step right up live prop grab-a-hold could write pages facts experi ences own others know have owned flown J-3 Cub Cub dead yet Did know new ones can still Wag-Aero Lyons Wis markets com plete kit build real cub reference mention made about Berkeley Cub Hollinger article inAir Trails Ive looking years copy Jan 1955 issue ofAir Trails just read text pictures article have set Hobby Helpers plans Cub believe still print Alvin E Johnson Oxford PA Cub soloed flown rear empty instructors seat spooky solo After war Cub certificated flown either seat Likes Classic Scale Just wanted congratulate excel lent format magazine month example fine article drawings Fairchild FC-2 Used dozens north Canadian bush Alaska Long time favorite pilots durable simple carry huge load simple maintain primitive conditions think though later slightly different 71 models Keep articles drawings fine oldtimers coming will make beautiful models drawings have real historic value too get very tired ofWWl WW2 later military jets Like plastic models everyone has em Just note tell much enjoy efforts bringing us ModelAviation Im RCer years breadth MA helps keep perspective activities enclosed photo Old Wait Good taken May 20 1979 Orlando FL after spent afternoon learning make racing yacht move RC pastime now introduced Walt just goes show WA Good can seen non-flying areas modeling occasion Dick Jansson Maitland FL Earl VanGorder copy MA copy letter going Bill Winter Model Aviation possible interest main point letter touches attracting keeping new-comers modeling Im sure its cricket address magazine competitors goes Based recent experience Ill try relate briefly Im wondering nature airplane kits does frustrate discourage new-comers especially youngsters tis ago surprise delight wife never showed lot interest airplanes modeling asked get Peanut kit So checked various columns talked hobby dealer etc based selected a. good beginner kit touted us being just point should point out modeling know about RC ignorant no help wife matter Attempting build kit proved very frustrating experience both us Heres Chuck Wood kit assumes builder knows about Seattle WA some critical aspects building quite 6 Model Aviation THE LEADER IN COM PETITION PROPELLERS WINNERS HAVE obviously beginner does know anything about building example directions say simplyInstall rubber motor work motor madehow strands rubber washers long rubber strands should lube should lubed Nor does indicate install wing could see held rubber bands RC experience told thatmy wife no idea could relate areas confusion get point Hopefully good beginners kit should never have recommended true question remains kit typical model airplane rubber kits Typi cally beginners especially kids sub scribe $40 $60 worth magazines year pick up kind information dribbles just get airplane bug go out buy kit get discouraged frustrated resolved wave goodby modeling live happily ever after Maybe its economically feasible its shame kit cannot contain few sheets making rubber motor covering tissue motor winding tips kit makers association maybe could association effort wonder people have bought kit left hobby disgust Tom MehI Sand Lake MI dont feel use letter would embarrass Earlwe read stzSTfaitltfully message importantwe totally agree Tom also writes MA guys having effect least seven people strictly RC club have decided give rubber-power try Weve decided 1 looks like heck ofa lot fun and2 could probably better RC builders what learned building smaller delicate models Sometimes get impression other modelers think RCers look down nose Nothing could further truth Its really quite easy build fly RCjob can just club parts fit dont have slop epoxy good practice possible did poor building job just crank some trim radio make bird fly cant get away with rubber-power RCer knows case Flying Models Model via tion responsible hooking wife guys club two doing great things modeling through magazines know wife would have set fire kit hadnt Fox Combat Special 1978 NatIonals Wins Slow Combat Open 1-Dick Stubblefield Fox 2-Larry Driscoll Fox 3-Geo Cleveland Fox Fast Combat Jr 1-Tom Fluker Fox 2-Mathis Fox 3-White Fox Fast Combat Sr 2-Bill Maywald Fox 3-Russell Crawford Fox Fast Combat Open 1-Phil Granderson Fox 2-Mike Tallman Fox 3-Bob Mears Fox 4-Karns Fox Congratulations Thanks EOJt MANUFACTURING CO 8308 TOW8ON AVE POfi 88Mm AM 72881 PHOt4E 88 444186 scramble RC dollar manufacturers have passed control line flyers needs Fox last couple years have upgraded control line motors added new control line products invite inspection tanks control lines bell cranks control handles fuel bulbs fuel line wheels wheel collars other products catalog free asking beginner have sembled starter sets consisting motor mounting bolts fuel line tank bell crank elevator horn wheels wheel collar fuel filter extra plus control lines handle cups matched considerable price savings over buying separately suggest consider #81015 Fox 15 Baffle Starter Set Profile Models $3795 #81016 Fox 15 Schneurle Starter Set Pro file Models 5 motors pleasure oriented thought might like see competition orrented motors fared summers Nationals SEND FOR OUR FREE CATALOG Buy Insurance Against Premature Release BUY THE BEST Buy LOGICTROLS THR-2 captured releaseable tow hook Un like competitors LOGICTROL THR-2 tow hook does take spe cial tow ring attachment Also captured hook feature designed concentrate load near pivot point prevent premature release caused tow hook flex ing possible certain foreign imports captured feature fail-safe externally adjustable return spring provided positive hook reset easy installation See dealer captured releaseable tow hook Model No 210-3500-002 great buy onlyLogictrol International Corporation PO Box 3565 $ A993300 Stovall St TIrving TX 75061 Logictro October1979 7 ATTENTION Control Line Flyers Fox Cares About WHA K no membi extr sider m able tne sible magazine witi satisfies Below v issue Please check order prel eral 1 nex best mint prove well w helping Openers Letters Editor RC Ryan ST-A RC Technique Cleveland Air Races Part II RC Scale RC Pylon RC Helicopters Business Flying FF Focke-WuIf Stosser FF Old Timers FF Duration FF Sport/Scale RC Hare CL Scale CL Aerobatics CL Combat CL Racing Product Reviews RC Soaring World Championships. Adventures ModelingTutor Falcon 56 MK II CL Building Imitation AMA News Presidents Report District Reports Competition News Clip along dotted line make copy facsimile mail Model Aviation Survey 815 15th St NW Washington DC 20005 Comment and/or name etc great VanGorder columns straighten out Humongous Keep progress reports coming humongous General Aristocrat project Its just like dropping locals swap deep secrets opinions Dremel deserves plug havent lost finger 5 yrs Just wish faster unship blade fish through drilled hole make inside cuts Its fun back modeling again no pressure absolutely no desire compete other conquering aerodynamics rotor geometry autogiros William 0 Murtland Atlanta GA Aristocrat inches along scale types will recall striking plans bonanza original drawings submittedforATC approval 1929 should shakeup everybodythey didnt follow own plans Diagonals differ ent changes rib spacing etc no such animal authentic sourceunless find actual airplane check.. passing same suggestion Dremel Bill made Fair Shake Combat Hooray After years major modeling publication has finally seen light published informative scholarly arti cle combat ship design July 1979 Howard Rush besides being aeronautical engineer foremost combat model designers country hope herald future articles combat popular sport aeromodeling today William R Bud Bodzioch Jr Palatine IL works projects Rudner Pape Rudne4 drafting stage landmark project FAST feature4 poop SLOW FAI Quarter-Scale C-5 am sending some photos general info RC e C-S has just completed initial test flights preparation show team circuit PlansCourtesy Lockheed Dover AFB 140 scaleBaseline Model Power2 OS Wankels 6 oz Sullivan round tanks LengthNose tailcone 70 Span sweptback 63 Weightdry 10 Wing loading35 oz Flies beautifullyquick no bad habits Rolls cleanly stalls cleanly will sustain inverted flights Havent tried loops yet expect use pattern ship methodbig open lots room Ship flies hands-off trimmed up Approx 100 feet takeoff little longer landing Constructionoutline crutch foamboard few alsa stringers covered 1/32 balsa glassed loth applied epoxy paint clear Nine flights far between myself Leroy Myers really didnt want build beast opened mouth time too often last year during show Dover AFB came through plans soup flying characteristics amazed meId have settled up down piece call guts Last flight Air Expo Salisbury MD Boy Scouts hit show Have nade couple mods improve ground handling rotation shorten takeoff run 1 Moved maln gear forward five inches 2 Increased nose wheels 1 Increased wire size out-riggers reduce sideto-side motion help save props Shall able go airborne approx 60 ft instead 150 Gordon S Crispin Seaford DE Pen Pal Wanted apply entreaty Im 27 years old collector plastic models air planes would like find friend country could interchange models because Id like have models made concerns can offer models made Druzstvo Smer Kovozavody-Prostejov Czechoslo vakia also made Flugzeung Modellbaukas ten Germany Jaroslav Varga 072 16 Vrbnica cd 7 okr Michalovee CSSR Paintings Covers Magazine looking good getting better better particularly like Hank Clarks drawings learned build models studying type drawings kid MAN come magazines run artwork covers anymore Photography great favorite magazine covers always old MAN paintings great Too expensive modern world Jack Hiner Downers Grove IL covers speak MAN done years artist Jo Kotula has crossed editor r mind paintings glamorous aircraft would well received true too good paintings costly perhaps 10 times nuch transparency Sonedai. maybe. Wright Flyer Kit am purchasing two 1903 Wright Flyer plans framing hung wall bar area home Now someone would offer nice scale display kit Wright Flyer Ken Lemke Yakima WA Wants Help am looking 3 scale plans Acronca L low wing 1935 36 vintage anyone knows plans available airplane would appreciate hearing Armand Cote 20 Gillete St Laconia NH have given Mr Cote s full address anyone having information can write him direct 8 Model Aviation ado will ank for