All letters will carefully considered general interest used Send ModelAviation 1810 Samuel Morse Dr Reston VA 22090 fiftieth anniversary upon aviation world stands aviations greatest feats flown slick est planes model Winnie Mae Wiley Post flew solo around world July 1933 landed back Floyd Bennett Field Brooklyn NY starting point 1155 pm July 22 seven days 18 hours 49 minutes after departure issue should hands just before timebut fifty years later Post flew Winnie Mae over Atlantic across Europe Asia Russia five landings therebone-weary catching sleep during refueling Over Siberia passed Jimmy Mattern downed crash helped Post radio IFR chancy days way across Bering Sea formidableinstruments 13 hours got lost fierce weather looking Fairbanks desperation landed mining town Flat dirt strip ended ditchinto Winnie Mae dove roll-out cracked right landing gear bent control lable prop point Post ahead 1931 time Harold Gatty 33 hours collapse mentally physical ly bunk radio summoned Joe Crosson noted bush pilot mechanic fixed-blade prop mining crew su per guys jacked-up hull gear could fixed prop could re placed Wiley follow Joe Crosson Fairbanks because ADF trouble pick up fue faced 1450 miles IFR Ed monton enough make presentday pilot turn back peaks 15000 ft obscured clouds Post hit 20000 giving birth later strato flights Post balanced wrench knee would awaken him falling off went sleep Edmonton faced 2044 miles New York newly-developed Sperry Autopilot could doze going across Canada Great Lakes entire northeast Appalachians As neared Floyd Bennett radio went nuts clamor Untold thousands blocked Flatbush Ave Brooklyn Queens impossible traffic throngs wanted watch worlds one-eyed pilot Wiley Post land Book No 8 National Air Space Museum $4 As artist loves paint great air craft moved palnt very impor tant airplane dedication man Edi tor see reproduced will likely hung NASM next gen uine Winnie Mae depicts Post landing dark moonlit runway distance jewel box llghts bedlam cars 1155 pm July 22 1933 21 hours better cir dllng flew Gatty 1932 eye still foul-up VORs Navy formed squads protect plywood airplane Otherwise enthusiastic mob would surely have spllntered such spirit famous flight 30s bike missed arrival fret day Hank Clark Dumont NJ Balsa Stripper Revisited have some questions about article March 1983 issue Mark Drela title lngenius Balsa Stripper attach screws nuts beam etc construction said simple self-explanatory John Bryan Kelly Garden City South NY passed Mr Kellys letter Mark Drela kindly provided following information Its unfortunate article published whole submitted ar ticle magazine included detailed drawings screw mountings draw ings never got publlshed part text explaining use stripper also deleted Ive included sketch screw mount ings hope will clarify things use stripper 1 Tape balsa sheet cutting board 2 Put aluminum beam top balsa butting against screws 3 Turn screws beam edge near balsa sheet edge make waste cut 4 Back off both screws amount equal desired strip width keeping beam butted against cut strip Repeat step next strip Note 4-40 screws have 40 threads per inch Therefore complete revolution screws moves beam 025 1/40 Ive included disk patterns have 25 di visions around perimeters division therefore corresponds one-thousandths inch 001 dot disk helps keep track number screw revolu tions helps make several llght passes blade rather cut whole strip heavy cut Continued page 10 8 Model Aviation etters t6e cd7tcr Winnie Mae Round-the-World Nitro Power 0% 5% 10% 12% 15% 25% 40% 60% Gal 1050 1150 1400 1500 1600 2300 3000 3800 4 Gal Case 5 Gal Can Per Gal 660 780 910 970 1010 1750 2500 3300 24 Gal Per Gal 575 695 825 900 925 1600 2300 3100 126 Gal Per Gal 535 585 779 867 900 1447 2100 2900 30 Gal Drum EA 10300 15200 20500 22700 25800 36300 52000 70600 54 Gal Drum EA 14000 23000 32000 35500 41200 59000 80000 110000 NEW ECONOMY FUEL Blend Castor Synthetic Lubricant Very Good Sport Fuel 5%10007006505501450020500 10%11007807006601700028000 NEW PERFORMANCE FUEL Power Engine Protection Any Other Fuel Market Add $100 per gallon Red Max Fuel prices NEW 4-CYCLE FUEL OS. Saito Enya EtcBetter Idle Top End Regular Glow Fuel 10%14009108257792050033000 NEW CLEAN BURNING DIESEL FUEL Finally Diesel Doesnt Smell Like Kerosene Emit Black Residue 160010109259002580042500 CUSTOM BLENDED FUEL Available Any Type Engine Use Call Price Red Max T-Shirts $500 White cotton pocket T-Shirt Red Max emblem Sizes S M L XL 14 years FHS Supply has Innovative company enphaslza qualIty engineerIng excellence FItS tha first offer 5 gallon cans quality model fuel economical pikes fIrst offer economy fuel sport filers first offer clean burning diesel fuel now first offer money back guaran tee always best thIng about Red Max fuel dont have expert use ORDERING INFORMATION Free delivery 1 4 5 24 126 gallon deals USA 30 & 54 gallon drums shipped freight collect FOB Clover SC Gallon price determined nitro content & total quantity ordered SC orders add 4% sales tax Use charge card order CODs limited UPS shipment Deduct 30/a prepayment Money Order Certified Check ordering 24 gallons please supply daytime phone number 24 gallons up shipped motor freight less 24 gallons shipped LJPSPrices subiect chanae notice ALUMINUM DISK SECURED CUTTING BLADETO BOLT WITH NUT SINGLE DR DOUBLE EDGE XACTO DR 440 NUTS WHATEvER SOLDERED TO BRASS PLATE ALUM BEAM lx 17 o LENGTH ARBITRARY STRIP END VIEW BALSA SHEETBRASS PLATE TO BE STRIPPEDEPOXIED TO BOARD 4-40 BOLT 2 LONG CUTTING BOARD BASSWOOD PINE DR PLY SHOULD II YOU WANT TO STRIP SHEETS THICKER THAN 3/32 PUT SPACER PLATES UNDER BRASS PLATE SO THAT BALSA PITS UNDER BOLT TOP VIEW ATTACH PATTERNS TO ALUMINUM DISKS 04 blade must held flat against beam face nice perpendicular cuts Prac tice helps Tapered strips cut backing off screw other Mark Drela Cambridge MA unable reconstruct came part information wasnt cluded article printed especial ly since between time article received printed changing guard speak Thanks Mark supplying missing info benefit anyone has scratching head Needs Instructions am director aerospace education New York State wing Civil Air Pa troL As such operate State Resource Center Workshop teachers recently Hirobo Gazelle Helicop ter model donated us purpose troducing teachers students type aircraft problem kit came construction manuaL have con tacted Hirobo Limited Japan no longer have manuals available kit 1975 version Since CAP squad rons attached USAF USCG heli copter bases wish get type model program shall appreciate asking readers may have copy 1975 Gazelle kit mail manuaL Ill copy return original Major E S Berlin CAP Director Aerospace Education New York Wing CAP 817 Stewart Ave Rear Garden City NY 11530 10 Model Aviation 100% Guarantee Will Find Red Max Better Any Other Fuel Market RED MAX FUEL Best Fuel Beginners Experts World War isnt Quite Over Yet EINDECKER E-iii Please add $2 postageihandling NY residents add 7/ % $3495Balsa & Plywood Construction 6 55 Wingspan / 35 45 Enginos lB1 Wing 2todCo Engnaa GIANT RIC SCALE Moraiie SAULNIER N * Snoatilolly Molded FiIerglaas Poneloge1 500 Sq n en5t o oeo p odoct ock solo 7 taco tes YOoke * DnIailMoldnd Tranaparent Canopyoggod cOost oCt 00 ft 01 tOe e cot pa s 50 P have * Ragged Pibargiana Molded Engine Cowling CooyIete Kit $27500a history coolest oxjos easy boild soperb o thght * / Plywood Firewall Hardware inniodedpbs StOOS shppeg & haodIegPlease add $2 postageihandlieg * Pornind Landing Gear Legs Oy excess retOedeol * RoIled Plans end lnstoliaas resderrts add 7 p3A Channel R/C Systems $3795 Cee9...
Edition: Model Aviation - 1983/08
Page Numbers: 8, 10
All letters will carefully considered general interest used Send ModelAviation 1810 Samuel Morse Dr Reston VA 22090 fiftieth anniversary upon aviation world stands aviations greatest feats flown slick est planes model Winnie Mae Wiley Post flew solo around world July 1933 landed back Floyd Bennett Field Brooklyn NY starting point 1155 pm July 22 seven days 18 hours 49 minutes after departure issue should hands just before timebut fifty years later Post flew Winnie Mae over Atlantic across Europe Asia Russia five landings therebone-weary catching sleep during refueling Over Siberia passed Jimmy Mattern downed crash helped Post radio IFR chancy days way across Bering Sea formidableinstruments 13 hours got lost fierce weather looking Fairbanks desperation landed mining town Flat dirt strip ended ditchinto Winnie Mae dove roll-out cracked right landing gear bent control lable prop point Post ahead 1931 time Harold Gatty 33 hours collapse mentally physical ly bunk radio summoned Joe Crosson noted bush pilot mechanic fixed-blade prop mining crew su per guys jacked-up hull gear could fixed prop could re placed Wiley follow Joe Crosson Fairbanks because ADF trouble pick up fue faced 1450 miles IFR Ed monton enough make presentday pilot turn back peaks 15000 ft obscured clouds Post hit 20000 giving birth later strato flights Post balanced wrench knee would awaken him falling off went sleep Edmonton faced 2044 miles New York newly-developed Sperry Autopilot could doze going across Canada Great Lakes entire northeast Appalachians As neared Floyd Bennett radio went nuts clamor Untold thousands blocked Flatbush Ave Brooklyn Queens impossible traffic throngs wanted watch worlds one-eyed pilot Wiley Post land Book No 8 National Air Space Museum $4 As artist loves paint great air craft moved palnt very impor tant airplane dedication man Edi tor see reproduced will likely hung NASM next gen uine Winnie Mae depicts Post landing dark moonlit runway distance jewel box llghts bedlam cars 1155 pm July 22 1933 21 hours better cir dllng flew Gatty 1932 eye still foul-up VORs Navy formed squads protect plywood airplane Otherwise enthusiastic mob would surely have spllntered such spirit famous flight 30s bike missed arrival fret day Hank Clark Dumont NJ Balsa Stripper Revisited have some questions about article March 1983 issue Mark Drela title lngenius Balsa Stripper attach screws nuts beam etc construction said simple self-explanatory John Bryan Kelly Garden City South NY passed Mr Kellys letter Mark Drela kindly provided following information Its unfortunate article published whole submitted ar ticle magazine included detailed drawings screw mountings draw ings never got publlshed part text explaining use stripper also deleted Ive included sketch screw mount ings hope will clarify things use stripper 1 Tape balsa sheet cutting board 2 Put aluminum beam top balsa butting against screws 3 Turn screws beam edge near balsa sheet edge make waste cut 4 Back off both screws amount equal desired strip width keeping beam butted against cut strip Repeat step next strip Note 4-40 screws have 40 threads per inch Therefore complete revolution screws moves beam 025 1/40 Ive included disk patterns have 25 di visions around perimeters division therefore corresponds one-thousandths inch 001 dot disk helps keep track number screw revolu tions helps make several llght passes blade rather cut whole strip heavy cut Continued page 10 8 Model Aviation etters t6e cd7tcr Winnie Mae Round-the-World Nitro Power 0% 5% 10% 12% 15% 25% 40% 60% Gal 1050 1150 1400 1500 1600 2300 3000 3800 4 Gal Case 5 Gal Can Per Gal 660 780 910 970 1010 1750 2500 3300 24 Gal Per Gal 575 695 825 900 925 1600 2300 3100 126 Gal Per Gal 535 585 779 867 900 1447 2100 2900 30 Gal Drum EA 10300 15200 20500 22700 25800 36300 52000 70600 54 Gal Drum EA 14000 23000 32000 35500 41200 59000 80000 110000 NEW ECONOMY FUEL Blend Castor Synthetic Lubricant Very Good Sport Fuel 5%10007006505501450020500 10%11007807006601700028000 NEW PERFORMANCE FUEL Power Engine Protection Any Other Fuel Market Add $100 per gallon Red Max Fuel prices NEW 4-CYCLE FUEL OS. Saito Enya EtcBetter Idle Top End Regular Glow Fuel 10%14009108257792050033000 NEW CLEAN BURNING DIESEL FUEL Finally Diesel Doesnt Smell Like Kerosene Emit Black Residue 160010109259002580042500 CUSTOM BLENDED FUEL Available Any Type Engine Use Call Price Red Max T-Shirts $500 White cotton pocket T-Shirt Red Max emblem Sizes S M L XL 14 years FHS Supply has Innovative company enphaslza qualIty engineerIng excellence FItS tha first offer 5 gallon cans quality model fuel economical pikes fIrst offer economy fuel sport filers first offer clean burning diesel fuel now first offer money back guaran tee always best thIng about Red Max fuel dont have expert use ORDERING INFORMATION Free delivery 1 4 5 24 126 gallon deals USA 30 & 54 gallon drums shipped freight collect FOB Clover SC Gallon price determined nitro content & total quantity ordered SC orders add 4% sales tax Use charge card order CODs limited UPS shipment Deduct 30/a prepayment Money Order Certified Check ordering 24 gallons please supply daytime phone number 24 gallons up shipped motor freight less 24 gallons shipped LJPSPrices subiect chanae notice ALUMINUM DISK SECURED CUTTING BLADETO BOLT WITH NUT SINGLE DR DOUBLE EDGE XACTO DR 440 NUTS WHATEvER SOLDERED TO BRASS PLATE ALUM BEAM lx 17 o LENGTH ARBITRARY STRIP END VIEW BALSA SHEETBRASS PLATE TO BE STRIPPEDEPOXIED TO BOARD 4-40 BOLT 2 LONG CUTTING BOARD BASSWOOD PINE DR PLY SHOULD II YOU WANT TO STRIP SHEETS THICKER THAN 3/32 PUT SPACER PLATES UNDER BRASS PLATE SO THAT BALSA PITS UNDER BOLT TOP VIEW ATTACH PATTERNS TO ALUMINUM DISKS 04 blade must held flat against beam face nice perpendicular cuts Prac tice helps Tapered strips cut backing off screw other Mark Drela Cambridge MA unable reconstruct came part information wasnt cluded article printed especial ly since between time article received printed changing guard speak Thanks Mark supplying missing info benefit anyone has scratching head Needs Instructions am director aerospace education New York State wing Civil Air Pa troL As such operate State Resource Center Workshop teachers recently Hirobo Gazelle Helicop ter model donated us purpose troducing teachers students type aircraft problem kit came construction manuaL have con tacted Hirobo Limited Japan no longer have manuals available kit 1975 version Since CAP squad rons attached USAF USCG heli copter bases wish get type model program shall appreciate asking readers may have copy 1975 Gazelle kit mail manuaL Ill copy return original Major E S Berlin CAP Director Aerospace Education New York Wing CAP 817 Stewart Ave Rear Garden City NY 11530 10 Model Aviation 100% Guarantee Will Find Red Max Better Any Other Fuel Market RED MAX FUEL Best Fuel Beginners Experts World War isnt Quite Over Yet EINDECKER E-iii Please add $2 postageihandling NY residents add 7/ % $3495Balsa & Plywood Construction 6 55 Wingspan / 35 45 Enginos lB1 Wing 2todCo Engnaa GIANT RIC SCALE Moraiie SAULNIER N * Snoatilolly Molded FiIerglaas Poneloge1 500 Sq n en5t o oeo p odoct ock solo 7 taco tes YOoke * DnIailMoldnd Tranaparent Canopyoggod cOost oCt 00 ft 01 tOe e cot pa s 50 P have * Ragged Pibargiana Molded Engine Cowling CooyIete Kit $27500a history coolest oxjos easy boild soperb o thght * / Plywood Firewall Hardware inniodedpbs StOOS shppeg & haodIegPlease add $2 postageihandlieg * Pornind Landing Gear Legs Oy excess retOedeol * RoIled Plans end lnstoliaas resderrts add 7 p3A Channel R/C Systems $3795 Cee9...