DLE c4DtIIgeI 6a1J6 Scratch-building WE Plan N Pattern sets way go get best designs complete Full-Size layouts parts drawings Bill Materials save up 5O/o over comparable kit costs SUPER BUCCANEER ISd 8Iu&lEttt Re$q Super Buccaneer 20 fantastic Dr JA4 Winston-Salem North Carolina Hobby Dealer have seen two plans make other com panies plans look sick plans make building -scratch like kit building 0 5inn Viirk SUPER BUCCANEER 88 Free-Flight R/C-Assist . Plan N Pattern Set 88 Wingspan 1200 Sq Area$1795 35 78 EnginesRCFF 1 SUPER BUCCANEER 66 Free-Flight R/C-AssistPlan N Pattern Set 66 Wingspan 650 Sq Area$1295 15 fo 35 EnginesRCFF-4 BUCCANEER STANDARD Free-Flight R/C AssistPlan N Fatterr Set 66 Wingspan 630 Sq Area$9 60 EnginesRCFF5 orIdWarl SE-OA Quarter Scale RIC 78 22 Engines S04 Wingspan Sq Inches Area Plan N Pattern Set #RCQS-7 5 FOKKER TRIPLANE DR-I Giant 1/4 Scale R/C Design WW-l 78 150 Cu Engines 72 Wingspan Triplane Sq Area Plan N Pattern Set #RCQS-6 @ $2495 Best Ducted Fans - 8K YR 4 Plan Form SKYRAY NAVY F40l 1 scale Dacted Fan RIG Ri 20 Fan Unil44 IongPlan Set RCOF-1 $1995 Prices tw coniplete Plans Seb Assembly Oeiaiied Parts Lists Add 1250 Mailing Tobe Details nn designs & great things come Send $100 Ireinodablel mare iniOrmnation E gettersto t$e a1tor letters will carefully considered general interest used Send Model Aviation 1810 Samuel Morse Dr Reston VA 22090 Charlie Chambers Cougar wish correct bit information appeared RC Scale Nats re port November 1983 issue two placesunder lower righthand photograph page 47 well narrative page 48it states F9F-8 Cougar flown 1983 Nats Charlie Chambers powered K&B 75cc engine incorrect Charlie flying prototype Turbax Ill system used Rossi 61 engine problem expe rienced spinner coming off fan due additional 3-4000 rpm turned 61 engine op posed 75 K&B order solve problem currently working harder material will withstand 70000 psi reason Turbax III has yet re leased wish make perfectly clear Charlie Chambers flying pro totype system has yet marketed problem spinner has never occurred Turbax K&B 75 cc engine Larry D Wolfe Jet Hangar Hobbies Lakewood CA contacted authors re port Bob Dolly Wischer indi cated information article photo caption agreement notes gathered pic ture taken Nats However particular information gathered soon after Charlie Chambers driven nonstop Chicago Chico pee Ex hausted Charlie time interview apparently momentarily forgot about switch engines Max Bassett/Bill Brown Revisited have reading great interest three-part article written Dave Ritchie concerning Maxwell Bassett early modeling career Sept Oct Nov 1983 issues gives great pleas ure see information put print because think should available modelers future special terest because Bassett Bill Brown neighbors al though never closely associated Maxwell Bassett aware doings pair through close friendship Bill Brown Dave Ritchie sought permission interview approximately two years ago found still Brown Junior No AS possession en gine along couple Lykens Brown engines preproduction pro duction vintages have posses sion possession step father Charles H Stagg page 76 November issue picture showing Bassett Brown Bassett holding Cardinal picture taken spring 1938 three standing front stepfathers home 7800 block Frontenac Street Philadelphia caption under picture reason ably correct however dates locating place manufacture Lykens Brown engines reversed sequence events follows 1 first production run small engines initially made Bill Brown basement home early 1937 2 September 25 1938 company known Lykens Brown Motors formed purpose producing Lykens Brown engine principals William Likens Brown IV Charles H Stagg Fred Aldrin Robert P Scarsdale machine shop estab lished Somerton Airport Somerton PA Production first run continued new location under personal direct supervision Brown also senior machinist 3 Production ceased Somerton early 1939 being transferred Bill Brown State College PA second produc tion run made Brown State Col lege during 1939-1940 later units second run could identified adjustable timer 4 In 1940 production engine stopped Brown left State College re turned Philadelphia spite small discrepancy think Dave Ritchie wrote excel lent article noticed page 37 November issue picture Bassett donating Cardinal Hurst Bowers AMA Museum curator caption stated Continued page 10 8 Model Aviation ZI U ~A-PLAN SION OF KEISER GRAPHIcS U YOU CAN BUILD KIT YOU CAN BUILD SCRAICH-A-PLANE WHAT IS SCRATCH-A-PLANE Professionally engineered designs accessories discriminating modeler design tested top flight performance excellent parts fit ease construction plans reproduced professionally engineered inked mylars complete full size templates separate plans simplified building instructions accessories heavy gauge plastic clean detail BUY WITH CONFIDENCE! WI IZ 4 IJ Os ZI U ml 14 U U WI Iz 4 Ij am 41 ZI U ml 4 U VII WI Iz 4 Ii Os 41 ZI U I-i 14 U U WI SCALE QUADRA POWER DESIGNSIZ FOKKER DR-iWING SPAN 70WT 16 lbs 41 FOKKER D VIIIWING SPAN 82WT 14 lbs NIEUPORT 17WING SPAN 80WT 15 lbs ROLLED PLAN PACKS $2495COWLS $1195 40 SIZE FOUR STROKE DESIGN U de HAVILLAND LEOPARD MOTH WING SPAN 63 FLYING WT 6 lbs ml ROLLED PLAN PACK 81995COWL WHEELPANTS & CANOPY 814 95 14 U 60 90 TWO STROKE DESIGN BI-PLANE WT 9 lbs WING AREA 1140 sq ROLLED PLAN PACK $2295COWL CANOPY & RADIATOR $1495 WI Iz Send product information package SHIPPING CHARGE $300SEE YOUR HOBBY SHOP OR ORDER DIRECT ISA & MASTERCARD WEICOME241-4190COD ORDERS ACCEPTED 2060 ATHENS AVE REDDING CA 96001 ScRATCH PLAj SCRATCH PLANE RIITH model built Lykens Brown am enclosing photograph Lykens Brown Serial No 10 re moved production used engine testing flight testing publici ty pictures Megow typical engine used power Cardinal test flight witnessed engine has possession years still runs cherished things have Bob Scarsdale Park Ridge NJ sent copy Bobs letter Dave Ritchie responded course must defer Bobs first-hand experience therefore stand corrected points raised Good work needs recognized series just completed Dave Ritchie Maxwell Bassett outstanding re search complete tie Bill Brown added bonus believe have seen pictures Bassetts models nor Browns early engines pub 1i1ipd tiich 1eti1 anywhere else am very much interested tne instory model aviation enclosed picture shows Thermic 100 built year Frank Zaics original design first RC Sail plane Mine just like original except modern radio flying stabilizer two-piece wing Readers Frank Zaics publications may recognize pose am trying copy picture Roger J Schroeder Overland Park KS Continued page 126 10 Model Aviation Si 0 Si UARANTEE IF YOU ARE NOT TOTALLY SATISFIED WITH PLANS EASE OF CONSTRUCTION AND QUALITY OF ACCESSORIES SHIP BACK TO US BY RETURN MAIL FOR FULL REFUND C 4 SCALE CAP 21 CONSTRUCTION BALSA & LITE PLY Wing Span 80Wing Area 880 sq inWeight 15 lbs Engine 2 cubic inch Quadra Radio 4 Channel 5 Channel flaps Rolled Plan Pack $2495 Cowl canopy & wheelpants $3995 THIS CAP 21 IS DESIGNED TO BE BUILT FAST. THEN YOUR FUN JUST BEGINS IT IS CAPABLE OF ALL AEROBATIC MANEUVERS INCLUDING-SQUARE LOOPS S POINT ROLLS KNIFE EDGE LOOPS OUTSIDE SNAP ROLLS LOMCEvAKS AND INVERTED FLAT SPINS YET ON TAKE OFFS NORMAL FLIGHTS AND LANDING SHES REAL PUSSY CAT! AEROBATICS ENDORSED BY WORLD FAMOUS AEROBATIC PILOT BOB SCHULTZ Si 0 U Si I-i U C U C 4 Si Si U 4 0 C U U -4 0 U 1934 AVIA B534-IV WING SPAN 62 SAL TFORKII District 3 Symposium Workshop Jan 14-15 1984Sponsored Tusco RC Club Admission $500 y $800 ys Wives Free AMA Reservations Salt Fork Lodge Box 7 Cambridge OH 43725 800 282-7275 $54/night double IMAA IMAC QSPRA Workshops will conducted areas RC including Gliders Gene Shelkey Electric Helicopters Fabricating Scale Parts Ed Wisser Monokoting Ramona Schultz Foam Cutting Bob Wallace other workshops Sigs Dave Brown Mark Ratcliffe Al Seidowski DISTRICT 3 MEETING further information call write Bob Button216 343-7906 712 E 4th St Dover OH 44622 George glue sticks together education public library model magazine source us saw Brown Junior Baby Cyclone money 1936 rough year guys engines could seen nickel subway ride Van Courtlandt Park John Kanakos symbolic era air-minded youth served organizations programs kind John helped young people get started I-Es model store also workshop lucky could walk away discarded wheels scraps real scratchbuilding days because simply did nt have scratch John helped out cheap set plans free plans bought wood sure could use people like him culture hobby almost cold professionalism Emil Agosta Weaverville NC Safety/Preston Continued gaoe 16 Letters Editor Continued aoe 10 Weve received mail Max Bassett series other subject has printed recent times Dave Ritchies work has uniformly praised John Kanakos Remembered great sadness read passing John Kanakos No vember District 2 Report John Byrne know John Kanakos loved Helicopters recent years devoted much time very tech nical aspect hobby Perhaps few things should mentioned about John might go unknown us hobby 5th grader brother Nick John brother George ran small model airplane shop East Eighties Yorkville Manhattan NY stocked glue banana oil tissue lots 1/16 sq balsa also stocked colossal size 1/8 sq bal sa 10-cent 25-cent big 50-cent kits biggie us fact master builders John George could seen work doing thing Nick got savvy gluing sticks together John could put tissue like magic no wrinkles seams seen problem go see John would help Some us never knew could pin wood down plans Holding pieces together blowing would make hyperventilate George would carve out huge nose blocks hollow out almost paper thin ness Test gliding short flights few winds 1/8 flat done middle street wasnt doing homework practicing piano parents knew find Just watching John Next start engine cylinder banging up down whirling unbal anced prop tips neat 500 miles per hour get chance might look prop over starting splits first account face being thats closest 'We start before flight weight wings sagging tips Two seconds run orders reversed wings hauling weight fuselage Meanwhile back tank froth soup Lots bubbles can conk engine try balance prop first chance get Neat vertical dive over parked cars sharp pullout Thatll impress coroner Got idea what spar saying moment Ever uncover old wing find compression marks spar Sometimes about once day spars give up Crack splat fast think about maybe second spar gussets farther out little less Up elevator Before make crowd-thrilling low pass explain innocent spec tators below personally pasted together spar still probably un fractured 173rd sortie servos never fail loose rudder hinges will likely still hang no inter ference may befall sophisticated elec tronics except loose antenna possibility frequency hit Careful over crowd fellows us have spent some pile years flying field have seen some wild ones engines flying themselves no longer airplane wing panels floating thou sand feet center main panels tip panels five engine made 23 pieces tough rabbits Stabs come off flight too after wing Ask Olathes runway Whats falling object Dick Turned out battery pack guy can dork 126 Model Aviation Striping Tape Kwik Stiype tape great plane boat car going way add accent trim ot work special adhesive sticks great tape thin goes around corners easily Available 1/163/32 1/8and l/4sizesin ~rough ill ed Yellow Blue Brown Orange Gold Silver Black White Available local hobby shop P0 BOX 721 URBANA lLLlNOS 61a01 21713A7-20B9
Edition: Model Aviation - 1984/01
Page Numbers: 8, 10, 126
DLE c4DtIIgeI 6a1J6 Scratch-building WE Plan N Pattern sets way go get best designs complete Full-Size layouts parts drawings Bill Materials save up 5O/o over comparable kit costs SUPER BUCCANEER ISd 8Iu&lEttt Re$q Super Buccaneer 20 fantastic Dr JA4 Winston-Salem North Carolina Hobby Dealer have seen two plans make other com panies plans look sick plans make building -scratch like kit building 0 5inn Viirk SUPER BUCCANEER 88 Free-Flight R/C-Assist . Plan N Pattern Set 88 Wingspan 1200 Sq Area$1795 35 78 EnginesRCFF 1 SUPER BUCCANEER 66 Free-Flight R/C-AssistPlan N Pattern Set 66 Wingspan 650 Sq Area$1295 15 fo 35 EnginesRCFF-4 BUCCANEER STANDARD Free-Flight R/C AssistPlan N Fatterr Set 66 Wingspan 630 Sq Area$9 60 EnginesRCFF5 orIdWarl SE-OA Quarter Scale RIC 78 22 Engines S04 Wingspan Sq Inches Area Plan N Pattern Set #RCQS-7 5 FOKKER TRIPLANE DR-I Giant 1/4 Scale R/C Design WW-l 78 150 Cu Engines 72 Wingspan Triplane Sq Area Plan N Pattern Set #RCQS-6 @ $2495 Best Ducted Fans - 8K YR 4 Plan Form SKYRAY NAVY F40l 1 scale Dacted Fan RIG Ri 20 Fan Unil44 IongPlan Set RCOF-1 $1995 Prices tw coniplete Plans Seb Assembly Oeiaiied Parts Lists Add 1250 Mailing Tobe Details nn designs & great things come Send $100 Ireinodablel mare iniOrmnation E gettersto t$e a1tor letters will carefully considered general interest used Send Model Aviation 1810 Samuel Morse Dr Reston VA 22090 Charlie Chambers Cougar wish correct bit information appeared RC Scale Nats re port November 1983 issue two placesunder lower righthand photograph page 47 well narrative page 48it states F9F-8 Cougar flown 1983 Nats Charlie Chambers powered K&B 75cc engine incorrect Charlie flying prototype Turbax Ill system used Rossi 61 engine problem expe rienced spinner coming off fan due additional 3-4000 rpm turned 61 engine op posed 75 K&B order solve problem currently working harder material will withstand 70000 psi reason Turbax III has yet re leased wish make perfectly clear Charlie Chambers flying pro totype system has yet marketed problem spinner has never occurred Turbax K&B 75 cc engine Larry D Wolfe Jet Hangar Hobbies Lakewood CA contacted authors re port Bob Dolly Wischer indi cated information article photo caption agreement notes gathered pic ture taken Nats However particular information gathered soon after Charlie Chambers driven nonstop Chicago Chico pee Ex hausted Charlie time interview apparently momentarily forgot about switch engines Max Bassett/Bill Brown Revisited have reading great interest three-part article written Dave Ritchie concerning Maxwell Bassett early modeling career Sept Oct Nov 1983 issues gives great pleas ure see information put print because think should available modelers future special terest because Bassett Bill Brown neighbors al though never closely associated Maxwell Bassett aware doings pair through close friendship Bill Brown Dave Ritchie sought permission interview approximately two years ago found still Brown Junior No AS possession en gine along couple Lykens Brown engines preproduction pro duction vintages have posses sion possession step father Charles H Stagg page 76 November issue picture showing Bassett Brown Bassett holding Cardinal picture taken spring 1938 three standing front stepfathers home 7800 block Frontenac Street Philadelphia caption under picture reason ably correct however dates locating place manufacture Lykens Brown engines reversed sequence events follows 1 first production run small engines initially made Bill Brown basement home early 1937 2 September 25 1938 company known Lykens Brown Motors formed purpose producing Lykens Brown engine principals William Likens Brown IV Charles H Stagg Fred Aldrin Robert P Scarsdale machine shop estab lished Somerton Airport Somerton PA Production first run continued new location under personal direct supervision Brown also senior machinist 3 Production ceased Somerton early 1939 being transferred Bill Brown State College PA second produc tion run made Brown State Col lege during 1939-1940 later units second run could identified adjustable timer 4 In 1940 production engine stopped Brown left State College re turned Philadelphia spite small discrepancy think Dave Ritchie wrote excel lent article noticed page 37 November issue picture Bassett donating Cardinal Hurst Bowers AMA Museum curator caption stated Continued page 10 8 Model Aviation ZI U ~A-PLAN SION OF KEISER GRAPHIcS U YOU CAN BUILD KIT YOU CAN BUILD SCRAICH-A-PLANE WHAT IS SCRATCH-A-PLANE Professionally engineered designs accessories discriminating modeler design tested top flight performance excellent parts fit ease construction plans reproduced professionally engineered inked mylars complete full size templates separate plans simplified building instructions accessories heavy gauge plastic clean detail BUY WITH CONFIDENCE! WI IZ 4 IJ Os ZI U ml 14 U U WI Iz 4 Ij am 41 ZI U ml 4 U VII WI Iz 4 Ii Os 41 ZI U I-i 14 U U WI SCALE QUADRA POWER DESIGNSIZ FOKKER DR-iWING SPAN 70WT 16 lbs 41 FOKKER D VIIIWING SPAN 82WT 14 lbs NIEUPORT 17WING SPAN 80WT 15 lbs ROLLED PLAN PACKS $2495COWLS $1195 40 SIZE FOUR STROKE DESIGN U de HAVILLAND LEOPARD MOTH WING SPAN 63 FLYING WT 6 lbs ml ROLLED PLAN PACK 81995COWL WHEELPANTS & CANOPY 814 95 14 U 60 90 TWO STROKE DESIGN BI-PLANE WT 9 lbs WING AREA 1140 sq ROLLED PLAN PACK $2295COWL CANOPY & RADIATOR $1495 WI Iz Send product information package SHIPPING CHARGE $300SEE YOUR HOBBY SHOP OR ORDER DIRECT ISA & MASTERCARD WEICOME241-4190COD ORDERS ACCEPTED 2060 ATHENS AVE REDDING CA 96001 ScRATCH PLAj SCRATCH PLANE RIITH model built Lykens Brown am enclosing photograph Lykens Brown Serial No 10 re moved production used engine testing flight testing publici ty pictures Megow typical engine used power Cardinal test flight witnessed engine has possession years still runs cherished things have Bob Scarsdale Park Ridge NJ sent copy Bobs letter Dave Ritchie responded course must defer Bobs first-hand experience therefore stand corrected points raised Good work needs recognized series just completed Dave Ritchie Maxwell Bassett outstanding re search complete tie Bill Brown added bonus believe have seen pictures Bassetts models nor Browns early engines pub 1i1ipd tiich 1eti1 anywhere else am very much interested tne instory model aviation enclosed picture shows Thermic 100 built year Frank Zaics original design first RC Sail plane Mine just like original except modern radio flying stabilizer two-piece wing Readers Frank Zaics publications may recognize pose am trying copy picture Roger J Schroeder Overland Park KS Continued page 126 10 Model Aviation Si 0 Si UARANTEE IF YOU ARE NOT TOTALLY SATISFIED WITH PLANS EASE OF CONSTRUCTION AND QUALITY OF ACCESSORIES SHIP BACK TO US BY RETURN MAIL FOR FULL REFUND C 4 SCALE CAP 21 CONSTRUCTION BALSA & LITE PLY Wing Span 80Wing Area 880 sq inWeight 15 lbs Engine 2 cubic inch Quadra Radio 4 Channel 5 Channel flaps Rolled Plan Pack $2495 Cowl canopy & wheelpants $3995 THIS CAP 21 IS DESIGNED TO BE BUILT FAST. THEN YOUR FUN JUST BEGINS IT IS CAPABLE OF ALL AEROBATIC MANEUVERS INCLUDING-SQUARE LOOPS S POINT ROLLS KNIFE EDGE LOOPS OUTSIDE SNAP ROLLS LOMCEvAKS AND INVERTED FLAT SPINS YET ON TAKE OFFS NORMAL FLIGHTS AND LANDING SHES REAL PUSSY CAT! AEROBATICS ENDORSED BY WORLD FAMOUS AEROBATIC PILOT BOB SCHULTZ Si 0 U Si I-i U C U C 4 Si Si U 4 0 C U U -4 0 U 1934 AVIA B534-IV WING SPAN 62 SAL TFORKII District 3 Symposium Workshop Jan 14-15 1984Sponsored Tusco RC Club Admission $500 y $800 ys Wives Free AMA Reservations Salt Fork Lodge Box 7 Cambridge OH 43725 800 282-7275 $54/night double IMAA IMAC QSPRA Workshops will conducted areas RC including Gliders Gene Shelkey Electric Helicopters Fabricating Scale Parts Ed Wisser Monokoting Ramona Schultz Foam Cutting Bob Wallace other workshops Sigs Dave Brown Mark Ratcliffe Al Seidowski DISTRICT 3 MEETING further information call write Bob Button216 343-7906 712 E 4th St Dover OH 44622 George glue sticks together education public library model magazine source us saw Brown Junior Baby Cyclone money 1936 rough year guys engines could seen nickel subway ride Van Courtlandt Park John Kanakos symbolic era air-minded youth served organizations programs kind John helped young people get started I-Es model store also workshop lucky could walk away discarded wheels scraps real scratchbuilding days because simply did nt have scratch John helped out cheap set plans free plans bought wood sure could use people like him culture hobby almost cold professionalism Emil Agosta Weaverville NC Safety/Preston Continued gaoe 16 Letters Editor Continued aoe 10 Weve received mail Max Bassett series other subject has printed recent times Dave Ritchies work has uniformly praised John Kanakos Remembered great sadness read passing John Kanakos No vember District 2 Report John Byrne know John Kanakos loved Helicopters recent years devoted much time very tech nical aspect hobby Perhaps few things should mentioned about John might go unknown us hobby 5th grader brother Nick John brother George ran small model airplane shop East Eighties Yorkville Manhattan NY stocked glue banana oil tissue lots 1/16 sq balsa also stocked colossal size 1/8 sq bal sa 10-cent 25-cent big 50-cent kits biggie us fact master builders John George could seen work doing thing Nick got savvy gluing sticks together John could put tissue like magic no wrinkles seams seen problem go see John would help Some us never knew could pin wood down plans Holding pieces together blowing would make hyperventilate George would carve out huge nose blocks hollow out almost paper thin ness Test gliding short flights few winds 1/8 flat done middle street wasnt doing homework practicing piano parents knew find Just watching John Next start engine cylinder banging up down whirling unbal anced prop tips neat 500 miles per hour get chance might look prop over starting splits first account face being thats closest 'We start before flight weight wings sagging tips Two seconds run orders reversed wings hauling weight fuselage Meanwhile back tank froth soup Lots bubbles can conk engine try balance prop first chance get Neat vertical dive over parked cars sharp pullout Thatll impress coroner Got idea what spar saying moment Ever uncover old wing find compression marks spar Sometimes about once day spars give up Crack splat fast think about maybe second spar gussets farther out little less Up elevator Before make crowd-thrilling low pass explain innocent spec tators below personally pasted together spar still probably un fractured 173rd sortie servos never fail loose rudder hinges will likely still hang no inter ference may befall sophisticated elec tronics except loose antenna possibility frequency hit Careful over crowd fellows us have spent some pile years flying field have seen some wild ones engines flying themselves no longer airplane wing panels floating thou sand feet center main panels tip panels five engine made 23 pieces tough rabbits Stabs come off flight too after wing Ask Olathes runway Whats falling object Dick Turned out battery pack guy can dork 126 Model Aviation Striping Tape Kwik Stiype tape great plane boat car going way add accent trim ot work special adhesive sticks great tape thin goes around corners easily Available 1/163/32 1/8and l/4sizesin ~rough ill ed Yellow Blue Brown Orange Gold Silver Black White Available local hobby shop P0 BOX 721 URBANA lLLlNOS 61a01 21713A7-20B9
Edition: Model Aviation - 1984/01
Page Numbers: 8, 10, 126
DLE c4DtIIgeI 6a1J6 Scratch-building WE Plan N Pattern sets way go get best designs complete Full-Size layouts parts drawings Bill Materials save up 5O/o over comparable kit costs SUPER BUCCANEER ISd 8Iu&lEttt Re$q Super Buccaneer 20 fantastic Dr JA4 Winston-Salem North Carolina Hobby Dealer have seen two plans make other com panies plans look sick plans make building -scratch like kit building 0 5inn Viirk SUPER BUCCANEER 88 Free-Flight R/C-Assist . Plan N Pattern Set 88 Wingspan 1200 Sq Area$1795 35 78 EnginesRCFF 1 SUPER BUCCANEER 66 Free-Flight R/C-AssistPlan N Pattern Set 66 Wingspan 650 Sq Area$1295 15 fo 35 EnginesRCFF-4 BUCCANEER STANDARD Free-Flight R/C AssistPlan N Fatterr Set 66 Wingspan 630 Sq Area$9 60 EnginesRCFF5 orIdWarl SE-OA Quarter Scale RIC 78 22 Engines S04 Wingspan Sq Inches Area Plan N Pattern Set #RCQS-7 5 FOKKER TRIPLANE DR-I Giant 1/4 Scale R/C Design WW-l 78 150 Cu Engines 72 Wingspan Triplane Sq Area Plan N Pattern Set #RCQS-6 @ $2495 Best Ducted Fans - 8K YR 4 Plan Form SKYRAY NAVY F40l 1 scale Dacted Fan RIG Ri 20 Fan Unil44 IongPlan Set RCOF-1 $1995 Prices tw coniplete Plans Seb Assembly Oeiaiied Parts Lists Add 1250 Mailing Tobe Details nn designs & great things come Send $100 Ireinodablel mare iniOrmnation E gettersto t$e a1tor letters will carefully considered general interest used Send Model Aviation 1810 Samuel Morse Dr Reston VA 22090 Charlie Chambers Cougar wish correct bit information appeared RC Scale Nats re port November 1983 issue two placesunder lower righthand photograph page 47 well narrative page 48it states F9F-8 Cougar flown 1983 Nats Charlie Chambers powered K&B 75cc engine incorrect Charlie flying prototype Turbax Ill system used Rossi 61 engine problem expe rienced spinner coming off fan due additional 3-4000 rpm turned 61 engine op posed 75 K&B order solve problem currently working harder material will withstand 70000 psi reason Turbax III has yet re leased wish make perfectly clear Charlie Chambers flying pro totype system has yet marketed problem spinner has never occurred Turbax K&B 75 cc engine Larry D Wolfe Jet Hangar Hobbies Lakewood CA contacted authors re port Bob Dolly Wischer indi cated information article photo caption agreement notes gathered pic ture taken Nats However particular information gathered soon after Charlie Chambers driven nonstop Chicago Chico pee Ex hausted Charlie time interview apparently momentarily forgot about switch engines Max Bassett/Bill Brown Revisited have reading great interest three-part article written Dave Ritchie concerning Maxwell Bassett early modeling career Sept Oct Nov 1983 issues gives great pleas ure see information put print because think should available modelers future special terest because Bassett Bill Brown neighbors al though never closely associated Maxwell Bassett aware doings pair through close friendship Bill Brown Dave Ritchie sought permission interview approximately two years ago found still Brown Junior No AS possession en gine along couple Lykens Brown engines preproduction pro duction vintages have posses sion possession step father Charles H Stagg page 76 November issue picture showing Bassett Brown Bassett holding Cardinal picture taken spring 1938 three standing front stepfathers home 7800 block Frontenac Street Philadelphia caption under picture reason ably correct however dates locating place manufacture Lykens Brown engines reversed sequence events follows 1 first production run small engines initially made Bill Brown basement home early 1937 2 September 25 1938 company known Lykens Brown Motors formed purpose producing Lykens Brown engine principals William Likens Brown IV Charles H Stagg Fred Aldrin Robert P Scarsdale machine shop estab lished Somerton Airport Somerton PA Production first run continued new location under personal direct supervision Brown also senior machinist 3 Production ceased Somerton early 1939 being transferred Bill Brown State College PA second produc tion run made Brown State Col lege during 1939-1940 later units second run could identified adjustable timer 4 In 1940 production engine stopped Brown left State College re turned Philadelphia spite small discrepancy think Dave Ritchie wrote excel lent article noticed page 37 November issue picture Bassett donating Cardinal Hurst Bowers AMA Museum curator caption stated Continued page 10 8 Model Aviation ZI U ~A-PLAN SION OF KEISER GRAPHIcS U YOU CAN BUILD KIT YOU CAN BUILD SCRAICH-A-PLANE WHAT IS SCRATCH-A-PLANE Professionally engineered designs accessories discriminating modeler design tested top flight performance excellent parts fit ease construction plans reproduced professionally engineered inked mylars complete full size templates separate plans simplified building instructions accessories heavy gauge plastic clean detail BUY WITH CONFIDENCE! WI IZ 4 IJ Os ZI U ml 14 U U WI Iz 4 Ij am 41 ZI U ml 4 U VII WI Iz 4 Ii Os 41 ZI U I-i 14 U U WI SCALE QUADRA POWER DESIGNSIZ FOKKER DR-iWING SPAN 70WT 16 lbs 41 FOKKER D VIIIWING SPAN 82WT 14 lbs NIEUPORT 17WING SPAN 80WT 15 lbs ROLLED PLAN PACKS $2495COWLS $1195 40 SIZE FOUR STROKE DESIGN U de HAVILLAND LEOPARD MOTH WING SPAN 63 FLYING WT 6 lbs ml ROLLED PLAN PACK 81995COWL WHEELPANTS & CANOPY 814 95 14 U 60 90 TWO STROKE DESIGN BI-PLANE WT 9 lbs WING AREA 1140 sq ROLLED PLAN PACK $2295COWL CANOPY & RADIATOR $1495 WI Iz Send product information package SHIPPING CHARGE $300SEE YOUR HOBBY SHOP OR ORDER DIRECT ISA & MASTERCARD WEICOME241-4190COD ORDERS ACCEPTED 2060 ATHENS AVE REDDING CA 96001 ScRATCH PLAj SCRATCH PLANE RIITH model built Lykens Brown am enclosing photograph Lykens Brown Serial No 10 re moved production used engine testing flight testing publici ty pictures Megow typical engine used power Cardinal test flight witnessed engine has possession years still runs cherished things have Bob Scarsdale Park Ridge NJ sent copy Bobs letter Dave Ritchie responded course must defer Bobs first-hand experience therefore stand corrected points raised Good work needs recognized series just completed Dave Ritchie Maxwell Bassett outstanding re search complete tie Bill Brown added bonus believe have seen pictures Bassetts models nor Browns early engines pub 1i1ipd tiich 1eti1 anywhere else am very much interested tne instory model aviation enclosed picture shows Thermic 100 built year Frank Zaics original design first RC Sail plane Mine just like original except modern radio flying stabilizer two-piece wing Readers Frank Zaics publications may recognize pose am trying copy picture Roger J Schroeder Overland Park KS Continued page 126 10 Model Aviation Si 0 Si UARANTEE IF YOU ARE NOT TOTALLY SATISFIED WITH PLANS EASE OF CONSTRUCTION AND QUALITY OF ACCESSORIES SHIP BACK TO US BY RETURN MAIL FOR FULL REFUND C 4 SCALE CAP 21 CONSTRUCTION BALSA & LITE PLY Wing Span 80Wing Area 880 sq inWeight 15 lbs Engine 2 cubic inch Quadra Radio 4 Channel 5 Channel flaps Rolled Plan Pack $2495 Cowl canopy & wheelpants $3995 THIS CAP 21 IS DESIGNED TO BE BUILT FAST. THEN YOUR FUN JUST BEGINS IT IS CAPABLE OF ALL AEROBATIC MANEUVERS INCLUDING-SQUARE LOOPS S POINT ROLLS KNIFE EDGE LOOPS OUTSIDE SNAP ROLLS LOMCEvAKS AND INVERTED FLAT SPINS YET ON TAKE OFFS NORMAL FLIGHTS AND LANDING SHES REAL PUSSY CAT! 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