Modelers parade before newsreel cameras early contest days before television such footage snown movie tneaters IF YOUVE BEEN modeler half century going AMA FAC Nationals can conjure memories earlier big contests used Some recent visits Nationals effect think World War II dividing line During bleak uncertain years Great War tearing societies apart sometimes wondered exciting national contests would ever again possible Fortunately five decades later remain alive well fact except ages participants average age contestants prewar contests just under 19 todays Nationals arent different ones old-timers remember youth aviation frontier Daily papers filled accounts long-distance flights speed dashes pylon races Pulp magazines like War Birds Wings Battle Aces Flying Aces trumpeted glories aerial combat 1930s newspapers spreading interest hobby through model construction articles sponsoring contests few national model magazines begun mid-decade model contests both national international become powerful magnets art science model airplane building grew slowly Most early designs quite elementary models uncomplicated structures cant recall seeing anyones rubber-powered multi-engined Scale model fly wellever didnt think could done Contrast todays FAC experts continually demonstrating skill multitude difficult successful Scale replicas first forerunner really AMA Nationals held around 1927 mid-30s meets drew over 400 contestants year Almost 1300 fliers came Chicago 1941 Some contests attracted entrants England France Canada during Great Depression aviations pull held strong Looking back its little surprising modeling flourished during years Everywhere looked money hope scarce Ever wonder what Nationals like years before World War II average age participants tended younger models simpler no expected Rub ber Scale plane conquer skies Oh yes liked ther mal god Hung Other early meets werent much dif ferent enjoy today U Earl F Stahl June 1991 49 part world whenever people got together talk turned jobs Most everybody needed willing take anything came along make things worse parts country tortured heat drought dust storms massive crop failures produced thered hit parade Top 40 during Depression Got Plenty Nothin her Can Spare Dime would have stayed top list environment idea traveling hundreds miles first National Model Airplane Championships seemed daring indeed embark long trip something supposedly frivolous playing toy airplanes hardly commonplace Depression years curiosity about flight widespread no means alone making venture Most prewar Nationals held Detroit just getting major hurdle Only few young folks cars fed Sunoco gas six gallons dollar rest us way reach mecca train bus Mostly relied Greyhound hardly conventional way model boxes rode up front roof bus protected canvas tarpaulin Id climb right up terminal ride way whole trip both ways Some modelers particularly resourceful group made trip Trenton New Jersey bus theyd bought hundred dollars ride said have given abundant opportunity acquire trouble-shooting repair experience Some hitchhiked long distances models noted Canadian builder flier John Dilly came way Toronto Others newspapers told us checked after long hauls bikes Because Depression National Aeronautic Association difficulties finding sponsorship events large Continued page 164 50 Model Aviation Left Processing lines usually long prewar Nats Chester Lanzo waits turn have Outdoor Cabin class Rubber model checked out modelings greats Lanzo no longer us Right 1930s communities businesses newspapers often spon sored contests trip Nats just few Junior Aviation League Boston MA members benefited Left Brooklyn New Yorks Sal Taibi famous Pacer Taibi active Society Antique Modelers SAM affairs Right Henry Struck Jackson Heights Long island New York launches Outdoor Cabin class model National Champion 1941 Henry has prolific designer builder decades turning out consistently successful indoor gas-powered planes well Outdoor Rubber ones Left James Cahill Indianapolis Indiana claimed Wakefield Moftett Indoor events contests before war model successor famous harder build Clodhopper Right Weary contestants bus back hotel days end Henry Struck left hav ing better luck staying awake Frank Zaic center unidentified youth right Noted competitor writer editor Zaic au thor Zaic Yearbook series Riding bus champions like akin rubbing elbows Babe Ruth Joe DiMagglo PILOT-IN-COMMAND Video Flight Training RIC Pilot. Patterned after full scale training another video program lust offers overvew CLASSROOM Learn facts about itt tnrust Must Students hobby mixes building tlying intense 1 hour drag stabitity center grasty now wng fifteen minutes training aerodynamics classroom design affects staiis Includes in-depth Study & Instructors setting followed airplane set-up moves flying turns effect load stall speed Only $2995 fieldwhereyouwillbetakenthrougheachphaseofflight inalogicalLearn causes cures torge Aiso airpiane set-ulDI controt surface checks batance building-block manner using split screen can see tne stick movements aircraft same time Thi program sNOT intendedtotakethe placeofan instructorodFiELO Learn tecnnigues taxi take-off crosswind procedures level flight turns climbsEMP dosignod provide knowledge will help becomedescents stalls go-arounds aborted takeoffs Pilot Command aircraftlandings importance good artft receive quality flight instruction have good understand-proach Also engine starts Safety oreingot aircraft does what does will b well yourtakeoff checks aerobatics much way success P VAITION 3243 Art ngton Ave Ste 345 Check local Hobby Shop tirst ilable send Check Money Order $2995 rsde CA 925db wire glued noseUnderneath probably pin hotesAnd since absolutely nothing airShape canopy smear withso dont sand off unless like fillingconditioned going back hotel polyester microballoons sand andpinholes Tape off stab fin 1/16 inbrought no relief least could always glue aligned seam Dontoutside fillets cover papercount ceiling fans Woolworths leave offSpray light coat paint Reprintlunch counter Keen Cafeteria Landing Gear File LE TE ofcourtesy J P Hanway ColonyAll Can Eat 39 cents gear round Sharpening isnt anyTX See next month Daround corner far down better just takes longer 120 mph isstreet Detroit hotel stir slow airplanes Glue 1A-in balsabreeze blend body odors block LG base shape fit theLooking Back/Stahlbreakfast supper wing Dont forget countersink holesContinued page 50 During Detroit years outdoor flying wing mounting screws Drill holes rural Wayne County Airport mounting axles before finish theExchange clubs often took task andwas good site about mile square gearthe Detroit Times sponsored yearssod three paved runways Finishing Monokote wing usualcontest airport interesting place Monokote stab fin leaving A6-in Headquarters functions andNoted speed pilot Lowell Bayles crashed raw balsa exposed between fuselageaccommodations contestants werethere 1931 trying set new covering Iron down edge ofalways good hotels society farworld speed record sensational Gee stab fin covering well sandless mobile before war usBee Z Some us aviation enthusiasts covering out fuselagehad never before stayed plush hotelmade sure saw exactly Use tape protect finish Fillet theOur rooms Book-Cadillac Detroitsdisaster happened site near stab fin canopy using five-minute andfinest cost $150 night 1936 Butthe edge airport close microbalboons Form fillet piecehordes spirited teenagers violated therailroad tracks road large hangar tubing remove extra auppity image establishment inhoused treasure unique aircraft razor blade before gets hard Sand thesubsequent years invited theincluding Stout Skycar Abrams fillets remove tape Actually youFort Shelby instead contest entry feeExplorer Inland Sport brand-new probably will change tape several timesof dollar covered special hoteltwin-engined transport Barldey Grow during process So far have beenrates along participation events Ford Motor Company arranged free careful sand thebus transportation 18-mile ride fuselage necessary get glue toRemember grousing about heatbetween hotel flying sites stick Putty up voids find andand humidity last summers aerial duelsold snapshots shows Frank Zaic Henry sand Use no coarser 320-grit paperin Tidewater Virginia Geneseo NewStruck back bench seat bus enough dull surface TheYork no better good oldappearing totally done hard days primer automotive lacquer primer anddaysand back didnt havefixing winding chasing Sharing paints will stick K&B willsunscreens fend off burns blistersbus such champions like riding 164 Model Aviation D&R P-51 H Sport Scale Mustang Rev Engine 000 ST 2 Stroke 1204 stroke Wing Span ing Area ox 1050 Weight 3 lbs Hardware $23900 Included plus stiipptng Fully Sheeted Almost Ready Cover IVS SailDianes PO Box 299 Gonzales TX 78629 5125404133 FOR ThE ENTHUSIAST INCLUDING PERFORMANCE TYPES POWER-SCALE TYPES UGHT AND HEAVY UFT SPEED AND AEROBATIC FOR COMPLETE CATALOG SEND Si STAMPS OK VS SAIIPLANES 2317 N 63RD DEPT MA SEATTLE WA 98103 200 525 5776 AFTER SPM f F ODUCT Announcing ALLNEW no-step infinite advance electronic ignition full-function high energy capacitive discharge system uses no mechanical linkage! Prices less battery spark plug Single cylinder$1 0000 Twin cylinder$12500 Instablock$1500 StitI 1/4 x32 sparkplug$1000 Installation good engine $3000 Shipping handling$350 COD$330 reatures include Simple installation No adiustment Small size Light weight Low battery drain Immersion proof packaging Epoxy potted coil very tough No engine modification No parts wear Quadras 35-42-52 Zenoahs 23-38-62 Instablock pre-timed pre-mounted sensor block Simply remove magneto screw Instablock plug module coil ground strap battery Flip prop Info send $100 address home ball park Babe Ruth Joe DiMaggio Field activities sometimes hectic Chevrolet promised free box lunches once failed arrive Officers enlisted personnel nearby Army Air Corps Selfridge Field acted judges timers several championships Some military folks unfamiliar models possibly unhappy assignment well us thought unmotivated day timers didnt show up until noon because some kind mix-up back base wait long lines get models processed Yardsticks usual course gradations common conunercial scales used validate compliance size weight rules typical days flying saw 1000 rubber-powered model flights Timers permitted follow distant model flights contestant couldnt offer ride though enthusiasm dimmed us relied mere foot power felt handicapped prewar Nationals successful contestants rubber-powered events sought power adjust models maximum durationa rapid high climb moderate power followed stable flat slow glide lucky thermals prolonged glide good day plenty altitude potential out-of-sight flight fairly great Being grabbed thermal god Hung badge distinction like fishing hunting tale story tended take new twists retelling 1936 Nationals Americans learned chagrin other maybe better ways fly British French entrants International Wakefield event used lesser bursts power beginning flight followed longer motor runs lower altitudes 19-year-old Albert Judge took trophy home England todays competitive rubberpowered Scale flights remind way Europeans did back period several years persistent southwest wind often carried models toward farm fields adjoined Wayne County Airport enterprising farmer called relatives patrol property retrieve models charge return 1936 charged 10 cents model next year upped 20 cents model fetched corn rows two bits pulled out wheat Two bits big money daysworth five Cokes grape NeHis contestants outraged sponsoring newspaper played up big making Farmer Brown look really unscrupulous Now half century wiser Im prepared concede farmer legitimate cause protect income source Gasoline-powered models rapidly gaining popularity Thirties Radio Control experiments under way reasonable guess however least three-quarters activities Nationals centered about rubberpowered events first Indoor events Detroit held Olympia Auditorium After moved blimp hangar Gross Ile circular grassy Navy field island near mouth Detroit River Therre no Indoor Scale events Peanuts Walnuts Coconuts being yet undreamed hangar ceiling about 100 feet framework open structural arches course metal building wasnt insulated despite summers fury doors remain closed minimize drafts climb ladders catwalks try retrieve stranded models encountered still torrid conditions stepped outside some moving air though got watch Curtiss SBCs practicing takeoffs landings close range farewell banquet held year Ford Motors sponsored year can still almost taste hard rolls served its Rotunda Another year banquet almost abandoned because lack funds GUNFIGHTERS $1195/PAIR POSI EROtCRAFTLUMINUM INJI THUMBS ONLY OR THUMB/FOREFINGER TWO DISTINCT SHAPES NOW AVAILABLE TO SUIT YOUR FLYING STYLE FOR FUTABA AIRTRONICS JR AND OTHERS PLEASE SPECIFY RADIO TYPE WHEN ORDERING ViSA/MASTERCARD ACCEPTED INCLUDE EXPIRATION DATE CA RESIDENTS ADD 6% SALES TAX Box 1162 ER CITY CA 93483 SMITH & MORRIS 0 SUPPORT YOUR AMA June 1991 165 DIELS ENGI EERING INC POBex lot WooDvILLEOHto 43469 YESTERDAYS JETS JET KITS FREE FLIGHT SCALERUBBER POWERED STICK & TISSUE COMPLETE IUTS WITH CANOPtEsDECALSPRINTWOOD AND MORE AvAILABLE tN MAY 1991 KIT #15 NORTH AMERICAN F-86D SABRE JET DOG vERSION KIT #16 NORTH AMERICAN F-100 SUPER SABRE JET ORDER NOW FOR MAY DELIVERY BOTH KITS 1/24 SCALE $20 EACH PLUS $250 EACH SHIPPING $150 FOR CATALOG 14 OTHER KITS & 65 PLANS AvAILABLE DEALER INQUIRIES INVITED FINGER SAVER INC PO Box 1416 SLPetersburg FL 33731 START ADJUST plane ALONE Eliminates need helper High quality steel Lightweight act Easily adaptable ANY plane Dealers invited SPECIAL FLYING CLUB RATES NOW ONLY $1995 s&h FL res add 7% tax can letter model 25•A B CDE ed n6wckee Pressure Sensitive Water Transfer maor decals 11 sizes 11 great colors L~iHEAST SCREEN GRAPHICS 21 FISHER AVE EAST LOROMEADOW MA 01028 TEL 413-525-4110 FAX 413-525-7794~ Roy Scripps Scripps-Howard newspaper chain stepped forward last minute hired lake steamer Greater Buffalo put memorable affair After-dinner speakers usually prominent personalities gave inspirational messages banquet famed Marine speed aerobatic airman Al Williams showed himself polished communicator Roscoe Turner other hand just couldnt generate kind excitement podium no trouble stirring up whizzed around pylons As droned sweating unique uniform audience grew inattentive rude still experience some unease reflecting Roscoes faltering efforts interesting glorious days aviation modeling hobby becoming better known time general interest publications found model events newsworthy edition Detroit Times gave 1936 Nationals exceptional coverage copy yellow tattered Big beautiful pictures contestants models take up first two pages action picture Ben Shereshaws mammoth twin-boom gas-powered pusher model aloft dominates third shows model heading straight tall man portly woman woman fleeing fence house barn loom just beyond dont know turned out Academy way founded same year 1936 Its always possible Detroit Times picture influenced organizers think about flying site selection crowd control liability insurance key long-term issues P-82 Mustang/Baxter Continued page 53 two ounces last over 15 minutes start diesel engine simply adjust compression proper setting choke prime cylinder flip prop requires some practice soon develop feel must work needle valve setting compression adjustments concurrently get proper run Again practice makes perfect engine sounds though its laboring hard its probably overcompressed its burping like World War rotary engine its undercompressed Whether rich lean runs sound about same glow engine biggest problem twin diesels weight running gear MVVSs weigh 6 oz additional tank prop spinner bring entire gear load up 18 ounces Thats very heavy what basically 30-powered airplane two Fox 35s would T-50 UC-78 CESSNAAT have given same weight penalty course 35s require -in balsa fuselage larger fuel tanks theyd have weighed plane down still compensation Id have 70-poweru model Ive good luck MVVS diesels start quite easily give consistent runs lots power Thouj come two venturis crankcase pressure fitting Ive never use higher-power setups Ive use MVVSs 80-mph Combat models about 360 sq wing area witk same fuel tank setup P-82 ai turning 8 x 6 Taipan props theyll easil attain maximum speed use 81/2 x 61/2 Rev-Up props P-82 primarily because have several hand Theyve worked quite well since havent experimented anythii else have no idea whether theyre optimal Although sound little bi1 two engines work synergistically produce power 30 run pitch usual single engine gain power advantage twin setup other respects performance essentially like single engine MVVS diese available approximately $85 Carlson Engine Imports 814 East Marco Ave Phoenix AZ 85022 Continued page 1 Serious Horsepower1 0S. ST VS Rossi & Webra Parts Service Custom Engines Accessories Dave Shadel Performance Specialties 4/ $100for fully illustrated catalog Available YS Long & Short Stroke 05 Long Stroke OS 6IFSR 0S 40 VRP/VF 05 91 VRDF STX-40 Rossi 40 coming soon information Call 619 729-1658 Hours 10 am 5 pm Monday Thursday P 0 Box 4003 sbad CA 92008 166 Model Aviation
Edition: Model Aviation - 1991/06
Page Numbers: 49, 50, 164, 165, 166
Modelers parade before newsreel cameras early contest days before television such footage snown movie tneaters IF YOUVE BEEN modeler half century going AMA FAC Nationals can conjure memories earlier big contests used Some recent visits Nationals effect think World War II dividing line During bleak uncertain years Great War tearing societies apart sometimes wondered exciting national contests would ever again possible Fortunately five decades later remain alive well fact except ages participants average age contestants prewar contests just under 19 todays Nationals arent different ones old-timers remember youth aviation frontier Daily papers filled accounts long-distance flights speed dashes pylon races Pulp magazines like War Birds Wings Battle Aces Flying Aces trumpeted glories aerial combat 1930s newspapers spreading interest hobby through model construction articles sponsoring contests few national model magazines begun mid-decade model contests both national international become powerful magnets art science model airplane building grew slowly Most early designs quite elementary models uncomplicated structures cant recall seeing anyones rubber-powered multi-engined Scale model fly wellever didnt think could done Contrast todays FAC experts continually demonstrating skill multitude difficult successful Scale replicas first forerunner really AMA Nationals held around 1927 mid-30s meets drew over 400 contestants year Almost 1300 fliers came Chicago 1941 Some contests attracted entrants England France Canada during Great Depression aviations pull held strong Looking back its little surprising modeling flourished during years Everywhere looked money hope scarce Ever wonder what Nationals like years before World War II average age participants tended younger models simpler no expected Rub ber Scale plane conquer skies Oh yes liked ther mal god Hung Other early meets werent much dif ferent enjoy today U Earl F Stahl June 1991 49 part world whenever people got together talk turned jobs Most everybody needed willing take anything came along make things worse parts country tortured heat drought dust storms massive crop failures produced thered hit parade Top 40 during Depression Got Plenty Nothin her Can Spare Dime would have stayed top list environment idea traveling hundreds miles first National Model Airplane Championships seemed daring indeed embark long trip something supposedly frivolous playing toy airplanes hardly commonplace Depression years curiosity about flight widespread no means alone making venture Most prewar Nationals held Detroit just getting major hurdle Only few young folks cars fed Sunoco gas six gallons dollar rest us way reach mecca train bus Mostly relied Greyhound hardly conventional way model boxes rode up front roof bus protected canvas tarpaulin Id climb right up terminal ride way whole trip both ways Some modelers particularly resourceful group made trip Trenton New Jersey bus theyd bought hundred dollars ride said have given abundant opportunity acquire trouble-shooting repair experience Some hitchhiked long distances models noted Canadian builder flier John Dilly came way Toronto Others newspapers told us checked after long hauls bikes Because Depression National Aeronautic Association difficulties finding sponsorship events large Continued page 164 50 Model Aviation Left Processing lines usually long prewar Nats Chester Lanzo waits turn have Outdoor Cabin class Rubber model checked out modelings greats Lanzo no longer us Right 1930s communities businesses newspapers often spon sored contests trip Nats just few Junior Aviation League Boston MA members benefited Left Brooklyn New Yorks Sal Taibi famous Pacer Taibi active Society Antique Modelers SAM affairs Right Henry Struck Jackson Heights Long island New York launches Outdoor Cabin class model National Champion 1941 Henry has prolific designer builder decades turning out consistently successful indoor gas-powered planes well Outdoor Rubber ones Left James Cahill Indianapolis Indiana claimed Wakefield Moftett Indoor events contests before war model successor famous harder build Clodhopper Right Weary contestants bus back hotel days end Henry Struck left hav ing better luck staying awake Frank Zaic center unidentified youth right Noted competitor writer editor Zaic au thor Zaic Yearbook series Riding bus champions like akin rubbing elbows Babe Ruth Joe DiMagglo PILOT-IN-COMMAND Video Flight Training RIC Pilot. Patterned after full scale training another video program lust offers overvew CLASSROOM Learn facts about itt tnrust Must Students hobby mixes building tlying intense 1 hour drag stabitity center grasty now wng fifteen minutes training aerodynamics classroom design affects staiis Includes in-depth Study & Instructors setting followed airplane set-up moves flying turns effect load stall speed Only $2995 fieldwhereyouwillbetakenthrougheachphaseofflight inalogicalLearn causes cures torge Aiso airpiane set-ulDI controt surface checks batance building-block manner using split screen can see tne stick movements aircraft same time Thi program sNOT intendedtotakethe placeofan instructorodFiELO Learn tecnnigues taxi take-off crosswind procedures level flight turns climbsEMP dosignod provide knowledge will help becomedescents stalls go-arounds aborted takeoffs Pilot Command aircraftlandings importance good artft receive quality flight instruction have good understand-proach Also engine starts Safety oreingot aircraft does what does will b well yourtakeoff checks aerobatics much way success P VAITION 3243 Art ngton Ave Ste 345 Check local Hobby Shop tirst ilable send Check Money Order $2995 rsde CA 925db wire glued noseUnderneath probably pin hotesAnd since absolutely nothing airShape canopy smear withso dont sand off unless like fillingconditioned going back hotel polyester microballoons sand andpinholes Tape off stab fin 1/16 inbrought no relief least could always glue aligned seam Dontoutside fillets cover papercount ceiling fans Woolworths leave offSpray light coat paint Reprintlunch counter Keen Cafeteria Landing Gear File LE TE ofcourtesy J P Hanway ColonyAll Can Eat 39 cents gear round Sharpening isnt anyTX See next month Daround corner far down better just takes longer 120 mph isstreet Detroit hotel stir slow airplanes Glue 1A-in balsabreeze blend body odors block LG base shape fit theLooking Back/Stahlbreakfast supper wing Dont forget countersink holesContinued page 50 During Detroit years outdoor flying wing mounting screws Drill holes rural Wayne County Airport mounting axles before finish theExchange clubs often took task andwas good site about mile square gearthe Detroit Times sponsored yearssod three paved runways Finishing Monokote wing usualcontest airport interesting place Monokote stab fin leaving A6-in Headquarters functions andNoted speed pilot Lowell Bayles crashed raw balsa exposed between fuselageaccommodations contestants werethere 1931 trying set new covering Iron down edge ofalways good hotels society farworld speed record sensational Gee stab fin covering well sandless mobile before war usBee Z Some us aviation enthusiasts covering out fuselagehad never before stayed plush hotelmade sure saw exactly Use tape protect finish Fillet theOur rooms Book-Cadillac Detroitsdisaster happened site near stab fin canopy using five-minute andfinest cost $150 night 1936 Butthe edge airport close microbalboons Form fillet piecehordes spirited teenagers violated therailroad tracks road large hangar tubing remove extra auppity image establishment inhoused treasure unique aircraft razor blade before gets hard Sand thesubsequent years invited theincluding Stout Skycar Abrams fillets remove tape Actually youFort Shelby instead contest entry feeExplorer Inland Sport brand-new probably will change tape several timesof dollar covered special hoteltwin-engined transport Barldey Grow during process So far have beenrates along participation events Ford Motor Company arranged free careful sand thebus transportation 18-mile ride fuselage necessary get glue toRemember grousing about heatbetween hotel flying sites stick Putty up voids find andand humidity last summers aerial duelsold snapshots shows Frank Zaic Henry sand Use no coarser 320-grit paperin Tidewater Virginia Geneseo NewStruck back bench seat bus enough dull surface TheYork no better good oldappearing totally done hard days primer automotive lacquer primer anddaysand back didnt havefixing winding chasing Sharing paints will stick K&B willsunscreens fend off burns blistersbus such champions like riding 164 Model Aviation D&R P-51 H Sport Scale Mustang Rev Engine 000 ST 2 Stroke 1204 stroke Wing Span ing Area ox 1050 Weight 3 lbs Hardware $23900 Included plus stiipptng Fully Sheeted Almost Ready Cover IVS SailDianes PO Box 299 Gonzales TX 78629 5125404133 FOR ThE ENTHUSIAST INCLUDING PERFORMANCE TYPES POWER-SCALE TYPES UGHT AND HEAVY UFT SPEED AND AEROBATIC FOR COMPLETE CATALOG SEND Si STAMPS OK VS SAIIPLANES 2317 N 63RD DEPT MA SEATTLE WA 98103 200 525 5776 AFTER SPM f F ODUCT Announcing ALLNEW no-step infinite advance electronic ignition full-function high energy capacitive discharge system uses no mechanical linkage! Prices less battery spark plug Single cylinder$1 0000 Twin cylinder$12500 Instablock$1500 StitI 1/4 x32 sparkplug$1000 Installation good engine $3000 Shipping handling$350 COD$330 reatures include Simple installation No adiustment Small size Light weight Low battery drain Immersion proof packaging Epoxy potted coil very tough No engine modification No parts wear Quadras 35-42-52 Zenoahs 23-38-62 Instablock pre-timed pre-mounted sensor block Simply remove magneto screw Instablock plug module coil ground strap battery Flip prop Info send $100 address home ball park Babe Ruth Joe DiMaggio Field activities sometimes hectic Chevrolet promised free box lunches once failed arrive Officers enlisted personnel nearby Army Air Corps Selfridge Field acted judges timers several championships Some military folks unfamiliar models possibly unhappy assignment well us thought unmotivated day timers didnt show up until noon because some kind mix-up back base wait long lines get models processed Yardsticks usual course gradations common conunercial scales used validate compliance size weight rules typical days flying saw 1000 rubber-powered model flights Timers permitted follow distant model flights contestant couldnt offer ride though enthusiasm dimmed us relied mere foot power felt handicapped prewar Nationals successful contestants rubber-powered events sought power adjust models maximum durationa rapid high climb moderate power followed stable flat slow glide lucky thermals prolonged glide good day plenty altitude potential out-of-sight flight fairly great Being grabbed thermal god Hung badge distinction like fishing hunting tale story tended take new twists retelling 1936 Nationals Americans learned chagrin other maybe better ways fly British French entrants International Wakefield event used lesser bursts power beginning flight followed longer motor runs lower altitudes 19-year-old Albert Judge took trophy home England todays competitive rubberpowered Scale flights remind way Europeans did back period several years persistent southwest wind often carried models toward farm fields adjoined Wayne County Airport enterprising farmer called relatives patrol property retrieve models charge return 1936 charged 10 cents model next year upped 20 cents model fetched corn rows two bits pulled out wheat Two bits big money daysworth five Cokes grape NeHis contestants outraged sponsoring newspaper played up big making Farmer Brown look really unscrupulous Now half century wiser Im prepared concede farmer legitimate cause protect income source Gasoline-powered models rapidly gaining popularity Thirties Radio Control experiments under way reasonable guess however least three-quarters activities Nationals centered about rubberpowered events first Indoor events Detroit held Olympia Auditorium After moved blimp hangar Gross Ile circular grassy Navy field island near mouth Detroit River Therre no Indoor Scale events Peanuts Walnuts Coconuts being yet undreamed hangar ceiling about 100 feet framework open structural arches course metal building wasnt insulated despite summers fury doors remain closed minimize drafts climb ladders catwalks try retrieve stranded models encountered still torrid conditions stepped outside some moving air though got watch Curtiss SBCs practicing takeoffs landings close range farewell banquet held year Ford Motors sponsored year can still almost taste hard rolls served its Rotunda Another year banquet almost abandoned because lack funds GUNFIGHTERS $1195/PAIR POSI EROtCRAFTLUMINUM INJI THUMBS ONLY OR THUMB/FOREFINGER TWO DISTINCT SHAPES NOW AVAILABLE TO SUIT YOUR FLYING STYLE FOR FUTABA AIRTRONICS JR AND OTHERS PLEASE SPECIFY RADIO TYPE WHEN ORDERING ViSA/MASTERCARD ACCEPTED INCLUDE EXPIRATION DATE CA RESIDENTS ADD 6% SALES TAX Box 1162 ER CITY CA 93483 SMITH & MORRIS 0 SUPPORT YOUR AMA June 1991 165 DIELS ENGI EERING INC POBex lot WooDvILLEOHto 43469 YESTERDAYS JETS JET KITS FREE FLIGHT SCALERUBBER POWERED STICK & TISSUE COMPLETE IUTS WITH CANOPtEsDECALSPRINTWOOD AND MORE AvAILABLE tN MAY 1991 KIT #15 NORTH AMERICAN F-86D SABRE JET DOG vERSION KIT #16 NORTH AMERICAN F-100 SUPER SABRE JET ORDER NOW FOR MAY DELIVERY BOTH KITS 1/24 SCALE $20 EACH PLUS $250 EACH SHIPPING $150 FOR CATALOG 14 OTHER KITS & 65 PLANS AvAILABLE DEALER INQUIRIES INVITED FINGER SAVER INC PO Box 1416 SLPetersburg FL 33731 START ADJUST plane ALONE Eliminates need helper High quality steel Lightweight act Easily adaptable ANY plane Dealers invited SPECIAL FLYING CLUB RATES NOW ONLY $1995 s&h FL res add 7% tax can letter model 25•A B CDE ed n6wckee Pressure Sensitive Water Transfer maor decals 11 sizes 11 great colors L~iHEAST SCREEN GRAPHICS 21 FISHER AVE EAST LOROMEADOW MA 01028 TEL 413-525-4110 FAX 413-525-7794~ Roy Scripps Scripps-Howard newspaper chain stepped forward last minute hired lake steamer Greater Buffalo put memorable affair After-dinner speakers usually prominent personalities gave inspirational messages banquet famed Marine speed aerobatic airman Al Williams showed himself polished communicator Roscoe Turner other hand just couldnt generate kind excitement podium no trouble stirring up whizzed around pylons As droned sweating unique uniform audience grew inattentive rude still experience some unease reflecting Roscoes faltering efforts interesting glorious days aviation modeling hobby becoming better known time general interest publications found model events newsworthy edition Detroit Times gave 1936 Nationals exceptional coverage copy yellow tattered Big beautiful pictures contestants models take up first two pages action picture Ben Shereshaws mammoth twin-boom gas-powered pusher model aloft dominates third shows model heading straight tall man portly woman woman fleeing fence house barn loom just beyond dont know turned out Academy way founded same year 1936 Its always possible Detroit Times picture influenced organizers think about flying site selection crowd control liability insurance key long-term issues P-82 Mustang/Baxter Continued page 53 two ounces last over 15 minutes start diesel engine simply adjust compression proper setting choke prime cylinder flip prop requires some practice soon develop feel must work needle valve setting compression adjustments concurrently get proper run Again practice makes perfect engine sounds though its laboring hard its probably overcompressed its burping like World War rotary engine its undercompressed Whether rich lean runs sound about same glow engine biggest problem twin diesels weight running gear MVVSs weigh 6 oz additional tank prop spinner bring entire gear load up 18 ounces Thats very heavy what basically 30-powered airplane two Fox 35s would T-50 UC-78 CESSNAAT have given same weight penalty course 35s require -in balsa fuselage larger fuel tanks theyd have weighed plane down still compensation Id have 70-poweru model Ive good luck MVVS diesels start quite easily give consistent runs lots power Thouj come two venturis crankcase pressure fitting Ive never use higher-power setups Ive use MVVSs 80-mph Combat models about 360 sq wing area witk same fuel tank setup P-82 ai turning 8 x 6 Taipan props theyll easil attain maximum speed use 81/2 x 61/2 Rev-Up props P-82 primarily because have several hand Theyve worked quite well since havent experimented anythii else have no idea whether theyre optimal Although sound little bi1 two engines work synergistically produce power 30 run pitch usual single engine gain power advantage twin setup other respects performance essentially like single engine MVVS diese available approximately $85 Carlson Engine Imports 814 East Marco Ave Phoenix AZ 85022 Continued page 1 Serious Horsepower1 0S. ST VS Rossi & Webra Parts Service Custom Engines Accessories Dave Shadel Performance Specialties 4/ $100for fully illustrated catalog Available YS Long & Short Stroke 05 Long Stroke OS 6IFSR 0S 40 VRP/VF 05 91 VRDF STX-40 Rossi 40 coming soon information Call 619 729-1658 Hours 10 am 5 pm Monday Thursday P 0 Box 4003 sbad CA 92008 166 Model Aviation
Edition: Model Aviation - 1991/06
Page Numbers: 49, 50, 164, 165, 166
Modelers parade before newsreel cameras early contest days before television such footage snown movie tneaters IF YOUVE BEEN modeler half century going AMA FAC Nationals can conjure memories earlier big contests used Some recent visits Nationals effect think World War II dividing line During bleak uncertain years Great War tearing societies apart sometimes wondered exciting national contests would ever again possible Fortunately five decades later remain alive well fact except ages participants average age contestants prewar contests just under 19 todays Nationals arent different ones old-timers remember youth aviation frontier Daily papers filled accounts long-distance flights speed dashes pylon races Pulp magazines like War Birds Wings Battle Aces Flying Aces trumpeted glories aerial combat 1930s newspapers spreading interest hobby through model construction articles sponsoring contests few national model magazines begun mid-decade model contests both national international become powerful magnets art science model airplane building grew slowly Most early designs quite elementary models uncomplicated structures cant recall seeing anyones rubber-powered multi-engined Scale model fly wellever didnt think could done Contrast todays FAC experts continually demonstrating skill multitude difficult successful Scale replicas first forerunner really AMA Nationals held around 1927 mid-30s meets drew over 400 contestants year Almost 1300 fliers came Chicago 1941 Some contests attracted entrants England France Canada during Great Depression aviations pull held strong Looking back its little surprising modeling flourished during years Everywhere looked money hope scarce Ever wonder what Nationals like years before World War II average age participants tended younger models simpler no expected Rub ber Scale plane conquer skies Oh yes liked ther mal god Hung Other early meets werent much dif ferent enjoy today U Earl F Stahl June 1991 49 part world whenever people got together talk turned jobs Most everybody needed willing take anything came along make things worse parts country tortured heat drought dust storms massive crop failures produced thered hit parade Top 40 during Depression Got Plenty Nothin her Can Spare Dime would have stayed top list environment idea traveling hundreds miles first National Model Airplane Championships seemed daring indeed embark long trip something supposedly frivolous playing toy airplanes hardly commonplace Depression years curiosity about flight widespread no means alone making venture Most prewar Nationals held Detroit just getting major hurdle Only few young folks cars fed Sunoco gas six gallons dollar rest us way reach mecca train bus Mostly relied Greyhound hardly conventional way model boxes rode up front roof bus protected canvas tarpaulin Id climb right up terminal ride way whole trip both ways Some modelers particularly resourceful group made trip Trenton New Jersey bus theyd bought hundred dollars ride said have given abundant opportunity acquire trouble-shooting repair experience Some hitchhiked long distances models noted Canadian builder flier John Dilly came way Toronto Others newspapers told us checked after long hauls bikes Because Depression National Aeronautic Association difficulties finding sponsorship events large Continued page 164 50 Model Aviation Left Processing lines usually long prewar Nats Chester Lanzo waits turn have Outdoor Cabin class Rubber model checked out modelings greats Lanzo no longer us Right 1930s communities businesses newspapers often spon sored contests trip Nats just few Junior Aviation League Boston MA members benefited Left Brooklyn New Yorks Sal Taibi famous Pacer Taibi active Society Antique Modelers SAM affairs Right Henry Struck Jackson Heights Long island New York launches Outdoor Cabin class model National Champion 1941 Henry has prolific designer builder decades turning out consistently successful indoor gas-powered planes well Outdoor Rubber ones Left James Cahill Indianapolis Indiana claimed Wakefield Moftett Indoor events contests before war model successor famous harder build Clodhopper Right Weary contestants bus back hotel days end Henry Struck left hav ing better luck staying awake Frank Zaic center unidentified youth right Noted competitor writer editor Zaic au thor Zaic Yearbook series Riding bus champions like akin rubbing elbows Babe Ruth Joe DiMagglo PILOT-IN-COMMAND Video Flight Training RIC Pilot. Patterned after full scale training another video program lust offers overvew CLASSROOM Learn facts about itt tnrust Must Students hobby mixes building tlying intense 1 hour drag stabitity center grasty now wng fifteen minutes training aerodynamics classroom design affects staiis Includes in-depth Study & Instructors setting followed airplane set-up moves flying turns effect load stall speed Only $2995 fieldwhereyouwillbetakenthrougheachphaseofflight inalogicalLearn causes cures torge Aiso airpiane set-ulDI controt surface checks batance building-block manner using split screen can see tne stick movements aircraft same time Thi program sNOT intendedtotakethe placeofan instructorodFiELO Learn tecnnigues taxi take-off crosswind procedures level flight turns climbsEMP dosignod provide knowledge will help becomedescents stalls go-arounds aborted takeoffs Pilot Command aircraftlandings importance good artft receive quality flight instruction have good understand-proach Also engine starts Safety oreingot aircraft does what does will b well yourtakeoff checks aerobatics much way success P VAITION 3243 Art ngton Ave Ste 345 Check local Hobby Shop tirst ilable send Check Money Order $2995 rsde CA 925db wire glued noseUnderneath probably pin hotesAnd since absolutely nothing airShape canopy smear withso dont sand off unless like fillingconditioned going back hotel polyester microballoons sand andpinholes Tape off stab fin 1/16 inbrought no relief least could always glue aligned seam Dontoutside fillets cover papercount ceiling fans Woolworths leave offSpray light coat paint Reprintlunch counter Keen Cafeteria Landing Gear File LE TE ofcourtesy J P Hanway ColonyAll Can Eat 39 cents gear round Sharpening isnt anyTX See next month Daround corner far down better just takes longer 120 mph isstreet Detroit hotel stir slow airplanes Glue 1A-in balsabreeze blend body odors block LG base shape fit theLooking Back/Stahlbreakfast supper wing Dont forget countersink holesContinued page 50 During Detroit years outdoor flying wing mounting screws Drill holes rural Wayne County Airport mounting axles before finish theExchange clubs often took task andwas good site about mile square gearthe Detroit Times sponsored yearssod three paved runways Finishing Monokote wing usualcontest airport interesting place Monokote stab fin leaving A6-in Headquarters functions andNoted speed pilot Lowell Bayles crashed raw balsa exposed between fuselageaccommodations contestants werethere 1931 trying set new covering Iron down edge ofalways good hotels society farworld speed record sensational Gee stab fin covering well sandless mobile before war usBee Z Some us aviation enthusiasts covering out fuselagehad never before stayed plush hotelmade sure saw exactly Use tape protect finish Fillet theOur rooms Book-Cadillac Detroitsdisaster happened site near stab fin canopy using five-minute andfinest cost $150 night 1936 Butthe edge airport close microbalboons Form fillet piecehordes spirited teenagers violated therailroad tracks road large hangar tubing remove extra auppity image establishment inhoused treasure unique aircraft razor blade before gets hard Sand thesubsequent years invited theincluding Stout Skycar Abrams fillets remove tape Actually youFort Shelby instead contest entry feeExplorer Inland Sport brand-new probably will change tape several timesof dollar covered special hoteltwin-engined transport Barldey Grow during process So far have beenrates along participation events Ford Motor Company arranged free careful sand thebus transportation 18-mile ride fuselage necessary get glue toRemember grousing about heatbetween hotel flying sites stick Putty up voids find andand humidity last summers aerial duelsold snapshots shows Frank Zaic Henry sand Use no coarser 320-grit paperin Tidewater Virginia Geneseo NewStruck back bench seat bus enough dull surface TheYork no better good oldappearing totally done hard days primer automotive lacquer primer anddaysand back didnt havefixing winding chasing Sharing paints will stick K&B willsunscreens fend off burns blistersbus such champions like riding 164 Model Aviation D&R P-51 H Sport Scale Mustang Rev Engine 000 ST 2 Stroke 1204 stroke Wing Span ing Area ox 1050 Weight 3 lbs Hardware $23900 Included plus stiipptng Fully Sheeted Almost Ready Cover IVS SailDianes PO Box 299 Gonzales TX 78629 5125404133 FOR ThE ENTHUSIAST INCLUDING PERFORMANCE TYPES POWER-SCALE TYPES UGHT AND HEAVY UFT SPEED AND AEROBATIC FOR COMPLETE CATALOG SEND Si STAMPS OK VS SAIIPLANES 2317 N 63RD DEPT MA SEATTLE WA 98103 200 525 5776 AFTER SPM f F ODUCT Announcing ALLNEW no-step infinite advance electronic ignition full-function high energy capacitive discharge system uses no mechanical linkage! Prices less battery spark plug Single cylinder$1 0000 Twin cylinder$12500 Instablock$1500 StitI 1/4 x32 sparkplug$1000 Installation good engine $3000 Shipping handling$350 COD$330 reatures include Simple installation No adiustment Small size Light weight Low battery drain Immersion proof packaging Epoxy potted coil very tough No engine modification No parts wear Quadras 35-42-52 Zenoahs 23-38-62 Instablock pre-timed pre-mounted sensor block Simply remove magneto screw Instablock plug module coil ground strap battery Flip prop Info send $100 address home ball park Babe Ruth Joe DiMaggio Field activities sometimes hectic Chevrolet promised free box lunches once failed arrive Officers enlisted personnel nearby Army Air Corps Selfridge Field acted judges timers several championships Some military folks unfamiliar models possibly unhappy assignment well us thought unmotivated day timers didnt show up until noon because some kind mix-up back base wait long lines get models processed Yardsticks usual course gradations common conunercial scales used validate compliance size weight rules typical days flying saw 1000 rubber-powered model flights Timers permitted follow distant model flights contestant couldnt offer ride though enthusiasm dimmed us relied mere foot power felt handicapped prewar Nationals successful contestants rubber-powered events sought power adjust models maximum durationa rapid high climb moderate power followed stable flat slow glide lucky thermals prolonged glide good day plenty altitude potential out-of-sight flight fairly great Being grabbed thermal god Hung badge distinction like fishing hunting tale story tended take new twists retelling 1936 Nationals Americans learned chagrin other maybe better ways fly British French entrants International Wakefield event used lesser bursts power beginning flight followed longer motor runs lower altitudes 19-year-old Albert Judge took trophy home England todays competitive rubberpowered Scale flights remind way Europeans did back period several years persistent southwest wind often carried models toward farm fields adjoined Wayne County Airport enterprising farmer called relatives patrol property retrieve models charge return 1936 charged 10 cents model next year upped 20 cents model fetched corn rows two bits pulled out wheat Two bits big money daysworth five Cokes grape NeHis contestants outraged sponsoring newspaper played up big making Farmer Brown look really unscrupulous Now half century wiser Im prepared concede farmer legitimate cause protect income source Gasoline-powered models rapidly gaining popularity Thirties Radio Control experiments under way reasonable guess however least three-quarters activities Nationals centered about rubberpowered events first Indoor events Detroit held Olympia Auditorium After moved blimp hangar Gross Ile circular grassy Navy field island near mouth Detroit River Therre no Indoor Scale events Peanuts Walnuts Coconuts being yet undreamed hangar ceiling about 100 feet framework open structural arches course metal building wasnt insulated despite summers fury doors remain closed minimize drafts climb ladders catwalks try retrieve stranded models encountered still torrid conditions stepped outside some moving air though got watch Curtiss SBCs practicing takeoffs landings close range farewell banquet held year Ford Motors sponsored year can still almost taste hard rolls served its Rotunda Another year banquet almost abandoned because lack funds GUNFIGHTERS $1195/PAIR POSI EROtCRAFTLUMINUM INJI THUMBS ONLY OR THUMB/FOREFINGER TWO DISTINCT SHAPES NOW AVAILABLE TO SUIT YOUR FLYING STYLE FOR FUTABA AIRTRONICS JR AND OTHERS PLEASE SPECIFY RADIO TYPE WHEN ORDERING ViSA/MASTERCARD ACCEPTED INCLUDE EXPIRATION DATE CA RESIDENTS ADD 6% SALES TAX Box 1162 ER CITY CA 93483 SMITH & MORRIS 0 SUPPORT YOUR AMA June 1991 165 DIELS ENGI EERING INC POBex lot WooDvILLEOHto 43469 YESTERDAYS JETS JET KITS FREE FLIGHT SCALERUBBER POWERED STICK & TISSUE COMPLETE IUTS WITH CANOPtEsDECALSPRINTWOOD AND MORE AvAILABLE tN MAY 1991 KIT #15 NORTH AMERICAN F-86D SABRE JET DOG vERSION KIT #16 NORTH AMERICAN F-100 SUPER SABRE JET ORDER NOW FOR MAY DELIVERY BOTH KITS 1/24 SCALE $20 EACH PLUS $250 EACH SHIPPING $150 FOR CATALOG 14 OTHER KITS & 65 PLANS AvAILABLE DEALER INQUIRIES INVITED FINGER SAVER INC PO Box 1416 SLPetersburg FL 33731 START ADJUST plane ALONE Eliminates need helper High quality steel Lightweight act Easily adaptable ANY plane Dealers invited SPECIAL FLYING CLUB RATES NOW ONLY $1995 s&h FL res add 7% tax can letter model 25•A B CDE ed n6wckee Pressure Sensitive Water Transfer maor decals 11 sizes 11 great colors L~iHEAST SCREEN GRAPHICS 21 FISHER AVE EAST LOROMEADOW MA 01028 TEL 413-525-4110 FAX 413-525-7794~ Roy Scripps Scripps-Howard newspaper chain stepped forward last minute hired lake steamer Greater Buffalo put memorable affair After-dinner speakers usually prominent personalities gave inspirational messages banquet famed Marine speed aerobatic airman Al Williams showed himself polished communicator Roscoe Turner other hand just couldnt generate kind excitement podium no trouble stirring up whizzed around pylons As droned sweating unique uniform audience grew inattentive rude still experience some unease reflecting Roscoes faltering efforts interesting glorious days aviation modeling hobby becoming better known time general interest publications found model events newsworthy edition Detroit Times gave 1936 Nationals exceptional coverage copy yellow tattered Big beautiful pictures contestants models take up first two pages action picture Ben Shereshaws mammoth twin-boom gas-powered pusher model aloft dominates third shows model heading straight tall man portly woman woman fleeing fence house barn loom just beyond dont know turned out Academy way founded same year 1936 Its always possible Detroit Times picture influenced organizers think about flying site selection crowd control liability insurance key long-term issues P-82 Mustang/Baxter Continued page 53 two ounces last over 15 minutes start diesel engine simply adjust compression proper setting choke prime cylinder flip prop requires some practice soon develop feel must work needle valve setting compression adjustments concurrently get proper run Again practice makes perfect engine sounds though its laboring hard its probably overcompressed its burping like World War rotary engine its undercompressed Whether rich lean runs sound about same glow engine biggest problem twin diesels weight running gear MVVSs weigh 6 oz additional tank prop spinner bring entire gear load up 18 ounces Thats very heavy what basically 30-powered airplane two Fox 35s would T-50 UC-78 CESSNAAT have given same weight penalty course 35s require -in balsa fuselage larger fuel tanks theyd have weighed plane down still compensation Id have 70-poweru model Ive good luck MVVS diesels start quite easily give consistent runs lots power Thouj come two venturis crankcase pressure fitting Ive never use higher-power setups Ive use MVVSs 80-mph Combat models about 360 sq wing area witk same fuel tank setup P-82 ai turning 8 x 6 Taipan props theyll easil attain maximum speed use 81/2 x 61/2 Rev-Up props P-82 primarily because have several hand Theyve worked quite well since havent experimented anythii else have no idea whether theyre optimal Although sound little bi1 two engines work synergistically produce power 30 run pitch usual single engine gain power advantage twin setup other respects performance essentially like single engine MVVS diese available approximately $85 Carlson Engine Imports 814 East Marco Ave Phoenix AZ 85022 Continued page 1 Serious Horsepower1 0S. ST VS Rossi & Webra Parts Service Custom Engines Accessories Dave Shadel Performance Specialties 4/ $100for fully illustrated catalog Available YS Long & Short Stroke 05 Long Stroke OS 6IFSR 0S 40 VRP/VF 05 91 VRDF STX-40 Rossi 40 coming soon information Call 619 729-1658 Hours 10 am 5 pm Monday Thursday P 0 Box 4003 sbad CA 92008 166 Model Aviation
Edition: Model Aviation - 1991/06
Page Numbers: 49, 50, 164, 165, 166
Modelers parade before newsreel cameras early contest days before television such footage snown movie tneaters IF YOUVE BEEN modeler half century going AMA FAC Nationals can conjure memories earlier big contests used Some recent visits Nationals effect think World War II dividing line During bleak uncertain years Great War tearing societies apart sometimes wondered exciting national contests would ever again possible Fortunately five decades later remain alive well fact except ages participants average age contestants prewar contests just under 19 todays Nationals arent different ones old-timers remember youth aviation frontier Daily papers filled accounts long-distance flights speed dashes pylon races Pulp magazines like War Birds Wings Battle Aces Flying Aces trumpeted glories aerial combat 1930s newspapers spreading interest hobby through model construction articles sponsoring contests few national model magazines begun mid-decade model contests both national international become powerful magnets art science model airplane building grew slowly Most early designs quite elementary models uncomplicated structures cant recall seeing anyones rubber-powered multi-engined Scale model fly wellever didnt think could done Contrast todays FAC experts continually demonstrating skill multitude difficult successful Scale replicas first forerunner really AMA Nationals held around 1927 mid-30s meets drew over 400 contestants year Almost 1300 fliers came Chicago 1941 Some contests attracted entrants England France Canada during Great Depression aviations pull held strong Looking back its little surprising modeling flourished during years Everywhere looked money hope scarce Ever wonder what Nationals like years before World War II average age participants tended younger models simpler no expected Rub ber Scale plane conquer skies Oh yes liked ther mal god Hung Other early meets werent much dif ferent enjoy today U Earl F Stahl June 1991 49 part world whenever people got together talk turned jobs Most everybody needed willing take anything came along make things worse parts country tortured heat drought dust storms massive crop failures produced thered hit parade Top 40 during Depression Got Plenty Nothin her Can Spare Dime would have stayed top list environment idea traveling hundreds miles first National Model Airplane Championships seemed daring indeed embark long trip something supposedly frivolous playing toy airplanes hardly commonplace Depression years curiosity about flight widespread no means alone making venture Most prewar Nationals held Detroit just getting major hurdle Only few young folks cars fed Sunoco gas six gallons dollar rest us way reach mecca train bus Mostly relied Greyhound hardly conventional way model boxes rode up front roof bus protected canvas tarpaulin Id climb right up terminal ride way whole trip both ways Some modelers particularly resourceful group made trip Trenton New Jersey bus theyd bought hundred dollars ride said have given abundant opportunity acquire trouble-shooting repair experience Some hitchhiked long distances models noted Canadian builder flier John Dilly came way Toronto Others newspapers told us checked after long hauls bikes Because Depression National Aeronautic Association difficulties finding sponsorship events large Continued page 164 50 Model Aviation Left Processing lines usually long prewar Nats Chester Lanzo waits turn have Outdoor Cabin class Rubber model checked out modelings greats Lanzo no longer us Right 1930s communities businesses newspapers often spon sored contests trip Nats just few Junior Aviation League Boston MA members benefited Left Brooklyn New Yorks Sal Taibi famous Pacer Taibi active Society Antique Modelers SAM affairs Right Henry Struck Jackson Heights Long island New York launches Outdoor Cabin class model National Champion 1941 Henry has prolific designer builder decades turning out consistently successful indoor gas-powered planes well Outdoor Rubber ones Left James Cahill Indianapolis Indiana claimed Wakefield Moftett Indoor events contests before war model successor famous harder build Clodhopper Right Weary contestants bus back hotel days end Henry Struck left hav ing better luck staying awake Frank Zaic center unidentified youth right Noted competitor writer editor Zaic au thor Zaic Yearbook series Riding bus champions like akin rubbing elbows Babe Ruth Joe DiMagglo PILOT-IN-COMMAND Video Flight Training RIC Pilot. Patterned after full scale training another video program lust offers overvew CLASSROOM Learn facts about itt tnrust Must Students hobby mixes building tlying intense 1 hour drag stabitity center grasty now wng fifteen minutes training aerodynamics classroom design affects staiis Includes in-depth Study & Instructors setting followed airplane set-up moves flying turns effect load stall speed Only $2995 fieldwhereyouwillbetakenthrougheachphaseofflight inalogicalLearn causes cures torge Aiso airpiane set-ulDI controt surface checks batance building-block manner using split screen can see tne stick movements aircraft same time Thi program sNOT intendedtotakethe placeofan instructorodFiELO Learn tecnnigues taxi take-off crosswind procedures level flight turns climbsEMP dosignod provide knowledge will help becomedescents stalls go-arounds aborted takeoffs Pilot Command aircraftlandings importance good artft receive quality flight instruction have good understand-proach Also engine starts Safety oreingot aircraft does what does will b well yourtakeoff checks aerobatics much way success P VAITION 3243 Art ngton Ave Ste 345 Check local Hobby Shop tirst ilable send Check Money Order $2995 rsde CA 925db wire glued noseUnderneath probably pin hotesAnd since absolutely nothing airShape canopy smear withso dont sand off unless like fillingconditioned going back hotel polyester microballoons sand andpinholes Tape off stab fin 1/16 inbrought no relief least could always glue aligned seam Dontoutside fillets cover papercount ceiling fans Woolworths leave offSpray light coat paint Reprintlunch counter Keen Cafeteria Landing Gear File LE TE ofcourtesy J P Hanway ColonyAll Can Eat 39 cents gear round Sharpening isnt anyTX See next month Daround corner far down better just takes longer 120 mph isstreet Detroit hotel stir slow airplanes Glue 1A-in balsabreeze blend body odors block LG base shape fit theLooking Back/Stahlbreakfast supper wing Dont forget countersink holesContinued page 50 During Detroit years outdoor flying wing mounting screws Drill holes rural Wayne County Airport mounting axles before finish theExchange clubs often took task andwas good site about mile square gearthe Detroit Times sponsored yearssod three paved runways Finishing Monokote wing usualcontest airport interesting place Monokote stab fin leaving A6-in Headquarters functions andNoted speed pilot Lowell Bayles crashed raw balsa exposed between fuselageaccommodations contestants werethere 1931 trying set new covering Iron down edge ofalways good hotels society farworld speed record sensational Gee stab fin covering well sandless mobile before war usBee Z Some us aviation enthusiasts covering out fuselagehad never before stayed plush hotelmade sure saw exactly Use tape protect finish Fillet theOur rooms Book-Cadillac Detroitsdisaster happened site near stab fin canopy using five-minute andfinest cost $150 night 1936 Butthe edge airport close microbalboons Form fillet piecehordes spirited teenagers violated therailroad tracks road large hangar tubing remove extra auppity image establishment inhoused treasure unique aircraft razor blade before gets hard Sand thesubsequent years invited theincluding Stout Skycar Abrams fillets remove tape Actually youFort Shelby instead contest entry feeExplorer Inland Sport brand-new probably will change tape several timesof dollar covered special hoteltwin-engined transport Barldey Grow during process So far have beenrates along participation events Ford Motor Company arranged free careful sand thebus transportation 18-mile ride fuselage necessary get glue toRemember grousing about heatbetween hotel flying sites stick Putty up voids find andand humidity last summers aerial duelsold snapshots shows Frank Zaic Henry sand Use no coarser 320-grit paperin Tidewater Virginia Geneseo NewStruck back bench seat bus enough dull surface TheYork no better good oldappearing totally done hard days primer automotive lacquer primer anddaysand back didnt havefixing winding chasing Sharing paints will stick K&B willsunscreens fend off burns blistersbus such champions like riding 164 Model Aviation D&R P-51 H Sport Scale Mustang Rev Engine 000 ST 2 Stroke 1204 stroke Wing Span ing Area ox 1050 Weight 3 lbs Hardware $23900 Included plus stiipptng Fully Sheeted Almost Ready Cover IVS SailDianes PO Box 299 Gonzales TX 78629 5125404133 FOR ThE ENTHUSIAST INCLUDING PERFORMANCE TYPES POWER-SCALE TYPES UGHT AND HEAVY UFT SPEED AND AEROBATIC FOR COMPLETE CATALOG SEND Si STAMPS OK VS SAIIPLANES 2317 N 63RD DEPT MA SEATTLE WA 98103 200 525 5776 AFTER SPM f F ODUCT Announcing ALLNEW no-step infinite advance electronic ignition full-function high energy capacitive discharge system uses no mechanical linkage! Prices less battery spark plug Single cylinder$1 0000 Twin cylinder$12500 Instablock$1500 StitI 1/4 x32 sparkplug$1000 Installation good engine $3000 Shipping handling$350 COD$330 reatures include Simple installation No adiustment Small size Light weight Low battery drain Immersion proof packaging Epoxy potted coil very tough No engine modification No parts wear Quadras 35-42-52 Zenoahs 23-38-62 Instablock pre-timed pre-mounted sensor block Simply remove magneto screw Instablock plug module coil ground strap battery Flip prop Info send $100 address home ball park Babe Ruth Joe DiMaggio Field activities sometimes hectic Chevrolet promised free box lunches once failed arrive Officers enlisted personnel nearby Army Air Corps Selfridge Field acted judges timers several championships Some military folks unfamiliar models possibly unhappy assignment well us thought unmotivated day timers didnt show up until noon because some kind mix-up back base wait long lines get models processed Yardsticks usual course gradations common conunercial scales used validate compliance size weight rules typical days flying saw 1000 rubber-powered model flights Timers permitted follow distant model flights contestant couldnt offer ride though enthusiasm dimmed us relied mere foot power felt handicapped prewar Nationals successful contestants rubber-powered events sought power adjust models maximum durationa rapid high climb moderate power followed stable flat slow glide lucky thermals prolonged glide good day plenty altitude potential out-of-sight flight fairly great Being grabbed thermal god Hung badge distinction like fishing hunting tale story tended take new twists retelling 1936 Nationals Americans learned chagrin other maybe better ways fly British French entrants International Wakefield event used lesser bursts power beginning flight followed longer motor runs lower altitudes 19-year-old Albert Judge took trophy home England todays competitive rubberpowered Scale flights remind way Europeans did back period several years persistent southwest wind often carried models toward farm fields adjoined Wayne County Airport enterprising farmer called relatives patrol property retrieve models charge return 1936 charged 10 cents model next year upped 20 cents model fetched corn rows two bits pulled out wheat Two bits big money daysworth five Cokes grape NeHis contestants outraged sponsoring newspaper played up big making Farmer Brown look really unscrupulous Now half century wiser Im prepared concede farmer legitimate cause protect income source Gasoline-powered models rapidly gaining popularity Thirties Radio Control experiments under way reasonable guess however least three-quarters activities Nationals centered about rubberpowered events first Indoor events Detroit held Olympia Auditorium After moved blimp hangar Gross Ile circular grassy Navy field island near mouth Detroit River Therre no Indoor Scale events Peanuts Walnuts Coconuts being yet undreamed hangar ceiling about 100 feet framework open structural arches course metal building wasnt insulated despite summers fury doors remain closed minimize drafts climb ladders catwalks try retrieve stranded models encountered still torrid conditions stepped outside some moving air though got watch Curtiss SBCs practicing takeoffs landings close range farewell banquet held year Ford Motors sponsored year can still almost taste hard rolls served its Rotunda Another year banquet almost abandoned because lack funds GUNFIGHTERS $1195/PAIR POSI EROtCRAFTLUMINUM INJI THUMBS ONLY OR THUMB/FOREFINGER TWO DISTINCT SHAPES NOW AVAILABLE TO SUIT YOUR FLYING STYLE FOR FUTABA AIRTRONICS JR AND OTHERS PLEASE SPECIFY RADIO TYPE WHEN ORDERING ViSA/MASTERCARD ACCEPTED INCLUDE EXPIRATION DATE CA RESIDENTS ADD 6% SALES TAX Box 1162 ER CITY CA 93483 SMITH & MORRIS 0 SUPPORT YOUR AMA June 1991 165 DIELS ENGI EERING INC POBex lot WooDvILLEOHto 43469 YESTERDAYS JETS JET KITS FREE FLIGHT SCALERUBBER POWERED STICK & TISSUE COMPLETE IUTS WITH CANOPtEsDECALSPRINTWOOD AND MORE AvAILABLE tN MAY 1991 KIT #15 NORTH AMERICAN F-86D SABRE JET DOG vERSION KIT #16 NORTH AMERICAN F-100 SUPER SABRE JET ORDER NOW FOR MAY DELIVERY BOTH KITS 1/24 SCALE $20 EACH PLUS $250 EACH SHIPPING $150 FOR CATALOG 14 OTHER KITS & 65 PLANS AvAILABLE DEALER INQUIRIES INVITED FINGER SAVER INC PO Box 1416 SLPetersburg FL 33731 START ADJUST plane ALONE Eliminates need helper High quality steel Lightweight act Easily adaptable ANY plane Dealers invited SPECIAL FLYING CLUB RATES NOW ONLY $1995 s&h FL res add 7% tax can letter model 25•A B CDE ed n6wckee Pressure Sensitive Water Transfer maor decals 11 sizes 11 great colors L~iHEAST SCREEN GRAPHICS 21 FISHER AVE EAST LOROMEADOW MA 01028 TEL 413-525-4110 FAX 413-525-7794~ Roy Scripps Scripps-Howard newspaper chain stepped forward last minute hired lake steamer Greater Buffalo put memorable affair After-dinner speakers usually prominent personalities gave inspirational messages banquet famed Marine speed aerobatic airman Al Williams showed himself polished communicator Roscoe Turner other hand just couldnt generate kind excitement podium no trouble stirring up whizzed around pylons As droned sweating unique uniform audience grew inattentive rude still experience some unease reflecting Roscoes faltering efforts interesting glorious days aviation modeling hobby becoming better known time general interest publications found model events newsworthy edition Detroit Times gave 1936 Nationals exceptional coverage copy yellow tattered Big beautiful pictures contestants models take up first two pages action picture Ben Shereshaws mammoth twin-boom gas-powered pusher model aloft dominates third shows model heading straight tall man portly woman woman fleeing fence house barn loom just beyond dont know turned out Academy way founded same year 1936 Its always possible Detroit Times picture influenced organizers think about flying site selection crowd control liability insurance key long-term issues P-82 Mustang/Baxter Continued page 53 two ounces last over 15 minutes start diesel engine simply adjust compression proper setting choke prime cylinder flip prop requires some practice soon develop feel must work needle valve setting compression adjustments concurrently get proper run Again practice makes perfect engine sounds though its laboring hard its probably overcompressed its burping like World War rotary engine its undercompressed Whether rich lean runs sound about same glow engine biggest problem twin diesels weight running gear MVVSs weigh 6 oz additional tank prop spinner bring entire gear load up 18 ounces Thats very heavy what basically 30-powered airplane two Fox 35s would T-50 UC-78 CESSNAAT have given same weight penalty course 35s require -in balsa fuselage larger fuel tanks theyd have weighed plane down still compensation Id have 70-poweru model Ive good luck MVVS diesels start quite easily give consistent runs lots power Thouj come two venturis crankcase pressure fitting Ive never use higher-power setups Ive use MVVSs 80-mph Combat models about 360 sq wing area witk same fuel tank setup P-82 ai turning 8 x 6 Taipan props theyll easil attain maximum speed use 81/2 x 61/2 Rev-Up props P-82 primarily because have several hand Theyve worked quite well since havent experimented anythii else have no idea whether theyre optimal Although sound little bi1 two engines work synergistically produce power 30 run pitch usual single engine gain power advantage twin setup other respects performance essentially like single engine MVVS diese available approximately $85 Carlson Engine Imports 814 East Marco Ave Phoenix AZ 85022 Continued page 1 Serious Horsepower1 0S. ST VS Rossi & Webra Parts Service Custom Engines Accessories Dave Shadel Performance Specialties 4/ $100for fully illustrated catalog Available YS Long & Short Stroke 05 Long Stroke OS 6IFSR 0S 40 VRP/VF 05 91 VRDF STX-40 Rossi 40 coming soon information Call 619 729-1658 Hours 10 am 5 pm Monday Thursday P 0 Box 4003 sbad CA 92008 166 Model Aviation
Edition: Model Aviation - 1991/06
Page Numbers: 49, 50, 164, 165, 166
Modelers parade before newsreel cameras early contest days before television such footage snown movie tneaters IF YOUVE BEEN modeler half century going AMA FAC Nationals can conjure memories earlier big contests used Some recent visits Nationals effect think World War II dividing line During bleak uncertain years Great War tearing societies apart sometimes wondered exciting national contests would ever again possible Fortunately five decades later remain alive well fact except ages participants average age contestants prewar contests just under 19 todays Nationals arent different ones old-timers remember youth aviation frontier Daily papers filled accounts long-distance flights speed dashes pylon races Pulp magazines like War Birds Wings Battle Aces Flying Aces trumpeted glories aerial combat 1930s newspapers spreading interest hobby through model construction articles sponsoring contests few national model magazines begun mid-decade model contests both national international become powerful magnets art science model airplane building grew slowly Most early designs quite elementary models uncomplicated structures cant recall seeing anyones rubber-powered multi-engined Scale model fly wellever didnt think could done Contrast todays FAC experts continually demonstrating skill multitude difficult successful Scale replicas first forerunner really AMA Nationals held around 1927 mid-30s meets drew over 400 contestants year Almost 1300 fliers came Chicago 1941 Some contests attracted entrants England France Canada during Great Depression aviations pull held strong Looking back its little surprising modeling flourished during years Everywhere looked money hope scarce Ever wonder what Nationals like years before World War II average age participants tended younger models simpler no expected Rub ber Scale plane conquer skies Oh yes liked ther mal god Hung Other early meets werent much dif ferent enjoy today U Earl F Stahl June 1991 49 part world whenever people got together talk turned jobs Most everybody needed willing take anything came along make things worse parts country tortured heat drought dust storms massive crop failures produced thered hit parade Top 40 during Depression Got Plenty Nothin her Can Spare Dime would have stayed top list environment idea traveling hundreds miles first National Model Airplane Championships seemed daring indeed embark long trip something supposedly frivolous playing toy airplanes hardly commonplace Depression years curiosity about flight widespread no means alone making venture Most prewar Nationals held Detroit just getting major hurdle Only few young folks cars fed Sunoco gas six gallons dollar rest us way reach mecca train bus Mostly relied Greyhound hardly conventional way model boxes rode up front roof bus protected canvas tarpaulin Id climb right up terminal ride way whole trip both ways Some modelers particularly resourceful group made trip Trenton New Jersey bus theyd bought hundred dollars ride said have given abundant opportunity acquire trouble-shooting repair experience Some hitchhiked long distances models noted Canadian builder flier John Dilly came way Toronto Others newspapers told us checked after long hauls bikes Because Depression National Aeronautic Association difficulties finding sponsorship events large Continued page 164 50 Model Aviation Left Processing lines usually long prewar Nats Chester Lanzo waits turn have Outdoor Cabin class Rubber model checked out modelings greats Lanzo no longer us Right 1930s communities businesses newspapers often spon sored contests trip Nats just few Junior Aviation League Boston MA members benefited Left Brooklyn New Yorks Sal Taibi famous Pacer Taibi active Society Antique Modelers SAM affairs Right Henry Struck Jackson Heights Long island New York launches Outdoor Cabin class model National Champion 1941 Henry has prolific designer builder decades turning out consistently successful indoor gas-powered planes well Outdoor Rubber ones Left James Cahill Indianapolis Indiana claimed Wakefield Moftett Indoor events contests before war model successor famous harder build Clodhopper Right Weary contestants bus back hotel days end Henry Struck left hav ing better luck staying awake Frank Zaic center unidentified youth right Noted competitor writer editor Zaic au thor Zaic Yearbook series Riding bus champions like akin rubbing elbows Babe Ruth Joe DiMagglo PILOT-IN-COMMAND Video Flight Training RIC Pilot. 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Yardsticks usual course gradations common conunercial scales used validate compliance size weight rules typical days flying saw 1000 rubber-powered model flights Timers permitted follow distant model flights contestant couldnt offer ride though enthusiasm dimmed us relied mere foot power felt handicapped prewar Nationals successful contestants rubber-powered events sought power adjust models maximum durationa rapid high climb moderate power followed stable flat slow glide lucky thermals prolonged glide good day plenty altitude potential out-of-sight flight fairly great Being grabbed thermal god Hung badge distinction like fishing hunting tale story tended take new twists retelling 1936 Nationals Americans learned chagrin other maybe better ways fly British French entrants International Wakefield event used lesser bursts power beginning flight followed longer motor runs lower altitudes 19-year-old Albert Judge took trophy home England todays competitive rubberpowered Scale flights remind way Europeans did back period several years persistent southwest wind often carried models toward farm fields adjoined Wayne County Airport enterprising farmer called relatives patrol property retrieve models charge return 1936 charged 10 cents model next year upped 20 cents model fetched corn rows two bits pulled out wheat Two bits big money daysworth five Cokes grape NeHis contestants outraged sponsoring newspaper played up big making Farmer Brown look really unscrupulous Now half century wiser Im prepared concede farmer legitimate cause protect income source Gasoline-powered models rapidly gaining popularity Thirties Radio Control experiments under way reasonable guess however least three-quarters activities Nationals centered about rubberpowered events first Indoor events Detroit held Olympia Auditorium After moved blimp hangar Gross Ile circular grassy Navy field island near mouth Detroit River Therre no Indoor Scale events Peanuts Walnuts Coconuts being yet undreamed 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