NO OCR TEXT NO OCR TEXT ALL true scale nuts always lookout something different summer evening 1975 George Keis WB3FFK called hot tip about Nieuport lurking Hangar #1 Willow Grove Naval Air Station Awww come George protested isnt such thing around just want stop club right No kidding really OK George its zap up batteries 35 nun SLR off go look Georges mysterious appari tion Arriving hangar sure enough authentic full-scale Nieuport Certainly World War vintage Nieuport something see today interesting was extremely rare Nieuport Type 24bis replete macabre deaths-head insignia fanious French Ace Charles Nungesser As George picked appropriate angles snapped away 35 Using strobe dimly lit hangar night hard eyeballs After some 30 shots George looked like owl After flashing Hangar #1 SP showed up muttering something about What #%#$ going explained him about 1917 Nieuports historic importance perceptive reply Well guess its OK machine must have declassified now though details concerning Nieuport Type 24bis indeed now declassified certain features still remain shrouded controversy Two such points question exact engine specific markings actually used Charles Nungessers 24bis much apparently con flicting data contradictory photographic documentation available arguments may never resolved Indeed true answer may correct merely representing various daily updates under rigors contin uous combat operations no historian present record changes proper chronological sequence during early months 1916 rapid sequence events occurred would eventually lead birth Nieuport Type 24bis aeroplane During dark months German Fokkers completely dominated skies over Western Front counter German ascendancy British rapidly deployed deHavilland DH-2 pusher fighter effective somewhat ungainly stop-gap aeroplane French other hand found much enduring solution German threat French solution provided nimble Nieuport 17 series aeroplanes Piloting maneuverable little scout fighter French aces such formidable Nungesser made significant contribution regaining Allied aerial superiority Certainly British Royal Flying Corps RFC quick recog nize obvious merits French design soon Nieuport fighters equipped numerous RFC squadrons Derived earlier Nieuport 11 Type 17 featured slightly larger substantially stronger airframe powered 110-hp LeRhone rotary engine subsequently fitted 130-hp Clerget engine designated Nieuport Type 17 basic design superiority clearly estab lished Type 17 bis Nieuport design team under direction Gustave Delage next turned attention aerodynamic refine ments achieve smoother airflow slabsided fuselage given face-lifting addition series gently curving formers 66 Model Aviation suppose seeing believing dont get feeling must have shot real ship uncovered isnt Feast eyes cable control wires wire fuselage bracing per full-scale authentic seat Since picture worth thousand words pedestrian caption does justice close-up like early Fokkers swept skies 1916 French countered nimble 1 7 slightly larger sturdier airframe famous 1 1 Nieuport 24bis formers stringers added slab-sided fuselage achieve smoother airflow Hows scale detail Note fitting wire rigging turnbuckles attach wires secured being doubled back crimped tubing stringers Thus produced Nieuport Type 24bis its streamlined fuselage last Nieuport achieve degree notable success combat arena eclipsed Standard Type 24 plagued structural problems its totally new empen nage design market today VK has produced beautiful RC kit Nieuport 17 modifications shown rather boxy Type 17 can readily converted unique model much aesthetic Nieuport Type 24bis Since Type 24bis operated numerous Allied air arms wide variety markings available use modeL its rare historic interest extremely colorful insignia selected Nieuport 24bis flown Lt Charles Nungesser prototype model seen photographs accompany article primary reference source project -in scale drawings Nieuport Type 24bis Bergen Hardesty published ModelAirplane News December1956 Start modification program fabrication new formers 52A 52B 52C S4 1/32 inch plywood Make twoofeach 54A S5 55A S6 56A made -in balsa again fab two new top turtledeck formers F4A F4B F5 F5A F6 F6A F7 also made -in balsa compo nents constitute basic sub-kit package Begin building basic fuselage kit sides over kit plans Assemble basic fuselage box frame assembly add standard formers B2 forward added wire diagonal cross-bracing inside fuselage sides S2 S5 note removal kits 16 diagonal wood bracing between lower S4 upper S5 facilitate installation wire diagonal braces section can easily seen cockpit area should defy say whether model real ship found lurking Hangar No 1 Willow Grove Naval Air Station near Philadelphia leafspring tail skid attached real thingand notethe hinging especiallyasto attachmentofthetubular rudderspar Portions rudder markings white stripe appear clearly area increase stand-off scale static judging points elect install wire diagonal braces make 014 control line cable use Proctor turnbuckles See sketch plans internal fuse bracing installed next add four 1/32 plywood formers 52A through S4 side Finally add remain ing side formers 54A through S6 top turtledeck formers F4A through F7 Note top turtledeck stringer locations dictated notched insets former F4A Dont notch other formers stringers positioned glued top formers Add fuselage August 1980 67 editorwho has hacked models for35 yearsand howaboutyou Famous among friend foe Nungesser deaths head insignia thing just builds builds unbearable fabric stitching coffin candles within heartshaped outline Again pilots done Frenchmen did long ago Grab machine gun seat may seenand barebones cockpit just nowghostly modification program described text Weight must pilots saw long models real aircraft have built watched5 5 pounds sate rangewith new graceful Nieuport has its special flair lightweight systems author considers 5 pounds easily obtainable sheeting aft consisting 1/64 plywood panels added between S7 rudder post next step add fuselage stringers 3/3 2 sq spruce Position run parallel fuselage centre-line use fast set glue stringers place install 1 X 1/32 plywood sheeting between S2 S28 1/64 plywood sheeting F4A F4B behind cockpit represents addi tional fuselage sheeting besides normal kit sheets firewall F2 including cockpit area Finally add 1/16 X 3/16 balsa strips sides both upper lower longerons sand shape Complete building remainder airframe per standard VK kit few other minor additions builders might find interest follows seat seat mounting frames shown plans should no problem scale enthusiast moderate experience finished seat very thin coat red oxide primer used car body shops 24bis no actual instrument panel such cut down formers B2 B3 3/16 inch width painted inside matte black Another minor touch provide authentic detail tail skid Add two side blocks tail skid mount sand shape made skid itself 3/16 clock-spring steel stuff relatively easy cut drilling three mounting holes another matter Heat area drilled cherry-red drill highspeed carbide bit push hard Although stuff tough drill does make great skid finally finished particular model covered Super Coverite Use coat Balsarite frame apply Coverite good hot iron hot enough make Coverite smoke Once applied Super Coverite like monofllm dope tends encase stuff used pint Sig clear Butyrate dope thinned Out 100% also added 50 drops castor oil Mix well thinner will soften adhesive backing allow dope stick Use least one-inch brush pump two three times load brush apply wet strokes Apply total four coats sand very worn-out 400-grit paper required Just dont ever sand heavy hand castor oil mix will keep doped finish pliable years save weight final color dopes applied airbrush Mix pigmented dopes well thin 150% thinner Open airbrush up apply full wet coat Scale control cables used elevator control wires run through holes seat frame exited through fuselage covering give straight run control horns servo use cross-arm control wheel output shaft other minor change standard VK kit made interplane rigging Instead rubber shock absorbers used solid 012 control cable 01 2s will give flight break cleanly impact feature has saved lot repair work flight 24bis handles much like standard VK kit Ni 17s no noticeable change handling response Weight main area watch 5 53/4 pounds about safe range flying weight particular model fitted home brew 4-channel rig 6 meters using Orbit PS-3 servos new lightweight systems 5 pounds should easy weight achieve have flown VK Nieuports have worked out well shows really cannot go wrong VKs plan setup Nieuport choose modify VK kit 24bis configuration have questions please write care MA certainly will glad help U wide variety color schemes may used since 24b1s flown numerous Allied air arms drawing shows Nungesser motif seen two pix model aerodrome Covering Super Coverite over coat Balsarite frame sure follow authors instructions precisely 68 Model Aviation Close-up nose brings life laminated wooden prop Clerget 130-hp rotaryyes entire engine spun fixed crankshaft Primary reference source plans Bergen Hardesty December 1956 Model Airplane News Incidentally turnbuckles Proctor DCUO otto.etopwing special interest spreader bar shock absorbing landing gear vees spokes beneath fabric-covered wheels way find evidence model engine better man FULL-SIZE PLANS AVAILABLE. SEE PAGE 128 FHA z3~ PSA THAT FT 28 BALSA F SZA HR S4AA JAIl3211/11 Al II EABSO7 [1 SEAT FRAMESz$i~1 Sc\ssASAId BAA SB~\SAA PLY\t HARCO TIEBOWN MADE FRO4 COVEBITE FOLD BEBE BOB YD FOAM / / BAUBLE LAYER SHA TOBA SAT / I/B BALSAI 2 EA AESO S/[S2il IS~SSISA /SOT~jSASAA~ Arj NIAS IETTITISISI& S PEE 3216 9LJLAI ADD 1/B 5 3218 -000 00SEAjATEK1111 I/NH PLY FROY STEPIJI MIS COTTER WIRE0 000 0 ADO I/N 0 3/A BALSA0 SEAT BOTTOM 1218 PLY DEBASES F STANTON BEAWA Bt E MILLER 0 B505A August 1980 69
Edition: Model Aviation - 1980/08
Page Numbers: 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69
NO OCR TEXT NO OCR TEXT ALL true scale nuts always lookout something different summer evening 1975 George Keis WB3FFK called hot tip about Nieuport lurking Hangar #1 Willow Grove Naval Air Station Awww come George protested isnt such thing around just want stop club right No kidding really OK George its zap up batteries 35 nun SLR off go look Georges mysterious appari tion Arriving hangar sure enough authentic full-scale Nieuport Certainly World War vintage Nieuport something see today interesting was extremely rare Nieuport Type 24bis replete macabre deaths-head insignia fanious French Ace Charles Nungesser As George picked appropriate angles snapped away 35 Using strobe dimly lit hangar night hard eyeballs After some 30 shots George looked like owl After flashing Hangar #1 SP showed up muttering something about What #%#$ going explained him about 1917 Nieuports historic importance perceptive reply Well guess its OK machine must have declassified now though details concerning Nieuport Type 24bis indeed now declassified certain features still remain shrouded controversy Two such points question exact engine specific markings actually used Charles Nungessers 24bis much apparently con flicting data contradictory photographic documentation available arguments may never resolved Indeed true answer may correct merely representing various daily updates under rigors contin uous combat operations no historian present record changes proper chronological sequence during early months 1916 rapid sequence events occurred would eventually lead birth Nieuport Type 24bis aeroplane During dark months German Fokkers completely dominated skies over Western Front counter German ascendancy British rapidly deployed deHavilland DH-2 pusher fighter effective somewhat ungainly stop-gap aeroplane French other hand found much enduring solution German threat French solution provided nimble Nieuport 17 series aeroplanes Piloting maneuverable little scout fighter French aces such formidable Nungesser made significant contribution regaining Allied aerial superiority Certainly British Royal Flying Corps RFC quick recog nize obvious merits French design soon Nieuport fighters equipped numerous RFC squadrons Derived earlier Nieuport 11 Type 17 featured slightly larger substantially stronger airframe powered 110-hp LeRhone rotary engine subsequently fitted 130-hp Clerget engine designated Nieuport Type 17 basic design superiority clearly estab lished Type 17 bis Nieuport design team under direction Gustave Delage next turned attention aerodynamic refine ments achieve smoother airflow slabsided fuselage given face-lifting addition series gently curving formers 66 Model Aviation suppose seeing believing dont get feeling must have shot real ship uncovered isnt Feast eyes cable control wires wire fuselage bracing per full-scale authentic seat Since picture worth thousand words pedestrian caption does justice close-up like early Fokkers swept skies 1916 French countered nimble 1 7 slightly larger sturdier airframe famous 1 1 Nieuport 24bis formers stringers added slab-sided fuselage achieve smoother airflow Hows scale detail Note fitting wire rigging turnbuckles attach wires secured being doubled back crimped tubing stringers Thus produced Nieuport Type 24bis its streamlined fuselage last Nieuport achieve degree notable success combat arena eclipsed Standard Type 24 plagued structural problems its totally new empen nage design market today VK has produced beautiful RC kit Nieuport 17 modifications shown rather boxy Type 17 can readily converted unique model much aesthetic Nieuport Type 24bis Since Type 24bis operated numerous Allied air arms wide variety markings available use modeL its rare historic interest extremely colorful insignia selected Nieuport 24bis flown Lt Charles Nungesser prototype model seen photographs accompany article primary reference source project -in scale drawings Nieuport Type 24bis Bergen Hardesty published ModelAirplane News December1956 Start modification program fabrication new formers 52A 52B 52C S4 1/32 inch plywood Make twoofeach 54A S5 55A S6 56A made -in balsa again fab two new top turtledeck formers F4A F4B F5 F5A F6 F6A F7 also made -in balsa compo nents constitute basic sub-kit package Begin building basic fuselage kit sides over kit plans Assemble basic fuselage box frame assembly add standard formers B2 forward added wire diagonal cross-bracing inside fuselage sides S2 S5 note removal kits 16 diagonal wood bracing between lower S4 upper S5 facilitate installation wire diagonal braces section can easily seen cockpit area should defy say whether model real ship found lurking Hangar No 1 Willow Grove Naval Air Station near Philadelphia leafspring tail skid attached real thingand notethe hinging especiallyasto attachmentofthetubular rudderspar Portions rudder markings white stripe appear clearly area increase stand-off scale static judging points elect install wire diagonal braces make 014 control line cable use Proctor turnbuckles See sketch plans internal fuse bracing installed next add four 1/32 plywood formers 52A through S4 side Finally add remain ing side formers 54A through S6 top turtledeck formers F4A through F7 Note top turtledeck stringer locations dictated notched insets former F4A Dont notch other formers stringers positioned glued top formers Add fuselage August 1980 67 editorwho has hacked models for35 yearsand howaboutyou Famous among friend foe Nungesser deaths head insignia thing just builds builds unbearable fabric stitching coffin candles within heartshaped outline Again pilots done Frenchmen did long ago Grab machine gun seat may seenand barebones cockpit just nowghostly modification program described text Weight must pilots saw long models real aircraft have built watched5 5 pounds sate rangewith new graceful Nieuport has its special flair lightweight systems author considers 5 pounds easily obtainable sheeting aft consisting 1/64 plywood panels added between S7 rudder post next step add fuselage stringers 3/3 2 sq spruce Position run parallel fuselage centre-line use fast set glue stringers place install 1 X 1/32 plywood sheeting between S2 S28 1/64 plywood sheeting F4A F4B behind cockpit represents addi tional fuselage sheeting besides normal kit sheets firewall F2 including cockpit area Finally add 1/16 X 3/16 balsa strips sides both upper lower longerons sand shape Complete building remainder airframe per standard VK kit few other minor additions builders might find interest follows seat seat mounting frames shown plans should no problem scale enthusiast moderate experience finished seat very thin coat red oxide primer used car body shops 24bis no actual instrument panel such cut down formers B2 B3 3/16 inch width painted inside matte black Another minor touch provide authentic detail tail skid Add two side blocks tail skid mount sand shape made skid itself 3/16 clock-spring steel stuff relatively easy cut drilling three mounting holes another matter Heat area drilled cherry-red drill highspeed carbide bit push hard Although stuff tough drill does make great skid finally finished particular model covered Super Coverite Use coat Balsarite frame apply Coverite good hot iron hot enough make Coverite smoke Once applied Super Coverite like monofllm dope tends encase stuff used pint Sig clear Butyrate dope thinned Out 100% also added 50 drops castor oil Mix well thinner will soften adhesive backing allow dope stick Use least one-inch brush pump two three times load brush apply wet strokes Apply total four coats sand very worn-out 400-grit paper required Just dont ever sand heavy hand castor oil mix will keep doped finish pliable years save weight final color dopes applied airbrush Mix pigmented dopes well thin 150% thinner Open airbrush up apply full wet coat Scale control cables used elevator control wires run through holes seat frame exited through fuselage covering give straight run control horns servo use cross-arm control wheel output shaft other minor change standard VK kit made interplane rigging Instead rubber shock absorbers used solid 012 control cable 01 2s will give flight break cleanly impact feature has saved lot repair work flight 24bis handles much like standard VK kit Ni 17s no noticeable change handling response Weight main area watch 5 53/4 pounds about safe range flying weight particular model fitted home brew 4-channel rig 6 meters using Orbit PS-3 servos new lightweight systems 5 pounds should easy weight achieve have flown VK Nieuports have worked out well shows really cannot go wrong VKs plan setup Nieuport choose modify VK kit 24bis configuration have questions please write care MA certainly will glad help U wide variety color schemes may used since 24b1s flown numerous Allied air arms drawing shows Nungesser motif seen two pix model aerodrome Covering Super Coverite over coat Balsarite frame sure follow authors instructions precisely 68 Model Aviation Close-up nose brings life laminated wooden prop Clerget 130-hp rotaryyes entire engine spun fixed crankshaft Primary reference source plans Bergen Hardesty December 1956 Model Airplane News Incidentally turnbuckles Proctor DCUO otto.etopwing special interest spreader bar shock absorbing landing gear vees spokes beneath fabric-covered wheels way find evidence model engine better man FULL-SIZE PLANS AVAILABLE. SEE PAGE 128 FHA z3~ PSA THAT FT 28 BALSA F SZA HR S4AA JAIl3211/11 Al II EABSO7 [1 SEAT FRAMESz$i~1 Sc\ssASAId BAA SB~\SAA PLY\t HARCO TIEBOWN MADE FRO4 COVEBITE FOLD BEBE BOB YD FOAM / / BAUBLE LAYER SHA TOBA SAT / I/B BALSAI 2 EA AESO S/[S2il IS~SSISA /SOT~jSASAA~ Arj NIAS IETTITISISI& S PEE 3216 9LJLAI ADD 1/B 5 3218 -000 00SEAjATEK1111 I/NH PLY FROY STEPIJI MIS COTTER WIRE0 000 0 ADO I/N 0 3/A BALSA0 SEAT BOTTOM 1218 PLY DEBASES F STANTON BEAWA Bt E MILLER 0 B505A August 1980 69
Edition: Model Aviation - 1980/08
Page Numbers: 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69
NO OCR TEXT NO OCR TEXT ALL true scale nuts always lookout something different summer evening 1975 George Keis WB3FFK called hot tip about Nieuport lurking Hangar #1 Willow Grove Naval Air Station Awww come George protested isnt such thing around just want stop club right No kidding really OK George its zap up batteries 35 nun SLR off go look Georges mysterious appari tion Arriving hangar sure enough authentic full-scale Nieuport Certainly World War vintage Nieuport something see today interesting was extremely rare Nieuport Type 24bis replete macabre deaths-head insignia fanious French Ace Charles Nungesser As George picked appropriate angles snapped away 35 Using strobe dimly lit hangar night hard eyeballs After some 30 shots George looked like owl After flashing Hangar #1 SP showed up muttering something about What #%#$ going explained him about 1917 Nieuports historic importance perceptive reply Well guess its OK machine must have declassified now though details concerning Nieuport Type 24bis indeed now declassified certain features still remain shrouded controversy Two such points question exact engine specific markings actually used Charles Nungessers 24bis much apparently con flicting data contradictory photographic documentation available arguments may never resolved Indeed true answer may correct merely representing various daily updates under rigors contin uous combat operations no historian present record changes proper chronological sequence during early months 1916 rapid sequence events occurred would eventually lead birth Nieuport Type 24bis aeroplane During dark months German Fokkers completely dominated skies over Western Front counter German ascendancy British rapidly deployed deHavilland DH-2 pusher fighter effective somewhat ungainly stop-gap aeroplane French other hand found much enduring solution German threat French solution provided nimble Nieuport 17 series aeroplanes Piloting maneuverable little scout fighter French aces such formidable Nungesser made significant contribution regaining Allied aerial superiority Certainly British Royal Flying Corps RFC quick recog nize obvious merits French design soon Nieuport fighters equipped numerous RFC squadrons Derived earlier Nieuport 11 Type 17 featured slightly larger substantially stronger airframe powered 110-hp LeRhone rotary engine subsequently fitted 130-hp Clerget engine designated Nieuport Type 17 basic design superiority clearly estab lished Type 17 bis Nieuport design team under direction Gustave Delage next turned attention aerodynamic refine ments achieve smoother airflow slabsided fuselage given face-lifting addition series gently curving formers 66 Model Aviation suppose seeing believing dont get feeling must have shot real ship uncovered isnt Feast eyes cable control wires wire fuselage bracing per full-scale authentic seat Since picture worth thousand words pedestrian caption does justice close-up like early Fokkers swept skies 1916 French countered nimble 1 7 slightly larger sturdier airframe famous 1 1 Nieuport 24bis formers stringers added slab-sided fuselage achieve smoother airflow Hows scale detail Note fitting wire rigging turnbuckles attach wires secured being doubled back crimped tubing stringers Thus produced Nieuport Type 24bis its streamlined fuselage last Nieuport achieve degree notable success combat arena eclipsed Standard Type 24 plagued structural problems its totally new empen nage design market today VK has produced beautiful RC kit Nieuport 17 modifications shown rather boxy Type 17 can readily converted unique model much aesthetic Nieuport Type 24bis Since Type 24bis operated numerous Allied air arms wide variety markings available use modeL its rare historic interest extremely colorful insignia selected Nieuport 24bis flown Lt Charles Nungesser prototype model seen photographs accompany article primary reference source project -in scale drawings Nieuport Type 24bis Bergen Hardesty published ModelAirplane News December1956 Start modification program fabrication new formers 52A 52B 52C S4 1/32 inch plywood Make twoofeach 54A S5 55A S6 56A made -in balsa again fab two new top turtledeck formers F4A F4B F5 F5A F6 F6A F7 also made -in balsa compo nents constitute basic sub-kit package Begin building basic fuselage kit sides over kit plans Assemble basic fuselage box frame assembly add standard formers B2 forward added wire diagonal cross-bracing inside fuselage sides S2 S5 note removal kits 16 diagonal wood bracing between lower S4 upper S5 facilitate installation wire diagonal braces section can easily seen cockpit area should defy say whether model real ship found lurking Hangar No 1 Willow Grove Naval Air Station near Philadelphia leafspring tail skid attached real thingand notethe hinging especiallyasto attachmentofthetubular rudderspar Portions rudder markings white stripe appear clearly area increase stand-off scale static judging points elect install wire diagonal braces make 014 control line cable use Proctor turnbuckles See sketch plans internal fuse bracing installed next add four 1/32 plywood formers 52A through S4 side Finally add remain ing side formers 54A through S6 top turtledeck formers F4A through F7 Note top turtledeck stringer locations dictated notched insets former F4A Dont notch other formers stringers positioned glued top formers Add fuselage August 1980 67 editorwho has hacked models for35 yearsand howaboutyou Famous among friend foe Nungesser deaths head insignia thing just builds builds unbearable fabric stitching coffin candles within heartshaped outline Again pilots done Frenchmen did long ago Grab machine gun seat may seenand barebones cockpit just nowghostly modification program described text Weight must pilots saw long models real aircraft have built watched5 5 pounds sate rangewith new graceful Nieuport has its special flair lightweight systems author considers 5 pounds easily obtainable sheeting aft consisting 1/64 plywood panels added between S7 rudder post next step add fuselage stringers 3/3 2 sq spruce Position run parallel fuselage centre-line use fast set glue stringers place install 1 X 1/32 plywood sheeting between S2 S28 1/64 plywood sheeting F4A F4B behind cockpit represents addi tional fuselage sheeting besides normal kit sheets firewall F2 including cockpit area Finally add 1/16 X 3/16 balsa strips sides both upper lower longerons sand shape Complete building remainder airframe per standard VK kit few other minor additions builders might find interest follows seat seat mounting frames shown plans should no problem scale enthusiast moderate experience finished seat very thin coat red oxide primer used car body shops 24bis no actual instrument panel such cut down formers B2 B3 3/16 inch width painted inside matte black Another minor touch provide authentic detail tail skid Add two side blocks tail skid mount sand shape made skid itself 3/16 clock-spring steel stuff relatively easy cut drilling three mounting holes another matter Heat area drilled cherry-red drill highspeed carbide bit push hard Although stuff tough drill does make great skid finally finished particular model covered Super Coverite Use coat Balsarite frame apply Coverite good hot iron hot enough make Coverite smoke Once applied Super Coverite like monofllm dope tends encase stuff used pint Sig clear Butyrate dope thinned Out 100% also added 50 drops castor oil Mix well thinner will soften adhesive backing allow dope stick Use least one-inch brush pump two three times load brush apply wet strokes Apply total four coats sand very worn-out 400-grit paper required Just dont ever sand heavy hand castor oil mix will keep doped finish pliable years save weight final color dopes applied airbrush Mix pigmented dopes well thin 150% thinner Open airbrush up apply full wet coat Scale control cables used elevator control wires run through holes seat frame exited through fuselage covering give straight run control horns servo use cross-arm control wheel output shaft other minor change standard VK kit made interplane rigging Instead rubber shock absorbers used solid 012 control cable 01 2s will give flight break cleanly impact feature has saved lot repair work flight 24bis handles much like standard VK kit Ni 17s no noticeable change handling response Weight main area watch 5 53/4 pounds about safe range flying weight particular model fitted home brew 4-channel rig 6 meters using Orbit PS-3 servos new lightweight systems 5 pounds should easy weight achieve have flown VK Nieuports have worked out well shows really cannot go wrong VKs plan setup Nieuport choose modify VK kit 24bis configuration have questions please write care MA certainly will glad help U wide variety color schemes may used since 24b1s flown numerous Allied air arms drawing shows Nungesser motif seen two pix model aerodrome Covering Super Coverite over coat Balsarite frame sure follow authors instructions precisely 68 Model Aviation Close-up nose brings life laminated wooden prop Clerget 130-hp rotaryyes entire engine spun fixed crankshaft Primary reference source plans Bergen Hardesty December 1956 Model Airplane News Incidentally turnbuckles Proctor DCUO otto.etopwing special interest spreader bar shock absorbing landing gear vees spokes beneath fabric-covered wheels way find evidence model engine better man FULL-SIZE PLANS AVAILABLE. SEE PAGE 128 FHA z3~ PSA THAT FT 28 BALSA F SZA HR S4AA JAIl3211/11 Al II EABSO7 [1 SEAT FRAMESz$i~1 Sc\ssASAId BAA SB~\SAA PLY\t HARCO TIEBOWN MADE FRO4 COVEBITE FOLD BEBE BOB YD FOAM / / BAUBLE LAYER SHA TOBA SAT / I/B BALSAI 2 EA AESO S/[S2il IS~SSISA /SOT~jSASAA~ Arj NIAS IETTITISISI& S PEE 3216 9LJLAI ADD 1/B 5 3218 -000 00SEAjATEK1111 I/NH PLY FROY STEPIJI MIS COTTER WIRE0 000 0 ADO I/N 0 3/A BALSA0 SEAT BOTTOM 1218 PLY DEBASES F STANTON BEAWA Bt E MILLER 0 B505A August 1980 69
Edition: Model Aviation - 1980/08
Page Numbers: 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69
NO OCR TEXT NO OCR TEXT ALL true scale nuts always lookout something different summer evening 1975 George Keis WB3FFK called hot tip about Nieuport lurking Hangar #1 Willow Grove Naval Air Station Awww come George protested isnt such thing around just want stop club right No kidding really OK George its zap up batteries 35 nun SLR off go look Georges mysterious appari tion Arriving hangar sure enough authentic full-scale Nieuport Certainly World War vintage Nieuport something see today interesting was extremely rare Nieuport Type 24bis replete macabre deaths-head insignia fanious French Ace Charles Nungesser As George picked appropriate angles snapped away 35 Using strobe dimly lit hangar night hard eyeballs After some 30 shots George looked like owl After flashing Hangar #1 SP showed up muttering something about What #%#$ going explained him about 1917 Nieuports historic importance perceptive reply Well guess its OK machine must have declassified now though details concerning Nieuport Type 24bis indeed now declassified certain features still remain shrouded controversy Two such points question exact engine specific markings actually used Charles Nungessers 24bis much apparently con flicting data contradictory photographic documentation available arguments may never resolved Indeed true answer may correct merely representing various daily updates under rigors contin uous combat operations no historian present record changes proper chronological sequence during early months 1916 rapid sequence events occurred would eventually lead birth Nieuport Type 24bis aeroplane During dark months German Fokkers completely dominated skies over Western Front counter German ascendancy British rapidly deployed deHavilland DH-2 pusher fighter effective somewhat ungainly stop-gap aeroplane French other hand found much enduring solution German threat French solution provided nimble Nieuport 17 series aeroplanes Piloting maneuverable little scout fighter French aces such formidable Nungesser made significant contribution regaining Allied aerial superiority Certainly British Royal Flying Corps RFC quick recog nize obvious merits French design soon Nieuport fighters equipped numerous RFC squadrons Derived earlier Nieuport 11 Type 17 featured slightly larger substantially stronger airframe powered 110-hp LeRhone rotary engine subsequently fitted 130-hp Clerget engine designated Nieuport Type 17 basic design superiority clearly estab lished Type 17 bis Nieuport design team under direction Gustave Delage next turned attention aerodynamic refine ments achieve smoother airflow slabsided fuselage given face-lifting addition series gently curving formers 66 Model Aviation suppose seeing believing dont get feeling must have shot real ship uncovered isnt Feast eyes cable control wires wire fuselage bracing per full-scale authentic seat Since picture worth thousand words pedestrian caption does justice close-up like early Fokkers swept skies 1916 French countered nimble 1 7 slightly larger sturdier airframe famous 1 1 Nieuport 24bis formers stringers added slab-sided fuselage achieve smoother airflow Hows scale detail Note fitting wire rigging turnbuckles attach wires secured being doubled back crimped tubing stringers Thus produced Nieuport Type 24bis its streamlined fuselage last Nieuport achieve degree notable success combat arena eclipsed Standard Type 24 plagued structural problems its totally new empen nage design market today VK has produced beautiful RC kit Nieuport 17 modifications shown rather boxy Type 17 can readily converted unique model much aesthetic Nieuport Type 24bis Since Type 24bis operated numerous Allied air arms wide variety markings available use modeL its rare historic interest extremely colorful insignia selected Nieuport 24bis flown Lt Charles Nungesser prototype model seen photographs accompany article primary reference source project -in scale drawings Nieuport Type 24bis Bergen Hardesty published ModelAirplane News December1956 Start modification program fabrication new formers 52A 52B 52C S4 1/32 inch plywood Make twoofeach 54A S5 55A S6 56A made -in balsa again fab two new top turtledeck formers F4A F4B F5 F5A F6 F6A F7 also made -in balsa compo nents constitute basic sub-kit package Begin building basic fuselage kit sides over kit plans Assemble basic fuselage box frame assembly add standard formers B2 forward added wire diagonal cross-bracing inside fuselage sides S2 S5 note removal kits 16 diagonal wood bracing between lower S4 upper S5 facilitate installation wire diagonal braces section can easily seen cockpit area should defy say whether model real ship found lurking Hangar No 1 Willow Grove Naval Air Station near Philadelphia leafspring tail skid attached real thingand notethe hinging especiallyasto attachmentofthetubular rudderspar Portions rudder markings white stripe appear clearly area increase stand-off scale static judging points elect install wire diagonal braces make 014 control line cable use Proctor turnbuckles See sketch plans internal fuse bracing installed next add four 1/32 plywood formers 52A through S4 side Finally add remain ing side formers 54A through S6 top turtledeck formers F4A through F7 Note top turtledeck stringer locations dictated notched insets former F4A Dont notch other formers stringers positioned glued top formers Add fuselage August 1980 67 editorwho has hacked models for35 yearsand howaboutyou Famous among friend foe Nungesser deaths head insignia thing just builds builds unbearable fabric stitching coffin candles within heartshaped outline Again pilots done Frenchmen did long ago Grab machine gun seat may seenand barebones cockpit just nowghostly modification program described text Weight must pilots saw long models real aircraft have built watched5 5 pounds sate rangewith new graceful Nieuport has its special flair lightweight systems author considers 5 pounds easily obtainable sheeting aft consisting 1/64 plywood panels added between S7 rudder post next step add fuselage stringers 3/3 2 sq spruce Position run parallel fuselage centre-line use fast set glue stringers place install 1 X 1/32 plywood sheeting between S2 S28 1/64 plywood sheeting F4A F4B behind cockpit represents addi tional fuselage sheeting besides normal kit sheets firewall F2 including cockpit area Finally add 1/16 X 3/16 balsa strips sides both upper lower longerons sand shape Complete building remainder airframe per standard VK kit few other minor additions builders might find interest follows seat seat mounting frames shown plans should no problem scale enthusiast moderate experience finished seat very thin coat red oxide primer used car body shops 24bis no actual instrument panel such cut down formers B2 B3 3/16 inch width painted inside matte black Another minor touch provide authentic detail tail skid Add two side blocks tail skid mount sand shape made skid itself 3/16 clock-spring steel stuff relatively easy cut drilling three mounting holes another matter Heat area drilled cherry-red drill highspeed carbide bit push hard Although stuff tough drill does make great skid finally finished particular model covered Super Coverite Use coat Balsarite frame apply Coverite good hot iron hot enough make Coverite smoke Once applied Super Coverite like monofllm dope tends encase stuff used pint Sig clear Butyrate dope thinned Out 100% also added 50 drops castor oil Mix well thinner will soften adhesive backing allow dope stick Use least one-inch brush pump two three times load brush apply wet strokes Apply total four coats sand very worn-out 400-grit paper required Just dont ever sand heavy hand castor oil mix will keep doped finish pliable years save weight final color dopes applied airbrush Mix pigmented dopes well thin 150% thinner Open airbrush up apply full wet coat Scale control cables used elevator control wires run through holes seat frame exited through fuselage covering give straight run control horns servo use cross-arm control wheel output shaft other minor change standard VK kit made interplane rigging Instead rubber shock absorbers used solid 012 control cable 01 2s will give flight break cleanly impact feature has saved lot repair work flight 24bis handles much like standard VK kit Ni 17s no noticeable change handling response Weight main area watch 5 53/4 pounds about safe range flying weight particular model fitted home brew 4-channel rig 6 meters using Orbit PS-3 servos new lightweight systems 5 pounds should easy weight achieve have flown VK Nieuports have worked out well shows really cannot go wrong VKs plan setup Nieuport choose modify VK kit 24bis configuration have questions please write care MA certainly will glad help U wide variety color schemes may used since 24b1s flown numerous Allied air arms drawing shows Nungesser motif seen two pix model aerodrome Covering Super Coverite over coat Balsarite frame sure follow authors instructions precisely 68 Model Aviation Close-up nose brings life laminated wooden prop Clerget 130-hp rotaryyes entire engine spun fixed crankshaft Primary reference source plans Bergen Hardesty December 1956 Model Airplane News Incidentally turnbuckles Proctor DCUO otto.etopwing special interest spreader bar shock absorbing landing gear vees spokes beneath fabric-covered wheels way find evidence model engine better man FULL-SIZE PLANS AVAILABLE. SEE PAGE 128 FHA z3~ PSA THAT FT 28 BALSA F SZA HR S4AA JAIl3211/11 Al II EABSO7 [1 SEAT FRAMESz$i~1 Sc\ssASAId BAA SB~\SAA PLY\t HARCO TIEBOWN MADE FRO4 COVEBITE FOLD BEBE BOB YD FOAM / / BAUBLE LAYER SHA TOBA SAT / I/B BALSAI 2 EA AESO S/[S2il IS~SSISA /SOT~jSASAA~ Arj NIAS IETTITISISI& S PEE 3216 9LJLAI ADD 1/B 5 3218 -000 00SEAjATEK1111 I/NH PLY FROY STEPIJI MIS COTTER WIRE0 000 0 ADO I/N 0 3/A BALSA0 SEAT BOTTOM 1218 PLY DEBASES F STANTON BEAWA Bt E MILLER 0 B505A August 1980 69
Edition: Model Aviation - 1980/08
Page Numbers: 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69
NO OCR TEXT NO OCR TEXT ALL true scale nuts always lookout something different summer evening 1975 George Keis WB3FFK called hot tip about Nieuport lurking Hangar #1 Willow Grove Naval Air Station Awww come George protested isnt such thing around just want stop club right No kidding really OK George its zap up batteries 35 nun SLR off go look Georges mysterious appari tion Arriving hangar sure enough authentic full-scale Nieuport Certainly World War vintage Nieuport something see today interesting was extremely rare Nieuport Type 24bis replete macabre deaths-head insignia fanious French Ace Charles Nungesser As George picked appropriate angles snapped away 35 Using strobe dimly lit hangar night hard eyeballs After some 30 shots George looked like owl After flashing Hangar #1 SP showed up muttering something about What #%#$ going explained him about 1917 Nieuports historic importance perceptive reply Well guess its OK machine must have declassified now though details concerning Nieuport Type 24bis indeed now declassified certain features still remain shrouded controversy Two such points question exact engine specific markings actually used Charles Nungessers 24bis much apparently con flicting data contradictory photographic documentation available arguments may never resolved Indeed true answer may correct merely representing various daily updates under rigors contin uous combat operations no historian present record changes proper chronological sequence during early months 1916 rapid sequence events occurred would eventually lead birth Nieuport Type 24bis aeroplane During dark months German Fokkers completely dominated skies over Western Front counter German ascendancy British rapidly deployed deHavilland DH-2 pusher fighter effective somewhat ungainly stop-gap aeroplane French other hand found much enduring solution German threat French solution provided nimble Nieuport 17 series aeroplanes Piloting maneuverable little scout fighter French aces such formidable Nungesser made significant contribution regaining Allied aerial superiority Certainly British Royal Flying Corps RFC quick recog nize obvious merits French design soon Nieuport fighters equipped numerous RFC squadrons Derived earlier Nieuport 11 Type 17 featured slightly larger substantially stronger airframe powered 110-hp LeRhone rotary engine subsequently fitted 130-hp Clerget engine designated Nieuport Type 17 basic design superiority clearly estab lished Type 17 bis Nieuport design team under direction Gustave Delage next turned attention aerodynamic refine ments achieve smoother airflow slabsided fuselage given face-lifting addition series gently curving formers 66 Model Aviation suppose seeing believing dont get feeling must have shot real ship uncovered isnt Feast eyes cable control wires wire fuselage bracing per full-scale authentic seat Since picture worth thousand words pedestrian caption does justice close-up like early Fokkers swept skies 1916 French countered nimble 1 7 slightly larger sturdier airframe famous 1 1 Nieuport 24bis formers stringers added slab-sided fuselage achieve smoother airflow Hows scale detail Note fitting wire rigging turnbuckles attach wires secured being doubled back crimped tubing stringers Thus produced Nieuport Type 24bis its streamlined fuselage last Nieuport achieve degree notable success combat arena eclipsed Standard Type 24 plagued structural problems its totally new empen nage design market today VK has produced beautiful RC kit Nieuport 17 modifications shown rather boxy Type 17 can readily converted unique model much aesthetic Nieuport Type 24bis Since Type 24bis operated numerous Allied air arms wide variety markings available use modeL its rare historic interest extremely colorful insignia selected Nieuport 24bis flown Lt Charles Nungesser prototype model seen photographs accompany article primary reference source project -in scale drawings Nieuport Type 24bis Bergen Hardesty published ModelAirplane News December1956 Start modification program fabrication new formers 52A 52B 52C S4 1/32 inch plywood Make twoofeach 54A S5 55A S6 56A made -in balsa again fab two new top turtledeck formers F4A F4B F5 F5A F6 F6A F7 also made -in balsa compo nents constitute basic sub-kit package Begin building basic fuselage kit sides over kit plans Assemble basic fuselage box frame assembly add standard formers B2 forward added wire diagonal cross-bracing inside fuselage sides S2 S5 note removal kits 16 diagonal wood bracing between lower S4 upper S5 facilitate installation wire diagonal braces section can easily seen cockpit area should defy say whether model real ship found lurking Hangar No 1 Willow Grove Naval Air Station near Philadelphia leafspring tail skid attached real thingand notethe hinging especiallyasto attachmentofthetubular rudderspar Portions rudder markings white stripe appear clearly area increase stand-off scale static judging points elect install wire diagonal braces make 014 control line cable use Proctor turnbuckles See sketch plans internal fuse bracing installed next add four 1/32 plywood formers 52A through S4 side Finally add remain ing side formers 54A through S6 top turtledeck formers F4A through F7 Note top turtledeck stringer locations dictated notched insets former F4A Dont notch other formers stringers positioned glued top formers Add fuselage August 1980 67 editorwho has hacked models for35 yearsand howaboutyou Famous among friend foe Nungesser deaths head insignia thing just builds builds unbearable fabric stitching coffin candles within heartshaped outline Again pilots done Frenchmen did long ago Grab machine gun seat may seenand barebones cockpit just nowghostly modification program described text Weight must pilots saw long models real aircraft have built watched5 5 pounds sate rangewith new graceful Nieuport has its special flair lightweight systems author considers 5 pounds easily obtainable sheeting aft consisting 1/64 plywood panels added between S7 rudder post next step add fuselage stringers 3/3 2 sq spruce Position run parallel fuselage centre-line use fast set glue stringers place install 1 X 1/32 plywood sheeting between S2 S28 1/64 plywood sheeting F4A F4B behind cockpit represents addi tional fuselage sheeting besides normal kit sheets firewall F2 including cockpit area Finally add 1/16 X 3/16 balsa strips sides both upper lower longerons sand shape Complete building remainder airframe per standard VK kit few other minor additions builders might find interest follows seat seat mounting frames shown plans should no problem scale enthusiast moderate experience finished seat very thin coat red oxide primer used car body shops 24bis no actual instrument panel such cut down formers B2 B3 3/16 inch width painted inside matte black Another minor touch provide authentic detail tail skid Add two side blocks tail skid mount sand shape made skid itself 3/16 clock-spring steel stuff relatively easy cut drilling three mounting holes another matter Heat area drilled cherry-red drill highspeed carbide bit push hard Although stuff tough drill does make great skid finally finished particular model covered Super Coverite Use coat Balsarite frame apply Coverite good hot iron hot enough make Coverite smoke Once applied Super Coverite like monofllm dope tends encase stuff used pint Sig clear Butyrate dope thinned Out 100% also added 50 drops castor oil Mix well thinner will soften adhesive backing allow dope stick Use least one-inch brush pump two three times load brush apply wet strokes Apply total four coats sand very worn-out 400-grit paper required Just dont ever sand heavy hand castor oil mix will keep doped finish pliable years save weight final color dopes applied airbrush Mix pigmented dopes well thin 150% thinner Open airbrush up apply full wet coat Scale control cables used elevator control wires run through holes seat frame exited through fuselage covering give straight run control horns servo use cross-arm control wheel output shaft other minor change standard VK kit made interplane rigging Instead rubber shock absorbers used solid 012 control cable 01 2s will give flight break cleanly impact feature has saved lot repair work flight 24bis handles much like standard VK kit Ni 17s no noticeable change handling response Weight main area watch 5 53/4 pounds about safe range flying weight particular model fitted home brew 4-channel rig 6 meters using Orbit PS-3 servos new lightweight systems 5 pounds should easy weight achieve have flown VK Nieuports have worked out well shows really cannot go wrong VKs plan setup Nieuport choose modify VK kit 24bis configuration have questions please write care MA certainly will glad help U wide variety color schemes may used since 24b1s flown numerous Allied air arms drawing shows Nungesser motif seen two pix model aerodrome Covering Super Coverite over coat Balsarite frame sure follow authors instructions precisely 68 Model Aviation Close-up nose brings life laminated wooden prop Clerget 130-hp rotaryyes entire engine spun fixed crankshaft Primary reference source plans Bergen Hardesty December 1956 Model Airplane News Incidentally turnbuckles Proctor DCUO otto.etopwing special interest spreader bar shock absorbing landing gear vees spokes beneath fabric-covered wheels way find evidence model engine better man FULL-SIZE PLANS AVAILABLE. SEE PAGE 128 FHA z3~ PSA THAT FT 28 BALSA F SZA HR S4AA JAIl3211/11 Al II EABSO7 [1 SEAT FRAMESz$i~1 Sc\ssASAId BAA SB~\SAA PLY\t HARCO TIEBOWN MADE FRO4 COVEBITE FOLD BEBE BOB YD FOAM / / BAUBLE LAYER SHA TOBA SAT / I/B BALSAI 2 EA AESO S/[S2il IS~SSISA /SOT~jSASAA~ Arj NIAS IETTITISISI& S PEE 3216 9LJLAI ADD 1/B 5 3218 -000 00SEAjATEK1111 I/NH PLY FROY STEPIJI MIS COTTER WIRE0 000 0 ADO I/N 0 3/A BALSA0 SEAT BOTTOM 1218 PLY DEBASES F STANTON BEAWA Bt E MILLER 0 B505A August 1980 69
Edition: Model Aviation - 1980/08
Page Numbers: 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69
NO OCR TEXT NO OCR TEXT ALL true scale nuts always lookout something different summer evening 1975 George Keis WB3FFK called hot tip about Nieuport lurking Hangar #1 Willow Grove Naval Air Station Awww come George protested isnt such thing around just want stop club right No kidding really OK George its zap up batteries 35 nun SLR off go look Georges mysterious appari tion Arriving hangar sure enough authentic full-scale Nieuport Certainly World War vintage Nieuport something see today interesting was extremely rare Nieuport Type 24bis replete macabre deaths-head insignia fanious French Ace Charles Nungesser As George picked appropriate angles snapped away 35 Using strobe dimly lit hangar night hard eyeballs After some 30 shots George looked like owl After flashing Hangar #1 SP showed up muttering something about What #%#$ going explained him about 1917 Nieuports historic importance perceptive reply Well guess its OK machine must have declassified now though details concerning Nieuport Type 24bis indeed now declassified certain features still remain shrouded controversy Two such points question exact engine specific markings actually used Charles Nungessers 24bis much apparently con flicting data contradictory photographic documentation available arguments may never resolved Indeed true answer may correct merely representing various daily updates under rigors contin uous combat operations no historian present record changes proper chronological sequence during early months 1916 rapid sequence events occurred would eventually lead birth Nieuport Type 24bis aeroplane During dark months German Fokkers completely dominated skies over Western Front counter German ascendancy British rapidly deployed deHavilland DH-2 pusher fighter effective somewhat ungainly stop-gap aeroplane French other hand found much enduring solution German threat French solution provided nimble Nieuport 17 series aeroplanes Piloting maneuverable little scout fighter French aces such formidable Nungesser made significant contribution regaining Allied aerial superiority Certainly British Royal Flying Corps RFC quick recog nize obvious merits French design soon Nieuport fighters equipped numerous RFC squadrons Derived earlier Nieuport 11 Type 17 featured slightly larger substantially stronger airframe powered 110-hp LeRhone rotary engine subsequently fitted 130-hp Clerget engine designated Nieuport Type 17 basic design superiority clearly estab lished Type 17 bis Nieuport design team under direction Gustave Delage next turned attention aerodynamic refine ments achieve smoother airflow slabsided fuselage given face-lifting addition series gently curving formers 66 Model Aviation suppose seeing believing dont get feeling must have shot real ship uncovered isnt Feast eyes cable control wires wire fuselage bracing per full-scale authentic seat Since picture worth thousand words pedestrian caption does justice close-up like early Fokkers swept skies 1916 French countered nimble 1 7 slightly larger sturdier airframe famous 1 1 Nieuport 24bis formers stringers added slab-sided fuselage achieve smoother airflow Hows scale detail Note fitting wire rigging turnbuckles attach wires secured being doubled back crimped tubing stringers Thus produced Nieuport Type 24bis its streamlined fuselage last Nieuport achieve degree notable success combat arena eclipsed Standard Type 24 plagued structural problems its totally new empen nage design market today VK has produced beautiful RC kit Nieuport 17 modifications shown rather boxy Type 17 can readily converted unique model much aesthetic Nieuport Type 24bis Since Type 24bis operated numerous Allied air arms wide variety markings available use modeL its rare historic interest extremely colorful insignia selected Nieuport 24bis flown Lt Charles Nungesser prototype model seen photographs accompany article primary reference source project -in scale drawings Nieuport Type 24bis Bergen Hardesty published ModelAirplane News December1956 Start modification program fabrication new formers 52A 52B 52C S4 1/32 inch plywood Make twoofeach 54A S5 55A S6 56A made -in balsa again fab two new top turtledeck formers F4A F4B F5 F5A F6 F6A F7 also made -in balsa compo nents constitute basic sub-kit package Begin building basic fuselage kit sides over kit plans Assemble basic fuselage box frame assembly add standard formers B2 forward added wire diagonal cross-bracing inside fuselage sides S2 S5 note removal kits 16 diagonal wood bracing between lower S4 upper S5 facilitate installation wire diagonal braces section can easily seen cockpit area should defy say whether model real ship found lurking Hangar No 1 Willow Grove Naval Air Station near Philadelphia leafspring tail skid attached real thingand notethe hinging especiallyasto attachmentofthetubular rudderspar Portions rudder markings white stripe appear clearly area increase stand-off scale static judging points elect install wire diagonal braces make 014 control line cable use Proctor turnbuckles See sketch plans internal fuse bracing installed next add four 1/32 plywood formers 52A through S4 side Finally add remain ing side formers 54A through S6 top turtledeck formers F4A through F7 Note top turtledeck stringer locations dictated notched insets former F4A Dont notch other formers stringers positioned glued top formers Add fuselage August 1980 67 editorwho has hacked models for35 yearsand howaboutyou Famous among friend foe Nungesser deaths head insignia thing just builds builds unbearable fabric stitching coffin candles within heartshaped outline Again pilots done Frenchmen did long ago Grab machine gun seat may seenand barebones cockpit just nowghostly modification program described text Weight must pilots saw long models real aircraft have built watched5 5 pounds sate rangewith new graceful Nieuport has its special flair lightweight systems author considers 5 pounds easily obtainable sheeting aft consisting 1/64 plywood panels added between S7 rudder post next step add fuselage stringers 3/3 2 sq spruce Position run parallel fuselage centre-line use fast set glue stringers place install 1 X 1/32 plywood sheeting between S2 S28 1/64 plywood sheeting F4A F4B behind cockpit represents addi tional fuselage sheeting besides normal kit sheets firewall F2 including cockpit area Finally add 1/16 X 3/16 balsa strips sides both upper lower longerons sand shape Complete building remainder airframe per standard VK kit few other minor additions builders might find interest follows seat seat mounting frames shown plans should no problem scale enthusiast moderate experience finished seat very thin coat red oxide primer used car body shops 24bis no actual instrument panel such cut down formers B2 B3 3/16 inch width painted inside matte black Another minor touch provide authentic detail tail skid Add two side blocks tail skid mount sand shape made skid itself 3/16 clock-spring steel stuff relatively easy cut drilling three mounting holes another matter Heat area drilled cherry-red drill highspeed carbide bit push hard Although stuff tough drill does make great skid finally finished particular model covered Super Coverite Use coat Balsarite frame apply Coverite good hot iron hot enough make Coverite smoke Once applied Super Coverite like monofllm dope tends encase stuff used pint Sig clear Butyrate dope thinned Out 100% also added 50 drops castor oil Mix well thinner will soften adhesive backing allow dope stick Use least one-inch brush pump two three times load brush apply wet strokes Apply total four coats sand very worn-out 400-grit paper required Just dont ever sand heavy hand castor oil mix will keep doped finish pliable years save weight final color dopes applied airbrush Mix pigmented dopes well thin 150% thinner Open airbrush up apply full wet coat Scale control cables used elevator control wires run through holes seat frame exited through fuselage covering give straight run control horns servo use cross-arm control wheel output shaft other minor change standard VK kit made interplane rigging Instead rubber shock absorbers used solid 012 control cable 01 2s will give flight break cleanly impact feature has saved lot repair work flight 24bis handles much like standard VK kit Ni 17s no noticeable change handling response Weight main area watch 5 53/4 pounds about safe range flying weight particular model fitted home brew 4-channel rig 6 meters using Orbit PS-3 servos new lightweight systems 5 pounds should easy weight achieve have flown VK Nieuports have worked out well shows really cannot go wrong VKs plan setup Nieuport choose modify VK kit 24bis configuration have questions please write care MA certainly will glad help U wide variety color schemes may used since 24b1s flown numerous Allied air arms drawing shows Nungesser motif seen two pix model aerodrome Covering Super Coverite over coat Balsarite frame sure follow authors instructions precisely 68 Model Aviation Close-up nose brings life laminated wooden prop Clerget 130-hp rotaryyes entire engine spun fixed crankshaft Primary reference source plans Bergen Hardesty December 1956 Model Airplane News Incidentally turnbuckles Proctor DCUO otto.etopwing special interest spreader bar shock absorbing landing gear vees spokes beneath fabric-covered wheels way find evidence model engine better man FULL-SIZE PLANS AVAILABLE. SEE PAGE 128 FHA z3~ PSA THAT FT 28 BALSA F SZA HR S4AA JAIl3211/11 Al II EABSO7 [1 SEAT FRAMESz$i~1 Sc\ssASAId BAA SB~\SAA PLY\t HARCO TIEBOWN MADE FRO4 COVEBITE FOLD BEBE BOB YD FOAM / / BAUBLE LAYER SHA TOBA SAT / I/B BALSAI 2 EA AESO S/[S2il IS~SSISA /SOT~jSASAA~ Arj NIAS IETTITISISI& S PEE 3216 9LJLAI ADD 1/B 5 3218 -000 00SEAjATEK1111 I/NH PLY FROY STEPIJI MIS COTTER WIRE0 000 0 ADO I/N 0 3/A BALSA0 SEAT BOTTOM 1218 PLY DEBASES F STANTON BEAWA Bt E MILLER 0 B505A August 1980 69