miI Agostas Miss Ameri ca pg 18 Ulti mate Antique dig Old-Timer stuff RC oldtim ers antiques far quaint crates meet prescribed rules competition tend forget people fly fun sport watch birds curve smoothly against blue sky feeling good Riding vagrant currents like being planes unique feel air Sailplane enthusiasts know feeling Kitted Scientific 1936 Miss America designed Frank Zaic Unlike other antiquessay Lanzo Bassett jobsit looks like air plane Agosta seems have fulfillment dream re calls what boy felt watched adults fly gas models days before war Most modelers desperate economic times no money no place build car rode subways city park carrying gi gantic free flights tool boxes wing shredded overhead subway fans Future great build ers came such un likely places East New York Brownsville sections Brooklyn resourceful bunch look up same people today Like guy hello Norm flew hand-launched glider front headquarters Murder Incorporated did young Frank Zaic design build fly beautiful airplane like Miss America down East side New york started Jasco wonders felt opened months Model Aviation Kitty Hawk North Carolina very spot powered airplane first struggled air December 17 1903 small well-appoint ed museum commemorate event two brothers began air age See Engines Made History page 8 museum replica Wright Flyer sobering evidence magnificant scientific effort mounted two bicycle makers Dayton painstaking approach fascinating awed see actual propeller parts engine other memorabilia True scientists total systems approach Overlooking spot ma chine took off level ground great duneand famous monument made thousand glider flights skilled pilots before powered ma chine put daylight between its skids sand Outside museum door markers show distances first four flights cold December morning first three close takeoff point marvelous fourth 852 feet away Consider chill wind blowing 36 mph first flight speed machine barely modeler can see machine like giant light model rising treacherous wind being buffeted almost stalling pilot fighting keep level Later day wind dropped 24 mph fourth flight made ground sailplane FAI record 188 mph details see page 24 Jan 77 MA plenty doubters Amazing ly Sitar June year entered another claim time 2429 mph time analysts agreed claim valid glider heavier dived greater altitude en ter traps accurate means speed measurement used 45page dossier accompanying claim lends impressive support Dick Weber holds number FAI records re ported December MA page 73 under Competition News Interesting details 40-foot wide banks photoelectric cells point ed upward detect light variation small cone model flew past signals two banks being com bined timing computer measure course duration can believe 2429 mph Since mark 292 mph faster power model ners speed about 10 mph about 59 seconds Wrights far ahead world would another 314 years before another Santos Dumont would make powered flight 1905 Wrights covered 24 miles 38 minutes Paul Garber Curator Emeritus National Air Space Museum saw fly recalls craft did sound like airplaneit made rattling clanking noises Inside Kitty Hawk museum guide suddenly twists wing tip prone figure Orville comes life sliding movable platform lies actuate wing warping ail eron control Eerie Yet like model 16hp engine heated up put out 12 horsepower could plane fly little power Simple note reduction chain drivejust big Du-Bro prop driver go TV quiz program asked faster powered model airplane glider dont answer power Austrian Werner Sitar flew record of2137 mph held Goukoune Myakine Russia since September 1971 wecalled Maynard Hill confirmed glider indeed faster powered mod el Reason prop disceven engine winding up limitacts air brake airplane outruns engine modelers take FAI marks grain salt can punch stopwatch accurately 1/10th second error means about 30 mph speeds get over 150 mph over 50-yard FAI glider speed course Well FAI record attempt just another fun-fly Hubert Bitners ac count successful RC helicopter tempt speed page 36 makes eloquent ly clear timing arrangements diagrams used Houston Speed Trials October 1976 Report ed Maynard Hill MA April 1977 pg 22 Hill has set 12 RC FAI records cluding Seaplane Altitudestill holds 18540and Airplane Distance Dura tion Altitudestill stands 26919 feet Speed Glider Altitude December 77 issue pg 36 story Shark Attacks Record re lated Dick Weber established Continued page 60 4 Model Aviation OUT-PERFORMS ALL OTHERS AT THE 1976 NATIONALS 1st AC Masters Class 1st AC Advanced 1st RC Novice 1st RC Sport Scale 1st Formula Pylon 1st Quarter Midget Pylon 1st CL Stunt Open 1st CL Stunt Senior 1st CL Stunt junior 1st CL Combat O & Sr lit CL Slow Comb Op & Sr 1st CL Carrier II Op Jr Sr 1st CL Carrier Jr & Sr 1st CL Class 0 Speed Open 1st CL Class C Speed Jr & Sr 1st CL Class B Speed O & Sr 1st CL Cl Speed Op Sr Jr 1st CL Formula 40 Open lit CL Class B Proto Jr 1st FF Class B Open 1st FF Clam C Open HIGH PERFORMANCE * COMPETITION PROVEN * THIN RIGID BLADES QF HARD MAPLE WOOD * SUPERBLY FINISHED COMPlETELY FUEL PUOOF SPECIAL PRO SERIES 2 FOR RC-FREE FLIGHT CONTROL LINE DIAPITCHPRICE 5/3489 63489 733y4119 83/456129 94566% 77A139 10467149 106W 8W149 1066W159 114677% 7% 7%8169 1166W169 11%67169 126179 12SW179 1356219 1456249 1656309 164% 6389 W WIDE BLADE Em EXTRA WIDE SERIES 400 B FOR SPEED NG ADVANCED DESION NO 1 IN PYLON RACINO LEADING SPEED RECORD HOLDER OF ALL TIMES RC PYLON RACING DIA PITCHPRICE 5%3%4129 755%6149 7SN 5%N 6N149 8%6%6Y7 7%7%189 96%7 7%7%189 CONTROL LINE SPEED & RACING DIA PITCH PRICE 4%8A7129 4%55%129 6788%149 77A10%11189 889189 89N 9%N189 8477%189 912 13219 N NARROW Openers continued page 4 FAI mark 7 hrs 56 min23 sec RC Seaplane Duration sue went press added flash Dick set closed-course RC Seaplane record 316565 miles same flight new Seaplane Endurance mark 9 hrs 7 mm 37 Sec As sue hit stands added Straight Line Seaplane mark 1522394 miles date has set seven FAI fuel econo records four categories holding three present lure mystic just because moun tain Long ago we~ volved several RC Duration attempts tanks held fuel full day things like pinched feed lines fiber glass flakes filters several times cut power after 2/2 hours us started yen something new exciting Once rat race cant let go Devising overall system ad venture problems ceaseless challengeif like solving puzzles endless flying hundreds hours Strange intrigu ing happenings planning dis ciplines 15 11-pound gross airplane having taken out thermaL know old truism about air rising over hot runways de scending over cool woods So what would think fuel-loaded plane taken over cool woods noon 90-degree day left tight spiral spoilers outholding altitude almost hour touch con trol whole new world hack ers compared cool scientific approach thoroughness engineers like Hill Weber Because moun tain Maybe THERE ARE TIMES considering what next build thin line sepa rates realism fantasy So found ourselves contemplating things RC version Manhattan model vision pleased usyes Manhattan Indoor event cute little cabin mod els thought calling Celes tial Sampan friends dont seem en thusiastic pretend heard no thing would unlike Antique should utilize extremely simple open structure ah theres challenge could enjoy lazy flying ride thermals just easily might early-day Lanzo et al Perhaps would appropriate pow ered electric perhaps Astro Flites prop drivers big slow turning fan friends immobilized word picture can picture flying field Fantastic ideas ride like four horsemen So debating alter natedont ask what remaining two might tell eminently sane Wischers report Scale col umn month suggestions talent ed Bob Lopshire scale-like event would strain duplicate Piper Cub Fokker Triplane oraBoeing 707 whatever Instead theyd dream up make-believe concept depicts builders idea would configure imaginery aircraft carry real people Some may remember famous Joe Ott once ran monthly series rubber-powered scale-like models Popular Aviation predecessor Flying magazine outlines probably generally faithful framing elementaland light Fokker Super Universal weighed 1-7/8 ounces Probab ly 20- 24-in size Nieuport 17 Fokker D-7 SE-S others mostly WW flew like big ROGs could almost walk beneath plodded across field Scaled up 30 45 6 feet scaled 9 feet dont ask about prop carved balsa 2 x 4 stripped inner-tube motor wound Carefully fell contemplating theme models Mind suggestion event rationale finding something fresh fulfilling Purely ones own entertain ment theme model would recog nizable some real airplane necessarily hard scale respect Maybe little like customizing might good Cub say would want just imitate Cub Sources theme models abun dant instance fascinating book Reuben Fleet Story Consolidated Aircraft Bili Wagner spent lifetime Public Relations Ryan sorts intriguing pix various Fleet Trainers through years could use simple wire knock-off struts copy-cat outlines whatever di hedral tail areas wishes would have life-like treatment markingsolive drab fuselage yellow wings stars red-white-and-blue striped rudder three channels big light say 15 Let fly off hand guy said know what youd know right Heresy Turn Ralph Kuenzs col umnguest writer month Dave Stott Flying Aces Club Youll hear Dave talking about fudging things over place produce good rub ber-powered flying scale models fuselage lengthbut always idea differences discern ible eye good enough guys. might fly theme model theme-like way Climb pattern alti tude first turn left break out 45 de Continued page 85 60 Model Aviation NEWS FLASH Bob Smith Chatsworth CA set flew World Speed Record June 19 Pylon mula 11125 RevUp 83a-6% new Pylon Rac ing propl MUFF-L-AIRE I IDEAL FOR PLANES BOATS AND CARSMUFF-L-AIRE EXTREMELY COMPACTIDEAL FOR PLANES FULLY ADJUSTABLE NOISEBOATS LEVEL AND BACKAND $595 PRESSURE FOR BETTERCARS PERFORMANCE ADAPTS TO ALL ENGINES FROMNo 29 TO60144 ONLY 7N3 UNIVERSAL MUFFLER Designed installation wide variety engines 29 60 class Varying number baffle plates controls noise level backSpring action locks Kwik-Klip pressure desire positive contactPatent Pending No 151 battery wires S 125 -DU-BRO PRODUCTS INCORPORATED 480 Bonner Road Wauconda Illinois 60084 USA Openers continued page 60 grees Maybe fly some figure eights 5turns road Partial stalls want loopOKif can roll OK Overhead approach enter pattern downwind leg etc Perhaps shoot some touch-and-goes Better milling around aimlessly Enjoy theme flying Say did ever tell about idea have take Manhattan modelhey wherere going Letters Editor continued page 7 tially resulting lack publicity could introduce fliers events also help stimulate existing compe tition coverage Control-line Team Finals 1976 Team helped crease interest FAI Speed gave goal work towards representing US World Champs attained California summer hope make type inspiration possible other fliers like myself try keep enjoyable interna tional events alive through publicity power maybe once popular events will again flourish now Europe Charles Lieber Moorestown NJ December issuewhich included Team Race Finalsprobably relieved Mr Liebers distress bit although did contain report Speed Team Trials Nats-related team trials included November issue cause insufficient space report both Nats regular events team trials Speed Team Trials other scheduling situation due two sites two dates Once second part Speed Team Trials held affecting three top spots could get report February issue report received time January Engines/Berliner continued page 15 first Gnome rotary square pistons 393 bore stroke 335 cu displacement weight 165 lbs produced its 50 hpat 1150 rpm few later LeRhones can still seen lug ging full-scale reproductions World War airplanes displays World War began sputtering engines wobbling airplanes before long both seen amazing advances rotary engines part replaced water-cooled V-8s came direct ancestors superb V-12s nations used World War II early Vees impact creation Swiss en gineer living Spain went production France Britain later USA Hispano-Suiza familiarly known Hisso Its advanced de sign included en bloc cylinder construc tion cast-aluminum water jacket enclosing steel cylinders effectively lubricated valves gearing combination automatic manual mix ture control fuel system per mitted inverted flight development potential pano-Suiza vast first pro duction model put out 150 hp 1400 rpm boosted 240 hp 2200 rpm no increase internal dimen sions Once bore stroke en larged up-rated 300 hp During World War II almost 50000 produced mainly classic SPAD SE-SA along some Bris tol F2Bs Sopwith Dolphins production Hissos 900 V-8s common versions 150-220 hp bore 472 stroke 511 dis placement 718 cu weight 455-465 lbs free troubles engines time did have difficulties high-pressure February 1978 85
Edition: Model Aviation - 1978/02
Page Numbers: 4, 60, 85
miI Agostas Miss Ameri ca pg 18 Ulti mate Antique dig Old-Timer stuff RC oldtim ers antiques far quaint crates meet prescribed rules competition tend forget people fly fun sport watch birds curve smoothly against blue sky feeling good Riding vagrant currents like being planes unique feel air Sailplane enthusiasts know feeling Kitted Scientific 1936 Miss America designed Frank Zaic Unlike other antiquessay Lanzo Bassett jobsit looks like air plane Agosta seems have fulfillment dream re calls what boy felt watched adults fly gas models days before war Most modelers desperate economic times no money no place build car rode subways city park carrying gi gantic free flights tool boxes wing shredded overhead subway fans Future great build ers came such un likely places East New York Brownsville sections Brooklyn resourceful bunch look up same people today Like guy hello Norm flew hand-launched glider front headquarters Murder Incorporated did young Frank Zaic design build fly beautiful airplane like Miss America down East side New york started Jasco wonders felt opened months Model Aviation Kitty Hawk North Carolina very spot powered airplane first struggled air December 17 1903 small well-appoint ed museum commemorate event two brothers began air age See Engines Made History page 8 museum replica Wright Flyer sobering evidence magnificant scientific effort mounted two bicycle makers Dayton painstaking approach fascinating awed see actual propeller parts engine other memorabilia True scientists total systems approach Overlooking spot ma chine took off level ground great duneand famous monument made thousand glider flights skilled pilots before powered ma chine put daylight between its skids sand Outside museum door markers show distances first four flights cold December morning first three close takeoff point marvelous fourth 852 feet away Consider chill wind blowing 36 mph first flight speed machine barely modeler can see machine like giant light model rising treacherous wind being buffeted almost stalling pilot fighting keep level Later day wind dropped 24 mph fourth flight made ground sailplane FAI record 188 mph details see page 24 Jan 77 MA plenty doubters Amazing ly Sitar June year entered another claim time 2429 mph time analysts agreed claim valid glider heavier dived greater altitude en ter traps accurate means speed measurement used 45page dossier accompanying claim lends impressive support Dick Weber holds number FAI records re ported December MA page 73 under Competition News Interesting details 40-foot wide banks photoelectric cells point ed upward detect light variation small cone model flew past signals two banks being com bined timing computer measure course duration can believe 2429 mph Since mark 292 mph faster power model ners speed about 10 mph about 59 seconds Wrights far ahead world would another 314 years before another Santos Dumont would make powered flight 1905 Wrights covered 24 miles 38 minutes Paul Garber Curator Emeritus National Air Space Museum saw fly recalls craft did sound like airplaneit made rattling clanking noises Inside Kitty Hawk museum guide suddenly twists wing tip prone figure Orville comes life sliding movable platform lies actuate wing warping ail eron control Eerie Yet like model 16hp engine heated up put out 12 horsepower could plane fly little power Simple note reduction chain drivejust big Du-Bro prop driver go TV quiz program asked faster powered model airplane glider dont answer power Austrian Werner Sitar flew record of2137 mph held Goukoune Myakine Russia since September 1971 wecalled Maynard Hill confirmed glider indeed faster powered mod el Reason prop disceven engine winding up limitacts air brake airplane outruns engine modelers take FAI marks grain salt can punch stopwatch accurately 1/10th second error means about 30 mph speeds get over 150 mph over 50-yard FAI glider speed course Well FAI record attempt just another fun-fly Hubert Bitners ac count successful RC helicopter tempt speed page 36 makes eloquent ly clear timing arrangements diagrams used Houston Speed Trials October 1976 Report ed Maynard Hill MA April 1977 pg 22 Hill has set 12 RC FAI records cluding Seaplane Altitudestill holds 18540and Airplane Distance Dura tion Altitudestill stands 26919 feet Speed Glider Altitude December 77 issue pg 36 story Shark Attacks Record re lated Dick Weber established Continued page 60 4 Model Aviation OUT-PERFORMS ALL OTHERS AT THE 1976 NATIONALS 1st AC Masters Class 1st AC Advanced 1st RC Novice 1st RC Sport Scale 1st Formula Pylon 1st Quarter Midget Pylon 1st CL Stunt Open 1st CL Stunt Senior 1st CL Stunt junior 1st CL Combat O & Sr lit CL Slow Comb Op & Sr 1st CL Carrier II Op Jr Sr 1st CL Carrier Jr & Sr 1st CL Class 0 Speed Open 1st CL Class C Speed Jr & Sr 1st CL Class B Speed O & Sr 1st CL Cl Speed Op Sr Jr 1st CL Formula 40 Open lit CL Class B Proto Jr 1st FF Class B Open 1st FF Clam C Open HIGH PERFORMANCE * COMPETITION PROVEN * THIN RIGID BLADES QF HARD MAPLE WOOD * SUPERBLY FINISHED COMPlETELY FUEL PUOOF SPECIAL PRO SERIES 2 FOR RC-FREE FLIGHT CONTROL LINE DIAPITCHPRICE 5/3489 63489 733y4119 83/456129 94566% 77A139 10467149 106W 8W149 1066W159 114677% 7% 7%8169 1166W169 11%67169 126179 12SW179 1356219 1456249 1656309 164% 6389 W WIDE BLADE Em EXTRA WIDE SERIES 400 B FOR SPEED NG ADVANCED DESION NO 1 IN PYLON RACINO LEADING SPEED RECORD HOLDER OF ALL TIMES RC PYLON RACING DIA PITCHPRICE 5%3%4129 755%6149 7SN 5%N 6N149 8%6%6Y7 7%7%189 96%7 7%7%189 CONTROL LINE SPEED & RACING DIA PITCH PRICE 4%8A7129 4%55%129 6788%149 77A10%11189 889189 89N 9%N189 8477%189 912 13219 N NARROW Openers continued page 4 FAI mark 7 hrs 56 min23 sec RC Seaplane Duration sue went press added flash Dick set closed-course RC Seaplane record 316565 miles same flight new Seaplane Endurance mark 9 hrs 7 mm 37 Sec As sue hit stands added Straight Line Seaplane mark 1522394 miles date has set seven FAI fuel econo records four categories holding three present lure mystic just because moun tain Long ago we~ volved several RC Duration attempts tanks held fuel full day things like pinched feed lines fiber glass flakes filters several times cut power after 2/2 hours us started yen something new exciting Once rat race cant let go Devising overall system ad venture problems ceaseless challengeif like solving puzzles endless flying hundreds hours Strange intrigu ing happenings planning dis ciplines 15 11-pound gross airplane having taken out thermaL know old truism about air rising over hot runways de scending over cool woods So what would think fuel-loaded plane taken over cool woods noon 90-degree day left tight spiral spoilers outholding altitude almost hour touch con trol whole new world hack ers compared cool scientific approach thoroughness engineers like Hill Weber Because moun tain Maybe THERE ARE TIMES considering what next build thin line sepa rates realism fantasy So found ourselves contemplating things RC version Manhattan model vision pleased usyes Manhattan Indoor event cute little cabin mod els thought calling Celes tial Sampan friends dont seem en thusiastic pretend heard no thing would unlike Antique should utilize extremely simple open structure ah theres challenge could enjoy lazy flying ride thermals just easily might early-day Lanzo et al Perhaps would appropriate pow ered electric perhaps Astro Flites prop drivers big slow turning fan friends immobilized word picture can picture flying field Fantastic ideas ride like four horsemen So debating alter natedont ask what remaining two might tell eminently sane Wischers report Scale col umn month suggestions talent ed Bob Lopshire scale-like event would strain duplicate Piper Cub Fokker Triplane oraBoeing 707 whatever Instead theyd dream up make-believe concept depicts builders idea would configure imaginery aircraft carry real people Some may remember famous Joe Ott once ran monthly series rubber-powered scale-like models Popular Aviation predecessor Flying magazine outlines probably generally faithful framing elementaland light Fokker Super Universal weighed 1-7/8 ounces Probab ly 20- 24-in size Nieuport 17 Fokker D-7 SE-S others mostly WW flew like big ROGs could almost walk beneath plodded across field Scaled up 30 45 6 feet scaled 9 feet dont ask about prop carved balsa 2 x 4 stripped inner-tube motor wound Carefully fell contemplating theme models Mind suggestion event rationale finding something fresh fulfilling Purely ones own entertain ment theme model would recog nizable some real airplane necessarily hard scale respect Maybe little like customizing might good Cub say would want just imitate Cub Sources theme models abun dant instance fascinating book Reuben Fleet Story Consolidated Aircraft Bili Wagner spent lifetime Public Relations Ryan sorts intriguing pix various Fleet Trainers through years could use simple wire knock-off struts copy-cat outlines whatever di hedral tail areas wishes would have life-like treatment markingsolive drab fuselage yellow wings stars red-white-and-blue striped rudder three channels big light say 15 Let fly off hand guy said know what youd know right Heresy Turn Ralph Kuenzs col umnguest writer month Dave Stott Flying Aces Club Youll hear Dave talking about fudging things over place produce good rub ber-powered flying scale models fuselage lengthbut always idea differences discern ible eye good enough guys. might fly theme model theme-like way Climb pattern alti tude first turn left break out 45 de Continued page 85 60 Model Aviation NEWS FLASH Bob Smith Chatsworth CA set flew World Speed Record June 19 Pylon mula 11125 RevUp 83a-6% new Pylon Rac ing propl MUFF-L-AIRE I IDEAL FOR PLANES BOATS AND CARSMUFF-L-AIRE EXTREMELY COMPACTIDEAL FOR PLANES FULLY ADJUSTABLE NOISEBOATS LEVEL AND BACKAND $595 PRESSURE FOR BETTERCARS PERFORMANCE ADAPTS TO ALL ENGINES FROMNo 29 TO60144 ONLY 7N3 UNIVERSAL MUFFLER Designed installation wide variety engines 29 60 class Varying number baffle plates controls noise level backSpring action locks Kwik-Klip pressure desire positive contactPatent Pending No 151 battery wires S 125 -DU-BRO PRODUCTS INCORPORATED 480 Bonner Road Wauconda Illinois 60084 USA Openers continued page 60 grees Maybe fly some figure eights 5turns road Partial stalls want loopOKif can roll OK Overhead approach enter pattern downwind leg etc Perhaps shoot some touch-and-goes Better milling around aimlessly Enjoy theme flying Say did ever tell about idea have take Manhattan modelhey wherere going Letters Editor continued page 7 tially resulting lack publicity could introduce fliers events also help stimulate existing compe tition coverage Control-line Team Finals 1976 Team helped crease interest FAI Speed gave goal work towards representing US World Champs attained California summer hope make type inspiration possible other fliers like myself try keep enjoyable interna tional events alive through publicity power maybe once popular events will again flourish now Europe Charles Lieber Moorestown NJ December issuewhich included Team Race Finalsprobably relieved Mr Liebers distress bit although did contain report Speed Team Trials Nats-related team trials included November issue cause insufficient space report both Nats regular events team trials Speed Team Trials other scheduling situation due two sites two dates Once second part Speed Team Trials held affecting three top spots could get report February issue report received time January Engines/Berliner continued page 15 first Gnome rotary square pistons 393 bore stroke 335 cu displacement weight 165 lbs produced its 50 hpat 1150 rpm few later LeRhones can still seen lug ging full-scale reproductions World War airplanes displays World War began sputtering engines wobbling airplanes before long both seen amazing advances rotary engines part replaced water-cooled V-8s came direct ancestors superb V-12s nations used World War II early Vees impact creation Swiss en gineer living Spain went production France Britain later USA Hispano-Suiza familiarly known Hisso Its advanced de sign included en bloc cylinder construc tion cast-aluminum water jacket enclosing steel cylinders effectively lubricated valves gearing combination automatic manual mix ture control fuel system per mitted inverted flight development potential pano-Suiza vast first pro duction model put out 150 hp 1400 rpm boosted 240 hp 2200 rpm no increase internal dimen sions Once bore stroke en larged up-rated 300 hp During World War II almost 50000 produced mainly classic SPAD SE-SA along some Bris tol F2Bs Sopwith Dolphins production Hissos 900 V-8s common versions 150-220 hp bore 472 stroke 511 dis placement 718 cu weight 455-465 lbs free troubles engines time did have difficulties high-pressure February 1978 85
Edition: Model Aviation - 1978/02
Page Numbers: 4, 60, 85
miI Agostas Miss Ameri ca pg 18 Ulti mate Antique dig Old-Timer stuff RC oldtim ers antiques far quaint crates meet prescribed rules competition tend forget people fly fun sport watch birds curve smoothly against blue sky feeling good Riding vagrant currents like being planes unique feel air Sailplane enthusiasts know feeling Kitted Scientific 1936 Miss America designed Frank Zaic Unlike other antiquessay Lanzo Bassett jobsit looks like air plane Agosta seems have fulfillment dream re calls what boy felt watched adults fly gas models days before war Most modelers desperate economic times no money no place build car rode subways city park carrying gi gantic free flights tool boxes wing shredded overhead subway fans Future great build ers came such un likely places East New York Brownsville sections Brooklyn resourceful bunch look up same people today Like guy hello Norm flew hand-launched glider front headquarters Murder Incorporated did young Frank Zaic design build fly beautiful airplane like Miss America down East side New york started Jasco wonders felt opened months Model Aviation Kitty Hawk North Carolina very spot powered airplane first struggled air December 17 1903 small well-appoint ed museum commemorate event two brothers began air age See Engines Made History page 8 museum replica Wright Flyer sobering evidence magnificant scientific effort mounted two bicycle makers Dayton painstaking approach fascinating awed see actual propeller parts engine other memorabilia True scientists total systems approach Overlooking spot ma chine took off level ground great duneand famous monument made thousand glider flights skilled pilots before powered ma chine put daylight between its skids sand Outside museum door markers show distances first four flights cold December morning first three close takeoff point marvelous fourth 852 feet away Consider chill wind blowing 36 mph first flight speed machine barely modeler can see machine like giant light model rising treacherous wind being buffeted almost stalling pilot fighting keep level Later day wind dropped 24 mph fourth flight made ground sailplane FAI record 188 mph details see page 24 Jan 77 MA plenty doubters Amazing ly Sitar June year entered another claim time 2429 mph time analysts agreed claim valid glider heavier dived greater altitude en ter traps accurate means speed measurement used 45page dossier accompanying claim lends impressive support Dick Weber holds number FAI records re ported December MA page 73 under Competition News Interesting details 40-foot wide banks photoelectric cells point ed upward detect light variation small cone model flew past signals two banks being com bined timing computer measure course duration can believe 2429 mph Since mark 292 mph faster power model ners speed about 10 mph about 59 seconds Wrights far ahead world would another 314 years before another Santos Dumont would make powered flight 1905 Wrights covered 24 miles 38 minutes Paul Garber Curator Emeritus National Air Space Museum saw fly recalls craft did sound like airplaneit made rattling clanking noises Inside Kitty Hawk museum guide suddenly twists wing tip prone figure Orville comes life sliding movable platform lies actuate wing warping ail eron control Eerie Yet like model 16hp engine heated up put out 12 horsepower could plane fly little power Simple note reduction chain drivejust big Du-Bro prop driver go TV quiz program asked faster powered model airplane glider dont answer power Austrian Werner Sitar flew record of2137 mph held Goukoune Myakine Russia since September 1971 wecalled Maynard Hill confirmed glider indeed faster powered mod el Reason prop disceven engine winding up limitacts air brake airplane outruns engine modelers take FAI marks grain salt can punch stopwatch accurately 1/10th second error means about 30 mph speeds get over 150 mph over 50-yard FAI glider speed course Well FAI record attempt just another fun-fly Hubert Bitners ac count successful RC helicopter tempt speed page 36 makes eloquent ly clear timing arrangements diagrams used Houston Speed Trials October 1976 Report ed Maynard Hill MA April 1977 pg 22 Hill has set 12 RC FAI records cluding Seaplane Altitudestill holds 18540and Airplane Distance Dura tion Altitudestill stands 26919 feet Speed Glider Altitude December 77 issue pg 36 story Shark Attacks Record re lated Dick Weber established Continued page 60 4 Model Aviation OUT-PERFORMS ALL OTHERS AT THE 1976 NATIONALS 1st AC Masters Class 1st AC Advanced 1st RC Novice 1st RC Sport Scale 1st Formula Pylon 1st Quarter Midget Pylon 1st CL Stunt Open 1st CL Stunt Senior 1st CL Stunt junior 1st CL Combat O & Sr lit CL Slow Comb Op & Sr 1st CL Carrier II Op Jr Sr 1st CL Carrier Jr & Sr 1st CL Class 0 Speed Open 1st CL Class C Speed Jr & Sr 1st CL Class B Speed O & Sr 1st CL Cl Speed Op Sr Jr 1st CL Formula 40 Open lit CL Class B Proto Jr 1st FF Class B Open 1st FF Clam C Open HIGH PERFORMANCE * COMPETITION PROVEN * THIN RIGID BLADES QF HARD MAPLE WOOD * SUPERBLY FINISHED COMPlETELY FUEL PUOOF SPECIAL PRO SERIES 2 FOR RC-FREE FLIGHT CONTROL LINE DIAPITCHPRICE 5/3489 63489 733y4119 83/456129 94566% 77A139 10467149 106W 8W149 1066W159 114677% 7% 7%8169 1166W169 11%67169 126179 12SW179 1356219 1456249 1656309 164% 6389 W WIDE BLADE Em EXTRA WIDE SERIES 400 B FOR SPEED NG ADVANCED DESION NO 1 IN PYLON RACINO LEADING SPEED RECORD HOLDER OF ALL TIMES RC PYLON RACING DIA PITCHPRICE 5%3%4129 755%6149 7SN 5%N 6N149 8%6%6Y7 7%7%189 96%7 7%7%189 CONTROL LINE SPEED & RACING DIA PITCH PRICE 4%8A7129 4%55%129 6788%149 77A10%11189 889189 89N 9%N189 8477%189 912 13219 N NARROW Openers continued page 4 FAI mark 7 hrs 56 min23 sec RC Seaplane Duration sue went press added flash Dick set closed-course RC Seaplane record 316565 miles same flight new Seaplane Endurance mark 9 hrs 7 mm 37 Sec As sue hit stands added Straight Line Seaplane mark 1522394 miles date has set seven FAI fuel econo records four categories holding three present lure mystic just because moun tain Long ago we~ volved several RC Duration attempts tanks held fuel full day things like pinched feed lines fiber glass flakes filters several times cut power after 2/2 hours us started yen something new exciting Once rat race cant let go Devising overall system ad venture problems ceaseless challengeif like solving puzzles endless flying hundreds hours Strange intrigu ing happenings planning dis ciplines 15 11-pound gross airplane having taken out thermaL know old truism about air rising over hot runways de scending over cool woods So what would think fuel-loaded plane taken over cool woods noon 90-degree day left tight spiral spoilers outholding altitude almost hour touch con trol whole new world hack ers compared cool scientific approach thoroughness engineers like Hill Weber Because moun tain Maybe THERE ARE TIMES considering what next build thin line sepa rates realism fantasy So found ourselves contemplating things RC version Manhattan model vision pleased usyes Manhattan Indoor event cute little cabin mod els thought calling Celes tial Sampan friends dont seem en thusiastic pretend heard no thing would unlike Antique should utilize extremely simple open structure ah theres challenge could enjoy lazy flying ride thermals just easily might early-day Lanzo et al Perhaps would appropriate pow ered electric perhaps Astro Flites prop drivers big slow turning fan friends immobilized word picture can picture flying field Fantastic ideas ride like four horsemen So debating alter natedont ask what remaining two might tell eminently sane Wischers report Scale col umn month suggestions talent ed Bob Lopshire scale-like event would strain duplicate Piper Cub Fokker Triplane oraBoeing 707 whatever Instead theyd dream up make-believe concept depicts builders idea would configure imaginery aircraft carry real people Some may remember famous Joe Ott once ran monthly series rubber-powered scale-like models Popular Aviation predecessor Flying magazine outlines probably generally faithful framing elementaland light Fokker Super Universal weighed 1-7/8 ounces Probab ly 20- 24-in size Nieuport 17 Fokker D-7 SE-S others mostly WW flew like big ROGs could almost walk beneath plodded across field Scaled up 30 45 6 feet scaled 9 feet dont ask about prop carved balsa 2 x 4 stripped inner-tube motor wound Carefully fell contemplating theme models Mind suggestion event rationale finding something fresh fulfilling Purely ones own entertain ment theme model would recog nizable some real airplane necessarily hard scale respect Maybe little like customizing might good Cub say would want just imitate Cub Sources theme models abun dant instance fascinating book Reuben Fleet Story Consolidated Aircraft Bili Wagner spent lifetime Public Relations Ryan sorts intriguing pix various Fleet Trainers through years could use simple wire knock-off struts copy-cat outlines whatever di hedral tail areas wishes would have life-like treatment markingsolive drab fuselage yellow wings stars red-white-and-blue striped rudder three channels big light say 15 Let fly off hand guy said know what youd know right Heresy Turn Ralph Kuenzs col umnguest writer month Dave Stott Flying Aces Club Youll hear Dave talking about fudging things over place produce good rub ber-powered flying scale models fuselage lengthbut always idea differences discern ible eye good enough guys. might fly theme model theme-like way Climb pattern alti tude first turn left break out 45 de Continued page 85 60 Model Aviation NEWS FLASH Bob Smith Chatsworth CA set flew World Speed Record June 19 Pylon mula 11125 RevUp 83a-6% new Pylon Rac ing propl MUFF-L-AIRE I IDEAL FOR PLANES BOATS AND CARSMUFF-L-AIRE EXTREMELY COMPACTIDEAL FOR PLANES FULLY ADJUSTABLE NOISEBOATS LEVEL AND BACKAND $595 PRESSURE FOR BETTERCARS PERFORMANCE ADAPTS TO ALL ENGINES FROMNo 29 TO60144 ONLY 7N3 UNIVERSAL MUFFLER Designed installation wide variety engines 29 60 class Varying number baffle plates controls noise level backSpring action locks Kwik-Klip pressure desire positive contactPatent Pending No 151 battery wires S 125 -DU-BRO PRODUCTS INCORPORATED 480 Bonner Road Wauconda Illinois 60084 USA Openers continued page 60 grees Maybe fly some figure eights 5turns road Partial stalls want loopOKif can roll OK Overhead approach enter pattern downwind leg etc Perhaps shoot some touch-and-goes Better milling around aimlessly Enjoy theme flying Say did ever tell about idea have take Manhattan modelhey wherere going Letters Editor continued page 7 tially resulting lack publicity could introduce fliers events also help stimulate existing compe tition coverage Control-line Team Finals 1976 Team helped crease interest FAI Speed gave goal work towards representing US World Champs attained California summer hope make type inspiration possible other fliers like myself try keep enjoyable interna tional events alive through publicity power maybe once popular events will again flourish now Europe Charles Lieber Moorestown NJ December issuewhich included Team Race Finalsprobably relieved Mr Liebers distress bit although did contain report Speed Team Trials Nats-related team trials included November issue cause insufficient space report both Nats regular events team trials Speed Team Trials other scheduling situation due two sites two dates Once second part Speed Team Trials held affecting three top spots could get report February issue report received time January Engines/Berliner continued page 15 first Gnome rotary square pistons 393 bore stroke 335 cu displacement weight 165 lbs produced its 50 hpat 1150 rpm few later LeRhones can still seen lug ging full-scale reproductions World War airplanes displays World War began sputtering engines wobbling airplanes before long both seen amazing advances rotary engines part replaced water-cooled V-8s came direct ancestors superb V-12s nations used World War II early Vees impact creation Swiss en gineer living Spain went production France Britain later USA Hispano-Suiza familiarly known Hisso Its advanced de sign included en bloc cylinder construc tion cast-aluminum water jacket enclosing steel cylinders effectively lubricated valves gearing combination automatic manual mix ture control fuel system per mitted inverted flight development potential pano-Suiza vast first pro duction model put out 150 hp 1400 rpm boosted 240 hp 2200 rpm no increase internal dimen sions Once bore stroke en larged up-rated 300 hp During World War II almost 50000 produced mainly classic SPAD SE-SA along some Bris tol F2Bs Sopwith Dolphins production Hissos 900 V-8s common versions 150-220 hp bore 472 stroke 511 dis placement 718 cu weight 455-465 lbs free troubles engines time did have difficulties high-pressure February 1978 85