Bill Lee informa tive column contri butes state art Control Line Racing wondered out loud last month September pg 38 about popularity cycles occur new events registered smash least reader Like great other sport modelers FO has always fascinated sad fate once pleasant events spring life fanfare trum pets lasting answer need see across board Club 500 Pylon Race Radio Controlpresently going strong theres Walnut Rubber Scale Control Line theres Slow Combat Slow Rat Both evolved beyond recogni tion original purpose became Official now competitive hell Free Flight Embryo Endur ance Manhattan still belong fun fliers Now what Bill talking about precisely same thing topic suspect relationship As competitor what Bill notices new Official CL event will come strong taper off finally stabilized some lower competi tive popularity plane die-hard practi tioners event FO recalls birth Rat Racingat time highly popular event Bill saidas poor mans Team Race Rat Racing today bit demanding Speedand sport fliers could no hack man moon new event grows out modelers folklore usually fated success become official event Events begin life local fun things acquire national interest comes push make Provisional anticipation future rules book desig nation Official peasants whom thing originally devised turned off rigors competition real pros ever increasing impossibly demanding techniques relative few can master Now about take away anybodys gusto speaks major groupsthe sport fliers things tend modify original concepts events intended forev er popular Forgive us dear sirs lost doddering FO Wakefield Coupe flight timesa practical problem concede alascompelled limitations rubber weight conse quent changes configurations now takes mighty talented guy attain success events thats OK things particularly official events what intrigues old sport modeler endless changes rules can follow evolution rules would surprise us told say 10000 rules changes have occurred life AMA less gifted sport modelersless gifted terms competitioneach new release seems lower Limbo pole have file old rule books try tracing action say Goodyear Rat after war Thompson Trophy races dominated surplus P-Sis et al Goodyear devised Prac particular kind model better peers dont compare local hotshots nearby flying site events technical finepoints mirrored rules evolve some thing utterly devastating what point soapbox wailing Simply have-nots flock some bright new form competition like Club 500 racer RC might well advised leave damned thing alone Dont make difficult some shortcomings appear better per haps live see flyfor-pleasure event especially its pop ularity augurs its becoming official become turf few percent modelers Competition modelers already ears deep favored events No thing lost much can gained reserving deserving masses genious special events keep happy Bill Warner month worries about tendency now change Peanut rules What disaster would Bill thinks a few con cessions may Openers tical simple rules devisedand pretty well stuck through ensuing years faced similar situations events comes official rules forever af terwards pulled hauled man ner reasons opinions rules-making cycle Its like hunting sea son official opening date non descript army fills air flying shot shudders think what would happen baseball basketball football similar procedure followed Most proposals changes nitpicking necessary course some rules changes always essential Naturally cannot ignore fact competition exists determine winners Being winner hard busi ness Almost us can compete Miller Brown Prettner Pattern man can always walk fast er another run faster fly necessary nine-inch fu selage option know simple span require ment 13 inches has resul ted competitive supremacy planes very low aspect ratios Lacey Fike example give payoff wing areas incidentally rather long fuselage perhaps rubber length advantage event nationwide sensation shot arm Scale something enjoyed thousands resurrect hundreds airplane types no would ever model otherwise nine-inch fuselage Bellanca example will yield 18-inch wingthats Walnut now some guy will find pod-type flying wing well see 24- maybe 30-inch Peanuts Like Royall Moore can use gears too Gosh fun-only event can come repulsive monster get fiddling ruleseven threat becoming Provisional Offici al should noted popular Continued page 85 4 Model Aviation Ace R/C proud announce new member family servos popular Digital Commander line radio equipment kits Bantam Midget brother Bantam servo has respected name servos years Bantam Midget considerably smaller lighter boasts same torque gear strength its big brother bit speed Notice extremely low profile--important interfacing elevator rudder servos aileron servo linkages Reread above paragraph consider fact Midget offers servo micro-miniature category also has power strength 60 powered pattern shipsl Truly universal servo Signetics 544 IC external driver transistors quality plastic conductive element pot other components make combination has become synonymous Ace R/C Digital Commander servos Servos have Competition Grade performance economical price tag Bantam Midget will work modern positive pulse system negative pulse systems ProLine etc pulse inverter 14G18--$2 required servo rotary wheel extended arm adjustable arm furnished No connectors furnished servo kits flite packs complete systems available Midget option please write details Bt Af4t Size Height--1125 Length--143 Width--O6 Weight 85 ox 24 grams Thrust 20 Ox Transit Time Under 5 sec 900 BREAKTHROUGH IN SERVOS 14G20R--Bantam Midget Kit $2395 14G2ORC--Bantam Midget Assembled $2895 Please send yeur complete catalogIAN 3 IU ~I Enclosed $100 ref undwh myNAME1~K 3I EEUuI first order Add $50 1st clam mailADDRESS____________________________________________________________[v32][b22001425131600]] return add Si 00 handling ether CITY Openers continued page 4 events required spelled out beginning limitations essential continuous exceptance Club 500 RC perfect example Peanut FO still trailing merry band Maryland Virginia scale modelers fill Friday evening air mar velous craft periods nationalities descriptions Well have eyes openedreally opened School yard Scale word schoolyard may produce visions little crates bouncing around running fences walls draging about monotonously No thing could further truth As old scale builder RCer FOs concern one-piece models struts place nice probably bit impractical put rest authentic colored Fair child 22 spectacular red black flown Hurst Bowers Its span 48 inches inverted 05 10 handles beautifully realistically Just rud der elevator throttlegosh using old Bonner systemproduced smooth flying heart-warming fly bys Don Srull flying 52-inch silver-winged E-2 Cub Cox QRC quiet two channels rudder elevators scale di hedraland no ailerons light STATE slow about near scale speed anyone could hope flew just like real Cubthe learned fly Simply out world Looking up passed high overhead could occasionally see bit yaw induced heavy foot rudder Bill Piper Sr always upset sales people claiming anyone could fly Cub simplyjust boot ing rudder did way heck coordinationand said Life magazine Srulls E-2 would have pleased him Don also flew Waco bi plane older cabin models 05 15 too piece dont get knocked around damaged two-inch grass Waco wouki lift off smoothly within 25 feet Don held full up steered bit rudder Rock steady Waco flew handily sport cabin model proves 15 quite practical have doubts about Scale would like try copy real thing dont hold back Try Schoolyard Perhaps intimi dated bit AMA Scale Sport Scale things see pictures meets Aviation offers hundreds sub jects inspiring look pleas ant fly durable models can ask found airplane drifting Long Island Sound stated BOX ShE HIGGINSVILLE MO 640Y strange letter like familiar voice out BC days radio control thing lived Washington area 13 years airplane made during drought just re cently finished hangs plain sight someone found airplane Impossible little mood music now Vladimir please During 10 years following war hobby distinguished semi-religious rituals serious being Lost Airplane Ground Check early fifties added Interferencewhich called out alarm thing went wrong preferably before thud What wrong course Lost Airplane after worlds longest Ground Check Lost Airplane lead wonderful 30000 feet stories FOs life filledstill apparentlywith lost airplanes Well never forget episode Walt Schroder model recov ered Tobacco Road shack dark Connecticut night ship appeared over hunter engine stopped spun down upon him scattering dogs yelps terror thought Germans bombing himthis 1948 unlight ed shack burlap bags hanging over holes its walls Dogs howled side So pushed ol Walt forward October1978 85 knocked angry hound reached out through burlap bag sunk teeth Walts ankle ther ship returned after 12 years day its last flight hunter found itwhile searched weeksand sold guy town 35 miles away modeler guy found out fly itwhich did years Good Broth ers receiver bought old back issue magazine found picture airplane thing led another two maga zines removed offered back yesterdays dream ship settled historic receiver now Beam come back haunt us built 1958 lost once 1960 landed Grummans parking lota seagull thought watchman Beam given Norm Ro senstock flying buddies know sometimes does unexpected So flew little Beam 1966 untilbut cant set epitaph date now preserve memories good old days Lost Airplane Ground Check Interfer ence did change Found sign name non-existent ad dress ancient phone number got wrapped up explaining Beam disbelieving spectator forgot turn switch custom perseveres some quarters very day Enter cabin cruiser Good Samaritan skipper phone call puzzled Informa tion letter shown postman old neighbor presently made its way Virginia So airplane found What airplane thought Norm shorten hairy dog story include new picture Norm Beam Its full wicked warps says mention front because Beam doesnt know Still flies great euphoric days Lost Airplane Ground Check Interference still live What favorite airplane thousands subjects choose modelers seized least once overwhelming urge transform some particular aircraft dreamship project does assess par ticular design above others Beautiful lines uniqueness torical background Spitfire un touched its grace symmetry line R J Mitchell its designer already put incomparable touch Supermarme Schneider Trophy racers died before saw airplane Spitfire save country Mus tang symphony inspired engineer ing probably best its kind jaunty SE-5 typifies spirit WW later-day biplane Like ever-popular Curtiss Hawk its glor iously tapered staggered wings pugnacious Laird Super Solution racer Connie its impressively cowled engines circular cross section Lock heed-Lightning planformed wing Tn-Star among Jumbos perhaps screen flashed long series slides living color depicted civil military types big fly-in Thomas Morse Concorde homebuilts pair Republic Thuds commentary ran suddenly P-38 head silver against blue sky Silence room broke sustained ap plause Gentlemen give Lightning Letters Editor continued page 8 types airfoils However what else has considered thrust comes airfoil also windmill effect So actual pitch would angle back side would true lift angle airfoil instead would compromise two So would appear what have con sider descriptive number use differentiate between var ious propellers call pitch would better called model number practice used comparative purposes work remain comparable norm too must follow procedure though may theoretically correct interesting learn NACA done some work stream lined airfoils propellersapparently using same reasoning suggested prop articles good know seen improvement through use some sort symmetrical type airfoil Bills info Yes true some racing props reach 27K air also true explained article may very good practice due reaching speed range compressi bility probably number areas can explored find improvements along line such multi-bladed props Unfortunately competition purposes sort thing usually worked out restricted 2-bladed props practical reason work would have done other areas Sug gestions would use high-speed airfoils and/or sweepback portion blade subjected Mach speeds As prop production portion article indicated use templates prop blocks will put ballpark pitch blade widths Obviously final finishing should done some sort pitch gauge have pitch gauge instrument obviously use ful otherwise suggestion making template angles station will work well also also interesting know NACA done some work loca tion maximum blade width found some improvement using 38% product review product review product review 86 Model Aviation ultimate finishVW kote ciear S/p liquid goes over favorite paint & produces high gloss finish remarkably fuel resistant coat No mixing No short pot life Also fantastic Coverite COVERITE 2779 PHILMONT AVE HUNTINGOON VALLEY PA Norm Rosenstock Beam product review product review product review Glaskote Clear liquid goes over painted surface high-gloss fuel-resistant finish Flows like butter leaving no brush marks Mixing required no two parts no short pot life High percentage solids allows coat Dries quickly yet levels well Half-pint cans Coverite 2779 Philmont Ave Huntingdon Valley PA 19006
Edition: Model Aviation - 1978/10
Page Numbers: 4, 85, 86
Bill Lee informa tive column contri butes state art Control Line Racing wondered out loud last month September pg 38 about popularity cycles occur new events registered smash least reader Like great other sport modelers FO has always fascinated sad fate once pleasant events spring life fanfare trum pets lasting answer need see across board Club 500 Pylon Race Radio Controlpresently going strong theres Walnut Rubber Scale Control Line theres Slow Combat Slow Rat Both evolved beyond recogni tion original purpose became Official now competitive hell Free Flight Embryo Endur ance Manhattan still belong fun fliers Now what Bill talking about precisely same thing topic suspect relationship As competitor what Bill notices new Official CL event will come strong taper off finally stabilized some lower competi tive popularity plane die-hard practi tioners event FO recalls birth Rat Racingat time highly popular event Bill saidas poor mans Team Race Rat Racing today bit demanding Speedand sport fliers could no hack man moon new event grows out modelers folklore usually fated success become official event Events begin life local fun things acquire national interest comes push make Provisional anticipation future rules book desig nation Official peasants whom thing originally devised turned off rigors competition real pros ever increasing impossibly demanding techniques relative few can master Now about take away anybodys gusto speaks major groupsthe sport fliers things tend modify original concepts events intended forev er popular Forgive us dear sirs lost doddering FO Wakefield Coupe flight timesa practical problem concede alascompelled limitations rubber weight conse quent changes configurations now takes mighty talented guy attain success events thats OK things particularly official events what intrigues old sport modeler endless changes rules can follow evolution rules would surprise us told say 10000 rules changes have occurred life AMA less gifted sport modelersless gifted terms competitioneach new release seems lower Limbo pole have file old rule books try tracing action say Goodyear Rat after war Thompson Trophy races dominated surplus P-Sis et al Goodyear devised Prac particular kind model better peers dont compare local hotshots nearby flying site events technical finepoints mirrored rules evolve some thing utterly devastating what point soapbox wailing Simply have-nots flock some bright new form competition like Club 500 racer RC might well advised leave damned thing alone Dont make difficult some shortcomings appear better per haps live see flyfor-pleasure event especially its pop ularity augurs its becoming official become turf few percent modelers Competition modelers already ears deep favored events No thing lost much can gained reserving deserving masses genious special events keep happy Bill Warner month worries about tendency now change Peanut rules What disaster would Bill thinks a few con cessions may Openers tical simple rules devisedand pretty well stuck through ensuing years faced similar situations events comes official rules forever af terwards pulled hauled man ner reasons opinions rules-making cycle Its like hunting sea son official opening date non descript army fills air flying shot shudders think what would happen baseball basketball football similar procedure followed Most proposals changes nitpicking necessary course some rules changes always essential Naturally cannot ignore fact competition exists determine winners Being winner hard busi ness Almost us can compete Miller Brown Prettner Pattern man can always walk fast er another run faster fly necessary nine-inch fu selage option know simple span require ment 13 inches has resul ted competitive supremacy planes very low aspect ratios Lacey Fike example give payoff wing areas incidentally rather long fuselage perhaps rubber length advantage event nationwide sensation shot arm Scale something enjoyed thousands resurrect hundreds airplane types no would ever model otherwise nine-inch fuselage Bellanca example will yield 18-inch wingthats Walnut now some guy will find pod-type flying wing well see 24- maybe 30-inch Peanuts Like Royall Moore can use gears too Gosh fun-only event can come repulsive monster get fiddling ruleseven threat becoming Provisional Offici al should noted popular Continued page 85 4 Model Aviation Ace R/C proud announce new member family servos popular Digital Commander line radio equipment kits Bantam Midget brother Bantam servo has respected name servos years Bantam Midget considerably smaller lighter boasts same torque gear strength its big brother bit speed Notice extremely low profile--important interfacing elevator rudder servos aileron servo linkages Reread above paragraph consider fact Midget offers servo micro-miniature category also has power strength 60 powered pattern shipsl Truly universal servo Signetics 544 IC external driver transistors quality plastic conductive element pot other components make combination has become synonymous Ace R/C Digital Commander servos Servos have Competition Grade performance economical price tag Bantam Midget will work modern positive pulse system negative pulse systems ProLine etc pulse inverter 14G18--$2 required servo rotary wheel extended arm adjustable arm furnished No connectors furnished servo kits flite packs complete systems available Midget option please write details Bt Af4t Size Height--1125 Length--143 Width--O6 Weight 85 ox 24 grams Thrust 20 Ox Transit Time Under 5 sec 900 BREAKTHROUGH IN SERVOS 14G20R--Bantam Midget Kit $2395 14G2ORC--Bantam Midget Assembled $2895 Please send yeur complete catalogIAN 3 IU ~I Enclosed $100 ref undwh myNAME1~K 3I EEUuI first order Add $50 1st clam mailADDRESS____________________________________________________________[v32][b22001425131600]] return add Si 00 handling ether CITY Openers continued page 4 events required spelled out beginning limitations essential continuous exceptance Club 500 RC perfect example Peanut FO still trailing merry band Maryland Virginia scale modelers fill Friday evening air mar velous craft periods nationalities descriptions Well have eyes openedreally opened School yard Scale word schoolyard may produce visions little crates bouncing around running fences walls draging about monotonously No thing could further truth As old scale builder RCer FOs concern one-piece models struts place nice probably bit impractical put rest authentic colored Fair child 22 spectacular red black flown Hurst Bowers Its span 48 inches inverted 05 10 handles beautifully realistically Just rud der elevator throttlegosh using old Bonner systemproduced smooth flying heart-warming fly bys Don Srull flying 52-inch silver-winged E-2 Cub Cox QRC quiet two channels rudder elevators scale di hedraland no ailerons light STATE slow about near scale speed anyone could hope flew just like real Cubthe learned fly Simply out world Looking up passed high overhead could occasionally see bit yaw induced heavy foot rudder Bill Piper Sr always upset sales people claiming anyone could fly Cub simplyjust boot ing rudder did way heck coordinationand said Life magazine Srulls E-2 would have pleased him Don also flew Waco bi plane older cabin models 05 15 too piece dont get knocked around damaged two-inch grass Waco wouki lift off smoothly within 25 feet Don held full up steered bit rudder Rock steady Waco flew handily sport cabin model proves 15 quite practical have doubts about Scale would like try copy real thing dont hold back Try Schoolyard Perhaps intimi dated bit AMA Scale Sport Scale things see pictures meets Aviation offers hundreds sub jects inspiring look pleas ant fly durable models can ask found airplane drifting Long Island Sound stated BOX ShE HIGGINSVILLE MO 640Y strange letter like familiar voice out BC days radio control thing lived Washington area 13 years airplane made during drought just re cently finished hangs plain sight someone found airplane Impossible little mood music now Vladimir please During 10 years following war hobby distinguished semi-religious rituals serious being Lost Airplane Ground Check early fifties added Interferencewhich called out alarm thing went wrong preferably before thud What wrong course Lost Airplane after worlds longest Ground Check Lost Airplane lead wonderful 30000 feet stories FOs life filledstill apparentlywith lost airplanes Well never forget episode Walt Schroder model recov ered Tobacco Road shack dark Connecticut night ship appeared over hunter engine stopped spun down upon him scattering dogs yelps terror thought Germans bombing himthis 1948 unlight ed shack burlap bags hanging over holes its walls Dogs howled side So pushed ol Walt forward October1978 85 knocked angry hound reached out through burlap bag sunk teeth Walts ankle ther ship returned after 12 years day its last flight hunter found itwhile searched weeksand sold guy town 35 miles away modeler guy found out fly itwhich did years Good Broth ers receiver bought old back issue magazine found picture airplane thing led another two maga zines removed offered back yesterdays dream ship settled historic receiver now Beam come back haunt us built 1958 lost once 1960 landed Grummans parking lota seagull thought watchman Beam given Norm Ro senstock flying buddies know sometimes does unexpected So flew little Beam 1966 untilbut cant set epitaph date now preserve memories good old days Lost Airplane Ground Check Interfer ence did change Found sign name non-existent ad dress ancient phone number got wrapped up explaining Beam disbelieving spectator forgot turn switch custom perseveres some quarters very day Enter cabin cruiser Good Samaritan skipper phone call puzzled Informa tion letter shown postman old neighbor presently made its way Virginia So airplane found What airplane thought Norm shorten hairy dog story include new picture Norm Beam Its full wicked warps says mention front because Beam doesnt know Still flies great euphoric days Lost Airplane Ground Check Interference still live What favorite airplane thousands subjects choose modelers seized least once overwhelming urge transform some particular aircraft dreamship project does assess par ticular design above others Beautiful lines uniqueness torical background Spitfire un touched its grace symmetry line R J Mitchell its designer already put incomparable touch Supermarme Schneider Trophy racers died before saw airplane Spitfire save country Mus tang symphony inspired engineer ing probably best its kind jaunty SE-5 typifies spirit WW later-day biplane Like ever-popular Curtiss Hawk its glor iously tapered staggered wings pugnacious Laird Super Solution racer Connie its impressively cowled engines circular cross section Lock heed-Lightning planformed wing Tn-Star among Jumbos perhaps screen flashed long series slides living color depicted civil military types big fly-in Thomas Morse Concorde homebuilts pair Republic Thuds commentary ran suddenly P-38 head silver against blue sky Silence room broke sustained ap plause Gentlemen give Lightning Letters Editor continued page 8 types airfoils However what else has considered thrust comes airfoil also windmill effect So actual pitch would angle back side would true lift angle airfoil instead would compromise two So would appear what have con sider descriptive number use differentiate between var ious propellers call pitch would better called model number practice used comparative purposes work remain comparable norm too must follow procedure though may theoretically correct interesting learn NACA done some work stream lined airfoils propellersapparently using same reasoning suggested prop articles good know seen improvement through use some sort symmetrical type airfoil Bills info Yes true some racing props reach 27K air also true explained article may very good practice due reaching speed range compressi bility probably number areas can explored find improvements along line such multi-bladed props Unfortunately competition purposes sort thing usually worked out restricted 2-bladed props practical reason work would have done other areas Sug gestions would use high-speed airfoils and/or sweepback portion blade subjected Mach speeds As prop production portion article indicated use templates prop blocks will put ballpark pitch blade widths Obviously final finishing should done some sort pitch gauge have pitch gauge instrument obviously use ful otherwise suggestion making template angles station will work well also also interesting know NACA done some work loca tion maximum blade width found some improvement using 38% product review product review product review 86 Model Aviation ultimate finishVW kote ciear S/p liquid goes over favorite paint & produces high gloss finish remarkably fuel resistant coat No mixing No short pot life Also fantastic Coverite COVERITE 2779 PHILMONT AVE HUNTINGOON VALLEY PA Norm Rosenstock Beam product review product review product review Glaskote Clear liquid goes over painted surface high-gloss fuel-resistant finish Flows like butter leaving no brush marks Mixing required no two parts no short pot life High percentage solids allows coat Dries quickly yet levels well Half-pint cans Coverite 2779 Philmont Ave Huntingdon Valley PA 19006
Edition: Model Aviation - 1978/10
Page Numbers: 4, 85, 86
Bill Lee informa tive column contri butes state art Control Line Racing wondered out loud last month September pg 38 about popularity cycles occur new events registered smash least reader Like great other sport modelers FO has always fascinated sad fate once pleasant events spring life fanfare trum pets lasting answer need see across board Club 500 Pylon Race Radio Controlpresently going strong theres Walnut Rubber Scale Control Line theres Slow Combat Slow Rat Both evolved beyond recogni tion original purpose became Official now competitive hell Free Flight Embryo Endur ance Manhattan still belong fun fliers Now what Bill talking about precisely same thing topic suspect relationship As competitor what Bill notices new Official CL event will come strong taper off finally stabilized some lower competi tive popularity plane die-hard practi tioners event FO recalls birth Rat Racingat time highly popular event Bill saidas poor mans Team Race Rat Racing today bit demanding Speedand sport fliers could no hack man moon new event grows out modelers folklore usually fated success become official event Events begin life local fun things acquire national interest comes push make Provisional anticipation future rules book desig nation Official peasants whom thing originally devised turned off rigors competition real pros ever increasing impossibly demanding techniques relative few can master Now about take away anybodys gusto speaks major groupsthe sport fliers things tend modify original concepts events intended forev er popular Forgive us dear sirs lost doddering FO Wakefield Coupe flight timesa practical problem concede alascompelled limitations rubber weight conse quent changes configurations now takes mighty talented guy attain success events thats OK things particularly official events what intrigues old sport modeler endless changes rules can follow evolution rules would surprise us told say 10000 rules changes have occurred life AMA less gifted sport modelersless gifted terms competitioneach new release seems lower Limbo pole have file old rule books try tracing action say Goodyear Rat after war Thompson Trophy races dominated surplus P-Sis et al Goodyear devised Prac particular kind model better peers dont compare local hotshots nearby flying site events technical finepoints mirrored rules evolve some thing utterly devastating what point soapbox wailing Simply have-nots flock some bright new form competition like Club 500 racer RC might well advised leave damned thing alone Dont make difficult some shortcomings appear better per haps live see flyfor-pleasure event especially its pop ularity augurs its becoming official become turf few percent modelers Competition modelers already ears deep favored events No thing lost much can gained reserving deserving masses genious special events keep happy Bill Warner month worries about tendency now change Peanut rules What disaster would Bill thinks a few con cessions may Openers tical simple rules devisedand pretty well stuck through ensuing years faced similar situations events comes official rules forever af terwards pulled hauled man ner reasons opinions rules-making cycle Its like hunting sea son official opening date non descript army fills air flying shot shudders think what would happen baseball basketball football similar procedure followed Most proposals changes nitpicking necessary course some rules changes always essential Naturally cannot ignore fact competition exists determine winners Being winner hard busi ness Almost us can compete Miller Brown Prettner Pattern man can always walk fast er another run faster fly necessary nine-inch fu selage option know simple span require ment 13 inches has resul ted competitive supremacy planes very low aspect ratios Lacey Fike example give payoff wing areas incidentally rather long fuselage perhaps rubber length advantage event nationwide sensation shot arm Scale something enjoyed thousands resurrect hundreds airplane types no would ever model otherwise nine-inch fuselage Bellanca example will yield 18-inch wingthats Walnut now some guy will find pod-type flying wing well see 24- maybe 30-inch Peanuts Like Royall Moore can use gears too Gosh fun-only event can come repulsive monster get fiddling ruleseven threat becoming Provisional Offici al should noted popular Continued page 85 4 Model Aviation Ace R/C proud announce new member family servos popular Digital Commander line radio equipment kits Bantam Midget brother Bantam servo has respected name servos years Bantam Midget considerably smaller lighter boasts same torque gear strength its big brother bit speed Notice extremely low profile--important interfacing elevator rudder servos aileron servo linkages Reread above paragraph consider fact Midget offers servo micro-miniature category also has power strength 60 powered pattern shipsl Truly universal servo Signetics 544 IC external driver transistors quality plastic conductive element pot other components make combination has become synonymous Ace R/C Digital Commander servos Servos have Competition Grade performance economical price tag Bantam Midget will work modern positive pulse system negative pulse systems ProLine etc pulse inverter 14G18--$2 required servo rotary wheel extended arm adjustable arm furnished No connectors furnished servo kits flite packs complete systems available Midget option please write details Bt Af4t Size Height--1125 Length--143 Width--O6 Weight 85 ox 24 grams Thrust 20 Ox Transit Time Under 5 sec 900 BREAKTHROUGH IN SERVOS 14G20R--Bantam Midget Kit $2395 14G2ORC--Bantam Midget Assembled $2895 Please send yeur complete catalogIAN 3 IU ~I Enclosed $100 ref undwh myNAME1~K 3I EEUuI first order Add $50 1st clam mailADDRESS____________________________________________________________[v32][b22001425131600]] return add Si 00 handling ether CITY Openers continued page 4 events required spelled out beginning limitations essential continuous exceptance Club 500 RC perfect example Peanut FO still trailing merry band Maryland Virginia scale modelers fill Friday evening air mar velous craft periods nationalities descriptions Well have eyes openedreally opened School yard Scale word schoolyard may produce visions little crates bouncing around running fences walls draging about monotonously No thing could further truth As old scale builder RCer FOs concern one-piece models struts place nice probably bit impractical put rest authentic colored Fair child 22 spectacular red black flown Hurst Bowers Its span 48 inches inverted 05 10 handles beautifully realistically Just rud der elevator throttlegosh using old Bonner systemproduced smooth flying heart-warming fly bys Don Srull flying 52-inch silver-winged E-2 Cub Cox QRC quiet two channels rudder elevators scale di hedraland no ailerons light STATE slow about near scale speed anyone could hope flew just like real Cubthe learned fly Simply out world Looking up passed high overhead could occasionally see bit yaw induced heavy foot rudder Bill Piper Sr always upset sales people claiming anyone could fly Cub simplyjust boot ing rudder did way heck coordinationand said Life magazine Srulls E-2 would have pleased him Don also flew Waco bi plane older cabin models 05 15 too piece dont get knocked around damaged two-inch grass Waco wouki lift off smoothly within 25 feet Don held full up steered bit rudder Rock steady Waco flew handily sport cabin model proves 15 quite practical have doubts about Scale would like try copy real thing dont hold back Try Schoolyard Perhaps intimi dated bit AMA Scale Sport Scale things see pictures meets Aviation offers hundreds sub jects inspiring look pleas ant fly durable models can ask found airplane drifting Long Island Sound stated BOX ShE HIGGINSVILLE MO 640Y strange letter like familiar voice out BC days radio control thing lived Washington area 13 years airplane made during drought just re cently finished hangs plain sight someone found airplane Impossible little mood music now Vladimir please During 10 years following war hobby distinguished semi-religious rituals serious being Lost Airplane Ground Check early fifties added Interferencewhich called out alarm thing went wrong preferably before thud What wrong course Lost Airplane after worlds longest Ground Check Lost Airplane lead wonderful 30000 feet stories FOs life filledstill apparentlywith lost airplanes Well never forget episode Walt Schroder model recov ered Tobacco Road shack dark Connecticut night ship appeared over hunter engine stopped spun down upon him scattering dogs yelps terror thought Germans bombing himthis 1948 unlight ed shack burlap bags hanging over holes its walls Dogs howled side So pushed ol Walt forward October1978 85 knocked angry hound reached out through burlap bag sunk teeth Walts ankle ther ship returned after 12 years day its last flight hunter found itwhile searched weeksand sold guy town 35 miles away modeler guy found out fly itwhich did years Good Broth ers receiver bought old back issue magazine found picture airplane thing led another two maga zines removed offered back yesterdays dream ship settled historic receiver now Beam come back haunt us built 1958 lost once 1960 landed Grummans parking lota seagull thought watchman Beam given Norm Ro senstock flying buddies know sometimes does unexpected So flew little Beam 1966 untilbut cant set epitaph date now preserve memories good old days Lost Airplane Ground Check Interfer ence did change Found sign name non-existent ad dress ancient phone number got wrapped up explaining Beam disbelieving spectator forgot turn switch custom perseveres some quarters very day Enter cabin cruiser Good Samaritan skipper phone call puzzled Informa tion letter shown postman old neighbor presently made its way Virginia So airplane found What airplane thought Norm shorten hairy dog story include new picture Norm Beam Its full wicked warps says mention front because Beam doesnt know Still flies great euphoric days Lost Airplane Ground Check Interference still live What favorite airplane thousands subjects choose modelers seized least once overwhelming urge transform some particular aircraft dreamship project does assess par ticular design above others Beautiful lines uniqueness torical background Spitfire un touched its grace symmetry line R J Mitchell its designer already put incomparable touch Supermarme Schneider Trophy racers died before saw airplane Spitfire save country Mus tang symphony inspired engineer ing probably best its kind jaunty SE-5 typifies spirit WW later-day biplane Like ever-popular Curtiss Hawk its glor iously tapered staggered wings pugnacious Laird Super Solution racer Connie its impressively cowled engines circular cross section Lock heed-Lightning planformed wing Tn-Star among Jumbos perhaps screen flashed long series slides living color depicted civil military types big fly-in Thomas Morse Concorde homebuilts pair Republic Thuds commentary ran suddenly P-38 head silver against blue sky Silence room broke sustained ap plause Gentlemen give Lightning Letters Editor continued page 8 types airfoils However what else has considered thrust comes airfoil also windmill effect So actual pitch would angle back side would true lift angle airfoil instead would compromise two So would appear what have con sider descriptive number use differentiate between var ious propellers call pitch would better called model number practice used comparative purposes work remain comparable norm too must follow procedure though may theoretically correct interesting learn NACA done some work stream lined airfoils propellersapparently using same reasoning suggested prop articles good know seen improvement through use some sort symmetrical type airfoil Bills info Yes true some racing props reach 27K air also true explained article may very good practice due reaching speed range compressi bility probably number areas can explored find improvements along line such multi-bladed props Unfortunately competition purposes sort thing usually worked out restricted 2-bladed props practical reason work would have done other areas Sug gestions would use high-speed airfoils and/or sweepback portion blade subjected Mach speeds As prop production portion article indicated use templates prop blocks will put ballpark pitch blade widths Obviously final finishing should done some sort pitch gauge have pitch gauge instrument obviously use ful otherwise suggestion making template angles station will work well also also interesting know NACA done some work loca tion maximum blade width found some improvement using 38% product review product review product review 86 Model Aviation ultimate finishVW kote ciear S/p liquid goes over favorite paint & produces high gloss finish remarkably fuel resistant coat No mixing No short pot life Also fantastic Coverite COVERITE 2779 PHILMONT AVE HUNTINGOON VALLEY PA Norm Rosenstock Beam product review product review product review Glaskote Clear liquid goes over painted surface high-gloss fuel-resistant finish Flows like butter leaving no brush marks Mixing required no two parts no short pot life High percentage solids allows coat Dries quickly yet levels well Half-pint cans Coverite 2779 Philmont Ave Huntingdon Valley PA 19006