/ Ic pylon r sec Thompso ace over after three-quarters hour nnd Cleveland Air Rac4 slightly given Kling mechanics Imost end p bt nf sport twee erwis / own little stream iII L nt April 1988 81 Sue Dulles Airport starting line Northrop wh ,GI4 MOrAL icing plane wing some Un radical-design racing planes years game Men have tried years almost no excep y have failed show radical n compete terms con cases radical rac flops tirst really serious attempt charge mw directions made Ital -Speed Flight 1929 Trophy Race series seaplanes ig its climax Three separate e planned tried-and-true combining huge engine having enormous twin floats better way rt and unusual three Piaggio-Pegna P7 0-hp V-12 engine nose lage trim elliptical ad no big drag-producing floats pair tiny hydrofoils simple clean struts rest water almost up its mid-wing power forward Although Jim Millers has kept pursing shroud canard ana did versIon set two speed r water prop beneath tail gathered speed pilot power via gearbox clutch -pitch air prop nose Once would have about half drag should have moved like P7 never got off water Mechan gearbox clutch never solved po ncr faded away today would attract attention its ex clean lines basically sound sine year saw Italians try eresting idea twin-boom Sa rchetti 565 1000-hp engines pilots central pod crashed 1930 prac orialnal lgns Macchi-Q really least conventional Its nove nose Tandes total ded c rs vie nent rac wot V fr 0of eu-pitch shafts torque n other ater recedented relatively futuri 82 Model Aviation Iuu5llu Iu 1jUl11 next pagi built remainin time what tO tinal Schneider Race vever much money ride going project world speed reco 10 1933 Fra bum mc rd April 1988 83 1W CtiOn 81 ing m Will ouri ter record racer ti adical de series unation look aw hich CtIiitl nething sed desigr d rid ix e Bugatti single engi md pill pair m tandem tra-rotating d tb er lei oi well mt e bees Deut D yen o recoi y have Nazi d end ane Lt nea ugatti came just have bee ea tascini mc 650 wings Tb edge eight iting prop Pr ier 1942 3rtuI ody ccam doll aesi N ow onGeI1 ackleY pod-and-uoo gmneers y Watts ri eeIw uthe sf01 tby rihargwu anuiwuj engine-cooling 1 ana anled its itive uley U luger mmmi rmula ii deft mt Photo courtesy Hen ,. U Ie-Incuence iie LIT Spec jilt 1949 c institute Techi slender t behind n just too big in-competiti theiil #50 got race Miami set n time trials qualifying 1015 slowest history class *ed great polished aluminum iii rear prop driven six sion shaft Mechanical problems o difficult solve ut same time impres Pr showed up PAR Mixusaster 522 did have m prop behind tail also -incidence wing guys up air n ASW 24 ARF giant scale glider r No 3138 robbe ASVV 24 giant scale model newest Standard Class design worlds leading sailplane manufacturer Alexander Schleicher West Germany features latest double trapezoid wing geometry optimum lift distribution also famous F3B proven Quabeck HQ-3O/13-1O-13 airfoil exceptional pedormance wide speed range Any R/C pilot will enjoy non-critical stail characteristics weil balanced rudder response kit includes highly prefabricated components such white Plura fuselage balsa pre-sheeted foam core Siros wings stabilizer ail hardware cockpit interior insert pilot figure No special skills power tools necessary completion Building time short weekend Wing span 138 says aerobatic trainers have look ugly sleek ilnes robbe SUPERMAX remind fuil-scale airplane designed high performance docile trainer 46 four-stroke 50 two-stroke engine provides ample power perform aerobatic maneuver extremely rugged prefabricated Plura white fuselage combined balsa pre-sheeted Siros foam core wings other ready assemble components save lot building time SUPERMAX can easily built weekend Wing span 54 mRush robbds new catalog i closed $6 Check Money Order Mail robbe Model Sportam 180 Township Line Road Belle Mead NJ 08502 Arcus can also electrified two optional electric flight sets 7 ceil version electric powered thermal soaring 10 cell version rocket ship ilke cilmb performance one-piece Plura fuselage balsa-sheeted Siros wings other prefabricated components will get airborne no time Wing span 79 Address City/State/Zip 0ood en purchases $50 over direct robbeMM Parks Air College stuck project entering least four races qualified wellin 180-mph rangebut slow start regularly encountered bind ing its bearings long shaft bent under high G-loads mid- 1 950s group Los Angeles engineers built all-metal Sierra Sue N12K never got racing number looked like workable idea eventually leased Northrop Aircraft test work about same time Petit Special #18 N5715N almost completed though didnt get race ended up EAA Museum Its all-metal wing wire bracing clashed its advanced shape Yet another attempt pusher midget racer despite discouraging record idea came Naval Test Center Johnsville PA Too much engineeering meaning weight pod-and-boom layout #46/N23H doomed iteven after sport biplane racer Henry Watts tried work over quiet number years Meanwhile standard form perfected speeds rose anyone having resort unusually shaped airplanes 1972 speeds over 230 mph nomi nal 130 hp However increase speed seemed have slowed appreciably suggest ing limit may have reached conventional designs veteran F-i builder/pilot Jim Miller decided go futuristic After having raced trim Little Gem #14 N74J great success confounded everyone starting over scratch stead improving what working well result lot careful thought Texas Gem #73 N74M contained original ideas racer ever built rear-mounted main wing small canard surface nose engine mounted well behind pilot drove four-bladed pusher propeller via short extension shaft wouldnt distort under high G-loads Around prop snug-fitting shroud drastically re duced noise level improved initial acceleration main landing gear back nose wheel originally fixed canopy almost flush forward fuselage yet provided excellent visibility Texas Gem spectacular metal lic gold real shocker coming man given no previous hint such creativity Teething fairly long process would expected new ideas package First change prop shroud lost its effec tiveness about 200 mph promptly removed canard surface relo cated top vertical tail time speed picked up handling bit tricky improved late i970s Miller strange Texas Gem winning near-record Continued page 168 IM ircrafts FlyAbove Crowd Browse through latest robbe Catalog years hottest designs Youll find robbe offers better deal right price because robbe quality always pays off exciting kits see local dealer call robbe direct 201 359-2115 catalog over 200 pages full color action photos information mall coupon below today Just $600 plus youll receive bonus $400 refund certificate good toward next robbe purchase direct robbe* ARCUS WOrder No 3140 Designed renowned European contest pilots Arcus hottest dual-purpose 2-meter gilders ever standard dihedral set-up ailerons will satisfy demanding contest flyer novice wiil prefer polyhedral wing rudder elevator control SUPERMAX Order No 31184119 z 86 Model Aviation make modelers job easier Would like try something new Pick out vintage design have done correspond designer corporate todays methods materials replica challenge can great fun pioneers model avia tion will pleased hear interest almost-forgotten designs Racers/Berliner Continued page 86 speeds wasnt finished plane prototype such heavy cut weight replaced original honey comb-reinforced vacuum-molded fiberglass skins carbon fiber cut out 50 lb built second airplane Gem 260 #14 N177M second seat back-to-back first yet weighed no typical Formula Onethanks space-age mate rials Miller set FAI speed records ** * * **** *** * * * * * NATIONAl SOARING SOCIETY * **1988 SOARIN * * *ATTENTION ALL SAILPLANE * *CONTEST DIRECTORS * *ARYONE WISHING TO HOLD NSS* *SOARIN FOR 1988 CALL OR WRITE* *THE NATIONAL COORDINATOR* *FOR INFORMATION* * *Marshall R LOng* *824 Garden Meadow* *Universal City Tx 78148* * After 6pm * * weight class 100km course 229 mph 500km course 228 mph 1984 airplane lost crash next year Miller has stuck original pusher 1986 placed third Reno field 23 racers qualifying 234 mph flying heat 231 mph Beyond doubt first truly successful rad ical racing airplane history short-loved Racing Biplane class 1977-1983 saw its share different rac ers starting unusual-but-reallyconventional Sorceress Sundancer 1981 Dan Mortensen showed up Amsoil-Rutan Racer de signed Burt Rutan man set lightplane world its ear foamand-fiberglass pusher-canard VariEze swarm radical Iightplanes followed mention round-the-world Voy ager Dans racer looked like tandem-winged Quickie larger lot powerful 160-hp Lycoming engine fast efficient three-mile pylon course lacked some aileron effec tiveness eventually spelled its doom Reno 1983 Dan got caught between another airplane ground rounded pylon unable get out tight squeeze wing tip hit ground beautiful racer cartwheeled several hundred feet shedding parts went Dan climbed out minimal injur ies airplane destroyed too few airplanes left Racing Biplane class disappeared Before doing though spawned second successful radi cal racer fast enough Mortensen take pair FAI records weight class 235 mph 3km course 233 mph 100km Thanks Miller Mortensen fu ture radical racers has rosier its past would great able look crystal ball foresee race courses full wild looking airplaneslike delta wings joined wings slewed wings buried engines driving multiple propellers some ideas dont have names yet cant done radical de sign known nearing racing status Dave Garbers Unlimited super charged rotary engines either end its fuselage plane has works long wonders will ever happen doors finally wide open kinds ideas nutty almostsensible days someone will come along strange looking racer will what weve always suspected possible whip pants off everything looks like racer will day celebration night filling cases full bar napkins sketches future Visit/Kanyusik Continued page 88 can recall builders made Too much too names mention Scale models Control Line Radio Control look like origi nal full-size aircraft shrunk some voodoo magic realistic Cleveland Comet Megow kits en gines engines props wheelsand engrossed some personnel may come out visit work permits small hello chat about some interesting subject very reluctant leave say membership can very pleased proud facility Its far fact real estate value has creased make financial investment greater importance have place call home can point satisfaction pride National Center Aeromodeling very fine building people work within its confines enhance leaves feeling want come back again Its nice place visit I When responding advertisers mention read about ModelAviation 168 Model Aviation Show Colors BECAUSE WERE PROUD OF THEM take lot pride building model So guess color paint youre choosing finish take time put paint chip can Perfect Paint color youre buying color want take guesswork out finishing 0emS6SI Ph 419-797-2208 P0 Box 2480 usky Ohio 44870 MOTfft24 WI4VMM4Y 137 DId 7/we KIT ONLY $895 - - PKE MODELS ElIUF DO ELVI MANY HARD TO FIND ITEMS FOR RUBBER MODELS - - 0MPLE7E CA*LDG $2M LA MESA CA 92044 BOX 2498 PHONE 16191 448-IBIS
Edition: Model Aviation - 1988/04
Page Numbers: 81, 82, 83, 84, 86, 168
/ Ic pylon r sec Thompso ace over after three-quarters hour nnd Cleveland Air Rac4 slightly given Kling mechanics Imost end p bt nf sport twee erwis / own little stream iII L nt April 1988 81 Sue Dulles Airport starting line Northrop wh ,GI4 MOrAL icing plane wing some Un radical-design racing planes years game Men have tried years almost no excep y have failed show radical n compete terms con cases radical rac flops tirst really serious attempt charge mw directions made Ital -Speed Flight 1929 Trophy Race series seaplanes ig its climax Three separate e planned tried-and-true combining huge engine having enormous twin floats better way rt and unusual three Piaggio-Pegna P7 0-hp V-12 engine nose lage trim elliptical ad no big drag-producing floats pair tiny hydrofoils simple clean struts rest water almost up its mid-wing power forward Although Jim Millers has kept pursing shroud canard ana did versIon set two speed r water prop beneath tail gathered speed pilot power via gearbox clutch -pitch air prop nose Once would have about half drag should have moved like P7 never got off water Mechan gearbox clutch never solved po ncr faded away today would attract attention its ex clean lines basically sound sine year saw Italians try eresting idea twin-boom Sa rchetti 565 1000-hp engines pilots central pod crashed 1930 prac orialnal lgns Macchi-Q really least conventional Its nove nose Tandes total ded c rs vie nent rac wot V fr 0of eu-pitch shafts torque n other ater recedented relatively futuri 82 Model Aviation Iuu5llu Iu 1jUl11 next pagi built remainin time what tO tinal Schneider Race vever much money ride going project world speed reco 10 1933 Fra bum mc rd April 1988 83 1W CtiOn 81 ing m Will ouri ter record racer ti adical de series unation look aw hich CtIiitl nething sed desigr d rid ix e Bugatti single engi md pill pair m tandem tra-rotating d tb er lei oi well mt e bees Deut D yen o recoi y have Nazi d end ane Lt nea ugatti came just have bee ea tascini mc 650 wings Tb edge eight iting prop Pr ier 1942 3rtuI ody ccam doll aesi N ow onGeI1 ackleY pod-and-uoo gmneers y Watts ri eeIw uthe sf01 tby rihargwu anuiwuj engine-cooling 1 ana anled its itive uley U luger mmmi rmula ii deft mt Photo courtesy Hen ,. U Ie-Incuence iie LIT Spec jilt 1949 c institute Techi slender t behind n just too big in-competiti theiil #50 got race Miami set n time trials qualifying 1015 slowest history class *ed great polished aluminum iii rear prop driven six sion shaft Mechanical problems o difficult solve ut same time impres Pr showed up PAR Mixusaster 522 did have m prop behind tail also -incidence wing guys up air n ASW 24 ARF giant scale glider r No 3138 robbe ASVV 24 giant scale model newest Standard Class design worlds leading sailplane manufacturer Alexander Schleicher West Germany features latest double trapezoid wing geometry optimum lift distribution also famous F3B proven Quabeck HQ-3O/13-1O-13 airfoil exceptional pedormance wide speed range Any R/C pilot will enjoy non-critical stail characteristics weil balanced rudder response kit includes highly prefabricated components such white Plura fuselage balsa pre-sheeted foam core Siros wings stabilizer ail hardware cockpit interior insert pilot figure No special skills power tools necessary completion Building time short weekend Wing span 138 says aerobatic trainers have look ugly sleek ilnes robbe SUPERMAX remind fuil-scale airplane designed high performance docile trainer 46 four-stroke 50 two-stroke engine provides ample power perform aerobatic maneuver extremely rugged prefabricated Plura white fuselage combined balsa pre-sheeted Siros foam core wings other ready assemble components save lot building time SUPERMAX can easily built weekend Wing span 54 mRush robbds new catalog i closed $6 Check Money Order Mail robbe Model Sportam 180 Township Line Road Belle Mead NJ 08502 Arcus can also electrified two optional electric flight sets 7 ceil version electric powered thermal soaring 10 cell version rocket ship ilke cilmb performance one-piece Plura fuselage balsa-sheeted Siros wings other prefabricated components will get airborne no time Wing span 79 Address City/State/Zip 0ood en purchases $50 over direct robbeMM Parks Air College stuck project entering least four races qualified wellin 180-mph rangebut slow start regularly encountered bind ing its bearings long shaft bent under high G-loads mid- 1 950s group Los Angeles engineers built all-metal Sierra Sue N12K never got racing number looked like workable idea eventually leased Northrop Aircraft test work about same time Petit Special #18 N5715N almost completed though didnt get race ended up EAA Museum Its all-metal wing wire bracing clashed its advanced shape Yet another attempt pusher midget racer despite discouraging record idea came Naval Test Center Johnsville PA Too much engineeering meaning weight pod-and-boom layout #46/N23H doomed iteven after sport biplane racer Henry Watts tried work over quiet number years Meanwhile standard form perfected speeds rose anyone having resort unusually shaped airplanes 1972 speeds over 230 mph nomi nal 130 hp However increase speed seemed have slowed appreciably suggest ing limit may have reached conventional designs veteran F-i builder/pilot Jim Miller decided go futuristic After having raced trim Little Gem #14 N74J great success confounded everyone starting over scratch stead improving what working well result lot careful thought Texas Gem #73 N74M contained original ideas racer ever built rear-mounted main wing small canard surface nose engine mounted well behind pilot drove four-bladed pusher propeller via short extension shaft wouldnt distort under high G-loads Around prop snug-fitting shroud drastically re duced noise level improved initial acceleration main landing gear back nose wheel originally fixed canopy almost flush forward fuselage yet provided excellent visibility Texas Gem spectacular metal lic gold real shocker coming man given no previous hint such creativity Teething fairly long process would expected new ideas package First change prop shroud lost its effec tiveness about 200 mph promptly removed canard surface relo cated top vertical tail time speed picked up handling bit tricky improved late i970s Miller strange Texas Gem winning near-record Continued page 168 IM ircrafts FlyAbove Crowd Browse through latest robbe Catalog years hottest designs Youll find robbe offers better deal right price because robbe quality always pays off exciting kits see local dealer call robbe direct 201 359-2115 catalog over 200 pages full color action photos information mall coupon below today Just $600 plus youll receive bonus $400 refund certificate good toward next robbe purchase direct robbe* ARCUS WOrder No 3140 Designed renowned European contest pilots Arcus hottest dual-purpose 2-meter gilders ever standard dihedral set-up ailerons will satisfy demanding contest flyer novice wiil prefer polyhedral wing rudder elevator control SUPERMAX Order No 31184119 z 86 Model Aviation make modelers job easier Would like try something new Pick out vintage design have done correspond designer corporate todays methods materials replica challenge can great fun pioneers model avia tion will pleased hear interest almost-forgotten designs Racers/Berliner Continued page 86 speeds wasnt finished plane prototype such heavy cut weight replaced original honey comb-reinforced vacuum-molded fiberglass skins carbon fiber cut out 50 lb built second airplane Gem 260 #14 N177M second seat back-to-back first yet weighed no typical Formula Onethanks space-age mate rials Miller set FAI speed records ** * * **** *** * * * * * NATIONAl SOARING SOCIETY * **1988 SOARIN * * *ATTENTION ALL SAILPLANE * *CONTEST DIRECTORS * *ARYONE WISHING TO HOLD NSS* *SOARIN FOR 1988 CALL OR WRITE* *THE NATIONAL COORDINATOR* *FOR INFORMATION* * *Marshall R LOng* *824 Garden Meadow* *Universal City Tx 78148* * After 6pm * * weight class 100km course 229 mph 500km course 228 mph 1984 airplane lost crash next year Miller has stuck original pusher 1986 placed third Reno field 23 racers qualifying 234 mph flying heat 231 mph Beyond doubt first truly successful rad ical racing airplane history short-loved Racing Biplane class 1977-1983 saw its share different rac ers starting unusual-but-reallyconventional Sorceress Sundancer 1981 Dan Mortensen showed up Amsoil-Rutan Racer de signed Burt Rutan man set lightplane world its ear foamand-fiberglass pusher-canard VariEze swarm radical Iightplanes followed mention round-the-world Voy ager Dans racer looked like tandem-winged Quickie larger lot powerful 160-hp Lycoming engine fast efficient three-mile pylon course lacked some aileron effec tiveness eventually spelled its doom Reno 1983 Dan got caught between another airplane ground rounded pylon unable get out tight squeeze wing tip hit ground beautiful racer cartwheeled several hundred feet shedding parts went Dan climbed out minimal injur ies airplane destroyed too few airplanes left Racing Biplane class disappeared Before doing though spawned second successful radi cal racer fast enough Mortensen take pair FAI records weight class 235 mph 3km course 233 mph 100km Thanks Miller Mortensen fu ture radical racers has rosier its past would great able look crystal ball foresee race courses full wild looking airplaneslike delta wings joined wings slewed wings buried engines driving multiple propellers some ideas dont have names yet cant done radical de sign known nearing racing status Dave Garbers Unlimited super charged rotary engines either end its fuselage plane has works long wonders will ever happen doors finally wide open kinds ideas nutty almostsensible days someone will come along strange looking racer will what weve always suspected possible whip pants off everything looks like racer will day celebration night filling cases full bar napkins sketches future Visit/Kanyusik Continued page 88 can recall builders made Too much too names mention Scale models Control Line Radio Control look like origi nal full-size aircraft shrunk some voodoo magic realistic Cleveland Comet Megow kits en gines engines props wheelsand engrossed some personnel may come out visit work permits small hello chat about some interesting subject very reluctant leave say membership can very pleased proud facility Its far fact real estate value has creased make financial investment greater importance have place call home can point satisfaction pride National Center Aeromodeling very fine building people work within its confines enhance leaves feeling want come back again Its nice place visit I When responding advertisers mention read about ModelAviation 168 Model Aviation Show Colors BECAUSE WERE PROUD OF THEM take lot pride building model So guess color paint youre choosing finish take time put paint chip can Perfect Paint color youre buying color want take guesswork out finishing 0emS6SI Ph 419-797-2208 P0 Box 2480 usky Ohio 44870 MOTfft24 WI4VMM4Y 137 DId 7/we KIT ONLY $895 - - PKE MODELS ElIUF DO ELVI MANY HARD TO FIND ITEMS FOR RUBBER MODELS - - 0MPLE7E CA*LDG $2M LA MESA CA 92044 BOX 2498 PHONE 16191 448-IBIS
Edition: Model Aviation - 1988/04
Page Numbers: 81, 82, 83, 84, 86, 168
/ Ic pylon r sec Thompso ace over after three-quarters hour nnd Cleveland Air Rac4 slightly given Kling mechanics Imost end p bt nf sport twee erwis / own little stream iII L nt April 1988 81 Sue Dulles Airport starting line Northrop wh ,GI4 MOrAL icing plane wing some Un radical-design racing planes years game Men have tried years almost no excep y have failed show radical n compete terms con cases radical rac flops tirst really serious attempt charge mw directions made Ital -Speed Flight 1929 Trophy Race series seaplanes ig its climax Three separate e planned tried-and-true combining huge engine having enormous twin floats better way rt and unusual three Piaggio-Pegna P7 0-hp V-12 engine nose lage trim elliptical ad no big drag-producing floats pair tiny hydrofoils simple clean struts rest water almost up its mid-wing power forward Although Jim Millers has kept pursing shroud canard ana did versIon set two speed r water prop beneath tail gathered speed pilot power via gearbox clutch -pitch air prop nose Once would have about half drag should have moved like P7 never got off water Mechan gearbox clutch never solved po ncr faded away today would attract attention its ex clean lines basically sound sine year saw Italians try eresting idea twin-boom Sa rchetti 565 1000-hp engines pilots central pod crashed 1930 prac orialnal lgns Macchi-Q really least conventional Its nove nose Tandes total ded c rs vie nent rac wot V fr 0of eu-pitch shafts torque n other ater recedented relatively futuri 82 Model Aviation Iuu5llu Iu 1jUl11 next pagi built remainin time what tO tinal Schneider Race vever much money ride going project world speed reco 10 1933 Fra bum mc rd April 1988 83 1W CtiOn 81 ing m Will ouri ter record racer ti adical de series unation look aw hich CtIiitl nething sed desigr d rid ix e Bugatti single engi md pill pair m tandem tra-rotating d tb er lei oi well mt e bees Deut D yen o recoi y have Nazi d end ane Lt nea ugatti came just have bee ea tascini mc 650 wings Tb edge eight iting prop Pr ier 1942 3rtuI ody ccam doll aesi N ow onGeI1 ackleY pod-and-uoo gmneers y Watts ri eeIw uthe sf01 tby rihargwu anuiwuj engine-cooling 1 ana anled its itive uley U luger mmmi rmula ii deft mt Photo courtesy Hen ,. U Ie-Incuence iie LIT Spec jilt 1949 c institute Techi slender t behind n just too big in-competiti theiil #50 got race Miami set n time trials qualifying 1015 slowest history class *ed great polished aluminum iii rear prop driven six sion shaft Mechanical problems o difficult solve ut same time impres Pr showed up PAR Mixusaster 522 did have m prop behind tail also -incidence wing guys up air n ASW 24 ARF giant scale glider r No 3138 robbe ASVV 24 giant scale model newest Standard Class design worlds leading sailplane manufacturer Alexander Schleicher West Germany features latest double trapezoid wing geometry optimum lift distribution also famous F3B proven Quabeck HQ-3O/13-1O-13 airfoil exceptional pedormance wide speed range Any R/C pilot will enjoy non-critical stail characteristics weil balanced rudder response kit includes highly prefabricated components such white Plura fuselage balsa pre-sheeted foam core Siros wings stabilizer ail hardware cockpit interior insert pilot figure No special skills power tools necessary completion Building time short weekend Wing span 138 says aerobatic trainers have look ugly sleek ilnes robbe SUPERMAX remind fuil-scale airplane designed high performance docile trainer 46 four-stroke 50 two-stroke engine provides ample power perform aerobatic maneuver extremely rugged prefabricated Plura white fuselage combined balsa pre-sheeted Siros foam core wings other ready assemble components save lot building time SUPERMAX can easily built weekend Wing span 54 mRush robbds new catalog i closed $6 Check Money Order Mail robbe Model Sportam 180 Township Line Road Belle Mead NJ 08502 Arcus can also electrified two optional electric flight sets 7 ceil version electric powered thermal soaring 10 cell version rocket ship ilke cilmb performance one-piece Plura fuselage balsa-sheeted Siros wings other prefabricated components will get airborne no time Wing span 79 Address City/State/Zip 0ood en purchases $50 over direct robbeMM Parks Air College stuck project entering least four races qualified wellin 180-mph rangebut slow start regularly encountered bind ing its bearings long shaft bent under high G-loads mid- 1 950s group Los Angeles engineers built all-metal Sierra Sue N12K never got racing number looked like workable idea eventually leased Northrop Aircraft test work about same time Petit Special #18 N5715N almost completed though didnt get race ended up EAA Museum Its all-metal wing wire bracing clashed its advanced shape Yet another attempt pusher midget racer despite discouraging record idea came Naval Test Center Johnsville PA Too much engineeering meaning weight pod-and-boom layout #46/N23H doomed iteven after sport biplane racer Henry Watts tried work over quiet number years Meanwhile standard form perfected speeds rose anyone having resort unusually shaped airplanes 1972 speeds over 230 mph nomi nal 130 hp However increase speed seemed have slowed appreciably suggest ing limit may have reached conventional designs veteran F-i builder/pilot Jim Miller decided go futuristic After having raced trim Little Gem #14 N74J great success confounded everyone starting over scratch stead improving what working well result lot careful thought Texas Gem #73 N74M contained original ideas racer ever built rear-mounted main wing small canard surface nose engine mounted well behind pilot drove four-bladed pusher propeller via short extension shaft wouldnt distort under high G-loads Around prop snug-fitting shroud drastically re duced noise level improved initial acceleration main landing gear back nose wheel originally fixed canopy almost flush forward fuselage yet provided excellent visibility Texas Gem spectacular metal lic gold real shocker coming man given no previous hint such creativity Teething fairly long process would expected new ideas package First change prop shroud lost its effec tiveness about 200 mph promptly removed canard surface relo cated top vertical tail time speed picked up handling bit tricky improved late i970s Miller strange Texas Gem winning near-record Continued page 168 IM ircrafts FlyAbove Crowd Browse through latest robbe Catalog years hottest designs Youll find robbe offers better deal right price because robbe quality always pays off exciting kits see local dealer call robbe direct 201 359-2115 catalog over 200 pages full color action photos information mall coupon below today Just $600 plus youll receive bonus $400 refund certificate good toward next robbe purchase direct robbe* ARCUS WOrder No 3140 Designed renowned European contest pilots Arcus hottest dual-purpose 2-meter gilders ever standard dihedral set-up ailerons will satisfy demanding contest flyer novice wiil prefer polyhedral wing rudder elevator control SUPERMAX Order No 31184119 z 86 Model Aviation make modelers job easier Would like try something new Pick out vintage design have done correspond designer corporate todays methods materials replica challenge can great fun pioneers model avia tion will pleased hear interest almost-forgotten designs Racers/Berliner Continued page 86 speeds wasnt finished plane prototype such heavy cut weight replaced original honey comb-reinforced vacuum-molded fiberglass skins carbon fiber cut out 50 lb built second airplane Gem 260 #14 N177M second seat back-to-back first yet weighed no typical Formula Onethanks space-age mate rials Miller set FAI speed records ** * * **** *** * * * * * NATIONAl SOARING SOCIETY * **1988 SOARIN * * *ATTENTION ALL SAILPLANE * *CONTEST DIRECTORS * *ARYONE WISHING TO HOLD NSS* *SOARIN FOR 1988 CALL OR WRITE* *THE NATIONAL COORDINATOR* *FOR INFORMATION* * *Marshall R LOng* *824 Garden Meadow* *Universal City Tx 78148* * After 6pm * * weight class 100km course 229 mph 500km course 228 mph 1984 airplane lost crash next year Miller has stuck original pusher 1986 placed third Reno field 23 racers qualifying 234 mph flying heat 231 mph Beyond doubt first truly successful rad ical racing airplane history short-loved Racing Biplane class 1977-1983 saw its share different rac ers starting unusual-but-reallyconventional Sorceress Sundancer 1981 Dan Mortensen showed up Amsoil-Rutan Racer de signed Burt Rutan man set lightplane world its ear foamand-fiberglass pusher-canard VariEze swarm radical Iightplanes followed mention round-the-world Voy ager Dans racer looked like tandem-winged Quickie larger lot powerful 160-hp Lycoming engine fast efficient three-mile pylon course lacked some aileron effec tiveness eventually spelled its doom Reno 1983 Dan got caught between another airplane ground rounded pylon unable get out tight squeeze wing tip hit ground beautiful racer cartwheeled several hundred feet shedding parts went Dan climbed out minimal injur ies airplane destroyed too few airplanes left Racing Biplane class disappeared Before doing though spawned second successful radi cal racer fast enough Mortensen take pair FAI records weight class 235 mph 3km course 233 mph 100km Thanks Miller Mortensen fu ture radical racers has rosier its past would great able look crystal ball foresee race courses full wild looking airplaneslike delta wings joined wings slewed wings buried engines driving multiple propellers some ideas dont have names yet cant done radical de sign known nearing racing status Dave Garbers Unlimited super charged rotary engines either end its fuselage plane has works long wonders will ever happen doors finally wide open kinds ideas nutty almostsensible days someone will come along strange looking racer will what weve always suspected possible whip pants off everything looks like racer will day celebration night filling cases full bar napkins sketches future Visit/Kanyusik Continued page 88 can recall builders made Too much too names mention Scale models Control Line Radio Control look like origi nal full-size aircraft shrunk some voodoo magic realistic Cleveland Comet Megow kits en gines engines props wheelsand engrossed some personnel may come out visit work permits small hello chat about some interesting subject very reluctant leave say membership can very pleased proud facility Its far fact real estate value has creased make financial investment greater importance have place call home can point satisfaction pride National Center Aeromodeling very fine building people work within its confines enhance leaves feeling want come back again Its nice place visit I When responding advertisers mention read about ModelAviation 168 Model Aviation Show Colors BECAUSE WERE PROUD OF THEM take lot pride building model So guess color paint youre choosing finish take time put paint chip can Perfect Paint color youre buying color want take guesswork out finishing 0emS6SI Ph 419-797-2208 P0 Box 2480 usky Ohio 44870 MOTfft24 WI4VMM4Y 137 DId 7/we KIT ONLY $895 - - PKE MODELS ElIUF DO ELVI MANY HARD TO FIND ITEMS FOR RUBBER MODELS - - 0MPLE7E CA*LDG $2M LA MESA CA 92044 BOX 2498 PHONE 16191 448-IBIS
Edition: Model Aviation - 1988/04
Page Numbers: 81, 82, 83, 84, 86, 168
/ Ic pylon r sec Thompso ace over after three-quarters hour nnd Cleveland Air Rac4 slightly given Kling mechanics Imost end p bt nf sport twee erwis / own little stream iII L nt April 1988 81 Sue Dulles Airport starting line Northrop wh ,GI4 MOrAL icing plane wing some Un radical-design racing planes years game Men have tried years almost no excep y have failed show radical n compete terms con cases radical rac flops tirst really serious attempt charge mw directions made Ital -Speed Flight 1929 Trophy Race series seaplanes ig its climax Three separate e planned tried-and-true combining huge engine having enormous twin floats better way rt and unusual three Piaggio-Pegna P7 0-hp V-12 engine nose lage trim elliptical ad no big drag-producing floats pair tiny hydrofoils simple clean struts rest water almost up its mid-wing power forward Although Jim Millers has kept pursing shroud canard ana did versIon set two speed r water prop beneath tail gathered speed pilot power via gearbox clutch -pitch air prop nose Once would have about half drag should have moved like P7 never got off water Mechan gearbox clutch never solved po ncr faded away today would attract attention its ex clean lines basically sound sine year saw Italians try eresting idea twin-boom Sa rchetti 565 1000-hp engines pilots central pod crashed 1930 prac orialnal lgns Macchi-Q really least conventional Its nove nose Tandes total ded c rs vie nent rac wot V fr 0of eu-pitch shafts torque n other ater recedented relatively futuri 82 Model Aviation Iuu5llu Iu 1jUl11 next pagi built remainin time what tO tinal Schneider Race vever much money ride going project world speed reco 10 1933 Fra bum mc rd April 1988 83 1W CtiOn 81 ing m Will ouri ter record racer ti adical de series unation look aw hich CtIiitl nething sed desigr d rid ix e Bugatti single engi md pill pair m tandem tra-rotating d tb er lei oi well mt e bees Deut D yen o recoi y have Nazi d end ane Lt nea ugatti came just have bee ea tascini mc 650 wings Tb edge eight iting prop Pr ier 1942 3rtuI ody ccam doll aesi N ow onGeI1 ackleY pod-and-uoo gmneers y Watts ri eeIw uthe sf01 tby rihargwu anuiwuj engine-cooling 1 ana anled its itive uley U luger mmmi rmula ii deft mt Photo courtesy Hen ,. U Ie-Incuence iie LIT Spec jilt 1949 c institute Techi slender t behind n just too big in-competiti theiil #50 got race Miami set n time trials qualifying 1015 slowest history class *ed great polished aluminum iii rear prop driven six sion shaft Mechanical problems o difficult solve ut same time impres Pr showed up PAR Mixusaster 522 did have m prop behind tail also -incidence wing guys up air n ASW 24 ARF giant scale glider r No 3138 robbe ASVV 24 giant scale model newest Standard Class design worlds leading sailplane manufacturer Alexander Schleicher West Germany features latest double trapezoid wing geometry optimum lift distribution also famous F3B proven Quabeck HQ-3O/13-1O-13 airfoil exceptional pedormance wide speed range Any R/C pilot will enjoy non-critical stail characteristics weil balanced rudder response kit includes highly prefabricated components such white Plura fuselage balsa pre-sheeted foam core Siros wings stabilizer ail hardware cockpit interior insert pilot figure No special skills power tools necessary completion Building time short weekend Wing span 138 says aerobatic trainers have look ugly sleek ilnes robbe SUPERMAX remind fuil-scale airplane designed high performance docile trainer 46 four-stroke 50 two-stroke engine provides ample power perform aerobatic maneuver extremely rugged prefabricated Plura white fuselage combined balsa pre-sheeted Siros foam core wings other ready assemble components save lot building time SUPERMAX can easily built weekend Wing span 54 mRush robbds new catalog i closed $6 Check Money Order Mail robbe Model Sportam 180 Township Line Road Belle Mead NJ 08502 Arcus can also electrified two optional electric flight sets 7 ceil version electric powered thermal soaring 10 cell version rocket ship ilke cilmb performance one-piece Plura fuselage balsa-sheeted Siros wings other prefabricated components will get airborne no time Wing span 79 Address City/State/Zip 0ood en purchases $50 over direct robbeMM Parks Air College stuck project entering least four races qualified wellin 180-mph rangebut slow start regularly encountered bind ing its bearings long shaft bent under high G-loads mid- 1 950s group Los Angeles engineers built all-metal Sierra Sue N12K never got racing number looked like workable idea eventually leased Northrop Aircraft test work about same time Petit Special #18 N5715N almost completed though didnt get race ended up EAA Museum Its all-metal wing wire bracing clashed its advanced shape Yet another attempt pusher midget racer despite discouraging record idea came Naval Test Center Johnsville PA Too much engineeering meaning weight pod-and-boom layout #46/N23H doomed iteven after sport biplane racer Henry Watts tried work over quiet number years Meanwhile standard form perfected speeds rose anyone having resort unusually shaped airplanes 1972 speeds over 230 mph nomi nal 130 hp However increase speed seemed have slowed appreciably suggest ing limit may have reached conventional designs veteran F-i builder/pilot Jim Miller decided go futuristic After having raced trim Little Gem #14 N74J great success confounded everyone starting over scratch stead improving what working well result lot careful thought Texas Gem #73 N74M contained original ideas racer ever built rear-mounted main wing small canard surface nose engine mounted well behind pilot drove four-bladed pusher propeller via short extension shaft wouldnt distort under high G-loads Around prop snug-fitting shroud drastically re duced noise level improved initial acceleration main landing gear back nose wheel originally fixed canopy almost flush forward fuselage yet provided excellent visibility Texas Gem spectacular metal lic gold real shocker coming man given no previous hint such creativity Teething fairly long process would expected new ideas package First change prop shroud lost its effec tiveness about 200 mph promptly removed canard surface relo cated top vertical tail time speed picked up handling bit tricky improved late i970s Miller strange Texas Gem winning near-record Continued page 168 IM ircrafts FlyAbove Crowd Browse through latest robbe Catalog years hottest designs Youll find robbe offers better deal right price because robbe quality always pays off exciting kits see local dealer call robbe direct 201 359-2115 catalog over 200 pages full color action photos information mall coupon below today Just $600 plus youll receive bonus $400 refund certificate good toward next robbe purchase direct robbe* ARCUS WOrder No 3140 Designed renowned European contest pilots Arcus hottest dual-purpose 2-meter gilders ever standard dihedral set-up ailerons will satisfy demanding contest flyer novice wiil prefer polyhedral wing rudder elevator control SUPERMAX Order No 31184119 z 86 Model Aviation make modelers job easier Would like try something new Pick out vintage design have done correspond designer corporate todays methods materials replica challenge can great fun pioneers model avia tion will pleased hear interest almost-forgotten designs Racers/Berliner Continued page 86 speeds wasnt finished plane prototype such heavy cut weight replaced original honey comb-reinforced vacuum-molded fiberglass skins carbon fiber cut out 50 lb built second airplane Gem 260 #14 N177M second seat back-to-back first yet weighed no typical Formula Onethanks space-age mate rials Miller set FAI speed records ** * * **** *** * * * * * NATIONAl SOARING SOCIETY * **1988 SOARIN * * *ATTENTION ALL SAILPLANE * *CONTEST DIRECTORS * *ARYONE WISHING TO HOLD NSS* *SOARIN FOR 1988 CALL OR WRITE* *THE NATIONAL COORDINATOR* *FOR INFORMATION* * *Marshall R LOng* *824 Garden Meadow* *Universal City Tx 78148* * After 6pm * * weight class 100km course 229 mph 500km course 228 mph 1984 airplane lost crash next year Miller has stuck original pusher 1986 placed third Reno field 23 racers qualifying 234 mph flying heat 231 mph Beyond doubt first truly successful rad ical racing airplane history short-loved Racing Biplane class 1977-1983 saw its share different rac ers starting unusual-but-reallyconventional Sorceress Sundancer 1981 Dan Mortensen showed up Amsoil-Rutan Racer de signed Burt Rutan man set lightplane world its ear foamand-fiberglass pusher-canard VariEze swarm radical Iightplanes followed mention round-the-world Voy ager Dans racer looked like tandem-winged Quickie larger lot powerful 160-hp Lycoming engine fast efficient three-mile pylon course lacked some aileron effec tiveness eventually spelled its doom Reno 1983 Dan got caught between another airplane ground rounded pylon unable get out tight squeeze wing tip hit ground beautiful racer cartwheeled several hundred feet shedding parts went Dan climbed out minimal injur ies airplane destroyed too few airplanes left Racing Biplane class disappeared Before doing though spawned second successful radi cal racer fast enough Mortensen take pair FAI records weight class 235 mph 3km course 233 mph 100km Thanks Miller Mortensen fu ture radical racers has rosier its past would great able look crystal ball foresee race courses full wild looking airplaneslike delta wings joined wings slewed wings buried engines driving multiple propellers some ideas dont have names yet cant done radical de sign known nearing racing status Dave Garbers Unlimited super charged rotary engines either end its fuselage plane has works long wonders will ever happen doors finally wide open kinds ideas nutty almostsensible days someone will come along strange looking racer will what weve always suspected possible whip pants off everything looks like racer will day celebration night filling cases full bar napkins sketches future Visit/Kanyusik Continued page 88 can recall builders made Too much too names mention Scale models Control Line Radio Control look like origi nal full-size aircraft shrunk some voodoo magic realistic Cleveland Comet Megow kits en gines engines props wheelsand engrossed some personnel may come out visit work permits small hello chat about some interesting subject very reluctant leave say membership can very pleased proud facility Its far fact real estate value has creased make financial investment greater importance have place call home can point satisfaction pride National Center Aeromodeling very fine building people work within its confines enhance leaves feeling want come back again Its nice place visit I When responding advertisers mention read about ModelAviation 168 Model Aviation Show Colors BECAUSE WERE PROUD OF THEM take lot pride building model So guess color paint youre choosing finish take time put paint chip can Perfect Paint color youre buying color want take guesswork out finishing 0emS6SI Ph 419-797-2208 P0 Box 2480 usky Ohio 44870 MOTfft24 WI4VMM4Y 137 DId 7/we KIT ONLY $895 - - PKE MODELS ElIUF DO ELVI MANY HARD TO FIND ITEMS FOR RUBBER MODELS - - 0MPLE7E CA*LDG $2M LA MESA CA 92044 BOX 2498 PHONE 16191 448-IBIS
Edition: Model Aviation - 1988/04
Page Numbers: 81, 82, 83, 84, 86, 168
/ Ic pylon r sec Thompso ace over after three-quarters hour nnd Cleveland Air Rac4 slightly given Kling mechanics Imost end p bt nf sport twee erwis / own little stream iII L nt April 1988 81 Sue Dulles Airport starting line Northrop wh ,GI4 MOrAL icing plane wing some Un radical-design racing planes years game Men have tried years almost no excep y have failed show radical n compete terms con cases radical rac flops tirst really serious attempt charge mw directions made Ital -Speed Flight 1929 Trophy Race series seaplanes ig its climax Three separate e planned tried-and-true combining huge engine having enormous twin floats better way rt and unusual three Piaggio-Pegna P7 0-hp V-12 engine nose lage trim elliptical ad no big drag-producing floats pair tiny hydrofoils simple clean struts rest water almost up its mid-wing power forward Although Jim Millers has kept pursing shroud canard ana did versIon set two speed r water prop beneath tail gathered speed pilot power via gearbox clutch -pitch air prop nose Once would have about half drag should have moved like P7 never got off water Mechan gearbox clutch never solved po ncr faded away today would attract attention its ex clean lines basically sound sine year saw Italians try eresting idea twin-boom Sa rchetti 565 1000-hp engines pilots central pod crashed 1930 prac orialnal lgns Macchi-Q really least conventional Its nove nose Tandes total ded c rs vie nent rac wot V fr 0of eu-pitch shafts torque n other ater recedented relatively futuri 82 Model Aviation Iuu5llu Iu 1jUl11 next pagi built remainin time what tO tinal Schneider Race vever much money ride going project world speed reco 10 1933 Fra bum mc rd April 1988 83 1W CtiOn 81 ing m Will ouri ter record racer ti adical de series unation look aw hich CtIiitl nething sed desigr d rid ix e Bugatti single engi md pill pair m tandem tra-rotating d tb er lei oi well mt e bees Deut D yen o recoi y have Nazi d end ane Lt nea ugatti came just have bee ea tascini mc 650 wings Tb edge eight iting prop Pr ier 1942 3rtuI ody ccam doll aesi N ow onGeI1 ackleY pod-and-uoo gmneers y Watts ri eeIw uthe sf01 tby rihargwu anuiwuj engine-cooling 1 ana anled its itive uley U luger mmmi rmula ii deft mt Photo courtesy Hen ,. U Ie-Incuence iie LIT Spec jilt 1949 c institute Techi slender t behind n just too big in-competiti theiil #50 got race Miami set n time trials qualifying 1015 slowest history class *ed great polished aluminum iii rear prop driven six sion shaft Mechanical problems o difficult solve ut same time impres Pr showed up PAR Mixusaster 522 did have m prop behind tail also -incidence wing guys up air n ASW 24 ARF giant scale glider r No 3138 robbe ASVV 24 giant scale model newest Standard Class design worlds leading sailplane manufacturer Alexander Schleicher West Germany features latest double trapezoid wing geometry optimum lift distribution also famous F3B proven Quabeck HQ-3O/13-1O-13 airfoil exceptional pedormance wide speed range Any R/C pilot will enjoy non-critical stail characteristics weil balanced rudder response kit includes highly prefabricated components such white Plura fuselage balsa pre-sheeted foam core Siros wings stabilizer ail hardware cockpit interior insert pilot figure No special skills power tools necessary completion Building time short weekend Wing span 138 says aerobatic trainers have look ugly sleek ilnes robbe SUPERMAX remind fuil-scale airplane designed high performance docile trainer 46 four-stroke 50 two-stroke engine provides ample power perform aerobatic maneuver extremely rugged prefabricated Plura white fuselage combined balsa pre-sheeted Siros foam core wings other ready assemble components save lot building time SUPERMAX can easily built weekend Wing span 54 mRush robbds new catalog i closed $6 Check Money Order Mail robbe Model Sportam 180 Township Line Road Belle Mead NJ 08502 Arcus can also electrified two optional electric flight sets 7 ceil version electric powered thermal soaring 10 cell version rocket ship ilke cilmb performance one-piece Plura fuselage balsa-sheeted Siros wings other prefabricated components will get airborne no time Wing span 79 Address City/State/Zip 0ood en purchases $50 over direct robbeMM Parks Air College stuck project entering least four races qualified wellin 180-mph rangebut slow start regularly encountered bind ing its bearings long shaft bent under high G-loads mid- 1 950s group Los Angeles engineers built all-metal Sierra Sue N12K never got racing number looked like workable idea eventually leased Northrop Aircraft test work about same time Petit Special #18 N5715N almost completed though didnt get race ended up EAA Museum Its all-metal wing wire bracing clashed its advanced shape Yet another attempt pusher midget racer despite discouraging record idea came Naval Test Center Johnsville PA Too much engineeering meaning weight pod-and-boom layout #46/N23H doomed iteven after sport biplane racer Henry Watts tried work over quiet number years Meanwhile standard form perfected speeds rose anyone having resort unusually shaped airplanes 1972 speeds over 230 mph nomi nal 130 hp However increase speed seemed have slowed appreciably suggest ing limit may have reached conventional designs veteran F-i builder/pilot Jim Miller decided go futuristic After having raced trim Little Gem #14 N74J great success confounded everyone starting over scratch stead improving what working well result lot careful thought Texas Gem #73 N74M contained original ideas racer ever built rear-mounted main wing small canard surface nose engine mounted well behind pilot drove four-bladed pusher propeller via short extension shaft wouldnt distort under high G-loads Around prop snug-fitting shroud drastically re duced noise level improved initial acceleration main landing gear back nose wheel originally fixed canopy almost flush forward fuselage yet provided excellent visibility Texas Gem spectacular metal lic gold real shocker coming man given no previous hint such creativity Teething fairly long process would expected new ideas package First change prop shroud lost its effec tiveness about 200 mph promptly removed canard surface relo cated top vertical tail time speed picked up handling bit tricky improved late i970s Miller strange Texas Gem winning near-record Continued page 168 IM ircrafts FlyAbove Crowd Browse through latest robbe Catalog years hottest designs Youll find robbe offers better deal right price because robbe quality always pays off exciting kits see local dealer call robbe direct 201 359-2115 catalog over 200 pages full color action photos information mall coupon below today Just $600 plus youll receive bonus $400 refund certificate good toward next robbe purchase direct robbe* ARCUS WOrder No 3140 Designed renowned European contest pilots Arcus hottest dual-purpose 2-meter gilders ever standard dihedral set-up ailerons will satisfy demanding contest flyer novice wiil prefer polyhedral wing rudder elevator control SUPERMAX Order No 31184119 z 86 Model Aviation make modelers job easier Would like try something new Pick out vintage design have done correspond designer corporate todays methods materials replica challenge can great fun pioneers model avia tion will pleased hear interest almost-forgotten designs Racers/Berliner Continued page 86 speeds wasnt finished plane prototype such heavy cut weight replaced original honey comb-reinforced vacuum-molded fiberglass skins carbon fiber cut out 50 lb built second airplane Gem 260 #14 N177M second seat back-to-back first yet weighed no typical Formula Onethanks space-age mate rials Miller set FAI speed records ** * * **** *** * * * * * NATIONAl SOARING SOCIETY * **1988 SOARIN * * *ATTENTION ALL SAILPLANE * *CONTEST DIRECTORS * *ARYONE WISHING TO HOLD NSS* *SOARIN FOR 1988 CALL OR WRITE* *THE NATIONAL COORDINATOR* *FOR INFORMATION* * *Marshall R LOng* *824 Garden Meadow* *Universal City Tx 78148* * After 6pm * * weight class 100km course 229 mph 500km course 228 mph 1984 airplane lost crash next year Miller has stuck original pusher 1986 placed third Reno field 23 racers qualifying 234 mph flying heat 231 mph Beyond doubt first truly successful rad ical racing airplane history short-loved Racing Biplane class 1977-1983 saw its share different rac ers starting unusual-but-reallyconventional Sorceress Sundancer 1981 Dan Mortensen showed up Amsoil-Rutan Racer de signed Burt Rutan man set lightplane world its ear foamand-fiberglass pusher-canard VariEze swarm radical Iightplanes followed mention round-the-world Voy ager Dans racer looked like tandem-winged Quickie larger lot powerful 160-hp Lycoming engine fast efficient three-mile pylon course lacked some aileron effec tiveness eventually spelled its doom Reno 1983 Dan got caught between another airplane ground rounded pylon unable get out tight squeeze wing tip hit ground beautiful racer cartwheeled several hundred feet shedding parts went Dan climbed out minimal injur ies airplane destroyed too few airplanes left Racing Biplane class disappeared Before doing though spawned second successful radi cal racer fast enough Mortensen take pair FAI records weight class 235 mph 3km course 233 mph 100km Thanks Miller Mortensen fu ture radical racers has rosier its past would great able look crystal ball foresee race courses full wild looking airplaneslike delta wings joined wings slewed wings buried engines driving multiple propellers some ideas dont have names yet cant done radical de sign known nearing racing status Dave Garbers Unlimited super charged rotary engines either end its fuselage plane has works long wonders will ever happen doors finally wide open kinds ideas nutty almostsensible days someone will come along strange looking racer will what weve always suspected possible whip pants off everything looks like racer will day celebration night filling cases full bar napkins sketches future Visit/Kanyusik Continued page 88 can recall builders made Too much too names mention Scale models Control Line Radio Control look like origi nal full-size aircraft shrunk some voodoo magic realistic Cleveland Comet Megow kits en gines engines props wheelsand engrossed some personnel may come out visit work permits small hello chat about some interesting subject very reluctant leave say membership can very pleased proud facility Its far fact real estate value has creased make financial investment greater importance have place call home can point satisfaction pride National Center Aeromodeling very fine building people work within its confines enhance leaves feeling want come back again Its nice place visit I When responding advertisers mention read about ModelAviation 168 Model Aviation Show Colors BECAUSE WERE PROUD OF THEM take lot pride building model So guess color paint youre choosing finish take time put paint chip can Perfect Paint color youre buying color want take guesswork out finishing 0emS6SI Ph 419-797-2208 P0 Box 2480 usky Ohio 44870 MOTfft24 WI4VMM4Y 137 DId 7/we KIT ONLY $895 - - PKE MODELS ElIUF DO ELVI MANY HARD TO FIND ITEMS FOR RUBBER MODELS - - 0MPLE7E CA*LDG $2M LA MESA CA 92044 BOX 2498 PHONE 16191 448-IBIS
Edition: Model Aviation - 1988/04
Page Numbers: 81, 82, 83, 84, 86, 168
/ Ic pylon r sec Thompso ace over after three-quarters hour nnd Cleveland Air Rac4 slightly given Kling mechanics Imost end p bt nf sport twee erwis / own little stream iII L nt April 1988 81 Sue Dulles Airport starting line Northrop wh ,GI4 MOrAL icing plane wing some Un radical-design racing planes years game Men have tried years almost no excep y have failed show radical n compete terms con cases radical rac flops tirst really serious attempt charge mw directions made Ital -Speed Flight 1929 Trophy Race series seaplanes ig its climax Three separate e planned tried-and-true combining huge engine having enormous twin floats better way rt and unusual three Piaggio-Pegna P7 0-hp V-12 engine nose lage trim elliptical ad no big drag-producing floats pair tiny hydrofoils simple clean struts rest water almost up its mid-wing power forward Although Jim Millers has kept pursing shroud canard ana did versIon set two speed r water prop beneath tail gathered speed pilot power via gearbox clutch -pitch air prop nose Once would have about half drag should have moved like P7 never got off water Mechan gearbox clutch never solved po ncr faded away today would attract attention its ex clean lines basically sound sine year saw Italians try eresting idea twin-boom Sa rchetti 565 1000-hp engines pilots central pod crashed 1930 prac orialnal lgns Macchi-Q really least conventional Its nove nose Tandes total ded c rs vie nent rac wot V fr 0of eu-pitch shafts torque n other ater recedented relatively futuri 82 Model Aviation Iuu5llu Iu 1jUl11 next pagi built remainin time what tO tinal Schneider Race vever much money ride going project world speed reco 10 1933 Fra bum mc rd April 1988 83 1W CtiOn 81 ing m Will ouri ter record racer ti adical de series unation look aw hich CtIiitl nething sed desigr d rid ix e Bugatti single engi md pill pair m tandem tra-rotating d tb er lei oi well mt e bees Deut D yen o recoi y have Nazi d end ane Lt nea ugatti came just have bee ea tascini mc 650 wings Tb edge eight iting prop Pr ier 1942 3rtuI ody ccam doll aesi N ow onGeI1 ackleY pod-and-uoo gmneers y Watts ri eeIw uthe sf01 tby rihargwu anuiwuj engine-cooling 1 ana anled its itive uley U luger mmmi rmula ii deft mt Photo courtesy Hen ,. U Ie-Incuence iie LIT Spec jilt 1949 c institute Techi slender t behind n just too big in-competiti theiil #50 got race Miami set n time trials qualifying 1015 slowest history class *ed great polished aluminum iii rear prop driven six sion shaft Mechanical problems o difficult solve ut same time impres Pr showed up PAR Mixusaster 522 did have m prop behind tail also -incidence wing guys up air n ASW 24 ARF giant scale glider r No 3138 robbe ASVV 24 giant scale model newest Standard Class design worlds leading sailplane manufacturer Alexander Schleicher West Germany features latest double trapezoid wing geometry optimum lift distribution also famous F3B proven Quabeck HQ-3O/13-1O-13 airfoil exceptional pedormance wide speed range Any R/C pilot will enjoy non-critical stail characteristics weil balanced rudder response kit includes highly prefabricated components such white Plura fuselage balsa pre-sheeted foam core Siros wings stabilizer ail hardware cockpit interior insert pilot figure No special skills power tools necessary completion Building time short weekend Wing span 138 says aerobatic trainers have look ugly sleek ilnes robbe SUPERMAX remind fuil-scale airplane designed high performance docile trainer 46 four-stroke 50 two-stroke engine provides ample power perform aerobatic maneuver extremely rugged prefabricated Plura white fuselage combined balsa pre-sheeted Siros foam core wings other ready assemble components save lot building time SUPERMAX can easily built weekend Wing span 54 mRush robbds new catalog i closed $6 Check Money Order Mail robbe Model Sportam 180 Township Line Road Belle Mead NJ 08502 Arcus can also electrified two optional electric flight sets 7 ceil version electric powered thermal soaring 10 cell version rocket ship ilke cilmb performance one-piece Plura fuselage balsa-sheeted Siros wings other prefabricated components will get airborne no time Wing span 79 Address City/State/Zip 0ood en purchases $50 over direct robbeMM Parks Air College stuck project entering least four races qualified wellin 180-mph rangebut slow start regularly encountered bind ing its bearings long shaft bent under high G-loads mid- 1 950s group Los Angeles engineers built all-metal Sierra Sue N12K never got racing number looked like workable idea eventually leased Northrop Aircraft test work about same time Petit Special #18 N5715N almost completed though didnt get race ended up EAA Museum Its all-metal wing wire bracing clashed its advanced shape Yet another attempt pusher midget racer despite discouraging record idea came Naval Test Center Johnsville PA Too much engineeering meaning weight pod-and-boom layout #46/N23H doomed iteven after sport biplane racer Henry Watts tried work over quiet number years Meanwhile standard form perfected speeds rose anyone having resort unusually shaped airplanes 1972 speeds over 230 mph nomi nal 130 hp However increase speed seemed have slowed appreciably suggest ing limit may have reached conventional designs veteran F-i builder/pilot Jim Miller decided go futuristic After having raced trim Little Gem #14 N74J great success confounded everyone starting over scratch stead improving what working well result lot careful thought Texas Gem #73 N74M contained original ideas racer ever built rear-mounted main wing small canard surface nose engine mounted well behind pilot drove four-bladed pusher propeller via short extension shaft wouldnt distort under high G-loads Around prop snug-fitting shroud drastically re duced noise level improved initial acceleration main landing gear back nose wheel originally fixed canopy almost flush forward fuselage yet provided excellent visibility Texas Gem spectacular metal lic gold real shocker coming man given no previous hint such creativity Teething fairly long process would expected new ideas package First change prop shroud lost its effec tiveness about 200 mph promptly removed canard surface relo cated top vertical tail time speed picked up handling bit tricky improved late i970s Miller strange Texas Gem winning near-record Continued page 168 IM ircrafts FlyAbove Crowd Browse through latest robbe Catalog years hottest designs Youll find robbe offers better deal right price because robbe quality always pays off exciting kits see local dealer call robbe direct 201 359-2115 catalog over 200 pages full color action photos information mall coupon below today Just $600 plus youll receive bonus $400 refund certificate good toward next robbe purchase direct robbe* ARCUS WOrder No 3140 Designed renowned European contest pilots Arcus hottest dual-purpose 2-meter gilders ever standard dihedral set-up ailerons will satisfy demanding contest flyer novice wiil prefer polyhedral wing rudder elevator control SUPERMAX Order No 31184119 z 86 Model Aviation make modelers job easier Would like try something new Pick out vintage design have done correspond designer corporate todays methods materials replica challenge can great fun pioneers model avia tion will pleased hear interest almost-forgotten designs Racers/Berliner Continued page 86 speeds wasnt finished plane prototype such heavy cut weight replaced original honey comb-reinforced vacuum-molded fiberglass skins carbon fiber cut out 50 lb built second airplane Gem 260 #14 N177M second seat back-to-back first yet weighed no typical Formula Onethanks space-age mate rials Miller set FAI speed records ** * * **** *** * * * * * NATIONAl SOARING SOCIETY * **1988 SOARIN * * *ATTENTION ALL SAILPLANE * *CONTEST DIRECTORS * *ARYONE WISHING TO HOLD NSS* *SOARIN FOR 1988 CALL OR WRITE* *THE NATIONAL COORDINATOR* *FOR INFORMATION* * *Marshall R LOng* *824 Garden Meadow* *Universal City Tx 78148* * After 6pm * * weight class 100km course 229 mph 500km course 228 mph 1984 airplane lost crash next year Miller has stuck original pusher 1986 placed third Reno field 23 racers qualifying 234 mph flying heat 231 mph Beyond doubt first truly successful rad ical racing airplane history short-loved Racing Biplane class 1977-1983 saw its share different rac ers starting unusual-but-reallyconventional Sorceress Sundancer 1981 Dan Mortensen showed up Amsoil-Rutan Racer de signed Burt Rutan man set lightplane world its ear foamand-fiberglass pusher-canard VariEze swarm radical Iightplanes followed mention round-the-world Voy ager Dans racer looked like tandem-winged Quickie larger lot powerful 160-hp Lycoming engine fast efficient three-mile pylon course lacked some aileron effec tiveness eventually spelled its doom Reno 1983 Dan got caught between another airplane ground rounded pylon unable get out tight squeeze wing tip hit ground beautiful racer cartwheeled several hundred feet shedding parts went Dan climbed out minimal injur ies airplane destroyed too few airplanes left Racing Biplane class disappeared Before doing though spawned second successful radi cal racer fast enough Mortensen take pair FAI records weight class 235 mph 3km course 233 mph 100km Thanks Miller Mortensen fu ture radical racers has rosier its past would great able look crystal ball foresee race courses full wild looking airplaneslike delta wings joined wings slewed wings buried engines driving multiple propellers some ideas dont have names yet cant done radical de sign known nearing racing status Dave Garbers Unlimited super charged rotary engines either end its fuselage plane has works long wonders will ever happen doors finally wide open kinds ideas nutty almostsensible days someone will come along strange looking racer will what weve always suspected possible whip pants off everything looks like racer will day celebration night filling cases full bar napkins sketches future Visit/Kanyusik Continued page 88 can recall builders made Too much too names mention Scale models Control Line Radio Control look like origi nal full-size aircraft shrunk some voodoo magic realistic Cleveland Comet Megow kits en gines engines props wheelsand engrossed some personnel may come out visit work permits small hello chat about some interesting subject very reluctant leave say membership can very pleased proud facility Its far fact real estate value has creased make financial investment greater importance have place call home can point satisfaction pride National Center Aeromodeling very fine building people work within its confines enhance leaves feeling want come back again Its nice place visit I When responding advertisers mention read about ModelAviation 168 Model Aviation Show Colors BECAUSE WERE PROUD OF THEM take lot pride building model So guess color paint youre choosing finish take time put paint chip can Perfect Paint color youre buying color want take guesswork out finishing 0emS6SI Ph 419-797-2208 P0 Box 2480 usky Ohio 44870 MOTfft24 WI4VMM4Y 137 DId 7/we KIT ONLY $895 - - PKE MODELS ElIUF DO ELVI MANY HARD TO FIND ITEMS FOR RUBBER MODELS - - 0MPLE7E CA*LDG $2M LA MESA CA 92044 BOX 2498 PHONE 16191 448-IBIS