I have received quite few pictures unusual helicopter designs months column will deal few will give credit designers good idea keep good sense humor work ing RC helicopters see people have efforts also help others same Egmont von Websky Santa Barbara CA has created several unusual configura tions looks like potato bug built around Jet Ranger mechanics weighs 12 pounds flies really well calls Keep Buggin other called All-American Way Both built balsa plywood finished Hobbypoxy paint uses Veco 61 engine Kraft 5Channel Sport Series radio Hughes 500 also has Kavan Jet Ranger mechan ics fuselage result combined efforts Egmont von Websky John Minasian have improved flight characteristics Hughes 500 through trial error seems first scaled plastic model tail boom too short now have lengthened boom flies well Copies fuselage available fiberglass about $5000 chop pers create quite stir wherever flown Imagine what fuss some potato farmer would make seeing 5-foot potato-bug hovering over prized potato crop lady photo admir ing Hughes 500 other half von Websky team probably spiration behind fine efforts Ron Wilson Daytona Beach FL has come up home-built helicopter called Terrarium helicopter built partly trainer partly just different bonus flies very good has Calt mechanics Futaba radio uses tops aerosol cans house radio quite light flies Enya 45 course its name comes canopy made joining two terrarium bowls gether make very neat canopy terrarium canopy must shock-mounted quite brittle cracks good method insert mounting tabs silicon rubber silicon terrarium bowls Norman Holland Winter Park FL has built several unique designs first called Stranger Ranger built blocks styrofoam held together plywood epoxy styrofoam shapes easily course very light tail boom thin-wall alu minum tubing fuselage just wide enough house Kavan mechanics uses Webra 61 Speed engine spe cially-built helicopter radio Calvin Wollitzs modified EK-logictrol single stick radio super helicopter ra diomore about later article Norms tn-cycle geared Jet Ranger real blast fly takes off like fixedwing airplane lands same way taxies out take-off point turns dime has no tendency tip over landing gear made up Sullivantype gear uses Kavan wheels nose gear dual mounted vertically nose section Ranger free continued page 82 October1976 25 Wall Schoonard Left Using magazine picture Daryl Bengold built Heli-Baby oil-bathed tail rotor above beautiful tail rotor-blade holders After skull-breaking scratch building still teach himself fly See text blowby-blow details Left Norm Holland holds award received improved pilot Florida Helicopter Assoc Ship called Stranger Ranger made foam plywood withKavan mechanics Below Joined-together terrarium bowls form canopy Ron Wilsons original Tops aerosol cans house radio utilized Kalt mechanics Unique Helicopter Configurations RC Helicopters/Schoonard continued page 25 caster main gear also dual mounted -in thin wall aluminum tubing helicopter crowd pleaser Florida Helicopter Symposiums everyone wants try taxiing gear slightly heavier nor mal skids can installed com pleted Jet Rangers further details write Norman Holland 1201 Willowbrook Dr Maitland FL 32757 Daryl Bengold Rochester MN saw picture H eli-Baby maga zines promptly set out build own could tell tail rotor driven used head built 90-degree transmission send power tail built tail transmission runs oil work out rotor speed blade airfoil figure out proper CG tank location gave him some problems built sump its own float keep fuel level wanted OS Max 40 has 41-inch main rotor 10-inch tail rotor main rotor chord 1 6-degree pitch up weight 8 pounds After work work out own setup learn fly crea tion have take hat off scratch-builders called press regardless Carl Hickman Tucson AZ has come up unique type training gear Bell 212 uses PVC tubing skids fastens hula-hoop things keeps tipping over tells has cooling prob lems lack power has no area help him has through quite few sets blades helicopter appears highly finished great have found very great disadvantage learning process Make first mechanically sound learn fly can always put super finish later am sure someone will say What has finish learning process quite simple greater finish greater pride greater fear smashing up longer takes learn Speaking learning story written helicopter freaks wife Helga von Websky am sure will appreciate logic little story Saved Life but.. too long ago just little over two months made acquaintance new master got along pretty good took along busi ness trips So August 20 1974 After done 8-hour-rat-race called working hours picked up motel drove out local model field Hovering flying hovering flying refueling up again both good time much liked please master could feel battery getting lower lower sensed danger tell master Finally groundwhat relief Just undergoing exami nation adjustments tomorrows flyingmy motor low throttlewhen suddenly fearful thoughts before became reality battery drained leaving radio response motor jerked up full power got fright ened confused spun around own axle like crazy rotor blades trying get up air again Oh no gotten dark already Two negative points spoke end life Battery drained no visibilityyou figure out what kind chance wasnt anything close eyes wait happen master also surprised unexpected circus realiz ing transmitter would anything anymore tried grab tail boom missed tail rotor blades cut hand thrust pushed main rotor blades Sorry. fin gers broken several times deep flesh wounds moral story Dont underesti mate 1 4 flights bat tery 2 Always carry big rag along throw rotor blades flying again master hand still bandages though Helga von Websky Helicopter Freaks Wife column going devote portion its space hints kinks month So wont get tired hints kinks please send what doing share others time have read Na tionals will have held press time lively helicopter turn-out anticipated Ill doing on-the-spot report November issueships people everything interesting happened whirly-bird arena Walt Schoonard 2080 Sharon Rd Winter Park FL 32789 RC Pylon/Lane continued page 24 less k projected root pro vided its area less 2/3s up per wing area 12 Weight Ready-to-fly weight less fuel shall 2 lbs minimum 4 lbs maximum 13 Materials Workmanship Ma terials workmanship shall satis factory standard safety haz ard CD and/or race starter shall empowered disqualify unsafe damaged aircraft 14 Racing Numbers Optional Racing numbers shall least 1 high placed scale racing positions 15 Registration Numbers Registration numbers shall least 1 high shall consist last 2 3 numbers entrants AMA number placed upper right lower left wing panels letter N will precede registration number initial entrants last name shall follow registration number Alternate Registration numbers least 1 high may placed both sides fuselage 16 Starting Time Contestants will have maximum 1 minutes start en gines after 1 minutes have elapsed engine has started quits zero given heat 17 Idle Requirements Engine idle fore race shall spot checked 82 Model Aviation Keep Buggin apt name von Webakys caricature potato bug Jet Ranger mechanics 12 lbs Should startle farmers Hula-hoop used Carl Hickman train ing Bell 212 pvc tubing skids attaches hoop Worksworth trying Helga von Websky admires hubbys originala fiberglass Hughes 500 Jet Ranger mechanics Copies glass fuse obtainable S50
Edition: Model Aviation - 1976/10
Page Numbers: 25, 82
I have received quite few pictures unusual helicopter designs months column will deal few will give credit designers good idea keep good sense humor work ing RC helicopters see people have efforts also help others same Egmont von Websky Santa Barbara CA has created several unusual configura tions looks like potato bug built around Jet Ranger mechanics weighs 12 pounds flies really well calls Keep Buggin other called All-American Way Both built balsa plywood finished Hobbypoxy paint uses Veco 61 engine Kraft 5Channel Sport Series radio Hughes 500 also has Kavan Jet Ranger mechan ics fuselage result combined efforts Egmont von Websky John Minasian have improved flight characteristics Hughes 500 through trial error seems first scaled plastic model tail boom too short now have lengthened boom flies well Copies fuselage available fiberglass about $5000 chop pers create quite stir wherever flown Imagine what fuss some potato farmer would make seeing 5-foot potato-bug hovering over prized potato crop lady photo admir ing Hughes 500 other half von Websky team probably spiration behind fine efforts Ron Wilson Daytona Beach FL has come up home-built helicopter called Terrarium helicopter built partly trainer partly just different bonus flies very good has Calt mechanics Futaba radio uses tops aerosol cans house radio quite light flies Enya 45 course its name comes canopy made joining two terrarium bowls gether make very neat canopy terrarium canopy must shock-mounted quite brittle cracks good method insert mounting tabs silicon rubber silicon terrarium bowls Norman Holland Winter Park FL has built several unique designs first called Stranger Ranger built blocks styrofoam held together plywood epoxy styrofoam shapes easily course very light tail boom thin-wall alu minum tubing fuselage just wide enough house Kavan mechanics uses Webra 61 Speed engine spe cially-built helicopter radio Calvin Wollitzs modified EK-logictrol single stick radio super helicopter ra diomore about later article Norms tn-cycle geared Jet Ranger real blast fly takes off like fixedwing airplane lands same way taxies out take-off point turns dime has no tendency tip over landing gear made up Sullivantype gear uses Kavan wheels nose gear dual mounted vertically nose section Ranger free continued page 82 October1976 25 Wall Schoonard Left Using magazine picture Daryl Bengold built Heli-Baby oil-bathed tail rotor above beautiful tail rotor-blade holders After skull-breaking scratch building still teach himself fly See text blowby-blow details Left Norm Holland holds award received improved pilot Florida Helicopter Assoc Ship called Stranger Ranger made foam plywood withKavan mechanics Below Joined-together terrarium bowls form canopy Ron Wilsons original Tops aerosol cans house radio utilized Kalt mechanics Unique Helicopter Configurations RC Helicopters/Schoonard continued page 25 caster main gear also dual mounted -in thin wall aluminum tubing helicopter crowd pleaser Florida Helicopter Symposiums everyone wants try taxiing gear slightly heavier nor mal skids can installed com pleted Jet Rangers further details write Norman Holland 1201 Willowbrook Dr Maitland FL 32757 Daryl Bengold Rochester MN saw picture H eli-Baby maga zines promptly set out build own could tell tail rotor driven used head built 90-degree transmission send power tail built tail transmission runs oil work out rotor speed blade airfoil figure out proper CG tank location gave him some problems built sump its own float keep fuel level wanted OS Max 40 has 41-inch main rotor 10-inch tail rotor main rotor chord 1 6-degree pitch up weight 8 pounds After work work out own setup learn fly crea tion have take hat off scratch-builders called press regardless Carl Hickman Tucson AZ has come up unique type training gear Bell 212 uses PVC tubing skids fastens hula-hoop things keeps tipping over tells has cooling prob lems lack power has no area help him has through quite few sets blades helicopter appears highly finished great have found very great disadvantage learning process Make first mechanically sound learn fly can always put super finish later am sure someone will say What has finish learning process quite simple greater finish greater pride greater fear smashing up longer takes learn Speaking learning story written helicopter freaks wife Helga von Websky am sure will appreciate logic little story Saved Life but.. too long ago just little over two months made acquaintance new master got along pretty good took along busi ness trips So August 20 1974 After done 8-hour-rat-race called working hours picked up motel drove out local model field Hovering flying hovering flying refueling up again both good time much liked please master could feel battery getting lower lower sensed danger tell master Finally groundwhat relief Just undergoing exami nation adjustments tomorrows flyingmy motor low throttlewhen suddenly fearful thoughts before became reality battery drained leaving radio response motor jerked up full power got fright ened confused spun around own axle like crazy rotor blades trying get up air again Oh no gotten dark already Two negative points spoke end life Battery drained no visibilityyou figure out what kind chance wasnt anything close eyes wait happen master also surprised unexpected circus realiz ing transmitter would anything anymore tried grab tail boom missed tail rotor blades cut hand thrust pushed main rotor blades Sorry. fin gers broken several times deep flesh wounds moral story Dont underesti mate 1 4 flights bat tery 2 Always carry big rag along throw rotor blades flying again master hand still bandages though Helga von Websky Helicopter Freaks Wife column going devote portion its space hints kinks month So wont get tired hints kinks please send what doing share others time have read Na tionals will have held press time lively helicopter turn-out anticipated Ill doing on-the-spot report November issueships people everything interesting happened whirly-bird arena Walt Schoonard 2080 Sharon Rd Winter Park FL 32789 RC Pylon/Lane continued page 24 less k projected root pro vided its area less 2/3s up per wing area 12 Weight Ready-to-fly weight less fuel shall 2 lbs minimum 4 lbs maximum 13 Materials Workmanship Ma terials workmanship shall satis factory standard safety haz ard CD and/or race starter shall empowered disqualify unsafe damaged aircraft 14 Racing Numbers Optional Racing numbers shall least 1 high placed scale racing positions 15 Registration Numbers Registration numbers shall least 1 high shall consist last 2 3 numbers entrants AMA number placed upper right lower left wing panels letter N will precede registration number initial entrants last name shall follow registration number Alternate Registration numbers least 1 high may placed both sides fuselage 16 Starting Time Contestants will have maximum 1 minutes start en gines after 1 minutes have elapsed engine has started quits zero given heat 17 Idle Requirements Engine idle fore race shall spot checked 82 Model Aviation Keep Buggin apt name von Webakys caricature potato bug Jet Ranger mechanics 12 lbs Should startle farmers Hula-hoop used Carl Hickman train ing Bell 212 pvc tubing skids attaches hoop Worksworth trying Helga von Websky admires hubbys originala fiberglass Hughes 500 Jet Ranger mechanics Copies glass fuse obtainable S50