S Helicopters El Walt Schoonard FANTASTIC NEW HELICOPTER November 19-20 pleasure hosting Mr Dieter Schluter charm ing wife Heidi Winter Park Flor ida brought him new helicop ter called Heli-Boy seldom use very exciting language column de scribe new product however seldom does such exciting new product come along Heli-Boy fantastic heli copter have ever seen could take good points heli copters presently market anywhere world put altogether machine still would come close simplicity low mainte nance stability maneuverabil ity Heli-Boy First bolttogether design ala Heli-Baby 60 powered weighs 8 pounds has collective-control pitch tailrotor mix has positive gear-driven tail rotor rigid head Hiller Bell con trol Schluter prefers call Beller control uses symmetrical blades flown maximum 2 degrees positive pitch Main rotor speed 1550 rpm constant engine geared full head speed engine turning little over 12000 rpm Consequently massive power reserve present really good fuel economy Heli-Boy has 23 ball-bearings two needle bearings everything bolted rigidly metal frames Vibration totally eliminated maintenance extremely low can flown 60 engine However Mr Schulter flew specially designed Proti 60 tuned pipe quiet could hardly hear Schulter has become part Profi Engine Co has done great deal help develop engine line helicop ters tuned pipe offers advan tages increases power increases fuel economy light weight ex tremely quiet believe going see much greater utilization tuned pipes helicopters near future way Mr Schluter flew fuel consisted 75 percent alcohol 20 percent castor oil 5 percent unleaded gasoline fifteen-minute flight used less 8 ounces fuel Hows economy Heli-Boy convertible helicopter ways can flown canopy flew can quickly add Bell 222 fuselage fly skids tn-cycle wheels has retractable tn-cycle landing gear avail able fuselage made some nonbrittle material water clear bolts two parts Tape up windows paint color have scale helicopter ready go though did see fly body installed Mr Schulter states weight creased less pound flight per formance actually improved better aero-dynamics Heli-Boy has new improved vvnen uieier cniuter visited vvait ne carrying mis piyw~o box inside iwo tully assembled ileli-Udys thats what Uieter new chopper left Walt suitably impressed Right fully aerobatic Hell-Boy powered Profi 60 fitted tuned pipe Hell-Boy starter right left cyclic belicrank tail-rotor mix Right Collective head Beller control Fly bar has integrated collective Hiller Bell mixer does require close inspection note much mechanical layout cleaned up 24 Model Aviation Left Belier control direct swashplate Large bell crank fore-and-aft cyclic Note spinner starter Right Dieter Schluter checking Out Heli-Boy full throttle unpracticed eye gains impression mechanics somehow appear simplified non-breakable clutch started direct-drive spinner top have tip machine over start fuel tank located cen ter gravity affected high low fuel servos radio gear incabin mounted away dirt ex haust has rigid swash plate gets its collective through large bell-crank wire shaft has power col lective mix can set up deliver best power range particular en gine Tail-rotor blades fiber-filled plastic pre-balanced very thin Hiller paddles Tail-rotor speed 6600 rpm believe tell has available tail-rotor control have ever seen imagined will spin fast-forward flight right leftit make no difference Because low angle M/R blade pitch does depend torque turn left course some know Mr Schulter flew helicopter times Las Vegas Tournament Cham pions either saw heard about its tremendous aerobatic maneuverability have heard let fill what took place wife having leisurely lunch Mr Mrs Schluter lunch extending late afternoon suddenly Dieter said Lets go fly Heli-Boy Well sitting pins needles wondering would suggest going flying didnt have say twice drove RCACF flying field brought out small plywood box attache caseand was imagining small box con tained dismantled helicopter already wondering transmitter fuel starting paraphernalia surprise inside small long box two fully assembled Heli Boys ready fly except rotor heads landing skids attache case con tained six eight fuel bottles full fuel ready slide helicopter frames gel-cell starter battery glow bat tery electric starter transmitter few small tools mean just few goes airplane luggage doesnt cost usually arrives does five six fixed-wing people field never heard Dieter Schluter no great excitement cre ated presence took Heli-Boy out box help small boy would take no an swer insisted helping grabbing landing gear nuts keep drop ping grass spite unskilled help Mr Schluter finally got skids attached attached head trimmed posi tion indicated red paint dots hooked up pushrods methodically checked out bolt nut link entire machine doing discovered two nylon devices opened up transit taken set posi tion tried tie closed string no avail tried bend shape kept opening up About now Im wanting suggest fuel-tub ing collar use am sug gest anything helicopter master helpfulness got best spite language barrier somehow got idea across problem solved slid full fuel bottle side frame secured rubberband Made sure frequency clear started up engine running checked controls putting hand through holes side frames held helicopter over head ran wide open full collective adjusted needle valve Continued page 90 March1978 25 flying Jet Ranger built himself Bobby Daniels spite handicap requires hands placed extended sticks flias chopper competition NEW MUFF-L-IT SERIES Available B C engines Sin eight Ob reduction noise engines Proportional volumne espan sion chamber Large exhaust nozzle tor low back presaure Little no loss power 5030109-19$349 NO 302 29409439 NO 303 4980$944 unrbu 04 5 m 4 ngn. No344990915 tioNS NO305R525N0 51tN5 1103069445nO 51355 1/2A MUFFLER Fife COX 049 engInes NO 3040 049 5549 No 304B 451 5549 regard Denmark Norway Sweden scrapped F3B program last years contest calendar flew task own combined B C task B/C four-lap task flown crosswind over 150meter course unlike current AMA rules Denmarks proposal worthy consideration included comprehensive report covering sev eral Scandanavian organized contests However proposals sent past deadline couldnt honored Other rules included designating F3B category RC Thermal Soaring Gliders F3F will slope soaring F3G RC powered gliders latter seems dead event interna tionally proposal limit launching sys temhand towingwas squelched World War III averted distance course now divided quarter laps stead often should make some what easier organizers especially course has changed because wind shift About best news come meeting overall freeze three years will policy However sporting code little pink book will broken down two sections former will known before sporting code will list rules prone annual revision change includes definition helpers official flights basic definitions classifications builder-of-the-model rules etc sec tion will have four-year freeze second sectionthe supplement annex __will allow annual changes section includes meat F3Blaunching tasks B C scoring re striction section freeze rules year before world champion ships specifically rules estab lished thi meeting will used 1978 world championships 1979 New proposals can submitted 1978 cannot used official international competition Incidentally USA Belgium both submitted offers hold sailplane championships 1979 deci sion will made bureau meeting March country will host event Toward beginning article mentioned much deliberation done over proposed changes distance task fact proposals merit makes also realize same proposed changes might considered later date year acceptable could take six ten years see version task im plemented Engine Cowlings Available three sizes3/u $479 4 $517 43h $589these spun aluminum cowlings lightweight end ready paint offering realism detail unmatched heavier home-made cowlings take hours make Tatone Products 1209 Geneva Ave San Francisco CA 94112 product review product review product review scribes proposal allow acceptable proposed tasks inclu ded rules organizers could choose task tasks suits stage contest proposal deemed too radical sub-committee chairman However other committee members support such idea next ClAM could just see acceptance triathalon speed/distance task man man eight-ten- 12-lap distance whatever else propose thats key wordyou Frank Deis Jr FAI rules chair man NSS doesnt have wait until end flying season offer proposal youve got hot idea send now avoid rush next September 1st meantime support club its efforts running quarter- semi- finals select USA team new rules indicate youll have fun flying Yet contest should easier club run youre eager havent put NSS schedule contact Ray Mar vin FAI Contest Coordinator 2781 5 Garfield Denver CO 80210 Dan Pruss Rr 2 Box 490 Plainfield IL 60544 RC Helicopters/Schoonard continued page 25 pipe quiet normal con versation possible now sat isfied everything order car ned helicopter runway Dieter flies Mode II pulls collective wears transmitter tray strapped shoulders Radio Semiprop made Germany taking place getting darker minute worried about getting good pic tures light worried would able see fly often does such event take place prac tically backyard 90 Model Aviation REGULAR RHAUST product review product review product review brought rotor speed up lifted Heli-Boy straight off no dancing skidding around spent cou ple minutes checkout hovering suddenly gave full collective Heli-Boy literally shot sky about hundred feet made very tight turn just rapidly dropped down couple feet stopped no engine loading no tail waggle shoved stick forward Heli-Boy came life high speed flew upwind downwind 20 30 feet altitude doing perfectly round loops no loss head ing altitude no blade flapping Rolls axial no loss heading altitude fact did loops rolls no flight set-up simply pulled back cyclic looped same rolls did stall turns 3-360 degree ro tation way down starting 50 feet pulling out 20 feet did right lefthand high speed turns heli copters own length set maneuvers Heli-Boy brought back hands-off hover did touchand-go landings skidding helicopter 50 feet runway flat its skids takeoffs like airplane did bows dances ground absolutely perfect control During flying never flew over spectator area field before few fixed-wing pilots men tioned before suddenly realized never seen anything like before full questions cannot begin tell did day next day large portion Florida R/G Helicopter Club present well some 300 spectators con tinually applauded Mr Schulter flew top pleasure entertaining Mr Mrs Schluter evening home long discus sions background RC helicopters future interesting hear firsthand about development RC helicopers has copied world over little no recognition efforts can get things Mr Schluter impressed upon helicopter easiest helicopter learn fly will maneuvers right out box no mods have selling like hot cakes Europe some seven months time read will available several sources country Trying hard enough Just word about trying hard enough have friend Lakeland Florida named Bobby Daniels paralyzed waist down has no use of fingers gets around wheelchair builds flies RC helicopters runs hobby store dont know what else also fine friend tries hard enough fliesso feel like cannot get getherthink about Bobby Walt Schoonard 2080 Sharon Road Winter Park FL 32789 RC Pylon/Lane continued page 26 mind would allow airplane 600 sq in wing area minimum five pounds weight fuselage should have canopy cockpit pilot airplane should have least three wheels steerable ground control three wheels would fixed no retracts should minimum fuselage cross section measurement eliminate super speed ships similar appearing now l/2A racing would leave wing alone except require center section inch thick high point minimum 600 sq total area including part passes through fuselage part constitutes filet airplane may scale modeler desires mandatory Safety would major factor models would have pass technical inspection ensure proper radio engine com March 1978 91 ThO Ultimate Finish K Q rinrnii covering toughest weave use poly Excellent contourmake easy ts apply .rves 3 weights 38 wide LIGHT LOTH wood air planescover 100% MEDIUM 2 02 CLOTH increasing structural strength around fillets nose interior plane HEAVY 6 02 CLOTH joining wings molding Own parts K & 8 SUPER POXY RESINfor sealing applying glass cloth Created include characteristics desirable resin its applicatron Easily wurkable Requires minimum sanding Little clogging sand paper Curing time adjustable amount catalyst Durable Does become brittle 1 OT CAH including catalyst
Edition: Model Aviation - 1978/03
Page Numbers: 24, 25, 90, 91
S Helicopters El Walt Schoonard FANTASTIC NEW HELICOPTER November 19-20 pleasure hosting Mr Dieter Schluter charm ing wife Heidi Winter Park Flor ida brought him new helicop ter called Heli-Boy seldom use very exciting language column de scribe new product however seldom does such exciting new product come along Heli-Boy fantastic heli copter have ever seen could take good points heli copters presently market anywhere world put altogether machine still would come close simplicity low mainte nance stability maneuverabil ity Heli-Boy First bolttogether design ala Heli-Baby 60 powered weighs 8 pounds has collective-control pitch tailrotor mix has positive gear-driven tail rotor rigid head Hiller Bell con trol Schluter prefers call Beller control uses symmetrical blades flown maximum 2 degrees positive pitch Main rotor speed 1550 rpm constant engine geared full head speed engine turning little over 12000 rpm Consequently massive power reserve present really good fuel economy Heli-Boy has 23 ball-bearings two needle bearings everything bolted rigidly metal frames Vibration totally eliminated maintenance extremely low can flown 60 engine However Mr Schulter flew specially designed Proti 60 tuned pipe quiet could hardly hear Schulter has become part Profi Engine Co has done great deal help develop engine line helicop ters tuned pipe offers advan tages increases power increases fuel economy light weight ex tremely quiet believe going see much greater utilization tuned pipes helicopters near future way Mr Schluter flew fuel consisted 75 percent alcohol 20 percent castor oil 5 percent unleaded gasoline fifteen-minute flight used less 8 ounces fuel Hows economy Heli-Boy convertible helicopter ways can flown canopy flew can quickly add Bell 222 fuselage fly skids tn-cycle wheels has retractable tn-cycle landing gear avail able fuselage made some nonbrittle material water clear bolts two parts Tape up windows paint color have scale helicopter ready go though did see fly body installed Mr Schulter states weight creased less pound flight per formance actually improved better aero-dynamics Heli-Boy has new improved vvnen uieier cniuter visited vvait ne carrying mis piyw~o box inside iwo tully assembled ileli-Udys thats what Uieter new chopper left Walt suitably impressed Right fully aerobatic Hell-Boy powered Profi 60 fitted tuned pipe Hell-Boy starter right left cyclic belicrank tail-rotor mix Right Collective head Beller control Fly bar has integrated collective Hiller Bell mixer does require close inspection note much mechanical layout cleaned up 24 Model Aviation Left Belier control direct swashplate Large bell crank fore-and-aft cyclic Note spinner starter Right Dieter Schluter checking Out Heli-Boy full throttle unpracticed eye gains impression mechanics somehow appear simplified non-breakable clutch started direct-drive spinner top have tip machine over start fuel tank located cen ter gravity affected high low fuel servos radio gear incabin mounted away dirt ex haust has rigid swash plate gets its collective through large bell-crank wire shaft has power col lective mix can set up deliver best power range particular en gine Tail-rotor blades fiber-filled plastic pre-balanced very thin Hiller paddles Tail-rotor speed 6600 rpm believe tell has available tail-rotor control have ever seen imagined will spin fast-forward flight right leftit make no difference Because low angle M/R blade pitch does depend torque turn left course some know Mr Schulter flew helicopter times Las Vegas Tournament Cham pions either saw heard about its tremendous aerobatic maneuverability have heard let fill what took place wife having leisurely lunch Mr Mrs Schluter lunch extending late afternoon suddenly Dieter said Lets go fly Heli-Boy Well sitting pins needles wondering would suggest going flying didnt have say twice drove RCACF flying field brought out small plywood box attache caseand was imagining small box con tained dismantled helicopter already wondering transmitter fuel starting paraphernalia surprise inside small long box two fully assembled Heli Boys ready fly except rotor heads landing skids attache case con tained six eight fuel bottles full fuel ready slide helicopter frames gel-cell starter battery glow bat tery electric starter transmitter few small tools mean just few goes airplane luggage doesnt cost usually arrives does five six fixed-wing people field never heard Dieter Schluter no great excitement cre ated presence took Heli-Boy out box help small boy would take no an swer insisted helping grabbing landing gear nuts keep drop ping grass spite unskilled help Mr Schluter finally got skids attached attached head trimmed posi tion indicated red paint dots hooked up pushrods methodically checked out bolt nut link entire machine doing discovered two nylon devices opened up transit taken set posi tion tried tie closed string no avail tried bend shape kept opening up About now Im wanting suggest fuel-tub ing collar use am sug gest anything helicopter master helpfulness got best spite language barrier somehow got idea across problem solved slid full fuel bottle side frame secured rubberband Made sure frequency clear started up engine running checked controls putting hand through holes side frames held helicopter over head ran wide open full collective adjusted needle valve Continued page 90 March1978 25 flying Jet Ranger built himself Bobby Daniels spite handicap requires hands placed extended sticks flias chopper competition NEW MUFF-L-IT SERIES Available B C engines Sin eight Ob reduction noise engines Proportional volumne espan sion chamber Large exhaust nozzle tor low back presaure Little no loss power 5030109-19$349 NO 302 29409439 NO 303 4980$944 unrbu 04 5 m 4 ngn. No344990915 tioNS NO305R525N0 51tN5 1103069445nO 51355 1/2A MUFFLER Fife COX 049 engInes NO 3040 049 5549 No 304B 451 5549 regard Denmark Norway Sweden scrapped F3B program last years contest calendar flew task own combined B C task B/C four-lap task flown crosswind over 150meter course unlike current AMA rules Denmarks proposal worthy consideration included comprehensive report covering sev eral Scandanavian organized contests However proposals sent past deadline couldnt honored Other rules included designating F3B category RC Thermal Soaring Gliders F3F will slope soaring F3G RC powered gliders latter seems dead event interna tionally proposal limit launching sys temhand towingwas squelched World War III averted distance course now divided quarter laps stead often should make some what easier organizers especially course has changed because wind shift About best news come meeting overall freeze three years will policy However sporting code little pink book will broken down two sections former will known before sporting code will list rules prone annual revision change includes definition helpers official flights basic definitions classifications builder-of-the-model rules etc sec tion will have four-year freeze second sectionthe supplement annex __will allow annual changes section includes meat F3Blaunching tasks B C scoring re striction section freeze rules year before world champion ships specifically rules estab lished thi meeting will used 1978 world championships 1979 New proposals can submitted 1978 cannot used official international competition Incidentally USA Belgium both submitted offers hold sailplane championships 1979 deci sion will made bureau meeting March country will host event Toward beginning article mentioned much deliberation done over proposed changes distance task fact proposals merit makes also realize same proposed changes might considered later date year acceptable could take six ten years see version task im plemented Engine Cowlings Available three sizes3/u $479 4 $517 43h $589these spun aluminum cowlings lightweight end ready paint offering realism detail unmatched heavier home-made cowlings take hours make Tatone Products 1209 Geneva Ave San Francisco CA 94112 product review product review product review scribes proposal allow acceptable proposed tasks inclu ded rules organizers could choose task tasks suits stage contest proposal deemed too radical sub-committee chairman However other committee members support such idea next ClAM could just see acceptance triathalon speed/distance task man man eight-ten- 12-lap distance whatever else propose thats key wordyou Frank Deis Jr FAI rules chair man NSS doesnt have wait until end flying season offer proposal youve got hot idea send now avoid rush next September 1st meantime support club its efforts running quarter- semi- finals select USA team new rules indicate youll have fun flying Yet contest should easier club run youre eager havent put NSS schedule contact Ray Mar vin FAI Contest Coordinator 2781 5 Garfield Denver CO 80210 Dan Pruss Rr 2 Box 490 Plainfield IL 60544 RC Helicopters/Schoonard continued page 25 pipe quiet normal con versation possible now sat isfied everything order car ned helicopter runway Dieter flies Mode II pulls collective wears transmitter tray strapped shoulders Radio Semiprop made Germany taking place getting darker minute worried about getting good pic tures light worried would able see fly often does such event take place prac tically backyard 90 Model Aviation REGULAR RHAUST product review product review product review brought rotor speed up lifted Heli-Boy straight off no dancing skidding around spent cou ple minutes checkout hovering suddenly gave full collective Heli-Boy literally shot sky about hundred feet made very tight turn just rapidly dropped down couple feet stopped no engine loading no tail waggle shoved stick forward Heli-Boy came life high speed flew upwind downwind 20 30 feet altitude doing perfectly round loops no loss head ing altitude no blade flapping Rolls axial no loss heading altitude fact did loops rolls no flight set-up simply pulled back cyclic looped same rolls did stall turns 3-360 degree ro tation way down starting 50 feet pulling out 20 feet did right lefthand high speed turns heli copters own length set maneuvers Heli-Boy brought back hands-off hover did touchand-go landings skidding helicopter 50 feet runway flat its skids takeoffs like airplane did bows dances ground absolutely perfect control During flying never flew over spectator area field before few fixed-wing pilots men tioned before suddenly realized never seen anything like before full questions cannot begin tell did day next day large portion Florida R/G Helicopter Club present well some 300 spectators con tinually applauded Mr Schulter flew top pleasure entertaining Mr Mrs Schluter evening home long discus sions background RC helicopters future interesting hear firsthand about development RC helicopers has copied world over little no recognition efforts can get things Mr Schluter impressed upon helicopter easiest helicopter learn fly will maneuvers right out box no mods have selling like hot cakes Europe some seven months time read will available several sources country Trying hard enough Just word about trying hard enough have friend Lakeland Florida named Bobby Daniels paralyzed waist down has no use of fingers gets around wheelchair builds flies RC helicopters runs hobby store dont know what else also fine friend tries hard enough fliesso feel like cannot get getherthink about Bobby Walt Schoonard 2080 Sharon Road Winter Park FL 32789 RC Pylon/Lane continued page 26 mind would allow airplane 600 sq in wing area minimum five pounds weight fuselage should have canopy cockpit pilot airplane should have least three wheels steerable ground control three wheels would fixed no retracts should minimum fuselage cross section measurement eliminate super speed ships similar appearing now l/2A racing would leave wing alone except require center section inch thick high point minimum 600 sq total area including part passes through fuselage part constitutes filet airplane may scale modeler desires mandatory Safety would major factor models would have pass technical inspection ensure proper radio engine com March 1978 91 ThO Ultimate Finish K Q rinrnii covering toughest weave use poly Excellent contourmake easy ts apply .rves 3 weights 38 wide LIGHT LOTH wood air planescover 100% MEDIUM 2 02 CLOTH increasing structural strength around fillets nose interior plane HEAVY 6 02 CLOTH joining wings molding Own parts K & 8 SUPER POXY RESINfor sealing applying glass cloth Created include characteristics desirable resin its applicatron Easily wurkable Requires minimum sanding Little clogging sand paper Curing time adjustable amount catalyst Durable Does become brittle 1 OT CAH including catalyst
Edition: Model Aviation - 1978/03
Page Numbers: 24, 25, 90, 91
S Helicopters El Walt Schoonard FANTASTIC NEW HELICOPTER November 19-20 pleasure hosting Mr Dieter Schluter charm ing wife Heidi Winter Park Flor ida brought him new helicop ter called Heli-Boy seldom use very exciting language column de scribe new product however seldom does such exciting new product come along Heli-Boy fantastic heli copter have ever seen could take good points heli copters presently market anywhere world put altogether machine still would come close simplicity low mainte nance stability maneuverabil ity Heli-Boy First bolttogether design ala Heli-Baby 60 powered weighs 8 pounds has collective-control pitch tailrotor mix has positive gear-driven tail rotor rigid head Hiller Bell con trol Schluter prefers call Beller control uses symmetrical blades flown maximum 2 degrees positive pitch Main rotor speed 1550 rpm constant engine geared full head speed engine turning little over 12000 rpm Consequently massive power reserve present really good fuel economy Heli-Boy has 23 ball-bearings two needle bearings everything bolted rigidly metal frames Vibration totally eliminated maintenance extremely low can flown 60 engine However Mr Schulter flew specially designed Proti 60 tuned pipe quiet could hardly hear Schulter has become part Profi Engine Co has done great deal help develop engine line helicop ters tuned pipe offers advan tages increases power increases fuel economy light weight ex tremely quiet believe going see much greater utilization tuned pipes helicopters near future way Mr Schluter flew fuel consisted 75 percent alcohol 20 percent castor oil 5 percent unleaded gasoline fifteen-minute flight used less 8 ounces fuel Hows economy Heli-Boy convertible helicopter ways can flown canopy flew can quickly add Bell 222 fuselage fly skids tn-cycle wheels has retractable tn-cycle landing gear avail able fuselage made some nonbrittle material water clear bolts two parts Tape up windows paint color have scale helicopter ready go though did see fly body installed Mr Schulter states weight creased less pound flight per formance actually improved better aero-dynamics Heli-Boy has new improved vvnen uieier cniuter visited vvait ne carrying mis piyw~o box inside iwo tully assembled ileli-Udys thats what Uieter new chopper left Walt suitably impressed Right fully aerobatic Hell-Boy powered Profi 60 fitted tuned pipe Hell-Boy starter right left cyclic belicrank tail-rotor mix Right Collective head Beller control Fly bar has integrated collective Hiller Bell mixer does require close inspection note much mechanical layout cleaned up 24 Model Aviation Left Belier control direct swashplate Large bell crank fore-and-aft cyclic Note spinner starter Right Dieter Schluter checking Out Heli-Boy full throttle unpracticed eye gains impression mechanics somehow appear simplified non-breakable clutch started direct-drive spinner top have tip machine over start fuel tank located cen ter gravity affected high low fuel servos radio gear incabin mounted away dirt ex haust has rigid swash plate gets its collective through large bell-crank wire shaft has power col lective mix can set up deliver best power range particular en gine Tail-rotor blades fiber-filled plastic pre-balanced very thin Hiller paddles Tail-rotor speed 6600 rpm believe tell has available tail-rotor control have ever seen imagined will spin fast-forward flight right leftit make no difference Because low angle M/R blade pitch does depend torque turn left course some know Mr Schulter flew helicopter times Las Vegas Tournament Cham pions either saw heard about its tremendous aerobatic maneuverability have heard let fill what took place wife having leisurely lunch Mr Mrs Schluter lunch extending late afternoon suddenly Dieter said Lets go fly Heli-Boy Well sitting pins needles wondering would suggest going flying didnt have say twice drove RCACF flying field brought out small plywood box attache caseand was imagining small box con tained dismantled helicopter already wondering transmitter fuel starting paraphernalia surprise inside small long box two fully assembled Heli Boys ready fly except rotor heads landing skids attache case con tained six eight fuel bottles full fuel ready slide helicopter frames gel-cell starter battery glow bat tery electric starter transmitter few small tools mean just few goes airplane luggage doesnt cost usually arrives does five six fixed-wing people field never heard Dieter Schluter no great excitement cre ated presence took Heli-Boy out box help small boy would take no an swer insisted helping grabbing landing gear nuts keep drop ping grass spite unskilled help Mr Schluter finally got skids attached attached head trimmed posi tion indicated red paint dots hooked up pushrods methodically checked out bolt nut link entire machine doing discovered two nylon devices opened up transit taken set posi tion tried tie closed string no avail tried bend shape kept opening up About now Im wanting suggest fuel-tub ing collar use am sug gest anything helicopter master helpfulness got best spite language barrier somehow got idea across problem solved slid full fuel bottle side frame secured rubberband Made sure frequency clear started up engine running checked controls putting hand through holes side frames held helicopter over head ran wide open full collective adjusted needle valve Continued page 90 March1978 25 flying Jet Ranger built himself Bobby Daniels spite handicap requires hands placed extended sticks flias chopper competition NEW MUFF-L-IT SERIES Available B C engines Sin eight Ob reduction noise engines Proportional volumne espan sion chamber Large exhaust nozzle tor low back presaure Little no loss power 5030109-19$349 NO 302 29409439 NO 303 4980$944 unrbu 04 5 m 4 ngn. No344990915 tioNS NO305R525N0 51tN5 1103069445nO 51355 1/2A MUFFLER Fife COX 049 engInes NO 3040 049 5549 No 304B 451 5549 regard Denmark Norway Sweden scrapped F3B program last years contest calendar flew task own combined B C task B/C four-lap task flown crosswind over 150meter course unlike current AMA rules Denmarks proposal worthy consideration included comprehensive report covering sev eral Scandanavian organized contests However proposals sent past deadline couldnt honored Other rules included designating F3B category RC Thermal Soaring Gliders F3F will slope soaring F3G RC powered gliders latter seems dead event interna tionally proposal limit launching sys temhand towingwas squelched World War III averted distance course now divided quarter laps stead often should make some what easier organizers especially course has changed because wind shift About best news come meeting overall freeze three years will policy However sporting code little pink book will broken down two sections former will known before sporting code will list rules prone annual revision change includes definition helpers official flights basic definitions classifications builder-of-the-model rules etc sec tion will have four-year freeze second sectionthe supplement annex __will allow annual changes section includes meat F3Blaunching tasks B C scoring re striction section freeze rules year before world champion ships specifically rules estab lished thi meeting will used 1978 world championships 1979 New proposals can submitted 1978 cannot used official international competition Incidentally USA Belgium both submitted offers hold sailplane championships 1979 deci sion will made bureau meeting March country will host event Toward beginning article mentioned much deliberation done over proposed changes distance task fact proposals merit makes also realize same proposed changes might considered later date year acceptable could take six ten years see version task im plemented Engine Cowlings Available three sizes3/u $479 4 $517 43h $589these spun aluminum cowlings lightweight end ready paint offering realism detail unmatched heavier home-made cowlings take hours make Tatone Products 1209 Geneva Ave San Francisco CA 94112 product review product review product review scribes proposal allow acceptable proposed tasks inclu ded rules organizers could choose task tasks suits stage contest proposal deemed too radical sub-committee chairman However other committee members support such idea next ClAM could just see acceptance triathalon speed/distance task man man eight-ten- 12-lap distance whatever else propose thats key wordyou Frank Deis Jr FAI rules chair man NSS doesnt have wait until end flying season offer proposal youve got hot idea send now avoid rush next September 1st meantime support club its efforts running quarter- semi- finals select USA team new rules indicate youll have fun flying Yet contest should easier club run youre eager havent put NSS schedule contact Ray Mar vin FAI Contest Coordinator 2781 5 Garfield Denver CO 80210 Dan Pruss Rr 2 Box 490 Plainfield IL 60544 RC Helicopters/Schoonard continued page 25 pipe quiet normal con versation possible now sat isfied everything order car ned helicopter runway Dieter flies Mode II pulls collective wears transmitter tray strapped shoulders Radio Semiprop made Germany taking place getting darker minute worried about getting good pic tures light worried would able see fly often does such event take place prac tically backyard 90 Model Aviation REGULAR RHAUST product review product review product review brought rotor speed up lifted Heli-Boy straight off no dancing skidding around spent cou ple minutes checkout hovering suddenly gave full collective Heli-Boy literally shot sky about hundred feet made very tight turn just rapidly dropped down couple feet stopped no engine loading no tail waggle shoved stick forward Heli-Boy came life high speed flew upwind downwind 20 30 feet altitude doing perfectly round loops no loss head ing altitude no blade flapping Rolls axial no loss heading altitude fact did loops rolls no flight set-up simply pulled back cyclic looped same rolls did stall turns 3-360 degree ro tation way down starting 50 feet pulling out 20 feet did right lefthand high speed turns heli copters own length set maneuvers Heli-Boy brought back hands-off hover did touchand-go landings skidding helicopter 50 feet runway flat its skids takeoffs like airplane did bows dances ground absolutely perfect control During flying never flew over spectator area field before few fixed-wing pilots men tioned before suddenly realized never seen anything like before full questions cannot begin tell did day next day large portion Florida R/G Helicopter Club present well some 300 spectators con tinually applauded Mr Schulter flew top pleasure entertaining Mr Mrs Schluter evening home long discus sions background RC helicopters future interesting hear firsthand about development RC helicopers has copied world over little no recognition efforts can get things Mr Schluter impressed upon helicopter easiest helicopter learn fly will maneuvers right out box no mods have selling like hot cakes Europe some seven months time read will available several sources country Trying hard enough Just word about trying hard enough have friend Lakeland Florida named Bobby Daniels paralyzed waist down has no use of fingers gets around wheelchair builds flies RC helicopters runs hobby store dont know what else also fine friend tries hard enough fliesso feel like cannot get getherthink about Bobby Walt Schoonard 2080 Sharon Road Winter Park FL 32789 RC Pylon/Lane continued page 26 mind would allow airplane 600 sq in wing area minimum five pounds weight fuselage should have canopy cockpit pilot airplane should have least three wheels steerable ground control three wheels would fixed no retracts should minimum fuselage cross section measurement eliminate super speed ships similar appearing now l/2A racing would leave wing alone except require center section inch thick high point minimum 600 sq total area including part passes through fuselage part constitutes filet airplane may scale modeler desires mandatory Safety would major factor models would have pass technical inspection ensure proper radio engine com March 1978 91 ThO Ultimate Finish K Q rinrnii covering toughest weave use poly Excellent contourmake easy ts apply .rves 3 weights 38 wide LIGHT LOTH wood air planescover 100% MEDIUM 2 02 CLOTH increasing structural strength around fillets nose interior plane HEAVY 6 02 CLOTH joining wings molding Own parts K & 8 SUPER POXY RESINfor sealing applying glass cloth Created include characteristics desirable resin its applicatron Easily wurkable Requires minimum sanding Little clogging sand paper Curing time adjustable amount catalyst Durable Does become brittle 1 OT CAH including catalyst
Edition: Model Aviation - 1978/03
Page Numbers: 24, 25, 90, 91
S Helicopters El Walt Schoonard FANTASTIC NEW HELICOPTER November 19-20 pleasure hosting Mr Dieter Schluter charm ing wife Heidi Winter Park Flor ida brought him new helicop ter called Heli-Boy seldom use very exciting language column de scribe new product however seldom does such exciting new product come along Heli-Boy fantastic heli copter have ever seen could take good points heli copters presently market anywhere world put altogether machine still would come close simplicity low mainte nance stability maneuverabil ity Heli-Boy First bolttogether design ala Heli-Baby 60 powered weighs 8 pounds has collective-control pitch tailrotor mix has positive gear-driven tail rotor rigid head Hiller Bell con trol Schluter prefers call Beller control uses symmetrical blades flown maximum 2 degrees positive pitch Main rotor speed 1550 rpm constant engine geared full head speed engine turning little over 12000 rpm Consequently massive power reserve present really good fuel economy Heli-Boy has 23 ball-bearings two needle bearings everything bolted rigidly metal frames Vibration totally eliminated maintenance extremely low can flown 60 engine However Mr Schulter flew specially designed Proti 60 tuned pipe quiet could hardly hear Schulter has become part Profi Engine Co has done great deal help develop engine line helicop ters tuned pipe offers advan tages increases power increases fuel economy light weight ex tremely quiet believe going see much greater utilization tuned pipes helicopters near future way Mr Schluter flew fuel consisted 75 percent alcohol 20 percent castor oil 5 percent unleaded gasoline fifteen-minute flight used less 8 ounces fuel Hows economy Heli-Boy convertible helicopter ways can flown canopy flew can quickly add Bell 222 fuselage fly skids tn-cycle wheels has retractable tn-cycle landing gear avail able fuselage made some nonbrittle material water clear bolts two parts Tape up windows paint color have scale helicopter ready go though did see fly body installed Mr Schulter states weight creased less pound flight per formance actually improved better aero-dynamics Heli-Boy has new improved vvnen uieier cniuter visited vvait ne carrying mis piyw~o box inside iwo tully assembled ileli-Udys thats what Uieter new chopper left Walt suitably impressed Right fully aerobatic Hell-Boy powered Profi 60 fitted tuned pipe Hell-Boy starter right left cyclic belicrank tail-rotor mix Right Collective head Beller control Fly bar has integrated collective Hiller Bell mixer does require close inspection note much mechanical layout cleaned up 24 Model Aviation Left Belier control direct swashplate Large bell crank fore-and-aft cyclic Note spinner starter Right Dieter Schluter checking Out Heli-Boy full throttle unpracticed eye gains impression mechanics somehow appear simplified non-breakable clutch started direct-drive spinner top have tip machine over start fuel tank located cen ter gravity affected high low fuel servos radio gear incabin mounted away dirt ex haust has rigid swash plate gets its collective through large bell-crank wire shaft has power col lective mix can set up deliver best power range particular en gine Tail-rotor blades fiber-filled plastic pre-balanced very thin Hiller paddles Tail-rotor speed 6600 rpm believe tell has available tail-rotor control have ever seen imagined will spin fast-forward flight right leftit make no difference Because low angle M/R blade pitch does depend torque turn left course some know Mr Schulter flew helicopter times Las Vegas Tournament Cham pions either saw heard about its tremendous aerobatic maneuverability have heard let fill what took place wife having leisurely lunch Mr Mrs Schluter lunch extending late afternoon suddenly Dieter said Lets go fly Heli-Boy Well sitting pins needles wondering would suggest going flying didnt have say twice drove RCACF flying field brought out small plywood box attache caseand was imagining small box con tained dismantled helicopter already wondering transmitter fuel starting paraphernalia surprise inside small long box two fully assembled Heli Boys ready fly except rotor heads landing skids attache case con tained six eight fuel bottles full fuel ready slide helicopter frames gel-cell starter battery glow bat tery electric starter transmitter few small tools mean just few goes airplane luggage doesnt cost usually arrives does five six fixed-wing people field never heard Dieter Schluter no great excitement cre ated presence took Heli-Boy out box help small boy would take no an swer insisted helping grabbing landing gear nuts keep drop ping grass spite unskilled help Mr Schluter finally got skids attached attached head trimmed posi tion indicated red paint dots hooked up pushrods methodically checked out bolt nut link entire machine doing discovered two nylon devices opened up transit taken set posi tion tried tie closed string no avail tried bend shape kept opening up About now Im wanting suggest fuel-tub ing collar use am sug gest anything helicopter master helpfulness got best spite language barrier somehow got idea across problem solved slid full fuel bottle side frame secured rubberband Made sure frequency clear started up engine running checked controls putting hand through holes side frames held helicopter over head ran wide open full collective adjusted needle valve Continued page 90 March1978 25 flying Jet Ranger built himself Bobby Daniels spite handicap requires hands placed extended sticks flias chopper competition NEW MUFF-L-IT SERIES Available B C engines Sin eight Ob reduction noise engines Proportional volumne espan sion chamber Large exhaust nozzle tor low back presaure Little no loss power 5030109-19$349 NO 302 29409439 NO 303 4980$944 unrbu 04 5 m 4 ngn. No344990915 tioNS NO305R525N0 51tN5 1103069445nO 51355 1/2A MUFFLER Fife COX 049 engInes NO 3040 049 5549 No 304B 451 5549 regard Denmark Norway Sweden scrapped F3B program last years contest calendar flew task own combined B C task B/C four-lap task flown crosswind over 150meter course unlike current AMA rules Denmarks proposal worthy consideration included comprehensive report covering sev eral Scandanavian organized contests However proposals sent past deadline couldnt honored Other rules included designating F3B category RC Thermal Soaring Gliders F3F will slope soaring F3G RC powered gliders latter seems dead event interna tionally proposal limit launching sys temhand towingwas squelched World War III averted distance course now divided quarter laps stead often should make some what easier organizers especially course has changed because wind shift About best news come meeting overall freeze three years will policy However sporting code little pink book will broken down two sections former will known before sporting code will list rules prone annual revision change includes definition helpers official flights basic definitions classifications builder-of-the-model rules etc sec tion will have four-year freeze second sectionthe supplement annex __will allow annual changes section includes meat F3Blaunching tasks B C scoring re striction section freeze rules year before world champion ships specifically rules estab lished thi meeting will used 1978 world championships 1979 New proposals can submitted 1978 cannot used official international competition Incidentally USA Belgium both submitted offers hold sailplane championships 1979 deci sion will made bureau meeting March country will host event Toward beginning article mentioned much deliberation done over proposed changes distance task fact proposals merit makes also realize same proposed changes might considered later date year acceptable could take six ten years see version task im plemented Engine Cowlings Available three sizes3/u $479 4 $517 43h $589these spun aluminum cowlings lightweight end ready paint offering realism detail unmatched heavier home-made cowlings take hours make Tatone Products 1209 Geneva Ave San Francisco CA 94112 product review product review product review scribes proposal allow acceptable proposed tasks inclu ded rules organizers could choose task tasks suits stage contest proposal deemed too radical sub-committee chairman However other committee members support such idea next ClAM could just see acceptance triathalon speed/distance task man man eight-ten- 12-lap distance whatever else propose thats key wordyou Frank Deis Jr FAI rules chair man NSS doesnt have wait until end flying season offer proposal youve got hot idea send now avoid rush next September 1st meantime support club its efforts running quarter- semi- finals select USA team new rules indicate youll have fun flying Yet contest should easier club run youre eager havent put NSS schedule contact Ray Mar vin FAI Contest Coordinator 2781 5 Garfield Denver CO 80210 Dan Pruss Rr 2 Box 490 Plainfield IL 60544 RC Helicopters/Schoonard continued page 25 pipe quiet normal con versation possible now sat isfied everything order car ned helicopter runway Dieter flies Mode II pulls collective wears transmitter tray strapped shoulders Radio Semiprop made Germany taking place getting darker minute worried about getting good pic tures light worried would able see fly often does such event take place prac tically backyard 90 Model Aviation REGULAR RHAUST product review product review product review brought rotor speed up lifted Heli-Boy straight off no dancing skidding around spent cou ple minutes checkout hovering suddenly gave full collective Heli-Boy literally shot sky about hundred feet made very tight turn just rapidly dropped down couple feet stopped no engine loading no tail waggle shoved stick forward Heli-Boy came life high speed flew upwind downwind 20 30 feet altitude doing perfectly round loops no loss head ing altitude no blade flapping Rolls axial no loss heading altitude fact did loops rolls no flight set-up simply pulled back cyclic looped same rolls did stall turns 3-360 degree ro tation way down starting 50 feet pulling out 20 feet did right lefthand high speed turns heli copters own length set maneuvers Heli-Boy brought back hands-off hover did touchand-go landings skidding helicopter 50 feet runway flat its skids takeoffs like airplane did bows dances ground absolutely perfect control During flying never flew over spectator area field before few fixed-wing pilots men tioned before suddenly realized never seen anything like before full questions cannot begin tell did day next day large portion Florida R/G Helicopter Club present well some 300 spectators con tinually applauded Mr Schulter flew top pleasure entertaining Mr Mrs Schluter evening home long discus sions background RC helicopters future interesting hear firsthand about development RC helicopers has copied world over little no recognition efforts can get things Mr Schluter impressed upon helicopter easiest helicopter learn fly will maneuvers right out box no mods have selling like hot cakes Europe some seven months time read will available several sources country Trying hard enough Just word about trying hard enough have friend Lakeland Florida named Bobby Daniels paralyzed waist down has no use of fingers gets around wheelchair builds flies RC helicopters runs hobby store dont know what else also fine friend tries hard enough fliesso feel like cannot get getherthink about Bobby Walt Schoonard 2080 Sharon Road Winter Park FL 32789 RC Pylon/Lane continued page 26 mind would allow airplane 600 sq in wing area minimum five pounds weight fuselage should have canopy cockpit pilot airplane should have least three wheels steerable ground control three wheels would fixed no retracts should minimum fuselage cross section measurement eliminate super speed ships similar appearing now l/2A racing would leave wing alone except require center section inch thick high point minimum 600 sq total area including part passes through fuselage part constitutes filet airplane may scale modeler desires mandatory Safety would major factor models would have pass technical inspection ensure proper radio engine com March 1978 91 ThO Ultimate Finish K Q rinrnii covering toughest weave use poly Excellent contourmake easy ts apply .rves 3 weights 38 wide LIGHT LOTH wood air planescover 100% MEDIUM 2 02 CLOTH increasing structural strength around fillets nose interior plane HEAVY 6 02 CLOTH joining wings molding Own parts K & 8 SUPER POXY RESINfor sealing applying glass cloth Created include characteristics desirable resin its applicatron Easily wurkable Requires minimum sanding Little clogging sand paper Curing time adjustable amount catalyst Durable Does become brittle 1 OT CAH including catalyst