Radio Control OLD- TIMER Dee B Mathews HISTORY months column will final chapter brief overview RC development question has bipe ever won Out door Nats event other Scale ask since model month may well have come close bipe accomplishing feat Hal deBolt Live Wire Cus tom Bipe finished second Bob Dunhams Smog Hog /2 point Hal deBolts Bipe Anyone ever built Live Wire us did will quickly recognize deBolt touch model month tried true engineering Hal developed Live Wire Trainer carried subsequent designs N 2 1/8 III -v ~CUS TOM LIVE WIRE BIPE DESIGNED BY Hal deBolt TOP WING SPAN 66 INS LOWER WING SPAN52 INS WING LOADINGIO OZS/SO FT TOTAL WING AREA 1326 SQ INS WEIGHT LESS R/C S FLYING WEIGHThS 3/4 TO 7 LBS POWER 25 TO 35 CU INS________ II_ TELOWER WING SHOWN SCALE IN INCHES 0123456810 1214 16 kits matter still evident contemporary work Trainer along Lou Andrews Guillow Trixter Beam very ear liest RC trainersas opposed Free Flight designs convened RC day hear occasionally guys still flying Live Wire Trainers modem RC gear bad design kits havent available years writer distinctly recalls deBolt Navy cap smoking corn cob pipe way hack 1948 Olathe Nats days Pappy burning up CL Speed circles Dmeco Specials Continued page 144 52 Model Aviation V Heres more-or-less typical Live Wire remov able RC box Hal deBolts planes Receiver/reed bank Bramco system its mounted slide-tray looks like 3 servos upper throttle Batteries before-Ni-Cd era Yes such time 45 V 8 battery shown removed space under other batteries 4 AA cells tube filaments 8 AA cells servos Thats 2 lb RC gear Photo Hal deBolt Golden Age Indiantown Gap PAi 956 Charlie Guise L John Toomey R get Charlies bipe ready fly hope has Charlies homemade RC geartransmitter hand-held reed job separate battery pack 8 lb clipped Charlies belt pants inclined drop rate about 1 per minute since model rarely flew long before crashing no ever embarrassed First time inverted flight pack fell out R E Gibbs photo Jim Murphy sends photos some interesting planes seen back Dark Ages 1955 Frank Madis Chicago IL much-modified Berkeley Custom Cavalier L flew Rockwood 5-channel reeds controlling rudder elevator throttle Would believe Giant Scale days Hubert Laceys 1O-ft-span BuhI Pup R OK Twin 12 Cu power Controls rudder elevator throttle Fuselage super finish Jim Murphy photos must Nets Lnote Navy officers background Tim McCoy replaced usual K&B Torp 35 Live Wire Cruiser meet Note flight box background Radio Rlyer Little Red Wagon RC gear Bramco single-channel cascaded Varicomp escapements Throttle Bramco Dont bother cleaning glasses photo R looks fuzzy Sorry Bill MacKerrachers RC speedster single-bladed contra-rotating props flew 5-channel reeds ingenious devices inventedand some marketedto get multi-controls single-channel radios basic CW on-off transmitters rubberband-powered escape ments stick box escapement produced Ectron Products good example stick box automatically counted Out pulses stop escapement its four positions pilot didnt go batty trying remember beeps took get left rudder ex ample push button manual con trol wound up key Inside shot shows clockwork arrangement Escapement top row two cams actuated two torquerod outputs didnt always use push-pull control rodsone rudder ele vator Printed circuit wiper back center photo driving cascaded escapement usually throttle control Star wheel double-pawi arrangement input rub berband shaft regulated speed response device Stick box basically designed use ground-based transmitter Interconnecting cable shown January 1984 53 LEOS LASER *JR3 STICK World Aerobatic Champion Ideal Trainer Top Quolity Epoxy Glass Fuse loge Cowl & Wheel Punts An Outstanding Balsa Ia Aluminum Landing Sew Kit Foam Wlng90 Span Wing 12 Wing Span Wing Area Areo 1440 sq indes 1050 sq inches Balsa Finish Kit 12 Hour Assembly Time Complete Step Step I- Weight B/-12 lbs structions Pictures Engine Size 75-13 Weight 16-20 lbs Engine 24 HP $197 PLUS 7 PLUS7SHIPPING SNIPPING DIrect Sales OnlyDIrectSales Only Rear 3405 Cleveland Ave SW ROUSH MFG Engine People CantoR OH 44707 484-4374 hinges themselves Robart pin-type cant seen because buried wing aileron small slot tubing allow aileron flap movement gap hinge line see actually about one-tenth finer dimension line fairing aileron tubing reveals some aluminum accentuates hinge line Its truly finest cleanest hinging methods yet seen other reason photo show details wing tip design Both NASA Quabeck have independently run wind tunnel tests both sources revealed marked reduction strength wing tip vorticescall dragwith design Note photo top wing tip bevel tip extends top outward bottom surface piece de resistance craftsman ship model cockpit shown apologies Dolly Bob Wischer Quarter Scalers everywhere bird has show-stopper England its shown and/or flown Its 100% scalefrom its bare frame up Its ASK- 13 cockpit has everything scale fly specks couldnt find gent owns couldnt believe would leave unattended Well have few examples craftsmanship Whether youre sport funas majority fliersor among few go top rung spend little extra time next project takes extra element craftsman pride Good lift Dan Pruss 131 E Penningion Ln Plainfield IL 60544 RC Old-Timers/Mathews Continued page 52 1957 deBolts kit line expanded include RC models ranging en subject column Also Stuntwagon CL bipes Free Flight Airfoiler selling well Hal tells us first experimental bipes Cruisers Trainer wings added bottom set size Cus tom configurationbut cleaned up Symmetrical airfoil sections incorporated result force arrangements modified says Custom flew well 35 K&B 45 came out offered enough additional power snaps such Nats second-placer used eightchannel Bramco Detroit reed unit later added flaps 10-channel unit although now wonders guess thought could control landings better Standard covering nearly planes colored silk clear dope some colored dope trim effort help hold down weight forced use 2 lb RC gear ounce saved model weight important Speaking RC gear novel feature Live Wire series removable radio box As can seen photo entire unit could disconnected pushrods removed fuselage feature course very handy adjusting repairing equipment also says much about complexity re liability Quoting letter Hal 57 Nats cute about fifth place until last flight some hard-nosed Marine officers judges pen chant bipes encouraged made some precise trim changes worked well flight great Afterwards Marines told helper Dick Bransteter hoped did some good three-view prepared set original kit drawings purchased Fran Ptaszkiewkz 23 Maple Drive Tow anda PA 14150 also has other Dmeco kit plans patterns required build Write him details radios attempt overview radio equipment 1954 through 1957 era like opening can worms equipment still either 27 MHz 465 MHz ham bands Superhet receivers become common tone modulation used fur ther reject extraneous signals reed cMASTER JT Div BAR/RICH SALES CO 2 FARWAY MANN SAL MO 63401 314/221 8803 WING SPAN42 WING AREA651 sq ENGINE4060 WEIGHT5 lbs BUILT-UP BALSA SportStand ott scale model die cot tornrers ond ply parts 2ohts rolled toll size plane HIGHLY AEROBATIC eapiarienced boilder WING SPAN64 WING AREA435 sq ENGINE40 WEIGHT 515 AS balse constroCtlon die cot tormera ribO2shtO 1411 size plans transition airplane sood srOond handlins line first low-winger Write prices NEW R/C BOOKLET Answers questions often asked want toj get started R/O flying PLUS troduces best airplane start EN 6t5twkdkt FALCON receive copy SEND $2I TO ST CROIX OF PARK FALLS LTD PO Box 279P Park Falls WI 54552 144 Model Aviation HIP ERBIPE SPARTAN TOLEDOI84THIRTIETH ANNUAL RIO EXPOSITIONIU Reserve April 6 7 81984TOLEDO SPORTS ARENA attend worlds greatestONE MAIN STREET radio control model show WeTOLEDO OHIO featuring worlds largest Swap Shops no dealers complete refreshment centers Saturday Night Auction raffles complete nc systems accessories acres free parking Bring latest completely ~nished models display enter competition excit ing awards Competition models will accepted during show hours till 10 am Sunday morning no entry fee Complete nc systems will presented first second third place winners new Microwave Oven will award ed lucky winner Best Show Open public three great days APRIL 67& 8 FRIDAY 9am SATURDAY 9am6pm SUNDAY 9am 430pm Weak Signals RIO Club PO Box 5772 Toledo Ohio 43613 units penultimate available concept reed receiver/transmitter series modulated audio tones vi brated metal strip causing close onto switch turn activated relay turn passed current servo sounds complexit tone such 500 cycles per second emited transmitter pilot activated several switches buttons picked up receiver used vibrate reed Thus tone eventually moved servo direction such Up elevator return surface neutral released transmitter button switch Another switch could pushed generate another tone would activate another control function such Down ele vator other words 10-channel unit capable moving five surfaces two directions until 1960 equipment capable generating tone time became available system referred Simul reader has never seen reed multi-channel flown preceeding likely conjures up visions very herky jerky flying Such case accomplished fliers became adept flicking switches flying closely resembled todays proportional equipment however con siderable accomplishment very early reed equipment Rockwood Schmidt others used control box rather buttons however didnt prove popular Control boxes scalelike sticks also available single-channel fliers simplify flying cas caded compound escapements illustrated past column have cluded some photos Ectron controller provided us reader As era complex enough what single channel compound es capements galloping ghost kicking duck reeds forth Good Worth Don Brown others also flying primitive proportional rigs early Quadraplex Space Control proportional equipment sale 1959 yet multi reed equipment sold well commonly used equipment well mid Sixties ever proportional did catch reed equipment disappeared almost over night Corporal Klingers home town Toledo OH will scene SAM Champs 84 mid-June date has selected likely produce cooler weather lighter winds traditional July dates site former Toledo Municipal airport full-scale aviation activity will suspended three-day Champs Concrete runways well-maintained grass areas should make motorbike retrieval possible Free Flighters Access via 1-75 Ohio Turnpike interchange Quality Semco Mufflers Tuned Pipe Adapter Super Expansion FAI Competition Vertical Down Exhaust PiUs Pitts Jr Super Flo Thru Exhaust Manifolds 215 457-3120 area full motels Although head quarters motel yet unnamed will scene MECA Collecto tra ditional first evening bean feed awards banquet SAM Champs much social hap pening contest shaping up best ever Carl Spielmaker will serve general CD Tom McCoy Buck Zaire charge RC Anyone knows three rascals aware fun bring activity Free Flight director has named writing Watch column Clarence Haughts detailsbut dont let pack wild horses keep attending Dee B Mathews 506 South Walnut Greensburg KS 67054 RC Helicopters/Jolly Continued paqe 54 one-minute period will allow check rate switches trims proper positions Also will able check noticeable vibration During warm-up period engine will come up operating temperature open throttle actual liftoff will able check carburetor properly ad justed good idle Continued page 148 ~blyand Double Value Ideal caddy workbench setting checking wing stab incidence Rgular$4998 1/4 Scale$3495 Balancing Posts5595 Dealer Inquiries Welcome 125 Manor Ave S emco Oaklyn NJ 08107 January 1984 145 ronaere power glow plugs 55 shirt pocket Usiog HeadlockTM adapte, allows stoy plog ond get propeller Rechargeable op 1000 tiwes SO day warranty No wore bulky botterieo nobles Order NISTARTER either 110 220 12 colt fost charger lestroctioce included Aloe available charger See dealer order direct frow us Visa & Mastercard accepted Please specify type charger Add $160 postage USA NIHI 1 uS c. 02165 NIlILlE 226 . t21g5 NIlILlA 120 adep. $21 65NI-HL1-NC No charger t120S 12721 Haskell La Bowie MD 20716 100114642260
Edition: Model Aviation - 1984/01
Page Numbers: 52, 53, 144, 145
Radio Control OLD- TIMER Dee B Mathews HISTORY months column will final chapter brief overview RC development question has bipe ever won Out door Nats event other Scale ask since model month may well have come close bipe accomplishing feat Hal deBolt Live Wire Cus tom Bipe finished second Bob Dunhams Smog Hog /2 point Hal deBolts Bipe Anyone ever built Live Wire us did will quickly recognize deBolt touch model month tried true engineering Hal developed Live Wire Trainer carried subsequent designs N 2 1/8 III -v ~CUS TOM LIVE WIRE BIPE DESIGNED BY Hal deBolt TOP WING SPAN 66 INS LOWER WING SPAN52 INS WING LOADINGIO OZS/SO FT TOTAL WING AREA 1326 SQ INS WEIGHT LESS R/C S FLYING WEIGHThS 3/4 TO 7 LBS POWER 25 TO 35 CU INS________ II_ TELOWER WING SHOWN SCALE IN INCHES 0123456810 1214 16 kits matter still evident contemporary work Trainer along Lou Andrews Guillow Trixter Beam very ear liest RC trainersas opposed Free Flight designs convened RC day hear occasionally guys still flying Live Wire Trainers modem RC gear bad design kits havent available years writer distinctly recalls deBolt Navy cap smoking corn cob pipe way hack 1948 Olathe Nats days Pappy burning up CL Speed circles Dmeco Specials Continued page 144 52 Model Aviation V Heres more-or-less typical Live Wire remov able RC box Hal deBolts planes Receiver/reed bank Bramco system its mounted slide-tray looks like 3 servos upper throttle Batteries before-Ni-Cd era Yes such time 45 V 8 battery shown removed space under other batteries 4 AA cells tube filaments 8 AA cells servos Thats 2 lb RC gear Photo Hal deBolt Golden Age Indiantown Gap PAi 956 Charlie Guise L John Toomey R get Charlies bipe ready fly hope has Charlies homemade RC geartransmitter hand-held reed job separate battery pack 8 lb clipped Charlies belt pants inclined drop rate about 1 per minute since model rarely flew long before crashing no ever embarrassed First time inverted flight pack fell out R E Gibbs photo Jim Murphy sends photos some interesting planes seen back Dark Ages 1955 Frank Madis Chicago IL much-modified Berkeley Custom Cavalier L flew Rockwood 5-channel reeds controlling rudder elevator throttle Would believe Giant Scale days Hubert Laceys 1O-ft-span BuhI Pup R OK Twin 12 Cu power Controls rudder elevator throttle Fuselage super finish Jim Murphy photos must Nets Lnote Navy officers background Tim McCoy replaced usual K&B Torp 35 Live Wire Cruiser meet Note flight box background Radio Rlyer Little Red Wagon RC gear Bramco single-channel cascaded Varicomp escapements Throttle Bramco Dont bother cleaning glasses photo R looks fuzzy Sorry Bill MacKerrachers RC speedster single-bladed contra-rotating props flew 5-channel reeds ingenious devices inventedand some marketedto get multi-controls single-channel radios basic CW on-off transmitters rubberband-powered escape ments stick box escapement produced Ectron Products good example stick box automatically counted Out pulses stop escapement its four positions pilot didnt go batty trying remember beeps took get left rudder ex ample push button manual con trol wound up key Inside shot shows clockwork arrangement Escapement top row two cams actuated two torquerod outputs didnt always use push-pull control rodsone rudder ele vator Printed circuit wiper back center photo driving cascaded escapement usually throttle control Star wheel double-pawi arrangement input rub berband shaft regulated speed response device Stick box basically designed use ground-based transmitter Interconnecting cable shown January 1984 53 LEOS LASER *JR3 STICK World Aerobatic Champion Ideal Trainer Top Quolity Epoxy Glass Fuse loge Cowl & Wheel Punts An Outstanding Balsa Ia Aluminum Landing Sew Kit Foam Wlng90 Span Wing 12 Wing Span Wing Area Areo 1440 sq indes 1050 sq inches Balsa Finish Kit 12 Hour Assembly Time Complete Step Step I- Weight B/-12 lbs structions Pictures Engine Size 75-13 Weight 16-20 lbs Engine 24 HP $197 PLUS 7 PLUS7SHIPPING SNIPPING DIrect Sales OnlyDIrectSales Only Rear 3405 Cleveland Ave SW ROUSH MFG Engine People CantoR OH 44707 484-4374 hinges themselves Robart pin-type cant seen because buried wing aileron small slot tubing allow aileron flap movement gap hinge line see actually about one-tenth finer dimension line fairing aileron tubing reveals some aluminum accentuates hinge line Its truly finest cleanest hinging methods yet seen other reason photo show details wing tip design Both NASA Quabeck have independently run wind tunnel tests both sources revealed marked reduction strength wing tip vorticescall dragwith design Note photo top wing tip bevel tip extends top outward bottom surface piece de resistance craftsman ship model cockpit shown apologies Dolly Bob Wischer Quarter Scalers everywhere bird has show-stopper England its shown and/or flown Its 100% scalefrom its bare frame up Its ASK- 13 cockpit has everything scale fly specks couldnt find gent owns couldnt believe would leave unattended Well have few examples craftsmanship Whether youre sport funas majority fliersor among few go top rung spend little extra time next project takes extra element craftsman pride Good lift Dan Pruss 131 E Penningion Ln Plainfield IL 60544 RC Old-Timers/Mathews Continued page 52 1957 deBolts kit line expanded include RC models ranging en subject column Also Stuntwagon CL bipes Free Flight Airfoiler selling well Hal tells us first experimental bipes Cruisers Trainer wings added bottom set size Cus tom configurationbut cleaned up Symmetrical airfoil sections incorporated result force arrangements modified says Custom flew well 35 K&B 45 came out offered enough additional power snaps such Nats second-placer used eightchannel Bramco Detroit reed unit later added flaps 10-channel unit although now wonders guess thought could control landings better Standard covering nearly planes colored silk clear dope some colored dope trim effort help hold down weight forced use 2 lb RC gear ounce saved model weight important Speaking RC gear novel feature Live Wire series removable radio box As can seen photo entire unit could disconnected pushrods removed fuselage feature course very handy adjusting repairing equipment also says much about complexity re liability Quoting letter Hal 57 Nats cute about fifth place until last flight some hard-nosed Marine officers judges pen chant bipes encouraged made some precise trim changes worked well flight great Afterwards Marines told helper Dick Bransteter hoped did some good three-view prepared set original kit drawings purchased Fran Ptaszkiewkz 23 Maple Drive Tow anda PA 14150 also has other Dmeco kit plans patterns required build Write him details radios attempt overview radio equipment 1954 through 1957 era like opening can worms equipment still either 27 MHz 465 MHz ham bands Superhet receivers become common tone modulation used fur ther reject extraneous signals reed cMASTER JT Div BAR/RICH SALES CO 2 FARWAY MANN SAL MO 63401 314/221 8803 WING SPAN42 WING AREA651 sq ENGINE4060 WEIGHT5 lbs BUILT-UP BALSA SportStand ott scale model die cot tornrers ond ply parts 2ohts rolled toll size plane HIGHLY AEROBATIC eapiarienced boilder WING SPAN64 WING AREA435 sq ENGINE40 WEIGHT 515 AS balse constroCtlon die cot tormera ribO2shtO 1411 size plans transition airplane sood srOond handlins line first low-winger Write prices NEW R/C BOOKLET Answers questions often asked want toj get started R/O flying PLUS troduces best airplane start EN 6t5twkdkt FALCON receive copy SEND $2I TO ST CROIX OF PARK FALLS LTD PO Box 279P Park Falls WI 54552 144 Model Aviation HIP ERBIPE SPARTAN TOLEDOI84THIRTIETH ANNUAL RIO EXPOSITIONIU Reserve April 6 7 81984TOLEDO SPORTS ARENA attend worlds greatestONE MAIN STREET radio control model show WeTOLEDO OHIO featuring worlds largest Swap Shops no dealers complete refreshment centers Saturday Night Auction raffles complete nc systems accessories acres free parking Bring latest completely ~nished models display enter competition excit ing awards Competition models will accepted during show hours till 10 am Sunday morning no entry fee Complete nc systems will presented first second third place winners new Microwave Oven will award ed lucky winner Best Show Open public three great days APRIL 67& 8 FRIDAY 9am SATURDAY 9am6pm SUNDAY 9am 430pm Weak Signals RIO Club PO Box 5772 Toledo Ohio 43613 units penultimate available concept reed receiver/transmitter series modulated audio tones vi brated metal strip causing close onto switch turn activated relay turn passed current servo sounds complexit tone such 500 cycles per second emited transmitter pilot activated several switches buttons picked up receiver used vibrate reed Thus tone eventually moved servo direction such Up elevator return surface neutral released transmitter button switch Another switch could pushed generate another tone would activate another control function such Down ele vator other words 10-channel unit capable moving five surfaces two directions until 1960 equipment capable generating tone time became available system referred Simul reader has never seen reed multi-channel flown preceeding likely conjures up visions very herky jerky flying Such case accomplished fliers became adept flicking switches flying closely resembled todays proportional equipment however con siderable accomplishment very early reed equipment Rockwood Schmidt others used control box rather buttons however didnt prove popular Control boxes scalelike sticks also available single-channel fliers simplify flying cas caded compound escapements illustrated past column have cluded some photos Ectron controller provided us reader As era complex enough what single channel compound es capements galloping ghost kicking duck reeds forth Good Worth Don Brown others also flying primitive proportional rigs early Quadraplex Space Control proportional equipment sale 1959 yet multi reed equipment sold well commonly used equipment well mid Sixties ever proportional did catch reed equipment disappeared almost over night Corporal Klingers home town Toledo OH will scene SAM Champs 84 mid-June date has selected likely produce cooler weather lighter winds traditional July dates site former Toledo Municipal airport full-scale aviation activity will suspended three-day Champs Concrete runways well-maintained grass areas should make motorbike retrieval possible Free Flighters Access via 1-75 Ohio Turnpike interchange Quality Semco Mufflers Tuned Pipe Adapter Super Expansion FAI Competition Vertical Down Exhaust PiUs Pitts Jr Super Flo Thru Exhaust Manifolds 215 457-3120 area full motels Although head quarters motel yet unnamed will scene MECA Collecto tra ditional first evening bean feed awards banquet SAM Champs much social hap pening contest shaping up best ever Carl Spielmaker will serve general CD Tom McCoy Buck Zaire charge RC Anyone knows three rascals aware fun bring activity Free Flight director has named writing Watch column Clarence Haughts detailsbut dont let pack wild horses keep attending Dee B Mathews 506 South Walnut Greensburg KS 67054 RC Helicopters/Jolly Continued paqe 54 one-minute period will allow check rate switches trims proper positions Also will able check noticeable vibration During warm-up period engine will come up operating temperature open throttle actual liftoff will able check carburetor properly ad justed good idle Continued page 148 ~blyand Double Value Ideal caddy workbench setting checking wing stab incidence Rgular$4998 1/4 Scale$3495 Balancing Posts5595 Dealer Inquiries Welcome 125 Manor Ave S emco Oaklyn NJ 08107 January 1984 145 ronaere power glow plugs 55 shirt pocket Usiog HeadlockTM adapte, allows stoy plog ond get propeller Rechargeable op 1000 tiwes SO day warranty No wore bulky botterieo nobles Order NISTARTER either 110 220 12 colt fost charger lestroctioce included Aloe available charger See dealer order direct frow us Visa & Mastercard accepted Please specify type charger Add $160 postage USA NIHI 1 uS c. 02165 NIlILlE 226 . t21g5 NIlILlA 120 adep. $21 65NI-HL1-NC No charger t120S 12721 Haskell La Bowie MD 20716 100114642260
Edition: Model Aviation - 1984/01
Page Numbers: 52, 53, 144, 145
Radio Control OLD- TIMER Dee B Mathews HISTORY months column will final chapter brief overview RC development question has bipe ever won Out door Nats event other Scale ask since model month may well have come close bipe accomplishing feat Hal deBolt Live Wire Cus tom Bipe finished second Bob Dunhams Smog Hog /2 point Hal deBolts Bipe Anyone ever built Live Wire us did will quickly recognize deBolt touch model month tried true engineering Hal developed Live Wire Trainer carried subsequent designs N 2 1/8 III -v ~CUS TOM LIVE WIRE BIPE DESIGNED BY Hal deBolt TOP WING SPAN 66 INS LOWER WING SPAN52 INS WING LOADINGIO OZS/SO FT TOTAL WING AREA 1326 SQ INS WEIGHT LESS R/C S FLYING WEIGHThS 3/4 TO 7 LBS POWER 25 TO 35 CU INS________ II_ TELOWER WING SHOWN SCALE IN INCHES 0123456810 1214 16 kits matter still evident contemporary work Trainer along Lou Andrews Guillow Trixter Beam very ear liest RC trainersas opposed Free Flight designs convened RC day hear occasionally guys still flying Live Wire Trainers modem RC gear bad design kits havent available years writer distinctly recalls deBolt Navy cap smoking corn cob pipe way hack 1948 Olathe Nats days Pappy burning up CL Speed circles Dmeco Specials Continued page 144 52 Model Aviation V Heres more-or-less typical Live Wire remov able RC box Hal deBolts planes Receiver/reed bank Bramco system its mounted slide-tray looks like 3 servos upper throttle Batteries before-Ni-Cd era Yes such time 45 V 8 battery shown removed space under other batteries 4 AA cells tube filaments 8 AA cells servos Thats 2 lb RC gear Photo Hal deBolt Golden Age Indiantown Gap PAi 956 Charlie Guise L John Toomey R get Charlies bipe ready fly hope has Charlies homemade RC geartransmitter hand-held reed job separate battery pack 8 lb clipped Charlies belt pants inclined drop rate about 1 per minute since model rarely flew long before crashing no ever embarrassed First time inverted flight pack fell out R E Gibbs photo Jim Murphy sends photos some interesting planes seen back Dark Ages 1955 Frank Madis Chicago IL much-modified Berkeley Custom Cavalier L flew Rockwood 5-channel reeds controlling rudder elevator throttle Would believe Giant Scale days Hubert Laceys 1O-ft-span BuhI Pup R OK Twin 12 Cu power Controls rudder elevator throttle Fuselage super finish Jim Murphy photos must Nets Lnote Navy officers background Tim McCoy replaced usual K&B Torp 35 Live Wire Cruiser meet Note flight box background Radio Rlyer Little Red Wagon RC gear Bramco single-channel cascaded Varicomp escapements Throttle Bramco Dont bother cleaning glasses photo R looks fuzzy Sorry Bill MacKerrachers RC speedster single-bladed contra-rotating props flew 5-channel reeds ingenious devices inventedand some marketedto get multi-controls single-channel radios basic CW on-off transmitters rubberband-powered escape ments stick box escapement produced Ectron Products good example stick box automatically counted Out pulses stop escapement its four positions pilot didnt go batty trying remember beeps took get left rudder ex ample push button manual con trol wound up key Inside shot shows clockwork arrangement Escapement top row two cams actuated two torquerod outputs didnt always use push-pull control rodsone rudder ele vator Printed circuit wiper back center photo driving cascaded escapement usually throttle control Star wheel double-pawi arrangement input rub berband shaft regulated speed response device Stick box basically designed use ground-based transmitter Interconnecting cable shown January 1984 53 LEOS LASER *JR3 STICK World Aerobatic Champion Ideal Trainer Top Quolity Epoxy Glass Fuse loge Cowl & Wheel Punts An Outstanding Balsa Ia Aluminum Landing Sew Kit Foam Wlng90 Span Wing 12 Wing Span Wing Area Areo 1440 sq indes 1050 sq inches Balsa Finish Kit 12 Hour Assembly Time Complete Step Step I- Weight B/-12 lbs structions Pictures Engine Size 75-13 Weight 16-20 lbs Engine 24 HP $197 PLUS 7 PLUS7SHIPPING SNIPPING DIrect Sales OnlyDIrectSales Only Rear 3405 Cleveland Ave SW ROUSH MFG Engine People CantoR OH 44707 484-4374 hinges themselves Robart pin-type cant seen because buried wing aileron small slot tubing allow aileron flap movement gap hinge line see actually about one-tenth finer dimension line fairing aileron tubing reveals some aluminum accentuates hinge line Its truly finest cleanest hinging methods yet seen other reason photo show details wing tip design Both NASA Quabeck have independently run wind tunnel tests both sources revealed marked reduction strength wing tip vorticescall dragwith design Note photo top wing tip bevel tip extends top outward bottom surface piece de resistance craftsman ship model cockpit shown apologies Dolly Bob Wischer Quarter Scalers everywhere bird has show-stopper England its shown and/or flown Its 100% scalefrom its bare frame up Its ASK- 13 cockpit has everything scale fly specks couldnt find gent owns couldnt believe would leave unattended Well have few examples craftsmanship Whether youre sport funas majority fliersor among few go top rung spend little extra time next project takes extra element craftsman pride Good lift Dan Pruss 131 E Penningion Ln Plainfield IL 60544 RC Old-Timers/Mathews Continued page 52 1957 deBolts kit line expanded include RC models ranging en subject column Also Stuntwagon CL bipes Free Flight Airfoiler selling well Hal tells us first experimental bipes Cruisers Trainer wings added bottom set size Cus tom configurationbut cleaned up Symmetrical airfoil sections incorporated result force arrangements modified says Custom flew well 35 K&B 45 came out offered enough additional power snaps such Nats second-placer used eightchannel Bramco Detroit reed unit later added flaps 10-channel unit although now wonders guess thought could control landings better Standard covering nearly planes colored silk clear dope some colored dope trim effort help hold down weight forced use 2 lb RC gear ounce saved model weight important Speaking RC gear novel feature Live Wire series removable radio box As can seen photo entire unit could disconnected pushrods removed fuselage feature course very handy adjusting repairing equipment also says much about complexity re liability Quoting letter Hal 57 Nats cute about fifth place until last flight some hard-nosed Marine officers judges pen chant bipes encouraged made some precise trim changes worked well flight great Afterwards Marines told helper Dick Bransteter hoped did some good three-view prepared set original kit drawings purchased Fran Ptaszkiewkz 23 Maple Drive Tow anda PA 14150 also has other Dmeco kit plans patterns required build Write him details radios attempt overview radio equipment 1954 through 1957 era like opening can worms equipment still either 27 MHz 465 MHz ham bands Superhet receivers become common tone modulation used fur ther reject extraneous signals reed cMASTER JT Div BAR/RICH SALES CO 2 FARWAY MANN SAL MO 63401 314/221 8803 WING SPAN42 WING AREA651 sq ENGINE4060 WEIGHT5 lbs BUILT-UP BALSA SportStand ott scale model die cot tornrers ond ply parts 2ohts rolled toll size plane HIGHLY AEROBATIC eapiarienced boilder WING SPAN64 WING AREA435 sq ENGINE40 WEIGHT 515 AS balse constroCtlon die cot tormera ribO2shtO 1411 size plans transition airplane sood srOond handlins line first low-winger Write prices NEW R/C BOOKLET Answers questions often asked want toj get started R/O flying PLUS troduces best airplane start EN 6t5twkdkt FALCON receive copy SEND $2I TO ST CROIX OF PARK FALLS LTD PO Box 279P Park Falls WI 54552 144 Model Aviation HIP ERBIPE SPARTAN TOLEDOI84THIRTIETH ANNUAL RIO EXPOSITIONIU Reserve April 6 7 81984TOLEDO SPORTS ARENA attend worlds greatestONE MAIN STREET radio control model show WeTOLEDO OHIO featuring worlds largest Swap Shops no dealers complete refreshment centers Saturday Night Auction raffles complete nc systems accessories acres free parking Bring latest completely ~nished models display enter competition excit ing awards Competition models will accepted during show hours till 10 am Sunday morning no entry fee Complete nc systems will presented first second third place winners new Microwave Oven will award ed lucky winner Best Show Open public three great days APRIL 67& 8 FRIDAY 9am SATURDAY 9am6pm SUNDAY 9am 430pm Weak Signals RIO Club PO Box 5772 Toledo Ohio 43613 units penultimate available concept reed receiver/transmitter series modulated audio tones vi brated metal strip causing close onto switch turn activated relay turn passed current servo sounds complexit tone such 500 cycles per second emited transmitter pilot activated several switches buttons picked up receiver used vibrate reed Thus tone eventually moved servo direction such Up elevator return surface neutral released transmitter button switch Another switch could pushed generate another tone would activate another control function such Down ele vator other words 10-channel unit capable moving five surfaces two directions until 1960 equipment capable generating tone time became available system referred Simul reader has never seen reed multi-channel flown preceeding likely conjures up visions very herky jerky flying Such case accomplished fliers became adept flicking switches flying closely resembled todays proportional equipment however con siderable accomplishment very early reed equipment Rockwood Schmidt others used control box rather buttons however didnt prove popular Control boxes scalelike sticks also available single-channel fliers simplify flying cas caded compound escapements illustrated past column have cluded some photos Ectron controller provided us reader As era complex enough what single channel compound es capements galloping ghost kicking duck reeds forth Good Worth Don Brown others also flying primitive proportional rigs early Quadraplex Space Control proportional equipment sale 1959 yet multi reed equipment sold well commonly used equipment well mid Sixties ever proportional did catch reed equipment disappeared almost over night Corporal Klingers home town Toledo OH will scene SAM Champs 84 mid-June date has selected likely produce cooler weather lighter winds traditional July dates site former Toledo Municipal airport full-scale aviation activity will suspended three-day Champs Concrete runways well-maintained grass areas should make motorbike retrieval possible Free Flighters Access via 1-75 Ohio Turnpike interchange Quality Semco Mufflers Tuned Pipe Adapter Super Expansion FAI Competition Vertical Down Exhaust PiUs Pitts Jr Super Flo Thru Exhaust Manifolds 215 457-3120 area full motels Although head quarters motel yet unnamed will scene MECA Collecto tra ditional first evening bean feed awards banquet SAM Champs much social hap pening contest shaping up best ever Carl Spielmaker will serve general CD Tom McCoy Buck Zaire charge RC Anyone knows three rascals aware fun bring activity Free Flight director has named writing Watch column Clarence Haughts detailsbut dont let pack wild horses keep attending Dee B Mathews 506 South Walnut Greensburg KS 67054 RC Helicopters/Jolly Continued paqe 54 one-minute period will allow check rate switches trims proper positions Also will able check noticeable vibration During warm-up period engine will come up operating temperature open throttle actual liftoff will able check carburetor properly ad justed good idle Continued page 148 ~blyand Double Value Ideal caddy workbench setting checking wing stab incidence Rgular$4998 1/4 Scale$3495 Balancing Posts5595 Dealer Inquiries Welcome 125 Manor Ave S emco Oaklyn NJ 08107 January 1984 145 ronaere power glow plugs 55 shirt pocket Usiog HeadlockTM adapte, allows stoy plog ond get propeller Rechargeable op 1000 tiwes SO day warranty No wore bulky botterieo nobles Order NISTARTER either 110 220 12 colt fost charger lestroctioce included Aloe available charger See dealer order direct frow us Visa & Mastercard accepted Please specify type charger Add $160 postage USA NIHI 1 uS c. 02165 NIlILlE 226 . t21g5 NIlILlA 120 adep. $21 65NI-HL1-NC No charger t120S 12721 Haskell La Bowie MD 20716 100114642260
Edition: Model Aviation - 1984/01
Page Numbers: 52, 53, 144, 145
Radio Control OLD- TIMER Dee B Mathews HISTORY months column will final chapter brief overview RC development question has bipe ever won Out door Nats event other Scale ask since model month may well have come close bipe accomplishing feat Hal deBolt Live Wire Cus tom Bipe finished second Bob Dunhams Smog Hog /2 point Hal deBolts Bipe Anyone ever built Live Wire us did will quickly recognize deBolt touch model month tried true engineering Hal developed Live Wire Trainer carried subsequent designs N 2 1/8 III -v ~CUS TOM LIVE WIRE BIPE DESIGNED BY Hal deBolt TOP WING SPAN 66 INS LOWER WING SPAN52 INS WING LOADINGIO OZS/SO FT TOTAL WING AREA 1326 SQ INS WEIGHT LESS R/C S FLYING WEIGHThS 3/4 TO 7 LBS POWER 25 TO 35 CU INS________ II_ TELOWER WING SHOWN SCALE IN INCHES 0123456810 1214 16 kits matter still evident contemporary work Trainer along Lou Andrews Guillow Trixter Beam very ear liest RC trainersas opposed Free Flight designs convened RC day hear occasionally guys still flying Live Wire Trainers modem RC gear bad design kits havent available years writer distinctly recalls deBolt Navy cap smoking corn cob pipe way hack 1948 Olathe Nats days Pappy burning up CL Speed circles Dmeco Specials Continued page 144 52 Model Aviation V Heres more-or-less typical Live Wire remov able RC box Hal deBolts planes Receiver/reed bank Bramco system its mounted slide-tray looks like 3 servos upper throttle Batteries before-Ni-Cd era Yes such time 45 V 8 battery shown removed space under other batteries 4 AA cells tube filaments 8 AA cells servos Thats 2 lb RC gear Photo Hal deBolt Golden Age Indiantown Gap PAi 956 Charlie Guise L John Toomey R get Charlies bipe ready fly hope has Charlies homemade RC geartransmitter hand-held reed job separate battery pack 8 lb clipped Charlies belt pants inclined drop rate about 1 per minute since model rarely flew long before crashing no ever embarrassed First time inverted flight pack fell out R E Gibbs photo Jim Murphy sends photos some interesting planes seen back Dark Ages 1955 Frank Madis Chicago IL much-modified Berkeley Custom Cavalier L flew Rockwood 5-channel reeds controlling rudder elevator throttle Would believe Giant Scale days Hubert Laceys 1O-ft-span BuhI Pup R OK Twin 12 Cu power Controls rudder elevator throttle Fuselage super finish Jim Murphy photos must Nets Lnote Navy officers background Tim McCoy replaced usual K&B Torp 35 Live Wire Cruiser meet Note flight box background Radio Rlyer Little Red Wagon RC gear Bramco single-channel cascaded Varicomp escapements Throttle Bramco Dont bother cleaning glasses photo R looks fuzzy Sorry Bill MacKerrachers RC speedster single-bladed contra-rotating props flew 5-channel reeds ingenious devices inventedand some marketedto get multi-controls single-channel radios basic CW on-off transmitters rubberband-powered escape ments stick box escapement produced Ectron Products good example stick box automatically counted Out pulses stop escapement its four positions pilot didnt go batty trying remember beeps took get left rudder ex ample push button manual con trol wound up key Inside shot shows clockwork arrangement Escapement top row two cams actuated two torquerod outputs didnt always use push-pull control rodsone rudder ele vator Printed circuit wiper back center photo driving cascaded escapement usually throttle control Star wheel double-pawi arrangement input rub berband shaft regulated speed response device Stick box basically designed use ground-based transmitter Interconnecting cable shown January 1984 53 LEOS LASER *JR3 STICK World Aerobatic Champion Ideal Trainer Top Quolity Epoxy Glass Fuse loge Cowl & Wheel Punts An Outstanding Balsa Ia Aluminum Landing Sew Kit Foam Wlng90 Span Wing 12 Wing Span Wing Area Areo 1440 sq indes 1050 sq inches Balsa Finish Kit 12 Hour Assembly Time Complete Step Step I- Weight B/-12 lbs structions Pictures Engine Size 75-13 Weight 16-20 lbs Engine 24 HP $197 PLUS 7 PLUS7SHIPPING SNIPPING DIrect Sales OnlyDIrectSales Only Rear 3405 Cleveland Ave SW ROUSH MFG Engine People CantoR OH 44707 484-4374 hinges themselves Robart pin-type cant seen because buried wing aileron small slot tubing allow aileron flap movement gap hinge line see actually about one-tenth finer dimension line fairing aileron tubing reveals some aluminum accentuates hinge line Its truly finest cleanest hinging methods yet seen other reason photo show details wing tip design Both NASA Quabeck have independently run wind tunnel tests both sources revealed marked reduction strength wing tip vorticescall dragwith design Note photo top wing tip bevel tip extends top outward bottom surface piece de resistance craftsman ship model cockpit shown apologies Dolly Bob Wischer Quarter Scalers everywhere bird has show-stopper England its shown and/or flown Its 100% scalefrom its bare frame up Its ASK- 13 cockpit has everything scale fly specks couldnt find gent owns couldnt believe would leave unattended Well have few examples craftsmanship Whether youre sport funas majority fliersor among few go top rung spend little extra time next project takes extra element craftsman pride Good lift Dan Pruss 131 E Penningion Ln Plainfield IL 60544 RC Old-Timers/Mathews Continued page 52 1957 deBolts kit line expanded include RC models ranging en subject column Also Stuntwagon CL bipes Free Flight Airfoiler selling well Hal tells us first experimental bipes Cruisers Trainer wings added bottom set size Cus tom configurationbut cleaned up Symmetrical airfoil sections incorporated result force arrangements modified says Custom flew well 35 K&B 45 came out offered enough additional power snaps such Nats second-placer used eightchannel Bramco Detroit reed unit later added flaps 10-channel unit although now wonders guess thought could control landings better Standard covering nearly planes colored silk clear dope some colored dope trim effort help hold down weight forced use 2 lb RC gear ounce saved model weight important Speaking RC gear novel feature Live Wire series removable radio box As can seen photo entire unit could disconnected pushrods removed fuselage feature course very handy adjusting repairing equipment also says much about complexity re liability Quoting letter Hal 57 Nats cute about fifth place until last flight some hard-nosed Marine officers judges pen chant bipes encouraged made some precise trim changes worked well flight great Afterwards Marines told helper Dick Bransteter hoped did some good three-view prepared set original kit drawings purchased Fran Ptaszkiewkz 23 Maple Drive Tow anda PA 14150 also has other Dmeco kit plans patterns required build Write him details radios attempt overview radio equipment 1954 through 1957 era like opening can worms equipment still either 27 MHz 465 MHz ham bands Superhet receivers become common tone modulation used fur ther reject extraneous signals reed cMASTER JT Div BAR/RICH SALES CO 2 FARWAY MANN SAL MO 63401 314/221 8803 WING SPAN42 WING AREA651 sq ENGINE4060 WEIGHT5 lbs BUILT-UP BALSA SportStand ott scale model die cot tornrers ond ply parts 2ohts rolled toll size plane HIGHLY AEROBATIC eapiarienced boilder WING SPAN64 WING AREA435 sq ENGINE40 WEIGHT 515 AS balse constroCtlon die cot tormera ribO2shtO 1411 size plans transition airplane sood srOond handlins line first low-winger Write prices NEW R/C BOOKLET Answers questions often asked want toj get started R/O flying PLUS troduces best airplane start EN 6t5twkdkt FALCON receive copy SEND $2I TO ST CROIX OF PARK FALLS LTD PO Box 279P Park Falls WI 54552 144 Model Aviation HIP ERBIPE SPARTAN TOLEDOI84THIRTIETH ANNUAL RIO EXPOSITIONIU Reserve April 6 7 81984TOLEDO SPORTS ARENA attend worlds greatestONE MAIN STREET radio control model show WeTOLEDO OHIO featuring worlds largest Swap Shops no dealers complete refreshment centers Saturday Night Auction raffles complete nc systems accessories acres free parking Bring latest completely ~nished models display enter competition excit ing awards Competition models will accepted during show hours till 10 am Sunday morning no entry fee Complete nc systems will presented first second third place winners new Microwave Oven will award ed lucky winner Best Show Open public three great days APRIL 67& 8 FRIDAY 9am SATURDAY 9am6pm SUNDAY 9am 430pm Weak Signals RIO Club PO Box 5772 Toledo Ohio 43613 units penultimate available concept reed receiver/transmitter series modulated audio tones vi brated metal strip causing close onto switch turn activated relay turn passed current servo sounds complexit tone such 500 cycles per second emited transmitter pilot activated several switches buttons picked up receiver used vibrate reed Thus tone eventually moved servo direction such Up elevator return surface neutral released transmitter button switch Another switch could pushed generate another tone would activate another control function such Down ele vator other words 10-channel unit capable moving five surfaces two directions until 1960 equipment capable generating tone time became available system referred Simul reader has never seen reed multi-channel flown preceeding likely conjures up visions very herky jerky flying Such case accomplished fliers became adept flicking switches flying closely resembled todays proportional equipment however con siderable accomplishment very early reed equipment Rockwood Schmidt others used control box rather buttons however didnt prove popular Control boxes scalelike sticks also available single-channel fliers simplify flying cas caded compound escapements illustrated past column have cluded some photos Ectron controller provided us reader As era complex enough what single channel compound es capements galloping ghost kicking duck reeds forth Good Worth Don Brown others also flying primitive proportional rigs early Quadraplex Space Control proportional equipment sale 1959 yet multi reed equipment sold well commonly used equipment well mid Sixties ever proportional did catch reed equipment disappeared almost over night Corporal Klingers home town Toledo OH will scene SAM Champs 84 mid-June date has selected likely produce cooler weather lighter winds traditional July dates site former Toledo Municipal airport full-scale aviation activity will suspended three-day Champs Concrete runways well-maintained grass areas should make motorbike retrieval possible Free Flighters Access via 1-75 Ohio Turnpike interchange Quality Semco Mufflers Tuned Pipe Adapter Super Expansion FAI Competition Vertical Down Exhaust PiUs Pitts Jr Super Flo Thru Exhaust Manifolds 215 457-3120 area full motels Although head quarters motel yet unnamed will scene MECA Collecto tra ditional first evening bean feed awards banquet SAM Champs much social hap pening contest shaping up best ever Carl Spielmaker will serve general CD Tom McCoy Buck Zaire charge RC Anyone knows three rascals aware fun bring activity Free Flight director has named writing Watch column Clarence Haughts detailsbut dont let pack wild horses keep attending Dee B Mathews 506 South Walnut Greensburg KS 67054 RC Helicopters/Jolly Continued paqe 54 one-minute period will allow check rate switches trims proper positions Also will able check noticeable vibration During warm-up period engine will come up operating temperature open throttle actual liftoff will able check carburetor properly ad justed good idle Continued page 148 ~blyand Double Value Ideal caddy workbench setting checking wing stab incidence Rgular$4998 1/4 Scale$3495 Balancing Posts5595 Dealer Inquiries Welcome 125 Manor Ave S emco Oaklyn NJ 08107 January 1984 145 ronaere power glow plugs 55 shirt pocket Usiog HeadlockTM adapte, allows stoy plog ond get propeller Rechargeable op 1000 tiwes SO day warranty No wore bulky botterieo nobles Order NISTARTER either 110 220 12 colt fost charger lestroctioce included Aloe available charger See dealer order direct frow us Visa & Mastercard accepted Please specify type charger Add $160 postage USA NIHI 1 uS c. 02165 NIlILlE 226 . t21g5 NIlILlA 120 adep. $21 65NI-HL1-NC No charger t120S 12721 Haskell La Bowie MD 20716 100114642260