RESULTS 89 Phoenix race first idea sent Greg Doe says originated Jim Stegall goes addition 4 plywood strips inserted edges control surfaces air planes greatly increases resistance dings nicks Also plywood strips provide ac curate centerline sanding shaping surface order cut centered slot plywood insert weve got have tool will cut accurately Such tool easily made see sketch Another use tool lo cate hinge slots have three tools Y6-in A-in %-in-thick wood A-in material over 15 years old orig inal X-Acto knife blade So time invested making set worthwhile X-Acto blade laminated between two pieces wood /2 thickness flying surface blade will less likely work loose hardwood used holding used tapered balsa trailing edge stock side pieces just about anything scrap box will work blade depth /6 adequate practice tool drawn around edges surface creating slot Use several passes making slot little deeper pass Sand sharp edge / plywood before cut ting strips Widths 3/ work well Although messy have found K&B Surfac ing Resin best adhesive glue ply wood balsa Brush resin slot install plywood pressing its edges resin may cause balsa swell close up slot resin will also act lubricant help plywood slide Rounded stab rub ber tips can done short straight sections rather going trouble cutting curved plywood inserts Resist temptation glue plywood CyA adhesive experience has too often CyA glue will cure near edge surface penetrate depth plywood good glue penetration unsightly condition will occur after surface has sanded Frequently balsa above below plywood will pucker bulge out next job slotting tool locate hinge slots flying surfaces practice hinge surfaces before sanding shaping doing slight mismatches sanded Out use nylon live hinges such Southern RCs Super Pro hinges slotting tool used locate hinge slot cen ter surface regular X-Acto knife used make slot deeper Dummy hinges made out small strips / plywood used join elevators rudder stabilizer vertical fin sanding After surfaces shaped dummy hinges re moved Finish surfaces according fa vorite method using care fill up slots resin used Install hinges CyA join respective control surfaces appro priate time building sequence Thanks Greg looks though years NMPRA Formula Championships will held Phoenix October 28-29 will pass on plans become positive brief race report Brad Young says 48 people showed up Well start another race season Im much writer will best can tell some highlights race held Phoenix Pro-Flyers 48 Model Aviation Radio Conoi Pylon Racing Bill Hager 4 Holly Springs Dr Conroe TX 77302 BALSA WOOD STICKS 1/18-INCH3648 1/160 1/1606 1/160 3/3207 1/16 o 1/80811 1/1603/180913 1/160 1/41015 1/1603/81317 1/180 1/21820 1/1603/42128 3/32-INCH3848 3/32 o 3/320811 3/320 1/80913 3/3203/161016 3/320 1/41316 3/32o3/81419 3/320 1/21621 3/320 3/42431 Double Balsa Wood Prices Spruce end Basswood Sticks 1/8-INCH3648 3/8-INCH3848 1/80 1/808113/803/82737 1/803/1611183/80 1/23041 1/8o1/413173/8 03/44480 1/603/81621 1/80 1/217241/2-INCH3848 1/8 o 3/425 1/2 x 1/23748 3/18-INCH3648 1/2 0 3/45270 3/1803/161317TRIANGULAR 3/16 0 1/41416CUT BALSA 3/16o 3/816211/4 0 1/40 3624 3/16o 1/218253/803/803628 3/16 0 3/428381/2 0 1/2 0 3637 3/4o3/4o3647 1/4-INCH38481 0 1 0 3661 1/40 1/41821BALSAPLANKS 1/403/818283/403036178 1/401/22126102036164 1/403/43142103036230 8/16-INCH381 04036303 2o2o36 230 5/16 0 5/1620272 o 3 0 36326 5/16o3/82230204038464 5/16o1/22736303o36480 5/1603/438523o4o36880 BALSA SHEETS 1-INCH3848 1/16o12736 3/32 0 13040 1/8013344 3/16013745 1/4 0 141S7 3/8 o 15372 1/2 o 16588 2-INCH3648 1/32 0 23040 1/16023648 3/32 o 24154 1/8024680 3/160 25472 1/4026384 3/80277103 1/202113150 TAIBI1/64 12 BCH PLYWOOD 12175 24380 1/64o 12046700 164048046 2800 1/320601252 1/320120 1105 1/32 o 12 o 24210 _____________________1/32012046420 l/16o6o1252 1/160 120 12105 1/160 12024210 1/18 0 12046420 3-INCH3848 1/32034053 1/160 34358 3/32 0 3 5270 1/8036080 3/16o37295 1/40364112 5/1603103134 3/8o3120160 1/203150200 4-INCH3848 1/32 o 46587 1/160473101 3/320482108 1/80465126 3/1604114651 1/404131193 3/804182271 1/204218328 3/3206012 81 3/320 120 12183 3/32012024326 3/32 0 12 0 48652 1/80601288 1/8012012178 1/8 o 12024386 1/80 12048712 3/160601274 3/160120 12146 3/16 012 o 24293 3/16 012 0 46585 1/40801274 1/40120 12146 1/4 o12 o 24283 1/4012048585 3/80120 12180 3/8012024360 3/8 012046720 1/2 0120 12202 1/2 012024405 1/2 o12048808 LITE PLYWOOD 1/8o12o1286 1/80 12024112 1/8012046224 TAPERED TRAILING EDGE3848 1/80 1/22230 3/16 0 3/42940 1/4014255 5/160 i/o4461 3/8 0 15272 Superior Aircraft Materials 1 2020-G Centraila iian Gardens California 90716 865-3220 Handling Charge $500 $300 COD mum Order $2000 FOB Factory accept Personal checks COD fornia ResIdents add 6% Sales Tax scale judging Friday night Rich ard Verano won Best Show beautiful Denight 48 entries great see good turnout race Dave Shadel set fast time 10890 never letup week end some new people show up Phoe nix Tim just found out what its like get some bad air Mike Otto learned buy someone s old airplane after folding wing number 1 pylon Gary Hover got off bad start lost Kazi did Land Nancy coming out #1 pylon doing high-speed touch-and-no-go after dust settled everybody good weekend Thanks Jim Allen Mike Del ponte people helped work race results given points/rime Ed 1 Dave Shadel 32/10890 2 Bruce Rich mond 31/11400 3 Lyle Lawson 29/11588 4 Richard Verano 28/116A9 5 Brian Rich mond 28/11083 6 Dub Jett 27/115A0 7 Mike Helsel 26/11479 8 Paul Stenberg 26/11684 9 Fred French 26/11740 10 Bob Smith 25/l153L frequencies Russ Kime Pay atten tion guys might seem little early start worrying shout frequency changes will occur 1991 hut might well take lesson Exxon US Government state Alaska undoubtedly wish begun planning major oil spills little earlier wait until1991 start deciding what about frequencies may wind up some thing nobody really likes will changes sure final hopes transition period fre quency changes year next need rea sonable workable system since will likely force years come Two-and-a-half years ago designed fre quency control system now use Pylon Racingand will continue use next year-and-a-half created because rec ognized would operating essentially outdated equipment frequency-spacing inter vals designed has worked well its drawback being necessity using special matrix configurations avoid 31M interference Some CDs still have some dif ficulty applying system find have found however can operate successfully 40 kHz spacing present-day equipment Both 3IM adjacent-channel interference examples what Owen Black calls self-in flicted interference ourselves George Steiner assures improve ment equipment meet 1991 standards 3IM will virtually disappear Adjacent-channel inter ferenceand new bugaboo called second-or der product interference 20Pis different matter however Lets take look what exactly will have starting 1991 new problems will us 1 will have full 50 channels RC1 1 through RC6O inclusive AMA secured us going bat behalf FCC will span entire 72 MHz band 72010 72990 MHz will ex clusively model aircraft usenot shared anyone else old Red & White/Or ange & White frequencies occasionally dis astrous results 50 channels now have Continued page 158 September 1989 49 Attention Fan Owners OPS now offers two needle bearing 80s use spare parts readily available #8502 heat sink head reverse pipe Byron type installation #8501 pipe conventional installation S 4PIeof ComAeife% 9mA4 ec FLIGHT MASTER 3-D Helicopter Flight Simulator Protects Investment Speeds up flight training time Easy Use Mini- Tune Pipes 1 5%-20% Power SuperQuiet Easy Install Light Weight Stock #3000 Shutlie Stock #3001 Concept 30 Stock #3002 Baron 28 30 & X-CelI 30 Accepts helicopter sizesSuper Tune master ALL helicopter flight manuevers simulated under full flight conditions Pipe have complete control movement forward reverse left rightup down Design tor 3600 rotation hover Flight Master essential mastering difficultSuper Power or-20% up Superuuiei nose-in maneuver Perfect flying skills expensive crash repairs andSuper Quality Material Super Light Weight downtime Protect investment models motors machinerySuper Easy Inatallation List $19995 Stock #3010 Headers Available Stock #1001 Floats Water Snow Escellent Training Aid tor Beginners 20-30 Size Stock #2009 50-60 Size Stock #2010 HOBBY DEALERS TAKE ADVANTAGE QF QUR QUALITt PRODUCTS AT DEALER PRICE PLEASE CALL DR WRITE FQR DETAILS List $59 759 E BROKAW RD SAN JOSE CA 95112 List S2914081 436-1325 CENTURY IMPORT & EXPORT RC Electrics/Kopski Continued page 154 tagging along Sorry see leave soil folks Anyway good news hia MB Electric column will continue will take some European flavor cause will liv ing Weisbaden Mitch describes ing near heart Electroflying Europe feel deeply indebted Mitch since early Electric writings about 18 years ago key factor getting seriously interested Electric first successful Electric flight February/March time frame 1972quite some time past Mitchs Anyway interest pursuit eventually lead association MA About Electrics series 1983/84 column some feature articles along way Indeed very issue marks beginning sixth writing year Thank Mitch wish well note Ill close another column Please forward comment question SASE please author name address ap pear column heading Late news Winston-Salem Radio Control Club Inc North Carolina has announced its third annual Electric fly-in scheduled August 19-20 1989 meet events include AllUp/Last-Down cash prizes plus prizes Most Aerobatic Beauty Contact CD Charles Spear 288 Holly Lane Mocksville NC 27028 late news CS Flight Systems see ad has new Sanyo 1800 SCRs stock $650 sound like winners weigh 60 grams 1200s weigh 51 grams have height 49mm l200s 51mm lot juice can little bitty bit bigger Tell em Bob sent ya Quiet Sate Happy Electric Landings Everyone RC Pylon Racing/Hager Continued page 49 enough divide up wisely assign groups frequencies solely specific competi tion categories Nats can de signed no 31M 20P combina tions within group itself Thats good news 2 bad news will have ex elusive use of 50 channels 20 kHz spacing will have exclusive use 7273 MHz band PRS stands Private Ra dio Service will have intervening frequen cies available assignment 10 kHz spacing channels use paging systems whatever can operate up 300 watts output will potential adjacentchannel interference vengeance al ready us metropolitan areas Los Angeles basin example December 1987 Jim Riccio San Ga briel Valley R/C League using ICOM 7000 spectrum analyzer located five such paging sys tems within 10 kHz present channels year later December 1988 number proliferated 25 conceivable could have strong pagers interspersed between virtually channels near future lot airplanes have inexplicably bitten dust LA last year Thats get ting rid obsolete equipment hard way solution Yes requires using narrowband receivers will reject adjacentchannel signal 85 kHz away either side frequency such equipment already available am happy say both Airtron ics Futaba JR radios have just added AMA s listing 1991-cerrtfied equipment Ed 3 new phenomenon will appear called second-order product interference 20P Watizzit say Briefly two chan nels 23 channel numbers apart such RCl2 RC43 example operated si multaneously produce beat 460 kHz 20 kHz x 23 kHz hits almost directly top 455 kHz IF frequency used single-conversion re ceivers deadly results receivers George Steiner dubs 460 Splat about 23 Skidoo Almost single-conversion receivers vulnerable since IF employed 455 kHz solution problem Yes Dual-conversion receivers use firststage IF frequency 107 MHz effec tively screens out 460 kHz beat reaching second IF stage still 455 kHz before other words insist running single-conversion receiver after January 1 1991 keep eye out anyone 23 channels away frequency unless enjoy re building airplanes 1 cant vouch accuracy follow ing story illustrates what 20P can Denver recently group flying near 158 Model Aviation PRACTICAL SIZED GIANT SCALE MODEL PLANS Fiberglass Cowlings Canopies Available F-i5 4 Span 77 DC-31 1/2 1140Span$4200 F4tJ CORSAIR2 1/4 193SpanS3000 A6M5 ZERO2 1/2 191Span$3000 Plans RK-20 CURTIS P402 1/2 194Span$3000 RK-740 Ducted Fans AT-6 TEXAN24 1101Span$3000 antom 35 Span $1000 F8F BEARCAT2 1/2 186Span$3000 ggen 32 Span $1000 FOKKER DR-i27 163Tripe$2700 iS 36 Span $1000 ___________________________________________Catalog Plans Accessories Supplies n Canopy $1500 Credited First Order $25 More________________________________ Order From_________________________ Nick Ziroli29 Edgar Dr Smithtown NY 11787 USA516-234-5038 BATT- CHEKli Saves Time . Saves Models Install RO Models 3-Level indication receiver battery status press s button Precise Rugged Small Light l/2 ozI Made USA Also custom units other applications Order Today $1495 dealer send check money order postpaid Protune Corp 914 462-6452 PO Box 1806 Poughkeepsle NY 12601 INY State residents add sales taxI television Channel 4 antenna Now TV 4s au dio carrier frequency 7175 MHz just below 72 MHz band flier turned new Channel 22 radio 7223 MHz 480 KHz heat produced between channel TV 4s au dio carrier shor down plane sky fell swoop must have using old single-conversion receivers Channel 21 7221 MHz would have worse since beat between 7175 MHz 7221 MHz 460 kHz buy new radio RC2l make sure top-of-the-line dual-conversion job Are bright spots Sure ing can have old Airtronics AM Futaba too converted narrow-band FM transmitter will ex change old receiver new 1991 narrowband receiver $7495 dont know what Futaba charges know have program other manufacturers also Both Ace RIC George Steiner will narrow-band old Praline transmitter youre own receiver end Better yet addition odd-numbered channels makes possible come up im proved allocation frequencies Pylon Rac ing tt possible now choose 12 frequencies instead 15 have presently no 31M 20P combinations other words can paired matrix combina tion having worry about 31M 20P will still have minimum 40 kHz spacing just have now 12 Im looking atareRC13 15 1820242646485153 57 59 Only overload freqttency 25% entries could cause problem would rid special matrix configura tions altogether fly ointment us would have change frequen cies would one-time-only change since will out transition period good appears light end tun nel headlight oncoming train Send ideas contest reports pic tures See next month Clout/Lehmberg Continued page 52 better support parents Use section flying site will pose problems close enough make kids feel theyre part action Youth Member club status completion first part program will provide incentive Start off NEW FAI TAN RUBBER Sizes 114 3/16 1/8 3/32 1/16 042 thick pound box Price *1475 includes 4 oz Slick lube *1375 no lube Slick costs *17W Postpaid US via UPS Cal add 5% tax Made USA Slow cure consistant quality Ask FAI-TAN CROCKET HOOKS NOW MADE BYFAI New catalog lists 100 FF Icital SEND $150FAl Med Supply FOR CATALOGP0 BOX 3167 Torrance CA 90610 Hand-Launched Glider toy go all-balsa Rubber model progressively dif ficult Rubber models Subsidizing materials club treasury would money well vested Perhaps point Junior club membership could made available low dues must dues learning pay way before play part lifeor used point youth member could start training members craft save money craft own involvement young peo ple goes saying should given max imum publicity Safety duties committee well known Also would well safety com mittee handle field marshal assignments responsible review settlement safetyrelated field problems Community involvement duties committee would provide displays local mall shows service club functions well organize activity shows clubs presence Lectures show- n-tells ele mentary high schools can powerful Again should include Hand-Launched Glider high-performance Rubber job RC Electric model could flown really classy Pattern Scale model Use good speaker good job arm chair members Remember can speakand sometimes very dynamically committee has maximum potential building Clout Contests have saved committee discus sion last because have quite bit say about apologies Jim Waterman contests good way build Clout model airplane club really no different principle football club baseball club Given same press modeling club would have much prestige ball clubs home city identifies itself club remember New England world nearly stopped turning Brooklyn Dodg ers Yankees playing Seriesand long way Big Apple Work con tracted during period rose pricethe companies knew labor force wasnt going productive Though model club small percentage ball club personnel big names didnt matter fans ball club Clout AMA district contests held sum mer long course National Contest club committee should schedule big meet year AMA sanction publi cize well report well effort should made promote public attendance Continued page 160 TOP GUN MEMORABILIA LIMITED EDITION COLLECTORS SERIES TOP GUN VIDEO Three days grueling competition professionally filmed produced edited music /z-inch VHS videotape must collectors Running time 21 mm S1995 a~IueI TOP GUN T-SHIETS AND GOLF SHIRTS Multi-colored silk screened T-shirts imprinted front back white golf shirts Top Gun emblem breast Please specify sizes ordering SHIRT SI6S%oLF SHIRT TOP GUN PROGRAMS Includes photographs biographical data Top Gun Pilots An ideal reference informed enthusiasts 16 pages s200 TOP GUN STICKERS Colorful Mylar crack-and-peel stickers featuring official Top Gun emblem Perfect flight boxes books windows aircraft etc Size 3x3 S150 LIMITED QUANTITIES AVAILABLE ONLY WHILESUPPLY LASTS TOP GUN ORDER FORM 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RESULTS 89 Phoenix race first idea sent Greg Doe says originated Jim Stegall goes addition 4 plywood strips inserted edges control surfaces air planes greatly increases resistance dings nicks Also plywood strips provide ac curate centerline sanding shaping surface order cut centered slot plywood insert weve got have tool will cut accurately Such tool easily made see sketch Another use tool lo cate hinge slots have three tools Y6-in A-in %-in-thick wood A-in material over 15 years old orig inal X-Acto knife blade So time invested making set worthwhile X-Acto blade laminated between two pieces wood /2 thickness flying surface blade will less likely work loose hardwood used holding used tapered balsa trailing edge stock side pieces just about anything scrap box will work blade depth /6 adequate practice tool drawn around edges surface creating slot Use several passes making slot little deeper pass Sand sharp edge / plywood before cut ting strips Widths 3/ work well Although messy have found K&B Surfac ing Resin best adhesive glue ply wood balsa Brush resin slot install plywood pressing its edges resin may cause balsa swell close up slot resin will also act lubricant help plywood slide Rounded stab rub ber tips can done short straight sections rather going trouble cutting curved plywood inserts Resist temptation glue plywood CyA adhesive experience has too often CyA glue will cure near edge surface penetrate depth plywood good glue penetration unsightly condition will occur after surface has sanded Frequently balsa above below plywood will pucker bulge out next job slotting tool locate hinge slots flying surfaces practice hinge surfaces before sanding shaping doing slight mismatches sanded Out use nylon live hinges such Southern RCs Super Pro hinges slotting tool used locate hinge slot cen ter surface regular X-Acto knife used make slot deeper Dummy hinges made out small strips / plywood used join elevators rudder stabilizer vertical fin sanding After surfaces shaped dummy hinges re moved Finish surfaces according fa vorite method using care fill up slots resin used Install hinges CyA join respective control surfaces appro priate time building sequence Thanks Greg looks though years NMPRA Formula Championships will held Phoenix October 28-29 will pass on plans become positive brief race report Brad Young says 48 people showed up Well start another race season Im much writer will best can tell some highlights race held Phoenix Pro-Flyers 48 Model Aviation Radio Conoi Pylon Racing Bill Hager 4 Holly Springs Dr Conroe TX 77302 BALSA WOOD STICKS 1/18-INCH3648 1/160 1/1606 1/160 3/3207 1/16 o 1/80811 1/1603/180913 1/160 1/41015 1/1603/81317 1/180 1/21820 1/1603/42128 3/32-INCH3848 3/32 o 3/320811 3/320 1/80913 3/3203/161016 3/320 1/41316 3/32o3/81419 3/320 1/21621 3/320 3/42431 Double Balsa Wood Prices Spruce end Basswood Sticks 1/8-INCH3648 3/8-INCH3848 1/80 1/808113/803/82737 1/803/1611183/80 1/23041 1/8o1/413173/8 03/44480 1/603/81621 1/80 1/217241/2-INCH3848 1/8 o 3/425 1/2 x 1/23748 3/18-INCH3648 1/2 0 3/45270 3/1803/161317TRIANGULAR 3/16 0 1/41416CUT BALSA 3/16o 3/816211/4 0 1/40 3624 3/16o 1/218253/803/803628 3/16 0 3/428381/2 0 1/2 0 3637 3/4o3/4o3647 1/4-INCH38481 0 1 0 3661 1/40 1/41821BALSAPLANKS 1/403/818283/403036178 1/401/22126102036164 1/403/43142103036230 8/16-INCH381 04036303 2o2o36 230 5/16 0 5/1620272 o 3 0 36326 5/16o3/82230204038464 5/16o1/22736303o36480 5/1603/438523o4o36880 BALSA SHEETS 1-INCH3848 1/16o12736 3/32 0 13040 1/8013344 3/16013745 1/4 0 141S7 3/8 o 15372 1/2 o 16588 2-INCH3648 1/32 0 23040 1/16023648 3/32 o 24154 1/8024680 3/160 25472 1/4026384 3/80277103 1/202113150 TAIBI1/64 12 BCH PLYWOOD 12175 24380 1/64o 12046700 164048046 2800 1/320601252 1/320120 1105 1/32 o 12 o 24210 _____________________1/32012046420 l/16o6o1252 1/160 120 12105 1/160 12024210 1/18 0 12046420 3-INCH3848 1/32034053 1/160 34358 3/32 0 3 5270 1/8036080 3/16o37295 1/40364112 5/1603103134 3/8o3120160 1/203150200 4-INCH3848 1/32 o 46587 1/160473101 3/320482108 1/80465126 3/1604114651 1/404131193 3/804182271 1/204218328 3/3206012 81 3/320 120 12183 3/32012024326 3/32 0 12 0 48652 1/80601288 1/8012012178 1/8 o 12024386 1/80 12048712 3/160601274 3/160120 12146 3/16 012 o 24293 3/16 012 0 46585 1/40801274 1/40120 12146 1/4 o12 o 24283 1/4012048585 3/80120 12180 3/8012024360 3/8 012046720 1/2 0120 12202 1/2 012024405 1/2 o12048808 LITE PLYWOOD 1/8o12o1286 1/80 12024112 1/8012046224 TAPERED TRAILING EDGE3848 1/80 1/22230 3/16 0 3/42940 1/4014255 5/160 i/o4461 3/8 0 15272 Superior Aircraft Materials 1 2020-G Centraila iian Gardens California 90716 865-3220 Handling Charge $500 $300 COD mum Order $2000 FOB Factory accept Personal checks COD fornia ResIdents add 6% Sales Tax scale judging Friday night Rich ard Verano won Best Show beautiful Denight 48 entries great see good turnout race Dave Shadel set fast time 10890 never letup week end some new people show up Phoe nix Tim just found out what its like get some bad air Mike Otto learned buy someone s old airplane after folding wing number 1 pylon Gary Hover got off bad start lost Kazi did Land Nancy coming out #1 pylon doing high-speed touch-and-no-go after dust settled everybody good weekend Thanks Jim Allen Mike Del ponte people helped work race results given points/rime Ed 1 Dave Shadel 32/10890 2 Bruce Rich mond 31/11400 3 Lyle Lawson 29/11588 4 Richard Verano 28/116A9 5 Brian Rich mond 28/11083 6 Dub Jett 27/115A0 7 Mike Helsel 26/11479 8 Paul Stenberg 26/11684 9 Fred French 26/11740 10 Bob Smith 25/l153L frequencies Russ Kime Pay atten tion guys might seem little early start worrying shout frequency changes will occur 1991 hut might well take lesson Exxon US Government state Alaska undoubtedly wish begun planning major oil spills little earlier wait until1991 start deciding what about frequencies may wind up some thing nobody really likes will changes sure final hopes transition period fre quency changes year next need rea sonable workable system since will likely force years come Two-and-a-half years ago designed fre quency control system now use Pylon Racingand will continue use next year-and-a-half created because rec ognized would operating essentially outdated equipment frequency-spacing inter vals designed has worked well its drawback being necessity using special matrix configurations avoid 31M interference Some CDs still have some dif ficulty applying system find have found however can operate successfully 40 kHz spacing present-day equipment Both 3IM adjacent-channel interference examples what Owen Black calls self-in flicted interference ourselves George Steiner assures improve ment equipment meet 1991 standards 3IM will virtually disappear Adjacent-channel inter ferenceand new bugaboo called second-or der product interference 20Pis different matter however Lets take look what exactly will have starting 1991 new problems will us 1 will have full 50 channels RC1 1 through RC6O inclusive AMA secured us going bat behalf FCC will span entire 72 MHz band 72010 72990 MHz will ex clusively model aircraft usenot shared anyone else old Red & White/Or ange & White frequencies occasionally dis astrous results 50 channels now have Continued page 158 September 1989 49 Attention Fan Owners OPS now offers two needle bearing 80s use spare parts readily available #8502 heat sink head reverse pipe Byron type installation #8501 pipe conventional installation S 4PIeof ComAeife% 9mA4 ec FLIGHT MASTER 3-D Helicopter Flight Simulator Protects Investment Speeds up flight training time Easy Use Mini- Tune Pipes 1 5%-20% Power SuperQuiet Easy Install Light Weight Stock #3000 Shutlie Stock #3001 Concept 30 Stock #3002 Baron 28 30 & X-CelI 30 Accepts helicopter sizesSuper Tune master ALL helicopter flight manuevers simulated under full flight conditions Pipe have complete control movement forward reverse left rightup down Design tor 3600 rotation hover Flight Master essential mastering difficultSuper Power or-20% up Superuuiei nose-in maneuver Perfect flying skills expensive crash repairs andSuper Quality Material Super Light Weight downtime Protect investment models motors machinerySuper Easy Inatallation List $19995 Stock #3010 Headers Available Stock #1001 Floats Water Snow Escellent Training Aid tor Beginners 20-30 Size Stock #2009 50-60 Size Stock #2010 HOBBY DEALERS TAKE ADVANTAGE QF QUR QUALITt PRODUCTS AT DEALER PRICE PLEASE CALL DR WRITE FQR DETAILS List $59 759 E BROKAW RD SAN JOSE CA 95112 List S2914081 436-1325 CENTURY IMPORT & EXPORT RC Electrics/Kopski Continued page 154 tagging along Sorry see leave soil folks Anyway good news hia MB Electric column will continue will take some European flavor cause will liv ing Weisbaden Mitch describes ing near heart Electroflying Europe feel deeply indebted Mitch since early Electric writings about 18 years ago key factor getting seriously interested Electric first successful Electric flight February/March time frame 1972quite some time past Mitchs Anyway interest pursuit eventually lead association MA About Electrics series 1983/84 column some feature articles along way Indeed very issue marks beginning sixth writing year Thank Mitch wish well note Ill close another column Please forward comment question SASE please author name address ap pear column heading Late news Winston-Salem Radio Control Club Inc North Carolina has announced its third annual Electric fly-in scheduled August 19-20 1989 meet events include AllUp/Last-Down cash prizes plus prizes Most Aerobatic Beauty Contact CD Charles Spear 288 Holly Lane Mocksville NC 27028 late news CS Flight Systems see ad has new Sanyo 1800 SCRs stock $650 sound like winners weigh 60 grams 1200s weigh 51 grams have height 49mm l200s 51mm lot juice can little bitty bit bigger Tell em Bob sent ya Quiet Sate Happy Electric Landings Everyone RC Pylon Racing/Hager Continued page 49 enough divide up wisely assign groups frequencies solely specific competi tion categories Nats can de signed no 31M 20P combina tions within group itself Thats good news 2 bad news will have ex elusive use of 50 channels 20 kHz spacing will have exclusive use 7273 MHz band PRS stands Private Ra dio Service will have intervening frequen cies available assignment 10 kHz spacing channels use paging systems whatever can operate up 300 watts output will potential adjacentchannel interference vengeance al ready us metropolitan areas Los Angeles basin example December 1987 Jim Riccio San Ga briel Valley R/C League using ICOM 7000 spectrum analyzer located five such paging sys tems within 10 kHz present channels year later December 1988 number proliferated 25 conceivable could have strong pagers interspersed between virtually channels near future lot airplanes have inexplicably bitten dust LA last year Thats get ting rid obsolete equipment hard way solution Yes requires using narrowband receivers will reject adjacentchannel signal 85 kHz away either side frequency such equipment already available am happy say both Airtron ics Futaba JR radios have just added AMA s listing 1991-cerrtfied equipment Ed 3 new phenomenon will appear called second-order product interference 20P Watizzit say Briefly two chan nels 23 channel numbers apart such RCl2 RC43 example operated si multaneously produce beat 460 kHz 20 kHz x 23 kHz hits almost directly top 455 kHz IF frequency used single-conversion re ceivers deadly results receivers George Steiner dubs 460 Splat about 23 Skidoo Almost single-conversion receivers vulnerable since IF employed 455 kHz solution problem Yes Dual-conversion receivers use firststage IF frequency 107 MHz effec tively screens out 460 kHz beat reaching second IF stage still 455 kHz before other words insist running single-conversion receiver after January 1 1991 keep eye out anyone 23 channels away frequency unless enjoy re building airplanes 1 cant vouch accuracy follow ing story illustrates what 20P can Denver recently group flying near 158 Model Aviation PRACTICAL SIZED GIANT SCALE MODEL PLANS Fiberglass Cowlings Canopies Available F-i5 4 Span 77 DC-31 1/2 1140Span$4200 F4tJ CORSAIR2 1/4 193SpanS3000 A6M5 ZERO2 1/2 191Span$3000 Plans RK-20 CURTIS P402 1/2 194Span$3000 RK-740 Ducted Fans AT-6 TEXAN24 1101Span$3000 antom 35 Span $1000 F8F BEARCAT2 1/2 186Span$3000 ggen 32 Span $1000 FOKKER DR-i27 163Tripe$2700 iS 36 Span $1000 ___________________________________________Catalog Plans Accessories Supplies n Canopy $1500 Credited First Order $25 More________________________________ Order From_________________________ Nick Ziroli29 Edgar Dr Smithtown NY 11787 USA516-234-5038 BATT- CHEKli Saves Time . Saves Models Install RO Models 3-Level indication receiver battery status press s button Precise Rugged Small Light l/2 ozI Made USA Also custom units other applications Order Today $1495 dealer send check money order postpaid Protune Corp 914 462-6452 PO Box 1806 Poughkeepsle NY 12601 INY State residents add sales taxI television Channel 4 antenna Now TV 4s au dio carrier frequency 7175 MHz just below 72 MHz band flier turned new Channel 22 radio 7223 MHz 480 KHz heat produced between channel TV 4s au dio carrier shor down plane sky fell swoop must have using old single-conversion receivers Channel 21 7221 MHz would have worse since beat between 7175 MHz 7221 MHz 460 kHz buy new radio RC2l make sure top-of-the-line dual-conversion job Are bright spots Sure ing can have old Airtronics AM Futaba too converted narrow-band FM transmitter will ex change old receiver new 1991 narrowband receiver $7495 dont know what Futaba charges know have program other manufacturers also Both Ace RIC George Steiner will narrow-band old Praline transmitter youre own receiver end Better yet addition odd-numbered channels makes possible come up im proved allocation frequencies Pylon Rac ing tt possible now choose 12 frequencies instead 15 have presently no 31M 20P combinations other words can paired matrix combina tion having worry about 31M 20P will still have minimum 40 kHz spacing just have now 12 Im looking atareRC13 15 1820242646485153 57 59 Only overload freqttency 25% entries could cause problem would rid special matrix configura tions altogether fly ointment us would have change frequen cies would one-time-only change since will out transition period good appears light end tun nel headlight oncoming train Send ideas contest reports pic tures See next month Clout/Lehmberg Continued page 52 better support parents Use section flying site will pose problems close enough make kids feel theyre part action Youth Member club status completion first part program will provide incentive Start off NEW FAI TAN RUBBER Sizes 114 3/16 1/8 3/32 1/16 042 thick pound box Price *1475 includes 4 oz Slick lube *1375 no lube Slick costs *17W Postpaid US via UPS Cal add 5% tax Made USA Slow cure consistant quality Ask FAI-TAN CROCKET HOOKS NOW MADE BYFAI New catalog lists 100 FF Icital SEND $150FAl Med Supply FOR CATALOGP0 BOX 3167 Torrance CA 90610 Hand-Launched Glider toy go all-balsa Rubber model progressively dif ficult Rubber models Subsidizing materials club treasury would money well vested Perhaps point Junior club membership could made available low dues must dues learning pay way before play part lifeor used point youth member could start training members craft save money craft own involvement young peo ple goes saying should given max imum publicity Safety duties committee well known Also would well safety com mittee handle field marshal assignments responsible review settlement safetyrelated field problems Community involvement duties committee would provide displays local mall shows service club functions well organize activity shows clubs presence Lectures show- n-tells ele mentary high schools can powerful Again should include Hand-Launched Glider high-performance Rubber job RC Electric model could flown really classy Pattern Scale model Use good speaker good job arm chair members Remember can speakand sometimes very dynamically committee has maximum potential building Clout Contests have saved committee discus sion last because have quite bit say about apologies Jim Waterman contests good way build Clout model airplane club really no different principle football club baseball club Given same press modeling club would have much prestige ball clubs home city identifies itself club remember New England world nearly stopped turning Brooklyn Dodg ers Yankees playing Seriesand long way Big Apple Work con tracted during period rose pricethe companies knew labor force wasnt going productive Though model club small percentage ball club personnel big names didnt matter fans ball club Clout AMA district contests held sum mer long course National Contest club committee should schedule big meet year AMA sanction publi cize well report well effort should made promote public attendance Continued page 160 TOP GUN MEMORABILIA LIMITED EDITION COLLECTORS SERIES TOP GUN VIDEO Three days grueling competition professionally filmed produced edited music /z-inch VHS videotape must collectors Running time 21 mm S1995 a~IueI TOP GUN T-SHIETS AND GOLF SHIRTS Multi-colored silk screened T-shirts imprinted front back white golf shirts Top Gun emblem breast Please specify sizes ordering SHIRT SI6S%oLF SHIRT TOP GUN PROGRAMS Includes photographs biographical data Top Gun Pilots An ideal reference informed enthusiasts 16 pages s200 TOP GUN STICKERS Colorful Mylar crack-and-peel stickers featuring official Top Gun emblem Perfect flight boxes books windows aircraft etc Size 3x3 S150 LIMITED QUANTITIES AVAILABLE ONLY WHILESUPPLY LASTS TOP GUN ORDER FORM Complete mail form check money order payable FTE faster delivery charge-by-phone VISA MCJ 3051 473-2211 Merchandise cannot delivered P0 boxes psres inchde seipping nd 5ndling ner5LOdise 5ipped it5n 24 Snars arder Name Address cityStatezip Phone OTY TOP GUN VIDEO S 1995 ea PRICE TOP GUN T-SHIRT 5795 ea Us UM Ut Dxc TOP GUN GOLF SHIRT 51650 Ca US UM Ut DXL_____ TOP GUN PROGRAM S 200 ea _________ TOP GUN STICKER SISO ea___________ PtA RESIDENTS ADD 6% SALES TAX TOTAL S _________ FRANK TIANO ENTERPRISES 2460 SW 85th Terrace Davie FL 33324 September 1989 159
Edition: Model Aviation - 1989/09
Page Numbers: 48, 49, 158, 159
RESULTS 89 Phoenix race first idea sent Greg Doe says originated Jim Stegall goes addition 4 plywood strips inserted edges control surfaces air planes greatly increases resistance dings nicks Also plywood strips provide ac curate centerline sanding shaping surface order cut centered slot plywood insert weve got have tool will cut accurately Such tool easily made see sketch Another use tool lo cate hinge slots have three tools Y6-in A-in %-in-thick wood A-in material over 15 years old orig inal X-Acto knife blade So time invested making set worthwhile X-Acto blade laminated between two pieces wood /2 thickness flying surface blade will less likely work loose hardwood used holding used tapered balsa trailing edge stock side pieces just about anything scrap box will work blade depth /6 adequate practice tool drawn around edges surface creating slot Use several passes making slot little deeper pass Sand sharp edge / plywood before cut ting strips Widths 3/ work well Although messy have found K&B Surfac ing Resin best adhesive glue ply wood balsa Brush resin slot install plywood pressing its edges resin may cause balsa swell close up slot resin will also act lubricant help plywood slide Rounded stab rub ber tips can done short straight sections rather going trouble cutting curved plywood inserts Resist temptation glue plywood CyA adhesive experience has too often CyA glue will cure near edge surface penetrate depth plywood good glue penetration unsightly condition will occur after surface has sanded Frequently balsa above below plywood will pucker bulge out next job slotting tool locate hinge slots flying surfaces practice hinge surfaces before sanding shaping doing slight mismatches sanded Out use nylon live hinges such Southern RCs Super Pro hinges slotting tool used locate hinge slot cen ter surface regular X-Acto knife used make slot deeper Dummy hinges made out small strips / plywood used join elevators rudder stabilizer vertical fin sanding After surfaces shaped dummy hinges re moved Finish surfaces according fa vorite method using care fill up slots resin used Install hinges CyA join respective control surfaces appro priate time building sequence Thanks Greg looks though years NMPRA Formula Championships will held Phoenix October 28-29 will pass on plans become positive brief race report Brad Young says 48 people showed up Well start another race season Im much writer will best can tell some highlights race held Phoenix Pro-Flyers 48 Model Aviation Radio Conoi Pylon Racing Bill Hager 4 Holly Springs Dr Conroe TX 77302 BALSA WOOD STICKS 1/18-INCH3648 1/160 1/1606 1/160 3/3207 1/16 o 1/80811 1/1603/180913 1/160 1/41015 1/1603/81317 1/180 1/21820 1/1603/42128 3/32-INCH3848 3/32 o 3/320811 3/320 1/80913 3/3203/161016 3/320 1/41316 3/32o3/81419 3/320 1/21621 3/320 3/42431 Double Balsa Wood Prices Spruce end Basswood Sticks 1/8-INCH3648 3/8-INCH3848 1/80 1/808113/803/82737 1/803/1611183/80 1/23041 1/8o1/413173/8 03/44480 1/603/81621 1/80 1/217241/2-INCH3848 1/8 o 3/425 1/2 x 1/23748 3/18-INCH3648 1/2 0 3/45270 3/1803/161317TRIANGULAR 3/16 0 1/41416CUT BALSA 3/16o 3/816211/4 0 1/40 3624 3/16o 1/218253/803/803628 3/16 0 3/428381/2 0 1/2 0 3637 3/4o3/4o3647 1/4-INCH38481 0 1 0 3661 1/40 1/41821BALSAPLANKS 1/403/818283/403036178 1/401/22126102036164 1/403/43142103036230 8/16-INCH381 04036303 2o2o36 230 5/16 0 5/1620272 o 3 0 36326 5/16o3/82230204038464 5/16o1/22736303o36480 5/1603/438523o4o36880 BALSA SHEETS 1-INCH3848 1/16o12736 3/32 0 13040 1/8013344 3/16013745 1/4 0 141S7 3/8 o 15372 1/2 o 16588 2-INCH3648 1/32 0 23040 1/16023648 3/32 o 24154 1/8024680 3/160 25472 1/4026384 3/80277103 1/202113150 TAIBI1/64 12 BCH PLYWOOD 12175 24380 1/64o 12046700 164048046 2800 1/320601252 1/320120 1105 1/32 o 12 o 24210 _____________________1/32012046420 l/16o6o1252 1/160 120 12105 1/160 12024210 1/18 0 12046420 3-INCH3848 1/32034053 1/160 34358 3/32 0 3 5270 1/8036080 3/16o37295 1/40364112 5/1603103134 3/8o3120160 1/203150200 4-INCH3848 1/32 o 46587 1/160473101 3/320482108 1/80465126 3/1604114651 1/404131193 3/804182271 1/204218328 3/3206012 81 3/320 120 12183 3/32012024326 3/32 0 12 0 48652 1/80601288 1/8012012178 1/8 o 12024386 1/80 12048712 3/160601274 3/160120 12146 3/16 012 o 24293 3/16 012 0 46585 1/40801274 1/40120 12146 1/4 o12 o 24283 1/4012048585 3/80120 12180 3/8012024360 3/8 012046720 1/2 0120 12202 1/2 012024405 1/2 o12048808 LITE PLYWOOD 1/8o12o1286 1/80 12024112 1/8012046224 TAPERED TRAILING EDGE3848 1/80 1/22230 3/16 0 3/42940 1/4014255 5/160 i/o4461 3/8 0 15272 Superior Aircraft Materials 1 2020-G Centraila iian Gardens California 90716 865-3220 Handling Charge $500 $300 COD mum Order $2000 FOB Factory accept Personal checks COD fornia ResIdents add 6% Sales Tax scale judging Friday night Rich ard Verano won Best Show beautiful Denight 48 entries great see good turnout race Dave Shadel set fast time 10890 never letup week end some new people show up Phoe nix Tim just found out what its like get some bad air Mike Otto learned buy someone s old airplane after folding wing number 1 pylon Gary Hover got off bad start lost Kazi did Land Nancy coming out #1 pylon doing high-speed touch-and-no-go after dust settled everybody good weekend Thanks Jim Allen Mike Del ponte people helped work race results given points/rime Ed 1 Dave Shadel 32/10890 2 Bruce Rich mond 31/11400 3 Lyle Lawson 29/11588 4 Richard Verano 28/116A9 5 Brian Rich mond 28/11083 6 Dub Jett 27/115A0 7 Mike Helsel 26/11479 8 Paul Stenberg 26/11684 9 Fred French 26/11740 10 Bob Smith 25/l153L frequencies Russ Kime Pay atten tion guys might seem little early start worrying shout frequency changes will occur 1991 hut might well take lesson Exxon US Government state Alaska undoubtedly wish begun planning major oil spills little earlier wait until1991 start deciding what about frequencies may wind up some thing nobody really likes will changes sure final hopes transition period fre quency changes year next need rea sonable workable system since will likely force years come Two-and-a-half years ago designed fre quency control system now use Pylon Racingand will continue use next year-and-a-half created because rec ognized would operating essentially outdated equipment frequency-spacing inter vals designed has worked well its drawback being necessity using special matrix configurations avoid 31M interference Some CDs still have some dif ficulty applying system find have found however can operate successfully 40 kHz spacing present-day equipment Both 3IM adjacent-channel interference examples what Owen Black calls self-in flicted interference ourselves George Steiner assures improve ment equipment meet 1991 standards 3IM will virtually disappear Adjacent-channel inter ferenceand new bugaboo called second-or der product interference 20Pis different matter however Lets take look what exactly will have starting 1991 new problems will us 1 will have full 50 channels RC1 1 through RC6O inclusive AMA secured us going bat behalf FCC will span entire 72 MHz band 72010 72990 MHz will ex clusively model aircraft usenot shared anyone else old Red & White/Or ange & White frequencies occasionally dis astrous results 50 channels now have Continued page 158 September 1989 49 Attention Fan Owners OPS now offers two needle bearing 80s use spare parts readily available #8502 heat sink head reverse pipe Byron type installation #8501 pipe conventional installation S 4PIeof ComAeife% 9mA4 ec FLIGHT MASTER 3-D Helicopter Flight Simulator Protects Investment Speeds up flight training time Easy Use Mini- Tune Pipes 1 5%-20% Power SuperQuiet Easy Install Light Weight Stock #3000 Shutlie Stock #3001 Concept 30 Stock #3002 Baron 28 30 & X-CelI 30 Accepts helicopter sizesSuper Tune master ALL helicopter flight manuevers simulated under full flight conditions Pipe have complete control movement forward reverse left rightup down Design tor 3600 rotation hover Flight Master essential mastering difficultSuper Power or-20% up Superuuiei nose-in maneuver Perfect flying skills expensive crash repairs andSuper Quality Material Super Light Weight downtime Protect investment models motors machinerySuper Easy Inatallation List $19995 Stock #3010 Headers Available Stock #1001 Floats Water Snow Escellent Training Aid tor Beginners 20-30 Size Stock #2009 50-60 Size Stock #2010 HOBBY DEALERS TAKE ADVANTAGE QF QUR QUALITt PRODUCTS AT DEALER PRICE PLEASE CALL DR WRITE FQR DETAILS List $59 759 E BROKAW RD SAN JOSE CA 95112 List S2914081 436-1325 CENTURY IMPORT & EXPORT RC Electrics/Kopski Continued page 154 tagging along Sorry see leave soil folks Anyway good news hia MB Electric column will continue will take some European flavor cause will liv ing Weisbaden Mitch describes ing near heart Electroflying Europe feel deeply indebted Mitch since early Electric writings about 18 years ago key factor getting seriously interested Electric first successful Electric flight February/March time frame 1972quite some time past Mitchs Anyway interest pursuit eventually lead association MA About Electrics series 1983/84 column some feature articles along way Indeed very issue marks beginning sixth writing year Thank Mitch wish well note Ill close another column Please forward comment question SASE please author name address ap pear column heading Late news Winston-Salem Radio Control Club Inc North Carolina has announced its third annual Electric fly-in scheduled August 19-20 1989 meet events include AllUp/Last-Down cash prizes plus prizes Most Aerobatic Beauty Contact CD Charles Spear 288 Holly Lane Mocksville NC 27028 late news CS Flight Systems see ad has new Sanyo 1800 SCRs stock $650 sound like winners weigh 60 grams 1200s weigh 51 grams have height 49mm l200s 51mm lot juice can little bitty bit bigger Tell em Bob sent ya Quiet Sate Happy Electric Landings Everyone RC Pylon Racing/Hager Continued page 49 enough divide up wisely assign groups frequencies solely specific competi tion categories Nats can de signed no 31M 20P combina tions within group itself Thats good news 2 bad news will have ex elusive use of 50 channels 20 kHz spacing will have exclusive use 7273 MHz band PRS stands Private Ra dio Service will have intervening frequen cies available assignment 10 kHz spacing channels use paging systems whatever can operate up 300 watts output will potential adjacentchannel interference vengeance al ready us metropolitan areas Los Angeles basin example December 1987 Jim Riccio San Ga briel Valley R/C League using ICOM 7000 spectrum analyzer located five such paging sys tems within 10 kHz present channels year later December 1988 number proliferated 25 conceivable could have strong pagers interspersed between virtually channels near future lot airplanes have inexplicably bitten dust LA last year Thats get ting rid obsolete equipment hard way solution Yes requires using narrowband receivers will reject adjacentchannel signal 85 kHz away either side frequency such equipment already available am happy say both Airtron ics Futaba JR radios have just added AMA s listing 1991-cerrtfied equipment Ed 3 new phenomenon will appear called second-order product interference 20P Watizzit say Briefly two chan nels 23 channel numbers apart such RCl2 RC43 example operated si multaneously produce beat 460 kHz 20 kHz x 23 kHz hits almost directly top 455 kHz IF frequency used single-conversion re ceivers deadly results receivers George Steiner dubs 460 Splat about 23 Skidoo Almost single-conversion receivers vulnerable since IF employed 455 kHz solution problem Yes Dual-conversion receivers use firststage IF frequency 107 MHz effec tively screens out 460 kHz beat reaching second IF stage still 455 kHz before other words insist running single-conversion receiver after January 1 1991 keep eye out anyone 23 channels away frequency unless enjoy re building airplanes 1 cant vouch accuracy follow ing story illustrates what 20P can Denver recently group flying near 158 Model Aviation PRACTICAL SIZED GIANT SCALE MODEL PLANS Fiberglass Cowlings Canopies Available F-i5 4 Span 77 DC-31 1/2 1140Span$4200 F4tJ CORSAIR2 1/4 193SpanS3000 A6M5 ZERO2 1/2 191Span$3000 Plans RK-20 CURTIS P402 1/2 194Span$3000 RK-740 Ducted Fans AT-6 TEXAN24 1101Span$3000 antom 35 Span $1000 F8F BEARCAT2 1/2 186Span$3000 ggen 32 Span $1000 FOKKER DR-i27 163Tripe$2700 iS 36 Span $1000 ___________________________________________Catalog Plans Accessories Supplies n Canopy $1500 Credited First Order $25 More________________________________ Order From_________________________ Nick Ziroli29 Edgar Dr Smithtown NY 11787 USA516-234-5038 BATT- CHEKli Saves Time . Saves Models Install RO Models 3-Level indication receiver battery status press s button Precise Rugged Small Light l/2 ozI Made USA Also custom units other applications Order Today $1495 dealer send check money order postpaid Protune Corp 914 462-6452 PO Box 1806 Poughkeepsle NY 12601 INY State residents add sales taxI television Channel 4 antenna Now TV 4s au dio carrier frequency 7175 MHz just below 72 MHz band flier turned new Channel 22 radio 7223 MHz 480 KHz heat produced between channel TV 4s au dio carrier shor down plane sky fell swoop must have using old single-conversion receivers Channel 21 7221 MHz would have worse since beat between 7175 MHz 7221 MHz 460 kHz buy new radio RC2l make sure top-of-the-line dual-conversion job Are bright spots Sure ing can have old Airtronics AM Futaba too converted narrow-band FM transmitter will ex change old receiver new 1991 narrowband receiver $7495 dont know what Futaba charges know have program other manufacturers also Both Ace RIC George Steiner will narrow-band old Praline transmitter youre own receiver end Better yet addition odd-numbered channels makes possible come up im proved allocation frequencies Pylon Rac ing tt possible now choose 12 frequencies instead 15 have presently no 31M 20P combinations other words can paired matrix combina tion having worry about 31M 20P will still have minimum 40 kHz spacing just have now 12 Im looking atareRC13 15 1820242646485153 57 59 Only overload freqttency 25% entries could cause problem would rid special matrix configura tions altogether fly ointment us would have change frequen cies would one-time-only change since will out transition period good appears light end tun nel headlight oncoming train Send ideas contest reports pic tures See next month Clout/Lehmberg Continued page 52 better support parents Use section flying site will pose problems close enough make kids feel theyre part action Youth Member club status completion first part program will provide incentive Start off NEW FAI TAN RUBBER Sizes 114 3/16 1/8 3/32 1/16 042 thick pound box Price *1475 includes 4 oz Slick lube *1375 no lube Slick costs *17W Postpaid US via UPS Cal add 5% tax Made USA Slow cure consistant quality Ask FAI-TAN CROCKET HOOKS NOW MADE BYFAI New catalog lists 100 FF Icital SEND $150FAl Med Supply FOR CATALOGP0 BOX 3167 Torrance CA 90610 Hand-Launched Glider toy go all-balsa Rubber model progressively dif ficult Rubber models Subsidizing materials club treasury would money well vested Perhaps point Junior club membership could made available low dues must dues learning pay way before play part lifeor used point youth member could start training members craft save money craft own involvement young peo ple goes saying should given max imum publicity Safety duties committee well known Also would well safety com mittee handle field marshal assignments responsible review settlement safetyrelated field problems Community involvement duties committee would provide displays local mall shows service club functions well organize activity shows clubs presence Lectures show- n-tells ele mentary high schools can powerful Again should include Hand-Launched Glider high-performance Rubber job RC Electric model could flown really classy Pattern Scale model Use good speaker good job arm chair members Remember can speakand sometimes very dynamically committee has maximum potential building Clout Contests have saved committee discus sion last because have quite bit say about apologies Jim Waterman contests good way build Clout model airplane club really no different principle football club baseball club Given same press modeling club would have much prestige ball clubs home city identifies itself club remember New England world nearly stopped turning Brooklyn Dodg ers Yankees playing Seriesand long way Big Apple Work con tracted during period rose pricethe companies knew labor force wasnt going productive Though model club small percentage ball club personnel big names didnt matter fans ball club Clout AMA district contests held sum mer long course National Contest club committee should schedule big meet year AMA sanction publi cize well report well effort should made promote public attendance Continued page 160 TOP GUN MEMORABILIA LIMITED EDITION COLLECTORS SERIES TOP GUN VIDEO Three days grueling competition professionally filmed produced edited music /z-inch VHS videotape must collectors Running time 21 mm S1995 a~IueI TOP GUN T-SHIETS AND GOLF SHIRTS Multi-colored silk screened T-shirts imprinted front back white golf shirts Top Gun emblem breast Please specify sizes ordering SHIRT SI6S%oLF SHIRT TOP GUN PROGRAMS Includes photographs biographical data Top Gun Pilots An ideal reference informed enthusiasts 16 pages s200 TOP GUN STICKERS Colorful Mylar crack-and-peel stickers featuring official Top Gun emblem Perfect flight boxes books windows aircraft etc Size 3x3 S150 LIMITED QUANTITIES AVAILABLE ONLY WHILESUPPLY LASTS TOP GUN ORDER FORM Complete mail form check money order payable FTE faster delivery charge-by-phone VISA MCJ 3051 473-2211 Merchandise cannot delivered P0 boxes psres inchde seipping nd 5ndling ner5LOdise 5ipped it5n 24 Snars arder Name Address cityStatezip Phone OTY TOP GUN VIDEO S 1995 ea PRICE TOP GUN T-SHIRT 5795 ea Us UM Ut Dxc TOP GUN GOLF SHIRT 51650 Ca US UM Ut DXL_____ TOP GUN PROGRAM S 200 ea _________ TOP GUN STICKER SISO ea___________ PtA RESIDENTS ADD 6% SALES TAX TOTAL S _________ FRANK TIANO ENTERPRISES 2460 SW 85th Terrace Davie FL 33324 September 1989 159
Edition: Model Aviation - 1989/09
Page Numbers: 48, 49, 158, 159
RESULTS 89 Phoenix race first idea sent Greg Doe says originated Jim Stegall goes addition 4 plywood strips inserted edges control surfaces air planes greatly increases resistance dings nicks Also plywood strips provide ac curate centerline sanding shaping surface order cut centered slot plywood insert weve got have tool will cut accurately Such tool easily made see sketch Another use tool lo cate hinge slots have three tools Y6-in A-in %-in-thick wood A-in material over 15 years old orig inal X-Acto knife blade So time invested making set worthwhile X-Acto blade laminated between two pieces wood /2 thickness flying surface blade will less likely work loose hardwood used holding used tapered balsa trailing edge stock side pieces just about anything scrap box will work blade depth /6 adequate practice tool drawn around edges surface creating slot Use several passes making slot little deeper pass Sand sharp edge / plywood before cut ting strips Widths 3/ work well Although messy have found K&B Surfac ing Resin best adhesive glue ply wood balsa Brush resin slot install plywood pressing its edges resin may cause balsa swell close up slot resin will also act lubricant help plywood slide Rounded stab rub ber tips can done short straight sections rather going trouble cutting curved plywood inserts Resist temptation glue plywood CyA adhesive experience has too often CyA glue will cure near edge surface penetrate depth plywood good glue penetration unsightly condition will occur after surface has sanded Frequently balsa above below plywood will pucker bulge out next job slotting tool locate hinge slots flying surfaces practice hinge surfaces before sanding shaping doing slight mismatches sanded Out use nylon live hinges such Southern RCs Super Pro hinges slotting tool used locate hinge slot cen ter surface regular X-Acto knife used make slot deeper Dummy hinges made out small strips / plywood used join elevators rudder stabilizer vertical fin sanding After surfaces shaped dummy hinges re moved Finish surfaces according fa vorite method using care fill up slots resin used Install hinges CyA join respective control surfaces appro priate time building sequence Thanks Greg looks though years NMPRA Formula Championships will held Phoenix October 28-29 will pass on plans become positive brief race report Brad Young says 48 people showed up Well start another race season Im much writer will best can tell some highlights race held Phoenix Pro-Flyers 48 Model Aviation Radio Conoi Pylon Racing Bill Hager 4 Holly Springs Dr Conroe TX 77302 BALSA WOOD STICKS 1/18-INCH3648 1/160 1/1606 1/160 3/3207 1/16 o 1/80811 1/1603/180913 1/160 1/41015 1/1603/81317 1/180 1/21820 1/1603/42128 3/32-INCH3848 3/32 o 3/320811 3/320 1/80913 3/3203/161016 3/320 1/41316 3/32o3/81419 3/320 1/21621 3/320 3/42431 Double Balsa Wood Prices Spruce end Basswood Sticks 1/8-INCH3648 3/8-INCH3848 1/80 1/808113/803/82737 1/803/1611183/80 1/23041 1/8o1/413173/8 03/44480 1/603/81621 1/80 1/217241/2-INCH3848 1/8 o 3/425 1/2 x 1/23748 3/18-INCH3648 1/2 0 3/45270 3/1803/161317TRIANGULAR 3/16 0 1/41416CUT BALSA 3/16o 3/816211/4 0 1/40 3624 3/16o 1/218253/803/803628 3/16 0 3/428381/2 0 1/2 0 3637 3/4o3/4o3647 1/4-INCH38481 0 1 0 3661 1/40 1/41821BALSAPLANKS 1/403/818283/403036178 1/401/22126102036164 1/403/43142103036230 8/16-INCH381 04036303 2o2o36 230 5/16 0 5/1620272 o 3 0 36326 5/16o3/82230204038464 5/16o1/22736303o36480 5/1603/438523o4o36880 BALSA SHEETS 1-INCH3848 1/16o12736 3/32 0 13040 1/8013344 3/16013745 1/4 0 141S7 3/8 o 15372 1/2 o 16588 2-INCH3648 1/32 0 23040 1/16023648 3/32 o 24154 1/8024680 3/160 25472 1/4026384 3/80277103 1/202113150 TAIBI1/64 12 BCH PLYWOOD 12175 24380 1/64o 12046700 164048046 2800 1/320601252 1/320120 1105 1/32 o 12 o 24210 _____________________1/32012046420 l/16o6o1252 1/160 120 12105 1/160 12024210 1/18 0 12046420 3-INCH3848 1/32034053 1/160 34358 3/32 0 3 5270 1/8036080 3/16o37295 1/40364112 5/1603103134 3/8o3120160 1/203150200 4-INCH3848 1/32 o 46587 1/160473101 3/320482108 1/80465126 3/1604114651 1/404131193 3/804182271 1/204218328 3/3206012 81 3/320 120 12183 3/32012024326 3/32 0 12 0 48652 1/80601288 1/8012012178 1/8 o 12024386 1/80 12048712 3/160601274 3/160120 12146 3/16 012 o 24293 3/16 012 0 46585 1/40801274 1/40120 12146 1/4 o12 o 24283 1/4012048585 3/80120 12180 3/8012024360 3/8 012046720 1/2 0120 12202 1/2 012024405 1/2 o12048808 LITE PLYWOOD 1/8o12o1286 1/80 12024112 1/8012046224 TAPERED TRAILING EDGE3848 1/80 1/22230 3/16 0 3/42940 1/4014255 5/160 i/o4461 3/8 0 15272 Superior Aircraft Materials 1 2020-G Centraila iian Gardens California 90716 865-3220 Handling Charge $500 $300 COD mum Order $2000 FOB Factory accept Personal checks COD fornia ResIdents add 6% Sales Tax scale judging Friday night Rich ard Verano won Best Show beautiful Denight 48 entries great see good turnout race Dave Shadel set fast time 10890 never letup week end some new people show up Phoe nix Tim just found out what its like get some bad air Mike Otto learned buy someone s old airplane after folding wing number 1 pylon Gary Hover got off bad start lost Kazi did Land Nancy coming out #1 pylon doing high-speed touch-and-no-go after dust settled everybody good weekend Thanks Jim Allen Mike Del ponte people helped work race results given points/rime Ed 1 Dave Shadel 32/10890 2 Bruce Rich mond 31/11400 3 Lyle Lawson 29/11588 4 Richard Verano 28/116A9 5 Brian Rich mond 28/11083 6 Dub Jett 27/115A0 7 Mike Helsel 26/11479 8 Paul Stenberg 26/11684 9 Fred French 26/11740 10 Bob Smith 25/l153L frequencies Russ Kime Pay atten tion guys might seem little early start worrying shout frequency changes will occur 1991 hut might well take lesson Exxon US Government state Alaska undoubtedly wish begun planning major oil spills little earlier wait until1991 start deciding what about frequencies may wind up some thing nobody really likes will changes sure final hopes transition period fre quency changes year next need rea sonable workable system since will likely force years come Two-and-a-half years ago designed fre quency control system now use Pylon Racingand will continue use next year-and-a-half created because rec ognized would operating essentially outdated equipment frequency-spacing inter vals designed has worked well its drawback being necessity using special matrix configurations avoid 31M interference Some CDs still have some dif ficulty applying system find have found however can operate successfully 40 kHz spacing present-day equipment Both 3IM adjacent-channel interference examples what Owen Black calls self-in flicted interference ourselves George Steiner assures improve ment equipment meet 1991 standards 3IM will virtually disappear Adjacent-channel inter ferenceand new bugaboo called second-or der product interference 20Pis different matter however Lets take look what exactly will have starting 1991 new problems will us 1 will have full 50 channels RC1 1 through RC6O inclusive AMA secured us going bat behalf FCC will span entire 72 MHz band 72010 72990 MHz will ex clusively model aircraft usenot shared anyone else old Red & White/Or ange & White frequencies occasionally dis astrous results 50 channels now have Continued page 158 September 1989 49 Attention Fan Owners OPS now offers two needle bearing 80s use spare parts readily available #8502 heat sink head reverse pipe Byron type installation #8501 pipe conventional installation S 4PIeof ComAeife% 9mA4 ec FLIGHT MASTER 3-D Helicopter Flight Simulator Protects Investment Speeds up flight training time Easy Use Mini- Tune Pipes 1 5%-20% Power SuperQuiet Easy Install Light Weight Stock #3000 Shutlie Stock #3001 Concept 30 Stock #3002 Baron 28 30 & X-CelI 30 Accepts helicopter sizesSuper Tune master ALL helicopter flight manuevers simulated under full flight conditions Pipe have complete control movement forward reverse left rightup down Design tor 3600 rotation hover Flight Master essential mastering difficultSuper Power or-20% up Superuuiei nose-in maneuver Perfect flying skills expensive crash repairs andSuper Quality Material Super Light Weight downtime Protect investment models motors machinerySuper Easy Inatallation List $19995 Stock #3010 Headers Available Stock #1001 Floats Water Snow Escellent Training Aid tor Beginners 20-30 Size Stock #2009 50-60 Size Stock #2010 HOBBY DEALERS TAKE ADVANTAGE QF QUR QUALITt PRODUCTS AT DEALER PRICE PLEASE CALL DR WRITE FQR DETAILS List $59 759 E BROKAW RD SAN JOSE CA 95112 List S2914081 436-1325 CENTURY IMPORT & EXPORT RC Electrics/Kopski Continued page 154 tagging along Sorry see leave soil folks Anyway good news hia MB Electric column will continue will take some European flavor cause will liv ing Weisbaden Mitch describes ing near heart Electroflying Europe feel deeply indebted Mitch since early Electric writings about 18 years ago key factor getting seriously interested Electric first successful Electric flight February/March time frame 1972quite some time past Mitchs Anyway interest pursuit eventually lead association MA About Electrics series 1983/84 column some feature articles along way Indeed very issue marks beginning sixth writing year Thank Mitch wish well note Ill close another column Please forward comment question SASE please author name address ap pear column heading Late news Winston-Salem Radio Control Club Inc North Carolina has announced its third annual Electric fly-in scheduled August 19-20 1989 meet events include AllUp/Last-Down cash prizes plus prizes Most Aerobatic Beauty Contact CD Charles Spear 288 Holly Lane Mocksville NC 27028 late news CS Flight Systems see ad has new Sanyo 1800 SCRs stock $650 sound like winners weigh 60 grams 1200s weigh 51 grams have height 49mm l200s 51mm lot juice can little bitty bit bigger Tell em Bob sent ya Quiet Sate Happy Electric Landings Everyone RC Pylon Racing/Hager Continued page 49 enough divide up wisely assign groups frequencies solely specific competi tion categories Nats can de signed no 31M 20P combina tions within group itself Thats good news 2 bad news will have ex elusive use of 50 channels 20 kHz spacing will have exclusive use 7273 MHz band PRS stands Private Ra dio Service will have intervening frequen cies available assignment 10 kHz spacing channels use paging systems whatever can operate up 300 watts output will potential adjacentchannel interference vengeance al ready us metropolitan areas Los Angeles basin example December 1987 Jim Riccio San Ga briel Valley R/C League using ICOM 7000 spectrum analyzer located five such paging sys tems within 10 kHz present channels year later December 1988 number proliferated 25 conceivable could have strong pagers interspersed between virtually channels near future lot airplanes have inexplicably bitten dust LA last year Thats get ting rid obsolete equipment hard way solution Yes requires using narrowband receivers will reject adjacentchannel signal 85 kHz away either side frequency such equipment already available am happy say both Airtron ics Futaba JR radios have just added AMA s listing 1991-cerrtfied equipment Ed 3 new phenomenon will appear called second-order product interference 20P Watizzit say Briefly two chan nels 23 channel numbers apart such RCl2 RC43 example operated si multaneously produce beat 460 kHz 20 kHz x 23 kHz hits almost directly top 455 kHz IF frequency used single-conversion re ceivers deadly results receivers George Steiner dubs 460 Splat about 23 Skidoo Almost single-conversion receivers vulnerable since IF employed 455 kHz solution problem Yes Dual-conversion receivers use firststage IF frequency 107 MHz effec tively screens out 460 kHz beat reaching second IF stage still 455 kHz before other words insist running single-conversion receiver after January 1 1991 keep eye out anyone 23 channels away frequency unless enjoy re building airplanes 1 cant vouch accuracy follow ing story illustrates what 20P can Denver recently group flying near 158 Model Aviation PRACTICAL SIZED GIANT SCALE MODEL PLANS Fiberglass Cowlings Canopies Available F-i5 4 Span 77 DC-31 1/2 1140Span$4200 F4tJ CORSAIR2 1/4 193SpanS3000 A6M5 ZERO2 1/2 191Span$3000 Plans RK-20 CURTIS P402 1/2 194Span$3000 RK-740 Ducted Fans AT-6 TEXAN24 1101Span$3000 antom 35 Span $1000 F8F BEARCAT2 1/2 186Span$3000 ggen 32 Span $1000 FOKKER DR-i27 163Tripe$2700 iS 36 Span $1000 ___________________________________________Catalog Plans Accessories Supplies n Canopy $1500 Credited First Order $25 More________________________________ Order From_________________________ Nick Ziroli29 Edgar Dr Smithtown NY 11787 USA516-234-5038 BATT- CHEKli Saves Time . Saves Models Install RO Models 3-Level indication receiver battery status press s button Precise Rugged Small Light l/2 ozI Made USA Also custom units other applications Order Today $1495 dealer send check money order postpaid Protune Corp 914 462-6452 PO Box 1806 Poughkeepsle NY 12601 INY State residents add sales taxI television Channel 4 antenna Now TV 4s au dio carrier frequency 7175 MHz just below 72 MHz band flier turned new Channel 22 radio 7223 MHz 480 KHz heat produced between channel TV 4s au dio carrier shor down plane sky fell swoop must have using old single-conversion receivers Channel 21 7221 MHz would have worse since beat between 7175 MHz 7221 MHz 460 kHz buy new radio RC2l make sure top-of-the-line dual-conversion job Are bright spots Sure ing can have old Airtronics AM Futaba too converted narrow-band FM transmitter will ex change old receiver new 1991 narrowband receiver $7495 dont know what Futaba charges know have program other manufacturers also Both Ace RIC George Steiner will narrow-band old Praline transmitter youre own receiver end Better yet addition odd-numbered channels makes possible come up im proved allocation frequencies Pylon Rac ing tt possible now choose 12 frequencies instead 15 have presently no 31M 20P combinations other words can paired matrix combina tion having worry about 31M 20P will still have minimum 40 kHz spacing just have now 12 Im looking atareRC13 15 1820242646485153 57 59 Only overload freqttency 25% entries could cause problem would rid special matrix configura tions altogether fly ointment us would have change frequen cies would one-time-only change since will out transition period good appears light end tun nel headlight oncoming train Send ideas contest reports pic tures See next month Clout/Lehmberg Continued page 52 better support parents Use section flying site will pose problems close enough make kids feel theyre part action Youth Member club status completion first part program will provide incentive Start off NEW FAI TAN RUBBER Sizes 114 3/16 1/8 3/32 1/16 042 thick pound box Price *1475 includes 4 oz Slick lube *1375 no lube Slick costs *17W Postpaid US via UPS Cal add 5% tax Made USA Slow cure consistant quality Ask FAI-TAN CROCKET HOOKS NOW MADE BYFAI New catalog lists 100 FF Icital SEND $150FAl Med Supply FOR CATALOGP0 BOX 3167 Torrance CA 90610 Hand-Launched Glider toy go all-balsa Rubber model progressively dif ficult Rubber models Subsidizing materials club treasury would money well vested Perhaps point Junior club membership could made available low dues must dues learning pay way before play part lifeor used point youth member could start training members craft save money craft own involvement young peo ple goes saying should given max imum publicity Safety duties committee well known Also would well safety com mittee handle field marshal assignments responsible review settlement safetyrelated field problems Community involvement duties committee would provide displays local mall shows service club functions well organize activity shows clubs presence Lectures show- n-tells ele mentary high schools can powerful Again should include Hand-Launched Glider high-performance Rubber job RC Electric model could flown really classy Pattern Scale model Use good speaker good job arm chair members Remember can speakand sometimes very dynamically committee has maximum potential building Clout Contests have saved committee discus sion last because have quite bit say about apologies Jim Waterman contests good way build Clout model airplane club really no different principle football club baseball club Given same press modeling club would have much prestige ball clubs home city identifies itself club remember New England world nearly stopped turning Brooklyn Dodg ers Yankees playing Seriesand long way Big Apple Work con tracted during period rose pricethe companies knew labor force wasnt going productive Though model club small percentage ball club personnel big names didnt matter fans ball club Clout AMA district contests held sum mer long course National Contest club committee should schedule big meet year AMA sanction publi cize well report well effort should made promote public attendance Continued page 160 TOP GUN MEMORABILIA LIMITED EDITION COLLECTORS SERIES TOP GUN VIDEO Three days grueling competition professionally filmed produced edited music /z-inch VHS videotape must collectors Running time 21 mm S1995 a~IueI TOP GUN T-SHIETS AND GOLF SHIRTS Multi-colored silk screened T-shirts imprinted front back white golf shirts Top Gun emblem breast Please specify sizes ordering SHIRT SI6S%oLF SHIRT TOP GUN PROGRAMS Includes photographs biographical data Top Gun Pilots An ideal reference informed enthusiasts 16 pages s200 TOP GUN STICKERS Colorful Mylar crack-and-peel stickers featuring official Top Gun emblem Perfect flight boxes books windows aircraft etc Size 3x3 S150 LIMITED QUANTITIES AVAILABLE ONLY WHILESUPPLY LASTS TOP GUN ORDER FORM Complete mail form check money order payable FTE faster delivery charge-by-phone VISA MCJ 3051 473-2211 Merchandise cannot delivered P0 boxes psres inchde seipping nd 5ndling ner5LOdise 5ipped it5n 24 Snars arder Name Address cityStatezip Phone OTY TOP GUN VIDEO S 1995 ea PRICE TOP GUN T-SHIRT 5795 ea Us UM Ut Dxc TOP GUN GOLF SHIRT 51650 Ca US UM Ut DXL_____ TOP GUN PROGRAM S 200 ea _________ TOP GUN STICKER SISO ea___________ PtA RESIDENTS ADD 6% SALES TAX TOTAL S _________ FRANK TIANO ENTERPRISES 2460 SW 85th Terrace Davie FL 33324 September 1989 159