NEW F3B NEWSLETTER Heres important news minority Sailpianers interested F3B competition new national newslet ter scene devoted solely F3B news three-views how-tos rules updates words top fliers both country abroad thought youd enjoy having try world-class international Soaring didnt know begin F3B-USA First lets back up take look what brought F3B-USA about After 87 World Championships West Germany last July Above Photo John Wyss new Multiplex Royal MC transmitter F3B-Butterfly Soft modul Detail pot setup shown drawing below Lots column US Team members others interested F3B held postmortem examine didnt better suggest things could done about ideas kicked around T IL S $0 ECLIPSE John Wysa 1931 Wing span Wing area Aspect ratio Wing section Stab ares Stab section Weight Wing loading constrizotton Sin 1220aqin 145 HQ 55 9/RU 15 34 Seq NAcA OSASOG 113cc iSSos 123 oaiaqtt min 133 o.iaqft max Fibigiaaa carbon fiber keviar foam wood veneer everyone agreed two points 1 dont have enough competitors competitions coun try sharpen F3B skills 2 suffer technology/information gap latter L ~JLhIZ 52 5 John Wyss new F3B design Eclipse Vital statistics shown fine print first ship John has used Multiplex Royal radio Eclipse great flier ej~feefafl 4 Laden iNVUT~9Butterflyfiii~ PPM3 IPI~iRnpHRolfI SOFTMODUL M8Memoty rvPiT1 SOFrMOOUI eNr Use r Use 1Flap end-position 1 switched SB Pementage Spoiler signal13Neutral adjust controls flap F7 1which get spotter mix-tn 2Aileron Fl 1F5 throw adjust8 Percentage Spoiler signal14 Mixer Spoiler e Aileron diliaranhiation 1 aileron IFS J 3Aileron diilerontiatlon 1g Percentage aileron signal flap P6/Fl switched s15 Mixer Spotter * Elevator 1 Dii farentlatlon 4Percentage Flap signal tn ailerons I10 aileron percentage flap 16 Mixer Flap Elevator 1 Percentage Spoiler signal11 Flap throw 117 Mixer Elevator e Flap 1 aileron Fl 1 Percentage Spoiler signal12 Flap throw ii operated slide pot18 Dilierentialion Mixer Elevator e Flap flaps P6 1 44 Model Aviation Radio Conoi Soaring Byron Blakeslee Dr Sedaila CO 8 new AS W-24 Scale Sailplane Robbe Model Sport has wingspan 35 meters 137 weighs 124 ounces uses new Quabeck airfoil Read column details mean few US F3B competitors keep up European developments some others designing good planes word doesnt get spread around result dont have critical mass fliers participating up-to-date airplanes radios launch equipment As Steve Work put Euro peans progress much faster because have fliers trying different approaches quickly learn what works what doesnt So hope having vehicle getting word out rapidly technology/information gap can significantly narrowed obtaining latest good information lot Sailplan ers will have confidence go ahead give F3B go indeed fortunate have excellent volunteer step forward assume editorship F3B-USA Randy Reynolds Colo rado Springs Randy longtime Sailplane flier does great job editing Pikes Peak SS newsletter currently flying Hans Muel ler Comet same design Steve Work flew world champs knowledgeable experts have agreed pass along know-how Au thors will include members past US F3B teams Don Edberg Team Selection Committee chairman some top European competitors Randy will course glad receive material readers entertain questions Con tact Randy 122 East Uintah Colorado Springs CO 80903 telephone 303 471-3160 Printing distribution F3B-U SA will handled AMA HQ already AMAs F3B Competitor list will automatically re ceive newsletter paid past F3B fees Others can get list sending $5 AMA HQ Reston attention Micheline Madison Randy expects put out six issues per year Al though newsletters name says USA naturally Canadian Mexican other Sail plane friends invited participate fun Ive just seen end January issue num ber super Don Edberg explains procedure will used qualify fliers team selection finals will held toward end yearprobably Labor Day weekend Don also discusses disturbing news Continued page 143 PILOT GLASSES. HOW VALUABLE IS YOUR EYESIGHT Adjustable side frames free-flow ventilation Extremely light weight added comfort Blocks harmful aviolet radiation Attractive case included _________Wraparound frame fits comfortably over prescription glasses tz mist coated scratch resistance Made entirely Polycarbonate impact protection ANSI Z871 specifications Available in Clear shop work $1325 Amber overcast days & late afternoons $14~ Gray S14~ & Mirror $19~ sunny days CA Mask S15~ Paint Mask S2O~ member c/sb hit prop blade thrown 60 engine close range tip blade struck Safety Plus glasses saved him serious injury possibly loss eye incident con vinced everyone should wear safety glasses near model airplane engines being run upEd Saul Secretary Treasurer Pikes Peak RC Club t t1il U hobby dealer first doesnt have what need order direct SAFETY PLUS PO Box 1173 Dept iM Clinton MS 39056 Ph 601 924-9640 Shipping & handling included fisa MasterCard accepted May 1988 45 Randy Reynolds Colorado Springs Hans Mueller Comet Randy editor brand new F3B-USA newsletter devoted spreading word F3B flying Read column particulars getting yours 475AVAILABLE AT AMERICAS DISTRIBUTED BY FINEST HOBBY SHOPS SAYAflflHI END WE WEIRD 7555 5, GbneI Soad oderO CA 93A22 &1717 $8$475 Th T ThET STARTER EATrERIES 12 Jolts 40 Amp hour HOP ASSOCIATES 25 gears Enperlence thu Design Manufacturing Assembling Nickel Cadmium cells batteries now presents FINEST STARTER HAITERY FOR YOUR STARTER Charger Just Charge once will last weekend Starting gour Plane Also 20 70 Amp Hr I1LP ftllUlflEft IPIfI Illftft4For gour batterg needs Call write ELECTRIC Buzz skies search RED BARON DSCs neat lift le stand-way-off scale model famous WNI fighter take-offs aerobatics touch goes 40 span 276 sq area beauly 6 7 cells Simple quick build precut fuselage sides tail feathers combo includes DSC HYPERTHRUST 075 motor fused switch harness tamiya connector pro peller adaptor propeller kit zc 30 amperes meter determine current draw motor/propeller combination PAVEY675 TOWER LANE YSTEMS WEST CHESTER PA 19380 i oRPoRATIoN blade partway through Complete cut gently bending along score line will crack cleanly Touch up slight burrs fine file sharply formed edges clamp sheet tween two hardwood blocks edge extend ing Push protruding edge another wood block will bend sharply 900 angle process can carried around outer edges door Brace internally balsa cemented aluminum RC-56 per manent somewhat elastic bond Window frames made strips litho plate provide secure mounting clear acetate Plexiglas windows Litho-plate aluminum primed painting automotive finishing materials use Ditzler lacquer primer surfacer DZL-32 light gray metal can finished type paint includ ing dope has no problem peeling complete cockpit have seen Mick Reeves Fournier RF-4 Built 14-scale model large enough repro duce detail great authenticity instru ment panel all-time classic having instru ments operational Tip model turn bank shifts should Blow pilot tube airspeed indicator needle swings authentically rudder pedals have wear marks pilots shoe soles dummy pilot has hair Micks head earphones actually pick up radio signals BBC detail precisely reproduced exact scale proper location result concerted effort over long period Mick Fournier rewarded 1978 welldeserved FAT World Championship fu sure other competitors must measured immaculate Scale model RC Soaring/Blakeslee Continued page 45 AMA withdrew least temporarily its bid host 1989 F3B World Championships US could make statement about way rules concerning winches Specif ically John Worth believed fliersupplied winches caused severe drain contest organizers Don spelled out much bet ter idea organizer-supplied tension-limiting de vices dont want get too much gadget such Don suggests could sim ple standardized contestants could make own practice using own winches home contestant must able practice exact winch system motor drum line turnaround etc will use champs because plane launch systems have exactly matched Another very interesting piece issue number eight-page small print letter 87 Team Manager Phil Renaud must read ing clubs other groups contemplating start ing own F3B program suggestion Phil made establish sort Division II F3B flying country maximum wing loading 12 oz/sq ft think has great merit Phil says would effec tively separate European heavy metal airplanes like straight-wing Sagitta Camano Andante Antares limit amount ballast can put Class II airplane can see advantages two-phase ap proach F3B flying would include lower cost broader appeal place fliers get feet wet real F3B competition Also issue number letter Rich Spicer describing some ideas arising champs piece John Wyss sheet foam wings veneering woodie ma hogany pine veneer intended furniture trade 1988 F3B qualifications fact sheet entry form doesnt sound like moneys worth dont know what New Sailplane Robbe Have heard new AS W-24 Standard Class Sailplane made Alexander Schleicher Company Pop penhausen West Germany Well its just out Robbe has ARF Scale model already original very snazzy-looking all-glass ship T-tail Perhaps distinctive feature bulged-out pilots compartment rounded line bottom canopy model has 35-meter 137-in span 973-sq-in area robust 124-oz flying weight works out wing loading 163 oz/sq ft suggests model would better suited heavier-air Slope flying light-air thermaling An interesting feature Quabeck HQ-30/13-10-13 airfoil HQ Airfoils have become very popular F3B frater nity first production kit Ive seen using Construction usual Robbe prac tice unbreakable Plura plastic fuselage balsa-sheeted foam wings tail surfaces balsa parts require covering plastic film polypropylene type bestsee Lee Murrays ar ticle Februarys Model Aviation kit lists $27995 full-color 210-page Robbe cata log may obtained sending $5 Robbe Mod elsport 180 Township Line Road Belle Mead NJ 08502 Robbe German full line model manufacturers its catalog ad dition Gliders youll see Power planes boats Continued page 146 May1988 143 Special Combo Price $4795 BOB WHITE & FAI What Pair FAI RUBBER Sizes % e -- Ils 042 thick pound box Price $1350 includes 4 oz Slick Lube $1200 no lube Slick costs $175 Postpaid US via UPS Cal add 6% tax FOR FUN & SPORT stock old time kits Fresno Model NEW Robin P30 Tilka people 3 Pearl kits Satellites Crocket hooks KSB Fuel 8 DT timers Books winders other good stuff Tilka d Wakefield Finished Front En NFFS Model year $4395 plus $250 UPS FAI Medel Supply $1 00 1968 cateiog P0 Box 3567 Torrance CA 90510 16] &wiuiu NEW multi-function monitor Plugs servo plug MonItors baitey voltage MonItors frequency Loud beep sigh aIds locatIng downed aIrplane No switches a4usbnents Remhds turn off receIver baflevy pack Draws mere n*roarrperse $15 US postpaId $17 plug Check MO COOs Ml residents add 4% MICRO TEK PRODUCTS PO Box 563 Romeo Michigan 406S Call 313 752-4623 Monday Saturday PRODUCTS FOR THE DISCERNING MODELER Complete Line Exhaust Systems C Tuned Pipes C Muffled Tuned Pipes C HeadersVenturi Mufflers Expansion Mufflers Helicopter Ball Mufflers C Specialized Exhaust Systems Unsurpassed Wnkmnnahin h Padormance Continued page 143 cars Helicopters Electric-flight parts kinds accessories National Scale Fun-Fly Wil Byers wrote tell us latest news first-ever Slope fun-fly Scale Sailplanes Power Scale planes US have added couple new sponsors Wilshire notified continued sup port Wilshires new owner Bob Ratzlaff called say would participate will bring beautiful Multiplex DG-600 raffle Hobby Lobby has agreed send Scale kit Gary Anderson American Sailplane De signs will also support us kit shop addition previously nounced sponsors Circus Hobbies Viking Mod els Beemer RIC West Satellite City Model Builder Magazine just cant get over sup port getting entire Soaring com munity Now thc wind will just blow right Im stoked up can hardly contain myself dates fun-fly May 27-29 site near Richland WA Get info sending SASE Wil 632 Meadows Dr E Richland WA 99352 related note Barry Kurath newsletter ed itor Portland Area SS put message latest newslctter e fever spreading hear rumors large Northrop wing Learjet Space shuttle T-38 jet trainer have seen finished Schweitzer 1-26 Diamont have seen plug wing cores A-scale HP-18 PASS Nonallergenic cyanoacrylates know cyanoacrylate CyA instant glues great est advance modeling since MonoKote can cause such violent allergic reactions modelers cant use So saw following piece Michael Forster South Bay SS newsletter Silent Flier John Dvo rak editor knew news has get spread fast Michaels complete article nose eyes just refused let build another model CyA glues make such tasks easy know about irritation accompanies application just about amount stuff eyes hurt worse cut onions nose throat just about left headaches just couldnt take did want go back old glues because time precious So UJORLD CLASS Frackowiaks Challenge IV Kit Atlanta KitDash Kit Hattori Headers Pipes AMA&FAI RC Aerobatic Specialties PO Box 388914-248-8603 Lincolndale NY 10540 Send $100 catalog started search new glue Being engineer receiving trade magazines noticed some new instant glues ad vertised Loctite too good true talked about odorless glues dont frost delicate materials irritate eyes adhesives just about type surface imaginable toughened adhesives same league epoxies vibration stress tempera ture cycling Being adventuresome obtained some small samples eventually purchased could test reasonable number new glues work glues have fraction fumes hobby CyA ones have Loctite markets glues under name PrismrM Rather go on about virtues formulations will list glues give brief descriptions experi ences am listing have experience couple Prism series have used Types 408 460 odorless nonfrosting 405 410 411 toughened 406 401 surface insensitive Type 408 Low viscosity colorclear very low fumes very good substitute low vis cosity CyAs usually use working models wicking fast cure impor tant Cures just fast balsa familiar brands Type 460 Low-to-medium viscosity color clear very low fumes very good all-around glue reasonably strong glue much stronger hobby glues gives just little working time balsa 10-15 sec about 30 sec other woods fiberglass Type 405 Medium viscosity colorwhite low fumes reasonably liquid adhesive lot strength very good fiberglass especially good gluing wood parts fiber glass Type 410 High viscosity colorblack low fumes Another very tough adhesive have great luck bonding metal parts together also very good fiberglass Type 411 High viscosity colorclear low fumes Again very tough glue main differ ences toughened series seem color viscosity However believe higher vis cosity ones have higher strength under high spe cific impulse loadings read vibration land ing shocks Type 406 Low viscosity colorclear medi um fumes very liquid glue likes stick anything Beautiful wicking characteristics make natural gluing dissimilar materials together after assembly Type 401 Low-to-medium viscosity color clear low fumes stuff will glue anything 146 Model Aviation Ed DOIbV FAI Rubber helped Whites superior model win 87 WORLD CHAMPS RC Soaring/Blakeslee BALM SHUTS 36 48 30 118233 332240 118 243 318248 114 258 132337 120337 1183374931 3323445837 18 3547145 3183828255 14 3739581 516385110 38 2471 12 3110155 34 3185191 1184597848 3324709458 18 48015866 31849312278 4 411013484 38 4165225139 12 281 MATCHED SHEETS 42 3324100 184108 3184120 144131 BALSA STICKS 3648 1181409 1183810 1181214 3321410 3323812 33211218 181808 18141118 18381218 18121824 3183181116 318381725 318122230 14141824 14381928 14122130 14343444 1414055 5185182128 38382737 38123248 383144255 3815275 12123653 12344862 1215878 58584885 34348790 J*1 *#@ LIGHT 4-6 LB BALSA TRIANGLES 36WOOD36 4425132349 383830120349 2235118349 34 3445332358 5518387 318378 BALSA PLANKS3614395 85383115 258123139 3200343220 1428013350 11232751184 78 1124380332491 22225184100 233283184117 24435144138 33495384257 34889124282 TAPERED SHEETS36 142 85TRAILING EDGE36 143 8514132 382 8851811439 383 98381 1248 12312012270 LONE STAR EPOXY 9,Lnl.8 95 5000598 15 in,598 30 in,598 INSTANTGLUE lo TS,k298 1, Thin298 2, TSCk550 CUSTOM CUT CONTEST BALSA Sheets Piece ed Close Tolerances AAA Grade Dried ped 100% a serious modeler want performance must try 4-6 lb balsa BASSWOOD48 31531828 3181430 3183838 3181248 3183450 141442 143849 143480 383880 381270 383490 121250 BUNDLE DEALS 20-118338885 201184381020 20332338840 153320434955 1518338715 1018438875 15318338900 10318438810 1014338830 1014438890 1038338850 538438525 512338540 5124381050 10332448845 518448485 5318448585 514448825 * NEW * Hundreds new sizes accessories finishing materials Send #10 SASE latest catalog ISPRUCESTICKS3B48 18 181522 18 141824 18 382029 318 3182534 14 143145 14 383850 14 124585 38384583 38 125570 12128080 1234 88 88 SPRUCE TRIANGLES 38 38 1212 34 34 LITE PLY 48 180 8 18 12 1412 HARD MAPLE 1438 3838 3812 3834 12 34 BIRCH DOWELS 18 318 14 518 38 18 40 45 50 58 88 36 09 11 14 25 32 3PLYBIRCH48 18412820 13212445 11812455 1812480 S PLY BIRCH 332 x 12 18412 36318 12 45140 12 813812 771212 48 598 625 825 825 725 900 GROOVED LG MOUNTS 12 IncheS 150383418140 3503834532144 475123431845 Cost 48 Handling charge pay UPS Add $250 COD $300 extra PP APO FPO Stat. accept Va Master Card pernonal checks COO 85 Ia Te8 US Currency Only Miormum Wood Order $1000 6Vgp well brittle toughened CyAs very tolerant poor surface preparation description qualifiers used above order Low viscosity means material similar water Medium viscosity like syrup high viscosity means will form bead settle littlelike heavy corn syrup Fumes very qualitative thing since no real numbers available However very low fumes indicates odor very difficult detect irritation virtually nonex istent Low fumes indicates odor de tectable irritation avoidable reason able ventilation just keeping distance Medium fumes indicates distinct odor about five inches according nose irritation can occur working closely model High fumes would indi cate odor very discernible irrita tion avoidable very good ventilation dead nose Most familiar CyA glues use would classed being very high fumes have able ask modelers very expe rienced CyA usage smell samples odorless CyAs tell what No has far answered correctly have just smelled CyA glue glues total replacement familiar hobby CyAs other adhesives much expensive An O7-oz bot tIe around $10 However fumes prob lem you dont want wait regu lar glues cure may work Thanks very important research Mi chael also mentioned will have go Loctite distributor buy glueslook White Pages Id surprised Loctite doesnt put couple up hobby packaging sell through hobby shops once know demand modern F3B radio clubmate F3B affectionado John Wyss bought Multiplex Royal radio Beemer R/C West last year happy sat down wrote us description works Johns write-up product report rundown things sophisticated radio can doand must want competitive F3B flying today Take John demands F3B competition have pro duced environment development state-of-the-art Sailplanes constant refine ment design development technologies directly benefits Sailplane fliers inter ested improvement aspect state art complex control mixing F3B Sailplanes must realize complex con trol systems own sake major contributor overall aerodynamic effi ciency Sailplane understand complex controls F3B Sailplane description typical setup fol lows Multiplex Royal MC Expert M6 F3B Butterfly memory Softmodul makes complex setup control full-house F3B plane relatively easy task Multiplex radio/module combination designed specifi cally job Eighteen adjustor pots lo cated under cover front transmit ter maximize efficiency system control surface must have its own servo slop-free linkage ailerons first set up using two adjus tors set amount throw amount differential flaps primarily controlled three-position switch flap switch Launch position position flaps infinitely adjustable spoiler trim lever Normal spoilers usedwell get minute second position Thermal Distance setting flaps con trolled sliding adjustor pot third posi tion Speed setting end point Up flap set 18 adjustor pots ailerons can mixed flaps use adjustor pot ailerons will deflect flaps amount mixing adjustable ailerons deflect much flaps retain aerody namic washout mixing ailerons flaps provides true camber changing entire trail ing edge neutral position entire trail ing edge set adjustor flaps can mixed ailerons use two-position switchOn Off amount mixing dif ferential flaps acting ailerons con trolled two adjustors combination mix ing flaps ailerons ailerons flaps called Quadro-flaps Multiplex Keeping European terminology Multi plex calls its landing configuration Butterfly country its also called crow spoilerons flaps landing mode controlled spoiler stick As spoiler stick pulled back ailerons deflect up flaps deflect down individual aileron flap surface ad justed separate adjustor pot amount direction deflection surface easily ad justed have spoiler stick spring-loaded releasing stick just before touchdown will neutralize ailerons flaps save servo gears being stripped butterfly configuration fully deployed ailerons can adjusted remain highly effective terfly efficient configuration los ing altitude quickly slowing down spot landings Continued page 15] May1988 147 WE ARE SHOOTING DOWN NIGH BALSA PRICES WITH SUPER QUALITY Satisfaction Guaranteed Direct Only BALSA HOT LINE CIl 506 74S6394 lOam 6pm Central Time LONE STAR MODELS 1623 57th St Lubbock TX 79412 elevator can mixed variety ways can mixed flaps both direc tion amount compensate pitch changes caused various flap positions elevator can also mixed Butterfly con figuration eliminate pitch changes caused Butterfly two-position switchOn/Off- al lows flaps coupled elevator elevator stick pulled back Up flaps deflect downwards amount direc tion coupling controlled adjustor Elevator-to-flap mixing desirable high-speed turns Aileron-to-rudder mixing controlled two-position switchOn/Off Multiplex calls switch Combi-switch slow-speed flight launching rudder coupled ailerons fast flying some fliers will switch off rudder coupling decrease drag Multiplex system versatile al lows control surface linkages buried inside wingall necessary adjustments can made transmitter Complex mixing controls may first sound like nightmare actually fly truth Multiplex designers have accommodated complexities userfriendly way Multiplex Royal popular radio 1987 World Championships factor two-to-One Seven top 12 fin ishers used Multiplex figured good enough Thanks description John Perceptive readers have no doubt figured out radio throw old Oly go flying First have figure Out what adjus tor pots switches sliders some serious studying done Sofimodul John mentioned actually software program tells radio computer what supposed what couple dozen modules avail able designed different purpose Johns M6 module specifically Sailplanes provides Butterfly mixing automati cally also memory moduleit remem bers trim settings can fly another plane using another module put module back front transmitter former trim settings returned Very handy importer Multiplex radios airplanes Beemer R/C West 7725 E Redfield Rd Suite 102 Scottsdale AZ 85260 telephone 602 483-9577 A 60-page catalog English avail able $5 decline dollar has made German products much expensive us Beemers owner Bob Boomer has tried keep prices within reason current price Royal set servos chargers $675 F3B team raffle winners Tom Thompson Al buquerque chairman fund-raising ef fort 87 team Industry sponsors very gen erously gave Tom thousands dollars worth merchandise raffled off sent contributions budget 20-odd thousand dollars needed get seven guys Germany back Tom whole team thank made effort possible didnt finish high hoped team made fine start putting US back right path Remember 89 World Champs will will See discus sion F3B/U SA section column RMcM total 86 raffle prizes ranging Airtronics radios Super Jet 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TT-300-B TT-301-BFAI TT-325-B /4 TT-350-B /2 11375-B 3/4 11400-B RelailApprox PriceWeighl $1395058 02 1495095oz 159510002 1695160oz 189515002 189519002 209517002 229522002 249520002 269526002 289525002 369534002 499547002 5995520ox 699557002 3 Pieces Cone Back Plate Retainer Screw Note 3 4 Blade Spinners Available Sizes Add $300 Per Spinner PROP NUT ADAPTORS Part NoSize TT-140-A .. 1/4-28 TT-147-A .. 1/4-28/7mm . TT-610-A 10mm TT-710-A .. 7 x 10mm .. TT-516-A .. 5/16-24 11-518-A . 5/16-24/8mm TT-810-A 10mm T1-825-A . 25mm TT-375-A .. 3/8-24 TT-125-A Ox 125mm Approx Weighl 061 02 061 02 063 02 082 02 076 02 076 oz 076 02 075 02 117 oz 115 02 3 Pieces Nut Washer Machined Bushing Add $350 Shipping Handling Prices sub ject change notice ROMCO MFG INC OX 836 SOUTH HOUSTON TEXAS 77587 713 943-1867 May1988 151 NEW FLIGHT BOX Completely assembled flnlnledleel bIt carries gallon can bollie Two drawers small ParIs Coenerllble ballery/pomar panel comperlmeol Comparlmeets slarl erpropselc Made uSATop Snalily wood coenlrecliOa Ergonomically designed beadle $125 pIes shippingmoney beck scarce lee Send Si specs cell 1415 3637732 Flights Fancy eromnedelieq P0 floe Ic Heede C. 94020 Relail Price $495 495 495 495 495 495 495 495 595 595 Fokker D-VII VK Model Aircraft PO Box 3007 Aurora 1160505 312-357-1883 AIR WOLF EPOXY FIBERGLASS FUSELAGE S TAKES MOST 50-60 MECHANICS OTHER MODELS AVAILABLE LARRY JOLLY MODEL PRODUCTS $20000 5501 WCOMO SANTA ANA CALIFORNIA 92703 714 826-6861 motions Robart Some other names winners list will recognize Don Edberg Dave Peltz Michael Selig Special thanks should go Matrix Enter prises San Diego contributed sufficient SpaceCases put teams planes equipment really neat tough plastic cases can custom-designed carry Sailplane transmitter anything Contact 7015 Carroll Road San Diego CA 92121 phone 619 450-9509 Like 87 F3B team pin Tom also mentioned limited number 87 pins available close-out price $2 plus 390 postage Personally Im buying few trade foreign pins 89 Champs because will col lectors items always informal com petition see can get pins hat Send check US Soaring Team PO Box 9328 Albuquerque NM 87119 1988 Canadian NatsAugust 6-8 Jack Nunn wrote tell us venue has changed new site Beverly Centre Rockton Ontario reason change give three full days uninterrupted flyinga total over 28 hours would have possible main Nats site Brantford Power peo ple dominate Beverly Centre excellent sod field large parking area washroom facilities Light refreshments will also avail able located Highway 8 midway tween Hamilton Cambridge Ontario Hotels motels minutes away Maps hotel prices locations etc will mailed entrants Get information Jack RR 1 Midhurst Ontar io LOL iXO phone number 705 728-4467 1988 NSS Soar-In Marshall Long NSS Soar-In coordinator announced details tenth annual edition nationwide happen ing couldnt better quote Mar shalls flyer would like extend invitation hold NSS Soar-In contest year can held time between May 7 August 28 can one- two-day event whichever required complete two rounds T-4 Cumulative Dura tion task T-4 well-known 15-minute Add-Em-Up will add wrinkle three individual flights must exceed three five seven minutes Going over deducts usual point per second L-4 Spot Landing will used Classes flown will Con test Directors choice the following Two-Meter Standard Unlimited Novice Sportsman Expert class Sailplane Unlimited y what bring big question asked last year much Soar-In going cost club As last year National Soaring Society will charge club hold Soar-In cost will NSS plaques awarded winners event feel Soar-In should used gain new members source revenue NSS district VP would hold Soar-In recruit two members would gain important 20 new members plaques will Winning Image again year NSS logo will color time plaques will larger last yearabout 10 x 12 plaques will display event class place along host clubs name cost plaques will $1150 cluding shipping CD club would ihterested holding Soar-In year please contact 824 Garden Meadow Universal City TX 78148 PS Soar-In contests should AMA sanctioned same Sailplane contest CASAs 1988 Sugarloaf Classic Capital Area Soaring Association will again putting 315-mile cross-country race May 21-22 contest site just off Route 28 35 miles west Dickerson MD 12 miles south Frederick MD Information can obtained Guy Dickes 6331 Paddington Lane Cen treville VA 22020 telephone number 703 830-3631 As PS Guy said completed Level V October 13 Bob Sowder did November Congratulations guys RC Giant Scale/de Vries Continued page 47 moment Im studying new 1 988-89 AMA Competition Regulations rather diligently effort anticipation judging George W Meyer Memorial/Scale Masters qualifier plan Pikes Peak re gion June 4-5 interested participat ing therell specific Giant Scale well Team Scale event contact CD Ivan Munning hoff 7815 Mallard Drive Falcon CO 80831 entry details contest will held US Air Force Academys North Auxiliary Field its 2500-ft paved runway final note whet appetite next months column Good buddy Ed Carroll Os prey fame has done again Piqued FULL BODY PILOT KIT Contains pilot head hands boots helmet cap goggles tull templates easy instruc tions Easy assemble finish Some simple sewing required Fully positionable too #2O6Ys scale #2OS-/n scale #204-A scale #2O3-/ scale Pnce [v32][b-1-10-1-10]]895 [v32][b-1-10-1-10]]995 [v32][b-1-10-1-10]]1095 [v32][b-1-10-1-10]]1695 DARNED GOOD AIRMEN Lightest pilots available Lifelike vinyl latex rubber U Build Sportsman Barnstormer Full Body Bust - BUST PILOT KIT Contains pilot head helmet sport cap goggles 2 jacket Easy assemble finish Pane #105-Ye scale NEW 595 #lOS~/s scale695 #l05Vs scale #104- scale. 895.h.W*Some #103- scale —~I~vsmpe ng red JET PILOT KIT Pilot has molded let helmet Contains face mask oxygen hose Estreme ly Realistic Weighs less / OZ Pnce #3O5-/ scale595 #307- scale895 ORDERING INSTRUCTIONS See dealer first order direct Add $100 shipping NYS residents add 75/u tan Send check money order COOSOK Send $100 catalog See Dealer add Dollar direct order handling 152 Model Aviation
Edition: Model Aviation - 1988/05
Page Numbers: 44, 45, 143, 146, 147, 151, 152
NEW F3B NEWSLETTER Heres important news minority Sailpianers interested F3B competition new national newslet ter scene devoted solely F3B news three-views how-tos rules updates words top fliers both country abroad thought youd enjoy having try world-class international Soaring didnt know begin F3B-USA First lets back up take look what brought F3B-USA about After 87 World Championships West Germany last July Above Photo John Wyss new Multiplex Royal MC transmitter F3B-Butterfly Soft modul Detail pot setup shown drawing below Lots column US Team members others interested F3B held postmortem examine didnt better suggest things could done about ideas kicked around T IL S $0 ECLIPSE John Wysa 1931 Wing span Wing area Aspect ratio Wing section Stab ares Stab section Weight Wing loading constrizotton Sin 1220aqin 145 HQ 55 9/RU 15 34 Seq NAcA OSASOG 113cc iSSos 123 oaiaqtt min 133 o.iaqft max Fibigiaaa carbon fiber keviar foam wood veneer everyone agreed two points 1 dont have enough competitors competitions coun try sharpen F3B skills 2 suffer technology/information gap latter L ~JLhIZ 52 5 John Wyss new F3B design Eclipse Vital statistics shown fine print first ship John has used Multiplex Royal radio Eclipse great flier ej~feefafl 4 Laden iNVUT~9Butterflyfiii~ PPM3 IPI~iRnpHRolfI SOFTMODUL M8Memoty rvPiT1 SOFrMOOUI eNr Use r Use 1Flap end-position 1 switched SB Pementage Spoiler signal13Neutral adjust controls flap F7 1which get spotter mix-tn 2Aileron Fl 1F5 throw adjust8 Percentage Spoiler signal14 Mixer Spoiler e Aileron diliaranhiation 1 aileron IFS J 3Aileron diilerontiatlon 1g Percentage aileron signal flap P6/Fl switched s15 Mixer Spotter * Elevator 1 Dii farentlatlon 4Percentage Flap signal tn ailerons I10 aileron percentage flap 16 Mixer Flap Elevator 1 Percentage Spoiler signal11 Flap throw 117 Mixer Elevator e Flap 1 aileron Fl 1 Percentage Spoiler signal12 Flap throw ii operated slide pot18 Dilierentialion Mixer Elevator e Flap flaps P6 1 44 Model Aviation Radio Conoi Soaring Byron Blakeslee Dr Sedaila CO 8 new AS W-24 Scale Sailplane Robbe Model Sport has wingspan 35 meters 137 weighs 124 ounces uses new Quabeck airfoil Read column details mean few US F3B competitors keep up European developments some others designing good planes word doesnt get spread around result dont have critical mass fliers participating up-to-date airplanes radios launch equipment As Steve Work put Euro peans progress much faster because have fliers trying different approaches quickly learn what works what doesnt So hope having vehicle getting word out rapidly technology/information gap can significantly narrowed obtaining latest good information lot Sailplan ers will have confidence go ahead give F3B go indeed fortunate have excellent volunteer step forward assume editorship F3B-USA Randy Reynolds Colo rado Springs Randy longtime Sailplane flier does great job editing Pikes Peak SS newsletter currently flying Hans Muel ler Comet same design Steve Work flew world champs knowledgeable experts have agreed pass along know-how Au thors will include members past US F3B teams Don Edberg Team Selection Committee chairman some top European competitors Randy will course glad receive material readers entertain questions Con tact Randy 122 East Uintah Colorado Springs CO 80903 telephone 303 471-3160 Printing distribution F3B-U SA will handled AMA HQ already AMAs F3B Competitor list will automatically re ceive newsletter paid past F3B fees Others can get list sending $5 AMA HQ Reston attention Micheline Madison Randy expects put out six issues per year Al though newsletters name says USA naturally Canadian Mexican other Sail plane friends invited participate fun Ive just seen end January issue num ber super Don Edberg explains procedure will used qualify fliers team selection finals will held toward end yearprobably Labor Day weekend Don also discusses disturbing news Continued page 143 PILOT GLASSES. HOW VALUABLE IS YOUR EYESIGHT Adjustable side frames free-flow ventilation Extremely light weight added comfort Blocks harmful aviolet radiation Attractive case included _________Wraparound frame fits comfortably over prescription glasses tz mist coated scratch resistance Made entirely Polycarbonate impact protection ANSI Z871 specifications Available in Clear shop work $1325 Amber overcast days & late afternoons $14~ Gray S14~ & Mirror $19~ sunny days CA Mask S15~ Paint Mask S2O~ member c/sb hit prop blade thrown 60 engine close range tip blade struck Safety Plus glasses saved him serious injury possibly loss eye incident con vinced everyone should wear safety glasses near model airplane engines being run upEd Saul Secretary Treasurer Pikes Peak RC Club t t1il U hobby dealer first doesnt have what need order direct SAFETY PLUS PO Box 1173 Dept iM Clinton MS 39056 Ph 601 924-9640 Shipping & handling included fisa MasterCard accepted May 1988 45 Randy Reynolds Colorado Springs Hans Mueller Comet Randy editor brand new F3B-USA newsletter devoted spreading word F3B flying Read column particulars getting yours 475AVAILABLE AT AMERICAS DISTRIBUTED BY FINEST HOBBY SHOPS SAYAflflHI END WE WEIRD 7555 5, GbneI Soad oderO CA 93A22 &1717 $8$475 Th T ThET STARTER EATrERIES 12 Jolts 40 Amp hour HOP ASSOCIATES 25 gears Enperlence thu Design Manufacturing Assembling Nickel Cadmium cells batteries now presents FINEST STARTER HAITERY FOR YOUR STARTER Charger Just Charge once will last weekend Starting gour Plane Also 20 70 Amp Hr I1LP ftllUlflEft IPIfI Illftft4For gour batterg needs Call write ELECTRIC Buzz skies search RED BARON DSCs neat lift le stand-way-off scale model famous WNI fighter take-offs aerobatics touch goes 40 span 276 sq area beauly 6 7 cells Simple quick build precut fuselage sides tail feathers combo includes DSC HYPERTHRUST 075 motor fused switch harness tamiya connector pro peller adaptor propeller kit zc 30 amperes meter determine current draw motor/propeller combination PAVEY675 TOWER LANE YSTEMS WEST CHESTER PA 19380 i oRPoRATIoN blade partway through Complete cut gently bending along score line will crack cleanly Touch up slight burrs fine file sharply formed edges clamp sheet tween two hardwood blocks edge extend ing Push protruding edge another wood block will bend sharply 900 angle process can carried around outer edges door Brace internally balsa cemented aluminum RC-56 per manent somewhat elastic bond Window frames made strips litho plate provide secure mounting clear acetate Plexiglas windows Litho-plate aluminum primed painting automotive finishing materials use Ditzler lacquer primer surfacer DZL-32 light gray metal can finished type paint includ ing dope has no problem peeling complete cockpit have seen Mick Reeves Fournier RF-4 Built 14-scale model large enough repro duce detail great authenticity instru ment panel all-time classic having instru ments operational Tip model turn bank shifts should Blow pilot tube airspeed indicator needle swings authentically rudder pedals have wear marks pilots shoe soles dummy pilot has hair Micks head earphones actually pick up radio signals BBC detail precisely reproduced exact scale proper location result concerted effort over long period Mick Fournier rewarded 1978 welldeserved FAT World Championship fu sure other competitors must measured immaculate Scale model RC Soaring/Blakeslee Continued page 45 AMA withdrew least temporarily its bid host 1989 F3B World Championships US could make statement about way rules concerning winches Specif ically John Worth believed fliersupplied winches caused severe drain contest organizers Don spelled out much bet ter idea organizer-supplied tension-limiting de vices dont want get too much gadget such Don suggests could sim ple standardized contestants could make own practice using own winches home contestant must able practice exact winch system motor drum line turnaround etc will use champs because plane launch systems have exactly matched Another very interesting piece issue number eight-page small print letter 87 Team Manager Phil Renaud must read ing clubs other groups contemplating start ing own F3B program suggestion Phil made establish sort Division II F3B flying country maximum wing loading 12 oz/sq ft think has great merit Phil says would effec tively separate European heavy metal airplanes like straight-wing Sagitta Camano Andante Antares limit amount ballast can put Class II airplane can see advantages two-phase ap proach F3B flying would include lower cost broader appeal place fliers get feet wet real F3B competition Also issue number letter Rich Spicer describing some ideas arising champs piece John Wyss sheet foam wings veneering woodie ma hogany pine veneer intended furniture trade 1988 F3B qualifications fact sheet entry form doesnt sound like moneys worth dont know what New Sailplane Robbe Have heard new AS W-24 Standard Class Sailplane made Alexander Schleicher Company Pop penhausen West Germany Well its just out Robbe has ARF Scale model already original very snazzy-looking all-glass ship T-tail Perhaps distinctive feature bulged-out pilots compartment rounded line bottom canopy model has 35-meter 137-in span 973-sq-in area robust 124-oz flying weight works out wing loading 163 oz/sq ft suggests model would better suited heavier-air Slope flying light-air thermaling An interesting feature Quabeck HQ-30/13-10-13 airfoil HQ Airfoils have become very popular F3B frater nity first production kit Ive seen using Construction usual Robbe prac tice unbreakable Plura plastic fuselage balsa-sheeted foam wings tail surfaces balsa parts require covering plastic film polypropylene type bestsee Lee Murrays ar ticle Februarys Model Aviation kit lists $27995 full-color 210-page Robbe cata log may obtained sending $5 Robbe Mod elsport 180 Township Line Road Belle Mead NJ 08502 Robbe German full line model manufacturers its catalog ad dition Gliders youll see Power planes boats Continued page 146 May1988 143 Special Combo Price $4795 BOB WHITE & FAI What Pair FAI RUBBER Sizes % e -- Ils 042 thick pound box Price $1350 includes 4 oz Slick Lube $1200 no lube Slick costs $175 Postpaid US via UPS Cal add 6% tax FOR FUN & SPORT stock old time kits Fresno Model NEW Robin P30 Tilka people 3 Pearl kits Satellites Crocket hooks KSB Fuel 8 DT timers Books winders other good stuff Tilka d Wakefield Finished Front En NFFS Model year $4395 plus $250 UPS FAI Medel Supply $1 00 1968 cateiog P0 Box 3567 Torrance CA 90510 16] &wiuiu NEW multi-function monitor Plugs servo plug MonItors baitey voltage MonItors frequency Loud beep sigh aIds locatIng downed aIrplane No switches a4usbnents Remhds turn off receIver baflevy pack Draws mere n*roarrperse $15 US postpaId $17 plug Check MO COOs Ml residents add 4% MICRO TEK PRODUCTS PO Box 563 Romeo Michigan 406S Call 313 752-4623 Monday Saturday PRODUCTS FOR THE DISCERNING MODELER Complete Line Exhaust Systems C Tuned Pipes C Muffled Tuned Pipes C HeadersVenturi Mufflers Expansion Mufflers Helicopter Ball Mufflers C Specialized Exhaust Systems Unsurpassed Wnkmnnahin h Padormance Continued page 143 cars Helicopters Electric-flight parts kinds accessories National Scale Fun-Fly Wil Byers wrote tell us latest news first-ever Slope fun-fly Scale Sailplanes Power Scale planes US have added couple new sponsors Wilshire notified continued sup port Wilshires new owner Bob Ratzlaff called say would participate will bring beautiful Multiplex DG-600 raffle Hobby Lobby has agreed send Scale kit Gary Anderson American Sailplane De signs will also support us kit shop addition previously nounced sponsors Circus Hobbies Viking Mod els Beemer RIC West Satellite City Model Builder Magazine just cant get over sup port getting entire Soaring com munity Now thc wind will just blow right Im stoked up can hardly contain myself dates fun-fly May 27-29 site near Richland WA Get info sending SASE Wil 632 Meadows Dr E Richland WA 99352 related note Barry Kurath newsletter ed itor Portland Area SS put message latest newslctter e fever spreading hear rumors large Northrop wing Learjet Space shuttle T-38 jet trainer have seen finished Schweitzer 1-26 Diamont have seen plug wing cores A-scale HP-18 PASS Nonallergenic cyanoacrylates know cyanoacrylate CyA instant glues great est advance modeling since MonoKote can cause such violent allergic reactions modelers cant use So saw following piece Michael Forster South Bay SS newsletter Silent Flier John Dvo rak editor knew news has get spread fast Michaels complete article nose eyes just refused let build another model CyA glues make such tasks easy know about irritation accompanies application just about amount stuff eyes hurt worse cut onions nose throat just about left headaches just couldnt take did want go back old glues because time precious So UJORLD CLASS Frackowiaks Challenge IV Kit Atlanta KitDash Kit Hattori Headers Pipes AMA&FAI RC Aerobatic Specialties PO Box 388914-248-8603 Lincolndale NY 10540 Send $100 catalog started search new glue Being engineer receiving trade magazines noticed some new instant glues ad vertised Loctite too good true talked about odorless glues dont frost delicate materials irritate eyes adhesives just about type surface imaginable toughened adhesives same league epoxies vibration stress tempera ture cycling Being adventuresome obtained some small samples eventually purchased could test reasonable number new glues work glues have fraction fumes hobby CyA ones have Loctite markets glues under name PrismrM Rather go on about virtues formulations will list glues give brief descriptions experi ences am listing have experience couple Prism series have used Types 408 460 odorless nonfrosting 405 410 411 toughened 406 401 surface insensitive Type 408 Low viscosity colorclear very low fumes very good substitute low vis cosity CyAs usually use working models wicking fast cure impor tant Cures just fast balsa familiar brands Type 460 Low-to-medium viscosity color clear very low fumes very good all-around glue reasonably strong glue much stronger hobby glues gives just little working time balsa 10-15 sec about 30 sec other woods fiberglass Type 405 Medium viscosity colorwhite low fumes reasonably liquid adhesive lot strength very good fiberglass especially good gluing wood parts fiber glass Type 410 High viscosity colorblack low fumes Another very tough adhesive have great luck bonding metal parts together also very good fiberglass Type 411 High viscosity colorclear low fumes Again very tough glue main differ ences toughened series seem color viscosity However believe higher vis cosity ones have higher strength under high spe cific impulse loadings read vibration land ing shocks Type 406 Low viscosity colorclear medi um fumes very liquid glue likes stick anything Beautiful wicking characteristics make natural gluing dissimilar materials together after assembly Type 401 Low-to-medium viscosity color clear low fumes stuff will glue anything 146 Model Aviation Ed DOIbV FAI Rubber helped Whites superior model win 87 WORLD CHAMPS RC Soaring/Blakeslee BALM SHUTS 36 48 30 118233 332240 118 243 318248 114 258 132337 120337 1183374931 3323445837 18 3547145 3183828255 14 3739581 516385110 38 2471 12 3110155 34 3185191 1184597848 3324709458 18 48015866 31849312278 4 411013484 38 4165225139 12 281 MATCHED SHEETS 42 3324100 184108 3184120 144131 BALSA STICKS 3648 1181409 1183810 1181214 3321410 3323812 33211218 181808 18141118 18381218 18121824 3183181116 318381725 318122230 14141824 14381928 14122130 14343444 1414055 5185182128 38382737 38123248 383144255 3815275 12123653 12344862 1215878 58584885 34348790 J*1 *#@ LIGHT 4-6 LB BALSA TRIANGLES 36WOOD36 4425132349 383830120349 2235118349 34 3445332358 5518387 318378 BALSA PLANKS3614395 85383115 258123139 3200343220 1428013350 11232751184 78 1124380332491 22225184100 233283184117 24435144138 33495384257 34889124282 TAPERED SHEETS36 142 85TRAILING EDGE36 143 8514132 382 8851811439 383 98381 1248 12312012270 LONE STAR EPOXY 9,Lnl.8 95 5000598 15 in,598 30 in,598 INSTANTGLUE lo TS,k298 1, Thin298 2, TSCk550 CUSTOM CUT CONTEST BALSA Sheets Piece ed Close Tolerances AAA Grade Dried ped 100% a serious modeler want performance must try 4-6 lb balsa BASSWOOD48 31531828 3181430 3183838 3181248 3183450 141442 143849 143480 383880 381270 383490 121250 BUNDLE DEALS 20-118338885 201184381020 20332338840 153320434955 1518338715 1018438875 15318338900 10318438810 1014338830 1014438890 1038338850 538438525 512338540 5124381050 10332448845 518448485 5318448585 514448825 * NEW * Hundreds new sizes accessories finishing materials Send #10 SASE latest catalog ISPRUCESTICKS3B48 18 181522 18 141824 18 382029 318 3182534 14 143145 14 383850 14 124585 38384583 38 125570 12128080 1234 88 88 SPRUCE TRIANGLES 38 38 1212 34 34 LITE PLY 48 180 8 18 12 1412 HARD MAPLE 1438 3838 3812 3834 12 34 BIRCH DOWELS 18 318 14 518 38 18 40 45 50 58 88 36 09 11 14 25 32 3PLYBIRCH48 18412820 13212445 11812455 1812480 S PLY BIRCH 332 x 12 18412 36318 12 45140 12 813812 771212 48 598 625 825 825 725 900 GROOVED LG MOUNTS 12 IncheS 150383418140 3503834532144 475123431845 Cost 48 Handling charge pay UPS Add $250 COD $300 extra PP APO FPO Stat. accept Va Master Card pernonal checks COO 85 Ia Te8 US Currency Only Miormum Wood Order $1000 6Vgp well brittle toughened CyAs very tolerant poor surface preparation description qualifiers used above order Low viscosity means material similar water Medium viscosity like syrup high viscosity means will form bead settle littlelike heavy corn syrup Fumes very qualitative thing since no real numbers available However very low fumes indicates odor very difficult detect irritation virtually nonex istent Low fumes indicates odor de tectable irritation avoidable reason able ventilation just keeping distance Medium fumes indicates distinct odor about five inches according nose irritation can occur working closely model High fumes would indi cate odor very discernible irrita tion avoidable very good ventilation dead nose Most familiar CyA glues use would classed being very high fumes have able ask modelers very expe rienced CyA usage smell samples odorless CyAs tell what No has far answered correctly have just smelled CyA glue glues total replacement familiar hobby CyAs other adhesives much expensive An O7-oz bot tIe around $10 However fumes prob lem you dont want wait regu lar glues cure may work Thanks very important research Mi chael also mentioned will have go Loctite distributor buy glueslook White Pages Id surprised Loctite doesnt put couple up hobby packaging sell through hobby shops once know demand modern F3B radio clubmate F3B affectionado John Wyss bought Multiplex Royal radio Beemer R/C West last year happy sat down wrote us description works Johns write-up product report rundown things sophisticated radio can doand must want competitive F3B flying today Take John demands F3B competition have pro duced environment development state-of-the-art Sailplanes constant refine ment design development technologies directly benefits Sailplane fliers inter ested improvement aspect state art complex control mixing F3B Sailplanes must realize complex con trol systems own sake major contributor overall aerodynamic effi ciency Sailplane understand complex controls F3B Sailplane description typical setup fol lows Multiplex Royal MC Expert M6 F3B Butterfly memory Softmodul makes complex setup control full-house F3B plane relatively easy task Multiplex radio/module combination designed specifi cally job Eighteen adjustor pots lo cated under cover front transmit ter maximize efficiency system control surface must have its own servo slop-free linkage ailerons first set up using two adjus tors set amount throw amount differential flaps primarily controlled three-position switch flap switch Launch position position flaps infinitely adjustable spoiler trim lever Normal spoilers usedwell get minute second position Thermal Distance setting flaps con trolled sliding adjustor pot third posi tion Speed setting end point Up flap set 18 adjustor pots ailerons can mixed flaps use adjustor pot ailerons will deflect flaps amount mixing adjustable ailerons deflect much flaps retain aerody namic washout mixing ailerons flaps provides true camber changing entire trail ing edge neutral position entire trail ing edge set adjustor flaps can mixed ailerons use two-position switchOn Off amount mixing dif ferential flaps acting ailerons con trolled two adjustors combination mix ing flaps ailerons ailerons flaps called Quadro-flaps Multiplex Keeping European terminology Multi plex calls its landing configuration Butterfly country its also called crow spoilerons flaps landing mode controlled spoiler stick As spoiler stick pulled back ailerons deflect up flaps deflect down individual aileron flap surface ad justed separate adjustor pot amount direction deflection surface easily ad justed have spoiler stick spring-loaded releasing stick just before touchdown will neutralize ailerons flaps save servo gears being stripped butterfly configuration fully deployed ailerons can adjusted remain highly effective terfly efficient configuration los ing altitude quickly slowing down spot landings Continued page 15] May1988 147 WE ARE SHOOTING DOWN NIGH BALSA PRICES WITH SUPER QUALITY Satisfaction Guaranteed Direct Only BALSA HOT LINE CIl 506 74S6394 lOam 6pm Central Time LONE STAR MODELS 1623 57th St Lubbock TX 79412 elevator can mixed variety ways can mixed flaps both direc tion amount compensate pitch changes caused various flap positions elevator can also mixed Butterfly con figuration eliminate pitch changes caused Butterfly two-position switchOn/Off- al lows flaps coupled elevator elevator stick pulled back Up flaps deflect downwards amount direc tion coupling controlled adjustor Elevator-to-flap mixing desirable high-speed turns Aileron-to-rudder mixing controlled two-position switchOn/Off Multiplex calls switch Combi-switch slow-speed flight launching rudder coupled ailerons fast flying some fliers will switch off rudder coupling decrease drag Multiplex system versatile al lows control surface linkages buried inside wingall necessary adjustments can made transmitter Complex mixing controls may first sound like nightmare actually fly truth Multiplex designers have accommodated complexities userfriendly way Multiplex Royal popular radio 1987 World Championships factor two-to-One Seven top 12 fin ishers used Multiplex figured good enough Thanks description John Perceptive readers have no doubt figured out radio throw old Oly go flying First have figure Out what adjus tor pots switches sliders some serious studying done Sofimodul John mentioned actually software program tells radio computer what supposed what couple dozen modules avail able designed different purpose Johns M6 module specifically Sailplanes provides Butterfly mixing automati cally also memory moduleit remem bers trim settings can fly another plane using another module put module back front transmitter former trim settings returned Very handy importer Multiplex radios airplanes Beemer R/C West 7725 E Redfield Rd Suite 102 Scottsdale AZ 85260 telephone 602 483-9577 A 60-page catalog English avail able $5 decline dollar has made German products much expensive us Beemers owner Bob Boomer has tried keep prices within reason current price Royal set servos chargers $675 F3B team raffle winners Tom Thompson Al buquerque chairman fund-raising ef fort 87 team Industry sponsors very gen erously gave Tom thousands dollars worth merchandise raffled off sent contributions budget 20-odd thousand dollars needed get seven guys Germany back Tom whole team thank made effort possible didnt finish high hoped team made fine start putting US back right path Remember 89 World Champs will will See discus sion F3B/U SA section column RMcM total 86 raffle prizes ranging Airtronics radios Super Jet glue list winners radios kits Winners Airtronics radios Marvin Boote Excelsior MN Andrew Fuller Palo Alto CA John Lindbergh Vienna VA James Niel son Mitchell NE Jim Porter Hudson IA Daniel Riverar Fairfield CA Winners Airtronics Andante Sailplane kits Richard Buckman San Pedro CA Robert Ort man Campbell CA John Pearson Aurora CO Fred Sheplavy Eastlake OH Bob Sleeper Freemont CA Chuck Winchester El Paso TX Winners Top Flite Antares Sailplane kits Charles Burnett Kailua Kona HI SM Draga nov Tustin CA Terry Good Hillside NJ Robert Hernandez So San Francisco CA Winners Bob Martin Sailplane kits Talon Bobcat Pussycat Wayne Angevine Colo rado Springs CO Harold Bevins Wash MI Dean Clark Escondido CA James Fenton Kansas City MO Lee Goettsche Albuquer que NM Stan Johnson Albuquerque NM Frank Katkus Crystal Lake IL D McEntire Suwanee GA Edward Sackett Valparaiso FL Herk Stokely Virginia Beach VA Ross Swenson Apple Valley MN Richard Tabler Arlington MA Gerald Zeigenfuse Read ing PA Winners Bridi Aircraft Kastaway Sailplane kits Buzz Averill Albuquerque NM Steve Chamulak Canton MI NJ Vannertlice Way noka OK Ron Vise Irvine CA Winners Midwest Products Lazy Bird Sail plane kit Bud Bond Vigalia CA Winners Carl Goldberg Gentle Lady Sail plane kits Edward Brown Lakeside CA Chance Cooper Biloxi MS Darryl Feezor Lit tleton CO Bob Harvey North Bay Ontario John Wright Nova Scotia Canada Sponsors contributed prizes other kits Top Flite Astro Flight Carl Goldberg Models Coverite R C Soaring Digest Trans PRECISION MODEL PRODUCTS MadeintheUSA BARSTOCK ALUMINUM SPINNERS ParI NoSize fl150B 12 11-175-B .. 13/4 11-200-B TT-225-B . 21/4 TT-226-B .. 2-1/4 FAI . 11250B .. 2-1/2 TT-251-B .. 2-1/2FAI 11-275-B . 2-3/4 fl276B .. 2-3/4FAI .. TT-300-B TT-301-BFAI TT-325-B /4 TT-350-B /2 11375-B 3/4 11400-B RelailApprox PriceWeighl $1395058 02 1495095oz 159510002 1695160oz 189515002 189519002 209517002 229522002 249520002 269526002 289525002 369534002 499547002 5995520ox 699557002 3 Pieces Cone Back Plate Retainer Screw Note 3 4 Blade Spinners Available Sizes Add $300 Per Spinner PROP NUT ADAPTORS Part NoSize TT-140-A .. 1/4-28 TT-147-A .. 1/4-28/7mm . TT-610-A 10mm TT-710-A .. 7 x 10mm .. TT-516-A .. 5/16-24 11-518-A . 5/16-24/8mm TT-810-A 10mm T1-825-A . 25mm TT-375-A .. 3/8-24 TT-125-A Ox 125mm Approx Weighl 061 02 061 02 063 02 082 02 076 02 076 oz 076 02 075 02 117 oz 115 02 3 Pieces Nut Washer Machined Bushing Add $350 Shipping Handling Prices sub ject change notice ROMCO MFG INC OX 836 SOUTH HOUSTON TEXAS 77587 713 943-1867 May1988 151 NEW FLIGHT BOX Completely assembled flnlnledleel bIt carries gallon can bollie Two drawers small ParIs Coenerllble ballery/pomar panel comperlmeol Comparlmeets slarl erpropselc Made uSATop Snalily wood coenlrecliOa Ergonomically designed beadle $125 pIes shippingmoney beck scarce lee Send Si specs cell 1415 3637732 Flights Fancy eromnedelieq P0 floe Ic Heede C. 94020 Relail Price $495 495 495 495 495 495 495 495 595 595 Fokker D-VII VK Model Aircraft PO Box 3007 Aurora 1160505 312-357-1883 AIR WOLF EPOXY FIBERGLASS FUSELAGE S TAKES MOST 50-60 MECHANICS OTHER MODELS AVAILABLE LARRY JOLLY MODEL PRODUCTS $20000 5501 WCOMO SANTA ANA CALIFORNIA 92703 714 826-6861 motions Robart Some other names winners list will recognize Don Edberg Dave Peltz Michael Selig Special thanks should go Matrix Enter prises San Diego contributed sufficient SpaceCases put teams planes equipment really neat tough plastic cases can custom-designed carry Sailplane transmitter anything Contact 7015 Carroll Road San Diego CA 92121 phone 619 450-9509 Like 87 F3B team pin Tom also mentioned limited number 87 pins available close-out price $2 plus 390 postage Personally Im buying few trade foreign pins 89 Champs because will col lectors items always informal com petition see can get pins hat Send check US Soaring Team PO Box 9328 Albuquerque NM 87119 1988 Canadian NatsAugust 6-8 Jack Nunn wrote tell us venue has changed new site Beverly Centre Rockton Ontario reason change give three full days uninterrupted flyinga total over 28 hours would have possible main Nats site Brantford Power peo ple dominate Beverly Centre excellent sod field large parking area washroom facilities Light refreshments will also avail able located Highway 8 midway tween Hamilton Cambridge Ontario Hotels motels minutes away Maps hotel prices locations etc will mailed entrants Get information Jack RR 1 Midhurst Ontar io LOL iXO phone number 705 728-4467 1988 NSS Soar-In Marshall Long NSS Soar-In coordinator announced details tenth annual edition nationwide happen ing couldnt better quote Mar shalls flyer would like extend invitation hold NSS Soar-In contest year can held time between May 7 August 28 can one- two-day event whichever required complete two rounds T-4 Cumulative Dura tion task T-4 well-known 15-minute Add-Em-Up will add wrinkle three individual flights must exceed three five seven minutes Going over deducts usual point per second L-4 Spot Landing will used Classes flown will Con test Directors choice the following Two-Meter Standard Unlimited Novice Sportsman Expert class Sailplane Unlimited y what bring big question asked last year much Soar-In going cost club As last year National Soaring Society will charge club hold Soar-In cost will NSS plaques awarded winners event feel Soar-In should used gain new members source revenue NSS district VP would hold Soar-In recruit two members would gain important 20 new members plaques will Winning Image again year NSS logo will color time plaques will larger last yearabout 10 x 12 plaques will display event class place along host clubs name cost plaques will $1150 cluding shipping CD club would ihterested holding Soar-In year please contact 824 Garden Meadow Universal City TX 78148 PS Soar-In contests should AMA sanctioned same Sailplane contest CASAs 1988 Sugarloaf Classic Capital Area Soaring Association will again putting 315-mile cross-country race May 21-22 contest site just off Route 28 35 miles west Dickerson MD 12 miles south Frederick MD Information can obtained Guy Dickes 6331 Paddington Lane Cen treville VA 22020 telephone number 703 830-3631 As PS Guy said completed Level V October 13 Bob Sowder did November Congratulations guys RC Giant Scale/de Vries Continued page 47 moment Im studying new 1 988-89 AMA Competition Regulations rather diligently effort anticipation judging George W Meyer Memorial/Scale Masters qualifier plan Pikes Peak re gion June 4-5 interested participat ing therell specific Giant Scale well Team Scale event contact CD Ivan Munning hoff 7815 Mallard Drive Falcon CO 80831 entry details contest will held US Air Force Academys North Auxiliary Field its 2500-ft paved runway final note whet appetite next months column Good buddy Ed Carroll Os prey fame has done again Piqued FULL BODY PILOT KIT Contains pilot head hands boots helmet cap goggles tull templates easy instruc tions Easy assemble finish Some simple sewing required Fully positionable too #2O6Ys scale #2OS-/n scale #204-A scale #2O3-/ scale Pnce [v32][b-1-10-1-10]]895 [v32][b-1-10-1-10]]995 [v32][b-1-10-1-10]]1095 [v32][b-1-10-1-10]]1695 DARNED GOOD AIRMEN Lightest pilots available Lifelike vinyl latex rubber U Build Sportsman Barnstormer Full Body Bust - BUST PILOT KIT Contains pilot head helmet sport cap goggles 2 jacket Easy assemble finish Pane #105-Ye scale NEW 595 #lOS~/s scale695 #l05Vs scale #104- scale. 895.h.W*Some #103- scale —~I~vsmpe ng red JET PILOT KIT Pilot has molded let helmet Contains face mask oxygen hose Estreme ly Realistic Weighs less / OZ Pnce #3O5-/ scale595 #307- scale895 ORDERING INSTRUCTIONS See dealer first order direct Add $100 shipping NYS residents add 75/u tan Send check money order COOSOK Send $100 catalog See Dealer add Dollar direct order handling 152 Model Aviation
Edition: Model Aviation - 1988/05
Page Numbers: 44, 45, 143, 146, 147, 151, 152
NEW F3B NEWSLETTER Heres important news minority Sailpianers interested F3B competition new national newslet ter scene devoted solely F3B news three-views how-tos rules updates words top fliers both country abroad thought youd enjoy having try world-class international Soaring didnt know begin F3B-USA First lets back up take look what brought F3B-USA about After 87 World Championships West Germany last July Above Photo John Wyss new Multiplex Royal MC transmitter F3B-Butterfly Soft modul Detail pot setup shown drawing below Lots column US Team members others interested F3B held postmortem examine didnt better suggest things could done about ideas kicked around T IL S $0 ECLIPSE John Wysa 1931 Wing span Wing area Aspect ratio Wing section Stab ares Stab section Weight Wing loading constrizotton Sin 1220aqin 145 HQ 55 9/RU 15 34 Seq NAcA OSASOG 113cc iSSos 123 oaiaqtt min 133 o.iaqft max Fibigiaaa carbon fiber keviar foam wood veneer everyone agreed two points 1 dont have enough competitors competitions coun try sharpen F3B skills 2 suffer technology/information gap latter L ~JLhIZ 52 5 John Wyss new F3B design Eclipse Vital statistics shown fine print first ship John has used Multiplex Royal radio Eclipse great flier ej~feefafl 4 Laden iNVUT~9Butterflyfiii~ PPM3 IPI~iRnpHRolfI SOFTMODUL M8Memoty rvPiT1 SOFrMOOUI eNr Use r Use 1Flap end-position 1 switched SB Pementage Spoiler signal13Neutral adjust controls flap F7 1which get spotter mix-tn 2Aileron Fl 1F5 throw adjust8 Percentage Spoiler signal14 Mixer Spoiler e Aileron diliaranhiation 1 aileron IFS J 3Aileron diilerontiatlon 1g Percentage aileron signal flap P6/Fl switched s15 Mixer Spotter * Elevator 1 Dii farentlatlon 4Percentage Flap signal tn ailerons I10 aileron percentage flap 16 Mixer Flap Elevator 1 Percentage Spoiler signal11 Flap throw 117 Mixer Elevator e Flap 1 aileron Fl 1 Percentage Spoiler signal12 Flap throw ii operated slide pot18 Dilierentialion Mixer Elevator e Flap flaps P6 1 44 Model Aviation Radio Conoi Soaring Byron Blakeslee Dr Sedaila CO 8 new AS W-24 Scale Sailplane Robbe Model Sport has wingspan 35 meters 137 weighs 124 ounces uses new Quabeck airfoil Read column details mean few US F3B competitors keep up European developments some others designing good planes word doesnt get spread around result dont have critical mass fliers participating up-to-date airplanes radios launch equipment As Steve Work put Euro peans progress much faster because have fliers trying different approaches quickly learn what works what doesnt So hope having vehicle getting word out rapidly technology/information gap can significantly narrowed obtaining latest good information lot Sailplan ers will have confidence go ahead give F3B go indeed fortunate have excellent volunteer step forward assume editorship F3B-USA Randy Reynolds Colo rado Springs Randy longtime Sailplane flier does great job editing Pikes Peak SS newsletter currently flying Hans Muel ler Comet same design Steve Work flew world champs knowledgeable experts have agreed pass along know-how Au thors will include members past US F3B teams Don Edberg Team Selection Committee chairman some top European competitors Randy will course glad receive material readers entertain questions Con tact Randy 122 East Uintah Colorado Springs CO 80903 telephone 303 471-3160 Printing distribution F3B-U SA will handled AMA HQ already AMAs F3B Competitor list will automatically re ceive newsletter paid past F3B fees Others can get list sending $5 AMA HQ Reston attention Micheline Madison Randy expects put out six issues per year Al though newsletters name says USA naturally Canadian Mexican other Sail plane friends invited participate fun Ive just seen end January issue num ber super Don Edberg explains procedure will used qualify fliers team selection finals will held toward end yearprobably Labor Day weekend Don also discusses disturbing news Continued page 143 PILOT GLASSES. HOW VALUABLE IS YOUR EYESIGHT Adjustable side frames free-flow ventilation Extremely light weight added comfort Blocks harmful aviolet radiation Attractive case included _________Wraparound frame fits comfortably over prescription glasses tz mist coated scratch resistance Made entirely Polycarbonate impact protection ANSI Z871 specifications Available in Clear shop work $1325 Amber overcast days & late afternoons $14~ Gray S14~ & Mirror $19~ sunny days CA Mask S15~ Paint Mask S2O~ member c/sb hit prop blade thrown 60 engine close range tip blade struck Safety Plus glasses saved him serious injury possibly loss eye incident con vinced everyone should wear safety glasses near model airplane engines being run upEd Saul Secretary Treasurer Pikes Peak RC Club t t1il U hobby dealer first doesnt have what need order direct SAFETY PLUS PO Box 1173 Dept iM Clinton MS 39056 Ph 601 924-9640 Shipping & handling included fisa MasterCard accepted May 1988 45 Randy Reynolds Colorado Springs Hans Mueller Comet Randy editor brand new F3B-USA newsletter devoted spreading word F3B flying Read column particulars getting yours 475AVAILABLE AT AMERICAS DISTRIBUTED BY FINEST HOBBY SHOPS SAYAflflHI END WE WEIRD 7555 5, GbneI Soad oderO CA 93A22 &1717 $8$475 Th T ThET STARTER EATrERIES 12 Jolts 40 Amp hour HOP ASSOCIATES 25 gears Enperlence thu Design Manufacturing Assembling Nickel Cadmium cells batteries now presents FINEST STARTER HAITERY FOR YOUR STARTER Charger Just Charge once will last weekend Starting gour Plane Also 20 70 Amp Hr I1LP ftllUlflEft IPIfI Illftft4For gour batterg needs Call write ELECTRIC Buzz skies search RED BARON DSCs neat lift le stand-way-off scale model famous WNI fighter take-offs aerobatics touch goes 40 span 276 sq area beauly 6 7 cells Simple quick build precut fuselage sides tail feathers combo includes DSC HYPERTHRUST 075 motor fused switch harness tamiya connector pro peller adaptor propeller kit zc 30 amperes meter determine current draw motor/propeller combination PAVEY675 TOWER LANE YSTEMS WEST CHESTER PA 19380 i oRPoRATIoN blade partway through Complete cut gently bending along score line will crack cleanly Touch up slight burrs fine file sharply formed edges clamp sheet tween two hardwood blocks edge extend ing Push protruding edge another wood block will bend sharply 900 angle process can carried around outer edges door Brace internally balsa cemented aluminum RC-56 per manent somewhat elastic bond Window frames made strips litho plate provide secure mounting clear acetate Plexiglas windows Litho-plate aluminum primed painting automotive finishing materials use Ditzler lacquer primer surfacer DZL-32 light gray metal can finished type paint includ ing dope has no problem peeling complete cockpit have seen Mick Reeves Fournier RF-4 Built 14-scale model large enough repro duce detail great authenticity instru ment panel all-time classic having instru ments operational Tip model turn bank shifts should Blow pilot tube airspeed indicator needle swings authentically rudder pedals have wear marks pilots shoe soles dummy pilot has hair Micks head earphones actually pick up radio signals BBC detail precisely reproduced exact scale proper location result concerted effort over long period Mick Fournier rewarded 1978 welldeserved FAT World Championship fu sure other competitors must measured immaculate Scale model RC Soaring/Blakeslee Continued page 45 AMA withdrew least temporarily its bid host 1989 F3B World Championships US could make statement about way rules concerning winches Specif ically John Worth believed fliersupplied winches caused severe drain contest organizers Don spelled out much bet ter idea organizer-supplied tension-limiting de vices dont want get too much gadget such Don suggests could sim ple standardized contestants could make own practice using own winches home contestant must able practice exact winch system motor drum line turnaround etc will use champs because plane launch systems have exactly matched Another very interesting piece issue number eight-page small print letter 87 Team Manager Phil Renaud must read ing clubs other groups contemplating start ing own F3B program suggestion Phil made establish sort Division II F3B flying country maximum wing loading 12 oz/sq ft think has great merit Phil says would effec tively separate European heavy metal airplanes like straight-wing Sagitta Camano Andante Antares limit amount ballast can put Class II airplane can see advantages two-phase ap proach F3B flying would include lower cost broader appeal place fliers get feet wet real F3B competition Also issue number letter Rich Spicer describing some ideas arising champs piece John Wyss sheet foam wings veneering woodie ma hogany pine veneer intended furniture trade 1988 F3B qualifications fact sheet entry form doesnt sound like moneys worth dont know what New Sailplane Robbe Have heard new AS W-24 Standard Class Sailplane made Alexander Schleicher Company Pop penhausen West Germany Well its just out Robbe has ARF Scale model already original very snazzy-looking all-glass ship T-tail Perhaps distinctive feature bulged-out pilots compartment rounded line bottom canopy model has 35-meter 137-in span 973-sq-in area robust 124-oz flying weight works out wing loading 163 oz/sq ft suggests model would better suited heavier-air Slope flying light-air thermaling An interesting feature Quabeck HQ-30/13-10-13 airfoil HQ Airfoils have become very popular F3B frater nity first production kit Ive seen using Construction usual Robbe prac tice unbreakable Plura plastic fuselage balsa-sheeted foam wings tail surfaces balsa parts require covering plastic film polypropylene type bestsee Lee Murrays ar ticle Februarys Model Aviation kit lists $27995 full-color 210-page Robbe cata log may obtained sending $5 Robbe Mod elsport 180 Township Line Road Belle Mead NJ 08502 Robbe German full line model manufacturers its catalog ad dition Gliders youll see Power planes boats Continued page 146 May1988 143 Special Combo Price $4795 BOB WHITE & FAI What Pair FAI RUBBER Sizes % e -- Ils 042 thick pound box Price $1350 includes 4 oz Slick Lube $1200 no lube Slick costs $175 Postpaid US via UPS Cal add 6% tax FOR FUN & SPORT stock old time kits Fresno Model NEW Robin P30 Tilka people 3 Pearl kits Satellites Crocket hooks KSB Fuel 8 DT timers Books winders other good stuff Tilka d Wakefield Finished Front En NFFS Model year $4395 plus $250 UPS FAI Medel Supply $1 00 1968 cateiog P0 Box 3567 Torrance CA 90510 16] &wiuiu NEW multi-function monitor Plugs servo plug MonItors baitey voltage MonItors frequency Loud beep sigh aIds locatIng downed aIrplane No switches a4usbnents Remhds turn off receIver baflevy pack Draws mere n*roarrperse $15 US postpaId $17 plug Check MO COOs Ml residents add 4% MICRO TEK PRODUCTS PO Box 563 Romeo Michigan 406S Call 313 752-4623 Monday Saturday PRODUCTS FOR THE DISCERNING MODELER Complete Line Exhaust Systems C Tuned Pipes C Muffled Tuned Pipes C HeadersVenturi Mufflers Expansion Mufflers Helicopter Ball Mufflers C Specialized Exhaust Systems Unsurpassed Wnkmnnahin h Padormance Continued page 143 cars Helicopters Electric-flight parts kinds accessories National Scale Fun-Fly Wil Byers wrote tell us latest news first-ever Slope fun-fly Scale Sailplanes Power Scale planes US have added couple new sponsors Wilshire notified continued sup port Wilshires new owner Bob Ratzlaff called say would participate will bring beautiful Multiplex DG-600 raffle Hobby Lobby has agreed send Scale kit Gary Anderson American Sailplane De signs will also support us kit shop addition previously nounced sponsors Circus Hobbies Viking Mod els Beemer RIC West Satellite City Model Builder Magazine just cant get over sup port getting entire Soaring com munity Now thc wind will just blow right Im stoked up can hardly contain myself dates fun-fly May 27-29 site near Richland WA Get info sending SASE Wil 632 Meadows Dr E Richland WA 99352 related note Barry Kurath newsletter ed itor Portland Area SS put message latest newslctter e fever spreading hear rumors large Northrop wing Learjet Space shuttle T-38 jet trainer have seen finished Schweitzer 1-26 Diamont have seen plug wing cores A-scale HP-18 PASS Nonallergenic cyanoacrylates know cyanoacrylate CyA instant glues great est advance modeling since MonoKote can cause such violent allergic reactions modelers cant use So saw following piece Michael Forster South Bay SS newsletter Silent Flier John Dvo rak editor knew news has get spread fast Michaels complete article nose eyes just refused let build another model CyA glues make such tasks easy know about irritation accompanies application just about amount stuff eyes hurt worse cut onions nose throat just about left headaches just couldnt take did want go back old glues because time precious So UJORLD CLASS Frackowiaks Challenge IV Kit Atlanta KitDash Kit Hattori Headers Pipes AMA&FAI RC Aerobatic Specialties PO Box 388914-248-8603 Lincolndale NY 10540 Send $100 catalog started search new glue Being engineer receiving trade magazines noticed some new instant glues ad vertised Loctite too good true talked about odorless glues dont frost delicate materials irritate eyes adhesives just about type surface imaginable toughened adhesives same league epoxies vibration stress tempera ture cycling Being adventuresome obtained some small samples eventually purchased could test reasonable number new glues work glues have fraction fumes hobby CyA ones have Loctite markets glues under name PrismrM Rather go on about virtues formulations will list glues give brief descriptions experi ences am listing have experience couple Prism series have used Types 408 460 odorless nonfrosting 405 410 411 toughened 406 401 surface insensitive Type 408 Low viscosity colorclear very low fumes very good substitute low vis cosity CyAs usually use working models wicking fast cure impor tant Cures just fast balsa familiar brands Type 460 Low-to-medium viscosity color clear very low fumes very good all-around glue reasonably strong glue much stronger hobby glues gives just little working time balsa 10-15 sec about 30 sec other woods fiberglass Type 405 Medium viscosity colorwhite low fumes reasonably liquid adhesive lot strength very good fiberglass especially good gluing wood parts fiber glass Type 410 High viscosity colorblack low fumes Another very tough adhesive have great luck bonding metal parts together also very good fiberglass Type 411 High viscosity colorclear low fumes Again very tough glue main differ ences toughened series seem color viscosity However believe higher vis cosity ones have higher strength under high spe cific impulse loadings read vibration land ing shocks Type 406 Low viscosity colorclear medi um fumes very liquid glue likes stick anything Beautiful wicking characteristics make natural gluing dissimilar materials together after assembly Type 401 Low-to-medium viscosity color clear low fumes stuff will glue anything 146 Model Aviation Ed DOIbV FAI Rubber helped Whites superior model win 87 WORLD CHAMPS RC Soaring/Blakeslee BALM SHUTS 36 48 30 118233 332240 118 243 318248 114 258 132337 120337 1183374931 3323445837 18 3547145 3183828255 14 3739581 516385110 38 2471 12 3110155 34 3185191 1184597848 3324709458 18 48015866 31849312278 4 411013484 38 4165225139 12 281 MATCHED SHEETS 42 3324100 184108 3184120 144131 BALSA STICKS 3648 1181409 1183810 1181214 3321410 3323812 33211218 181808 18141118 18381218 18121824 3183181116 318381725 318122230 14141824 14381928 14122130 14343444 1414055 5185182128 38382737 38123248 383144255 3815275 12123653 12344862 1215878 58584885 34348790 J*1 *#@ LIGHT 4-6 LB BALSA TRIANGLES 36WOOD36 4425132349 383830120349 2235118349 34 3445332358 5518387 318378 BALSA PLANKS3614395 85383115 258123139 3200343220 1428013350 11232751184 78 1124380332491 22225184100 233283184117 24435144138 33495384257 34889124282 TAPERED SHEETS36 142 85TRAILING EDGE36 143 8514132 382 8851811439 383 98381 1248 12312012270 LONE STAR EPOXY 9,Lnl.8 95 5000598 15 in,598 30 in,598 INSTANTGLUE lo TS,k298 1, Thin298 2, TSCk550 CUSTOM CUT CONTEST BALSA Sheets Piece ed Close Tolerances AAA Grade Dried ped 100% a serious modeler want performance must try 4-6 lb balsa BASSWOOD48 31531828 3181430 3183838 3181248 3183450 141442 143849 143480 383880 381270 383490 121250 BUNDLE DEALS 20-118338885 201184381020 20332338840 153320434955 1518338715 1018438875 15318338900 10318438810 1014338830 1014438890 1038338850 538438525 512338540 5124381050 10332448845 518448485 5318448585 514448825 * NEW * Hundreds new sizes accessories finishing materials Send #10 SASE latest catalog ISPRUCESTICKS3B48 18 181522 18 141824 18 382029 318 3182534 14 143145 14 383850 14 124585 38384583 38 125570 12128080 1234 88 88 SPRUCE TRIANGLES 38 38 1212 34 34 LITE PLY 48 180 8 18 12 1412 HARD MAPLE 1438 3838 3812 3834 12 34 BIRCH DOWELS 18 318 14 518 38 18 40 45 50 58 88 36 09 11 14 25 32 3PLYBIRCH48 18412820 13212445 11812455 1812480 S PLY BIRCH 332 x 12 18412 36318 12 45140 12 813812 771212 48 598 625 825 825 725 900 GROOVED LG MOUNTS 12 IncheS 150383418140 3503834532144 475123431845 Cost 48 Handling charge pay UPS Add $250 COD $300 extra PP APO FPO Stat. accept Va Master Card pernonal checks COO 85 Ia Te8 US Currency Only Miormum Wood Order $1000 6Vgp well brittle toughened CyAs very tolerant poor surface preparation description qualifiers used above order Low viscosity means material similar water Medium viscosity like syrup high viscosity means will form bead settle littlelike heavy corn syrup Fumes very qualitative thing since no real numbers available However very low fumes indicates odor very difficult detect irritation virtually nonex istent Low fumes indicates odor de tectable irritation avoidable reason able ventilation just keeping distance Medium fumes indicates distinct odor about five inches according nose irritation can occur working closely model High fumes would indi cate odor very discernible irrita tion avoidable very good ventilation dead nose Most familiar CyA glues use would classed being very high fumes have able ask modelers very expe rienced CyA usage smell samples odorless CyAs tell what No has far answered correctly have just smelled CyA glue glues total replacement familiar hobby CyAs other adhesives much expensive An O7-oz bot tIe around $10 However fumes prob lem you dont want wait regu lar glues cure may work Thanks very important research Mi chael also mentioned will have go Loctite distributor buy glueslook White Pages Id surprised Loctite doesnt put couple up hobby packaging sell through hobby shops once know demand modern F3B radio clubmate F3B affectionado John Wyss bought Multiplex Royal radio Beemer R/C West last year happy sat down wrote us description works Johns write-up product report rundown things sophisticated radio can doand must want competitive F3B flying today Take John demands F3B competition have pro duced environment development state-of-the-art Sailplanes constant refine ment design development technologies directly benefits Sailplane fliers inter ested improvement aspect state art complex control mixing F3B Sailplanes must realize complex con trol systems own sake major contributor overall aerodynamic effi ciency Sailplane understand complex controls F3B Sailplane description typical setup fol lows Multiplex Royal MC Expert M6 F3B Butterfly memory Softmodul makes complex setup control full-house F3B plane relatively easy task Multiplex radio/module combination designed specifi cally job Eighteen adjustor pots lo cated under cover front transmit ter maximize efficiency system control surface must have its own servo slop-free linkage ailerons first set up using two adjus tors set amount throw amount differential flaps primarily controlled three-position switch flap switch Launch position position flaps infinitely adjustable spoiler trim lever Normal spoilers usedwell get minute second position Thermal Distance setting flaps con trolled sliding adjustor pot third posi tion Speed setting end point Up flap set 18 adjustor pots ailerons can mixed flaps use adjustor pot ailerons will deflect flaps amount mixing adjustable ailerons deflect much flaps retain aerody namic washout mixing ailerons flaps provides true camber changing entire trail ing edge neutral position entire trail ing edge set adjustor flaps can mixed ailerons use two-position switchOn Off amount mixing dif ferential flaps acting ailerons con trolled two adjustors combination mix ing flaps ailerons ailerons flaps called Quadro-flaps Multiplex Keeping European terminology Multi plex calls its landing configuration Butterfly country its also called crow spoilerons flaps landing mode controlled spoiler stick As spoiler stick pulled back ailerons deflect up flaps deflect down individual aileron flap surface ad justed separate adjustor pot amount direction deflection surface easily ad justed have spoiler stick spring-loaded releasing stick just before touchdown will neutralize ailerons flaps save servo gears being stripped butterfly configuration fully deployed ailerons can adjusted remain highly effective terfly efficient configuration los ing altitude quickly slowing down spot landings Continued page 15] May1988 147 WE ARE SHOOTING DOWN NIGH BALSA PRICES WITH SUPER QUALITY Satisfaction Guaranteed Direct Only BALSA HOT LINE CIl 506 74S6394 lOam 6pm Central Time LONE STAR MODELS 1623 57th St Lubbock TX 79412 elevator can mixed variety ways can mixed flaps both direc tion amount compensate pitch changes caused various flap positions elevator can also mixed Butterfly con figuration eliminate pitch changes caused Butterfly two-position switchOn/Off- al lows flaps coupled elevator elevator stick pulled back Up flaps deflect downwards amount direc tion coupling controlled adjustor Elevator-to-flap mixing desirable high-speed turns Aileron-to-rudder mixing controlled two-position switchOn/Off Multiplex calls switch Combi-switch slow-speed flight launching rudder coupled ailerons fast flying some fliers will switch off rudder coupling decrease drag Multiplex system versatile al lows control surface linkages buried inside wingall necessary adjustments can made transmitter Complex mixing controls may first sound like nightmare actually fly truth Multiplex designers have accommodated complexities userfriendly way Multiplex Royal popular radio 1987 World Championships factor two-to-One Seven top 12 fin ishers used Multiplex figured good enough Thanks description John Perceptive readers have no doubt figured out radio throw old Oly go flying First have figure Out what adjus tor pots switches sliders some serious studying done Sofimodul John mentioned actually software program tells radio computer what supposed what couple dozen modules avail able designed different purpose Johns M6 module specifically Sailplanes provides Butterfly mixing automati cally also memory moduleit remem bers trim settings can fly another plane using another module put module back front transmitter former trim settings returned Very handy importer Multiplex radios airplanes Beemer R/C West 7725 E Redfield Rd Suite 102 Scottsdale AZ 85260 telephone 602 483-9577 A 60-page catalog English avail able $5 decline dollar has made German products much expensive us Beemers owner Bob Boomer has tried keep prices within reason current price Royal set servos chargers $675 F3B team raffle winners Tom Thompson Al buquerque chairman fund-raising ef fort 87 team Industry sponsors very gen erously gave Tom thousands dollars worth merchandise raffled off sent contributions budget 20-odd thousand dollars needed get seven guys Germany back Tom whole team thank made effort possible didnt finish high hoped team made fine start putting US back right path Remember 89 World Champs will will See discus sion F3B/U SA section column RMcM total 86 raffle prizes ranging Airtronics radios Super Jet glue list winners radios kits Winners Airtronics radios Marvin Boote Excelsior MN Andrew Fuller Palo Alto CA John Lindbergh Vienna VA James Niel son Mitchell NE Jim Porter Hudson IA Daniel Riverar Fairfield CA Winners Airtronics Andante Sailplane kits Richard Buckman San Pedro CA Robert Ort man Campbell CA John Pearson Aurora CO Fred Sheplavy Eastlake OH Bob Sleeper Freemont CA Chuck Winchester El Paso TX Winners Top Flite Antares Sailplane kits Charles Burnett Kailua Kona HI SM Draga nov Tustin CA Terry Good Hillside NJ Robert Hernandez So San Francisco CA Winners Bob Martin Sailplane kits Talon Bobcat Pussycat Wayne Angevine Colo rado Springs CO Harold Bevins Wash MI Dean Clark Escondido CA James Fenton Kansas City MO Lee Goettsche Albuquer que NM Stan Johnson Albuquerque NM Frank Katkus Crystal Lake IL D McEntire Suwanee GA Edward Sackett Valparaiso FL Herk Stokely Virginia Beach VA Ross Swenson Apple Valley MN Richard Tabler Arlington MA Gerald Zeigenfuse Read ing PA Winners Bridi Aircraft Kastaway Sailplane kits Buzz Averill Albuquerque NM Steve Chamulak Canton MI NJ Vannertlice Way noka OK Ron Vise Irvine CA Winners Midwest Products Lazy Bird Sail plane kit Bud Bond Vigalia CA Winners Carl Goldberg Gentle Lady Sail plane kits Edward Brown Lakeside CA Chance Cooper Biloxi MS Darryl Feezor Lit tleton CO Bob Harvey North Bay Ontario John Wright Nova Scotia Canada Sponsors contributed prizes other kits Top Flite Astro Flight Carl Goldberg Models Coverite R C Soaring Digest Trans PRECISION MODEL PRODUCTS MadeintheUSA BARSTOCK ALUMINUM SPINNERS ParI NoSize fl150B 12 11-175-B .. 13/4 11-200-B TT-225-B . 21/4 TT-226-B .. 2-1/4 FAI . 11250B .. 2-1/2 TT-251-B .. 2-1/2FAI 11-275-B . 2-3/4 fl276B .. 2-3/4FAI .. TT-300-B TT-301-BFAI TT-325-B /4 TT-350-B /2 11375-B 3/4 11400-B RelailApprox PriceWeighl $1395058 02 1495095oz 159510002 1695160oz 189515002 189519002 209517002 229522002 249520002 269526002 289525002 369534002 499547002 5995520ox 699557002 3 Pieces Cone Back Plate Retainer Screw Note 3 4 Blade Spinners Available Sizes Add $300 Per Spinner PROP NUT ADAPTORS Part NoSize TT-140-A .. 1/4-28 TT-147-A .. 1/4-28/7mm . TT-610-A 10mm TT-710-A .. 7 x 10mm .. TT-516-A .. 5/16-24 11-518-A . 5/16-24/8mm TT-810-A 10mm T1-825-A . 25mm TT-375-A .. 3/8-24 TT-125-A Ox 125mm Approx Weighl 061 02 061 02 063 02 082 02 076 02 076 oz 076 02 075 02 117 oz 115 02 3 Pieces Nut Washer Machined Bushing Add $350 Shipping Handling Prices sub ject change notice ROMCO MFG INC OX 836 SOUTH HOUSTON TEXAS 77587 713 943-1867 May1988 151 NEW FLIGHT BOX Completely assembled flnlnledleel bIt carries gallon can bollie Two drawers small ParIs Coenerllble ballery/pomar panel comperlmeol Comparlmeets slarl erpropselc Made uSATop Snalily wood coenlrecliOa Ergonomically designed beadle $125 pIes shippingmoney beck scarce lee Send Si specs cell 1415 3637732 Flights Fancy eromnedelieq P0 floe Ic Heede C. 94020 Relail Price $495 495 495 495 495 495 495 495 595 595 Fokker D-VII VK Model Aircraft PO Box 3007 Aurora 1160505 312-357-1883 AIR WOLF EPOXY FIBERGLASS FUSELAGE S TAKES MOST 50-60 MECHANICS OTHER MODELS AVAILABLE LARRY JOLLY MODEL PRODUCTS $20000 5501 WCOMO SANTA ANA CALIFORNIA 92703 714 826-6861 motions Robart Some other names winners list will recognize Don Edberg Dave Peltz Michael Selig Special thanks should go Matrix Enter prises San Diego contributed sufficient SpaceCases put teams planes equipment really neat tough plastic cases can custom-designed carry Sailplane transmitter anything Contact 7015 Carroll Road San Diego CA 92121 phone 619 450-9509 Like 87 F3B team pin Tom also mentioned limited number 87 pins available close-out price $2 plus 390 postage Personally Im buying few trade foreign pins 89 Champs because will col lectors items always informal com petition see can get pins hat Send check US Soaring Team PO Box 9328 Albuquerque NM 87119 1988 Canadian NatsAugust 6-8 Jack Nunn wrote tell us venue has changed new site Beverly Centre Rockton Ontario reason change give three full days uninterrupted flyinga total over 28 hours would have possible main Nats site Brantford Power peo ple dominate Beverly Centre excellent sod field large parking area washroom facilities Light refreshments will also avail able located Highway 8 midway tween Hamilton Cambridge Ontario Hotels motels minutes away Maps hotel prices locations etc will mailed entrants Get information Jack RR 1 Midhurst Ontar io LOL iXO phone number 705 728-4467 1988 NSS Soar-In Marshall Long NSS Soar-In coordinator announced details tenth annual edition nationwide happen ing couldnt better quote Mar shalls flyer would like extend invitation hold NSS Soar-In contest year can held time between May 7 August 28 can one- two-day event whichever required complete two rounds T-4 Cumulative Dura tion task T-4 well-known 15-minute Add-Em-Up will add wrinkle three individual flights must exceed three five seven minutes Going over deducts usual point per second L-4 Spot Landing will used Classes flown will Con test Directors choice the following Two-Meter Standard Unlimited Novice Sportsman Expert class Sailplane Unlimited y what bring big question asked last year much Soar-In going cost club As last year National Soaring Society will charge club hold Soar-In cost will NSS plaques awarded winners event feel Soar-In should used gain new members source revenue NSS district VP would hold Soar-In recruit two members would gain important 20 new members plaques will Winning Image again year NSS logo will color time plaques will larger last yearabout 10 x 12 plaques will display event class place along host clubs name cost plaques will $1150 cluding shipping CD club would ihterested holding Soar-In year please contact 824 Garden Meadow Universal City TX 78148 PS Soar-In contests should AMA sanctioned same Sailplane contest CASAs 1988 Sugarloaf Classic Capital Area Soaring Association will again putting 315-mile cross-country race May 21-22 contest site just off Route 28 35 miles west Dickerson MD 12 miles south Frederick MD Information can obtained Guy Dickes 6331 Paddington Lane Cen treville VA 22020 telephone number 703 830-3631 As PS Guy said completed Level V October 13 Bob Sowder did November Congratulations guys RC Giant Scale/de Vries Continued page 47 moment Im studying new 1 988-89 AMA Competition Regulations rather diligently effort anticipation judging George W Meyer Memorial/Scale Masters qualifier plan Pikes Peak re gion June 4-5 interested participat ing therell specific Giant Scale well Team Scale event contact CD Ivan Munning hoff 7815 Mallard Drive Falcon CO 80831 entry details contest will held US Air Force Academys North Auxiliary Field its 2500-ft paved runway final note whet appetite next months column Good buddy Ed Carroll Os prey fame has done again Piqued FULL BODY PILOT KIT Contains pilot head hands boots helmet cap goggles tull templates easy instruc tions Easy assemble finish Some simple sewing required Fully positionable too #2O6Ys scale #2OS-/n scale #204-A scale #2O3-/ scale Pnce [v32][b-1-10-1-10]]895 [v32][b-1-10-1-10]]995 [v32][b-1-10-1-10]]1095 [v32][b-1-10-1-10]]1695 DARNED GOOD AIRMEN Lightest pilots available Lifelike vinyl latex rubber U Build Sportsman Barnstormer Full Body Bust - BUST PILOT KIT Contains pilot head helmet sport cap goggles 2 jacket Easy assemble finish Pane #105-Ye scale NEW 595 #lOS~/s scale695 #l05Vs scale #104- scale. 895.h.W*Some #103- scale —~I~vsmpe ng red JET PILOT KIT Pilot has molded let helmet Contains face mask oxygen hose Estreme ly Realistic Weighs less / OZ Pnce #3O5-/ scale595 #307- scale895 ORDERING INSTRUCTIONS See dealer first order direct Add $100 shipping NYS residents add 75/u tan Send check money order COOSOK Send $100 catalog See Dealer add Dollar direct order handling 152 Model Aviation
Edition: Model Aviation - 1988/05
Page Numbers: 44, 45, 143, 146, 147, 151, 152
NEW F3B NEWSLETTER Heres important news minority Sailpianers interested F3B competition new national newslet ter scene devoted solely F3B news three-views how-tos rules updates words top fliers both country abroad thought youd enjoy having try world-class international Soaring didnt know begin F3B-USA First lets back up take look what brought F3B-USA about After 87 World Championships West Germany last July Above Photo John Wyss new Multiplex Royal MC transmitter F3B-Butterfly Soft modul Detail pot setup shown drawing below Lots column US Team members others interested F3B held postmortem examine didnt better suggest things could done about ideas kicked around T IL S $0 ECLIPSE John Wysa 1931 Wing span Wing area Aspect ratio Wing section Stab ares Stab section Weight Wing loading constrizotton Sin 1220aqin 145 HQ 55 9/RU 15 34 Seq NAcA OSASOG 113cc iSSos 123 oaiaqtt min 133 o.iaqft max Fibigiaaa carbon fiber keviar foam wood veneer everyone agreed two points 1 dont have enough competitors competitions coun try sharpen F3B skills 2 suffer technology/information gap latter L ~JLhIZ 52 5 John Wyss new F3B design Eclipse Vital statistics shown fine print first ship John has used Multiplex Royal radio Eclipse great flier ej~feefafl 4 Laden iNVUT~9Butterflyfiii~ PPM3 IPI~iRnpHRolfI SOFTMODUL M8Memoty rvPiT1 SOFrMOOUI eNr Use r Use 1Flap end-position 1 switched SB Pementage Spoiler signal13Neutral adjust controls flap F7 1which get spotter mix-tn 2Aileron Fl 1F5 throw adjust8 Percentage Spoiler signal14 Mixer Spoiler e Aileron diliaranhiation 1 aileron IFS J 3Aileron diilerontiatlon 1g Percentage aileron signal flap P6/Fl switched s15 Mixer Spotter * Elevator 1 Dii farentlatlon 4Percentage Flap signal tn ailerons I10 aileron percentage flap 16 Mixer Flap Elevator 1 Percentage Spoiler signal11 Flap throw 117 Mixer Elevator e Flap 1 aileron Fl 1 Percentage Spoiler signal12 Flap throw ii operated slide pot18 Dilierentialion Mixer Elevator e Flap flaps P6 1 44 Model Aviation Radio Conoi Soaring Byron Blakeslee Dr Sedaila CO 8 new AS W-24 Scale Sailplane Robbe Model Sport has wingspan 35 meters 137 weighs 124 ounces uses new Quabeck airfoil Read column details mean few US F3B competitors keep up European developments some others designing good planes word doesnt get spread around result dont have critical mass fliers participating up-to-date airplanes radios launch equipment As Steve Work put Euro peans progress much faster because have fliers trying different approaches quickly learn what works what doesnt So hope having vehicle getting word out rapidly technology/information gap can significantly narrowed obtaining latest good information lot Sailplan ers will have confidence go ahead give F3B go indeed fortunate have excellent volunteer step forward assume editorship F3B-USA Randy Reynolds Colo rado Springs Randy longtime Sailplane flier does great job editing Pikes Peak SS newsletter currently flying Hans Muel ler Comet same design Steve Work flew world champs knowledgeable experts have agreed pass along know-how Au thors will include members past US F3B teams Don Edberg Team Selection Committee chairman some top European competitors Randy will course glad receive material readers entertain questions Con tact Randy 122 East Uintah Colorado Springs CO 80903 telephone 303 471-3160 Printing distribution F3B-U SA will handled AMA HQ already AMAs F3B Competitor list will automatically re ceive newsletter paid past F3B fees Others can get list sending $5 AMA HQ Reston attention Micheline Madison Randy expects put out six issues per year Al though newsletters name says USA naturally Canadian Mexican other Sail plane friends invited participate fun Ive just seen end January issue num ber super Don Edberg explains procedure will used qualify fliers team selection finals will held toward end yearprobably Labor Day weekend Don also discusses disturbing news Continued page 143 PILOT GLASSES. HOW VALUABLE IS YOUR EYESIGHT Adjustable side frames free-flow ventilation Extremely light weight added comfort Blocks harmful aviolet radiation Attractive case included _________Wraparound frame fits comfortably over prescription glasses tz mist coated scratch resistance Made entirely Polycarbonate impact protection ANSI Z871 specifications Available in Clear shop work $1325 Amber overcast days & late afternoons $14~ Gray S14~ & Mirror $19~ sunny days CA Mask S15~ Paint Mask S2O~ member c/sb hit prop blade thrown 60 engine close range tip blade struck Safety Plus glasses saved him serious injury possibly loss eye incident con vinced everyone should wear safety glasses near model airplane engines being run upEd Saul Secretary Treasurer Pikes Peak RC Club t t1il U hobby dealer first doesnt have what need order direct SAFETY PLUS PO Box 1173 Dept iM Clinton MS 39056 Ph 601 924-9640 Shipping & handling included fisa MasterCard accepted May 1988 45 Randy Reynolds Colorado Springs Hans Mueller Comet Randy editor brand new F3B-USA newsletter devoted spreading word F3B flying Read column particulars getting yours 475AVAILABLE AT AMERICAS DISTRIBUTED BY FINEST HOBBY SHOPS SAYAflflHI END WE WEIRD 7555 5, GbneI Soad oderO CA 93A22 &1717 $8$475 Th T ThET STARTER EATrERIES 12 Jolts 40 Amp hour HOP ASSOCIATES 25 gears Enperlence thu Design Manufacturing Assembling Nickel Cadmium cells batteries now presents FINEST STARTER HAITERY FOR YOUR STARTER Charger Just Charge once will last weekend Starting gour Plane Also 20 70 Amp Hr I1LP ftllUlflEft IPIfI Illftft4For gour batterg needs Call write ELECTRIC Buzz skies search RED BARON DSCs neat lift le stand-way-off scale model famous WNI fighter take-offs aerobatics touch goes 40 span 276 sq area beauly 6 7 cells Simple quick build precut fuselage sides tail feathers combo includes DSC HYPERTHRUST 075 motor fused switch harness tamiya connector pro peller adaptor propeller kit zc 30 amperes meter determine current draw motor/propeller combination PAVEY675 TOWER LANE YSTEMS WEST CHESTER PA 19380 i oRPoRATIoN blade partway through Complete cut gently bending along score line will crack cleanly Touch up slight burrs fine file sharply formed edges clamp sheet tween two hardwood blocks edge extend ing Push protruding edge another wood block will bend sharply 900 angle process can carried around outer edges door Brace internally balsa cemented aluminum RC-56 per manent somewhat elastic bond Window frames made strips litho plate provide secure mounting clear acetate Plexiglas windows Litho-plate aluminum primed painting automotive finishing materials use Ditzler lacquer primer surfacer DZL-32 light gray metal can finished type paint includ ing dope has no problem peeling complete cockpit have seen Mick Reeves Fournier RF-4 Built 14-scale model large enough repro duce detail great authenticity instru ment panel all-time classic having instru ments operational Tip model turn bank shifts should Blow pilot tube airspeed indicator needle swings authentically rudder pedals have wear marks pilots shoe soles dummy pilot has hair Micks head earphones actually pick up radio signals BBC detail precisely reproduced exact scale proper location result concerted effort over long period Mick Fournier rewarded 1978 welldeserved FAT World Championship fu sure other competitors must measured immaculate Scale model RC Soaring/Blakeslee Continued page 45 AMA withdrew least temporarily its bid host 1989 F3B World Championships US could make statement about way rules concerning winches Specif ically John Worth believed fliersupplied winches caused severe drain contest organizers Don spelled out much bet ter idea organizer-supplied tension-limiting de vices dont want get too much gadget such Don suggests could sim ple standardized contestants could make own practice using own winches home contestant must able practice exact winch system motor drum line turnaround etc will use champs because plane launch systems have exactly matched Another very interesting piece issue number eight-page small print letter 87 Team Manager Phil Renaud must read ing clubs other groups contemplating start ing own F3B program suggestion Phil made establish sort Division II F3B flying country maximum wing loading 12 oz/sq ft think has great merit Phil says would effec tively separate European heavy metal airplanes like straight-wing Sagitta Camano Andante Antares limit amount ballast can put Class II airplane can see advantages two-phase ap proach F3B flying would include lower cost broader appeal place fliers get feet wet real F3B competition Also issue number letter Rich Spicer describing some ideas arising champs piece John Wyss sheet foam wings veneering woodie ma hogany pine veneer intended furniture trade 1988 F3B qualifications fact sheet entry form doesnt sound like moneys worth dont know what New Sailplane Robbe Have heard new AS W-24 Standard Class Sailplane made Alexander Schleicher Company Pop penhausen West Germany Well its just out Robbe has ARF Scale model already original very snazzy-looking all-glass ship T-tail Perhaps distinctive feature bulged-out pilots compartment rounded line bottom canopy model has 35-meter 137-in span 973-sq-in area robust 124-oz flying weight works out wing loading 163 oz/sq ft suggests model would better suited heavier-air Slope flying light-air thermaling An interesting feature Quabeck HQ-30/13-10-13 airfoil HQ Airfoils have become very popular F3B frater nity first production kit Ive seen using Construction usual Robbe prac tice unbreakable Plura plastic fuselage balsa-sheeted foam wings tail surfaces balsa parts require covering plastic film polypropylene type bestsee Lee Murrays ar ticle Februarys Model Aviation kit lists $27995 full-color 210-page Robbe cata log may obtained sending $5 Robbe Mod elsport 180 Township Line Road Belle Mead NJ 08502 Robbe German full line model manufacturers its catalog ad dition Gliders youll see Power planes boats Continued page 146 May1988 143 Special Combo Price $4795 BOB WHITE & FAI What Pair FAI RUBBER Sizes % e -- Ils 042 thick pound box Price $1350 includes 4 oz Slick Lube $1200 no lube Slick costs $175 Postpaid US via UPS Cal add 6% tax FOR FUN & SPORT stock old time kits Fresno Model NEW Robin P30 Tilka people 3 Pearl kits Satellites Crocket hooks KSB Fuel 8 DT timers Books winders other good stuff Tilka d Wakefield Finished Front En NFFS Model year $4395 plus $250 UPS FAI Medel Supply $1 00 1968 cateiog P0 Box 3567 Torrance CA 90510 16] &wiuiu NEW multi-function monitor Plugs servo plug MonItors baitey voltage MonItors frequency Loud beep sigh aIds locatIng downed aIrplane No switches a4usbnents Remhds turn off receIver baflevy pack Draws mere n*roarrperse $15 US postpaId $17 plug Check MO COOs Ml residents add 4% MICRO TEK PRODUCTS PO Box 563 Romeo Michigan 406S Call 313 752-4623 Monday Saturday PRODUCTS FOR THE DISCERNING MODELER Complete Line Exhaust Systems C Tuned Pipes C Muffled Tuned Pipes C HeadersVenturi Mufflers Expansion Mufflers Helicopter Ball Mufflers C Specialized Exhaust Systems Unsurpassed Wnkmnnahin h Padormance Continued page 143 cars Helicopters Electric-flight parts kinds accessories National Scale Fun-Fly Wil Byers wrote tell us latest news first-ever Slope fun-fly Scale Sailplanes Power Scale planes US have added couple new sponsors Wilshire notified continued sup port Wilshires new owner Bob Ratzlaff called say would participate will bring beautiful Multiplex DG-600 raffle Hobby Lobby has agreed send Scale kit Gary Anderson American Sailplane De signs will also support us kit shop addition previously nounced sponsors Circus Hobbies Viking Mod els Beemer RIC West Satellite City Model Builder Magazine just cant get over sup port getting entire Soaring com munity Now thc wind will just blow right Im stoked up can hardly contain myself dates fun-fly May 27-29 site near Richland WA Get info sending SASE Wil 632 Meadows Dr E Richland WA 99352 related note Barry Kurath newsletter ed itor Portland Area SS put message latest newslctter e fever spreading hear rumors large Northrop wing Learjet Space shuttle T-38 jet trainer have seen finished Schweitzer 1-26 Diamont have seen plug wing cores A-scale HP-18 PASS Nonallergenic cyanoacrylates know cyanoacrylate CyA instant glues great est advance modeling since MonoKote can cause such violent allergic reactions modelers cant use So saw following piece Michael Forster South Bay SS newsletter Silent Flier John Dvo rak editor knew news has get spread fast Michaels complete article nose eyes just refused let build another model CyA glues make such tasks easy know about irritation accompanies application just about amount stuff eyes hurt worse cut onions nose throat just about left headaches just couldnt take did want go back old glues because time precious So UJORLD CLASS Frackowiaks Challenge IV Kit Atlanta KitDash Kit Hattori Headers Pipes AMA&FAI RC Aerobatic Specialties PO Box 388914-248-8603 Lincolndale NY 10540 Send $100 catalog started search new glue Being engineer receiving trade magazines noticed some new instant glues ad vertised Loctite too good true talked about odorless glues dont frost delicate materials irritate eyes adhesives just about type surface imaginable toughened adhesives same league epoxies vibration stress tempera ture cycling Being adventuresome obtained some small samples eventually purchased could test reasonable number new glues work glues have fraction fumes hobby CyA ones have Loctite markets glues under name PrismrM Rather go on about virtues formulations will list glues give brief descriptions experi ences am listing have experience couple Prism series have used Types 408 460 odorless nonfrosting 405 410 411 toughened 406 401 surface insensitive Type 408 Low viscosity colorclear very low fumes very good substitute low vis cosity CyAs usually use working models wicking fast cure impor tant Cures just fast balsa familiar brands Type 460 Low-to-medium viscosity color clear very low fumes very good all-around glue reasonably strong glue much stronger hobby glues gives just little working time balsa 10-15 sec about 30 sec other woods fiberglass Type 405 Medium viscosity colorwhite low fumes reasonably liquid adhesive lot strength very good fiberglass especially good gluing wood parts fiber glass Type 410 High viscosity colorblack low fumes Another very tough adhesive have great luck bonding metal parts together also very good fiberglass Type 411 High viscosity colorclear low fumes Again very tough glue main differ ences toughened series seem color viscosity However believe higher vis cosity ones have higher strength under high spe cific impulse loadings read vibration land ing shocks Type 406 Low viscosity colorclear medi um fumes very liquid glue likes stick anything Beautiful wicking characteristics make natural gluing dissimilar materials together after assembly Type 401 Low-to-medium viscosity color clear low fumes stuff will glue anything 146 Model Aviation Ed DOIbV FAI Rubber helped Whites superior model win 87 WORLD CHAMPS RC Soaring/Blakeslee BALM SHUTS 36 48 30 118233 332240 118 243 318248 114 258 132337 120337 1183374931 3323445837 18 3547145 3183828255 14 3739581 516385110 38 2471 12 3110155 34 3185191 1184597848 3324709458 18 48015866 31849312278 4 411013484 38 4165225139 12 281 MATCHED SHEETS 42 3324100 184108 3184120 144131 BALSA STICKS 3648 1181409 1183810 1181214 3321410 3323812 33211218 181808 18141118 18381218 18121824 3183181116 318381725 318122230 14141824 14381928 14122130 14343444 1414055 5185182128 38382737 38123248 383144255 3815275 12123653 12344862 1215878 58584885 34348790 J*1 *#@ LIGHT 4-6 LB BALSA TRIANGLES 36WOOD36 4425132349 383830120349 2235118349 34 3445332358 5518387 318378 BALSA PLANKS3614395 85383115 258123139 3200343220 1428013350 11232751184 78 1124380332491 22225184100 233283184117 24435144138 33495384257 34889124282 TAPERED SHEETS36 142 85TRAILING EDGE36 143 8514132 382 8851811439 383 98381 1248 12312012270 LONE STAR EPOXY 9,Lnl.8 95 5000598 15 in,598 30 in,598 INSTANTGLUE lo TS,k298 1, Thin298 2, TSCk550 CUSTOM CUT CONTEST BALSA Sheets Piece ed Close Tolerances AAA Grade Dried ped 100% a serious modeler want performance must try 4-6 lb balsa BASSWOOD48 31531828 3181430 3183838 3181248 3183450 141442 143849 143480 383880 381270 383490 121250 BUNDLE DEALS 20-118338885 201184381020 20332338840 153320434955 1518338715 1018438875 15318338900 10318438810 1014338830 1014438890 1038338850 538438525 512338540 5124381050 10332448845 518448485 5318448585 514448825 * NEW * Hundreds new sizes accessories finishing materials Send #10 SASE latest catalog ISPRUCESTICKS3B48 18 181522 18 141824 18 382029 318 3182534 14 143145 14 383850 14 124585 38384583 38 125570 12128080 1234 88 88 SPRUCE TRIANGLES 38 38 1212 34 34 LITE PLY 48 180 8 18 12 1412 HARD MAPLE 1438 3838 3812 3834 12 34 BIRCH DOWELS 18 318 14 518 38 18 40 45 50 58 88 36 09 11 14 25 32 3PLYBIRCH48 18412820 13212445 11812455 1812480 S PLY BIRCH 332 x 12 18412 36318 12 45140 12 813812 771212 48 598 625 825 825 725 900 GROOVED LG MOUNTS 12 IncheS 150383418140 3503834532144 475123431845 Cost 48 Handling charge pay UPS Add $250 COD $300 extra PP APO FPO Stat. accept Va Master Card pernonal checks COO 85 Ia Te8 US Currency Only Miormum Wood Order $1000 6Vgp well brittle toughened CyAs very tolerant poor surface preparation description qualifiers used above order Low viscosity means material similar water Medium viscosity like syrup high viscosity means will form bead settle littlelike heavy corn syrup Fumes very qualitative thing since no real numbers available However very low fumes indicates odor very difficult detect irritation virtually nonex istent Low fumes indicates odor de tectable irritation avoidable reason able ventilation just keeping distance Medium fumes indicates distinct odor about five inches according nose irritation can occur working closely model High fumes would indi cate odor very discernible irrita tion avoidable very good ventilation dead nose Most familiar CyA glues use would classed being very high fumes have able ask modelers very expe rienced CyA usage smell samples odorless CyAs tell what No has far answered correctly have just smelled CyA glue glues total replacement familiar hobby CyAs other adhesives much expensive An O7-oz bot tIe around $10 However fumes prob lem you dont want wait regu lar glues cure may work Thanks very important research Mi chael also mentioned will have go Loctite distributor buy glueslook White Pages Id surprised Loctite doesnt put couple up hobby packaging sell through hobby shops once know demand modern F3B radio clubmate F3B affectionado John Wyss bought Multiplex Royal radio Beemer R/C West last year happy sat down wrote us description works Johns write-up product report rundown things sophisticated radio can doand must want competitive F3B flying today Take John demands F3B competition have pro duced environment development state-of-the-art Sailplanes constant refine ment design development technologies directly benefits Sailplane fliers inter ested improvement aspect state art complex control mixing F3B Sailplanes must realize complex con trol systems own sake major contributor overall aerodynamic effi ciency Sailplane understand complex controls F3B Sailplane description typical setup fol lows Multiplex Royal MC Expert M6 F3B Butterfly memory Softmodul makes complex setup control full-house F3B plane relatively easy task Multiplex radio/module combination designed specifi cally job Eighteen adjustor pots lo cated under cover front transmit ter maximize efficiency system control surface must have its own servo slop-free linkage ailerons first set up using two adjus tors set amount throw amount differential flaps primarily controlled three-position switch flap switch Launch position position flaps infinitely adjustable spoiler trim lever Normal spoilers usedwell get minute second position Thermal Distance setting flaps con trolled sliding adjustor pot third posi tion Speed setting end point Up flap set 18 adjustor pots ailerons can mixed flaps use adjustor pot ailerons will deflect flaps amount mixing adjustable ailerons deflect much flaps retain aerody namic washout mixing ailerons flaps provides true camber changing entire trail ing edge neutral position entire trail ing edge set adjustor flaps can mixed ailerons use two-position switchOn Off amount mixing dif ferential flaps acting ailerons con trolled two adjustors combination mix ing flaps ailerons ailerons flaps called Quadro-flaps Multiplex Keeping European terminology Multi plex calls its landing configuration Butterfly country its also called crow spoilerons flaps landing mode controlled spoiler stick As spoiler stick pulled back ailerons deflect up flaps deflect down individual aileron flap surface ad justed separate adjustor pot amount direction deflection surface easily ad justed have spoiler stick spring-loaded releasing stick just before touchdown will neutralize ailerons flaps save servo gears being stripped butterfly configuration fully deployed ailerons can adjusted remain highly effective terfly efficient configuration los ing altitude quickly slowing down spot landings Continued page 15] May1988 147 WE ARE SHOOTING DOWN NIGH BALSA PRICES WITH SUPER QUALITY Satisfaction Guaranteed Direct Only BALSA HOT LINE CIl 506 74S6394 lOam 6pm Central Time LONE STAR MODELS 1623 57th St Lubbock TX 79412 elevator can mixed variety ways can mixed flaps both direc tion amount compensate pitch changes caused various flap positions elevator can also mixed Butterfly con figuration eliminate pitch changes caused Butterfly two-position switchOn/Off- al lows flaps coupled elevator elevator stick pulled back Up flaps deflect downwards amount direc tion coupling controlled adjustor Elevator-to-flap mixing desirable high-speed turns Aileron-to-rudder mixing controlled two-position switchOn/Off Multiplex calls switch Combi-switch slow-speed flight launching rudder coupled ailerons fast flying some fliers will switch off rudder coupling decrease drag Multiplex system versatile al lows control surface linkages buried inside wingall necessary adjustments can made transmitter Complex mixing controls may first sound like nightmare actually fly truth Multiplex designers have accommodated complexities userfriendly way Multiplex Royal popular radio 1987 World Championships factor two-to-One Seven top 12 fin ishers used Multiplex figured good enough Thanks description John Perceptive readers have no doubt figured out radio throw old Oly go flying First have figure Out what adjus tor pots switches sliders some serious studying done Sofimodul John mentioned actually software program tells radio computer what supposed what couple dozen modules avail able designed different purpose Johns M6 module specifically Sailplanes provides Butterfly mixing automati cally also memory moduleit remem bers trim settings can fly another plane using another module put module back front transmitter former trim settings returned Very handy importer Multiplex radios airplanes Beemer R/C West 7725 E Redfield Rd Suite 102 Scottsdale AZ 85260 telephone 602 483-9577 A 60-page catalog English avail able $5 decline dollar has made German products much expensive us Beemers owner Bob Boomer has tried keep prices within reason current price Royal set servos chargers $675 F3B team raffle winners Tom Thompson Al buquerque chairman fund-raising ef fort 87 team Industry sponsors very gen erously gave Tom thousands dollars worth merchandise raffled off sent contributions budget 20-odd thousand dollars needed get seven guys Germany back Tom whole team thank made effort possible didnt finish high hoped team made fine start putting US back right path Remember 89 World Champs will will See discus sion F3B/U SA section column RMcM total 86 raffle prizes ranging Airtronics radios Super Jet glue list winners radios kits Winners Airtronics radios Marvin Boote Excelsior MN Andrew Fuller Palo Alto CA John Lindbergh Vienna VA James Niel son Mitchell NE Jim Porter Hudson IA Daniel Riverar Fairfield CA Winners Airtronics Andante Sailplane kits Richard Buckman San Pedro CA Robert Ort man Campbell CA John Pearson Aurora CO Fred Sheplavy Eastlake OH Bob Sleeper Freemont CA Chuck Winchester El Paso TX Winners Top Flite Antares Sailplane kits Charles Burnett Kailua Kona HI SM Draga nov Tustin CA Terry Good Hillside NJ Robert Hernandez So San Francisco CA Winners Bob Martin Sailplane kits Talon Bobcat Pussycat Wayne Angevine Colo rado Springs CO Harold Bevins Wash MI Dean Clark Escondido CA James Fenton Kansas City MO Lee Goettsche Albuquer que NM Stan Johnson Albuquerque NM Frank Katkus Crystal Lake IL D McEntire Suwanee GA Edward Sackett Valparaiso FL Herk Stokely Virginia Beach VA Ross Swenson Apple Valley MN Richard Tabler Arlington MA Gerald Zeigenfuse Read ing PA Winners Bridi Aircraft Kastaway Sailplane kits Buzz Averill Albuquerque NM Steve Chamulak Canton MI NJ Vannertlice Way noka OK Ron Vise Irvine CA Winners Midwest Products Lazy Bird Sail plane kit Bud Bond Vigalia CA Winners Carl Goldberg Gentle Lady Sail plane kits Edward Brown Lakeside CA Chance Cooper Biloxi MS Darryl Feezor Lit tleton CO Bob Harvey North Bay Ontario John Wright Nova Scotia Canada Sponsors contributed prizes other kits Top Flite Astro Flight Carl Goldberg Models Coverite R C Soaring Digest Trans PRECISION MODEL PRODUCTS MadeintheUSA BARSTOCK ALUMINUM SPINNERS ParI NoSize fl150B 12 11-175-B .. 13/4 11-200-B TT-225-B . 21/4 TT-226-B .. 2-1/4 FAI . 11250B .. 2-1/2 TT-251-B .. 2-1/2FAI 11-275-B . 2-3/4 fl276B .. 2-3/4FAI .. TT-300-B TT-301-BFAI TT-325-B /4 TT-350-B /2 11375-B 3/4 11400-B RelailApprox PriceWeighl $1395058 02 1495095oz 159510002 1695160oz 189515002 189519002 209517002 229522002 249520002 269526002 289525002 369534002 499547002 5995520ox 699557002 3 Pieces Cone Back Plate Retainer Screw Note 3 4 Blade Spinners Available Sizes Add $300 Per Spinner PROP NUT ADAPTORS Part NoSize TT-140-A .. 1/4-28 TT-147-A .. 1/4-28/7mm . TT-610-A 10mm TT-710-A .. 7 x 10mm .. TT-516-A .. 5/16-24 11-518-A . 5/16-24/8mm TT-810-A 10mm T1-825-A . 25mm TT-375-A .. 3/8-24 TT-125-A Ox 125mm Approx Weighl 061 02 061 02 063 02 082 02 076 02 076 oz 076 02 075 02 117 oz 115 02 3 Pieces Nut Washer Machined Bushing Add $350 Shipping Handling Prices sub ject change notice ROMCO MFG INC OX 836 SOUTH HOUSTON TEXAS 77587 713 943-1867 May1988 151 NEW FLIGHT BOX Completely assembled flnlnledleel bIt carries gallon can bollie Two drawers small ParIs Coenerllble ballery/pomar panel comperlmeol Comparlmeets slarl erpropselc Made uSATop Snalily wood coenlrecliOa Ergonomically designed beadle $125 pIes shippingmoney beck scarce lee Send Si specs cell 1415 3637732 Flights Fancy eromnedelieq P0 floe Ic Heede C. 94020 Relail Price $495 495 495 495 495 495 495 495 595 595 Fokker D-VII VK Model Aircraft PO Box 3007 Aurora 1160505 312-357-1883 AIR WOLF EPOXY FIBERGLASS FUSELAGE S TAKES MOST 50-60 MECHANICS OTHER MODELS AVAILABLE LARRY JOLLY MODEL PRODUCTS $20000 5501 WCOMO SANTA ANA CALIFORNIA 92703 714 826-6861 motions Robart Some other names winners list will recognize Don Edberg Dave Peltz Michael Selig Special thanks should go Matrix Enter prises San Diego contributed sufficient SpaceCases put teams planes equipment really neat tough plastic cases can custom-designed carry Sailplane transmitter anything Contact 7015 Carroll Road San Diego CA 92121 phone 619 450-9509 Like 87 F3B team pin Tom also mentioned limited number 87 pins available close-out price $2 plus 390 postage Personally Im buying few trade foreign pins 89 Champs because will col lectors items always informal com petition see can get pins hat Send check US Soaring Team PO Box 9328 Albuquerque NM 87119 1988 Canadian NatsAugust 6-8 Jack Nunn wrote tell us venue has changed new site Beverly Centre Rockton Ontario reason change give three full days uninterrupted flyinga total over 28 hours would have possible main Nats site Brantford Power peo ple dominate Beverly Centre excellent sod field large parking area washroom facilities Light refreshments will also avail able located Highway 8 midway tween Hamilton Cambridge Ontario Hotels motels minutes away Maps hotel prices locations etc will mailed entrants Get information Jack RR 1 Midhurst Ontar io LOL iXO phone number 705 728-4467 1988 NSS Soar-In Marshall Long NSS Soar-In coordinator announced details tenth annual edition nationwide happen ing couldnt better quote Mar shalls flyer would like extend invitation hold NSS Soar-In contest year can held time between May 7 August 28 can one- two-day event whichever required complete two rounds T-4 Cumulative Dura tion task T-4 well-known 15-minute Add-Em-Up will add wrinkle three individual flights must exceed three five seven minutes Going over deducts usual point per second L-4 Spot Landing will used Classes flown will Con test Directors choice the following Two-Meter Standard Unlimited Novice Sportsman Expert class Sailplane Unlimited y what bring big question asked last year much Soar-In going cost club As last year National Soaring Society will charge club hold Soar-In cost will NSS plaques awarded winners event feel Soar-In should used gain new members source revenue NSS district VP would hold Soar-In recruit two members would gain important 20 new members plaques will Winning Image again year NSS logo will color time plaques will larger last yearabout 10 x 12 plaques will display event class place along host clubs name cost plaques will $1150 cluding shipping CD club would ihterested holding Soar-In year please contact 824 Garden Meadow Universal City TX 78148 PS Soar-In contests should AMA sanctioned same Sailplane contest CASAs 1988 Sugarloaf Classic Capital Area Soaring Association will again putting 315-mile cross-country race May 21-22 contest site just off Route 28 35 miles west Dickerson MD 12 miles south Frederick MD Information can obtained Guy Dickes 6331 Paddington Lane Cen treville VA 22020 telephone number 703 830-3631 As PS Guy said completed Level V October 13 Bob Sowder did November Congratulations guys RC Giant Scale/de Vries Continued page 47 moment Im studying new 1 988-89 AMA Competition Regulations rather diligently effort anticipation judging George W Meyer Memorial/Scale Masters qualifier plan Pikes Peak re gion June 4-5 interested participat ing therell specific Giant Scale well Team Scale event contact CD Ivan Munning hoff 7815 Mallard Drive Falcon CO 80831 entry details contest will held US Air Force Academys North Auxiliary Field its 2500-ft paved runway final note whet appetite next months column Good buddy Ed Carroll Os prey fame has done again Piqued FULL BODY PILOT KIT Contains pilot head hands boots helmet cap goggles tull templates easy instruc tions Easy assemble finish Some simple sewing required Fully positionable too #2O6Ys scale #2OS-/n scale #204-A scale #2O3-/ scale Pnce [v32][b-1-10-1-10]]895 [v32][b-1-10-1-10]]995 [v32][b-1-10-1-10]]1095 [v32][b-1-10-1-10]]1695 DARNED GOOD AIRMEN Lightest pilots available Lifelike vinyl latex rubber U Build Sportsman Barnstormer Full Body Bust - BUST PILOT KIT Contains pilot head helmet sport cap goggles 2 jacket Easy assemble finish Pane #105-Ye scale NEW 595 #lOS~/s scale695 #l05Vs scale #104- scale. 895.h.W*Some #103- scale —~I~vsmpe ng red JET PILOT KIT Pilot has molded let helmet Contains face mask oxygen hose Estreme ly Realistic Weighs less / OZ Pnce #3O5-/ scale595 #307- scale895 ORDERING INSTRUCTIONS See dealer first order direct Add $100 shipping NYS residents add 75/u tan Send check money order COOSOK Send $100 catalog See Dealer add Dollar direct order handling 152 Model Aviation
Edition: Model Aviation - 1988/05
Page Numbers: 44, 45, 143, 146, 147, 151, 152
NEW F3B NEWSLETTER Heres important news minority Sailpianers interested F3B competition new national newslet ter scene devoted solely F3B news three-views how-tos rules updates words top fliers both country abroad thought youd enjoy having try world-class international Soaring didnt know begin F3B-USA First lets back up take look what brought F3B-USA about After 87 World Championships West Germany last July Above Photo John Wyss new Multiplex Royal MC transmitter F3B-Butterfly Soft modul Detail pot setup shown drawing below Lots column US Team members others interested F3B held postmortem examine didnt better suggest things could done about ideas kicked around T IL S $0 ECLIPSE John Wysa 1931 Wing span Wing area Aspect ratio Wing section Stab ares Stab section Weight Wing loading constrizotton Sin 1220aqin 145 HQ 55 9/RU 15 34 Seq NAcA OSASOG 113cc iSSos 123 oaiaqtt min 133 o.iaqft max Fibigiaaa carbon fiber keviar foam wood veneer everyone agreed two points 1 dont have enough competitors competitions coun try sharpen F3B skills 2 suffer technology/information gap latter L ~JLhIZ 52 5 John Wyss new F3B design Eclipse Vital statistics shown fine print first ship John has used Multiplex Royal radio Eclipse great flier ej~feefafl 4 Laden iNVUT~9Butterflyfiii~ PPM3 IPI~iRnpHRolfI SOFTMODUL M8Memoty rvPiT1 SOFrMOOUI eNr Use r Use 1Flap end-position 1 switched SB Pementage Spoiler signal13Neutral adjust controls flap F7 1which get spotter mix-tn 2Aileron Fl 1F5 throw adjust8 Percentage Spoiler signal14 Mixer Spoiler e Aileron diliaranhiation 1 aileron IFS J 3Aileron diilerontiatlon 1g Percentage aileron signal flap P6/Fl switched s15 Mixer Spotter * Elevator 1 Dii farentlatlon 4Percentage Flap signal tn ailerons I10 aileron percentage flap 16 Mixer Flap Elevator 1 Percentage Spoiler signal11 Flap throw 117 Mixer Elevator e Flap 1 aileron Fl 1 Percentage Spoiler signal12 Flap throw ii operated slide pot18 Dilierentialion Mixer Elevator e Flap flaps P6 1 44 Model Aviation Radio Conoi Soaring Byron Blakeslee Dr Sedaila CO 8 new AS W-24 Scale Sailplane Robbe Model Sport has wingspan 35 meters 137 weighs 124 ounces uses new Quabeck airfoil Read column details mean few US F3B competitors keep up European developments some others designing good planes word doesnt get spread around result dont have critical mass fliers participating up-to-date airplanes radios launch equipment As Steve Work put Euro peans progress much faster because have fliers trying different approaches quickly learn what works what doesnt So hope having vehicle getting word out rapidly technology/information gap can significantly narrowed obtaining latest good information lot Sailplan ers will have confidence go ahead give F3B go indeed fortunate have excellent volunteer step forward assume editorship F3B-USA Randy Reynolds Colo rado Springs Randy longtime Sailplane flier does great job editing Pikes Peak SS newsletter currently flying Hans Muel ler Comet same design Steve Work flew world champs knowledgeable experts have agreed pass along know-how Au thors will include members past US F3B teams Don Edberg Team Selection Committee chairman some top European competitors Randy will course glad receive material readers entertain questions Con tact Randy 122 East Uintah Colorado Springs CO 80903 telephone 303 471-3160 Printing distribution F3B-U SA will handled AMA HQ already AMAs F3B Competitor list will automatically re ceive newsletter paid past F3B fees Others can get list sending $5 AMA HQ Reston attention Micheline Madison Randy expects put out six issues per year Al though newsletters name says USA naturally Canadian Mexican other Sail plane friends invited participate fun Ive just seen end January issue num ber super Don Edberg explains procedure will used qualify fliers team selection finals will held toward end yearprobably Labor Day weekend Don also discusses disturbing news Continued page 143 PILOT GLASSES. HOW VALUABLE IS YOUR EYESIGHT Adjustable side frames free-flow ventilation Extremely light weight added comfort Blocks harmful aviolet radiation Attractive case included _________Wraparound frame fits comfortably over prescription glasses tz mist coated scratch resistance Made entirely Polycarbonate impact protection ANSI Z871 specifications Available in Clear shop work $1325 Amber overcast days & late afternoons $14~ Gray S14~ & Mirror $19~ sunny days CA Mask S15~ Paint Mask S2O~ member c/sb hit prop blade thrown 60 engine close range tip blade struck Safety Plus glasses saved him serious injury possibly loss eye incident con vinced everyone should wear safety glasses near model airplane engines being run upEd Saul Secretary Treasurer Pikes Peak RC Club t t1il U hobby dealer first doesnt have what need order direct SAFETY PLUS PO Box 1173 Dept iM Clinton MS 39056 Ph 601 924-9640 Shipping & handling included fisa MasterCard accepted May 1988 45 Randy Reynolds Colorado Springs Hans Mueller Comet Randy editor brand new F3B-USA newsletter devoted spreading word F3B flying Read column particulars getting yours 475AVAILABLE AT AMERICAS DISTRIBUTED BY FINEST HOBBY SHOPS SAYAflflHI END WE WEIRD 7555 5, GbneI Soad oderO CA 93A22 &1717 $8$475 Th T ThET STARTER EATrERIES 12 Jolts 40 Amp hour HOP ASSOCIATES 25 gears Enperlence thu Design Manufacturing Assembling Nickel Cadmium cells batteries now presents FINEST STARTER HAITERY FOR YOUR STARTER Charger Just Charge once will last weekend Starting gour Plane Also 20 70 Amp Hr I1LP ftllUlflEft IPIfI Illftft4For gour batterg needs Call write ELECTRIC Buzz skies search RED BARON DSCs neat lift le stand-way-off scale model famous WNI fighter take-offs aerobatics touch goes 40 span 276 sq area beauly 6 7 cells Simple quick build precut fuselage sides tail feathers combo includes DSC HYPERTHRUST 075 motor fused switch harness tamiya connector pro peller adaptor propeller kit zc 30 amperes meter determine current draw motor/propeller combination PAVEY675 TOWER LANE YSTEMS WEST CHESTER PA 19380 i oRPoRATIoN blade partway through Complete cut gently bending along score line will crack cleanly Touch up slight burrs fine file sharply formed edges clamp sheet tween two hardwood blocks edge extend ing Push protruding edge another wood block will bend sharply 900 angle process can carried around outer edges door Brace internally balsa cemented aluminum RC-56 per manent somewhat elastic bond Window frames made strips litho plate provide secure mounting clear acetate Plexiglas windows Litho-plate aluminum primed painting automotive finishing materials use Ditzler lacquer primer surfacer DZL-32 light gray metal can finished type paint includ ing dope has no problem peeling complete cockpit have seen Mick Reeves Fournier RF-4 Built 14-scale model large enough repro duce detail great authenticity instru ment panel all-time classic having instru ments operational Tip model turn bank shifts should Blow pilot tube airspeed indicator needle swings authentically rudder pedals have wear marks pilots shoe soles dummy pilot has hair Micks head earphones actually pick up radio signals BBC detail precisely reproduced exact scale proper location result concerted effort over long period Mick Fournier rewarded 1978 welldeserved FAT World Championship fu sure other competitors must measured immaculate Scale model RC Soaring/Blakeslee Continued page 45 AMA withdrew least temporarily its bid host 1989 F3B World Championships US could make statement about way rules concerning winches Specif ically John Worth believed fliersupplied winches caused severe drain contest organizers Don spelled out much bet ter idea organizer-supplied tension-limiting de vices dont want get too much gadget such Don suggests could sim ple standardized contestants could make own practice using own winches home contestant must able practice exact winch system motor drum line turnaround etc will use champs because plane launch systems have exactly matched Another very interesting piece issue number eight-page small print letter 87 Team Manager Phil Renaud must read ing clubs other groups contemplating start ing own F3B program suggestion Phil made establish sort Division II F3B flying country maximum wing loading 12 oz/sq ft think has great merit Phil says would effec tively separate European heavy metal airplanes like straight-wing Sagitta Camano Andante Antares limit amount ballast can put Class II airplane can see advantages two-phase ap proach F3B flying would include lower cost broader appeal place fliers get feet wet real F3B competition Also issue number letter Rich Spicer describing some ideas arising champs piece John Wyss sheet foam wings veneering woodie ma hogany pine veneer intended furniture trade 1988 F3B qualifications fact sheet entry form doesnt sound like moneys worth dont know what New Sailplane Robbe Have heard new AS W-24 Standard Class Sailplane made Alexander Schleicher Company Pop penhausen West Germany Well its just out Robbe has ARF Scale model already original very snazzy-looking all-glass ship T-tail Perhaps distinctive feature bulged-out pilots compartment rounded line bottom canopy model has 35-meter 137-in span 973-sq-in area robust 124-oz flying weight works out wing loading 163 oz/sq ft suggests model would better suited heavier-air Slope flying light-air thermaling An interesting feature Quabeck HQ-30/13-10-13 airfoil HQ Airfoils have become very popular F3B frater nity first production kit Ive seen using Construction usual Robbe prac tice unbreakable Plura plastic fuselage balsa-sheeted foam wings tail surfaces balsa parts require covering plastic film polypropylene type bestsee Lee Murrays ar ticle Februarys Model Aviation kit lists $27995 full-color 210-page Robbe cata log may obtained sending $5 Robbe Mod elsport 180 Township Line Road Belle Mead NJ 08502 Robbe German full line model manufacturers its catalog ad dition Gliders youll see Power planes boats Continued page 146 May1988 143 Special Combo Price $4795 BOB WHITE & FAI What Pair FAI RUBBER Sizes % e -- Ils 042 thick pound box Price $1350 includes 4 oz Slick Lube $1200 no lube Slick costs $175 Postpaid US via UPS Cal add 6% tax FOR FUN & SPORT stock old time kits Fresno Model NEW Robin P30 Tilka people 3 Pearl kits Satellites Crocket hooks KSB Fuel 8 DT timers Books winders other good stuff Tilka d Wakefield Finished Front En NFFS Model year $4395 plus $250 UPS FAI Medel Supply $1 00 1968 cateiog P0 Box 3567 Torrance CA 90510 16] &wiuiu NEW multi-function monitor Plugs servo plug MonItors baitey voltage MonItors frequency Loud beep sigh aIds locatIng downed aIrplane No switches a4usbnents Remhds turn off receIver baflevy pack Draws mere n*roarrperse $15 US postpaId $17 plug Check MO COOs Ml residents add 4% MICRO TEK PRODUCTS PO Box 563 Romeo Michigan 406S Call 313 752-4623 Monday Saturday PRODUCTS FOR THE DISCERNING MODELER Complete Line Exhaust Systems C Tuned Pipes C Muffled Tuned Pipes C HeadersVenturi Mufflers Expansion Mufflers Helicopter Ball Mufflers C Specialized Exhaust Systems Unsurpassed Wnkmnnahin h Padormance Continued page 143 cars Helicopters Electric-flight parts kinds accessories National Scale Fun-Fly Wil Byers wrote tell us latest news first-ever Slope fun-fly Scale Sailplanes Power Scale planes US have added couple new sponsors Wilshire notified continued sup port Wilshires new owner Bob Ratzlaff called say would participate will bring beautiful Multiplex DG-600 raffle Hobby Lobby has agreed send Scale kit Gary Anderson American Sailplane De signs will also support us kit shop addition previously nounced sponsors Circus Hobbies Viking Mod els Beemer RIC West Satellite City Model Builder Magazine just cant get over sup port getting entire Soaring com munity Now thc wind will just blow right Im stoked up can hardly contain myself dates fun-fly May 27-29 site near Richland WA Get info sending SASE Wil 632 Meadows Dr E Richland WA 99352 related note Barry Kurath newsletter ed itor Portland Area SS put message latest newslctter e fever spreading hear rumors large Northrop wing Learjet Space shuttle T-38 jet trainer have seen finished Schweitzer 1-26 Diamont have seen plug wing cores A-scale HP-18 PASS Nonallergenic cyanoacrylates know cyanoacrylate CyA instant glues great est advance modeling since MonoKote can cause such violent allergic reactions modelers cant use So saw following piece Michael Forster South Bay SS newsletter Silent Flier John Dvo rak editor knew news has get spread fast Michaels complete article nose eyes just refused let build another model CyA glues make such tasks easy know about irritation accompanies application just about amount stuff eyes hurt worse cut onions nose throat just about left headaches just couldnt take did want go back old glues because time precious So UJORLD CLASS Frackowiaks Challenge IV Kit Atlanta KitDash Kit Hattori Headers Pipes AMA&FAI RC Aerobatic Specialties PO Box 388914-248-8603 Lincolndale NY 10540 Send $100 catalog started search new glue Being engineer receiving trade magazines noticed some new instant glues ad vertised Loctite too good true talked about odorless glues dont frost delicate materials irritate eyes adhesives just about type surface imaginable toughened adhesives same league epoxies vibration stress tempera ture cycling Being adventuresome obtained some small samples eventually purchased could test reasonable number new glues work glues have fraction fumes hobby CyA ones have Loctite markets glues under name PrismrM Rather go on about virtues formulations will list glues give brief descriptions experi ences am listing have experience couple Prism series have used Types 408 460 odorless nonfrosting 405 410 411 toughened 406 401 surface insensitive Type 408 Low viscosity colorclear very low fumes very good substitute low vis cosity CyAs usually use working models wicking fast cure impor tant Cures just fast balsa familiar brands Type 460 Low-to-medium viscosity color clear very low fumes very good all-around glue reasonably strong glue much stronger hobby glues gives just little working time balsa 10-15 sec about 30 sec other woods fiberglass Type 405 Medium viscosity colorwhite low fumes reasonably liquid adhesive lot strength very good fiberglass especially good gluing wood parts fiber glass Type 410 High viscosity colorblack low fumes Another very tough adhesive have great luck bonding metal parts together also very good fiberglass Type 411 High viscosity colorclear low fumes Again very tough glue main differ ences toughened series seem color viscosity However believe higher vis cosity ones have higher strength under high spe cific impulse loadings read vibration land ing shocks Type 406 Low viscosity colorclear medi um fumes very liquid glue likes stick anything Beautiful wicking characteristics make natural gluing dissimilar materials together after assembly Type 401 Low-to-medium viscosity color clear low fumes stuff will glue anything 146 Model Aviation Ed DOIbV FAI Rubber helped Whites superior model win 87 WORLD CHAMPS RC Soaring/Blakeslee BALM SHUTS 36 48 30 118233 332240 118 243 318248 114 258 132337 120337 1183374931 3323445837 18 3547145 3183828255 14 3739581 516385110 38 2471 12 3110155 34 3185191 1184597848 3324709458 18 48015866 31849312278 4 411013484 38 4165225139 12 281 MATCHED SHEETS 42 3324100 184108 3184120 144131 BALSA STICKS 3648 1181409 1183810 1181214 3321410 3323812 33211218 181808 18141118 18381218 18121824 3183181116 318381725 318122230 14141824 14381928 14122130 14343444 1414055 5185182128 38382737 38123248 383144255 3815275 12123653 12344862 1215878 58584885 34348790 J*1 *#@ LIGHT 4-6 LB BALSA TRIANGLES 36WOOD36 4425132349 383830120349 2235118349 34 3445332358 5518387 318378 BALSA PLANKS3614395 85383115 258123139 3200343220 1428013350 11232751184 78 1124380332491 22225184100 233283184117 24435144138 33495384257 34889124282 TAPERED SHEETS36 142 85TRAILING EDGE36 143 8514132 382 8851811439 383 98381 1248 12312012270 LONE STAR EPOXY 9,Lnl.8 95 5000598 15 in,598 30 in,598 INSTANTGLUE lo TS,k298 1, Thin298 2, TSCk550 CUSTOM CUT CONTEST BALSA Sheets Piece ed Close Tolerances AAA Grade Dried ped 100% a serious modeler want performance must try 4-6 lb balsa BASSWOOD48 31531828 3181430 3183838 3181248 3183450 141442 143849 143480 383880 381270 383490 121250 BUNDLE DEALS 20-118338885 201184381020 20332338840 153320434955 1518338715 1018438875 15318338900 10318438810 1014338830 1014438890 1038338850 538438525 512338540 5124381050 10332448845 518448485 5318448585 514448825 * NEW * Hundreds new sizes accessories finishing materials Send #10 SASE latest catalog ISPRUCESTICKS3B48 18 181522 18 141824 18 382029 318 3182534 14 143145 14 383850 14 124585 38384583 38 125570 12128080 1234 88 88 SPRUCE TRIANGLES 38 38 1212 34 34 LITE PLY 48 180 8 18 12 1412 HARD MAPLE 1438 3838 3812 3834 12 34 BIRCH DOWELS 18 318 14 518 38 18 40 45 50 58 88 36 09 11 14 25 32 3PLYBIRCH48 18412820 13212445 11812455 1812480 S PLY BIRCH 332 x 12 18412 36318 12 45140 12 813812 771212 48 598 625 825 825 725 900 GROOVED LG MOUNTS 12 IncheS 150383418140 3503834532144 475123431845 Cost 48 Handling charge pay UPS Add $250 COD $300 extra PP APO FPO Stat. accept Va Master Card pernonal checks COO 85 Ia Te8 US Currency Only Miormum Wood Order $1000 6Vgp well brittle toughened CyAs very tolerant poor surface preparation description qualifiers used above order Low viscosity means material similar water Medium viscosity like syrup high viscosity means will form bead settle littlelike heavy corn syrup Fumes very qualitative thing since no real numbers available However very low fumes indicates odor very difficult detect irritation virtually nonex istent Low fumes indicates odor de tectable irritation avoidable reason able ventilation just keeping distance Medium fumes indicates distinct odor about five inches according nose irritation can occur working closely model High fumes would indi cate odor very discernible irrita tion avoidable very good ventilation dead nose Most familiar CyA glues use would classed being very high fumes have able ask modelers very expe rienced CyA usage smell samples odorless CyAs tell what No has far answered correctly have just smelled CyA glue glues total replacement familiar hobby CyAs other adhesives much expensive An O7-oz bot tIe around $10 However fumes prob lem you dont want wait regu lar glues cure may work Thanks very important research Mi chael also mentioned will have go Loctite distributor buy glueslook White Pages Id surprised Loctite doesnt put couple up hobby packaging sell through hobby shops once know demand modern F3B radio clubmate F3B affectionado John Wyss bought Multiplex Royal radio Beemer R/C West last year happy sat down wrote us description works Johns write-up product report rundown things sophisticated radio can doand must want competitive F3B flying today Take John demands F3B competition have pro duced environment development state-of-the-art Sailplanes constant refine ment design development technologies directly benefits Sailplane fliers inter ested improvement aspect state art complex control mixing F3B Sailplanes must realize complex con trol systems own sake major contributor overall aerodynamic effi ciency Sailplane understand complex controls F3B Sailplane description typical setup fol lows Multiplex Royal MC Expert M6 F3B Butterfly memory Softmodul makes complex setup control full-house F3B plane relatively easy task Multiplex radio/module combination designed specifi cally job Eighteen adjustor pots lo cated under cover front transmit ter maximize efficiency system control surface must have its own servo slop-free linkage ailerons first set up using two adjus tors set amount throw amount differential flaps primarily controlled three-position switch flap switch Launch position position flaps infinitely adjustable spoiler trim lever Normal spoilers usedwell get minute second position Thermal Distance setting flaps con trolled sliding adjustor pot third posi tion Speed setting end point Up flap set 18 adjustor pots ailerons can mixed flaps use adjustor pot ailerons will deflect flaps amount mixing adjustable ailerons deflect much flaps retain aerody namic washout mixing ailerons flaps provides true camber changing entire trail ing edge neutral position entire trail ing edge set adjustor flaps can mixed ailerons use two-position switchOn Off amount mixing dif ferential flaps acting ailerons con trolled two adjustors combination mix ing flaps ailerons ailerons flaps called Quadro-flaps Multiplex Keeping European terminology Multi plex calls its landing configuration Butterfly country its also called crow spoilerons flaps landing mode controlled spoiler stick As spoiler stick pulled back ailerons deflect up flaps deflect down individual aileron flap surface ad justed separate adjustor pot amount direction deflection surface easily ad justed have spoiler stick spring-loaded releasing stick just before touchdown will neutralize ailerons flaps save servo gears being stripped butterfly configuration fully deployed ailerons can adjusted remain highly effective terfly efficient configuration los ing altitude quickly slowing down spot landings Continued page 15] May1988 147 WE ARE SHOOTING DOWN NIGH BALSA PRICES WITH SUPER QUALITY Satisfaction Guaranteed Direct Only BALSA HOT LINE CIl 506 74S6394 lOam 6pm Central Time LONE STAR MODELS 1623 57th St Lubbock TX 79412 elevator can mixed variety ways can mixed flaps both direc tion amount compensate pitch changes caused various flap positions elevator can also mixed Butterfly con figuration eliminate pitch changes caused Butterfly two-position switchOn/Off- al lows flaps coupled elevator elevator stick pulled back Up flaps deflect downwards amount direc tion coupling controlled adjustor Elevator-to-flap mixing desirable high-speed turns Aileron-to-rudder mixing controlled two-position switchOn/Off Multiplex calls switch Combi-switch slow-speed flight launching rudder coupled ailerons fast flying some fliers will switch off rudder coupling decrease drag Multiplex system versatile al lows control surface linkages buried inside wingall necessary adjustments can made transmitter Complex mixing controls may first sound like nightmare actually fly truth Multiplex designers have accommodated complexities userfriendly way Multiplex Royal popular radio 1987 World Championships factor two-to-One Seven top 12 fin ishers used Multiplex figured good enough Thanks description John Perceptive readers have no doubt figured out radio throw old Oly go flying First have figure Out what adjus tor pots switches sliders some serious studying done Sofimodul John mentioned actually software program tells radio computer what supposed what couple dozen modules avail able designed different purpose Johns M6 module specifically Sailplanes provides Butterfly mixing automati cally also memory moduleit remem bers trim settings can fly another plane using another module put module back front transmitter former trim settings returned Very handy importer Multiplex radios airplanes Beemer R/C West 7725 E Redfield Rd Suite 102 Scottsdale AZ 85260 telephone 602 483-9577 A 60-page catalog English avail able $5 decline dollar has made German products much expensive us Beemers owner Bob Boomer has tried keep prices within reason current price Royal set servos chargers $675 F3B team raffle winners Tom Thompson Al buquerque chairman fund-raising ef fort 87 team Industry sponsors very gen erously gave Tom thousands dollars worth merchandise raffled off sent contributions budget 20-odd thousand dollars needed get seven guys Germany back Tom whole team thank made effort possible didnt finish high hoped team made fine start putting US back right path Remember 89 World Champs will will See discus sion F3B/U SA section column RMcM total 86 raffle prizes ranging Airtronics radios Super Jet glue list winners radios kits Winners Airtronics radios Marvin Boote Excelsior MN Andrew Fuller Palo Alto CA John Lindbergh Vienna VA James Niel son Mitchell NE Jim Porter Hudson IA Daniel Riverar Fairfield CA Winners Airtronics Andante Sailplane kits Richard Buckman San Pedro CA Robert Ort man Campbell CA John Pearson Aurora CO Fred Sheplavy Eastlake OH Bob Sleeper Freemont CA Chuck Winchester El Paso TX Winners Top Flite Antares Sailplane kits Charles Burnett Kailua Kona HI SM Draga nov Tustin CA Terry Good Hillside NJ Robert Hernandez So San Francisco CA Winners Bob Martin Sailplane kits Talon Bobcat Pussycat Wayne Angevine Colo rado Springs CO Harold Bevins Wash MI Dean Clark Escondido CA James Fenton Kansas City MO Lee Goettsche Albuquer que NM Stan Johnson Albuquerque NM Frank Katkus Crystal Lake IL D McEntire Suwanee GA Edward Sackett Valparaiso FL Herk Stokely Virginia Beach VA Ross Swenson Apple Valley MN Richard Tabler Arlington MA Gerald Zeigenfuse Read ing PA Winners Bridi Aircraft Kastaway Sailplane kits Buzz Averill Albuquerque NM Steve Chamulak Canton MI NJ Vannertlice Way noka OK Ron Vise Irvine CA Winners Midwest Products Lazy Bird Sail plane kit Bud Bond Vigalia CA Winners Carl Goldberg Gentle Lady Sail plane kits Edward Brown Lakeside CA Chance Cooper Biloxi MS Darryl Feezor Lit tleton CO Bob Harvey North Bay Ontario John Wright Nova Scotia Canada Sponsors contributed prizes other kits Top Flite Astro Flight Carl Goldberg Models Coverite R C Soaring Digest Trans PRECISION MODEL PRODUCTS MadeintheUSA BARSTOCK ALUMINUM SPINNERS ParI NoSize fl150B 12 11-175-B .. 13/4 11-200-B TT-225-B . 21/4 TT-226-B .. 2-1/4 FAI . 11250B .. 2-1/2 TT-251-B .. 2-1/2FAI 11-275-B . 2-3/4 fl276B .. 2-3/4FAI .. TT-300-B TT-301-BFAI TT-325-B /4 TT-350-B /2 11375-B 3/4 11400-B RelailApprox PriceWeighl $1395058 02 1495095oz 159510002 1695160oz 189515002 189519002 209517002 229522002 249520002 269526002 289525002 369534002 499547002 5995520ox 699557002 3 Pieces Cone Back Plate Retainer Screw Note 3 4 Blade Spinners Available Sizes Add $300 Per Spinner PROP NUT ADAPTORS Part NoSize TT-140-A .. 1/4-28 TT-147-A .. 1/4-28/7mm . TT-610-A 10mm TT-710-A .. 7 x 10mm .. TT-516-A .. 5/16-24 11-518-A . 5/16-24/8mm TT-810-A 10mm T1-825-A . 25mm TT-375-A .. 3/8-24 TT-125-A Ox 125mm Approx Weighl 061 02 061 02 063 02 082 02 076 02 076 oz 076 02 075 02 117 oz 115 02 3 Pieces Nut Washer Machined Bushing Add $350 Shipping Handling Prices sub ject change notice ROMCO MFG INC OX 836 SOUTH HOUSTON TEXAS 77587 713 943-1867 May1988 151 NEW FLIGHT BOX Completely assembled flnlnledleel bIt carries gallon can bollie Two drawers small ParIs Coenerllble ballery/pomar panel comperlmeol Comparlmeets slarl erpropselc Made uSATop Snalily wood coenlrecliOa Ergonomically designed beadle $125 pIes shippingmoney beck scarce lee Send Si specs cell 1415 3637732 Flights Fancy eromnedelieq P0 floe Ic Heede C. 94020 Relail Price $495 495 495 495 495 495 495 495 595 595 Fokker D-VII VK Model Aircraft PO Box 3007 Aurora 1160505 312-357-1883 AIR WOLF EPOXY FIBERGLASS FUSELAGE S TAKES MOST 50-60 MECHANICS OTHER MODELS AVAILABLE LARRY JOLLY MODEL PRODUCTS $20000 5501 WCOMO SANTA ANA CALIFORNIA 92703 714 826-6861 motions Robart Some other names winners list will recognize Don Edberg Dave Peltz Michael Selig Special thanks should go Matrix Enter prises San Diego contributed sufficient SpaceCases put teams planes equipment really neat tough plastic cases can custom-designed carry Sailplane transmitter anything Contact 7015 Carroll Road San Diego CA 92121 phone 619 450-9509 Like 87 F3B team pin Tom also mentioned limited number 87 pins available close-out price $2 plus 390 postage Personally Im buying few trade foreign pins 89 Champs because will col lectors items always informal com petition see can get pins hat Send check US Soaring Team PO Box 9328 Albuquerque NM 87119 1988 Canadian NatsAugust 6-8 Jack Nunn wrote tell us venue has changed new site Beverly Centre Rockton Ontario reason change give three full days uninterrupted flyinga total over 28 hours would have possible main Nats site Brantford Power peo ple dominate Beverly Centre excellent sod field large parking area washroom facilities Light refreshments will also avail able located Highway 8 midway tween Hamilton Cambridge Ontario Hotels motels minutes away Maps hotel prices locations etc will mailed entrants Get information Jack RR 1 Midhurst Ontar io LOL iXO phone number 705 728-4467 1988 NSS Soar-In Marshall Long NSS Soar-In coordinator announced details tenth annual edition nationwide happen ing couldnt better quote Mar shalls flyer would like extend invitation hold NSS Soar-In contest year can held time between May 7 August 28 can one- two-day event whichever required complete two rounds T-4 Cumulative Dura tion task T-4 well-known 15-minute Add-Em-Up will add wrinkle three individual flights must exceed three five seven minutes Going over deducts usual point per second L-4 Spot Landing will used Classes flown will Con test Directors choice the following Two-Meter Standard Unlimited Novice Sportsman Expert class Sailplane Unlimited y what bring big question asked last year much Soar-In going cost club As last year National Soaring Society will charge club hold Soar-In cost will NSS plaques awarded winners event feel Soar-In should used gain new members source revenue NSS district VP would hold Soar-In recruit two members would gain important 20 new members plaques will Winning Image again year NSS logo will color time plaques will larger last yearabout 10 x 12 plaques will display event class place along host clubs name cost plaques will $1150 cluding shipping CD club would ihterested holding Soar-In year please contact 824 Garden Meadow Universal City TX 78148 PS Soar-In contests should AMA sanctioned same Sailplane contest CASAs 1988 Sugarloaf Classic Capital Area Soaring Association will again putting 315-mile cross-country race May 21-22 contest site just off Route 28 35 miles west Dickerson MD 12 miles south Frederick MD Information can obtained Guy Dickes 6331 Paddington Lane Cen treville VA 22020 telephone number 703 830-3631 As PS Guy said completed Level V October 13 Bob Sowder did November Congratulations guys RC Giant Scale/de Vries Continued page 47 moment Im studying new 1 988-89 AMA Competition Regulations rather diligently effort anticipation judging George W Meyer Memorial/Scale Masters qualifier plan Pikes Peak re gion June 4-5 interested participat ing therell specific Giant Scale well Team Scale event contact CD Ivan Munning hoff 7815 Mallard Drive Falcon CO 80831 entry details contest will held US Air Force Academys North Auxiliary Field its 2500-ft paved runway final note whet appetite next months column Good buddy Ed Carroll Os prey fame has done again Piqued FULL BODY PILOT KIT Contains pilot head hands boots helmet cap goggles tull templates easy instruc tions Easy assemble finish Some simple sewing required Fully positionable too #2O6Ys scale #2OS-/n scale #204-A scale #2O3-/ scale Pnce [v32][b-1-10-1-10]]895 [v32][b-1-10-1-10]]995 [v32][b-1-10-1-10]]1095 [v32][b-1-10-1-10]]1695 DARNED GOOD AIRMEN Lightest pilots available Lifelike vinyl latex rubber U Build Sportsman Barnstormer Full Body Bust - BUST PILOT KIT Contains pilot head helmet sport cap goggles 2 jacket Easy assemble finish Pane #105-Ye scale NEW 595 #lOS~/s scale695 #l05Vs scale #104- scale. 895.h.W*Some #103- scale —~I~vsmpe ng red JET PILOT KIT Pilot has molded let helmet Contains face mask oxygen hose Estreme ly Realistic Weighs less / OZ Pnce #3O5-/ scale595 #307- scale895 ORDERING INSTRUCTIONS See dealer first order direct Add $100 shipping NYS residents add 75/u tan Send check money order COOSOK Send $100 catalog See Dealer add Dollar direct order handling 152 Model Aviation
Edition: Model Aviation - 1988/05
Page Numbers: 44, 45, 143, 146, 147, 151, 152
NEW F3B NEWSLETTER Heres important news minority Sailpianers interested F3B competition new national newslet ter scene devoted solely F3B news three-views how-tos rules updates words top fliers both country abroad thought youd enjoy having try world-class international Soaring didnt know begin F3B-USA First lets back up take look what brought F3B-USA about After 87 World Championships West Germany last July Above Photo John Wyss new Multiplex Royal MC transmitter F3B-Butterfly Soft modul Detail pot setup shown drawing below Lots column US Team members others interested F3B held postmortem examine didnt better suggest things could done about ideas kicked around T IL S $0 ECLIPSE John Wysa 1931 Wing span Wing area Aspect ratio Wing section Stab ares Stab section Weight Wing loading constrizotton Sin 1220aqin 145 HQ 55 9/RU 15 34 Seq NAcA OSASOG 113cc iSSos 123 oaiaqtt min 133 o.iaqft max Fibigiaaa carbon fiber keviar foam wood veneer everyone agreed two points 1 dont have enough competitors competitions coun try sharpen F3B skills 2 suffer technology/information gap latter L ~JLhIZ 52 5 John Wyss new F3B design Eclipse Vital statistics shown fine print first ship John has used Multiplex Royal radio Eclipse great flier ej~feefafl 4 Laden iNVUT~9Butterflyfiii~ PPM3 IPI~iRnpHRolfI SOFTMODUL M8Memoty rvPiT1 SOFrMOOUI eNr Use r Use 1Flap end-position 1 switched SB Pementage Spoiler signal13Neutral adjust controls flap F7 1which get spotter mix-tn 2Aileron Fl 1F5 throw adjust8 Percentage Spoiler signal14 Mixer Spoiler e Aileron diliaranhiation 1 aileron IFS J 3Aileron diilerontiatlon 1g Percentage aileron signal flap P6/Fl switched s15 Mixer Spotter * Elevator 1 Dii farentlatlon 4Percentage Flap signal tn ailerons I10 aileron percentage flap 16 Mixer Flap Elevator 1 Percentage Spoiler signal11 Flap throw 117 Mixer Elevator e Flap 1 aileron Fl 1 Percentage Spoiler signal12 Flap throw ii operated slide pot18 Dilierentialion Mixer Elevator e Flap flaps P6 1 44 Model Aviation Radio Conoi Soaring Byron Blakeslee Dr Sedaila CO 8 new AS W-24 Scale Sailplane Robbe Model Sport has wingspan 35 meters 137 weighs 124 ounces uses new Quabeck airfoil Read column details mean few US F3B competitors keep up European developments some others designing good planes word doesnt get spread around result dont have critical mass fliers participating up-to-date airplanes radios launch equipment As Steve Work put Euro peans progress much faster because have fliers trying different approaches quickly learn what works what doesnt So hope having vehicle getting word out rapidly technology/information gap can significantly narrowed obtaining latest good information lot Sailplan ers will have confidence go ahead give F3B go indeed fortunate have excellent volunteer step forward assume editorship F3B-USA Randy Reynolds Colo rado Springs Randy longtime Sailplane flier does great job editing Pikes Peak SS newsletter currently flying Hans Muel ler Comet same design Steve Work flew world champs knowledgeable experts have agreed pass along know-how Au thors will include members past US F3B teams Don Edberg Team Selection Committee chairman some top European competitors Randy will course glad receive material readers entertain questions Con tact Randy 122 East Uintah Colorado Springs CO 80903 telephone 303 471-3160 Printing distribution F3B-U SA will handled AMA HQ already AMAs F3B Competitor list will automatically re ceive newsletter paid past F3B fees Others can get list sending $5 AMA HQ Reston attention Micheline Madison Randy expects put out six issues per year Al though newsletters name says USA naturally Canadian Mexican other Sail plane friends invited participate fun Ive just seen end January issue num ber super Don Edberg explains procedure will used qualify fliers team selection finals will held toward end yearprobably Labor Day weekend Don also discusses disturbing news Continued page 143 PILOT GLASSES. HOW VALUABLE IS YOUR EYESIGHT Adjustable side frames free-flow ventilation Extremely light weight added comfort Blocks harmful aviolet radiation Attractive case included _________Wraparound frame fits comfortably over prescription glasses tz mist coated scratch resistance Made entirely Polycarbonate impact protection ANSI Z871 specifications Available in Clear shop work $1325 Amber overcast days & late afternoons $14~ Gray S14~ & Mirror $19~ sunny days CA Mask S15~ Paint Mask S2O~ member c/sb hit prop blade thrown 60 engine close range tip blade struck Safety Plus glasses saved him serious injury possibly loss eye incident con vinced everyone should wear safety glasses near model airplane engines being run upEd Saul Secretary Treasurer Pikes Peak RC Club t t1il U hobby dealer first doesnt have what need order direct SAFETY PLUS PO Box 1173 Dept iM Clinton MS 39056 Ph 601 924-9640 Shipping & handling included fisa MasterCard accepted May 1988 45 Randy Reynolds Colorado Springs Hans Mueller Comet Randy editor brand new F3B-USA newsletter devoted spreading word F3B flying Read column particulars getting yours 475AVAILABLE AT AMERICAS DISTRIBUTED BY FINEST HOBBY SHOPS SAYAflflHI END WE WEIRD 7555 5, GbneI Soad oderO CA 93A22 &1717 $8$475 Th T ThET STARTER EATrERIES 12 Jolts 40 Amp hour HOP ASSOCIATES 25 gears Enperlence thu Design Manufacturing Assembling Nickel Cadmium cells batteries now presents FINEST STARTER HAITERY FOR YOUR STARTER Charger Just Charge once will last weekend Starting gour Plane Also 20 70 Amp Hr I1LP ftllUlflEft IPIfI Illftft4For gour batterg needs Call write ELECTRIC Buzz skies search RED BARON DSCs neat lift le stand-way-off scale model famous WNI fighter take-offs aerobatics touch goes 40 span 276 sq area beauly 6 7 cells Simple quick build precut fuselage sides tail feathers combo includes DSC HYPERTHRUST 075 motor fused switch harness tamiya connector pro peller adaptor propeller kit zc 30 amperes meter determine current draw motor/propeller combination PAVEY675 TOWER LANE YSTEMS WEST CHESTER PA 19380 i oRPoRATIoN blade partway through Complete cut gently bending along score line will crack cleanly Touch up slight burrs fine file sharply formed edges clamp sheet tween two hardwood blocks edge extend ing Push protruding edge another wood block will bend sharply 900 angle process can carried around outer edges door Brace internally balsa cemented aluminum RC-56 per manent somewhat elastic bond Window frames made strips litho plate provide secure mounting clear acetate Plexiglas windows Litho-plate aluminum primed painting automotive finishing materials use Ditzler lacquer primer surfacer DZL-32 light gray metal can finished type paint includ ing dope has no problem peeling complete cockpit have seen Mick Reeves Fournier RF-4 Built 14-scale model large enough repro duce detail great authenticity instru ment panel all-time classic having instru ments operational Tip model turn bank shifts should Blow pilot tube airspeed indicator needle swings authentically rudder pedals have wear marks pilots shoe soles dummy pilot has hair Micks head earphones actually pick up radio signals BBC detail precisely reproduced exact scale proper location result concerted effort over long period Mick Fournier rewarded 1978 welldeserved FAT World Championship fu sure other competitors must measured immaculate Scale model RC Soaring/Blakeslee Continued page 45 AMA withdrew least temporarily its bid host 1989 F3B World Championships US could make statement about way rules concerning winches Specif ically John Worth believed fliersupplied winches caused severe drain contest organizers Don spelled out much bet ter idea organizer-supplied tension-limiting de vices dont want get too much gadget such Don suggests could sim ple standardized contestants could make own practice using own winches home contestant must able practice exact winch system motor drum line turnaround etc will use champs because plane launch systems have exactly matched Another very interesting piece issue number eight-page small print letter 87 Team Manager Phil Renaud must read ing clubs other groups contemplating start ing own F3B program suggestion Phil made establish sort Division II F3B flying country maximum wing loading 12 oz/sq ft think has great merit Phil says would effec tively separate European heavy metal airplanes like straight-wing Sagitta Camano Andante Antares limit amount ballast can put Class II airplane can see advantages two-phase ap proach F3B flying would include lower cost broader appeal place fliers get feet wet real F3B competition Also issue number letter Rich Spicer describing some ideas arising champs piece John Wyss sheet foam wings veneering woodie ma hogany pine veneer intended furniture trade 1988 F3B qualifications fact sheet entry form doesnt sound like moneys worth dont know what New Sailplane Robbe Have heard new AS W-24 Standard Class Sailplane made Alexander Schleicher Company Pop penhausen West Germany Well its just out Robbe has ARF Scale model already original very snazzy-looking all-glass ship T-tail Perhaps distinctive feature bulged-out pilots compartment rounded line bottom canopy model has 35-meter 137-in span 973-sq-in area robust 124-oz flying weight works out wing loading 163 oz/sq ft suggests model would better suited heavier-air Slope flying light-air thermaling An interesting feature Quabeck HQ-30/13-10-13 airfoil HQ Airfoils have become very popular F3B frater nity first production kit Ive seen using Construction usual Robbe prac tice unbreakable Plura plastic fuselage balsa-sheeted foam wings tail surfaces balsa parts require covering plastic film polypropylene type bestsee Lee Murrays ar ticle Februarys Model Aviation kit lists $27995 full-color 210-page Robbe cata log may obtained sending $5 Robbe Mod elsport 180 Township Line Road Belle Mead NJ 08502 Robbe German full line model manufacturers its catalog ad dition Gliders youll see Power planes boats Continued page 146 May1988 143 Special Combo Price $4795 BOB WHITE & FAI What Pair FAI RUBBER Sizes % e -- Ils 042 thick pound box Price $1350 includes 4 oz Slick Lube $1200 no lube Slick costs $175 Postpaid US via UPS Cal add 6% tax FOR FUN & SPORT stock old time kits Fresno Model NEW Robin P30 Tilka people 3 Pearl kits Satellites Crocket hooks KSB Fuel 8 DT timers Books winders other good stuff Tilka d Wakefield Finished Front En NFFS Model year $4395 plus $250 UPS FAI Medel Supply $1 00 1968 cateiog P0 Box 3567 Torrance CA 90510 16] &wiuiu NEW multi-function monitor Plugs servo plug MonItors baitey voltage MonItors frequency Loud beep sigh aIds locatIng downed aIrplane No switches a4usbnents Remhds turn off receIver baflevy pack Draws mere n*roarrperse $15 US postpaId $17 plug Check MO COOs Ml residents add 4% MICRO TEK PRODUCTS PO Box 563 Romeo Michigan 406S Call 313 752-4623 Monday Saturday PRODUCTS FOR THE DISCERNING MODELER Complete Line Exhaust Systems C Tuned Pipes C Muffled Tuned Pipes C HeadersVenturi Mufflers Expansion Mufflers Helicopter Ball Mufflers C Specialized Exhaust Systems Unsurpassed Wnkmnnahin h Padormance Continued page 143 cars Helicopters Electric-flight parts kinds accessories National Scale Fun-Fly Wil Byers wrote tell us latest news first-ever Slope fun-fly Scale Sailplanes Power Scale planes US have added couple new sponsors Wilshire notified continued sup port Wilshires new owner Bob Ratzlaff called say would participate will bring beautiful Multiplex DG-600 raffle Hobby Lobby has agreed send Scale kit Gary Anderson American Sailplane De signs will also support us kit shop addition previously nounced sponsors Circus Hobbies Viking Mod els Beemer RIC West Satellite City Model Builder Magazine just cant get over sup port getting entire Soaring com munity Now thc wind will just blow right Im stoked up can hardly contain myself dates fun-fly May 27-29 site near Richland WA Get info sending SASE Wil 632 Meadows Dr E Richland WA 99352 related note Barry Kurath newsletter ed itor Portland Area SS put message latest newslctter e fever spreading hear rumors large Northrop wing Learjet Space shuttle T-38 jet trainer have seen finished Schweitzer 1-26 Diamont have seen plug wing cores A-scale HP-18 PASS Nonallergenic cyanoacrylates know cyanoacrylate CyA instant glues great est advance modeling since MonoKote can cause such violent allergic reactions modelers cant use So saw following piece Michael Forster South Bay SS newsletter Silent Flier John Dvo rak editor knew news has get spread fast Michaels complete article nose eyes just refused let build another model CyA glues make such tasks easy know about irritation accompanies application just about amount stuff eyes hurt worse cut onions nose throat just about left headaches just couldnt take did want go back old glues because time precious So UJORLD CLASS Frackowiaks Challenge IV Kit Atlanta KitDash Kit Hattori Headers Pipes AMA&FAI RC Aerobatic Specialties PO Box 388914-248-8603 Lincolndale NY 10540 Send $100 catalog started search new glue Being engineer receiving trade magazines noticed some new instant glues ad vertised Loctite too good true talked about odorless glues dont frost delicate materials irritate eyes adhesives just about type surface imaginable toughened adhesives same league epoxies vibration stress tempera ture cycling Being adventuresome obtained some small samples eventually purchased could test reasonable number new glues work glues have fraction fumes hobby CyA ones have Loctite markets glues under name PrismrM Rather go on about virtues formulations will list glues give brief descriptions experi ences am listing have experience couple Prism series have used Types 408 460 odorless nonfrosting 405 410 411 toughened 406 401 surface insensitive Type 408 Low viscosity colorclear very low fumes very good substitute low vis cosity CyAs usually use working models wicking fast cure impor tant Cures just fast balsa familiar brands Type 460 Low-to-medium viscosity color clear very low fumes very good all-around glue reasonably strong glue much stronger hobby glues gives just little working time balsa 10-15 sec about 30 sec other woods fiberglass Type 405 Medium viscosity colorwhite low fumes reasonably liquid adhesive lot strength very good fiberglass especially good gluing wood parts fiber glass Type 410 High viscosity colorblack low fumes Another very tough adhesive have great luck bonding metal parts together also very good fiberglass Type 411 High viscosity colorclear low fumes Again very tough glue main differ ences toughened series seem color viscosity However believe higher vis cosity ones have higher strength under high spe cific impulse loadings read vibration land ing shocks Type 406 Low viscosity colorclear medi um fumes very liquid glue likes stick anything Beautiful wicking characteristics make natural gluing dissimilar materials together after assembly Type 401 Low-to-medium viscosity color clear low fumes stuff will glue anything 146 Model Aviation Ed DOIbV FAI Rubber helped Whites superior model win 87 WORLD CHAMPS RC Soaring/Blakeslee BALM SHUTS 36 48 30 118233 332240 118 243 318248 114 258 132337 120337 1183374931 3323445837 18 3547145 3183828255 14 3739581 516385110 38 2471 12 3110155 34 3185191 1184597848 3324709458 18 48015866 31849312278 4 411013484 38 4165225139 12 281 MATCHED SHEETS 42 3324100 184108 3184120 144131 BALSA STICKS 3648 1181409 1183810 1181214 3321410 3323812 33211218 181808 18141118 18381218 18121824 3183181116 318381725 318122230 14141824 14381928 14122130 14343444 1414055 5185182128 38382737 38123248 383144255 3815275 12123653 12344862 1215878 58584885 34348790 J*1 *#@ LIGHT 4-6 LB BALSA TRIANGLES 36WOOD36 4425132349 383830120349 2235118349 34 3445332358 5518387 318378 BALSA PLANKS3614395 85383115 258123139 3200343220 1428013350 11232751184 78 1124380332491 22225184100 233283184117 24435144138 33495384257 34889124282 TAPERED SHEETS36 142 85TRAILING EDGE36 143 8514132 382 8851811439 383 98381 1248 12312012270 LONE STAR EPOXY 9,Lnl.8 95 5000598 15 in,598 30 in,598 INSTANTGLUE lo TS,k298 1, Thin298 2, TSCk550 CUSTOM CUT CONTEST BALSA Sheets Piece ed Close Tolerances AAA Grade Dried ped 100% a serious modeler want performance must try 4-6 lb balsa BASSWOOD48 31531828 3181430 3183838 3181248 3183450 141442 143849 143480 383880 381270 383490 121250 BUNDLE DEALS 20-118338885 201184381020 20332338840 153320434955 1518338715 1018438875 15318338900 10318438810 1014338830 1014438890 1038338850 538438525 512338540 5124381050 10332448845 518448485 5318448585 514448825 * NEW * Hundreds new sizes accessories finishing materials Send #10 SASE latest catalog ISPRUCESTICKS3B48 18 181522 18 141824 18 382029 318 3182534 14 143145 14 383850 14 124585 38384583 38 125570 12128080 1234 88 88 SPRUCE TRIANGLES 38 38 1212 34 34 LITE PLY 48 180 8 18 12 1412 HARD MAPLE 1438 3838 3812 3834 12 34 BIRCH DOWELS 18 318 14 518 38 18 40 45 50 58 88 36 09 11 14 25 32 3PLYBIRCH48 18412820 13212445 11812455 1812480 S PLY BIRCH 332 x 12 18412 36318 12 45140 12 813812 771212 48 598 625 825 825 725 900 GROOVED LG MOUNTS 12 IncheS 150383418140 3503834532144 475123431845 Cost 48 Handling charge pay UPS Add $250 COD $300 extra PP APO FPO Stat. accept Va Master Card pernonal checks COO 85 Ia Te8 US Currency Only Miormum Wood Order $1000 6Vgp well brittle toughened CyAs very tolerant poor surface preparation description qualifiers used above order Low viscosity means material similar water Medium viscosity like syrup high viscosity means will form bead settle littlelike heavy corn syrup Fumes very qualitative thing since no real numbers available However very low fumes indicates odor very difficult detect irritation virtually nonex istent Low fumes indicates odor de tectable irritation avoidable reason able ventilation just keeping distance Medium fumes indicates distinct odor about five inches according nose irritation can occur working closely model High fumes would indi cate odor very discernible irrita tion avoidable very good ventilation dead nose Most familiar CyA glues use would classed being very high fumes have able ask modelers very expe rienced CyA usage smell samples odorless CyAs tell what No has far answered correctly have just smelled CyA glue glues total replacement familiar hobby CyAs other adhesives much expensive An O7-oz bot tIe around $10 However fumes prob lem you dont want wait regu lar glues cure may work Thanks very important research Mi chael also mentioned will have go Loctite distributor buy glueslook White Pages Id surprised Loctite doesnt put couple up hobby packaging sell through hobby shops once know demand modern F3B radio clubmate F3B affectionado John Wyss bought Multiplex Royal radio Beemer R/C West last year happy sat down wrote us description works Johns write-up product report rundown things sophisticated radio can doand must want competitive F3B flying today Take John demands F3B competition have pro duced environment development state-of-the-art Sailplanes constant refine ment design development technologies directly benefits Sailplane fliers inter ested improvement aspect state art complex control mixing F3B Sailplanes must realize complex con trol systems own sake major contributor overall aerodynamic effi ciency Sailplane understand complex controls F3B Sailplane description typical setup fol lows Multiplex Royal MC Expert M6 F3B Butterfly memory Softmodul makes complex setup control full-house F3B plane relatively easy task Multiplex radio/module combination designed specifi cally job Eighteen adjustor pots lo cated under cover front transmit ter maximize efficiency system control surface must have its own servo slop-free linkage ailerons first set up using two adjus tors set amount throw amount differential flaps primarily controlled three-position switch flap switch Launch position position flaps infinitely adjustable spoiler trim lever Normal spoilers usedwell get minute second position Thermal Distance setting flaps con trolled sliding adjustor pot third posi tion Speed setting end point Up flap set 18 adjustor pots ailerons can mixed flaps use adjustor pot ailerons will deflect flaps amount mixing adjustable ailerons deflect much flaps retain aerody namic washout mixing ailerons flaps provides true camber changing entire trail ing edge neutral position entire trail ing edge set adjustor flaps can mixed ailerons use two-position switchOn Off amount mixing dif ferential flaps acting ailerons con trolled two adjustors combination mix ing flaps ailerons ailerons flaps called Quadro-flaps Multiplex Keeping European terminology Multi plex calls its landing configuration Butterfly country its also called crow spoilerons flaps landing mode controlled spoiler stick As spoiler stick pulled back ailerons deflect up flaps deflect down individual aileron flap surface ad justed separate adjustor pot amount direction deflection surface easily ad justed have spoiler stick spring-loaded releasing stick just before touchdown will neutralize ailerons flaps save servo gears being stripped butterfly configuration fully deployed ailerons can adjusted remain highly effective terfly efficient configuration los ing altitude quickly slowing down spot landings Continued page 15] May1988 147 WE ARE SHOOTING DOWN NIGH BALSA PRICES WITH SUPER QUALITY Satisfaction Guaranteed Direct Only BALSA HOT LINE CIl 506 74S6394 lOam 6pm Central Time LONE STAR MODELS 1623 57th St Lubbock TX 79412 elevator can mixed variety ways can mixed flaps both direc tion amount compensate pitch changes caused various flap positions elevator can also mixed Butterfly con figuration eliminate pitch changes caused Butterfly two-position switchOn/Off- al lows flaps coupled elevator elevator stick pulled back Up flaps deflect downwards amount direc tion coupling controlled adjustor Elevator-to-flap mixing desirable high-speed turns Aileron-to-rudder mixing controlled two-position switchOn/Off Multiplex calls switch Combi-switch slow-speed flight launching rudder coupled ailerons fast flying some fliers will switch off rudder coupling decrease drag Multiplex system versatile al lows control surface linkages buried inside wingall necessary adjustments can made transmitter Complex mixing controls may first sound like nightmare actually fly truth Multiplex designers have accommodated complexities userfriendly way Multiplex Royal popular radio 1987 World Championships factor two-to-One Seven top 12 fin ishers used Multiplex figured good enough Thanks description John Perceptive readers have no doubt figured out radio throw old Oly go flying First have figure Out what adjus tor pots switches sliders some serious studying done Sofimodul John mentioned actually software program tells radio computer what supposed what couple dozen modules avail able designed different purpose Johns M6 module specifically Sailplanes provides Butterfly mixing automati cally also memory moduleit remem bers trim settings can fly another plane using another module put module back front transmitter former trim settings returned Very handy importer Multiplex radios airplanes Beemer R/C West 7725 E Redfield Rd Suite 102 Scottsdale AZ 85260 telephone 602 483-9577 A 60-page catalog English avail able $5 decline dollar has made German products much expensive us Beemers owner Bob Boomer has tried keep prices within reason current price Royal set servos chargers $675 F3B team raffle winners Tom Thompson Al buquerque chairman fund-raising ef fort 87 team Industry sponsors very gen erously gave Tom thousands dollars worth merchandise raffled off sent contributions budget 20-odd thousand dollars needed get seven guys Germany back Tom whole team thank made effort possible didnt finish high hoped team made fine start putting US back right path Remember 89 World Champs will will See discus sion F3B/U SA section column RMcM total 86 raffle prizes ranging Airtronics radios Super Jet glue list winners radios kits Winners Airtronics radios Marvin Boote Excelsior MN Andrew Fuller Palo Alto CA John Lindbergh Vienna VA James Niel son Mitchell NE Jim Porter Hudson IA Daniel Riverar Fairfield CA Winners Airtronics Andante Sailplane kits Richard Buckman San Pedro CA Robert Ort man Campbell CA John Pearson Aurora CO Fred Sheplavy Eastlake OH Bob Sleeper Freemont CA Chuck Winchester El Paso TX Winners Top Flite Antares Sailplane kits Charles Burnett Kailua Kona HI SM Draga nov Tustin CA Terry Good Hillside NJ Robert Hernandez So San Francisco CA Winners Bob Martin Sailplane kits Talon Bobcat Pussycat Wayne Angevine Colo rado Springs CO Harold Bevins Wash MI Dean Clark Escondido CA James Fenton Kansas City MO Lee Goettsche Albuquer que NM Stan Johnson Albuquerque NM Frank Katkus Crystal Lake IL D McEntire Suwanee GA Edward Sackett Valparaiso FL Herk Stokely Virginia Beach VA Ross Swenson Apple Valley MN Richard Tabler Arlington MA Gerald Zeigenfuse Read ing PA Winners Bridi Aircraft Kastaway Sailplane kits Buzz Averill Albuquerque NM Steve Chamulak Canton MI NJ Vannertlice Way noka OK Ron Vise Irvine CA Winners Midwest Products Lazy Bird Sail plane kit Bud Bond Vigalia CA Winners Carl Goldberg Gentle Lady Sail plane kits Edward Brown Lakeside CA Chance Cooper Biloxi MS Darryl Feezor Lit tleton CO Bob Harvey North Bay Ontario John Wright Nova Scotia Canada Sponsors contributed prizes other kits Top Flite Astro Flight Carl Goldberg Models Coverite R C Soaring Digest Trans PRECISION MODEL PRODUCTS MadeintheUSA BARSTOCK ALUMINUM SPINNERS ParI NoSize fl150B 12 11-175-B .. 13/4 11-200-B TT-225-B . 21/4 TT-226-B .. 2-1/4 FAI . 11250B .. 2-1/2 TT-251-B .. 2-1/2FAI 11-275-B . 2-3/4 fl276B .. 2-3/4FAI .. TT-300-B TT-301-BFAI TT-325-B /4 TT-350-B /2 11375-B 3/4 11400-B RelailApprox PriceWeighl $1395058 02 1495095oz 159510002 1695160oz 189515002 189519002 209517002 229522002 249520002 269526002 289525002 369534002 499547002 5995520ox 699557002 3 Pieces Cone Back Plate Retainer Screw Note 3 4 Blade Spinners Available Sizes Add $300 Per Spinner PROP NUT ADAPTORS Part NoSize TT-140-A .. 1/4-28 TT-147-A .. 1/4-28/7mm . TT-610-A 10mm TT-710-A .. 7 x 10mm .. TT-516-A .. 5/16-24 11-518-A . 5/16-24/8mm TT-810-A 10mm T1-825-A . 25mm TT-375-A .. 3/8-24 TT-125-A Ox 125mm Approx Weighl 061 02 061 02 063 02 082 02 076 02 076 oz 076 02 075 02 117 oz 115 02 3 Pieces Nut Washer Machined Bushing Add $350 Shipping Handling Prices sub ject change notice ROMCO MFG INC OX 836 SOUTH HOUSTON TEXAS 77587 713 943-1867 May1988 151 NEW FLIGHT BOX Completely assembled flnlnledleel bIt carries gallon can bollie Two drawers small ParIs Coenerllble ballery/pomar panel comperlmeol Comparlmeets slarl erpropselc Made uSATop Snalily wood coenlrecliOa Ergonomically designed beadle $125 pIes shippingmoney beck scarce lee Send Si specs cell 1415 3637732 Flights Fancy eromnedelieq P0 floe Ic Heede C. 94020 Relail Price $495 495 495 495 495 495 495 495 595 595 Fokker D-VII VK Model Aircraft PO Box 3007 Aurora 1160505 312-357-1883 AIR WOLF EPOXY FIBERGLASS FUSELAGE S TAKES MOST 50-60 MECHANICS OTHER MODELS AVAILABLE LARRY JOLLY MODEL PRODUCTS $20000 5501 WCOMO SANTA ANA CALIFORNIA 92703 714 826-6861 motions Robart Some other names winners list will recognize Don Edberg Dave Peltz Michael Selig Special thanks should go Matrix Enter prises San Diego contributed sufficient SpaceCases put teams planes equipment really neat tough plastic cases can custom-designed carry Sailplane transmitter anything Contact 7015 Carroll Road San Diego CA 92121 phone 619 450-9509 Like 87 F3B team pin Tom also mentioned limited number 87 pins available close-out price $2 plus 390 postage Personally Im buying few trade foreign pins 89 Champs because will col lectors items always informal com petition see can get pins hat Send check US Soaring Team PO Box 9328 Albuquerque NM 87119 1988 Canadian NatsAugust 6-8 Jack Nunn wrote tell us venue has changed new site Beverly Centre Rockton Ontario reason change give three full days uninterrupted flyinga total over 28 hours would have possible main Nats site Brantford Power peo ple dominate Beverly Centre excellent sod field large parking area washroom facilities Light refreshments will also avail able located Highway 8 midway tween Hamilton Cambridge Ontario Hotels motels minutes away Maps hotel prices locations etc will mailed entrants Get information Jack RR 1 Midhurst Ontar io LOL iXO phone number 705 728-4467 1988 NSS Soar-In Marshall Long NSS Soar-In coordinator announced details tenth annual edition nationwide happen ing couldnt better quote Mar shalls flyer would like extend invitation hold NSS Soar-In contest year can held time between May 7 August 28 can one- two-day event whichever required complete two rounds T-4 Cumulative Dura tion task T-4 well-known 15-minute Add-Em-Up will add wrinkle three individual flights must exceed three five seven minutes Going over deducts usual point per second L-4 Spot Landing will used Classes flown will Con test Directors choice the following Two-Meter Standard Unlimited Novice Sportsman Expert class Sailplane Unlimited y what bring big question asked last year much Soar-In going cost club As last year National Soaring Society will charge club hold Soar-In cost will NSS plaques awarded winners event feel Soar-In should used gain new members source revenue NSS district VP would hold Soar-In recruit two members would gain important 20 new members plaques will Winning Image again year NSS logo will color time plaques will larger last yearabout 10 x 12 plaques will display event class place along host clubs name cost plaques will $1150 cluding shipping CD club would ihterested holding Soar-In year please contact 824 Garden Meadow Universal City TX 78148 PS Soar-In contests should AMA sanctioned same Sailplane contest CASAs 1988 Sugarloaf Classic Capital Area Soaring Association will again putting 315-mile cross-country race May 21-22 contest site just off Route 28 35 miles west Dickerson MD 12 miles south Frederick MD Information can obtained Guy Dickes 6331 Paddington Lane Cen treville VA 22020 telephone number 703 830-3631 As PS Guy said completed Level V October 13 Bob Sowder did November Congratulations guys RC Giant Scale/de Vries Continued page 47 moment Im studying new 1 988-89 AMA Competition Regulations rather diligently effort anticipation judging George W Meyer Memorial/Scale Masters qualifier plan Pikes Peak re gion June 4-5 interested participat ing therell specific Giant Scale well Team Scale event contact CD Ivan Munning hoff 7815 Mallard Drive Falcon CO 80831 entry details contest will held US Air Force Academys North Auxiliary Field its 2500-ft paved runway final note whet appetite next months column Good buddy Ed Carroll Os prey fame has done again Piqued FULL BODY PILOT KIT Contains pilot head hands boots helmet cap goggles tull templates easy instruc tions Easy assemble finish Some simple sewing required Fully positionable too #2O6Ys scale #2OS-/n scale #204-A scale #2O3-/ scale Pnce [v32][b-1-10-1-10]]895 [v32][b-1-10-1-10]]995 [v32][b-1-10-1-10]]1095 [v32][b-1-10-1-10]]1695 DARNED GOOD AIRMEN Lightest pilots available Lifelike vinyl latex rubber U Build Sportsman Barnstormer Full Body Bust - BUST PILOT KIT Contains pilot head helmet sport cap goggles 2 jacket Easy assemble finish Pane #105-Ye scale NEW 595 #lOS~/s scale695 #l05Vs scale #104- scale. 895.h.W*Some #103- scale —~I~vsmpe ng red JET PILOT KIT Pilot has molded let helmet Contains face mask oxygen hose Estreme ly Realistic Weighs less / OZ Pnce #3O5-/ scale595 #307- scale895 ORDERING INSTRUCTIONS See dealer first order direct Add $100 shipping NYS residents add 75/u tan Send check money order COOSOK Send $100 catalog See Dealer add Dollar direct order handling 152 Model Aviation
Edition: Model Aviation - 1988/05
Page Numbers: 44, 45, 143, 146, 147, 151, 152
NEW F3B NEWSLETTER Heres important news minority Sailpianers interested F3B competition new national newslet ter scene devoted solely F3B news three-views how-tos rules updates words top fliers both country abroad thought youd enjoy having try world-class international Soaring didnt know begin F3B-USA First lets back up take look what brought F3B-USA about After 87 World Championships West Germany last July Above Photo John Wyss new Multiplex Royal MC transmitter F3B-Butterfly Soft modul Detail pot setup shown drawing below Lots column US Team members others interested F3B held postmortem examine didnt better suggest things could done about ideas kicked around T IL S $0 ECLIPSE John Wysa 1931 Wing span Wing area Aspect ratio Wing section Stab ares Stab section Weight Wing loading constrizotton Sin 1220aqin 145 HQ 55 9/RU 15 34 Seq NAcA OSASOG 113cc iSSos 123 oaiaqtt min 133 o.iaqft max Fibigiaaa carbon fiber keviar foam wood veneer everyone agreed two points 1 dont have enough competitors competitions coun try sharpen F3B skills 2 suffer technology/information gap latter L ~JLhIZ 52 5 John Wyss new F3B design Eclipse Vital statistics shown fine print first ship John has used Multiplex Royal radio Eclipse great flier ej~feefafl 4 Laden iNVUT~9Butterflyfiii~ PPM3 IPI~iRnpHRolfI SOFTMODUL M8Memoty rvPiT1 SOFrMOOUI eNr Use r Use 1Flap end-position 1 switched SB Pementage Spoiler signal13Neutral adjust controls flap F7 1which get spotter mix-tn 2Aileron Fl 1F5 throw adjust8 Percentage Spoiler signal14 Mixer Spoiler e Aileron diliaranhiation 1 aileron IFS J 3Aileron diilerontiatlon 1g Percentage aileron signal flap P6/Fl switched s15 Mixer Spotter * Elevator 1 Dii farentlatlon 4Percentage Flap signal tn ailerons I10 aileron percentage flap 16 Mixer Flap Elevator 1 Percentage Spoiler signal11 Flap throw 117 Mixer Elevator e Flap 1 aileron Fl 1 Percentage Spoiler signal12 Flap throw ii operated slide pot18 Dilierentialion Mixer Elevator e Flap flaps P6 1 44 Model Aviation Radio Conoi Soaring Byron Blakeslee Dr Sedaila CO 8 new AS W-24 Scale Sailplane Robbe Model Sport has wingspan 35 meters 137 weighs 124 ounces uses new Quabeck airfoil Read column details mean few US F3B competitors keep up European developments some others designing good planes word doesnt get spread around result dont have critical mass fliers participating up-to-date airplanes radios launch equipment As Steve Work put Euro peans progress much faster because have fliers trying different approaches quickly learn what works what doesnt So hope having vehicle getting word out rapidly technology/information gap can significantly narrowed obtaining latest good information lot Sailplan ers will have confidence go ahead give F3B go indeed fortunate have excellent volunteer step forward assume editorship F3B-USA Randy Reynolds Colo rado Springs Randy longtime Sailplane flier does great job editing Pikes Peak SS newsletter currently flying Hans Muel ler Comet same design Steve Work flew world champs knowledgeable experts have agreed pass along know-how Au thors will include members past US F3B teams Don Edberg Team Selection Committee chairman some top European competitors Randy will course glad receive material readers entertain questions Con tact Randy 122 East Uintah Colorado Springs CO 80903 telephone 303 471-3160 Printing distribution F3B-U SA will handled AMA HQ already AMAs F3B Competitor list will automatically re ceive newsletter paid past F3B fees Others can get list sending $5 AMA HQ Reston attention Micheline Madison Randy expects put out six issues per year Al though newsletters name says USA naturally Canadian Mexican other Sail plane friends invited participate fun Ive just seen end January issue num ber super Don Edberg explains procedure will used qualify fliers team selection finals will held toward end yearprobably Labor Day weekend Don also discusses disturbing news Continued page 143 PILOT GLASSES. HOW VALUABLE IS YOUR EYESIGHT Adjustable side frames free-flow ventilation Extremely light weight added comfort Blocks harmful aviolet radiation Attractive case included _________Wraparound frame fits comfortably over prescription glasses tz mist coated scratch resistance Made entirely Polycarbonate impact protection ANSI Z871 specifications Available in Clear shop work $1325 Amber overcast days & late afternoons $14~ Gray S14~ & Mirror $19~ sunny days CA Mask S15~ Paint Mask S2O~ member c/sb hit prop blade thrown 60 engine close range tip blade struck Safety Plus glasses saved him serious injury possibly loss eye incident con vinced everyone should wear safety glasses near model airplane engines being run upEd Saul Secretary Treasurer Pikes Peak RC Club t t1il U hobby dealer first doesnt have what need order direct SAFETY PLUS PO Box 1173 Dept iM Clinton MS 39056 Ph 601 924-9640 Shipping & handling included fisa MasterCard accepted May 1988 45 Randy Reynolds Colorado Springs Hans Mueller Comet Randy editor brand new F3B-USA newsletter devoted spreading word F3B flying Read column particulars getting yours 475AVAILABLE AT AMERICAS DISTRIBUTED BY FINEST HOBBY SHOPS SAYAflflHI END WE WEIRD 7555 5, GbneI Soad oderO CA 93A22 &1717 $8$475 Th T ThET STARTER EATrERIES 12 Jolts 40 Amp hour HOP ASSOCIATES 25 gears Enperlence thu Design Manufacturing Assembling Nickel Cadmium cells batteries now presents FINEST STARTER HAITERY FOR YOUR STARTER Charger Just Charge once will last weekend Starting gour Plane Also 20 70 Amp Hr I1LP ftllUlflEft IPIfI Illftft4For gour batterg needs Call write ELECTRIC Buzz skies search RED BARON DSCs neat lift le stand-way-off scale model famous WNI fighter take-offs aerobatics touch goes 40 span 276 sq area beauly 6 7 cells Simple quick build precut fuselage sides tail feathers combo includes DSC HYPERTHRUST 075 motor fused switch harness tamiya connector pro peller adaptor propeller kit zc 30 amperes meter determine current draw motor/propeller combination PAVEY675 TOWER LANE YSTEMS WEST CHESTER PA 19380 i oRPoRATIoN blade partway through Complete cut gently bending along score line will crack cleanly Touch up slight burrs fine file sharply formed edges clamp sheet tween two hardwood blocks edge extend ing Push protruding edge another wood block will bend sharply 900 angle process can carried around outer edges door Brace internally balsa cemented aluminum RC-56 per manent somewhat elastic bond Window frames made strips litho plate provide secure mounting clear acetate Plexiglas windows Litho-plate aluminum primed painting automotive finishing materials use Ditzler lacquer primer surfacer DZL-32 light gray metal can finished type paint includ ing dope has no problem peeling complete cockpit have seen Mick Reeves Fournier RF-4 Built 14-scale model large enough repro duce detail great authenticity instru ment panel all-time classic having instru ments operational Tip model turn bank shifts should Blow pilot tube airspeed indicator needle swings authentically rudder pedals have wear marks pilots shoe soles dummy pilot has hair Micks head earphones actually pick up radio signals BBC detail precisely reproduced exact scale proper location result concerted effort over long period Mick Fournier rewarded 1978 welldeserved FAT World Championship fu sure other competitors must measured immaculate Scale model RC Soaring/Blakeslee Continued page 45 AMA withdrew least temporarily its bid host 1989 F3B World Championships US could make statement about way rules concerning winches Specif ically John Worth believed fliersupplied winches caused severe drain contest organizers Don spelled out much bet ter idea organizer-supplied tension-limiting de vices dont want get too much gadget such Don suggests could sim ple standardized contestants could make own practice using own winches home contestant must able practice exact winch system motor drum line turnaround etc will use champs because plane launch systems have exactly matched Another very interesting piece issue number eight-page small print letter 87 Team Manager Phil Renaud must read ing clubs other groups contemplating start ing own F3B program suggestion Phil made establish sort Division II F3B flying country maximum wing loading 12 oz/sq ft think has great merit Phil says would effec tively separate European heavy metal airplanes like straight-wing Sagitta Camano Andante Antares limit amount ballast can put Class II airplane can see advantages two-phase ap proach F3B flying would include lower cost broader appeal place fliers get feet wet real F3B competition Also issue number letter Rich Spicer describing some ideas arising champs piece John Wyss sheet foam wings veneering woodie ma hogany pine veneer intended furniture trade 1988 F3B qualifications fact sheet entry form doesnt sound like moneys worth dont know what New Sailplane Robbe Have heard new AS W-24 Standard Class Sailplane made Alexander Schleicher Company Pop penhausen West Germany Well its just out Robbe has ARF Scale model already original very snazzy-looking all-glass ship T-tail Perhaps distinctive feature bulged-out pilots compartment rounded line bottom canopy model has 35-meter 137-in span 973-sq-in area robust 124-oz flying weight works out wing loading 163 oz/sq ft suggests model would better suited heavier-air Slope flying light-air thermaling An interesting feature Quabeck HQ-30/13-10-13 airfoil HQ Airfoils have become very popular F3B frater nity first production kit Ive seen using Construction usual Robbe prac tice unbreakable Plura plastic fuselage balsa-sheeted foam wings tail surfaces balsa parts require covering plastic film polypropylene type bestsee Lee Murrays ar ticle Februarys Model Aviation kit lists $27995 full-color 210-page Robbe cata log may obtained sending $5 Robbe Mod elsport 180 Township Line Road Belle Mead NJ 08502 Robbe German full line model manufacturers its catalog ad dition Gliders youll see Power planes boats Continued page 146 May1988 143 Special Combo Price $4795 BOB WHITE & FAI What Pair FAI RUBBER Sizes % e -- Ils 042 thick pound box Price $1350 includes 4 oz Slick Lube $1200 no lube Slick costs $175 Postpaid US via UPS Cal add 6% tax FOR FUN & SPORT stock old time kits Fresno Model NEW Robin P30 Tilka people 3 Pearl kits Satellites Crocket hooks KSB Fuel 8 DT timers Books winders other good stuff Tilka d Wakefield Finished Front En NFFS Model year $4395 plus $250 UPS FAI Medel Supply $1 00 1968 cateiog P0 Box 3567 Torrance CA 90510 16] &wiuiu NEW multi-function monitor Plugs servo plug MonItors baitey voltage MonItors frequency Loud beep sigh aIds locatIng downed aIrplane No switches a4usbnents Remhds turn off receIver baflevy pack Draws mere n*roarrperse $15 US postpaId $17 plug Check MO COOs Ml residents add 4% MICRO TEK PRODUCTS PO Box 563 Romeo Michigan 406S Call 313 752-4623 Monday Saturday PRODUCTS FOR THE DISCERNING MODELER Complete Line Exhaust Systems C Tuned Pipes C Muffled Tuned Pipes C HeadersVenturi Mufflers Expansion Mufflers Helicopter Ball Mufflers C Specialized Exhaust Systems Unsurpassed Wnkmnnahin h Padormance Continued page 143 cars Helicopters Electric-flight parts kinds accessories National Scale Fun-Fly Wil Byers wrote tell us latest news first-ever Slope fun-fly Scale Sailplanes Power Scale planes US have added couple new sponsors Wilshire notified continued sup port Wilshires new owner Bob Ratzlaff called say would participate will bring beautiful Multiplex DG-600 raffle Hobby Lobby has agreed send Scale kit Gary Anderson American Sailplane De signs will also support us kit shop addition previously nounced sponsors Circus Hobbies Viking Mod els Beemer RIC West Satellite City Model Builder Magazine just cant get over sup port getting entire Soaring com munity Now thc wind will just blow right Im stoked up can hardly contain myself dates fun-fly May 27-29 site near Richland WA Get info sending SASE Wil 632 Meadows Dr E Richland WA 99352 related note Barry Kurath newsletter ed itor Portland Area SS put message latest newslctter e fever spreading hear rumors large Northrop wing Learjet Space shuttle T-38 jet trainer have seen finished Schweitzer 1-26 Diamont have seen plug wing cores A-scale HP-18 PASS Nonallergenic cyanoacrylates know cyanoacrylate CyA instant glues great est advance modeling since MonoKote can cause such violent allergic reactions modelers cant use So saw following piece Michael Forster South Bay SS newsletter Silent Flier John Dvo rak editor knew news has get spread fast Michaels complete article nose eyes just refused let build another model CyA glues make such tasks easy know about irritation accompanies application just about amount stuff eyes hurt worse cut onions nose throat just about left headaches just couldnt take did want go back old glues because time precious So UJORLD CLASS Frackowiaks Challenge IV Kit Atlanta KitDash Kit Hattori Headers Pipes AMA&FAI RC Aerobatic Specialties PO Box 388914-248-8603 Lincolndale NY 10540 Send $100 catalog started search new glue Being engineer receiving trade magazines noticed some new instant glues ad vertised Loctite too good true talked about odorless glues dont frost delicate materials irritate eyes adhesives just about type surface imaginable toughened adhesives same league epoxies vibration stress tempera ture cycling Being adventuresome obtained some small samples eventually purchased could test reasonable number new glues work glues have fraction fumes hobby CyA ones have Loctite markets glues under name PrismrM Rather go on about virtues formulations will list glues give brief descriptions experi ences am listing have experience couple Prism series have used Types 408 460 odorless nonfrosting 405 410 411 toughened 406 401 surface insensitive Type 408 Low viscosity colorclear very low fumes very good substitute low vis cosity CyAs usually use working models wicking fast cure impor tant Cures just fast balsa familiar brands Type 460 Low-to-medium viscosity color clear very low fumes very good all-around glue reasonably strong glue much stronger hobby glues gives just little working time balsa 10-15 sec about 30 sec other woods fiberglass Type 405 Medium viscosity colorwhite low fumes reasonably liquid adhesive lot strength very good fiberglass especially good gluing wood parts fiber glass Type 410 High viscosity colorblack low fumes Another very tough adhesive have great luck bonding metal parts together also very good fiberglass Type 411 High viscosity colorclear low fumes Again very tough glue main differ ences toughened series seem color viscosity However believe higher vis cosity ones have higher strength under high spe cific impulse loadings read vibration land ing shocks Type 406 Low viscosity colorclear medi um fumes very liquid glue likes stick anything Beautiful wicking characteristics make natural gluing dissimilar materials together after assembly Type 401 Low-to-medium viscosity color clear low fumes stuff will glue anything 146 Model Aviation Ed DOIbV FAI Rubber helped Whites superior model win 87 WORLD CHAMPS RC Soaring/Blakeslee BALM SHUTS 36 48 30 118233 332240 118 243 318248 114 258 132337 120337 1183374931 3323445837 18 3547145 3183828255 14 3739581 516385110 38 2471 12 3110155 34 3185191 1184597848 3324709458 18 48015866 31849312278 4 411013484 38 4165225139 12 281 MATCHED SHEETS 42 3324100 184108 3184120 144131 BALSA STICKS 3648 1181409 1183810 1181214 3321410 3323812 33211218 181808 18141118 18381218 18121824 3183181116 318381725 318122230 14141824 14381928 14122130 14343444 1414055 5185182128 38382737 38123248 383144255 3815275 12123653 12344862 1215878 58584885 34348790 J*1 *#@ LIGHT 4-6 LB BALSA TRIANGLES 36WOOD36 4425132349 383830120349 2235118349 34 3445332358 5518387 318378 BALSA PLANKS3614395 85383115 258123139 3200343220 1428013350 11232751184 78 1124380332491 22225184100 233283184117 24435144138 33495384257 34889124282 TAPERED SHEETS36 142 85TRAILING EDGE36 143 8514132 382 8851811439 383 98381 1248 12312012270 LONE STAR EPOXY 9,Lnl.8 95 5000598 15 in,598 30 in,598 INSTANTGLUE lo TS,k298 1, Thin298 2, TSCk550 CUSTOM CUT CONTEST BALSA Sheets Piece ed Close Tolerances AAA Grade Dried ped 100% a serious modeler want performance must try 4-6 lb balsa BASSWOOD48 31531828 3181430 3183838 3181248 3183450 141442 143849 143480 383880 381270 383490 121250 BUNDLE DEALS 20-118338885 201184381020 20332338840 153320434955 1518338715 1018438875 15318338900 10318438810 1014338830 1014438890 1038338850 538438525 512338540 5124381050 10332448845 518448485 5318448585 514448825 * NEW * Hundreds new sizes accessories finishing materials Send #10 SASE latest catalog ISPRUCESTICKS3B48 18 181522 18 141824 18 382029 318 3182534 14 143145 14 383850 14 124585 38384583 38 125570 12128080 1234 88 88 SPRUCE TRIANGLES 38 38 1212 34 34 LITE PLY 48 180 8 18 12 1412 HARD MAPLE 1438 3838 3812 3834 12 34 BIRCH DOWELS 18 318 14 518 38 18 40 45 50 58 88 36 09 11 14 25 32 3PLYBIRCH48 18412820 13212445 11812455 1812480 S PLY BIRCH 332 x 12 18412 36318 12 45140 12 813812 771212 48 598 625 825 825 725 900 GROOVED LG MOUNTS 12 IncheS 150383418140 3503834532144 475123431845 Cost 48 Handling charge pay UPS Add $250 COD $300 extra PP APO FPO Stat. accept Va Master Card pernonal checks COO 85 Ia Te8 US Currency Only Miormum Wood Order $1000 6Vgp well brittle toughened CyAs very tolerant poor surface preparation description qualifiers used above order Low viscosity means material similar water Medium viscosity like syrup high viscosity means will form bead settle littlelike heavy corn syrup Fumes very qualitative thing since no real numbers available However very low fumes indicates odor very difficult detect irritation virtually nonex istent Low fumes indicates odor de tectable irritation avoidable reason able ventilation just keeping distance Medium fumes indicates distinct odor about five inches according nose irritation can occur working closely model High fumes would indi cate odor very discernible irrita tion avoidable very good ventilation dead nose Most familiar CyA glues use would classed being very high fumes have able ask modelers very expe rienced CyA usage smell samples odorless CyAs tell what No has far answered correctly have just smelled CyA glue glues total replacement familiar hobby CyAs other adhesives much expensive An O7-oz bot tIe around $10 However fumes prob lem you dont want wait regu lar glues cure may work Thanks very important research Mi chael also mentioned will have go Loctite distributor buy glueslook White Pages Id surprised Loctite doesnt put couple up hobby packaging sell through hobby shops once know demand modern F3B radio clubmate F3B affectionado John Wyss bought Multiplex Royal radio Beemer R/C West last year happy sat down wrote us description works Johns write-up product report rundown things sophisticated radio can doand must want competitive F3B flying today Take John demands F3B competition have pro duced environment development state-of-the-art Sailplanes constant refine ment design development technologies directly benefits Sailplane fliers inter ested improvement aspect state art complex control mixing F3B Sailplanes must realize complex con trol systems own sake major contributor overall aerodynamic effi ciency Sailplane understand complex controls F3B Sailplane description typical setup fol lows Multiplex Royal MC Expert M6 F3B Butterfly memory Softmodul makes complex setup control full-house F3B plane relatively easy task Multiplex radio/module combination designed specifi cally job Eighteen adjustor pots lo cated under cover front transmit ter maximize efficiency system control surface must have its own servo slop-free linkage ailerons first set up using two adjus tors set amount throw amount differential flaps primarily controlled three-position switch flap switch Launch position position flaps infinitely adjustable spoiler trim lever Normal spoilers usedwell get minute second position Thermal Distance setting flaps con trolled sliding adjustor pot third posi tion Speed setting end point Up flap set 18 adjustor pots ailerons can mixed flaps use adjustor pot ailerons will deflect flaps amount mixing adjustable ailerons deflect much flaps retain aerody namic washout mixing ailerons flaps provides true camber changing entire trail ing edge neutral position entire trail ing edge set adjustor flaps can mixed ailerons use two-position switchOn Off amount mixing dif ferential flaps acting ailerons con trolled two adjustors combination mix ing flaps ailerons ailerons flaps called Quadro-flaps Multiplex Keeping European terminology Multi plex calls its landing configuration Butterfly country its also called crow spoilerons flaps landing mode controlled spoiler stick As spoiler stick pulled back ailerons deflect up flaps deflect down individual aileron flap surface ad justed separate adjustor pot amount direction deflection surface easily ad justed have spoiler stick spring-loaded releasing stick just before touchdown will neutralize ailerons flaps save servo gears being stripped butterfly configuration fully deployed ailerons can adjusted remain highly effective terfly efficient configuration los ing altitude quickly slowing down spot landings Continued page 15] May1988 147 WE ARE SHOOTING DOWN NIGH BALSA PRICES WITH SUPER QUALITY Satisfaction Guaranteed Direct Only BALSA HOT LINE CIl 506 74S6394 lOam 6pm Central Time LONE STAR MODELS 1623 57th St Lubbock TX 79412 elevator can mixed variety ways can mixed flaps both direc tion amount compensate pitch changes caused various flap positions elevator can also mixed Butterfly con figuration eliminate pitch changes caused Butterfly two-position switchOn/Off- al lows flaps coupled elevator elevator stick pulled back Up flaps deflect downwards amount direc tion coupling controlled adjustor Elevator-to-flap mixing desirable high-speed turns Aileron-to-rudder mixing controlled two-position switchOn/Off Multiplex calls switch Combi-switch slow-speed flight launching rudder coupled ailerons fast flying some fliers will switch off rudder coupling decrease drag Multiplex system versatile al lows control surface linkages buried inside wingall necessary adjustments can made transmitter Complex mixing controls may first sound like nightmare actually fly truth Multiplex designers have accommodated complexities userfriendly way Multiplex Royal popular radio 1987 World Championships factor two-to-One Seven top 12 fin ishers used Multiplex figured good enough Thanks description John Perceptive readers have no doubt figured out radio throw old Oly go flying First have figure Out what adjus tor pots switches sliders some serious studying done Sofimodul John mentioned actually software program tells radio computer what supposed what couple dozen modules avail able designed different purpose Johns M6 module specifically Sailplanes provides Butterfly mixing automati cally also memory moduleit remem bers trim settings can fly another plane using another module put module back front transmitter former trim settings returned Very handy importer Multiplex radios airplanes Beemer R/C West 7725 E Redfield Rd Suite 102 Scottsdale AZ 85260 telephone 602 483-9577 A 60-page catalog English avail able $5 decline dollar has made German products much expensive us Beemers owner Bob Boomer has tried keep prices within reason current price Royal set servos chargers $675 F3B team raffle winners Tom Thompson Al buquerque chairman fund-raising ef fort 87 team Industry sponsors very gen erously gave Tom thousands dollars worth merchandise raffled off sent contributions budget 20-odd thousand dollars needed get seven guys Germany back Tom whole team thank made effort possible didnt finish high hoped team made fine start putting US back right path Remember 89 World Champs will will See discus sion F3B/U SA section column RMcM total 86 raffle prizes ranging Airtronics radios Super Jet glue list winners radios kits Winners Airtronics radios Marvin Boote Excelsior MN Andrew Fuller Palo Alto CA John Lindbergh Vienna VA James Niel son Mitchell NE Jim Porter Hudson IA Daniel Riverar Fairfield CA Winners Airtronics Andante Sailplane kits Richard Buckman San Pedro CA Robert Ort man Campbell CA John Pearson Aurora CO Fred Sheplavy Eastlake OH Bob Sleeper Freemont CA Chuck Winchester El Paso TX Winners Top Flite Antares Sailplane kits Charles Burnett Kailua Kona HI SM Draga nov Tustin CA Terry Good Hillside NJ Robert Hernandez So San Francisco CA Winners Bob Martin Sailplane kits Talon Bobcat Pussycat Wayne Angevine Colo rado Springs CO Harold Bevins Wash MI Dean Clark Escondido CA James Fenton Kansas City MO Lee Goettsche Albuquer que NM Stan Johnson Albuquerque NM Frank Katkus Crystal Lake IL D McEntire Suwanee GA Edward Sackett Valparaiso FL Herk Stokely Virginia Beach VA Ross Swenson Apple Valley MN Richard Tabler Arlington MA Gerald Zeigenfuse Read ing PA Winners Bridi 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TT-300-B TT-301-BFAI TT-325-B /4 TT-350-B /2 11375-B 3/4 11400-B RelailApprox PriceWeighl $1395058 02 1495095oz 159510002 1695160oz 189515002 189519002 209517002 229522002 249520002 269526002 289525002 369534002 499547002 5995520ox 699557002 3 Pieces Cone Back Plate Retainer Screw Note 3 4 Blade Spinners Available Sizes Add $300 Per Spinner PROP NUT ADAPTORS Part NoSize TT-140-A .. 1/4-28 TT-147-A .. 1/4-28/7mm . TT-610-A 10mm TT-710-A .. 7 x 10mm .. TT-516-A .. 5/16-24 11-518-A . 5/16-24/8mm TT-810-A 10mm T1-825-A . 25mm TT-375-A .. 3/8-24 TT-125-A Ox 125mm Approx Weighl 061 02 061 02 063 02 082 02 076 02 076 oz 076 02 075 02 117 oz 115 02 3 Pieces Nut Washer Machined Bushing Add $350 Shipping Handling Prices sub ject change notice ROMCO MFG INC OX 836 SOUTH HOUSTON TEXAS 77587 713 943-1867 May1988 151 NEW FLIGHT BOX Completely assembled flnlnledleel bIt carries gallon can bollie Two drawers small ParIs Coenerllble ballery/pomar panel comperlmeol Comparlmeets slarl erpropselc Made uSATop Snalily wood coenlrecliOa Ergonomically designed beadle $125 pIes shippingmoney beck scarce lee Send Si specs cell 1415 3637732 Flights Fancy eromnedelieq P0 floe Ic Heede C. 94020 Relail Price $495 495 495 495 495 495 495 495 595 595 Fokker D-VII VK Model Aircraft PO Box 3007 Aurora 1160505 312-357-1883 AIR WOLF EPOXY FIBERGLASS FUSELAGE S TAKES MOST 50-60 MECHANICS OTHER MODELS AVAILABLE LARRY JOLLY MODEL PRODUCTS $20000 5501 WCOMO SANTA ANA CALIFORNIA 92703 714 826-6861 motions Robart Some other names winners list will recognize Don Edberg Dave Peltz Michael Selig Special thanks should go Matrix Enter prises San Diego contributed sufficient SpaceCases put teams planes equipment really neat tough plastic cases can custom-designed carry Sailplane transmitter anything Contact 7015 Carroll Road San Diego CA 92121 phone 619 450-9509 Like 87 F3B team pin Tom also mentioned limited number 87 pins available close-out price $2 plus 390 postage Personally Im buying few trade foreign pins 89 Champs because will col lectors items always informal com petition see can get pins hat Send check US Soaring Team PO Box 9328 Albuquerque NM 87119 1988 Canadian NatsAugust 6-8 Jack Nunn wrote tell us venue has changed new site Beverly Centre Rockton Ontario reason change give three full days uninterrupted flyinga total over 28 hours would have possible main Nats site Brantford Power peo ple dominate Beverly Centre excellent sod field large parking area washroom facilities Light refreshments will also avail able located Highway 8 midway tween Hamilton Cambridge Ontario Hotels motels minutes away Maps hotel prices locations etc will mailed entrants Get information Jack RR 1 Midhurst Ontar io LOL iXO phone number 705 728-4467 1988 NSS Soar-In Marshall Long NSS Soar-In coordinator announced details tenth annual edition nationwide happen ing couldnt better quote Mar shalls flyer would like extend invitation hold NSS Soar-In contest year can held time between May 7 August 28 can one- two-day event whichever required complete two rounds T-4 Cumulative Dura tion task T-4 well-known 15-minute Add-Em-Up will add wrinkle three individual flights must exceed three five seven minutes Going over deducts usual point per second L-4 Spot Landing will used Classes flown will Con test Directors choice the following Two-Meter Standard Unlimited Novice Sportsman Expert class Sailplane Unlimited y what bring big question asked last year much Soar-In going cost club As last year National Soaring Society will charge club hold Soar-In cost will NSS plaques awarded winners event feel Soar-In should used gain new members source revenue NSS district VP would hold Soar-In recruit two members would gain important 20 new members plaques will Winning Image again year NSS logo will color time plaques will larger last yearabout 10 x 12 plaques will display event class place along host clubs name cost plaques will $1150 cluding shipping CD club would ihterested holding Soar-In year please contact 824 Garden Meadow Universal City TX 78148 PS Soar-In contests should AMA sanctioned same Sailplane contest CASAs 1988 Sugarloaf Classic Capital Area Soaring Association will again putting 315-mile cross-country race May 21-22 contest site just off Route 28 35 miles west Dickerson MD 12 miles south Frederick MD Information can obtained Guy Dickes 6331 Paddington Lane Cen treville VA 22020 telephone number 703 830-3631 As PS Guy said completed Level V October 13 Bob Sowder did November Congratulations guys RC Giant Scale/de Vries Continued page 47 moment Im studying new 1 988-89 AMA Competition Regulations rather diligently effort anticipation judging George W Meyer Memorial/Scale Masters qualifier plan Pikes Peak re gion June 4-5 interested participat ing therell specific Giant Scale well Team Scale event contact CD Ivan Munning hoff 7815 Mallard Drive Falcon CO 80831 entry details contest will held US Air Force Academys North Auxiliary Field its 2500-ft paved runway final note whet appetite next months column Good buddy Ed Carroll Os prey fame has done again Piqued FULL BODY PILOT KIT Contains pilot head hands boots helmet cap goggles tull templates easy instruc tions Easy assemble finish Some simple sewing required Fully positionable too #2O6Ys scale #2OS-/n scale #204-A scale #2O3-/ scale Pnce [v32][b-1-10-1-10]]895 [v32][b-1-10-1-10]]995 [v32][b-1-10-1-10]]1095 [v32][b-1-10-1-10]]1695 DARNED GOOD AIRMEN Lightest pilots available Lifelike vinyl latex rubber U Build Sportsman Barnstormer Full Body Bust - BUST PILOT KIT Contains pilot head helmet sport cap goggles 2 jacket Easy assemble finish Pane #105-Ye scale NEW 595 #lOS~/s scale695 #l05Vs scale #104- scale. 895.h.W*Some #103- scale —~I~vsmpe ng red JET PILOT KIT Pilot has molded let helmet Contains face mask oxygen hose Estreme ly Realistic Weighs less / OZ Pnce #3O5-/ scale595 #307- scale895 ORDERING INSTRUCTIONS See dealer first order direct Add $100 shipping NYS residents add 75/u tan Send check money order COOSOK Send $100 catalog See Dealer add Dollar direct order handling 152 Model Aviation