C SOARING Dan Pruss FEW months back mentioned contest cancelled because good weather Well RCM Trophy Race slopes no wind about welcome a monsoon during thermal contest contest rescheduled past fall heats points counted South Bay Soaring Society reported Jerry Arana 1979 winner Jerrys third win name goes new trophy recall Rick Walters first three-time winner original trophy retired last year Without question event pres tigious slope competition US perhaps exciting contest Bob DeMattei directed years event paragraph SBSSs newsletter Silent Flyer hint what went SBSS should install grand stands next years event Silent Flyer described heat Perhaps best race day came Jerry Arana raced against Don Kilbourne Jerry behind Kilboume three laps caught up bit fourth As lap went Jerry got little lower down hill Kilbourne stayed up high fifth lap looked like Jerry Out started shallow dive began picking up speed Halfway through fifth lap catching up Kilboume both turned same time far pylon Jerry continued dive having caught Kilbourne surprise Halfway down last leg Jerry passed him end made fast turn win race ill take two seats far pylon thank Continued page 106 e Meyer Guflmans -scale Jantar avernaus cocKpit iiuu~ * retract gear ship has fiberglass fuselage built- up wing Right cave winds inhabited numerous servoswith much space spare 30 Model Aviation eu mith box 11-pound KA-6 gets hand launched annual uumuerlau yettogether Ship ten-year-old design Jerry Nelson fiberglass construction ., r first~ Sailplane editor during E C 55 reign Aquila Urande uarl nesi KflUWfl sailplane designs early 1970 Winning Ideas FOURMOST FUEL MANIFOLD FUEL SHUT OFFSmall Fuel Fitting Set Manifold Provides ConvenientCan Used Control FuelSize 4 ID PRICE 125 Method Tank Filling Draining andFlow Starting1 Tee 2 Elbows 1 Pen Bladder Tee Priming tive Airborn Shutoff % IDPRICE 955PRICE 35O % AND 5 00STRUT FAIRINGS Comes two cOCkft23 Lengths Two Sizes % 10 geFuegS Packaged 2 Ft SizePRICE/S ze % 0PR CE 1 50 1 Tee 1 ElbowU P g PRICE 5195Ipkg2 lengths either size 225goc Made F Fo Send SASE Complete Information FUR~T 4040 24th Ave Forest Grove OR 97116 PRODUCTS Phone 503 357-2732 DEPENDABLE Friend GIL LaunchingOLD 1LAV THE NEW FIREBALL GLOW PLUGS ARE LEAKPROOF AND BLOWOUT PROOF EVEN FOR THE NEW MONSTER ENGINES BUT THEY ARE STILL THE OLD PRICE OF $1 10 dont need cell friend time WRITE NOW! get Control Line model air new remoteC5s7AlCf release SAFE LOC launcher Strong Safe Ready-togo anytimeyou arePO Box 151 STRONG Safety pull-tented et 125 lbs preseure Wayne NJ etrong enough largest CIL airplanes SAFE Has built-in lock prevent accidental release 0 IF NOTATYOUR DEALERORDER DIRECT e 495 ST CLAIR MODEL COMPONENTS P0 Box 5626 Pd USAEugene OR 97405 AEROBATIC AIRPLANES$1 00PeanutNo 7 IS SUPERB DRAWINGSIfCapt Pages BY ROBT C MORR SON 3395PLUSIICurtis XF6C-6 FTT ~-ATSCHMODERNISTIC MODELS SOit POSTAGE~ SI 00 ~ P 0 BOX 6974 ALBUQ NM 87197 Heliboy helicopters youre interested drop Walt line Hope present some modifications Kavan Jet Ranger Ray Hostetler next month See Dave Chesnev Rt 9 Box 62 LI Greensboro NC 27409 RC Soaring Pruss continued page 30 Anyone interested future events type should contact SBSSs competition chair man Brian Irvine 3379 St Marys Pt Santa Clara CA 95051 quiet aide slope flying District Columbia RC Club Allegheny County KC Club co-host annual Cumberland gettogether DCRC/ACRC Don Clark Bob Rigg Jim Dolly engineer years affair Any event has record often years continuous running worth mentioning Annually report main reason success yearly bash low-key atmos phere fact its contest above scenery good fellowship Some us flatlanders probably easy impress weve enjoying cameraderie landscape seven ten years hope lasts least ten planes Meyer Guttmans Jantar flew probably flown people quarter-scale beauty Wanichek Germany show-stopper during last summers LSF Tournament innards radio manufacturers delight Seven servos keep beauty alive Besides natural rudder elevator spoilers threefunction ship theres servo flaps two ailerons gear retraction Electronie ally coupled ailerons rudder commanded right stick however left stick overrides rudder different amounts can fed necessary Ned Smith showed up old Gerry Nelson designed KA-6 bird originally produced ten years ago slopes out California way probably about sailplane genera tion ahead its time least two similar models flying midwest logging some decent thermal duration flights itself isnt remarkable flights 11-pound sailplane wing loading 24 ounces per square foot gets few heads look up take notice all-glass ship sports NACA 6412 airfoil originally launched via ROG Smith proved 12-volt winch modest breeze bird can hand launched goes up like kite About ten years ago Dale Willoughby flew similar ship world speed record nearly 90 mph Designers ofF3B ships might find message specs So youre eager fly something different see something usually found local school yard circle date November 1 and2 1980 Theres another big two-day event sched uled no entry fee no rules no CD breathe down neck Just bring lunch Whatever-happened-t& department Carl Lorber designs got few people started game designs further kept few people competitive showed up Cumberland after few years resting Carl original editor East Coast Soaring Societys now NSS newsletter Sailplanst well Carl building board has cleared Newsletter Swap Guy Revel- Muroz Paris France edits newsletter Eale publica tion although French covers aspects RC Soaring just F3 B side newsletter usually contains airfoil data threeviews linkage sketches other drawings understandable language Guy has offered exchange newsletters idea printing some articles information taken newsletters receives sounds like worthwhile swap Have club newsletter editor send clubs newslet 106 Model Aviation Cumberlan. seems luuncnlng Hobie Hawk 30 degrees off coursejust erratic early day wind Valley direction normal slope conditions Just beautiful POWER TO START ALMOST ANYTHING youve got hard-to-start en gine airplane boat car youre working big monsters -scale youre going love big tough brother world-famous Sullivan Starter Its got torque start almost thing new Sullivan 24-Volt Starter has features original Once again Sullivan first finesta real revolutionary NOW ThERES FUELER WITh TRUE FILTER SYSTEM TOO Get double filtration perform ance Sullivan Crap Trap fuel up too Two different sized filters keep particles out tank Fueler comes complete 4 feet Sulli-Cone tubing 3 feet lesser quality tubing tubing WONT COLLAPSE defueling Only $250 GOLDN PUSH RODS / rods beat clog Pat ented splines /inner rod cut right through mess Temperature compen sated prevent elongation Good gold /7,Insist Gold-N-Rod cless included fIItkcu& PRODUCTS WARNING Modelers Fly Near Overhead Power Lines N C su DAVISYILLE ROAD OW GROVE PA 1SOU USA 215 656-NW ters Guy Revel-Muroz 14 Bd Gouvion St Cyr F75017 Paris France Guy mentioned F3 B popular type sailplane competition France other forms growing Among airtowing Semi-scale tow planes powered engines 61 90 cubic inches tow semiscale sailplanes weighing between eight 15 pounds fifth quarter scale Spans 12 16 feet towed 800 feet measured range tinder About 20 meters towline used launching ROG After release glider has fly two circuits 3000-foot triangular course Fastest time wins about 80 seconds average two circuits Now sounds like natural club project clubs varied RC interests Dan Pruss Ri 2 Box 490 Plainfielo IL 60544 RC Giant Scale/Beckman continued page 31 able get Hill Country Fliers Mammoth Scale Fly-in last August Quarter Scale Association America Fly-in Las Vegas October cant imagine relaxed yet stimulating way enjoy hobby Beautiful airplanes exciting flights people meet talk best lots new things see learn Las Vegas fortunate enough meet talk both Ron Shettler Dick Phillips Ron course Quadra man writes Mammoth Scale column Model Builder Dick does Big Beautiful RCM told would doing column reactions identicaL both expressed pleasure Model viation would expand ing coverage big birds quickly offered help way could thing certain theres going going three ofus will able cover rapid steady growth interest big airplanes shows no sign tapering off Close 200 big birds showed up Las Vegas has just tip iceberg am basically tinkerer Figuring out make something till need solve problem bag Over next few months Ill writing mostly about technical details new phase modeling taking look problems involved passing what learn about solutions Let know about problems need help solutions youve found might help someone else Ill need inputs because though Im quite capable stumbling onto problems Ill never come up solutions myself now Ill leave few pictures some projects look forward seeing pictures some yours Bob Beckman 8248 Holly Grove Ct Manas sas VA 22110 CL Scale/Gretz continued page 42 participating 1979 Nats case full-scale planes chance World Champ team 1980 Unfortunately gas shortage odd-and-even days distance New York prevented club making trip Perhaps well have chance another year models have flown local competition have taken awards club team informal nature L H OLD TIMER KITS Full Partial Kits Tyro Models-Fail Kits 20 10 32 engines 1041 Playboy Sr span $4005 Special5O3O961 1036 Turner Special 94 OP 55995 Special*$4706 4K Models--Fall Kits Cas Rubbe 1040Buzzard Bombshell 72 Span RIG orFF54295 1040Buzzard Bombahell 020 Replica 36$1295 1030Korda Wakefield 44 Span Rubber$1395 1043climber Lambs 44 Span Rubber$1395 R/R Models--Fall Kit 040 FF K/C 1041 Simplex Sealed 40 Span $2066 P 5 W Semi Kits- partial Kits- moeltine Cal 1038 Clipper MK 72 Span Plan extra $1075 1941 Playboy Jr 54 Span Plan extra 91050 1936 Buccaneer 64 Span Plan extra $1510 Strip mood Buc Stick Kit $2600 1940 Sailplane 78 Span Pose Plan loct $3410 Plans-Clipper 9450 Playboy Jr $200 Buc $450 Sailplane Wing Plan $200 Midway Model Cs Fall Kits--20 Span 1022 K/C 040 10 Sport FF & 05 Electric 1938Pomerhouse Taibi design$3506 1041Air Trails Sportster$3506 GAS POWERED FREE FLIGHT KITS & ACCESSORIES Satellite 320 4K Models 48 span 049 001 $1395 Satellite 410 4K Models 56 Span 1130 $2460 Satellite 789 4K Mokels Partial Kit 74$ $2800 Country Boy Jim Clams 47 Span $A $1005 Okie Bird Jim Clems 45 Span enginas$t0S5 B-70valkyrie Coop Models 020049$1095 RUBBER AND HAND LAUNCH GLIDER KITS FTC Too Step R/N Models Coupe Rubber Class$1256 Sweepette US Kid AME HLG Kits $280 ELECTRIC SYSTEMS AND KITS Astro 020 fully mired system 9279S[Special0S2S39] Astro 05 fully mired system $5405 Special0Si3 06] Astro Flight Prop Reduction drive 020 $1346 Astro Flight Prop Reduction drive 05 $1796 Astro Flight Rapid Charger $2000 [Special5$23061 Electra Lila Mid Night Mod 03 Span 05 $3996 Drifter Craft Air 72 Glider ElecI inst$1606 WOOD Sizes balsa Ply & Spruce stocked mcI 60 balsa strios & TB spruce Strips Shipping Handling Send $100 latest Up $t5Ot add $150 Catalogue copy $1101 $4000 add $200mill sent free $4001 $6000 add $250upon request aver $0000 add 0300an order Calif Addressees add 6% bby Horn State sales tam Sendashobby specialties5 MO. Check visa/MC oa 3069 9 COD ExactSeal Beach Ca 96790 postage Fee 898-6223 March 1980 107
Edition: Model Aviation - 1980/03
Page Numbers: 30, 106, 107
C SOARING Dan Pruss FEW months back mentioned contest cancelled because good weather Well RCM Trophy Race slopes no wind about welcome a monsoon during thermal contest contest rescheduled past fall heats points counted South Bay Soaring Society reported Jerry Arana 1979 winner Jerrys third win name goes new trophy recall Rick Walters first three-time winner original trophy retired last year Without question event pres tigious slope competition US perhaps exciting contest Bob DeMattei directed years event paragraph SBSSs newsletter Silent Flyer hint what went SBSS should install grand stands next years event Silent Flyer described heat Perhaps best race day came Jerry Arana raced against Don Kilbourne Jerry behind Kilboume three laps caught up bit fourth As lap went Jerry got little lower down hill Kilbourne stayed up high fifth lap looked like Jerry Out started shallow dive began picking up speed Halfway through fifth lap catching up Kilboume both turned same time far pylon Jerry continued dive having caught Kilbourne surprise Halfway down last leg Jerry passed him end made fast turn win race ill take two seats far pylon thank Continued page 106 e Meyer Guflmans -scale Jantar avernaus cocKpit iiuu~ * retract gear ship has fiberglass fuselage built- up wing Right cave winds inhabited numerous servoswith much space spare 30 Model Aviation eu mith box 11-pound KA-6 gets hand launched annual uumuerlau yettogether Ship ten-year-old design Jerry Nelson fiberglass construction ., r first~ Sailplane editor during E C 55 reign Aquila Urande uarl nesi KflUWfl sailplane designs early 1970 Winning Ideas FOURMOST FUEL MANIFOLD FUEL SHUT OFFSmall Fuel Fitting Set Manifold Provides ConvenientCan Used Control FuelSize 4 ID PRICE 125 Method Tank Filling Draining andFlow Starting1 Tee 2 Elbows 1 Pen Bladder Tee Priming tive Airborn Shutoff % IDPRICE 955PRICE 35O % AND 5 00STRUT FAIRINGS Comes two cOCkft23 Lengths Two Sizes % 10 geFuegS Packaged 2 Ft SizePRICE/S ze % 0PR CE 1 50 1 Tee 1 ElbowU P g PRICE 5195Ipkg2 lengths either size 225goc Made F Fo Send SASE Complete Information FUR~T 4040 24th Ave Forest Grove OR 97116 PRODUCTS Phone 503 357-2732 DEPENDABLE Friend GIL LaunchingOLD 1LAV THE NEW FIREBALL GLOW PLUGS ARE LEAKPROOF AND BLOWOUT PROOF EVEN FOR THE NEW MONSTER ENGINES BUT THEY ARE STILL THE OLD PRICE OF $1 10 dont need cell friend time WRITE NOW! get Control Line model air new remoteC5s7AlCf release SAFE LOC launcher Strong Safe Ready-togo anytimeyou arePO Box 151 STRONG Safety pull-tented et 125 lbs preseure Wayne NJ etrong enough largest CIL airplanes SAFE Has built-in lock prevent accidental release 0 IF NOTATYOUR DEALERORDER DIRECT e 495 ST CLAIR MODEL COMPONENTS P0 Box 5626 Pd USAEugene OR 97405 AEROBATIC AIRPLANES$1 00PeanutNo 7 IS SUPERB DRAWINGSIfCapt Pages BY ROBT C MORR SON 3395PLUSIICurtis XF6C-6 FTT ~-ATSCHMODERNISTIC MODELS SOit POSTAGE~ SI 00 ~ P 0 BOX 6974 ALBUQ NM 87197 Heliboy helicopters youre interested drop Walt line Hope present some modifications Kavan Jet Ranger Ray Hostetler next month See Dave Chesnev Rt 9 Box 62 LI Greensboro NC 27409 RC Soaring Pruss continued page 30 Anyone interested future events type should contact SBSSs competition chair man Brian Irvine 3379 St Marys Pt Santa Clara CA 95051 quiet aide slope flying District Columbia RC Club Allegheny County KC Club co-host annual Cumberland gettogether DCRC/ACRC Don Clark Bob Rigg Jim Dolly engineer years affair Any event has record often years continuous running worth mentioning Annually report main reason success yearly bash low-key atmos phere fact its contest above scenery good fellowship Some us flatlanders probably easy impress weve enjoying cameraderie landscape seven ten years hope lasts least ten planes Meyer Guttmans Jantar flew probably flown people quarter-scale beauty Wanichek Germany show-stopper during last summers LSF Tournament innards radio manufacturers delight Seven servos keep beauty alive Besides natural rudder elevator spoilers threefunction ship theres servo flaps two ailerons gear retraction Electronie ally coupled ailerons rudder commanded right stick however left stick overrides rudder different amounts can fed necessary Ned Smith showed up old Gerry Nelson designed KA-6 bird originally produced ten years ago slopes out California way probably about sailplane genera tion ahead its time least two similar models flying midwest logging some decent thermal duration flights itself isnt remarkable flights 11-pound sailplane wing loading 24 ounces per square foot gets few heads look up take notice all-glass ship sports NACA 6412 airfoil originally launched via ROG Smith proved 12-volt winch modest breeze bird can hand launched goes up like kite About ten years ago Dale Willoughby flew similar ship world speed record nearly 90 mph Designers ofF3B ships might find message specs So youre eager fly something different see something usually found local school yard circle date November 1 and2 1980 Theres another big two-day event sched uled no entry fee no rules no CD breathe down neck Just bring lunch Whatever-happened-t& department Carl Lorber designs got few people started game designs further kept few people competitive showed up Cumberland after few years resting Carl original editor East Coast Soaring Societys now NSS newsletter Sailplanst well Carl building board has cleared Newsletter Swap Guy Revel- Muroz Paris France edits newsletter Eale publica tion although French covers aspects RC Soaring just F3 B side newsletter usually contains airfoil data threeviews linkage sketches other drawings understandable language Guy has offered exchange newsletters idea printing some articles information taken newsletters receives sounds like worthwhile swap Have club newsletter editor send clubs newslet 106 Model Aviation Cumberlan. seems luuncnlng Hobie Hawk 30 degrees off coursejust erratic early day wind Valley direction normal slope conditions Just beautiful POWER TO START ALMOST ANYTHING youve got hard-to-start en gine airplane boat car youre working big monsters -scale youre going love big tough brother world-famous Sullivan Starter Its got torque start almost thing new Sullivan 24-Volt Starter has features original Once again Sullivan first finesta real revolutionary NOW ThERES FUELER WITh TRUE FILTER SYSTEM TOO Get double filtration perform ance Sullivan Crap Trap fuel up too Two different sized filters keep particles out tank Fueler comes complete 4 feet Sulli-Cone tubing 3 feet lesser quality tubing tubing WONT COLLAPSE defueling Only $250 GOLDN PUSH RODS / rods beat clog Pat ented splines /inner rod cut right through mess Temperature compen sated prevent elongation Good gold /7,Insist Gold-N-Rod cless included fIItkcu& PRODUCTS WARNING Modelers Fly Near Overhead Power Lines N C su DAVISYILLE ROAD OW GROVE PA 1SOU USA 215 656-NW ters Guy Revel-Muroz 14 Bd Gouvion St Cyr F75017 Paris France Guy mentioned F3 B popular type sailplane competition France other forms growing Among airtowing Semi-scale tow planes powered engines 61 90 cubic inches tow semiscale sailplanes weighing between eight 15 pounds fifth quarter scale Spans 12 16 feet towed 800 feet measured range tinder About 20 meters towline used launching ROG After release glider has fly two circuits 3000-foot triangular course Fastest time wins about 80 seconds average two circuits Now sounds like natural club project clubs varied RC interests Dan Pruss Ri 2 Box 490 Plainfielo IL 60544 RC Giant Scale/Beckman continued page 31 able get Hill Country Fliers Mammoth Scale Fly-in last August Quarter Scale Association America Fly-in Las Vegas October cant imagine relaxed yet stimulating way enjoy hobby Beautiful airplanes exciting flights people meet talk best lots new things see learn Las Vegas fortunate enough meet talk both Ron Shettler Dick Phillips Ron course Quadra man writes Mammoth Scale column Model Builder Dick does Big Beautiful RCM told would doing column reactions identicaL both expressed pleasure Model viation would expand ing coverage big birds quickly offered help way could thing certain theres going going three ofus will able cover rapid steady growth interest big airplanes shows no sign tapering off Close 200 big birds showed up Las Vegas has just tip iceberg am basically tinkerer Figuring out make something till need solve problem bag Over next few months Ill writing mostly about technical details new phase modeling taking look problems involved passing what learn about solutions Let know about problems need help solutions youve found might help someone else Ill need inputs because though Im quite capable stumbling onto problems Ill never come up solutions myself now Ill leave few pictures some projects look forward seeing pictures some yours Bob Beckman 8248 Holly Grove Ct Manas sas VA 22110 CL Scale/Gretz continued page 42 participating 1979 Nats case full-scale planes chance World Champ team 1980 Unfortunately gas shortage odd-and-even days distance New York prevented club making trip Perhaps well have chance another year models have flown local competition have taken awards club team informal nature L H OLD TIMER KITS Full Partial Kits Tyro Models-Fail Kits 20 10 32 engines 1041 Playboy Sr span $4005 Special5O3O961 1036 Turner Special 94 OP 55995 Special*$4706 4K Models--Fall Kits Cas Rubbe 1040Buzzard Bombshell 72 Span RIG orFF54295 1040Buzzard Bombahell 020 Replica 36$1295 1030Korda Wakefield 44 Span Rubber$1395 1043climber Lambs 44 Span Rubber$1395 R/R Models--Fall Kit 040 FF K/C 1041 Simplex Sealed 40 Span $2066 P 5 W Semi Kits- partial Kits- moeltine Cal 1038 Clipper MK 72 Span Plan extra $1075 1941 Playboy Jr 54 Span Plan extra 91050 1936 Buccaneer 64 Span Plan extra $1510 Strip mood Buc Stick Kit $2600 1940 Sailplane 78 Span Pose Plan loct $3410 Plans-Clipper 9450 Playboy Jr $200 Buc $450 Sailplane Wing Plan $200 Midway Model Cs Fall Kits--20 Span 1022 K/C 040 10 Sport FF & 05 Electric 1938Pomerhouse Taibi design$3506 1041Air Trails Sportster$3506 GAS POWERED FREE FLIGHT KITS & ACCESSORIES Satellite 320 4K Models 48 span 049 001 $1395 Satellite 410 4K Models 56 Span 1130 $2460 Satellite 789 4K Mokels Partial Kit 74$ $2800 Country Boy Jim Clams 47 Span $A $1005 Okie Bird Jim Clems 45 Span enginas$t0S5 B-70valkyrie Coop Models 020049$1095 RUBBER AND HAND LAUNCH GLIDER KITS FTC Too Step R/N Models Coupe Rubber Class$1256 Sweepette US Kid AME HLG Kits $280 ELECTRIC SYSTEMS AND KITS Astro 020 fully mired system 9279S[Special0S2S39] Astro 05 fully mired system $5405 Special0Si3 06] Astro Flight Prop Reduction drive 020 $1346 Astro Flight Prop Reduction drive 05 $1796 Astro Flight Rapid Charger $2000 [Special5$23061 Electra Lila Mid Night Mod 03 Span 05 $3996 Drifter Craft Air 72 Glider ElecI inst$1606 WOOD Sizes balsa Ply & Spruce stocked mcI 60 balsa strios & TB spruce Strips Shipping Handling Send $100 latest Up $t5Ot add $150 Catalogue copy $1101 $4000 add $200mill sent free $4001 $6000 add $250upon request aver $0000 add 0300an order Calif Addressees add 6% bby Horn State sales tam Sendashobby specialties5 MO. Check visa/MC oa 3069 9 COD ExactSeal Beach Ca 96790 postage Fee 898-6223 March 1980 107
Edition: Model Aviation - 1980/03
Page Numbers: 30, 106, 107
C SOARING Dan Pruss FEW months back mentioned contest cancelled because good weather Well RCM Trophy Race slopes no wind about welcome a monsoon during thermal contest contest rescheduled past fall heats points counted South Bay Soaring Society reported Jerry Arana 1979 winner Jerrys third win name goes new trophy recall Rick Walters first three-time winner original trophy retired last year Without question event pres tigious slope competition US perhaps exciting contest Bob DeMattei directed years event paragraph SBSSs newsletter Silent Flyer hint what went SBSS should install grand stands next years event Silent Flyer described heat Perhaps best race day came Jerry Arana raced against Don Kilbourne Jerry behind Kilboume three laps caught up bit fourth As lap went Jerry got little lower down hill Kilbourne stayed up high fifth lap looked like Jerry Out started shallow dive began picking up speed Halfway through fifth lap catching up Kilboume both turned same time far pylon Jerry continued dive having caught Kilbourne surprise Halfway down last leg Jerry passed him end made fast turn win race ill take two seats far pylon thank Continued page 106 e Meyer Guflmans -scale Jantar avernaus cocKpit iiuu~ * retract gear ship has fiberglass fuselage built- up wing Right cave winds inhabited numerous servoswith much space spare 30 Model Aviation eu mith box 11-pound KA-6 gets hand launched annual uumuerlau yettogether Ship ten-year-old design Jerry Nelson fiberglass construction ., r first~ Sailplane editor during E C 55 reign Aquila Urande uarl nesi KflUWfl sailplane designs early 1970 Winning Ideas FOURMOST FUEL MANIFOLD FUEL SHUT OFFSmall Fuel Fitting Set Manifold Provides ConvenientCan Used Control FuelSize 4 ID PRICE 125 Method Tank Filling Draining andFlow Starting1 Tee 2 Elbows 1 Pen Bladder Tee Priming tive Airborn Shutoff % IDPRICE 955PRICE 35O % AND 5 00STRUT FAIRINGS Comes two cOCkft23 Lengths Two Sizes % 10 geFuegS Packaged 2 Ft SizePRICE/S ze % 0PR CE 1 50 1 Tee 1 ElbowU P g PRICE 5195Ipkg2 lengths either size 225goc Made F Fo Send SASE Complete Information FUR~T 4040 24th Ave Forest Grove OR 97116 PRODUCTS Phone 503 357-2732 DEPENDABLE Friend GIL LaunchingOLD 1LAV THE NEW FIREBALL GLOW PLUGS ARE LEAKPROOF AND BLOWOUT PROOF EVEN FOR THE NEW MONSTER ENGINES BUT THEY ARE STILL THE OLD PRICE OF $1 10 dont need cell friend time WRITE NOW! get Control Line model air new remoteC5s7AlCf release SAFE LOC launcher Strong Safe Ready-togo anytimeyou arePO Box 151 STRONG Safety pull-tented et 125 lbs preseure Wayne NJ etrong enough largest CIL airplanes SAFE Has built-in lock prevent accidental release 0 IF NOTATYOUR DEALERORDER DIRECT e 495 ST CLAIR MODEL COMPONENTS P0 Box 5626 Pd USAEugene OR 97405 AEROBATIC AIRPLANES$1 00PeanutNo 7 IS SUPERB DRAWINGSIfCapt Pages BY ROBT C MORR SON 3395PLUSIICurtis XF6C-6 FTT ~-ATSCHMODERNISTIC MODELS SOit POSTAGE~ SI 00 ~ P 0 BOX 6974 ALBUQ NM 87197 Heliboy helicopters youre interested drop Walt line Hope present some modifications Kavan Jet Ranger Ray Hostetler next month See Dave Chesnev Rt 9 Box 62 LI Greensboro NC 27409 RC Soaring Pruss continued page 30 Anyone interested future events type should contact SBSSs competition chair man Brian Irvine 3379 St Marys Pt Santa Clara CA 95051 quiet aide slope flying District Columbia RC Club Allegheny County KC Club co-host annual Cumberland gettogether DCRC/ACRC Don Clark Bob Rigg Jim Dolly engineer years affair Any event has record often years continuous running worth mentioning Annually report main reason success yearly bash low-key atmos phere fact its contest above scenery good fellowship Some us flatlanders probably easy impress weve enjoying cameraderie landscape seven ten years hope lasts least ten planes Meyer Guttmans Jantar flew probably flown people quarter-scale beauty Wanichek Germany show-stopper during last summers LSF Tournament innards radio manufacturers delight Seven servos keep beauty alive Besides natural rudder elevator spoilers threefunction ship theres servo flaps two ailerons gear retraction Electronie ally coupled ailerons rudder commanded right stick however left stick overrides rudder different amounts can fed necessary Ned Smith showed up old Gerry Nelson designed KA-6 bird originally produced ten years ago slopes out California way probably about sailplane genera tion ahead its time least two similar models flying midwest logging some decent thermal duration flights itself isnt remarkable flights 11-pound sailplane wing loading 24 ounces per square foot gets few heads look up take notice all-glass ship sports NACA 6412 airfoil originally launched via ROG Smith proved 12-volt winch modest breeze bird can hand launched goes up like kite About ten years ago Dale Willoughby flew similar ship world speed record nearly 90 mph Designers ofF3B ships might find message specs So youre eager fly something different see something usually found local school yard circle date November 1 and2 1980 Theres another big two-day event sched uled no entry fee no rules no CD breathe down neck Just bring lunch Whatever-happened-t& department Carl Lorber designs got few people started game designs further kept few people competitive showed up Cumberland after few years resting Carl original editor East Coast Soaring Societys now NSS newsletter Sailplanst well Carl building board has cleared Newsletter Swap Guy Revel- Muroz Paris France edits newsletter Eale publica tion although French covers aspects RC Soaring just F3 B side newsletter usually contains airfoil data threeviews linkage sketches other drawings understandable language Guy has offered exchange newsletters idea printing some articles information taken newsletters receives sounds like worthwhile swap Have club newsletter editor send clubs newslet 106 Model Aviation Cumberlan. seems luuncnlng Hobie Hawk 30 degrees off coursejust erratic early day wind Valley direction normal slope conditions Just beautiful POWER TO START ALMOST ANYTHING youve got hard-to-start en gine airplane boat car youre working big monsters -scale youre going love big tough brother world-famous Sullivan Starter Its got torque start almost thing new Sullivan 24-Volt Starter has features original Once again Sullivan first finesta real revolutionary NOW ThERES FUELER WITh TRUE FILTER SYSTEM TOO Get double filtration perform ance Sullivan Crap Trap fuel up too Two different sized filters keep particles out tank Fueler comes complete 4 feet Sulli-Cone tubing 3 feet lesser quality tubing tubing WONT COLLAPSE defueling Only $250 GOLDN PUSH RODS / rods beat clog Pat ented splines /inner rod cut right through mess Temperature compen sated prevent elongation Good gold /7,Insist Gold-N-Rod cless included fIItkcu& PRODUCTS WARNING Modelers Fly Near Overhead Power Lines N C su DAVISYILLE ROAD OW GROVE PA 1SOU USA 215 656-NW ters Guy Revel-Muroz 14 Bd Gouvion St Cyr F75017 Paris France Guy mentioned F3 B popular type sailplane competition France other forms growing Among airtowing Semi-scale tow planes powered engines 61 90 cubic inches tow semiscale sailplanes weighing between eight 15 pounds fifth quarter scale Spans 12 16 feet towed 800 feet measured range tinder About 20 meters towline used launching ROG After release glider has fly two circuits 3000-foot triangular course Fastest time wins about 80 seconds average two circuits Now sounds like natural club project clubs varied RC interests Dan Pruss Ri 2 Box 490 Plainfielo IL 60544 RC Giant Scale/Beckman continued page 31 able get Hill Country Fliers Mammoth Scale Fly-in last August Quarter Scale Association America Fly-in Las Vegas October cant imagine relaxed yet stimulating way enjoy hobby Beautiful airplanes exciting flights people meet talk best lots new things see learn Las Vegas fortunate enough meet talk both Ron Shettler Dick Phillips Ron course Quadra man writes Mammoth Scale column Model Builder Dick does Big Beautiful RCM told would doing column reactions identicaL both expressed pleasure Model viation would expand ing coverage big birds quickly offered help way could thing certain theres going going three ofus will able cover rapid steady growth interest big airplanes shows no sign tapering off Close 200 big birds showed up Las Vegas has just tip iceberg am basically tinkerer Figuring out make something till need solve problem bag Over next few months Ill writing mostly about technical details new phase modeling taking look problems involved passing what learn about solutions Let know about problems need help solutions youve found might help someone else Ill need inputs because though Im quite capable stumbling onto problems Ill never come up solutions myself now Ill leave few pictures some projects look forward seeing pictures some yours Bob Beckman 8248 Holly Grove Ct Manas sas VA 22110 CL Scale/Gretz continued page 42 participating 1979 Nats case full-scale planes chance World Champ team 1980 Unfortunately gas shortage odd-and-even days distance New York prevented club making trip Perhaps well have chance another year models have flown local competition have taken awards club team informal nature L H OLD TIMER KITS Full Partial Kits Tyro Models-Fail Kits 20 10 32 engines 1041 Playboy Sr span $4005 Special5O3O961 1036 Turner Special 94 OP 55995 Special*$4706 4K Models--Fall Kits Cas Rubbe 1040Buzzard Bombshell 72 Span RIG orFF54295 1040Buzzard Bombahell 020 Replica 36$1295 1030Korda Wakefield 44 Span Rubber$1395 1043climber Lambs 44 Span Rubber$1395 R/R Models--Fall Kit 040 FF K/C 1041 Simplex Sealed 40 Span $2066 P 5 W Semi Kits- partial Kits- moeltine Cal 1038 Clipper MK 72 Span Plan extra $1075 1941 Playboy Jr 54 Span Plan extra 91050 1936 Buccaneer 64 Span Plan extra $1510 Strip mood Buc Stick Kit $2600 1940 Sailplane 78 Span Pose Plan loct $3410 Plans-Clipper 9450 Playboy Jr $200 Buc $450 Sailplane Wing Plan $200 Midway Model Cs Fall Kits--20 Span 1022 K/C 040 10 Sport FF & 05 Electric 1938Pomerhouse Taibi design$3506 1041Air Trails Sportster$3506 GAS POWERED FREE FLIGHT KITS & ACCESSORIES Satellite 320 4K Models 48 span 049 001 $1395 Satellite 410 4K Models 56 Span 1130 $2460 Satellite 789 4K Mokels Partial Kit 74$ $2800 Country Boy Jim Clams 47 Span $A $1005 Okie Bird Jim Clems 45 Span enginas$t0S5 B-70valkyrie Coop Models 020049$1095 RUBBER AND HAND LAUNCH GLIDER KITS FTC Too Step R/N Models Coupe Rubber Class$1256 Sweepette US Kid AME HLG Kits $280 ELECTRIC SYSTEMS AND KITS Astro 020 fully mired system 9279S[Special0S2S39] Astro 05 fully mired system $5405 Special0Si3 06] Astro Flight Prop Reduction drive 020 $1346 Astro Flight Prop Reduction drive 05 $1796 Astro Flight Rapid Charger $2000 [Special5$23061 Electra Lila Mid Night Mod 03 Span 05 $3996 Drifter Craft Air 72 Glider ElecI inst$1606 WOOD Sizes balsa Ply & Spruce stocked mcI 60 balsa strios & TB spruce Strips Shipping Handling Send $100 latest Up $t5Ot add $150 Catalogue copy $1101 $4000 add $200mill sent free $4001 $6000 add $250upon request aver $0000 add 0300an order Calif Addressees add 6% bby Horn State sales tam Sendashobby specialties5 MO. 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