Radio Control Sport Aerobatics Ron Van Putte HOW times have heard saying aint broke dont fix Thats basis comments Ive hearing about AMAs new RC frequency identification system go effect January 1988 case dont know what Im talking about check page 100 April 1987 issue Model Aviation new frequency-identification system will away virtually everything thats now use example frequency channelnumber tags will have replaced new system requires black numbers white back ground What wrong other channel numbers dont know addition red streamer printed following wording 72 MHz AIRCRAFT USE ONLY must top transmitter antenna 72 MHz band What wording supposed accomplish dont know either since red streamer used 72 MHz band aircraft operation Ill make prediction few exceptions RC pilots short term will adopt new system will competitors AMAsanctioned contests will required use system purchasers new radios get streamers channel numbers free predict everyone else will continue use channel markers streamers have already paid since have doing job just fine use Dave Browns Mix-A-Matic Fast-Matic epoxy However once Part clouds becomes stiff container get almost rock-hard Rather taking back local hobby shop demanding replacement removed top placed bottle microwave oven 20 30 seconds Presto clear runny again restored Part worked fineend problem Ive also heard about other modelers using pan hot water heat bottle accomplish same cure Editors note author Ron Van Putte fortunate heated epoxy microwave same thing happened modeler Graham Hicks didnt happen him About eight years ago Ididthesame thing set microwave oven minute turned less 30 seconds found myself unable think clearly losing balance about pass out kitchen floor hit stop button oven staggered out door fresh air became violently ill suffered excruciating head ache rest day doctor subsequently told certain types epoxies heated manner give off extremely lethal fumes like carbon monoxide give little no warning before too late John Preston reported February 1987 Safety Comes First column magazine RMcM havent used Browns epoxies may wonder us use put up occasional bottle Part gets stiff simple answer products work well use Mix-A-Matic epoxy apply glass cloth wing skins unlike competing brands sandable cured epoxy will sand powder rather gumming up sand paper way other epoxy polyester resins like Mike Harrison Hot Springs AR active competition trying get things changed thinks need changing Mike driving force behind new format Pattern Nats can take full credit over coming what people thought insur mountable obstacle accomplishing what did Hes interested phases competition including rules-making procedures Recently wrote letter AMA Executive Council RC Aerobatics Contest Board John Fuqua RC Aerobatics Contest Board member District V shared copy Mikes letter makes very provocative reading slightly-edited version letter follows As know rules cycle other year other words rules change proposal submitted requires up two years rule implemented Also primary concern passage rule both Initial Final Votes requires two-thirds majority eight three Against So heres ongoing scenario proposal after proposal well-meaning active compet itor sees need rules change So goes rule book find out go about makes up rules proposal sends After monthnothing two monthsnothing three monthsnothing fact submitted rule proposal inMay 1986 mightnotknow athing until March 1987 Real encouraging news isnt lack communication makes thing go vague discouraging finds out proposal voted out seven four Againstan overwhelming majority favor proposal dead Thats second whack head realizes will another two years before proposal can reconsidered (f resubmits iteditor possibly suffer same fate did pass time would literally four years before rule went effect time conceived Would after give second thought making another proposal agalnever Lets discuss some obstacles person faces effect rules change First people resistant change say part nature person leave things way Therefore person making proposal sees need change Second system laborious drawn out very little communication between Contest Board proposer pro poser spends almost time months limbo hardly knowing anything about status proposal Third Contest Board itself operates passive state sits around waits someone make proposal Board doesnt meet issues rarely communicates within itself Therefore nothing clarified discussed nor alternative solutions considered Fourth greatest obstacles requirement two-thirds majority vote pass proposal Actually should two-thirds majority should required defeat proposal Initial Vote clear-cut case minority rule other words proposal has vote seven four Against fails gross injustice happens time Under closer scrutiny becomes ridiculous realizes sevento-four vote 634%or practically speaking two-thirds really splitting hairs Fifth basic erroneous assumption existing rules correct immune obsolescence technological advances changing society can possible Sixth final dimension obstacles mesh together guaranteed selfperpetuating inflexibility inability evolve changing times Inflexibility lends itself extinction Just look events have suffered Recommendations first important recommendation majority rules proposal gets majority passesperiod Whenever something con trolled majority whether passing failing majority rule basic Continued page 149 44 Model Aviation AMA Commentary June1987 45 LINE METAL SPECIALISTS Iii orcatagshl Send SSan complete line WORLOS SICCEST SCALE PHOTO SERVICE500 PHOTO PACES PLANS 3 VIEWS PHOTO-PACKS PLANS ENLARGING SA5E EnIsrEIng OTEt Catalog S3OO SCALE PLANS PHOTO SERVICE 3209 MOdioo GHERHSScCO NC 27403 p5000 119191 2925239 INC CAIIECI LiTRES MILLS METALS OO0KS PRECISOON INS RUMESITS OlIPLETE COTOLOG $2 00 2 1 OlOs ITCH IW4LNisL reeu Ce 2100M Selno Rooc Spgt 12 VI 4550 flipA 322 8562 NFO CONSTRUCTION gic W S HOW TO S RERR7MOdS 5 MEgE RE UOR dOSE MO UJ%ROAM N RESEARCH] P RDsp oNe P0604 9 js*lOEEES&D5 WE Dm54 FLYING SCALE MODEL RIC PLANS Super Detail os Instruction Sheets Sandmith Plans 9163 Shadowood Dr SASE list -Monument Co 80132 NORTH AMERICAN AIRCRAFT MUSEUM GUIDE WhoWhatWhere 1987 Edition MORE $975 US Postage Paid Checks MOs Bruce/BeesOn Publishers 2428 East 56th Place Tulsa OK 74105 MACHINE SHOP SUPPLIES ING MACHINES LATHES BLUEYRIDGE S LID / MACHINERY AND LOOIs INCFor lii 0-IAviatisa POBoE53S-Y rieosEWV25529 623539 CEEIo$1D5 UHIMAT 3 FlEE idA shEW IIRO aEtar SPECIAt FREE faigJtt FREE irIs hIh Save Over 90011 previous R/C Extras ads code incorrect have written R/C Extras have received answer please try again R/C Extras RR 1 Box 28B Sgt Bluff IA 51054 PAW DIESELS Englands Finest 049 35 RIC STD Send $100 list Eric Clutton 913 Cedar Lane Tullahoma Tenn 37388 Barnstorming/Jacob Continued page 145 paper varies different brands some lighter crepe paper streamers rip unrolled flight problem can usually solved simply doubling end streamer over itself tying end string around doubled end Make towline long enough streamer clears airplane about three feet Put small loop end string engage release mechanism Thread rubberband through center rolled-up streamer roll string towline around streamer Secure streamer belly airplane slipping end rubberband over either release mechanism dowels hook other end push-wire opposite dowel Note release dowel functions hold rubberband other re leases dowel holds rubberband now used secure towline Take care tangle towline rubberband could inteffere release streamer Secure slack line between rubberband fuselage dowels differentiated such mhiiner activate release rubberband secdfed pushwire release strealber towing disengage streaiher once have done maneuvers activate release towline Its advisable hook up dowel same way time assemble release system rather letting interchangeable dont accidentally disconnect streamer airplane want just release towing Barnstorming can lot funfor spectators As pro gress will learn judge parachute drops chute lands flying field rather outside perimeter excitement Another hint bomb drops will thrill spectatorsand youif place target aim field Flying maneuvers stream er also lot fun fellow pilots flying can take streamer up very highand take turns making passes it floats down Remember fly safely chase streamer over spectators follow groundand happy barnstorming RC Aerobatics/Van Putte Continued page 44 assumption role right because exists wrong recommendation passed no other recommendations mean much Second put burden communication Contest Board people supposed leaders respective fields necessary allocate budget telephone postage etc should also meet Final Vote Third eventually streamline process Continued page 152 50L213AIpIIa 15 $4995 4 Engine 049-051 50L202Ace High MKII $3195 Span 40/4123 Channels Engine 04905150L203Whizard 50K227 4-120 $14995 U June 1987149 iovv chSt POBox511CQ Higginoville MO 64037 816 584-7121 RC Aerobatics/Van Putte Continued page 149 voted put effect same year doesnt work can eliminated following year Practically sports have annual rules changeswhy cant summary sport/hobby mem bers ones hobby now fliers across country crying change yet rules-making process makes almost impossible know about frustrations problems because have happened personally Ive spent great deal time money effort submit ruleswhich received overwhelming majority votesonly see fail Thanks Mike Youve given us lot chew Look photos column because able scrape some up last minute get very few photos modelers around country Most ones see However Id love get some pictures sport Aerobatics anybody would make job lot easier submitters get $5 per photo plus printed credit efforts Please send some good black-and-white photos negatives suggested captions good-quality color prints can converted black-and-white thats have Ill send back afterward prefer Good clear Polaroid shots also acceptable editor Ron Van Putte 111 Sleepy Oaks Rd Ft Walton Beach FL 32548 RC Scale/Wischers Continued page 47 screw crushed tube undesirable because became difficult disassemble prevent crushing soldered short length 062-diameter music wire tube end Tube length should cut will reach cowls outer surface needle set position optimum engine performance Next solder another short length music wire ottter end hex brass tube letting extend about 3/3 operation place open end hex driver over music wire tip rotate driver until engages hex tube system resistant vibration wire tip does interfere engaging hex tube positive drive needle valve Best no machining required /s 5/~ hex socket drivers will fit K&S tubing sizes adaption other needle valves attachment needle isnt quite simple cowl hole necessarily larger Maxey Hester once said Never build Scale model provision carburetor adjust ment wholehearedly subscribe axiom though needle-tweaking considered sinful can cause accidents prevents system described especially adapted four-stroke engines needle safe distance behind whirling propeller schemes control needle setting easiest use positive New album Paul Matt Keun Rust Tom Foxworth have done again another new Histori cal Aviation Album Volume 18 containing seven multi-view Scale drawings 187 photos including constructional details written historical data Aircraft depicted include Taylor E-2 Cub Taylor 1-2 Cub Piper 1-3 Cub Piper J-4E Cub Coupe Curtiss F9C-2 Sparrowhawk Curtiss B-20 Condor airliner Conqueror engines Curtiss B-2 Con dor Bomber could modeling sub jects drawings three-view additional views wherever necessary show cross sections internal construction instrument panel Sparrowhawk drawing Bergen Hardesty actually five-view showing both sides top bot tom front extra views fuselage wing sections Bergen Hardesty will remem bered Nieuport series Model Airplane News 1956 through early Sixties definitive work period earlier Historical Aviation Albums have become collectors items An often-heard lament Scale modelers collection Albums isnt complete Volume 18 will surely take its place worthy addition Scale modelers library make frequent reference issues have now built six Scale models dating back 1970 drawings found Albums price Vol 18 $1295 postpaid Historical Aviation Album PO Box 33 Temple City CA 91780 Bob Dolly Wiseher 5-22 1 Lapham Peak Rd Delafleld WI 53018 3inin MOVING COMPLETETHISFORMANDATTACH U MAILING LABEL FROM REGENT IISSUEI LET US KNOW WHERE YOU ARE IGOING IwI UN IILWG O vz0 0 zJ CJ I~ -~ I~N1 0o o inI OEII CS a0 iC6 uEoO ICJinI rinCfl I03 IU ii Cino0 xu E fft 3ua -CJ 3 i~0a aX I0•W 0 C ~2-oI ~I -EWwC ua o~a1 C0inIna ~c aaaH 3 I0E2 II aa a3 aat IE z 03 52 Model Aviation ZMA Name Street Address City StateZip
Edition: Model Aviation - 1987/06
Page Numbers: 44, 45, 149, 152
Radio Control Sport Aerobatics Ron Van Putte HOW times have heard saying aint broke dont fix Thats basis comments Ive hearing about AMAs new RC frequency identification system go effect January 1988 case dont know what Im talking about check page 100 April 1987 issue Model Aviation new frequency-identification system will away virtually everything thats now use example frequency channelnumber tags will have replaced new system requires black numbers white back ground What wrong other channel numbers dont know addition red streamer printed following wording 72 MHz AIRCRAFT USE ONLY must top transmitter antenna 72 MHz band What wording supposed accomplish dont know either since red streamer used 72 MHz band aircraft operation Ill make prediction few exceptions RC pilots short term will adopt new system will competitors AMAsanctioned contests will required use system purchasers new radios get streamers channel numbers free predict everyone else will continue use channel markers streamers have already paid since have doing job just fine use Dave Browns Mix-A-Matic Fast-Matic epoxy However once Part clouds becomes stiff container get almost rock-hard Rather taking back local hobby shop demanding replacement removed top placed bottle microwave oven 20 30 seconds Presto clear runny again restored Part worked fineend problem Ive also heard about other modelers using pan hot water heat bottle accomplish same cure Editors note author Ron Van Putte fortunate heated epoxy microwave same thing happened modeler Graham Hicks didnt happen him About eight years ago Ididthesame thing set microwave oven minute turned less 30 seconds found myself unable think clearly losing balance about pass out kitchen floor hit stop button oven staggered out door fresh air became violently ill suffered excruciating head ache rest day doctor subsequently told certain types epoxies heated manner give off extremely lethal fumes like carbon monoxide give little no warning before too late John Preston reported February 1987 Safety Comes First column magazine RMcM havent used Browns epoxies may wonder us use put up occasional bottle Part gets stiff simple answer products work well use Mix-A-Matic epoxy apply glass cloth wing skins unlike competing brands sandable cured epoxy will sand powder rather gumming up sand paper way other epoxy polyester resins like Mike Harrison Hot Springs AR active competition trying get things changed thinks need changing Mike driving force behind new format Pattern Nats can take full credit over coming what people thought insur mountable obstacle accomplishing what did Hes interested phases competition including rules-making procedures Recently wrote letter AMA Executive Council RC Aerobatics Contest Board John Fuqua RC Aerobatics Contest Board member District V shared copy Mikes letter makes very provocative reading slightly-edited version letter follows As know rules cycle other year other words rules change proposal submitted requires up two years rule implemented Also primary concern passage rule both Initial Final Votes requires two-thirds majority eight three Against So heres ongoing scenario proposal after proposal well-meaning active compet itor sees need rules change So goes rule book find out go about makes up rules proposal sends After monthnothing two monthsnothing three monthsnothing fact submitted rule proposal inMay 1986 mightnotknow athing until March 1987 Real encouraging news isnt lack communication makes thing go vague discouraging finds out proposal voted out seven four Againstan overwhelming majority favor proposal dead Thats second whack head realizes will another two years before proposal can reconsidered (f resubmits iteditor possibly suffer same fate did pass time would literally four years before rule went effect time conceived Would after give second thought making another proposal agalnever Lets discuss some obstacles person faces effect rules change First people resistant change say part nature person leave things way Therefore person making proposal sees need change Second system laborious drawn out very little communication between Contest Board proposer pro poser spends almost time months limbo hardly knowing anything about status proposal Third Contest Board itself operates passive state sits around waits someone make proposal Board doesnt meet issues rarely communicates within itself Therefore nothing clarified discussed nor alternative solutions considered Fourth greatest obstacles requirement two-thirds majority vote pass proposal Actually should two-thirds majority should required defeat proposal Initial Vote clear-cut case minority rule other words proposal has vote seven four Against fails gross injustice happens time Under closer scrutiny becomes ridiculous realizes sevento-four vote 634%or practically speaking two-thirds really splitting hairs Fifth basic erroneous assumption existing rules correct immune obsolescence technological advances changing society can possible Sixth final dimension obstacles mesh together guaranteed selfperpetuating inflexibility inability evolve changing times Inflexibility lends itself extinction Just look events have suffered Recommendations first important recommendation majority rules proposal gets majority passesperiod Whenever something con trolled majority whether passing failing majority rule basic Continued page 149 44 Model Aviation AMA Commentary June1987 45 LINE METAL SPECIALISTS Iii orcatagshl Send SSan complete line WORLOS SICCEST SCALE PHOTO SERVICE500 PHOTO PACES PLANS 3 VIEWS PHOTO-PACKS PLANS ENLARGING SA5E EnIsrEIng OTEt Catalog S3OO SCALE PLANS PHOTO SERVICE 3209 MOdioo GHERHSScCO NC 27403 p5000 119191 2925239 INC CAIIECI LiTRES MILLS METALS OO0KS PRECISOON INS RUMESITS OlIPLETE COTOLOG $2 00 2 1 OlOs ITCH IW4LNisL reeu Ce 2100M Selno Rooc Spgt 12 VI 4550 flipA 322 8562 NFO CONSTRUCTION gic W S HOW TO S RERR7MOdS 5 MEgE RE UOR dOSE MO UJ%ROAM N RESEARCH] P RDsp oNe P0604 9 js*lOEEES&D5 WE Dm54 FLYING SCALE MODEL RIC PLANS Super Detail os Instruction Sheets Sandmith Plans 9163 Shadowood Dr SASE list -Monument Co 80132 NORTH AMERICAN AIRCRAFT MUSEUM GUIDE WhoWhatWhere 1987 Edition MORE $975 US Postage Paid Checks MOs Bruce/BeesOn Publishers 2428 East 56th Place Tulsa OK 74105 MACHINE SHOP SUPPLIES ING MACHINES LATHES BLUEYRIDGE S LID / MACHINERY AND LOOIs INCFor lii 0-IAviatisa POBoE53S-Y rieosEWV25529 623539 CEEIo$1D5 UHIMAT 3 FlEE idA shEW IIRO aEtar SPECIAt FREE faigJtt FREE irIs hIh Save Over 90011 previous R/C Extras ads code incorrect have written R/C Extras have received answer please try again R/C Extras RR 1 Box 28B Sgt Bluff IA 51054 PAW DIESELS Englands Finest 049 35 RIC STD Send $100 list Eric Clutton 913 Cedar Lane Tullahoma Tenn 37388 Barnstorming/Jacob Continued page 145 paper varies different brands some lighter crepe paper streamers rip unrolled flight problem can usually solved simply doubling end streamer over itself tying end string around doubled end Make towline long enough streamer clears airplane about three feet Put small loop end string engage release mechanism Thread rubberband through center rolled-up streamer roll string towline around streamer Secure streamer belly airplane slipping end rubberband over either release mechanism dowels hook other end push-wire opposite dowel Note release dowel functions hold rubberband other re leases dowel holds rubberband now used secure towline Take care tangle towline rubberband could inteffere release streamer Secure slack line between rubberband fuselage dowels differentiated such mhiiner activate release rubberband secdfed pushwire release strealber towing disengage streaiher once have done maneuvers activate release towline Its advisable hook up dowel same way time assemble release system rather letting interchangeable dont accidentally disconnect streamer airplane want just release towing Barnstorming can lot funfor spectators As pro gress will learn judge parachute drops chute lands flying field rather outside perimeter excitement Another hint bomb drops will thrill spectatorsand youif place target aim field Flying maneuvers stream er also lot fun fellow pilots flying can take streamer up very highand take turns making passes it floats down Remember fly safely chase streamer over spectators follow groundand happy barnstorming RC Aerobatics/Van Putte Continued page 44 assumption role right because exists wrong recommendation passed no other recommendations mean much Second put burden communication Contest Board people supposed leaders respective fields necessary allocate budget telephone postage etc should also meet Final Vote Third eventually streamline process Continued page 152 50L213AIpIIa 15 $4995 4 Engine 049-051 50L202Ace High MKII $3195 Span 40/4123 Channels Engine 04905150L203Whizard 50K227 4-120 $14995 U June 1987149 iovv chSt POBox511CQ Higginoville MO 64037 816 584-7121 RC Aerobatics/Van Putte Continued page 149 voted put effect same year doesnt work can eliminated following year Practically sports have annual rules changeswhy cant summary sport/hobby mem bers ones hobby now fliers across country crying change yet rules-making process makes almost impossible know about frustrations problems because have happened personally Ive spent great deal time money effort submit ruleswhich received overwhelming majority votesonly see fail Thanks Mike Youve given us lot chew Look photos column because able scrape some up last minute get very few photos modelers around country Most ones see However Id love get some pictures sport Aerobatics anybody would make job lot easier submitters get $5 per photo plus printed credit efforts Please send some good black-and-white photos negatives suggested captions good-quality color prints can converted black-and-white thats have Ill send back afterward prefer Good clear Polaroid shots also acceptable editor Ron Van Putte 111 Sleepy Oaks Rd Ft Walton Beach FL 32548 RC Scale/Wischers Continued page 47 screw crushed tube undesirable because became difficult disassemble prevent crushing soldered short length 062-diameter music wire tube end Tube length should cut will reach cowls outer surface needle set position optimum engine performance Next solder another short length music wire ottter end hex brass tube letting extend about 3/3 operation place open end hex driver over music wire tip rotate driver until engages hex tube system resistant vibration wire tip does interfere engaging hex tube positive drive needle valve Best no machining required /s 5/~ hex socket drivers will fit K&S tubing sizes adaption other needle valves attachment needle isnt quite simple cowl hole necessarily larger Maxey Hester once said Never build Scale model provision carburetor adjust ment wholehearedly subscribe axiom though needle-tweaking considered sinful can cause accidents prevents system described especially adapted four-stroke engines needle safe distance behind whirling propeller schemes control needle setting easiest use positive New album Paul Matt Keun Rust Tom Foxworth have done again another new Histori cal Aviation Album Volume 18 containing seven multi-view Scale drawings 187 photos including constructional details written historical data Aircraft depicted include Taylor E-2 Cub Taylor 1-2 Cub Piper 1-3 Cub Piper J-4E Cub Coupe Curtiss F9C-2 Sparrowhawk Curtiss B-20 Condor airliner Conqueror engines Curtiss B-2 Con dor Bomber could modeling sub jects drawings three-view additional views wherever necessary show cross sections internal construction instrument panel Sparrowhawk drawing Bergen Hardesty actually five-view showing both sides top bot tom front extra views fuselage wing sections Bergen Hardesty will remem bered Nieuport series Model Airplane News 1956 through early Sixties definitive work period earlier Historical Aviation Albums have become collectors items An often-heard lament Scale modelers collection Albums isnt complete Volume 18 will surely take its place worthy addition Scale modelers library make frequent reference issues have now built six Scale models dating back 1970 drawings found Albums price Vol 18 $1295 postpaid Historical Aviation Album PO Box 33 Temple City CA 91780 Bob Dolly Wiseher 5-22 1 Lapham Peak Rd Delafleld WI 53018 3inin MOVING COMPLETETHISFORMANDATTACH U MAILING LABEL FROM REGENT IISSUEI LET US KNOW WHERE YOU ARE IGOING IwI UN IILWG O vz0 0 zJ CJ I~ -~ I~N1 0o o inI OEII CS a0 iC6 uEoO ICJinI rinCfl I03 IU ii Cino0 xu E fft 3ua -CJ 3 i~0a aX I0•W 0 C ~2-oI ~I -EWwC ua o~a1 C0inIna ~c aaaH 3 I0E2 II aa a3 aat IE z 03 52 Model Aviation ZMA Name Street Address City StateZip
Edition: Model Aviation - 1987/06
Page Numbers: 44, 45, 149, 152
Radio Control Sport Aerobatics Ron Van Putte HOW times have heard saying aint broke dont fix Thats basis comments Ive hearing about AMAs new RC frequency identification system go effect January 1988 case dont know what Im talking about check page 100 April 1987 issue Model Aviation new frequency-identification system will away virtually everything thats now use example frequency channelnumber tags will have replaced new system requires black numbers white back ground What wrong other channel numbers dont know addition red streamer printed following wording 72 MHz AIRCRAFT USE ONLY must top transmitter antenna 72 MHz band What wording supposed accomplish dont know either since red streamer used 72 MHz band aircraft operation Ill make prediction few exceptions RC pilots short term will adopt new system will competitors AMAsanctioned contests will required use system purchasers new radios get streamers channel numbers free predict everyone else will continue use channel markers streamers have already paid since have doing job just fine use Dave Browns Mix-A-Matic Fast-Matic epoxy However once Part clouds becomes stiff container get almost rock-hard Rather taking back local hobby shop demanding replacement removed top placed bottle microwave oven 20 30 seconds Presto clear runny again restored Part worked fineend problem Ive also heard about other modelers using pan hot water heat bottle accomplish same cure Editors note author Ron Van Putte fortunate heated epoxy microwave same thing happened modeler Graham Hicks didnt happen him About eight years ago Ididthesame thing set microwave oven minute turned less 30 seconds found myself unable think clearly losing balance about pass out kitchen floor hit stop button oven staggered out door fresh air became violently ill suffered excruciating head ache rest day doctor subsequently told certain types epoxies heated manner give off extremely lethal fumes like carbon monoxide give little no warning before too late John Preston reported February 1987 Safety Comes First column magazine RMcM havent used Browns epoxies may wonder us use put up occasional bottle Part gets stiff simple answer products work well use Mix-A-Matic epoxy apply glass cloth wing skins unlike competing brands sandable cured epoxy will sand powder rather gumming up sand paper way other epoxy polyester resins like Mike Harrison Hot Springs AR active competition trying get things changed thinks need changing Mike driving force behind new format Pattern Nats can take full credit over coming what people thought insur mountable obstacle accomplishing what did Hes interested phases competition including rules-making procedures Recently wrote letter AMA Executive Council RC Aerobatics Contest Board John Fuqua RC Aerobatics Contest Board member District V shared copy Mikes letter makes very provocative reading slightly-edited version letter follows As know rules cycle other year other words rules change proposal submitted requires up two years rule implemented Also primary concern passage rule both Initial Final Votes requires two-thirds majority eight three Against So heres ongoing scenario proposal after proposal well-meaning active compet itor sees need rules change So goes rule book find out go about makes up rules proposal sends After monthnothing two monthsnothing three monthsnothing fact submitted rule proposal inMay 1986 mightnotknow athing until March 1987 Real encouraging news isnt lack communication makes thing go vague discouraging finds out proposal voted out seven four Againstan overwhelming majority favor proposal dead Thats second whack head realizes will another two years before proposal can reconsidered (f resubmits iteditor possibly suffer same fate did pass time would literally four years before rule went effect time conceived Would after give second thought making another proposal agalnever Lets discuss some obstacles person faces effect rules change First people resistant change say part nature person leave things way Therefore person making proposal sees need change Second system laborious drawn out very little communication between Contest Board proposer pro poser spends almost time months limbo hardly knowing anything about status proposal Third Contest Board itself operates passive state sits around waits someone make proposal Board doesnt meet issues rarely communicates within itself Therefore nothing clarified discussed nor alternative solutions considered Fourth greatest obstacles requirement two-thirds majority vote pass proposal Actually should two-thirds majority should required defeat proposal Initial Vote clear-cut case minority rule other words proposal has vote seven four Against fails gross injustice happens time Under closer scrutiny becomes ridiculous realizes sevento-four vote 634%or practically speaking two-thirds really splitting hairs Fifth basic erroneous assumption existing rules correct immune obsolescence technological advances changing society can possible Sixth final dimension obstacles mesh together guaranteed selfperpetuating inflexibility inability evolve changing times Inflexibility lends itself extinction Just look events have suffered Recommendations first important recommendation majority rules proposal gets majority passesperiod Whenever something con trolled majority whether passing failing majority rule basic Continued page 149 44 Model Aviation AMA Commentary June1987 45 LINE METAL SPECIALISTS Iii orcatagshl Send SSan complete line WORLOS SICCEST SCALE PHOTO SERVICE500 PHOTO PACES PLANS 3 VIEWS PHOTO-PACKS PLANS ENLARGING SA5E EnIsrEIng OTEt Catalog S3OO SCALE PLANS PHOTO SERVICE 3209 MOdioo GHERHSScCO NC 27403 p5000 119191 2925239 INC CAIIECI LiTRES MILLS METALS OO0KS PRECISOON INS RUMESITS OlIPLETE COTOLOG $2 00 2 1 OlOs ITCH IW4LNisL reeu Ce 2100M Selno Rooc Spgt 12 VI 4550 flipA 322 8562 NFO CONSTRUCTION gic W S HOW TO S RERR7MOdS 5 MEgE RE UOR dOSE MO UJ%ROAM N RESEARCH] P RDsp oNe P0604 9 js*lOEEES&D5 WE Dm54 FLYING SCALE MODEL RIC PLANS Super Detail os Instruction Sheets Sandmith Plans 9163 Shadowood Dr SASE list -Monument Co 80132 NORTH AMERICAN AIRCRAFT MUSEUM GUIDE WhoWhatWhere 1987 Edition MORE $975 US Postage Paid Checks MOs Bruce/BeesOn Publishers 2428 East 56th Place Tulsa OK 74105 MACHINE SHOP SUPPLIES ING MACHINES LATHES BLUEYRIDGE S LID / MACHINERY AND LOOIs INCFor lii 0-IAviatisa POBoE53S-Y rieosEWV25529 623539 CEEIo$1D5 UHIMAT 3 FlEE idA shEW IIRO aEtar SPECIAt FREE faigJtt FREE irIs hIh Save Over 90011 previous R/C Extras ads code incorrect have written R/C Extras have received answer please try again R/C Extras RR 1 Box 28B Sgt Bluff IA 51054 PAW DIESELS Englands Finest 049 35 RIC STD Send $100 list Eric Clutton 913 Cedar Lane Tullahoma Tenn 37388 Barnstorming/Jacob Continued page 145 paper varies different brands some lighter crepe paper streamers rip unrolled flight problem can usually solved simply doubling end streamer over itself tying end string around doubled end Make towline long enough streamer clears airplane about three feet Put small loop end string engage release mechanism Thread rubberband through center rolled-up streamer roll string towline around streamer Secure streamer belly airplane slipping end rubberband over either release mechanism dowels hook other end push-wire opposite dowel Note release dowel functions hold rubberband other re leases dowel holds rubberband now used secure towline Take care tangle towline rubberband could inteffere release streamer Secure slack line between rubberband fuselage dowels differentiated such mhiiner activate release rubberband secdfed pushwire release strealber towing disengage streaiher once have done maneuvers activate release towline Its advisable hook up dowel same way time assemble release system rather letting interchangeable dont accidentally disconnect streamer airplane want just release towing Barnstorming can lot funfor spectators As pro gress will learn judge parachute drops chute lands flying field rather outside perimeter excitement Another hint bomb drops will thrill spectatorsand youif place target aim field Flying maneuvers stream er also lot fun fellow pilots flying can take streamer up very highand take turns making passes it floats down Remember fly safely chase streamer over spectators follow groundand happy barnstorming RC Aerobatics/Van Putte Continued page 44 assumption role right because exists wrong recommendation passed no other recommendations mean much Second put burden communication Contest Board people supposed leaders respective fields necessary allocate budget telephone postage etc should also meet Final Vote Third eventually streamline process Continued page 152 50L213AIpIIa 15 $4995 4 Engine 049-051 50L202Ace High MKII $3195 Span 40/4123 Channels Engine 04905150L203Whizard 50K227 4-120 $14995 U June 1987149 iovv chSt POBox511CQ Higginoville MO 64037 816 584-7121 RC Aerobatics/Van Putte Continued page 149 voted put effect same year doesnt work can eliminated following year Practically sports have annual rules changeswhy cant summary sport/hobby mem bers ones hobby now fliers across country crying change yet rules-making process makes almost impossible know about frustrations problems because have happened personally Ive spent great deal time money effort submit ruleswhich received overwhelming majority votesonly see fail Thanks Mike Youve given us lot chew Look photos column because able scrape some up last minute get very few photos modelers around country Most ones see However Id love get some pictures sport Aerobatics anybody would make job lot easier submitters get $5 per photo plus printed credit efforts Please send some good black-and-white photos negatives suggested captions good-quality color prints can converted black-and-white thats have Ill send back afterward prefer Good clear Polaroid shots also acceptable editor Ron Van Putte 111 Sleepy Oaks Rd Ft Walton Beach FL 32548 RC Scale/Wischers Continued page 47 screw crushed tube undesirable because became difficult disassemble prevent crushing soldered short length 062-diameter music wire tube end Tube length should cut will reach cowls outer surface needle set position optimum engine performance Next solder another short length music wire ottter end hex brass tube letting extend about 3/3 operation place open end hex driver over music wire tip rotate driver until engages hex tube system resistant vibration wire tip does interfere engaging hex tube positive drive needle valve Best no machining required /s 5/~ hex socket drivers will fit K&S tubing sizes adaption other needle valves attachment needle isnt quite simple cowl hole necessarily larger Maxey Hester once said Never build Scale model provision carburetor adjust ment wholehearedly subscribe axiom though needle-tweaking considered sinful can cause accidents prevents system described especially adapted four-stroke engines needle safe distance behind whirling propeller schemes control needle setting easiest use positive New album Paul Matt Keun Rust Tom Foxworth have done again another new Histori cal Aviation Album Volume 18 containing seven multi-view Scale drawings 187 photos including constructional details written historical data Aircraft depicted include Taylor E-2 Cub Taylor 1-2 Cub Piper 1-3 Cub Piper J-4E Cub Coupe Curtiss F9C-2 Sparrowhawk Curtiss B-20 Condor airliner Conqueror engines Curtiss B-2 Con dor Bomber could modeling sub jects drawings three-view additional views wherever necessary show cross sections internal construction instrument panel Sparrowhawk drawing Bergen Hardesty actually five-view showing both sides top bot tom front extra views fuselage wing sections Bergen Hardesty will remem bered Nieuport series Model Airplane News 1956 through early Sixties definitive work period earlier Historical Aviation Albums have become collectors items An often-heard lament Scale modelers collection Albums isnt complete Volume 18 will surely take its place worthy addition Scale modelers library make frequent reference issues have now built six Scale models dating back 1970 drawings found Albums price Vol 18 $1295 postpaid Historical Aviation Album PO Box 33 Temple City CA 91780 Bob Dolly Wiseher 5-22 1 Lapham Peak Rd Delafleld WI 53018 3inin MOVING COMPLETETHISFORMANDATTACH U MAILING LABEL FROM REGENT IISSUEI LET US KNOW WHERE YOU ARE IGOING IwI UN IILWG O vz0 0 zJ CJ I~ -~ I~N1 0o o inI OEII CS a0 iC6 uEoO ICJinI rinCfl I03 IU ii Cino0 xu E fft 3ua -CJ 3 i~0a aX I0•W 0 C ~2-oI ~I -EWwC ua o~a1 C0inIna ~c aaaH 3 I0E2 II aa a3 aat IE z 03 52 Model Aviation ZMA Name Street Address City StateZip
Edition: Model Aviation - 1987/06
Page Numbers: 44, 45, 149, 152
Radio Control Sport Aerobatics Ron Van Putte HOW times have heard saying aint broke dont fix Thats basis comments Ive hearing about AMAs new RC frequency identification system go effect January 1988 case dont know what Im talking about check page 100 April 1987 issue Model Aviation new frequency-identification system will away virtually everything thats now use example frequency channelnumber tags will have replaced new system requires black numbers white back ground What wrong other channel numbers dont know addition red streamer printed following wording 72 MHz AIRCRAFT USE ONLY must top transmitter antenna 72 MHz band What wording supposed accomplish dont know either since red streamer used 72 MHz band aircraft operation Ill make prediction few exceptions RC pilots short term will adopt new system will competitors AMAsanctioned contests will required use system purchasers new radios get streamers channel numbers free predict everyone else will continue use channel markers streamers have already paid since have doing job just fine use Dave Browns Mix-A-Matic Fast-Matic epoxy However once Part clouds becomes stiff container get almost rock-hard Rather taking back local hobby shop demanding replacement removed top placed bottle microwave oven 20 30 seconds Presto clear runny again restored Part worked fineend problem Ive also heard about other modelers using pan hot water heat bottle accomplish same cure Editors note author Ron Van Putte fortunate heated epoxy microwave same thing happened modeler Graham Hicks didnt happen him About eight years ago Ididthesame thing set microwave oven minute turned less 30 seconds found myself unable think clearly losing balance about pass out kitchen floor hit stop button oven staggered out door fresh air became violently ill suffered excruciating head ache rest day doctor subsequently told certain types epoxies heated manner give off extremely lethal fumes like carbon monoxide give little no warning before too late John Preston reported February 1987 Safety Comes First column magazine RMcM havent used Browns epoxies may wonder us use put up occasional bottle Part gets stiff simple answer products work well use Mix-A-Matic epoxy apply glass cloth wing skins unlike competing brands sandable cured epoxy will sand powder rather gumming up sand paper way other epoxy polyester resins like Mike Harrison Hot Springs AR active competition trying get things changed thinks need changing Mike driving force behind new format Pattern Nats can take full credit over coming what people thought insur mountable obstacle accomplishing what did Hes interested phases competition including rules-making procedures Recently wrote letter AMA Executive Council RC Aerobatics Contest Board John Fuqua RC Aerobatics Contest Board member District V shared copy Mikes letter makes very provocative reading slightly-edited version letter follows As know rules cycle other year other words rules change proposal submitted requires up two years rule implemented Also primary concern passage rule both Initial Final Votes requires two-thirds majority eight three Against So heres ongoing scenario proposal after proposal well-meaning active compet itor sees need rules change So goes rule book find out go about makes up rules proposal sends After monthnothing two monthsnothing three monthsnothing fact submitted rule proposal inMay 1986 mightnotknow athing until March 1987 Real encouraging news isnt lack communication makes thing go vague discouraging finds out proposal voted out seven four Againstan overwhelming majority favor proposal dead Thats second whack head realizes will another two years before proposal can reconsidered (f resubmits iteditor possibly suffer same fate did pass time would literally four years before rule went effect time conceived Would after give second thought making another proposal agalnever Lets discuss some obstacles person faces effect rules change First people resistant change say part nature person leave things way Therefore person making proposal sees need change Second system laborious drawn out very little communication between Contest Board proposer pro poser spends almost time months limbo hardly knowing anything about status proposal Third Contest Board itself operates passive state sits around waits someone make proposal Board doesnt meet issues rarely communicates within itself Therefore nothing clarified discussed nor alternative solutions considered Fourth greatest obstacles requirement two-thirds majority vote pass proposal Actually should two-thirds majority should required defeat proposal Initial Vote clear-cut case minority rule other words proposal has vote seven four Against fails gross injustice happens time Under closer scrutiny becomes ridiculous realizes sevento-four vote 634%or practically speaking two-thirds really splitting hairs Fifth basic erroneous assumption existing rules correct immune obsolescence technological advances changing society can possible Sixth final dimension obstacles mesh together guaranteed selfperpetuating inflexibility inability evolve changing times Inflexibility lends itself extinction Just look events have suffered Recommendations first important recommendation majority rules proposal gets majority passesperiod Whenever something con trolled majority whether passing failing majority rule basic Continued page 149 44 Model Aviation AMA Commentary June1987 45 LINE METAL SPECIALISTS Iii orcatagshl Send SSan complete line WORLOS SICCEST SCALE PHOTO SERVICE500 PHOTO PACES PLANS 3 VIEWS PHOTO-PACKS PLANS ENLARGING SA5E EnIsrEIng OTEt Catalog S3OO SCALE PLANS PHOTO SERVICE 3209 MOdioo GHERHSScCO NC 27403 p5000 119191 2925239 INC CAIIECI LiTRES MILLS METALS OO0KS PRECISOON INS RUMESITS OlIPLETE COTOLOG $2 00 2 1 OlOs ITCH IW4LNisL reeu Ce 2100M Selno Rooc Spgt 12 VI 4550 flipA 322 8562 NFO CONSTRUCTION gic W S HOW TO S RERR7MOdS 5 MEgE RE UOR dOSE MO UJ%ROAM N RESEARCH] P RDsp oNe P0604 9 js*lOEEES&D5 WE Dm54 FLYING SCALE MODEL RIC PLANS Super Detail os Instruction Sheets Sandmith Plans 9163 Shadowood Dr SASE list -Monument Co 80132 NORTH AMERICAN AIRCRAFT MUSEUM GUIDE WhoWhatWhere 1987 Edition MORE $975 US Postage Paid Checks MOs Bruce/BeesOn Publishers 2428 East 56th Place Tulsa OK 74105 MACHINE SHOP SUPPLIES ING MACHINES LATHES BLUEYRIDGE S LID / MACHINERY AND LOOIs INCFor lii 0-IAviatisa POBoE53S-Y rieosEWV25529 623539 CEEIo$1D5 UHIMAT 3 FlEE idA shEW IIRO aEtar SPECIAt FREE faigJtt FREE irIs hIh Save Over 90011 previous R/C Extras ads code incorrect have written R/C Extras have received answer please try again R/C Extras RR 1 Box 28B Sgt Bluff IA 51054 PAW DIESELS Englands Finest 049 35 RIC STD Send $100 list Eric Clutton 913 Cedar Lane Tullahoma Tenn 37388 Barnstorming/Jacob Continued page 145 paper varies different brands some lighter crepe paper streamers rip unrolled flight problem can usually solved simply doubling end streamer over itself tying end string around doubled end Make towline long enough streamer clears airplane about three feet Put small loop end string engage release mechanism Thread rubberband through center rolled-up streamer roll string towline around streamer Secure streamer belly airplane slipping end rubberband over either release mechanism dowels hook other end push-wire opposite dowel Note release dowel functions hold rubberband other re leases dowel holds rubberband now used secure towline Take care tangle towline rubberband could inteffere release streamer Secure slack line between rubberband fuselage dowels differentiated such mhiiner activate release rubberband secdfed pushwire release strealber towing disengage streaiher once have done maneuvers activate release towline Its advisable hook up dowel same way time assemble release system rather letting interchangeable dont accidentally disconnect streamer airplane want just release towing Barnstorming can lot funfor spectators As pro gress will learn judge parachute drops chute lands flying field rather outside perimeter excitement Another hint bomb drops will thrill spectatorsand youif place target aim field Flying maneuvers stream er also lot fun fellow pilots flying can take streamer up very highand take turns making passes it floats down Remember fly safely chase streamer over spectators follow groundand happy barnstorming RC Aerobatics/Van Putte Continued page 44 assumption role right because exists wrong recommendation passed no other recommendations mean much Second put burden communication Contest Board people supposed leaders respective fields necessary allocate budget telephone postage etc should also meet Final Vote Third eventually streamline process Continued page 152 50L213AIpIIa 15 $4995 4 Engine 049-051 50L202Ace High MKII $3195 Span 40/4123 Channels Engine 04905150L203Whizard 50K227 4-120 $14995 U June 1987149 iovv chSt POBox511CQ Higginoville MO 64037 816 584-7121 RC Aerobatics/Van Putte Continued page 149 voted put effect same year doesnt work can eliminated following year Practically sports have annual rules changeswhy cant summary sport/hobby mem bers ones hobby now fliers across country crying change yet rules-making process makes almost impossible know about frustrations problems because have happened personally Ive spent great deal time money effort submit ruleswhich received overwhelming majority votesonly see fail Thanks Mike Youve given us lot chew Look photos column because able scrape some up last minute get very few photos modelers around country Most ones see However Id love get some pictures sport Aerobatics anybody would make job lot easier submitters get $5 per photo plus printed credit efforts Please send some good black-and-white photos negatives suggested captions good-quality color prints can converted black-and-white thats have Ill send back afterward prefer Good clear Polaroid shots also acceptable editor Ron Van Putte 111 Sleepy Oaks Rd Ft Walton Beach FL 32548 RC Scale/Wischers Continued page 47 screw crushed tube undesirable because became difficult disassemble prevent crushing soldered short length 062-diameter music wire tube end Tube length should cut will reach cowls outer surface needle set position optimum engine performance Next solder another short length music wire ottter end hex brass tube letting extend about 3/3 operation place open end hex driver over music wire tip rotate driver until engages hex tube system resistant vibration wire tip does interfere engaging hex tube positive drive needle valve Best no machining required /s 5/~ hex socket drivers will fit K&S tubing sizes adaption other needle valves attachment needle isnt quite simple cowl hole necessarily larger Maxey Hester once said Never build Scale model provision carburetor adjust ment wholehearedly subscribe axiom though needle-tweaking considered sinful can cause accidents prevents system described especially adapted four-stroke engines needle safe distance behind whirling propeller schemes control needle setting easiest use positive New album Paul Matt Keun Rust Tom Foxworth have done again another new Histori cal Aviation Album Volume 18 containing seven multi-view Scale drawings 187 photos including constructional details written historical data Aircraft depicted include Taylor E-2 Cub Taylor 1-2 Cub Piper 1-3 Cub Piper J-4E Cub Coupe Curtiss F9C-2 Sparrowhawk Curtiss B-20 Condor airliner Conqueror engines Curtiss B-2 Con dor Bomber could modeling sub jects drawings three-view additional views wherever necessary show cross sections internal construction instrument panel Sparrowhawk drawing Bergen Hardesty actually five-view showing both sides top bot tom front extra views fuselage wing sections Bergen Hardesty will remem bered Nieuport series Model Airplane News 1956 through early Sixties definitive work period earlier Historical Aviation Albums have become collectors items An often-heard lament Scale modelers collection Albums isnt complete Volume 18 will surely take its place 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