Radio Control SPORT AEROBA TICS Ron Van Putte DO YOU KNOW what mail avalanche is9 Thats offer send article sche matic servo tester people send SASE wait go Out cheek mail During eight weeks since offer appeared column have received 200 requests servo tester article sche matic Thats requests received article appeared originally keep send ing SASEs Ill keep sending out information youre sending things about cluding few good black white pictures can used column Along request servo tester infor mation Eric Schaumann asked infor mation Flat Top Stormer As put Can expect details hot dogging Stormer mentioned January issue enjoy Sport Scale usually keep plane inter esting fly several years Ive flown Little Stik Max 40 plane has unlimited vertical performance does satisfy desires Outside snaps inverted spins knife edge flight possible could due rigging aircraft likely abili ties Maybe Stormer will better way bore holes sky Chances current RC fliers have never heard Stormer its deriva tive Flat Top Stormer remember cor rectly designed Doug Spreng late Fifties very early Sixties saw first Flat Top Stormer 1962 Unfortunately dont re member article published whenif indeedit published Can help out Please send information tome article and/or plans available address listed end column Another request servo tester information also contained useful suggestion Duain Rothman Bethpage NY wrote read some back issues Model Aviation found upsetting surprising comment about different clubs treat outsiders upon visiting RC club field Well Ive thought way unite outsiders club members way hold fun-fly events between two different clubs Understandably club members dont like outsiders invade so-called territory flying unless plan joining club Actually hobby/sport enjoyed share information getting two clubs fly together could mean break ice unified relationship between clubs Good idea club doesnt treat outsiders 52 Model Aviation RC Aerobatics World Championshipsi 972 Heres shot contestants hangar some worlds top models view Things have changed too much intervening 10 years Indiantown Gapabout 1957 Yes Pattern planes erain foreground Rudder Bug probably Smog Hog behind once premier fly-in East Coast RCers Indiantown Gap lies midway between Baltimore MD York PA Paul Burke fires up original-design Pattern ship DCRC field photo taken about 1960 Look size 12-channel reed transmitters Pauls Kraft Note club members have diverse intereststhats Hand Launched Glider bottom picture apathy hostility might surprised visit strange flying field because clubs Multi-club fun-fly events great way break ice other fliers have good time too club Eglin Aero Modellers hosts least two fun-flies annually al ways invite local clubs participate Weve hosting St Valentines Day Massacre Turkey Bird Fun Fly about 10 years now will probably continue host long time come Try As get older begin either forget things remember wrong February 1983 column asked people remembered Bonner Digimite retailed $800 Shortly after column appeared Gerry Reinhard Brillion WI wrote must correct errorthe Bonner Digimite eight-channel never retailed $800 list-priced $615 owned original pilot run first propo really work Thirty-two oz air borne didnt help Well dug some old 1965 magazines hes right What remembering eight channels Bonner Digimite did work well too watched 1965 Nats Champion AMA President later Cliff Weirick win Class III Expert event 1966 Wright Brothers Mem orial Contest Dayton OH using Bonner Digi mite flying against pilots mostly used old reed eight- 10- 12-channel sets newcomers took two channels control function no airbome trim unless used two channels control servo achieve 12-channel set could give elevator elevator trim aileron aileron trim rudder throttle control took six big ser vos Well thats enough nostalgia Thank goodness todays radios bundle club newsletters AMA sends extracted gem newsletter Flying Forks Lancaster OH ex tracted Flypaper newsletter Milwaukee Flying Electrons Inc Anyway goes follows 'Milwaukees MonoKote Man Sterka President Electrons has revealed another tips producing show-type quality MonoKote finishes model aircraft demonstration before Rainbow Aero Modelers Society showed use Glass Plus window cleaner produce Texize achieve bubble-free trim have tried put layer MonoKate over another know hard keep trapping bubbles air under trim Once get bubbles can prick pin hope no looks too close work following Bills tip avoid bubbles first place First Bill prefers EconoKote trim work because functions lower temperature MonoKate simplifies its installation Continued page 153 May 1983 53 Walt Good fires up Pattern plane DCRC field photo early Sixties plane has DB Quadruplex radioone early proportional sets model probably powered Merco 49maybe 60a very popular engine Aerobatics crowd days CAP SCREWS HEX TOOLST-NUTS 4 Made finest alloy steel heat-treated strength durability Black oxide finish P/N 200-242 4-40$ 98 P/N 200-243 6-3298 Kraft Systems 450 W California Ave Vista CA 92083e Division Carlisle Corporation P/N 200-237 4-40 PIN 200-238 6-32 Hex tools two popular sizes Two sizes cadmium plated extra long blades sturdy resist rust corrosion have plastic handles Unique ball end large mounting flanges preci tightening removing socket sion threads head screws hard reach areasP/N 200-240 4-40$119 P/N 200-24 1 6-3298 $259 289 FOR 35 TO 60 MOTORS See What Get SPAN 60 Completely Prefabricated High Quality Fuselage Top Deck Obechi Veneer-Covered Foam Wings Preshaped Tail Rudder Unit ABS Cowl Clear Canopy Hardware An Easy-To-Handle 1/6 Scale Model CALIFORNIA 129ADD 6% TAX Includes Send Check Carriage Cashiers Check i~i Money Order ONLY 359 TROUSDALE DRIVE SUITE POWERMAX CHULA VISTA CALIFORNIA 92010 Telephone 619 691-0780 AT LEADING HOBBY STORESSAE FOR PRICE LIST Judging Fidelity Scale Craftsman ship else remains same including com plexity bonus flight scoring except multimotors can no longer nominated Ilight option Multi-motors remain eligible com plexity bonus means now have three kinds Stand-off Scale Nats Sport Scale Giant Scale FAI Scale Bob Do//v Wiseher S-221 Lapham Peak Rd Dc/afield WI 530/8 RC Aerobatics/Van Putte Continued page 53 over MonoKote tip works well applying MonoKote over MonoKote what after having cleaned base coat MonoKote Glass Plus flood area trimmed Glass Plus Windex works too Lay pre-cut piece trim position over pool liquid glass cleaner Now work liquid Out under trim piece fingers liquid will force air out Use fingers squeegee Now use heat gun activate adhesive trim material bond base layer MonoKate Presto have clean bubble-free trim job Hey thats great Thanks Bill Now problem klutzes rapidly running out ex cuses producing poor MonoKote jobs Several people have written say sug gestions perform some Novice Sportsman-class maneuvers have helpful Some suggested what next maneuver covered ought consensus seems lot fliers out still cant land airplane properly Since landing air plane important whether youre flying Pattern contest Ill give few hints month training quite few beginners over years Ive discovered biggest problem leaming land airplane fliers dont really know what purpose elevator watch uninformed flier trying land airplane youll probably see lot climbing diving going because hes pumping elevator Thats what elevator elevator supposed control aircraft pitch attitude other hand throttle should used control aircraft altitude Sometimes action two controls seems mixed up example elevator attitude control have use perform loop easiest explanation can think while-the elevator control provides airplanes pitch atti tude excess power over what required level flight brings airplane around loop elevator position power setting will result steady horizontal flight airplane elevator held fixed position throttle creased airplane will climb Similarly throttle reduced airplane will descend What does have landing Well trick landing keep airplane steady descent holding elevator control fixed position sink rate airplane controlled throttle remember throttle controls altitude However beginners have difficult time setting up proper landing because land ing approach too short downwind leg traffic pattem should exaggerated airplane turned onto final leg nice long descent landing Once final tum has completed throttle should reduced near-idle setting ele vator control should slowly fed until airplane horizontal slightly noseup atti tude Usually means slight constant back stick held during descent Resist temp tation change elevator control position Continued page 156 LUNU GE GREECIAL PLAN $27 OOpp PLAN$27 OOpp F G Cowl $27 OOpp F C Cowl $27 OOpp F C Pants$25 OOpp ECONO PAC$49Upp ECDNO-PAC... $70OOpp SAVt.$0 00 SAVE $900 Farman Moustique plan$17OOpp MODEL SUPPLIES Ply-Span tissue various colors Fiberglass tailbooms HL gliders towline gliders RIO gliders free flight Adhesives carbon fiber pre-formed landing skids KW prop brakes paci fier bulbs Drew circle-tow units thinwall surgical tubing Tatone engine mounts plastic-head pins other items catalog send self-addressed large envelope NFFS/MA-1 1602 Encanto Place Walnut Creek CA 94596 May 1983 153 ROGA/HANNO PRETTNER DALOTEL 150 THE QUICKIE BUILD OF ALL TIME MANY OTHER SCALE KITS AVAILABLE 1/6 SCALE MOSQUITO 95 Span $465 Glass Fire Fuselage Veneered Wings 1/4 SCALE SPITFIRE MKII 102 Span . $295 AVAILABLE FROM Balsa Construction 1/4 SCALE DALOTEL 230 90 Span$299 Glass Fibre Fuselage ered Wings 1/5 SCALE JODEL ROBIN 90 Span$399 Correction February 1983 column photo Travel Air 4000 built Roger Paul photo caption incorrectly stated model built Rich ard Barron plans really built Jerry Behrens plans See Jerrys ads MA REALISM GEE BEE RACER FINE QUALITY PLASTIC DISPLAY MODELS- PILOTS WHEELS CYLINDERS- ENGINE KITS MACHINE GUN KITS SEND $1 FOR ALLAJ3 COMPLETE CATALOG DEPT MA 181 PAWNEE ST SAN MARCOS Ca 92069 TOLEDO/83 TWENTY-NI NTH ANNUAL RADIO CONTROL EXPOSITION TOLEDO SPORTS ARENA ONE MAIN STREET TOLEDO OHIO Reserve April 8 9 10 1983 attend worlds greatest radio con trol model show featuring worlds largest Swap Shops no dealers complete ref resh ment centers Saturday Night Auction raffles complete nc systems accessories acres free parking Bring latest com pletely finished models display enter com petition exciting awards Complete nc systems will presented first second third place win ners new Video Cassette Recorder will awarded lucky winner Best Show Open public three great days APRIL8 9&1O presented Weak Signals RIC Club PO Box 5772 Toledo Ohio 43613 Fine Quality Flying Models atalogS1 50 98 RUBBER POWER KITS plus Gliders c/L R/C Accessories Books 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 MAJESTIC MODELS 3273 West 129th Street Cleveland Ohio 44111 Just before airplane ready land reduce throttle idle increase elevator back-stick make airplane come nose-high flare After try two will probably start making some best landings career remember fellow club member land ings always looked like roller coaster ride fol lowed two bounces three-point landing main gear nose wing tip After session instruction able land like pro should have seen smile face Theres no reason cant work everyone Try Ron Von Puoe III Sleepx Oaks Rd Ft Wol ton Beoch FL 32548 RC Old-Timers/Mathews Continued page 55 use f set-cam carb can modified lean out low-throttle setting using technique de veloped Bill Carpenter C H Electronics cuts small screwdriver slot outside end low-speed needle razor saw cam levers square hole filed round shape needle file low speed adjusted before tightening cam permanently modification very helpful using gas oil spark unit running OS Davis Diesel conversion markedlyreduced volume fuel needed requires much leaner settines Overheating ignition Tightly-cowled stallations running CH Electronics ignition system can occasion overheat Doran Hiatt cures adding additional head gasket have encountered heating once 1000 F day too much ground running inverted tightly-cowled engine however its good know cure Hot Stuff revolution Bob Bill Hunter both past Nationals Champions began selling cyanoacrylate glue mailto Free Flight fra ternity 1970 contests frequently wowed us using material repair models damaged time personal reaction mate rial useful repair emergency role couldnt accept idea models could constructed wrong ensuing 13 years have seen Hunters others develop techniques have virtually revolutionized model building Construction time has reduced fraction what once use cyanoacrylates has become norm rather exception humble opinion adhesives now fundamental model construction razor blades pins waxed paper way CyAs must rank biggest improvement modeling since introduction balsa wood picture worth thousand words Hot Stuff Video-Tips tape represents other major breakthrough hobby does one-hour program provide excellent formation techniques procedures may well forerunner revolution dissemi nating how-to knowledge hobbyist full-sized aviation Cessna other manu facturers use video tapes conduct ground school training prospective pilots Hot Stuff tape clearly shows way use video tapes instruct new RC pilots also de velop building trimming installation flying other skills Dont surprised someday new RC trainer kit will include rental coupon instructional tape manufacturer youve opportunity view Ho Stuff Video Tips club meeting bunch want get together view contact Satellite City PO Box 836 Simi CA 93062 details Its instructive hours can spend Old-Timers ailerons once someone will write asking about installing ailerons Old-Timer detail misery theyve did Frankly reason can imagine such modification would improve crosswind landing take-off handling Surely no would want use Old-Timer aerobatics nearly instance aware add ing ailerons highly-dihedraled Old-Timer produces severe adverse yaw place get detailed dissertation adverse yaw phenomenon model tends slide outward aileron-induced tom would swear rudder servo glitching opposite setting Adverse yaw can become severe model will actually snap roll wrong direction real cure reduce dihedral bunch As example know ofaTabi Power house dihedral reduced V2 per tip still tends yaw Naturally modification also reduces inherent stability model also produces rather odd-looking Powerhouse opinion whole idea exercise frustration isnt worth bother OldTimer RC conversions takeoff quickly can easily launched landed runways width Using approach ends up classic student pilot joke about runway being awfully short terrifically wide done years ye won dered earth rather primitive early models could possibly thermal hours still recovered Havent Leafing through recently-acquired MAN October 1934 ran across following Air Ways important events took place recently remarkable flight made Brown-powered Bassett model Miss Phil adelphia Camden NJ May 28 1934 followed Camden landed Middletown DE two hours 35 minutes later followed large airplane rose height 8000 feet motor ceased machine reached ground after twentyminute glide Mr Fritz followed model full-sized airplane remarked model began its descent could make own ship dive fast enough keep sight 156 Model Aviation
Edition: Model Aviation - 1983/05
Page Numbers: 52, 53, 153, 156
Radio Control SPORT AEROBA TICS Ron Van Putte DO YOU KNOW what mail avalanche is9 Thats offer send article sche matic servo tester people send SASE wait go Out cheek mail During eight weeks since offer appeared column have received 200 requests servo tester article sche matic Thats requests received article appeared originally keep send ing SASEs Ill keep sending out information youre sending things about cluding few good black white pictures can used column Along request servo tester infor mation Eric Schaumann asked infor mation Flat Top Stormer As put Can expect details hot dogging Stormer mentioned January issue enjoy Sport Scale usually keep plane inter esting fly several years Ive flown Little Stik Max 40 plane has unlimited vertical performance does satisfy desires Outside snaps inverted spins knife edge flight possible could due rigging aircraft likely abili ties Maybe Stormer will better way bore holes sky Chances current RC fliers have never heard Stormer its deriva tive Flat Top Stormer remember cor rectly designed Doug Spreng late Fifties very early Sixties saw first Flat Top Stormer 1962 Unfortunately dont re member article published whenif indeedit published Can help out Please send information tome article and/or plans available address listed end column Another request servo tester information also contained useful suggestion Duain Rothman Bethpage NY wrote read some back issues Model Aviation found upsetting surprising comment about different clubs treat outsiders upon visiting RC club field Well Ive thought way unite outsiders club members way hold fun-fly events between two different clubs Understandably club members dont like outsiders invade so-called territory flying unless plan joining club Actually hobby/sport enjoyed share information getting two clubs fly together could mean break ice unified relationship between clubs Good idea club doesnt treat outsiders 52 Model Aviation RC Aerobatics World Championshipsi 972 Heres shot contestants hangar some worlds top models view Things have changed too much intervening 10 years Indiantown Gapabout 1957 Yes Pattern planes erain foreground Rudder Bug probably Smog Hog behind once premier fly-in East Coast RCers Indiantown Gap lies midway between Baltimore MD York PA Paul Burke fires up original-design Pattern ship DCRC field photo taken about 1960 Look size 12-channel reed transmitters Pauls Kraft Note club members have diverse intereststhats Hand Launched Glider bottom picture apathy hostility might surprised visit strange flying field because clubs Multi-club fun-fly events great way break ice other fliers have good time too club Eglin Aero Modellers hosts least two fun-flies annually al ways invite local clubs participate Weve hosting St Valentines Day Massacre Turkey Bird Fun Fly about 10 years now will probably continue host long time come Try As get older begin either forget things remember wrong February 1983 column asked people remembered Bonner Digimite retailed $800 Shortly after column appeared Gerry Reinhard Brillion WI wrote must correct errorthe Bonner Digimite eight-channel never retailed $800 list-priced $615 owned original pilot run first propo really work Thirty-two oz air borne didnt help Well dug some old 1965 magazines hes right What remembering eight channels Bonner Digimite did work well too watched 1965 Nats Champion AMA President later Cliff Weirick win Class III Expert event 1966 Wright Brothers Mem orial Contest Dayton OH using Bonner Digi mite flying against pilots mostly used old reed eight- 10- 12-channel sets newcomers took two channels control function no airbome trim unless used two channels control servo achieve 12-channel set could give elevator elevator trim aileron aileron trim rudder throttle control took six big ser vos Well thats enough nostalgia Thank goodness todays radios bundle club newsletters AMA sends extracted gem newsletter Flying Forks Lancaster OH ex tracted Flypaper newsletter Milwaukee Flying Electrons Inc Anyway goes follows 'Milwaukees MonoKote Man Sterka President Electrons has revealed another tips producing show-type quality MonoKote finishes model aircraft demonstration before Rainbow Aero Modelers Society showed use Glass Plus window cleaner produce Texize achieve bubble-free trim have tried put layer MonoKate over another know hard keep trapping bubbles air under trim Once get bubbles can prick pin hope no looks too close work following Bills tip avoid bubbles first place First Bill prefers EconoKote trim work because functions lower temperature MonoKate simplifies its installation Continued page 153 May 1983 53 Walt Good fires up Pattern plane DCRC field photo early Sixties plane has DB Quadruplex radioone early proportional sets model probably powered Merco 49maybe 60a very popular engine Aerobatics crowd days CAP SCREWS HEX TOOLST-NUTS 4 Made finest alloy steel heat-treated strength durability Black oxide finish P/N 200-242 4-40$ 98 P/N 200-243 6-3298 Kraft Systems 450 W California Ave Vista CA 92083e Division Carlisle Corporation P/N 200-237 4-40 PIN 200-238 6-32 Hex tools two popular sizes Two sizes cadmium plated extra long blades sturdy resist rust corrosion have plastic handles Unique ball end large mounting flanges preci tightening removing socket sion threads head screws hard reach areasP/N 200-240 4-40$119 P/N 200-24 1 6-3298 $259 289 FOR 35 TO 60 MOTORS See What Get SPAN 60 Completely Prefabricated High Quality Fuselage Top Deck Obechi Veneer-Covered Foam Wings Preshaped Tail Rudder Unit ABS Cowl Clear Canopy Hardware An Easy-To-Handle 1/6 Scale Model CALIFORNIA 129ADD 6% TAX Includes Send Check Carriage Cashiers Check i~i Money Order ONLY 359 TROUSDALE DRIVE SUITE POWERMAX CHULA VISTA CALIFORNIA 92010 Telephone 619 691-0780 AT LEADING HOBBY STORESSAE FOR PRICE LIST Judging Fidelity Scale Craftsman ship else remains same including com plexity bonus flight scoring except multimotors can no longer nominated Ilight option Multi-motors remain eligible com plexity bonus means now have three kinds Stand-off Scale Nats Sport Scale Giant Scale FAI Scale Bob Do//v Wiseher S-221 Lapham Peak Rd Dc/afield WI 530/8 RC Aerobatics/Van Putte Continued page 53 over MonoKote tip works well applying MonoKote over MonoKote what after having cleaned base coat MonoKote Glass Plus flood area trimmed Glass Plus Windex works too Lay pre-cut piece trim position over pool liquid glass cleaner Now work liquid Out under trim piece fingers liquid will force air out Use fingers squeegee Now use heat gun activate adhesive trim material bond base layer MonoKate Presto have clean bubble-free trim job Hey thats great Thanks Bill Now problem klutzes rapidly running out ex cuses producing poor MonoKote jobs Several people have written say sug gestions perform some Novice Sportsman-class maneuvers have helpful Some suggested what next maneuver covered ought consensus seems lot fliers out still cant land airplane properly Since landing air plane important whether youre flying Pattern contest Ill give few hints month training quite few beginners over years Ive discovered biggest problem leaming land airplane fliers dont really know what purpose elevator watch uninformed flier trying land airplane youll probably see lot climbing diving going because hes pumping elevator Thats what elevator elevator supposed control aircraft pitch attitude other hand throttle should used control aircraft altitude Sometimes action two controls seems mixed up example elevator attitude control have use perform loop easiest explanation can think while-the elevator control provides airplanes pitch atti tude excess power over what required level flight brings airplane around loop elevator position power setting will result steady horizontal flight airplane elevator held fixed position throttle creased airplane will climb Similarly throttle reduced airplane will descend What does have landing Well trick landing keep airplane steady descent holding elevator control fixed position sink rate airplane controlled throttle remember throttle controls altitude However beginners have difficult time setting up proper landing because land ing approach too short downwind leg traffic pattem should exaggerated airplane turned onto final leg nice long descent landing Once final tum has completed throttle should reduced near-idle setting ele vator control should slowly fed until airplane horizontal slightly noseup atti tude Usually means slight constant back stick held during descent Resist temp tation change elevator control position Continued page 156 LUNU GE GREECIAL PLAN $27 OOpp PLAN$27 OOpp F G Cowl $27 OOpp F C Cowl $27 OOpp F C Pants$25 OOpp ECONO PAC$49Upp ECDNO-PAC... $70OOpp SAVt.$0 00 SAVE $900 Farman Moustique plan$17OOpp MODEL SUPPLIES Ply-Span tissue various colors Fiberglass tailbooms HL gliders towline gliders RIO gliders free flight Adhesives carbon fiber pre-formed landing skids KW prop brakes paci fier bulbs Drew circle-tow units thinwall surgical tubing Tatone engine mounts plastic-head pins other items catalog send self-addressed large envelope NFFS/MA-1 1602 Encanto Place Walnut Creek CA 94596 May 1983 153 ROGA/HANNO PRETTNER DALOTEL 150 THE QUICKIE BUILD OF ALL TIME MANY OTHER SCALE KITS AVAILABLE 1/6 SCALE MOSQUITO 95 Span $465 Glass Fire Fuselage Veneered Wings 1/4 SCALE SPITFIRE MKII 102 Span . $295 AVAILABLE FROM Balsa Construction 1/4 SCALE DALOTEL 230 90 Span$299 Glass Fibre Fuselage ered Wings 1/5 SCALE JODEL ROBIN 90 Span$399 Correction February 1983 column photo Travel Air 4000 built Roger Paul photo caption incorrectly stated model built Rich ard Barron plans really built Jerry Behrens plans See Jerrys ads MA REALISM GEE BEE RACER FINE QUALITY PLASTIC DISPLAY MODELS- PILOTS WHEELS CYLINDERS- ENGINE KITS MACHINE GUN KITS SEND $1 FOR ALLAJ3 COMPLETE CATALOG DEPT MA 181 PAWNEE ST SAN MARCOS Ca 92069 TOLEDO/83 TWENTY-NI NTH ANNUAL RADIO CONTROL EXPOSITION TOLEDO SPORTS ARENA ONE MAIN STREET TOLEDO OHIO Reserve April 8 9 10 1983 attend worlds greatest radio con trol model show featuring worlds largest Swap Shops no dealers complete ref resh ment centers Saturday Night Auction raffles complete nc systems accessories acres free parking Bring latest com pletely finished models display enter com petition exciting awards Complete nc systems will presented first second third place win ners new Video Cassette Recorder will awarded lucky winner Best Show Open public three great days APRIL8 9&1O presented Weak Signals RIC Club PO Box 5772 Toledo Ohio 43613 Fine Quality Flying Models atalogS1 50 98 RUBBER POWER KITS plus Gliders c/L R/C Accessories Books 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 MAJESTIC MODELS 3273 West 129th Street Cleveland Ohio 44111 Just before airplane ready land reduce throttle idle increase elevator back-stick make airplane come nose-high flare After try two will probably start making some best landings career remember fellow club member land ings always looked like roller coaster ride fol lowed two bounces three-point landing main gear nose wing tip After session instruction able land like pro should have seen smile face Theres no reason cant work everyone Try Ron Von Puoe III Sleepx Oaks Rd Ft Wol ton Beoch FL 32548 RC Old-Timers/Mathews Continued page 55 use f set-cam carb can modified lean out low-throttle setting using technique de veloped Bill Carpenter C H Electronics cuts small screwdriver slot outside end low-speed needle razor saw cam levers square hole filed round shape needle file low speed adjusted before tightening cam permanently modification very helpful using gas oil spark unit running OS Davis Diesel conversion markedlyreduced volume fuel needed requires much leaner settines Overheating ignition Tightly-cowled stallations running CH Electronics ignition system can occasion overheat Doran Hiatt cures adding additional head gasket have encountered heating once 1000 F day too much ground running inverted tightly-cowled engine however its good know cure Hot Stuff revolution Bob Bill Hunter both past Nationals Champions began selling cyanoacrylate glue mailto Free Flight fra ternity 1970 contests frequently wowed us using material repair models damaged time personal reaction mate rial useful repair emergency role couldnt accept idea models could constructed wrong ensuing 13 years have seen Hunters others develop techniques have virtually revolutionized model building Construction time has reduced fraction what once use cyanoacrylates has become norm rather exception humble opinion adhesives now fundamental model construction razor blades pins waxed paper way CyAs must rank biggest improvement modeling since introduction balsa wood picture worth thousand words Hot Stuff Video-Tips tape represents other major breakthrough hobby does one-hour program provide excellent formation techniques procedures may well forerunner revolution dissemi nating how-to knowledge hobbyist full-sized aviation Cessna other manu facturers use video tapes conduct ground school training prospective pilots Hot Stuff tape clearly shows way use video tapes instruct new RC pilots also de velop building trimming installation flying other skills Dont surprised someday new RC trainer kit will include rental coupon instructional tape manufacturer youve opportunity view Ho Stuff Video Tips club meeting bunch want get together view contact Satellite City PO Box 836 Simi CA 93062 details Its instructive hours can spend Old-Timers ailerons once someone will write asking about installing ailerons Old-Timer detail misery theyve did Frankly reason can imagine such modification would improve crosswind landing take-off handling Surely no would want use Old-Timer aerobatics nearly instance aware add ing ailerons highly-dihedraled Old-Timer produces severe adverse yaw place get detailed dissertation adverse yaw phenomenon model tends slide outward aileron-induced tom would swear rudder servo glitching opposite setting Adverse yaw can become severe model will actually snap roll wrong direction real cure reduce dihedral bunch As example know ofaTabi Power house dihedral reduced V2 per tip still tends yaw Naturally modification also reduces inherent stability model also produces rather odd-looking Powerhouse opinion whole idea exercise frustration isnt worth bother OldTimer RC conversions takeoff quickly can easily launched landed runways width Using approach ends up classic student pilot joke about runway being awfully short terrifically wide done years ye won dered earth rather primitive early models could possibly thermal hours still recovered Havent Leafing through recently-acquired MAN October 1934 ran across following Air Ways important events took place recently remarkable flight made Brown-powered Bassett model Miss Phil adelphia Camden NJ May 28 1934 followed Camden landed Middletown DE two hours 35 minutes later followed large airplane rose height 8000 feet motor ceased machine reached ground after twentyminute glide Mr Fritz followed model full-sized airplane remarked model began its descent could make own ship dive fast enough keep sight 156 Model Aviation
Edition: Model Aviation - 1983/05
Page Numbers: 52, 53, 153, 156
Radio Control SPORT AEROBA TICS Ron Van Putte DO YOU KNOW what mail avalanche is9 Thats offer send article sche matic servo tester people send SASE wait go Out cheek mail During eight weeks since offer appeared column have received 200 requests servo tester article sche matic Thats requests received article appeared originally keep send ing SASEs Ill keep sending out information youre sending things about cluding few good black white pictures can used column Along request servo tester infor mation Eric Schaumann asked infor mation Flat Top Stormer As put Can expect details hot dogging Stormer mentioned January issue enjoy Sport Scale usually keep plane inter esting fly several years Ive flown Little Stik Max 40 plane has unlimited vertical performance does satisfy desires Outside snaps inverted spins knife edge flight possible could due rigging aircraft likely abili ties Maybe Stormer will better way bore holes sky Chances current RC fliers have never heard Stormer its deriva tive Flat Top Stormer remember cor rectly designed Doug Spreng late Fifties very early Sixties saw first Flat Top Stormer 1962 Unfortunately dont re member article published whenif indeedit published Can help out Please send information tome article and/or plans available address listed end column Another request servo tester information also contained useful suggestion Duain Rothman Bethpage NY wrote read some back issues Model Aviation found upsetting surprising comment about different clubs treat outsiders upon visiting RC club field Well Ive thought way unite outsiders club members way hold fun-fly events between two different clubs Understandably club members dont like outsiders invade so-called territory flying unless plan joining club Actually hobby/sport enjoyed share information getting two clubs fly together could mean break ice unified relationship between clubs Good idea club doesnt treat outsiders 52 Model Aviation RC Aerobatics World Championshipsi 972 Heres shot contestants hangar some worlds top models view Things have changed too much intervening 10 years Indiantown Gapabout 1957 Yes Pattern planes erain foreground Rudder Bug probably Smog Hog behind once premier fly-in East Coast RCers Indiantown Gap lies midway between Baltimore MD York PA Paul Burke fires up original-design Pattern ship DCRC field photo taken about 1960 Look size 12-channel reed transmitters Pauls Kraft Note club members have diverse intereststhats Hand Launched Glider bottom picture apathy hostility might surprised visit strange flying field because clubs Multi-club fun-fly events great way break ice other fliers have good time too club Eglin Aero Modellers hosts least two fun-flies annually al ways invite local clubs participate Weve hosting St Valentines Day Massacre Turkey Bird Fun Fly about 10 years now will probably continue host long time come Try As get older begin either forget things remember wrong February 1983 column asked people remembered Bonner Digimite retailed $800 Shortly after column appeared Gerry Reinhard Brillion WI wrote must correct errorthe Bonner Digimite eight-channel never retailed $800 list-priced $615 owned original pilot run first propo really work Thirty-two oz air borne didnt help Well dug some old 1965 magazines hes right What remembering eight channels Bonner Digimite did work well too watched 1965 Nats Champion AMA President later Cliff Weirick win Class III Expert event 1966 Wright Brothers Mem orial Contest Dayton OH using Bonner Digi mite flying against pilots mostly used old reed eight- 10- 12-channel sets newcomers took two channels control function no airbome trim unless used two channels control servo achieve 12-channel set could give elevator elevator trim aileron aileron trim rudder throttle control took six big ser vos Well thats enough nostalgia Thank goodness todays radios bundle club newsletters AMA sends extracted gem newsletter Flying Forks Lancaster OH ex tracted Flypaper newsletter Milwaukee Flying Electrons Inc Anyway goes follows 'Milwaukees MonoKote Man Sterka President Electrons has revealed another tips producing show-type quality MonoKote finishes model aircraft demonstration before Rainbow Aero Modelers Society showed use Glass Plus window cleaner produce Texize achieve bubble-free trim have tried put layer MonoKate over another know hard keep trapping bubbles air under trim Once get bubbles can prick pin hope no looks too close work following Bills tip avoid bubbles first place First Bill prefers EconoKote trim work because functions lower temperature MonoKate simplifies its installation Continued page 153 May 1983 53 Walt Good fires up Pattern plane DCRC field photo early Sixties plane has DB Quadruplex radioone early proportional sets model probably powered Merco 49maybe 60a very popular engine Aerobatics crowd days CAP SCREWS HEX TOOLST-NUTS 4 Made finest alloy steel heat-treated strength durability Black oxide finish P/N 200-242 4-40$ 98 P/N 200-243 6-3298 Kraft Systems 450 W California Ave Vista CA 92083e Division Carlisle Corporation P/N 200-237 4-40 PIN 200-238 6-32 Hex tools two popular sizes Two sizes cadmium plated extra long blades sturdy resist rust corrosion have plastic handles Unique ball end large mounting flanges preci tightening removing socket sion threads head screws hard reach areasP/N 200-240 4-40$119 P/N 200-24 1 6-3298 $259 289 FOR 35 TO 60 MOTORS See What Get SPAN 60 Completely Prefabricated High Quality Fuselage Top Deck Obechi Veneer-Covered Foam Wings Preshaped Tail Rudder Unit ABS Cowl Clear Canopy Hardware An Easy-To-Handle 1/6 Scale Model CALIFORNIA 129ADD 6% TAX Includes Send Check Carriage Cashiers Check i~i Money Order ONLY 359 TROUSDALE DRIVE SUITE POWERMAX CHULA VISTA CALIFORNIA 92010 Telephone 619 691-0780 AT LEADING HOBBY STORESSAE FOR PRICE LIST Judging Fidelity Scale Craftsman ship else remains same including com plexity bonus flight scoring except multimotors can no longer nominated Ilight option Multi-motors remain eligible com plexity bonus means now have three kinds Stand-off Scale Nats Sport Scale Giant Scale FAI Scale Bob Do//v Wiseher S-221 Lapham Peak Rd Dc/afield WI 530/8 RC Aerobatics/Van Putte Continued page 53 over MonoKote tip works well applying MonoKote over MonoKote what after having cleaned base coat MonoKote Glass Plus flood area trimmed Glass Plus Windex works too Lay pre-cut piece trim position over pool liquid glass cleaner Now work liquid Out under trim piece fingers liquid will force air out Use fingers squeegee Now use heat gun activate adhesive trim material bond base layer MonoKate Presto have clean bubble-free trim job Hey thats great Thanks Bill Now problem klutzes rapidly running out ex cuses producing poor MonoKote jobs Several people have written say sug gestions perform some Novice Sportsman-class maneuvers have helpful Some suggested what next maneuver covered ought consensus seems lot fliers out still cant land airplane properly Since landing air plane important whether youre flying Pattern contest Ill give few hints month training quite few beginners over years Ive discovered biggest problem leaming land airplane fliers dont really know what purpose elevator watch uninformed flier trying land airplane youll probably see lot climbing diving going because hes pumping elevator Thats what elevator elevator supposed control aircraft pitch attitude other hand throttle should used control aircraft altitude Sometimes action two controls seems mixed up example elevator attitude control have use perform loop easiest explanation can think while-the elevator control provides airplanes pitch atti tude excess power over what required level flight brings airplane around loop elevator position power setting will result steady horizontal flight airplane elevator held fixed position throttle creased airplane will climb Similarly throttle reduced airplane will descend What does have landing Well trick landing keep airplane steady descent holding elevator control fixed position sink rate airplane controlled throttle remember throttle controls altitude However beginners have difficult time setting up proper landing because land ing approach too short downwind leg traffic pattem should exaggerated airplane turned onto final leg nice long descent landing Once final tum has completed throttle should reduced near-idle setting ele vator control should slowly fed until airplane horizontal slightly noseup atti tude Usually means slight constant back stick held during descent Resist temp tation change elevator control position Continued page 156 LUNU GE GREECIAL PLAN $27 OOpp PLAN$27 OOpp F G Cowl $27 OOpp F C Cowl $27 OOpp F C Pants$25 OOpp ECONO PAC$49Upp ECDNO-PAC... $70OOpp SAVt.$0 00 SAVE $900 Farman Moustique plan$17OOpp MODEL SUPPLIES Ply-Span tissue various colors Fiberglass tailbooms HL gliders towline gliders RIO gliders free flight Adhesives carbon fiber pre-formed landing skids KW prop brakes paci fier bulbs Drew circle-tow units thinwall surgical tubing Tatone engine mounts plastic-head pins other items catalog send self-addressed large envelope NFFS/MA-1 1602 Encanto Place Walnut Creek CA 94596 May 1983 153 ROGA/HANNO PRETTNER DALOTEL 150 THE QUICKIE BUILD OF ALL TIME MANY OTHER SCALE KITS AVAILABLE 1/6 SCALE MOSQUITO 95 Span $465 Glass Fire Fuselage Veneered Wings 1/4 SCALE SPITFIRE MKII 102 Span . $295 AVAILABLE FROM Balsa Construction 1/4 SCALE DALOTEL 230 90 Span$299 Glass Fibre Fuselage ered Wings 1/5 SCALE JODEL ROBIN 90 Span$399 Correction February 1983 column photo Travel Air 4000 built Roger Paul photo caption incorrectly stated model built Rich ard Barron plans really built Jerry Behrens plans See Jerrys ads MA REALISM GEE BEE RACER FINE QUALITY PLASTIC DISPLAY MODELS- PILOTS WHEELS CYLINDERS- ENGINE KITS MACHINE GUN KITS SEND $1 FOR ALLAJ3 COMPLETE CATALOG DEPT MA 181 PAWNEE ST SAN MARCOS Ca 92069 TOLEDO/83 TWENTY-NI NTH ANNUAL RADIO CONTROL EXPOSITION TOLEDO SPORTS ARENA ONE MAIN STREET TOLEDO OHIO Reserve April 8 9 10 1983 attend worlds greatest radio con trol model show featuring worlds largest Swap Shops no dealers complete ref resh ment centers Saturday Night Auction raffles complete nc systems accessories acres free parking Bring latest com pletely finished models display enter com petition exciting awards Complete nc systems will presented first second third place win ners new Video Cassette Recorder will awarded lucky winner Best Show Open public three great days APRIL8 9&1O presented Weak Signals RIC Club PO Box 5772 Toledo Ohio 43613 Fine Quality Flying Models atalogS1 50 98 RUBBER POWER KITS plus Gliders c/L R/C Accessories Books 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 MAJESTIC MODELS 3273 West 129th Street Cleveland Ohio 44111 Just before airplane ready land reduce throttle idle increase elevator back-stick make airplane come nose-high flare After try two will probably start making some best landings career remember fellow club member land ings always looked like roller coaster ride fol lowed two bounces three-point landing main gear nose wing tip After session instruction able land like pro should have seen smile face Theres no reason cant work everyone Try Ron Von Puoe III Sleepx Oaks Rd Ft Wol ton Beoch FL 32548 RC Old-Timers/Mathews Continued page 55 use f set-cam carb can modified lean out low-throttle setting using technique de veloped Bill Carpenter C H Electronics cuts small screwdriver slot outside end low-speed needle razor saw cam levers square hole filed round shape needle file low speed adjusted before tightening cam permanently modification very helpful using gas oil spark unit running OS Davis Diesel conversion markedlyreduced volume fuel needed requires much leaner settines Overheating ignition Tightly-cowled stallations running CH Electronics ignition system can occasion overheat Doran Hiatt cures adding additional head gasket have encountered heating once 1000 F day too much ground running inverted tightly-cowled engine however its good know cure Hot Stuff revolution Bob Bill Hunter both past Nationals Champions began selling cyanoacrylate glue mailto Free Flight fra ternity 1970 contests frequently wowed us using material repair models damaged time personal reaction mate rial useful repair emergency role couldnt accept idea models could constructed wrong ensuing 13 years have seen Hunters others develop techniques have virtually revolutionized model building Construction time has reduced fraction what once use cyanoacrylates has become norm rather exception humble opinion adhesives now fundamental model construction razor blades pins waxed paper way CyAs must rank biggest improvement modeling since introduction balsa wood picture worth thousand words Hot Stuff Video-Tips tape represents other major breakthrough hobby does one-hour program provide excellent formation techniques procedures may well forerunner revolution dissemi nating how-to knowledge hobbyist full-sized aviation Cessna other manu facturers use video tapes conduct ground school training prospective pilots Hot Stuff tape clearly shows way use video tapes instruct new RC pilots also de velop building trimming installation flying other skills Dont surprised someday new RC trainer kit will include rental coupon instructional tape manufacturer youve opportunity view Ho Stuff Video Tips club meeting bunch want get together view contact Satellite City PO Box 836 Simi CA 93062 details Its instructive hours can spend Old-Timers ailerons once someone will write asking about installing ailerons Old-Timer detail misery theyve did Frankly reason can imagine such modification would improve crosswind landing take-off handling Surely no would want use Old-Timer aerobatics nearly instance aware add ing ailerons highly-dihedraled Old-Timer produces severe adverse yaw place get detailed dissertation adverse yaw phenomenon model tends slide outward aileron-induced tom would swear rudder servo glitching opposite setting Adverse yaw can become severe model will actually snap roll wrong direction real cure reduce dihedral bunch As example know ofaTabi Power house dihedral reduced V2 per tip still tends yaw Naturally modification also reduces inherent stability model also produces rather odd-looking Powerhouse opinion whole idea exercise frustration isnt worth bother OldTimer RC conversions takeoff quickly can easily launched landed runways width Using approach ends up classic student pilot joke about runway being awfully short terrifically wide done years ye won dered earth rather primitive early models could possibly thermal hours still recovered Havent Leafing through recently-acquired MAN October 1934 ran across following Air Ways important events took place recently remarkable flight made Brown-powered Bassett model Miss Phil adelphia Camden NJ May 28 1934 followed Camden landed Middletown DE two hours 35 minutes later followed large airplane rose height 8000 feet motor ceased machine reached ground after twentyminute glide Mr Fritz followed model full-sized airplane remarked model began its descent could make own ship dive fast enough keep sight 156 Model Aviation
Edition: Model Aviation - 1983/05
Page Numbers: 52, 53, 153, 156
Radio Control SPORT AEROBA TICS Ron Van Putte DO YOU KNOW what mail avalanche is9 Thats offer send article sche matic servo tester people send SASE wait go Out cheek mail During eight weeks since offer appeared column have received 200 requests servo tester article sche matic Thats requests received article appeared originally keep send ing SASEs Ill keep sending out information youre sending things about cluding few good black white pictures can used column Along request servo tester infor mation Eric Schaumann asked infor mation Flat Top Stormer As put Can expect details hot dogging Stormer mentioned January issue enjoy Sport Scale usually keep plane inter esting fly several years Ive flown Little Stik Max 40 plane has unlimited vertical performance does satisfy desires Outside snaps inverted spins knife edge flight possible could due rigging aircraft likely abili ties Maybe Stormer will better way bore holes sky Chances current RC fliers have never heard Stormer its deriva tive Flat Top Stormer remember cor rectly designed Doug Spreng late Fifties very early Sixties saw first Flat Top Stormer 1962 Unfortunately dont re member article published whenif indeedit published Can help out Please send information tome article and/or plans available address listed end column Another request servo tester information also contained useful suggestion Duain Rothman Bethpage NY wrote read some back issues Model Aviation found upsetting surprising comment about different clubs treat outsiders upon visiting RC club field Well Ive thought way unite outsiders club members way hold fun-fly events between two different clubs Understandably club members dont like outsiders invade so-called territory flying unless plan joining club Actually hobby/sport enjoyed share information getting two clubs fly together could mean break ice unified relationship between clubs Good idea club doesnt treat outsiders 52 Model Aviation RC Aerobatics World Championshipsi 972 Heres shot contestants hangar some worlds top models view Things have changed too much intervening 10 years Indiantown Gapabout 1957 Yes Pattern planes erain foreground Rudder Bug probably Smog Hog behind once premier fly-in East Coast RCers Indiantown Gap lies midway between Baltimore MD York PA Paul Burke fires up original-design Pattern ship DCRC field photo taken about 1960 Look size 12-channel reed transmitters Pauls Kraft Note club members have diverse intereststhats Hand Launched Glider bottom picture apathy hostility might surprised visit strange flying field because clubs Multi-club fun-fly events great way break ice other fliers have good time too club Eglin Aero Modellers hosts least two fun-flies annually al ways invite local clubs participate Weve hosting St Valentines Day Massacre Turkey Bird Fun Fly about 10 years now will probably continue host long time come Try As get older begin either forget things remember wrong February 1983 column asked people remembered Bonner Digimite retailed $800 Shortly after column appeared Gerry Reinhard Brillion WI wrote must correct errorthe Bonner Digimite eight-channel never retailed $800 list-priced $615 owned original pilot run first propo really work Thirty-two oz air borne didnt help Well dug some old 1965 magazines hes right What remembering eight channels Bonner Digimite did work well too watched 1965 Nats Champion AMA President later Cliff Weirick win Class III Expert event 1966 Wright Brothers Mem orial Contest Dayton OH using Bonner Digi mite flying against pilots mostly used old reed eight- 10- 12-channel sets newcomers took two channels control function no airbome trim unless used two channels control servo achieve 12-channel set could give elevator elevator trim aileron aileron trim rudder throttle control took six big ser vos Well thats enough nostalgia Thank goodness todays radios bundle club newsletters AMA sends extracted gem newsletter Flying Forks Lancaster OH ex tracted Flypaper newsletter Milwaukee Flying Electrons Inc Anyway goes follows 'Milwaukees MonoKote Man Sterka President Electrons has revealed another tips producing show-type quality MonoKote finishes model aircraft demonstration before Rainbow Aero Modelers Society showed use Glass Plus window cleaner produce Texize achieve bubble-free trim have tried put layer MonoKate over another know hard keep trapping bubbles air under trim Once get bubbles can prick pin hope no looks too close work following Bills tip avoid bubbles first place First Bill prefers EconoKote trim work because functions lower temperature MonoKate simplifies its installation Continued page 153 May 1983 53 Walt Good fires up Pattern plane DCRC field photo early Sixties plane has DB Quadruplex radioone early proportional sets model probably powered Merco 49maybe 60a very popular engine Aerobatics crowd days CAP SCREWS HEX TOOLST-NUTS 4 Made finest alloy steel heat-treated strength durability Black oxide finish P/N 200-242 4-40$ 98 P/N 200-243 6-3298 Kraft Systems 450 W California Ave Vista CA 92083e Division Carlisle Corporation P/N 200-237 4-40 PIN 200-238 6-32 Hex tools two popular sizes Two sizes cadmium plated extra long blades sturdy resist rust corrosion have plastic handles Unique ball end large mounting flanges preci tightening removing socket sion threads head screws hard reach areasP/N 200-240 4-40$119 P/N 200-24 1 6-3298 $259 289 FOR 35 TO 60 MOTORS See What Get SPAN 60 Completely Prefabricated High Quality Fuselage Top Deck Obechi Veneer-Covered Foam Wings Preshaped Tail Rudder Unit ABS Cowl Clear Canopy Hardware An Easy-To-Handle 1/6 Scale Model CALIFORNIA 129ADD 6% TAX Includes Send Check Carriage Cashiers Check i~i Money Order ONLY 359 TROUSDALE DRIVE SUITE POWERMAX CHULA VISTA CALIFORNIA 92010 Telephone 619 691-0780 AT LEADING HOBBY STORESSAE FOR PRICE LIST Judging Fidelity Scale Craftsman ship else remains same including com plexity bonus flight scoring except multimotors can no longer nominated Ilight option Multi-motors remain eligible com plexity bonus means now have three kinds Stand-off Scale Nats Sport Scale Giant Scale FAI Scale Bob Do//v Wiseher S-221 Lapham Peak Rd Dc/afield WI 530/8 RC Aerobatics/Van Putte Continued page 53 over MonoKote tip works well applying MonoKote over MonoKote what after having cleaned base coat MonoKote Glass Plus flood area trimmed Glass Plus Windex works too Lay pre-cut piece trim position over pool liquid glass cleaner Now work liquid Out under trim piece fingers liquid will force air out Use fingers squeegee Now use heat gun activate adhesive trim material bond base layer MonoKate Presto have clean bubble-free trim job Hey thats great Thanks Bill Now problem klutzes rapidly running out ex cuses producing poor MonoKote jobs Several people have written say sug gestions perform some Novice Sportsman-class maneuvers have helpful Some suggested what next maneuver covered ought consensus seems lot fliers out still cant land airplane properly Since landing air plane important whether youre flying Pattern contest Ill give few hints month training quite few beginners over years Ive discovered biggest problem leaming land airplane fliers dont really know what purpose elevator watch uninformed flier trying land airplane youll probably see lot climbing diving going because hes pumping elevator Thats what elevator elevator supposed control aircraft pitch attitude other hand throttle should used control aircraft altitude Sometimes action two controls seems mixed up example elevator attitude control have use perform loop easiest explanation can think while-the elevator control provides airplanes pitch atti tude excess power over what required level flight brings airplane around loop elevator position power setting will result steady horizontal flight airplane elevator held fixed position throttle creased airplane will climb Similarly throttle reduced airplane will descend What does have landing Well trick landing keep airplane steady descent holding elevator control fixed position sink rate airplane controlled throttle remember throttle controls altitude However beginners have difficult time setting up proper landing because land ing approach too short downwind leg traffic pattem should exaggerated airplane turned onto final leg nice long descent landing Once final tum has completed throttle should reduced near-idle setting ele vator control should slowly fed until airplane horizontal slightly noseup atti tude Usually means slight constant back stick held during descent Resist temp tation change elevator control position Continued page 156 LUNU GE GREECIAL PLAN $27 OOpp PLAN$27 OOpp F G Cowl $27 OOpp F C Cowl $27 OOpp F C Pants$25 OOpp ECONO PAC$49Upp ECDNO-PAC... $70OOpp SAVt.$0 00 SAVE $900 Farman Moustique plan$17OOpp MODEL SUPPLIES Ply-Span tissue various colors Fiberglass tailbooms HL gliders towline gliders RIO gliders free flight Adhesives carbon fiber pre-formed landing skids KW prop brakes paci fier bulbs Drew circle-tow units thinwall surgical tubing Tatone engine mounts plastic-head pins other items catalog send self-addressed large envelope NFFS/MA-1 1602 Encanto Place Walnut Creek CA 94596 May 1983 153 ROGA/HANNO PRETTNER DALOTEL 150 THE QUICKIE BUILD OF ALL TIME MANY OTHER SCALE KITS AVAILABLE 1/6 SCALE MOSQUITO 95 Span $465 Glass Fire Fuselage Veneered Wings 1/4 SCALE SPITFIRE MKII 102 Span . $295 AVAILABLE FROM Balsa Construction 1/4 SCALE DALOTEL 230 90 Span$299 Glass Fibre Fuselage ered Wings 1/5 SCALE JODEL ROBIN 90 Span$399 Correction February 1983 column photo Travel Air 4000 built Roger Paul photo caption incorrectly stated model built Rich ard Barron plans really built Jerry Behrens plans See Jerrys ads MA REALISM GEE BEE RACER FINE QUALITY PLASTIC DISPLAY MODELS- PILOTS WHEELS CYLINDERS- ENGINE KITS MACHINE GUN KITS SEND $1 FOR ALLAJ3 COMPLETE CATALOG DEPT MA 181 PAWNEE ST SAN MARCOS Ca 92069 TOLEDO/83 TWENTY-NI NTH ANNUAL RADIO CONTROL EXPOSITION TOLEDO SPORTS ARENA ONE MAIN STREET TOLEDO OHIO Reserve April 8 9 10 1983 attend worlds greatest radio con trol model show featuring worlds largest Swap Shops no dealers complete ref resh ment centers Saturday Night Auction raffles complete nc systems accessories acres free parking Bring latest com pletely finished models display enter com petition exciting awards Complete nc systems will presented first second third place win ners new Video Cassette Recorder will awarded lucky winner Best Show Open public three great days APRIL8 9&1O presented Weak Signals RIC Club PO Box 5772 Toledo Ohio 43613 Fine Quality Flying Models atalogS1 50 98 RUBBER POWER KITS plus Gliders c/L R/C Accessories Books 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 MAJESTIC MODELS 3273 West 129th Street Cleveland Ohio 44111 Just before airplane ready land reduce throttle idle increase elevator back-stick make airplane come nose-high flare After try two will probably start making some best landings career remember fellow club member land ings always looked like roller coaster ride fol lowed two bounces three-point landing main gear nose wing tip After session instruction able land like pro should have seen smile face Theres no reason cant work everyone Try Ron Von Puoe III Sleepx Oaks Rd Ft Wol ton Beoch FL 32548 RC Old-Timers/Mathews Continued page 55 use f set-cam carb can modified lean out low-throttle setting using technique de veloped Bill Carpenter C H Electronics cuts small screwdriver slot outside end low-speed needle razor saw cam levers square hole filed round shape needle file low speed adjusted before tightening cam permanently modification very helpful using gas oil spark unit running OS Davis Diesel conversion markedlyreduced volume fuel needed requires much leaner settines Overheating ignition Tightly-cowled stallations running CH Electronics ignition system can occasion overheat Doran Hiatt cures adding additional head gasket have encountered heating once 1000 F day too much ground running inverted tightly-cowled engine however its good know cure Hot Stuff revolution Bob Bill Hunter both past Nationals Champions began selling cyanoacrylate glue mailto Free Flight fra ternity 1970 contests frequently wowed us using material repair models damaged time personal reaction mate rial useful repair emergency role couldnt accept idea models could constructed wrong ensuing 13 years have seen Hunters others develop techniques have virtually revolutionized model building Construction time has reduced fraction what once use cyanoacrylates has become norm rather exception humble opinion adhesives now fundamental model construction razor blades pins waxed paper way CyAs must rank biggest improvement modeling since introduction balsa wood picture worth thousand words Hot Stuff Video-Tips tape represents other major breakthrough hobby does one-hour program provide excellent formation techniques procedures may well forerunner revolution dissemi nating how-to knowledge hobbyist full-sized aviation Cessna other manu facturers use video tapes conduct ground school training prospective pilots Hot Stuff tape clearly shows way use video tapes instruct new RC pilots also de velop building trimming installation flying other skills Dont surprised someday new RC trainer kit will include rental coupon instructional tape manufacturer youve opportunity view Ho Stuff Video Tips club meeting bunch want get together view contact Satellite City PO Box 836 Simi CA 93062 details Its instructive hours can spend Old-Timers ailerons once someone will write asking about installing ailerons Old-Timer detail misery theyve did Frankly reason can imagine such modification would improve crosswind landing take-off handling Surely no would want use Old-Timer aerobatics nearly instance aware add ing ailerons highly-dihedraled Old-Timer produces severe adverse yaw place get detailed dissertation adverse yaw phenomenon model tends slide outward aileron-induced tom would swear rudder servo glitching opposite setting Adverse yaw can become severe model will actually snap roll wrong direction real cure reduce dihedral bunch As example know ofaTabi Power house dihedral reduced V2 per tip still tends yaw Naturally modification also reduces inherent stability model also produces rather odd-looking Powerhouse opinion whole idea exercise frustration isnt worth bother OldTimer RC conversions takeoff quickly can easily launched landed runways width Using approach ends up classic student pilot joke about runway being awfully short terrifically wide done years ye won dered earth rather primitive early models could possibly thermal hours still recovered Havent Leafing through recently-acquired MAN October 1934 ran across following Air Ways important events took place recently remarkable flight made Brown-powered Bassett model Miss Phil adelphia Camden NJ May 28 1934 followed Camden landed Middletown DE two hours 35 minutes later followed large airplane rose height 8000 feet motor ceased machine reached ground after twentyminute glide Mr Fritz followed model full-sized airplane remarked model began its descent could make own ship dive fast enough keep sight 156 Model Aviation