A COUPLE clubs met trip Alaska good enough give patches appearance will share now Too bad isnt color cause some real beauties havent made practice collecting club patches special Which reminds head north take along something characteristic home area People will extending courtesies always nice able reciprocate club patch might suffice RCers meet about arent RCers Alaskans readers long winter nights know books about home state local tories aviation histories maybe book about company work etc might just what want Try bring something personal Rainbirds Ketchikan hos pitable people can hope meet Bring floatplane fly Ketchikan has some fasci nating tourist attractions Saxman Village tem Park among appreciate Tlingit Indian culture produced totem poles other artifacts will see try book recommended Bob Andrew Rainbirds Wolf Raven Totem Poles Southeastern Alaska Viola E Garfield Linn rest University Washington Press ISBN 0295-73998-3 did drive personal ve hicle trip must travel north Ketchikan Skagway Blue Canoe Alaska Ferry Before get Skagway will want learn something Gold Rush 1898 famous route Yukon gold fields suggest read hilkoot PassThe Most Famous Trail North Archie Saterfield Alaska Northwest Publishing Co ISBN 0-88240-109-2 way travel Chilkoot Pass today walk stampeders did guidebook hikers will likely drive Skagway Klondike Highway 2 beautiful new road least USA side border following second famous route gold fields goes over White Pass Before leaving Skagway take ride White Pass & Yukon narrow-gauge Railway built 1900 parallels foot trail stampeders still visible train 90 years later pressed scree Once over passes people traveled gold fields Yukon River steamboats found fascinating examples still found Carcross Whitehorse Dawson City Yukon River Steamboats Stan Cohen Pictorial Histories PubI Co Missouila MN ISBN 0-933126-19-0 gives good over view what like what did other end Klondike Highway 2 Whitehorse Yukon Territory Canada Whitehorse home Yukon RC Modelers Ask Honda agency Dennis Wacker will meet some friendliest Canadians did Whitehorse seat government Yukon Territory Canada has interest ing museums other attractions sure see Frantic Follies pass through summer get Anchorage go Dimon Center look Hobby Hut ask infor mation ARCS Alaska RC Society fly lovely field Elmendorf Air Force Base north Anchorage enjoyed flying 30 Model Aviation George M Myers Radio Thchnique 70 Froeblich Farm Rd HIcksviIIe NY 11801 ne parking tor RU tliers Jacobs Lake flying site Ketchikan AK somewhat limited ABSTRACT Alaskan Club patches Alaska read ing list Useful travel tools Photos Jacobs Lake flying site Ketchikan AK ARCS Rainbirds Yukon RCC patches Am broid glue kit Goop Poly-Zap JB Weld George Myers hiding behind Minolta Weathermatic Dual 35 camera SR tool kit TRC Fast Charger ARCS Rainbirds Yukon RCC patches collected reporter Myers Alaska trip lerft good selection adhesives modeler take along pleasure trip Ambroid Glue kit Super Jet Goop JB Weld Poly-Zap Handy tools take along same trip R SR Batteries tool kit TRC Ni-Cd Fast Chargerit charges 10 Ni-Cd cells cordless tools computers flashlights RC systems photo strobe lights electric razors portable video camerasyou name Myers loves ARCS received gracious re ception Anchorage itself has tourist attrac tions will spend little time reading James Micheners Alaska Random House ISBN 0-39455 154-0 will understand what see major forms transportation Anchorage area Alaska Railroad still operating Railroad buffs will enjoy Rails Across Tundra Stan Cohen Pictorial Histories Pubi Co ISBN 0-933126-43-4 book gives good picture what weather earthquakes snowslidcs etc can doand didto railroad Im selling books Stan Cohen never met him does good job look up Trail 42 pictorial history Alaska Highway Stan Cohen Pictorial Histories PubI Co ISBN 0-9333126-06-9 shows Alcan highway came existence 15 months road has improved since conditions havent changed bit Mother Nature can slap down time feels like doing going drive through Canada get Alaska did might enjoy Maple Leaf Rag Stephen Brook Vintage Books Div Random House ISBN 0-394-75833-1 will enjoy book whether drive though Canada drive will feel bet ter knowing what seeingand what missing So what did find useful trip Alaska Heres some things NICAD Battery Charger thing served universal tool old TRC charger new version market now Ive told Mine will charge NICAD packs containing 10 cells re quiring special adjustments unit contains peak-detecting charger Just hook battery pack plug 12volt battery cigar lighter car stance push button wait about 15 min utes use charge one-cell glow plug bat tery two-cell electric razor three-cell flashlight four-cell flight packs five-cell photo strobe light eight- nine-cell transmitter battery packs 10-cell vidcam laptop computer packs well Obviously provide own pack special plugs make peculiar conContinued page 107 Os ORDERS SHIPPED WARBIRDDAY RECEIVED VHS OR BETA DUR 23RD YEAR NY TWO VIDEOS ONLY $7595 SPE6 IAL W1R@D 610 RY OFFER VIDEOS ONLY $10795 ALL B VIDEOS ONLY $19995 WARBIRD CHECKOUT VOL Flying P-4D Warhawk F4U Corsair FGF HelIcal SB2-A Buccanneer TBF Avenger NF 1325 Programs2 Hr Only $3995 March 1990 31 George M Myers hiding behind Weathermatic Dual 35 camera caron recent trip Alaska successally kept tree ubiquitous Alaska dust WARBIRD CHECKOUT VOL II Flying P-38 Mitchell Bomber P-61 Black Widow Invader NF 1454 Programsi 00 Mm Only $3995 WARBIRD CHECKOUT VOL III Flying P-51 Mustang A-20 Bomber P-39 Introduction P-39 Advanced HF 1514 ProgramshO Mm Only $3995 CALL TOLL FREE CREDIT CARDS jjJ Day Night Money Order Check Credit Card Mastercard Visa American express Shipping Paid Continental US-Foreign add $500 0 California residents add 6 1/2% tax NFVIDEO LIBRARY 2554 LINCOLN BLVD #568 MARINA DEL REY CA 90291 Safety/Preston Continued page 22 out battery being connected lucky bruised finger could have major accident type start has reported AMA Safety column read col umn doing yourself big disservice careful Dick Meehans receiver crystal fell out big Sopwith Pup ground time possibilities what might have happened air awesome opin ion design defect receiver crystal accessible outside thereby invit ing frequency changes retuning Crystals should changed retuning re ceiver also true transmitters re ceiver has plug-in crystal tape George Wilsons Litestik derivative Balsa USAs Stick 40 Plus doing radical re coveries dives loops sometimes two loops row asking second turned out problem caused too few rubberbands holding wing down wing lifting off fuselage chang ing angle attack Make sure use enough bands assure wing will lift' comment rubberbands should used hold down wing contained letter Russ Petersen Russ stated always taught need rubberband good condition side wing pound weight would mean eight-pound airplane would have 16 rubberbands hold whole thing together Control Line flying wire clips Its often get letters concerning CL activities recent Joe Wagner related experience friend Don Benson Fox 35powered Sig Chipmunk transition CL Free Flight clip-type wire connectors failed Joe stated Im referring dumbbell-shaped clips everyone uses hook control lines lead-outs handle particular ones failed almost soft easy bend copper wire airplane involved no armpuller because Don breaking en gine needle set very rich lines failed Chipmunk flying rather slowly Yet line connectors straightened pulled apart under light load CL flier should immediately check own connectors see softies checked own OKbut old-time make ones failed Don just bought recently believe recent manufacture think Joes letter clearly shows impor tance performing pull test lines before flying CL models Till next month have safe RC Special/Hunton Continued page 29 match three-channel models soaring stincts Makepeace Special visit Little Rock AR flapped Special Bill Kaluf met long-time full-scale pilot Ken Makepeace Ken also builds ultralights owns Blanik sailplane built flown original large-size Special years ago Its no wonder Special design ap pealed Ken full-scale back ground 1987 built another Special Airborne plans given him KaluD adding modifications bring closer full-scale practice Saito 60 fourstroker Ken used makes version fully aerobatic its flatbottomed airfoil model became first series able perform rolling 360s nose contour also changed ac commodate sheet metal coaming wing tips modified terminate flush top wing surface Another modifi cation use fabric fin attachment fairing like used Cubs Heres Ken described first flight upgraded Special obvious top notch model superb flier isnt floater RC Special original version wood Champion engine McNabb 465 radio will slow down flaps glide like its sliding down wire Winter column Scrapbox Model Airplane News Forties led Vernon McNabb allowing fly several experimental 465 systems before gained FCC approval first examination-free Citizenship system line sight pointed its stubby antenna looked like simplified latter-day TV roof antenna its signal could bounce off scoreboards tanks buildings etc sometimes made glitch-crazy beyond modern imagi nation Spark-ignition still vogue no thought about suppression hightension spark added frenzy chaos Drain its six-volt battery large 45 volt B eventually became hearing aid enormous requiring eight pencells reliability plus two escape ment receiver big modern 10oz fuel tank people often flew just ignition 09 rudder Live Wire trainer Trixter Beam early kits using system Sigma 4F relay adapted lowescapement voltage required such close contact setting minor earth tremor other side planet led horren dous vibration-induced out-of-control flights crashes Out-of-sights com mon Makepeace managed radio roaring Atwood Champion engine big 1948 Special beyond Forties no instructors typical modelers like myself may have known series parallel Yet assembled Aerotrol radio kits infamous gas tubes managed fly percentages success slightly higher tossing newborn babe pool ex pecting dog-paddle Some us pad dled Before us Rockwood Goods Walker et al showed us pool As fun fly participants aware much can accomplished through model design enhance chances winning events vertical performance rapid roll rates twitchy tight turn capability name few However above charac teristics lead toward stylized unrealistic models Perhaps fun-fly participa tion simply winning perhaps such thing competing class use classic design such Winter Special As originally designed 1940s model captures essence Golden Age Aviation Udated Bill Winter 1988 Special retains classic proportions solid flight charac teristics yet becomes very flexible ca pable fun-fly contender fact quick-attach/detach lower wing having two-thirds span chord top wing 47/88 Special has outstanding performance biplane has done well fun-fly biplane letter writer 1987 Bill Win ter expressed some additional thoughts design always just very stable pleas ant-looking -flying anybodys air plane design approach always has element full-scale favor con trol feedback realistic response makes sense actually air plane has life fly talks Like its designer Special has sense self fly will find yourself thinking full-scale termsits kind machine article will continue next month detailed plans ultimate 47/88 air craft Radio Technique/Myers Continued page 31 nections TRC manufacturer cant find address Maybe someone knows will see write Adhesives Another item Glue Box fered Ambroid contains epoxy fabric glue styrene glue vinyl glue cellulose cement old orange-colored Ambroid beloved What cant stick together can get GOOP clear silicone adhesive Gold berg Super Jet cyanoacrylate JB Plastic Weld two-part epoxy filled powdered steel Poly Zap some /16 rosin-cored 60/40 lead/tin solder package Stay-Brite silver solder Add sewing kit just wasnt anything couldnt stick together short metal welding Glue Box Ambroid Company Lowell MA 01853 GOOP Adhesive & Sealant Eclectic Pro ducts Inc Carson CA 90745 JB Weld J-B Weld Co. PO Box 483 Sulphur Springs TX 75482 Poly-Zap Pacer Technology Campbell CA 95008 Super Jet Carl Goldberg Models Continued page 140 March 1990 107 Mere Fun SPECIFICATIONS Wing Span62'2 inches Wing Area770 square inches Engine Size 10 cc 90 129 four stroke Designed AMA FAI Turn-around pattern Foam wing stab 3-32 Balsa sheet covering Tricycle conven tional gear fixed retracts Rear side exhaust fiber glass canopy Very positive maneuverable XLT SPECIFIC Wing Span65 inches Length65 inches Wing Area845 square inches Recommended Engine Size 10 cc 90 120 four stroke XLT designed tuned pipe re tract landing gears Capable AMA Turn-around pattern Rear side ex haust SPECIFICATIONS Wing Span Wing Area Engine Size 63'4 inches 700 square inches 50-60 Glow 90 four stroke fun sport pattern turn-around can done Utter Chaos completely built up Balsa construction Canopy engine mount included years proven flying reliablity BRIDI AIRCRAFT DESIGNS INC 23625 Pineforest Lane Harbor City California 90710 213 549-8264 326-5013 SEE YOUR FAVORITE HOBBY SHOP OR RETAIL OUTLET Dealer Inquries Invited PRODUCTS Complete Line Exheust Systems * Tuned Pipes led Tuned Pipes * Headers uri Mufflers Expansion Mufflers copter Ball Mufflers ialized Exhaust Systems Unsurpassed Workmaashin & Padormance Inc Chicago IL 60651 Stay-Brite silver solder Stay Clean flux 1W Harris Co 10930 Deerfield Rd Cincinnati OH 45242 Tools SR batteries tool kit contains SAE metric hex wrenches well crosspoint regular screwdriver bits nifty box ratchet drive screwdriver-type handle very handy use love bits fit electric screwdriver should grab interest somewhat greater interest fact can buy single replacement bits should damaged lost Think sel dom can thing like days SR Batteries Inc Box 287 Bellport NY 11713 tel 1-516/286-0079 Wen portable tool kit #2336 has de scribed previous column contains drill motor Dremel-type grinder saber saw sol dering iron plug cigarette lighter 12-VDC receptacle car have kit find uses dont have people snicker idea toy tools look like toys worked like 110VAC tools no trouble cutting A-in ply wood drilling 4-in holes Ford van body parts Portasol butane-fueled soldering iron also described earlier Suffice say worked fine Camera bought Minolta Weather matic Dual 35 main thought might travel salt air splashes possibility being dropped overboard rule Out use expensive cameras lenses camera 0-ring-sealed against dust moisture has corrosion-resistant yellow plastic exterior will float water accepts DXcoded ASA 100 1000 35mm color print film has pushbutton-selected internal 35mm 50mm lenses features automatic film advance/rewind well autofocus nearest focus point two feet 50mm lens focus-hold feature built shutter button just big cameras tiny built-in flash much better no flash 26 x 31 x 58 less pound camera relatively small light nice hiking must carry everything body much dust Alaska stayed outside camera bought camera its weather resistance learned enjoy fact can worked hand ap preciate its durability favorite lens 35mm-to-tOSmm macro zoom can understand felt limited BATT- CHEKEX Saves Time . Saves Models Install RO Models 3-Level indication receiver battery status press button Precise Rugged Small Light /2 oz Made SA Also custom units other applications Order Today si 495 trom dealer send check money order topostpaid Protune Corp 914 462-6452 PO Box 1808 Poughkeepal NY 12601 NY State residents add sales tax non-macro 35/50mm lens selection use found could get about 85% pic tures wanted Thats pretty good compro mise Any camera just tool good general-purpose tool think would look good field kit perhaps could send some pictures column Minolta Weathermatic Dual 35 local camera store Light 12-VDC fluorescent light plugs automobile cigar lighter very handy put couple strips VelcroTM hooks back permit stick light prati cally anywhere cloth interior van sticks very neatly head-liner seat backs comes off easily need another po sition unit draws 06 amps opposed vans interior lights draw 24 amps provides plenty light reading working whatever have separate deep-cycle RV recreational vehicleEd battery van operate re frigerator lights whatever other items might need total capacity RV battery 70 amp-hours refrigerator alone can exhaust about 17 hours Ito fall asleep refrigerator interior lights battery would exhausted 11 hours Sub stituting fluorescent light vans stan dard interior lights will let battery last 15 hours think extra four hours operating time very valuable RV battery course independent battery starts van wont give manufacturer light because have seen similar units K-Mart Radio Shack etc Prop Noise Continued page 44 last factor controlled fi nal choice prop test aircraft An APC 10 x 8 determined best compromise fact maximum flight speed noise level appear similar 9 x 10 prop low-speed thrust greatly improved As airplane/prop combination demon strates now possible operate model aircraft reduced noise levels little no compromise performance hoped propeller manufacturers will follow APC lead developing introducing new lines will benefit aircraft sizes would major step toward preserving community relations ensur ing continued growth hobby 140 Model Aviation Radio Technique/Myers Continued page 107
Edition: Model Aviation - 1990/03
Page Numbers: 30, 31, 107, 140
A COUPLE clubs met trip Alaska good enough give patches appearance will share now Too bad isnt color cause some real beauties havent made practice collecting club patches special Which reminds head north take along something characteristic home area People will extending courtesies always nice able reciprocate club patch might suffice RCers meet about arent RCers Alaskans readers long winter nights know books about home state local tories aviation histories maybe book about company work etc might just what want Try bring something personal Rainbirds Ketchikan hos pitable people can hope meet Bring floatplane fly Ketchikan has some fasci nating tourist attractions Saxman Village tem Park among appreciate Tlingit Indian culture produced totem poles other artifacts will see try book recommended Bob Andrew Rainbirds Wolf Raven Totem Poles Southeastern Alaska Viola E Garfield Linn rest University Washington Press ISBN 0295-73998-3 did drive personal ve hicle trip must travel north Ketchikan Skagway Blue Canoe Alaska Ferry Before get Skagway will want learn something Gold Rush 1898 famous route Yukon gold fields suggest read hilkoot PassThe Most Famous Trail North Archie Saterfield Alaska Northwest Publishing Co ISBN 0-88240-109-2 way travel Chilkoot Pass today walk stampeders did guidebook hikers will likely drive Skagway Klondike Highway 2 beautiful new road least USA side border following second famous route gold fields goes over White Pass Before leaving Skagway take ride White Pass & Yukon narrow-gauge Railway built 1900 parallels foot trail stampeders still visible train 90 years later pressed scree Once over passes people traveled gold fields Yukon River steamboats found fascinating examples still found Carcross Whitehorse Dawson City Yukon River Steamboats Stan Cohen Pictorial Histories PubI Co Missouila MN ISBN 0-933126-19-0 gives good over view what like what did other end Klondike Highway 2 Whitehorse Yukon Territory Canada Whitehorse home Yukon RC Modelers Ask Honda agency Dennis Wacker will meet some friendliest Canadians did Whitehorse seat government Yukon Territory Canada has interest ing museums other attractions sure see Frantic Follies pass through summer get Anchorage go Dimon Center look Hobby Hut ask infor mation ARCS Alaska RC Society fly lovely field Elmendorf Air Force Base north Anchorage enjoyed flying 30 Model Aviation George M Myers Radio Thchnique 70 Froeblich Farm Rd HIcksviIIe NY 11801 ne parking tor RU tliers Jacobs Lake flying site Ketchikan AK somewhat limited ABSTRACT Alaskan Club patches Alaska read ing list Useful travel tools Photos Jacobs Lake flying site Ketchikan AK ARCS Rainbirds Yukon RCC patches Am broid glue kit Goop Poly-Zap JB Weld George Myers hiding behind Minolta Weathermatic Dual 35 camera SR tool kit TRC Fast Charger ARCS Rainbirds Yukon RCC patches collected reporter Myers Alaska trip lerft good selection adhesives modeler take along pleasure trip Ambroid Glue kit Super Jet Goop JB Weld Poly-Zap Handy tools take along same trip R SR Batteries tool kit TRC Ni-Cd Fast Chargerit charges 10 Ni-Cd cells cordless tools computers flashlights RC systems photo strobe lights electric razors portable video camerasyou name Myers loves ARCS received gracious re ception Anchorage itself has tourist attrac tions will spend little time reading James Micheners Alaska Random House ISBN 0-39455 154-0 will understand what see major forms transportation Anchorage area Alaska Railroad still operating Railroad buffs will enjoy Rails Across Tundra Stan Cohen Pictorial Histories Pubi Co ISBN 0-933126-43-4 book gives good picture what weather earthquakes snowslidcs etc can doand didto railroad Im selling books Stan Cohen never met him does good job look up Trail 42 pictorial history Alaska Highway Stan Cohen Pictorial Histories PubI Co ISBN 0-9333126-06-9 shows Alcan highway came existence 15 months road has improved since conditions havent changed bit Mother Nature can slap down time feels like doing going drive through Canada get Alaska did might enjoy Maple Leaf Rag Stephen Brook Vintage Books Div Random House ISBN 0-394-75833-1 will enjoy book whether drive though Canada drive will feel bet ter knowing what seeingand what missing So what did find useful trip Alaska Heres some things NICAD Battery Charger thing served universal tool old TRC charger new version market now Ive told Mine will charge NICAD packs containing 10 cells re quiring special adjustments unit contains peak-detecting charger Just hook battery pack plug 12volt battery cigar lighter car stance push button wait about 15 min utes use charge one-cell glow plug bat tery two-cell electric razor three-cell flashlight four-cell flight packs five-cell photo strobe light eight- nine-cell transmitter battery packs 10-cell vidcam laptop computer packs well Obviously provide own pack special plugs make peculiar conContinued page 107 Os ORDERS SHIPPED WARBIRDDAY RECEIVED VHS OR BETA DUR 23RD YEAR NY TWO VIDEOS ONLY $7595 SPE6 IAL W1R@D 610 RY OFFER VIDEOS ONLY $10795 ALL B VIDEOS ONLY $19995 WARBIRD CHECKOUT VOL Flying P-4D Warhawk F4U Corsair FGF HelIcal SB2-A Buccanneer TBF Avenger NF 1325 Programs2 Hr Only $3995 March 1990 31 George M Myers hiding behind Weathermatic Dual 35 camera caron recent trip Alaska successally kept tree ubiquitous Alaska dust WARBIRD CHECKOUT VOL II Flying P-38 Mitchell Bomber P-61 Black Widow Invader NF 1454 Programsi 00 Mm Only $3995 WARBIRD CHECKOUT VOL III Flying P-51 Mustang A-20 Bomber P-39 Introduction P-39 Advanced HF 1514 ProgramshO Mm Only $3995 CALL TOLL FREE CREDIT CARDS jjJ Day Night Money Order Check Credit Card Mastercard Visa American express Shipping Paid Continental US-Foreign add $500 0 California residents add 6 1/2% tax NFVIDEO LIBRARY 2554 LINCOLN BLVD #568 MARINA DEL REY CA 90291 Safety/Preston Continued page 22 out battery being connected lucky bruised finger could have major accident type start has reported AMA Safety column read col umn doing yourself big disservice careful Dick Meehans receiver crystal fell out big Sopwith Pup ground time possibilities what might have happened air awesome opin ion design defect receiver crystal accessible outside thereby invit ing frequency changes retuning Crystals should changed retuning re ceiver also true transmitters re ceiver has plug-in crystal tape George Wilsons Litestik derivative Balsa USAs Stick 40 Plus doing radical re coveries dives loops sometimes two loops row asking second turned out problem caused too few rubberbands holding wing down wing lifting off fuselage chang ing angle attack Make sure use enough bands assure wing will lift' comment rubberbands should used hold down wing contained letter Russ Petersen Russ stated always taught need rubberband good condition side wing pound weight would mean eight-pound airplane would have 16 rubberbands hold whole thing together Control Line flying wire clips Its often get letters concerning CL activities recent Joe Wagner related experience friend Don Benson Fox 35powered Sig Chipmunk transition CL Free Flight clip-type wire connectors failed Joe stated Im referring dumbbell-shaped clips everyone uses hook control lines lead-outs handle particular ones failed almost soft easy bend copper wire airplane involved no armpuller because Don breaking en gine needle set very rich lines failed Chipmunk flying rather slowly Yet line connectors straightened pulled apart under light load CL flier should immediately check own connectors see softies checked own OKbut old-time make ones failed Don just bought recently believe recent manufacture think Joes letter clearly shows impor tance performing pull test lines before flying CL models Till next month have safe RC Special/Hunton Continued page 29 match three-channel models soaring stincts Makepeace Special visit Little Rock AR flapped Special Bill Kaluf met long-time full-scale pilot Ken Makepeace Ken also builds ultralights owns Blanik sailplane built flown original large-size Special years ago Its no wonder Special design ap pealed Ken full-scale back ground 1987 built another Special Airborne plans given him KaluD adding modifications bring closer full-scale practice Saito 60 fourstroker Ken used makes version fully aerobatic its flatbottomed airfoil model became first series able perform rolling 360s nose contour also changed ac commodate sheet metal coaming wing tips modified terminate flush top wing surface Another modifi cation use fabric fin attachment fairing like used Cubs Heres Ken described first flight upgraded Special obvious top notch model superb flier isnt floater RC Special original version wood Champion engine McNabb 465 radio will slow down flaps glide like its sliding down wire Winter column Scrapbox Model Airplane News Forties led Vernon McNabb allowing fly several experimental 465 systems before gained FCC approval first examination-free Citizenship system line sight pointed its stubby antenna looked like simplified latter-day TV roof antenna its signal could bounce off scoreboards tanks buildings etc sometimes made glitch-crazy beyond modern imagi nation Spark-ignition still vogue no thought about suppression hightension spark added frenzy chaos Drain its six-volt battery large 45 volt B eventually became hearing aid enormous requiring eight pencells reliability plus two escape ment receiver big modern 10oz fuel tank people often flew just ignition 09 rudder Live Wire trainer Trixter Beam early kits using system Sigma 4F relay adapted lowescapement voltage required such close contact setting minor earth tremor other side planet led horren dous vibration-induced out-of-control flights crashes Out-of-sights com mon Makepeace managed radio roaring Atwood Champion engine big 1948 Special beyond Forties no instructors typical modelers like myself may have known series parallel Yet assembled Aerotrol radio kits infamous gas tubes managed fly percentages success slightly higher tossing newborn babe pool ex pecting dog-paddle Some us pad dled Before us Rockwood Goods Walker et al showed us pool As fun fly participants aware much can accomplished through model design enhance chances winning events vertical performance rapid roll rates twitchy tight turn capability name few However above charac teristics lead toward stylized unrealistic models Perhaps fun-fly participa tion simply winning perhaps such thing competing class use classic design such Winter Special As originally designed 1940s model captures essence Golden Age Aviation Udated Bill Winter 1988 Special retains classic proportions solid flight charac teristics yet becomes very flexible ca pable fun-fly contender fact quick-attach/detach lower wing having two-thirds span chord top wing 47/88 Special has outstanding performance biplane has done well fun-fly biplane letter writer 1987 Bill Win ter expressed some additional thoughts design always just very stable pleas ant-looking -flying anybodys air plane design approach always has element full-scale favor con trol feedback realistic response makes sense actually air plane has life fly talks Like its designer Special has sense self fly will find yourself thinking full-scale termsits kind machine article will continue next month detailed plans ultimate 47/88 air craft Radio Technique/Myers Continued page 31 nections TRC manufacturer cant find address Maybe someone knows will see write Adhesives Another item Glue Box fered Ambroid contains epoxy fabric glue styrene glue vinyl glue cellulose cement old orange-colored Ambroid beloved What cant stick together can get GOOP clear silicone adhesive Gold berg Super Jet cyanoacrylate JB Plastic Weld two-part epoxy filled powdered steel Poly Zap some /16 rosin-cored 60/40 lead/tin solder package Stay-Brite silver solder Add sewing kit just wasnt anything couldnt stick together short metal welding Glue Box Ambroid Company Lowell MA 01853 GOOP Adhesive & Sealant Eclectic Pro ducts Inc Carson CA 90745 JB Weld J-B Weld Co. PO Box 483 Sulphur Springs TX 75482 Poly-Zap Pacer Technology Campbell CA 95008 Super Jet Carl Goldberg Models Continued page 140 March 1990 107 Mere Fun SPECIFICATIONS Wing Span62'2 inches Wing Area770 square inches Engine Size 10 cc 90 129 four stroke Designed AMA FAI Turn-around pattern Foam wing stab 3-32 Balsa sheet covering Tricycle conven tional gear fixed retracts Rear side exhaust fiber glass canopy Very positive maneuverable XLT SPECIFIC Wing Span65 inches Length65 inches Wing Area845 square inches Recommended Engine Size 10 cc 90 120 four stroke XLT designed tuned pipe re tract landing gears Capable AMA Turn-around pattern Rear side ex haust SPECIFICATIONS Wing Span Wing Area Engine Size 63'4 inches 700 square inches 50-60 Glow 90 four stroke fun sport pattern turn-around can done Utter Chaos completely built up Balsa construction Canopy engine mount included years proven flying reliablity BRIDI AIRCRAFT DESIGNS INC 23625 Pineforest Lane Harbor City California 90710 213 549-8264 326-5013 SEE YOUR FAVORITE HOBBY SHOP OR RETAIL OUTLET Dealer Inquries Invited PRODUCTS Complete Line Exheust Systems * Tuned Pipes led Tuned Pipes * Headers uri Mufflers Expansion Mufflers copter Ball Mufflers ialized Exhaust Systems Unsurpassed Workmaashin & Padormance Inc Chicago IL 60651 Stay-Brite silver solder Stay Clean flux 1W Harris Co 10930 Deerfield Rd Cincinnati OH 45242 Tools SR batteries tool kit contains SAE metric hex wrenches well crosspoint regular screwdriver bits nifty box ratchet drive screwdriver-type handle very handy use love bits fit electric screwdriver should grab interest somewhat greater interest fact can buy single replacement bits should damaged lost Think sel dom can thing like days SR Batteries Inc Box 287 Bellport NY 11713 tel 1-516/286-0079 Wen portable tool kit #2336 has de scribed previous column contains drill motor Dremel-type grinder saber saw sol dering iron plug cigarette lighter 12-VDC receptacle car have kit find uses dont have people snicker idea toy tools look like toys worked like 110VAC tools no trouble cutting A-in ply wood drilling 4-in holes Ford van body parts Portasol butane-fueled soldering iron also described earlier Suffice say worked fine Camera bought Minolta Weather matic Dual 35 main thought might travel salt air splashes possibility being dropped overboard rule Out use expensive cameras lenses camera 0-ring-sealed against dust moisture has corrosion-resistant yellow plastic exterior will float water accepts DXcoded ASA 100 1000 35mm color print film has pushbutton-selected internal 35mm 50mm lenses features automatic film advance/rewind well autofocus nearest focus point two feet 50mm lens focus-hold feature built shutter button just big cameras tiny built-in flash much better no flash 26 x 31 x 58 less pound camera relatively small light nice hiking must carry everything body much dust Alaska stayed outside camera bought camera its weather resistance learned enjoy fact can worked hand ap preciate its durability favorite lens 35mm-to-tOSmm macro zoom can understand felt limited BATT- CHEKEX Saves Time . Saves Models Install RO Models 3-Level indication receiver battery status press button Precise Rugged Small Light /2 oz Made SA Also custom units other applications Order Today si 495 trom dealer send check money order topostpaid Protune Corp 914 462-6452 PO Box 1808 Poughkeepal NY 12601 NY State residents add sales tax non-macro 35/50mm lens selection use found could get about 85% pic tures wanted Thats pretty good compro mise Any camera just tool good general-purpose tool think would look good field kit perhaps could send some pictures column Minolta Weathermatic Dual 35 local camera store Light 12-VDC fluorescent light plugs automobile cigar lighter very handy put couple strips VelcroTM hooks back permit stick light prati cally anywhere cloth interior van sticks very neatly head-liner seat backs comes off easily need another po sition unit draws 06 amps opposed vans interior lights draw 24 amps provides plenty light reading working whatever have separate deep-cycle RV recreational vehicleEd battery van operate re frigerator lights whatever other items might need total capacity RV battery 70 amp-hours refrigerator alone can exhaust about 17 hours Ito fall asleep refrigerator interior lights battery would exhausted 11 hours Sub stituting fluorescent light vans stan dard interior lights will let battery last 15 hours think extra four hours operating time very valuable RV battery course independent battery starts van wont give manufacturer light because have seen similar units K-Mart Radio Shack etc Prop Noise Continued page 44 last factor controlled fi nal choice prop test aircraft An APC 10 x 8 determined best compromise fact maximum flight speed noise level appear similar 9 x 10 prop low-speed thrust greatly improved As airplane/prop combination demon strates now possible operate model aircraft reduced noise levels little no compromise performance hoped propeller manufacturers will follow APC lead developing introducing new lines will benefit aircraft sizes would major step toward preserving community relations ensur ing continued growth hobby 140 Model Aviation Radio Technique/Myers Continued page 107
Edition: Model Aviation - 1990/03
Page Numbers: 30, 31, 107, 140
A COUPLE clubs met trip Alaska good enough give patches appearance will share now Too bad isnt color cause some real beauties havent made practice collecting club patches special Which reminds head north take along something characteristic home area People will extending courtesies always nice able reciprocate club patch might suffice RCers meet about arent RCers Alaskans readers long winter nights know books about home state local tories aviation histories maybe book about company work etc might just what want Try bring something personal Rainbirds Ketchikan hos pitable people can hope meet Bring floatplane fly Ketchikan has some fasci nating tourist attractions Saxman Village tem Park among appreciate Tlingit Indian culture produced totem poles other artifacts will see try book recommended Bob Andrew Rainbirds Wolf Raven Totem Poles Southeastern Alaska Viola E Garfield Linn rest University Washington Press ISBN 0295-73998-3 did drive personal ve hicle trip must travel north Ketchikan Skagway Blue Canoe Alaska Ferry Before get Skagway will want learn something Gold Rush 1898 famous route Yukon gold fields suggest read hilkoot PassThe Most Famous Trail North Archie Saterfield Alaska Northwest Publishing Co ISBN 0-88240-109-2 way travel Chilkoot Pass today walk stampeders did guidebook hikers will likely drive Skagway Klondike Highway 2 beautiful new road least USA side border following second famous route gold fields goes over White Pass Before leaving Skagway take ride White Pass & Yukon narrow-gauge Railway built 1900 parallels foot trail stampeders still visible train 90 years later pressed scree Once over passes people traveled gold fields Yukon River steamboats found fascinating examples still found Carcross Whitehorse Dawson City Yukon River Steamboats Stan Cohen Pictorial Histories PubI Co Missouila MN ISBN 0-933126-19-0 gives good over view what like what did other end Klondike Highway 2 Whitehorse Yukon Territory Canada Whitehorse home Yukon RC Modelers Ask Honda agency Dennis Wacker will meet some friendliest Canadians did Whitehorse seat government Yukon Territory Canada has interest ing museums other attractions sure see Frantic Follies pass through summer get Anchorage go Dimon Center look Hobby Hut ask infor mation ARCS Alaska RC Society fly lovely field Elmendorf Air Force Base north Anchorage enjoyed flying 30 Model Aviation George M Myers Radio Thchnique 70 Froeblich Farm Rd HIcksviIIe NY 11801 ne parking tor RU tliers Jacobs Lake flying site Ketchikan AK somewhat limited ABSTRACT Alaskan Club patches Alaska read ing list Useful travel tools Photos Jacobs Lake flying site Ketchikan AK ARCS Rainbirds Yukon RCC patches Am broid glue kit Goop Poly-Zap JB Weld George Myers hiding behind Minolta Weathermatic Dual 35 camera SR tool kit TRC Fast Charger ARCS Rainbirds Yukon RCC patches collected reporter Myers Alaska trip lerft good selection adhesives modeler take along pleasure trip Ambroid Glue kit Super Jet Goop JB Weld Poly-Zap Handy tools take along same trip R SR Batteries tool kit TRC Ni-Cd Fast Chargerit charges 10 Ni-Cd cells cordless tools computers flashlights RC systems photo strobe lights electric razors portable video camerasyou name Myers loves ARCS received gracious re ception Anchorage itself has tourist attrac tions will spend little time reading James Micheners Alaska Random House ISBN 0-39455 154-0 will understand what see major forms transportation Anchorage area Alaska Railroad still operating Railroad buffs will enjoy Rails Across Tundra Stan Cohen Pictorial Histories Pubi Co ISBN 0-933126-43-4 book gives good picture what weather earthquakes snowslidcs etc can doand didto railroad Im selling books Stan Cohen never met him does good job look up Trail 42 pictorial history Alaska Highway Stan Cohen Pictorial Histories PubI Co ISBN 0-9333126-06-9 shows Alcan highway came existence 15 months road has improved since conditions havent changed bit Mother Nature can slap down time feels like doing going drive through Canada get Alaska did might enjoy Maple Leaf Rag Stephen Brook Vintage Books Div Random House ISBN 0-394-75833-1 will enjoy book whether drive though Canada drive will feel bet ter knowing what seeingand what missing So what did find useful trip Alaska Heres some things NICAD Battery Charger thing served universal tool old TRC charger new version market now Ive told Mine will charge NICAD packs containing 10 cells re quiring special adjustments unit contains peak-detecting charger Just hook battery pack plug 12volt battery cigar lighter car stance push button wait about 15 min utes use charge one-cell glow plug bat tery two-cell electric razor three-cell flashlight four-cell flight packs five-cell photo strobe light eight- nine-cell transmitter battery packs 10-cell vidcam laptop computer packs well Obviously provide own pack special plugs make peculiar conContinued page 107 Os ORDERS SHIPPED WARBIRDDAY RECEIVED VHS OR BETA DUR 23RD YEAR NY TWO VIDEOS ONLY $7595 SPE6 IAL W1R@D 610 RY OFFER VIDEOS ONLY $10795 ALL B VIDEOS ONLY $19995 WARBIRD CHECKOUT VOL Flying P-4D Warhawk F4U Corsair FGF HelIcal SB2-A Buccanneer TBF Avenger NF 1325 Programs2 Hr Only $3995 March 1990 31 George M Myers hiding behind Weathermatic Dual 35 camera caron recent trip Alaska successally kept tree ubiquitous Alaska dust WARBIRD CHECKOUT VOL II Flying P-38 Mitchell Bomber P-61 Black Widow Invader NF 1454 Programsi 00 Mm Only $3995 WARBIRD CHECKOUT VOL III Flying P-51 Mustang A-20 Bomber P-39 Introduction P-39 Advanced HF 1514 ProgramshO Mm Only $3995 CALL TOLL FREE CREDIT CARDS jjJ Day Night Money Order Check Credit Card Mastercard Visa American express Shipping Paid Continental US-Foreign add $500 0 California residents add 6 1/2% tax NFVIDEO LIBRARY 2554 LINCOLN BLVD #568 MARINA DEL REY CA 90291 Safety/Preston Continued page 22 out battery being connected lucky bruised finger could have major accident type start has reported AMA Safety column read col umn doing yourself big disservice careful Dick Meehans receiver crystal fell out big Sopwith Pup ground time possibilities what might have happened air awesome opin ion design defect receiver crystal accessible outside thereby invit ing frequency changes retuning Crystals should changed retuning re ceiver also true transmitters re ceiver has plug-in crystal tape George Wilsons Litestik derivative Balsa USAs Stick 40 Plus doing radical re coveries dives loops sometimes two loops row asking second turned out problem caused too few rubberbands holding wing down wing lifting off fuselage chang ing angle attack Make sure use enough bands assure wing will lift' comment rubberbands should used hold down wing contained letter Russ Petersen Russ stated always taught need rubberband good condition side wing pound weight would mean eight-pound airplane would have 16 rubberbands hold whole thing together Control Line flying wire clips Its often get letters concerning CL activities recent Joe Wagner related experience friend Don Benson Fox 35powered Sig Chipmunk transition CL Free Flight clip-type wire connectors failed Joe stated Im referring dumbbell-shaped clips everyone uses hook control lines lead-outs handle particular ones failed almost soft easy bend copper wire airplane involved no armpuller because Don breaking en gine needle set very rich lines failed Chipmunk flying rather slowly Yet line connectors straightened pulled apart under light load CL flier should immediately check own connectors see softies checked own OKbut old-time make ones failed Don just bought recently believe recent manufacture think Joes letter clearly shows impor tance performing pull test lines before flying CL models Till next month have safe RC Special/Hunton Continued page 29 match three-channel models soaring stincts Makepeace Special visit Little Rock AR flapped Special Bill Kaluf met long-time full-scale pilot Ken Makepeace Ken also builds ultralights owns Blanik sailplane built flown original large-size Special years ago Its no wonder Special design ap pealed Ken full-scale back ground 1987 built another Special Airborne plans given him KaluD adding modifications bring closer full-scale practice Saito 60 fourstroker Ken used makes version fully aerobatic its flatbottomed airfoil model became first series able perform rolling 360s nose contour also changed ac commodate sheet metal coaming wing tips modified terminate flush top wing surface Another modifi cation use fabric fin attachment fairing like used Cubs Heres Ken described first flight upgraded Special obvious top notch model superb flier isnt floater RC Special original version wood Champion engine McNabb 465 radio will slow down flaps glide like its sliding down wire Winter column Scrapbox Model Airplane News Forties led Vernon McNabb allowing fly several experimental 465 systems before gained FCC approval first examination-free Citizenship system line sight pointed its stubby antenna looked like simplified latter-day TV roof antenna its signal could bounce off scoreboards tanks buildings etc sometimes made glitch-crazy beyond modern imagi nation Spark-ignition still vogue no thought about suppression hightension spark added frenzy chaos Drain its six-volt battery large 45 volt B eventually became hearing aid enormous requiring eight pencells reliability plus two escape ment receiver big modern 10oz fuel tank people often flew just ignition 09 rudder Live Wire trainer Trixter Beam early kits using system Sigma 4F relay adapted lowescapement voltage required such close contact setting minor earth tremor other side planet led horren dous vibration-induced out-of-control flights crashes Out-of-sights com mon Makepeace managed radio roaring Atwood Champion engine big 1948 Special beyond Forties no instructors typical modelers like myself may have known series parallel Yet assembled Aerotrol radio kits infamous gas tubes managed fly percentages success slightly higher tossing newborn babe pool ex pecting dog-paddle Some us pad dled Before us Rockwood Goods Walker et al showed us pool As fun fly participants aware much can accomplished through model design enhance chances winning events vertical performance rapid roll rates twitchy tight turn capability name few However above charac teristics lead toward stylized unrealistic models Perhaps fun-fly participa tion simply winning perhaps such thing competing class use classic design such Winter Special As originally designed 1940s model captures essence Golden Age Aviation Udated Bill Winter 1988 Special retains classic proportions solid flight charac teristics yet becomes very flexible ca pable fun-fly contender fact quick-attach/detach lower wing having two-thirds span chord top wing 47/88 Special has outstanding performance biplane has done well fun-fly biplane letter writer 1987 Bill Win ter expressed some additional thoughts design always just very stable pleas ant-looking -flying anybodys air plane design approach always has element full-scale favor con trol feedback realistic response makes sense actually air plane has life fly talks Like its designer Special has sense self fly will find yourself thinking full-scale termsits kind machine article will continue next month detailed plans ultimate 47/88 air craft Radio Technique/Myers Continued page 31 nections TRC manufacturer cant find address Maybe someone knows will see write Adhesives Another item Glue Box fered Ambroid contains epoxy fabric glue styrene glue vinyl glue cellulose cement old orange-colored Ambroid beloved What cant stick together can get GOOP clear silicone adhesive Gold berg Super Jet cyanoacrylate JB Plastic Weld two-part epoxy filled powdered steel Poly Zap some /16 rosin-cored 60/40 lead/tin solder package Stay-Brite silver solder Add sewing kit just wasnt anything couldnt stick together short metal welding Glue Box Ambroid Company Lowell MA 01853 GOOP Adhesive & Sealant Eclectic Pro ducts Inc Carson CA 90745 JB Weld J-B Weld Co. PO Box 483 Sulphur Springs TX 75482 Poly-Zap Pacer Technology Campbell CA 95008 Super Jet Carl Goldberg Models Continued page 140 March 1990 107 Mere Fun SPECIFICATIONS Wing Span62'2 inches Wing Area770 square inches Engine Size 10 cc 90 129 four stroke Designed AMA FAI Turn-around pattern Foam wing stab 3-32 Balsa sheet covering Tricycle conven tional gear fixed retracts Rear side exhaust fiber glass canopy Very positive maneuverable XLT SPECIFIC Wing Span65 inches Length65 inches Wing Area845 square inches Recommended Engine Size 10 cc 90 120 four stroke XLT designed tuned pipe re tract landing gears Capable AMA Turn-around pattern Rear side ex haust SPECIFICATIONS Wing Span Wing Area Engine Size 63'4 inches 700 square inches 50-60 Glow 90 four stroke fun sport pattern turn-around can done Utter Chaos completely built up Balsa construction Canopy engine mount included years proven flying reliablity BRIDI AIRCRAFT DESIGNS INC 23625 Pineforest Lane Harbor City California 90710 213 549-8264 326-5013 SEE YOUR FAVORITE HOBBY SHOP OR RETAIL OUTLET Dealer Inquries Invited PRODUCTS Complete Line Exheust Systems * Tuned Pipes led Tuned Pipes * Headers uri Mufflers Expansion Mufflers copter Ball Mufflers ialized Exhaust Systems Unsurpassed Workmaashin & Padormance Inc Chicago IL 60651 Stay-Brite silver solder Stay Clean flux 1W Harris Co 10930 Deerfield Rd Cincinnati OH 45242 Tools SR batteries tool kit contains SAE metric hex wrenches well crosspoint regular screwdriver bits nifty box ratchet drive screwdriver-type handle very handy use love bits fit electric screwdriver should grab interest somewhat greater interest fact can buy single replacement bits should damaged lost Think sel dom can thing like days SR Batteries Inc Box 287 Bellport NY 11713 tel 1-516/286-0079 Wen portable tool kit #2336 has de scribed previous column contains drill motor Dremel-type grinder saber saw sol dering iron plug cigarette lighter 12-VDC receptacle car have kit find uses dont have people snicker idea toy tools look like toys worked like 110VAC tools no trouble cutting A-in ply wood drilling 4-in holes Ford van body parts Portasol butane-fueled soldering iron also described earlier Suffice say worked fine Camera bought Minolta Weather matic Dual 35 main thought might travel salt air splashes possibility being dropped overboard rule Out use expensive cameras lenses camera 0-ring-sealed against dust moisture has corrosion-resistant yellow plastic exterior will float water accepts DXcoded ASA 100 1000 35mm color print film has pushbutton-selected internal 35mm 50mm lenses features automatic film advance/rewind well autofocus nearest focus point two feet 50mm lens focus-hold feature built shutter button just big cameras tiny built-in flash much better no flash 26 x 31 x 58 less pound camera relatively small light nice hiking must carry everything body much dust Alaska stayed outside camera bought camera its weather resistance learned enjoy fact can worked hand ap preciate its durability favorite lens 35mm-to-tOSmm macro zoom can understand felt limited BATT- CHEKEX Saves Time . Saves Models Install RO Models 3-Level indication receiver battery status press button Precise Rugged Small Light /2 oz Made SA Also custom units other applications Order Today si 495 trom dealer send check money order topostpaid Protune Corp 914 462-6452 PO Box 1808 Poughkeepal NY 12601 NY State residents add sales tax non-macro 35/50mm lens selection use found could get about 85% pic tures wanted Thats pretty good compro mise Any camera just tool good general-purpose tool think would look good field kit perhaps could send some pictures column Minolta Weathermatic Dual 35 local camera store Light 12-VDC fluorescent light plugs automobile cigar lighter very handy put couple strips VelcroTM hooks back permit stick light prati cally anywhere cloth interior van sticks very neatly head-liner seat backs comes off easily need another po sition unit draws 06 amps opposed vans interior lights draw 24 amps provides plenty light reading working whatever have separate deep-cycle RV recreational vehicleEd battery van operate re frigerator lights whatever other items might need total capacity RV battery 70 amp-hours refrigerator alone can exhaust about 17 hours Ito fall asleep refrigerator interior lights battery would exhausted 11 hours Sub stituting fluorescent light vans stan dard interior lights will let battery last 15 hours think extra four hours operating time very valuable RV battery course independent battery starts van wont give manufacturer light because have seen similar units K-Mart Radio Shack etc Prop Noise Continued page 44 last factor controlled fi nal choice prop test aircraft An APC 10 x 8 determined best compromise fact maximum flight speed noise level appear similar 9 x 10 prop low-speed thrust greatly improved As airplane/prop combination demon strates now possible operate model aircraft reduced noise levels little no compromise performance hoped propeller manufacturers will follow APC lead developing introducing new lines will benefit aircraft sizes would major step toward preserving community relations ensur ing continued growth hobby 140 Model Aviation Radio Technique/Myers Continued page 107
Edition: Model Aviation - 1990/03
Page Numbers: 30, 31, 107, 140
A COUPLE clubs met trip Alaska good enough give patches appearance will share now Too bad isnt color cause some real beauties havent made practice collecting club patches special Which reminds head north take along something characteristic home area People will extending courtesies always nice able reciprocate club patch might suffice RCers meet about arent RCers Alaskans readers long winter nights know books about home state local tories aviation histories maybe book about company work etc might just what want Try bring something personal Rainbirds Ketchikan hos pitable people can hope meet Bring floatplane fly Ketchikan has some fasci nating tourist attractions Saxman Village tem Park among appreciate Tlingit Indian culture produced totem poles other artifacts will see try book recommended Bob Andrew Rainbirds Wolf Raven Totem Poles Southeastern Alaska Viola E Garfield Linn rest University Washington Press ISBN 0295-73998-3 did drive personal ve hicle trip must travel north Ketchikan Skagway Blue Canoe Alaska Ferry Before get Skagway will want learn something Gold Rush 1898 famous route Yukon gold fields suggest read hilkoot PassThe Most Famous Trail North Archie Saterfield Alaska Northwest Publishing Co ISBN 0-88240-109-2 way travel Chilkoot Pass today walk stampeders did guidebook hikers will likely drive Skagway Klondike Highway 2 beautiful new road least USA side border following second famous route gold fields goes over White Pass Before leaving Skagway take ride White Pass & Yukon narrow-gauge Railway built 1900 parallels foot trail stampeders still visible train 90 years later pressed scree Once over passes people traveled gold fields Yukon River steamboats found fascinating examples still found Carcross Whitehorse Dawson City Yukon River Steamboats Stan Cohen Pictorial Histories PubI Co Missouila MN ISBN 0-933126-19-0 gives good over view what like what did other end Klondike Highway 2 Whitehorse Yukon Territory Canada Whitehorse home Yukon RC Modelers Ask Honda agency Dennis Wacker will meet some friendliest Canadians did Whitehorse seat government Yukon Territory Canada has interest ing museums other attractions sure see Frantic Follies pass through summer get Anchorage go Dimon Center look Hobby Hut ask infor mation ARCS Alaska RC Society fly lovely field Elmendorf Air Force Base north Anchorage enjoyed flying 30 Model Aviation George M Myers Radio Thchnique 70 Froeblich Farm Rd HIcksviIIe NY 11801 ne parking tor RU tliers Jacobs Lake flying site Ketchikan AK somewhat limited ABSTRACT Alaskan Club patches Alaska read ing list Useful travel tools Photos Jacobs Lake flying site Ketchikan AK ARCS Rainbirds Yukon RCC patches Am broid glue kit Goop Poly-Zap JB Weld George Myers hiding behind Minolta Weathermatic Dual 35 camera SR tool kit TRC Fast Charger ARCS Rainbirds Yukon RCC patches collected reporter Myers Alaska trip lerft good selection adhesives modeler take along pleasure trip Ambroid Glue kit Super Jet Goop JB Weld Poly-Zap Handy tools take along same trip R SR Batteries tool kit TRC Ni-Cd Fast Chargerit charges 10 Ni-Cd cells cordless tools computers flashlights RC systems photo strobe lights electric razors portable video camerasyou name Myers loves ARCS received gracious re ception Anchorage itself has tourist attrac tions will spend little time reading James Micheners Alaska Random House ISBN 0-39455 154-0 will understand what see major forms transportation Anchorage area Alaska Railroad still operating Railroad buffs will enjoy Rails Across Tundra Stan Cohen Pictorial Histories Pubi Co ISBN 0-933126-43-4 book gives good picture what weather earthquakes snowslidcs etc can doand didto railroad Im selling books Stan Cohen never met him does good job look up Trail 42 pictorial history Alaska Highway Stan Cohen Pictorial Histories PubI Co ISBN 0-9333126-06-9 shows Alcan highway came existence 15 months road has improved since conditions havent changed bit Mother Nature can slap down time feels like doing going drive through Canada get Alaska did might enjoy Maple Leaf Rag Stephen Brook Vintage Books Div Random House ISBN 0-394-75833-1 will enjoy book whether drive though Canada drive will feel bet ter knowing what seeingand what missing So what did find useful trip Alaska Heres some things NICAD Battery Charger thing served universal tool old TRC charger new version market now Ive told Mine will charge NICAD packs containing 10 cells re quiring special adjustments unit contains peak-detecting charger Just hook battery pack plug 12volt battery cigar lighter car stance push button wait about 15 min utes use charge one-cell glow plug bat tery two-cell electric razor three-cell flashlight four-cell flight packs five-cell photo strobe light eight- nine-cell transmitter battery packs 10-cell vidcam laptop computer packs well Obviously provide own pack special plugs make peculiar conContinued page 107 Os ORDERS SHIPPED WARBIRDDAY RECEIVED VHS OR BETA DUR 23RD YEAR NY TWO VIDEOS ONLY $7595 SPE6 IAL W1R@D 610 RY OFFER VIDEOS ONLY $10795 ALL B VIDEOS ONLY $19995 WARBIRD CHECKOUT VOL Flying P-4D Warhawk F4U Corsair FGF HelIcal SB2-A Buccanneer TBF Avenger NF 1325 Programs2 Hr Only $3995 March 1990 31 George M Myers hiding behind Weathermatic Dual 35 camera caron recent trip Alaska successally kept tree ubiquitous Alaska dust WARBIRD CHECKOUT VOL II Flying P-38 Mitchell Bomber P-61 Black Widow Invader NF 1454 Programsi 00 Mm Only $3995 WARBIRD CHECKOUT VOL III Flying P-51 Mustang A-20 Bomber P-39 Introduction P-39 Advanced HF 1514 ProgramshO Mm Only $3995 CALL TOLL FREE CREDIT CARDS jjJ Day Night Money Order Check Credit Card Mastercard Visa American express Shipping Paid Continental US-Foreign add $500 0 California residents add 6 1/2% tax NFVIDEO LIBRARY 2554 LINCOLN BLVD #568 MARINA DEL REY CA 90291 Safety/Preston Continued page 22 out battery being connected lucky bruised finger could have major accident type start has reported AMA Safety column read col umn doing yourself big disservice careful Dick Meehans receiver crystal fell out big Sopwith Pup ground time possibilities what might have happened air awesome opin ion design defect receiver crystal accessible outside thereby invit ing frequency changes retuning Crystals should changed retuning re ceiver also true transmitters re ceiver has plug-in crystal tape George Wilsons Litestik derivative Balsa USAs Stick 40 Plus doing radical re coveries dives loops sometimes two loops row asking second turned out problem caused too few rubberbands holding wing down wing lifting off fuselage chang ing angle attack Make sure use enough bands assure wing will lift' comment rubberbands should used hold down wing contained letter Russ Petersen Russ stated always taught need rubberband good condition side wing pound weight would mean eight-pound airplane would have 16 rubberbands hold whole thing together Control Line flying wire clips Its often get letters concerning CL activities recent Joe Wagner related experience friend Don Benson Fox 35powered Sig Chipmunk transition CL Free Flight clip-type wire connectors failed Joe stated Im referring dumbbell-shaped clips everyone uses hook control lines lead-outs handle particular ones failed almost soft easy bend copper wire airplane involved no armpuller because Don breaking en gine needle set very rich lines failed Chipmunk flying rather slowly Yet line connectors straightened pulled apart under light load CL flier should immediately check own connectors see softies checked own OKbut old-time make ones failed Don just bought recently believe recent manufacture think Joes letter clearly shows impor tance performing pull test lines before flying CL models Till next month have safe RC Special/Hunton Continued page 29 match three-channel models soaring stincts Makepeace Special visit Little Rock AR flapped Special Bill Kaluf met long-time full-scale pilot Ken Makepeace Ken also builds ultralights owns Blanik sailplane built flown original large-size Special years ago Its no wonder Special design ap pealed Ken full-scale back ground 1987 built another Special Airborne plans given him KaluD adding modifications bring closer full-scale practice Saito 60 fourstroker Ken used makes version fully aerobatic its flatbottomed airfoil model became first series able perform rolling 360s nose contour also changed ac commodate sheet metal coaming wing tips modified terminate flush top wing surface Another modifi cation use fabric fin attachment fairing like used Cubs Heres Ken described first flight upgraded Special obvious top notch model superb flier isnt floater RC Special original version wood Champion engine McNabb 465 radio will slow down flaps glide like its sliding down wire Winter column Scrapbox Model Airplane News Forties led Vernon McNabb allowing fly several experimental 465 systems before gained FCC approval first examination-free Citizenship system line sight pointed its stubby antenna looked like simplified latter-day TV roof antenna its signal could bounce off scoreboards tanks buildings etc sometimes made glitch-crazy beyond modern imagi nation Spark-ignition still vogue no thought about suppression hightension spark added frenzy chaos Drain its six-volt battery large 45 volt B eventually became hearing aid enormous requiring eight pencells reliability plus two escape ment receiver big modern 10oz fuel tank people often flew just ignition 09 rudder Live Wire trainer Trixter Beam early kits using system Sigma 4F relay adapted lowescapement voltage required such close contact setting minor earth tremor other side planet led horren dous vibration-induced out-of-control flights crashes Out-of-sights com mon Makepeace managed radio roaring Atwood Champion engine big 1948 Special beyond Forties no instructors typical modelers like myself may have known series parallel Yet assembled Aerotrol radio kits infamous gas tubes managed fly percentages success slightly higher tossing newborn babe pool ex pecting dog-paddle Some us pad dled Before us Rockwood Goods Walker et al showed us pool As fun fly participants aware much can accomplished through model design enhance chances winning events vertical performance rapid roll rates twitchy tight turn capability name few However above charac teristics lead toward stylized unrealistic models Perhaps fun-fly participa tion simply winning perhaps such thing competing class use classic design such Winter Special As originally designed 1940s model captures essence Golden Age Aviation Udated Bill Winter 1988 Special retains classic proportions solid flight charac teristics yet becomes very flexible ca pable fun-fly contender fact quick-attach/detach lower wing having two-thirds span chord top wing 47/88 Special has outstanding performance biplane has done well fun-fly biplane letter writer 1987 Bill Win ter expressed some additional thoughts design always just very stable pleas ant-looking -flying anybodys air plane design approach always has element full-scale favor con trol feedback realistic response makes sense actually air plane has life fly talks Like its designer Special has sense self fly will find yourself thinking full-scale termsits kind machine article will continue next month detailed plans ultimate 47/88 air craft Radio Technique/Myers Continued page 31 nections TRC manufacturer cant find address Maybe someone knows will see write Adhesives Another item Glue Box fered Ambroid contains epoxy fabric glue styrene glue vinyl glue cellulose cement old orange-colored Ambroid beloved What cant stick together can get GOOP clear silicone adhesive Gold berg Super Jet cyanoacrylate JB Plastic Weld two-part epoxy filled powdered steel Poly Zap some /16 rosin-cored 60/40 lead/tin solder package Stay-Brite silver solder Add sewing kit just wasnt anything couldnt stick together short metal welding Glue Box Ambroid Company Lowell MA 01853 GOOP Adhesive & Sealant Eclectic Pro ducts Inc Carson CA 90745 JB Weld J-B Weld Co. PO Box 483 Sulphur Springs TX 75482 Poly-Zap Pacer Technology Campbell CA 95008 Super Jet Carl Goldberg Models Continued page 140 March 1990 107 Mere Fun SPECIFICATIONS Wing Span62'2 inches Wing Area770 square inches Engine Size 10 cc 90 129 four stroke Designed AMA FAI Turn-around pattern Foam wing stab 3-32 Balsa sheet covering Tricycle conven tional gear fixed retracts Rear side exhaust fiber glass canopy Very positive maneuverable XLT SPECIFIC Wing Span65 inches Length65 inches Wing Area845 square inches Recommended Engine Size 10 cc 90 120 four stroke XLT designed tuned pipe re tract landing gears Capable AMA Turn-around pattern Rear side ex haust SPECIFICATIONS Wing Span Wing Area Engine Size 63'4 inches 700 square inches 50-60 Glow 90 four stroke fun sport pattern turn-around can done Utter Chaos completely built up Balsa construction Canopy engine mount included years proven flying reliablity BRIDI AIRCRAFT DESIGNS INC 23625 Pineforest Lane Harbor City California 90710 213 549-8264 326-5013 SEE YOUR FAVORITE HOBBY SHOP OR RETAIL OUTLET Dealer Inquries Invited PRODUCTS Complete Line Exheust Systems * Tuned Pipes led Tuned Pipes * Headers uri Mufflers Expansion Mufflers copter Ball Mufflers ialized Exhaust Systems Unsurpassed Workmaashin & Padormance Inc Chicago IL 60651 Stay-Brite silver solder Stay Clean flux 1W Harris Co 10930 Deerfield Rd Cincinnati OH 45242 Tools SR batteries tool kit contains SAE metric hex wrenches well crosspoint regular screwdriver bits nifty box ratchet drive screwdriver-type handle very handy use love bits fit electric screwdriver should grab interest somewhat greater interest fact can buy single replacement bits should damaged lost Think sel dom can thing like days SR Batteries Inc Box 287 Bellport NY 11713 tel 1-516/286-0079 Wen portable tool kit #2336 has de scribed previous column contains drill motor Dremel-type grinder saber saw sol dering iron plug cigarette lighter 12-VDC receptacle car have kit find uses dont have people snicker idea toy tools look like toys worked like 110VAC tools no trouble cutting A-in ply wood drilling 4-in holes Ford van body parts Portasol butane-fueled soldering iron also described earlier Suffice say worked fine Camera bought Minolta Weather matic Dual 35 main thought might travel salt air splashes possibility being dropped overboard rule Out use expensive cameras lenses camera 0-ring-sealed against dust moisture has corrosion-resistant yellow plastic exterior will float water accepts DXcoded ASA 100 1000 35mm color print film has pushbutton-selected internal 35mm 50mm lenses features automatic film advance/rewind well autofocus nearest focus point two feet 50mm lens focus-hold feature built shutter button just big cameras tiny built-in flash much better no flash 26 x 31 x 58 less pound camera relatively small light nice hiking must carry everything body much dust Alaska stayed outside camera bought camera its weather resistance learned enjoy fact can worked hand ap preciate its durability favorite lens 35mm-to-tOSmm macro zoom can understand felt limited BATT- CHEKEX Saves Time . Saves Models Install RO Models 3-Level indication receiver battery status press button Precise Rugged Small Light /2 oz Made SA Also custom units other applications Order Today si 495 trom dealer send check money order topostpaid Protune Corp 914 462-6452 PO Box 1808 Poughkeepal NY 12601 NY State residents add sales tax non-macro 35/50mm lens selection use found could get about 85% pic tures wanted Thats pretty good compro mise Any camera just tool good general-purpose tool think would look good field kit perhaps could send some pictures column Minolta Weathermatic Dual 35 local camera store Light 12-VDC fluorescent light plugs automobile cigar lighter very handy put couple strips VelcroTM hooks back permit stick light prati cally anywhere cloth interior van sticks very neatly head-liner seat backs comes off easily need another po sition unit draws 06 amps opposed vans interior lights draw 24 amps provides plenty light reading working whatever have separate deep-cycle RV recreational vehicleEd battery van operate re frigerator lights whatever other items might need total capacity RV battery 70 amp-hours refrigerator alone can exhaust about 17 hours Ito fall asleep refrigerator interior lights battery would exhausted 11 hours Sub stituting fluorescent light vans stan dard interior lights will let battery last 15 hours think extra four hours operating time very valuable RV battery course independent battery starts van wont give manufacturer light because have seen similar units K-Mart Radio Shack etc Prop Noise Continued page 44 last factor controlled fi nal choice prop test aircraft An APC 10 x 8 determined best compromise fact maximum flight speed noise level appear similar 9 x 10 prop low-speed thrust greatly improved As airplane/prop combination demon strates now possible operate model aircraft reduced noise levels little no compromise performance hoped propeller manufacturers will follow APC lead developing introducing new lines will benefit aircraft sizes would major step toward preserving community relations ensur ing continued growth hobby 140 Model Aviation Radio Technique/Myers Continued page 107