George Al Alyers HOW OFTEN have heard someone say iron-on covering doesnt stick ribs take look wing sure enough covering stuck leading trailing edges can reasonably certain covering did stick ribs plane built person wouldnt complaining So real question did covering get loose airplane flies air rushing over upper surface sucks covering Air pressure varies greater atmospheric leading edge less atmospheric over curved surface back greater atmospheric trailing edge Early full-scale airplanes covered cloth cloth tied wing ribs cord experience airplane builders learned stitch wing cover use long needle pull cord way through wing time cord completes loop around rib tied knot cord keeps covering wing dope added afterward seal fabric give color rib stitches too far apart cord breaks covering lifts offwhich often happened during World War 11915-1918 fighter pilots dove airplanes high speeds Wing loading tells approximately what average suction air moving over wing 10-pound model airplane five-square-foot wing has wing loading 10 wo pounds per square foot So airplane level unaccelerated flight speed net average suction wing two pounds square foot wing suction distribution actually varies approximately triangular pattern high point wing have double average value about four pounds per square foot start maneuvering have multiply number whatever G load wing supporting Coming loop expect about 4G Coming out dive limit set strength structure lift properties wing control surface forces reasonable number man-carrying aircraft lOG because pilot blacks out loses consciousness blood drains out head about 9G Well use lOG model makes maximum suction covering about 40 pounds per square foot dont want covering come off during pullout additional factors consider like materials aging prop wash beating wing well multiply safety factor typically about 15 get peak design suction 60 pounds per square foot 10-pound model wing having 720 sqln area Lets say wing ribs 12 inches long spaced about 4 inches 113 foot apart maximum lift sucking cover ing off rib amounts 60 3 ounds one-inch-long strip covering high point wing should resist about 20 12 pounds 267 ounces As test can iron one-inch-wide strip covering material onto edge piece balsa same strength thickness planes wing rib load using string wire suspending one-quart cardboard milk container filled water covering should remain attached container 80% full water either glue joint wood fails pull test covering model will almost certainly lift off some time model flying cures simple wood fails during test use stronger wood thicker ribs glue covering fails add cap strips ribs increase gluing area moral doubt test might learn something SCALE PLANS SOURCES enjoy scale model airplanes much anybody Recently Alan Abel publisher Aviation Heritage Books Sunshine House Inc 804/806 Lockport Road PO Box 2065 Terre Haute IN 47802 tel [812] 232-3076 sent complimentary copies Paul Matts Scale Airplane Drawings Volumes 1 2 books drawings works art One-hundred-twenty drawings Golden Age aircraft presented half-size 85 x 11-in format Full-size plan sets offered folded rolled $4 extra groups $8 $950 plus $250 shipping learned Bill Windsor Windsoft Co 1405 Hopkins Ave Dover DE 19901-4003 tel [302] 678-5174 has negotiated permission scan computer optical scan other sources among Hirsch drawings Through agreements publishers can provide either paper drawings data files disk great airplanes worth modeling has favorites Hirsch plans Macchi-Castoldi MC-72 worlds fastest prop-driven seaplane So scale plans interest contact 44 Model Aviation Froehlich Farm Road Hicksville NY 11801 1 RIB STITCHING AND GLUING Simple Test Setup Loop edgeCoveting ribVAMaterial / //Milk Carton water until coveting pulls free Air Pressure Around Airfoil Armws e Ambient Annws Out w Ambient Aviation Heritage Windsoft wont disappointed COMPUTER TOOLS FOR MODELERS days nearly everyone has some kind computer Naturally have find way use hobby ModelCAD American Small Business Computers 327 South Mill Pryor OK 74381 tel [918] 825-4844 nice tool making model drawings computer screen bought ModelCAD use industry uses computer drawings days because computers eliminate much dog work particularly editing process No eraser crumbs coffee Dot Matrix PlotterBasic Windsoft Co makes big prints ModelCAD drawings nice part easy print large drawings strips using ordinary IBM- Epsoncompatible dot-matrix printer dont need expensive plotter have notebook-size 3865X 20-MHz computer 5 Meg RAM 40-Meg bard drive doubled 80 Meg Stacker has built-in scanner interface reasons bought display screen 16-gray VGA LCD unit doesnt seem interfere scanning process bought hand scanner go computer Windsoft Co has two interesting tools modelers need scanner use Im going tell about minute reviewed Col Art Johnson RCM magazine wont go details Suffice say require IBM computer least 640K RAM hard drive common problem hand-held scanners finding way guide thing along straight path right speed Try scanning some grid paper see badly perform couple things help get good scan thing use good paperweight hold down end whatever Im scanning made paperweight taping ordinary ruler front computer smooth over slight bumps weight computer handy hold down target improved hand-held scanner pen pencil taped handle end scanner controls skewing setup very portable scanner moves easily find setup easiest use situations software tools Windsoft depend use scanner 1 SCANOVER allows scan drawing onto layer ModelCad drawing can use ModelCad drawing tools trace over scanned image process tracing will able improve accuracy scanned drawing 2 SCANPLAN permits print scanned images enlarged whatever particular size want Im told fast Logically dont have trace scan before enlarge print some time should saved Imperfections scan will also enlarged Scans always have imperfections like white spots wavy lines etc should great preliminary design work Some friends have accusing abandoning hobby play computer dont think playing think hard frustrating work learuing use new tools get monster under control may recover lost time design about 20 new models HOW SEFLI GOT ITS NEW FLYING SITE Through efforts its founder secretary Jay Putt SEFLI member Russ Ainbinder HEC Supervisor Ken Schwindt Silent Electric Flyers Long Island SEFLI now has flying site being developed Holtsville Ecology Center HEC Long Island New York Ecology Center closed landfill previously called garbage dump includes zoo preservation endangered species theyve got buffalos eagles hothouse plants playgrounds children educational buildings big place can handle up 30000 people club SEFLI got permission use site two reasons 1 Electric airplanes quiet pollute environ ment 2 Russ Ainbinder has actively promoting model aviation youth Part SEFLI agreement center members will teach aviation youth Club members Vee Varisco Harvey Knopf helped Ecology Center personnel build float last Fourth July parade Patchogue good enough win two prizes Good deeds like help SEFLI hang onto very different flying site Long Island New York dropped off terminal moraine end last Ice Age about 40000 years ago 125 x 30-mile dry spot Atlantic Ocean rises about 400 feet near its north shore tapers nothing south shore Therefore garbage mountains have appeared over past 40 years highest points around SEFLI site top mountains actually suitable slope soaring HOW TO LOSE FLYING SITE Ive discussed ways obtain flying sites Perhaps reasonable report flying site lost Pioneer Valley RC Club PVRC flying site 250-acre sod farm Massachusetts offered 1992 AMA Nationals competitors trim practice flights Field rules posted Obviously AMA Safety Code also applied did rules Common Courtesy Common Sense During week Nationals part sod farm occupied several trucks work crew harvesting sod Nationals fliers used field trim Continued page 144 December 1992 45 Ace RICs Tom Runge gives us peek latest product Pond Master Its electric-powered hydroplane Seen 1992 Ace RIC-sponsored Float Fly Higginsville Missouri Kits should available soon formers easy work almost like cutting out paper dolls scissors Ive often thought such construction technique would work really well balsa formers Does anyone know source drawings include templates formers Joe Ott wartime kits hardware needed drawings lots other wonderful rubber-power designs era such double-sized Earl Stahl scale stuff available Old Time Model Supply PO Box 7334 Van Nuys CA 94109 finally now months column finished Im still going need decide whether chores go flying favor flying fun start loading cars iants/do Vries Continued page 48 bunch Giant modelers have hots wartime Stinson Giant Scale floatplane drawings few far between Gene Falada 22W070 Byron St Addison IL 60101 seems have corner market skilled draftsman Gene offers some pretty exotic plans library includes Albatros W-4 WW naval fighter /4-scale 93-in span 1938 Fleet Freighter Canadian bush twin-engined aircraft /5th scale 108-in span Blohm & Voss BV-138C twinboomed trimotored reconnaissance aircraft /sth scale 11-ft span 1934 Fairchild Super 71 bush freighter /6th scale 116-in span Blohm & Voss Ha 139B V3 Nordstern diesel four-engined trans Atlantic seaplane /12th scale 96-in span Gene also has drawings Northrop Delta large single-engine follow-on Gamma series Topping off fantastic list plans Northrop Gamma l1 different incarnations sleek single-engined all-metal craft may built Mr Faladas drafting efforts truly mind-boggling Have decided Giant Scale project winter yet lying Today/Myers Continued page 45 flights 98% ladies gentlemen few foreman work crew asked RC Pattern flier stop flying over crew flier proceeded make three passes over packed up ran off Later two RC Helicopter operators drove cars out sod spent considerable time hovering various unapproved locations hot exhaust oil damaged grass helicopters also buzzed work crews sod farm manager asked what doing nasty him Within minutes gate locked sign saying No Model Airplanes Any Type Permitted Especially expletive deleted GMM Helicopters Sod harvested yard-square pieces part surface damaged whole piece scrap Two truckloads sod damaged bill presented president PVRC PVRCs members really want meet helicopter people Theyve got some bills Consider following AMA has records registered competitors offenders among should easy locate wont undo real damage * 4620 CRANDALL-LNESVILLE RD CORYDON INDIANA 47112 ** Large selection Remote Control Model Airplanes professional LISTED BELOW In Business since 1973 ES SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE IS JUST FEW OF THE MFG WE STOCK HOURS MONDAYTHRUTHURSPAVQAM-5PM FRFnAV9AM2PM A-JUSTO JIGFOXCLOSED SATURDAY& AMBROIDFUTABASONIc-TRONIcS ARcORUBBERBANDSGOLDBERGSTERLING BRIDIGAS MODEL PRODSULLIVAN DAVEYS SYSTEMSHALLcOTOP FLITE mited Quantity cOVERITEHOBBYPOXYVS ENGINES DEVcONHOT STUFFLANIER DREMELK & B MFGMILLERSTAFFORD SCALE DU-BROSIGNORTHEAST DYNAFILITESAITOZINGER PROPSB-24 $30000 ENGINES 4 19-25 completeWINGSPAN- 90 inches listing etcplease senda stamped self-address enve lope DEALERS WANTED 0-FKKITSIGluN 5uckumPLEASE CALL FOR SPECIALS OF arf/fiberass F t box STAFFORD AIRCOUPE $9995fnseIge 5THE MONTH 144 Model Aviation ROLLED PLANS 2/6-$3tso INSTR 1/9-415u tP&s n~sS KF2iGH nuusm1/9 5551SEAlSusEr 56 19 ibiS Voodnop LaSpis 57usa Loon oOu bAilt t 75 37bflARES 535 192 ta 5000 p100 Sit 622binPIE SE35 SoFUSE 51. .d ply MUST Beginners Basic FLIGHT TRAINING Course Manual mid ln*uctor Guide wIth Student Progress Loge 0 new book wids snnpk step step illustrated kistnactious wili get canirol quickly will fly mth wnfldence Eaft wings FAST Wntten experienced educator author has tested approved both Stiadeuts Instructors Itreaay does jo& yoLa Hobby shop order mail Only $895 P&H Look Tmker Aits Include Basic FUGIff TRAINING NO COST 005 TEMPUS PRESS PO Box 235 Tell City IN 47588 Phone 1-812 547-81 Call Dealer Ckk Discounts
Edition: Model Aviation - 1992/12
Page Numbers: 44, 45, 144
George Al Alyers HOW OFTEN have heard someone say iron-on covering doesnt stick ribs take look wing sure enough covering stuck leading trailing edges can reasonably certain covering did stick ribs plane built person wouldnt complaining So real question did covering get loose airplane flies air rushing over upper surface sucks covering Air pressure varies greater atmospheric leading edge less atmospheric over curved surface back greater atmospheric trailing edge Early full-scale airplanes covered cloth cloth tied wing ribs cord experience airplane builders learned stitch wing cover use long needle pull cord way through wing time cord completes loop around rib tied knot cord keeps covering wing dope added afterward seal fabric give color rib stitches too far apart cord breaks covering lifts offwhich often happened during World War 11915-1918 fighter pilots dove airplanes high speeds Wing loading tells approximately what average suction air moving over wing 10-pound model airplane five-square-foot wing has wing loading 10 wo pounds per square foot So airplane level unaccelerated flight speed net average suction wing two pounds square foot wing suction distribution actually varies approximately triangular pattern high point wing have double average value about four pounds per square foot start maneuvering have multiply number whatever G load wing supporting Coming loop expect about 4G Coming out dive limit set strength structure lift properties wing control surface forces reasonable number man-carrying aircraft lOG because pilot blacks out loses consciousness blood drains out head about 9G Well use lOG model makes maximum suction covering about 40 pounds per square foot dont want covering come off during pullout additional factors consider like materials aging prop wash beating wing well multiply safety factor typically about 15 get peak design suction 60 pounds per square foot 10-pound model wing having 720 sqln area Lets say wing ribs 12 inches long spaced about 4 inches 113 foot apart maximum lift sucking cover ing off rib amounts 60 3 ounds one-inch-long strip covering high point wing should resist about 20 12 pounds 267 ounces As test can iron one-inch-wide strip covering material onto edge piece balsa same strength thickness planes wing rib load using string wire suspending one-quart cardboard milk container filled water covering should remain attached container 80% full water either glue joint wood fails pull test covering model will almost certainly lift off some time model flying cures simple wood fails during test use stronger wood thicker ribs glue covering fails add cap strips ribs increase gluing area moral doubt test might learn something SCALE PLANS SOURCES enjoy scale model airplanes much anybody Recently Alan Abel publisher Aviation Heritage Books Sunshine House Inc 804/806 Lockport Road PO Box 2065 Terre Haute IN 47802 tel [812] 232-3076 sent complimentary copies Paul Matts Scale Airplane Drawings Volumes 1 2 books drawings works art One-hundred-twenty drawings Golden Age aircraft presented half-size 85 x 11-in format Full-size plan sets offered folded rolled $4 extra groups $8 $950 plus $250 shipping learned Bill Windsor Windsoft Co 1405 Hopkins Ave Dover DE 19901-4003 tel [302] 678-5174 has negotiated permission scan computer optical scan other sources among Hirsch drawings Through agreements publishers can provide either paper drawings data files disk great airplanes worth modeling has favorites Hirsch plans Macchi-Castoldi MC-72 worlds fastest prop-driven seaplane So scale plans interest contact 44 Model Aviation Froehlich Farm Road Hicksville NY 11801 1 RIB STITCHING AND GLUING Simple Test Setup Loop edgeCoveting ribVAMaterial / //Milk Carton water until coveting pulls free Air Pressure Around Airfoil Armws e Ambient Annws Out w Ambient Aviation Heritage Windsoft wont disappointed COMPUTER TOOLS FOR MODELERS days nearly everyone has some kind computer Naturally have find way use hobby ModelCAD American Small Business Computers 327 South Mill Pryor OK 74381 tel [918] 825-4844 nice tool making model drawings computer screen bought ModelCAD use industry uses computer drawings days because computers eliminate much dog work particularly editing process No eraser crumbs coffee Dot Matrix PlotterBasic Windsoft Co makes big prints ModelCAD drawings nice part easy print large drawings strips using ordinary IBM- Epsoncompatible dot-matrix printer dont need expensive plotter have notebook-size 3865X 20-MHz computer 5 Meg RAM 40-Meg bard drive doubled 80 Meg Stacker has built-in scanner interface reasons bought display screen 16-gray VGA LCD unit doesnt seem interfere scanning process bought hand scanner go computer Windsoft Co has two interesting tools modelers need scanner use Im going tell about minute reviewed Col Art Johnson RCM magazine wont go details Suffice say require IBM computer least 640K RAM hard drive common problem hand-held scanners finding way guide thing along straight path right speed Try scanning some grid paper see badly perform couple things help get good scan thing use good paperweight hold down end whatever Im scanning made paperweight taping ordinary ruler front computer smooth over slight bumps weight computer handy hold down target improved hand-held scanner pen pencil taped handle end scanner controls skewing setup very portable scanner moves easily find setup easiest use situations software tools Windsoft depend use scanner 1 SCANOVER allows scan drawing onto layer ModelCad drawing can use ModelCad drawing tools trace over scanned image process tracing will able improve accuracy scanned drawing 2 SCANPLAN permits print scanned images enlarged whatever particular size want Im told fast Logically dont have trace scan before enlarge print some time should saved Imperfections scan will also enlarged Scans always have imperfections like white spots wavy lines etc should great preliminary design work Some friends have accusing abandoning hobby play computer dont think playing think hard frustrating work learuing use new tools get monster under control may recover lost time design about 20 new models HOW SEFLI GOT ITS NEW FLYING SITE Through efforts its founder secretary Jay Putt SEFLI member Russ Ainbinder HEC Supervisor Ken Schwindt Silent Electric Flyers Long Island SEFLI now has flying site being developed Holtsville Ecology Center HEC Long Island New York Ecology Center closed landfill previously called garbage dump includes zoo preservation endangered species theyve got buffalos eagles hothouse plants playgrounds children educational buildings big place can handle up 30000 people club SEFLI got permission use site two reasons 1 Electric airplanes quiet pollute environ ment 2 Russ Ainbinder has actively promoting model aviation youth Part SEFLI agreement center members will teach aviation youth Club members Vee Varisco Harvey Knopf helped Ecology Center personnel build float last Fourth July parade Patchogue good enough win two prizes Good deeds like help SEFLI hang onto very different flying site Long Island New York dropped off terminal moraine end last Ice Age about 40000 years ago 125 x 30-mile dry spot Atlantic Ocean rises about 400 feet near its north shore tapers nothing south shore Therefore garbage mountains have appeared over past 40 years highest points around SEFLI site top mountains actually suitable slope soaring HOW TO LOSE FLYING SITE Ive discussed ways obtain flying sites Perhaps reasonable report flying site lost Pioneer Valley RC Club PVRC flying site 250-acre sod farm Massachusetts offered 1992 AMA Nationals competitors trim practice flights Field rules posted Obviously AMA Safety Code also applied did rules Common Courtesy Common Sense During week Nationals part sod farm occupied several trucks work crew harvesting sod Nationals fliers used field trim Continued page 144 December 1992 45 Ace RICs Tom Runge gives us peek latest product Pond Master Its electric-powered hydroplane Seen 1992 Ace RIC-sponsored Float Fly Higginsville Missouri Kits should available soon formers easy work almost like cutting out paper dolls scissors Ive often thought such construction technique would work really well balsa formers Does anyone know source drawings include templates formers Joe Ott wartime kits hardware needed drawings lots other wonderful rubber-power designs era such double-sized Earl Stahl scale stuff available Old Time Model Supply PO Box 7334 Van Nuys CA 94109 finally now months column finished Im still going need decide whether chores go flying favor flying fun start loading cars iants/do Vries Continued page 48 bunch Giant modelers have hots wartime Stinson Giant Scale floatplane drawings few far between Gene Falada 22W070 Byron St Addison IL 60101 seems have corner market skilled draftsman Gene offers some pretty exotic plans library includes Albatros W-4 WW naval fighter /4-scale 93-in span 1938 Fleet Freighter Canadian bush twin-engined aircraft /5th scale 108-in span Blohm & Voss BV-138C twinboomed trimotored reconnaissance aircraft /sth scale 11-ft span 1934 Fairchild Super 71 bush freighter /6th scale 116-in span Blohm & Voss Ha 139B V3 Nordstern diesel four-engined trans Atlantic seaplane /12th scale 96-in span Gene also has drawings Northrop Delta large single-engine follow-on Gamma series Topping off fantastic list plans Northrop Gamma l1 different incarnations sleek single-engined all-metal craft may built Mr Faladas drafting efforts truly mind-boggling Have decided Giant Scale project winter yet lying Today/Myers Continued page 45 flights 98% ladies gentlemen few foreman work crew asked RC Pattern flier stop flying over crew flier proceeded make three passes over packed up ran off Later two RC Helicopter operators drove cars out sod spent considerable time hovering various unapproved locations hot exhaust oil damaged grass helicopters also buzzed work crews sod farm manager asked what doing nasty him Within minutes gate locked sign saying No Model Airplanes Any Type Permitted Especially expletive deleted GMM Helicopters Sod harvested yard-square pieces part surface damaged whole piece scrap Two truckloads sod damaged bill presented president PVRC PVRCs members really want meet helicopter people Theyve got some bills Consider following AMA has records registered competitors offenders among should easy locate wont undo real damage * 4620 CRANDALL-LNESVILLE RD CORYDON INDIANA 47112 ** Large selection Remote Control Model Airplanes professional LISTED BELOW In Business since 1973 ES SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE IS JUST FEW OF THE MFG WE STOCK HOURS MONDAYTHRUTHURSPAVQAM-5PM FRFnAV9AM2PM A-JUSTO JIGFOXCLOSED SATURDAY& AMBROIDFUTABASONIc-TRONIcS ARcORUBBERBANDSGOLDBERGSTERLING BRIDIGAS MODEL PRODSULLIVAN DAVEYS SYSTEMSHALLcOTOP FLITE mited Quantity cOVERITEHOBBYPOXYVS ENGINES DEVcONHOT STUFFLANIER DREMELK & B MFGMILLERSTAFFORD SCALE DU-BROSIGNORTHEAST DYNAFILITESAITOZINGER PROPSB-24 $30000 ENGINES 4 19-25 completeWINGSPAN- 90 inches listing etcplease senda stamped self-address enve lope DEALERS WANTED 0-FKKITSIGluN 5uckumPLEASE CALL FOR SPECIALS OF arf/fiberass F t box STAFFORD AIRCOUPE $9995fnseIge 5THE MONTH 144 Model Aviation ROLLED PLANS 2/6-$3tso INSTR 1/9-415u tP&s n~sS KF2iGH nuusm1/9 5551SEAlSusEr 56 19 ibiS Voodnop LaSpis 57usa Loon oOu bAilt t 75 37bflARES 535 192 ta 5000 p100 Sit 622binPIE SE35 SoFUSE 51. .d ply MUST Beginners Basic FLIGHT TRAINING Course Manual mid ln*uctor Guide wIth Student Progress Loge 0 new book wids snnpk step step illustrated kistnactious wili get canirol quickly will fly mth wnfldence Eaft wings FAST Wntten experienced educator author has tested approved both Stiadeuts Instructors Itreaay does jo& yoLa Hobby shop order mail Only $895 P&H Look Tmker Aits Include Basic FUGIff TRAINING NO COST 005 TEMPUS PRESS PO Box 235 Tell City IN 47588 Phone 1-812 547-81 Call Dealer Ckk Discounts
Edition: Model Aviation - 1992/12
Page Numbers: 44, 45, 144
George Al Alyers HOW OFTEN have heard someone say iron-on covering doesnt stick ribs take look wing sure enough covering stuck leading trailing edges can reasonably certain covering did stick ribs plane built person wouldnt complaining So real question did covering get loose airplane flies air rushing over upper surface sucks covering Air pressure varies greater atmospheric leading edge less atmospheric over curved surface back greater atmospheric trailing edge Early full-scale airplanes covered cloth cloth tied wing ribs cord experience airplane builders learned stitch wing cover use long needle pull cord way through wing time cord completes loop around rib tied knot cord keeps covering wing dope added afterward seal fabric give color rib stitches too far apart cord breaks covering lifts offwhich often happened during World War 11915-1918 fighter pilots dove airplanes high speeds Wing loading tells approximately what average suction air moving over wing 10-pound model airplane five-square-foot wing has wing loading 10 wo pounds per square foot So airplane level unaccelerated flight speed net average suction wing two pounds square foot wing suction distribution actually varies approximately triangular pattern high point wing have double average value about four pounds per square foot start maneuvering have multiply number whatever G load wing supporting Coming loop expect about 4G Coming out dive limit set strength structure lift properties wing control surface forces reasonable number man-carrying aircraft lOG because pilot blacks out loses consciousness blood drains out head about 9G Well use lOG model makes maximum suction covering about 40 pounds per square foot dont want covering come off during pullout additional factors consider like materials aging prop wash beating wing well multiply safety factor typically about 15 get peak design suction 60 pounds per square foot 10-pound model wing having 720 sqln area Lets say wing ribs 12 inches long spaced about 4 inches 113 foot apart maximum lift sucking cover ing off rib amounts 60 3 ounds one-inch-long strip covering high point wing should resist about 20 12 pounds 267 ounces As test can iron one-inch-wide strip covering material onto edge piece balsa same strength thickness planes wing rib load using string wire suspending one-quart cardboard milk container filled water covering should remain attached container 80% full water either glue joint wood fails pull test covering model will almost certainly lift off some time model flying cures simple wood fails during test use stronger wood thicker ribs glue covering fails add cap strips ribs increase gluing area moral doubt test might learn something SCALE PLANS SOURCES enjoy scale model airplanes much anybody Recently Alan Abel publisher Aviation Heritage Books Sunshine House Inc 804/806 Lockport Road PO Box 2065 Terre Haute IN 47802 tel [812] 232-3076 sent complimentary copies Paul Matts Scale Airplane Drawings Volumes 1 2 books drawings works art One-hundred-twenty drawings Golden Age aircraft presented half-size 85 x 11-in format Full-size plan sets offered folded rolled $4 extra groups $8 $950 plus $250 shipping learned Bill Windsor Windsoft Co 1405 Hopkins Ave Dover DE 19901-4003 tel [302] 678-5174 has negotiated permission scan computer optical scan other sources among Hirsch drawings Through agreements publishers can provide either paper drawings data files disk great airplanes worth modeling has favorites Hirsch plans Macchi-Castoldi MC-72 worlds fastest prop-driven seaplane So scale plans interest contact 44 Model Aviation Froehlich Farm Road Hicksville NY 11801 1 RIB STITCHING AND GLUING Simple Test Setup Loop edgeCoveting ribVAMaterial / //Milk Carton water until coveting pulls free Air Pressure Around Airfoil Armws e Ambient Annws Out w Ambient Aviation Heritage Windsoft wont disappointed COMPUTER TOOLS FOR MODELERS days nearly everyone has some kind computer Naturally have find way use hobby ModelCAD American Small Business Computers 327 South Mill Pryor OK 74381 tel [918] 825-4844 nice tool making model drawings computer screen bought ModelCAD use industry uses computer drawings days because computers eliminate much dog work particularly editing process No eraser crumbs coffee Dot Matrix PlotterBasic Windsoft Co makes big prints ModelCAD drawings nice part easy print large drawings strips using ordinary IBM- Epsoncompatible dot-matrix printer dont need expensive plotter have notebook-size 3865X 20-MHz computer 5 Meg RAM 40-Meg bard drive doubled 80 Meg Stacker has built-in scanner interface reasons bought display screen 16-gray VGA LCD unit doesnt seem interfere scanning process bought hand scanner go computer Windsoft Co has two interesting tools modelers need scanner use Im going tell about minute reviewed Col Art Johnson RCM magazine wont go details Suffice say require IBM computer least 640K RAM hard drive common problem hand-held scanners finding way guide thing along straight path right speed Try scanning some grid paper see badly perform couple things help get good scan thing use good paperweight hold down end whatever Im scanning made paperweight taping ordinary ruler front computer smooth over slight bumps weight computer handy hold down target improved hand-held scanner pen pencil taped handle end scanner controls skewing setup very portable scanner moves easily find setup easiest use situations software tools Windsoft depend use scanner 1 SCANOVER allows scan drawing onto layer ModelCad drawing can use ModelCad drawing tools trace over scanned image process tracing will able improve accuracy scanned drawing 2 SCANPLAN permits print scanned images enlarged whatever particular size want Im told fast Logically dont have trace scan before enlarge print some time should saved Imperfections scan will also enlarged Scans always have imperfections like white spots wavy lines etc should great preliminary design work Some friends have accusing abandoning hobby play computer dont think playing think hard frustrating work learuing use new tools get monster under control may recover lost time design about 20 new models HOW SEFLI GOT ITS NEW FLYING SITE Through efforts its founder secretary Jay Putt SEFLI member Russ Ainbinder HEC Supervisor Ken Schwindt Silent Electric Flyers Long Island SEFLI now has flying site being developed Holtsville Ecology Center HEC Long Island New York Ecology Center closed landfill previously called garbage dump includes zoo preservation endangered species theyve got buffalos eagles hothouse plants playgrounds children educational buildings big place can handle up 30000 people club SEFLI got permission use site two reasons 1 Electric airplanes quiet pollute environ ment 2 Russ Ainbinder has actively promoting model aviation youth Part SEFLI agreement center members will teach aviation youth Club members Vee Varisco Harvey Knopf helped Ecology Center personnel build float last Fourth July parade Patchogue good enough win two prizes Good deeds like help SEFLI hang onto very different flying site Long Island New York dropped off terminal moraine end last Ice Age about 40000 years ago 125 x 30-mile dry spot Atlantic Ocean rises about 400 feet near its north shore tapers nothing south shore Therefore garbage mountains have appeared over past 40 years highest points around SEFLI site top mountains actually suitable slope soaring HOW TO LOSE FLYING SITE Ive discussed ways obtain flying sites Perhaps reasonable report flying site lost Pioneer Valley RC Club PVRC flying site 250-acre sod farm Massachusetts offered 1992 AMA Nationals competitors trim practice flights Field rules posted Obviously AMA Safety Code also applied did rules Common Courtesy Common Sense During week Nationals part sod farm occupied several trucks work crew harvesting sod Nationals fliers used field trim Continued page 144 December 1992 45 Ace RICs Tom Runge gives us peek latest product Pond Master Its electric-powered hydroplane Seen 1992 Ace RIC-sponsored Float Fly Higginsville Missouri Kits should available soon formers easy work almost like cutting out paper dolls scissors Ive often thought such construction technique would work really well balsa formers Does anyone know source drawings include templates formers Joe Ott wartime kits hardware needed drawings lots other wonderful rubber-power designs era such double-sized Earl Stahl scale stuff available Old Time Model Supply PO Box 7334 Van Nuys CA 94109 finally now months column finished Im still going need decide whether chores go flying favor flying fun start loading cars iants/do Vries Continued page 48 bunch Giant modelers have hots wartime Stinson Giant Scale floatplane drawings few far between Gene Falada 22W070 Byron St Addison IL 60101 seems have corner market skilled draftsman Gene offers some pretty exotic plans library includes Albatros W-4 WW naval fighter /4-scale 93-in span 1938 Fleet Freighter Canadian bush twin-engined aircraft /5th scale 108-in span Blohm & Voss BV-138C twinboomed trimotored reconnaissance aircraft /sth scale 11-ft span 1934 Fairchild Super 71 bush freighter /6th scale 116-in span Blohm & Voss Ha 139B V3 Nordstern diesel four-engined trans Atlantic seaplane /12th scale 96-in span Gene also has drawings Northrop Delta large single-engine follow-on Gamma series Topping off fantastic list plans Northrop Gamma l1 different incarnations sleek single-engined all-metal craft may built Mr Faladas drafting efforts truly mind-boggling Have decided Giant Scale project winter yet lying Today/Myers Continued page 45 flights 98% ladies gentlemen few foreman work crew asked RC Pattern flier stop flying over crew flier proceeded make three passes over packed up ran off Later two RC Helicopter operators drove cars out sod spent considerable time hovering various unapproved locations hot exhaust oil damaged grass helicopters also buzzed work crews sod farm manager asked what doing nasty him Within minutes gate locked sign saying No Model Airplanes Any Type Permitted Especially expletive deleted GMM Helicopters Sod harvested yard-square pieces part surface damaged whole piece scrap Two truckloads sod damaged bill presented president PVRC PVRCs members really want meet helicopter people Theyve got some bills Consider following AMA has records registered competitors offenders among should easy locate wont undo real damage * 4620 CRANDALL-LNESVILLE RD CORYDON INDIANA 47112 ** Large selection Remote Control Model Airplanes professional LISTED BELOW In Business since 1973 ES SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE IS JUST FEW OF THE MFG WE STOCK HOURS MONDAYTHRUTHURSPAVQAM-5PM FRFnAV9AM2PM A-JUSTO JIGFOXCLOSED SATURDAY& AMBROIDFUTABASONIc-TRONIcS ARcORUBBERBANDSGOLDBERGSTERLING BRIDIGAS MODEL PRODSULLIVAN DAVEYS SYSTEMSHALLcOTOP FLITE mited Quantity cOVERITEHOBBYPOXYVS ENGINES DEVcONHOT STUFFLANIER DREMELK & B MFGMILLERSTAFFORD SCALE DU-BROSIGNORTHEAST DYNAFILITESAITOZINGER PROPSB-24 $30000 ENGINES 4 19-25 completeWINGSPAN- 90 inches listing etcplease senda stamped self-address enve lope DEALERS WANTED 0-FKKITSIGluN 5uckumPLEASE CALL FOR SPECIALS OF arf/fiberass F t box STAFFORD AIRCOUPE $9995fnseIge 5THE MONTH 144 Model Aviation ROLLED PLANS 2/6-$3tso INSTR 1/9-415u tP&s n~sS KF2iGH nuusm1/9 5551SEAlSusEr 56 19 ibiS Voodnop LaSpis 57usa Loon oOu bAilt t 75 37bflARES 535 192 ta 5000 p100 Sit 622binPIE SE35 SoFUSE 51. .d ply MUST Beginners Basic FLIGHT TRAINING Course Manual mid ln*uctor Guide wIth Student Progress Loge 0 new book wids snnpk step step illustrated kistnactious wili get canirol quickly will fly mth wnfldence Eaft wings FAST Wntten experienced educator author has tested approved both Stiadeuts Instructors Itreaay does jo& yoLa Hobby shop order mail Only $895 P&H Look Tmker Aits Include Basic FUGIff TRAINING NO COST 005 TEMPUS PRESS PO Box 235 Tell City IN 47588 Phone 1-812 547-81 Call Dealer Ckk Discounts