U Gary Shaw WINTER BATTERY WOES time column arrives us will hibernating next furnace reading hook making progress longlost project rediscovered basement Although will stay inside during winter will charge up venture out little fun Before go packing everything up heading field should remember few winter flying basics First its cold should protect exposed skin Moist skin sticks metal thats cooled freezing below frostbite isnt impossible get Dress warmly keep hands gloves long possible careful handling metals Second remember fluids such after-run oil fuel get thicker cold takes long time to __________________________ fuelldefuel get engine started winter compared summer months Starter-box batteries lose charge quickly turning engines longer periods time flight packs use juice pushing stiff flight systems Remember keep things warm possible long can check flight pack battery levels often Although havent flown winter years used fuel airplane turn over before leaving garage Can have fun bet what can happen ignore effects cold review following Web page excerpt entitled Crash might order favorite springs mind day found out Ni-Cds dont last long cold weather flying Sportster 20 off foot snow using floats athletic field local school dont either did nice crisp hammerhead airplane proceeded scream straight down full throttle about 300 feet crash dead smack onto top baseball backstop trampoline action backstop simply amazing Little bits airplane catapulted 50 feet back air truly lovely bomb-burst maneuver Once got crash site found another interesting feature could see two big light pieces little mole-holes otherwise-pristine blanket white bottom would wheel might hold servo 01 f/f her battery So spent next 30 minutes carefully harvesting acre schoolyard froze assets Flash Boom Having lived through yet another recent hurricane Florida treated example dangerous electricity can something touches power line case big pine fell pole transformer Describing event slow motion provides following Pine tree snaps falls pole Top tree becomes blue/red Ground smokes bright flash big boom power flickers house transformer begins burn Other half neighborhood goes dark still power Having witnessed new reinforcement what happens path least resistance created power line made think event occurred flying club years ago case modeler flying Giant Stick low pass straight himself got little out control As airplane made several quick maneuvers toward pits scrambled get cover remember watching go over heads hit power pole next pits wings kept going Sliding down onto line flash boom fire now-burning model fell onto roof over pits scrambled get roof put out flames Although 64 Model Aviation * airplane destroyed little damage anything else day went further event Weeks later recall watching rocket descend its parachute onto same pole Although didnt cause sparks owner did attempt get roof get down Fortunately modelers present dissuaded individual retrieval efforts call made local power company Although rocket spent few nights dangling line before being rescued safely retrieved flew again point mentioning remind readers electricity dangerous especially youre dealing power lines few stories modelers have similar experiences Crazy Harold flying trainer along wrong side field behind pit day Well misjudged distance high tension power lines landed skidded stop came rest hanging hundred feet off ground nose gear story goes hung summer before storm finally blew down some upscale Soaring competition going participants got nice expensive hightech composite beauty tangled some nearby high tension power lines fell its wings touching two lines flash-kaboom Wow Carbon fiber electrically conductive brief instant before got blown snowflake-sized cinders Moral stories careful whenever youre dealing power lines Call power company ask help Woof often hear modelers comment fire issue models since dont bum crashed help set record straight thought Id provide few examples things bumsome crash-related some Much what use flammablesolvents paints various fuels wood etc-in shop field Richard Brown writes have older friend flies fullscale aircraft tells story friend flew Control Line models young common practice during winter preheat engine squirting little fuel cylinder head igniting friend attempting preheat brand-new P-40 must have gotten little fuel airframe lovingly painted nitrate dope Woof Twenty seconds later engine sitting pile glowing embers Mark D Vanderbilt from-our-field guy giant Ugly Stick G-62 original wing blown out pickup never found made new foam-core wing some reason didnt put dihedral brace wing broke about 200 feet fuselage punched hole about two feet deep same rock-hard field gasoline caught fire burned what left unknown modeler about five father finished brand-new gasolinepowered RC stunt/racing airplane went out empty parking lot remember watching airplane fly over sky-it great decided go full-power dive got crash site small less one-inch square pieces plastic etc blown about 20 feet right center debris about two-foot-diameter ring flames after time put cracked up because just looked funny parting thought Skid Wroe Laugh lest cry Fly safely use brains keep glue handy 4If its rubber-powered models youre looking call Peck-Polymers have full line kits supplies rubber-power well electric C02 minature R/G Polyme Scale sport models ull find ideas Peck information send $400 catalog $,PO Box710399-MA J Peck-Pone Santee CA 92072-0399 Phone 619 448-1818Fax 619 448-1833PPMode1s@ao1com Easy Ready flywwwcermarkcom 20 mm * Innovative * Imaginative * Easy travel * Easy assemble * Best Easy Fly Motor Mabuchi 550 Prop 8 x 45Battery 72 V/Sub-C Radio 2 3 chWing Span 72 Length 40 inWeight 46 oz Wing Area 522 sq Replacement pails available I Prom box field record time Easy Electro-72 excellent Sunday flyer novice can easily handle help instructor Easy assembly Good assembly booklet Good flight characteristics Replacement parts available AANeji 8-98 Robert Van Tassel Time check ee gone now plane completed ABS fuselage tough Yes like plane lot Greg &mlick Oermarls Easy Electro-72 excetlent gilder beginner advanced flyer interested trying out electric flight -S&E Model 819-98 Steve Sharpe Now available local hobby shop call us nimkr below cx 107 EDWARD AVE FULLERTON CA 92833 Iafo714 680-5888 Fax714 680-5880 DEALERS INQUIRIES WELCOME February 1999 65 New generation 99% ARF
Edition: Model Aviation - 1999/02
Page Numbers: 64, 65
U Gary Shaw WINTER BATTERY WOES time column arrives us will hibernating next furnace reading hook making progress longlost project rediscovered basement Although will stay inside during winter will charge up venture out little fun Before go packing everything up heading field should remember few winter flying basics First its cold should protect exposed skin Moist skin sticks metal thats cooled freezing below frostbite isnt impossible get Dress warmly keep hands gloves long possible careful handling metals Second remember fluids such after-run oil fuel get thicker cold takes long time to __________________________ fuelldefuel get engine started winter compared summer months Starter-box batteries lose charge quickly turning engines longer periods time flight packs use juice pushing stiff flight systems Remember keep things warm possible long can check flight pack battery levels often Although havent flown winter years used fuel airplane turn over before leaving garage Can have fun bet what can happen ignore effects cold review following Web page excerpt entitled Crash might order favorite springs mind day found out Ni-Cds dont last long cold weather flying Sportster 20 off foot snow using floats athletic field local school dont either did nice crisp hammerhead airplane proceeded scream straight down full throttle about 300 feet crash dead smack onto top baseball backstop trampoline action backstop simply amazing Little bits airplane catapulted 50 feet back air truly lovely bomb-burst maneuver Once got crash site found another interesting feature could see two big light pieces little mole-holes otherwise-pristine blanket white bottom would wheel might hold servo 01 f/f her battery So spent next 30 minutes carefully harvesting acre schoolyard froze assets Flash Boom Having lived through yet another recent hurricane Florida treated example dangerous electricity can something touches power line case big pine fell pole transformer Describing event slow motion provides following Pine tree snaps falls pole Top tree becomes blue/red Ground smokes bright flash big boom power flickers house transformer begins burn Other half neighborhood goes dark still power Having witnessed new reinforcement what happens path least resistance created power line made think event occurred flying club years ago case modeler flying Giant Stick low pass straight himself got little out control As airplane made several quick maneuvers toward pits scrambled get cover remember watching go over heads hit power pole next pits wings kept going Sliding down onto line flash boom fire now-burning model fell onto roof over pits scrambled get roof put out flames Although 64 Model Aviation * airplane destroyed little damage anything else day went further event Weeks later recall watching rocket descend its parachute onto same pole Although didnt cause sparks owner did attempt get roof get down Fortunately modelers present dissuaded individual retrieval efforts call made local power company Although rocket spent few nights dangling line before being rescued safely retrieved flew again point mentioning remind readers electricity dangerous especially youre dealing power lines few stories modelers have similar experiences Crazy Harold flying trainer along wrong side field behind pit day Well misjudged distance high tension power lines landed skidded stop came rest hanging hundred feet off ground nose gear story goes hung summer before storm finally blew down some upscale Soaring competition going participants got nice expensive hightech composite beauty tangled some nearby high tension power lines fell its wings touching two lines flash-kaboom Wow Carbon fiber electrically conductive brief instant before got blown snowflake-sized cinders Moral stories careful whenever youre dealing power lines Call power company ask help Woof often hear modelers comment fire issue models since dont bum crashed help set record straight thought Id provide few examples things bumsome crash-related some Much what use flammablesolvents paints various fuels wood etc-in shop field Richard Brown writes have older friend flies fullscale aircraft tells story friend flew Control Line models young common practice during winter preheat engine squirting little fuel cylinder head igniting friend attempting preheat brand-new P-40 must have gotten little fuel airframe lovingly painted nitrate dope Woof Twenty seconds later engine sitting pile glowing embers Mark D Vanderbilt from-our-field guy giant Ugly Stick G-62 original wing blown out pickup never found made new foam-core wing some reason didnt put dihedral brace wing broke about 200 feet fuselage punched hole about two feet deep same rock-hard field gasoline caught fire burned what left unknown modeler about five father finished brand-new gasolinepowered RC stunt/racing airplane went out empty parking lot remember watching airplane fly over sky-it great decided go full-power dive got crash site small less one-inch square pieces plastic etc blown about 20 feet right center debris about two-foot-diameter ring flames after time put cracked up because just looked funny parting thought Skid Wroe Laugh lest cry Fly safely use brains keep glue handy 4If its rubber-powered models youre looking call Peck-Polymers have full line kits supplies rubber-power well electric C02 minature R/G Polyme Scale sport models ull find ideas Peck information send $400 catalog $,PO Box710399-MA J Peck-Pone Santee CA 92072-0399 Phone 619 448-1818Fax 619 448-1833PPMode1s@ao1com Easy Ready flywwwcermarkcom 20 mm * Innovative * Imaginative * Easy travel * Easy assemble * Best Easy Fly Motor Mabuchi 550 Prop 8 x 45Battery 72 V/Sub-C Radio 2 3 chWing Span 72 Length 40 inWeight 46 oz Wing Area 522 sq Replacement pails available I Prom box field record time Easy Electro-72 excellent Sunday flyer novice can easily handle help instructor Easy assembly Good assembly booklet Good flight characteristics Replacement parts available AANeji 8-98 Robert Van Tassel Time check ee gone now plane completed ABS fuselage tough Yes like plane lot Greg &mlick Oermarls Easy Electro-72 excetlent gilder beginner advanced flyer interested trying out electric flight -S&E Model 819-98 Steve Sharpe Now available local hobby shop call us nimkr below cx 107 EDWARD AVE FULLERTON CA 92833 Iafo714 680-5888 Fax714 680-5880 DEALERS INQUIRIES WELCOME February 1999 65 New generation 99% ARF