Ron Moulton 28th Internation al Toy Fair Mecca almost 31000 merchandise buyers 37 countries Presented some significant aeromodeling items EUROPEAN SHOWCASE model trade annual February Fair Nurn berg Though primarily concerned toys vast show under constant pres sure expand its hobby division Annual growth has such model busi ness bursting seams Hall E provision has now made replan ning next time will make Nurnberg unquestionably biggest its kind world Being based West Germany pre dominantly reflective German develop ments Larger corporations Cox AHM Dumas X-Acto etc take independent booths almost worthwhile im port represented agencies Though Nurnberg international has strong overtone local product thats good reason taking close look what could seen year Germany has built up strong creative trade can found anywhere Helicopters reinforced epoxy sail planes best-known German intro ductions Electric power FM radio Wankel engine other original German El concepts come model business closely disciplined self-sufficient innovative probably exports imports has backing buoyant currency clearly going stand still area German progress may have effect US Graupner expansions Ecuador Last years sobering experience US balsa sup ply makes good sense setting up ultra modern processing mill As Johannes Graupner explains whole attitude balsa changing rapidly days floating down river have changed road construction yet balsa pirates mobile mills engine field also has strong investment Webras range expands new 91 20 designs HR has Perry Directional Porting pump/throttle combinations compe tition sizes silencer problems seem last resolved several new units Still talking general terms Nurn berg 77 could said have seen heli copters over hill new ones Schluter more sailplanes 42 Model Aviation electric assist increasing use plastics ARTF kits switch RC super sophisticated so-called Expert sets last function both failure compete price terms Japan ese imports sport RC coming stringent requirements Deutschen Bundespost result almost German manufacturer has new gear offer 27 35 40 433 MHz bands 32 53 72 available some cases export levers slides trimmers will take understand functions Needless relate prices equally sophisticated such big show proportion highlights can picked description photos convey new shapes cant hope cover scene completely side issue out catalogue situation now lush thick beautifully printed have no equivalent else Graupners runs over 300 pages Abbreviated versions have begun appear no doubt cost savers German manufacturers have produce topical kit designs glossy boxes have sell idea through full-color page-size illustrations promotional literature Highlights caught eye Graupner enters 09 RC Chico one-meter hand-launch sportster falls between l/2A club 20 Also Penny beginners free-flight glider Beta powerassist RC glider Delta X1200 sharp triangle 40s uses conventional controls suits Wankel ideally softer delta Graupners hang-glider dummy pilot enclose receiver bat teries servo centerspar waggle tailend control knowsthe sys tem might turn full circle tried real Hang Gliders Varioprop Expert latest RC 12/14 channels optical audible time count-down options FM 10 KHz spacingmore 9 Graupner RC Rogallo wing hang-glider spans 83 in. weighs less 2 lbs RC gear inside plastic pilot Servo keel waggles last few inches keel steering Tried shifting CGno good Towline slope 10 Carrera Optimus electric 10-20 engined power glider Span 110 in. fuselage plastic Ferran 11 & 12 Brandts super-sophisticated Microprop professional modular transmitter Internal view shows physical control part 13 New cover Schluter Hell-Baby scale Hughes 500 14 Audible sig nal timer Varioprop transmitter 15 Liquid crystal timer Varioprop trans miner 16 Dornier 335 push-pull twinengine fighter mystery shipbut due kitting Model has nose motor 17 Robbe Geier tail-less electrical assist sailplane Solid growing interest electric power evident throughout show 18 Transparent Bell 222 helicopter Schluter really new heli copter promised Nurnberg Model dis played skids can have wheeled landing gear 19 New MVVS 027 CO2 unit An impressive prototype due production 1977/78 Also strong growing interest CO2 power Carrera now rivals Graupner new items leaning heavily plastics bold advances construction comment theyve taken fun out model building Hurrican Optimus represent advanced thinking triple-purpose electric 2 alternates glow power sys tems Hurrican aerobatics Optimus thermalling Cessna Skylane also injec tion moulded complete crew Sailplane quota bigger ever SBLO shoots 200 Kestrel mere 144 use fretted foam balsa veneer time slot racing firm means enter field top stay Schuco-Hegi went collapse its parent arms Revell Ger SB7 sailplane Speedy Tom Fan new power kits 77 program Fan 40 stunt Speedy what says 40-in bomb shake cobwebs out Continued page 100 dollarthats need send big EAA info pack shown above Tells about EAA benefits EAA membership will mean Send buck today Includes recent issue SPORT AVIATION Experimental Aircraft Association Inc ~~ EAAAVIATIQN PO Box 229 Hales Corners Wis 53130 A Milwaukee Suburb \HAS MY Phone 414-425-4860 W Airplanes thing Want find out what real world sport aviation about youll want information EAA homebuilts antiques classics warbirds gliders rotary wing aerobatics other type sport aircraft turn Find out what takes build aircraftor design can join EAA chapter near benefit experience skills other builders EAA membership $2000 per year includes monthly SPORT AVIATION Junior membership 18 younger $1000 Information pack $150 Continued page 99 Kiondyke engines test future col umn list parts services en gines write him 4456 W 3145 S Salt Lake City UT 84120 Incidentally Mark has available excel lent reproduction Super Cyclone manuals very interesting bit out past Engines My mail also indicates consider able interest engine conversion work Hans Ochsner Detroit has working McCoy Enya engines con verting using hand tools Hans utilizes readily available chainsaw lawnmower point assemblies reworks model use engines far converted have good power handling qualities Hans competition flier has flown Brooklyn Dodger Enya 19 conversion Hans also has running some interesting comparisons engine dimensions combustion chamber vol umes Write him 19195 McCormick Detroit MI 48224 Clarence Haught Route 5 Box 16 Coeur dAlene ID 83814 Seen Nurnberg/Moulton continued page 45 Robbe have less shattering Rasant racer electric sport plus yet another scale Piper Cub Super Cruiser variant Milan Circe sailplanes elegant lines Lanzet delta calls mixer controls Aeronaut have gone Cessna 172 ever popular twoway electric glow BD5 caricature wings Looks good scale really fell Udets Flamingo created elec tric glowvintage bipe late 1970s power Knck add latest Fournier RF7 quality scale range Karl Heinz Denzin has done again ideal combo detail plus GF fuselage model offers fun flying strict con test prospects Topp GF specialist Buyers get shell plans what subjects latest DO 17 Pencil Bomber MRCA Tornado Strangely conventional Topps Tweety yet another 2-way electro-glow using full range balsa GF/foam assy make latter day H-Ray Rogallo Flexwing autogiro sail plus tail sight see Thrust moments drag factors could make Langley field blink sure Big models continue Bauer have chunky Auster Wik Hummel either can anything slow cruise glider tow haul cameras Schiuter represents real progress beauty new case Heli Baby make Hughes 500 also Bell 222 incorporates lessons maestro rotorplanes has gleaned Kompletta Dieters finished 3-meter sail plane work wanted Fohn 2-meter kit slope tow-launch sail plane Siniprop enter smaller RC 20 Boxflynuff sed two l/2A Ministhe Bird Devil 09 Cessna 177 among other imports Simprop inven tory huge though Kavans breakaway must have some effect Simprop bank ing SSM contest system RC units ring bells competitive sector Webras tie Becker market 433 MHz well 27 35 40 equipment drew constant dealer attention too big 91 joins successful 61 marine aero versions Webra family riding crest proving highrev noise-makers dont necessarily win boat game 18 cc Euro pean marine classes plus 20 build range bigger Sad news Helmut Bernhard died new Cessna Stationair testing eve show put cloud announcements HB engines PDP pumps carhs understand Helmuts death will affect immediate production must recall mans genius built up fastest growing model manufacturing unit Europe make Veco first confused HP Austria played cool year UC40 sandblasted 61 re-appearance 40 61 twins being showpieces OPS re vived 19 proto coming closer reality MVVS produced new 40 plus 027 C02 buyers queue alas no production till next year Rudi Cerny heads Czech kit firm now 100 Model Aviation U feel market left strong impression C02 demand So deserve mention last piece super outfits Brand Microprop Pro Variomodul least confusing has appearance being advanced modular concepts also highest priced new genera tion Multi Plex Pro FM7 similarly represents enormous investment chasing what can regarded extreme top end market well already mentioned Varioprop Simprop etc bracket 600 850 dollars time buys Thats question No- Non-Cents/Meuser continued page 47 off wing tips indicated Rudder stab outlines could squared off too course However would strongly urge take trouble make rounded tips stiffer less prone warping although Id hard put prove think fly better Its easy Make form heavy il lustration board obtainable art supply stores Soak strips water 10 min utes bend strip around form holding under slight tension Secure ends place masking tape cook oven 140 degrees 3 hours solid motor stick Novice Pen nyplane version turned out lighter rolled tube motor stick Pen nyplane isnt quite stiff cer tainly seems adequate So rolling balsa tubes isnt cup tea have some very light balsa means use solid stick Pennyplane course must use solid stick Novice Pennyplane model uses down-thrust sidethrust double thrust bearing essen tial thrust bearing shown bit dif ficult make works beautifully similar can purchased Ray Harlan See list suppliers end article Since rubber motors used models might twice length motor stick tend knot up rather severely large distance prop shaft motor stick therefore essential distance nearly inch would have better thrust bearing isnt deep glue sliver balsa between thrust bearing motor stick Taper sliver get correct down-thrust angle Indoor experts dont always feel comfortable few turns glue-saturated thread wrapped around thrust bearing motor stick Note rear hook has upward projection rear prevent motor falling off completely unwinds flight Some experts claim motor unwinds completely model isnt correctly tuned flight time will good doesnt matter / plugs improved last longer under high stress conditions best now better Fusite has improved its GloBee racing plugs de veloping new alloy almost twice strong 20000 F alloy used its original spiral glow element Ad vanced glass technology refined pro duction techniques have combined new alloy greater plug con sistency under difficult contest conditions racing plug Because racing makes toughest demands plug per formance Fusite has concentrated model other plug models have benefitted attention special interest flyers fact GloBee plugs have absolute leakproof seala hermetic* bond between glass metal pin plug body Other * Patent anolied motor falls off flight voided Incorrectly tuned models motors unwind completely air have won contests occasionally properly tuned model will unwind com pletely because caught thermal Make rear hook shown Viewed rear back part prop shaft bent S-shape kind hook easy make simply bend S-curve wire very first step can done roundnose pliers pair small nails held vise type hook seems keep rubber motor centered quite well round tapered sticks prop blades mounted might seem dif ficult make arent Tape full glow plug manufacturers employ organic fiber gaskets depend mechanical pressure sealing tend oxidize during engine operation subsequently leak GloBees permanent glass-tometal bond affords positive protection against plug seal blowouts lost compres sion resultant burned-up engines make best better Because nothing too good champion ship line winners fly GbBees Because GloBee plugs put sting engine w sheet 180-grit emery paper work board another large sanding block Sand off corners piece medium-soft i/s sq balsa holding balsa piece sand between two sheets emery paper using di agonal circular motion stick will come out perfectly round after few strokes same trick used making round wing posts Tapering ends prop arm done after getting round tilting sanding block Tissue tubes used prop hub wing-post sockets motor stick 2-inch strip tissue cut about half-inch wider length finished tube rolled onto piece Continued page 102 June1977 101 DIVISION OF EMERSON ELECTRIC CO 6000 Fernvisw Ave Cincinnati Ohio 45212
Edition: Model Aviation - 1977/06
Page Numbers: 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 100, 101
Ron Moulton 28th Internation al Toy Fair Mecca almost 31000 merchandise buyers 37 countries Presented some significant aeromodeling items EUROPEAN SHOWCASE model trade annual February Fair Nurn berg Though primarily concerned toys vast show under constant pres sure expand its hobby division Annual growth has such model busi ness bursting seams Hall E provision has now made replan ning next time will make Nurnberg unquestionably biggest its kind world Being based West Germany pre dominantly reflective German develop ments Larger corporations Cox AHM Dumas X-Acto etc take independent booths almost worthwhile im port represented agencies Though Nurnberg international has strong overtone local product thats good reason taking close look what could seen year Germany has built up strong creative trade can found anywhere Helicopters reinforced epoxy sail planes best-known German intro ductions Electric power FM radio Wankel engine other original German El concepts come model business closely disciplined self-sufficient innovative probably exports imports has backing buoyant currency clearly going stand still area German progress may have effect US Graupner expansions Ecuador Last years sobering experience US balsa sup ply makes good sense setting up ultra modern processing mill As Johannes Graupner explains whole attitude balsa changing rapidly days floating down river have changed road construction yet balsa pirates mobile mills engine field also has strong investment Webras range expands new 91 20 designs HR has Perry Directional Porting pump/throttle combinations compe tition sizes silencer problems seem last resolved several new units Still talking general terms Nurn berg 77 could said have seen heli copters over hill new ones Schluter more sailplanes 42 Model Aviation electric assist increasing use plastics ARTF kits switch RC super sophisticated so-called Expert sets last function both failure compete price terms Japan ese imports sport RC coming stringent requirements Deutschen Bundespost result almost German manufacturer has new gear offer 27 35 40 433 MHz bands 32 53 72 available some cases export levers slides trimmers will take understand functions Needless relate prices equally sophisticated such big show proportion highlights can picked description photos convey new shapes cant hope cover scene completely side issue out catalogue situation now lush thick beautifully printed have no equivalent else Graupners runs over 300 pages Abbreviated versions have begun appear no doubt cost savers German manufacturers have produce topical kit designs glossy boxes have sell idea through full-color page-size illustrations promotional literature Highlights caught eye Graupner enters 09 RC Chico one-meter hand-launch sportster falls between l/2A club 20 Also Penny beginners free-flight glider Beta powerassist RC glider Delta X1200 sharp triangle 40s uses conventional controls suits Wankel ideally softer delta Graupners hang-glider dummy pilot enclose receiver bat teries servo centerspar waggle tailend control knowsthe sys tem might turn full circle tried real Hang Gliders Varioprop Expert latest RC 12/14 channels optical audible time count-down options FM 10 KHz spacingmore 9 Graupner RC Rogallo wing hang-glider spans 83 in. weighs less 2 lbs RC gear inside plastic pilot Servo keel waggles last few inches keel steering Tried shifting CGno good Towline slope 10 Carrera Optimus electric 10-20 engined power glider Span 110 in. fuselage plastic Ferran 11 & 12 Brandts super-sophisticated Microprop professional modular transmitter Internal view shows physical control part 13 New cover Schluter Hell-Baby scale Hughes 500 14 Audible sig nal timer Varioprop transmitter 15 Liquid crystal timer Varioprop trans miner 16 Dornier 335 push-pull twinengine fighter mystery shipbut due kitting Model has nose motor 17 Robbe Geier tail-less electrical assist sailplane Solid growing interest electric power evident throughout show 18 Transparent Bell 222 helicopter Schluter really new heli copter promised Nurnberg Model dis played skids can have wheeled landing gear 19 New MVVS 027 CO2 unit An impressive prototype due production 1977/78 Also strong growing interest CO2 power Carrera now rivals Graupner new items leaning heavily plastics bold advances construction comment theyve taken fun out model building Hurrican Optimus represent advanced thinking triple-purpose electric 2 alternates glow power sys tems Hurrican aerobatics Optimus thermalling Cessna Skylane also injec tion moulded complete crew Sailplane quota bigger ever SBLO shoots 200 Kestrel mere 144 use fretted foam balsa veneer time slot racing firm means enter field top stay Schuco-Hegi went collapse its parent arms Revell Ger SB7 sailplane Speedy Tom Fan new power kits 77 program Fan 40 stunt Speedy what says 40-in bomb shake cobwebs out Continued page 100 dollarthats need send big EAA info pack shown above Tells about EAA benefits EAA membership will mean Send buck today Includes recent issue SPORT AVIATION Experimental Aircraft Association Inc ~~ EAAAVIATIQN PO Box 229 Hales Corners Wis 53130 A Milwaukee Suburb \HAS MY Phone 414-425-4860 W Airplanes thing Want find out what real world sport aviation about youll want information EAA homebuilts antiques classics warbirds gliders rotary wing aerobatics other type sport aircraft turn Find out what takes build aircraftor design can join EAA chapter near benefit experience skills other builders EAA membership $2000 per year includes monthly SPORT AVIATION Junior membership 18 younger $1000 Information pack $150 Continued page 99 Kiondyke engines test future col umn list parts services en gines write him 4456 W 3145 S Salt Lake City UT 84120 Incidentally Mark has available excel lent reproduction Super Cyclone manuals very interesting bit out past Engines My mail also indicates consider able interest engine conversion work Hans Ochsner Detroit has working McCoy Enya engines con verting using hand tools Hans utilizes readily available chainsaw lawnmower point assemblies reworks model use engines far converted have good power handling qualities Hans competition flier has flown Brooklyn Dodger Enya 19 conversion Hans also has running some interesting comparisons engine dimensions combustion chamber vol umes Write him 19195 McCormick Detroit MI 48224 Clarence Haught Route 5 Box 16 Coeur dAlene ID 83814 Seen Nurnberg/Moulton continued page 45 Robbe have less shattering Rasant racer electric sport plus yet another scale Piper Cub Super Cruiser variant Milan Circe sailplanes elegant lines Lanzet delta calls mixer controls Aeronaut have gone Cessna 172 ever popular twoway electric glow BD5 caricature wings Looks good scale really fell Udets Flamingo created elec tric glowvintage bipe late 1970s power Knck add latest Fournier RF7 quality scale range Karl Heinz Denzin has done again ideal combo detail plus GF fuselage model offers fun flying strict con test prospects Topp GF specialist Buyers get shell plans what subjects latest DO 17 Pencil Bomber MRCA Tornado Strangely conventional Topps Tweety yet another 2-way electro-glow using full range balsa GF/foam assy make latter day H-Ray Rogallo Flexwing autogiro sail plus tail sight see Thrust moments drag factors could make Langley field blink sure Big models continue Bauer have chunky Auster Wik Hummel either can anything slow cruise glider tow haul cameras Schiuter represents real progress beauty new case Heli Baby make Hughes 500 also Bell 222 incorporates lessons maestro rotorplanes has gleaned Kompletta Dieters finished 3-meter sail plane work wanted Fohn 2-meter kit slope tow-launch sail plane Siniprop enter smaller RC 20 Boxflynuff sed two l/2A Ministhe Bird Devil 09 Cessna 177 among other imports Simprop inven tory huge though Kavans breakaway must have some effect Simprop bank ing SSM contest system RC units ring bells competitive sector Webras tie Becker market 433 MHz well 27 35 40 equipment drew constant dealer attention too big 91 joins successful 61 marine aero versions Webra family riding crest proving highrev noise-makers dont necessarily win boat game 18 cc Euro pean marine classes plus 20 build range bigger Sad news Helmut Bernhard died new Cessna Stationair testing eve show put cloud announcements HB engines PDP pumps carhs understand Helmuts death will affect immediate production must recall mans genius built up fastest growing model manufacturing unit Europe make Veco first confused HP Austria played cool year UC40 sandblasted 61 re-appearance 40 61 twins being showpieces OPS re vived 19 proto coming closer reality MVVS produced new 40 plus 027 C02 buyers queue alas no production till next year Rudi Cerny heads Czech kit firm now 100 Model Aviation U feel market left strong impression C02 demand So deserve mention last piece super outfits Brand Microprop Pro Variomodul least confusing has appearance being advanced modular concepts also highest priced new genera tion Multi Plex Pro FM7 similarly represents enormous investment chasing what can regarded extreme top end market well already mentioned Varioprop Simprop etc bracket 600 850 dollars time buys Thats question No- Non-Cents/Meuser continued page 47 off wing tips indicated Rudder stab outlines could squared off too course However would strongly urge take trouble make rounded tips stiffer less prone warping although Id hard put prove think fly better Its easy Make form heavy il lustration board obtainable art supply stores Soak strips water 10 min utes bend strip around form holding under slight tension Secure ends place masking tape cook oven 140 degrees 3 hours solid motor stick Novice Pen nyplane version turned out lighter rolled tube motor stick Pen nyplane isnt quite stiff cer tainly seems adequate So rolling balsa tubes isnt cup tea have some very light balsa means use solid stick Pennyplane course must use solid stick Novice Pennyplane model uses down-thrust sidethrust double thrust bearing essen tial thrust bearing shown bit dif ficult make works beautifully similar can purchased Ray Harlan See list suppliers end article Since rubber motors used models might twice length motor stick tend knot up rather severely large distance prop shaft motor stick therefore essential distance nearly inch would have better thrust bearing isnt deep glue sliver balsa between thrust bearing motor stick Taper sliver get correct down-thrust angle Indoor experts dont always feel comfortable few turns glue-saturated thread wrapped around thrust bearing motor stick Note rear hook has upward projection rear prevent motor falling off completely unwinds flight Some experts claim motor unwinds completely model isnt correctly tuned flight time will good doesnt matter / plugs improved last longer under high stress conditions best now better Fusite has improved its GloBee racing plugs de veloping new alloy almost twice strong 20000 F alloy used its original spiral glow element Ad vanced glass technology refined pro duction techniques have combined new alloy greater plug con sistency under difficult contest conditions racing plug Because racing makes toughest demands plug per formance Fusite has concentrated model other plug models have benefitted attention special interest flyers fact GloBee plugs have absolute leakproof seala hermetic* bond between glass metal pin plug body Other * Patent anolied motor falls off flight voided Incorrectly tuned models motors unwind completely air have won contests occasionally properly tuned model will unwind com pletely because caught thermal Make rear hook shown Viewed rear back part prop shaft bent S-shape kind hook easy make simply bend S-curve wire very first step can done roundnose pliers pair small nails held vise type hook seems keep rubber motor centered quite well round tapered sticks prop blades mounted might seem dif ficult make arent Tape full glow plug manufacturers employ organic fiber gaskets depend mechanical pressure sealing tend oxidize during engine operation subsequently leak GloBees permanent glass-tometal bond affords positive protection against plug seal blowouts lost compres sion resultant burned-up engines make best better Because nothing too good champion ship line winners fly GbBees Because GloBee plugs put sting engine w sheet 180-grit emery paper work board another large sanding block Sand off corners piece medium-soft i/s sq balsa holding balsa piece sand between two sheets emery paper using di agonal circular motion stick will come out perfectly round after few strokes same trick used making round wing posts Tapering ends prop arm done after getting round tilting sanding block Tissue tubes used prop hub wing-post sockets motor stick 2-inch strip tissue cut about half-inch wider length finished tube rolled onto piece Continued page 102 June1977 101 DIVISION OF EMERSON ELECTRIC CO 6000 Fernvisw Ave Cincinnati Ohio 45212
Edition: Model Aviation - 1977/06
Page Numbers: 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 100, 101
Ron Moulton 28th Internation al Toy Fair Mecca almost 31000 merchandise buyers 37 countries Presented some significant aeromodeling items EUROPEAN SHOWCASE model trade annual February Fair Nurn berg Though primarily concerned toys vast show under constant pres sure expand its hobby division Annual growth has such model busi ness bursting seams Hall E provision has now made replan ning next time will make Nurnberg unquestionably biggest its kind world Being based West Germany pre dominantly reflective German develop ments Larger corporations Cox AHM Dumas X-Acto etc take independent booths almost worthwhile im port represented agencies Though Nurnberg international has strong overtone local product thats good reason taking close look what could seen year Germany has built up strong creative trade can found anywhere Helicopters reinforced epoxy sail planes best-known German intro ductions Electric power FM radio Wankel engine other original German El concepts come model business closely disciplined self-sufficient innovative probably exports imports has backing buoyant currency clearly going stand still area German progress may have effect US Graupner expansions Ecuador Last years sobering experience US balsa sup ply makes good sense setting up ultra modern processing mill As Johannes Graupner explains whole attitude balsa changing rapidly days floating down river have changed road construction yet balsa pirates mobile mills engine field also has strong investment Webras range expands new 91 20 designs HR has Perry Directional Porting pump/throttle combinations compe tition sizes silencer problems seem last resolved several new units Still talking general terms Nurn berg 77 could said have seen heli copters over hill new ones Schluter more sailplanes 42 Model Aviation electric assist increasing use plastics ARTF kits switch RC super sophisticated so-called Expert sets last function both failure compete price terms Japan ese imports sport RC coming stringent requirements Deutschen Bundespost result almost German manufacturer has new gear offer 27 35 40 433 MHz bands 32 53 72 available some cases export levers slides trimmers will take understand functions Needless relate prices equally sophisticated such big show proportion highlights can picked description photos convey new shapes cant hope cover scene completely side issue out catalogue situation now lush thick beautifully printed have no equivalent else Graupners runs over 300 pages Abbreviated versions have begun appear no doubt cost savers German manufacturers have produce topical kit designs glossy boxes have sell idea through full-color page-size illustrations promotional literature Highlights caught eye Graupner enters 09 RC Chico one-meter hand-launch sportster falls between l/2A club 20 Also Penny beginners free-flight glider Beta powerassist RC glider Delta X1200 sharp triangle 40s uses conventional controls suits Wankel ideally softer delta Graupners hang-glider dummy pilot enclose receiver bat teries servo centerspar waggle tailend control knowsthe sys tem might turn full circle tried real Hang Gliders Varioprop Expert latest RC 12/14 channels optical audible time count-down options FM 10 KHz spacingmore 9 Graupner RC Rogallo wing hang-glider spans 83 in. weighs less 2 lbs RC gear inside plastic pilot Servo keel waggles last few inches keel steering Tried shifting CGno good Towline slope 10 Carrera Optimus electric 10-20 engined power glider Span 110 in. fuselage plastic Ferran 11 & 12 Brandts super-sophisticated Microprop professional modular transmitter Internal view shows physical control part 13 New cover Schluter Hell-Baby scale Hughes 500 14 Audible sig nal timer Varioprop transmitter 15 Liquid crystal timer Varioprop trans miner 16 Dornier 335 push-pull twinengine fighter mystery shipbut due kitting Model has nose motor 17 Robbe Geier tail-less electrical assist sailplane Solid growing interest electric power evident throughout show 18 Transparent Bell 222 helicopter Schluter really new heli copter promised Nurnberg Model dis played skids can have wheeled landing gear 19 New MVVS 027 CO2 unit An impressive prototype due production 1977/78 Also strong growing interest CO2 power Carrera now rivals Graupner new items leaning heavily plastics bold advances construction comment theyve taken fun out model building Hurrican Optimus represent advanced thinking triple-purpose electric 2 alternates glow power sys tems Hurrican aerobatics Optimus thermalling Cessna Skylane also injec tion moulded complete crew Sailplane quota bigger ever SBLO shoots 200 Kestrel mere 144 use fretted foam balsa veneer time slot racing firm means enter field top stay Schuco-Hegi went collapse its parent arms Revell Ger SB7 sailplane Speedy Tom Fan new power kits 77 program Fan 40 stunt Speedy what says 40-in bomb shake cobwebs out Continued page 100 dollarthats need send big EAA info pack shown above Tells about EAA benefits EAA membership will mean Send buck today Includes recent issue SPORT AVIATION Experimental Aircraft Association Inc ~~ EAAAVIATIQN PO Box 229 Hales Corners Wis 53130 A Milwaukee Suburb \HAS MY Phone 414-425-4860 W Airplanes thing Want find out what real world sport aviation about youll want information EAA homebuilts antiques classics warbirds gliders rotary wing aerobatics other type sport aircraft turn Find out what takes build aircraftor design can join EAA chapter near benefit experience skills other builders EAA membership $2000 per year includes monthly SPORT AVIATION Junior membership 18 younger $1000 Information pack $150 Continued page 99 Kiondyke engines test future col umn list parts services en gines write him 4456 W 3145 S Salt Lake City UT 84120 Incidentally Mark has available excel lent reproduction Super Cyclone manuals very interesting bit out past Engines My mail also indicates consider able interest engine conversion work Hans Ochsner Detroit has working McCoy Enya engines con verting using hand tools Hans utilizes readily available chainsaw lawnmower point assemblies reworks model use engines far converted have good power handling qualities Hans competition flier has flown Brooklyn Dodger Enya 19 conversion Hans also has running some interesting comparisons engine dimensions combustion chamber vol umes Write him 19195 McCormick Detroit MI 48224 Clarence Haught Route 5 Box 16 Coeur dAlene ID 83814 Seen Nurnberg/Moulton continued page 45 Robbe have less shattering Rasant racer electric sport plus yet another scale Piper Cub Super Cruiser variant Milan Circe sailplanes elegant lines Lanzet delta calls mixer controls Aeronaut have gone Cessna 172 ever popular twoway electric glow BD5 caricature wings Looks good scale really fell Udets Flamingo created elec tric glowvintage bipe late 1970s power Knck add latest Fournier RF7 quality scale range Karl Heinz Denzin has done again ideal combo detail plus GF fuselage model offers fun flying strict con test prospects Topp GF specialist Buyers get shell plans what subjects latest DO 17 Pencil Bomber MRCA Tornado Strangely conventional Topps Tweety yet another 2-way electro-glow using full range balsa GF/foam assy make latter day H-Ray Rogallo Flexwing autogiro sail plus tail sight see Thrust moments drag factors could make Langley field blink sure Big models continue Bauer have chunky Auster Wik Hummel either can anything slow cruise glider tow haul cameras Schiuter represents real progress beauty new case Heli Baby make Hughes 500 also Bell 222 incorporates lessons maestro rotorplanes has gleaned Kompletta Dieters finished 3-meter sail plane work wanted Fohn 2-meter kit slope tow-launch sail plane Siniprop enter smaller RC 20 Boxflynuff sed two l/2A Ministhe Bird Devil 09 Cessna 177 among other imports Simprop inven tory huge though Kavans breakaway must have some effect Simprop bank ing SSM contest system RC units ring bells competitive sector Webras tie Becker market 433 MHz well 27 35 40 equipment drew constant dealer attention too big 91 joins successful 61 marine aero versions Webra family riding crest proving highrev noise-makers dont necessarily win boat game 18 cc Euro pean marine classes plus 20 build range bigger Sad news Helmut Bernhard died new Cessna Stationair testing eve show put cloud announcements HB engines PDP pumps carhs understand Helmuts death will affect immediate production must recall mans genius built up fastest growing model manufacturing unit Europe make Veco first confused HP Austria played cool year UC40 sandblasted 61 re-appearance 40 61 twins being showpieces OPS re vived 19 proto coming closer reality MVVS produced new 40 plus 027 C02 buyers queue alas no production till next year Rudi Cerny heads Czech kit firm now 100 Model Aviation U feel market left strong impression C02 demand So deserve mention last piece super outfits Brand Microprop Pro Variomodul least confusing has appearance being advanced modular concepts also highest priced new genera tion Multi Plex Pro FM7 similarly represents enormous investment chasing what can regarded extreme top end market well already mentioned Varioprop Simprop etc bracket 600 850 dollars time buys Thats question No- Non-Cents/Meuser continued page 47 off wing tips indicated Rudder stab outlines could squared off too course However would strongly urge take trouble make rounded tips stiffer less prone warping although Id hard put prove think fly better Its easy Make form heavy il lustration board obtainable art supply stores Soak strips water 10 min utes bend strip around form holding under slight tension Secure ends place masking tape cook oven 140 degrees 3 hours solid motor stick Novice Pen nyplane version turned out lighter rolled tube motor stick Pen nyplane isnt quite stiff cer tainly seems adequate So rolling balsa tubes isnt cup tea have some very light balsa means use solid stick Pennyplane course must use solid stick Novice Pennyplane model uses down-thrust sidethrust double thrust bearing essen tial thrust bearing shown bit dif ficult make works beautifully similar can purchased Ray Harlan See list suppliers end article Since rubber motors used models might twice length motor stick tend knot up rather severely large distance prop shaft motor stick therefore essential distance nearly inch would have better thrust bearing isnt deep glue sliver balsa between thrust bearing motor stick Taper sliver get correct down-thrust angle Indoor experts dont always feel comfortable few turns glue-saturated thread wrapped around thrust bearing motor stick Note rear hook has upward projection rear prevent motor falling off completely unwinds flight Some experts claim motor unwinds completely model isnt correctly tuned flight time will good doesnt matter / plugs improved last longer under high stress conditions best now better Fusite has improved its GloBee racing plugs de veloping new alloy almost twice strong 20000 F alloy used its original spiral glow element Ad vanced glass technology refined pro duction techniques have combined new alloy greater plug con sistency under difficult contest conditions racing plug Because racing makes toughest demands plug per formance Fusite has concentrated model other plug models have benefitted attention special interest flyers fact GloBee plugs have absolute leakproof seala hermetic* bond between glass metal pin plug body Other * Patent anolied motor falls off flight voided Incorrectly tuned models motors unwind completely air have won contests occasionally properly tuned model will unwind com pletely because caught thermal Make rear hook shown Viewed rear back part prop shaft bent S-shape kind hook easy make simply bend S-curve wire very first step can done roundnose pliers pair small nails held vise type hook seems keep rubber motor centered quite well round tapered sticks prop blades mounted might seem dif ficult make arent Tape full glow plug manufacturers employ organic fiber gaskets depend mechanical pressure sealing tend oxidize during engine operation subsequently leak GloBees permanent glass-tometal bond affords positive protection against plug seal blowouts lost compres sion resultant burned-up engines make best better Because nothing too good champion ship line winners fly GbBees Because GloBee plugs put sting engine w sheet 180-grit emery paper work board another large sanding block Sand off corners piece medium-soft i/s sq balsa holding balsa piece sand between two sheets emery paper using di agonal circular motion stick will come out perfectly round after few strokes same trick used making round wing posts Tapering ends prop arm done after getting round tilting sanding block Tissue tubes used prop hub wing-post sockets motor stick 2-inch strip tissue cut about half-inch wider length finished tube rolled onto piece Continued page 102 June1977 101 DIVISION OF EMERSON ELECTRIC CO 6000 Fernvisw Ave Cincinnati Ohio 45212
Edition: Model Aviation - 1977/06
Page Numbers: 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 100, 101
Ron Moulton 28th Internation al Toy Fair Mecca almost 31000 merchandise buyers 37 countries Presented some significant aeromodeling items EUROPEAN SHOWCASE model trade annual February Fair Nurn berg Though primarily concerned toys vast show under constant pres sure expand its hobby division Annual growth has such model busi ness bursting seams Hall E provision has now made replan ning next time will make Nurnberg unquestionably biggest its kind world Being based West Germany pre dominantly reflective German develop ments Larger corporations Cox AHM Dumas X-Acto etc take independent booths almost worthwhile im port represented agencies Though Nurnberg international has strong overtone local product thats good reason taking close look what could seen year Germany has built up strong creative trade can found anywhere Helicopters reinforced epoxy sail planes best-known German intro ductions Electric power FM radio Wankel engine other original German El concepts come model business closely disciplined self-sufficient innovative probably exports imports has backing buoyant currency clearly going stand still area German progress may have effect US Graupner expansions Ecuador Last years sobering experience US balsa sup ply makes good sense setting up ultra modern processing mill As Johannes Graupner explains whole attitude balsa changing rapidly days floating down river have changed road construction yet balsa pirates mobile mills engine field also has strong investment Webras range expands new 91 20 designs HR has Perry Directional Porting pump/throttle combinations compe tition sizes silencer problems seem last resolved several new units Still talking general terms Nurn berg 77 could said have seen heli copters over hill new ones Schluter more sailplanes 42 Model Aviation electric assist increasing use plastics ARTF kits switch RC super sophisticated so-called Expert sets last function both failure compete price terms Japan ese imports sport RC coming stringent requirements Deutschen Bundespost result almost German manufacturer has new gear offer 27 35 40 433 MHz bands 32 53 72 available some cases export levers slides trimmers will take understand functions Needless relate prices equally sophisticated such big show proportion highlights can picked description photos convey new shapes cant hope cover scene completely side issue out catalogue situation now lush thick beautifully printed have no equivalent else Graupners runs over 300 pages Abbreviated versions have begun appear no doubt cost savers German manufacturers have produce topical kit designs glossy boxes have sell idea through full-color page-size illustrations promotional literature Highlights caught eye Graupner enters 09 RC Chico one-meter hand-launch sportster falls between l/2A club 20 Also Penny beginners free-flight glider Beta powerassist RC glider Delta X1200 sharp triangle 40s uses conventional controls suits Wankel ideally softer delta Graupners hang-glider dummy pilot enclose receiver bat teries servo centerspar waggle tailend control knowsthe sys tem might turn full circle tried real Hang Gliders Varioprop Expert latest RC 12/14 channels optical audible time count-down options FM 10 KHz spacingmore 9 Graupner RC Rogallo wing hang-glider spans 83 in. weighs less 2 lbs RC gear inside plastic pilot Servo keel waggles last few inches keel steering Tried shifting CGno good Towline slope 10 Carrera Optimus electric 10-20 engined power glider Span 110 in. fuselage plastic Ferran 11 & 12 Brandts super-sophisticated Microprop professional modular transmitter Internal view shows physical control part 13 New cover Schluter Hell-Baby scale Hughes 500 14 Audible sig nal timer Varioprop transmitter 15 Liquid crystal timer Varioprop trans miner 16 Dornier 335 push-pull twinengine fighter mystery shipbut due kitting Model has nose motor 17 Robbe Geier tail-less electrical assist sailplane Solid growing interest electric power evident throughout show 18 Transparent Bell 222 helicopter Schluter really new heli copter promised Nurnberg Model dis played skids can have wheeled landing gear 19 New MVVS 027 CO2 unit An impressive prototype due production 1977/78 Also strong growing interest CO2 power Carrera now rivals Graupner new items leaning heavily plastics bold advances construction comment theyve taken fun out model building Hurrican Optimus represent advanced thinking triple-purpose electric 2 alternates glow power sys tems Hurrican aerobatics Optimus thermalling Cessna Skylane also injec tion moulded complete crew Sailplane quota bigger ever SBLO shoots 200 Kestrel mere 144 use fretted foam balsa veneer time slot racing firm means enter field top stay Schuco-Hegi went collapse its parent arms Revell Ger SB7 sailplane Speedy Tom Fan new power kits 77 program Fan 40 stunt Speedy what says 40-in bomb shake cobwebs out Continued page 100 dollarthats need send big EAA info pack shown above Tells about EAA benefits EAA membership will mean Send buck today Includes recent issue SPORT AVIATION Experimental Aircraft Association Inc ~~ EAAAVIATIQN PO Box 229 Hales Corners Wis 53130 A Milwaukee Suburb \HAS MY Phone 414-425-4860 W Airplanes thing Want find out what real world sport aviation about youll want information EAA homebuilts antiques classics warbirds gliders rotary wing aerobatics other type sport aircraft turn Find out what takes build aircraftor design can join EAA chapter near benefit experience skills other builders EAA membership $2000 per year includes monthly SPORT AVIATION Junior membership 18 younger $1000 Information pack $150 Continued page 99 Kiondyke engines test future col umn list parts services en gines write him 4456 W 3145 S Salt Lake City UT 84120 Incidentally Mark has available excel lent reproduction Super Cyclone manuals very interesting bit out past Engines My mail also indicates consider able interest engine conversion work Hans Ochsner Detroit has working McCoy Enya engines con verting using hand tools Hans utilizes readily available chainsaw lawnmower point assemblies reworks model use engines far converted have good power handling qualities Hans competition flier has flown Brooklyn Dodger Enya 19 conversion Hans also has running some interesting comparisons engine dimensions combustion chamber vol umes Write him 19195 McCormick Detroit MI 48224 Clarence Haught Route 5 Box 16 Coeur dAlene ID 83814 Seen Nurnberg/Moulton continued page 45 Robbe have less shattering Rasant racer electric sport plus yet another scale Piper Cub Super Cruiser variant Milan Circe sailplanes elegant lines Lanzet delta calls mixer controls Aeronaut have gone Cessna 172 ever popular twoway electric glow BD5 caricature wings Looks good scale really fell Udets Flamingo created elec tric glowvintage bipe late 1970s power Knck add latest Fournier RF7 quality scale range Karl Heinz Denzin has done again ideal combo detail plus GF fuselage model offers fun flying strict con test prospects Topp GF specialist Buyers get shell plans what subjects latest DO 17 Pencil Bomber MRCA Tornado Strangely conventional Topps Tweety yet another 2-way electro-glow using full range balsa GF/foam assy make latter day H-Ray Rogallo Flexwing autogiro sail plus tail sight see Thrust moments drag factors could make Langley field blink sure Big models continue Bauer have chunky Auster Wik Hummel either can anything slow cruise glider tow haul cameras Schiuter represents real progress beauty new case Heli Baby make Hughes 500 also Bell 222 incorporates lessons maestro rotorplanes has gleaned Kompletta Dieters finished 3-meter sail plane work wanted Fohn 2-meter kit slope tow-launch sail plane Siniprop enter smaller RC 20 Boxflynuff sed two l/2A Ministhe Bird Devil 09 Cessna 177 among other imports Simprop inven tory huge though Kavans breakaway must have some effect Simprop bank ing SSM contest system RC units ring bells competitive sector Webras tie Becker market 433 MHz well 27 35 40 equipment drew constant dealer attention too big 91 joins successful 61 marine aero versions Webra family riding crest proving highrev noise-makers dont necessarily win boat game 18 cc Euro pean marine classes plus 20 build range bigger Sad news Helmut Bernhard died new Cessna Stationair testing eve show put cloud announcements HB engines PDP pumps carhs understand Helmuts death will affect immediate production must recall mans genius built up fastest growing model manufacturing unit Europe make Veco first confused HP Austria played cool year UC40 sandblasted 61 re-appearance 40 61 twins being showpieces OPS re vived 19 proto coming closer reality MVVS produced new 40 plus 027 C02 buyers queue alas no production till next year Rudi Cerny heads Czech kit firm now 100 Model Aviation U feel market left strong impression C02 demand So deserve mention last piece super outfits Brand Microprop Pro Variomodul least confusing has appearance being advanced modular concepts also highest priced new genera tion Multi Plex Pro FM7 similarly represents enormous investment chasing what can regarded extreme top end market well already mentioned Varioprop Simprop etc bracket 600 850 dollars time buys Thats question No- Non-Cents/Meuser continued page 47 off wing tips indicated Rudder stab outlines could squared off too course However would strongly urge take trouble make rounded tips stiffer less prone warping although Id hard put prove think fly better Its easy Make form heavy il lustration board obtainable art supply stores Soak strips water 10 min utes bend strip around form holding under slight tension Secure ends place masking tape cook oven 140 degrees 3 hours solid motor stick Novice Pen nyplane version turned out lighter rolled tube motor stick Pen nyplane isnt quite stiff cer tainly seems adequate So rolling balsa tubes isnt cup tea have some very light balsa means use solid stick Pennyplane course must use solid stick Novice Pennyplane model uses down-thrust sidethrust double thrust bearing essen tial thrust bearing shown bit dif ficult make works beautifully similar can purchased Ray Harlan See list suppliers end article Since rubber motors used models might twice length motor stick tend knot up rather severely large distance prop shaft motor stick therefore essential distance nearly inch would have better thrust bearing isnt deep glue sliver balsa between thrust bearing motor stick Taper sliver get correct down-thrust angle Indoor experts dont always feel comfortable few turns glue-saturated thread wrapped around thrust bearing motor stick Note rear hook has upward projection rear prevent motor falling off completely unwinds flight Some experts claim motor unwinds completely model isnt correctly tuned flight time will good doesnt matter / plugs improved last longer under high stress conditions best now better Fusite has improved its GloBee racing plugs de veloping new alloy almost twice strong 20000 F alloy used its original spiral glow element Ad vanced glass technology refined pro duction techniques have combined new alloy greater plug con sistency under difficult contest conditions racing plug Because racing makes toughest demands plug per formance Fusite has concentrated model other plug models have benefitted attention special interest flyers fact GloBee plugs have absolute leakproof seala hermetic* bond between glass metal pin plug body Other * Patent anolied motor falls off flight voided Incorrectly tuned models motors unwind completely air have won contests occasionally properly tuned model will unwind com pletely because caught thermal Make rear hook shown Viewed rear back part prop shaft bent S-shape kind hook easy make simply bend S-curve wire very first step can done roundnose pliers pair small nails held vise type hook seems keep rubber motor centered quite well round tapered sticks prop blades mounted might seem dif ficult make arent Tape full glow plug manufacturers employ organic fiber gaskets depend mechanical pressure sealing tend oxidize during engine operation subsequently leak GloBees permanent glass-tometal bond affords positive protection against plug seal blowouts lost compres sion resultant burned-up engines make best better Because nothing too good champion ship line winners fly GbBees Because GloBee plugs put sting engine w sheet 180-grit emery paper work board another large sanding block Sand off corners piece medium-soft i/s sq balsa holding balsa piece sand between two sheets emery paper using di agonal circular motion stick will come out perfectly round after few strokes same trick used making round wing posts Tapering ends prop arm done after getting round tilting sanding block Tissue tubes used prop hub wing-post sockets motor stick 2-inch strip tissue cut about half-inch wider length finished tube rolled onto piece Continued page 102 June1977 101 DIVISION OF EMERSON ELECTRIC CO 6000 Fernvisw Ave Cincinnati Ohio 45212
Edition: Model Aviation - 1977/06
Page Numbers: 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 100, 101
Ron Moulton 28th Internation al Toy Fair Mecca almost 31000 merchandise buyers 37 countries Presented some significant aeromodeling items EUROPEAN SHOWCASE model trade annual February Fair Nurn berg Though primarily concerned toys vast show under constant pres sure expand its hobby division Annual growth has such model busi ness bursting seams Hall E provision has now made replan ning next time will make Nurnberg unquestionably biggest its kind world Being based West Germany pre dominantly reflective German develop ments Larger corporations Cox AHM Dumas X-Acto etc take independent booths almost worthwhile im port represented agencies Though Nurnberg international has strong overtone local product thats good reason taking close look what could seen year Germany has built up strong creative trade can found anywhere Helicopters reinforced epoxy sail planes best-known German intro ductions Electric power FM radio Wankel engine other original German El concepts come model business closely disciplined self-sufficient innovative probably exports imports has backing buoyant currency clearly going stand still area German progress may have effect US Graupner expansions Ecuador Last years sobering experience US balsa sup ply makes good sense setting up ultra modern processing mill As Johannes Graupner explains whole attitude balsa changing rapidly days floating down river have changed road construction yet balsa pirates mobile mills engine field also has strong investment Webras range expands new 91 20 designs HR has Perry Directional Porting pump/throttle combinations compe tition sizes silencer problems seem last resolved several new units Still talking general terms Nurn berg 77 could said have seen heli copters over hill new ones Schluter more sailplanes 42 Model Aviation electric assist increasing use plastics ARTF kits switch RC super sophisticated so-called Expert sets last function both failure compete price terms Japan ese imports sport RC coming stringent requirements Deutschen Bundespost result almost German manufacturer has new gear offer 27 35 40 433 MHz bands 32 53 72 available some cases export levers slides trimmers will take understand functions Needless relate prices equally sophisticated such big show proportion highlights can picked description photos convey new shapes cant hope cover scene completely side issue out catalogue situation now lush thick beautifully printed have no equivalent else Graupners runs over 300 pages Abbreviated versions have begun appear no doubt cost savers German manufacturers have produce topical kit designs glossy boxes have sell idea through full-color page-size illustrations promotional literature Highlights caught eye Graupner enters 09 RC Chico one-meter hand-launch sportster falls between l/2A club 20 Also Penny beginners free-flight glider Beta powerassist RC glider Delta X1200 sharp triangle 40s uses conventional controls suits Wankel ideally softer delta Graupners hang-glider dummy pilot enclose receiver bat teries servo centerspar waggle tailend control knowsthe sys tem might turn full circle tried real Hang Gliders Varioprop Expert latest RC 12/14 channels optical audible time count-down options FM 10 KHz spacingmore 9 Graupner RC Rogallo wing hang-glider spans 83 in. weighs less 2 lbs RC gear inside plastic pilot Servo keel waggles last few inches keel steering Tried shifting CGno good Towline slope 10 Carrera Optimus electric 10-20 engined power glider Span 110 in. fuselage plastic Ferran 11 & 12 Brandts super-sophisticated Microprop professional modular transmitter Internal view shows physical control part 13 New cover Schluter Hell-Baby scale Hughes 500 14 Audible sig nal timer Varioprop transmitter 15 Liquid crystal timer Varioprop trans miner 16 Dornier 335 push-pull twinengine fighter mystery shipbut due kitting Model has nose motor 17 Robbe Geier tail-less electrical assist sailplane Solid growing interest electric power evident throughout show 18 Transparent Bell 222 helicopter Schluter really new heli copter promised Nurnberg Model dis played skids can have wheeled landing gear 19 New MVVS 027 CO2 unit An impressive prototype due production 1977/78 Also strong growing interest CO2 power Carrera now rivals Graupner new items leaning heavily plastics bold advances construction comment theyve taken fun out model building Hurrican Optimus represent advanced thinking triple-purpose electric 2 alternates glow power sys tems Hurrican aerobatics Optimus thermalling Cessna Skylane also injec tion moulded complete crew Sailplane quota bigger ever SBLO shoots 200 Kestrel mere 144 use fretted foam balsa veneer time slot racing firm means enter field top stay Schuco-Hegi went collapse its parent arms Revell Ger SB7 sailplane Speedy Tom Fan new power kits 77 program Fan 40 stunt Speedy what says 40-in bomb shake cobwebs out Continued page 100 dollarthats need send big EAA info pack shown above Tells about EAA benefits EAA membership will mean Send buck today Includes recent issue SPORT AVIATION Experimental Aircraft Association Inc ~~ EAAAVIATIQN PO Box 229 Hales Corners Wis 53130 A Milwaukee Suburb \HAS MY Phone 414-425-4860 W Airplanes thing Want find out what real world sport aviation about youll want information EAA homebuilts antiques classics warbirds gliders rotary wing aerobatics other type sport aircraft turn Find out what takes build aircraftor design can join EAA chapter near benefit experience skills other builders EAA membership $2000 per year includes monthly SPORT AVIATION Junior membership 18 younger $1000 Information pack $150 Continued page 99 Kiondyke engines test future col umn list parts services en gines write him 4456 W 3145 S Salt Lake City UT 84120 Incidentally Mark has available excel lent reproduction Super Cyclone manuals very interesting bit out past Engines My mail also indicates consider able interest engine conversion work Hans Ochsner Detroit has working McCoy Enya engines con verting using hand tools Hans utilizes readily available chainsaw lawnmower point assemblies reworks model use engines far converted have good power handling qualities Hans competition flier has flown Brooklyn Dodger Enya 19 conversion Hans also has running some interesting comparisons engine dimensions combustion chamber vol umes Write him 19195 McCormick Detroit MI 48224 Clarence Haught Route 5 Box 16 Coeur dAlene ID 83814 Seen Nurnberg/Moulton continued page 45 Robbe have less shattering Rasant racer electric sport plus yet another scale Piper Cub Super Cruiser variant Milan Circe sailplanes elegant lines Lanzet delta calls mixer controls Aeronaut have gone Cessna 172 ever popular twoway electric glow BD5 caricature wings Looks good scale really fell Udets Flamingo created elec tric glowvintage bipe late 1970s power Knck add latest Fournier RF7 quality scale range Karl Heinz Denzin has done again ideal combo detail plus GF fuselage model offers fun flying strict con test prospects Topp GF specialist Buyers get shell plans what subjects latest DO 17 Pencil Bomber MRCA Tornado Strangely conventional Topps Tweety yet another 2-way electro-glow using full range balsa GF/foam assy make latter day H-Ray Rogallo Flexwing autogiro sail plus tail sight see Thrust moments drag factors could make Langley field blink sure Big models continue Bauer have chunky Auster Wik Hummel either can anything slow cruise glider tow haul cameras Schiuter represents real progress beauty new case Heli Baby make Hughes 500 also Bell 222 incorporates lessons maestro rotorplanes has gleaned Kompletta Dieters finished 3-meter sail plane work wanted Fohn 2-meter kit slope tow-launch sail plane Siniprop enter smaller RC 20 Boxflynuff sed two l/2A Ministhe Bird Devil 09 Cessna 177 among other imports Simprop inven tory huge though Kavans breakaway must have some effect Simprop bank ing SSM contest system RC units ring bells competitive sector Webras tie Becker market 433 MHz well 27 35 40 equipment drew constant dealer attention too big 91 joins successful 61 marine aero versions Webra family riding crest proving highrev noise-makers dont necessarily win boat game 18 cc Euro pean marine classes plus 20 build range bigger Sad news Helmut Bernhard died new Cessna Stationair testing eve show put cloud announcements HB engines PDP pumps carhs understand Helmuts death will affect immediate production must recall mans genius built up fastest growing model manufacturing unit Europe make Veco first confused HP Austria played cool year UC40 sandblasted 61 re-appearance 40 61 twins being showpieces OPS re vived 19 proto coming closer reality MVVS produced new 40 plus 027 C02 buyers queue alas no production till next year Rudi Cerny heads Czech kit firm now 100 Model Aviation U feel market left strong impression C02 demand So deserve mention last piece super outfits Brand Microprop Pro Variomodul least confusing has appearance being advanced modular concepts also highest priced new genera tion Multi Plex Pro FM7 similarly represents enormous investment chasing what can regarded extreme top end market well already mentioned Varioprop Simprop etc bracket 600 850 dollars time buys Thats question No- Non-Cents/Meuser continued page 47 off wing tips indicated Rudder stab outlines could squared off too course However would strongly urge take trouble make rounded tips stiffer less prone warping although Id hard put prove think fly better Its easy Make form heavy il lustration board obtainable art supply stores Soak strips water 10 min utes bend strip around form holding under slight tension Secure ends place masking tape cook oven 140 degrees 3 hours solid motor stick Novice Pen nyplane version turned out lighter rolled tube motor stick Pen nyplane isnt quite stiff cer tainly seems adequate So rolling balsa tubes isnt cup tea have some very light balsa means use solid stick Pennyplane course must use solid stick Novice Pennyplane model uses down-thrust sidethrust double thrust bearing essen tial thrust bearing shown bit dif ficult make works beautifully similar can purchased Ray Harlan See list suppliers end article Since rubber motors used models might twice length motor stick tend knot up rather severely large distance prop shaft motor stick therefore essential distance nearly inch would have better thrust bearing isnt deep glue sliver balsa between thrust bearing motor stick Taper sliver get correct down-thrust angle Indoor experts dont always feel comfortable few turns glue-saturated thread wrapped around thrust bearing motor stick Note rear hook has upward projection rear prevent motor falling off completely unwinds flight Some experts claim motor unwinds completely model isnt correctly tuned flight time will good doesnt matter / plugs improved last longer under high stress conditions best now better Fusite has improved its GloBee racing plugs de veloping new alloy almost twice strong 20000 F alloy used its original spiral glow element Ad vanced glass technology refined pro duction techniques have combined new alloy greater plug con sistency under difficult contest conditions racing plug Because racing makes toughest demands plug per formance Fusite has concentrated model other plug models have benefitted attention special interest flyers fact GloBee plugs have absolute leakproof seala hermetic* bond between glass metal pin plug body Other * Patent anolied motor falls off flight voided Incorrectly tuned models motors unwind completely air have won contests occasionally properly tuned model will unwind com pletely because caught thermal Make rear hook shown Viewed rear back part prop shaft bent S-shape kind hook easy make simply bend S-curve wire very first step can done roundnose pliers pair small nails held vise type hook seems keep rubber motor centered quite well round tapered sticks prop blades mounted might seem dif ficult make arent Tape full glow plug manufacturers employ organic fiber gaskets depend mechanical pressure sealing tend oxidize during engine operation subsequently leak GloBees permanent glass-tometal bond affords positive protection against plug seal blowouts lost compres sion resultant burned-up engines make best better Because nothing too good champion ship line winners fly GbBees Because GloBee plugs put sting engine w sheet 180-grit emery paper work board another large sanding block Sand off corners piece medium-soft i/s sq balsa holding balsa piece sand between two sheets emery paper using di agonal circular motion stick will come out perfectly round after few strokes same trick used making round wing posts Tapering ends prop arm done after getting round tilting sanding block Tissue tubes used prop hub wing-post sockets motor stick 2-inch strip tissue cut about half-inch wider length finished tube rolled onto piece Continued page 102 June1977 101 DIVISION OF EMERSON ELECTRIC CO 6000 Fernvisw Ave Cincinnati Ohio 45212
Edition: Model Aviation - 1977/06
Page Numbers: 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 100, 101
Ron Moulton 28th Internation al Toy Fair Mecca almost 31000 merchandise buyers 37 countries Presented some significant aeromodeling items EUROPEAN SHOWCASE model trade annual February Fair Nurn berg Though primarily concerned toys vast show under constant pres sure expand its hobby division Annual growth has such model busi ness bursting seams Hall E provision has now made replan ning next time will make Nurnberg unquestionably biggest its kind world Being based West Germany pre dominantly reflective German develop ments Larger corporations Cox AHM Dumas X-Acto etc take independent booths almost worthwhile im port represented agencies Though Nurnberg international has strong overtone local product thats good reason taking close look what could seen year Germany has built up strong creative trade can found anywhere Helicopters reinforced epoxy sail planes best-known German intro ductions Electric power FM radio Wankel engine other original German El concepts come model business closely disciplined self-sufficient innovative probably exports imports has backing buoyant currency clearly going stand still area German progress may have effect US Graupner expansions Ecuador Last years sobering experience US balsa sup ply makes good sense setting up ultra modern processing mill As Johannes Graupner explains whole attitude balsa changing rapidly days floating down river have changed road construction yet balsa pirates mobile mills engine field also has strong investment Webras range expands new 91 20 designs HR has Perry Directional Porting pump/throttle combinations compe tition sizes silencer problems seem last resolved several new units Still talking general terms Nurn berg 77 could said have seen heli copters over hill new ones Schluter more sailplanes 42 Model Aviation electric assist increasing use plastics ARTF kits switch RC super sophisticated so-called Expert sets last function both failure compete price terms Japan ese imports sport RC coming stringent requirements Deutschen Bundespost result almost German manufacturer has new gear offer 27 35 40 433 MHz bands 32 53 72 available some cases export levers slides trimmers will take understand functions Needless relate prices equally sophisticated such big show proportion highlights can picked description photos convey new shapes cant hope cover scene completely side issue out catalogue situation now lush thick beautifully printed have no equivalent else Graupners runs over 300 pages Abbreviated versions have begun appear no doubt cost savers German manufacturers have produce topical kit designs glossy boxes have sell idea through full-color page-size illustrations promotional literature Highlights caught eye Graupner enters 09 RC Chico one-meter hand-launch sportster falls between l/2A club 20 Also Penny beginners free-flight glider Beta powerassist RC glider Delta X1200 sharp triangle 40s uses conventional controls suits Wankel ideally softer delta Graupners hang-glider dummy pilot enclose receiver bat teries servo centerspar waggle tailend control knowsthe sys tem might turn full circle tried real Hang Gliders Varioprop Expert latest RC 12/14 channels optical audible time count-down options FM 10 KHz spacingmore 9 Graupner RC Rogallo wing hang-glider spans 83 in. weighs less 2 lbs RC gear inside plastic pilot Servo keel waggles last few inches keel steering Tried shifting CGno good Towline slope 10 Carrera Optimus electric 10-20 engined power glider Span 110 in. fuselage plastic Ferran 11 & 12 Brandts super-sophisticated Microprop professional modular transmitter Internal view shows physical control part 13 New cover Schluter Hell-Baby scale Hughes 500 14 Audible sig nal timer Varioprop transmitter 15 Liquid crystal timer Varioprop trans miner 16 Dornier 335 push-pull twinengine fighter mystery shipbut due kitting Model has nose motor 17 Robbe Geier tail-less electrical assist sailplane Solid growing interest electric power evident throughout show 18 Transparent Bell 222 helicopter Schluter really new heli copter promised Nurnberg Model dis played skids can have wheeled landing gear 19 New MVVS 027 CO2 unit An impressive prototype due production 1977/78 Also strong growing interest CO2 power Carrera now rivals Graupner new items leaning heavily plastics bold advances construction comment theyve taken fun out model building Hurrican Optimus represent advanced thinking triple-purpose electric 2 alternates glow power sys tems Hurrican aerobatics Optimus thermalling Cessna Skylane also injec tion moulded complete crew Sailplane quota bigger ever SBLO shoots 200 Kestrel mere 144 use fretted foam balsa veneer time slot racing firm means enter field top stay Schuco-Hegi went collapse its parent arms Revell Ger SB7 sailplane Speedy Tom Fan new power kits 77 program Fan 40 stunt Speedy what says 40-in bomb shake cobwebs out Continued page 100 dollarthats need send big EAA info pack shown above Tells about EAA benefits EAA membership will mean Send buck today Includes recent issue SPORT AVIATION Experimental Aircraft Association Inc ~~ EAAAVIATIQN PO Box 229 Hales Corners Wis 53130 A Milwaukee Suburb \HAS MY Phone 414-425-4860 W Airplanes thing Want find out what real world sport aviation about youll want information EAA homebuilts antiques classics warbirds gliders rotary wing aerobatics other type sport aircraft turn Find out what takes build aircraftor design can join EAA chapter near benefit experience skills other builders EAA membership $2000 per year includes monthly SPORT AVIATION Junior membership 18 younger $1000 Information pack $150 Continued page 99 Kiondyke engines test future col umn list parts services en gines write him 4456 W 3145 S Salt Lake City UT 84120 Incidentally Mark has available excel lent reproduction Super Cyclone manuals very interesting bit out past Engines My mail also indicates consider able interest engine conversion work Hans Ochsner Detroit has working McCoy Enya engines con verting using hand tools Hans utilizes readily available chainsaw lawnmower point assemblies reworks model use engines far converted have good power handling qualities Hans competition flier has flown Brooklyn Dodger Enya 19 conversion Hans also has running some interesting comparisons engine dimensions combustion chamber vol umes Write him 19195 McCormick Detroit MI 48224 Clarence Haught Route 5 Box 16 Coeur dAlene ID 83814 Seen Nurnberg/Moulton continued page 45 Robbe have less shattering Rasant racer electric sport plus yet another scale Piper Cub Super Cruiser variant Milan Circe sailplanes elegant lines Lanzet delta calls mixer controls Aeronaut have gone Cessna 172 ever popular twoway electric glow BD5 caricature wings Looks good scale really fell Udets Flamingo created elec tric glowvintage bipe late 1970s power Knck add latest Fournier RF7 quality scale range Karl Heinz Denzin has done again ideal combo detail plus GF fuselage model offers fun flying strict con test prospects Topp GF specialist Buyers get shell plans what subjects latest DO 17 Pencil Bomber MRCA Tornado Strangely conventional Topps Tweety yet another 2-way electro-glow using full range balsa GF/foam assy make latter day H-Ray Rogallo Flexwing autogiro sail plus tail sight see Thrust moments drag factors could make Langley field blink sure Big models continue Bauer have chunky Auster Wik Hummel either can anything slow cruise glider tow haul cameras Schiuter represents real progress beauty new case Heli Baby make Hughes 500 also Bell 222 incorporates lessons maestro rotorplanes has gleaned Kompletta Dieters finished 3-meter sail plane work wanted Fohn 2-meter kit slope tow-launch sail plane Siniprop enter smaller RC 20 Boxflynuff sed two l/2A Ministhe Bird Devil 09 Cessna 177 among other imports Simprop inven tory huge though Kavans breakaway must have some effect Simprop bank ing SSM contest system RC units ring bells competitive sector Webras tie Becker market 433 MHz well 27 35 40 equipment drew constant dealer attention too big 91 joins successful 61 marine aero versions Webra family riding crest proving highrev noise-makers dont necessarily win boat game 18 cc Euro pean marine classes plus 20 build range bigger Sad news Helmut Bernhard died new Cessna Stationair testing eve show put cloud announcements HB engines PDP pumps carhs understand Helmuts death will affect immediate production must recall mans genius built up fastest growing model manufacturing unit Europe make Veco first confused HP Austria played cool year UC40 sandblasted 61 re-appearance 40 61 twins being showpieces OPS re vived 19 proto coming closer reality MVVS produced new 40 plus 027 C02 buyers queue alas no production till next year Rudi Cerny heads Czech kit firm now 100 Model Aviation U feel market left strong impression C02 demand So deserve mention last piece super outfits Brand Microprop Pro Variomodul least confusing has appearance being advanced modular concepts also highest priced new genera tion Multi Plex Pro FM7 similarly represents enormous investment chasing what can regarded extreme top end market well already mentioned Varioprop Simprop etc bracket 600 850 dollars time buys Thats question No- Non-Cents/Meuser continued page 47 off wing tips indicated Rudder stab outlines could squared off too course However would strongly urge take trouble make rounded tips stiffer less prone warping although Id hard put prove think fly better Its easy Make form heavy il lustration board obtainable art supply stores Soak strips water 10 min utes bend strip around form holding under slight tension Secure ends place masking tape cook oven 140 degrees 3 hours solid motor stick Novice Pen nyplane version turned out lighter rolled tube motor stick Pen nyplane isnt quite stiff cer tainly seems adequate So rolling balsa tubes isnt cup tea have some very light balsa means use solid stick Pennyplane course must use solid stick Novice Pennyplane model uses down-thrust sidethrust double thrust bearing essen tial thrust bearing shown bit dif ficult make works beautifully similar can purchased Ray Harlan See list suppliers end article Since rubber motors used models might twice length motor stick tend knot up rather severely large distance prop shaft motor stick therefore essential distance nearly inch would have better thrust bearing isnt deep glue sliver balsa between thrust bearing motor stick Taper sliver get correct down-thrust angle Indoor experts dont always feel comfortable few turns glue-saturated thread wrapped around thrust bearing motor stick Note rear hook has upward projection rear prevent motor falling off completely unwinds flight Some experts claim motor unwinds completely model isnt correctly tuned flight time will good doesnt matter / plugs improved last longer under high stress conditions best now better Fusite has improved its GloBee racing plugs de veloping new alloy almost twice strong 20000 F alloy used its original spiral glow element Ad vanced glass technology refined pro duction techniques have combined new alloy greater plug con sistency under difficult contest conditions racing plug Because racing makes toughest demands plug per formance Fusite has concentrated model other plug models have benefitted attention special interest flyers fact GloBee plugs have absolute leakproof seala hermetic* bond between glass metal pin plug body Other * Patent anolied motor falls off flight voided Incorrectly tuned models motors unwind completely air have won contests occasionally properly tuned model will unwind com pletely because caught thermal Make rear hook shown Viewed rear back part prop shaft bent S-shape kind hook easy make simply bend S-curve wire very first step can done roundnose pliers pair small nails held vise type hook seems keep rubber motor centered quite well round tapered sticks prop blades mounted might seem dif ficult make arent Tape full glow plug manufacturers employ organic fiber gaskets depend mechanical pressure sealing tend oxidize during engine operation subsequently leak GloBees permanent glass-tometal bond affords positive protection against plug seal blowouts lost compres sion resultant burned-up engines make best better Because nothing too good champion ship line winners fly GbBees Because GloBee plugs put sting engine w sheet 180-grit emery paper work board another large sanding block Sand off corners piece medium-soft i/s sq balsa holding balsa piece sand between two sheets emery paper using di agonal circular motion stick will come out perfectly round after few strokes same trick used making round wing posts Tapering ends prop arm done after getting round tilting sanding block Tissue tubes used prop hub wing-post sockets motor stick 2-inch strip tissue cut about half-inch wider length finished tube rolled onto piece Continued page 102 June1977 101 DIVISION OF EMERSON ELECTRIC CO 6000 Fernvisw Ave Cincinnati Ohio 45212
Edition: Model Aviation - 1977/06
Page Numbers: 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 100, 101
Ron Moulton 28th Internation al Toy Fair Mecca almost 31000 merchandise buyers 37 countries Presented some significant aeromodeling items EUROPEAN SHOWCASE model trade annual February Fair Nurn berg Though primarily concerned toys vast show under constant pres sure expand its hobby division Annual growth has such model busi ness bursting seams Hall E provision has now made replan ning next time will make Nurnberg unquestionably biggest its kind world Being based West Germany pre dominantly reflective German develop ments Larger corporations Cox AHM Dumas X-Acto etc take independent booths almost worthwhile im port represented agencies Though Nurnberg international has strong overtone local product thats good reason taking close look what could seen year Germany has built up strong creative trade can found anywhere Helicopters reinforced epoxy sail planes best-known German intro ductions Electric power FM radio Wankel engine other original German El concepts come model business closely disciplined self-sufficient innovative probably exports imports has backing buoyant currency clearly going stand still area German progress may have effect US Graupner expansions Ecuador Last years sobering experience US balsa sup ply makes good sense setting up ultra modern processing mill As Johannes Graupner explains whole attitude balsa changing rapidly days floating down river have changed road construction yet balsa pirates mobile mills engine field also has strong investment Webras range expands new 91 20 designs HR has Perry Directional Porting pump/throttle combinations compe tition sizes silencer problems seem last resolved several new units Still talking general terms Nurn berg 77 could said have seen heli copters over hill new ones Schluter more sailplanes 42 Model Aviation electric assist increasing use plastics ARTF kits switch RC super sophisticated so-called Expert sets last function both failure compete price terms Japan ese imports sport RC coming stringent requirements Deutschen Bundespost result almost German manufacturer has new gear offer 27 35 40 433 MHz bands 32 53 72 available some cases export levers slides trimmers will take understand functions Needless relate prices equally sophisticated such big show proportion highlights can picked description photos convey new shapes cant hope cover scene completely side issue out catalogue situation now lush thick beautifully printed have no equivalent else Graupners runs over 300 pages Abbreviated versions have begun appear no doubt cost savers German manufacturers have produce topical kit designs glossy boxes have sell idea through full-color page-size illustrations promotional literature Highlights caught eye Graupner enters 09 RC Chico one-meter hand-launch sportster falls between l/2A club 20 Also Penny beginners free-flight glider Beta powerassist RC glider Delta X1200 sharp triangle 40s uses conventional controls suits Wankel ideally softer delta Graupners hang-glider dummy pilot enclose receiver bat teries servo centerspar waggle tailend control knowsthe sys tem might turn full circle tried real Hang Gliders Varioprop Expert latest RC 12/14 channels optical audible time count-down options FM 10 KHz spacingmore 9 Graupner RC Rogallo wing hang-glider spans 83 in. weighs less 2 lbs RC gear inside plastic pilot Servo keel waggles last few inches keel steering Tried shifting CGno good Towline slope 10 Carrera Optimus electric 10-20 engined power glider Span 110 in. fuselage plastic Ferran 11 & 12 Brandts super-sophisticated Microprop professional modular transmitter Internal view shows physical control part 13 New cover Schluter Hell-Baby scale Hughes 500 14 Audible sig nal timer Varioprop transmitter 15 Liquid crystal timer Varioprop trans miner 16 Dornier 335 push-pull twinengine fighter mystery shipbut due kitting Model has nose motor 17 Robbe Geier tail-less electrical assist sailplane Solid growing interest electric power evident throughout show 18 Transparent Bell 222 helicopter Schluter really new heli copter promised Nurnberg Model dis played skids can have wheeled landing gear 19 New MVVS 027 CO2 unit An impressive prototype due production 1977/78 Also strong growing interest CO2 power Carrera now rivals Graupner new items leaning heavily plastics bold advances construction comment theyve taken fun out model building Hurrican Optimus represent advanced thinking triple-purpose electric 2 alternates glow power sys tems Hurrican aerobatics Optimus thermalling Cessna Skylane also injec tion moulded complete crew Sailplane quota bigger ever SBLO shoots 200 Kestrel mere 144 use fretted foam balsa veneer time slot racing firm means enter field top stay Schuco-Hegi went collapse its parent arms Revell Ger SB7 sailplane Speedy Tom Fan new power kits 77 program Fan 40 stunt Speedy what says 40-in bomb shake cobwebs out Continued page 100 dollarthats need send big EAA info pack shown above Tells about EAA benefits EAA membership will mean Send buck today Includes recent issue SPORT AVIATION Experimental Aircraft Association Inc ~~ EAAAVIATIQN PO Box 229 Hales Corners Wis 53130 A Milwaukee Suburb \HAS MY Phone 414-425-4860 W Airplanes thing Want find out what real world sport aviation about youll want information EAA homebuilts antiques classics warbirds gliders rotary wing aerobatics other type sport aircraft turn Find out what takes build aircraftor design can join EAA chapter near benefit experience skills other builders EAA membership $2000 per year includes monthly SPORT AVIATION Junior membership 18 younger $1000 Information pack $150 Continued page 99 Kiondyke engines test future col umn list parts services en gines write him 4456 W 3145 S Salt Lake City UT 84120 Incidentally Mark has available excel lent reproduction Super Cyclone manuals very interesting bit out past Engines My mail also indicates consider able interest engine conversion work Hans Ochsner Detroit has working McCoy Enya engines con verting using hand tools Hans utilizes readily available chainsaw lawnmower point assemblies reworks model use engines far converted have good power handling qualities Hans competition flier has flown Brooklyn Dodger Enya 19 conversion Hans also has running some interesting comparisons engine dimensions combustion chamber vol umes Write him 19195 McCormick Detroit MI 48224 Clarence Haught Route 5 Box 16 Coeur dAlene ID 83814 Seen Nurnberg/Moulton continued page 45 Robbe have less shattering Rasant racer electric sport plus yet another scale Piper Cub Super Cruiser variant Milan Circe sailplanes elegant lines Lanzet delta calls mixer controls Aeronaut have gone Cessna 172 ever popular twoway electric glow BD5 caricature wings Looks good scale really fell Udets Flamingo created elec tric glowvintage bipe late 1970s power Knck add latest Fournier RF7 quality scale range Karl Heinz Denzin has done again ideal combo detail plus GF fuselage model offers fun flying strict con test prospects Topp GF specialist Buyers get shell plans what subjects latest DO 17 Pencil Bomber MRCA Tornado Strangely conventional Topps Tweety yet another 2-way electro-glow using full range balsa GF/foam assy make latter day H-Ray Rogallo Flexwing autogiro sail plus tail sight see Thrust moments drag factors could make Langley field blink sure Big models continue Bauer have chunky Auster Wik Hummel either can anything slow cruise glider tow haul cameras Schiuter represents real progress beauty new case Heli Baby make Hughes 500 also Bell 222 incorporates lessons maestro rotorplanes has gleaned Kompletta Dieters finished 3-meter sail plane work wanted Fohn 2-meter kit slope tow-launch sail plane Siniprop enter smaller RC 20 Boxflynuff sed two l/2A Ministhe Bird Devil 09 Cessna 177 among other imports Simprop inven tory huge though Kavans breakaway must have some effect Simprop bank ing SSM contest system RC units ring bells competitive sector Webras tie Becker market 433 MHz well 27 35 40 equipment drew constant dealer attention too big 91 joins successful 61 marine aero versions Webra family riding crest proving highrev noise-makers dont necessarily win boat game 18 cc Euro pean marine classes plus 20 build range bigger Sad news Helmut Bernhard died new Cessna Stationair testing eve show put cloud announcements HB engines PDP pumps carhs understand Helmuts death will affect immediate production must recall mans genius built up fastest growing model manufacturing unit Europe make Veco first confused HP Austria played cool year UC40 sandblasted 61 re-appearance 40 61 twins being showpieces OPS re vived 19 proto coming closer reality MVVS produced new 40 plus 027 C02 buyers queue alas no production till next year Rudi Cerny heads Czech kit firm now 100 Model Aviation U feel market left strong impression C02 demand So deserve mention last piece super outfits Brand Microprop Pro Variomodul least confusing has appearance being advanced modular concepts also highest priced new genera tion Multi Plex Pro FM7 similarly represents enormous investment chasing what can regarded extreme top end market well already mentioned Varioprop Simprop etc bracket 600 850 dollars time buys Thats question No- Non-Cents/Meuser continued page 47 off wing tips indicated Rudder stab outlines could squared off too course However would strongly urge take trouble make rounded tips stiffer less prone warping although Id hard put prove think fly better Its easy Make form heavy il lustration board obtainable art supply stores Soak strips water 10 min utes bend strip around form holding under slight tension Secure ends place masking tape cook oven 140 degrees 3 hours solid motor stick Novice Pen nyplane version turned out lighter rolled tube motor stick Pen nyplane isnt quite stiff cer tainly seems adequate So rolling balsa tubes isnt cup tea have some very light balsa means use solid stick Pennyplane course must use solid stick Novice Pennyplane model uses down-thrust sidethrust double thrust bearing essen tial thrust bearing shown bit dif ficult make works beautifully similar can purchased Ray Harlan See list suppliers end article Since rubber motors used models might twice length motor stick tend knot up rather severely large distance prop shaft motor stick therefore essential distance nearly inch would have better thrust bearing isnt deep glue sliver balsa between thrust bearing motor stick Taper sliver get correct down-thrust angle Indoor experts dont always feel comfortable few turns glue-saturated thread wrapped around thrust bearing motor stick Note rear hook has upward projection rear prevent motor falling off completely unwinds flight Some experts claim motor unwinds completely model isnt correctly tuned flight time will good doesnt matter / plugs improved last longer under high stress conditions best now better Fusite has improved its GloBee racing plugs de veloping new alloy almost twice strong 20000 F alloy used its original spiral glow element Ad vanced glass technology refined pro duction techniques have combined new alloy greater plug con sistency under difficult contest conditions racing plug Because racing makes toughest demands plug per formance Fusite has concentrated model other plug models have benefitted attention special interest flyers fact GloBee plugs have absolute leakproof seala hermetic* bond between glass metal pin plug body Other * Patent anolied motor falls off flight voided Incorrectly tuned models motors unwind completely air have won contests occasionally properly tuned model will unwind com pletely because caught thermal Make rear hook shown Viewed rear back part prop shaft bent S-shape kind hook easy make simply bend S-curve wire very first step can done roundnose pliers pair small nails held vise type hook seems keep rubber motor centered quite well round tapered sticks prop blades mounted might seem dif ficult make arent Tape full glow plug manufacturers employ organic fiber gaskets depend mechanical pressure sealing tend oxidize during engine operation subsequently leak GloBees permanent glass-tometal bond affords positive protection against plug seal blowouts lost compres sion resultant burned-up engines make best better Because nothing too good champion ship line winners fly GbBees Because GloBee plugs put sting engine w sheet 180-grit emery paper work board another large sanding block Sand off corners piece medium-soft i/s sq balsa holding balsa piece sand between two sheets emery paper using di agonal circular motion stick will come out perfectly round after few strokes same trick used making round wing posts Tapering ends prop arm done after getting round tilting sanding block Tissue tubes used prop hub wing-post sockets motor stick 2-inch strip tissue cut about half-inch wider length finished tube rolled onto piece Continued page 102 June1977 101 DIVISION OF EMERSON ELECTRIC CO 6000 Fernvisw Ave Cincinnati Ohio 45212