- p -.* . yof. -9 ...I Jor Al Wino can ttowod . frc g Its winners flf44swierjJlmOAWygIvsueageodIopk atUii Okig tie flow t*3rd pleoti last year ~ tq Wet Sheefod uurface give rIgIdIty fteoh ary lvol -towlng though QReillys 3rd Uto t4t wIth stralght4ow Pod-and-boom fwebge buIlds easIly a Design bvJimOReiIIyText Photos Larry Kruse ne IF THE bulbous nose skinny rear end Jim favonte character Sir Rodney syndicated OReillys latest creation look vaguely familiar Wizard Id However rather being Built meet new FAI rules Sir Rodney profile need look comic comical foil sawed-off king withego prob- sturdily-constructed ship relatively high section local newspaper resem- lems Jims Sir Rodney serious foil A- wing loading came being out necessity blance Jims latest bird named after his1 Towline Glider competitorlate past summer Jims ballasted-up Ru fl6 aulo-ruuuer anu circle-low juncimuns .nuu 10 wuru dethermalizertimer Bottom line auto-rudder circle-tow top line nosner view rne woruw ano aiso wing plug-in wires nose dethermalizer operation fits small package You cant expect keep em blemish-free fly often 60 Model Aviation FULL-SIZE PLANS AVAILABLE. SEE PAGE 132 Th7 eta TEMPLATES tZiZiZ~zr/N. 0/4E0440 10/ KY ZiLli YLV 7T- ii -- 7 7/---7/ I iIEiIiIZ V 055/-Os O/AOOAttOw0 SCAreif rtS// Ott 80/-N /NSOOOL ANCtS 10/17 PtAN LL iri crr m LI4 L JKL-P Es 5590 8055004SN/ AL VON SOT/-Os ONLY StArt 2050 I___ II1111 . STO0/L/ZO/L 4yt S/-tA /OOS5ff Ut oTher B 1 ~r II5J I___ OOt StINtS -A NANe 70008$ I/NO/A 4907/0fl Pt-N JOE/Nt At/st00000a0070 ANY C/jag tO/SO 8/002 Nd rNS/ers/tNPeSLJt*A/RCN Pr 54500 F/See ooeAA jill urus met untimely demise field battle Since mishap occurred just six weeks prior 1980 Nats Jim needed ship would build quickly take structural advantage higher FAI weight requisites tow easily glide well As added bonus Jim designed circle-tow capability want hone flying skills thinking through design parameters Jim elected use additional weight requirements create higher aspect ratio Consequently wing tapered airfoil thickened Less tip area root area permit less flexing middleand allow healthier spar definite aid circle towing airfoil selected modification John Gards 7510 has 6% thickness lower ordinates simply cut half giving airfoil about 10% thickness / /OO5SO $7/S/SE #9/AS- -/55rsOo 77-- -jH-- O/-/-OO sdStso/ss 445 e 9045/S/Nt ste B BS//Mat 5AVMSYMESt U//V 48/StO 455800 L/ SIR RODNEY AC COt S/PA/LOSS/SO tween polyhedral rib template tip rib template Carve sand stack until have perfect set main panel tip panel ribs Repeat other wing half Note rib will have beveled edge will need squared judicious use sandpaper should fix things File spar notches use two thick nesses hacksaw blades stringer notches stack sanding process completed use root rib template numbers 2 3 4 ribs patterns cut out two 1/16 plywood Also needed two polyhedral tip ribs should 1/16 balsa plywood ribs should drilled wing wires Use spar notches keep ribs aligned 3/32-in holes being drilled tooling holes original Continued page 125 prototype Sir Rodney completed about week before Nats test-flown circle tow hook Due windy weather Jim could perfect circle-tow technique ship time available Instead opted fly Sir Rodney conventional tow hook setupright third place Dayton Since time Hatschek circle-tow hook has installed good success although no contest experience mode Construction notes Since wing Sir Rod neys complex component well begin tapered ribs made via stack method sandwiching 15 rib blanks between 1/16 ply templates root polyhedral break ribs Drill 1/16-in tooling holes blanks skewer work tip panel requires seven blanks sandwiclwcl isaMay 1981 61 Stabilizer shock-mounted good idea PF model Rudder hinge sewngives flexibility necessary consistent operation Study view plan will aid getting together correctly Boom FAI Model Supply old fishing rod blank mer Condor under 9-in length rules using Second Christian Frugoli MacReady Mojave ancestor Condor seems days Indoor Scale models super-light man-powered variety numbered unless plane type given its own separate class orwe go hack Peanut means 13-in span thats way doing business electric front some good news some bad news Bad news very few entries 1981 Astro-Flight Annual Electric Champs Mile Square FF Scale category reason readily apparent though lousy January weather past two years meets may have some thing Ferrell Papics Bleriot tandem No 7 think flew its usual fantastic fashion its one-pound weight think heavy electric ship turkey seeing beauty go education new Paulhan Tatin Aero-Torpille 9 oz about 250 sq wing flew well Astro 02 being ideal power plant shaft-driven prop back Art Herbons Berkeley Falrchild 24 looked great air too number outstanding electric Scale ships did make perfect days flying have yet try electric Scale can say really missing out Youll soon come believe initial cost motor nicads charger will worth savings frayed nerves caused balky piston engines snapping rubber motors Besides flights smoother no big transition difficulties Bob Boucherpronounced boo-shay Astro Flite has just come out house-currentoperated power pack fits popular cigarette-lighter plug-in 2V charger using enables break electric motor bench hour two helps saves run out driveway time want test something plane youre building can its nice present man-who-has-everything way Astro 02 about reliable powerful setup under-apound model generous proportions 25 0-300 squares available today Weighs about 4 oz minus prop Thanks letters cards pix Keep em flying Bill Warner 423-C San Vicente Blvd Santa Monica CA 90402 Sir Rodney/OReiIIy-Kruse Continued page 61 C Catalog entire line airplane Control inn model lots C scale Traine kits boat model kits accessories etc 50 ercloseO Name Address _______ __________________________________________________ City__________ ribs can used template Pre-cut leading edge LE sheeting exact length back edge contour Leave some surplus front Pin trailing edge TE plan shimming up front edge 1/32 -in shim also needed full-length under front lower spar piece 36 works well Pin lower LE sheet lower spar position drop ribs down over front lower spar Trim aft portions ribs necessary Hot Stuff Jet place Work outside panel toward middle Glue ribs place install LE Take care panels match polyhedral break Remove panels board cut lower LE sheeting surplus down 1/16-in less Install lower rear spar re-pin panels onto plan omitting previous installation shims Re-shim tip panels needed washout install top spars top LE sheeting aware once top sheeting glued place locks out warps present its installed might want double-check shimmed-in tip washout just make sure top sheeting can best installed punching pinhole through sheeting applying Hot Stuff Jet right through underlying ribs Work middle panel outward alternating left right bays go sheeting attached ribs tack-glue LE same manner punching through sheet middle working toward both ends Once tack-gluing completed un-pin pan els continue gluing process Dihedral joints vertical-grain shear webs 3/32-in wing-wire tubes will complete wing turbulators shown plan doped place after wing covered Ater youve taken care wing stabi lizer should go easily Build light warpfree cover wing Japanese tissue may want double-cover wing additional rigidity puncture resistance Sir Rodneys bulbous nose skinny rear end come next skinny rear end easya 24-in length old fishing rod blank FAI Model Supplys fiberglass booms will work well nose pod will take bit time really no difficult Cut pod covers 1 / 16 birch plywood two pod core layers um balsa central pod core 1/16 C-grain balsa Note pod core layers cut out alike exception circle-tow line passage cut 1/16-in center section Laminate pod using aliphatic resin install tail boom epoxy Roughen-up May1981 125 STERLING MODELS UUILDINI 3U0 9 StreetPhIladelphia Pa 19134 BASEBALL CAPS INTRODUCTORY OFFER See club emblem printed full color comfortable sport caps Order Now $500 ea Send catalog & quantity disd _______e —-2021-BTHIRDSTREET RIVERSIDE CA 92507 INDIAN CITY RADIO CONTROL CLUB PRESENTS GREATER MICHIGAN MODELERS SHOW & EXPO Ill PLANESBOATSCARS MANuFACTURERS-STATIC DISPLAYS-SWAP SHOP October 234 1981 West Eight Mile Artillery Armory Oak Park Michigan end boom sandpaper take special pains see accurately installed aligned wing wires can installed after pod has smoothed contour Likewise dihedral angle can bent after wires place addition sheet rudder tail boom readies Sir Rodney its first flight Flight trimming Generally speaking tow hook center-of-gravity CG locations shown plans should work well some overall guidelines need spelled out tow Sir Rodney wants peel off side other tow hook probably too far back slight tendency diverge tow maybe corrected rudder however ship seems wag side side hook too far forward its necessary really sprint get plane top line CG needs moved forward glide retrimmed shimming stabilizer Note plan shows straight-tow configurations appropriate cavities accepting Hatschek tow hook its accompanying line rudder youve built ship circle-tow mode youll need stand grass several inches deep slight breeze After get model tow top line begin adjusting tow circle rudder deflection Too large circle model will want pull ground downwind turn Too tight circle will spiral slack line zoom-launch critical maneuver launch position rudder gives model start its turn rudder returns glide position glide setting too tight ship will go directly zoom-launch tight high-speed spiral ultimately youll need couple B and-Aids Sir Rodneys bulbous nose little time patience Sir Rodney will flying well whether youve selected straighttow circle-tow version Safety Preston Continued page 62 would have prudent terminate flight immediately after contact ground can CL Stunter equipped throttle control subject explosion potential diesel fuel have heard story two sources about storing diesel fuel refriger ator reduce chance evaporation its ether component Let us state once never store diesel fuel refrigerator fact dont recommend storing anywhere house ether contains gives 126 Model Aviation Introducing . Walt Schoonards Fabulous Pitch Guage . RIC Helicopters Precise Static Pitch Setting Symetrical Semi-Symetrical Flat Bottom Right Left Rotation Inverted Set-up Unique Blade Attachment Insures Precise Alignment Available from$1995 Dealer Inquiries Invited plus shipping 2594 North Orange Blossom Trail ndo Florida 32804 305-422-1531 305-647-1335 STOP PROP BRAKES /2A ATD Brake Kit no 101 $275 H F0R FAI CAB Brake Kit no 102 $325 MRGUSI used Kit no 102 BCBrake Kit no 103$375 1 ea size $8503 FAI size $850 Adaptor Cox 15 kIt no 107 $150 K&W ENTERPRISES7824 Lexington Ave OOt CO IJC PA Residents Add 6% Sales Tax Philadelphia Penna 19152j
Edition: Model Aviation - 1981/05
Page Numbers: 60, 61, 125, 126
- p -.* . yof. -9 ...I Jor Al Wino can ttowod . frc g Its winners flf44swierjJlmOAWygIvsueageodIopk atUii Okig tie flow t*3rd pleoti last year ~ tq Wet Sheefod uurface give rIgIdIty fteoh ary lvol -towlng though QReillys 3rd Uto t4t wIth stralght4ow Pod-and-boom fwebge buIlds easIly a Design bvJimOReiIIyText Photos Larry Kruse ne IF THE bulbous nose skinny rear end Jim favonte character Sir Rodney syndicated OReillys latest creation look vaguely familiar Wizard Id However rather being Built meet new FAI rules Sir Rodney profile need look comic comical foil sawed-off king withego prob- sturdily-constructed ship relatively high section local newspaper resem- lems Jims Sir Rodney serious foil A- wing loading came being out necessity blance Jims latest bird named after his1 Towline Glider competitorlate past summer Jims ballasted-up Ru fl6 aulo-ruuuer anu circle-low juncimuns .nuu 10 wuru dethermalizertimer Bottom line auto-rudder circle-tow top line nosner view rne woruw ano aiso wing plug-in wires nose dethermalizer operation fits small package You cant expect keep em blemish-free fly often 60 Model Aviation FULL-SIZE PLANS AVAILABLE. SEE PAGE 132 Th7 eta TEMPLATES tZiZiZ~zr/N. 0/4E0440 10/ KY ZiLli YLV 7T- ii -- 7 7/---7/ I iIEiIiIZ V 055/-Os O/AOOAttOw0 SCAreif rtS// Ott 80/-N /NSOOOL ANCtS 10/17 PtAN LL iri crr m LI4 L JKL-P Es 5590 8055004SN/ AL VON SOT/-Os ONLY StArt 2050 I___ II1111 . STO0/L/ZO/L 4yt S/-tA /OOS5ff Ut oTher B 1 ~r II5J I___ OOt StINtS -A NANe 70008$ I/NO/A 4907/0fl Pt-N JOE/Nt At/st00000a0070 ANY C/jag tO/SO 8/002 Nd rNS/ers/tNPeSLJt*A/RCN Pr 54500 F/See ooeAA jill urus met untimely demise field battle Since mishap occurred just six weeks prior 1980 Nats Jim needed ship would build quickly take structural advantage higher FAI weight requisites tow easily glide well As added bonus Jim designed circle-tow capability want hone flying skills thinking through design parameters Jim elected use additional weight requirements create higher aspect ratio Consequently wing tapered airfoil thickened Less tip area root area permit less flexing middleand allow healthier spar definite aid circle towing airfoil selected modification John Gards 7510 has 6% thickness lower ordinates simply cut half giving airfoil about 10% thickness / /OO5SO $7/S/SE #9/AS- -/55rsOo 77-- -jH-- O/-/-OO sdStso/ss 445 e 9045/S/Nt ste B BS//Mat 5AVMSYMESt U//V 48/StO 455800 L/ SIR RODNEY AC COt S/PA/LOSS/SO tween polyhedral rib template tip rib template Carve sand stack until have perfect set main panel tip panel ribs Repeat other wing half Note rib will have beveled edge will need squared judicious use sandpaper should fix things File spar notches use two thick nesses hacksaw blades stringer notches stack sanding process completed use root rib template numbers 2 3 4 ribs patterns cut out two 1/16 plywood Also needed two polyhedral tip ribs should 1/16 balsa plywood ribs should drilled wing wires Use spar notches keep ribs aligned 3/32-in holes being drilled tooling holes original Continued page 125 prototype Sir Rodney completed about week before Nats test-flown circle tow hook Due windy weather Jim could perfect circle-tow technique ship time available Instead opted fly Sir Rodney conventional tow hook setupright third place Dayton Since time Hatschek circle-tow hook has installed good success although no contest experience mode Construction notes Since wing Sir Rod neys complex component well begin tapered ribs made via stack method sandwiching 15 rib blanks between 1/16 ply templates root polyhedral break ribs Drill 1/16-in tooling holes blanks skewer work tip panel requires seven blanks sandwiclwcl isaMay 1981 61 Stabilizer shock-mounted good idea PF model Rudder hinge sewngives flexibility necessary consistent operation Study view plan will aid getting together correctly Boom FAI Model Supply old fishing rod blank mer Condor under 9-in length rules using Second Christian Frugoli MacReady Mojave ancestor Condor seems days Indoor Scale models super-light man-powered variety numbered unless plane type given its own separate class orwe go hack Peanut means 13-in span thats way doing business electric front some good news some bad news Bad news very few entries 1981 Astro-Flight Annual Electric Champs Mile Square FF Scale category reason readily apparent though lousy January weather past two years meets may have some thing Ferrell Papics Bleriot tandem No 7 think flew its usual fantastic fashion its one-pound weight think heavy electric ship turkey seeing beauty go education new Paulhan Tatin Aero-Torpille 9 oz about 250 sq wing flew well Astro 02 being ideal power plant shaft-driven prop back Art Herbons Berkeley Falrchild 24 looked great air too number outstanding electric Scale ships did make perfect days flying have yet try electric Scale can say really missing out Youll soon come believe initial cost motor nicads charger will worth savings frayed nerves caused balky piston engines snapping rubber motors Besides flights smoother no big transition difficulties Bob Boucherpronounced boo-shay Astro Flite has just come out house-currentoperated power pack fits popular cigarette-lighter plug-in 2V charger using enables break electric motor bench hour two helps saves run out driveway time want test something plane youre building can its nice present man-who-has-everything way Astro 02 about reliable powerful setup under-apound model generous proportions 25 0-300 squares available today Weighs about 4 oz minus prop Thanks letters cards pix Keep em flying Bill Warner 423-C San Vicente Blvd Santa Monica CA 90402 Sir Rodney/OReiIIy-Kruse Continued page 61 C Catalog entire line airplane Control inn model lots C scale Traine kits boat model kits accessories etc 50 ercloseO Name Address _______ __________________________________________________ City__________ ribs can used template Pre-cut leading edge LE sheeting exact length back edge contour Leave some surplus front Pin trailing edge TE plan shimming up front edge 1/32 -in shim also needed full-length under front lower spar piece 36 works well Pin lower LE sheet lower spar position drop ribs down over front lower spar Trim aft portions ribs necessary Hot Stuff Jet place Work outside panel toward middle Glue ribs place install LE Take care panels match polyhedral break Remove panels board cut lower LE sheeting surplus down 1/16-in less Install lower rear spar re-pin panels onto plan omitting previous installation shims Re-shim tip panels needed washout install top spars top LE sheeting aware once top sheeting glued place locks out warps present its installed might want double-check shimmed-in tip washout just make sure top sheeting can best installed punching pinhole through sheeting applying Hot Stuff Jet right through underlying ribs Work middle panel outward alternating left right bays go sheeting attached ribs tack-glue LE same manner punching through sheet middle working toward both ends Once tack-gluing completed un-pin pan els continue gluing process Dihedral joints vertical-grain shear webs 3/32-in wing-wire tubes will complete wing turbulators shown plan doped place after wing covered Ater youve taken care wing stabi lizer should go easily Build light warpfree cover wing Japanese tissue may want double-cover wing additional rigidity puncture resistance Sir Rodneys bulbous nose skinny rear end come next skinny rear end easya 24-in length old fishing rod blank FAI Model Supplys fiberglass booms will work well nose pod will take bit time really no difficult Cut pod covers 1 / 16 birch plywood two pod core layers um balsa central pod core 1/16 C-grain balsa Note pod core layers cut out alike exception circle-tow line passage cut 1/16-in center section Laminate pod using aliphatic resin install tail boom epoxy Roughen-up May1981 125 STERLING MODELS UUILDINI 3U0 9 StreetPhIladelphia Pa 19134 BASEBALL CAPS INTRODUCTORY OFFER See club emblem printed full color comfortable sport caps Order Now $500 ea Send catalog & quantity disd _______e —-2021-BTHIRDSTREET RIVERSIDE CA 92507 INDIAN CITY RADIO CONTROL CLUB PRESENTS GREATER MICHIGAN MODELERS SHOW & EXPO Ill PLANESBOATSCARS MANuFACTURERS-STATIC DISPLAYS-SWAP SHOP October 234 1981 West Eight Mile Artillery Armory Oak Park Michigan end boom sandpaper take special pains see accurately installed aligned wing wires can installed after pod has smoothed contour Likewise dihedral angle can bent after wires place addition sheet rudder tail boom readies Sir Rodney its first flight Flight trimming Generally speaking tow hook center-of-gravity CG locations shown plans should work well some overall guidelines need spelled out tow Sir Rodney wants peel off side other tow hook probably too far back slight tendency diverge tow maybe corrected rudder however ship seems wag side side hook too far forward its necessary really sprint get plane top line CG needs moved forward glide retrimmed shimming stabilizer Note plan shows straight-tow configurations appropriate cavities accepting Hatschek tow hook its accompanying line rudder youve built ship circle-tow mode youll need stand grass several inches deep slight breeze After get model tow top line begin adjusting tow circle rudder deflection Too large circle model will want pull ground downwind turn Too tight circle will spiral slack line zoom-launch critical maneuver launch position rudder gives model start its turn rudder returns glide position glide setting too tight ship will go directly zoom-launch tight high-speed spiral ultimately youll need couple B and-Aids Sir Rodneys bulbous nose little time patience Sir Rodney will flying well whether youve selected straighttow circle-tow version Safety Preston Continued page 62 would have prudent terminate flight immediately after contact ground can CL Stunter equipped throttle control subject explosion potential diesel fuel have heard story two sources about storing diesel fuel refriger ator reduce chance evaporation its ether component Let us state once never store diesel fuel refrigerator fact dont recommend storing anywhere house ether contains gives 126 Model Aviation Introducing . Walt Schoonards Fabulous Pitch Guage . RIC Helicopters Precise Static Pitch Setting Symetrical Semi-Symetrical Flat Bottom Right Left Rotation Inverted Set-up Unique Blade Attachment Insures Precise Alignment Available from$1995 Dealer Inquiries Invited plus shipping 2594 North Orange Blossom Trail ndo Florida 32804 305-422-1531 305-647-1335 STOP PROP BRAKES /2A ATD Brake Kit no 101 $275 H F0R FAI CAB Brake Kit no 102 $325 MRGUSI used Kit no 102 BCBrake Kit no 103$375 1 ea size $8503 FAI size $850 Adaptor Cox 15 kIt no 107 $150 K&W ENTERPRISES7824 Lexington Ave OOt CO IJC PA Residents Add 6% Sales Tax Philadelphia Penna 19152j
Edition: Model Aviation - 1981/05
Page Numbers: 60, 61, 125, 126
- p -.* . yof. -9 ...I Jor Al Wino can ttowod . frc g Its winners flf44swierjJlmOAWygIvsueageodIopk atUii Okig tie flow t*3rd pleoti last year ~ tq Wet Sheefod uurface give rIgIdIty fteoh ary lvol -towlng though QReillys 3rd Uto t4t wIth stralght4ow Pod-and-boom fwebge buIlds easIly a Design bvJimOReiIIyText Photos Larry Kruse ne IF THE bulbous nose skinny rear end Jim favonte character Sir Rodney syndicated OReillys latest creation look vaguely familiar Wizard Id However rather being Built meet new FAI rules Sir Rodney profile need look comic comical foil sawed-off king withego prob- sturdily-constructed ship relatively high section local newspaper resem- lems Jims Sir Rodney serious foil A- wing loading came being out necessity blance Jims latest bird named after his1 Towline Glider competitorlate past summer Jims ballasted-up Ru fl6 aulo-ruuuer anu circle-low juncimuns .nuu 10 wuru dethermalizertimer Bottom line auto-rudder circle-tow top line nosner view rne woruw ano aiso wing plug-in wires nose dethermalizer operation fits small package You cant expect keep em blemish-free fly often 60 Model Aviation FULL-SIZE PLANS AVAILABLE. SEE PAGE 132 Th7 eta TEMPLATES tZiZiZ~zr/N. 0/4E0440 10/ KY ZiLli YLV 7T- ii -- 7 7/---7/ I iIEiIiIZ V 055/-Os O/AOOAttOw0 SCAreif rtS// Ott 80/-N /NSOOOL ANCtS 10/17 PtAN LL iri crr m LI4 L JKL-P Es 5590 8055004SN/ AL VON SOT/-Os ONLY StArt 2050 I___ II1111 . STO0/L/ZO/L 4yt S/-tA /OOS5ff Ut oTher B 1 ~r II5J I___ OOt StINtS -A NANe 70008$ I/NO/A 4907/0fl Pt-N JOE/Nt At/st00000a0070 ANY C/jag tO/SO 8/002 Nd rNS/ers/tNPeSLJt*A/RCN Pr 54500 F/See ooeAA jill urus met untimely demise field battle Since mishap occurred just six weeks prior 1980 Nats Jim needed ship would build quickly take structural advantage higher FAI weight requisites tow easily glide well As added bonus Jim designed circle-tow capability want hone flying skills thinking through design parameters Jim elected use additional weight requirements create higher aspect ratio Consequently wing tapered airfoil thickened Less tip area root area permit less flexing middleand allow healthier spar definite aid circle towing airfoil selected modification John Gards 7510 has 6% thickness lower ordinates simply cut half giving airfoil about 10% thickness / /OO5SO $7/S/SE #9/AS- -/55rsOo 77-- -jH-- O/-/-OO sdStso/ss 445 e 9045/S/Nt ste B BS//Mat 5AVMSYMESt U//V 48/StO 455800 L/ SIR RODNEY AC COt S/PA/LOSS/SO tween polyhedral rib template tip rib template Carve sand stack until have perfect set main panel tip panel ribs Repeat other wing half Note rib will have beveled edge will need squared judicious use sandpaper should fix things File spar notches use two thick nesses hacksaw blades stringer notches stack sanding process completed use root rib template numbers 2 3 4 ribs patterns cut out two 1/16 plywood Also needed two polyhedral tip ribs should 1/16 balsa plywood ribs should drilled wing wires Use spar notches keep ribs aligned 3/32-in holes being drilled tooling holes original Continued page 125 prototype Sir Rodney completed about week before Nats test-flown circle tow hook Due windy weather Jim could perfect circle-tow technique ship time available Instead opted fly Sir Rodney conventional tow hook setupright third place Dayton Since time Hatschek circle-tow hook has installed good success although no contest experience mode Construction notes Since wing Sir Rod neys complex component well begin tapered ribs made via stack method sandwiching 15 rib blanks between 1/16 ply templates root polyhedral break ribs Drill 1/16-in tooling holes blanks skewer work tip panel requires seven blanks sandwiclwcl isaMay 1981 61 Stabilizer shock-mounted good idea PF model Rudder hinge sewngives flexibility necessary consistent operation Study view plan will aid getting together correctly Boom FAI Model Supply old fishing rod blank mer Condor under 9-in length rules using Second Christian Frugoli MacReady Mojave ancestor Condor seems days Indoor Scale models super-light man-powered variety numbered unless plane type given its own separate class orwe go hack Peanut means 13-in span thats way doing business electric front some good news some bad news Bad news very few entries 1981 Astro-Flight Annual Electric Champs Mile Square FF Scale category reason readily apparent though lousy January weather past two years meets may have some thing Ferrell Papics Bleriot tandem No 7 think flew its usual fantastic fashion its one-pound weight think heavy electric ship turkey seeing beauty go education new Paulhan Tatin Aero-Torpille 9 oz about 250 sq wing flew well Astro 02 being ideal power plant shaft-driven prop back Art Herbons Berkeley Falrchild 24 looked great air too number outstanding electric Scale ships did make perfect days flying have yet try electric Scale can say really missing out Youll soon come believe initial cost motor nicads charger will worth savings frayed nerves caused balky piston engines snapping rubber motors Besides flights smoother no big transition difficulties Bob Boucherpronounced boo-shay Astro Flite has just come out house-currentoperated power pack fits popular cigarette-lighter plug-in 2V charger using enables break electric motor bench hour two helps saves run out driveway time want test something plane youre building can its nice present man-who-has-everything way Astro 02 about reliable powerful setup under-apound model generous proportions 25 0-300 squares available today Weighs about 4 oz minus prop Thanks letters cards pix Keep em flying Bill Warner 423-C San Vicente Blvd Santa Monica CA 90402 Sir Rodney/OReiIIy-Kruse Continued page 61 C Catalog entire line airplane Control inn model lots C scale Traine kits boat model kits accessories etc 50 ercloseO Name Address _______ __________________________________________________ City__________ ribs can used template Pre-cut leading edge LE sheeting exact length back edge contour Leave some surplus front Pin trailing edge TE plan shimming up front edge 1/32 -in shim also needed full-length under front lower spar piece 36 works well Pin lower LE sheet lower spar position drop ribs down over front lower spar Trim aft portions ribs necessary Hot Stuff Jet place Work outside panel toward middle Glue ribs place install LE Take care panels match polyhedral break Remove panels board cut lower LE sheeting surplus down 1/16-in less Install lower rear spar re-pin panels onto plan omitting previous installation shims Re-shim tip panels needed washout install top spars top LE sheeting aware once top sheeting glued place locks out warps present its installed might want double-check shimmed-in tip washout just make sure top sheeting can best installed punching pinhole through sheeting applying Hot Stuff Jet right through underlying ribs Work middle panel outward alternating left right bays go sheeting attached ribs tack-glue LE same manner punching through sheet middle working toward both ends Once tack-gluing completed un-pin pan els continue gluing process Dihedral joints vertical-grain shear webs 3/32-in wing-wire tubes will complete wing turbulators shown plan doped place after wing covered Ater youve taken care wing stabi lizer should go easily Build light warpfree cover wing Japanese tissue may want double-cover wing additional rigidity puncture resistance Sir Rodneys bulbous nose skinny rear end come next skinny rear end easya 24-in length old fishing rod blank FAI Model Supplys fiberglass booms will work well nose pod will take bit time really no difficult Cut pod covers 1 / 16 birch plywood two pod core layers um balsa central pod core 1/16 C-grain balsa Note pod core layers cut out alike exception circle-tow line passage cut 1/16-in center section Laminate pod using aliphatic resin install tail boom epoxy Roughen-up May1981 125 STERLING MODELS UUILDINI 3U0 9 StreetPhIladelphia Pa 19134 BASEBALL CAPS INTRODUCTORY OFFER See club emblem printed full color comfortable sport caps Order Now $500 ea Send catalog & quantity disd _______e —-2021-BTHIRDSTREET RIVERSIDE CA 92507 INDIAN CITY RADIO CONTROL CLUB PRESENTS GREATER MICHIGAN MODELERS SHOW & EXPO Ill PLANESBOATSCARS MANuFACTURERS-STATIC DISPLAYS-SWAP SHOP October 234 1981 West Eight Mile Artillery Armory Oak Park Michigan end boom sandpaper take special pains see accurately installed aligned wing wires can installed after pod has smoothed contour Likewise dihedral angle can bent after wires place addition sheet rudder tail boom readies Sir Rodney its first flight Flight trimming Generally speaking tow hook center-of-gravity CG locations shown plans should work well some overall guidelines need spelled out tow Sir Rodney wants peel off side other tow hook probably too far back slight tendency diverge tow maybe corrected rudder however ship seems wag side side hook too far forward its necessary really sprint get plane top line CG needs moved forward glide retrimmed shimming stabilizer Note plan shows straight-tow configurations appropriate cavities accepting Hatschek tow hook its accompanying line rudder youve built ship circle-tow mode youll need stand grass several inches deep slight breeze After get model tow top line begin adjusting tow circle rudder deflection Too large circle model will want pull ground downwind turn Too tight circle will spiral slack line zoom-launch critical maneuver launch position rudder gives model start its turn rudder returns glide position glide setting too tight ship will go directly zoom-launch tight high-speed spiral ultimately youll need couple B and-Aids Sir Rodneys bulbous nose little time patience Sir Rodney will flying well whether youve selected straighttow circle-tow version Safety Preston Continued page 62 would have prudent terminate flight immediately after contact ground can CL Stunter equipped throttle control subject explosion potential diesel fuel have heard story two sources about storing diesel fuel refriger ator reduce chance evaporation its ether component Let us state once never store diesel fuel refrigerator fact dont recommend storing anywhere house ether contains gives 126 Model Aviation Introducing . Walt Schoonards Fabulous Pitch Guage . RIC Helicopters Precise Static Pitch Setting Symetrical Semi-Symetrical Flat Bottom Right Left Rotation Inverted Set-up Unique Blade Attachment Insures Precise Alignment Available from$1995 Dealer Inquiries Invited plus shipping 2594 North Orange Blossom Trail ndo Florida 32804 305-422-1531 305-647-1335 STOP PROP BRAKES /2A ATD Brake Kit no 101 $275 H F0R FAI CAB Brake Kit no 102 $325 MRGUSI used Kit no 102 BCBrake Kit no 103$375 1 ea size $8503 FAI size $850 Adaptor Cox 15 kIt no 107 $150 K&W ENTERPRISES7824 Lexington Ave OOt CO IJC PA Residents Add 6% Sales Tax Philadelphia Penna 19152j
Edition: Model Aviation - 1981/05
Page Numbers: 60, 61, 125, 126
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AC COt S/PA/LOSS/SO tween polyhedral rib template tip rib template Carve sand stack until have perfect set main panel tip panel ribs Repeat other wing half Note rib will have beveled edge will need squared judicious use sandpaper should fix things File spar notches use two thick nesses hacksaw blades stringer notches stack sanding process completed use root rib template numbers 2 3 4 ribs patterns cut out two 1/16 plywood Also needed two polyhedral tip ribs should 1/16 balsa plywood ribs should drilled wing wires Use spar notches keep ribs aligned 3/32-in holes being drilled tooling holes original Continued page 125 prototype Sir Rodney completed about week before Nats test-flown circle tow hook Due windy weather Jim could perfect circle-tow technique ship time available Instead opted fly Sir Rodney conventional tow hook setupright third place Dayton Since time Hatschek circle-tow hook has installed good success although no contest experience mode Construction notes Since wing Sir Rod neys complex component well begin tapered ribs made via stack method sandwiching 15 rib blanks between 1/16 ply templates root polyhedral break ribs Drill 1/16-in tooling holes blanks skewer work tip panel requires seven blanks sandwiclwcl isaMay 1981 61 Stabilizer shock-mounted good idea PF model Rudder hinge sewngives flexibility necessary consistent operation Study view plan will aid getting together correctly Boom FAI Model Supply old fishing rod blank mer Condor under 9-in length rules using Second Christian Frugoli MacReady Mojave ancestor Condor seems days Indoor Scale models super-light man-powered variety numbered unless plane type given its own separate class orwe go hack Peanut means 13-in span thats way doing business electric front some good news some bad news Bad news very few entries 1981 Astro-Flight Annual Electric Champs Mile Square FF Scale category reason readily apparent though lousy January weather past two years meets may have some thing Ferrell Papics Bleriot tandem No 7 think flew its usual fantastic fashion its one-pound weight think heavy electric ship turkey seeing beauty go education new Paulhan Tatin Aero-Torpille 9 oz about 250 sq wing flew well Astro 02 being ideal power plant shaft-driven prop back Art Herbons Berkeley Falrchild 24 looked great air too number outstanding electric Scale ships did make perfect days flying have yet try electric Scale can say really missing out Youll soon come believe initial cost motor nicads charger will worth savings frayed nerves caused balky piston engines snapping rubber motors Besides flights smoother no big transition difficulties Bob Boucherpronounced boo-shay Astro Flite has just come out house-currentoperated power pack fits popular cigarette-lighter plug-in 2V charger using enables break electric motor bench hour two helps saves run out driveway time want test something plane youre building can its nice present man-who-has-everything way Astro 02 about reliable powerful setup under-apound model generous proportions 25 0-300 squares available today Weighs about 4 oz minus prop Thanks letters cards pix Keep em flying Bill Warner 423-C San Vicente Blvd Santa Monica CA 90402 Sir Rodney/OReiIIy-Kruse Continued page 61 C Catalog entire line airplane Control inn model lots C scale Traine kits boat model kits accessories etc 50 ercloseO Name Address _______ __________________________________________________ City__________ ribs can used template Pre-cut leading edge LE sheeting exact length back edge contour Leave some surplus front Pin trailing edge TE plan shimming up front edge 1/32 -in shim also needed full-length under front lower spar piece 36 works well Pin lower LE sheet lower spar position drop ribs down over front lower spar Trim aft portions ribs necessary Hot Stuff Jet place Work outside panel toward middle Glue ribs place install LE Take care panels match polyhedral break Remove panels board cut lower LE sheeting surplus down 1/16-in less Install lower rear spar re-pin panels onto plan omitting previous installation shims Re-shim tip panels needed washout install top spars top LE sheeting aware once top sheeting glued place locks out warps present its installed might want double-check shimmed-in tip washout just make sure top sheeting can best installed punching pinhole through sheeting applying Hot Stuff Jet right through underlying ribs Work middle panel outward alternating left right bays go sheeting attached ribs tack-glue LE same manner punching through sheet middle working toward both ends Once tack-gluing completed un-pin pan els continue gluing process Dihedral joints vertical-grain shear webs 3/32-in wing-wire tubes will complete wing turbulators shown plan doped place after wing covered Ater youve taken care wing stabi lizer should go easily Build light warpfree cover wing Japanese tissue may want double-cover wing additional rigidity puncture resistance Sir Rodneys bulbous nose skinny rear end come next skinny rear end easya 24-in length old fishing rod blank FAI Model Supplys fiberglass booms will work well nose pod will take bit time really no difficult Cut pod covers 1 / 16 birch plywood two pod core layers um balsa central pod core 1/16 C-grain balsa Note pod core layers cut out alike exception circle-tow line passage cut 1/16-in center section Laminate pod using aliphatic resin install tail boom epoxy Roughen-up May1981 125 STERLING MODELS UUILDINI 3U0 9 StreetPhIladelphia Pa 19134 BASEBALL CAPS INTRODUCTORY OFFER See club emblem printed full color comfortable sport caps Order Now $500 ea Send catalog & quantity disd _______e —-2021-BTHIRDSTREET RIVERSIDE CA 92507 INDIAN CITY RADIO CONTROL CLUB PRESENTS GREATER MICHIGAN MODELERS SHOW & EXPO Ill PLANESBOATSCARS MANuFACTURERS-STATIC DISPLAYS-SWAP SHOP October 234 1981 West Eight Mile Artillery Armory Oak Park Michigan end boom sandpaper take special pains see accurately installed aligned wing wires can installed after pod has smoothed contour Likewise dihedral angle can bent after wires place addition sheet rudder tail boom readies Sir Rodney its first flight Flight trimming Generally speaking tow hook center-of-gravity CG locations shown plans should work well some overall guidelines need spelled out tow Sir Rodney wants peel off side other tow hook probably too far back slight tendency diverge tow maybe corrected rudder however ship seems wag side side hook too far forward its necessary really sprint get plane top line CG needs moved forward glide retrimmed shimming stabilizer Note plan shows straight-tow configurations appropriate cavities accepting Hatschek tow hook its accompanying line rudder youve built ship circle-tow mode youll need stand grass several inches deep slight breeze After get model tow top line begin adjusting tow circle rudder deflection Too large circle model will want pull ground downwind turn Too tight circle will spiral slack line zoom-launch critical maneuver launch position rudder gives model start its turn rudder returns glide position glide setting too tight ship will go directly zoom-launch tight high-speed spiral ultimately youll need couple B and-Aids Sir Rodneys bulbous nose little time patience Sir Rodney will flying well whether youve selected straighttow circle-tow version Safety Preston Continued page 62 would have prudent terminate flight immediately after contact ground can CL Stunter equipped throttle control subject explosion potential diesel fuel have heard story two sources about storing diesel fuel refriger ator reduce chance evaporation its ether component Let us state once never store diesel fuel refrigerator fact dont recommend storing anywhere house ether contains gives 126 Model Aviation Introducing . 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