A sensation wherever flown Hewitt Phillips magnificent radio-control jetliner capable long soaring flights Photographs Bill Cavanaugh Cant say Hewitt Phillips saying eke just grinning joy unique soarer finds lift Cumberland high performance sailpianes dropping out sky using cradled transmitter neck strap Hewitt able launch unassisted 50 Model Aviation SOARING DC-8 Top page High towand flightthe huge foam-and-balsa model has uncanny realism Experienced glider modelers agree realistic looking machine ever grace glider meet Above fuselage separates two pieces easy transport IT IS RARE occasion days RC uniqueor overwhelming mere sight stops dead tracks After have seen thingbut have Four-engined Flying Fortresses Liberators things like Nosens huge Cessna twin 310 have seemed end lineuntil now Besides what can Scale has done bigger better before Enter Hewitt Phillips huge DC-8 Jetliner Hewitt has NASA years goes back modeling great days Boston Indoorin early 1930s An engineering type noted unusual projects Now people have hung engines nacelles Boeing 747s forth Hewitt opted truly magnificent sailplane As pictures show certainly life-like Witnesses its very fine soaring flights have comment ed far realistic model airplane have ever seen flight balsa foam construction quite lightthe l0/2-pound gross bad machine size wing area 14 sq ft has wing loading 12 oz per square foot area big DC-8 makes news wherever goes Flown last year Kittyhawk quickly produced comments picture two modeling magazines Late year Hewitt took annual fun-fly held DCRC Cumberland Modelers Cumberland mountain-top flying site West Virginia Commented Sailplane Most us felt certain 10-lb plane would give winch hernia launch spectacular incident except ohs ahs came spec tators Off tow Hewitt pushed out over valley lift tailormade him treated us unforgettable sights ever seen sailplane event illusion total undoubtedly realistic model air us have ever seen sailplane event During Phillips flight lift suddenly died conventional sailplanes fell out air like ducks first day hunting season Phillips kept pressing out over valley until lift picked him up ended well Whereas scale models merely Hewitts DC-8 has much significance brings added dimension glider fly ing might expect Bowlus scale de sign example certainly never thing like DC-8 can winch up jet-powered craftcant see would fit average flying scale events what winch towline its surely great way go What might happen glider meets people ever want ed fly powered types gliders Jets dont have engines props anyway course winch up obvi ously cant take off under its own power Contributing excellence DC-8s performance Phillips choice Eppler 387 airfoilwhich has Reynolds number higher conventional models section simi lar used real airplane Sailplane commented upon systemstype approach ease transportation problems built fuselage two sec tions So neatly built machine joining line barely visible uses specially built cradle assemble ittakes less 45 minutes would immediately suspect hanging nacelles vulnerable landings Hewitt made fiberglass de vised knock-off mounting arrangement hold model takeoff devised large hatch under nose inside dowel grasps left hand holding trailing edge wing right carries transmitter cradle supported neck strap able launch unassisted ship has rudder elevator aile ron controls Now about 747or Lockheed C-s Galaxy perhaps slope soar jet fighters April 1977 51 Displaying wondrous Creation IS its designer An engineer NASA employed systems approach took aspects considerationthe way complex project will reach happy fulfillment 101/2-pound 10-ft model has l4sq ft wing areawing loading 12 ounces Blurred picture managed catch jetliner just started tow assist holding ship tow forward bottom hatch allows fliers left hand hold dowel inside right hand grasps wing trailing edge Has rudder elevator aileron controls
Edition: Model Aviation - 1977/04
Page Numbers: 50, 51
A sensation wherever flown Hewitt Phillips magnificent radio-control jetliner capable long soaring flights Photographs Bill Cavanaugh Cant say Hewitt Phillips saying eke just grinning joy unique soarer finds lift Cumberland high performance sailpianes dropping out sky using cradled transmitter neck strap Hewitt able launch unassisted 50 Model Aviation SOARING DC-8 Top page High towand flightthe huge foam-and-balsa model has uncanny realism Experienced glider modelers agree realistic looking machine ever grace glider meet Above fuselage separates two pieces easy transport IT IS RARE occasion days RC uniqueor overwhelming mere sight stops dead tracks After have seen thingbut have Four-engined Flying Fortresses Liberators things like Nosens huge Cessna twin 310 have seemed end lineuntil now Besides what can Scale has done bigger better before Enter Hewitt Phillips huge DC-8 Jetliner Hewitt has NASA years goes back modeling great days Boston Indoorin early 1930s An engineering type noted unusual projects Now people have hung engines nacelles Boeing 747s forth Hewitt opted truly magnificent sailplane As pictures show certainly life-like Witnesses its very fine soaring flights have comment ed far realistic model airplane have ever seen flight balsa foam construction quite lightthe l0/2-pound gross bad machine size wing area 14 sq ft has wing loading 12 oz per square foot area big DC-8 makes news wherever goes Flown last year Kittyhawk quickly produced comments picture two modeling magazines Late year Hewitt took annual fun-fly held DCRC Cumberland Modelers Cumberland mountain-top flying site West Virginia Commented Sailplane Most us felt certain 10-lb plane would give winch hernia launch spectacular incident except ohs ahs came spec tators Off tow Hewitt pushed out over valley lift tailormade him treated us unforgettable sights ever seen sailplane event illusion total undoubtedly realistic model air us have ever seen sailplane event During Phillips flight lift suddenly died conventional sailplanes fell out air like ducks first day hunting season Phillips kept pressing out over valley until lift picked him up ended well Whereas scale models merely Hewitts DC-8 has much significance brings added dimension glider fly ing might expect Bowlus scale de sign example certainly never thing like DC-8 can winch up jet-powered craftcant see would fit average flying scale events what winch towline its surely great way go What might happen glider meets people ever want ed fly powered types gliders Jets dont have engines props anyway course winch up obvi ously cant take off under its own power Contributing excellence DC-8s performance Phillips choice Eppler 387 airfoilwhich has Reynolds number higher conventional models section simi lar used real airplane Sailplane commented upon systemstype approach ease transportation problems built fuselage two sec tions So neatly built machine joining line barely visible uses specially built cradle assemble ittakes less 45 minutes would immediately suspect hanging nacelles vulnerable landings Hewitt made fiberglass de vised knock-off mounting arrangement hold model takeoff devised large hatch under nose inside dowel grasps left hand holding trailing edge wing right carries transmitter cradle supported neck strap able launch unassisted ship has rudder elevator aile ron controls Now about 747or Lockheed C-s Galaxy perhaps slope soar jet fighters April 1977 51 Displaying wondrous Creation IS its designer An engineer NASA employed systems approach took aspects considerationthe way complex project will reach happy fulfillment 101/2-pound 10-ft model has l4sq ft wing areawing loading 12 ounces Blurred picture managed catch jetliner just started tow assist holding ship tow forward bottom hatch allows fliers left hand hold dowel inside right hand grasps wing trailing edge Has rudder elevator aileron controls