THIS YEARS edition Westchester Aero Modelers annual midwinter show bigger better ever thanks efforts show manager Frank Devore volunteer work WRAM mem bers Though some familiar vendors Fu taba JR MRC among ab sent year virtually room show filled overflowing direc tory listed 144 booths Part video fair part model aviation flea market WRAM Show reliably forecasts coming technology RC industry years show theme would have TOS-EPROM Transmitter Operating SystemElectrically Program mable Read-Only Memory systems have around PCM sets seems year move design future set TOS-EPROM what liberates trans mitter design rigidity hardwired mixing fixed control throws Friday setup day vendors warm sunny windy An ABC News crew filmed show Saturday Sundaythe final daywas cold snowy windy subzero wind chill fac tor few shut-ins didnt make let say parking lots full before doors opened Does make feel better Once inside learned organizers set up free bus service big municipal parking lot short dis tance away Somehow remained se cret though sure wasnt supposed Well look next year Because show packed several boxes rooms various floors let enumerate wont miss thing next year main floor held AMA booth stage AMA transmit ter processing setup ladies lounge stage left projection room AMA movies District II meeting stage right fast food emporium stage left front building swap shop stage right front building about 90 vendors can see vendor booths stage WRA Show 90 look some examples new wave electronic wizardry other new products RC modelers showcased years packed-to-capacity show U George M Myers Bob Underwood AMA technical director right expounding Mike Gretz Sig Right Bill Hershberger left Allan Wasserman manning transmitter test station closing Saturday 280 transmitters checked 19 failed Sunday still faced June 1990 89 An overview main floor Westchester County Center home WRAM Show shot main floor shows over half vendors present booths set up John Worth left executive director AMA 25 years recipient years WRAMs McEntee medal presentatIon being made Don Lowe president AMA Left AMA Vice President John Byrne leading discussion District II meeting Also present AMA President Don Lowe Executive Director Vince Mankowski Technical Director Bob Underwood Distinguished Service award voted Executive Council pre sented John Byrne Edmund Whitten responded thoughiful speech AMA should dealing Juniors Right swap shop full discarded dreams Trading must have brisk judging numbers being constantly called over PA system U Left Representative fine craftsmanship seen WRAM Show beautiful Grumman F4F-2 Wildcat Right remarkable highly detailed Grumman SA-16A Albatross built Vic Macaluso actually entered Stand-off Scale Kind misrepresentation terms Left The influence Cole Palens Rhinebeck Aerodrome near Kingston NY competition World War era RC models held year showed clearly presence beautiful trio -scale WW fighters Right palm-sized Thorr 330 peak-detecting fast charger should become popular electric power crowd has built-in volt amp charge meters priced $9995 list arena floor picture floor below arena model dis play area past years held another collec tion vendors almost main floor couldnt photograph however because low ceiling Two rooms floor above arena stage right devoted models dis play crushing crowds couldnt see day John Worth executive director AMA 25 years awarded McEn tee Medal WRAMs trophy presentations Sunday models com peting trophies included planes boats cars eye percentage fine Scale models much higher year previously saw fewer Pattern sport models glossy paint jobs offered judging Obviously some Scale models took years complete Lets take walk down aisles see whats new world RC systems Airtronics Inc Bob Renaud spent some time explaining companys newest crea tion Infinity system An all-US effort its being developed worldwide mar ket prototypes currently being flown six-channel Infinity Helicopter sys tem scheduled available 1990 Other versions offering up 16 controlled channels will follow FM-ATPC Infinity transmitter housed ergonomically designed softly rounded case looks different supposed feel comfortable operator controls nicely placed some wants hold case hands fly hislher thumbs top sticks way Since have small hands found shape com fortable think design will satisfy va riety people wont however fit transmitter trays have seen Electronically new Infinity system promises great things Both transmitter receiver will have synthesized RF sections Thus dealer need stock type spare receiver still able sat isfy customer wants make up ad ditional airplane systems After whats advantage transmitter stores multiple setups cant buy spare receiv 90 Model Aviation ers want Thanks use synthesizers should able buy Airtronics receivers anywhere re ceiver electronically identical pro duced 1989 using crystal front end Configuration programming accom plished via touch screen transmit ters front panel computer trans mitter stores memory up 10 complete aircraft eight complete Helicopters mixture configurations linear exponential curve shaping can add mix channels ways computer 16-bit 20 MHz xx286 type encoding 10-bit analog-todigital ATCP Advanced Technology Chan nel Protocol can thought next-generation PCM ATCP claimed have better resolu tion offers user-assignable priority response can short 7 ins milliseconds most-used channels long 65 ins things arent often changed such on/off switches sys tems available today have fixed response usually set about 25 30 ins Programming stored two EPROMs Electrically Programmable Read-Only Memory aircraft configura tions AC transmitters op erating system TOS planned offer updates via exchanges TOS-EPROMS just computer software offers updated versions Because Airtronics chose use AC- TOS-EPROMs can remove transmitter battery losing programming have stored con figurations fact can remove EPROM changing its program receiver has synthesized front end interconnect transmitter receiver via patch cord receiver airplane can function scanner fore can look LCD display transmitter find out channels use Pick empty channel system stays channel until switched off pretty good logic forces think about channel go Left Bob Fiorenze center champion RC jet pilot Ronnie Kemp right manager Yellow Aircraft Hobby Supply Ltd 11919 Canyon Rd E Puyaliup WA 98373 stand behind l/-scale F-16A Falcon new Fangine 100 DesIgned ground up ducted-fan use all-new engine has introductory price $495 F-16A available kit $280 assembled painted $850 Right Ray Naylor manager Hyatt Hobbies Marchwood Shopping Center 45 Marchwood Rd Exton PA 19341 shows new Hirobo MH-10 Helicopter 10 engIne Resting below well-known 28-powered Shuttle video MH-10 showed flew quite well Pennsylvania June 1990 91 ing use guys have shot down because flier owning several identi cal transmitters different channels turned wrong transmitter has happened several times presence Conversely have owned operated synthesized Kraft transmitter five years have never yet seen heard Left display mockup demonstrates shape new Airtronics infinity transmit ter case Above George Schwarzer Ace display Aces Micro-Pro prototype very nice collection large models RC Extra line recently acquired Ace RC Jim Van Loo IMAA looming over Ace RC pavilion Thats George Schwarzer again hiding behind cup coffee presiding over Ace RCs very impressive display area SRF Kraft shooting anyone down Chew Dial-a-crash know-it-ails Syn thesizers definitely way move future keep costs down synthesized 75 MHz transmitter also planned 1991 Airtronics 94141 servo weighing 11 oz featuring 42 inch-ounces torque coreless motor metal gear train introduced Tiny light pow erful 94141 has built-in flange side Continued page 198 92 Model Aviation Left Aristocraff Hitec T-3360 servo isa product Polks new factory China has piastic gears isoiated feedback potentiometer metai bushings both ends output shaft Right T-3360 servo opened up showing good conventionai design construction Left Harry Higiey Harry B Higiey Sons inc PO Box 532 Gienwood iL 60425 demonstrates tube bender interested cus tomer wife Lure watches intently Harry authored popuiar Getting Airborne Voi ii series Right An impressive coliection /scale Laser 200 models roundup Sachs-Dolmar engines displayed TG Mfg 857 High Mountain Rd North Haledon NJ 07508 L little silliness helps break tension see Jerry Jarvis MEN Model En gineering Norwalk preparing attempt loop RC helium balloon soon learned driving basket full power down side attempted loop also drove balloon right down floor Sig producer Sears Roebuck catalog model aviation present Its new Ninja Slope Soarer announcement recently acquired DJ Muitistripe Bill Effinger * says Plan Pattern0 Sees gixe esovyned designs yes want have selected best c/exalt desigxs time cheese pamenns part important exclusive feature One-Third Scale Piper Tn-Pacer PA-22 118-3/8 wing span sq mong area 20 30 cid engines Fot 45 channel RIO ox 12 lbs 16 overall length Plywoodlbalsa tulseluge removeablo wing yanels steerable nose wheel designed exty ground hondling aed aothentrc stain flight yorlormancv RC2S 3I $2996 1/3 Scale Piper Cub J-3 119 wing spun ongth o 2800 sc wing arco 4 oh RIC 20-30 cid engines RC3S-2 5 Quarter Scale- WWI SE-BA 88th wiog span sq wing aree 78 22 engines ACOS- 6 FOKKER DR-i TRIPLANE 72 wing span sq wing area 78 tolSO engines RCOS8 6 SOPWITH CAMEL P1 84 wing span 0 sq wing area11 lbs mix AIC wood haixa weettoctixe over 68 sq ft drawings 6C05-1 1 6 Quaaler Scale WWI Fokker New V 11 88 wingspan sq wing area 8825 cid engine cheflIbs RCOS-h 82495 Full cantilever wings leo flying wiresl Removal engine unit Shock mounted landing gear Balnalplywoud fuselage built-up hiusa wing 6111 Effieger Paxertleg Meerber AMA NPFS Hall Penner yrivw art fur onmyloro plans sue uxuamhlv b dorailed pane lines PLEASE ADO 8288 for shippleg mailing tubal Sew 1888 Plan sets bruvytro returdablo yr first urderil SPAD C-XIII 57g/rVtingnpa 22esq wingerea13 03 engexe IneghtahenOcapes IRCOS-8 6 TECHNICAL SERVICES URn 1 Box 2900 Santa Rosa Beech PL324B9 TOWERSTWWI Special StockSuggestedSPECIAL NumberRetailPRICE HEOlOC 1/8X6rx121560/6pCs1299/Opca HEOllO 1/8x12x244950/6 pcs349916pcs HE0120 1/8rx1 Zx484650/3 pea3299/3 pcs drill V6 hole end length extension may vary carburetor used Mount engine 4-40 bolts locknuts Insert washer between bolt heads engine mounting lugs other between doubler locknuts throttle linkage made 2-56 threaded rod Bend rod shape stall threaded quick link cen tered threaded portion rod tach linkage carburetor throttle arm Install solder quick link throt tle arm bellcrank Ensure bellcrank carburetor high-speed position- use bellcrank shown plans pull way out up down lead-outs Position threaded rod against solder link cut length should protrude about A6 Solder threaded rod quick link Using lead-outs work throttle link age ensure free throttle movement Work elevator ensure moves freely both high low speeds well mid range Flying Start lead-out guide 2 bottom wing 1 front lead-out guide brace Trim plane high speed moving leadout guide forward back until plane flies close 70 mph can get 257 seconds eight laps Trim plane low speed moving lead-out guide either forward back either up down Make adjustments lead-out guide time moving guide just little time Fly plane before making further adjustments No matter workmanlike build ing nothing can take place practice learning handle particular model Fly aircraft kinds weather youll ready anything contest day have questions about building flying Curtiss XF13C feel free contact PO Box 240 Auburn KS 66402 through CompuServes ModelNet addressed 731702741 responding advertisers mention read about Model Aviation WRAM Show/Myers Continued page 92 mounts lists $7995 Look inside wings new Sailplanes Ace RC Inc r just down hail showing prototype its AM-PWM Micropro 8000 sys tem offered either $175 update companys Silver Seven AM transmitter complete new transmitter metal-gimbal sticks $375 will available spring 1990 Since can update existing Silver Seven system Micropro offers low-cost troduction computer-assisted aircraft character istics fact R5232 port available op tion port allows exchange aircraft con trol parameters IBM-compatible com puter option includes MS-DOS applica tion program configures mixing etc can learn little bit about things Sometime future another option will let play aircraft characteristics home via computer simulation Also available will transmitter box control sticks will plug computers game port Youll able maneuvers Dave Browns computer simulation allows plus try out wild ideas intend pump real RC model Like Airtronics Ace uses TOSEPROMr planned exchangeable updates Programming mixing control throws servo reversing etc configuration done via control sticks used like arrow keys computer keyboard search 198 Model Aviation SUPER FAST RECOVERY SYSTEMS Making Flight Failsafe e Superiority Rocket Fast Deployment e cost effective means insuring aircraft & its gear e Avoid fatal mishaps e Great novice expert LL2 has Recovery System Fit Aircraft SPECIFY ENGINE SIZE Plans Sand lg K/f Sand 199w Plus 25a Shipping & Handling PO BOX 629 ON WI 54016 0 TOWER HOBBIES has Mighty LItE worlds first premium BodseasytnyCA time right. use Mighty LiteM Coil toll free 1-800-637-6050 Refer toad#01066 After setting up booth Lowell Pierson Scande Research Inc takes quiet moment build another Helicopter Scande sells di rectly builders carries nice line hand-launched rubber-powered models -ADVERTISERS INDEX ADVERTISERS INDEX ADVERTISERS INDEX ADVERTISERS INDEX 4-M Company167 A-J Manufacturing Inc163 AMA Employment175 AMA Membership71 Ace Radio Control13 Aero Electronics204 Aerospace Composite Prod20 Air Flair202 Airborne Hobbies119 Airtronics2 Altech MarketingCoy 3 American Small Busn Computers 6 Applied Design Corp200 Applied Engineering49 Atlanta IMS189 B&P Associates8 Quay Barber Models174 Blue Ridge Mach & Tools188 Bolar Heli Research41 T Borgerson4 Bridi Aircraft Bru Line Industries167 Byron Originals105 182 CH Electronics51 Ca Ra Products190 Cambridge Model Aircraft45 Campbell Tools Co173 Cleveland Model Supply16 Composite Aircraft Eng & Sup169 Corehouse176 Coverite101 Cox Hobbies119 Culpepper Models Inc172 Cygnet Software185 D&J Electronics104 D&R Aircraft Mfg47 DGA Designs156 Daedalus Research Inc177 Davey Systems Corp37 Doylejet188 Dry Ridge Models174 Du-Bro Products Inc117 187 Duracraft72 FHS Supply Inc22-23 Farnsworth & Elroy160 Fiberglass Master202 Fiorenze Hobby Conter196 First RC Flight School204 Flight Fest4 Flyline Models18 Fourmost Products47 Fults Dual Struts176 Futaba Corp America102-103 G&A Products 196 GM Precision Products160 Gas Model Products175 Gator RC Products162 Carl Goldberg Models109 Golden Gate Hobbies38-39 Gorham Model Products8 Great Planes19 High Sky184 High Tech USA184-185 Hobbico94 Hobby Barn158-159 Hobby Dynamics1 17 20 110-111 118 183 203 Hobby Horn18 Hobby Lobby International1 78-181 Hobby Woods49 Bob Holman Plans196 1MM174 Ikon Northwest Co43 Indy RC Sales Inc164466 J&L Enterprises204 JTec53 JCM Company188 JR Radios .. 17 110-111 118 183 203 Jacks Models185 Larry Jolly Model Products176 Jomar57 K&B Mfg177 K&S Engineering57 K-Flight Industries200 Kalt1 Kingsway Enterprises184 Knights Air167 Kraft Midwest169 Kustom Kraftsmanship156 Landing Products41 Lanier RC49 Lone Star Models18 Lous Jet Age Hobbies177 MACS Products169 MARC Show 168 Mach-716 Maral Technologies72 McDaniel RC Service104 Messers Quality Models196 Micro Mark6-7 Mighty Lite191 198 Carl V Miller188 Model Rectifier CorpCoy 2 Morgan Fuel112 Mutchlers Hobbies170-171 Nor-Ray Products Inc57 Northeast Aerodynamics51 Northeast Screen Graphics172 Northwest Hobby Supply201 OS Engines 88 Ohio Superstar64 Pacer Tech11 Pattern Tek45 Peck Leisure Products200 Peck-Polymers172 Penn Valley Hobby Center188 Performance Products Ultd45 Performance Specialties192 Phazon Inc20 Pica Products5 Pin-Nik Sales192 Plane Video20 Progress Mfg Co52 RAM51 RC Buyers Guide196 RCD Inc10 RC Soaring Digest176 RC Video Review161 RJL Industries175 Radio South36 Red Max Fuel22-23 Reichmuth Electronics174 Roamin Research200 Robart53 Rons Model Building167 Rossi USA93 RounTuit53 SAC190 SFR198 SR Batteries 157 Safety Plus16 65 Satellite City15 Scale Glider Components190 Scale Masters35 Scale Model Research188 Scale Plans & Photo Ser173 Sermos RC Snap Connectors18 Shamrock Competition Imports173 Sheldons Hobby Shop59 Sig Mfg Co64 86-87 197 Software Associates162 Stangel Enterprises187 Sun Craft173 Superior Aircraft30 T&D Fiberglass Spec192 TEAM72 Tatone Products Co65 Tejera Microsystems Eng104 Tidewater Hobby Enterprises119 Top Flite Models Inc9 Tower Hobbies193-195 Tru-Turn58 Twinn-K202 US Aircore21 US Quadra119 Ultimatesport RC172 VL Products 188 Bob Violett Models 12 WE Technical Services198 Williams Brothers65 Windsor Propeller Co47 64 Wing Mfg10 Woodgrains Inc177 Worden Woodworks204 World EnginesCover 4 Voshioka20 Zimpro Marketing12 through multitier menu system present RF deck Silver Seven plug n plans provision plugging fl module hack case other man ufacturers Ace will time availability module coincide introduction its own FM receiver decent 1991 AM receiver available will provide better interference resistance equivalent FM receiver dont rush junk AM system just yet Besides trans mitter can configured control four eight channels means can control two- three- four-channel microreceivers some people use love six- eightchannel transmitters wont gain additional channel Micropro 8000 modulator board installed place Silver Seven board Micropro 8000 trans mitter configuration provides six proportional channels two switched channels though can change suit particular needs What really sets Micropro system apart Cunijnued fli /It 200 June 1990 199 Ruff Stuff $115 per sheet Mini Glue Tips Add2O%totr 4for $106 Tee Stay Tray Lots Good Stuff Bar saio ied Design Corporation $300 ox 3384 Torrance CA 90610 .1. ____/ NEW INFO * CONSTRUCTION REVIEWS * HOW TOS Six Major Modeling Magazines its autotrim function hold sticks wher ever have to keep plane flying straight level push autotrim button Autotrim feature holds control setting memory let sticks return neutral assigns stored value mechanical neutral Yes can change total throw available maximum minimum positions stick offsets put trim range normally allowed hap pens screw clevis out appropri ate after landing just youve always done thereby equalizing servo throws Push autotrim again plane ground rematch electronic neutral trim position sticks mechanical neutral An AC-EPROM will store eight aircraft config urations Unlimited mixing allowed control end points displayed milliseconds pulse width can keep track what doing get confused initialize command menu will set everything back unmixed nominal 15-ms neutral believe thats dangerous com mand menu understand asks really want initialize system before actually initializing ever get sys tems Ill have hide programming switch deep inside transmitter keep away mischievous fingers Ace has purchased RC Extras business Jim Van Loo president IMAA hired him Ace family same good products will remain better distribution Polks Hobbies Lewis Polk promised have something significantly better RC sys tems line its ready publication yet keep hearing reports people have suc cessfully used Challenger 550 PCM inter ference situations other systems fail new system has some big shoes fill Polks Hobbies now has factory China just short walk over bridge Hong Kong have sample new Polks servo Aris tocraft Hitec T-3360 will list $1095 similar previous Hitec servos have worked well has plastic gears iso lated feedback potentiometer metal bushings both ends output shaft has 25% lower price tag plastic case circuit board marked Thorr NY case has sticker saying Made China no gaskets keep out dust moisture Polks Hobbies displayed two small clever peak detection chargers electric boat car airplane folks can used companys CG-300A High Capacity AC/DC Converter First Thorr #330 Peak Detection Fast Charger two six amps features LCD digital volt amp meter switchable function LCD cumulative charge meter inte grates ampere-seconds charging pulses delivered battery Second Thorr #320 has same circuit 330 omits digital meters its half price Cannon Bill Charlie Cannon looked bright chipper again have moved new location 2828 Cochran St Suite 281 Simi Valley CA 93065 deal too good pass up Bill now has time concentrate first love micro RC systems can pro duce next product has mind nobody will able touch him field has cut out himself Indoor RC dont think would unfair say goal put whole RC system something less dinary servo case Cannon has come up new covering prod uct called Litespan light 28 80 - grams/sq meter 1 oz/sq yd tough air tight waterproof fuel-proof heat shrinkable can attached iron-on adhesive called Balsaloc looks smells like Elmers Glue Litespan made Solarfilm England works way Solarfilm does except put glue want doesnt shrink much have good job covering first time claimed lighter Mod elspan thats doped enough make air tight Nine colors available cream yellow orange red blue dark green silver black white can read through everything black sheets bought measured 195 x 35 will initially make light-air sails 36/600 racing sailboat Bob Fiorenze showed new Fangine 100 offered introductory price $495 375-lb package combines engine mount fan developed unit produce 62 hp 24000 rpm burning 5% nitro fuel nine-blade fan produces 15 lb static thrust tailpipe velocity 230 260mph completely new engine modified weed- whacker thats immediately apparent handle So have reporters view 1990 WRAM Show highlights proof needed years exposition certainly showed RC industry making full use available technology meet 1990 head-on FOriginal The4 Sun Shelters 8x 8 * Sturdy Steel Frames Heavy Duty Fade Realatant Nylon 1OK1OCanopisa RdWhlte Blue alOx 15Sets Up sac 60 Seconds No Ropee Nothing Lasem big Authorized U-Z UP Corp Dealer John Peck Leisure Products Ltd *IMAA 3287AMA 8580131 Ravenwood Road Other Sizes Colors VersaillesKY40383 Acceseorles Available Plus1606 873-5172 Cuatom Logos LetteringWrite 200 Model Aviation Price
Edition: Model Aviation - 1990/06
Page Numbers: 89, 90, 91, 92, 198, 199, 200
THIS YEARS edition Westchester Aero Modelers annual midwinter show bigger better ever thanks efforts show manager Frank Devore volunteer work WRAM mem bers Though some familiar vendors Fu taba JR MRC among ab sent year virtually room show filled overflowing direc tory listed 144 booths Part video fair part model aviation flea market WRAM Show reliably forecasts coming technology RC industry years show theme would have TOS-EPROM Transmitter Operating SystemElectrically Program mable Read-Only Memory systems have around PCM sets seems year move design future set TOS-EPROM what liberates trans mitter design rigidity hardwired mixing fixed control throws Friday setup day vendors warm sunny windy An ABC News crew filmed show Saturday Sundaythe final daywas cold snowy windy subzero wind chill fac tor few shut-ins didnt make let say parking lots full before doors opened Does make feel better Once inside learned organizers set up free bus service big municipal parking lot short dis tance away Somehow remained se cret though sure wasnt supposed Well look next year Because show packed several boxes rooms various floors let enumerate wont miss thing next year main floor held AMA booth stage AMA transmit ter processing setup ladies lounge stage left projection room AMA movies District II meeting stage right fast food emporium stage left front building swap shop stage right front building about 90 vendors can see vendor booths stage WRA Show 90 look some examples new wave electronic wizardry other new products RC modelers showcased years packed-to-capacity show U George M Myers Bob Underwood AMA technical director right expounding Mike Gretz Sig Right Bill Hershberger left Allan Wasserman manning transmitter test station closing Saturday 280 transmitters checked 19 failed Sunday still faced June 1990 89 An overview main floor Westchester County Center home WRAM Show shot main floor shows over half vendors present booths set up John Worth left executive director AMA 25 years recipient years WRAMs McEntee medal presentatIon being made Don Lowe president AMA Left AMA Vice President John Byrne leading discussion District II meeting Also present AMA President Don Lowe Executive Director Vince Mankowski Technical Director Bob Underwood Distinguished Service award voted Executive Council pre sented John Byrne Edmund Whitten responded thoughiful speech AMA should dealing Juniors Right swap shop full discarded dreams Trading must have brisk judging numbers being constantly called over PA system U Left Representative fine craftsmanship seen WRAM Show beautiful Grumman F4F-2 Wildcat Right remarkable highly detailed Grumman SA-16A Albatross built Vic Macaluso actually entered Stand-off Scale Kind misrepresentation terms Left The influence Cole Palens Rhinebeck Aerodrome near Kingston NY competition World War era RC models held year showed clearly presence beautiful trio -scale WW fighters Right palm-sized Thorr 330 peak-detecting fast charger should become popular electric power crowd has built-in volt amp charge meters priced $9995 list arena floor picture floor below arena model dis play area past years held another collec tion vendors almost main floor couldnt photograph however because low ceiling Two rooms floor above arena stage right devoted models dis play crushing crowds couldnt see day John Worth executive director AMA 25 years awarded McEn tee Medal WRAMs trophy presentations Sunday models com peting trophies included planes boats cars eye percentage fine Scale models much higher year previously saw fewer Pattern sport models glossy paint jobs offered judging Obviously some Scale models took years complete Lets take walk down aisles see whats new world RC systems Airtronics Inc Bob Renaud spent some time explaining companys newest crea tion Infinity system An all-US effort its being developed worldwide mar ket prototypes currently being flown six-channel Infinity Helicopter sys tem scheduled available 1990 Other versions offering up 16 controlled channels will follow FM-ATPC Infinity transmitter housed ergonomically designed softly rounded case looks different supposed feel comfortable operator controls nicely placed some wants hold case hands fly hislher thumbs top sticks way Since have small hands found shape com fortable think design will satisfy va riety people wont however fit transmitter trays have seen Electronically new Infinity system promises great things Both transmitter receiver will have synthesized RF sections Thus dealer need stock type spare receiver still able sat isfy customer wants make up ad ditional airplane systems After whats advantage transmitter stores multiple setups cant buy spare receiv 90 Model Aviation ers want Thanks use synthesizers should able buy Airtronics receivers anywhere re ceiver electronically identical pro duced 1989 using crystal front end Configuration programming accom plished via touch screen transmit ters front panel computer trans mitter stores memory up 10 complete aircraft eight complete Helicopters mixture configurations linear exponential curve shaping can add mix channels ways computer 16-bit 20 MHz xx286 type encoding 10-bit analog-todigital ATCP Advanced Technology Chan nel Protocol can thought next-generation PCM ATCP claimed have better resolu tion offers user-assignable priority response can short 7 ins milliseconds most-used channels long 65 ins things arent often changed such on/off switches sys tems available today have fixed response usually set about 25 30 ins Programming stored two EPROMs Electrically Programmable Read-Only Memory aircraft configura tions AC transmitters op erating system TOS planned offer updates via exchanges TOS-EPROMS just computer software offers updated versions Because Airtronics chose use AC- TOS-EPROMs can remove transmitter battery losing programming have stored con figurations fact can remove EPROM changing its program receiver has synthesized front end interconnect transmitter receiver via patch cord receiver airplane can function scanner fore can look LCD display transmitter find out channels use Pick empty channel system stays channel until switched off pretty good logic forces think about channel go Left Bob Fiorenze center champion RC jet pilot Ronnie Kemp right manager Yellow Aircraft Hobby Supply Ltd 11919 Canyon Rd E Puyaliup WA 98373 stand behind l/-scale F-16A Falcon new Fangine 100 DesIgned ground up ducted-fan use all-new engine has introductory price $495 F-16A available kit $280 assembled painted $850 Right Ray Naylor manager Hyatt Hobbies Marchwood Shopping Center 45 Marchwood Rd Exton PA 19341 shows new Hirobo MH-10 Helicopter 10 engIne Resting below well-known 28-powered Shuttle video MH-10 showed flew quite well Pennsylvania June 1990 91 ing use guys have shot down because flier owning several identi cal transmitters different channels turned wrong transmitter has happened several times presence Conversely have owned operated synthesized Kraft transmitter five years have never yet seen heard Left display mockup demonstrates shape new Airtronics infinity transmit ter case Above George Schwarzer Ace display Aces Micro-Pro prototype very nice collection large models RC Extra line recently acquired Ace RC Jim Van Loo IMAA looming over Ace RC pavilion Thats George Schwarzer again hiding behind cup coffee presiding over Ace RCs very impressive display area SRF Kraft shooting anyone down Chew Dial-a-crash know-it-ails Syn thesizers definitely way move future keep costs down synthesized 75 MHz transmitter also planned 1991 Airtronics 94141 servo weighing 11 oz featuring 42 inch-ounces torque coreless motor metal gear train introduced Tiny light pow erful 94141 has built-in flange side Continued page 198 92 Model Aviation Left Aristocraff Hitec T-3360 servo isa product Polks new factory China has piastic gears isoiated feedback potentiometer metai bushings both ends output shaft Right T-3360 servo opened up showing good conventionai design construction Left Harry Higiey Harry B Higiey Sons inc PO Box 532 Gienwood iL 60425 demonstrates tube bender interested cus tomer wife Lure watches intently Harry authored popuiar Getting Airborne Voi ii series Right An impressive coliection /scale Laser 200 models roundup Sachs-Dolmar engines displayed TG Mfg 857 High Mountain Rd North Haledon NJ 07508 L little silliness helps break tension see Jerry Jarvis MEN Model En gineering Norwalk preparing attempt loop RC helium balloon soon learned driving basket full power down side attempted loop also drove balloon right down floor Sig producer Sears Roebuck catalog model aviation present Its new Ninja Slope Soarer announcement recently acquired DJ Muitistripe Bill Effinger * says Plan Pattern0 Sees gixe esovyned designs yes want have selected best c/exalt desigxs time cheese pamenns part important exclusive feature One-Third Scale Piper Tn-Pacer PA-22 118-3/8 wing span sq mong area 20 30 cid engines Fot 45 channel RIO ox 12 lbs 16 overall length Plywoodlbalsa tulseluge removeablo wing yanels steerable nose wheel designed exty ground hondling aed aothentrc stain flight yorlormancv RC2S 3I $2996 1/3 Scale Piper Cub J-3 119 wing spun ongth o 2800 sc wing arco 4 oh RIC 20-30 cid engines RC3S-2 5 Quarter Scale- WWI SE-BA 88th wiog span sq wing aree 78 22 engines ACOS- 6 FOKKER DR-i TRIPLANE 72 wing span sq wing area 78 tolSO engines RCOS8 6 SOPWITH CAMEL P1 84 wing span 0 sq wing area11 lbs mix AIC wood haixa weettoctixe over 68 sq ft drawings 6C05-1 1 6 Quaaler Scale WWI Fokker New V 11 88 wingspan sq wing area 8825 cid engine cheflIbs RCOS-h 82495 Full cantilever wings leo flying wiresl Removal engine unit Shock mounted landing gear Balnalplywoud fuselage built-up hiusa wing 6111 Effieger Paxertleg Meerber AMA NPFS Hall Penner yrivw art fur onmyloro plans sue uxuamhlv b dorailed pane lines PLEASE ADO 8288 for shippleg mailing tubal Sew 1888 Plan sets bruvytro returdablo yr first urderil SPAD C-XIII 57g/rVtingnpa 22esq wingerea13 03 engexe IneghtahenOcapes IRCOS-8 6 TECHNICAL SERVICES URn 1 Box 2900 Santa Rosa Beech PL324B9 TOWERSTWWI Special StockSuggestedSPECIAL NumberRetailPRICE HEOlOC 1/8X6rx121560/6pCs1299/Opca HEOllO 1/8x12x244950/6 pcs349916pcs HE0120 1/8rx1 Zx484650/3 pea3299/3 pcs drill V6 hole end length extension may vary carburetor used Mount engine 4-40 bolts locknuts Insert washer between bolt heads engine mounting lugs other between doubler locknuts throttle linkage made 2-56 threaded rod Bend rod shape stall threaded quick link cen tered threaded portion rod tach linkage carburetor throttle arm Install solder quick link throt tle arm bellcrank Ensure bellcrank carburetor high-speed position- use bellcrank shown plans pull way out up down lead-outs Position threaded rod against solder link cut length should protrude about A6 Solder threaded rod quick link Using lead-outs work throttle link age ensure free throttle movement Work elevator ensure moves freely both high low speeds well mid range Flying Start lead-out guide 2 bottom wing 1 front lead-out guide brace Trim plane high speed moving leadout guide forward back until plane flies close 70 mph can get 257 seconds eight laps Trim plane low speed moving lead-out guide either forward back either up down Make adjustments lead-out guide time moving guide just little time Fly plane before making further adjustments No matter workmanlike build ing nothing can take place practice learning handle particular model Fly aircraft kinds weather youll ready anything contest day have questions about building flying Curtiss XF13C feel free contact PO Box 240 Auburn KS 66402 through CompuServes ModelNet addressed 731702741 responding advertisers mention read about Model Aviation WRAM Show/Myers Continued page 92 mounts lists $7995 Look inside wings new Sailplanes Ace RC Inc r just down hail showing prototype its AM-PWM Micropro 8000 sys tem offered either $175 update companys Silver Seven AM transmitter complete new transmitter metal-gimbal sticks $375 will available spring 1990 Since can update existing Silver Seven system Micropro offers low-cost troduction computer-assisted aircraft character istics fact R5232 port available op tion port allows exchange aircraft con trol parameters IBM-compatible com puter option includes MS-DOS applica tion program configures mixing etc can learn little bit about things Sometime future another option will let play aircraft characteristics home via computer simulation Also available will transmitter box control sticks will plug computers game port Youll able maneuvers Dave Browns computer simulation allows plus try out wild ideas intend pump real RC model Like Airtronics Ace uses TOSEPROMr planned exchangeable updates Programming mixing control throws servo reversing etc configuration done via control sticks used like arrow keys computer keyboard search 198 Model Aviation SUPER FAST RECOVERY SYSTEMS Making Flight Failsafe e Superiority Rocket Fast Deployment e cost effective means insuring aircraft & its gear e Avoid fatal mishaps e Great novice expert LL2 has Recovery System Fit Aircraft SPECIFY ENGINE SIZE Plans Sand lg K/f Sand 199w Plus 25a Shipping & Handling PO BOX 629 ON WI 54016 0 TOWER HOBBIES has Mighty LItE worlds first premium BodseasytnyCA time right. use Mighty LiteM Coil toll free 1-800-637-6050 Refer toad#01066 After setting up booth Lowell Pierson Scande Research Inc takes quiet moment build another Helicopter Scande sells di rectly builders carries nice line hand-launched rubber-powered models -ADVERTISERS INDEX ADVERTISERS INDEX ADVERTISERS INDEX ADVERTISERS INDEX 4-M Company167 A-J Manufacturing Inc163 AMA Employment175 AMA Membership71 Ace Radio Control13 Aero Electronics204 Aerospace Composite Prod20 Air Flair202 Airborne Hobbies119 Airtronics2 Altech MarketingCoy 3 American Small Busn Computers 6 Applied Design Corp200 Applied Engineering49 Atlanta IMS189 B&P Associates8 Quay Barber Models174 Blue Ridge Mach & Tools188 Bolar Heli Research41 T Borgerson4 Bridi Aircraft Bru Line Industries167 Byron Originals105 182 CH Electronics51 Ca Ra Products190 Cambridge Model Aircraft45 Campbell Tools Co173 Cleveland Model Supply16 Composite Aircraft Eng & Sup169 Corehouse176 Coverite101 Cox Hobbies119 Culpepper Models Inc172 Cygnet Software185 D&J Electronics104 D&R Aircraft Mfg47 DGA Designs156 Daedalus Research Inc177 Davey Systems Corp37 Doylejet188 Dry Ridge Models174 Du-Bro Products Inc117 187 Duracraft72 FHS Supply Inc22-23 Farnsworth & Elroy160 Fiberglass Master202 Fiorenze Hobby Conter196 First RC Flight School204 Flight Fest4 Flyline Models18 Fourmost Products47 Fults Dual Struts176 Futaba Corp America102-103 G&A Products 196 GM Precision Products160 Gas Model Products175 Gator RC Products162 Carl Goldberg Models109 Golden Gate Hobbies38-39 Gorham Model Products8 Great Planes19 High Sky184 High Tech USA184-185 Hobbico94 Hobby Barn158-159 Hobby Dynamics1 17 20 110-111 118 183 203 Hobby Horn18 Hobby Lobby International1 78-181 Hobby Woods49 Bob Holman Plans196 1MM174 Ikon Northwest Co43 Indy RC Sales Inc164466 J&L Enterprises204 JTec53 JCM Company188 JR Radios .. 17 110-111 118 183 203 Jacks Models185 Larry Jolly Model Products176 Jomar57 K&B Mfg177 K&S Engineering57 K-Flight Industries200 Kalt1 Kingsway Enterprises184 Knights Air167 Kraft Midwest169 Kustom Kraftsmanship156 Landing Products41 Lanier RC49 Lone Star Models18 Lous Jet Age Hobbies177 MACS Products169 MARC Show 168 Mach-716 Maral Technologies72 McDaniel RC Service104 Messers Quality Models196 Micro Mark6-7 Mighty Lite191 198 Carl V Miller188 Model Rectifier CorpCoy 2 Morgan Fuel112 Mutchlers Hobbies170-171 Nor-Ray Products Inc57 Northeast Aerodynamics51 Northeast Screen Graphics172 Northwest Hobby Supply201 OS Engines 88 Ohio Superstar64 Pacer Tech11 Pattern Tek45 Peck Leisure Products200 Peck-Polymers172 Penn Valley Hobby Center188 Performance Products Ultd45 Performance Specialties192 Phazon Inc20 Pica Products5 Pin-Nik Sales192 Plane Video20 Progress Mfg Co52 RAM51 RC Buyers Guide196 RCD Inc10 RC Soaring Digest176 RC Video Review161 RJL Industries175 Radio South36 Red Max Fuel22-23 Reichmuth Electronics174 Roamin Research200 Robart53 Rons Model Building167 Rossi USA93 RounTuit53 SAC190 SFR198 SR Batteries 157 Safety Plus16 65 Satellite City15 Scale Glider Components190 Scale Masters35 Scale Model Research188 Scale Plans & Photo Ser173 Sermos RC Snap Connectors18 Shamrock Competition Imports173 Sheldons Hobby Shop59 Sig Mfg Co64 86-87 197 Software Associates162 Stangel Enterprises187 Sun Craft173 Superior Aircraft30 T&D Fiberglass Spec192 TEAM72 Tatone Products Co65 Tejera Microsystems Eng104 Tidewater Hobby Enterprises119 Top Flite Models Inc9 Tower Hobbies193-195 Tru-Turn58 Twinn-K202 US Aircore21 US Quadra119 Ultimatesport RC172 VL Products 188 Bob Violett Models 12 WE Technical Services198 Williams Brothers65 Windsor Propeller Co47 64 Wing Mfg10 Woodgrains Inc177 Worden Woodworks204 World EnginesCover 4 Voshioka20 Zimpro Marketing12 through multitier menu system present RF deck Silver Seven plug n plans provision plugging fl module hack case other man ufacturers Ace will time availability module coincide introduction its own FM receiver decent 1991 AM receiver available will provide better interference resistance equivalent FM receiver dont rush junk AM system just yet Besides trans mitter can configured control four eight channels means can control two- three- four-channel microreceivers some people use love six- eightchannel transmitters wont gain additional channel Micropro 8000 modulator board installed place Silver Seven board Micropro 8000 trans mitter configuration provides six proportional channels two switched channels though can change suit particular needs What really sets Micropro system apart Cunijnued fli /It 200 June 1990 199 Ruff Stuff $115 per sheet Mini Glue Tips Add2O%totr 4for $106 Tee Stay Tray Lots Good Stuff Bar saio ied Design Corporation $300 ox 3384 Torrance CA 90610 .1. ____/ NEW INFO * CONSTRUCTION REVIEWS * HOW TOS Six Major Modeling Magazines its autotrim function hold sticks wher ever have to keep plane flying straight level push autotrim button Autotrim feature holds control setting memory let sticks return neutral assigns stored value mechanical neutral Yes can change total throw available maximum minimum positions stick offsets put trim range normally allowed hap pens screw clevis out appropri ate after landing just youve always done thereby equalizing servo throws Push autotrim again plane ground rematch electronic neutral trim position sticks mechanical neutral An AC-EPROM will store eight aircraft config urations Unlimited mixing allowed control end points displayed milliseconds pulse width can keep track what doing get confused initialize command menu will set everything back unmixed nominal 15-ms neutral believe thats dangerous com mand menu understand asks really want initialize system before actually initializing ever get sys tems Ill have hide programming switch deep inside transmitter keep away mischievous fingers Ace has purchased RC Extras business Jim Van Loo president IMAA hired him Ace family same good products will remain better distribution Polks Hobbies Lewis Polk promised have something significantly better RC sys tems line its ready publication yet keep hearing reports people have suc cessfully used Challenger 550 PCM inter ference situations other systems fail new system has some big shoes fill Polks Hobbies now has factory China just short walk over bridge Hong Kong have sample new Polks servo Aris tocraft Hitec T-3360 will list $1095 similar previous Hitec servos have worked well has plastic gears iso lated feedback potentiometer metal bushings both ends output shaft has 25% lower price tag plastic case circuit board marked Thorr NY case has sticker saying Made China no gaskets keep out dust moisture Polks Hobbies displayed two small clever peak detection chargers electric boat car airplane folks can used companys CG-300A High Capacity AC/DC Converter First Thorr #330 Peak Detection Fast Charger two six amps features LCD digital volt amp meter switchable function LCD cumulative charge meter inte grates ampere-seconds charging pulses delivered battery Second Thorr #320 has same circuit 330 omits digital meters its half price Cannon Bill Charlie Cannon looked bright chipper again have moved new location 2828 Cochran St Suite 281 Simi Valley CA 93065 deal too good pass up Bill now has time concentrate first love micro RC systems can pro duce next product has mind nobody will able touch him field has cut out himself Indoor RC dont think would unfair say goal put whole RC system something less dinary servo case Cannon has come up new covering prod uct called Litespan light 28 80 - grams/sq meter 1 oz/sq yd tough air tight waterproof fuel-proof heat shrinkable can attached iron-on adhesive called Balsaloc looks smells like Elmers Glue Litespan made Solarfilm England works way Solarfilm does except put glue want doesnt shrink much have good job covering first time claimed lighter Mod elspan thats doped enough make air tight Nine colors available cream yellow orange red blue dark green silver black white can read through everything black sheets bought measured 195 x 35 will initially make light-air sails 36/600 racing sailboat Bob Fiorenze showed new Fangine 100 offered introductory price $495 375-lb package combines engine mount fan developed unit produce 62 hp 24000 rpm burning 5% nitro fuel nine-blade fan produces 15 lb static thrust tailpipe velocity 230 260mph completely new engine modified weed- whacker thats immediately apparent handle So have reporters view 1990 WRAM Show highlights proof needed years exposition certainly showed RC industry making full use available technology meet 1990 head-on FOriginal The4 Sun Shelters 8x 8 * Sturdy Steel Frames Heavy Duty Fade Realatant Nylon 1OK1OCanopisa RdWhlte Blue alOx 15Sets Up sac 60 Seconds No Ropee Nothing Lasem big Authorized U-Z UP Corp Dealer John Peck Leisure Products Ltd *IMAA 3287AMA 8580131 Ravenwood Road Other Sizes Colors VersaillesKY40383 Acceseorles Available Plus1606 873-5172 Cuatom Logos LetteringWrite 200 Model Aviation Price
Edition: Model Aviation - 1990/06
Page Numbers: 89, 90, 91, 92, 198, 199, 200
THIS YEARS edition Westchester Aero Modelers annual midwinter show bigger better ever thanks efforts show manager Frank Devore volunteer work WRAM mem bers Though some familiar vendors Fu taba JR MRC among ab sent year virtually room show filled overflowing direc tory listed 144 booths Part video fair part model aviation flea market WRAM Show reliably forecasts coming technology RC industry years show theme would have TOS-EPROM Transmitter Operating SystemElectrically Program mable Read-Only Memory systems have around PCM sets seems year move design future set TOS-EPROM what liberates trans mitter design rigidity hardwired mixing fixed control throws Friday setup day vendors warm sunny windy An ABC News crew filmed show Saturday Sundaythe final daywas cold snowy windy subzero wind chill fac tor few shut-ins didnt make let say parking lots full before doors opened Does make feel better Once inside learned organizers set up free bus service big municipal parking lot short dis tance away Somehow remained se cret though sure wasnt supposed Well look next year Because show packed several boxes rooms various floors let enumerate wont miss thing next year main floor held AMA booth stage AMA transmit ter processing setup ladies lounge stage left projection room AMA movies District II meeting stage right fast food emporium stage left front building swap shop stage right front building about 90 vendors can see vendor booths stage WRA Show 90 look some examples new wave electronic wizardry other new products RC modelers showcased years packed-to-capacity show U George M Myers Bob Underwood AMA technical director right expounding Mike Gretz Sig Right Bill Hershberger left Allan Wasserman manning transmitter test station closing Saturday 280 transmitters checked 19 failed Sunday still faced June 1990 89 An overview main floor Westchester County Center home WRAM Show shot main floor shows over half vendors present booths set up John Worth left executive director AMA 25 years recipient years WRAMs McEntee medal presentatIon being made Don Lowe president AMA Left AMA Vice President John Byrne leading discussion District II meeting Also present AMA President Don Lowe Executive Director Vince Mankowski Technical Director Bob Underwood Distinguished Service award voted Executive Council pre sented John Byrne Edmund Whitten responded thoughiful speech AMA should dealing Juniors Right swap shop full discarded dreams Trading must have brisk judging numbers being constantly called over PA system U Left Representative fine craftsmanship seen WRAM Show beautiful Grumman F4F-2 Wildcat Right remarkable highly detailed Grumman SA-16A Albatross built Vic Macaluso actually entered Stand-off Scale Kind misrepresentation terms Left The influence Cole Palens Rhinebeck Aerodrome near Kingston NY competition World War era RC models held year showed clearly presence beautiful trio -scale WW fighters Right palm-sized Thorr 330 peak-detecting fast charger should become popular electric power crowd has built-in volt amp charge meters priced $9995 list arena floor picture floor below arena model dis play area past years held another collec tion vendors almost main floor couldnt photograph however because low ceiling Two rooms floor above arena stage right devoted models dis play crushing crowds couldnt see day John Worth executive director AMA 25 years awarded McEn tee Medal WRAMs trophy presentations Sunday models com peting trophies included planes boats cars eye percentage fine Scale models much higher year previously saw fewer Pattern sport models glossy paint jobs offered judging Obviously some Scale models took years complete Lets take walk down aisles see whats new world RC systems Airtronics Inc Bob Renaud spent some time explaining companys newest crea tion Infinity system An all-US effort its being developed worldwide mar ket prototypes currently being flown six-channel Infinity Helicopter sys tem scheduled available 1990 Other versions offering up 16 controlled channels will follow FM-ATPC Infinity transmitter housed ergonomically designed softly rounded case looks different supposed feel comfortable operator controls nicely placed some wants hold case hands fly hislher thumbs top sticks way Since have small hands found shape com fortable think design will satisfy va riety people wont however fit transmitter trays have seen Electronically new Infinity system promises great things Both transmitter receiver will have synthesized RF sections Thus dealer need stock type spare receiver still able sat isfy customer wants make up ad ditional airplane systems After whats advantage transmitter stores multiple setups cant buy spare receiv 90 Model Aviation ers want Thanks use synthesizers should able buy Airtronics receivers anywhere re ceiver electronically identical pro duced 1989 using crystal front end Configuration programming accom plished via touch screen transmit ters front panel computer trans mitter stores memory up 10 complete aircraft eight complete Helicopters mixture configurations linear exponential curve shaping can add mix channels ways computer 16-bit 20 MHz xx286 type encoding 10-bit analog-todigital ATCP Advanced Technology Chan nel Protocol can thought next-generation PCM ATCP claimed have better resolu tion offers user-assignable priority response can short 7 ins milliseconds most-used channels long 65 ins things arent often changed such on/off switches sys tems available today have fixed response usually set about 25 30 ins Programming stored two EPROMs Electrically Programmable Read-Only Memory aircraft configura tions AC transmitters op erating system TOS planned offer updates via exchanges TOS-EPROMS just computer software offers updated versions Because Airtronics chose use AC- TOS-EPROMs can remove transmitter battery losing programming have stored con figurations fact can remove EPROM changing its program receiver has synthesized front end interconnect transmitter receiver via patch cord receiver airplane can function scanner fore can look LCD display transmitter find out channels use Pick empty channel system stays channel until switched off pretty good logic forces think about channel go Left Bob Fiorenze center champion RC jet pilot Ronnie Kemp right manager Yellow Aircraft Hobby Supply Ltd 11919 Canyon Rd E Puyaliup WA 98373 stand behind l/-scale F-16A Falcon new Fangine 100 DesIgned ground up ducted-fan use all-new engine has introductory price $495 F-16A available kit $280 assembled painted $850 Right Ray Naylor manager Hyatt Hobbies Marchwood Shopping Center 45 Marchwood Rd Exton PA 19341 shows new Hirobo MH-10 Helicopter 10 engIne Resting below well-known 28-powered Shuttle video MH-10 showed flew quite well Pennsylvania June 1990 91 ing use guys have shot down because flier owning several identi cal transmitters different channels turned wrong transmitter has happened several times presence Conversely have owned operated synthesized Kraft transmitter five years have never yet seen heard Left display mockup demonstrates shape new Airtronics infinity transmit ter case Above George Schwarzer Ace display Aces Micro-Pro prototype very nice collection large models RC Extra line recently acquired Ace RC Jim Van Loo IMAA looming over Ace RC pavilion Thats George Schwarzer again hiding behind cup coffee presiding over Ace RCs very impressive display area SRF Kraft shooting anyone down Chew Dial-a-crash know-it-ails Syn thesizers definitely way move future keep costs down synthesized 75 MHz transmitter also planned 1991 Airtronics 94141 servo weighing 11 oz featuring 42 inch-ounces torque coreless motor metal gear train introduced Tiny light pow erful 94141 has built-in flange side Continued page 198 92 Model Aviation Left Aristocraff Hitec T-3360 servo isa product Polks new factory China has piastic gears isoiated feedback potentiometer metai bushings both ends output shaft Right T-3360 servo opened up showing good conventionai design construction Left Harry Higiey Harry B Higiey Sons inc PO Box 532 Gienwood iL 60425 demonstrates tube bender interested cus tomer wife Lure watches intently Harry authored popuiar Getting Airborne Voi ii series Right An impressive coliection /scale Laser 200 models roundup Sachs-Dolmar engines displayed TG Mfg 857 High Mountain Rd North Haledon NJ 07508 L little silliness helps break tension see Jerry Jarvis MEN Model En gineering Norwalk preparing attempt loop RC helium balloon soon learned driving basket full power down side attempted loop also drove balloon right down floor Sig producer Sears Roebuck catalog model aviation present Its new Ninja Slope Soarer announcement recently acquired DJ Muitistripe Bill Effinger * says Plan Pattern0 Sees gixe esovyned designs yes want have selected best c/exalt desigxs time cheese pamenns part important exclusive feature One-Third Scale Piper Tn-Pacer PA-22 118-3/8 wing span sq mong area 20 30 cid engines Fot 45 channel RIO ox 12 lbs 16 overall length Plywoodlbalsa tulseluge removeablo wing yanels steerable nose wheel designed exty ground hondling aed aothentrc stain flight yorlormancv RC2S 3I $2996 1/3 Scale Piper Cub J-3 119 wing spun ongth o 2800 sc wing arco 4 oh RIC 20-30 cid engines RC3S-2 5 Quarter Scale- WWI SE-BA 88th wiog span sq wing aree 78 22 engines ACOS- 6 FOKKER DR-i TRIPLANE 72 wing span sq wing area 78 tolSO engines RCOS8 6 SOPWITH CAMEL P1 84 wing span 0 sq wing area11 lbs mix AIC wood haixa weettoctixe over 68 sq ft drawings 6C05-1 1 6 Quaaler Scale WWI Fokker New V 11 88 wingspan sq wing area 8825 cid engine cheflIbs RCOS-h 82495 Full cantilever wings leo flying wiresl Removal engine unit Shock mounted landing gear Balnalplywoud fuselage built-up hiusa wing 6111 Effieger Paxertleg Meerber AMA NPFS Hall Penner yrivw art fur onmyloro plans sue uxuamhlv b dorailed pane lines PLEASE ADO 8288 for shippleg mailing tubal Sew 1888 Plan sets bruvytro returdablo yr first urderil SPAD C-XIII 57g/rVtingnpa 22esq wingerea13 03 engexe IneghtahenOcapes IRCOS-8 6 TECHNICAL SERVICES URn 1 Box 2900 Santa Rosa Beech PL324B9 TOWERSTWWI Special StockSuggestedSPECIAL NumberRetailPRICE HEOlOC 1/8X6rx121560/6pCs1299/Opca HEOllO 1/8x12x244950/6 pcs349916pcs HE0120 1/8rx1 Zx484650/3 pea3299/3 pcs drill V6 hole end length extension may vary carburetor used Mount engine 4-40 bolts locknuts Insert washer between bolt heads engine mounting lugs other between doubler locknuts throttle linkage made 2-56 threaded rod Bend rod shape stall threaded quick link cen tered threaded portion rod tach linkage carburetor throttle arm Install solder quick link throt tle arm bellcrank Ensure bellcrank carburetor high-speed position- use bellcrank shown plans pull way out up down lead-outs Position threaded rod against solder link cut length should protrude about A6 Solder threaded rod quick link Using lead-outs work throttle link age ensure free throttle movement Work elevator ensure moves freely both high low speeds well mid range Flying Start lead-out guide 2 bottom wing 1 front lead-out guide brace Trim plane high speed moving leadout guide forward back until plane flies close 70 mph can get 257 seconds eight laps Trim plane low speed moving lead-out guide either forward back either up down Make adjustments lead-out guide time moving guide just little time Fly plane before making further adjustments No matter workmanlike build ing nothing can take place practice learning handle particular model Fly aircraft kinds weather youll ready anything contest day have questions about building flying Curtiss XF13C feel free contact PO Box 240 Auburn KS 66402 through CompuServes ModelNet addressed 731702741 responding advertisers mention read about Model Aviation WRAM Show/Myers Continued page 92 mounts lists $7995 Look inside wings new Sailplanes Ace RC Inc r just down hail showing prototype its AM-PWM Micropro 8000 sys tem offered either $175 update companys Silver Seven AM transmitter complete new transmitter metal-gimbal sticks $375 will available spring 1990 Since can update existing Silver Seven system Micropro offers low-cost troduction computer-assisted aircraft character istics fact R5232 port available op tion port allows exchange aircraft con trol parameters IBM-compatible com puter option includes MS-DOS applica tion program configures mixing etc can learn little bit about things Sometime future another option will let play aircraft characteristics home via computer simulation Also available will transmitter box control sticks will plug computers game port Youll able maneuvers Dave Browns computer simulation allows plus try out wild ideas intend pump real RC model Like Airtronics Ace uses TOSEPROMr planned exchangeable updates Programming mixing control throws servo reversing etc configuration done via control sticks used like arrow keys computer keyboard search 198 Model Aviation SUPER FAST RECOVERY SYSTEMS Making Flight Failsafe e Superiority Rocket Fast Deployment e cost effective means insuring aircraft & its gear e Avoid fatal mishaps e Great novice expert LL2 has Recovery System Fit Aircraft SPECIFY ENGINE SIZE Plans Sand lg K/f Sand 199w Plus 25a Shipping & Handling PO BOX 629 ON WI 54016 0 TOWER HOBBIES has Mighty LItE worlds first premium BodseasytnyCA time right. use Mighty LiteM Coil toll free 1-800-637-6050 Refer toad#01066 After setting up booth Lowell Pierson Scande Research Inc takes quiet moment build another Helicopter Scande sells di rectly builders carries nice line hand-launched rubber-powered models -ADVERTISERS INDEX ADVERTISERS INDEX ADVERTISERS INDEX ADVERTISERS INDEX 4-M Company167 A-J Manufacturing Inc163 AMA Employment175 AMA Membership71 Ace Radio Control13 Aero Electronics204 Aerospace Composite Prod20 Air Flair202 Airborne Hobbies119 Airtronics2 Altech MarketingCoy 3 American Small Busn Computers 6 Applied Design Corp200 Applied Engineering49 Atlanta IMS189 B&P Associates8 Quay Barber Models174 Blue Ridge Mach & Tools188 Bolar Heli Research41 T Borgerson4 Bridi Aircraft Bru Line Industries167 Byron Originals105 182 CH Electronics51 Ca Ra Products190 Cambridge Model Aircraft45 Campbell Tools Co173 Cleveland Model Supply16 Composite Aircraft Eng & Sup169 Corehouse176 Coverite101 Cox Hobbies119 Culpepper Models Inc172 Cygnet Software185 D&J Electronics104 D&R Aircraft Mfg47 DGA Designs156 Daedalus Research Inc177 Davey Systems Corp37 Doylejet188 Dry Ridge Models174 Du-Bro Products Inc117 187 Duracraft72 FHS Supply Inc22-23 Farnsworth & Elroy160 Fiberglass Master202 Fiorenze Hobby Conter196 First RC Flight School204 Flight Fest4 Flyline Models18 Fourmost Products47 Fults Dual Struts176 Futaba Corp America102-103 G&A Products 196 GM Precision Products160 Gas Model Products175 Gator RC Products162 Carl Goldberg Models109 Golden Gate Hobbies38-39 Gorham Model Products8 Great Planes19 High Sky184 High Tech USA184-185 Hobbico94 Hobby Barn158-159 Hobby Dynamics1 17 20 110-111 118 183 203 Hobby Horn18 Hobby Lobby International1 78-181 Hobby Woods49 Bob Holman Plans196 1MM174 Ikon Northwest Co43 Indy RC Sales Inc164466 J&L Enterprises204 JTec53 JCM Company188 JR Radios .. 17 110-111 118 183 203 Jacks Models185 Larry Jolly Model Products176 Jomar57 K&B Mfg177 K&S Engineering57 K-Flight Industries200 Kalt1 Kingsway Enterprises184 Knights Air167 Kraft Midwest169 Kustom Kraftsmanship156 Landing Products41 Lanier RC49 Lone Star Models18 Lous Jet Age Hobbies177 MACS Products169 MARC Show 168 Mach-716 Maral Technologies72 McDaniel RC Service104 Messers Quality Models196 Micro Mark6-7 Mighty Lite191 198 Carl V Miller188 Model Rectifier CorpCoy 2 Morgan Fuel112 Mutchlers Hobbies170-171 Nor-Ray Products Inc57 Northeast Aerodynamics51 Northeast Screen Graphics172 Northwest Hobby Supply201 OS Engines 88 Ohio Superstar64 Pacer Tech11 Pattern Tek45 Peck Leisure Products200 Peck-Polymers172 Penn Valley Hobby Center188 Performance Products Ultd45 Performance Specialties192 Phazon Inc20 Pica Products5 Pin-Nik Sales192 Plane Video20 Progress Mfg Co52 RAM51 RC Buyers Guide196 RCD Inc10 RC Soaring Digest176 RC Video Review161 RJL Industries175 Radio South36 Red Max Fuel22-23 Reichmuth Electronics174 Roamin Research200 Robart53 Rons Model Building167 Rossi USA93 RounTuit53 SAC190 SFR198 SR Batteries 157 Safety Plus16 65 Satellite City15 Scale Glider Components190 Scale Masters35 Scale Model Research188 Scale Plans & Photo Ser173 Sermos RC Snap Connectors18 Shamrock Competition Imports173 Sheldons Hobby Shop59 Sig Mfg Co64 86-87 197 Software Associates162 Stangel Enterprises187 Sun Craft173 Superior Aircraft30 T&D Fiberglass Spec192 TEAM72 Tatone Products Co65 Tejera Microsystems Eng104 Tidewater Hobby Enterprises119 Top Flite Models Inc9 Tower Hobbies193-195 Tru-Turn58 Twinn-K202 US Aircore21 US Quadra119 Ultimatesport RC172 VL Products 188 Bob Violett Models 12 WE Technical Services198 Williams Brothers65 Windsor Propeller Co47 64 Wing Mfg10 Woodgrains Inc177 Worden Woodworks204 World EnginesCover 4 Voshioka20 Zimpro Marketing12 through multitier menu system present RF deck Silver Seven plug n plans provision plugging fl module hack case other man ufacturers Ace will time availability module coincide introduction its own FM receiver decent 1991 AM receiver available will provide better interference resistance equivalent FM receiver dont rush junk AM system just yet Besides trans mitter can configured control four eight channels means can control two- three- four-channel microreceivers some people use love six- eightchannel transmitters wont gain additional channel Micropro 8000 modulator board installed place Silver Seven board Micropro 8000 trans mitter configuration provides six proportional channels two switched channels though can change suit particular needs What really sets Micropro system apart Cunijnued fli /It 200 June 1990 199 Ruff Stuff $115 per sheet Mini Glue Tips Add2O%totr 4for $106 Tee Stay Tray Lots Good Stuff Bar saio ied Design Corporation $300 ox 3384 Torrance CA 90610 .1. ____/ NEW INFO * CONSTRUCTION REVIEWS * HOW TOS Six Major Modeling Magazines its autotrim function hold sticks wher ever have to keep plane flying straight level push autotrim button Autotrim feature holds control setting memory let sticks return neutral assigns stored value mechanical neutral Yes can change total throw available maximum minimum positions stick offsets put trim range normally allowed hap pens screw clevis out appropri ate after landing just youve always done thereby equalizing servo throws Push autotrim again plane ground rematch electronic neutral trim position sticks mechanical neutral An AC-EPROM will store eight aircraft config urations Unlimited mixing allowed control end points displayed milliseconds pulse width can keep track what doing get confused initialize command menu will set everything back unmixed nominal 15-ms neutral believe thats dangerous com mand menu understand asks really want initialize system before actually initializing ever get sys tems Ill have hide programming switch deep inside transmitter keep away mischievous fingers Ace has purchased RC Extras business Jim Van Loo president IMAA hired him Ace family same good products will remain better distribution Polks Hobbies Lewis Polk promised have something significantly better RC sys tems line its ready publication yet keep hearing reports people have suc cessfully used Challenger 550 PCM inter ference situations other systems fail new system has some big shoes fill Polks Hobbies now has factory China just short walk over bridge Hong Kong have sample new Polks servo Aris tocraft Hitec T-3360 will list $1095 similar previous Hitec servos have worked well has plastic gears iso lated feedback potentiometer metal bushings both ends output shaft has 25% lower price tag plastic case circuit board marked Thorr NY case has sticker saying Made China no gaskets keep out dust moisture Polks Hobbies displayed two small clever peak detection chargers electric boat car airplane folks can used companys CG-300A High Capacity AC/DC Converter First Thorr #330 Peak Detection Fast Charger two six amps features LCD digital volt amp meter switchable function LCD cumulative charge meter inte grates ampere-seconds charging pulses delivered battery Second Thorr #320 has same circuit 330 omits digital meters its half price Cannon Bill Charlie Cannon looked bright chipper again have moved new location 2828 Cochran St Suite 281 Simi Valley CA 93065 deal too good pass up Bill now has time concentrate first love micro RC systems can pro duce next product has mind nobody will able touch him field has cut out himself Indoor RC dont think would unfair say goal put whole RC system something less dinary servo case Cannon has come up new covering prod uct called Litespan light 28 80 - grams/sq meter 1 oz/sq yd tough air tight waterproof fuel-proof heat shrinkable can attached iron-on adhesive called Balsaloc looks smells like Elmers Glue Litespan made Solarfilm England works way Solarfilm does except put glue want doesnt shrink much have good job covering first time claimed lighter Mod elspan thats doped enough make air tight Nine colors available cream yellow orange red blue dark green silver black white can read through everything black sheets bought measured 195 x 35 will initially make light-air sails 36/600 racing sailboat Bob Fiorenze showed new Fangine 100 offered introductory price $495 375-lb package combines engine mount fan developed unit produce 62 hp 24000 rpm burning 5% nitro fuel nine-blade fan produces 15 lb static thrust tailpipe velocity 230 260mph completely new engine modified weed- whacker thats immediately apparent handle So have reporters view 1990 WRAM Show highlights proof needed years exposition certainly showed RC industry making full use available technology meet 1990 head-on FOriginal The4 Sun Shelters 8x 8 * Sturdy Steel Frames Heavy Duty Fade Realatant Nylon 1OK1OCanopisa RdWhlte Blue alOx 15Sets Up sac 60 Seconds No Ropee Nothing Lasem big Authorized U-Z UP Corp Dealer John Peck Leisure Products Ltd *IMAA 3287AMA 8580131 Ravenwood Road Other Sizes Colors VersaillesKY40383 Acceseorles Available Plus1606 873-5172 Cuatom Logos LetteringWrite 200 Model Aviation Price
Edition: Model Aviation - 1990/06
Page Numbers: 89, 90, 91, 92, 198, 199, 200
THIS YEARS edition Westchester Aero Modelers annual midwinter show bigger better ever thanks efforts show manager Frank Devore volunteer work WRAM mem bers Though some familiar vendors Fu taba JR MRC among ab sent year virtually room show filled overflowing direc tory listed 144 booths Part video fair part model aviation flea market WRAM Show reliably forecasts coming technology RC industry years show theme would have TOS-EPROM Transmitter Operating SystemElectrically Program mable Read-Only Memory systems have around PCM sets seems year move design future set TOS-EPROM what liberates trans mitter design rigidity hardwired mixing fixed control throws Friday setup day vendors warm sunny windy An ABC News crew filmed show Saturday Sundaythe final daywas cold snowy windy subzero wind chill fac tor few shut-ins didnt make let say parking lots full before doors opened Does make feel better Once inside learned organizers set up free bus service big municipal parking lot short dis tance away Somehow remained se cret though sure wasnt supposed Well look next year Because show packed several boxes rooms various floors let enumerate wont miss thing next year main floor held AMA booth stage AMA transmit ter processing setup ladies lounge stage left projection room AMA movies District II meeting stage right fast food emporium stage left front building swap shop stage right front building about 90 vendors can see vendor booths stage WRA Show 90 look some examples new wave electronic wizardry other new products RC modelers showcased years packed-to-capacity show U George M Myers Bob Underwood AMA technical director right expounding Mike Gretz Sig Right Bill Hershberger left Allan Wasserman manning transmitter test station closing Saturday 280 transmitters checked 19 failed Sunday still faced June 1990 89 An overview main floor Westchester County Center home WRAM Show shot main floor shows over half vendors present booths set up John Worth left executive director AMA 25 years recipient years WRAMs McEntee medal presentatIon being made Don Lowe president AMA Left AMA Vice President John Byrne leading discussion District II meeting Also present AMA President Don Lowe Executive Director Vince Mankowski Technical Director Bob Underwood Distinguished Service award voted Executive Council pre sented John Byrne Edmund Whitten responded thoughiful speech AMA should dealing Juniors Right swap shop full discarded dreams Trading must have brisk judging numbers being constantly called over PA system U Left Representative fine craftsmanship seen WRAM Show beautiful Grumman F4F-2 Wildcat Right remarkable highly detailed Grumman SA-16A Albatross built Vic Macaluso actually entered Stand-off Scale Kind misrepresentation terms Left The influence Cole Palens Rhinebeck Aerodrome near Kingston NY competition World War era RC models held year showed clearly presence beautiful trio -scale WW fighters Right palm-sized Thorr 330 peak-detecting fast charger should become popular electric power crowd has built-in volt amp charge meters priced $9995 list arena floor picture floor below arena model dis play area past years held another collec tion vendors almost main floor couldnt photograph however because low ceiling Two rooms floor above arena stage right devoted models dis play crushing crowds couldnt see day John Worth executive director AMA 25 years awarded McEn tee Medal WRAMs trophy presentations Sunday models com peting trophies included planes boats cars eye percentage fine Scale models much higher year previously saw fewer Pattern sport models glossy paint jobs offered judging Obviously some Scale models took years complete Lets take walk down aisles see whats new world RC systems Airtronics Inc Bob Renaud spent some time explaining companys newest crea tion Infinity system An all-US effort its being developed worldwide mar ket prototypes currently being flown six-channel Infinity Helicopter sys tem scheduled available 1990 Other versions offering up 16 controlled channels will follow FM-ATPC Infinity transmitter housed ergonomically designed softly rounded case looks different supposed feel comfortable operator controls nicely placed some wants hold case hands fly hislher thumbs top sticks way Since have small hands found shape com fortable think design will satisfy va riety people wont however fit transmitter trays have seen Electronically new Infinity system promises great things Both transmitter receiver will have synthesized RF sections Thus dealer need stock type spare receiver still able sat isfy customer wants make up ad ditional airplane systems After whats advantage transmitter stores multiple setups cant buy spare receiv 90 Model Aviation ers want Thanks use synthesizers should able buy Airtronics receivers anywhere re ceiver electronically identical pro duced 1989 using crystal front end Configuration programming accom plished via touch screen transmit ters front panel computer trans mitter stores memory up 10 complete aircraft eight complete Helicopters mixture configurations linear exponential curve shaping can add mix channels ways computer 16-bit 20 MHz xx286 type encoding 10-bit analog-todigital ATCP Advanced Technology Chan nel Protocol can thought next-generation PCM ATCP claimed have better resolu tion offers user-assignable priority response can short 7 ins milliseconds most-used channels long 65 ins things arent often changed such on/off switches sys tems available today have fixed response usually set about 25 30 ins Programming stored two EPROMs Electrically Programmable Read-Only Memory aircraft configura tions AC transmitters op erating system TOS planned offer updates via exchanges TOS-EPROMS just computer software offers updated versions Because Airtronics chose use AC- TOS-EPROMs can remove transmitter battery losing programming have stored con figurations fact can remove EPROM changing its program receiver has synthesized front end interconnect transmitter receiver via patch cord receiver airplane can function scanner fore can look LCD display transmitter find out channels use Pick empty channel system stays channel until switched off pretty good logic forces think about channel go Left Bob Fiorenze center champion RC jet pilot Ronnie Kemp right manager Yellow Aircraft Hobby Supply Ltd 11919 Canyon Rd E Puyaliup WA 98373 stand behind l/-scale F-16A Falcon new Fangine 100 DesIgned ground up ducted-fan use all-new engine has introductory price $495 F-16A available kit $280 assembled painted $850 Right Ray Naylor manager Hyatt Hobbies Marchwood Shopping Center 45 Marchwood Rd Exton PA 19341 shows new Hirobo MH-10 Helicopter 10 engIne Resting below well-known 28-powered Shuttle video MH-10 showed flew quite well Pennsylvania June 1990 91 ing use guys have shot down because flier owning several identi cal transmitters different channels turned wrong transmitter has happened several times presence Conversely have owned operated synthesized Kraft transmitter five years have never yet seen heard Left display mockup demonstrates shape new Airtronics infinity transmit ter case Above George Schwarzer Ace display Aces Micro-Pro prototype very nice collection large models RC Extra line recently acquired Ace RC Jim Van Loo IMAA looming over Ace RC pavilion Thats George Schwarzer again hiding behind cup coffee presiding over Ace RCs very impressive display area SRF Kraft shooting anyone down Chew Dial-a-crash know-it-ails Syn thesizers definitely way move future keep costs down synthesized 75 MHz transmitter also planned 1991 Airtronics 94141 servo weighing 11 oz featuring 42 inch-ounces torque coreless motor metal gear train introduced Tiny light pow erful 94141 has built-in flange side Continued page 198 92 Model Aviation Left Aristocraff Hitec T-3360 servo isa product Polks new factory China has piastic gears isoiated feedback potentiometer metai bushings both ends output shaft Right T-3360 servo opened up showing good conventionai design construction Left Harry Higiey Harry B Higiey Sons inc PO Box 532 Gienwood iL 60425 demonstrates tube bender interested cus tomer wife Lure watches intently Harry authored popuiar Getting Airborne Voi ii series Right An impressive coliection /scale Laser 200 models roundup Sachs-Dolmar engines displayed TG Mfg 857 High Mountain Rd North Haledon NJ 07508 L little silliness helps break tension see Jerry Jarvis MEN Model En gineering Norwalk preparing attempt loop RC helium balloon soon learned driving basket full power down side attempted loop also drove balloon right down floor Sig producer Sears Roebuck catalog model aviation present Its new Ninja Slope Soarer announcement recently acquired DJ Muitistripe Bill Effinger * says Plan Pattern0 Sees gixe esovyned designs yes want have selected best c/exalt desigxs time cheese pamenns part important exclusive feature One-Third Scale Piper Tn-Pacer PA-22 118-3/8 wing span sq mong area 20 30 cid engines Fot 45 channel RIO ox 12 lbs 16 overall length Plywoodlbalsa tulseluge removeablo wing yanels steerable nose wheel designed exty ground hondling aed aothentrc stain flight yorlormancv RC2S 3I $2996 1/3 Scale Piper Cub J-3 119 wing spun ongth o 2800 sc wing arco 4 oh RIC 20-30 cid engines RC3S-2 5 Quarter Scale- WWI SE-BA 88th wiog span sq wing aree 78 22 engines ACOS- 6 FOKKER DR-i TRIPLANE 72 wing span sq wing area 78 tolSO engines RCOS8 6 SOPWITH CAMEL P1 84 wing span 0 sq wing area11 lbs mix AIC wood haixa weettoctixe over 68 sq ft drawings 6C05-1 1 6 Quaaler Scale WWI Fokker New V 11 88 wingspan sq wing area 8825 cid engine cheflIbs RCOS-h 82495 Full cantilever wings leo flying wiresl Removal engine unit Shock mounted landing gear Balnalplywoud fuselage built-up hiusa wing 6111 Effieger Paxertleg Meerber AMA NPFS Hall Penner yrivw art fur onmyloro plans sue uxuamhlv b dorailed pane lines PLEASE ADO 8288 for shippleg mailing tubal Sew 1888 Plan sets bruvytro returdablo yr first urderil SPAD C-XIII 57g/rVtingnpa 22esq wingerea13 03 engexe IneghtahenOcapes IRCOS-8 6 TECHNICAL SERVICES URn 1 Box 2900 Santa Rosa Beech PL324B9 TOWERSTWWI Special StockSuggestedSPECIAL NumberRetailPRICE HEOlOC 1/8X6rx121560/6pCs1299/Opca HEOllO 1/8x12x244950/6 pcs349916pcs HE0120 1/8rx1 Zx484650/3 pea3299/3 pcs drill V6 hole end length extension may vary carburetor used Mount engine 4-40 bolts locknuts Insert washer between bolt heads engine mounting lugs other between doubler locknuts throttle linkage made 2-56 threaded rod Bend rod shape stall threaded quick link cen tered threaded portion rod tach linkage carburetor throttle arm Install solder quick link throt tle arm bellcrank Ensure bellcrank carburetor high-speed position- use bellcrank shown plans pull way out up down lead-outs Position threaded rod against solder link cut length should protrude about A6 Solder threaded rod quick link Using lead-outs work throttle link age ensure free throttle movement Work elevator ensure moves freely both high low speeds well mid range Flying Start lead-out guide 2 bottom wing 1 front lead-out guide brace Trim plane high speed moving leadout guide forward back until plane flies close 70 mph can get 257 seconds eight laps Trim plane low speed moving lead-out guide either forward back either up down Make adjustments lead-out guide time moving guide just little time Fly plane before making further adjustments No matter workmanlike build ing nothing can take place practice learning handle particular model Fly aircraft kinds weather youll ready anything contest day have questions about building flying Curtiss XF13C feel free contact PO Box 240 Auburn KS 66402 through CompuServes ModelNet addressed 731702741 responding advertisers mention read about Model Aviation WRAM Show/Myers Continued page 92 mounts lists $7995 Look inside wings new Sailplanes Ace RC Inc r just down hail showing prototype its AM-PWM Micropro 8000 sys tem offered either $175 update companys Silver Seven AM transmitter complete new transmitter metal-gimbal sticks $375 will available spring 1990 Since can update existing Silver Seven system Micropro offers low-cost troduction computer-assisted aircraft character istics fact R5232 port available op tion port allows exchange aircraft con trol parameters IBM-compatible com puter option includes MS-DOS applica tion program configures mixing etc can learn little bit about things Sometime future another option will let play aircraft characteristics home via computer simulation Also available will transmitter box control sticks will plug computers game port Youll able maneuvers Dave Browns computer simulation allows plus try out wild ideas intend pump real RC model Like Airtronics Ace uses TOSEPROMr planned exchangeable updates Programming mixing control throws servo reversing etc configuration done via control sticks used like arrow keys computer keyboard search 198 Model Aviation SUPER FAST RECOVERY SYSTEMS Making Flight Failsafe e Superiority Rocket Fast Deployment e cost effective means insuring aircraft & its gear e Avoid fatal mishaps e Great novice expert LL2 has Recovery System Fit Aircraft SPECIFY ENGINE SIZE Plans Sand lg K/f Sand 199w Plus 25a Shipping & Handling PO BOX 629 ON WI 54016 0 TOWER HOBBIES has Mighty LItE worlds first premium BodseasytnyCA time right. use Mighty LiteM Coil toll free 1-800-637-6050 Refer toad#01066 After setting up booth Lowell Pierson Scande Research Inc takes quiet moment build another Helicopter Scande sells di rectly builders carries nice line hand-launched rubber-powered models -ADVERTISERS INDEX ADVERTISERS INDEX ADVERTISERS INDEX ADVERTISERS INDEX 4-M Company167 A-J Manufacturing Inc163 AMA Employment175 AMA Membership71 Ace Radio Control13 Aero Electronics204 Aerospace Composite Prod20 Air Flair202 Airborne Hobbies119 Airtronics2 Altech MarketingCoy 3 American Small Busn Computers 6 Applied Design Corp200 Applied Engineering49 Atlanta IMS189 B&P Associates8 Quay Barber Models174 Blue Ridge Mach & Tools188 Bolar Heli Research41 T Borgerson4 Bridi Aircraft Bru Line Industries167 Byron Originals105 182 CH Electronics51 Ca Ra Products190 Cambridge Model Aircraft45 Campbell Tools Co173 Cleveland Model Supply16 Composite Aircraft Eng & Sup169 Corehouse176 Coverite101 Cox Hobbies119 Culpepper Models Inc172 Cygnet Software185 D&J Electronics104 D&R Aircraft Mfg47 DGA Designs156 Daedalus Research Inc177 Davey Systems Corp37 Doylejet188 Dry Ridge Models174 Du-Bro Products Inc117 187 Duracraft72 FHS Supply Inc22-23 Farnsworth & Elroy160 Fiberglass Master202 Fiorenze Hobby Conter196 First RC Flight School204 Flight Fest4 Flyline Models18 Fourmost Products47 Fults Dual Struts176 Futaba Corp America102-103 G&A Products 196 GM Precision Products160 Gas Model Products175 Gator RC Products162 Carl Goldberg Models109 Golden Gate Hobbies38-39 Gorham Model Products8 Great Planes19 High Sky184 High Tech USA184-185 Hobbico94 Hobby Barn158-159 Hobby Dynamics1 17 20 110-111 118 183 203 Hobby Horn18 Hobby Lobby International1 78-181 Hobby Woods49 Bob Holman Plans196 1MM174 Ikon Northwest Co43 Indy RC Sales Inc164466 J&L Enterprises204 JTec53 JCM Company188 JR Radios .. 17 110-111 118 183 203 Jacks Models185 Larry Jolly Model Products176 Jomar57 K&B Mfg177 K&S Engineering57 K-Flight Industries200 Kalt1 Kingsway Enterprises184 Knights Air167 Kraft Midwest169 Kustom Kraftsmanship156 Landing Products41 Lanier RC49 Lone Star Models18 Lous Jet Age Hobbies177 MACS Products169 MARC Show 168 Mach-716 Maral Technologies72 McDaniel RC Service104 Messers Quality Models196 Micro Mark6-7 Mighty Lite191 198 Carl V Miller188 Model Rectifier CorpCoy 2 Morgan Fuel112 Mutchlers Hobbies170-171 Nor-Ray Products Inc57 Northeast Aerodynamics51 Northeast Screen Graphics172 Northwest Hobby Supply201 OS Engines 88 Ohio Superstar64 Pacer Tech11 Pattern Tek45 Peck Leisure Products200 Peck-Polymers172 Penn Valley Hobby Center188 Performance Products Ultd45 Performance Specialties192 Phazon Inc20 Pica Products5 Pin-Nik Sales192 Plane Video20 Progress Mfg Co52 RAM51 RC Buyers Guide196 RCD Inc10 RC Soaring Digest176 RC Video Review161 RJL Industries175 Radio South36 Red Max Fuel22-23 Reichmuth Electronics174 Roamin Research200 Robart53 Rons Model Building167 Rossi USA93 RounTuit53 SAC190 SFR198 SR Batteries 157 Safety Plus16 65 Satellite City15 Scale Glider Components190 Scale Masters35 Scale Model Research188 Scale Plans & Photo Ser173 Sermos RC Snap Connectors18 Shamrock Competition Imports173 Sheldons Hobby Shop59 Sig Mfg Co64 86-87 197 Software Associates162 Stangel Enterprises187 Sun Craft173 Superior Aircraft30 T&D Fiberglass Spec192 TEAM72 Tatone Products Co65 Tejera Microsystems Eng104 Tidewater Hobby Enterprises119 Top Flite Models Inc9 Tower Hobbies193-195 Tru-Turn58 Twinn-K202 US Aircore21 US Quadra119 Ultimatesport RC172 VL Products 188 Bob Violett Models 12 WE Technical Services198 Williams Brothers65 Windsor Propeller Co47 64 Wing Mfg10 Woodgrains Inc177 Worden Woodworks204 World EnginesCover 4 Voshioka20 Zimpro Marketing12 through multitier menu system present RF deck Silver Seven plug n plans provision plugging fl module hack case other man ufacturers Ace will time availability module coincide introduction its own FM receiver decent 1991 AM receiver available will provide better interference resistance equivalent FM receiver dont rush junk AM system just yet Besides trans mitter can configured control four eight channels means can control two- three- four-channel microreceivers some people use love six- eightchannel transmitters wont gain additional channel Micropro 8000 modulator board installed place Silver Seven board Micropro 8000 trans mitter configuration provides six proportional channels two switched channels though can change suit particular needs What really sets Micropro system apart Cunijnued fli /It 200 June 1990 199 Ruff Stuff $115 per sheet Mini Glue Tips Add2O%totr 4for $106 Tee Stay Tray Lots Good Stuff Bar saio ied Design Corporation $300 ox 3384 Torrance CA 90610 .1. ____/ NEW INFO * CONSTRUCTION REVIEWS * HOW TOS Six Major Modeling Magazines its autotrim function hold sticks wher ever have to keep plane flying straight level push autotrim button Autotrim feature holds control setting memory let sticks return neutral assigns stored value mechanical neutral Yes can change total throw available maximum minimum positions stick offsets put trim range normally allowed hap pens screw clevis out appropri ate after landing just youve always done thereby equalizing servo throws Push autotrim again plane ground rematch electronic neutral trim position sticks mechanical neutral An AC-EPROM will store eight aircraft config urations Unlimited mixing allowed control end points displayed milliseconds pulse width can keep track what doing get confused initialize command menu will set everything back unmixed nominal 15-ms neutral believe thats dangerous com mand menu understand asks really want initialize system before actually initializing ever get sys tems Ill have hide programming switch deep inside transmitter keep away mischievous fingers Ace has purchased RC Extras business Jim Van Loo president IMAA hired him Ace family same good products will remain better distribution Polks Hobbies Lewis Polk promised have something significantly better RC sys tems line its ready publication yet keep hearing reports people have suc cessfully used Challenger 550 PCM inter ference situations other systems fail new system has some big shoes fill Polks Hobbies now has factory China just short walk over bridge Hong Kong have sample new Polks servo Aris tocraft Hitec T-3360 will list $1095 similar previous Hitec servos have worked well has plastic gears iso lated feedback potentiometer metal bushings both ends output shaft has 25% lower price tag plastic case circuit board marked Thorr NY case has sticker saying Made China no gaskets keep out dust moisture Polks Hobbies displayed two small clever peak detection chargers electric boat car airplane folks can used companys CG-300A High Capacity AC/DC Converter First Thorr #330 Peak Detection Fast Charger two six amps features LCD digital volt amp meter switchable function LCD cumulative charge meter inte grates ampere-seconds charging pulses delivered battery Second Thorr #320 has same circuit 330 omits digital meters its half price Cannon Bill Charlie Cannon looked bright chipper again have moved new location 2828 Cochran St Suite 281 Simi Valley CA 93065 deal too good pass up Bill now has time concentrate first love micro RC systems can pro duce next product has mind nobody will able touch him field has cut out himself Indoor RC dont think would unfair say goal put whole RC system something less dinary servo case Cannon has come up new covering prod uct called Litespan light 28 80 - grams/sq meter 1 oz/sq yd tough air tight waterproof fuel-proof heat shrinkable can attached iron-on adhesive called Balsaloc looks smells like Elmers Glue Litespan made Solarfilm England works way Solarfilm does except put glue want doesnt shrink much have good job covering first time claimed lighter Mod elspan thats doped enough make air tight Nine colors available cream yellow orange red blue dark green silver black white can read through everything black sheets bought measured 195 x 35 will initially make light-air sails 36/600 racing sailboat Bob Fiorenze showed new Fangine 100 offered introductory price $495 375-lb package combines engine mount fan developed unit produce 62 hp 24000 rpm burning 5% nitro fuel nine-blade fan produces 15 lb static thrust tailpipe velocity 230 260mph completely new engine modified weed- whacker thats immediately apparent handle So have reporters view 1990 WRAM Show highlights proof needed years exposition certainly showed RC industry making full use available technology meet 1990 head-on FOriginal The4 Sun Shelters 8x 8 * Sturdy Steel Frames Heavy Duty Fade Realatant Nylon 1OK1OCanopisa RdWhlte Blue alOx 15Sets Up sac 60 Seconds No Ropee Nothing Lasem big Authorized U-Z UP Corp Dealer John Peck Leisure Products Ltd *IMAA 3287AMA 8580131 Ravenwood Road Other Sizes Colors VersaillesKY40383 Acceseorles Available Plus1606 873-5172 Cuatom Logos LetteringWrite 200 Model Aviation Price
Edition: Model Aviation - 1990/06
Page Numbers: 89, 90, 91, 92, 198, 199, 200
THIS YEARS edition Westchester Aero Modelers annual midwinter show bigger better ever thanks efforts show manager Frank Devore volunteer work WRAM mem bers Though some familiar vendors Fu taba JR MRC among ab sent year virtually room show filled overflowing direc tory listed 144 booths Part video fair part model aviation flea market WRAM Show reliably forecasts coming technology RC industry years show theme would have TOS-EPROM Transmitter Operating SystemElectrically Program mable Read-Only Memory systems have around PCM sets seems year move design future set TOS-EPROM what liberates trans mitter design rigidity hardwired mixing fixed control throws Friday setup day vendors warm sunny windy An ABC News crew filmed show Saturday Sundaythe final daywas cold snowy windy subzero wind chill fac tor few shut-ins didnt make let say parking lots full before doors opened Does make feel better Once inside learned organizers set up free bus service big municipal parking lot short dis tance away Somehow remained se cret though sure wasnt supposed Well look next year Because show packed several boxes rooms various floors let enumerate wont miss thing next year main floor held AMA booth stage AMA transmit ter processing setup ladies lounge stage left projection room AMA movies District II meeting stage right fast food emporium stage left front building swap shop stage right front building about 90 vendors can see vendor booths stage WRA Show 90 look some examples new wave electronic wizardry other new products RC modelers showcased years packed-to-capacity show U George M Myers Bob Underwood AMA technical director right expounding Mike Gretz Sig Right Bill Hershberger left Allan Wasserman manning transmitter test station closing Saturday 280 transmitters checked 19 failed Sunday still faced June 1990 89 An overview main floor Westchester County Center home WRAM Show shot main floor shows over half vendors present booths set up John Worth left executive director AMA 25 years recipient years WRAMs McEntee medal presentatIon being made Don Lowe president AMA Left AMA Vice President John Byrne leading discussion District II meeting Also present AMA President Don Lowe Executive Director Vince Mankowski Technical Director Bob Underwood Distinguished Service award voted Executive Council pre sented John Byrne Edmund Whitten responded thoughiful speech AMA should dealing Juniors Right swap shop full discarded dreams Trading must have brisk judging numbers being constantly called over PA system U Left Representative fine craftsmanship seen WRAM Show beautiful Grumman F4F-2 Wildcat Right remarkable highly detailed Grumman SA-16A Albatross built Vic Macaluso actually entered Stand-off Scale Kind misrepresentation terms Left The influence Cole Palens Rhinebeck Aerodrome near Kingston NY competition World War era RC models held year showed clearly presence beautiful trio -scale WW fighters Right palm-sized Thorr 330 peak-detecting fast charger should become popular electric power crowd has built-in volt amp charge meters priced $9995 list arena floor picture floor below arena model dis play area past years held another collec tion vendors almost main floor couldnt photograph however because low ceiling Two rooms floor above arena stage right devoted models dis play crushing crowds couldnt see day John Worth executive director AMA 25 years awarded McEn tee Medal WRAMs trophy presentations Sunday models com peting trophies included planes boats cars eye percentage fine Scale models much higher year previously saw fewer Pattern sport models glossy paint jobs offered judging Obviously some Scale models took years complete Lets take walk down aisles see whats new world RC systems Airtronics Inc Bob Renaud spent some time explaining companys newest crea tion Infinity system An all-US effort its being developed worldwide mar ket prototypes currently being flown six-channel Infinity Helicopter sys tem scheduled available 1990 Other versions offering up 16 controlled channels will follow FM-ATPC Infinity transmitter housed ergonomically designed softly rounded case looks different supposed feel comfortable operator controls nicely placed some wants hold case hands fly hislher thumbs top sticks way Since have small hands found shape com fortable think design will satisfy va riety people wont however fit transmitter trays have seen Electronically new Infinity system promises great things Both transmitter receiver will have synthesized RF sections Thus dealer need stock type spare receiver still able sat isfy customer wants make up ad ditional airplane systems After whats advantage transmitter stores multiple setups cant buy spare receiv 90 Model Aviation ers want Thanks use synthesizers should able buy Airtronics receivers anywhere re ceiver electronically identical pro duced 1989 using crystal front end Configuration programming accom plished via touch screen transmit ters front panel computer trans mitter stores memory up 10 complete aircraft eight complete Helicopters mixture configurations linear exponential curve shaping can add mix channels ways computer 16-bit 20 MHz xx286 type encoding 10-bit analog-todigital ATCP Advanced Technology Chan nel Protocol can thought next-generation PCM ATCP claimed have better resolu tion offers user-assignable priority response can short 7 ins milliseconds most-used channels long 65 ins things arent often changed such on/off switches sys tems available today have fixed response usually set about 25 30 ins Programming stored two EPROMs Electrically Programmable Read-Only Memory aircraft configura tions AC transmitters op erating system TOS planned offer updates via exchanges TOS-EPROMS just computer software offers updated versions Because Airtronics chose use AC- TOS-EPROMs can remove transmitter battery losing programming have stored con figurations fact can remove EPROM changing its program receiver has synthesized front end interconnect transmitter receiver via patch cord receiver airplane can function scanner fore can look LCD display transmitter find out channels use Pick empty channel system stays channel until switched off pretty good logic forces think about channel go Left Bob Fiorenze center champion RC jet pilot Ronnie Kemp right manager Yellow Aircraft Hobby Supply Ltd 11919 Canyon Rd E Puyaliup WA 98373 stand behind l/-scale F-16A Falcon new Fangine 100 DesIgned ground up ducted-fan use all-new engine has introductory price $495 F-16A available kit $280 assembled painted $850 Right Ray Naylor manager Hyatt Hobbies Marchwood Shopping Center 45 Marchwood Rd Exton PA 19341 shows new Hirobo MH-10 Helicopter 10 engIne Resting below well-known 28-powered Shuttle video MH-10 showed flew quite well Pennsylvania June 1990 91 ing use guys have shot down because flier owning several identi cal transmitters different channels turned wrong transmitter has happened several times presence Conversely have owned operated synthesized Kraft transmitter five years have never yet seen heard Left display mockup demonstrates shape new Airtronics infinity transmit ter case Above George Schwarzer Ace display Aces Micro-Pro prototype very nice collection large models RC Extra line recently acquired Ace RC Jim Van Loo IMAA looming over Ace RC pavilion Thats George Schwarzer again hiding behind cup coffee presiding over Ace RCs very impressive display area SRF Kraft shooting anyone down Chew Dial-a-crash know-it-ails Syn thesizers definitely way move future keep costs down synthesized 75 MHz transmitter also planned 1991 Airtronics 94141 servo weighing 11 oz featuring 42 inch-ounces torque coreless motor metal gear train introduced Tiny light pow erful 94141 has built-in flange side Continued page 198 92 Model Aviation Left Aristocraff Hitec T-3360 servo isa product Polks new factory China has piastic gears isoiated feedback potentiometer metai bushings both ends output shaft Right T-3360 servo opened up showing good conventionai design construction Left Harry Higiey Harry B Higiey Sons inc PO Box 532 Gienwood iL 60425 demonstrates tube bender interested cus tomer wife Lure watches intently Harry authored popuiar Getting Airborne Voi ii series Right An impressive coliection /scale Laser 200 models roundup Sachs-Dolmar engines displayed TG Mfg 857 High Mountain Rd North Haledon NJ 07508 L little silliness helps break tension see Jerry Jarvis MEN Model En gineering Norwalk preparing attempt loop RC helium balloon soon learned driving basket full power down side attempted loop also drove balloon right down floor Sig producer Sears Roebuck catalog model aviation present Its new Ninja Slope Soarer announcement recently acquired DJ Muitistripe Bill Effinger * says Plan Pattern0 Sees gixe esovyned designs yes want have selected best c/exalt desigxs time cheese pamenns part important exclusive feature One-Third Scale Piper Tn-Pacer PA-22 118-3/8 wing span sq mong area 20 30 cid engines Fot 45 channel RIO ox 12 lbs 16 overall length Plywoodlbalsa tulseluge removeablo wing yanels steerable nose wheel designed exty ground hondling aed aothentrc stain flight yorlormancv RC2S 3I $2996 1/3 Scale Piper Cub J-3 119 wing spun ongth o 2800 sc wing arco 4 oh RIC 20-30 cid engines RC3S-2 5 Quarter Scale- WWI SE-BA 88th wiog span sq wing aree 78 22 engines ACOS- 6 FOKKER DR-i TRIPLANE 72 wing span sq wing area 78 tolSO engines RCOS8 6 SOPWITH CAMEL P1 84 wing span 0 sq wing area11 lbs mix AIC wood haixa weettoctixe over 68 sq ft drawings 6C05-1 1 6 Quaaler Scale WWI Fokker New V 11 88 wingspan sq wing area 8825 cid engine cheflIbs RCOS-h 82495 Full cantilever wings leo flying wiresl Removal engine unit Shock mounted landing gear Balnalplywoud fuselage built-up hiusa wing 6111 Effieger Paxertleg Meerber AMA NPFS Hall Penner yrivw art fur onmyloro plans sue uxuamhlv b dorailed pane lines PLEASE ADO 8288 for shippleg mailing tubal Sew 1888 Plan sets bruvytro returdablo yr first urderil SPAD C-XIII 57g/rVtingnpa 22esq wingerea13 03 engexe IneghtahenOcapes IRCOS-8 6 TECHNICAL SERVICES URn 1 Box 2900 Santa Rosa Beech PL324B9 TOWERSTWWI Special StockSuggestedSPECIAL NumberRetailPRICE HEOlOC 1/8X6rx121560/6pCs1299/Opca HEOllO 1/8x12x244950/6 pcs349916pcs HE0120 1/8rx1 Zx484650/3 pea3299/3 pcs drill V6 hole end length extension may vary carburetor used Mount engine 4-40 bolts locknuts Insert washer between bolt heads engine mounting lugs other between doubler locknuts throttle linkage made 2-56 threaded rod Bend rod shape stall threaded quick link cen tered threaded portion rod tach linkage carburetor throttle arm Install solder quick link throt tle arm bellcrank Ensure bellcrank carburetor high-speed position- use bellcrank shown plans pull way out up down lead-outs Position threaded rod against solder link cut length should protrude about A6 Solder threaded rod quick link Using lead-outs work throttle link age ensure free throttle movement Work elevator ensure moves freely both high low speeds well mid range Flying Start lead-out guide 2 bottom wing 1 front lead-out guide brace Trim plane high speed moving leadout guide forward back until plane flies close 70 mph can get 257 seconds eight laps Trim plane low speed moving lead-out guide either forward back either up down Make adjustments lead-out guide time moving guide just little time Fly plane before making further adjustments No matter workmanlike build ing nothing can take place practice learning handle particular model Fly aircraft kinds weather youll ready anything contest day have questions about building flying Curtiss XF13C feel free contact PO Box 240 Auburn KS 66402 through CompuServes ModelNet addressed 731702741 responding advertisers mention read about Model Aviation WRAM Show/Myers Continued page 92 mounts lists $7995 Look inside wings new Sailplanes Ace RC Inc r just down hail showing prototype its AM-PWM Micropro 8000 sys tem offered either $175 update companys Silver Seven AM transmitter complete new transmitter metal-gimbal sticks $375 will available spring 1990 Since can update existing Silver Seven system Micropro offers low-cost troduction computer-assisted aircraft character istics fact R5232 port available op tion port allows exchange aircraft con trol parameters IBM-compatible com puter option includes MS-DOS applica tion program configures mixing etc can learn little bit about things Sometime future another option will let play aircraft characteristics home via computer simulation Also available will transmitter box control sticks will plug computers game port Youll able maneuvers Dave Browns computer simulation allows plus try out wild ideas intend pump real RC model Like Airtronics Ace uses TOSEPROMr planned exchangeable updates Programming mixing control throws servo reversing etc configuration done via control sticks used like arrow keys computer keyboard search 198 Model Aviation SUPER FAST RECOVERY SYSTEMS Making Flight Failsafe e Superiority Rocket Fast Deployment e cost effective means insuring aircraft & its gear e Avoid fatal mishaps e Great novice expert LL2 has Recovery System Fit Aircraft SPECIFY ENGINE SIZE Plans Sand lg K/f Sand 199w Plus 25a Shipping & Handling PO BOX 629 ON WI 54016 0 TOWER HOBBIES has Mighty LItE worlds first premium BodseasytnyCA time right. use Mighty LiteM Coil toll free 1-800-637-6050 Refer toad#01066 After setting up booth Lowell Pierson Scande Research Inc takes quiet moment build another Helicopter Scande sells di rectly builders carries nice line hand-launched rubber-powered models -ADVERTISERS INDEX ADVERTISERS INDEX ADVERTISERS INDEX ADVERTISERS INDEX 4-M Company167 A-J Manufacturing Inc163 AMA Employment175 AMA Membership71 Ace Radio Control13 Aero Electronics204 Aerospace Composite Prod20 Air Flair202 Airborne Hobbies119 Airtronics2 Altech MarketingCoy 3 American Small Busn Computers 6 Applied Design Corp200 Applied Engineering49 Atlanta IMS189 B&P Associates8 Quay Barber Models174 Blue Ridge Mach & Tools188 Bolar Heli Research41 T Borgerson4 Bridi Aircraft Bru Line Industries167 Byron Originals105 182 CH Electronics51 Ca Ra Products190 Cambridge Model Aircraft45 Campbell Tools Co173 Cleveland Model Supply16 Composite Aircraft Eng & Sup169 Corehouse176 Coverite101 Cox Hobbies119 Culpepper Models Inc172 Cygnet Software185 D&J Electronics104 D&R Aircraft Mfg47 DGA Designs156 Daedalus Research Inc177 Davey Systems Corp37 Doylejet188 Dry Ridge Models174 Du-Bro Products Inc117 187 Duracraft72 FHS Supply Inc22-23 Farnsworth & Elroy160 Fiberglass Master202 Fiorenze Hobby Conter196 First RC Flight School204 Flight Fest4 Flyline Models18 Fourmost Products47 Fults Dual Struts176 Futaba Corp America102-103 G&A Products 196 GM Precision Products160 Gas Model Products175 Gator RC Products162 Carl Goldberg Models109 Golden Gate Hobbies38-39 Gorham Model Products8 Great Planes19 High Sky184 High Tech USA184-185 Hobbico94 Hobby Barn158-159 Hobby Dynamics1 17 20 110-111 118 183 203 Hobby Horn18 Hobby Lobby International1 78-181 Hobby Woods49 Bob Holman Plans196 1MM174 Ikon Northwest Co43 Indy RC Sales Inc164466 J&L Enterprises204 JTec53 JCM Company188 JR Radios .. 17 110-111 118 183 203 Jacks Models185 Larry Jolly Model Products176 Jomar57 K&B Mfg177 K&S Engineering57 K-Flight Industries200 Kalt1 Kingsway Enterprises184 Knights Air167 Kraft Midwest169 Kustom Kraftsmanship156 Landing Products41 Lanier RC49 Lone Star Models18 Lous Jet Age Hobbies177 MACS Products169 MARC Show 168 Mach-716 Maral Technologies72 McDaniel RC Service104 Messers Quality Models196 Micro Mark6-7 Mighty Lite191 198 Carl V Miller188 Model Rectifier CorpCoy 2 Morgan Fuel112 Mutchlers Hobbies170-171 Nor-Ray Products Inc57 Northeast Aerodynamics51 Northeast Screen Graphics172 Northwest Hobby Supply201 OS Engines 88 Ohio Superstar64 Pacer Tech11 Pattern Tek45 Peck Leisure Products200 Peck-Polymers172 Penn Valley Hobby Center188 Performance Products Ultd45 Performance Specialties192 Phazon Inc20 Pica Products5 Pin-Nik Sales192 Plane Video20 Progress Mfg Co52 RAM51 RC Buyers Guide196 RCD Inc10 RC Soaring Digest176 RC Video Review161 RJL Industries175 Radio South36 Red Max Fuel22-23 Reichmuth Electronics174 Roamin Research200 Robart53 Rons Model Building167 Rossi USA93 RounTuit53 SAC190 SFR198 SR Batteries 157 Safety Plus16 65 Satellite City15 Scale Glider Components190 Scale Masters35 Scale Model Research188 Scale Plans & Photo Ser173 Sermos RC Snap Connectors18 Shamrock Competition Imports173 Sheldons Hobby Shop59 Sig Mfg Co64 86-87 197 Software Associates162 Stangel Enterprises187 Sun Craft173 Superior Aircraft30 T&D Fiberglass Spec192 TEAM72 Tatone Products Co65 Tejera Microsystems Eng104 Tidewater Hobby Enterprises119 Top Flite Models Inc9 Tower Hobbies193-195 Tru-Turn58 Twinn-K202 US Aircore21 US Quadra119 Ultimatesport RC172 VL Products 188 Bob Violett Models 12 WE Technical Services198 Williams Brothers65 Windsor Propeller Co47 64 Wing Mfg10 Woodgrains Inc177 Worden Woodworks204 World EnginesCover 4 Voshioka20 Zimpro Marketing12 through multitier menu system present RF deck Silver Seven plug n plans provision plugging fl module hack case other man ufacturers Ace will time availability module coincide introduction its own FM receiver decent 1991 AM receiver available will provide better interference resistance equivalent FM receiver dont rush junk AM system just yet Besides trans mitter can configured control four eight channels means can control two- three- four-channel microreceivers some people use love six- eightchannel transmitters wont gain additional channel Micropro 8000 modulator board installed place Silver Seven board Micropro 8000 trans mitter configuration provides six proportional channels two switched channels though can change suit particular needs What really sets Micropro system apart Cunijnued fli /It 200 June 1990 199 Ruff Stuff $115 per sheet Mini Glue Tips Add2O%totr 4for $106 Tee Stay Tray Lots Good Stuff Bar saio ied Design Corporation $300 ox 3384 Torrance CA 90610 .1. ____/ NEW INFO * CONSTRUCTION REVIEWS * HOW TOS Six Major Modeling Magazines its autotrim function hold sticks wher ever have to keep plane flying straight level push autotrim button Autotrim feature holds control setting memory let sticks return neutral assigns stored value mechanical neutral Yes can change total throw available maximum minimum positions stick offsets put trim range normally allowed hap pens screw clevis out appropri ate after landing just youve always done thereby equalizing servo throws Push autotrim again plane ground rematch electronic neutral trim position sticks mechanical neutral An AC-EPROM will store eight aircraft config urations Unlimited mixing allowed control end points displayed milliseconds pulse width can keep track what doing get confused initialize command menu will set everything back unmixed nominal 15-ms neutral believe thats dangerous com mand menu understand asks really want initialize system before actually initializing ever get sys tems Ill have hide programming switch deep inside transmitter keep away mischievous fingers Ace has purchased RC Extras business Jim Van Loo president IMAA hired him Ace family same good products will remain better distribution Polks Hobbies Lewis Polk promised have something significantly better RC sys tems line its ready publication yet keep hearing reports people have suc cessfully used Challenger 550 PCM inter ference situations other systems fail new system has some big shoes fill Polks Hobbies now has factory China just short walk over bridge Hong Kong have sample new Polks servo Aris tocraft Hitec T-3360 will list $1095 similar previous Hitec servos have worked well has plastic gears iso lated feedback potentiometer metal bushings both ends output shaft has 25% lower price tag plastic case circuit board marked Thorr NY case has sticker saying Made China no gaskets keep out dust moisture Polks Hobbies displayed two small clever peak detection chargers electric boat car airplane folks can used companys CG-300A High Capacity AC/DC Converter First Thorr #330 Peak Detection Fast Charger two six amps features LCD digital volt amp meter switchable function LCD cumulative charge meter inte grates ampere-seconds charging pulses delivered battery Second Thorr #320 has same circuit 330 omits digital meters its half price Cannon Bill Charlie Cannon looked bright chipper again have moved new location 2828 Cochran St Suite 281 Simi Valley CA 93065 deal too good pass up Bill now has time concentrate first love micro RC systems can pro duce next product has mind nobody will able touch him field has cut out himself Indoor RC dont think would unfair say goal put whole RC system something less dinary servo case Cannon has come up new covering prod uct called Litespan light 28 80 - grams/sq meter 1 oz/sq yd tough air tight waterproof fuel-proof heat shrinkable can attached iron-on adhesive called Balsaloc looks smells like Elmers Glue Litespan made Solarfilm England works way Solarfilm does except put glue want doesnt shrink much have good job covering first time claimed lighter Mod elspan thats doped enough make air tight Nine colors available cream yellow orange red blue dark green silver black white can read through everything black sheets bought measured 195 x 35 will initially make light-air sails 36/600 racing sailboat Bob Fiorenze showed new Fangine 100 offered introductory price $495 375-lb package combines engine mount fan developed unit produce 62 hp 24000 rpm burning 5% nitro fuel nine-blade fan produces 15 lb static thrust tailpipe velocity 230 260mph completely new engine modified weed- whacker thats immediately apparent handle So have reporters view 1990 WRAM Show highlights proof needed years exposition certainly showed RC industry making full use available technology meet 1990 head-on FOriginal The4 Sun Shelters 8x 8 * Sturdy Steel Frames Heavy Duty Fade Realatant Nylon 1OK1OCanopisa RdWhlte Blue alOx 15Sets Up sac 60 Seconds No Ropee Nothing Lasem big Authorized U-Z UP Corp Dealer John Peck Leisure Products Ltd *IMAA 3287AMA 8580131 Ravenwood Road Other Sizes Colors VersaillesKY40383 Acceseorles Available Plus1606 873-5172 Cuatom Logos LetteringWrite 200 Model Aviation Price
Edition: Model Aviation - 1990/06
Page Numbers: 89, 90, 91, 92, 198, 199, 200
THIS YEARS edition Westchester Aero Modelers annual midwinter show bigger better ever thanks efforts show manager Frank Devore volunteer work WRAM mem bers Though some familiar vendors Fu taba JR MRC among ab sent year virtually room show filled overflowing direc tory listed 144 booths Part video fair part model aviation flea market WRAM Show reliably forecasts coming technology RC industry years show theme would have TOS-EPROM Transmitter Operating SystemElectrically Program mable Read-Only Memory systems have around PCM sets seems year move design future set TOS-EPROM what liberates trans mitter design rigidity hardwired mixing fixed control throws Friday setup day vendors warm sunny windy An ABC News crew filmed show Saturday Sundaythe final daywas cold snowy windy subzero wind chill fac tor few shut-ins didnt make let say parking lots full before doors opened Does make feel better Once inside learned organizers set up free bus service big municipal parking lot short dis tance away Somehow remained se cret though sure wasnt supposed Well look next year Because show packed several boxes rooms various floors let enumerate wont miss thing next year main floor held AMA booth stage AMA transmit ter processing setup ladies lounge stage left projection room AMA movies District II meeting stage right fast food emporium stage left front building swap shop stage right front building about 90 vendors can see vendor booths stage WRA Show 90 look some examples new wave electronic wizardry other new products RC modelers showcased years packed-to-capacity show U George M Myers Bob Underwood AMA technical director right expounding Mike Gretz Sig Right Bill Hershberger left Allan Wasserman manning transmitter test station closing Saturday 280 transmitters checked 19 failed Sunday still faced June 1990 89 An overview main floor Westchester County Center home WRAM Show shot main floor shows over half vendors present booths set up John Worth left executive director AMA 25 years recipient years WRAMs McEntee medal presentatIon being made Don Lowe president AMA Left AMA Vice President John Byrne leading discussion District II meeting Also present AMA President Don Lowe Executive Director Vince Mankowski Technical Director Bob Underwood Distinguished Service award voted Executive Council pre sented John Byrne Edmund Whitten responded thoughiful speech AMA should dealing Juniors Right swap shop full discarded dreams Trading must have brisk judging numbers being constantly called over PA system U Left Representative fine craftsmanship seen WRAM Show beautiful Grumman F4F-2 Wildcat Right remarkable highly detailed Grumman SA-16A Albatross built Vic Macaluso actually entered Stand-off Scale Kind misrepresentation terms Left The influence Cole Palens Rhinebeck Aerodrome near Kingston NY competition World War era RC models held year showed clearly presence beautiful trio -scale WW fighters Right palm-sized Thorr 330 peak-detecting fast charger should become popular electric power crowd has built-in volt amp charge meters priced $9995 list arena floor picture floor below arena model dis play area past years held another collec tion vendors almost main floor couldnt photograph however because low ceiling Two rooms floor above arena stage right devoted models dis play crushing crowds couldnt see day John Worth executive director AMA 25 years awarded McEn tee Medal WRAMs trophy presentations Sunday models com peting trophies included planes boats cars eye percentage fine Scale models much higher year previously saw fewer Pattern sport models glossy paint jobs offered judging Obviously some Scale models took years complete Lets take walk down aisles see whats new world RC systems Airtronics Inc Bob Renaud spent some time explaining companys newest crea tion Infinity system An all-US effort its being developed worldwide mar ket prototypes currently being flown six-channel Infinity Helicopter sys tem scheduled available 1990 Other versions offering up 16 controlled channels will follow FM-ATPC Infinity transmitter housed ergonomically designed softly rounded case looks different supposed feel comfortable operator controls nicely placed some wants hold case hands fly hislher thumbs top sticks way Since have small hands found shape com fortable think design will satisfy va riety people wont however fit transmitter trays have seen Electronically new Infinity system promises great things Both transmitter receiver will have synthesized RF sections Thus dealer need stock type spare receiver still able sat isfy customer wants make up ad ditional airplane systems After whats advantage transmitter stores multiple setups cant buy spare receiv 90 Model Aviation ers want Thanks use synthesizers should able buy Airtronics receivers anywhere re ceiver electronically identical pro duced 1989 using crystal front end Configuration programming accom plished via touch screen transmit ters front panel computer trans mitter stores memory up 10 complete aircraft eight complete Helicopters mixture configurations linear exponential curve shaping can add mix channels ways computer 16-bit 20 MHz xx286 type encoding 10-bit analog-todigital ATCP Advanced Technology Chan nel Protocol can thought next-generation PCM ATCP claimed have better resolu tion offers user-assignable priority response can short 7 ins milliseconds most-used channels long 65 ins things arent often changed such on/off switches sys tems available today have fixed response usually set about 25 30 ins Programming stored two EPROMs Electrically Programmable Read-Only Memory aircraft configura tions AC transmitters op erating system TOS planned offer updates via exchanges TOS-EPROMS just computer software offers updated versions Because Airtronics chose use AC- TOS-EPROMs can remove transmitter battery losing programming have stored con figurations fact can remove EPROM changing its program receiver has synthesized front end interconnect transmitter receiver via patch cord receiver airplane can function scanner fore can look LCD display transmitter find out channels use Pick empty channel system stays channel until switched off pretty good logic forces think about channel go Left Bob Fiorenze center champion RC jet pilot Ronnie Kemp right manager Yellow Aircraft Hobby Supply Ltd 11919 Canyon Rd E Puyaliup WA 98373 stand behind l/-scale F-16A Falcon new Fangine 100 DesIgned ground up ducted-fan use all-new engine has introductory price $495 F-16A available kit $280 assembled painted $850 Right Ray Naylor manager Hyatt Hobbies Marchwood Shopping Center 45 Marchwood Rd Exton PA 19341 shows new Hirobo MH-10 Helicopter 10 engIne Resting below well-known 28-powered Shuttle video MH-10 showed flew quite well Pennsylvania June 1990 91 ing use guys have shot down because flier owning several identi cal transmitters different channels turned wrong transmitter has happened several times presence Conversely have owned operated synthesized Kraft transmitter five years have never yet seen heard Left display mockup demonstrates shape new Airtronics infinity transmit ter case Above George Schwarzer Ace display Aces Micro-Pro prototype very nice collection large models RC Extra line recently acquired Ace RC Jim Van Loo IMAA looming over Ace RC pavilion Thats George Schwarzer again hiding behind cup coffee presiding over Ace RCs very impressive display area SRF Kraft shooting anyone down Chew Dial-a-crash know-it-ails Syn thesizers definitely way move future keep costs down synthesized 75 MHz transmitter also planned 1991 Airtronics 94141 servo weighing 11 oz featuring 42 inch-ounces torque coreless motor metal gear train introduced Tiny light pow erful 94141 has built-in flange side Continued page 198 92 Model Aviation Left Aristocraff Hitec T-3360 servo isa product Polks new factory China has piastic gears isoiated feedback potentiometer metai bushings both ends output shaft Right T-3360 servo opened up showing good conventionai design construction Left Harry Higiey Harry B Higiey Sons inc PO Box 532 Gienwood iL 60425 demonstrates tube bender interested cus tomer wife Lure watches intently Harry authored popuiar Getting Airborne Voi ii series Right An impressive coliection /scale Laser 200 models roundup Sachs-Dolmar engines displayed TG Mfg 857 High Mountain Rd North Haledon NJ 07508 L little silliness helps break tension see Jerry Jarvis MEN Model En gineering Norwalk preparing attempt loop RC helium balloon soon learned driving basket full power down side attempted loop also drove balloon right down floor Sig producer Sears Roebuck catalog model aviation present Its new Ninja Slope Soarer announcement recently acquired DJ Muitistripe Bill Effinger * says Plan Pattern0 Sees gixe esovyned designs yes want have selected best c/exalt desigxs time cheese pamenns part important exclusive feature One-Third Scale Piper Tn-Pacer PA-22 118-3/8 wing span sq mong area 20 30 cid engines Fot 45 channel RIO ox 12 lbs 16 overall length Plywoodlbalsa tulseluge removeablo wing yanels steerable nose wheel designed exty ground hondling aed aothentrc stain flight yorlormancv RC2S 3I $2996 1/3 Scale Piper Cub J-3 119 wing spun ongth o 2800 sc wing arco 4 oh RIC 20-30 cid engines RC3S-2 5 Quarter Scale- WWI SE-BA 88th wiog span sq wing aree 78 22 engines ACOS- 6 FOKKER DR-i TRIPLANE 72 wing span sq wing area 78 tolSO engines RCOS8 6 SOPWITH CAMEL P1 84 wing span 0 sq wing area11 lbs mix AIC wood haixa weettoctixe over 68 sq ft drawings 6C05-1 1 6 Quaaler Scale WWI Fokker New V 11 88 wingspan sq wing area 8825 cid engine cheflIbs RCOS-h 82495 Full cantilever wings leo flying wiresl Removal engine unit Shock mounted landing gear Balnalplywoud fuselage built-up hiusa wing 6111 Effieger Paxertleg Meerber AMA NPFS Hall Penner yrivw art fur onmyloro plans sue uxuamhlv b dorailed pane lines PLEASE ADO 8288 for shippleg mailing tubal Sew 1888 Plan sets bruvytro returdablo yr first urderil SPAD C-XIII 57g/rVtingnpa 22esq wingerea13 03 engexe IneghtahenOcapes IRCOS-8 6 TECHNICAL SERVICES URn 1 Box 2900 Santa Rosa Beech PL324B9 TOWERSTWWI Special StockSuggestedSPECIAL NumberRetailPRICE HEOlOC 1/8X6rx121560/6pCs1299/Opca HEOllO 1/8x12x244950/6 pcs349916pcs HE0120 1/8rx1 Zx484650/3 pea3299/3 pcs drill V6 hole end length extension may vary carburetor used Mount engine 4-40 bolts locknuts Insert washer between bolt heads engine mounting lugs other between doubler locknuts throttle linkage made 2-56 threaded rod Bend rod shape stall threaded quick link cen tered threaded portion rod tach linkage carburetor throttle arm Install solder quick link throt tle arm bellcrank Ensure bellcrank carburetor high-speed position- use bellcrank shown plans pull way out up down lead-outs Position threaded rod against solder link cut length should protrude about A6 Solder threaded rod quick link Using lead-outs work throttle link age ensure free throttle movement Work elevator ensure moves freely both high low speeds well mid range Flying Start lead-out guide 2 bottom wing 1 front lead-out guide brace Trim plane high speed moving leadout guide forward back until plane flies close 70 mph can get 257 seconds eight laps Trim plane low speed moving lead-out guide either forward back either up down Make adjustments lead-out guide time moving guide just little time Fly plane before making further adjustments No matter workmanlike build ing nothing can take place practice learning handle particular model Fly aircraft kinds weather youll ready anything contest day have questions about building flying Curtiss XF13C feel free contact PO Box 240 Auburn KS 66402 through CompuServes ModelNet addressed 731702741 responding advertisers mention read about Model Aviation WRAM Show/Myers Continued page 92 mounts lists $7995 Look inside wings new Sailplanes Ace RC Inc r just down hail showing prototype its AM-PWM Micropro 8000 sys tem offered either $175 update companys Silver Seven AM transmitter complete new transmitter metal-gimbal sticks $375 will available spring 1990 Since can update existing Silver Seven system Micropro offers low-cost troduction computer-assisted aircraft character istics fact R5232 port available op tion port allows exchange aircraft con trol parameters IBM-compatible com puter option includes MS-DOS applica tion program configures mixing etc can learn little bit about things Sometime future another option will let play aircraft characteristics home via computer simulation Also available will transmitter box control sticks will plug computers game port Youll able maneuvers Dave Browns computer simulation allows plus try out wild ideas intend pump real RC model Like Airtronics Ace uses TOSEPROMr planned exchangeable updates Programming mixing control throws servo reversing etc configuration done via control sticks used like arrow keys computer keyboard search 198 Model Aviation SUPER FAST RECOVERY SYSTEMS Making Flight Failsafe e Superiority Rocket Fast Deployment e cost effective means insuring aircraft & its gear e Avoid fatal mishaps e Great novice expert LL2 has Recovery System Fit Aircraft SPECIFY ENGINE SIZE Plans Sand lg K/f Sand 199w Plus 25a Shipping & Handling PO BOX 629 ON WI 54016 0 TOWER HOBBIES has Mighty LItE worlds first premium BodseasytnyCA time right. use Mighty LiteM Coil toll free 1-800-637-6050 Refer toad#01066 After setting up booth Lowell Pierson Scande Research Inc takes quiet moment build another Helicopter Scande sells di rectly builders carries nice line hand-launched rubber-powered models -ADVERTISERS INDEX ADVERTISERS INDEX ADVERTISERS INDEX ADVERTISERS INDEX 4-M Company167 A-J Manufacturing Inc163 AMA Employment175 AMA Membership71 Ace Radio Control13 Aero Electronics204 Aerospace Composite Prod20 Air Flair202 Airborne Hobbies119 Airtronics2 Altech MarketingCoy 3 American Small Busn Computers 6 Applied Design Corp200 Applied Engineering49 Atlanta IMS189 B&P Associates8 Quay Barber Models174 Blue Ridge Mach & Tools188 Bolar Heli Research41 T Borgerson4 Bridi Aircraft Bru Line Industries167 Byron Originals105 182 CH Electronics51 Ca Ra Products190 Cambridge Model Aircraft45 Campbell Tools Co173 Cleveland Model Supply16 Composite Aircraft Eng & Sup169 Corehouse176 Coverite101 Cox Hobbies119 Culpepper Models Inc172 Cygnet Software185 D&J Electronics104 D&R Aircraft Mfg47 DGA Designs156 Daedalus Research Inc177 Davey Systems Corp37 Doylejet188 Dry Ridge Models174 Du-Bro Products Inc117 187 Duracraft72 FHS Supply Inc22-23 Farnsworth & Elroy160 Fiberglass Master202 Fiorenze Hobby Conter196 First RC Flight School204 Flight Fest4 Flyline Models18 Fourmost Products47 Fults Dual Struts176 Futaba Corp America102-103 G&A Products 196 GM Precision Products160 Gas Model Products175 Gator RC Products162 Carl Goldberg Models109 Golden Gate Hobbies38-39 Gorham Model Products8 Great Planes19 High Sky184 High Tech USA184-185 Hobbico94 Hobby Barn158-159 Hobby Dynamics1 17 20 110-111 118 183 203 Hobby Horn18 Hobby Lobby International1 78-181 Hobby Woods49 Bob Holman Plans196 1MM174 Ikon Northwest Co43 Indy RC Sales Inc164466 J&L Enterprises204 JTec53 JCM Company188 JR Radios .. 17 110-111 118 183 203 Jacks Models185 Larry Jolly Model Products176 Jomar57 K&B Mfg177 K&S Engineering57 K-Flight Industries200 Kalt1 Kingsway Enterprises184 Knights Air167 Kraft Midwest169 Kustom Kraftsmanship156 Landing Products41 Lanier RC49 Lone Star Models18 Lous Jet Age Hobbies177 MACS Products169 MARC Show 168 Mach-716 Maral Technologies72 McDaniel RC Service104 Messers Quality Models196 Micro Mark6-7 Mighty Lite191 198 Carl V Miller188 Model Rectifier CorpCoy 2 Morgan Fuel112 Mutchlers Hobbies170-171 Nor-Ray Products Inc57 Northeast Aerodynamics51 Northeast Screen Graphics172 Northwest Hobby Supply201 OS Engines 88 Ohio Superstar64 Pacer Tech11 Pattern Tek45 Peck Leisure Products200 Peck-Polymers172 Penn Valley Hobby Center188 Performance Products Ultd45 Performance Specialties192 Phazon Inc20 Pica Products5 Pin-Nik Sales192 Plane Video20 Progress Mfg Co52 RAM51 RC Buyers Guide196 RCD Inc10 RC Soaring Digest176 RC Video Review161 RJL Industries175 Radio South36 Red Max Fuel22-23 Reichmuth Electronics174 Roamin Research200 Robart53 Rons Model Building167 Rossi USA93 RounTuit53 SAC190 SFR198 SR Batteries 157 Safety Plus16 65 Satellite City15 Scale Glider Components190 Scale Masters35 Scale Model Research188 Scale Plans & Photo Ser173 Sermos RC Snap Connectors18 Shamrock Competition Imports173 Sheldons Hobby Shop59 Sig Mfg Co64 86-87 197 Software Associates162 Stangel Enterprises187 Sun Craft173 Superior Aircraft30 T&D Fiberglass Spec192 TEAM72 Tatone Products Co65 Tejera Microsystems Eng104 Tidewater Hobby Enterprises119 Top Flite Models Inc9 Tower Hobbies193-195 Tru-Turn58 Twinn-K202 US Aircore21 US Quadra119 Ultimatesport RC172 VL Products 188 Bob Violett Models 12 WE Technical Services198 Williams Brothers65 Windsor Propeller Co47 64 Wing Mfg10 Woodgrains Inc177 Worden Woodworks204 World EnginesCover 4 Voshioka20 Zimpro Marketing12 through multitier menu system present RF deck Silver Seven plug n plans provision plugging fl module hack case other man ufacturers Ace will time availability module coincide introduction its own FM receiver decent 1991 AM receiver available will provide better interference resistance equivalent FM receiver dont rush junk AM system just yet Besides trans mitter can configured control four eight channels means can control two- three- four-channel microreceivers some people use love six- eightchannel transmitters wont gain additional channel Micropro 8000 modulator board installed place Silver Seven board Micropro 8000 trans mitter configuration provides six proportional channels two switched channels though can change suit particular needs What really sets Micropro system apart Cunijnued fli /It 200 June 1990 199 Ruff Stuff $115 per sheet Mini Glue Tips Add2O%totr 4for $106 Tee Stay Tray Lots Good Stuff Bar saio ied Design Corporation $300 ox 3384 Torrance CA 90610 .1. ____/ NEW INFO * CONSTRUCTION REVIEWS * HOW TOS Six Major Modeling Magazines its autotrim function hold sticks wher ever have to keep plane flying straight level push autotrim button Autotrim feature holds control setting memory let sticks return neutral assigns stored value mechanical neutral Yes can change total throw available maximum minimum positions stick offsets put trim range normally allowed hap pens screw clevis out appropri ate after landing just youve always done thereby equalizing servo throws Push autotrim again plane ground rematch electronic neutral trim position sticks mechanical neutral An AC-EPROM will store eight aircraft config urations Unlimited mixing allowed control end points displayed milliseconds pulse width can keep track what doing get confused initialize command menu will set everything back unmixed nominal 15-ms neutral believe thats dangerous com mand menu understand asks really want initialize system before actually initializing ever get sys tems Ill have hide programming switch deep inside transmitter keep away mischievous fingers Ace has purchased RC Extras business Jim Van Loo president IMAA hired him Ace family same good products will remain better distribution Polks Hobbies Lewis Polk promised have something significantly better RC sys tems line its ready publication yet keep hearing reports people have suc cessfully used Challenger 550 PCM inter ference situations other systems fail new system has some big shoes fill Polks Hobbies now has factory China just short walk over bridge Hong Kong have sample new Polks servo Aris tocraft Hitec T-3360 will list $1095 similar previous Hitec servos have worked well has plastic gears iso lated feedback potentiometer metal bushings both ends output shaft has 25% lower price tag plastic case circuit board marked Thorr NY case has sticker saying Made China no gaskets keep out dust moisture Polks Hobbies displayed two small clever peak detection chargers electric boat car airplane folks can used companys CG-300A High Capacity AC/DC Converter First Thorr #330 Peak Detection Fast Charger two six amps features LCD digital volt amp meter switchable function LCD cumulative charge meter inte grates ampere-seconds charging pulses delivered battery Second Thorr #320 has same circuit 330 omits digital meters its half price Cannon Bill Charlie Cannon looked bright chipper again have moved new location 2828 Cochran St Suite 281 Simi Valley CA 93065 deal too good pass up Bill now has time concentrate first love micro RC systems can pro duce next product has mind nobody will able touch him field has cut out himself Indoor RC dont think would unfair say goal put whole RC system something less dinary servo case Cannon has come up new covering prod uct called Litespan light 28 80 - grams/sq meter 1 oz/sq yd tough air tight waterproof fuel-proof heat shrinkable can attached iron-on adhesive called Balsaloc looks smells like Elmers Glue Litespan made Solarfilm England works way Solarfilm does except put glue want doesnt shrink much have good job covering first time claimed lighter Mod elspan thats doped enough make air tight Nine colors available cream yellow orange red blue dark green silver black white can read through everything black sheets bought measured 195 x 35 will initially make light-air sails 36/600 racing sailboat Bob Fiorenze showed new Fangine 100 offered introductory price $495 375-lb package combines engine mount fan developed unit produce 62 hp 24000 rpm burning 5% nitro fuel nine-blade fan produces 15 lb static thrust tailpipe velocity 230 260mph completely new engine modified weed- whacker thats immediately apparent handle So have reporters view 1990 WRAM Show highlights proof needed years exposition certainly showed RC industry making full use available technology meet 1990 head-on FOriginal The4 Sun Shelters 8x 8 * Sturdy Steel Frames Heavy Duty Fade Realatant Nylon 1OK1OCanopisa RdWhlte Blue alOx 15Sets Up sac 60 Seconds No Ropee Nothing Lasem big Authorized U-Z UP Corp Dealer John Peck Leisure Products Ltd *IMAA 3287AMA 8580131 Ravenwood Road Other Sizes Colors VersaillesKY40383 Acceseorles Available Plus1606 873-5172 Cuatom Logos LetteringWrite 200 Model Aviation Price
Edition: Model Aviation - 1990/06
Page Numbers: 89, 90, 91, 92, 198, 199, 200
THIS YEARS edition Westchester Aero Modelers annual midwinter show bigger better ever thanks efforts show manager Frank Devore volunteer work WRAM mem bers Though some familiar vendors Fu taba JR MRC among ab sent year virtually room show filled overflowing direc tory listed 144 booths Part video fair part model aviation flea market WRAM Show reliably forecasts coming technology RC industry years show theme would have TOS-EPROM Transmitter Operating SystemElectrically Program mable Read-Only Memory systems have around PCM sets seems year move design future set TOS-EPROM what liberates trans mitter design rigidity hardwired mixing fixed control throws Friday setup day vendors warm sunny windy An ABC News crew filmed show Saturday Sundaythe final daywas cold snowy windy subzero wind chill fac tor few shut-ins didnt make let say parking lots full before doors opened Does make feel better Once inside learned organizers set up free bus service big municipal parking lot short dis tance away Somehow remained se cret though sure wasnt supposed Well look next year Because show packed several boxes rooms various floors let enumerate wont miss thing next year main floor held AMA booth stage AMA transmit ter processing setup ladies lounge stage left projection room AMA movies District II meeting stage right fast food emporium stage left front building swap shop stage right front building about 90 vendors can see vendor booths stage WRA Show 90 look some examples new wave electronic wizardry other new products RC modelers showcased years packed-to-capacity show U George M Myers Bob Underwood AMA technical director right expounding Mike Gretz Sig Right Bill Hershberger left Allan Wasserman manning transmitter test station closing Saturday 280 transmitters checked 19 failed Sunday still faced June 1990 89 An overview main floor Westchester County Center home WRAM Show shot main floor shows over half vendors present booths set up John Worth left executive director AMA 25 years recipient years WRAMs McEntee medal presentatIon being made Don Lowe president AMA Left AMA Vice President John Byrne leading discussion District II meeting Also present AMA President Don Lowe Executive Director Vince Mankowski Technical Director Bob Underwood Distinguished Service award voted Executive Council pre sented John Byrne Edmund Whitten responded thoughiful speech AMA should dealing Juniors Right swap shop full discarded dreams Trading must have brisk judging numbers being constantly called over PA system U Left Representative fine craftsmanship seen WRAM Show beautiful Grumman F4F-2 Wildcat Right remarkable highly detailed Grumman SA-16A Albatross built Vic Macaluso actually entered Stand-off Scale Kind misrepresentation terms Left The influence Cole Palens Rhinebeck Aerodrome near Kingston NY competition World War era RC models held year showed clearly presence beautiful trio -scale WW fighters Right palm-sized Thorr 330 peak-detecting fast charger should become popular electric power crowd has built-in volt amp charge meters priced $9995 list arena floor picture floor below arena model dis play area past years held another collec tion vendors almost main floor couldnt photograph however because low ceiling Two rooms floor above arena stage right devoted models dis play crushing crowds couldnt see day John Worth executive director AMA 25 years awarded McEn tee Medal WRAMs trophy presentations Sunday models com peting trophies included planes boats cars eye percentage fine Scale models much higher year previously saw fewer Pattern sport models glossy paint jobs offered judging Obviously some Scale models took years complete Lets take walk down aisles see whats new world RC systems Airtronics Inc Bob Renaud spent some time explaining companys newest crea tion Infinity system An all-US effort its being developed worldwide mar ket prototypes currently being flown six-channel Infinity Helicopter sys tem scheduled available 1990 Other versions offering up 16 controlled channels will follow FM-ATPC Infinity transmitter housed ergonomically designed softly rounded case looks different supposed feel comfortable operator controls nicely placed some wants hold case hands fly hislher thumbs top sticks way Since have small hands found shape com fortable think design will satisfy va riety people wont however fit transmitter trays have seen Electronically new Infinity system promises great things Both transmitter receiver will have synthesized RF sections Thus dealer need stock type spare receiver still able sat isfy customer wants make up ad ditional airplane systems After whats advantage transmitter stores multiple setups cant buy spare receiv 90 Model Aviation ers want Thanks use synthesizers should able buy Airtronics receivers anywhere re ceiver electronically identical pro duced 1989 using crystal front end Configuration programming accom plished via touch screen transmit ters front panel computer trans mitter stores memory up 10 complete aircraft eight complete Helicopters mixture configurations linear exponential curve shaping can add mix channels ways computer 16-bit 20 MHz xx286 type encoding 10-bit analog-todigital ATCP Advanced Technology Chan nel Protocol can thought next-generation PCM ATCP claimed have better resolu tion offers user-assignable priority response can short 7 ins milliseconds most-used channels long 65 ins things arent often changed such on/off switches sys tems available today have fixed response usually set about 25 30 ins Programming stored two EPROMs Electrically Programmable Read-Only Memory aircraft configura tions AC transmitters op erating system TOS planned offer updates via exchanges TOS-EPROMS just computer software offers updated versions Because Airtronics chose use AC- TOS-EPROMs can remove transmitter battery losing programming have stored con figurations fact can remove EPROM changing its program receiver has synthesized front end interconnect transmitter receiver via patch cord receiver airplane can function scanner fore can look LCD display transmitter find out channels use Pick empty channel system stays channel until switched off pretty good logic forces think about channel go Left Bob Fiorenze center champion RC jet pilot Ronnie Kemp right manager Yellow Aircraft Hobby Supply Ltd 11919 Canyon Rd E Puyaliup WA 98373 stand behind l/-scale F-16A Falcon new Fangine 100 DesIgned ground up ducted-fan use all-new engine has introductory price $495 F-16A available kit $280 assembled painted $850 Right Ray Naylor manager Hyatt Hobbies Marchwood Shopping Center 45 Marchwood Rd Exton PA 19341 shows new Hirobo MH-10 Helicopter 10 engIne Resting below well-known 28-powered Shuttle video MH-10 showed flew quite well Pennsylvania June 1990 91 ing use guys have shot down because flier owning several identi cal transmitters different channels turned wrong transmitter has happened several times presence Conversely have owned operated synthesized Kraft transmitter five years have never yet seen heard Left display mockup demonstrates shape new Airtronics infinity transmit ter case Above George Schwarzer Ace display Aces Micro-Pro prototype very nice collection large models RC Extra line recently acquired Ace RC Jim Van Loo IMAA looming over Ace RC pavilion Thats George Schwarzer again hiding behind cup coffee presiding over Ace RCs very impressive display area SRF Kraft shooting anyone down Chew Dial-a-crash know-it-ails Syn thesizers definitely way move future keep costs down synthesized 75 MHz transmitter also planned 1991 Airtronics 94141 servo weighing 11 oz featuring 42 inch-ounces torque coreless motor metal gear train introduced Tiny light pow erful 94141 has built-in flange side Continued page 198 92 Model Aviation Left Aristocraff Hitec T-3360 servo isa product Polks new factory China has piastic gears isoiated feedback potentiometer metai bushings both ends output shaft Right T-3360 servo opened up showing good conventionai design construction Left Harry Higiey Harry B Higiey Sons inc PO Box 532 Gienwood iL 60425 demonstrates tube bender interested cus tomer wife Lure watches intently Harry authored popuiar Getting Airborne Voi ii series Right An impressive coliection /scale Laser 200 models roundup Sachs-Dolmar engines displayed TG Mfg 857 High Mountain Rd North Haledon NJ 07508 L little silliness helps break tension see Jerry Jarvis MEN Model En gineering Norwalk preparing attempt loop RC helium balloon soon learned driving basket full power down side attempted loop also drove balloon right down floor Sig producer Sears Roebuck catalog model aviation present Its new Ninja Slope Soarer announcement recently acquired DJ Muitistripe Bill Effinger * says Plan Pattern0 Sees gixe esovyned designs yes want have selected best c/exalt desigxs time cheese pamenns part important exclusive feature One-Third Scale Piper Tn-Pacer PA-22 118-3/8 wing span sq mong area 20 30 cid engines Fot 45 channel RIO ox 12 lbs 16 overall 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range Flying Start lead-out guide 2 bottom wing 1 front lead-out guide brace Trim plane high speed moving leadout guide forward back until plane flies close 70 mph can get 257 seconds eight laps Trim plane low speed moving lead-out guide either forward back either up down Make adjustments lead-out guide time moving guide just little time Fly plane before making further adjustments No matter workmanlike build ing nothing can take place practice learning handle particular model Fly aircraft kinds weather youll ready anything contest day have questions about building flying Curtiss XF13C feel free contact PO Box 240 Auburn KS 66402 through CompuServes ModelNet addressed 731702741 responding advertisers mention read about Model Aviation WRAM Show/Myers Continued page 92 mounts lists $7995 Look inside wings new Sailplanes Ace RC Inc r just down hail showing prototype its AM-PWM Micropro 8000 sys tem offered either $175 update companys Silver Seven AM transmitter complete new transmitter metal-gimbal sticks $375 will available spring 1990 Since can update existing Silver Seven system Micropro offers low-cost troduction computer-assisted aircraft character istics fact R5232 port available op tion port allows exchange aircraft con trol parameters IBM-compatible com puter option includes MS-DOS applica tion program configures mixing etc can learn little bit about things Sometime future another option will let play aircraft characteristics home via computer simulation Also available will transmitter box control sticks will plug computers game port Youll able maneuvers Dave Browns computer simulation allows plus try out wild ideas intend pump real RC model Like Airtronics Ace uses TOSEPROMr planned exchangeable updates Programming mixing control throws servo reversing etc configuration done via control sticks used like arrow keys computer keyboard search 198 Model Aviation SUPER FAST RECOVERY SYSTEMS Making Flight Failsafe e Superiority Rocket Fast Deployment e cost 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EnginesCover 4 Voshioka20 Zimpro Marketing12 through multitier menu system present RF deck Silver Seven plug n plans provision plugging fl module hack case other man ufacturers Ace will time availability module coincide introduction its own FM receiver decent 1991 AM receiver available will provide better interference resistance equivalent FM receiver dont rush junk AM system just yet Besides trans mitter can configured control four eight channels means can control two- three- four-channel microreceivers some people use love six- eightchannel transmitters wont gain additional channel Micropro 8000 modulator board installed place Silver Seven board Micropro 8000 trans mitter configuration provides six proportional channels two switched channels though can change suit particular needs What really sets Micropro system apart Cunijnued fli /It 200 June 1990 199 Ruff Stuff $115 per sheet Mini Glue Tips Add2O%totr 4for $106 Tee Stay Tray Lots Good Stuff Bar saio ied Design Corporation $300 ox 3384 Torrance CA 90610 .1. ____/ NEW INFO * CONSTRUCTION REVIEWS * HOW TOS Six Major Modeling Magazines its autotrim function hold sticks wher ever have to keep plane flying straight level push autotrim button Autotrim feature holds control setting memory let sticks return neutral assigns stored value mechanical neutral Yes can change total throw available maximum minimum positions stick offsets put trim range normally allowed hap pens screw clevis out appropri ate after landing just youve always done thereby equalizing servo throws Push autotrim again plane ground rematch electronic neutral trim position sticks mechanical neutral An AC-EPROM will store eight aircraft config urations Unlimited mixing allowed control end points displayed milliseconds pulse width can keep track what doing get confused initialize command menu will set everything back unmixed nominal 15-ms neutral believe thats dangerous com mand menu understand asks really want initialize system before actually initializing ever get sys tems Ill have hide programming switch deep inside transmitter keep away mischievous fingers Ace has purchased RC Extras business Jim Van Loo president IMAA hired him Ace family same good products will remain better distribution Polks Hobbies Lewis Polk promised have something significantly better RC sys tems line its ready publication yet keep hearing reports people have suc cessfully used Challenger 550 PCM inter ference situations other systems fail new system has some big shoes fill Polks Hobbies now has factory China just short walk over bridge Hong Kong have sample new Polks servo Aris tocraft Hitec T-3360 will list $1095 similar previous Hitec servos have worked well has plastic gears iso lated feedback potentiometer metal bushings both ends output shaft has 25% lower price tag plastic case circuit board marked Thorr NY case has sticker saying Made China no gaskets keep out dust moisture Polks Hobbies displayed two small clever peak detection chargers electric boat car airplane folks can used companys CG-300A High Capacity AC/DC Converter First Thorr #330 Peak Detection Fast Charger two six amps features LCD digital volt amp meter switchable function LCD cumulative charge meter inte grates ampere-seconds charging pulses delivered battery Second Thorr #320 has same circuit 330 omits digital meters its half price Cannon Bill Charlie Cannon looked bright chipper again have moved new location 2828 Cochran St Suite 281 Simi Valley CA 93065 deal too good pass up Bill now has time concentrate first love micro RC systems can pro duce next product has mind nobody will able touch him field has cut out himself Indoor RC dont think would unfair say goal put whole RC system something less dinary servo case Cannon has come up new covering prod uct called Litespan light 28 80 - grams/sq meter 1 oz/sq yd tough air tight waterproof fuel-proof heat shrinkable can attached iron-on adhesive called Balsaloc looks smells like Elmers Glue Litespan made Solarfilm England works way Solarfilm does except put glue want doesnt shrink much have good job covering first time claimed lighter Mod elspan thats doped enough make air tight Nine colors available cream yellow orange red blue dark green silver black white can read through everything black sheets bought measured 195 x 35 will initially make light-air sails 36/600 racing sailboat Bob Fiorenze showed new Fangine 100 offered introductory price $495 375-lb package combines engine mount fan developed unit produce 62 hp 24000 rpm burning 5% nitro fuel nine-blade fan produces 15 lb static thrust tailpipe velocity 230 260mph completely new engine modified weed- whacker thats immediately apparent handle So have reporters view 1990 WRAM Show highlights proof needed years exposition certainly showed RC industry making full use available technology meet 1990 head-on FOriginal The4 Sun Shelters 8x 8 * Sturdy Steel Frames Heavy Duty Fade Realatant Nylon 1OK1OCanopisa RdWhlte Blue alOx 15Sets Up 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