NO OCR TEXT NO OCR TEXT fuselage lite-ply balsa rugged enough handle rough treatment usually associated boxey trainers Airchild gas-gulper since designed perform fine engines 19 25 range its size allows carried intact compact car model fliers well full scale counterparts having brought up tricycle wheels tend shy away fearful tail draggers Nonsense required change tactics ground handling Taxiing should done full up elevators making steerable tail wheel quite effective Once lined up take-off elevators neutralized airspeed gained bit rudder torque touch up youre oft Once airborue Airchild quite fast though designed acrobatics mind does very creditable ioops Immelmans rolls will spin given sufficient rudder haif-throttle performs scalelike manner Landings bit fast side no problem AlI-in-ail tine flying model looks like real vintage airplane Golden Age flight Construction As basic structure throughout follows generaily accepted building procedures following will step-by-step account construct RC airplane instead will concentrate information amplify magazine plans Wing find helpful assemble tack glue Hot Stuff first after removing framework board follow second gluing using Titebond Wilhold aiiphatic resin Make sure ribs cut carefully accurately proper wood thickness Protect plans wax paper plastic-wrap wing built three sections starting center First bottom sheeting pinned down top spar ribs dihedral braces drop top RIA next top spar WI TE stock add top sheeting Hank Clark snapped picture early 24 C-8D old Roosevelt Field Long Island 24 development gone beyond 1940s can fantasize might have come look like Owens racy versionperhaps turbine long nose Ia Pilatus Porter perhaps 8 Model Aviation airchild may taildragger should handicap wellback gear insures good trackinghold up until gets rolling ease off lust steer bit necessary Yanking off dumb first attempt overcontrolled cut power taxi back excellent proportions areas flying surface locations will quickly recognized idealwed say reservationthatAirchild groovy craft attitudes smooth maneuvering pleasure control Dare say control will seem uncommonly realistic TVAS TOP VIEW STABILIZER ELEVATOR FULL SIZE PLANS AVAILABLE SEE PAGE 128 ASASASASASASAS ASAASAAAS WING PLAN ISSAASAA - I--- ri F LAGE SSSSSASSSSAAS JSASSSS K2 ENGINE IS TO 254 CHANNELS DESIGNED BY OWEN KAMPEN until center section has mated fuselage hole drilled 14 hold down dowel through Wi F2 wing panel pin down leading trailing edge sheeting eading edge bottom spruce spar glued top front sheeting Note plans show eading edge tapered follow airfoil contour gives maximum gluing area top sheeting therefore must carefully planed cut 1/AX piece ailerons glued top TE sheet After R2 next R3 place add vertical webbing top sparadd next rib vertical webbing etc through four stations shown remaining ribs follow top spar Note 1 sure angle aileron LE shown Note 2 After TI T2 glued place tip sheets both glued cut shape clamped till dry final sanding follows round off refine tip contour grain should parallel span Note 3 Mate three wing parts carefully Continued page 98 November1979 9 isyou nave everuoouieo exosic prories paper wiii nave urawn Sf15 Ofle YOU recognize structural highlights being way-to-do-itfamiliar isnt side ship appears have inverted engine like 24 yet know aide-mountedand high thrust line winner Wheel pants nicebut will still look good Left Stringered aft fuselage narrowing fin/rudder will found very effective improved stability response Airchilds best-of-show appearance imposes no structural penaltieswhat see no complicated simple sport model Right Designers deft touch wing framing obviousthis ideal way build open wing Aileron belicrank arrangement shows clearly Oo cannot make mistakes approach landing would big plane Nick dragged some picturebook carrier-type landings short approaches sometimes bounced bit Doubt Nick will ever damage gets out real authority surprisingly short runbetter sport models Slow rolls mag nificent guys fly others airplanes So George put Sniffer low motor great thermal set up rather fast-turning flight handed back stayed lift 15 minutes Aberle said Sniffer anyone cant learn fly wrn never learn fly anything Amaz ing people remember Wally Sim mers old Sniffer must have muchloved model Late day drinking warm Coke just George FO talking about Georges column field readers busy talks recorder drivespauses between swerves avoid other drivers put thing top car George talking us two places once God sounds like Quincy recording autopsy voice went describing what finding took apart some new gadget driving layer layer like guys England WW II defused bombs describe action case things went off As sun sank West took leave field Old George car talking machine Wonder what saying Matty Sullivan August 1979 passing modelers have lost dedicated friend another old guard early industry grew us truly exceptional man Matty handful manufacturing types Ilked customers modelers got out hot fields better determine needs could always talk one-on-one shows looked everything point view could done better sample foam wings Nats late Forties far far ahead time became fas cinated nylon something make stockings out first fill need starter perceived need lines things control line before war over Sullivan products part lives over 30 years Golden Rods tanks kinds sorts good things eveything fitting need ingenuity enthusiasm limitless Matty early dirt track racera good unforgettable ride MG Nats evening long ago became bricklayer got model busi ness times lean hed hang spells bricklaying would thing good industry AMA talked up such things put shoulder wheel meaningful ways anyone being wiser remember day Forties came New York Philly just stunt U-control model armory bene fit Life magazine photographer got stunning pictures strobe after hi atus country following editorship Air Trails writer come Model Airplane News its new editor Matty phoned nearbyhe caught early train Phlllyand said about having breakfast Now rift between Matty MAN ad vertised year handed us ad first went home Said wanted show support Years ago Academy out moneyit ran short year fore renewal time balled outand Matty asked director Russ Nichols gloomy Russ replied payroll could met disaster hand Matty pulled out checkbook may have saved Academy Matty survived se vere heart attacks kept up good fight lose big lung cancer nominated recently Hall Famea last-minute telegram telling him honor framed hung hospital room wall say will missed mere cliche leaves void kind wasone us Airchild/Kampen continued page 9 checking dihedral shown measured TE tip ribs top sheeting capstrips can added Note 4 out wing tip important can warped after covering original covered Super MonoKote Tail Surfaces plans self-explanatory butt joints made Hot Stuff equivalent rudder glued square stab before mounting fuselage Fuselage sides built directly over plans As poplar lite-ply usually has smooth rough side make sure cut left right cabin section Carefully cut angles 98 Model Aviation Kraftsmanship kit processed AAMCO GOLD BALSAThis Trainer will blow apart hits ground GREATEST B/C ~BASIC TRAINER Design & Kit ALL TIME Ask over 25000 satisfied builders H-BAY dealers sold themSHALL WE SAY MORE Andrews Aircraft Model Co Inc US Rte 1& North St Topsijeld Mas 01983 887-8541 Price $3995 kit per dollar bar em FOR THE SOARING BUFF supertape superwings appiies stickey brushing masking folio lts stronger typical R/C building materialEverything need know create lt weighs 1 gin per sq ft building area own super-performance sailplane lts 0005 thickA completely illustrated difinative work lts ready instant apply it20 pages packed technical data charts Olts quickest efficient method diagrams step-by-step instructions applying balsa greenskin other million $ worth information skin foam wing cores Plus dozens interested obtaining winning edge other great uses Try it in sailplane performance Hi Johnson 3/8roII $479 lroIl $795 2roII $1595 ALL ROLLS ARE 2160 LONG Only $150 e IIDEDAIUIC 11015 Glenoaks Blvd Pacoima CA 91331 l4~VVUEU%~ Tel 12131 899-4312 little piece electronic wizardry quickly easily reverses direction servo travel plugged between receiver servo will work positive pulse servos three four wire Connectors NOT furnished Available unassembled kit form assembled tested 14K104Ace Servo Reverser kit $795 14K104CAceServo Reverser assy $1150 details send Si latest catalog Add $50 1st Class return $1 hand ling direct orders 815 584-7121 ply balsa sides meet Next contact cement braces doublers place Formers F2 F3 go next using aliphatic resin epoxy Keep square Check alignment before gluing clamping sides together tail install F3 F4 Locate engine mount flush top Fl Glue bolt place before epoxying Fl between fuse sides Mount engine temporarily tack glue hatch nose bottom nose blocks position can rough carved sanded shape FN positioned fit engine Scrap a used front FN complete cowling Fit spinner time Take time round corners sleek smooth front end hatch cut before being removed Now bottom sheeting added cross grain strength Install rudder elevator Nyrod tubes prefer braided cable controls because temperature sensitive top goes next uce string ers Fair stringers F4 shown Bend landing gear wire indicated Cut ply parts landing gear mount epoxy first fuse bottom Tack giue gear wires place Hot Stuff add ply spacers between can wrapped soft copper wire soldered metal strut attachment strap goes next Last third ply piece giued screwed place lock solidly together Check alignment gear evenness true tacking build up balsa sandwich falrings Sand smoothly streamlined section wheel pants optional greatly improve scale-like look made remov able grass field operation attaching square ply insert landing gear inside pants cut out make tight slipI AF I/ inc BOX 511E HIGGINSVILLE MO 64037 over fit ottom stringers added sanded shape shown plans Fit stab rest between sides Next carefully align giue tail section fuse Everything must square trueno tilts turns Carve install fillets side rudder Now wing can mated fuselage -down dowel installed pieces rear cabin opening drilled tapped take n bolts wing attached carve fit fairing top wing flow smoothly fuselage top tail wheel uses standard Goldberg accessory epoxied screwed fuse Engine Notes After fuel-proofing tank engine sections epoxy mount engine 0-0 thrustline uncluttered front end found Tatone Exhaust Manifold ACE R/C Catalog 16L269 worked just fine would recom mend maximum scale effect local modeler chose mount engine 450 angie order accommodate standard muffler iound tank installation easier tank positioned its side rather upright fuselage covered Orange Super MonoKote black trim cut Mono Kote Trim sheets windows windshield attached using Hot Stuff sparingly wing struts non-functional can eliminated desired Small screws through metal straps end hold place clevis can used connect struts fuse wish Flying As plane flies fairly fast excessive control movements necessary Start about ection ailerons tail surfaces Take-offs ST 23 quick rather short ground run Clark Y-type airfoil usually causes some ballooning turns mounted 00 incidence minimized wind penetra tion surprisingiy good Incidentallythe Clark Y will still lift until incidence reaches 2o Once airborne plane fast good scale speeds reached half-throttle Keep approach speed bit high side until familiar plane Either three-point wheel landings work well Thats about Enjoy Enjoy Behind Scenes continued page 13 week before Nats during Nats two days afterward Sky Knights turned out least 20 top-notch workers plus occasionally did everything imaginable unloaded AMA Nats trailer arrival loaded up again after Nats put up signs miles fences repaired assembled Nats gear emptied trash barrels day swept up served security guards hauled Nats gear back forth events did dozens mis cellaneous jobs keep events operating including hauling ice putting up tents Some worked specific events timers scorers transmitter impounders flag men etc few got fly Nats Sky Knights honor roil listed else article fantastic group deserve thanks 79 Nats participants Appropriately presented AMAs Award Excellence just before Nats wore patches proud ly during Nats week behalf AMA officials pay public tribute say product review product review product review Now better idea packaging epoxy adhesives Tra-Con has developed Bipax pack age no flight box can Bipax flexible plastic package separated leakproof clamp info two compartments clamp removed precisely premeasured resin hard ener components can easily blended Cut oft corner package adhesive ready instant use Bipax very easy use assures exactly right amounts component does away clean-up problems works exactly right time work room Bipax also does away odors very large variety epoxy adhesives different characteristics available using Bipax system have tried system repair destroyed profile confroline model worked like dream flying next day product review product review product review 100 Model Aviation Bipex Tm-Con Inc 55 North St Medford MA 02155
Edition: Model Aviation - 1979/11
Page Numbers: 6, 7, 8, 9, 98, 100
NO OCR TEXT NO OCR TEXT fuselage lite-ply balsa rugged enough handle rough treatment usually associated boxey trainers Airchild gas-gulper since designed perform fine engines 19 25 range its size allows carried intact compact car model fliers well full scale counterparts having brought up tricycle wheels tend shy away fearful tail draggers Nonsense required change tactics ground handling Taxiing should done full up elevators making steerable tail wheel quite effective Once lined up take-off elevators neutralized airspeed gained bit rudder torque touch up youre oft Once airborue Airchild quite fast though designed acrobatics mind does very creditable ioops Immelmans rolls will spin given sufficient rudder haif-throttle performs scalelike manner Landings bit fast side no problem AlI-in-ail tine flying model looks like real vintage airplane Golden Age flight Construction As basic structure throughout follows generaily accepted building procedures following will step-by-step account construct RC airplane instead will concentrate information amplify magazine plans Wing find helpful assemble tack glue Hot Stuff first after removing framework board follow second gluing using Titebond Wilhold aiiphatic resin Make sure ribs cut carefully accurately proper wood thickness Protect plans wax paper plastic-wrap wing built three sections starting center First bottom sheeting pinned down top spar ribs dihedral braces drop top RIA next top spar WI TE stock add top sheeting Hank Clark snapped picture early 24 C-8D old Roosevelt Field Long Island 24 development gone beyond 1940s can fantasize might have come look like Owens racy versionperhaps turbine long nose Ia Pilatus Porter perhaps 8 Model Aviation airchild may taildragger should handicap wellback gear insures good trackinghold up until gets rolling ease off lust steer bit necessary Yanking off dumb first attempt overcontrolled cut power taxi back excellent proportions areas flying surface locations will quickly recognized idealwed say reservationthatAirchild groovy craft attitudes smooth maneuvering pleasure control Dare say control will seem uncommonly realistic TVAS TOP VIEW STABILIZER ELEVATOR FULL SIZE PLANS AVAILABLE SEE PAGE 128 ASASASASASASAS ASAASAAAS WING PLAN ISSAASAA - I--- ri F LAGE SSSSSASSSSAAS JSASSSS K2 ENGINE IS TO 254 CHANNELS DESIGNED BY OWEN KAMPEN until center section has mated fuselage hole drilled 14 hold down dowel through Wi F2 wing panel pin down leading trailing edge sheeting eading edge bottom spruce spar glued top front sheeting Note plans show eading edge tapered follow airfoil contour gives maximum gluing area top sheeting therefore must carefully planed cut 1/AX piece ailerons glued top TE sheet After R2 next R3 place add vertical webbing top sparadd next rib vertical webbing etc through four stations shown remaining ribs follow top spar Note 1 sure angle aileron LE shown Note 2 After TI T2 glued place tip sheets both glued cut shape clamped till dry final sanding follows round off refine tip contour grain should parallel span Note 3 Mate three wing parts carefully Continued page 98 November1979 9 isyou nave everuoouieo exosic prories paper wiii nave urawn Sf15 Ofle YOU recognize structural highlights being way-to-do-itfamiliar isnt side ship appears have inverted engine like 24 yet know aide-mountedand high thrust line winner Wheel pants nicebut will still look good Left Stringered aft fuselage narrowing fin/rudder will found very effective improved stability response Airchilds best-of-show appearance imposes no structural penaltieswhat see no complicated simple sport model Right Designers deft touch wing framing obviousthis ideal way build open wing Aileron belicrank arrangement shows clearly Oo cannot make mistakes approach landing would big plane Nick dragged some picturebook carrier-type landings short approaches sometimes bounced bit Doubt Nick will ever damage gets out real authority surprisingly short runbetter sport models Slow rolls mag nificent guys fly others airplanes So George put Sniffer low motor great thermal set up rather fast-turning flight handed back stayed lift 15 minutes Aberle said Sniffer anyone cant learn fly wrn never learn fly anything Amaz ing people remember Wally Sim mers old Sniffer must have muchloved model Late day drinking warm Coke just George FO talking about Georges column field readers busy talks recorder drivespauses between swerves avoid other drivers put thing top car George talking us two places once God sounds like Quincy recording autopsy voice went describing what finding took apart some new gadget driving layer layer like guys England WW II defused bombs describe action case things went off As sun sank West took leave field Old George car talking machine Wonder what saying Matty Sullivan August 1979 passing modelers have lost dedicated friend another old guard early industry grew us truly exceptional man Matty handful manufacturing types Ilked customers modelers got out hot fields better determine needs could always talk one-on-one shows looked everything point view could done better sample foam wings Nats late Forties far far ahead time became fas cinated nylon something make stockings out first fill need starter perceived need lines things control line before war over Sullivan products part lives over 30 years Golden Rods tanks kinds sorts good things eveything fitting need ingenuity enthusiasm limitless Matty early dirt track racera good unforgettable ride MG Nats evening long ago became bricklayer got model busi ness times lean hed hang spells bricklaying would thing good industry AMA talked up such things put shoulder wheel meaningful ways anyone being wiser remember day Forties came New York Philly just stunt U-control model armory bene fit Life magazine photographer got stunning pictures strobe after hi atus country following editorship Air Trails writer come Model Airplane News its new editor Matty phoned nearbyhe caught early train Phlllyand said about having breakfast Now rift between Matty MAN ad vertised year handed us ad first went home Said wanted show support Years ago Academy out moneyit ran short year fore renewal time balled outand Matty asked director Russ Nichols gloomy Russ replied payroll could met disaster hand Matty pulled out checkbook may have saved Academy Matty survived se vere heart attacks kept up good fight lose big lung cancer nominated recently Hall Famea last-minute telegram telling him honor framed hung hospital room wall say will missed mere cliche leaves void kind wasone us Airchild/Kampen continued page 9 checking dihedral shown measured TE tip ribs top sheeting capstrips can added Note 4 out wing tip important can warped after covering original covered Super MonoKote Tail Surfaces plans self-explanatory butt joints made Hot Stuff equivalent rudder glued square stab before mounting fuselage Fuselage sides built directly over plans As poplar lite-ply usually has smooth rough side make sure cut left right cabin section Carefully cut angles 98 Model Aviation Kraftsmanship kit processed AAMCO GOLD BALSAThis Trainer will blow apart hits ground GREATEST B/C ~BASIC TRAINER Design & Kit ALL TIME Ask over 25000 satisfied builders H-BAY dealers sold themSHALL WE SAY MORE Andrews Aircraft Model Co Inc US Rte 1& North St Topsijeld Mas 01983 887-8541 Price $3995 kit per dollar bar em FOR THE SOARING BUFF supertape superwings appiies stickey brushing masking folio lts stronger typical R/C building materialEverything need know create lt weighs 1 gin per sq ft building area own super-performance sailplane lts 0005 thickA completely illustrated difinative work lts ready instant apply it20 pages packed technical data charts Olts quickest efficient method diagrams step-by-step instructions applying balsa greenskin other million $ worth information skin foam wing cores Plus dozens interested obtaining winning edge other great uses Try it in sailplane performance Hi Johnson 3/8roII $479 lroIl $795 2roII $1595 ALL ROLLS ARE 2160 LONG Only $150 e IIDEDAIUIC 11015 Glenoaks Blvd Pacoima CA 91331 l4~VVUEU%~ Tel 12131 899-4312 little piece electronic wizardry quickly easily reverses direction servo travel plugged between receiver servo will work positive pulse servos three four wire Connectors NOT furnished Available unassembled kit form assembled tested 14K104Ace Servo Reverser kit $795 14K104CAceServo Reverser assy $1150 details send Si latest catalog Add $50 1st Class return $1 hand ling direct orders 815 584-7121 ply balsa sides meet Next contact cement braces doublers place Formers F2 F3 go next using aliphatic resin epoxy Keep square Check alignment before gluing clamping sides together tail install F3 F4 Locate engine mount flush top Fl Glue bolt place before epoxying Fl between fuse sides Mount engine temporarily tack glue hatch nose bottom nose blocks position can rough carved sanded shape FN positioned fit engine Scrap a used front FN complete cowling Fit spinner time Take time round corners sleek smooth front end hatch cut before being removed Now bottom sheeting added cross grain strength Install rudder elevator Nyrod tubes prefer braided cable controls because temperature sensitive top goes next uce string ers Fair stringers F4 shown Bend landing gear wire indicated Cut ply parts landing gear mount epoxy first fuse bottom Tack giue gear wires place Hot Stuff add ply spacers between can wrapped soft copper wire soldered metal strut attachment strap goes next Last third ply piece giued screwed place lock solidly together Check alignment gear evenness true tacking build up balsa sandwich falrings Sand smoothly streamlined section wheel pants optional greatly improve scale-like look made remov able grass field operation attaching square ply insert landing gear inside pants cut out make tight slipI AF I/ inc BOX 511E HIGGINSVILLE MO 64037 over fit ottom stringers added sanded shape shown plans Fit stab rest between sides Next carefully align giue tail section fuse Everything must square trueno tilts turns Carve install fillets side rudder Now wing can mated fuselage -down dowel installed pieces rear cabin opening drilled tapped take n bolts wing attached carve fit fairing top wing flow smoothly fuselage top tail wheel uses standard Goldberg accessory epoxied screwed fuse Engine Notes After fuel-proofing tank engine sections epoxy mount engine 0-0 thrustline uncluttered front end found Tatone Exhaust Manifold ACE R/C Catalog 16L269 worked just fine would recom mend maximum scale effect local modeler chose mount engine 450 angie order accommodate standard muffler iound tank installation easier tank positioned its side rather upright fuselage covered Orange Super MonoKote black trim cut Mono Kote Trim sheets windows windshield attached using Hot Stuff sparingly wing struts non-functional can eliminated desired Small screws through metal straps end hold place clevis can used connect struts fuse wish Flying As plane flies fairly fast excessive control movements necessary Start about ection ailerons tail surfaces Take-offs ST 23 quick rather short ground run Clark Y-type airfoil usually causes some ballooning turns mounted 00 incidence minimized wind penetra tion surprisingiy good Incidentallythe Clark Y will still lift until incidence reaches 2o Once airborne plane fast good scale speeds reached half-throttle Keep approach speed bit high side until familiar plane Either three-point wheel landings work well Thats about Enjoy Enjoy Behind Scenes continued page 13 week before Nats during Nats two days afterward Sky Knights turned out least 20 top-notch workers plus occasionally did everything imaginable unloaded AMA Nats trailer arrival loaded up again after Nats put up signs miles fences repaired assembled Nats gear emptied trash barrels day swept up served security guards hauled Nats gear back forth events did dozens mis cellaneous jobs keep events operating including hauling ice putting up tents Some worked specific events timers scorers transmitter impounders flag men etc few got fly Nats Sky Knights honor roil listed else article fantastic group deserve thanks 79 Nats participants Appropriately presented AMAs Award Excellence just before Nats wore patches proud ly during Nats week behalf AMA officials pay public tribute say product review product review product review Now better idea packaging epoxy adhesives Tra-Con has developed Bipax pack age no flight box can Bipax flexible plastic package separated leakproof clamp info two compartments clamp removed precisely premeasured resin hard ener components can easily blended Cut oft corner package adhesive ready instant use Bipax very easy use assures exactly right amounts component does away clean-up problems works exactly right time work room Bipax also does away odors very large variety epoxy adhesives different characteristics available using Bipax system have tried system repair destroyed profile confroline model worked like dream flying next day product review product review product review 100 Model Aviation Bipex Tm-Con Inc 55 North St Medford MA 02155
Edition: Model Aviation - 1979/11
Page Numbers: 6, 7, 8, 9, 98, 100
NO OCR TEXT NO OCR TEXT fuselage lite-ply balsa rugged enough handle rough treatment usually associated boxey trainers Airchild gas-gulper since designed perform fine engines 19 25 range its size allows carried intact compact car model fliers well full scale counterparts having brought up tricycle wheels tend shy away fearful tail draggers Nonsense required change tactics ground handling Taxiing should done full up elevators making steerable tail wheel quite effective Once lined up take-off elevators neutralized airspeed gained bit rudder torque touch up youre oft Once airborue Airchild quite fast though designed acrobatics mind does very creditable ioops Immelmans rolls will spin given sufficient rudder haif-throttle performs scalelike manner Landings bit fast side no problem AlI-in-ail tine flying model looks like real vintage airplane Golden Age flight Construction As basic structure throughout follows generaily accepted building procedures following will step-by-step account construct RC airplane instead will concentrate information amplify magazine plans Wing find helpful assemble tack glue Hot Stuff first after removing framework board follow second gluing using Titebond Wilhold aiiphatic resin Make sure ribs cut carefully accurately proper wood thickness Protect plans wax paper plastic-wrap wing built three sections starting center First bottom sheeting pinned down top spar ribs dihedral braces drop top RIA next top spar WI TE stock add top sheeting Hank Clark snapped picture early 24 C-8D old Roosevelt Field Long Island 24 development gone beyond 1940s can fantasize might have come look like Owens racy versionperhaps turbine long nose Ia Pilatus Porter perhaps 8 Model Aviation airchild may taildragger should handicap wellback gear insures good trackinghold up until gets rolling ease off lust steer bit necessary Yanking off dumb first attempt overcontrolled cut power taxi back excellent proportions areas flying surface locations will quickly recognized idealwed say reservationthatAirchild groovy craft attitudes smooth maneuvering pleasure control Dare say control will seem uncommonly realistic TVAS TOP VIEW STABILIZER ELEVATOR FULL SIZE PLANS AVAILABLE SEE PAGE 128 ASASASASASASAS ASAASAAAS WING PLAN ISSAASAA - I--- ri F LAGE SSSSSASSSSAAS JSASSSS K2 ENGINE IS TO 254 CHANNELS DESIGNED BY OWEN KAMPEN until center section has mated fuselage hole drilled 14 hold down dowel through Wi F2 wing panel pin down leading trailing edge sheeting eading edge bottom spruce spar glued top front sheeting Note plans show eading edge tapered follow airfoil contour gives maximum gluing area top sheeting therefore must carefully planed cut 1/AX piece ailerons glued top TE sheet After R2 next R3 place add vertical webbing top sparadd next rib vertical webbing etc through four stations shown remaining ribs follow top spar Note 1 sure angle aileron LE shown Note 2 After TI T2 glued place tip sheets both glued cut shape clamped till dry final sanding follows round off refine tip contour grain should parallel span Note 3 Mate three wing parts carefully Continued page 98 November1979 9 isyou nave everuoouieo exosic prories paper wiii nave urawn Sf15 Ofle YOU recognize structural highlights being way-to-do-itfamiliar isnt side ship appears have inverted engine like 24 yet know aide-mountedand high thrust line winner Wheel pants nicebut will still look good Left Stringered aft fuselage narrowing fin/rudder will found very effective improved stability response Airchilds best-of-show appearance imposes no structural penaltieswhat see no complicated simple sport model Right Designers deft touch wing framing obviousthis ideal way build open wing Aileron belicrank arrangement shows clearly Oo cannot make mistakes approach landing would big plane Nick dragged some picturebook carrier-type landings short approaches sometimes bounced bit Doubt Nick will ever damage gets out real authority surprisingly short runbetter sport models Slow rolls mag nificent guys fly others airplanes So George put Sniffer low motor great thermal set up rather fast-turning flight handed back stayed lift 15 minutes Aberle said Sniffer anyone cant learn fly wrn never learn fly anything Amaz ing people remember Wally Sim mers old Sniffer must have muchloved model Late day drinking warm Coke just George FO talking about Georges column field readers busy talks recorder drivespauses between swerves avoid other drivers put thing top car George talking us two places once God sounds like Quincy recording autopsy voice went describing what finding took apart some new gadget driving layer layer like guys England WW II defused bombs describe action case things went off As sun sank West took leave field Old George car talking machine Wonder what saying Matty Sullivan August 1979 passing modelers have lost dedicated friend another old guard early industry grew us truly exceptional man Matty handful manufacturing types Ilked customers modelers got out hot fields better determine needs could always talk one-on-one shows looked everything point view could done better sample foam wings Nats late Forties far far ahead time became fas cinated nylon something make stockings out first fill need starter perceived need lines things control line before war over Sullivan products part lives over 30 years Golden Rods tanks kinds sorts good things eveything fitting need ingenuity enthusiasm limitless Matty early dirt track racera good unforgettable ride MG Nats evening long ago became bricklayer got model busi ness times lean hed hang spells bricklaying would thing good industry AMA talked up such things put shoulder wheel meaningful ways anyone being wiser remember day Forties came New York Philly just stunt U-control model armory bene fit Life magazine photographer got stunning pictures strobe after hi atus country following editorship Air Trails writer come Model Airplane News its new editor Matty phoned nearbyhe caught early train Phlllyand said about having breakfast Now rift between Matty MAN ad vertised year handed us ad first went home Said wanted show support Years ago Academy out moneyit ran short year fore renewal time balled outand Matty asked director Russ Nichols gloomy Russ replied payroll could met disaster hand Matty pulled out checkbook may have saved Academy Matty survived se vere heart attacks kept up good fight lose big lung cancer nominated recently Hall Famea last-minute telegram telling him honor framed hung hospital room wall say will missed mere cliche leaves void kind wasone us Airchild/Kampen continued page 9 checking dihedral shown measured TE tip ribs top sheeting capstrips can added Note 4 out wing tip important can warped after covering original covered Super MonoKote Tail Surfaces plans self-explanatory butt joints made Hot Stuff equivalent rudder glued square stab before mounting fuselage Fuselage sides built directly over plans As poplar lite-ply usually has smooth rough side make sure cut left right cabin section Carefully cut angles 98 Model Aviation Kraftsmanship kit processed AAMCO GOLD BALSAThis Trainer will blow apart hits ground GREATEST B/C ~BASIC TRAINER Design & Kit ALL TIME Ask over 25000 satisfied builders H-BAY dealers sold themSHALL WE SAY MORE Andrews Aircraft Model Co Inc US Rte 1& North St Topsijeld Mas 01983 887-8541 Price $3995 kit per dollar bar em FOR THE SOARING BUFF supertape superwings appiies stickey brushing masking folio lts stronger typical R/C building materialEverything need know create lt weighs 1 gin per sq ft building area own super-performance sailplane lts 0005 thickA completely illustrated difinative work lts ready instant apply it20 pages packed technical data charts Olts quickest efficient method diagrams step-by-step instructions applying balsa greenskin other million $ worth information skin foam wing cores Plus dozens interested obtaining winning edge other great uses Try it in sailplane performance Hi Johnson 3/8roII $479 lroIl $795 2roII $1595 ALL ROLLS ARE 2160 LONG Only $150 e IIDEDAIUIC 11015 Glenoaks Blvd Pacoima CA 91331 l4~VVUEU%~ Tel 12131 899-4312 little piece electronic wizardry quickly easily reverses direction servo travel plugged between receiver servo will work positive pulse servos three four wire Connectors NOT furnished Available unassembled kit form assembled tested 14K104Ace Servo Reverser kit $795 14K104CAceServo Reverser assy $1150 details send Si latest catalog Add $50 1st Class return $1 hand ling direct orders 815 584-7121 ply balsa sides meet Next contact cement braces doublers place Formers F2 F3 go next using aliphatic resin epoxy Keep square Check alignment before gluing clamping sides together tail install F3 F4 Locate engine mount flush top Fl Glue bolt place before epoxying Fl between fuse sides Mount engine temporarily tack glue hatch nose bottom nose blocks position can rough carved sanded shape FN positioned fit engine Scrap a used front FN complete cowling Fit spinner time Take time round corners sleek smooth front end hatch cut before being removed Now bottom sheeting added cross grain strength Install rudder elevator Nyrod tubes prefer braided cable controls because temperature sensitive top goes next uce string ers Fair stringers F4 shown Bend landing gear wire indicated Cut ply parts landing gear mount epoxy first fuse bottom Tack giue gear wires place Hot Stuff add ply spacers between can wrapped soft copper wire soldered metal strut attachment strap goes next Last third ply piece giued screwed place lock solidly together Check alignment gear evenness true tacking build up balsa sandwich falrings Sand smoothly streamlined section wheel pants optional greatly improve scale-like look made remov able grass field operation attaching square ply insert landing gear inside pants cut out make tight slipI AF I/ inc BOX 511E HIGGINSVILLE MO 64037 over fit ottom stringers added sanded shape shown plans Fit stab rest between sides Next carefully align giue tail section fuse Everything must square trueno tilts turns Carve install fillets side rudder Now wing can mated fuselage -down dowel installed pieces rear cabin opening drilled tapped take n bolts wing attached carve fit fairing top wing flow smoothly fuselage top tail wheel uses standard Goldberg accessory epoxied screwed fuse Engine Notes After fuel-proofing tank engine sections epoxy mount engine 0-0 thrustline uncluttered front end found Tatone Exhaust Manifold ACE R/C Catalog 16L269 worked just fine would recom mend maximum scale effect local modeler chose mount engine 450 angie order accommodate standard muffler iound tank installation easier tank positioned its side rather upright fuselage covered Orange Super MonoKote black trim cut Mono Kote Trim sheets windows windshield attached using Hot Stuff sparingly wing struts non-functional can eliminated desired Small screws through metal straps end hold place clevis can used connect struts fuse wish Flying As plane flies fairly fast excessive control movements necessary Start about ection ailerons tail surfaces Take-offs ST 23 quick rather short ground run Clark Y-type airfoil usually causes some ballooning turns mounted 00 incidence minimized wind penetra tion surprisingiy good Incidentallythe Clark Y will still lift until incidence reaches 2o Once airborne plane fast good scale speeds reached half-throttle Keep approach speed bit high side until familiar plane Either three-point wheel landings work well Thats about Enjoy Enjoy Behind Scenes continued page 13 week before Nats during Nats two days afterward Sky Knights turned out least 20 top-notch workers plus occasionally did everything imaginable unloaded AMA Nats trailer arrival loaded up again after Nats put up signs miles fences repaired assembled Nats gear emptied trash barrels day swept up served security guards hauled Nats gear back forth events did dozens mis cellaneous jobs keep events operating including hauling ice putting up tents Some worked specific events timers scorers transmitter impounders flag men etc few got fly Nats Sky Knights honor roil listed else article fantastic group deserve thanks 79 Nats participants Appropriately presented AMAs Award Excellence just before Nats wore patches proud ly during Nats week behalf AMA officials pay public tribute say product review product review product review Now better idea packaging epoxy adhesives Tra-Con has developed Bipax pack age no flight box can Bipax flexible plastic package separated leakproof clamp info two compartments clamp removed precisely premeasured resin hard ener components can easily blended Cut oft corner package adhesive ready instant use Bipax very easy use assures exactly right amounts component does away clean-up problems works exactly right time work room Bipax also does away odors very large variety epoxy adhesives different characteristics available using Bipax system have tried system repair destroyed profile confroline model worked like dream flying next day product review product review product review 100 Model Aviation Bipex Tm-Con Inc 55 North St Medford MA 02155
Edition: Model Aviation - 1979/11
Page Numbers: 6, 7, 8, 9, 98, 100
NO OCR TEXT NO OCR TEXT fuselage lite-ply balsa rugged enough handle rough treatment usually associated boxey trainers Airchild gas-gulper since designed perform fine engines 19 25 range its size allows carried intact compact car model fliers well full scale counterparts having brought up tricycle wheels tend shy away fearful tail draggers Nonsense required change tactics ground handling Taxiing should done full up elevators making steerable tail wheel quite effective Once lined up take-off elevators neutralized airspeed gained bit rudder torque touch up youre oft Once airborue Airchild quite fast though designed acrobatics mind does very creditable ioops Immelmans rolls will spin given sufficient rudder haif-throttle performs scalelike manner Landings bit fast side no problem AlI-in-ail tine flying model looks like real vintage airplane Golden Age flight Construction As basic structure throughout follows generaily accepted building procedures following will step-by-step account construct RC airplane instead will concentrate information amplify magazine plans Wing find helpful assemble tack glue Hot Stuff first after removing framework board follow second gluing using Titebond Wilhold aiiphatic resin Make sure ribs cut carefully accurately proper wood thickness Protect plans wax paper plastic-wrap wing built three sections starting center First bottom sheeting pinned down top spar ribs dihedral braces drop top RIA next top spar WI TE stock add top sheeting Hank Clark snapped picture early 24 C-8D old Roosevelt Field Long Island 24 development gone beyond 1940s can fantasize might have come look like Owens racy versionperhaps turbine long nose Ia Pilatus Porter perhaps 8 Model Aviation airchild may taildragger should handicap wellback gear insures good trackinghold up until gets rolling ease off lust steer bit necessary Yanking off dumb first attempt overcontrolled cut power taxi back excellent proportions areas flying surface locations will quickly recognized idealwed say reservationthatAirchild groovy craft attitudes smooth maneuvering pleasure control Dare say control will seem uncommonly realistic TVAS TOP VIEW STABILIZER ELEVATOR FULL SIZE PLANS AVAILABLE SEE PAGE 128 ASASASASASASAS ASAASAAAS WING PLAN ISSAASAA - I--- ri F LAGE SSSSSASSSSAAS JSASSSS K2 ENGINE IS TO 254 CHANNELS DESIGNED BY OWEN KAMPEN until center section has mated fuselage hole drilled 14 hold down dowel through Wi F2 wing panel pin down leading trailing edge sheeting eading edge bottom spruce spar glued top front sheeting Note plans show eading edge tapered follow airfoil contour gives maximum gluing area top sheeting therefore must carefully planed cut 1/AX piece ailerons glued top TE sheet After R2 next R3 place add vertical webbing top sparadd next rib vertical webbing etc through four stations shown remaining ribs follow top spar Note 1 sure angle aileron LE shown Note 2 After TI T2 glued place tip sheets both glued cut shape clamped till dry final sanding follows round off refine tip contour grain should parallel span Note 3 Mate three wing parts carefully Continued page 98 November1979 9 isyou nave everuoouieo exosic prories paper wiii nave urawn Sf15 Ofle YOU recognize structural highlights being way-to-do-itfamiliar isnt side ship appears have inverted engine like 24 yet know aide-mountedand high thrust line winner Wheel pants nicebut will still look good Left Stringered aft fuselage narrowing fin/rudder will found very effective improved stability response Airchilds best-of-show appearance imposes no structural penaltieswhat see no complicated simple sport model Right Designers deft touch wing framing obviousthis ideal way build open wing Aileron belicrank arrangement shows clearly Oo cannot make mistakes approach landing would big plane Nick dragged some picturebook carrier-type landings short approaches sometimes bounced bit Doubt Nick will ever damage gets out real authority surprisingly short runbetter sport models Slow rolls mag nificent guys fly others airplanes So George put Sniffer low motor great thermal set up rather fast-turning flight handed back stayed lift 15 minutes Aberle said Sniffer anyone cant learn fly wrn never learn fly anything Amaz ing people remember Wally Sim mers old Sniffer must have muchloved model Late day drinking warm Coke just George FO talking about Georges column field readers busy talks recorder drivespauses between swerves avoid other drivers put thing top car George talking us two places once God sounds like Quincy recording autopsy voice went describing what finding took apart some new gadget driving layer layer like guys England WW II defused bombs describe action case things went off As sun sank West took leave field Old George car talking machine Wonder what saying Matty Sullivan August 1979 passing modelers have lost dedicated friend another old guard early industry grew us truly exceptional man Matty handful manufacturing types Ilked customers modelers got out hot fields better determine needs could always talk one-on-one shows looked everything point view could done better sample foam wings Nats late Forties far far ahead time became fas cinated nylon something make stockings out first fill need starter perceived need lines things control line before war over Sullivan products part lives over 30 years Golden Rods tanks kinds sorts good things eveything fitting need ingenuity enthusiasm limitless Matty early dirt track racera good unforgettable ride MG Nats evening long ago became bricklayer got model busi ness times lean hed hang spells bricklaying would thing good industry AMA talked up such things put shoulder wheel meaningful ways anyone being wiser remember day Forties came New York Philly just stunt U-control model armory bene fit Life magazine photographer got stunning pictures strobe after hi atus country following editorship Air Trails writer come Model Airplane News its new editor Matty phoned nearbyhe caught early train Phlllyand said about having breakfast Now rift between Matty MAN ad vertised year handed us ad first went home Said wanted show support Years ago Academy out moneyit ran short year fore renewal time balled outand Matty asked director Russ Nichols gloomy Russ replied payroll could met disaster hand Matty pulled out checkbook may have saved Academy Matty survived se vere heart attacks kept up good fight lose big lung cancer nominated recently Hall Famea last-minute telegram telling him honor framed hung hospital room wall say will missed mere cliche leaves void kind wasone us Airchild/Kampen continued page 9 checking dihedral shown measured TE tip ribs top sheeting capstrips can added Note 4 out wing tip important can warped after covering original covered Super MonoKote Tail Surfaces plans self-explanatory butt joints made Hot Stuff equivalent rudder glued square stab before mounting fuselage Fuselage sides built directly over plans As poplar lite-ply usually has smooth rough side make sure cut left right cabin section Carefully cut angles 98 Model Aviation Kraftsmanship kit processed AAMCO GOLD BALSAThis Trainer will blow apart hits ground GREATEST B/C ~BASIC TRAINER Design & Kit ALL TIME Ask over 25000 satisfied builders H-BAY dealers sold themSHALL WE SAY MORE Andrews Aircraft Model Co Inc US Rte 1& North St Topsijeld Mas 01983 887-8541 Price $3995 kit per dollar bar em FOR THE SOARING BUFF supertape superwings appiies stickey brushing masking folio lts stronger typical R/C building materialEverything need know create lt weighs 1 gin per sq ft building area own super-performance sailplane lts 0005 thickA completely illustrated difinative work lts ready instant apply it20 pages packed technical data charts Olts quickest efficient method diagrams step-by-step instructions applying balsa greenskin other million $ worth information skin foam wing cores Plus dozens interested obtaining winning edge other great uses Try it in sailplane performance Hi Johnson 3/8roII $479 lroIl $795 2roII $1595 ALL ROLLS ARE 2160 LONG Only $150 e IIDEDAIUIC 11015 Glenoaks Blvd Pacoima CA 91331 l4~VVUEU%~ Tel 12131 899-4312 little piece electronic wizardry quickly easily reverses direction servo travel plugged between receiver servo will work positive pulse servos three four wire Connectors NOT furnished Available unassembled kit form assembled tested 14K104Ace Servo Reverser kit $795 14K104CAceServo Reverser assy $1150 details send Si latest catalog Add $50 1st Class return $1 hand ling direct orders 815 584-7121 ply balsa sides meet Next contact cement braces doublers place Formers F2 F3 go next using aliphatic resin epoxy Keep square Check alignment before gluing clamping sides together tail install F3 F4 Locate engine mount flush top Fl Glue bolt place before epoxying Fl between fuse sides Mount engine temporarily tack glue hatch nose bottom nose blocks position can rough carved sanded shape FN positioned fit engine Scrap a used front FN complete cowling Fit spinner time Take time round corners sleek smooth front end hatch cut before being removed Now bottom sheeting added cross grain strength Install rudder elevator Nyrod tubes prefer braided cable controls because temperature sensitive top goes next uce string ers Fair stringers F4 shown Bend landing gear wire indicated Cut ply parts landing gear mount epoxy first fuse bottom Tack giue gear wires place Hot Stuff add ply spacers between can wrapped soft copper wire soldered metal strut attachment strap goes next Last third ply piece giued screwed place lock solidly together Check alignment gear evenness true tacking build up balsa sandwich falrings Sand smoothly streamlined section wheel pants optional greatly improve scale-like look made remov able grass field operation attaching square ply insert landing gear inside pants cut out make tight slipI AF I/ inc BOX 511E HIGGINSVILLE MO 64037 over fit ottom stringers added sanded shape shown plans Fit stab rest between sides Next carefully align giue tail section fuse Everything must square trueno tilts turns Carve install fillets side rudder Now wing can mated fuselage -down dowel installed pieces rear cabin opening drilled tapped take n bolts wing attached carve fit fairing top wing flow smoothly fuselage top tail wheel uses standard Goldberg accessory epoxied screwed fuse Engine Notes After fuel-proofing tank engine sections epoxy mount engine 0-0 thrustline uncluttered front end found Tatone Exhaust Manifold ACE R/C Catalog 16L269 worked just fine would recom mend maximum scale effect local modeler chose mount engine 450 angie order accommodate standard muffler iound tank installation easier tank positioned its side rather upright fuselage covered Orange Super MonoKote black trim cut Mono Kote Trim sheets windows windshield attached using Hot Stuff sparingly wing struts non-functional can eliminated desired Small screws through metal straps end hold place clevis can used connect struts fuse wish Flying As plane flies fairly fast excessive control movements necessary Start about ection ailerons tail surfaces Take-offs ST 23 quick rather short ground run Clark Y-type airfoil usually causes some ballooning turns mounted 00 incidence minimized wind penetra tion surprisingiy good Incidentallythe Clark Y will still lift until incidence reaches 2o Once airborne plane fast good scale speeds reached half-throttle Keep approach speed bit high side until familiar plane Either three-point wheel landings work well Thats about Enjoy Enjoy Behind Scenes continued page 13 week before Nats during Nats two days afterward Sky Knights turned out least 20 top-notch workers plus occasionally did everything imaginable unloaded AMA Nats trailer arrival loaded up again after Nats put up signs miles fences repaired assembled Nats gear emptied trash barrels day swept up served security guards hauled Nats gear back forth events did dozens mis cellaneous jobs keep events operating including hauling ice putting up tents Some worked specific events timers scorers transmitter impounders flag men etc few got fly Nats Sky Knights honor roil listed else article fantastic group deserve thanks 79 Nats participants Appropriately presented AMAs Award Excellence just before Nats wore patches proud ly during Nats week behalf AMA officials pay public tribute say product review product review product review Now better idea packaging epoxy adhesives Tra-Con has developed Bipax pack age no flight box can Bipax flexible plastic package separated leakproof clamp info two compartments clamp removed precisely premeasured resin hard ener components can easily blended Cut oft corner package adhesive ready instant use Bipax very easy use assures exactly right amounts component does away clean-up problems works exactly right time work room Bipax also does away odors very large variety epoxy adhesives different characteristics available using Bipax system have tried system repair destroyed profile confroline model worked like dream flying next day product review product review product review 100 Model Aviation Bipex Tm-Con Inc 55 North St Medford MA 02155
Edition: Model Aviation - 1979/11
Page Numbers: 6, 7, 8, 9, 98, 100
NO OCR TEXT NO OCR TEXT fuselage lite-ply balsa rugged enough handle rough treatment usually associated boxey trainers Airchild gas-gulper since designed perform fine engines 19 25 range its size allows carried intact compact car model fliers well full scale counterparts having brought up tricycle wheels tend shy away fearful tail draggers Nonsense required change tactics ground handling Taxiing should done full up elevators making steerable tail wheel quite effective Once lined up take-off elevators neutralized airspeed gained bit rudder torque touch up youre oft Once airborue Airchild quite fast though designed acrobatics mind does very creditable ioops Immelmans rolls will spin given sufficient rudder haif-throttle performs scalelike manner Landings bit fast side no problem AlI-in-ail tine flying model looks like real vintage airplane Golden Age flight Construction As basic structure throughout follows generaily accepted building procedures following will step-by-step account construct RC airplane instead will concentrate information amplify magazine plans Wing find helpful assemble tack glue Hot Stuff first after removing framework board follow second gluing using Titebond Wilhold aiiphatic resin Make sure ribs cut carefully accurately proper wood thickness Protect plans wax paper plastic-wrap wing built three sections starting center First bottom sheeting pinned down top spar ribs dihedral braces drop top RIA next top spar WI TE stock add top sheeting Hank Clark snapped picture early 24 C-8D old Roosevelt Field Long Island 24 development gone beyond 1940s can fantasize might have come look like Owens racy versionperhaps turbine long nose Ia Pilatus Porter perhaps 8 Model Aviation airchild may taildragger should handicap wellback gear insures good trackinghold up until gets rolling ease off lust steer bit necessary Yanking off dumb first attempt overcontrolled cut power taxi back excellent proportions areas flying surface locations will quickly recognized idealwed say reservationthatAirchild groovy craft attitudes smooth maneuvering pleasure control Dare say control will seem uncommonly realistic TVAS TOP VIEW STABILIZER ELEVATOR FULL SIZE PLANS AVAILABLE SEE PAGE 128 ASASASASASASAS ASAASAAAS WING PLAN ISSAASAA - I--- ri F LAGE SSSSSASSSSAAS JSASSSS K2 ENGINE IS TO 254 CHANNELS DESIGNED BY OWEN KAMPEN until center section has mated fuselage hole drilled 14 hold down dowel through Wi F2 wing panel pin down leading trailing edge sheeting eading edge bottom spruce spar glued top front sheeting Note plans show eading edge tapered follow airfoil contour gives maximum gluing area top sheeting therefore must carefully planed cut 1/AX piece ailerons glued top TE sheet After R2 next R3 place add vertical webbing top sparadd next rib vertical webbing etc through four stations shown remaining ribs follow top spar Note 1 sure angle aileron LE shown Note 2 After TI T2 glued place tip sheets both glued cut shape clamped till dry final sanding follows round off refine tip contour grain should parallel span Note 3 Mate three wing parts carefully Continued page 98 November1979 9 isyou nave everuoouieo exosic prories paper wiii nave urawn Sf15 Ofle YOU recognize structural highlights being way-to-do-itfamiliar isnt side ship appears have inverted engine like 24 yet know aide-mountedand high thrust line winner Wheel pants nicebut will still look good Left Stringered aft fuselage narrowing fin/rudder will found very effective improved stability response Airchilds best-of-show appearance imposes no structural penaltieswhat see no complicated simple sport model Right Designers deft touch wing framing obviousthis ideal way build open wing Aileron belicrank arrangement shows clearly Oo cannot make mistakes approach landing would big plane Nick dragged some picturebook carrier-type landings short approaches sometimes bounced bit Doubt Nick will ever damage gets out real authority surprisingly short runbetter sport models Slow rolls mag nificent guys fly others airplanes So George put Sniffer low motor great thermal set up rather fast-turning flight handed back stayed lift 15 minutes Aberle said Sniffer anyone cant learn fly wrn never learn fly anything Amaz ing people remember Wally Sim mers old Sniffer must have muchloved model Late day drinking warm Coke just George FO talking about Georges column field readers busy talks recorder drivespauses between swerves avoid other drivers put thing top car George talking us two places once God sounds like Quincy recording autopsy voice went describing what finding took apart some new gadget driving layer layer like guys England WW II defused bombs describe action case things went off As sun sank West took leave field Old George car talking machine Wonder what saying Matty Sullivan August 1979 passing modelers have lost dedicated friend another old guard early industry grew us truly exceptional man Matty handful manufacturing types Ilked customers modelers got out hot fields better determine needs could always talk one-on-one shows looked everything point view could done better sample foam wings Nats late Forties far far ahead time became fas cinated nylon something make stockings out first fill need starter perceived need lines things control line before war over Sullivan products part lives over 30 years Golden Rods tanks kinds sorts good things eveything fitting need ingenuity enthusiasm limitless Matty early dirt track racera good unforgettable ride MG Nats evening long ago became bricklayer got model busi ness times lean hed hang spells bricklaying would thing good industry AMA talked up such things put shoulder wheel meaningful ways anyone being wiser remember day Forties came New York Philly just stunt U-control model armory bene fit Life magazine photographer got stunning pictures strobe after hi atus country following editorship Air Trails writer come Model Airplane News its new editor Matty phoned nearbyhe caught early train Phlllyand said about having breakfast Now rift between Matty MAN ad vertised year handed us ad first went home Said wanted show support Years ago Academy out moneyit ran short year fore renewal time balled outand Matty asked director Russ Nichols gloomy Russ replied payroll could met disaster hand Matty pulled out checkbook may have saved Academy Matty survived se vere heart attacks kept up good fight lose big lung cancer nominated recently Hall Famea last-minute telegram telling him honor framed hung hospital room wall say will missed mere cliche leaves void kind wasone us Airchild/Kampen continued page 9 checking dihedral shown measured TE tip ribs top sheeting capstrips can added Note 4 out wing tip important can warped after covering original covered Super MonoKote Tail Surfaces plans self-explanatory butt joints made Hot Stuff equivalent rudder glued square stab before mounting fuselage Fuselage sides built directly over plans As poplar lite-ply usually has smooth rough side make sure cut left right cabin section Carefully cut angles 98 Model Aviation Kraftsmanship kit processed AAMCO GOLD BALSAThis Trainer will blow apart hits ground GREATEST B/C ~BASIC TRAINER Design & Kit ALL TIME Ask over 25000 satisfied builders H-BAY dealers sold themSHALL WE SAY MORE Andrews Aircraft Model Co Inc US Rte 1& North St Topsijeld Mas 01983 887-8541 Price $3995 kit per dollar bar em FOR THE SOARING BUFF supertape superwings appiies stickey brushing masking folio lts stronger typical R/C building materialEverything need know create lt weighs 1 gin per sq ft building area own super-performance sailplane lts 0005 thickA completely illustrated difinative work lts ready instant apply it20 pages packed technical data charts Olts quickest efficient method diagrams step-by-step instructions applying balsa greenskin other million $ worth information skin foam wing cores Plus dozens interested obtaining winning edge other great uses Try it in sailplane performance Hi Johnson 3/8roII $479 lroIl $795 2roII $1595 ALL ROLLS ARE 2160 LONG Only $150 e IIDEDAIUIC 11015 Glenoaks Blvd Pacoima CA 91331 l4~VVUEU%~ Tel 12131 899-4312 little piece electronic wizardry quickly easily reverses direction servo travel plugged between receiver servo will work positive pulse servos three four wire Connectors NOT furnished Available unassembled kit form assembled tested 14K104Ace Servo Reverser kit $795 14K104CAceServo Reverser assy $1150 details send Si latest catalog Add $50 1st Class return $1 hand ling direct orders 815 584-7121 ply balsa sides meet Next contact cement braces doublers place Formers F2 F3 go next using aliphatic resin epoxy Keep square Check alignment before gluing clamping sides together tail install F3 F4 Locate engine mount flush top Fl Glue bolt place before epoxying Fl between fuse sides Mount engine temporarily tack glue hatch nose bottom nose blocks position can rough carved sanded shape FN positioned fit engine Scrap a used front FN complete cowling Fit spinner time Take time round corners sleek smooth front end hatch cut before being removed Now bottom sheeting added cross grain strength Install rudder elevator Nyrod tubes prefer braided cable controls because temperature sensitive top goes next uce string ers Fair stringers F4 shown Bend landing gear wire indicated Cut ply parts landing gear mount epoxy first fuse bottom Tack giue gear wires place Hot Stuff add ply spacers between can wrapped soft copper wire soldered metal strut attachment strap goes next Last third ply piece giued screwed place lock solidly together Check alignment gear evenness true tacking build up balsa sandwich falrings Sand smoothly streamlined section wheel pants optional greatly improve scale-like look made remov able grass field operation attaching square ply insert landing gear inside pants cut out make tight slipI AF I/ inc BOX 511E HIGGINSVILLE MO 64037 over fit ottom stringers added sanded shape shown plans Fit stab rest between sides Next carefully align giue tail section fuse Everything must square trueno tilts turns Carve install fillets side rudder Now wing can mated fuselage -down dowel installed pieces rear cabin opening drilled tapped take n bolts wing attached carve fit fairing top wing flow smoothly fuselage top tail wheel uses standard Goldberg accessory epoxied screwed fuse Engine Notes After fuel-proofing tank engine sections epoxy mount engine 0-0 thrustline uncluttered front end found Tatone Exhaust Manifold ACE R/C Catalog 16L269 worked just fine would recom mend maximum scale effect local modeler chose mount engine 450 angie order accommodate standard muffler iound tank installation easier tank positioned its side rather upright fuselage covered Orange Super MonoKote black trim cut Mono Kote Trim sheets windows windshield attached using Hot Stuff sparingly wing struts non-functional can eliminated desired Small screws through metal straps end hold place clevis can used connect struts fuse wish Flying As plane flies fairly fast excessive control movements necessary Start about ection ailerons tail surfaces Take-offs ST 23 quick rather short ground run Clark Y-type airfoil usually causes some ballooning turns mounted 00 incidence minimized wind penetra tion surprisingiy good Incidentallythe Clark Y will still lift until incidence reaches 2o Once airborne plane fast good scale speeds reached half-throttle Keep approach speed bit high side until familiar plane Either three-point wheel landings work well Thats about Enjoy Enjoy Behind Scenes continued page 13 week before Nats during Nats two days afterward Sky Knights turned out least 20 top-notch workers plus occasionally did everything imaginable unloaded AMA Nats trailer arrival loaded up again after Nats put up signs miles fences repaired assembled Nats gear emptied trash barrels day swept up served security guards hauled Nats gear back forth events did dozens mis cellaneous jobs keep events operating including hauling ice putting up tents Some worked specific events timers scorers transmitter impounders flag men etc few got fly Nats Sky Knights honor roil listed else article fantastic group deserve thanks 79 Nats participants Appropriately presented AMAs Award Excellence just before Nats wore patches proud ly during Nats week behalf AMA officials pay public tribute say product review product review product review Now better idea packaging epoxy adhesives Tra-Con has developed Bipax pack age no flight box can Bipax flexible plastic package separated leakproof clamp info two compartments clamp removed precisely premeasured resin hard ener components can easily blended Cut oft corner package adhesive ready instant use Bipax very easy use assures exactly right amounts component does away clean-up problems works exactly right time work room Bipax also does away odors very large variety epoxy adhesives different characteristics available using Bipax system have tried system repair destroyed profile confroline model worked like dream flying next day product review product review product review 100 Model Aviation Bipex Tm-Con Inc 55 North St Medford MA 02155
Edition: Model Aviation - 1979/11
Page Numbers: 6, 7, 8, 9, 98, 100
NO OCR TEXT NO OCR TEXT fuselage lite-ply balsa rugged enough handle rough treatment usually associated boxey trainers Airchild gas-gulper since designed perform fine engines 19 25 range its size allows carried intact compact car model fliers well full scale counterparts having brought up tricycle wheels tend shy away fearful tail draggers Nonsense required change tactics ground handling Taxiing should done full up elevators making steerable tail wheel quite effective Once lined up take-off elevators neutralized airspeed gained bit rudder torque touch up youre oft Once airborue Airchild quite fast though designed acrobatics mind does very creditable ioops Immelmans rolls will spin given sufficient rudder haif-throttle performs scalelike manner Landings bit fast side no problem AlI-in-ail tine flying model looks like real vintage airplane Golden Age flight Construction As basic structure throughout follows generaily accepted building procedures following will step-by-step account construct RC airplane instead will concentrate information amplify magazine plans Wing find helpful assemble tack glue Hot Stuff first after removing framework board follow second gluing using Titebond Wilhold aiiphatic resin Make sure ribs cut carefully accurately proper wood thickness Protect plans wax paper plastic-wrap wing built three sections starting center First bottom sheeting pinned down top spar ribs dihedral braces drop top RIA next top spar WI TE stock add top sheeting Hank Clark snapped picture early 24 C-8D old Roosevelt Field Long Island 24 development gone beyond 1940s can fantasize might have come look like Owens racy versionperhaps turbine long nose Ia Pilatus Porter perhaps 8 Model Aviation airchild may taildragger should handicap wellback gear insures good trackinghold up until gets rolling ease off lust steer bit necessary Yanking off dumb first attempt overcontrolled cut power taxi back excellent proportions areas flying surface locations will quickly recognized idealwed say reservationthatAirchild groovy craft attitudes smooth maneuvering pleasure control Dare say control will seem uncommonly realistic TVAS TOP VIEW STABILIZER ELEVATOR FULL SIZE PLANS AVAILABLE SEE PAGE 128 ASASASASASASAS ASAASAAAS WING PLAN ISSAASAA - I--- ri F LAGE SSSSSASSSSAAS JSASSSS K2 ENGINE IS TO 254 CHANNELS DESIGNED BY OWEN KAMPEN until center section has mated fuselage hole drilled 14 hold down dowel through Wi F2 wing panel pin down leading trailing edge sheeting eading edge bottom spruce spar glued top front sheeting Note plans show eading edge tapered follow airfoil contour gives maximum gluing area top sheeting therefore must carefully planed cut 1/AX piece ailerons glued top TE sheet After R2 next R3 place add vertical webbing top sparadd next rib vertical webbing etc through four stations shown remaining ribs follow top spar Note 1 sure angle aileron LE shown Note 2 After TI T2 glued place tip sheets both glued cut shape clamped till dry final sanding follows round off refine tip contour grain should parallel span Note 3 Mate three wing parts carefully Continued page 98 November1979 9 isyou nave everuoouieo exosic prories paper wiii nave urawn Sf15 Ofle YOU recognize structural highlights being way-to-do-itfamiliar isnt side ship appears have inverted engine like 24 yet know aide-mountedand high thrust line winner Wheel pants nicebut will still look good Left Stringered aft fuselage narrowing fin/rudder will found very effective improved stability response Airchilds best-of-show appearance imposes no structural penaltieswhat see no complicated simple sport model Right Designers deft touch wing framing obviousthis ideal way build open wing Aileron belicrank arrangement shows clearly Oo cannot make mistakes approach landing would big plane Nick dragged some picturebook carrier-type landings short approaches sometimes bounced bit Doubt Nick will ever damage gets out real authority surprisingly short runbetter sport models Slow rolls mag nificent guys fly others airplanes So George put Sniffer low motor great thermal set up rather fast-turning flight handed back stayed lift 15 minutes Aberle said Sniffer anyone cant learn fly wrn never learn fly anything Amaz ing people remember Wally Sim mers old Sniffer must have muchloved model Late day drinking warm Coke just George FO talking about Georges column field readers busy talks recorder drivespauses between swerves avoid other drivers put thing top car George talking us two places once God sounds like Quincy recording autopsy voice went describing what finding took apart some new gadget driving layer layer like guys England WW II defused bombs describe action case things went off As sun sank West took leave field Old George car talking machine Wonder what saying Matty Sullivan August 1979 passing modelers have lost dedicated friend another old guard early industry grew us truly exceptional man Matty handful manufacturing types Ilked customers modelers got out hot fields better determine needs could always talk one-on-one shows looked everything point view could done better sample foam wings Nats late Forties far far ahead time became fas cinated nylon something make stockings out first fill need starter perceived need lines things control line before war over Sullivan products part lives over 30 years Golden Rods tanks kinds sorts good things eveything fitting need ingenuity enthusiasm limitless Matty early dirt track racera good unforgettable ride MG Nats evening long ago became bricklayer got model busi ness times lean hed hang spells bricklaying would thing good industry AMA talked up such things put shoulder wheel meaningful ways anyone being wiser remember day Forties came New York Philly just stunt U-control model armory bene fit Life magazine photographer got stunning pictures strobe after hi atus country following editorship Air Trails writer come Model Airplane News its new editor Matty phoned nearbyhe caught early train Phlllyand said about having breakfast Now rift between Matty MAN ad vertised year handed us ad first went home Said wanted show support Years ago Academy out moneyit ran short year fore renewal time balled outand Matty asked director Russ Nichols gloomy Russ replied payroll could met disaster hand Matty pulled out checkbook may have saved Academy Matty survived se vere heart attacks kept up good fight lose big lung cancer nominated recently Hall Famea last-minute telegram telling him honor framed hung hospital room wall say will missed mere cliche leaves void kind wasone us Airchild/Kampen continued page 9 checking dihedral shown measured TE tip ribs top sheeting capstrips can added Note 4 out wing tip important can warped after covering original covered Super MonoKote Tail Surfaces plans self-explanatory butt joints made Hot Stuff equivalent rudder glued square stab before mounting fuselage Fuselage sides built directly over plans As poplar lite-ply usually has smooth rough side make sure cut left right cabin section Carefully cut angles 98 Model Aviation Kraftsmanship kit processed AAMCO GOLD BALSAThis Trainer will blow apart hits ground GREATEST B/C ~BASIC TRAINER Design & Kit ALL TIME Ask over 25000 satisfied builders H-BAY dealers sold themSHALL WE SAY MORE Andrews Aircraft Model Co Inc US Rte 1& North St Topsijeld Mas 01983 887-8541 Price $3995 kit per dollar bar em FOR THE SOARING BUFF supertape superwings appiies stickey brushing masking folio lts stronger typical R/C building materialEverything need know create lt weighs 1 gin per sq ft building area own super-performance sailplane lts 0005 thickA completely illustrated difinative work lts ready instant apply it20 pages packed technical data charts Olts quickest efficient method diagrams step-by-step instructions applying balsa greenskin other million $ worth information skin foam wing cores Plus dozens interested obtaining winning edge other great uses Try it in sailplane performance Hi Johnson 3/8roII $479 lroIl $795 2roII $1595 ALL ROLLS ARE 2160 LONG Only $150 e IIDEDAIUIC 11015 Glenoaks Blvd Pacoima CA 91331 l4~VVUEU%~ Tel 12131 899-4312 little piece electronic wizardry quickly easily reverses direction servo travel plugged between receiver servo will work positive pulse servos three four wire Connectors NOT furnished Available unassembled kit form assembled tested 14K104Ace Servo Reverser kit $795 14K104CAceServo Reverser assy $1150 details send Si latest catalog Add $50 1st Class return $1 hand ling direct orders 815 584-7121 ply balsa sides meet Next contact cement braces doublers place Formers F2 F3 go next using aliphatic resin epoxy Keep square Check alignment before gluing clamping sides together tail install F3 F4 Locate engine mount flush top Fl Glue bolt place before epoxying Fl between fuse sides Mount engine temporarily tack glue hatch nose bottom nose blocks position can rough carved sanded shape FN positioned fit engine Scrap a used front FN complete cowling Fit spinner time Take time round corners sleek smooth front end hatch cut before being removed Now bottom sheeting added cross grain strength Install rudder elevator Nyrod tubes prefer braided cable controls because temperature sensitive top goes next uce string ers Fair stringers F4 shown Bend landing gear wire indicated Cut ply parts landing gear mount epoxy first fuse bottom Tack giue gear wires place Hot Stuff add ply spacers between can wrapped soft copper wire soldered metal strut attachment strap goes next Last third ply piece giued screwed place lock solidly together Check alignment gear evenness true tacking build up balsa sandwich falrings Sand smoothly streamlined section wheel pants optional greatly improve scale-like look made remov able grass field operation attaching square ply insert landing gear inside pants cut out make tight slipI AF I/ inc BOX 511E HIGGINSVILLE MO 64037 over fit ottom stringers added sanded shape shown plans Fit stab rest between sides Next carefully align giue tail section fuse Everything must square trueno tilts turns Carve install fillets side rudder Now wing can mated fuselage -down dowel installed pieces rear cabin opening drilled tapped take n bolts wing attached carve fit fairing top wing flow smoothly fuselage top tail wheel uses standard Goldberg accessory epoxied screwed fuse Engine Notes After fuel-proofing tank engine sections epoxy mount engine 0-0 thrustline uncluttered front end found Tatone Exhaust Manifold ACE R/C Catalog 16L269 worked just fine would recom mend maximum scale effect local modeler chose mount engine 450 angie order accommodate standard muffler iound tank installation easier tank positioned its side rather upright fuselage covered Orange Super MonoKote black trim cut Mono Kote Trim sheets windows windshield attached using Hot Stuff sparingly wing struts non-functional can eliminated desired Small screws through metal straps end hold place clevis can used connect struts fuse wish Flying As plane flies fairly fast excessive control movements necessary Start about ection ailerons tail surfaces Take-offs ST 23 quick rather short ground run Clark Y-type airfoil usually causes some ballooning turns mounted 00 incidence minimized wind penetra tion surprisingiy good Incidentallythe Clark Y will still lift until incidence reaches 2o Once airborne plane fast good scale speeds reached half-throttle Keep approach speed bit high side until familiar plane Either three-point wheel landings work well Thats about Enjoy Enjoy Behind Scenes continued page 13 week before Nats during Nats two days afterward Sky Knights turned out least 20 top-notch workers plus occasionally did everything imaginable unloaded AMA Nats trailer arrival loaded up again after Nats put up signs miles fences repaired assembled Nats gear emptied trash barrels day swept up served security guards hauled Nats gear back forth events did dozens mis cellaneous jobs keep events operating including hauling ice putting up tents Some worked specific events timers scorers transmitter impounders flag men etc few got fly Nats Sky Knights honor roil listed else article fantastic group deserve thanks 79 Nats participants Appropriately presented AMAs Award Excellence just before Nats wore patches proud ly during Nats week behalf AMA officials pay public tribute say product review product review product review Now better idea packaging epoxy adhesives Tra-Con has developed Bipax pack age no flight box can Bipax flexible plastic package separated leakproof clamp info two compartments clamp removed precisely premeasured resin hard ener components can easily blended Cut oft corner package adhesive ready instant use Bipax very easy use assures exactly right amounts component does away clean-up problems works exactly right time work room Bipax also does away odors very large variety epoxy adhesives different characteristics available using Bipax system have tried system repair destroyed profile confroline model worked like dream flying next day product review product review product review 100 Model Aviation Bipex Tm-Con Inc 55 North St Medford MA 02155