THE NOTION modelers can should get together sheer joy fly ing airplanes others company probably old modeling itself Dur ing last few years notion has come somewhat formalized days flying sites vacant lots outskirts town lieu impromptu flying sessions earlier times scarcity available flying sites has given rise orga nized gatherings modelers specific lo cal regional locationsthe fun fly forThe appreciative crowd Sunday Specta tors enjoyed constant nonstop action six airplanes air time Maestro Bob Underwood choreographed flight line both days keeping things moving along quite briskly over 300 flights re corded kind aircraft imaginable mat has become familiar todays modelers What happens fun fly nowadays no different however impromptu gatherings past Modelers practice flying skills show off newest creations brag bit relate embellished ver sions own others experiences just generally have great time old friends new acquaintances short RC Control Line Free Flight happening once main flying site years AMA National Fun Fly WrightPatterson AFB pizzazz three-ring circus National Fun Above Immaculate 2/a-scale Spacewalker built thekit models designer Bruce Tharpe MontezumaBruce brought several Sigs kitted designs well some own work fly Right Larry Wilson North Vernon IL built Etrich Taube Balsa USA kit Como 51 powers Although very light airplane performed well gusty conditions Saturday Left Ron Ballard beautiful Byron F-16 tore up sky wowed crowd incredibiy iow passes over runway impres sive aircraft powered Rossi 90 ducted fan engine Ron haiis flies out Decatur IN Spirit America Show Team Right Bob Kuns Fairborn OH apparently quite happy design impulse Pius Immediately behind Bob high-wing de signs called Sundancer Partially hidden midwing Express 60-size designs being kitted Bobs firm Air Flair Kits Left Bruce Tharpe designer Sigs new Four Star 40 seen preparing gas up bright yellow version brought him fun fly simple yet attractive lines airplane its very forgiving flight characteristics should make very popular design Right AMA President Don Lowe apparently getting big kick out being interviewed little Loren Wagner Young Miss Wagner seen helping dad Joe Wagner well known designer own right well columnist Model Airplane News magazine have fun modeling setting de signed eliminate pressure emphasize friendship camaraderie low-pressure concept has prolif erated throughout country Fun fly events today scheduled type model aircraft imaginable Giant Scale floatplanes Helicopters Old-Timers Soar ing ships ducted-fan models Control Line aircraft Free Flight combination above plus anything else could name crowd AMA calendar coast coast seasonal pattern Using popularity local re gional fun fly springboard last year AMA hosted first-ever nationally orga nized fun fly Reno NV event intended inclusive type air craft modelers wanted bring along share Following embryonic beginning 1989 National Fun Fly moved land Dayton OH cradle avia tion home Wilbur Orville Wright Im quite sure Wilbur ville would have approved AMAs choice location Im also sure fraternal pioneers would have hardpressed imagine hundred model airplanes controlled radios wires simply flying unfettered over October 1989 39 Left George Steiner 1 Doc Marsh R among helping run impound transmitter check areas make sure no fre quency problems evidence George has innovative longtime driving force AMA Frequency Committee Doc local volunteers helped make fun fly possible Right Al Seidowski Cleveland OH firing up Enya 60 X-Cell chopper Miniature Aircraft kit Practically catagory aircraft present well just couldnt categorized very ground once landed own ships upon As airplane buff well aware big attraction Dayton US Air Force Museum Located WrightPatterson Air Force Base grounds huge museum its accompanying restora tion facility absolute musts anyone traveling through central part United States Hundreds important air craft displayed chronologically along memorabilia various eras video presentations audio commentary make museum one-of-a-kind experience early aircraft like 1909 Wright Military Flyer 1911 Curtiss Model D pusher through warplanes deployed Viet Nam conflict museum offers panoply military aircraft development between viewer taken through significant missions WW WW II Korean War via surviving exampies aircraft flew ex haustive chronology aircraft display culminates early space missions up including Apollo 11 historic 1969 moon landing Later satellite deployments also shown above happening inside museum Outside nearby facility countless aircraft rockets cruise mis siles engine displays await continuing story what aficionados cant help 40 Model Aviation Left FH Nick Nixon grand time flying armada aircraft ones Ace Littlest Stick powered Cox 020 wide-eyed little airplane seemed know its way around field Right Frank Donisis customized Mystere 3000 canard dressed up elaborate camouflage paint scheme Dummy twin-engine nacelles atop wing discarded soft drink cans Frank hails Franklin OH 4 Giant Scale numerous representatives fun fly including terrific looking Chipmunk built Charles Fist Sardinia OH model constructed kit produced Dons Custom Models sported immaculate red white blue color scheme Right trim-looking Sig Banshee built Bruce Tharpe Montezuma IA good reminder flying fun doesnt have complicated expensive Powered Fox 35 muffler profile sport/stunter would great way introduced Control Line flying Left Several gooa-TIyIng eiemasiers nana being put through paces almost constantly Senior Telemaster po ses proudly its owner Greg Bartling New Martinsville WV Greg said came fly see Air Force Museum eat good food three components perfect fun fly Right Looking world like WW aerodrome Bob Laybournes Hobby Hangar hobby shop specializing Old-Timer Free Flight supplies kits adjacent Old-Timer Free Flight flying area near Donnelsville OH consider mans greatest adventurejust south museums main entrance flightHere exploits lives very human dimension almostflew marvelous machines recalled overwhelming testament progress tech-with plaques monuments appropri nology offered small memorial parkately chosen pieces sculpture symbolize strong lofty spirits very special breed men women well sacrifices made Another great feature UASF mu seum aside free admission its October 1989 41 Left Jim Correll brought whole family along family Zilches fun fly Jim Betty daughter Allison came New Al bany IN fly trio Control Line Old-Timers including 1-size Super Duper Zilch Betty holding center picture extreme background can seen part museum complex Right Host owner Hobby Hangar genial Bob Laybourne proudly poses next extensive collection Old-Timer kits engines date back infancy model aviation USA Left Bob Laybourne Donnelsville OH owner Hobby Hangar excellent builder own right Hes seen beautiful red-and-white Shereshaw Cumulus finished silk dope Imagine silking some compound curves fus elage Right Dillard Hazelrigg Hiber Hights OH carries Si Jordans Bellbrook OH lovely New Ruler flight line old Henry Struck design almost dwarfs 0S 40 four-stroke bolted its nose Trexier air wheels absorb tremendous amount shock landing Left Dale Leach Bellbrook OH president Dayton Area Thermal Soarers DARTS Soaring club used companys color scheme logo trim Chuparosa Glider finished striking black-and-yellow motif Right Dale Leach Ken Allen Walt Schmoll Jim Martin members DARTS club showed up Soaring portion fun fly located east Dayton Twin Towers Park Another Bill Lehn work art twinrotor gyrocopter plans RC Modeler rotors free-spinning contrarotat ing cancel out potential torque pro blems Another interesting feature negative pitch rotor blades though rotors themselves have positive angle attack relation thrust line marvelous bookstore As history buff Scale aircraft fanatic could scarcely break away rows rows aviation books magazines booklets videos posters occupy fully half large en trance foyer museum quite enamored search photo graphic evidence three-views other half foyer large gift shop stocking everything imaginable way aviation-related gifts novelties As can see 1989 National Fun Fly good fortune situated much stones throw history certainly close enough re mind us partake some small way unique spirit per vades aviation fun fly about history though rather about people airplanes bring fly years gathering said people airplanes met distinct n Ross Cresskill NJ led contingent Free Flighters New Jersey New York Don prepares launch electric-powered Lectrolyte Don also author new book titled Rubber Powered Model Airplanes directed Free Flighters shock Saturday first day sched uled flying temperature Dayton area plummeted 55 degrees wind turned chill blustery Prior flying out Kansas fun fly wife Cel watched na tional weather forecast closely see what could expected Dayton some 1200 miles east north us smiling fore caster told balmy skies temperatures mid-eighties dressed accor 42 Model Aviation creations Bill Lehn 01 Dayton OH tend stand out bit flight line flying lawn mower looks like would home yard air Con structed primarily foam overlays Wall Street Journal contraption cer tainly emphasises word fun fun fly sinister Jaws created Glenn Stucker West Chester OH chews its way through air powered Fox 50 part routine Cincinnati OH Hurricanes Show Team Jaws menaces air ap propriate background music movie heard being played over loudspeakers Don Apel came nearby Columbus OH Antony Peters New York NV brought hisand put some very impressive flights multicolored Caudron Dayton part ofSunday own-design scratch-built Free Flight contingent EastNieuport airplane powered 049 Coast Note very efficient paddle-bladedCox flew rudder elevator andthrot propeller blades little WW II fightertie Note external elevator control cables Continued page 44 Left Si Jordan Bellbrook OH seen cranking up Forster 29 Playboy Cabin able assistance Ray Sorensen Cen terville OH Both gentlemen can found regularly Donnelsville Aerodrome Right venerable Bill Lehn yet another unusual creations flying flatiron can just imagine fun Bill has arresting contraptions model air show team demos THE LEADER IN COM PETITION PROPELLERS ftw NEW \DIA 12 13 14 15 16 II 4 ES 100 THP DESIGN TAILORED HELICAL PITCH DEVELOPEDTO GIVE MAXIMUM THRUST AT 4 CYCLE ENGINE RPM ALL THE LATEST TECHNIQUES USED ON OUR PRO SERIES 3 SEE BELOW PITCH THP PRICE 66 77 78 6778 67 676 NEW PRO SERIES 3 NEW HIGH TECH AIRFOIL SECTION 10 TO 20% INCREASE IN THRUST MFG OF SELECT HARD MAPLE WOOC WILL NOT FATIGUE LIKE SYNTHETICS FUEL PROOF HIGH LUSTER FINISH WAPITCH PRICE 53/34 634 72633456 833/4568 645667 94566A77 1045667 106W8W 106EW Ii4677A77B 115W 11BEW 1167 124W 125W 1256 1356 1456 IS56 164N 16678 RC PYLON RACING SERIES 500 DIA PITCHPRICE 7 SN 5N SERIES 400C 866777 9777/ W WIDE BLADE EW EXTRA WIDE N NARROW dingly much glee CD Vince Man kowski repeatedly pointed out shorts shirt attire hear via PA system main flying site could have just easily identified blue veins legs add insult jury next day acquired long pants heavier shirt Vince also pointed out over PA system crowd basking 8090o temperatures wearing shorts light summer attire Its like George Gobel said Did ever feel rest world tuxedo pair brown shoes Ah well Despite less ideal flying condi tions 10 oclock Saturday flight line begun fill aircraft Since both Control Line RC flown same immediate vicinity some small dis tance east USAF Museum spectators could watch both types flight simultaneously As six RC planes might air same time Some what west RC Control Line site hardy band Free Flighters periodi cally braved gusts launching frag ile craft wind-tossed flights majority years participants came too distant locations reason scheduling national event midst countrys largest modeling population base Modelers Illinois Indiana Missouri Iowa Michi gan West Virginia course Ohio tended predominate others came farther east south Don Ross led contingent Free Flighters out New York New Jersey participant FC Nick Nixon came swamplands Louisiana flies LARKS club Lake Charles fair ness Nick actually came Dayton reunion 58th Tactical Fighter Wing member stayed over fun fly other par ticipants said came both fly visit museum particularly like comment modeler may have honest said came food diversity participants echoed equally diverse group aircraft new kit prototypes old standards customized variations theme downright weird something everyone Modelers like Bob Kuns Fairborn OH treated event much like flying trade show demonstrating companys new kit offerings Bobs firm Air Flair three very attractive 60-size sport ships handthe high-wing Sundancer low-wing Impulse Plus midwing Express Bruce Tharpe Sigs ace designers brought new Four Star 40 just out kit form sport flier well gorgeous h-scale Space Walker done up yellow red Several fliers showed predilection customizing aircraft Being canard fan particularly liked Mystere 3000 ca nard Frank Donisi painted wild cam ouflage pattern sporting two dummy jet engine nacelles above wing Frank said dummy engines made Diet Coke cans asked him used Diet stead regular Coke cans save weight Brian Clayton big Robin Hood pow ered Supertigre 3000 finished olive drab reconnaissance planea very effective treatment Dennis Kirby went step furtherhe customized him self match plane As Dennis steered ultrastable Senior Telemaster through some ultraslow flyby exploits John Deere cap shirt perfect match ships resplendent finish same colors Innovators like Bill Lehn Glenn Stucker like camp up custom ize go oddball playful downright strange Lehn flew huge foam flatiron Formula race car lawn mower twin-rotor gyrocopter Stucker right him among ranks truly innovative fly ing fish aptly named Jaws unidentified modeler brought al obligatory Snoopys Doghouse show-and-tell flight line Original designs traditional sense also present Dayton Among two excellent flying aircraft Control Line Stunt other appearing Schoolyard Scale subject RC Joe Reinhard nearby Columbus OH turned spectators attention RC flight line Control Line circle chestrated choreographed aerial bal let truly excellent Cycle VI Stunter particularly large 540 sq wing area 54-oz ship pulled around circle through difficult wind vertical maneuvers ease Supertigre 60 nose didnt get chance ask Joe detuned engine slow things down What saw though rock-solid airplane flying through gusts though didnt exist yet hurry Young Don Apel also hails Co lumbus OH waited until conditions better Sunday before flying 049powered Nieuport bipe confident impressive manner little plane extremely responsive control modes realistic could imag ine Nungesser cockpit fliers commended exhibiting very high level flying skills Although billed fun fly rather competition its thing put plane air front two three fellow club members laid-back Sunday afternoon quite another have two three hundred spectators behind watching move AMA HQ staff members volun teers manned flight lines also commended giving everyone chance fly much wanted still maintaining adequate provisions sure safe fun fly accident mid air destroyed both aircraft volved certainly no reflection ficials since caused depth perception errors procedural ones 44 Model Aviation DISIGNID 8 DIVESOPDO fly CNRIS MACfflN RC Control Line Free Flight happening once main flying site Wright-Patterson pizzazz three-ring circus Things bit leisurely two other sites earmarked Soaring Old-Timer flying respec tively Soarers action immediately east Dayton some 15 minutes driving time distant Twin Towers Park fly ing site normally home Dayton Area Thermal Soarers DARTS club appearing deceptively small flying area road field opened up north allow flying com fort shaded picnic pavilion desired As drove site pleas antly surprised see five six youngsters tossing Hand-Launched Gliders gusts enthusiastically running after toss again young sters appeared range about five 12 years age least Glider capturing undi vided attention Two adults obviously mother least youngsters other older gentleman standing side doing best keep things organized moving along such delight see youngsters having first experience model air planes though suspected werent part Soaring portion ganized fun fly flying obvi ously having fun approached camera hand learned youth group Prayer Praise Fel lowship Church Pottsdam OH older gentleman Bill Connell orga nized group provided much needed material ing assisted worthy endeavor Cindy Minnich mother youngest Glider flier Brandon Minnich As re ward braving chill winds uncom fortable conditions just fly model air planes promised include re port Bill Cindy should proud work have done young sters Driving north Twin Towers Park af ter visiting several members DARTS club headed OldTimers site cant tell exactly far Dayton Donnelsville because took roads wife can tell Im famous takingits never map never goes think should Inevitably such practice causes stop someplace along way ask directions always enjoy part trip because get meet people would stayed strictly marked roads foray through byways Ohio particularly memorable event Ill let judge pulled off road rutted drive way seemed parking area combination gas station/grocery store/beer joint/worm farm relayed predica ment very nice lady behind counter inside knew glint eye Id struck pay dirt quest find Donnels people Ilk keitO up ond EZ up Shelters C Z pTMare fully self 00t8ned NO lo~ SheltO construct 00ntrpole sturdy teel tube tr p 0.er N raft parts NO rop5 lueble miniati* fell ofl vs d Blue nylon top Sturdy fade resistant 361 -j5A MAeg~oss plusCNECK ntUCky residOfliS add 5 SSI8~ John peck Leisure productS Ltd MAC 3287 AMA 85800131 g0envuood goad JersaillS KY 4a3e3 October 1989 45 AL 1/24 Scale Balsa Flying Model 41 E Lincoln Ave Hatfield PA 19440 215 361-8700 Available Favorite Hobby Shop Now! KIT J-1 F-16A Falcon WIngspan 15 S2495 F-14A Tomcat SHOWN Wingspan 32 $3295 four models TRUE SCALE FTODAY51reproductions popular Jet Fighters used US Allied Forces throughout world today Any models can built Display Catapault Launch Flying kit contains Diecut Balsa Parts Vac Formed Plastic Parts Decal rolled Plan Covering Tissue IE AND COLO F pqord S beSt se~ ng jgntOl Vstem chosen Byron Ongktis T&G Mfg mid AM Akcrstt Sqiply its outstanding rehiablity Complete single cylinder system including throttlecoupled spark advance kit spark spark plug lead25. plug battery pack charger O shielded Much kinger engine life Easy bend stats-no kickback lAINJiZAGO RPM reliable kilo 9% power fuiu strokers ern installation aviable 0 Lower s no nitro needed SMeMedqm*pkighedulg0apkigcover 0 FornienyenpiesUEtiqi2ft4stroke skigleuudtwincyluiders zoImhictsavdalule DISTRIBUTED BY 193 WJflflHI ZNDffDWNtZR8 7550 San Oabrei Road cadero CA 53422 56-1717 yule lived said pro ceeded give detailed directions special route said di rections dont come back Ill give some better ones cant argue advice like did find Donnelsville using nice ladys directions did find Bob Layboumes Hobby Hangar assigned site Old-Timer flying As wound back through trees gravel road suddenly came upon what could have WW aerodrome operations headquar ters buried bunkerlike side hill closely mowed runway awaited arrival squadron Sopwith Camels back dawn patrol What great place reality headquarters Bob Laybournes Hobby Hangar hobby shop aerodrome next flying strip fortunate members SMAC chapter Society Antique Modelers call home congenial group youll find anywhere arrived little activity deference weather hardly introduced ourselves planes gan magically appearing out trunks cars back hobby shop side doors vanslovely aircraft ranging ignition-powered cabin jobs four-cycle pylon ships leaped off mowed turf eager test air Jack Beatley owner black-andyellow Lanzo Bomber determined nothing would fly OS 40powered airplane Although tried ap pear reluctant would have given eye teeth fly several planes gath ered round Jacks Bomber sheer joy air responsive slightest rudder movement clean solid feeling headed breeze search lift prevailing wind westerly direc tion necessary fly out over ad jacent cemetery looking lift handed transmitter back Jack just time re frain making tasteless remark about avoiding dead air Hobby Hangar its genial owner Bob Laybourne also delight barely reformed Free Flighter Bob has stocked shop Old-Timer kits RC Control Line Free Flight supplies plus extra goodies flying buddies might require pursuit fa vorite sport Any modeler within 100mile radius Donnelsville really missing something doesnt schedule least visit Hobby Hangar too soon visit good peo ple Dayton came endas did journ through aviation history present-day modeling retrospect amazing much wed able com press weekend shooting over dozen rolls film taking two side trips Twin Towers Hobby Hangar getting lost Ohio backroads touring fabulous USAF Museum watching flight after flight fun flyand above meeting some d2est people earth 46 Model Aviation FUEL ALERTRED HOT Low fuel level warning systemKeep ni-starter red hot Flashing strobe lamp warns youaerotron ni-starter field box auto lowfuel levelchargeriholder Cuts off ni starter fully charged LED 100% Solid Stateindicates charging Never have Easy installremove nistarter field box again charging $2195 12v0c $1550 WING DATA Comparative wind tunnel study model airfoil lift drag characteruebca ght Lab Symmetrical Flat Bottomed Under Cambered Flapped Pagea $1000 AEROTRON Box 279 Route 2 Gerald MO 63037 $975$578 AVAILABLE AT AMERICAS FINEST HOBBY SHOPS 0975$525 #8502 heat sink head reverse pipe Byron type installation #8501 pipe conventional installation Attention Fan Owners OPS now offers two needle bearing 80s use spare parts readily available SThe Parts People Com~etaYo% /i%*o44 c long love affair hobby have come regard modelers breed apart kindred souls receive particu lar delight association model airplanes other flight home lifted off runway Dayton International still felt connected ground shared spirit very essence fun fly wit nessed well impetus gathering again next yearto fly have fun Fun Fly Registrants Kenneth N Allen Dayton OH Don Apel Columbus OH Dannie E Ball Dal las TX Ronald Ballard Decatur IN Joseph H Ballou Elizabeth IN Greg Bart ling New Martinsville WV Joseph E Begany Fairview Pk OH Robert Belton Dayton OH Mack 0 Blackburn Indianap olis IN Jack D Boesken Mt Vernon OH Brian F Bohne Cleveland OH Jef frey Bohne Cleveland OH Ralph W Braun Winamac IN David G Brown Ha milton OH William C Buckman Dayton OH Harry L Burcham Van Wert OH Randy L Charles Wilmington OH Cecil Clark Grand Haven MI John E Clev enger Carlisle OH Eric Clutton Tulla homa TN James W Correll New Al bany IN Mark J Cotter Dearborn MI Mike Couts Marion OH Lawrence H Cross Blacksburg VA Dewey D Davenport Jamestown OH Philip C Davis Van Wert OH Michael T Dean Dayton OH Raymond L Dills Louisville KY Frank Donisi Franklin OH Terry Duke Fairborn OH David L Durnell Beaver Creek OH Stanley Duszc zak Elma NY Charles S Fist Sardinia OH David L Fogle Dayton OH Frank D Fullerton Moundsville WV Kit Ger hart Kokomo IN Larry P Giles Wooster OH David C Gingrich Fishers IN Robert V Godfrey Bradenton FL Charles Gray Terre Haute IN Michael D Hair Sterling Hgts MI James Harris Marion OH George B Herider Conover OH Wayne N Jeffries Buffalo NY Albert L Jones Fairfax VA Jonathan Jordan Baltimore MD Barry S Katz Black sburg VA Dennis G Kirby Lebanon OH August W Kleinhans Evansville IN Mark D Klingler Jamestown OH Harry G Kouhoupt Vineland NJ Craig Ku lesa Bellbrook OH Robert C Kuns Hu ber Heights OH John R Lane Northville MI James L Layne Glasgow KY Gale L Leach Bellbrook OH Jarold C Leffel Racine WV WL Lehn Dayton OH Don T Lowe Altamonte Spgs FL Wil liam J Marsh Frankfort KY James Martin Vandalia OH Henry Mausolf Fredericksburg VA Philip C Metz Mar ion OH William H Millar Petoskey MI ontinued page 148 Al Radio South Batteries 500 ma Pack 48V1300 Futaba conn1550 800 ma Pack 48V2200 Futaba conn2475 1200 ma Pack 48V2400 Futaba conn2700 TX batt Futaba G-Series PCM2995 RADIO SOUTH Call Tony Stiliman Ken Dudley custom work competition needs stock complete hobby line specIalizing competition accessoriesall discounted prices ________ QUENCY CONVERSiONS Frequencx Coimnaree Approsed Feat uring last service -__We engines ana theHatori headers pipes latest equipment Including aWe Repair Heli Sets Gyros Al Orders COD MC American Express OPEN 8-5 CST Prices subject change notice %mm.mm...mmm. 9003 N Davis Hwy Pensacola FL 32514 October 1989 47 904 478-6745 ALTIMETER PERKIN AVIONICS PC-i micro sized altimeter has designed specifically RIO soaring enthusiast high tech instrument comes ready go minimal installa tion required MEASURES ALTITUDE IN 10 FT INCREMENTS AND STORES IN MEMORY HIGHEST AGL ON EACH FLIGHT WEIGHS LESS THAN 4 OZ LED DISPLAY CAN BE MOUNTED SEPARATELY FOR EASY ACCESS AUTOMATICALLY ADJUST FOR TEMPERATURE VARI ANCE AND STARTING POINT ABOVE SEA LEVEL NO BATTERY DRAIN ON FLIGHT PACK NI-CAD Introductory price $11500 no shipping charge also PERKIN AVIONICS soon released MISSILE LOCK airborne electronic weap system information either exciting new products send $300 sase C S PO Box 396 Ellenwood GA 30049 Call404 366-1591 THE WORLDS FINEST SMALL ENGINES M200 Flight Line Simulation 20 kHz Gold FM/Gold FM 36 Gold FM/Gold AM 36 Silver FM/ Silver AM 36 40kHz Gold FM/Gold FM 36 Gold FM Gold AM 36 Silver FM/Silver AM 36 Something good going FLS test dont know what PCM computer ap parently treats intermodulations same way way better older sets servos rated six volts four AA al kaline batteries specifications However Charles Hampton has flying HS-402 servos over year five-cell Ni-Cd pack has no troubles Hitec needs rewrite its specifi cation include 70 volts five-cell Ni-Cd pack slim S plug compatible last years Molex will used 1989 aircraft ra dios new HS-422 servo becomes standard aircraft radio servo year HS-422 projects / less below mounting plane does previous HS-402 uses custom chip like Futaba does features new motor very smooth gear train faster able work down 28 volts output shaft supported twopiece metal bearings above below final gear should no trouble wearing oval holes case happened old days plastic-to-plastic bear ings HS-XXX servos pulse-width controlled have 155-millisecond neutral practi cally servo should work radio worth knowing servos work great five-cell Ni-Cd packs give torque faster operation found little surgery plastic plugs would let use Airtronics servo Challenger 550 receiver Depending sequence - al wires plugs other manufacturers servos may also work bench counted 108 steps servo responding 300 full swing aileron stick High Rate count reduced dual-rate lever 31 steps full range its trim lever count affected dual-rate switch function PCM computer quite fast seems use eight-bit words Since servo throw 300 equates step per /20 motion Reso lution centering good Recentering after working stick oppo site sides usually exact never worse /2 0 out place corresponds t PCM code Using variable speed motor-driven device work landing gear switch back forth watching long pointer move over large pro tractor detect servo could no longer keep up input movement determined system can follow 120 cycles per minute four-cell Ni-Cd receiver pack servo alone can keep up 140 cycles per minute 600 travel better servos pwn have say system fast enough anybody charger supplied Challenger 550 puts Out 108 volts 50 mA 57 volts 50 mA marked will have supply own charger want use five-cell re ceiver pack frequency flag supplied Polks also nice Fun FIy/Kruse Continued page 47 David Narance Marion OH Henry M Neweome Bowling Green OH Fran cis H Nixon Lake Charles LA Frank V Noll Dayton OH Roger G Ormson Barron WI Santiago Panzardi Fairborn OH Antony Peters New York NY Phillip W Pratter Jamestown OH Timothy P Procuniar Beaverereek OH Joseph L Re inhard Columbus OH Donald H Ross Cresskill NJ James M Ruley Spring field OH Dennis F Sadowski Dayton OH Eugene P Schepers Upper Mont clair NJ Pete Schmidt Grand Rapids MI Albert Seidowski Cleveland OH Robert J Smyth Cincinnati OH Michael R Still Kokomo IN Glenn Stucker West Chester OH Darren B Suter Paden City WV Clifford J Tacie Mt Clemens MI Nur I Taib Bloomington IN Maurice C Tay lor Ohio City OH David R Thacker Hu Heights OH Bruce Anthony Tharpe Montezuma IA Jim Tibbitts Holland MI Gary E Underhill MD Evansville IN Thomas B Vandegrift East Berne NY Charles C Vermillion Marion IN Kirk R Voeckel Tarentum PA Gary R Wild Greenwood IN Lawrence M Wil son North Vernon IN Harold W Wint ers New Providence NJ Earl F Witt Chambersburg PA Raymond J Woodall New Kensington PA Robert S Wroblew ski Livonia MI 148 Model Aviation 7U rn-A, 6F700705/22 RF90O 3/ 6 08 Fults Tooling P0 Box 95 champaign IL PERKIN VI0N /
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THE NOTION modelers can should get together sheer joy fly ing airplanes others company probably old modeling itself Dur ing last few years notion has come somewhat formalized days flying sites vacant lots outskirts town lieu impromptu flying sessions earlier times scarcity available flying sites has given rise orga nized gatherings modelers specific lo cal regional locationsthe fun fly forThe appreciative crowd Sunday Specta tors enjoyed constant nonstop action six airplanes air time Maestro Bob Underwood choreographed flight line both days keeping things moving along quite briskly over 300 flights re corded kind aircraft imaginable mat has become familiar todays modelers What happens fun fly nowadays no different however impromptu gatherings past Modelers practice flying skills show off newest creations brag bit relate embellished ver sions own others experiences just generally have great time old friends new acquaintances short RC Control Line Free Flight happening once main flying site years AMA National Fun Fly WrightPatterson AFB pizzazz three-ring circus National Fun Above Immaculate 2/a-scale Spacewalker built thekit models designer Bruce Tharpe MontezumaBruce brought several Sigs kitted designs well some own work fly Right Larry Wilson North Vernon IL built Etrich Taube Balsa USA kit Como 51 powers Although very light airplane performed well gusty conditions Saturday Left Ron Ballard beautiful Byron F-16 tore up sky wowed crowd incredibiy iow passes over runway impres sive aircraft powered Rossi 90 ducted fan engine Ron haiis flies out Decatur IN Spirit America Show Team Right Bob Kuns Fairborn OH apparently quite happy design impulse Pius Immediately behind Bob high-wing de signs called Sundancer Partially hidden midwing Express 60-size designs being kitted Bobs firm Air Flair Kits Left Bruce Tharpe designer Sigs new Four Star 40 seen preparing gas up bright yellow version brought him fun fly simple yet attractive lines airplane its very forgiving flight characteristics should make very popular design Right AMA President Don Lowe apparently getting big kick out being interviewed little Loren Wagner Young Miss Wagner seen helping dad Joe Wagner well known designer own right well columnist Model Airplane News magazine have fun modeling setting de signed eliminate pressure emphasize friendship camaraderie low-pressure concept has prolif erated throughout country Fun fly events today scheduled type model aircraft imaginable Giant Scale floatplanes Helicopters Old-Timers Soar ing ships ducted-fan models Control Line aircraft Free Flight combination above plus anything else could name crowd AMA calendar coast coast seasonal pattern Using popularity local re gional fun fly springboard last year AMA hosted first-ever nationally orga nized fun fly Reno NV event intended inclusive type air craft modelers wanted bring along share Following embryonic beginning 1989 National Fun Fly moved land Dayton OH cradle avia tion home Wilbur Orville Wright Im quite sure Wilbur ville would have approved AMAs choice location Im also sure fraternal pioneers would have hardpressed imagine hundred model airplanes controlled radios wires simply flying unfettered over October 1989 39 Left George Steiner 1 Doc Marsh R among helping run impound transmitter check areas make sure no fre quency problems evidence George has innovative longtime driving force AMA Frequency Committee Doc local volunteers helped make fun fly possible Right Al Seidowski Cleveland OH firing up Enya 60 X-Cell chopper Miniature Aircraft kit Practically catagory aircraft present well just couldnt categorized very ground once landed own ships upon As airplane buff well aware big attraction Dayton US Air Force Museum Located WrightPatterson Air Force Base grounds huge museum its accompanying restora tion facility absolute musts anyone traveling through central part United States Hundreds important air craft displayed chronologically along memorabilia various eras video presentations audio commentary make museum one-of-a-kind experience early aircraft like 1909 Wright Military Flyer 1911 Curtiss Model D pusher through warplanes deployed Viet Nam conflict museum offers panoply military aircraft development between viewer taken through significant missions WW WW II Korean War via surviving exampies aircraft flew ex haustive chronology aircraft display culminates early space missions up including Apollo 11 historic 1969 moon landing Later satellite deployments also shown above happening inside museum Outside nearby facility countless aircraft rockets cruise mis siles engine displays await continuing story what aficionados cant help 40 Model Aviation Left FH Nick Nixon grand time flying armada aircraft ones Ace Littlest Stick powered Cox 020 wide-eyed little airplane seemed know its way around field Right Frank Donisis customized Mystere 3000 canard dressed up elaborate camouflage paint scheme Dummy twin-engine nacelles atop wing discarded soft drink cans Frank hails Franklin OH 4 Giant Scale numerous representatives fun fly including terrific looking Chipmunk built Charles Fist Sardinia OH model constructed kit produced Dons Custom Models sported immaculate red white blue color scheme Right trim-looking Sig Banshee built Bruce Tharpe Montezuma IA good reminder flying fun doesnt have complicated expensive Powered Fox 35 muffler profile sport/stunter would great way introduced Control Line flying Left Several gooa-TIyIng eiemasiers nana being put through paces almost constantly Senior Telemaster po ses proudly its owner Greg Bartling New Martinsville WV Greg said came fly see Air Force Museum eat good food three components perfect fun fly Right Looking world like WW aerodrome Bob Laybournes Hobby Hangar hobby shop specializing Old-Timer Free Flight supplies kits adjacent Old-Timer Free Flight flying area near Donnelsville OH consider mans greatest adventurejust south museums main entrance flightHere exploits lives very human dimension almostflew marvelous machines recalled overwhelming testament progress tech-with plaques monuments appropri nology offered small memorial parkately chosen pieces sculpture symbolize strong lofty spirits very special breed men women well sacrifices made Another great feature UASF mu seum aside free admission its October 1989 41 Left Jim Correll brought whole family along family Zilches fun fly Jim Betty daughter Allison came New Al bany IN fly trio Control Line Old-Timers including 1-size Super Duper Zilch Betty holding center picture extreme background can seen part museum complex Right Host owner Hobby Hangar genial Bob Laybourne proudly poses next extensive collection Old-Timer kits engines date back infancy model aviation USA Left Bob Laybourne Donnelsville OH owner Hobby Hangar excellent builder own right Hes seen beautiful red-and-white Shereshaw Cumulus finished silk dope Imagine silking some compound curves fus elage Right Dillard Hazelrigg Hiber Hights OH carries Si Jordans Bellbrook OH lovely New Ruler flight line old Henry Struck design almost dwarfs 0S 40 four-stroke bolted its nose Trexier air wheels absorb tremendous amount shock landing Left Dale Leach Bellbrook OH president Dayton Area Thermal Soarers DARTS Soaring club used companys color scheme logo trim Chuparosa Glider finished striking black-and-yellow motif Right Dale Leach Ken Allen Walt Schmoll Jim Martin members DARTS club showed up Soaring portion fun fly located east Dayton Twin Towers Park Another Bill Lehn work art twinrotor gyrocopter plans RC Modeler rotors free-spinning contrarotat ing cancel out potential torque pro blems Another interesting feature negative pitch rotor blades though rotors themselves have positive angle attack relation thrust line marvelous bookstore As history buff Scale aircraft fanatic could scarcely break away rows rows aviation books magazines booklets videos posters occupy fully half large en trance foyer museum quite enamored search photo graphic evidence three-views other half foyer large gift shop stocking everything imaginable way aviation-related gifts novelties As can see 1989 National Fun Fly good fortune situated much stones throw history certainly close enough re mind us partake some small way unique spirit per vades aviation fun fly about history though rather about people airplanes bring fly years gathering said people airplanes met distinct n Ross Cresskill NJ led contingent Free Flighters New Jersey New York Don prepares launch electric-powered Lectrolyte Don also author new book titled Rubber Powered Model Airplanes directed Free Flighters shock Saturday first day sched uled flying temperature Dayton area plummeted 55 degrees wind turned chill blustery Prior flying out Kansas fun fly wife Cel watched na tional weather forecast closely see what could expected Dayton some 1200 miles east north us smiling fore caster told balmy skies temperatures mid-eighties dressed accor 42 Model Aviation creations Bill Lehn 01 Dayton OH tend stand out bit flight line flying lawn mower looks like would home yard air Con structed primarily foam overlays Wall Street Journal contraption cer tainly emphasises word fun fun fly sinister Jaws created Glenn Stucker West Chester OH chews its way through air powered Fox 50 part routine Cincinnati OH Hurricanes Show Team Jaws menaces air ap propriate background music movie heard being played over loudspeakers Don Apel came nearby Columbus OH Antony Peters New York NV brought hisand put some very impressive flights multicolored Caudron Dayton part ofSunday own-design scratch-built Free Flight contingent EastNieuport airplane powered 049 Coast Note very efficient paddle-bladedCox flew rudder elevator andthrot propeller blades little WW II fightertie Note external elevator control cables Continued page 44 Left Si Jordan Bellbrook OH seen cranking up Forster 29 Playboy Cabin able assistance Ray Sorensen Cen terville OH Both gentlemen can found regularly Donnelsville Aerodrome Right venerable Bill Lehn yet another unusual creations flying flatiron can just imagine fun Bill has arresting contraptions model air show team demos THE LEADER IN COM PETITION PROPELLERS ftw NEW \DIA 12 13 14 15 16 II 4 ES 100 THP DESIGN TAILORED HELICAL PITCH DEVELOPEDTO GIVE MAXIMUM THRUST AT 4 CYCLE ENGINE RPM ALL THE LATEST TECHNIQUES USED ON OUR PRO SERIES 3 SEE BELOW PITCH THP PRICE 66 77 78 6778 67 676 NEW PRO SERIES 3 NEW HIGH TECH AIRFOIL SECTION 10 TO 20% INCREASE IN THRUST MFG OF SELECT HARD MAPLE WOOC WILL NOT FATIGUE LIKE SYNTHETICS FUEL PROOF HIGH LUSTER FINISH WAPITCH PRICE 53/34 634 72633456 833/4568 645667 94566A77 1045667 106W8W 106EW Ii4677A77B 115W 11BEW 1167 124W 125W 1256 1356 1456 IS56 164N 16678 RC PYLON RACING SERIES 500 DIA PITCHPRICE 7 SN 5N SERIES 400C 866777 9777/ W WIDE BLADE EW EXTRA WIDE N NARROW dingly much glee CD Vince Man kowski repeatedly pointed out shorts shirt attire hear via PA system main flying site could have just easily identified blue veins legs add insult jury next day acquired long pants heavier shirt Vince also pointed out over PA system crowd basking 8090o temperatures wearing shorts light summer attire Its like George Gobel said Did ever feel rest world tuxedo pair brown shoes Ah well Despite less ideal flying condi tions 10 oclock Saturday flight line begun fill aircraft Since both Control Line RC flown same immediate vicinity some small dis tance east USAF Museum spectators could watch both types flight simultaneously As six RC planes might air same time Some what west RC Control Line site hardy band Free Flighters periodi cally braved gusts launching frag ile craft wind-tossed flights majority years participants came too distant locations reason scheduling national event midst countrys largest modeling population base Modelers Illinois Indiana Missouri Iowa Michi gan West Virginia course Ohio tended predominate others came farther east south Don Ross led contingent Free Flighters out New York New Jersey participant FC Nick Nixon came swamplands Louisiana flies LARKS club Lake Charles fair ness Nick actually came Dayton reunion 58th Tactical Fighter Wing member stayed over fun fly other par ticipants said came both fly visit museum particularly like comment modeler may have honest said came food diversity participants echoed equally diverse group aircraft new kit prototypes old standards customized variations theme downright weird something everyone Modelers like Bob Kuns Fairborn OH treated event much like flying trade show demonstrating companys new kit offerings Bobs firm Air Flair three very attractive 60-size sport ships handthe high-wing Sundancer low-wing Impulse Plus midwing Express Bruce Tharpe Sigs ace designers brought new Four Star 40 just out kit form sport flier well gorgeous h-scale Space Walker done up yellow red Several fliers showed predilection customizing aircraft Being canard fan particularly liked Mystere 3000 ca nard Frank Donisi painted wild cam ouflage pattern sporting two dummy jet engine nacelles above wing Frank said dummy engines made Diet Coke cans asked him used Diet stead regular Coke cans save weight Brian Clayton big Robin Hood pow ered Supertigre 3000 finished olive drab reconnaissance planea very effective treatment Dennis Kirby went step furtherhe customized him self match plane As Dennis steered ultrastable Senior Telemaster through some ultraslow flyby exploits John Deere cap shirt perfect match ships resplendent finish same colors Innovators like Bill Lehn Glenn Stucker like camp up custom ize go oddball playful downright strange Lehn flew huge foam flatiron Formula race car lawn mower twin-rotor gyrocopter Stucker right him among ranks truly innovative fly ing fish aptly named Jaws unidentified modeler brought al obligatory Snoopys Doghouse show-and-tell flight line Original designs traditional sense also present Dayton Among two excellent flying aircraft Control Line Stunt other appearing Schoolyard Scale subject RC Joe Reinhard nearby Columbus OH turned spectators attention RC flight line Control Line circle chestrated choreographed aerial bal let truly excellent Cycle VI Stunter particularly large 540 sq wing area 54-oz ship pulled around circle through difficult wind vertical maneuvers ease Supertigre 60 nose didnt get chance ask Joe detuned engine slow things down What saw though rock-solid airplane flying through gusts though didnt exist yet hurry Young Don Apel also hails Co lumbus OH waited until conditions better Sunday before flying 049powered Nieuport bipe confident impressive manner little plane extremely responsive control modes realistic could imag ine Nungesser cockpit fliers commended exhibiting very high level flying skills Although billed fun fly rather competition its thing put plane air front two three fellow club members laid-back Sunday afternoon quite another have two three hundred spectators behind watching move AMA HQ staff members volun teers manned flight lines also commended giving everyone chance fly much wanted still maintaining adequate provisions sure safe fun fly accident mid air destroyed both aircraft volved certainly no reflection ficials since caused depth perception errors procedural ones 44 Model Aviation DISIGNID 8 DIVESOPDO fly CNRIS MACfflN RC Control Line Free Flight happening once main flying site Wright-Patterson pizzazz three-ring circus Things bit leisurely two other sites earmarked Soaring Old-Timer flying respec tively Soarers action immediately east Dayton some 15 minutes driving time distant Twin Towers Park fly ing site normally home Dayton Area Thermal Soarers DARTS club appearing deceptively small flying area road field opened up north allow flying com fort shaded picnic pavilion desired As drove site pleas antly surprised see five six youngsters tossing Hand-Launched Gliders gusts enthusiastically running after toss again young sters appeared range about five 12 years age least Glider capturing undi vided attention Two adults obviously mother least youngsters other older gentleman standing side doing best keep things organized moving along such delight see youngsters having first experience model air planes though suspected werent part Soaring portion ganized fun fly flying obvi ously having fun approached camera hand learned youth group Prayer Praise Fel lowship Church Pottsdam OH older gentleman Bill Connell orga nized group provided much needed material ing assisted worthy endeavor Cindy Minnich mother youngest Glider flier Brandon Minnich As re ward braving chill winds uncom fortable conditions just fly model air planes promised include re port Bill Cindy should proud work have done young sters Driving north Twin Towers Park af ter visiting several members DARTS club headed OldTimers site cant tell exactly far Dayton Donnelsville because took roads wife can tell Im famous takingits never map never goes think should Inevitably such practice causes stop someplace along way ask directions always enjoy part trip because get meet people would stayed strictly marked roads foray through byways Ohio particularly memorable event Ill let judge pulled off road rutted drive way seemed parking area combination gas station/grocery store/beer joint/worm farm relayed predica ment very nice lady behind counter inside knew glint eye Id struck pay dirt quest find Donnels people Ilk keitO up ond EZ up Shelters C Z pTMare fully self 00t8ned NO lo~ SheltO construct 00ntrpole sturdy teel tube tr p 0.er N raft parts NO rop5 lueble miniati* fell ofl vs d Blue nylon top Sturdy fade resistant 361 -j5A MAeg~oss plusCNECK ntUCky residOfliS add 5 SSI8~ John peck Leisure productS Ltd MAC 3287 AMA 85800131 g0envuood goad JersaillS KY 4a3e3 October 1989 45 AL 1/24 Scale Balsa Flying Model 41 E Lincoln Ave Hatfield PA 19440 215 361-8700 Available Favorite Hobby Shop Now! KIT J-1 F-16A Falcon WIngspan 15 S2495 F-14A Tomcat SHOWN Wingspan 32 $3295 four models TRUE SCALE FTODAY51reproductions popular Jet Fighters used US Allied Forces throughout world today Any models can built Display Catapault Launch Flying kit contains Diecut Balsa Parts Vac Formed Plastic Parts Decal rolled Plan Covering Tissue IE AND COLO F pqord S beSt se~ ng jgntOl Vstem chosen Byron Ongktis T&G Mfg mid AM Akcrstt Sqiply its outstanding rehiablity Complete single cylinder system including throttlecoupled spark advance kit spark spark plug lead25. plug battery pack charger O shielded Much kinger engine life Easy bend stats-no kickback lAINJiZAGO RPM reliable kilo 9% power fuiu strokers ern installation aviable 0 Lower s no nitro needed SMeMedqm*pkighedulg0apkigcover 0 FornienyenpiesUEtiqi2ft4stroke skigleuudtwincyluiders zoImhictsavdalule DISTRIBUTED BY 193 WJflflHI ZNDffDWNtZR8 7550 San Oabrei Road cadero CA 53422 56-1717 yule lived said pro ceeded give detailed directions special route said di rections dont come back Ill give some better ones cant argue advice like did find Donnelsville using nice ladys directions did find Bob Layboumes Hobby Hangar assigned site Old-Timer flying As wound back through trees gravel road suddenly came upon what could have WW aerodrome operations headquar ters buried bunkerlike side hill closely mowed runway awaited arrival squadron Sopwith Camels back dawn patrol What great place reality headquarters Bob Laybournes Hobby Hangar hobby shop aerodrome next flying strip fortunate members SMAC chapter Society Antique Modelers call home congenial group youll find anywhere arrived little activity deference weather hardly introduced ourselves planes gan magically appearing out trunks cars back hobby shop side doors vanslovely aircraft ranging ignition-powered cabin jobs four-cycle pylon ships leaped off mowed turf eager test air Jack Beatley owner black-andyellow Lanzo Bomber determined nothing would fly OS 40powered airplane Although tried ap pear reluctant would have given eye teeth fly several planes gath ered round Jacks Bomber sheer joy air responsive slightest rudder movement clean solid feeling headed breeze search lift prevailing wind westerly direc tion necessary fly out over ad jacent cemetery looking lift handed transmitter back Jack just time re frain making tasteless remark about avoiding dead air Hobby Hangar its genial owner Bob Laybourne also delight barely reformed Free Flighter Bob has stocked shop Old-Timer kits RC Control Line Free Flight supplies plus extra goodies flying buddies might require pursuit fa vorite sport Any modeler within 100mile radius Donnelsville really missing something doesnt schedule least visit Hobby Hangar too soon visit good peo ple Dayton came endas did journ through aviation history present-day modeling retrospect amazing much wed able com press weekend shooting over dozen rolls film taking two side trips Twin Towers Hobby Hangar getting lost Ohio backroads touring fabulous USAF Museum watching flight after flight fun flyand above meeting some d2est people earth 46 Model Aviation FUEL ALERTRED HOT Low fuel level warning systemKeep ni-starter red hot Flashing strobe lamp warns youaerotron ni-starter field box auto lowfuel levelchargeriholder Cuts off ni starter fully charged LED 100% Solid Stateindicates charging Never have Easy installremove nistarter field box again charging $2195 12v0c $1550 WING DATA Comparative wind tunnel study model airfoil lift drag characteruebca ght Lab Symmetrical Flat Bottomed Under Cambered Flapped Pagea $1000 AEROTRON Box 279 Route 2 Gerald MO 63037 $975$578 AVAILABLE AT AMERICAS FINEST HOBBY SHOPS 0975$525 #8502 heat sink head reverse pipe Byron type installation #8501 pipe conventional installation Attention Fan Owners OPS now offers two needle bearing 80s use spare parts readily available SThe Parts People Com~etaYo% /i%*o44 c long love affair hobby have come regard modelers breed apart kindred souls receive particu lar delight association model airplanes other flight home lifted off runway Dayton International still felt connected ground shared spirit very essence fun fly wit nessed well impetus gathering again next yearto fly have fun Fun Fly Registrants Kenneth N Allen Dayton OH Don Apel Columbus OH Dannie E Ball Dal las TX Ronald Ballard Decatur IN Joseph H Ballou Elizabeth IN Greg Bart ling New Martinsville WV Joseph E Begany Fairview Pk OH Robert Belton Dayton OH Mack 0 Blackburn Indianap olis IN Jack D Boesken Mt Vernon OH Brian F Bohne Cleveland OH Jef frey Bohne Cleveland OH Ralph W Braun Winamac IN David G Brown Ha milton OH William C Buckman Dayton OH Harry L Burcham Van Wert OH Randy L Charles Wilmington OH Cecil Clark Grand Haven MI John E Clev enger Carlisle OH Eric Clutton Tulla homa TN James W Correll New Al bany IN Mark J Cotter Dearborn MI Mike Couts Marion OH Lawrence H Cross Blacksburg VA Dewey D Davenport Jamestown OH Philip C Davis Van Wert OH Michael T Dean Dayton OH Raymond L Dills Louisville KY Frank Donisi Franklin OH Terry Duke Fairborn OH David L Durnell Beaver Creek OH Stanley Duszc zak Elma NY Charles S Fist Sardinia OH David L Fogle Dayton OH Frank D Fullerton Moundsville WV Kit Ger hart Kokomo IN Larry P Giles Wooster OH David C Gingrich Fishers IN Robert V Godfrey Bradenton FL Charles Gray Terre Haute IN Michael D Hair Sterling Hgts MI James Harris Marion OH George B Herider Conover OH Wayne N Jeffries Buffalo NY Albert L Jones Fairfax VA Jonathan Jordan Baltimore MD Barry S Katz Black sburg VA Dennis G Kirby Lebanon OH August W Kleinhans Evansville IN Mark D Klingler Jamestown OH Harry G Kouhoupt Vineland NJ Craig Ku lesa Bellbrook OH Robert C Kuns Hu ber Heights OH John R Lane Northville MI James L Layne Glasgow KY Gale L Leach Bellbrook OH Jarold C Leffel Racine WV WL Lehn Dayton OH Don T Lowe Altamonte Spgs FL Wil liam J Marsh Frankfort KY James Martin Vandalia OH Henry Mausolf Fredericksburg VA Philip C Metz Mar ion OH William H Millar Petoskey MI ontinued page 148 Al Radio South Batteries 500 ma Pack 48V1300 Futaba conn1550 800 ma Pack 48V2200 Futaba conn2475 1200 ma Pack 48V2400 Futaba conn2700 TX batt Futaba G-Series PCM2995 RADIO SOUTH Call Tony Stiliman Ken Dudley custom work competition needs stock complete hobby line specIalizing competition accessoriesall discounted prices ________ QUENCY CONVERSiONS Frequencx Coimnaree Approsed Feat uring last service -__We engines ana theHatori headers pipes latest equipment Including aWe Repair Heli Sets Gyros Al Orders COD MC American Express OPEN 8-5 CST Prices subject change notice %mm.mm...mmm. 9003 N Davis Hwy Pensacola FL 32514 October 1989 47 904 478-6745 ALTIMETER PERKIN AVIONICS PC-i micro sized altimeter has designed specifically RIO soaring enthusiast high tech instrument comes ready go minimal installa tion required MEASURES ALTITUDE IN 10 FT INCREMENTS AND STORES IN MEMORY HIGHEST AGL ON EACH FLIGHT WEIGHS LESS THAN 4 OZ LED DISPLAY CAN BE MOUNTED SEPARATELY FOR EASY ACCESS AUTOMATICALLY ADJUST FOR TEMPERATURE VARI ANCE AND STARTING POINT ABOVE SEA LEVEL NO BATTERY DRAIN ON FLIGHT PACK NI-CAD Introductory price $11500 no shipping charge also PERKIN AVIONICS soon released MISSILE LOCK airborne electronic weap system information either exciting new products send $300 sase C S PO Box 396 Ellenwood GA 30049 Call404 366-1591 THE WORLDS FINEST SMALL ENGINES M200 Flight Line Simulation 20 kHz Gold FM/Gold FM 36 Gold FM/Gold AM 36 Silver FM/ Silver AM 36 40kHz Gold FM/Gold FM 36 Gold FM Gold AM 36 Silver FM/Silver AM 36 Something good going FLS test dont know what PCM computer ap parently treats intermodulations same way way better older sets servos rated six volts four AA al kaline batteries specifications However Charles Hampton has flying HS-402 servos over year five-cell Ni-Cd pack has no troubles Hitec needs rewrite its specifi cation include 70 volts five-cell Ni-Cd pack slim S plug compatible last years Molex will used 1989 aircraft ra dios new HS-422 servo becomes standard aircraft radio servo year HS-422 projects / less below mounting plane does previous HS-402 uses custom chip like Futaba does features new motor very smooth gear train faster able work down 28 volts output shaft supported twopiece metal bearings above below final gear should no trouble wearing oval holes case happened old days plastic-to-plastic bear ings HS-XXX servos pulse-width controlled have 155-millisecond neutral practi cally servo should work radio worth knowing servos work great five-cell Ni-Cd packs give torque faster operation found little surgery plastic plugs would let use Airtronics servo Challenger 550 receiver Depending sequence - al wires plugs other manufacturers servos may also work bench counted 108 steps servo responding 300 full swing aileron stick High Rate count reduced dual-rate lever 31 steps full range its trim lever count affected dual-rate switch function PCM computer quite fast seems use eight-bit words Since servo throw 300 equates step per /20 motion Reso lution centering good Recentering after working stick oppo site sides usually exact never worse /2 0 out place corresponds t PCM code Using variable speed motor-driven device work landing gear switch back forth watching long pointer move over large pro tractor detect servo could no longer keep up input movement determined system can follow 120 cycles per minute four-cell Ni-Cd receiver pack servo alone can keep up 140 cycles per minute 600 travel better servos pwn have say system fast enough anybody charger supplied Challenger 550 puts Out 108 volts 50 mA 57 volts 50 mA marked will have supply own charger want use five-cell re ceiver pack frequency flag supplied Polks also nice Fun FIy/Kruse Continued page 47 David Narance Marion OH Henry M Neweome Bowling Green OH Fran cis H Nixon Lake Charles LA Frank V Noll Dayton OH Roger G Ormson Barron WI Santiago Panzardi Fairborn OH Antony Peters New York NY Phillip W Pratter Jamestown OH Timothy P Procuniar Beaverereek OH Joseph L Re inhard Columbus OH Donald H Ross Cresskill NJ James M Ruley Spring field OH Dennis F Sadowski Dayton OH Eugene P Schepers Upper Mont clair NJ Pete Schmidt Grand Rapids MI Albert Seidowski Cleveland OH Robert J Smyth Cincinnati OH Michael R Still Kokomo IN Glenn Stucker West Chester OH Darren B Suter Paden City WV Clifford J Tacie Mt Clemens MI Nur I Taib Bloomington IN Maurice C Tay lor Ohio City OH David R Thacker Hu Heights OH Bruce Anthony Tharpe Montezuma IA Jim Tibbitts Holland MI Gary E Underhill MD Evansville IN Thomas B Vandegrift East Berne NY Charles C Vermillion Marion IN Kirk R Voeckel Tarentum PA Gary R Wild Greenwood IN Lawrence M Wil son North Vernon IN Harold W Wint ers New Providence NJ Earl F Witt Chambersburg PA Raymond J Woodall New Kensington PA Robert S Wroblew ski Livonia MI 148 Model Aviation 7U rn-A, 6F700705/22 RF90O 3/ 6 08 Fults Tooling P0 Box 95 champaign IL PERKIN VI0N /
Edition: Model Aviation - 1989/10
Page Numbers: 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 44, 45, 46, 47, 148
THE NOTION modelers can should get together sheer joy fly ing airplanes others company probably old modeling itself Dur ing last few years notion has come somewhat formalized days flying sites vacant lots outskirts town lieu impromptu flying sessions earlier times scarcity available flying sites has given rise orga nized gatherings modelers specific lo cal regional locationsthe fun fly forThe appreciative crowd Sunday Specta tors enjoyed constant nonstop action six airplanes air time Maestro Bob Underwood choreographed flight line both days keeping things moving along quite briskly over 300 flights re corded kind aircraft imaginable mat has become familiar todays modelers What happens fun fly nowadays no different however impromptu gatherings past Modelers practice flying skills show off newest creations brag bit relate embellished ver sions own others experiences just generally have great time old friends new acquaintances short RC Control Line Free Flight happening once main flying site years AMA National Fun Fly WrightPatterson AFB pizzazz three-ring circus National Fun Above Immaculate 2/a-scale Spacewalker built thekit models designer Bruce Tharpe MontezumaBruce brought several Sigs kitted designs well some own work fly Right Larry Wilson North Vernon IL built Etrich Taube Balsa USA kit Como 51 powers Although very light airplane performed well gusty conditions Saturday Left Ron Ballard beautiful Byron F-16 tore up sky wowed crowd incredibiy iow passes over runway impres sive aircraft powered Rossi 90 ducted fan engine Ron haiis flies out Decatur IN Spirit America Show Team Right Bob Kuns Fairborn OH apparently quite happy design impulse Pius Immediately behind Bob high-wing de signs called Sundancer Partially hidden midwing Express 60-size designs being kitted Bobs firm Air Flair Kits Left Bruce Tharpe designer Sigs new Four Star 40 seen preparing gas up bright yellow version brought him fun fly simple yet attractive lines airplane its very forgiving flight characteristics should make very popular design Right AMA President Don Lowe apparently getting big kick out being interviewed little Loren Wagner Young Miss Wagner seen helping dad Joe Wagner well known designer own right well columnist Model Airplane News magazine have fun modeling setting de signed eliminate pressure emphasize friendship camaraderie low-pressure concept has prolif erated throughout country Fun fly events today scheduled type model aircraft imaginable Giant Scale floatplanes Helicopters Old-Timers Soar ing ships ducted-fan models Control Line aircraft Free Flight combination above plus anything else could name crowd AMA calendar coast coast seasonal pattern Using popularity local re gional fun fly springboard last year AMA hosted first-ever nationally orga nized fun fly Reno NV event intended inclusive type air craft modelers wanted bring along share Following embryonic beginning 1989 National Fun Fly moved land Dayton OH cradle avia tion home Wilbur Orville Wright Im quite sure Wilbur ville would have approved AMAs choice location Im also sure fraternal pioneers would have hardpressed imagine hundred model airplanes controlled radios wires simply flying unfettered over October 1989 39 Left George Steiner 1 Doc Marsh R among helping run impound transmitter check areas make sure no fre quency problems evidence George has innovative longtime driving force AMA Frequency Committee Doc local volunteers helped make fun fly possible Right Al Seidowski Cleveland OH firing up Enya 60 X-Cell chopper Miniature Aircraft kit Practically catagory aircraft present well just couldnt categorized very ground once landed own ships upon As airplane buff well aware big attraction Dayton US Air Force Museum Located WrightPatterson Air Force Base grounds huge museum its accompanying restora tion facility absolute musts anyone traveling through central part United States Hundreds important air craft displayed chronologically along memorabilia various eras video presentations audio commentary make museum one-of-a-kind experience early aircraft like 1909 Wright Military Flyer 1911 Curtiss Model D pusher through warplanes deployed Viet Nam conflict museum offers panoply military aircraft development between viewer taken through significant missions WW WW II Korean War via surviving exampies aircraft flew ex haustive chronology aircraft display culminates early space missions up including Apollo 11 historic 1969 moon landing Later satellite deployments also shown above happening inside museum Outside nearby facility countless aircraft rockets cruise mis siles engine displays await continuing story what aficionados cant help 40 Model Aviation Left FH Nick Nixon grand time flying armada aircraft ones Ace Littlest Stick powered Cox 020 wide-eyed little airplane seemed know its way around field Right Frank Donisis customized Mystere 3000 canard dressed up elaborate camouflage paint scheme Dummy twin-engine nacelles atop wing discarded soft drink cans Frank hails Franklin OH 4 Giant Scale numerous representatives fun fly including terrific looking Chipmunk built Charles Fist Sardinia OH model constructed kit produced Dons Custom Models sported immaculate red white blue color scheme Right trim-looking Sig Banshee built Bruce Tharpe Montezuma IA good reminder flying fun doesnt have complicated expensive Powered Fox 35 muffler profile sport/stunter would great way introduced Control Line flying Left Several gooa-TIyIng eiemasiers nana being put through paces almost constantly Senior Telemaster po ses proudly its owner Greg Bartling New Martinsville WV Greg said came fly see Air Force Museum eat good food three components perfect fun fly Right Looking world like WW aerodrome Bob Laybournes Hobby Hangar hobby shop specializing Old-Timer Free Flight supplies kits adjacent Old-Timer Free Flight flying area near Donnelsville OH consider mans greatest adventurejust south museums main entrance flightHere exploits lives very human dimension almostflew marvelous machines recalled overwhelming testament progress tech-with plaques monuments appropri nology offered small memorial parkately chosen pieces sculpture symbolize strong lofty spirits very special breed men women well sacrifices made Another great feature UASF mu seum aside free admission its October 1989 41 Left Jim Correll brought whole family along family Zilches fun fly Jim Betty daughter Allison came New Al bany IN fly trio Control Line Old-Timers including 1-size Super Duper Zilch Betty holding center picture extreme background can seen part museum complex Right Host owner Hobby Hangar genial Bob Laybourne proudly poses next extensive collection Old-Timer kits engines date back infancy model aviation USA Left Bob Laybourne Donnelsville OH owner Hobby Hangar excellent builder own right Hes seen beautiful red-and-white Shereshaw Cumulus finished silk dope Imagine silking some compound curves fus elage Right Dillard Hazelrigg Hiber Hights OH carries Si Jordans Bellbrook OH lovely New Ruler flight line old Henry Struck design almost dwarfs 0S 40 four-stroke bolted its nose Trexier air wheels absorb tremendous amount shock landing Left Dale Leach Bellbrook OH president Dayton Area Thermal Soarers DARTS Soaring club used companys color scheme logo trim Chuparosa Glider finished striking black-and-yellow motif Right Dale Leach Ken Allen Walt Schmoll Jim Martin members DARTS club showed up Soaring portion fun fly located east Dayton Twin Towers Park Another Bill Lehn work art twinrotor gyrocopter plans RC Modeler rotors free-spinning contrarotat ing cancel out potential torque pro blems Another interesting feature negative pitch rotor blades though rotors themselves have positive angle attack relation thrust line marvelous bookstore As history buff Scale aircraft fanatic could scarcely break away rows rows aviation books magazines booklets videos posters occupy fully half large en trance foyer museum quite enamored search photo graphic evidence three-views other half foyer large gift shop stocking everything imaginable way aviation-related gifts novelties As can see 1989 National Fun Fly good fortune situated much stones throw history certainly close enough re mind us partake some small way unique spirit per vades aviation fun fly about history though rather about people airplanes bring fly years gathering said people airplanes met distinct n Ross Cresskill NJ led contingent Free Flighters New Jersey New York Don prepares launch electric-powered Lectrolyte Don also author new book titled Rubber Powered Model Airplanes directed Free Flighters shock Saturday first day sched uled flying temperature Dayton area plummeted 55 degrees wind turned chill blustery Prior flying out Kansas fun fly wife Cel watched na tional weather forecast closely see what could expected Dayton some 1200 miles east north us smiling fore caster told balmy skies temperatures mid-eighties dressed accor 42 Model Aviation creations Bill Lehn 01 Dayton OH tend stand out bit flight line flying lawn mower looks like would home yard air Con structed primarily foam overlays Wall Street Journal contraption cer tainly emphasises word fun fun fly sinister Jaws created Glenn Stucker West Chester OH chews its way through air powered Fox 50 part routine Cincinnati OH Hurricanes Show Team Jaws menaces air ap propriate background music movie heard being played over loudspeakers Don Apel came nearby Columbus OH Antony Peters New York NV brought hisand put some very impressive flights multicolored Caudron Dayton part ofSunday own-design scratch-built Free Flight contingent EastNieuport airplane powered 049 Coast Note very efficient paddle-bladedCox flew rudder elevator andthrot propeller blades little WW II fightertie Note external elevator control cables Continued page 44 Left Si Jordan Bellbrook OH seen cranking up Forster 29 Playboy Cabin able assistance Ray Sorensen Cen terville OH Both gentlemen can found regularly Donnelsville Aerodrome Right venerable Bill Lehn yet another unusual creations flying flatiron can just imagine fun Bill has arresting contraptions model air show team demos THE LEADER IN COM PETITION PROPELLERS ftw NEW \DIA 12 13 14 15 16 II 4 ES 100 THP DESIGN TAILORED HELICAL PITCH DEVELOPEDTO GIVE MAXIMUM THRUST AT 4 CYCLE ENGINE RPM ALL THE LATEST TECHNIQUES USED ON OUR PRO SERIES 3 SEE BELOW PITCH THP PRICE 66 77 78 6778 67 676 NEW PRO SERIES 3 NEW HIGH TECH AIRFOIL SECTION 10 TO 20% INCREASE IN THRUST MFG OF SELECT HARD MAPLE WOOC WILL NOT FATIGUE LIKE SYNTHETICS FUEL PROOF HIGH LUSTER FINISH WAPITCH PRICE 53/34 634 72633456 833/4568 645667 94566A77 1045667 106W8W 106EW Ii4677A77B 115W 11BEW 1167 124W 125W 1256 1356 1456 IS56 164N 16678 RC PYLON RACING SERIES 500 DIA PITCHPRICE 7 SN 5N SERIES 400C 866777 9777/ W WIDE BLADE EW EXTRA WIDE N NARROW dingly much glee CD Vince Man kowski repeatedly pointed out shorts shirt attire hear via PA system main flying site could have just easily identified blue veins legs add insult jury next day acquired long pants heavier shirt Vince also pointed out over PA system crowd basking 8090o temperatures wearing shorts light summer attire Its like George Gobel said Did ever feel rest world tuxedo pair brown shoes Ah well Despite less ideal flying condi tions 10 oclock Saturday flight line begun fill aircraft Since both Control Line RC flown same immediate vicinity some small dis tance east USAF Museum spectators could watch both types flight simultaneously As six RC planes might air same time Some what west RC Control Line site hardy band Free Flighters periodi cally braved gusts launching frag ile craft wind-tossed flights majority years participants came too distant locations reason scheduling national event midst countrys largest modeling population base Modelers Illinois Indiana Missouri Iowa Michi gan West Virginia course Ohio tended predominate others came farther east south Don Ross led contingent Free Flighters out New York New Jersey participant FC Nick Nixon came swamplands Louisiana flies LARKS club Lake Charles fair ness Nick actually came Dayton reunion 58th Tactical Fighter Wing member stayed over fun fly other par ticipants said came both fly visit museum particularly like comment modeler may have honest said came food diversity participants echoed equally diverse group aircraft new kit prototypes old standards customized variations theme downright weird something everyone Modelers like Bob Kuns Fairborn OH treated event much like flying trade show demonstrating companys new kit offerings Bobs firm Air Flair three very attractive 60-size sport ships handthe high-wing Sundancer low-wing Impulse Plus midwing Express Bruce Tharpe Sigs ace designers brought new Four Star 40 just out kit form sport flier well gorgeous h-scale Space Walker done up yellow red Several fliers showed predilection customizing aircraft Being canard fan particularly liked Mystere 3000 ca nard Frank Donisi painted wild cam ouflage pattern sporting two dummy jet engine nacelles above wing Frank said dummy engines made Diet Coke cans asked him used Diet stead regular Coke cans save weight Brian Clayton big Robin Hood pow ered Supertigre 3000 finished olive drab reconnaissance planea very effective treatment Dennis Kirby went step furtherhe customized him self match plane As Dennis steered ultrastable Senior Telemaster through some ultraslow flyby exploits John Deere cap shirt perfect match ships resplendent finish same colors Innovators like Bill Lehn Glenn Stucker like camp up custom ize go oddball playful downright strange Lehn flew huge foam flatiron Formula race car lawn mower twin-rotor gyrocopter Stucker right him among ranks truly innovative fly ing fish aptly named Jaws unidentified modeler brought al obligatory Snoopys Doghouse show-and-tell flight line Original designs traditional sense also present Dayton Among two excellent flying aircraft Control Line Stunt other appearing Schoolyard Scale subject RC Joe Reinhard nearby Columbus OH turned spectators attention RC flight line Control Line circle chestrated choreographed aerial bal let truly excellent Cycle VI Stunter particularly large 540 sq wing area 54-oz ship pulled around circle through difficult wind vertical maneuvers ease Supertigre 60 nose didnt get chance ask Joe detuned engine slow things down What saw though rock-solid airplane flying through gusts though didnt exist yet hurry Young Don Apel also hails Co lumbus OH waited until conditions better Sunday before flying 049powered Nieuport bipe confident impressive manner little plane extremely responsive control modes realistic could imag ine Nungesser cockpit fliers commended exhibiting very high level flying skills Although billed fun fly rather competition its thing put plane air front two three fellow club members laid-back Sunday afternoon quite another have two three hundred spectators behind watching move AMA HQ staff members volun teers manned flight lines also commended giving everyone chance fly much wanted still maintaining adequate provisions sure safe fun fly accident mid air destroyed both aircraft volved certainly no reflection ficials since caused depth perception errors procedural ones 44 Model Aviation DISIGNID 8 DIVESOPDO fly CNRIS MACfflN RC Control Line Free Flight happening once main flying site Wright-Patterson pizzazz three-ring circus Things bit leisurely two other sites earmarked Soaring Old-Timer flying respec tively Soarers action immediately east Dayton some 15 minutes driving time distant Twin Towers Park fly ing site normally home Dayton Area Thermal Soarers DARTS club appearing deceptively small flying area road field opened up north allow flying com fort shaded picnic pavilion desired As drove site pleas antly surprised see five six youngsters tossing Hand-Launched Gliders gusts enthusiastically running after toss again young sters appeared range about five 12 years age least Glider capturing undi vided attention Two adults obviously mother least youngsters other older gentleman standing side doing best keep things organized moving along such delight see youngsters having first experience model air planes though suspected werent part Soaring portion ganized fun fly flying obvi ously having fun approached camera hand learned youth group Prayer Praise Fel lowship Church Pottsdam OH older gentleman Bill Connell orga nized group provided much needed material ing assisted worthy endeavor Cindy Minnich mother youngest Glider flier Brandon Minnich As re ward braving chill winds uncom fortable conditions just fly model air planes promised include re port Bill Cindy should proud work have done young sters Driving north Twin Towers Park af ter visiting several members DARTS club headed OldTimers site cant tell exactly far Dayton Donnelsville because took roads wife can tell Im famous takingits never map never goes think should Inevitably such practice causes stop someplace along way ask directions always enjoy part trip because get meet people would stayed strictly marked roads foray through byways Ohio particularly memorable event Ill let judge pulled off road rutted drive way seemed parking area combination gas station/grocery store/beer joint/worm farm relayed predica ment very nice lady behind counter inside knew glint eye Id struck pay dirt quest find Donnels people Ilk keitO up ond EZ up Shelters C Z pTMare fully self 00t8ned NO lo~ SheltO construct 00ntrpole sturdy teel tube tr p 0.er N raft parts NO rop5 lueble miniati* fell ofl vs d Blue nylon top Sturdy fade resistant 361 -j5A MAeg~oss plusCNECK ntUCky residOfliS add 5 SSI8~ John peck Leisure productS Ltd MAC 3287 AMA 85800131 g0envuood goad JersaillS KY 4a3e3 October 1989 45 AL 1/24 Scale Balsa Flying Model 41 E Lincoln Ave Hatfield PA 19440 215 361-8700 Available Favorite Hobby Shop Now! KIT J-1 F-16A Falcon WIngspan 15 S2495 F-14A Tomcat SHOWN Wingspan 32 $3295 four models TRUE SCALE FTODAY51reproductions popular Jet Fighters used US Allied Forces throughout world today Any models can built Display Catapault Launch Flying kit contains Diecut Balsa Parts Vac Formed Plastic Parts Decal rolled Plan Covering Tissue IE AND COLO F pqord S beSt se~ ng jgntOl Vstem chosen Byron Ongktis T&G Mfg mid AM Akcrstt Sqiply its outstanding rehiablity Complete single cylinder system including throttlecoupled spark advance kit spark spark plug lead25. plug battery pack charger O shielded Much kinger engine life Easy bend stats-no kickback lAINJiZAGO RPM reliable kilo 9% power fuiu strokers ern installation aviable 0 Lower s no nitro needed SMeMedqm*pkighedulg0apkigcover 0 FornienyenpiesUEtiqi2ft4stroke skigleuudtwincyluiders zoImhictsavdalule DISTRIBUTED BY 193 WJflflHI ZNDffDWNtZR8 7550 San Oabrei Road cadero CA 53422 56-1717 yule lived said pro ceeded give detailed directions special route said di rections dont come back Ill give some better ones cant argue advice like did find Donnelsville using nice ladys directions did find Bob Layboumes Hobby Hangar assigned site Old-Timer flying As wound back through trees gravel road suddenly came upon what could have WW aerodrome operations headquar ters buried bunkerlike side hill closely mowed runway awaited arrival squadron Sopwith Camels back dawn patrol What great place reality headquarters Bob Laybournes Hobby Hangar hobby shop aerodrome next flying strip fortunate members SMAC chapter Society Antique Modelers call home congenial group youll find anywhere arrived little activity deference weather hardly introduced ourselves planes gan magically appearing out trunks cars back hobby shop side doors vanslovely aircraft ranging ignition-powered cabin jobs four-cycle pylon ships leaped off mowed turf eager test air Jack Beatley owner black-andyellow Lanzo Bomber determined nothing would fly OS 40powered airplane Although tried ap pear reluctant would have given eye teeth fly several planes gath ered round Jacks Bomber sheer joy air responsive slightest rudder movement clean solid feeling headed breeze search lift prevailing wind westerly direc tion necessary fly out over ad jacent cemetery looking lift handed transmitter back Jack just time re frain making tasteless remark about avoiding dead air Hobby Hangar its genial owner Bob Laybourne also delight barely reformed Free Flighter Bob has stocked shop Old-Timer kits RC Control Line Free Flight supplies plus extra goodies flying buddies might require pursuit fa vorite sport Any modeler within 100mile radius Donnelsville really missing something doesnt schedule least visit Hobby Hangar too soon visit good peo ple Dayton came endas did journ through aviation history present-day modeling retrospect amazing much wed able com press weekend shooting over dozen rolls film taking two side trips Twin Towers Hobby Hangar getting lost Ohio backroads touring fabulous USAF Museum watching flight after flight fun flyand above meeting some d2est people earth 46 Model Aviation FUEL ALERTRED HOT Low fuel level warning systemKeep ni-starter red hot Flashing strobe lamp warns youaerotron ni-starter field box auto lowfuel levelchargeriholder Cuts off ni starter fully charged LED 100% Solid Stateindicates charging Never have Easy installremove nistarter field box again charging $2195 12v0c $1550 WING DATA Comparative wind tunnel study model airfoil lift drag characteruebca ght Lab Symmetrical Flat Bottomed Under Cambered Flapped Pagea $1000 AEROTRON Box 279 Route 2 Gerald MO 63037 $975$578 AVAILABLE AT AMERICAS FINEST HOBBY SHOPS 0975$525 #8502 heat sink head reverse pipe Byron type installation #8501 pipe conventional installation Attention Fan Owners OPS now offers two needle bearing 80s use spare parts readily available SThe Parts People Com~etaYo% /i%*o44 c long love affair hobby have come regard modelers breed apart kindred souls receive particu lar delight association model airplanes other flight home lifted off runway Dayton International still felt connected ground shared spirit very essence fun fly wit nessed well impetus gathering again next yearto fly have fun Fun Fly Registrants Kenneth N Allen Dayton OH Don Apel Columbus OH Dannie E Ball Dal las TX Ronald Ballard Decatur IN Joseph H Ballou Elizabeth IN Greg Bart ling New Martinsville WV Joseph E Begany Fairview Pk OH Robert Belton Dayton OH Mack 0 Blackburn Indianap olis IN Jack D Boesken Mt Vernon OH Brian F Bohne Cleveland OH Jef frey Bohne Cleveland OH Ralph W Braun Winamac IN David G Brown Ha milton OH William C Buckman Dayton OH Harry L Burcham Van Wert OH Randy L Charles Wilmington OH Cecil Clark Grand Haven MI John E Clev enger Carlisle OH Eric Clutton Tulla homa TN James W Correll New Al bany IN Mark J Cotter Dearborn MI Mike Couts Marion OH Lawrence H Cross Blacksburg VA Dewey D Davenport Jamestown OH Philip C Davis Van Wert OH Michael T Dean Dayton OH Raymond L Dills Louisville KY Frank Donisi Franklin OH Terry Duke Fairborn OH David L Durnell Beaver Creek OH Stanley Duszc zak Elma NY Charles S Fist Sardinia OH David L Fogle Dayton OH Frank D Fullerton Moundsville WV Kit Ger hart Kokomo IN Larry P Giles Wooster OH David C Gingrich Fishers IN Robert V Godfrey Bradenton FL Charles Gray Terre Haute IN Michael D Hair Sterling Hgts MI James Harris Marion OH George B Herider Conover OH Wayne N Jeffries Buffalo NY Albert L Jones Fairfax VA Jonathan Jordan Baltimore MD Barry S Katz Black sburg VA Dennis G Kirby Lebanon OH August W Kleinhans Evansville IN Mark D Klingler Jamestown OH Harry G Kouhoupt Vineland NJ Craig Ku lesa Bellbrook OH Robert C Kuns Hu ber Heights OH John R Lane Northville MI James L Layne Glasgow KY Gale L Leach Bellbrook OH Jarold C Leffel Racine WV WL Lehn Dayton OH Don T Lowe Altamonte Spgs FL Wil liam J Marsh Frankfort KY James Martin Vandalia OH Henry Mausolf Fredericksburg VA Philip C Metz Mar ion OH William H Millar Petoskey MI ontinued page 148 Al Radio South Batteries 500 ma Pack 48V1300 Futaba conn1550 800 ma Pack 48V2200 Futaba conn2475 1200 ma Pack 48V2400 Futaba conn2700 TX batt Futaba G-Series PCM2995 RADIO SOUTH Call Tony Stiliman Ken Dudley custom work competition needs stock complete hobby line specIalizing competition accessoriesall discounted prices ________ QUENCY CONVERSiONS Frequencx Coimnaree Approsed Feat uring last service -__We engines ana theHatori headers pipes latest equipment Including aWe Repair Heli Sets Gyros Al Orders COD MC American Express OPEN 8-5 CST Prices subject change notice %mm.mm...mmm. 9003 N Davis Hwy Pensacola FL 32514 October 1989 47 904 478-6745 ALTIMETER PERKIN AVIONICS PC-i micro sized altimeter has designed specifically RIO soaring enthusiast high tech instrument comes ready go minimal installa tion required MEASURES ALTITUDE IN 10 FT INCREMENTS AND STORES IN MEMORY HIGHEST AGL ON EACH FLIGHT WEIGHS LESS THAN 4 OZ LED DISPLAY CAN BE MOUNTED SEPARATELY FOR EASY ACCESS AUTOMATICALLY ADJUST FOR TEMPERATURE VARI ANCE AND STARTING POINT ABOVE SEA LEVEL NO BATTERY DRAIN ON FLIGHT PACK NI-CAD Introductory price $11500 no shipping charge also PERKIN AVIONICS soon released MISSILE LOCK airborne electronic weap system information either exciting new products send $300 sase C S PO Box 396 Ellenwood GA 30049 Call404 366-1591 THE WORLDS FINEST SMALL ENGINES M200 Flight Line Simulation 20 kHz Gold FM/Gold FM 36 Gold FM/Gold AM 36 Silver FM/ Silver AM 36 40kHz Gold FM/Gold FM 36 Gold FM Gold AM 36 Silver FM/Silver AM 36 Something good going FLS test dont know what PCM computer ap parently treats intermodulations same way way better older sets servos rated six volts four AA al kaline batteries specifications However Charles Hampton has flying HS-402 servos over year five-cell Ni-Cd pack has no troubles Hitec needs rewrite its specifi cation include 70 volts five-cell Ni-Cd pack slim S plug compatible last years Molex will used 1989 aircraft ra dios new HS-422 servo becomes standard aircraft radio servo year HS-422 projects / less below mounting plane does previous HS-402 uses custom chip like Futaba does features new motor very smooth gear train faster able work down 28 volts output shaft supported twopiece metal bearings above below final gear should no trouble wearing oval holes case happened old days plastic-to-plastic bear ings HS-XXX servos pulse-width controlled have 155-millisecond neutral practi cally servo should work radio worth knowing servos work great five-cell Ni-Cd packs give torque faster operation found little surgery plastic plugs would let use Airtronics servo Challenger 550 receiver Depending sequence - al wires plugs other manufacturers servos may also work bench counted 108 steps servo responding 300 full swing aileron stick High Rate count reduced dual-rate lever 31 steps full range its trim lever count affected dual-rate switch function PCM computer quite fast seems use eight-bit words Since servo throw 300 equates step per /20 motion Reso lution centering good Recentering after working stick oppo site sides usually exact never worse /2 0 out place corresponds t PCM code Using variable speed motor-driven device work landing gear switch back forth watching long pointer move over large pro tractor detect servo could no longer keep up input movement determined system can follow 120 cycles per minute four-cell Ni-Cd receiver pack servo alone can keep up 140 cycles per minute 600 travel better servos pwn have say system fast enough anybody charger supplied Challenger 550 puts Out 108 volts 50 mA 57 volts 50 mA marked will have supply own charger want use five-cell re ceiver pack frequency flag supplied Polks also nice Fun FIy/Kruse Continued page 47 David Narance Marion OH Henry M Neweome Bowling Green OH Fran cis H Nixon Lake Charles LA Frank V Noll Dayton OH Roger G Ormson Barron WI Santiago Panzardi Fairborn OH Antony Peters New York NY Phillip W Pratter Jamestown OH Timothy P Procuniar Beaverereek OH Joseph L Re inhard Columbus OH Donald H Ross Cresskill NJ James M Ruley Spring field OH Dennis F Sadowski Dayton OH Eugene P Schepers Upper Mont clair NJ Pete Schmidt Grand Rapids MI Albert Seidowski Cleveland OH Robert J Smyth Cincinnati OH Michael R Still Kokomo IN Glenn Stucker West Chester OH Darren B Suter Paden City WV Clifford J Tacie Mt Clemens MI Nur I Taib Bloomington IN Maurice C Tay lor Ohio City OH David R Thacker Hu Heights OH Bruce Anthony Tharpe Montezuma IA Jim Tibbitts Holland MI Gary E Underhill MD Evansville IN Thomas B Vandegrift East Berne NY Charles C Vermillion Marion IN Kirk R Voeckel Tarentum PA Gary R Wild Greenwood IN Lawrence M Wil son North Vernon IN Harold W Wint ers New Providence NJ Earl F Witt Chambersburg PA Raymond J Woodall New Kensington PA Robert S Wroblew ski Livonia MI 148 Model Aviation 7U rn-A, 6F700705/22 RF90O 3/ 6 08 Fults Tooling P0 Box 95 champaign IL PERKIN VI0N /
Edition: Model Aviation - 1989/10
Page Numbers: 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 44, 45, 46, 47, 148
THE NOTION modelers can should get together sheer joy fly ing airplanes others company probably old modeling itself Dur ing last few years notion has come somewhat formalized days flying sites vacant lots outskirts town lieu impromptu flying sessions earlier times scarcity available flying sites has given rise orga nized gatherings modelers specific lo cal regional locationsthe fun fly forThe appreciative crowd Sunday Specta tors enjoyed constant nonstop action six airplanes air time Maestro Bob Underwood choreographed flight line both days keeping things moving along quite briskly over 300 flights re corded kind aircraft imaginable mat has become familiar todays modelers What happens fun fly nowadays no different however impromptu gatherings past Modelers practice flying skills show off newest creations brag bit relate embellished ver sions own others experiences just generally have great time old friends new acquaintances short RC Control Line Free Flight happening once main flying site years AMA National Fun Fly WrightPatterson AFB pizzazz three-ring circus National Fun Above Immaculate 2/a-scale Spacewalker built thekit models designer Bruce Tharpe MontezumaBruce brought several Sigs kitted designs well some own work fly Right Larry Wilson North Vernon IL built Etrich Taube Balsa USA kit Como 51 powers Although very light airplane performed well gusty conditions Saturday Left Ron Ballard beautiful Byron F-16 tore up sky wowed crowd incredibiy iow passes over runway impres sive aircraft powered Rossi 90 ducted fan engine Ron haiis flies out Decatur IN Spirit America Show Team Right Bob Kuns Fairborn OH apparently quite happy design impulse Pius Immediately behind Bob high-wing de signs called Sundancer Partially hidden midwing Express 60-size designs being kitted Bobs firm Air Flair Kits Left Bruce Tharpe designer Sigs new Four Star 40 seen preparing gas up bright yellow version brought him fun fly simple yet attractive lines airplane its very forgiving flight characteristics should make very popular design Right AMA President Don Lowe apparently getting big kick out being interviewed little Loren Wagner Young Miss Wagner seen helping dad Joe Wagner well known designer own right well columnist Model Airplane News magazine have fun modeling setting de signed eliminate pressure emphasize friendship camaraderie low-pressure concept has prolif erated throughout country Fun fly events today scheduled type model aircraft imaginable Giant Scale floatplanes Helicopters Old-Timers Soar ing ships ducted-fan models Control Line aircraft Free Flight combination above plus anything else could name crowd AMA calendar coast coast seasonal pattern Using popularity local re gional fun fly springboard last year AMA hosted first-ever nationally orga nized fun fly Reno NV event intended inclusive type air craft modelers wanted bring along share Following embryonic beginning 1989 National Fun Fly moved land Dayton OH cradle avia tion home Wilbur Orville Wright Im quite sure Wilbur ville would have approved AMAs choice location Im also sure fraternal pioneers would have hardpressed imagine hundred model airplanes controlled radios wires simply flying unfettered over October 1989 39 Left George Steiner 1 Doc Marsh R among helping run impound transmitter check areas make sure no fre quency problems evidence George has innovative longtime driving force AMA Frequency Committee Doc local volunteers helped make fun fly possible Right Al Seidowski Cleveland OH firing up Enya 60 X-Cell chopper Miniature Aircraft kit Practically catagory aircraft present well just couldnt categorized very ground once landed own ships upon As airplane buff well aware big attraction Dayton US Air Force Museum Located WrightPatterson Air Force Base grounds huge museum its accompanying restora tion facility absolute musts anyone traveling through central part United States Hundreds important air craft displayed chronologically along memorabilia various eras video presentations audio commentary make museum one-of-a-kind experience early aircraft like 1909 Wright Military Flyer 1911 Curtiss Model D pusher through warplanes deployed Viet Nam conflict museum offers panoply military aircraft development between viewer taken through significant missions WW WW II Korean War via surviving exampies aircraft flew ex haustive chronology aircraft display culminates early space missions up including Apollo 11 historic 1969 moon landing Later satellite deployments also shown above happening inside museum Outside nearby facility countless aircraft rockets cruise mis siles engine displays await continuing story what aficionados cant help 40 Model Aviation Left FH Nick Nixon grand time flying armada aircraft ones Ace Littlest Stick powered Cox 020 wide-eyed little airplane seemed know its way around field Right Frank Donisis customized Mystere 3000 canard dressed up elaborate camouflage paint scheme Dummy twin-engine nacelles atop wing discarded soft drink cans Frank hails Franklin OH 4 Giant Scale numerous representatives fun fly including terrific looking Chipmunk built Charles Fist Sardinia OH model constructed kit produced Dons Custom Models sported immaculate red white blue color scheme Right trim-looking Sig Banshee built Bruce Tharpe Montezuma IA good reminder flying fun doesnt have complicated expensive Powered Fox 35 muffler profile sport/stunter would great way introduced Control Line flying Left Several gooa-TIyIng eiemasiers nana being put through paces almost constantly Senior Telemaster po ses proudly its owner Greg Bartling New Martinsville WV Greg said came fly see Air Force Museum eat good food three components perfect fun fly Right Looking world like WW aerodrome Bob Laybournes Hobby Hangar hobby shop specializing Old-Timer Free Flight supplies kits adjacent Old-Timer Free Flight flying area near Donnelsville OH consider mans greatest adventurejust south museums main entrance flightHere exploits lives very human dimension almostflew marvelous machines recalled overwhelming testament progress tech-with plaques monuments appropri nology offered small memorial parkately chosen pieces sculpture symbolize strong lofty spirits very special breed men women well sacrifices made Another great feature UASF mu seum aside free admission its October 1989 41 Left Jim Correll brought whole family along family Zilches fun fly Jim Betty daughter Allison came New Al bany IN fly trio Control Line Old-Timers including 1-size Super Duper Zilch Betty holding center picture extreme background can seen part museum complex Right Host owner Hobby Hangar genial Bob Laybourne proudly poses next extensive collection Old-Timer kits engines date back infancy model aviation USA Left Bob Laybourne Donnelsville OH owner Hobby Hangar excellent builder own right Hes seen beautiful red-and-white Shereshaw Cumulus finished silk dope Imagine silking some compound curves fus elage Right Dillard Hazelrigg Hiber Hights OH carries Si Jordans Bellbrook OH lovely New Ruler flight line old Henry Struck design almost dwarfs 0S 40 four-stroke bolted its nose Trexier air wheels absorb tremendous amount shock landing Left Dale Leach Bellbrook OH president Dayton Area Thermal Soarers DARTS Soaring club used companys color scheme logo trim Chuparosa Glider finished striking black-and-yellow motif Right Dale Leach Ken Allen Walt Schmoll Jim Martin members DARTS club showed up Soaring portion fun fly located east Dayton Twin Towers Park Another Bill Lehn work art twinrotor gyrocopter plans RC Modeler rotors free-spinning contrarotat ing cancel out potential torque pro blems Another interesting feature negative pitch rotor blades though rotors themselves have positive angle attack relation thrust line marvelous bookstore As history buff Scale aircraft fanatic could scarcely break away rows rows aviation books magazines booklets videos posters occupy fully half large en trance foyer museum quite enamored search photo graphic evidence three-views other half foyer large gift shop stocking everything imaginable way aviation-related gifts novelties As can see 1989 National Fun Fly good fortune situated much stones throw history certainly close enough re mind us partake some small way unique spirit per vades aviation fun fly about history though rather about people airplanes bring fly years gathering said people airplanes met distinct n Ross Cresskill NJ led contingent Free Flighters New Jersey New York Don prepares launch electric-powered Lectrolyte Don also author new book titled Rubber Powered Model Airplanes directed Free Flighters shock Saturday first day sched uled flying temperature Dayton area plummeted 55 degrees wind turned chill blustery Prior flying out Kansas fun fly wife Cel watched na tional weather forecast closely see what could expected Dayton some 1200 miles east north us smiling fore caster told balmy skies temperatures mid-eighties dressed accor 42 Model Aviation creations Bill Lehn 01 Dayton OH tend stand out bit flight line flying lawn mower looks like would home yard air Con structed primarily foam overlays Wall Street Journal contraption cer tainly emphasises word fun fun fly sinister Jaws created Glenn Stucker West Chester OH chews its way through air powered Fox 50 part routine Cincinnati OH Hurricanes Show Team Jaws menaces air ap propriate background music movie heard being played over loudspeakers Don Apel came nearby Columbus OH Antony Peters New York NV brought hisand put some very impressive flights multicolored Caudron Dayton part ofSunday own-design scratch-built Free Flight contingent EastNieuport airplane powered 049 Coast Note very efficient paddle-bladedCox flew rudder elevator andthrot propeller blades little WW II fightertie Note external elevator control cables Continued page 44 Left Si Jordan Bellbrook OH seen cranking up Forster 29 Playboy Cabin able assistance Ray Sorensen Cen terville OH Both gentlemen can found regularly Donnelsville Aerodrome Right venerable Bill Lehn yet another unusual creations flying flatiron can just imagine fun Bill has arresting contraptions model air show team demos THE LEADER IN COM PETITION PROPELLERS ftw NEW \DIA 12 13 14 15 16 II 4 ES 100 THP DESIGN TAILORED HELICAL PITCH DEVELOPEDTO GIVE MAXIMUM THRUST AT 4 CYCLE ENGINE RPM ALL THE LATEST TECHNIQUES USED ON OUR PRO SERIES 3 SEE BELOW PITCH THP PRICE 66 77 78 6778 67 676 NEW PRO SERIES 3 NEW HIGH TECH AIRFOIL SECTION 10 TO 20% INCREASE IN THRUST MFG OF SELECT HARD MAPLE WOOC WILL NOT FATIGUE LIKE SYNTHETICS FUEL PROOF HIGH LUSTER FINISH WAPITCH PRICE 53/34 634 72633456 833/4568 645667 94566A77 1045667 106W8W 106EW Ii4677A77B 115W 11BEW 1167 124W 125W 1256 1356 1456 IS56 164N 16678 RC PYLON RACING SERIES 500 DIA PITCHPRICE 7 SN 5N SERIES 400C 866777 9777/ W WIDE BLADE EW EXTRA WIDE N NARROW dingly much glee CD Vince Man kowski repeatedly pointed out shorts shirt attire hear via PA system main flying site could have just easily identified blue veins legs add insult jury next day acquired long pants heavier shirt Vince also pointed out over PA system crowd basking 8090o temperatures wearing shorts light summer attire Its like George Gobel said Did ever feel rest world tuxedo pair brown shoes Ah well Despite less ideal flying condi tions 10 oclock Saturday flight line begun fill aircraft Since both Control Line RC flown same immediate vicinity some small dis tance east USAF Museum spectators could watch both types flight simultaneously As six RC planes might air same time Some what west RC Control Line site hardy band Free Flighters periodi cally braved gusts launching frag ile craft wind-tossed flights majority years participants came too distant locations reason scheduling national event midst countrys largest modeling population base Modelers Illinois Indiana Missouri Iowa Michi gan West Virginia course Ohio tended predominate others came farther east south Don Ross led contingent Free Flighters out New York New Jersey participant FC Nick Nixon came swamplands Louisiana flies LARKS club Lake Charles fair ness Nick actually came Dayton reunion 58th Tactical Fighter Wing member stayed over fun fly other par ticipants said came both fly visit museum particularly like comment modeler may have honest said came food diversity participants echoed equally diverse group aircraft new kit prototypes old standards customized variations theme downright weird something everyone Modelers like Bob Kuns Fairborn OH treated event much like flying trade show demonstrating companys new kit offerings Bobs firm Air Flair three very attractive 60-size sport ships handthe high-wing Sundancer low-wing Impulse Plus midwing Express Bruce Tharpe Sigs ace designers brought new Four Star 40 just out kit form sport flier well gorgeous h-scale Space Walker done up yellow red Several fliers showed predilection customizing aircraft Being canard fan particularly liked Mystere 3000 ca nard Frank Donisi painted wild cam ouflage pattern sporting two dummy jet engine nacelles above wing Frank said dummy engines made Diet Coke cans asked him used Diet stead regular Coke cans save weight Brian Clayton big Robin Hood pow ered Supertigre 3000 finished olive drab reconnaissance planea very effective treatment Dennis Kirby went step furtherhe customized him self match plane As Dennis steered ultrastable Senior Telemaster through some ultraslow flyby exploits John Deere cap shirt perfect match ships resplendent finish same colors Innovators like Bill Lehn Glenn Stucker like camp up custom ize go oddball playful downright strange Lehn flew huge foam flatiron Formula race car lawn mower twin-rotor gyrocopter Stucker right him among ranks truly innovative fly ing fish aptly named Jaws unidentified modeler brought al obligatory Snoopys Doghouse show-and-tell flight line Original designs traditional sense also present Dayton Among two excellent flying aircraft Control Line Stunt other appearing Schoolyard Scale subject RC Joe Reinhard nearby Columbus OH turned spectators attention RC flight line Control Line circle chestrated choreographed aerial bal let truly excellent Cycle VI Stunter particularly large 540 sq wing area 54-oz ship pulled around circle through difficult wind vertical maneuvers ease Supertigre 60 nose didnt get chance ask Joe detuned engine slow things down What saw though rock-solid airplane flying through gusts though didnt exist yet hurry Young Don Apel also hails Co lumbus OH waited until conditions better Sunday before flying 049powered Nieuport bipe confident impressive manner little plane extremely responsive control modes realistic could imag ine Nungesser cockpit fliers commended exhibiting very high level flying skills Although billed fun fly rather competition its thing put plane air front two three fellow club members laid-back Sunday afternoon quite another have two three hundred spectators behind watching move AMA HQ staff members volun teers manned flight lines also commended giving everyone chance fly much wanted still maintaining adequate provisions sure safe fun fly accident mid air destroyed both aircraft volved certainly no reflection ficials since caused depth perception errors procedural ones 44 Model Aviation DISIGNID 8 DIVESOPDO fly CNRIS MACfflN RC Control Line Free Flight happening once main flying site Wright-Patterson pizzazz three-ring circus Things bit leisurely two other sites earmarked Soaring Old-Timer flying respec tively Soarers action immediately east Dayton some 15 minutes driving time distant Twin Towers Park fly ing site normally home Dayton Area Thermal Soarers DARTS club appearing deceptively small flying area road field opened up north allow flying com fort shaded picnic pavilion desired As drove site pleas antly surprised see five six youngsters tossing Hand-Launched Gliders gusts enthusiastically running after toss again young sters appeared range about five 12 years age least Glider capturing undi vided attention Two adults obviously mother least youngsters other older gentleman standing side doing best keep things organized moving along such delight see youngsters having first experience model air planes though suspected werent part Soaring portion ganized fun fly flying obvi ously having fun approached camera hand learned youth group Prayer Praise Fel lowship Church Pottsdam OH older gentleman Bill Connell orga nized group provided much needed material ing assisted worthy endeavor Cindy Minnich mother youngest Glider flier Brandon Minnich As re ward braving chill winds uncom fortable conditions just fly model air planes promised include re port Bill Cindy should proud work have done young sters Driving north Twin Towers Park af ter visiting several members DARTS club headed OldTimers site cant tell exactly far Dayton Donnelsville because took roads wife can tell Im famous takingits never map never goes think should Inevitably such practice causes stop someplace along way ask directions always enjoy part trip because get meet people would stayed strictly marked roads foray through byways Ohio particularly memorable event Ill let judge pulled off road rutted drive way seemed parking area combination gas station/grocery store/beer joint/worm farm relayed predica ment very nice lady behind counter inside knew glint eye Id struck pay dirt quest find Donnels people Ilk keitO up ond EZ up Shelters C Z pTMare fully self 00t8ned NO lo~ SheltO construct 00ntrpole sturdy teel tube tr p 0.er N raft parts NO rop5 lueble miniati* fell ofl vs d Blue nylon top Sturdy fade resistant 361 -j5A MAeg~oss plusCNECK ntUCky residOfliS add 5 SSI8~ John peck Leisure productS Ltd MAC 3287 AMA 85800131 g0envuood goad JersaillS KY 4a3e3 October 1989 45 AL 1/24 Scale Balsa Flying Model 41 E Lincoln Ave Hatfield PA 19440 215 361-8700 Available Favorite Hobby Shop Now! KIT J-1 F-16A Falcon WIngspan 15 S2495 F-14A Tomcat SHOWN Wingspan 32 $3295 four models TRUE SCALE FTODAY51reproductions popular Jet Fighters used US Allied Forces throughout world today Any models can built Display Catapault Launch Flying kit contains Diecut Balsa Parts Vac Formed Plastic Parts Decal rolled Plan Covering Tissue IE AND COLO F pqord S beSt se~ ng jgntOl Vstem chosen Byron Ongktis T&G Mfg mid AM Akcrstt Sqiply its outstanding rehiablity Complete single cylinder system including throttlecoupled spark advance kit spark spark plug lead25. plug battery pack charger O shielded Much kinger engine life Easy bend stats-no kickback lAINJiZAGO RPM reliable kilo 9% power fuiu strokers ern installation aviable 0 Lower s no nitro needed SMeMedqm*pkighedulg0apkigcover 0 FornienyenpiesUEtiqi2ft4stroke skigleuudtwincyluiders zoImhictsavdalule DISTRIBUTED BY 193 WJflflHI ZNDffDWNtZR8 7550 San Oabrei Road cadero CA 53422 56-1717 yule lived said pro ceeded give detailed directions special route said di rections dont come back Ill give some better ones cant argue advice like did find Donnelsville using nice ladys directions did find Bob Layboumes Hobby Hangar assigned site Old-Timer flying As wound back through trees gravel road suddenly came upon what could have WW aerodrome operations headquar ters buried bunkerlike side hill closely mowed runway awaited arrival squadron Sopwith Camels back dawn patrol What great place reality headquarters Bob Laybournes Hobby Hangar hobby shop aerodrome next flying strip fortunate members SMAC chapter Society Antique Modelers call home congenial group youll find anywhere arrived little activity deference weather hardly introduced ourselves planes gan magically appearing out trunks cars back hobby shop side doors vanslovely aircraft ranging ignition-powered cabin jobs four-cycle pylon ships leaped off mowed turf eager test air Jack Beatley owner black-andyellow Lanzo Bomber determined nothing would fly OS 40powered airplane Although tried ap pear reluctant would have given eye teeth fly several planes gath ered round Jacks Bomber sheer joy air responsive slightest rudder movement clean solid feeling headed breeze search lift prevailing wind westerly direc tion necessary fly out over ad jacent cemetery looking lift handed transmitter back Jack just time re frain making tasteless remark about avoiding dead air Hobby Hangar its genial owner Bob Laybourne also delight barely reformed Free Flighter Bob has stocked shop Old-Timer kits RC Control Line Free Flight supplies plus extra goodies flying buddies might require pursuit fa vorite sport Any modeler within 100mile radius Donnelsville really missing something doesnt schedule least visit Hobby Hangar too soon visit good peo ple Dayton came endas did journ through aviation history present-day modeling retrospect amazing much wed able com press weekend shooting over dozen rolls film taking two side trips Twin Towers Hobby Hangar getting lost Ohio backroads touring fabulous USAF Museum watching flight after flight fun flyand above meeting some d2est people earth 46 Model Aviation FUEL ALERTRED HOT Low fuel level warning systemKeep ni-starter red hot Flashing strobe lamp warns youaerotron ni-starter field box auto lowfuel levelchargeriholder Cuts off ni starter fully charged LED 100% Solid Stateindicates charging Never have Easy installremove nistarter field box again charging $2195 12v0c $1550 WING DATA Comparative wind tunnel study model airfoil lift drag characteruebca ght Lab Symmetrical Flat Bottomed Under Cambered Flapped Pagea $1000 AEROTRON Box 279 Route 2 Gerald MO 63037 $975$578 AVAILABLE AT AMERICAS FINEST HOBBY SHOPS 0975$525 #8502 heat sink head reverse pipe Byron type installation #8501 pipe conventional installation Attention Fan Owners OPS now offers two needle bearing 80s use spare parts readily available SThe Parts People Com~etaYo% /i%*o44 c long love affair hobby have come regard modelers breed apart kindred souls receive particu lar delight association model airplanes other flight home lifted off runway Dayton International still felt connected ground shared spirit very essence fun fly wit nessed well impetus gathering again next yearto fly have fun Fun Fly Registrants Kenneth N Allen Dayton OH Don Apel Columbus OH Dannie E Ball Dal las TX Ronald Ballard Decatur IN Joseph H Ballou Elizabeth IN Greg Bart ling New Martinsville WV Joseph E Begany Fairview Pk OH Robert Belton Dayton OH Mack 0 Blackburn Indianap olis IN Jack D Boesken Mt Vernon OH Brian F Bohne Cleveland OH Jef frey Bohne Cleveland OH Ralph W Braun Winamac IN David G Brown Ha milton OH William C Buckman Dayton OH Harry L Burcham Van Wert OH Randy L Charles Wilmington OH Cecil Clark Grand Haven MI John E Clev enger Carlisle OH Eric Clutton Tulla homa TN James W Correll New Al bany IN Mark J Cotter Dearborn MI Mike Couts Marion OH Lawrence H Cross Blacksburg VA Dewey D Davenport Jamestown OH Philip C Davis Van Wert OH Michael T Dean Dayton OH Raymond L Dills Louisville KY Frank Donisi Franklin OH Terry Duke Fairborn OH David L Durnell Beaver Creek OH Stanley Duszc zak Elma NY Charles S Fist Sardinia OH David L Fogle Dayton OH Frank D Fullerton Moundsville WV Kit Ger hart Kokomo IN Larry P Giles Wooster OH David C Gingrich Fishers IN Robert V Godfrey Bradenton FL Charles Gray Terre Haute IN Michael D Hair Sterling Hgts MI James Harris Marion OH George B Herider Conover OH Wayne N Jeffries Buffalo NY Albert L Jones Fairfax VA Jonathan Jordan Baltimore MD Barry S Katz Black sburg VA Dennis G Kirby Lebanon OH August W Kleinhans Evansville IN Mark D Klingler Jamestown OH Harry G Kouhoupt Vineland NJ Craig Ku lesa Bellbrook OH Robert C Kuns Hu ber Heights OH John R Lane Northville MI James L Layne Glasgow KY Gale L Leach Bellbrook OH Jarold C Leffel Racine WV WL Lehn Dayton OH Don T Lowe Altamonte Spgs FL Wil liam J Marsh Frankfort KY James Martin Vandalia OH Henry Mausolf Fredericksburg VA Philip C Metz Mar ion OH William H Millar Petoskey MI ontinued page 148 Al Radio South Batteries 500 ma Pack 48V1300 Futaba conn1550 800 ma Pack 48V2200 Futaba conn2475 1200 ma Pack 48V2400 Futaba conn2700 TX batt Futaba G-Series PCM2995 RADIO SOUTH Call Tony Stiliman Ken Dudley custom work competition needs stock complete hobby line specIalizing competition accessoriesall discounted prices ________ QUENCY CONVERSiONS Frequencx Coimnaree Approsed Feat uring last service -__We engines ana theHatori headers pipes latest equipment Including aWe Repair Heli Sets Gyros Al Orders COD MC American Express OPEN 8-5 CST Prices subject change notice %mm.mm...mmm. 9003 N Davis Hwy Pensacola FL 32514 October 1989 47 904 478-6745 ALTIMETER PERKIN AVIONICS PC-i micro sized altimeter has designed specifically RIO soaring enthusiast high tech instrument comes ready go minimal installa tion required MEASURES ALTITUDE IN 10 FT INCREMENTS AND STORES IN MEMORY HIGHEST AGL ON EACH FLIGHT WEIGHS LESS THAN 4 OZ LED DISPLAY CAN BE MOUNTED SEPARATELY FOR EASY ACCESS AUTOMATICALLY ADJUST FOR TEMPERATURE VARI ANCE AND STARTING POINT ABOVE SEA LEVEL NO BATTERY DRAIN ON FLIGHT PACK NI-CAD Introductory price $11500 no shipping charge also PERKIN AVIONICS soon released MISSILE LOCK airborne electronic weap system information either exciting new products send $300 sase C S PO Box 396 Ellenwood GA 30049 Call404 366-1591 THE WORLDS FINEST SMALL ENGINES M200 Flight Line Simulation 20 kHz Gold FM/Gold FM 36 Gold FM/Gold AM 36 Silver FM/ Silver AM 36 40kHz Gold FM/Gold FM 36 Gold FM Gold AM 36 Silver FM/Silver AM 36 Something good going FLS test dont know what PCM computer ap parently treats intermodulations same way way better older sets servos rated six volts four AA al kaline batteries specifications However Charles Hampton has flying HS-402 servos over year five-cell Ni-Cd pack has no troubles Hitec needs rewrite its specifi cation include 70 volts five-cell Ni-Cd pack slim S plug compatible last years Molex will used 1989 aircraft ra dios new HS-422 servo becomes standard aircraft radio servo year HS-422 projects / less below mounting plane does previous HS-402 uses custom chip like Futaba does features new motor very smooth gear train faster able work down 28 volts output shaft supported twopiece metal bearings above below final gear should no trouble wearing oval holes case happened old days plastic-to-plastic bear ings HS-XXX servos pulse-width controlled have 155-millisecond neutral practi cally servo should work radio worth knowing servos work great five-cell Ni-Cd packs give torque faster operation found little surgery plastic plugs would let use Airtronics servo Challenger 550 receiver Depending sequence - al wires plugs other manufacturers servos may also work bench counted 108 steps servo responding 300 full swing aileron stick High Rate count reduced dual-rate lever 31 steps full range its trim lever count affected dual-rate switch function PCM computer quite fast seems use eight-bit words Since servo throw 300 equates step per /20 motion Reso lution centering good Recentering after working stick oppo site sides usually exact never worse /2 0 out place corresponds t PCM code Using variable speed motor-driven device work landing gear switch back forth watching long pointer move over large pro tractor detect servo could no longer keep up input movement determined system can follow 120 cycles per minute four-cell Ni-Cd receiver pack servo alone can keep up 140 cycles per minute 600 travel better servos pwn have say system fast enough anybody charger supplied Challenger 550 puts Out 108 volts 50 mA 57 volts 50 mA marked will have supply own charger want use five-cell re ceiver pack frequency flag supplied Polks also nice Fun FIy/Kruse Continued page 47 David Narance Marion OH Henry M Neweome Bowling Green OH Fran cis H Nixon Lake Charles LA Frank V Noll Dayton OH Roger G Ormson Barron WI Santiago Panzardi Fairborn OH Antony Peters New York NY Phillip W Pratter Jamestown OH Timothy P Procuniar Beaverereek OH Joseph L Re inhard Columbus OH Donald H Ross Cresskill NJ James M Ruley Spring field OH Dennis F Sadowski Dayton OH Eugene P Schepers Upper Mont clair NJ Pete Schmidt Grand Rapids MI Albert Seidowski Cleveland OH Robert J Smyth Cincinnati OH Michael R Still Kokomo IN Glenn Stucker West Chester OH Darren B Suter Paden City WV Clifford J Tacie Mt Clemens MI Nur I Taib Bloomington IN Maurice C Tay lor Ohio City OH David R Thacker Hu Heights OH Bruce Anthony Tharpe Montezuma IA Jim Tibbitts Holland MI Gary E Underhill MD Evansville IN Thomas B Vandegrift East Berne NY Charles C Vermillion Marion IN Kirk R Voeckel Tarentum PA Gary R Wild Greenwood IN Lawrence M Wil son North Vernon IN Harold W Wint ers New Providence NJ Earl F Witt Chambersburg PA Raymond J Woodall New Kensington PA Robert S Wroblew ski Livonia MI 148 Model Aviation 7U rn-A, 6F700705/22 RF90O 3/ 6 08 Fults Tooling P0 Box 95 champaign IL PERKIN VI0N /
Edition: Model Aviation - 1989/10
Page Numbers: 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 44, 45, 46, 47, 148
THE NOTION modelers can should get together sheer joy fly ing airplanes others company probably old modeling itself Dur ing last few years notion has come somewhat formalized days flying sites vacant lots outskirts town lieu impromptu flying sessions earlier times scarcity available flying sites has given rise orga nized gatherings modelers specific lo cal regional locationsthe fun fly forThe appreciative crowd Sunday Specta tors enjoyed constant nonstop action six airplanes air time Maestro Bob Underwood choreographed flight line both days keeping things moving along quite briskly over 300 flights re corded kind aircraft imaginable mat has become familiar todays modelers What happens fun fly nowadays no different however impromptu gatherings past Modelers practice flying skills show off newest creations brag bit relate embellished ver sions own others experiences just generally have great time old friends new acquaintances short RC Control Line Free Flight happening once main flying site years AMA National Fun Fly WrightPatterson AFB pizzazz three-ring circus National Fun Above Immaculate 2/a-scale Spacewalker built thekit models designer Bruce Tharpe MontezumaBruce brought several Sigs kitted designs well some own work fly Right Larry Wilson North Vernon IL built Etrich Taube Balsa USA kit Como 51 powers Although very light airplane performed well gusty conditions Saturday Left Ron Ballard beautiful Byron F-16 tore up sky wowed crowd incredibiy iow passes over runway impres sive aircraft powered Rossi 90 ducted fan engine Ron haiis flies out Decatur IN Spirit America Show Team Right Bob Kuns Fairborn OH apparently quite happy design impulse Pius Immediately behind Bob high-wing de signs called Sundancer Partially hidden midwing Express 60-size designs being kitted Bobs firm Air Flair Kits Left Bruce Tharpe designer Sigs new Four Star 40 seen preparing gas up bright yellow version brought him fun fly simple yet attractive lines airplane its very forgiving flight characteristics should make very popular design Right AMA President Don Lowe apparently getting big kick out being interviewed little Loren Wagner Young Miss Wagner seen helping dad Joe Wagner well known designer own right well columnist Model Airplane News magazine have fun modeling setting de signed eliminate pressure emphasize friendship camaraderie low-pressure concept has prolif erated throughout country Fun fly events today scheduled type model aircraft imaginable Giant Scale floatplanes Helicopters Old-Timers Soar ing ships ducted-fan models Control Line aircraft Free Flight combination above plus anything else could name crowd AMA calendar coast coast seasonal pattern Using popularity local re gional fun fly springboard last year AMA hosted first-ever nationally orga nized fun fly Reno NV event intended inclusive type air craft modelers wanted bring along share Following embryonic beginning 1989 National Fun Fly moved land Dayton OH cradle avia tion home Wilbur Orville Wright Im quite sure Wilbur ville would have approved AMAs choice location Im also sure fraternal pioneers would have hardpressed imagine hundred model airplanes controlled radios wires simply flying unfettered over October 1989 39 Left George Steiner 1 Doc Marsh R among helping run impound transmitter check areas make sure no fre quency problems evidence George has innovative longtime driving force AMA Frequency Committee Doc local volunteers helped make fun fly possible Right Al Seidowski Cleveland OH firing up Enya 60 X-Cell chopper Miniature Aircraft kit Practically catagory aircraft present well just couldnt categorized very ground once landed own ships upon As airplane buff well aware big attraction Dayton US Air Force Museum Located WrightPatterson Air Force Base grounds huge museum its accompanying restora tion facility absolute musts anyone traveling through central part United States Hundreds important air craft displayed chronologically along memorabilia various eras video presentations audio commentary make museum one-of-a-kind experience early aircraft like 1909 Wright Military Flyer 1911 Curtiss Model D pusher through warplanes deployed Viet Nam conflict museum offers panoply military aircraft development between viewer taken through significant missions WW WW II Korean War via surviving exampies aircraft flew ex haustive chronology aircraft display culminates early space missions up including Apollo 11 historic 1969 moon landing Later satellite deployments also shown above happening inside museum Outside nearby facility countless aircraft rockets cruise mis siles engine displays await continuing story what aficionados cant help 40 Model Aviation Left FH Nick Nixon grand time flying armada aircraft ones Ace Littlest Stick powered Cox 020 wide-eyed little airplane seemed know its way around field Right Frank Donisis customized Mystere 3000 canard dressed up elaborate camouflage paint scheme Dummy twin-engine nacelles atop wing discarded soft drink cans Frank hails Franklin OH 4 Giant Scale numerous representatives fun fly including terrific looking Chipmunk built Charles Fist Sardinia OH model constructed kit produced Dons Custom Models sported immaculate red white blue color scheme Right trim-looking Sig Banshee built Bruce Tharpe Montezuma IA good reminder flying fun doesnt have complicated expensive Powered Fox 35 muffler profile sport/stunter would great way introduced Control Line flying Left Several gooa-TIyIng eiemasiers nana being put through paces almost constantly Senior Telemaster po ses proudly its owner Greg Bartling New Martinsville WV Greg said came fly see Air Force Museum eat good food three components perfect fun fly Right Looking world like WW aerodrome Bob Laybournes Hobby Hangar hobby shop specializing Old-Timer Free Flight supplies kits adjacent Old-Timer Free Flight flying area near Donnelsville OH consider mans greatest adventurejust south museums main entrance flightHere exploits lives very human dimension almostflew marvelous machines recalled overwhelming testament progress tech-with plaques monuments appropri nology offered small memorial parkately chosen pieces sculpture symbolize strong lofty spirits very special breed men women well sacrifices made Another great feature UASF mu seum aside free admission its October 1989 41 Left Jim Correll brought whole family along family Zilches fun fly Jim Betty daughter Allison came New Al bany IN fly trio Control Line Old-Timers including 1-size Super Duper Zilch Betty holding center picture extreme background can seen part museum complex Right Host owner Hobby Hangar genial Bob Laybourne proudly poses next extensive collection Old-Timer kits engines date back infancy model aviation USA Left Bob Laybourne Donnelsville OH owner Hobby Hangar excellent builder own right Hes seen beautiful red-and-white Shereshaw Cumulus finished silk dope Imagine silking some compound curves fus elage Right Dillard Hazelrigg Hiber Hights OH carries Si Jordans Bellbrook OH lovely New Ruler flight line old Henry Struck design almost dwarfs 0S 40 four-stroke bolted its nose Trexier air wheels absorb tremendous amount shock landing Left Dale Leach Bellbrook OH president Dayton Area Thermal Soarers DARTS Soaring club used companys color scheme logo trim Chuparosa Glider finished striking black-and-yellow motif Right Dale Leach Ken Allen Walt Schmoll Jim Martin members DARTS club showed up Soaring portion fun fly located east Dayton Twin Towers Park Another Bill Lehn work art twinrotor gyrocopter plans RC Modeler rotors free-spinning contrarotat ing cancel out potential torque pro blems Another interesting feature negative pitch rotor blades though rotors themselves have positive angle attack relation thrust line marvelous bookstore As history buff Scale aircraft fanatic could scarcely break away rows rows aviation books magazines booklets videos posters occupy fully half large en trance foyer museum quite enamored search photo graphic evidence three-views other half foyer large gift shop stocking everything imaginable way aviation-related gifts novelties As can see 1989 National Fun Fly good fortune situated much stones throw history certainly close enough re mind us partake some small way unique spirit per vades aviation fun fly about history though rather about people airplanes bring fly years gathering said people airplanes met distinct n Ross Cresskill NJ led contingent Free Flighters New Jersey New York Don prepares launch electric-powered Lectrolyte Don also author new book titled Rubber Powered Model Airplanes directed Free Flighters shock Saturday first day sched uled flying temperature Dayton area plummeted 55 degrees wind turned chill blustery Prior flying out Kansas fun fly wife Cel watched na tional weather forecast closely see what could expected Dayton some 1200 miles east north us smiling fore caster told balmy skies temperatures mid-eighties dressed accor 42 Model Aviation creations Bill Lehn 01 Dayton OH tend stand out bit flight line flying lawn mower looks like would home yard air Con structed primarily foam overlays Wall Street Journal contraption cer tainly emphasises word fun fun fly sinister Jaws created Glenn Stucker West Chester OH chews its way through air powered Fox 50 part routine Cincinnati OH Hurricanes Show Team Jaws menaces air ap propriate background music movie heard being played over loudspeakers Don Apel came nearby Columbus OH Antony Peters New York NV brought hisand put some very impressive flights multicolored Caudron Dayton part ofSunday own-design scratch-built Free Flight contingent EastNieuport airplane powered 049 Coast Note very efficient paddle-bladedCox flew rudder elevator andthrot propeller blades little WW II fightertie Note external elevator control cables Continued page 44 Left Si Jordan Bellbrook OH seen cranking up Forster 29 Playboy Cabin able assistance Ray Sorensen Cen terville OH Both gentlemen can found regularly Donnelsville Aerodrome Right venerable Bill Lehn yet another unusual creations flying flatiron can just imagine fun Bill has arresting contraptions model air show team demos THE LEADER IN COM PETITION PROPELLERS ftw NEW \DIA 12 13 14 15 16 II 4 ES 100 THP DESIGN TAILORED HELICAL PITCH DEVELOPEDTO GIVE MAXIMUM THRUST AT 4 CYCLE ENGINE RPM ALL THE LATEST TECHNIQUES USED ON OUR PRO SERIES 3 SEE BELOW PITCH THP PRICE 66 77 78 6778 67 676 NEW PRO SERIES 3 NEW HIGH TECH AIRFOIL SECTION 10 TO 20% INCREASE IN THRUST MFG OF SELECT HARD MAPLE WOOC WILL NOT FATIGUE LIKE SYNTHETICS FUEL PROOF HIGH LUSTER FINISH WAPITCH PRICE 53/34 634 72633456 833/4568 645667 94566A77 1045667 106W8W 106EW Ii4677A77B 115W 11BEW 1167 124W 125W 1256 1356 1456 IS56 164N 16678 RC PYLON RACING SERIES 500 DIA PITCHPRICE 7 SN 5N SERIES 400C 866777 9777/ W WIDE BLADE EW EXTRA WIDE N NARROW dingly much glee CD Vince Man kowski repeatedly pointed out shorts shirt attire hear via PA system main flying site could have just easily identified blue veins legs add insult jury next day acquired long pants heavier shirt Vince also pointed out over PA system crowd basking 8090o temperatures wearing shorts light summer attire Its like George Gobel said Did ever feel rest world tuxedo pair brown shoes Ah well Despite less ideal flying condi tions 10 oclock Saturday flight line begun fill aircraft Since both Control Line RC flown same immediate vicinity some small dis tance east USAF Museum spectators could watch both types flight simultaneously As six RC planes might air same time Some what west RC Control Line site hardy band Free Flighters periodi cally braved gusts launching frag ile craft wind-tossed flights majority years participants came too distant locations reason scheduling national event midst countrys largest modeling population base Modelers Illinois Indiana Missouri Iowa Michi gan West Virginia course Ohio tended predominate others came farther east south Don Ross led contingent Free Flighters out New York New Jersey participant FC Nick Nixon came swamplands Louisiana flies LARKS club Lake Charles fair ness Nick actually came Dayton reunion 58th Tactical Fighter Wing member stayed over fun fly other par ticipants said came both fly visit museum particularly like comment modeler may have honest said came food diversity participants echoed equally diverse group aircraft new kit prototypes old standards customized variations theme downright weird something everyone Modelers like Bob Kuns Fairborn OH treated event much like flying trade show demonstrating companys new kit offerings Bobs firm Air Flair three very attractive 60-size sport ships handthe high-wing Sundancer low-wing Impulse Plus midwing Express Bruce Tharpe Sigs ace designers brought new Four Star 40 just out kit form sport flier well gorgeous h-scale Space Walker done up yellow red Several fliers showed predilection customizing aircraft Being canard fan particularly liked Mystere 3000 ca nard Frank Donisi painted wild cam ouflage pattern sporting two dummy jet engine nacelles above wing Frank said dummy engines made Diet Coke cans asked him used Diet stead regular Coke cans save weight Brian Clayton big Robin Hood pow ered Supertigre 3000 finished olive drab reconnaissance planea very effective treatment Dennis Kirby went step furtherhe customized him self match plane As Dennis steered ultrastable Senior Telemaster through some ultraslow flyby exploits John Deere cap shirt perfect match ships resplendent finish same colors Innovators like Bill Lehn Glenn Stucker like camp up custom ize go oddball playful downright strange Lehn flew huge foam flatiron Formula race car lawn mower twin-rotor gyrocopter Stucker right him among ranks truly innovative fly ing fish aptly named Jaws unidentified modeler brought al obligatory Snoopys Doghouse show-and-tell flight line Original designs traditional sense also present Dayton Among two excellent flying aircraft Control Line Stunt other appearing Schoolyard Scale subject RC Joe Reinhard nearby Columbus OH turned spectators attention RC flight line Control Line circle chestrated choreographed aerial bal let truly excellent Cycle VI Stunter particularly large 540 sq wing area 54-oz ship pulled around circle through difficult wind vertical maneuvers ease Supertigre 60 nose didnt get chance ask Joe detuned engine slow things down What saw though rock-solid airplane flying through gusts though didnt exist yet hurry Young Don Apel also hails Co lumbus OH waited until conditions better Sunday before flying 049powered Nieuport bipe confident impressive manner little plane extremely responsive control modes realistic could imag ine Nungesser cockpit fliers commended exhibiting very high level flying skills Although billed fun fly rather competition its thing put plane air front two three fellow club members laid-back Sunday afternoon quite another have two three hundred spectators behind watching move AMA HQ staff members volun teers manned flight lines also commended giving everyone chance fly much wanted still maintaining adequate provisions sure safe fun fly accident mid air destroyed both aircraft volved certainly no reflection ficials since caused depth perception errors procedural ones 44 Model Aviation DISIGNID 8 DIVESOPDO fly CNRIS MACfflN RC Control Line Free Flight happening once main flying site Wright-Patterson pizzazz three-ring circus Things bit leisurely two other sites earmarked Soaring Old-Timer flying respec tively Soarers action immediately east Dayton some 15 minutes driving time distant Twin Towers Park fly ing site normally home Dayton Area Thermal Soarers DARTS club appearing deceptively small flying area road field opened up north allow flying com fort shaded picnic pavilion desired As drove site pleas antly surprised see five six youngsters tossing Hand-Launched Gliders gusts enthusiastically running after toss again young sters appeared range about five 12 years age least Glider capturing undi vided attention Two adults obviously mother least youngsters other older gentleman standing side doing best keep things organized moving along such delight see youngsters having first experience model air planes though suspected werent part Soaring portion ganized fun fly flying obvi ously having fun approached camera hand learned youth group Prayer Praise Fel lowship Church Pottsdam OH older gentleman Bill Connell orga nized group provided much needed material ing assisted worthy endeavor Cindy Minnich mother youngest Glider flier Brandon Minnich As re ward braving chill winds uncom fortable conditions just fly model air planes promised include re port Bill Cindy should proud work have done young sters Driving north Twin Towers Park af ter visiting several members DARTS club headed OldTimers site cant tell exactly far Dayton Donnelsville because took roads wife can tell Im famous takingits never map never goes think should Inevitably such practice causes stop someplace along way ask directions always enjoy part trip because get meet people would stayed strictly marked roads foray through byways Ohio particularly memorable event Ill let judge pulled off road rutted drive way seemed parking area combination gas station/grocery store/beer joint/worm farm relayed predica ment very nice lady behind counter inside knew glint eye Id struck pay dirt quest find Donnels people Ilk keitO up ond EZ up Shelters C Z pTMare fully self 00t8ned NO lo~ SheltO construct 00ntrpole sturdy teel tube tr p 0.er N raft parts NO rop5 lueble miniati* fell ofl vs d Blue nylon top Sturdy fade resistant 361 -j5A MAeg~oss plusCNECK ntUCky residOfliS add 5 SSI8~ John peck Leisure productS Ltd MAC 3287 AMA 85800131 g0envuood goad JersaillS KY 4a3e3 October 1989 45 AL 1/24 Scale Balsa Flying Model 41 E Lincoln Ave Hatfield PA 19440 215 361-8700 Available Favorite Hobby Shop Now! KIT J-1 F-16A Falcon WIngspan 15 S2495 F-14A Tomcat SHOWN Wingspan 32 $3295 four models TRUE SCALE FTODAY51reproductions popular Jet Fighters used US Allied Forces throughout world today Any models can built Display Catapault Launch Flying kit contains Diecut Balsa Parts Vac Formed Plastic Parts Decal rolled Plan Covering Tissue IE AND COLO F pqord S beSt se~ ng jgntOl Vstem chosen Byron Ongktis T&G Mfg mid AM Akcrstt Sqiply its outstanding rehiablity Complete single cylinder system including throttlecoupled spark advance kit spark spark plug lead25. plug battery pack charger O shielded Much kinger engine life Easy bend stats-no kickback lAINJiZAGO RPM reliable kilo 9% power fuiu strokers ern installation aviable 0 Lower s no nitro needed SMeMedqm*pkighedulg0apkigcover 0 FornienyenpiesUEtiqi2ft4stroke skigleuudtwincyluiders zoImhictsavdalule DISTRIBUTED BY 193 WJflflHI ZNDffDWNtZR8 7550 San Oabrei Road cadero CA 53422 56-1717 yule lived said pro ceeded give detailed directions special route said di rections dont come back Ill give some better ones cant argue advice like did find Donnelsville using nice ladys directions did find Bob Layboumes Hobby Hangar assigned site Old-Timer flying As wound back through trees gravel road suddenly came upon what could have WW aerodrome operations headquar ters buried bunkerlike side hill closely mowed runway awaited arrival squadron Sopwith Camels back dawn patrol What great place reality headquarters Bob Laybournes Hobby Hangar hobby shop aerodrome next flying strip fortunate members SMAC chapter Society Antique Modelers call home congenial group youll find anywhere arrived little activity deference weather hardly introduced ourselves planes gan magically appearing out trunks cars back hobby shop side doors vanslovely aircraft ranging ignition-powered cabin jobs four-cycle pylon ships leaped off mowed turf eager test air Jack Beatley owner black-andyellow Lanzo Bomber determined nothing would fly OS 40powered airplane Although tried ap pear reluctant would have given eye teeth fly several planes gath ered round Jacks Bomber sheer joy air responsive slightest rudder movement clean solid feeling headed breeze search lift prevailing wind westerly direc tion necessary fly out over ad jacent cemetery looking lift handed transmitter back Jack just time re frain making tasteless remark about avoiding dead air Hobby Hangar its genial owner Bob Laybourne also delight barely reformed Free Flighter Bob has stocked shop Old-Timer kits RC Control Line Free Flight supplies plus extra goodies flying buddies might require pursuit fa vorite sport Any modeler within 100mile radius Donnelsville really missing something doesnt schedule least visit Hobby Hangar too soon visit good peo ple Dayton came endas did journ through aviation history present-day modeling retrospect amazing much wed able com press weekend shooting over dozen rolls film taking two side trips Twin Towers Hobby Hangar getting lost Ohio backroads touring fabulous USAF Museum watching flight after flight fun flyand above meeting some d2est people earth 46 Model Aviation FUEL ALERTRED HOT Low fuel level warning systemKeep ni-starter red hot Flashing strobe lamp warns youaerotron ni-starter field box auto lowfuel levelchargeriholder Cuts off ni starter fully charged LED 100% Solid Stateindicates charging Never have Easy installremove nistarter field box again charging $2195 12v0c $1550 WING DATA Comparative wind tunnel study model airfoil lift drag characteruebca ght Lab Symmetrical Flat Bottomed Under Cambered Flapped Pagea $1000 AEROTRON Box 279 Route 2 Gerald MO 63037 $975$578 AVAILABLE AT AMERICAS FINEST HOBBY SHOPS 0975$525 #8502 heat sink head reverse pipe Byron type installation #8501 pipe conventional installation Attention Fan Owners OPS now offers two needle bearing 80s use spare parts readily available SThe Parts People Com~etaYo% /i%*o44 c long love affair hobby have come regard modelers breed apart kindred souls receive particu lar delight association model airplanes other flight home lifted off runway Dayton International still felt connected ground shared spirit very essence fun fly wit nessed well impetus gathering again next yearto fly have fun Fun Fly Registrants Kenneth N Allen Dayton OH Don Apel Columbus OH Dannie E Ball Dal las TX Ronald Ballard Decatur IN Joseph H Ballou Elizabeth IN Greg Bart ling New Martinsville WV Joseph E Begany Fairview Pk OH Robert Belton Dayton OH Mack 0 Blackburn Indianap olis IN Jack D Boesken Mt Vernon OH Brian F Bohne Cleveland OH Jef frey Bohne Cleveland OH Ralph W Braun Winamac IN David G Brown Ha milton OH William C Buckman Dayton OH Harry L Burcham Van Wert OH Randy L Charles Wilmington OH Cecil Clark Grand Haven MI John E Clev enger Carlisle OH Eric Clutton Tulla homa TN James W Correll New Al bany IN Mark J Cotter Dearborn MI Mike Couts Marion OH Lawrence H Cross Blacksburg VA Dewey D Davenport Jamestown OH Philip C Davis Van Wert OH Michael T Dean Dayton OH Raymond L Dills Louisville KY Frank Donisi Franklin OH Terry Duke Fairborn OH David L Durnell Beaver Creek OH Stanley Duszc zak Elma NY Charles S Fist Sardinia OH David L Fogle Dayton OH Frank D Fullerton Moundsville WV Kit Ger hart Kokomo IN Larry P Giles Wooster OH David C Gingrich Fishers IN Robert V Godfrey Bradenton FL Charles Gray Terre Haute IN Michael D Hair Sterling Hgts MI James Harris Marion OH George B Herider Conover OH Wayne N Jeffries Buffalo NY Albert L Jones Fairfax VA Jonathan Jordan Baltimore MD Barry S Katz Black sburg VA Dennis G Kirby Lebanon OH August W Kleinhans Evansville IN Mark D Klingler Jamestown OH Harry G Kouhoupt Vineland NJ Craig Ku lesa Bellbrook OH Robert C Kuns Hu ber Heights OH John R Lane Northville MI James L Layne Glasgow KY Gale L Leach Bellbrook OH Jarold C Leffel Racine WV WL Lehn Dayton OH Don T Lowe Altamonte Spgs FL Wil liam J Marsh Frankfort KY James Martin Vandalia OH Henry Mausolf Fredericksburg VA Philip C Metz Mar ion OH William H Millar Petoskey MI ontinued page 148 Al Radio South Batteries 500 ma Pack 48V1300 Futaba conn1550 800 ma Pack 48V2200 Futaba conn2475 1200 ma Pack 48V2400 Futaba conn2700 TX batt Futaba G-Series PCM2995 RADIO SOUTH Call Tony Stiliman Ken Dudley custom work competition needs stock complete hobby line specIalizing competition accessoriesall discounted prices ________ QUENCY CONVERSiONS Frequencx Coimnaree Approsed Feat uring last service -__We engines ana theHatori headers pipes latest equipment Including aWe Repair Heli Sets Gyros Al Orders COD MC American Express OPEN 8-5 CST Prices subject change notice %mm.mm...mmm. 9003 N Davis Hwy Pensacola FL 32514 October 1989 47 904 478-6745 ALTIMETER PERKIN AVIONICS PC-i micro sized altimeter has designed specifically RIO soaring enthusiast high tech instrument comes ready go minimal installa tion required MEASURES ALTITUDE IN 10 FT INCREMENTS AND STORES IN MEMORY HIGHEST AGL ON EACH FLIGHT WEIGHS LESS THAN 4 OZ LED DISPLAY CAN BE MOUNTED SEPARATELY FOR EASY ACCESS AUTOMATICALLY ADJUST FOR TEMPERATURE VARI ANCE AND STARTING POINT ABOVE SEA LEVEL NO BATTERY DRAIN ON FLIGHT PACK NI-CAD Introductory price $11500 no shipping charge also PERKIN AVIONICS soon released MISSILE LOCK airborne electronic weap system information either exciting new products send $300 sase C S PO Box 396 Ellenwood GA 30049 Call404 366-1591 THE WORLDS FINEST SMALL ENGINES M200 Flight Line Simulation 20 kHz Gold FM/Gold FM 36 Gold FM/Gold AM 36 Silver FM/ Silver AM 36 40kHz Gold FM/Gold FM 36 Gold FM Gold AM 36 Silver FM/Silver AM 36 Something good going FLS test dont know what PCM computer ap parently treats intermodulations same way way better older sets servos rated six volts four AA al kaline batteries specifications However Charles Hampton has flying HS-402 servos over year five-cell Ni-Cd pack has no troubles Hitec needs rewrite its specifi cation include 70 volts five-cell Ni-Cd pack slim S plug compatible last years Molex will used 1989 aircraft ra dios new HS-422 servo becomes standard aircraft radio servo year HS-422 projects / less below mounting plane does previous HS-402 uses custom chip like Futaba does features new motor very smooth gear train faster able work down 28 volts output shaft supported twopiece metal bearings above below final gear should no trouble wearing oval holes case happened old days plastic-to-plastic bear ings HS-XXX servos pulse-width controlled have 155-millisecond neutral practi cally servo should work radio worth knowing servos work great five-cell Ni-Cd packs give torque faster operation found little surgery plastic plugs would let use Airtronics servo Challenger 550 receiver Depending sequence - al wires plugs other manufacturers servos may also work bench counted 108 steps servo responding 300 full swing aileron stick High Rate count reduced dual-rate lever 31 steps full range its trim lever count affected dual-rate switch function PCM computer quite fast seems use eight-bit words Since servo throw 300 equates step per /20 motion Reso lution centering good Recentering after working stick oppo site sides usually exact never worse /2 0 out place corresponds t PCM code Using variable speed motor-driven device work landing gear switch back forth watching long pointer move over large pro tractor detect servo could no longer keep up input movement determined system can follow 120 cycles per minute four-cell Ni-Cd receiver pack servo alone can keep up 140 cycles per minute 600 travel better servos pwn have say system fast enough anybody charger supplied Challenger 550 puts Out 108 volts 50 mA 57 volts 50 mA marked will have supply own charger want use five-cell re ceiver pack frequency flag supplied Polks also nice Fun FIy/Kruse Continued page 47 David Narance Marion OH Henry M Neweome Bowling Green OH Fran cis H Nixon Lake Charles LA Frank V Noll Dayton OH Roger G Ormson Barron WI Santiago Panzardi Fairborn OH Antony Peters New York NY Phillip W Pratter Jamestown OH Timothy P Procuniar Beaverereek OH Joseph L Re inhard Columbus OH Donald H Ross Cresskill NJ James M Ruley Spring field OH Dennis F Sadowski Dayton OH Eugene P Schepers Upper Mont clair NJ Pete Schmidt Grand Rapids MI Albert Seidowski Cleveland OH Robert J Smyth Cincinnati OH Michael R Still Kokomo IN Glenn Stucker West Chester OH Darren B Suter Paden City WV Clifford J Tacie Mt Clemens MI Nur I Taib Bloomington IN Maurice C Tay lor Ohio City OH David R Thacker Hu Heights OH Bruce Anthony Tharpe Montezuma IA Jim Tibbitts Holland MI Gary E Underhill MD Evansville IN Thomas B Vandegrift East Berne NY Charles C Vermillion Marion IN Kirk R Voeckel Tarentum PA Gary R Wild Greenwood IN Lawrence M Wil son North Vernon IN Harold W Wint ers New Providence NJ Earl F Witt Chambersburg PA Raymond J Woodall New Kensington PA Robert S Wroblew ski Livonia MI 148 Model Aviation 7U rn-A, 6F700705/22 RF90O 3/ 6 08 Fults Tooling P0 Box 95 champaign IL PERKIN VI0N /
Edition: Model Aviation - 1989/10
Page Numbers: 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 44, 45, 46, 47, 148
THE NOTION modelers can should get together sheer joy fly ing airplanes others company probably old modeling itself Dur ing last few years notion has come somewhat formalized days flying sites vacant lots outskirts town lieu impromptu flying sessions earlier times scarcity available flying sites has given rise orga nized gatherings modelers specific lo cal regional locationsthe fun fly forThe appreciative crowd Sunday Specta tors enjoyed constant nonstop action six airplanes air time Maestro Bob Underwood choreographed flight line both days keeping things moving along quite briskly over 300 flights re corded kind aircraft imaginable mat has become familiar todays modelers What happens fun fly nowadays no different however impromptu gatherings past Modelers practice flying skills show off newest creations brag bit relate embellished ver sions own others experiences just generally have great time old friends new acquaintances short RC Control Line Free Flight happening once main flying site years AMA National Fun Fly WrightPatterson AFB pizzazz three-ring circus National Fun Above Immaculate 2/a-scale Spacewalker built thekit models designer Bruce Tharpe MontezumaBruce brought several Sigs kitted designs well some own work fly Right Larry Wilson North Vernon IL built Etrich Taube Balsa USA kit Como 51 powers Although very light airplane performed well gusty conditions Saturday Left Ron Ballard beautiful Byron F-16 tore up sky wowed crowd incredibiy iow passes over runway impres sive aircraft powered Rossi 90 ducted fan engine Ron haiis flies out Decatur IN Spirit America Show Team Right Bob Kuns Fairborn OH apparently quite happy design impulse Pius Immediately behind Bob high-wing de signs called Sundancer Partially hidden midwing Express 60-size designs being kitted Bobs firm Air Flair Kits Left Bruce Tharpe designer Sigs new Four Star 40 seen preparing gas up bright yellow version brought him fun fly simple yet attractive lines airplane its very forgiving flight characteristics should make very popular design Right AMA President Don Lowe apparently getting big kick out being interviewed little Loren Wagner Young Miss Wagner seen helping dad Joe Wagner well known designer own right well columnist Model Airplane News magazine have fun modeling setting de signed eliminate pressure emphasize friendship camaraderie low-pressure concept has prolif erated throughout country Fun fly events today scheduled type model aircraft imaginable Giant Scale floatplanes Helicopters Old-Timers Soar ing ships ducted-fan models Control Line aircraft Free Flight combination above plus anything else could name crowd AMA calendar coast coast seasonal pattern Using popularity local re gional fun fly springboard last year AMA hosted first-ever nationally orga nized fun fly Reno NV event intended inclusive type air craft modelers wanted bring along share Following embryonic beginning 1989 National Fun Fly moved land Dayton OH cradle avia tion home Wilbur Orville Wright Im quite sure Wilbur ville would have approved AMAs choice location Im also sure fraternal pioneers would have hardpressed imagine hundred model airplanes controlled radios wires simply flying unfettered over October 1989 39 Left George Steiner 1 Doc Marsh R among helping run impound transmitter check areas make sure no fre quency problems evidence George has innovative longtime driving force AMA Frequency Committee Doc local volunteers helped make fun fly possible Right Al Seidowski Cleveland OH firing up Enya 60 X-Cell chopper Miniature Aircraft kit Practically catagory aircraft present well just couldnt categorized very ground once landed own ships upon As airplane buff well aware big attraction Dayton US Air Force Museum Located WrightPatterson Air Force Base grounds huge museum its accompanying restora tion facility absolute musts anyone traveling through central part United States Hundreds important air craft displayed chronologically along memorabilia various eras video presentations audio commentary make museum one-of-a-kind experience early aircraft like 1909 Wright Military Flyer 1911 Curtiss Model D pusher through warplanes deployed Viet Nam conflict museum offers panoply military aircraft development between viewer taken through significant missions WW WW II Korean War via surviving exampies aircraft flew ex haustive chronology aircraft display culminates early space missions up including Apollo 11 historic 1969 moon landing Later satellite deployments also shown above happening inside museum Outside nearby facility countless aircraft rockets cruise mis siles engine displays await continuing story what aficionados cant help 40 Model Aviation Left FH Nick Nixon grand time flying armada aircraft ones Ace Littlest Stick powered Cox 020 wide-eyed little airplane seemed know its way around field Right Frank Donisis customized Mystere 3000 canard dressed up elaborate camouflage paint scheme Dummy twin-engine nacelles atop wing discarded soft drink cans Frank hails Franklin OH 4 Giant Scale numerous representatives fun fly including terrific looking Chipmunk built Charles Fist Sardinia OH model constructed kit produced Dons Custom Models sported immaculate red white blue color scheme Right trim-looking Sig Banshee built Bruce Tharpe Montezuma IA good reminder flying fun doesnt have complicated expensive Powered Fox 35 muffler profile sport/stunter would great way introduced Control Line flying Left Several gooa-TIyIng eiemasiers nana being put through paces almost constantly Senior Telemaster po ses proudly its owner Greg Bartling New Martinsville WV Greg said came fly see Air Force Museum eat good food three components perfect fun fly Right Looking world like WW aerodrome Bob Laybournes Hobby Hangar hobby shop specializing Old-Timer Free Flight supplies kits adjacent Old-Timer Free Flight flying area near Donnelsville OH consider mans greatest adventurejust south museums main entrance flightHere exploits lives very human dimension almostflew marvelous machines recalled overwhelming testament progress tech-with plaques monuments appropri nology offered small memorial parkately chosen pieces sculpture symbolize strong lofty spirits very special breed men women well sacrifices made Another great feature UASF mu seum aside free admission its October 1989 41 Left Jim Correll brought whole family along family Zilches fun fly Jim Betty daughter Allison came New Al bany IN fly trio Control Line Old-Timers including 1-size Super Duper Zilch Betty holding center picture extreme background can seen part museum complex Right Host owner Hobby Hangar genial Bob Laybourne proudly poses next extensive collection Old-Timer kits engines date back infancy model aviation USA Left Bob Laybourne Donnelsville OH owner Hobby Hangar excellent builder own right Hes seen beautiful red-and-white Shereshaw Cumulus finished silk dope Imagine silking some compound curves fus elage Right Dillard Hazelrigg Hiber Hights OH carries Si Jordans Bellbrook OH lovely New Ruler flight line old Henry Struck design almost dwarfs 0S 40 four-stroke bolted its nose Trexier air wheels absorb tremendous amount shock landing Left Dale Leach Bellbrook OH president Dayton Area Thermal Soarers DARTS Soaring club used companys color scheme logo trim Chuparosa Glider finished striking black-and-yellow motif Right Dale Leach Ken Allen Walt Schmoll Jim Martin members DARTS club showed up Soaring portion fun fly located east Dayton Twin Towers Park Another Bill Lehn work art twinrotor gyrocopter plans RC Modeler rotors free-spinning contrarotat ing cancel out potential torque pro blems Another interesting feature negative pitch rotor blades though rotors themselves have positive angle attack relation thrust line marvelous bookstore As history buff Scale aircraft fanatic could scarcely break away rows rows aviation books magazines booklets videos posters occupy fully half large en trance foyer museum quite enamored search photo graphic evidence three-views other half foyer large gift shop stocking everything imaginable way aviation-related gifts novelties As can see 1989 National Fun Fly good fortune situated much stones throw history certainly close enough re mind us partake some small way unique spirit per vades aviation fun fly about history though rather about people airplanes bring fly years gathering said people airplanes met distinct n Ross Cresskill NJ led contingent Free Flighters New Jersey New York Don prepares launch electric-powered Lectrolyte Don also author new book titled Rubber Powered Model Airplanes directed Free Flighters shock Saturday first day sched uled flying temperature Dayton area plummeted 55 degrees wind turned chill blustery Prior flying out Kansas fun fly wife Cel watched na tional weather forecast closely see what could expected Dayton some 1200 miles east north us smiling fore caster told balmy skies temperatures mid-eighties dressed accor 42 Model Aviation creations Bill Lehn 01 Dayton OH tend stand out bit flight line flying lawn mower looks like would home yard air Con structed primarily foam overlays Wall Street Journal contraption cer tainly emphasises word fun fun fly sinister Jaws created Glenn Stucker West Chester OH chews its way through air powered Fox 50 part routine Cincinnati OH Hurricanes Show Team Jaws menaces air ap propriate background music movie heard being played over loudspeakers Don Apel came nearby Columbus OH Antony Peters New York NV brought hisand put some very impressive flights multicolored Caudron Dayton part ofSunday own-design scratch-built Free Flight contingent EastNieuport airplane powered 049 Coast Note very efficient paddle-bladedCox flew rudder elevator andthrot propeller blades little WW II fightertie Note external elevator control cables Continued page 44 Left Si Jordan Bellbrook OH seen cranking up Forster 29 Playboy Cabin able assistance Ray Sorensen Cen terville OH Both gentlemen can found regularly Donnelsville Aerodrome Right venerable Bill Lehn yet another unusual creations flying flatiron can just imagine fun Bill has arresting contraptions model air show team demos THE LEADER IN COM PETITION PROPELLERS ftw NEW \DIA 12 13 14 15 16 II 4 ES 100 THP DESIGN TAILORED HELICAL PITCH DEVELOPEDTO GIVE MAXIMUM THRUST AT 4 CYCLE ENGINE RPM ALL THE LATEST TECHNIQUES USED ON OUR PRO SERIES 3 SEE BELOW PITCH THP PRICE 66 77 78 6778 67 676 NEW PRO SERIES 3 NEW HIGH TECH AIRFOIL SECTION 10 TO 20% INCREASE IN THRUST MFG OF SELECT HARD MAPLE WOOC WILL NOT FATIGUE LIKE SYNTHETICS FUEL PROOF HIGH LUSTER FINISH WAPITCH PRICE 53/34 634 72633456 833/4568 645667 94566A77 1045667 106W8W 106EW Ii4677A77B 115W 11BEW 1167 124W 125W 1256 1356 1456 IS56 164N 16678 RC PYLON RACING SERIES 500 DIA PITCHPRICE 7 SN 5N SERIES 400C 866777 9777/ W WIDE BLADE EW EXTRA WIDE N NARROW dingly much glee CD Vince Man kowski repeatedly pointed out shorts shirt attire hear via PA system main flying site could have just easily identified blue veins legs add insult jury next day acquired long pants heavier shirt Vince also pointed out over PA system crowd basking 8090o temperatures wearing shorts light summer attire Its like George Gobel said Did ever feel rest world tuxedo pair brown shoes Ah well Despite less ideal flying condi tions 10 oclock Saturday flight line begun fill aircraft Since both Control Line RC flown same immediate vicinity some small dis tance east USAF Museum spectators could watch both types flight simultaneously As six RC planes might air same time Some what west RC Control Line site hardy band Free Flighters periodi cally braved gusts launching frag ile craft wind-tossed flights majority years participants came too distant locations reason scheduling national event midst countrys largest modeling population base Modelers Illinois Indiana Missouri Iowa Michi gan West Virginia course Ohio tended predominate others came farther east south Don Ross led contingent Free Flighters out New York New Jersey participant FC Nick Nixon came swamplands Louisiana flies LARKS club Lake Charles fair ness Nick actually came Dayton reunion 58th Tactical Fighter Wing member stayed over fun fly other par ticipants said came both fly visit museum particularly like comment modeler may have honest said came food diversity participants echoed equally diverse group aircraft new kit prototypes old standards customized variations theme downright weird something everyone Modelers like Bob Kuns Fairborn OH treated event much like flying trade show demonstrating companys new kit offerings Bobs firm Air Flair three very attractive 60-size sport ships handthe high-wing Sundancer low-wing Impulse Plus midwing Express Bruce Tharpe Sigs ace designers brought new Four Star 40 just out kit form sport flier well gorgeous h-scale Space Walker done up yellow red Several fliers showed predilection customizing aircraft Being canard fan particularly liked Mystere 3000 ca nard Frank Donisi painted wild cam ouflage pattern sporting two dummy jet engine nacelles above wing Frank said dummy engines made Diet Coke cans asked him used Diet stead regular Coke cans save weight Brian Clayton big Robin Hood pow ered Supertigre 3000 finished olive drab reconnaissance planea very effective treatment Dennis Kirby went step furtherhe customized him self match plane As Dennis steered ultrastable Senior Telemaster through some ultraslow flyby exploits John Deere cap shirt perfect match ships resplendent finish same colors Innovators like Bill Lehn Glenn Stucker like camp up custom ize go oddball playful downright strange Lehn flew huge foam flatiron Formula race car lawn mower twin-rotor gyrocopter Stucker right him among ranks truly innovative fly ing fish aptly named Jaws unidentified modeler brought al obligatory Snoopys Doghouse show-and-tell flight line Original designs traditional sense also present Dayton Among two excellent flying aircraft Control Line Stunt other appearing Schoolyard Scale subject RC Joe Reinhard nearby Columbus OH turned spectators attention RC flight line Control Line circle chestrated choreographed aerial bal let truly excellent Cycle VI Stunter particularly large 540 sq wing area 54-oz ship pulled around circle through difficult wind vertical maneuvers ease Supertigre 60 nose didnt get chance ask Joe detuned engine slow things down What saw though rock-solid airplane flying through gusts though didnt exist yet hurry Young Don Apel also hails Co lumbus OH waited until conditions better Sunday before flying 049powered Nieuport bipe confident impressive manner little plane extremely responsive control modes realistic could imag ine Nungesser cockpit fliers commended exhibiting very high level flying skills Although billed fun fly rather competition its thing put plane air front two three fellow club members laid-back Sunday afternoon quite another have two three hundred spectators behind watching move AMA HQ staff members volun teers manned flight lines also commended giving everyone chance fly much wanted still maintaining adequate provisions sure safe fun fly accident mid air destroyed both aircraft volved certainly no reflection ficials since caused depth perception errors procedural ones 44 Model Aviation DISIGNID 8 DIVESOPDO fly CNRIS MACfflN RC Control Line Free Flight happening once main flying site Wright-Patterson pizzazz three-ring circus Things bit leisurely two other sites earmarked Soaring Old-Timer flying respec tively Soarers action immediately east Dayton some 15 minutes driving time distant Twin Towers Park fly ing site normally home Dayton Area Thermal Soarers DARTS club appearing deceptively small flying area road field opened up north allow flying com fort shaded picnic pavilion desired As drove site pleas antly surprised see five six youngsters tossing Hand-Launched Gliders gusts enthusiastically running after toss again young sters appeared range about five 12 years age least Glider capturing undi vided attention Two adults obviously mother least youngsters other older gentleman standing side doing best keep things organized moving along such delight see youngsters having first experience model air planes though suspected werent part Soaring portion ganized fun fly flying obvi ously having fun approached camera hand learned youth group Prayer Praise Fel lowship Church Pottsdam OH older gentleman Bill Connell orga nized group provided much needed material ing assisted worthy endeavor Cindy Minnich mother youngest Glider flier Brandon Minnich As re ward braving chill winds uncom fortable conditions just fly model air planes promised include re port Bill Cindy should proud work have done young sters Driving north Twin Towers Park af ter visiting several members DARTS club headed OldTimers site cant tell exactly far Dayton Donnelsville because took roads wife can tell Im famous takingits never map never goes think should Inevitably such practice causes stop someplace along way ask directions always enjoy part trip because get meet people would stayed strictly marked roads foray through byways Ohio particularly memorable event Ill let judge pulled off road rutted drive way seemed parking area combination gas station/grocery store/beer joint/worm farm relayed predica ment very nice lady behind counter inside knew glint eye Id struck pay dirt quest find Donnels people Ilk keitO up ond EZ up Shelters C Z pTMare fully self 00t8ned NO lo~ SheltO construct 00ntrpole sturdy teel tube tr p 0.er N raft parts NO rop5 lueble miniati* fell ofl vs d Blue nylon top Sturdy fade resistant 361 -j5A MAeg~oss plusCNECK ntUCky residOfliS add 5 SSI8~ John peck Leisure productS Ltd MAC 3287 AMA 85800131 g0envuood goad JersaillS KY 4a3e3 October 1989 45 AL 1/24 Scale Balsa Flying Model 41 E Lincoln Ave Hatfield PA 19440 215 361-8700 Available Favorite Hobby Shop Now! KIT J-1 F-16A Falcon WIngspan 15 S2495 F-14A Tomcat SHOWN Wingspan 32 $3295 four models TRUE SCALE FTODAY51reproductions popular Jet Fighters used US Allied Forces throughout world today Any models can built Display Catapault Launch Flying kit contains Diecut Balsa Parts Vac Formed Plastic Parts Decal rolled Plan Covering Tissue IE AND COLO F pqord S beSt se~ ng jgntOl Vstem chosen Byron Ongktis T&G Mfg mid AM Akcrstt Sqiply its outstanding rehiablity Complete single cylinder system including throttlecoupled spark advance kit spark spark plug lead25. plug battery pack charger O shielded Much kinger engine life Easy bend stats-no kickback lAINJiZAGO RPM reliable kilo 9% power fuiu strokers ern installation aviable 0 Lower s no nitro needed SMeMedqm*pkighedulg0apkigcover 0 FornienyenpiesUEtiqi2ft4stroke skigleuudtwincyluiders zoImhictsavdalule DISTRIBUTED BY 193 WJflflHI ZNDffDWNtZR8 7550 San Oabrei Road cadero CA 53422 56-1717 yule lived said pro ceeded give detailed directions special route said di rections dont come back Ill give some better ones cant argue advice like did find Donnelsville using nice ladys directions did find Bob Layboumes Hobby Hangar assigned site Old-Timer flying As wound back through trees gravel road suddenly came upon what could have WW aerodrome operations headquar ters buried bunkerlike side hill closely mowed runway awaited arrival squadron Sopwith Camels back dawn patrol What great place reality headquarters Bob Laybournes Hobby Hangar hobby shop aerodrome next flying strip fortunate members SMAC chapter Society Antique Modelers call home congenial group youll find anywhere arrived little activity deference weather hardly introduced ourselves planes gan magically appearing out trunks cars back hobby shop side doors vanslovely aircraft ranging ignition-powered cabin jobs four-cycle pylon ships leaped off mowed turf eager test air Jack Beatley owner black-andyellow Lanzo Bomber determined nothing would fly OS 40powered airplane Although tried ap pear reluctant would have given eye teeth fly several planes gath ered round Jacks Bomber sheer joy air responsive slightest rudder movement clean solid feeling headed breeze search lift prevailing wind westerly direc tion necessary fly out over ad jacent cemetery looking lift handed transmitter back Jack just time re frain making tasteless remark about avoiding dead air Hobby Hangar its genial owner Bob Laybourne also delight barely reformed Free Flighter Bob has stocked shop Old-Timer kits RC Control Line Free Flight supplies plus extra goodies flying buddies might require pursuit fa vorite sport Any modeler within 100mile radius Donnelsville really missing something doesnt schedule least visit Hobby Hangar too soon visit good peo ple Dayton came endas did journ through aviation history present-day modeling retrospect amazing much wed able com press weekend shooting over dozen rolls film taking two side trips Twin Towers Hobby Hangar getting lost Ohio backroads touring fabulous USAF Museum watching flight after flight fun flyand above meeting some d2est people earth 46 Model Aviation FUEL ALERTRED HOT Low fuel level warning systemKeep ni-starter red hot Flashing strobe lamp warns youaerotron ni-starter field box auto lowfuel levelchargeriholder Cuts off ni starter fully charged LED 100% Solid Stateindicates charging Never have Easy installremove nistarter field box again charging $2195 12v0c $1550 WING DATA Comparative wind tunnel study model airfoil lift drag characteruebca ght Lab Symmetrical Flat Bottomed Under Cambered Flapped Pagea $1000 AEROTRON Box 279 Route 2 Gerald MO 63037 $975$578 AVAILABLE AT AMERICAS FINEST HOBBY SHOPS 0975$525 #8502 heat sink head reverse pipe Byron type installation #8501 pipe conventional installation Attention Fan Owners OPS now offers two needle bearing 80s use spare parts readily available SThe Parts People Com~etaYo% /i%*o44 c long love affair hobby have come regard modelers breed apart kindred souls receive particu lar delight association model airplanes other flight home lifted off runway Dayton International still felt connected ground shared spirit very essence fun fly wit nessed well impetus gathering again next yearto fly have fun Fun Fly Registrants Kenneth N Allen Dayton OH Don Apel Columbus OH Dannie E Ball Dal las TX Ronald Ballard Decatur IN Joseph H Ballou Elizabeth IN Greg Bart ling New Martinsville WV Joseph E Begany Fairview Pk OH Robert Belton Dayton OH Mack 0 Blackburn Indianap olis IN Jack D Boesken Mt Vernon OH Brian F Bohne Cleveland OH Jef frey Bohne Cleveland OH Ralph W Braun Winamac IN David G Brown Ha milton OH William C Buckman Dayton OH Harry L Burcham Van Wert OH Randy L Charles Wilmington OH Cecil Clark Grand Haven MI John E Clev enger Carlisle OH Eric Clutton Tulla homa TN James W Correll New Al bany IN Mark J Cotter Dearborn MI Mike Couts Marion OH Lawrence H Cross Blacksburg VA Dewey D Davenport Jamestown OH Philip C Davis Van Wert OH Michael T Dean Dayton OH Raymond L Dills Louisville KY Frank Donisi Franklin OH Terry Duke Fairborn OH David L Durnell Beaver Creek OH Stanley Duszc zak Elma NY Charles S Fist Sardinia OH David L Fogle Dayton OH Frank D Fullerton Moundsville WV Kit Ger hart Kokomo IN Larry P Giles Wooster OH David C Gingrich Fishers IN Robert V Godfrey Bradenton FL Charles Gray Terre Haute IN Michael D Hair Sterling Hgts MI James Harris Marion OH George B Herider Conover OH Wayne N Jeffries Buffalo NY Albert L Jones Fairfax VA Jonathan Jordan Baltimore MD Barry S Katz Black sburg VA Dennis G Kirby Lebanon OH August W Kleinhans Evansville IN Mark D Klingler Jamestown OH Harry G Kouhoupt Vineland NJ Craig Ku lesa Bellbrook OH Robert C Kuns Hu ber Heights OH John R Lane Northville MI James L Layne Glasgow KY Gale L Leach Bellbrook OH Jarold C Leffel Racine WV WL Lehn Dayton OH Don T Lowe Altamonte Spgs FL Wil liam J Marsh Frankfort KY James Martin Vandalia OH Henry Mausolf Fredericksburg VA Philip C Metz Mar ion OH William H Millar Petoskey MI ontinued page 148 Al Radio South Batteries 500 ma Pack 48V1300 Futaba conn1550 800 ma Pack 48V2200 Futaba conn2475 1200 ma Pack 48V2400 Futaba conn2700 TX batt Futaba G-Series PCM2995 RADIO SOUTH Call Tony Stiliman Ken Dudley custom work competition needs stock complete hobby line specIalizing competition accessoriesall discounted prices ________ QUENCY CONVERSiONS Frequencx Coimnaree Approsed Feat uring last service -__We engines ana theHatori headers pipes latest equipment Including aWe Repair Heli Sets Gyros Al Orders COD MC American Express OPEN 8-5 CST Prices subject change notice %mm.mm...mmm. 9003 N Davis Hwy Pensacola FL 32514 October 1989 47 904 478-6745 ALTIMETER PERKIN AVIONICS PC-i micro sized altimeter has designed specifically RIO soaring enthusiast high tech instrument comes ready go minimal installa tion required MEASURES ALTITUDE IN 10 FT INCREMENTS AND STORES IN MEMORY HIGHEST AGL ON EACH FLIGHT WEIGHS LESS THAN 4 OZ LED DISPLAY CAN BE MOUNTED SEPARATELY FOR EASY ACCESS AUTOMATICALLY ADJUST FOR TEMPERATURE VARI ANCE AND STARTING POINT ABOVE SEA LEVEL NO BATTERY DRAIN ON FLIGHT PACK NI-CAD Introductory price $11500 no shipping charge also PERKIN AVIONICS soon released MISSILE LOCK airborne electronic weap system information either exciting new products send $300 sase C S PO Box 396 Ellenwood GA 30049 Call404 366-1591 THE WORLDS FINEST SMALL ENGINES M200 Flight Line Simulation 20 kHz Gold FM/Gold FM 36 Gold FM/Gold AM 36 Silver FM/ Silver AM 36 40kHz Gold FM/Gold FM 36 Gold FM Gold AM 36 Silver FM/Silver AM 36 Something good going FLS test dont know what PCM computer ap parently treats intermodulations same way way better older sets servos rated six volts four AA al kaline batteries specifications However Charles Hampton has flying HS-402 servos over year five-cell Ni-Cd pack has no troubles Hitec needs rewrite its specifi cation include 70 volts five-cell Ni-Cd pack slim S plug compatible last years Molex will used 1989 aircraft ra dios new HS-422 servo becomes standard aircraft radio servo year HS-422 projects / less below mounting plane does previous HS-402 uses custom chip like Futaba does features new motor very smooth gear train faster able work down 28 volts output shaft supported twopiece metal bearings above below final gear should no trouble wearing oval holes case happened old days plastic-to-plastic bear ings HS-XXX servos pulse-width controlled have 155-millisecond neutral practi cally servo should work radio worth knowing servos work great five-cell Ni-Cd packs give torque faster operation found little surgery plastic plugs would let use Airtronics servo Challenger 550 receiver Depending sequence - al wires plugs other manufacturers servos may also work bench counted 108 steps servo responding 300 full swing aileron stick High Rate count reduced dual-rate lever 31 steps full range its trim lever count affected dual-rate switch function PCM computer quite fast seems use eight-bit words Since servo throw 300 equates step per /20 motion Reso lution centering good Recentering after working stick oppo site sides usually exact never worse /2 0 out place corresponds t PCM code Using variable speed motor-driven device work landing gear switch back forth watching long pointer move over large pro tractor detect servo could no longer keep up input movement determined system can follow 120 cycles per minute four-cell Ni-Cd receiver pack servo alone can keep up 140 cycles per minute 600 travel better servos pwn have say system fast enough anybody charger supplied Challenger 550 puts Out 108 volts 50 mA 57 volts 50 mA marked will have supply own charger want use five-cell re ceiver pack frequency flag supplied Polks also nice Fun FIy/Kruse Continued page 47 David Narance Marion OH Henry M Neweome Bowling Green OH Fran cis H Nixon Lake Charles LA Frank V Noll Dayton OH Roger G Ormson Barron WI Santiago Panzardi Fairborn OH Antony Peters New York NY Phillip W Pratter Jamestown OH Timothy P Procuniar Beaverereek OH Joseph L Re inhard Columbus OH Donald H Ross Cresskill NJ James M Ruley Spring field OH Dennis F Sadowski Dayton OH Eugene P Schepers Upper Mont clair NJ Pete Schmidt Grand Rapids MI Albert Seidowski Cleveland OH Robert J Smyth Cincinnati OH Michael R Still Kokomo IN Glenn Stucker West Chester OH Darren B Suter Paden City WV Clifford J Tacie Mt Clemens MI Nur I Taib Bloomington IN Maurice C Tay lor Ohio City OH David R Thacker Hu Heights OH Bruce Anthony Tharpe Montezuma IA Jim Tibbitts Holland MI Gary E Underhill MD Evansville IN Thomas B Vandegrift East Berne NY Charles C Vermillion Marion IN Kirk R Voeckel Tarentum PA Gary R Wild Greenwood IN Lawrence M Wil son North Vernon IN Harold W Wint ers New Providence NJ Earl F Witt Chambersburg PA Raymond J Woodall New Kensington PA Robert S Wroblew ski Livonia MI 148 Model Aviation 7U rn-A, 6F700705/22 RF90O 3/ 6 08 Fults Tooling P0 Box 95 champaign IL PERKIN VI0N /
Edition: Model Aviation - 1989/10
Page Numbers: 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 44, 45, 46, 47, 148
THE NOTION modelers can should get together sheer joy fly ing airplanes others company probably old modeling itself Dur ing last few years notion has come somewhat formalized days flying sites vacant lots outskirts town lieu impromptu flying sessions earlier times scarcity available flying sites has given rise orga nized gatherings modelers specific lo cal regional locationsthe fun fly forThe appreciative crowd Sunday Specta tors enjoyed constant nonstop action six airplanes air time Maestro Bob Underwood choreographed flight line both days keeping things moving along quite briskly over 300 flights re corded kind aircraft imaginable mat has become familiar todays modelers What happens fun fly nowadays no different however impromptu gatherings past Modelers practice flying skills show off newest creations brag bit relate embellished ver sions own others experiences just generally have great time old friends new acquaintances short RC Control Line Free Flight happening once main flying site years AMA National Fun Fly WrightPatterson AFB pizzazz three-ring circus National Fun Above Immaculate 2/a-scale Spacewalker built thekit models designer Bruce Tharpe MontezumaBruce brought several Sigs kitted designs well some own work fly Right Larry Wilson North Vernon IL built Etrich Taube Balsa USA kit Como 51 powers Although very light airplane performed well gusty conditions Saturday Left Ron Ballard beautiful Byron F-16 tore up sky wowed crowd incredibiy iow passes over runway impres sive aircraft powered Rossi 90 ducted fan engine Ron haiis flies out Decatur IN Spirit America Show Team Right Bob Kuns Fairborn OH apparently quite happy design impulse Pius Immediately behind Bob high-wing de signs called Sundancer Partially hidden midwing Express 60-size designs being kitted Bobs firm Air Flair Kits Left Bruce Tharpe designer Sigs new Four Star 40 seen preparing gas up bright yellow version brought him fun fly simple yet attractive lines airplane its very forgiving flight characteristics should make very popular design Right AMA President Don Lowe apparently getting big kick out being interviewed little Loren Wagner Young Miss Wagner seen helping dad Joe Wagner well known designer own right well columnist Model Airplane News magazine have fun modeling setting de signed eliminate pressure emphasize friendship camaraderie low-pressure concept has prolif erated throughout country Fun fly events today scheduled type model aircraft imaginable Giant Scale floatplanes Helicopters Old-Timers Soar ing ships ducted-fan models Control Line aircraft Free Flight combination above plus anything else could name crowd AMA calendar coast coast seasonal pattern Using popularity local re gional fun fly springboard last year AMA hosted first-ever nationally orga nized fun fly Reno NV event intended inclusive type air craft modelers wanted bring along share Following embryonic beginning 1989 National Fun Fly moved land Dayton OH cradle avia tion home Wilbur Orville Wright Im quite sure Wilbur ville would have approved AMAs choice location Im also sure fraternal pioneers would have hardpressed imagine hundred model airplanes controlled radios wires simply flying unfettered over October 1989 39 Left George Steiner 1 Doc Marsh R among helping run impound transmitter check areas make sure no fre quency problems evidence George has innovative longtime driving force AMA Frequency Committee Doc local volunteers helped make fun fly possible Right Al Seidowski Cleveland OH firing up Enya 60 X-Cell chopper Miniature Aircraft kit Practically catagory aircraft present well just couldnt categorized very ground once landed own ships upon As airplane buff well aware big attraction Dayton US Air Force Museum Located WrightPatterson Air Force Base grounds huge museum its accompanying restora tion facility absolute musts anyone traveling through central part United States Hundreds important air craft displayed chronologically along memorabilia various eras video presentations audio commentary make museum one-of-a-kind experience early aircraft like 1909 Wright Military Flyer 1911 Curtiss Model D pusher through warplanes deployed Viet Nam conflict museum offers panoply military aircraft development between viewer taken through significant missions WW WW II Korean War via surviving exampies aircraft flew ex haustive chronology aircraft display culminates early space missions up including Apollo 11 historic 1969 moon landing Later satellite deployments also shown above happening inside museum Outside nearby facility countless aircraft rockets cruise mis siles engine displays await continuing story what aficionados cant help 40 Model Aviation Left FH Nick Nixon grand time flying armada aircraft ones Ace Littlest Stick powered Cox 020 wide-eyed little airplane seemed know its way around field Right Frank Donisis customized Mystere 3000 canard dressed up elaborate camouflage paint scheme Dummy twin-engine nacelles atop wing discarded soft drink cans Frank hails Franklin OH 4 Giant Scale numerous representatives fun fly including terrific looking Chipmunk built Charles Fist Sardinia OH model constructed kit produced Dons Custom Models sported immaculate red white blue color scheme Right trim-looking Sig Banshee built Bruce Tharpe Montezuma IA good reminder flying fun doesnt have complicated expensive Powered Fox 35 muffler profile sport/stunter would great way introduced Control Line flying Left Several gooa-TIyIng eiemasiers nana being put through paces almost constantly Senior Telemaster po ses proudly its owner Greg Bartling New Martinsville WV Greg said came fly see Air Force Museum eat good food three components perfect fun fly Right Looking world like WW aerodrome Bob Laybournes Hobby Hangar hobby shop specializing Old-Timer Free Flight supplies kits adjacent Old-Timer Free Flight flying area near Donnelsville OH consider mans greatest adventurejust south museums main entrance flightHere exploits lives very human dimension almostflew marvelous machines recalled overwhelming testament progress tech-with plaques monuments appropri nology offered small memorial parkately chosen pieces sculpture symbolize strong lofty spirits very special breed men women well sacrifices made Another great feature UASF mu seum aside free admission its October 1989 41 Left Jim Correll brought whole family along family Zilches fun fly Jim Betty daughter Allison came New Al bany IN fly trio Control Line Old-Timers including 1-size Super Duper Zilch Betty holding center picture extreme background can seen part museum complex Right Host owner Hobby Hangar genial Bob Laybourne proudly poses next extensive collection Old-Timer kits engines date back infancy model aviation USA Left Bob Laybourne Donnelsville OH owner Hobby Hangar excellent builder own right Hes seen beautiful red-and-white Shereshaw Cumulus finished silk dope Imagine silking some compound curves fus elage Right Dillard Hazelrigg Hiber Hights OH carries Si Jordans Bellbrook OH lovely New Ruler flight line old Henry Struck design almost dwarfs 0S 40 four-stroke bolted its nose Trexier air wheels absorb tremendous amount shock landing Left Dale Leach Bellbrook OH president Dayton Area Thermal Soarers DARTS Soaring club used companys color scheme logo trim Chuparosa Glider finished striking black-and-yellow motif Right Dale Leach Ken Allen Walt Schmoll Jim Martin members DARTS club showed up Soaring portion fun fly located east Dayton Twin Towers Park Another Bill Lehn work art twinrotor gyrocopter plans RC Modeler rotors free-spinning contrarotat ing cancel out potential torque pro blems Another interesting feature negative pitch rotor blades though rotors themselves have positive angle attack relation thrust line marvelous bookstore As history buff Scale aircraft fanatic could scarcely break away rows rows aviation books magazines booklets videos posters occupy fully half large en trance foyer museum quite enamored search photo graphic evidence three-views other half foyer large gift shop stocking everything imaginable way aviation-related gifts novelties As can see 1989 National Fun Fly good fortune situated much stones throw history certainly close enough re mind us partake some small way unique spirit per vades aviation fun fly about history though rather about people airplanes bring fly years gathering said people airplanes met distinct n Ross Cresskill NJ led contingent Free Flighters New Jersey New York Don prepares launch electric-powered Lectrolyte Don also author new book titled Rubber Powered Model Airplanes directed Free Flighters shock Saturday first day sched uled flying temperature Dayton area plummeted 55 degrees wind turned chill blustery Prior flying out Kansas fun fly wife Cel watched na tional weather forecast closely see what could expected Dayton some 1200 miles east north us smiling fore caster told balmy skies temperatures mid-eighties dressed accor 42 Model Aviation creations Bill Lehn 01 Dayton OH tend stand out bit flight line flying lawn mower looks like would home yard air Con structed primarily foam overlays Wall Street Journal contraption cer tainly emphasises word fun fun fly sinister Jaws created Glenn Stucker West Chester OH chews its way through air powered Fox 50 part routine Cincinnati OH Hurricanes Show Team Jaws menaces air ap propriate background music movie heard being played over loudspeakers Don Apel came nearby Columbus OH Antony Peters New York NV brought hisand put some very impressive flights multicolored Caudron Dayton part ofSunday own-design scratch-built Free Flight contingent EastNieuport airplane powered 049 Coast Note very efficient paddle-bladedCox flew rudder elevator andthrot propeller blades little WW II fightertie Note external elevator control cables Continued page 44 Left Si Jordan Bellbrook OH seen cranking up Forster 29 Playboy Cabin able assistance Ray Sorensen Cen terville OH Both gentlemen can found regularly Donnelsville Aerodrome Right venerable Bill Lehn yet another unusual creations flying flatiron can just imagine fun Bill has arresting contraptions model air show team demos THE LEADER IN COM PETITION PROPELLERS ftw NEW \DIA 12 13 14 15 16 II 4 ES 100 THP DESIGN TAILORED HELICAL PITCH DEVELOPEDTO GIVE MAXIMUM THRUST AT 4 CYCLE ENGINE RPM ALL THE LATEST TECHNIQUES USED ON OUR PRO SERIES 3 SEE BELOW PITCH THP PRICE 66 77 78 6778 67 676 NEW PRO SERIES 3 NEW HIGH TECH AIRFOIL SECTION 10 TO 20% INCREASE IN THRUST MFG OF SELECT HARD MAPLE WOOC WILL NOT FATIGUE LIKE SYNTHETICS FUEL PROOF HIGH LUSTER FINISH WAPITCH PRICE 53/34 634 72633456 833/4568 645667 94566A77 1045667 106W8W 106EW Ii4677A77B 115W 11BEW 1167 124W 125W 1256 1356 1456 IS56 164N 16678 RC PYLON RACING SERIES 500 DIA PITCHPRICE 7 SN 5N SERIES 400C 866777 9777/ W WIDE BLADE EW EXTRA WIDE N NARROW dingly much glee CD Vince Man kowski repeatedly pointed out shorts shirt attire hear via PA system main flying site could have just easily identified blue veins legs add insult jury next day acquired long pants heavier shirt Vince also pointed out over PA system crowd basking 8090o temperatures wearing shorts light summer attire Its like George Gobel said Did ever feel rest world tuxedo pair brown shoes Ah well Despite less ideal flying condi tions 10 oclock Saturday flight line begun fill aircraft Since both Control Line RC flown same immediate vicinity some small dis tance east USAF Museum spectators could watch both types flight simultaneously As six RC planes might air same time Some what west RC Control Line site hardy band Free Flighters periodi cally braved gusts launching frag ile craft wind-tossed flights majority years participants came too distant locations reason scheduling national event midst countrys largest modeling population base Modelers Illinois Indiana Missouri Iowa Michi gan West Virginia course Ohio tended predominate others came farther east south Don Ross led contingent Free Flighters out New York New Jersey participant FC Nick Nixon came swamplands Louisiana flies LARKS club Lake Charles fair ness Nick actually came Dayton reunion 58th Tactical Fighter Wing member stayed over fun fly other par ticipants said came both fly visit museum particularly like comment modeler may have honest said came food diversity participants echoed equally diverse group aircraft new kit prototypes old standards customized variations theme downright weird something everyone Modelers like Bob Kuns Fairborn OH treated event much like flying trade show demonstrating companys new kit offerings Bobs firm Air Flair three very attractive 60-size sport ships handthe high-wing Sundancer low-wing Impulse Plus midwing Express Bruce Tharpe Sigs ace designers brought new Four Star 40 just out kit form sport flier well gorgeous h-scale Space Walker done up yellow red Several fliers showed predilection customizing aircraft Being canard fan particularly liked Mystere 3000 ca nard Frank Donisi painted wild cam ouflage pattern sporting two dummy jet engine nacelles above wing Frank said dummy engines made Diet Coke cans asked him used Diet stead regular Coke cans save weight Brian Clayton big Robin Hood pow ered Supertigre 3000 finished olive drab reconnaissance planea very effective treatment Dennis Kirby went step furtherhe customized him self match plane As Dennis steered ultrastable Senior Telemaster through some ultraslow flyby exploits John Deere cap shirt perfect match ships resplendent finish same colors Innovators like Bill Lehn Glenn Stucker like camp up custom ize go oddball playful downright strange Lehn flew huge foam flatiron Formula race car lawn mower twin-rotor gyrocopter Stucker right him among ranks truly innovative fly ing fish aptly named Jaws unidentified modeler brought al obligatory Snoopys Doghouse show-and-tell flight line Original designs traditional sense also present Dayton Among two excellent flying aircraft Control Line Stunt other appearing Schoolyard Scale subject RC Joe Reinhard nearby Columbus OH turned spectators attention RC flight line Control Line circle chestrated choreographed aerial bal let truly excellent Cycle VI Stunter particularly large 540 sq wing area 54-oz ship pulled around circle through difficult wind vertical maneuvers ease Supertigre 60 nose didnt get chance ask Joe detuned engine slow things down What saw though rock-solid airplane flying through gusts though didnt exist yet hurry Young Don Apel also hails Co lumbus OH waited until conditions better Sunday before flying 049powered Nieuport bipe confident impressive manner little plane extremely responsive control modes realistic could imag ine Nungesser cockpit fliers commended exhibiting very high level flying skills Although billed fun fly rather competition its thing put plane air front two three fellow club members laid-back Sunday afternoon quite another have two three hundred spectators behind watching move AMA HQ staff members volun teers manned flight lines also commended giving everyone chance fly much wanted still maintaining adequate provisions sure safe fun fly accident mid air destroyed both aircraft volved certainly no reflection ficials since caused depth perception errors procedural ones 44 Model Aviation DISIGNID 8 DIVESOPDO fly CNRIS MACfflN RC Control Line Free Flight happening once main flying site Wright-Patterson pizzazz three-ring circus Things bit leisurely two other sites earmarked Soaring Old-Timer flying respec tively Soarers action immediately east Dayton some 15 minutes driving time distant Twin Towers Park fly ing site normally home Dayton Area Thermal Soarers DARTS club appearing deceptively small flying area road field opened up north allow flying com fort shaded picnic pavilion desired As drove site pleas antly surprised see five six youngsters tossing Hand-Launched Gliders gusts enthusiastically running after toss again young sters appeared range about five 12 years age least Glider capturing undi vided attention Two adults obviously mother least youngsters other older gentleman standing side doing best keep things organized moving along such delight see youngsters having first experience model air planes though suspected werent part Soaring portion ganized fun fly flying obvi ously having fun approached camera hand learned youth group Prayer Praise Fel lowship Church Pottsdam OH older gentleman Bill Connell orga nized group provided much needed material ing assisted worthy endeavor Cindy Minnich mother youngest Glider flier Brandon Minnich As re ward braving chill winds uncom fortable conditions just fly model air planes promised include re port Bill Cindy should proud work have done young sters Driving north Twin Towers Park af ter visiting several members DARTS club headed OldTimers site cant tell exactly far Dayton Donnelsville because took roads wife can tell Im famous takingits never map never goes think should Inevitably such practice causes stop someplace along way ask directions always enjoy part trip because get meet people would stayed strictly marked roads foray through byways Ohio particularly memorable event Ill let judge pulled off road rutted drive way seemed parking area combination gas station/grocery store/beer joint/worm farm relayed predica ment very nice lady behind counter inside knew glint eye Id struck pay dirt quest find Donnels people Ilk keitO up ond EZ up Shelters C Z pTMare fully self 00t8ned NO lo~ SheltO construct 00ntrpole sturdy teel tube tr p 0.er N raft parts NO rop5 lueble miniati* fell ofl vs d Blue nylon top Sturdy fade resistant 361 -j5A MAeg~oss plusCNECK ntUCky residOfliS add 5 SSI8~ John peck Leisure productS Ltd MAC 3287 AMA 85800131 g0envuood goad JersaillS KY 4a3e3 October 1989 45 AL 1/24 Scale Balsa Flying Model 41 E Lincoln Ave Hatfield PA 19440 215 361-8700 Available Favorite Hobby Shop Now! KIT J-1 F-16A Falcon WIngspan 15 S2495 F-14A Tomcat SHOWN Wingspan 32 $3295 four models TRUE SCALE FTODAY51reproductions popular Jet Fighters used US Allied Forces throughout world today Any models can built Display Catapault Launch Flying kit contains Diecut Balsa Parts Vac Formed Plastic Parts Decal rolled Plan Covering Tissue IE AND COLO F pqord S beSt se~ ng jgntOl Vstem chosen Byron Ongktis T&G Mfg mid AM Akcrstt Sqiply its outstanding rehiablity Complete single cylinder system including throttlecoupled spark advance kit spark spark plug lead25. plug battery pack charger O shielded Much kinger engine life Easy bend stats-no kickback lAINJiZAGO RPM reliable kilo 9% power fuiu strokers ern installation aviable 0 Lower s no nitro needed SMeMedqm*pkighedulg0apkigcover 0 FornienyenpiesUEtiqi2ft4stroke skigleuudtwincyluiders zoImhictsavdalule DISTRIBUTED BY 193 WJflflHI ZNDffDWNtZR8 7550 San Oabrei Road cadero CA 53422 56-1717 yule lived said pro ceeded give detailed directions special route said di rections dont come back Ill give some better ones cant argue advice like did find Donnelsville using nice ladys directions did find Bob Layboumes Hobby Hangar assigned site Old-Timer flying As wound back through trees gravel road suddenly came upon what could have WW aerodrome operations headquar ters buried bunkerlike side hill closely mowed runway awaited arrival squadron Sopwith Camels back dawn patrol What great place reality headquarters Bob Laybournes Hobby Hangar hobby shop aerodrome next flying strip fortunate members SMAC chapter Society Antique Modelers call home congenial group youll find anywhere arrived little activity deference weather hardly introduced ourselves planes gan magically appearing out trunks cars back hobby shop side doors vanslovely aircraft ranging ignition-powered cabin jobs four-cycle pylon ships leaped off mowed turf eager test air Jack Beatley owner black-andyellow Lanzo Bomber determined nothing would fly OS 40powered airplane Although tried ap pear reluctant would have given eye teeth fly several planes gath ered round Jacks Bomber sheer joy air responsive slightest rudder movement clean solid feeling headed breeze search lift prevailing wind westerly direc tion necessary fly out over ad jacent cemetery looking lift handed transmitter back Jack just time re frain making tasteless remark about avoiding dead air Hobby Hangar its genial owner Bob Laybourne also delight barely reformed Free Flighter Bob has stocked shop Old-Timer kits RC Control Line Free Flight supplies plus extra goodies flying buddies might require pursuit fa vorite sport Any modeler within 100mile radius Donnelsville really missing something doesnt schedule least visit Hobby Hangar too soon visit good peo ple Dayton came endas did journ through aviation history present-day modeling retrospect amazing much wed able com press weekend shooting over dozen rolls film taking two side trips Twin Towers Hobby Hangar getting lost Ohio backroads touring fabulous USAF Museum watching flight after flight fun flyand above meeting some d2est people earth 46 Model Aviation FUEL ALERTRED HOT Low fuel level warning systemKeep ni-starter red hot Flashing strobe lamp warns youaerotron ni-starter field box auto lowfuel levelchargeriholder Cuts off ni starter fully charged LED 100% Solid Stateindicates charging Never have Easy installremove nistarter field box again charging $2195 12v0c $1550 WING DATA Comparative wind tunnel study model airfoil lift drag characteruebca ght Lab Symmetrical Flat Bottomed Under Cambered Flapped Pagea $1000 AEROTRON Box 279 Route 2 Gerald MO 63037 $975$578 AVAILABLE AT AMERICAS FINEST HOBBY SHOPS 0975$525 #8502 heat sink head reverse pipe Byron type installation #8501 pipe conventional installation Attention Fan Owners OPS now offers two needle bearing 80s use spare parts readily available SThe Parts People Com~etaYo% /i%*o44 c long love affair hobby have come regard modelers breed apart kindred souls receive particu lar delight association model airplanes other flight home lifted off runway Dayton International still felt connected ground shared spirit very essence fun fly wit nessed well impetus gathering again next yearto fly have fun Fun Fly Registrants Kenneth N Allen Dayton OH Don Apel Columbus OH Dannie E Ball Dal las TX Ronald Ballard Decatur IN Joseph H Ballou Elizabeth IN Greg Bart ling New Martinsville WV Joseph E Begany Fairview Pk OH Robert Belton Dayton OH Mack 0 Blackburn Indianap olis IN Jack D Boesken Mt Vernon OH Brian F Bohne Cleveland OH Jef frey Bohne Cleveland OH Ralph W Braun Winamac IN David G Brown Ha milton OH William C Buckman Dayton OH Harry L Burcham Van Wert OH Randy L Charles Wilmington OH Cecil Clark Grand Haven MI John E Clev enger Carlisle OH Eric Clutton Tulla homa TN James W Correll New Al bany IN Mark J Cotter Dearborn MI Mike Couts Marion OH Lawrence H Cross Blacksburg VA Dewey D Davenport Jamestown OH Philip C Davis Van Wert OH Michael T Dean Dayton OH Raymond L Dills Louisville KY Frank Donisi Franklin OH Terry Duke Fairborn OH David L Durnell Beaver Creek OH Stanley Duszc zak Elma NY Charles S Fist Sardinia OH David L Fogle Dayton OH Frank D Fullerton Moundsville WV Kit Ger hart Kokomo IN Larry P Giles Wooster OH David C Gingrich Fishers IN Robert V Godfrey Bradenton FL Charles Gray Terre Haute IN Michael D Hair Sterling Hgts MI James Harris Marion OH George B Herider Conover OH Wayne N Jeffries Buffalo NY Albert L Jones Fairfax VA Jonathan Jordan Baltimore MD Barry S Katz Black sburg VA Dennis G Kirby Lebanon OH August W Kleinhans Evansville IN Mark D Klingler Jamestown OH Harry G Kouhoupt Vineland NJ Craig Ku lesa Bellbrook OH Robert C Kuns Hu ber Heights OH John R Lane Northville MI James L Layne Glasgow KY Gale L Leach Bellbrook OH Jarold C Leffel Racine WV WL Lehn Dayton OH Don T Lowe Altamonte Spgs FL Wil liam J Marsh Frankfort KY James Martin Vandalia OH Henry Mausolf Fredericksburg VA Philip C Metz Mar ion OH William H Millar Petoskey MI ontinued page 148 Al Radio South Batteries 500 ma Pack 48V1300 Futaba conn1550 800 ma Pack 48V2200 Futaba conn2475 1200 ma Pack 48V2400 Futaba conn2700 TX batt Futaba G-Series PCM2995 RADIO SOUTH Call Tony Stiliman Ken Dudley custom work competition needs stock complete hobby line specIalizing competition accessoriesall discounted prices ________ QUENCY CONVERSiONS Frequencx Coimnaree Approsed Feat uring last service -__We engines ana theHatori headers pipes latest equipment Including aWe Repair Heli Sets Gyros Al Orders COD MC American Express OPEN 8-5 CST Prices subject change notice %mm.mm...mmm. 9003 N Davis Hwy Pensacola FL 32514 October 1989 47 904 478-6745 ALTIMETER PERKIN AVIONICS PC-i micro sized altimeter has designed specifically RIO soaring enthusiast high tech instrument comes ready go minimal installa tion required MEASURES ALTITUDE IN 10 FT INCREMENTS AND STORES IN MEMORY HIGHEST AGL ON EACH FLIGHT WEIGHS LESS THAN 4 OZ LED DISPLAY CAN BE MOUNTED SEPARATELY FOR EASY ACCESS AUTOMATICALLY ADJUST FOR TEMPERATURE VARI ANCE AND STARTING POINT ABOVE SEA LEVEL NO BATTERY DRAIN ON FLIGHT PACK NI-CAD Introductory price $11500 no shipping charge also PERKIN AVIONICS soon released MISSILE LOCK airborne electronic weap system information either exciting new products send $300 sase C S PO Box 396 Ellenwood GA 30049 Call404 366-1591 THE WORLDS FINEST SMALL ENGINES M200 Flight Line Simulation 20 kHz Gold FM/Gold FM 36 Gold FM/Gold AM 36 Silver FM/ Silver AM 36 40kHz Gold FM/Gold FM 36 Gold FM Gold AM 36 Silver FM/Silver AM 36 Something good going FLS test dont know what PCM computer ap parently treats intermodulations same way way better older sets servos rated six volts four AA al kaline batteries specifications However Charles Hampton has flying HS-402 servos over year five-cell Ni-Cd pack has no troubles Hitec needs rewrite its specifi cation include 70 volts five-cell Ni-Cd pack slim S plug compatible last years Molex will used 1989 aircraft ra dios new HS-422 servo becomes standard aircraft radio servo year HS-422 projects / less below mounting plane does previous HS-402 uses custom chip like Futaba does features new motor very smooth gear train faster able work down 28 volts output shaft supported twopiece metal bearings above below final gear should no trouble wearing oval holes case happened old days plastic-to-plastic bear ings HS-XXX servos pulse-width controlled have 155-millisecond neutral practi cally servo should work radio worth knowing servos work great five-cell Ni-Cd packs give torque faster operation found little surgery plastic plugs would let use Airtronics servo Challenger 550 receiver Depending sequence - al wires plugs other manufacturers servos may also work bench counted 108 steps servo responding 300 full swing aileron stick High Rate count reduced dual-rate lever 31 steps full range its trim lever count affected dual-rate switch function PCM computer quite fast seems use eight-bit words Since servo throw 300 equates step per /20 motion Reso lution centering good Recentering after working stick oppo site sides usually exact never worse /2 0 out place corresponds t PCM code Using variable speed motor-driven device work landing gear switch back forth watching long pointer move over large pro tractor detect servo could no longer keep up input movement determined system can follow 120 cycles per minute four-cell Ni-Cd receiver pack servo alone can keep up 140 cycles per minute 600 travel better servos pwn have say system fast enough anybody charger supplied Challenger 550 puts Out 108 volts 50 mA 57 volts 50 mA marked will have supply own charger want use five-cell re ceiver pack frequency flag supplied Polks also nice Fun FIy/Kruse Continued page 47 David Narance Marion OH Henry M Neweome Bowling Green OH Fran cis H Nixon Lake Charles LA Frank V Noll Dayton OH Roger G Ormson Barron WI Santiago Panzardi Fairborn OH Antony Peters New York NY Phillip W Pratter Jamestown OH Timothy P Procuniar Beaverereek OH Joseph L Re inhard Columbus OH Donald H Ross Cresskill NJ James M Ruley Spring field OH Dennis F Sadowski Dayton OH Eugene P Schepers Upper Mont clair NJ Pete Schmidt Grand Rapids MI Albert Seidowski Cleveland OH Robert J Smyth Cincinnati OH Michael R Still Kokomo IN Glenn Stucker West Chester OH Darren B Suter Paden City WV Clifford J Tacie Mt Clemens MI Nur I Taib Bloomington IN Maurice C Tay lor Ohio City OH David R Thacker Hu Heights OH Bruce Anthony Tharpe Montezuma IA Jim Tibbitts Holland MI Gary E Underhill MD Evansville IN Thomas B Vandegrift East Berne NY Charles C Vermillion Marion IN Kirk R Voeckel Tarentum PA Gary R Wild Greenwood IN Lawrence M Wil son North Vernon IN Harold W Wint ers New Providence NJ Earl F Witt Chambersburg PA Raymond J Woodall New Kensington PA Robert S Wroblew ski Livonia MI 148 Model Aviation 7U rn-A, 6F700705/22 RF90O 3/ 6 08 Fults Tooling P0 Box 95 champaign IL PERKIN VI0N /
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THE NOTION modelers can should get together sheer joy fly ing airplanes others company probably old modeling itself Dur ing last few years notion has come somewhat formalized days flying sites vacant lots outskirts town lieu impromptu flying sessions earlier times scarcity available flying sites has given rise orga nized gatherings modelers specific lo cal regional locationsthe fun fly forThe appreciative crowd Sunday Specta tors enjoyed constant nonstop action six airplanes air time Maestro Bob Underwood choreographed flight line both days keeping things moving along quite briskly over 300 flights re corded kind aircraft imaginable mat has become familiar todays modelers What happens fun fly nowadays no different however impromptu gatherings past Modelers practice flying skills show off newest creations brag bit relate embellished ver sions own others experiences just generally have great time old friends new acquaintances short RC Control Line Free Flight happening once main flying site years AMA National Fun Fly WrightPatterson AFB pizzazz three-ring circus National Fun Above Immaculate 2/a-scale Spacewalker built thekit models designer Bruce Tharpe MontezumaBruce brought several Sigs kitted designs well some own work fly Right Larry Wilson North Vernon IL built Etrich Taube Balsa USA kit Como 51 powers Although very light airplane performed well gusty conditions Saturday Left Ron Ballard beautiful Byron F-16 tore up sky wowed crowd incredibiy iow passes over runway impres sive aircraft powered Rossi 90 ducted fan engine Ron haiis flies out Decatur IN Spirit America Show Team Right Bob Kuns Fairborn OH apparently quite happy design impulse Pius Immediately behind Bob high-wing de signs called Sundancer Partially hidden midwing Express 60-size designs being kitted Bobs firm Air Flair Kits Left Bruce Tharpe designer Sigs new Four Star 40 seen preparing gas up bright yellow version brought him fun fly simple yet attractive lines airplane its very forgiving flight characteristics should make very popular design Right AMA President Don Lowe apparently getting big kick out being interviewed little Loren Wagner Young Miss Wagner seen helping dad Joe Wagner well known designer own right well columnist Model Airplane News magazine have fun modeling setting de signed eliminate pressure emphasize friendship camaraderie low-pressure concept has prolif erated throughout country Fun fly events today scheduled type model aircraft imaginable Giant Scale floatplanes Helicopters Old-Timers Soar ing ships ducted-fan models Control Line aircraft Free Flight combination above plus anything else could name crowd AMA calendar coast coast seasonal pattern Using popularity local re gional fun fly springboard last year AMA hosted first-ever nationally orga nized fun fly Reno NV event intended inclusive type air craft modelers wanted bring along share Following embryonic beginning 1989 National Fun Fly moved land Dayton OH cradle avia tion home Wilbur Orville Wright Im quite sure Wilbur ville would have approved AMAs choice location Im also sure fraternal pioneers would have hardpressed imagine hundred model airplanes controlled radios wires simply flying unfettered over October 1989 39 Left George Steiner 1 Doc Marsh R among helping run impound transmitter check areas make sure no fre quency problems evidence George has innovative longtime driving force AMA Frequency Committee Doc local volunteers helped make fun fly possible Right Al Seidowski Cleveland OH firing up Enya 60 X-Cell chopper Miniature Aircraft kit Practically catagory aircraft present well just couldnt categorized very ground once landed own ships upon As airplane buff well aware big attraction Dayton US Air Force Museum Located WrightPatterson Air Force Base grounds huge museum its accompanying restora tion facility absolute musts anyone traveling through central part United States Hundreds important air craft displayed chronologically along memorabilia various eras video presentations audio commentary make museum one-of-a-kind experience early aircraft like 1909 Wright Military Flyer 1911 Curtiss Model D pusher through warplanes deployed Viet Nam conflict museum offers panoply military aircraft development between viewer taken through significant missions WW WW II Korean War via surviving exampies aircraft flew ex haustive chronology aircraft display culminates early space missions up including Apollo 11 historic 1969 moon landing Later satellite deployments also shown above happening inside museum Outside nearby facility countless aircraft rockets cruise mis siles engine displays await continuing story what aficionados cant help 40 Model Aviation Left FH Nick Nixon grand time flying armada aircraft ones Ace Littlest Stick powered Cox 020 wide-eyed little airplane seemed know its way around field Right Frank Donisis customized Mystere 3000 canard dressed up elaborate camouflage paint scheme Dummy twin-engine nacelles atop wing discarded soft drink cans Frank hails Franklin OH 4 Giant Scale numerous representatives fun fly including terrific looking Chipmunk built Charles Fist Sardinia OH model constructed kit produced Dons Custom Models sported immaculate red white blue color scheme Right trim-looking Sig Banshee built Bruce Tharpe Montezuma IA good reminder flying fun doesnt have complicated expensive Powered Fox 35 muffler profile sport/stunter would great way introduced Control Line flying Left Several gooa-TIyIng eiemasiers nana being put through paces almost constantly Senior Telemaster po ses proudly its owner Greg Bartling New Martinsville WV Greg said came fly see Air Force Museum eat good food three components perfect fun fly Right Looking world like WW aerodrome Bob Laybournes Hobby Hangar hobby shop specializing Old-Timer Free Flight supplies kits adjacent Old-Timer Free Flight flying area near Donnelsville OH consider mans greatest adventurejust south museums main entrance flightHere exploits lives very human dimension almostflew marvelous machines recalled overwhelming testament progress tech-with plaques monuments appropri nology offered small memorial parkately chosen pieces sculpture symbolize strong lofty spirits very special breed men women well sacrifices made Another great feature UASF mu seum aside free admission its October 1989 41 Left Jim Correll brought whole family along family Zilches fun fly Jim Betty daughter Allison came New Al bany IN fly trio Control Line Old-Timers including 1-size Super Duper Zilch Betty holding center picture extreme background can seen part museum complex Right Host owner Hobby Hangar genial Bob Laybourne proudly poses next extensive collection Old-Timer kits engines date back infancy model aviation USA Left Bob Laybourne Donnelsville OH owner Hobby Hangar excellent builder own right Hes seen beautiful red-and-white Shereshaw Cumulus finished silk dope Imagine silking some compound curves fus elage Right Dillard Hazelrigg Hiber Hights OH carries Si Jordans Bellbrook OH lovely New Ruler flight line old Henry Struck design almost dwarfs 0S 40 four-stroke bolted its nose Trexier air wheels absorb tremendous amount shock landing Left Dale Leach Bellbrook OH president Dayton Area Thermal Soarers DARTS Soaring club used companys color scheme logo trim Chuparosa Glider finished striking black-and-yellow motif Right Dale Leach Ken Allen Walt Schmoll Jim Martin members DARTS club showed up Soaring portion fun fly located east Dayton Twin Towers Park Another Bill Lehn work art twinrotor gyrocopter plans RC Modeler rotors free-spinning contrarotat ing cancel out potential torque pro blems Another interesting feature negative pitch rotor blades though rotors themselves have positive angle attack relation thrust line marvelous bookstore As history buff Scale aircraft fanatic could scarcely break away rows rows aviation books magazines booklets videos posters occupy fully half large en trance foyer museum quite enamored search photo graphic evidence three-views other half foyer large gift shop stocking everything imaginable way aviation-related gifts novelties As can see 1989 National Fun Fly good fortune situated much stones throw history certainly close enough re mind us partake some small way unique spirit per vades aviation fun fly about history though rather about people airplanes bring fly years gathering said people airplanes met distinct n Ross Cresskill NJ led contingent Free Flighters New Jersey New York Don prepares launch electric-powered Lectrolyte Don also author new book titled Rubber Powered Model Airplanes directed Free Flighters shock Saturday first day sched uled flying temperature Dayton area plummeted 55 degrees wind turned chill blustery Prior flying out Kansas fun fly wife Cel watched na tional weather forecast closely see what could expected Dayton some 1200 miles east north us smiling fore caster told balmy skies temperatures mid-eighties dressed accor 42 Model Aviation creations Bill Lehn 01 Dayton OH tend stand out bit flight line flying lawn mower looks like would home yard air Con structed primarily foam overlays Wall Street Journal contraption cer tainly emphasises word fun fun fly sinister Jaws created Glenn Stucker West Chester OH chews its way through air powered Fox 50 part routine Cincinnati OH Hurricanes Show Team Jaws menaces air ap propriate background music movie heard being played over loudspeakers Don Apel came nearby Columbus OH Antony Peters New York NV brought hisand put some very impressive flights multicolored Caudron Dayton part ofSunday own-design scratch-built Free Flight contingent EastNieuport airplane powered 049 Coast Note very efficient paddle-bladedCox flew rudder elevator andthrot propeller blades little WW II fightertie Note external elevator control cables Continued page 44 Left Si Jordan Bellbrook OH seen cranking up Forster 29 Playboy Cabin able assistance Ray Sorensen Cen terville OH Both gentlemen can found regularly Donnelsville Aerodrome Right venerable Bill Lehn yet another unusual creations flying flatiron can just imagine fun Bill has arresting contraptions model air show team demos THE LEADER IN COM PETITION PROPELLERS ftw NEW \DIA 12 13 14 15 16 II 4 ES 100 THP DESIGN TAILORED HELICAL PITCH DEVELOPEDTO GIVE MAXIMUM THRUST AT 4 CYCLE ENGINE RPM ALL THE LATEST TECHNIQUES USED ON OUR PRO SERIES 3 SEE BELOW PITCH THP PRICE 66 77 78 6778 67 676 NEW PRO SERIES 3 NEW HIGH TECH AIRFOIL SECTION 10 TO 20% INCREASE IN THRUST MFG OF SELECT HARD MAPLE WOOC WILL NOT FATIGUE LIKE SYNTHETICS FUEL PROOF HIGH LUSTER FINISH WAPITCH PRICE 53/34 634 72633456 833/4568 645667 94566A77 1045667 106W8W 106EW Ii4677A77B 115W 11BEW 1167 124W 125W 1256 1356 1456 IS56 164N 16678 RC PYLON RACING SERIES 500 DIA PITCHPRICE 7 SN 5N SERIES 400C 866777 9777/ W WIDE BLADE EW EXTRA WIDE N NARROW dingly much glee CD Vince Man kowski repeatedly pointed out shorts shirt attire hear via PA system main flying site could have just easily identified blue veins legs add insult jury next day acquired long pants heavier shirt Vince also pointed out over PA system crowd basking 8090o temperatures wearing shorts light summer attire Its like George Gobel said Did ever feel rest world tuxedo pair brown shoes Ah well Despite less ideal flying condi tions 10 oclock Saturday flight line begun fill aircraft Since both Control Line RC flown same immediate vicinity some small dis tance east USAF Museum spectators could watch both types flight simultaneously As six RC planes might air same time Some what west RC Control Line site hardy band Free Flighters periodi cally braved gusts launching frag ile craft wind-tossed flights majority years participants came too distant locations reason scheduling national event midst countrys largest modeling population base Modelers Illinois Indiana Missouri Iowa Michi gan West Virginia course Ohio tended predominate others came farther east south Don Ross led contingent Free Flighters out New York New Jersey participant FC Nick Nixon came swamplands Louisiana flies LARKS club Lake Charles fair ness Nick actually came Dayton reunion 58th Tactical Fighter Wing member stayed over fun fly other par ticipants said came both fly visit museum particularly like comment modeler may have honest said came food diversity participants echoed equally diverse group aircraft new kit prototypes old standards customized variations theme downright weird something everyone Modelers like Bob Kuns Fairborn OH treated event much like flying trade show demonstrating companys new kit offerings Bobs firm Air Flair three very attractive 60-size sport ships handthe high-wing Sundancer low-wing Impulse Plus midwing Express Bruce Tharpe Sigs ace designers brought new Four Star 40 just out kit form sport flier well gorgeous h-scale Space Walker done up yellow red Several fliers showed predilection customizing aircraft Being canard fan particularly liked Mystere 3000 ca nard Frank Donisi painted wild cam ouflage pattern sporting two dummy jet engine nacelles above wing Frank said dummy engines made Diet Coke cans asked him used Diet stead regular Coke cans save weight Brian Clayton big Robin Hood pow ered Supertigre 3000 finished olive drab reconnaissance planea very effective treatment Dennis Kirby went step furtherhe customized him self match plane As Dennis steered ultrastable Senior Telemaster through some ultraslow flyby exploits John Deere cap shirt perfect match ships resplendent finish same colors Innovators like Bill Lehn Glenn Stucker like camp up custom ize go oddball playful downright strange Lehn flew huge foam flatiron Formula race car lawn mower twin-rotor gyrocopter Stucker right him among ranks truly innovative fly ing fish aptly named Jaws unidentified modeler brought al obligatory Snoopys Doghouse show-and-tell flight line Original designs traditional sense also present Dayton Among two excellent flying aircraft Control Line Stunt other appearing Schoolyard Scale subject RC Joe Reinhard nearby Columbus OH turned spectators attention RC flight line Control Line circle chestrated choreographed aerial bal let truly excellent Cycle VI Stunter particularly large 540 sq wing area 54-oz ship pulled around circle through difficult wind vertical maneuvers ease Supertigre 60 nose didnt get chance ask Joe detuned engine slow things down What saw though rock-solid airplane flying through gusts though didnt exist yet hurry Young Don Apel also hails Co lumbus OH waited until conditions better Sunday before flying 049powered Nieuport bipe confident impressive manner little plane extremely responsive control modes realistic could imag ine Nungesser cockpit fliers commended exhibiting very high level flying skills Although billed fun fly rather competition its thing put plane air front two three fellow club members laid-back Sunday afternoon quite another have two three hundred spectators behind watching move AMA HQ staff members volun teers manned flight lines also commended giving everyone chance fly much wanted still maintaining adequate provisions sure safe fun fly accident mid air destroyed both aircraft volved certainly no reflection ficials since caused depth perception errors procedural ones 44 Model Aviation DISIGNID 8 DIVESOPDO fly CNRIS MACfflN RC Control Line Free Flight happening once main flying site Wright-Patterson pizzazz three-ring circus Things bit leisurely two other sites earmarked Soaring Old-Timer flying respec tively Soarers action immediately east Dayton some 15 minutes driving time distant Twin Towers Park fly ing site normally home Dayton Area Thermal Soarers DARTS club appearing deceptively small flying area road field opened up north allow flying com fort shaded picnic pavilion desired As drove site pleas antly surprised see five six youngsters tossing Hand-Launched Gliders gusts enthusiastically running after toss again young sters appeared range about five 12 years age least Glider capturing undi vided attention Two adults obviously mother least youngsters other older gentleman standing side doing best keep things organized moving along such delight see youngsters having first experience model air planes though suspected werent part Soaring portion ganized fun fly flying obvi ously having fun approached camera hand learned youth group Prayer Praise Fel lowship Church Pottsdam OH older gentleman Bill Connell orga nized group provided much needed material ing assisted worthy endeavor Cindy Minnich mother youngest Glider flier Brandon Minnich As re ward braving chill winds uncom fortable conditions just fly model air planes promised include re port Bill Cindy should proud work have done young sters Driving north Twin Towers Park af ter visiting several members DARTS club headed OldTimers site cant tell exactly far Dayton Donnelsville because took roads wife can tell Im famous takingits never map never goes think should Inevitably such practice causes stop someplace along way ask directions always enjoy part trip because get meet people would stayed strictly marked roads foray through byways Ohio particularly memorable event Ill let judge pulled off road rutted drive way seemed parking area combination gas station/grocery store/beer joint/worm farm relayed predica ment very nice lady behind counter inside knew glint eye Id struck pay dirt quest find Donnels people Ilk keitO up ond EZ up Shelters C Z pTMare fully self 00t8ned NO lo~ SheltO construct 00ntrpole sturdy teel tube tr p 0.er N raft parts NO rop5 lueble miniati* fell ofl vs d Blue nylon top Sturdy fade resistant 361 -j5A MAeg~oss plusCNECK ntUCky residOfliS add 5 SSI8~ John peck Leisure productS Ltd MAC 3287 AMA 85800131 g0envuood goad JersaillS KY 4a3e3 October 1989 45 AL 1/24 Scale Balsa Flying Model 41 E Lincoln Ave Hatfield PA 19440 215 361-8700 Available Favorite Hobby Shop Now! KIT J-1 F-16A Falcon WIngspan 15 S2495 F-14A Tomcat SHOWN Wingspan 32 $3295 four models TRUE SCALE FTODAY51reproductions popular Jet Fighters used US Allied Forces throughout world today Any models can built Display Catapault Launch Flying kit contains Diecut Balsa Parts Vac Formed Plastic Parts Decal rolled Plan Covering Tissue IE AND COLO F pqord S beSt se~ ng jgntOl Vstem chosen Byron Ongktis T&G Mfg mid AM Akcrstt Sqiply its outstanding rehiablity Complete single cylinder system including throttlecoupled spark advance kit spark spark plug lead25. plug battery pack charger O shielded Much kinger engine life Easy bend stats-no kickback lAINJiZAGO RPM reliable kilo 9% power fuiu strokers ern installation aviable 0 Lower s no nitro needed SMeMedqm*pkighedulg0apkigcover 0 FornienyenpiesUEtiqi2ft4stroke skigleuudtwincyluiders zoImhictsavdalule DISTRIBUTED BY 193 WJflflHI ZNDffDWNtZR8 7550 San Oabrei Road cadero CA 53422 56-1717 yule lived said pro ceeded give detailed directions special route said di rections dont come back Ill give some better ones cant argue advice like did find Donnelsville using nice ladys directions did find Bob Layboumes Hobby Hangar assigned site Old-Timer flying As wound back through trees gravel road suddenly came upon what could have WW aerodrome operations headquar ters buried bunkerlike side hill closely mowed runway awaited arrival squadron Sopwith Camels back dawn patrol What great place reality headquarters Bob Laybournes Hobby Hangar hobby shop aerodrome next flying strip fortunate members SMAC chapter Society Antique Modelers call home congenial group youll find anywhere arrived little activity deference weather hardly introduced ourselves planes gan magically appearing out trunks cars back hobby shop side doors vanslovely aircraft ranging ignition-powered cabin jobs four-cycle pylon ships leaped off mowed turf eager test air Jack Beatley owner black-andyellow Lanzo Bomber determined nothing would fly OS 40powered airplane Although tried ap pear reluctant would have given eye teeth fly several planes gath ered round Jacks Bomber sheer joy air responsive slightest rudder movement clean solid feeling headed breeze search lift prevailing wind westerly direc tion necessary fly out over ad jacent cemetery looking lift handed transmitter back Jack just time re frain making tasteless remark about avoiding dead air Hobby Hangar its genial owner Bob Laybourne also delight barely reformed Free Flighter Bob has stocked shop Old-Timer kits RC Control Line Free Flight supplies plus extra goodies flying buddies might require pursuit fa vorite sport Any modeler within 100mile radius Donnelsville really missing something doesnt schedule least visit Hobby Hangar too soon visit good peo ple Dayton came endas did journ through aviation history present-day modeling retrospect amazing much wed able com press weekend shooting over dozen rolls film taking two side trips Twin Towers Hobby Hangar getting lost Ohio backroads touring fabulous USAF Museum watching flight after flight fun flyand above meeting some d2est people earth 46 Model Aviation FUEL ALERTRED HOT Low fuel level warning systemKeep ni-starter red hot Flashing strobe lamp warns youaerotron ni-starter field box auto lowfuel levelchargeriholder Cuts off ni starter fully charged LED 100% Solid Stateindicates charging Never have Easy installremove nistarter field box again charging $2195 12v0c $1550 WING DATA Comparative wind tunnel study model airfoil lift drag characteruebca ght Lab Symmetrical Flat Bottomed Under Cambered Flapped Pagea $1000 AEROTRON Box 279 Route 2 Gerald MO 63037 $975$578 AVAILABLE AT AMERICAS FINEST HOBBY SHOPS 0975$525 #8502 heat sink head reverse pipe Byron type installation #8501 pipe conventional installation Attention Fan Owners OPS now offers two needle bearing 80s use spare parts readily available SThe Parts People Com~etaYo% /i%*o44 c long love affair hobby have come regard modelers breed apart kindred souls receive particu lar delight association model airplanes other flight home lifted off runway Dayton International still felt connected ground shared spirit very essence fun fly wit nessed well impetus gathering again next yearto fly have fun Fun Fly Registrants Kenneth N Allen Dayton OH Don Apel Columbus OH Dannie E Ball Dal las TX Ronald Ballard Decatur IN Joseph H Ballou Elizabeth IN Greg Bart ling New Martinsville WV Joseph E Begany Fairview Pk OH Robert Belton Dayton OH Mack 0 Blackburn Indianap olis IN Jack D Boesken Mt Vernon OH Brian F Bohne Cleveland OH Jef frey Bohne Cleveland OH Ralph W Braun Winamac IN David G Brown Ha milton OH William C Buckman Dayton OH Harry L Burcham Van Wert OH Randy L Charles Wilmington OH Cecil Clark Grand Haven MI John E Clev enger Carlisle OH Eric Clutton Tulla homa TN James W Correll New Al bany IN Mark J Cotter Dearborn MI Mike Couts Marion OH Lawrence H Cross Blacksburg VA Dewey D Davenport Jamestown OH Philip C Davis Van Wert OH Michael T Dean Dayton OH Raymond L Dills Louisville KY Frank Donisi Franklin OH Terry Duke Fairborn OH David L Durnell Beaver Creek OH Stanley Duszc zak Elma NY Charles S Fist Sardinia OH David L Fogle Dayton OH Frank D Fullerton Moundsville WV Kit Ger hart Kokomo IN Larry P Giles Wooster OH David C Gingrich Fishers IN Robert V Godfrey Bradenton FL Charles Gray Terre Haute IN Michael D Hair Sterling Hgts MI James Harris Marion OH George B Herider Conover OH Wayne N Jeffries Buffalo NY Albert L Jones Fairfax VA Jonathan Jordan Baltimore MD Barry S Katz Black sburg VA Dennis G Kirby Lebanon OH August W Kleinhans Evansville IN Mark D Klingler Jamestown OH Harry G Kouhoupt Vineland NJ Craig Ku lesa Bellbrook OH Robert C Kuns Hu ber Heights OH John R Lane Northville MI James L Layne Glasgow KY Gale L Leach Bellbrook OH Jarold C Leffel Racine WV WL Lehn Dayton OH Don T Lowe Altamonte Spgs FL Wil liam J Marsh Frankfort KY James Martin Vandalia OH Henry Mausolf Fredericksburg VA Philip C Metz Mar ion OH William H Millar Petoskey MI ontinued page 148 Al Radio South Batteries 500 ma Pack 48V1300 Futaba conn1550 800 ma Pack 48V2200 Futaba conn2475 1200 ma Pack 48V2400 Futaba conn2700 TX batt Futaba G-Series PCM2995 RADIO SOUTH Call Tony Stiliman Ken Dudley custom work competition needs stock complete hobby line specIalizing competition accessoriesall discounted prices ________ QUENCY CONVERSiONS Frequencx Coimnaree Approsed Feat uring last service -__We engines ana theHatori headers pipes latest equipment Including aWe Repair Heli Sets Gyros Al Orders COD MC American Express OPEN 8-5 CST Prices subject change notice %mm.mm...mmm. 9003 N Davis Hwy Pensacola FL 32514 October 1989 47 904 478-6745 ALTIMETER PERKIN AVIONICS PC-i micro sized altimeter has designed specifically RIO soaring enthusiast high tech instrument comes ready go minimal installa tion required MEASURES ALTITUDE IN 10 FT INCREMENTS AND STORES IN MEMORY HIGHEST AGL ON EACH FLIGHT WEIGHS LESS THAN 4 OZ LED DISPLAY CAN BE MOUNTED SEPARATELY FOR EASY ACCESS AUTOMATICALLY ADJUST FOR TEMPERATURE VARI ANCE AND STARTING POINT ABOVE SEA LEVEL NO BATTERY DRAIN ON FLIGHT PACK NI-CAD Introductory price $11500 no shipping charge also PERKIN AVIONICS soon released MISSILE LOCK airborne electronic weap system information either exciting new products send $300 sase C S PO Box 396 Ellenwood GA 30049 Call404 366-1591 THE WORLDS FINEST SMALL ENGINES M200 Flight Line Simulation 20 kHz Gold FM/Gold FM 36 Gold FM/Gold AM 36 Silver FM/ Silver AM 36 40kHz Gold FM/Gold FM 36 Gold FM Gold AM 36 Silver FM/Silver AM 36 Something good going FLS test dont know what PCM computer ap parently treats intermodulations same way way better older sets servos rated six volts four AA al kaline batteries specifications However Charles Hampton has flying HS-402 servos over year five-cell Ni-Cd pack has no troubles Hitec needs rewrite its specifi cation include 70 volts five-cell Ni-Cd pack slim S plug compatible last years Molex will used 1989 aircraft ra dios new HS-422 servo becomes standard aircraft radio servo year HS-422 projects / less below mounting plane does previous HS-402 uses custom chip like Futaba does features new motor very smooth gear train faster able work down 28 volts output shaft supported twopiece metal bearings above below final gear should no trouble wearing oval holes case happened old days plastic-to-plastic bear ings HS-XXX servos pulse-width controlled have 155-millisecond neutral practi cally servo should work radio worth knowing servos work great five-cell Ni-Cd packs give torque faster operation found little surgery plastic plugs would let use Airtronics servo Challenger 550 receiver Depending sequence - al wires plugs other manufacturers servos may also work bench counted 108 steps servo responding 300 full swing aileron stick High Rate count reduced dual-rate lever 31 steps full range its trim lever count affected dual-rate switch function PCM computer quite fast seems use eight-bit words Since servo throw 300 equates step per /20 motion Reso lution centering good Recentering after working stick oppo site sides usually exact never worse /2 0 out place corresponds t PCM code Using variable speed motor-driven device work landing gear switch back forth watching long pointer move over large pro tractor detect servo could no longer keep up input movement determined system can follow 120 cycles per minute four-cell Ni-Cd receiver pack servo alone can keep up 140 cycles per minute 600 travel better servos pwn have say system fast enough anybody charger supplied Challenger 550 puts Out 108 volts 50 mA 57 volts 50 mA marked will have supply own charger want use five-cell re ceiver pack frequency flag supplied Polks also nice Fun FIy/Kruse Continued page 47 David Narance Marion OH Henry M Neweome Bowling Green OH Fran cis H Nixon Lake Charles LA Frank V Noll Dayton OH Roger G Ormson Barron WI Santiago Panzardi Fairborn OH Antony Peters New York NY Phillip W Pratter Jamestown OH Timothy P Procuniar Beaverereek OH Joseph L Re inhard Columbus OH Donald H Ross Cresskill NJ James M Ruley Spring field OH Dennis F Sadowski Dayton OH Eugene P Schepers Upper Mont clair NJ Pete Schmidt Grand Rapids MI Albert Seidowski Cleveland OH Robert J Smyth Cincinnati OH Michael R Still Kokomo IN Glenn Stucker West Chester OH Darren B Suter Paden City WV Clifford J Tacie Mt Clemens MI Nur I Taib Bloomington IN Maurice C Tay lor Ohio City OH David R Thacker Hu Heights OH Bruce Anthony Tharpe Montezuma IA Jim Tibbitts Holland MI Gary E Underhill MD Evansville IN Thomas B Vandegrift East Berne NY Charles C Vermillion Marion IN Kirk R Voeckel Tarentum PA Gary R Wild Greenwood IN Lawrence M Wil son North Vernon IN Harold W Wint ers New Providence NJ Earl F Witt Chambersburg PA Raymond J Woodall New Kensington PA Robert S Wroblew ski Livonia MI 148 Model Aviation 7U rn-A, 6F700705/22 RF90O 3/ 6 08 Fults Tooling P0 Box 95 champaign IL PERKIN VI0N /
Edition: Model Aviation - 1989/10
Page Numbers: 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 44, 45, 46, 47, 148
THE NOTION modelers can should get together sheer joy fly ing airplanes others company probably old modeling itself Dur ing last few years notion has come somewhat formalized days flying sites vacant lots outskirts town lieu impromptu flying sessions earlier times scarcity available flying sites has given rise orga nized gatherings modelers specific lo cal regional locationsthe fun fly forThe appreciative crowd Sunday Specta tors enjoyed constant nonstop action six airplanes air time Maestro Bob Underwood choreographed flight line both days keeping things moving along quite briskly over 300 flights re corded kind aircraft imaginable mat has become familiar todays modelers What happens fun fly nowadays no different however impromptu gatherings past Modelers practice flying skills show off newest creations brag bit relate embellished ver sions own others experiences just generally have great time old friends new acquaintances short RC Control Line Free Flight happening once main flying site years AMA National Fun Fly WrightPatterson AFB pizzazz three-ring circus National Fun Above Immaculate 2/a-scale Spacewalker built thekit models designer Bruce Tharpe MontezumaBruce brought several Sigs kitted designs well some own work fly Right Larry Wilson North Vernon IL built Etrich Taube Balsa USA kit Como 51 powers Although very light airplane performed well gusty conditions Saturday Left Ron Ballard beautiful Byron F-16 tore up sky wowed crowd incredibiy iow passes over runway impres sive aircraft powered Rossi 90 ducted fan engine Ron haiis flies out Decatur IN Spirit America Show Team Right Bob Kuns Fairborn OH apparently quite happy design impulse Pius Immediately behind Bob high-wing de signs called Sundancer Partially hidden midwing Express 60-size designs being kitted Bobs firm Air Flair Kits Left Bruce Tharpe designer Sigs new Four Star 40 seen preparing gas up bright yellow version brought him fun fly simple yet attractive lines airplane its very forgiving flight characteristics should make very popular design Right AMA President Don Lowe apparently getting big kick out being interviewed little Loren Wagner Young Miss Wagner seen helping dad Joe Wagner well known designer own right well columnist Model Airplane News magazine have fun modeling setting de signed eliminate pressure emphasize friendship camaraderie low-pressure concept has prolif erated throughout country Fun fly events today scheduled type model aircraft imaginable Giant Scale floatplanes Helicopters Old-Timers Soar ing ships ducted-fan models Control Line aircraft Free Flight combination above plus anything else could name crowd AMA calendar coast coast seasonal pattern Using popularity local re gional fun fly springboard last year AMA hosted first-ever nationally orga nized fun fly Reno NV event intended inclusive type air craft modelers wanted bring along share Following embryonic beginning 1989 National Fun Fly moved land Dayton OH cradle avia tion home Wilbur Orville Wright Im quite sure Wilbur ville would have approved AMAs choice location Im also sure fraternal pioneers would have hardpressed imagine hundred model airplanes controlled radios wires simply flying unfettered over October 1989 39 Left George Steiner 1 Doc Marsh R among helping run impound transmitter check areas make sure no fre quency problems evidence George has innovative longtime driving force AMA Frequency Committee Doc local volunteers helped make fun fly possible Right Al Seidowski Cleveland OH firing up Enya 60 X-Cell chopper Miniature Aircraft kit Practically catagory aircraft present well just couldnt categorized very ground once landed own ships upon As airplane buff well aware big attraction Dayton US Air Force Museum Located WrightPatterson Air Force Base grounds huge museum its accompanying restora tion facility absolute musts anyone traveling through central part United States Hundreds important air craft displayed chronologically along memorabilia various eras video presentations audio commentary make museum one-of-a-kind experience early aircraft like 1909 Wright Military Flyer 1911 Curtiss Model D pusher through warplanes deployed Viet Nam conflict museum offers panoply military aircraft development between viewer taken through significant missions WW WW II Korean War via surviving exampies aircraft flew ex haustive chronology aircraft display culminates early space missions up including Apollo 11 historic 1969 moon landing Later satellite deployments also shown above happening inside museum Outside nearby facility countless aircraft rockets cruise mis siles engine displays await continuing story what aficionados cant help 40 Model Aviation Left FH Nick Nixon grand time flying armada aircraft ones Ace Littlest Stick powered Cox 020 wide-eyed little airplane seemed know its way around field Right Frank Donisis customized Mystere 3000 canard dressed up elaborate camouflage paint scheme Dummy twin-engine nacelles atop wing discarded soft drink cans Frank hails Franklin OH 4 Giant Scale numerous representatives fun fly including terrific looking Chipmunk built Charles Fist Sardinia OH model constructed kit produced Dons Custom Models sported immaculate red white blue color scheme Right trim-looking Sig Banshee built Bruce Tharpe Montezuma IA good reminder flying fun doesnt have complicated expensive Powered Fox 35 muffler profile sport/stunter would great way introduced Control Line flying Left Several gooa-TIyIng eiemasiers nana being put through paces almost constantly Senior Telemaster po ses proudly its owner Greg Bartling New Martinsville WV Greg said came fly see Air Force Museum eat good food three components perfect fun fly Right Looking world like WW aerodrome Bob Laybournes Hobby Hangar hobby shop specializing Old-Timer Free Flight supplies kits adjacent Old-Timer Free Flight flying area near Donnelsville OH consider mans greatest adventurejust south museums main entrance flightHere exploits lives very human dimension almostflew marvelous machines recalled overwhelming testament progress tech-with plaques monuments appropri nology offered small memorial parkately chosen pieces sculpture symbolize strong lofty spirits very special breed men women well sacrifices made Another great feature UASF mu seum aside free admission its October 1989 41 Left Jim Correll brought whole family along family Zilches fun fly Jim Betty daughter Allison came New Al bany IN fly trio Control Line Old-Timers including 1-size Super Duper Zilch Betty holding center picture extreme background can seen part museum complex Right Host owner Hobby Hangar genial Bob Laybourne proudly poses next extensive collection Old-Timer kits engines date back infancy model aviation USA Left Bob Laybourne Donnelsville OH owner Hobby Hangar excellent builder own right Hes seen beautiful red-and-white Shereshaw Cumulus finished silk dope Imagine silking some compound curves fus elage Right Dillard Hazelrigg Hiber Hights OH carries Si Jordans Bellbrook OH lovely New Ruler flight line old Henry Struck design almost dwarfs 0S 40 four-stroke bolted its nose Trexier air wheels absorb tremendous amount shock landing Left Dale Leach Bellbrook OH president Dayton Area Thermal Soarers DARTS Soaring club used companys color scheme logo trim Chuparosa Glider finished striking black-and-yellow motif Right Dale Leach Ken Allen Walt Schmoll Jim Martin members DARTS club showed up Soaring portion fun fly located east Dayton Twin Towers Park Another Bill Lehn work art twinrotor gyrocopter plans RC Modeler rotors free-spinning contrarotat ing cancel out potential torque pro blems Another interesting feature negative pitch rotor blades though rotors themselves have positive angle attack relation thrust line marvelous bookstore As history buff Scale aircraft fanatic could scarcely break away rows rows aviation books magazines booklets videos posters occupy fully half large en trance foyer museum quite enamored search photo graphic evidence three-views other half foyer large gift shop stocking everything imaginable way aviation-related gifts novelties As can see 1989 National Fun Fly good fortune situated much stones throw history certainly close enough re mind us partake some small way unique spirit per vades aviation fun fly about history though rather about people airplanes bring fly years gathering said people airplanes met distinct n Ross Cresskill NJ led contingent Free Flighters New Jersey New York Don prepares launch electric-powered Lectrolyte Don also author new book titled Rubber Powered Model Airplanes directed Free Flighters shock Saturday first day sched uled flying temperature Dayton area plummeted 55 degrees wind turned chill blustery Prior flying out Kansas fun fly wife Cel watched na tional weather forecast closely see what could expected Dayton some 1200 miles east north us smiling fore caster told balmy skies temperatures mid-eighties dressed accor 42 Model Aviation creations Bill Lehn 01 Dayton OH tend stand out bit flight line flying lawn mower looks like would home yard air Con structed primarily foam overlays Wall Street Journal contraption cer tainly emphasises word fun fun fly sinister Jaws created Glenn Stucker West Chester OH chews its way through air powered Fox 50 part routine Cincinnati OH Hurricanes Show Team Jaws menaces air ap propriate background music movie heard being played over loudspeakers Don Apel came nearby Columbus OH Antony Peters New York NV brought hisand put some very impressive flights multicolored Caudron Dayton part ofSunday own-design scratch-built Free Flight contingent EastNieuport airplane powered 049 Coast Note very efficient paddle-bladedCox flew rudder elevator andthrot propeller blades little WW II fightertie Note external elevator control cables Continued page 44 Left Si Jordan Bellbrook OH seen cranking up Forster 29 Playboy Cabin able assistance Ray Sorensen Cen terville OH Both gentlemen can found regularly Donnelsville Aerodrome Right venerable Bill Lehn yet another unusual creations flying flatiron can just imagine fun Bill has arresting contraptions model air show team demos THE LEADER IN COM PETITION PROPELLERS ftw NEW \DIA 12 13 14 15 16 II 4 ES 100 THP DESIGN TAILORED HELICAL PITCH DEVELOPEDTO GIVE MAXIMUM THRUST AT 4 CYCLE ENGINE RPM ALL THE LATEST TECHNIQUES USED ON OUR PRO SERIES 3 SEE BELOW PITCH THP PRICE 66 77 78 6778 67 676 NEW PRO SERIES 3 NEW HIGH TECH AIRFOIL SECTION 10 TO 20% INCREASE IN THRUST MFG OF SELECT HARD MAPLE WOOC WILL NOT FATIGUE LIKE SYNTHETICS FUEL PROOF HIGH LUSTER FINISH WAPITCH PRICE 53/34 634 72633456 833/4568 645667 94566A77 1045667 106W8W 106EW Ii4677A77B 115W 11BEW 1167 124W 125W 1256 1356 1456 IS56 164N 16678 RC PYLON RACING SERIES 500 DIA PITCHPRICE 7 SN 5N SERIES 400C 866777 9777/ W WIDE BLADE EW EXTRA WIDE N NARROW dingly much glee CD Vince Man kowski repeatedly pointed out shorts shirt attire hear via PA system main flying site could have just easily identified blue veins legs add insult jury next day acquired long pants heavier shirt Vince also pointed out over PA system crowd basking 8090o temperatures wearing shorts light summer attire Its like George Gobel said Did ever feel rest world tuxedo pair brown shoes Ah well Despite less ideal flying condi tions 10 oclock Saturday flight line begun fill aircraft Since both Control Line RC flown same immediate vicinity some small dis tance east USAF Museum spectators could watch both types flight simultaneously As six RC planes might air same time Some what west RC Control Line site hardy band Free Flighters periodi cally braved gusts launching frag ile craft wind-tossed flights majority years participants came too distant locations reason scheduling national event midst countrys largest modeling population base Modelers Illinois Indiana Missouri Iowa Michi gan West Virginia course Ohio tended predominate others came farther east south Don Ross led contingent Free Flighters out New York New Jersey participant FC Nick Nixon came swamplands Louisiana flies LARKS club Lake Charles fair ness Nick actually came Dayton reunion 58th Tactical Fighter Wing member stayed over fun fly other par ticipants said came both fly visit museum particularly like comment modeler may have honest said came food diversity participants echoed equally diverse group aircraft new kit prototypes old standards customized variations theme downright weird something everyone Modelers like Bob Kuns Fairborn OH treated event much like flying trade show demonstrating companys new kit offerings Bobs firm Air Flair three very attractive 60-size sport ships handthe high-wing Sundancer low-wing Impulse Plus midwing Express Bruce Tharpe Sigs ace designers brought new Four Star 40 just out kit form sport flier well gorgeous h-scale Space Walker done up yellow red Several fliers showed predilection customizing aircraft Being canard fan particularly liked Mystere 3000 ca nard Frank Donisi painted wild cam ouflage pattern sporting two dummy jet engine nacelles above wing Frank said dummy engines made Diet Coke cans asked him used Diet stead regular Coke cans save weight Brian Clayton big Robin Hood pow ered Supertigre 3000 finished olive drab reconnaissance planea very effective treatment Dennis Kirby went step furtherhe customized him self match plane As Dennis steered ultrastable Senior Telemaster through some ultraslow flyby exploits John Deere cap shirt perfect match ships resplendent finish same colors Innovators like Bill Lehn Glenn Stucker like camp up custom ize go oddball playful downright strange Lehn flew huge foam flatiron Formula race car lawn mower twin-rotor gyrocopter Stucker right him among ranks truly innovative fly ing fish aptly named Jaws unidentified modeler brought al obligatory Snoopys Doghouse show-and-tell flight line Original designs traditional sense also present Dayton Among two excellent flying aircraft Control Line Stunt other appearing Schoolyard Scale subject RC Joe Reinhard nearby Columbus OH turned spectators attention RC flight line Control Line circle chestrated choreographed aerial bal let truly excellent Cycle VI Stunter particularly large 540 sq wing area 54-oz ship pulled around circle through difficult wind vertical maneuvers ease Supertigre 60 nose didnt get chance ask Joe detuned engine slow things down What saw though rock-solid airplane flying through gusts though didnt exist yet hurry Young Don Apel also hails Co lumbus OH waited until conditions better Sunday before flying 049powered Nieuport bipe confident impressive manner little plane extremely responsive control modes realistic could imag ine Nungesser cockpit fliers commended exhibiting very high level flying skills Although billed fun fly rather competition its thing put plane air front two three fellow club members laid-back Sunday afternoon quite another have two three hundred spectators behind watching move AMA HQ staff members volun teers manned flight lines also commended giving everyone chance fly much wanted still maintaining adequate provisions sure safe fun fly accident mid air destroyed both aircraft volved certainly no reflection ficials since caused depth perception errors procedural ones 44 Model Aviation DISIGNID 8 DIVESOPDO fly CNRIS MACfflN RC Control Line Free Flight happening once main flying site Wright-Patterson pizzazz three-ring circus Things bit leisurely two other sites earmarked Soaring Old-Timer flying respec tively Soarers action immediately east Dayton some 15 minutes driving time distant Twin Towers Park fly ing site normally home Dayton Area Thermal Soarers DARTS club appearing deceptively small flying area road field opened up north allow flying com fort shaded picnic pavilion desired As drove site pleas antly surprised see five six youngsters tossing Hand-Launched Gliders gusts enthusiastically running after toss again young sters appeared range about five 12 years age least Glider capturing undi vided attention Two adults obviously mother least youngsters other older gentleman standing side doing best keep things organized moving along such delight see youngsters having first experience model air planes though suspected werent part Soaring portion ganized fun fly flying obvi ously having fun approached camera hand learned youth group Prayer Praise Fel lowship Church Pottsdam OH older gentleman Bill Connell orga nized group provided much needed material ing assisted worthy endeavor Cindy Minnich mother youngest Glider flier Brandon Minnich As re ward braving chill winds uncom fortable conditions just fly model air planes promised include re port Bill Cindy should proud work have done young sters Driving north Twin Towers Park af ter visiting several members DARTS club headed OldTimers site cant tell exactly far Dayton Donnelsville because took roads wife can tell Im famous takingits never map never goes think should Inevitably such practice causes stop someplace along way ask directions always enjoy part trip because get meet people would stayed strictly marked roads foray through byways Ohio particularly memorable event Ill let judge pulled off road rutted drive way seemed parking area combination gas station/grocery store/beer joint/worm farm relayed predica ment very nice lady behind counter inside knew glint eye Id struck pay dirt quest find Donnels people Ilk keitO up ond EZ up Shelters C Z pTMare fully self 00t8ned NO lo~ SheltO construct 00ntrpole sturdy teel tube tr p 0.er N raft parts NO rop5 lueble miniati* fell ofl vs d Blue nylon top Sturdy fade resistant 361 -j5A MAeg~oss plusCNECK ntUCky residOfliS add 5 SSI8~ John peck Leisure productS Ltd MAC 3287 AMA 85800131 g0envuood goad JersaillS KY 4a3e3 October 1989 45 AL 1/24 Scale Balsa Flying Model 41 E Lincoln Ave Hatfield PA 19440 215 361-8700 Available Favorite Hobby Shop Now! KIT J-1 F-16A Falcon WIngspan 15 S2495 F-14A Tomcat SHOWN Wingspan 32 $3295 four models TRUE SCALE FTODAY51reproductions popular Jet Fighters used US Allied Forces throughout world today Any models can built Display Catapault Launch Flying kit contains Diecut Balsa Parts Vac Formed Plastic Parts Decal rolled Plan Covering Tissue IE AND COLO F pqord S beSt se~ ng jgntOl Vstem chosen Byron Ongktis T&G Mfg mid AM Akcrstt Sqiply its outstanding rehiablity Complete single cylinder system including throttlecoupled spark advance kit spark spark plug lead25. plug battery pack charger O shielded Much kinger engine life Easy bend stats-no kickback lAINJiZAGO RPM reliable kilo 9% power fuiu strokers ern installation aviable 0 Lower s no nitro needed SMeMedqm*pkighedulg0apkigcover 0 FornienyenpiesUEtiqi2ft4stroke skigleuudtwincyluiders zoImhictsavdalule DISTRIBUTED BY 193 WJflflHI ZNDffDWNtZR8 7550 San Oabrei Road cadero CA 53422 56-1717 yule lived said pro ceeded give detailed directions special route said di rections dont come back Ill give some better ones cant argue advice like did find Donnelsville using nice ladys directions did find Bob Layboumes Hobby Hangar assigned site Old-Timer flying As wound back through trees gravel road suddenly came upon what could have WW aerodrome operations headquar ters buried bunkerlike side hill closely mowed runway awaited arrival squadron Sopwith Camels back dawn patrol What great place reality headquarters Bob Laybournes Hobby Hangar hobby shop aerodrome next flying strip fortunate members SMAC chapter Society Antique Modelers call home congenial group youll find anywhere arrived little activity deference weather hardly introduced ourselves planes gan magically appearing out trunks cars back hobby shop side doors vanslovely aircraft ranging ignition-powered cabin jobs four-cycle pylon ships leaped off mowed turf eager test air Jack Beatley owner black-andyellow Lanzo Bomber determined nothing would fly OS 40powered airplane Although tried ap pear reluctant would have given eye teeth fly several planes gath ered round Jacks Bomber sheer joy air responsive slightest rudder movement clean solid feeling headed breeze search lift prevailing wind westerly direc tion necessary fly out over ad jacent cemetery looking lift handed transmitter back Jack just time re frain making tasteless remark about avoiding dead air Hobby Hangar its genial owner Bob Laybourne also delight barely reformed Free Flighter Bob has stocked shop Old-Timer kits RC Control Line Free Flight supplies plus extra goodies flying buddies might require pursuit fa vorite sport Any modeler within 100mile radius Donnelsville really missing something doesnt schedule least visit Hobby Hangar too soon visit good peo ple Dayton came endas did journ through aviation history present-day modeling retrospect amazing much wed able com press weekend shooting over dozen rolls film taking two side trips Twin Towers Hobby Hangar getting lost Ohio backroads touring fabulous USAF Museum watching flight after flight fun flyand above meeting some d2est people earth 46 Model Aviation FUEL ALERTRED HOT Low fuel level warning systemKeep ni-starter red hot Flashing strobe lamp warns youaerotron ni-starter field box auto lowfuel levelchargeriholder Cuts off ni starter fully charged LED 100% Solid Stateindicates charging Never have Easy installremove nistarter field box again charging $2195 12v0c $1550 WING DATA Comparative wind tunnel study model airfoil lift drag characteruebca ght Lab Symmetrical Flat Bottomed Under Cambered Flapped Pagea $1000 AEROTRON Box 279 Route 2 Gerald MO 63037 $975$578 AVAILABLE AT AMERICAS FINEST HOBBY SHOPS 0975$525 #8502 heat sink head reverse pipe Byron type installation #8501 pipe conventional installation Attention Fan Owners OPS now offers two needle bearing 80s use spare parts readily available SThe Parts People Com~etaYo% /i%*o44 c long love affair hobby have come regard modelers breed apart kindred souls receive particu lar delight association model airplanes other flight home lifted off runway Dayton International still felt connected ground shared spirit very essence fun fly wit nessed well impetus gathering again next yearto fly have fun Fun Fly Registrants Kenneth N Allen Dayton OH Don Apel Columbus OH Dannie E Ball Dal las TX Ronald Ballard Decatur IN Joseph H Ballou Elizabeth IN Greg Bart ling New Martinsville WV Joseph E Begany Fairview Pk OH Robert Belton Dayton OH Mack 0 Blackburn Indianap olis IN Jack D Boesken Mt Vernon OH Brian F Bohne Cleveland OH Jef frey Bohne Cleveland OH Ralph W Braun Winamac IN David G Brown Ha milton OH William C Buckman Dayton OH Harry L Burcham Van Wert OH Randy L Charles Wilmington OH Cecil Clark Grand Haven MI John E Clev enger Carlisle OH Eric Clutton Tulla homa TN James W Correll New Al bany IN Mark J Cotter Dearborn MI Mike Couts Marion OH Lawrence H Cross Blacksburg VA Dewey D Davenport Jamestown OH Philip C Davis Van Wert OH Michael T Dean Dayton OH Raymond L Dills Louisville KY Frank Donisi Franklin OH Terry Duke Fairborn OH David L Durnell Beaver Creek OH Stanley Duszc zak Elma NY Charles S Fist Sardinia OH David L Fogle Dayton OH Frank D Fullerton Moundsville WV Kit Ger hart Kokomo IN Larry P Giles Wooster OH David C Gingrich Fishers IN Robert V Godfrey Bradenton FL Charles Gray Terre Haute IN Michael D Hair Sterling Hgts MI James Harris Marion OH George B Herider Conover OH Wayne N Jeffries Buffalo NY Albert L Jones Fairfax VA Jonathan Jordan Baltimore MD Barry S Katz Black sburg VA Dennis G Kirby Lebanon OH August W Kleinhans Evansville IN Mark D Klingler Jamestown OH Harry G Kouhoupt Vineland NJ Craig Ku lesa Bellbrook OH Robert C Kuns Hu ber Heights OH John R Lane Northville MI James L Layne Glasgow KY Gale L Leach Bellbrook OH Jarold C Leffel Racine WV WL Lehn Dayton OH Don T Lowe Altamonte Spgs FL Wil liam J Marsh Frankfort KY James Martin Vandalia OH Henry Mausolf Fredericksburg VA Philip C Metz Mar ion OH William H Millar Petoskey MI ontinued page 148 Al Radio South Batteries 500 ma Pack 48V1300 Futaba conn1550 800 ma Pack 48V2200 Futaba conn2475 1200 ma Pack 48V2400 Futaba conn2700 TX batt Futaba G-Series PCM2995 RADIO SOUTH Call Tony Stiliman Ken Dudley custom work competition needs stock complete hobby line specIalizing competition accessoriesall discounted prices ________ QUENCY CONVERSiONS Frequencx Coimnaree Approsed Feat uring last service -__We engines ana theHatori headers pipes latest equipment Including aWe Repair Heli Sets Gyros Al Orders COD MC American Express OPEN 8-5 CST Prices subject change notice %mm.mm...mmm. 9003 N Davis Hwy Pensacola FL 32514 October 1989 47 904 478-6745 ALTIMETER PERKIN AVIONICS PC-i micro sized altimeter has designed specifically RIO soaring enthusiast high tech instrument comes ready go minimal installa tion required MEASURES ALTITUDE IN 10 FT INCREMENTS AND STORES IN MEMORY HIGHEST AGL ON EACH FLIGHT WEIGHS LESS THAN 4 OZ LED DISPLAY CAN BE MOUNTED SEPARATELY FOR EASY ACCESS AUTOMATICALLY ADJUST FOR TEMPERATURE VARI ANCE AND STARTING POINT ABOVE SEA LEVEL NO BATTERY DRAIN ON FLIGHT PACK NI-CAD Introductory price $11500 no shipping charge also PERKIN AVIONICS soon released MISSILE LOCK airborne electronic weap system information either exciting new products send $300 sase C S PO Box 396 Ellenwood GA 30049 Call404 366-1591 THE WORLDS FINEST SMALL ENGINES M200 Flight Line Simulation 20 kHz Gold FM/Gold FM 36 Gold FM/Gold AM 36 Silver FM/ Silver AM 36 40kHz Gold FM/Gold FM 36 Gold FM Gold AM 36 Silver FM/Silver AM 36 Something good going FLS test dont know what PCM computer ap parently treats intermodulations same way way better older sets servos rated six volts four AA al kaline batteries specifications However Charles Hampton has flying HS-402 servos over year five-cell Ni-Cd pack has no troubles Hitec needs rewrite its specifi cation include 70 volts five-cell Ni-Cd pack slim S plug compatible last years Molex will used 1989 aircraft ra dios new HS-422 servo becomes standard aircraft radio servo year HS-422 projects / less below mounting plane does previous HS-402 uses custom chip like Futaba does features new motor very smooth gear train faster able work down 28 volts output shaft supported twopiece metal bearings above below final gear should no trouble wearing oval holes case happened old days plastic-to-plastic bear ings HS-XXX servos pulse-width controlled have 155-millisecond neutral practi cally servo should work radio worth knowing servos work great five-cell Ni-Cd packs give torque faster operation found little surgery plastic plugs would let use Airtronics servo Challenger 550 receiver Depending sequence - al wires plugs other manufacturers servos may also work bench counted 108 steps servo responding 300 full swing aileron stick High Rate count reduced dual-rate lever 31 steps full range its trim lever count affected dual-rate switch function PCM computer quite fast seems use eight-bit words Since servo throw 300 equates step per /20 motion Reso lution centering good Recentering after working stick oppo site sides usually exact never worse /2 0 out place corresponds t PCM code Using variable speed motor-driven device work landing gear switch back forth watching long pointer move over large pro tractor detect servo could no longer keep up input movement determined system can follow 120 cycles per minute four-cell Ni-Cd receiver pack servo alone can keep up 140 cycles per minute 600 travel better servos pwn have say system fast enough anybody charger supplied Challenger 550 puts Out 108 volts 50 mA 57 volts 50 mA marked will have supply own charger want use five-cell re ceiver pack frequency flag supplied Polks also nice Fun FIy/Kruse Continued page 47 David Narance Marion OH Henry M Neweome Bowling Green OH Fran cis H Nixon Lake Charles LA Frank V Noll Dayton OH Roger G Ormson Barron WI Santiago Panzardi Fairborn OH Antony Peters New York NY Phillip W Pratter Jamestown OH Timothy P Procuniar Beaverereek OH Joseph L Re inhard Columbus OH Donald H Ross Cresskill NJ James M Ruley Spring field OH Dennis F Sadowski Dayton OH Eugene P Schepers Upper Mont clair NJ Pete Schmidt Grand Rapids MI Albert Seidowski Cleveland OH Robert J Smyth Cincinnati OH Michael R Still Kokomo IN Glenn Stucker West Chester OH Darren B Suter Paden City WV Clifford J Tacie Mt Clemens MI Nur I Taib Bloomington IN Maurice C Tay lor Ohio City OH David R Thacker Hu Heights OH Bruce Anthony Tharpe Montezuma IA Jim Tibbitts Holland MI Gary E Underhill MD Evansville IN Thomas B Vandegrift East Berne NY Charles C Vermillion Marion IN Kirk R Voeckel Tarentum PA Gary R Wild Greenwood IN Lawrence M Wil son North Vernon IN Harold W Wint ers New Providence NJ Earl F Witt Chambersburg PA Raymond J Woodall New Kensington PA Robert S Wroblew ski Livonia MI 148 Model Aviation 7U rn-A, 6F700705/22 RF90O 3/ 6 08 Fults Tooling P0 Box 95 champaign IL PERKIN VI0N /
Edition: Model Aviation - 1989/10
Page Numbers: 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 44, 45, 46, 47, 148
THE NOTION modelers can should get together sheer joy fly ing airplanes others company probably old modeling itself Dur ing last few years notion has come somewhat formalized days flying sites vacant lots outskirts town lieu impromptu flying sessions earlier times scarcity available flying sites has given rise orga nized gatherings modelers specific lo cal regional locationsthe fun fly forThe appreciative crowd Sunday Specta tors enjoyed constant nonstop action six airplanes air time Maestro Bob Underwood choreographed flight line both days keeping things moving along quite briskly over 300 flights re corded kind aircraft imaginable mat has become familiar todays modelers What happens fun fly nowadays no different however impromptu gatherings past Modelers practice flying skills show off newest creations brag bit relate embellished ver sions own others experiences just generally have great time old friends new acquaintances short RC Control Line Free Flight happening once main flying site years AMA National Fun Fly WrightPatterson AFB pizzazz three-ring circus National Fun Above Immaculate 2/a-scale Spacewalker built thekit models designer Bruce Tharpe MontezumaBruce brought several Sigs kitted designs well some own work fly Right Larry Wilson North Vernon IL built Etrich Taube Balsa USA kit Como 51 powers Although very light airplane performed well gusty conditions Saturday Left Ron Ballard beautiful Byron F-16 tore up sky wowed crowd incredibiy iow passes over runway impres sive aircraft powered Rossi 90 ducted fan engine Ron haiis flies out Decatur IN Spirit America Show Team Right Bob Kuns Fairborn OH apparently quite happy design impulse Pius Immediately behind Bob high-wing de signs called Sundancer Partially hidden midwing Express 60-size designs being kitted Bobs firm Air Flair Kits Left Bruce Tharpe designer Sigs new Four Star 40 seen preparing gas up bright yellow version brought him fun fly simple yet attractive lines airplane its very forgiving flight characteristics should make very popular design Right AMA President Don Lowe apparently getting big kick out being interviewed little Loren Wagner Young Miss Wagner seen helping dad Joe Wagner well known designer own right well columnist Model Airplane News magazine have fun modeling setting de signed eliminate pressure emphasize friendship camaraderie low-pressure concept has prolif erated throughout country Fun fly events today scheduled type model aircraft imaginable Giant Scale floatplanes Helicopters Old-Timers Soar ing ships ducted-fan models Control Line aircraft Free Flight combination above plus anything else could name crowd AMA calendar coast coast seasonal pattern Using popularity local re gional fun fly springboard last year AMA hosted first-ever nationally orga nized fun fly Reno NV event intended inclusive type air craft modelers wanted bring along share Following embryonic beginning 1989 National Fun Fly moved land Dayton OH cradle avia tion home Wilbur Orville Wright Im quite sure Wilbur ville would have approved AMAs choice location Im also sure fraternal pioneers would have hardpressed imagine hundred model airplanes controlled radios wires simply flying unfettered over October 1989 39 Left George Steiner 1 Doc Marsh R among helping run impound transmitter check areas make sure no fre quency problems evidence George has innovative longtime driving force AMA Frequency Committee Doc local volunteers helped make fun fly possible Right Al Seidowski Cleveland OH firing up Enya 60 X-Cell chopper Miniature Aircraft kit Practically catagory aircraft present well just couldnt categorized very ground once landed own ships upon As airplane buff well aware big attraction Dayton US Air Force Museum Located WrightPatterson Air Force Base grounds huge museum its accompanying restora tion facility absolute musts anyone traveling through central part United States Hundreds important air craft displayed chronologically along memorabilia various eras video presentations audio commentary make museum one-of-a-kind experience early aircraft like 1909 Wright Military Flyer 1911 Curtiss Model D pusher through warplanes deployed Viet Nam conflict museum offers panoply military aircraft development between viewer taken through significant missions WW WW II Korean War via surviving exampies aircraft flew ex haustive chronology aircraft display culminates early space missions up including Apollo 11 historic 1969 moon landing Later satellite deployments also shown above happening inside museum Outside nearby facility countless aircraft rockets cruise mis siles engine displays await continuing story what aficionados cant help 40 Model Aviation Left FH Nick Nixon grand time flying armada aircraft ones Ace Littlest Stick powered Cox 020 wide-eyed little airplane seemed know its way around field Right Frank Donisis customized Mystere 3000 canard dressed up elaborate camouflage paint scheme Dummy twin-engine nacelles atop wing discarded soft drink cans Frank hails Franklin OH 4 Giant Scale numerous representatives fun fly including terrific looking Chipmunk built Charles Fist Sardinia OH model constructed kit produced Dons Custom Models sported immaculate red white blue color scheme Right trim-looking Sig Banshee built Bruce Tharpe Montezuma IA good reminder flying fun doesnt have complicated expensive Powered Fox 35 muffler profile sport/stunter would great way introduced Control Line flying Left Several gooa-TIyIng eiemasiers nana being put through paces almost constantly Senior Telemaster po ses proudly its owner Greg Bartling New Martinsville WV Greg said came fly see Air Force Museum eat good food three components perfect fun fly Right Looking world like WW aerodrome Bob Laybournes Hobby Hangar hobby shop specializing Old-Timer Free Flight supplies kits adjacent Old-Timer Free Flight flying area near Donnelsville OH consider mans greatest adventurejust south museums main entrance flightHere exploits lives very human dimension almostflew marvelous machines recalled overwhelming testament progress tech-with plaques monuments appropri nology offered small memorial parkately chosen pieces sculpture symbolize strong lofty spirits very special breed men women well sacrifices made Another great feature UASF mu seum aside free admission its October 1989 41 Left Jim Correll brought whole family along family Zilches fun fly Jim Betty daughter Allison came New Al bany IN fly trio Control Line Old-Timers including 1-size Super Duper Zilch Betty holding center picture extreme background can seen part museum complex Right Host owner Hobby Hangar genial Bob Laybourne proudly poses next extensive collection Old-Timer kits engines date back infancy model aviation USA Left Bob Laybourne Donnelsville OH owner Hobby Hangar excellent builder own right Hes seen beautiful red-and-white Shereshaw Cumulus finished silk dope Imagine silking some compound curves fus elage Right Dillard Hazelrigg Hiber Hights OH carries Si Jordans Bellbrook OH lovely New Ruler flight line old Henry Struck design almost dwarfs 0S 40 four-stroke bolted its nose Trexier air wheels absorb tremendous amount shock landing Left Dale Leach Bellbrook OH president Dayton Area Thermal Soarers DARTS Soaring club used companys color scheme logo trim Chuparosa Glider finished striking black-and-yellow motif Right Dale Leach Ken Allen Walt Schmoll Jim Martin members DARTS club showed up Soaring portion fun fly located east Dayton Twin Towers Park Another Bill Lehn work art twinrotor gyrocopter plans RC Modeler rotors free-spinning contrarotat ing cancel out potential torque pro blems Another interesting feature negative pitch rotor blades though rotors themselves have positive angle attack relation thrust line marvelous bookstore As history buff Scale aircraft fanatic could scarcely break away rows rows aviation books magazines booklets videos posters occupy fully half large en trance foyer museum quite enamored search photo graphic evidence three-views other half foyer large gift shop stocking everything imaginable way aviation-related gifts novelties As can see 1989 National Fun Fly good fortune situated much stones throw history certainly close enough re mind us partake some small way unique spirit per vades aviation fun fly about history though rather about people airplanes bring fly years gathering said people airplanes met distinct n Ross Cresskill NJ led contingent Free Flighters New Jersey New York Don prepares launch electric-powered Lectrolyte Don also author new book titled Rubber Powered Model Airplanes directed Free Flighters shock Saturday first day sched uled flying temperature Dayton area plummeted 55 degrees wind turned chill blustery Prior flying out Kansas fun fly wife Cel watched na tional weather forecast closely see what could expected Dayton some 1200 miles east north us smiling fore caster told balmy skies temperatures mid-eighties dressed accor 42 Model Aviation creations Bill Lehn 01 Dayton OH tend stand out bit flight line flying lawn mower looks like would home yard air Con structed primarily foam overlays Wall Street Journal contraption cer tainly emphasises word fun fun fly sinister Jaws created Glenn Stucker West Chester OH chews its way through air powered Fox 50 part routine Cincinnati OH Hurricanes Show Team Jaws menaces air ap propriate background music movie heard being played over loudspeakers Don Apel came nearby Columbus OH Antony Peters New York NV brought hisand put some very impressive flights multicolored Caudron Dayton part ofSunday own-design scratch-built Free Flight contingent EastNieuport airplane powered 049 Coast Note very efficient paddle-bladedCox flew rudder elevator andthrot propeller blades little WW II fightertie Note external elevator control cables Continued page 44 Left Si Jordan Bellbrook OH seen cranking up Forster 29 Playboy Cabin able assistance Ray Sorensen Cen terville OH Both gentlemen can found regularly Donnelsville Aerodrome Right venerable Bill Lehn yet another unusual creations flying flatiron can just imagine fun Bill has arresting contraptions model air show team demos THE LEADER IN COM PETITION PROPELLERS ftw NEW \DIA 12 13 14 15 16 II 4 ES 100 THP DESIGN TAILORED HELICAL PITCH DEVELOPEDTO GIVE MAXIMUM THRUST AT 4 CYCLE ENGINE RPM ALL THE LATEST TECHNIQUES USED ON OUR PRO SERIES 3 SEE BELOW PITCH THP PRICE 66 77 78 6778 67 676 NEW PRO SERIES 3 NEW HIGH TECH AIRFOIL SECTION 10 TO 20% INCREASE IN THRUST MFG OF SELECT HARD MAPLE WOOC WILL NOT FATIGUE LIKE SYNTHETICS FUEL PROOF HIGH LUSTER FINISH WAPITCH PRICE 53/34 634 72633456 833/4568 645667 94566A77 1045667 106W8W 106EW Ii4677A77B 115W 11BEW 1167 124W 125W 1256 1356 1456 IS56 164N 16678 RC PYLON RACING SERIES 500 DIA PITCHPRICE 7 SN 5N SERIES 400C 866777 9777/ W WIDE BLADE EW EXTRA WIDE N NARROW dingly much glee CD Vince Man kowski repeatedly pointed out shorts shirt attire hear via PA system main flying site could have just easily identified blue veins legs add insult jury next day acquired long pants heavier shirt Vince also pointed out over PA system crowd basking 8090o temperatures wearing shorts light summer attire Its like George Gobel said Did ever feel rest world tuxedo pair brown shoes Ah well Despite less ideal flying condi tions 10 oclock Saturday flight line begun fill aircraft Since both Control Line RC flown same immediate vicinity some small dis tance east USAF Museum spectators could watch both types flight simultaneously As six RC planes might air same time Some what west RC Control Line site hardy band Free Flighters periodi cally braved gusts launching frag ile craft wind-tossed flights majority years participants came too distant locations reason scheduling national event midst countrys largest modeling population base Modelers Illinois Indiana Missouri Iowa Michi gan West Virginia course Ohio tended predominate others came farther east south Don Ross led contingent Free Flighters out New York New Jersey participant FC Nick Nixon came swamplands Louisiana flies LARKS club Lake Charles fair ness Nick actually came Dayton reunion 58th Tactical Fighter Wing member stayed over fun fly other par ticipants said came both fly visit museum particularly like comment modeler may have honest said came food diversity participants echoed equally diverse group aircraft new kit prototypes old standards customized variations theme downright weird something everyone Modelers like Bob Kuns Fairborn OH treated event much like flying trade show demonstrating companys new kit offerings Bobs firm Air Flair three very attractive 60-size sport ships handthe high-wing Sundancer low-wing Impulse Plus midwing Express Bruce Tharpe Sigs ace designers brought new Four Star 40 just out kit form sport flier well gorgeous h-scale Space Walker done up yellow red Several fliers showed predilection customizing aircraft Being canard fan particularly liked Mystere 3000 ca nard Frank Donisi painted wild cam ouflage pattern sporting two dummy jet engine nacelles above wing Frank said dummy engines made Diet Coke cans asked him used Diet stead regular Coke cans save weight Brian Clayton big Robin Hood pow ered Supertigre 3000 finished olive drab reconnaissance planea very effective treatment Dennis Kirby went step furtherhe customized him self match plane As Dennis steered ultrastable Senior Telemaster through some ultraslow flyby exploits John Deere cap shirt perfect match ships resplendent finish same colors Innovators like Bill Lehn Glenn Stucker like camp up custom ize go oddball playful downright strange Lehn flew huge foam flatiron Formula race car lawn mower twin-rotor gyrocopter Stucker right him among ranks truly innovative fly ing fish aptly named Jaws unidentified modeler brought al obligatory Snoopys Doghouse show-and-tell flight line Original designs traditional sense also present Dayton Among two excellent flying aircraft Control Line Stunt other appearing Schoolyard Scale subject RC Joe Reinhard nearby Columbus OH turned spectators attention RC flight line Control Line circle chestrated choreographed aerial bal let truly excellent Cycle VI Stunter particularly large 540 sq wing area 54-oz ship pulled around circle through difficult wind vertical maneuvers ease Supertigre 60 nose didnt get chance ask Joe detuned engine slow things down What saw though rock-solid airplane flying through gusts though didnt exist yet hurry Young Don Apel also hails Co lumbus OH waited until conditions better Sunday before flying 049powered Nieuport bipe confident impressive manner little plane extremely responsive control modes realistic could imag ine Nungesser cockpit fliers commended exhibiting very high level flying skills Although billed fun fly rather competition its thing put plane air front two three fellow club members laid-back Sunday afternoon quite another have two three hundred spectators behind watching move AMA HQ staff members volun teers manned flight lines also commended giving everyone chance fly much wanted still maintaining adequate provisions sure safe fun fly accident mid air destroyed both aircraft volved certainly no reflection ficials since caused depth perception errors procedural ones 44 Model Aviation DISIGNID 8 DIVESOPDO fly CNRIS MACfflN RC Control Line Free Flight happening once main flying site Wright-Patterson pizzazz three-ring circus Things bit leisurely two other sites earmarked Soaring Old-Timer flying respec tively Soarers action immediately east Dayton some 15 minutes driving time distant Twin Towers Park fly ing site normally home Dayton Area Thermal Soarers DARTS club appearing deceptively small flying area road field opened up north allow flying com fort shaded picnic pavilion desired As drove site pleas antly surprised see five six youngsters tossing Hand-Launched Gliders gusts enthusiastically running after toss again young sters appeared range about five 12 years age least Glider capturing undi vided attention Two adults obviously mother least youngsters other older gentleman standing side doing best keep things organized moving along such delight see youngsters having first experience model air planes though suspected werent part Soaring portion ganized fun fly flying obvi ously having fun approached camera hand learned youth group Prayer Praise Fel lowship Church Pottsdam OH older gentleman Bill Connell orga nized group provided much needed material ing assisted worthy endeavor Cindy Minnich mother youngest Glider flier Brandon Minnich As re ward braving chill winds uncom fortable conditions just fly model air planes promised include re port Bill Cindy should proud work have done young sters Driving north Twin Towers Park af ter visiting several members DARTS club headed OldTimers site cant tell exactly far Dayton Donnelsville because took roads wife can tell Im famous takingits never map never goes think should Inevitably such practice causes stop someplace along way ask directions always enjoy part trip because get meet people would stayed strictly marked roads foray through byways Ohio particularly memorable event Ill let judge pulled off road rutted drive way seemed parking area combination gas station/grocery store/beer joint/worm farm relayed predica ment very nice lady behind counter inside knew glint eye Id struck pay dirt quest find Donnels people Ilk keitO up ond EZ up Shelters C Z pTMare fully self 00t8ned NO lo~ SheltO construct 00ntrpole sturdy teel tube tr p 0.er N raft parts NO rop5 lueble miniati* fell ofl vs d Blue nylon top Sturdy fade resistant 361 -j5A MAeg~oss plusCNECK ntUCky residOfliS add 5 SSI8~ John peck Leisure productS Ltd MAC 3287 AMA 85800131 g0envuood goad JersaillS KY 4a3e3 October 1989 45 AL 1/24 Scale Balsa Flying Model 41 E Lincoln Ave Hatfield PA 19440 215 361-8700 Available Favorite Hobby Shop Now! KIT J-1 F-16A Falcon WIngspan 15 S2495 F-14A Tomcat SHOWN Wingspan 32 $3295 four models TRUE SCALE FTODAY51reproductions popular Jet Fighters used US Allied Forces throughout world today Any models can built Display Catapault Launch Flying kit contains Diecut Balsa Parts Vac Formed Plastic Parts Decal rolled Plan Covering Tissue IE AND COLO F pqord S beSt se~ ng jgntOl Vstem chosen Byron Ongktis T&G Mfg mid AM Akcrstt Sqiply its outstanding rehiablity Complete single cylinder system including throttlecoupled spark advance kit spark spark plug lead25. plug battery pack charger O shielded Much kinger engine life Easy bend stats-no kickback lAINJiZAGO RPM reliable kilo 9% power fuiu strokers ern installation aviable 0 Lower s no nitro needed SMeMedqm*pkighedulg0apkigcover 0 FornienyenpiesUEtiqi2ft4stroke skigleuudtwincyluiders zoImhictsavdalule DISTRIBUTED BY 193 WJflflHI ZNDffDWNtZR8 7550 San Oabrei Road cadero CA 53422 56-1717 yule lived said pro ceeded give detailed directions special route said di rections dont come back Ill give some better ones cant argue advice like did find Donnelsville using nice ladys directions did find Bob Layboumes Hobby Hangar assigned site Old-Timer flying As wound back through trees gravel road suddenly came upon what could have WW aerodrome operations headquar ters buried bunkerlike side hill closely mowed runway awaited arrival squadron Sopwith Camels back dawn patrol What great place reality headquarters Bob Laybournes Hobby Hangar hobby shop aerodrome next flying strip fortunate members SMAC chapter Society Antique Modelers call home congenial group youll find anywhere arrived little activity deference weather hardly introduced ourselves planes gan magically appearing out trunks cars back hobby shop side doors vanslovely aircraft ranging ignition-powered cabin jobs four-cycle pylon ships leaped off mowed turf eager test air Jack Beatley owner black-andyellow Lanzo Bomber determined nothing would fly OS 40powered airplane Although tried ap pear reluctant would have given eye teeth fly several planes gath ered round Jacks Bomber sheer joy air responsive slightest rudder movement clean solid feeling headed breeze search lift prevailing wind westerly direc tion necessary fly out over ad jacent cemetery looking lift handed transmitter back Jack just time re frain making tasteless remark about avoiding dead air Hobby Hangar its genial owner Bob Laybourne also delight barely reformed Free Flighter Bob has stocked shop Old-Timer kits RC Control Line Free Flight supplies plus extra goodies flying buddies might require pursuit fa vorite sport Any modeler within 100mile radius Donnelsville really missing something doesnt schedule least visit Hobby Hangar too soon visit good peo ple Dayton came endas did journ through aviation history present-day modeling retrospect amazing much wed able com press weekend shooting over dozen rolls film taking two side trips Twin Towers Hobby Hangar getting lost Ohio backroads touring fabulous USAF Museum watching flight after flight fun flyand above meeting some d2est people earth 46 Model Aviation FUEL ALERTRED HOT Low fuel level warning systemKeep ni-starter red hot Flashing strobe lamp warns youaerotron ni-starter field box auto lowfuel levelchargeriholder Cuts off ni starter fully charged LED 100% Solid Stateindicates charging Never have Easy installremove nistarter field box again charging $2195 12v0c $1550 WING DATA Comparative wind tunnel study model airfoil lift drag characteruebca ght Lab Symmetrical Flat Bottomed Under Cambered Flapped Pagea $1000 AEROTRON Box 279 Route 2 Gerald MO 63037 $975$578 AVAILABLE AT AMERICAS FINEST HOBBY SHOPS 0975$525 #8502 heat sink head reverse pipe Byron type installation #8501 pipe conventional installation Attention Fan Owners OPS now offers two needle bearing 80s use spare parts readily available SThe Parts People Com~etaYo% /i%*o44 c long love affair hobby have come regard modelers breed apart kindred souls receive particu lar delight association model airplanes other flight home lifted off runway Dayton International still felt connected ground shared spirit very essence fun fly wit nessed well impetus gathering again next yearto fly have fun Fun Fly Registrants Kenneth N Allen Dayton OH Don Apel Columbus OH Dannie E Ball Dal las TX Ronald Ballard Decatur IN Joseph H Ballou Elizabeth IN Greg Bart ling New Martinsville WV Joseph E Begany Fairview Pk OH Robert Belton Dayton OH Mack 0 Blackburn Indianap olis IN Jack D Boesken Mt Vernon OH Brian F Bohne Cleveland OH Jef frey Bohne Cleveland OH Ralph W Braun Winamac IN David G Brown Ha milton OH William C Buckman Dayton OH Harry L Burcham Van Wert OH Randy L Charles Wilmington OH Cecil Clark Grand Haven MI John E Clev enger Carlisle OH Eric Clutton Tulla homa TN James W Correll New Al bany IN Mark J Cotter Dearborn MI Mike Couts Marion OH Lawrence H Cross Blacksburg VA Dewey D Davenport Jamestown OH Philip C Davis Van Wert OH Michael T Dean Dayton OH 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Millar Petoskey MI ontinued page 148 Al Radio South Batteries 500 ma Pack 48V1300 Futaba conn1550 800 ma Pack 48V2200 Futaba conn2475 1200 ma Pack 48V2400 Futaba conn2700 TX batt Futaba G-Series PCM2995 RADIO SOUTH Call Tony Stiliman Ken Dudley custom work competition needs stock complete hobby line specIalizing competition accessoriesall discounted prices ________ QUENCY CONVERSiONS Frequencx Coimnaree Approsed Feat uring last service -__We engines ana theHatori headers pipes latest equipment Including aWe Repair Heli Sets Gyros Al Orders COD MC American Express OPEN 8-5 CST Prices subject change notice %mm.mm...mmm. 9003 N Davis Hwy Pensacola FL 32514 October 1989 47 904 478-6745 ALTIMETER PERKIN AVIONICS PC-i micro sized altimeter has designed specifically RIO soaring enthusiast high tech instrument comes ready go minimal installa tion required MEASURES ALTITUDE IN 10 FT INCREMENTS AND STORES IN MEMORY HIGHEST AGL ON EACH FLIGHT WEIGHS LESS THAN 4 OZ LED DISPLAY CAN BE MOUNTED 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aircraft ra dios new HS-422 servo becomes standard aircraft radio servo year HS-422 projects / less below mounting plane does previous HS-402 uses custom chip like Futaba does features new motor very smooth gear train faster able work down 28 volts output shaft supported twopiece metal bearings above below final gear should no trouble wearing oval holes case happened old days plastic-to-plastic bear ings HS-XXX servos pulse-width controlled have 155-millisecond neutral practi cally servo should work radio worth knowing servos work great five-cell Ni-Cd packs give torque faster operation found little surgery plastic plugs would let use Airtronics servo Challenger 550 receiver Depending sequence - al wires plugs other manufacturers servos may also work bench counted 108 steps servo responding 300 full swing aileron stick High Rate count reduced dual-rate lever 31 steps full range its trim lever count affected dual-rate switch function PCM computer quite fast seems use eight-bit words Since servo throw 300 equates step per /20 motion Reso lution centering good Recentering after working stick oppo site sides usually exact never worse /2 0 out place corresponds t PCM code Using variable speed motor-driven device work landing gear switch back forth watching long pointer move over large pro tractor detect servo could no longer keep up input movement determined system can follow 120 cycles per minute four-cell Ni-Cd receiver pack servo alone can keep up 140 cycles per minute 600 travel better servos pwn have say system fast enough anybody charger supplied Challenger 550 puts Out 108 volts 50 mA 57 volts 50 mA marked will have supply own charger want use five-cell re ceiver pack frequency flag supplied Polks also nice Fun FIy/Kruse Continued page 47 David Narance Marion OH Henry M Neweome Bowling Green OH Fran cis H Nixon Lake Charles LA Frank V Noll Dayton OH Roger G Ormson Barron WI Santiago Panzardi Fairborn OH Antony Peters New York NY Phillip W Pratter Jamestown OH 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