George Al AIdr' TIME nostalgia trip last time saw Jim Walker about two weeks before untimely passing time project engineer company manufacturing facilities old cannery building Broken Arrow Oklahoma Living Tulsa route work took past Tulsa Glue Dobbers flying field day Late Saturday afternoon several cars field slowed see intending hurry home Suddenly spotted familiar metallic maroon Buick aluminum trailer Thats Jim Walkers rig said aloud As pulled off shoulder familiar figure Big Jim could seen way out field could fly free flight 1958no longer possible today hear As wandered out greet him Jim long stick hand cranking something end like mad still 50 yards away Jim pointed stick air little delta model went screaming up sky model reached its peak settled steep slow glide back ground After greeting Jim showed stick turned out long coiled spring inside housing spring attached ratchet ratchet connected turn trigger pistol grip delta-winged modelof about eight-inch span remember ithad impeller/prop housed wire cage its trailing edge model engaged keyed driver impeller trigger pulled energy imparted wound spring sent model its way Truly another example Jim Walkers genius Jim spent night wife little rented house Fulton Street-when could finally get him slow down 200 am next morning talking wife car phone intermittent conversations other folks ham radio After eating least dozen biscuits breakfast off travels writer has always considered experience rare privilege one-on-one Jim Walker humbling event Usually Jim stage surrounded people scene close utter pandemonium sit dinner table discussion man let know hurry mind operated different level us average folk earliest memories model magazines ads Stanzels Tiger Shark Walkers Fireball first control line flight lever saw Tom Killoughs Fireball powered O&R 23 sideport little school yard McAllen Texas about 1942 Remembering marginally powered flight fact such model could perform real loop never entered mind early post-WW II years fill memory frantic time modeling history Real balsa once again available different engines advertised totally confusing us small towns could read about who-and what-was winning modelers heaven California state its early stars Texas Skipper Clemens Snyder Casburn et al devoured Johnny Daviss West Coast Tips column Model Airplane News read about Yates Palmer Saftig Gullota other greats California about kid little hick town could stand Stunt planes powered spark-ignition engines like Atwood Super Cyke Orwick K&B few East Left nis aesign start am present-aay stunt jonn Quiggley Oz accurately reproduced polliwog Chief Silver photo Right late Red Reinhardt 1950 Plymouth Stunt Champion design replicated byVintage stunt really flourishing Australia fliers Lou Dudka Woolsey photorush beat approaching storm Silver photo 76 Model Aviation 822 Tarrytown San Antonio TX 78233 Left This rare photo reveals Bob Palmers original Smoothie early 52 Right Old stunt designers Aldrich Palmer VSC current World Champ Paul Walker rear Above McCoy 40powered version AG-i Duster built sometime around 1964 Right Russ Snyder 18 1948 Fox 59 Gambler Russ still active member Texass Tn-City Flyers RC club tried Leon Shulmans Drone Diesel However planes carried payload coil condenser batteries Kits Akrobat Zilch Over Easy Box Car available hut myriad designs never seen before showing up contests pioneering time everyone eventually came up idea what best early stunt ships 36-inch wingspan Im sure possibly standard balsa length splicing spars wasnt prevalent yet Bob Palmer got start free flight splicing dihedral joints came naturally him Im sure 1946 1948 Nats CL stunt event broken up three categories precision aerobatics novelty Yet fliers scores categories added together select national stunt champion winner Walker trophy Jim Walkers influence easily detected some maneuvers listed categories Stall recovery would require twospeed engine control various rolls carrier flight first come mind would suggest use Jims U-Reely handle Carrier flight described instance Flying out least 70 feet reeling back hand touching ground yes Walker once published drawings mechanism would allow CL model roll around its axis inside wire frame 1950 Novelty category dropped completely Precision Acrobatics schedule presented rule book under chairmanship Roy Mayes basically same pattern remained effect through 1953 still used today Old-Time Stunt exception special maneuver being dropped An interesting note 1949 rules special maneuver must performed plane flier reason fliers would maneuvers lying backs doing cartwheels handstands uncommon contestant use completely different model novelty event 1949 Lew Andrews used Trixter designs O&R 29 glow engine intricate system operate butterfly valves achieve variable-speed engine control Unlike todays rules pattern flown bygone time did specify minimum heights maneuversonly maximum elevation 600 exception overhead eights stated minimum 300 ground side maneuver 1940s increasingly became era spectacular pattern what written time about contests California must have started pilot flew tightest fastest closest ground usually winner outset horizontal eight done lazy-eight fashion fliers would try almost touch wheels drag fin ground turn Quite few fliers flew pattern fashion tops loops horizontal eights etc much over 30 feet high 1949 word out dive vertically middle horizontal eight So now models flying 80-90 mph capable doing pattern 30 less ground Left Modelers will surface anywhere Mike Keville flying Super Clown Kuwait Right Primary power Old-Time Stunt engines like Super Cyclone Atwood After winning 1946 Nats Senior event Russ Snyder won stunt events Texas until Don Still came along came high-speed tight precision pattern no onebefore sincehas ever topped Don Still Don uncanny ability lay pattern close ground crashing 1960s member US FAI CL team flying demo flight World Championships pulled out wingover wheels rolling deck Don combined attributes good design highperformance model could drive through incredibly accurate high-speed tight pattern just left observers breathless inability land smoothly planes deficiency appearance points probably cost him first place 1950 Nats lost 10 points Senior glow plug first introduced us just pulled out ignition system changed plug went out fly marked increase perfonnance planes improvement paradise After just couple flights nitrate dope finish became sticky goo engine run shortened considerably switch gasolinebased fuel During era ignition engines smattering smaller designs 29 engines 60/65 still being flown late 1950 Certainly big engine primary power source through 1949 Paradoxically 1949 Bob Palmer showed up Olathe Kansas Nats fleet stunt ships would eventually change stunt forever Stunt judges time mind-set May 1993 77 Russ Snyder placed third 49 Nats McCoy 60 Gambler later Fox 59 version shown left Continued page 80 Old-Time Stunt ignition Super Duper Zilch Nostalgia entriesHarold deBolt terrorized East Stuntwagon flying Jim Hoffman VSC Ill Woolsey photospeeds well over 100 mph Woolsey photo B&P Associates Gives Total Flight Line FREEDOM battery needs call write B&P Associates PO Box 22054 Waco TX 76702-2054 817662-5587 new electric starter battery pack cuts cord has always tied starter power panel Discover freedom being able start plane wherever added safety less wire get caught prop charge hefty 4 Amp/hour pack will take through weekend flying power enough spare dont stop have Ni-Cads virtually size imaginable cut experimenter free design whatever takes make yours best setup field FEATHER CUT creates new standard ease * accuracy cutting white blue foam wing cores ds off Precise single wire tracking concert micro-adjustable balance weights guided exclusive three-point tracking system guarantees ripple-free surfaces No trailing edge burn-out common two wire systems Couple FEATHER CUT Tekoas THERMAL GENERATOR fool proof temperature control youll Pro st time out Cuts straight taper wings fins stabilizers matically ts tape edge workbench dining table stores its own heavy duty mailing tube lete kit anodized plated components no hardware store trips ructions include cutting first wing making templates old Bow 40 52 AvailaNe Power supply required Guaranteed out perform rest FEATHER CUTthe best $14950 S & HSimply TEKOA THE CENTER OF DESIGN THERMAL GENERATOR3219 CANYON LAKE DRIVE Power Supplyu $11950 S&HHOLLYWOOD 90068 PHONE 213-4695584 FAX 213-469-3006 • m eij ir iiw ruii FlyRod 40 Span Slinches Rrea 918 sq inches Engine 32- 40 Weight 23/4-31/2 80 Model Aviation 0 Plus $500 S/H rr INOUDES Contest balsa Composite boomlanding strutsand wing reinforcement wheel light weight coring material PERFORMANCE Full throttle flights possible flutter due unique airfoil designThis airfoil also allows four foot loops ondtoke offlsunlimited rolling rate quick acceleration also slow stable flights Touch-and-Go loops performed two seecondintenals servos somewhat different though JR 703 has torque 932 inch-ounces 764 inch-ounces Futaba 136G transit time faster 050 sec 136 sec practical standpoint isnt really lot difference performance two servos Unless have very long gear struts heavy wheels have done poor job installing retracts probably wouldnt notice difference torque Similarly doesnt really matter landing gear retracts extends fast slow What does matter system works reliably JR 703 lighter Futaba 136G 116 ounces 148 ounces Since have similar external dimensions able bolt JR 703 right servo tray LA-i Id removed Futaba 136G JR servo works well expected would Should rush out buy already have Futaba 1 36G No need new low-profile retract servo now have option can buy either servo expect get excellent performance Prodigy about month ago mail messages Jim Rose Rosies RIC 12999 Murphy Rd Ste B-2 Stafford TX 77477 asked Id like try SAB metric prop reamers Id never seen before told him would After bit wait new shipment arrive sent really nice love feel quality product step reamers definitely have feel made heat-treated steel can cut through props spinners easily points end reamers allow use reamer check prop balance holding reamer between thumb index finger reamers $1495 plus $150 shipping handling $2895 per pair plus $150 shipping handling roundlAldrich Continued page 77 big-engine/fast pattern style flying Palmer did place top five slow McCoy 29-powered Veco Chief Mean Harold deBolt won fifth Stuntwagon easily clocked over 100 mph Palmers 49 Chief polliwog Chief so-called its recurved cusped trailing edge airfoil airfoil shape devised Hi Johnson engineered kit production because could get die-cut ribs sheet balsa shape main point course Palmers Chief proved large 550 square inch model could flown very well relatively small engine writer 16 years old enamored Palmer design putting mildly What followed year building flying Chiefs feverish pitch built semicowls spinners 1/2-inch-thick Makes look like stabs used sorts 29 32 engines Yet loyalty Bob Veco campaigned pair box-stock Chiefs contest circuit 1950 placing fourth Senior Nats time knew Chief inside out realized some improvements needed rest summer spent building Chief Special new Veco 29 engine plus several quickies test new ideas earlier model knew short tail moment would produce several undesirable traits Thinking back model trait Chief drop outboard wing hit corner too hard decided try longer tail moment Using old Chief wings box fuselage built around full 12 inches between flap trailing edge leading edge stab layout gave excellent crisp corner bad tendencies noted Chief November year basic layout what would become Nobler made same time period Don Still also built Chief started train thought would produce famous semiscale Stuka Thus saw passing era 1950 cant recall single big 60/65-powered stunt design 1951 Nats big fast designs brought stunt its immense popularity become passe become Old-Time Stunt Russ Snyder another low-altitude master Im completing drawings 1948-49 Fox 59-powered stunt design Russ still active member TnCity Flyers club has loaned notebook has kept years designs hope will also get drawings made 49 Nats third-place Senior design used Series 20 McCoy 60 have also touch Don Still has promised copy plans 49 Nats winner Perhaps can get magazines management present details three theres enough interest Stunt fliers enjoy old designs flown Vintage Stunt Championships Tucson Arizona April 3-4 year fortunate dont have have vintage engine power Unlike free flight racing events having latest hot Schnuerle ported engine no particular advantage Vintage Stunt community doesnt require want high-speed engines anyway dont have vintage engine chosen design can use engine made today no gain loss over someone has old Also may necessary areas use muffler keep flying site Installing decent lightweight muffler presents real problem some old engines engines made today have muffler attachment provided Im talking about tuned pipes old heebcII1 R/C Idle-Bar Glow Plugs Also .Long Short$209 Traditional line non-idle bar Glow Plugs Six Types 3 Heat Ranges High Performance Glow Element Blow Proof Seal Only $169 Swanson Associates PO Box 151 ne NJ 07470 comes outstanding finish makes model rise above rest Hobbypoxy Enamel winner hands-down Hobbypoxy super-strong two-part epoxy finish formulated give model durable flexible finish will stand up wear water racing fuels chipping cracking peeling single coat Hobbypoxy equal other finish Two coats will put model class itself Brushed sprayed Hobbypoxy adheres iron-on films woven fabric iron-on coverings matches films 16 standard colors its easy find shade need Select high gloss flat finishes add Hobbypoxy Custom Metallizer superb metallic lusters Give next model winning finish youve always dreamed free color chip card military mixing charts copy POXY POINTERS helpful guide using Hobbypoxy products call 1-201-625-3100 May1993 81 MODELERS TOOLS #3 L R TAYLOR POWER PACER TESTER CHARGES BEST BATtERY &CYCLESBOTHTX & RX BATtERIES LOCATES BAD CELLS Pe~nPROVIDES BATTERY CAPACITh READINGS RETAIL $8950 SPEC $7150 S & H $475 PERMA GRIT SANDING TOOLS COMPLETE LINE OF TOOLS WITH F NE &COARSEGRITS NEff II WELDED TO STEEL F100 FLAT C/F F1O1FLATF F102 FLAT M R200 3/4 RAD C/F R202 3/4 RND MF $500 R201 1/8 RAD C/F R203 1/2 RND MF S425 RETAIL CASH R204 1/4 RND MF S425 $695 $525 SHIPPING $150 IBOTIHI LIITIEIPANIIP 36 @N ]I1I Prices Bold Type Add 6% Charge Cards Minimum -Charge $2500 No CODs 20% Deposit Add Sales Tax Sales California Catalog $100 USA $300 Foreign 2828 Cochran St. Suit 281 SImi VaIIe~ CA 93065 FA 8055279114805 581-5061 flw flWrw designs nowthat would like putting sour pickle relish banana split Keeping flying fields has take precedence theres no doubt have much sound-sensitive society today good old days have written sent SASEs know answer mail addition have added fax machine 210 656-2021 will answer after six rings hang up after five rings wont charged Im away Hills/Naught Continued page 25 thermistor coupled anemometer used detect fill breeze thermals pass through dont launch until three agree said Bill presence fill breeze keeps him launching too early going out front door thermal first round Day Two began sorting-out process two fliers dropped mazes Blake Jensen 132 Round 10 remaining group eight held form until Round 13 perennial contender Bob Piserchio posted 146 Bob Tymchek 137 left six perfect scores going final round Ghio Gildersleeve Matsuno Pearce Xenakis Ulm As final round preparations began much discussion about flyoff participants would what chances etc Just about get consensus fliers favored make team became moot point three six clean through 13 rounds dropped round 14 Ghio Gildersleeve Ulm Thus FlB team 1993 World Championships Missouris Chris Matsuno Californias George Xenakis Texass Fred Pearce Bill Turner alternate having dropped 10 seconds Round 2 Pearce making team represented redemption sorts after years effort close calls likewise Matsuno key Xenakis times team member patience Theres always another thermal coming along Georges models same familiar low-tech style has favored some time slabsided fuselages simple front ends etc consistent flying deadly air-picking allowed him bypass cuttingedge models F lA Nordic Twenty-two Glider fliers teed up first round evident immediately three-minute light air model would absolute requirement Drift very light variable making thermal detection difficult times favoring high-perfonnance models Still 16 22 made 180-second first-round max bit surprised see two bunt models Andrew Barron Pierre Brun 82 Model Aviation R/C GOODIES HI-OUAUIY PIN VISE AND 10 DRILLS IN HANDLE015 THRU 062 DIA INDIS PENSABLE FOR TOOL BOX OR POCKET RETAIL $1495 MOST BEAUTIFUL OF THE NATIONAL AIR RACE ENTRANTS DESIGNED AND BUILI iIY IliL TEST PILOT AND ENGINEER WHO DESIGNED THE GEE BEE SPORT PLANES OF THE GOLDEN ERA FEATURES NEW STRIPING DECALS AND PAINTING PAITERNS DETAILED INTERIOR TWO TYPES OF WHEELS CHOICE OF HARD OR SOFT TIRES SEND SASE FOR ILLUSTRATED ORDER FORM 181 PAWNEE ST SAN MARCOS CA 92069usos D & J ELECTRONICS 900 Lucy Road Howell Michigan 4884 517-546-2644 Service & Repairs Most Radio Control Systems Utilizing Calibrated Test Equipment & Spectrum Analyzers Endorsed AMA/RCMA Sticker Station #105 Futaba Airtronics JR Ace HiTec Tower Cirrus World Engines & WE USE GENUINE FACTORY REPLACEMENT PARTS Complete 1991 Narrow Banding & Upgrades RCD / HITEC R/C DEALER FCC Licensed Speed Control Repairs Quality Service Fast Turn Around Shipping & Insurance ExtraUPSUS Mail VISA / MASTERCARD & DISCOVER WELCOMED AMA #256123ARRLWB8YSQ
Edition: Model Aviation - 1993/05
Page Numbers: 76, 77, 80, 81, 82
George Al AIdr' TIME nostalgia trip last time saw Jim Walker about two weeks before untimely passing time project engineer company manufacturing facilities old cannery building Broken Arrow Oklahoma Living Tulsa route work took past Tulsa Glue Dobbers flying field day Late Saturday afternoon several cars field slowed see intending hurry home Suddenly spotted familiar metallic maroon Buick aluminum trailer Thats Jim Walkers rig said aloud As pulled off shoulder familiar figure Big Jim could seen way out field could fly free flight 1958no longer possible today hear As wandered out greet him Jim long stick hand cranking something end like mad still 50 yards away Jim pointed stick air little delta model went screaming up sky model reached its peak settled steep slow glide back ground After greeting Jim showed stick turned out long coiled spring inside housing spring attached ratchet ratchet connected turn trigger pistol grip delta-winged modelof about eight-inch span remember ithad impeller/prop housed wire cage its trailing edge model engaged keyed driver impeller trigger pulled energy imparted wound spring sent model its way Truly another example Jim Walkers genius Jim spent night wife little rented house Fulton Street-when could finally get him slow down 200 am next morning talking wife car phone intermittent conversations other folks ham radio After eating least dozen biscuits breakfast off travels writer has always considered experience rare privilege one-on-one Jim Walker humbling event Usually Jim stage surrounded people scene close utter pandemonium sit dinner table discussion man let know hurry mind operated different level us average folk earliest memories model magazines ads Stanzels Tiger Shark Walkers Fireball first control line flight lever saw Tom Killoughs Fireball powered O&R 23 sideport little school yard McAllen Texas about 1942 Remembering marginally powered flight fact such model could perform real loop never entered mind early post-WW II years fill memory frantic time modeling history Real balsa once again available different engines advertised totally confusing us small towns could read about who-and what-was winning modelers heaven California state its early stars Texas Skipper Clemens Snyder Casburn et al devoured Johnny Daviss West Coast Tips column Model Airplane News read about Yates Palmer Saftig Gullota other greats California about kid little hick town could stand Stunt planes powered spark-ignition engines like Atwood Super Cyke Orwick K&B few East Left nis aesign start am present-aay stunt jonn Quiggley Oz accurately reproduced polliwog Chief Silver photo Right late Red Reinhardt 1950 Plymouth Stunt Champion design replicated byVintage stunt really flourishing Australia fliers Lou Dudka Woolsey photorush beat approaching storm Silver photo 76 Model Aviation 822 Tarrytown San Antonio TX 78233 Left This rare photo reveals Bob Palmers original Smoothie early 52 Right Old stunt designers Aldrich Palmer VSC current World Champ Paul Walker rear Above McCoy 40powered version AG-i Duster built sometime around 1964 Right Russ Snyder 18 1948 Fox 59 Gambler Russ still active member Texass Tn-City Flyers RC club tried Leon Shulmans Drone Diesel However planes carried payload coil condenser batteries Kits Akrobat Zilch Over Easy Box Car available hut myriad designs never seen before showing up contests pioneering time everyone eventually came up idea what best early stunt ships 36-inch wingspan Im sure possibly standard balsa length splicing spars wasnt prevalent yet Bob Palmer got start free flight splicing dihedral joints came naturally him Im sure 1946 1948 Nats CL stunt event broken up three categories precision aerobatics novelty Yet fliers scores categories added together select national stunt champion winner Walker trophy Jim Walkers influence easily detected some maneuvers listed categories Stall recovery would require twospeed engine control various rolls carrier flight first come mind would suggest use Jims U-Reely handle Carrier flight described instance Flying out least 70 feet reeling back hand touching ground yes Walker once published drawings mechanism would allow CL model roll around its axis inside wire frame 1950 Novelty category dropped completely Precision Acrobatics schedule presented rule book under chairmanship Roy Mayes basically same pattern remained effect through 1953 still used today Old-Time Stunt exception special maneuver being dropped An interesting note 1949 rules special maneuver must performed plane flier reason fliers would maneuvers lying backs doing cartwheels handstands uncommon contestant use completely different model novelty event 1949 Lew Andrews used Trixter designs O&R 29 glow engine intricate system operate butterfly valves achieve variable-speed engine control Unlike todays rules pattern flown bygone time did specify minimum heights maneuversonly maximum elevation 600 exception overhead eights stated minimum 300 ground side maneuver 1940s increasingly became era spectacular pattern what written time about contests California must have started pilot flew tightest fastest closest ground usually winner outset horizontal eight done lazy-eight fashion fliers would try almost touch wheels drag fin ground turn Quite few fliers flew pattern fashion tops loops horizontal eights etc much over 30 feet high 1949 word out dive vertically middle horizontal eight So now models flying 80-90 mph capable doing pattern 30 less ground Left Modelers will surface anywhere Mike Keville flying Super Clown Kuwait Right Primary power Old-Time Stunt engines like Super Cyclone Atwood After winning 1946 Nats Senior event Russ Snyder won stunt events Texas until Don Still came along came high-speed tight precision pattern no onebefore sincehas ever topped Don Still Don uncanny ability lay pattern close ground crashing 1960s member US FAI CL team flying demo flight World Championships pulled out wingover wheels rolling deck Don combined attributes good design highperformance model could drive through incredibly accurate high-speed tight pattern just left observers breathless inability land smoothly planes deficiency appearance points probably cost him first place 1950 Nats lost 10 points Senior glow plug first introduced us just pulled out ignition system changed plug went out fly marked increase perfonnance planes improvement paradise After just couple flights nitrate dope finish became sticky goo engine run shortened considerably switch gasolinebased fuel During era ignition engines smattering smaller designs 29 engines 60/65 still being flown late 1950 Certainly big engine primary power source through 1949 Paradoxically 1949 Bob Palmer showed up Olathe Kansas Nats fleet stunt ships would eventually change stunt forever Stunt judges time mind-set May 1993 77 Russ Snyder placed third 49 Nats McCoy 60 Gambler later Fox 59 version shown left Continued page 80 Old-Time Stunt ignition Super Duper Zilch Nostalgia entriesHarold deBolt terrorized East Stuntwagon flying Jim Hoffman VSC Ill Woolsey photospeeds well over 100 mph Woolsey photo B&P Associates Gives Total Flight Line FREEDOM battery needs call write B&P Associates PO Box 22054 Waco TX 76702-2054 817662-5587 new electric starter battery pack cuts cord has always tied starter power panel Discover freedom being able start plane wherever added safety less wire get caught prop charge hefty 4 Amp/hour pack will take through weekend flying power enough spare dont stop have Ni-Cads virtually size imaginable cut experimenter free design whatever takes make yours best setup field FEATHER CUT creates new standard ease * accuracy cutting white blue foam wing cores ds off Precise single wire tracking concert micro-adjustable balance weights guided exclusive three-point tracking system guarantees ripple-free surfaces No trailing edge burn-out common two wire systems Couple FEATHER CUT Tekoas THERMAL GENERATOR fool proof temperature control youll Pro st time out Cuts straight taper wings fins stabilizers matically ts tape edge workbench dining table stores its own heavy duty mailing tube lete kit anodized plated components no hardware store trips ructions include cutting first wing making templates old Bow 40 52 AvailaNe Power supply required Guaranteed out perform rest FEATHER CUTthe best $14950 S & HSimply TEKOA THE CENTER OF DESIGN THERMAL GENERATOR3219 CANYON LAKE DRIVE Power Supplyu $11950 S&HHOLLYWOOD 90068 PHONE 213-4695584 FAX 213-469-3006 • m eij ir iiw ruii FlyRod 40 Span Slinches Rrea 918 sq inches Engine 32- 40 Weight 23/4-31/2 80 Model Aviation 0 Plus $500 S/H rr INOUDES Contest balsa Composite boomlanding strutsand wing reinforcement wheel light weight coring material PERFORMANCE Full throttle flights possible flutter due unique airfoil designThis airfoil also allows four foot loops ondtoke offlsunlimited rolling rate quick acceleration also slow stable flights Touch-and-Go loops performed two seecondintenals servos somewhat different though JR 703 has torque 932 inch-ounces 764 inch-ounces Futaba 136G transit time faster 050 sec 136 sec practical standpoint isnt really lot difference performance two servos Unless have very long gear struts heavy wheels have done poor job installing retracts probably wouldnt notice difference torque Similarly doesnt really matter landing gear retracts extends fast slow What does matter system works reliably JR 703 lighter Futaba 136G 116 ounces 148 ounces Since have similar external dimensions able bolt JR 703 right servo tray LA-i Id removed Futaba 136G JR servo works well expected would Should rush out buy already have Futaba 1 36G No need new low-profile retract servo now have option can buy either servo expect get excellent performance Prodigy about month ago mail messages Jim Rose Rosies RIC 12999 Murphy Rd Ste B-2 Stafford TX 77477 asked Id like try SAB metric prop reamers Id never seen before told him would After bit wait new shipment arrive sent really nice love feel quality product step reamers definitely have feel made heat-treated steel can cut through props spinners easily points end reamers allow use reamer check prop balance holding reamer between thumb index finger reamers $1495 plus $150 shipping handling $2895 per pair plus $150 shipping handling roundlAldrich Continued page 77 big-engine/fast pattern style flying Palmer did place top five slow McCoy 29-powered Veco Chief Mean Harold deBolt won fifth Stuntwagon easily clocked over 100 mph Palmers 49 Chief polliwog Chief so-called its recurved cusped trailing edge airfoil airfoil shape devised Hi Johnson engineered kit production because could get die-cut ribs sheet balsa shape main point course Palmers Chief proved large 550 square inch model could flown very well relatively small engine writer 16 years old enamored Palmer design putting mildly What followed year building flying Chiefs feverish pitch built semicowls spinners 1/2-inch-thick Makes look like stabs used sorts 29 32 engines Yet loyalty Bob Veco campaigned pair box-stock Chiefs contest circuit 1950 placing fourth Senior Nats time knew Chief inside out realized some improvements needed rest summer spent building Chief Special new Veco 29 engine plus several quickies test new ideas earlier model knew short tail moment would produce several undesirable traits Thinking back model trait Chief drop outboard wing hit corner too hard decided try longer tail moment Using old Chief wings box fuselage built around full 12 inches between flap trailing edge leading edge stab layout gave excellent crisp corner bad tendencies noted Chief November year basic layout what would become Nobler made same time period Don Still also built Chief started train thought would produce famous semiscale Stuka Thus saw passing era 1950 cant recall single big 60/65-powered stunt design 1951 Nats big fast designs brought stunt its immense popularity become passe become Old-Time Stunt Russ Snyder another low-altitude master Im completing drawings 1948-49 Fox 59-powered stunt design Russ still active member TnCity Flyers club has loaned notebook has kept years designs hope will also get drawings made 49 Nats third-place Senior design used Series 20 McCoy 60 have also touch Don Still has promised copy plans 49 Nats winner Perhaps can get magazines management present details three theres enough interest Stunt fliers enjoy old designs flown Vintage Stunt Championships Tucson Arizona April 3-4 year fortunate dont have have vintage engine power Unlike free flight racing events having latest hot Schnuerle ported engine no particular advantage Vintage Stunt community doesnt require want high-speed engines anyway dont have vintage engine chosen design can use engine made today no gain loss over someone has old Also may necessary areas use muffler keep flying site Installing decent lightweight muffler presents real problem some old engines engines made today have muffler attachment provided Im talking about tuned pipes old heebcII1 R/C Idle-Bar Glow Plugs Also .Long Short$209 Traditional line non-idle bar Glow Plugs Six Types 3 Heat Ranges High Performance Glow Element Blow Proof Seal Only $169 Swanson Associates PO Box 151 ne NJ 07470 comes outstanding finish makes model rise above rest Hobbypoxy Enamel winner hands-down Hobbypoxy super-strong two-part epoxy finish formulated give model durable flexible finish will stand up wear water racing fuels chipping cracking peeling single coat Hobbypoxy equal other finish Two coats will put model class itself Brushed sprayed Hobbypoxy adheres iron-on films woven fabric iron-on coverings matches films 16 standard colors its easy find shade need Select high gloss flat finishes add Hobbypoxy Custom Metallizer superb metallic lusters Give next model winning finish youve always dreamed free color chip card military mixing charts copy POXY POINTERS helpful guide using Hobbypoxy products call 1-201-625-3100 May1993 81 MODELERS TOOLS #3 L R TAYLOR POWER PACER TESTER CHARGES BEST BATtERY &CYCLESBOTHTX & RX BATtERIES LOCATES BAD CELLS Pe~nPROVIDES BATTERY CAPACITh READINGS RETAIL $8950 SPEC $7150 S & H $475 PERMA GRIT SANDING TOOLS COMPLETE LINE OF TOOLS WITH F NE &COARSEGRITS NEff II WELDED TO STEEL F100 FLAT C/F F1O1FLATF F102 FLAT M R200 3/4 RAD C/F R202 3/4 RND MF $500 R201 1/8 RAD C/F R203 1/2 RND MF S425 RETAIL CASH R204 1/4 RND MF S425 $695 $525 SHIPPING $150 IBOTIHI LIITIEIPANIIP 36 @N ]I1I Prices Bold Type Add 6% Charge Cards Minimum -Charge $2500 No CODs 20% Deposit Add Sales Tax Sales California Catalog $100 USA $300 Foreign 2828 Cochran St. Suit 281 SImi VaIIe~ CA 93065 FA 8055279114805 581-5061 flw flWrw designs nowthat would like putting sour pickle relish banana split Keeping flying fields has take precedence theres no doubt have much sound-sensitive society today good old days have written sent SASEs know answer mail addition have added fax machine 210 656-2021 will answer after six rings hang up after five rings wont charged Im away Hills/Naught Continued page 25 thermistor coupled anemometer used detect fill breeze thermals pass through dont launch until three agree said Bill presence fill breeze keeps him launching too early going out front door thermal first round Day Two began sorting-out process two fliers dropped mazes Blake Jensen 132 Round 10 remaining group eight held form until Round 13 perennial contender Bob Piserchio posted 146 Bob Tymchek 137 left six perfect scores going final round Ghio Gildersleeve Matsuno Pearce Xenakis Ulm As final round preparations began much discussion about flyoff participants would what chances etc Just about get consensus fliers favored make team became moot point three six clean through 13 rounds dropped round 14 Ghio Gildersleeve Ulm Thus FlB team 1993 World Championships Missouris Chris Matsuno Californias George Xenakis Texass Fred Pearce Bill Turner alternate having dropped 10 seconds Round 2 Pearce making team represented redemption sorts after years effort close calls likewise Matsuno key Xenakis times team member patience Theres always another thermal coming along Georges models same familiar low-tech style has favored some time slabsided fuselages simple front ends etc consistent flying deadly air-picking allowed him bypass cuttingedge models F lA Nordic Twenty-two Glider fliers teed up first round evident immediately three-minute light air model would absolute requirement Drift very light variable making thermal detection difficult times favoring high-perfonnance models Still 16 22 made 180-second first-round max bit surprised see two bunt models Andrew Barron Pierre Brun 82 Model Aviation R/C GOODIES HI-OUAUIY PIN VISE AND 10 DRILLS IN HANDLE015 THRU 062 DIA INDIS PENSABLE FOR TOOL BOX OR POCKET RETAIL $1495 MOST BEAUTIFUL OF THE NATIONAL AIR RACE ENTRANTS DESIGNED AND BUILI iIY IliL TEST PILOT AND ENGINEER WHO DESIGNED THE GEE BEE SPORT PLANES OF THE GOLDEN ERA FEATURES NEW STRIPING DECALS AND PAINTING PAITERNS DETAILED INTERIOR TWO TYPES OF WHEELS CHOICE OF HARD OR SOFT TIRES SEND SASE FOR ILLUSTRATED ORDER FORM 181 PAWNEE ST SAN MARCOS CA 92069usos D & J ELECTRONICS 900 Lucy Road Howell Michigan 4884 517-546-2644 Service & Repairs Most Radio Control Systems Utilizing Calibrated Test Equipment & Spectrum Analyzers Endorsed AMA/RCMA Sticker Station #105 Futaba Airtronics JR Ace HiTec Tower Cirrus World Engines & WE USE GENUINE FACTORY REPLACEMENT PARTS Complete 1991 Narrow Banding & Upgrades RCD / HITEC R/C DEALER FCC Licensed Speed Control Repairs Quality Service Fast Turn Around Shipping & Insurance ExtraUPSUS Mail VISA / MASTERCARD & DISCOVER WELCOMED AMA #256123ARRLWB8YSQ
Edition: Model Aviation - 1993/05
Page Numbers: 76, 77, 80, 81, 82
George Al AIdr' TIME nostalgia trip last time saw Jim Walker about two weeks before untimely passing time project engineer company manufacturing facilities old cannery building Broken Arrow Oklahoma Living Tulsa route work took past Tulsa Glue Dobbers flying field day Late Saturday afternoon several cars field slowed see intending hurry home Suddenly spotted familiar metallic maroon Buick aluminum trailer Thats Jim Walkers rig said aloud As pulled off shoulder familiar figure Big Jim could seen way out field could fly free flight 1958no longer possible today hear As wandered out greet him Jim long stick hand cranking something end like mad still 50 yards away Jim pointed stick air little delta model went screaming up sky model reached its peak settled steep slow glide back ground After greeting Jim showed stick turned out long coiled spring inside housing spring attached ratchet ratchet connected turn trigger pistol grip delta-winged modelof about eight-inch span remember ithad impeller/prop housed wire cage its trailing edge model engaged keyed driver impeller trigger pulled energy imparted wound spring sent model its way Truly another example Jim Walkers genius Jim spent night wife little rented house Fulton Street-when could finally get him slow down 200 am next morning talking wife car phone intermittent conversations other folks ham radio After eating least dozen biscuits breakfast off travels writer has always considered experience rare privilege one-on-one Jim Walker humbling event Usually Jim stage surrounded people scene close utter pandemonium sit dinner table discussion man let know hurry mind operated different level us average folk earliest memories model magazines ads Stanzels Tiger Shark Walkers Fireball first control line flight lever saw Tom Killoughs Fireball powered O&R 23 sideport little school yard McAllen Texas about 1942 Remembering marginally powered flight fact such model could perform real loop never entered mind early post-WW II years fill memory frantic time modeling history Real balsa once again available different engines advertised totally confusing us small towns could read about who-and what-was winning modelers heaven California state its early stars Texas Skipper Clemens Snyder Casburn et al devoured Johnny Daviss West Coast Tips column Model Airplane News read about Yates Palmer Saftig Gullota other greats California about kid little hick town could stand Stunt planes powered spark-ignition engines like Atwood Super Cyke Orwick K&B few East Left nis aesign start am present-aay stunt jonn Quiggley Oz accurately reproduced polliwog Chief Silver photo Right late Red Reinhardt 1950 Plymouth Stunt Champion design replicated byVintage stunt really flourishing Australia fliers Lou Dudka Woolsey photorush beat approaching storm Silver photo 76 Model Aviation 822 Tarrytown San Antonio TX 78233 Left This rare photo reveals Bob Palmers original Smoothie early 52 Right Old stunt designers Aldrich Palmer VSC current World Champ Paul Walker rear Above McCoy 40powered version AG-i Duster built sometime around 1964 Right Russ Snyder 18 1948 Fox 59 Gambler Russ still active member Texass Tn-City Flyers RC club tried Leon Shulmans Drone Diesel However planes carried payload coil condenser batteries Kits Akrobat Zilch Over Easy Box Car available hut myriad designs never seen before showing up contests pioneering time everyone eventually came up idea what best early stunt ships 36-inch wingspan Im sure possibly standard balsa length splicing spars wasnt prevalent yet Bob Palmer got start free flight splicing dihedral joints came naturally him Im sure 1946 1948 Nats CL stunt event broken up three categories precision aerobatics novelty Yet fliers scores categories added together select national stunt champion winner Walker trophy Jim Walkers influence easily detected some maneuvers listed categories Stall recovery would require twospeed engine control various rolls carrier flight first come mind would suggest use Jims U-Reely handle Carrier flight described instance Flying out least 70 feet reeling back hand touching ground yes Walker once published drawings mechanism would allow CL model roll around its axis inside wire frame 1950 Novelty category dropped completely Precision Acrobatics schedule presented rule book under chairmanship Roy Mayes basically same pattern remained effect through 1953 still used today Old-Time Stunt exception special maneuver being dropped An interesting note 1949 rules special maneuver must performed plane flier reason fliers would maneuvers lying backs doing cartwheels handstands uncommon contestant use completely different model novelty event 1949 Lew Andrews used Trixter designs O&R 29 glow engine intricate system operate butterfly valves achieve variable-speed engine control Unlike todays rules pattern flown bygone time did specify minimum heights maneuversonly maximum elevation 600 exception overhead eights stated minimum 300 ground side maneuver 1940s increasingly became era spectacular pattern what written time about contests California must have started pilot flew tightest fastest closest ground usually winner outset horizontal eight done lazy-eight fashion fliers would try almost touch wheels drag fin ground turn Quite few fliers flew pattern fashion tops loops horizontal eights etc much over 30 feet high 1949 word out dive vertically middle horizontal eight So now models flying 80-90 mph capable doing pattern 30 less ground Left Modelers will surface anywhere Mike Keville flying Super Clown Kuwait Right Primary power Old-Time Stunt engines like Super Cyclone Atwood After winning 1946 Nats Senior event Russ Snyder won stunt events Texas until Don Still came along came high-speed tight precision pattern no onebefore sincehas ever topped Don Still Don uncanny ability lay pattern close ground crashing 1960s member US FAI CL team flying demo flight World Championships pulled out wingover wheels rolling deck Don combined attributes good design highperformance model could drive through incredibly accurate high-speed tight pattern just left observers breathless inability land smoothly planes deficiency appearance points probably cost him first place 1950 Nats lost 10 points Senior glow plug first introduced us just pulled out ignition system changed plug went out fly marked increase perfonnance planes improvement paradise After just couple flights nitrate dope finish became sticky goo engine run shortened considerably switch gasolinebased fuel During era ignition engines smattering smaller designs 29 engines 60/65 still being flown late 1950 Certainly big engine primary power source through 1949 Paradoxically 1949 Bob Palmer showed up Olathe Kansas Nats fleet stunt ships would eventually change stunt forever Stunt judges time mind-set May 1993 77 Russ Snyder placed third 49 Nats McCoy 60 Gambler later Fox 59 version shown left Continued page 80 Old-Time Stunt ignition Super Duper Zilch Nostalgia entriesHarold deBolt terrorized East Stuntwagon flying Jim Hoffman VSC Ill Woolsey photospeeds well over 100 mph Woolsey photo B&P Associates Gives Total Flight Line FREEDOM battery needs call write B&P Associates PO Box 22054 Waco TX 76702-2054 817662-5587 new electric starter battery pack cuts cord has always tied starter power panel Discover freedom being able start plane wherever added safety less wire get caught prop charge hefty 4 Amp/hour pack will take through weekend flying power enough spare dont stop have Ni-Cads virtually size imaginable cut experimenter free design whatever takes make yours best setup field FEATHER CUT creates new standard ease * accuracy cutting white blue foam wing cores ds off Precise single wire tracking concert micro-adjustable balance weights guided exclusive three-point tracking system guarantees ripple-free surfaces No trailing edge burn-out common two wire systems Couple FEATHER CUT Tekoas THERMAL GENERATOR fool proof temperature control youll Pro st time out Cuts straight taper wings fins stabilizers matically ts tape edge workbench dining table stores its own heavy duty mailing tube lete kit anodized plated components no hardware store trips ructions include cutting first wing making templates old Bow 40 52 AvailaNe Power supply required Guaranteed out perform rest FEATHER CUTthe best $14950 S & HSimply TEKOA THE CENTER OF DESIGN THERMAL GENERATOR3219 CANYON LAKE DRIVE Power Supplyu $11950 S&HHOLLYWOOD 90068 PHONE 213-4695584 FAX 213-469-3006 • m eij ir iiw ruii FlyRod 40 Span Slinches Rrea 918 sq inches Engine 32- 40 Weight 23/4-31/2 80 Model Aviation 0 Plus $500 S/H rr INOUDES Contest balsa Composite boomlanding strutsand wing reinforcement wheel light weight coring material PERFORMANCE Full throttle flights possible flutter due unique airfoil designThis airfoil also allows four foot loops ondtoke offlsunlimited rolling rate quick acceleration also slow stable flights Touch-and-Go loops performed two seecondintenals servos somewhat different though JR 703 has torque 932 inch-ounces 764 inch-ounces Futaba 136G transit time faster 050 sec 136 sec practical standpoint isnt really lot difference performance two servos Unless have very long gear struts heavy wheels have done poor job installing retracts probably wouldnt notice difference torque Similarly doesnt really matter landing gear retracts extends fast slow What does matter system works reliably JR 703 lighter Futaba 136G 116 ounces 148 ounces Since have similar external dimensions able bolt JR 703 right servo tray LA-i Id removed Futaba 136G JR servo works well expected would Should rush out buy already have Futaba 1 36G No need new low-profile retract servo now have option can buy either servo expect get excellent performance Prodigy about month ago mail messages Jim Rose Rosies RIC 12999 Murphy Rd Ste B-2 Stafford TX 77477 asked Id like try SAB metric prop reamers Id never seen before told him would After bit wait new shipment arrive sent really nice love feel quality product step reamers definitely have feel made heat-treated steel can cut through props spinners easily points end reamers allow use reamer check prop balance holding reamer between thumb index finger reamers $1495 plus $150 shipping handling $2895 per pair plus $150 shipping handling roundlAldrich Continued page 77 big-engine/fast pattern style flying Palmer did place top five slow McCoy 29-powered Veco Chief Mean Harold deBolt won fifth Stuntwagon easily clocked over 100 mph Palmers 49 Chief polliwog Chief so-called its recurved cusped trailing edge airfoil airfoil shape devised Hi Johnson engineered kit production because could get die-cut ribs sheet balsa shape main point course Palmers Chief proved large 550 square inch model could flown very well relatively small engine writer 16 years old enamored Palmer design putting mildly What followed year building flying Chiefs feverish pitch built semicowls spinners 1/2-inch-thick Makes look like stabs used sorts 29 32 engines Yet loyalty Bob Veco campaigned pair box-stock Chiefs contest circuit 1950 placing fourth Senior Nats time knew Chief inside out realized some improvements needed rest summer spent building Chief Special new Veco 29 engine plus several quickies test new ideas earlier model knew short tail moment would produce several undesirable traits Thinking back model trait Chief drop outboard wing hit corner too hard decided try longer tail moment Using old Chief wings box fuselage built around full 12 inches between flap trailing edge leading edge stab layout gave excellent crisp corner bad tendencies noted Chief November year basic layout what would become Nobler made same time period Don Still also built Chief started train thought would produce famous semiscale Stuka Thus saw passing era 1950 cant recall single big 60/65-powered stunt design 1951 Nats big fast designs brought stunt its immense popularity become passe become Old-Time Stunt Russ Snyder another low-altitude master Im completing drawings 1948-49 Fox 59-powered stunt design Russ still active member TnCity Flyers club has loaned notebook has kept years designs hope will also get drawings made 49 Nats third-place Senior design used Series 20 McCoy 60 have also touch Don Still has promised copy plans 49 Nats winner Perhaps can get magazines management present details three theres enough interest Stunt fliers enjoy old designs flown Vintage Stunt Championships Tucson Arizona April 3-4 year fortunate dont have have vintage engine power Unlike free flight racing events having latest hot Schnuerle ported engine no particular advantage Vintage Stunt community doesnt require want high-speed engines anyway dont have vintage engine chosen design can use engine made today no gain loss over someone has old Also may necessary areas use muffler keep flying site Installing decent lightweight muffler presents real problem some old engines engines made today have muffler attachment provided Im talking about tuned pipes old heebcII1 R/C Idle-Bar Glow Plugs Also .Long Short$209 Traditional line non-idle bar Glow Plugs Six Types 3 Heat Ranges High Performance Glow Element Blow Proof Seal Only $169 Swanson Associates PO Box 151 ne NJ 07470 comes outstanding finish makes model rise above rest Hobbypoxy Enamel winner hands-down Hobbypoxy super-strong two-part epoxy finish formulated give model durable flexible finish will stand up wear water racing fuels chipping cracking peeling single coat Hobbypoxy equal other finish Two coats will put model class itself Brushed sprayed Hobbypoxy adheres iron-on films woven fabric iron-on coverings matches films 16 standard colors its easy find shade need Select high gloss flat finishes add Hobbypoxy Custom Metallizer superb metallic lusters Give next model winning finish youve always dreamed free color chip card military mixing charts copy POXY POINTERS helpful guide using Hobbypoxy products call 1-201-625-3100 May1993 81 MODELERS TOOLS #3 L R TAYLOR POWER PACER TESTER CHARGES BEST BATtERY &CYCLESBOTHTX & RX BATtERIES LOCATES BAD CELLS Pe~nPROVIDES BATTERY CAPACITh READINGS RETAIL $8950 SPEC $7150 S & H $475 PERMA GRIT SANDING TOOLS COMPLETE LINE OF TOOLS WITH F NE &COARSEGRITS NEff II WELDED TO STEEL F100 FLAT C/F F1O1FLATF F102 FLAT M R200 3/4 RAD C/F R202 3/4 RND MF $500 R201 1/8 RAD C/F R203 1/2 RND MF S425 RETAIL CASH R204 1/4 RND MF S425 $695 $525 SHIPPING $150 IBOTIHI LIITIEIPANIIP 36 @N ]I1I Prices Bold Type Add 6% Charge Cards Minimum -Charge $2500 No CODs 20% Deposit Add Sales Tax Sales California Catalog $100 USA $300 Foreign 2828 Cochran St. Suit 281 SImi VaIIe~ CA 93065 FA 8055279114805 581-5061 flw flWrw designs nowthat would like putting sour pickle relish banana split Keeping flying fields has take precedence theres no doubt have much sound-sensitive society today good old days have written sent SASEs know answer mail addition have added fax machine 210 656-2021 will answer after six rings hang up after five rings wont charged Im away Hills/Naught Continued page 25 thermistor coupled anemometer used detect fill breeze thermals pass through dont launch until three agree said Bill presence fill breeze keeps him launching too early going out front door thermal first round Day Two began sorting-out process two fliers dropped mazes Blake Jensen 132 Round 10 remaining group eight held form until Round 13 perennial contender Bob Piserchio posted 146 Bob Tymchek 137 left six perfect scores going final round Ghio Gildersleeve Matsuno Pearce Xenakis Ulm As final round preparations began much discussion about flyoff participants would what chances etc Just about get consensus fliers favored make team became moot point three six clean through 13 rounds dropped round 14 Ghio Gildersleeve Ulm Thus FlB team 1993 World Championships Missouris Chris Matsuno Californias George Xenakis Texass Fred Pearce Bill Turner alternate having dropped 10 seconds Round 2 Pearce making team represented redemption sorts after years effort close calls likewise Matsuno key Xenakis times team member patience Theres always another thermal coming along Georges models same familiar low-tech style has favored some time slabsided fuselages simple front ends etc consistent flying deadly air-picking allowed him bypass cuttingedge models F lA Nordic Twenty-two Glider fliers teed up first round evident immediately three-minute light air model would absolute requirement Drift very light variable making thermal detection difficult times favoring high-perfonnance models Still 16 22 made 180-second first-round max bit surprised see two bunt models Andrew Barron Pierre Brun 82 Model Aviation R/C GOODIES HI-OUAUIY PIN VISE AND 10 DRILLS IN HANDLE015 THRU 062 DIA INDIS PENSABLE FOR TOOL BOX OR POCKET RETAIL $1495 MOST BEAUTIFUL OF THE NATIONAL AIR RACE ENTRANTS DESIGNED AND BUILI iIY IliL TEST PILOT AND ENGINEER WHO DESIGNED THE GEE BEE SPORT PLANES OF THE GOLDEN ERA FEATURES NEW STRIPING DECALS AND PAINTING PAITERNS DETAILED INTERIOR TWO TYPES OF WHEELS CHOICE OF HARD OR SOFT TIRES SEND SASE FOR ILLUSTRATED ORDER FORM 181 PAWNEE ST SAN MARCOS CA 92069usos D & J ELECTRONICS 900 Lucy Road Howell Michigan 4884 517-546-2644 Service & Repairs Most Radio Control Systems Utilizing Calibrated Test Equipment & Spectrum Analyzers Endorsed AMA/RCMA Sticker Station #105 Futaba Airtronics JR Ace HiTec Tower Cirrus World Engines & WE USE GENUINE FACTORY REPLACEMENT PARTS Complete 1991 Narrow Banding & Upgrades RCD / HITEC R/C DEALER FCC Licensed Speed Control Repairs Quality Service Fast Turn Around Shipping & Insurance ExtraUPSUS Mail VISA / MASTERCARD & DISCOVER WELCOMED AMA #256123ARRLWB8YSQ
Edition: Model Aviation - 1993/05
Page Numbers: 76, 77, 80, 81, 82
George Al AIdr' TIME nostalgia trip last time saw Jim Walker about two weeks before untimely passing time project engineer company manufacturing facilities old cannery building Broken Arrow Oklahoma Living Tulsa route work took past Tulsa Glue Dobbers flying field day Late Saturday afternoon several cars field slowed see intending hurry home Suddenly spotted familiar metallic maroon Buick aluminum trailer Thats Jim Walkers rig said aloud As pulled off shoulder familiar figure Big Jim could seen way out field could fly free flight 1958no longer possible today hear As wandered out greet him Jim long stick hand cranking something end like mad still 50 yards away Jim pointed stick air little delta model went screaming up sky model reached its peak settled steep slow glide back ground After greeting Jim showed stick turned out long coiled spring inside housing spring attached ratchet ratchet connected turn trigger pistol grip delta-winged modelof about eight-inch span remember ithad impeller/prop housed wire cage its trailing edge model engaged keyed driver impeller trigger pulled energy imparted wound spring sent model its way Truly another example Jim Walkers genius Jim spent night wife little rented house Fulton Street-when could finally get him slow down 200 am next morning talking wife car phone intermittent conversations other folks ham radio After eating least dozen biscuits breakfast off travels writer has always considered experience rare privilege one-on-one Jim Walker humbling event Usually Jim stage surrounded people scene close utter pandemonium sit dinner table discussion man let know hurry mind operated different level us average folk earliest memories model magazines ads Stanzels Tiger Shark Walkers Fireball first control line flight lever saw Tom Killoughs Fireball powered O&R 23 sideport little school yard McAllen Texas about 1942 Remembering marginally powered flight fact such model could perform real loop never entered mind early post-WW II years fill memory frantic time modeling history Real balsa once again available different engines advertised totally confusing us small towns could read about who-and what-was winning modelers heaven California state its early stars Texas Skipper Clemens Snyder Casburn et al devoured Johnny Daviss West Coast Tips column Model Airplane News read about Yates Palmer Saftig Gullota other greats California about kid little hick town could stand Stunt planes powered spark-ignition engines like Atwood Super Cyke Orwick K&B few East Left nis aesign start am present-aay stunt jonn Quiggley Oz accurately reproduced polliwog Chief Silver photo Right late Red Reinhardt 1950 Plymouth Stunt Champion design replicated byVintage stunt really flourishing Australia fliers Lou Dudka Woolsey photorush beat approaching storm Silver photo 76 Model Aviation 822 Tarrytown San Antonio TX 78233 Left This rare photo reveals Bob Palmers original Smoothie early 52 Right Old stunt designers Aldrich Palmer VSC current World Champ Paul Walker rear Above McCoy 40powered version AG-i Duster built sometime around 1964 Right Russ Snyder 18 1948 Fox 59 Gambler Russ still active member Texass Tn-City Flyers RC club tried Leon Shulmans Drone Diesel However planes carried payload coil condenser batteries Kits Akrobat Zilch Over Easy Box Car available hut myriad designs never seen before showing up contests pioneering time everyone eventually came up idea what best early stunt ships 36-inch wingspan Im sure possibly standard balsa length splicing spars wasnt prevalent yet Bob Palmer got start free flight splicing dihedral joints came naturally him Im sure 1946 1948 Nats CL stunt event broken up three categories precision aerobatics novelty Yet fliers scores categories added together select national stunt champion winner Walker trophy Jim Walkers influence easily detected some maneuvers listed categories Stall recovery would require twospeed engine control various rolls carrier flight first come mind would suggest use Jims U-Reely handle Carrier flight described instance Flying out least 70 feet reeling back hand touching ground yes Walker once published drawings mechanism would allow CL model roll around its axis inside wire frame 1950 Novelty category dropped completely Precision Acrobatics schedule presented rule book under chairmanship Roy Mayes basically same pattern remained effect through 1953 still used today Old-Time Stunt exception special maneuver being dropped An interesting note 1949 rules special maneuver must performed plane flier reason fliers would maneuvers lying backs doing cartwheels handstands uncommon contestant use completely different model novelty event 1949 Lew Andrews used Trixter designs O&R 29 glow engine intricate system operate butterfly valves achieve variable-speed engine control Unlike todays rules pattern flown bygone time did specify minimum heights maneuversonly maximum elevation 600 exception overhead eights stated minimum 300 ground side maneuver 1940s increasingly became era spectacular pattern what written time about contests California must have started pilot flew tightest fastest closest ground usually winner outset horizontal eight done lazy-eight fashion fliers would try almost touch wheels drag fin ground turn Quite few fliers flew pattern fashion tops loops horizontal eights etc much over 30 feet high 1949 word out dive vertically middle horizontal eight So now models flying 80-90 mph capable doing pattern 30 less ground Left Modelers will surface anywhere Mike Keville flying Super Clown Kuwait Right Primary power Old-Time Stunt engines like Super Cyclone Atwood After winning 1946 Nats Senior event Russ Snyder won stunt events Texas until Don Still came along came high-speed tight precision pattern no onebefore sincehas ever topped Don Still Don uncanny ability lay pattern close ground crashing 1960s member US FAI CL team flying demo flight World Championships pulled out wingover wheels rolling deck Don combined attributes good design highperformance model could drive through incredibly accurate high-speed tight pattern just left observers breathless inability land smoothly planes deficiency appearance points probably cost him first place 1950 Nats lost 10 points Senior glow plug first introduced us just pulled out ignition system changed plug went out fly marked increase perfonnance planes improvement paradise After just couple flights nitrate dope finish became sticky goo engine run shortened considerably switch gasolinebased fuel During era ignition engines smattering smaller designs 29 engines 60/65 still being flown late 1950 Certainly big engine primary power source through 1949 Paradoxically 1949 Bob Palmer showed up Olathe Kansas Nats fleet stunt ships would eventually change stunt forever Stunt judges time mind-set May 1993 77 Russ Snyder placed third 49 Nats McCoy 60 Gambler later Fox 59 version shown left Continued page 80 Old-Time Stunt ignition Super Duper Zilch Nostalgia entriesHarold deBolt terrorized East Stuntwagon flying Jim Hoffman VSC Ill Woolsey photospeeds well over 100 mph Woolsey photo B&P Associates Gives Total Flight Line FREEDOM battery needs call write B&P Associates PO Box 22054 Waco TX 76702-2054 817662-5587 new electric starter battery pack cuts cord has always tied starter power panel Discover freedom being able start plane wherever added safety less wire get caught prop charge hefty 4 Amp/hour pack will take through weekend flying power enough spare dont stop have Ni-Cads virtually size imaginable cut experimenter free design whatever takes make yours best setup field FEATHER CUT creates new standard ease * accuracy cutting white blue foam wing cores ds off Precise single wire tracking concert micro-adjustable balance weights guided exclusive three-point tracking system guarantees ripple-free surfaces No trailing edge burn-out common two wire systems Couple FEATHER CUT Tekoas THERMAL GENERATOR fool proof temperature control youll Pro st time out Cuts straight taper wings fins stabilizers matically ts tape edge workbench dining table stores its own heavy duty mailing tube lete kit anodized plated components no hardware store trips ructions include cutting first wing making templates old Bow 40 52 AvailaNe Power supply required Guaranteed out perform rest FEATHER CUTthe best $14950 S & HSimply TEKOA THE CENTER OF DESIGN THERMAL GENERATOR3219 CANYON LAKE DRIVE Power Supplyu $11950 S&HHOLLYWOOD 90068 PHONE 213-4695584 FAX 213-469-3006 • m eij ir iiw ruii FlyRod 40 Span Slinches Rrea 918 sq inches Engine 32- 40 Weight 23/4-31/2 80 Model Aviation 0 Plus $500 S/H rr INOUDES Contest balsa Composite boomlanding strutsand wing reinforcement wheel light weight coring material PERFORMANCE Full throttle flights possible flutter due unique airfoil designThis airfoil also allows four foot loops ondtoke offlsunlimited rolling rate quick acceleration also slow stable flights Touch-and-Go loops performed two seecondintenals servos somewhat different though JR 703 has torque 932 inch-ounces 764 inch-ounces Futaba 136G transit time faster 050 sec 136 sec practical standpoint isnt really lot difference performance two servos Unless have very long gear struts heavy wheels have done poor job installing retracts probably wouldnt notice difference torque Similarly doesnt really matter landing gear retracts extends fast slow What does matter system works reliably JR 703 lighter Futaba 136G 116 ounces 148 ounces Since have similar external dimensions able bolt JR 703 right servo tray LA-i Id removed Futaba 136G JR servo works well expected would Should rush out buy already have Futaba 1 36G No need new low-profile retract servo now have option can buy either servo expect get excellent performance Prodigy about month ago mail messages Jim Rose Rosies RIC 12999 Murphy Rd Ste B-2 Stafford TX 77477 asked Id like try SAB metric prop reamers Id never seen before told him would After bit wait new shipment arrive sent really nice love feel quality product step reamers definitely have feel made heat-treated steel can cut through props spinners easily points end reamers allow use reamer check prop balance holding reamer between thumb index finger reamers $1495 plus $150 shipping handling $2895 per pair plus $150 shipping handling roundlAldrich Continued page 77 big-engine/fast pattern style flying Palmer did place top five slow McCoy 29-powered Veco Chief Mean Harold deBolt won fifth Stuntwagon easily clocked over 100 mph Palmers 49 Chief polliwog Chief so-called its recurved cusped trailing edge airfoil airfoil shape devised Hi Johnson engineered kit production because could get die-cut ribs sheet balsa shape main point course Palmers Chief proved large 550 square inch model could flown very well relatively small engine writer 16 years old enamored Palmer design putting mildly What followed year building flying Chiefs feverish pitch built semicowls spinners 1/2-inch-thick Makes look like stabs used sorts 29 32 engines Yet loyalty Bob Veco campaigned pair box-stock Chiefs contest circuit 1950 placing fourth Senior Nats time knew Chief inside out realized some improvements needed rest summer spent building Chief Special new Veco 29 engine plus several quickies test new ideas earlier model knew short tail moment would produce several undesirable traits Thinking back model trait Chief drop outboard wing hit corner too hard decided try longer tail moment Using old Chief wings box fuselage built around full 12 inches between flap trailing edge leading edge stab layout gave excellent crisp corner bad tendencies noted Chief November year basic layout what would become Nobler made same time period Don Still also built Chief started train thought would produce famous semiscale Stuka Thus saw passing era 1950 cant recall single big 60/65-powered stunt design 1951 Nats big fast designs brought stunt its immense popularity become passe become Old-Time Stunt Russ Snyder another low-altitude master Im completing drawings 1948-49 Fox 59-powered stunt design Russ still active member TnCity Flyers club has loaned notebook has kept years designs hope will also get drawings made 49 Nats third-place Senior design used Series 20 McCoy 60 have also touch Don Still has promised copy plans 49 Nats winner Perhaps can get magazines management present details three theres enough interest Stunt fliers enjoy old designs flown Vintage Stunt Championships Tucson Arizona April 3-4 year fortunate dont have have vintage engine power Unlike free flight racing events having latest hot Schnuerle ported engine no particular advantage Vintage Stunt community doesnt require want high-speed engines anyway dont have vintage engine chosen design can use engine made today no gain loss over someone has old Also may necessary areas use muffler keep flying site Installing decent lightweight muffler presents real problem some old engines engines made today have muffler attachment provided Im talking about tuned pipes old heebcII1 R/C Idle-Bar Glow Plugs Also .Long Short$209 Traditional line non-idle bar Glow Plugs Six Types 3 Heat Ranges High Performance Glow Element Blow Proof Seal Only $169 Swanson Associates PO Box 151 ne NJ 07470 comes outstanding finish makes model rise above rest Hobbypoxy Enamel winner hands-down Hobbypoxy super-strong two-part epoxy finish formulated give model durable flexible finish will stand up wear water racing fuels chipping cracking peeling single coat Hobbypoxy equal other finish Two coats will put model class itself Brushed sprayed Hobbypoxy adheres iron-on films woven fabric iron-on coverings matches films 16 standard colors its easy find shade need Select high gloss flat finishes add Hobbypoxy Custom Metallizer superb metallic lusters Give next model winning finish youve always dreamed free color chip card military mixing charts copy POXY POINTERS helpful guide using Hobbypoxy products call 1-201-625-3100 May1993 81 MODELERS TOOLS #3 L R TAYLOR POWER PACER TESTER CHARGES BEST BATtERY &CYCLESBOTHTX & RX BATtERIES LOCATES BAD CELLS Pe~nPROVIDES BATTERY CAPACITh READINGS RETAIL $8950 SPEC $7150 S & H $475 PERMA GRIT SANDING TOOLS COMPLETE LINE OF TOOLS WITH F NE &COARSEGRITS NEff II WELDED TO STEEL F100 FLAT C/F F1O1FLATF F102 FLAT M R200 3/4 RAD C/F R202 3/4 RND MF $500 R201 1/8 RAD C/F R203 1/2 RND MF S425 RETAIL CASH R204 1/4 RND MF S425 $695 $525 SHIPPING $150 IBOTIHI LIITIEIPANIIP 36 @N ]I1I Prices Bold Type Add 6% Charge Cards Minimum -Charge $2500 No CODs 20% Deposit Add Sales Tax Sales California Catalog $100 USA $300 Foreign 2828 Cochran St. Suit 281 SImi VaIIe~ CA 93065 FA 8055279114805 581-5061 flw flWrw designs nowthat would like putting sour pickle relish banana split Keeping flying fields has take precedence theres no doubt have much sound-sensitive society today good old days have written sent SASEs know answer mail addition have added fax machine 210 656-2021 will answer after six rings hang up after five rings wont charged Im away Hills/Naught Continued page 25 thermistor coupled anemometer used detect fill breeze thermals pass through dont launch until three agree said Bill presence fill breeze keeps him launching too early going out front door thermal first round Day Two began sorting-out process two fliers dropped mazes Blake Jensen 132 Round 10 remaining group eight held form until Round 13 perennial contender Bob Piserchio posted 146 Bob Tymchek 137 left six perfect scores going final round Ghio Gildersleeve Matsuno Pearce Xenakis Ulm As final round preparations began much discussion about flyoff participants would what chances etc Just about get consensus fliers favored make team became moot point three six clean through 13 rounds dropped round 14 Ghio Gildersleeve Ulm Thus FlB team 1993 World Championships Missouris Chris Matsuno Californias George Xenakis Texass Fred Pearce Bill Turner alternate having dropped 10 seconds Round 2 Pearce making team represented redemption sorts after years effort close calls likewise Matsuno key Xenakis times team member patience Theres always another thermal coming along Georges models same familiar low-tech style has favored some time slabsided fuselages simple front ends etc consistent flying deadly air-picking allowed him bypass cuttingedge models F lA Nordic Twenty-two Glider fliers teed up first round evident immediately three-minute light air model would absolute requirement Drift very light variable making thermal detection difficult times favoring high-perfonnance models Still 16 22 made 180-second first-round max bit surprised see two bunt models Andrew Barron Pierre Brun 82 Model Aviation R/C GOODIES HI-OUAUIY PIN VISE AND 10 DRILLS IN HANDLE015 THRU 062 DIA INDIS PENSABLE FOR TOOL BOX OR POCKET RETAIL $1495 MOST BEAUTIFUL OF THE NATIONAL AIR RACE ENTRANTS DESIGNED AND BUILI iIY IliL TEST PILOT AND ENGINEER WHO DESIGNED THE GEE BEE SPORT PLANES OF THE GOLDEN ERA FEATURES NEW STRIPING DECALS AND PAINTING PAITERNS DETAILED INTERIOR TWO TYPES OF WHEELS CHOICE OF HARD OR SOFT TIRES SEND SASE FOR ILLUSTRATED ORDER FORM 181 PAWNEE ST SAN MARCOS CA 92069usos D & J ELECTRONICS 900 Lucy Road Howell Michigan 4884 517-546-2644 Service & Repairs Most Radio Control Systems Utilizing Calibrated Test Equipment & Spectrum Analyzers Endorsed AMA/RCMA Sticker Station #105 Futaba Airtronics JR Ace HiTec Tower Cirrus World Engines & WE USE GENUINE FACTORY REPLACEMENT PARTS Complete 1991 Narrow Banding & Upgrades RCD / HITEC R/C DEALER FCC Licensed Speed Control Repairs Quality Service Fast Turn Around Shipping & Insurance ExtraUPSUS Mail VISA / MASTERCARD & DISCOVER WELCOMED AMA #256123ARRLWB8YSQ
Edition: Model Aviation - 1993/05
Page Numbers: 76, 77, 80, 81, 82
George Al AIdr' TIME nostalgia trip last time saw Jim Walker about two weeks before untimely passing time project engineer company manufacturing facilities old cannery building Broken Arrow Oklahoma Living Tulsa route work took past Tulsa Glue Dobbers flying field day Late Saturday afternoon several cars field slowed see intending hurry home Suddenly spotted familiar metallic maroon Buick aluminum trailer Thats Jim Walkers rig said aloud As pulled off shoulder familiar figure Big Jim could seen way out field could fly free flight 1958no longer possible today hear As wandered out greet him Jim long stick hand cranking something end like mad still 50 yards away Jim pointed stick air little delta model went screaming up sky model reached its peak settled steep slow glide back ground After greeting Jim showed stick turned out long coiled spring inside housing spring attached ratchet ratchet connected turn trigger pistol grip delta-winged modelof about eight-inch span remember ithad impeller/prop housed wire cage its trailing edge model engaged keyed driver impeller trigger pulled energy imparted wound spring sent model its way Truly another example Jim Walkers genius Jim spent night wife little rented house Fulton Street-when could finally get him slow down 200 am next morning talking wife car phone intermittent conversations other folks ham radio After eating least dozen biscuits breakfast off travels writer has always considered experience rare privilege one-on-one Jim Walker humbling event Usually Jim stage surrounded people scene close utter pandemonium sit dinner table discussion man let know hurry mind operated different level us average folk earliest memories model magazines ads Stanzels Tiger Shark Walkers Fireball first control line flight lever saw Tom Killoughs Fireball powered O&R 23 sideport little school yard McAllen Texas about 1942 Remembering marginally powered flight fact such model could perform real loop never entered mind early post-WW II years fill memory frantic time modeling history Real balsa once again available different engines advertised totally confusing us small towns could read about who-and what-was winning modelers heaven California state its early stars Texas Skipper Clemens Snyder Casburn et al devoured Johnny Daviss West Coast Tips column Model Airplane News read about Yates Palmer Saftig Gullota other greats California about kid little hick town could stand Stunt planes powered spark-ignition engines like Atwood Super Cyke Orwick K&B few East Left nis aesign start am present-aay stunt jonn Quiggley Oz accurately reproduced polliwog Chief Silver photo Right late Red Reinhardt 1950 Plymouth Stunt Champion design replicated byVintage stunt really flourishing Australia fliers Lou Dudka Woolsey photorush beat approaching storm Silver photo 76 Model Aviation 822 Tarrytown San Antonio TX 78233 Left This rare photo reveals Bob Palmers original Smoothie early 52 Right Old stunt designers Aldrich Palmer VSC current World Champ Paul Walker rear Above McCoy 40powered version AG-i Duster built sometime around 1964 Right Russ Snyder 18 1948 Fox 59 Gambler Russ still active member Texass Tn-City Flyers RC club tried Leon Shulmans Drone Diesel However planes carried payload coil condenser batteries Kits Akrobat Zilch Over Easy Box Car available hut myriad designs never seen before showing up contests pioneering time everyone eventually came up idea what best early stunt ships 36-inch wingspan Im sure possibly standard balsa length splicing spars wasnt prevalent yet Bob Palmer got start free flight splicing dihedral joints came naturally him Im sure 1946 1948 Nats CL stunt event broken up three categories precision aerobatics novelty Yet fliers scores categories added together select national stunt champion winner Walker trophy Jim Walkers influence easily detected some maneuvers listed categories Stall recovery would require twospeed engine control various rolls carrier flight first come mind would suggest use Jims U-Reely handle Carrier flight described instance Flying out least 70 feet reeling back hand touching ground yes Walker once published drawings mechanism would allow CL model roll around its axis inside wire frame 1950 Novelty category dropped completely Precision Acrobatics schedule presented rule book under chairmanship Roy Mayes basically same pattern remained effect through 1953 still used today Old-Time Stunt exception special maneuver being dropped An interesting note 1949 rules special maneuver must performed plane flier reason fliers would maneuvers lying backs doing cartwheels handstands uncommon contestant use completely different model novelty event 1949 Lew Andrews used Trixter designs O&R 29 glow engine intricate system operate butterfly valves achieve variable-speed engine control Unlike todays rules pattern flown bygone time did specify minimum heights maneuversonly maximum elevation 600 exception overhead eights stated minimum 300 ground side maneuver 1940s increasingly became era spectacular pattern what written time about contests California must have started pilot flew tightest fastest closest ground usually winner outset horizontal eight done lazy-eight fashion fliers would try almost touch wheels drag fin ground turn Quite few fliers flew pattern fashion tops loops horizontal eights etc much over 30 feet high 1949 word out dive vertically middle horizontal eight So now models flying 80-90 mph capable doing pattern 30 less ground Left Modelers will surface anywhere Mike Keville flying Super Clown Kuwait Right Primary power Old-Time Stunt engines like Super Cyclone Atwood After winning 1946 Nats Senior event Russ Snyder won stunt events Texas until Don Still came along came high-speed tight precision pattern no onebefore sincehas ever topped Don Still Don uncanny ability lay pattern close ground crashing 1960s member US FAI CL team flying demo flight World Championships pulled out wingover wheels rolling deck Don combined attributes good design highperformance model could drive through incredibly accurate high-speed tight pattern just left observers breathless inability land smoothly planes deficiency appearance points probably cost him first place 1950 Nats lost 10 points Senior glow plug first introduced us just pulled out ignition system changed plug went out fly marked increase perfonnance planes improvement paradise After just couple flights nitrate dope finish became sticky goo engine run shortened considerably switch gasolinebased fuel During era ignition engines smattering smaller designs 29 engines 60/65 still being flown late 1950 Certainly big engine primary power source through 1949 Paradoxically 1949 Bob Palmer showed up Olathe Kansas Nats fleet stunt ships would eventually change stunt forever Stunt judges time mind-set May 1993 77 Russ Snyder placed third 49 Nats McCoy 60 Gambler later Fox 59 version shown left Continued page 80 Old-Time Stunt ignition Super Duper Zilch Nostalgia 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32 engines Yet loyalty Bob Veco campaigned pair box-stock Chiefs contest circuit 1950 placing fourth Senior Nats time knew Chief inside out realized some improvements needed rest summer spent building Chief Special new Veco 29 engine plus several quickies test new ideas earlier model knew short tail moment would produce several undesirable traits Thinking back model trait Chief drop outboard wing hit corner too hard decided try longer tail moment Using old Chief wings box fuselage built around full 12 inches between flap trailing edge leading edge stab layout gave excellent crisp corner bad tendencies noted Chief November year basic layout what would become Nobler made same time period Don Still also built Chief started train thought would produce famous semiscale Stuka Thus saw passing era 1950 cant recall single big 60/65-powered stunt design 1951 Nats big fast designs brought stunt its immense popularity become passe become Old-Time Stunt Russ Snyder another low-altitude master Im 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