Bob Peck Eulogy Bob Peck gone engineering genius behind PeckPolymers heart attack Christmastime 90 breathing problems shortly afterward took him us U Bill Warner BORN Salt Lake City Utah near ginning Great Depression Bob misfortune stricken rheuma toid arthritis during early days high school new drug came along aid sufferers crippling painful mal ady its use made possible Bob func tion level activity nearer normal disease continued worsened throughout life slowed him down never let get way interests things mechanical cars bikes airplanes fishing animals nature 1958 Bob Sandy married forming unsinkable team gave other love devotion backed inner strength enabled meet con quer disasters would have crushed lesser beings Founded 1971 Peck-Polymers successful fishing lure maker despite fact good product switched model planes made go also gained rep utation has circled globe Bobs contributions modeling greater just design number excel lent beginners models made possible large number cottage-industry types sell plans kits products through Peck-Polymers catalog out standing kits good wood Peck nylon nose button outfiew anything else market recent years Bob expanded design ing electric RC blimps quite clever such Space Shuttle huge floating pig could drop catch oversized basketball blimps have seen millions people rang ing fans Hollywood Squares TV show daily shows put Lotte World Hotel Seoul Korea four fantasy-theme light-studded airships manned comical dolls Bob broke leg 1973 aftermath incident resulting being con fined wheelchair rest life As arthritis progressed Bob finally curtail drafting pain too great could no longer turn head movement difficult pain ful Sandys love help went never uttering word complaint self pity Quite contrary refused curtailed disability redesigning home workshop darkroom fit life wheels wheelchair became extension himself hopped up 300-lb vehicle able avoid ing caught middle street traffic light changed added film-making cap ability equipping TV cam era monitor Adding model plane con trol stick improved its handling took challenges good cheer conquered hardship exuberantly Spend ing day Bob Sandy gave some small appreciation what overcom ing handicaps about whether find ing place park can get chair elevator out side spe cial van experiencing jostling heat noise Bob underwent during tra vels loved traveling despite hardships like getting stranded middle Ne4 memorable models kitted Peck-Polymers Bob Peck-designed Prairie Bird Embryo Endurance event Fine-flying rubber-powered model has wingspan 16 inches vada desert blown engine trying visit friends Europe access forbidding staircase Bob admired ability electro/mechanical engineer modeler knew him held awe courage face adversity survivor Sandys strength love help devotion accom plished minor miracles building housing business burned few years ago rebuilt made better could no longer hold drafting pen didnt stop designing might have able much wanted never satisfied medioc rity excelled through ingenuity per sistence Bobs enthusiasm life catching never ceased appreciate Continued page 134 April 1991 21 te Bob Peck familiar setting helping run Free Flight contest thIs famed modeler doing bit Californias Scale Staffel Photo BIll Warner FULL BODY PILOT KIT Contains pilot head handa boots helmet cap goggles full templates easy instruc tions Easy assemble finish Some simple sewing required Fully positionable tool Pke #206-R scale 895 #205-A scale gg #204- scale 1095 #203-% scale 1695 DARNED GOOD AIRMEN Lightest pilots available Lifelike vinyl latex rubber Build Sportsman Barnstormer Full Body Bust - BUST PILOT KIT Contains pilot head helmet sport cap goggles AD jacket Easy assemble tinish PIle #10&/e scaleNEW #lO6/s scale #105-% scale #1041/4 scale895.IL'* Some 5103-/ scale14953requEId JET PILOT KIT Pilot has molded jet helmet Contains face mask oxygen hose Extreme ly Realistic Weighs less oz Pee #SOE-/s scale 595 #307-/ scale 695 ORDERING INSTRUCTIONS See dealer firat order direct Add $100 shipping NYS residents add 7% tas Send check money order CODS OK Send $100 catalog See Dealer acid Dollar dIrect order handling able field behind fence hav ing cookout just sitting around discus sing RC None letter writers di rectly responded Jays question regard ing lowering clubs pit/runway barrier its current four-foot height However evident five- six- eightfoot high barriers used DeLand RC Club BARKS Casper Airmodelers members concerned about stop ping just groundborne models past record incidents injury models colliding people few other hand comforting behind barrier preoccupied flight preparations somebody shouts Heads up Have another safe month Bob Peck/Warner Continued page 21 warmth spirit mutual friend once said Bob accomplished wheelchair three us No knew him would dispute except say three seemed bit low side Sandy intends keep Peck-Polymers go ing should please friends abroad Bob made over years familiar orange-boxed kits introduced modeling gave success will continue fit ting memorial him time beginning modeler age makes Peck ROG Prairie Bird OneNight 28 other tried true models designed Bob other master modellers planes Bob kitted re sult will tribute vision never lost excitement youth never lowered eyes skies grateful contributions mod eling truly inspired example model human being Postscript plaque being set wall AMA Museum Bobs mory Peck Prairie Bird contest classes ages being sponsored Blacksheep Squadron 1991 US Free Flight Champs California held over Memorial Day weekend Flying Fun/Mathews Continued page 29 Fan trainer Published construction ar ticle Model Airplane News January 1990 very clever innovative semiscale design Paul Willenborg popping up more flying sites Ive seen three flown wildly aero batic TD 049 running full out yet dead stick pretty well No throttle nor wheels matterhand launch dead stick Using model race car electric motor ball driver shaft fabricate home-made starter should thrust 5-40 Al len head bolt substituted factory prop boltAce R/C part number 50L6 13 engine run counter clockwise us ing Cox 5 x 3 t/2-in three-bladed prop think old Curtiss Pusher CL RTF prop TD absolutely screams Fan trainer goes like scalded cat cant help wondering hoping Paul Willenborg developing larger Fan trainer 20 25 RCSD Wouldnt term t/sA Texaco Scale used some writers imply de sign developed old Texaco endurance-limited fuel events scaled down hA-powered size Francis Tlushs 1936 Texaco winner example scaled down t/2A size would t/sA Scale Texaco thinks Radio Controlled Scale Duration sud denly getting lots excitement going over country Since previous men tion generated couple what earth talking about letters best presume everyone has reading old column last 13 years RCSD loosely ruled event involving Scale mod els being flown duration limited engine run radio used make sure model remains sight help land B&P Associates Gives Total Flight Line 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 atop have Ni-Cads virtually size imaginable cut experimenter free design whatever takes make yours best setup field Manturer Hi Performa uteasr1pi5s andraft CULPEPPER MODELS INC 2526 Washington DubuqueIA 52001 3191513-4830 134 Model Aviation
Edition: Model Aviation - 1991/04
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Bob Peck Eulogy Bob Peck gone engineering genius behind PeckPolymers heart attack Christmastime 90 breathing problems shortly afterward took him us U Bill Warner BORN Salt Lake City Utah near ginning Great Depression Bob misfortune stricken rheuma toid arthritis during early days high school new drug came along aid sufferers crippling painful mal ady its use made possible Bob func tion level activity nearer normal disease continued worsened throughout life slowed him down never let get way interests things mechanical cars bikes airplanes fishing animals nature 1958 Bob Sandy married forming unsinkable team gave other love devotion backed inner strength enabled meet con quer disasters would have crushed lesser beings Founded 1971 Peck-Polymers successful fishing lure maker despite fact good product switched model planes made go also gained rep utation has circled globe Bobs contributions modeling greater just design number excel lent beginners models made possible large number cottage-industry types sell plans kits products through Peck-Polymers catalog out standing kits good wood Peck nylon nose button outfiew anything else market recent years Bob expanded design ing electric RC blimps quite clever such Space Shuttle huge floating pig could drop catch oversized basketball blimps have seen millions people rang ing fans Hollywood Squares TV show daily shows put Lotte World Hotel Seoul Korea four fantasy-theme light-studded airships manned comical dolls Bob broke leg 1973 aftermath incident resulting being con fined wheelchair rest life As arthritis progressed Bob finally curtail drafting pain too great could no longer turn head movement difficult pain ful Sandys love help went never uttering word complaint self pity Quite contrary refused curtailed disability redesigning home workshop darkroom fit life wheels wheelchair became extension himself hopped up 300-lb vehicle able avoid ing caught middle street traffic light changed added film-making cap ability equipping TV cam era monitor Adding model plane con trol stick improved its handling took challenges good cheer conquered hardship exuberantly Spend ing day Bob Sandy gave some small appreciation what overcom ing handicaps about whether find ing place park can get chair elevator out side spe cial van experiencing jostling heat noise Bob underwent during tra vels loved traveling despite hardships like getting stranded middle Ne4 memorable models kitted Peck-Polymers Bob Peck-designed Prairie Bird Embryo Endurance event Fine-flying rubber-powered model has wingspan 16 inches vada desert blown engine trying visit friends Europe access forbidding staircase Bob admired ability electro/mechanical engineer modeler knew him held awe courage face adversity survivor Sandys strength love help devotion accom plished minor miracles building housing business burned few years ago rebuilt made better could no longer hold drafting pen didnt stop designing might have able much wanted never satisfied medioc rity excelled through ingenuity per sistence Bobs enthusiasm life catching never ceased appreciate Continued page 134 April 1991 21 te Bob Peck familiar setting helping run Free Flight contest thIs famed modeler doing bit Californias Scale Staffel Photo BIll Warner FULL BODY PILOT KIT Contains pilot head handa boots helmet cap goggles full templates easy instruc tions Easy assemble finish Some simple sewing required Fully positionable tool Pke #206-R scale 895 #205-A scale gg #204- scale 1095 #203-% scale 1695 DARNED GOOD AIRMEN Lightest pilots available Lifelike vinyl latex rubber Build Sportsman Barnstormer Full Body Bust - BUST PILOT KIT Contains pilot head helmet sport cap goggles AD jacket Easy assemble tinish PIle #10&/e scaleNEW #lO6/s scale #105-% scale #1041/4 scale895.IL'* Some 5103-/ scale14953requEId JET PILOT KIT Pilot has molded jet helmet Contains face mask oxygen hose Extreme ly Realistic Weighs less oz Pee #SOE-/s scale 595 #307-/ scale 695 ORDERING INSTRUCTIONS See dealer firat order direct Add $100 shipping NYS residents add 7% tas Send check money order CODS OK Send $100 catalog See Dealer acid Dollar dIrect order handling able field behind fence hav ing cookout just sitting around discus sing RC None letter writers di rectly responded Jays question regard ing lowering clubs pit/runway barrier its current four-foot height However evident five- six- eightfoot high barriers used DeLand RC Club BARKS Casper Airmodelers members concerned about stop ping just groundborne models past record incidents injury models colliding people few other hand comforting behind barrier preoccupied flight preparations somebody shouts Heads up Have another safe month Bob Peck/Warner Continued page 21 warmth spirit mutual friend once said Bob accomplished wheelchair three us No knew him would dispute except say three seemed bit low side Sandy intends keep Peck-Polymers go ing should please friends abroad Bob made over years familiar orange-boxed kits introduced modeling gave success will continue fit ting memorial him time beginning modeler age makes Peck ROG Prairie Bird OneNight 28 other tried true models designed Bob other master modellers planes Bob kitted re sult will tribute vision never lost excitement youth never lowered eyes skies grateful contributions mod eling truly inspired example model human being Postscript plaque being set wall AMA Museum Bobs mory Peck Prairie Bird contest classes ages being sponsored Blacksheep Squadron 1991 US Free Flight Champs California held over Memorial Day weekend Flying Fun/Mathews Continued page 29 Fan trainer Published construction ar ticle Model Airplane News January 1990 very clever innovative semiscale design Paul Willenborg popping up more flying sites Ive seen three flown wildly aero batic TD 049 running full out yet dead stick pretty well No throttle nor wheels matterhand launch dead stick Using model race car electric motor ball driver shaft fabricate home-made starter should thrust 5-40 Al len head bolt substituted factory prop boltAce R/C part number 50L6 13 engine run counter clockwise us ing Cox 5 x 3 t/2-in three-bladed prop think old Curtiss Pusher CL RTF prop TD absolutely screams Fan trainer goes like scalded cat cant help wondering hoping Paul Willenborg developing larger Fan trainer 20 25 RCSD Wouldnt term t/sA Texaco Scale used some writers imply de sign developed old Texaco endurance-limited fuel events scaled down hA-powered size Francis Tlushs 1936 Texaco winner example scaled down t/2A size would t/sA Scale Texaco thinks Radio Controlled Scale Duration sud denly getting lots excitement going over country Since previous men tion generated couple what earth talking about letters best presume everyone has reading old column last 13 years RCSD loosely ruled event involving Scale mod els being flown duration limited engine run radio used make sure model remains sight help land B&P Associates Gives Total Flight Line 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 atop have Ni-Cads virtually size imaginable cut experimenter free design whatever takes make yours best setup field Manturer Hi Performa uteasr1pi5s andraft CULPEPPER MODELS INC 2526 Washington DubuqueIA 52001 3191513-4830 134 Model Aviation