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Budget Simulator

Author: E.H. Schoenberg


Edition: Model Aviation - 1988/03
Page Numbers: 36, 37, 133, 134, 135

Built simple inexpensive common household components shown fan-powered simulator can help neophyte pilot get familiar model radio controls short order EEH Schoenberg THE FIRST SEED planted last Febru ary group Bend Aero Modelers RAM club members sponsored taught six-week class youngsters building radio-controlled Glider class con ducted under auspices Bend Ore gon Metro Park Recreation Depart ment hands-on way stirring young peoples interest hobby among RC club organized taught class article describing experiences appeared September 1987 Model Aviation long after magazine came out Barry Kurath president PASS Port land Area Sailplane Society called con gratulate what wed accomplished building class During course pleasant conversation Barry also proposed view growing interest Gliders among Bend Aero Modelers PASS members come join club fly-together Gentle Lady contest Bowled over thought Wow guys winches contest experience experts could bring neophytes own Sunday flier Glider aficionados twentieth cen tury course hospitable Bendites would love have come over date set 26th Septem ber Meanwhile Barry Kurath wrote letter confirming phone conversation included latest edition PASS news letter column Filbert Stump Beginners discussed tethered flight tests other interesting ideas Stumps concepts dovetailed recent concern Id about progress teaching student pilots coordinate hand eye movement RC transmitter control functions student Glider pilots also own Bend Aero Modeler power student pilots could benefit some extra attention area PASS newsletter idea involved tether ing Glider front fan attic stimulated thinking improve upon concept make simple wind tunnel Gliders Wouldnt help newcomers Radio Control scene knew wind tunnels models full-scale aircraft come sizes shapes designed simulate winds broad velocity range same time aware few us Bend RCers either space technical ability build bona fide tunnel degree capability sophistication However 36 Model Aviation something fairly basic could use direct modified airstream over mov able surfaces RC Glider might work us What needed just-graduated class new Glider pilots setup would familiarize student transmitter sticks turns simu lator training device should teach him ticipate stop overcontrolled turn should also help him overcome dread bogeyman allthe re versed controlling necessary air craft coming towards pilot compared normal right left stick movements used plane heading away him Another potential use simulator would helping inex perienced flier master art turning downwind leg base leg traveling clockwise right turn making final approachan often-deadly maneuver still tends get us older hands trouble PASS newsletter concept testing tethered Glider blowing attic fan simplicity itself sure could devise homemade wind tunnel would suit purposes case chance played hands giving improvising talents welcome boostthe large cardboard cartons new washer dryer happened still garage Using cartons add ing 18-in fan card table some scrap 1/2 x2 lathes apiece 2 x4 aix 12 x 24-in board experimental simulator ready test within two days fan fitted nicely dryer car ton measured 21 high 29 long 45 wide carton card table height just right hole 12 high 21 wide cut bottom become front Pieces another box used make shroud around opening ex Continued page 133 March 1988 37 Left The completed semi-portable budget simulator set up ready next student Right Ex-P-38 fighter pilot Wally Arbanas first complained rudder response too slow concentrates makes another attempt flying RC Glider through turn Left Student pilot Erik Rustand practices sort out orientation problems occur flying model toward having worry about crashing makes lot easier Right After few minutes practice Erik begins get hang setting up landing Radio Technique/Myers Continued page 129 Aileron control tips whole wing rela tive rest machine long distance between center lift centerof-gravity Consequently lot pendulum effect once steep turn started dont have much control authority stop Thats things get interesting found best add some power push nose down opposite roll just wait gives heart clutch engine running little sick powered down landing Thats found out didnt have enough Up control authority learned land thing somewhat like Helicopter Bring near ground add power last minute bring up nose can land main gear Crosswind landings unwise because much wing way up above wheels experiments followed result learned something about deadstick landings hangs nose low glide have dive runway order have enough control left lift nose landing glide has general characteristics par achute descent some Helicopter autorotation landing characteristics thrown spice beginners very likely keep interest awhile Windbag Flex-Foil International B V PO Box 480-7600 AL Almelo Netherlands Available Savon Hobbies 3622 North 19th Ave Miami FL 33142 Simulator/Schoenberg Continued page 37 tending out nine inches After some testing refining ex perimental simulator really worked fairly ef fectively surprisingly first trials hung Glider garage ceiling center-of-gravity about eight inches shroud produced ade quate movement right left turn signaled Too much turn however took rudder out airstream Glider stayed locked turn position solu tion tape four-inch extensions shroud sides leading edge wing would block excessive turn move ment leaving rudder still airstream could return plane its former yaw axis Pitch movement barely noticeable would have learned au naturel air Yet turns still crisp enough Aha Lets see straightening out airstream through egg-crate-type dividers wouldnt trick trip local li quor commission store provided three bot tle dividers two fitted side side nicely exit hole Taped defi nitely smoothed out rotating fanned air improved turning action Glider fellow club member Dave Gough yet turn RC transmitter ordered en route him hap pened come evening enlisted Simple Simulator project novice test pilot training system few minutes right left turns cor recting stops straight flight stopand-go S turns acquainted him what happened Gliders yaw position going away him would react coming toward him re quiring him reverse control directions left stick gave right rudder vice versa easy put him test pi lots chair moved around back carton facing Glider fan transmitter receiver switched again results favor able Responding instructors com mands right left turns Dave soon got over initial disorientation Sure usual moments confusion relatively slow-turning Glider giving him time react nerve-wracking fear hard landing crash out picture didnt have worry misstep controls could end delicate rather expensive piece equipment Sheltered vagaries real winds test pilot able concentrate improving flying skills After 20 minutes total training ver dict Now feel comfortable transmitter can start turn stop fly straight aheadand Glider both going away coming toward think Ill better able con trol model now have sim plified simulator time Hopefully Dave conservative fellow neighbor Wally Arbanas came see what action garage about drafted second test pilot Wally novice comes RC flyinghe out to field several times never attempted fly modelsbut hes experienced military pilot flew P-38s World War II first feedback got Wally turns slowly Maybe old fighter pilot reflexes case fix clearly needed Glider didnt respond fast enough him So reset rudder throw both servo control horn absolute maximum result much peppier Glider Thats like Wally told usand another novice RC pilot quickly adjusting transmitter sticks turning stopping turn directing ship flying away him mastering crucial knack guiding back towards himself Like Dave before him Wally spared traumatic disorientation commonly experienced student pilot trying cope switching stick directions Now get Wally out field hobby like experienced pilots wanted start out air plane P-38 Alas perhaps lucky him end no P-38s stock BAM members squadrons Trainers first Wally cautioned glad see him THE LEADER IN COMPETITION NEW U THP DESIGN DIAPRICE 14 15 16 NEW PRO SERIES 3 / [I i1 NEW HIGH TECH AIRFOIL SECTION 10T020%INCREASE IN THRUST MFGOFSELECTHARD MAPLE WOOD WILL NOT FATIGUE LIKE SYNTHETICS FUEL PROOF HIGH LUSTER FINISH DIAPITCHPRICE 534 634 72833h456 8334568 84566/7 9456677A 1045667 106W8W 106EW 114677778 II5W 116EW 1167 124W 12SW 1256 1356 1456 1556 164N 16678 RC PYLON RACING SERIES 500 DIA PITCHPRICE 7SN 5N 8I63A778 SERIES 400C 866777/ 9777 W WIDE BLADE EW EXTRA WIDE N NARROW PROPELLERS SERIES 100 TAILORED HELICAL PITCH DEVELOPED TO GIVE MAXIMUM THRUST AT 4 CYCLE ENGINE RPM ALL THE LATEST TECHNIQUES USED ON OUR PRO SERIES 3 SEE BELOW PITCH THP 66 77 7 7 8 67 678 March 1988 133 NEW BULK Hardware Packs NEW Low-price glow-driver Power Panel NEW Catamaran Race Boat NEW RC Electric Hovercraft NEW Mini Sailwinch servo NEW High performance nicads NEW High performance Speed Controls NEW Pushrods NEW Adhesives still nibbling game time try out system peers next club meeting built stand Glider hang using 1 x 2 x 48-in laths 2 x 4 base 1 x 12 x 24-in scrap wood Simple Simu lator now portable albeit depen dent availability station wagon van portability make sense have some means positioning stand maximum turning ability air stream whenever changed locations get flexibility cut slots shroud stand fit ensuring would correct best location time simulator set up flight training classes After finishing touches painting carton stand Simple Simulator ready unveiling What wondered would club members say about almost-no-cost gadget Whatever youre bringing first question heard won derful new wind tunnel came door Club members exactly overcome enthusiasm about new contraption offereing set up Glider hung stands monofilament line fan transmitter receiver switched soon line members queuing up turns First honors went president Ed Verboort clubs practitioner RC Mode flyingie ai lerons/throttle right stick rud der/elevator left stick should change over admitted Ed will help transition four years Mode flying Started way some reason never changed Now Im afraid give instruction beginners Score Simple Simulator Next up two guests meeting Jack Turunun Jack Emerson Both men absolute newcomers RC flying both sixties although Jack Emerson retired veteran Navy aviator Now understand what transmitter sticks functions what happens said Jack Turunun after few minutes transmitter coming him Glider caused enough trouble convince Jack need simula tor time Ex-aviator Jack Emerson too al though showed flying ability immediately very smooth turns also bothered quite bit turns brought plane back toward him Guess Im simulator time again sighed Got lot over years Now came several experienced RC pi lots Loren Anderson well beyond need simple simulator could remember early days hed sit chair transmitter move con trol sticks mentally steering imagined model luck out maneu vers unusual attitudes guess evolved sort mental IFR Instrument Flying Rules simulator method Loren 100 -r BLUE RIDGE catalog MACHINERY& TOOLS P0 Box 536-Y ricane WV 25526 304-562-3538 We offer complete selection lathes mills tools Aviation Modeler 5ead SSAE catalog sheet complete line wence S else. SCALe OtO SERVISI 600 4sIV e F PLANS 3 viEws PHOTO-PACKS PLANS ENLARGING 5A 58 Enlfling 000 Catalog 53 00 ScRIF PlANS PHOTO SERVICE 3204 Mdsen Greesesere NC 27403 Phone 11a1a1292523a Na Cellool PA5W DIESELS Englands Finest 048 35 R/C STD Send $100 list Eric Clutton 913 Cedar Lane Tullahoma Tenn 37388 II WE BUILD YOUR HELl TEST YOUR HELl REPAIR YOUR HELl 322 North 7th st 6~} S11Lehighton Pa 182353 WRITE OR CALL FOR INFORMA TION * SCALE DOCUMENTATION * ALH 4~INGS PHOTOS REPLA-TECH 1988 ~ INTERNATIONAL AIRPLANE48500 MC KENZIE HWY CATALOG $250 VIDA OREGON 97488 III 6I 88 AntIques Military Civilian Helicopters Sailpianes color FOTO-PAAKSKOKU-FAN 3-views 40000 pictures stOck2000 drawings stock 2e mae CATALOG SonS 02000 Ia5e SASs fit DROMA DiR Economy-Size Agp/ane Highly Maneuverable Unique Sight QuickBuild Control Line Model IOISIZES AVAILASLE ocute 049535 NO PLANS OR 1810 send Eo free y TESTEDSTANGEL ENTERPRISES P0800 330 WAUFRESHA WI 53107 LATNES MILS METOT 000KG PRECISTON INSTRUMENTS COMPLETE CATALOG $205 1000 osons C4MPIaL reeLS Ce 2100 0 Sla Rosa OprqFoeld 110 4550 510 0228562 134 Model Aviation over 150 NEW ITEMS YOU have never seen before U ~FE kJ AT TOLED~ 040 TN RTY-FOU RTH ANNUAL RADIO CONTROL EXPOSITION APRIL 8 910 1988 FRIDAY9amto6pm SATURDAY9amto6pm SUNDAY9 am 430 pm TOLEDO SPORTS ARENA ONE MAIN STREET TOLEDO OHIO ADVANCED TICKETS may ordered sending self-addressed business size 4Vsx9 envelope TICKETS 38235 Castle Romulus Ml 48174 orders above 5 tickets must include extra postage US orders must include 25 cents per order handling charge foreign orders must include 50 cents per order handling charge need send addressed envelope will provide necessary postage Include check money order US funds made payable Weak Signals R/C Club Ticket prices $400 per day adults $100 per day children 12 under Please specify number Deadline ticket orders March 31 1988 sales final non-refundable orders will returned mid-March have included adequate postage will also contain program TICKETSAREALSOA VAILABLEA T THE DOOR Will Have Traditional Saturday Night Auction COMPETITION CLASSES NON-MILITARY SPORT SCALE PLANE IAMA Rules MILITARY SPORT SCALE PLANE IAMA Rules PRECISION SCALE PLANE AMA Rules PAUERN PLANE SPORT MONO-PLANE non-scale models SPORT 81-PLANE non-scale models onlyl OLD TIMER FREE FLIGHT R/C ASSIST R/C SAILPLANE non-scale models HELICOPTER R/C CAR COMPETITION BOAT MILITARY SCALE BOAT PLEASURE POWER BOAT WORKING VESSEL-UNARMED said days acquiring hard-won proficiency method better rank beginner can see aircraft turn ing downwind base turn its final legs coming lands would have useful Some other experienced pilots group werent easily satisfied needs elevator response Dave Kep harts reaction Perhaps bigger fan Another suggested bigger box glassed model inside comments escalated course defended homely brain child Heck after its Simple Simulator beginners can made almost no cost' Ah well cant win general response among BAM membership basically positive new ideas already sprouting Well line shack finished power could keep field demo Eric Rustand student Glider building class now regu larly attending club member last word wish Id chance try out soon Glider finished learn hard way poor old Gentle Lady looks pretty beat up make Simple Simulator club line shack hobby store ga rage attic non-RCer friend can enjoy next-best thing real thingwithout having get insur ance first RC Electrics/Kopski Continued page 39 final item needed some heat-shrink tubing prefer Du-Bro part number 439 hobby shop tubing has unshrunk diam eter yellow color Installing fuse connectors very easy ex isting fuseless installations select system wire preferably battery wire location close battery cut should obvious safety reasons such work best done installation battery deador near ly own installations have standard ized put fuse positive battery wire negative lead will just well Carefully strip insulation off wire cut being careful cut nick wire strands Also dead battery notwithstand ing never really take care inad vertently touch exposed battery terminals new wire ends Now twist newly exposed strands together fingers Insert exposed wire end terminal crimp wire-tube part terminal pictured sure use proper notch jaw crimping toolthis identified either wire gauge number color dot Read directions come tool electrical disconnect shown blue insulator sleeve blue-coded notch tools jaw used Blue code color indicates wire size case 16- 14-gauge wire Red 22- 18-gauge wire thats needed good job hefty squeezereally pour arm muscle assure deep very tight crimp Remove crimping tool carefully examine crimped dead 4 m $1400 m U battery U U pack.I U .a dead $30000 airplane prevent this. Voltruaster sophisticated precision vobmeter accurate expensive laboratory unit can confident readings gives true Unique features include -Four voltage ranges -Load Engage switch important determining cell condition -Load Status switch two different loads 200 ma 500 ma March 1988 135 26K18 Voltmaster Kit 26K18C $2795 $3795 presented Weak Signals R/C Club Toledo Ohio r IrU3La5 I.umpieie catalog II I I 116wl9thSLpoBac5llcUHIsalnuvaIeMo 65037 Phcuu 816 584-7121 L

Author: E.H. Schoenberg


Edition: Model Aviation - 1988/03
Page Numbers: 36, 37, 133, 134, 135

Built simple inexpensive common household components shown fan-powered simulator can help neophyte pilot get familiar model radio controls short order EEH Schoenberg THE FIRST SEED planted last Febru ary group Bend Aero Modelers RAM club members sponsored taught six-week class youngsters building radio-controlled Glider class con ducted under auspices Bend Ore gon Metro Park Recreation Depart ment hands-on way stirring young peoples interest hobby among RC club organized taught class article describing experiences appeared September 1987 Model Aviation long after magazine came out Barry Kurath president PASS Port land Area Sailplane Society called con gratulate what wed accomplished building class During course pleasant conversation Barry also proposed view growing interest Gliders among Bend Aero Modelers PASS members come join club fly-together Gentle Lady contest Bowled over thought Wow guys winches contest experience experts could bring neophytes own Sunday flier Glider aficionados twentieth cen tury course hospitable Bendites would love have come over date set 26th Septem ber Meanwhile Barry Kurath wrote letter confirming phone conversation included latest edition PASS news letter column Filbert Stump Beginners discussed tethered flight tests other interesting ideas Stumps concepts dovetailed recent concern Id about progress teaching student pilots coordinate hand eye movement RC transmitter control functions student Glider pilots also own Bend Aero Modeler power student pilots could benefit some extra attention area PASS newsletter idea involved tether ing Glider front fan attic stimulated thinking improve upon concept make simple wind tunnel Gliders Wouldnt help newcomers Radio Control scene knew wind tunnels models full-scale aircraft come sizes shapes designed simulate winds broad velocity range same time aware few us Bend RCers either space technical ability build bona fide tunnel degree capability sophistication However 36 Model Aviation something fairly basic could use direct modified airstream over mov able surfaces RC Glider might work us What needed just-graduated class new Glider pilots setup would familiarize student transmitter sticks turns simu lator training device should teach him ticipate stop overcontrolled turn should also help him overcome dread bogeyman allthe re versed controlling necessary air craft coming towards pilot compared normal right left stick movements used plane heading away him Another potential use simulator would helping inex perienced flier master art turning downwind leg base leg traveling clockwise right turn making final approachan often-deadly maneuver still tends get us older hands trouble PASS newsletter concept testing tethered Glider blowing attic fan simplicity itself sure could devise homemade wind tunnel would suit purposes case chance played hands giving improvising talents welcome boostthe large cardboard cartons new washer dryer happened still garage Using cartons add ing 18-in fan card table some scrap 1/2 x2 lathes apiece 2 x4 aix 12 x 24-in board experimental simulator ready test within two days fan fitted nicely dryer car ton measured 21 high 29 long 45 wide carton card table height just right hole 12 high 21 wide cut bottom become front Pieces another box used make shroud around opening ex Continued page 133 March 1988 37 Left The completed semi-portable budget simulator set up ready next student Right Ex-P-38 fighter pilot Wally Arbanas first complained rudder response too slow concentrates makes another attempt flying RC Glider through turn Left Student pilot Erik Rustand practices sort out orientation problems occur flying model toward having worry about crashing makes lot easier Right After few minutes practice Erik begins get hang setting up landing Radio Technique/Myers Continued page 129 Aileron control tips whole wing rela tive rest machine long distance between center lift centerof-gravity Consequently lot pendulum effect once steep turn started dont have much control authority stop Thats things get interesting found best add some power push nose down opposite roll just wait gives heart clutch engine running little sick powered down landing Thats found out didnt have enough Up control authority learned land thing somewhat like Helicopter Bring near ground add power last minute bring up nose can land main gear Crosswind landings unwise because much wing way up above wheels experiments followed result learned something about deadstick landings hangs nose low glide have dive runway order have enough control left lift nose landing glide has general characteristics par achute descent some Helicopter autorotation landing characteristics thrown spice beginners very likely keep interest awhile Windbag Flex-Foil International B V PO Box 480-7600 AL Almelo Netherlands Available Savon Hobbies 3622 North 19th Ave Miami FL 33142 Simulator/Schoenberg Continued page 37 tending out nine inches After some testing refining ex perimental simulator really worked fairly ef fectively surprisingly first trials hung Glider garage ceiling center-of-gravity about eight inches shroud produced ade quate movement right left turn signaled Too much turn however took rudder out airstream Glider stayed locked turn position solu tion tape four-inch extensions shroud sides leading edge wing would block excessive turn move ment leaving rudder still airstream could return plane its former yaw axis Pitch movement barely noticeable would have learned au naturel air Yet turns still crisp enough Aha Lets see straightening out airstream through egg-crate-type dividers wouldnt trick trip local li quor commission store provided three bot tle dividers two fitted side side nicely exit hole Taped defi nitely smoothed out rotating fanned air improved turning action Glider fellow club member Dave Gough yet turn RC transmitter ordered en route him hap pened come evening enlisted Simple Simulator project novice test pilot training system few minutes right left turns cor recting stops straight flight stopand-go S turns acquainted him what happened Gliders yaw position going away him would react coming toward him re quiring him reverse control directions left stick gave right rudder vice versa easy put him test pi lots chair moved around back carton facing Glider fan transmitter receiver switched again results favor able Responding instructors com mands right left turns Dave soon got over initial disorientation Sure usual moments confusion relatively slow-turning Glider giving him time react nerve-wracking fear hard landing crash out picture didnt have worry misstep controls could end delicate rather expensive piece equipment Sheltered vagaries real winds test pilot able concentrate improving flying skills After 20 minutes total training ver dict Now feel comfortable transmitter can start turn stop fly straight aheadand Glider both going away coming toward think Ill better able con trol model now have sim plified simulator time Hopefully Dave conservative fellow neighbor Wally Arbanas came see what action garage about drafted second test pilot Wally novice comes RC flyinghe out to field several times never attempted fly modelsbut hes experienced military pilot flew P-38s World War II first feedback got Wally turns slowly Maybe old fighter pilot reflexes case fix clearly needed Glider didnt respond fast enough him So reset rudder throw both servo control horn absolute maximum result much peppier Glider Thats like Wally told usand another novice RC pilot quickly adjusting transmitter sticks turning stopping turn directing ship flying away him mastering crucial knack guiding back towards himself Like Dave before him Wally spared traumatic disorientation commonly experienced student pilot trying cope switching stick directions Now get Wally out field hobby like experienced pilots wanted start out air plane P-38 Alas perhaps lucky him end no P-38s stock BAM members squadrons Trainers first Wally cautioned glad see him THE LEADER IN COMPETITION NEW U THP DESIGN DIAPRICE 14 15 16 NEW PRO SERIES 3 / [I i1 NEW HIGH TECH AIRFOIL SECTION 10T020%INCREASE IN THRUST MFGOFSELECTHARD MAPLE WOOD WILL NOT FATIGUE LIKE SYNTHETICS FUEL PROOF HIGH LUSTER FINISH DIAPITCHPRICE 534 634 72833h456 8334568 84566/7 9456677A 1045667 106W8W 106EW 114677778 II5W 116EW 1167 124W 12SW 1256 1356 1456 1556 164N 16678 RC PYLON RACING SERIES 500 DIA PITCHPRICE 7SN 5N 8I63A778 SERIES 400C 866777/ 9777 W WIDE BLADE EW EXTRA WIDE N NARROW PROPELLERS SERIES 100 TAILORED HELICAL PITCH DEVELOPED TO GIVE MAXIMUM THRUST AT 4 CYCLE ENGINE RPM ALL THE LATEST TECHNIQUES USED ON OUR PRO SERIES 3 SEE BELOW PITCH THP 66 77 7 7 8 67 678 March 1988 133 NEW BULK Hardware Packs NEW Low-price glow-driver Power Panel NEW Catamaran Race Boat NEW RC Electric Hovercraft NEW Mini Sailwinch servo NEW High performance nicads NEW High performance Speed Controls NEW Pushrods NEW Adhesives still nibbling game time try out system peers next club meeting built stand Glider hang using 1 x 2 x 48-in laths 2 x 4 base 1 x 12 x 24-in scrap wood Simple Simu lator now portable albeit depen dent availability station wagon van portability make sense have some means positioning stand maximum turning ability air stream whenever changed locations get flexibility cut slots shroud stand fit ensuring would correct best location time simulator set up flight training classes After finishing touches painting carton stand Simple Simulator ready unveiling What wondered would club members say about almost-no-cost gadget Whatever youre bringing first question heard won derful new wind tunnel came door Club members exactly overcome enthusiasm about new contraption offereing set up Glider hung stands monofilament line fan transmitter receiver switched soon line members queuing up turns First honors went president Ed Verboort clubs practitioner RC Mode flyingie ai lerons/throttle right stick rud der/elevator left stick should change over admitted Ed will help transition four years Mode flying Started way some reason never changed Now Im afraid give instruction beginners Score Simple Simulator Next up two guests meeting Jack Turunun Jack Emerson Both men absolute newcomers RC flying both sixties although Jack Emerson retired veteran Navy aviator Now understand what transmitter sticks functions what happens said Jack Turunun after few minutes transmitter coming him Glider caused enough trouble convince Jack need simula tor time Ex-aviator Jack Emerson too al though showed flying ability immediately very smooth turns also bothered quite bit turns brought plane back toward him Guess Im simulator time again sighed Got lot over years Now came several experienced RC pi lots Loren Anderson well beyond need simple simulator could remember early days hed sit chair transmitter move con trol sticks mentally steering imagined model luck out maneu vers unusual attitudes guess evolved sort mental IFR Instrument Flying Rules simulator method Loren 100 -r BLUE RIDGE catalog MACHINERY& TOOLS P0 Box 536-Y ricane WV 25526 304-562-3538 We offer complete selection lathes mills tools Aviation Modeler 5ead SSAE catalog sheet complete line wence S else. SCALe OtO SERVISI 600 4sIV e F PLANS 3 viEws PHOTO-PACKS PLANS ENLARGING 5A 58 Enlfling 000 Catalog 53 00 ScRIF PlANS PHOTO SERVICE 3204 Mdsen Greesesere NC 27403 Phone 11a1a1292523a Na Cellool PA5W DIESELS Englands Finest 048 35 R/C STD Send $100 list Eric Clutton 913 Cedar Lane Tullahoma Tenn 37388 II WE BUILD YOUR HELl TEST YOUR HELl REPAIR YOUR HELl 322 North 7th st 6~} S11Lehighton Pa 182353 WRITE OR CALL FOR INFORMA TION * SCALE DOCUMENTATION * ALH 4~INGS PHOTOS REPLA-TECH 1988 ~ INTERNATIONAL AIRPLANE48500 MC KENZIE HWY CATALOG $250 VIDA OREGON 97488 III 6I 88 AntIques Military Civilian Helicopters Sailpianes color FOTO-PAAKSKOKU-FAN 3-views 40000 pictures stOck2000 drawings stock 2e mae CATALOG SonS 02000 Ia5e SASs fit DROMA DiR Economy-Size Agp/ane Highly Maneuverable Unique Sight QuickBuild Control Line Model IOISIZES AVAILASLE ocute 049535 NO PLANS OR 1810 send Eo free y TESTEDSTANGEL ENTERPRISES P0800 330 WAUFRESHA WI 53107 LATNES MILS METOT 000KG PRECISTON INSTRUMENTS COMPLETE CATALOG $205 1000 osons C4MPIaL reeLS Ce 2100 0 Sla Rosa OprqFoeld 110 4550 510 0228562 134 Model Aviation over 150 NEW ITEMS YOU have never seen before U ~FE kJ AT TOLED~ 040 TN RTY-FOU RTH ANNUAL RADIO CONTROL EXPOSITION APRIL 8 910 1988 FRIDAY9amto6pm SATURDAY9amto6pm SUNDAY9 am 430 pm TOLEDO SPORTS ARENA ONE MAIN STREET TOLEDO OHIO ADVANCED TICKETS may ordered sending self-addressed business size 4Vsx9 envelope TICKETS 38235 Castle Romulus Ml 48174 orders above 5 tickets must include extra postage US orders must include 25 cents per order handling charge foreign orders must include 50 cents per order handling charge need send addressed envelope will provide necessary postage Include check money order US funds made payable Weak Signals R/C Club Ticket prices $400 per day adults $100 per day children 12 under Please specify number Deadline ticket orders March 31 1988 sales final non-refundable orders will returned mid-March have included adequate postage will also contain program TICKETSAREALSOA VAILABLEA T THE DOOR Will Have Traditional Saturday Night Auction COMPETITION CLASSES NON-MILITARY SPORT SCALE PLANE IAMA Rules MILITARY SPORT SCALE PLANE IAMA Rules PRECISION SCALE PLANE AMA Rules PAUERN PLANE SPORT MONO-PLANE non-scale models SPORT 81-PLANE non-scale models onlyl OLD TIMER FREE FLIGHT R/C ASSIST R/C SAILPLANE non-scale models HELICOPTER R/C CAR COMPETITION BOAT MILITARY SCALE BOAT PLEASURE POWER BOAT WORKING VESSEL-UNARMED said days acquiring hard-won proficiency method better rank beginner can see aircraft turn ing downwind base turn its final legs coming lands would have useful Some other experienced pilots group werent easily satisfied needs elevator response Dave Kep harts reaction Perhaps bigger fan Another suggested bigger box glassed model inside comments escalated course defended homely brain child Heck after its Simple Simulator beginners can made almost no cost' Ah well cant win general response among BAM membership basically positive new ideas already sprouting Well line shack finished power could keep field demo Eric Rustand student Glider building class now regu larly attending club member last word wish Id chance try out soon Glider finished learn hard way poor old Gentle Lady looks pretty beat up make Simple Simulator club line shack hobby store ga rage attic non-RCer friend can enjoy next-best thing real thingwithout having get insur ance first RC Electrics/Kopski Continued page 39 final item needed some heat-shrink tubing prefer Du-Bro part number 439 hobby shop tubing has unshrunk diam eter yellow color Installing fuse connectors very easy ex isting fuseless installations select system wire preferably battery wire location close battery cut should obvious safety reasons such work best done installation battery deador near ly own installations have standard ized put fuse positive battery wire negative lead will just well Carefully strip insulation off wire cut being careful cut nick wire strands Also dead battery notwithstand ing never really take care inad vertently touch exposed battery terminals new wire ends Now twist newly exposed strands together fingers Insert exposed wire end terminal crimp wire-tube part terminal pictured sure use proper notch jaw crimping toolthis identified either wire gauge number color dot Read directions come tool electrical disconnect shown blue insulator sleeve blue-coded notch tools jaw used Blue code color indicates wire size case 16- 14-gauge wire Red 22- 18-gauge wire thats needed good job hefty squeezereally pour arm muscle assure deep very tight crimp Remove crimping tool carefully examine crimped dead 4 m $1400 m U battery U U pack.I U .a dead $30000 airplane prevent this. Voltruaster sophisticated precision vobmeter accurate expensive laboratory unit can confident readings gives true Unique features include -Four voltage ranges -Load Engage switch important determining cell condition -Load Status switch two different loads 200 ma 500 ma March 1988 135 26K18 Voltmaster Kit 26K18C $2795 $3795 presented Weak Signals R/C Club Toledo Ohio r IrU3La5 I.umpieie catalog II I I 116wl9thSLpoBac5llcUHIsalnuvaIeMo 65037 Phcuu 816 584-7121 L

Author: E.H. Schoenberg


Edition: Model Aviation - 1988/03
Page Numbers: 36, 37, 133, 134, 135

Built simple inexpensive common household components shown fan-powered simulator can help neophyte pilot get familiar model radio controls short order EEH Schoenberg THE FIRST SEED planted last Febru ary group Bend Aero Modelers RAM club members sponsored taught six-week class youngsters building radio-controlled Glider class con ducted under auspices Bend Ore gon Metro Park Recreation Depart ment hands-on way stirring young peoples interest hobby among RC club organized taught class article describing experiences appeared September 1987 Model Aviation long after magazine came out Barry Kurath president PASS Port land Area Sailplane Society called con gratulate what wed accomplished building class During course pleasant conversation Barry also proposed view growing interest Gliders among Bend Aero Modelers PASS members come join club fly-together Gentle Lady contest Bowled over thought Wow guys winches contest experience experts could bring neophytes own Sunday flier Glider aficionados twentieth cen tury course hospitable Bendites would love have come over date set 26th Septem ber Meanwhile Barry Kurath wrote letter confirming phone conversation included latest edition PASS news letter column Filbert Stump Beginners discussed tethered flight tests other interesting ideas Stumps concepts dovetailed recent concern Id about progress teaching student pilots coordinate hand eye movement RC transmitter control functions student Glider pilots also own Bend Aero Modeler power student pilots could benefit some extra attention area PASS newsletter idea involved tether ing Glider front fan attic stimulated thinking improve upon concept make simple wind tunnel Gliders Wouldnt help newcomers Radio Control scene knew wind tunnels models full-scale aircraft come sizes shapes designed simulate winds broad velocity range same time aware few us Bend RCers either space technical ability build bona fide tunnel degree capability sophistication However 36 Model Aviation something fairly basic could use direct modified airstream over mov able surfaces RC Glider might work us What needed just-graduated class new Glider pilots setup would familiarize student transmitter sticks turns simu lator training device should teach him ticipate stop overcontrolled turn should also help him overcome dread bogeyman allthe re versed controlling necessary air craft coming towards pilot compared normal right left stick movements used plane heading away him Another potential use simulator would helping inex perienced flier master art turning downwind leg base leg traveling clockwise right turn making final approachan often-deadly maneuver still tends get us older hands trouble PASS newsletter concept testing tethered Glider blowing attic fan simplicity itself sure could devise homemade wind tunnel would suit purposes case chance played hands giving improvising talents welcome boostthe large cardboard cartons new washer dryer happened still garage Using cartons add ing 18-in fan card table some scrap 1/2 x2 lathes apiece 2 x4 aix 12 x 24-in board experimental simulator ready test within two days fan fitted nicely dryer car ton measured 21 high 29 long 45 wide carton card table height just right hole 12 high 21 wide cut bottom become front Pieces another box used make shroud around opening ex Continued page 133 March 1988 37 Left The completed semi-portable budget simulator set up ready next student Right Ex-P-38 fighter pilot Wally Arbanas first complained rudder response too slow concentrates makes another attempt flying RC Glider through turn Left Student pilot Erik Rustand practices sort out orientation problems occur flying model toward having worry about crashing makes lot easier Right After few minutes practice Erik begins get hang setting up landing Radio Technique/Myers Continued page 129 Aileron control tips whole wing rela tive rest machine long distance between center lift centerof-gravity Consequently lot pendulum effect once steep turn started dont have much control authority stop Thats things get interesting found best add some power push nose down opposite roll just wait gives heart clutch engine running little sick powered down landing Thats found out didnt have enough Up control authority learned land thing somewhat like Helicopter Bring near ground add power last minute bring up nose can land main gear Crosswind landings unwise because much wing way up above wheels experiments followed result learned something about deadstick landings hangs nose low glide have dive runway order have enough control left lift nose landing glide has general characteristics par achute descent some Helicopter autorotation landing characteristics thrown spice beginners very likely keep interest awhile Windbag Flex-Foil International B V PO Box 480-7600 AL Almelo Netherlands Available Savon Hobbies 3622 North 19th Ave Miami FL 33142 Simulator/Schoenberg Continued page 37 tending out nine inches After some testing refining ex perimental simulator really worked fairly ef fectively surprisingly first trials hung Glider garage ceiling center-of-gravity about eight inches shroud produced ade quate movement right left turn signaled Too much turn however took rudder out airstream Glider stayed locked turn position solu tion tape four-inch extensions shroud sides leading edge wing would block excessive turn move ment leaving rudder still airstream could return plane its former yaw axis Pitch movement barely noticeable would have learned au naturel air Yet turns still crisp enough Aha Lets see straightening out airstream through egg-crate-type dividers wouldnt trick trip local li quor commission store provided three bot tle dividers two fitted side side nicely exit hole Taped defi nitely smoothed out rotating fanned air improved turning action Glider fellow club member Dave Gough yet turn RC transmitter ordered en route him hap pened come evening enlisted Simple Simulator project novice test pilot training system few minutes right left turns cor recting stops straight flight stopand-go S turns acquainted him what happened Gliders yaw position going away him would react coming toward him re quiring him reverse control directions left stick gave right rudder vice versa easy put him test pi lots chair moved around back carton facing Glider fan transmitter receiver switched again results favor able Responding instructors com mands right left turns Dave soon got over initial disorientation Sure usual moments confusion relatively slow-turning Glider giving him time react nerve-wracking fear hard landing crash out picture didnt have worry misstep controls could end delicate rather expensive piece equipment Sheltered vagaries real winds test pilot able concentrate improving flying skills After 20 minutes total training ver dict Now feel comfortable transmitter can start turn stop fly straight aheadand Glider both going away coming toward think Ill better able con trol model now have sim plified simulator time Hopefully Dave conservative fellow neighbor Wally Arbanas came see what action garage about drafted second test pilot Wally novice comes RC flyinghe out to field several times never attempted fly modelsbut hes experienced military pilot flew P-38s World War II first feedback got Wally turns slowly Maybe old fighter pilot reflexes case fix clearly needed Glider didnt respond fast enough him So reset rudder throw both servo control horn absolute maximum result much peppier Glider Thats like Wally told usand another novice RC pilot quickly adjusting transmitter sticks turning stopping turn directing ship flying away him mastering crucial knack guiding back towards himself Like Dave before him Wally spared traumatic disorientation commonly experienced student pilot trying cope switching stick directions Now get Wally out field hobby like experienced pilots wanted start out air plane P-38 Alas perhaps lucky him end no P-38s stock BAM members squadrons Trainers first Wally cautioned glad see him THE LEADER IN COMPETITION NEW U THP DESIGN DIAPRICE 14 15 16 NEW PRO SERIES 3 / [I i1 NEW HIGH TECH AIRFOIL SECTION 10T020%INCREASE IN THRUST MFGOFSELECTHARD MAPLE WOOD WILL NOT FATIGUE LIKE SYNTHETICS FUEL PROOF HIGH LUSTER FINISH DIAPITCHPRICE 534 634 72833h456 8334568 84566/7 9456677A 1045667 106W8W 106EW 114677778 II5W 116EW 1167 124W 12SW 1256 1356 1456 1556 164N 16678 RC PYLON RACING SERIES 500 DIA PITCHPRICE 7SN 5N 8I63A778 SERIES 400C 866777/ 9777 W WIDE BLADE EW EXTRA WIDE N NARROW PROPELLERS SERIES 100 TAILORED HELICAL PITCH DEVELOPED TO GIVE MAXIMUM THRUST AT 4 CYCLE ENGINE RPM ALL THE LATEST TECHNIQUES USED ON OUR PRO SERIES 3 SEE BELOW PITCH THP 66 77 7 7 8 67 678 March 1988 133 NEW BULK Hardware Packs NEW Low-price glow-driver Power Panel NEW Catamaran Race Boat NEW RC Electric Hovercraft NEW Mini Sailwinch servo NEW High performance nicads NEW High performance Speed Controls NEW Pushrods NEW Adhesives still nibbling game time try out system peers next club meeting built stand Glider hang using 1 x 2 x 48-in laths 2 x 4 base 1 x 12 x 24-in scrap wood Simple Simu lator now portable albeit depen dent availability station wagon van portability make sense have some means positioning stand maximum turning ability air stream whenever changed locations get flexibility cut slots shroud stand fit ensuring would correct best location time simulator set up flight training classes After finishing touches painting carton stand Simple Simulator ready unveiling What wondered would club members say about almost-no-cost gadget Whatever youre bringing first question heard won derful new wind tunnel came door Club members exactly overcome enthusiasm about new contraption offereing set up Glider hung stands monofilament line fan transmitter receiver switched soon line members queuing up turns First honors went president Ed Verboort clubs practitioner RC Mode flyingie ai lerons/throttle right stick rud der/elevator left stick should change over admitted Ed will help transition four years Mode flying Started way some reason never changed Now Im afraid give instruction beginners Score Simple Simulator Next up two guests meeting Jack Turunun Jack Emerson Both men absolute newcomers RC flying both sixties although Jack Emerson retired veteran Navy aviator Now understand what transmitter sticks functions what happens said Jack Turunun after few minutes transmitter coming him Glider caused enough trouble convince Jack need simula tor time Ex-aviator Jack Emerson too al though showed flying ability immediately very smooth turns also bothered quite bit turns brought plane back toward him Guess Im simulator time again sighed Got lot over years Now came several experienced RC pi lots Loren Anderson well beyond need simple simulator could remember early days hed sit chair transmitter move con trol sticks mentally steering imagined model luck out maneu vers unusual attitudes guess evolved sort mental IFR Instrument Flying Rules simulator method Loren 100 -r BLUE RIDGE catalog MACHINERY& TOOLS P0 Box 536-Y ricane WV 25526 304-562-3538 We offer complete selection lathes mills tools Aviation Modeler 5ead SSAE catalog sheet complete line wence S else. SCALe OtO SERVISI 600 4sIV e F PLANS 3 viEws PHOTO-PACKS PLANS ENLARGING 5A 58 Enlfling 000 Catalog 53 00 ScRIF PlANS PHOTO SERVICE 3204 Mdsen Greesesere NC 27403 Phone 11a1a1292523a Na Cellool PA5W DIESELS Englands Finest 048 35 R/C STD Send $100 list Eric Clutton 913 Cedar Lane Tullahoma Tenn 37388 II WE BUILD YOUR HELl TEST YOUR HELl REPAIR YOUR HELl 322 North 7th st 6~} S11Lehighton Pa 182353 WRITE OR CALL FOR INFORMA TION * SCALE DOCUMENTATION * ALH 4~INGS PHOTOS REPLA-TECH 1988 ~ INTERNATIONAL AIRPLANE48500 MC KENZIE HWY CATALOG $250 VIDA OREGON 97488 III 6I 88 AntIques Military Civilian Helicopters Sailpianes color FOTO-PAAKSKOKU-FAN 3-views 40000 pictures stOck2000 drawings stock 2e mae CATALOG SonS 02000 Ia5e SASs fit DROMA DiR Economy-Size Agp/ane Highly Maneuverable Unique Sight QuickBuild Control Line Model IOISIZES AVAILASLE ocute 049535 NO PLANS OR 1810 send Eo free y TESTEDSTANGEL ENTERPRISES P0800 330 WAUFRESHA WI 53107 LATNES MILS METOT 000KG PRECISTON INSTRUMENTS COMPLETE CATALOG $205 1000 osons C4MPIaL reeLS Ce 2100 0 Sla Rosa OprqFoeld 110 4550 510 0228562 134 Model Aviation over 150 NEW ITEMS YOU have never seen before U ~FE kJ AT TOLED~ 040 TN RTY-FOU RTH ANNUAL RADIO CONTROL EXPOSITION APRIL 8 910 1988 FRIDAY9amto6pm SATURDAY9amto6pm SUNDAY9 am 430 pm TOLEDO SPORTS ARENA ONE MAIN STREET TOLEDO OHIO ADVANCED TICKETS may ordered sending self-addressed business size 4Vsx9 envelope TICKETS 38235 Castle Romulus Ml 48174 orders above 5 tickets must include extra postage US orders must include 25 cents per order handling charge foreign orders must include 50 cents per order handling charge need send addressed envelope will provide necessary postage Include check money order US funds made payable Weak Signals R/C Club Ticket prices $400 per day adults $100 per day children 12 under Please specify number Deadline ticket orders March 31 1988 sales final non-refundable orders will returned mid-March have included adequate postage will also contain program TICKETSAREALSOA VAILABLEA T THE DOOR Will Have Traditional Saturday Night Auction COMPETITION CLASSES NON-MILITARY SPORT SCALE PLANE IAMA Rules MILITARY SPORT SCALE PLANE IAMA Rules PRECISION SCALE PLANE AMA Rules PAUERN PLANE SPORT MONO-PLANE non-scale models SPORT 81-PLANE non-scale models onlyl OLD TIMER FREE FLIGHT R/C ASSIST R/C SAILPLANE non-scale models HELICOPTER R/C CAR COMPETITION BOAT MILITARY SCALE BOAT PLEASURE POWER BOAT WORKING VESSEL-UNARMED said days acquiring hard-won proficiency method better rank beginner can see aircraft turn ing downwind base turn its final legs coming lands would have useful Some other experienced pilots group werent easily satisfied needs elevator response Dave Kep harts reaction Perhaps bigger fan Another suggested bigger box glassed model inside comments escalated course defended homely brain child Heck after its Simple Simulator beginners can made almost no cost' Ah well cant win general response among BAM membership basically positive new ideas already sprouting Well line shack finished power could keep field demo Eric Rustand student Glider building class now regu larly attending club member last word wish Id chance try out soon Glider finished learn hard way poor old Gentle Lady looks pretty beat up make Simple Simulator club line shack hobby store ga rage attic non-RCer friend can enjoy next-best thing real thingwithout having get insur ance first RC Electrics/Kopski Continued page 39 final item needed some heat-shrink tubing prefer Du-Bro part number 439 hobby shop tubing has unshrunk diam eter yellow color Installing fuse connectors very easy ex isting fuseless installations select system wire preferably battery wire location close battery cut should obvious safety reasons such work best done installation battery deador near ly own installations have standard ized put fuse positive battery wire negative lead will just well Carefully strip insulation off wire cut being careful cut nick wire strands Also dead battery notwithstand ing never really take care inad vertently touch exposed battery terminals new wire ends Now twist newly exposed strands together fingers Insert exposed wire end terminal crimp wire-tube part terminal pictured sure use proper notch jaw crimping toolthis identified either wire gauge number color dot Read directions come tool electrical disconnect shown blue insulator sleeve blue-coded notch tools jaw used Blue code color indicates wire size case 16- 14-gauge wire Red 22- 18-gauge wire thats needed good job hefty squeezereally pour arm muscle assure deep very tight crimp Remove crimping tool carefully examine crimped dead 4 m $1400 m U battery U U pack.I U .a dead $30000 airplane prevent this. Voltruaster sophisticated precision vobmeter accurate expensive laboratory unit can confident readings gives true Unique features include -Four voltage ranges -Load Engage switch important determining cell condition -Load Status switch two different loads 200 ma 500 ma March 1988 135 26K18 Voltmaster Kit 26K18C $2795 $3795 presented Weak Signals R/C Club Toledo Ohio r IrU3La5 I.umpieie catalog II I I 116wl9thSLpoBac5llcUHIsalnuvaIeMo 65037 Phcuu 816 584-7121 L

Author: E.H. Schoenberg


Edition: Model Aviation - 1988/03
Page Numbers: 36, 37, 133, 134, 135

Built simple inexpensive common household components shown fan-powered simulator can help neophyte pilot get familiar model radio controls short order EEH Schoenberg THE FIRST SEED planted last Febru ary group Bend Aero Modelers RAM club members sponsored taught six-week class youngsters building radio-controlled Glider class con ducted under auspices Bend Ore gon Metro Park Recreation Depart ment hands-on way stirring young peoples interest hobby among RC club organized taught class article describing experiences appeared September 1987 Model Aviation long after magazine came out Barry Kurath president PASS Port land Area Sailplane Society called con gratulate what wed accomplished building class During course pleasant conversation Barry also proposed view growing interest Gliders among Bend Aero Modelers PASS members come join club fly-together Gentle Lady contest Bowled over thought Wow guys winches contest experience experts could bring neophytes own Sunday flier Glider aficionados twentieth cen tury course hospitable Bendites would love have come over date set 26th Septem ber Meanwhile Barry Kurath wrote letter confirming phone conversation included latest edition PASS news letter column Filbert Stump Beginners discussed tethered flight tests other interesting ideas Stumps concepts dovetailed recent concern Id about progress teaching student pilots coordinate hand eye movement RC transmitter control functions student Glider pilots also own Bend Aero Modeler power student pilots could benefit some extra attention area PASS newsletter idea involved tether ing Glider front fan attic stimulated thinking improve upon concept make simple wind tunnel Gliders Wouldnt help newcomers Radio Control scene knew wind tunnels models full-scale aircraft come sizes shapes designed simulate winds broad velocity range same time aware few us Bend RCers either space technical ability build bona fide tunnel degree capability sophistication However 36 Model Aviation something fairly basic could use direct modified airstream over mov able surfaces RC Glider might work us What needed just-graduated class new Glider pilots setup would familiarize student transmitter sticks turns simu lator training device should teach him ticipate stop overcontrolled turn should also help him overcome dread bogeyman allthe re versed controlling necessary air craft coming towards pilot compared normal right left stick movements used plane heading away him Another potential use simulator would helping inex perienced flier master art turning downwind leg base leg traveling clockwise right turn making final approachan often-deadly maneuver still tends get us older hands trouble PASS newsletter concept testing tethered Glider blowing attic fan simplicity itself sure could devise homemade wind tunnel would suit purposes case chance played hands giving improvising talents welcome boostthe large cardboard cartons new washer dryer happened still garage Using cartons add ing 18-in fan card table some scrap 1/2 x2 lathes apiece 2 x4 aix 12 x 24-in board experimental simulator ready test within two days fan fitted nicely dryer car ton measured 21 high 29 long 45 wide carton card table height just right hole 12 high 21 wide cut bottom become front Pieces another box used make shroud around opening ex Continued page 133 March 1988 37 Left The completed semi-portable budget simulator set up ready next student Right Ex-P-38 fighter pilot Wally Arbanas first complained rudder response too slow concentrates makes another attempt flying RC Glider through turn Left Student pilot Erik Rustand practices sort out orientation problems occur flying model toward having worry about crashing makes lot easier Right After few minutes practice Erik begins get hang setting up landing Radio Technique/Myers Continued page 129 Aileron control tips whole wing rela tive rest machine long distance between center lift centerof-gravity Consequently lot pendulum effect once steep turn started dont have much control authority stop Thats things get interesting found best add some power push nose down opposite roll just wait gives heart clutch engine running little sick powered down landing Thats found out didnt have enough Up control authority learned land thing somewhat like Helicopter Bring near ground add power last minute bring up nose can land main gear Crosswind landings unwise because much wing way up above wheels experiments followed result learned something about deadstick landings hangs nose low glide have dive runway order have enough control left lift nose landing glide has general characteristics par achute descent some Helicopter autorotation landing characteristics thrown spice beginners very likely keep interest awhile Windbag Flex-Foil International B V PO Box 480-7600 AL Almelo Netherlands Available Savon Hobbies 3622 North 19th Ave Miami FL 33142 Simulator/Schoenberg Continued page 37 tending out nine inches After some testing refining ex perimental simulator really worked fairly ef fectively surprisingly first trials hung Glider garage ceiling center-of-gravity about eight inches shroud produced ade quate movement right left turn signaled Too much turn however took rudder out airstream Glider stayed locked turn position solu tion tape four-inch extensions shroud sides leading edge wing would block excessive turn move ment leaving rudder still airstream could return plane its former yaw axis Pitch movement barely noticeable would have learned au naturel air Yet turns still crisp enough Aha Lets see straightening out airstream through egg-crate-type dividers wouldnt trick trip local li quor commission store provided three bot tle dividers two fitted side side nicely exit hole Taped defi nitely smoothed out rotating fanned air improved turning action Glider fellow club member Dave Gough yet turn RC transmitter ordered en route him hap pened come evening enlisted Simple Simulator project novice test pilot training system few minutes right left turns cor recting stops straight flight stopand-go S turns acquainted him what happened Gliders yaw position going away him would react coming toward him re quiring him reverse control directions left stick gave right rudder vice versa easy put him test pi lots chair moved around back carton facing Glider fan transmitter receiver switched again results favor able Responding instructors com mands right left turns Dave soon got over initial disorientation Sure usual moments confusion relatively slow-turning Glider giving him time react nerve-wracking fear hard landing crash out picture didnt have worry misstep controls could end delicate rather expensive piece equipment Sheltered vagaries real winds test pilot able concentrate improving flying skills After 20 minutes total training ver dict Now feel comfortable transmitter can start turn stop fly straight aheadand Glider both going away coming toward think Ill better able con trol model now have sim plified simulator time Hopefully Dave conservative fellow neighbor Wally Arbanas came see what action garage about drafted second test pilot Wally novice comes RC flyinghe out to field several times never attempted fly modelsbut hes experienced military pilot flew P-38s World War II first feedback got Wally turns slowly Maybe old fighter pilot reflexes case fix clearly needed Glider didnt respond fast enough him So reset rudder throw both servo control horn absolute maximum result much peppier Glider Thats like Wally told usand another novice RC pilot quickly adjusting transmitter sticks turning stopping turn directing ship flying away him mastering crucial knack guiding back towards himself Like Dave before him Wally spared traumatic disorientation commonly experienced student pilot trying cope switching stick directions Now get Wally out field hobby like experienced pilots wanted start out air plane P-38 Alas perhaps lucky him end no P-38s stock BAM members squadrons Trainers first Wally cautioned glad see him THE LEADER IN COMPETITION NEW U THP DESIGN DIAPRICE 14 15 16 NEW PRO SERIES 3 / [I i1 NEW HIGH TECH AIRFOIL SECTION 10T020%INCREASE IN THRUST MFGOFSELECTHARD MAPLE WOOD WILL NOT FATIGUE LIKE SYNTHETICS FUEL PROOF HIGH LUSTER FINISH DIAPITCHPRICE 534 634 72833h456 8334568 84566/7 9456677A 1045667 106W8W 106EW 114677778 II5W 116EW 1167 124W 12SW 1256 1356 1456 1556 164N 16678 RC PYLON RACING SERIES 500 DIA PITCHPRICE 7SN 5N 8I63A778 SERIES 400C 866777/ 9777 W WIDE BLADE EW EXTRA WIDE N NARROW PROPELLERS SERIES 100 TAILORED HELICAL PITCH DEVELOPED TO GIVE MAXIMUM THRUST AT 4 CYCLE ENGINE RPM ALL THE LATEST TECHNIQUES USED ON OUR PRO SERIES 3 SEE BELOW PITCH THP 66 77 7 7 8 67 678 March 1988 133 NEW BULK Hardware Packs NEW Low-price glow-driver Power Panel NEW Catamaran Race Boat NEW RC Electric Hovercraft NEW Mini Sailwinch servo NEW High performance nicads NEW High performance Speed Controls NEW Pushrods NEW Adhesives still nibbling game time try out system peers next club meeting built stand Glider hang using 1 x 2 x 48-in laths 2 x 4 base 1 x 12 x 24-in scrap wood Simple Simu lator now portable albeit depen dent availability station wagon van portability make sense have some means positioning stand maximum turning ability air stream whenever changed locations get flexibility cut slots shroud stand fit ensuring would correct best location time simulator set up flight training classes After finishing touches painting carton stand Simple Simulator ready unveiling What wondered would club members say about almost-no-cost gadget Whatever youre bringing first question heard won derful new wind tunnel came door Club members exactly overcome enthusiasm about new contraption offereing set up Glider hung stands monofilament line fan transmitter receiver switched soon line members queuing up turns First honors went president Ed Verboort clubs practitioner RC Mode flyingie ai lerons/throttle right stick rud der/elevator left stick should change over admitted Ed will help transition four years Mode flying Started way some reason never changed Now Im afraid give instruction beginners Score Simple Simulator Next up two guests meeting Jack Turunun Jack Emerson Both men absolute newcomers RC flying both sixties although Jack Emerson retired veteran Navy aviator Now understand what transmitter sticks functions what happens said Jack Turunun after few minutes transmitter coming him Glider caused enough trouble convince Jack need simula tor time Ex-aviator Jack Emerson too al though showed flying ability immediately very smooth turns also bothered quite bit turns brought plane back toward him Guess Im simulator time again sighed Got lot over years Now came several experienced RC pi lots Loren Anderson well beyond need simple simulator could remember early days hed sit chair transmitter move con trol sticks mentally steering imagined model luck out maneu vers unusual attitudes guess evolved sort mental IFR Instrument Flying Rules simulator method Loren 100 -r BLUE RIDGE catalog MACHINERY& TOOLS P0 Box 536-Y ricane WV 25526 304-562-3538 We offer complete selection lathes mills tools Aviation Modeler 5ead SSAE catalog sheet complete line wence S else. SCALe OtO SERVISI 600 4sIV e F PLANS 3 viEws PHOTO-PACKS PLANS ENLARGING 5A 58 Enlfling 000 Catalog 53 00 ScRIF PlANS PHOTO SERVICE 3204 Mdsen Greesesere NC 27403 Phone 11a1a1292523a Na Cellool PA5W DIESELS Englands Finest 048 35 R/C STD Send $100 list Eric Clutton 913 Cedar Lane Tullahoma Tenn 37388 II WE BUILD YOUR HELl TEST YOUR HELl REPAIR YOUR HELl 322 North 7th st 6~} S11Lehighton Pa 182353 WRITE OR CALL FOR INFORMA TION * SCALE DOCUMENTATION * ALH 4~INGS PHOTOS REPLA-TECH 1988 ~ INTERNATIONAL AIRPLANE48500 MC KENZIE HWY CATALOG $250 VIDA OREGON 97488 III 6I 88 AntIques Military Civilian Helicopters Sailpianes color FOTO-PAAKSKOKU-FAN 3-views 40000 pictures stOck2000 drawings stock 2e mae CATALOG SonS 02000 Ia5e SASs fit DROMA DiR Economy-Size Agp/ane Highly Maneuverable Unique Sight QuickBuild Control Line Model IOISIZES AVAILASLE ocute 049535 NO PLANS OR 1810 send Eo free y TESTEDSTANGEL ENTERPRISES P0800 330 WAUFRESHA WI 53107 LATNES MILS METOT 000KG PRECISTON INSTRUMENTS COMPLETE CATALOG $205 1000 osons C4MPIaL reeLS Ce 2100 0 Sla Rosa OprqFoeld 110 4550 510 0228562 134 Model Aviation over 150 NEW ITEMS YOU have never seen before U ~FE kJ AT TOLED~ 040 TN RTY-FOU RTH ANNUAL RADIO CONTROL EXPOSITION APRIL 8 910 1988 FRIDAY9amto6pm SATURDAY9amto6pm SUNDAY9 am 430 pm TOLEDO SPORTS ARENA ONE MAIN STREET TOLEDO OHIO ADVANCED TICKETS may ordered sending self-addressed business size 4Vsx9 envelope TICKETS 38235 Castle Romulus Ml 48174 orders above 5 tickets must include extra postage US orders must include 25 cents per order handling charge foreign orders must include 50 cents per order handling charge need send addressed envelope will provide necessary postage Include check money order US funds made payable Weak Signals R/C Club Ticket prices $400 per day adults $100 per day children 12 under Please specify number Deadline ticket orders March 31 1988 sales final non-refundable orders will returned mid-March have included adequate postage will also contain program TICKETSAREALSOA VAILABLEA T THE DOOR Will Have Traditional Saturday Night Auction COMPETITION CLASSES NON-MILITARY SPORT SCALE PLANE IAMA Rules MILITARY SPORT SCALE PLANE IAMA Rules PRECISION SCALE PLANE AMA Rules PAUERN PLANE SPORT MONO-PLANE non-scale models SPORT 81-PLANE non-scale models onlyl OLD TIMER FREE FLIGHT R/C ASSIST R/C SAILPLANE non-scale models HELICOPTER R/C CAR COMPETITION BOAT MILITARY SCALE BOAT PLEASURE POWER BOAT WORKING VESSEL-UNARMED said days acquiring hard-won proficiency method better rank beginner can see aircraft turn ing downwind base turn its final legs coming lands would have useful Some other experienced pilots group werent easily satisfied needs elevator response Dave Kep harts reaction Perhaps bigger fan Another suggested bigger box glassed model inside comments escalated course defended homely brain child Heck after its Simple Simulator beginners can made almost no cost' Ah well cant win general response among BAM membership basically positive new ideas already sprouting Well line shack finished power could keep field demo Eric Rustand student Glider building class now regu larly attending club member last word wish Id chance try out soon Glider finished learn hard way poor old Gentle Lady looks pretty beat up make Simple Simulator club line shack hobby store ga rage attic non-RCer friend can enjoy next-best thing real thingwithout having get insur ance first RC Electrics/Kopski Continued page 39 final item needed some heat-shrink tubing prefer Du-Bro part number 439 hobby shop tubing has unshrunk diam eter yellow color Installing fuse connectors very easy ex isting fuseless installations select system wire preferably battery wire location close battery cut should obvious safety reasons such work best done installation battery deador near ly own installations have standard ized put fuse positive battery wire negative lead will just well Carefully strip insulation off wire cut being careful cut nick wire strands Also dead battery notwithstand ing never really take care inad vertently touch exposed battery terminals new wire ends Now twist newly exposed strands together fingers Insert exposed wire end terminal crimp wire-tube part terminal pictured sure use proper notch jaw crimping toolthis identified either wire gauge number color dot Read directions come tool electrical disconnect shown blue insulator sleeve blue-coded notch tools jaw used Blue code color indicates wire size case 16- 14-gauge wire Red 22- 18-gauge wire thats needed good job hefty squeezereally pour arm muscle assure deep very tight crimp Remove crimping tool carefully examine crimped dead 4 m $1400 m U battery U U pack.I U .a dead $30000 airplane prevent this. Voltruaster sophisticated precision vobmeter accurate expensive laboratory unit can confident readings gives true Unique features include -Four voltage ranges -Load Engage switch important determining cell condition -Load Status switch two different loads 200 ma 500 ma March 1988 135 26K18 Voltmaster Kit 26K18C $2795 $3795 presented Weak Signals R/C Club Toledo Ohio r IrU3La5 I.umpieie catalog II I I 116wl9thSLpoBac5llcUHIsalnuvaIeMo 65037 Phcuu 816 584-7121 L

Author: E.H. Schoenberg


Edition: Model Aviation - 1988/03
Page Numbers: 36, 37, 133, 134, 135

Built simple inexpensive common household components shown fan-powered simulator can help neophyte pilot get familiar model radio controls short order EEH Schoenberg THE FIRST SEED planted last Febru ary group Bend Aero Modelers RAM club members sponsored taught six-week class youngsters building radio-controlled Glider class con ducted under auspices Bend Ore gon Metro Park Recreation Depart ment hands-on way stirring young peoples interest hobby among RC club organized taught class article describing experiences appeared September 1987 Model Aviation long after magazine came out Barry Kurath president PASS Port land Area Sailplane Society called con gratulate what wed accomplished building class During course pleasant conversation Barry also proposed view growing interest Gliders among Bend Aero Modelers PASS members come join club fly-together Gentle Lady contest Bowled over thought Wow guys winches contest experience experts could bring neophytes own Sunday flier Glider aficionados twentieth cen tury course hospitable Bendites would love have come over date set 26th Septem ber Meanwhile Barry Kurath wrote letter confirming phone conversation included latest edition PASS news letter column Filbert Stump Beginners discussed tethered flight tests other interesting ideas Stumps concepts dovetailed recent concern Id about progress teaching student pilots coordinate hand eye movement RC transmitter control functions student Glider pilots also own Bend Aero Modeler power student pilots could benefit some extra attention area PASS newsletter idea involved tether ing Glider front fan attic stimulated thinking improve upon concept make simple wind tunnel Gliders Wouldnt help newcomers Radio Control scene knew wind tunnels models full-scale aircraft come sizes shapes designed simulate winds broad velocity range same time aware few us Bend RCers either space technical ability build bona fide tunnel degree capability sophistication However 36 Model Aviation something fairly basic could use direct modified airstream over mov able surfaces RC Glider might work us What needed just-graduated class new Glider pilots setup would familiarize student transmitter sticks turns simu lator training device should teach him ticipate stop overcontrolled turn should also help him overcome dread bogeyman allthe re versed controlling necessary air craft coming towards pilot compared normal right left stick movements used plane heading away him Another potential use simulator would helping inex perienced flier master art turning downwind leg base leg traveling clockwise right turn making final approachan often-deadly maneuver still tends get us older hands trouble PASS newsletter concept testing tethered Glider blowing attic fan simplicity itself sure could devise homemade wind tunnel would suit purposes case chance played hands giving improvising talents welcome boostthe large cardboard cartons new washer dryer happened still garage Using cartons add ing 18-in fan card table some scrap 1/2 x2 lathes apiece 2 x4 aix 12 x 24-in board experimental simulator ready test within two days fan fitted nicely dryer car ton measured 21 high 29 long 45 wide carton card table height just right hole 12 high 21 wide cut bottom become front Pieces another box used make shroud around opening ex Continued page 133 March 1988 37 Left The completed semi-portable budget simulator set up ready next student Right Ex-P-38 fighter pilot Wally Arbanas first complained rudder response too slow concentrates makes another attempt flying RC Glider through turn Left Student pilot Erik Rustand practices sort out orientation problems occur flying model toward having worry about crashing makes lot easier Right After few minutes practice Erik begins get hang setting up landing Radio Technique/Myers Continued page 129 Aileron control tips whole wing rela tive rest machine long distance between center lift centerof-gravity Consequently lot pendulum effect once steep turn started dont have much control authority stop Thats things get interesting found best add some power push nose down opposite roll just wait gives heart clutch engine running little sick powered down landing Thats found out didnt have enough Up control authority learned land thing somewhat like Helicopter Bring near ground add power last minute bring up nose can land main gear Crosswind landings unwise because much wing way up above wheels experiments followed result learned something about deadstick landings hangs nose low glide have dive runway order have enough control left lift nose landing glide has general characteristics par achute descent some Helicopter autorotation landing characteristics thrown spice beginners very likely keep interest awhile Windbag Flex-Foil International B V PO Box 480-7600 AL Almelo Netherlands Available Savon Hobbies 3622 North 19th Ave Miami FL 33142 Simulator/Schoenberg Continued page 37 tending out nine inches After some testing refining ex perimental simulator really worked fairly ef fectively surprisingly first trials hung Glider garage ceiling center-of-gravity about eight inches shroud produced ade quate movement right left turn signaled Too much turn however took rudder out airstream Glider stayed locked turn position solu tion tape four-inch extensions shroud sides leading edge wing would block excessive turn move ment leaving rudder still airstream could return plane its former yaw axis Pitch movement barely noticeable would have learned au naturel air Yet turns still crisp enough Aha Lets see straightening out airstream through egg-crate-type dividers wouldnt trick trip local li quor commission store provided three bot tle dividers two fitted side side nicely exit hole Taped defi nitely smoothed out rotating fanned air improved turning action Glider fellow club member Dave Gough yet turn RC transmitter ordered en route him hap pened come evening enlisted Simple Simulator project novice test pilot training system few minutes right left turns cor recting stops straight flight stopand-go S turns acquainted him what happened Gliders yaw position going away him would react coming toward him re quiring him reverse control directions left stick gave right rudder vice versa easy put him test pi lots chair moved around back carton facing Glider fan transmitter receiver switched again results favor able Responding instructors com mands right left turns Dave soon got over initial disorientation Sure usual moments confusion relatively slow-turning Glider giving him time react nerve-wracking fear hard landing crash out picture didnt have worry misstep controls could end delicate rather expensive piece equipment Sheltered vagaries real winds test pilot able concentrate improving flying skills After 20 minutes total training ver dict Now feel comfortable transmitter can start turn stop fly straight aheadand Glider both going away coming toward think Ill better able con trol model now have sim plified simulator time Hopefully Dave conservative fellow neighbor Wally Arbanas came see what action garage about drafted second test pilot Wally novice comes RC flyinghe out to field several times never attempted fly modelsbut hes experienced military pilot flew P-38s World War II first feedback got Wally turns slowly Maybe old fighter pilot reflexes case fix clearly needed Glider didnt respond fast enough him So reset rudder throw both servo control horn absolute maximum result much peppier Glider Thats like Wally told usand another novice RC pilot quickly adjusting transmitter sticks turning stopping turn directing ship flying away him mastering crucial knack guiding back towards himself Like Dave before him Wally spared traumatic disorientation commonly experienced student pilot trying cope switching stick directions Now get Wally out field hobby like experienced pilots wanted start out air plane P-38 Alas perhaps lucky him end no P-38s stock BAM members squadrons Trainers first Wally cautioned glad see him THE LEADER IN COMPETITION NEW U THP DESIGN DIAPRICE 14 15 16 NEW PRO SERIES 3 / [I i1 NEW HIGH TECH AIRFOIL SECTION 10T020%INCREASE IN THRUST MFGOFSELECTHARD MAPLE WOOD WILL NOT FATIGUE LIKE SYNTHETICS FUEL PROOF HIGH LUSTER FINISH DIAPITCHPRICE 534 634 72833h456 8334568 84566/7 9456677A 1045667 106W8W 106EW 114677778 II5W 116EW 1167 124W 12SW 1256 1356 1456 1556 164N 16678 RC PYLON RACING SERIES 500 DIA PITCHPRICE 7SN 5N 8I63A778 SERIES 400C 866777/ 9777 W WIDE BLADE EW EXTRA WIDE N NARROW PROPELLERS SERIES 100 TAILORED HELICAL PITCH DEVELOPED TO GIVE MAXIMUM THRUST AT 4 CYCLE ENGINE RPM ALL THE LATEST TECHNIQUES USED ON OUR PRO SERIES 3 SEE BELOW PITCH THP 66 77 7 7 8 67 678 March 1988 133 NEW BULK Hardware Packs NEW Low-price glow-driver Power Panel NEW Catamaran Race Boat NEW RC Electric Hovercraft NEW Mini Sailwinch servo NEW High performance nicads NEW High performance Speed Controls NEW Pushrods NEW Adhesives still nibbling game time try out system peers next club meeting built stand Glider hang using 1 x 2 x 48-in laths 2 x 4 base 1 x 12 x 24-in scrap wood Simple Simu lator now portable albeit depen dent availability station wagon van portability make sense have some means positioning stand maximum turning ability air stream whenever changed locations get flexibility cut slots shroud stand fit ensuring would correct best location time simulator set up flight training classes After finishing touches painting carton stand Simple Simulator ready unveiling What wondered would club members say about almost-no-cost gadget Whatever youre bringing first question heard won derful new wind tunnel came door Club members exactly overcome enthusiasm about new contraption offereing set up Glider hung stands monofilament line fan transmitter receiver switched soon line members queuing up turns First honors went president Ed Verboort clubs practitioner RC Mode flyingie ai lerons/throttle right stick rud der/elevator left stick should change over admitted Ed will help transition four years Mode flying Started way some reason never changed Now Im afraid give instruction beginners Score Simple Simulator Next up two guests meeting Jack Turunun Jack Emerson Both men absolute newcomers RC flying both sixties although Jack Emerson retired veteran Navy aviator Now understand what transmitter sticks functions what happens said Jack Turunun after few minutes transmitter coming him Glider caused enough trouble convince Jack need simula tor time Ex-aviator Jack Emerson too al though showed flying ability immediately very smooth turns also bothered quite bit turns brought plane back toward him Guess Im simulator time again sighed Got lot over years Now came several experienced RC pi lots Loren Anderson well beyond need simple simulator could remember early days hed sit chair transmitter move con trol sticks mentally steering imagined model luck out maneu vers unusual attitudes guess evolved sort mental IFR Instrument Flying Rules simulator method Loren 100 -r BLUE RIDGE 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