CHUPP LfTTLETBITTYrn U Wes DeLong year 1916 important Carl B Chupp went work Thomas Morse Aeroplane Factory Ithaca NY after attending Georgia Tech married work entered wager fellow engineer see could build fly smallest combustion engine model airplane Chupp started project 1917 first designed built one-inch bore one-inch stroke four-stroke horizontally opposed gas engine true work inventive genius Chupp finished development engine airplane 1920 model very advanced its time periodit biplane called Little Bitty named daughter Janice small child time Little Bitty 7-foot wingspan wing area 2448 44 Model Aviation re inches weighed 12 pounds ready fly ribs wing tail built hardwood no balsa days fuselage planked %2 veneer trailing edges cable wire airplane covered scraps provided Thomas Morse addition designing building developing model Chupp made assembly screws head diameters thickness vary along slots can tell homemade Chupp lost track airplane about 1925it probably hit tree field Little Bittys engine has stored Janices attic 50 years have privilege restoring Using March 1930 issue Aero Digest reference built copy Little Bitty took four years spare time build must say four years enjoyable modeling life early days Langley Smithsonian Ray Arden David Stanger England others experimented engines models would interesting know correspondence went among pioneers Chupps engine much sophisticated Stanger sthe cylinders Chupps engine no cooling fins because cylinder walls /32 thick cooled adequately flight pushrods rockers exposed crankcase aluminum onepiece double-throw crank ran two ball bearings Domed aluminum pistons two rings lightening holes around skirt Steel connecting rods split bearing caps babbitted bearings engine functioning float-type carburetor similar Zenith carburetors motorcycles around 1910 inside carburetor magnificentit looks crafted watchmaker engine functioning interrupter timer working separate distributorgreat homemade stuff attempt establish horsepower engine turned 20 x 11 prop about 1600 rpm flight tached 3200 rpm flywheel bench test cylinders turned blue after about 20 minutes running wide open crankcase retained oil provided adequate splash lube ignition provided Dixie coil Dixie Magneto motorcycle Eveready tungsten batteryyes Eveready goes back far long-gone spark Opposite top Carl B Chupp Cornell University campus Little Bitty designed built developed Opposite bottom Little Bitty fuselage Twelve-pound model seven-foot wingspan wing area 2448 square inches Left Authors Little Bitty original Chupp engine March 1930 Aero Digest used reference Below Little Bittys homemade engine parts 1919 Chupp began project l9l7and itwas ready fly 1920 March 1997 45 w NO OCR TEXT plugs homemade ceramic bodies provided Corning Glass Works Corning NY pictures show plugs transparent center electrode visible Chupp regularly flew Little Bitty Cornell University campus great success 1920 1923 free flight trim done ailerons rudder elevatoreach fully adjustable homemade flight timer used limit engine run keep Little Bitty out buildings trees skirting campus athletic field Chupp awarded prestigious Silver Cup AeroClub Ithaca Janice brought award down attic stored engine 50 years engraving follows AeroClub Ithaca Mechanical Driven Model Airplane Trophy -ForRecord Flight Mechanical Motor 1920 Chupp family moved Ithaca Bryn Anthen PA suburb Philadelphia 1925 could work factory manager Pitcairn few years later Pitcairn moved Willow Grove another northeast Philadelphia suburb An article published Philadelphia Evening Public Ledger dated April 5 1930 stated took Chupp about 500 hours build engine addition other problems before modet ready fly 1920 much difficulty getting piston rings correct engine weighed 1 /2 tbcompare modern two-stroke horizontally opposed engine becomes apparent 1920 Chupp cutting edge model engine technology articles about Little Bitty March April 1930 issues Aero Digest Copies can obtained Experimental Aircraft Associations Boeing Aeronautical Library Notice last line page 222 April 1930 issue says about using radio control Thats definitely foresight have greatest respect pioneers engine airplane inventions believe Chupp far ahead time few could comprehend significance great work have privilege restoring Hope Diamond model airplane engines cannot express awe inventive visionary genius man possessed Carl B Chupp deserves recognized great pioneers aviation Wes DeLong 710 Sandralee Dr Toledo OH 43612 h 1997 47 LIGHTING SYSTEMS THE ORIGINALS. Still Best RAM 01 AdI Flash Nay Lights 9V NEW 94 span WI wing light conn $2995 RAM 02Strobe Light 9V adjustable flash rate1995 RAM 03Landing Li9hts 48V receiver controlled3995 RAM 04Mars Rotating Beacon 9V adjustable rate1995 RAM 06Sky Lights 18 Light Set 72-9V 94 best way fly atnight2995 RAM 14Big Airplane Navi9ation Lights 9V 168 span nonflashing2495 RAM 15 Non Flash Nay Ligh 9\NEW 94 span wI wing light conn 1495 RAM 16 Econo Landing Lights 9V servo controlled brightest 1995 RAM 23 Real Strobe Li9ht 3V brightest 2995 RAM 65 T6 Lg Scale Lighting 72-9V Comb #s 0414 & 16 100 span 5995 S SEE YOUR DEALERS SEND STAMPED ENVELOPE OR RAM iNFO unavaliable locally send check money order full credit card cost item pius $400 $500 foreignl immediate shipment inciude fuii address UPS Sorry no OD cRam 229B E Rollins Rd d Lake Beach IL 60073 InfroduchgapsssycM can reilly turn power
Edition: Model Aviation - 1997/03
Page Numbers: 44, 45, 46, 47
Edition: Model Aviation - 1997/03
Page Numbers: 44, 45, 46, 47
CHUPP LfTTLETBITTYrn U Wes DeLong year 1916 important Carl B Chupp went work Thomas Morse Aeroplane Factory Ithaca NY after attending Georgia Tech married work entered wager fellow engineer see could build fly smallest combustion engine model airplane Chupp started project 1917 first designed built one-inch bore one-inch stroke four-stroke horizontally opposed gas engine true work inventive genius Chupp finished development engine airplane 1920 model very advanced its time periodit biplane called Little Bitty named daughter Janice small child time Little Bitty 7-foot wingspan wing area 2448 44 Model Aviation re inches weighed 12 pounds ready fly ribs wing tail built hardwood no balsa days fuselage planked %2 veneer trailing edges cable wire airplane covered scraps provided Thomas Morse addition designing building developing model Chupp made assembly screws head diameters thickness vary along slots can tell homemade Chupp lost track airplane about 1925it probably hit tree field Little Bittys engine has stored Janices attic 50 years have privilege restoring Using March 1930 issue Aero Digest reference built copy Little Bitty took four years spare time build must say four years enjoyable modeling life early days Langley Smithsonian Ray Arden David Stanger England others experimented engines models would interesting know correspondence went among pioneers Chupps engine much sophisticated Stanger sthe cylinders Chupps engine no cooling fins because cylinder walls /32 thick cooled adequately flight pushrods rockers exposed crankcase aluminum onepiece double-throw crank ran two ball bearings Domed aluminum pistons two rings lightening holes around skirt Steel connecting rods split bearing caps babbitted bearings engine functioning float-type carburetor similar Zenith carburetors motorcycles around 1910 inside carburetor magnificentit looks crafted watchmaker engine functioning interrupter timer working separate distributorgreat homemade stuff attempt establish horsepower engine turned 20 x 11 prop about 1600 rpm flight tached 3200 rpm flywheel bench test cylinders turned blue after about 20 minutes running wide open crankcase retained oil provided adequate splash lube ignition provided Dixie coil Dixie Magneto motorcycle Eveready tungsten batteryyes Eveready goes back far long-gone spark Opposite top Carl B Chupp Cornell University campus Little Bitty designed built developed Opposite bottom Little Bitty fuselage Twelve-pound model seven-foot wingspan wing area 2448 square inches Left Authors Little Bitty original Chupp engine March 1930 Aero Digest used reference Below Little Bittys homemade engine parts 1919 Chupp began project l9l7and itwas ready fly 1920 March 1997 45 w NO OCR TEXT plugs homemade ceramic bodies provided Corning Glass Works Corning NY pictures show plugs transparent center electrode visible Chupp regularly flew Little Bitty Cornell University campus great success 1920 1923 free flight trim done ailerons rudder elevatoreach fully adjustable homemade flight timer used limit engine run keep Little Bitty out buildings trees skirting campus athletic field Chupp awarded prestigious Silver Cup AeroClub Ithaca Janice brought award down attic stored engine 50 years engraving follows AeroClub Ithaca Mechanical Driven Model Airplane Trophy -ForRecord Flight Mechanical Motor 1920 Chupp family moved Ithaca Bryn Anthen PA suburb Philadelphia 1925 could work factory manager Pitcairn few years later Pitcairn moved Willow Grove another northeast Philadelphia suburb An article published Philadelphia Evening Public Ledger dated April 5 1930 stated took Chupp about 500 hours build engine addition other problems before modet ready fly 1920 much difficulty getting piston rings correct engine weighed 1 /2 tbcompare modern two-stroke horizontally opposed engine becomes apparent 1920 Chupp cutting edge model engine technology articles about Little Bitty March April 1930 issues Aero Digest Copies can obtained Experimental Aircraft Associations Boeing Aeronautical Library Notice last line page 222 April 1930 issue says about using radio control Thats definitely foresight have greatest respect pioneers engine airplane inventions believe Chupp far ahead time few could comprehend significance great work have privilege restoring Hope Diamond model airplane engines cannot express awe inventive visionary genius man possessed Carl B Chupp deserves recognized great pioneers aviation Wes DeLong 710 Sandralee Dr Toledo OH 43612 h 1997 47 LIGHTING SYSTEMS THE ORIGINALS. Still Best RAM 01 AdI Flash Nay Lights 9V NEW 94 span WI wing light conn $2995 RAM 02Strobe Light 9V adjustable flash rate1995 RAM 03Landing Li9hts 48V receiver controlled3995 RAM 04Mars Rotating Beacon 9V adjustable rate1995 RAM 06Sky Lights 18 Light Set 72-9V 94 best way fly atnight2995 RAM 14Big Airplane Navi9ation Lights 9V 168 span nonflashing2495 RAM 15 Non Flash Nay Ligh 9\NEW 94 span wI wing light conn 1495 RAM 16 Econo Landing Lights 9V servo controlled brightest 1995 RAM 23 Real Strobe Li9ht 3V brightest 2995 RAM 65 T6 Lg Scale Lighting 72-9V Comb #s 0414 & 16 100 span 5995 S SEE YOUR DEALERS SEND STAMPED ENVELOPE OR RAM iNFO unavaliable locally send check money order full credit card cost item pius $400 $500 foreignl immediate shipment inciude fuii address UPS Sorry no OD cRam 229B E Rollins Rd d Lake Beach IL 60073 InfroduchgapsssycM can reilly turn power
Edition: Model Aviation - 1997/03
Page Numbers: 44, 45, 46, 47
CHUPP LfTTLETBITTYrn U Wes DeLong year 1916 important Carl B Chupp went work Thomas Morse Aeroplane Factory Ithaca NY after attending Georgia Tech married work entered wager fellow engineer see could build fly smallest combustion engine model airplane Chupp started project 1917 first designed built one-inch bore one-inch stroke four-stroke horizontally opposed gas engine true work inventive genius Chupp finished development engine airplane 1920 model very advanced its time periodit biplane called Little Bitty named daughter Janice small child time Little Bitty 7-foot wingspan wing area 2448 44 Model Aviation re inches weighed 12 pounds ready fly ribs wing tail built hardwood no balsa days fuselage planked %2 veneer trailing edges cable wire airplane covered scraps provided Thomas Morse addition designing building developing model Chupp made assembly screws head diameters thickness vary along slots can tell homemade Chupp lost track airplane about 1925it probably hit tree field Little Bittys engine has stored Janices attic 50 years have privilege restoring Using March 1930 issue Aero Digest reference built copy Little Bitty took four years spare time build must say four years enjoyable modeling life early days Langley Smithsonian Ray Arden David Stanger England others experimented engines models would interesting know correspondence went among pioneers Chupps engine much sophisticated Stanger sthe cylinders Chupps engine no cooling fins because cylinder walls /32 thick cooled adequately flight pushrods rockers exposed crankcase aluminum onepiece double-throw crank ran two ball bearings Domed aluminum pistons two rings lightening holes around skirt Steel connecting rods split bearing caps babbitted bearings engine functioning float-type carburetor similar Zenith carburetors motorcycles around 1910 inside carburetor magnificentit looks crafted watchmaker engine functioning interrupter timer working separate distributorgreat homemade stuff attempt establish horsepower engine turned 20 x 11 prop about 1600 rpm flight tached 3200 rpm flywheel bench test cylinders turned blue after about 20 minutes running wide open crankcase retained oil provided adequate splash lube ignition provided Dixie coil Dixie Magneto motorcycle Eveready tungsten batteryyes Eveready goes back far long-gone spark Opposite top Carl B Chupp Cornell University campus Little Bitty designed built developed Opposite bottom Little Bitty fuselage Twelve-pound model seven-foot wingspan wing area 2448 square inches Left Authors Little Bitty original Chupp engine March 1930 Aero Digest used reference Below Little Bittys homemade engine parts 1919 Chupp began project l9l7and itwas ready fly 1920 March 1997 45 w NO OCR TEXT plugs homemade ceramic bodies provided Corning Glass Works Corning NY pictures show plugs transparent center electrode visible Chupp regularly flew Little Bitty Cornell University campus great success 1920 1923 free flight trim done ailerons rudder elevatoreach fully adjustable homemade flight timer used limit engine run keep Little Bitty out buildings trees skirting campus athletic field Chupp awarded prestigious Silver Cup AeroClub Ithaca Janice brought award down attic stored engine 50 years engraving follows AeroClub Ithaca Mechanical Driven Model Airplane Trophy -ForRecord Flight Mechanical Motor 1920 Chupp family moved Ithaca Bryn Anthen PA suburb Philadelphia 1925 could work factory manager Pitcairn few years later Pitcairn moved Willow Grove another northeast Philadelphia suburb An article published Philadelphia Evening Public Ledger dated April 5 1930 stated took Chupp about 500 hours build engine addition other problems before modet ready fly 1920 much difficulty getting piston rings correct engine weighed 1 /2 tbcompare modern two-stroke horizontally opposed engine becomes apparent 1920 Chupp cutting edge model engine technology articles about Little Bitty March April 1930 issues Aero Digest Copies can obtained Experimental Aircraft Associations Boeing Aeronautical Library Notice last line page 222 April 1930 issue says about using radio control Thats definitely foresight have greatest respect pioneers engine airplane inventions believe Chupp far ahead time few could comprehend significance great work have privilege restoring Hope Diamond model airplane engines cannot express awe inventive visionary genius man possessed Carl B Chupp deserves recognized great pioneers aviation Wes DeLong 710 Sandralee Dr Toledo OH 43612 h 1997 47 LIGHTING SYSTEMS THE ORIGINALS. Still Best RAM 01 AdI Flash Nay Lights 9V NEW 94 span WI wing light conn $2995 RAM 02Strobe Light 9V adjustable flash rate1995 RAM 03Landing Li9hts 48V receiver controlled3995 RAM 04Mars Rotating Beacon 9V adjustable rate1995 RAM 06Sky Lights 18 Light Set 72-9V 94 best way fly atnight2995 RAM 14Big Airplane Navi9ation Lights 9V 168 span nonflashing2495 RAM 15 Non Flash Nay Ligh 9\NEW 94 span wI wing light conn 1495 RAM 16 Econo Landing Lights 9V servo controlled brightest 1995 RAM 23 Real Strobe Li9ht 3V brightest 2995 RAM 65 T6 Lg Scale Lighting 72-9V Comb #s 0414 & 16 100 span 5995 S SEE YOUR DEALERS SEND STAMPED ENVELOPE OR RAM iNFO unavaliable locally send check money order full credit card cost item pius $400 $500 foreignl immediate shipment inciude fuii address UPS Sorry no OD cRam 229B E Rollins Rd d Lake Beach IL 60073 InfroduchgapsssycM can reilly turn power
Edition: Model Aviation - 1997/03
Page Numbers: 44, 45, 46, 47
CHUPP LfTTLETBITTYrn U Wes DeLong year 1916 important Carl B Chupp went work Thomas Morse Aeroplane Factory Ithaca NY after attending Georgia Tech married work entered wager fellow engineer see could build fly smallest combustion engine model airplane Chupp started project 1917 first designed built one-inch bore one-inch stroke four-stroke horizontally opposed gas engine true work inventive genius Chupp finished development engine airplane 1920 model very advanced its time periodit biplane called Little Bitty named daughter Janice small child time Little Bitty 7-foot wingspan wing area 2448 44 Model Aviation re inches weighed 12 pounds ready fly ribs wing tail built hardwood no balsa days fuselage planked %2 veneer trailing edges cable wire airplane covered scraps provided Thomas Morse addition designing building developing model Chupp made assembly screws head diameters thickness vary along slots can tell homemade Chupp lost track airplane about 1925it probably hit tree field Little Bittys engine has stored Janices attic 50 years have privilege restoring Using March 1930 issue Aero Digest reference built copy Little Bitty took four years spare time build must say four years enjoyable modeling life early days Langley Smithsonian Ray Arden David Stanger England others experimented engines models would interesting know correspondence went among pioneers Chupps engine much sophisticated Stanger sthe cylinders Chupps engine no cooling fins because cylinder walls /32 thick cooled adequately flight pushrods rockers exposed crankcase aluminum onepiece double-throw crank ran two ball bearings Domed aluminum pistons two rings lightening holes around skirt Steel connecting rods split bearing caps babbitted bearings engine functioning float-type carburetor similar Zenith carburetors motorcycles around 1910 inside carburetor magnificentit looks crafted watchmaker engine functioning interrupter timer working separate distributorgreat homemade stuff attempt establish horsepower engine turned 20 x 11 prop about 1600 rpm flight tached 3200 rpm flywheel bench test cylinders turned blue after about 20 minutes running wide open crankcase retained oil provided adequate splash lube ignition provided Dixie coil Dixie Magneto motorcycle Eveready tungsten batteryyes Eveready goes back far long-gone spark Opposite top Carl B Chupp Cornell University campus Little Bitty designed built developed Opposite bottom Little Bitty fuselage Twelve-pound model seven-foot wingspan wing area 2448 square inches Left Authors Little Bitty original Chupp engine March 1930 Aero Digest used reference Below Little Bittys homemade engine parts 1919 Chupp began project l9l7and itwas ready fly 1920 March 1997 45 w NO OCR TEXT plugs homemade ceramic bodies provided Corning Glass Works Corning NY pictures show plugs transparent center electrode visible Chupp regularly flew Little Bitty Cornell University campus great success 1920 1923 free flight trim done ailerons rudder elevatoreach fully adjustable homemade flight timer used limit engine run keep Little Bitty out buildings trees skirting campus athletic field Chupp awarded prestigious Silver Cup AeroClub Ithaca Janice brought award down attic stored engine 50 years engraving follows AeroClub Ithaca Mechanical Driven Model Airplane Trophy -ForRecord Flight Mechanical Motor 1920 Chupp family moved Ithaca Bryn Anthen PA suburb Philadelphia 1925 could work factory manager Pitcairn few years later Pitcairn moved Willow Grove another northeast Philadelphia suburb An article published Philadelphia Evening Public Ledger dated April 5 1930 stated took Chupp about 500 hours build engine addition other problems before modet ready fly 1920 much difficulty getting piston rings correct engine weighed 1 /2 tbcompare modern two-stroke horizontally opposed engine becomes apparent 1920 Chupp cutting edge model engine technology articles about Little Bitty March April 1930 issues Aero Digest Copies can obtained Experimental Aircraft Associations Boeing Aeronautical Library Notice last line page 222 April 1930 issue says about using radio control Thats definitely foresight have greatest respect pioneers engine airplane inventions believe Chupp far ahead time few could comprehend significance great work have privilege restoring Hope Diamond model airplane engines cannot express awe inventive visionary genius man possessed Carl B Chupp deserves recognized great pioneers aviation Wes DeLong 710 Sandralee Dr Toledo OH 43612 h 1997 47 LIGHTING SYSTEMS THE ORIGINALS. Still Best RAM 01 AdI Flash Nay Lights 9V NEW 94 span WI wing light conn $2995 RAM 02Strobe Light 9V adjustable flash rate1995 RAM 03Landing Li9hts 48V receiver controlled3995 RAM 04Mars Rotating Beacon 9V adjustable rate1995 RAM 06Sky Lights 18 Light Set 72-9V 94 best way fly atnight2995 RAM 14Big Airplane Navi9ation Lights 9V 168 span nonflashing2495 RAM 15 Non Flash Nay Ligh 9\NEW 94 span wI wing light conn 1495 RAM 16 Econo Landing Lights 9V servo controlled brightest 1995 RAM 23 Real Strobe Li9ht 3V brightest 2995 RAM 65 T6 Lg Scale Lighting 72-9V Comb #s 0414 & 16 100 span 5995 S SEE YOUR DEALERS SEND STAMPED ENVELOPE OR RAM iNFO unavaliable locally send check money order full credit card cost item pius $400 $500 foreignl immediate shipment inciude fuii address UPS Sorry no OD cRam 229B E Rollins Rd d Lake Beach IL 60073 InfroduchgapsssycM can reilly turn power
