fJ4t Aircrafts Waco U Stan 5Ife{andier article dedicated memoy Ron Sears qiiope fabric spruce glue balsa. sounds like am talking about model airplanes doesnt Well am aircraft happen 12 inches ot variety doesnt preclude being sort model does fact manufactured continuation 1930s popular sport acrobatic aircraft Waco YMF-5 Waco Classic F-5 go Lansing Michigan Ron Sears did take time find local airport After few questions office will way upstairs company headquarters todays finest American-built biplanes seems Scale modelers gather information aircraft want buildIm no different Waco aircraft have dear heart very long time trip another chance gather information particular aircraft really likefrom ground up Now little background Waco aircraft August1994 25 beginning Advance Aircraft Company shaped golden age aviation Due change ownership company name changed Advance Aircraft Company Waco Aircraft Company Waco stands Weaver Aircraft Company after three founders George E Buck Weaver began commercial production Model Six Waco Biplane first glance appears another Jenny good reason parts Curtiss Jenny surplus including OX-S engines flying surfaces mid-thirties Waco factory turned out 2500 aircraft other US aircraft factories combined Among popular models YMF UMF-5 UMF powered Continental engine YMF sported Jacobs engine hence change first letter Waco aircraft played just about conceivable role sport aircraft mail planes racers cargo-passenger transport military use mounted floats its other capabilities Wacos also excellent aerobatic aircraft story picks up nearly 60 years later What started dream Richard S Kettles Classic Aircraft Corporations president now reality sport aviators around world owning recreation past Engines round two wings aircraft two-holers gas fumes sort perfume flying wires sang own song gentle evening sunset alone sat cockpit listening purring Jacobs engine Wacos being built virtually 30s Classic Aircraft Corporation Lansing Michigan operation small aircraft custom-built Other some safetyrelated changes have made over years Wacos built exactly 30s Factory photos confirm construction utilized original Waco construction just much larger scale Indeed president Classic Aircraft Corporation needed help could get already built Pica kit YMF-3 much same YMF-S Waco F-3 sported smaller rudder F-S Now small design team went National Air Space Museum archivists Robert B Woods Edward Pupeck helped locate 450 original F-S drawings files Smithsonian FAAs New York regional headquarters Several top employees Piper Aircraft Lock Haven plant just shut down came work fledgling JJt Aircrafts Waco company General Manager Bob Edelstein former Piper aircraft employees came Classic BS Aeronautical Engineering Northrop University made him valuable asset company Bob also aeromodeler engineering offices Bob has antique model aircraft kits far highly technical full-scale drawings Waco Classic F-S fact Classic Aircraft employees modelers current aircraft production line usually works four aircraft same time first aircraft took six months 9000 man-hours complete Now takes about 4500 man hours build about 500 extra hours options pilots request maximum number can manufactured year 10 aircrafta 26 Model Aviation osh Wisconsin same week visited factory saw Michael McCaftertys Waco Classicthere several Classic planes fly-in Final preparation beautiful aircraft shipped Switzerland pilot encounters full avionics three sides cockpit little less month hard economic times waiting list During visit three aircraft production Two being framed up different stages being test flown before shipment Switzerland new owners receive complete instructions flight school make ownership transition biplanes conventional landing gear enjoyable new Classic Aircraft Corporations Classic Waco F-5 built under original type certificate closer inspection reveals model aircraft full-scale biplanes have much common building practices materials suppliers might wondering what aircraft have models sense full-scale Classic Wacos just large models FAA license re-creation something built past aircraft engineers worked together raise type back production avid aeromodelers including president general manager Aircraft materials used full-scale aircraft 30s home-built aircraft today again used construct aircraft well large models photos article reveal box-and-stringer construction techniquesexcept full-scale aircraft employ steel tubing modelers use plywood balsa box add formers stringers Sig Manufacturing Inc longtime worldwide hobby supplier carries balsa blocks non-stressed areas need formed sanded down Fiberglass used wingtips leading edge panels strength much modelers use fiberglass wings take abuse fliers dish out Sitka spruce used well other types spruce wing ribs fuselage construction Most wing spars ribs built different types spruce birch plywood three main facilities involved building Waco Classic Aircraft houses fuselage assembly room aircraft start take classic form fuselage starts life welded 4130 steel tubing ajig can rolled around turned upside down After steel framework finished aircraft-grade mahogany plywood formers added using Sitka spruce fuselage stringers applied sanded varnished fit stringers work art elevators rudder stab also cut welded together building inside steel tubing coated after welding re coat oil burned off during welding primary tubing aircraft re-coated drilling two small holes frame pumping oil draining welding holes closed reseal After initial coats protectant fuselage framework flying surfaces sprayed primer set aside covering rib-stitching paint Modeling techniques again used covering big Wacos dont August1994 27 Bob Edeistein shows nearly completed elevators plane #58 Fabric cover over steel tube frame Worker shows fiberglass wingtips minimize damage andWing panel construction Stainless steel staples hold wooden wear Note ribs backgroundparts until epoxy dries Note C-clamps LE use varnish glue used apply fabric stringers ribs heat gun well standard household iron used large surfaces MonoKote irons also used small surfaces just modelers use shrink fabric Wings constructed skilled wood craftsmen assembly hangar aircraft-grade birch spruce assembled wing ribs placed rib jig glued stapled set aside next wing panel Several different small parts constructed set aside future aircraft including fuel tanks ribs wingtips fuel tanks may contain combined 48 US-gallon capacity standard constructed Classic Aircraft shop 12-gallon tank arrangement upper wing panels optional fuel tanks installed upper wing panel center sections used part wing skin assembly hangar also engine cowlings manufactured cowls built 606 l-TG aluminum Seven segments formed press welded together reinforced cowl rings front rear cowling cowl weighs about 12/2 pounds Due special equipment needed press panels final shape cowl segments few parts formed outside main shops Painting starts out two coats nitrate dope coat butyrate dope applied Next rib stitches applied reinforcements grommets tapes Four coats clear butyrate dope applied sanding between coat Four coats silver dope prevent sunlight deteriorating fabric coat white added sanding finally finish coat paint could coat Imron DuPonta polyurethane another polyurethane paint up 20 coats butyrate dope finish flawless wing panels added airframe flying surfaces attached aircraft assembly hangar After final assembly takes place aircraft fired up moved sales hangar final flight preparation completed tour number 55 F-5C-55 aircraft being readied shipment Switzerland particular aircraft beautiful original color scheme metallic navy blue copper trimmed white pinstripes Bob Edelstein told us difference building aircraft export instrumentation extra paperwork Scale modelers use aircraft competition should remember few changes consider before building Waco Classic Waco YMF-5 biplane Classic YMF-5 note following changes original YMF-5 1 The main landing gear has lowered three inches original 2 The tail wheel has raised five inches better ground handling now steerable 3 Pay close attention fuselage sides directly behind cowling Some aircraft have area covered aluminum keep passengers kicking through fuselage side fabric originally used built Commercial Super models 4 Note counterbalance rudder original didnt have makes aircraft user-friendly modeler just has change shape rudder vertical stab Waco Classic aircraft after #40 standard option has retrofitted pilot/owner request earlier models 5 The fuselage Commercial model used giving rides aerobatics has lengthened six inches between cockpits examining full-scale aircraft documentation find aircraft registration cockpit under left horizontal stabilizer fuselage side C Commercial indicates whether has extra six inches find kits plans documentation Waco YMF-5 Bob Edelstein Classic Aircraft Corporation Capitol City Airport Lansing 28 Model Aviation ide paint booth workers sand down butyrate dope Does look familiar Mahogany formers have attached grommets rib stitching tapes have applied spruce stringers have glued formers Segments farmed cowl After assembly metal rings reinforce front rear cowl GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS TMF5 BY CLASSIC AIRCRAFT CORPORATION LANSING MICHIGAN USA Cy Icier woo 5474 104444440 4* 4404X 4040530 4* 490401044274448 49*0540 S$OMD -----425 44744 444040 SF449544 #440400404049400770$T004 $41 WOT SIAMMAS -- 10044 044 CA440flS $7400400 4 CAL 0041540*0440 310 040 140 44040523 40 47 1510 40040419 107501 00949 40040 -404 4444$ 4dM010CRAFT44404 C044004L 44044049004 05409040444944240e540040054140 04404004C4401449440*4449740045440504444444444 ww XI k2 XI AA 00455 4 050L 5* WACO YMF SCALE 3VIEW SC4L 3/8 OT COP470IOOIT 4904 BY RWFRIESTAO4 00 4 10 443 044449074 0404054 44423 MI 48906 Classic has listing aircraft have produced persistent will able find out particular aircraft tied down requesting Waco Classic F-S information suggest send $5 postage handling Remember modelers full-scale aircraft companys main business little courtesy postage money goes long way Pica Models offers two kits different sizes /6-scale 60-inch wingspan /s-scale kit YMF-3 wingspan 72 inches kit actually YMF-5 larger rudder Classic Aircraft F-5s used photo box N1935B Contact hobby retailer present price availability 1/6-scale model designed 60size engine /5-scale model designed 90 Four-stroke engines would ideal 80 1/6 scale version 12 four-stroke Ascale would terrific Look ads Model Aviation Waco YMF-UMF plans Jim Ann Pepino s Scale Plans Photo Service 3209 Madison Ave Greensboro NC 27403 Tel 910 292-5239 offers beautiful scale plans 90-inch wingspan Drawings Jim Cowling wheel pants custom cut kits available well photo documentation five-view drawings best YMF-5 plans also have plans Waco 10 biplane 73-inch wingspan Photo paaks Waco others along multiview drawings also available Bob Bankas Scale Model Research 2334 Ticonderoga Way Costa Mesa CA 92626 Tel 714 979-8058 Photo paaks available other Waco aircraft Scale plans Photo Service Scale Model Research probably have photo documentation multitude Scale projects other sources put together other Classic Waco YMF-5 documentation check out Scale Data Source List includes sources including national museums obtain paint chips other information sources Contact National Association Scale Aeromodelers NASA list comes membership costs $8 Contact Bert Dugan secretary/treasurer 11090 Phyllis Dr Clio MI 48420 Ikon NwstPO Box 306 Post Falls ID 83854 Tel 208 773-9001has several Waco kits documentation available dont have kits Waco YMF-5 have Waco Taperwing YPF-7 different aircraft YMF-5 Model 10 might also check Zenith Aviation Books Historic Aviation Books Wacos Thinking Scale competition Look Ron Sears article presentation documentation April 1993 issue Model Aviation Also catalogs listed above Scale Model Research Scale Plans Photo Service have articles presentation documentation written some prominent US Scale modelers Subscriptions International Waco Magazine 28-page quarterly publication $25 back issues $650 Write international Waco Magazine PO Box 665 Destin FL 32540 Tel 604 654-4696 Paul Matt drawings available Send SASE information membership Included newsletter history current events fly-ins etc American Waco ClubJerry Brown 3546 Newhouse P1 Greenwood IN 46143has newsletter containing technical information aircraft owners organization fly-ins Send SASE information Three-view drawings Waco YMF-5 Classic Aircraft Corporation offered Roland Friestad RR #1 Box 163 Cameron IL 61423 above documentation list doesnt include everything WacosIm sure morethis F-S Scale model kits information have able come up next time way Oshkosh EAA Fly-in make little side trip Lansing Michigan brief trip back time Waco Classic August1994 29 044004 0 4 * INCLUDING Aileron Extension Protective DAD PAD Velcro Mounting Belt O Dual-Conversion Superhet design O 8-Channel FM/PPM o U3 OIP 9 dB O Image Rejection better -70dB O Selectivity -55dB @ 75 Khz O Emissions below -67 dBm @3M 1999 O Compatible ALL FM Txs servos 0 Exclusive RSSI circuit eliminates servo jitter O Mini Size 82 High 22 Long 168 Wide r Ordering N formation Call 669-4548 Factory Real airplanes have two wings round engines Good luck Waco SHIE BAILS OUT TM Release Kscalelike arachuisd real pleaser crawd alaaffunl Fara brachure send SASE ta HOBBY HUT MANUFACTURING 2020 W 21st St N Suite #77 Wichita KS 67203-2lO7Dept MAY 30 Madel Aviation 7 995* 168 Main St P 0 Box 711 ron 9337 Phone 308 432-2122FAX 308 432-2002
Edition: Model Aviation - 1994/08
Page Numbers: 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30
fJ4t Aircrafts Waco U Stan 5Ife{andier article dedicated memoy Ron Sears qiiope fabric spruce glue balsa. sounds like am talking about model airplanes doesnt Well am aircraft happen 12 inches ot variety doesnt preclude being sort model does fact manufactured continuation 1930s popular sport acrobatic aircraft Waco YMF-5 Waco Classic F-5 go Lansing Michigan Ron Sears did take time find local airport After few questions office will way upstairs company headquarters todays finest American-built biplanes seems Scale modelers gather information aircraft want buildIm no different Waco aircraft have dear heart very long time trip another chance gather information particular aircraft really likefrom ground up Now little background Waco aircraft August1994 25 beginning Advance Aircraft Company shaped golden age aviation Due change ownership company name changed Advance Aircraft Company Waco Aircraft Company Waco stands Weaver Aircraft Company after three founders George E Buck Weaver began commercial production Model Six Waco Biplane first glance appears another Jenny good reason parts Curtiss Jenny surplus including OX-S engines flying surfaces mid-thirties Waco factory turned out 2500 aircraft other US aircraft factories combined Among popular models YMF UMF-5 UMF powered Continental engine YMF sported Jacobs engine hence change first letter Waco aircraft played just about conceivable role sport aircraft mail planes racers cargo-passenger transport military use mounted floats its other capabilities Wacos also excellent aerobatic aircraft story picks up nearly 60 years later What started dream Richard S Kettles Classic Aircraft Corporations president now reality sport aviators around world owning recreation past Engines round two wings aircraft two-holers gas fumes sort perfume flying wires sang own song gentle evening sunset alone sat cockpit listening purring Jacobs engine Wacos being built virtually 30s Classic Aircraft Corporation Lansing Michigan operation small aircraft custom-built Other some safetyrelated changes have made over years Wacos built exactly 30s Factory photos confirm construction utilized original Waco construction just much larger scale Indeed president Classic Aircraft Corporation needed help could get already built Pica kit YMF-3 much same YMF-S Waco F-3 sported smaller rudder F-S Now small design team went National Air Space Museum archivists Robert B Woods Edward Pupeck helped locate 450 original F-S drawings files Smithsonian FAAs New York regional headquarters Several top employees Piper Aircraft Lock Haven plant just shut down came work fledgling JJt Aircrafts Waco company General Manager Bob Edelstein former Piper aircraft employees came Classic BS Aeronautical Engineering Northrop University made him valuable asset company Bob also aeromodeler engineering offices Bob has antique model aircraft kits far highly technical full-scale drawings Waco Classic F-S fact Classic Aircraft employees modelers current aircraft production line usually works four aircraft same time first aircraft took six months 9000 man-hours complete Now takes about 4500 man hours build about 500 extra hours options pilots request maximum number can manufactured year 10 aircrafta 26 Model Aviation osh Wisconsin same week visited factory saw Michael McCaftertys Waco Classicthere several Classic planes fly-in Final preparation beautiful aircraft shipped Switzerland pilot encounters full avionics three sides cockpit little less month hard economic times waiting list During visit three aircraft production Two being framed up different stages being test flown before shipment Switzerland new owners receive complete instructions flight school make ownership transition biplanes conventional landing gear enjoyable new Classic Aircraft Corporations Classic Waco F-5 built under original type certificate closer inspection reveals model aircraft full-scale biplanes have much common building practices materials suppliers might wondering what aircraft have models sense full-scale Classic Wacos just large models FAA license re-creation something built past aircraft engineers worked together raise type back production avid aeromodelers including president general manager Aircraft materials used full-scale aircraft 30s home-built aircraft today again used construct aircraft well large models photos article reveal box-and-stringer construction techniquesexcept full-scale aircraft employ steel tubing modelers use plywood balsa box add formers stringers Sig Manufacturing Inc longtime worldwide hobby supplier carries balsa blocks non-stressed areas need formed sanded down Fiberglass used wingtips leading edge panels strength much modelers use fiberglass wings take abuse fliers dish out Sitka spruce used well other types spruce wing ribs fuselage construction Most wing spars ribs built different types spruce birch plywood three main facilities involved building Waco Classic Aircraft houses fuselage assembly room aircraft start take classic form fuselage starts life welded 4130 steel tubing ajig can rolled around turned upside down After steel framework finished aircraft-grade mahogany plywood formers added using Sitka spruce fuselage stringers applied sanded varnished fit stringers work art elevators rudder stab also cut welded together building inside steel tubing coated after welding re coat oil burned off during welding primary tubing aircraft re-coated drilling two small holes frame pumping oil draining welding holes closed reseal After initial coats protectant fuselage framework flying surfaces sprayed primer set aside covering rib-stitching paint Modeling techniques again used covering big Wacos dont August1994 27 Bob Edeistein shows nearly completed elevators plane #58 Fabric cover over steel tube frame Worker shows fiberglass wingtips minimize damage andWing panel construction Stainless steel staples hold wooden wear Note ribs backgroundparts until epoxy dries Note C-clamps LE use varnish glue used apply fabric stringers ribs heat gun well standard household iron used large surfaces MonoKote irons also used small surfaces just modelers use shrink fabric Wings constructed skilled wood craftsmen assembly hangar aircraft-grade birch spruce assembled wing ribs placed rib jig glued stapled set aside next wing panel Several different small parts constructed set aside future aircraft including fuel tanks ribs wingtips fuel tanks may contain combined 48 US-gallon capacity standard constructed Classic Aircraft shop 12-gallon tank arrangement upper wing panels optional fuel tanks installed upper wing panel center sections used part wing skin assembly hangar also engine cowlings manufactured cowls built 606 l-TG aluminum Seven segments formed press welded together reinforced cowl rings front rear cowling cowl weighs about 12/2 pounds Due special equipment needed press panels final shape cowl segments few parts formed outside main shops Painting starts out two coats nitrate dope coat butyrate dope applied Next rib stitches applied reinforcements grommets tapes Four coats clear butyrate dope applied sanding between coat Four coats silver dope prevent sunlight deteriorating fabric coat white added sanding finally finish coat paint could coat Imron DuPonta polyurethane another polyurethane paint up 20 coats butyrate dope finish flawless wing panels added airframe flying surfaces attached aircraft assembly hangar After final assembly takes place aircraft fired up moved sales hangar final flight preparation completed tour number 55 F-5C-55 aircraft being readied shipment Switzerland particular aircraft beautiful original color scheme metallic navy blue copper trimmed white pinstripes Bob Edelstein told us difference building aircraft export instrumentation extra paperwork Scale modelers use aircraft competition should remember few changes consider before building Waco Classic Waco YMF-5 biplane Classic YMF-5 note following changes original YMF-5 1 The main landing gear has lowered three inches original 2 The tail wheel has raised five inches better ground handling now steerable 3 Pay close attention fuselage sides directly behind cowling Some aircraft have area covered aluminum keep passengers kicking through fuselage side fabric originally used built Commercial Super models 4 Note counterbalance rudder original didnt have makes aircraft user-friendly modeler just has change shape rudder vertical stab Waco Classic aircraft after #40 standard option has retrofitted pilot/owner request earlier models 5 The fuselage Commercial model used giving rides aerobatics has lengthened six inches between cockpits examining full-scale aircraft documentation find aircraft registration cockpit under left horizontal stabilizer fuselage side C Commercial indicates whether has extra six inches find kits plans documentation Waco YMF-5 Bob Edelstein Classic Aircraft Corporation Capitol City Airport Lansing 28 Model Aviation ide paint booth workers sand down butyrate dope Does look familiar Mahogany formers have attached grommets rib stitching tapes have applied spruce stringers have glued formers Segments farmed cowl After assembly metal rings reinforce front rear cowl GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS TMF5 BY CLASSIC AIRCRAFT CORPORATION LANSING MICHIGAN USA Cy Icier woo 5474 104444440 4* 4404X 4040530 4* 490401044274448 49*0540 S$OMD -----425 44744 444040 SF449544 #440400404049400770$T004 $41 WOT SIAMMAS -- 10044 044 CA440flS $7400400 4 CAL 0041540*0440 310 040 140 44040523 40 47 1510 40040419 107501 00949 40040 -404 4444$ 4dM010CRAFT44404 C044004L 44044049004 05409040444944240e540040054140 04404004C4401449440*4449740045440504444444444 ww XI k2 XI AA 00455 4 050L 5* WACO YMF SCALE 3VIEW SC4L 3/8 OT COP470IOOIT 4904 BY RWFRIESTAO4 00 4 10 443 044449074 0404054 44423 MI 48906 Classic has listing aircraft have produced persistent will able find out particular aircraft tied down requesting Waco Classic F-S information suggest send $5 postage handling Remember modelers full-scale aircraft companys main business little courtesy postage money goes long way Pica Models offers two kits different sizes /6-scale 60-inch wingspan /s-scale kit YMF-3 wingspan 72 inches kit actually YMF-5 larger rudder Classic Aircraft F-5s used photo box N1935B Contact hobby retailer present price availability 1/6-scale model designed 60size engine /5-scale model designed 90 Four-stroke engines would ideal 80 1/6 scale version 12 four-stroke Ascale would terrific Look ads Model Aviation Waco YMF-UMF plans Jim Ann Pepino s Scale Plans Photo Service 3209 Madison Ave Greensboro NC 27403 Tel 910 292-5239 offers beautiful scale plans 90-inch wingspan Drawings Jim Cowling wheel pants custom cut kits available well photo documentation five-view drawings best YMF-5 plans also have plans Waco 10 biplane 73-inch wingspan Photo paaks Waco others along multiview drawings also available Bob Bankas Scale Model Research 2334 Ticonderoga Way Costa Mesa CA 92626 Tel 714 979-8058 Photo paaks available other Waco aircraft Scale plans Photo Service Scale Model Research probably have photo documentation multitude Scale projects other sources put together other Classic Waco YMF-5 documentation check out Scale Data Source List includes sources including national museums obtain paint chips other information sources Contact National Association Scale Aeromodelers NASA list comes membership costs $8 Contact Bert Dugan secretary/treasurer 11090 Phyllis Dr Clio MI 48420 Ikon NwstPO Box 306 Post Falls ID 83854 Tel 208 773-9001has several Waco kits documentation available dont have kits Waco YMF-5 have Waco Taperwing YPF-7 different aircraft YMF-5 Model 10 might also check Zenith Aviation Books Historic Aviation Books Wacos Thinking Scale competition Look Ron Sears article presentation documentation April 1993 issue Model Aviation Also catalogs listed above Scale Model Research Scale Plans Photo Service have articles presentation documentation written some prominent US Scale modelers Subscriptions International Waco Magazine 28-page quarterly publication $25 back issues $650 Write international Waco Magazine PO Box 665 Destin FL 32540 Tel 604 654-4696 Paul Matt drawings available Send SASE information membership Included newsletter history current events fly-ins etc American Waco ClubJerry Brown 3546 Newhouse P1 Greenwood IN 46143has newsletter containing technical information aircraft owners organization fly-ins Send SASE information Three-view drawings Waco YMF-5 Classic Aircraft Corporation offered Roland Friestad RR #1 Box 163 Cameron IL 61423 above documentation list doesnt include everything WacosIm sure morethis F-S Scale model kits information have able come up next time way Oshkosh EAA Fly-in make little side trip Lansing Michigan brief trip back time Waco Classic August1994 29 044004 0 4 * INCLUDING Aileron Extension Protective DAD PAD Velcro Mounting Belt O Dual-Conversion Superhet design O 8-Channel FM/PPM o U3 OIP 9 dB O Image Rejection better -70dB O Selectivity -55dB @ 75 Khz O Emissions below -67 dBm @3M 1999 O Compatible ALL FM Txs servos 0 Exclusive RSSI circuit eliminates servo jitter O Mini Size 82 High 22 Long 168 Wide r Ordering N formation Call 669-4548 Factory Real airplanes have two wings round engines Good luck Waco SHIE BAILS OUT TM Release Kscalelike arachuisd real pleaser crawd alaaffunl Fara brachure send SASE ta HOBBY HUT MANUFACTURING 2020 W 21st St N Suite #77 Wichita KS 67203-2lO7Dept MAY 30 Madel Aviation 7 995* 168 Main St P 0 Box 711 ron 9337 Phone 308 432-2122FAX 308 432-2002
Edition: Model Aviation - 1994/08
Page Numbers: 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30
fJ4t Aircrafts Waco U Stan 5Ife{andier article dedicated memoy Ron Sears qiiope fabric spruce glue balsa. sounds like am talking about model airplanes doesnt Well am aircraft happen 12 inches ot variety doesnt preclude being sort model does fact manufactured continuation 1930s popular sport acrobatic aircraft Waco YMF-5 Waco Classic F-5 go Lansing Michigan Ron Sears did take time find local airport After few questions office will way upstairs company headquarters todays finest American-built biplanes seems Scale modelers gather information aircraft want buildIm no different Waco aircraft have dear heart very long time trip another chance gather information particular aircraft really likefrom ground up Now little background Waco aircraft August1994 25 beginning Advance Aircraft Company shaped golden age aviation Due change ownership company name changed Advance Aircraft Company Waco Aircraft Company Waco stands Weaver Aircraft Company after three founders George E Buck Weaver began commercial production Model Six Waco Biplane first glance appears another Jenny good reason parts Curtiss Jenny surplus including OX-S engines flying surfaces mid-thirties Waco factory turned out 2500 aircraft other US aircraft factories combined Among popular models YMF UMF-5 UMF powered Continental engine YMF sported Jacobs engine hence change first letter Waco aircraft played just about conceivable role sport aircraft mail planes racers cargo-passenger transport military use mounted floats its other capabilities Wacos also excellent aerobatic aircraft story picks up nearly 60 years later What started dream Richard S Kettles Classic Aircraft Corporations president now reality sport aviators around world owning recreation past Engines round two wings aircraft two-holers gas fumes sort perfume flying wires sang own song gentle evening sunset alone sat cockpit listening purring Jacobs engine Wacos being built virtually 30s Classic Aircraft Corporation Lansing Michigan operation small aircraft custom-built Other some safetyrelated changes have made over years Wacos built exactly 30s Factory photos confirm construction utilized original Waco construction just much larger scale Indeed president Classic Aircraft Corporation needed help could get already built Pica kit YMF-3 much same YMF-S Waco F-3 sported smaller rudder F-S Now small design team went National Air Space Museum archivists Robert B Woods Edward Pupeck helped locate 450 original F-S drawings files Smithsonian FAAs New York regional headquarters Several top employees Piper Aircraft Lock Haven plant just shut down came work fledgling JJt Aircrafts Waco company General Manager Bob Edelstein former Piper aircraft employees came Classic BS Aeronautical Engineering Northrop University made him valuable asset company Bob also aeromodeler engineering offices Bob has antique model aircraft kits far highly technical full-scale drawings Waco Classic F-S fact Classic Aircraft employees modelers current aircraft production line usually works four aircraft same time first aircraft took six months 9000 man-hours complete Now takes about 4500 man hours build about 500 extra hours options pilots request maximum number can manufactured year 10 aircrafta 26 Model Aviation osh Wisconsin same week visited factory saw Michael McCaftertys Waco Classicthere several Classic planes fly-in Final preparation beautiful aircraft shipped Switzerland pilot encounters full avionics three sides cockpit little less month hard economic times waiting list During visit three aircraft production Two being framed up different stages being test flown before shipment Switzerland new owners receive complete instructions flight school make ownership transition biplanes conventional landing gear enjoyable new Classic Aircraft Corporations Classic Waco F-5 built under original type certificate closer inspection reveals model aircraft full-scale biplanes have much common building practices materials suppliers might wondering what aircraft have models sense full-scale Classic Wacos just large models FAA license re-creation something built past aircraft engineers worked together raise type back production avid aeromodelers including president general manager Aircraft materials used full-scale aircraft 30s home-built aircraft today again used construct aircraft well large models photos article reveal box-and-stringer construction techniquesexcept full-scale aircraft employ steel tubing modelers use plywood balsa box add formers stringers Sig Manufacturing Inc longtime worldwide hobby supplier carries balsa blocks non-stressed areas need formed sanded down Fiberglass used wingtips leading edge panels strength much modelers use fiberglass wings take abuse fliers dish out Sitka spruce used well other types spruce wing ribs fuselage construction Most wing spars ribs built different types spruce birch plywood three main facilities involved building Waco Classic Aircraft houses fuselage assembly room aircraft start take classic form fuselage starts life welded 4130 steel tubing ajig can rolled around turned upside down After steel framework finished aircraft-grade mahogany plywood formers added using Sitka spruce fuselage stringers applied sanded varnished fit stringers work art elevators rudder stab also cut welded together building inside steel tubing coated after welding re coat oil burned off during welding primary tubing aircraft re-coated drilling two small holes frame pumping oil draining welding holes closed reseal After initial coats protectant fuselage framework flying surfaces sprayed primer set aside covering rib-stitching paint Modeling techniques again used covering big Wacos dont August1994 27 Bob Edeistein shows nearly completed elevators plane #58 Fabric cover over steel tube frame Worker shows fiberglass wingtips minimize damage andWing panel construction Stainless steel staples hold wooden wear Note ribs backgroundparts until epoxy dries Note C-clamps LE use varnish glue used apply fabric stringers ribs heat gun well standard household iron used large surfaces MonoKote irons also used small surfaces just modelers use shrink fabric Wings constructed skilled wood craftsmen assembly hangar aircraft-grade birch spruce assembled wing ribs placed rib jig glued stapled set aside next wing panel Several different small parts constructed set aside future aircraft including fuel tanks ribs wingtips fuel tanks may contain combined 48 US-gallon capacity standard constructed Classic Aircraft shop 12-gallon tank arrangement upper wing panels optional fuel tanks installed upper wing panel center sections used part wing skin assembly hangar also engine cowlings manufactured cowls built 606 l-TG aluminum Seven segments formed press welded together reinforced cowl rings front rear cowling cowl weighs about 12/2 pounds Due special equipment needed press panels final shape cowl segments few parts formed outside main shops Painting starts out two coats nitrate dope coat butyrate dope applied Next rib stitches applied reinforcements grommets tapes Four coats clear butyrate dope applied sanding between coat Four coats silver dope prevent sunlight deteriorating fabric coat white added sanding finally finish coat paint could coat Imron DuPonta polyurethane another polyurethane paint up 20 coats butyrate dope finish flawless wing panels added airframe flying surfaces attached aircraft assembly hangar After final assembly takes place aircraft fired up moved sales hangar final flight preparation completed tour number 55 F-5C-55 aircraft being readied shipment Switzerland particular aircraft beautiful original color scheme metallic navy blue copper trimmed white pinstripes Bob Edelstein told us difference building aircraft export instrumentation extra paperwork Scale modelers use aircraft competition should remember few changes consider before building Waco Classic Waco YMF-5 biplane Classic YMF-5 note following changes original YMF-5 1 The main landing gear has lowered three inches original 2 The tail wheel has raised five inches better ground handling now steerable 3 Pay close attention fuselage sides directly behind cowling Some aircraft have area covered aluminum keep passengers kicking through fuselage side fabric originally used built Commercial Super models 4 Note counterbalance rudder original didnt have makes aircraft user-friendly modeler just has change shape rudder vertical stab Waco Classic aircraft after #40 standard option has retrofitted pilot/owner request earlier models 5 The fuselage Commercial model used giving rides aerobatics has lengthened six inches between cockpits examining full-scale aircraft documentation find aircraft registration cockpit under left horizontal stabilizer fuselage side C Commercial indicates whether has extra six inches find kits plans documentation Waco YMF-5 Bob Edelstein Classic Aircraft Corporation Capitol City Airport Lansing 28 Model Aviation ide paint booth workers sand down butyrate dope Does look familiar Mahogany formers have attached grommets rib stitching tapes have applied spruce stringers have glued formers Segments farmed cowl After assembly metal rings reinforce front rear cowl GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS TMF5 BY CLASSIC AIRCRAFT CORPORATION LANSING MICHIGAN USA Cy Icier woo 5474 104444440 4* 4404X 4040530 4* 490401044274448 49*0540 S$OMD -----425 44744 444040 SF449544 #440400404049400770$T004 $41 WOT SIAMMAS -- 10044 044 CA440flS $7400400 4 CAL 0041540*0440 310 040 140 44040523 40 47 1510 40040419 107501 00949 40040 -404 4444$ 4dM010CRAFT44404 C044004L 44044049004 05409040444944240e540040054140 04404004C4401449440*4449740045440504444444444 ww XI k2 XI AA 00455 4 050L 5* WACO YMF SCALE 3VIEW SC4L 3/8 OT COP470IOOIT 4904 BY RWFRIESTAO4 00 4 10 443 044449074 0404054 44423 MI 48906 Classic has listing aircraft have produced persistent will able find out particular aircraft tied down requesting Waco Classic F-S information suggest send $5 postage handling Remember modelers full-scale aircraft companys main business little courtesy postage money goes long way Pica Models offers two kits different sizes /6-scale 60-inch wingspan /s-scale kit YMF-3 wingspan 72 inches kit actually YMF-5 larger rudder Classic Aircraft F-5s used photo box N1935B Contact hobby retailer present price availability 1/6-scale model designed 60size engine /5-scale model designed 90 Four-stroke engines would ideal 80 1/6 scale version 12 four-stroke Ascale would terrific Look ads Model Aviation Waco YMF-UMF plans Jim Ann Pepino s Scale Plans Photo Service 3209 Madison Ave Greensboro NC 27403 Tel 910 292-5239 offers beautiful scale plans 90-inch wingspan Drawings Jim Cowling wheel pants custom cut kits available well photo documentation five-view drawings best YMF-5 plans also have plans Waco 10 biplane 73-inch wingspan Photo paaks Waco others along multiview drawings also available Bob Bankas Scale Model Research 2334 Ticonderoga Way Costa Mesa CA 92626 Tel 714 979-8058 Photo paaks available other Waco aircraft Scale plans Photo Service Scale Model Research probably have photo documentation multitude Scale projects other sources put together other Classic Waco YMF-5 documentation check out Scale Data Source List includes sources including national museums obtain paint chips other information sources Contact National Association Scale Aeromodelers NASA list comes membership costs $8 Contact Bert Dugan secretary/treasurer 11090 Phyllis Dr Clio MI 48420 Ikon NwstPO Box 306 Post Falls ID 83854 Tel 208 773-9001has several Waco kits documentation available dont have kits Waco YMF-5 have Waco Taperwing YPF-7 different aircraft YMF-5 Model 10 might also check Zenith Aviation Books Historic Aviation Books Wacos Thinking Scale competition Look Ron Sears article presentation documentation April 1993 issue Model Aviation Also catalogs listed above Scale Model Research Scale Plans Photo Service have articles presentation documentation written some prominent US Scale modelers Subscriptions International Waco Magazine 28-page quarterly publication $25 back issues $650 Write international Waco Magazine PO Box 665 Destin FL 32540 Tel 604 654-4696 Paul Matt drawings available Send SASE information membership Included newsletter history current events fly-ins etc American Waco ClubJerry Brown 3546 Newhouse P1 Greenwood IN 46143has newsletter containing technical information aircraft owners organization fly-ins Send SASE information Three-view drawings Waco YMF-5 Classic Aircraft Corporation offered Roland Friestad RR #1 Box 163 Cameron IL 61423 above documentation list doesnt include everything WacosIm sure morethis F-S Scale model kits information have able come up next time way Oshkosh EAA Fly-in make little side trip Lansing Michigan brief trip back time Waco Classic August1994 29 044004 0 4 * INCLUDING Aileron Extension Protective DAD PAD Velcro Mounting Belt O Dual-Conversion Superhet design O 8-Channel FM/PPM o U3 OIP 9 dB O Image Rejection better -70dB O Selectivity -55dB @ 75 Khz O Emissions below -67 dBm @3M 1999 O Compatible ALL FM Txs servos 0 Exclusive RSSI circuit eliminates servo jitter O Mini Size 82 High 22 Long 168 Wide r Ordering N formation Call 669-4548 Factory Real airplanes have two wings round engines Good luck Waco SHIE BAILS OUT TM Release Kscalelike arachuisd real pleaser crawd alaaffunl Fara brachure send SASE ta HOBBY HUT MANUFACTURING 2020 W 21st St N Suite #77 Wichita KS 67203-2lO7Dept MAY 30 Madel Aviation 7 995* 168 Main St P 0 Box 711 ron 9337 Phone 308 432-2122FAX 308 432-2002
Edition: Model Aviation - 1994/08
Page Numbers: 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30
fJ4t Aircrafts Waco U Stan 5Ife{andier article dedicated memoy Ron Sears qiiope fabric spruce glue balsa. sounds like am talking about model airplanes doesnt Well am aircraft happen 12 inches ot variety doesnt preclude being sort model does fact manufactured continuation 1930s popular sport acrobatic aircraft Waco YMF-5 Waco Classic F-5 go Lansing Michigan Ron Sears did take time find local airport After few questions office will way upstairs company headquarters todays finest American-built biplanes seems Scale modelers gather information aircraft want buildIm no different Waco aircraft have dear heart very long time trip another chance gather information particular aircraft really likefrom ground up Now little background Waco aircraft August1994 25 beginning Advance Aircraft Company shaped golden age aviation Due change ownership company name changed Advance Aircraft Company Waco Aircraft Company Waco stands Weaver Aircraft Company after three founders George E Buck Weaver began commercial production Model Six Waco Biplane first glance appears another Jenny good reason parts Curtiss Jenny surplus including OX-S engines flying surfaces mid-thirties Waco factory turned out 2500 aircraft other US aircraft factories combined Among popular models YMF UMF-5 UMF powered Continental engine YMF sported Jacobs engine hence change first letter Waco aircraft played just about conceivable role sport aircraft mail planes racers cargo-passenger transport military use mounted floats its other capabilities Wacos also excellent aerobatic aircraft story picks up nearly 60 years later What started dream Richard S Kettles Classic Aircraft Corporations president now reality sport aviators around world owning recreation past Engines round two wings aircraft two-holers gas fumes sort perfume flying wires sang own song gentle evening sunset alone sat cockpit listening purring Jacobs engine Wacos being built virtually 30s Classic Aircraft Corporation Lansing Michigan operation small aircraft custom-built Other some safetyrelated changes have made over years Wacos built exactly 30s Factory photos confirm construction utilized original Waco construction just much larger scale Indeed president Classic Aircraft Corporation needed help could get already built Pica kit YMF-3 much same YMF-S Waco F-3 sported smaller rudder F-S Now small design team went National Air Space Museum archivists Robert B Woods Edward Pupeck helped locate 450 original F-S drawings files Smithsonian FAAs New York regional headquarters Several top employees Piper Aircraft Lock Haven plant just shut down came work fledgling JJt Aircrafts Waco company General Manager Bob Edelstein former Piper aircraft employees came Classic BS Aeronautical Engineering Northrop University made him valuable asset company Bob also aeromodeler engineering offices Bob has antique model aircraft kits far highly technical full-scale drawings Waco Classic F-S fact Classic Aircraft employees modelers current aircraft production line usually works four aircraft same time first aircraft took six months 9000 man-hours complete Now takes about 4500 man hours build about 500 extra hours options pilots request maximum number can manufactured year 10 aircrafta 26 Model Aviation osh Wisconsin same week visited factory saw Michael McCaftertys Waco Classicthere several Classic planes fly-in Final preparation beautiful aircraft shipped Switzerland pilot encounters full avionics three sides cockpit little less month hard economic times waiting list During visit three aircraft production Two being framed up different stages being test flown before shipment Switzerland new owners receive complete instructions flight school make ownership transition biplanes conventional landing gear enjoyable new Classic Aircraft Corporations Classic Waco F-5 built under original type certificate closer inspection reveals model aircraft full-scale biplanes have much common building practices materials suppliers might wondering what aircraft have models sense full-scale Classic Wacos just large models FAA license re-creation something built past aircraft engineers worked together raise type back production avid aeromodelers including president general manager Aircraft materials used full-scale aircraft 30s home-built aircraft today again used construct aircraft well large models photos article reveal box-and-stringer construction techniquesexcept full-scale aircraft employ steel tubing modelers use plywood balsa box add formers stringers Sig Manufacturing Inc longtime worldwide hobby supplier carries balsa blocks non-stressed areas need formed sanded down Fiberglass used wingtips leading edge panels strength much modelers use fiberglass wings take abuse fliers dish out Sitka spruce used well other types spruce wing ribs fuselage construction Most wing spars ribs built different types spruce birch plywood three main facilities involved building Waco Classic Aircraft houses fuselage assembly room aircraft start take classic form fuselage starts life welded 4130 steel tubing ajig can rolled around turned upside down After steel framework finished aircraft-grade mahogany plywood formers added using Sitka spruce fuselage stringers applied sanded varnished fit stringers work art elevators rudder stab also cut welded together building inside steel tubing coated after welding re coat oil burned off during welding primary tubing aircraft re-coated drilling two small holes frame pumping oil draining welding holes closed reseal After initial coats protectant fuselage framework flying surfaces sprayed primer set aside covering rib-stitching paint Modeling techniques again used covering big Wacos dont August1994 27 Bob Edeistein shows nearly completed elevators plane #58 Fabric cover over steel tube frame Worker shows fiberglass wingtips minimize damage andWing panel construction Stainless steel staples hold wooden wear Note ribs backgroundparts until epoxy dries Note C-clamps LE use varnish glue used apply fabric stringers ribs heat gun well standard household iron used large surfaces MonoKote irons also used small surfaces just modelers use shrink fabric Wings constructed skilled wood craftsmen assembly hangar aircraft-grade birch spruce assembled wing ribs placed rib jig glued stapled set aside next wing panel Several different small parts constructed set aside future aircraft including fuel tanks ribs wingtips fuel tanks may contain combined 48 US-gallon capacity standard constructed Classic Aircraft shop 12-gallon tank arrangement upper wing panels optional fuel tanks installed upper wing panel center sections used part wing skin assembly hangar also engine cowlings manufactured cowls built 606 l-TG aluminum Seven segments formed press welded together reinforced cowl rings front rear cowling cowl weighs about 12/2 pounds Due special equipment needed press panels final shape cowl segments few parts formed outside main shops Painting starts out two coats nitrate dope coat butyrate dope applied Next rib stitches applied reinforcements grommets tapes Four coats clear butyrate dope applied sanding between coat Four coats silver dope prevent sunlight deteriorating fabric coat white added sanding finally finish coat paint could coat Imron DuPonta polyurethane another polyurethane paint up 20 coats butyrate dope finish flawless wing panels added airframe flying surfaces attached aircraft assembly hangar After final assembly takes place aircraft fired up moved sales hangar final flight preparation completed tour number 55 F-5C-55 aircraft being readied shipment Switzerland particular aircraft beautiful original color scheme metallic navy blue copper trimmed white pinstripes Bob Edelstein told us difference building aircraft export instrumentation extra paperwork Scale modelers use aircraft competition should remember few changes consider before building Waco Classic Waco YMF-5 biplane Classic YMF-5 note following changes original YMF-5 1 The main landing gear has lowered three inches original 2 The tail wheel has raised five inches better ground handling now steerable 3 Pay close attention fuselage sides directly behind cowling Some aircraft have area covered aluminum keep passengers kicking through fuselage side fabric originally used built Commercial Super models 4 Note counterbalance rudder original didnt have makes aircraft user-friendly modeler just has change shape rudder vertical stab Waco Classic aircraft after #40 standard option has retrofitted pilot/owner request earlier models 5 The fuselage Commercial model used giving rides aerobatics has lengthened six inches between cockpits examining full-scale aircraft documentation find aircraft registration cockpit under left horizontal stabilizer fuselage side C Commercial indicates whether has extra six inches find kits plans documentation Waco YMF-5 Bob Edelstein Classic Aircraft Corporation Capitol City Airport Lansing 28 Model Aviation ide paint booth workers sand down butyrate dope Does look familiar Mahogany formers have attached grommets rib stitching tapes have applied spruce stringers have glued formers Segments farmed cowl After assembly metal rings reinforce front rear cowl GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS TMF5 BY CLASSIC AIRCRAFT CORPORATION LANSING MICHIGAN USA Cy Icier woo 5474 104444440 4* 4404X 4040530 4* 490401044274448 49*0540 S$OMD -----425 44744 444040 SF449544 #440400404049400770$T004 $41 WOT SIAMMAS -- 10044 044 CA440flS $7400400 4 CAL 0041540*0440 310 040 140 44040523 40 47 1510 40040419 107501 00949 40040 -404 4444$ 4dM010CRAFT44404 C044004L 44044049004 05409040444944240e540040054140 04404004C4401449440*4449740045440504444444444 ww XI k2 XI AA 00455 4 050L 5* WACO YMF SCALE 3VIEW SC4L 3/8 OT COP470IOOIT 4904 BY RWFRIESTAO4 00 4 10 443 044449074 0404054 44423 MI 48906 Classic has listing aircraft have produced persistent will able find out particular aircraft tied down requesting Waco Classic F-S information suggest send $5 postage handling Remember modelers full-scale aircraft companys main business little courtesy postage money goes long way Pica Models offers two kits different sizes /6-scale 60-inch wingspan /s-scale kit YMF-3 wingspan 72 inches kit actually YMF-5 larger rudder Classic Aircraft F-5s used photo box N1935B Contact hobby retailer present price availability 1/6-scale model designed 60size engine /5-scale model designed 90 Four-stroke engines would ideal 80 1/6 scale version 12 four-stroke Ascale would terrific Look ads Model Aviation Waco YMF-UMF plans Jim Ann Pepino s Scale Plans Photo Service 3209 Madison Ave Greensboro NC 27403 Tel 910 292-5239 offers beautiful scale plans 90-inch wingspan Drawings Jim Cowling wheel pants custom cut kits available well photo documentation five-view drawings best YMF-5 plans also have plans Waco 10 biplane 73-inch wingspan Photo paaks Waco others along multiview drawings also available Bob Bankas Scale Model Research 2334 Ticonderoga Way Costa Mesa CA 92626 Tel 714 979-8058 Photo paaks available other Waco aircraft Scale plans Photo Service Scale Model Research probably have photo documentation multitude Scale projects other sources put together other Classic Waco YMF-5 documentation check out Scale Data Source List includes sources including national museums obtain paint chips other information sources Contact National Association Scale Aeromodelers NASA list comes membership costs $8 Contact Bert Dugan secretary/treasurer 11090 Phyllis Dr Clio MI 48420 Ikon NwstPO Box 306 Post Falls ID 83854 Tel 208 773-9001has several Waco kits documentation available dont have kits Waco YMF-5 have Waco Taperwing YPF-7 different aircraft YMF-5 Model 10 might also check Zenith Aviation Books Historic Aviation Books Wacos Thinking Scale competition Look Ron Sears article presentation documentation April 1993 issue Model Aviation Also catalogs listed above Scale Model Research Scale Plans Photo Service have articles presentation documentation written some prominent US Scale modelers Subscriptions International Waco Magazine 28-page quarterly publication $25 back issues $650 Write international Waco Magazine PO Box 665 Destin FL 32540 Tel 604 654-4696 Paul Matt drawings available Send SASE information membership Included newsletter history current events fly-ins etc American Waco ClubJerry Brown 3546 Newhouse P1 Greenwood IN 46143has newsletter containing technical information aircraft owners organization fly-ins Send SASE information Three-view drawings Waco YMF-5 Classic Aircraft Corporation offered Roland Friestad RR #1 Box 163 Cameron IL 61423 above documentation list doesnt include everything WacosIm sure morethis F-S Scale model kits information have able come up next time way Oshkosh EAA Fly-in make little side trip Lansing Michigan brief trip back time Waco Classic August1994 29 044004 0 4 * INCLUDING Aileron Extension Protective DAD PAD Velcro Mounting Belt O Dual-Conversion Superhet design O 8-Channel FM/PPM o U3 OIP 9 dB O Image Rejection better -70dB O Selectivity -55dB @ 75 Khz O Emissions below -67 dBm @3M 1999 O Compatible ALL FM Txs servos 0 Exclusive RSSI circuit eliminates servo jitter O Mini Size 82 High 22 Long 168 Wide r Ordering N formation Call 669-4548 Factory Real airplanes have two wings round engines Good luck Waco SHIE BAILS OUT TM Release Kscalelike arachuisd real pleaser crawd alaaffunl Fara brachure send SASE ta HOBBY HUT MANUFACTURING 2020 W 21st St N Suite #77 Wichita KS 67203-2lO7Dept MAY 30 Madel Aviation 7 995* 168 Main St P 0 Box 711 ron 9337 Phone 308 432-2122FAX 308 432-2002
Edition: Model Aviation - 1994/08
Page Numbers: 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30
fJ4t Aircrafts Waco U Stan 5Ife{andier article dedicated memoy Ron Sears qiiope fabric spruce glue balsa. sounds like am talking about model airplanes doesnt Well am aircraft happen 12 inches ot variety doesnt preclude being sort model does fact manufactured continuation 1930s popular sport acrobatic aircraft Waco YMF-5 Waco Classic F-5 go Lansing Michigan Ron Sears did take time find local airport After few questions office will way upstairs company headquarters todays finest American-built biplanes seems Scale modelers gather information aircraft want buildIm no different Waco aircraft have dear heart very long time trip another chance gather information particular aircraft really likefrom ground up Now little background Waco aircraft August1994 25 beginning Advance Aircraft Company shaped golden age aviation Due change ownership company name changed Advance Aircraft Company Waco Aircraft Company Waco stands Weaver Aircraft Company after three founders George E Buck Weaver began commercial production Model Six Waco Biplane first glance appears another Jenny good reason parts Curtiss Jenny surplus including OX-S engines flying surfaces mid-thirties Waco factory turned out 2500 aircraft other US aircraft factories combined Among popular models YMF UMF-5 UMF powered Continental engine YMF sported Jacobs engine hence change first letter Waco aircraft played just about conceivable role sport aircraft mail planes racers cargo-passenger transport military use mounted floats its other capabilities Wacos also excellent aerobatic aircraft story picks up nearly 60 years later What started dream Richard S Kettles Classic Aircraft Corporations president now reality sport aviators around world owning recreation past Engines round two wings aircraft two-holers gas fumes sort perfume flying wires sang own song gentle evening sunset alone sat cockpit listening purring Jacobs engine Wacos being built virtually 30s Classic Aircraft Corporation Lansing Michigan operation small aircraft custom-built Other some safetyrelated changes have made over years Wacos built exactly 30s Factory photos confirm construction utilized original Waco construction just much larger scale Indeed president Classic Aircraft Corporation needed help could get already built Pica kit YMF-3 much same YMF-S Waco F-3 sported smaller rudder F-S Now small design team went National Air Space Museum archivists Robert B Woods Edward Pupeck helped locate 450 original F-S drawings files Smithsonian FAAs New York regional headquarters Several top employees Piper Aircraft Lock Haven plant just shut down came work fledgling JJt Aircrafts Waco company General Manager Bob Edelstein former Piper aircraft employees came Classic BS Aeronautical Engineering Northrop University made him valuable asset company Bob also aeromodeler engineering offices Bob has antique model aircraft kits far highly technical full-scale drawings Waco Classic F-S fact Classic Aircraft employees modelers current aircraft production line usually works four aircraft same time first aircraft took six months 9000 man-hours complete Now takes about 4500 man hours build about 500 extra hours options pilots request maximum number can manufactured year 10 aircrafta 26 Model Aviation osh Wisconsin same week visited factory saw Michael McCaftertys Waco Classicthere several Classic planes fly-in Final preparation beautiful aircraft shipped Switzerland pilot encounters full avionics three sides cockpit little less month hard economic times waiting list During visit three aircraft production Two being framed up different stages being test flown before shipment Switzerland new owners receive complete instructions flight school make ownership transition biplanes conventional landing gear enjoyable new Classic Aircraft Corporations Classic Waco F-5 built under original type certificate closer inspection reveals model aircraft full-scale biplanes have much common building practices materials suppliers might wondering what aircraft have models sense full-scale Classic Wacos just large models FAA license re-creation something built past aircraft engineers worked together raise type back production avid aeromodelers including president general manager Aircraft materials used full-scale aircraft 30s home-built aircraft today again used construct aircraft well large models photos article reveal box-and-stringer construction techniquesexcept full-scale aircraft employ steel tubing modelers use plywood balsa box add formers stringers Sig Manufacturing Inc longtime worldwide hobby supplier carries balsa blocks non-stressed areas need formed sanded down Fiberglass used wingtips leading edge panels strength much modelers use fiberglass wings take abuse fliers dish out Sitka spruce used well other types spruce wing ribs fuselage construction Most wing spars ribs built different types spruce birch plywood three main facilities involved building Waco Classic Aircraft houses fuselage assembly room aircraft start take classic form fuselage starts life welded 4130 steel tubing ajig can rolled around turned upside down After steel framework finished aircraft-grade mahogany plywood formers added using Sitka spruce fuselage stringers applied sanded varnished fit stringers work art elevators rudder stab also cut welded together building inside steel tubing coated after welding re coat oil burned off during welding primary tubing aircraft re-coated drilling two small holes frame pumping oil draining welding holes closed reseal After initial coats protectant fuselage framework flying surfaces sprayed primer set aside covering rib-stitching paint Modeling techniques again used covering big Wacos dont August1994 27 Bob Edeistein shows nearly completed elevators plane #58 Fabric cover over steel tube frame Worker shows fiberglass wingtips minimize damage andWing panel construction Stainless steel staples hold wooden wear Note ribs backgroundparts until epoxy dries Note C-clamps LE use varnish glue used apply fabric stringers ribs heat gun well standard household iron used large surfaces MonoKote irons also used small surfaces just modelers use shrink fabric Wings constructed skilled wood craftsmen assembly hangar aircraft-grade birch spruce assembled wing ribs placed rib jig glued stapled set aside next wing panel Several different small parts constructed set aside future aircraft including fuel tanks ribs wingtips fuel tanks may contain combined 48 US-gallon capacity standard constructed Classic Aircraft shop 12-gallon tank arrangement upper wing panels optional fuel tanks installed upper wing panel center sections used part wing skin assembly hangar also engine cowlings manufactured cowls built 606 l-TG aluminum Seven segments formed press welded together reinforced cowl rings front rear cowling cowl weighs about 12/2 pounds Due special equipment needed press panels final shape cowl segments few parts formed outside main shops Painting starts out two coats nitrate dope coat butyrate dope applied Next rib stitches applied reinforcements grommets tapes Four coats clear butyrate dope applied sanding between coat Four coats silver dope prevent sunlight deteriorating fabric coat white added sanding finally finish coat paint could coat Imron DuPonta polyurethane another polyurethane paint up 20 coats butyrate dope finish flawless wing panels added airframe flying surfaces attached aircraft assembly hangar After final assembly takes place aircraft fired up moved sales hangar final flight preparation completed tour number 55 F-5C-55 aircraft being readied shipment Switzerland particular aircraft beautiful original color scheme metallic navy blue copper trimmed white pinstripes Bob Edelstein told us difference building aircraft export instrumentation extra paperwork Scale modelers use aircraft competition should remember few changes consider before building Waco Classic Waco YMF-5 biplane Classic YMF-5 note following changes original YMF-5 1 The main landing gear has lowered three inches original 2 The tail wheel has raised five inches better ground handling now steerable 3 Pay close attention fuselage sides directly behind cowling Some aircraft have area covered aluminum keep passengers kicking through fuselage side fabric originally used built Commercial Super models 4 Note counterbalance rudder original didnt have makes aircraft user-friendly modeler just has change shape rudder vertical stab Waco Classic aircraft after #40 standard option has retrofitted pilot/owner request earlier models 5 The fuselage Commercial model used giving rides aerobatics has lengthened six inches between cockpits examining full-scale aircraft documentation find aircraft registration cockpit under left horizontal stabilizer fuselage side C Commercial indicates whether has extra six inches find kits plans documentation Waco YMF-5 Bob Edelstein Classic Aircraft Corporation Capitol City Airport Lansing 28 Model Aviation ide paint booth workers sand down butyrate dope Does look familiar Mahogany formers have attached grommets rib stitching tapes have applied spruce stringers have glued formers Segments farmed cowl After assembly metal rings reinforce front rear cowl GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS TMF5 BY CLASSIC AIRCRAFT CORPORATION LANSING MICHIGAN USA Cy Icier woo 5474 104444440 4* 4404X 4040530 4* 490401044274448 49*0540 S$OMD -----425 44744 444040 SF449544 #440400404049400770$T004 $41 WOT SIAMMAS -- 10044 044 CA440flS $7400400 4 CAL 0041540*0440 310 040 140 44040523 40 47 1510 40040419 107501 00949 40040 -404 4444$ 4dM010CRAFT44404 C044004L 44044049004 05409040444944240e540040054140 04404004C4401449440*4449740045440504444444444 ww XI k2 XI AA 00455 4 050L 5* WACO YMF SCALE 3VIEW SC4L 3/8 OT COP470IOOIT 4904 BY RWFRIESTAO4 00 4 10 443 044449074 0404054 44423 MI 48906 Classic has listing aircraft have produced persistent will able find out particular aircraft tied down requesting Waco Classic F-S information suggest send $5 postage handling Remember modelers full-scale aircraft companys main business little courtesy postage money goes long way Pica Models offers two kits different sizes /6-scale 60-inch wingspan /s-scale kit YMF-3 wingspan 72 inches kit actually YMF-5 larger rudder Classic Aircraft F-5s used photo box N1935B Contact hobby retailer present price availability 1/6-scale model designed 60size engine /5-scale model designed 90 Four-stroke engines would ideal 80 1/6 scale version 12 four-stroke Ascale would terrific Look ads Model Aviation Waco YMF-UMF plans Jim Ann Pepino s Scale Plans Photo Service 3209 Madison Ave Greensboro NC 27403 Tel 910 292-5239 offers beautiful scale plans 90-inch wingspan Drawings Jim Cowling wheel pants custom cut kits available well photo documentation five-view drawings best YMF-5 plans also have plans Waco 10 biplane 73-inch wingspan Photo paaks Waco others along multiview drawings also available Bob Bankas Scale Model Research 2334 Ticonderoga Way Costa Mesa CA 92626 Tel 714 979-8058 Photo paaks available other Waco aircraft Scale plans Photo Service Scale Model Research probably have photo documentation multitude Scale projects other sources put together other Classic Waco YMF-5 documentation check out Scale Data Source List includes sources including national museums obtain paint chips other information sources Contact National Association Scale Aeromodelers NASA list comes membership costs $8 Contact Bert Dugan secretary/treasurer 11090 Phyllis Dr Clio MI 48420 Ikon NwstPO Box 306 Post Falls ID 83854 Tel 208 773-9001has several Waco kits documentation available dont have kits Waco YMF-5 have Waco Taperwing YPF-7 different aircraft YMF-5 Model 10 might also check Zenith Aviation Books Historic Aviation Books Wacos Thinking Scale competition Look Ron Sears article presentation documentation April 1993 issue Model Aviation Also catalogs listed above Scale Model Research Scale Plans Photo Service have articles presentation documentation written some prominent US Scale modelers Subscriptions International Waco Magazine 28-page quarterly publication $25 back issues $650 Write international Waco Magazine PO Box 665 Destin FL 32540 Tel 604 654-4696 Paul Matt drawings available Send SASE information membership Included newsletter history current events fly-ins etc American Waco ClubJerry Brown 3546 Newhouse P1 Greenwood IN 46143has newsletter containing technical information aircraft owners organization fly-ins Send SASE information Three-view drawings Waco YMF-5 Classic Aircraft Corporation offered Roland Friestad RR #1 Box 163 Cameron IL 61423 above documentation list doesnt include everything WacosIm sure morethis F-S Scale model kits information have able come up next time way Oshkosh EAA Fly-in make little side trip Lansing Michigan brief trip back time Waco Classic August1994 29 044004 0 4 * INCLUDING Aileron Extension Protective DAD PAD Velcro Mounting Belt O Dual-Conversion Superhet design O 8-Channel FM/PPM o U3 OIP 9 dB O Image Rejection better -70dB O Selectivity -55dB @ 75 Khz O Emissions below -67 dBm @3M 1999 O Compatible ALL FM Txs servos 0 Exclusive RSSI circuit eliminates servo jitter O Mini Size 82 High 22 Long 168 Wide r Ordering N formation Call 669-4548 Factory Real airplanes have two wings round engines Good luck Waco SHIE BAILS OUT TM Release Kscalelike arachuisd real pleaser crawd alaaffunl Fara brachure send SASE ta HOBBY HUT MANUFACTURING 2020 W 21st St N Suite #77 Wichita KS 67203-2lO7Dept MAY 30 Madel Aviation 7 995* 168 Main St P 0 Box 711 ron 9337 Phone 308 432-2122FAX 308 432-2002
Edition: Model Aviation - 1994/08
Page Numbers: 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30
fJ4t Aircrafts Waco U Stan 5Ife{andier article dedicated memoy Ron Sears qiiope fabric spruce glue balsa. sounds like am talking about model airplanes doesnt Well am aircraft happen 12 inches ot variety doesnt preclude being sort model does fact manufactured continuation 1930s popular sport acrobatic aircraft Waco YMF-5 Waco Classic F-5 go Lansing Michigan Ron Sears did take time find local airport After few questions office will way upstairs company headquarters todays finest American-built biplanes seems Scale modelers gather information aircraft want buildIm no different Waco aircraft have dear heart very long time trip another chance gather information particular aircraft really likefrom ground up Now little background Waco aircraft August1994 25 beginning Advance Aircraft Company shaped golden age aviation Due change ownership company name changed Advance Aircraft Company Waco Aircraft Company Waco stands Weaver Aircraft Company after three founders George E Buck Weaver began commercial production Model Six Waco Biplane first glance appears another Jenny good reason parts Curtiss Jenny surplus including OX-S engines flying surfaces mid-thirties Waco factory turned out 2500 aircraft other US aircraft factories combined Among popular models YMF UMF-5 UMF powered Continental engine YMF sported Jacobs engine hence change first letter Waco aircraft played just about conceivable role sport aircraft mail planes racers cargo-passenger transport military use mounted floats its other capabilities Wacos also excellent aerobatic aircraft story picks up nearly 60 years later What started dream Richard S Kettles Classic Aircraft Corporations president now reality sport aviators around world owning recreation past Engines round two wings aircraft two-holers gas fumes sort perfume flying wires sang own song gentle evening sunset alone sat cockpit listening purring Jacobs engine Wacos being built virtually 30s Classic Aircraft Corporation Lansing Michigan operation small aircraft custom-built Other some safetyrelated changes have made over years Wacos built exactly 30s Factory photos confirm construction utilized original Waco construction just much larger scale Indeed president Classic Aircraft Corporation needed help could get already built Pica kit YMF-3 much same YMF-S Waco F-3 sported smaller rudder F-S Now small design team went National Air Space Museum archivists Robert B Woods Edward Pupeck helped locate 450 original F-S drawings files Smithsonian FAAs New York regional headquarters Several top employees Piper Aircraft Lock Haven plant just shut down came work fledgling JJt Aircrafts Waco company General Manager Bob Edelstein former Piper aircraft employees came Classic BS Aeronautical Engineering Northrop University made him valuable asset company Bob also aeromodeler engineering offices Bob has antique model aircraft kits far highly technical full-scale drawings Waco Classic F-S fact Classic Aircraft employees modelers current aircraft production line usually works four aircraft same time first aircraft took six months 9000 man-hours complete Now takes about 4500 man hours build about 500 extra hours options pilots request maximum number can manufactured year 10 aircrafta 26 Model Aviation osh Wisconsin same week visited factory saw Michael McCaftertys Waco Classicthere several Classic planes fly-in Final preparation beautiful aircraft shipped Switzerland pilot encounters full avionics three sides cockpit little less month hard economic times waiting list During visit three aircraft production Two being framed up different stages being test flown before shipment Switzerland new owners receive complete instructions flight school make ownership transition biplanes conventional landing gear enjoyable new Classic Aircraft Corporations Classic Waco F-5 built under original type certificate closer inspection reveals model aircraft full-scale biplanes have much common building practices materials suppliers might wondering what aircraft have models sense full-scale Classic Wacos just large models FAA license re-creation something built past aircraft engineers worked together raise type back production avid aeromodelers including president general manager Aircraft materials used full-scale aircraft 30s home-built aircraft today again used construct aircraft well large models photos article reveal box-and-stringer construction techniquesexcept full-scale aircraft employ steel tubing modelers use plywood balsa box add formers stringers Sig Manufacturing Inc longtime worldwide hobby supplier carries balsa blocks non-stressed areas need formed sanded down Fiberglass used wingtips leading edge panels strength much modelers use fiberglass wings take abuse fliers dish out Sitka spruce used well other types spruce wing ribs fuselage construction Most wing spars ribs built different types spruce birch plywood three main facilities involved building Waco Classic Aircraft houses fuselage assembly room aircraft start take classic form fuselage starts life welded 4130 steel tubing ajig can rolled around turned upside down After steel framework finished aircraft-grade mahogany plywood formers added using Sitka spruce fuselage stringers applied sanded varnished fit stringers work art elevators rudder stab also cut welded together building inside steel tubing coated after welding re coat oil burned off during welding primary tubing aircraft re-coated drilling two small holes frame pumping oil draining welding holes closed reseal After initial coats protectant fuselage framework flying surfaces sprayed primer set aside covering rib-stitching paint Modeling techniques again used covering big Wacos dont August1994 27 Bob Edeistein shows nearly completed elevators plane #58 Fabric cover over steel tube frame Worker shows fiberglass wingtips minimize damage andWing panel construction Stainless steel staples hold wooden wear Note ribs backgroundparts until epoxy dries Note C-clamps LE use varnish glue used apply fabric stringers ribs heat gun well standard household iron used large surfaces MonoKote irons also used small surfaces just modelers use shrink fabric Wings constructed skilled wood craftsmen assembly hangar aircraft-grade birch spruce assembled wing ribs placed rib jig glued stapled set aside next wing panel Several different small parts constructed set aside future aircraft including fuel tanks ribs wingtips fuel tanks may contain combined 48 US-gallon capacity standard constructed Classic Aircraft shop 12-gallon tank arrangement upper wing panels optional fuel tanks installed upper wing panel center sections used part wing skin assembly hangar also engine cowlings manufactured cowls built 606 l-TG aluminum Seven segments formed press welded together reinforced cowl rings front rear cowling cowl weighs about 12/2 pounds Due special equipment needed press panels final shape cowl segments few parts formed outside main shops Painting starts out two coats nitrate dope coat butyrate dope applied Next rib stitches applied reinforcements grommets tapes Four coats clear butyrate dope applied sanding between coat Four coats silver dope prevent sunlight deteriorating fabric coat white added sanding finally finish coat paint could coat Imron DuPonta polyurethane another polyurethane paint up 20 coats butyrate dope finish flawless wing panels added airframe flying surfaces attached aircraft assembly hangar After final assembly takes place aircraft fired up moved sales hangar final flight preparation completed tour number 55 F-5C-55 aircraft being readied shipment Switzerland particular aircraft beautiful original color scheme metallic navy blue copper trimmed white pinstripes Bob Edelstein told us difference building aircraft export instrumentation extra paperwork Scale modelers use aircraft competition should remember few changes consider before building Waco Classic Waco YMF-5 biplane Classic YMF-5 note following changes original YMF-5 1 The main landing gear has lowered three inches original 2 The tail wheel has raised five inches better ground handling now steerable 3 Pay close attention fuselage sides directly behind cowling Some aircraft have area covered aluminum keep passengers kicking through fuselage side fabric originally used built Commercial Super models 4 Note counterbalance rudder original didnt have makes aircraft user-friendly modeler just has change shape rudder vertical stab Waco Classic aircraft after #40 standard option has retrofitted pilot/owner request earlier models 5 The fuselage Commercial model used giving rides aerobatics has lengthened six inches between cockpits examining full-scale aircraft documentation find aircraft registration cockpit under left horizontal stabilizer fuselage side C Commercial indicates whether has extra six inches find kits plans documentation Waco YMF-5 Bob Edelstein Classic Aircraft Corporation Capitol City Airport Lansing 28 Model Aviation ide paint booth workers sand down butyrate dope Does look familiar Mahogany formers have attached grommets rib stitching tapes have applied spruce stringers have glued formers Segments farmed cowl After assembly metal rings reinforce front rear cowl GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS TMF5 BY CLASSIC AIRCRAFT CORPORATION LANSING MICHIGAN USA Cy Icier woo 5474 104444440 4* 4404X 4040530 4* 490401044274448 49*0540 S$OMD -----425 44744 444040 SF449544 #440400404049400770$T004 $41 WOT SIAMMAS -- 10044 044 CA440flS $7400400 4 CAL 0041540*0440 310 040 140 44040523 40 47 1510 40040419 107501 00949 40040 -404 4444$ 4dM010CRAFT44404 C044004L 44044049004 05409040444944240e540040054140 04404004C4401449440*4449740045440504444444444 ww XI k2 XI AA 00455 4 050L 5* WACO YMF SCALE 3VIEW SC4L 3/8 OT COP470IOOIT 4904 BY RWFRIESTAO4 00 4 10 443 044449074 0404054 44423 MI 48906 Classic has listing aircraft have produced persistent will able find out particular aircraft tied down requesting Waco Classic F-S information suggest send $5 postage handling Remember modelers full-scale aircraft companys main business little courtesy postage money goes long way Pica Models offers two kits different sizes /6-scale 60-inch wingspan /s-scale kit YMF-3 wingspan 72 inches kit actually YMF-5 larger rudder Classic Aircraft F-5s used photo box N1935B Contact hobby retailer present price availability 1/6-scale model designed 60size engine /5-scale model designed 90 Four-stroke engines would ideal 80 1/6 scale version 12 four-stroke Ascale would terrific Look ads Model Aviation Waco YMF-UMF plans Jim Ann Pepino s Scale Plans Photo Service 3209 Madison Ave Greensboro NC 27403 Tel 910 292-5239 offers beautiful scale plans 90-inch wingspan Drawings Jim Cowling wheel pants custom cut kits available well photo documentation five-view drawings best YMF-5 plans also have plans Waco 10 biplane 73-inch wingspan Photo paaks Waco others along multiview drawings also available Bob Bankas Scale Model Research 2334 Ticonderoga Way Costa Mesa CA 92626 Tel 714 979-8058 Photo paaks available other Waco aircraft Scale plans Photo Service Scale Model Research probably have photo documentation multitude Scale projects other sources put together other Classic Waco YMF-5 documentation check out Scale Data Source List includes sources including national museums obtain paint chips other information sources Contact National Association Scale Aeromodelers NASA list comes membership costs $8 Contact Bert Dugan secretary/treasurer 11090 Phyllis Dr Clio MI 48420 Ikon NwstPO Box 306 Post Falls ID 83854 Tel 208 773-9001has several Waco kits documentation available dont have kits Waco YMF-5 have Waco Taperwing YPF-7 different aircraft YMF-5 Model 10 might also check Zenith Aviation Books Historic Aviation Books Wacos Thinking Scale competition Look Ron Sears article presentation documentation April 1993 issue Model Aviation Also catalogs listed above Scale Model Research Scale Plans Photo Service have articles presentation documentation written some prominent US Scale modelers Subscriptions International Waco Magazine 28-page quarterly publication $25 back issues $650 Write international Waco Magazine PO Box 665 Destin FL 32540 Tel 604 654-4696 Paul Matt drawings available Send SASE information membership Included newsletter history current events fly-ins etc American Waco ClubJerry Brown 3546 Newhouse P1 Greenwood IN 46143has newsletter containing technical information aircraft owners organization fly-ins Send SASE information Three-view drawings Waco YMF-5 Classic Aircraft Corporation offered Roland Friestad RR #1 Box 163 Cameron IL 61423 above documentation list doesnt include everything WacosIm sure morethis F-S Scale model kits information have able come up next time way Oshkosh EAA Fly-in make little side trip Lansing Michigan brief trip back time Waco Classic August1994 29 044004 0 4 * INCLUDING Aileron Extension Protective DAD PAD Velcro Mounting Belt O Dual-Conversion Superhet design O 8-Channel FM/PPM o U3 OIP 9 dB O Image Rejection better -70dB O Selectivity -55dB @ 75 Khz O Emissions below -67 dBm @3M 1999 O Compatible ALL FM Txs servos 0 Exclusive RSSI circuit eliminates servo jitter O Mini Size 82 High 22 Long 168 Wide r Ordering N formation Call 669-4548 Factory Real airplanes have two wings round engines Good luck Waco SHIE BAILS OUT TM Release Kscalelike arachuisd real pleaser crawd alaaffunl Fara brachure send SASE ta HOBBY HUT MANUFACTURING 2020 W 21st St N Suite #77 Wichita KS 67203-2lO7Dept MAY 30 Madel Aviation 7 995* 168 Main St P 0 Box 711 ron 9337 Phone 308 432-2122FAX 308 432-2002