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Control Line: Navy Carrier

Author: D. Perry


Edition: Model Aviation - 1997/02
Page Numbers: 133, 134

CONTROL LINE NAVY CARRIER THIS MONTHS column will concentrate relatively new products adaptable Navy Carrier events Most products intended Radio Control never stopped us before Northeast Aerodynamics 150 Robinson Rd Hudson NH 03051 Tel [603] 8815899 manufactures kits Profile Warbirds series intended RC sport flying profile models landing gear modeled after World War II aircraft about half eligible bonus points Profile Carrier produce F6F Hellcat A6M Zero P-Si Mustang Bf-109 general specifications models 50-inch slightly greater wingspan easily adjusted 50-inch upper limit Profile Carrier about 430 square inches wing area little larger traditional Profile Carrier models about size Sig Skyray 35 has its own unofficial Carrier event popular some areas surprise source Class II models relatively new RC World War II Combat event event number 704 page 160 rule book event rules require 5% scale tolerance does Navy Carrier 112 scale size models designed 21 engine original radial-engine design 15 inline engines potential hitch chords wing tail surfaces have scale Fortunately modelers commercial kit/plan sources sticking scale other minor drawback models have no landing gear aspect conversion Carrier use should pose no serious problem plus side models must weigh less 22 pounds including radio tend much lighter alternative conversions Scale RC kits aircraft am aware fit within 44-inch wingspan limit have about 270-300 square inches area high end scale Corsair has 314 square inches F6F Hellcat has 334 built exact 112 scale smallest models would Bf-109T about 190 square inches other Bf-109 variants smaller P-S 1 Mustang qualifies Navy Carrier because its testing near end WW II Bf-109T intended German aircraft carrier Graf Zeppelin never completed Tests also conducted modified early models Bf-109 lot variety available WW II RC Combat arena Gus Morfis Plans 4709 Green Meadows Ave Torrance CA 90505-5507 Tel [310] 378-5679 offers plans wide range models have seen Guss plan Ryan FirebaP 40-inch span 275 square inches well done Construction conventional wood sheeted fuselage built-up wing Air Kill Products 14 Shady Lake Ct Sacramento CA 95834 Tel [916] 4259933 provides short kits Guss plans including cowls canopies Ziggs Originals 105 Swanton Rd Madison WI 53714 Tel [608] 2494480 offers selection models suitable events including Zero Corsair Hellcat wings fuselages cut foam suitable lowtemperature film covering Meys Hi Tech Hobby 10 Starr Rd Danbury CT 06810 Tel [203] 7437259 has P-S 1 Corsair fiberglass fuselage sheeted foam wing carbon-fiber spars Progressive Miniature Aviation 2467 North John Young Pkwy Orlando FL 32804 Tel 407 298-8257 offers February 1997 133 Models flown Wichihawks Club contest pose new deck Bearcat Wildcat Hellcat Skyraider Corsair Firebrand Claude provided balance MO-is Fred Cronenwett photographed models Southern Beautiful Class II Douglas Dauntless original design Roy California flying session use electronic throttle control Fellows Wingspan 40 inches Fox 45 power rinnole tree cpoxyglass ruseiage cores nitty ssteontt Complete Instructions est Quality Craftsmanship Made USA Send $100 cash Brochure Daves Custom Models 10205 Spring Circle Austin TX 78736 Phone/Fax 512-288-2055 A6M2 Zero along Mustang Spitfire Seafire Bf-109 models conventional balsa-and-plywood construction plastic canopy cowl Brodak Manufacturing Distributing Company 100 Park Ave Carmichaels PA 15320 Tel 412 9662726 producing model Grumman F7F Tigercat Profile Carrier model patterned after Tigercat originally conceived Bob Smurthwaite designed its current configuration Mike Garmon has 43 1/3 inch wingspan 354 square inches wing area length 32 inches wing designed constant thickness 1 Y2 inches taper planform produces 15% thickness root 21% tip wood hardware kit received weighed 24 ounces engines tanks covering wheels belicrank including other hardware Based weight wood model should build up relatively light model twin size 354-square-inch wing area typical current competition Profile Carrier models model designed other purposes well Carrier Carrier details included basic design line slider included could installed using techniques common other Profile Carrier models minor modification required produce competition model engine nacelles nacelles designed relatively thick cheek cowls simulate radial engines full-scale aircraft look great exceed maximum allowable thickness 3/4 inch specified rules wishing take advantage 20-point bonus multiengine models Brodak F7F kit market Golden State Models RR 6 Box 9 Bloomington IL 61704 Tel [309] 8278765 has moved Georgia manufacture all-balsa MO-l Profile Carrier deadline rules change proposals effective 1999 passed just writing column have yet see proposals am aware two Navy Carrier proposals current rule cycle first would restore additional starting time multiengine models inadvertently deleted few years ago advent additional bonus points multiengine models 1996 now few type model showing up Carrier circle Because no twins flying nobody missed additional starting time until year proposal would grant minute additional time per added engine also urgent proposal would immediately restore two-minute allowance prior rules know status proposal second proposal would allow other three-line control systems Profile Carrier event proposal targeted allowing electronic throttle controls Profile Carrier would achieve objective changing Profile line requirements match Class sure look Focus Competition section MA summaries rules proposals Contest Board members need input making voting decisions Thanks Roy Fellows Fred Cronenwett contributing months photos four models Freds photo use electronic throttle control Skyraider converted older Class model built Virgil Wilbur MO-i SNJ AT-6 built Grant Hiestand House Balsa kit fitted OS 4OFP engine Sea Fury Freds original design 41-inch span SHIEm BAILS OUT Release scale-like Parachutistl real crowd pleaser lot fun .Brilliant colors Fl orange Fl pink yellow red white plus 5325 5/H blue goldl Complete figure & releose system $1895 eo Model Aviation Special Red White Si Blue Red & Gold Combo $1B95 325 S/H SEND ORDER TODAY TO HOBBY HUT MANUFACTURING 2020 W 21st St N Suits #77 Wichita KS 67203-2107 Dept MFIV send SASE brochure * * Long Engine Life * * Use BRU LINE Air Cleaner Completely Fuel Proof Nylon Rubber Parts Cat No 102 Air Cleaner Coarse $299 Cat No 202 Air Cleaner Fine $299 Replacement Inserts Cat No 104 PkI2 Inserts Coarse $239 Cat No 204 Pk/2 Inserts Fine $239 FITS MOST ENGINES 25and UP SEE YOUR LOCAL HOBBY DEALER IF UNAVAILABLE LOCALLY SEND TO Bru Line Industries Inc P0 Box 3788 Cente L ne M oh gan 48015 Add $250 sh pp ng M ch gan es dents add 40o es tax 134 Model Aviation S ENGINEERING INC PO BOX 263 AMHERST OHId 44001 FEATURED KIT OF THE MONTH KTr#25 ThE vouuirr VINDICATOR SB2U scale 21 span Rubber powered fze flight scale Complete kit print ed plans instnictions printwood suipwood 4 color decals Japanese tissue plastic prop hardware rubber molded plastic canopy Price 325 nlus 34 shinnifin Catalog $2 free order AOL DIELSENGA COMPUSERVE 73474141 3 OUR NEWEST MOTOR FOR FREE-FLIGHT OR RC Same dimensions iMP-30 35-watt at motor technology I3or4oeIl FlieS 200300 sqinCAOj wing area airplanes TROLL35 Motor includes prep adapts capaciter & meunting hardware $1095 Please add $3 postaqe/OaodOog total

Author: D. Perry


Edition: Model Aviation - 1997/02
Page Numbers: 133, 134

CONTROL LINE NAVY CARRIER THIS MONTHS column will concentrate relatively new products adaptable Navy Carrier events Most products intended Radio Control never stopped us before Northeast Aerodynamics 150 Robinson Rd Hudson NH 03051 Tel [603] 8815899 manufactures kits Profile Warbirds series intended RC sport flying profile models landing gear modeled after World War II aircraft about half eligible bonus points Profile Carrier produce F6F Hellcat A6M Zero P-Si Mustang Bf-109 general specifications models 50-inch slightly greater wingspan easily adjusted 50-inch upper limit Profile Carrier about 430 square inches wing area little larger traditional Profile Carrier models about size Sig Skyray 35 has its own unofficial Carrier event popular some areas surprise source Class II models relatively new RC World War II Combat event event number 704 page 160 rule book event rules require 5% scale tolerance does Navy Carrier 112 scale size models designed 21 engine original radial-engine design 15 inline engines potential hitch chords wing tail surfaces have scale Fortunately modelers commercial kit/plan sources sticking scale other minor drawback models have no landing gear aspect conversion Carrier use should pose no serious problem plus side models must weigh less 22 pounds including radio tend much lighter alternative conversions Scale RC kits aircraft am aware fit within 44-inch wingspan limit have about 270-300 square inches area high end scale Corsair has 314 square inches F6F Hellcat has 334 built exact 112 scale smallest models would Bf-109T about 190 square inches other Bf-109 variants smaller P-S 1 Mustang qualifies Navy Carrier because its testing near end WW II Bf-109T intended German aircraft carrier Graf Zeppelin never completed Tests also conducted modified early models Bf-109 lot variety available WW II RC Combat arena Gus Morfis Plans 4709 Green Meadows Ave Torrance CA 90505-5507 Tel [310] 378-5679 offers plans wide range models have seen Guss plan Ryan FirebaP 40-inch span 275 square inches well done Construction conventional wood sheeted fuselage built-up wing Air Kill Products 14 Shady Lake Ct Sacramento CA 95834 Tel [916] 4259933 provides short kits Guss plans including cowls canopies Ziggs Originals 105 Swanton Rd Madison WI 53714 Tel [608] 2494480 offers selection models suitable events including Zero Corsair Hellcat wings fuselages cut foam suitable lowtemperature film covering Meys Hi Tech Hobby 10 Starr Rd Danbury CT 06810 Tel [203] 7437259 has P-S 1 Corsair fiberglass fuselage sheeted foam wing carbon-fiber spars Progressive Miniature Aviation 2467 North John Young Pkwy Orlando FL 32804 Tel 407 298-8257 offers February 1997 133 Models flown Wichihawks Club contest pose new deck Bearcat Wildcat Hellcat Skyraider Corsair Firebrand Claude provided balance MO-is Fred Cronenwett photographed models Southern Beautiful Class II Douglas Dauntless original design Roy California flying session use electronic throttle control Fellows Wingspan 40 inches Fox 45 power rinnole tree cpoxyglass ruseiage cores nitty ssteontt Complete Instructions est Quality Craftsmanship Made USA Send $100 cash Brochure Daves Custom Models 10205 Spring Circle Austin TX 78736 Phone/Fax 512-288-2055 A6M2 Zero along Mustang Spitfire Seafire Bf-109 models conventional balsa-and-plywood construction plastic canopy cowl Brodak Manufacturing Distributing Company 100 Park Ave Carmichaels PA 15320 Tel 412 9662726 producing model Grumman F7F Tigercat Profile Carrier model patterned after Tigercat originally conceived Bob Smurthwaite designed its current configuration Mike Garmon has 43 1/3 inch wingspan 354 square inches wing area length 32 inches wing designed constant thickness 1 Y2 inches taper planform produces 15% thickness root 21% tip wood hardware kit received weighed 24 ounces engines tanks covering wheels belicrank including other hardware Based weight wood model should build up relatively light model twin size 354-square-inch wing area typical current competition Profile Carrier models model designed other purposes well Carrier Carrier details included basic design line slider included could installed using techniques common other Profile Carrier models minor modification required produce competition model engine nacelles nacelles designed relatively thick cheek cowls simulate radial engines full-scale aircraft look great exceed maximum allowable thickness 3/4 inch specified rules wishing take advantage 20-point bonus multiengine models Brodak F7F kit market Golden State Models RR 6 Box 9 Bloomington IL 61704 Tel [309] 8278765 has moved Georgia manufacture all-balsa MO-l Profile Carrier deadline rules change proposals effective 1999 passed just writing column have yet see proposals am aware two Navy Carrier proposals current rule cycle first would restore additional starting time multiengine models inadvertently deleted few years ago advent additional bonus points multiengine models 1996 now few type model showing up Carrier circle Because no twins flying nobody missed additional starting time until year proposal would grant minute additional time per added engine also urgent proposal would immediately restore two-minute allowance prior rules know status proposal second proposal would allow other three-line control systems Profile Carrier event proposal targeted allowing electronic throttle controls Profile Carrier would achieve objective changing Profile line requirements match Class sure look Focus Competition section MA summaries rules proposals Contest Board members need input making voting decisions Thanks Roy Fellows Fred Cronenwett contributing months photos four models Freds photo use electronic throttle control Skyraider converted older Class model built Virgil Wilbur MO-i SNJ AT-6 built Grant Hiestand House Balsa kit fitted OS 4OFP engine Sea Fury Freds original design 41-inch span SHIEm BAILS OUT Release scale-like Parachutistl real crowd pleaser lot fun .Brilliant colors Fl orange Fl pink yellow red white plus 5325 5/H blue goldl Complete figure & releose system $1895 eo Model Aviation Special Red White Si Blue Red & Gold Combo $1B95 325 S/H SEND ORDER TODAY TO HOBBY HUT MANUFACTURING 2020 W 21st St N Suits #77 Wichita KS 67203-2107 Dept MFIV send SASE brochure * * Long Engine Life * * Use BRU LINE Air Cleaner Completely Fuel Proof Nylon Rubber Parts Cat No 102 Air Cleaner Coarse $299 Cat No 202 Air Cleaner Fine $299 Replacement Inserts Cat No 104 PkI2 Inserts Coarse $239 Cat No 204 Pk/2 Inserts Fine $239 FITS MOST ENGINES 25and UP SEE YOUR LOCAL HOBBY DEALER IF UNAVAILABLE LOCALLY SEND TO Bru Line Industries Inc P0 Box 3788 Cente L ne M oh gan 48015 Add $250 sh pp ng M ch gan es dents add 40o es tax 134 Model Aviation S ENGINEERING INC PO BOX 263 AMHERST OHId 44001 FEATURED KIT OF THE MONTH KTr#25 ThE vouuirr VINDICATOR SB2U scale 21 span Rubber powered fze flight scale Complete kit print ed plans instnictions printwood suipwood 4 color decals Japanese tissue plastic prop hardware rubber molded plastic canopy Price 325 nlus 34 shinnifin Catalog $2 free order AOL DIELSENGA COMPUSERVE 73474141 3 OUR NEWEST MOTOR FOR FREE-FLIGHT OR RC Same dimensions iMP-30 35-watt at motor technology I3or4oeIl FlieS 200300 sqinCAOj wing area airplanes TROLL35 Motor includes prep adapts capaciter & meunting hardware $1095 Please add $3 postaqe/OaodOog total

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