Control Line Racing 1/44 1/2 BOLT 3/3253/4ALuMINuMSOLDER I/4x3/4 BOLT WING Bill Lee 101AMNUT AND LOCK WASHER 1/16 BICYCLE HAND BRAKE CABLE BOLT AND PASS CABLE THRLJ RAT RACE HANDLE H M SONNY RILEY 0 23456 WRITE COLUMN magazine Sure never know whats going happen dont try Ive never done anything like before cares Youve got some ideas dont seem afraid mouthing about no matter whos listening just about gist con versation recently Carl Wheeley AMA seems weve new publication some special interest columns order Carl long conversa tion last years Nats awards banquet remembered feel several areas con trol-line Racing want talk about months ahead Some sub jects hope will column some hope occasionally 1 column first what Racing flyers want can supply information ideas out own experience knowledge that ever gets written Combat Gary Frost AMA ASKED ME Combat cor respondent since can chew fat best said would give try dont know what expect reading words about Combat let say Im expert anything guys want kinds juicy secrets have Will share yours Id like know about failures well successes Pictures tell best think good idea define things start common level understanding What Combat total involvement Combat just flying Combat Combat flying also people places ideas things rules experiences Best Combat happiness First flying certainly prerequisite dont build Combat plane dont enter Combat contest belong among Combat flyers Also Combat flyers better flyers par ticipate Combat flying events ie FAI Slow Fast Combat also people Because Combat interests know people own city people other cities people column will worth too much short time want input interested readers dont like what Im saying Im saying let know want forum own views let know promise Ill respond letter receive either print letter 2 problem face spe cial interest category get special equipment needed fly event must whole swarm people produce sell special hard ware control-line Racing events can find out what states over US would have chance meet know other wise have friends overseas thanks Combat get very good feeling drive hours hours get out car hear Hi Gary some take away friends have met through modeling Combat would have few left Combat places can properly judge own home town have no standards comparison ie dont see other towns else besides fly Com bat would bother travel city have Ill see gets column need some equipment dont know get let know cant tell personally Ill ask column information Again serv ice will good readers make 3 column such beautiful place how-to-do-it information have few ideas own Ill show have slick little tricks youre proud think might interest other racing flyers send Well try get space permits Good black-and-white pictures and/or sketches desirable Now lets get good stuff couple years ago Nats watching Rat Race heats po tentially very dangerous event took place Big Bad John Ballard plastic handle well known brand break hand leaving John fly 150-mph Rat nothing thin wire through palm hand Johns credit got plane down nothing serious happened think what could have happened plastic adjustable handles fine slower events stresses handle low feel continued page 74 within 500-mile radius Howard Rush traveled St Louis Dal las time 13-hour trip way 70-mph speed limit Combat ideas things think competitive event breeds ingenuity imagination say Combat planes alike Ive got news look again closely suggest typical contest no two contestants have same everything Everyones personal choice design plane built engine fuel plug prop etc different also very best combination ob tainable differences good Combat society Perhaps dramatically illustrated existence MACA Furthermore suggest Combat flyer unique kind nut terested almost nothing else Com bat learning about Combat Combat flyer finds out stranger also Combat flyer immediate close relationship else would anyone understand everytime Howard Rush sees baby pacifier looks see whether genuine binky lot combat discussions center around rules would -with out rules dont follow rules stuffed down throats rules complain about Perhaps could continued page 77 28 Model Aviation Gary Frost president Miniature Airplane Combat Association asks what does Combat mean youand has great answers Step Winners Circle Performance Proven Bolt- Mufflers Bolt-oh mufflers available three different styles Super Expansion Super Flo Thru Regular Expansion Pre sently available some Super Tigre Veco Fox Webra Meteor Merco HP engines bolt directly engine through holes crankcase CL Racing continued page 28 should allowed Rat Race course has reasonable alter native before throw out anything just arent real good handles market strong enough yet fully adjustable Texas several flyers have made own handles super strong yet easily simply adjust able sketch shows pretty well go together say dont have time nor materials build super trick handles So say Good cause Ive got guy wholl sell already built $500 Thats just very much spend safety Write H M Sonny Riley 2201 Wirt #441 Houston Tex 77055 send money Youll get good safe Rat Race handle return mail Weve using type handle couple years now complete satisfaction n 0 0 K I2 S RAT F FRENCH R B RITCH popular certainly successful Rat Race de signs Texas Texas Rat designed flown Fred French Dickie Ritch sketch shows ver sion built wing version made up bass maple balsa 1/16 hard dowel trailing edge stab elevator either 1A bass plywood sewn hinges probably best part fiberglass body ties whole thing together Dickie produces tops has plans whole plane sale $1200 bodies $300 plans youve never built Rat Racer glass lid will very pleasantly surprised fast very good Rat will go together youve built glass before take look quality very good Contact R B Ritch 11042 Waxwing Houston Tex 77025 Some things have repeated occa sionally remind us what important what have seen following information printed several occasions still see people building flying models just arent right put leadouts wing tip few years ago flying regularly Russ Brown Goodland Kans contest Wichita Kans flown Scale Racing notable lack success Russ built Bonzo enclosed controls brought leadouts out wing tip mean point leadouts about half way back wing tip plane dog made no difference what did plane going go faster about 85 mph way back Goodland Russ trying figure out what wrong made com ment plane appeared flying nose out Well thing led another next flying session moved rear leadout forward mean point well forward before probably can guess results An honest instant 10 mph What story tells us importance leadout position especially Scale Racing fuselage may 5-6 high flying sidewise can cause lot drag seems obvious still see Goodyears slow Rats leadouts wrong place What can recommend Experiment Build test Goodyear slow Rat externally mounted controls install plywood wingtip guide will allow leadouts moved over wide range Now go fly thing Try leadouts forward back time measuring airspeed until find position gives best time Now important part Measure remember setting taking account position center gravity position leadouts relative CG distance wing-tip guide center aircraft diameter lines next time build similar model will know put leadouts forewarned Any signifi cant change such line diameter will change results As example examination Goodyears balance front leadout lines emerge tip about t have found about optimum kind construction tech nique flying style im portant thing get right style closing let repeat what said earlier need help column help will appear other month Lets hear mailing address W R Bill Lee 3522 Tamarisk Lane Missouri City Tex 77459 74 Model Aviation Super Flo-Thru Regular Expansion Super Expansion
Edition: Model Aviation - 1975/07
Page Numbers: 28, 74
Control Line Racing 1/44 1/2 BOLT 3/3253/4ALuMINuMSOLDER I/4x3/4 BOLT WING Bill Lee 101AMNUT AND LOCK WASHER 1/16 BICYCLE HAND BRAKE CABLE BOLT AND PASS CABLE THRLJ RAT RACE HANDLE H M SONNY RILEY 0 23456 WRITE COLUMN magazine Sure never know whats going happen dont try Ive never done anything like before cares Youve got some ideas dont seem afraid mouthing about no matter whos listening just about gist con versation recently Carl Wheeley AMA seems weve new publication some special interest columns order Carl long conversa tion last years Nats awards banquet remembered feel several areas con trol-line Racing want talk about months ahead Some sub jects hope will column some hope occasionally 1 column first what Racing flyers want can supply information ideas out own experience knowledge that ever gets written Combat Gary Frost AMA ASKED ME Combat cor respondent since can chew fat best said would give try dont know what expect reading words about Combat let say Im expert anything guys want kinds juicy secrets have Will share yours Id like know about failures well successes Pictures tell best think good idea define things start common level understanding What Combat total involvement Combat just flying Combat Combat flying also people places ideas things rules experiences Best Combat happiness First flying certainly prerequisite dont build Combat plane dont enter Combat contest belong among Combat flyers Also Combat flyers better flyers par ticipate Combat flying events ie FAI Slow Fast Combat also people Because Combat interests know people own city people other cities people column will worth too much short time want input interested readers dont like what Im saying Im saying let know want forum own views let know promise Ill respond letter receive either print letter 2 problem face spe cial interest category get special equipment needed fly event must whole swarm people produce sell special hard ware control-line Racing events can find out what states over US would have chance meet know other wise have friends overseas thanks Combat get very good feeling drive hours hours get out car hear Hi Gary some take away friends have met through modeling Combat would have few left Combat places can properly judge own home town have no standards comparison ie dont see other towns else besides fly Com bat would bother travel city have Ill see gets column need some equipment dont know get let know cant tell personally Ill ask column information Again serv ice will good readers make 3 column such beautiful place how-to-do-it information have few ideas own Ill show have slick little tricks youre proud think might interest other racing flyers send Well try get space permits Good black-and-white pictures and/or sketches desirable Now lets get good stuff couple years ago Nats watching Rat Race heats po tentially very dangerous event took place Big Bad John Ballard plastic handle well known brand break hand leaving John fly 150-mph Rat nothing thin wire through palm hand Johns credit got plane down nothing serious happened think what could have happened plastic adjustable handles fine slower events stresses handle low feel continued page 74 within 500-mile radius Howard Rush traveled St Louis Dal las time 13-hour trip way 70-mph speed limit Combat ideas things think competitive event breeds ingenuity imagination say Combat planes alike Ive got news look again closely suggest typical contest no two contestants have same everything Everyones personal choice design plane built engine fuel plug prop etc different also very best combination ob tainable differences good Combat society Perhaps dramatically illustrated existence MACA Furthermore suggest Combat flyer unique kind nut terested almost nothing else Com bat learning about Combat Combat flyer finds out stranger also Combat flyer immediate close relationship else would anyone understand everytime Howard Rush sees baby pacifier looks see whether genuine binky lot combat discussions center around rules would -with out rules dont follow rules stuffed down throats rules complain about Perhaps could continued page 77 28 Model Aviation Gary Frost president Miniature Airplane Combat Association asks what does Combat mean youand has great answers Step Winners Circle Performance Proven Bolt- Mufflers Bolt-oh mufflers available three different styles Super Expansion Super Flo Thru Regular Expansion Pre sently available some Super Tigre Veco Fox Webra Meteor Merco HP engines bolt directly engine through holes crankcase CL Racing continued page 28 should allowed Rat Race course has reasonable alter native before throw out anything just arent real good handles market strong enough yet fully adjustable Texas several flyers have made own handles super strong yet easily simply adjust able sketch shows pretty well go together say dont have time nor materials build super trick handles So say Good cause Ive got guy wholl sell already built $500 Thats just very much spend safety Write H M Sonny Riley 2201 Wirt #441 Houston Tex 77055 send money Youll get good safe Rat Race handle return mail Weve using type handle couple years now complete satisfaction n 0 0 K I2 S RAT F FRENCH R B RITCH popular certainly successful Rat Race de signs Texas Texas Rat designed flown Fred French Dickie Ritch sketch shows ver sion built wing version made up bass maple balsa 1/16 hard dowel trailing edge stab elevator either 1A bass plywood sewn hinges probably best part fiberglass body ties whole thing together Dickie produces tops has plans whole plane sale $1200 bodies $300 plans youve never built Rat Racer glass lid will very pleasantly surprised fast very good Rat will go together youve built glass before take look quality very good Contact R B Ritch 11042 Waxwing Houston Tex 77025 Some things have repeated occa sionally remind us what important what have seen following information printed several occasions still see people building flying models just arent right put leadouts wing tip few years ago flying regularly Russ Brown Goodland Kans contest Wichita Kans flown Scale Racing notable lack success Russ built Bonzo enclosed controls brought leadouts out wing tip mean point leadouts about half way back wing tip plane dog made no difference what did plane going go faster about 85 mph way back Goodland Russ trying figure out what wrong made com ment plane appeared flying nose out Well thing led another next flying session moved rear leadout forward mean point well forward before probably can guess results An honest instant 10 mph What story tells us importance leadout position especially Scale Racing fuselage may 5-6 high flying sidewise can cause lot drag seems obvious still see Goodyears slow Rats leadouts wrong place What can recommend Experiment Build test Goodyear slow Rat externally mounted controls install plywood wingtip guide will allow leadouts moved over wide range Now go fly thing Try leadouts forward back time measuring airspeed until find position gives best time Now important part Measure remember setting taking account position center gravity position leadouts relative CG distance wing-tip guide center aircraft diameter lines next time build similar model will know put leadouts forewarned Any signifi cant change such line diameter will change results As example examination Goodyears balance front leadout lines emerge tip about t have found about optimum kind construction tech nique flying style im portant thing get right style closing let repeat what said earlier need help column help will appear other month Lets hear mailing address W R Bill Lee 3522 Tamarisk Lane Missouri City Tex 77459 74 Model Aviation Super Flo-Thru Regular Expansion Super Expansion