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Control Line: Scale

Author: B. Boss


Edition: Model Aviation - 1986/05
Page Numbers: 73, 168

Control Line Scale Bill Boss REMOTE NEEDLE VALVE operation feature being used Donald Morse Carson City NV D&B F-86 jet modeland might consider next model whether ducted fan propeller driven case jet model remote needle valve idea can safety consideration elimi nates need hands other objects inside fuselage make adjustments engine running accompanying sketch shows remote needle valve installed fuselage side its connection fuel tank engine tuned pipe fuel-tank pressure Don indicated engine used F-86 Supertigre X 40 equipped Perry carburetor remote needle valve body assem bly taken Supertigre 60 Mag II carburetor modification required Perry carburetor its needle valve has locked position would provide permanent very rich setting Don says obtains rich setting screwing Perry carburetor needle halfway soldering place vibration cant loosen final engine setting made adjusting remote needle valve Don indicates has remote needle valve about 12 engine distance engine operation normal idle excess 20000 rpm Don has chosen mount remote needle valve fuselage side theres no reason couldnt hid den wheel well operational access panel hatch Regardless remote needle mounted filling fuel tank made easy temporarily remov ing main fuel line remote valve Filling tank manner does away need special fill vent tubes tank might have pass through fuselage letter Don outlined remote needle valve idea also indicated plans old Eureka DC-7 model seems has obtained complete kitbut plans has requested anyone hav ing set plans contact him would like make arrangements ob tain copy Please write Don Morse Continued rue 168 Remote needle valve operation can provide considerable degree safety hands well make adjusting ducted-fan engines much less difficult Idea provided Don Morse Carson City NV Theres info column entries Academy Aeronautics static model contest P51 L first-Scale effort Junior modeler B Carabano Flushing N Corsair R uitimatetype project extremely experienced Openclass Scale builder Augie Buffaliano Clifton NJ has servo-operated flaps canopy cowl flaps tail hook spans about 80 weighs 18 lb Note A2-scaie plastic Corsair sitting beside Thats Sport Scale documentation May1986 73 Cessna 172 firsttlme Scale project 15-year-old Juan Mendez Manhattan NY entry Academy Aeronautics annual Open House static model contest iro Box 1063 Lorain Ohio 44055 inAl Phone 216 282-8354 PEANUT SCALE Piper Vagabond Piper Cub Stinson 125 Outdoor kits each. U Light indoor kits each. $595 ITODOR PEANUT per Scaie SPORT SCALE PC5 Porter Taylor Craft Stinson Voyager Rubber CO2 Power Kits 0 MODELS EIIIbryo Modei 18 Span designed wini beginners experts. HARD-TO-FIND ITEMS Early Bird Tissue Antique Aircraft $595 True Olde Japanese Tissue 10 3 colors . SON Japanese Tissue 12 6 colors 8395 Microlite Plain8325 SilverP95 Microfilm Glue Solvent Condenser Paper 3 sheets 8315 Plan Service over 17 Scale Sport Scale & Peanut Scale Rubber Strip 020 thru 085 each 8175 3132 tliru 5/32each $195 Winder 61 395 Mark 1161 195 Complete Line Brown C02 Motors Balsa Wood Outdoor & Indoor Sheets & Strips Add 10% Postage mum Postage 8150 COMPLETE CATALOG 8150 ATT- CHEK7 ON-Board Battery Tester Saves Time. Saves Models BATT-CHEK RX-1 $1495 US Dudka again effort put forth prepare article us Ill back person next month Meanwhile wont Stunt fliers out share ideas photos us Send corre spondence photosespecially photos address below Ted Fancher 158 Flying Cloud Isle Foster City CA 94404 CL Scale/Boss Continued page 73 1630 Karin Dr Carson City NV 89701 Welcome Academy Aero nautics what sign over door read Academy speak own Academy Model Aeronautics Academy Aeronautics located adja cent La Guardia Airport Flushing NY school offers Associate degree programs prepare its students technical careers aviation aerospace electronics related industries occasion being Academy November 29 1985 day after Thanksgiving attend partici pate Academys 12th Annual Model Airplane Contest part Annual Open House attending prospective students parents visit ors model contest static nature provides cash awards first three places Junior Intermediate Senior categories Models types materials whether flying static display also includes plastics permitted entry accompanying pho tos some CL Scale models entered past years event Academys interest promoting model aviation goes back midSixties its current President George W Brush worked Flushing Model Airplane Society providing CL flying site school grounds years current contest format academys latest way keeping its hands promotion model aviation live New York New Jer sey Long Island areas looking New instali RC Modeis Check receiver battery status press button Smaii Light 1/2 oz Precise Rugged ORDER TODAY dealer Protune Corp 19141462-6452 PO Box 1808 Poughkeepsie NY 12601 fall modeling activity look Academys Open House contest 1986 Dont forget its day after Thanksgiv ing Hope see fall Hobbypoxy continues its scale-color paint-formula project issuance three colors used British Royal Air Force insignia colors RAF Red RAF Blue RAF Yellow fourth col used RAF insignia white straight Hobbypoxy HlO White may used RAF Yellow has presented previously RAF RCAF trainer aircraft other publications has appeared column may have seen elsewhere being presented An interesting sidelight fact RAF Red dull rust-red color adopted United States May 1942 replace bright red US signia However same month Army Air Force US Navy elimi nated red national insignia new color did become operational Ninth Air Force RAF-style fin flashes worn theater recognitionmarking bright red used rather proper dull red Again red sur rounds added star-and-bar signia July through September 1943 bright red used almost aircraft presumably older stocks paint Its probable some aircraft wore proper dull red reference material youre using shows dull-red color formula presented will give authentic match formulas follow RAE Red also US Insignia Red May 1942 through end WW II20 parts H65 Bright Red three parts H66 Dark Red two parts H57 Orange part H81 Black part H1O White RAE Blueli parts H24 Dark Blue two parts H81 Black part H65 Bright Red RAE Yellownine parts H49 Cub Yellow seven parts H47 Bright Yellow three parts H55 Cream two parts H66 Dark Red Send ideas photos CL Scale Bill Boss 77-06 269th St New Hyde Park NY 11040 168 Model Aviation

Author: B. Boss


Edition: Model Aviation - 1986/05
Page Numbers: 73, 168

Control Line Scale Bill Boss REMOTE NEEDLE VALVE operation feature being used Donald Morse Carson City NV D&B F-86 jet modeland might consider next model whether ducted fan propeller driven case jet model remote needle valve idea can safety consideration elimi nates need hands other objects inside fuselage make adjustments engine running accompanying sketch shows remote needle valve installed fuselage side its connection fuel tank engine tuned pipe fuel-tank pressure Don indicated engine used F-86 Supertigre X 40 equipped Perry carburetor remote needle valve body assem bly taken Supertigre 60 Mag II carburetor modification required Perry carburetor its needle valve has locked position would provide permanent very rich setting Don says obtains rich setting screwing Perry carburetor needle halfway soldering place vibration cant loosen final engine setting made adjusting remote needle valve Don indicates has remote needle valve about 12 engine distance engine operation normal idle excess 20000 rpm Don has chosen mount remote needle valve fuselage side theres no reason couldnt hid den wheel well operational access panel hatch Regardless remote needle mounted filling fuel tank made easy temporarily remov ing main fuel line remote valve Filling tank manner does away need special fill vent tubes tank might have pass through fuselage letter Don outlined remote needle valve idea also indicated plans old Eureka DC-7 model seems has obtained complete kitbut plans has requested anyone hav ing set plans contact him would like make arrangements ob tain copy Please write Don Morse Continued rue 168 Remote needle valve operation can provide considerable degree safety hands well make adjusting ducted-fan engines much less difficult Idea provided Don Morse Carson City NV Theres info column entries Academy Aeronautics static model contest P51 L first-Scale effort Junior modeler B Carabano Flushing N Corsair R uitimatetype project extremely experienced Openclass Scale builder Augie Buffaliano Clifton NJ has servo-operated flaps canopy cowl flaps tail hook spans about 80 weighs 18 lb Note A2-scaie plastic Corsair sitting beside Thats Sport Scale documentation May1986 73 Cessna 172 firsttlme Scale project 15-year-old Juan Mendez Manhattan NY entry Academy Aeronautics annual Open House static model contest iro Box 1063 Lorain Ohio 44055 inAl Phone 216 282-8354 PEANUT SCALE Piper Vagabond Piper Cub Stinson 125 Outdoor kits each. U Light indoor kits each. $595 ITODOR PEANUT per Scaie SPORT SCALE PC5 Porter Taylor Craft Stinson Voyager Rubber CO2 Power Kits 0 MODELS EIIIbryo Modei 18 Span designed wini beginners experts. HARD-TO-FIND ITEMS Early Bird Tissue Antique Aircraft $595 True Olde Japanese Tissue 10 3 colors . SON Japanese Tissue 12 6 colors 8395 Microlite Plain8325 SilverP95 Microfilm Glue Solvent Condenser Paper 3 sheets 8315 Plan Service over 17 Scale Sport Scale & Peanut Scale Rubber Strip 020 thru 085 each 8175 3132 tliru 5/32each $195 Winder 61 395 Mark 1161 195 Complete Line Brown C02 Motors Balsa Wood Outdoor & Indoor Sheets & Strips Add 10% Postage mum Postage 8150 COMPLETE CATALOG 8150 ATT- CHEK7 ON-Board Battery Tester Saves Time. Saves Models BATT-CHEK RX-1 $1495 US Dudka again effort put forth prepare article us Ill back person next month Meanwhile wont Stunt fliers out share ideas photos us Send corre spondence photosespecially photos address below Ted Fancher 158 Flying Cloud Isle Foster City CA 94404 CL Scale/Boss Continued page 73 1630 Karin Dr Carson City NV 89701 Welcome Academy Aero nautics what sign over door read Academy speak own Academy Model Aeronautics Academy Aeronautics located adja cent La Guardia Airport Flushing NY school offers Associate degree programs prepare its students technical careers aviation aerospace electronics related industries occasion being Academy November 29 1985 day after Thanksgiving attend partici pate Academys 12th Annual Model Airplane Contest part Annual Open House attending prospective students parents visit ors model contest static nature provides cash awards first three places Junior Intermediate Senior categories Models types materials whether flying static display also includes plastics permitted entry accompanying pho tos some CL Scale models entered past years event Academys interest promoting model aviation goes back midSixties its current President George W Brush worked Flushing Model Airplane Society providing CL flying site school grounds years current contest format academys latest way keeping its hands promotion model aviation live New York New Jer sey Long Island areas looking New instali RC Modeis Check receiver battery status press button Smaii Light 1/2 oz Precise Rugged ORDER TODAY dealer Protune Corp 19141462-6452 PO Box 1808 Poughkeepsie NY 12601 fall modeling activity look Academys Open House contest 1986 Dont forget its day after Thanksgiv ing Hope see fall Hobbypoxy continues its scale-color paint-formula project issuance three colors used British Royal Air Force insignia colors RAF Red RAF Blue RAF Yellow fourth col used RAF insignia white straight Hobbypoxy HlO White may used RAF Yellow has presented previously RAF RCAF trainer aircraft other publications has appeared column may have seen elsewhere being presented An interesting sidelight fact RAF Red dull rust-red color adopted United States May 1942 replace bright red US signia However same month Army Air Force US Navy elimi nated red national insignia new color did become operational Ninth Air Force RAF-style fin flashes worn theater recognitionmarking bright red used rather proper dull red Again red sur rounds added star-and-bar signia July through September 1943 bright red used almost aircraft presumably older stocks paint Its probable some aircraft wore proper dull red reference material youre using shows dull-red color formula presented will give authentic match formulas follow RAE Red also US Insignia Red May 1942 through end WW II20 parts H65 Bright Red three parts H66 Dark Red two parts H57 Orange part H81 Black part H1O White RAE Blueli parts H24 Dark Blue two parts H81 Black part H65 Bright Red RAE Yellownine parts H49 Cub Yellow seven parts H47 Bright Yellow three parts H55 Cream two parts H66 Dark Red Send ideas photos CL Scale Bill Boss 77-06 269th St New Hyde Park NY 11040 168 Model Aviation

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