Control Line Scale Bill Boss TAIL WHEEL STRUTSagain March 1986 column presented method making scalelike tail wheel struts effort illustrate difference between dressed-up tail wheel structure use simple piano-wire strut used sketch picturesone Richard Schneiders Curtiss Gulfhawk equipped piano-wire strut wasnt long after Richard received March issue MA heard him First elated Gulfhawk featuredbut exactly ecstatic after reading caption column material However instead being upset over having presented model barewire tail wheel strut Richard set out correct problem Rather cut model remove existing wheel strut replace Richard offers solution shown accom panying picture sketch alternative No 1 sketch shows basic bare-wire strut found Scale model Sketch No 2 shows first step dressing up strut Slide piece flexible tubing plastic rubber etc over strut cover bare wire between bottom fuselage top tail wheel strut fork Now take piece tubing material little longer twice length strut fork pierce about midpoint its length Now slide onto strut shown sketch No 3 inserting end wire strut through hole just pierced tubing complete half strut fork missing bend piece thick soft wire copper iron aluminum etc proper shape fork slip empty piece flexible tubing up other part strut wire Now reinstall tall wheel dummy portion fork still flexible enough allow Once again pierce dummy fork tubing can slipped over end wheels axle stiffens up fork bit stage dummy fork will stay put Now comes tricky part Carefully fill dummy-fork tubing CyA glue being very careful glue wheel axle hit assembly healthy shot Zip Kicker stand back chemical reaction stops using proper ventilation work area arent dummy strut should rather solidand careful enough wheel should still turn its axle Trim off excess tubing residue left CyA glue Zip Kicker strut now ready painting Richard said painted modified strut plastic enamel Steel color shown sketch two drag struts seen photo fabricated 1/16 aluminum tubing inserted holes drilled fuselage forward endsbut glued allowed slide freely tail wheel strut flexes drag struts attached main strut via V-shaped piece 030-in music wire pushed through plastic strut covering Slide aluminum drag struts onto V-shaped wire glue place CyA As can see accompa nying photo results obtained make very presentable alternative bare-wire strut Documentation source always lookout something new way docu mentation Scale projects About ayearor ago mentioned availability books Crown Publishers subject WW H fighters bombers 12 planes covered book series might useful Scale documentation purposes subjects books covered great detail B-17 Flying Fortress Spitfire P-38 Lightning Hellcat F4U Corsair P-i Mustang Mosquito Lancaster bomber Ju-87 Stuka Zero Messerschmitt Bf-109 Focke-Wulf FW-190 books sell about $15 roaming through local B Dalton Booksellers store recently came across huge book called Great Book World War II Airplanes Upon close examination found new volume contains data 12 planes mentioned above appeared individual books new book has over 400 full-color illustrations Rickyu Wantanabe dean aircraft illustrators has over 20 fold Out color drawings suitable framing same 10 x 13-inch format individual booksContinued page 157 62 Modet Aviation Scratch-built Grumman wiageon Protlie Scale model Istheworkof Ron MuiseMans field MA Craft spans 38 uses two K&B 19s painted Rust-O-Leum spray Mufflers Semco Photo R Muise No young Bill Farley Jr didnt build fine P-51 uncle Richard Turello Ridge wood NJ did Plane started Pilot RC kit uses Enya 40 power Finish cludes rivets panel lines has no operating features flies great Pretty good first Scale effort Heres howto dress upthe bare-wire tall wheel strut Scale model Thanksto Richard SchneiderMarietta GA forthis tip used iton tall wheel fine Curtiss Gulfhawk using plastic aluminum tubing R Theres info column Schneider Photo too late 1950 K&B market own 049 Over half-amillion Baby Spitfires sold 1950 Mel next design 045 integral tank called Spitzy followed Royal Spitfire Royal Baby Spitfire 1953 market saturated engines Mel Anderson Manu facturing developing internal problems Thirty thousand dollars large sum days spent fuel facility never turned profit matter time before doors closed assets auctioned Mel went work Henry Engineering designed 100 series Veco 19 29 35 eventually falling out Gil Henry owner business quit work tool engineer firm made gyro components aerospace stayed until retirement 1970 1981 Mel Anderson bestowed modelings highest honor inducted Model Aviation Hall Fame Modeling experienced great loss though recent death Mel An derson June 9 1986 work did much make possible reliable powerful model engines now take granted will miss him big difference between collecting individual books have done cost about 5180 new single volume can obtained sale about $50 havent collected individual books new single volume will great addition aeronautical library savings some $1 30 Something new During past month mailbox contained sample new lubricant might just thing can use balky snap connectors ball joints control rods wheel bearings just about other linkage models lubricant suspended medium penetrates minute openings evaporates readily leaving very fine lubricating coating surface applied product called Slip-It works equally well plastics metals composite materials time read Slip-It should available local hobby shop write Micro Research Inc PO Box 2777 Dan bury CT 06813 information availability Aviation nostalgia Are looking infor mation classic rare aircraft yesteryear suggest drop line Little Hangar run Jack Little 1414 Brewster Ave Redwood City CA 94062 Jack former producer Littlecraft aircraft engine profiles has after several years rest relaxation again put together catalog listing three-views vintage alrcraft engine draw ings Jack also has avallable set 24 profession ally-drawn black-and-white pencil sketches published during WW II Fuller Paint Co drawings feature combat planes such Spitfire Hurricane Vanguard 11 x 8-inches size suitable framing complete listing information avail able Little Hangar write Jack Little address given earlier Please send correspondenceand espe ciallypliotosrelatingto CL Scale Bill Boss 77-06269th St New Hyde Park NY 11040 CL Aerobatics/Fancher Continued page 63 Out some point development Usual ly encounter obstacle unable overcome help too often help simply isnt made available enlightening discovery made seminar came flying airplanes of advanced fliers Without excep tion pilots doing pretty fair job flying ships obvious flaws patterns would have easy criticize Hey dummy thats wrong Dont no aint simple fact pilots capa ble flying much better current ly doingbut equipment holding back So often hear pilot say self-deprecat ingly airplane great Only problem nut holding handle something sim ilar Because ship turns instantly believe trimmed though cant break 450 points think since has trick stuff stars using must great therefore accept average performance October 1986 157 CL Scale/Boss Continued page 62 responding advertisers mention read about ModelAviation
Edition: Model Aviation - 1986/10
Page Numbers: 62, 157
Edition: Model Aviation - 1986/10
Page Numbers: 62, 157
Control Line Scale Bill Boss TAIL WHEEL STRUTSagain March 1986 column presented method making scalelike tail wheel struts effort illustrate difference between dressed-up tail wheel structure use simple piano-wire strut used sketch picturesone Richard Schneiders Curtiss Gulfhawk equipped piano-wire strut wasnt long after Richard received March issue MA heard him First elated Gulfhawk featuredbut exactly ecstatic after reading caption column material However instead being upset over having presented model barewire tail wheel strut Richard set out correct problem Rather cut model remove existing wheel strut replace Richard offers solution shown accom panying picture sketch alternative No 1 sketch shows basic bare-wire strut found Scale model Sketch No 2 shows first step dressing up strut Slide piece flexible tubing plastic rubber etc over strut cover bare wire between bottom fuselage top tail wheel strut fork Now take piece tubing material little longer twice length strut fork pierce about midpoint its length Now slide onto strut shown sketch No 3 inserting end wire strut through hole just pierced tubing complete half strut fork missing bend piece thick soft wire copper iron aluminum etc proper shape fork slip empty piece flexible tubing up other part strut wire Now reinstall tall wheel dummy portion fork still flexible enough allow Once again pierce dummy fork tubing can slipped over end wheels axle stiffens up fork bit stage dummy fork will stay put Now comes tricky part Carefully fill dummy-fork tubing CyA glue being very careful glue wheel axle hit assembly healthy shot Zip Kicker stand back chemical reaction stops using proper ventilation work area arent dummy strut should rather solidand careful enough wheel should still turn its axle Trim off excess tubing residue left CyA glue Zip Kicker strut now ready painting Richard said painted modified strut plastic enamel Steel color shown sketch two drag struts seen photo fabricated 1/16 aluminum tubing inserted holes drilled fuselage forward endsbut glued allowed slide freely tail wheel strut flexes drag struts attached main strut via V-shaped piece 030-in music wire pushed through plastic strut covering Slide aluminum drag struts onto V-shaped wire glue place CyA As can see accompa nying photo results obtained make very presentable alternative bare-wire strut Documentation source always lookout something new way docu mentation Scale projects About ayearor ago mentioned availability books Crown Publishers subject WW H fighters bombers 12 planes covered book series might useful Scale documentation purposes subjects books covered great detail B-17 Flying Fortress Spitfire P-38 Lightning Hellcat F4U Corsair P-i Mustang Mosquito Lancaster bomber Ju-87 Stuka Zero Messerschmitt Bf-109 Focke-Wulf FW-190 books sell about $15 roaming through local B Dalton Booksellers store recently came across huge book called Great Book World War II Airplanes Upon close examination found new volume contains data 12 planes mentioned above appeared individual books new book has over 400 full-color illustrations Rickyu Wantanabe dean aircraft illustrators has over 20 fold Out color drawings suitable framing same 10 x 13-inch format individual booksContinued page 157 62 Modet Aviation Scratch-built Grumman wiageon Protlie Scale model Istheworkof Ron MuiseMans field MA Craft spans 38 uses two K&B 19s painted Rust-O-Leum spray Mufflers Semco Photo R Muise No young Bill Farley Jr didnt build fine P-51 uncle Richard Turello Ridge wood NJ did Plane started Pilot RC kit uses Enya 40 power Finish cludes rivets panel lines has no operating features flies great Pretty good first Scale effort Heres howto dress upthe bare-wire tall wheel strut Scale model Thanksto Richard SchneiderMarietta GA forthis tip used iton tall wheel fine Curtiss Gulfhawk using plastic aluminum tubing R Theres info column Schneider Photo too late 1950 K&B market own 049 Over half-amillion Baby Spitfires sold 1950 Mel next design 045 integral tank called Spitzy followed Royal Spitfire Royal Baby Spitfire 1953 market saturated engines Mel Anderson Manu facturing developing internal problems Thirty thousand dollars large sum days spent fuel facility never turned profit matter time before doors closed assets auctioned Mel went work Henry Engineering designed 100 series Veco 19 29 35 eventually falling out Gil Henry owner business quit work tool engineer firm made gyro components aerospace stayed until retirement 1970 1981 Mel Anderson bestowed modelings highest honor inducted Model Aviation Hall Fame Modeling experienced great loss though recent death Mel An derson June 9 1986 work did much make possible reliable powerful model engines now take granted will miss him big difference between collecting individual books have done cost about 5180 new single volume can obtained sale about $50 havent collected individual books new single volume will great addition aeronautical library savings some $1 30 Something new During past month mailbox contained sample new lubricant might just thing can use balky snap connectors ball joints control rods wheel bearings just about other linkage models lubricant suspended medium penetrates minute openings evaporates readily leaving very fine lubricating coating surface applied product called Slip-It works equally well plastics metals composite materials time read Slip-It should available local hobby shop write Micro Research Inc PO Box 2777 Dan bury CT 06813 information availability Aviation nostalgia Are looking infor mation classic rare aircraft yesteryear suggest drop line Little Hangar run Jack Little 1414 Brewster Ave Redwood City CA 94062 Jack former producer Littlecraft aircraft engine profiles has after several years rest relaxation again put together catalog listing three-views vintage alrcraft engine draw ings Jack also has avallable set 24 profession ally-drawn black-and-white pencil sketches published during WW II Fuller Paint Co drawings feature combat planes such Spitfire Hurricane Vanguard 11 x 8-inches size suitable framing complete listing information avail able Little Hangar write Jack Little address given earlier Please send correspondenceand espe ciallypliotosrelatingto CL Scale Bill Boss 77-06269th St New Hyde Park NY 11040 CL Aerobatics/Fancher Continued page 63 Out some point development Usual ly encounter obstacle unable overcome help too often help simply isnt made available enlightening discovery made seminar came flying airplanes of advanced fliers Without excep tion pilots doing pretty fair job flying ships obvious flaws patterns would have easy criticize Hey dummy thats wrong Dont no aint simple fact pilots capa ble flying much better current ly doingbut equipment holding back So often hear pilot say self-deprecat ingly airplane great Only problem nut holding handle something sim ilar Because ship turns instantly believe trimmed though cant break 450 points think since has trick stuff stars using must great therefore accept average performance October 1986 157 CL Scale/Boss Continued page 62 responding advertisers mention read about ModelAviation
