Control Line. Scale Mike Gretz BY FAR greatest reward writing monthly column has getting ac quainted great bunch modelers over US share en thusiasm CL Scale Ive pleas antly surprised repeatedly encouraged number contributions received high quality craftsmanship dis played models eager friend liness builders themselves month have several photos creations some grassroots scale builders Since am still very much CL Scale competition over months probably make far references writing Nationals World Championships some fellows care hear about what am familiar inevitably comes out rate just record Id like say models dozens out could should compete National level Dick Scrogin Hutchinson Kansas built beautiful replica historic Ryan STA its original configuration slightly modifying Sig kit Sig kit normally reproduces highly modified single-place Ryan STA SPECIAL popularized few years back airshow pitot John Gosney standard two holer version Dick modeled classic Ryan STA aviation historians regard beautiful aircraft time built large numbers both civil mili tary use before World War II truly classic pilots airplane combined best old school design open cockpits wind wires best new low-wing monoplane metal construction transitional airplane during aviations fastest changing periods Dicks Ryan carries registration number NC 17302 wings according Aircraft Profile documentation last number given Ryans 1936 model uses Fox Eagle 60 Perry carb throttle con trol weighs 8 pounds ready fly features working flaps along very complete rivet panel line instrument detailing standard 3-line bellcrank ng Return HOLLOW OUT AND SOLDER handle 70-foot control lines complete outfit Dick relates letter photograph printed fooled 10 out 11 mechanics personnel out Wells Aircraft local firm airport thought plane come out over weekend werent work ing 11th mechanic modeler spotted UC leadouts fuselage side Scrogin prolific scale builder least compared has built flown two CL scale models Continued page 106 1/16 RETAINER WIRE ASSEMBLY IN WING SHORTER FOR BOMBS THEY FALL FIRST BOMB DROP SYSTEM Activator Bottom Wing 38 Model Aviation picture shown 11 mechanics ten thought real Ryan ST over night 11th modeler spotted leadouts Dick Scrogins beautifully detailed bird Weigh ing 8-1/2 pounds powered Fox Eagle 60 3-lines Perry curb control working flaps North Rmermcan SIU-b built Dick Byron Brian Taylor plans has 15000 Sig rivets An ST 60 powers 12-pound 65-in WW II baaic trainer Dick made own retracts superb job Sharp Shooter P-Si ST 40-powered scratcn-bullt project Phil Castelli working MAN plans Real plane USAF Museum defensive routine Holland bell cranked Garys ship later Frost left circle retrieve stream er doing first clearing ship circleresult 50 points penalty Gary fly remainder match full streamer ouldnt keep away Holland long enough final matches bit tidimactic especially championship bout dust settled Fraisse France took third over Mittler Bel gum Mick Tiernan took World Champions crown Wood second both Great Britain Engllsh took team title expected little disappointed little tired drove back Liverpool cleaned up evenings festivi ties prize-giving eating sharing some fun new old friends Things didnt exactly proceed expect ed First lot new friends rapidly came old rriends standing around parking lot University waiting busses almost never came Some people arrived banquet two half hours after started seated various places allowed savor hunger pains longer before being served gross Other fun things happened Keith Trostle won minor diplomacy award retrieving Al Rabe per suading him stay until received award Stunt Sandy Pimenoff gave quadrennial speech Presidents chair no-no using World Championships point out world particular political policies like dont like Sundry officials gave out awards Sport Scale like managed screw up official FAI medals didnt have certifi cates second third place team awards No credit given origin perpetual awards official FAI classes fact class what affair seemed lack case appropriateness entire aura fit occasion larger less elegant room hold wished attend allow mingle cele brate toast another shout carry little together pace air encourage just would have welcome ended trials tribula tions 1978 Control Line World Championships CL Scale/Gretz continued page 38 past year second Westland Whirlwind know what confess Ill have some re search come up little background info use next month Dicks photo Hintits military twin-engined fighter P-51 Mustang certainly needs no troduction model builders Without doubt several times models have built flown popular air craft actually built full size 14819 versions production ceased outstanding example built Phillip Castelli Centereach New York Phil informs us letter Mustang scratch-built model using Model Airplane News plans de signed Homer Hudson ship powered Supertigre G4ORR Some working systems flaps bomb drop ailerons brakes course throttle control ship flies like dream have always placed contest has entered present has taken three firsts second way ground crew mechanic happens Action Jackson doll fits scale per fectly Wing spans out 48 ship also selected winning five Hobbypoxy finish award contest Jeffrey Perez sent accompanying sketch bomb tank drop mech anism used 77 Nats winning P-6 1 Black Widow see photo Septem ber 1978 Model viation ingenious aspect Perezs system two 1 /32w hook-shaped wires epoxied way down center bomb tank allows wires springy Due flexibility hook wires bombs just click place main retainer wire built side wing retainer wires natu rally have lock onto other hook-shaped wires due over lap hope drawing will make clear hard explain youve ever tried hold two bombs tanks place trying operate control mechanism same time will recognize advan tage Jeffs method main retainer wire wing actuated fourth line release spring-loaded return Perezs Black Widow indi vidual retainer wires different lengths fourth line pulled bombs will drop Pull line further tanks drop Castle Graphics PO Box AD Greenbank WA 98253 excellent source b&w photos scale model documenta tion offer widest selection aircraft photos privately operated non-government photo service know Quoting catalog #78-1 Castle Graphics mail-order aircraft photo service operated collectors over quarter century involvement photo collecting have arranged print 50000-plus negative file Mr Peter M Bowers Mr Bowers col lection also contains original negs taken other long-time collectors like Gordon S Williams Eugene Sommerich William Larkins Gordon Swanborough name few $175 can get sample photo sampler catalog #78-1 lists 1 some 2000 select photos have pre-printed have stock two week delivery 2 dozens indi vidual photo lists aircraft company country have literally hun dreds photos available two four week delivery detailed indi vidual photo lists l0 acpiece refund able first order photo described lists specific aircraft photo angle photo prices prints range 35 2 x 4 print $125 5 X 7 $200 8 X 10 feel photo service new could become important sources available us due big-name collectors photos available Mike Gretz Box 162 Montezuma IA 50171 CL Aerobatics/Paul continued page 39 up 11-6 EW Zinger 11-6 12-6 13-5 can find Max 45 also good same venturi Old Max 40 stunt can fitted engine venturi size about 295 Perennial Nats qualifier Bill Simons using 45 season using Rev-up 13-6 prop Although weighing about 10 oz engine may good have heard about changes engine run caused varying tank and/or engine height relative other have never thought too much about idea let suggest exper iment couple stunt fliers Lexington Kentucky inadvertently stumbled breaking couple 049s Half-A stunt event Nats using very makeshift arrangement Ed Robbert holding tank found very small movements tank relative spray bar would change rpm appreciatively Move tank inch down will lean out quite bit move tank up inch will richen mixture course 049s much sensitive tank changes should certainly prove once 106 Model Aviation 7060 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Edition: Model Aviation - 1978/12
Page Numbers: 38, 106
Edition: Model Aviation - 1978/12
Page Numbers: 38, 106
Control Line. Scale Mike Gretz BY FAR greatest reward writing monthly column has getting ac quainted great bunch modelers over US share en thusiasm CL Scale Ive pleas antly surprised repeatedly encouraged number contributions received high quality craftsmanship dis played models eager friend liness builders themselves month have several photos creations some grassroots scale builders Since am still very much CL Scale competition over months probably make far references writing Nationals World Championships some fellows care hear about what am familiar inevitably comes out rate just record Id like say models dozens out could should compete National level Dick Scrogin Hutchinson Kansas built beautiful replica historic Ryan STA its original configuration slightly modifying Sig kit Sig kit normally reproduces highly modified single-place Ryan STA SPECIAL popularized few years back airshow pitot John Gosney standard two holer version Dick modeled classic Ryan STA aviation historians regard beautiful aircraft time built large numbers both civil mili tary use before World War II truly classic pilots airplane combined best old school design open cockpits wind wires best new low-wing monoplane metal construction transitional airplane during aviations fastest changing periods Dicks Ryan carries registration number NC 17302 wings according Aircraft Profile documentation last number given Ryans 1936 model uses Fox Eagle 60 Perry carb throttle con trol weighs 8 pounds ready fly features working flaps along very complete rivet panel line instrument detailing standard 3-line bellcrank ng Return HOLLOW OUT AND SOLDER handle 70-foot control lines complete outfit Dick relates letter photograph printed fooled 10 out 11 mechanics personnel out Wells Aircraft local firm airport thought plane come out over weekend werent work ing 11th mechanic modeler spotted UC leadouts fuselage side Scrogin prolific scale builder least compared has built flown two CL scale models Continued page 106 1/16 RETAINER WIRE ASSEMBLY IN WING SHORTER FOR BOMBS THEY FALL FIRST BOMB DROP SYSTEM Activator Bottom Wing 38 Model Aviation picture shown 11 mechanics ten thought real Ryan ST over night 11th modeler spotted leadouts Dick Scrogins beautifully detailed bird Weigh ing 8-1/2 pounds powered Fox Eagle 60 3-lines Perry curb control working flaps North Rmermcan SIU-b built Dick Byron Brian Taylor plans has 15000 Sig rivets An ST 60 powers 12-pound 65-in WW II baaic trainer Dick made own retracts superb job Sharp Shooter P-Si ST 40-powered scratcn-bullt project Phil Castelli working MAN plans Real plane USAF Museum defensive routine Holland bell cranked Garys ship later Frost left circle retrieve stream er doing first clearing ship circleresult 50 points penalty Gary fly remainder match full streamer ouldnt keep away Holland long enough final matches bit tidimactic especially championship bout dust settled Fraisse France took third over Mittler Bel gum Mick Tiernan took World Champions crown Wood second both Great Britain Engllsh took team title expected little disappointed little tired drove back Liverpool cleaned up evenings festivi ties prize-giving eating sharing some fun new old friends Things didnt exactly proceed expect ed First lot new friends rapidly came old rriends standing around parking lot University waiting busses almost never came Some people arrived banquet two half hours after started seated various places allowed savor hunger pains longer before being served gross Other fun things happened Keith Trostle won minor diplomacy award retrieving Al Rabe per suading him stay until received award Stunt Sandy Pimenoff gave quadrennial speech Presidents chair no-no using World Championships point out world particular political policies like dont like Sundry officials gave out awards Sport Scale like managed screw up official FAI medals didnt have certifi cates second third place team awards No credit given origin perpetual awards official FAI classes fact class what affair seemed lack case appropriateness entire aura fit occasion larger less elegant room hold wished attend allow mingle cele brate toast another shout carry little together pace air encourage just would have welcome ended trials tribula tions 1978 Control Line World Championships CL Scale/Gretz continued page 38 past year second Westland Whirlwind know what confess Ill have some re search come up little background info use next month Dicks photo Hintits military twin-engined fighter P-51 Mustang certainly needs no troduction model builders Without doubt several times models have built flown popular air craft actually built full size 14819 versions production ceased outstanding example built Phillip Castelli Centereach New York Phil informs us letter Mustang scratch-built model using Model Airplane News plans de signed Homer Hudson ship powered Supertigre G4ORR Some working systems flaps bomb drop ailerons brakes course throttle control ship flies like dream have always placed contest has entered present has taken three firsts second way ground crew mechanic happens Action Jackson doll fits scale per fectly Wing spans out 48 ship also selected winning five Hobbypoxy finish award contest Jeffrey Perez sent accompanying sketch bomb tank drop mech anism used 77 Nats winning P-6 1 Black Widow see photo Septem ber 1978 Model viation ingenious aspect Perezs system two 1 /32w hook-shaped wires epoxied way down center bomb tank allows wires springy Due flexibility hook wires bombs just click place main retainer wire built side wing retainer wires natu rally have lock onto other hook-shaped wires due over lap hope drawing will make clear hard explain youve ever tried hold two bombs tanks place trying operate control mechanism same time will recognize advan tage Jeffs method main retainer wire wing actuated fourth line release spring-loaded return Perezs Black Widow indi vidual retainer wires different lengths fourth line pulled bombs will drop Pull line further tanks drop Castle Graphics PO Box AD Greenbank WA 98253 excellent source b&w photos scale model documenta tion offer widest selection aircraft photos privately operated non-government photo service know Quoting catalog #78-1 Castle Graphics mail-order aircraft photo service operated collectors over quarter century involvement photo collecting have arranged print 50000-plus negative file Mr Peter M Bowers Mr Bowers col lection also contains original negs taken other long-time collectors like Gordon S Williams Eugene Sommerich William Larkins Gordon Swanborough name few $175 can get sample photo sampler catalog #78-1 lists 1 some 2000 select photos have pre-printed have stock two week delivery 2 dozens indi vidual photo lists aircraft company country have literally hun dreds photos available two four week delivery detailed indi vidual photo lists l0 acpiece refund able first order photo described lists specific aircraft photo angle photo prices prints range 35 2 x 4 print $125 5 X 7 $200 8 X 10 feel photo service new could become important sources available us due big-name collectors photos available Mike Gretz Box 162 Montezuma IA 50171 CL Aerobatics/Paul continued page 39 up 11-6 EW Zinger 11-6 12-6 13-5 can find Max 45 also good same venturi Old Max 40 stunt can fitted engine venturi size about 295 Perennial Nats qualifier Bill Simons using 45 season using Rev-up 13-6 prop Although weighing about 10 oz engine may good have heard about changes engine run caused varying tank and/or engine height relative other have never thought too much about idea let suggest exper iment couple stunt fliers Lexington Kentucky inadvertently stumbled breaking couple 049s Half-A stunt event Nats using very makeshift arrangement Ed Robbert holding tank found very small movements tank relative spray bar would change rpm appreciatively Move tank inch down will lean out quite bit move tank up inch will richen mixture course 049s much sensitive tank changes should certainly prove once 106 Model Aviation 7060 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