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Control Line: Speed

Author: G. Lee


Edition: Model Aviation - 1996/07
Page Numbers: 138, 139

CONTROL LINE SPEED CELEBRATION OF EAGLES stupendous event planned help initiate first National Championships International Aeromodeling Center Muncie Indiana July 6-7 Competitors have flown Nats 70 years older modelers names have become legend will attend planned banquet party would like meet fliers have heard plan participate show during weekend before formal competition starts Demonstrations types older models will take place have old Speed models still flying condition bring along fly again fun still have McCoy 60-powered delta Dooling 29-powered swept-wing B model Ill clean varnish out bearings make new pen bladders find some lines see will still run Maybe will have demonstrate method hand-launching again us flew baseball diamonds grass fields never take-off dollies just relied flying partners toss air have some fuel left full nasty chemicals considered dangerous days has nitrobenzene gave famous Shinola Shoe Polish smell rated worst carcinogenic compounds around Ill probably brew up batch semi-hot fuel will let engines run okay damaging Parts Modem hobby shops have numerous items building model airplanes times need special exotic articles equipment Few shops have things Speed fliers need have locate specialists make parts such magnesium pans spinners props forth North American Speed Society newsletter has ads such suppliers also has parts finder list year list necessary serious competitors sport fliers too worth price yearly dues Write NASS Box 82294 North Burnaby BC Canada V5C 5P7 also found neat catalog has things never dreamed contains hundreds things like metals plastics bearings tools taps books tubing round square telescoping tubing bolts other useful items modelers can use have aluminum-oxide grit need lapping engine parts wrote about last column have Viton tubingthe best have found longlasting fuel lines expensive catalog write Small Parts Inc Box 4650 Miami Lakes FL 33014-9727 Another specialty house has equipment supplies speed fliers Model Research Labs 25108 Marquerite Pkwy #B-160 Mission Viejo CA 92692 have carbon-fiber materials want build ultralight composite fuselages Carbon also excellent stiffening wings stabs also makes strong wing spars also have exotic covering materials such things fluorescent pigments want easily seen model Molds ever make molds fiberglass wings fuselages saw some great carving foam Chicago Model Show would make dandy master patterns several densities available stuff easy carve saw sculptmuch easier basswood balsa can sealed painted non-toxic comes standard sizes Its called BalsaFoam manufactured Jiffy Foam Inc 221 Third St Box 3609 Newport RI 02840 Props used use Rev-Up props several classes Speed ones used use obsolete since dropped fuel ten percent nitro Less nitro means less power need whole new set lower-pitch props Rev-Up tooling up now new run Speed props suit present requirements experimenting plastic-impregnated maple has about three times beam strength untreated wood hopefully will withstand high rpm running Samples should available summer 138 Model Aviation on OH Cold Cash Speed Bash last September busy place two days continuous Speed flying competitors far away New York new Rossi 21 sold Sig Mfg Co Montezuma IA Should excellent new 21 Proto classsee text L-R Ed King Junior King Larry Bissonette Saginaw Michigan area 21-class models Bob Fiorenze Building Service- Jets Warbirds Helicopters Contact Bob 407-330-1448 experience best assurance reliable power system set-ups send 0/s 91 engine Dynamax fan pipe will assemble adjust test fly $6000 labor Bob Fiorenze 407330-1448 Free Catalog home Klingberg Wing offer flying wings types other exciting aircraft kits Send #10 SASE stamp Future Flight 1256 Prescott Aye #2 Sunnyvale CA 94089 Stop Spending Money Hobby well established aircraft kit manufacturer looking sales reps Wanted Unbuilt Sterling Kit #E-6 Piper Super Cruiser Dana E Anderson Rt 1 Box 154 St Edward NE 68660-9522 Klingberg Wing other fine kits FutureFlighte-mail bootstrap@earthlink visit httpllhomeearthlinknet/free/bootstrap/ /webdocs// Nobody Beats Deal Unimat miniaturelathee-mail bootstrap@earthlink visit http//homeearthlinknet/free/bootstrap/ /webdocs// Futaba Super 7 Owners Get best programing guide 91 pages Don Edberg Team Futaba $13 Postpaid Send check/MO Dynamic Modelling 4922-C Rochelle Irvine CA 927142941 Electric Flyers Measure thrust easily Combine RPM measurement pocket-sized mechanical Field Thrust Calculator charts determine static thrust Send SASE detailed information $10 check money order purchase ARPI 900 Bower Drive Idaho Falls ID 83404 Wanted Wood scale kits 50s & 60s Monogram Speedee Bilt Guillows WWI & WWII Berkeley controliner others Mike Walker 515 Price St Morris IL 60450 42-0380 Classified advertising must paid advance rate $50 per word Please make check payable Model Aviation mail check printed copy ad Sue Schrock Hobby Advertising 150 Ott St Harrisonburg VA 22801 Ad payment must received 15th third month preceding issue date example June 15 Sept issue Ads will printed first come first served basis space permits Ads may run month time Multiply cost ad times number months ad will run include initial payment Count initials numbers phone numbers address city state zip code word Questions about Classified ads should directed Sue Schrock 540-434-0350 21 Proto Class Speed fliers including quite few old-timers dropped out competition few years ago building new airplanes 21 Proto event Proto used popular fiercely contested classes Nats other Speed contests airplanes must painted look like real racing airplanes used wheels dont have worry about building dolly ruining prop flight Engines last long time 10% nitro fuel can afford buy good engine rather several try find outstanding after swapping parts and/or reworking plan submit rules Provisional Class year design own model write Chris Sackett editor NASS newsletter has rules set plans Blondie elliptical-wing model beautiful going flying Nats objective 21 Proto fly semiscale realistic airplanes CL competition model must have full fuselage rudder butterfly type stabilizers acceptable unless true Scale model engine can mounted upright inverted sideways mounted side must have matching cowl opposite side RC Pylon models engine must fully cowled except head fins model must colorfully painted no all-clear finishes contestants AMA number least inch high must permanently fixed upper-right-hand wing surface prefixed N US modelers C Canadian modelers clear canopy required minimum dimensions 3 inches length inch high inch wide shall house scale pilot least inch height Wing area 125 square inches minimum stabilizer area least 25% wing area fin rudder combined least 5% wing area Minimum wingspan shall 24 inches minimum distance trailing edge wing leading edge stab shall five inches Landing gear must fixed type similar full-scale airplane shall consist two 1-inch wheels spaced least six inches apart wing stab must symmetrical offset aircraft weight shall 18-30 ouncesTwo-bladed props required mimpipe must constant diameter no six inches long Two 016 diameter lines 60 feet long required wingtip leadout separation least 20 inches Models will judged appearance up three points will added speed point per mph can see important build model pretty can Get off couch get building Speed contests summer Nats should grand turnout 4July1996 139 Generous commissions paid sale No purchase required complete information call 408-735-8260

Author: G. Lee


Edition: Model Aviation - 1996/07
Page Numbers: 138, 139

CONTROL LINE SPEED CELEBRATION OF EAGLES stupendous event planned help initiate first National Championships International Aeromodeling Center Muncie Indiana July 6-7 Competitors have flown Nats 70 years older modelers names have become legend will attend planned banquet party would like meet fliers have heard plan participate show during weekend before formal competition starts Demonstrations types older models will take place have old Speed models still flying condition bring along fly again fun still have McCoy 60-powered delta Dooling 29-powered swept-wing B model Ill clean varnish out bearings make new pen bladders find some lines see will still run Maybe will have demonstrate method hand-launching again us flew baseball diamonds grass fields never take-off dollies just relied flying partners toss air have some fuel left full nasty chemicals considered dangerous days has nitrobenzene gave famous Shinola Shoe Polish smell rated worst carcinogenic compounds around Ill probably brew up batch semi-hot fuel will let engines run okay damaging Parts Modem hobby shops have numerous items building model airplanes times need special exotic articles equipment Few shops have things Speed fliers need have locate specialists make parts such magnesium pans spinners props forth North American Speed Society newsletter has ads such suppliers also has parts finder list year list necessary serious competitors sport fliers too worth price yearly dues Write NASS Box 82294 North Burnaby BC Canada V5C 5P7 also found neat catalog has things never dreamed contains hundreds things like metals plastics bearings tools taps books tubing round square telescoping tubing bolts other useful items modelers can use have aluminum-oxide grit need lapping engine parts wrote about last column have Viton tubingthe best have found longlasting fuel lines expensive catalog write Small Parts Inc Box 4650 Miami Lakes FL 33014-9727 Another specialty house has equipment supplies speed fliers Model Research Labs 25108 Marquerite Pkwy #B-160 Mission Viejo CA 92692 have carbon-fiber materials want build ultralight composite fuselages Carbon also excellent stiffening wings stabs also makes strong wing spars also have exotic covering materials such things fluorescent pigments want easily seen model Molds ever make molds fiberglass wings fuselages saw some great carving foam Chicago Model Show would make dandy master patterns several densities available stuff easy carve saw sculptmuch easier basswood balsa can sealed painted non-toxic comes standard sizes Its called BalsaFoam manufactured Jiffy Foam Inc 221 Third St Box 3609 Newport RI 02840 Props used use Rev-Up props several classes Speed ones used use obsolete since dropped fuel ten percent nitro Less nitro means less power need whole new set lower-pitch props Rev-Up tooling up now new run Speed props suit present requirements experimenting plastic-impregnated maple has about three times beam strength untreated wood hopefully will withstand high rpm running Samples should available summer 138 Model Aviation on OH Cold Cash Speed Bash last September busy place two days continuous Speed flying competitors far away New York new Rossi 21 sold Sig Mfg Co Montezuma IA Should excellent new 21 Proto classsee text L-R Ed King Junior King Larry Bissonette Saginaw Michigan area 21-class models Bob Fiorenze Building Service- Jets Warbirds Helicopters Contact Bob 407-330-1448 experience best assurance reliable power system set-ups send 0/s 91 engine Dynamax fan pipe will assemble adjust test fly $6000 labor Bob Fiorenze 407330-1448 Free Catalog home Klingberg Wing offer flying wings types other exciting aircraft kits Send #10 SASE stamp Future Flight 1256 Prescott Aye #2 Sunnyvale CA 94089 Stop Spending Money Hobby well established aircraft kit manufacturer looking sales reps Wanted Unbuilt Sterling Kit #E-6 Piper Super Cruiser Dana E Anderson Rt 1 Box 154 St Edward NE 68660-9522 Klingberg Wing other fine kits FutureFlighte-mail bootstrap@earthlink visit httpllhomeearthlinknet/free/bootstrap/ /webdocs// Nobody Beats Deal Unimat miniaturelathee-mail bootstrap@earthlink visit http//homeearthlinknet/free/bootstrap/ /webdocs// Futaba Super 7 Owners Get best programing guide 91 pages Don Edberg Team Futaba $13 Postpaid Send check/MO Dynamic Modelling 4922-C Rochelle Irvine CA 927142941 Electric Flyers Measure thrust easily Combine RPM measurement pocket-sized mechanical Field Thrust Calculator charts determine static thrust Send SASE detailed information $10 check money order purchase ARPI 900 Bower Drive Idaho Falls ID 83404 Wanted Wood scale kits 50s & 60s Monogram Speedee Bilt Guillows WWI & WWII Berkeley controliner others Mike Walker 515 Price St Morris IL 60450 42-0380 Classified advertising must paid advance rate $50 per word Please make check payable Model Aviation mail check printed copy ad Sue Schrock Hobby Advertising 150 Ott St Harrisonburg VA 22801 Ad payment must received 15th third month preceding issue date example June 15 Sept issue Ads will printed first come first served basis space permits Ads may run month time Multiply cost ad times number months ad will run include initial payment Count initials numbers phone numbers address city state zip code word Questions about Classified ads should directed Sue Schrock 540-434-0350 21 Proto Class Speed fliers including quite few old-timers dropped out competition few years ago building new airplanes 21 Proto event Proto used popular fiercely contested classes Nats other Speed contests airplanes must painted look like real racing airplanes used wheels dont have worry about building dolly ruining prop flight Engines last long time 10% nitro fuel can afford buy good engine rather several try find outstanding after swapping parts and/or reworking plan submit rules Provisional Class year design own model write Chris Sackett editor NASS newsletter has rules set plans Blondie elliptical-wing model beautiful going flying Nats objective 21 Proto fly semiscale realistic airplanes CL competition model must have full fuselage rudder butterfly type stabilizers acceptable unless true Scale model engine can mounted upright inverted sideways mounted side must have matching cowl opposite side RC Pylon models engine must fully cowled except head fins model must colorfully painted no all-clear finishes contestants AMA number least inch high must permanently fixed upper-right-hand wing surface prefixed N US modelers C Canadian modelers clear canopy required minimum dimensions 3 inches length inch high inch wide shall house scale pilot least inch height Wing area 125 square inches minimum stabilizer area least 25% wing area fin rudder combined least 5% wing area Minimum wingspan shall 24 inches minimum distance trailing edge wing leading edge stab shall five inches Landing gear must fixed type similar full-scale airplane shall consist two 1-inch wheels spaced least six inches apart wing stab must symmetrical offset aircraft weight shall 18-30 ouncesTwo-bladed props required mimpipe must constant diameter no six inches long Two 016 diameter lines 60 feet long required wingtip leadout separation least 20 inches Models will judged appearance up three points will added speed point per mph can see important build model pretty can Get off couch get building Speed contests summer Nats should grand turnout 4July1996 139 Generous commissions paid sale No purchase required complete information call 408-735-8260

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