CONTROL LINE SPEED m1 LiU -., -p~ column titled Speed Ive assumed meant kinds fast models Control Line quite few events utilize highrevving high-performance model engines way another throw anything think readers might interested Sometimes hear about fliers good comments instance Denny Hitson Kalamazoo MI interested photo various unfinished crankcase castings Im working wondered could get some Such things hard find some available bought TWA cases about 30 years ago picked up others recently various people Ron Bernhardt Australia sells some Yellow Jacket-type castings take Dooling 61 internal parts Dooling bypass cast takes very special machine tool cut bypass either have build such mechanism just fake grind bypass out hand Most crankcases presently made investment lost wax process make wax pattern surround investment plaster cook wax out inject molten aluminum alloy cavity under pressure Casting mold hot retards shrinkage improves quality part Its expensive time-consuming gives semifinished case bypasses cast finish-machining minimized die makes wax pattern complicated expensive dont make unless want lot pieces Sandcasting lot cheaper parts much rougher unfinished Denny also wondered photos column didnt match text Good photos hard come dont always have some match what Im writing about Sometimes Ill things like just see get response Sometimes works Did know Electric Speed classes heard about never paid attention never bothered look rule book William Stewart Thousand Oaks CA wrote sent some pictures Howard Doerings Speed models Howards Class model holds present record 9042 mph Bills Class B held record awhile 10697 mph classes differentiated number batteries used Class limited maximum seven Ni-Cd cells Class B can have up 30 models flown two 018 lines 60 feet long timed seven laps use 8 x 8 props Complete rules printed Electric section AMA Competition Regulations havent seen anyone fly Electric Speed part country yet maybe should take such events little seriously try competition highly populated areas elimination noise factor would make Speed flying little bit acceptable people schoolyards parking lots might available Control Line flying few years ago another Speed event held NatsRubber Powered Free Flight Speed Models powered rubber bands ROG rise off ground timed over distance 200 feet event has flown years started long after modeling craze began early 1930s have visiting gentleman has flying since still holds record something like 53 November 1997 129 Howard Doerings Class Electric Speed model has held record 9042 mph Note typical mousetrap dolly Allison Stewart holds dads Electric Rubber powered Free Flight Speed flown Nats just few years ago areClass B model has flown Don Lockwoods models Note tiny wheels required takeoff table101 mph Aveox motor 30 Ni-Cd batteries mph name Don Lockwood 85 years old has done still remembers Don remarkable person has remarkable life has flown model airplanes competition mainly Free Flight pilot has 3000 hours air has raced still races tether model cars has built raced full-scale race cars since 1930s Walking house like walking modeling museum twinpusher models hanging walls airmotor-powered models sitting around photos old flying events race cars over has famous old Free Flight models such flew 1912 Nats powered 1910 Gamages engine still has full-scale airplanes such Cannonball Heath racer has few engines World War airplanes owns Indy race car called Tuffinelli 270 powered Offenhauser engine basement wall hangs huge propeller Brock-Moraine monoplane won first race London Paris back 1914 Peter Larson Aurora ME wrote after saw photos tether race cars July issue race car fan back 40s ran Proto type rear-wheel-drive cars powered Super Cyclone engines last car powered McCoy engine present Trenton New Jersey track day 100 mph barrier broken 104 Dooling-powered Streamliner owner car wasnt B-29 pilot couldnt get off duty flew over track time setting record Tether cars can still proxy operated owner doesnt have present race Willing volunteers can usually found times proxy run cars will go faster owners Peter handled car meet Kearny NJ Rochester Jack Bennys chauffeur Rochesters car beautiful Proto finished inside out complete driver Peter also designed centrifugal clutch protected rear-end gears stripping engine backfired starting interesting Pioneer Museum Minden Nebraska has transportation items go handpowered push carts first jetpowered airplane built country have wagons cars bicycles several old airplanesjust about anything can think some model engines bunch full-scale airplane engines including several rotaries like Gnome Mono-Soupape 1913 OX-S WW Jenny Pratt & Whitney Wasp 1938 others single-cylinder engine sitting labeled being designed built Glenn Curtiss hill-climb motorcycle 1905 before became interested airplanes engine built Hammondsport NY used Mercle racing motorcycle set record would turn 7000 rpma fantastic speed periodand featured offset crankshaft bore cylinder does line up centerline crankshaft Theoretically cylinder off side downward force crank increased offset has used several model airplane engines always called DeS axe offset Curtiss used first called DeSaxe Did DeSaxe patent engine designers argue merit such offset argue side crankshaft should go opinion offset doesnt much power does alter timing could change operating characteristics engine Anyway Curtiss went airplanes 1909 1905 engine impressed guy named Waterman much designed first outboard boat motor using power RDER TOLL FREE 1-800-338-4639 FAX 317-848-1015 WEB PAGE http//wwwindyrccom X-PERT Aluminum will add ners uch SPINNERS EXR200 EXR225 EXR25O EXR275 EXR300 EXR325 EXR35O EXR375 EXR400 ListSALE EXR200 2 ALUMINUM SPINNER1695 1295 EXR225 2 1/4 ALUMINUM SPINNER 1895 1395 EXR25O 2 1/2 ALUMINUM SPINNER 1995 1495 EXR275 23/4 ALUMINUM SPINNER .2395 1795 EXR300 3 ALUMINUM SPINNER2995 2195 EXR325 3 1/4 ALUMINUM SPINNER .3895 .2795 EXR35O 3 1/2 ALUMINUM SPINNER 4495 3095 EXR37S 33/4 ALUMINUM SPINNER 5495 3695 EXR400 4 ALUMINUM SPINNER6495 4495 SPINNERNUTSList SALE EXR1951/4 X 28 STEEL SPINNER NUT195155 EXR1965/16 X 24 STEEL SPINNER NUT195..155 EXR1973/8 X 24 STEEL SPINNER NUT195155 130 Model Aviation AR SANDERI 2 RIBS FOR EASIER HANDUNG 21/2 WIDE ALUMINUM EXTRUSION GREAT FOR SAND ING WING RIBS FUSELAGES AND BOAT HU&J~ ABRASIVE ROLLS PRESS-ON 7 YDS 2 1/2 WIDE JUST PEEL AND STICK ON T BAR SANDER OR ANY OTHER SANDING BLOCK THE MINI DRILL poatrrajp 12DR1LL552T074 w/ ED IN PIN VISE /LWn\ 1ST QUALITY W POCKET CLIP SPEED STEEL ____ NO 378 $600 SET MICRO CASSETTE SELF STARTING BLOW TORCH iTh oilDiiww CIGARETTE LlGfTER 2300F113000 PERFEcr PIN-POINT FLAME Ot4OFF &FE SWITCH WINDPROOF SELF STARliNG BY PUSHING BurrO MT772 W/LIGHTER $800 EASTERH TOOL & SUPPLY CO 148 GRAND SrREEr NEW YORK cflY NY 10013 WHEN ORDERING PPD ADD $650 ADD $959 ORDtRS 212-925-1896 21 2-925 1019 Catalog $300 Free order accept Vioa/MC Rubber 6 Engine Power Fm Plight Display Control Un. Electric Power RIC Airplanes Penn Valley Hobby Center 837-AW Main St Lanadale PA 19448 216- 3U4770 Free Catalog 283OtM 5 Koeller Fax 920-233-t964 1Oshkooh WI 54901-6167 e 920-233-2153 Email Ieejs@athenetnet ~iji p//wwwstangelcom
Edition: Model Aviation - 1997/11
Page Numbers: 129, 130
Edition: Model Aviation - 1997/11
Page Numbers: 129, 130
CONTROL LINE SPEED m1 LiU -., -p~ column titled Speed Ive assumed meant kinds fast models Control Line quite few events utilize highrevving high-performance model engines way another throw anything think readers might interested Sometimes hear about fliers good comments instance Denny Hitson Kalamazoo MI interested photo various unfinished crankcase castings Im working wondered could get some Such things hard find some available bought TWA cases about 30 years ago picked up others recently various people Ron Bernhardt Australia sells some Yellow Jacket-type castings take Dooling 61 internal parts Dooling bypass cast takes very special machine tool cut bypass either have build such mechanism just fake grind bypass out hand Most crankcases presently made investment lost wax process make wax pattern surround investment plaster cook wax out inject molten aluminum alloy cavity under pressure Casting mold hot retards shrinkage improves quality part Its expensive time-consuming gives semifinished case bypasses cast finish-machining minimized die makes wax pattern complicated expensive dont make unless want lot pieces Sandcasting lot cheaper parts much rougher unfinished Denny also wondered photos column didnt match text Good photos hard come dont always have some match what Im writing about Sometimes Ill things like just see get response Sometimes works Did know Electric Speed classes heard about never paid attention never bothered look rule book William Stewart Thousand Oaks CA wrote sent some pictures Howard Doerings Speed models Howards Class model holds present record 9042 mph Bills Class B held record awhile 10697 mph classes differentiated number batteries used Class limited maximum seven Ni-Cd cells Class B can have up 30 models flown two 018 lines 60 feet long timed seven laps use 8 x 8 props Complete rules printed Electric section AMA Competition Regulations havent seen anyone fly Electric Speed part country yet maybe should take such events little seriously try competition highly populated areas elimination noise factor would make Speed flying little bit acceptable people schoolyards parking lots might available Control Line flying few years ago another Speed event held NatsRubber Powered Free Flight Speed Models powered rubber bands ROG rise off ground timed over distance 200 feet event has flown years started long after modeling craze began early 1930s have visiting gentleman has flying since still holds record something like 53 November 1997 129 Howard Doerings Class Electric Speed model has held record 9042 mph Note typical mousetrap dolly Allison Stewart holds dads Electric Rubber powered Free Flight Speed flown Nats just few years ago areClass B model has flown Don Lockwoods models Note tiny wheels required takeoff table101 mph Aveox motor 30 Ni-Cd batteries mph name Don Lockwood 85 years old has done still remembers Don remarkable person has remarkable life has flown model airplanes competition mainly Free Flight pilot has 3000 hours air has raced still races tether model cars has built raced full-scale race cars since 1930s Walking house like walking modeling museum twinpusher models hanging walls airmotor-powered models sitting around photos old flying events race cars over has famous old Free Flight models such flew 1912 Nats powered 1910 Gamages engine still has full-scale airplanes such Cannonball Heath racer has few engines World War airplanes owns Indy race car called Tuffinelli 270 powered Offenhauser engine basement wall hangs huge propeller Brock-Moraine monoplane won first race London Paris back 1914 Peter Larson Aurora ME wrote after saw photos tether race cars July issue race car fan back 40s ran Proto type rear-wheel-drive cars powered Super Cyclone engines last car powered McCoy engine present Trenton New Jersey track day 100 mph barrier broken 104 Dooling-powered Streamliner owner car wasnt B-29 pilot couldnt get off duty flew over track time setting record Tether cars can still proxy operated owner doesnt have present race Willing volunteers can usually found times proxy run cars will go faster owners Peter handled car meet Kearny NJ Rochester Jack Bennys chauffeur Rochesters car beautiful Proto finished inside out complete driver Peter also designed centrifugal clutch protected rear-end gears stripping engine backfired starting interesting Pioneer Museum Minden Nebraska has transportation items go handpowered push carts first jetpowered airplane built country have wagons cars bicycles several old airplanesjust about anything can think some model engines bunch full-scale airplane engines including several rotaries like Gnome Mono-Soupape 1913 OX-S WW Jenny Pratt & Whitney Wasp 1938 others single-cylinder engine sitting labeled being designed built Glenn Curtiss hill-climb motorcycle 1905 before became interested airplanes engine built Hammondsport NY used Mercle racing motorcycle set record would turn 7000 rpma fantastic speed periodand featured offset crankshaft bore cylinder does line up centerline crankshaft Theoretically cylinder off side downward force crank increased offset has used several model airplane engines always called DeS axe offset Curtiss used first called DeSaxe Did DeSaxe patent engine designers argue merit such offset argue side crankshaft should go opinion offset doesnt much power does alter timing could change operating characteristics engine Anyway Curtiss went airplanes 1909 1905 engine impressed guy named Waterman much designed first outboard boat motor using power RDER TOLL FREE 1-800-338-4639 FAX 317-848-1015 WEB PAGE http//wwwindyrccom X-PERT Aluminum will add ners uch SPINNERS EXR200 EXR225 EXR25O EXR275 EXR300 EXR325 EXR35O EXR375 EXR400 ListSALE EXR200 2 ALUMINUM SPINNER1695 1295 EXR225 2 1/4 ALUMINUM SPINNER 1895 1395 EXR25O 2 1/2 ALUMINUM SPINNER 1995 1495 EXR275 23/4 ALUMINUM SPINNER .2395 1795 EXR300 3 ALUMINUM SPINNER2995 2195 EXR325 3 1/4 ALUMINUM SPINNER .3895 .2795 EXR35O 3 1/2 ALUMINUM SPINNER 4495 3095 EXR37S 33/4 ALUMINUM SPINNER 5495 3695 EXR400 4 ALUMINUM SPINNER6495 4495 SPINNERNUTSList SALE EXR1951/4 X 28 STEEL SPINNER NUT195155 EXR1965/16 X 24 STEEL SPINNER NUT195..155 EXR1973/8 X 24 STEEL SPINNER NUT195155 130 Model Aviation AR SANDERI 2 RIBS FOR EASIER HANDUNG 21/2 WIDE ALUMINUM EXTRUSION GREAT FOR SAND ING WING RIBS FUSELAGES AND BOAT HU&J~ ABRASIVE ROLLS PRESS-ON 7 YDS 2 1/2 WIDE JUST PEEL AND STICK ON T BAR SANDER OR ANY OTHER SANDING BLOCK THE MINI DRILL poatrrajp 12DR1LL552T074 w/ ED IN PIN VISE /LWn\ 1ST QUALITY W POCKET CLIP SPEED STEEL ____ NO 378 $600 SET MICRO CASSETTE SELF STARTING BLOW TORCH iTh oilDiiww CIGARETTE LlGfTER 2300F113000 PERFEcr PIN-POINT FLAME Ot4OFF &FE SWITCH WINDPROOF SELF STARliNG BY PUSHING BurrO MT772 W/LIGHTER $800 EASTERH TOOL & SUPPLY CO 148 GRAND SrREEr NEW YORK cflY NY 10013 WHEN ORDERING PPD ADD $650 ADD $959 ORDtRS 212-925-1896 21 2-925 1019 Catalog $300 Free order accept Vioa/MC Rubber 6 Engine Power Fm Plight Display Control Un. Electric Power RIC Airplanes Penn Valley Hobby Center 837-AW Main St Lanadale PA 19448 216- 3U4770 Free Catalog 283OtM 5 Koeller Fax 920-233-t964 1Oshkooh WI 54901-6167 e 920-233-2153 Email Ieejs@athenetnet ~iji p//wwwstangelcom
