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Control Line: Speed

Author: G. Lee


Edition: Model Aviation - 1998/11
Page Numbers: 131, 132

CONTROL LINE SPEED c-i ri i U Contests As write end June its flying season some kind CL Control Line contest weekend several have Control Line Speed events Last week went Cincinnati OH two-day meet hosted Queen City U-Control Club Turnout excellent contestants several states flights completed Saturday However rain forecast Sunday sure enough wiped out flying high point contest Ned Morriss Class D flight 19621 mpha speed just shy Open record exceptional performance considering hot humid weather low barometric pressure engines run much better much faster conditions cool dry Neds airplane conventional upright-engine version powered OS 65 cranks 8 x 11 Kelly fiberglass propeller has another engine regularly does 190 mph testing spare think will promoted #1 Tommy Brown pilot memorable flight wont surprised someone reaches magical 200 mph soon Weather stations Years ago auto drag racers used air density meter helped set engine parameters maximum performance meter works model Speed engines indicates much horsepower expect can select proper diameter pitch propeller correct head clearance Warren Kurth has air density meter usually reads number 90 100 dont know what units isnt really percent combination temperature humidity barometric pressure meter reads near exceeds 100 go fast As usual modern electronics have improved things point now can buy computerized version meter has program can tell drag racer fast car will go instance Ned has electronic weather stations give temperature barometric pressure humidity dew point number indicates air density Ned flew airplane number around 90 fast will go gets up near 100 Such devices necessary interesting try relate numbers performance much effective help set head clearance tuned-pipe tether-car engines Sidewinders No snake kindthe one-sided Speed model kind dont know name came first modeler built although may have Chuck Schuette Bob Spahr FAI Federation Aeronautique Internationale models Sidewinder name given asymmetrical Speed models long inner wing laid-flat engine long wing streamlined supposedly has less drag round flying wire covers also less internal friction engine laying flat since centrifugal force isnt pushing piston against cylinder wall dont know sure much really effective airplanes go fast Ive frantically building two sidewinders fly Nationals Nats Class D Class B Nats almost write Im almost finished construction paint B might little wet Muncie Sidewinders easy build easy conventional upright versions anyway maybe its because Ive built old ones instance didnt know easy way connect elevator pushrod engine mounted halfpan wing internal monoline unit comes off engine disassemble airplane leaving part pushrod stabilizer shell However good old Ned Morris told Build tubular bearing rear pushrod bulkhead halfpan joins body solder lug hole front November1998 131 Ned Morris smiles after Class D airplane turned speed 19621 mph Hes shown pilot Tommy Brown authors new Class 0 sidewinder powered OS 65 engine built kit supplied John Newton Homemade monoline unit wing stub spar sheet aluminum wing stabilizer assembled onto fiberglass upper body shell Entkenedby CLARENCE LEE BOB ABERLE eSAFETY REUABLITY SENSITIYE YERSATLE LOW UPKEEP STABLE FAST operate 3 ft tram prop quality components good sunny & cloudy days 2/3 blade switch lv battery included crysba oscillator corif rot 100000 rpm props & taos 150000 rpm turbines 00005% -10C 70C 100rpm readout ACCURATE S RESOLUTION m now avalable USEABLElsge LCD & steady readings easy carb adluotmeol Call fax wnte Informabon pores TNC ELECTRONES -2 WHITES LANE- WOODSTOCK NY 12496 TEL 9144794549 FAX 914479-554 MICRO DIGITAL MOTOR CONTROLLERS - SAFE 140 GLITCH POWER ON SOFT LOW TORQUE START UP HIGH RATE SEAL L SIZE -LIGHT WEIGHT - SELF ALIGNS TO YOUR TRANSMITTER NO ADJUSTMENT NECESSARY MICRO DEMON 100 2OAMP 1-14CELL 12 xO85 x039 13g146oz wires 4700Hz includes setup LED 995 *N* MICRO DEMON 02 *NtJIJ* 20AMP 6-8CELL BEC BRAKE 21g175oz wires 4700Hz 18xO855x039 includes setup LED$5995 SPEED DEMON 200 35AMP 1-1 6CELL 16 xl0 x042 26g192oz wires 2400Hz$8295 VIPER MODEL PRODUCTS 3475 Edison Way Suite Menlo Park CA 94025 1-800-592-8473 VISA MASTERCARD VANES FULLS GREaT TFRS Yard Field 24 Inch Wing Span PROPS Build Great Fighter Wind Vanes - Color Pics Plan Info Send $200 emeea SANYO BATTERY PACKS Receiver & Transmitter Packs Ni-Cds Ni-MH Acid TNR Technical Inc Irvine CA800-490-8418 Sanford FL800-346-0601 AZUEiThA VV-#IONAT WING SPAN36 Inches LENGTH25 Inches WEIGHT35 oz$4995 NGINE10 15 ci ADIO3 Channel WING SPAN48 Inches LENGTH 42 Inches $6495 WEIGHT 45 Lbs ENGINE 35 45 RAnIO 4 Channel /5 Servos FEATURE KIT INCLUDES Machine-Cul Parts Quick & Easy Build acl Easi 10 Transporl lete Hardware Package Accomodales Full Size Servos pushrod monoline unit bent 900 end fits hole join two parts Its simple never would have thought bent end long enough cant slip out hole centrifugal force holds during flight Class B fiberglass top shell didnt fit pan engine since designed 1 1/2-inch spinner Since shell fiberglass epoxy sawed half front pulled back together epoxied glass cloth inside out Mat glass epoxy used filler needed Charlie Legg flies 1/2A sidewinders very successfully first time built blast propeller hit cowl blew airplane ground solution put new crankshaft reverse rotation engine propeller blast doesnt affect wing since far back engine cowls Speed models too close propeller resulting excessive drag line tension during flight So filled inside Newton kit cowls glass epoxy ground front back what looked better reinforced fiberglass epoxy Now clearance between cowl propeller hope helps FAI fliers end up little positive incidence wing didnt know easily measure either until Billy Hughes told assemble airplane chuck engine crankshaft stub lathe measure flat bed rails up leading trailing edges dont have lathe can clamp crankshaft v block flat surface Use same method mark slot stab before gluing made own monoline unit can buy Ned Morris unit has flange bolts inside pan theres no way can pull out screws vibrate loose screws bolt wing-mounting stub solid fiberglass fishing rod used wing spar Turn end down glue hole stub spar wing constructed 010-inch thick 2024-T35 aluminum sheet bent form trailing edge epoxied difficult get anything really stick aluminum part wing popped loose first test flight So reglued put some /ih aluminum rivets have made short aluminum sheet wings gluing trailing edge Pliobond rubber-base contact cement apply glue surfaces want bond bake high temperature let cool clamp trailing edge bake again have never joints fail dont have oven long enough sidewinder wings have epoxied Vibration will make fuel foam try shock-mount tank can have some rubber pads underneath mounting lugs seemed work FAI guys just set tank foam works too Model Aviation DS 97 WRDS E THUNDER IN TIIESKY NEW EAVIAND SCALE 51995 EACH i 5&00 PRI0RII MAIL TO t AMR PRODUCTIONS P08011813 TOWS RIVER W 08754 CREATIVE 4338 Austin Blvd Island Park NY 11551 CANOPIESTel 516/431-4127 Fax 516/889-2682 marullure & reck volta olter systeos 5 - havealull:rSoltts sores WO te e5Ot t mild Ca lax mal jo II resr lee cabby lop e odel II Rubber ne Power Free Flight Display Control Une Electric Power RIC Airpanee Paean Vailey Hobby Center 837A W Main St Lanedale PA 19446 215- 3U4770 rr urmrm Comp ete tools metal & woodworking Otatnn -FREE CATALOG Include $500 ShippIng & Handling tor tail ordered add $500 YOUR DEALER FIRST

Author: G. Lee


Edition: Model Aviation - 1998/11
Page Numbers: 131, 132

CONTROL LINE SPEED c-i ri i U Contests As write end June its flying season some kind CL Control Line contest weekend several have Control Line Speed events Last week went Cincinnati OH two-day meet hosted Queen City U-Control Club Turnout excellent contestants several states flights completed Saturday However rain forecast Sunday sure enough wiped out flying high point contest Ned Morriss Class D flight 19621 mpha speed just shy Open record exceptional performance considering hot humid weather low barometric pressure engines run much better much faster conditions cool dry Neds airplane conventional upright-engine version powered OS 65 cranks 8 x 11 Kelly fiberglass propeller has another engine regularly does 190 mph testing spare think will promoted #1 Tommy Brown pilot memorable flight wont surprised someone reaches magical 200 mph soon Weather stations Years ago auto drag racers used air density meter helped set engine parameters maximum performance meter works model Speed engines indicates much horsepower expect can select proper diameter pitch propeller correct head clearance Warren Kurth has air density meter usually reads number 90 100 dont know what units isnt really percent combination temperature humidity barometric pressure meter reads near exceeds 100 go fast As usual modern electronics have improved things point now can buy computerized version meter has program can tell drag racer fast car will go instance Ned has electronic weather stations give temperature barometric pressure humidity dew point number indicates air density Ned flew airplane number around 90 fast will go gets up near 100 Such devices necessary interesting try relate numbers performance much effective help set head clearance tuned-pipe tether-car engines Sidewinders No snake kindthe one-sided Speed model kind dont know name came first modeler built although may have Chuck Schuette Bob Spahr FAI Federation Aeronautique Internationale models Sidewinder name given asymmetrical Speed models long inner wing laid-flat engine long wing streamlined supposedly has less drag round flying wire covers also less internal friction engine laying flat since centrifugal force isnt pushing piston against cylinder wall dont know sure much really effective airplanes go fast Ive frantically building two sidewinders fly Nationals Nats Class D Class B Nats almost write Im almost finished construction paint B might little wet Muncie Sidewinders easy build easy conventional upright versions anyway maybe its because Ive built old ones instance didnt know easy way connect elevator pushrod engine mounted halfpan wing internal monoline unit comes off engine disassemble airplane leaving part pushrod stabilizer shell However good old Ned Morris told Build tubular bearing rear pushrod bulkhead halfpan joins body solder lug hole front November1998 131 Ned Morris smiles after Class D airplane turned speed 19621 mph Hes shown pilot Tommy Brown authors new Class 0 sidewinder powered OS 65 engine built kit supplied John Newton Homemade monoline unit wing stub spar sheet aluminum wing stabilizer assembled onto fiberglass upper body shell Entkenedby CLARENCE LEE BOB ABERLE eSAFETY REUABLITY SENSITIYE YERSATLE LOW UPKEEP STABLE FAST operate 3 ft tram prop quality components good sunny & cloudy days 2/3 blade switch lv battery included crysba oscillator corif rot 100000 rpm props & taos 150000 rpm turbines 00005% -10C 70C 100rpm readout ACCURATE S RESOLUTION m now avalable USEABLElsge LCD & steady readings easy carb adluotmeol Call fax wnte Informabon pores TNC ELECTRONES -2 WHITES LANE- WOODSTOCK NY 12496 TEL 9144794549 FAX 914479-554 MICRO DIGITAL MOTOR CONTROLLERS - SAFE 140 GLITCH POWER ON SOFT LOW TORQUE START UP HIGH RATE SEAL L SIZE -LIGHT WEIGHT - SELF ALIGNS TO YOUR TRANSMITTER NO ADJUSTMENT NECESSARY MICRO DEMON 100 2OAMP 1-14CELL 12 xO85 x039 13g146oz wires 4700Hz includes setup LED 995 *N* MICRO DEMON 02 *NtJIJ* 20AMP 6-8CELL BEC BRAKE 21g175oz wires 4700Hz 18xO855x039 includes setup LED$5995 SPEED DEMON 200 35AMP 1-1 6CELL 16 xl0 x042 26g192oz wires 2400Hz$8295 VIPER MODEL PRODUCTS 3475 Edison Way Suite Menlo Park CA 94025 1-800-592-8473 VISA MASTERCARD VANES FULLS GREaT TFRS Yard Field 24 Inch Wing Span PROPS Build Great Fighter Wind Vanes - Color Pics Plan Info Send $200 emeea SANYO BATTERY PACKS Receiver & Transmitter Packs Ni-Cds Ni-MH Acid TNR Technical Inc Irvine CA800-490-8418 Sanford FL800-346-0601 AZUEiThA VV-#IONAT WING SPAN36 Inches LENGTH25 Inches WEIGHT35 oz$4995 NGINE10 15 ci ADIO3 Channel WING SPAN48 Inches LENGTH 42 Inches $6495 WEIGHT 45 Lbs ENGINE 35 45 RAnIO 4 Channel /5 Servos FEATURE KIT INCLUDES Machine-Cul Parts Quick & Easy Build acl Easi 10 Transporl lete Hardware Package Accomodales Full Size Servos pushrod monoline unit bent 900 end fits hole join two parts Its simple never would have thought bent end long enough cant slip out hole centrifugal force holds during flight Class B fiberglass top shell didnt fit pan engine since designed 1 1/2-inch spinner Since shell fiberglass epoxy sawed half front pulled back together epoxied glass cloth inside out Mat glass epoxy used filler needed Charlie Legg flies 1/2A sidewinders very successfully first time built blast propeller hit cowl blew airplane ground solution put new crankshaft reverse rotation engine propeller blast doesnt affect wing since far back engine cowls Speed models too close propeller resulting excessive drag line tension during flight So filled inside Newton kit cowls glass epoxy ground front back what looked better reinforced fiberglass epoxy Now clearance between cowl propeller hope helps FAI fliers end up little positive incidence wing didnt know easily measure either until Billy Hughes told assemble airplane chuck engine crankshaft stub lathe measure flat bed rails up leading trailing edges dont have lathe can clamp crankshaft v block flat surface Use same method mark slot stab before gluing made own monoline unit can buy Ned Morris unit has flange bolts inside pan theres no way can pull out screws vibrate loose screws bolt wing-mounting stub solid fiberglass fishing rod used wing spar Turn end down glue hole stub spar wing constructed 010-inch thick 2024-T35 aluminum sheet bent form trailing edge epoxied difficult get anything really stick aluminum part wing popped loose first test flight So reglued put some /ih aluminum rivets have made short aluminum sheet wings gluing trailing edge Pliobond rubber-base contact cement apply glue surfaces want bond bake high temperature let cool clamp trailing edge bake again have never joints fail dont have oven long enough sidewinder wings have epoxied Vibration will make fuel foam try shock-mount tank can have some rubber pads underneath mounting lugs seemed work FAI guys just set tank foam works too Model Aviation DS 97 WRDS E THUNDER IN TIIESKY NEW EAVIAND SCALE 51995 EACH i 5&00 PRI0RII MAIL TO t AMR PRODUCTIONS P08011813 TOWS RIVER W 08754 CREATIVE 4338 Austin Blvd Island Park NY 11551 CANOPIESTel 516/431-4127 Fax 516/889-2682 marullure & reck volta olter systeos 5 - havealull:rSoltts sores WO te e5Ot t mild Ca lax mal jo II resr lee cabby lop e odel II Rubber ne Power Free Flight Display Control Une Electric Power RIC Airpanee Paean Vailey Hobby Center 837A W Main St Lanedale PA 19446 215- 3U4770 rr urmrm Comp ete tools metal & woodworking Otatnn -FREE CATALOG Include $500 ShippIng & Handling tor tail ordered add $500 YOUR DEALER FIRST

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