0w0g0ug0c CONTROL LINE LD Glenn Lee 819 Mandrake Batavia IL 60510 IT S APRIL write weather has too cool test-flyingat least have find out what size kind props run new 10%-nitro fuel Id better get moving best building season Im making two new Speed jobs should ready paint time its warm enough outdoor spraying epoxy paints best have found fuelproof hard finish too toxic indoor use modelers have ended up hospital room after exposure breathing fumes symptoms very similar heart attack started using epoxy paint back Pettit waterproof boat paint quart cost less small cans now variety colors nice too particularly liked Catalina Turquoise Platinum Initially fumes didnt bother find Ive become sensitive offensive deadly vapors now paint outdoors also use proper filtered face mask So careful take precautions use stuff got nice call Marvin Denny avid flier Wichita Kansas about modifications has developed Fox 35 Stunt engine old hardly-changed in-40-years engine used sport events other Stunt including Foxberg Fox Speed Fox Combat other racing classes Most require higher operating rpm Stunt Marvin wondering engines wearing out fast racer After examining engine measuring everything finally noticed backplate face quite distance end crankpin allowed conrod slide fore aft stroke gap 060 090 sliding wears taper crankpin eventually ruins rod sleeve piston So made deeper backplate clears crankpin 010 020 face plated high-temperature low-friction polymer Putting modified engine back racer found new backplate extends running lifetime engine years also makes run better have flown Fox 35 undoubtedly have noticed usually stutter outside loop backplate seems eliminateor least easethat problem though wont help poor tank design location course get Marvins backplates make own polish end crankpin eliminate sharp point left machining doesnt dig plating Marvins backplates called Dennys Stuffer Backplates available Lone Star Models 1623 57th St Lubbock TX 79412 Custom Models 5515 Bridgeton Dr Arlington TX 76018 Continued page 166 94 Model Aviation 1946-vintage BaIl 60 variable pitch single-bladed prop owned Ben Nowell Bob Whitney photo .a Jim Walker eball powered Bunch Tiger Aero ignition engine w uiw ui first U-Control combinations Dave Wehrly Fort Wayne IN sent photo Owen chardss Warrenville IL Dooling 61-powered plane duds third Plymouth International Contest Another ot uaves airpianes mis ii drown Jr-powered tether-controlled singleline model Dave thinks Stanzel Shark Its Easy SNl A Safety Starter Safe one-push starting Recommended John Prestons Safety Comes First column Model vat/on Nov 90 Easy assemble battery starter $6495 Accomodates small 12-volt batteiy r sizes available ~1 Add $700 packaging ohlppin IUPS Texas residents add 825% sales tax Allow approsimately two weeks tsr delivery Guardian display Louis Matustik St Louis Missouri sent photos other information Grumman AF-2S Guardian found Pima Air Museum Tucson Arizona venerable Guardian once dominant model aircraft CL Navy Carrier competition because its availability Sterling kit display form acquired retirod Forest Service used fire bomber torpedo bay enlarged slightly accommodate tanks fire retardant its colors battled forest fires submarines Otherwise appears excellent example Guardian has often modeled dont know Guardians still around cant very ani aware either display flying Guardian lovers might want stop give pat during travels through Arizona Pima Air Museum outstanding museum well worth visit anyone area located south Davis Monthan Air Force Base Information may obtained writing calling Tucson Air Museum Foundation 6000 East Valencia Tucson AZ 85706 telephone 605 574-9658 peed/Lee Continued page 94 knew about problem Foxes back 1950s forgotten about best Fox has aluminum backplate made back works just fine plating Dick Adams Adams Actuator fame used make music-wire spring put wrist pin would hold conrod forward tricky difficult assemble new backplate better could bolt glue Micarta nylon washer proper thickness existing Just make sure bolts sealed Formula Fox Speed will flown next Dayton Cold Cash Speed Bash want try low-key Speed event should get work airplane Two modelers wrote about picture Topping all-aluminum Speed job shown January column Jerry Greaves Newtown Connecticut first point out model shown upside down said never flew it gave him electric shocks through aluminum body through spark plug Norman Schehl antique engine airplane collector Lexington Ohio wrote pointed out inverted photo sent copies instructions came kit titled An Instruction Guide Various Engine Installations Topping 100 show methods install DeLong 30 Hornet 60 Forster 29 Ohlsson 23 OK Super 60 Ohlsson 60 Atwood Champion Vivell 35 engines mounted aluminum bracket bolted front body Atwood Ohlsson OK Hornet held top two backplate screws No wonder few airplanes survive vibration variable engine incidence took quite toll music-wire landing gear bolted same engine bracket extended forward Streamlined wheels used front small wheel bolted tip rudder tail support Red plastic wing tips furnished aluminum spinner completed fuselage three bladed prop used dont know diameter pitch spark ignition coil small wet cell used up lot space fuselage much room left fuel tank Some engines small plastic tank mounted rear others used small metal tanks gasoline-oil fuel mixture gave excellent mileage didnt need much fuel airplane must have bear flythe elevator control horn shown plan less It6 long must have bit sensitive airplane always wanted never got McCoy Invader allaluminum job McCoy 19 time 10 bucks werent being sold first engine plain-bearing McCoy 19 neighbor Merwyn Krahn helped start flogged prop several days finally ran few seconds enough seat rings started quite easily after Merwyn brother big engines McCoy 29s 60s flew few contests held South Dakota back used hot fuel Franciscosthe stuff nitrobenzene smelled like shoe polishand mixed super fuel Ohlsson 30 Plus didnt dare use 30 Plus straight Merwyn sent postcard other day after reading column hes California now flying sport RC havent seen him since 1950s never forgot help gave fun next column will coverage Nationals Its going interesting see results new rules fuel changes affect speeds participation Model Aviation its scale kits engines accessories want & want em now got emFrank Tiano .boat car kits hardto-find pwls & anything need want.its stockJoe Manzella SHIPPED WITHIN 24 HRS 1387 N Mhltary Trail West Palm Beach FL 33403 407488-13669 HOBBY SUPER STORE
Edition: Model Aviation - 1992/08
Page Numbers: 94, 166
0w0g0ug0c CONTROL LINE LD Glenn Lee 819 Mandrake Batavia IL 60510 IT S APRIL write weather has too cool test-flyingat least have find out what size kind props run new 10%-nitro fuel Id better get moving best building season Im making two new Speed jobs should ready paint time its warm enough outdoor spraying epoxy paints best have found fuelproof hard finish too toxic indoor use modelers have ended up hospital room after exposure breathing fumes symptoms very similar heart attack started using epoxy paint back Pettit waterproof boat paint quart cost less small cans now variety colors nice too particularly liked Catalina Turquoise Platinum Initially fumes didnt bother find Ive become sensitive offensive deadly vapors now paint outdoors also use proper filtered face mask So careful take precautions use stuff got nice call Marvin Denny avid flier Wichita Kansas about modifications has developed Fox 35 Stunt engine old hardly-changed in-40-years engine used sport events other Stunt including Foxberg Fox Speed Fox Combat other racing classes Most require higher operating rpm Stunt Marvin wondering engines wearing out fast racer After examining engine measuring everything finally noticed backplate face quite distance end crankpin allowed conrod slide fore aft stroke gap 060 090 sliding wears taper crankpin eventually ruins rod sleeve piston So made deeper backplate clears crankpin 010 020 face plated high-temperature low-friction polymer Putting modified engine back racer found new backplate extends running lifetime engine years also makes run better have flown Fox 35 undoubtedly have noticed usually stutter outside loop backplate seems eliminateor least easethat problem though wont help poor tank design location course get Marvins backplates make own polish end crankpin eliminate sharp point left machining doesnt dig plating Marvins backplates called Dennys Stuffer Backplates available Lone Star Models 1623 57th St Lubbock TX 79412 Custom Models 5515 Bridgeton Dr Arlington TX 76018 Continued page 166 94 Model Aviation 1946-vintage BaIl 60 variable pitch single-bladed prop owned Ben Nowell Bob Whitney photo .a Jim Walker eball powered Bunch Tiger Aero ignition engine w uiw ui first U-Control combinations Dave Wehrly Fort Wayne IN sent photo Owen chardss Warrenville IL Dooling 61-powered plane duds third Plymouth International Contest Another ot uaves airpianes mis ii drown Jr-powered tether-controlled singleline model Dave thinks Stanzel Shark Its Easy SNl A Safety Starter Safe one-push starting Recommended John Prestons Safety Comes First column Model vat/on Nov 90 Easy assemble battery starter $6495 Accomodates small 12-volt batteiy r sizes available ~1 Add $700 packaging ohlppin IUPS Texas residents add 825% sales tax Allow approsimately two weeks tsr delivery Guardian display Louis Matustik St Louis Missouri sent photos other information Grumman AF-2S Guardian found Pima Air Museum Tucson Arizona venerable Guardian once dominant model aircraft CL Navy Carrier competition because its availability Sterling kit display form acquired retirod Forest Service used fire bomber torpedo bay enlarged slightly accommodate tanks fire retardant its colors battled forest fires submarines Otherwise appears excellent example Guardian has often modeled dont know Guardians still around cant very ani aware either display flying Guardian lovers might want stop give pat during travels through Arizona Pima Air Museum outstanding museum well worth visit anyone area located south Davis Monthan Air Force Base Information may obtained writing calling Tucson Air Museum Foundation 6000 East Valencia Tucson AZ 85706 telephone 605 574-9658 peed/Lee Continued page 94 knew about problem Foxes back 1950s forgotten about best Fox has aluminum backplate made back works just fine plating Dick Adams Adams Actuator fame used make music-wire spring put wrist pin would hold conrod forward tricky difficult assemble new backplate better could bolt glue Micarta nylon washer proper thickness existing Just make sure bolts sealed Formula Fox Speed will flown next Dayton Cold Cash Speed Bash want try low-key Speed event should get work airplane Two modelers wrote about picture Topping all-aluminum Speed job shown January column Jerry Greaves Newtown Connecticut first point out model shown upside down said never flew it gave him electric shocks through aluminum body through spark plug Norman Schehl antique engine airplane collector Lexington Ohio wrote pointed out inverted photo sent copies instructions came kit titled An Instruction Guide Various Engine Installations Topping 100 show methods install DeLong 30 Hornet 60 Forster 29 Ohlsson 23 OK Super 60 Ohlsson 60 Atwood Champion Vivell 35 engines mounted aluminum bracket bolted front body Atwood Ohlsson OK Hornet held top two backplate screws No wonder few airplanes survive vibration variable engine incidence took quite toll music-wire landing gear bolted same engine bracket extended forward Streamlined wheels used front small wheel bolted tip rudder tail support Red plastic wing tips furnished aluminum spinner completed fuselage three bladed prop used dont know diameter pitch spark ignition coil small wet cell used up lot space fuselage much room left fuel tank Some engines small plastic tank mounted rear others used small metal tanks gasoline-oil fuel mixture gave excellent mileage didnt need much fuel airplane must have bear flythe elevator control horn shown plan less It6 long must have bit sensitive airplane always wanted never got McCoy Invader allaluminum job McCoy 19 time 10 bucks werent being sold first engine plain-bearing McCoy 19 neighbor Merwyn Krahn helped start flogged prop several days finally ran few seconds enough seat rings started quite easily after Merwyn brother big engines McCoy 29s 60s flew few contests held South Dakota back used hot fuel Franciscosthe stuff nitrobenzene smelled like shoe polishand mixed super fuel Ohlsson 30 Plus didnt dare use 30 Plus straight Merwyn sent postcard other day after reading column hes California now flying sport RC havent seen him since 1950s never forgot help gave fun next column will coverage Nationals Its going interesting see results new rules fuel changes affect speeds participation Model Aviation its scale kits engines accessories want & want em now got emFrank Tiano .boat car kits hardto-find pwls & anything need want.its stockJoe Manzella SHIPPED WITHIN 24 HRS 1387 N Mhltary Trail West Palm Beach FL 33403 407488-13669 HOBBY SUPER STORE