SITTING ALONE clear early morning light ramp atthe 1986 Reno National Air Races looked like latest growing magnificent collection modified P-5 1 Mustangs Alone looked normal enough Sleek clean its bubble canopy replaced tiny curve blown Plexiglas faired neatly leading edge its vertical fin Like its predecessors Stiletto Strega Dago Red repre sented Unlimited Class pylon racing design carried extreme Yet something different about Next other Mustangs seemed smaller slimmer Clipping wings tails common enough 1980s racing brand-new expression idea racer resem bled P-5 1 ever actually having Its called Tsunami first truly custom-built unlimited-displacement racing airplane appear major race since Art Chester unveiled now-classic Goon 1938 Cleveland Air Races After volumes rumors least half72 Model Aviation Shown made its public debut last yeams air races Rena Tsunami put quite show during time trials qualifying 435 mph races part shakedown aircraft still going through Understandably crew pilotwere cautiouswith plane others proven modified P-Si s Using nothing new aircraft construction design straightforward cockpit arrangement Tsunami interpretation what P-51 racing should like Photographs Dick Hill Because air races Reno real stimulus left developing faster piston-powered propeller-driven airplane havent seen would challenge dominance venerable war birds Thats beginning change though first make flying status Tsunami others way EDon Berliner ma.. dozen attempts real thing last Tsunamis merely fascinating its fast qualifying lap around Renos 10mile Unlimited race course 43500 mph made obvious men designed built financed Tsunami knew what doingas did pilot Steve Hinton Naming racer terrifying tidal waves sometimes crash Pacific shores flatten everything paths typical air-racing braggadocio must forgiven knows Number 18 could eventually have impact tidal wave dimensions American air racing can hope 1938 Goon made its debut National Air Races Cleveland races already slipping away cutting edge aeronautical progress years pylon-bending speedsters Nationals faster anything military could parade before enormous crowds gathered Cleveland Airport Labor Day week end changed Now proto types airplanes called Spitfire Messer schmitt Airacobra flying bigger engines advanced stream lining racerand National races werent fighting back interesting new designs own grand glorious old Cleveland Races seemed headed oblivion though few realized werent willing say aloud just too much glamour tradition packed few acres Clevelands west side dont turn back something big Maybe lack fresh new racing plane designs due Roscoe Turners suc cess attracting wealthy sponsors pay big engines Maybe lot extraneous factors played role decline What ever reasons fountain new racer designs no longer bubblingthe life blood sport drying up World War II stopped American air racing cold racing planes shoved back far corners hangars left gather dust vague hope after war could brought back out daylight raced wonderful Mustangs Thunderbolts Corsairs Lightningswere declared surplus offered sale anyone cash During war American manu facturers built 100000 fighters Though course either destroyed combat junked Europe Far East war ended againhundreds US training Cleveland Air Races weresquadrons air defense units coastal revived 1945 real racers stayed inairfields waiting flown overseas shadows wartime fighter planesstorage war over August 1987 73 left suffered comparison amaz ing new jets first years after war long before warbird craze boosted prices several tunes original cost obsolete prop-driven fighters glut marketand 1945 1946 didnt take very much cash buy Singleengine fighters being bought up about $1000 apiece twin-engined Lockheed P-38 could about $1500 Piper L-4 Grasshoppers Stear man PT- 17 trainers could used normal peacetime flying 450-mph P 51 As ex-fighter-pilots buying up knew about could airplane like assuming could afford gas bill race exactly what talentedbut-underemployed aviators proceeded 1946 Cleveland Air Races near-stock P-51s P-39s FG-ls along modified AT-6 trainers flown ladies werent allowed race men thundered around pylons Army Navy fighters ripped sky classic Bendix Transcontinental Derby Thompson Trophy Rnce 1946 race 100% surplus military planes faster sport racers original events showcased prewar racers pulled out storage course sport racers still lots mystique individuality fastest couldnt approach speed military planes whipping around suburban course over 400 mph fact fastest qualifier Cleveland 1939 would have placed pitiful 16th 1946 Roscoe Turner topped 1939 National 298-mph finish just seven years later Tex Johnson took 1946 race 409 mph Bell P-39Q So sport racers stayed eclipse until 1949 annual Cleveland races ruled likes Mustangs Goodyear F2G Super Corsairs After year National racing event itself went eclipse Unlimited Class racing later came known didnt reemerge another 15 years 1964 Reno Nevada cattle rancher Unlimited hydroplane champion Grumman Bearcat owner named Bill Stead organized racing event Sky Ranch near Sparks Nevadaand big iron roared again sight Mus tangs Bearcats tearing after other 5000-ft desert plateau looked much like old Cleveland races transplanted airplanes flew very fast very low wing tips almost grazing within few years cut-down souped-up fighters faster anything National races seen engines Rolls Royce Merlins Pratt & Whitney Wasps overtaxed racers managed hold together 100-mile-race chalking up speeds well over 425 mph glorious new era pylon racing earning place hearts racing fans rumblings dis satisfaction Though fast blazes airplanes big heavy racing standards However cleverly modi fied still basically 1 940s de signsold warhorses rather origi nal products enthusiastic sportsmen Unlimited racing sitting stale formula first propose breaking away Steve Wittman now Steve virtue creativity wis dom sheer longevity sport richly deserves title senior air racer approached Bill Stead 1965 about modifications Bearcat Steve immediately suggested starting scratch Allison V-i 2 engine building sport racer prewar mould wouldnt have lug much excess weight drag around pylons Stead liked idea unfortunately died crash before could im 74 Model Aviation plemented Warbirds became common Un limited racing people didnt question dominanceor look around corner alternative powerful durable mod ification techniques adapt Un limited well-known concept sport racer capable doing 400 mph greater never tested Building such plane obviously contained lot expensive pitfalls Still idea appealed As warbirds got faster also got expensive price tags topping half-milliondollar mark some fastest same time engines heavy old fighters-cum-racers being pushed capacities engine failure becoming biggest problem Unlimited racing might difficult build prove custom-built Unlimited would much smaller lighter its engine wouldnt have strain hard just much punishment engine can take before connecting rod shatters comes tearing out brand-new hole side its crankcase first time metal cut new custom-built Unlimited 1970 veteran Formula One/Sport Biplane/AT-6 racer Richard Minges Fayetteville North Carolina began work machine powered 550-hp Ranger V-12 have resembled Bell XP-77 MA July 1982 project ended Minges died racing accident 1971 long afterwards Fl builder/pilot Jim Wilson Dallas Texas started similar project Wilsons project got farther Minges before lost interest has now reportedly restarted another builder first serious project truly origi nal Unlimited Dave Garbers radical twin-engine plane PanAm pilot Mi ami Florida experience racing sport biplanes Dave decided move upway up conjunction some capable friends designed airplane much bigger Formula super charged Mazda rotary engines either end fuselage 600 hp flush canopy 1 1-ft wings 1100 lb empty weight looked like potential winner home-building airplane Unlimited speed range thing proving another years Garber racer plagued cooling problems dragging out project far beyond its late 1970s completion goal plane flew several times gave indications hav ing real speed potential cooling its undoing project seemed fade awayalthough now hear problem under control project cranking up again Other would-be designers talked sketched drew plans Some ex cellent racing engineers intrigued challenge put talents work Yet no custom-built racer emerged vie warbirds Reno As warbirds streamlining planes seemed have run its course emphasis being switched power Cleveland late 19405 Cook Cleland demonstrated nothing could keep up F2G Corsairs 4360-cu-in Wasp Major engines put out something over 3000 hp straining form Hawker Sea Furies huge American engines concept now resurrected Reno short order first Dreadnaught proved anew old maxim Theres no substitute cubic inches Without risking engine explosion excessive throttle advancing demon ran Mustangs exhaustion Other examples creative copying fol lowed march toward ever power accelerated meantime dreaming-up custom-built Unlimited designs no means come halt though whole business beginning sound like stuck record still men vision keeping flame aliveand new designs trickled out first capture lot attention early 1 980s highly modified AT-6 big Pratt & Whitney its nose Much chanical work completed such mishmash parts ideas success seemed unimaginable took Lockheed Skunk Works de August 1987 75 76 Model Aviation signer Bruce Boland finest engineering minds ever have impact air racing overcame obstacles high-speed custom-built Tsunami Collaborating him long-term high-cost project veteran Unlimited racer John Sandberg Lockheed men Pete Law Ray Poe metal craftsman Phil Greenberg Serious building Tsunami project began 1979 right after team com pleted Red Baron RB-5 1 Mustang Rolls Royce Griffon engine counter-rotating props Tsunami proved complex expensive ticipated original goal 1983 first flight postponed until 1986 maiden flight taking place just few weeks before Reno races can get away rushing ultralight completion airplane meant fly 500 mph streamlined Tsunami has wing span 27 ft compared standard racing Mustangs 30- 31-ft wingspan wing area 146 sq ft 50% less Mustangs 210 225-sq-ft wing area resultant 40% reduction drag means coupled 2400-hp Merlin Tsunami should have no trouble achieving top speed 525 mph After nearly half century anew custombuilt Unlimited racer reality Yet hoped Tsunami proves forerunner still efficient ad vanced Unlimiteds Novel respects Tsunami remains basically conventional airplane incorporates no new materials no radically different shape no special power plantelements can potentially combined truly super-performing racer Lighter new materials such carbon fiber easily molded unusual shapes Burt Rutan VariEze Voyager fame has pioneered use new materials create much efficient designs As special power plants variety engines track road racing have developed far better power-to-weight ratios air plane engine Now Boland Hinton Sandberg & Co have paved way possibilities seem boundless example Jim Millers pusher-engined GEM 260 Form ula has clocked 228 mph 300 miles just 130 hpwith its landing gear down Boosted 900-hp hot auto engine plus retractable landing gear should able least theory hit 475 mph take another example Art Williams 1974 design using pair 450-hp airplane engines aimed 480 mph Its design weight 2500 lb however before advent composites Today 100-200 lb might knocked off such racer permitting smaller wings less induced drag Moreover entire airframe would smoother original cutting drag Continued page 174 AVAILABLE AT AMERICAS$495 FINEST HOBBY SHOPS DISTRIBUTED BY av I7590 Se Gabnel 900 cxdeo CA 93422 1717 Classic I/C ScaleLAK8 TI4 0 Wing 15 25 Engines FIBERGLASS PARTS Over 237 cowls kit scratch built models Also over 34 round cowls ranging 4 1 4-7/8 diameter 55 duff size & shape wheel pants custom Make Parts Vacuum Form Canopies PIeeseaendSl fa#cosplstflst T&D FIDERILASS SPECIALTIES 30925 Block Dept 4 Garden city Ml 4B1 35 PHONE 313 421-6358 BRAZED & HEATTREAIED WIRE GEARS & CABANES PHONE 313 261-9064 Dealers & Distributors Welcomed Phone 703 273-9593 FLYLINE MODELS INC P 0 Box 2136 Fairfax Virginia 22031 USA Therefore enable giving folks some thing return obvious support former again served communication tool club affairs subsequently grew stature addition constant stream design construction articles plus dash Hoosier humor sprinkled about flavoring rate seemed like recipe whats news respect Free Flight eastern Midwest current editor-in-chief Informer Moe Whittemore also doing double-duty 1987 serving club president Roger Lane Veep Meredith Chamberlain retain ing keys club strongbox Club interests run gauntlet Free Flight categories Indoor FAI evident such names membership roster four-time World Indoor Champ Jim Richmond current FAI Power team member Dale Mateer six issues newsletter published year go $450 domestic Canadian subscribers fullfledged CIA Agent status club member amounts $6 per year Well would believe time head out airport next club meeting So See ya downwind Harry Murphy 3824 Oakwood Blvd Ander son IN 46011 Custom Racers/Berliner Continued page 76 Get idea Tsunami will hit 500 mph rumor has hit 490 mph test flight before Reno really advanced designs should able less course advance technology possible drawbacks thing builders cap abilities have different thresholds everyone possessingthe skilito build 225mph Formula plane can move 450- 500-mph speed range almost certainty least futuristic Unlimited will crash early test flight thats built-in risk machine meant racing Racing cars crash racing bicycles GeeBees crashed did hot Airacobras Mustangs Though danger men continue move forward push back horizons result isnt always instantly clear benefit Safety Net/Hicks Continued page 87 Should adjacent runway catch wandering models before get out hand would better put net further back toward spectator area decided try position about six feet spectators picnic tables point model would have dive almost straight hit onlookerand general safety rules obeyed no model would ever flying position could didnt think couldprotect against potential hazard anything else student just-soloed pilot model goes astray takeoff landing careens off runway head ing felt needed worry about havent subjected net des tructive testing have purposefully flown model just see would hold up As photos show however did load up 40-size model flying weight throw hard could net number times did net show absolutely no damage delight model simply slid down net ground much ruffled tail feather actual ac cident engine running net would likelihood stop engine winding up around prop could certainly expect broken prop plane might hang net might have small weaving job to mend net can imagine cheaper price pay what could otherwise lifethreatening situation call Mr Dave Beighley UPRR offices Omaha produced ordering information about net put touch its manufacturer Chase Bag Company Portland OR called spoke Mr J Dickey delighted hear new application product offered special ordering arrangement clubs may want assemble own safety net Simply send order check $2000 net desired Chase Bag Co PO Box 10192 Portland OR 97210 nets shipped FOB Port land Mark order Attention Mr Harry Gage Net nomenclature Chip net 12 x 64 ft paper woven mesh yellow coded Grande Ronde Bush Pilots express sincere appreciation Union Pacific Railroad its generosity Chase Bag Company making special shipping arrangements other clubs de siring own nets may better way protect ourselves against model aircraft accidentsbut until comes along ones winner doubt safety net going reduce AMA insurance premiums thing may sure club has serious accident things insurance carrier going examine greatest care evalu ating claim What measures did take before accident prevent kind tragedy will club answer Keith-Rider/Lidberg Continued page 93 turns will need bend prop hanger obtain down left thrust should help achieve non-stalling climb left fairly wide circles Work up maximum turns stages changing balance improve giide very small increments needed arrive appropriate number maximum turns take motor off plane wind until bursts use number turns less 10% practical limit motor long use winder unhook wind rear definitely recommended since 1000 turns takes long time wind hand Also use rubber lube prolong life motor give consistent results Bumblebee has built fairly light should have little trouble achiev ing flights about minute using winder remindedthe hard wayof just lightweight little planes recent afternoon first built last seen shipping out four-minute thermal So Id suggest putting name phone number plane safeguard interesting idiosyncrasy model approach max imum winds long body develops twist 174 Model Aviation
Edition: Model Aviation - 1987/08
Page Numbers: 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 174
SITTING ALONE clear early morning light ramp atthe 1986 Reno National Air Races looked like latest growing magnificent collection modified P-5 1 Mustangs Alone looked normal enough Sleek clean its bubble canopy replaced tiny curve blown Plexiglas faired neatly leading edge its vertical fin Like its predecessors Stiletto Strega Dago Red repre sented Unlimited Class pylon racing design carried extreme Yet something different about Next other Mustangs seemed smaller slimmer Clipping wings tails common enough 1980s racing brand-new expression idea racer resem bled P-5 1 ever actually having Its called Tsunami first truly custom-built unlimited-displacement racing airplane appear major race since Art Chester unveiled now-classic Goon 1938 Cleveland Air Races After volumes rumors least half72 Model Aviation Shown made its public debut last yeams air races Rena Tsunami put quite show during time trials qualifying 435 mph races part shakedown aircraft still going through Understandably crew pilotwere cautiouswith plane others proven modified P-Si s Using nothing new aircraft construction design straightforward cockpit arrangement Tsunami interpretation what P-51 racing should like Photographs Dick Hill Because air races Reno real stimulus left developing faster piston-powered propeller-driven airplane havent seen would challenge dominance venerable war birds Thats beginning change though first make flying status Tsunami others way EDon Berliner ma.. dozen attempts real thing last Tsunamis merely fascinating its fast qualifying lap around Renos 10mile Unlimited race course 43500 mph made obvious men designed built financed Tsunami knew what doingas did pilot Steve Hinton Naming racer terrifying tidal waves sometimes crash Pacific shores flatten everything paths typical air-racing braggadocio must forgiven knows Number 18 could eventually have impact tidal wave dimensions American air racing can hope 1938 Goon made its debut National Air Races Cleveland races already slipping away cutting edge aeronautical progress years pylon-bending speedsters Nationals faster anything military could parade before enormous crowds gathered Cleveland Airport Labor Day week end changed Now proto types airplanes called Spitfire Messer schmitt Airacobra flying bigger engines advanced stream lining racerand National races werent fighting back interesting new designs own grand glorious old Cleveland Races seemed headed oblivion though few realized werent willing say aloud just too much glamour tradition packed few acres Clevelands west side dont turn back something big Maybe lack fresh new racing plane designs due Roscoe Turners suc cess attracting wealthy sponsors pay big engines Maybe lot extraneous factors played role decline What ever reasons fountain new racer designs no longer bubblingthe life blood sport drying up World War II stopped American air racing cold racing planes shoved back far corners hangars left gather dust vague hope after war could brought back out daylight raced wonderful Mustangs Thunderbolts Corsairs Lightningswere declared surplus offered sale anyone cash During war American manu facturers built 100000 fighters Though course either destroyed combat junked Europe Far East war ended againhundreds US training Cleveland Air Races weresquadrons air defense units coastal revived 1945 real racers stayed inairfields waiting flown overseas shadows wartime fighter planesstorage war over August 1987 73 left suffered comparison amaz ing new jets first years after war long before warbird craze boosted prices several tunes original cost obsolete prop-driven fighters glut marketand 1945 1946 didnt take very much cash buy Singleengine fighters being bought up about $1000 apiece twin-engined Lockheed P-38 could about $1500 Piper L-4 Grasshoppers Stear man PT- 17 trainers could used normal peacetime flying 450-mph P 51 As ex-fighter-pilots buying up knew about could airplane like assuming could afford gas bill race exactly what talentedbut-underemployed aviators proceeded 1946 Cleveland Air Races near-stock P-51s P-39s FG-ls along modified AT-6 trainers flown ladies werent allowed race men thundered around pylons Army Navy fighters ripped sky classic Bendix Transcontinental Derby Thompson Trophy Rnce 1946 race 100% surplus military planes faster sport racers original events showcased prewar racers pulled out storage course sport racers still lots mystique individuality fastest couldnt approach speed military planes whipping around suburban course over 400 mph fact fastest qualifier Cleveland 1939 would have placed pitiful 16th 1946 Roscoe Turner topped 1939 National 298-mph finish just seven years later Tex Johnson took 1946 race 409 mph Bell P-39Q So sport racers stayed eclipse until 1949 annual Cleveland races ruled likes Mustangs Goodyear F2G Super Corsairs After year National racing event itself went eclipse Unlimited Class racing later came known didnt reemerge another 15 years 1964 Reno Nevada cattle rancher Unlimited hydroplane champion Grumman Bearcat owner named Bill Stead organized racing event Sky Ranch near Sparks Nevadaand big iron roared again sight Mus tangs Bearcats tearing after other 5000-ft desert plateau looked much like old Cleveland races transplanted airplanes flew very fast very low wing tips almost grazing within few years cut-down souped-up fighters faster anything National races seen engines Rolls Royce Merlins Pratt & Whitney Wasps overtaxed racers managed hold together 100-mile-race chalking up speeds well over 425 mph glorious new era pylon racing earning place hearts racing fans rumblings dis satisfaction Though fast blazes airplanes big heavy racing standards However cleverly modi fied still basically 1 940s de signsold warhorses rather origi nal products enthusiastic sportsmen Unlimited racing sitting stale formula first propose breaking away Steve Wittman now Steve virtue creativity wis dom sheer longevity sport richly deserves title senior air racer approached Bill Stead 1965 about modifications Bearcat Steve immediately suggested starting scratch Allison V-i 2 engine building sport racer prewar mould wouldnt have lug much excess weight drag around pylons Stead liked idea unfortunately died crash before could im 74 Model Aviation plemented Warbirds became common Un limited racing people didnt question dominanceor look around corner alternative powerful durable mod ification techniques adapt Un limited well-known concept sport racer capable doing 400 mph greater never tested Building such plane obviously contained lot expensive pitfalls Still idea appealed As warbirds got faster also got expensive price tags topping half-milliondollar mark some fastest same time engines heavy old fighters-cum-racers being pushed capacities engine failure becoming biggest problem Unlimited racing might difficult build prove custom-built Unlimited would much smaller lighter its engine wouldnt have strain hard just much punishment engine can take before connecting rod shatters comes tearing out brand-new hole side its crankcase first time metal cut new custom-built Unlimited 1970 veteran Formula One/Sport Biplane/AT-6 racer Richard Minges Fayetteville North Carolina began work machine powered 550-hp Ranger V-12 have resembled Bell XP-77 MA July 1982 project ended Minges died racing accident 1971 long afterwards Fl builder/pilot Jim Wilson Dallas Texas started similar project Wilsons project got farther Minges before lost interest has now reportedly restarted another builder first serious project truly origi nal Unlimited Dave Garbers radical twin-engine plane PanAm pilot Mi ami Florida experience racing sport biplanes Dave decided move upway up conjunction some capable friends designed airplane much bigger Formula super charged Mazda rotary engines either end fuselage 600 hp flush canopy 1 1-ft wings 1100 lb empty weight looked like potential winner home-building airplane Unlimited speed range thing proving another years Garber racer plagued cooling problems dragging out project far beyond its late 1970s completion goal plane flew several times gave indications hav ing real speed potential cooling its undoing project seemed fade awayalthough now hear problem under control project cranking up again Other would-be designers talked sketched drew plans Some ex cellent racing engineers intrigued challenge put talents work Yet no custom-built racer emerged vie warbirds Reno As warbirds streamlining planes seemed have run its course emphasis being switched power Cleveland late 19405 Cook Cleland demonstrated nothing could keep up F2G Corsairs 4360-cu-in Wasp Major engines put out something over 3000 hp straining form Hawker Sea Furies huge American engines concept now resurrected Reno short order first Dreadnaught proved anew old maxim Theres no substitute cubic inches Without risking engine explosion excessive throttle advancing demon ran Mustangs exhaustion Other examples creative copying fol lowed march toward ever power accelerated meantime dreaming-up custom-built Unlimited designs no means come halt though whole business beginning sound like stuck record still men vision keeping flame aliveand new designs trickled out first capture lot attention early 1 980s highly modified AT-6 big Pratt & Whitney its nose Much chanical work completed such mishmash parts ideas success seemed unimaginable took Lockheed Skunk Works de August 1987 75 76 Model Aviation signer Bruce Boland finest engineering minds ever have impact air racing overcame obstacles high-speed custom-built Tsunami Collaborating him long-term high-cost project veteran Unlimited racer John Sandberg Lockheed men Pete Law Ray Poe metal craftsman Phil Greenberg Serious building Tsunami project began 1979 right after team com pleted Red Baron RB-5 1 Mustang Rolls Royce Griffon engine counter-rotating props Tsunami proved complex expensive ticipated original goal 1983 first flight postponed until 1986 maiden flight taking place just few weeks before Reno races can get away rushing ultralight completion airplane meant fly 500 mph streamlined Tsunami has wing span 27 ft compared standard racing Mustangs 30- 31-ft wingspan wing area 146 sq ft 50% less Mustangs 210 225-sq-ft wing area resultant 40% reduction drag means coupled 2400-hp Merlin Tsunami should have no trouble achieving top speed 525 mph After nearly half century anew custombuilt Unlimited racer reality Yet hoped Tsunami proves forerunner still efficient ad vanced Unlimiteds Novel respects Tsunami remains basically conventional airplane incorporates no new materials no radically different shape no special power plantelements can potentially combined truly super-performing racer Lighter new materials such carbon fiber easily molded unusual shapes Burt Rutan VariEze Voyager fame has pioneered use new materials create much efficient designs As special power plants variety engines track road racing have developed far better power-to-weight ratios air plane engine Now Boland Hinton Sandberg & Co have paved way possibilities seem boundless example Jim Millers pusher-engined GEM 260 Form ula has clocked 228 mph 300 miles just 130 hpwith its landing gear down Boosted 900-hp hot auto engine plus retractable landing gear should able least theory hit 475 mph take another example Art Williams 1974 design using pair 450-hp airplane engines aimed 480 mph Its design weight 2500 lb however before advent composites Today 100-200 lb might knocked off such racer permitting smaller wings less induced drag Moreover entire airframe would smoother original cutting drag Continued page 174 AVAILABLE AT AMERICAS$495 FINEST HOBBY SHOPS DISTRIBUTED BY av I7590 Se Gabnel 900 cxdeo CA 93422 1717 Classic I/C ScaleLAK8 TI4 0 Wing 15 25 Engines FIBERGLASS PARTS Over 237 cowls kit scratch built models Also over 34 round cowls ranging 4 1 4-7/8 diameter 55 duff size & shape wheel pants custom Make Parts Vacuum Form Canopies PIeeseaendSl fa#cosplstflst T&D FIDERILASS SPECIALTIES 30925 Block Dept 4 Garden city Ml 4B1 35 PHONE 313 421-6358 BRAZED & HEATTREAIED WIRE GEARS & CABANES PHONE 313 261-9064 Dealers & Distributors Welcomed Phone 703 273-9593 FLYLINE MODELS INC P 0 Box 2136 Fairfax Virginia 22031 USA Therefore enable giving folks some thing return obvious support former again served communication tool club affairs subsequently grew stature addition constant stream design construction articles plus dash Hoosier humor sprinkled about flavoring rate seemed like recipe whats news respect Free Flight eastern Midwest current editor-in-chief Informer Moe Whittemore also doing double-duty 1987 serving club president Roger Lane Veep Meredith Chamberlain retain ing keys club strongbox Club interests run gauntlet Free Flight categories Indoor FAI evident such names membership roster four-time World Indoor Champ Jim Richmond current FAI Power team member Dale Mateer six issues newsletter published year go $450 domestic Canadian subscribers fullfledged CIA Agent status club member amounts $6 per year Well would believe time head out airport next club meeting So See ya downwind Harry Murphy 3824 Oakwood Blvd Ander son IN 46011 Custom Racers/Berliner Continued page 76 Get idea Tsunami will hit 500 mph rumor has hit 490 mph test flight before Reno really advanced designs should able less course advance technology possible drawbacks thing builders cap abilities have different thresholds everyone possessingthe skilito build 225mph Formula plane can move 450- 500-mph speed range almost certainty least futuristic Unlimited will crash early test flight thats built-in risk machine meant racing Racing cars crash racing bicycles GeeBees crashed did hot Airacobras Mustangs Though danger men continue move forward push back horizons result isnt always instantly clear benefit Safety Net/Hicks Continued page 87 Should adjacent runway catch wandering models before get out hand would better put net further back toward spectator area decided try position about six feet spectators picnic tables point model would have dive almost straight hit onlookerand general safety rules obeyed no model would ever flying position could didnt think couldprotect against potential hazard anything else student just-soloed pilot model goes astray takeoff landing careens off runway head ing felt needed worry about havent subjected net des tructive testing have purposefully flown model just see would hold up As photos show however did load up 40-size model flying weight throw hard could net number times did net show absolutely no damage delight model simply slid down net ground much ruffled tail feather actual ac cident engine running net would likelihood stop engine winding up around prop could certainly expect broken prop plane might hang net might have small weaving job to mend net can imagine cheaper price pay what could otherwise lifethreatening situation call Mr Dave Beighley UPRR offices Omaha produced ordering information about net put touch its manufacturer Chase Bag Company Portland OR called spoke Mr J Dickey delighted hear new application product offered special ordering arrangement clubs may want assemble own safety net Simply send order check $2000 net desired Chase Bag Co PO Box 10192 Portland OR 97210 nets shipped FOB Port land Mark order Attention Mr Harry Gage Net nomenclature Chip net 12 x 64 ft paper woven mesh yellow coded Grande Ronde Bush Pilots express sincere appreciation Union Pacific Railroad its generosity Chase Bag Company making special shipping arrangements other clubs de siring own nets may better way protect ourselves against model aircraft accidentsbut until comes along ones winner doubt safety net going reduce AMA insurance premiums thing may sure club has serious accident things insurance carrier going examine greatest care evalu ating claim What measures did take before accident prevent kind tragedy will club answer Keith-Rider/Lidberg Continued page 93 turns will need bend prop hanger obtain down left thrust should help achieve non-stalling climb left fairly wide circles Work up maximum turns stages changing balance improve giide very small increments needed arrive appropriate number maximum turns take motor off plane wind until bursts use number turns less 10% practical limit motor long use winder unhook wind rear definitely recommended since 1000 turns takes long time wind hand Also use rubber lube prolong life motor give consistent results Bumblebee has built fairly light should have little trouble achiev ing flights about minute using winder remindedthe hard wayof just lightweight little planes recent afternoon first built last seen shipping out four-minute thermal So Id suggest putting name phone number plane safeguard interesting idiosyncrasy model approach max imum winds long body develops twist 174 Model Aviation
Edition: Model Aviation - 1987/08
Page Numbers: 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 174
SITTING ALONE clear early morning light ramp atthe 1986 Reno National Air Races looked like latest growing magnificent collection modified P-5 1 Mustangs Alone looked normal enough Sleek clean its bubble canopy replaced tiny curve blown Plexiglas faired neatly leading edge its vertical fin Like its predecessors Stiletto Strega Dago Red repre sented Unlimited Class pylon racing design carried extreme Yet something different about Next other Mustangs seemed smaller slimmer Clipping wings tails common enough 1980s racing brand-new expression idea racer resem bled P-5 1 ever actually having Its called Tsunami first truly custom-built unlimited-displacement racing airplane appear major race since Art Chester unveiled now-classic Goon 1938 Cleveland Air Races After volumes rumors least half72 Model Aviation Shown made its public debut last yeams air races Rena Tsunami put quite show during time trials qualifying 435 mph races part shakedown aircraft still going through Understandably crew pilotwere cautiouswith plane others proven modified P-Si s Using nothing new aircraft construction design straightforward cockpit arrangement Tsunami interpretation what P-51 racing should like Photographs Dick Hill Because air races Reno real stimulus left developing faster piston-powered propeller-driven airplane havent seen would challenge dominance venerable war birds Thats beginning change though first make flying status Tsunami others way EDon Berliner ma.. dozen attempts real thing last Tsunamis merely fascinating its fast qualifying lap around Renos 10mile Unlimited race course 43500 mph made obvious men designed built financed Tsunami knew what doingas did pilot Steve Hinton Naming racer terrifying tidal waves sometimes crash Pacific shores flatten everything paths typical air-racing braggadocio must forgiven knows Number 18 could eventually have impact tidal wave dimensions American air racing can hope 1938 Goon made its debut National Air Races Cleveland races already slipping away cutting edge aeronautical progress years pylon-bending speedsters Nationals faster anything military could parade before enormous crowds gathered Cleveland Airport Labor Day week end changed Now proto types airplanes called Spitfire Messer schmitt Airacobra flying bigger engines advanced stream lining racerand National races werent fighting back interesting new designs own grand glorious old Cleveland Races seemed headed oblivion though few realized werent willing say aloud just too much glamour tradition packed few acres Clevelands west side dont turn back something big Maybe lack fresh new racing plane designs due Roscoe Turners suc cess attracting wealthy sponsors pay big engines Maybe lot extraneous factors played role decline What ever reasons fountain new racer designs no longer bubblingthe life blood sport drying up World War II stopped American air racing cold racing planes shoved back far corners hangars left gather dust vague hope after war could brought back out daylight raced wonderful Mustangs Thunderbolts Corsairs Lightningswere declared surplus offered sale anyone cash During war American manu facturers built 100000 fighters Though course either destroyed combat junked Europe Far East war ended againhundreds US training Cleveland Air Races weresquadrons air defense units coastal revived 1945 real racers stayed inairfields waiting flown overseas shadows wartime fighter planesstorage war over August 1987 73 left suffered comparison amaz ing new jets first years after war long before warbird craze boosted prices several tunes original cost obsolete prop-driven fighters glut marketand 1945 1946 didnt take very much cash buy Singleengine fighters being bought up about $1000 apiece twin-engined Lockheed P-38 could about $1500 Piper L-4 Grasshoppers Stear man PT- 17 trainers could used normal peacetime flying 450-mph P 51 As ex-fighter-pilots buying up knew about could airplane like assuming could afford gas bill race exactly what talentedbut-underemployed aviators proceeded 1946 Cleveland Air Races near-stock P-51s P-39s FG-ls along modified AT-6 trainers flown ladies werent allowed race men thundered around pylons Army Navy fighters ripped sky classic Bendix Transcontinental Derby Thompson Trophy Rnce 1946 race 100% surplus military planes faster sport racers original events showcased prewar racers pulled out storage course sport racers still lots mystique individuality fastest couldnt approach speed military planes whipping around suburban course over 400 mph fact fastest qualifier Cleveland 1939 would have placed pitiful 16th 1946 Roscoe Turner topped 1939 National 298-mph finish just seven years later Tex Johnson took 1946 race 409 mph Bell P-39Q So sport racers stayed eclipse until 1949 annual Cleveland races ruled likes Mustangs Goodyear F2G Super Corsairs After year National racing event itself went eclipse Unlimited Class racing later came known didnt reemerge another 15 years 1964 Reno Nevada cattle rancher Unlimited hydroplane champion Grumman Bearcat owner named Bill Stead organized racing event Sky Ranch near Sparks Nevadaand big iron roared again sight Mus tangs Bearcats tearing after other 5000-ft desert plateau looked much like old Cleveland races transplanted airplanes flew very fast very low wing tips almost grazing within few years cut-down souped-up fighters faster anything National races seen engines Rolls Royce Merlins Pratt & Whitney Wasps overtaxed racers managed hold together 100-mile-race chalking up speeds well over 425 mph glorious new era pylon racing earning place hearts racing fans rumblings dis satisfaction Though fast blazes airplanes big heavy racing standards However cleverly modi fied still basically 1 940s de signsold warhorses rather origi nal products enthusiastic sportsmen Unlimited racing sitting stale formula first propose breaking away Steve Wittman now Steve virtue creativity wis dom sheer longevity sport richly deserves title senior air racer approached Bill Stead 1965 about modifications Bearcat Steve immediately suggested starting scratch Allison V-i 2 engine building sport racer prewar mould wouldnt have lug much excess weight drag around pylons Stead liked idea unfortunately died crash before could im 74 Model Aviation plemented Warbirds became common Un limited racing people didnt question dominanceor look around corner alternative powerful durable mod ification techniques adapt Un limited well-known concept sport racer capable doing 400 mph greater never tested Building such plane obviously contained lot expensive pitfalls Still idea appealed As warbirds got faster also got expensive price tags topping half-milliondollar mark some fastest same time engines heavy old fighters-cum-racers being pushed capacities engine failure becoming biggest problem Unlimited racing might difficult build prove custom-built Unlimited would much smaller lighter its engine wouldnt have strain hard just much punishment engine can take before connecting rod shatters comes tearing out brand-new hole side its crankcase first time metal cut new custom-built Unlimited 1970 veteran Formula One/Sport Biplane/AT-6 racer Richard Minges Fayetteville North Carolina began work machine powered 550-hp Ranger V-12 have resembled Bell XP-77 MA July 1982 project ended Minges died racing accident 1971 long afterwards Fl builder/pilot Jim Wilson Dallas Texas started similar project Wilsons project got farther Minges before lost interest has now reportedly restarted another builder first serious project truly origi nal Unlimited Dave Garbers radical twin-engine plane PanAm pilot Mi ami Florida experience racing sport biplanes Dave decided move upway up conjunction some capable friends designed airplane much bigger Formula super charged Mazda rotary engines either end fuselage 600 hp flush canopy 1 1-ft wings 1100 lb empty weight looked like potential winner home-building airplane Unlimited speed range thing proving another years Garber racer plagued cooling problems dragging out project far beyond its late 1970s completion goal plane flew several times gave indications hav ing real speed potential cooling its undoing project seemed fade awayalthough now hear problem under control project cranking up again Other would-be designers talked sketched drew plans Some ex cellent racing engineers intrigued challenge put talents work Yet no custom-built racer emerged vie warbirds Reno As warbirds streamlining planes seemed have run its course emphasis being switched power Cleveland late 19405 Cook Cleland demonstrated nothing could keep up F2G Corsairs 4360-cu-in Wasp Major engines put out something over 3000 hp straining form Hawker Sea Furies huge American engines concept now resurrected Reno short order first Dreadnaught proved anew old maxim Theres no substitute cubic inches Without risking engine explosion excessive throttle advancing demon ran Mustangs exhaustion Other examples creative copying fol lowed march toward ever power accelerated meantime dreaming-up custom-built Unlimited designs no means come halt though whole business beginning sound like stuck record still men vision keeping flame aliveand new designs trickled out first capture lot attention early 1 980s highly modified AT-6 big Pratt & Whitney its nose Much chanical work completed such mishmash parts ideas success seemed unimaginable took Lockheed Skunk Works de August 1987 75 76 Model Aviation signer Bruce Boland finest engineering minds ever have impact air racing overcame obstacles high-speed custom-built Tsunami Collaborating him long-term high-cost project veteran Unlimited racer John Sandberg Lockheed men Pete Law Ray Poe metal craftsman Phil Greenberg Serious building Tsunami project began 1979 right after team com pleted Red Baron RB-5 1 Mustang Rolls Royce Griffon engine counter-rotating props Tsunami proved complex expensive ticipated original goal 1983 first flight postponed until 1986 maiden flight taking place just few weeks before Reno races can get away rushing ultralight completion airplane meant fly 500 mph streamlined Tsunami has wing span 27 ft compared standard racing Mustangs 30- 31-ft wingspan wing area 146 sq ft 50% less Mustangs 210 225-sq-ft wing area resultant 40% reduction drag means coupled 2400-hp Merlin Tsunami should have no trouble achieving top speed 525 mph After nearly half century anew custombuilt Unlimited racer reality Yet hoped Tsunami proves forerunner still efficient ad vanced Unlimiteds Novel respects Tsunami remains basically conventional airplane incorporates no new materials no radically different shape no special power plantelements can potentially combined truly super-performing racer Lighter new materials such carbon fiber easily molded unusual shapes Burt Rutan VariEze Voyager fame has pioneered use new materials create much efficient designs As special power plants variety engines track road racing have developed far better power-to-weight ratios air plane engine Now Boland Hinton Sandberg & Co have paved way possibilities seem boundless example Jim Millers pusher-engined GEM 260 Form ula has clocked 228 mph 300 miles just 130 hpwith its landing gear down Boosted 900-hp hot auto engine plus retractable landing gear should able least theory hit 475 mph take another example Art Williams 1974 design using pair 450-hp airplane engines aimed 480 mph Its design weight 2500 lb however before advent composites Today 100-200 lb might knocked off such racer permitting smaller wings less induced drag Moreover entire airframe would smoother original cutting drag Continued page 174 AVAILABLE AT AMERICAS$495 FINEST HOBBY SHOPS DISTRIBUTED BY av I7590 Se Gabnel 900 cxdeo CA 93422 1717 Classic I/C ScaleLAK8 TI4 0 Wing 15 25 Engines FIBERGLASS PARTS Over 237 cowls kit scratch built models Also over 34 round cowls ranging 4 1 4-7/8 diameter 55 duff size & shape wheel pants custom Make Parts Vacuum Form Canopies PIeeseaendSl fa#cosplstflst T&D FIDERILASS SPECIALTIES 30925 Block Dept 4 Garden city Ml 4B1 35 PHONE 313 421-6358 BRAZED & HEATTREAIED WIRE GEARS & CABANES PHONE 313 261-9064 Dealers & Distributors Welcomed Phone 703 273-9593 FLYLINE MODELS INC P 0 Box 2136 Fairfax Virginia 22031 USA Therefore enable giving folks some thing return obvious support former again served communication tool club affairs subsequently grew stature addition constant stream design construction articles plus dash Hoosier humor sprinkled about flavoring rate seemed like recipe whats news respect Free Flight eastern Midwest current editor-in-chief Informer Moe Whittemore also doing double-duty 1987 serving club president Roger Lane Veep Meredith Chamberlain retain ing keys club strongbox Club interests run gauntlet Free Flight categories Indoor FAI evident such names membership roster four-time World Indoor Champ Jim Richmond current FAI Power team member Dale Mateer six issues newsletter published year go $450 domestic Canadian subscribers fullfledged CIA Agent status club member amounts $6 per year Well would believe time head out airport next club meeting So See ya downwind Harry Murphy 3824 Oakwood Blvd Ander son IN 46011 Custom Racers/Berliner Continued page 76 Get idea Tsunami will hit 500 mph rumor has hit 490 mph test flight before Reno really advanced designs should able less course advance technology possible drawbacks thing builders cap abilities have different thresholds everyone possessingthe skilito build 225mph Formula plane can move 450- 500-mph speed range almost certainty least futuristic Unlimited will crash early test flight thats built-in risk machine meant racing Racing cars crash racing bicycles GeeBees crashed did hot Airacobras Mustangs Though danger men continue move forward push back horizons result isnt always instantly clear benefit Safety Net/Hicks Continued page 87 Should adjacent runway catch wandering models before get out hand would better put net further back toward spectator area decided try position about six feet spectators picnic tables point model would have dive almost straight hit onlookerand general safety rules obeyed no model would ever flying position could didnt think couldprotect against potential hazard anything else student just-soloed pilot model goes astray takeoff landing careens off runway head ing felt needed worry about havent subjected net des tructive testing have purposefully flown model just see would hold up As photos show however did load up 40-size model flying weight throw hard could net number times did net show absolutely no damage delight model simply slid down net ground much ruffled tail feather actual ac cident engine running net would likelihood stop engine winding up around prop could certainly expect broken prop plane might hang net might have small weaving job to mend net can imagine cheaper price pay what could otherwise lifethreatening situation call Mr Dave Beighley UPRR offices Omaha produced ordering information about net put touch its manufacturer Chase Bag Company Portland OR called spoke Mr J Dickey delighted hear new application product offered special ordering arrangement clubs may want assemble own safety net Simply send order check $2000 net desired Chase Bag Co PO Box 10192 Portland OR 97210 nets shipped FOB Port land Mark order Attention Mr Harry Gage Net nomenclature Chip net 12 x 64 ft paper woven mesh yellow coded Grande Ronde Bush Pilots express sincere appreciation Union Pacific Railroad its generosity Chase Bag Company making special shipping arrangements other clubs de siring own nets may better way protect ourselves against model aircraft accidentsbut until comes along ones winner doubt safety net going reduce AMA insurance premiums thing may sure club has serious accident things insurance carrier going examine greatest care evalu ating claim What measures did take before accident prevent kind tragedy will club answer Keith-Rider/Lidberg Continued page 93 turns will need bend prop hanger obtain down left thrust should help achieve non-stalling climb left fairly wide circles Work up maximum turns stages changing balance improve giide very small increments needed arrive appropriate number maximum turns take motor off plane wind until bursts use number turns less 10% practical limit motor long use winder unhook wind rear definitely recommended since 1000 turns takes long time wind hand Also use rubber lube prolong life motor give consistent results Bumblebee has built fairly light should have little trouble achiev ing flights about minute using winder remindedthe hard wayof just lightweight little planes recent afternoon first built last seen shipping out four-minute thermal So Id suggest putting name phone number plane safeguard interesting idiosyncrasy model approach max imum winds long body develops twist 174 Model Aviation
Edition: Model Aviation - 1987/08
Page Numbers: 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 174
SITTING ALONE clear early morning light ramp atthe 1986 Reno National Air Races looked like latest growing magnificent collection modified P-5 1 Mustangs Alone looked normal enough Sleek clean its bubble canopy replaced tiny curve blown Plexiglas faired neatly leading edge its vertical fin Like its predecessors Stiletto Strega Dago Red repre sented Unlimited Class pylon racing design carried extreme Yet something different about Next other Mustangs seemed smaller slimmer Clipping wings tails common enough 1980s racing brand-new expression idea racer resem bled P-5 1 ever actually having Its called Tsunami first truly custom-built unlimited-displacement racing airplane appear major race since Art Chester unveiled now-classic Goon 1938 Cleveland Air Races After volumes rumors least half72 Model Aviation Shown made its public debut last yeams air races Rena Tsunami put quite show during time trials qualifying 435 mph races part shakedown aircraft still going through Understandably crew pilotwere cautiouswith plane others proven modified P-Si s Using nothing new aircraft construction design straightforward cockpit arrangement Tsunami interpretation what P-51 racing should like Photographs Dick Hill Because air races Reno real stimulus left developing faster piston-powered propeller-driven airplane havent seen would challenge dominance venerable war birds Thats beginning change though first make flying status Tsunami others way EDon Berliner ma.. dozen attempts real thing last Tsunamis merely fascinating its fast qualifying lap around Renos 10mile Unlimited race course 43500 mph made obvious men designed built financed Tsunami knew what doingas did pilot Steve Hinton Naming racer terrifying tidal waves sometimes crash Pacific shores flatten everything paths typical air-racing braggadocio must forgiven knows Number 18 could eventually have impact tidal wave dimensions American air racing can hope 1938 Goon made its debut National Air Races Cleveland races already slipping away cutting edge aeronautical progress years pylon-bending speedsters Nationals faster anything military could parade before enormous crowds gathered Cleveland Airport Labor Day week end changed Now proto types airplanes called Spitfire Messer schmitt Airacobra flying bigger engines advanced stream lining racerand National races werent fighting back interesting new designs own grand glorious old Cleveland Races seemed headed oblivion though few realized werent willing say aloud just too much glamour tradition packed few acres Clevelands west side dont turn back something big Maybe lack fresh new racing plane designs due Roscoe Turners suc cess attracting wealthy sponsors pay big engines Maybe lot extraneous factors played role decline What ever reasons fountain new racer designs no longer bubblingthe life blood sport drying up World War II stopped American air racing cold racing planes shoved back far corners hangars left gather dust vague hope after war could brought back out daylight raced wonderful Mustangs Thunderbolts Corsairs Lightningswere declared surplus offered sale anyone cash During war American manu facturers built 100000 fighters Though course either destroyed combat junked Europe Far East war ended againhundreds US training Cleveland Air Races weresquadrons air defense units coastal revived 1945 real racers stayed inairfields waiting flown overseas shadows wartime fighter planesstorage war over August 1987 73 left suffered comparison amaz ing new jets first years after war long before warbird craze boosted prices several tunes original cost obsolete prop-driven fighters glut marketand 1945 1946 didnt take very much cash buy Singleengine fighters being bought up about $1000 apiece twin-engined Lockheed P-38 could about $1500 Piper L-4 Grasshoppers Stear man PT- 17 trainers could used normal peacetime flying 450-mph P 51 As ex-fighter-pilots buying up knew about could airplane like assuming could afford gas bill race exactly what talentedbut-underemployed aviators proceeded 1946 Cleveland Air Races near-stock P-51s P-39s FG-ls along modified AT-6 trainers flown ladies werent allowed race men thundered around pylons Army Navy fighters ripped sky classic Bendix Transcontinental Derby Thompson Trophy Rnce 1946 race 100% surplus military planes faster sport racers original events showcased prewar racers pulled out storage course sport racers still lots mystique individuality fastest couldnt approach speed military planes whipping around suburban course over 400 mph fact fastest qualifier Cleveland 1939 would have placed pitiful 16th 1946 Roscoe Turner topped 1939 National 298-mph finish just seven years later Tex Johnson took 1946 race 409 mph Bell P-39Q So sport racers stayed eclipse until 1949 annual Cleveland races ruled likes Mustangs Goodyear F2G Super Corsairs After year National racing event itself went eclipse Unlimited Class racing later came known didnt reemerge another 15 years 1964 Reno Nevada cattle rancher Unlimited hydroplane champion Grumman Bearcat owner named Bill Stead organized racing event Sky Ranch near Sparks Nevadaand big iron roared again sight Mus tangs Bearcats tearing after other 5000-ft desert plateau looked much like old Cleveland races transplanted airplanes flew very fast very low wing tips almost grazing within few years cut-down souped-up fighters faster anything National races seen engines Rolls Royce Merlins Pratt & Whitney Wasps overtaxed racers managed hold together 100-mile-race chalking up speeds well over 425 mph glorious new era pylon racing earning place hearts racing fans rumblings dis satisfaction Though fast blazes airplanes big heavy racing standards However cleverly modi fied still basically 1 940s de signsold warhorses rather origi nal products enthusiastic sportsmen Unlimited racing sitting stale formula first propose breaking away Steve Wittman now Steve virtue creativity wis dom sheer longevity sport richly deserves title senior air racer approached Bill Stead 1965 about modifications Bearcat Steve immediately suggested starting scratch Allison V-i 2 engine building sport racer prewar mould wouldnt have lug much excess weight drag around pylons Stead liked idea unfortunately died crash before could im 74 Model Aviation plemented Warbirds became common Un limited racing people didnt question dominanceor look around corner alternative powerful durable mod ification techniques adapt Un limited well-known concept sport racer capable doing 400 mph greater never tested Building such plane obviously contained lot expensive pitfalls Still idea appealed As warbirds got faster also got expensive price tags topping half-milliondollar mark some fastest same time engines heavy old fighters-cum-racers being pushed capacities engine failure becoming biggest problem Unlimited racing might difficult build prove custom-built Unlimited would much smaller lighter its engine wouldnt have strain hard just much punishment engine can take before connecting rod shatters comes tearing out brand-new hole side its crankcase first time metal cut new custom-built Unlimited 1970 veteran Formula One/Sport Biplane/AT-6 racer Richard Minges Fayetteville North Carolina began work machine powered 550-hp Ranger V-12 have resembled Bell XP-77 MA July 1982 project ended Minges died racing accident 1971 long afterwards Fl builder/pilot Jim Wilson Dallas Texas started similar project Wilsons project got farther Minges before lost interest has now reportedly restarted another builder first serious project truly origi nal Unlimited Dave Garbers radical twin-engine plane PanAm pilot Mi ami Florida experience racing sport biplanes Dave decided move upway up conjunction some capable friends designed airplane much bigger Formula super charged Mazda rotary engines either end fuselage 600 hp flush canopy 1 1-ft wings 1100 lb empty weight looked like potential winner home-building airplane Unlimited speed range thing proving another years Garber racer plagued cooling problems dragging out project far beyond its late 1970s completion goal plane flew several times gave indications hav ing real speed potential cooling its undoing project seemed fade awayalthough now hear problem under control project cranking up again Other would-be designers talked sketched drew plans Some ex cellent racing engineers intrigued challenge put talents work Yet no custom-built racer emerged vie warbirds Reno As warbirds streamlining planes seemed have run its course emphasis being switched power Cleveland late 19405 Cook Cleland demonstrated nothing could keep up F2G Corsairs 4360-cu-in Wasp Major engines put out something over 3000 hp straining form Hawker Sea Furies huge American engines concept now resurrected Reno short order first Dreadnaught proved anew old maxim Theres no substitute cubic inches Without risking engine explosion excessive throttle advancing demon ran Mustangs exhaustion Other examples creative copying fol lowed march toward ever power accelerated meantime dreaming-up custom-built Unlimited designs no means come halt though whole business beginning sound like stuck record still men vision keeping flame aliveand new designs trickled out first capture lot attention early 1 980s highly modified AT-6 big Pratt & Whitney its nose Much chanical work completed such mishmash parts ideas success seemed unimaginable took Lockheed Skunk Works de August 1987 75 76 Model Aviation signer Bruce Boland finest engineering minds ever have impact air racing overcame obstacles high-speed custom-built Tsunami Collaborating him long-term high-cost project veteran Unlimited racer John Sandberg Lockheed men Pete Law Ray Poe metal craftsman Phil Greenberg Serious building Tsunami project began 1979 right after team com pleted Red Baron RB-5 1 Mustang Rolls Royce Griffon engine counter-rotating props Tsunami proved complex expensive ticipated original goal 1983 first flight postponed until 1986 maiden flight taking place just few weeks before Reno races can get away rushing ultralight completion airplane meant fly 500 mph streamlined Tsunami has wing span 27 ft compared standard racing Mustangs 30- 31-ft wingspan wing area 146 sq ft 50% less Mustangs 210 225-sq-ft wing area resultant 40% reduction drag means coupled 2400-hp Merlin Tsunami should have no trouble achieving top speed 525 mph After nearly half century anew custombuilt Unlimited racer reality Yet hoped Tsunami proves forerunner still efficient ad vanced Unlimiteds Novel respects Tsunami remains basically conventional airplane incorporates no new materials no radically different shape no special power plantelements can potentially combined truly super-performing racer Lighter new materials such carbon fiber easily molded unusual shapes Burt Rutan VariEze Voyager fame has pioneered use new materials create much efficient designs As special power plants variety engines track road racing have developed far better power-to-weight ratios air plane engine Now Boland Hinton Sandberg & Co have paved way possibilities seem boundless example Jim Millers pusher-engined GEM 260 Form ula has clocked 228 mph 300 miles just 130 hpwith its landing gear down Boosted 900-hp hot auto engine plus retractable landing gear should able least theory hit 475 mph take another example Art Williams 1974 design using pair 450-hp airplane engines aimed 480 mph Its design weight 2500 lb however before advent composites Today 100-200 lb might knocked off such racer permitting smaller wings less induced drag Moreover entire airframe would smoother original cutting drag Continued page 174 AVAILABLE AT AMERICAS$495 FINEST HOBBY SHOPS DISTRIBUTED BY av I7590 Se Gabnel 900 cxdeo CA 93422 1717 Classic I/C ScaleLAK8 TI4 0 Wing 15 25 Engines FIBERGLASS PARTS Over 237 cowls kit scratch built models Also over 34 round cowls ranging 4 1 4-7/8 diameter 55 duff size & shape wheel pants custom Make Parts Vacuum Form Canopies PIeeseaendSl fa#cosplstflst T&D FIDERILASS SPECIALTIES 30925 Block Dept 4 Garden city Ml 4B1 35 PHONE 313 421-6358 BRAZED & HEATTREAIED WIRE GEARS & CABANES PHONE 313 261-9064 Dealers & Distributors Welcomed Phone 703 273-9593 FLYLINE MODELS INC P 0 Box 2136 Fairfax Virginia 22031 USA Therefore enable giving folks some thing return obvious support former again served communication tool club affairs subsequently grew stature addition constant stream design construction articles plus dash Hoosier humor sprinkled about flavoring rate seemed like recipe whats news respect Free Flight eastern Midwest current editor-in-chief Informer Moe Whittemore also doing double-duty 1987 serving club president Roger Lane Veep Meredith Chamberlain retain ing keys club strongbox Club interests run gauntlet Free Flight categories Indoor FAI evident such names membership roster four-time World Indoor Champ Jim Richmond current FAI Power team member Dale Mateer six issues newsletter published year go $450 domestic Canadian subscribers fullfledged CIA Agent status club member amounts $6 per year Well would believe time head out airport next club meeting So See ya downwind Harry Murphy 3824 Oakwood Blvd Ander son IN 46011 Custom Racers/Berliner Continued page 76 Get idea Tsunami will hit 500 mph rumor has hit 490 mph test flight before Reno really advanced designs should able less course advance technology possible drawbacks thing builders cap abilities have different thresholds everyone possessingthe skilito build 225mph Formula plane can move 450- 500-mph speed range almost certainty least futuristic Unlimited will crash early test flight thats built-in risk machine meant racing Racing cars crash racing bicycles GeeBees crashed did hot Airacobras Mustangs Though danger men continue move forward push back horizons result isnt always instantly clear benefit Safety Net/Hicks Continued page 87 Should adjacent runway catch wandering models before get out hand would better put net further back toward spectator area decided try position about six feet spectators picnic tables point model would have dive almost straight hit onlookerand general safety rules obeyed no model would ever flying position could didnt think couldprotect against potential hazard anything else student just-soloed pilot model goes astray takeoff landing careens off runway head ing felt needed worry about havent subjected net des tructive testing have purposefully flown model just see would hold up As photos show however did load up 40-size model flying weight throw hard could net number times did net show absolutely no damage delight model simply slid down net ground much ruffled tail feather actual ac cident engine running net would likelihood stop engine winding up around prop could certainly expect broken prop plane might hang net might have small weaving job to mend net can imagine cheaper price pay what could otherwise lifethreatening situation call Mr Dave Beighley UPRR offices Omaha produced ordering information about net put touch its manufacturer Chase Bag Company Portland OR called spoke Mr J Dickey delighted hear new application product offered special ordering arrangement clubs may want assemble own safety net Simply send order check $2000 net desired Chase Bag Co PO Box 10192 Portland OR 97210 nets shipped FOB Port land Mark order Attention Mr Harry Gage Net nomenclature Chip net 12 x 64 ft paper woven mesh yellow coded Grande Ronde Bush Pilots express sincere appreciation Union Pacific Railroad its generosity Chase Bag Company making special shipping arrangements other clubs de siring own nets may better way protect ourselves against model aircraft accidentsbut until comes along ones winner doubt safety net going reduce AMA insurance premiums thing may sure club has serious accident things insurance carrier going examine greatest care evalu ating claim What measures did take before accident prevent kind tragedy will club answer Keith-Rider/Lidberg Continued page 93 turns will need bend prop hanger obtain down left thrust should help achieve non-stalling climb left fairly wide circles Work up maximum turns stages changing balance improve giide very small increments needed arrive appropriate number maximum turns take motor off plane wind until bursts use number turns less 10% practical limit motor long use winder unhook wind rear definitely recommended since 1000 turns takes long time wind hand Also use rubber lube prolong life motor give consistent results Bumblebee has built fairly light should have little trouble achiev ing flights about minute using winder remindedthe hard wayof just lightweight little planes recent afternoon first built last seen shipping out four-minute thermal So Id suggest putting name phone number plane safeguard interesting idiosyncrasy model approach max imum winds long body develops twist 174 Model Aviation
Edition: Model Aviation - 1987/08
Page Numbers: 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 174
SITTING ALONE clear early morning light ramp atthe 1986 Reno National Air Races looked like latest growing magnificent collection modified P-5 1 Mustangs Alone looked normal enough Sleek clean its bubble canopy replaced tiny curve blown Plexiglas faired neatly leading edge its vertical fin Like its predecessors Stiletto Strega Dago Red repre sented Unlimited Class pylon racing design carried extreme Yet something different about Next other Mustangs seemed smaller slimmer Clipping wings tails common enough 1980s racing brand-new expression idea racer resem bled P-5 1 ever actually having Its called Tsunami first truly custom-built unlimited-displacement racing airplane appear major race since Art Chester unveiled now-classic Goon 1938 Cleveland Air Races After volumes rumors least half72 Model Aviation Shown made its public debut last yeams air races Rena Tsunami put quite show during time trials qualifying 435 mph races part shakedown aircraft still going through Understandably crew pilotwere cautiouswith plane others proven modified P-Si s Using nothing new aircraft construction design straightforward cockpit arrangement Tsunami interpretation what P-51 racing should like Photographs Dick Hill Because air races Reno real stimulus left developing faster piston-powered propeller-driven airplane havent seen would challenge dominance venerable war birds Thats beginning change though first make flying status Tsunami others way EDon Berliner ma.. dozen attempts real thing last Tsunamis merely fascinating its fast qualifying lap around Renos 10mile Unlimited race course 43500 mph made obvious men designed built financed Tsunami knew what doingas did pilot Steve Hinton Naming racer terrifying tidal waves sometimes crash Pacific shores flatten everything paths typical air-racing braggadocio must forgiven knows Number 18 could eventually have impact tidal wave dimensions American air racing can hope 1938 Goon made its debut National Air Races Cleveland races already slipping away cutting edge aeronautical progress years pylon-bending speedsters Nationals faster anything military could parade before enormous crowds gathered Cleveland Airport Labor Day week end changed Now proto types airplanes called Spitfire Messer schmitt Airacobra flying bigger engines advanced stream lining racerand National races werent fighting back interesting new designs own grand glorious old Cleveland Races seemed headed oblivion though few realized werent willing say aloud just too much glamour tradition packed few acres Clevelands west side dont turn back something big Maybe lack fresh new racing plane designs due Roscoe Turners suc cess attracting wealthy sponsors pay big engines Maybe lot extraneous factors played role decline What ever reasons fountain new racer designs no longer bubblingthe life blood sport drying up World War II stopped American air racing cold racing planes shoved back far corners hangars left gather dust vague hope after war could brought back out daylight raced wonderful Mustangs Thunderbolts Corsairs Lightningswere declared surplus offered sale anyone cash During war American manu facturers built 100000 fighters Though course either destroyed combat junked Europe Far East war ended againhundreds US training Cleveland Air Races weresquadrons air defense units coastal revived 1945 real racers stayed inairfields waiting flown overseas shadows wartime fighter planesstorage war over August 1987 73 left suffered comparison amaz ing new jets first years after war long before warbird craze boosted prices several tunes original cost obsolete prop-driven fighters glut marketand 1945 1946 didnt take very much cash buy Singleengine fighters being bought up about $1000 apiece twin-engined Lockheed P-38 could about $1500 Piper L-4 Grasshoppers Stear man PT- 17 trainers could used normal peacetime flying 450-mph P 51 As ex-fighter-pilots buying up knew about could airplane like assuming could afford gas bill race exactly what talentedbut-underemployed aviators proceeded 1946 Cleveland Air Races near-stock P-51s P-39s FG-ls along modified AT-6 trainers flown ladies werent allowed race men thundered around pylons Army Navy fighters ripped sky classic Bendix Transcontinental Derby Thompson Trophy Rnce 1946 race 100% surplus military planes faster sport racers original events showcased prewar racers pulled out storage course sport racers still lots mystique individuality fastest couldnt approach speed military planes whipping around suburban course over 400 mph fact fastest qualifier Cleveland 1939 would have placed pitiful 16th 1946 Roscoe Turner topped 1939 National 298-mph finish just seven years later Tex Johnson took 1946 race 409 mph Bell P-39Q So sport racers stayed eclipse until 1949 annual Cleveland races ruled likes Mustangs Goodyear F2G Super Corsairs After year National racing event itself went eclipse Unlimited Class racing later came known didnt reemerge another 15 years 1964 Reno Nevada cattle rancher Unlimited hydroplane champion Grumman Bearcat owner named Bill Stead organized racing event Sky Ranch near Sparks Nevadaand big iron roared again sight Mus tangs Bearcats tearing after other 5000-ft desert plateau looked much like old Cleveland races transplanted airplanes flew very fast very low wing tips almost grazing within few years cut-down souped-up fighters faster anything National races seen engines Rolls Royce Merlins Pratt & Whitney Wasps overtaxed racers managed hold together 100-mile-race chalking up speeds well over 425 mph glorious new era pylon racing earning place hearts racing fans rumblings dis satisfaction Though fast blazes airplanes big heavy racing standards However cleverly modi fied still basically 1 940s de signsold warhorses rather origi nal products enthusiastic sportsmen Unlimited racing sitting stale formula first propose breaking away Steve Wittman now Steve virtue creativity wis dom sheer longevity sport richly deserves title senior air racer approached Bill Stead 1965 about modifications Bearcat Steve immediately suggested starting scratch Allison V-i 2 engine building sport racer prewar mould wouldnt have lug much excess weight drag around pylons Stead liked idea unfortunately died crash before could im 74 Model Aviation plemented Warbirds became common Un limited racing people didnt question dominanceor look around corner alternative powerful durable mod ification techniques adapt Un limited well-known concept sport racer capable doing 400 mph greater never tested Building such plane obviously contained lot expensive pitfalls Still idea appealed As warbirds got faster also got expensive price tags topping half-milliondollar mark some fastest same time engines heavy old fighters-cum-racers being pushed capacities engine failure becoming biggest problem Unlimited racing might difficult build prove custom-built Unlimited would much smaller lighter its engine wouldnt have strain hard just much punishment engine can take before connecting rod shatters comes tearing out brand-new hole side its crankcase first time metal cut new custom-built Unlimited 1970 veteran Formula One/Sport Biplane/AT-6 racer Richard Minges Fayetteville North Carolina began work machine powered 550-hp Ranger V-12 have resembled Bell XP-77 MA July 1982 project ended Minges died racing accident 1971 long afterwards Fl builder/pilot Jim Wilson Dallas Texas started similar project Wilsons project got farther Minges before lost interest has now reportedly restarted another builder first serious project truly origi nal Unlimited Dave Garbers radical twin-engine plane PanAm pilot Mi ami Florida experience racing sport biplanes Dave decided move upway up conjunction some capable friends designed airplane much bigger Formula super charged Mazda rotary engines either end fuselage 600 hp flush canopy 1 1-ft wings 1100 lb empty weight looked like potential winner home-building airplane Unlimited speed range thing proving another years Garber racer plagued cooling problems dragging out project far beyond its late 1970s completion goal plane flew several times gave indications hav ing real speed potential cooling its undoing project seemed fade awayalthough now hear problem under control project cranking up again Other would-be designers talked sketched drew plans Some ex cellent racing engineers intrigued challenge put talents work Yet no custom-built racer emerged vie warbirds Reno As warbirds streamlining planes seemed have run its course emphasis being switched power Cleveland late 19405 Cook Cleland demonstrated nothing could keep up F2G Corsairs 4360-cu-in Wasp Major engines put out something over 3000 hp straining form Hawker Sea Furies huge American engines concept now resurrected Reno short order first Dreadnaught proved anew old maxim Theres no substitute cubic inches Without risking engine explosion excessive throttle advancing demon ran Mustangs exhaustion Other examples creative copying fol lowed march toward ever power accelerated meantime dreaming-up custom-built Unlimited designs no means come halt though whole business beginning sound like stuck record still men vision keeping flame aliveand new designs trickled out first capture lot attention early 1 980s highly modified AT-6 big Pratt & Whitney its nose Much chanical work completed such mishmash parts ideas success seemed unimaginable took Lockheed Skunk Works de August 1987 75 76 Model Aviation signer Bruce Boland finest engineering minds ever have impact air racing overcame obstacles high-speed custom-built Tsunami Collaborating him long-term high-cost project veteran Unlimited racer John Sandberg Lockheed men Pete Law Ray Poe metal craftsman Phil Greenberg Serious building Tsunami project began 1979 right after team com pleted Red Baron RB-5 1 Mustang Rolls Royce Griffon engine counter-rotating props Tsunami proved complex expensive ticipated original goal 1983 first flight postponed until 1986 maiden flight taking place just few weeks before Reno races can get away rushing ultralight completion airplane meant fly 500 mph streamlined Tsunami has wing span 27 ft compared standard racing Mustangs 30- 31-ft wingspan wing area 146 sq ft 50% less Mustangs 210 225-sq-ft wing area resultant 40% reduction drag means coupled 2400-hp Merlin Tsunami should have no trouble achieving top speed 525 mph After nearly half century anew custombuilt Unlimited racer reality Yet hoped Tsunami proves forerunner still efficient ad vanced Unlimiteds Novel respects Tsunami remains basically conventional airplane incorporates no new materials no radically different shape no special power plantelements can potentially combined truly super-performing racer Lighter new materials such carbon fiber easily molded unusual shapes Burt Rutan VariEze Voyager fame has pioneered use new materials create much efficient designs As special power plants variety engines track road racing have developed far better power-to-weight ratios air plane engine Now Boland Hinton Sandberg & Co have paved way possibilities seem boundless example Jim Millers pusher-engined GEM 260 Form ula has clocked 228 mph 300 miles just 130 hpwith its landing gear down Boosted 900-hp hot auto engine plus retractable landing gear should able least theory hit 475 mph take another example Art Williams 1974 design using pair 450-hp airplane engines aimed 480 mph Its design weight 2500 lb however before advent composites Today 100-200 lb might knocked off such racer permitting smaller wings less induced drag Moreover entire airframe would smoother original cutting drag Continued page 174 AVAILABLE AT AMERICAS$495 FINEST HOBBY SHOPS DISTRIBUTED BY av I7590 Se Gabnel 900 cxdeo CA 93422 1717 Classic I/C ScaleLAK8 TI4 0 Wing 15 25 Engines FIBERGLASS PARTS Over 237 cowls kit scratch built models Also over 34 round cowls ranging 4 1 4-7/8 diameter 55 duff size & shape wheel pants custom Make Parts Vacuum Form Canopies PIeeseaendSl fa#cosplstflst T&D FIDERILASS SPECIALTIES 30925 Block Dept 4 Garden city Ml 4B1 35 PHONE 313 421-6358 BRAZED & HEATTREAIED WIRE GEARS & CABANES PHONE 313 261-9064 Dealers & Distributors Welcomed Phone 703 273-9593 FLYLINE MODELS INC P 0 Box 2136 Fairfax Virginia 22031 USA Therefore enable giving folks some thing return obvious support former again served communication tool club affairs subsequently grew stature addition constant stream design construction articles plus dash Hoosier humor sprinkled about flavoring rate seemed like recipe whats news respect Free Flight eastern Midwest current editor-in-chief Informer Moe Whittemore also doing double-duty 1987 serving club president Roger Lane Veep Meredith Chamberlain retain ing keys club strongbox Club interests run gauntlet Free Flight categories Indoor FAI evident such names membership roster four-time World Indoor Champ Jim Richmond current FAI Power team member Dale Mateer six issues newsletter published year go $450 domestic Canadian subscribers fullfledged CIA Agent status club member amounts $6 per year Well would believe time head out airport next club meeting So See ya downwind Harry Murphy 3824 Oakwood Blvd Ander son IN 46011 Custom Racers/Berliner Continued page 76 Get idea Tsunami will hit 500 mph rumor has hit 490 mph test flight before Reno really advanced designs should able less course advance technology possible drawbacks thing builders cap abilities have different thresholds everyone possessingthe skilito build 225mph Formula plane can move 450- 500-mph speed range almost certainty least futuristic Unlimited will crash early test flight thats built-in risk machine meant racing Racing cars crash racing bicycles GeeBees crashed did hot Airacobras Mustangs Though danger men continue move forward push back horizons result isnt always instantly clear benefit Safety Net/Hicks Continued page 87 Should adjacent runway catch wandering models before get out hand would better put net further back toward spectator area decided try position about six feet spectators picnic tables point model would have dive almost straight hit onlookerand general safety rules obeyed no model would ever flying position could didnt think couldprotect against potential hazard anything else student just-soloed pilot model goes astray takeoff landing careens off runway head ing felt needed worry about havent subjected net des tructive testing have purposefully flown model just see would hold up As photos show however did load up 40-size model flying weight throw hard could net number times did net show absolutely no damage delight model simply slid down net ground much ruffled tail feather actual ac cident engine running net would likelihood stop engine winding up around prop could certainly expect broken prop plane might hang net might have small weaving job to mend net can imagine cheaper price pay what could otherwise lifethreatening situation call Mr Dave Beighley UPRR offices Omaha produced ordering information about net put touch its manufacturer Chase Bag Company Portland OR called spoke Mr J Dickey delighted hear new application product offered special ordering arrangement clubs may want assemble own safety net Simply send order check $2000 net desired Chase Bag Co PO Box 10192 Portland OR 97210 nets shipped FOB Port land Mark order Attention Mr Harry Gage Net nomenclature Chip net 12 x 64 ft paper woven mesh yellow coded Grande Ronde Bush Pilots express sincere appreciation Union Pacific Railroad its generosity Chase Bag Company making special shipping arrangements other clubs de siring own nets may better way protect ourselves against model aircraft accidentsbut until comes along ones winner doubt safety net going reduce AMA insurance premiums thing may sure club has serious accident things insurance carrier going examine greatest care evalu ating claim What measures did take before accident prevent kind tragedy will club answer Keith-Rider/Lidberg Continued page 93 turns will need bend prop hanger obtain down left thrust should help achieve non-stalling climb left fairly wide circles Work up maximum turns stages changing balance improve giide very small increments needed arrive appropriate number maximum turns take motor off plane wind until bursts use number turns less 10% practical limit motor long use winder unhook wind rear definitely recommended since 1000 turns takes long time wind hand Also use rubber lube prolong life motor give consistent results Bumblebee has built fairly light should have little trouble achiev ing flights about minute using winder remindedthe hard wayof just lightweight little planes recent afternoon first built last seen shipping out four-minute thermal So Id suggest putting name phone number plane safeguard interesting idiosyncrasy model approach max imum winds long body develops twist 174 Model Aviation
Edition: Model Aviation - 1987/08
Page Numbers: 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 174
SITTING ALONE clear early morning light ramp atthe 1986 Reno National Air Races looked like latest growing magnificent collection modified P-5 1 Mustangs Alone looked normal enough Sleek clean its bubble canopy replaced tiny curve blown Plexiglas faired neatly leading edge its vertical fin Like its predecessors Stiletto Strega Dago Red repre sented Unlimited Class pylon racing design carried extreme Yet something different about Next other Mustangs seemed smaller slimmer Clipping wings tails common enough 1980s racing brand-new expression idea racer resem bled P-5 1 ever actually having Its called Tsunami first truly custom-built unlimited-displacement racing airplane appear major race since Art Chester unveiled now-classic Goon 1938 Cleveland Air Races After volumes rumors least half72 Model Aviation Shown made its public debut last yeams air races Rena Tsunami put quite show during time trials qualifying 435 mph races part shakedown aircraft still going through Understandably crew pilotwere cautiouswith plane others proven modified P-Si s Using nothing new aircraft construction design straightforward cockpit arrangement Tsunami interpretation what P-51 racing should like Photographs Dick Hill Because air races Reno real stimulus left developing faster piston-powered propeller-driven airplane havent seen would challenge dominance venerable war birds Thats beginning change though first make flying status Tsunami others way EDon Berliner ma.. dozen attempts real thing last Tsunamis merely fascinating its fast qualifying lap around Renos 10mile Unlimited race course 43500 mph made obvious men designed built financed Tsunami knew what doingas did pilot Steve Hinton Naming racer terrifying tidal waves sometimes crash Pacific shores flatten everything paths typical air-racing braggadocio must forgiven knows Number 18 could eventually have impact tidal wave dimensions American air racing can hope 1938 Goon made its debut National Air Races Cleveland races already slipping away cutting edge aeronautical progress years pylon-bending speedsters Nationals faster anything military could parade before enormous crowds gathered Cleveland Airport Labor Day week end changed Now proto types airplanes called Spitfire Messer schmitt Airacobra flying bigger engines advanced stream lining racerand National races werent fighting back interesting new designs own grand glorious old Cleveland Races seemed headed oblivion though few realized werent willing say aloud just too much glamour tradition packed few acres Clevelands west side dont turn back something big Maybe lack fresh new racing plane designs due Roscoe Turners suc cess attracting wealthy sponsors pay big engines Maybe lot extraneous factors played role decline What ever reasons fountain new racer designs no longer bubblingthe life blood sport drying up World War II stopped American air racing cold racing planes shoved back far corners hangars left gather dust vague hope after war could brought back out daylight raced wonderful Mustangs Thunderbolts Corsairs Lightningswere declared surplus offered sale anyone cash During war American manu facturers built 100000 fighters Though course either destroyed combat junked Europe Far East war ended againhundreds US training Cleveland Air Races weresquadrons air defense units coastal revived 1945 real racers stayed inairfields waiting flown overseas shadows wartime fighter planesstorage war over August 1987 73 left suffered comparison amaz ing new jets first years after war long before warbird craze boosted prices several tunes original cost obsolete prop-driven fighters glut marketand 1945 1946 didnt take very much cash buy Singleengine fighters being bought up about $1000 apiece twin-engined Lockheed P-38 could about $1500 Piper L-4 Grasshoppers Stear man PT- 17 trainers could used normal peacetime flying 450-mph P 51 As ex-fighter-pilots buying up knew about could airplane like assuming could afford gas bill race exactly what talentedbut-underemployed aviators proceeded 1946 Cleveland Air Races near-stock P-51s P-39s FG-ls along modified AT-6 trainers flown ladies werent allowed race men thundered around pylons Army Navy fighters ripped sky classic Bendix Transcontinental Derby Thompson Trophy Rnce 1946 race 100% surplus military planes faster sport racers original events showcased prewar racers pulled out storage course sport racers still lots mystique individuality fastest couldnt approach speed military planes whipping around suburban course over 400 mph fact fastest qualifier Cleveland 1939 would have placed pitiful 16th 1946 Roscoe Turner topped 1939 National 298-mph finish just seven years later Tex Johnson took 1946 race 409 mph Bell P-39Q So sport racers stayed eclipse until 1949 annual Cleveland races ruled likes Mustangs Goodyear F2G Super Corsairs After year National racing event itself went eclipse Unlimited Class racing later came known didnt reemerge another 15 years 1964 Reno Nevada cattle rancher Unlimited hydroplane champion Grumman Bearcat owner named Bill Stead organized racing event Sky Ranch near Sparks Nevadaand big iron roared again sight Mus tangs Bearcats tearing after other 5000-ft desert plateau looked much like old Cleveland races transplanted airplanes flew very fast very low wing tips almost grazing within few years cut-down souped-up fighters faster anything National races seen engines Rolls Royce Merlins Pratt & Whitney Wasps overtaxed racers managed hold together 100-mile-race chalking up speeds well over 425 mph glorious new era pylon racing earning place hearts racing fans rumblings dis satisfaction Though fast blazes airplanes big heavy racing standards However cleverly modi fied still basically 1 940s de signsold warhorses rather origi nal products enthusiastic sportsmen Unlimited racing sitting stale formula first propose breaking away Steve Wittman now Steve virtue creativity wis dom sheer longevity sport richly deserves title senior air racer approached Bill Stead 1965 about modifications Bearcat Steve immediately suggested starting scratch Allison V-i 2 engine building sport racer prewar mould wouldnt have lug much excess weight drag around pylons Stead liked idea unfortunately died crash before could im 74 Model Aviation plemented Warbirds became common Un limited racing people didnt question dominanceor look around corner alternative powerful durable mod ification techniques adapt Un limited well-known concept sport racer capable doing 400 mph greater never tested Building such plane obviously contained lot expensive pitfalls Still idea appealed As warbirds got faster also got expensive price tags topping half-milliondollar mark some fastest same time engines heavy old fighters-cum-racers being pushed capacities engine failure becoming biggest problem Unlimited racing might difficult build prove custom-built Unlimited would much smaller lighter its engine wouldnt have strain hard just much punishment engine can take before connecting rod shatters comes tearing out brand-new hole side its crankcase first time metal cut new custom-built Unlimited 1970 veteran Formula One/Sport Biplane/AT-6 racer Richard Minges Fayetteville North Carolina began work machine powered 550-hp Ranger V-12 have resembled Bell XP-77 MA July 1982 project ended Minges died racing accident 1971 long afterwards Fl builder/pilot Jim Wilson Dallas Texas started similar project Wilsons project got farther Minges before lost interest has now reportedly restarted another builder first serious project truly origi nal Unlimited Dave Garbers radical twin-engine plane PanAm pilot Mi ami Florida experience racing sport biplanes Dave decided move upway up conjunction some capable friends designed airplane much bigger Formula super charged Mazda rotary engines either end fuselage 600 hp flush canopy 1 1-ft wings 1100 lb empty weight looked like potential winner home-building airplane Unlimited speed range thing proving another years Garber racer plagued cooling problems dragging out project far beyond its late 1970s completion goal plane flew several times gave indications hav ing real speed potential cooling its undoing project seemed fade awayalthough now hear problem under control project cranking up again Other would-be designers talked sketched drew plans Some ex cellent racing engineers intrigued challenge put talents work Yet no custom-built racer emerged vie warbirds Reno As warbirds streamlining planes seemed have run its course emphasis being switched power Cleveland late 19405 Cook Cleland demonstrated nothing could keep up F2G Corsairs 4360-cu-in Wasp Major engines put out something over 3000 hp straining form Hawker Sea Furies huge American engines concept now resurrected Reno short order first Dreadnaught proved anew old maxim Theres no substitute cubic inches Without risking engine explosion excessive throttle advancing demon ran Mustangs exhaustion Other examples creative copying fol lowed march toward ever power accelerated meantime dreaming-up custom-built Unlimited designs no means come halt though whole business beginning sound like stuck record still men vision keeping flame aliveand new designs trickled out first capture lot attention early 1 980s highly modified AT-6 big Pratt & Whitney its nose Much chanical work completed such mishmash parts ideas success seemed unimaginable took Lockheed Skunk Works de August 1987 75 76 Model Aviation signer Bruce Boland finest engineering minds ever have impact air racing overcame obstacles high-speed custom-built Tsunami Collaborating him long-term high-cost project veteran Unlimited racer John Sandberg Lockheed men Pete Law Ray Poe metal craftsman Phil Greenberg Serious building Tsunami project began 1979 right after team com pleted Red Baron RB-5 1 Mustang Rolls Royce Griffon engine counter-rotating props Tsunami proved complex expensive ticipated original goal 1983 first flight postponed until 1986 maiden flight taking place just few weeks before Reno races can get away rushing ultralight completion airplane meant fly 500 mph streamlined Tsunami has wing span 27 ft compared standard racing Mustangs 30- 31-ft wingspan wing area 146 sq ft 50% less Mustangs 210 225-sq-ft wing area resultant 40% reduction drag means coupled 2400-hp Merlin Tsunami should have no trouble achieving top speed 525 mph After nearly half century anew custombuilt Unlimited racer reality Yet hoped Tsunami proves forerunner still efficient ad vanced Unlimiteds Novel respects Tsunami remains basically conventional airplane incorporates no new materials no radically different shape no special power plantelements can potentially combined truly super-performing racer Lighter new materials such carbon fiber easily molded unusual shapes Burt Rutan VariEze Voyager fame has pioneered use new materials create much efficient designs As special power plants variety engines track road racing have developed far better power-to-weight ratios air plane engine Now Boland Hinton Sandberg & Co have paved way possibilities seem boundless example Jim Millers pusher-engined GEM 260 Form ula has clocked 228 mph 300 miles just 130 hpwith its landing gear down Boosted 900-hp hot auto engine plus retractable landing gear should able least theory hit 475 mph take another example Art Williams 1974 design using pair 450-hp airplane engines aimed 480 mph Its design weight 2500 lb however before advent composites Today 100-200 lb might knocked off such racer permitting smaller wings less induced drag Moreover entire airframe would smoother original cutting drag Continued page 174 AVAILABLE AT AMERICAS$495 FINEST HOBBY SHOPS DISTRIBUTED BY av I7590 Se Gabnel 900 cxdeo CA 93422 1717 Classic I/C ScaleLAK8 TI4 0 Wing 15 25 Engines FIBERGLASS PARTS Over 237 cowls kit scratch built models Also over 34 round cowls ranging 4 1 4-7/8 diameter 55 duff size & shape wheel pants custom Make Parts Vacuum Form Canopies PIeeseaendSl fa#cosplstflst T&D FIDERILASS SPECIALTIES 30925 Block Dept 4 Garden city Ml 4B1 35 PHONE 313 421-6358 BRAZED & HEATTREAIED WIRE GEARS & CABANES PHONE 313 261-9064 Dealers & Distributors Welcomed Phone 703 273-9593 FLYLINE MODELS INC P 0 Box 2136 Fairfax Virginia 22031 USA Therefore enable giving folks some thing return obvious support former again served communication tool club affairs subsequently grew stature addition constant stream design construction articles plus dash Hoosier humor sprinkled about flavoring rate seemed like recipe whats news respect Free Flight eastern Midwest current editor-in-chief Informer Moe Whittemore also doing double-duty 1987 serving club president Roger Lane Veep Meredith Chamberlain retain ing keys club strongbox Club interests run gauntlet Free Flight categories Indoor FAI evident such names membership roster four-time World Indoor Champ Jim Richmond current FAI Power team member Dale Mateer six issues newsletter published year go $450 domestic Canadian subscribers fullfledged CIA Agent status club member amounts $6 per year Well would believe time head out airport next club meeting So See ya downwind Harry Murphy 3824 Oakwood Blvd Ander son IN 46011 Custom Racers/Berliner Continued page 76 Get idea Tsunami will hit 500 mph rumor has hit 490 mph test flight before Reno really advanced designs should able less course advance technology possible drawbacks thing builders cap abilities have different thresholds everyone possessingthe skilito build 225mph Formula plane can move 450- 500-mph speed range almost certainty least futuristic Unlimited will crash early test flight thats built-in risk machine meant racing Racing cars crash racing bicycles GeeBees crashed did hot Airacobras Mustangs Though danger men continue move forward push back horizons result isnt always instantly clear benefit Safety Net/Hicks Continued page 87 Should adjacent runway catch wandering models before get out hand would better put net further back toward spectator area decided try position about six feet spectators picnic tables point model would have dive almost straight hit onlookerand general safety rules obeyed no model would ever flying position could didnt think couldprotect against potential hazard anything else student just-soloed pilot model goes astray takeoff landing careens off runway head ing felt needed worry about havent subjected net des tructive testing have purposefully flown model just see would hold up As photos show however did load up 40-size model flying weight throw hard could net number times did net show absolutely no damage delight model simply slid down net ground much ruffled tail feather actual ac cident engine running net would likelihood stop engine winding up around prop could certainly expect broken prop plane might hang net might have small weaving job to mend net can imagine cheaper price pay what could otherwise lifethreatening situation call Mr Dave Beighley UPRR offices Omaha produced ordering information about net put touch its manufacturer Chase Bag Company Portland OR called spoke Mr J Dickey delighted hear new application product offered special ordering arrangement clubs may want assemble own safety net Simply send order check $2000 net desired Chase Bag Co PO Box 10192 Portland OR 97210 nets shipped FOB Port land Mark order Attention Mr Harry Gage Net nomenclature Chip net 12 x 64 ft paper woven mesh yellow coded Grande Ronde Bush Pilots express sincere appreciation Union Pacific Railroad its generosity Chase Bag Company making special shipping arrangements other clubs de siring own nets may better way protect ourselves against model aircraft accidentsbut until comes along ones winner doubt safety net going reduce AMA insurance premiums thing may sure club has serious accident things insurance carrier going examine greatest care evalu ating claim What measures did take before accident prevent kind tragedy will club answer Keith-Rider/Lidberg Continued page 93 turns will need bend prop hanger obtain down left thrust should help achieve non-stalling climb left fairly wide circles Work up maximum turns stages changing balance improve giide very small increments needed arrive appropriate number maximum turns take motor off plane wind until bursts use number turns less 10% practical limit motor long use winder unhook wind rear definitely recommended since 1000 turns takes long time wind hand Also use rubber lube prolong life motor give consistent results Bumblebee has built fairly light should have little trouble achiev ing flights about minute using winder remindedthe hard wayof just lightweight little planes recent afternoon first built last seen shipping out four-minute thermal So Id suggest putting name phone number plane safeguard interesting idiosyncrasy model approach max imum winds long body develops twist 174 Model Aviation