Snapshot 2 author ready takeoff soon clearance comes control tower relayed through radio nearby Opera tions officers auto Hot weather added challenges flight author wilted model bounced through strong thermals MY PLAN weekend June 12 1983 restful camping retreat changed newspaper announced arrival Space Shuttle Enterprise Dulles International Airport Taking aerials space shuttle top wish list long drive Florida slim chance convincing NASA let fly its facility made photos seem impossible chance coming shuttle going mere 20 miles away airport previously flown Snap shot NASA 747 shuttle just com pleted European tour making few stops USA returned home base Dulles Operations response request aerial photos Enterprise should make myself available would no guarantees Hank Cloutier Op erations officer wanted help lot activity ceremony planned immediately prepared equipment photo flight approved loaded motor home headed Dulles Airport Arrangements made camp overnight would ahead crowd expected 8 am shuttle arri val As evening passed projected crowd began grow estimated 100000 soon up 250000 As wife Dawn stood observation deck planning Snapshots flight met Hank Cloutier doing some planning described some special re quests swamped office Its getting madhouse will try help get photos can en couraged us bedtime radio announcers predicting 500000 people would heading Dulles next morning see landing Come morning long line cars flowing off access road run way converted parking lot crowd seemed too thin im pressive number first appeared Washingtonians sufficiently im pressed space shuttle get up early Sunday morning However news reports evening told story city turned out massive numbers people airport predicted instead lined Capital Beltway Dulles Access Road watch low altitude flyby followed routes Out-of-towners surprised people sitting lawnchairs milling around highway drive-in theater Much Washington saw majestic flyby 75000 traveled Dulles Airport close-up look news media ever-rising forecast may have made trip seem too much trouble listeners Apparently es timates based turnout Euro pean cities drove Dulles treated touch-and-go NASA duo powerful 747 landed took off no cargo aboard im pressed planes performance shuttle aboard may aware considerable payload packed cargo bays 747 ballast counter balance shuttles tremendous weight food concessioners small crowd bad news ordered 300000 hot dogs precooked 100000 special sale hot dogs next day After close-np look Enterprise 92 Model Aviation Space Shuttle Enterprise 747 carrier Dulles International Airport Plc taken Snapshot 2 RC model flown author Dawn checked Operationsevery half hour Finally greeted Are ready Did have ask hurried back motor home drove out meet Operations officer fol lowed vehicle onto runway flight area large grass field between aircraft parking ramp shuttle Visitors other side shuttle next terminal building No under flight area except us Snapshot model quickly pulled out fueled checklist helped prevent mistakes hurried last item clearance tower take off Snapshot climbed quickly off hot blacktop runway began making photo passes shuttle no time model flown over Enterprise Photos altitude 400 feet went well made lower passes different views Snapshot began pitch upward detecting interference prob lem limited occasional pitching up Dawn noted problem similar what encountered Yorktown aircraft carrier wind sheer made phototaking real thrill Noting intense heat multi-acre Continued page 177 Dawn Luther Hux present print Space Shuttle Enterprise photo Congressman Frank Wolf congressman represents Virginias 10th district Dulles Airport AMA National Center Aeromodeling both located Lettering photo mat tells Visitors lawmakers office picture taken use RC model May 1984 93 ilies brought over 50 Sailpianes set up shop camp converting win tertime ski resort summertime Sailplaners paradise said myself Helmuts Hans idea practical joke what consider good time During lunch wine cheese learned Christian Ruch one-time ski instructor all-time Sailplane enthusiast now manager lodge first Switzerland use epoxy molds Sailplanes over dozen years back about same time decided convert lodge what experiencing Only hadnt seen yet also dining room converted full-blown workshop during summer months could make minor repairs entirely build scratch type models just seen Tables converted workbenches de lightful see seasoned modelers talking shop same modelers help ing youngster simple beginners kit Mr Ruch keeps resort open June through Septemberfor modelers Sep tember about 150 Europeans Austria France Italy Germany get together resort week fun flying no contests scheduled Its just place fly would ski feel like charge touch heavenin Augustwas 150 Swiss francs per week included bed three meals Back August less 75 dollars wind does blow dont have worry about direction because enough ridges slopes meet fickle breezes head After lunch hiked short distance action breezes flying wit nessed made want enlarge work bench sight 18-ft Scale Sailplane paralleling ridge rolling inverted whooshing just inches away ridge youre standing does get blood pumping thumbs twitduing Martin Bamert flew like Hes 20yearold lad Switzerland college student USA during school season flew DG-l00 finesse champion Pattern flier Hes recognized best flier ever Hahnen moospass after afternoon dis play left no doubt played ridgeflying invertedthe way tight rope walker glides along high wire During after noon squall line bumped its way through wind did couple 180-degree shifts too shifted side ridge other flew others landed too impressed performance As mentioned earlier site fly funmax fun Frequency control sign outlin sheet clipboard hangs outside lodge Thats extent managerial duties year mayor Adelboden told asked fliers display models school gymnasium folks could get glimpse what flies Hahnen moospass cable cars run middle summer As sidelight mayor townsfolk vote what thought best looking model Some body won Nobody remembers Thats extent competition Hah nenmoospass day ended too soon Young Martin Keller did get fly little three-meter plane Helmut Hans still smiling over surprise pulled us smiled too Back cable car going back down station looked back saw six gross seglers swoop valley majes tically rise tease edge ridge parking ramp decided problem thermal reaction Since no sign poor response elevator decided continue IS-mm flight finish roll film landing went flaw uneasy about roller-coaster flight main reason making another flight expose second roll film heat getting usually get high percentage good frames roll contained few quality pictures choppy flight ac counted slightly blurred photos best slides loaned FAA prints could made Dulles PR management Sharing slides May1984 177 continued down wonder rule books have pages SnapshotlHux Continued page 93 FLYING NEAR AIRPORTS BE CAREFUL PROTECT YOUR RIGHT TO FLY ADVERTISERS INDEX ADVERTISERS INDEX ADVERTISERS INDEX ADVERTISERS INDEX A&A Industries AMA Membership Ace RC Inc Aero Tech NC Airtronics Americas Hobby Center Applied Design Corp Astro Flight Avco Model Supplies b&r Hobbies Bavarian Precision Products Black Hawk Bru- Line Industries Byron Originals C B Associates Carolina-Taffinder Johnnie Casburn Mfg Champion Model Products Circus Hobbies Cleveland Model & Supply Co Eric Clutton Condor Hobbies 142 73 23 150 2 81 168 28 42 164 155 142 82 9091 28 134 10 169 17 170 176 155 Consumers Guide RC Aircraft Prod. Consumers Hobby Corp. Coverite DA Enterprises D&D Engineering DG Products DGA Designs Dan Parsons Products Davey Systems Corp. Larry Dodge Aero Inc. Dougs Hobby Shop Du-Bro Products E&L Manufacturing Eastern Soaring Supplies Eberles Hobby Shop FAI Model Supply Supply Inc Flyline Models Fourmost Products Fox Mfg Co Woody Frantz Futaba Corp America Gator NC Products ni Models Carl Goldberg Models Gorham Model Products Great Lakes Model Co Great Planes Model Mfg Co. Art Gross Enterprises 179 169 165 167 172 5 136-137 138 16 174 6 173 142 160 167 178 162-1 63 William M Hawke Historic Aviation Hobby Barn Hobby Capitol Distributors Hobby Craftsman Hobby Horn Hobby Lobby International Hobbypoxy Hobby Radio Shop Hoffelt Group Howard B Huebi Ikon NWest Indy RC Sales J-5 Enterprises Jomar K&B Manufacturing Co K&S Engineering 10 Kings RC Hobbies Intl 148-149 Kitty Hawk Models 154 Kraft Systems Inc Kustom Kraftsmanship Leisure Electronics Lone Star Models 146 170 49 25 176 26 158 156-157 22 158159 176 151 159 14 160 42 172 159 27 82 178 183 161 82 172 24 168-176 150 29 161178 154 4 MACS Products Majestic Models George Marsden Master Kit McDaniel RC Service Jim Messers Quality Model Products Micro Mark Midwest Model Supply Co Midwest Products Co Miniature Aircraft Supply Co Model Aircraft Designs Inc Model & Craft Show Model Engineering Norwalk Model Products Corp 159 161 155 164 26 158 161 160 47 147 45 1 77 166 150 Model Rectifier CorpCovers 2 & 3 Mod-ler167 Mutchiers Hobbies144-145 Nor-Cal Avionics171 Northeast Screen Graphics139 Ocean State Aeromodel Engineering PK Products Pacer Technology & Resources son Power Products Peck-Polymers Penn Valley Hobby Center Pica Products Dave Platt Models Polks Hobby Precision Built Models & Kits Precision Sanding Tools Proctor Enterprises Inc 172 166 13 169 .164 174 25 43 42 169 . 134 RC Kits Mfg174 RF Enterprises171 R&L Performance Products89 Race Against Cancer160 Radio Equipment Exchange158 Rebel RC138 Repla-Tech International176 Richardson Precision Machining170 Robbe Modellsport152-153 Roush Mfg Co142 171 SR Batteries28 S&W Hobby Supply135 Saf-Flite Models176 Satellite City174 Scratch-A-Plane9 Semco170 Shammck Competition Imports Inc143 Sheldons Hobby Shop23 140-141 Sig Manufacturing Co11 St Croix Park Falls Ltd166 Sterling Models51 Tatone Products Co Taylor-Craft Ltd Toledo RC Exposition Top Flite Models Inc Tower Hobbies Twinn-K Inc 164 176 49 81 175 24 51 VL Products WE Technical Services8 Williams Brothers26 Windsor Propeller Co14 World EnginesCover 4 Zenith Aviation Books15 Nick Ziroli Models146 ADVERTISERS INDEX RTISERS INDEX RTISERS INDEX RTISERS INDEX thank allowing fly Museum curator mount next Washington DC Goddard Visitors FAA-owned airport Slides re- NASAs RC Enterprise test model Center Greenbelt MD photo quested NASAs PR office brochure display National Center Aero- identified having taken RC about European tour Enterprise modeling Reston VA Other prints will model print requested Hurst Bowers AMA displayed NASAs Visitors Center Dulles Airport AMA HQ both CUSTOM TUNED ENGINES COMPETITION ACCESSORIES SPECIALISTS IN CUSTOM COX TD & REED ENGINES STD & R/C CUSTOM PARTS FOR ALL COX ENGINES COMPLETE INVENTORY OF INDIVIDUAL STOCK PARTS FOR ALL CURRENT TD & MEIALLION ENGINES MANY NEW PARTS OR DISCONTINUED COX ENGINES HARD CHROMING OTHER COMPETITION ACCESSORIES IGNITION ENGINE SUPPLIES ETC FOR DETAILED BROCHURE SEND 75* TO KUSTOM KRAFTSMANSHIP PO BOX 2699 LAGUNA HILLS CA 92654 TELEPHONE 714 830-5162 DUAL PERSONAUTY TRAINER GEENIS BEAUTIFUL SUPER CHAMP WS 54 20 - 35 ENGINES 3 CHANNEL THE BEGINNERS KITTEI AND EXPERTS TIGEF Revolutionary snap wing eliminates bolts rubber bands Complete kit $54 95 dealer direct GEMINI MODELS INC PO e ii se Pssac NJ 07055 CORBEN SUPER ACE 4 CYCLE POWERED 60 WINGSPAN SEND 6100 FOR COMPLETE CATALOG OF FINE KITS Ikon NWST PO Box 566 Auburn WA 98071 206 941-8248 178 Model Aviation product review product review product review located Virginias 10th US con gressional district represented Con gressman Frank Wolf Because con gressmans efforts promote greater use DuTies use RC models during first election campaign arranged present congressman print Enter prise Dulles photo also carries Snapshot by-line telling future congressional visitors photo taken RC model congressmans scrapbook contains March 1981 Model Aviation article RC hot air balloon used campaign meetings AMA staff has contacted congressman several issues affect hobby has arranged visit AMA HQ see new museum DC voltmeter kit features three-digit LED dis play has two scales 0-999 0-999 volts unit has built-in loads 48 96450 500 mAh battery packs Load placed pack under test want pushing two switches Power unit four AA Ni-Cd 500 mAh batteries can checked self-test switch finest epoxy-glass printed circuit board first-line parts make ACK-U-VOLT very relia ble case black anodized aluminum rugged functional special red lens filter used cut down glare make unit easier read sunlight HOLD switch retains display input removed along LOAD switch makes possible load battery pack under test couple seconds complete time connected very nice feature does run down battery test pur poses No special tools talent required semble unit need soldering iron some pliers patience kit does require 999-volt DC power supply calibration local TV shops should some help unit will harmed reverse polarity leads analog meter would fact will read nega tive voltages Overvoltages no problem ACK U-VOLT either will just read EEE positive overs - negative digit lost reading negative Available direct H&N Califor nia residents add 6% sales tax product review product review product review enjoy aerial photos would like recommend series books Rob ert Cameron have copy Above Wash ington Robert photographed helicopter flown Captain Dan Washingtons best-known traffic reporters Other locations Camerons series San Francisco Los Angeles Hawaii London Yosemite several new titles way Enjoy view up Electric Champs/Jolly Continued pane 97 both us wasnt too bad except three remaining five fliers red white no choice fly two twoman rounds flip other placing Next year will careful fre quencies can have some good racing typical seven-cell Pylon Racer will have 250 sq wing area powered Astro Keller Cobalt motor use 7-6 Taipan nylon prop capable flying short Quarter Midget course 1 mm 40 sec Electric Champs flew Open Sportsman RC Pattern shown rule book first time 40-size Pattern ship completed retracts com peting However 05-size model won Pat tern big Pattern model came sec ond just short two points will take Electrics gain strong foothold regular Aerobatics flying reliable May1984 179 2& O ACK-U-VOLT @ $6250 plus $250 postage direct H&N ElectronIcs 10937 Rome Beauty Drive California City CA 93505 23961 CRAT5MAN P0 CALABASAS CA913OZTEL 213-992-0195TWX 9104945933
Edition: Model Aviation - 1984/05
Page Numbers: 92, 93, 177, 178, 179
Snapshot 2 author ready takeoff soon clearance comes control tower relayed through radio nearby Opera tions officers auto Hot weather added challenges flight author wilted model bounced through strong thermals MY PLAN weekend June 12 1983 restful camping retreat changed newspaper announced arrival Space Shuttle Enterprise Dulles International Airport Taking aerials space shuttle top wish list long drive Florida slim chance convincing NASA let fly its facility made photos seem impossible chance coming shuttle going mere 20 miles away airport previously flown Snap shot NASA 747 shuttle just com pleted European tour making few stops USA returned home base Dulles Operations response request aerial photos Enterprise should make myself available would no guarantees Hank Cloutier Op erations officer wanted help lot activity ceremony planned immediately prepared equipment photo flight approved loaded motor home headed Dulles Airport Arrangements made camp overnight would ahead crowd expected 8 am shuttle arri val As evening passed projected crowd began grow estimated 100000 soon up 250000 As wife Dawn stood observation deck planning Snapshots flight met Hank Cloutier doing some planning described some special re quests swamped office Its getting madhouse will try help get photos can en couraged us bedtime radio announcers predicting 500000 people would heading Dulles next morning see landing Come morning long line cars flowing off access road run way converted parking lot crowd seemed too thin im pressive number first appeared Washingtonians sufficiently im pressed space shuttle get up early Sunday morning However news reports evening told story city turned out massive numbers people airport predicted instead lined Capital Beltway Dulles Access Road watch low altitude flyby followed routes Out-of-towners surprised people sitting lawnchairs milling around highway drive-in theater Much Washington saw majestic flyby 75000 traveled Dulles Airport close-up look news media ever-rising forecast may have made trip seem too much trouble listeners Apparently es timates based turnout Euro pean cities drove Dulles treated touch-and-go NASA duo powerful 747 landed took off no cargo aboard im pressed planes performance shuttle aboard may aware considerable payload packed cargo bays 747 ballast counter balance shuttles tremendous weight food concessioners small crowd bad news ordered 300000 hot dogs precooked 100000 special sale hot dogs next day After close-np look Enterprise 92 Model Aviation Space Shuttle Enterprise 747 carrier Dulles International Airport Plc taken Snapshot 2 RC model flown author Dawn checked Operationsevery half hour Finally greeted Are ready Did have ask hurried back motor home drove out meet Operations officer fol lowed vehicle onto runway flight area large grass field between aircraft parking ramp shuttle Visitors other side shuttle next terminal building No under flight area except us Snapshot model quickly pulled out fueled checklist helped prevent mistakes hurried last item clearance tower take off Snapshot climbed quickly off hot blacktop runway began making photo passes shuttle no time model flown over Enterprise Photos altitude 400 feet went well made lower passes different views Snapshot began pitch upward detecting interference prob lem limited occasional pitching up Dawn noted problem similar what encountered Yorktown aircraft carrier wind sheer made phototaking real thrill Noting intense heat multi-acre Continued page 177 Dawn Luther Hux present print Space Shuttle Enterprise photo Congressman Frank Wolf congressman represents Virginias 10th district Dulles Airport AMA National Center Aeromodeling both located Lettering photo mat tells Visitors lawmakers office picture taken use RC model May 1984 93 ilies brought over 50 Sailpianes set up shop camp converting win tertime ski resort summertime Sailplaners paradise said myself Helmuts Hans idea practical joke what consider good time During lunch wine cheese learned Christian Ruch one-time ski instructor all-time Sailplane enthusiast now manager lodge first Switzerland use epoxy molds Sailplanes over dozen years back about same time decided convert lodge what experiencing Only hadnt seen yet also dining room converted full-blown workshop during summer months could make minor repairs entirely build scratch type models just seen Tables converted workbenches de lightful see seasoned modelers talking shop same modelers help ing youngster simple beginners kit Mr Ruch keeps resort open June through Septemberfor modelers Sep tember about 150 Europeans Austria France Italy Germany get together resort week fun flying no contests scheduled Its just place fly would ski feel like charge touch heavenin Augustwas 150 Swiss francs per week included bed three meals Back August less 75 dollars wind does blow dont have worry about direction because enough ridges slopes meet fickle breezes head After lunch hiked short distance action breezes flying wit nessed made want enlarge work bench sight 18-ft Scale Sailplane paralleling ridge rolling inverted whooshing just inches away ridge youre standing does get blood pumping thumbs twitduing Martin Bamert flew like Hes 20yearold lad Switzerland college student USA during school season flew DG-l00 finesse champion Pattern flier Hes recognized best flier ever Hahnen moospass after afternoon dis play left no doubt played ridgeflying invertedthe way tight rope walker glides along high wire During after noon squall line bumped its way through wind did couple 180-degree shifts too shifted side ridge other flew others landed too impressed performance As mentioned earlier site fly funmax fun Frequency control sign outlin sheet clipboard hangs outside lodge Thats extent managerial duties year mayor Adelboden told asked fliers display models school gymnasium folks could get glimpse what flies Hahnen moospass cable cars run middle summer As sidelight mayor townsfolk vote what thought best looking model Some body won Nobody remembers Thats extent competition Hah nenmoospass day ended too soon Young Martin Keller did get fly little three-meter plane Helmut Hans still smiling over surprise pulled us smiled too Back cable car going back down station looked back saw six gross seglers swoop valley majes tically rise tease edge ridge parking ramp decided problem thermal reaction Since no sign poor response elevator decided continue IS-mm flight finish roll film landing went flaw uneasy about roller-coaster flight main reason making another flight expose second roll film heat getting usually get high percentage good frames roll contained few quality pictures choppy flight ac counted slightly blurred photos best slides loaned FAA prints could made Dulles PR management Sharing slides May1984 177 continued down wonder rule books have pages SnapshotlHux Continued page 93 FLYING NEAR AIRPORTS BE CAREFUL PROTECT YOUR RIGHT TO FLY ADVERTISERS INDEX ADVERTISERS INDEX ADVERTISERS INDEX ADVERTISERS INDEX A&A Industries AMA Membership Ace RC Inc Aero Tech NC Airtronics Americas Hobby Center Applied Design Corp Astro Flight Avco Model Supplies b&r Hobbies Bavarian Precision Products Black Hawk Bru- Line Industries Byron Originals C B Associates Carolina-Taffinder Johnnie Casburn Mfg Champion Model Products Circus Hobbies Cleveland Model & Supply Co Eric Clutton Condor Hobbies 142 73 23 150 2 81 168 28 42 164 155 142 82 9091 28 134 10 169 17 170 176 155 Consumers Guide RC Aircraft Prod. Consumers Hobby Corp. Coverite DA Enterprises D&D Engineering DG Products DGA Designs Dan Parsons Products Davey Systems Corp. Larry Dodge Aero Inc. Dougs Hobby Shop Du-Bro Products E&L Manufacturing Eastern Soaring Supplies Eberles Hobby Shop FAI Model Supply Supply Inc Flyline Models Fourmost Products Fox Mfg Co Woody Frantz Futaba Corp America Gator NC Products ni Models Carl Goldberg Models Gorham Model Products Great Lakes Model Co Great Planes Model Mfg Co. Art Gross Enterprises 179 169 165 167 172 5 136-137 138 16 174 6 173 142 160 167 178 162-1 63 William M Hawke Historic Aviation Hobby Barn Hobby Capitol Distributors Hobby Craftsman Hobby Horn Hobby Lobby International Hobbypoxy Hobby Radio Shop Hoffelt Group Howard B Huebi Ikon NWest Indy RC Sales J-5 Enterprises Jomar K&B Manufacturing Co K&S Engineering 10 Kings RC Hobbies Intl 148-149 Kitty Hawk Models 154 Kraft Systems Inc Kustom Kraftsmanship Leisure Electronics Lone Star Models 146 170 49 25 176 26 158 156-157 22 158159 176 151 159 14 160 42 172 159 27 82 178 183 161 82 172 24 168-176 150 29 161178 154 4 MACS Products Majestic Models George Marsden Master Kit McDaniel RC Service Jim Messers Quality Model Products Micro Mark Midwest Model Supply Co Midwest Products Co Miniature Aircraft Supply Co Model Aircraft Designs Inc Model & Craft Show Model Engineering Norwalk Model Products Corp 159 161 155 164 26 158 161 160 47 147 45 1 77 166 150 Model Rectifier CorpCovers 2 & 3 Mod-ler167 Mutchiers Hobbies144-145 Nor-Cal Avionics171 Northeast Screen Graphics139 Ocean State Aeromodel Engineering PK Products Pacer Technology & Resources son Power Products Peck-Polymers Penn Valley Hobby Center Pica Products Dave Platt Models Polks Hobby Precision Built Models & Kits Precision Sanding Tools Proctor Enterprises Inc 172 166 13 169 .164 174 25 43 42 169 . 134 RC Kits Mfg174 RF Enterprises171 R&L Performance Products89 Race Against Cancer160 Radio Equipment Exchange158 Rebel RC138 Repla-Tech International176 Richardson Precision Machining170 Robbe Modellsport152-153 Roush Mfg Co142 171 SR Batteries28 S&W Hobby Supply135 Saf-Flite Models176 Satellite City174 Scratch-A-Plane9 Semco170 Shammck Competition Imports Inc143 Sheldons Hobby Shop23 140-141 Sig Manufacturing Co11 St Croix Park Falls Ltd166 Sterling Models51 Tatone Products Co Taylor-Craft Ltd Toledo RC Exposition Top Flite Models Inc Tower Hobbies Twinn-K Inc 164 176 49 81 175 24 51 VL Products WE Technical Services8 Williams Brothers26 Windsor Propeller Co14 World EnginesCover 4 Zenith Aviation Books15 Nick Ziroli Models146 ADVERTISERS INDEX RTISERS INDEX RTISERS INDEX RTISERS INDEX thank allowing fly Museum curator mount next Washington DC Goddard Visitors FAA-owned airport Slides re- NASAs RC Enterprise test model Center Greenbelt MD photo quested NASAs PR office brochure display National Center Aero- identified having taken RC about European tour Enterprise modeling Reston VA Other prints will model print requested Hurst Bowers AMA displayed NASAs Visitors Center Dulles Airport AMA HQ both CUSTOM TUNED ENGINES COMPETITION ACCESSORIES SPECIALISTS IN CUSTOM COX TD & REED ENGINES STD & R/C CUSTOM PARTS FOR ALL COX ENGINES COMPLETE INVENTORY OF INDIVIDUAL STOCK PARTS FOR ALL CURRENT TD & MEIALLION ENGINES MANY NEW PARTS OR DISCONTINUED COX ENGINES HARD CHROMING OTHER COMPETITION ACCESSORIES IGNITION ENGINE SUPPLIES ETC FOR DETAILED BROCHURE SEND 75* TO KUSTOM KRAFTSMANSHIP PO BOX 2699 LAGUNA HILLS CA 92654 TELEPHONE 714 830-5162 DUAL PERSONAUTY TRAINER GEENIS BEAUTIFUL SUPER CHAMP WS 54 20 - 35 ENGINES 3 CHANNEL THE BEGINNERS KITTEI AND EXPERTS TIGEF Revolutionary snap wing eliminates bolts rubber bands Complete kit $54 95 dealer direct GEMINI MODELS INC PO e ii se Pssac NJ 07055 CORBEN SUPER ACE 4 CYCLE POWERED 60 WINGSPAN SEND 6100 FOR COMPLETE CATALOG OF FINE KITS Ikon NWST PO Box 566 Auburn WA 98071 206 941-8248 178 Model Aviation product review product review product review located Virginias 10th US con gressional district represented Con gressman Frank Wolf Because con gressmans efforts promote greater use DuTies use RC models during first election campaign arranged present congressman print Enter prise Dulles photo also carries Snapshot by-line telling future congressional visitors photo taken RC model congressmans scrapbook contains March 1981 Model Aviation article RC hot air balloon used campaign meetings AMA staff has contacted congressman several issues affect hobby has arranged visit AMA HQ see new museum DC voltmeter kit features three-digit LED dis play has two scales 0-999 0-999 volts unit has built-in loads 48 96450 500 mAh battery packs Load placed pack under test want pushing two switches Power unit four AA Ni-Cd 500 mAh batteries can checked self-test switch finest epoxy-glass printed circuit board first-line parts make ACK-U-VOLT very relia ble case black anodized aluminum rugged functional special red lens filter used cut down glare make unit easier read sunlight HOLD switch retains display input removed along LOAD switch makes possible load battery pack under test couple seconds complete time connected very nice feature does run down battery test pur poses No special tools talent required semble unit need soldering iron some pliers patience kit does require 999-volt DC power supply calibration local TV shops should some help unit will harmed reverse polarity leads analog meter would fact will read nega tive voltages Overvoltages no problem ACK U-VOLT either will just read EEE positive overs - negative digit lost reading negative Available direct H&N Califor nia residents add 6% sales tax product review product review product review enjoy aerial photos would like recommend series books Rob ert Cameron have copy Above Wash ington Robert photographed helicopter flown Captain Dan Washingtons best-known traffic reporters Other locations Camerons series San Francisco Los Angeles Hawaii London Yosemite several new titles way Enjoy view up Electric Champs/Jolly Continued pane 97 both us wasnt too bad except three remaining five fliers red white no choice fly two twoman rounds flip other placing Next year will careful fre quencies can have some good racing typical seven-cell Pylon Racer will have 250 sq wing area powered Astro Keller Cobalt motor use 7-6 Taipan nylon prop capable flying short Quarter Midget course 1 mm 40 sec Electric Champs flew Open Sportsman RC Pattern shown rule book first time 40-size Pattern ship completed retracts com peting However 05-size model won Pat tern big Pattern model came sec ond just short two points will take Electrics gain strong foothold regular Aerobatics flying reliable May1984 179 2& O ACK-U-VOLT @ $6250 plus $250 postage direct H&N ElectronIcs 10937 Rome Beauty Drive California City CA 93505 23961 CRAT5MAN P0 CALABASAS CA913OZTEL 213-992-0195TWX 9104945933
Edition: Model Aviation - 1984/05
Page Numbers: 92, 93, 177, 178, 179
Snapshot 2 author ready takeoff soon clearance comes control tower relayed through radio nearby Opera tions officers auto Hot weather added challenges flight author wilted model bounced through strong thermals MY PLAN weekend June 12 1983 restful camping retreat changed newspaper announced arrival Space Shuttle Enterprise Dulles International Airport Taking aerials space shuttle top wish list long drive Florida slim chance convincing NASA let fly its facility made photos seem impossible chance coming shuttle going mere 20 miles away airport previously flown Snap shot NASA 747 shuttle just com pleted European tour making few stops USA returned home base Dulles Operations response request aerial photos Enterprise should make myself available would no guarantees Hank Cloutier Op erations officer wanted help lot activity ceremony planned immediately prepared equipment photo flight approved loaded motor home headed Dulles Airport Arrangements made camp overnight would ahead crowd expected 8 am shuttle arri val As evening passed projected crowd began grow estimated 100000 soon up 250000 As wife Dawn stood observation deck planning Snapshots flight met Hank Cloutier doing some planning described some special re quests swamped office Its getting madhouse will try help get photos can en couraged us bedtime radio announcers predicting 500000 people would heading Dulles next morning see landing Come morning long line cars flowing off access road run way converted parking lot crowd seemed too thin im pressive number first appeared Washingtonians sufficiently im pressed space shuttle get up early Sunday morning However news reports evening told story city turned out massive numbers people airport predicted instead lined Capital Beltway Dulles Access Road watch low altitude flyby followed routes Out-of-towners surprised people sitting lawnchairs milling around highway drive-in theater Much Washington saw majestic flyby 75000 traveled Dulles Airport close-up look news media ever-rising forecast may have made trip seem too much trouble listeners Apparently es timates based turnout Euro pean cities drove Dulles treated touch-and-go NASA duo powerful 747 landed took off no cargo aboard im pressed planes performance shuttle aboard may aware considerable payload packed cargo bays 747 ballast counter balance shuttles tremendous weight food concessioners small crowd bad news ordered 300000 hot dogs precooked 100000 special sale hot dogs next day After close-np look Enterprise 92 Model Aviation Space Shuttle Enterprise 747 carrier Dulles International Airport Plc taken Snapshot 2 RC model flown author Dawn checked Operationsevery half hour Finally greeted Are ready Did have ask hurried back motor home drove out meet Operations officer fol lowed vehicle onto runway flight area large grass field between aircraft parking ramp shuttle Visitors other side shuttle next terminal building No under flight area except us Snapshot model quickly pulled out fueled checklist helped prevent mistakes hurried last item clearance tower take off Snapshot climbed quickly off hot blacktop runway began making photo passes shuttle no time model flown over Enterprise Photos altitude 400 feet went well made lower passes different views Snapshot began pitch upward detecting interference prob lem limited occasional pitching up Dawn noted problem similar what encountered Yorktown aircraft carrier wind sheer made phototaking real thrill Noting intense heat multi-acre Continued page 177 Dawn Luther Hux present print Space Shuttle Enterprise photo Congressman Frank Wolf congressman represents Virginias 10th district Dulles Airport AMA National Center Aeromodeling both located Lettering photo mat tells Visitors lawmakers office picture taken use RC model May 1984 93 ilies brought over 50 Sailpianes set up shop camp converting win tertime ski resort summertime Sailplaners paradise said myself Helmuts Hans idea practical joke what consider good time During lunch wine cheese learned Christian Ruch one-time ski instructor all-time Sailplane enthusiast now manager lodge first Switzerland use epoxy molds Sailplanes over dozen years back about same time decided convert lodge what experiencing Only hadnt seen yet also dining room converted full-blown workshop during summer months could make minor repairs entirely build scratch type models just seen Tables converted workbenches de lightful see seasoned modelers talking shop same modelers help ing youngster simple beginners kit Mr Ruch keeps resort open June through Septemberfor modelers Sep tember about 150 Europeans Austria France Italy Germany get together resort week fun flying no contests scheduled Its just place fly would ski feel like charge touch heavenin Augustwas 150 Swiss francs per week included bed three meals Back August less 75 dollars wind does blow dont have worry about direction because enough ridges slopes meet fickle breezes head After lunch hiked short distance action breezes flying wit nessed made want enlarge work bench sight 18-ft Scale Sailplane paralleling ridge rolling inverted whooshing just inches away ridge youre standing does get blood pumping thumbs twitduing Martin Bamert flew like Hes 20yearold lad Switzerland college student USA during school season flew DG-l00 finesse champion Pattern flier Hes recognized best flier ever Hahnen moospass after afternoon dis play left no doubt played ridgeflying invertedthe way tight rope walker glides along high wire During after noon squall line bumped its way through wind did couple 180-degree shifts too shifted side ridge other flew others landed too impressed performance As mentioned earlier site fly funmax fun Frequency control sign outlin sheet clipboard hangs outside lodge Thats extent managerial duties year mayor Adelboden told asked fliers display models school gymnasium folks could get glimpse what flies Hahnen moospass cable cars run middle summer As sidelight mayor townsfolk vote what thought best looking model Some body won Nobody remembers Thats extent competition Hah nenmoospass day ended too soon Young Martin Keller did get fly little three-meter plane Helmut Hans still smiling over surprise pulled us smiled too Back cable car going back down station looked back saw six gross seglers swoop valley majes tically rise tease edge ridge parking ramp decided problem thermal reaction Since no sign poor response elevator decided continue IS-mm flight finish roll film landing went flaw uneasy about roller-coaster flight main reason making another flight expose second roll film heat getting usually get high percentage good frames roll contained few quality pictures choppy flight ac counted slightly blurred photos best slides loaned FAA prints could made Dulles PR management Sharing slides May1984 177 continued down wonder rule books have pages SnapshotlHux Continued page 93 FLYING NEAR AIRPORTS BE CAREFUL PROTECT YOUR RIGHT TO FLY ADVERTISERS INDEX ADVERTISERS INDEX ADVERTISERS INDEX ADVERTISERS INDEX A&A Industries AMA Membership Ace RC Inc Aero Tech NC Airtronics Americas Hobby Center Applied Design Corp Astro Flight Avco Model Supplies b&r Hobbies Bavarian Precision Products Black Hawk Bru- Line Industries Byron Originals C B Associates Carolina-Taffinder Johnnie Casburn Mfg Champion Model Products Circus Hobbies Cleveland Model & Supply Co Eric Clutton Condor Hobbies 142 73 23 150 2 81 168 28 42 164 155 142 82 9091 28 134 10 169 17 170 176 155 Consumers Guide RC Aircraft Prod. Consumers Hobby Corp. Coverite DA Enterprises D&D Engineering DG Products DGA Designs Dan Parsons Products Davey Systems Corp. Larry Dodge Aero Inc. Dougs Hobby Shop Du-Bro Products E&L Manufacturing Eastern Soaring Supplies Eberles Hobby Shop FAI Model Supply Supply Inc Flyline Models Fourmost Products Fox Mfg Co Woody Frantz Futaba Corp America Gator NC Products ni Models Carl Goldberg Models Gorham Model Products Great Lakes Model Co Great Planes Model Mfg Co. Art Gross Enterprises 179 169 165 167 172 5 136-137 138 16 174 6 173 142 160 167 178 162-1 63 William M Hawke Historic Aviation Hobby Barn Hobby Capitol Distributors Hobby Craftsman Hobby Horn Hobby Lobby International Hobbypoxy Hobby Radio Shop Hoffelt Group Howard B Huebi Ikon NWest Indy RC Sales J-5 Enterprises Jomar K&B Manufacturing Co K&S Engineering 10 Kings RC Hobbies Intl 148-149 Kitty Hawk Models 154 Kraft Systems Inc Kustom Kraftsmanship Leisure Electronics Lone Star Models 146 170 49 25 176 26 158 156-157 22 158159 176 151 159 14 160 42 172 159 27 82 178 183 161 82 172 24 168-176 150 29 161178 154 4 MACS Products Majestic Models George Marsden Master Kit McDaniel RC Service Jim Messers Quality Model Products Micro Mark Midwest Model Supply Co Midwest Products Co Miniature Aircraft Supply Co Model Aircraft Designs Inc Model & Craft Show Model Engineering Norwalk Model Products Corp 159 161 155 164 26 158 161 160 47 147 45 1 77 166 150 Model Rectifier CorpCovers 2 & 3 Mod-ler167 Mutchiers Hobbies144-145 Nor-Cal Avionics171 Northeast Screen Graphics139 Ocean State Aeromodel Engineering PK Products Pacer Technology & Resources son Power Products Peck-Polymers Penn Valley Hobby Center Pica Products Dave Platt Models Polks Hobby Precision Built Models & Kits Precision Sanding Tools Proctor Enterprises Inc 172 166 13 169 .164 174 25 43 42 169 . 134 RC Kits Mfg174 RF Enterprises171 R&L Performance Products89 Race Against Cancer160 Radio Equipment Exchange158 Rebel RC138 Repla-Tech International176 Richardson Precision Machining170 Robbe Modellsport152-153 Roush Mfg Co142 171 SR Batteries28 S&W Hobby Supply135 Saf-Flite Models176 Satellite City174 Scratch-A-Plane9 Semco170 Shammck Competition Imports Inc143 Sheldons Hobby Shop23 140-141 Sig Manufacturing Co11 St Croix Park Falls Ltd166 Sterling Models51 Tatone Products Co Taylor-Craft Ltd Toledo RC Exposition Top Flite Models Inc Tower Hobbies Twinn-K Inc 164 176 49 81 175 24 51 VL Products WE Technical Services8 Williams Brothers26 Windsor Propeller Co14 World EnginesCover 4 Zenith Aviation Books15 Nick Ziroli Models146 ADVERTISERS INDEX RTISERS INDEX RTISERS INDEX RTISERS INDEX thank allowing fly Museum curator mount next Washington DC Goddard Visitors FAA-owned airport Slides re- NASAs RC Enterprise test model Center Greenbelt MD photo quested NASAs PR office brochure display National Center Aero- identified having taken RC about European tour Enterprise modeling Reston VA Other prints will model print requested Hurst Bowers AMA displayed NASAs Visitors Center Dulles Airport AMA HQ both CUSTOM TUNED ENGINES COMPETITION ACCESSORIES SPECIALISTS IN CUSTOM COX TD & REED ENGINES STD & R/C CUSTOM PARTS FOR ALL COX ENGINES COMPLETE INVENTORY OF INDIVIDUAL STOCK PARTS FOR ALL CURRENT TD & MEIALLION ENGINES MANY NEW PARTS OR DISCONTINUED COX ENGINES HARD CHROMING OTHER COMPETITION ACCESSORIES IGNITION ENGINE SUPPLIES ETC FOR DETAILED BROCHURE SEND 75* TO KUSTOM KRAFTSMANSHIP PO BOX 2699 LAGUNA HILLS CA 92654 TELEPHONE 714 830-5162 DUAL PERSONAUTY TRAINER GEENIS BEAUTIFUL SUPER CHAMP WS 54 20 - 35 ENGINES 3 CHANNEL THE BEGINNERS KITTEI AND EXPERTS TIGEF Revolutionary snap wing eliminates bolts rubber bands Complete kit $54 95 dealer direct GEMINI MODELS INC PO e ii se Pssac NJ 07055 CORBEN SUPER ACE 4 CYCLE POWERED 60 WINGSPAN SEND 6100 FOR COMPLETE CATALOG OF FINE KITS Ikon NWST PO Box 566 Auburn WA 98071 206 941-8248 178 Model Aviation product review product review product review located Virginias 10th US con gressional district represented Con gressman Frank Wolf Because con gressmans efforts promote greater use DuTies use RC models during first election campaign arranged present congressman print Enter prise Dulles photo also carries Snapshot by-line telling future congressional visitors photo taken RC model congressmans scrapbook contains March 1981 Model Aviation article RC hot air balloon used campaign meetings AMA staff has contacted congressman several issues affect hobby has arranged visit AMA HQ see new museum DC voltmeter kit features three-digit LED dis play has two scales 0-999 0-999 volts unit has built-in loads 48 96450 500 mAh battery packs Load placed pack under test want pushing two switches Power unit four AA Ni-Cd 500 mAh batteries can checked self-test switch finest epoxy-glass printed circuit board first-line parts make ACK-U-VOLT very relia ble case black anodized aluminum rugged functional special red lens filter used cut down glare make unit easier read sunlight HOLD switch retains display input removed along LOAD switch makes possible load battery pack under test couple seconds complete time connected very nice feature does run down battery test pur poses No special tools talent required semble unit need soldering iron some pliers patience kit does require 999-volt DC power supply calibration local TV shops should some help unit will harmed reverse polarity leads analog meter would fact will read nega tive voltages Overvoltages no problem ACK U-VOLT either will just read EEE positive overs - negative digit lost reading negative Available direct H&N Califor nia residents add 6% sales tax product review product review product review enjoy aerial photos would like recommend series books Rob ert Cameron have copy Above Wash ington Robert photographed helicopter flown Captain Dan Washingtons best-known traffic reporters Other locations Camerons series San Francisco Los Angeles Hawaii London Yosemite several new titles way Enjoy view up Electric Champs/Jolly Continued pane 97 both us wasnt too bad except three remaining five fliers red white no choice fly two twoman rounds flip other placing Next year will careful fre quencies can have some good racing typical seven-cell Pylon Racer will have 250 sq wing area powered Astro Keller Cobalt motor use 7-6 Taipan nylon prop capable flying short Quarter Midget course 1 mm 40 sec Electric Champs flew Open Sportsman RC Pattern shown rule book first time 40-size Pattern ship completed retracts com peting However 05-size model won Pat tern big Pattern model came sec ond just short two points will take Electrics gain strong foothold regular Aerobatics flying reliable May1984 179 2& O ACK-U-VOLT @ $6250 plus $250 postage direct H&N ElectronIcs 10937 Rome Beauty Drive California City CA 93505 23961 CRAT5MAN P0 CALABASAS CA913OZTEL 213-992-0195TWX 9104945933
Edition: Model Aviation - 1984/05
Page Numbers: 92, 93, 177, 178, 179
Snapshot 2 author ready takeoff soon clearance comes control tower relayed through radio nearby Opera tions officers auto Hot weather added challenges flight author wilted model bounced through strong thermals MY PLAN weekend June 12 1983 restful camping retreat changed newspaper announced arrival Space Shuttle Enterprise Dulles International Airport Taking aerials space shuttle top wish list long drive Florida slim chance convincing NASA let fly its facility made photos seem impossible chance coming shuttle going mere 20 miles away airport previously flown Snap shot NASA 747 shuttle just com pleted European tour making few stops USA returned home base Dulles Operations response request aerial photos Enterprise should make myself available would no guarantees Hank Cloutier Op erations officer wanted help lot activity ceremony planned immediately prepared equipment photo flight approved loaded motor home headed Dulles Airport Arrangements made camp overnight would ahead crowd expected 8 am shuttle arri val As evening passed projected crowd began grow estimated 100000 soon up 250000 As wife Dawn stood observation deck planning Snapshots flight met Hank Cloutier doing some planning described some special re quests swamped office Its getting madhouse will try help get photos can en couraged us bedtime radio announcers predicting 500000 people would heading Dulles next morning see landing Come morning long line cars flowing off access road run way converted parking lot crowd seemed too thin im pressive number first appeared Washingtonians sufficiently im pressed space shuttle get up early Sunday morning However news reports evening told story city turned out massive numbers people airport predicted instead lined Capital Beltway Dulles Access Road watch low altitude flyby followed routes Out-of-towners surprised people sitting lawnchairs milling around highway drive-in theater Much Washington saw majestic flyby 75000 traveled Dulles Airport close-up look news media ever-rising forecast may have made trip seem too much trouble listeners Apparently es timates based turnout Euro pean cities drove Dulles treated touch-and-go NASA duo powerful 747 landed took off no cargo aboard im pressed planes performance shuttle aboard may aware considerable payload packed cargo bays 747 ballast counter balance shuttles tremendous weight food concessioners small crowd bad news ordered 300000 hot dogs precooked 100000 special sale hot dogs next day After close-np look Enterprise 92 Model Aviation Space Shuttle Enterprise 747 carrier Dulles International Airport Plc taken Snapshot 2 RC model flown author Dawn checked Operationsevery half hour Finally greeted Are ready Did have ask hurried back motor home drove out meet Operations officer fol lowed vehicle onto runway flight area large grass field between aircraft parking ramp shuttle Visitors other side shuttle next terminal building No under flight area except us Snapshot model quickly pulled out fueled checklist helped prevent mistakes hurried last item clearance tower take off Snapshot climbed quickly off hot blacktop runway began making photo passes shuttle no time model flown over Enterprise Photos altitude 400 feet went well made lower passes different views Snapshot began pitch upward detecting interference prob lem limited occasional pitching up Dawn noted problem similar what encountered Yorktown aircraft carrier wind sheer made phototaking real thrill Noting intense heat multi-acre Continued page 177 Dawn Luther Hux present print Space Shuttle Enterprise photo Congressman Frank Wolf congressman represents Virginias 10th district Dulles Airport AMA National Center Aeromodeling both located Lettering photo mat tells Visitors lawmakers office picture taken use RC model May 1984 93 ilies brought over 50 Sailpianes set up shop camp converting win tertime ski resort summertime Sailplaners paradise said myself Helmuts Hans idea practical joke what consider good time During lunch wine cheese learned Christian Ruch one-time ski instructor all-time Sailplane enthusiast now manager lodge first Switzerland use epoxy molds Sailplanes over dozen years back about same time decided convert lodge what experiencing Only hadnt seen yet also dining room converted full-blown workshop during summer months could make minor repairs entirely build scratch type models just seen Tables converted workbenches de lightful see seasoned modelers talking shop same modelers help ing youngster simple beginners kit Mr Ruch keeps resort open June through Septemberfor modelers Sep tember about 150 Europeans Austria France Italy Germany get together resort week fun flying no contests scheduled Its just place fly would ski feel like charge touch heavenin Augustwas 150 Swiss francs per week included bed three meals Back August less 75 dollars wind does blow dont have worry about direction because enough ridges slopes meet fickle breezes head After lunch hiked short distance action breezes flying wit nessed made want enlarge work bench sight 18-ft Scale Sailplane paralleling ridge rolling inverted whooshing just inches away ridge youre standing does get blood pumping thumbs twitduing Martin Bamert flew like Hes 20yearold lad Switzerland college student USA during school season flew DG-l00 finesse champion Pattern flier Hes recognized best flier ever Hahnen moospass after afternoon dis play left no doubt played ridgeflying invertedthe way tight rope walker glides along high wire During after noon squall line bumped its way through wind did couple 180-degree shifts too shifted side ridge other flew others landed too impressed performance As mentioned earlier site fly funmax fun Frequency control sign outlin sheet clipboard hangs outside lodge Thats extent managerial duties year mayor Adelboden told asked fliers display models school gymnasium folks could get glimpse what flies Hahnen moospass cable cars run middle summer As sidelight mayor townsfolk vote what thought best looking model Some body won Nobody remembers Thats extent competition Hah nenmoospass day ended too soon Young Martin Keller did get fly little three-meter plane Helmut Hans still smiling over surprise pulled us smiled too Back cable car going back down station looked back saw six gross seglers swoop valley majes tically rise tease edge ridge parking ramp decided problem thermal reaction Since no sign poor response elevator decided continue IS-mm flight finish roll film landing went flaw uneasy about roller-coaster flight main reason making another flight expose second roll film heat getting usually get high percentage good frames roll contained few quality pictures choppy flight ac counted slightly blurred photos best slides loaned FAA prints could made Dulles PR management Sharing slides May1984 177 continued down wonder rule books have pages SnapshotlHux Continued page 93 FLYING NEAR AIRPORTS BE CAREFUL PROTECT YOUR RIGHT TO FLY ADVERTISERS INDEX ADVERTISERS INDEX ADVERTISERS INDEX ADVERTISERS INDEX A&A Industries AMA Membership Ace RC Inc Aero Tech NC Airtronics Americas Hobby Center Applied Design Corp Astro Flight Avco Model Supplies b&r Hobbies Bavarian Precision Products Black Hawk Bru- Line Industries Byron Originals C B Associates Carolina-Taffinder Johnnie Casburn Mfg Champion Model Products Circus Hobbies Cleveland Model & Supply Co Eric Clutton Condor Hobbies 142 73 23 150 2 81 168 28 42 164 155 142 82 9091 28 134 10 169 17 170 176 155 Consumers Guide RC Aircraft Prod. Consumers Hobby Corp. Coverite DA Enterprises D&D Engineering DG Products DGA Designs Dan Parsons Products Davey Systems Corp. Larry Dodge Aero Inc. Dougs Hobby Shop Du-Bro Products E&L Manufacturing Eastern Soaring Supplies Eberles Hobby Shop FAI Model Supply Supply Inc Flyline Models Fourmost Products Fox Mfg Co Woody Frantz Futaba Corp America Gator NC Products ni Models Carl Goldberg Models Gorham Model Products Great Lakes Model Co Great Planes Model Mfg Co. Art Gross Enterprises 179 169 165 167 172 5 136-137 138 16 174 6 173 142 160 167 178 162-1 63 William M Hawke Historic Aviation Hobby Barn Hobby Capitol Distributors Hobby Craftsman Hobby Horn Hobby Lobby International Hobbypoxy Hobby Radio Shop Hoffelt Group Howard B Huebi Ikon NWest Indy RC Sales J-5 Enterprises Jomar K&B Manufacturing Co K&S Engineering 10 Kings RC Hobbies Intl 148-149 Kitty Hawk Models 154 Kraft Systems Inc Kustom Kraftsmanship Leisure Electronics Lone Star Models 146 170 49 25 176 26 158 156-157 22 158159 176 151 159 14 160 42 172 159 27 82 178 183 161 82 172 24 168-176 150 29 161178 154 4 MACS Products Majestic Models George Marsden Master Kit McDaniel RC Service Jim Messers Quality Model Products Micro Mark Midwest Model Supply Co Midwest Products Co Miniature Aircraft Supply Co Model Aircraft Designs Inc Model & Craft Show Model Engineering Norwalk Model Products Corp 159 161 155 164 26 158 161 160 47 147 45 1 77 166 150 Model Rectifier CorpCovers 2 & 3 Mod-ler167 Mutchiers Hobbies144-145 Nor-Cal Avionics171 Northeast Screen Graphics139 Ocean State Aeromodel Engineering PK Products Pacer Technology & Resources son Power Products Peck-Polymers Penn Valley Hobby Center Pica Products Dave Platt Models Polks Hobby Precision Built Models & Kits Precision Sanding Tools Proctor Enterprises Inc 172 166 13 169 .164 174 25 43 42 169 . 134 RC Kits Mfg174 RF Enterprises171 R&L Performance Products89 Race Against Cancer160 Radio Equipment Exchange158 Rebel RC138 Repla-Tech International176 Richardson Precision Machining170 Robbe Modellsport152-153 Roush Mfg Co142 171 SR Batteries28 S&W Hobby Supply135 Saf-Flite Models176 Satellite City174 Scratch-A-Plane9 Semco170 Shammck Competition Imports Inc143 Sheldons Hobby Shop23 140-141 Sig Manufacturing Co11 St Croix Park Falls Ltd166 Sterling Models51 Tatone Products Co Taylor-Craft Ltd Toledo RC Exposition Top Flite Models Inc Tower Hobbies Twinn-K Inc 164 176 49 81 175 24 51 VL Products WE Technical Services8 Williams Brothers26 Windsor Propeller Co14 World EnginesCover 4 Zenith Aviation Books15 Nick Ziroli Models146 ADVERTISERS INDEX RTISERS INDEX RTISERS INDEX RTISERS INDEX thank allowing fly Museum curator mount next Washington DC Goddard Visitors FAA-owned airport Slides re- NASAs RC Enterprise test model Center Greenbelt MD photo quested NASAs PR office brochure display National Center Aero- identified having taken RC about European tour Enterprise modeling Reston VA Other prints will model print requested Hurst Bowers AMA displayed NASAs Visitors Center Dulles Airport AMA HQ both CUSTOM TUNED ENGINES COMPETITION ACCESSORIES SPECIALISTS IN CUSTOM COX TD & REED ENGINES STD & R/C CUSTOM PARTS FOR ALL COX ENGINES COMPLETE INVENTORY OF INDIVIDUAL STOCK PARTS FOR ALL CURRENT TD & MEIALLION ENGINES MANY NEW PARTS OR DISCONTINUED COX ENGINES HARD CHROMING OTHER COMPETITION ACCESSORIES IGNITION ENGINE SUPPLIES ETC FOR DETAILED BROCHURE SEND 75* TO KUSTOM KRAFTSMANSHIP PO BOX 2699 LAGUNA HILLS CA 92654 TELEPHONE 714 830-5162 DUAL PERSONAUTY TRAINER GEENIS BEAUTIFUL SUPER CHAMP WS 54 20 - 35 ENGINES 3 CHANNEL THE BEGINNERS KITTEI AND EXPERTS TIGEF Revolutionary snap wing eliminates bolts rubber bands Complete kit $54 95 dealer direct GEMINI MODELS INC PO e ii se Pssac NJ 07055 CORBEN SUPER ACE 4 CYCLE POWERED 60 WINGSPAN SEND 6100 FOR COMPLETE CATALOG OF FINE KITS Ikon NWST PO Box 566 Auburn WA 98071 206 941-8248 178 Model Aviation product review product review product review located Virginias 10th US con gressional district represented Con gressman Frank Wolf Because con gressmans efforts promote greater use DuTies use RC models during first election campaign arranged present congressman print Enter prise Dulles photo also carries Snapshot by-line telling future congressional visitors photo taken RC model congressmans scrapbook contains March 1981 Model Aviation article RC hot air balloon used campaign meetings AMA staff has contacted congressman several issues affect hobby has arranged visit AMA HQ see new museum DC voltmeter kit features three-digit LED dis play has two scales 0-999 0-999 volts unit has built-in loads 48 96450 500 mAh battery packs Load placed pack under test want pushing two switches Power unit four AA Ni-Cd 500 mAh batteries can checked self-test switch finest epoxy-glass printed circuit board first-line parts make ACK-U-VOLT very relia ble case black anodized aluminum rugged functional special red lens filter used cut down glare make unit easier read sunlight HOLD switch retains display input removed along LOAD switch makes possible load battery pack under test couple seconds complete time connected very nice feature does run down battery test pur poses No special tools talent required semble unit need soldering iron some pliers patience kit does require 999-volt DC power supply calibration local TV shops should some help unit will harmed reverse polarity leads analog meter would fact will read nega tive voltages Overvoltages no problem ACK U-VOLT either will just read EEE positive overs - negative digit lost reading negative Available direct H&N Califor nia residents add 6% sales tax product review product review product review enjoy aerial photos would like recommend series books Rob ert Cameron have copy Above Wash ington Robert photographed helicopter flown Captain Dan Washingtons best-known traffic reporters Other locations Camerons series San Francisco Los Angeles Hawaii London Yosemite several new titles way Enjoy view up Electric Champs/Jolly Continued pane 97 both us wasnt too bad except three remaining five fliers red white no choice fly two twoman rounds flip other placing Next year will careful fre quencies can have some good racing typical seven-cell Pylon Racer will have 250 sq wing area powered Astro Keller Cobalt motor use 7-6 Taipan nylon prop capable flying short Quarter Midget course 1 mm 40 sec Electric Champs flew Open Sportsman RC Pattern shown rule book first time 40-size Pattern ship completed retracts com peting However 05-size model won Pat tern big Pattern model came sec ond just short two points will take Electrics gain strong foothold regular Aerobatics flying reliable May1984 179 2& O ACK-U-VOLT @ $6250 plus $250 postage direct H&N ElectronIcs 10937 Rome Beauty Drive California City CA 93505 23961 CRAT5MAN P0 CALABASAS CA913OZTEL 213-992-0195TWX 9104945933
Edition: Model Aviation - 1984/05
Page Numbers: 92, 93, 177, 178, 179
Snapshot 2 author ready takeoff soon clearance comes control tower relayed through radio nearby Opera tions officers auto Hot weather added challenges flight author wilted model bounced through strong thermals MY PLAN weekend June 12 1983 restful camping retreat changed newspaper announced arrival Space Shuttle Enterprise Dulles International Airport Taking aerials space shuttle top wish list long drive Florida slim chance convincing NASA let fly its facility made photos seem impossible chance coming shuttle going mere 20 miles away airport previously flown Snap shot NASA 747 shuttle just com pleted European tour making few stops USA returned home base Dulles Operations response request aerial photos Enterprise should make myself available would no guarantees Hank Cloutier Op erations officer wanted help lot activity ceremony planned immediately prepared equipment photo flight approved loaded motor home headed Dulles Airport Arrangements made camp overnight would ahead crowd expected 8 am shuttle arri val As evening passed projected crowd began grow estimated 100000 soon up 250000 As wife Dawn stood observation deck planning Snapshots flight met Hank Cloutier doing some planning described some special re quests swamped office Its getting madhouse will try help get photos can en couraged us bedtime radio announcers predicting 500000 people would heading Dulles next morning see landing Come morning long line cars flowing off access road run way converted parking lot crowd seemed too thin im pressive number first appeared Washingtonians sufficiently im pressed space shuttle get up early Sunday morning However news reports evening told story city turned out massive numbers people airport predicted instead lined Capital Beltway Dulles Access Road watch low altitude flyby followed routes Out-of-towners surprised people sitting lawnchairs milling around highway drive-in theater Much Washington saw majestic flyby 75000 traveled Dulles Airport close-up look news media ever-rising forecast may have made trip seem too much trouble listeners Apparently es timates based turnout Euro pean cities drove Dulles treated touch-and-go NASA duo powerful 747 landed took off no cargo aboard im pressed planes performance shuttle aboard may aware considerable payload packed cargo bays 747 ballast counter balance shuttles tremendous weight food concessioners small crowd bad news ordered 300000 hot dogs precooked 100000 special sale hot dogs next day After close-np look Enterprise 92 Model Aviation Space Shuttle Enterprise 747 carrier Dulles International Airport Plc taken Snapshot 2 RC model flown author Dawn checked Operationsevery half hour Finally greeted Are ready Did have ask hurried back motor home drove out meet Operations officer fol lowed vehicle onto runway flight area large grass field between aircraft parking ramp shuttle Visitors other side shuttle next terminal building No under flight area except us Snapshot model quickly pulled out fueled checklist helped prevent mistakes hurried last item clearance tower take off Snapshot climbed quickly off hot blacktop runway began making photo passes shuttle no time model flown over Enterprise Photos altitude 400 feet went well made lower passes different views Snapshot began pitch upward detecting interference prob lem limited occasional pitching up Dawn noted problem similar what encountered Yorktown aircraft carrier wind sheer made phototaking real thrill Noting intense heat multi-acre Continued page 177 Dawn Luther Hux present print Space Shuttle Enterprise photo Congressman Frank Wolf congressman represents Virginias 10th district Dulles Airport AMA National Center Aeromodeling both located Lettering photo mat tells Visitors lawmakers office picture taken use RC model May 1984 93 ilies brought over 50 Sailpianes set up shop camp converting win tertime ski resort summertime Sailplaners paradise said myself Helmuts Hans idea practical joke what consider good time During lunch wine cheese learned Christian Ruch one-time ski instructor all-time Sailplane enthusiast now manager lodge first Switzerland use epoxy molds Sailplanes over dozen years back about same time decided convert lodge what experiencing Only hadnt seen yet also dining room converted full-blown workshop during summer months could make minor repairs entirely build scratch type models just seen Tables converted workbenches de lightful see seasoned modelers talking shop same modelers help ing youngster simple beginners kit Mr Ruch keeps resort open June through Septemberfor modelers Sep tember about 150 Europeans Austria France Italy Germany get together resort week fun flying no contests scheduled Its just place fly would ski feel like charge touch heavenin Augustwas 150 Swiss francs per week included bed three meals Back August less 75 dollars wind does blow dont have worry about direction because enough ridges slopes meet fickle breezes head After lunch hiked short distance action breezes flying wit nessed made want enlarge work bench sight 18-ft Scale Sailplane paralleling ridge rolling inverted whooshing just inches away ridge youre standing does get blood pumping thumbs twitduing Martin Bamert flew like Hes 20yearold lad Switzerland college student USA during school season flew DG-l00 finesse champion Pattern flier Hes recognized best flier ever Hahnen moospass after afternoon dis play left no doubt played ridgeflying invertedthe way tight rope walker glides along high wire During after noon squall line bumped its way through wind did couple 180-degree shifts too shifted side ridge other flew others landed too impressed performance As mentioned earlier site fly funmax fun Frequency control sign outlin sheet clipboard hangs outside lodge Thats extent managerial duties year mayor Adelboden told asked fliers display models school gymnasium folks could get glimpse what flies Hahnen moospass cable cars run middle summer As sidelight mayor townsfolk vote what thought best looking model Some body won Nobody remembers Thats extent competition Hah nenmoospass day ended too soon Young Martin Keller did get fly little three-meter plane Helmut Hans still smiling over surprise pulled us smiled too Back cable car going back down station looked back saw six gross seglers swoop valley majes tically rise tease edge ridge parking ramp decided problem thermal reaction Since no sign poor response elevator decided continue IS-mm flight finish roll film landing went flaw uneasy about roller-coaster flight main reason making another flight expose second roll film heat getting usually get high percentage good frames roll contained few quality pictures choppy flight ac counted slightly blurred photos best slides loaned FAA prints could made Dulles PR management Sharing slides May1984 177 continued down wonder rule books have pages SnapshotlHux Continued page 93 FLYING NEAR AIRPORTS BE CAREFUL PROTECT YOUR RIGHT TO FLY ADVERTISERS INDEX ADVERTISERS INDEX ADVERTISERS INDEX ADVERTISERS INDEX A&A Industries AMA Membership Ace RC Inc Aero Tech NC Airtronics Americas Hobby Center Applied Design Corp Astro Flight Avco Model Supplies b&r Hobbies Bavarian Precision Products Black Hawk Bru- Line Industries Byron Originals C B Associates Carolina-Taffinder Johnnie Casburn Mfg Champion Model Products Circus Hobbies Cleveland Model & Supply Co Eric Clutton Condor Hobbies 142 73 23 150 2 81 168 28 42 164 155 142 82 9091 28 134 10 169 17 170 176 155 Consumers Guide RC Aircraft Prod. Consumers Hobby Corp. Coverite DA Enterprises D&D Engineering DG Products DGA Designs Dan Parsons Products Davey Systems Corp. Larry Dodge Aero Inc. Dougs Hobby Shop Du-Bro Products E&L Manufacturing Eastern Soaring Supplies Eberles Hobby Shop FAI Model Supply Supply Inc Flyline Models Fourmost Products Fox Mfg Co Woody Frantz Futaba Corp America Gator NC Products ni Models Carl Goldberg Models Gorham Model Products Great Lakes Model Co Great Planes Model Mfg Co. Art Gross Enterprises 179 169 165 167 172 5 136-137 138 16 174 6 173 142 160 167 178 162-1 63 William M Hawke Historic Aviation Hobby Barn Hobby Capitol Distributors Hobby Craftsman Hobby Horn Hobby Lobby International Hobbypoxy Hobby Radio Shop Hoffelt Group Howard B Huebi Ikon NWest Indy RC Sales J-5 Enterprises Jomar K&B Manufacturing Co K&S Engineering 10 Kings RC Hobbies Intl 148-149 Kitty Hawk Models 154 Kraft Systems Inc Kustom Kraftsmanship Leisure Electronics Lone Star Models 146 170 49 25 176 26 158 156-157 22 158159 176 151 159 14 160 42 172 159 27 82 178 183 161 82 172 24 168-176 150 29 161178 154 4 MACS Products Majestic Models George Marsden Master Kit McDaniel RC Service Jim Messers Quality Model Products Micro Mark Midwest Model Supply Co Midwest Products Co Miniature Aircraft Supply Co Model Aircraft Designs Inc Model & Craft Show Model Engineering Norwalk Model Products Corp 159 161 155 164 26 158 161 160 47 147 45 1 77 166 150 Model Rectifier CorpCovers 2 & 3 Mod-ler167 Mutchiers Hobbies144-145 Nor-Cal Avionics171 Northeast Screen Graphics139 Ocean State Aeromodel Engineering PK Products Pacer Technology & Resources son Power Products Peck-Polymers Penn Valley Hobby Center Pica Products Dave Platt Models Polks Hobby Precision Built Models & Kits Precision Sanding Tools Proctor Enterprises Inc 172 166 13 169 .164 174 25 43 42 169 . 134 RC Kits Mfg174 RF Enterprises171 R&L Performance Products89 Race Against Cancer160 Radio Equipment Exchange158 Rebel RC138 Repla-Tech International176 Richardson Precision Machining170 Robbe Modellsport152-153 Roush Mfg Co142 171 SR Batteries28 S&W Hobby Supply135 Saf-Flite Models176 Satellite City174 Scratch-A-Plane9 Semco170 Shammck Competition Imports Inc143 Sheldons Hobby Shop23 140-141 Sig Manufacturing Co11 St Croix Park Falls Ltd166 Sterling Models51 Tatone Products Co Taylor-Craft Ltd Toledo RC Exposition Top Flite Models Inc Tower Hobbies Twinn-K Inc 164 176 49 81 175 24 51 VL Products WE Technical Services8 Williams Brothers26 Windsor Propeller Co14 World EnginesCover 4 Zenith Aviation Books15 Nick Ziroli Models146 ADVERTISERS INDEX RTISERS INDEX RTISERS INDEX RTISERS INDEX thank allowing fly Museum curator mount next Washington DC Goddard Visitors FAA-owned airport Slides re- NASAs RC Enterprise test model Center Greenbelt MD photo quested NASAs PR office brochure display National Center Aero- identified having taken RC about European tour Enterprise modeling Reston VA Other prints will model print requested Hurst Bowers AMA displayed NASAs Visitors Center Dulles Airport AMA HQ both CUSTOM TUNED ENGINES COMPETITION ACCESSORIES SPECIALISTS IN CUSTOM COX TD & REED ENGINES STD & R/C CUSTOM PARTS FOR ALL COX ENGINES COMPLETE INVENTORY OF INDIVIDUAL STOCK PARTS FOR ALL CURRENT TD & MEIALLION ENGINES MANY NEW PARTS OR DISCONTINUED COX ENGINES HARD CHROMING OTHER COMPETITION ACCESSORIES IGNITION ENGINE SUPPLIES ETC FOR DETAILED BROCHURE SEND 75* TO KUSTOM KRAFTSMANSHIP PO BOX 2699 LAGUNA HILLS CA 92654 TELEPHONE 714 830-5162 DUAL PERSONAUTY TRAINER GEENIS BEAUTIFUL SUPER CHAMP WS 54 20 - 35 ENGINES 3 CHANNEL THE BEGINNERS KITTEI AND EXPERTS TIGEF Revolutionary snap wing eliminates bolts rubber bands Complete kit $54 95 dealer direct GEMINI MODELS INC PO e ii se Pssac NJ 07055 CORBEN SUPER ACE 4 CYCLE POWERED 60 WINGSPAN SEND 6100 FOR COMPLETE CATALOG OF FINE KITS Ikon NWST PO Box 566 Auburn WA 98071 206 941-8248 178 Model Aviation product review product review product review located Virginias 10th US con gressional district represented Con gressman Frank Wolf Because con gressmans efforts promote greater use DuTies use RC models during first election campaign arranged present congressman print Enter prise Dulles photo also carries Snapshot by-line telling future congressional visitors photo taken RC model congressmans scrapbook contains March 1981 Model Aviation article RC hot air balloon used campaign meetings AMA staff has contacted congressman several issues affect hobby has arranged visit AMA HQ see new museum DC voltmeter kit features three-digit LED dis play has two scales 0-999 0-999 volts unit has built-in loads 48 96450 500 mAh battery packs Load placed pack under test want pushing two switches Power unit four AA Ni-Cd 500 mAh batteries can checked self-test switch finest epoxy-glass printed circuit board first-line parts make ACK-U-VOLT very relia ble case black anodized aluminum rugged functional special red lens filter used cut down glare make unit easier read sunlight HOLD switch retains display input removed along LOAD switch makes possible load battery pack under test couple seconds complete time connected very nice feature does run down battery test pur poses No special tools talent required semble unit need soldering iron some pliers patience kit does require 999-volt DC power supply calibration local TV shops should some help unit will harmed reverse polarity leads analog meter would fact will read nega tive voltages Overvoltages no problem ACK U-VOLT either will just read EEE positive overs - negative digit lost reading negative Available direct H&N Califor nia residents add 6% sales tax product review product review product review enjoy aerial photos would like recommend series books Rob ert Cameron have copy Above Wash ington Robert photographed helicopter flown Captain Dan Washingtons best-known traffic reporters Other locations Camerons series San Francisco Los Angeles Hawaii London Yosemite several new titles way Enjoy view up Electric Champs/Jolly Continued pane 97 both us wasnt too bad except three remaining five fliers red white no choice fly two twoman rounds flip other placing Next year will careful fre quencies can have some good racing typical seven-cell Pylon Racer will have 250 sq wing area powered Astro Keller Cobalt motor use 7-6 Taipan nylon prop capable flying short Quarter Midget course 1 mm 40 sec Electric Champs flew Open Sportsman RC Pattern shown rule book first time 40-size Pattern ship completed retracts com peting However 05-size model won Pat tern big Pattern model came sec ond just short two points will take Electrics gain strong foothold regular Aerobatics flying reliable May1984 179 2& O ACK-U-VOLT @ $6250 plus $250 postage direct H&N ElectronIcs 10937 Rome Beauty Drive California City CA 93505 23961 CRAT5MAN P0 CALABASAS CA913OZTEL 213-992-0195TWX 9104945933