Dee B Mathews Dennyplane Text Photos Larry K ruse HERES CHANCE gas model fans see job has stolen show gas model field. l admire graceful lines smart appearance flyability speed power Denny Jr will know friends enthusiastic praise.. So read splashy full-page ad appeared May 1937 MAN complete grinning visage Reginald Denny full-length photo youthful Jane Withers long before thought selling soap TV truth quite plane its time Although retailed exorbi tant ten dollars included spun cowl finished propeller cut-out ribs wheels motor mount necessary cement silk dopeall earmarks de luxe kit could get Gwin Aero Mighty Midget motor mere twenty-five bucks Brown Jr its last legs compared favorably best-forgotten Selley Tex series GHQ Sportster destined obscurity placed along side Megows Quaker Flash Berkeleys Super Buccaneer two its better-known competitors however generously propor tioned craft pleasing semi-scale lines entirely typical planes era certainly worthy resurrection RC Construction first step construction lay out sheet parts plans task best accomplished tracing pat terns plans spraying wood 3M Sprayment 77 attaching patterns After parts cut out paper patterns can peeled off discarded Opposite page top Heres Doc Mathews himself couple handsful airplane says 19 about idealcan imagine Opposite page right Round engines always fascinating theres always cowl case lucked out cowl coincides VKs ABS plastic Nieuport Cowl avail able source No telling tho what can pot pan container may work out Lay out both fuselage sides 3/16 spruce top other using Saran Wrap underneath between two layers prevent sticking together Let two sides dry thoroughly overnight place sides upside down wing mount against building board Using triangle carpenter s square make sure two halves vertical building surface epoxy bulkheads B C Add two front bulkheads NBl NT1 cracking longerons pulling fuselage front together install bulk head Masking tape clothes pins work rather well keeping everything bunch cabin bottom now top since everything upside down 1/16 ply finishes initial fuselage con struction stage Scribe straight line reference line down center fuselage building board itself Now pull rear fuselage together over reference line epoxy inserting necessary vertical members Re-align re-check everything triangle square install remaining bottom bulkheads Sig landing gear blocks Bend gear out 3/32 music wire strap down Sig landing gear clamps fuselage framework completed adding top bottom stringers Place stringers over bulkheads hold place tape mark locations 4Model Aviation Something about rear-quarter view brings Out realism plane real model Dennyplane looks lot like full-scale cabin job Twenties kit price antique too ten bucks including prop wheels spun cowl cement dope silkl Glamourous Antique makes stable RC sport job 15 25 power January 1977 5 DIHEDRAL 4EACH 1IP 7cz _________ ____ _______I_______ I/BTIP OVER BOTTOM SPARS CONTOUR B SHEET 3/32 3/16I-EET CROSS BRACES 3/32X1/4 COWEL ABS - VK NIEUPORT 4-40 I/16ALUMINUM BRACKETS MOUNT FOX 50203 4-40 SCREWS 8 BLIND NUTS SHIM FOR RT THRUST ___________ AS REQ BULKHEAD Al x / L 7, rLE V2X3/4 / / p GUSSETS 3/16 SHEET / 4 NTI 1/16 PLYWOOD NBI 1/16 PLYWOOD NO CUTOUT 1/16 PLYWOOD TANK BOX NGERS VBSO SPRUCE Li ALL FORMERS I/B SHEET SIG LG BLOCKS NOSE SIDE 2REO ONLY 1/4 DO WEL I3/16SHEET I/B SQ SPRUCE5 P1 ANCE POINT / BULKHEAD B IFILL WIN W pNTI/ SPACE TO / 7 SFARS 8 BOT / SQ TOP 0M SPARS TOP B I/4X III LJ~- STRINGERS 1/8 -6 3/32 C-GRAIN SHE F ~EQ7I j/BSHEE 3/16 SHEET1/4 DOWEL-1I/8SQ SPRUCE STRINC IHEET FILL 1vN #JEL TANK I BULKHEAD C 7j11 x 7II I6PLYWOOO 7 II5BCOVER TO HERE WITH OR- , \ SIG LG BLOCK~ LG LEGS 3/32 MUSIC WIRE I/2x I/B PLANKING 4 WILLIAMS BROS 6 3A4j OR TREXLER G-Ii 6K6 I/2j - WRAP B SOLDER 10 - MAKE TWO IKN~ I/2SQ MAPLE SERVO RAILS @BOTTOM STRINGERS 6 REQ 1/8~SPRUCE DENNY JR DESIGNED BY DEE MATHEWS DRAWN BY MELANIE CARPENTER TRACED FOR MODEL AVIATION BY RAY BORDEN 0I 23456 WINDSHI CLEAR P1 / / TILT THISII RIB 7 N 4F ii L - -DIHEDRAL BRACE LEFT WING 4-Ji- I-jI-II III II I__ II-H-_ IIII I7JZL __14II II -- H I4- r 1/16 MUSIC WIRE EPOXY IN PLACE _____ AFTER CARVING L E y DIHEDRAL BRACE / RIGHT WING/ 1// _3/32SHEET TOPS BOTTOM7 / I I/B RIBS AT CENT / 1/4 XI/2 / /HARD /1 _____I II I/2XV2 LONG SIG HORNN I/2SHEET 4 W--- DIHEDRAL BRACE 4 REQ 3/32 PLYWOOD r 4 FIRM SHEET \\SHIM WITH \V8SHEET III II OATHANGE WIRE ___ NOTCH INTO SPAR OXY II I/4HARD SHEE\____ CROSSGRAIN7 TOPEXIT FOR VENT BULKHEADWHEEL 3/16 PLYWOOD 6SHEET /I/2HARD SHEET / E SIG HORN N METALLOOSE FIT TAILWHEEL CUT TO INSTALL ZODSLOTS7YC II / / TB TAILWHEEL MOUNT 16PLYWOOO ii / WINDSHIELD TEMPLATE I/ BULKHEAD B /3/16 PLYWOOD / 1/ VERT BULKHEAD A2 1/8 PLYWOOD 7 BULKHEAD C 1/8 PLYWOOD /n /nI / ED TE Dennyplane Right Typical tail-dragger linkage Pushrod goes Outer hole long rudder horn rudder movement swings tail wheel axle extension provide steerable tail wheel action Authors model wet-covered silkhe wished suthentic can go Monokote etc Below Those flippers may seem huge note elevator pushrod hole end Plane stable enough used trainer Its surely great Sunday sport job Now notch bulkheads fit Run first stringer match centerline others can follow fuselage contours method gives much straighte longe rons pre-notching bulkheads front top side stringers /8 X a bottom /8 sq spruce After entire assembly dry can sanded contour cowling fortunate accident probability reasons Den nyplane has particular favorite over years has cowl difficulty reproducing However ABS plastic Nieuport cowling VK Models exactly right available nominal cost VK held place four brackets noted plan tapped 4-40 bolts Trexler G-II wheels available Sig Fox 50203 motor mount re maining pieces hardware needed complete fuselage Horizontal vertical tail surfaces built cutting outline pieces balsa ines shimmed surfaces built flat plans ribs posts sanded airfoil section blending /4 trailing-edge outlines Careful sanding direction grain should minimize breakage Add stab rudder hinges before pre paring surfaces covering Start wing notching TE pinning building board Position bottom spars notch leading edge Ribs glued place next tilt ribs dihedral break match necessary dihedral Wing tips should placed over bottom spars top spars tapered bottom side pulled onto tips Pleasing tip contours can obtained filling top area scrap balsa sanding shape dihedral angle obtained pin ning down center section joining both left right halves epoxy tip blocked up 4 After epoxy cured dihedral braces should added along 1/16 music wire keep trailing edge being notched wing hold-down rubberbands wing completed sheeting center sanding everything smooth prepara tion covering Covering Finishing want go easy way far covering concerned shiny Mylar stuff best direction However authenticity thing get out silk prototype wet-covered silk after three coats sanding sealer applied framework Now brace yourself After silk dried entire plane painted coat Knox unflavored gelatin mixed according package direction Such treatment turned whole project very large prune after dried wrinkles disappeared silk weave filled gelatin trick saves considerable amount dope weight also stops annoying dope run-throughs give striped silk finish nu merous coats clear tail surfaces should covered prior assembly set together after initial coat gelatin applied Additional coats clear can now brushed sprayed until finish slick shiny fuel-proof Celluloid windows can carefully glued place after dope dry neat trick use black vinyl tape cut 3/16 width outline windows cover windshield joints options available comes mounting RC gear fuse lage nothing cavernous thing especially watch though gear mounted behind CG since plane its short tail moment tends build 8Model Aviation landing gear typical old-style free flight Thirtiesthe Trexier airwheels big deal good old days picture front struts bolted cabin bulkhead plans show simpler arrangement using two hardwood mounting blocks running across fuselage Strap-on fittings used bumpier landings wed suggest 1/8 music wire substituted 3/32 plan nose heavy Plan radio installation allow tendency Large Sig control horns Nyrods make up auxiliary control devices Although surfaces huge plane flies slowly par ticularly sensitive over-control Flying Motor control really needed handy able shut thing down need 25 plenty power verging excess 19 would work well built lightly 15 might sufficient dont use throttle control two ounces fuel will about right tank can mounted hole cut through bulkheads saddle mount ahead firewall scrap ply wood mount installed just back firewall Dennyplane mostly free-flight model radio assist stable enough used RC trainer sport model Sunday flier Whatever its use its interesting link past will prove real conversation piece fly ing field As original ad suggested might find out .. friends enthusiastic praise Right Close-up windshield area clarifies positions supporting pieces cowl held place four brackets tapped 4-40 bolts Wheels Trexier G-11 available Sig Fox 50203 motor mounts fits well Since typical magazine presentation always brags about roomy cabins accessibility barn takes cake spaceeven tank can removed via cabin wing rubberbanded dowels shown Maybe neat nylon bolts sure saves wear tear Ship flies slowly espe cially sensitive over-control
Edition: Model Aviation - 1977/01
Page Numbers: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Dee B Mathews Dennyplane Text Photos Larry K ruse HERES CHANCE gas model fans see job has stolen show gas model field. l admire graceful lines smart appearance flyability speed power Denny Jr will know friends enthusiastic praise.. So read splashy full-page ad appeared May 1937 MAN complete grinning visage Reginald Denny full-length photo youthful Jane Withers long before thought selling soap TV truth quite plane its time Although retailed exorbi tant ten dollars included spun cowl finished propeller cut-out ribs wheels motor mount necessary cement silk dopeall earmarks de luxe kit could get Gwin Aero Mighty Midget motor mere twenty-five bucks Brown Jr its last legs compared favorably best-forgotten Selley Tex series GHQ Sportster destined obscurity placed along side Megows Quaker Flash Berkeleys Super Buccaneer two its better-known competitors however generously propor tioned craft pleasing semi-scale lines entirely typical planes era certainly worthy resurrection RC Construction first step construction lay out sheet parts plans task best accomplished tracing pat terns plans spraying wood 3M Sprayment 77 attaching patterns After parts cut out paper patterns can peeled off discarded Opposite page top Heres Doc Mathews himself couple handsful airplane says 19 about idealcan imagine Opposite page right Round engines always fascinating theres always cowl case lucked out cowl coincides VKs ABS plastic Nieuport Cowl avail able source No telling tho what can pot pan container may work out Lay out both fuselage sides 3/16 spruce top other using Saran Wrap underneath between two layers prevent sticking together Let two sides dry thoroughly overnight place sides upside down wing mount against building board Using triangle carpenter s square make sure two halves vertical building surface epoxy bulkheads B C Add two front bulkheads NBl NT1 cracking longerons pulling fuselage front together install bulk head Masking tape clothes pins work rather well keeping everything bunch cabin bottom now top since everything upside down 1/16 ply finishes initial fuselage con struction stage Scribe straight line reference line down center fuselage building board itself Now pull rear fuselage together over reference line epoxy inserting necessary vertical members Re-align re-check everything triangle square install remaining bottom bulkheads Sig landing gear blocks Bend gear out 3/32 music wire strap down Sig landing gear clamps fuselage framework completed adding top bottom stringers Place stringers over bulkheads hold place tape mark locations 4Model Aviation Something about rear-quarter view brings Out realism plane real model Dennyplane looks lot like full-scale cabin job Twenties kit price antique too ten bucks including prop wheels spun cowl cement dope silkl Glamourous Antique makes stable RC sport job 15 25 power January 1977 5 DIHEDRAL 4EACH 1IP 7cz _________ ____ _______I_______ I/BTIP OVER BOTTOM SPARS CONTOUR B SHEET 3/32 3/16I-EET CROSS BRACES 3/32X1/4 COWEL ABS - VK NIEUPORT 4-40 I/16ALUMINUM BRACKETS MOUNT FOX 50203 4-40 SCREWS 8 BLIND NUTS SHIM FOR RT THRUST ___________ AS REQ BULKHEAD Al x / L 7, rLE V2X3/4 / / p GUSSETS 3/16 SHEET / 4 NTI 1/16 PLYWOOD NBI 1/16 PLYWOOD NO CUTOUT 1/16 PLYWOOD TANK BOX NGERS VBSO SPRUCE Li ALL FORMERS I/B SHEET SIG LG BLOCKS NOSE SIDE 2REO ONLY 1/4 DO WEL I3/16SHEET I/B SQ SPRUCE5 P1 ANCE POINT / BULKHEAD B IFILL WIN W pNTI/ SPACE TO / 7 SFARS 8 BOT / SQ TOP 0M SPARS TOP B I/4X III LJ~- STRINGERS 1/8 -6 3/32 C-GRAIN SHE F ~EQ7I j/BSHEE 3/16 SHEET1/4 DOWEL-1I/8SQ SPRUCE STRINC IHEET FILL 1vN #JEL TANK I BULKHEAD C 7j11 x 7II I6PLYWOOO 7 II5BCOVER TO HERE WITH OR- , \ SIG LG BLOCK~ LG LEGS 3/32 MUSIC WIRE I/2x I/B PLANKING 4 WILLIAMS BROS 6 3A4j OR TREXLER G-Ii 6K6 I/2j - WRAP B SOLDER 10 - MAKE TWO IKN~ I/2SQ MAPLE SERVO RAILS @BOTTOM STRINGERS 6 REQ 1/8~SPRUCE DENNY JR DESIGNED BY DEE MATHEWS DRAWN BY MELANIE CARPENTER TRACED FOR MODEL AVIATION BY RAY BORDEN 0I 23456 WINDSHI CLEAR P1 / / TILT THISII RIB 7 N 4F ii L - -DIHEDRAL BRACE LEFT WING 4-Ji- I-jI-II III II I__ II-H-_ IIII I7JZL __14II II -- H I4- r 1/16 MUSIC WIRE EPOXY IN PLACE _____ AFTER CARVING L E y DIHEDRAL BRACE / RIGHT WING/ 1// _3/32SHEET TOPS BOTTOM7 / I I/B RIBS AT CENT / 1/4 XI/2 / /HARD /1 _____I II I/2XV2 LONG SIG HORNN I/2SHEET 4 W--- DIHEDRAL BRACE 4 REQ 3/32 PLYWOOD r 4 FIRM SHEET \\SHIM WITH \V8SHEET III II OATHANGE WIRE ___ NOTCH INTO SPAR OXY II I/4HARD SHEE\____ CROSSGRAIN7 TOPEXIT FOR VENT BULKHEADWHEEL 3/16 PLYWOOD 6SHEET /I/2HARD SHEET / E SIG HORN N METALLOOSE FIT TAILWHEEL CUT TO INSTALL ZODSLOTS7YC II / / TB TAILWHEEL MOUNT 16PLYWOOO ii / WINDSHIELD TEMPLATE I/ BULKHEAD B /3/16 PLYWOOD / 1/ VERT BULKHEAD A2 1/8 PLYWOOD 7 BULKHEAD C 1/8 PLYWOOD /n /nI / ED TE Dennyplane Right Typical tail-dragger linkage Pushrod goes Outer hole long rudder horn rudder movement swings tail wheel axle extension provide steerable tail wheel action Authors model wet-covered silkhe wished suthentic can go Monokote etc Below Those flippers may seem huge note elevator pushrod hole end Plane stable enough used trainer Its surely great Sunday sport job Now notch bulkheads fit Run first stringer match centerline others can follow fuselage contours method gives much straighte longe rons pre-notching bulkheads front top side stringers /8 X a bottom /8 sq spruce After entire assembly dry can sanded contour cowling fortunate accident probability reasons Den nyplane has particular favorite over years has cowl difficulty reproducing However ABS plastic Nieuport cowling VK Models exactly right available nominal cost VK held place four brackets noted plan tapped 4-40 bolts Trexler G-II wheels available Sig Fox 50203 motor mount re maining pieces hardware needed complete fuselage Horizontal vertical tail surfaces built cutting outline pieces balsa ines shimmed surfaces built flat plans ribs posts sanded airfoil section blending /4 trailing-edge outlines Careful sanding direction grain should minimize breakage Add stab rudder hinges before pre paring surfaces covering Start wing notching TE pinning building board Position bottom spars notch leading edge Ribs glued place next tilt ribs dihedral break match necessary dihedral Wing tips should placed over bottom spars top spars tapered bottom side pulled onto tips Pleasing tip contours can obtained filling top area scrap balsa sanding shape dihedral angle obtained pin ning down center section joining both left right halves epoxy tip blocked up 4 After epoxy cured dihedral braces should added along 1/16 music wire keep trailing edge being notched wing hold-down rubberbands wing completed sheeting center sanding everything smooth prepara tion covering Covering Finishing want go easy way far covering concerned shiny Mylar stuff best direction However authenticity thing get out silk prototype wet-covered silk after three coats sanding sealer applied framework Now brace yourself After silk dried entire plane painted coat Knox unflavored gelatin mixed according package direction Such treatment turned whole project very large prune after dried wrinkles disappeared silk weave filled gelatin trick saves considerable amount dope weight also stops annoying dope run-throughs give striped silk finish nu merous coats clear tail surfaces should covered prior assembly set together after initial coat gelatin applied Additional coats clear can now brushed sprayed until finish slick shiny fuel-proof Celluloid windows can carefully glued place after dope dry neat trick use black vinyl tape cut 3/16 width outline windows cover windshield joints options available comes mounting RC gear fuse lage nothing cavernous thing especially watch though gear mounted behind CG since plane its short tail moment tends build 8Model Aviation landing gear typical old-style free flight Thirtiesthe Trexier airwheels big deal good old days picture front struts bolted cabin bulkhead plans show simpler arrangement using two hardwood mounting blocks running across fuselage Strap-on fittings used bumpier landings wed suggest 1/8 music wire substituted 3/32 plan nose heavy Plan radio installation allow tendency Large Sig control horns Nyrods make up auxiliary control devices Although surfaces huge plane flies slowly par ticularly sensitive over-control Flying Motor control really needed handy able shut thing down need 25 plenty power verging excess 19 would work well built lightly 15 might sufficient dont use throttle control two ounces fuel will about right tank can mounted hole cut through bulkheads saddle mount ahead firewall scrap ply wood mount installed just back firewall Dennyplane mostly free-flight model radio assist stable enough used RC trainer sport model Sunday flier Whatever its use its interesting link past will prove real conversation piece fly ing field As original ad suggested might find out .. friends enthusiastic praise Right Close-up windshield area clarifies positions supporting pieces cowl held place four brackets tapped 4-40 bolts Wheels Trexier G-11 available Sig Fox 50203 motor mounts fits well Since typical magazine presentation always brags about roomy cabins accessibility barn takes cake spaceeven tank can removed via cabin wing rubberbanded dowels shown Maybe neat nylon bolts sure saves wear tear Ship flies slowly espe cially sensitive over-control
Edition: Model Aviation - 1977/01
Page Numbers: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Dee B Mathews Dennyplane Text Photos Larry K ruse HERES CHANCE gas model fans see job has stolen show gas model field. l admire graceful lines smart appearance flyability speed power Denny Jr will know friends enthusiastic praise.. So read splashy full-page ad appeared May 1937 MAN complete grinning visage Reginald Denny full-length photo youthful Jane Withers long before thought selling soap TV truth quite plane its time Although retailed exorbi tant ten dollars included spun cowl finished propeller cut-out ribs wheels motor mount necessary cement silk dopeall earmarks de luxe kit could get Gwin Aero Mighty Midget motor mere twenty-five bucks Brown Jr its last legs compared favorably best-forgotten Selley Tex series GHQ Sportster destined obscurity placed along side Megows Quaker Flash Berkeleys Super Buccaneer two its better-known competitors however generously propor tioned craft pleasing semi-scale lines entirely typical planes era certainly worthy resurrection RC Construction first step construction lay out sheet parts plans task best accomplished tracing pat terns plans spraying wood 3M Sprayment 77 attaching patterns After parts cut out paper patterns can peeled off discarded Opposite page top Heres Doc Mathews himself couple handsful airplane says 19 about idealcan imagine Opposite page right Round engines always fascinating theres always cowl case lucked out cowl coincides VKs ABS plastic Nieuport Cowl avail able source No telling tho what can pot pan container may work out Lay out both fuselage sides 3/16 spruce top other using Saran Wrap underneath between two layers prevent sticking together Let two sides dry thoroughly overnight place sides upside down wing mount against building board Using triangle carpenter s square make sure two halves vertical building surface epoxy bulkheads B C Add two front bulkheads NBl NT1 cracking longerons pulling fuselage front together install bulk head Masking tape clothes pins work rather well keeping everything bunch cabin bottom now top since everything upside down 1/16 ply finishes initial fuselage con struction stage Scribe straight line reference line down center fuselage building board itself Now pull rear fuselage together over reference line epoxy inserting necessary vertical members Re-align re-check everything triangle square install remaining bottom bulkheads Sig landing gear blocks Bend gear out 3/32 music wire strap down Sig landing gear clamps fuselage framework completed adding top bottom stringers Place stringers over bulkheads hold place tape mark locations 4Model Aviation Something about rear-quarter view brings Out realism plane real model Dennyplane looks lot like full-scale cabin job Twenties kit price antique too ten bucks including prop wheels spun cowl cement dope silkl Glamourous Antique makes stable RC sport job 15 25 power January 1977 5 DIHEDRAL 4EACH 1IP 7cz _________ ____ _______I_______ I/BTIP OVER BOTTOM SPARS CONTOUR B SHEET 3/32 3/16I-EET CROSS BRACES 3/32X1/4 COWEL ABS - VK NIEUPORT 4-40 I/16ALUMINUM BRACKETS MOUNT FOX 50203 4-40 SCREWS 8 BLIND NUTS SHIM FOR RT THRUST ___________ AS REQ BULKHEAD Al x / L 7, rLE V2X3/4 / / p GUSSETS 3/16 SHEET / 4 NTI 1/16 PLYWOOD NBI 1/16 PLYWOOD NO CUTOUT 1/16 PLYWOOD TANK BOX NGERS VBSO SPRUCE Li ALL FORMERS I/B SHEET SIG LG BLOCKS NOSE SIDE 2REO ONLY 1/4 DO WEL I3/16SHEET I/B SQ SPRUCE5 P1 ANCE POINT / BULKHEAD B IFILL WIN W pNTI/ SPACE TO / 7 SFARS 8 BOT / SQ TOP 0M SPARS TOP B I/4X III LJ~- STRINGERS 1/8 -6 3/32 C-GRAIN SHE F ~EQ7I j/BSHEE 3/16 SHEET1/4 DOWEL-1I/8SQ SPRUCE STRINC IHEET FILL 1vN #JEL TANK I BULKHEAD C 7j11 x 7II I6PLYWOOO 7 II5BCOVER TO HERE WITH OR- , \ SIG LG BLOCK~ LG LEGS 3/32 MUSIC WIRE I/2x I/B PLANKING 4 WILLIAMS BROS 6 3A4j OR TREXLER G-Ii 6K6 I/2j - WRAP B SOLDER 10 - MAKE TWO IKN~ I/2SQ MAPLE SERVO RAILS @BOTTOM STRINGERS 6 REQ 1/8~SPRUCE DENNY JR DESIGNED BY DEE MATHEWS DRAWN BY MELANIE CARPENTER TRACED FOR MODEL AVIATION BY RAY BORDEN 0I 23456 WINDSHI CLEAR P1 / / TILT THISII RIB 7 N 4F ii L - -DIHEDRAL BRACE LEFT WING 4-Ji- I-jI-II III II I__ II-H-_ IIII I7JZL __14II II -- H I4- r 1/16 MUSIC WIRE EPOXY IN PLACE _____ AFTER CARVING L E y DIHEDRAL BRACE / RIGHT WING/ 1// _3/32SHEET TOPS BOTTOM7 / I I/B RIBS AT CENT / 1/4 XI/2 / /HARD /1 _____I II I/2XV2 LONG SIG HORNN I/2SHEET 4 W--- DIHEDRAL BRACE 4 REQ 3/32 PLYWOOD r 4 FIRM SHEET \\SHIM WITH \V8SHEET III II OATHANGE WIRE ___ NOTCH INTO SPAR OXY II I/4HARD SHEE\____ CROSSGRAIN7 TOPEXIT FOR VENT BULKHEADWHEEL 3/16 PLYWOOD 6SHEET /I/2HARD SHEET / E SIG HORN N METALLOOSE FIT TAILWHEEL CUT TO INSTALL ZODSLOTS7YC II / / TB TAILWHEEL MOUNT 16PLYWOOO ii / WINDSHIELD TEMPLATE I/ BULKHEAD B /3/16 PLYWOOD / 1/ VERT BULKHEAD A2 1/8 PLYWOOD 7 BULKHEAD C 1/8 PLYWOOD /n /nI / ED TE Dennyplane Right Typical tail-dragger linkage Pushrod goes Outer hole long rudder horn rudder movement swings tail wheel axle extension provide steerable tail wheel action Authors model wet-covered silkhe wished suthentic can go Monokote etc Below Those flippers may seem huge note elevator pushrod hole end Plane stable enough used trainer Its surely great Sunday sport job Now notch bulkheads fit Run first stringer match centerline others can follow fuselage contours method gives much straighte longe rons pre-notching bulkheads front top side stringers /8 X a bottom /8 sq spruce After entire assembly dry can sanded contour cowling fortunate accident probability reasons Den nyplane has particular favorite over years has cowl difficulty reproducing However ABS plastic Nieuport cowling VK Models exactly right available nominal cost VK held place four brackets noted plan tapped 4-40 bolts Trexler G-II wheels available Sig Fox 50203 motor mount re maining pieces hardware needed complete fuselage Horizontal vertical tail surfaces built cutting outline pieces balsa ines shimmed surfaces built flat plans ribs posts sanded airfoil section blending /4 trailing-edge outlines Careful sanding direction grain should minimize breakage Add stab rudder hinges before pre paring surfaces covering Start wing notching TE pinning building board Position bottom spars notch leading edge Ribs glued place next tilt ribs dihedral break match necessary dihedral Wing tips should placed over bottom spars top spars tapered bottom side pulled onto tips Pleasing tip contours can obtained filling top area scrap balsa sanding shape dihedral angle obtained pin ning down center section joining both left right halves epoxy tip blocked up 4 After epoxy cured dihedral braces should added along 1/16 music wire keep trailing edge being notched wing hold-down rubberbands wing completed sheeting center sanding everything smooth prepara tion covering Covering Finishing want go easy way far covering concerned shiny Mylar stuff best direction However authenticity thing get out silk prototype wet-covered silk after three coats sanding sealer applied framework Now brace yourself After silk dried entire plane painted coat Knox unflavored gelatin mixed according package direction Such treatment turned whole project very large prune after dried wrinkles disappeared silk weave filled gelatin trick saves considerable amount dope weight also stops annoying dope run-throughs give striped silk finish nu merous coats clear tail surfaces should covered prior assembly set together after initial coat gelatin applied Additional coats clear can now brushed sprayed until finish slick shiny fuel-proof Celluloid windows can carefully glued place after dope dry neat trick use black vinyl tape cut 3/16 width outline windows cover windshield joints options available comes mounting RC gear fuse lage nothing cavernous thing especially watch though gear mounted behind CG since plane its short tail moment tends build 8Model Aviation landing gear typical old-style free flight Thirtiesthe Trexier airwheels big deal good old days picture front struts bolted cabin bulkhead plans show simpler arrangement using two hardwood mounting blocks running across fuselage Strap-on fittings used bumpier landings wed suggest 1/8 music wire substituted 3/32 plan nose heavy Plan radio installation allow tendency Large Sig control horns Nyrods make up auxiliary control devices Although surfaces huge plane flies slowly par ticularly sensitive over-control Flying Motor control really needed handy able shut thing down need 25 plenty power verging excess 19 would work well built lightly 15 might sufficient dont use throttle control two ounces fuel will about right tank can mounted hole cut through bulkheads saddle mount ahead firewall scrap ply wood mount installed just back firewall Dennyplane mostly free-flight model radio assist stable enough used RC trainer sport model Sunday flier Whatever its use its interesting link past will prove real conversation piece fly ing field As original ad suggested might find out .. friends enthusiastic praise Right Close-up windshield area clarifies positions supporting pieces cowl held place four brackets tapped 4-40 bolts Wheels Trexier G-11 available Sig Fox 50203 motor mounts fits well Since typical magazine presentation always brags about roomy cabins accessibility barn takes cake spaceeven tank can removed via cabin wing rubberbanded dowels shown Maybe neat nylon bolts sure saves wear tear Ship flies slowly espe cially sensitive over-control
Edition: Model Aviation - 1977/01
Page Numbers: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Dee B Mathews Dennyplane Text Photos Larry K ruse HERES CHANCE gas model fans see job has stolen show gas model field. l admire graceful lines smart appearance flyability speed power Denny Jr will know friends enthusiastic praise.. So read splashy full-page ad appeared May 1937 MAN complete grinning visage Reginald Denny full-length photo youthful Jane Withers long before thought selling soap TV truth quite plane its time Although retailed exorbi tant ten dollars included spun cowl finished propeller cut-out ribs wheels motor mount necessary cement silk dopeall earmarks de luxe kit could get Gwin Aero Mighty Midget motor mere twenty-five bucks Brown Jr its last legs compared favorably best-forgotten Selley Tex series GHQ Sportster destined obscurity placed along side Megows Quaker Flash Berkeleys Super Buccaneer two its better-known competitors however generously propor tioned craft pleasing semi-scale lines entirely typical planes era certainly worthy resurrection RC Construction first step construction lay out sheet parts plans task best accomplished tracing pat terns plans spraying wood 3M Sprayment 77 attaching patterns After parts cut out paper patterns can peeled off discarded Opposite page top Heres Doc Mathews himself couple handsful airplane says 19 about idealcan imagine Opposite page right Round engines always fascinating theres always cowl case lucked out cowl coincides VKs ABS plastic Nieuport Cowl avail able source No telling tho what can pot pan container may work out Lay out both fuselage sides 3/16 spruce top other using Saran Wrap underneath between two layers prevent sticking together Let two sides dry thoroughly overnight place sides upside down wing mount against building board Using triangle carpenter s square make sure two halves vertical building surface epoxy bulkheads B C Add two front bulkheads NBl NT1 cracking longerons pulling fuselage front together install bulk head Masking tape clothes pins work rather well keeping everything bunch cabin bottom now top since everything upside down 1/16 ply finishes initial fuselage con struction stage Scribe straight line reference line down center fuselage building board itself Now pull rear fuselage together over reference line epoxy inserting necessary vertical members Re-align re-check everything triangle square install remaining bottom bulkheads Sig landing gear blocks Bend gear out 3/32 music wire strap down Sig landing gear clamps fuselage framework completed adding top bottom stringers Place stringers over bulkheads hold place tape mark locations 4Model Aviation Something about rear-quarter view brings Out realism plane real model Dennyplane looks lot like full-scale cabin job Twenties kit price antique too ten bucks including prop wheels spun cowl cement dope silkl Glamourous Antique makes stable RC sport job 15 25 power January 1977 5 DIHEDRAL 4EACH 1IP 7cz _________ ____ _______I_______ I/BTIP OVER BOTTOM SPARS CONTOUR B SHEET 3/32 3/16I-EET CROSS BRACES 3/32X1/4 COWEL ABS - VK NIEUPORT 4-40 I/16ALUMINUM BRACKETS MOUNT FOX 50203 4-40 SCREWS 8 BLIND NUTS SHIM FOR RT THRUST ___________ AS REQ BULKHEAD Al x / L 7, rLE V2X3/4 / / p GUSSETS 3/16 SHEET / 4 NTI 1/16 PLYWOOD NBI 1/16 PLYWOOD NO CUTOUT 1/16 PLYWOOD TANK BOX NGERS VBSO SPRUCE Li ALL FORMERS I/B SHEET SIG LG BLOCKS NOSE SIDE 2REO ONLY 1/4 DO WEL I3/16SHEET I/B SQ SPRUCE5 P1 ANCE POINT / BULKHEAD B IFILL WIN W pNTI/ SPACE TO / 7 SFARS 8 BOT / SQ TOP 0M SPARS TOP B I/4X III LJ~- STRINGERS 1/8 -6 3/32 C-GRAIN SHE F ~EQ7I j/BSHEE 3/16 SHEET1/4 DOWEL-1I/8SQ SPRUCE STRINC IHEET FILL 1vN #JEL TANK I BULKHEAD C 7j11 x 7II I6PLYWOOO 7 II5BCOVER TO HERE WITH OR- , \ SIG LG BLOCK~ LG LEGS 3/32 MUSIC WIRE I/2x I/B PLANKING 4 WILLIAMS BROS 6 3A4j OR TREXLER G-Ii 6K6 I/2j - WRAP B SOLDER 10 - MAKE TWO IKN~ I/2SQ MAPLE SERVO RAILS @BOTTOM STRINGERS 6 REQ 1/8~SPRUCE DENNY JR DESIGNED BY DEE MATHEWS DRAWN BY MELANIE CARPENTER TRACED FOR MODEL AVIATION BY RAY BORDEN 0I 23456 WINDSHI CLEAR P1 / / TILT THISII RIB 7 N 4F ii L - -DIHEDRAL BRACE LEFT WING 4-Ji- I-jI-II III II I__ II-H-_ IIII I7JZL __14II II -- H I4- r 1/16 MUSIC WIRE EPOXY IN PLACE _____ AFTER CARVING L E y DIHEDRAL BRACE / RIGHT WING/ 1// _3/32SHEET TOPS BOTTOM7 / I I/B RIBS AT CENT / 1/4 XI/2 / /HARD /1 _____I II I/2XV2 LONG SIG HORNN I/2SHEET 4 W--- DIHEDRAL BRACE 4 REQ 3/32 PLYWOOD r 4 FIRM SHEET \\SHIM WITH \V8SHEET III II OATHANGE WIRE ___ NOTCH INTO SPAR OXY II I/4HARD SHEE\____ CROSSGRAIN7 TOPEXIT FOR VENT BULKHEADWHEEL 3/16 PLYWOOD 6SHEET /I/2HARD SHEET / E SIG HORN N METALLOOSE FIT TAILWHEEL CUT TO INSTALL ZODSLOTS7YC II / / TB TAILWHEEL MOUNT 16PLYWOOO ii / WINDSHIELD TEMPLATE I/ BULKHEAD B /3/16 PLYWOOD / 1/ VERT BULKHEAD A2 1/8 PLYWOOD 7 BULKHEAD C 1/8 PLYWOOD /n /nI / ED TE Dennyplane Right Typical tail-dragger linkage Pushrod goes Outer hole long rudder horn rudder movement swings tail wheel axle extension provide steerable tail wheel action Authors model wet-covered silkhe wished suthentic can go Monokote etc Below Those flippers may seem huge note elevator pushrod hole end Plane stable enough used trainer Its surely great Sunday sport job Now notch bulkheads fit Run first stringer match centerline others can follow fuselage contours method gives much straighte longe rons pre-notching bulkheads front top side stringers /8 X a bottom /8 sq spruce After entire assembly dry can sanded contour cowling fortunate accident probability reasons Den nyplane has particular favorite over years has cowl difficulty reproducing However ABS plastic Nieuport cowling VK Models exactly right available nominal cost VK held place four brackets noted plan tapped 4-40 bolts Trexler G-II wheels available Sig Fox 50203 motor mount re maining pieces hardware needed complete fuselage Horizontal vertical tail surfaces built cutting outline pieces balsa ines shimmed surfaces built flat plans ribs posts sanded airfoil section blending /4 trailing-edge outlines Careful sanding direction grain should minimize breakage Add stab rudder hinges before pre paring surfaces covering Start wing notching TE pinning building board Position bottom spars notch leading edge Ribs glued place next tilt ribs dihedral break match necessary dihedral Wing tips should placed over bottom spars top spars tapered bottom side pulled onto tips Pleasing tip contours can obtained filling top area scrap balsa sanding shape dihedral angle obtained pin ning down center section joining both left right halves epoxy tip blocked up 4 After epoxy cured dihedral braces should added along 1/16 music wire keep trailing edge being notched wing hold-down rubberbands wing completed sheeting center sanding everything smooth prepara tion covering Covering Finishing want go easy way far covering concerned shiny Mylar stuff best direction However authenticity thing get out silk prototype wet-covered silk after three coats sanding sealer applied framework Now brace yourself After silk dried entire plane painted coat Knox unflavored gelatin mixed according package direction Such treatment turned whole project very large prune after dried wrinkles disappeared silk weave filled gelatin trick saves considerable amount dope weight also stops annoying dope run-throughs give striped silk finish nu merous coats clear tail surfaces should covered prior assembly set together after initial coat gelatin applied Additional coats clear can now brushed sprayed until finish slick shiny fuel-proof Celluloid windows can carefully glued place after dope dry neat trick use black vinyl tape cut 3/16 width outline windows cover windshield joints options available comes mounting RC gear fuse lage nothing cavernous thing especially watch though gear mounted behind CG since plane its short tail moment tends build 8Model Aviation landing gear typical old-style free flight Thirtiesthe Trexier airwheels big deal good old days picture front struts bolted cabin bulkhead plans show simpler arrangement using two hardwood mounting blocks running across fuselage Strap-on fittings used bumpier landings wed suggest 1/8 music wire substituted 3/32 plan nose heavy Plan radio installation allow tendency Large Sig control horns Nyrods make up auxiliary control devices Although surfaces huge plane flies slowly par ticularly sensitive over-control Flying Motor control really needed handy able shut thing down need 25 plenty power verging excess 19 would work well built lightly 15 might sufficient dont use throttle control two ounces fuel will about right tank can mounted hole cut through bulkheads saddle mount ahead firewall scrap ply wood mount installed just back firewall Dennyplane mostly free-flight model radio assist stable enough used RC trainer sport model Sunday flier Whatever its use its interesting link past will prove real conversation piece fly ing field As original ad suggested might find out .. friends enthusiastic praise Right Close-up windshield area clarifies positions supporting pieces cowl held place four brackets tapped 4-40 bolts Wheels Trexier G-11 available Sig Fox 50203 motor mounts fits well Since typical magazine presentation always brags about roomy cabins accessibility barn takes cake spaceeven tank can removed via cabin wing rubberbanded dowels shown Maybe neat nylon bolts sure saves wear tear Ship flies slowly espe cially sensitive over-control
Edition: Model Aviation - 1977/01
Page Numbers: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Dee B Mathews Dennyplane Text Photos Larry K ruse HERES CHANCE gas model fans see job has stolen show gas model field. l admire graceful lines smart appearance flyability speed power Denny Jr will know friends enthusiastic praise.. So read splashy full-page ad appeared May 1937 MAN complete grinning visage Reginald Denny full-length photo youthful Jane Withers long before thought selling soap TV truth quite plane its time Although retailed exorbi tant ten dollars included spun cowl finished propeller cut-out ribs wheels motor mount necessary cement silk dopeall earmarks de luxe kit could get Gwin Aero Mighty Midget motor mere twenty-five bucks Brown Jr its last legs compared favorably best-forgotten Selley Tex series GHQ Sportster destined obscurity placed along side Megows Quaker Flash Berkeleys Super Buccaneer two its better-known competitors however generously propor tioned craft pleasing semi-scale lines entirely typical planes era certainly worthy resurrection RC Construction first step construction lay out sheet parts plans task best accomplished tracing pat terns plans spraying wood 3M Sprayment 77 attaching patterns After parts cut out paper patterns can peeled off discarded Opposite page top Heres Doc Mathews himself couple handsful airplane says 19 about idealcan imagine Opposite page right Round engines always fascinating theres always cowl case lucked out cowl coincides VKs ABS plastic Nieuport Cowl avail able source No telling tho what can pot pan container may work out Lay out both fuselage sides 3/16 spruce top other using Saran Wrap underneath between two layers prevent sticking together Let two sides dry thoroughly overnight place sides upside down wing mount against building board Using triangle carpenter s square make sure two halves vertical building surface epoxy bulkheads B C Add two front bulkheads NBl NT1 cracking longerons pulling fuselage front together install bulk head Masking tape clothes pins work rather well keeping everything bunch cabin bottom now top since everything upside down 1/16 ply finishes initial fuselage con struction stage Scribe straight line reference line down center fuselage building board itself Now pull rear fuselage together over reference line epoxy inserting necessary vertical members Re-align re-check everything triangle square install remaining bottom bulkheads Sig landing gear blocks Bend gear out 3/32 music wire strap down Sig landing gear clamps fuselage framework completed adding top bottom stringers Place stringers over bulkheads hold place tape mark locations 4Model Aviation Something about rear-quarter view brings Out realism plane real model Dennyplane looks lot like full-scale cabin job Twenties kit price antique too ten bucks including prop wheels spun cowl cement dope silkl Glamourous Antique makes stable RC sport job 15 25 power January 1977 5 DIHEDRAL 4EACH 1IP 7cz _________ ____ _______I_______ I/BTIP OVER BOTTOM SPARS CONTOUR B SHEET 3/32 3/16I-EET CROSS BRACES 3/32X1/4 COWEL ABS - VK NIEUPORT 4-40 I/16ALUMINUM BRACKETS MOUNT FOX 50203 4-40 SCREWS 8 BLIND NUTS SHIM FOR RT THRUST ___________ AS REQ BULKHEAD Al x / L 7, rLE V2X3/4 / / p GUSSETS 3/16 SHEET / 4 NTI 1/16 PLYWOOD NBI 1/16 PLYWOOD NO CUTOUT 1/16 PLYWOOD TANK BOX NGERS VBSO SPRUCE Li ALL FORMERS I/B SHEET SIG LG BLOCKS NOSE SIDE 2REO ONLY 1/4 DO WEL I3/16SHEET I/B SQ SPRUCE5 P1 ANCE POINT / BULKHEAD B IFILL WIN W pNTI/ SPACE TO / 7 SFARS 8 BOT / SQ TOP 0M SPARS TOP B I/4X III LJ~- STRINGERS 1/8 -6 3/32 C-GRAIN SHE F ~EQ7I j/BSHEE 3/16 SHEET1/4 DOWEL-1I/8SQ SPRUCE STRINC IHEET FILL 1vN #JEL TANK I BULKHEAD C 7j11 x 7II I6PLYWOOO 7 II5BCOVER TO HERE WITH OR- , \ SIG LG BLOCK~ LG LEGS 3/32 MUSIC WIRE I/2x I/B PLANKING 4 WILLIAMS BROS 6 3A4j OR TREXLER G-Ii 6K6 I/2j - WRAP B SOLDER 10 - MAKE TWO IKN~ I/2SQ MAPLE SERVO RAILS @BOTTOM STRINGERS 6 REQ 1/8~SPRUCE DENNY JR DESIGNED BY DEE MATHEWS DRAWN BY MELANIE CARPENTER TRACED FOR MODEL AVIATION BY RAY BORDEN 0I 23456 WINDSHI CLEAR P1 / / TILT THISII RIB 7 N 4F ii L - -DIHEDRAL BRACE LEFT WING 4-Ji- I-jI-II III II I__ II-H-_ IIII I7JZL __14II II -- H I4- r 1/16 MUSIC WIRE EPOXY IN PLACE _____ AFTER CARVING L E y DIHEDRAL BRACE / RIGHT WING/ 1// _3/32SHEET TOPS BOTTOM7 / I I/B RIBS AT CENT / 1/4 XI/2 / /HARD /1 _____I II I/2XV2 LONG SIG HORNN I/2SHEET 4 W--- DIHEDRAL BRACE 4 REQ 3/32 PLYWOOD r 4 FIRM SHEET \\SHIM WITH \V8SHEET III II OATHANGE WIRE ___ NOTCH INTO SPAR OXY II I/4HARD SHEE\____ CROSSGRAIN7 TOPEXIT FOR VENT BULKHEADWHEEL 3/16 PLYWOOD 6SHEET /I/2HARD SHEET / E SIG HORN N METALLOOSE FIT TAILWHEEL CUT TO INSTALL ZODSLOTS7YC II / / TB TAILWHEEL MOUNT 16PLYWOOO ii / WINDSHIELD TEMPLATE I/ BULKHEAD B /3/16 PLYWOOD / 1/ VERT BULKHEAD A2 1/8 PLYWOOD 7 BULKHEAD C 1/8 PLYWOOD /n /nI / ED TE Dennyplane Right Typical tail-dragger linkage Pushrod goes Outer hole long rudder horn rudder movement swings tail wheel axle extension provide steerable tail wheel action Authors model wet-covered silkhe wished suthentic can go Monokote etc Below Those flippers may seem huge note elevator pushrod hole end Plane stable enough used trainer Its surely great Sunday sport job Now notch bulkheads fit Run first stringer match centerline others can follow fuselage contours method gives much straighte longe rons pre-notching bulkheads front top side stringers /8 X a bottom /8 sq spruce After entire assembly dry can sanded contour cowling fortunate accident probability reasons Den nyplane has particular favorite over years has cowl difficulty reproducing However ABS plastic Nieuport cowling VK Models exactly right available nominal cost VK held place four brackets noted plan tapped 4-40 bolts Trexler G-II wheels available Sig Fox 50203 motor mount re maining pieces hardware needed complete fuselage Horizontal vertical tail surfaces built cutting outline pieces balsa ines shimmed surfaces built flat plans ribs posts sanded airfoil section blending /4 trailing-edge outlines Careful sanding direction grain should minimize breakage Add stab rudder hinges before pre paring surfaces covering Start wing notching TE pinning building board Position bottom spars notch leading edge Ribs glued place next tilt ribs dihedral break match necessary dihedral Wing tips should placed over bottom spars top spars tapered bottom side pulled onto tips Pleasing tip contours can obtained filling top area scrap balsa sanding shape dihedral angle obtained pin ning down center section joining both left right halves epoxy tip blocked up 4 After epoxy cured dihedral braces should added along 1/16 music wire keep trailing edge being notched wing hold-down rubberbands wing completed sheeting center sanding everything smooth prepara tion covering Covering Finishing want go easy way far covering concerned shiny Mylar stuff best direction However authenticity thing get out silk prototype wet-covered silk after three coats sanding sealer applied framework Now brace yourself After silk dried entire plane painted coat Knox unflavored gelatin mixed according package direction Such treatment turned whole project very large prune after dried wrinkles disappeared silk weave filled gelatin trick saves considerable amount dope weight also stops annoying dope run-throughs give striped silk finish nu merous coats clear tail surfaces should covered prior assembly set together after initial coat gelatin applied Additional coats clear can now brushed sprayed until finish slick shiny fuel-proof Celluloid windows can carefully glued place after dope dry neat trick use black vinyl tape cut 3/16 width outline windows cover windshield joints options available comes mounting RC gear fuse lage nothing cavernous thing especially watch though gear mounted behind CG since plane its short tail moment tends build 8Model Aviation landing gear typical old-style free flight Thirtiesthe Trexier airwheels big deal good old days picture front struts bolted cabin bulkhead plans show simpler arrangement using two hardwood mounting blocks running across fuselage Strap-on fittings used bumpier landings wed suggest 1/8 music wire substituted 3/32 plan nose heavy Plan radio installation allow tendency Large Sig control horns Nyrods make up auxiliary control devices Although surfaces huge plane flies slowly par ticularly sensitive over-control Flying Motor control really needed handy able shut thing down need 25 plenty power verging excess 19 would work well built lightly 15 might sufficient dont use throttle control two ounces fuel will about right tank can mounted hole cut through bulkheads saddle mount ahead firewall scrap ply wood mount installed just back firewall Dennyplane mostly free-flight model radio assist stable enough used RC trainer sport model Sunday flier Whatever its use its interesting link past will prove real conversation piece fly ing field As original ad suggested might find out .. friends enthusiastic praise Right Close-up windshield area clarifies positions supporting pieces cowl held place four brackets tapped 4-40 bolts Wheels Trexier G-11 available Sig Fox 50203 motor mounts fits well Since typical magazine presentation always brags about roomy cabins accessibility barn takes cake spaceeven tank can removed via cabin wing rubberbanded dowels shown Maybe neat nylon bolts sure saves wear tear Ship flies slowly espe cially sensitive over-control
Edition: Model Aviation - 1977/01
Page Numbers: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Dee B Mathews Dennyplane Text Photos Larry K ruse HERES CHANCE gas model fans see job has stolen show gas model field. l admire graceful lines smart appearance flyability speed power Denny Jr will know friends enthusiastic praise.. So read splashy full-page ad appeared May 1937 MAN complete grinning visage Reginald Denny full-length photo youthful Jane Withers long before thought selling soap TV truth quite plane its time Although retailed exorbi tant ten dollars included spun cowl finished propeller cut-out ribs wheels motor mount necessary cement silk dopeall earmarks de luxe kit could get Gwin Aero Mighty Midget motor mere twenty-five bucks Brown Jr its last legs compared favorably best-forgotten Selley Tex series GHQ Sportster destined obscurity placed along side Megows Quaker Flash Berkeleys Super Buccaneer two its better-known competitors however generously propor tioned craft pleasing semi-scale lines entirely typical planes era certainly worthy resurrection RC Construction first step construction lay out sheet parts plans task best accomplished tracing pat terns plans spraying wood 3M Sprayment 77 attaching patterns After parts cut out paper patterns can peeled off discarded Opposite page top Heres Doc Mathews himself couple handsful airplane says 19 about idealcan imagine Opposite page right Round engines always fascinating theres always cowl case lucked out cowl coincides VKs ABS plastic Nieuport Cowl avail able source No telling tho what can pot pan container may work out Lay out both fuselage sides 3/16 spruce top other using Saran Wrap underneath between two layers prevent sticking together Let two sides dry thoroughly overnight place sides upside down wing mount against building board Using triangle carpenter s square make sure two halves vertical building surface epoxy bulkheads B C Add two front bulkheads NBl NT1 cracking longerons pulling fuselage front together install bulk head Masking tape clothes pins work rather well keeping everything bunch cabin bottom now top since everything upside down 1/16 ply finishes initial fuselage con struction stage Scribe straight line reference line down center fuselage building board itself Now pull rear fuselage together over reference line epoxy inserting necessary vertical members Re-align re-check everything triangle square install remaining bottom bulkheads Sig landing gear blocks Bend gear out 3/32 music wire strap down Sig landing gear clamps fuselage framework completed adding top bottom stringers Place stringers over bulkheads hold place tape mark locations 4Model Aviation Something about rear-quarter view brings Out realism plane real model Dennyplane looks lot like full-scale cabin job Twenties kit price antique too ten bucks including prop wheels spun cowl cement dope silkl Glamourous Antique makes stable RC sport job 15 25 power January 1977 5 DIHEDRAL 4EACH 1IP 7cz _________ ____ _______I_______ I/BTIP OVER BOTTOM SPARS CONTOUR B SHEET 3/32 3/16I-EET CROSS BRACES 3/32X1/4 COWEL ABS - VK NIEUPORT 4-40 I/16ALUMINUM BRACKETS MOUNT FOX 50203 4-40 SCREWS 8 BLIND NUTS SHIM FOR RT THRUST ___________ AS REQ BULKHEAD Al x / L 7, rLE V2X3/4 / / p GUSSETS 3/16 SHEET / 4 NTI 1/16 PLYWOOD NBI 1/16 PLYWOOD NO CUTOUT 1/16 PLYWOOD TANK BOX NGERS VBSO SPRUCE Li ALL FORMERS I/B SHEET SIG LG BLOCKS NOSE SIDE 2REO ONLY 1/4 DO WEL I3/16SHEET I/B SQ SPRUCE5 P1 ANCE POINT / BULKHEAD B IFILL WIN W pNTI/ SPACE TO / 7 SFARS 8 BOT / SQ TOP 0M SPARS TOP B I/4X III LJ~- STRINGERS 1/8 -6 3/32 C-GRAIN SHE F ~EQ7I j/BSHEE 3/16 SHEET1/4 DOWEL-1I/8SQ SPRUCE STRINC IHEET FILL 1vN #JEL TANK I BULKHEAD C 7j11 x 7II I6PLYWOOO 7 II5BCOVER TO HERE WITH OR- , \ SIG LG BLOCK~ LG LEGS 3/32 MUSIC WIRE I/2x I/B PLANKING 4 WILLIAMS BROS 6 3A4j OR TREXLER G-Ii 6K6 I/2j - WRAP B SOLDER 10 - MAKE TWO IKN~ I/2SQ MAPLE SERVO RAILS @BOTTOM STRINGERS 6 REQ 1/8~SPRUCE DENNY JR DESIGNED BY DEE MATHEWS DRAWN BY MELANIE CARPENTER TRACED FOR MODEL AVIATION BY RAY BORDEN 0I 23456 WINDSHI CLEAR P1 / / TILT THISII RIB 7 N 4F ii L - -DIHEDRAL BRACE LEFT WING 4-Ji- I-jI-II III II I__ II-H-_ IIII I7JZL __14II II -- H I4- r 1/16 MUSIC WIRE EPOXY IN PLACE _____ AFTER CARVING L E y DIHEDRAL BRACE / RIGHT WING/ 1// _3/32SHEET TOPS BOTTOM7 / I I/B RIBS AT CENT / 1/4 XI/2 / /HARD /1 _____I II I/2XV2 LONG SIG HORNN I/2SHEET 4 W--- DIHEDRAL BRACE 4 REQ 3/32 PLYWOOD r 4 FIRM SHEET \\SHIM WITH \V8SHEET III II OATHANGE WIRE ___ NOTCH INTO SPAR OXY II I/4HARD SHEE\____ CROSSGRAIN7 TOPEXIT FOR VENT BULKHEADWHEEL 3/16 PLYWOOD 6SHEET /I/2HARD SHEET / E SIG HORN N METALLOOSE FIT TAILWHEEL CUT TO INSTALL ZODSLOTS7YC II / / TB TAILWHEEL MOUNT 16PLYWOOO ii / WINDSHIELD TEMPLATE I/ BULKHEAD B /3/16 PLYWOOD / 1/ VERT BULKHEAD A2 1/8 PLYWOOD 7 BULKHEAD C 1/8 PLYWOOD /n /nI / ED TE Dennyplane Right Typical tail-dragger linkage Pushrod goes Outer hole long rudder horn rudder movement swings tail wheel axle extension provide steerable tail wheel action Authors model wet-covered silkhe wished suthentic can go Monokote etc Below Those flippers may seem huge note elevator pushrod hole end Plane stable enough used trainer Its surely great Sunday sport job Now notch bulkheads fit Run first stringer match centerline others can follow fuselage contours method gives much straighte longe rons pre-notching bulkheads front top side stringers /8 X a bottom /8 sq spruce After entire assembly dry can sanded contour cowling fortunate accident probability reasons Den nyplane has particular favorite over years has cowl difficulty reproducing However ABS plastic Nieuport cowling VK Models exactly right available nominal cost VK held place four brackets noted plan tapped 4-40 bolts Trexler G-II wheels available Sig Fox 50203 motor mount re maining pieces hardware needed complete fuselage Horizontal vertical tail surfaces built cutting outline pieces balsa ines shimmed surfaces built flat plans ribs posts sanded airfoil section blending /4 trailing-edge outlines Careful sanding direction grain should minimize breakage Add stab rudder hinges before pre paring surfaces covering Start wing notching TE pinning building board Position bottom spars notch leading edge Ribs glued place next tilt ribs dihedral break match necessary dihedral Wing tips should placed over bottom spars top spars tapered bottom side pulled onto tips Pleasing tip contours can obtained filling top area scrap balsa sanding shape dihedral angle obtained pin ning down center section joining both left right halves epoxy tip blocked up 4 After epoxy cured dihedral braces should added along 1/16 music wire keep trailing edge being notched wing hold-down rubberbands wing completed sheeting center sanding everything smooth prepara tion covering Covering Finishing want go easy way far covering concerned shiny Mylar stuff best direction However authenticity thing get out silk prototype wet-covered silk after three coats sanding sealer applied framework Now brace yourself After silk dried entire plane painted coat Knox unflavored gelatin mixed according package direction Such treatment turned whole project very large prune after dried wrinkles disappeared silk weave filled gelatin trick saves considerable amount dope weight also stops annoying dope run-throughs give striped silk finish nu merous coats clear tail surfaces should covered prior assembly set together after initial coat gelatin applied Additional coats clear can now brushed sprayed until finish slick shiny fuel-proof Celluloid windows can carefully glued place after dope dry neat trick use black vinyl tape cut 3/16 width outline windows cover windshield joints options available comes mounting RC gear fuse lage nothing cavernous thing especially watch though gear mounted behind CG since plane its short tail moment tends build 8Model Aviation landing gear typical old-style free flight Thirtiesthe Trexier airwheels big deal good old days picture front struts bolted cabin bulkhead plans show simpler arrangement using two hardwood mounting blocks running across fuselage Strap-on fittings used bumpier landings wed suggest 1/8 music wire substituted 3/32 plan nose heavy Plan radio installation allow tendency Large Sig control horns Nyrods make up auxiliary control devices Although surfaces huge plane flies slowly par ticularly sensitive over-control Flying Motor control really needed handy able shut thing down need 25 plenty power verging excess 19 would work well built lightly 15 might sufficient dont use throttle control two ounces fuel will about right tank can mounted hole cut through bulkheads saddle mount ahead firewall scrap ply wood mount installed just back firewall Dennyplane mostly free-flight model radio assist stable enough used RC trainer sport model Sunday flier Whatever its use its interesting link past will prove real conversation piece fly ing field As original ad suggested might find out .. friends enthusiastic praise Right Close-up windshield area clarifies positions supporting pieces cowl held place four brackets tapped 4-40 bolts Wheels Trexier G-11 available Sig Fox 50203 motor mounts fits well Since typical magazine presentation always brags about roomy cabins accessibility barn takes cake spaceeven tank can removed via cabin wing rubberbanded dowels shown Maybe neat nylon bolts sure saves wear tear Ship flies slowly espe cially sensitive over-control