JUST about everyone has least relative 75 years old Someone alive Wright Brothers made historic first flight fully controlled heavier-than-air flying machine flight led directly enormous changes transportation war fare us sport recrea tion Three-quarters ci several lifetimes teei alone 1903 what now story getting place another like several lifetimes progress Yet happened just over th span average personi men vry far fr wasnt just w wanted fly lot years invent th failed reasons obvious mi tother think n lle Wr Litical 75th fame tha sketc like oughi ut built hand after Most o ing ORVILLE WRIGHTWILBUR WRIGHT wrong art over ilbur oth NO OCR TEXT SYA IDOL1 &YACt W AT SPAR 4 EWIR r ONL R BRACC WIRCS WARPING ANALS 7 / ____iT EI 906 TRC DCTAILS 7 CL/P S/PPORT -J PLA1r CL/P D i N. 8 COUNTER WOODSCAEWS APPLICATIONS S7C/T CLIP M NA/N SPAR wiN STRL/TE -7 CLLCR STAY 4 ott srnurs SKID PIX/NG NA/N SPAR sorrc STEEL_SOLDERE DIA NOLES CL/P t 5K ELEVATIONS OrAL trr.i4tAtn arws C OTNEa 58 S7TEL ST PtCCCS fITTINGS fo STtfL aRAZED SMarT uaaRW4 ivor 4 807 5SOLDERED IV/RE PULLEY ot SNAPT RR 0 Co z -J C w N 8 LI UId no sm no 0 n won trgely tor c couli i try Henson ugh ionopla k 0n4 pa nave fl nothing U / IThis nardstretc incodandb mlineVIOW Ut reallylearn fly befoi rfect airplan man would ti ns 5 step involved figui trying r flown like a 5-foot span bir moved Lrping lateral toa form e theire a17-foot I 60 Mc U R T S S V PLANS BY RALPH BECK NOW AVAILABLE FROM lloaoe ENT CORP P0 BOX 9641 SAN DIEGO CALIFORNIA 92109 SEND lX FOR COMPLETE CATALOG OF AIRCRAFT HARDWARE & ACCESSORIESPLUS DESCRIPTIVE jENNY BROCHURE 1931 Gee Bee Super Sportster 1SIe IGeneral Arrange ICatalog 25c w T By1 Imont Drawing Bill Given ERNISTIC MODELS PO BOX 6974 ALBUO NM 87197 placement rather firmly tixed wing sockets mounted motor stick angular difference cidence between wing horizontal stabilizer Most fliers move wing posts up down sockets set wing cidence works quite well However few disadvantages moving wing posts least being quandry set posts first test flight fliers have found models have much repeatable performance wing posts cut proper length bottom out bottom sockets work Note Fig bottom socket has plug balsa glued firmly bottom motor stick Actually plug sharpened can extend out bot tom motor stick glued trimmed flush very im portant bottom end socket anchored motor sticks natural torsion resistance helps stabilize wings tendency twist under flight loads post fully inserted socket part available torsional leverage being used possibility post can slip out socket under load So instead making tiny marks post during test flying remember right mark cut off tiny bit longer post finger nail clippers ideal fully insert post again After flight trim finished wing posts automatically set up almost perfect flight adjustment next session What need change least two ways change incidence after cutting posts length Obviously minor trimming can done next session However too changes needed wing posts growth will appear stunted Stan Chilton uses variable incidence stabilizer models allows very fine tuning flight trim Stans setup doubly useful can seen photo Although sta bilizer bracing wires show photo leading edge rudder ex tends through stab about 11/2 inches serves bracing post also very close study photo shows tiny paper socket end tail boom post/leading edge going through socket tail boom shorter therefore lighter stabilizer incidence easily adjustable Take Close Look eyesight 20-20 glasses poor light indoor sites makes hard see tiny details models way im prove vision use magnifier such worn Fry Rodemsky photo Like other fliers Fry uses rubber 0-rings motors allow easier handling better torque control see section 0-rings previous column p 55 July 78 MA Sometimes 0-rings hard see proper hookup Flying Planned Aug 78 MA reported indoor activity throughout Midwest several other areas hold reg ular indoor sessions contests during Fall Winter months longest stretch activity occurs Miami Flor ida using Goodyear hangar Opa Locka Airport Miami Contact Dr John Martin 3227 Darwin St Miami FL 33133 details Also Ron Wil liams 1364 Lexington Ave New York NY 10028 has managed establish regular flying sessions Low Library Rotunda Columbia University New York City Another regular activity area Glastonbury Connecticut George Armstead ramrods monthly ses sions Contact George 89 Harvest Lane Glastonbury CT 06037 specific infor mation Visit groups area fly regularly live close enough---they nice friendly people Bud Tenny PO Box 545 Richardson TX 75080 FF Sport/Scale/Warner continued page 53 tains Smithsonians aeroplanes 3-view form $275 Title Aircraft National Air Space Museum Check money orders can made out above museum c/o Smithsonian Institution Washington DC 20566 nine-inch Peanut controversy has drawn fire sides com batants sending remote 3-views planes built nine-inch fuse lage would qualify Jumbo Nothing daunted dug up weirdo qualifies under present 13 wing span rule about 22 length around 250 sq descendant boxkite John Mar tins Boxmoth proves nothing except wing span alone doth make Pea nut Its spirit counts Frank Scott Dayton Buzzin Buzzards says Lets leave rules alone Ed Hopkins Fillmore CA suggests uniform 1/24 scale Flightmaster James Dean thinks area rule would about idea called Mooney Judging after its originator Planes ranked best worst point best 2 points next best etc score added flight placing makes low-score wins situation CD contestants agreeing before hand whether ties broken scale flying scores judges bound set ridiculous constricting rules can place Fike Lacey Forbes-Arnold right down line An interesting alternative takes some time tabulate having contestant rate planes giving hers top score possible Add em up average em No complaints Most people have pretty good idea what Peanut Let rest fly AMA rubber scale Manhat tan Cabin Bill Warner 423-C San Vicente Blvd. Santa Monica CA 90402 Wright Flight/Berliner continued page 60 basics flight control moved Biplane Glider 2 flown July August 1901 Kitty Hawk span 22 feet wing area 290 sq ft fully capable carrying man under variety wind conditions made some 60 flights longest almost 400 feet Like Bi plane Glider front elevator no vertical rudder fixed surface Wing warping now controlled hip cradle although flew better its predecessor lot changes would ob viously have made before could consider themselves flying late summer 1902 brought out Biplane Glider 3 built re sult extensive research means control machine grown wingspan 32 area 305 sq ft much greater aspect ratio reduced span-loading first twin rearmounted vertical fins directional sta bility supposed counteract disturbing tendency downwarped wing lag behind increase bank turn supposed correct What happening 108 Model Aviation REPLA-TECH MC KENZIE HWY PLAN S VIDA OREGON 97469____________ right wing dropped because sudden gust wind its trailing edge would warped down pilot would increase lift wing sup posedly bring back up level warped right wings trailing edge much drag unwarped left right wing would lag behind start drop would swing air plane around right sometimes beginning spin fixed vertical tails Biplane Glider 3 supposed act like weathervane keep airplane straight Instead acted like lever airplane began sideslip actually increased problem correct Wrights swapped two fixed fins moveable rudder connected warping cradle automatically turned toward warp direction Thus created first coordinated turn opened door controlled flight During September October 1902 Wrights flew modified Biplane Glider 3 something like 1000 times built up about four hours flying time everyone else history aviation combined hours built up experience knowledge fact became first humans learn fly No longer would little puff wind side mean end flight wing dropped quickly brought back up level means cradle-operated linked controls Moreover smoothly banked turns could made glider skimmed down sandy Kill Devil Hills Mastery air still far future Biplane Glider 3 modi fied controls over roll pitch yaw Orville Wilbur control over Biplane Glider 3 historys first solid combination man airplane functioning unit next step obvious Power days however little volved driving down neighbor hood airplane engine store picking out powerplant needed no airplane engines sale nor could built plans way out bind design build fit airplane being designed built same time ideal way things what choice did have Wrights investing profits bicycle business flying machines well-financed scientist doing everything could beat historic first Samuel Langley secre tary Smithsonian Institution built flown several impressive tandemwinged models encouraged build full-size man-carrying machine simply scaling up largest model mechanic Charles Manly produced amazing 52-hp radial engine designed Stephen Balzer GRISH AIRCRAFT TYPE PROPELLERS Made hardwood fully carved true helical pitch airfoil ready sanding ALL SIZES IN18$700 6 8 & 10 PITCH20800 RIGHT HAND221000 ROTATION241300 3/8 BORE AT YOUR DEALER ALL GRISH PROPELLERS ARE ENGINEERED TO TRUE HELICAL PITCH AND AIRFOIL FOR EFFICIENCY 5/2-4 6-4 7-8 8-8 9-7 10-6 11-8 12-6 USE TO PROPEL AIR CREATE THRUST AND RE PROPELLED BY AIR 2 Blade Pusher 5A-4 6-36-4354 8-6854 9-6106$1 BLADE 3 BladeTractor 5-3 6-36-4504 3 BladePusher 6-3Metallic Aluminum Color Mide polyester boll color7-67-8$1 8-68-8$125 9-610-610-4$150 put Langley far ahead Wrights far power concerned em minent professor paid entirely too little attention problems structure control Aerodrome terribly weak wing spars flight controls could possibly have moved huge contraption enough good tiny elevator rudder close center gravity absolutely no roll control much chance could have flown very far dead calm As turned out two attempts pilot Manly October early December 1903 failed Aerodrome fouled its launching cata pult pitched poor Manly icy Potomac River week after second final watery crash Langleys misguided dream Wrights ready polished flying skills 60 flights Biplane Glider 3 added second rudder greater control built entirely new craft called Flyer n written gliders engine attached 1903 Flyer largest Wright aircraft yet span 40 4 wing area 510 sq ft empty weight around 600 lbs Like Biplane Glider 3B twin rudders low aspect ratio monoplane elevator re placed slim biplane device few feet front nose prone pilot Sitting next pilot another symbol Wright genius engine may have equal Manly radial four-cylinder in-line good about 13 hp 1750 rpm means chains drove pair counterrotating propellers de signed built Wrights yet another display superior skill craftsmanship thinking Monday Dec 14 1903 everything seemed ready wind blew steadily across bleak North Carolina shore Orville Wilbur dragged new machine its crude hangar Wilbur won toss coin prepared him self become worlds first airplane pilot engine fired up allowed warm enough power being devel oped restraint loosed Flyer started foward air Its nose came up quickly Wilbur reacted application down-ele vator Too much down-elevator counteracted up-elevator prevent immediate landing few oscillations nose dug sand after about 2 seconds Wrights enough qualify flight airplane never really under control Three days later tried again time Orville pilot cant people world dont January 1979 109 PROPELLERS 2 Blade Tractor 5-3each 5-45%3 6-3 7-47-6 8-48-6 9-49-6 9-8104 11-411-6 12-4125 AT YOUR DEALER GRISH ST JOHN INDIANA 46373 304 354 504 654 854 $1 $150 AT DISCRETION OF THE PURCHASER Pusher 10-6$150 THE SECOND ANNUAL LULLL&LiJ JANUARY 6 & 7 1979 SEE THE LATEST PRODUCTS AND VISIT WITH MAJOR MANUFACTURERS AND DISTRIBUTORS OF MODEL AIRCRAFT* MODEL ENGINES eMODEL BOATSeRADIOCONTROLSYSTEMS eMODELCARSeMODELINGACCESSORIES INDOOR AND OUTDOOR DEMONSTRATIONS STATIC DISPLAY COMPETITION IN MANY CATEGORIES OVERSEAS EXHIBITORS CORDIALLY INVITED INTERNATIONAL MODELER SHOW BOX 127 COSTA MESA CA 92627 17141 548-4700 know what happened flew Four times longest flight 59 seconds covering 852 feet over ground estimated half mile through air wind blowing better 20 mph Flyer never flew again having wrecked wind shortly after its fourth landing historic day eventually shipped England display Science Museum London because Smithsonian insisted Langley inventor airplane 1948 finally placed displayin Wash ington after stuffy Museum people admitted Wrights Lang ley first today Flyer hangs its glory just inside entrance National Air & Space Museum 20 million people have seen just first two years since new museum opened Yet true superiority Wrights still fully appreciated world isnt merely first fly fully controlled heavier-than-air machine No accomplishments span whole spectrum aeronautics Aerodynamics structures control engines propellers flight training race first fly really wasnt much race 59-second flight Dec 17 1903 wasnt bettered anyone else almost four years Wilbur credit 38-min ute flight covered 24 miles far ahead like no else trying still think 75 years such long time consider case Steve Wittman undisputed king pylon air racing record holder new Formula Vee Class Steve born just 3 months after Wrights first flight hes still active pilot ever run Steve ask see FAI Sporting License signed 0 Wright T-Craft/Schroeder continued page 62 Wing Begin cutting out ribs materials called out plan methods cutting out wing ribs preferred builder pin blanks together stacks about inch high trace pat tern onto top stack sand shape disc sander table must set exactly 90 degrees sanding dsc ribs will vary top stack bottom notches spars can cut band jig razor saw bbfore ribs split apart An alternate method would cut template light sheet metal pin down sheet balsa cut around edges making rib time time consuming perhaps results same Pin spars leading trailing edges down over plan after carefully checking rib proper fit cement place Next add wing tips cut /8 sheet balsa Finally add upper spars Join two outer panels center section using plywood di hedral braces reinforcement Next cover leading edges center section 1/16 sheet top Sand shape necessary preparation covering Covering Finish types coverings finishes available today sometimes difficult decide method use builder has less standardized MonoKote other plastic covering material wing tail surfaces doped Silkspan-covered surfaces fuselage Sand fuselage thoroughly #400 grit sandpaper dust off apply coat clear dope point simulate longerons applying 1/32 wide strips masking tape thread appro priate places shown plan Next entire fuselage covered layer lightweight Silkspan followed two coats 20% cornstarch 80% clear dope mixture After another sanding #400 grit sandpaper structure ready color doping Two three coats favorite color preferably sprayed will usually give satisfactory finish windows numbers cut white black MonoKote trim sheets RC Gear Installation location 110 ModelAviation -Lfl
Edition: Model Aviation - 1979/01
Page Numbers: 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 108, 109, 110
JUST about everyone has least relative 75 years old Someone alive Wright Brothers made historic first flight fully controlled heavier-than-air flying machine flight led directly enormous changes transportation war fare us sport recrea tion Three-quarters ci several lifetimes teei alone 1903 what now story getting place another like several lifetimes progress Yet happened just over th span average personi men vry far fr wasnt just w wanted fly lot years invent th failed reasons obvious mi tother think n lle Wr Litical 75th fame tha sketc like oughi ut built hand after Most o ing ORVILLE WRIGHTWILBUR WRIGHT wrong art over ilbur oth NO OCR TEXT SYA IDOL1 &YACt W AT SPAR 4 EWIR r ONL R BRACC WIRCS WARPING ANALS 7 / ____iT EI 906 TRC DCTAILS 7 CL/P S/PPORT -J PLA1r CL/P D i N. 8 COUNTER WOODSCAEWS APPLICATIONS S7C/T CLIP M NA/N SPAR wiN STRL/TE -7 CLLCR STAY 4 ott srnurs SKID PIX/NG NA/N SPAR sorrc STEEL_SOLDERE DIA NOLES CL/P t 5K ELEVATIONS OrAL trr.i4tAtn arws C OTNEa 58 S7TEL ST PtCCCS fITTINGS fo STtfL aRAZED SMarT uaaRW4 ivor 4 807 5SOLDERED IV/RE PULLEY ot SNAPT RR 0 Co z -J C w N 8 LI UId no sm no 0 n won trgely tor c couli i try Henson ugh ionopla k 0n4 pa nave fl nothing U / IThis nardstretc incodandb mlineVIOW Ut reallylearn fly befoi rfect airplan man would ti ns 5 step involved figui trying r flown like a 5-foot span bir moved Lrping lateral toa form e theire a17-foot I 60 Mc U R T S S V PLANS BY RALPH BECK NOW AVAILABLE FROM lloaoe ENT CORP P0 BOX 9641 SAN DIEGO CALIFORNIA 92109 SEND lX FOR COMPLETE CATALOG OF AIRCRAFT HARDWARE & ACCESSORIESPLUS DESCRIPTIVE jENNY BROCHURE 1931 Gee Bee Super Sportster 1SIe IGeneral Arrange ICatalog 25c w T By1 Imont Drawing Bill Given ERNISTIC MODELS PO BOX 6974 ALBUO NM 87197 placement rather firmly tixed wing sockets mounted motor stick angular difference cidence between wing horizontal stabilizer Most fliers move wing posts up down sockets set wing cidence works quite well However few disadvantages moving wing posts least being quandry set posts first test flight fliers have found models have much repeatable performance wing posts cut proper length bottom out bottom sockets work Note Fig bottom socket has plug balsa glued firmly bottom motor stick Actually plug sharpened can extend out bot tom motor stick glued trimmed flush very im portant bottom end socket anchored motor sticks natural torsion resistance helps stabilize wings tendency twist under flight loads post fully inserted socket part available torsional leverage being used possibility post can slip out socket under load So instead making tiny marks post during test flying remember right mark cut off tiny bit longer post finger nail clippers ideal fully insert post again After flight trim finished wing posts automatically set up almost perfect flight adjustment next session What need change least two ways change incidence after cutting posts length Obviously minor trimming can done next session However too changes needed wing posts growth will appear stunted Stan Chilton uses variable incidence stabilizer models allows very fine tuning flight trim Stans setup doubly useful can seen photo Although sta bilizer bracing wires show photo leading edge rudder ex tends through stab about 11/2 inches serves bracing post also very close study photo shows tiny paper socket end tail boom post/leading edge going through socket tail boom shorter therefore lighter stabilizer incidence easily adjustable Take Close Look eyesight 20-20 glasses poor light indoor sites makes hard see tiny details models way im prove vision use magnifier such worn Fry Rodemsky photo Like other fliers Fry uses rubber 0-rings motors allow easier handling better torque control see section 0-rings previous column p 55 July 78 MA Sometimes 0-rings hard see proper hookup Flying Planned Aug 78 MA reported indoor activity throughout Midwest several other areas hold reg ular indoor sessions contests during Fall Winter months longest stretch activity occurs Miami Flor ida using Goodyear hangar Opa Locka Airport Miami Contact Dr John Martin 3227 Darwin St Miami FL 33133 details Also Ron Wil liams 1364 Lexington Ave New York NY 10028 has managed establish regular flying sessions Low Library Rotunda Columbia University New York City Another regular activity area Glastonbury Connecticut George Armstead ramrods monthly ses sions Contact George 89 Harvest Lane Glastonbury CT 06037 specific infor mation Visit groups area fly regularly live close enough---they nice friendly people Bud Tenny PO Box 545 Richardson TX 75080 FF Sport/Scale/Warner continued page 53 tains Smithsonians aeroplanes 3-view form $275 Title Aircraft National Air Space Museum Check money orders can made out above museum c/o Smithsonian Institution Washington DC 20566 nine-inch Peanut controversy has drawn fire sides com batants sending remote 3-views planes built nine-inch fuse lage would qualify Jumbo Nothing daunted dug up weirdo qualifies under present 13 wing span rule about 22 length around 250 sq descendant boxkite John Mar tins Boxmoth proves nothing except wing span alone doth make Pea nut Its spirit counts Frank Scott Dayton Buzzin Buzzards says Lets leave rules alone Ed Hopkins Fillmore CA suggests uniform 1/24 scale Flightmaster James Dean thinks area rule would about idea called Mooney Judging after its originator Planes ranked best worst point best 2 points next best etc score added flight placing makes low-score wins situation CD contestants agreeing before hand whether ties broken scale flying scores judges bound set ridiculous constricting rules can place Fike Lacey Forbes-Arnold right down line An interesting alternative takes some time tabulate having contestant rate planes giving hers top score possible Add em up average em No complaints Most people have pretty good idea what Peanut Let rest fly AMA rubber scale Manhat tan Cabin Bill Warner 423-C San Vicente Blvd. Santa Monica CA 90402 Wright Flight/Berliner continued page 60 basics flight control moved Biplane Glider 2 flown July August 1901 Kitty Hawk span 22 feet wing area 290 sq ft fully capable carrying man under variety wind conditions made some 60 flights longest almost 400 feet Like Bi plane Glider front elevator no vertical rudder fixed surface Wing warping now controlled hip cradle although flew better its predecessor lot changes would ob viously have made before could consider themselves flying late summer 1902 brought out Biplane Glider 3 built re sult extensive research means control machine grown wingspan 32 area 305 sq ft much greater aspect ratio reduced span-loading first twin rearmounted vertical fins directional sta bility supposed counteract disturbing tendency downwarped wing lag behind increase bank turn supposed correct What happening 108 Model Aviation REPLA-TECH MC KENZIE HWY PLAN S VIDA OREGON 97469____________ right wing dropped because sudden gust wind its trailing edge would warped down pilot would increase lift wing sup posedly bring back up level warped right wings trailing edge much drag unwarped left right wing would lag behind start drop would swing air plane around right sometimes beginning spin fixed vertical tails Biplane Glider 3 supposed act like weathervane keep airplane straight Instead acted like lever airplane began sideslip actually increased problem correct Wrights swapped two fixed fins moveable rudder connected warping cradle automatically turned toward warp direction Thus created first coordinated turn opened door controlled flight During September October 1902 Wrights flew modified Biplane Glider 3 something like 1000 times built up about four hours flying time everyone else history aviation combined hours built up experience knowledge fact became first humans learn fly No longer would little puff wind side mean end flight wing dropped quickly brought back up level means cradle-operated linked controls Moreover smoothly banked turns could made glider skimmed down sandy Kill Devil Hills Mastery air still far future Biplane Glider 3 modi fied controls over roll pitch yaw Orville Wilbur control over Biplane Glider 3 historys first solid combination man airplane functioning unit next step obvious Power days however little volved driving down neighbor hood airplane engine store picking out powerplant needed no airplane engines sale nor could built plans way out bind design build fit airplane being designed built same time ideal way things what choice did have Wrights investing profits bicycle business flying machines well-financed scientist doing everything could beat historic first Samuel Langley secre tary Smithsonian Institution built flown several impressive tandemwinged models encouraged build full-size man-carrying machine simply scaling up largest model mechanic Charles Manly produced amazing 52-hp radial engine designed Stephen Balzer GRISH AIRCRAFT TYPE PROPELLERS Made hardwood fully carved true helical pitch airfoil ready sanding ALL SIZES IN18$700 6 8 & 10 PITCH20800 RIGHT HAND221000 ROTATION241300 3/8 BORE AT YOUR DEALER ALL GRISH PROPELLERS ARE ENGINEERED TO TRUE HELICAL PITCH AND AIRFOIL FOR EFFICIENCY 5/2-4 6-4 7-8 8-8 9-7 10-6 11-8 12-6 USE TO PROPEL AIR CREATE THRUST AND RE PROPELLED BY AIR 2 Blade Pusher 5A-4 6-36-4354 8-6854 9-6106$1 BLADE 3 BladeTractor 5-3 6-36-4504 3 BladePusher 6-3Metallic Aluminum Color Mide polyester boll color7-67-8$1 8-68-8$125 9-610-610-4$150 put Langley far ahead Wrights far power concerned em minent professor paid entirely too little attention problems structure control Aerodrome terribly weak wing spars flight controls could possibly have moved huge contraption enough good tiny elevator rudder close center gravity absolutely no roll control much chance could have flown very far dead calm As turned out two attempts pilot Manly October early December 1903 failed Aerodrome fouled its launching cata pult pitched poor Manly icy Potomac River week after second final watery crash Langleys misguided dream Wrights ready polished flying skills 60 flights Biplane Glider 3 added second rudder greater control built entirely new craft called Flyer n written gliders engine attached 1903 Flyer largest Wright aircraft yet span 40 4 wing area 510 sq ft empty weight around 600 lbs Like Biplane Glider 3B twin rudders low aspect ratio monoplane elevator re placed slim biplane device few feet front nose prone pilot Sitting next pilot another symbol Wright genius engine may have equal Manly radial four-cylinder in-line good about 13 hp 1750 rpm means chains drove pair counterrotating propellers de signed built Wrights yet another display superior skill craftsmanship thinking Monday Dec 14 1903 everything seemed ready wind blew steadily across bleak North Carolina shore Orville Wilbur dragged new machine its crude hangar Wilbur won toss coin prepared him self become worlds first airplane pilot engine fired up allowed warm enough power being devel oped restraint loosed Flyer started foward air Its nose came up quickly Wilbur reacted application down-ele vator Too much down-elevator counteracted up-elevator prevent immediate landing few oscillations nose dug sand after about 2 seconds Wrights enough qualify flight airplane never really under control Three days later tried again time Orville pilot cant people world dont January 1979 109 PROPELLERS 2 Blade Tractor 5-3each 5-45%3 6-3 7-47-6 8-48-6 9-49-6 9-8104 11-411-6 12-4125 AT YOUR DEALER GRISH ST JOHN INDIANA 46373 304 354 504 654 854 $1 $150 AT DISCRETION OF THE PURCHASER Pusher 10-6$150 THE SECOND ANNUAL LULLL&LiJ JANUARY 6 & 7 1979 SEE THE LATEST PRODUCTS AND VISIT WITH MAJOR MANUFACTURERS AND DISTRIBUTORS OF MODEL AIRCRAFT* MODEL ENGINES eMODEL BOATSeRADIOCONTROLSYSTEMS eMODELCARSeMODELINGACCESSORIES INDOOR AND OUTDOOR DEMONSTRATIONS STATIC DISPLAY COMPETITION IN MANY CATEGORIES OVERSEAS EXHIBITORS CORDIALLY INVITED INTERNATIONAL MODELER SHOW BOX 127 COSTA MESA CA 92627 17141 548-4700 know what happened flew Four times longest flight 59 seconds covering 852 feet over ground estimated half mile through air wind blowing better 20 mph Flyer never flew again having wrecked wind shortly after its fourth landing historic day eventually shipped England display Science Museum London because Smithsonian insisted Langley inventor airplane 1948 finally placed displayin Wash ington after stuffy Museum people admitted Wrights Lang ley first today Flyer hangs its glory just inside entrance National Air & Space Museum 20 million people have seen just first two years since new museum opened Yet true superiority Wrights still fully appreciated world isnt merely first fly fully controlled heavier-than-air machine No accomplishments span whole spectrum aeronautics Aerodynamics structures control engines propellers flight training race first fly really wasnt much race 59-second flight Dec 17 1903 wasnt bettered anyone else almost four years Wilbur credit 38-min ute flight covered 24 miles far ahead like no else trying still think 75 years such long time consider case Steve Wittman undisputed king pylon air racing record holder new Formula Vee Class Steve born just 3 months after Wrights first flight hes still active pilot ever run Steve ask see FAI Sporting License signed 0 Wright T-Craft/Schroeder continued page 62 Wing Begin cutting out ribs materials called out plan methods cutting out wing ribs preferred builder pin blanks together stacks about inch high trace pat tern onto top stack sand shape disc sander table must set exactly 90 degrees sanding dsc ribs will vary top stack bottom notches spars can cut band jig razor saw bbfore ribs split apart An alternate method would cut template light sheet metal pin down sheet balsa cut around edges making rib time time consuming perhaps results same Pin spars leading trailing edges down over plan after carefully checking rib proper fit cement place Next add wing tips cut /8 sheet balsa Finally add upper spars Join two outer panels center section using plywood di hedral braces reinforcement Next cover leading edges center section 1/16 sheet top Sand shape necessary preparation covering Covering Finish types coverings finishes available today sometimes difficult decide method use builder has less standardized MonoKote other plastic covering material wing tail surfaces doped Silkspan-covered surfaces fuselage Sand fuselage thoroughly #400 grit sandpaper dust off apply coat clear dope point simulate longerons applying 1/32 wide strips masking tape thread appro priate places shown plan Next entire fuselage covered layer lightweight Silkspan followed two coats 20% cornstarch 80% clear dope mixture After another sanding #400 grit sandpaper structure ready color doping Two three coats favorite color preferably sprayed will usually give satisfactory finish windows numbers cut white black MonoKote trim sheets RC Gear Installation location 110 ModelAviation -Lfl
Edition: Model Aviation - 1979/01
Page Numbers: 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 108, 109, 110
JUST about everyone has least relative 75 years old Someone alive Wright Brothers made historic first flight fully controlled heavier-than-air flying machine flight led directly enormous changes transportation war fare us sport recrea tion Three-quarters ci several lifetimes teei alone 1903 what now story getting place another like several lifetimes progress Yet happened just over th span average personi men vry far fr wasnt just w wanted fly lot years invent th failed reasons obvious mi tother think n lle Wr Litical 75th fame tha sketc like oughi ut built hand after Most o ing ORVILLE WRIGHTWILBUR WRIGHT wrong art over ilbur oth NO OCR TEXT SYA IDOL1 &YACt W AT SPAR 4 EWIR r ONL R BRACC WIRCS WARPING ANALS 7 / ____iT EI 906 TRC DCTAILS 7 CL/P S/PPORT -J PLA1r CL/P D i N. 8 COUNTER WOODSCAEWS APPLICATIONS S7C/T CLIP M NA/N SPAR wiN STRL/TE -7 CLLCR STAY 4 ott srnurs SKID PIX/NG NA/N SPAR sorrc STEEL_SOLDERE DIA NOLES CL/P t 5K ELEVATIONS OrAL trr.i4tAtn arws C OTNEa 58 S7TEL ST PtCCCS fITTINGS fo STtfL aRAZED SMarT uaaRW4 ivor 4 807 5SOLDERED IV/RE PULLEY ot SNAPT RR 0 Co z -J C w N 8 LI UId no sm no 0 n won trgely tor c couli i try Henson ugh ionopla k 0n4 pa nave fl nothing U / IThis nardstretc incodandb mlineVIOW Ut reallylearn fly befoi rfect airplan man would ti ns 5 step involved figui trying r flown like a 5-foot span bir moved Lrping lateral toa form e theire a17-foot I 60 Mc U R T S S V PLANS BY RALPH BECK NOW AVAILABLE FROM lloaoe ENT CORP P0 BOX 9641 SAN DIEGO CALIFORNIA 92109 SEND lX FOR COMPLETE CATALOG OF AIRCRAFT HARDWARE & ACCESSORIESPLUS DESCRIPTIVE jENNY BROCHURE 1931 Gee Bee Super Sportster 1SIe IGeneral Arrange ICatalog 25c w T By1 Imont Drawing Bill Given ERNISTIC MODELS PO BOX 6974 ALBUO NM 87197 placement rather firmly tixed wing sockets mounted motor stick angular difference cidence between wing horizontal stabilizer Most fliers move wing posts up down sockets set wing cidence works quite well However few disadvantages moving wing posts least being quandry set posts first test flight fliers have found models have much repeatable performance wing posts cut proper length bottom out bottom sockets work Note Fig bottom socket has plug balsa glued firmly bottom motor stick Actually plug sharpened can extend out bot tom motor stick glued trimmed flush very im portant bottom end socket anchored motor sticks natural torsion resistance helps stabilize wings tendency twist under flight loads post fully inserted socket part available torsional leverage being used possibility post can slip out socket under load So instead making tiny marks post during test flying remember right mark cut off tiny bit longer post finger nail clippers ideal fully insert post again After flight trim finished wing posts automatically set up almost perfect flight adjustment next session What need change least two ways change incidence after cutting posts length Obviously minor trimming can done next session However too changes needed wing posts growth will appear stunted Stan Chilton uses variable incidence stabilizer models allows very fine tuning flight trim Stans setup doubly useful can seen photo Although sta bilizer bracing wires show photo leading edge rudder ex tends through stab about 11/2 inches serves bracing post also very close study photo shows tiny paper socket end tail boom post/leading edge going through socket tail boom shorter therefore lighter stabilizer incidence easily adjustable Take Close Look eyesight 20-20 glasses poor light indoor sites makes hard see tiny details models way im prove vision use magnifier such worn Fry Rodemsky photo Like other fliers Fry uses rubber 0-rings motors allow easier handling better torque control see section 0-rings previous column p 55 July 78 MA Sometimes 0-rings hard see proper hookup Flying Planned Aug 78 MA reported indoor activity throughout Midwest several other areas hold reg ular indoor sessions contests during Fall Winter months longest stretch activity occurs Miami Flor ida using Goodyear hangar Opa Locka Airport Miami Contact Dr John Martin 3227 Darwin St Miami FL 33133 details Also Ron Wil liams 1364 Lexington Ave New York NY 10028 has managed establish regular flying sessions Low Library Rotunda Columbia University New York City Another regular activity area Glastonbury Connecticut George Armstead ramrods monthly ses sions Contact George 89 Harvest Lane Glastonbury CT 06037 specific infor mation Visit groups area fly regularly live close enough---they nice friendly people Bud Tenny PO Box 545 Richardson TX 75080 FF Sport/Scale/Warner continued page 53 tains Smithsonians aeroplanes 3-view form $275 Title Aircraft National Air Space Museum Check money orders can made out above museum c/o Smithsonian Institution Washington DC 20566 nine-inch Peanut controversy has drawn fire sides com batants sending remote 3-views planes built nine-inch fuse lage would qualify Jumbo Nothing daunted dug up weirdo qualifies under present 13 wing span rule about 22 length around 250 sq descendant boxkite John Mar tins Boxmoth proves nothing except wing span alone doth make Pea nut Its spirit counts Frank Scott Dayton Buzzin Buzzards says Lets leave rules alone Ed Hopkins Fillmore CA suggests uniform 1/24 scale Flightmaster James Dean thinks area rule would about idea called Mooney Judging after its originator Planes ranked best worst point best 2 points next best etc score added flight placing makes low-score wins situation CD contestants agreeing before hand whether ties broken scale flying scores judges bound set ridiculous constricting rules can place Fike Lacey Forbes-Arnold right down line An interesting alternative takes some time tabulate having contestant rate planes giving hers top score possible Add em up average em No complaints Most people have pretty good idea what Peanut Let rest fly AMA rubber scale Manhat tan Cabin Bill Warner 423-C San Vicente Blvd. Santa Monica CA 90402 Wright Flight/Berliner continued page 60 basics flight control moved Biplane Glider 2 flown July August 1901 Kitty Hawk span 22 feet wing area 290 sq ft fully capable carrying man under variety wind conditions made some 60 flights longest almost 400 feet Like Bi plane Glider front elevator no vertical rudder fixed surface Wing warping now controlled hip cradle although flew better its predecessor lot changes would ob viously have made before could consider themselves flying late summer 1902 brought out Biplane Glider 3 built re sult extensive research means control machine grown wingspan 32 area 305 sq ft much greater aspect ratio reduced span-loading first twin rearmounted vertical fins directional sta bility supposed counteract disturbing tendency downwarped wing lag behind increase bank turn supposed correct What happening 108 Model Aviation REPLA-TECH MC KENZIE HWY PLAN S VIDA OREGON 97469____________ right wing dropped because sudden gust wind its trailing edge would warped down pilot would increase lift wing sup posedly bring back up level warped right wings trailing edge much drag unwarped left right wing would lag behind start drop would swing air plane around right sometimes beginning spin fixed vertical tails Biplane Glider 3 supposed act like weathervane keep airplane straight Instead acted like lever airplane began sideslip actually increased problem correct Wrights swapped two fixed fins moveable rudder connected warping cradle automatically turned toward warp direction Thus created first coordinated turn opened door controlled flight During September October 1902 Wrights flew modified Biplane Glider 3 something like 1000 times built up about four hours flying time everyone else history aviation combined hours built up experience knowledge fact became first humans learn fly No longer would little puff wind side mean end flight wing dropped quickly brought back up level means cradle-operated linked controls Moreover smoothly banked turns could made glider skimmed down sandy Kill Devil Hills Mastery air still far future Biplane Glider 3 modi fied controls over roll pitch yaw Orville Wilbur control over Biplane Glider 3 historys first solid combination man airplane functioning unit next step obvious Power days however little volved driving down neighbor hood airplane engine store picking out powerplant needed no airplane engines sale nor could built plans way out bind design build fit airplane being designed built same time ideal way things what choice did have Wrights investing profits bicycle business flying machines well-financed scientist doing everything could beat historic first Samuel Langley secre tary Smithsonian Institution built flown several impressive tandemwinged models encouraged build full-size man-carrying machine simply scaling up largest model mechanic Charles Manly produced amazing 52-hp radial engine designed Stephen Balzer GRISH AIRCRAFT TYPE PROPELLERS Made hardwood fully carved true helical pitch airfoil ready sanding ALL SIZES IN18$700 6 8 & 10 PITCH20800 RIGHT HAND221000 ROTATION241300 3/8 BORE AT YOUR DEALER ALL GRISH PROPELLERS ARE ENGINEERED TO TRUE HELICAL PITCH AND AIRFOIL FOR EFFICIENCY 5/2-4 6-4 7-8 8-8 9-7 10-6 11-8 12-6 USE TO PROPEL AIR CREATE THRUST AND RE PROPELLED BY AIR 2 Blade Pusher 5A-4 6-36-4354 8-6854 9-6106$1 BLADE 3 BladeTractor 5-3 6-36-4504 3 BladePusher 6-3Metallic Aluminum Color Mide polyester boll color7-67-8$1 8-68-8$125 9-610-610-4$150 put Langley far ahead Wrights far power concerned em minent professor paid entirely too little attention problems structure control Aerodrome terribly weak wing spars flight controls could possibly have moved huge contraption enough good tiny elevator rudder close center gravity absolutely no roll control much chance could have flown very far dead calm As turned out two attempts pilot Manly October early December 1903 failed Aerodrome fouled its launching cata pult pitched poor Manly icy Potomac River week after second final watery crash Langleys misguided dream Wrights ready polished flying skills 60 flights Biplane Glider 3 added second rudder greater control built entirely new craft called Flyer n written gliders engine attached 1903 Flyer largest Wright aircraft yet span 40 4 wing area 510 sq ft empty weight around 600 lbs Like Biplane Glider 3B twin rudders low aspect ratio monoplane elevator re placed slim biplane device few feet front nose prone pilot Sitting next pilot another symbol Wright genius engine may have equal Manly radial four-cylinder in-line good about 13 hp 1750 rpm means chains drove pair counterrotating propellers de signed built Wrights yet another display superior skill craftsmanship thinking Monday Dec 14 1903 everything seemed ready wind blew steadily across bleak North Carolina shore Orville Wilbur dragged new machine its crude hangar Wilbur won toss coin prepared him self become worlds first airplane pilot engine fired up allowed warm enough power being devel oped restraint loosed Flyer started foward air Its nose came up quickly Wilbur reacted application down-ele vator Too much down-elevator counteracted up-elevator prevent immediate landing few oscillations nose dug sand after about 2 seconds Wrights enough qualify flight airplane never really under control Three days later tried again time Orville pilot cant people world dont January 1979 109 PROPELLERS 2 Blade Tractor 5-3each 5-45%3 6-3 7-47-6 8-48-6 9-49-6 9-8104 11-411-6 12-4125 AT YOUR DEALER GRISH ST JOHN INDIANA 46373 304 354 504 654 854 $1 $150 AT DISCRETION OF THE PURCHASER Pusher 10-6$150 THE SECOND ANNUAL LULLL&LiJ JANUARY 6 & 7 1979 SEE THE LATEST PRODUCTS AND VISIT WITH MAJOR MANUFACTURERS AND DISTRIBUTORS OF MODEL AIRCRAFT* MODEL ENGINES eMODEL BOATSeRADIOCONTROLSYSTEMS eMODELCARSeMODELINGACCESSORIES INDOOR AND OUTDOOR DEMONSTRATIONS STATIC DISPLAY COMPETITION IN MANY CATEGORIES OVERSEAS EXHIBITORS CORDIALLY INVITED INTERNATIONAL MODELER SHOW BOX 127 COSTA MESA CA 92627 17141 548-4700 know what happened flew Four times longest flight 59 seconds covering 852 feet over ground estimated half mile through air wind blowing better 20 mph Flyer never flew again having wrecked wind shortly after its fourth landing historic day eventually shipped England display Science Museum London because Smithsonian insisted Langley inventor airplane 1948 finally placed displayin Wash ington after stuffy Museum people admitted Wrights Lang ley first today Flyer hangs its glory just inside entrance National Air & Space Museum 20 million people have seen just first two years since new museum opened Yet true superiority Wrights still fully appreciated world isnt merely first fly fully controlled heavier-than-air machine No accomplishments span whole spectrum aeronautics Aerodynamics structures control engines propellers flight training race first fly really wasnt much race 59-second flight Dec 17 1903 wasnt bettered anyone else almost four years Wilbur credit 38-min ute flight covered 24 miles far ahead like no else trying still think 75 years such long time consider case Steve Wittman undisputed king pylon air racing record holder new Formula Vee Class Steve born just 3 months after Wrights first flight hes still active pilot ever run Steve ask see FAI Sporting License signed 0 Wright T-Craft/Schroeder continued page 62 Wing Begin cutting out ribs materials called out plan methods cutting out wing ribs preferred builder pin blanks together stacks about inch high trace pat tern onto top stack sand shape disc sander table must set exactly 90 degrees sanding dsc ribs will vary top stack bottom notches spars can cut band jig razor saw bbfore ribs split apart An alternate method would cut template light sheet metal pin down sheet balsa cut around edges making rib time time consuming perhaps results same Pin spars leading trailing edges down over plan after carefully checking rib proper fit cement place Next add wing tips cut /8 sheet balsa Finally add upper spars Join two outer panels center section using plywood di hedral braces reinforcement Next cover leading edges center section 1/16 sheet top Sand shape necessary preparation covering Covering Finish types coverings finishes available today sometimes difficult decide method use builder has less standardized MonoKote other plastic covering material wing tail surfaces doped Silkspan-covered surfaces fuselage Sand fuselage thoroughly #400 grit sandpaper dust off apply coat clear dope point simulate longerons applying 1/32 wide strips masking tape thread appro priate places shown plan Next entire fuselage covered layer lightweight Silkspan followed two coats 20% cornstarch 80% clear dope mixture After another sanding #400 grit sandpaper structure ready color doping Two three coats favorite color preferably sprayed will usually give satisfactory finish windows numbers cut white black MonoKote trim sheets RC Gear Installation location 110 ModelAviation -Lfl
Edition: Model Aviation - 1979/01
Page Numbers: 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 108, 109, 110
JUST about everyone has least relative 75 years old Someone alive Wright Brothers made historic first flight fully controlled heavier-than-air flying machine flight led directly enormous changes transportation war fare us sport recrea tion Three-quarters ci several lifetimes teei alone 1903 what now story getting place another like several lifetimes progress Yet happened just over th span average personi men vry far fr wasnt just w wanted fly lot years invent th failed reasons obvious mi tother think n lle Wr Litical 75th fame tha sketc like oughi ut built hand after Most o ing ORVILLE WRIGHTWILBUR WRIGHT wrong art over ilbur oth NO OCR TEXT SYA IDOL1 &YACt W AT SPAR 4 EWIR r ONL R BRACC WIRCS WARPING ANALS 7 / ____iT EI 906 TRC DCTAILS 7 CL/P S/PPORT -J PLA1r CL/P D i N. 8 COUNTER WOODSCAEWS APPLICATIONS S7C/T CLIP M NA/N SPAR wiN STRL/TE -7 CLLCR STAY 4 ott srnurs SKID PIX/NG NA/N SPAR sorrc STEEL_SOLDERE DIA NOLES CL/P t 5K ELEVATIONS OrAL trr.i4tAtn arws C OTNEa 58 S7TEL ST PtCCCS fITTINGS fo STtfL aRAZED SMarT uaaRW4 ivor 4 807 5SOLDERED IV/RE PULLEY ot SNAPT RR 0 Co z -J C w N 8 LI UId no sm no 0 n won trgely tor c couli i try Henson ugh ionopla k 0n4 pa nave fl nothing U / IThis nardstretc incodandb mlineVIOW Ut reallylearn fly befoi rfect airplan man would ti ns 5 step involved figui trying r flown like a 5-foot span bir moved Lrping lateral toa form e theire a17-foot I 60 Mc U R T S S V PLANS BY RALPH BECK NOW AVAILABLE FROM lloaoe ENT CORP P0 BOX 9641 SAN DIEGO CALIFORNIA 92109 SEND lX FOR COMPLETE CATALOG OF AIRCRAFT HARDWARE & ACCESSORIESPLUS DESCRIPTIVE jENNY BROCHURE 1931 Gee Bee Super Sportster 1SIe IGeneral Arrange ICatalog 25c w T By1 Imont Drawing Bill Given ERNISTIC MODELS PO BOX 6974 ALBUO NM 87197 placement rather firmly tixed wing sockets mounted motor stick angular difference cidence between wing horizontal stabilizer Most fliers move wing posts up down sockets set wing cidence works quite well However few disadvantages moving wing posts least being quandry set posts first test flight fliers have found models have much repeatable performance wing posts cut proper length bottom out bottom sockets work Note Fig bottom socket has plug balsa glued firmly bottom motor stick Actually plug sharpened can extend out bot tom motor stick glued trimmed flush very im portant bottom end socket anchored motor sticks natural torsion resistance helps stabilize wings tendency twist under flight loads post fully inserted socket part available torsional leverage being used possibility post can slip out socket under load So instead making tiny marks post during test flying remember right mark cut off tiny bit longer post finger nail clippers ideal fully insert post again After flight trim finished wing posts automatically set up almost perfect flight adjustment next session What need change least two ways change incidence after cutting posts length Obviously minor trimming can done next session However too changes needed wing posts growth will appear stunted Stan Chilton uses variable incidence stabilizer models allows very fine tuning flight trim Stans setup doubly useful can seen photo Although sta bilizer bracing wires show photo leading edge rudder ex tends through stab about 11/2 inches serves bracing post also very close study photo shows tiny paper socket end tail boom post/leading edge going through socket tail boom shorter therefore lighter stabilizer incidence easily adjustable Take Close Look eyesight 20-20 glasses poor light indoor sites makes hard see tiny details models way im prove vision use magnifier such worn Fry Rodemsky photo Like other fliers Fry uses rubber 0-rings motors allow easier handling better torque control see section 0-rings previous column p 55 July 78 MA Sometimes 0-rings hard see proper hookup Flying Planned Aug 78 MA reported indoor activity throughout Midwest several other areas hold reg ular indoor sessions contests during Fall Winter months longest stretch activity occurs Miami Flor ida using Goodyear hangar Opa Locka Airport Miami Contact Dr John Martin 3227 Darwin St Miami FL 33133 details Also Ron Wil liams 1364 Lexington Ave New York NY 10028 has managed establish regular flying sessions Low Library Rotunda Columbia University New York City Another regular activity area Glastonbury Connecticut George Armstead ramrods monthly ses sions Contact George 89 Harvest Lane Glastonbury CT 06037 specific infor mation Visit groups area fly regularly live close enough---they nice friendly people Bud Tenny PO Box 545 Richardson TX 75080 FF Sport/Scale/Warner continued page 53 tains Smithsonians aeroplanes 3-view form $275 Title Aircraft National Air Space Museum Check money orders can made out above museum c/o Smithsonian Institution Washington DC 20566 nine-inch Peanut controversy has drawn fire sides com batants sending remote 3-views planes built nine-inch fuse lage would qualify Jumbo Nothing daunted dug up weirdo qualifies under present 13 wing span rule about 22 length around 250 sq descendant boxkite John Mar tins Boxmoth proves nothing except wing span alone doth make Pea nut Its spirit counts Frank Scott Dayton Buzzin Buzzards says Lets leave rules alone Ed Hopkins Fillmore CA suggests uniform 1/24 scale Flightmaster James Dean thinks area rule would about idea called Mooney Judging after its originator Planes ranked best worst point best 2 points next best etc score added flight placing makes low-score wins situation CD contestants agreeing before hand whether ties broken scale flying scores judges bound set ridiculous constricting rules can place Fike Lacey Forbes-Arnold right down line An interesting alternative takes some time tabulate having contestant rate planes giving hers top score possible Add em up average em No complaints Most people have pretty good idea what Peanut Let rest fly AMA rubber scale Manhat tan Cabin Bill Warner 423-C San Vicente Blvd. Santa Monica CA 90402 Wright Flight/Berliner continued page 60 basics flight control moved Biplane Glider 2 flown July August 1901 Kitty Hawk span 22 feet wing area 290 sq ft fully capable carrying man under variety wind conditions made some 60 flights longest almost 400 feet Like Bi plane Glider front elevator no vertical rudder fixed surface Wing warping now controlled hip cradle although flew better its predecessor lot changes would ob viously have made before could consider themselves flying late summer 1902 brought out Biplane Glider 3 built re sult extensive research means control machine grown wingspan 32 area 305 sq ft much greater aspect ratio reduced span-loading first twin rearmounted vertical fins directional sta bility supposed counteract disturbing tendency downwarped wing lag behind increase bank turn supposed correct What happening 108 Model Aviation REPLA-TECH MC KENZIE HWY PLAN S VIDA OREGON 97469____________ right wing dropped because sudden gust wind its trailing edge would warped down pilot would increase lift wing sup posedly bring back up level warped right wings trailing edge much drag unwarped left right wing would lag behind start drop would swing air plane around right sometimes beginning spin fixed vertical tails Biplane Glider 3 supposed act like weathervane keep airplane straight Instead acted like lever airplane began sideslip actually increased problem correct Wrights swapped two fixed fins moveable rudder connected warping cradle automatically turned toward warp direction Thus created first coordinated turn opened door controlled flight During September October 1902 Wrights flew modified Biplane Glider 3 something like 1000 times built up about four hours flying time everyone else history aviation combined hours built up experience knowledge fact became first humans learn fly No longer would little puff wind side mean end flight wing dropped quickly brought back up level means cradle-operated linked controls Moreover smoothly banked turns could made glider skimmed down sandy Kill Devil Hills Mastery air still far future Biplane Glider 3 modi fied controls over roll pitch yaw Orville Wilbur control over Biplane Glider 3 historys first solid combination man airplane functioning unit next step obvious Power days however little volved driving down neighbor hood airplane engine store picking out powerplant needed no airplane engines sale nor could built plans way out bind design build fit airplane being designed built same time ideal way things what choice did have Wrights investing profits bicycle business flying machines well-financed scientist doing everything could beat historic first Samuel Langley secre tary Smithsonian Institution built flown several impressive tandemwinged models encouraged build full-size man-carrying machine simply scaling up largest model mechanic Charles Manly produced amazing 52-hp radial engine designed Stephen Balzer GRISH AIRCRAFT TYPE PROPELLERS Made hardwood fully carved true helical pitch airfoil ready sanding ALL SIZES IN18$700 6 8 & 10 PITCH20800 RIGHT HAND221000 ROTATION241300 3/8 BORE AT YOUR DEALER ALL GRISH PROPELLERS ARE ENGINEERED TO TRUE HELICAL PITCH AND AIRFOIL FOR EFFICIENCY 5/2-4 6-4 7-8 8-8 9-7 10-6 11-8 12-6 USE TO PROPEL AIR CREATE THRUST AND RE PROPELLED BY AIR 2 Blade Pusher 5A-4 6-36-4354 8-6854 9-6106$1 BLADE 3 BladeTractor 5-3 6-36-4504 3 BladePusher 6-3Metallic Aluminum Color Mide polyester boll color7-67-8$1 8-68-8$125 9-610-610-4$150 put Langley far ahead Wrights far power concerned em minent professor paid entirely too little attention problems structure control Aerodrome terribly weak wing spars flight controls could possibly have moved huge contraption enough good tiny elevator rudder close center gravity absolutely no roll control much chance could have flown very far dead calm As turned out two attempts pilot Manly October early December 1903 failed Aerodrome fouled its launching cata pult pitched poor Manly icy Potomac River week after second final watery crash Langleys misguided dream Wrights ready polished flying skills 60 flights Biplane Glider 3 added second rudder greater control built entirely new craft called Flyer n written gliders engine attached 1903 Flyer largest Wright aircraft yet span 40 4 wing area 510 sq ft empty weight around 600 lbs Like Biplane Glider 3B twin rudders low aspect ratio monoplane elevator re placed slim biplane device few feet front nose prone pilot Sitting next pilot another symbol Wright genius engine may have equal Manly radial four-cylinder in-line good about 13 hp 1750 rpm means chains drove pair counterrotating propellers de signed built Wrights yet another display superior skill craftsmanship thinking Monday Dec 14 1903 everything seemed ready wind blew steadily across bleak North Carolina shore Orville Wilbur dragged new machine its crude hangar Wilbur won toss coin prepared him self become worlds first airplane pilot engine fired up allowed warm enough power being devel oped restraint loosed Flyer started foward air Its nose came up quickly Wilbur reacted application down-ele vator Too much down-elevator counteracted up-elevator prevent immediate landing few oscillations nose dug sand after about 2 seconds Wrights enough qualify flight airplane never really under control Three days later tried again time Orville pilot cant people world dont January 1979 109 PROPELLERS 2 Blade Tractor 5-3each 5-45%3 6-3 7-47-6 8-48-6 9-49-6 9-8104 11-411-6 12-4125 AT YOUR DEALER GRISH ST JOHN INDIANA 46373 304 354 504 654 854 $1 $150 AT DISCRETION OF THE PURCHASER Pusher 10-6$150 THE SECOND ANNUAL LULLL&LiJ JANUARY 6 & 7 1979 SEE THE LATEST PRODUCTS AND VISIT WITH MAJOR MANUFACTURERS AND DISTRIBUTORS OF MODEL AIRCRAFT* MODEL ENGINES eMODEL BOATSeRADIOCONTROLSYSTEMS eMODELCARSeMODELINGACCESSORIES INDOOR AND OUTDOOR DEMONSTRATIONS STATIC DISPLAY COMPETITION IN MANY CATEGORIES OVERSEAS EXHIBITORS CORDIALLY INVITED INTERNATIONAL MODELER SHOW BOX 127 COSTA MESA CA 92627 17141 548-4700 know what happened flew Four times longest flight 59 seconds covering 852 feet over ground estimated half mile through air wind blowing better 20 mph Flyer never flew again having wrecked wind shortly after its fourth landing historic day eventually shipped England display Science Museum London because Smithsonian insisted Langley inventor airplane 1948 finally placed displayin Wash ington after stuffy Museum people admitted Wrights Lang ley first today Flyer hangs its glory just inside entrance National Air & Space Museum 20 million people have seen just first two years since new museum opened Yet true superiority Wrights still fully appreciated world isnt merely first fly fully controlled heavier-than-air machine No accomplishments span whole spectrum aeronautics Aerodynamics structures control engines propellers flight training race first fly really wasnt much race 59-second flight Dec 17 1903 wasnt bettered anyone else almost four years Wilbur credit 38-min ute flight covered 24 miles far ahead like no else trying still think 75 years such long time consider case Steve Wittman undisputed king pylon air racing record holder new Formula Vee Class Steve born just 3 months after Wrights first flight hes still active pilot ever run Steve ask see FAI Sporting License signed 0 Wright T-Craft/Schroeder continued page 62 Wing Begin cutting out ribs materials called out plan methods cutting out wing ribs preferred builder pin blanks together stacks about inch high trace pat tern onto top stack sand shape disc sander table must set exactly 90 degrees sanding dsc ribs will vary top stack bottom notches spars can cut band jig razor saw bbfore ribs split apart An alternate method would cut template light sheet metal pin down sheet balsa cut around edges making rib time time consuming perhaps results same Pin spars leading trailing edges down over plan after carefully checking rib proper fit cement place Next add wing tips cut /8 sheet balsa Finally add upper spars Join two outer panels center section using plywood di hedral braces reinforcement Next cover leading edges center section 1/16 sheet top Sand shape necessary preparation covering Covering Finish types coverings finishes available today sometimes difficult decide method use builder has less standardized MonoKote other plastic covering material wing tail surfaces doped Silkspan-covered surfaces fuselage Sand fuselage thoroughly #400 grit sandpaper dust off apply coat clear dope point simulate longerons applying 1/32 wide strips masking tape thread appro priate places shown plan Next entire fuselage covered layer lightweight Silkspan followed two coats 20% cornstarch 80% clear dope mixture After another sanding #400 grit sandpaper structure ready color doping Two three coats favorite color preferably sprayed will usually give satisfactory finish windows numbers cut white black MonoKote trim sheets RC Gear Installation location 110 ModelAviation -Lfl
Edition: Model Aviation - 1979/01
Page Numbers: 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 108, 109, 110
JUST about everyone has least relative 75 years old Someone alive Wright Brothers made historic first flight fully controlled heavier-than-air flying machine flight led directly enormous changes transportation war fare us sport recrea tion Three-quarters ci several lifetimes teei alone 1903 what now story getting place another like several lifetimes progress Yet happened just over th span average personi men vry far fr wasnt just w wanted fly lot years invent th failed reasons obvious mi tother think n lle Wr Litical 75th fame tha sketc like oughi ut built hand after Most o ing ORVILLE WRIGHTWILBUR WRIGHT wrong art over ilbur oth NO OCR TEXT SYA IDOL1 &YACt W AT SPAR 4 EWIR r ONL R BRACC WIRCS WARPING ANALS 7 / ____iT EI 906 TRC DCTAILS 7 CL/P S/PPORT -J PLA1r CL/P D i N. 8 COUNTER WOODSCAEWS APPLICATIONS S7C/T CLIP M NA/N SPAR wiN STRL/TE -7 CLLCR STAY 4 ott srnurs SKID PIX/NG NA/N SPAR sorrc STEEL_SOLDERE DIA NOLES CL/P t 5K ELEVATIONS OrAL trr.i4tAtn arws C OTNEa 58 S7TEL ST PtCCCS fITTINGS fo STtfL aRAZED SMarT uaaRW4 ivor 4 807 5SOLDERED IV/RE PULLEY ot SNAPT RR 0 Co z -J C w N 8 LI UId no sm no 0 n won trgely tor c couli i try Henson ugh ionopla k 0n4 pa nave fl nothing U / IThis nardstretc incodandb mlineVIOW Ut reallylearn fly befoi rfect airplan man would ti ns 5 step involved figui trying r flown like a 5-foot span bir moved Lrping lateral toa form e theire a17-foot I 60 Mc U R T S S V PLANS BY RALPH BECK NOW AVAILABLE FROM lloaoe ENT CORP P0 BOX 9641 SAN DIEGO CALIFORNIA 92109 SEND lX FOR COMPLETE CATALOG OF AIRCRAFT HARDWARE & ACCESSORIESPLUS DESCRIPTIVE jENNY BROCHURE 1931 Gee Bee Super Sportster 1SIe IGeneral Arrange ICatalog 25c w T By1 Imont Drawing Bill Given ERNISTIC MODELS PO BOX 6974 ALBUO NM 87197 placement rather firmly tixed wing sockets mounted motor stick angular difference cidence between wing horizontal stabilizer Most fliers move wing posts up down sockets set wing cidence works quite well However few disadvantages moving wing posts least being quandry set posts first test flight fliers have found models have much repeatable performance wing posts cut proper length bottom out bottom sockets work Note Fig bottom socket has plug balsa glued firmly bottom motor stick Actually plug sharpened can extend out bot tom motor stick glued trimmed flush very im portant bottom end socket anchored motor sticks natural torsion resistance helps stabilize wings tendency twist under flight loads post fully inserted socket part available torsional leverage being used possibility post can slip out socket under load So instead making tiny marks post during test flying remember right mark cut off tiny bit longer post finger nail clippers ideal fully insert post again After flight trim finished wing posts automatically set up almost perfect flight adjustment next session What need change least two ways change incidence after cutting posts length Obviously minor trimming can done next session However too changes needed wing posts growth will appear stunted Stan Chilton uses variable incidence stabilizer models allows very fine tuning flight trim Stans setup doubly useful can seen photo Although sta bilizer bracing wires show photo leading edge rudder ex tends through stab about 11/2 inches serves bracing post also very close study photo shows tiny paper socket end tail boom post/leading edge going through socket tail boom shorter therefore lighter stabilizer incidence easily adjustable Take Close Look eyesight 20-20 glasses poor light indoor sites makes hard see tiny details models way im prove vision use magnifier such worn Fry Rodemsky photo Like other fliers Fry uses rubber 0-rings motors allow easier handling better torque control see section 0-rings previous column p 55 July 78 MA Sometimes 0-rings hard see proper hookup Flying Planned Aug 78 MA reported indoor activity throughout Midwest several other areas hold reg ular indoor sessions contests during Fall Winter months longest stretch activity occurs Miami Flor ida using Goodyear hangar Opa Locka Airport Miami Contact Dr John Martin 3227 Darwin St Miami FL 33133 details Also Ron Wil liams 1364 Lexington Ave New York NY 10028 has managed establish regular flying sessions Low Library Rotunda Columbia University New York City Another regular activity area Glastonbury Connecticut George Armstead ramrods monthly ses sions Contact George 89 Harvest Lane Glastonbury CT 06037 specific infor mation Visit groups area fly regularly live close enough---they nice friendly people Bud Tenny PO Box 545 Richardson TX 75080 FF Sport/Scale/Warner continued page 53 tains Smithsonians aeroplanes 3-view form $275 Title Aircraft National Air Space Museum Check money orders can made out above museum c/o Smithsonian Institution Washington DC 20566 nine-inch Peanut controversy has drawn fire sides com batants sending remote 3-views planes built nine-inch fuse lage would qualify Jumbo Nothing daunted dug up weirdo qualifies under present 13 wing span rule about 22 length around 250 sq descendant boxkite John Mar tins Boxmoth proves nothing except wing span alone doth make Pea nut Its spirit counts Frank Scott Dayton Buzzin Buzzards says Lets leave rules alone Ed Hopkins Fillmore CA suggests uniform 1/24 scale Flightmaster James Dean thinks area rule would about idea called Mooney Judging after its originator Planes ranked best worst point best 2 points next best etc score added flight placing makes low-score wins situation CD contestants agreeing before hand whether ties broken scale flying scores judges bound set ridiculous constricting rules can place Fike Lacey Forbes-Arnold right down line An interesting alternative takes some time tabulate having contestant rate planes giving hers top score possible Add em up average em No complaints Most people have pretty good idea what Peanut Let rest fly AMA rubber scale Manhat tan Cabin Bill Warner 423-C San Vicente Blvd. Santa Monica CA 90402 Wright Flight/Berliner continued page 60 basics flight control moved Biplane Glider 2 flown July August 1901 Kitty Hawk span 22 feet wing area 290 sq ft fully capable carrying man under variety wind conditions made some 60 flights longest almost 400 feet Like Bi plane Glider front elevator no vertical rudder fixed surface Wing warping now controlled hip cradle although flew better its predecessor lot changes would ob viously have made before could consider themselves flying late summer 1902 brought out Biplane Glider 3 built re sult extensive research means control machine grown wingspan 32 area 305 sq ft much greater aspect ratio reduced span-loading first twin rearmounted vertical fins directional sta bility supposed counteract disturbing tendency downwarped wing lag behind increase bank turn supposed correct What happening 108 Model Aviation REPLA-TECH MC KENZIE HWY PLAN S VIDA OREGON 97469____________ right wing dropped because sudden gust wind its trailing edge would warped down pilot would increase lift wing sup posedly bring back up level warped right wings trailing edge much drag unwarped left right wing would lag behind start drop would swing air plane around right sometimes beginning spin fixed vertical tails Biplane Glider 3 supposed act like weathervane keep airplane straight Instead acted like lever airplane began sideslip actually increased problem correct Wrights swapped two fixed fins moveable rudder connected warping cradle automatically turned toward warp direction Thus created first coordinated turn opened door controlled flight During September October 1902 Wrights flew modified Biplane Glider 3 something like 1000 times built up about four hours flying time everyone else history aviation combined hours built up experience knowledge fact became first humans learn fly No longer would little puff wind side mean end flight wing dropped quickly brought back up level means cradle-operated linked controls Moreover smoothly banked turns could made glider skimmed down sandy Kill Devil Hills Mastery air still far future Biplane Glider 3 modi fied controls over roll pitch yaw Orville Wilbur control over Biplane Glider 3 historys first solid combination man airplane functioning unit next step obvious Power days however little volved driving down neighbor hood airplane engine store picking out powerplant needed no airplane engines sale nor could built plans way out bind design build fit airplane being designed built same time ideal way things what choice did have Wrights investing profits bicycle business flying machines well-financed scientist doing everything could beat historic first Samuel Langley secre tary Smithsonian Institution built flown several impressive tandemwinged models encouraged build full-size man-carrying machine simply scaling up largest model mechanic Charles Manly produced amazing 52-hp radial engine designed Stephen Balzer GRISH AIRCRAFT TYPE PROPELLERS Made hardwood fully carved true helical pitch airfoil ready sanding ALL SIZES IN18$700 6 8 & 10 PITCH20800 RIGHT HAND221000 ROTATION241300 3/8 BORE AT YOUR DEALER ALL GRISH PROPELLERS ARE ENGINEERED TO TRUE HELICAL PITCH AND AIRFOIL FOR EFFICIENCY 5/2-4 6-4 7-8 8-8 9-7 10-6 11-8 12-6 USE TO PROPEL AIR CREATE THRUST AND RE PROPELLED BY AIR 2 Blade Pusher 5A-4 6-36-4354 8-6854 9-6106$1 BLADE 3 BladeTractor 5-3 6-36-4504 3 BladePusher 6-3Metallic Aluminum Color Mide polyester boll color7-67-8$1 8-68-8$125 9-610-610-4$150 put Langley far ahead Wrights far power concerned em minent professor paid entirely too little attention problems structure control Aerodrome terribly weak wing spars flight controls could possibly have moved huge contraption enough good tiny elevator rudder close center gravity absolutely no roll control much chance could have flown very far dead calm As turned out two attempts pilot Manly October early December 1903 failed Aerodrome fouled its launching cata pult pitched poor Manly icy Potomac River week after second final watery crash Langleys misguided dream Wrights ready polished flying skills 60 flights Biplane Glider 3 added second rudder greater control built entirely new craft called Flyer n written gliders engine attached 1903 Flyer largest Wright aircraft yet span 40 4 wing area 510 sq ft empty weight around 600 lbs Like Biplane Glider 3B twin rudders low aspect ratio monoplane elevator re placed slim biplane device few feet front nose prone pilot Sitting next pilot another symbol Wright genius engine may have equal Manly radial four-cylinder in-line good about 13 hp 1750 rpm means chains drove pair counterrotating propellers de signed built Wrights yet another display superior skill craftsmanship thinking Monday Dec 14 1903 everything seemed ready wind blew steadily across bleak North Carolina shore Orville Wilbur dragged new machine its crude hangar Wilbur won toss coin prepared him self become worlds first airplane pilot engine fired up allowed warm enough power being devel oped restraint loosed Flyer started foward air Its nose came up quickly Wilbur reacted application down-ele vator Too much down-elevator counteracted up-elevator prevent immediate landing few oscillations nose dug sand after about 2 seconds Wrights enough qualify flight airplane never really under control Three days later tried again time Orville pilot cant people world dont January 1979 109 PROPELLERS 2 Blade Tractor 5-3each 5-45%3 6-3 7-47-6 8-48-6 9-49-6 9-8104 11-411-6 12-4125 AT YOUR DEALER GRISH ST JOHN INDIANA 46373 304 354 504 654 854 $1 $150 AT DISCRETION OF THE PURCHASER Pusher 10-6$150 THE SECOND ANNUAL LULLL&LiJ JANUARY 6 & 7 1979 SEE THE LATEST PRODUCTS AND VISIT WITH MAJOR MANUFACTURERS AND DISTRIBUTORS OF MODEL AIRCRAFT* MODEL ENGINES eMODEL BOATSeRADIOCONTROLSYSTEMS eMODELCARSeMODELINGACCESSORIES INDOOR AND OUTDOOR DEMONSTRATIONS STATIC DISPLAY COMPETITION IN MANY CATEGORIES OVERSEAS EXHIBITORS CORDIALLY INVITED INTERNATIONAL MODELER SHOW BOX 127 COSTA MESA CA 92627 17141 548-4700 know what happened flew Four times longest flight 59 seconds covering 852 feet over ground estimated half mile through air wind blowing better 20 mph Flyer never flew again having wrecked wind shortly after its fourth landing historic day eventually shipped England display Science Museum London because Smithsonian insisted Langley inventor airplane 1948 finally placed displayin Wash ington after stuffy Museum people admitted Wrights Lang ley first today Flyer hangs its glory just inside entrance National Air & Space Museum 20 million people have seen just first two years since new museum opened Yet true superiority Wrights still fully appreciated world isnt merely first fly fully controlled heavier-than-air machine No accomplishments span whole spectrum aeronautics Aerodynamics structures control engines propellers flight training race first fly really wasnt much race 59-second flight Dec 17 1903 wasnt bettered anyone else almost four years Wilbur credit 38-min ute flight covered 24 miles far ahead like no else trying still think 75 years such long time consider case Steve Wittman undisputed king pylon air racing record holder new Formula Vee Class Steve born just 3 months after Wrights first flight hes still active pilot ever run Steve ask see FAI Sporting License signed 0 Wright T-Craft/Schroeder continued page 62 Wing Begin cutting out ribs materials called out plan methods cutting out wing ribs preferred builder pin blanks together stacks about inch high trace pat tern onto top stack sand shape disc sander table must set exactly 90 degrees sanding dsc ribs will vary top stack bottom notches spars can cut band jig razor saw bbfore ribs split apart An alternate method would cut template light sheet metal pin down sheet balsa cut around edges making rib time time consuming perhaps results same Pin spars leading trailing edges down over plan after carefully checking rib proper fit cement place Next add wing tips cut /8 sheet balsa Finally add upper spars Join two outer panels center section using plywood di hedral braces reinforcement Next cover leading edges center section 1/16 sheet top Sand shape necessary preparation covering Covering Finish types coverings finishes available today sometimes difficult decide method use builder has less standardized MonoKote other plastic covering material wing tail surfaces doped Silkspan-covered surfaces fuselage Sand fuselage thoroughly #400 grit sandpaper dust off apply coat clear dope point simulate longerons applying 1/32 wide strips masking tape thread appro priate places shown plan Next entire fuselage covered layer lightweight Silkspan followed two coats 20% cornstarch 80% clear dope mixture After another sanding #400 grit sandpaper structure ready color doping Two three coats favorite color preferably sprayed will usually give satisfactory finish windows numbers cut white black MonoKote trim sheets RC Gear Installation location 110 ModelAviation -Lfl
Edition: Model Aviation - 1979/01
Page Numbers: 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 108, 109, 110
JUST about everyone has least relative 75 years old Someone alive Wright Brothers made historic first flight fully controlled heavier-than-air flying machine flight led directly enormous changes transportation war fare us sport recrea tion Three-quarters ci several lifetimes teei alone 1903 what now story getting place another like several lifetimes progress Yet happened just over th span average personi men vry far fr wasnt just w wanted fly lot years invent th failed reasons obvious mi tother think n lle Wr Litical 75th fame tha sketc like oughi ut built hand after Most o ing ORVILLE WRIGHTWILBUR WRIGHT wrong art over ilbur oth NO OCR TEXT SYA IDOL1 &YACt W AT SPAR 4 EWIR r ONL R BRACC WIRCS WARPING ANALS 7 / ____iT EI 906 TRC DCTAILS 7 CL/P S/PPORT -J PLA1r CL/P D i N. 8 COUNTER WOODSCAEWS APPLICATIONS S7C/T CLIP M NA/N SPAR wiN STRL/TE -7 CLLCR STAY 4 ott srnurs SKID PIX/NG NA/N SPAR sorrc STEEL_SOLDERE DIA NOLES CL/P t 5K ELEVATIONS OrAL trr.i4tAtn arws C OTNEa 58 S7TEL ST PtCCCS fITTINGS fo STtfL aRAZED SMarT uaaRW4 ivor 4 807 5SOLDERED IV/RE PULLEY ot SNAPT RR 0 Co z -J C w N 8 LI UId no sm no 0 n won trgely tor c couli i try Henson ugh ionopla k 0n4 pa nave fl nothing U / IThis nardstretc incodandb mlineVIOW Ut reallylearn fly befoi rfect airplan man would ti ns 5 step involved figui trying r flown like a 5-foot span bir moved Lrping lateral toa form e theire a17-foot I 60 Mc U R T S S V PLANS BY RALPH BECK NOW AVAILABLE FROM lloaoe ENT CORP P0 BOX 9641 SAN DIEGO CALIFORNIA 92109 SEND lX FOR COMPLETE CATALOG OF AIRCRAFT HARDWARE & ACCESSORIESPLUS DESCRIPTIVE jENNY BROCHURE 1931 Gee Bee Super Sportster 1SIe IGeneral Arrange ICatalog 25c w T By1 Imont Drawing Bill Given ERNISTIC MODELS PO BOX 6974 ALBUO NM 87197 placement rather firmly tixed wing sockets mounted motor stick angular difference cidence between wing horizontal stabilizer Most fliers move wing posts up down sockets set wing cidence works quite well However few disadvantages moving wing posts least being quandry set posts first test flight fliers have found models have much repeatable performance wing posts cut proper length bottom out bottom sockets work Note Fig bottom socket has plug balsa glued firmly bottom motor stick Actually plug sharpened can extend out bot tom motor stick glued trimmed flush very im portant bottom end socket anchored motor sticks natural torsion resistance helps stabilize wings tendency twist under flight loads post fully inserted socket part available torsional leverage being used possibility post can slip out socket under load So instead making tiny marks post during test flying remember right mark cut off tiny bit longer post finger nail clippers ideal fully insert post again After flight trim finished wing posts automatically set up almost perfect flight adjustment next session What need change least two ways change incidence after cutting posts length Obviously minor trimming can done next session However too changes needed wing posts growth will appear stunted Stan Chilton uses variable incidence stabilizer models allows very fine tuning flight trim Stans setup doubly useful can seen photo Although sta bilizer bracing wires show photo leading edge rudder ex tends through stab about 11/2 inches serves bracing post also very close study photo shows tiny paper socket end tail boom post/leading edge going through socket tail boom shorter therefore lighter stabilizer incidence easily adjustable Take Close Look eyesight 20-20 glasses poor light indoor sites makes hard see tiny details models way im prove vision use magnifier such worn Fry Rodemsky photo Like other fliers Fry uses rubber 0-rings motors allow easier handling better torque control see section 0-rings previous column p 55 July 78 MA Sometimes 0-rings hard see proper hookup Flying Planned Aug 78 MA reported indoor activity throughout Midwest several other areas hold reg ular indoor sessions contests during Fall Winter months longest stretch activity occurs Miami Flor ida using Goodyear hangar Opa Locka Airport Miami Contact Dr John Martin 3227 Darwin St Miami FL 33133 details Also Ron Wil liams 1364 Lexington Ave New York NY 10028 has managed establish regular flying sessions Low Library Rotunda Columbia University New York City Another regular activity area Glastonbury Connecticut George Armstead ramrods monthly ses sions Contact George 89 Harvest Lane Glastonbury CT 06037 specific infor mation Visit groups area fly regularly live close enough---they nice friendly people Bud Tenny PO Box 545 Richardson TX 75080 FF Sport/Scale/Warner continued page 53 tains Smithsonians aeroplanes 3-view form $275 Title Aircraft National Air Space Museum Check money orders can made out above museum c/o Smithsonian Institution Washington DC 20566 nine-inch Peanut controversy has drawn fire sides com batants sending remote 3-views planes built nine-inch fuse lage would qualify Jumbo Nothing daunted dug up weirdo qualifies under present 13 wing span rule about 22 length around 250 sq descendant boxkite John Mar tins Boxmoth proves nothing except wing span alone doth make Pea nut Its spirit counts Frank Scott Dayton Buzzin Buzzards says Lets leave rules alone Ed Hopkins Fillmore CA suggests uniform 1/24 scale Flightmaster James Dean thinks area rule would about idea called Mooney Judging after its originator Planes ranked best worst point best 2 points next best etc score added flight placing makes low-score wins situation CD contestants agreeing before hand whether ties broken scale flying scores judges bound set ridiculous constricting rules can place Fike Lacey Forbes-Arnold right down line An interesting alternative takes some time tabulate having contestant rate planes giving hers top score possible Add em up average em No complaints Most people have pretty good idea what Peanut Let rest fly AMA rubber scale Manhat tan Cabin Bill Warner 423-C San Vicente Blvd. Santa Monica CA 90402 Wright Flight/Berliner continued page 60 basics flight control moved Biplane Glider 2 flown July August 1901 Kitty Hawk span 22 feet wing area 290 sq ft fully capable carrying man under variety wind conditions made some 60 flights longest almost 400 feet Like Bi plane Glider front elevator no vertical rudder fixed surface Wing warping now controlled hip cradle although flew better its predecessor lot changes would ob viously have made before could consider themselves flying late summer 1902 brought out Biplane Glider 3 built re sult extensive research means control machine grown wingspan 32 area 305 sq ft much greater aspect ratio reduced span-loading first twin rearmounted vertical fins directional sta bility supposed counteract disturbing tendency downwarped wing lag behind increase bank turn supposed correct What happening 108 Model Aviation REPLA-TECH MC KENZIE HWY PLAN S VIDA OREGON 97469____________ right wing dropped because sudden gust wind its trailing edge would warped down pilot would increase lift wing sup posedly bring back up level warped right wings trailing edge much drag unwarped left right wing would lag behind start drop would swing air plane around right sometimes beginning spin fixed vertical tails Biplane Glider 3 supposed act like weathervane keep airplane straight Instead acted like lever airplane began sideslip actually increased problem correct Wrights swapped two fixed fins moveable rudder connected warping cradle automatically turned toward warp direction Thus created first coordinated turn opened door controlled flight During September October 1902 Wrights flew modified Biplane Glider 3 something like 1000 times built up about four hours flying time everyone else history aviation combined hours built up experience knowledge fact became first humans learn fly No longer would little puff wind side mean end flight wing dropped quickly brought back up level means cradle-operated linked controls Moreover smoothly banked turns could made glider skimmed down sandy Kill Devil Hills Mastery air still far future Biplane Glider 3 modi fied controls over roll pitch yaw Orville Wilbur control over Biplane Glider 3 historys first solid combination man airplane functioning unit next step obvious Power days however little volved driving down neighbor hood airplane engine store picking out powerplant needed no airplane engines sale nor could built plans way out bind design build fit airplane being designed built same time ideal way things what choice did have Wrights investing profits bicycle business flying machines well-financed scientist doing everything could beat historic first Samuel Langley secre tary Smithsonian Institution built flown several impressive tandemwinged models encouraged build full-size man-carrying machine simply scaling up largest model mechanic Charles Manly produced amazing 52-hp radial engine designed Stephen Balzer GRISH AIRCRAFT TYPE PROPELLERS Made hardwood fully carved true helical pitch airfoil ready sanding ALL SIZES IN18$700 6 8 & 10 PITCH20800 RIGHT HAND221000 ROTATION241300 3/8 BORE AT YOUR DEALER ALL GRISH PROPELLERS ARE ENGINEERED TO TRUE HELICAL PITCH AND AIRFOIL FOR EFFICIENCY 5/2-4 6-4 7-8 8-8 9-7 10-6 11-8 12-6 USE TO PROPEL AIR CREATE THRUST AND RE PROPELLED BY AIR 2 Blade Pusher 5A-4 6-36-4354 8-6854 9-6106$1 BLADE 3 BladeTractor 5-3 6-36-4504 3 BladePusher 6-3Metallic Aluminum Color Mide polyester boll color7-67-8$1 8-68-8$125 9-610-610-4$150 put Langley far ahead Wrights far power concerned em minent professor paid entirely too little attention problems structure control Aerodrome terribly weak wing spars flight controls could possibly have moved huge contraption enough good tiny elevator rudder close center gravity absolutely no roll control much chance could have flown very far dead calm As turned out two attempts pilot Manly October early December 1903 failed Aerodrome fouled its launching cata pult pitched poor Manly icy Potomac River week after second final watery crash Langleys misguided dream Wrights ready polished flying skills 60 flights Biplane Glider 3 added second rudder greater control built entirely new craft called Flyer n written gliders engine attached 1903 Flyer largest Wright aircraft yet span 40 4 wing area 510 sq ft empty weight around 600 lbs Like Biplane Glider 3B twin rudders low aspect ratio monoplane elevator re placed slim biplane device few feet front nose prone pilot Sitting next pilot another symbol Wright genius engine may have equal Manly radial four-cylinder in-line good about 13 hp 1750 rpm means chains drove pair counterrotating propellers de signed built Wrights yet another display superior skill craftsmanship thinking Monday Dec 14 1903 everything seemed ready wind blew steadily across bleak North Carolina shore Orville Wilbur dragged new machine its crude hangar Wilbur won toss coin prepared him self become worlds first airplane pilot engine fired up allowed warm enough power being devel oped restraint loosed Flyer started foward air Its nose came up quickly Wilbur reacted application down-ele vator Too much down-elevator counteracted up-elevator prevent immediate landing few oscillations nose dug sand after about 2 seconds Wrights enough qualify flight airplane never really under control Three days later tried again time Orville pilot cant people world dont January 1979 109 PROPELLERS 2 Blade Tractor 5-3each 5-45%3 6-3 7-47-6 8-48-6 9-49-6 9-8104 11-411-6 12-4125 AT YOUR DEALER GRISH ST JOHN INDIANA 46373 304 354 504 654 854 $1 $150 AT DISCRETION OF THE PURCHASER Pusher 10-6$150 THE SECOND ANNUAL LULLL&LiJ JANUARY 6 & 7 1979 SEE THE LATEST PRODUCTS AND VISIT WITH MAJOR MANUFACTURERS AND DISTRIBUTORS OF MODEL AIRCRAFT* MODEL ENGINES eMODEL BOATSeRADIOCONTROLSYSTEMS eMODELCARSeMODELINGACCESSORIES INDOOR AND OUTDOOR DEMONSTRATIONS STATIC DISPLAY COMPETITION IN MANY CATEGORIES OVERSEAS EXHIBITORS CORDIALLY INVITED INTERNATIONAL MODELER SHOW BOX 127 COSTA MESA CA 92627 17141 548-4700 know what happened flew Four times longest flight 59 seconds covering 852 feet over ground estimated half mile through air wind blowing better 20 mph Flyer never flew again having wrecked wind shortly after its fourth landing historic day eventually shipped England display Science Museum London because Smithsonian insisted Langley inventor airplane 1948 finally placed displayin Wash ington after stuffy Museum people admitted Wrights Lang ley first today Flyer hangs its glory just inside entrance National Air & Space Museum 20 million people have seen just first two years since new museum opened Yet true superiority Wrights still fully appreciated world isnt merely first fly fully controlled heavier-than-air machine No accomplishments span whole spectrum aeronautics Aerodynamics structures control engines propellers flight training race first fly really wasnt much race 59-second flight Dec 17 1903 wasnt bettered anyone else almost four years Wilbur credit 38-min ute flight covered 24 miles far ahead like no else trying still think 75 years such long time consider case Steve Wittman undisputed king pylon air racing record holder new Formula Vee Class Steve born just 3 months after Wrights first flight hes still active pilot ever run Steve ask see FAI Sporting License signed 0 Wright T-Craft/Schroeder continued page 62 Wing Begin cutting out ribs materials called out plan methods cutting out wing ribs preferred builder pin blanks together stacks about inch high trace pat tern onto top stack sand shape disc sander table must set exactly 90 degrees sanding dsc ribs will vary top stack bottom notches spars can cut band jig razor saw bbfore ribs split apart An alternate method would cut template light sheet metal pin down sheet balsa cut around edges making rib time time consuming perhaps results same Pin spars leading trailing edges down over plan after carefully checking rib proper fit cement place Next add wing tips cut /8 sheet balsa Finally add upper spars Join two outer panels center section using plywood di hedral braces reinforcement Next cover leading edges center section 1/16 sheet top Sand shape necessary preparation covering Covering Finish types coverings finishes available today sometimes difficult decide method use builder has less standardized MonoKote other plastic covering material wing tail surfaces doped Silkspan-covered surfaces fuselage Sand fuselage thoroughly #400 grit sandpaper dust off apply coat clear dope point simulate longerons applying 1/32 wide strips masking tape thread appro priate places shown plan Next entire fuselage covered layer lightweight Silkspan followed two coats 20% cornstarch 80% clear dope mixture After another sanding #400 grit sandpaper structure ready color doping Two three coats favorite color preferably sprayed will usually give satisfactory finish windows numbers cut white black MonoKote trim sheets RC Gear Installation location 110 ModelAviation -Lfl
Edition: Model Aviation - 1979/01
Page Numbers: 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 108, 109, 110
JUST about everyone has least relative 75 years old Someone alive Wright Brothers made historic first flight fully controlled heavier-than-air flying machine flight led directly enormous changes transportation war fare us sport recrea tion Three-quarters ci several lifetimes teei alone 1903 what now story getting place another like several lifetimes progress Yet happened just over th span average personi men vry far fr wasnt just w wanted fly lot years invent th failed reasons obvious mi tother think n lle Wr Litical 75th fame tha sketc like oughi ut built hand after Most o ing ORVILLE WRIGHTWILBUR WRIGHT wrong art over ilbur oth NO OCR TEXT SYA IDOL1 &YACt W AT SPAR 4 EWIR r ONL R BRACC WIRCS WARPING ANALS 7 / ____iT EI 906 TRC DCTAILS 7 CL/P S/PPORT -J PLA1r CL/P D i N. 8 COUNTER WOODSCAEWS APPLICATIONS S7C/T CLIP M NA/N SPAR wiN STRL/TE -7 CLLCR STAY 4 ott srnurs SKID PIX/NG NA/N SPAR sorrc STEEL_SOLDERE DIA NOLES CL/P t 5K ELEVATIONS OrAL trr.i4tAtn arws C OTNEa 58 S7TEL ST PtCCCS fITTINGS fo STtfL aRAZED SMarT uaaRW4 ivor 4 807 5SOLDERED IV/RE PULLEY ot SNAPT RR 0 Co z -J C w N 8 LI UId no sm no 0 n won trgely tor c couli i try Henson ugh ionopla k 0n4 pa nave fl nothing U / IThis nardstretc incodandb mlineVIOW Ut reallylearn fly befoi rfect airplan man would ti ns 5 step involved figui trying r flown like a 5-foot span bir moved Lrping lateral toa form e theire a17-foot I 60 Mc U R T S S V PLANS BY RALPH BECK NOW AVAILABLE FROM lloaoe ENT CORP P0 BOX 9641 SAN DIEGO CALIFORNIA 92109 SEND lX FOR COMPLETE CATALOG OF AIRCRAFT HARDWARE & ACCESSORIESPLUS DESCRIPTIVE jENNY BROCHURE 1931 Gee Bee Super Sportster 1SIe IGeneral Arrange ICatalog 25c w T By1 Imont Drawing Bill Given ERNISTIC MODELS PO BOX 6974 ALBUO NM 87197 placement rather firmly tixed wing sockets mounted motor stick angular difference cidence between wing horizontal stabilizer Most fliers move wing posts up down sockets set wing cidence works quite well However few disadvantages moving wing posts least being quandry set posts first test flight fliers have found models have much repeatable performance wing posts cut proper length bottom out bottom sockets work Note Fig bottom socket has plug balsa glued firmly bottom motor stick Actually plug sharpened can extend out bot tom motor stick glued trimmed flush very im portant bottom end socket anchored motor sticks natural torsion resistance helps stabilize wings tendency twist under flight loads post fully inserted socket part available torsional leverage being used possibility post can slip out socket under load So instead making tiny marks post during test flying remember right mark cut off tiny bit longer post finger nail clippers ideal fully insert post again After flight trim finished wing posts automatically set up almost perfect flight adjustment next session What need change least two ways change incidence after cutting posts length Obviously minor trimming can done next session However too changes needed wing posts growth will appear stunted Stan Chilton uses variable incidence stabilizer models allows very fine tuning flight trim Stans setup doubly useful can seen photo Although sta bilizer bracing wires show photo leading edge rudder ex tends through stab about 11/2 inches serves bracing post also very close study photo shows tiny paper socket end tail boom post/leading edge going through socket tail boom shorter therefore lighter stabilizer incidence easily adjustable Take Close Look eyesight 20-20 glasses poor light indoor sites makes hard see tiny details models way im prove vision use magnifier such worn Fry Rodemsky photo Like other fliers Fry uses rubber 0-rings motors allow easier handling better torque control see section 0-rings previous column p 55 July 78 MA Sometimes 0-rings hard see proper hookup Flying Planned Aug 78 MA reported indoor activity throughout Midwest several other areas hold reg ular indoor sessions contests during Fall Winter months longest stretch activity occurs Miami Flor ida using Goodyear hangar Opa Locka Airport Miami Contact Dr John Martin 3227 Darwin St Miami FL 33133 details Also Ron Wil liams 1364 Lexington Ave New York NY 10028 has managed establish regular flying sessions Low Library Rotunda Columbia University New York City Another regular activity area Glastonbury Connecticut George Armstead ramrods monthly ses sions Contact George 89 Harvest Lane Glastonbury CT 06037 specific infor mation Visit groups area fly regularly live close enough---they nice friendly people Bud Tenny PO Box 545 Richardson TX 75080 FF Sport/Scale/Warner continued page 53 tains Smithsonians aeroplanes 3-view form $275 Title Aircraft National Air Space Museum Check money orders can made out above museum c/o Smithsonian Institution Washington DC 20566 nine-inch Peanut controversy has drawn fire sides com batants sending remote 3-views planes built nine-inch fuse lage would qualify Jumbo Nothing daunted dug up weirdo qualifies under present 13 wing span rule about 22 length around 250 sq descendant boxkite John Mar tins Boxmoth proves nothing except wing span alone doth make Pea nut Its spirit counts Frank Scott Dayton Buzzin Buzzards says Lets leave rules alone Ed Hopkins Fillmore CA suggests uniform 1/24 scale Flightmaster James Dean thinks area rule would about idea called Mooney Judging after its originator Planes ranked best worst point best 2 points next best etc score added flight placing makes low-score wins situation CD contestants agreeing before hand whether ties broken scale flying scores judges bound set ridiculous constricting rules can place Fike Lacey Forbes-Arnold right down line An interesting alternative takes some time tabulate having contestant rate planes giving hers top score possible Add em up average em No complaints Most people have pretty good idea what Peanut Let rest fly AMA rubber scale Manhat tan Cabin Bill Warner 423-C San Vicente Blvd. Santa Monica CA 90402 Wright Flight/Berliner continued page 60 basics flight control moved Biplane Glider 2 flown July August 1901 Kitty Hawk span 22 feet wing area 290 sq ft fully capable carrying man under variety wind conditions made some 60 flights longest almost 400 feet Like Bi plane Glider front elevator no vertical rudder fixed surface Wing warping now controlled hip cradle although flew better its predecessor lot changes would ob viously have made before could consider themselves flying late summer 1902 brought out Biplane Glider 3 built re sult extensive research means control machine grown wingspan 32 area 305 sq ft much greater aspect ratio reduced span-loading first twin rearmounted vertical fins directional sta bility supposed counteract disturbing tendency downwarped wing lag behind increase bank turn supposed correct What happening 108 Model Aviation REPLA-TECH MC KENZIE HWY PLAN S VIDA OREGON 97469____________ right wing dropped because sudden gust wind its trailing edge would warped down pilot would increase lift wing sup posedly bring back up level warped right wings trailing edge much drag unwarped left right wing would lag behind start drop would swing air plane around right sometimes beginning spin fixed vertical tails Biplane Glider 3 supposed act like weathervane keep airplane straight Instead acted like lever airplane began sideslip actually increased problem correct Wrights swapped two fixed fins moveable rudder connected warping cradle automatically turned toward warp direction Thus created first coordinated turn opened door controlled flight During September October 1902 Wrights flew modified Biplane Glider 3 something like 1000 times built up about four hours flying time everyone else history aviation combined hours built up experience knowledge fact became first humans learn fly No longer would little puff wind side mean end flight wing dropped quickly brought back up level means cradle-operated linked controls Moreover smoothly banked turns could made glider skimmed down sandy Kill Devil Hills Mastery air still far future Biplane Glider 3 modi fied controls over roll pitch yaw Orville Wilbur control over Biplane Glider 3 historys first solid combination man airplane functioning unit next step obvious Power days however little volved driving down neighbor hood airplane engine store picking out powerplant needed no airplane engines sale nor could built plans way out bind design build fit airplane being designed built same time ideal way things what choice did have Wrights investing profits bicycle business flying machines well-financed scientist doing everything could beat historic first Samuel Langley secre tary Smithsonian Institution built flown several impressive tandemwinged models encouraged build full-size man-carrying machine simply scaling up largest model mechanic Charles Manly produced amazing 52-hp radial engine designed Stephen Balzer GRISH AIRCRAFT TYPE PROPELLERS Made hardwood fully carved true helical pitch airfoil ready sanding ALL SIZES IN18$700 6 8 & 10 PITCH20800 RIGHT HAND221000 ROTATION241300 3/8 BORE AT YOUR DEALER ALL GRISH PROPELLERS ARE ENGINEERED TO TRUE HELICAL PITCH AND AIRFOIL FOR EFFICIENCY 5/2-4 6-4 7-8 8-8 9-7 10-6 11-8 12-6 USE TO PROPEL AIR CREATE THRUST AND RE PROPELLED BY AIR 2 Blade Pusher 5A-4 6-36-4354 8-6854 9-6106$1 BLADE 3 BladeTractor 5-3 6-36-4504 3 BladePusher 6-3Metallic Aluminum Color Mide polyester boll color7-67-8$1 8-68-8$125 9-610-610-4$150 put Langley far ahead Wrights far power concerned em minent professor paid entirely too little attention problems structure control Aerodrome terribly weak wing spars flight controls could possibly have moved huge contraption enough good tiny elevator rudder close center gravity absolutely no roll control much chance could have flown very far dead calm As turned out two attempts pilot Manly October early December 1903 failed Aerodrome fouled its launching cata pult pitched poor Manly icy Potomac River week after second final watery crash Langleys misguided dream Wrights ready polished flying skills 60 flights Biplane Glider 3 added second rudder greater control built entirely new craft called Flyer n written gliders engine attached 1903 Flyer largest Wright aircraft yet span 40 4 wing area 510 sq ft empty weight around 600 lbs Like Biplane Glider 3B twin rudders low aspect ratio monoplane elevator re placed slim biplane device few feet front nose prone pilot Sitting next pilot another symbol Wright genius engine may have equal Manly radial four-cylinder in-line good about 13 hp 1750 rpm means chains drove pair counterrotating propellers de signed built Wrights yet another display superior skill craftsmanship thinking Monday Dec 14 1903 everything seemed ready wind blew steadily across bleak North Carolina shore Orville Wilbur dragged new machine its crude hangar Wilbur won toss coin prepared him self become worlds first airplane pilot engine fired up allowed warm enough power being devel oped restraint loosed Flyer started foward air Its nose came up quickly Wilbur reacted application down-ele vator Too much down-elevator counteracted up-elevator prevent immediate landing few oscillations nose dug sand after about 2 seconds Wrights enough qualify flight airplane never really under control Three days later tried again time Orville pilot cant people world dont January 1979 109 PROPELLERS 2 Blade Tractor 5-3each 5-45%3 6-3 7-47-6 8-48-6 9-49-6 9-8104 11-411-6 12-4125 AT YOUR DEALER GRISH ST JOHN INDIANA 46373 304 354 504 654 854 $1 $150 AT DISCRETION OF THE PURCHASER Pusher 10-6$150 THE SECOND ANNUAL LULLL&LiJ JANUARY 6 & 7 1979 SEE THE LATEST PRODUCTS AND VISIT WITH MAJOR MANUFACTURERS AND DISTRIBUTORS OF MODEL AIRCRAFT* MODEL ENGINES eMODEL BOATSeRADIOCONTROLSYSTEMS eMODELCARSeMODELINGACCESSORIES INDOOR AND OUTDOOR DEMONSTRATIONS STATIC DISPLAY COMPETITION IN MANY CATEGORIES OVERSEAS EXHIBITORS CORDIALLY INVITED INTERNATIONAL MODELER SHOW BOX 127 COSTA MESA CA 92627 17141 548-4700 know what happened flew Four times longest flight 59 seconds covering 852 feet over ground estimated half mile through air wind blowing better 20 mph Flyer never flew again having wrecked wind shortly after its fourth landing historic day eventually shipped England display Science Museum London because Smithsonian insisted Langley inventor airplane 1948 finally placed displayin Wash ington after stuffy Museum people admitted Wrights Lang ley first today Flyer hangs its glory just inside entrance National Air & Space Museum 20 million people have seen just first two years since new museum opened Yet true superiority Wrights still fully appreciated world isnt merely first fly fully controlled heavier-than-air machine No accomplishments span whole spectrum aeronautics Aerodynamics structures control engines propellers flight training race first fly really wasnt much race 59-second flight Dec 17 1903 wasnt bettered anyone else almost four years Wilbur credit 38-min ute flight covered 24 miles far ahead like no else trying still think 75 years such long time consider case Steve Wittman undisputed king pylon air racing record holder new Formula Vee Class Steve born just 3 months after Wrights first flight hes still active pilot ever run Steve ask see FAI Sporting License signed 0 Wright T-Craft/Schroeder continued page 62 Wing Begin cutting out ribs materials called out plan methods cutting out wing ribs preferred builder pin blanks together stacks about inch high trace pat tern onto top stack sand shape disc sander table must set exactly 90 degrees sanding dsc ribs will vary top stack bottom notches spars can cut band jig razor saw bbfore ribs split apart An alternate method would cut template light sheet metal pin down sheet balsa cut around edges making rib time time consuming perhaps results same Pin spars leading trailing edges down over plan after carefully checking rib proper fit cement place Next add wing tips cut /8 sheet balsa Finally add upper spars Join two outer panels center section using plywood di hedral braces reinforcement Next cover leading edges center section 1/16 sheet top Sand shape necessary preparation covering Covering Finish types coverings finishes available today sometimes difficult decide method use builder has less standardized MonoKote other plastic covering material wing tail surfaces doped Silkspan-covered surfaces fuselage Sand fuselage thoroughly #400 grit sandpaper dust off apply coat clear dope point simulate longerons applying 1/32 wide strips masking tape thread appro priate places shown plan Next entire fuselage covered layer lightweight Silkspan followed two coats 20% cornstarch 80% clear dope mixture After another sanding #400 grit sandpaper structure ready color doping Two three coats favorite color preferably sprayed will usually give satisfactory finish windows numbers cut white black MonoKote trim sheets RC Gear Installation location 110 ModelAviation -Lfl
Edition: Model Aviation - 1979/01
Page Numbers: 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 108, 109, 110
JUST about everyone has least relative 75 years old Someone alive Wright Brothers made historic first flight fully controlled heavier-than-air flying machine flight led directly enormous changes transportation war fare us sport recrea tion Three-quarters ci several lifetimes teei alone 1903 what now story getting place another like several lifetimes progress Yet happened just over th span average personi men vry far fr wasnt just w wanted fly lot years invent th failed reasons obvious mi tother think n lle Wr Litical 75th fame tha sketc like oughi ut built hand after Most o ing ORVILLE WRIGHTWILBUR WRIGHT wrong art over ilbur oth NO OCR TEXT SYA IDOL1 &YACt W AT SPAR 4 EWIR r ONL R BRACC WIRCS WARPING ANALS 7 / ____iT EI 906 TRC DCTAILS 7 CL/P S/PPORT -J PLA1r CL/P D i N. 8 COUNTER WOODSCAEWS APPLICATIONS S7C/T CLIP M NA/N SPAR wiN STRL/TE -7 CLLCR STAY 4 ott srnurs SKID PIX/NG NA/N SPAR sorrc STEEL_SOLDERE DIA NOLES CL/P t 5K ELEVATIONS OrAL trr.i4tAtn arws C OTNEa 58 S7TEL ST PtCCCS fITTINGS fo STtfL aRAZED SMarT uaaRW4 ivor 4 807 5SOLDERED IV/RE PULLEY ot SNAPT RR 0 Co z -J C w N 8 LI UId no sm no 0 n won trgely tor c couli i try Henson ugh ionopla k 0n4 pa nave fl nothing U / IThis nardstretc incodandb mlineVIOW Ut reallylearn fly befoi rfect airplan man would ti ns 5 step involved figui trying r flown like a 5-foot span bir moved Lrping lateral toa form e theire a17-foot I 60 Mc U R T S S V PLANS BY RALPH BECK NOW AVAILABLE FROM lloaoe ENT CORP P0 BOX 9641 SAN DIEGO CALIFORNIA 92109 SEND lX FOR COMPLETE CATALOG OF AIRCRAFT HARDWARE & ACCESSORIESPLUS DESCRIPTIVE jENNY BROCHURE 1931 Gee Bee Super Sportster 1SIe IGeneral Arrange ICatalog 25c w T By1 Imont Drawing Bill Given ERNISTIC MODELS PO BOX 6974 ALBUO NM 87197 placement rather firmly tixed wing sockets mounted motor stick angular difference cidence between wing horizontal stabilizer Most fliers move wing posts up down sockets set wing cidence works quite well However few disadvantages moving wing posts least being quandry set posts first test flight fliers have found models have much repeatable performance wing posts cut proper length bottom out bottom sockets work Note Fig bottom socket has plug balsa glued firmly bottom motor stick Actually plug sharpened can extend out bot tom motor stick glued trimmed flush very im portant bottom end socket anchored motor sticks natural torsion resistance helps stabilize wings tendency twist under flight loads post fully inserted socket part available torsional leverage being used possibility post can slip out socket under load So instead making tiny marks post during test flying remember right mark cut off tiny bit longer post finger nail clippers ideal fully insert post again After flight trim finished wing posts automatically set up almost perfect flight adjustment next session What need change least two ways change incidence after cutting posts length Obviously minor trimming can done next session However too changes needed wing posts growth will appear stunted Stan Chilton uses variable incidence stabilizer models allows very fine tuning flight trim Stans setup doubly useful can seen photo Although sta bilizer bracing wires show photo leading edge rudder ex tends through stab about 11/2 inches serves bracing post also very close study photo shows tiny paper socket end tail boom post/leading edge going through socket tail boom shorter therefore lighter stabilizer incidence easily adjustable Take Close Look eyesight 20-20 glasses poor light indoor sites makes hard see tiny details models way im prove vision use magnifier such worn Fry Rodemsky photo Like other fliers Fry uses rubber 0-rings motors allow easier handling better torque control see section 0-rings previous column p 55 July 78 MA Sometimes 0-rings hard see proper hookup Flying Planned Aug 78 MA reported indoor activity throughout Midwest several other areas hold reg ular indoor sessions contests during Fall Winter months longest stretch activity occurs Miami Flor ida using Goodyear hangar Opa Locka Airport Miami Contact Dr John Martin 3227 Darwin St Miami FL 33133 details Also Ron Wil liams 1364 Lexington Ave New York NY 10028 has managed establish regular flying sessions Low Library Rotunda Columbia University New York City Another regular activity area Glastonbury Connecticut George Armstead ramrods monthly ses sions Contact George 89 Harvest Lane Glastonbury CT 06037 specific infor mation Visit groups area fly regularly live close enough---they nice friendly people Bud Tenny PO Box 545 Richardson TX 75080 FF Sport/Scale/Warner continued page 53 tains Smithsonians aeroplanes 3-view form $275 Title Aircraft National Air Space Museum Check money orders can made out above museum c/o Smithsonian Institution Washington DC 20566 nine-inch Peanut controversy has drawn fire sides com batants sending remote 3-views planes built nine-inch fuse lage would qualify Jumbo Nothing daunted dug up weirdo qualifies under present 13 wing span rule about 22 length around 250 sq descendant boxkite John Mar tins Boxmoth proves nothing except wing span alone doth make Pea nut Its spirit counts Frank Scott Dayton Buzzin Buzzards says Lets leave rules alone Ed Hopkins Fillmore CA suggests uniform 1/24 scale Flightmaster James Dean thinks area rule would about idea called Mooney Judging after its originator Planes ranked best worst point best 2 points next best etc score added flight placing makes low-score wins situation CD contestants agreeing before hand whether ties broken scale flying scores judges bound set ridiculous constricting rules can place Fike Lacey Forbes-Arnold right down line An interesting alternative takes some time tabulate having contestant rate planes giving hers top score possible Add em up average em No complaints Most people have pretty good idea what Peanut Let rest fly AMA rubber scale Manhat tan Cabin Bill Warner 423-C San Vicente Blvd. Santa Monica CA 90402 Wright Flight/Berliner continued page 60 basics flight control moved Biplane Glider 2 flown July August 1901 Kitty Hawk span 22 feet wing area 290 sq ft fully capable carrying man under variety wind conditions made some 60 flights longest almost 400 feet Like Bi plane Glider front elevator no vertical rudder fixed surface Wing warping now controlled hip cradle although flew better its predecessor lot changes would ob viously have made before could consider themselves flying late summer 1902 brought out Biplane Glider 3 built re sult extensive research means control machine grown wingspan 32 area 305 sq ft much greater aspect ratio reduced span-loading first twin rearmounted vertical fins directional sta bility supposed counteract disturbing tendency downwarped wing lag behind increase bank turn supposed correct What happening 108 Model Aviation REPLA-TECH MC KENZIE HWY PLAN S VIDA OREGON 97469____________ right wing dropped because sudden gust wind its trailing edge would warped down pilot would increase lift wing sup posedly bring back up level warped right wings trailing edge much drag unwarped left right wing would lag behind start drop would swing air plane around right sometimes beginning spin fixed vertical tails Biplane Glider 3 supposed act like weathervane keep airplane straight Instead acted like lever airplane began sideslip actually increased problem correct Wrights swapped two fixed fins moveable rudder connected warping cradle automatically turned toward warp direction Thus created first coordinated turn opened door controlled flight During September October 1902 Wrights flew modified Biplane Glider 3 something like 1000 times built up about four hours flying time everyone else history aviation combined hours built up experience knowledge fact became first humans learn fly No longer would little puff wind side mean end flight wing dropped quickly brought back up level means cradle-operated linked controls Moreover smoothly banked turns could made glider skimmed down sandy Kill Devil Hills Mastery air still far future Biplane Glider 3 modi fied controls over roll pitch yaw Orville Wilbur control over Biplane Glider 3 historys first solid combination man airplane functioning unit next step obvious Power days however little volved driving down neighbor hood airplane engine store picking out powerplant needed no airplane engines sale nor could built plans way out bind design build fit airplane being designed built same time ideal way things what choice did have Wrights investing profits bicycle business flying machines well-financed scientist doing everything could beat historic first Samuel Langley secre tary Smithsonian Institution built flown several impressive tandemwinged models encouraged build full-size man-carrying machine simply scaling up largest model mechanic Charles Manly produced amazing 52-hp radial engine designed Stephen Balzer GRISH AIRCRAFT TYPE PROPELLERS Made hardwood fully carved true helical pitch airfoil ready sanding ALL SIZES IN18$700 6 8 & 10 PITCH20800 RIGHT HAND221000 ROTATION241300 3/8 BORE AT YOUR DEALER ALL GRISH PROPELLERS ARE ENGINEERED TO TRUE HELICAL PITCH AND AIRFOIL FOR EFFICIENCY 5/2-4 6-4 7-8 8-8 9-7 10-6 11-8 12-6 USE TO PROPEL AIR CREATE THRUST AND RE PROPELLED BY AIR 2 Blade Pusher 5A-4 6-36-4354 8-6854 9-6106$1 BLADE 3 BladeTractor 5-3 6-36-4504 3 BladePusher 6-3Metallic Aluminum Color Mide polyester boll color7-67-8$1 8-68-8$125 9-610-610-4$150 put Langley far ahead Wrights far power concerned em minent professor paid entirely too little attention problems structure control Aerodrome terribly weak wing spars flight controls could possibly have moved huge contraption enough good tiny elevator rudder close center gravity absolutely no roll control much chance could have flown very far dead calm As turned out two attempts pilot Manly October early December 1903 failed Aerodrome fouled its launching cata pult pitched poor Manly icy Potomac River week after second final watery crash Langleys misguided dream Wrights ready polished flying skills 60 flights Biplane Glider 3 added second rudder greater control built entirely new craft called Flyer n written gliders engine attached 1903 Flyer largest Wright aircraft yet span 40 4 wing area 510 sq ft empty weight around 600 lbs Like Biplane Glider 3B twin rudders low aspect ratio monoplane elevator re placed slim biplane device few feet front nose prone pilot Sitting next pilot another symbol Wright genius engine may have equal Manly radial four-cylinder in-line good about 13 hp 1750 rpm means chains drove pair counterrotating propellers de signed built Wrights yet another display superior skill craftsmanship thinking Monday Dec 14 1903 everything seemed ready wind blew steadily across bleak North Carolina shore Orville Wilbur dragged new machine its crude hangar Wilbur won toss coin prepared him self become worlds first airplane pilot engine fired up allowed warm enough power being devel oped restraint loosed Flyer started foward air Its nose came up quickly Wilbur reacted application down-ele vator Too much down-elevator counteracted up-elevator prevent immediate landing few oscillations nose dug sand after about 2 seconds Wrights enough qualify flight airplane never really under control Three days later tried again time Orville pilot cant people world dont January 1979 109 PROPELLERS 2 Blade Tractor 5-3each 5-45%3 6-3 7-47-6 8-48-6 9-49-6 9-8104 11-411-6 12-4125 AT YOUR DEALER GRISH ST JOHN INDIANA 46373 304 354 504 654 854 $1 $150 AT DISCRETION OF THE PURCHASER Pusher 10-6$150 THE SECOND ANNUAL LULLL&LiJ JANUARY 6 & 7 1979 SEE THE LATEST PRODUCTS AND VISIT WITH MAJOR MANUFACTURERS AND DISTRIBUTORS OF MODEL AIRCRAFT* MODEL ENGINES eMODEL BOATSeRADIOCONTROLSYSTEMS eMODELCARSeMODELINGACCESSORIES INDOOR AND OUTDOOR DEMONSTRATIONS STATIC DISPLAY COMPETITION IN MANY CATEGORIES OVERSEAS EXHIBITORS CORDIALLY INVITED INTERNATIONAL MODELER SHOW BOX 127 COSTA MESA CA 92627 17141 548-4700 know what happened flew Four times longest flight 59 seconds covering 852 feet over ground estimated half mile through air wind blowing better 20 mph Flyer never flew again having wrecked wind shortly after its fourth landing historic day eventually shipped England display Science Museum London because Smithsonian insisted Langley inventor airplane 1948 finally placed displayin Wash ington after stuffy Museum people admitted Wrights Lang ley first today Flyer hangs its glory just inside entrance National Air & Space Museum 20 million people have seen just first two years since new museum opened Yet true superiority Wrights still fully appreciated world isnt merely first fly fully controlled heavier-than-air machine No accomplishments span whole spectrum aeronautics Aerodynamics structures control engines propellers flight training race first fly really wasnt much race 59-second flight Dec 17 1903 wasnt bettered anyone else almost four years Wilbur credit 38-min ute flight covered 24 miles far ahead like no else trying still think 75 years such long time consider case Steve Wittman undisputed king pylon air racing record holder new Formula Vee Class Steve born just 3 months after Wrights first flight hes still active pilot ever run Steve ask see FAI Sporting License signed 0 Wright T-Craft/Schroeder continued page 62 Wing Begin cutting out ribs materials called out plan methods cutting out wing ribs preferred builder pin blanks together stacks about inch high trace pat tern onto top stack sand shape disc sander table must set exactly 90 degrees sanding dsc ribs will vary top stack bottom notches spars can cut band jig razor saw bbfore ribs split apart An alternate method would cut template light sheet metal pin down sheet balsa cut around edges making rib time time consuming perhaps results same Pin spars leading trailing edges down over plan after carefully checking rib proper fit cement place Next add wing tips cut /8 sheet balsa Finally add upper spars Join two outer panels center section using plywood di hedral braces reinforcement Next cover leading edges center section 1/16 sheet top Sand shape necessary preparation covering Covering Finish types coverings finishes available today sometimes difficult decide method use builder has less standardized MonoKote other plastic covering material wing tail surfaces doped Silkspan-covered surfaces fuselage Sand fuselage thoroughly #400 grit sandpaper dust off apply coat clear dope point simulate longerons applying 1/32 wide strips masking tape thread appro priate places shown plan Next entire fuselage covered layer lightweight Silkspan followed two coats 20% cornstarch 80% clear dope mixture After another sanding #400 grit sandpaper structure ready color doping Two three coats favorite color preferably sprayed will usually give satisfactory finish windows numbers cut white black MonoKote trim sheets RC Gear Installation location 110 ModelAviation -Lfl
Edition: Model Aviation - 1979/01
Page Numbers: 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 108, 109, 110
JUST about everyone has least relative 75 years old Someone alive Wright Brothers made historic first flight fully controlled heavier-than-air flying machine flight led directly enormous changes transportation war fare us sport recrea tion Three-quarters ci several lifetimes teei alone 1903 what now story getting place another like several lifetimes progress Yet happened just over th span average personi men vry far fr wasnt just w wanted fly lot years invent th failed reasons obvious mi tother think n lle Wr Litical 75th fame tha sketc like oughi ut built hand after Most o ing ORVILLE WRIGHTWILBUR WRIGHT wrong art over ilbur oth NO OCR TEXT SYA IDOL1 &YACt W AT SPAR 4 EWIR r ONL R BRACC WIRCS WARPING ANALS 7 / ____iT EI 906 TRC DCTAILS 7 CL/P S/PPORT -J PLA1r CL/P D i N. 8 COUNTER WOODSCAEWS APPLICATIONS S7C/T CLIP M NA/N SPAR wiN STRL/TE -7 CLLCR STAY 4 ott srnurs SKID PIX/NG NA/N SPAR sorrc STEEL_SOLDERE DIA NOLES CL/P t 5K ELEVATIONS OrAL trr.i4tAtn arws C OTNEa 58 S7TEL ST PtCCCS fITTINGS fo STtfL aRAZED SMarT uaaRW4 ivor 4 807 5SOLDERED IV/RE PULLEY ot SNAPT RR 0 Co z -J C w N 8 LI UId no sm no 0 n won trgely tor c couli i try Henson ugh ionopla k 0n4 pa nave fl nothing U / IThis nardstretc incodandb mlineVIOW Ut reallylearn fly befoi rfect airplan man would ti ns 5 step involved figui trying r flown like a 5-foot span bir moved Lrping lateral toa form e theire a17-foot I 60 Mc U R T S S V PLANS BY RALPH BECK NOW AVAILABLE FROM lloaoe ENT CORP P0 BOX 9641 SAN DIEGO CALIFORNIA 92109 SEND lX FOR COMPLETE CATALOG OF AIRCRAFT HARDWARE & ACCESSORIESPLUS DESCRIPTIVE jENNY BROCHURE 1931 Gee Bee Super Sportster 1SIe IGeneral Arrange ICatalog 25c w T By1 Imont Drawing Bill Given ERNISTIC MODELS PO BOX 6974 ALBUO NM 87197 placement rather firmly tixed wing sockets mounted motor stick angular difference cidence between wing horizontal stabilizer Most fliers move wing posts up down sockets set wing cidence works quite well However few disadvantages moving wing posts least being quandry set posts first test flight fliers have found models have much repeatable performance wing posts cut proper length bottom out bottom sockets work Note Fig bottom socket has plug balsa glued firmly bottom motor stick Actually plug sharpened can extend out bot tom motor stick glued trimmed flush very im portant bottom end socket anchored motor sticks natural torsion resistance helps stabilize wings tendency twist under flight loads post fully inserted socket part available torsional leverage being used possibility post can slip out socket under load So instead making tiny marks post during test flying remember right mark cut off tiny bit longer post finger nail clippers ideal fully insert post again After flight trim finished wing posts automatically set up almost perfect flight adjustment next session What need change least two ways change incidence after cutting posts length Obviously minor trimming can done next session However too changes needed wing posts growth will appear stunted Stan Chilton uses variable incidence stabilizer models allows very fine tuning flight trim Stans setup doubly useful can seen photo Although sta bilizer bracing wires show photo leading edge rudder ex tends through stab about 11/2 inches serves bracing post also very close study photo shows tiny paper socket end tail boom post/leading edge going through socket tail boom shorter therefore lighter stabilizer incidence easily adjustable Take Close Look eyesight 20-20 glasses poor light indoor sites makes hard see tiny details models way im prove vision use magnifier such worn Fry Rodemsky photo Like other fliers Fry uses rubber 0-rings motors allow easier handling better torque control see section 0-rings previous column p 55 July 78 MA Sometimes 0-rings hard see proper hookup Flying Planned Aug 78 MA reported indoor activity throughout Midwest several other areas hold reg ular indoor sessions contests during Fall Winter months longest stretch activity occurs Miami Flor ida using Goodyear hangar Opa Locka Airport Miami Contact Dr John Martin 3227 Darwin St Miami FL 33133 details Also Ron Wil liams 1364 Lexington Ave New York NY 10028 has managed establish regular flying sessions Low Library Rotunda Columbia University New York City Another regular activity area Glastonbury Connecticut George Armstead ramrods monthly ses sions Contact George 89 Harvest Lane Glastonbury CT 06037 specific infor mation Visit groups area fly regularly live close enough---they nice friendly people Bud Tenny PO Box 545 Richardson TX 75080 FF Sport/Scale/Warner continued page 53 tains Smithsonians aeroplanes 3-view form $275 Title Aircraft National Air Space Museum Check money orders can made out above museum c/o Smithsonian Institution Washington DC 20566 nine-inch Peanut controversy has drawn fire sides com batants sending remote 3-views planes built nine-inch fuse lage would qualify Jumbo Nothing daunted dug up weirdo qualifies under present 13 wing span rule about 22 length around 250 sq descendant boxkite John Mar tins Boxmoth proves nothing except wing span alone doth make Pea nut Its spirit counts Frank Scott Dayton Buzzin Buzzards says Lets leave rules alone Ed Hopkins Fillmore CA suggests uniform 1/24 scale Flightmaster James Dean thinks area rule would about idea called Mooney Judging after its originator Planes ranked best worst point best 2 points next best etc score added flight placing makes low-score wins situation CD contestants agreeing before hand whether ties broken scale flying scores judges bound set ridiculous constricting rules can place Fike Lacey Forbes-Arnold right down line An interesting alternative takes some time tabulate having contestant rate planes giving hers top score possible Add em up average em No complaints Most people have pretty good idea what Peanut Let rest fly AMA rubber scale Manhat tan Cabin Bill Warner 423-C San Vicente Blvd. Santa Monica CA 90402 Wright Flight/Berliner continued page 60 basics flight control moved Biplane Glider 2 flown July August 1901 Kitty Hawk span 22 feet wing area 290 sq ft fully capable carrying man under variety wind conditions made some 60 flights longest almost 400 feet Like Bi plane Glider front elevator no vertical rudder fixed surface Wing warping now controlled hip cradle although flew better its predecessor lot changes would ob viously have made before could consider themselves flying late summer 1902 brought out Biplane Glider 3 built re sult extensive research means control machine grown wingspan 32 area 305 sq ft much greater aspect ratio reduced span-loading first twin rearmounted vertical fins directional sta bility supposed counteract disturbing tendency downwarped wing lag behind increase bank turn supposed correct What happening 108 Model Aviation REPLA-TECH MC KENZIE HWY PLAN S VIDA OREGON 97469____________ right wing dropped because sudden gust wind its trailing edge would warped down pilot would increase lift wing sup posedly bring back up level warped right wings trailing edge much drag unwarped left right wing would lag behind start drop would swing air plane around right sometimes beginning spin fixed vertical tails Biplane Glider 3 supposed act like weathervane keep airplane straight Instead acted like lever airplane began sideslip actually increased problem correct Wrights swapped two fixed fins moveable rudder connected warping cradle automatically turned toward warp direction Thus created first coordinated turn opened door controlled flight During September October 1902 Wrights flew modified Biplane Glider 3 something like 1000 times built up about four hours flying time everyone else history aviation combined hours built up experience knowledge fact became first humans learn fly No longer would little puff wind side mean end flight wing dropped quickly brought back up level means cradle-operated linked controls Moreover smoothly banked turns could made glider skimmed down sandy Kill Devil Hills Mastery air still far future Biplane Glider 3 modi fied controls over roll pitch yaw Orville Wilbur control over Biplane Glider 3 historys first solid combination man airplane functioning unit next step obvious Power days however little volved driving down neighbor hood airplane engine store picking out powerplant needed no airplane engines sale nor could built plans way out bind design build fit airplane being designed built same time ideal way things what choice did have Wrights investing profits bicycle business flying machines well-financed scientist doing everything could beat historic first Samuel Langley secre tary Smithsonian Institution built flown several impressive tandemwinged models encouraged build full-size man-carrying machine simply scaling up largest model mechanic Charles Manly produced amazing 52-hp radial engine designed Stephen Balzer GRISH AIRCRAFT TYPE PROPELLERS Made hardwood fully carved true helical pitch airfoil ready sanding ALL SIZES IN18$700 6 8 & 10 PITCH20800 RIGHT HAND221000 ROTATION241300 3/8 BORE AT YOUR DEALER ALL GRISH PROPELLERS ARE ENGINEERED TO TRUE HELICAL PITCH AND AIRFOIL FOR EFFICIENCY 5/2-4 6-4 7-8 8-8 9-7 10-6 11-8 12-6 USE TO PROPEL AIR CREATE THRUST AND RE PROPELLED BY AIR 2 Blade Pusher 5A-4 6-36-4354 8-6854 9-6106$1 BLADE 3 BladeTractor 5-3 6-36-4504 3 BladePusher 6-3Metallic Aluminum Color Mide polyester boll color7-67-8$1 8-68-8$125 9-610-610-4$150 put Langley far ahead Wrights far power concerned em minent professor paid entirely too little attention problems structure control Aerodrome terribly weak wing spars flight controls could possibly have moved huge contraption enough good tiny elevator rudder close center gravity absolutely no roll control much chance could have flown very far dead calm As turned out two attempts pilot Manly October early December 1903 failed Aerodrome fouled its launching cata pult pitched poor Manly icy Potomac River week after second final watery crash Langleys misguided dream Wrights ready polished flying skills 60 flights Biplane Glider 3 added second rudder greater control built entirely new craft called Flyer n written gliders engine attached 1903 Flyer largest Wright aircraft yet span 40 4 wing area 510 sq ft empty weight around 600 lbs Like Biplane Glider 3B twin rudders low aspect ratio monoplane elevator re placed slim biplane device few feet front nose prone pilot Sitting next pilot another symbol Wright genius engine may have equal Manly radial four-cylinder in-line good about 13 hp 1750 rpm means chains drove pair counterrotating propellers de signed built Wrights yet another display superior skill craftsmanship thinking Monday Dec 14 1903 everything seemed ready wind blew steadily across bleak North Carolina shore Orville Wilbur dragged new machine its crude hangar Wilbur won toss coin prepared him self become worlds first airplane pilot engine fired up allowed warm enough power being devel oped restraint loosed Flyer started foward air Its nose came up quickly Wilbur reacted application down-ele vator Too much down-elevator counteracted up-elevator prevent immediate landing few oscillations nose dug sand after about 2 seconds Wrights enough qualify flight airplane never really under control Three days later tried again time Orville pilot cant people world dont January 1979 109 PROPELLERS 2 Blade Tractor 5-3each 5-45%3 6-3 7-47-6 8-48-6 9-49-6 9-8104 11-411-6 12-4125 AT YOUR DEALER GRISH ST JOHN INDIANA 46373 304 354 504 654 854 $1 $150 AT DISCRETION OF THE PURCHASER Pusher 10-6$150 THE SECOND ANNUAL LULLL&LiJ JANUARY 6 & 7 1979 SEE THE LATEST PRODUCTS AND VISIT WITH MAJOR MANUFACTURERS AND DISTRIBUTORS OF MODEL AIRCRAFT* MODEL ENGINES eMODEL BOATSeRADIOCONTROLSYSTEMS eMODELCARSeMODELINGACCESSORIES INDOOR AND OUTDOOR DEMONSTRATIONS STATIC DISPLAY COMPETITION IN MANY CATEGORIES OVERSEAS EXHIBITORS CORDIALLY INVITED INTERNATIONAL MODELER SHOW BOX 127 COSTA MESA CA 92627 17141 548-4700 know what happened flew Four times longest flight 59 seconds covering 852 feet over ground estimated half mile through air wind blowing better 20 mph Flyer never flew again having wrecked wind shortly after its fourth landing historic day eventually shipped England display Science Museum London because Smithsonian insisted Langley inventor airplane 1948 finally placed displayin Wash ington after stuffy Museum people admitted Wrights Lang ley first today Flyer hangs its glory just inside entrance National Air & Space Museum 20 million people have seen just first two years since new museum opened Yet true superiority Wrights still fully appreciated world isnt merely first fly fully controlled heavier-than-air machine No accomplishments span whole spectrum aeronautics Aerodynamics structures control engines propellers flight training race first fly really wasnt much race 59-second flight Dec 17 1903 wasnt bettered anyone else almost four years Wilbur credit 38-min ute flight covered 24 miles far ahead like no else trying still think 75 years such long time consider case Steve Wittman undisputed king pylon air racing record holder new Formula Vee Class Steve born just 3 months after Wrights first flight hes still active pilot ever run Steve ask see FAI Sporting License signed 0 Wright T-Craft/Schroeder continued page 62 Wing Begin cutting out ribs materials called out plan methods cutting out wing ribs preferred builder pin blanks together stacks about inch high trace pat tern onto top stack sand shape disc sander table must set exactly 90 degrees sanding dsc ribs will vary top stack bottom notches spars can cut band jig razor saw bbfore ribs split apart An alternate method would cut template light sheet metal pin down sheet balsa cut around edges making rib time time consuming perhaps results same Pin spars leading trailing edges down over plan after carefully checking rib proper fit cement place Next add wing tips cut /8 sheet balsa Finally add upper spars Join two outer panels center section using plywood di hedral braces reinforcement Next cover leading edges center section 1/16 sheet top Sand shape necessary preparation covering Covering Finish types coverings finishes available today sometimes difficult decide method use builder has less standardized MonoKote other plastic covering material wing tail surfaces doped Silkspan-covered surfaces fuselage Sand fuselage thoroughly #400 grit sandpaper dust off apply coat clear dope point simulate longerons applying 1/32 wide strips masking tape thread appro priate places shown plan Next entire fuselage covered layer lightweight Silkspan followed two coats 20% cornstarch 80% clear dope mixture After another sanding #400 grit sandpaper structure ready color doping Two three coats favorite color preferably sprayed will usually give satisfactory finish windows numbers cut white black MonoKote trim sheets RC Gear Installation location 110 ModelAviation -Lfl
Edition: Model Aviation - 1979/01
Page Numbers: 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 108, 109, 110
JUST about everyone has least relative 75 years old Someone alive Wright Brothers made historic first flight fully controlled heavier-than-air flying machine flight led directly enormous changes transportation war fare us sport recrea tion Three-quarters ci several lifetimes teei alone 1903 what now story getting place another like several lifetimes progress Yet happened just over th span average personi men vry far fr wasnt just w wanted fly lot years invent th failed reasons obvious mi tother think n lle Wr Litical 75th fame tha sketc like oughi ut built hand after Most o ing ORVILLE WRIGHTWILBUR WRIGHT wrong art over ilbur oth NO OCR TEXT SYA IDOL1 &YACt W AT SPAR 4 EWIR r ONL R BRACC WIRCS WARPING ANALS 7 / ____iT EI 906 TRC DCTAILS 7 CL/P S/PPORT -J PLA1r CL/P D i N. 8 COUNTER WOODSCAEWS APPLICATIONS S7C/T CLIP M NA/N SPAR wiN STRL/TE -7 CLLCR STAY 4 ott srnurs SKID PIX/NG NA/N SPAR sorrc STEEL_SOLDERE DIA NOLES CL/P t 5K ELEVATIONS OrAL trr.i4tAtn arws C OTNEa 58 S7TEL ST PtCCCS fITTINGS fo STtfL aRAZED SMarT uaaRW4 ivor 4 807 5SOLDERED IV/RE PULLEY ot SNAPT RR 0 Co z -J C w N 8 LI UId no sm no 0 n won trgely tor c couli i try Henson ugh ionopla k 0n4 pa nave fl nothing U / IThis nardstretc incodandb mlineVIOW Ut reallylearn fly befoi rfect airplan man would ti ns 5 step involved figui trying r flown like a 5-foot span bir moved Lrping lateral toa form e theire a17-foot I 60 Mc U R T S S V PLANS BY RALPH BECK NOW AVAILABLE FROM lloaoe ENT CORP P0 BOX 9641 SAN DIEGO CALIFORNIA 92109 SEND lX FOR COMPLETE CATALOG OF AIRCRAFT HARDWARE & ACCESSORIESPLUS DESCRIPTIVE jENNY BROCHURE 1931 Gee Bee Super Sportster 1SIe IGeneral Arrange ICatalog 25c w T By1 Imont Drawing Bill Given ERNISTIC MODELS PO BOX 6974 ALBUO NM 87197 placement rather firmly tixed wing sockets mounted motor stick angular difference cidence between wing horizontal stabilizer Most fliers move wing posts up down sockets set wing cidence works quite well However few disadvantages moving wing posts least being quandry set posts first test flight fliers have found models have much repeatable performance wing posts cut proper length bottom out bottom sockets work Note Fig bottom socket has plug balsa glued firmly bottom motor stick Actually plug sharpened can extend out bot tom motor stick glued trimmed flush very im portant bottom end socket anchored motor sticks natural torsion resistance helps stabilize wings tendency twist under flight loads post fully inserted socket part available torsional leverage being used possibility post can slip out socket under load So instead making tiny marks post during test flying remember right mark cut off tiny bit longer post finger nail clippers ideal fully insert post again After flight trim finished wing posts automatically set up almost perfect flight adjustment next session What need change least two ways change incidence after cutting posts length Obviously minor trimming can done next session However too changes needed wing posts growth will appear stunted Stan Chilton uses variable incidence stabilizer models allows very fine tuning flight trim Stans setup doubly useful can seen photo Although sta bilizer bracing wires show photo leading edge rudder ex tends through stab about 11/2 inches serves bracing post also very close study photo shows tiny paper socket end tail boom post/leading edge going through socket tail boom shorter therefore lighter stabilizer incidence easily adjustable Take Close Look eyesight 20-20 glasses poor light indoor sites makes hard see tiny details models way im prove vision use magnifier such worn Fry Rodemsky photo Like other fliers Fry uses rubber 0-rings motors allow easier handling better torque control see section 0-rings previous column p 55 July 78 MA Sometimes 0-rings hard see proper hookup Flying Planned Aug 78 MA reported indoor activity throughout Midwest several other areas hold reg ular indoor sessions contests during Fall Winter months longest stretch activity occurs Miami Flor ida using Goodyear hangar Opa Locka Airport Miami Contact Dr John Martin 3227 Darwin St Miami FL 33133 details Also Ron Wil liams 1364 Lexington Ave New York NY 10028 has managed establish regular flying sessions Low Library Rotunda Columbia University New York City Another regular activity area Glastonbury Connecticut George Armstead ramrods monthly ses sions Contact George 89 Harvest Lane Glastonbury CT 06037 specific infor mation Visit groups area fly regularly live close enough---they nice friendly people Bud Tenny PO Box 545 Richardson TX 75080 FF Sport/Scale/Warner continued page 53 tains Smithsonians aeroplanes 3-view form $275 Title Aircraft National Air Space Museum Check money orders can made out above museum c/o Smithsonian Institution Washington DC 20566 nine-inch Peanut controversy has drawn fire sides com batants sending remote 3-views planes built nine-inch fuse lage would qualify Jumbo Nothing daunted dug up weirdo qualifies under present 13 wing span rule about 22 length around 250 sq descendant boxkite John Mar tins Boxmoth proves nothing except wing span alone doth make Pea nut Its spirit counts Frank Scott Dayton Buzzin Buzzards says Lets leave rules alone Ed Hopkins Fillmore CA suggests uniform 1/24 scale Flightmaster James Dean thinks area rule would about idea called Mooney Judging after its originator Planes ranked best worst point best 2 points next best etc score added flight placing makes low-score wins situation CD contestants agreeing before hand whether ties broken scale flying scores judges bound set ridiculous constricting rules can place Fike Lacey Forbes-Arnold right down line An interesting alternative takes some time tabulate having contestant rate planes giving hers top score possible Add em up average em No complaints Most people have pretty good idea what Peanut Let rest fly AMA rubber scale Manhat tan Cabin Bill Warner 423-C San Vicente Blvd. Santa Monica CA 90402 Wright Flight/Berliner continued page 60 basics flight control moved Biplane Glider 2 flown July August 1901 Kitty Hawk span 22 feet wing area 290 sq ft fully capable carrying man under variety wind conditions made some 60 flights longest almost 400 feet Like Bi plane Glider front elevator no vertical rudder fixed surface Wing warping now controlled hip cradle although flew better its predecessor lot changes would ob viously have made before could consider themselves flying late summer 1902 brought out Biplane Glider 3 built re sult extensive research means control machine grown wingspan 32 area 305 sq ft much greater aspect ratio reduced span-loading first twin rearmounted vertical fins directional sta bility supposed counteract disturbing tendency downwarped wing lag behind increase bank turn supposed correct What happening 108 Model Aviation REPLA-TECH MC KENZIE HWY PLAN S VIDA OREGON 97469____________ right wing dropped because sudden gust wind its trailing edge would warped down pilot would increase lift wing sup posedly bring back up level warped right wings trailing edge much drag unwarped left right wing would lag behind start drop would swing air plane around right sometimes beginning spin fixed vertical tails Biplane Glider 3 supposed act like weathervane keep airplane straight Instead acted like lever airplane began sideslip actually increased problem correct Wrights swapped two fixed fins moveable rudder connected warping cradle automatically turned toward warp direction Thus created first coordinated turn opened door controlled flight During September October 1902 Wrights flew modified Biplane Glider 3 something like 1000 times built up about four hours flying time everyone else history aviation combined hours built up experience knowledge fact became first humans learn fly No longer would little puff wind side mean end flight wing dropped quickly brought back up level means cradle-operated linked controls Moreover smoothly banked turns could made glider skimmed down sandy Kill Devil Hills Mastery air still far future Biplane Glider 3 modi fied controls over roll pitch yaw Orville Wilbur control over Biplane Glider 3 historys first solid combination man airplane functioning unit next step obvious Power days however little volved driving down neighbor hood airplane engine store picking out powerplant needed no airplane engines sale nor could built plans way out bind design build fit airplane being designed built same time ideal way things what choice did have Wrights investing profits bicycle business flying machines well-financed scientist doing everything could beat historic first Samuel Langley secre tary Smithsonian Institution built flown several impressive tandemwinged models encouraged build full-size man-carrying machine simply scaling up largest model mechanic Charles Manly produced amazing 52-hp radial engine designed Stephen Balzer GRISH AIRCRAFT TYPE PROPELLERS Made hardwood fully carved true helical pitch airfoil ready sanding ALL SIZES IN18$700 6 8 & 10 PITCH20800 RIGHT 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polished flying skills 60 flights Biplane Glider 3 added second rudder greater control built entirely new craft called Flyer n written gliders engine attached 1903 Flyer largest Wright aircraft yet span 40 4 wing area 510 sq ft empty weight around 600 lbs Like Biplane Glider 3B twin rudders low aspect ratio monoplane elevator re placed slim biplane device few feet front nose prone pilot Sitting next pilot another symbol Wright genius engine may have equal Manly radial four-cylinder in-line good about 13 hp 1750 rpm means chains drove pair counterrotating propellers de signed built Wrights yet another display superior skill craftsmanship thinking Monday Dec 14 1903 everything seemed ready wind blew steadily across bleak North Carolina shore Orville Wilbur dragged new machine its crude hangar Wilbur won toss coin prepared him self become worlds first airplane pilot engine fired up allowed warm enough power being devel oped restraint loosed Flyer started foward air Its nose came up quickly Wilbur reacted application down-ele vator Too much down-elevator counteracted up-elevator prevent immediate landing few oscillations nose dug sand after about 2 seconds Wrights enough qualify flight airplane never really under control Three days later tried again time Orville pilot cant people world dont January 1979 109 PROPELLERS 2 Blade Tractor 5-3each 5-45%3 6-3 7-47-6 8-48-6 9-49-6 9-8104 11-411-6 12-4125 AT YOUR DEALER GRISH ST JOHN INDIANA 46373 304 354 504 654 854 $1 $150 AT DISCRETION OF THE PURCHASER Pusher 10-6$150 THE SECOND ANNUAL LULLL&LiJ JANUARY 6 & 7 1979 SEE THE LATEST PRODUCTS AND VISIT WITH MAJOR MANUFACTURERS AND DISTRIBUTORS OF MODEL AIRCRAFT* MODEL ENGINES eMODEL BOATSeRADIOCONTROLSYSTEMS eMODELCARSeMODELINGACCESSORIES INDOOR AND OUTDOOR DEMONSTRATIONS STATIC DISPLAY COMPETITION IN MANY CATEGORIES OVERSEAS EXHIBITORS CORDIALLY INVITED INTERNATIONAL MODELER SHOW BOX 127 COSTA MESA CA 92627 17141 548-4700 know what happened flew Four times longest flight 59 seconds covering 852 feet over ground estimated half mile through air wind blowing better 20 mph Flyer never flew again having wrecked wind shortly after its fourth landing historic day eventually shipped England display Science Museum London because Smithsonian insisted Langley inventor airplane 1948 finally placed displayin Wash ington after stuffy Museum people admitted Wrights Lang ley first today Flyer hangs its glory just inside entrance National Air & Space Museum 20 million people have seen just first two years since new museum opened Yet true superiority Wrights still fully appreciated world isnt merely first fly fully controlled heavier-than-air machine No accomplishments span whole spectrum aeronautics Aerodynamics structures control engines propellers flight training race first fly really wasnt much race 59-second flight Dec 17 1903 wasnt bettered anyone else almost four years Wilbur credit 38-min ute flight covered 24 miles far ahead like no else trying still think 75 years such long time consider case Steve Wittman undisputed king pylon air racing record holder new Formula Vee Class Steve born just 3 months after Wrights first flight hes still active pilot ever run Steve ask see FAI Sporting License signed 0 Wright T-Craft/Schroeder continued page 62 Wing Begin cutting out ribs materials called out plan methods cutting out wing ribs preferred builder pin blanks together stacks about inch high trace pat tern onto top stack sand shape disc sander table must set exactly 90 degrees sanding dsc ribs will vary top stack bottom notches spars can cut band jig razor saw bbfore ribs split apart An alternate method would cut template light sheet metal pin down sheet balsa cut around edges making rib time time consuming perhaps results same Pin spars leading trailing edges down over plan after carefully checking rib proper fit cement place Next add wing tips cut /8 sheet balsa Finally add upper spars Join two outer panels center section using plywood di hedral braces reinforcement Next cover leading edges center section 1/16 sheet top Sand shape necessary preparation covering Covering Finish types coverings finishes available today sometimes difficult decide method use builder has less standardized MonoKote other plastic covering material wing tail surfaces doped Silkspan-covered surfaces fuselage Sand fuselage thoroughly #400 grit sandpaper dust off apply coat clear dope point simulate longerons applying 1/32 wide strips masking tape thread appro priate places shown plan Next entire fuselage covered layer lightweight Silkspan followed two coats 20% cornstarch 80% clear dope mixture After another sanding #400 grit sandpaper structure ready color doping Two three coats favorite color preferably sprayed will usually give satisfactory finish windows numbers cut white black MonoKote trim sheets RC Gear Installation location 110 ModelAviation -Lfl