THERE WAS no dust feathers vintage eagles gathered Dayton second Flying Aces Club FAC Nats three days preceding AMA Nats FAC GHQ Connecticut Cleveland Free Flight Society DC Maxecuters Texas Lone Star Squadron Flightmasters m California Vamps Las Vegas SOTS Scale Old Timers Society Detroit Cloud Busters dozens little out-of-the-way places country gave birth Phineas Pinkham arrived battered pickup trucks air-conditioned Cadillacs motorcycles Unpacking scarred decalcovered model boxes veteran birdmen showed spent last two years doing little else building testing models great event large contingent Detroit Cloud Busters still build ing spot however received no end helpful advice assembled multitude Once tons models support equip ment stored away luxurious accom modations Dayton University business renewing old friendships putting away gallons pink lemonade got going earnest team West Coast clad individual ized T-shirts depicting famous models designed Bill Noonan pulled out winder music box attached proceeded sing chorus Danny Boy outdone George Meyer Lone Star Squadron struck up Eyes Texas Upon Count Pisana took out organ grinder monkey collected about $70 pink lemonade fund tune Dixie City Dayton thoughtfully provided spectacular electrical storm setting next few days activities Despite partying night modelers anticipating hard day flying bed least 3 am Dawn came thunder dawn patrol setting out over Wright Field renamed Barley Duck memory legendary Bar-le-Duc WW Flying Aces fame Finding little activity over enemy lines save few SAM Champs guys doing little early-morning test46 Model Aviation left Fernando Ramos prepares launch 32-in span Arado 240 twin rubbarjob right shes off Model brand new Ramos still testing prop powered loop -in rubber incidentally both props turn left Wings plug easy disassembly shipping Pres Bruning twin rubber-powered B-26 Marauder flight shot right Has 30-in span weighs V2 oz looks like real thing except light shines through skeleton Gets flights around minute long very realistic Built wheels-up FAC rules Bobby Haight answer Fikethe Johnson Uniplane Peanut 13-in span 14-in chord Hasnt bettered 30 sec yet ing patrol returned loaded unused ammunition Despite few pink-lemonade hang overs spirits high stalwart cleareyed aviators got down days gum-band twisting may familiar Flying Aces phenomenon word explan ation may order Dick Nutting writing daily Nats News bulletin referred FACers - emerging clowns modeling. hut clowns class got little upset reading clowns generally thought doing foolish things course making living Well FACers modeling way life whatever November 1980 47 Juanita Reichel right busiest person FAC Nats checks Rolfe Gregorys sheet Tent city sunshades proved worth keeping fliers cool what Ohioans call muggy August George Meyerand 26-in span MoellerStomo Weighs 2 oz has flown over minute George brewster Uuttalo Mike MIOKitt isa large fat fighter spans about34 plug-in wings also built full-size Little Toot Mikes Buffalo outflies Messerschmitts Mustangs saying something Farman 1020 Count Alex Pisana alias Bill Warner Flight minute 19 seconds Peanut good enough place else just keep body soul together can have wherewithal make models serious thing having fun can serious thing too An FAC motto aint having fun playing toy airplanes take up collecting string FACers met meet amazing number engineers doctors lawyers university professors inventors writers artists other professionals None boring insufferable clowning flying models Back Barley Duck morning grows hotter humidity hovers around 99% Tissue applied deserts West now sags Warps magically appear giving strange new power patterns fragile models Still planes keep soaring skyward elegance seldom seen modeling best fliers America Imagine over 100 top modelers country averaging about 30 years experience apiece about dozen planes car trying level best impress group easily impressed Wow thrill making rounds again again marvelling ingenuity creativity unsurpassed excellence workmanship planes leaves limp meeting billed Nats Nats contest However Flying Aces take competi tion grain salt realize means end Having fun end getting upset about beating other trophy FAC FACer regards contest placing least important reason getting together pat back respected fellow modeler solid gold trophy makes whole thing worthwhile Plastic pot metal just collect dust chance talk fellow FACers have read about over years honor sincere pleasure FAC has own complement folk heroes hand offer assistance encouragement inspiration others Earl Stahl Bill Brown Bob Thompson Don Srull Fernando Ramos others probably shook hands politician Amedean Legion Convention Sincere applause shouts encouragement 48 Model Aviation Jack Fikes MIG-1 5 powered CO-2 Brown Micro-Jet engine has flown nicely indoors outdoors wind caused problems uoooy -iaigns witn nis Laird solution racer Once tiown ny Jimmy UOO little flashiest bipes ever built Best time 11/2 mm Gordon Rooens winds nis Chambermaid Greve Mace Moael keeps climbing smaller jobs way down Built Henn design published April 1979 MA plan number 259 Bill rdoonan holds Fernando Ramos 32-in span Heinkel 64C Its very colorful model Ramos FF Scale columnist Model Budder Tom Stark long-time master FF Scale still flying Brown CO-2 -powereu n ler spent some time tree during thunderstorm Has 26-in span weighs 2 oz cheers achievements others part meet incomprehensible imagine anyone cheating taking advantage win have ever contest modelers ran about tight jaws spent time complaining about judging other contestants youd impressed ab sence such behavior Flying Aces take modeling other seriously compe tition can think couple modelers whod suffer nervous breakdown FAC meet due fact could handle lowkey atmosphere 8 am 5 pm flying day took its toll West Coast contingent used quitting noon due heat wind However sheer pleasure flying over real grass joy some typical Ohio muggy summer going make joy going back 1100 dry heat Taft Some modelers took home undamaged models sort unusual occurence us fly over dirt rocks Enjoying meet fullest problem much great stuff going Continued page 116 November 1980 49 Ross Mayo Flyline HE 100 Put great 80-sec flight what LCOO Deflflett launches 64-in span Moth Minor 1 3-az weight everyone putting kind time floats around majestically Flights 2-mm normal Lu-e-powereuAeronca K being launched Jack Fike Has 24-in span weighs28 grams doesan easy minute Air Force Museum background ucorge Meyer launches Variviggen canard wnicn riles amazingly well makes believers skeptics veiie ivionucoupe ouilt Flyline kit Dave Rees Hungerford wheels weighs just ounce Did use Indoor wood Great Franklin Sport built Phil Cox MAN3-views has26-in span Uses model railroad decal letters super look Its tine flier legendary Bill Brown inventorottlie Brown Juniorengines Cherokee 1-40 18-in span Weighs 1/2 oz Brown CO-2 twin Dave mirns 32-in span P38J Great detailing weighs 33/4 oz Uses string tied two pins start props simultaneously Got 47 secs e Nominees must known handful modelers f A nominee can model builder designer author educator manufacturer enthusiast etc some tangible way associated model aviation Send nominations J Italiano 1655 Revere Drive Brookfield WI 53005 Bob Meuser 4200 Gregory Street Oakland CA 94619 FF Old-Timers/Haught Continued page 44 still wish experiment always go back test flight procedures Use short engine runs work up full power gradually Changing props often changes torque affects power pattern Some fliers including myself like nylon props added flywheel effect must admit dont look right old-timer sometimes tend flex vibrate lower speeds ignition engines Nylon props seldom break during minor mis haps tend cause damage other parts such engine logs mounts Wood props usually break before damaging engine 1mM Strips Balsa Fuzz-Freew/out Adjustments Small -$1000 Large lshownl-$2000 Please add $100 postage P Kits ature RenIiu GEE BEE shown $525 please ad $100 Catalog /n See Y D.., DUBOIS 0 Box c Acushnet MA 027431 .....DEALER INQUIRIES INVITED course run much smoother provided properly balanced old-time designs have propeller protecting landing gear wood props last flights so-called good old days couldnt run down local hobby shop purchase near-perfect prop modeler carve own whatever material avail able want really authentic may want try prop carving Arthur Suhr W 218 N 5866 Maclynn Court Menomonee Falls WI 53051 among other offerings sells 1935 Brown Jr instruction book includes separate sheet prop carving 14 diameter 8 pitch propeller Cost $200 postpaid Also book Air Age Gas Models published Model Airplane News has article carving true pitch gas model props Gentlemens OT IILG Joe Kresnak writing Michigan Antique Modelers Newsletter promoting Old-Timer Hand Launch Glider event old-time modelers Joe doesnt want insult anyone calling old sohe has devised alternate title Gentlemen gentleman Joes definition must born before 1943 Sounds fair personally gave up HLG back 1971 saw Canadian Juniors Western Free Flight Championships getting twice altitude launch could get couple responses Joes informal survey Ill give old rubber arms go because can still throw ball across street can hardly throw ball first third base HLG still much fun kid sounds like fun Bob Larsh 455 Whitcomb Ave Indianapolis IN 46224 has plans 32 OT HLGs buck stamp will get two samples catalog also good ones Zaic yearbooks cottage industries 4-Ks Models 4202 W 172nd St Torrance CA 90504 has added old-timers kit line recent list includes Buzzard Bombshell Baby Bombshell Korda Wakefield Denny Plane Jr 72 span 41 Lamb Climber 4-Ks also handle analine dye coloring tissue tinting clear dope red yellow blue also produce several modern FF designs well built 4-Ks Korda pleased kit took USFFC Taft year trimmed six flights winding new motor first official burst 167 actual turns 12 strands A-in FAI destroyed fuselage Oh well report fly Aerodyne 3154 Falcon Pomona CA 91767 producing line prepared fuels including two special formulas ignition engines High Octane Ignition special blend legal SAM competition formulated help eliminate plug fouling works quite well converted glow engines Low Octane Ignition designed primarily original ignition engines Aerodyne also offers non-tautening nitrate dope thinner particular interest NGK CM-6 spark plugs rethreaded 10mm %24 plugs work fine engines Fe plug hole have heavier electrodes slightly larger old Champions available Clarence Haught Rt 5 Box 16 Cocur dAlene ID 83814 Flying Aces Nats/Warner Continued page 49 minute under homemade bedsheet sunshade over ogle model jump car just before shower hits try stuff couple flights quick quits run over say hello old friendthats went So much Thank God its three whole days no particular order what happen ing fly ready observe what can between hope dont too poorly eyes such great bunch fly again Bill Stroman comes up exhibit FAC Nats participation button has just saved life button covering heart has stopped Allan Schanzles catapult jet model hi-start creased about quarter inch Shades old Hopalong Cassidy bulletstopping trick silver dollar shirt pocket Pres Brunings gorgeous B-26 Marauder flies over realistic planes would ever want see Cheers applause Bob Thompson black cape helmet goggles displays WW II entry Japanese biplane has two large holes eaten local grasshoppers love silver tissue Bob Clemens backs over lovely red Comper Swift accidently chucks trash 11 6 Model Aviation NO NONSENSE BALSA STRIPPERS REPUBLIC SEABEE MR Gs PRODUCTS 1100 Michigan Box 161 Marysville MI 48040 Wing Span 70 Complete Hardware Epoxy Glass Retractable Gear 40 Powered Factors 1 1-year-old freckle-faced kid digs out within seconds Bobby Haight Vegas VAMPS club hollers orange Peanut Gulfhawk zooms beautifully overhead unofficial flight Dozens really fine flights go unseen wish twins better take Saturday morning entries come all-night drive Dayton Still wide-awake ready battle sun comes up couple days mundane existence real world can forgotten golden age aviation lives again Official flying begins vivacious Juanita Reichel passes out first flying sheets eager rib-slicers lined up table Groans fill air Jim Millers announcement Currie Wot weighs 6 grams try top Haight pulls out Peanut about 200 square inches called Johnson Uniplane 13-in span 14-in chord Notto outdone Mike Midkiff charming wife hoist worlds largest Brewster Buffalo rubber job out carflies like helium-filled Leon Bennetts DH Moth Minor floats overhead its normal 2-mm flights 60-in wings making us jealous can top can say planes flying fantastic highlights day WW WW II combat mass-launch events mass-launch first three planes down dropped heats continue until lone victor remains Lots sus pense Besides half dozen biplanes air doing about minute sight sore eyes Don Srulls DH 6 seems never come down WW II event Mike Midkiffs Wildcat shows others way out trees horizon time after time says radials cant compete in-lines Saturday nights banquet Dayton U featured Robert Hull knowledgeable guys golden age air racing youli ever want meet stories about Roscoe Turner worth trip concerned Awards made winners first two days flying along special awards Lin Reichel Don Srull outstanding con tributionsto FAG cause awards consisted mainly color reproductions old Flying Aces covers mounted attractive bases announcement Dave Stott giving CAIJDRON Among efficient Golden Age racers Coudron won 1936 Greve & Thompson trophies well races Europe rINISHING r o1 FIVE pT 1 I SEND $1 FOR COMPLETE ILLUSTRATED CATALOG DEPT MA 181 PAWNEE STREET SAN MARCOS CALIFORNIA 9 up Flying Aces leadership brought tear eye Lin Reichel will taking over reins capable young man cannot imagine Lin assures us will have bigger better FAG Nats 1982 leaves biennial FAC get-together feeling FAG spirit great shape essence modeling going well-preserved fronts Sunday closing day meet magni ficent Central Ohio day quick turn around field produces glimpses Bob Seidentopfs fantastic Stinson Trimotor looks like museum piece Rubber-Powered Scale job Phil Coxs Superscale Franklin Sport railroad-decal lettering Chuck Schoblohers great-flying Beech Staggerwing Von Rottensocks D7 full lozenge regalia George Meyers inverted gull-wing Japanese Grace floating gracefully Bob Thompsons Boeing 95 bipe climbing like scalded cat Russ Brown packing enough rubber P-63 make set truck tires Fernando Ramos twin Arado 240 rubber job test flights Rolfe Gregorys nifty clipped-wing Monocoupe rayed stripes things Mark Finemans Nildtin-Schevchenko biplane retractable lower wing time passed fast hardpressed get official flight now Soon time raceplane events three races Thompson radials Greve in-lines Aerol Trophy Continued page 120 November 1980 117 LLOAS T THREE TYPES OF LANDING GEAR INCLUDING WHEEL PANT VERSIONS U SERIES OF GOLDEN AGE RACING AIRCRAFT SOUTHERN RIC FLIES AIN I. Model Merchant IS Southern RIC . Keeping alive top line RIG aircraft Currently being offered COMPENSATOR- 60BOOTLEGGER- 60 TIGER TAIL III-60ALLEY KAT- 40 Spoil EZ FLIER- 40 Trainer Order Direct MODEL MERCHANT 5121 541-3867 554 E Fronton St Brownsville TX 78520 DEALER & DISTRIBUTOR INOUIAIES INViTED DIII IUIIIII - ... spoked wheels cowl isturned lathe 2 lbs aIuns. 1ecial T-shirt Bill Noonan dented badge Allan Schanzle Still Using bid Fashioned Wing Hinges will gain control efficiency eliminating gap between moveable stationary control surfaces will amazed performance gained using simple inexpen sive improvement FREE MOVEMENT450 STRONG AND LIGHTWEIGHT COMPLETELY FUELPROOF COMPATABLE WITH ALL IRON-ON MATERIALS COMES IN 3 PT LENGTHS SMALL 1/8 OR LARGE 114 PRICE 3 ft $250 WIRE LS VK WIRE WHEELS ED & REALISTIC Custom built seamless machined rims Delrin beerings two sizes 8 Nieuport & Triplane 95 5 Proctor models63595 Send 50d complete literature price list kits ac cessories QUALITY R/C PRODUCTS SINCE 1960 em 0 0 ZS B33 consolidation dominated Cessna CR-3 John Stott Chambermaid Gordon Roberts Hughes racer Allan Schanzle rest entries flew well enough win events normally truly race champions lot excitement generated events truly Flying Aces trademark three days FAC Nats drew close good-byes until next over good feeling pervaded fliers had privilege being partici pating present contest contest Larry Kruse put NON-contest cant leave however before giving special thanks great people made possible Dave Stott Bob Thompson FAC GHQ Frank Scott Contest Director Dick Donna Meizell did groundwork Dayton thanks also Lin Juanita Reichel helped table Vic Didelot Dave Shipton able judging staff Phyllis Warner spent hours sun recording event film Jim Mills spent hours bedroom/darkroom make bringing coverageto possible issue no small service cause See 1982 FAC Nats Mk 111 AFLGOG EASY TO INSTALL CUT 1/4 DEEP SLIT ALONG 5 TNG FLILL LEA/Gre UE TAS MATING 6YRFACES ASt4LL Hat/GE USE SONAIGHT HIM 10 MAKE S444LL hOLE EVERY At/CC OR SODRIP CYAAONGqI-LAYE NiLE 45/ hOLESCAPILAKY ACOLW VRLL CARRY GLUE A/ORG PA/TIME JORT EVERY FEW RiCHES 017 OFF FLUSH FILL ANG SANG AS ArEOPO FOR FINISHING Send Free info fine products FOURMOST PRODUCTS 4040 24th Avenue Forest Grove OR 97116 pickup vent tubes down corner seal up baffle back Most profile-type tanks have five holes baffle allow fuel smaller hopper two 3/32 holes will job holes let centrifugal force push fuel slowly resist letting large amounts out during maneuvers neat vent-work will wasted tank isnt perfectly sealed Hookup syringe vents use pressurize tank piece tubing can connect pickup tube other vent should no leakage youre like cant solder very well get some soldering acid help clean metal didnt Dont try soldering tank some sissy gun designed miniature electrical purposes Get heavy-duty fire breather can melt high-tin-content solder Ed note use 150watt iron Go easy solder because makes better tail weight nose weight good engine/tank/plane combo still no good unless know work op ponent come too strong razzle dazzle like Howard Rush Fast Cornbat may just scare him checking out landscape thus depriving fun running up 700-point score worse have guy panic bellcrank fiveminute match very long time youre down cut two will opportunities get back cuts best opponents get behind air time cuts youve got keep him line press hard crashes hits desperation few things next time youre flying type Combat 1 Go inverted low dare opponent pulls behind 6 altitude think up another trick Flying level inverted just bad flying level upright 2 Fly upwind youve trimmed model properly youll have no problem opponents plane floats oblivion 3 Use sun advantage Polaroid glasses will take some sting out flying directly sun 4 Run away opponents will realize youve split other side circle Most fliers expect flying certain portion circle Dont practice make real attempt change position maneuvers Go around little farther start outside loop best fliers dont anything twiceat least no recognizes second time Charlie Johnson 3716 Ingraham St San Dzego CA 92109 CL ScalelGretz Continued page 52 Ill confess having puzzled few years back heard referred GoodyearFG Corsair thought correct nomenclature Chance VoughtF4UCorsair Salvatore Amicos photo model Corsair prompted -esearch true scale facts again Chance Vought company did indeed design develop build Corsair F4U-lD widely used version war 2250 hp top speed 425 mphIn order keep up demand battlefield further production F4U licensed Brewster Aircraft Goodyear companies aircraft turned Out identical F4U-lDs though Brewster Goodyear different designations products production ceased final tally Chance Vought F4U-l 7830 Brewster F3A-lD 735 Goodyear FG-1D 4017 Total production 12582 Regardless plant came Corsairs effectiveness combat legendary destroyed 2140 Japanese aircraft losing 189 own kill-loss ratio 113 1 Before war over Japanese referring Corsair Whist ling Death Mike Gretz Box 162 Montezumn IA 50171 Safety Preston Continued page 53 inspections can worth lot hours enjoy able flight same set rotor blades hobby/sport RC Helicopters can very rewarding machine under total controlat times Ed Farabaugh have friend carries scar hand attests Eds statement Helicopters can dangerous Dont underestimate hazard 1 20 Model Aviation GAPLESS HiNGE SLOTTER Simplifies installation Gapless Hinges Makes Slois 4 Sizes Balsa 5 V E $250 CL Combat/Johnson Continued page 51
Edition: Model Aviation - 1980/11
Page Numbers: 46, 47, 48, 49, 116, 117, 120
THERE WAS no dust feathers vintage eagles gathered Dayton second Flying Aces Club FAC Nats three days preceding AMA Nats FAC GHQ Connecticut Cleveland Free Flight Society DC Maxecuters Texas Lone Star Squadron Flightmasters m California Vamps Las Vegas SOTS Scale Old Timers Society Detroit Cloud Busters dozens little out-of-the-way places country gave birth Phineas Pinkham arrived battered pickup trucks air-conditioned Cadillacs motorcycles Unpacking scarred decalcovered model boxes veteran birdmen showed spent last two years doing little else building testing models great event large contingent Detroit Cloud Busters still build ing spot however received no end helpful advice assembled multitude Once tons models support equip ment stored away luxurious accom modations Dayton University business renewing old friendships putting away gallons pink lemonade got going earnest team West Coast clad individual ized T-shirts depicting famous models designed Bill Noonan pulled out winder music box attached proceeded sing chorus Danny Boy outdone George Meyer Lone Star Squadron struck up Eyes Texas Upon Count Pisana took out organ grinder monkey collected about $70 pink lemonade fund tune Dixie City Dayton thoughtfully provided spectacular electrical storm setting next few days activities Despite partying night modelers anticipating hard day flying bed least 3 am Dawn came thunder dawn patrol setting out over Wright Field renamed Barley Duck memory legendary Bar-le-Duc WW Flying Aces fame Finding little activity over enemy lines save few SAM Champs guys doing little early-morning test46 Model Aviation left Fernando Ramos prepares launch 32-in span Arado 240 twin rubbarjob right shes off Model brand new Ramos still testing prop powered loop -in rubber incidentally both props turn left Wings plug easy disassembly shipping Pres Bruning twin rubber-powered B-26 Marauder flight shot right Has 30-in span weighs V2 oz looks like real thing except light shines through skeleton Gets flights around minute long very realistic Built wheels-up FAC rules Bobby Haight answer Fikethe Johnson Uniplane Peanut 13-in span 14-in chord Hasnt bettered 30 sec yet ing patrol returned loaded unused ammunition Despite few pink-lemonade hang overs spirits high stalwart cleareyed aviators got down days gum-band twisting may familiar Flying Aces phenomenon word explan ation may order Dick Nutting writing daily Nats News bulletin referred FACers - emerging clowns modeling. hut clowns class got little upset reading clowns generally thought doing foolish things course making living Well FACers modeling way life whatever November 1980 47 Juanita Reichel right busiest person FAC Nats checks Rolfe Gregorys sheet Tent city sunshades proved worth keeping fliers cool what Ohioans call muggy August George Meyerand 26-in span MoellerStomo Weighs 2 oz has flown over minute George brewster Uuttalo Mike MIOKitt isa large fat fighter spans about34 plug-in wings also built full-size Little Toot Mikes Buffalo outflies Messerschmitts Mustangs saying something Farman 1020 Count Alex Pisana alias Bill Warner Flight minute 19 seconds Peanut good enough place else just keep body soul together can have wherewithal make models serious thing having fun can serious thing too An FAC motto aint having fun playing toy airplanes take up collecting string FACers met meet amazing number engineers doctors lawyers university professors inventors writers artists other professionals None boring insufferable clowning flying models Back Barley Duck morning grows hotter humidity hovers around 99% Tissue applied deserts West now sags Warps magically appear giving strange new power patterns fragile models Still planes keep soaring skyward elegance seldom seen modeling best fliers America Imagine over 100 top modelers country averaging about 30 years experience apiece about dozen planes car trying level best impress group easily impressed Wow thrill making rounds again again marvelling ingenuity creativity unsurpassed excellence workmanship planes leaves limp meeting billed Nats Nats contest However Flying Aces take competi tion grain salt realize means end Having fun end getting upset about beating other trophy FAC FACer regards contest placing least important reason getting together pat back respected fellow modeler solid gold trophy makes whole thing worthwhile Plastic pot metal just collect dust chance talk fellow FACers have read about over years honor sincere pleasure FAC has own complement folk heroes hand offer assistance encouragement inspiration others Earl Stahl Bill Brown Bob Thompson Don Srull Fernando Ramos others probably shook hands politician Amedean Legion Convention Sincere applause shouts encouragement 48 Model Aviation Jack Fikes MIG-1 5 powered CO-2 Brown Micro-Jet engine has flown nicely indoors outdoors wind caused problems uoooy -iaigns witn nis Laird solution racer Once tiown ny Jimmy UOO little flashiest bipes ever built Best time 11/2 mm Gordon Rooens winds nis Chambermaid Greve Mace Moael keeps climbing smaller jobs way down Built Henn design published April 1979 MA plan number 259 Bill rdoonan holds Fernando Ramos 32-in span Heinkel 64C Its very colorful model Ramos FF Scale columnist Model Budder Tom Stark long-time master FF Scale still flying Brown CO-2 -powereu n ler spent some time tree during thunderstorm Has 26-in span weighs 2 oz cheers achievements others part meet incomprehensible imagine anyone cheating taking advantage win have ever contest modelers ran about tight jaws spent time complaining about judging other contestants youd impressed ab sence such behavior Flying Aces take modeling other seriously compe tition can think couple modelers whod suffer nervous breakdown FAC meet due fact could handle lowkey atmosphere 8 am 5 pm flying day took its toll West Coast contingent used quitting noon due heat wind However sheer pleasure flying over real grass joy some typical Ohio muggy summer going make joy going back 1100 dry heat Taft Some modelers took home undamaged models sort unusual occurence us fly over dirt rocks Enjoying meet fullest problem much great stuff going Continued page 116 November 1980 49 Ross Mayo Flyline HE 100 Put great 80-sec flight what LCOO Deflflett launches 64-in span Moth Minor 1 3-az weight everyone putting kind time floats around majestically Flights 2-mm normal Lu-e-powereuAeronca K being launched Jack Fike Has 24-in span weighs28 grams doesan easy minute Air Force Museum background ucorge Meyer launches Variviggen canard wnicn riles amazingly well makes believers skeptics veiie ivionucoupe ouilt Flyline kit Dave Rees Hungerford wheels weighs just ounce Did use Indoor wood Great Franklin Sport built Phil Cox MAN3-views has26-in span Uses model railroad decal letters super look Its tine flier legendary Bill Brown inventorottlie Brown Juniorengines Cherokee 1-40 18-in span Weighs 1/2 oz Brown CO-2 twin Dave mirns 32-in span P38J Great detailing weighs 33/4 oz Uses string tied two pins start props simultaneously Got 47 secs e Nominees must known handful modelers f A nominee can model builder designer author educator manufacturer enthusiast etc some tangible way associated model aviation Send nominations J Italiano 1655 Revere Drive Brookfield WI 53005 Bob Meuser 4200 Gregory Street Oakland CA 94619 FF Old-Timers/Haught Continued page 44 still wish experiment always go back test flight procedures Use short engine runs work up full power gradually Changing props often changes torque affects power pattern Some fliers including myself like nylon props added flywheel effect must admit dont look right old-timer sometimes tend flex vibrate lower speeds ignition engines Nylon props seldom break during minor mis haps tend cause damage other parts such engine logs mounts Wood props usually break before damaging engine 1mM Strips Balsa Fuzz-Freew/out Adjustments Small -$1000 Large lshownl-$2000 Please add $100 postage P Kits ature RenIiu GEE BEE shown $525 please ad $100 Catalog /n See Y D.., DUBOIS 0 Box c Acushnet MA 027431 .....DEALER INQUIRIES INVITED course run much smoother provided properly balanced old-time designs have propeller protecting landing gear wood props last flights so-called good old days couldnt run down local hobby shop purchase near-perfect prop modeler carve own whatever material avail able want really authentic may want try prop carving Arthur Suhr W 218 N 5866 Maclynn Court Menomonee Falls WI 53051 among other offerings sells 1935 Brown Jr instruction book includes separate sheet prop carving 14 diameter 8 pitch propeller Cost $200 postpaid Also book Air Age Gas Models published Model Airplane News has article carving true pitch gas model props Gentlemens OT IILG Joe Kresnak writing Michigan Antique Modelers Newsletter promoting Old-Timer Hand Launch Glider event old-time modelers Joe doesnt want insult anyone calling old sohe has devised alternate title Gentlemen gentleman Joes definition must born before 1943 Sounds fair personally gave up HLG back 1971 saw Canadian Juniors Western Free Flight Championships getting twice altitude launch could get couple responses Joes informal survey Ill give old rubber arms go because can still throw ball across street can hardly throw ball first third base HLG still much fun kid sounds like fun Bob Larsh 455 Whitcomb Ave Indianapolis IN 46224 has plans 32 OT HLGs buck stamp will get two samples catalog also good ones Zaic yearbooks cottage industries 4-Ks Models 4202 W 172nd St Torrance CA 90504 has added old-timers kit line recent list includes Buzzard Bombshell Baby Bombshell Korda Wakefield Denny Plane Jr 72 span 41 Lamb Climber 4-Ks also handle analine dye coloring tissue tinting clear dope red yellow blue also produce several modern FF designs well built 4-Ks Korda pleased kit took USFFC Taft year trimmed six flights winding new motor first official burst 167 actual turns 12 strands A-in FAI destroyed fuselage Oh well report fly Aerodyne 3154 Falcon Pomona CA 91767 producing line prepared fuels including two special formulas ignition engines High Octane Ignition special blend legal SAM competition formulated help eliminate plug fouling works quite well converted glow engines Low Octane Ignition designed primarily original ignition engines Aerodyne also offers non-tautening nitrate dope thinner particular interest NGK CM-6 spark plugs rethreaded 10mm %24 plugs work fine engines Fe plug hole have heavier electrodes slightly larger old Champions available Clarence Haught Rt 5 Box 16 Cocur dAlene ID 83814 Flying Aces Nats/Warner Continued page 49 minute under homemade bedsheet sunshade over ogle model jump car just before shower hits try stuff couple flights quick quits run over say hello old friendthats went So much Thank God its three whole days no particular order what happen ing fly ready observe what can between hope dont too poorly eyes such great bunch fly again Bill Stroman comes up exhibit FAC Nats participation button has just saved life button covering heart has stopped Allan Schanzles catapult jet model hi-start creased about quarter inch Shades old Hopalong Cassidy bulletstopping trick silver dollar shirt pocket Pres Brunings gorgeous B-26 Marauder flies over realistic planes would ever want see Cheers applause Bob Thompson black cape helmet goggles displays WW II entry Japanese biplane has two large holes eaten local grasshoppers love silver tissue Bob Clemens backs over lovely red Comper Swift accidently chucks trash 11 6 Model Aviation NO NONSENSE BALSA STRIPPERS REPUBLIC SEABEE MR Gs PRODUCTS 1100 Michigan Box 161 Marysville MI 48040 Wing Span 70 Complete Hardware Epoxy Glass Retractable Gear 40 Powered Factors 1 1-year-old freckle-faced kid digs out within seconds Bobby Haight Vegas VAMPS club hollers orange Peanut Gulfhawk zooms beautifully overhead unofficial flight Dozens really fine flights go unseen wish twins better take Saturday morning entries come all-night drive Dayton Still wide-awake ready battle sun comes up couple days mundane existence real world can forgotten golden age aviation lives again Official flying begins vivacious Juanita Reichel passes out first flying sheets eager rib-slicers lined up table Groans fill air Jim Millers announcement Currie Wot weighs 6 grams try top Haight pulls out Peanut about 200 square inches called Johnson Uniplane 13-in span 14-in chord Notto outdone Mike Midkiff charming wife hoist worlds largest Brewster Buffalo rubber job out carflies like helium-filled Leon Bennetts DH Moth Minor floats overhead its normal 2-mm flights 60-in wings making us jealous can top can say planes flying fantastic highlights day WW WW II combat mass-launch events mass-launch first three planes down dropped heats continue until lone victor remains Lots sus pense Besides half dozen biplanes air doing about minute sight sore eyes Don Srulls DH 6 seems never come down WW II event Mike Midkiffs Wildcat shows others way out trees horizon time after time says radials cant compete in-lines Saturday nights banquet Dayton U featured Robert Hull knowledgeable guys golden age air racing youli ever want meet stories about Roscoe Turner worth trip concerned Awards made winners first two days flying along special awards Lin Reichel Don Srull outstanding con tributionsto FAG cause awards consisted mainly color reproductions old Flying Aces covers mounted attractive bases announcement Dave Stott giving CAIJDRON Among efficient Golden Age racers Coudron won 1936 Greve & Thompson trophies well races Europe rINISHING r o1 FIVE pT 1 I SEND $1 FOR COMPLETE ILLUSTRATED CATALOG DEPT MA 181 PAWNEE STREET SAN MARCOS CALIFORNIA 9 up Flying Aces leadership brought tear eye Lin Reichel will taking over reins capable young man cannot imagine Lin assures us will have bigger better FAG Nats 1982 leaves biennial FAC get-together feeling FAG spirit great shape essence modeling going well-preserved fronts Sunday closing day meet magni ficent Central Ohio day quick turn around field produces glimpses Bob Seidentopfs fantastic Stinson Trimotor looks like museum piece Rubber-Powered Scale job Phil Coxs Superscale Franklin Sport railroad-decal lettering Chuck Schoblohers great-flying Beech Staggerwing Von Rottensocks D7 full lozenge regalia George Meyers inverted gull-wing Japanese Grace floating gracefully Bob Thompsons Boeing 95 bipe climbing like scalded cat Russ Brown packing enough rubber P-63 make set truck tires Fernando Ramos twin Arado 240 rubber job test flights Rolfe Gregorys nifty clipped-wing Monocoupe rayed stripes things Mark Finemans Nildtin-Schevchenko biplane retractable lower wing time passed fast hardpressed get official flight now Soon time raceplane events three races Thompson radials Greve in-lines Aerol Trophy Continued page 120 November 1980 117 LLOAS T THREE TYPES OF LANDING GEAR INCLUDING WHEEL PANT VERSIONS U SERIES OF GOLDEN AGE RACING AIRCRAFT SOUTHERN RIC FLIES AIN I. Model Merchant IS Southern RIC . Keeping alive top line RIG aircraft Currently being offered COMPENSATOR- 60BOOTLEGGER- 60 TIGER TAIL III-60ALLEY KAT- 40 Spoil EZ FLIER- 40 Trainer Order Direct MODEL MERCHANT 5121 541-3867 554 E Fronton St Brownsville TX 78520 DEALER & DISTRIBUTOR INOUIAIES INViTED DIII IUIIIII - ... spoked wheels cowl isturned lathe 2 lbs aIuns. 1ecial T-shirt Bill Noonan dented badge Allan Schanzle Still Using bid Fashioned Wing Hinges will gain control efficiency eliminating gap between moveable stationary control surfaces will amazed performance gained using simple inexpen sive improvement FREE MOVEMENT450 STRONG AND LIGHTWEIGHT COMPLETELY FUELPROOF COMPATABLE WITH ALL IRON-ON MATERIALS COMES IN 3 PT LENGTHS SMALL 1/8 OR LARGE 114 PRICE 3 ft $250 WIRE LS VK WIRE WHEELS ED & REALISTIC Custom built seamless machined rims Delrin beerings two sizes 8 Nieuport & Triplane 95 5 Proctor models63595 Send 50d complete literature price list kits ac cessories QUALITY R/C PRODUCTS SINCE 1960 em 0 0 ZS B33 consolidation dominated Cessna CR-3 John Stott Chambermaid Gordon Roberts Hughes racer Allan Schanzle rest entries flew well enough win events normally truly race champions lot excitement generated events truly Flying Aces trademark three days FAC Nats drew close good-byes until next over good feeling pervaded fliers had privilege being partici pating present contest contest Larry Kruse put NON-contest cant leave however before giving special thanks great people made possible Dave Stott Bob Thompson FAC GHQ Frank Scott Contest Director Dick Donna Meizell did groundwork Dayton thanks also Lin Juanita Reichel helped table Vic Didelot Dave Shipton able judging staff Phyllis Warner spent hours sun recording event film Jim Mills spent hours bedroom/darkroom make bringing coverageto possible issue no small service cause See 1982 FAC Nats Mk 111 AFLGOG EASY TO INSTALL CUT 1/4 DEEP SLIT ALONG 5 TNG FLILL LEA/Gre UE TAS MATING 6YRFACES ASt4LL Hat/GE USE SONAIGHT HIM 10 MAKE S444LL hOLE EVERY At/CC OR SODRIP CYAAONGqI-LAYE NiLE 45/ hOLESCAPILAKY ACOLW VRLL CARRY GLUE A/ORG PA/TIME JORT EVERY FEW RiCHES 017 OFF FLUSH FILL ANG SANG AS ArEOPO FOR FINISHING Send Free info fine products FOURMOST PRODUCTS 4040 24th Avenue Forest Grove OR 97116 pickup vent tubes down corner seal up baffle back Most profile-type tanks have five holes baffle allow fuel smaller hopper two 3/32 holes will job holes let centrifugal force push fuel slowly resist letting large amounts out during maneuvers neat vent-work will wasted tank isnt perfectly sealed Hookup syringe vents use pressurize tank piece tubing can connect pickup tube other vent should no leakage youre like cant solder very well get some soldering acid help clean metal didnt Dont try soldering tank some sissy gun designed miniature electrical purposes Get heavy-duty fire breather can melt high-tin-content solder Ed note use 150watt iron Go easy solder because makes better tail weight nose weight good engine/tank/plane combo still no good unless know work op ponent come too strong razzle dazzle like Howard Rush Fast Cornbat may just scare him checking out landscape thus depriving fun running up 700-point score worse have guy panic bellcrank fiveminute match very long time youre down cut two will opportunities get back cuts best opponents get behind air time cuts youve got keep him line press hard crashes hits desperation few things next time youre flying type Combat 1 Go inverted low dare opponent pulls behind 6 altitude think up another trick Flying level inverted just bad flying level upright 2 Fly upwind youve trimmed model properly youll have no problem opponents plane floats oblivion 3 Use sun advantage Polaroid glasses will take some sting out flying directly sun 4 Run away opponents will realize youve split other side circle Most fliers expect flying certain portion circle Dont practice make real attempt change position maneuvers Go around little farther start outside loop best fliers dont anything twiceat least no recognizes second time Charlie Johnson 3716 Ingraham St San Dzego CA 92109 CL ScalelGretz Continued page 52 Ill confess having puzzled few years back heard referred GoodyearFG Corsair thought correct nomenclature Chance VoughtF4UCorsair Salvatore Amicos photo model Corsair prompted -esearch true scale facts again Chance Vought company did indeed design develop build Corsair F4U-lD widely used version war 2250 hp top speed 425 mphIn order keep up demand battlefield further production F4U licensed Brewster Aircraft Goodyear companies aircraft turned Out identical F4U-lDs though Brewster Goodyear different designations products production ceased final tally Chance Vought F4U-l 7830 Brewster F3A-lD 735 Goodyear FG-1D 4017 Total production 12582 Regardless plant came Corsairs effectiveness combat legendary destroyed 2140 Japanese aircraft losing 189 own kill-loss ratio 113 1 Before war over Japanese referring Corsair Whist ling Death Mike Gretz Box 162 Montezumn IA 50171 Safety Preston Continued page 53 inspections can worth lot hours enjoy able flight same set rotor blades hobby/sport RC Helicopters can very rewarding machine under total controlat times Ed Farabaugh have friend carries scar hand attests Eds statement Helicopters can dangerous Dont underestimate hazard 1 20 Model Aviation GAPLESS HiNGE SLOTTER Simplifies installation Gapless Hinges Makes Slois 4 Sizes Balsa 5 V E $250 CL Combat/Johnson Continued page 51
Edition: Model Aviation - 1980/11
Page Numbers: 46, 47, 48, 49, 116, 117, 120
THERE WAS no dust feathers vintage eagles gathered Dayton second Flying Aces Club FAC Nats three days preceding AMA Nats FAC GHQ Connecticut Cleveland Free Flight Society DC Maxecuters Texas Lone Star Squadron Flightmasters m California Vamps Las Vegas SOTS Scale Old Timers Society Detroit Cloud Busters dozens little out-of-the-way places country gave birth Phineas Pinkham arrived battered pickup trucks air-conditioned Cadillacs motorcycles Unpacking scarred decalcovered model boxes veteran birdmen showed spent last two years doing little else building testing models great event large contingent Detroit Cloud Busters still build ing spot however received no end helpful advice assembled multitude Once tons models support equip ment stored away luxurious accom modations Dayton University business renewing old friendships putting away gallons pink lemonade got going earnest team West Coast clad individual ized T-shirts depicting famous models designed Bill Noonan pulled out winder music box attached proceeded sing chorus Danny Boy outdone George Meyer Lone Star Squadron struck up Eyes Texas Upon Count Pisana took out organ grinder monkey collected about $70 pink lemonade fund tune Dixie City Dayton thoughtfully provided spectacular electrical storm setting next few days activities Despite partying night modelers anticipating hard day flying bed least 3 am Dawn came thunder dawn patrol setting out over Wright Field renamed Barley Duck memory legendary Bar-le-Duc WW Flying Aces fame Finding little activity over enemy lines save few SAM Champs guys doing little early-morning test46 Model Aviation left Fernando Ramos prepares launch 32-in span Arado 240 twin rubbarjob right shes off Model brand new Ramos still testing prop powered loop -in rubber incidentally both props turn left Wings plug easy disassembly shipping Pres Bruning twin rubber-powered B-26 Marauder flight shot right Has 30-in span weighs V2 oz looks like real thing except light shines through skeleton Gets flights around minute long very realistic Built wheels-up FAC rules Bobby Haight answer Fikethe Johnson Uniplane Peanut 13-in span 14-in chord Hasnt bettered 30 sec yet ing patrol returned loaded unused ammunition Despite few pink-lemonade hang overs spirits high stalwart cleareyed aviators got down days gum-band twisting may familiar Flying Aces phenomenon word explan ation may order Dick Nutting writing daily Nats News bulletin referred FACers - emerging clowns modeling. hut clowns class got little upset reading clowns generally thought doing foolish things course making living Well FACers modeling way life whatever November 1980 47 Juanita Reichel right busiest person FAC Nats checks Rolfe Gregorys sheet Tent city sunshades proved worth keeping fliers cool what Ohioans call muggy August George Meyerand 26-in span MoellerStomo Weighs 2 oz has flown over minute George brewster Uuttalo Mike MIOKitt isa large fat fighter spans about34 plug-in wings also built full-size Little Toot Mikes Buffalo outflies Messerschmitts Mustangs saying something Farman 1020 Count Alex Pisana alias Bill Warner Flight minute 19 seconds Peanut good enough place else just keep body soul together can have wherewithal make models serious thing having fun can serious thing too An FAC motto aint having fun playing toy airplanes take up collecting string FACers met meet amazing number engineers doctors lawyers university professors inventors writers artists other professionals None boring insufferable clowning flying models Back Barley Duck morning grows hotter humidity hovers around 99% Tissue applied deserts West now sags Warps magically appear giving strange new power patterns fragile models Still planes keep soaring skyward elegance seldom seen modeling best fliers America Imagine over 100 top modelers country averaging about 30 years experience apiece about dozen planes car trying level best impress group easily impressed Wow thrill making rounds again again marvelling ingenuity creativity unsurpassed excellence workmanship planes leaves limp meeting billed Nats Nats contest However Flying Aces take competi tion grain salt realize means end Having fun end getting upset about beating other trophy FAC FACer regards contest placing least important reason getting together pat back respected fellow modeler solid gold trophy makes whole thing worthwhile Plastic pot metal just collect dust chance talk fellow FACers have read about over years honor sincere pleasure FAC has own complement folk heroes hand offer assistance encouragement inspiration others Earl Stahl Bill Brown Bob Thompson Don Srull Fernando Ramos others probably shook hands politician Amedean Legion Convention Sincere applause shouts encouragement 48 Model Aviation Jack Fikes MIG-1 5 powered CO-2 Brown Micro-Jet engine has flown nicely indoors outdoors wind caused problems uoooy -iaigns witn nis Laird solution racer Once tiown ny Jimmy UOO little flashiest bipes ever built Best time 11/2 mm Gordon Rooens winds nis Chambermaid Greve Mace Moael keeps climbing smaller jobs way down Built Henn design published April 1979 MA plan number 259 Bill rdoonan holds Fernando Ramos 32-in span Heinkel 64C Its very colorful model Ramos FF Scale columnist Model Budder Tom Stark long-time master FF Scale still flying Brown CO-2 -powereu n ler spent some time tree during thunderstorm Has 26-in span weighs 2 oz cheers achievements others part meet incomprehensible imagine anyone cheating taking advantage win have ever contest modelers ran about tight jaws spent time complaining about judging other contestants youd impressed ab sence such behavior Flying Aces take modeling other seriously compe tition can think couple modelers whod suffer nervous breakdown FAC meet due fact could handle lowkey atmosphere 8 am 5 pm flying day took its toll West Coast contingent used quitting noon due heat wind However sheer pleasure flying over real grass joy some typical Ohio muggy summer going make joy going back 1100 dry heat Taft Some modelers took home undamaged models sort unusual occurence us fly over dirt rocks Enjoying meet fullest problem much great stuff going Continued page 116 November 1980 49 Ross Mayo Flyline HE 100 Put great 80-sec flight what LCOO Deflflett launches 64-in span Moth Minor 1 3-az weight everyone putting kind time floats around majestically Flights 2-mm normal Lu-e-powereuAeronca K being launched Jack Fike Has 24-in span weighs28 grams doesan easy minute Air Force Museum background ucorge Meyer launches Variviggen canard wnicn riles amazingly well makes believers skeptics veiie ivionucoupe ouilt Flyline kit Dave Rees Hungerford wheels weighs just ounce Did use Indoor wood Great Franklin Sport built Phil Cox MAN3-views has26-in span Uses model railroad decal letters super look Its tine flier legendary Bill Brown inventorottlie Brown Juniorengines Cherokee 1-40 18-in span Weighs 1/2 oz Brown CO-2 twin Dave mirns 32-in span P38J Great detailing weighs 33/4 oz Uses string tied two pins start props simultaneously Got 47 secs e Nominees must known handful modelers f A nominee can model builder designer author educator manufacturer enthusiast etc some tangible way associated model aviation Send nominations J Italiano 1655 Revere Drive Brookfield WI 53005 Bob Meuser 4200 Gregory Street Oakland CA 94619 FF Old-Timers/Haught Continued page 44 still wish experiment always go back test flight procedures Use short engine runs work up full power gradually Changing props often changes torque affects power pattern Some fliers including myself like nylon props added flywheel effect must admit dont look right old-timer sometimes tend flex vibrate lower speeds ignition engines Nylon props seldom break during minor mis haps tend cause damage other parts such engine logs mounts Wood props usually break before damaging engine 1mM Strips Balsa Fuzz-Freew/out Adjustments Small -$1000 Large lshownl-$2000 Please add $100 postage P Kits ature RenIiu GEE BEE shown $525 please ad $100 Catalog /n See Y D.., DUBOIS 0 Box c Acushnet MA 027431 .....DEALER INQUIRIES INVITED course run much smoother provided properly balanced old-time designs have propeller protecting landing gear wood props last flights so-called good old days couldnt run down local hobby shop purchase near-perfect prop modeler carve own whatever material avail able want really authentic may want try prop carving Arthur Suhr W 218 N 5866 Maclynn Court Menomonee Falls WI 53051 among other offerings sells 1935 Brown Jr instruction book includes separate sheet prop carving 14 diameter 8 pitch propeller Cost $200 postpaid Also book Air Age Gas Models published Model Airplane News has article carving true pitch gas model props Gentlemens OT IILG Joe Kresnak writing Michigan Antique Modelers Newsletter promoting Old-Timer Hand Launch Glider event old-time modelers Joe doesnt want insult anyone calling old sohe has devised alternate title Gentlemen gentleman Joes definition must born before 1943 Sounds fair personally gave up HLG back 1971 saw Canadian Juniors Western Free Flight Championships getting twice altitude launch could get couple responses Joes informal survey Ill give old rubber arms go because can still throw ball across street can hardly throw ball first third base HLG still much fun kid sounds like fun Bob Larsh 455 Whitcomb Ave Indianapolis IN 46224 has plans 32 OT HLGs buck stamp will get two samples catalog also good ones Zaic yearbooks cottage industries 4-Ks Models 4202 W 172nd St Torrance CA 90504 has added old-timers kit line recent list includes Buzzard Bombshell Baby Bombshell Korda Wakefield Denny Plane Jr 72 span 41 Lamb Climber 4-Ks also handle analine dye coloring tissue tinting clear dope red yellow blue also produce several modern FF designs well built 4-Ks Korda pleased kit took USFFC Taft year trimmed six flights winding new motor first official burst 167 actual turns 12 strands A-in FAI destroyed fuselage Oh well report fly Aerodyne 3154 Falcon Pomona CA 91767 producing line prepared fuels including two special formulas ignition engines High Octane Ignition special blend legal SAM competition formulated help eliminate plug fouling works quite well converted glow engines Low Octane Ignition designed primarily original ignition engines Aerodyne also offers non-tautening nitrate dope thinner particular interest NGK CM-6 spark plugs rethreaded 10mm %24 plugs work fine engines Fe plug hole have heavier electrodes slightly larger old Champions available Clarence Haught Rt 5 Box 16 Cocur dAlene ID 83814 Flying Aces Nats/Warner Continued page 49 minute under homemade bedsheet sunshade over ogle model jump car just before shower hits try stuff couple flights quick quits run over say hello old friendthats went So much Thank God its three whole days no particular order what happen ing fly ready observe what can between hope dont too poorly eyes such great bunch fly again Bill Stroman comes up exhibit FAC Nats participation button has just saved life button covering heart has stopped Allan Schanzles catapult jet model hi-start creased about quarter inch Shades old Hopalong Cassidy bulletstopping trick silver dollar shirt pocket Pres Brunings gorgeous B-26 Marauder flies over realistic planes would ever want see Cheers applause Bob Thompson black cape helmet goggles displays WW II entry Japanese biplane has two large holes eaten local grasshoppers love silver tissue Bob Clemens backs over lovely red Comper Swift accidently chucks trash 11 6 Model Aviation NO NONSENSE BALSA STRIPPERS REPUBLIC SEABEE MR Gs PRODUCTS 1100 Michigan Box 161 Marysville MI 48040 Wing Span 70 Complete Hardware Epoxy Glass Retractable Gear 40 Powered Factors 1 1-year-old freckle-faced kid digs out within seconds Bobby Haight Vegas VAMPS club hollers orange Peanut Gulfhawk zooms beautifully overhead unofficial flight Dozens really fine flights go unseen wish twins better take Saturday morning entries come all-night drive Dayton Still wide-awake ready battle sun comes up couple days mundane existence real world can forgotten golden age aviation lives again Official flying begins vivacious Juanita Reichel passes out first flying sheets eager rib-slicers lined up table Groans fill air Jim Millers announcement Currie Wot weighs 6 grams try top Haight pulls out Peanut about 200 square inches called Johnson Uniplane 13-in span 14-in chord Notto outdone Mike Midkiff charming wife hoist worlds largest Brewster Buffalo rubber job out carflies like helium-filled Leon Bennetts DH Moth Minor floats overhead its normal 2-mm flights 60-in wings making us jealous can top can say planes flying fantastic highlights day WW WW II combat mass-launch events mass-launch first three planes down dropped heats continue until lone victor remains Lots sus pense Besides half dozen biplanes air doing about minute sight sore eyes Don Srulls DH 6 seems never come down WW II event Mike Midkiffs Wildcat shows others way out trees horizon time after time says radials cant compete in-lines Saturday nights banquet Dayton U featured Robert Hull knowledgeable guys golden age air racing youli ever want meet stories about Roscoe Turner worth trip concerned Awards made winners first two days flying along special awards Lin Reichel Don Srull outstanding con tributionsto FAG cause awards consisted mainly color reproductions old Flying Aces covers mounted attractive bases announcement Dave Stott giving CAIJDRON Among efficient Golden Age racers Coudron won 1936 Greve & Thompson trophies well races Europe rINISHING r o1 FIVE pT 1 I SEND $1 FOR COMPLETE ILLUSTRATED CATALOG DEPT MA 181 PAWNEE STREET SAN MARCOS CALIFORNIA 9 up Flying Aces leadership brought tear eye Lin Reichel will taking over reins capable young man cannot imagine Lin assures us will have bigger better FAG Nats 1982 leaves biennial FAC get-together feeling FAG spirit great shape essence modeling going well-preserved fronts Sunday closing day meet magni ficent Central Ohio day quick turn around field produces glimpses Bob Seidentopfs fantastic Stinson Trimotor looks like museum piece Rubber-Powered Scale job Phil Coxs Superscale Franklin Sport railroad-decal lettering Chuck Schoblohers great-flying Beech Staggerwing Von Rottensocks D7 full lozenge regalia George Meyers inverted gull-wing Japanese Grace floating gracefully Bob Thompsons Boeing 95 bipe climbing like scalded cat Russ Brown packing enough rubber P-63 make set truck tires Fernando Ramos twin Arado 240 rubber job test flights Rolfe Gregorys nifty clipped-wing Monocoupe rayed stripes things Mark Finemans Nildtin-Schevchenko biplane retractable lower wing time passed fast hardpressed get official flight now Soon time raceplane events three races Thompson radials Greve in-lines Aerol Trophy Continued page 120 November 1980 117 LLOAS T THREE TYPES OF LANDING GEAR INCLUDING WHEEL PANT VERSIONS U SERIES OF GOLDEN AGE RACING AIRCRAFT SOUTHERN RIC FLIES AIN I. Model Merchant IS Southern RIC . Keeping alive top line RIG aircraft Currently being offered COMPENSATOR- 60BOOTLEGGER- 60 TIGER TAIL III-60ALLEY KAT- 40 Spoil EZ FLIER- 40 Trainer Order Direct MODEL MERCHANT 5121 541-3867 554 E Fronton St Brownsville TX 78520 DEALER & DISTRIBUTOR INOUIAIES INViTED DIII IUIIIII - ... spoked wheels cowl isturned lathe 2 lbs aIuns. 1ecial T-shirt Bill Noonan dented badge Allan Schanzle Still Using bid Fashioned Wing Hinges will gain control efficiency eliminating gap between moveable stationary control surfaces will amazed performance gained using simple inexpen sive improvement FREE MOVEMENT450 STRONG AND LIGHTWEIGHT COMPLETELY FUELPROOF COMPATABLE WITH ALL IRON-ON MATERIALS COMES IN 3 PT LENGTHS SMALL 1/8 OR LARGE 114 PRICE 3 ft $250 WIRE LS VK WIRE WHEELS ED & REALISTIC Custom built seamless machined rims Delrin beerings two sizes 8 Nieuport & Triplane 95 5 Proctor models63595 Send 50d complete literature price list kits ac cessories QUALITY R/C PRODUCTS SINCE 1960 em 0 0 ZS B33 consolidation dominated Cessna CR-3 John Stott Chambermaid Gordon Roberts Hughes racer Allan Schanzle rest entries flew well enough win events normally truly race champions lot excitement generated events truly Flying Aces trademark three days FAC Nats drew close good-byes until next over good feeling pervaded fliers had privilege being partici pating present contest contest Larry Kruse put NON-contest cant leave however before giving special thanks great people made possible Dave Stott Bob Thompson FAC GHQ Frank Scott Contest Director Dick Donna Meizell did groundwork Dayton thanks also Lin Juanita Reichel helped table Vic Didelot Dave Shipton able judging staff Phyllis Warner spent hours sun recording event film Jim Mills spent hours bedroom/darkroom make bringing coverageto possible issue no small service cause See 1982 FAC Nats Mk 111 AFLGOG EASY TO INSTALL CUT 1/4 DEEP SLIT ALONG 5 TNG FLILL LEA/Gre UE TAS MATING 6YRFACES ASt4LL Hat/GE USE SONAIGHT HIM 10 MAKE S444LL hOLE EVERY At/CC OR SODRIP CYAAONGqI-LAYE NiLE 45/ hOLESCAPILAKY ACOLW VRLL CARRY GLUE A/ORG PA/TIME JORT EVERY FEW RiCHES 017 OFF FLUSH FILL ANG SANG AS ArEOPO FOR FINISHING Send Free info fine products FOURMOST PRODUCTS 4040 24th Avenue Forest Grove OR 97116 pickup vent tubes down corner seal up baffle back Most profile-type tanks have five holes baffle allow fuel smaller hopper two 3/32 holes will job holes let centrifugal force push fuel slowly resist letting large amounts out during maneuvers neat vent-work will wasted tank isnt perfectly sealed Hookup syringe vents use pressurize tank piece tubing can connect pickup tube other vent should no leakage youre like cant solder very well get some soldering acid help clean metal didnt Dont try soldering tank some sissy gun designed miniature electrical purposes Get heavy-duty fire breather can melt high-tin-content solder Ed note use 150watt iron Go easy solder because makes better tail weight nose weight good engine/tank/plane combo still no good unless know work op ponent come too strong razzle dazzle like Howard Rush Fast Cornbat may just scare him checking out landscape thus depriving fun running up 700-point score worse have guy panic bellcrank fiveminute match very long time youre down cut two will opportunities get back cuts best opponents get behind air time cuts youve got keep him line press hard crashes hits desperation few things next time youre flying type Combat 1 Go inverted low dare opponent pulls behind 6 altitude think up another trick Flying level inverted just bad flying level upright 2 Fly upwind youve trimmed model properly youll have no problem opponents plane floats oblivion 3 Use sun advantage Polaroid glasses will take some sting out flying directly sun 4 Run away opponents will realize youve split other side circle Most fliers expect flying certain portion circle Dont practice make real attempt change position maneuvers Go around little farther start outside loop best fliers dont anything twiceat least no recognizes second time Charlie Johnson 3716 Ingraham St San Dzego CA 92109 CL ScalelGretz Continued page 52 Ill confess having puzzled few years back heard referred GoodyearFG Corsair thought correct nomenclature Chance VoughtF4UCorsair Salvatore Amicos photo model Corsair prompted -esearch true scale facts again Chance Vought company did indeed design develop build Corsair F4U-lD widely used version war 2250 hp top speed 425 mphIn order keep up demand battlefield further production F4U licensed Brewster Aircraft Goodyear companies aircraft turned Out identical F4U-lDs though Brewster Goodyear different designations products production ceased final tally Chance Vought F4U-l 7830 Brewster F3A-lD 735 Goodyear FG-1D 4017 Total production 12582 Regardless plant came Corsairs effectiveness combat legendary destroyed 2140 Japanese aircraft losing 189 own kill-loss ratio 113 1 Before war over Japanese referring Corsair Whist ling Death Mike Gretz Box 162 Montezumn IA 50171 Safety Preston Continued page 53 inspections can worth lot hours enjoy able flight same set rotor blades hobby/sport RC Helicopters can very rewarding machine under total controlat times Ed Farabaugh have friend carries scar hand attests Eds statement Helicopters can dangerous Dont underestimate hazard 1 20 Model Aviation GAPLESS HiNGE SLOTTER Simplifies installation Gapless Hinges Makes Slois 4 Sizes Balsa 5 V E $250 CL Combat/Johnson Continued page 51
Edition: Model Aviation - 1980/11
Page Numbers: 46, 47, 48, 49, 116, 117, 120
THERE WAS no dust feathers vintage eagles gathered Dayton second Flying Aces Club FAC Nats three days preceding AMA Nats FAC GHQ Connecticut Cleveland Free Flight Society DC Maxecuters Texas Lone Star Squadron Flightmasters m California Vamps Las Vegas SOTS Scale Old Timers Society Detroit Cloud Busters dozens little out-of-the-way places country gave birth Phineas Pinkham arrived battered pickup trucks air-conditioned Cadillacs motorcycles Unpacking scarred decalcovered model boxes veteran birdmen showed spent last two years doing little else building testing models great event large contingent Detroit Cloud Busters still build ing spot however received no end helpful advice assembled multitude Once tons models support equip ment stored away luxurious accom modations Dayton University business renewing old friendships putting away gallons pink lemonade got going earnest team West Coast clad individual ized T-shirts depicting famous models designed Bill Noonan pulled out winder music box attached proceeded sing chorus Danny Boy outdone George Meyer Lone Star Squadron struck up Eyes Texas Upon Count Pisana took out organ grinder monkey collected about $70 pink lemonade fund tune Dixie City Dayton thoughtfully provided spectacular electrical storm setting next few days activities Despite partying night modelers anticipating hard day flying bed least 3 am Dawn came thunder dawn patrol setting out over Wright Field renamed Barley Duck memory legendary Bar-le-Duc WW Flying Aces fame Finding little activity over enemy lines save few SAM Champs guys doing little early-morning test46 Model Aviation left Fernando Ramos prepares launch 32-in span Arado 240 twin rubbarjob right shes off Model brand new Ramos still testing prop powered loop -in rubber incidentally both props turn left Wings plug easy disassembly shipping Pres Bruning twin rubber-powered B-26 Marauder flight shot right Has 30-in span weighs V2 oz looks like real thing except light shines through skeleton Gets flights around minute long very realistic Built wheels-up FAC rules Bobby Haight answer Fikethe Johnson Uniplane Peanut 13-in span 14-in chord Hasnt bettered 30 sec yet ing patrol returned loaded unused ammunition Despite few pink-lemonade hang overs spirits high stalwart cleareyed aviators got down days gum-band twisting may familiar Flying Aces phenomenon word explan ation may order Dick Nutting writing daily Nats News bulletin referred FACers - emerging clowns modeling. hut clowns class got little upset reading clowns generally thought doing foolish things course making living Well FACers modeling way life whatever November 1980 47 Juanita Reichel right busiest person FAC Nats checks Rolfe Gregorys sheet Tent city sunshades proved worth keeping fliers cool what Ohioans call muggy August George Meyerand 26-in span MoellerStomo Weighs 2 oz has flown over minute George brewster Uuttalo Mike MIOKitt isa large fat fighter spans about34 plug-in wings also built full-size Little Toot Mikes Buffalo outflies Messerschmitts Mustangs saying something Farman 1020 Count Alex Pisana alias Bill Warner Flight minute 19 seconds Peanut good enough place else just keep body soul together can have wherewithal make models serious thing having fun can serious thing too An FAC motto aint having fun playing toy airplanes take up collecting string FACers met meet amazing number engineers doctors lawyers university professors inventors writers artists other professionals None boring insufferable clowning flying models Back Barley Duck morning grows hotter humidity hovers around 99% Tissue applied deserts West now sags Warps magically appear giving strange new power patterns fragile models Still planes keep soaring skyward elegance seldom seen modeling best fliers America Imagine over 100 top modelers country averaging about 30 years experience apiece about dozen planes car trying level best impress group easily impressed Wow thrill making rounds again again marvelling ingenuity creativity unsurpassed excellence workmanship planes leaves limp meeting billed Nats Nats contest However Flying Aces take competi tion grain salt realize means end Having fun end getting upset about beating other trophy FAC FACer regards contest placing least important reason getting together pat back respected fellow modeler solid gold trophy makes whole thing worthwhile Plastic pot metal just collect dust chance talk fellow FACers have read about over years honor sincere pleasure FAC has own complement folk heroes hand offer assistance encouragement inspiration others Earl Stahl Bill Brown Bob Thompson Don Srull Fernando Ramos others probably shook hands politician Amedean Legion Convention Sincere applause shouts encouragement 48 Model Aviation Jack Fikes MIG-1 5 powered CO-2 Brown Micro-Jet engine has flown nicely indoors outdoors wind caused problems uoooy -iaigns witn nis Laird solution racer Once tiown ny Jimmy UOO little flashiest bipes ever built Best time 11/2 mm Gordon Rooens winds nis Chambermaid Greve Mace Moael keeps climbing smaller jobs way down Built Henn design published April 1979 MA plan number 259 Bill rdoonan holds Fernando Ramos 32-in span Heinkel 64C Its very colorful model Ramos FF Scale columnist Model Budder Tom Stark long-time master FF Scale still flying Brown CO-2 -powereu n ler spent some time tree during thunderstorm Has 26-in span weighs 2 oz cheers achievements others part meet incomprehensible imagine anyone cheating taking advantage win have ever contest modelers ran about tight jaws spent time complaining about judging other contestants youd impressed ab sence such behavior Flying Aces take modeling other seriously compe tition can think couple modelers whod suffer nervous breakdown FAC meet due fact could handle lowkey atmosphere 8 am 5 pm flying day took its toll West Coast contingent used quitting noon due heat wind However sheer pleasure flying over real grass joy some typical Ohio muggy summer going make joy going back 1100 dry heat Taft Some modelers took home undamaged models sort unusual occurence us fly over dirt rocks Enjoying meet fullest problem much great stuff going Continued page 116 November 1980 49 Ross Mayo Flyline HE 100 Put great 80-sec flight what LCOO Deflflett launches 64-in span Moth Minor 1 3-az weight everyone putting kind time floats around majestically Flights 2-mm normal Lu-e-powereuAeronca K being launched Jack Fike Has 24-in span weighs28 grams doesan easy minute Air Force Museum background ucorge Meyer launches Variviggen canard wnicn riles amazingly well makes believers skeptics veiie ivionucoupe ouilt Flyline kit Dave Rees Hungerford wheels weighs just ounce Did use Indoor wood Great Franklin Sport built Phil Cox MAN3-views has26-in span Uses model railroad decal letters super look Its tine flier legendary Bill Brown inventorottlie Brown Juniorengines Cherokee 1-40 18-in span Weighs 1/2 oz Brown CO-2 twin Dave mirns 32-in span P38J Great detailing weighs 33/4 oz Uses string tied two pins start props simultaneously Got 47 secs e Nominees must known handful modelers f A nominee can model builder designer author educator manufacturer enthusiast etc some tangible way associated model aviation Send nominations J Italiano 1655 Revere Drive Brookfield WI 53005 Bob Meuser 4200 Gregory Street Oakland CA 94619 FF Old-Timers/Haught Continued page 44 still wish experiment always go back test flight procedures Use short engine runs work up full power gradually Changing props often changes torque affects power pattern Some fliers including myself like nylon props added flywheel effect must admit dont look right old-timer sometimes tend flex vibrate lower speeds ignition engines Nylon props seldom break during minor mis haps tend cause damage other parts such engine logs mounts Wood props usually break before damaging engine 1mM Strips Balsa Fuzz-Freew/out Adjustments Small -$1000 Large lshownl-$2000 Please add $100 postage P Kits ature RenIiu GEE BEE shown $525 please ad $100 Catalog /n See Y D.., DUBOIS 0 Box c Acushnet MA 027431 .....DEALER INQUIRIES INVITED course run much smoother provided properly balanced old-time designs have propeller protecting landing gear wood props last flights so-called good old days couldnt run down local hobby shop purchase near-perfect prop modeler carve own whatever material avail able want really authentic may want try prop carving Arthur Suhr W 218 N 5866 Maclynn Court Menomonee Falls WI 53051 among other offerings sells 1935 Brown Jr instruction book includes separate sheet prop carving 14 diameter 8 pitch propeller Cost $200 postpaid Also book Air Age Gas Models published Model Airplane News has article carving true pitch gas model props Gentlemens OT IILG Joe Kresnak writing Michigan Antique Modelers Newsletter promoting Old-Timer Hand Launch Glider event old-time modelers Joe doesnt want insult anyone calling old sohe has devised alternate title Gentlemen gentleman Joes definition must born before 1943 Sounds fair personally gave up HLG back 1971 saw Canadian Juniors Western Free Flight Championships getting twice altitude launch could get couple responses Joes informal survey Ill give old rubber arms go because can still throw ball across street can hardly throw ball first third base HLG still much fun kid sounds like fun Bob Larsh 455 Whitcomb Ave Indianapolis IN 46224 has plans 32 OT HLGs buck stamp will get two samples catalog also good ones Zaic yearbooks cottage industries 4-Ks Models 4202 W 172nd St Torrance CA 90504 has added old-timers kit line recent list includes Buzzard Bombshell Baby Bombshell Korda Wakefield Denny Plane Jr 72 span 41 Lamb Climber 4-Ks also handle analine dye coloring tissue tinting clear dope red yellow blue also produce several modern FF designs well built 4-Ks Korda pleased kit took USFFC Taft year trimmed six flights winding new motor first official burst 167 actual turns 12 strands A-in FAI destroyed fuselage Oh well report fly Aerodyne 3154 Falcon Pomona CA 91767 producing line prepared fuels including two special formulas ignition engines High Octane Ignition special blend legal SAM competition formulated help eliminate plug fouling works quite well converted glow engines Low Octane Ignition designed primarily original ignition engines Aerodyne also offers non-tautening nitrate dope thinner particular interest NGK CM-6 spark plugs rethreaded 10mm %24 plugs work fine engines Fe plug hole have heavier electrodes slightly larger old Champions available Clarence Haught Rt 5 Box 16 Cocur dAlene ID 83814 Flying Aces Nats/Warner Continued page 49 minute under homemade bedsheet sunshade over ogle model jump car just before shower hits try stuff couple flights quick quits run over say hello old friendthats went So much Thank God its three whole days no particular order what happen ing fly ready observe what can between hope dont too poorly eyes such great bunch fly again Bill Stroman comes up exhibit FAC Nats participation button has just saved life button covering heart has stopped Allan Schanzles catapult jet model hi-start creased about quarter inch Shades old Hopalong Cassidy bulletstopping trick silver dollar shirt pocket Pres Brunings gorgeous B-26 Marauder flies over realistic planes would ever want see Cheers applause Bob Thompson black cape helmet goggles displays WW II entry Japanese biplane has two large holes eaten local grasshoppers love silver tissue Bob Clemens backs over lovely red Comper Swift accidently chucks trash 11 6 Model Aviation NO NONSENSE BALSA STRIPPERS REPUBLIC SEABEE MR Gs PRODUCTS 1100 Michigan Box 161 Marysville MI 48040 Wing Span 70 Complete Hardware Epoxy Glass Retractable Gear 40 Powered Factors 1 1-year-old freckle-faced kid digs out within seconds Bobby Haight Vegas VAMPS club hollers orange Peanut Gulfhawk zooms beautifully overhead unofficial flight Dozens really fine flights go unseen wish twins better take Saturday morning entries come all-night drive Dayton Still wide-awake ready battle sun comes up couple days mundane existence real world can forgotten golden age aviation lives again Official flying begins vivacious Juanita Reichel passes out first flying sheets eager rib-slicers lined up table Groans fill air Jim Millers announcement Currie Wot weighs 6 grams try top Haight pulls out Peanut about 200 square inches called Johnson Uniplane 13-in span 14-in chord Notto outdone Mike Midkiff charming wife hoist worlds largest Brewster Buffalo rubber job out carflies like helium-filled Leon Bennetts DH Moth Minor floats overhead its normal 2-mm flights 60-in wings making us jealous can top can say planes flying fantastic highlights day WW WW II combat mass-launch events mass-launch first three planes down dropped heats continue until lone victor remains Lots sus pense Besides half dozen biplanes air doing about minute sight sore eyes Don Srulls DH 6 seems never come down WW II event Mike Midkiffs Wildcat shows others way out trees horizon time after time says radials cant compete in-lines Saturday nights banquet Dayton U featured Robert Hull knowledgeable guys golden age air racing youli ever want meet stories about Roscoe Turner worth trip concerned Awards made winners first two days flying along special awards Lin Reichel Don Srull outstanding con tributionsto FAG cause awards consisted mainly color reproductions old Flying Aces covers mounted attractive bases announcement Dave Stott giving CAIJDRON Among efficient Golden Age racers Coudron won 1936 Greve & Thompson trophies well races Europe rINISHING r o1 FIVE pT 1 I SEND $1 FOR COMPLETE ILLUSTRATED CATALOG DEPT MA 181 PAWNEE STREET SAN MARCOS CALIFORNIA 9 up Flying Aces leadership brought tear eye Lin Reichel will taking over reins capable young man cannot imagine Lin assures us will have bigger better FAG Nats 1982 leaves biennial FAC get-together feeling FAG spirit great shape essence modeling going well-preserved fronts Sunday closing day meet magni ficent Central Ohio day quick turn around field produces glimpses Bob Seidentopfs fantastic Stinson Trimotor looks like museum piece Rubber-Powered Scale job Phil Coxs Superscale Franklin Sport railroad-decal lettering Chuck Schoblohers great-flying Beech Staggerwing Von Rottensocks D7 full lozenge regalia George Meyers inverted gull-wing Japanese Grace floating gracefully Bob Thompsons Boeing 95 bipe climbing like scalded cat Russ Brown packing enough rubber P-63 make set truck tires Fernando Ramos twin Arado 240 rubber job test flights Rolfe Gregorys nifty clipped-wing Monocoupe rayed stripes things Mark Finemans Nildtin-Schevchenko biplane retractable lower wing time passed fast hardpressed get official flight now Soon time raceplane events three races Thompson radials Greve in-lines Aerol Trophy Continued page 120 November 1980 117 LLOAS T THREE TYPES OF LANDING GEAR INCLUDING WHEEL PANT VERSIONS U SERIES OF GOLDEN AGE RACING AIRCRAFT SOUTHERN RIC FLIES AIN I. Model Merchant IS Southern RIC . Keeping alive top line RIG aircraft Currently being offered COMPENSATOR- 60BOOTLEGGER- 60 TIGER TAIL III-60ALLEY KAT- 40 Spoil EZ FLIER- 40 Trainer Order Direct MODEL MERCHANT 5121 541-3867 554 E Fronton St Brownsville TX 78520 DEALER & DISTRIBUTOR INOUIAIES INViTED DIII IUIIIII - ... spoked wheels cowl isturned lathe 2 lbs aIuns. 1ecial T-shirt Bill Noonan dented badge Allan Schanzle Still Using bid Fashioned Wing Hinges will gain control efficiency eliminating gap between moveable stationary control surfaces will amazed performance gained using simple inexpen sive improvement FREE MOVEMENT450 STRONG AND LIGHTWEIGHT COMPLETELY FUELPROOF COMPATABLE WITH ALL IRON-ON MATERIALS COMES IN 3 PT LENGTHS SMALL 1/8 OR LARGE 114 PRICE 3 ft $250 WIRE LS VK WIRE WHEELS ED & REALISTIC Custom built seamless machined rims Delrin beerings two sizes 8 Nieuport & Triplane 95 5 Proctor models63595 Send 50d complete literature price list kits ac cessories QUALITY R/C PRODUCTS SINCE 1960 em 0 0 ZS B33 consolidation dominated Cessna CR-3 John Stott Chambermaid Gordon Roberts Hughes racer Allan Schanzle rest entries flew well enough win events normally truly race champions lot excitement generated events truly Flying Aces trademark three days FAC Nats drew close good-byes until next over good feeling pervaded fliers had privilege being partici pating present contest contest Larry Kruse put NON-contest cant leave however before giving special thanks great people made possible Dave Stott Bob Thompson FAC GHQ Frank Scott Contest Director Dick Donna Meizell did groundwork Dayton thanks also Lin Juanita Reichel helped table Vic Didelot Dave Shipton able judging staff Phyllis Warner spent hours sun recording event film Jim Mills spent hours bedroom/darkroom make bringing coverageto possible issue no small service cause See 1982 FAC Nats Mk 111 AFLGOG EASY TO INSTALL CUT 1/4 DEEP SLIT ALONG 5 TNG FLILL LEA/Gre UE TAS MATING 6YRFACES ASt4LL Hat/GE USE SONAIGHT HIM 10 MAKE S444LL hOLE EVERY At/CC OR SODRIP CYAAONGqI-LAYE NiLE 45/ hOLESCAPILAKY ACOLW VRLL CARRY GLUE A/ORG PA/TIME JORT EVERY FEW RiCHES 017 OFF FLUSH FILL ANG SANG AS ArEOPO FOR FINISHING Send Free info fine products FOURMOST PRODUCTS 4040 24th Avenue Forest Grove OR 97116 pickup vent tubes down corner seal up baffle back Most profile-type tanks have five holes baffle allow fuel smaller hopper two 3/32 holes will job holes let centrifugal force push fuel slowly resist letting large amounts out during maneuvers neat vent-work will wasted tank isnt perfectly sealed Hookup syringe vents use pressurize tank piece tubing can connect pickup tube other vent should no leakage youre like cant solder very well get some soldering acid help clean metal didnt Dont try soldering tank some sissy gun designed miniature electrical purposes Get heavy-duty fire breather can melt high-tin-content solder Ed note use 150watt iron Go easy solder because makes better tail weight nose weight good engine/tank/plane combo still no good unless know work op ponent come too strong razzle dazzle like Howard Rush Fast Cornbat may just scare him checking out landscape thus depriving fun running up 700-point score worse have guy panic bellcrank fiveminute match very long time youre down cut two will opportunities get back cuts best opponents get behind air time cuts youve got keep him line press hard crashes hits desperation few things next time youre flying type Combat 1 Go inverted low dare opponent pulls behind 6 altitude think up another trick Flying level inverted just bad flying level upright 2 Fly upwind youve trimmed model properly youll have no problem opponents plane floats oblivion 3 Use sun advantage Polaroid glasses will take some sting out flying directly sun 4 Run away opponents will realize youve split other side circle Most fliers expect flying certain portion circle Dont practice make real attempt change position maneuvers Go around little farther start outside loop best fliers dont anything twiceat least no recognizes second time Charlie Johnson 3716 Ingraham St San Dzego CA 92109 CL ScalelGretz Continued page 52 Ill confess having puzzled few years back heard referred GoodyearFG Corsair thought correct nomenclature Chance VoughtF4UCorsair Salvatore Amicos photo model Corsair prompted -esearch true scale facts again Chance Vought company did indeed design develop build Corsair F4U-lD widely used version war 2250 hp top speed 425 mphIn order keep up demand battlefield further production F4U licensed Brewster Aircraft Goodyear companies aircraft turned Out identical F4U-lDs though Brewster Goodyear different designations products production ceased final tally Chance Vought F4U-l 7830 Brewster F3A-lD 735 Goodyear FG-1D 4017 Total production 12582 Regardless plant came Corsairs effectiveness combat legendary destroyed 2140 Japanese aircraft losing 189 own kill-loss ratio 113 1 Before war over Japanese referring Corsair Whist ling Death Mike Gretz Box 162 Montezumn IA 50171 Safety Preston Continued page 53 inspections can worth lot hours enjoy able flight same set rotor blades hobby/sport RC Helicopters can very rewarding machine under total controlat times Ed Farabaugh have friend carries scar hand attests Eds statement Helicopters can dangerous Dont underestimate hazard 1 20 Model Aviation GAPLESS HiNGE SLOTTER Simplifies installation Gapless Hinges Makes Slois 4 Sizes Balsa 5 V E $250 CL Combat/Johnson Continued page 51
Edition: Model Aviation - 1980/11
Page Numbers: 46, 47, 48, 49, 116, 117, 120
THERE WAS no dust feathers vintage eagles gathered Dayton second Flying Aces Club FAC Nats three days preceding AMA Nats FAC GHQ Connecticut Cleveland Free Flight Society DC Maxecuters Texas Lone Star Squadron Flightmasters m California Vamps Las Vegas SOTS Scale Old Timers Society Detroit Cloud Busters dozens little out-of-the-way places country gave birth Phineas Pinkham arrived battered pickup trucks air-conditioned Cadillacs motorcycles Unpacking scarred decalcovered model boxes veteran birdmen showed spent last two years doing little else building testing models great event large contingent Detroit Cloud Busters still build ing spot however received no end helpful advice assembled multitude Once tons models support equip ment stored away luxurious accom modations Dayton University business renewing old friendships putting away gallons pink lemonade got going earnest team West Coast clad individual ized T-shirts depicting famous models designed Bill Noonan pulled out winder music box attached proceeded sing chorus Danny Boy outdone George Meyer Lone Star Squadron struck up Eyes Texas Upon Count Pisana took out organ grinder monkey collected about $70 pink lemonade fund tune Dixie City Dayton thoughtfully provided spectacular electrical storm setting next few days activities Despite partying night modelers anticipating hard day flying bed least 3 am Dawn came thunder dawn patrol setting out over Wright Field renamed Barley Duck memory legendary Bar-le-Duc WW Flying Aces fame Finding little activity over enemy lines save few SAM Champs guys doing little early-morning test46 Model Aviation left Fernando Ramos prepares launch 32-in span Arado 240 twin rubbarjob right shes off Model brand new Ramos still testing prop powered loop -in rubber incidentally both props turn left Wings plug easy disassembly shipping Pres Bruning twin rubber-powered B-26 Marauder flight shot right Has 30-in span weighs V2 oz looks like real thing except light shines through skeleton Gets flights around minute long very realistic Built wheels-up FAC rules Bobby Haight answer Fikethe Johnson Uniplane Peanut 13-in span 14-in chord Hasnt bettered 30 sec yet ing patrol returned loaded unused ammunition Despite few pink-lemonade hang overs spirits high stalwart cleareyed aviators got down days gum-band twisting may familiar Flying Aces phenomenon word explan ation may order Dick Nutting writing daily Nats News bulletin referred FACers - emerging clowns modeling. hut clowns class got little upset reading clowns generally thought doing foolish things course making living Well FACers modeling way life whatever November 1980 47 Juanita Reichel right busiest person FAC Nats checks Rolfe Gregorys sheet Tent city sunshades proved worth keeping fliers cool what Ohioans call muggy August George Meyerand 26-in span MoellerStomo Weighs 2 oz has flown over minute George brewster Uuttalo Mike MIOKitt isa large fat fighter spans about34 plug-in wings also built full-size Little Toot Mikes Buffalo outflies Messerschmitts Mustangs saying something Farman 1020 Count Alex Pisana alias Bill Warner Flight minute 19 seconds Peanut good enough place else just keep body soul together can have wherewithal make models serious thing having fun can serious thing too An FAC motto aint having fun playing toy airplanes take up collecting string FACers met meet amazing number engineers doctors lawyers university professors inventors writers artists other professionals None boring insufferable clowning flying models Back Barley Duck morning grows hotter humidity hovers around 99% Tissue applied deserts West now sags Warps magically appear giving strange new power patterns fragile models Still planes keep soaring skyward elegance seldom seen modeling best fliers America Imagine over 100 top modelers country averaging about 30 years experience apiece about dozen planes car trying level best impress group easily impressed Wow thrill making rounds again again marvelling ingenuity creativity unsurpassed excellence workmanship planes leaves limp meeting billed Nats Nats contest However Flying Aces take competi tion grain salt realize means end Having fun end getting upset about beating other trophy FAC FACer regards contest placing least important reason getting together pat back respected fellow modeler solid gold trophy makes whole thing worthwhile Plastic pot metal just collect dust chance talk fellow FACers have read about over years honor sincere pleasure FAC has own complement folk heroes hand offer assistance encouragement inspiration others Earl Stahl Bill Brown Bob Thompson Don Srull Fernando Ramos others probably shook hands politician Amedean Legion Convention Sincere applause shouts encouragement 48 Model Aviation Jack Fikes MIG-1 5 powered CO-2 Brown Micro-Jet engine has flown nicely indoors outdoors wind caused problems uoooy -iaigns witn nis Laird solution racer Once tiown ny Jimmy UOO little flashiest bipes ever built Best time 11/2 mm Gordon Rooens winds nis Chambermaid Greve Mace Moael keeps climbing smaller jobs way down Built Henn design published April 1979 MA plan number 259 Bill rdoonan holds Fernando Ramos 32-in span Heinkel 64C Its very colorful model Ramos FF Scale columnist Model Budder Tom Stark long-time master FF Scale still flying Brown CO-2 -powereu n ler spent some time tree during thunderstorm Has 26-in span weighs 2 oz cheers achievements others part meet incomprehensible imagine anyone cheating taking advantage win have ever contest modelers ran about tight jaws spent time complaining about judging other contestants youd impressed ab sence such behavior Flying Aces take modeling other seriously compe tition can think couple modelers whod suffer nervous breakdown FAC meet due fact could handle lowkey atmosphere 8 am 5 pm flying day took its toll West Coast contingent used quitting noon due heat wind However sheer pleasure flying over real grass joy some typical Ohio muggy summer going make joy going back 1100 dry heat Taft Some modelers took home undamaged models sort unusual occurence us fly over dirt rocks Enjoying meet fullest problem much great stuff going Continued page 116 November 1980 49 Ross Mayo Flyline HE 100 Put great 80-sec flight what LCOO Deflflett launches 64-in span Moth Minor 1 3-az weight everyone putting kind time floats around majestically Flights 2-mm normal Lu-e-powereuAeronca K being launched Jack Fike Has 24-in span weighs28 grams doesan easy minute Air Force Museum background ucorge Meyer launches Variviggen canard wnicn riles amazingly well makes believers skeptics veiie ivionucoupe ouilt Flyline kit Dave Rees Hungerford wheels weighs just ounce Did use Indoor wood Great Franklin Sport built Phil Cox MAN3-views has26-in span Uses model railroad decal letters super look Its tine flier legendary Bill Brown inventorottlie Brown Juniorengines Cherokee 1-40 18-in span Weighs 1/2 oz Brown CO-2 twin Dave mirns 32-in span P38J Great detailing weighs 33/4 oz Uses string tied two pins start props simultaneously Got 47 secs e Nominees must known handful modelers f A nominee can model builder designer author educator manufacturer enthusiast etc some tangible way associated model aviation Send nominations J Italiano 1655 Revere Drive Brookfield WI 53005 Bob Meuser 4200 Gregory Street Oakland CA 94619 FF Old-Timers/Haught Continued page 44 still wish experiment always go back test flight procedures Use short engine runs work up full power gradually Changing props often changes torque affects power pattern Some fliers including myself like nylon props added flywheel effect must admit dont look right old-timer sometimes tend flex vibrate lower speeds ignition engines Nylon props seldom break during minor mis haps tend cause damage other parts such engine logs mounts Wood props usually break before damaging engine 1mM Strips Balsa Fuzz-Freew/out Adjustments Small -$1000 Large lshownl-$2000 Please add $100 postage P Kits ature RenIiu GEE BEE shown $525 please ad $100 Catalog /n See Y D.., DUBOIS 0 Box c Acushnet MA 027431 .....DEALER INQUIRIES INVITED course run much smoother provided properly balanced old-time designs have propeller protecting landing gear wood props last flights so-called good old days couldnt run down local hobby shop purchase near-perfect prop modeler carve own whatever material avail able want really authentic may want try prop carving Arthur Suhr W 218 N 5866 Maclynn Court Menomonee Falls WI 53051 among other offerings sells 1935 Brown Jr instruction book includes separate sheet prop carving 14 diameter 8 pitch propeller Cost $200 postpaid Also book Air Age Gas Models published Model Airplane News has article carving true pitch gas model props Gentlemens OT IILG Joe Kresnak writing Michigan Antique Modelers Newsletter promoting Old-Timer Hand Launch Glider event old-time modelers Joe doesnt want insult anyone calling old sohe has devised alternate title Gentlemen gentleman Joes definition must born before 1943 Sounds fair personally gave up HLG back 1971 saw Canadian Juniors Western Free Flight Championships getting twice altitude launch could get couple responses Joes informal survey Ill give old rubber arms go because can still throw ball across street can hardly throw ball first third base HLG still much fun kid sounds like fun Bob Larsh 455 Whitcomb Ave Indianapolis IN 46224 has plans 32 OT HLGs buck stamp will get two samples catalog also good ones Zaic yearbooks cottage industries 4-Ks Models 4202 W 172nd St Torrance CA 90504 has added old-timers kit line recent list includes Buzzard Bombshell Baby Bombshell Korda Wakefield Denny Plane Jr 72 span 41 Lamb Climber 4-Ks also handle analine dye coloring tissue tinting clear dope red yellow blue also produce several modern FF designs well built 4-Ks Korda pleased kit took USFFC Taft year trimmed six flights winding new motor first official burst 167 actual turns 12 strands A-in FAI destroyed fuselage Oh well report fly Aerodyne 3154 Falcon Pomona CA 91767 producing line prepared fuels including two special formulas ignition engines High Octane Ignition special blend legal SAM competition formulated help eliminate plug fouling works quite well converted glow engines Low Octane Ignition designed primarily original ignition engines Aerodyne also offers non-tautening nitrate dope thinner particular interest NGK CM-6 spark plugs rethreaded 10mm %24 plugs work fine engines Fe plug hole have heavier electrodes slightly larger old Champions available Clarence Haught Rt 5 Box 16 Cocur dAlene ID 83814 Flying Aces Nats/Warner Continued page 49 minute under homemade bedsheet sunshade over ogle model jump car just before shower hits try stuff couple flights quick quits run over say hello old friendthats went So much Thank God its three whole days no particular order what happen ing fly ready observe what can between hope dont too poorly eyes such great bunch fly again Bill Stroman comes up exhibit FAC Nats participation button has just saved life button covering heart has stopped Allan Schanzles catapult jet model hi-start creased about quarter inch Shades old Hopalong Cassidy bulletstopping trick silver dollar shirt pocket Pres Brunings gorgeous B-26 Marauder flies over realistic planes would ever want see Cheers applause Bob Thompson black cape helmet goggles displays WW II entry Japanese biplane has two large holes eaten local grasshoppers love silver tissue Bob Clemens backs over lovely red Comper Swift accidently chucks trash 11 6 Model Aviation NO NONSENSE BALSA STRIPPERS REPUBLIC SEABEE MR Gs PRODUCTS 1100 Michigan Box 161 Marysville MI 48040 Wing Span 70 Complete Hardware Epoxy Glass Retractable Gear 40 Powered Factors 1 1-year-old freckle-faced kid digs out within seconds Bobby Haight Vegas VAMPS club hollers orange Peanut Gulfhawk zooms beautifully overhead unofficial flight Dozens really fine flights go unseen wish twins better take Saturday morning entries come all-night drive Dayton Still wide-awake ready battle sun comes up couple days mundane existence real world can forgotten golden age aviation lives again Official flying begins vivacious Juanita Reichel passes out first flying sheets eager rib-slicers lined up table Groans fill air Jim Millers announcement Currie Wot weighs 6 grams try top Haight pulls out Peanut about 200 square inches called Johnson Uniplane 13-in span 14-in chord Notto outdone Mike Midkiff charming wife hoist worlds largest Brewster Buffalo rubber job out carflies like helium-filled Leon Bennetts DH Moth Minor floats overhead its normal 2-mm flights 60-in wings making us jealous can top can say planes flying fantastic highlights day WW WW II combat mass-launch events mass-launch first three planes down dropped heats continue until lone victor remains Lots sus pense Besides half dozen biplanes air doing about minute sight sore eyes Don Srulls DH 6 seems never come down WW II event Mike Midkiffs Wildcat shows others way out trees horizon time after time says radials cant compete in-lines Saturday nights banquet Dayton U featured Robert Hull knowledgeable guys golden age air racing youli ever want meet stories about Roscoe Turner worth trip concerned Awards made winners first two days flying along special awards Lin Reichel Don Srull outstanding con tributionsto FAG cause awards consisted mainly color reproductions old Flying Aces covers mounted attractive bases announcement Dave Stott giving CAIJDRON Among efficient Golden Age racers Coudron won 1936 Greve & Thompson trophies well races Europe rINISHING r o1 FIVE pT 1 I SEND $1 FOR COMPLETE ILLUSTRATED CATALOG DEPT MA 181 PAWNEE STREET SAN MARCOS CALIFORNIA 9 up Flying Aces leadership brought tear eye Lin Reichel will taking over reins capable young man cannot imagine Lin assures us will have bigger better FAG Nats 1982 leaves biennial FAC get-together feeling FAG spirit great shape essence modeling going well-preserved fronts Sunday closing day meet magni ficent Central Ohio day quick turn around field produces glimpses Bob Seidentopfs fantastic Stinson Trimotor looks like museum piece Rubber-Powered Scale job Phil Coxs Superscale Franklin Sport railroad-decal lettering Chuck Schoblohers great-flying Beech Staggerwing Von Rottensocks D7 full lozenge regalia George Meyers inverted gull-wing Japanese Grace floating gracefully Bob Thompsons Boeing 95 bipe climbing like scalded cat Russ Brown packing enough rubber P-63 make set truck tires Fernando Ramos twin Arado 240 rubber job test flights Rolfe Gregorys nifty clipped-wing Monocoupe rayed stripes things Mark Finemans Nildtin-Schevchenko biplane retractable lower wing time passed fast hardpressed get official flight now Soon time raceplane events three races Thompson radials Greve in-lines Aerol Trophy Continued page 120 November 1980 117 LLOAS T THREE TYPES OF LANDING GEAR INCLUDING WHEEL PANT VERSIONS U SERIES OF GOLDEN AGE RACING AIRCRAFT SOUTHERN RIC FLIES AIN I. Model Merchant IS Southern RIC . Keeping alive top line RIG aircraft Currently being offered COMPENSATOR- 60BOOTLEGGER- 60 TIGER TAIL III-60ALLEY KAT- 40 Spoil EZ FLIER- 40 Trainer Order Direct MODEL MERCHANT 5121 541-3867 554 E Fronton St Brownsville TX 78520 DEALER & DISTRIBUTOR INOUIAIES INViTED DIII IUIIIII - ... spoked wheels cowl isturned lathe 2 lbs aIuns. 1ecial T-shirt Bill Noonan dented badge Allan Schanzle Still Using bid Fashioned Wing Hinges will gain control efficiency eliminating gap between moveable stationary control surfaces will amazed performance gained using simple inexpen sive improvement FREE MOVEMENT450 STRONG AND LIGHTWEIGHT COMPLETELY FUELPROOF COMPATABLE WITH ALL IRON-ON MATERIALS COMES IN 3 PT LENGTHS SMALL 1/8 OR LARGE 114 PRICE 3 ft $250 WIRE LS VK WIRE WHEELS ED & REALISTIC Custom built seamless machined rims Delrin beerings two sizes 8 Nieuport & Triplane 95 5 Proctor models63595 Send 50d complete literature price list kits ac cessories QUALITY R/C PRODUCTS SINCE 1960 em 0 0 ZS B33 consolidation dominated Cessna CR-3 John Stott Chambermaid Gordon Roberts Hughes racer Allan Schanzle rest entries flew well enough win events normally truly race champions lot excitement generated events truly Flying Aces trademark three days FAC Nats drew close good-byes until next over good feeling pervaded fliers had privilege being partici pating present contest contest Larry Kruse put NON-contest cant leave however before giving special thanks great people made possible Dave Stott Bob Thompson FAC GHQ Frank Scott Contest Director Dick Donna Meizell did groundwork Dayton thanks also Lin Juanita Reichel helped table Vic Didelot Dave Shipton able judging staff Phyllis Warner spent hours sun recording event film Jim Mills spent hours bedroom/darkroom make bringing coverageto possible issue no small service cause See 1982 FAC Nats Mk 111 AFLGOG EASY TO INSTALL CUT 1/4 DEEP SLIT ALONG 5 TNG FLILL LEA/Gre UE TAS MATING 6YRFACES ASt4LL Hat/GE USE SONAIGHT HIM 10 MAKE S444LL hOLE EVERY At/CC OR SODRIP CYAAONGqI-LAYE NiLE 45/ hOLESCAPILAKY ACOLW VRLL CARRY GLUE A/ORG PA/TIME JORT EVERY FEW RiCHES 017 OFF FLUSH FILL ANG SANG AS ArEOPO FOR FINISHING Send Free info fine products FOURMOST PRODUCTS 4040 24th Avenue Forest Grove OR 97116 pickup vent tubes down corner seal up baffle back Most profile-type tanks have five holes baffle allow fuel smaller hopper two 3/32 holes will job holes let centrifugal force push fuel slowly resist letting large amounts out during maneuvers neat vent-work will wasted tank isnt perfectly sealed Hookup syringe vents use pressurize tank piece tubing can connect pickup tube other vent should no leakage youre like cant solder very well get some soldering acid help clean metal didnt Dont try soldering tank some sissy gun designed miniature electrical purposes Get heavy-duty fire breather can melt high-tin-content solder Ed note use 150watt iron Go easy solder because makes better tail weight nose weight good engine/tank/plane combo still no good unless know work op ponent come too strong razzle dazzle like Howard Rush Fast Cornbat may just scare him checking out landscape thus depriving fun running up 700-point score worse have guy panic bellcrank fiveminute match very long time youre down cut two will opportunities get back cuts best opponents get behind air time cuts youve got keep him line press hard crashes hits desperation few things next time youre flying type Combat 1 Go inverted low dare opponent pulls behind 6 altitude think up another trick Flying level inverted just bad flying level upright 2 Fly upwind youve trimmed model properly youll have no problem opponents plane floats oblivion 3 Use sun advantage Polaroid glasses will take some sting out flying directly sun 4 Run away opponents will realize youve split other side circle Most fliers expect flying certain portion circle Dont practice make real attempt change position maneuvers Go around little farther start outside loop best fliers dont anything twiceat least no recognizes second time Charlie Johnson 3716 Ingraham St San Dzego CA 92109 CL ScalelGretz Continued page 52 Ill confess having puzzled few years back heard referred GoodyearFG Corsair thought correct nomenclature Chance VoughtF4UCorsair Salvatore Amicos photo model Corsair prompted -esearch true scale facts again Chance Vought company did indeed design develop build Corsair F4U-lD widely used version war 2250 hp top speed 425 mphIn order keep up demand battlefield further production F4U licensed Brewster Aircraft Goodyear companies aircraft turned Out identical F4U-lDs though Brewster Goodyear different designations products production ceased final tally Chance Vought F4U-l 7830 Brewster F3A-lD 735 Goodyear FG-1D 4017 Total production 12582 Regardless plant came Corsairs effectiveness combat legendary destroyed 2140 Japanese aircraft losing 189 own kill-loss ratio 113 1 Before war over Japanese referring Corsair Whist ling Death Mike Gretz Box 162 Montezumn IA 50171 Safety Preston Continued page 53 inspections can worth lot hours enjoy able flight same set rotor blades hobby/sport RC Helicopters can very rewarding machine under total controlat times Ed Farabaugh have friend carries scar hand attests Eds statement Helicopters can dangerous Dont underestimate hazard 1 20 Model Aviation GAPLESS HiNGE SLOTTER Simplifies installation Gapless Hinges Makes Slois 4 Sizes Balsa 5 V E $250 CL Combat/Johnson Continued page 51
Edition: Model Aviation - 1980/11
Page Numbers: 46, 47, 48, 49, 116, 117, 120
THERE WAS no dust feathers vintage eagles gathered Dayton second Flying Aces Club FAC Nats three days preceding AMA Nats FAC GHQ Connecticut Cleveland Free Flight Society DC Maxecuters Texas Lone Star Squadron Flightmasters m California Vamps Las Vegas SOTS Scale Old Timers Society Detroit Cloud Busters dozens little out-of-the-way places country gave birth Phineas Pinkham arrived battered pickup trucks air-conditioned Cadillacs motorcycles Unpacking scarred decalcovered model boxes veteran birdmen showed spent last two years doing little else building testing models great event large contingent Detroit Cloud Busters still build ing spot however received no end helpful advice assembled multitude Once tons models support equip ment stored away luxurious accom modations Dayton University business renewing old friendships putting away gallons pink lemonade got going earnest team West Coast clad individual ized T-shirts depicting famous models designed Bill Noonan pulled out winder music box attached proceeded sing chorus Danny Boy outdone George Meyer Lone Star Squadron struck up Eyes Texas Upon Count Pisana took out organ grinder monkey collected about $70 pink lemonade fund tune Dixie City Dayton thoughtfully provided spectacular electrical storm setting next few days activities Despite partying night modelers anticipating hard day flying bed least 3 am Dawn came thunder dawn patrol setting out over Wright Field renamed Barley Duck memory legendary Bar-le-Duc WW Flying Aces fame Finding little activity over enemy lines save few SAM Champs guys doing little early-morning test46 Model Aviation left Fernando Ramos prepares launch 32-in span Arado 240 twin rubbarjob right shes off Model brand new Ramos still testing prop powered loop -in rubber incidentally both props turn left Wings plug easy disassembly shipping Pres Bruning twin rubber-powered B-26 Marauder flight shot right Has 30-in span weighs V2 oz looks like real thing except light shines through skeleton Gets flights around minute long very realistic Built wheels-up FAC rules Bobby Haight answer Fikethe Johnson Uniplane Peanut 13-in span 14-in chord Hasnt bettered 30 sec yet ing patrol returned loaded unused ammunition Despite few pink-lemonade hang overs spirits high stalwart cleareyed aviators got down days gum-band twisting may familiar Flying Aces phenomenon word explan ation may order Dick Nutting writing daily Nats News bulletin referred FACers - emerging clowns modeling. hut clowns class got little upset reading clowns generally thought doing foolish things course making living Well FACers modeling way life whatever November 1980 47 Juanita Reichel right busiest person FAC Nats checks Rolfe Gregorys sheet Tent city sunshades proved worth keeping fliers cool what Ohioans call muggy August George Meyerand 26-in span MoellerStomo Weighs 2 oz has flown over minute George brewster Uuttalo Mike MIOKitt isa large fat fighter spans about34 plug-in wings also built full-size Little Toot Mikes Buffalo outflies Messerschmitts Mustangs saying something Farman 1020 Count Alex Pisana alias Bill Warner Flight minute 19 seconds Peanut good enough place else just keep body soul together can have wherewithal make models serious thing having fun can serious thing too An FAC motto aint having fun playing toy airplanes take up collecting string FACers met meet amazing number engineers doctors lawyers university professors inventors writers artists other professionals None boring insufferable clowning flying models Back Barley Duck morning grows hotter humidity hovers around 99% Tissue applied deserts West now sags Warps magically appear giving strange new power patterns fragile models Still planes keep soaring skyward elegance seldom seen modeling best fliers America Imagine over 100 top modelers country averaging about 30 years experience apiece about dozen planes car trying level best impress group easily impressed Wow thrill making rounds again again marvelling ingenuity creativity unsurpassed excellence workmanship planes leaves limp meeting billed Nats Nats contest However Flying Aces take competi tion grain salt realize means end Having fun end getting upset about beating other trophy FAC FACer regards contest placing least important reason getting together pat back respected fellow modeler solid gold trophy makes whole thing worthwhile Plastic pot metal just collect dust chance talk fellow FACers have read about over years honor sincere pleasure FAC has own complement folk heroes hand offer assistance encouragement inspiration others Earl Stahl Bill Brown Bob Thompson Don Srull Fernando Ramos others probably shook hands politician Amedean Legion Convention Sincere applause shouts encouragement 48 Model Aviation Jack Fikes MIG-1 5 powered CO-2 Brown Micro-Jet engine has flown nicely indoors outdoors wind caused problems uoooy -iaigns witn nis Laird solution racer Once tiown ny Jimmy UOO little flashiest bipes ever built Best time 11/2 mm Gordon Rooens winds nis Chambermaid Greve Mace Moael keeps climbing smaller jobs way down Built Henn design published April 1979 MA plan number 259 Bill rdoonan holds Fernando Ramos 32-in span Heinkel 64C Its very colorful model Ramos FF Scale columnist Model Budder Tom Stark long-time master FF Scale still flying Brown CO-2 -powereu n ler spent some time tree during thunderstorm Has 26-in span weighs 2 oz cheers achievements others part meet incomprehensible imagine anyone cheating taking advantage win have ever contest modelers ran about tight jaws spent time complaining about judging other contestants youd impressed ab sence such behavior Flying Aces take modeling other seriously compe tition can think couple modelers whod suffer nervous breakdown FAC meet due fact could handle lowkey atmosphere 8 am 5 pm flying day took its toll West Coast contingent used quitting noon due heat wind However sheer pleasure flying over real grass joy some typical Ohio muggy summer going make joy going back 1100 dry heat Taft Some modelers took home undamaged models sort unusual occurence us fly over dirt rocks Enjoying meet fullest problem much great stuff going Continued page 116 November 1980 49 Ross Mayo Flyline HE 100 Put great 80-sec flight what LCOO Deflflett launches 64-in span Moth Minor 1 3-az weight everyone putting kind time floats around majestically Flights 2-mm normal Lu-e-powereuAeronca K being launched Jack Fike Has 24-in span weighs28 grams doesan easy minute Air Force Museum background ucorge Meyer launches Variviggen canard wnicn riles amazingly well makes believers skeptics veiie ivionucoupe ouilt Flyline kit Dave Rees Hungerford wheels weighs just ounce Did use Indoor wood Great Franklin Sport built Phil Cox MAN3-views has26-in span Uses model railroad decal letters super look Its tine flier legendary Bill Brown inventorottlie Brown Juniorengines Cherokee 1-40 18-in span Weighs 1/2 oz Brown CO-2 twin Dave mirns 32-in span P38J Great detailing weighs 33/4 oz Uses string tied two pins start props simultaneously Got 47 secs e Nominees must known handful modelers f A nominee can model builder designer author educator manufacturer enthusiast etc some tangible way associated model aviation Send nominations J Italiano 1655 Revere Drive Brookfield WI 53005 Bob Meuser 4200 Gregory Street Oakland CA 94619 FF Old-Timers/Haught Continued page 44 still wish experiment always go back test flight procedures Use short engine runs work up full power gradually Changing props often changes torque affects power pattern Some fliers including myself like nylon props added flywheel effect must admit dont look right old-timer sometimes tend flex vibrate lower speeds ignition engines Nylon props seldom break during minor mis haps tend cause damage other parts such engine logs mounts Wood props usually break before damaging engine 1mM Strips Balsa Fuzz-Freew/out Adjustments Small -$1000 Large lshownl-$2000 Please add $100 postage P Kits ature RenIiu GEE BEE shown $525 please ad $100 Catalog /n See Y D.., DUBOIS 0 Box c Acushnet MA 027431 .....DEALER INQUIRIES INVITED course run much smoother provided properly balanced old-time designs have propeller protecting landing gear wood props last flights so-called good old days couldnt run down local hobby shop purchase near-perfect prop modeler carve own whatever material avail able want really authentic may want try prop carving Arthur Suhr W 218 N 5866 Maclynn Court Menomonee Falls WI 53051 among other offerings sells 1935 Brown Jr instruction book includes separate sheet prop carving 14 diameter 8 pitch propeller Cost $200 postpaid Also book Air Age Gas Models published Model Airplane News has article carving true pitch gas model props Gentlemens OT IILG Joe Kresnak writing Michigan Antique Modelers Newsletter promoting Old-Timer Hand Launch Glider event old-time modelers Joe doesnt want insult anyone calling old sohe has devised alternate title Gentlemen gentleman Joes definition must born before 1943 Sounds fair personally gave up HLG back 1971 saw Canadian Juniors Western Free Flight Championships getting twice altitude launch could get couple responses Joes informal survey Ill give old rubber arms go because can still throw ball across street can hardly throw ball first third base HLG still much fun kid sounds like fun Bob Larsh 455 Whitcomb Ave Indianapolis IN 46224 has plans 32 OT HLGs buck stamp will get two samples catalog also good ones Zaic yearbooks cottage industries 4-Ks Models 4202 W 172nd St Torrance CA 90504 has added old-timers kit line recent list includes Buzzard Bombshell Baby Bombshell Korda Wakefield Denny Plane Jr 72 span 41 Lamb Climber 4-Ks also handle analine dye coloring tissue tinting clear dope red yellow blue also produce several modern FF designs well built 4-Ks Korda pleased kit took USFFC Taft year trimmed six flights winding new motor first official burst 167 actual turns 12 strands A-in FAI destroyed fuselage Oh well report fly Aerodyne 3154 Falcon Pomona CA 91767 producing line prepared fuels including two special formulas ignition engines High Octane Ignition special blend legal SAM competition formulated help eliminate plug fouling works quite well converted glow engines Low Octane Ignition designed primarily original ignition engines Aerodyne also offers non-tautening nitrate dope thinner particular interest NGK CM-6 spark plugs rethreaded 10mm %24 plugs work fine engines Fe plug hole have heavier electrodes slightly larger old Champions available Clarence Haught Rt 5 Box 16 Cocur dAlene ID 83814 Flying Aces Nats/Warner Continued page 49 minute under homemade bedsheet sunshade over ogle model jump car just before shower hits try stuff couple flights quick quits run over say hello old friendthats went So much Thank God its three whole days no particular order what happen ing fly ready observe what can between hope dont too poorly eyes such great bunch fly again Bill Stroman comes up exhibit FAC Nats participation button has just saved life button covering heart has stopped Allan Schanzles catapult jet model hi-start creased about quarter inch Shades old Hopalong Cassidy bulletstopping trick silver dollar shirt pocket Pres Brunings gorgeous B-26 Marauder flies over realistic planes would ever want see Cheers applause Bob Thompson black cape helmet goggles displays WW II entry Japanese biplane has two large holes eaten local grasshoppers love silver tissue Bob Clemens backs over lovely red Comper Swift accidently chucks trash 11 6 Model Aviation NO NONSENSE BALSA STRIPPERS REPUBLIC SEABEE MR Gs PRODUCTS 1100 Michigan Box 161 Marysville MI 48040 Wing Span 70 Complete Hardware Epoxy Glass Retractable Gear 40 Powered Factors 1 1-year-old freckle-faced kid digs out within seconds Bobby Haight Vegas VAMPS club hollers orange Peanut Gulfhawk zooms beautifully overhead unofficial flight Dozens really fine flights go unseen wish twins better take Saturday morning entries come all-night drive Dayton Still wide-awake ready battle sun comes up couple days mundane existence real world can forgotten golden age aviation lives again Official flying begins vivacious Juanita Reichel passes out first flying sheets eager rib-slicers lined up table Groans fill air Jim Millers announcement Currie Wot weighs 6 grams try top Haight pulls out Peanut about 200 square inches called Johnson Uniplane 13-in span 14-in chord Notto outdone Mike Midkiff charming wife hoist worlds largest Brewster Buffalo rubber job out carflies like helium-filled Leon Bennetts DH Moth Minor floats overhead its normal 2-mm flights 60-in wings making us jealous can top can say planes flying fantastic highlights day WW WW II combat mass-launch events mass-launch first three planes down dropped heats continue until lone victor remains Lots sus pense Besides half dozen biplanes air doing about minute sight sore eyes Don Srulls DH 6 seems never come down WW II event Mike Midkiffs Wildcat shows others way out trees horizon time after time says radials cant compete in-lines Saturday nights banquet Dayton U featured Robert Hull knowledgeable guys golden age air racing youli ever want meet stories about Roscoe Turner worth trip concerned Awards made winners first two days flying along special awards Lin Reichel Don Srull outstanding con tributionsto FAG cause awards consisted mainly color reproductions old Flying Aces covers mounted attractive bases announcement Dave Stott giving CAIJDRON Among efficient Golden Age racers Coudron won 1936 Greve & Thompson trophies well races Europe rINISHING r o1 FIVE pT 1 I SEND $1 FOR COMPLETE ILLUSTRATED CATALOG DEPT MA 181 PAWNEE STREET SAN MARCOS CALIFORNIA 9 up Flying Aces leadership brought tear eye Lin Reichel will taking over reins capable young man cannot imagine Lin assures us will have bigger better FAG Nats 1982 leaves biennial FAC get-together feeling FAG spirit great shape essence modeling going well-preserved fronts Sunday closing day meet magni ficent Central Ohio day quick turn around field produces glimpses Bob Seidentopfs fantastic Stinson Trimotor looks like museum piece Rubber-Powered Scale job Phil Coxs Superscale Franklin Sport railroad-decal lettering Chuck Schoblohers great-flying Beech Staggerwing Von Rottensocks D7 full lozenge regalia George Meyers inverted gull-wing Japanese Grace floating gracefully Bob Thompsons Boeing 95 bipe climbing like scalded cat Russ Brown packing enough rubber P-63 make set truck tires Fernando Ramos twin Arado 240 rubber job test flights Rolfe Gregorys nifty clipped-wing Monocoupe rayed stripes things Mark Finemans Nildtin-Schevchenko biplane retractable lower wing time passed fast hardpressed get official flight now Soon time raceplane events three races Thompson radials Greve in-lines Aerol Trophy Continued page 120 November 1980 117 LLOAS T THREE TYPES OF LANDING GEAR INCLUDING WHEEL PANT VERSIONS U SERIES OF GOLDEN AGE RACING AIRCRAFT SOUTHERN RIC FLIES AIN I. Model Merchant IS Southern RIC . Keeping alive top line RIG aircraft Currently being offered COMPENSATOR- 60BOOTLEGGER- 60 TIGER TAIL III-60ALLEY KAT- 40 Spoil EZ FLIER- 40 Trainer Order Direct MODEL MERCHANT 5121 541-3867 554 E Fronton St Brownsville TX 78520 DEALER & DISTRIBUTOR INOUIAIES INViTED DIII IUIIIII - ... spoked wheels cowl isturned lathe 2 lbs aIuns. 1ecial T-shirt Bill Noonan dented badge Allan Schanzle Still Using bid Fashioned Wing Hinges will gain control efficiency eliminating gap between moveable stationary control surfaces will amazed performance gained using simple inexpen sive improvement FREE MOVEMENT450 STRONG AND LIGHTWEIGHT COMPLETELY FUELPROOF COMPATABLE WITH ALL IRON-ON MATERIALS COMES IN 3 PT LENGTHS SMALL 1/8 OR LARGE 114 PRICE 3 ft $250 WIRE LS VK WIRE WHEELS ED & REALISTIC Custom built seamless machined rims Delrin beerings two sizes 8 Nieuport & Triplane 95 5 Proctor models63595 Send 50d complete literature price list kits ac cessories QUALITY R/C PRODUCTS SINCE 1960 em 0 0 ZS B33 consolidation dominated Cessna CR-3 John Stott Chambermaid Gordon Roberts Hughes racer Allan Schanzle rest entries flew well enough win events normally truly race champions lot excitement generated events truly Flying Aces trademark three days FAC Nats drew close good-byes until next over good feeling pervaded fliers had privilege being partici pating present contest contest Larry Kruse put NON-contest cant leave however before giving special thanks great people made possible Dave Stott Bob Thompson FAC GHQ Frank Scott Contest Director Dick Donna Meizell did groundwork Dayton thanks also Lin Juanita Reichel helped table Vic Didelot Dave Shipton able judging staff Phyllis Warner spent hours sun recording event film Jim Mills spent hours bedroom/darkroom make bringing coverageto possible issue no small service cause See 1982 FAC Nats Mk 111 AFLGOG EASY TO INSTALL CUT 1/4 DEEP SLIT ALONG 5 TNG FLILL LEA/Gre UE TAS MATING 6YRFACES ASt4LL Hat/GE USE SONAIGHT HIM 10 MAKE S444LL hOLE EVERY At/CC OR SODRIP CYAAONGqI-LAYE NiLE 45/ hOLESCAPILAKY ACOLW VRLL CARRY GLUE A/ORG PA/TIME JORT EVERY FEW RiCHES 017 OFF FLUSH FILL ANG SANG AS ArEOPO FOR FINISHING Send Free info fine products FOURMOST PRODUCTS 4040 24th Avenue Forest Grove OR 97116 pickup vent tubes down corner seal up baffle back Most profile-type tanks have five holes baffle allow fuel smaller hopper two 3/32 holes will job holes let centrifugal force push fuel slowly resist letting large amounts out during maneuvers neat vent-work will wasted tank isnt perfectly sealed Hookup syringe vents use pressurize tank piece tubing can connect pickup tube other vent should no leakage youre like cant solder very well get some soldering acid help clean metal didnt Dont try soldering tank some sissy gun designed miniature electrical purposes Get heavy-duty fire breather can melt high-tin-content solder Ed note use 150watt iron Go easy solder because makes better tail weight nose weight good engine/tank/plane combo still no good unless know work op ponent come too strong razzle dazzle like Howard Rush Fast Cornbat may just scare him checking out landscape thus depriving fun running up 700-point score worse have guy panic bellcrank fiveminute match very long time youre down cut two will opportunities get back cuts best opponents get behind air time cuts youve got keep him line press hard crashes hits desperation few things next time youre flying type Combat 1 Go inverted low dare opponent pulls behind 6 altitude think up another trick Flying level inverted just bad flying level upright 2 Fly upwind youve trimmed model properly youll have no problem opponents plane floats oblivion 3 Use sun advantage Polaroid glasses will take some sting out flying directly sun 4 Run away opponents will realize youve split other side circle Most fliers expect flying certain portion circle Dont practice make real attempt change position maneuvers Go around little farther start outside loop best fliers dont anything twiceat least no recognizes second time Charlie Johnson 3716 Ingraham St San Dzego CA 92109 CL ScalelGretz Continued page 52 Ill confess having puzzled few years back heard referred GoodyearFG Corsair thought correct nomenclature Chance VoughtF4UCorsair Salvatore Amicos photo model Corsair prompted -esearch true scale facts again Chance Vought company did indeed design develop build Corsair F4U-lD widely used version war 2250 hp top speed 425 mphIn order keep up demand battlefield further production F4U licensed Brewster Aircraft Goodyear companies aircraft turned Out identical F4U-lDs though Brewster Goodyear different designations products production ceased final tally Chance Vought F4U-l 7830 Brewster F3A-lD 735 Goodyear FG-1D 4017 Total production 12582 Regardless plant came Corsairs effectiveness combat legendary destroyed 2140 Japanese aircraft losing 189 own kill-loss ratio 113 1 Before war over Japanese referring Corsair Whist ling Death Mike Gretz Box 162 Montezumn IA 50171 Safety Preston Continued page 53 inspections can worth lot hours enjoy able flight same set rotor blades hobby/sport RC Helicopters can very rewarding machine under total controlat times Ed Farabaugh have friend carries scar hand attests Eds statement Helicopters can dangerous Dont underestimate hazard 1 20 Model Aviation GAPLESS HiNGE SLOTTER Simplifies installation Gapless Hinges Makes Slois 4 Sizes Balsa 5 V E $250 CL Combat/Johnson Continued page 51
Edition: Model Aviation - 1980/11
Page Numbers: 46, 47, 48, 49, 116, 117, 120
THERE WAS no dust feathers vintage eagles gathered Dayton second Flying Aces Club FAC Nats three days preceding AMA Nats FAC GHQ Connecticut Cleveland Free Flight Society DC Maxecuters Texas Lone Star Squadron Flightmasters m California Vamps Las Vegas SOTS Scale Old Timers Society Detroit Cloud Busters dozens little out-of-the-way places country gave birth Phineas Pinkham arrived battered pickup trucks air-conditioned Cadillacs motorcycles Unpacking scarred decalcovered model boxes veteran birdmen showed spent last two years doing little else building testing models great event large contingent Detroit Cloud Busters still build ing spot however received no end helpful advice assembled multitude Once tons models support equip ment stored away luxurious accom modations Dayton University business renewing old friendships putting away gallons pink lemonade got going earnest team West Coast clad individual ized T-shirts depicting famous models designed Bill Noonan pulled out winder music box attached proceeded sing chorus Danny Boy outdone George Meyer Lone Star Squadron struck up Eyes Texas Upon Count Pisana took out organ grinder monkey collected about $70 pink lemonade fund tune Dixie City Dayton thoughtfully provided spectacular electrical storm setting next few days activities Despite partying night modelers anticipating hard day flying bed least 3 am Dawn came thunder dawn patrol setting out over Wright Field renamed Barley Duck memory legendary Bar-le-Duc WW Flying Aces fame Finding little activity over enemy lines save few SAM Champs guys doing little early-morning test46 Model Aviation left Fernando Ramos prepares launch 32-in span Arado 240 twin rubbarjob right shes off Model brand new Ramos still testing prop powered loop -in rubber incidentally both props turn left Wings plug easy disassembly shipping Pres Bruning twin rubber-powered B-26 Marauder flight shot right Has 30-in span weighs V2 oz looks like real thing except light shines through skeleton Gets flights around minute long very realistic Built wheels-up FAC rules Bobby Haight answer Fikethe Johnson Uniplane Peanut 13-in span 14-in chord Hasnt bettered 30 sec yet ing patrol returned loaded unused ammunition Despite few pink-lemonade hang overs spirits high stalwart cleareyed aviators got down days gum-band twisting may familiar Flying Aces phenomenon word explan ation may order Dick Nutting writing daily Nats News bulletin referred FACers - emerging clowns modeling. hut clowns class got little upset reading clowns generally thought doing foolish things course making living Well FACers modeling way life whatever November 1980 47 Juanita Reichel right busiest person FAC Nats checks Rolfe Gregorys sheet Tent city sunshades proved worth keeping fliers cool what Ohioans call muggy August George Meyerand 26-in span MoellerStomo Weighs 2 oz has flown over minute George brewster Uuttalo Mike MIOKitt isa large fat fighter spans about34 plug-in wings also built full-size Little Toot Mikes Buffalo outflies Messerschmitts Mustangs saying something Farman 1020 Count Alex Pisana alias Bill Warner Flight minute 19 seconds Peanut good enough place else just keep body soul together can have wherewithal make models serious thing having fun can serious thing too An FAC motto aint having fun playing toy airplanes take up collecting string FACers met meet amazing number engineers doctors lawyers university professors inventors writers artists other professionals None boring insufferable clowning flying models Back Barley Duck morning grows hotter humidity hovers around 99% Tissue applied deserts West now sags Warps magically appear giving strange new power patterns fragile models Still planes keep soaring skyward elegance seldom seen modeling best fliers America Imagine over 100 top modelers country averaging about 30 years experience apiece about dozen planes car trying level best impress group easily impressed Wow thrill making rounds again again marvelling ingenuity creativity unsurpassed excellence workmanship planes leaves limp meeting billed Nats Nats contest However Flying Aces take competi tion grain salt realize means end Having fun end getting upset about beating other trophy FAC FACer regards contest placing least important reason getting together pat back respected fellow modeler solid gold trophy makes whole thing worthwhile Plastic pot metal just collect dust chance talk fellow FACers have read about over years honor sincere pleasure FAC has own complement folk heroes hand offer assistance encouragement inspiration others Earl Stahl Bill Brown Bob Thompson Don Srull Fernando Ramos others probably shook hands politician Amedean Legion Convention Sincere applause shouts encouragement 48 Model Aviation Jack Fikes MIG-1 5 powered CO-2 Brown Micro-Jet engine has flown nicely indoors outdoors wind caused problems uoooy -iaigns witn nis Laird solution racer Once tiown ny Jimmy UOO little flashiest bipes ever built Best time 11/2 mm Gordon Rooens winds nis Chambermaid Greve Mace Moael keeps climbing smaller jobs way down Built Henn design published April 1979 MA plan number 259 Bill rdoonan holds Fernando Ramos 32-in span Heinkel 64C Its very colorful model Ramos FF Scale columnist Model Budder Tom Stark long-time master FF Scale still flying Brown CO-2 -powereu n ler spent some time tree during thunderstorm Has 26-in span weighs 2 oz cheers achievements others part meet incomprehensible imagine anyone cheating taking advantage win have ever contest modelers ran about tight jaws spent time complaining about judging other contestants youd impressed ab sence such behavior Flying Aces take modeling other seriously compe tition can think couple modelers whod suffer nervous breakdown FAC meet due fact could handle lowkey atmosphere 8 am 5 pm flying day took its toll West Coast contingent used quitting noon due heat wind However sheer pleasure flying over real grass joy some typical Ohio muggy summer going make joy going back 1100 dry heat Taft Some modelers took home undamaged models sort unusual occurence us fly over dirt rocks Enjoying meet fullest problem much great stuff going Continued page 116 November 1980 49 Ross Mayo Flyline HE 100 Put great 80-sec flight what LCOO Deflflett launches 64-in span Moth Minor 1 3-az weight everyone putting kind time floats around majestically Flights 2-mm normal Lu-e-powereuAeronca K being launched Jack Fike Has 24-in span weighs28 grams doesan easy minute Air Force Museum background ucorge Meyer launches Variviggen canard wnicn riles amazingly well makes believers skeptics veiie ivionucoupe ouilt Flyline kit Dave Rees Hungerford wheels weighs just ounce Did use Indoor wood Great Franklin Sport built Phil Cox MAN3-views has26-in span Uses model railroad decal letters super look Its tine flier legendary Bill Brown inventorottlie Brown Juniorengines Cherokee 1-40 18-in span Weighs 1/2 oz Brown CO-2 twin Dave mirns 32-in span P38J Great detailing weighs 33/4 oz Uses string tied two pins start props simultaneously Got 47 secs e Nominees must known handful modelers f A nominee can model builder designer author educator manufacturer enthusiast etc some tangible way associated model aviation Send nominations J Italiano 1655 Revere Drive Brookfield WI 53005 Bob Meuser 4200 Gregory Street Oakland CA 94619 FF Old-Timers/Haught Continued page 44 still wish experiment always go back test flight procedures Use short engine runs work up full power gradually Changing props often changes torque affects power pattern Some fliers including myself like nylon props added flywheel effect must admit dont look right old-timer sometimes tend flex vibrate lower speeds ignition engines Nylon props seldom break during minor mis haps tend cause damage other parts such engine logs mounts Wood props usually break before damaging engine 1mM Strips Balsa Fuzz-Freew/out Adjustments Small -$1000 Large lshownl-$2000 Please add $100 postage P Kits ature RenIiu GEE BEE shown $525 please ad $100 Catalog /n See Y D.., DUBOIS 0 Box c Acushnet MA 027431 .....DEALER INQUIRIES INVITED course run much smoother provided properly balanced old-time designs have propeller protecting landing gear wood props last flights so-called good old days couldnt run down local hobby shop purchase near-perfect prop modeler carve own whatever material avail able want really authentic may want try prop carving Arthur Suhr W 218 N 5866 Maclynn Court Menomonee Falls WI 53051 among other offerings sells 1935 Brown Jr instruction book includes separate sheet prop carving 14 diameter 8 pitch propeller Cost $200 postpaid Also book Air Age Gas Models published Model Airplane News has article carving true pitch gas model props Gentlemens OT IILG Joe Kresnak writing Michigan Antique Modelers Newsletter promoting Old-Timer Hand Launch Glider event old-time modelers Joe doesnt want insult anyone calling old sohe has devised alternate title Gentlemen gentleman Joes definition must born before 1943 Sounds fair personally gave up HLG back 1971 saw Canadian Juniors Western Free Flight Championships getting twice altitude launch could get couple responses Joes informal survey Ill give old rubber arms go because can still throw ball across street can hardly throw ball first third base HLG still much fun kid sounds like fun Bob Larsh 455 Whitcomb Ave Indianapolis IN 46224 has plans 32 OT HLGs buck stamp will get two samples catalog also good ones Zaic yearbooks cottage industries 4-Ks Models 4202 W 172nd St Torrance CA 90504 has added old-timers kit line recent list includes Buzzard Bombshell Baby Bombshell Korda Wakefield Denny Plane Jr 72 span 41 Lamb Climber 4-Ks also handle analine dye coloring tissue tinting clear dope red yellow blue also produce several modern FF designs well built 4-Ks Korda pleased kit took USFFC Taft year trimmed six flights winding new motor first official burst 167 actual turns 12 strands A-in FAI destroyed fuselage Oh well report fly Aerodyne 3154 Falcon Pomona CA 91767 producing line prepared fuels including two special formulas ignition engines High Octane Ignition special blend legal SAM competition formulated help eliminate plug fouling works quite well converted glow engines Low Octane Ignition designed primarily original ignition engines Aerodyne also offers non-tautening nitrate dope thinner particular interest NGK CM-6 spark plugs rethreaded 10mm %24 plugs work fine engines Fe plug hole have heavier electrodes slightly larger old Champions available Clarence Haught Rt 5 Box 16 Cocur dAlene ID 83814 Flying Aces Nats/Warner Continued page 49 minute under homemade bedsheet sunshade over ogle model jump car just before shower hits try stuff couple flights quick quits run over say hello old friendthats went So much Thank God its three whole days no particular order what happen ing fly ready observe what can between hope dont too poorly eyes such great bunch fly again Bill Stroman comes up exhibit FAC Nats participation button has just saved life button covering heart has stopped Allan Schanzles catapult jet model hi-start creased about quarter inch Shades old Hopalong Cassidy bulletstopping trick silver dollar shirt pocket Pres Brunings gorgeous B-26 Marauder flies over realistic planes would ever want see Cheers applause Bob Thompson black cape helmet goggles displays WW II entry Japanese biplane has two large holes eaten local grasshoppers love silver tissue Bob Clemens backs over lovely red Comper Swift accidently chucks trash 11 6 Model Aviation NO NONSENSE BALSA STRIPPERS REPUBLIC SEABEE MR Gs PRODUCTS 1100 Michigan Box 161 Marysville MI 48040 Wing Span 70 Complete Hardware Epoxy Glass Retractable Gear 40 Powered Factors 1 1-year-old freckle-faced kid digs out within seconds Bobby Haight Vegas VAMPS club hollers orange Peanut Gulfhawk zooms beautifully overhead unofficial flight Dozens really fine flights go unseen wish twins better take Saturday morning entries come all-night drive Dayton Still wide-awake ready battle sun comes up couple days mundane existence real world can forgotten golden age aviation lives again Official flying begins vivacious Juanita Reichel passes out first flying sheets eager rib-slicers lined up table Groans fill air Jim Millers announcement Currie Wot weighs 6 grams try top Haight pulls out Peanut about 200 square inches called Johnson Uniplane 13-in span 14-in chord Notto outdone Mike Midkiff charming wife hoist worlds largest Brewster Buffalo rubber job out carflies like helium-filled Leon Bennetts DH Moth Minor floats overhead its normal 2-mm flights 60-in wings making us jealous can top can say planes flying fantastic highlights day WW WW II combat mass-launch events mass-launch first three planes down dropped heats continue until lone victor remains Lots sus pense Besides half dozen biplanes air doing about minute sight sore eyes Don Srulls DH 6 seems never come down WW II event Mike Midkiffs Wildcat shows others way out trees horizon time after time says radials cant compete in-lines Saturday nights banquet Dayton U featured Robert Hull knowledgeable guys golden age air racing youli ever want meet stories about Roscoe Turner worth trip concerned Awards made winners first two days flying along special awards Lin Reichel Don Srull outstanding con tributionsto FAG cause awards consisted mainly color reproductions old Flying Aces covers mounted attractive bases announcement Dave Stott giving CAIJDRON Among efficient Golden Age racers Coudron won 1936 Greve & Thompson trophies well races Europe rINISHING r o1 FIVE pT 1 I SEND $1 FOR COMPLETE ILLUSTRATED CATALOG DEPT MA 181 PAWNEE STREET SAN MARCOS CALIFORNIA 9 up Flying Aces leadership brought tear eye Lin Reichel will taking over reins capable young man cannot imagine Lin assures us will have bigger better FAG Nats 1982 leaves biennial FAC get-together feeling FAG spirit great shape essence modeling going well-preserved fronts Sunday closing day meet magni ficent Central Ohio day quick turn around field produces glimpses Bob Seidentopfs fantastic Stinson Trimotor looks like museum piece Rubber-Powered Scale job Phil Coxs Superscale Franklin Sport railroad-decal lettering Chuck Schoblohers great-flying Beech Staggerwing Von Rottensocks D7 full lozenge regalia George Meyers inverted gull-wing Japanese Grace floating gracefully Bob Thompsons Boeing 95 bipe climbing like scalded cat Russ Brown packing enough rubber P-63 make set truck tires Fernando Ramos twin Arado 240 rubber job test flights Rolfe Gregorys nifty clipped-wing Monocoupe rayed stripes things Mark Finemans Nildtin-Schevchenko biplane retractable lower wing time passed fast hardpressed get official flight now Soon time raceplane events three races Thompson radials Greve in-lines Aerol Trophy Continued page 120 November 1980 117 LLOAS T THREE TYPES OF LANDING GEAR INCLUDING WHEEL PANT VERSIONS U SERIES OF GOLDEN AGE RACING AIRCRAFT SOUTHERN RIC FLIES AIN I. Model Merchant IS Southern RIC . Keeping alive top line RIG aircraft Currently being offered COMPENSATOR- 60BOOTLEGGER- 60 TIGER TAIL III-60ALLEY KAT- 40 Spoil EZ FLIER- 40 Trainer Order Direct MODEL MERCHANT 5121 541-3867 554 E Fronton St Brownsville TX 78520 DEALER & DISTRIBUTOR INOUIAIES INViTED DIII IUIIIII - ... spoked wheels cowl isturned lathe 2 lbs aIuns. 1ecial T-shirt Bill Noonan dented badge Allan Schanzle Still Using bid Fashioned Wing Hinges will gain control efficiency eliminating gap between moveable stationary control surfaces will amazed performance gained using simple inexpen sive improvement FREE MOVEMENT450 STRONG AND LIGHTWEIGHT COMPLETELY FUELPROOF COMPATABLE WITH ALL IRON-ON MATERIALS COMES IN 3 PT LENGTHS SMALL 1/8 OR LARGE 114 PRICE 3 ft $250 WIRE LS VK WIRE WHEELS ED & REALISTIC Custom built seamless machined rims Delrin beerings two sizes 8 Nieuport & Triplane 95 5 Proctor models63595 Send 50d complete literature price list kits ac cessories QUALITY R/C PRODUCTS SINCE 1960 em 0 0 ZS B33 consolidation dominated Cessna CR-3 John Stott Chambermaid Gordon Roberts Hughes racer Allan Schanzle rest entries flew well enough win events normally truly race champions lot excitement generated events truly Flying Aces trademark three days FAC Nats drew close good-byes until next over good feeling pervaded fliers had privilege being partici pating present contest contest Larry Kruse put NON-contest cant leave however before giving special thanks great people made possible Dave Stott Bob Thompson FAC GHQ Frank Scott Contest Director Dick Donna Meizell did groundwork Dayton thanks also Lin Juanita Reichel helped table Vic Didelot Dave Shipton able judging staff Phyllis Warner spent hours sun recording event film Jim Mills spent hours bedroom/darkroom make bringing coverageto possible issue no small service cause See 1982 FAC Nats Mk 111 AFLGOG EASY TO INSTALL CUT 1/4 DEEP SLIT ALONG 5 TNG FLILL LEA/Gre UE TAS MATING 6YRFACES ASt4LL Hat/GE USE SONAIGHT HIM 10 MAKE S444LL hOLE EVERY At/CC OR SODRIP CYAAONGqI-LAYE NiLE 45/ hOLESCAPILAKY ACOLW VRLL CARRY GLUE A/ORG PA/TIME JORT EVERY FEW RiCHES 017 OFF FLUSH FILL ANG SANG AS ArEOPO FOR FINISHING Send Free info fine products FOURMOST PRODUCTS 4040 24th Avenue Forest Grove OR 97116 pickup vent tubes down corner seal up baffle back Most profile-type tanks have five holes baffle allow fuel smaller hopper two 3/32 holes will job holes let centrifugal force push fuel slowly resist letting large amounts out during maneuvers neat vent-work will wasted tank isnt perfectly sealed Hookup syringe vents use pressurize tank piece tubing can connect pickup tube other vent should no leakage youre like cant solder very well get some soldering acid help clean metal didnt Dont try soldering tank some sissy gun designed miniature electrical purposes Get heavy-duty fire breather can melt high-tin-content solder Ed note use 150watt iron Go easy solder because makes better tail weight nose weight good engine/tank/plane combo still no good unless know work op ponent come too strong razzle dazzle like Howard Rush Fast Cornbat may just scare him checking out landscape thus depriving fun running up 700-point score worse have guy panic bellcrank fiveminute match very long time youre down cut two will opportunities get back cuts best opponents get behind air time cuts youve got keep him line press hard crashes hits desperation few things next time youre flying type Combat 1 Go inverted low dare opponent pulls behind 6 altitude think up another trick Flying level inverted just bad flying level upright 2 Fly upwind youve trimmed model properly youll have no problem opponents plane floats oblivion 3 Use sun advantage Polaroid glasses will take some sting out flying directly sun 4 Run away opponents will realize youve split other side circle Most fliers expect flying certain portion circle Dont practice make real attempt change position maneuvers Go around little farther start outside loop best fliers dont anything twiceat least no recognizes second time Charlie Johnson 3716 Ingraham St San Dzego CA 92109 CL ScalelGretz Continued page 52 Ill confess having puzzled few years back heard referred GoodyearFG Corsair thought correct nomenclature Chance VoughtF4UCorsair Salvatore Amicos photo model Corsair prompted -esearch true scale facts again Chance Vought company did indeed design develop build Corsair F4U-lD widely used version war 2250 hp top speed 425 mphIn order keep up demand battlefield further production F4U licensed Brewster Aircraft Goodyear companies aircraft turned Out identical F4U-lDs though Brewster Goodyear different designations products production ceased final tally Chance Vought F4U-l 7830 Brewster F3A-lD 735 Goodyear FG-1D 4017 Total production 12582 Regardless plant came Corsairs effectiveness combat legendary destroyed 2140 Japanese aircraft losing 189 own kill-loss ratio 113 1 Before war over Japanese referring Corsair Whist ling Death Mike Gretz Box 162 Montezumn IA 50171 Safety Preston Continued page 53 inspections can worth lot hours enjoy able flight same set rotor blades hobby/sport RC Helicopters can very rewarding machine under total controlat times Ed Farabaugh have friend carries scar hand attests Eds statement Helicopters can dangerous Dont underestimate hazard 1 20 Model Aviation GAPLESS HiNGE SLOTTER Simplifies installation Gapless Hinges Makes Slois 4 Sizes Balsa 5 V E $250 CL Combat/Johnson Continued page 51