Flying for Fun

DB Mathews POTPOURRI Almost 40 years ago Air Force sent southern Louisiana tooth plumber immersed French fEnglish Cajun-speaking culture highly enjoyable enlightening International Miniature Aircraft Associations IMAA Rally Giants will held Lake Charles Louisiana June 13-16 1996 Several AMA Nats have used venue Should attend yourself favor travel bit east St Martinsville/Lafayette try out local food music French word commonly used down potpourri pronounced PO p ree meaning mixture pieces Somehow over years term has become fashionable English usage commonly describes smelly mixture leaves herbs glass container column about smelly stuff rather collection non-related pieces information modeling subjects Ever wonder French term has cultural connection term potluck rate hopefully will find something interest following Microhenrys Ed Henrys delightful modeling-related cartoons seen monthly Model Aviation have compiled softback book something special about cartoon books provide fun reading weve seen single cartoons before Remember much fun compilations Pogo Lil Abner Geech Humor seemingly cumulative start smile progress chuckle laugh burst out uncontrolled guffaws likely explains appeal little book have smiled chuckled cartoons presented monthly basis sense humor further stimulated wonderful laughter page after page Ed Henrys novel cartoons Ed brings special wry whimsy unusual very original book available Ed Henry $995 plus $160 shipping handling Box 581 St Peters MO 63376 delightful reading nonmodelers humor universal could applied fishing golfing life general Autogiros A group RC autogiro enthusiasts around country will hold second annual Research Trials Phoenix March 6-8 pleasure viewing video last years event illustrated some widely wildly different approaches engineering designing novel models surprisingly projects flew rather well freewheeling-rotor models considerable interest modelers doubters Just because youve seen fly dont presume activity experts gestation has really just begun modelers building flying giros over world thinkers innovators hardly experts information event get on-line developments call Jim Baxter 509 928-3144 electronic access CompuServe address 752773535 Internet address jimb@unixiewaycom photos month giro built Jojo France niece Beatrice displays three-blade model OS 32H helicopter pulley-start engine Its rigid-blade 68 Model Aviation ng Windmill OS 32H-powered rigid-blade autogiro comes French newsletter Girouette Believe Spitfire started life Sig Kadet Senior finished product Mark converted high-wing Kadet Ohios Mark Painter performed kitbashing surgery low-wing Spitfire kept construction simple unhinged model fore-and-aft control French newsletter Gircuette supplied Steve Tillson 4307 W Renee Drive Phoenix AZ 95027 Electrics Another aspect modeling has attracted enjoy technical challenges Electric flight Consider much subspecies has evolved over last 10 years very long ago successful flight battery-powered RC model notable Today everything tiny sport Free Flight models simple two-channel gliders very attractive Scale models successfully flown electric motors newsletters receive Charge Ahead Puget Sound Electric Model Flyers Actually publication closer technical journal traditional club newsletter issue loaded contributions readers over nation contributions range product reviews articles lots math equations fly-in announcements Frankly Charge Ahead may definitive publication have abiding interest dry power flight Contact Ben Almojuela 1941 6th Ave Seattle WA 98119 subscription information KAPA No about sorority KAPA acronym stands Kits Plans Antiquious KAPA group interests center around old model airplane kits firms designers produced publish mostinteresting newsletter thats loaded historical material well classified ads old kits plans example December 1995 issue contains highly enlightening article Alan Mironer history Miniature Aircraft Corporation Staten Island New York Old guys like recall exquisite rather-expensive kits advertised full-page ads modeling magazines D & J ELECTRONICS Y 1236 Marigold St NW Hartville OH 44632 216-877-1445 Service & Repairs Most Radio Control Systems Utilizing Calibrated Test Equipment & Spectrum Analyzers Endorsed AMA RCMA Sticker Station #105 Futaba Airtronics JR Ace HiTec Tower Cirrus World Engines & WE USE GENUINE FACTORY REPLACEMENT PARTS Complete 1991 Narrow Banding & Upgrades RCD / HITEC R/C DEALER FCC Licensed Speed Control Repairs Quality Service Fast Turn Around Shipping & Insurance Extra UPS Mail VISA / MASTERCARD & DISCOVER WELCOMED AMA #256123ARRLWBSYS May1996 69 KAPA article accompanied reproductions some companys ads well reduced plans some kits part companys offerings largish rubberpowered models popular Scale subjects available mail almost exclusively 1930 1957 more-experienced adult modeler readily apparent structures models very complex much too heavy fly well Something disillusionment As child 40s considered models ultimate attractiveness $3 $5 price range excluded us mowing lawns 25 cents some us get annoyed contemporary comments about cheap kits back relative earnings actually quite expensive Inflation very ugly thing interested old kits manufacturers should contact Morris E Leventhal 1788 Niobe Ave Anaheim CA 92804 subscription details availability back issues According KAPA articles Alan Mironer Miniature Aircraft Corporation founded KH Pouch early 1930s large eight-bay garage parents home Staten Island companys work force usually consisted full-time half-time employee often supplemented Pouch family gardener Saturdays Pouchs two young sons Its bit difficult country boy envision eight-car garage Ive seen houses least rusting car hulks around certainly garage mention history illustrate point Almost exception commercial side hobby has always consisted small-scale businesses As hobbyists tend think business side very lucrative involving large factories hundreds employees Such case reality major manufacturers rather small majority garage operations just like Miniature Aircraft Other also toy business no US modeling manufacturer has 100 employees majority employee less 20 very fortunate business run modelers driven much product development quality control service profit us have modelers long time can recall 70 Model Aviation Wormley shows off father Johns Ziroli-designed Taube Model constructed 1974 Flying Models plans several instances entrepreneurs bought highly respected companies quickly destroy compromising service quality point asking giveaways next event youre dealing some sort warranty situation sensitive fact may contact owner company isnt exactly Microsoft General Motors Better Way Several columns back mentioned technique using ice pick install eyelets servo grommets recent letter Jerry Smith author What Its Worth column Radio Control Modeler pointed out using 5/64 ball driver four eyelets works much better club does AMA Racer mass-launch all-up/last-down events kids youre helping fly way pack winds rubber Most free-fighters know seems black-magic thing RCers rubber needs some sort lubrication allow knots slide freely across other unwind Engine exhaust residue fuel less ideal will eventually damage rubber certainly readily available does work rubber lube Spread thin coat residue both sides loop Wind motor run out 100 turns couple times Now remove prop fuselage stretch rubber about twice its relaxed length Wind slowly return motor original length add turns Have youngster launch AMA Racer level ground smooth follow through Its much like tossing baseball its thrown hard upward will have increased winds least 50% model will fly much longer Bash Em seem have become something lightning rod kit modificationsthats great Please continue send photos months model almost unbelievable included structure photo prove Mark Painter New Burlington Ohio developed Spitfire Sig Kadet Senior kit says Since thing die-cut kit wing ribs can easily redesign keep construction simple original other hand photo Taube bash its also Balsa USA kit Mia Wormley Midway Georgia shows off dad Johns Nick Ziroli-designed version January 1974 issue Flying Models model powered 35 PAW diesel swinging 12 x 6 prop 7000 rpm runs forever four-ounce tank its Wing Span34 Wing Area245 Sq Length24 Engine049099 2-4 Channel Mini Radio Reqd New! Mini Sukhoi SU-26 Designed Nick Ziroli seen January 1994 Model Airplane News! $3299 0-Blades tram England 30 size $7499 40-46 size $79 99 660 size $11999 680 size $12999 Dealer Inquiries Invited! Shipping $600 Per Kit ade Order HOBBY HANGAR 1862 Petersburg Rd Hebron KY 41048 1-800-811-3860 Orders Only 606-334-4330 Customer Service 606-334-4333 Fax Prices Subject Change Any TimeIANCA9 May1996 71 total weight mere 65 pounds wing loading 12 oz/ft2 within parameters needed thermal model Covering Sig Antique Semi Transparent Supercoat film Im sure version Tauhe same Nick sells plans Flying Models still offers original plans CF-321 find odd since WW II diesel engines have remained popular Europe have never really caught US Ive several long phone conversations Bob Davis weve concluded single biggest factor may well fliers insistence using undersized glow-size props thinking diesel engines will have same power glow engines equal displacement very nature diesels have lot torque lower rpm comparable glow engines should use larger lower-pitch props thought least third powerful given displacement have always preferred smalldisplacement diesels cantankerous glow equivalents Try youll like Sure Douglas Corrigan recently passed away 88 years old became instant folk hero 1938 flew Atlantic ancient nearly derelict Curtiss Robin bought $310 CAA now FAA forbidden Corrigan starting trans-Atlantic flight Long Island considered Robin unsafe As result Corrigan said hed fly back Long Beach Californiabut 31-year-old pilot landed Ireland 28 hours 3150 miles later Corrigan told press compass apparently inaccurate flew wrong way stuck story whole lifehence legendary Wrong Way Corrigan nickname weve heard cant wait warmer weather opportunity get out fly fun too E CATALOGS SPPS 160 Supersosle Consfrtic5on Plans$800 SPPS 120000 Drsunenlaton Photos 3Vs$800 Asp Model rat Cons5UcOn p$800 ASP Scale Aroaft OrsvJngs 3Vs$800 Postpaid USNCAN Add $500 Ea Air Overseas 1/5 Sc WINNIE MAE 100 2 Pc Wing Plans $4000 pp OCKNEED VEGA Jim Pepinos SCALE PLANS & PHOTO SERVICE 3209 Madison Ave nsborO NC 27403 VisaMC PHONE/FAX 910 292-5239 KiJAT-ON POWEN elize Davis Diesel LESS HISSLE MORE Nit Its Awesome 50% MorePower Easy Starting ISIIJ No Glow Plugs RunsiWice Long e Sound DAVIS P0 Box 141 Dept MA ord CT 06460 877 complete information packet send $400 credit appllea first orderl Beet-Selling Spa~ LIgnition Stel PLUS SHIPPING & HANDLING AVAILABLE JANUARY OF 96 SYNCROK MIUKUIKULR ELECTRONIC TIMING CONTROL EASY TO INSTALL PLUGS BETWEEN YOUR PULSE SWITCH AND ION SYSTEM OVING PARTS TO WEAR OUT OR GET OUT OF ADJUSTMENT SETS SPARK TIMING WITH EACH ENGINE REVOLUTION COMPLETELY STABLE TIMING IS ROCK SOLID AND DOES NOT JUMP AROUND RETRO FIT TO MOST ALL BRANDS OF ADD-ON IGNITION SYSTEMS WITH HALL EFFECT TRIGGER WE CAN NOW CONVERT YOUR BYRoNS MUSTANG 50 AND WE NOW HAVE THE PARTS TO CONVERT YOUR 28 & 32CC MCCULLOCH WEED EATER ENGINE TO C D IGNITION WE NOW HAVE THE JUMP START SYSTEM US Engines 35 CC & 41 CC PIUS new Zenoah 445 twin can install hardened steel race Super Tigre Crankshaft use needle bearing rod have Rim Fire 1/4 x 32 spark plugs stock $1295 plus S & H also have complete CD ignition system Zenoah 445 TION WING SPAN ENGINE SIZE RADIO AILERONS 4 Sea9d Ac 1500 INDIGO DRIVE OSHKOSH WI 54901-6630 PH 414-232-9972 FAX 414-232-9976 AERONAUTICAL PRODUCTS DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT May1996 73 MA MORE ACCESSORIES PARTS CUSTOM INSTALLATIONl SEND $2 FOR PRICE LIST ORDERING INSTRUCTIONSl etReady FOR THE Sport Biplane Send Free Brochure 4-MOST 44 INCHES 40 CU IN 4-CHANNEL BALANCED

DB Mathews POTPOURRI Almost 40 years ago Air Force sent southern Louisiana tooth plumber immersed French fEnglish Cajun-speaking culture highly enjoyable enlightening International Miniature Aircraft Associations IMAA Rally Giants will held Lake Charles Louisiana June 13-16 1996 Several AMA Nats have used venue Should attend yourself favor travel bit east St Martinsville/Lafayette try out local food music French word commonly used down potpourri pronounced PO p ree meaning mixture pieces Somehow over years term has become fashionable English usage commonly describes smelly mixture leaves herbs glass container column about smelly stuff rather collection non-related pieces information modeling subjects Ever wonder French term has cultural connection term potluck rate hopefully will find something interest following Microhenrys Ed Henrys delightful modeling-related cartoons seen monthly Model Aviation have compiled softback book something special about cartoon books provide fun reading weve seen single cartoons before Remember much fun compilations Pogo Lil Abner Geech Humor seemingly cumulative start smile progress chuckle laugh burst out uncontrolled guffaws likely explains appeal little book have smiled chuckled cartoons presented monthly basis sense humor further stimulated wonderful laughter page after page Ed Henrys novel cartoons Ed brings special wry whimsy unusual very original book available Ed Henry $995 plus $160 shipping handling Box 581 St Peters MO 63376 delightful reading nonmodelers humor universal could applied fishing golfing life general Autogiros A group RC autogiro enthusiasts around country will hold second annual Research Trials Phoenix March 6-8 pleasure viewing video last years event illustrated some widely wildly different approaches engineering designing novel models surprisingly projects flew rather well freewheeling-rotor models considerable interest modelers doubters Just because youve seen fly dont presume activity experts gestation has really just begun modelers building flying giros over world thinkers innovators hardly experts information event get on-line developments call Jim Baxter 509 928-3144 electronic access CompuServe address 752773535 Internet address jimb@unixiewaycom photos month giro built Jojo France niece Beatrice displays three-blade model OS 32H helicopter pulley-start engine Its rigid-blade 68 Model Aviation ng Windmill OS 32H-powered rigid-blade autogiro comes French newsletter Girouette Believe Spitfire started life Sig Kadet Senior finished product Mark converted high-wing Kadet Ohios Mark Painter performed kitbashing surgery low-wing Spitfire kept construction simple unhinged model fore-and-aft control French newsletter Gircuette supplied Steve Tillson 4307 W Renee Drive Phoenix AZ 95027 Electrics Another aspect modeling has attracted enjoy technical challenges Electric flight Consider much subspecies has evolved over last 10 years very long ago successful flight battery-powered RC model notable Today everything tiny sport Free Flight models simple two-channel gliders very attractive Scale models successfully flown electric motors newsletters receive Charge Ahead Puget Sound Electric Model Flyers Actually publication closer technical journal traditional club newsletter issue loaded contributions readers over nation contributions range product reviews articles lots math equations fly-in announcements Frankly Charge Ahead may definitive publication have abiding interest dry power flight Contact Ben Almojuela 1941 6th Ave Seattle WA 98119 subscription information KAPA No about sorority KAPA acronym stands Kits Plans Antiquious KAPA group interests center around old model airplane kits firms designers produced publish mostinteresting newsletter thats loaded historical material well classified ads old kits plans example December 1995 issue contains highly enlightening article Alan Mironer history Miniature Aircraft Corporation Staten Island New York Old guys like recall exquisite rather-expensive kits advertised full-page ads modeling magazines D & J ELECTRONICS Y 1236 Marigold St NW Hartville OH 44632 216-877-1445 Service & Repairs Most Radio Control Systems Utilizing Calibrated Test Equipment & Spectrum Analyzers Endorsed AMA RCMA Sticker Station #105 Futaba Airtronics JR Ace HiTec Tower Cirrus World Engines & WE USE GENUINE FACTORY REPLACEMENT PARTS Complete 1991 Narrow Banding & Upgrades RCD / HITEC R/C DEALER FCC Licensed Speed Control Repairs Quality Service Fast Turn Around Shipping & Insurance Extra UPS Mail VISA / MASTERCARD & DISCOVER WELCOMED AMA #256123ARRLWBSYS May1996 69 KAPA article accompanied reproductions some companys ads well reduced plans some kits part companys offerings largish rubberpowered models popular Scale subjects available mail almost exclusively 1930 1957 more-experienced adult modeler readily apparent structures models very complex much too heavy fly well Something disillusionment As child 40s considered models ultimate attractiveness $3 $5 price range excluded us mowing lawns 25 cents some us get annoyed contemporary comments about cheap kits back relative earnings actually quite expensive Inflation very ugly thing interested old kits manufacturers should contact Morris E Leventhal 1788 Niobe Ave Anaheim CA 92804 subscription details availability back issues According KAPA articles Alan Mironer Miniature Aircraft Corporation founded KH Pouch early 1930s large eight-bay garage parents home Staten Island companys work force usually consisted full-time half-time employee often supplemented Pouch family gardener Saturdays Pouchs two young sons Its bit difficult country boy envision eight-car garage Ive seen houses least rusting car hulks around certainly garage mention history illustrate point Almost exception commercial side hobby has always consisted small-scale businesses As hobbyists tend think business side very lucrative involving large factories hundreds employees Such case reality major manufacturers rather small majority garage operations just like Miniature Aircraft Other also toy business no US modeling manufacturer has 100 employees majority employee less 20 very fortunate business run modelers driven much product development quality control service profit us have modelers long time can recall 70 Model Aviation Wormley shows off father Johns Ziroli-designed Taube Model constructed 1974 Flying Models plans several instances entrepreneurs bought highly respected companies quickly destroy compromising service quality point asking giveaways next event youre dealing some sort warranty situation sensitive fact may contact owner company isnt exactly Microsoft General Motors Better Way Several columns back mentioned technique using ice pick install eyelets servo grommets recent letter Jerry Smith author What Its Worth column Radio Control Modeler pointed out using 5/64 ball driver four eyelets works much better club does AMA Racer mass-launch all-up/last-down events kids youre helping fly way pack winds rubber Most free-fighters know seems black-magic thing RCers rubber needs some sort lubrication allow knots slide freely across other unwind Engine exhaust residue fuel less ideal will eventually damage rubber certainly readily available does work rubber lube Spread thin coat residue both sides loop Wind motor run out 100 turns couple times Now remove prop fuselage stretch rubber about twice its relaxed length Wind slowly return motor original length add turns Have youngster launch AMA Racer level ground smooth follow through Its much like tossing baseball its thrown hard upward will have increased winds least 50% model will fly much longer Bash Em seem have become something lightning rod kit modificationsthats great Please continue send photos months model almost unbelievable included structure photo prove Mark Painter New Burlington Ohio developed Spitfire Sig Kadet Senior kit says Since thing die-cut kit wing ribs can easily redesign keep construction simple original other hand photo Taube bash its also Balsa USA kit Mia Wormley Midway Georgia shows off dad Johns Nick Ziroli-designed version January 1974 issue Flying Models model powered 35 PAW diesel swinging 12 x 6 prop 7000 rpm runs forever four-ounce tank its Wing Span34 Wing Area245 Sq Length24 Engine049099 2-4 Channel Mini Radio Reqd New! Mini Sukhoi SU-26 Designed Nick Ziroli seen January 1994 Model Airplane News! $3299 0-Blades tram England 30 size $7499 40-46 size $79 99 660 size $11999 680 size $12999 Dealer Inquiries Invited! Shipping $600 Per Kit ade Order HOBBY HANGAR 1862 Petersburg Rd Hebron KY 41048 1-800-811-3860 Orders Only 606-334-4330 Customer Service 606-334-4333 Fax Prices Subject Change Any TimeIANCA9 May1996 71 total weight mere 65 pounds wing loading 12 oz/ft2 within parameters needed thermal model Covering Sig Antique Semi Transparent Supercoat film Im sure version Tauhe same Nick sells plans Flying Models still offers original plans CF-321 find odd since WW II diesel engines have remained popular Europe have never really caught US Ive several long phone conversations Bob Davis weve concluded single biggest factor may well fliers insistence using undersized glow-size props thinking diesel engines will have same power glow engines equal displacement very nature diesels have lot torque lower rpm comparable glow engines should use larger lower-pitch props thought least third powerful given displacement have always preferred smalldisplacement diesels cantankerous glow equivalents Try youll like Sure Douglas Corrigan recently passed away 88 years old became instant folk hero 1938 flew Atlantic ancient nearly derelict Curtiss Robin bought $310 CAA now FAA forbidden Corrigan starting trans-Atlantic flight Long Island considered Robin unsafe As result Corrigan said hed fly back Long Beach Californiabut 31-year-old pilot landed Ireland 28 hours 3150 miles later Corrigan told press compass apparently inaccurate flew wrong way stuck story whole lifehence legendary Wrong Way Corrigan nickname weve heard cant wait warmer weather opportunity get out fly fun too E CATALOGS SPPS 160 Supersosle Consfrtic5on Plans$800 SPPS 120000 Drsunenlaton Photos 3Vs$800 Asp Model rat Cons5UcOn p$800 ASP Scale Aroaft OrsvJngs 3Vs$800 Postpaid USNCAN Add $500 Ea Air Overseas 1/5 Sc WINNIE MAE 100 2 Pc Wing Plans $4000 pp OCKNEED VEGA Jim Pepinos SCALE PLANS & PHOTO SERVICE 3209 Madison Ave nsborO NC 27403 VisaMC PHONE/FAX 910 292-5239 KiJAT-ON POWEN elize Davis Diesel LESS HISSLE MORE Nit Its Awesome 50% MorePower Easy Starting ISIIJ No Glow Plugs RunsiWice Long e Sound DAVIS P0 Box 141 Dept MA ord CT 06460 877 complete information packet send $400 credit appllea first orderl Beet-Selling Spa~ LIgnition Stel PLUS SHIPPING & HANDLING AVAILABLE JANUARY OF 96 SYNCROK MIUKUIKULR ELECTRONIC TIMING CONTROL EASY TO INSTALL PLUGS BETWEEN YOUR PULSE SWITCH AND ION SYSTEM OVING PARTS TO WEAR OUT OR GET OUT OF ADJUSTMENT SETS SPARK TIMING WITH EACH ENGINE REVOLUTION COMPLETELY STABLE TIMING IS ROCK SOLID AND DOES NOT JUMP AROUND RETRO FIT TO MOST ALL BRANDS OF ADD-ON IGNITION SYSTEMS WITH HALL EFFECT TRIGGER WE CAN NOW CONVERT YOUR BYRoNS MUSTANG 50 AND WE NOW HAVE THE PARTS TO CONVERT YOUR 28 & 32CC MCCULLOCH WEED EATER ENGINE TO C D IGNITION WE NOW HAVE THE JUMP START SYSTEM US Engines 35 CC & 41 CC PIUS new Zenoah 445 twin can install hardened steel race Super Tigre Crankshaft use needle bearing rod have Rim Fire 1/4 x 32 spark plugs stock $1295 plus S & H also have complete CD ignition system Zenoah 445 TION WING SPAN ENGINE SIZE RADIO AILERONS 4 Sea9d Ac 1500 INDIGO DRIVE OSHKOSH WI 54901-6630 PH 414-232-9972 FAX 414-232-9976 AERONAUTICAL PRODUCTS DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT May1996 73 MA MORE ACCESSORIES PARTS CUSTOM INSTALLATIONl SEND $2 FOR PRICE LIST ORDERING INSTRUCTIONSl etReady FOR THE Sport Biplane Send Free Brochure 4-MOST 44 INCHES 40 CU IN 4-CHANNEL BALANCED