DB Mathews JWULIis7 27c Ztziuzi months column inspired nostalgic joy experienced developing Rudder Bug construction article April 1998 issue hopefully will increase readers appreciation contemporary Radio Control RC equipment Measuring Success Perhaps reliable index models impact hobby often plagiarized Consider reincarnations Joe Bridis Kaos have kitted and/or published same can said about Phil Krafts Ugly Stik Carl Goldbergs Zipper Sailplane Sal Taibis Starduster Bob Palmers Chief George Aldrichs Nobler handful other benchmark designs need review model magazines Rudder Bug 1952-1959 era prove its strong influence other designers period Cosmetic construction size changes made moments airfoil force arrangements Rudder Bug heart original designs period Royal Rudder Bug first RC model variety reasons principal being removal requirement Ham license its exam including theory Morse code legally operate transmitter Thanks AMA Largely through Academys efforts late 1951 Federal Communications Commission FCC approved 465 MHz use Citizens exam-free Vernon McNabb- Babcock-designed systems factory assembled tunable March 24 1952 kit equipment 2725 MHz could assembled tuned modeler approved band available exam-free license-free modeling use transmitter registered fee charged FCC opened door Ham requirements insurmountable obstacle Several manufacturers marketed assembled kit equipment rubber-driven escapements accessories new frequencies equipment single-channel vacuum-tubed relay actuated super-regenerative driven dry cell batteries very reliable equipment predated transistor rechargeable nickel-cadmium battery Ninety volts usually required receiver transmitter circuits plus another 1/2 volts bias Drain very high circuits would tolerate low voltages Replacement battery costs themselves could grow prohibitive levels very quicklyparticularly failed turn off switches day automatically turn off equipment whenever doesnt need least now can buy operate radio control equipment legally learning Morse code bunch theory finding licensed Ham push button modeling friend mentor Ham meant guesses what caused numerous totally baffling failures based knowledge claimed built equipped several RC projects such Trammel Hoosier Hot Shot Sebroder Windy Joe McElwee Robot prior 1951 date never successful flight first true successes came boats powered Atwood 86 Model Aviation eley DE Super Aerotrol system required batteries systems selling price represented weeks income workers 1950s McNabb CitizenShip system TB Assoc transmitter antenna built-in unit receiver base Bill Schmidt collection DYNA-TORQUE $129~ MODEL ENGINE DYNAMOMETER FOR ENGINES 049 TO 90 2 AND 4 SmOKE CYCLE TORQUE UP TO 240 OZ IN 15 LES KNOW WHATPOWER YOUR ENGINE PRODUCES MEASURETOROUE DETERMINE HORSEPOWER FIND OPTIMUM RPM Constructed multi-ply Baltic Birch Maple l/2dia steel pivot shaft supported dual ball brgs 5 piece weight set permits 4 ranges torque values hrdwre included ivan 6 ortank positive set thro ttle device Simple use 4 outboard glow engines Hardly comparable flying least something happened keyed transmitters Simple Yet Complex Most flying sessions consisted endless tuning iron core slug rheostat attempting obtain much change across tubes grid possible transmitter keyed signal received grid acted like valve thats what British called vacuum tubes passing energy turn opened closed points mechanical relay energy sent magnetic device escapement allowed rubberdriven pawl rotate next stop sounds bit daffy Very weak signals low voltage differences involved relays terribly affected vibration resulting frequent situations relay opened closed engine vibration rather radio signals Vibration could cause escapement pawl miss its stops resulting runaway rubber winds Usual procedure suspend receiver rubber bands reduce transfer vibration sensitive relay hooks four corners cabin Dr Goods designs suspended receiver vertically Rudder Bug series removable side doors solid cabin top simplify access components Since batteries rechargeable classic dry cell discharges nonlinear pattern spent vastly time tuning radios compensate power drop winding escapement rubber too much thing would run away too little wouldnt move adjusting linkages messing myriad other hypersensitive components Once reached point attempted fly rarely boundless enthusiasm frequently frustrated primitive equipment Primitive Stuff Just primitive equipment well illustrated penciled notes still old Royal Rudder Bug plans listed weights required 45 volt two C flashlight size two U 15 batteries total nine ounces escapement receiver added another seven ouncesa total 16 ounces occasionally moving surface Chet Lanzo earliest RC pioneers once said successful Radio Control flight model crashed somewhere would have [a] Free Flight Truth Matter might expecting account wonderful flights marvelous fun 1954 Rudder Bug earlier RC models TRU-TURN also has PROP NUT will fit motor precision PROP NUTS come engine thread sizes two different shapes available stock Ask hobby dealer name 90 Model Aviation /RUN-UP STANDS provide controlled platform taking measurements assessing evaluating engine operating characteristics investigat ing engine performance Five models offer features new modern robust design superior previous industry offerings common sense approach caring properly setting up todays precision engines MR-2 special049.60 $2195 std 1090 $2495 MK-2 Deluxe10.90 $2995-JtThOBO Deluxe6020 $349 MIGHTY 1850 gas $7450 Deluxe units feature multiply Birch bases Sullivan fuel tanks &fittings push rod & clevis Available specialty hobby dealers direct pose paid froir AMERICAN HOBBY PRODUCTS 12 WEST HILL CIRCLE READINGMASS 01867 TEL 17111 944-1316 FAX 17815 944-3589 TRU-TURN now offers very finest versatile light weight PROP HUBS turned solid barstock inside out true running hub new hub will mount motor standard TRU-TURN adapter kit big bird multi-bolt applications TRU-TURN has covered RMado n Iho U S WSA PRECISION MODEL PRODUCTS Romco Manufaclu ng nc QUALITY A TILITY GREAT LOOKS SAFETY PO Box 836 South Houston Texas 77587 713 943 1867 cannot give Berkeley Models Royal Rudder Bug disaster no way reflection kit Walt Goods design skills fault own ineptitude marginal radio equipment first flight flyaway K&B 19 Greenhead engine worked very well nothing else did launched model executed 900 turn no control whatsoever Because its inherent stability Royal Bug climbed lazily wide circles engine merrily running obtaining considerable height stood below frantically pushing transmitter key helplessly watching slowly disappear downwind Only help local undertaker happened own fly Cessna 195 able locate modelundamaged stuck top some very tall sunflowers several miles downwind postmortem pun intended revealed bolt/nut vibrated loose allowing Bonner compound escapement drop down side locking model neutral rudder second flight bizarre hand-launched Bug watch fail gain altitude respond frantically pushing transmitter button model flew about 1/2 mile level straight arrow right stone fence post damage buggered-up threads crankshaft severely wounded ego witness fiasco young lady later became wife 42 years spite model airplanes cause disaster switch failurean all-too-common occurrence RC well 1970s Wood Hand Selected Fiberglass Cowl Complete Plans Parts Hand Cut Instruction Manual Photo Page Surrender summer run out along enthusiasm time return campus another busy year red-silk clear-doped Royal Rudder Bug placed storage moved around country Air Force often admired never flown again finally thrown away relate bit history considerable humility since evident reading accounts other modelers great success 1950s 1960s must have terrible klutz perhaps Im being candid some fiddlers delight aspects RC modeling during time period turned off refused mess further Instead concentrated Free Flight Control Line sons until 1973 time reliable equipment available reasonable cost purchased proportional system Jim Finley installed previously Free Flighted Buzzard Bombshell taught myself fly advised Jim telephone well installation could figure out wind escapment rubber hopelessly inept must also have pack rat since new Bug version developed original Flying Models Berkeley plans carried around 42 years thinking someday Id build another Royal Rudder Bug erase bad old memories finally did am absolutely thrilled results Its often life given opportunity erase bad memories project has done unfortunate smart enough make old Aerotrol system work because Royal Rudder Bug fine model airplane r kits call 1-800-327-7198 catalog fine kits send $400 Idaho Residents Add 5% State Sales Tax PUT ON SOME AlAS Spert-Airs Train-Airs ARCLaser 200KIT $550 98 17-19 lbs$425 WINGS ARE COVERED SOCKETS INSTALLED QuALITY GLASS COWL AND WHEEL PANTS CLEAR CANOPY LASER SHOWN AT SEBRING FL DELANO FL TOP GUN 98 -1/2 Plug-in Wing Tube Kit 3 Sockets 1-36 Alum Tub $1295 Per Set Special Pricing Quantities Large wing Covers Tube Bag 3 Pcs 6 Great Colors Full 2 velcro Lifetime Guarantee $11995 Satisfaction Guaranteed * ROModels America * PO Box 190537 Ft Lauderdale FL 33319 Tel 954-741-3279 Fax 954-572-1823 WwWrCameriCacOm August1998 93 DC Flight Training Beginner advanced tailored individual long-time modeler full size airplane flight instruc tor will make progress fun easy during week stay beautiful far western North Carolina Write call information RC Flight Training 1635 Setawig Rd Brasstown NC 28902 828-389-8968 Sport-Air 25 $6195 Sport-Air 40 $7795 3I aua WN DUDEWDN~ ox 208 Methuen MA 01844 phone 978 686-0319 Call write full line catalog REAL PLANES HAVE 2 WINGS AND ROUND ENGINES 1/5 scale Waco UPF-7 72 14 lbs
Edition: Model Aviation - 1998/08
Page Numbers: 86, 90, 93
DB Mathews JWULIis7 27c Ztziuzi months column inspired nostalgic joy experienced developing Rudder Bug construction article April 1998 issue hopefully will increase readers appreciation contemporary Radio Control RC equipment Measuring Success Perhaps reliable index models impact hobby often plagiarized Consider reincarnations Joe Bridis Kaos have kitted and/or published same can said about Phil Krafts Ugly Stik Carl Goldbergs Zipper Sailplane Sal Taibis Starduster Bob Palmers Chief George Aldrichs Nobler handful other benchmark designs need review model magazines Rudder Bug 1952-1959 era prove its strong influence other designers period Cosmetic construction size changes made moments airfoil force arrangements Rudder Bug heart original designs period Royal Rudder Bug first RC model variety reasons principal being removal requirement Ham license its exam including theory Morse code legally operate transmitter Thanks AMA Largely through Academys efforts late 1951 Federal Communications Commission FCC approved 465 MHz use Citizens exam-free Vernon McNabb- Babcock-designed systems factory assembled tunable March 24 1952 kit equipment 2725 MHz could assembled tuned modeler approved band available exam-free license-free modeling use transmitter registered fee charged FCC opened door Ham requirements insurmountable obstacle Several manufacturers marketed assembled kit equipment rubber-driven escapements accessories new frequencies equipment single-channel vacuum-tubed relay actuated super-regenerative driven dry cell batteries very reliable equipment predated transistor rechargeable nickel-cadmium battery Ninety volts usually required receiver transmitter circuits plus another 1/2 volts bias Drain very high circuits would tolerate low voltages Replacement battery costs themselves could grow prohibitive levels very quicklyparticularly failed turn off switches day automatically turn off equipment whenever doesnt need least now can buy operate radio control equipment legally learning Morse code bunch theory finding licensed Ham push button modeling friend mentor Ham meant guesses what caused numerous totally baffling failures based knowledge claimed built equipped several RC projects such Trammel Hoosier Hot Shot Sebroder Windy Joe McElwee Robot prior 1951 date never successful flight first true successes came boats powered Atwood 86 Model Aviation eley DE Super Aerotrol system required batteries systems selling price represented weeks income workers 1950s McNabb CitizenShip system TB Assoc transmitter antenna built-in unit receiver base Bill Schmidt collection DYNA-TORQUE $129~ MODEL ENGINE DYNAMOMETER FOR ENGINES 049 TO 90 2 AND 4 SmOKE CYCLE TORQUE UP TO 240 OZ IN 15 LES KNOW WHATPOWER YOUR ENGINE PRODUCES MEASURETOROUE DETERMINE HORSEPOWER FIND OPTIMUM RPM Constructed multi-ply Baltic Birch Maple l/2dia steel pivot shaft supported dual ball brgs 5 piece weight set permits 4 ranges torque values hrdwre included ivan 6 ortank positive set thro ttle device Simple use 4 outboard glow engines Hardly comparable flying least something happened keyed transmitters Simple Yet Complex Most flying sessions consisted endless tuning iron core slug rheostat attempting obtain much change across tubes grid possible transmitter keyed signal received grid acted like valve thats what British called vacuum tubes passing energy turn opened closed points mechanical relay energy sent magnetic device escapement allowed rubberdriven pawl rotate next stop sounds bit daffy Very weak signals low voltage differences involved relays terribly affected vibration resulting frequent situations relay opened closed engine vibration rather radio signals Vibration could cause escapement pawl miss its stops resulting runaway rubber winds Usual procedure suspend receiver rubber bands reduce transfer vibration sensitive relay hooks four corners cabin Dr Goods designs suspended receiver vertically Rudder Bug series removable side doors solid cabin top simplify access components Since batteries rechargeable classic dry cell discharges nonlinear pattern spent vastly time tuning radios compensate power drop winding escapement rubber too much thing would run away too little wouldnt move adjusting linkages messing myriad other hypersensitive components Once reached point attempted fly rarely boundless enthusiasm frequently frustrated primitive equipment Primitive Stuff Just primitive equipment well illustrated penciled notes still old Royal Rudder Bug plans listed weights required 45 volt two C flashlight size two U 15 batteries total nine ounces escapement receiver added another seven ouncesa total 16 ounces occasionally moving surface Chet Lanzo earliest RC pioneers once said successful Radio Control flight model crashed somewhere would have [a] Free Flight Truth Matter might expecting account wonderful flights marvelous fun 1954 Rudder Bug earlier RC models TRU-TURN also has PROP NUT will fit motor precision PROP NUTS come engine thread sizes two different shapes available stock Ask hobby dealer name 90 Model Aviation /RUN-UP STANDS provide controlled platform taking measurements assessing evaluating engine operating characteristics investigat ing engine performance Five models offer features new modern robust design superior previous industry offerings common sense approach caring properly setting up todays precision engines MR-2 special049.60 $2195 std 1090 $2495 MK-2 Deluxe10.90 $2995-JtThOBO Deluxe6020 $349 MIGHTY 1850 gas $7450 Deluxe units feature multiply Birch bases Sullivan fuel tanks &fittings push rod & clevis Available specialty hobby dealers direct pose paid froir AMERICAN HOBBY PRODUCTS 12 WEST HILL CIRCLE READINGMASS 01867 TEL 17111 944-1316 FAX 17815 944-3589 TRU-TURN now offers very finest versatile light weight PROP HUBS turned solid barstock inside out true running hub new hub will mount motor standard TRU-TURN adapter kit big bird multi-bolt applications TRU-TURN has covered RMado n Iho U S WSA PRECISION MODEL PRODUCTS Romco Manufaclu ng nc QUALITY A TILITY GREAT LOOKS SAFETY PO Box 836 South Houston Texas 77587 713 943 1867 cannot give Berkeley Models Royal Rudder Bug disaster no way reflection kit Walt Goods design skills fault own ineptitude marginal radio equipment first flight flyaway K&B 19 Greenhead engine worked very well nothing else did launched model executed 900 turn no control whatsoever Because its inherent stability Royal Bug climbed lazily wide circles engine merrily running obtaining considerable height stood below frantically pushing transmitter key helplessly watching slowly disappear downwind Only help local undertaker happened own fly Cessna 195 able locate modelundamaged stuck top some very tall sunflowers several miles downwind postmortem pun intended revealed bolt/nut vibrated loose allowing Bonner compound escapement drop down side locking model neutral rudder second flight bizarre hand-launched Bug watch fail gain altitude respond frantically pushing transmitter button model flew about 1/2 mile level straight arrow right stone fence post damage buggered-up threads crankshaft severely wounded ego witness fiasco young lady later became wife 42 years spite model airplanes cause disaster switch failurean all-too-common occurrence RC well 1970s Wood Hand Selected Fiberglass Cowl Complete Plans Parts Hand Cut Instruction Manual Photo Page Surrender summer run out along enthusiasm time return campus another busy year red-silk clear-doped Royal Rudder Bug placed storage moved around country Air Force often admired never flown again finally thrown away relate bit history considerable humility since evident reading accounts other modelers great success 1950s 1960s must have terrible klutz perhaps Im being candid some fiddlers delight aspects RC modeling during time period turned off refused mess further Instead concentrated Free Flight Control Line sons until 1973 time reliable equipment available reasonable cost purchased proportional system Jim Finley installed previously Free Flighted Buzzard Bombshell taught myself fly advised Jim telephone well installation could figure out wind escapment rubber hopelessly inept must also have pack rat since new Bug version developed original Flying Models Berkeley plans carried around 42 years thinking someday Id build another Royal Rudder Bug erase bad old memories finally did am absolutely thrilled results Its often life given opportunity erase bad memories project has done unfortunate smart enough make old Aerotrol system work because Royal Rudder Bug fine model airplane r kits call 1-800-327-7198 catalog fine kits send $400 Idaho Residents Add 5% State Sales Tax PUT ON SOME AlAS Spert-Airs Train-Airs ARCLaser 200KIT $550 98 17-19 lbs$425 WINGS ARE COVERED SOCKETS INSTALLED QuALITY GLASS COWL AND WHEEL PANTS CLEAR CANOPY LASER SHOWN AT SEBRING FL DELANO FL TOP GUN 98 -1/2 Plug-in Wing Tube Kit 3 Sockets 1-36 Alum Tub $1295 Per Set Special Pricing Quantities Large wing Covers Tube Bag 3 Pcs 6 Great Colors Full 2 velcro Lifetime Guarantee $11995 Satisfaction Guaranteed * ROModels America * PO Box 190537 Ft Lauderdale FL 33319 Tel 954-741-3279 Fax 954-572-1823 WwWrCameriCacOm August1998 93 DC Flight Training Beginner advanced tailored individual long-time modeler full size airplane flight instruc tor will make progress fun easy during week stay beautiful far western North Carolina Write call information RC Flight Training 1635 Setawig Rd Brasstown NC 28902 828-389-8968 Sport-Air 25 $6195 Sport-Air 40 $7795 3I aua WN DUDEWDN~ ox 208 Methuen MA 01844 phone 978 686-0319 Call write full line catalog REAL PLANES HAVE 2 WINGS AND ROUND ENGINES 1/5 scale Waco UPF-7 72 14 lbs
Edition: Model Aviation - 1998/08
Page Numbers: 86, 90, 93
DB Mathews JWULIis7 27c Ztziuzi months column inspired nostalgic joy experienced developing Rudder Bug construction article April 1998 issue hopefully will increase readers appreciation contemporary Radio Control RC equipment Measuring Success Perhaps reliable index models impact hobby often plagiarized Consider reincarnations Joe Bridis Kaos have kitted and/or published same can said about Phil Krafts Ugly Stik Carl Goldbergs Zipper Sailplane Sal Taibis Starduster Bob Palmers Chief George Aldrichs Nobler handful other benchmark designs need review model magazines Rudder Bug 1952-1959 era prove its strong influence other designers period Cosmetic construction size changes made moments airfoil force arrangements Rudder Bug heart original designs period Royal Rudder Bug first RC model variety reasons principal being removal requirement Ham license its exam including theory Morse code legally operate transmitter Thanks AMA Largely through Academys efforts late 1951 Federal Communications Commission FCC approved 465 MHz use Citizens exam-free Vernon McNabb- Babcock-designed systems factory assembled tunable March 24 1952 kit equipment 2725 MHz could assembled tuned modeler approved band available exam-free license-free modeling use transmitter registered fee charged FCC opened door Ham requirements insurmountable obstacle Several manufacturers marketed assembled kit equipment rubber-driven escapements accessories new frequencies equipment single-channel vacuum-tubed relay actuated super-regenerative driven dry cell batteries very reliable equipment predated transistor rechargeable nickel-cadmium battery Ninety volts usually required receiver transmitter circuits plus another 1/2 volts bias Drain very high circuits would tolerate low voltages Replacement battery costs themselves could grow prohibitive levels very quicklyparticularly failed turn off switches day automatically turn off equipment whenever doesnt need least now can buy operate radio control equipment legally learning Morse code bunch theory finding licensed Ham push button modeling friend mentor Ham meant guesses what caused numerous totally baffling failures based knowledge claimed built equipped several RC projects such Trammel Hoosier Hot Shot Sebroder Windy Joe McElwee Robot prior 1951 date never successful flight first true successes came boats powered Atwood 86 Model Aviation eley DE Super Aerotrol system required batteries systems selling price represented weeks income workers 1950s McNabb CitizenShip system TB Assoc transmitter antenna built-in unit receiver base Bill Schmidt collection DYNA-TORQUE $129~ MODEL ENGINE DYNAMOMETER FOR ENGINES 049 TO 90 2 AND 4 SmOKE CYCLE TORQUE UP TO 240 OZ IN 15 LES KNOW WHATPOWER YOUR ENGINE PRODUCES MEASURETOROUE DETERMINE HORSEPOWER FIND OPTIMUM RPM Constructed multi-ply Baltic Birch Maple l/2dia steel pivot shaft supported dual ball brgs 5 piece weight set permits 4 ranges torque values hrdwre included ivan 6 ortank positive set thro ttle device Simple use 4 outboard glow engines Hardly comparable flying least something happened keyed transmitters Simple Yet Complex Most flying sessions consisted endless tuning iron core slug rheostat attempting obtain much change across tubes grid possible transmitter keyed signal received grid acted like valve thats what British called vacuum tubes passing energy turn opened closed points mechanical relay energy sent magnetic device escapement allowed rubberdriven pawl rotate next stop sounds bit daffy Very weak signals low voltage differences involved relays terribly affected vibration resulting frequent situations relay opened closed engine vibration rather radio signals Vibration could cause escapement pawl miss its stops resulting runaway rubber winds Usual procedure suspend receiver rubber bands reduce transfer vibration sensitive relay hooks four corners cabin Dr Goods designs suspended receiver vertically Rudder Bug series removable side doors solid cabin top simplify access components Since batteries rechargeable classic dry cell discharges nonlinear pattern spent vastly time tuning radios compensate power drop winding escapement rubber too much thing would run away too little wouldnt move adjusting linkages messing myriad other hypersensitive components Once reached point attempted fly rarely boundless enthusiasm frequently frustrated primitive equipment Primitive Stuff Just primitive equipment well illustrated penciled notes still old Royal Rudder Bug plans listed weights required 45 volt two C flashlight size two U 15 batteries total nine ounces escapement receiver added another seven ouncesa total 16 ounces occasionally moving surface Chet Lanzo earliest RC pioneers once said successful Radio Control flight model crashed somewhere would have [a] Free Flight Truth Matter might expecting account wonderful flights marvelous fun 1954 Rudder Bug earlier RC models TRU-TURN also has PROP NUT will fit motor precision PROP NUTS come engine thread sizes two different shapes available stock Ask hobby dealer name 90 Model Aviation /RUN-UP STANDS provide controlled platform taking measurements assessing evaluating engine operating characteristics investigat ing engine performance Five models offer features new modern robust design superior previous industry offerings common sense approach caring properly setting up todays precision engines MR-2 special049.60 $2195 std 1090 $2495 MK-2 Deluxe10.90 $2995-JtThOBO Deluxe6020 $349 MIGHTY 1850 gas $7450 Deluxe units feature multiply Birch bases Sullivan fuel tanks &fittings push rod & clevis Available specialty hobby dealers direct pose paid froir AMERICAN HOBBY PRODUCTS 12 WEST HILL CIRCLE READINGMASS 01867 TEL 17111 944-1316 FAX 17815 944-3589 TRU-TURN now offers very finest versatile light weight PROP HUBS turned solid barstock inside out true running hub new hub will mount motor standard TRU-TURN adapter kit big bird multi-bolt applications TRU-TURN has covered RMado n Iho U S WSA PRECISION MODEL PRODUCTS Romco Manufaclu ng nc QUALITY A TILITY GREAT LOOKS SAFETY PO Box 836 South Houston Texas 77587 713 943 1867 cannot give Berkeley Models Royal Rudder Bug disaster no way reflection kit Walt Goods design skills fault own ineptitude marginal radio equipment first flight flyaway K&B 19 Greenhead engine worked very well nothing else did launched model executed 900 turn no control whatsoever Because its inherent stability Royal Bug climbed lazily wide circles engine merrily running obtaining considerable height stood below frantically pushing transmitter key helplessly watching slowly disappear downwind Only help local undertaker happened own fly Cessna 195 able locate modelundamaged stuck top some very tall sunflowers several miles downwind postmortem pun intended revealed bolt/nut vibrated loose allowing Bonner compound escapement drop down side locking model neutral rudder second flight bizarre hand-launched Bug watch fail gain altitude respond frantically pushing transmitter button model flew about 1/2 mile level straight arrow right stone fence post damage buggered-up threads crankshaft severely wounded ego witness fiasco young lady later became wife 42 years spite model airplanes cause disaster switch failurean all-too-common occurrence RC well 1970s Wood Hand Selected Fiberglass Cowl Complete Plans Parts Hand Cut Instruction Manual Photo Page Surrender summer run out along enthusiasm time return campus another busy year red-silk clear-doped Royal Rudder Bug placed storage moved around country Air Force often admired never flown again finally thrown away relate bit history considerable humility since evident reading accounts other modelers great success 1950s 1960s must have terrible klutz perhaps Im being candid some fiddlers delight aspects RC modeling during time period turned off refused mess further Instead concentrated Free Flight Control Line sons until 1973 time reliable equipment available reasonable cost purchased proportional system Jim Finley installed previously Free Flighted Buzzard Bombshell taught myself fly advised Jim telephone well installation could figure out wind escapment rubber hopelessly inept must also have pack rat since new Bug version developed original Flying Models Berkeley plans carried around 42 years thinking someday Id build another Royal Rudder Bug erase bad old memories finally did am absolutely thrilled results Its often life given opportunity erase bad memories project has done unfortunate smart enough make old Aerotrol system work because Royal Rudder Bug fine model airplane r kits call 1-800-327-7198 catalog fine kits send $400 Idaho Residents Add 5% State Sales Tax PUT ON SOME AlAS Spert-Airs Train-Airs ARCLaser 200KIT $550 98 17-19 lbs$425 WINGS ARE COVERED SOCKETS INSTALLED QuALITY GLASS COWL AND WHEEL PANTS CLEAR CANOPY LASER SHOWN AT SEBRING FL DELANO FL TOP GUN 98 -1/2 Plug-in Wing Tube Kit 3 Sockets 1-36 Alum Tub $1295 Per Set Special Pricing Quantities Large wing Covers Tube Bag 3 Pcs 6 Great Colors Full 2 velcro Lifetime Guarantee $11995 Satisfaction Guaranteed * ROModels America * PO Box 190537 Ft Lauderdale FL 33319 Tel 954-741-3279 Fax 954-572-1823 WwWrCameriCacOm August1998 93 DC Flight Training Beginner advanced tailored individual long-time modeler full size airplane flight instruc tor will make progress fun easy during week stay beautiful far western North Carolina Write call information RC Flight Training 1635 Setawig Rd Brasstown NC 28902 828-389-8968 Sport-Air 25 $6195 Sport-Air 40 $7795 3I aua WN DUDEWDN~ ox 208 Methuen MA 01844 phone 978 686-0319 Call write full line catalog REAL PLANES HAVE 2 WINGS AND ROUND ENGINES 1/5 scale Waco UPF-7 72 14 lbs