Free Flight Duration Harry Murphy CARL GOLDBERG expires Free Flight competition world saddened recent death man prob ably its well-known personality Carl Goldberg model designs Thir ties Forties established design prece dents remain us day Whereas often given credit inventing pylon Zipper designs promoted concept Carl con tinually passed credit early associates Andy Anderson Carl did write first commercially-printed article dethermalizers modelsand credit did acknowledge However innovation just great appeared model kits designed during long association Comet Model Airplane Company No Old-Timer contest would com plete representative models Free Flight designs Golden Era Along famous Zipper other popular designs bear name such Clipper Valkyrie Mercury Interceptor Sailplane Cumulus Viking Blazer Carl also prided himself being contestant enter compete Nationals since first early Twenties Obviously chain has now terminated mas ter has now succumbed followers mourn passing Mid-America FF Mecca prime ingredients required successfully pro mote Outdoor Free Flight good flying site fairly easily accessible maximum number competitors some years Midwest has meant Bong Field WI Wright Field OH Three Rivers MI few others ever just over Indiana state line Southern Illinois about four miles north US 50 one-time military air base super-size model flying site called Mid-America Airport group model ers call themselves Tn-County Aero Club has using site some years club has also faithfully staged annual Free Flight contest past 10 years being extreme fringe current concentrated pockets Free Flight activity contest atten dance figures have never what might call average Until now normal incentives large unobstructed site easy chase conditions congenial sponsors trophies third place have just enticed much improvement annual contest attendance records until 1984 registration doubled felicitous ingredient apparently invitation come day early test flyplus holding contest eve cookout Two-and-a-half bucks head can eat contestants dreamfly eat too end result weekend super contest super vittles double normal number contest entries Spokesman Bud Brown stated club will stage complete two-day affair next year cookout again placed card Saturday evening Isnt amazing extra miles Free Flight ers will drive affair soon someone mentions food dates remember 1985 October 12 13 Re-covering revisited appears may have pried open small cans worms previous discussion David Jones request information possible easy method removing old silkspan framework aged models rate interim since article has seen print have received abundance related postal tele phone comments topic far popular cure-all task has suggestion using gel semi-paste-type paint remover such peddled hardware stores paint stores home improvement depart ments discount mass merchandis ing outlets contributors fered references specific brands smelly yukie goo However interestingly enough no two advisors suggested same brand George Batiuk placed preference Strip-Eez Ken Kull man voices vote Gliddens Glid Stryp Harold Matteson documented rave notices resulting using Sears heavy-bodied paint varnish remover Bob Dcc Perkins 1 Columbus Ohio Friable Flying Corps COFFC enlarged Wltchhawk powered honking K&B 49cc engine Karl Emde Cleveland OH areaR Interrupts flying activities pose photo TO 020-powered Brooklyn Dodger built J&R kit Backgrounds both photos Wright-Patterson AFB buildings Dayton OH 60 Model Aviation Bill Schlarb South Bend IN awaits good air official flight Lawrence yule IL meet Note planes stubby wings anhedral stab placed third Cofounder NFFS Uncle Carl Fries Creetwood MO brought new 11*A Lunar-Tic TrI-County Aero Clubs 1984 meet Lawrencevllle IL Whereas suggested brands varied corresponding removal procedures quite universal results claimed Work small area time dab stuff old brush let work 5-10 minutes letting old dope soften silkspan loosen follow scraping off residue singleedged razor blade importantly work well-ventilated area Excellent results claimed little effect glue joints minimal amount finish sanding required prepare framework next covering Old friend Russ Hansen thought unusual tried stuff before now forgets stick model ground isnt anything left worth re-covering. Nat Comfort offered acetone fa vorite softening agent dabs stiff-bristled brush pushing loosenbig silkspan ahead work area swears acetqpe doesnt affect cement joints Since liquid quite volatile should tiipk proper ventilation appropriate attempt using acetone re-covering effort interesting contributors admitted relying Coverites Balsarite/ Micafilm combination preference subsequent re-covering materials after conipletion successful silkspan removal operation Should eventual ly required remove Balsarite-stuck film whatever reason personally have reasonably pleasant experiences re-covering effort After diligently pulling film models framework using hot iron soften adhesive photo engine-maker Henry Orwick taken 38 years ago 47 Mon tIcello MN Nats legendary green machines now being revived replica form stubborn areas wood can quickly restored its original status carefully wiping old adhesive-coated areas clean rag has dipped dope thinner found thinner dissolved Balsarite magic poof David Jones has seeking subsequent recovering process normally does require pre-sanding prior reapplication another coat Balsarite turn begins recycling process suppose should confess per sonal practice cutting can Balsarite nitrate dope thinner ini tially coating framework covered re-covered thinned coat nitrate dope before thinned Balsarite applied find thin dope penetrates wood better thinned Balsarite tends establish better overall adhesive bond film wood possible direct ap plication just Balsarite Also globbing effect under film sometimes present adhesive applied too thick avoided thinner-Balsarite solution Simple trial error should aid arriving best adhesive viscosity heat combina tions applications should think fair also mention co-editor col umn Bob Meuser offered personal sure-fire remedy old-silkspan removal problem suggestion came scribbled northeast corner back post card simply recom mended gentle application pro pane torch afflicted area after bursts flame ex claim Oh bleep thg build new model Bobs solution 9ay rated best solution but1 have admit certainly final solution. USA wins World Indoor Champs say USA Team won marbles World Indoor Champs last October Nagoya Japan would overstatement simply took replica Orwick 64 produced England Dunham Engineering 73 29 also available 23 coming soon Availability info column everything first second third individual placings well team laurels Jim Richmond took first place honors followed Cezar Banks Bob Randolph first time ever single country swept first three phases Indoor stellar perform ance talented USA team say least Whereas results WC will have probably covered much greater depth other scribes before notice surfaces print feel responsibility Free Flight column editor personally acknowledge exceptional performance Indoor team particular individual accomplishments fellow club member Jim Richmond Jim also won Ernest Kopecky Trophy longest single flight 39 minutes 51 seconds flight accom plished aid unique variablediameter prop initially measured 22 inches diameter shortened 18 inches tension rubber de creased model began descend prop diameter decreased prop began turn faster model began rise once again feature Jim also awarded Toyotomi Cup sports beautiful solid bronze figure Greek Goddess Psyche award given original design Japanese sponsors supposed ly valMed two three thousand dollars also Jims keep isnt perpet ual trophy Congratulations once again USA Indoor teamChampions World 1984 Henrys Green Machines Recollec tions first Nats have special significance long-time modelers Regardless site year event occurred reflections initial big indelibly bla zoned memories annual Continued page 156 May1985 61 FF Duration/Murphy Continued page 61 affair continues endure year after year personal such instance occurred 1947 placed Nats Monticel lo MN meant 2200 mile round trip jaunt two recently-gradu ated Hoosier high school chums making initial breakout safe confines 17 years constant parental surveillance conveyance 41 Buick gave us innumerable problems guzzling 37 quarts oil dur ing trek once meeting desti nation trials trip forgottenfor arrived Nationals worlds largest model meet heretofore fantasy pages old model magazines now reality around us actual built-up models various designs both Free Flight Control Line appeared model mags pictured kits reduced plans Also modeling celebrities day appearing real live people previously hallowed names small print What glorious event Since few models taken along anything competitive plenty free time absorb vanZLIN Z50-L K Brand Newt hot new per former gives everything demand model Strong lightweight balsa ply construc tion easy build Fuel tank hardware included 60 90 two stroke 90 120 four stroke engines 692/3 wing span BASIC KIT S 11995844 sq wing area 80% ASSEMBLED S 3250075 88 lbs WE GIVE YOU THE GREATEST VALUE ZXZU O33158ORDER TOLL FREE 800782-0022 SERVICE & INFORMATION 702-732-0022 3132 So Highland Drive Las Vegas Nevada 89109 Send $150 catalog Refunded first purchase ous activities detail thereby shoot up considerable amount film dependable Brownie box camera now-faded photos reside yellowed album occasionally gets dust ed however late evening its con tents being perused once again showman Jim Walker Fireball Jr Stunt Champ Davey Slagle ever-present mother dad fabled IC Madman Yates engine manufacturer Henry Orwick Henry pro duced wonderful custom-made green machines called Orwick 64 Only few found way Midwest summer 47 reputation superlative power source spread quite rapidly will remind still ignition era Comet Sailplane Playboy Sr still winning Free Flight contests Control Line Stunt demanding equal time Henrys engines fit both categories Henry teamed JC Yates occasion attempt Open Na tional Stunt Championship add further credits Orwick engine Madman Control Line Stunt design being kitted History shows accomplished However since Orwick engine held high regard time Free Flight community well trav eling companion affluent bought engine Henry purpose As look back occa sion kick myself buying least dozen myselffor engine now quite rare Orwick 23s Ive never made money stock market either heydey Orwick engine last couple years before went way other fine engines times Whether introduction glow plug primary cause its demise engines originally designed gas-and-oil ignition systems answer known writer remember being said Henry issued notice engines run glow fuel Ive often wondered whether felt glow fuel would have actually caused internal Park Falls WI 54552 ox 2790 fln,fI, 156 Model Aviation LEADER IN SMALL AIRFOIL TECHNOLOGY MASTER AIRSCREW NOW IN 21 SIZES! K Series 4-strokes 12 x 613 x 614 x6 14 x 8 16 x 6 Soon 16 x 8 K Series features safety tips GIF Series sizes 7 11 including 10 x 6 pusher 5 Sizes 112A Engines Injection-molded outstanding performance durability Moderately priced MASTER AIRSCREW QUALITY ACCESSORIES available dealer Razor Plane micro-adjustable heavy-duty industrial blade accurately held two locating screws has best operating Razor Plane market Replace ment blades available $495 sugg retail Precision stripwood easy Master Airscrew Balsa Stripper Strips up Vz wide k can cut quickly sheet stock Uses standard type 11 blade $495 in-line fuel filter outstanding value threaded 2-part aluminum body has 120 mesh a/s screen removable easy cleaning $119 WINDSOR PROPELLER CO 384 Tesconi Ct Santa Rosa CA 95401 62 SPAN NGINE HANNEL RIC First Series Great Flying Canards RIC Modeler harm sturdy powerplants wheth er just because raw glow fuel would make instant mess green paint outside crankcases rate glow plug entered Orwicks exited Aba lost history begins repeat itself once again now 1985 green machines Henry Orwick back replica form Surprisingly though being produced England firm cailed Dunham Engineering products distributed US Bert Striegler Strieglers RC Supply 5831 McKnight Houston TX 77035 713-729-5652 Currently Orwick 64 available $19995 its big brother 73 $20995 Add $500 P&I 29 should aiso available press time its price $14000 plus $400 US Postal Service Seemingly fair levies such fine engine productsand under stand ensuing months may get another chance buy Orwick 23 time can bet wont pass up Well fellas guess replica effort similar just go show after 35 years squeezing more out engines AMA FAI compe tition must recognize some prefer revert square Apparently may have left something value back may next column will directed mod ern competition matters attempt give equal time eras Free Flight competition Until maybe Ill run some downwind Harry Murphy 3824 Oakwood Blvd Anderson IN 46011 FF Indoor/Tenny Continued page 62 25 proposals Initial Ballot defeated will simplify final selec tion considerably removes conflicts mentioned previously final vote due May 1 1985 youre through yet need re U ~E 1MM Top Flite Jacket Look best flight line Top Elite R/O Pilots Jacket pay $15000 $400 savings off regular price ad copy must accompany order S M L XL mbia safety sleeves polyester 35% combed cotton easy care enec logo back lor embroidered patch front lop Elite Jacket . Wear proudly order send ad return address quantity sizes $1 500* per jacket no cash please Top Elite Jacket orders $250 shipping/handling Illinois residents add 60/0 sales tax TOP FLITE MODELS INC 1903 N Narragansett Ave Dept Chicago Illinois 60639 read surviving proposais published October December 1984 issues give feedback Indoor Contest Board representative Several did very well notes sent comments useful giving idea feelings around country hope also wrote own representative am obligated GB guidelines follow guidance District VIII So didnt contact own 1GB representative werent represented Initiai Vote Plastic covering surviving rules proposals would substitute plastic covering paper Paper Stick event also changing name Inter mediate Stick proposal passes need learn cover super-light films No doubt speciai techniques will worked out natural inventiveness Indoor modelers comes play have worked Microlite have head start microfilm covering tools can adapted applying plastic coverings favorite microfilm covering techniques may useful lightest wing stab frames micro film goes way transfer micro film secondary hoop has flexi ble ends made soft aluminum strips Support covering frame above work table bend ends film curved downward makes trough approximates airfoil curve Lay wing upside down film use very fine brush apply water frame ribs Start center rib work toward tips along spars Moisten about two inches spar time move another spar segment example two inches front spar side center move corresponding part rear spar other side front rear spars balance expansion wood Apply water rib reach being careful avoid distorting frame misaligning rib Once water has dried frame will * Britains popular helicopter Easy maintenance Low Cost * Alloy chassis detail plastic components * Gearboxes enclosed steel gears $24gg5 HUGHES 300 C 45 Flotor 2810 40 motor DUAL PERSOHAUTY TRAINER GEMINIS DEAUTIFUL SUPER CHAMP WS 54 20 35 ENGINES 3CHANNEL THE BEGINNERS KITTEN AND EXPERTS TIGER Revolutionary ssop wing eliminates bolts rubber bands Complete kit $54 95 dealer direct GEMINI MODELS INC P0 en 11 ee Pess,c NJ 07055 May1985157 i Extra$200 Write complete details Also available 40 size Augusta 109 D retracts
Edition: Model Aviation - 1985/05
Page Numbers: 60, 61, 156, 157
Free Flight Duration Harry Murphy CARL GOLDBERG expires Free Flight competition world saddened recent death man prob ably its well-known personality Carl Goldberg model designs Thir ties Forties established design prece dents remain us day Whereas often given credit inventing pylon Zipper designs promoted concept Carl con tinually passed credit early associates Andy Anderson Carl did write first commercially-printed article dethermalizers modelsand credit did acknowledge However innovation just great appeared model kits designed during long association Comet Model Airplane Company No Old-Timer contest would com plete representative models Free Flight designs Golden Era Along famous Zipper other popular designs bear name such Clipper Valkyrie Mercury Interceptor Sailplane Cumulus Viking Blazer Carl also prided himself being contestant enter compete Nationals since first early Twenties Obviously chain has now terminated mas ter has now succumbed followers mourn passing Mid-America FF Mecca prime ingredients required successfully pro mote Outdoor Free Flight good flying site fairly easily accessible maximum number competitors some years Midwest has meant Bong Field WI Wright Field OH Three Rivers MI few others ever just over Indiana state line Southern Illinois about four miles north US 50 one-time military air base super-size model flying site called Mid-America Airport group model ers call themselves Tn-County Aero Club has using site some years club has also faithfully staged annual Free Flight contest past 10 years being extreme fringe current concentrated pockets Free Flight activity contest atten dance figures have never what might call average Until now normal incentives large unobstructed site easy chase conditions congenial sponsors trophies third place have just enticed much improvement annual contest attendance records until 1984 registration doubled felicitous ingredient apparently invitation come day early test flyplus holding contest eve cookout Two-and-a-half bucks head can eat contestants dreamfly eat too end result weekend super contest super vittles double normal number contest entries Spokesman Bud Brown stated club will stage complete two-day affair next year cookout again placed card Saturday evening Isnt amazing extra miles Free Flight ers will drive affair soon someone mentions food dates remember 1985 October 12 13 Re-covering revisited appears may have pried open small cans worms previous discussion David Jones request information possible easy method removing old silkspan framework aged models rate interim since article has seen print have received abundance related postal tele phone comments topic far popular cure-all task has suggestion using gel semi-paste-type paint remover such peddled hardware stores paint stores home improvement depart ments discount mass merchandis ing outlets contributors fered references specific brands smelly yukie goo However interestingly enough no two advisors suggested same brand George Batiuk placed preference Strip-Eez Ken Kull man voices vote Gliddens Glid Stryp Harold Matteson documented rave notices resulting using Sears heavy-bodied paint varnish remover Bob Dcc Perkins 1 Columbus Ohio Friable Flying Corps COFFC enlarged Wltchhawk powered honking K&B 49cc engine Karl Emde Cleveland OH areaR Interrupts flying activities pose photo TO 020-powered Brooklyn Dodger built J&R kit Backgrounds both photos Wright-Patterson AFB buildings Dayton OH 60 Model Aviation Bill Schlarb South Bend IN awaits good air official flight Lawrence yule IL meet Note planes stubby wings anhedral stab placed third Cofounder NFFS Uncle Carl Fries Creetwood MO brought new 11*A Lunar-Tic TrI-County Aero Clubs 1984 meet Lawrencevllle IL Whereas suggested brands varied corresponding removal procedures quite universal results claimed Work small area time dab stuff old brush let work 5-10 minutes letting old dope soften silkspan loosen follow scraping off residue singleedged razor blade importantly work well-ventilated area Excellent results claimed little effect glue joints minimal amount finish sanding required prepare framework next covering Old friend Russ Hansen thought unusual tried stuff before now forgets stick model ground isnt anything left worth re-covering. Nat Comfort offered acetone fa vorite softening agent dabs stiff-bristled brush pushing loosenbig silkspan ahead work area swears acetqpe doesnt affect cement joints Since liquid quite volatile should tiipk proper ventilation appropriate attempt using acetone re-covering effort interesting contributors admitted relying Coverites Balsarite/ Micafilm combination preference subsequent re-covering materials after conipletion successful silkspan removal operation Should eventual ly required remove Balsarite-stuck film whatever reason personally have reasonably pleasant experiences re-covering effort After diligently pulling film models framework using hot iron soften adhesive photo engine-maker Henry Orwick taken 38 years ago 47 Mon tIcello MN Nats legendary green machines now being revived replica form stubborn areas wood can quickly restored its original status carefully wiping old adhesive-coated areas clean rag has dipped dope thinner found thinner dissolved Balsarite magic poof David Jones has seeking subsequent recovering process normally does require pre-sanding prior reapplication another coat Balsarite turn begins recycling process suppose should confess per sonal practice cutting can Balsarite nitrate dope thinner ini tially coating framework covered re-covered thinned coat nitrate dope before thinned Balsarite applied find thin dope penetrates wood better thinned Balsarite tends establish better overall adhesive bond film wood possible direct ap plication just Balsarite Also globbing effect under film sometimes present adhesive applied too thick avoided thinner-Balsarite solution Simple trial error should aid arriving best adhesive viscosity heat combina tions applications should think fair also mention co-editor col umn Bob Meuser offered personal sure-fire remedy old-silkspan removal problem suggestion came scribbled northeast corner back post card simply recom mended gentle application pro pane torch afflicted area after bursts flame ex claim Oh bleep thg build new model Bobs solution 9ay rated best solution but1 have admit certainly final solution. USA wins World Indoor Champs say USA Team won marbles World Indoor Champs last October Nagoya Japan would overstatement simply took replica Orwick 64 produced England Dunham Engineering 73 29 also available 23 coming soon Availability info column everything first second third individual placings well team laurels Jim Richmond took first place honors followed Cezar Banks Bob Randolph first time ever single country swept first three phases Indoor stellar perform ance talented USA team say least Whereas results WC will have probably covered much greater depth other scribes before notice surfaces print feel responsibility Free Flight column editor personally acknowledge exceptional performance Indoor team particular individual accomplishments fellow club member Jim Richmond Jim also won Ernest Kopecky Trophy longest single flight 39 minutes 51 seconds flight accom plished aid unique variablediameter prop initially measured 22 inches diameter shortened 18 inches tension rubber de creased model began descend prop diameter decreased prop began turn faster model began rise once again feature Jim also awarded Toyotomi Cup sports beautiful solid bronze figure Greek Goddess Psyche award given original design Japanese sponsors supposed ly valMed two three thousand dollars also Jims keep isnt perpet ual trophy Congratulations once again USA Indoor teamChampions World 1984 Henrys Green Machines Recollec tions first Nats have special significance long-time modelers Regardless site year event occurred reflections initial big indelibly bla zoned memories annual Continued page 156 May1985 61 FF Duration/Murphy Continued page 61 affair continues endure year after year personal such instance occurred 1947 placed Nats Monticel lo MN meant 2200 mile round trip jaunt two recently-gradu ated Hoosier high school chums making initial breakout safe confines 17 years constant parental surveillance conveyance 41 Buick gave us innumerable problems guzzling 37 quarts oil dur ing trek once meeting desti nation trials trip forgottenfor arrived Nationals worlds largest model meet heretofore fantasy pages old model magazines now reality around us actual built-up models various designs both Free Flight Control Line appeared model mags pictured kits reduced plans Also modeling celebrities day appearing real live people previously hallowed names small print What glorious event Since few models taken along anything competitive plenty free time absorb vanZLIN Z50-L K Brand Newt hot new per former gives everything demand model Strong lightweight balsa ply construc tion easy build Fuel tank hardware included 60 90 two stroke 90 120 four stroke engines 692/3 wing span BASIC KIT S 11995844 sq wing area 80% ASSEMBLED S 3250075 88 lbs WE GIVE YOU THE GREATEST VALUE ZXZU O33158ORDER TOLL FREE 800782-0022 SERVICE & INFORMATION 702-732-0022 3132 So Highland Drive Las Vegas Nevada 89109 Send $150 catalog Refunded first purchase ous activities detail thereby shoot up considerable amount film dependable Brownie box camera now-faded photos reside yellowed album occasionally gets dust ed however late evening its con tents being perused once again showman Jim Walker Fireball Jr Stunt Champ Davey Slagle ever-present mother dad fabled IC Madman Yates engine manufacturer Henry Orwick Henry pro duced wonderful custom-made green machines called Orwick 64 Only few found way Midwest summer 47 reputation superlative power source spread quite rapidly will remind still ignition era Comet Sailplane Playboy Sr still winning Free Flight contests Control Line Stunt demanding equal time Henrys engines fit both categories Henry teamed JC Yates occasion attempt Open Na tional Stunt Championship add further credits Orwick engine Madman Control Line Stunt design being kitted History shows accomplished However since Orwick engine held high regard time Free Flight community well trav eling companion affluent bought engine Henry purpose As look back occa sion kick myself buying least dozen myselffor engine now quite rare Orwick 23s Ive never made money stock market either heydey Orwick engine last couple years before went way other fine engines times Whether introduction glow plug primary cause its demise engines originally designed gas-and-oil ignition systems answer known writer remember being said Henry issued notice engines run glow fuel Ive often wondered whether felt glow fuel would have actually caused internal Park Falls WI 54552 ox 2790 fln,fI, 156 Model Aviation LEADER IN SMALL AIRFOIL TECHNOLOGY MASTER AIRSCREW NOW IN 21 SIZES! K Series 4-strokes 12 x 613 x 614 x6 14 x 8 16 x 6 Soon 16 x 8 K Series features safety tips GIF Series sizes 7 11 including 10 x 6 pusher 5 Sizes 112A Engines Injection-molded outstanding performance durability Moderately priced MASTER AIRSCREW QUALITY ACCESSORIES available dealer Razor Plane micro-adjustable heavy-duty industrial blade accurately held two locating screws has best operating Razor Plane market Replace ment blades available $495 sugg retail Precision stripwood easy Master Airscrew Balsa Stripper Strips up Vz wide k can cut quickly sheet stock Uses standard type 11 blade $495 in-line fuel filter outstanding value threaded 2-part aluminum body has 120 mesh a/s screen removable easy cleaning $119 WINDSOR PROPELLER CO 384 Tesconi Ct Santa Rosa CA 95401 62 SPAN NGINE HANNEL RIC First Series Great Flying Canards RIC Modeler harm sturdy powerplants wheth er just because raw glow fuel would make instant mess green paint outside crankcases rate glow plug entered Orwicks exited Aba lost history begins repeat itself once again now 1985 green machines Henry Orwick back replica form Surprisingly though being produced England firm cailed Dunham Engineering products distributed US Bert Striegler Strieglers RC Supply 5831 McKnight Houston TX 77035 713-729-5652 Currently Orwick 64 available $19995 its big brother 73 $20995 Add $500 P&I 29 should aiso available press time its price $14000 plus $400 US Postal Service Seemingly fair levies such fine engine productsand under stand ensuing months may get another chance buy Orwick 23 time can bet wont pass up Well fellas guess replica effort similar just go show after 35 years squeezing more out engines AMA FAI compe tition must recognize some prefer revert square Apparently may have left something value back may next column will directed mod ern competition matters attempt give equal time eras Free Flight competition Until maybe Ill run some downwind Harry Murphy 3824 Oakwood Blvd Anderson IN 46011 FF Indoor/Tenny Continued page 62 25 proposals Initial Ballot defeated will simplify final selec tion considerably removes conflicts mentioned previously final vote due May 1 1985 youre through yet need re U ~E 1MM Top Flite Jacket Look best flight line Top Elite R/O Pilots Jacket pay $15000 $400 savings off regular price ad copy must accompany order S M L XL mbia safety sleeves polyester 35% combed cotton easy care enec logo back lor embroidered patch front lop Elite Jacket . Wear proudly order send ad return address quantity sizes $1 500* per jacket no cash please Top Elite Jacket orders $250 shipping/handling Illinois residents add 60/0 sales tax TOP FLITE MODELS INC 1903 N Narragansett Ave Dept Chicago Illinois 60639 read surviving proposais published October December 1984 issues give feedback Indoor Contest Board representative Several did very well notes sent comments useful giving idea feelings around country hope also wrote own representative am obligated GB guidelines follow guidance District VIII So didnt contact own 1GB representative werent represented Initiai Vote Plastic covering surviving rules proposals would substitute plastic covering paper Paper Stick event also changing name Inter mediate Stick proposal passes need learn cover super-light films No doubt speciai techniques will worked out natural inventiveness Indoor modelers comes play have worked Microlite have head start microfilm covering tools can adapted applying plastic coverings favorite microfilm covering techniques may useful lightest wing stab frames micro film goes way transfer micro film secondary hoop has flexi ble ends made soft aluminum strips Support covering frame above work table bend ends film curved downward makes trough approximates airfoil curve Lay wing upside down film use very fine brush apply water frame ribs Start center rib work toward tips along spars Moisten about two inches spar time move another spar segment example two inches front spar side center move corresponding part rear spar other side front rear spars balance expansion wood Apply water rib reach being careful avoid distorting frame misaligning rib Once water has dried frame will * Britains popular helicopter Easy maintenance Low Cost * Alloy chassis detail plastic components * Gearboxes enclosed steel gears $24gg5 HUGHES 300 C 45 Flotor 2810 40 motor DUAL PERSOHAUTY TRAINER GEMINIS DEAUTIFUL SUPER CHAMP WS 54 20 35 ENGINES 3CHANNEL THE BEGINNERS KITTEN AND EXPERTS TIGER Revolutionary ssop wing eliminates bolts rubber bands Complete kit $54 95 dealer direct GEMINI MODELS INC P0 en 11 ee Pess,c NJ 07055 May1985157 i Extra$200 Write complete details Also available 40 size Augusta 109 D retracts
Edition: Model Aviation - 1985/05
Page Numbers: 60, 61, 156, 157
Free Flight Duration Harry Murphy CARL GOLDBERG expires Free Flight competition world saddened recent death man prob ably its well-known personality Carl Goldberg model designs Thir ties Forties established design prece dents remain us day Whereas often given credit inventing pylon Zipper designs promoted concept Carl con tinually passed credit early associates Andy Anderson Carl did write first commercially-printed article dethermalizers modelsand credit did acknowledge However innovation just great appeared model kits designed during long association Comet Model Airplane Company No Old-Timer contest would com plete representative models Free Flight designs Golden Era Along famous Zipper other popular designs bear name such Clipper Valkyrie Mercury Interceptor Sailplane Cumulus Viking Blazer Carl also prided himself being contestant enter compete Nationals since first early Twenties Obviously chain has now terminated mas ter has now succumbed followers mourn passing Mid-America FF Mecca prime ingredients required successfully pro mote Outdoor Free Flight good flying site fairly easily accessible maximum number competitors some years Midwest has meant Bong Field WI Wright Field OH Three Rivers MI few others ever just over Indiana state line Southern Illinois about four miles north US 50 one-time military air base super-size model flying site called Mid-America Airport group model ers call themselves Tn-County Aero Club has using site some years club has also faithfully staged annual Free Flight contest past 10 years being extreme fringe current concentrated pockets Free Flight activity contest atten dance figures have never what might call average Until now normal incentives large unobstructed site easy chase conditions congenial sponsors trophies third place have just enticed much improvement annual contest attendance records until 1984 registration doubled felicitous ingredient apparently invitation come day early test flyplus holding contest eve cookout Two-and-a-half bucks head can eat contestants dreamfly eat too end result weekend super contest super vittles double normal number contest entries Spokesman Bud Brown stated club will stage complete two-day affair next year cookout again placed card Saturday evening Isnt amazing extra miles Free Flight ers will drive affair soon someone mentions food dates remember 1985 October 12 13 Re-covering revisited appears may have pried open small cans worms previous discussion David Jones request information possible easy method removing old silkspan framework aged models rate interim since article has seen print have received abundance related postal tele phone comments topic far popular cure-all task has suggestion using gel semi-paste-type paint remover such peddled hardware stores paint stores home improvement depart ments discount mass merchandis ing outlets contributors fered references specific brands smelly yukie goo However interestingly enough no two advisors suggested same brand George Batiuk placed preference Strip-Eez Ken Kull man voices vote Gliddens Glid Stryp Harold Matteson documented rave notices resulting using Sears heavy-bodied paint varnish remover Bob Dcc Perkins 1 Columbus Ohio Friable Flying Corps COFFC enlarged Wltchhawk powered honking K&B 49cc engine Karl Emde Cleveland OH areaR Interrupts flying activities pose photo TO 020-powered Brooklyn Dodger built J&R kit Backgrounds both photos Wright-Patterson AFB buildings Dayton OH 60 Model Aviation Bill Schlarb South Bend IN awaits good air official flight Lawrence yule IL meet Note planes stubby wings anhedral stab placed third Cofounder NFFS Uncle Carl Fries Creetwood MO brought new 11*A Lunar-Tic TrI-County Aero Clubs 1984 meet Lawrencevllle IL Whereas suggested brands varied corresponding removal procedures quite universal results claimed Work small area time dab stuff old brush let work 5-10 minutes letting old dope soften silkspan loosen follow scraping off residue singleedged razor blade importantly work well-ventilated area Excellent results claimed little effect glue joints minimal amount finish sanding required prepare framework next covering Old friend Russ Hansen thought unusual tried stuff before now forgets stick model ground isnt anything left worth re-covering. Nat Comfort offered acetone fa vorite softening agent dabs stiff-bristled brush pushing loosenbig silkspan ahead work area swears acetqpe doesnt affect cement joints Since liquid quite volatile should tiipk proper ventilation appropriate attempt using acetone re-covering effort interesting contributors admitted relying Coverites Balsarite/ Micafilm combination preference subsequent re-covering materials after conipletion successful silkspan removal operation Should eventual ly required remove Balsarite-stuck film whatever reason personally have reasonably pleasant experiences re-covering effort After diligently pulling film models framework using hot iron soften adhesive photo engine-maker Henry Orwick taken 38 years ago 47 Mon tIcello MN Nats legendary green machines now being revived replica form stubborn areas wood can quickly restored its original status carefully wiping old adhesive-coated areas clean rag has dipped dope thinner found thinner dissolved Balsarite magic poof David Jones has seeking subsequent recovering process normally does require pre-sanding prior reapplication another coat Balsarite turn begins recycling process suppose should confess per sonal practice cutting can Balsarite nitrate dope thinner ini tially coating framework covered re-covered thinned coat nitrate dope before thinned Balsarite applied find thin dope penetrates wood better thinned Balsarite tends establish better overall adhesive bond film wood possible direct ap plication just Balsarite Also globbing effect under film sometimes present adhesive applied too thick avoided thinner-Balsarite solution Simple trial error should aid arriving best adhesive viscosity heat combina tions applications should think fair also mention co-editor col umn Bob Meuser offered personal sure-fire remedy old-silkspan removal problem suggestion came scribbled northeast corner back post card simply recom mended gentle application pro pane torch afflicted area after bursts flame ex claim Oh bleep thg build new model Bobs solution 9ay rated best solution but1 have admit certainly final solution. USA wins World Indoor Champs say USA Team won marbles World Indoor Champs last October Nagoya Japan would overstatement simply took replica Orwick 64 produced England Dunham Engineering 73 29 also available 23 coming soon Availability info column everything first second third individual placings well team laurels Jim Richmond took first place honors followed Cezar Banks Bob Randolph first time ever single country swept first three phases Indoor stellar perform ance talented USA team say least Whereas results WC will have probably covered much greater depth other scribes before notice surfaces print feel responsibility Free Flight column editor personally acknowledge exceptional performance Indoor team particular individual accomplishments fellow club member Jim Richmond Jim also won Ernest Kopecky Trophy longest single flight 39 minutes 51 seconds flight accom plished aid unique variablediameter prop initially measured 22 inches diameter shortened 18 inches tension rubber de creased model began descend prop diameter decreased prop began turn faster model began rise once again feature Jim also awarded Toyotomi Cup sports beautiful solid bronze figure Greek Goddess Psyche award given original design Japanese sponsors supposed ly valMed two three thousand dollars also Jims keep isnt perpet ual trophy Congratulations once again USA Indoor teamChampions World 1984 Henrys Green Machines Recollec tions first Nats have special significance long-time modelers Regardless site year event occurred reflections initial big indelibly bla zoned memories annual Continued page 156 May1985 61 FF Duration/Murphy Continued page 61 affair continues endure year after year personal such instance occurred 1947 placed Nats Monticel lo MN meant 2200 mile round trip jaunt two recently-gradu ated Hoosier high school chums making initial breakout safe confines 17 years constant parental surveillance conveyance 41 Buick gave us innumerable problems guzzling 37 quarts oil dur ing trek once meeting desti nation trials trip forgottenfor arrived Nationals worlds largest model meet heretofore fantasy pages old model magazines now reality around us actual built-up models various designs both Free Flight Control Line appeared model mags pictured kits reduced plans Also modeling celebrities day appearing real live people previously hallowed names small print What glorious event Since few models taken along anything competitive plenty free time absorb vanZLIN Z50-L K Brand Newt hot new per former gives everything demand model Strong lightweight balsa ply construc tion easy build Fuel tank hardware included 60 90 two stroke 90 120 four stroke engines 692/3 wing span BASIC KIT S 11995844 sq wing area 80% ASSEMBLED S 3250075 88 lbs WE GIVE YOU THE GREATEST VALUE ZXZU O33158ORDER TOLL FREE 800782-0022 SERVICE & INFORMATION 702-732-0022 3132 So Highland Drive Las Vegas Nevada 89109 Send $150 catalog Refunded first purchase ous activities detail thereby shoot up considerable amount film dependable Brownie box camera now-faded photos reside yellowed album occasionally gets dust ed however late evening its con tents being perused once again showman Jim Walker Fireball Jr Stunt Champ Davey Slagle ever-present mother dad fabled IC Madman Yates engine manufacturer Henry Orwick Henry pro duced wonderful custom-made green machines called Orwick 64 Only few found way Midwest summer 47 reputation superlative power source spread quite rapidly will remind still ignition era Comet Sailplane Playboy Sr still winning Free Flight contests Control Line Stunt demanding equal time Henrys engines fit both categories Henry teamed JC Yates occasion attempt Open Na tional Stunt Championship add further credits Orwick engine Madman Control Line Stunt design being kitted History shows accomplished However since Orwick engine held high regard time Free Flight community well trav eling companion affluent bought engine Henry purpose As look back occa sion kick myself buying least dozen myselffor engine now quite rare Orwick 23s Ive never made money stock market either heydey Orwick engine last couple years before went way other fine engines times Whether introduction glow plug primary cause its demise engines originally designed gas-and-oil ignition systems answer known writer remember being said Henry issued notice engines run glow fuel Ive often wondered whether felt glow fuel would have actually caused internal Park Falls WI 54552 ox 2790 fln,fI, 156 Model Aviation LEADER IN SMALL AIRFOIL TECHNOLOGY MASTER AIRSCREW NOW IN 21 SIZES! K Series 4-strokes 12 x 613 x 614 x6 14 x 8 16 x 6 Soon 16 x 8 K Series features safety tips GIF Series sizes 7 11 including 10 x 6 pusher 5 Sizes 112A Engines Injection-molded outstanding performance durability Moderately priced MASTER AIRSCREW QUALITY ACCESSORIES available dealer Razor Plane micro-adjustable heavy-duty industrial blade accurately held two locating screws has best operating Razor Plane market Replace ment blades available $495 sugg retail Precision stripwood easy Master Airscrew Balsa Stripper Strips up Vz wide k can cut quickly sheet stock Uses standard type 11 blade $495 in-line fuel filter outstanding value threaded 2-part aluminum body has 120 mesh a/s screen removable easy cleaning $119 WINDSOR PROPELLER CO 384 Tesconi Ct Santa Rosa CA 95401 62 SPAN NGINE HANNEL RIC First Series Great Flying Canards RIC Modeler harm sturdy powerplants wheth er just because raw glow fuel would make instant mess green paint outside crankcases rate glow plug entered Orwicks exited Aba lost history begins repeat itself once again now 1985 green machines Henry Orwick back replica form Surprisingly though being produced England firm cailed Dunham Engineering products distributed US Bert Striegler Strieglers RC Supply 5831 McKnight Houston TX 77035 713-729-5652 Currently Orwick 64 available $19995 its big brother 73 $20995 Add $500 P&I 29 should aiso available press time its price $14000 plus $400 US Postal Service Seemingly fair levies such fine engine productsand under stand ensuing months may get another chance buy Orwick 23 time can bet wont pass up Well fellas guess replica effort similar just go show after 35 years squeezing more out engines AMA FAI compe tition must recognize some prefer revert square Apparently may have left something value back may next column will directed mod ern competition matters attempt give equal time eras Free Flight competition Until maybe Ill run some downwind Harry Murphy 3824 Oakwood Blvd Anderson IN 46011 FF Indoor/Tenny Continued page 62 25 proposals Initial Ballot defeated will simplify final selec tion considerably removes conflicts mentioned previously final vote due May 1 1985 youre through yet need re U ~E 1MM Top Flite Jacket Look best flight line Top Elite R/O Pilots Jacket pay $15000 $400 savings off regular price ad copy must accompany order S M L XL mbia safety sleeves polyester 35% combed cotton easy care enec logo back lor embroidered patch front lop Elite Jacket . Wear proudly order send ad return address quantity sizes $1 500* per jacket no cash please Top Elite Jacket orders $250 shipping/handling Illinois residents add 60/0 sales tax TOP FLITE MODELS INC 1903 N Narragansett Ave Dept Chicago Illinois 60639 read surviving proposais published October December 1984 issues give feedback Indoor Contest Board representative Several did very well notes sent comments useful giving idea feelings around country hope also wrote own representative am obligated GB guidelines follow guidance District VIII So didnt contact own 1GB representative werent represented Initiai Vote Plastic covering surviving rules proposals would substitute plastic covering paper Paper Stick event also changing name Inter mediate Stick proposal passes need learn cover super-light films No doubt speciai techniques will worked out natural inventiveness Indoor modelers comes play have worked Microlite have head start microfilm covering tools can adapted applying plastic coverings favorite microfilm covering techniques may useful lightest wing stab frames micro film goes way transfer micro film secondary hoop has flexi ble ends made soft aluminum strips Support covering frame above work table bend ends film curved downward makes trough approximates airfoil curve Lay wing upside down film use very fine brush apply water frame ribs Start center rib work toward tips along spars Moisten about two inches spar time move another spar segment example two inches front spar side center move corresponding part rear spar other side front rear spars balance expansion wood Apply water rib reach being careful avoid distorting frame misaligning rib Once water has dried frame will * Britains popular helicopter Easy maintenance Low Cost * Alloy chassis detail plastic components * Gearboxes enclosed steel gears $24gg5 HUGHES 300 C 45 Flotor 2810 40 motor DUAL PERSOHAUTY TRAINER GEMINIS DEAUTIFUL SUPER CHAMP WS 54 20 35 ENGINES 3CHANNEL THE BEGINNERS KITTEN AND EXPERTS TIGER Revolutionary ssop wing eliminates bolts rubber bands Complete kit $54 95 dealer direct GEMINI MODELS INC P0 en 11 ee Pess,c NJ 07055 May1985157 i Extra$200 Write complete details Also available 40 size Augusta 109 D retracts
Edition: Model Aviation - 1985/05
Page Numbers: 60, 61, 156, 157
Free Flight Duration Harry Murphy CARL GOLDBERG expires Free Flight competition world saddened recent death man prob ably its well-known personality Carl Goldberg model designs Thir ties Forties established design prece dents remain us day Whereas often given credit inventing pylon Zipper designs promoted concept Carl con tinually passed credit early associates Andy Anderson Carl did write first commercially-printed article dethermalizers modelsand credit did acknowledge However innovation just great appeared model kits designed during long association Comet Model Airplane Company No Old-Timer contest would com plete representative models Free Flight designs Golden Era Along famous Zipper other popular designs bear name such Clipper Valkyrie Mercury Interceptor Sailplane Cumulus Viking Blazer Carl also prided himself being contestant enter compete Nationals since first early Twenties Obviously chain has now terminated mas ter has now succumbed followers mourn passing Mid-America FF Mecca prime ingredients required successfully pro mote Outdoor Free Flight good flying site fairly easily accessible maximum number competitors some years Midwest has meant Bong Field WI Wright Field OH Three Rivers MI few others ever just over Indiana state line Southern Illinois about four miles north US 50 one-time military air base super-size model flying site called Mid-America Airport group model ers call themselves Tn-County Aero Club has using site some years club has also faithfully staged annual Free Flight contest past 10 years being extreme fringe current concentrated pockets Free Flight activity contest atten dance figures have never what might call average Until now normal incentives large unobstructed site easy chase conditions congenial sponsors trophies third place have just enticed much improvement annual contest attendance records until 1984 registration doubled felicitous ingredient apparently invitation come day early test flyplus holding contest eve cookout Two-and-a-half bucks head can eat contestants dreamfly eat too end result weekend super contest super vittles double normal number contest entries Spokesman Bud Brown stated club will stage complete two-day affair next year cookout again placed card Saturday evening Isnt amazing extra miles Free Flight ers will drive affair soon someone mentions food dates remember 1985 October 12 13 Re-covering revisited appears may have pried open small cans worms previous discussion David Jones request information possible easy method removing old silkspan framework aged models rate interim since article has seen print have received abundance related postal tele phone comments topic far popular cure-all task has suggestion using gel semi-paste-type paint remover such peddled hardware stores paint stores home improvement depart ments discount mass merchandis ing outlets contributors fered references specific brands smelly yukie goo However interestingly enough no two advisors suggested same brand George Batiuk placed preference Strip-Eez Ken Kull man voices vote Gliddens Glid Stryp Harold Matteson documented rave notices resulting using Sears heavy-bodied paint varnish remover Bob Dcc Perkins 1 Columbus Ohio Friable Flying Corps COFFC enlarged Wltchhawk powered honking K&B 49cc engine Karl Emde Cleveland OH areaR Interrupts flying activities pose photo TO 020-powered Brooklyn Dodger built J&R kit Backgrounds both photos Wright-Patterson AFB buildings Dayton OH 60 Model Aviation Bill Schlarb South Bend IN awaits good air official flight Lawrence yule IL meet Note planes stubby wings anhedral stab placed third Cofounder NFFS Uncle Carl Fries Creetwood MO brought new 11*A Lunar-Tic TrI-County Aero Clubs 1984 meet Lawrencevllle IL Whereas suggested brands varied corresponding removal procedures quite universal results claimed Work small area time dab stuff old brush let work 5-10 minutes letting old dope soften silkspan loosen follow scraping off residue singleedged razor blade importantly work well-ventilated area Excellent results claimed little effect glue joints minimal amount finish sanding required prepare framework next covering Old friend Russ Hansen thought unusual tried stuff before now forgets stick model ground isnt anything left worth re-covering. Nat Comfort offered acetone fa vorite softening agent dabs stiff-bristled brush pushing loosenbig silkspan ahead work area swears acetqpe doesnt affect cement joints Since liquid quite volatile should tiipk proper ventilation appropriate attempt using acetone re-covering effort interesting contributors admitted relying Coverites Balsarite/ Micafilm combination preference subsequent re-covering materials after conipletion successful silkspan removal operation Should eventual ly required remove Balsarite-stuck film whatever reason personally have reasonably pleasant experiences re-covering effort After diligently pulling film models framework using hot iron soften adhesive photo engine-maker Henry Orwick taken 38 years ago 47 Mon tIcello MN Nats legendary green machines now being revived replica form stubborn areas wood can quickly restored its original status carefully wiping old adhesive-coated areas clean rag has dipped dope thinner found thinner dissolved Balsarite magic poof David Jones has seeking subsequent recovering process normally does require pre-sanding prior reapplication another coat Balsarite turn begins recycling process suppose should confess per sonal practice cutting can Balsarite nitrate dope thinner ini tially coating framework covered re-covered thinned coat nitrate dope before thinned Balsarite applied find thin dope penetrates wood better thinned Balsarite tends establish better overall adhesive bond film wood possible direct ap plication just Balsarite Also globbing effect under film sometimes present adhesive applied too thick avoided thinner-Balsarite solution Simple trial error should aid arriving best adhesive viscosity heat combina tions applications should think fair also mention co-editor col umn Bob Meuser offered personal sure-fire remedy old-silkspan removal problem suggestion came scribbled northeast corner back post card simply recom mended gentle application pro pane torch afflicted area after bursts flame ex claim Oh bleep thg build new model Bobs solution 9ay rated best solution but1 have admit certainly final solution. USA wins World Indoor Champs say USA Team won marbles World Indoor Champs last October Nagoya Japan would overstatement simply took replica Orwick 64 produced England Dunham Engineering 73 29 also available 23 coming soon Availability info column everything first second third individual placings well team laurels Jim Richmond took first place honors followed Cezar Banks Bob Randolph first time ever single country swept first three phases Indoor stellar perform ance talented USA team say least Whereas results WC will have probably covered much greater depth other scribes before notice surfaces print feel responsibility Free Flight column editor personally acknowledge exceptional performance Indoor team particular individual accomplishments fellow club member Jim Richmond Jim also won Ernest Kopecky Trophy longest single flight 39 minutes 51 seconds flight accom plished aid unique variablediameter prop initially measured 22 inches diameter shortened 18 inches tension rubber de creased model began descend prop diameter decreased prop began turn faster model began rise once again feature Jim also awarded Toyotomi Cup sports beautiful solid bronze figure Greek Goddess Psyche award given original design Japanese sponsors supposed ly valMed two three thousand dollars also Jims keep isnt perpet ual trophy Congratulations once again USA Indoor teamChampions World 1984 Henrys Green Machines Recollec tions first Nats have special significance long-time modelers Regardless site year event occurred reflections initial big indelibly bla zoned memories annual Continued page 156 May1985 61 FF Duration/Murphy Continued page 61 affair continues endure year after year personal such instance occurred 1947 placed Nats Monticel lo MN meant 2200 mile round trip jaunt two recently-gradu ated Hoosier high school chums making initial breakout safe confines 17 years constant parental surveillance conveyance 41 Buick gave us innumerable problems guzzling 37 quarts oil dur ing trek once meeting desti nation trials trip forgottenfor arrived Nationals worlds largest model meet heretofore fantasy pages old model magazines now reality around us actual built-up models various designs both Free Flight Control Line appeared model mags pictured kits reduced plans Also modeling celebrities day appearing real live people previously hallowed names small print What glorious event Since few models taken along anything competitive plenty free time absorb vanZLIN Z50-L K Brand Newt hot new per former gives everything demand model Strong lightweight balsa ply construc tion easy build Fuel tank hardware included 60 90 two stroke 90 120 four stroke engines 692/3 wing span BASIC KIT S 11995844 sq wing area 80% ASSEMBLED S 3250075 88 lbs WE GIVE YOU THE GREATEST VALUE ZXZU O33158ORDER TOLL FREE 800782-0022 SERVICE & INFORMATION 702-732-0022 3132 So Highland Drive Las Vegas Nevada 89109 Send $150 catalog Refunded first purchase ous activities detail thereby shoot up considerable amount film dependable Brownie box camera now-faded photos reside yellowed album occasionally gets dust ed however late evening its con tents being perused once again showman Jim Walker Fireball Jr Stunt Champ Davey Slagle ever-present mother dad fabled IC Madman Yates engine manufacturer Henry Orwick Henry pro duced wonderful custom-made green machines called Orwick 64 Only few found way Midwest summer 47 reputation superlative power source spread quite rapidly will remind still ignition era Comet Sailplane Playboy Sr still winning Free Flight contests Control Line Stunt demanding equal time Henrys engines fit both categories Henry teamed JC Yates occasion attempt Open Na tional Stunt Championship add further credits Orwick engine Madman Control Line Stunt design being kitted History shows accomplished However since Orwick engine held high regard time Free Flight community well trav eling companion affluent bought engine Henry purpose As look back occa sion kick myself buying least dozen myselffor engine now quite rare Orwick 23s Ive never made money stock market either heydey Orwick engine last couple years before went way other fine engines times Whether introduction glow plug primary cause its demise engines originally designed gas-and-oil ignition systems answer known writer remember being said Henry issued notice engines run glow fuel Ive often wondered whether felt glow fuel would have actually caused internal Park Falls WI 54552 ox 2790 fln,fI, 156 Model Aviation LEADER IN SMALL AIRFOIL TECHNOLOGY MASTER AIRSCREW NOW IN 21 SIZES! K Series 4-strokes 12 x 613 x 614 x6 14 x 8 16 x 6 Soon 16 x 8 K Series features safety tips GIF Series sizes 7 11 including 10 x 6 pusher 5 Sizes 112A Engines Injection-molded outstanding performance durability Moderately priced MASTER AIRSCREW QUALITY ACCESSORIES available dealer Razor Plane micro-adjustable heavy-duty industrial blade accurately held two locating screws has best operating Razor Plane market Replace ment blades available $495 sugg retail Precision stripwood easy Master Airscrew Balsa Stripper Strips up Vz wide k can cut quickly sheet stock Uses standard type 11 blade $495 in-line fuel filter outstanding value threaded 2-part aluminum body has 120 mesh a/s screen removable easy cleaning $119 WINDSOR PROPELLER CO 384 Tesconi Ct Santa Rosa CA 95401 62 SPAN NGINE HANNEL RIC First Series Great Flying Canards RIC Modeler harm sturdy powerplants wheth er just because raw glow fuel would make instant mess green paint outside crankcases rate glow plug entered Orwicks exited Aba lost history begins repeat itself once again now 1985 green machines Henry Orwick back replica form Surprisingly though being produced England firm cailed Dunham Engineering products distributed US Bert Striegler Strieglers RC Supply 5831 McKnight Houston TX 77035 713-729-5652 Currently Orwick 64 available $19995 its big brother 73 $20995 Add $500 P&I 29 should aiso available press time its price $14000 plus $400 US Postal Service Seemingly fair levies such fine engine productsand under stand ensuing months may get another chance buy Orwick 23 time can bet wont pass up Well fellas guess replica effort similar just go show after 35 years squeezing more out engines AMA FAI compe tition must recognize some prefer revert square Apparently may have left something value back may next column will directed mod ern competition matters attempt give equal time eras Free Flight competition Until maybe Ill run some downwind Harry Murphy 3824 Oakwood Blvd Anderson IN 46011 FF Indoor/Tenny Continued page 62 25 proposals Initial Ballot defeated will simplify final selec tion considerably removes conflicts mentioned previously final vote due May 1 1985 youre through yet need re U ~E 1MM Top Flite Jacket Look best flight line Top Elite R/O Pilots Jacket pay $15000 $400 savings off regular price ad copy must accompany order S M L XL mbia safety sleeves polyester 35% combed cotton easy care enec logo back lor embroidered patch front lop Elite Jacket . Wear proudly order send ad return address quantity sizes $1 500* per jacket no cash please Top Elite Jacket orders $250 shipping/handling Illinois residents add 60/0 sales tax TOP FLITE MODELS INC 1903 N Narragansett Ave Dept Chicago Illinois 60639 read surviving proposais published October December 1984 issues give feedback Indoor Contest Board representative Several did very well notes sent comments useful giving idea feelings around country hope also wrote own representative am obligated GB guidelines follow guidance District VIII So didnt contact own 1GB representative werent represented Initiai Vote Plastic covering surviving rules proposals would substitute plastic covering paper Paper Stick event also changing name Inter mediate Stick proposal passes need learn cover super-light films No doubt speciai techniques will worked out natural inventiveness Indoor modelers comes play have worked Microlite have head start microfilm covering tools can adapted applying plastic coverings favorite microfilm covering techniques may useful lightest wing stab frames micro film goes way transfer micro film secondary hoop has flexi ble ends made soft aluminum strips Support covering frame above work table bend ends film curved downward makes trough approximates airfoil curve Lay wing upside down film use very fine brush apply water frame ribs Start center rib work toward tips along spars Moisten about two inches spar time move another spar segment example two inches front spar side center move corresponding part rear spar other side front rear spars balance expansion wood Apply water rib reach being careful avoid distorting frame misaligning rib Once water has dried frame will * Britains popular helicopter Easy maintenance Low Cost * Alloy chassis detail plastic components * Gearboxes enclosed steel gears $24gg5 HUGHES 300 C 45 Flotor 2810 40 motor DUAL PERSOHAUTY TRAINER GEMINIS DEAUTIFUL SUPER CHAMP WS 54 20 35 ENGINES 3CHANNEL THE BEGINNERS KITTEN AND EXPERTS TIGER Revolutionary ssop wing eliminates bolts rubber bands Complete kit $54 95 dealer direct GEMINI MODELS INC P0 en 11 ee Pess,c NJ 07055 May1985157 i Extra$200 Write complete details Also available 40 size Augusta 109 D retracts