NOSGAS NATS 88 inevitable growing interest Nostalgia Gas Nos Gas events concept Nostalgia Gas Na tional Championships just materializeand now has National Free Flight Society NFFS has formally announced first An nual NFFS Nostalgia Champs will held Mid America Air Center near Lawrenceville IL July 19-20 1988 dates sound little familiar should because affair will staged con junction 1988 SAM Society Antique Modelers Champs also slated week July 18 1988 same spot will six events contest card Tuesday July 19 will have 1AA Gas Gas C Gas Wednesday July 20 will have Gas B Gas new event Nostalgia Gas Ignition addition will High-Point Award given Grand Champion advance formation rules applications housing etc send SASE NFFS Nostalgia Champs Man ager Moe Whittemore RR #1 Box 296 New Palestine IN 46163 An explanation Ignition event proba bly order what follows simplified de scription Engines Original ignition-types replicas thereof conversions diesels ineligible fuel gas oil Model designs Must legal NosGas design shows ignition engine plans referenced published construction arti cle Designs show both types ineligible ie A/B Zeeks Civvy Boys etc Designs may scaled engine run 16 seconds hand-launched models must comply wing loading eight ounces per square foot projected wing area Personally am very pleased see Igni tion event added fills long-standing void evolution Free Flight Gas provides viable competition class post-1942 ignition designs have never recognized SAM folks also think eight-ounce-per-square-foot wing loading requirement nice subtle touch should current post-42 designs eventually approved SAM thus making ineligible NosGas competition models themselves will require no modifica tions eligible SAM Old-Timer competi tion OK NosGas fans asked itnow sup port See ya ank Bob Larsh Lawrencville gang making possi ble Whats new department Unfortunately great A-in-diameter cotton clothesline Marge Weisenbach once peddled use DT fuse-lighting punk no longer available ever lost now carries 3/16-indiameter substitute can used both punk fuse itself use its great stuff Minimum order l0 per foot 100 ft includes shipping handling Any order over 100-ft minimum will have excess postage refunded Marges address 4568 West 146th Street Cleveland OH 44135 Get club together order whole bunch once save postage crank still turning Fresno Model Airplane Company two new offerings have hit shelves hobby shops first promised 50-in-span version Scientifics Miss Worlds Fair now joins 25-in-span ver sion already being produced kit includes full-length rolled plans four sheets black yellow Japanese tissue five sheets printwood 72 Model Aviation Free Flight Duration Harry Murphy 3824 Oakwood Blvd Anderson IN 46011 Fresno Model Airplane Companys latest kit reproductions Above American Below Miss Worlds Fair 50-In span Murf says really great kits well being good fliers Read column get yours Kits include colored Japanese tissue Steve Buso Pee Wee-30 Low Rider entry Mid-Hudson Modelmasters FF Bash held Galeville NY last August Another Pee Wee-30 entry Modelmas ters meet Bill Colishs Ebeneezer 1955 design Aeromodeller complete complement stickwood cut appropriate lengths also get R/N 16-in folding prop kit hardwood wheels windscreen celluloid curator Marion Crowder says lotta love second offering 45-in-span American has same store goodies kit except tissue red white blue adorn model appropriately its origi nal theme Both kits peddle $1995 plus $2 postage handling come handsome sturdy cardboard kit box am tell you will never get better deal modeling dollar acquiring Marions kit reproductions Also couple other projects hopper first 30-in-span Flying Aces Sky Gull larger version Moth second 25-in-span parasol-winged Comet Dipper After hit street Marion says taldng some time off Have nice vaca tion Marionyouve earned almost forgot mailing address kits others Marions stable Fresno Model Airplane Co 4267 North Charles Fresno CA 83722 Tell em Dura tion sent Larry Freeborn offering new concept basic tools model buildingthe Modelers Pin pins unique have nice little clear plastic cylindrical handles heads Modelers Pins available two dif ferent sizes head various pin lengths diameters handle diameters either /8 /16 incorporate neat square shoul der shank pin permits aligning balsa strip wing rib other com ponent over plans workbench little shoulder retains part snugly plans having stick pin part itself real neat idea curiosity aroused should have need such tools send $2 postpaid sample kit contains specimens varying sizes lengths plus order/price sheet sizes available Send two bucks Freeborn Enterprises 3416 Ethelwood Dr Jeffersontown KY 40299 Ill guarantee wont get stuck Har-de har-har latest Free Flight item added growing line fine products being produced Lee Shirley Campbell Campbell Custom Kits rendition NosGas-eligible T Bird designed old friend Russ Hansen Russ now owns airport mid-Ohio still calls occasionally keep check things modeling design few high thrustline models eligible NosGas competition hobby dealer cannot supply send $1998 plus $250 shipping Campbell Custom Kits PO Box 5996 Lake Worth FL 33461-0181 Also AMA fliers may interested fact Campbells now reissuing three Pearl series kits originally de signed Billy Joe Chenault Mini-Pearl $1998 A/B Midi-Pearl $4998 B/C Pearl Express $5998 Old-Timer ad vocates have left out either 020 Replica 150-sq-in Foo-2-U-2 kit being offered $1998 plus additional $250 ship ping costs kit incorporates plans Ron Sharpton alone worth price kit Hey guys sending inquiries cottage industry folks always send selfaddressed stamped envelope SASE Answer ing questions can become expensive item nice folks normally operate out back doors thread anyhow Theyd thank Before close door whats new month would like personally welcome Bill Baker Okie Flyer newsletter fame contributing editor crew magazine Bill replacing Clarence Haught helm Free Flight Old-Timers column best wishes go Clarence new endeavors well kudos chore well done Bill comes aboard well-documented credentials will surely enjoy Okie wit O-T necessarily bag Lotsa luck fellas Helpful hint department Well last time said would make special effort pass some con struction ideas building hints what have since winter months mean shut-in time us space has eaten up rather quickly point Ill best crowd potpourri items whatever worth Nat Comfort sez almost current paper coverings whether called silkspan tissue require plenty plasticizer dope may shortly experiencing brittleness covering job Ive got agree him white silkspan Comet Zipper wing stab lasted two con test seasons stab got parallel cut-like tears just hanging antiwarp board cabi net garage commercial plasticiz ers half-dozen drops castor oil added pint thinned dope should trick process cutting fitting cellu loid windshields Old-Timer cabin model always pain book Celluloid isnt par ticularly fun work anyway nor ex actly cheap plentiful either care must taken chore right first time Some old vintage plans may show cutout pattern celluloid windscreen Ive never yet piece celluloid cut fit pat terns fit model correctly Some far off wonder what model originally intended Anyhow trick practice card board template first want bond-paper-like material rather stiff yet quite flexible manila folder such found offices about right Since windscreens symmet rical concentrate getting side windscreen centerline around encompassing side windows accurate can fold crease cardboard centerline cut other side match Fine trimming can accomplished pair scis sors cutting both sides once blow start over new piece cardboard using old ruined template guide making ample allowances places erred first time fine-fit once again until get right satisfied fit card board pattern spread flat over celluloid trace around fine-point felt-tip pen Allow ink dry cut Out cellu loid inked line ink will easily rub off dont undercut line Attempting cement slippery piece cel luloid model holding place often no piece cake either find third hand gives best results dont believe asking Mrs lend hand violating builder-of-the-model rule suppose number cements use attach celluloid carefully tack windshield CyA glue go back work under areas missed skipped Cau tion order CyA smears wont come off open window areas Well good luck next windshield chore got next out Ralph Preys Satellite newsletters credit goes Ed Hopkins Ed sez correct way put blind nuts plywood firewall use oversized piece plywood first soak areas mounting holes will drilled CyA both front back CyA will soak through outside layers wood will help bond interior laminations drill ap propriately sized holes use epoxy glue cap ture blind nuts Using theseholes guides can trace finished shape firewall Onto plywood Saw out shape sand edges Now soak exposed edges finished firewall other dose CyA Ed claims procedure best insurance against split-out corners mashed edges firewalls attempting stall blind nuts place after firewall completely cut final size Ed also says want try threading screw commercial blind nuts before Continued page 161 February 1988 73 Californian Jean Andrews showed up October CIA FF meet Wright Field Day ton OH 020 Strato Streak replica Plea help right location kits hit marketplace Russ Han sens T-Bird reproduced Campbells Custom Kits Its few high thrustline designs eligible NosGas Item Byro-Jet Performance Pkg w/Rossi 90 Rossi 90 w/Header Pipe New Custom Tuned Muffler Engine Mount #9 retrofit 6130099$54992 613009838799 59301007071 259 95 * 4950* 593009435712500* *Add $300 shipping per item AK HI overseas call shipping costs Prices subject change notice landing gear travel door-closing mechanism guaranteed drive sane right out hobby see doors open close fullsize plane youll glad went trouble sure use balance spring main wheels shown plans take load off jackscrew ser vo save wear tear rest project routine model building covered detail drawings tail section added again leveling up centerlines engine nacelles centerlines tail booms flying P-38 modified J Rob erts three-line handle shown photo adding toggle switches flap landing gear control center switch selects between either flap land ing gear function also works off switch whole system 021-in multistrand control lines braided enameled copper magnet wire carry current because lines themselves have high resistance would require 30 40 volts get enough current through oper ate servos Although magnet wire self insulated wiped thin coating clear silicone caulking material further sulate bond wire lines main landing gear wheels fitted drum brakes activated ap plying full down elevator plane taxiing Locate planes ground test box jack convenient place choice box plugs starboard supercharger neatly hides six pin plugholes box plugged plane can operate landing gear flaps out having control lines hooked up box also has switch activates glow plug engine starting Just throw switch proper engine hit electric starter simple can Taken whole complicated model incorporates reproduces some inctricate systems fullscale P-38 aircraft duplicate retract able landing gear Fowler flap systems faithfully no easy task Scale model building its results count project worth effort itself its exercise problem solving may yield insights can applied other modeling problems Thats model builders art advances step step After routinely doing things model ing today would have difficult-toimpossible just 20 years ago some features model help move Control Line Scale modeling notch forward will happy dint skilled pa tient efforts youve brought life P-38 rewards lot fun flying eight pounds plus its definitely going loop does fly like full-scale heavy fighter plane Feed power steadily takeoff after threequarters circle shes built up enough speed come off ground just slight nudge up elevator Hit gear switch can feel become less nose-heavy wheels retract rear youre really off running doors close landing throttle back half power get flaps down just let ease down As soon main gear touches down nose lowers youve stopped flyingno bounce no fuss Thats way its supposed Keep em flying Scale documentation P-38 easily obtained hobby shops aviation sections bookstores libraries other scale documentation sources P-38 modeled after display Air Force Museum Dayton Ohio FF Duration/Murphy Continued page 73 install Occasionally will get bad Good thinking Eddy Well Ill close Aid Station now reopen again next column hope will two months now Indoor Rubber Speed Should reside lo cale winter months terminate outdoor flying contacts other Free Flighters will take place monthly club meetingsand must look activities hold modeling interests until February 1988 161 IMPROVED ALSN* B Ljrjet 140, 44 44340 erformance Rossi 90 has Arrived long-awaited Rossi 90 has undergone extensive testing under Research Personnels direction has passed level flying colors Running 20% nitromethane fuel Rossi 90 powered Byro-Jet equipped newly designed Tuned Muffler turning steady 20400 rpm producing much 2 pounds thrust 05 77. increase weight 5 ounces All-in-all new Rossi 90 produces same brute power previously experienced 81 can expected same Rossi reputation solid trouble free reliable operation obvious new 90 Designed specifically Byro-Jet Ducted Fan items necessary retrofit existing Byro-Jet System equipped OS 77 Rossi 81 new Engine Mount Tuned Muffler Rossi 90 Engine have Byron Originals ducted fan jet flying Byro-Jet powered model sort have looking power thrust Rossi 90 just ticket SPECIFICATIONS RPM20400Fan Diameter Static Thrust13A-13Total Performance Pkg Shroud Diameter OD7 Weight2 lb 7 oz Recommended Fuel ByronOriginals udes Rossi 90Header Pipe Performance Blended Fuel 20%Byro-Jet Fan Custom Tuned NitromethaneMuffler Pipe Coupler Mounting Bracket Hardware Available Exclusively from. Byron Originals Inc PO Box 279 Ida Grove IA 51445 Phone 712 364-3165 Telex 293595 MIDWEST IDAG Order Information Order No Retail Factory $32995* GRATESHApEsrM SANDING BLOCKS Long lasting silicon Carbide grit sides 10 Long GS 101GS 102GS 103 1/4 & 3/81/2 & 5/83/4 & 1 IJ Combo package #1-GS 101 102 103 $1195 S&HSAVE Six Pack Combo GSa above $2195 S&H Single GS $495 S&H AZ RESIDENTS ADD 5% TAX products guaranteed ers invIted Ask hobby dealer first SENO CHECK OR*A MASTER CHARGE MONEY ORDER TOOR VISA ACCEPTED Sell Rock Industries Hwy 179-Suite 105 Sedona AZ 86336 jj602 254-1805 GRATE-SHAPESTM ROUNDS GS 200 PKG 9 long$795 S&H GS 104OS 105GS 108 3/8 & 5/8 900 Vs w15/8 450 & 900 Combo package #2-GS 104 105 106 $1195 S&H GRATE-SHAPESTM SQUARES GS 300 PKG 9 long$495 S&H weather warms once again Meeting attendance seems pick up somewhat near election night new club officers reason nominations ourselves club office can declined opportunity exists vote poor guy couldnt make night Quite often collective moods winter club meetings seem follow along about same weather making motivation some what difficult times business meet ing going usually couple guys back room folding up paper airplanes pages old club newsletters tossing around new club president still tempting solve mystery re ceived 21 votes 17 members present club treasurer dood ling back half-dozen blank checks Egads Its going long time until feel some good thermal air again Well club meetings need some adrena lin pumped might try follow ing remedy cooked up Strat-O-Bats Seattle WA seems hold regular club meetings school sports small gymnasium current craze thing call Indoor Rubber Speed anchor couple helium-filled balloons floor about 20 ft apart idea ROG rubber-powered model start/finish line have make two laps around bal loons against clock number flights limited must assume have go home sometime fastest time provides fame fortune until someone beats mark keep simple compete models require lot valuable building time Currently running four classes AMA Racer commercial solid-sheet plastic props Sleek Streaks like Peanut/NoCal Scale Unlimited Seattle Series last five monthsOctober through April trophy fastest time posted class last session spring Just think club Cleveland could call Cleveland Air Races yway sounds like good test lOC Comet ME109 Newsletter spotlight Well sure Well just keep beam Seattle Strat-O-Bats S-O-Bs will illuminate fine club newsletterthe Bar Sheetwhich sports lux ury coeditors persons Chris Wein reich Dennis Weatherly sub pub $5/year 12 sometimes 11 issuesno mat ter long takes Send check Kevin Collins 2320 Sahalee Drive East Redmond WA 98053 must have missed issue carried names current club officers Either hiding out Anyway will have new club elections time printed would have incorrect anyway Speaking being correct received kind slap wrist John Oldenkamp sent page torn Spanish dictionary points out error said thought El Torbellino newsletter San Diego Orbi teers meant turbulator Well appears closebut accurate John 0s Span ish Funk Wagnalls says El Torbel lino means whirlwind bustle rush confusion John took easy since displaced Hoosier Wabash DePauw U grad Thanks correction Johnand keep pumping away Pee Wee-30 et al Meanwhile See ya downwind FF Indoor/Tenny Continued page 74 up cabane last dihedral joint back front post important wire anchored anyplace except start finish until place tensioned slightly Double-check center dihedral angle wing twist before fasten ing wire placeit very easy acciden tally make subtle changes wing alignment during bracing Two-piece bracing first section wire used two-piece bracing traces following path wing post/dihedral joint/cabane/dihedral joint/wing post side wing Check alignment before gluing wire wing add bracing other side secondary bracing tip bracing should han dled way addition need remove bracing patch microfilm bracing passes close film wing panel needs un braced time far less chance addi tional damage during patching operation follow practice Anchoring bracing wires either one-piece two-piece primary bracing ends really anchored solidly Figure 1 shows wing post both primary secondary bracing stalled tiny 44-in-sq rectangular block glued solidly post wire ends pass over top small notch similar block --- - 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NOSGAS NATS 88 inevitable growing interest Nostalgia Gas Nos Gas events concept Nostalgia Gas Na tional Championships just materializeand now has National Free Flight Society NFFS has formally announced first An nual NFFS Nostalgia Champs will held Mid America Air Center near Lawrenceville IL July 19-20 1988 dates sound little familiar should because affair will staged con junction 1988 SAM Society Antique Modelers Champs also slated week July 18 1988 same spot will six events contest card Tuesday July 19 will have 1AA Gas Gas C Gas Wednesday July 20 will have Gas B Gas new event Nostalgia Gas Ignition addition will High-Point Award given Grand Champion advance formation rules applications housing etc send SASE NFFS Nostalgia Champs Man ager Moe Whittemore RR #1 Box 296 New Palestine IN 46163 An explanation Ignition event proba bly order what follows simplified de scription Engines Original ignition-types replicas thereof conversions diesels ineligible fuel gas oil Model designs Must legal NosGas design shows ignition engine plans referenced published construction arti cle Designs show both types ineligible ie A/B Zeeks Civvy Boys etc Designs may scaled engine run 16 seconds hand-launched models must comply wing loading eight ounces per square foot projected wing area Personally am very pleased see Igni tion event added fills long-standing void evolution Free Flight Gas provides viable competition class post-1942 ignition designs have never recognized SAM folks also think eight-ounce-per-square-foot wing loading requirement nice subtle touch should current post-42 designs eventually approved SAM thus making ineligible NosGas competition models themselves will require no modifica tions eligible SAM Old-Timer competi tion OK NosGas fans asked itnow sup port See ya ank Bob Larsh Lawrencville gang making possi ble Whats new department Unfortunately great A-in-diameter cotton clothesline Marge Weisenbach once peddled use DT fuse-lighting punk no longer available ever lost now carries 3/16-indiameter substitute can used both punk fuse itself use its great stuff Minimum order l0 per foot 100 ft includes shipping handling Any order over 100-ft minimum will have excess postage refunded Marges address 4568 West 146th Street Cleveland OH 44135 Get club together order whole bunch once save postage crank still turning Fresno Model Airplane Company two new offerings have hit shelves hobby shops first promised 50-in-span version Scientifics Miss Worlds Fair now joins 25-in-span ver sion already being produced kit includes full-length rolled plans four sheets black yellow Japanese tissue five sheets printwood 72 Model Aviation Free Flight Duration Harry Murphy 3824 Oakwood Blvd Anderson IN 46011 Fresno Model Airplane Companys latest kit reproductions Above American Below Miss Worlds Fair 50-In span Murf says really great kits well being good fliers Read column get yours Kits include colored Japanese tissue Steve Buso Pee Wee-30 Low Rider entry Mid-Hudson Modelmasters FF Bash held Galeville NY last August Another Pee Wee-30 entry Modelmas ters meet Bill Colishs Ebeneezer 1955 design Aeromodeller complete complement stickwood cut appropriate lengths also get R/N 16-in folding prop kit hardwood wheels windscreen celluloid curator Marion Crowder says lotta love second offering 45-in-span American has same store goodies kit except tissue red white blue adorn model appropriately its origi nal theme Both kits peddle $1995 plus $2 postage handling come handsome sturdy cardboard kit box am tell you will never get better deal modeling dollar acquiring Marions kit reproductions Also couple other projects hopper first 30-in-span Flying Aces Sky Gull larger version Moth second 25-in-span parasol-winged Comet Dipper After hit street Marion says taldng some time off Have nice vaca tion Marionyouve earned almost forgot mailing address kits others Marions stable Fresno Model Airplane Co 4267 North Charles Fresno CA 83722 Tell em Dura tion sent Larry Freeborn offering new concept basic tools model buildingthe Modelers Pin pins unique have nice little clear plastic cylindrical handles heads Modelers Pins available two dif ferent sizes head various pin lengths diameters handle diameters either /8 /16 incorporate neat square shoul der shank pin permits aligning balsa strip wing rib other com ponent over plans workbench little shoulder retains part snugly plans having stick pin part itself real neat idea curiosity aroused should have need such tools send $2 postpaid sample kit contains specimens varying sizes lengths plus order/price sheet sizes available Send two bucks Freeborn Enterprises 3416 Ethelwood Dr Jeffersontown KY 40299 Ill guarantee wont get stuck Har-de har-har latest Free Flight item added growing line fine products being produced Lee Shirley Campbell Campbell Custom Kits rendition NosGas-eligible T Bird designed old friend Russ Hansen Russ now owns airport mid-Ohio still calls occasionally keep check things modeling design few high thrustline models eligible NosGas competition hobby dealer cannot supply send $1998 plus $250 shipping Campbell Custom Kits PO Box 5996 Lake Worth FL 33461-0181 Also AMA fliers may interested fact Campbells now reissuing three Pearl series kits originally de signed Billy Joe Chenault Mini-Pearl $1998 A/B Midi-Pearl $4998 B/C Pearl Express $5998 Old-Timer ad vocates have left out either 020 Replica 150-sq-in Foo-2-U-2 kit being offered $1998 plus additional $250 ship ping costs kit incorporates plans Ron Sharpton alone worth price kit Hey guys sending inquiries cottage industry folks always send selfaddressed stamped envelope SASE Answer ing questions can become expensive item nice folks normally operate out back doors thread anyhow Theyd thank Before close door whats new month would like personally welcome Bill Baker Okie Flyer newsletter fame contributing editor crew magazine Bill replacing Clarence Haught helm Free Flight Old-Timers column best wishes go Clarence new endeavors well kudos chore well done Bill comes aboard well-documented credentials will surely enjoy Okie wit O-T necessarily bag Lotsa luck fellas Helpful hint department Well last time said would make special effort pass some con struction ideas building hints what have since winter months mean shut-in time us space has eaten up rather quickly point Ill best crowd potpourri items whatever worth Nat Comfort sez almost current paper coverings whether called silkspan tissue require plenty plasticizer dope may shortly experiencing brittleness covering job Ive got agree him white silkspan Comet Zipper wing stab lasted two con test seasons stab got parallel cut-like tears just hanging antiwarp board cabi net garage commercial plasticiz ers half-dozen drops castor oil added pint thinned dope should trick process cutting fitting cellu loid windshields Old-Timer cabin model always pain book Celluloid isnt par ticularly fun work anyway nor ex actly cheap plentiful either care must taken chore right first time Some old vintage plans may show cutout pattern celluloid windscreen Ive never yet piece celluloid cut fit pat terns fit model correctly Some far off wonder what model originally intended Anyhow trick practice card board template first want bond-paper-like material rather stiff yet quite flexible manila folder such found offices about right Since windscreens symmet rical concentrate getting side windscreen centerline around encompassing side windows accurate can fold crease cardboard centerline cut other side match Fine trimming can accomplished pair scis sors cutting both sides once blow start over new piece cardboard using old ruined template guide making ample allowances places erred first time fine-fit once again until get right satisfied fit card board pattern spread flat over celluloid trace around fine-point felt-tip pen Allow ink dry cut Out cellu loid inked line ink will easily rub off dont undercut line Attempting cement slippery piece cel luloid model holding place often no piece cake either find third hand gives best results dont believe asking Mrs lend hand violating builder-of-the-model rule suppose number cements use attach celluloid carefully tack windshield CyA glue go back work under areas missed skipped Cau tion order CyA smears wont come off open window areas Well good luck next windshield chore got next out Ralph Preys Satellite newsletters credit goes Ed Hopkins Ed sez correct way put blind nuts plywood firewall use oversized piece plywood first soak areas mounting holes will drilled CyA both front back CyA will soak through outside layers wood will help bond interior laminations drill ap propriately sized holes use epoxy glue cap ture blind nuts Using theseholes guides can trace finished shape firewall Onto plywood Saw out shape sand edges Now soak exposed edges finished firewall other dose CyA Ed claims procedure best insurance against split-out corners mashed edges firewalls attempting stall blind nuts place after firewall completely cut final size Ed also says want try threading screw commercial blind nuts before Continued page 161 February 1988 73 Californian Jean Andrews showed up October CIA FF meet Wright Field Day ton OH 020 Strato Streak replica Plea help right location kits hit marketplace Russ Han sens T-Bird reproduced Campbells Custom Kits Its few high thrustline designs eligible NosGas Item Byro-Jet Performance Pkg w/Rossi 90 Rossi 90 w/Header Pipe New Custom Tuned Muffler Engine Mount #9 retrofit 6130099$54992 613009838799 59301007071 259 95 * 4950* 593009435712500* *Add $300 shipping per item AK HI overseas call shipping costs Prices subject change notice landing gear travel door-closing mechanism guaranteed drive sane right out hobby see doors open close fullsize plane youll glad went trouble sure use balance spring main wheels shown plans take load off jackscrew ser vo save wear tear rest project routine model building covered detail drawings tail section added again leveling up centerlines engine nacelles centerlines tail booms flying P-38 modified J Rob erts three-line handle shown photo adding toggle switches flap landing gear control center switch selects between either flap land ing gear function also works off switch whole system 021-in multistrand control lines braided enameled copper magnet wire carry current because lines themselves have high resistance would require 30 40 volts get enough current through oper ate servos Although magnet wire self insulated wiped thin coating clear silicone caulking material further sulate bond wire lines main landing gear wheels fitted drum brakes activated ap plying full down elevator plane taxiing Locate planes ground test box jack convenient place choice box plugs starboard supercharger neatly hides six pin plugholes box plugged plane can operate landing gear flaps out having control lines hooked up box also has switch activates glow plug engine starting Just throw switch proper engine hit electric starter simple can Taken whole complicated model incorporates reproduces some inctricate systems fullscale P-38 aircraft duplicate retract able landing gear Fowler flap systems faithfully no easy task Scale model building its results count project worth effort itself its exercise problem solving may yield insights can applied other modeling problems Thats model builders art advances step step After routinely doing things model ing today would have difficult-toimpossible just 20 years ago some features model help move Control Line Scale modeling notch forward will happy dint skilled pa tient efforts youve brought life P-38 rewards lot fun flying eight pounds plus its definitely going loop does fly like full-scale heavy fighter plane Feed power steadily takeoff after threequarters circle shes built up enough speed come off ground just slight nudge up elevator Hit gear switch can feel become less nose-heavy wheels retract rear youre really off running doors close landing throttle back half power get flaps down just let ease down As soon main gear touches down nose lowers youve stopped flyingno bounce no fuss Thats way its supposed Keep em flying Scale documentation P-38 easily obtained hobby shops aviation sections bookstores libraries other scale documentation sources P-38 modeled after display Air Force Museum Dayton Ohio FF Duration/Murphy Continued page 73 install Occasionally will get bad Good thinking Eddy Well Ill close Aid Station now reopen again next column hope will two months now Indoor Rubber Speed Should reside lo cale winter months terminate outdoor flying contacts other Free Flighters will take place monthly club meetingsand must look activities hold modeling interests until February 1988 161 IMPROVED ALSN* B Ljrjet 140, 44 44340 erformance Rossi 90 has Arrived long-awaited Rossi 90 has undergone extensive testing under Research Personnels direction has passed level flying colors Running 20% nitromethane fuel Rossi 90 powered Byro-Jet equipped newly designed Tuned Muffler turning steady 20400 rpm producing much 2 pounds thrust 05 77. increase weight 5 ounces All-in-all new Rossi 90 produces same brute power previously experienced 81 can expected same Rossi reputation solid trouble free reliable operation obvious new 90 Designed specifically Byro-Jet Ducted Fan items necessary retrofit existing Byro-Jet System equipped OS 77 Rossi 81 new Engine Mount Tuned Muffler Rossi 90 Engine have Byron Originals ducted fan jet flying Byro-Jet powered model sort have looking power thrust Rossi 90 just ticket SPECIFICATIONS RPM20400Fan Diameter Static Thrust13A-13Total Performance Pkg Shroud Diameter OD7 Weight2 lb 7 oz Recommended Fuel ByronOriginals udes Rossi 90Header Pipe Performance Blended Fuel 20%Byro-Jet Fan Custom Tuned NitromethaneMuffler Pipe Coupler Mounting Bracket Hardware Available Exclusively from. Byron Originals Inc PO Box 279 Ida Grove IA 51445 Phone 712 364-3165 Telex 293595 MIDWEST IDAG Order Information Order No Retail Factory $32995* GRATESHApEsrM SANDING BLOCKS Long lasting silicon Carbide grit sides 10 Long GS 101GS 102GS 103 1/4 & 3/81/2 & 5/83/4 & 1 IJ Combo package #1-GS 101 102 103 $1195 S&HSAVE Six Pack Combo GSa above $2195 S&H Single GS $495 S&H AZ RESIDENTS ADD 5% TAX products guaranteed ers invIted Ask hobby dealer first SENO CHECK OR*A MASTER CHARGE MONEY ORDER TOOR VISA ACCEPTED Sell Rock Industries Hwy 179-Suite 105 Sedona AZ 86336 jj602 254-1805 GRATE-SHAPESTM ROUNDS GS 200 PKG 9 long$795 S&H GS 104OS 105GS 108 3/8 & 5/8 900 Vs w15/8 450 & 900 Combo package #2-GS 104 105 106 $1195 S&H GRATE-SHAPESTM SQUARES GS 300 PKG 9 long$495 S&H weather warms once again Meeting attendance seems pick up somewhat near election night new club officers reason nominations ourselves club office can declined opportunity exists vote poor guy couldnt make night Quite often collective moods winter club meetings seem follow along about same weather making motivation some what difficult times business meet ing going usually couple guys back room folding up paper airplanes pages old club newsletters tossing around new club president still tempting solve mystery re ceived 21 votes 17 members present club treasurer dood ling back half-dozen blank checks Egads Its going long time until feel some good thermal air again Well club meetings need some adrena lin pumped might try follow ing remedy cooked up Strat-O-Bats Seattle WA seems hold regular club meetings school sports small gymnasium current craze thing call Indoor Rubber Speed anchor couple helium-filled balloons floor about 20 ft apart idea ROG rubber-powered model start/finish line have make two laps around bal loons against clock number flights limited must assume have go home sometime fastest time provides fame fortune until someone beats mark keep simple compete models require lot valuable building time Currently running four classes AMA Racer commercial solid-sheet plastic props Sleek Streaks like Peanut/NoCal Scale Unlimited Seattle Series last five monthsOctober through April trophy fastest time posted class last session spring Just think club Cleveland could call Cleveland Air Races yway sounds like good test lOC Comet ME109 Newsletter spotlight Well sure Well just keep beam Seattle Strat-O-Bats S-O-Bs will illuminate fine club newsletterthe Bar Sheetwhich sports lux ury coeditors persons Chris Wein reich Dennis Weatherly sub pub $5/year 12 sometimes 11 issuesno mat ter long takes Send check Kevin Collins 2320 Sahalee Drive East Redmond WA 98053 must have missed issue carried names current club officers Either hiding out Anyway will have new club elections time printed would have incorrect anyway Speaking being correct received kind slap wrist John Oldenkamp sent page torn Spanish dictionary points out error said thought El Torbellino newsletter San Diego Orbi teers meant turbulator Well appears closebut accurate John 0s Span ish Funk Wagnalls says El Torbel lino means whirlwind bustle rush confusion John took easy since displaced Hoosier Wabash DePauw U grad Thanks correction Johnand keep pumping away Pee Wee-30 et al Meanwhile See ya downwind FF Indoor/Tenny Continued page 74 up cabane last dihedral joint back front post important wire anchored anyplace except start finish until place tensioned slightly Double-check center dihedral angle wing twist before fasten ing wire placeit very easy acciden tally make subtle changes wing alignment during bracing Two-piece bracing first section wire used two-piece bracing traces following path wing post/dihedral joint/cabane/dihedral joint/wing post side wing Check alignment before gluing wire wing add bracing other side secondary bracing tip bracing should han dled way addition need remove bracing patch microfilm bracing passes close film wing panel needs un braced time far less chance addi tional damage during patching operation follow practice Anchoring bracing wires either one-piece two-piece primary bracing ends really anchored solidly Figure 1 shows wing post both primary secondary bracing stalled tiny 44-in-sq rectangular block glued solidly post wire ends pass over top small notch similar block --- - WUI55l5 aruadyTw-mwnr gasgiw AD Engines Complete Nothing Extra Buy 34- *38000 37- *40000 42- *42000 OpdeaeaANEaghea Thrattleooupled spark advance 24-SIbeZoz-5HP 27-tlbs4oz-6IIHP 42-SlbaSos-7HP Customized newest German engInes Inot pert1 Muffler Mount Mounting Soft Pressure Tap Smoke Carburetor Linkage CDI IgnItion ICH ElectronloeL 48 Volt tgnltlon Pack Safety Switch 6 Soft Hub Reelator Spark Plugs Warranty Faulty Parts Workmanalilp New Prop Adapter Byron 4 3 Waded props Fits Sacha engine wisn7/8 bolt pattern 5 Iptus shipplngt TG Laser 200 lforme*t Rowlil#49918 Urn bodySeN wheel pant.lndUd5d end cowl foam wing balsa Included Sects 31 wIth points Included whIle avellabtel Laser Kit New 2-place wing conversion 8 T Ga MFGU 857 High Mountain Rd North Haledon NJ 075080201 427-3845 162 Model Aviation
Edition: Model Aviation - 1988/02
Page Numbers: 72, 73, 161, 162
NOSGAS NATS 88 inevitable growing interest Nostalgia Gas Nos Gas events concept Nostalgia Gas Na tional Championships just materializeand now has National Free Flight Society NFFS has formally announced first An nual NFFS Nostalgia Champs will held Mid America Air Center near Lawrenceville IL July 19-20 1988 dates sound little familiar should because affair will staged con junction 1988 SAM Society Antique Modelers Champs also slated week July 18 1988 same spot will six events contest card Tuesday July 19 will have 1AA Gas Gas C Gas Wednesday July 20 will have Gas B Gas new event Nostalgia Gas Ignition addition will High-Point Award given Grand Champion advance formation rules applications housing etc send SASE NFFS Nostalgia Champs Man ager Moe Whittemore RR #1 Box 296 New Palestine IN 46163 An explanation Ignition event proba bly order what follows simplified de scription Engines Original ignition-types replicas thereof conversions diesels ineligible fuel gas oil Model designs Must legal NosGas design shows ignition engine plans referenced published construction arti cle Designs show both types ineligible ie A/B Zeeks Civvy Boys etc Designs may scaled engine run 16 seconds hand-launched models must comply wing loading eight ounces per square foot projected wing area Personally am very pleased see Igni tion event added fills long-standing void evolution Free Flight Gas provides viable competition class post-1942 ignition designs have never recognized SAM folks also think eight-ounce-per-square-foot wing loading requirement nice subtle touch should current post-42 designs eventually approved SAM thus making ineligible NosGas competition models themselves will require no modifica tions eligible SAM Old-Timer competi tion OK NosGas fans asked itnow sup port See ya ank Bob Larsh Lawrencville gang making possi ble Whats new department Unfortunately great A-in-diameter cotton clothesline Marge Weisenbach once peddled use DT fuse-lighting punk no longer available ever lost now carries 3/16-indiameter substitute can used both punk fuse itself use its great stuff Minimum order l0 per foot 100 ft includes shipping handling Any order over 100-ft minimum will have excess postage refunded Marges address 4568 West 146th Street Cleveland OH 44135 Get club together order whole bunch once save postage crank still turning Fresno Model Airplane Company two new offerings have hit shelves hobby shops first promised 50-in-span version Scientifics Miss Worlds Fair now joins 25-in-span ver sion already being produced kit includes full-length rolled plans four sheets black yellow Japanese tissue five sheets printwood 72 Model Aviation Free Flight Duration Harry Murphy 3824 Oakwood Blvd Anderson IN 46011 Fresno Model Airplane Companys latest kit reproductions Above American Below Miss Worlds Fair 50-In span Murf says really great kits well being good fliers Read column get yours Kits include colored Japanese tissue Steve Buso Pee Wee-30 Low Rider entry Mid-Hudson Modelmasters FF Bash held Galeville NY last August Another Pee Wee-30 entry Modelmas ters meet Bill Colishs Ebeneezer 1955 design Aeromodeller complete complement stickwood cut appropriate lengths also get R/N 16-in folding prop kit hardwood wheels windscreen celluloid curator Marion Crowder says lotta love second offering 45-in-span American has same store goodies kit except tissue red white blue adorn model appropriately its origi nal theme Both kits peddle $1995 plus $2 postage handling come handsome sturdy cardboard kit box am tell you will never get better deal modeling dollar acquiring Marions kit reproductions Also couple other projects hopper first 30-in-span Flying Aces Sky Gull larger version Moth second 25-in-span parasol-winged Comet Dipper After hit street Marion says taldng some time off Have nice vaca tion Marionyouve earned almost forgot mailing address kits others Marions stable Fresno Model Airplane Co 4267 North Charles Fresno CA 83722 Tell em Dura tion sent Larry Freeborn offering new concept basic tools model buildingthe Modelers Pin pins unique have nice little clear plastic cylindrical handles heads Modelers Pins available two dif ferent sizes head various pin lengths diameters handle diameters either /8 /16 incorporate neat square shoul der shank pin permits aligning balsa strip wing rib other com ponent over plans workbench little shoulder retains part snugly plans having stick pin part itself real neat idea curiosity aroused should have need such tools send $2 postpaid sample kit contains specimens varying sizes lengths plus order/price sheet sizes available Send two bucks Freeborn Enterprises 3416 Ethelwood Dr Jeffersontown KY 40299 Ill guarantee wont get stuck Har-de har-har latest Free Flight item added growing line fine products being produced Lee Shirley Campbell Campbell Custom Kits rendition NosGas-eligible T Bird designed old friend Russ Hansen Russ now owns airport mid-Ohio still calls occasionally keep check things modeling design few high thrustline models eligible NosGas competition hobby dealer cannot supply send $1998 plus $250 shipping Campbell Custom Kits PO Box 5996 Lake Worth FL 33461-0181 Also AMA fliers may interested fact Campbells now reissuing three Pearl series kits originally de signed Billy Joe Chenault Mini-Pearl $1998 A/B Midi-Pearl $4998 B/C Pearl Express $5998 Old-Timer ad vocates have left out either 020 Replica 150-sq-in Foo-2-U-2 kit being offered $1998 plus additional $250 ship ping costs kit incorporates plans Ron Sharpton alone worth price kit Hey guys sending inquiries cottage industry folks always send selfaddressed stamped envelope SASE Answer ing questions can become expensive item nice folks normally operate out back doors thread anyhow Theyd thank Before close door whats new month would like personally welcome Bill Baker Okie Flyer newsletter fame contributing editor crew magazine Bill replacing Clarence Haught helm Free Flight Old-Timers column best wishes go Clarence new endeavors well kudos chore well done Bill comes aboard well-documented credentials will surely enjoy Okie wit O-T necessarily bag Lotsa luck fellas Helpful hint department Well last time said would make special effort pass some con struction ideas building hints what have since winter months mean shut-in time us space has eaten up rather quickly point Ill best crowd potpourri items whatever worth Nat Comfort sez almost current paper coverings whether called silkspan tissue require plenty plasticizer dope may shortly experiencing brittleness covering job Ive got agree him white silkspan Comet Zipper wing stab lasted two con test seasons stab got parallel cut-like tears just hanging antiwarp board cabi net garage commercial plasticiz ers half-dozen drops castor oil added pint thinned dope should trick process cutting fitting cellu loid windshields Old-Timer cabin model always pain book Celluloid isnt par ticularly fun work anyway nor ex actly cheap plentiful either care must taken chore right first time Some old vintage plans may show cutout pattern celluloid windscreen Ive never yet piece celluloid cut fit pat terns fit model correctly Some far off wonder what model originally intended Anyhow trick practice card board template first want bond-paper-like material rather stiff yet quite flexible manila folder such found offices about right Since windscreens symmet rical concentrate getting side windscreen centerline around encompassing side windows accurate can fold crease cardboard centerline cut other side match Fine trimming can accomplished pair scis sors cutting both sides once blow start over new piece cardboard using old ruined template guide making ample allowances places erred first time fine-fit once again until get right satisfied fit card board pattern spread flat over celluloid trace around fine-point felt-tip pen Allow ink dry cut Out cellu loid inked line ink will easily rub off dont undercut line Attempting cement slippery piece cel luloid model holding place often no piece cake either find third hand gives best results dont believe asking Mrs lend hand violating builder-of-the-model rule suppose number cements use attach celluloid carefully tack windshield CyA glue go back work under areas missed skipped Cau tion order CyA smears wont come off open window areas Well good luck next windshield chore got next out Ralph Preys Satellite newsletters credit goes Ed Hopkins Ed sez correct way put blind nuts plywood firewall use oversized piece plywood first soak areas mounting holes will drilled CyA both front back CyA will soak through outside layers wood will help bond interior laminations drill ap propriately sized holes use epoxy glue cap ture blind nuts Using theseholes guides can trace finished shape firewall Onto plywood Saw out shape sand edges Now soak exposed edges finished firewall other dose CyA Ed claims procedure best insurance against split-out corners mashed edges firewalls attempting stall blind nuts place after firewall completely cut final size Ed also says want try threading screw commercial blind nuts before Continued page 161 February 1988 73 Californian Jean Andrews showed up October CIA FF meet Wright Field Day ton OH 020 Strato Streak replica Plea help right location kits hit marketplace Russ Han sens T-Bird reproduced Campbells Custom Kits Its few high thrustline designs eligible NosGas Item Byro-Jet Performance Pkg w/Rossi 90 Rossi 90 w/Header Pipe New Custom Tuned Muffler Engine Mount #9 retrofit 6130099$54992 613009838799 59301007071 259 95 * 4950* 593009435712500* *Add $300 shipping per item AK HI overseas call shipping costs Prices subject change notice landing gear travel door-closing mechanism guaranteed drive sane right out hobby see doors open close fullsize plane youll glad went trouble sure use balance spring main wheels shown plans take load off jackscrew ser vo save wear tear rest project routine model building covered detail drawings tail section added again leveling up centerlines engine nacelles centerlines tail booms flying P-38 modified J Rob erts three-line handle shown photo adding toggle switches flap landing gear control center switch selects between either flap land ing gear function also works off switch whole system 021-in multistrand control lines braided enameled copper magnet wire carry current because lines themselves have high resistance would require 30 40 volts get enough current through oper ate servos Although magnet wire self insulated wiped thin coating clear silicone caulking material further sulate bond wire lines main landing gear wheels fitted drum brakes activated ap plying full down elevator plane taxiing Locate planes ground test box jack convenient place choice box plugs starboard supercharger neatly hides six pin plugholes box plugged plane can operate landing gear flaps out having control lines hooked up box also has switch activates glow plug engine starting Just throw switch proper engine hit electric starter simple can Taken whole complicated model incorporates reproduces some inctricate systems fullscale P-38 aircraft duplicate retract able landing gear Fowler flap systems faithfully no easy task Scale model building its results count project worth effort itself its exercise problem solving may yield insights can applied other modeling problems Thats model builders art advances step step After routinely doing things model ing today would have difficult-toimpossible just 20 years ago some features model help move Control Line Scale modeling notch forward will happy dint skilled pa tient efforts youve brought life P-38 rewards lot fun flying eight pounds plus its definitely going loop does fly like full-scale heavy fighter plane Feed power steadily takeoff after threequarters circle shes built up enough speed come off ground just slight nudge up elevator Hit gear switch can feel become less nose-heavy wheels retract rear youre really off running doors close landing throttle back half power get flaps down just let ease down As soon main gear touches down nose lowers youve stopped flyingno bounce no fuss Thats way its supposed Keep em flying Scale documentation P-38 easily obtained hobby shops aviation sections bookstores libraries other scale documentation sources P-38 modeled after display Air Force Museum Dayton Ohio FF Duration/Murphy Continued page 73 install Occasionally will get bad Good thinking Eddy Well Ill close Aid Station now reopen again next column hope will two months now Indoor Rubber Speed Should reside lo cale winter months terminate outdoor flying contacts other Free Flighters will take place monthly club meetingsand must look activities hold modeling interests until February 1988 161 IMPROVED ALSN* B Ljrjet 140, 44 44340 erformance Rossi 90 has Arrived long-awaited Rossi 90 has undergone extensive testing under Research Personnels direction has passed level flying colors Running 20% nitromethane fuel Rossi 90 powered Byro-Jet equipped newly designed Tuned Muffler turning steady 20400 rpm producing much 2 pounds thrust 05 77. increase weight 5 ounces All-in-all new Rossi 90 produces same brute power previously experienced 81 can expected same Rossi reputation solid trouble free reliable operation obvious new 90 Designed specifically Byro-Jet Ducted Fan items necessary retrofit existing Byro-Jet System equipped OS 77 Rossi 81 new Engine Mount Tuned Muffler Rossi 90 Engine have Byron Originals ducted fan jet flying Byro-Jet powered model sort have looking power thrust Rossi 90 just ticket SPECIFICATIONS RPM20400Fan Diameter Static Thrust13A-13Total Performance Pkg Shroud Diameter OD7 Weight2 lb 7 oz Recommended Fuel ByronOriginals udes Rossi 90Header Pipe Performance Blended Fuel 20%Byro-Jet Fan Custom Tuned NitromethaneMuffler Pipe Coupler Mounting Bracket Hardware Available Exclusively from. Byron Originals Inc PO Box 279 Ida Grove IA 51445 Phone 712 364-3165 Telex 293595 MIDWEST IDAG Order Information Order No Retail Factory $32995* GRATESHApEsrM SANDING BLOCKS Long lasting silicon Carbide grit sides 10 Long GS 101GS 102GS 103 1/4 & 3/81/2 & 5/83/4 & 1 IJ Combo package #1-GS 101 102 103 $1195 S&HSAVE Six Pack Combo GSa above $2195 S&H Single GS $495 S&H AZ RESIDENTS ADD 5% TAX products guaranteed ers invIted Ask hobby dealer first SENO CHECK OR*A MASTER CHARGE MONEY ORDER TOOR VISA ACCEPTED Sell Rock Industries Hwy 179-Suite 105 Sedona AZ 86336 jj602 254-1805 GRATE-SHAPESTM ROUNDS GS 200 PKG 9 long$795 S&H GS 104OS 105GS 108 3/8 & 5/8 900 Vs w15/8 450 & 900 Combo package #2-GS 104 105 106 $1195 S&H GRATE-SHAPESTM SQUARES GS 300 PKG 9 long$495 S&H weather warms once again Meeting attendance seems pick up somewhat near election night new club officers reason nominations ourselves club office can declined opportunity exists vote poor guy couldnt make night Quite often collective moods winter club meetings seem follow along about same weather making motivation some what difficult times business meet ing going usually couple guys back room folding up paper airplanes pages old club newsletters tossing around new club president still tempting solve mystery re ceived 21 votes 17 members present club treasurer dood ling back half-dozen blank checks Egads Its going long time until feel some good thermal air again Well club meetings need some adrena lin pumped might try follow ing remedy cooked up Strat-O-Bats Seattle WA seems hold regular club meetings school sports small gymnasium current craze thing call Indoor Rubber Speed anchor couple helium-filled balloons floor about 20 ft apart idea ROG rubber-powered model start/finish line have make two laps around bal loons against clock number flights limited must assume have go home sometime fastest time provides fame fortune until someone beats mark keep simple compete models require lot valuable building time Currently running four classes AMA Racer commercial solid-sheet plastic props Sleek Streaks like Peanut/NoCal Scale Unlimited Seattle Series last five monthsOctober through April trophy fastest time posted class last session spring Just think club Cleveland could call Cleveland Air Races yway sounds like good test lOC Comet ME109 Newsletter spotlight Well sure Well just keep beam Seattle Strat-O-Bats S-O-Bs will illuminate fine club newsletterthe Bar Sheetwhich sports lux ury coeditors persons Chris Wein reich Dennis Weatherly sub pub $5/year 12 sometimes 11 issuesno mat ter long takes Send check Kevin Collins 2320 Sahalee Drive East Redmond WA 98053 must have missed issue carried names current club officers Either hiding out Anyway will have new club elections time printed would have incorrect anyway Speaking being correct received kind slap wrist John Oldenkamp sent page torn Spanish dictionary points out error said thought El Torbellino newsletter San Diego Orbi teers meant turbulator Well appears closebut accurate John 0s Span ish Funk Wagnalls says El Torbel lino means whirlwind bustle rush confusion John took easy since displaced Hoosier Wabash DePauw U grad Thanks correction Johnand keep pumping away Pee Wee-30 et al Meanwhile See ya downwind FF Indoor/Tenny Continued page 74 up cabane last dihedral joint back front post important wire anchored anyplace except start finish until place tensioned slightly Double-check center dihedral angle wing twist before fasten ing wire placeit very easy acciden tally make subtle changes wing alignment during bracing Two-piece bracing first section wire used two-piece bracing traces following path wing post/dihedral joint/cabane/dihedral joint/wing post side wing Check alignment before gluing wire wing add bracing other side secondary bracing tip bracing should han dled way addition need remove bracing patch microfilm bracing passes close film wing panel needs un braced time far less chance addi tional damage during patching operation follow practice Anchoring bracing wires either one-piece two-piece primary bracing ends really anchored solidly Figure 1 shows wing post both primary secondary bracing stalled tiny 44-in-sq rectangular block glued solidly post wire ends pass over top small notch similar block --- - WUI55l5 aruadyTw-mwnr gasgiw AD Engines Complete Nothing Extra Buy 34- *38000 37- *40000 42- *42000 OpdeaeaANEaghea Thrattleooupled spark advance 24-SIbeZoz-5HP 27-tlbs4oz-6IIHP 42-SlbaSos-7HP Customized newest German engInes Inot pert1 Muffler Mount Mounting Soft Pressure Tap Smoke Carburetor Linkage CDI IgnItion ICH ElectronloeL 48 Volt tgnltlon Pack Safety Switch 6 Soft Hub Reelator Spark Plugs Warranty Faulty Parts Workmanalilp New Prop Adapter Byron 4 3 Waded props Fits Sacha engine wisn7/8 bolt pattern 5 Iptus shipplngt TG Laser 200 lforme*t Rowlil#49918 Urn bodySeN wheel pant.lndUd5d end cowl foam wing balsa Included Sects 31 wIth points Included whIle avellabtel Laser Kit New 2-place wing conversion 8 T Ga MFGU 857 High Mountain Rd North Haledon NJ 075080201 427-3845 162 Model Aviation
Edition: Model Aviation - 1988/02
Page Numbers: 72, 73, 161, 162
NOSGAS NATS 88 inevitable growing interest Nostalgia Gas Nos Gas events concept Nostalgia Gas Na tional Championships just materializeand now has National Free Flight Society NFFS has formally announced first An nual NFFS Nostalgia Champs will held Mid America Air Center near Lawrenceville IL July 19-20 1988 dates sound little familiar should because affair will staged con junction 1988 SAM Society Antique Modelers Champs also slated week July 18 1988 same spot will six events contest card Tuesday July 19 will have 1AA Gas Gas C Gas Wednesday July 20 will have Gas B Gas new event Nostalgia Gas Ignition addition will High-Point Award given Grand Champion advance formation rules applications housing etc send SASE NFFS Nostalgia Champs Man ager Moe Whittemore RR #1 Box 296 New Palestine IN 46163 An explanation Ignition event proba bly order what follows simplified de scription Engines Original ignition-types replicas thereof conversions diesels ineligible fuel gas oil Model designs Must legal NosGas design shows ignition engine plans referenced published construction arti cle Designs show both types ineligible ie A/B Zeeks Civvy Boys etc Designs may scaled engine run 16 seconds hand-launched models must comply wing loading eight ounces per square foot projected wing area Personally am very pleased see Igni tion event added fills long-standing void evolution Free Flight Gas provides viable competition class post-1942 ignition designs have never recognized SAM folks also think eight-ounce-per-square-foot wing loading requirement nice subtle touch should current post-42 designs eventually approved SAM thus making ineligible NosGas competition models themselves will require no modifica tions eligible SAM Old-Timer competi tion OK NosGas fans asked itnow sup port See ya ank Bob Larsh Lawrencville gang making possi ble Whats new department Unfortunately great A-in-diameter cotton clothesline Marge Weisenbach once peddled use DT fuse-lighting punk no longer available ever lost now carries 3/16-indiameter substitute can used both punk fuse itself use its great stuff Minimum order l0 per foot 100 ft includes shipping handling Any order over 100-ft minimum will have excess postage refunded Marges address 4568 West 146th Street Cleveland OH 44135 Get club together order whole bunch once save postage crank still turning Fresno Model Airplane Company two new offerings have hit shelves hobby shops first promised 50-in-span version Scientifics Miss Worlds Fair now joins 25-in-span ver sion already being produced kit includes full-length rolled plans four sheets black yellow Japanese tissue five sheets printwood 72 Model Aviation Free Flight Duration Harry Murphy 3824 Oakwood Blvd Anderson IN 46011 Fresno Model Airplane Companys latest kit reproductions Above American Below Miss Worlds Fair 50-In span Murf says really great kits well being good fliers Read column get yours Kits include colored Japanese tissue Steve Buso Pee Wee-30 Low Rider entry Mid-Hudson Modelmasters FF Bash held Galeville NY last August Another Pee Wee-30 entry Modelmas ters meet Bill Colishs Ebeneezer 1955 design Aeromodeller complete complement stickwood cut appropriate lengths also get R/N 16-in folding prop kit hardwood wheels windscreen celluloid curator Marion Crowder says lotta love second offering 45-in-span American has same store goodies kit except tissue red white blue adorn model appropriately its origi nal theme Both kits peddle $1995 plus $2 postage handling come handsome sturdy cardboard kit box am tell you will never get better deal modeling dollar acquiring Marions kit reproductions Also couple other projects hopper first 30-in-span Flying Aces Sky Gull larger version Moth second 25-in-span parasol-winged Comet Dipper After hit street Marion says taldng some time off Have nice vaca tion Marionyouve earned almost forgot mailing address kits others Marions stable Fresno Model Airplane Co 4267 North Charles Fresno CA 83722 Tell em Dura tion sent Larry Freeborn offering new concept basic tools model buildingthe Modelers Pin pins unique have nice little clear plastic cylindrical handles heads Modelers Pins available two dif ferent sizes head various pin lengths diameters handle diameters either /8 /16 incorporate neat square shoul der shank pin permits aligning balsa strip wing rib other com ponent over plans workbench little shoulder retains part snugly plans having stick pin part itself real neat idea curiosity aroused should have need such tools send $2 postpaid sample kit contains specimens varying sizes lengths plus order/price sheet sizes available Send two bucks Freeborn Enterprises 3416 Ethelwood Dr Jeffersontown KY 40299 Ill guarantee wont get stuck Har-de har-har latest Free Flight item added growing line fine products being produced Lee Shirley Campbell Campbell Custom Kits rendition NosGas-eligible T Bird designed old friend Russ Hansen Russ now owns airport mid-Ohio still calls occasionally keep check things modeling design few high thrustline models eligible NosGas competition hobby dealer cannot supply send $1998 plus $250 shipping Campbell Custom Kits PO Box 5996 Lake Worth FL 33461-0181 Also AMA fliers may interested fact Campbells now reissuing three Pearl series kits originally de signed Billy Joe Chenault Mini-Pearl $1998 A/B Midi-Pearl $4998 B/C Pearl Express $5998 Old-Timer ad vocates have left out either 020 Replica 150-sq-in Foo-2-U-2 kit being offered $1998 plus additional $250 ship ping costs kit incorporates plans Ron Sharpton alone worth price kit Hey guys sending inquiries cottage industry folks always send selfaddressed stamped envelope SASE Answer ing questions can become expensive item nice folks normally operate out back doors thread anyhow Theyd thank Before close door whats new month would like personally welcome Bill Baker Okie Flyer newsletter fame contributing editor crew magazine Bill replacing Clarence Haught helm Free Flight Old-Timers column best wishes go Clarence new endeavors well kudos chore well done Bill comes aboard well-documented credentials will surely enjoy Okie wit O-T necessarily bag Lotsa luck fellas Helpful hint department Well last time said would make special effort pass some con struction ideas building hints what have since winter months mean shut-in time us space has eaten up rather quickly point Ill best crowd potpourri items whatever worth Nat Comfort sez almost current paper coverings whether called silkspan tissue require plenty plasticizer dope may shortly experiencing brittleness covering job Ive got agree him white silkspan Comet Zipper wing stab lasted two con test seasons stab got parallel cut-like tears just hanging antiwarp board cabi net garage commercial plasticiz ers half-dozen drops castor oil added pint thinned dope should trick process cutting fitting cellu loid windshields Old-Timer cabin model always pain book Celluloid isnt par ticularly fun work anyway nor ex actly cheap plentiful either care must taken chore right first time Some old vintage plans may show cutout pattern celluloid windscreen Ive never yet piece celluloid cut fit pat terns fit model correctly Some far off wonder what model originally intended Anyhow trick practice card board template first want bond-paper-like material rather stiff yet quite flexible manila folder such found offices about right Since windscreens symmet rical concentrate getting side windscreen centerline around encompassing side windows accurate can fold crease cardboard centerline cut other side match Fine trimming can accomplished pair scis sors cutting both sides once blow start over new piece cardboard using old ruined template guide making ample allowances places erred first time fine-fit once again until get right satisfied fit card board pattern spread flat over celluloid trace around fine-point felt-tip pen Allow ink dry cut Out cellu loid inked line ink will easily rub off dont undercut line Attempting cement slippery piece cel luloid model holding place often no piece cake either find third hand gives best results dont believe asking Mrs lend hand violating builder-of-the-model rule suppose number cements use attach celluloid carefully tack windshield CyA glue go back work under areas missed skipped Cau tion order CyA smears wont come off open window areas Well good luck next windshield chore got next out Ralph Preys Satellite newsletters credit goes Ed Hopkins Ed sez correct way put blind nuts plywood firewall use oversized piece plywood first soak areas mounting holes will drilled CyA both front back CyA will soak through outside layers wood will help bond interior laminations drill ap propriately sized holes use epoxy glue cap ture blind nuts Using theseholes guides can trace finished shape firewall Onto plywood Saw out shape sand edges Now soak exposed edges finished firewall other dose CyA Ed claims procedure best insurance against split-out corners mashed edges firewalls attempting stall blind nuts place after firewall completely cut final size Ed also says want try threading screw commercial blind nuts before Continued page 161 February 1988 73 Californian Jean Andrews showed up October CIA FF meet Wright Field Day ton OH 020 Strato Streak replica Plea help right location kits hit marketplace Russ Han sens T-Bird reproduced Campbells Custom Kits Its few high thrustline designs eligible NosGas Item Byro-Jet Performance Pkg w/Rossi 90 Rossi 90 w/Header Pipe New Custom Tuned Muffler Engine Mount #9 retrofit 6130099$54992 613009838799 59301007071 259 95 * 4950* 593009435712500* *Add $300 shipping per item AK HI overseas call shipping costs Prices subject change notice landing gear travel door-closing mechanism guaranteed drive sane right out hobby see doors open close fullsize plane youll glad went trouble sure use balance spring main wheels shown plans take load off jackscrew ser vo save wear tear rest project routine model building covered detail drawings tail section added again leveling up centerlines engine nacelles centerlines tail booms flying P-38 modified J Rob erts three-line handle shown photo adding toggle switches flap landing gear control center switch selects between either flap land ing gear function also works off switch whole system 021-in multistrand control lines braided enameled copper magnet wire carry current because lines themselves have high resistance would require 30 40 volts get enough current through oper ate servos Although magnet wire self insulated wiped thin coating clear silicone caulking material further sulate bond wire lines main landing gear wheels fitted drum brakes activated ap plying full down elevator plane taxiing Locate planes ground test box jack convenient place choice box plugs starboard supercharger neatly hides six pin plugholes box plugged plane can operate landing gear flaps out having control lines hooked up box also has switch activates glow plug engine starting Just throw switch proper engine hit electric starter simple can Taken whole complicated model incorporates reproduces some inctricate systems fullscale P-38 aircraft duplicate retract able landing gear Fowler flap systems faithfully no easy task Scale model building its results count project worth effort itself its exercise problem solving may yield insights can applied other modeling problems Thats model builders art advances step step After routinely doing things model ing today would have difficult-toimpossible just 20 years ago some features model help move Control Line Scale modeling notch forward will happy dint skilled pa tient efforts youve brought life P-38 rewards lot fun flying eight pounds plus its definitely going loop does fly like full-scale heavy fighter plane Feed power steadily takeoff after threequarters circle shes built up enough speed come off ground just slight nudge up elevator Hit gear switch can feel become less nose-heavy wheels retract rear youre really off running doors close landing throttle back half power get flaps down just let ease down As soon main gear touches down nose lowers youve stopped flyingno bounce no fuss Thats way its supposed Keep em flying Scale documentation P-38 easily obtained hobby shops aviation sections bookstores libraries other scale documentation sources P-38 modeled after display Air Force Museum Dayton Ohio FF Duration/Murphy Continued page 73 install Occasionally will get bad Good thinking Eddy Well Ill close Aid Station now reopen again next column hope will two months now Indoor Rubber Speed Should reside lo cale winter months terminate outdoor flying contacts other Free Flighters will take place monthly club meetingsand must look activities hold modeling interests until February 1988 161 IMPROVED ALSN* B Ljrjet 140, 44 44340 erformance Rossi 90 has Arrived long-awaited Rossi 90 has undergone extensive testing under Research Personnels direction has passed level flying colors Running 20% nitromethane fuel Rossi 90 powered Byro-Jet equipped newly designed Tuned Muffler turning steady 20400 rpm producing much 2 pounds thrust 05 77. increase weight 5 ounces All-in-all new Rossi 90 produces same brute power previously experienced 81 can expected same Rossi reputation solid trouble free reliable operation obvious new 90 Designed specifically Byro-Jet Ducted Fan items necessary retrofit existing Byro-Jet System equipped OS 77 Rossi 81 new Engine Mount Tuned Muffler Rossi 90 Engine have Byron Originals ducted fan jet flying Byro-Jet powered model sort have looking power thrust Rossi 90 just ticket SPECIFICATIONS RPM20400Fan Diameter Static Thrust13A-13Total Performance Pkg Shroud Diameter OD7 Weight2 lb 7 oz Recommended Fuel ByronOriginals udes Rossi 90Header Pipe Performance Blended Fuel 20%Byro-Jet Fan Custom Tuned NitromethaneMuffler Pipe Coupler Mounting Bracket Hardware Available Exclusively from. 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