Free Flight: Duration

FREE FLIGHT TV really although has shownalong other AMA modelingin past seems view Free Flight models displayed what appears gigantic inverted TV antenna atrium AMA Museum Reston VA lead photo will see over dozen magnificent Gas jobs hung central mastthey look like whirling around vortex gigantic thermal exhibit de vice allows models easily switched other museum models restored have yet seen AMA Museum ago should put must-see list next time Washington DC area museum full wonderful artifacts model aviation Free Flight models Models hang roof air traffic controllers nightmare displayed ta bles glass cases couple authors Peanut Scale models display Go say hello further details contact curator Hurst Bowers AMA HQ favorite hobby shop Worldwide favor ite shop has got 308 Holloway Road London Founded Henry J Nicholls now run son Henry has retired fly Old-Timer models gad about SMAE FAI business shop quite large el egant section London dont mean suggest frequent fliers catch next 747 Heathrow get some balsa might want stop say hello England other business have pair photos interior exteriorso will know reach shop nearby Tube subway stop Spacer nostalgia As Harry Murphy would say NosGas real gas some straight scoop Sal Taibi Spacer design present brief talk-show interview MMAC Newslet ter thats Minneapolis Model Aero Club old Sal himself Spacer something designed Bill Bakers California Model Company guy wanted him kit /2A model sheet covered cap stripped wing tail body square covered sheet heavier dickens sad Atwood it wouldnt take power Atwood small 180 sq So told Bill know airplane obsolete right now might have good five years ago Holland Hornet anymore new Cox engines Its obsolete told Bill Give two weeks Ill de sign something well go out fly So designed Spacer went out racetrack two weeks later got finished flew it just flew beautifully Cox Thimbledrome engine tank about 3/i-in long fuel line internal So what put outlet right bottom tank drill tap 4-40 hole right front nee dle valve install fuel nipple put fuel line bottom through timer 4-40 fitting modified usedit terrific engine Bill guess sold thousands Spacers designed A-B Spacer him airplane time held national records Class B got out Bill bought out just doing nothing until saw Jack Greens high-thrustline model fly dont remember name it designed Jack Green Mishawaka Indiana never published flying said know thats got good potential liked layout airplane too complicated double-tapered wing ellipse tail body too hard build believe simple structure Thus born Stardusterbut thats another story Jim Lewis Sidewinder Coupe comes Walt Rozelle via Okie Flyer Jim built first Sidewinder mid-Seventies became immediate contender including two Nats wins year being recall Jim won nonPower event except possibly Wakefield Mulvihill Coupe HLG Al A2 pre-P-30 days Jim still makes occasional con test Southeast remains toughest competitors have ever encountered Jim has large early-morning version design flies like Indoor model calm forget Coupe because Jim willhave five maxes 900 am latest creeps 56 Model Aviation Free Flight Duration Dave Linstrum 4057 San Luis lr Sarasota FL 33580 FF Gas models thermalling around antenna-like display pole atrium AMA Museum Reston VA Lets hope dethermalizers work Linstrums favorite hobby shop 308 Holloway Road London England Henry J Nicholls son stand near entry L traffic counter air dense inside shop R Shops like US few far between now Perennial US FAI FF team member Tommy McLaughlin Pensacola FL FiC models L Virginia FFer Nat Comfort R fires up Cox 15 mill Shocer 450 Mel Schmidt design TV news crew observes activity up 145 motor run People havent seen fly before stand around snick er first few seconds after launches Before long realize prop has folded 75 ft air has glide 15 sec before has max Well way original airfoil came about very simple fashion Jim some extra ribs cut out Lit tle Daddy George Perryman-designed Mulvi hill won least three Nats hands other fliers rest design just happened according Jim has proven winner Motor Tube original first three models used aluminum tubes Phil Hartman Blue Ridge Models used sell etched aluminum shower curtain rods Phil finally quit offering because simply involved too much labor buck Tail Boom Drop motor tube Onto small end pool cue tube stops mark cue length masking tape show end tube Roll /32-in balsa sheet around pool cue using mask ing tape mark define front boom Trim balsa get clean joint glue joint After rolling boom plug aft end %-in former Using pointed square X Acto file carefully file holes boom-tube firm V16-in-sq inserts alternate hor izontally vertically Glue aMarch 1988 57 midair trim protruding ends off careful ly sand lightly inserts add great Easy Coupe early John Oldenkamp Coupe dHiver design spans 36 weighs 70 gin has 10-gm motor driving German 240mm plastic prop Covering purple tissue strength tail boom very little weight Continued oae 156 Author Linstrum prints detailed construction article Coupe dHiver months column unique structural features Aeromodeller Mooneys new 36Pistachio Pack truly unique service stocks great 1932 Flying Glider Manual de tailed construction drawings Pietenpol Air Camper Ramsey Bathtub 95 mere $125 will get cat alog bargain list books publications Flying Scale Inc new enterprise based 1905 Colony Dr Metairie LA 70003 Al Ar nold sent first two plan offerings scaled 34 -in-to-the-foot consisting two sheets first BF 1OSB-l rubber CO2 small electric motor looks like real flier second nothing let finest plan have seen moon superb Vought 02U-1/2 Corsair biplane huge central float/hull features how-to building dummy engine uses modem plastic bottle prop technology good color data scale references balsa/ply-core wheels plus fact its just exuding Build charisma lacking humdrum offerings days 25-in-span jewel needs Wallace Beery Clark Gable cockpits star model show goingstatic flying Dave Diels kits getting lot comment daysall favorable Comments like first kit ever put together thing fit right Bearcat doing over 40 seconds looks like one-minute flier finished models unusual attractive suggest may soon getting business can handle have new offering gourmet Peanut P 40 goes $895 plus $150 postage front warplane builder Id build it looks like might turn out bit heavy side As wood outstanding quality maybe could made 45 seconds right hands has beautiful decals molded Lexan canopy pretty comprehen sive step-by-step instruction guide plus photocopy few photos Scale documenta tion P-40B/C lovers can get Diels En gineering Inc PO Box 101 Woodville OH 43469 Dope Ive received lots responses plea sources good old-fashioned nitrate dope staple Free Flight Bob Hatschek Douglas ton NY writes members Sky Scrapers club have largely abandoned model air plane dope lets covering limp virtually useless going full-scale aircraft dope source Al exander Aeroplane Co 900 So Pine Hill Rd Griffin GA 30223 call toll-free 1-800-8312949 gallon Randolph high-solids non tautenlng nitrate dope gallon thinner costs about $30 both delivered New York Some modelers go together split cost United Airlines pilot topnotch Scaler mc Dittman has located 55-gallon drum real stuff old Mil-Spec variety yellowish tinge Hes little leery about shipping cur rent packing codes figures de cides peddle will go $350 quart $12 gallon plus $250 UPS shipping want real thing write EW Dittman Model Supply 23322 75th Ave W Edmonds WA 98020 Doug Dahlke Oshkosh WI recommends write Randolph Products Co PO Box 67 Rutherford NJ 07072 ask Aircraft Finishes Product Manual also suggests check out Cooper Aviation Supply Co 2149 East Pratt Blvd Elk Grove Village IL 60007 Dick Davis suggests contacting Aircraft Spruce Specialty 201 W Truslow Ave Fullerton CA 92632 can call 1-800-8241930 except CA AK residents must call 1-714-870-7551 Rex Bixby now liv ing up Oregon also recommends Thanks much gang Happy hints department Rowland Hoot illustrious SOTS recommends smearing film zinc stearate bottoms floats help get plane off water n Srull recom mends adding just little aluminum powder colored dope used models aluminum air planes add realism works lt Moo ney has Indoor Scale model equipped minlature light bulbs wing tips tall op erated cigarette-lighter battery Want put some plane See model RR dollhouse store tiny grain-of-wheat smaller bulbs rwin Grigg working Peanut-sized lighting system using optical fiber battery actuated pushing model down its sprung landing gear Fiat lux Until next time keep butchering balsa twisting gum-bands SAFE FLYING IS NO ACCIDENT FF Duration/Linstrum Continued page 57 penalty about gram Join motor tail boom tubes sert made A-in balsa sheet Align tubes workbench note angle must cut end tail boom make straight top fuselage line will reduce amount incidence have add stab TB joiner should have its grain oriented vertically will lessen chance damage boom tail assembly hard DT landing joiner will split cleanly grain resulting easily aligned gluing surfaces Wing original 37-in flat span re duced span 36 two versions simple reason allowed use 36-in length TE stock models seem miss 475 sq wing area Some wings have used full ribs diagonals others /16 x /16 x 3/n latter will course save some weight Tail surfaces cross-grain insert fin vital ensure its trueness strength Cut fin extends top tail boom Add short length 015 wire low er forward corner protection plus couple formers inside boom fin area strength stab will remain true build cov er properly though ribs good dis tance apart Prop have used George Schroedters CMP Champion Model ProductsEd Coupe prop sembly package 16-in diameter 19-in pitch last three models Aim maximum weight 13 grams including small Crocket rubber hook Assembly Cut about 40% tail boom fin point forward stab leading edge position Insert A-in sheet former grain horizontal forward face former butted against tube Mark point end boom will give stab good Ia negative incidence Use very soft pen cil draw lines outside tail boom tube indicate must cut allow stab some tilt right stab tip higher left tip Ed right turn cut out portion boom Reinforce around cutout /a x A-in sheet balsa add couple cross members plus A6-in ply mount LE Wrap sandpaper around motor tube carefully sand bottom pylon until bottom former just touches boom wing will have no incidence Attach vertical-grain A2-in balsa sheeting bottom former posi 156 Model Aviation N Folding- 1~oo wThg A-i INTERCEPTOR Ready Fly $695 U-build Kit $495 Note Pleaae add 83 P & H lst3 models. 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Ct~e Lee ENGINE EDITOR RCM MAGAZINE answer question often asked s muffler available Yes ts muffler & header available CALL FOR INFORMATION EHS TRADING LTD 400 HUALANI ST BLDG 13E HILO HAWAII 96720 tions bottom edges sheeting cen terline motor tube necessary get fuselage cross-section 31 sq required rules Balance model carefully ep oxy pylon place Trimming You will probably need decalage Dont hesitate alter CG add ing weights pattern R-R full-turns prop run 32-35 sec fairly tight glide circle about 150 ft seems help models thermal better less upsetting turbulence FF Old-Timers/Baker Continued page 58 Glow engines converted ignition spite availability replica engines continues need conversion glow engines ignition allowed SAM rules Phil Bernhard informs will continue provide service fine tradition established late father Otto Bemhard has converted OS Max engines 30 35 40 sizes want 15 20 25 will have furnish engine could problem loop-scavenged engines no longer made however Tower Hobbies has some left should easy find 158 Model Aviation 800-63HOBBY 808 935-9009 HA WAIl STD TIME 10 AM-7PM Mon-S used Phil says will continue sell ignition accessories other supplies important Old-Timer flier working updated catalog can reach Phil Bernhard 17119 South Harvard Blvd Gardena CA 90247 phone number 213 329-0273 other conversion service know still active Les Payne 881 South Jose phine Street Denver CO 80209 can put tim ers plain-bearing engines have shaft size between 3/t 346 also have een intake stack front crankcase casting would include McCoy red head blue head Stunt engines K&B green-heads 19 larger OS Max Veco plain-bearing engines recently sent him K&B 23 got back about three weeks timer fuel tank installed Send him SASE price details have K&B 35 converted years ago great runner pulls Buz zard Bombshell about well Joe Konefes Brown Jr 60 Maybe need parts old engines OK three major sources know about Victor Didelot 4410 Lorna Lane Erie PA 16506 has long reliable source O&R 40 CC/24 CU IN parts such fuel tanks needle valves timers also has some other parts An SASE should get current list An extensive catalog available Micro Model Engineering 1301 West Lafayette Sturgis MI 49091 catalog $2 Chris Rossbach has catalog $4 its worth price just illustrations lists parts address RD 1 Queensboro Manor Gloversville NY 12078 latter two catalogs contain astounding things seems have part stock can make custom-made parts inexpensive qual ity parts Ive seen very high Now no excuse having integral fuel tank Super Cyke timer Phantom P-30 Thats about nil space allow Write Let know good stuff can tell others about Did know Bartles James wine cool ers very popular Mexico call Dos Okies Buy beer will explain Flying Wings/Oldenkamp Continued page 60 suffered embarrassing entertaining midair collision six-pound RC Glider eve contest making Did Fly Others whole lot luck since OT Southern California Igni tion Fliers SCIFS also meet same weekend number fly ing wing models Thirties hand challenge contemporary Wainfan influenced variants fact AMA Execu tive Director John Worths Lil Misery 1942 actually rotated off place third Power strong climbout de cent power run very respectable glide also very nice 1938 Tex Rick ard Wing silver-and-red MonoKote flying wings inherently unorthodox Lynn Wainfans Rubber category winner its forward sweep tractor propeller butterfly dethermaliz er tail extreme half Close hind Lynn originality Alfie Faulkner P-30 design obvious British ancestry Vee-plus-rudder job ample sweep dihedral Bamaby Wainfan won both Pow er Glider used incredible vertical powCA MASK CA glue works wonders building models right Unfortunately gives off enough fumes knock vulture off carcass modelers have suffered medical problems after inhaling CA fumes take chances special vapor respirator filters CA fumes soft face mask adjustable straps comfortably fits face sizes easy breathing valve allows prolonged use providing dependable filtering concentrations up 1000 PPM though rugged industrial mask light weight elimi nate fatigue Dont get gassed CA Get protected Order CA Mask today Just $1247 shipping cheaper hospital visit Money order Master Charge Visa include expiration date check allow 20 days clear Sorry no CODs Pelican Enterprises Inc 265 OXFORD LANE BLOOMINGDALE ILLINOIS 60108 P S Send catalog modelers safety supplies