Free Flight: Duration

NFFS NOTES National Free Flight Society has announced its choices 10 models year 1989 AMA Large Power Hummin Bird Charles Caton AMA Small PowerBooger II Glenn Schneider AMA Large RubberBandwagon Roger Gregory FJA NordicS-l 1 Allround Stefan Rumpp W Germany FIB WakefieldFantasy Staf ford Quinn FIC PowerSilhouette Stafford Screen Gr Britain Indoor ScaleDO-X Fly ing Boat Don Srull Indoor Intermediate StickSymphony Earl Hoffman Special PublicationBuilding Flying Indoor Model Airplanes Ron Williams SpecialSeries over 40 Peanut Scale drawings French civil air craft Emanuel Fillon Charles Dorsett chaired selection commit tee year Congratulations award winners conjunction preceding selections Chairman Anthony J Italiano has announced four new inductees NFFS Hall Fame 1989 Faun W Frank Swaney deceased Edward Naudzius Johnny Clemens Bob Sandy Peck Frank Swaney longtime resident Cali fornia served years hobby shop proprietor hobby distributor Long Beach area provided him opportunity what liked besthelping young sters novices getting acquainted model airplanes writer has pleasant memo ries teenager being picked up Mr Swa ney Model Ford toted off club flying site earlier pre-California days Faun Hoosier Ed Naudzius among other things instru mental establishment famed Detroitbased Plymouth Internationals model aero compe tition program took place postwar Forties early Fifties Bob Sandy Peck creators pro ducers fine line Peck-Polymer Rubber Scale kits supplies Finally Johnny Clemens should require no introduction ex-AMA President father AMA programs including AMA museum new Headquarters facility etc talked Johnny Toledo RC Show just recently cheerful friendly ever us will always Mr AMA believe grand gesture NFFS honor fine folks serve life times promoting hobby Pertinent potpourri Lightning may strike twice same place apparently Hurricanes Nat Com fort advises AJs Free Flight Service 4840 64 Model Aviation Free Flight Duration Harry Murphy 3824 Oakwood Blvd Anderson IN 46011 Dick Smith assists Doc Perkins starting Evinrude business end Docs huge Witchhawk Bluegrass Champs Lexington KY Sad say meet now defunct bulldozers have arrived turn contest site soccer fields Greg Barr photo permissibility scaling model size up down NFFS Nostalgia Gas rules spawned additional three sizes original /2A Zeek design Murfs regular Y2A Zeek background stable NosGas derivitives include IAA 144 sq large 1/2A Coxes Holland Hornets 240 sq Class approved 09 cu engines 297 sq Theres Zeek stuff months columnand wells dry yet Kevin Anderson faired well 88 SAM Champs Ehling Aquasprite hes holding placed 2nd 1AA NosGas Old-Timer vath HLG 020 Replica Comet Intercep tor foreground took first places pair Californians attending 1958 Chicago AMA Nats Frank Swaney L now deceased Sal Taibi Franks name now joins Sals member NFFS Hall Fame Note sharp 1956 Ford Fairlane 2-door background E Leisure Fresno CA 93727 producing famed Class C Hurricane design An Arm strong once produced Advanced Engi neering Co Fresno somewhat smaller Comet Sailplane look-alike West Coast rage back Forties incorporated 69-in wingspan 738-sq-in area its crutchbuilt half-planked fuselage suggested durable construction Carl Goldbergs fa mous classic can get new kits $49 plus $2 postage Tell em heard about Du ration might include empty tube glue something Nat also announced price increase Max Hog kits began January year hA now $1895 450 A/B size now $3795 both requiring additional $2 mailing fees Nats address 12324 Percival Chester VA 23831 new 1989 catalog Campbells Cus tom Kits shows nearly across-the-board crease retail kit prices well appears model kit costs escalating along thing else Oh well such fruits free en terprise Flying site problems associated use fuse dethermalizers seem upswing past problem has associ ated arid Western locales re cently becoming greater concern Mid west well summer droughts being ex perienced old cliche What country needs good five-cent cigar needs re vised What country needs good fivedollar dethermalizer Also such development would go far alleviating couple other prob lems other fire hazard good flying sites remain gradually becoming smaller land developers continually nip away edges thus making flight termination end max flight critical prevent overflight congested areas As know experience old reliable fuse D-T just doesnt cut accuracy depart ment second place build nice sleek model drill quarter-inch hole fuselage stuff metal bushing three-inch length cotton clothesline rope cannot regarded thing beauty Tomy toy-based timer has offered some re lief alternative Different configurations based theyre being used pop up time time various newsletters multifunction Selig timers work fine application will continue enjoy limited use because weight bulk having mort v-BENT PAPER CLIPS~ KRUBBER BAND STOP-\ II L FUSELAGE FUSE LAGE S L- HATCH pCH7 "ii HATCH - LATCH L DISENGAGE PAWL WIRE TIE E2 111111111111111 I I I LCUT Making hidden latches cowlings hatches has stumped FFer two goodand easy maketypes Murf likes classic 3-hooks-and-rubberband type Top admires hi-tech wire-tie-derived Bottom info both column tery $150 American Scientific surplus house connected Jerryco believes rules E-30 event maximum wingspan 30 electric power should limited commercially produced motors cautions nine-volt Ni-Cds contain usable cells said purchased Panasonic six oval button cells didnt fast-charge well Squeezing hard plastic case can usually divulge two rows three cells Free Flighter requires says flew E-30 electric Class 1988 FF Nats Lawrenceville IL using re wound Kodak motor four 100-mAh cells Tomy timer shutoff D-T timers All-up weight 75 grams first flight QOS high winds wing folded attempting return launch site after long chase Russ thoughts eventual E-30 rules 1 Maximum wingspan 30 2 Minimum Continued page 145 gage home buy rate problem exists field remedy wide open inexpensive viable alternatives Free Flight awaits ideas Another great annual Free Flight contest has gone down drain because bulldozer blight Bill Barr Lexington KY advises famed Bluegrass FF Champs has forever lost its Masterson Station Park contest site heavy equipment has arrived create number soccer fields Midwests fa vorite meets location brought multitude contestants down North up South battle Kentuckys beautiful horse country Sad news parts Russ Whitford writes Kodak camera mo tor has really opened opportunities miniElectric power says motors can bought hometown Milwaukee 35C three-cell nine-volt 100-mAh Ni-Cd batBattery box access hatch Murfs Brooklyn Dodger demonstrates 3-hook-and-rubberband system Note neatly done DT snuffer tube August 1989 65 Ed says method will fill 80% pores first go- round rest can taken care -in strip TP soft brush also suggests use good thin ner go over 40% dope Wrinkles covering can removed softening dope acetone thinner lifting softened doped silk edges stretch ing tweezers just use fingers Ed knows great deal about covering now someone will send new technique dyeing tissue Dye has nice advantage adding measurable weight has same disadvantage using transparent tissue two layers usually show up darker overlaps occur either con struction repairs Some colors tractable others experience have found condenser tissue can colored yellow Marks-a-Lot wide-tip permanent marker pen overlap marks flowing together being hardly notice able Red blue seem well Other modelers like Bob Meuser Dave Smith Dick Howard have tried using permanent marker pen dye opening pen up soaking wiek lacquer thinner dope thinner spray resulting mixture either tissue its still shrinking frame model Dick used restore color fading blue-tissued model after re moving markings good results blue Dye also available spray cans art stores though fairly expensive always reliable last can out pressure after couple months As spraying paint careful get runs vertical surfaces laying too heavily have great way dye tissue let us know have used Dr Martins dye alcohol some time find works very well Well gang have great summer flying keep mind God intended us use fancy little wrenches remove glow heads would have given us pliers FF Duration/Murphy Continued page 65 weight 70 grams 40 grams airframe about 28 grams power plant 3 Commer cially available plastic prop 4 Motorany sys tem employing Mabuchi rectangular-frame mo tor 5 Batteriestwo three 100-mAh cells Some experimentation may required deter optimum number cells prefers 100-mAb limit due low cost Russ concludes saying Free Flight has always hobby experimenter re winding motors easy enjoyable optimum wind being readily debated Theyre great fun Scale sport models too want information about Russ E-30 thoughts can reach him 215 E Montelaire Ave Milwaukee WI 53217 Hatch latch remember instructions plans some vintage Rubber Gas models hatch cowling held dress snaps Man never did get work get male female halves line up couldnt see what doing always big mystery cements good days either did accomplish trick some semblance acceptable alignment snap feature often stronger either glue joints So after waiting 24 hours glue dry joint would fail anyway Aggravating say least once saw dress-snap-retained cowling pop loose friends Gas model failure caused vibration engine before could shut off prop caught cowling made instant kindling out hours tedious work Although notorious snitching pins scissors mothers sewing box dress snap supply usually pretty safe Well put cowlings competition models much other FAI Power Scale course can really fin ish off some Old-Timers Nostalgia Gas jobs very nicely Access hatches commonplace blind hatch retention device/devices hidden exterior model much neater snag proof Personally use simple three-hook-and-a rubberband method retain battery box hatches Old-Timers caught interesting op tion Gene Stubs Bat Sheet newsletter last month Gene utilizes nylon wire ties readily available electronics shops like Radio Shack etc single strap serrated nylon molded-in ratchet mecha nism end use simply lop off ratchet end cement inside fuse lage edge hatch opening Bend right-angle strip serrated end ce ment inside hatch itself ser rations facing away hatch aligned match properly ratchet head attached fuselage have previous experience wire straps know hang Modeling Accessories MAStER AIRSCRIW5 Precision stripwood easy Balsa Strip per Strips up 1/2 wide 1/4 thick can cut quickly accurately sheet stock vernier wheel advances 1/32 precise adjust ment stripper uses std type 11 hobby blade $495 suggested retail Razor Plane Master Are w Plane uses heavy-duty industrial blade held place two locating screws allowing cutting depth set very rigidly accurately Use rounding smoothing contours fuselages cowlings shaping edges thinning strips etc $495 sug gested retail Replacement blades available stock no MA21O1 $149 pack In-Line ~FueI Filter fuel filter outstanding value has threaded two-part alum num body 100-mesh stainless screen removeable easy cleaning $119 suggested retail Direct Drive 05 Prop Adaptor all-aluminum prop adaptor designed 05 electric motors recommended use Master Airacrew 7x4 7x6 8x4 8x6 propellers $95 suggested retail See Hobby Dealer WINDSOR PROPELLER CO 384 Tesconl Ct Santa Rosa CA 95401 August 1989 145 TWO NEW FLIGHT BOXES cowpieieiy aSsewbied finished Made usA Boib iop goallip wood consirocijon Two arga drawers unlgoe drawer locks 5naii boo 0 pios shipping Large boo $12500 pios Shipping inciodas mel cowpartmenibaiierypower panel cowoarimeniadlusiabie isselage cradles Mosey back goarantee send 51 specs call 141517470847 leave measaga Flights Fancy Aerowodeffne P0 Boo La Honda Ca 94020 peck Silver-Streak 035 ELErTAIC MOnR SUPER LIGHT WEIGHT ONLY 26 OZ USES LESS CURRENT TURNS 6-3 PROP 12000 RPM 66 AMPS IDEAL FOR SMALL RIC & FREE FLIGHT MOTOR ONLY $1995 CATALOG #30 O PHONE 619 448 1818 PeckPeIyauers BOX 2498 -MA ESA CA 92044 Catalog 14 BIGGER ever over 200 things have never seen before NEW Giant Telemaster NEW High-performance Electric Motors NEW Props accessories NEW Electric Airplanes worlds FASTEST electric plane NEW FAST boats NEW Steam boat NEW ORACOVER covering material NEW Helicopter NEW sailplanes NEW accessores. Name Street Address City like bull terrier can released inserting blade wire some kind ratchet head disengage retention pawi allows serrated tail hatch pulled out again course attaches side hatch may possibly require hinge tongue-and-hook arrangement opposite side latch method intriguing eh what hatch retention method use certainly has no frills requires three hooks made bent paper clips thin rubberband lots elasticity plus peripheral stops permit hatch rest flush exterior model works very well contoured surfaces well hatch can made single sheet balsa appropriate thickness carved sanded shape contour fu selage such shown photo bat tery box hatch Brooklyn Dodger Out side surface hatch actually compound surface Duck soup No sweat her appropriate exclamations Newsletter spotlight Much like lot other things some model newsletters fade away die abruptly time time because economics lack support editorial publication difficul ties whatever As know recently fine publications Jim Walstons Seks Talks Bill Bakers Okie Free Flight Flyer hit skids hung up out business signs one-man shows didnt crash because lack interest part readership both very popular papers subscrib ers personal reasons involving editors good news new ventures pop up help fill-in voids left ashes have gone before As much saddened hear demise favorite newsletter equally encouraged wel come new ventures sort corner hobby usually bring fresh formats opinions soon establish personal ity own Such Flyoff newsletter Skyscrapers Brooklyn NY being ably edited Bob Hatschek Although newsletter barely year old club itself dates back 1936 can proudly brag spawning notable per sonalities forever cloaked within tory aeromodeling Flyoff eight-page pamphlet published quar terly currently active dues-paying members aforementioned club however others may subscribe minimum five issues rate $2 per issue $10 minimum continental US $3 per issue $15 minimum foreign delivery address Flyoff RL Hat schek 316 Grosvenor St Douglaston NY 17363 Flyoff cross-section editorials plans sketches news elsewhere written presented sophistication can evolve New York Write sub scription today Tell em Duration put bite am pleased hear comments various newsletter editors circulations have creased because publications being men tioned column Making addresses sub scription rates available cited being helpful Duration receiving newsletter put mailing list Spotlight will eventually illuminate ef forts well Keep em coming fellas Thanks Radio active Noted Gas Lines newsletter another bring-em-back-alive ra dio beeper devices finding lost models Scamps club member Bill Turner Claims device audible up 1500 ft airborne 300-400 ft ground whole system weighs 19 grams powered 12-volt electric lighter battery actuated tail pops D-T posi tion can obtain additional information makings $1995 Bill Turner Spec tronics Inc 3027 Rutgers Ave Long Beach CA 90808 have sat around big table club meetings years listened old-timer tell humor ous stories about chase involving standing running boards old cars hanging dear life zipping along country roads hours course days before use D-Ts all-day chases commonplace Nowadays radios being utilized stories seem have switched chase retrieval Jim Walston markets very sophisticated radio retrieval system tells happened SAM Champs Seguin TX strong wind blowing models huge patch tall over-your-head weeds Jim trailed fast-moving model downwind chase bike giant stuff promptly whipped out radio receiver antenna plowed way weed forest retrieved model couple minutes prob lem took him additional 20 minutes stumbling around relocate chase bike Doug Rabe incorporates tiny radio transmit ter large AMA gassies retrieval purpos es Last summer cleared 10-ft-high pe ripheral fence Wright Field Dayton tually descended residential area took about 15 minutes exit Air Base get around point model drifted Out complex lot can happen 15 minutes Anyway model nowhere found Cruising around Norm Poti Dougs re ceiver finally picked signal led utility shed back house appeared couple lived sitting out back yard enjoying lazy Sunday afternoon large model dropped out sky plopped down between scaring bejeeb ers out Reading name address model couple placed model utility shed safekeeping gone inside spent better part hour try ing call Doug phone Norm roaming streets East Dayton earliest incorporations radio sist retrieving lost models simply use couple walkie-talkies flier usually stayed launch site keep line model drifted away directed downwind chaser equipped walkie-talkie often handkerchief colored flag attached tenna aid flier seeing chaser moved further downwind problem us ing walkie-talkies though almost used same radio channel practice prompted personal favorite retriev al' stories attending Three Rivers MI contest number years ago Dick Covalt sent wife Jean downwind walkie-talkie test its ef fective distance As Jean stretched distance reception became weaker weaker Dick re peatedly spoke radio Izzat Jean Shortly thereafter dirtied competitor popped out muddy cornfield walkie-talkie own hand promptly queried heck Eugene Zeek chroniclesPart V Bill Cranford bought Zeek rights Air-O Lew Ma hieu around 1950 subsequently produced 146 Model Aviation StateZ p HOW RNATIONAL INC 0 Freedom 20 Proof positivi A/B kits under Premium Manufactur ing Company label owned Cranford Air port Artesia CA sported approved pri vate commercial flight schools also branch school El Monte Airport taught flying operated some 28 air planes mostly Taylorcrafts Cessna 140s couple Stinsons double-breasted Cessna three PT-19s Bill claimed bought over 300 Stearmans surplus resold mostly crop-dusters stripped lower wings frequently damaged result ground loops addition Zeeks Bill also marketed Cabin version Zeek calling Zee bin identical Zeek pylon wing mount Zeek being substituted built-up cabin-type arrangement Although Zeek kits sold well Bill claimed main income-producers Premium ven ture silhouette Buster G-liner several plastic toysone being little outboard runabout scaled rubber-powered Mercury engine Bill stated time constant change competition rules new pow erful engines being introduced rather regu larly designed different philoso phies earlier A/B eventual /2A kit design one-shot effort Several sizes /2 As evaluatedsome undercam bered airfoilsbefore design finalized kit production said hesitated producing 09 kit larger Class C version because thought insufficient market latter although engine performance improving displacements somewhat disap pointed engine development 09-cu-in size time Bill confessed some modelers around Marysville CA got plans 575 sq-in B/C designbut will follow tangent another session Sometime about 1952 Ray Downs entered Zeek picture After getting out Service 1944 Ray wife opened Rays Hobby Shop 1945 Tucson AZ hometown During buying trip Los Angeles heard Zeek business sale immediately looked up Bill Cranford subsequently purchased rights assets Zeek operation After moving acquisition Tucson resumed production Y2A A/B kits un der new tag Rays Manufacturing Com pany recent letter Ray stated two kits produced couple years until sales diminished point forced production halt Around 1955 Frank Garcher Midwest Mod els Tucson visit time Ray sold Zeek interests Midwest far Ray knows lies original Zeek tooling has seen daylight since Next time double back pick up some flat-bottom-airfoil tangents Till See downwind Florida/Rich mond Continued page 68 same direction shown patterns Use sharp modeling knife carefully cut traced pattern out balsawood Get help need Sharp knives dangerous dont take chances accurate precise work slot fuselage wing must very accurate model wont fly cor rectly Also very careful cutting out top bottom rudder exact wish decorate parts before glue together Glue parts together shown photos glue dry add weight cor rect fore-aft balance Youll need small amount modeling clay similar sticky material chewing gum works great put models nose under cockpit make balance correctly center-of-gravity CG lo cated exactly 1 Y4 back front slot wing fuselage Its very important CG accurate plane fly well Hying Florida Express prides itself smooth genfle rides provided pas sengers model jet flies just smoothly Practice launching gently downward path enough forward speed fly Keep wrist stiff model gets straight launch no twists get gliding well may have move add remove bit nose clay may also have add little clay either wing tips make fly straight Practice makes perfect model flies best its absolutely calm light winds youve got sailing smoothly look high place glide such steep hill raised porch practice throwing harder see what fun 150 Model Aviation

NFFS NOTES National Free Flight Society has announced its choices 10 models year 1989 AMA Large Power Hummin Bird Charles Caton AMA Small PowerBooger II Glenn Schneider AMA Large RubberBandwagon Roger Gregory FJA NordicS-l 1 Allround Stefan Rumpp W Germany FIB WakefieldFantasy Staf ford Quinn FIC PowerSilhouette Stafford Screen Gr Britain Indoor ScaleDO-X Fly ing Boat Don Srull Indoor Intermediate StickSymphony Earl Hoffman Special PublicationBuilding Flying Indoor Model Airplanes Ron Williams SpecialSeries over 40 Peanut Scale drawings French civil air craft Emanuel Fillon Charles Dorsett chaired selection commit tee year Congratulations award winners conjunction preceding selections Chairman Anthony J Italiano has announced four new inductees NFFS Hall Fame 1989 Faun W Frank Swaney deceased Edward Naudzius Johnny Clemens Bob Sandy Peck Frank Swaney longtime resident Cali fornia served years hobby shop proprietor hobby distributor Long Beach area provided him opportunity what liked besthelping young sters novices getting acquainted model airplanes writer has pleasant memo ries teenager being picked up Mr Swa ney Model Ford toted off club flying site earlier pre-California days Faun Hoosier Ed Naudzius among other things instru mental establishment famed Detroitbased Plymouth Internationals model aero compe tition program took place postwar Forties early Fifties Bob Sandy Peck creators pro ducers fine line Peck-Polymer Rubber Scale kits supplies Finally Johnny Clemens should require no introduction ex-AMA President father AMA programs including AMA museum new Headquarters facility etc talked Johnny Toledo RC Show just recently cheerful friendly ever us will always Mr AMA believe grand gesture NFFS honor fine folks serve life times promoting hobby Pertinent potpourri Lightning may strike twice same place apparently Hurricanes Nat Com fort advises AJs Free Flight Service 4840 64 Model Aviation Free Flight Duration Harry Murphy 3824 Oakwood Blvd Anderson IN 46011 Dick Smith assists Doc Perkins starting Evinrude business end Docs huge Witchhawk Bluegrass Champs Lexington KY Sad say meet now defunct bulldozers have arrived turn contest site soccer fields Greg Barr photo permissibility scaling model size up down NFFS Nostalgia Gas rules spawned additional three sizes original /2A Zeek design Murfs regular Y2A Zeek background stable NosGas derivitives include IAA 144 sq large 1/2A Coxes Holland Hornets 240 sq Class approved 09 cu engines 297 sq Theres Zeek stuff months columnand wells dry yet Kevin Anderson faired well 88 SAM Champs Ehling Aquasprite hes holding placed 2nd 1AA NosGas Old-Timer vath HLG 020 Replica Comet Intercep tor foreground took first places pair Californians attending 1958 Chicago AMA Nats Frank Swaney L now deceased Sal Taibi Franks name now joins Sals member NFFS Hall Fame Note sharp 1956 Ford Fairlane 2-door background E Leisure Fresno CA 93727 producing famed Class C Hurricane design An Arm strong once produced Advanced Engi neering Co Fresno somewhat smaller Comet Sailplane look-alike West Coast rage back Forties incorporated 69-in wingspan 738-sq-in area its crutchbuilt half-planked fuselage suggested durable construction Carl Goldbergs fa mous classic can get new kits $49 plus $2 postage Tell em heard about Du ration might include empty tube glue something Nat also announced price increase Max Hog kits began January year hA now $1895 450 A/B size now $3795 both requiring additional $2 mailing fees Nats address 12324 Percival Chester VA 23831 new 1989 catalog Campbells Cus tom Kits shows nearly across-the-board crease retail kit prices well appears model kit costs escalating along thing else Oh well such fruits free en terprise Flying site problems associated use fuse dethermalizers seem upswing past problem has associ ated arid Western locales re cently becoming greater concern Mid west well summer droughts being ex perienced old cliche What country needs good five-cent cigar needs re vised What country needs good fivedollar dethermalizer Also such development would go far alleviating couple other prob lems other fire hazard good flying sites remain gradually becoming smaller land developers continually nip away edges thus making flight termination end max flight critical prevent overflight congested areas As know experience old reliable fuse D-T just doesnt cut accuracy depart ment second place build nice sleek model drill quarter-inch hole fuselage stuff metal bushing three-inch length cotton clothesline rope cannot regarded thing beauty Tomy toy-based timer has offered some re lief alternative Different configurations based theyre being used pop up time time various newsletters multifunction Selig timers work fine application will continue enjoy limited use because weight bulk having mort v-BENT PAPER CLIPS~ KRUBBER BAND STOP-\ II L FUSELAGE FUSE LAGE S L- HATCH pCH7 "ii HATCH - LATCH L DISENGAGE PAWL WIRE TIE E2 111111111111111 I I I LCUT Making hidden latches cowlings hatches has stumped FFer two goodand easy maketypes Murf likes classic 3-hooks-and-rubberband type Top admires hi-tech wire-tie-derived Bottom info both column tery $150 American Scientific surplus house connected Jerryco believes rules E-30 event maximum wingspan 30 electric power should limited commercially produced motors cautions nine-volt Ni-Cds contain usable cells said purchased Panasonic six oval button cells didnt fast-charge well Squeezing hard plastic case can usually divulge two rows three cells Free Flighter requires says flew E-30 electric Class 1988 FF Nats Lawrenceville IL using re wound Kodak motor four 100-mAh cells Tomy timer shutoff D-T timers All-up weight 75 grams first flight QOS high winds wing folded attempting return launch site after long chase Russ thoughts eventual E-30 rules 1 Maximum wingspan 30 2 Minimum Continued page 145 gage home buy rate problem exists field remedy wide open inexpensive viable alternatives Free Flight awaits ideas Another great annual Free Flight contest has gone down drain because bulldozer blight Bill Barr Lexington KY advises famed Bluegrass FF Champs has forever lost its Masterson Station Park contest site heavy equipment has arrived create number soccer fields Midwests fa vorite meets location brought multitude contestants down North up South battle Kentuckys beautiful horse country Sad news parts Russ Whitford writes Kodak camera mo tor has really opened opportunities miniElectric power says motors can bought hometown Milwaukee 35C three-cell nine-volt 100-mAh Ni-Cd batBattery box access hatch Murfs Brooklyn Dodger demonstrates 3-hook-and-rubberband system Note neatly done DT snuffer tube August 1989 65 Ed says method will fill 80% pores first go- round rest can taken care -in strip TP soft brush also suggests use good thin ner go over 40% dope Wrinkles covering can removed softening dope acetone thinner lifting softened doped silk edges stretch ing tweezers just use fingers Ed knows great deal about covering now someone will send new technique dyeing tissue Dye has nice advantage adding measurable weight has same disadvantage using transparent tissue two layers usually show up darker overlaps occur either con struction repairs Some colors tractable others experience have found condenser tissue can colored yellow Marks-a-Lot wide-tip permanent marker pen overlap marks flowing together being hardly notice able Red blue seem well Other modelers like Bob Meuser Dave Smith Dick Howard have tried using permanent marker pen dye opening pen up soaking wiek lacquer thinner dope thinner spray resulting mixture either tissue its still shrinking frame model Dick used restore color fading blue-tissued model after re moving markings good results blue Dye also available spray cans art stores though fairly expensive always reliable last can out pressure after couple months As spraying paint careful get runs vertical surfaces laying too heavily have great way dye tissue let us know have used Dr Martins dye alcohol some time find works very well Well gang have great summer flying keep mind God intended us use fancy little wrenches remove glow heads would have given us pliers FF Duration/Murphy Continued page 65 weight 70 grams 40 grams airframe about 28 grams power plant 3 Commer cially available plastic prop 4 Motorany sys tem employing Mabuchi rectangular-frame mo tor 5 Batteriestwo three 100-mAh cells Some experimentation may required deter optimum number cells prefers 100-mAb limit due low cost Russ concludes saying Free Flight has always hobby experimenter re winding motors easy enjoyable optimum wind being readily debated Theyre great fun Scale sport models too want information about Russ E-30 thoughts can reach him 215 E Montelaire Ave Milwaukee WI 53217 Hatch latch remember instructions plans some vintage Rubber Gas models hatch cowling held dress snaps Man never did get work get male female halves line up couldnt see what doing always big mystery cements good days either did accomplish trick some semblance acceptable alignment snap feature often stronger either glue joints So after waiting 24 hours glue dry joint would fail anyway Aggravating say least once saw dress-snap-retained cowling pop loose friends Gas model failure caused vibration engine before could shut off prop caught cowling made instant kindling out hours tedious work Although notorious snitching pins scissors mothers sewing box dress snap supply usually pretty safe Well put cowlings competition models much other FAI Power Scale course can really fin ish off some Old-Timers Nostalgia Gas jobs very nicely Access hatches commonplace blind hatch retention device/devices hidden exterior model much neater snag proof Personally use simple three-hook-and-a rubberband method retain battery box hatches Old-Timers caught interesting op tion Gene Stubs Bat Sheet newsletter last month Gene utilizes nylon wire ties readily available electronics shops like Radio Shack etc single strap serrated nylon molded-in ratchet mecha nism end use simply lop off ratchet end cement inside fuse lage edge hatch opening Bend right-angle strip serrated end ce ment inside hatch itself ser rations facing away hatch aligned match properly ratchet head attached fuselage have previous experience wire straps know hang Modeling Accessories MAStER AIRSCRIW5 Precision stripwood easy Balsa Strip per Strips up 1/2 wide 1/4 thick can cut quickly accurately sheet stock vernier wheel advances 1/32 precise adjust ment stripper uses std type 11 hobby blade $495 suggested retail Razor Plane Master Are w Plane uses heavy-duty industrial blade held place two locating screws allowing cutting depth set very rigidly accurately Use rounding smoothing contours fuselages cowlings shaping edges thinning strips etc $495 sug gested retail Replacement blades available stock no MA21O1 $149 pack In-Line ~FueI Filter fuel filter outstanding value has threaded two-part alum num body 100-mesh stainless screen removeable easy cleaning $119 suggested retail Direct Drive 05 Prop Adaptor all-aluminum prop adaptor designed 05 electric motors recommended use Master Airacrew 7x4 7x6 8x4 8x6 propellers $95 suggested retail See Hobby Dealer WINDSOR PROPELLER CO 384 Tesconl Ct Santa Rosa CA 95401 August 1989 145 TWO NEW FLIGHT BOXES cowpieieiy aSsewbied finished Made usA Boib iop goallip wood consirocijon Two arga drawers unlgoe drawer locks 5naii boo 0 pios shipping Large boo $12500 pios Shipping inciodas mel cowpartmenibaiierypower panel cowoarimeniadlusiabie isselage cradles Mosey back goarantee send 51 specs call 141517470847 leave measaga Flights Fancy Aerowodeffne P0 Boo La Honda Ca 94020 peck Silver-Streak 035 ELErTAIC MOnR SUPER LIGHT WEIGHT ONLY 26 OZ USES LESS CURRENT TURNS 6-3 PROP 12000 RPM 66 AMPS IDEAL FOR SMALL RIC & FREE FLIGHT MOTOR ONLY $1995 CATALOG #30 O PHONE 619 448 1818 PeckPeIyauers BOX 2498 -MA ESA CA 92044 Catalog 14 BIGGER ever over 200 things have never seen before NEW Giant Telemaster NEW High-performance Electric Motors NEW Props accessories NEW Electric Airplanes worlds FASTEST electric plane NEW FAST boats NEW Steam boat NEW ORACOVER covering material NEW Helicopter NEW sailplanes NEW accessores. Name Street Address City like bull terrier can released inserting blade wire some kind ratchet head disengage retention pawi allows serrated tail hatch pulled out again course attaches side hatch may possibly require hinge tongue-and-hook arrangement opposite side latch method intriguing eh what hatch retention method use certainly has no frills requires three hooks made bent paper clips thin rubberband lots elasticity plus peripheral stops permit hatch rest flush exterior model works very well contoured surfaces well hatch can made single sheet balsa appropriate thickness carved sanded shape contour fu selage such shown photo bat tery box hatch Brooklyn Dodger Out side surface hatch actually compound surface Duck soup No sweat her appropriate exclamations Newsletter spotlight Much like lot other things some model newsletters fade away die abruptly time time because economics lack support editorial publication difficul ties whatever As know recently fine publications Jim Walstons Seks Talks Bill Bakers Okie Free Flight Flyer hit skids hung up out business signs one-man shows didnt crash because lack interest part readership both very popular papers subscrib ers personal reasons involving editors good news new ventures pop up help fill-in voids left ashes have gone before As much saddened hear demise favorite newsletter equally encouraged wel come new ventures sort corner hobby usually bring fresh formats opinions soon establish personal ity own Such Flyoff newsletter Skyscrapers Brooklyn NY being ably edited Bob Hatschek Although newsletter barely year old club itself dates back 1936 can proudly brag spawning notable per sonalities forever cloaked within tory aeromodeling Flyoff eight-page pamphlet published quar terly currently active dues-paying members aforementioned club however others may subscribe minimum five issues rate $2 per issue $10 minimum continental US $3 per issue $15 minimum foreign delivery address Flyoff RL Hat schek 316 Grosvenor St Douglaston NY 17363 Flyoff cross-section editorials plans sketches news elsewhere written presented sophistication can evolve New York Write sub scription today Tell em Duration put bite am pleased hear comments various newsletter editors circulations have creased because publications being men tioned column Making addresses sub scription rates available cited being helpful Duration receiving newsletter put mailing list Spotlight will eventually illuminate ef forts well Keep em coming fellas Thanks Radio active Noted Gas Lines newsletter another bring-em-back-alive ra dio beeper devices finding lost models Scamps club member Bill Turner Claims device audible up 1500 ft airborne 300-400 ft ground whole system weighs 19 grams powered 12-volt electric lighter battery actuated tail pops D-T posi tion can obtain additional information makings $1995 Bill Turner Spec tronics Inc 3027 Rutgers Ave Long Beach CA 90808 have sat around big table club meetings years listened old-timer tell humor ous stories about chase involving standing running boards old cars hanging dear life zipping along country roads hours course days before use D-Ts all-day chases commonplace Nowadays radios being utilized stories seem have switched chase retrieval Jim Walston markets very sophisticated radio retrieval system tells happened SAM Champs Seguin TX strong wind blowing models huge patch tall over-your-head weeds Jim trailed fast-moving model downwind chase bike giant stuff promptly whipped out radio receiver antenna plowed way weed forest retrieved model couple minutes prob lem took him additional 20 minutes stumbling around relocate chase bike Doug Rabe incorporates tiny radio transmit ter large AMA gassies retrieval purpos es Last summer cleared 10-ft-high pe ripheral fence Wright Field Dayton tually descended residential area took about 15 minutes exit Air Base get around point model drifted Out complex lot can happen 15 minutes Anyway model nowhere found Cruising around Norm Poti Dougs re ceiver finally picked signal led utility shed back house appeared couple lived sitting out back yard enjoying lazy Sunday afternoon large model dropped out sky plopped down between scaring bejeeb ers out Reading name address model couple placed model utility shed safekeeping gone inside spent better part hour try ing call Doug phone Norm roaming streets East Dayton earliest incorporations radio sist retrieving lost models simply use couple walkie-talkies flier usually stayed launch site keep line model drifted away directed downwind chaser equipped walkie-talkie often handkerchief colored flag attached tenna aid flier seeing chaser moved further downwind problem us ing walkie-talkies though almost used same radio channel practice prompted personal favorite retriev al' stories attending Three Rivers MI contest number years ago Dick Covalt sent wife Jean downwind walkie-talkie test its ef fective distance As Jean stretched distance reception became weaker weaker Dick re peatedly spoke radio Izzat Jean Shortly thereafter dirtied competitor popped out muddy cornfield walkie-talkie own hand promptly queried heck Eugene Zeek chroniclesPart V Bill Cranford bought Zeek rights Air-O Lew Ma hieu around 1950 subsequently produced 146 Model Aviation StateZ p HOW RNATIONAL INC 0 Freedom 20 Proof positivi A/B kits under Premium Manufactur ing Company label owned Cranford Air port Artesia CA sported approved pri vate commercial flight schools also branch school El Monte Airport taught flying operated some 28 air planes mostly Taylorcrafts Cessna 140s couple Stinsons double-breasted Cessna three PT-19s Bill claimed bought over 300 Stearmans surplus resold mostly crop-dusters stripped lower wings frequently damaged result ground loops addition Zeeks Bill also marketed Cabin version Zeek calling Zee bin identical Zeek pylon wing mount Zeek being substituted built-up cabin-type arrangement Although Zeek kits sold well Bill claimed main income-producers Premium ven ture silhouette Buster G-liner several plastic toysone being little outboard runabout scaled rubber-powered Mercury engine Bill stated time constant change competition rules new pow erful engines being introduced rather regu larly designed different philoso phies earlier A/B eventual /2A kit design one-shot effort Several sizes /2 As evaluatedsome undercam bered airfoilsbefore design finalized kit production said hesitated producing 09 kit larger Class C version because thought insufficient market latter although engine performance improving displacements somewhat disap pointed engine development 09-cu-in size time Bill confessed some modelers around Marysville CA got plans 575 sq-in B/C designbut will follow tangent another session Sometime about 1952 Ray Downs entered Zeek picture After getting out Service 1944 Ray wife opened Rays Hobby Shop 1945 Tucson AZ hometown During buying trip Los Angeles heard Zeek business sale immediately looked up Bill Cranford subsequently purchased rights assets Zeek operation After moving acquisition Tucson resumed production Y2A A/B kits un der new tag Rays Manufacturing Com pany recent letter Ray stated two kits produced couple years until sales diminished point forced production halt Around 1955 Frank Garcher Midwest Mod els Tucson visit time Ray sold Zeek interests Midwest far Ray knows lies original Zeek tooling has seen daylight since Next time double back pick up some flat-bottom-airfoil tangents Till See downwind Florida/Rich mond Continued page 68 same direction shown patterns Use sharp modeling knife carefully cut traced pattern out balsawood Get help need Sharp knives dangerous dont take chances accurate precise work slot fuselage wing must very accurate model wont fly cor rectly Also very careful cutting out top bottom rudder exact wish decorate parts before glue together Glue parts together shown photos glue dry add weight cor rect fore-aft balance Youll need small amount modeling clay similar sticky material chewing gum works great put models nose under cockpit make balance correctly center-of-gravity CG lo cated exactly 1 Y4 back front slot wing fuselage Its very important CG accurate plane fly well Hying Florida Express prides itself smooth genfle rides provided pas sengers model jet flies just smoothly Practice launching gently downward path enough forward speed fly Keep wrist stiff model gets straight launch no twists get gliding well may have move add remove bit nose clay may also have add little clay either wing tips make fly straight Practice makes perfect model flies best its absolutely calm light winds youve got sailing smoothly look high place glide such steep hill raised porch practice throwing harder see what fun 150 Model Aviation