NEW engine Nineties Emerging shadow famed Indy 500 Speed way new production engine such revolu tionary styling superior performance poten tial would appear usher decade teresting new challenges facets AA Gas Free Flight Control Line Radio Control fly ing engine question product Fred Baldwin Jim Van Arsdal partnership has created new company called Competi tion Engines engine Shuriken produced both 049 061 cu sizesthe latter intended use new small-engine FAI Free Flight event FIJ As accompanying photos suggest di minutive power plant quite unique re spects particularly A-size engine quality exudes its radical styling beauti ful multicolored anodized finishes engines currently being produced either red black anodized crankcase contrasting black red drive washer plug retainer backplate prop spinner intake venturi Only needle valve assembly button-style glow plug purchased remaining parts unique engine Aside its good looks engine tended full-fledged high-performance racing machine its basic innards veri intent Schnuerle porting ABC aluminum piston bronze cylinder liner chrome plated RMcM piston cylinder liner double-ballbearing-supported crankshaft has vented crankpin 4340 alloy steel piston pin attaching titanium-nitrided steel connect ing rod forged siliconlaluminum alloy piston unusual present-day en gines incorporate staked-in connecting rods prop drive washer retained SuperTigre like lock cone binds drive washer onto crankshaft entire assembly tips scales just 214 oz engine comes complete special twopin spanner wrench used remove backplate glow plug retainer tighten prop nut No traditional nuts bolts screwdriv ers conventional wrenches required disassembly compliments advanced thinking put engine its design en gineer Fred Baldwin queried origin Shuriken nameplate Fred disclosed past experiences art karate informed us Shuriken shiny steel starlike weapons nasty Ninjas toss around other wild-and-wooly martial arts movies Eeek purchased needle valve assembly stan dard 128-threads-per-inch Dale Kim design glow plug special GloBee R5X buttontype noted glow plug manufacturer also lo cated Indianapolis just short distance BV Competition Engines facility Performance claims 27500 rpm 50%-nitro fuel 6 x 3 prop FF utiliza tion 70% nitro 4 x 3 single-bladed CL Speed prop tach reportedly jumps 32000 rpm Obviously performance fig ures based 22 initial prototypes have garnered attention types competi tors line forming await production availability writing mid-April initial run 600 production engines under way anyone interested obtaining specimens very 60 Model Aviation Free Flight Duration Harry Murphy 3824 Oakwood Blvd Aaderson IN 46011 Hank Nystroms Mad Ball-based fuel shutoff timer fabricated mechanism con tained cheap windup toys can buy either bare mechanism complete timers him ordering Info column also furnishes instructions containing wealth information homemade variations plus care maintenance product Happy people photo left Jim Van Aradal U Fred Baldwin have teamed up produce rakish new Shuriken V2A racing engine photo right also have version 061 cu displacement 10cc suitable FAI Class F1J Free Flight Gas event first new small engine Intended primarily FF CL use marketed years Too bad engine photo Isnt colorthe example pictured has beautiful red-anodized crankcase black prop drive washer spinner venturi glow plug retainer Campbells Custom Kits has added two new products L Russ Hansens T-Bird 80%-sized 020 Cu Nostalgia Gas event Hand-Launched Glider design Fast Richard Mathis Two new Items R OK Mur Dr Diesels Diary Eric Clutton tells eli know about modei diesei engines Eagle Products has new multicolored plastic stick-on trim Info both column own advised time being orders sent directly BV Competition En gines 1163 Country Club Rd Indianapolis IN 46234 proper procedure send 25 stamp no envelope along note stating de sires name moves near top waiting list will immediately notified send money Current en gine pricing $200 049 $210 061 Fred Jim have advised fairness no favorites played purchase procedure intend honor until initial rush has subsided sounds fair certainly wish Shuriken success mar ketplace would seem vacancy defi nitely exists durable racing-type production engine Gas competition perform ance production versions equals prototypes shall surely see new competi tion concepts subsequent model designs would created utilize newfound power source Also will surely give fledg ling FAT small-engine event FTJ definite boost popularity Only time will tell the Nineties looks intriguing point F1J event might beneficial dwell F IJ concept moment update mention same may creating frowns disillusionment querying cries Whats zat nutshell FlJ relatively new small-gasengine-powered FAI FF event supposedly flown rounds Ia FiC Power event ever sans strict regulations associ ated latter fact entire rules event can almost written single postage stamp specify maximum en gine size 10cc 061 cu minimum all-up model weight 160 grams 565 oz sevensecond engine runs two-minute maxes five offi cial flights fuel constituents restricted FTC Thats aint no Actually standard model will tip scales proper weight eligible compete case point five-year-old stock kit Maverick established popular /ZA Gas design late Tom Hutchinson won event hands Bruce Augustus prestigious Sierra Cup meet held California last October model utilized Cox TD 049 swinging Cox gray plastic prop outdistancing number sophisticated multifunction trimmed models built specifically event say fixed geometry basic simplicity ultimate keys success F1J standard models eligible compete meet minimum weight re quirement Should personally wish take shot F1J competition may participating 1990 NFFS USOC/AMA Nats Law renceville IL October event has added card events being staged Unfortunately official rules FTJ well FiG Coupe dHiver F1H AT Nor dic Towline Glider appear either newly issued 1990-91 AMA Competition Regula tions book FAT Sporting Code publication Also FTG Coupe FlH Al rules appear correct fuselage cross-section rule F1G has deleted new minimum weight F1H models 180 grams AMA Technical Director Bob Underwood has agreed above three events will flown properly corrected regulations though rules have yet seen formal printing PAA Load Gas returns confused current official AMA Payload Gas event 020 engines combined Class A B PAA Load Gas event will afforded another trip plate fall NFFS sponsored events weekiong USOC/AMA affair may too young remember PAA Load granddaddy what know day AMA 020 gas-powered Payload event Pan American Airways PAA originally sponsored number weight-lifting events model contests across country 1948 through 1961among A B Gas events 48 through 57 jet age upon us late Fifties Pan Am dropped gas-powered classes 1958 leav ing Jetex solid-fuel-rocket event 049-powered Clipper Cargo event intact slight change heart Pan Am brought PAA Load gas power back 1959 flying season now event condensed sin gle PAA Load class 020 engines Clip per Cargo reduced 020 size well events stood through 1961 Pan Am suddenly dropped sponsorship altogether NFFS National Free Flight Society RMcM initiated comeback 020 Payload Clipper Cargo 1968 Olathe Nats special event ultimately became offi cial AMA competition events 1974 folks history lesson session Anyhow due recent dogged efforts Rudy Kluiber Terry Riemert PAA Load Gas returns under auspices NFFS Nos talgia Gas PAA Load will combine previous A B Gas events single competition class PAA Load designs published kitted during 1948-1957 era Half-As tote dimensioned four-ounce occupant dummy weight Class models eight-ounce dimensioned pilot Class B entry must lug 16 ozor two eight-ounce configurations August 1990 61 Continued page 164 Al Lldbergs latest offering lathe plan 22-in-span Morane Saulnier Al MS-29 Packet comes complette scale three-views Scale contest documentation decal sheet _FULL BODY PILOT KIT DARNED GOOD AIRMEN Lightest pilots available Lifelike vinyl latex rubber cap goggles full templates easy instruc Barnstormer Full Body Bust Contains pilot head hands boots helmet Build Sportsman ortions Easy assemble finish Some simple sewing required Fully #106-% scale695hd* BUST PILOT KITpositionable tool Contains pilot head helmet sport cap goggles#206 6scae 895 Price jacket Easy assemble finish#205 SCa e995 Price#204 ace a0 95 #l08-/a scale NEW 595#203- scae695 #105-A scale. 795Ai #104% scale. 895 #J*me #1031/3 scale msimple sewing equicsd JET PILOT KIT Pilot has molded jet helmet Contains face mask oxygen hose Extreme ly Realistic Weighs less /2 oz Price #3O8-Ve scale 595 #307-4 scale 695 ORDERING INSTRUCTIONS See dealer first order direct Add $100 shipping NYS residents add 75/o tax Send check money order CODS OK Send $100 catalog See Dealer add Dollar direct order handling eel expert also American agent PAW line excellent modem diesels Send money book Eric 913 Cedar Lane Tullahoma TN 37388 tel 1-615/455-2256 Eric also worlds great storytell ers should write book about funny expe riences ever have space will share some tales intended detailed review will just have settle blunt recommendation buy Dave Thornburgs Old Buzzards Soaring Book $1645 postpaid publisher Pony X-Press 5 Monticello Dr Albuquerque NM 87123 interested book whether know fly type thermaling model fun really know will ever need know about ther mals maybe really dont need bookbut maybe have friend does Send SASE OK Engines Box 355 Mo hawk NY 13407 its sheet listing OK engine parts gaskets crankshafts sorts parts No dont have complete engines have some Bantam 19 parts well OK engine parts OK made Bantams about beautiful three-view Laros 1942 Italian Vintage Glider looks lot like 1930s-40s European Gliders Zaics Glider book think Anyway available de tailed full-size patterns parts wing span 214 meters very near seven feet Catalog sheets listing other interesting designs can obtained sending SASE B2 Streamlines PO Box 976 Olalla WA 98359-0976 Richard E Lyons 552 Camino Concordia Camarillo CA 93010 has full-color reproduc tions color art September 1937 Air Trails February 1937 Flying Aces November 1939 Model Airplane News $10 postpaid set three nice deco rations workshop trophy room would make nice trophies contest matter One-half century ago Canadian Roy Nelder won Moffert trophy 1940 Moffett Winner has popular large Rubber Cabin competition ship ever since mark anni versary will events model others similar vintage Eastern Canadian Open Gananoque Ontario its September dont know exact date Mr Nelder himself expected attend cant make contest can still par ticipate postal Contest design deadline October 31 1990 no entry fee Sources plans model Air Trails magazine November 1940 John Pond Plan No 6F1 Model Builder magazine plan 782-OT Easy Built Models kit FF-82 kit manufacturer will award special prize best entry made its kit Further information concerning postal con test ECO can obtained Peter Mann 36 Sydenham St Guelph Ontario Can ada NlH 2W4 Remember letter postage Can ada 300 address Easy Built Models Box 1059 Beamsville Ontario Canada LOR iBO kit costs $20 Now go hunt thens thermals FF Duration/Murphy Continued page 61 Basically model must weigh less 100 oz per cubic inch engine displacement proper size dummy its respective weight added Engine runs 15 sec onds flight times shall two minutes maxi mum duration usual six attempts make three official flights 40 seconds flights shall ROG rise off ground complete set rules list eligible designs send large SASE Rudy Kluiber 2021 Lakeland Lakewood OH l07 columnist shall receive info packet return mail Lets make well-attended revi val See guys Mail order department Hank Nystrom answers nickname Mad Ball King John son City TN since purchased warehouse stock inexpensive mechanical windup toy called Mad Ball Hank converts mechanism within toy fine fuel shutoff timer small FF Gas models mechanism similar popular Tomy toy variety little larger incorporates 50% wider three inch longer coil spring within Hanks fabrication features thin brass face plate weighted escapement permits 10-12 seconds per revolution shutoff arm however longer shorter intervals possible adding removing some escapement weight appropriate completed assemblies average 96 grams compares 14-17 grams typical Tatone KSB timer ever using aluminum faceplate can reduce SUPERIOR DESIGN DEL-A 1R71 0 - & CRAFTSMANSHIP need sn easy handling superior acrobatic modern looking sport exhibition biplane has filled Eel-Air 60 kit parts biplane fine line kits machine cut assist building real show stopper Del-AIr 80 haa fully summetrical wing sections gives greatest potential aerobatic performance either upright inverted ship capable very slow close-in type flight right up rigorous aerobatic schedule can muster SPECIFICATIONS Engine Requirement Wing Span Wing Area Fuselage Length Fuselage Width Weight Range Wing Loading Range 207-490-1861 Visa ercard Accepted Finest Kits Youll Ever Buy Build e Train-Air 20 e Train-Air 40 Sport-Air 40 Bel-Air 40 40 Hydro-Floats -4 RBOXflHeALFREDaMAhEO4OO2e20748Ol881 164 Model Aviation 80 52 935 0 35, e 75 lbs 148 185 timer weight down around five-gram re gion Mad Ball King also supplies half-dozen typewritten pages instructions sketches order pertain do-it-yourself timer fabrication well care mainte nance tips can buy just basic mechanism com pletely fabricated timer Prices vary depending quantity ordered bare mechanism has taken toy cleaned up lubricated fully checked reliability sells three $1150 postpaid completed timer goes $1350 postpaid two $25 Hank will also sell some great flexible plastic thin-wall fuel tubing $1 25/ft three-foot min imum address Hank Nystrom 3317 Pine Timber Dr Johnson City TN 37604 Tell him Duration sent As fate cottage industries Hank advises can visualize end Mad Ball Timer project sources toy fast drying up situation would coincide comments other contacts have advised columnist manufacture sim ilar toy mechanisms has ceased Orient toy manufacturers seek other items tantalize toy store consumer Thus Tomy Mad Ball other simi lar toy mechanism might converted fuel shutoff may soon find extinction along Tatone K-Mart varieties plentiful few years ago Maybe time now ripe inexpensive electronic fuel shutoff have dreamed about Anyway looks though may have donning thinking caps once again fellas Lee Campbell Campbells Custom Kits tossed couple new kits resting flat feet behind counter MECA Model Engine Collectors AssociationRMcM booth last months Toledo Model Show first 80% rendition Russ Hansen 1AA T-Bird 1AA Nostalgia Gas event competition sec ond Hand-Launched Glider offering Dick Fast Richard Mathis design Both kits contain great balsa parts already cut shape fine tradition Campbell kits two products have yet reached shelves local hobby shops may order direct sending $1998 T-Bird and/or $898 HLG Add $250 per order shipping handling Erie Cluttons new book Dr Diesels Diary certainly keeper contains 36 pages easy enlightening reading myths work ings model diesel engines covers fuel props exhaust systems starting lots hints tips read whole book evening now know just much about diesels Eric book sells $10 plus $1 postage direct PAW Diesels USA address Eric Clut son 913 Cedar Lane Tullahoma TN 37388 book mandatory reading engine buff Jim Evans Eagle Products sent samples trim sheet products scoping trial eval uation trim sheets come three package strip measures 6 x 26 myriad colors available solid multicolored stripes neat red fades yellow dark blue pales out very light shade can cut Out AMA license numbers stuff confuse flying pals about got such wild lettering job can sketch trim concept paper tape paper over trim material cut through both layers sharp modelers knife get outline sketched shape trim material has paper backing peel off order apply trim model trim pressure sensitive move fingers across trim shape moderate pres sure remove trapped air bubbles works See hobby dealer send note Eagle Products PO Box 4600 Covina CA 91723 information available colors pricing get hands some Show up field some stuff adorning wing tips old Class C Gas job compet itors will think built new model Al Lidberg has done again am always amazed succeeding plan packets seems surpass previous project latest super 22-in-wingspan Rubber Fly ing Scale version Morane Saulnier Al MS 29 little-known WW French fighter Al says full-scale specimen original 1200 built survives Cole Palen collection New York model features sliced ribs scale spac ing movable ailerons rudder elevators halfshell fuselage construction complete detailed camouflage markings also get de cal sheet scale three-view plan Although tended conventional rubber power model can also flown CO2 electric power receive yours send $6 AA Lidberg 614 E Fordham Tempe AZ 85283 impressed workmanship quality Als plan obviously inked original drawing wrote him inquire trade secrets producing such fine material Being draftsman myself time has liking doing model plans ink bit dis couraged learn return mail used same procedures attempting create such handiwork Obviously lack important ingredient being unable du plicate such work talent Oh well cannot great Ken Sykora Old-Timer Model Supply sent 1990 catalog Kens establishment carries hun dreds old-time plans old Comet gow Dallaire Peerless Scale models plus others along wood dope acces sories catalog costs $2 address PO Box 7334 Van Nuys CA 91409 postal contests interest about 50th Anniversary Roy Nelders 1940 Moffett Model Peter Mann chestrating season-long competition terminates October 31 1990 simply fly replica model anywhere time send times Peter Enter often wish Plans Roys model available John Pond Old-Time Plan Service Plan 6F1 Mod el Builder magazine Plan 782-OT Should able locate November 1940 issue Air Trails magazine can find original plans therein Easier yet Easy Built Models Box 1059 Beamsville Ontario Canada LOR iBO fea tures complete kit FF-82 $20 no entry fees awards given 16-year-old under well 17-and-up up up set Ask Peter Mann particulars since have write him anyway register entry address 36 Sydenham St Guclph Ontario Canada NIH 2W4 Well brings us sign-off spot other session time read will well another Outdoor flying season Midwest e downwind August 1990 165
Edition: Model Aviation - 1990/08
Page Numbers: 60, 61, 164, 165
NEW engine Nineties Emerging shadow famed Indy 500 Speed way new production engine such revolu tionary styling superior performance poten tial would appear usher decade teresting new challenges facets AA Gas Free Flight Control Line Radio Control fly ing engine question product Fred Baldwin Jim Van Arsdal partnership has created new company called Competi tion Engines engine Shuriken produced both 049 061 cu sizesthe latter intended use new small-engine FAI Free Flight event FIJ As accompanying photos suggest di minutive power plant quite unique re spects particularly A-size engine quality exudes its radical styling beauti ful multicolored anodized finishes engines currently being produced either red black anodized crankcase contrasting black red drive washer plug retainer backplate prop spinner intake venturi Only needle valve assembly button-style glow plug purchased remaining parts unique engine Aside its good looks engine tended full-fledged high-performance racing machine its basic innards veri intent Schnuerle porting ABC aluminum piston bronze cylinder liner chrome plated RMcM piston cylinder liner double-ballbearing-supported crankshaft has vented crankpin 4340 alloy steel piston pin attaching titanium-nitrided steel connect ing rod forged siliconlaluminum alloy piston unusual present-day en gines incorporate staked-in connecting rods prop drive washer retained SuperTigre like lock cone binds drive washer onto crankshaft entire assembly tips scales just 214 oz engine comes complete special twopin spanner wrench used remove backplate glow plug retainer tighten prop nut No traditional nuts bolts screwdriv ers conventional wrenches required disassembly compliments advanced thinking put engine its design en gineer Fred Baldwin queried origin Shuriken nameplate Fred disclosed past experiences art karate informed us Shuriken shiny steel starlike weapons nasty Ninjas toss around other wild-and-wooly martial arts movies Eeek purchased needle valve assembly stan dard 128-threads-per-inch Dale Kim design glow plug special GloBee R5X buttontype noted glow plug manufacturer also lo cated Indianapolis just short distance BV Competition Engines facility Performance claims 27500 rpm 50%-nitro fuel 6 x 3 prop FF utiliza tion 70% nitro 4 x 3 single-bladed CL Speed prop tach reportedly jumps 32000 rpm Obviously performance fig ures based 22 initial prototypes have garnered attention types competi tors line forming await production availability writing mid-April initial run 600 production engines under way anyone interested obtaining specimens very 60 Model Aviation Free Flight Duration Harry Murphy 3824 Oakwood Blvd Aaderson IN 46011 Hank Nystroms Mad Ball-based fuel shutoff timer fabricated mechanism con tained cheap windup toys can buy either bare mechanism complete timers him ordering Info column also furnishes instructions containing wealth information homemade variations plus care maintenance product Happy people photo left Jim Van Aradal U Fred Baldwin have teamed up produce rakish new Shuriken V2A racing engine photo right also have version 061 cu displacement 10cc suitable FAI Class F1J Free Flight Gas event first new small engine Intended primarily FF CL use marketed years Too bad engine photo Isnt colorthe example pictured has beautiful red-anodized crankcase black prop drive washer spinner venturi glow plug retainer Campbells Custom Kits has added two new products L Russ Hansens T-Bird 80%-sized 020 Cu Nostalgia Gas event Hand-Launched Glider design Fast Richard Mathis Two new Items R OK Mur Dr Diesels Diary Eric Clutton tells eli know about modei diesei engines Eagle Products has new multicolored plastic stick-on trim Info both column own advised time being orders sent directly BV Competition En gines 1163 Country Club Rd Indianapolis IN 46234 proper procedure send 25 stamp no envelope along note stating de sires name moves near top waiting list will immediately notified send money Current en gine pricing $200 049 $210 061 Fred Jim have advised fairness no favorites played purchase procedure intend honor until initial rush has subsided sounds fair certainly wish Shuriken success mar ketplace would seem vacancy defi nitely exists durable racing-type production engine Gas competition perform ance production versions equals prototypes shall surely see new competi tion concepts subsequent model designs would created utilize newfound power source Also will surely give fledg ling FAT small-engine event FTJ definite boost popularity Only time will tell the Nineties looks intriguing point F1J event might beneficial dwell F IJ concept moment update mention same may creating frowns disillusionment querying cries Whats zat nutshell FlJ relatively new small-gasengine-powered FAI FF event supposedly flown rounds Ia FiC Power event ever sans strict regulations associ ated latter fact entire rules event can almost written single postage stamp specify maximum en gine size 10cc 061 cu minimum all-up model weight 160 grams 565 oz sevensecond engine runs two-minute maxes five offi cial flights fuel constituents restricted FTC Thats aint no Actually standard model will tip scales proper weight eligible compete case point five-year-old stock kit Maverick established popular /ZA Gas design late Tom Hutchinson won event hands Bruce Augustus prestigious Sierra Cup meet held California last October model utilized Cox TD 049 swinging Cox gray plastic prop outdistancing number sophisticated multifunction trimmed models built specifically event say fixed geometry basic simplicity ultimate keys success F1J standard models eligible compete meet minimum weight re quirement Should personally wish take shot F1J competition may participating 1990 NFFS USOC/AMA Nats Law renceville IL October event has added card events being staged Unfortunately official rules FTJ well FiG Coupe dHiver F1H AT Nor dic Towline Glider appear either newly issued 1990-91 AMA Competition Regula tions book FAT Sporting Code publication Also FTG Coupe FlH Al rules appear correct fuselage cross-section rule F1G has deleted new minimum weight F1H models 180 grams AMA Technical Director Bob Underwood has agreed above three events will flown properly corrected regulations though rules have yet seen formal printing PAA Load Gas returns confused current official AMA Payload Gas event 020 engines combined Class A B PAA Load Gas event will afforded another trip plate fall NFFS sponsored events weekiong USOC/AMA affair may too young remember PAA Load granddaddy what know day AMA 020 gas-powered Payload event Pan American Airways PAA originally sponsored number weight-lifting events model contests across country 1948 through 1961among A B Gas events 48 through 57 jet age upon us late Fifties Pan Am dropped gas-powered classes 1958 leav ing Jetex solid-fuel-rocket event 049-powered Clipper Cargo event intact slight change heart Pan Am brought PAA Load gas power back 1959 flying season now event condensed sin gle PAA Load class 020 engines Clip per Cargo reduced 020 size well events stood through 1961 Pan Am suddenly dropped sponsorship altogether NFFS National Free Flight Society RMcM initiated comeback 020 Payload Clipper Cargo 1968 Olathe Nats special event ultimately became offi cial AMA competition events 1974 folks history lesson session Anyhow due recent dogged efforts Rudy Kluiber Terry Riemert PAA Load Gas returns under auspices NFFS Nos talgia Gas PAA Load will combine previous A B Gas events single competition class PAA Load designs published kitted during 1948-1957 era Half-As tote dimensioned four-ounce occupant dummy weight Class models eight-ounce dimensioned pilot Class B entry must lug 16 ozor two eight-ounce configurations August 1990 61 Continued page 164 Al Lldbergs latest offering lathe plan 22-in-span Morane Saulnier Al MS-29 Packet comes complette scale three-views Scale contest documentation decal sheet _FULL BODY PILOT KIT DARNED GOOD AIRMEN Lightest pilots available Lifelike vinyl latex rubber cap goggles full templates easy instruc Barnstormer Full Body Bust Contains pilot head hands boots helmet Build Sportsman ortions Easy assemble finish Some simple sewing required Fully #106-% scale695hd* BUST PILOT KITpositionable tool Contains pilot head helmet sport cap goggles#206 6scae 895 Price jacket Easy assemble finish#205 SCa e995 Price#204 ace a0 95 #l08-/a scale NEW 595#203- scae695 #105-A scale. 795Ai #104% scale. 895 #J*me #1031/3 scale msimple sewing equicsd JET PILOT KIT Pilot has molded jet helmet Contains face mask oxygen hose Extreme ly Realistic Weighs less /2 oz Price #3O8-Ve scale 595 #307-4 scale 695 ORDERING INSTRUCTIONS See dealer first order direct Add $100 shipping NYS residents add 75/o tax Send check money order CODS OK Send $100 catalog See Dealer add Dollar direct order handling eel expert also American agent PAW line excellent modem diesels Send money book Eric 913 Cedar Lane Tullahoma TN 37388 tel 1-615/455-2256 Eric also worlds great storytell ers should write book about funny expe riences ever have space will share some tales intended detailed review will just have settle blunt recommendation buy Dave Thornburgs Old Buzzards Soaring Book $1645 postpaid publisher Pony X-Press 5 Monticello Dr Albuquerque NM 87123 interested book whether know fly type thermaling model fun really know will ever need know about ther mals maybe really dont need bookbut maybe have friend does Send SASE OK Engines Box 355 Mo hawk NY 13407 its sheet listing OK engine parts gaskets crankshafts sorts parts No dont have complete engines have some Bantam 19 parts well OK engine parts OK made Bantams about beautiful three-view Laros 1942 Italian Vintage Glider looks lot like 1930s-40s European Gliders Zaics Glider book think Anyway available de tailed full-size patterns parts wing span 214 meters very near seven feet Catalog sheets listing other interesting designs can obtained sending SASE B2 Streamlines PO Box 976 Olalla WA 98359-0976 Richard E Lyons 552 Camino Concordia Camarillo CA 93010 has full-color reproduc tions color art September 1937 Air Trails February 1937 Flying Aces November 1939 Model Airplane News $10 postpaid set three nice deco rations workshop trophy room would make nice trophies contest matter One-half century ago Canadian Roy Nelder won Moffert trophy 1940 Moffett Winner has popular large Rubber Cabin competition ship ever since mark anni versary will events model others similar vintage Eastern Canadian Open Gananoque Ontario its September dont know exact date Mr Nelder himself expected attend cant make contest can still par ticipate postal Contest design deadline October 31 1990 no entry fee Sources plans model Air Trails magazine November 1940 John Pond Plan No 6F1 Model Builder magazine plan 782-OT Easy Built Models kit FF-82 kit manufacturer will award special prize best entry made its kit Further information concerning postal con test ECO can obtained Peter Mann 36 Sydenham St Guelph Ontario Can ada NlH 2W4 Remember letter postage Can ada 300 address Easy Built Models Box 1059 Beamsville Ontario Canada LOR iBO kit costs $20 Now go hunt thens thermals FF Duration/Murphy Continued page 61 Basically model must weigh less 100 oz per cubic inch engine displacement proper size dummy its respective weight added Engine runs 15 sec onds flight times shall two minutes maxi mum duration usual six attempts make three official flights 40 seconds flights shall ROG rise off ground complete set rules list eligible designs send large SASE Rudy Kluiber 2021 Lakeland Lakewood OH l07 columnist shall receive info packet return mail Lets make well-attended revi val See guys Mail order department Hank Nystrom answers nickname Mad Ball King John son City TN since purchased warehouse stock inexpensive mechanical windup toy called Mad Ball Hank converts mechanism within toy fine fuel shutoff timer small FF Gas models mechanism similar popular Tomy toy variety little larger incorporates 50% wider three inch longer coil spring within Hanks fabrication features thin brass face plate weighted escapement permits 10-12 seconds per revolution shutoff arm however longer shorter intervals possible adding removing some escapement weight appropriate completed assemblies average 96 grams compares 14-17 grams typical Tatone KSB timer ever using aluminum faceplate can reduce SUPERIOR DESIGN DEL-A 1R71 0 - & CRAFTSMANSHIP need sn easy handling superior acrobatic modern looking sport exhibition biplane has filled Eel-Air 60 kit parts biplane fine line kits machine cut assist building real show stopper Del-AIr 80 haa fully summetrical wing sections gives greatest potential aerobatic performance either upright inverted ship capable very slow close-in type flight right up rigorous aerobatic schedule can muster SPECIFICATIONS Engine Requirement Wing Span Wing Area Fuselage Length Fuselage Width Weight Range Wing Loading Range 207-490-1861 Visa ercard Accepted Finest Kits Youll Ever Buy Build e Train-Air 20 e Train-Air 40 Sport-Air 40 Bel-Air 40 40 Hydro-Floats -4 RBOXflHeALFREDaMAhEO4OO2e20748Ol881 164 Model Aviation 80 52 935 0 35, e 75 lbs 148 185 timer weight down around five-gram re gion Mad Ball King also supplies half-dozen typewritten pages instructions sketches order pertain do-it-yourself timer fabrication well care mainte nance tips can buy just basic mechanism com pletely fabricated timer Prices vary depending quantity ordered bare mechanism has taken toy cleaned up lubricated fully checked reliability sells three $1150 postpaid completed timer goes $1350 postpaid two $25 Hank will also sell some great flexible plastic thin-wall fuel tubing $1 25/ft three-foot min imum address Hank Nystrom 3317 Pine Timber Dr Johnson City TN 37604 Tell him Duration sent As fate cottage industries Hank advises can visualize end Mad Ball Timer project sources toy fast drying up situation would coincide comments other contacts have advised columnist manufacture sim ilar toy mechanisms has ceased Orient toy manufacturers seek other items tantalize toy store consumer Thus Tomy Mad Ball other simi lar toy mechanism might converted fuel shutoff may soon find extinction along Tatone K-Mart varieties plentiful few years ago Maybe time now ripe inexpensive electronic fuel shutoff have dreamed about Anyway looks though may have donning thinking caps once again fellas Lee Campbell Campbells Custom Kits tossed couple new kits resting flat feet behind counter MECA Model Engine Collectors AssociationRMcM booth last months Toledo Model Show first 80% rendition Russ Hansen 1AA T-Bird 1AA Nostalgia Gas event competition sec ond Hand-Launched Glider offering Dick Fast Richard Mathis design Both kits contain great balsa parts already cut shape fine tradition Campbell kits two products have yet reached shelves local hobby shops may order direct sending $1998 T-Bird and/or $898 HLG Add $250 per order shipping handling Erie Cluttons new book Dr Diesels Diary certainly keeper contains 36 pages easy enlightening reading myths work ings model diesel engines covers fuel props exhaust systems starting lots hints tips read whole book evening now know just much about diesels Eric book sells $10 plus $1 postage direct PAW Diesels USA address Eric Clut son 913 Cedar Lane Tullahoma TN 37388 book mandatory reading engine buff Jim Evans Eagle Products sent samples trim sheet products scoping trial eval uation trim sheets come three package strip measures 6 x 26 myriad colors available solid multicolored stripes neat red fades yellow dark blue pales out very light shade can cut Out AMA license numbers stuff confuse flying pals about got such wild lettering job can sketch trim concept paper tape paper over trim material cut through both layers sharp modelers knife get outline sketched shape trim material has paper backing peel off order apply trim model trim pressure sensitive move fingers across trim shape moderate pres sure remove trapped air bubbles works See hobby dealer send note Eagle Products PO Box 4600 Covina CA 91723 information available colors pricing get hands some Show up field some stuff adorning wing tips old Class C Gas job compet itors will think built new model Al Lidberg has done again am always amazed succeeding plan packets seems surpass previous project latest super 22-in-wingspan Rubber Fly ing Scale version Morane Saulnier Al MS 29 little-known WW French fighter Al says full-scale specimen original 1200 built survives Cole Palen collection New York model features sliced ribs scale spac ing movable ailerons rudder elevators halfshell fuselage construction complete detailed camouflage markings also get de cal sheet scale three-view plan Although tended conventional rubber power model can also flown CO2 electric power receive yours send $6 AA Lidberg 614 E Fordham Tempe AZ 85283 impressed workmanship quality Als plan obviously inked original drawing wrote him inquire trade secrets producing such fine material Being draftsman myself time has liking doing model plans ink bit dis couraged learn return mail used same procedures attempting create such handiwork Obviously lack important ingredient being unable du plicate such work talent Oh well cannot great Ken Sykora Old-Timer Model Supply sent 1990 catalog Kens establishment carries hun dreds old-time plans old Comet gow Dallaire Peerless Scale models plus others along wood dope acces sories catalog costs $2 address PO Box 7334 Van Nuys CA 91409 postal contests interest about 50th Anniversary Roy Nelders 1940 Moffett Model Peter Mann chestrating season-long competition terminates October 31 1990 simply fly replica model anywhere time send times Peter Enter often wish Plans Roys model available John Pond Old-Time Plan Service Plan 6F1 Mod el Builder magazine Plan 782-OT Should able locate November 1940 issue Air Trails magazine can find original plans therein Easier yet Easy Built Models Box 1059 Beamsville Ontario Canada LOR iBO fea tures complete kit FF-82 $20 no entry fees awards given 16-year-old under well 17-and-up up up set Ask Peter Mann particulars since have write him anyway register entry address 36 Sydenham St Guclph Ontario Canada NIH 2W4 Well brings us sign-off spot other session time read will well another Outdoor flying season Midwest e downwind August 1990 165
Edition: Model Aviation - 1990/08
Page Numbers: 60, 61, 164, 165
NEW engine Nineties Emerging shadow famed Indy 500 Speed way new production engine such revolu tionary styling superior performance poten tial would appear usher decade teresting new challenges facets AA Gas Free Flight Control Line Radio Control fly ing engine question product Fred Baldwin Jim Van Arsdal partnership has created new company called Competi tion Engines engine Shuriken produced both 049 061 cu sizesthe latter intended use new small-engine FAI Free Flight event FIJ As accompanying photos suggest di minutive power plant quite unique re spects particularly A-size engine quality exudes its radical styling beauti ful multicolored anodized finishes engines currently being produced either red black anodized crankcase contrasting black red drive washer plug retainer backplate prop spinner intake venturi Only needle valve assembly button-style glow plug purchased remaining parts unique engine Aside its good looks engine tended full-fledged high-performance racing machine its basic innards veri intent Schnuerle porting ABC aluminum piston bronze cylinder liner chrome plated RMcM piston cylinder liner double-ballbearing-supported crankshaft has vented crankpin 4340 alloy steel piston pin attaching titanium-nitrided steel connect ing rod forged siliconlaluminum alloy piston unusual present-day en gines incorporate staked-in connecting rods prop drive washer retained SuperTigre like lock cone binds drive washer onto crankshaft entire assembly tips scales just 214 oz engine comes complete special twopin spanner wrench used remove backplate glow plug retainer tighten prop nut No traditional nuts bolts screwdriv ers conventional wrenches required disassembly compliments advanced thinking put engine its design en gineer Fred Baldwin queried origin Shuriken nameplate Fred disclosed past experiences art karate informed us Shuriken shiny steel starlike weapons nasty Ninjas toss around other wild-and-wooly martial arts movies Eeek purchased needle valve assembly stan dard 128-threads-per-inch Dale Kim design glow plug special GloBee R5X buttontype noted glow plug manufacturer also lo cated Indianapolis just short distance BV Competition Engines facility Performance claims 27500 rpm 50%-nitro fuel 6 x 3 prop FF utiliza tion 70% nitro 4 x 3 single-bladed CL Speed prop tach reportedly jumps 32000 rpm Obviously performance fig ures based 22 initial prototypes have garnered attention types competi tors line forming await production availability writing mid-April initial run 600 production engines under way anyone interested obtaining specimens very 60 Model Aviation Free Flight Duration Harry Murphy 3824 Oakwood Blvd Aaderson IN 46011 Hank Nystroms Mad Ball-based fuel shutoff timer fabricated mechanism con tained cheap windup toys can buy either bare mechanism complete timers him ordering Info column also furnishes instructions containing wealth information homemade variations plus care maintenance product Happy people photo left Jim Van Aradal U Fred Baldwin have teamed up produce rakish new Shuriken V2A racing engine photo right also have version 061 cu displacement 10cc suitable FAI Class F1J Free Flight Gas event first new small engine Intended primarily FF CL use marketed years Too bad engine photo Isnt colorthe example pictured has beautiful red-anodized crankcase black prop drive washer spinner venturi glow plug retainer Campbells Custom Kits has added two new products L Russ Hansens T-Bird 80%-sized 020 Cu Nostalgia Gas event Hand-Launched Glider design Fast Richard Mathis Two new Items R OK Mur Dr Diesels Diary Eric Clutton tells eli know about modei diesei engines Eagle Products has new multicolored plastic stick-on trim Info both column own advised time being orders sent directly BV Competition En gines 1163 Country Club Rd Indianapolis IN 46234 proper procedure send 25 stamp no envelope along note stating de sires name moves near top waiting list will immediately notified send money Current en gine pricing $200 049 $210 061 Fred Jim have advised fairness no favorites played purchase procedure intend honor until initial rush has subsided sounds fair certainly wish Shuriken success mar ketplace would seem vacancy defi nitely exists durable racing-type production engine Gas competition perform ance production versions equals prototypes shall surely see new competi tion concepts subsequent model designs would created utilize newfound power source Also will surely give fledg ling FAT small-engine event FTJ definite boost popularity Only time will tell the Nineties looks intriguing point F1J event might beneficial dwell F IJ concept moment update mention same may creating frowns disillusionment querying cries Whats zat nutshell FlJ relatively new small-gasengine-powered FAI FF event supposedly flown rounds Ia FiC Power event ever sans strict regulations associ ated latter fact entire rules event can almost written single postage stamp specify maximum en gine size 10cc 061 cu minimum all-up model weight 160 grams 565 oz sevensecond engine runs two-minute maxes five offi cial flights fuel constituents restricted FTC Thats aint no Actually standard model will tip scales proper weight eligible compete case point five-year-old stock kit Maverick established popular /ZA Gas design late Tom Hutchinson won event hands Bruce Augustus prestigious Sierra Cup meet held California last October model utilized Cox TD 049 swinging Cox gray plastic prop outdistancing number sophisticated multifunction trimmed models built specifically event say fixed geometry basic simplicity ultimate keys success F1J standard models eligible compete meet minimum weight re quirement Should personally wish take shot F1J competition may participating 1990 NFFS USOC/AMA Nats Law renceville IL October event has added card events being staged Unfortunately official rules FTJ well FiG Coupe dHiver F1H AT Nor dic Towline Glider appear either newly issued 1990-91 AMA Competition Regula tions book FAT Sporting Code publication Also FTG Coupe FlH Al rules appear correct fuselage cross-section rule F1G has deleted new minimum weight F1H models 180 grams AMA Technical Director Bob Underwood has agreed above three events will flown properly corrected regulations though rules have yet seen formal printing PAA Load Gas returns confused current official AMA Payload Gas event 020 engines combined Class A B PAA Load Gas event will afforded another trip plate fall NFFS sponsored events weekiong USOC/AMA affair may too young remember PAA Load granddaddy what know day AMA 020 gas-powered Payload event Pan American Airways PAA originally sponsored number weight-lifting events model contests across country 1948 through 1961among A B Gas events 48 through 57 jet age upon us late Fifties Pan Am dropped gas-powered classes 1958 leav ing Jetex solid-fuel-rocket event 049-powered Clipper Cargo event intact slight change heart Pan Am brought PAA Load gas power back 1959 flying season now event condensed sin gle PAA Load class 020 engines Clip per Cargo reduced 020 size well events stood through 1961 Pan Am suddenly dropped sponsorship altogether NFFS National Free Flight Society RMcM initiated comeback 020 Payload Clipper Cargo 1968 Olathe Nats special event ultimately became offi cial AMA competition events 1974 folks history lesson session Anyhow due recent dogged efforts Rudy Kluiber Terry Riemert PAA Load Gas returns under auspices NFFS Nos talgia Gas PAA Load will combine previous A B Gas events single competition class PAA Load designs published kitted during 1948-1957 era Half-As tote dimensioned four-ounce occupant dummy weight Class models eight-ounce dimensioned pilot Class B entry must lug 16 ozor two eight-ounce configurations August 1990 61 Continued page 164 Al Lldbergs latest offering lathe plan 22-in-span Morane Saulnier Al MS-29 Packet comes complette scale three-views Scale contest documentation decal sheet _FULL BODY PILOT KIT DARNED GOOD AIRMEN Lightest pilots available Lifelike vinyl latex rubber cap goggles full templates easy instruc Barnstormer Full Body Bust Contains pilot head hands boots helmet Build Sportsman ortions Easy assemble finish Some simple sewing required Fully #106-% scale695hd* BUST PILOT KITpositionable tool Contains pilot head helmet sport cap goggles#206 6scae 895 Price jacket Easy assemble finish#205 SCa e995 Price#204 ace a0 95 #l08-/a scale NEW 595#203- scae695 #105-A scale. 795Ai #104% scale. 895 #J*me #1031/3 scale msimple sewing equicsd JET PILOT KIT Pilot has molded jet helmet Contains face mask oxygen hose Extreme ly Realistic Weighs less /2 oz Price #3O8-Ve scale 595 #307-4 scale 695 ORDERING INSTRUCTIONS See dealer first order direct Add $100 shipping NYS residents add 75/o tax Send check money order CODS OK Send $100 catalog See Dealer add Dollar direct order handling eel expert also American agent PAW line excellent modem diesels Send money book Eric 913 Cedar Lane Tullahoma TN 37388 tel 1-615/455-2256 Eric also worlds great storytell ers should write book about funny expe riences ever have space will share some tales intended detailed review will just have settle blunt recommendation buy Dave Thornburgs Old Buzzards Soaring Book $1645 postpaid publisher Pony X-Press 5 Monticello Dr Albuquerque NM 87123 interested book whether know fly type thermaling model fun really know will ever need know about ther mals maybe really dont need bookbut maybe have friend does Send SASE OK Engines Box 355 Mo hawk NY 13407 its sheet listing OK engine parts gaskets crankshafts sorts parts No dont have complete engines have some Bantam 19 parts well OK engine parts OK made Bantams about beautiful three-view Laros 1942 Italian Vintage Glider looks lot like 1930s-40s European Gliders Zaics Glider book think Anyway available de tailed full-size patterns parts wing span 214 meters very near seven feet Catalog sheets listing other interesting designs can obtained sending SASE B2 Streamlines PO Box 976 Olalla WA 98359-0976 Richard E Lyons 552 Camino Concordia Camarillo CA 93010 has full-color reproduc tions color art September 1937 Air Trails February 1937 Flying Aces November 1939 Model Airplane News $10 postpaid set three nice deco rations workshop trophy room would make nice trophies contest matter One-half century ago Canadian Roy Nelder won Moffert trophy 1940 Moffett Winner has popular large Rubber Cabin competition ship ever since mark anni versary will events model others similar vintage Eastern Canadian Open Gananoque Ontario its September dont know exact date Mr Nelder himself expected attend cant make contest can still par ticipate postal Contest design deadline October 31 1990 no entry fee Sources plans model Air Trails magazine November 1940 John Pond Plan No 6F1 Model Builder magazine plan 782-OT Easy Built Models kit FF-82 kit manufacturer will award special prize best entry made its kit Further information concerning postal con test ECO can obtained Peter Mann 36 Sydenham St Guelph Ontario Can ada NlH 2W4 Remember letter postage Can ada 300 address Easy Built Models Box 1059 Beamsville Ontario Canada LOR iBO kit costs $20 Now go hunt thens thermals FF Duration/Murphy Continued page 61 Basically model must weigh less 100 oz per cubic inch engine displacement proper size dummy its respective weight added Engine runs 15 sec onds flight times shall two minutes maxi mum duration usual six attempts make three official flights 40 seconds flights shall ROG rise off ground complete set rules list eligible designs send large SASE Rudy Kluiber 2021 Lakeland Lakewood OH l07 columnist shall receive info packet return mail Lets make well-attended revi val See guys Mail order department Hank Nystrom answers nickname Mad Ball King John son City TN since purchased warehouse stock inexpensive mechanical windup toy called Mad Ball Hank converts mechanism within toy fine fuel shutoff timer small FF Gas models mechanism similar popular Tomy toy variety little larger incorporates 50% wider three inch longer coil spring within Hanks fabrication features thin brass face plate weighted escapement permits 10-12 seconds per revolution shutoff arm however longer shorter intervals possible adding removing some escapement weight appropriate completed assemblies average 96 grams compares 14-17 grams typical Tatone KSB timer ever using aluminum faceplate can reduce SUPERIOR DESIGN DEL-A 1R71 0 - & CRAFTSMANSHIP need sn easy handling superior acrobatic modern looking sport exhibition biplane has filled Eel-Air 60 kit parts biplane fine line kits machine cut assist building real show stopper Del-AIr 80 haa fully summetrical wing sections gives greatest potential aerobatic performance either upright inverted ship capable very slow close-in type flight right up rigorous aerobatic schedule can muster SPECIFICATIONS Engine Requirement Wing Span Wing Area Fuselage Length Fuselage Width Weight Range Wing Loading Range 207-490-1861 Visa ercard Accepted Finest Kits Youll Ever Buy Build e Train-Air 20 e Train-Air 40 Sport-Air 40 Bel-Air 40 40 Hydro-Floats -4 RBOXflHeALFREDaMAhEO4OO2e20748Ol881 164 Model Aviation 80 52 935 0 35, e 75 lbs 148 185 timer weight down around five-gram re gion Mad Ball King also supplies half-dozen typewritten pages instructions sketches order pertain do-it-yourself timer fabrication well care mainte nance tips can buy just basic mechanism com pletely fabricated timer Prices vary depending quantity ordered bare mechanism has taken toy cleaned up lubricated fully checked reliability sells three $1150 postpaid completed timer goes $1350 postpaid two $25 Hank will also sell some great flexible plastic thin-wall fuel tubing $1 25/ft three-foot min imum address Hank Nystrom 3317 Pine Timber Dr Johnson City TN 37604 Tell him Duration sent As fate cottage industries Hank advises can visualize end Mad Ball Timer project sources toy fast drying up situation would coincide comments other contacts have advised columnist manufacture sim ilar toy mechanisms has ceased Orient toy manufacturers seek other items tantalize toy store consumer Thus Tomy Mad Ball other simi lar toy mechanism might converted fuel shutoff may soon find extinction along Tatone K-Mart varieties plentiful few years ago Maybe time now ripe inexpensive electronic fuel shutoff have dreamed about Anyway looks though may have donning thinking caps once again fellas Lee Campbell Campbells Custom Kits tossed couple new kits resting flat feet behind counter MECA Model Engine Collectors AssociationRMcM booth last months Toledo Model Show first 80% rendition Russ Hansen 1AA T-Bird 1AA Nostalgia Gas event competition sec ond Hand-Launched Glider offering Dick Fast Richard Mathis design Both kits contain great balsa parts already cut shape fine tradition Campbell kits two products have yet reached shelves local hobby shops may order direct sending $1998 T-Bird and/or $898 HLG Add $250 per order shipping handling Erie Cluttons new book Dr Diesels Diary certainly keeper contains 36 pages easy enlightening reading myths work ings model diesel engines covers fuel props exhaust systems starting lots hints tips read whole book evening now know just much about diesels Eric book sells $10 plus $1 postage direct PAW Diesels USA address Eric Clut son 913 Cedar Lane Tullahoma TN 37388 book mandatory reading engine buff Jim Evans Eagle Products sent samples trim sheet products scoping trial eval uation trim sheets come three package strip measures 6 x 26 myriad colors available solid multicolored stripes neat red fades yellow dark blue pales out very light shade can cut Out AMA license numbers stuff confuse flying pals about got such wild lettering job can sketch trim concept paper tape paper over trim material cut through both layers sharp modelers knife get outline sketched shape trim material has paper backing peel off order apply trim model trim pressure sensitive move fingers across trim shape moderate pres sure remove trapped air bubbles works See hobby dealer send note Eagle Products PO Box 4600 Covina CA 91723 information available colors pricing get hands some Show up field some stuff adorning wing tips old Class C Gas job compet itors will think built new model Al Lidberg has done again am always amazed succeeding plan packets seems surpass previous project latest super 22-in-wingspan Rubber Fly ing Scale version Morane Saulnier Al MS 29 little-known WW French fighter Al says full-scale specimen original 1200 built survives Cole Palen collection New York model features sliced ribs scale spac ing movable ailerons rudder elevators halfshell fuselage construction complete detailed camouflage markings also get de cal sheet scale three-view plan Although tended conventional rubber power model can also flown CO2 electric power receive yours send $6 AA Lidberg 614 E Fordham Tempe AZ 85283 impressed workmanship quality Als plan obviously inked original drawing wrote him inquire trade secrets producing such fine material Being draftsman myself time has liking doing model plans ink bit dis couraged learn return mail used same procedures attempting create such handiwork Obviously lack important ingredient being unable du plicate such work talent Oh well cannot great Ken Sykora Old-Timer Model Supply sent 1990 catalog Kens establishment carries hun dreds old-time plans old Comet gow Dallaire Peerless Scale models plus others along wood dope acces sories catalog costs $2 address PO Box 7334 Van Nuys CA 91409 postal contests interest about 50th Anniversary Roy Nelders 1940 Moffett Model Peter Mann chestrating season-long competition terminates October 31 1990 simply fly replica model anywhere time send times Peter Enter often wish Plans Roys model available John Pond Old-Time Plan Service Plan 6F1 Mod el Builder magazine Plan 782-OT Should able locate November 1940 issue Air Trails magazine can find original plans therein Easier yet Easy Built Models Box 1059 Beamsville Ontario Canada LOR iBO fea tures complete kit FF-82 $20 no entry fees awards given 16-year-old under well 17-and-up up up set Ask Peter Mann particulars since have write him anyway register entry address 36 Sydenham St Guclph Ontario Canada NIH 2W4 Well brings us sign-off spot other session time read will well another Outdoor flying season Midwest e downwind August 1990 165
Edition: Model Aviation - 1990/08
Page Numbers: 60, 61, 164, 165
NEW engine Nineties Emerging shadow famed Indy 500 Speed way new production engine such revolu tionary styling superior performance poten tial would appear usher decade teresting new challenges facets AA Gas Free Flight Control Line Radio Control fly ing engine question product Fred Baldwin Jim Van Arsdal partnership has created new company called Competi tion Engines engine Shuriken produced both 049 061 cu sizesthe latter intended use new small-engine FAI Free Flight event FIJ As accompanying photos suggest di minutive power plant quite unique re spects particularly A-size engine quality exudes its radical styling beauti ful multicolored anodized finishes engines currently being produced either red black anodized crankcase contrasting black red drive washer plug retainer backplate prop spinner intake venturi Only needle valve assembly button-style glow plug purchased remaining parts unique engine Aside its good looks engine tended full-fledged high-performance racing machine its basic innards veri intent Schnuerle porting ABC aluminum piston bronze cylinder liner chrome plated RMcM piston cylinder liner double-ballbearing-supported crankshaft has vented crankpin 4340 alloy steel piston pin attaching titanium-nitrided steel connect ing rod forged siliconlaluminum alloy piston unusual present-day en gines incorporate staked-in connecting rods prop drive washer retained SuperTigre like lock cone binds drive washer onto crankshaft entire assembly tips scales just 214 oz engine comes complete special twopin spanner wrench used remove backplate glow plug retainer tighten prop nut No traditional nuts bolts screwdriv ers conventional wrenches required disassembly compliments advanced thinking put engine its design en gineer Fred Baldwin queried origin Shuriken nameplate Fred disclosed past experiences art karate informed us Shuriken shiny steel starlike weapons nasty Ninjas toss around other wild-and-wooly martial arts movies Eeek purchased needle valve assembly stan dard 128-threads-per-inch Dale Kim design glow plug special GloBee R5X buttontype noted glow plug manufacturer also lo cated Indianapolis just short distance BV Competition Engines facility Performance claims 27500 rpm 50%-nitro fuel 6 x 3 prop FF utiliza tion 70% nitro 4 x 3 single-bladed CL Speed prop tach reportedly jumps 32000 rpm Obviously performance fig ures based 22 initial prototypes have garnered attention types competi tors line forming await production availability writing mid-April initial run 600 production engines under way anyone interested obtaining specimens very 60 Model Aviation Free Flight Duration Harry Murphy 3824 Oakwood Blvd Aaderson IN 46011 Hank Nystroms Mad Ball-based fuel shutoff timer fabricated mechanism con tained cheap windup toys can buy either bare mechanism complete timers him ordering Info column also furnishes instructions containing wealth information homemade variations plus care maintenance product Happy people photo left Jim Van Aradal U Fred Baldwin have teamed up produce rakish new Shuriken V2A racing engine photo right also have version 061 cu displacement 10cc suitable FAI Class F1J Free Flight Gas event first new small engine Intended primarily FF CL use marketed years Too bad engine photo Isnt colorthe example pictured has beautiful red-anodized crankcase black prop drive washer spinner venturi glow plug retainer Campbells Custom Kits has added two new products L Russ Hansens T-Bird 80%-sized 020 Cu Nostalgia Gas event Hand-Launched Glider design Fast Richard Mathis Two new Items R OK Mur Dr Diesels Diary Eric Clutton tells eli know about modei diesei engines Eagle Products has new multicolored plastic stick-on trim Info both column own advised time being orders sent directly BV Competition En gines 1163 Country Club Rd Indianapolis IN 46234 proper procedure send 25 stamp no envelope along note stating de sires name moves near top waiting list will immediately notified send money Current en gine pricing $200 049 $210 061 Fred Jim have advised fairness no favorites played purchase procedure intend honor until initial rush has subsided sounds fair certainly wish Shuriken success mar ketplace would seem vacancy defi nitely exists durable racing-type production engine Gas competition perform ance production versions equals prototypes shall surely see new competi tion concepts subsequent model designs would created utilize newfound power source Also will surely give fledg ling FAT small-engine event FTJ definite boost popularity Only time will tell the Nineties looks intriguing point F1J event might beneficial dwell F IJ concept moment update mention same may creating frowns disillusionment querying cries Whats zat nutshell FlJ relatively new small-gasengine-powered FAI FF event supposedly flown rounds Ia FiC Power event ever sans strict regulations associ ated latter fact entire rules event can almost written single postage stamp specify maximum en gine size 10cc 061 cu minimum all-up model weight 160 grams 565 oz sevensecond engine runs two-minute maxes five offi cial flights fuel constituents restricted FTC Thats aint no Actually standard model will tip scales proper weight eligible compete case point five-year-old stock kit Maverick established popular /ZA Gas design late Tom Hutchinson won event hands Bruce Augustus prestigious Sierra Cup meet held California last October model utilized Cox TD 049 swinging Cox gray plastic prop outdistancing number sophisticated multifunction trimmed models built specifically event say fixed geometry basic simplicity ultimate keys success F1J standard models eligible compete meet minimum weight re quirement Should personally wish take shot F1J competition may participating 1990 NFFS USOC/AMA Nats Law renceville IL October event has added card events being staged Unfortunately official rules FTJ well FiG Coupe dHiver F1H AT Nor dic Towline Glider appear either newly issued 1990-91 AMA Competition Regula tions book FAT Sporting Code publication Also FTG Coupe FlH Al rules appear correct fuselage cross-section rule F1G has deleted new minimum weight F1H models 180 grams AMA Technical Director Bob Underwood has agreed above three events will flown properly corrected regulations though rules have yet seen formal printing PAA Load Gas returns confused current official AMA Payload Gas event 020 engines combined Class A B PAA Load Gas event will afforded another trip plate fall NFFS sponsored events weekiong USOC/AMA affair may too young remember PAA Load granddaddy what know day AMA 020 gas-powered Payload event Pan American Airways PAA originally sponsored number weight-lifting events model contests across country 1948 through 1961among A B Gas events 48 through 57 jet age upon us late Fifties Pan Am dropped gas-powered classes 1958 leav ing Jetex solid-fuel-rocket event 049-powered Clipper Cargo event intact slight change heart Pan Am brought PAA Load gas power back 1959 flying season now event condensed sin gle PAA Load class 020 engines Clip per Cargo reduced 020 size well events stood through 1961 Pan Am suddenly dropped sponsorship altogether NFFS National Free Flight Society RMcM initiated comeback 020 Payload Clipper Cargo 1968 Olathe Nats special event ultimately became offi cial AMA competition events 1974 folks history lesson session Anyhow due recent dogged efforts Rudy Kluiber Terry Riemert PAA Load Gas returns under auspices NFFS Nos talgia Gas PAA Load will combine previous A B Gas events single competition class PAA Load designs published kitted during 1948-1957 era Half-As tote dimensioned four-ounce occupant dummy weight Class models eight-ounce dimensioned pilot Class B entry must lug 16 ozor two eight-ounce configurations August 1990 61 Continued page 164 Al Lldbergs latest offering lathe plan 22-in-span Morane Saulnier Al MS-29 Packet comes complette scale three-views Scale contest documentation decal sheet _FULL BODY PILOT KIT DARNED GOOD AIRMEN Lightest pilots available Lifelike vinyl latex rubber cap goggles full templates easy instruc Barnstormer Full Body Bust Contains pilot head hands boots helmet Build Sportsman ortions Easy assemble finish Some simple sewing required Fully #106-% scale695hd* BUST PILOT KITpositionable tool Contains pilot head helmet sport cap goggles#206 6scae 895 Price jacket Easy assemble finish#205 SCa e995 Price#204 ace a0 95 #l08-/a scale NEW 595#203- scae695 #105-A scale. 795Ai #104% scale. 895 #J*me #1031/3 scale msimple sewing equicsd JET PILOT KIT Pilot has molded jet helmet Contains face mask oxygen hose Extreme ly Realistic Weighs less /2 oz Price #3O8-Ve scale 595 #307-4 scale 695 ORDERING INSTRUCTIONS See dealer first order direct Add $100 shipping NYS residents add 75/o tax Send check money order CODS OK Send $100 catalog See Dealer add Dollar direct order handling eel expert also American agent PAW line excellent modem diesels Send money book Eric 913 Cedar Lane Tullahoma TN 37388 tel 1-615/455-2256 Eric also worlds great storytell ers should write book about funny expe riences ever have space will share some tales intended detailed review will just have settle blunt recommendation buy Dave Thornburgs Old Buzzards Soaring Book $1645 postpaid publisher Pony X-Press 5 Monticello Dr Albuquerque NM 87123 interested book whether know fly type thermaling model fun really know will ever need know about ther mals maybe really dont need bookbut maybe have friend does Send SASE OK Engines Box 355 Mo hawk NY 13407 its sheet listing OK engine parts gaskets crankshafts sorts parts No dont have complete engines have some Bantam 19 parts well OK engine parts OK made Bantams about beautiful three-view Laros 1942 Italian Vintage Glider looks lot like 1930s-40s European Gliders Zaics Glider book think Anyway available de tailed full-size patterns parts wing span 214 meters very near seven feet Catalog sheets listing other interesting designs can obtained sending SASE B2 Streamlines PO Box 976 Olalla WA 98359-0976 Richard E Lyons 552 Camino Concordia Camarillo CA 93010 has full-color reproduc tions color art September 1937 Air Trails February 1937 Flying Aces November 1939 Model Airplane News $10 postpaid set three nice deco rations workshop trophy room would make nice trophies contest matter One-half century ago Canadian Roy Nelder won Moffert trophy 1940 Moffett Winner has popular large Rubber Cabin competition ship ever since mark anni versary will events model others similar vintage Eastern Canadian Open Gananoque Ontario its September dont know exact date Mr Nelder himself expected attend cant make contest can still par ticipate postal Contest design deadline October 31 1990 no entry fee Sources plans model Air Trails magazine November 1940 John Pond Plan No 6F1 Model Builder magazine plan 782-OT Easy Built Models kit FF-82 kit manufacturer will award special prize best entry made its kit Further information concerning postal con test ECO can obtained Peter Mann 36 Sydenham St Guelph Ontario Can ada NlH 2W4 Remember letter postage Can ada 300 address Easy Built Models Box 1059 Beamsville Ontario Canada LOR iBO kit costs $20 Now go hunt thens thermals FF Duration/Murphy Continued page 61 Basically model must weigh less 100 oz per cubic inch engine displacement proper size dummy its respective weight added Engine runs 15 sec onds flight times shall two minutes maxi mum duration usual six attempts make three official flights 40 seconds flights shall ROG rise off ground complete set rules list eligible designs send large SASE Rudy Kluiber 2021 Lakeland Lakewood OH l07 columnist shall receive info packet return mail Lets make well-attended revi val See guys Mail order department Hank Nystrom answers nickname Mad Ball King John son City TN since purchased warehouse stock inexpensive mechanical windup toy called Mad Ball Hank converts mechanism within toy fine fuel shutoff timer small FF Gas models mechanism similar popular Tomy toy variety little larger incorporates 50% wider three inch longer coil spring within Hanks fabrication features thin brass face plate weighted escapement permits 10-12 seconds per revolution shutoff arm however longer shorter intervals possible adding removing some escapement weight appropriate completed assemblies average 96 grams compares 14-17 grams typical Tatone KSB timer ever using aluminum faceplate can reduce SUPERIOR DESIGN DEL-A 1R71 0 - & CRAFTSMANSHIP need sn easy handling superior acrobatic modern looking sport exhibition biplane has filled Eel-Air 60 kit parts biplane fine line kits machine cut assist building real show stopper Del-AIr 80 haa fully summetrical wing sections gives greatest potential aerobatic performance either upright inverted ship capable very slow close-in type flight right up rigorous aerobatic schedule can muster SPECIFICATIONS Engine Requirement Wing Span Wing Area Fuselage Length Fuselage Width Weight Range Wing Loading Range 207-490-1861 Visa ercard Accepted Finest Kits Youll Ever Buy Build e Train-Air 20 e Train-Air 40 Sport-Air 40 Bel-Air 40 40 Hydro-Floats -4 RBOXflHeALFREDaMAhEO4OO2e20748Ol881 164 Model Aviation 80 52 935 0 35, e 75 lbs 148 185 timer weight down around five-gram re gion Mad Ball King also supplies half-dozen typewritten pages instructions sketches order pertain do-it-yourself timer fabrication well care mainte nance tips can buy just basic mechanism com pletely fabricated timer Prices vary depending quantity ordered bare mechanism has taken toy cleaned up lubricated fully checked reliability sells three $1150 postpaid completed timer goes $1350 postpaid two $25 Hank will also sell some great flexible plastic thin-wall fuel tubing $1 25/ft three-foot min imum address Hank Nystrom 3317 Pine Timber Dr Johnson City TN 37604 Tell him Duration sent As fate cottage industries Hank advises can visualize end Mad Ball Timer project sources toy fast drying up situation would coincide comments other contacts have advised columnist manufacture sim ilar toy mechanisms has ceased Orient toy manufacturers seek other items tantalize toy store consumer Thus Tomy Mad Ball other simi lar toy mechanism might converted fuel shutoff may soon find extinction along Tatone K-Mart varieties plentiful few years ago Maybe time now ripe inexpensive electronic fuel shutoff have dreamed about Anyway looks though may have donning thinking caps once again fellas Lee Campbell Campbells Custom Kits tossed couple new kits resting flat feet behind counter MECA Model Engine Collectors AssociationRMcM booth last months Toledo Model Show first 80% rendition Russ Hansen 1AA T-Bird 1AA Nostalgia Gas event competition sec ond Hand-Launched Glider offering Dick Fast Richard Mathis design Both kits contain great balsa parts already cut shape fine tradition Campbell kits two products have yet reached shelves local hobby shops may order direct sending $1998 T-Bird and/or $898 HLG Add $250 per order shipping handling Erie Cluttons new book Dr Diesels Diary certainly keeper contains 36 pages easy enlightening reading myths work ings model diesel engines covers fuel props exhaust systems starting lots hints tips read whole book evening now know just much about diesels Eric book sells $10 plus $1 postage direct PAW Diesels USA address Eric Clut son 913 Cedar Lane Tullahoma TN 37388 book mandatory reading engine buff Jim Evans Eagle Products sent samples trim sheet products scoping trial eval uation trim sheets come three package strip measures 6 x 26 myriad colors available solid multicolored stripes neat red fades yellow dark blue pales out very light shade can cut Out AMA license numbers stuff confuse flying pals about got such wild lettering job can sketch trim concept paper tape paper over trim material cut through both layers sharp modelers knife get outline sketched shape trim material has paper backing peel off order apply trim model trim pressure sensitive move fingers across trim shape moderate pres sure remove trapped air bubbles works See hobby dealer send note Eagle Products PO Box 4600 Covina CA 91723 information available colors pricing get hands some Show up field some stuff adorning wing tips old Class C Gas job compet itors will think built new model Al Lidberg has done again am always amazed succeeding plan packets seems surpass previous project latest super 22-in-wingspan Rubber Fly ing Scale version Morane Saulnier Al MS 29 little-known WW French fighter Al says full-scale specimen original 1200 built survives Cole Palen collection New York model features sliced ribs scale spac ing movable ailerons rudder elevators halfshell fuselage construction complete detailed camouflage markings also get de cal sheet scale three-view plan Although tended conventional rubber power model can also flown CO2 electric power receive yours send $6 AA Lidberg 614 E Fordham Tempe AZ 85283 impressed workmanship quality Als plan obviously inked original drawing wrote him inquire trade secrets producing such fine material Being draftsman myself time has liking doing model plans ink bit dis couraged learn return mail used same procedures attempting create such handiwork Obviously lack important ingredient being unable du plicate such work talent Oh well cannot great Ken Sykora Old-Timer Model Supply sent 1990 catalog Kens establishment carries hun dreds old-time plans old Comet gow Dallaire Peerless Scale models plus others along wood dope acces sories catalog costs $2 address PO Box 7334 Van Nuys CA 91409 postal contests interest about 50th Anniversary Roy Nelders 1940 Moffett Model Peter Mann chestrating season-long competition terminates October 31 1990 simply fly replica model anywhere time send times Peter Enter often wish Plans Roys model available John Pond Old-Time Plan Service Plan 6F1 Mod el Builder magazine Plan 782-OT Should able locate November 1940 issue Air Trails magazine can find original plans therein Easier yet Easy Built Models Box 1059 Beamsville Ontario Canada LOR iBO fea tures complete kit FF-82 $20 no entry fees awards given 16-year-old under well 17-and-up up up set Ask Peter Mann particulars since have write him anyway register entry address 36 Sydenham St Guclph Ontario Canada NIH 2W4 Well brings us sign-off spot other session time read will well another Outdoor flying season Midwest e downwind August 1990 165