Jack Nix holds Rossi 15-powered Country Boy 450 92 Eastern Free Flight Champs Galesville New York Photo Jim Bocckinfuso NFFS sponsored USOC United States Outdoor Championships occurred just deadline date months column approached event will covered separate article let least comment first organized free flight activity new AMA Muncie site successful affair AMA gracious host contest officials commended well-run meet events staged various disciplines involved crammed four days over Labor Day weekend As AMAs 100 Model Aviation EE FLIGHT DURATION1 Keith Hoover edited new NFFS Jack Greene demonstrates VTO Book Power Models shown flying launch method popularized hi garb recent Dayton Ohio contest thrust concepts mid-i 950s 14aliaee E tiBucfet Johnson 1926-1992 Jree fhfighit mourns tile passing its menwra6fe persona[tes Mr Brainbuster Abram Van Dover displays original-design P-30 rubber model Eastern Free Flight Champs Jim Bocckinfuso photo almost- 1000-acre facility consensus impressiveand greatest gesture AMA has ever presented its membership Enuff said now.. Friday night USOC banquet Tony Italiano current NFFS President mentioned voting newly created four district directors has completed assuming posts January 1993 will Jim Haught Northeast Louis Joyner Southeast Hector Diax West Jim OReilly Centralplus Bob Waterman will replace Tony president NFFS Congratulations folks very well done Tony crew As NFFS makes organizational changes approach 21st century representative structure behooves free fighters ensure destiny battle cry Free Flight Forever renewing annual memberships youre presently member can join ranks fellow modelers sending $15 NFFS 12324 Percival St Chester VA 23831 $750 youre 18 underand support support As being assembled England year 1992 NFFS Symposium completed writing first copies Keith Hoovers 1992 NFFS Book Power Models offered USOC banquet new publication 128 pages stateof-the-art information applies various classes free flight power classics modem FAI concepts Threeviews theories practices various design topics included along myriad articles written experts field Tis another valuable addition personal libraries free fighters cost $1995 plus postage NFFS Publications 4858 Moorpark Ave San Jose CA 95129 Send copy today Shuriken gold midsummer visit Shuriken Works Indy caught activity full swing bench tests being performed stamps being licked attached packaged engines shipment eager customers company undergone organizational overhaul since last visit early June BV label now revised yE refers Van Arsdall Enterprises Inc Also definitive measure original BV logo initial production machines has replaced now-appropriate VE left side crankcase crankcase itself now anodized gold rather original red Bench tests being made three copper head gaskets place using Tornado black plastic Magnum 5 x 3 prop running 35% nitro fuel lots castor oil out-the-door boogie seemed about 26000-27000 rpm setup Thus additional running time finite gasketlfuel selections new milestones around 29000 same prop might expected Three 049s two 061s being offeredall priced $169 plus $5 shipping add 5% sales tax Indiana Both side- rear-exhaust 049 versions available free flight utility same selection available 06 1displacement size rear-exhaust 049 control line speed purposes also available left-hand rotation crankshafts use GloBee 5RX Glow Button Free fighters will interested radial mount kit available Gerald Caidwell prepares bench-test aThe tray 30 golden Shurikens held newly assembled Shuriken 049 theVEs president Jim Van Arsdall worth companys torque stand$5000 plus tax theyre shipped additional $11 Other options include four different venturis orifices 135 150 160 180 think engines come 150 venturi could error Anyhow VE puts out information sheets parts lists can get SASE should wish peruse paperwork before spend bucks Also note unique spanner wrench packaged earplugs come engine quality product AMA Gas FAI F1J competitorplus made USA Shuriken engines topped both AMA /2A Gas FlJ events 92 USOC just completed suppose could go-to-school accom plishment Anyway good show Jimmy Oh yeah address Van Arsdall Enterprises Inc 1205 Country Club Rd Indianapolis IN 46234 Tell em Duration sent knocking door Greene Hornet have number significant firsts free flight gas since Maxwell Bassett upset applecart entering first gassie national championship back mid-1930s Some others come mind pylon revolution generated Carl Goldbergs Zipper 38-39 era followed dethermalizer later years first mechanical flight timers mechanisms stolen bread toasters followed pneumatic types produced commercially various manufacturersthen process eventually reversed postwar introduction Tatone mechanical timer Finally multifunction Seelig timer became state-of-the-an mechanism course cannot omit glow plug presented marketplace Ray Arden around 1948nor improvements engine design including Schnuerle-porting system provides tremendous power modern-day engines Other firsts less affected socalled progress hobby relatively few free fighters could cough up correct answerWho invented hi-thrust answer question Jack Greene South Bend Indiana area now residing lower Michigan Both Russ Hanson Sal Taibi readily attribute T-Bird Starduster design successes Jacks early experimentation principles hi-thrust Carl Goldberg credited Jack innovator hi-thrust subsequent writings regarding hi-thrust Viking design initial prototype placed third 112A Gas 1960 AMA Nationals recent conversation Jack disclosed initial experiments began 1953-1954 time frame culminated FAI-size model powered Webra diesel engine After seeing model Chicago Continued page 109 January1993 101 production second-generation Shuriken engines sport new features including new company logo coat anodized gold THE MOTHER OF ALL JET EVENTS II JUST RELEASED 192 EVENT VIDEOg 1* ACTION PACKED 1* THE FIRST ALL JET COMPETITION 1* TRACER RADAR SYSTEM TOP SPEED RECORDS W IIN 1993 STEA LTH TECHNOLOGY RADAR SYSTEM TO ORDER THE 1992 EVENT VIDEO CALL OR WRITE TO JETS ON VIDEO 7434 EAST McDONALD DRIVE SCOTTSDALE ARIZONA 95250 16023 941 -9701 VHS VIDEO 25 95 SHIPPING & HANDLE 4OD AZ TAX 67010 THE 1993 EVENT FEB 1 9-20-21 SEND FOR RULES AND PRE-ENTRY INFO 5Ei JET EM7EJSJAST mew AsSaaA7Wd P0 BOX 1167 CAREFREE AZ 85377 Bus 800-727-4888 Home 602-488-8210 AMA SANCTION #30042 CAVE BUTTES FIELD PHOENIX AZ FF Duration/Murphy Continued page 101 area FAI contest Russ Hansen requested set plans model construction may differ somewhat simple rectangular-shaped flying surface planforms well side profile fuselage quite similar Russs resultant T-Bird series Jack stated size came about 1955-56 slot first powered Atwood 049and Holland Hornetand basically scaled-down version original FAI model remember Jack flying hi-thrust model Civy Boy 61 wing stab some point SOs queried about configuration Jack estimated would have around 1957 rate Jack Greene Greene Hornets certainly deserve hallowed place annals free flight history Therefore next meet shall include three-view 1/2A version record posterity Oh yeah what has Jack done us lately Well toying some very hi-thrust designs last time met Keep em coming Jack Did tell him Greene airplanes dont fly Review some basics total influences applied simplest free flight models provides reason expect no Lw iights will produce identical results Somewhere between reality best-trimmed models have known crash reality erratic models have known fly away infinite often minute explanations free flight model does point time attempting achieve ultimate performance levels flight free flight modelers need considerable experience understanding influences become adept trimming models knowledge can gained trial error formal research learned peers probably safe say no modeler knows everything can remember has learned given moment appropriate knowledge required Thus us appreciate being reminded occasionally factors may improve flight characteristics given model Such free flightbecause human may often profit occasional review some basics art new model flies right off board takes very little additional trim reach competitive status often Continued page 160 ** 4620 CRANDALL-LVILLE RD CORYDON INDIANA 47112 e se e Ion 0 emo e ro o e irp anes e pro essiona LISTED BELOW Business since 1973 ES SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE IS JUST FEW OF THE MFG WE STOCK HOURS MONDAYTHRUTHURSflAYQAM-5PM FRIflAVQAM-2PM A-JUSTO JIGFOXCLOSED SATURDAY& AMBROIDFUTABASONIC-TRONICS ARCORUBBERBANDSGOLDBERGSTERLING BRIDIGAS MODEL PRODSULLIVAN DAVEVS SYSTEMSHALLCOTOP FLITE COVERITEHOBBYPOXYVS ENGINES ted Quantity DEVCONHOT STUFFLANIER DREMELK&BMFGMILLERSTAFFORD SCALE DU-BROSIGNORTHEAST DYNAFILITESAITOZINGER PROPSB-24 $300 ENGINES 4 19-es WINGSPAN 9Ozncbes complete listing etcplease send stamped self-address enve lOPe 9 WANTED FKKITSLTctickum arf/f r,LissPLEASE CALL FOR SPECIALS OF STAFFORD AIRCOUPE $9995useIage9995THE MONTH ary1993 109 SPECIALIST IN CUSTOM COX TEE DEE & REED ENGINES 020S 049S 051S 074S & 09S ALL CUSTOM & STOCK PARTS AVATLAUALLY OLD TIMER SUPPLIES COILS CONDENSERS NGK & STIlT SPARK PLUGS SILK 8 COLORS QUALITY DOPE BRUSHES 5 & 7 LOOP 114 RUBBERBANDS TRANSISTOR IGNITION SYSTEMS RESISTOR HIGH TENSION LEADS 1/2A TEXACO PLAYBOY SR KIT 1/2A TEXACO ENGINES & PARTS KSB & IGNITION TIMERS RUBBER POWER KITS PROPS TISSUE AND OTHER SUPPLIES CYANOACRYLATES & EPOXIES ORDER BY MAIL OR PHONE 619 728-4365 SORRY NO COD VISA & MASTERCARD WELCOME MINIMUM MERCHANDISE ORDER $1000 SHIPPING HANDLING AND INSURANCE FEE $350 STOCK ORDERS SHIPPED W~HIN 24 HRS FF Duration/Murphy Continued page 109 overlook some basics assuming have reached personal levels expertise immunize us communicable diseases often plague free flight model either initially flights accumulated Consequently may slammed back reality next project doesnt perform expectations remedies must sought case point recently arose after years feeding steady personal diet gas-powered free flight club project provided impetus build type model originally got hooked hobby youngstera 10-cent Comet Scale Upon finishing t silently complimented myself definitely come long way developing construction expertise However attempting get model fly properly ground-level launch learued either missed some portion education forgotten some rather important basics flight relatively simple rubber-powered vintage scale aeroplanes Twas embarrassingto say least timely article surfaced model club newsletter article expounded some basics ROG rise-off-ground regard rubber-powered models After digested its contents tiny Comet project now performs admirably initial embarrassment has disappeared article originally penned noted rubber-power elder Ed Lidgard ink apparently having dry years Anyway sez Ed First let us assume imperative prop released just fraction second before releasing model torque burst suddenly applied flying surfaces will have upsetting effect model Secondly warps except planned washout tips possibly left panel washin should nor exist surfaces arent correct dont fly Anytime Third remember offset thrust low-speed adjustment Aerodynamic balance handles initial torque fourth requirement confidence physical movements launching gained practice Really its easy now prop must released first philosophy model flies well should ROG adequately powered Short motor runs however will cause zoom problems since transition knee torque curve too short Models have Dutch roll problems such Midwest Jabberwock hard ROG using conventional tactics cure very high powered models take off left wind trim slight left bank very steep initial torque falls off model heads downwind old Wakes about 200 feet model above ground turbulence easily handles downwind turn can accomplished minimal downthrust less right thrust necessarily recommendation prepare warp-free model Measure intentional warps eliminate unwanted warps know angular difference offset thrust CG before flying trimming isnt guess Test-fly till max power achieved calm tall grass make one-half-power ROG Retrim CG location rearward little added downthrust doesnt cure zoom Fly power until become sure go r let wind blow Find tall vegetation havent made significant change model shouldnt get much less time hand launch some loss going occur model flies well now full power should no problem its windy has worked hope does just another example little technology free flight really ever becomes obsolete also confirms need continual documentation used follow Write down guysI may need later 60 Model Aviation REV-UP INVENTORY AVERAGES OVER 9000 PROPS Ill PROMPT SHIPMENT ON VISAIMC L RACING WHEELS KLOTZ OIL CARBON FIBER SOLID LINES ALL KINDS OF TUBING THREE BRANDS OF GLOW PLUGS HARD-TO-FIND HARDWARE Continued page 164 got swap shop junkies lookout Dan both determined carry project have found something really interesting couple idiots arent going take away us going find out Starship behaves articulating forward wing flaps retracts Today began construction Phoenix uration/Murphy Continued page 160 Good-bye Bucket Longtime 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Jack Nix holds Rossi 15-powered Country Boy 450 92 Eastern Free Flight Champs Galesville New York Photo Jim Bocckinfuso NFFS sponsored USOC United States Outdoor Championships occurred just deadline date months column approached event will covered separate article let least comment first organized free flight activity new AMA Muncie site successful affair AMA gracious host contest officials commended well-run meet events staged various disciplines involved crammed four days over Labor Day weekend As AMAs 100 Model Aviation EE FLIGHT DURATION1 Keith Hoover edited new NFFS Jack Greene demonstrates VTO Book Power Models shown flying launch method popularized hi garb recent Dayton Ohio contest thrust concepts mid-i 950s 14aliaee E tiBucfet Johnson 1926-1992 Jree fhfighit mourns tile passing its menwra6fe persona[tes Mr Brainbuster Abram Van Dover displays original-design P-30 rubber model Eastern Free Flight Champs Jim Bocckinfuso photo almost- 1000-acre facility consensus impressiveand greatest gesture AMA has ever presented its membership Enuff said now.. Friday night USOC banquet Tony Italiano current NFFS President mentioned voting newly created four district directors has completed assuming posts January 1993 will Jim Haught Northeast Louis Joyner Southeast Hector Diax West Jim OReilly Centralplus Bob Waterman will replace Tony president NFFS Congratulations folks very well done Tony crew As NFFS makes organizational changes approach 21st century representative structure behooves free fighters ensure destiny battle cry Free Flight Forever renewing annual memberships youre presently member can join ranks fellow modelers sending $15 NFFS 12324 Percival St Chester VA 23831 $750 youre 18 underand support support As being assembled England year 1992 NFFS Symposium completed writing first copies Keith Hoovers 1992 NFFS Book Power Models offered USOC banquet new publication 128 pages stateof-the-art information applies various classes free flight power classics modem FAI concepts Threeviews theories practices various design topics included along myriad articles written experts field Tis another valuable addition personal libraries free fighters cost $1995 plus postage NFFS Publications 4858 Moorpark Ave San Jose CA 95129 Send copy today Shuriken gold midsummer visit Shuriken Works Indy caught activity full swing bench tests being performed stamps being licked attached packaged engines shipment eager customers company undergone organizational overhaul since last visit early June BV label now revised yE refers Van Arsdall Enterprises Inc Also definitive measure original BV logo initial production machines has replaced now-appropriate VE left side crankcase crankcase itself now anodized gold rather original red Bench tests being made three copper head gaskets place using Tornado black plastic Magnum 5 x 3 prop running 35% nitro fuel lots castor oil out-the-door boogie seemed about 26000-27000 rpm setup Thus additional running time finite gasketlfuel selections new milestones around 29000 same prop might expected Three 049s two 061s being offeredall priced $169 plus $5 shipping add 5% sales tax Indiana Both side- rear-exhaust 049 versions available free flight utility same selection available 06 1displacement size rear-exhaust 049 control line speed purposes also available left-hand rotation crankshafts use GloBee 5RX Glow Button Free fighters will interested radial mount kit available Gerald Caidwell prepares bench-test aThe tray 30 golden Shurikens held newly assembled Shuriken 049 theVEs president Jim Van Arsdall worth companys torque stand$5000 plus tax theyre shipped additional $11 Other options include four different venturis orifices 135 150 160 180 think engines come 150 venturi could error Anyhow VE puts out information sheets parts lists can get SASE should wish peruse paperwork before spend bucks Also note unique spanner wrench packaged earplugs come engine quality product AMA Gas FAI F1J competitorplus made USA Shuriken engines topped both AMA /2A Gas FlJ events 92 USOC just completed suppose could go-to-school accom plishment Anyway good show Jimmy Oh yeah address Van Arsdall Enterprises Inc 1205 Country Club Rd Indianapolis IN 46234 Tell em Duration sent knocking door Greene Hornet have number significant firsts free flight gas since Maxwell Bassett upset applecart entering first gassie national championship back mid-1930s Some others come mind pylon revolution generated Carl Goldbergs Zipper 38-39 era followed dethermalizer later years first mechanical flight timers mechanisms stolen bread toasters followed pneumatic types produced commercially various manufacturersthen process eventually reversed postwar introduction Tatone mechanical timer Finally multifunction Seelig timer became state-of-the-an mechanism course cannot omit glow plug presented marketplace Ray Arden around 1948nor improvements engine design including Schnuerle-porting system provides tremendous power modern-day engines Other firsts less affected socalled progress hobby relatively few free fighters could cough up correct answerWho invented hi-thrust answer question Jack Greene South Bend Indiana area now residing lower Michigan Both Russ Hanson Sal Taibi readily attribute T-Bird Starduster design successes Jacks early experimentation principles hi-thrust Carl Goldberg credited Jack innovator hi-thrust subsequent writings regarding hi-thrust Viking design initial prototype placed third 112A Gas 1960 AMA Nationals recent conversation Jack disclosed initial experiments began 1953-1954 time frame culminated FAI-size model powered Webra diesel engine After seeing model Chicago Continued page 109 January1993 101 production second-generation Shuriken engines sport new features including new company logo coat anodized gold THE MOTHER OF ALL JET EVENTS II JUST RELEASED 192 EVENT VIDEOg 1* ACTION PACKED 1* THE FIRST ALL JET COMPETITION 1* TRACER RADAR SYSTEM TOP SPEED RECORDS W IIN 1993 STEA LTH TECHNOLOGY RADAR SYSTEM TO ORDER THE 1992 EVENT VIDEO CALL OR WRITE TO JETS ON VIDEO 7434 EAST McDONALD DRIVE SCOTTSDALE ARIZONA 95250 16023 941 -9701 VHS VIDEO 25 95 SHIPPING & HANDLE 4OD AZ TAX 67010 THE 1993 EVENT FEB 1 9-20-21 SEND FOR RULES AND PRE-ENTRY INFO 5Ei JET EM7EJSJAST mew AsSaaA7Wd P0 BOX 1167 CAREFREE AZ 85377 Bus 800-727-4888 Home 602-488-8210 AMA SANCTION #30042 CAVE BUTTES FIELD PHOENIX AZ FF Duration/Murphy Continued page 101 area FAI contest Russ Hansen requested set plans model construction may differ somewhat simple rectangular-shaped flying surface planforms well side profile fuselage quite similar Russs resultant T-Bird series Jack stated size came about 1955-56 slot first powered Atwood 049and Holland Hornetand basically scaled-down version original FAI model remember Jack flying hi-thrust model Civy Boy 61 wing stab some point SOs queried about configuration Jack estimated would have around 1957 rate Jack Greene Greene Hornets certainly deserve hallowed place annals free flight history Therefore next meet shall include three-view 1/2A version record posterity Oh yeah what has Jack done us lately Well toying some very hi-thrust designs last time met Keep em coming Jack Did tell him Greene airplanes dont fly Review some basics total influences applied simplest free flight models provides reason expect no Lw iights will produce identical results Somewhere between reality best-trimmed models have known crash reality erratic models have known fly away infinite often minute explanations free flight model does point time attempting achieve ultimate performance levels flight free flight modelers need considerable experience understanding influences become adept trimming models knowledge can gained trial error formal research learned peers probably safe say no modeler knows everything can remember has learned given moment appropriate knowledge required Thus us appreciate being reminded occasionally factors may improve flight characteristics given model Such free flightbecause human may often profit occasional review some basics art new model flies right off board takes very little additional trim reach competitive status often Continued page 160 ** 4620 CRANDALL-LVILLE RD CORYDON INDIANA 47112 e se e Ion 0 emo e ro o e irp anes e pro essiona LISTED BELOW Business since 1973 ES SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE IS JUST FEW OF THE MFG WE STOCK HOURS MONDAYTHRUTHURSflAYQAM-5PM FRIflAVQAM-2PM A-JUSTO JIGFOXCLOSED SATURDAY& AMBROIDFUTABASONIC-TRONICS ARCORUBBERBANDSGOLDBERGSTERLING BRIDIGAS MODEL PRODSULLIVAN DAVEVS SYSTEMSHALLCOTOP FLITE COVERITEHOBBYPOXYVS ENGINES ted Quantity DEVCONHOT STUFFLANIER DREMELK&BMFGMILLERSTAFFORD SCALE DU-BROSIGNORTHEAST DYNAFILITESAITOZINGER PROPSB-24 $300 ENGINES 4 19-es WINGSPAN 9Ozncbes complete listing etcplease send stamped self-address enve lOPe 9 WANTED FKKITSLTctickum arf/f r,LissPLEASE CALL FOR SPECIALS OF STAFFORD AIRCOUPE $9995useIage9995THE MONTH ary1993 109 SPECIALIST IN CUSTOM COX TEE DEE & REED ENGINES 020S 049S 051S 074S & 09S ALL CUSTOM & STOCK PARTS AVATLAUALLY OLD TIMER SUPPLIES COILS CONDENSERS NGK & STIlT SPARK PLUGS SILK 8 COLORS QUALITY DOPE BRUSHES 5 & 7 LOOP 114 RUBBERBANDS TRANSISTOR IGNITION SYSTEMS RESISTOR HIGH TENSION LEADS 1/2A TEXACO PLAYBOY SR KIT 1/2A TEXACO ENGINES & PARTS KSB & IGNITION TIMERS RUBBER POWER KITS PROPS TISSUE AND OTHER SUPPLIES CYANOACRYLATES & EPOXIES ORDER BY MAIL OR PHONE 619 728-4365 SORRY NO COD VISA & MASTERCARD WELCOME MINIMUM MERCHANDISE ORDER $1000 SHIPPING HANDLING AND INSURANCE FEE $350 STOCK ORDERS SHIPPED W~HIN 24 HRS FF Duration/Murphy Continued page 109 overlook some basics assuming have reached personal levels expertise immunize us communicable diseases often plague free flight model either initially flights accumulated Consequently may slammed back reality next project doesnt perform expectations remedies must sought case point recently arose after years feeding steady personal diet gas-powered free flight club project provided impetus build type model originally got hooked hobby youngstera 10-cent Comet Scale Upon finishing t silently complimented myself definitely come long way developing construction expertise However attempting get model fly properly ground-level launch learued either missed some portion education forgotten some rather important basics flight relatively simple rubber-powered vintage scale aeroplanes Twas embarrassingto say least timely article surfaced model club newsletter article expounded some basics ROG rise-off-ground regard rubber-powered models After digested its contents tiny Comet project now performs admirably initial embarrassment has disappeared article originally penned noted rubber-power elder Ed Lidgard ink apparently having dry years Anyway sez Ed First let us assume imperative prop released just fraction second before releasing model torque burst suddenly applied flying surfaces will have upsetting effect model Secondly warps except planned washout tips possibly left panel washin should nor exist surfaces arent correct dont fly Anytime Third remember offset thrust low-speed adjustment Aerodynamic balance handles initial torque fourth requirement confidence physical movements launching gained practice Really its easy now prop must released first philosophy model flies well should ROG adequately powered Short motor runs however will cause zoom problems since transition knee torque curve too short Models have Dutch roll problems such Midwest Jabberwock hard ROG using conventional tactics cure very high powered models take off left wind trim slight left bank very steep initial torque falls off model heads downwind old Wakes about 200 feet model above ground turbulence easily handles downwind turn can accomplished minimal downthrust less right thrust necessarily recommendation prepare warp-free model Measure intentional warps eliminate unwanted warps know angular difference offset thrust CG before flying trimming isnt guess Test-fly till max power achieved calm tall grass make one-half-power ROG Retrim CG location rearward little added downthrust doesnt cure zoom Fly power until become sure go r let wind blow Find tall vegetation havent made significant change model shouldnt get much less time hand launch some loss going occur model flies well now full power should no problem its windy has worked hope does just another example little technology free flight really ever becomes obsolete also confirms need continual documentation used follow Write down guysI may need later 60 Model Aviation REV-UP INVENTORY AVERAGES OVER 9000 PROPS Ill PROMPT SHIPMENT ON VISAIMC L RACING WHEELS KLOTZ OIL CARBON FIBER SOLID LINES ALL KINDS OF TUBING THREE BRANDS OF GLOW PLUGS HARD-TO-FIND HARDWARE Continued page 164 got swap shop junkies lookout Dan both determined carry project have found something really interesting couple idiots arent going take away us going find out Starship behaves articulating forward wing flaps retracts Today began construction Phoenix uration/Murphy Continued page 160 Good-bye Bucket Longtime friends Wallace E Bucket Johnson Louis Joyner Jim Larkin Birmingham Alabama area joined send following eulogy asked placed Duration column friends may pay final respects could always find Bucket Johnson contest field easy Just look big brown van look biggest chase bike field no dinky Trail 90 Bucket look bubbles people would set up single bubble machine Bucket would set up two three double machines fill air soap bubbles could look fastest-climbing gas models field Chances Buckets could always tell Buckets models never copy latest design trends Years after elliptical tips out kept building elliptical-tipped Centaurs modifying stretching wing changing airfoil improving refining years decorated models distinctive X stripe running dihedral break dihedral break Sometimes stars added give look Confederate flag Bucket swore structural just decoration Perhaps dont ever remember seeing models flutter Bucket could get Out Gas model just about anybody know always ready share knowledge Wakefield flier suggestions like mansimple direct Needs bigger rudder Add some downthrust Ill always remember trimming sessions try ask myself What would Bucket VINYLWRITE CUSTOM LElTERING Providing elegant time saving economical finishing touch modelers U TO APPLY Our lettering comes prespaced aligned-saving hours cutting fuss aligning individual letters decal text custom computer cut 3M premium cast vinyl 2 mils thgne24 colors & 15 typestylesinc MilitaryBlock1/4to 12 higheStencil Mask color outliningas well stars symbols& much priosa can saaily affordll Granada Hula CA 91344 818 363-7131 10AM 4PM Pacific Mon thru Thur example AMA 1/2 high $150 high $250 2 high $350 P&H CA res add tax Call write complete info pack & sample ITS FREE Custom Letter Today VINVLWRITE Way MAIL ORDER ONLY 164 Model Aviation xe Ku Features Durable CrashGuard Ixeulaga ulng tIp, CnOty end wIng tairing IViP LSE Praululun naddnad weed pane Fuae built-in waeheutOualltp ____Lk eteatlngaPrasbaped hardwood leadingPLACE DIVISION TWO edgeuPtete-lIestatad Inetnldlon beoldet Cuboplute hardware padaga1991 CAUFORNIA STATE SLOPE ONLY $7995 plus $400 s&I-ICHAMPIONSHIPS Residents 01 1-luwuji S Aluska $900 S&H~A HAiL4fla /-lS7ARTa BEC7flke SLOPENEW Wingspan .745 Loadingl0oz/sritt &ujpREVOLIIIlONARY PiASIlCI SOSTROIC. Wing urea590 sq inAntoil SD6060 & 53021tfl GUMANTEODI Aspect ratio10 1Optional power05-1 5 Weight..38 ozRadio2-oh reqd J4REL AL4FTLESIGN S ENGINEERING 12136 Brmddock Culver Clty 0490230 IN THE USA 310 390-1348ELECTRIC CONVERSION SHOWN R/C BEGINNERS hobby loses about half its potential fliers because fail successfully solo IT ISNT Thffi FAULT ITS THE PLANES FAULT lust some ml advertised trainers impossible average beginner solo seems norm crash ruin 4 5 planes before becoming successful both stupid costly mention real turn-off new student quite unnecessary YOU COULD SOLO YOUR FIRST TIME UP Thanks extensive trainer flighttesting ever conducted hobby can now know advance ones fly slow handsoff stable easy enough Grandma just so-so intermediate ones deserve trainer label Send $350 plus 52t postage EASE-OF-FLYING RATINGS OF R/C TRAINERS Over 40 currently available train ers evaluated including ARFs Also grades easeof-building explains trainer aerodynamics dares address questions poor trainers good trainers marketed does no warn about Guarantee Your money back say eye-opening candid enlight ening time-saving money-saving frustration sparing R/C publication have ever read Send check money order JIm Watenuan 3515 fleertleld Dr Sn AntonIo TX 75218 MUST Beginners Basic FLIGHT TRAINING Course Manual md Inefructor GuIde wIth Sident Progress Loge 0 Tints ucw book iith simple step Step illustrated unstructoons will get control quickly will fly confidence Eaft wings FAST Wntten eocpenenced educator author tested approved both Students Instructors iwdy does tie job you- Hobby top order mail Only $895 P&H Look Trahw teAts IliaC Include Beale FUGHT TRAINING NO cosr 000 TEMPUS PRESS PO Box 235 Tell City IN 47588 Phone 1-812 547-81 Call Aor Dealer wd CAb Disc writs SUP SACK I 05450 YOUR WORN TOil RE OGRE memorable sessions field times spent sitting around breakfast table discussing free flight Betty would keep us supplied food would talk Well miss Bucket Well miss help field Well miss seeing bright red socks Well miss friendship Thermals Bucket See downwind someday Bucket troflightlEttel Continued page 46 maneuvers very high scoring normalized 22 entries Two rounds flown winners 1 Hugo Peyer Switzerland 2 Jan Van Beek Holland 3 Dennis V D Tooren Holland 4 Wolfgang Kosche Germany team chosen represent US World Championships performed task exemplary fashion skill demonstrating competitiveness quality models related equipment highest order techniques employed designing developing producing aircraft used competition well time effort devoted preparation deserve recognition congratulations Team Manager Bob Sliff team helper Brian Chan pilots Steve Neu Jerry Bridgeman Jason Perrin Bob Boucher Astro Flight motors 4K&S METAL UFOAM WING CORES PRECISION MADE EXPANDED BEAD POLYSTYRENE REPLACEMENT WING S STAB CORES FOR ALL POPULAR R/C AIRCRAFT OVER 350 DIFFERENT WINGS IN STOCK FOR IMMEDIATE DELIVERY SO IF YOU HAVE FAVORITE BIRD THAT NEEDS WING CALL OR WRITE US 144 LOTS OF AEF WING CORES IDont trash after crash U U Phone 309 342 3OO9 Send $450 catalog 306 E Simmons Galesburi IL 61401 Best Scale Best Scale$400 ASP Model aircraft Plans Handbook$500 ASP Scale Drawing Plans Book$500 RC Model World Const Guide$600 VTH German Plans Book.$600 M4 sdd *500 si&ee j i Call 714 8853959 credit card ME 163 ROCKET SMI KIT 61 SPAN 60 POWER PROP EPOXY FUSELAGE PLAN CANOPY \TI4 Bob Holman Box 741 San Berdo CA 92402 ....Fr@m AT4t Z weve got th plan ONE PROP lUJO PROPS OR NOCHOICE I FLIGHT PHOTOS OF MODELS Al4 0*SbI strated Catalog S20O sent no charge plans ordor NICK ZIROLI PRICES INCLUDE UPS SHIPPING CHARGES Fiberglass Components Canopies Available 29 EDGAR DRIVE SMIThTOWN N Y 11787 6-25 Mitchell101 7B Stulta100 .3200 DC-3/C-47140 .4200 F4U Corsair93 .3200 PT-17 Steannan77 .2700 P40 Warhawk94 .3200 AT-OISNJ Texan 1OV .3200 F8F Bearcat88 .3200 A6M5 Zoro91 .3200 Fokker Dr1 Tnplano 83 .2700 Mow Gull100 .3800 Taube semi-scale 88 .2500 Beech D-181C45 114 .4000 P-51D Mustang100 P47 Thunderbolt 2500 FOF Panther72 .3400 ph 5162345038 January1993 165 Pt PLANE VIDEO GIVES YOU LIBRARY OF VIDEOS ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF RADIO CONTROLLED AIRPLANES WITH EASY TO EOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS BUILDING rr RIGHT ThE FIRST TIME 2-2 HOUR VIDEOS SHOWING ALL DETAIlS NECESSARY TO CONSTRUCT WOOD AIRCRATL INCLUDING WING CONSTRUCTION RADIO INSTALLATION PUSRUODS ALIGNMENT BALANCING AND MUCH MORE 63496 shIppIng 6400 foreign cadere AEROBATICS & GROUND SCHOOl 105 MINUTES ON AERODYNAMICS AND STALL THEORY VIDEO COVERS PROPER TAKE -MS SPINS CR051 WIND TECHNIQUES SNAP ROLLS AND MORE 61995 shippIng 6600 foreign ordefa BUILDING WITh FOAM 2-HOUR VIDEO PROVIDING INFORMATION ON FOAM WING CORES INSTALLING RZrRACTS PRIMING COVERING WITH LG CLOTH PAINTING & DETAHING 61996 shIpping 6600 foreign orders TAPES AVAILABLE 54 VIlE ONLY 515W CIECIC OR MO TO PLANE VIDEO PODOX 23125 OLIVE IA 60326 VISA NOSI4 CAJL 14004834251 OR MMAC51 2234697 MHOURTOILFREE AUTHENTIC DROP TANKS SCALE DROP TANKS CAN ACTUALLY BE DROPPED IN FLIGHT MADE OF HIGH IMPACT PLA STIC AND COME N TWO PRE-FORMED SHELL HALVES ASSEMBLES IN MINIJOES MOnICA GLUE 9501 IrLONO FOR 60 TO 75 WARBIRDS..... .S50SEA ISSIA 10W LONG FOR 25 TOSS WARBIRDS 5795 EA BOMB & DROP TANK RELEASE KIT HEAVY DUTY RELEASE MECHANISM HOLDS BOMBS AND TANKS FIRMLY IN POSITION UNTIL YOU WANT THEM TO DROP *50050MB RELEASE KIT WITH INSTRUCTIONS0349 EA Phone 3093423009 AT YOUR DEALER OR ORDER $5RECT VISA AND MASTER CARS ACCEPTED ISEND 5500 FORM PAGE CA TALOG AND GA TA SHEETS IWINO MYG. 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Edition: Model Aviation - 1993/01
Page Numbers: 100, 101, 109, 160, 164, 165
Jack Nix holds Rossi 15-powered Country Boy 450 92 Eastern Free Flight Champs Galesville New York Photo Jim Bocckinfuso NFFS sponsored USOC United States Outdoor Championships occurred just deadline date months column approached event will covered separate article let least comment first organized free flight activity new AMA Muncie site successful affair AMA gracious host contest officials commended well-run meet events staged various disciplines involved crammed four days over Labor Day weekend As AMAs 100 Model Aviation EE FLIGHT DURATION1 Keith Hoover edited new NFFS Jack Greene demonstrates VTO Book Power Models shown flying launch method popularized hi garb recent Dayton Ohio contest thrust concepts mid-i 950s 14aliaee E tiBucfet Johnson 1926-1992 Jree fhfighit mourns tile passing its menwra6fe persona[tes Mr Brainbuster Abram Van Dover displays original-design P-30 rubber model Eastern Free Flight Champs Jim Bocckinfuso photo almost- 1000-acre facility consensus impressiveand greatest gesture AMA has ever presented its membership Enuff said now.. Friday night USOC banquet Tony Italiano current NFFS President mentioned voting newly created four district directors has completed assuming posts January 1993 will Jim Haught Northeast Louis Joyner Southeast Hector Diax West Jim OReilly Centralplus Bob Waterman will replace Tony president NFFS Congratulations folks very well done Tony crew As NFFS makes organizational changes approach 21st century representative structure behooves free fighters ensure destiny battle cry Free Flight Forever renewing annual memberships youre presently member can join ranks fellow modelers sending $15 NFFS 12324 Percival St Chester VA 23831 $750 youre 18 underand support support As being assembled England year 1992 NFFS Symposium completed writing first copies Keith Hoovers 1992 NFFS Book Power Models offered USOC banquet new publication 128 pages stateof-the-art information applies various classes free flight power classics modem FAI concepts Threeviews theories practices various design topics included along myriad articles written experts field Tis another valuable addition personal libraries free fighters cost $1995 plus postage NFFS Publications 4858 Moorpark Ave San Jose CA 95129 Send copy today Shuriken gold midsummer visit Shuriken Works Indy caught activity full swing bench tests being performed stamps being licked attached packaged engines shipment eager customers company undergone organizational overhaul since last visit early June BV label now revised yE refers Van Arsdall Enterprises Inc Also definitive measure original BV logo initial production machines has replaced now-appropriate VE left side crankcase crankcase itself now anodized gold rather original red Bench tests being made three copper head gaskets place using Tornado black plastic Magnum 5 x 3 prop running 35% nitro fuel lots castor oil out-the-door boogie seemed about 26000-27000 rpm setup Thus additional running time finite gasketlfuel selections new milestones around 29000 same prop might expected Three 049s two 061s being offeredall priced $169 plus $5 shipping add 5% sales tax Indiana Both side- rear-exhaust 049 versions available free flight utility same selection available 06 1displacement size rear-exhaust 049 control line speed purposes also available left-hand rotation crankshafts use GloBee 5RX Glow Button Free fighters will interested radial mount kit available Gerald Caidwell prepares bench-test aThe tray 30 golden Shurikens held newly assembled Shuriken 049 theVEs president Jim Van Arsdall worth companys torque stand$5000 plus tax theyre shipped additional $11 Other options include four different venturis orifices 135 150 160 180 think engines come 150 venturi could error Anyhow VE puts out information sheets parts lists can get SASE should wish peruse paperwork before spend bucks Also note unique spanner wrench packaged earplugs come engine quality product AMA Gas FAI F1J competitorplus made USA Shuriken engines topped both AMA /2A Gas FlJ events 92 USOC just completed suppose could go-to-school accom plishment Anyway good show Jimmy Oh yeah address Van Arsdall Enterprises Inc 1205 Country Club Rd Indianapolis IN 46234 Tell em Duration sent knocking door Greene Hornet have number significant firsts free flight gas since Maxwell Bassett upset applecart entering first gassie national championship back mid-1930s Some others come mind pylon revolution generated Carl Goldbergs Zipper 38-39 era followed dethermalizer later years first mechanical flight timers mechanisms stolen bread toasters followed pneumatic types produced commercially various manufacturersthen process eventually reversed postwar introduction Tatone mechanical timer Finally multifunction Seelig timer became state-of-the-an mechanism course cannot omit glow plug presented marketplace Ray Arden around 1948nor improvements engine design including Schnuerle-porting system provides tremendous power modern-day engines Other firsts less affected socalled progress hobby relatively few free fighters could cough up correct answerWho invented hi-thrust answer question Jack Greene South Bend Indiana area now residing lower Michigan Both Russ Hanson Sal Taibi readily attribute T-Bird Starduster design successes Jacks early experimentation principles hi-thrust Carl Goldberg credited Jack innovator hi-thrust subsequent writings regarding hi-thrust Viking design initial prototype placed third 112A Gas 1960 AMA Nationals recent conversation Jack disclosed initial experiments began 1953-1954 time frame culminated FAI-size model powered Webra diesel engine After seeing model Chicago Continued page 109 January1993 101 production second-generation Shuriken engines sport new features including new company logo coat anodized gold THE MOTHER OF ALL JET EVENTS II JUST RELEASED 192 EVENT VIDEOg 1* ACTION PACKED 1* THE FIRST ALL JET COMPETITION 1* TRACER RADAR SYSTEM TOP SPEED RECORDS W IIN 1993 STEA LTH TECHNOLOGY RADAR SYSTEM TO ORDER THE 1992 EVENT VIDEO CALL OR WRITE TO JETS ON VIDEO 7434 EAST McDONALD DRIVE SCOTTSDALE ARIZONA 95250 16023 941 -9701 VHS VIDEO 25 95 SHIPPING & HANDLE 4OD AZ TAX 67010 THE 1993 EVENT FEB 1 9-20-21 SEND FOR RULES AND PRE-ENTRY INFO 5Ei JET EM7EJSJAST mew AsSaaA7Wd P0 BOX 1167 CAREFREE AZ 85377 Bus 800-727-4888 Home 602-488-8210 AMA SANCTION #30042 CAVE BUTTES FIELD PHOENIX AZ FF Duration/Murphy Continued page 101 area FAI contest Russ Hansen requested set plans model construction may differ somewhat simple rectangular-shaped flying surface planforms well side profile fuselage quite similar Russs resultant T-Bird series Jack stated size came about 1955-56 slot first powered Atwood 049and Holland Hornetand basically scaled-down version original FAI model remember Jack flying hi-thrust model Civy Boy 61 wing stab some point SOs queried about configuration Jack estimated would have around 1957 rate Jack Greene Greene Hornets certainly deserve hallowed place annals free flight history Therefore next meet shall include three-view 1/2A version record posterity Oh yeah what has Jack done us lately Well toying some very hi-thrust designs last time met Keep em coming Jack Did tell him Greene airplanes dont fly Review some basics total influences applied simplest free flight models provides reason expect no Lw iights will produce identical results Somewhere between reality best-trimmed models have known crash reality erratic models have known fly away infinite often minute explanations free flight model does point time attempting achieve ultimate performance levels flight free flight modelers need considerable experience understanding influences become adept trimming models knowledge can gained trial error formal research learned peers probably safe say no modeler knows everything can remember has learned given moment appropriate knowledge required Thus us appreciate being reminded occasionally factors may improve flight characteristics given model Such free flightbecause human may often profit occasional review some basics art new model flies right off board takes very little additional trim reach competitive status often Continued page 160 ** 4620 CRANDALL-LVILLE RD CORYDON INDIANA 47112 e se e Ion 0 emo e ro o e irp anes e pro essiona LISTED BELOW Business since 1973 ES SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE IS JUST FEW OF THE MFG WE STOCK HOURS MONDAYTHRUTHURSflAYQAM-5PM FRIflAVQAM-2PM A-JUSTO JIGFOXCLOSED SATURDAY& AMBROIDFUTABASONIC-TRONICS ARCORUBBERBANDSGOLDBERGSTERLING BRIDIGAS MODEL PRODSULLIVAN DAVEVS SYSTEMSHALLCOTOP FLITE COVERITEHOBBYPOXYVS ENGINES ted Quantity DEVCONHOT STUFFLANIER DREMELK&BMFGMILLERSTAFFORD SCALE DU-BROSIGNORTHEAST DYNAFILITESAITOZINGER PROPSB-24 $300 ENGINES 4 19-es WINGSPAN 9Ozncbes complete listing etcplease send stamped self-address enve lOPe 9 WANTED FKKITSLTctickum arf/f r,LissPLEASE CALL FOR SPECIALS OF STAFFORD AIRCOUPE $9995useIage9995THE MONTH ary1993 109 SPECIALIST IN CUSTOM COX TEE DEE & REED ENGINES 020S 049S 051S 074S & 09S ALL CUSTOM & STOCK PARTS AVATLAUALLY OLD TIMER SUPPLIES COILS CONDENSERS NGK & STIlT SPARK PLUGS SILK 8 COLORS QUALITY DOPE BRUSHES 5 & 7 LOOP 114 RUBBERBANDS TRANSISTOR IGNITION SYSTEMS RESISTOR HIGH TENSION LEADS 1/2A TEXACO PLAYBOY SR KIT 1/2A TEXACO ENGINES & PARTS KSB & IGNITION TIMERS RUBBER POWER KITS PROPS TISSUE AND OTHER SUPPLIES CYANOACRYLATES & EPOXIES ORDER BY MAIL OR PHONE 619 728-4365 SORRY NO COD VISA & MASTERCARD WELCOME MINIMUM MERCHANDISE ORDER $1000 SHIPPING HANDLING AND INSURANCE FEE $350 STOCK ORDERS SHIPPED W~HIN 24 HRS FF Duration/Murphy Continued page 109 overlook some basics assuming have reached personal levels expertise immunize us communicable diseases often plague free flight model either initially flights accumulated Consequently may slammed back reality next project doesnt perform expectations remedies must sought case point recently arose after years feeding steady personal diet gas-powered free flight club project provided impetus build type model originally got hooked hobby youngstera 10-cent Comet Scale Upon finishing t silently complimented myself definitely come long way developing construction expertise However attempting get model fly properly ground-level launch learued either missed some portion education forgotten some rather important basics flight relatively simple rubber-powered vintage scale aeroplanes Twas embarrassingto say least timely article surfaced model club newsletter article expounded some basics ROG rise-off-ground regard rubber-powered models After digested its contents tiny Comet project now performs admirably initial embarrassment has disappeared article originally penned noted rubber-power elder Ed Lidgard ink apparently having dry years Anyway sez Ed First let us assume imperative prop released just fraction second before releasing model torque burst suddenly applied flying surfaces will have upsetting effect model Secondly warps except planned washout tips possibly left panel washin should nor exist surfaces arent correct dont fly Anytime Third remember offset thrust low-speed adjustment Aerodynamic balance handles initial torque fourth requirement confidence physical movements launching gained practice Really its easy now prop must released first philosophy model flies well should ROG adequately powered Short motor runs however will cause zoom problems since transition knee torque curve too short Models have Dutch roll problems such Midwest Jabberwock hard ROG using conventional tactics cure very high powered models take off left wind trim slight left bank very steep initial torque falls off model heads downwind old Wakes about 200 feet model above ground turbulence easily handles downwind turn can accomplished minimal downthrust less right thrust necessarily recommendation prepare warp-free model Measure intentional warps eliminate unwanted warps know angular difference offset thrust CG before flying trimming isnt guess Test-fly till max power achieved calm tall grass make one-half-power ROG Retrim CG location rearward little added downthrust doesnt cure zoom Fly power until become sure go r let wind blow Find tall vegetation havent made significant change model shouldnt get much less time hand launch some loss going occur model flies well now full power should no problem its windy has worked hope does just another example little technology free flight really ever becomes obsolete also confirms need continual documentation used follow Write down guysI may need later 60 Model Aviation REV-UP INVENTORY AVERAGES OVER 9000 PROPS Ill PROMPT SHIPMENT ON VISAIMC L RACING WHEELS KLOTZ OIL CARBON FIBER SOLID LINES ALL KINDS OF TUBING THREE BRANDS OF GLOW PLUGS HARD-TO-FIND HARDWARE Continued page 164 got swap shop junkies lookout Dan both determined carry project have found something really interesting couple idiots arent going take away us going find out Starship behaves articulating forward wing flaps retracts Today began construction Phoenix uration/Murphy Continued page 160 Good-bye Bucket Longtime friends Wallace E Bucket Johnson Louis Joyner Jim Larkin Birmingham Alabama area joined send following eulogy asked placed Duration column friends may pay final respects could always find Bucket Johnson contest field easy Just look big brown van look biggest chase bike field no dinky Trail 90 Bucket look bubbles people would set up single bubble machine Bucket would set up two three double machines fill air soap bubbles could look fastest-climbing gas models field Chances Buckets could always tell Buckets models never copy latest design trends Years after elliptical tips out kept building elliptical-tipped Centaurs modifying stretching wing changing airfoil improving refining years decorated models distinctive X stripe running dihedral break dihedral break Sometimes stars added give look Confederate flag Bucket swore structural just decoration Perhaps dont ever remember seeing models flutter Bucket could get Out Gas model just about anybody know always ready share knowledge Wakefield flier suggestions like mansimple direct Needs bigger rudder Add some downthrust Ill always remember trimming sessions try ask myself What would Bucket VINYLWRITE CUSTOM LElTERING Providing elegant time saving economical finishing touch modelers U TO APPLY Our lettering comes prespaced aligned-saving hours cutting fuss aligning individual letters decal text custom computer cut 3M premium cast vinyl 2 mils thgne24 colors & 15 typestylesinc MilitaryBlock1/4to 12 higheStencil Mask color outliningas well stars symbols& much priosa can saaily affordll Granada Hula CA 91344 818 363-7131 10AM 4PM Pacific Mon thru Thur example AMA 1/2 high $150 high $250 2 high $350 P&H CA res add tax Call write complete info pack & sample ITS FREE Custom Letter Today VINVLWRITE Way MAIL ORDER ONLY 164 Model Aviation xe Ku Features Durable CrashGuard Ixeulaga ulng tIp, CnOty end wIng tairing IViP LSE Praululun naddnad weed pane Fuae built-in waeheutOualltp ____Lk eteatlngaPrasbaped hardwood leadingPLACE DIVISION TWO edgeuPtete-lIestatad Inetnldlon beoldet Cuboplute hardware padaga1991 CAUFORNIA STATE SLOPE ONLY $7995 plus $400 s&I-ICHAMPIONSHIPS Residents 01 1-luwuji S Aluska $900 S&H~A HAiL4fla /-lS7ARTa BEC7flke SLOPENEW Wingspan .745 Loadingl0oz/sritt &ujpREVOLIIIlONARY PiASIlCI SOSTROIC. Wing urea590 sq inAntoil SD6060 & 53021tfl GUMANTEODI Aspect ratio10 1Optional power05-1 5 Weight..38 ozRadio2-oh reqd J4REL AL4FTLESIGN S ENGINEERING 12136 Brmddock Culver Clty 0490230 IN THE USA 310 390-1348ELECTRIC CONVERSION SHOWN R/C BEGINNERS hobby loses about half its potential fliers because fail successfully solo IT ISNT Thffi FAULT ITS THE PLANES FAULT lust some ml advertised trainers impossible average beginner solo seems norm crash ruin 4 5 planes before becoming successful both stupid costly mention real turn-off new student quite unnecessary YOU COULD SOLO YOUR FIRST TIME UP Thanks extensive trainer flighttesting ever conducted hobby can now know advance ones fly slow handsoff stable easy enough Grandma just so-so intermediate ones deserve trainer label Send $350 plus 52t postage EASE-OF-FLYING RATINGS OF R/C TRAINERS Over 40 currently available train ers evaluated including ARFs Also grades easeof-building explains trainer aerodynamics dares address questions poor trainers good trainers marketed does no warn about Guarantee Your money back say eye-opening candid enlight ening time-saving money-saving frustration sparing R/C publication have ever read Send check money order JIm Watenuan 3515 fleertleld Dr Sn AntonIo TX 75218 MUST Beginners Basic FLIGHT TRAINING Course Manual md Inefructor GuIde wIth Sident Progress Loge 0 Tints ucw book iith simple step Step illustrated unstructoons will get control quickly will fly confidence Eaft wings FAST Wntten eocpenenced educator author tested approved both Students Instructors iwdy does tie job you- Hobby top order mail Only $895 P&H Look Trahw teAts IliaC Include Beale FUGHT TRAINING NO cosr 000 TEMPUS PRESS PO Box 235 Tell City IN 47588 Phone 1-812 547-81 Call Aor Dealer wd CAb Disc writs SUP SACK I 05450 YOUR WORN TOil RE OGRE memorable sessions field times spent sitting around breakfast table discussing free flight Betty would keep us supplied food would talk Well miss Bucket Well miss help field Well miss seeing bright red socks Well miss friendship Thermals Bucket See downwind someday Bucket troflightlEttel Continued page 46 maneuvers very high scoring normalized 22 entries Two rounds flown winners 1 Hugo Peyer Switzerland 2 Jan Van Beek Holland 3 Dennis V D Tooren Holland 4 Wolfgang Kosche Germany team chosen represent US World Championships performed task exemplary fashion skill demonstrating competitiveness quality models related equipment highest order techniques employed designing developing producing aircraft used competition well time effort devoted preparation deserve recognition congratulations Team Manager Bob Sliff team helper Brian Chan pilots Steve Neu Jerry Bridgeman Jason Perrin Bob Boucher Astro Flight motors 4K&S METAL UFOAM WING CORES PRECISION MADE EXPANDED BEAD POLYSTYRENE REPLACEMENT WING S STAB CORES FOR ALL POPULAR R/C AIRCRAFT OVER 350 DIFFERENT WINGS IN STOCK FOR IMMEDIATE DELIVERY SO IF YOU HAVE FAVORITE BIRD THAT NEEDS WING CALL OR WRITE US 144 LOTS OF AEF WING CORES IDont trash after crash U U Phone 309 342 3OO9 Send $450 catalog 306 E Simmons Galesburi IL 61401 Best Scale Best Scale$400 ASP Model aircraft Plans Handbook$500 ASP Scale Drawing Plans Book$500 RC Model World Const Guide$600 VTH German Plans Book.$600 M4 sdd *500 si&ee j i Call 714 8853959 credit card ME 163 ROCKET SMI KIT 61 SPAN 60 POWER PROP EPOXY FUSELAGE PLAN CANOPY \TI4 Bob Holman Box 741 San Berdo CA 92402 ....Fr@m AT4t Z weve got th plan ONE PROP lUJO PROPS OR NOCHOICE I FLIGHT PHOTOS OF MODELS Al4 0*SbI strated Catalog S20O sent no charge plans ordor NICK ZIROLI PRICES INCLUDE UPS SHIPPING CHARGES Fiberglass Components Canopies Available 29 EDGAR DRIVE SMIThTOWN N Y 11787 6-25 Mitchell101 7B Stulta100 .3200 DC-3/C-47140 .4200 F4U Corsair93 .3200 PT-17 Steannan77 .2700 P40 Warhawk94 .3200 AT-OISNJ Texan 1OV .3200 F8F Bearcat88 .3200 A6M5 Zoro91 .3200 Fokker Dr1 Tnplano 83 .2700 Mow Gull100 .3800 Taube semi-scale 88 .2500 Beech D-181C45 114 .4000 P-51D Mustang100 P47 Thunderbolt 2500 FOF Panther72 .3400 ph 5162345038 January1993 165 Pt PLANE VIDEO GIVES YOU LIBRARY OF VIDEOS ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF RADIO CONTROLLED AIRPLANES WITH EASY TO EOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS BUILDING rr RIGHT ThE FIRST TIME 2-2 HOUR VIDEOS SHOWING ALL DETAIlS NECESSARY TO CONSTRUCT WOOD AIRCRATL INCLUDING WING CONSTRUCTION RADIO INSTALLATION PUSRUODS ALIGNMENT BALANCING AND MUCH MORE 63496 shIppIng 6400 foreign cadere AEROBATICS & GROUND SCHOOl 105 MINUTES ON AERODYNAMICS AND STALL THEORY VIDEO COVERS PROPER TAKE -MS SPINS CR051 WIND TECHNIQUES SNAP ROLLS AND MORE 61995 shippIng 6600 foreign ordefa BUILDING WITh FOAM 2-HOUR VIDEO PROVIDING INFORMATION ON FOAM WING CORES INSTALLING RZrRACTS PRIMING COVERING WITH LG CLOTH PAINTING & DETAHING 61996 shIpping 6600 foreign orders TAPES AVAILABLE 54 VIlE ONLY 515W CIECIC OR MO TO PLANE VIDEO PODOX 23125 OLIVE IA 60326 VISA NOSI4 CAJL 14004834251 OR MMAC51 2234697 MHOURTOILFREE AUTHENTIC DROP TANKS SCALE DROP TANKS CAN ACTUALLY BE DROPPED IN FLIGHT MADE OF HIGH IMPACT PLA STIC AND COME N TWO PRE-FORMED SHELL HALVES ASSEMBLES IN MINIJOES MOnICA GLUE 9501 IrLONO FOR 60 TO 75 WARBIRDS..... .S50SEA ISSIA 10W LONG FOR 25 TOSS WARBIRDS 5795 EA BOMB & DROP TANK RELEASE KIT HEAVY DUTY RELEASE MECHANISM HOLDS BOMBS AND TANKS FIRMLY IN POSITION UNTIL YOU WANT THEM TO DROP *50050MB RELEASE KIT WITH INSTRUCTIONS0349 EA Phone 3093423009 AT YOUR DEALER OR ORDER $5RECT VISA AND MASTER CARS ACCEPTED ISEND 5500 FORM PAGE CA TALOG AND GA TA SHEETS IWINO MYG. SM V SIMMONS GALESBURO IL BIMI inumlBrass/Copper Tubing & Shapes Music Wire Tools Soldering Irons Silk Silk Span Finishhig Materials SEND $156 P05 PRICE LISYAND CATALOG
Edition: Model Aviation - 1993/01
Page Numbers: 100, 101, 109, 160, 164, 165
Jack Nix holds Rossi 15-powered Country Boy 450 92 Eastern Free Flight Champs Galesville New York Photo Jim Bocckinfuso NFFS sponsored USOC United States Outdoor Championships occurred just deadline date months column approached event will covered separate article let least comment first organized free flight activity new AMA Muncie site successful affair AMA gracious host contest officials commended well-run meet events staged various disciplines involved crammed four days over Labor Day weekend As AMAs 100 Model Aviation EE FLIGHT DURATION1 Keith Hoover edited new NFFS Jack Greene demonstrates VTO Book Power Models shown flying launch method popularized hi garb recent Dayton Ohio contest thrust concepts mid-i 950s 14aliaee E tiBucfet Johnson 1926-1992 Jree fhfighit mourns tile passing its menwra6fe persona[tes Mr Brainbuster Abram Van Dover displays original-design P-30 rubber model Eastern Free Flight Champs Jim Bocckinfuso photo almost- 1000-acre facility consensus impressiveand greatest gesture AMA has ever presented its membership Enuff said now.. Friday night USOC banquet Tony Italiano current NFFS President mentioned voting newly created four district directors has completed assuming posts January 1993 will Jim Haught Northeast Louis Joyner Southeast Hector Diax West Jim OReilly Centralplus Bob Waterman will replace Tony president NFFS Congratulations folks very well done Tony crew As NFFS makes organizational changes approach 21st century representative structure behooves free fighters ensure destiny battle cry Free Flight Forever renewing annual memberships youre presently member can join ranks fellow modelers sending $15 NFFS 12324 Percival St Chester VA 23831 $750 youre 18 underand support support As being assembled England year 1992 NFFS Symposium completed writing first copies Keith Hoovers 1992 NFFS Book Power Models offered USOC banquet new publication 128 pages stateof-the-art information applies various classes free flight power classics modem FAI concepts Threeviews theories practices various design topics included along myriad articles written experts field Tis another valuable addition personal libraries free fighters cost $1995 plus postage NFFS Publications 4858 Moorpark Ave San Jose CA 95129 Send copy today Shuriken gold midsummer visit Shuriken Works Indy caught activity full swing bench tests being performed stamps being licked attached packaged engines shipment eager customers company undergone organizational overhaul since last visit early June BV label now revised yE refers Van Arsdall Enterprises Inc Also definitive measure original BV logo initial production machines has replaced now-appropriate VE left side crankcase crankcase itself now anodized gold rather original red Bench tests being made three copper head gaskets place using Tornado black plastic Magnum 5 x 3 prop running 35% nitro fuel lots castor oil out-the-door boogie seemed about 26000-27000 rpm setup Thus additional running time finite gasketlfuel selections new milestones around 29000 same prop might expected Three 049s two 061s being offeredall priced $169 plus $5 shipping add 5% sales tax Indiana Both side- rear-exhaust 049 versions available free flight utility same selection available 06 1displacement size rear-exhaust 049 control line speed purposes also available left-hand rotation crankshafts use GloBee 5RX Glow Button Free fighters will interested radial mount kit available Gerald Caidwell prepares bench-test aThe tray 30 golden Shurikens held newly assembled Shuriken 049 theVEs president Jim Van Arsdall worth companys torque stand$5000 plus tax theyre shipped additional $11 Other options include four different venturis orifices 135 150 160 180 think engines come 150 venturi could error Anyhow VE puts out information sheets parts lists can get SASE should wish peruse paperwork before spend bucks Also note unique spanner wrench packaged earplugs come engine quality product AMA Gas FAI F1J competitorplus made USA Shuriken engines topped both AMA /2A Gas FlJ events 92 USOC just completed suppose could go-to-school accom plishment Anyway good show Jimmy Oh yeah address Van Arsdall Enterprises Inc 1205 Country Club Rd Indianapolis IN 46234 Tell em Duration sent knocking door Greene Hornet have number significant firsts free flight gas since Maxwell Bassett upset applecart entering first gassie national championship back mid-1930s Some others come mind pylon revolution generated Carl Goldbergs Zipper 38-39 era followed dethermalizer later years first mechanical flight timers mechanisms stolen bread toasters followed pneumatic types produced commercially various manufacturersthen process eventually reversed postwar introduction Tatone mechanical timer Finally multifunction Seelig timer became state-of-the-an mechanism course cannot omit glow plug presented marketplace Ray Arden around 1948nor improvements engine design including Schnuerle-porting system provides tremendous power modern-day engines Other firsts less affected socalled progress hobby relatively few free fighters could cough up correct answerWho invented hi-thrust answer question Jack Greene South Bend Indiana area now residing lower Michigan Both Russ Hanson Sal Taibi readily attribute T-Bird Starduster design successes Jacks early experimentation principles hi-thrust Carl Goldberg credited Jack innovator hi-thrust subsequent writings regarding hi-thrust Viking design initial prototype placed third 112A Gas 1960 AMA Nationals recent conversation Jack disclosed initial experiments began 1953-1954 time frame culminated FAI-size model powered Webra diesel engine After seeing model Chicago Continued page 109 January1993 101 production second-generation Shuriken engines sport new features including new company logo coat anodized gold THE MOTHER OF ALL JET EVENTS II JUST RELEASED 192 EVENT VIDEOg 1* ACTION PACKED 1* THE FIRST ALL JET COMPETITION 1* TRACER RADAR SYSTEM TOP SPEED RECORDS W IIN 1993 STEA LTH TECHNOLOGY RADAR SYSTEM TO ORDER THE 1992 EVENT VIDEO CALL OR WRITE TO JETS ON VIDEO 7434 EAST McDONALD DRIVE SCOTTSDALE ARIZONA 95250 16023 941 -9701 VHS VIDEO 25 95 SHIPPING & HANDLE 4OD AZ TAX 67010 THE 1993 EVENT FEB 1 9-20-21 SEND FOR RULES AND PRE-ENTRY INFO 5Ei JET EM7EJSJAST mew AsSaaA7Wd P0 BOX 1167 CAREFREE AZ 85377 Bus 800-727-4888 Home 602-488-8210 AMA SANCTION #30042 CAVE BUTTES FIELD PHOENIX AZ FF Duration/Murphy Continued page 101 area FAI contest Russ Hansen requested set plans model construction may differ somewhat simple rectangular-shaped flying surface planforms well side profile fuselage quite similar Russs resultant T-Bird series Jack stated size came about 1955-56 slot first powered Atwood 049and Holland Hornetand basically scaled-down version original FAI model remember Jack flying hi-thrust model Civy Boy 61 wing stab some point SOs queried about configuration Jack estimated would have around 1957 rate Jack Greene Greene Hornets certainly deserve hallowed place annals free flight history Therefore next meet shall include three-view 1/2A version record posterity Oh yeah what has Jack done us lately Well toying some very hi-thrust designs last time met Keep em coming Jack Did tell him Greene airplanes dont fly Review some basics total influences applied simplest free flight models provides reason expect no Lw iights will produce identical results Somewhere between reality best-trimmed models have known crash reality erratic models have known fly away infinite often minute explanations free flight model does point time attempting achieve ultimate performance levels flight free flight modelers need considerable experience understanding influences become adept trimming models knowledge can gained trial error formal research learned peers probably safe say no modeler knows everything can remember has learned given moment appropriate knowledge required Thus us appreciate being reminded occasionally factors may improve flight characteristics given model Such free flightbecause human may often profit occasional review some basics art new model flies right off board takes very little additional trim reach competitive status often Continued page 160 ** 4620 CRANDALL-LVILLE RD CORYDON INDIANA 47112 e se e Ion 0 emo e ro o e irp anes e pro essiona LISTED BELOW Business since 1973 ES SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE IS JUST FEW OF THE MFG WE STOCK HOURS MONDAYTHRUTHURSflAYQAM-5PM FRIflAVQAM-2PM A-JUSTO JIGFOXCLOSED SATURDAY& AMBROIDFUTABASONIC-TRONICS ARCORUBBERBANDSGOLDBERGSTERLING BRIDIGAS MODEL PRODSULLIVAN DAVEVS SYSTEMSHALLCOTOP FLITE COVERITEHOBBYPOXYVS ENGINES ted Quantity DEVCONHOT STUFFLANIER DREMELK&BMFGMILLERSTAFFORD SCALE DU-BROSIGNORTHEAST DYNAFILITESAITOZINGER PROPSB-24 $300 ENGINES 4 19-es WINGSPAN 9Ozncbes complete listing etcplease send stamped self-address enve lOPe 9 WANTED FKKITSLTctickum arf/f r,LissPLEASE CALL FOR SPECIALS OF STAFFORD AIRCOUPE $9995useIage9995THE MONTH ary1993 109 SPECIALIST IN CUSTOM COX TEE DEE & REED ENGINES 020S 049S 051S 074S & 09S ALL CUSTOM & STOCK PARTS AVATLAUALLY OLD TIMER SUPPLIES COILS CONDENSERS NGK & STIlT SPARK PLUGS SILK 8 COLORS QUALITY DOPE BRUSHES 5 & 7 LOOP 114 RUBBERBANDS TRANSISTOR IGNITION SYSTEMS RESISTOR HIGH TENSION LEADS 1/2A TEXACO PLAYBOY SR KIT 1/2A TEXACO ENGINES & PARTS KSB & IGNITION TIMERS RUBBER POWER KITS PROPS TISSUE AND OTHER SUPPLIES CYANOACRYLATES & EPOXIES ORDER BY MAIL OR PHONE 619 728-4365 SORRY NO COD VISA & MASTERCARD WELCOME MINIMUM MERCHANDISE ORDER $1000 SHIPPING HANDLING AND INSURANCE FEE $350 STOCK ORDERS SHIPPED W~HIN 24 HRS FF Duration/Murphy Continued page 109 overlook some basics assuming have reached personal levels expertise immunize us communicable diseases often plague free flight model either initially flights accumulated Consequently may slammed back reality next project doesnt perform expectations remedies must sought case point recently arose after years feeding steady personal diet gas-powered free flight club project provided impetus build type model originally got hooked hobby youngstera 10-cent Comet Scale Upon finishing t silently complimented myself definitely come long way developing construction expertise However attempting get model fly properly ground-level launch learued either missed some portion education forgotten some rather important basics flight relatively simple rubber-powered vintage scale aeroplanes Twas embarrassingto say least timely article surfaced model club newsletter article expounded some basics ROG rise-off-ground regard rubber-powered models After digested its contents tiny Comet project now performs admirably initial embarrassment has disappeared article originally penned noted rubber-power elder Ed Lidgard ink apparently having dry years Anyway sez Ed First let us assume imperative prop released just fraction second before releasing model torque burst suddenly applied flying surfaces will have upsetting effect model Secondly warps except planned washout tips possibly left panel washin should nor exist surfaces arent correct dont fly Anytime Third remember offset thrust low-speed adjustment Aerodynamic balance handles initial torque fourth requirement confidence physical movements launching gained practice Really its easy now prop must released first philosophy model flies well should ROG adequately powered Short motor runs however will cause zoom problems since transition knee torque curve too short Models have Dutch roll problems such Midwest Jabberwock hard ROG using conventional tactics cure very high powered models take off left wind trim slight left bank very steep initial torque falls off model heads downwind old Wakes about 200 feet model above ground turbulence easily handles downwind turn can accomplished minimal downthrust less right thrust necessarily recommendation prepare warp-free model Measure intentional warps eliminate unwanted warps know angular difference offset thrust CG before flying trimming isnt guess Test-fly till max power achieved calm tall grass make one-half-power ROG Retrim CG location rearward little added downthrust doesnt cure zoom Fly power until become sure go r let wind blow Find tall vegetation havent made significant change model shouldnt get much less time hand launch some loss going occur model flies well now full power should no problem its windy has worked hope does just another example little technology free flight really ever becomes obsolete also confirms need continual documentation used follow Write down guysI may need later 60 Model Aviation REV-UP INVENTORY AVERAGES OVER 9000 PROPS Ill PROMPT SHIPMENT ON VISAIMC L RACING WHEELS KLOTZ OIL CARBON FIBER SOLID LINES ALL KINDS OF TUBING THREE BRANDS OF GLOW PLUGS HARD-TO-FIND HARDWARE Continued page 164 got swap shop junkies lookout Dan both determined carry project have found something really interesting couple idiots arent going take away us going find out Starship behaves articulating forward wing flaps retracts Today began construction Phoenix uration/Murphy Continued page 160 Good-bye Bucket Longtime friends Wallace E Bucket Johnson Louis Joyner Jim Larkin Birmingham Alabama area joined send following eulogy asked placed Duration column friends may pay final respects could always find Bucket Johnson contest field easy Just look big brown van look biggest chase bike field no dinky Trail 90 Bucket look bubbles people would set up single bubble machine Bucket would set up two three double machines fill air soap bubbles could look fastest-climbing gas models field Chances Buckets could always tell Buckets models never copy latest design trends Years after elliptical tips out kept building elliptical-tipped Centaurs modifying stretching wing changing airfoil improving refining years decorated models distinctive X stripe running dihedral break dihedral break Sometimes stars added give look Confederate flag Bucket swore structural just decoration Perhaps dont ever remember seeing models flutter Bucket could get Out Gas model just about anybody know always ready share knowledge Wakefield 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Edition: Model Aviation - 1993/01
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Jack Nix holds Rossi 15-powered Country Boy 450 92 Eastern Free Flight Champs Galesville New York Photo Jim Bocckinfuso NFFS sponsored USOC United States Outdoor Championships occurred just deadline date months column approached event will covered separate article let least comment first organized free flight activity new AMA Muncie site successful affair AMA gracious host contest officials commended well-run meet events staged various disciplines involved crammed four days over Labor Day weekend As AMAs 100 Model Aviation EE FLIGHT DURATION1 Keith Hoover edited new NFFS Jack Greene demonstrates VTO Book Power Models shown flying launch method popularized hi garb recent Dayton Ohio contest thrust concepts mid-i 950s 14aliaee E tiBucfet Johnson 1926-1992 Jree fhfighit mourns tile passing its menwra6fe persona[tes Mr Brainbuster Abram Van Dover displays original-design P-30 rubber model Eastern Free Flight Champs Jim Bocckinfuso photo almost- 1000-acre facility consensus impressiveand greatest gesture AMA has ever presented its membership Enuff said now.. Friday night USOC banquet Tony Italiano current NFFS President mentioned voting newly created four district directors has completed assuming posts January 1993 will Jim Haught Northeast Louis Joyner Southeast Hector Diax West Jim OReilly Centralplus Bob Waterman will replace Tony president NFFS Congratulations folks very well done Tony crew As NFFS makes organizational changes approach 21st century representative structure behooves free fighters ensure destiny battle cry Free Flight Forever renewing annual memberships youre presently member can join ranks fellow modelers sending $15 NFFS 12324 Percival St Chester VA 23831 $750 youre 18 underand support support As being assembled England year 1992 NFFS Symposium completed writing first copies Keith Hoovers 1992 NFFS Book Power Models offered USOC banquet new publication 128 pages stateof-the-art information applies various classes free flight power classics modem FAI concepts Threeviews theories practices various design topics included along myriad articles written experts field Tis another valuable addition personal libraries free fighters cost $1995 plus postage NFFS Publications 4858 Moorpark Ave San Jose CA 95129 Send copy today Shuriken gold midsummer visit Shuriken Works Indy caught activity full swing bench tests being performed stamps being licked attached packaged engines shipment eager customers company undergone organizational overhaul since last visit early June BV label now revised yE refers Van Arsdall Enterprises Inc Also definitive measure original BV logo initial production machines has replaced now-appropriate VE left side crankcase crankcase itself now anodized gold rather original red Bench tests being made three copper head gaskets place using Tornado black plastic Magnum 5 x 3 prop running 35% nitro fuel lots castor oil out-the-door boogie seemed about 26000-27000 rpm setup Thus additional running time finite gasketlfuel selections new milestones around 29000 same prop might expected Three 049s two 061s being offeredall priced $169 plus $5 shipping add 5% sales tax Indiana Both side- rear-exhaust 049 versions available free flight utility same selection available 06 1displacement size rear-exhaust 049 control line speed purposes also available left-hand rotation crankshafts use GloBee 5RX Glow Button Free fighters will interested radial mount kit available Gerald Caidwell prepares bench-test aThe tray 30 golden Shurikens held newly assembled Shuriken 049 theVEs president Jim Van Arsdall worth companys torque stand$5000 plus tax theyre shipped additional $11 Other options include four different venturis orifices 135 150 160 180 think engines come 150 venturi could error Anyhow VE puts out information sheets parts lists can get SASE should wish peruse paperwork before spend bucks Also note unique spanner wrench packaged earplugs come engine quality product AMA Gas FAI F1J competitorplus made USA Shuriken engines topped both AMA /2A Gas FlJ events 92 USOC just completed suppose could go-to-school accom plishment Anyway good show Jimmy Oh yeah address Van Arsdall Enterprises Inc 1205 Country Club Rd Indianapolis IN 46234 Tell em Duration sent knocking door Greene Hornet have number significant firsts free flight gas since Maxwell Bassett upset applecart entering first gassie national championship back mid-1930s Some others come mind pylon revolution generated Carl Goldbergs Zipper 38-39 era followed dethermalizer later years first mechanical flight timers mechanisms stolen bread toasters followed pneumatic types produced commercially various manufacturersthen process eventually reversed postwar introduction Tatone mechanical timer Finally multifunction Seelig timer became state-of-the-an mechanism course cannot omit glow plug presented marketplace Ray Arden around 1948nor improvements engine design including Schnuerle-porting system provides tremendous power modern-day engines Other firsts less affected socalled progress hobby relatively few free fighters could cough up correct answerWho invented hi-thrust answer question Jack Greene South Bend Indiana area now residing lower Michigan Both Russ Hanson Sal Taibi readily attribute T-Bird Starduster design successes Jacks early experimentation principles hi-thrust Carl Goldberg credited Jack innovator hi-thrust subsequent writings regarding hi-thrust Viking design initial prototype placed third 112A Gas 1960 AMA Nationals recent conversation Jack disclosed initial experiments began 1953-1954 time frame culminated FAI-size model powered Webra diesel engine After seeing model Chicago Continued page 109 January1993 101 production second-generation Shuriken engines sport new features including new company logo coat anodized gold THE MOTHER OF ALL JET EVENTS II JUST RELEASED 192 EVENT VIDEOg 1* ACTION PACKED 1* THE FIRST ALL JET COMPETITION 1* TRACER RADAR SYSTEM TOP SPEED RECORDS W IIN 1993 STEA LTH TECHNOLOGY RADAR SYSTEM TO ORDER THE 1992 EVENT VIDEO CALL OR WRITE TO JETS ON VIDEO 7434 EAST McDONALD DRIVE SCOTTSDALE ARIZONA 95250 16023 941 -9701 VHS VIDEO 25 95 SHIPPING & HANDLE 4OD AZ TAX 67010 THE 1993 EVENT FEB 1 9-20-21 SEND FOR RULES AND PRE-ENTRY INFO 5Ei JET EM7EJSJAST mew AsSaaA7Wd P0 BOX 1167 CAREFREE AZ 85377 Bus 800-727-4888 Home 602-488-8210 AMA SANCTION #30042 CAVE BUTTES FIELD PHOENIX AZ FF Duration/Murphy Continued page 101 area FAI contest Russ Hansen requested set plans model construction may differ somewhat simple rectangular-shaped flying surface planforms well side profile fuselage quite similar Russs resultant T-Bird series Jack stated size came about 1955-56 slot first powered Atwood 049and Holland Hornetand basically scaled-down version original FAI model remember Jack flying hi-thrust model Civy Boy 61 wing stab some point SOs queried about configuration Jack estimated would have around 1957 rate Jack Greene Greene Hornets certainly deserve hallowed place annals free flight history Therefore next meet shall include three-view 1/2A version record posterity Oh yeah what has Jack done us lately Well toying some very hi-thrust designs last time met Keep em coming Jack Did tell him Greene airplanes dont fly Review some basics total influences applied simplest free flight models provides reason expect no Lw iights will produce identical results Somewhere between reality best-trimmed models have known crash reality erratic models have known fly away infinite often minute explanations free flight model does point time attempting achieve ultimate performance levels flight free flight modelers need considerable experience understanding influences become adept trimming models knowledge can gained trial error formal research learned peers probably safe say no modeler knows everything can remember has learned given moment appropriate knowledge required Thus us appreciate being reminded occasionally factors may improve flight characteristics given model Such free flightbecause human may often profit occasional review some basics art new model flies right off board takes very little additional trim reach competitive status often Continued page 160 ** 4620 CRANDALL-LVILLE RD CORYDON INDIANA 47112 e se e Ion 0 emo e ro o e irp anes e pro essiona LISTED BELOW Business since 1973 ES SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE IS JUST FEW OF THE MFG WE STOCK HOURS MONDAYTHRUTHURSflAYQAM-5PM FRIflAVQAM-2PM A-JUSTO JIGFOXCLOSED SATURDAY& AMBROIDFUTABASONIC-TRONICS ARCORUBBERBANDSGOLDBERGSTERLING BRIDIGAS MODEL PRODSULLIVAN DAVEVS SYSTEMSHALLCOTOP FLITE COVERITEHOBBYPOXYVS ENGINES ted Quantity DEVCONHOT STUFFLANIER DREMELK&BMFGMILLERSTAFFORD SCALE DU-BROSIGNORTHEAST DYNAFILITESAITOZINGER PROPSB-24 $300 ENGINES 4 19-es WINGSPAN 9Ozncbes complete listing etcplease send stamped self-address enve lOPe 9 WANTED FKKITSLTctickum arf/f r,LissPLEASE CALL FOR SPECIALS OF STAFFORD AIRCOUPE $9995useIage9995THE MONTH ary1993 109 SPECIALIST IN CUSTOM COX TEE DEE & REED ENGINES 020S 049S 051S 074S & 09S ALL CUSTOM & STOCK PARTS AVATLAUALLY OLD TIMER SUPPLIES COILS CONDENSERS NGK & STIlT SPARK PLUGS SILK 8 COLORS QUALITY DOPE BRUSHES 5 & 7 LOOP 114 RUBBERBANDS TRANSISTOR IGNITION SYSTEMS RESISTOR HIGH TENSION LEADS 1/2A TEXACO PLAYBOY SR KIT 1/2A TEXACO ENGINES & PARTS KSB & IGNITION TIMERS RUBBER POWER KITS PROPS TISSUE AND OTHER SUPPLIES CYANOACRYLATES & EPOXIES ORDER BY MAIL OR PHONE 619 728-4365 SORRY NO COD VISA & MASTERCARD WELCOME MINIMUM MERCHANDISE ORDER $1000 SHIPPING HANDLING AND INSURANCE FEE $350 STOCK ORDERS SHIPPED W~HIN 24 HRS FF Duration/Murphy Continued page 109 overlook some basics assuming have reached personal levels expertise immunize us communicable diseases often plague free flight model either initially flights accumulated Consequently may slammed back reality next project doesnt perform expectations remedies must sought case point recently arose after years feeding steady personal diet gas-powered free flight club project provided impetus build type model originally got hooked hobby youngstera 10-cent Comet Scale Upon finishing t silently complimented myself definitely come long way developing construction expertise However attempting get model fly properly ground-level launch learued either missed some portion education forgotten some rather important basics flight relatively simple rubber-powered vintage scale aeroplanes Twas embarrassingto say least timely article surfaced model club newsletter article expounded some basics ROG rise-off-ground regard rubber-powered models After digested its contents tiny Comet project now performs admirably initial embarrassment has disappeared article originally penned noted rubber-power elder Ed Lidgard ink apparently having dry years Anyway sez Ed First let us assume imperative prop released just fraction second before releasing model torque burst suddenly applied flying surfaces will have upsetting effect model Secondly warps except planned washout tips possibly left panel washin should nor exist surfaces arent correct dont fly Anytime Third remember offset thrust low-speed adjustment Aerodynamic balance handles initial torque fourth requirement confidence physical movements launching gained practice Really its easy now prop must released first philosophy model flies well should ROG adequately powered Short motor runs however will cause zoom problems since transition knee torque curve too short Models have Dutch roll problems such Midwest Jabberwock hard ROG using conventional tactics cure very high powered models take off left wind trim slight left bank very steep initial torque falls off model heads downwind old Wakes about 200 feet model above ground turbulence easily handles downwind turn can accomplished minimal downthrust less right thrust necessarily recommendation prepare warp-free model Measure intentional warps eliminate unwanted warps know angular difference offset thrust CG before flying trimming isnt guess Test-fly till max power achieved calm tall grass make one-half-power ROG Retrim CG location rearward little added downthrust doesnt cure zoom Fly power until become sure go r let wind blow Find tall vegetation havent made significant change model shouldnt get much less time hand launch some loss going occur model flies well now full power should no problem its windy has worked hope does just another example little technology free flight really ever becomes obsolete also confirms need continual documentation used follow Write down guysI may need later 60 Model Aviation REV-UP INVENTORY AVERAGES OVER 9000 PROPS Ill PROMPT SHIPMENT ON VISAIMC L RACING WHEELS KLOTZ OIL CARBON FIBER SOLID LINES ALL KINDS OF TUBING THREE BRANDS OF GLOW PLUGS HARD-TO-FIND HARDWARE Continued page 164 got swap shop junkies lookout Dan both determined carry project have found something really interesting couple idiots arent going take away us going find out Starship behaves articulating forward wing flaps retracts Today began construction Phoenix uration/Murphy Continued page 160 Good-bye Bucket Longtime friends Wallace E Bucket Johnson Louis Joyner Jim Larkin Birmingham Alabama area joined send following eulogy asked placed Duration column friends may pay final respects could always find Bucket Johnson contest field easy Just look big brown van look biggest chase bike field no dinky Trail 90 Bucket look bubbles people would set up single bubble machine Bucket would set up two three double machines fill air soap bubbles could look fastest-climbing gas models field Chances Buckets could always tell Buckets models never copy latest design trends Years after elliptical tips out kept building elliptical-tipped Centaurs modifying stretching wing changing airfoil improving refining years decorated models distinctive X stripe running dihedral break dihedral break Sometimes stars added give look Confederate flag Bucket swore structural just decoration Perhaps dont ever remember seeing models flutter Bucket could get Out Gas model just about anybody know always ready share knowledge Wakefield flier suggestions like mansimple direct Needs bigger rudder Add some downthrust Ill always remember trimming sessions try ask myself What would Bucket VINYLWRITE CUSTOM LElTERING Providing elegant time saving economical finishing touch modelers U TO APPLY Our lettering comes prespaced aligned-saving hours cutting fuss aligning individual letters decal text custom computer cut 3M premium cast vinyl 2 mils thgne24 colors & 15 typestylesinc MilitaryBlock1/4to 12 higheStencil Mask color outliningas well stars symbols& much priosa can saaily affordll Granada Hula CA 91344 818 363-7131 10AM 4PM Pacific Mon thru Thur example AMA 1/2 high $150 high $250 2 high $350 P&H CA res add tax Call write complete info pack & sample ITS FREE Custom Letter Today VINVLWRITE Way MAIL ORDER ONLY 164 Model Aviation xe Ku Features Durable CrashGuard Ixeulaga ulng tIp, CnOty end wIng tairing IViP LSE Praululun naddnad weed pane Fuae built-in waeheutOualltp ____Lk eteatlngaPrasbaped hardwood leadingPLACE 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Wing urea590 sq inAntoil SD6060 & 53021tfl GUMANTEODI Aspect ratio10 1Optional power05-1 5 Weight..38 ozRadio2-oh reqd J4REL AL4FTLESIGN S ENGINEERING 12136 Brmddock Culver Clty 0490230 IN THE USA 310 390-1348ELECTRIC CONVERSION SHOWN R/C BEGINNERS hobby loses about half its potential fliers because fail successfully solo IT ISNT Thffi FAULT ITS THE PLANES FAULT lust some ml advertised trainers impossible average beginner solo seems norm crash ruin 4 5 planes before becoming successful both stupid costly mention real turn-off new student quite unnecessary YOU COULD SOLO YOUR FIRST TIME UP Thanks extensive trainer flighttesting ever conducted hobby can now know advance ones fly slow handsoff stable easy enough Grandma just so-so intermediate ones deserve trainer label Send $350 plus 52t postage EASE-OF-FLYING RATINGS OF R/C TRAINERS Over 40 currently available train ers evaluated including ARFs Also grades easeof-building explains trainer aerodynamics dares address questions poor trainers good trainers marketed does no warn about Guarantee Your money back say eye-opening candid enlight ening time-saving money-saving frustration sparing R/C publication have ever read Send check money order JIm Watenuan 3515 fleertleld Dr Sn AntonIo TX 75218 MUST Beginners Basic FLIGHT TRAINING Course Manual md Inefructor GuIde wIth Sident Progress Loge 0 Tints ucw book iith simple step Step illustrated unstructoons will get control quickly will fly confidence Eaft wings FAST Wntten eocpenenced educator author tested approved both Students Instructors iwdy does tie job you- Hobby top order mail Only $895 P&H Look Trahw teAts IliaC Include Beale FUGHT TRAINING NO cosr 000 TEMPUS PRESS PO Box 235 Tell City IN 47588 Phone 1-812 547-81 Call Aor Dealer wd CAb Disc writs SUP SACK I 05450 YOUR WORN TOil RE OGRE memorable sessions field times spent sitting around breakfast table discussing free flight Betty would keep us supplied food would talk Well miss Bucket Well miss help field Well miss seeing bright red socks Well miss friendship Thermals Bucket See downwind someday Bucket troflightlEttel Continued page 46 maneuvers very high scoring normalized 22 entries Two rounds flown winners 1 Hugo Peyer Switzerland 2 Jan Van Beek Holland 3 Dennis V D Tooren Holland 4 Wolfgang Kosche Germany team chosen represent US World Championships performed task exemplary fashion skill demonstrating competitiveness quality models related equipment highest order techniques employed designing developing producing aircraft used competition well time effort devoted preparation deserve recognition congratulations Team Manager Bob Sliff team helper Brian Chan pilots Steve Neu Jerry Bridgeman Jason Perrin Bob Boucher Astro Flight motors 4K&S METAL UFOAM WING CORES PRECISION MADE EXPANDED BEAD POLYSTYRENE REPLACEMENT WING S STAB CORES FOR ALL POPULAR R/C AIRCRAFT OVER 350 DIFFERENT WINGS IN STOCK FOR IMMEDIATE DELIVERY SO IF YOU HAVE FAVORITE BIRD THAT NEEDS WING CALL OR WRITE US 144 LOTS OF AEF WING CORES IDont trash after crash U U Phone 309 342 3OO9 Send $450 catalog 306 E Simmons Galesburi IL 61401 Best Scale Best Scale$400 ASP Model aircraft Plans Handbook$500 ASP Scale Drawing Plans Book$500 RC Model World Const Guide$600 VTH German Plans Book.$600 M4 sdd *500 si&ee j i Call 714 8853959 credit card ME 163 ROCKET SMI KIT 61 SPAN 60 POWER PROP EPOXY FUSELAGE PLAN CANOPY \TI4 Bob Holman Box 741 San Berdo CA 92402 ....Fr@m AT4t Z weve got th plan ONE PROP lUJO PROPS OR NOCHOICE I FLIGHT PHOTOS OF MODELS Al4 0*SbI strated Catalog S20O sent no charge plans ordor NICK ZIROLI PRICES INCLUDE UPS SHIPPING CHARGES Fiberglass Components Canopies Available 29 EDGAR DRIVE SMIThTOWN N Y 11787 6-25 Mitchell101 7B Stulta100 .3200 DC-3/C-47140 .4200 F4U Corsair93 .3200 PT-17 Steannan77 .2700 P40 Warhawk94 .3200 AT-OISNJ Texan 1OV .3200 F8F Bearcat88 .3200 A6M5 Zoro91 .3200 Fokker Dr1 Tnplano 83 .2700 Mow Gull100 .3800 Taube semi-scale 88 .2500 Beech D-181C45 114 .4000 P-51D Mustang100 P47 Thunderbolt 2500 FOF Panther72 .3400 ph 5162345038 January1993 165 Pt PLANE VIDEO GIVES YOU LIBRARY OF VIDEOS ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF RADIO CONTROLLED AIRPLANES WITH EASY TO EOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS BUILDING rr RIGHT ThE FIRST TIME 2-2 HOUR VIDEOS SHOWING ALL DETAIlS NECESSARY TO CONSTRUCT WOOD AIRCRATL INCLUDING WING CONSTRUCTION RADIO INSTALLATION PUSRUODS ALIGNMENT BALANCING AND MUCH MORE 63496 shIppIng 6400 foreign cadere AEROBATICS & GROUND SCHOOl 105 MINUTES ON AERODYNAMICS AND STALL THEORY VIDEO COVERS PROPER TAKE -MS SPINS CR051 WIND TECHNIQUES SNAP ROLLS AND MORE 61995 shippIng 6600 foreign ordefa BUILDING WITh FOAM 2-HOUR VIDEO PROVIDING INFORMATION ON FOAM WING CORES INSTALLING RZrRACTS PRIMING COVERING WITH LG CLOTH PAINTING & DETAHING 61996 shIpping 6600 foreign orders TAPES AVAILABLE 54 VIlE ONLY 515W CIECIC OR MO TO PLANE VIDEO PODOX 23125 OLIVE IA 60326 VISA NOSI4 CAJL 14004834251 OR MMAC51 2234697 MHOURTOILFREE AUTHENTIC DROP TANKS SCALE DROP TANKS CAN ACTUALLY BE DROPPED IN FLIGHT MADE OF HIGH IMPACT PLA STIC AND COME N TWO PRE-FORMED SHELL HALVES ASSEMBLES IN MINIJOES MOnICA GLUE 9501 IrLONO FOR 60 TO 75 WARBIRDS..... .S50SEA ISSIA 10W LONG FOR 25 TOSS WARBIRDS 5795 EA BOMB & DROP TANK RELEASE KIT HEAVY DUTY RELEASE MECHANISM HOLDS BOMBS AND TANKS FIRMLY IN POSITION UNTIL YOU WANT THEM TO DROP *50050MB RELEASE KIT WITH INSTRUCTIONS0349 EA Phone 3093423009 AT YOUR DEALER OR ORDER $5RECT VISA AND MASTER CARS ACCEPTED ISEND 5500 FORM PAGE CA TALOG AND GA TA SHEETS IWINO MYG. 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Edition: Model Aviation - 1993/01
Page Numbers: 100, 101, 109, 160, 164, 165
Jack Nix holds Rossi 15-powered Country Boy 450 92 Eastern Free Flight Champs Galesville New York Photo Jim Bocckinfuso NFFS sponsored USOC United States Outdoor Championships occurred just deadline date months column approached event will covered separate article let least comment first organized free flight activity new AMA Muncie site successful affair AMA gracious host contest officials commended well-run meet events staged various disciplines involved crammed four days over Labor Day weekend As AMAs 100 Model Aviation EE FLIGHT DURATION1 Keith Hoover edited new NFFS Jack Greene demonstrates VTO Book Power Models shown flying launch method popularized hi garb recent Dayton Ohio contest thrust concepts mid-i 950s 14aliaee E tiBucfet Johnson 1926-1992 Jree fhfighit mourns tile passing its menwra6fe persona[tes Mr Brainbuster Abram Van Dover displays original-design P-30 rubber model Eastern Free Flight Champs Jim Bocckinfuso photo almost- 1000-acre facility consensus impressiveand greatest gesture AMA has ever presented its membership Enuff said now.. Friday night USOC banquet Tony Italiano current NFFS President mentioned voting newly created four district directors has completed assuming posts January 1993 will Jim Haught Northeast Louis Joyner Southeast Hector Diax West Jim OReilly Centralplus Bob Waterman will replace Tony president NFFS Congratulations folks very well done Tony crew As NFFS makes organizational changes approach 21st century representative structure behooves free fighters ensure destiny battle cry Free Flight Forever renewing annual memberships youre presently member can join ranks fellow modelers sending $15 NFFS 12324 Percival St Chester VA 23831 $750 youre 18 underand support support As being assembled England year 1992 NFFS Symposium completed writing first copies Keith Hoovers 1992 NFFS Book Power Models offered USOC banquet new publication 128 pages stateof-the-art information applies various classes free flight power classics modem FAI concepts Threeviews theories practices various design topics included along myriad articles written experts field Tis another valuable addition personal libraries free fighters cost $1995 plus postage NFFS Publications 4858 Moorpark Ave San Jose CA 95129 Send copy today Shuriken gold midsummer visit Shuriken Works Indy caught activity full swing bench tests being performed stamps being licked attached packaged engines shipment eager customers company undergone organizational overhaul since last visit early June BV label now revised yE refers Van Arsdall Enterprises Inc Also definitive measure original BV logo initial production machines has replaced now-appropriate VE left side crankcase crankcase itself now anodized gold rather original red Bench tests being made three copper head gaskets place using Tornado black plastic Magnum 5 x 3 prop running 35% nitro fuel lots castor oil out-the-door boogie seemed about 26000-27000 rpm setup Thus additional running time finite gasketlfuel selections new milestones around 29000 same prop might expected Three 049s two 061s being offeredall priced $169 plus $5 shipping add 5% sales tax Indiana Both side- rear-exhaust 049 versions available free flight utility same selection available 06 1displacement size rear-exhaust 049 control line speed purposes also available left-hand rotation crankshafts use GloBee 5RX Glow Button Free fighters will interested radial mount kit available Gerald Caidwell prepares bench-test aThe tray 30 golden Shurikens held newly assembled Shuriken 049 theVEs president Jim Van Arsdall worth companys torque stand$5000 plus tax theyre shipped additional $11 Other options include four different venturis orifices 135 150 160 180 think engines come 150 venturi could error Anyhow VE puts out information sheets parts lists can get SASE should wish peruse paperwork before spend bucks Also note unique spanner wrench packaged earplugs come engine quality product AMA Gas FAI F1J competitorplus made USA Shuriken engines topped both AMA /2A Gas FlJ events 92 USOC just completed suppose could go-to-school accom plishment Anyway good show Jimmy Oh yeah address Van Arsdall Enterprises Inc 1205 Country Club Rd Indianapolis IN 46234 Tell em Duration sent knocking door Greene Hornet have number significant firsts free flight gas since Maxwell Bassett upset applecart entering first gassie national championship back mid-1930s Some others come mind pylon revolution generated Carl Goldbergs Zipper 38-39 era followed dethermalizer later years first mechanical flight timers mechanisms stolen bread toasters followed pneumatic types produced commercially various manufacturersthen process eventually reversed postwar introduction Tatone mechanical timer Finally multifunction Seelig timer became state-of-the-an mechanism course cannot omit glow plug presented marketplace Ray Arden around 1948nor improvements engine design including Schnuerle-porting system provides tremendous power modern-day engines Other firsts less affected socalled progress hobby relatively few free fighters could cough up correct answerWho invented hi-thrust answer question Jack Greene South Bend Indiana area now residing lower Michigan Both Russ Hanson Sal Taibi readily attribute T-Bird Starduster design successes Jacks early experimentation principles hi-thrust Carl Goldberg credited Jack innovator hi-thrust subsequent writings regarding hi-thrust Viking design initial prototype placed third 112A Gas 1960 AMA Nationals recent conversation Jack disclosed initial experiments began 1953-1954 time frame culminated FAI-size model powered Webra diesel engine After seeing model Chicago Continued page 109 January1993 101 production second-generation Shuriken engines sport new features including new company logo coat anodized gold THE MOTHER OF ALL JET EVENTS II JUST RELEASED 192 EVENT VIDEOg 1* ACTION PACKED 1* THE FIRST ALL JET COMPETITION 1* TRACER RADAR SYSTEM TOP SPEED RECORDS W IIN 1993 STEA LTH TECHNOLOGY RADAR SYSTEM TO ORDER THE 1992 EVENT VIDEO CALL OR WRITE TO JETS ON VIDEO 7434 EAST McDONALD DRIVE SCOTTSDALE ARIZONA 95250 16023 941 -9701 VHS VIDEO 25 95 SHIPPING & HANDLE 4OD AZ TAX 67010 THE 1993 EVENT FEB 1 9-20-21 SEND FOR RULES AND PRE-ENTRY INFO 5Ei JET EM7EJSJAST mew AsSaaA7Wd P0 BOX 1167 CAREFREE AZ 85377 Bus 800-727-4888 Home 602-488-8210 AMA SANCTION #30042 CAVE BUTTES FIELD PHOENIX AZ FF Duration/Murphy Continued page 101 area FAI contest Russ Hansen requested set plans model construction may differ somewhat simple rectangular-shaped flying surface planforms well side profile fuselage quite similar Russs resultant T-Bird series Jack stated size came about 1955-56 slot first powered Atwood 049and Holland Hornetand basically scaled-down version original FAI model remember Jack flying hi-thrust model Civy Boy 61 wing stab some point SOs queried about configuration Jack estimated would have around 1957 rate Jack Greene Greene Hornets certainly deserve hallowed place annals free flight history Therefore next meet shall include three-view 1/2A version record posterity Oh yeah what has Jack done us lately Well toying some very hi-thrust designs last time met Keep em coming Jack Did tell him Greene airplanes dont fly Review some basics total influences applied simplest free flight models provides reason expect no Lw iights will produce identical results Somewhere between reality best-trimmed models have known crash reality erratic models have known fly away infinite often minute explanations free flight model does point time attempting achieve ultimate performance levels flight free flight modelers need considerable experience understanding influences become adept trimming models knowledge can gained trial error formal research learned peers probably safe say no modeler knows everything can remember has learned given moment appropriate knowledge required Thus us appreciate being reminded occasionally factors may improve flight characteristics given model Such free flightbecause human may often profit occasional review some basics art new model flies right off board takes very little additional trim reach competitive status often Continued page 160 ** 4620 CRANDALL-LVILLE RD CORYDON INDIANA 47112 e se e Ion 0 emo e ro o e irp anes e pro essiona LISTED BELOW Business since 1973 ES SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE IS JUST FEW OF THE MFG WE STOCK HOURS MONDAYTHRUTHURSflAYQAM-5PM FRIflAVQAM-2PM A-JUSTO JIGFOXCLOSED SATURDAY& AMBROIDFUTABASONIC-TRONICS ARCORUBBERBANDSGOLDBERGSTERLING BRIDIGAS MODEL PRODSULLIVAN DAVEVS SYSTEMSHALLCOTOP FLITE COVERITEHOBBYPOXYVS ENGINES ted Quantity DEVCONHOT STUFFLANIER DREMELK&BMFGMILLERSTAFFORD SCALE DU-BROSIGNORTHEAST DYNAFILITESAITOZINGER PROPSB-24 $300 ENGINES 4 19-es WINGSPAN 9Ozncbes complete listing etcplease send stamped self-address enve lOPe 9 WANTED FKKITSLTctickum arf/f r,LissPLEASE CALL FOR SPECIALS OF STAFFORD AIRCOUPE $9995useIage9995THE MONTH ary1993 109 SPECIALIST IN CUSTOM COX TEE DEE & REED ENGINES 020S 049S 051S 074S & 09S ALL CUSTOM & STOCK PARTS AVATLAUALLY OLD TIMER SUPPLIES COILS CONDENSERS NGK & STIlT SPARK PLUGS SILK 8 COLORS QUALITY DOPE BRUSHES 5 & 7 LOOP 114 RUBBERBANDS TRANSISTOR IGNITION SYSTEMS RESISTOR HIGH TENSION LEADS 1/2A TEXACO PLAYBOY SR KIT 1/2A TEXACO ENGINES & PARTS KSB & IGNITION TIMERS RUBBER POWER KITS PROPS TISSUE AND OTHER SUPPLIES CYANOACRYLATES & EPOXIES ORDER BY MAIL OR PHONE 619 728-4365 SORRY NO COD VISA & MASTERCARD WELCOME MINIMUM MERCHANDISE ORDER $1000 SHIPPING HANDLING AND INSURANCE FEE $350 STOCK ORDERS SHIPPED W~HIN 24 HRS FF Duration/Murphy Continued page 109 overlook some basics assuming have reached personal levels expertise immunize us communicable diseases often plague free flight model either initially flights accumulated Consequently may slammed back reality next project doesnt perform expectations remedies must sought case point recently arose after years feeding steady personal diet gas-powered free flight club project provided impetus build type model originally got hooked hobby youngstera 10-cent Comet Scale Upon finishing t silently complimented myself definitely come long way developing construction expertise However attempting get model fly properly ground-level launch learued either missed some portion education forgotten some rather important basics flight relatively simple rubber-powered vintage scale aeroplanes Twas embarrassingto say least timely article surfaced model club newsletter article expounded some basics ROG rise-off-ground regard rubber-powered models After digested its contents tiny Comet project now performs admirably initial embarrassment has disappeared article originally penned noted rubber-power elder Ed Lidgard ink apparently having dry years Anyway sez Ed First let us assume imperative prop released just fraction second before releasing model torque burst suddenly applied flying surfaces will have upsetting effect model Secondly warps except planned washout tips possibly left panel washin should nor exist surfaces arent correct dont fly Anytime Third remember offset thrust low-speed adjustment Aerodynamic balance handles initial torque fourth requirement confidence physical movements launching gained practice Really its easy now prop must released first philosophy model flies well should ROG adequately powered Short motor runs however will cause zoom problems since transition knee torque curve too short Models have Dutch roll problems such Midwest Jabberwock hard ROG using conventional tactics cure very high powered models take off left wind trim slight left bank very steep initial torque falls off model heads downwind old Wakes about 200 feet model above ground turbulence easily handles downwind turn can accomplished minimal downthrust less right thrust necessarily recommendation prepare warp-free model Measure intentional warps eliminate unwanted warps know angular difference offset thrust CG before flying trimming isnt guess Test-fly till max power achieved calm tall grass make one-half-power ROG Retrim CG location rearward little added downthrust doesnt cure zoom Fly power until become sure go r let wind blow Find tall vegetation havent made significant change model shouldnt get much less time hand launch some loss going occur model flies well now full power should no problem its windy has worked hope does just another example little technology free flight really ever becomes obsolete also confirms need continual documentation used follow Write down guysI may need later 60 Model Aviation REV-UP INVENTORY AVERAGES OVER 9000 PROPS Ill PROMPT SHIPMENT ON VISAIMC L RACING WHEELS KLOTZ OIL CARBON FIBER SOLID LINES ALL KINDS OF TUBING THREE BRANDS OF GLOW PLUGS HARD-TO-FIND HARDWARE Continued page 164 got swap shop junkies lookout Dan both determined carry project have found something really interesting couple idiots arent going take away us going find out Starship behaves articulating forward wing flaps retracts Today began construction Phoenix uration/Murphy Continued page 160 Good-bye Bucket Longtime friends Wallace E Bucket Johnson Louis Joyner Jim Larkin Birmingham Alabama area joined send following eulogy asked placed Duration column friends may pay final respects could always find Bucket Johnson contest field easy Just look big brown van look biggest chase bike field no dinky Trail 90 Bucket look bubbles people would set up single bubble machine Bucket would set up two three double machines fill air soap bubbles could look fastest-climbing gas models field Chances Buckets could always tell Buckets models never copy latest design trends Years after elliptical tips out kept building elliptical-tipped Centaurs modifying stretching wing changing airfoil improving refining years decorated models distinctive X stripe running dihedral break dihedral break Sometimes stars added give look Confederate flag Bucket swore structural just decoration Perhaps dont ever remember seeing models flutter Bucket could get Out Gas model just about anybody know always ready share knowledge Wakefield flier suggestions like mansimple direct Needs bigger rudder Add some downthrust Ill always remember trimming sessions try ask myself What would Bucket VINYLWRITE CUSTOM LElTERING Providing elegant time saving economical finishing touch modelers U TO APPLY Our lettering comes prespaced aligned-saving hours cutting fuss aligning individual letters decal text custom computer cut 3M premium cast vinyl 2 mils thgne24 colors & 15 typestylesinc MilitaryBlock1/4to 12 higheStencil Mask color outliningas well stars symbols& much priosa can saaily affordll Granada Hula CA 91344 818 363-7131 10AM 4PM Pacific Mon thru Thur example AMA 1/2 high $150 high $250 2 high $350 P&H CA res add tax Call write complete info pack & sample ITS FREE Custom Letter Today VINVLWRITE Way MAIL ORDER ONLY 164 Model Aviation xe Ku Features Durable CrashGuard Ixeulaga ulng tIp, CnOty end wIng tairing IViP LSE Praululun naddnad weed pane Fuae built-in waeheutOualltp ____Lk eteatlngaPrasbaped hardwood leadingPLACE DIVISION TWO edgeuPtete-lIestatad Inetnldlon beoldet Cuboplute hardware padaga1991 CAUFORNIA STATE SLOPE ONLY $7995 plus $400 s&I-ICHAMPIONSHIPS Residents 01 1-luwuji S Aluska $900 S&H~A HAiL4fla /-lS7ARTa BEC7flke SLOPENEW Wingspan .745 Loadingl0oz/sritt &ujpREVOLIIIlONARY PiASIlCI SOSTROIC. Wing urea590 sq inAntoil SD6060 & 53021tfl GUMANTEODI Aspect ratio10 1Optional power05-1 5 Weight..38 ozRadio2-oh reqd J4REL AL4FTLESIGN S ENGINEERING 12136 Brmddock Culver Clty 0490230 IN THE USA 310 390-1348ELECTRIC CONVERSION SHOWN R/C BEGINNERS hobby loses about half its potential fliers because fail successfully solo IT ISNT Thffi FAULT ITS THE PLANES FAULT lust some ml advertised trainers impossible average beginner solo seems norm crash ruin 4 5 planes before becoming successful both stupid costly mention real turn-off new student quite unnecessary YOU COULD SOLO YOUR FIRST TIME UP Thanks extensive trainer flighttesting ever conducted hobby can now know advance ones fly slow handsoff stable easy enough Grandma just so-so intermediate ones deserve trainer label Send $350 plus 52t postage EASE-OF-FLYING RATINGS OF R/C TRAINERS Over 40 currently available train ers evaluated including ARFs Also grades easeof-building explains trainer aerodynamics dares address questions poor trainers good trainers marketed does no warn about Guarantee Your money back say eye-opening candid enlight ening time-saving money-saving frustration sparing R/C publication have ever read Send check money order JIm Watenuan 3515 fleertleld Dr Sn AntonIo TX 75218 MUST Beginners Basic FLIGHT TRAINING Course Manual md Inefructor GuIde wIth Sident Progress Loge 0 Tints ucw book iith simple step Step illustrated unstructoons will get control quickly will fly confidence Eaft wings FAST Wntten eocpenenced educator author tested approved both Students Instructors iwdy does tie job you- Hobby top order mail Only $895 P&H Look Trahw teAts IliaC Include Beale FUGHT TRAINING NO cosr 000 TEMPUS PRESS PO Box 235 Tell City IN 47588 Phone 1-812 547-81 Call Aor Dealer wd CAb Disc writs SUP SACK I 05450 YOUR WORN TOil RE OGRE memorable sessions field times spent sitting around breakfast table discussing free flight Betty would keep us supplied food would talk Well miss Bucket Well miss help field Well miss seeing bright red socks Well miss friendship Thermals Bucket See downwind someday Bucket troflightlEttel Continued page 46 maneuvers very high scoring normalized 22 entries Two rounds flown winners 1 Hugo Peyer Switzerland 2 Jan Van Beek Holland 3 Dennis V D Tooren Holland 4 Wolfgang Kosche Germany team chosen represent US World Championships performed task exemplary fashion skill demonstrating competitiveness quality models related equipment highest order techniques employed designing developing producing aircraft used competition well time effort devoted preparation deserve recognition congratulations Team Manager Bob Sliff team helper Brian Chan pilots Steve Neu Jerry Bridgeman Jason Perrin Bob Boucher Astro Flight motors 4K&S METAL UFOAM WING CORES PRECISION MADE EXPANDED BEAD POLYSTYRENE REPLACEMENT WING S STAB CORES FOR ALL POPULAR R/C AIRCRAFT OVER 350 DIFFERENT WINGS IN STOCK FOR IMMEDIATE DELIVERY SO IF YOU HAVE FAVORITE BIRD THAT NEEDS WING CALL OR WRITE US 144 LOTS OF AEF WING CORES IDont trash after crash U U Phone 309 342 3OO9 Send $450 catalog 306 E Simmons Galesburi IL 61401 Best Scale Best Scale$400 ASP Model aircraft Plans Handbook$500 ASP Scale Drawing Plans Book$500 RC Model World Const Guide$600 VTH German Plans Book.$600 M4 sdd *500 si&ee j i Call 714 8853959 credit card ME 163 ROCKET SMI KIT 61 SPAN 60 POWER PROP EPOXY FUSELAGE PLAN CANOPY \TI4 Bob Holman Box 741 San Berdo CA 92402 ....Fr@m AT4t Z weve got th plan ONE PROP lUJO PROPS OR NOCHOICE I FLIGHT PHOTOS OF MODELS Al4 0*SbI strated Catalog S20O sent no charge plans ordor NICK ZIROLI PRICES INCLUDE UPS SHIPPING CHARGES Fiberglass Components Canopies Available 29 EDGAR DRIVE SMIThTOWN N Y 11787 6-25 Mitchell101 7B Stulta100 .3200 DC-3/C-47140 .4200 F4U Corsair93 .3200 PT-17 Steannan77 .2700 P40 Warhawk94 .3200 AT-OISNJ Texan 1OV .3200 F8F Bearcat88 .3200 A6M5 Zoro91 .3200 Fokker Dr1 Tnplano 83 .2700 Mow Gull100 .3800 Taube semi-scale 88 .2500 Beech D-181C45 114 .4000 P-51D Mustang100 P47 Thunderbolt 2500 FOF Panther72 .3400 ph 5162345038 January1993 165 Pt PLANE VIDEO GIVES YOU LIBRARY OF VIDEOS ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF RADIO CONTROLLED AIRPLANES WITH EASY TO EOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS BUILDING rr RIGHT ThE FIRST TIME 2-2 HOUR VIDEOS SHOWING ALL DETAIlS NECESSARY TO CONSTRUCT WOOD AIRCRATL INCLUDING WING CONSTRUCTION RADIO INSTALLATION PUSRUODS ALIGNMENT BALANCING AND MUCH MORE 63496 shIppIng 6400 foreign cadere AEROBATICS & GROUND SCHOOl 105 MINUTES ON AERODYNAMICS AND STALL THEORY VIDEO COVERS PROPER TAKE -MS SPINS CR051 WIND TECHNIQUES SNAP ROLLS AND MORE 61995 shippIng 6600 foreign ordefa BUILDING WITh FOAM 2-HOUR VIDEO PROVIDING INFORMATION ON FOAM WING CORES INSTALLING RZrRACTS PRIMING COVERING WITH LG CLOTH PAINTING & DETAHING 61996 shIpping 6600 foreign orders TAPES AVAILABLE 54 VIlE ONLY 515W CIECIC OR MO TO PLANE VIDEO PODOX 23125 OLIVE IA 60326 VISA NOSI4 CAJL 14004834251 OR MMAC51 2234697 MHOURTOILFREE AUTHENTIC DROP TANKS SCALE DROP TANKS CAN ACTUALLY BE DROPPED IN FLIGHT MADE OF HIGH IMPACT PLA STIC AND COME N TWO PRE-FORMED SHELL HALVES ASSEMBLES IN MINIJOES MOnICA GLUE 9501 IrLONO FOR 60 TO 75 WARBIRDS..... .S50SEA ISSIA 10W LONG FOR 25 TOSS WARBIRDS 5795 EA BOMB & DROP TANK RELEASE KIT HEAVY DUTY RELEASE MECHANISM HOLDS BOMBS AND TANKS FIRMLY IN POSITION UNTIL YOU WANT THEM TO DROP *50050MB RELEASE KIT WITH INSTRUCTIONS0349 EA Phone 3093423009 AT YOUR DEALER OR ORDER $5RECT VISA AND MASTER CARS ACCEPTED ISEND 5500 FORM PAGE CA TALOG AND GA TA SHEETS IWINO MYG. SM V SIMMONS GALESBURO IL BIMI inumlBrass/Copper Tubing & Shapes Music Wire Tools Soldering Irons Silk Silk Span Finishhig Materials SEND $156 P05 PRICE LISYAND CATALOG