FREE FLIGHT DURATION LIGHTWEIGHT TIMERS As flying fields shrink need increases accurate reliable timers dethermalize DT model after makes max before gets trees corn fuse DT works time accuracy can leave something desired clockwork timers used power models range weight about 12 grams 20too much light models such Coupe P-30 lightest alternative Badge timer Wheels & Wings small very light 12 grams device made black Delrin plastic Its really quite simple Instead escapement gears regulate speed uses rotor turning viscous liquid sealed inside timer body instead wind-up spring power timer uses stretched rubber band unwinding time will depend size stretch rubber band lesser extent ambient temperature Baton Rouge modeler Lewis Roussel uses Badge timers new Coupe Rather run direct line back stab DT uses simple lever mounted side pylon hold stab line down putting too high load timer close look photo should explain everything Badge timer similar smaller Button timers available Wheels & Wings Box 762 Lafayette CA 94549-0762 Badge timers sell $13 Buttons $18 Shipping $1 per order Badge Lite version shown photo Another lightweight alternative has popular almost 20 years various home-made adaptations Tomy wind-up toy early 1980s articles describing ways modify Tomy use timer ready-to-use version made Australia several years has discontinued Now British-designed Polish-made version available through FAI Model Supply Like earlier fletcher timers Australia new timers feature aluminum faceplate turned Deirin DT scroll works familiar Tomy gear train Mini DT Timer its name implies strictly single-function dethermalizer timer sells $1750 Super Mini Timer $1950 can handle two additional functions such VIT Variable Incidence Tailplane auto rudder Weight about 6 grams Order direct FAI Model Supply address below Andriukov Stab Starline Internationals Sal Fruciano loaned Alexandre Andriukovs new Wakefield stabs examine first thing noticed really isnt much notice thing looks like piece off Indoor model like part outdoor rubber model Theres leading edge trailing edge some very thin ribs between leading edge forms main structure stab consists 35mm diameter carbon-fiber tube provides both torsional bending strength entire stab carbon tubes have popular Europe stab spars first time have seen used leading edge tube appears rolled single layer Russian unidirectional carbon Quoted weights similar tubes 12-15-gram range ribs very thin about 6mm carbon-capped fact carbon capstrip extends completely around front stab attached tube leading edge best guess ribs made thick block balsa carved sanded exact airfoil shape covered single layer unidirectional carbon sliced desired thickness using diamond saw 35mm hole tube carefully drilled out leaving carbon capstrip undisturbed ribs slipped over tube Lewis Roussels Coupe Rolled 1/32 balsa tailboom carbon-fiber New Tomy-based timers FAl Model Supply Three-function motor tube two-piece wing lightweight Badge timer Super Mini Timer top single-function Mini DT Timer 140 Model Aviation e timer provides light reliable DT Coupe Rubber band pulls timer arm slowed viscous fluid timer glued place Evidently rear rib carefully cut away top om capstrips could slipped over carbon trailing edge carbon-fiber trailing edge way small about 5 x 10mm reinforce center Alex uses small piece molded carbon cloth much like wing D-box skin Uncapped false ribs help preserve rather thick airfoil looks like popular Wobbeking stab airfoil stiffen tips against bowing inward Andriukov uses 3 mm-wide balsa ribs capped carbon stab measures 78 x 370mm 3146 x 14A6 inches comes out 2886 square decimeters 4455 square inches Weight Mylar-covered stab about 42 grams finished covered stab $35 plus shipping would good idea write Sal first check availability Starline International 6146 E Cactus Wren Rd Scottsdale AZ 85253 Tel 602 948-5798 Model Engine World Richard Palmer sent along copy British magazine Model Engine World As can gather title monthly publication focus model engines types early very collectible ignition engines 1930s engines today magazine edited John Goodall similar size NFFS Digest includes black-and-white photographs copy have includes review Webra 61 converted diesel step-by-step instructions building 13cc side-valve four-stroke engine review OTC 19 Brown Junior copy made students Missouri technical college indepth article Gordon Cornell mechanics model engines Previous issues have included articles OK Cub reworking CS Oliver replica works piece Doug Galbreath MP Jet 061 interested engines especially history model engines magazine should provide lot good reading can also look pictures mentally kick yourself unloading Dooling 29 $10 back 60s US readers can subscribe Model Engine World sending Richard check $45 year address Richard Palmer Box 609 Palisades NY 10964-0609 live outside US subscribe directly Model Engine World Barton Model Products 34 Barton Gate Barton under Needwood Burton Trent Staffs DEl 3 8AG England Prices range 2435 pounds Sterling live Australia contact David Owens Box 264 Fairy Meadow NSW 2519 Australia Show-Off Plans June July 1996 Duration columns mentioned Frank Eblings Show-Off power model early 1950s FAI Power model looked like good possibility Nostalgia Gas Jim OReilly now back Kansas after year Georgia wants everyone know has full-sized plans available Show-Off wing area works out 406 square inches projected Sounds about right good greenhead Torp 15 Like Jims other plans CAD-drawn will allow Jim eventually scale design up down easily Check him about availability other sizes order set 406-size Show-Off plans send check $9 $8 plan plus dollar postage Jim OReilly 4760 N Battin Wichita KS 67220 might want include couple bucks extra catalog other CAD plans Throw third dollar Jim will send list 100 cottageindustry free flight suppliers New Size Tan II FAI Model Supply owner John Clapp called recently tell about new size available Tan II rubber addition familiar l/g 3As sizes John now able supply 3/s one-pound boxes new smaller size should popular Coupe P-30 fliers limited 10 grams rubber Using 1/8 rubber smallest previously available often forced chose between making up 10-strand 12-strand motors what really needed 11-strand motor new A2 size will allow little flexibility fine-tuning rubber-prop-model combination maximum performance price will same other sizes Tan II$ 17 per pound postpaid Write FAI Model Supply Box 366 Sayre PA 18840-0366 Tel 717 8829873 ary1997 141 35mm diameter carbon tube forms LE main structural member stab Thin ribs carbon-capped strength View below reveals molded carbon cloth center reinforcement Balsa webbing Vie thick grain vertical Lightweight Andriukov FiB stab uses minimum structure reduce weight carbon fiber strength stiffness
Edition: Model Aviation - 1997/01
Page Numbers: 140, 141
Edition: Model Aviation - 1997/01
Page Numbers: 140, 141
FREE FLIGHT DURATION LIGHTWEIGHT TIMERS As flying fields shrink need increases accurate reliable timers dethermalize DT model after makes max before gets trees corn fuse DT works time accuracy can leave something desired clockwork timers used power models range weight about 12 grams 20too much light models such Coupe P-30 lightest alternative Badge timer Wheels & Wings small very light 12 grams device made black Delrin plastic Its really quite simple Instead escapement gears regulate speed uses rotor turning viscous liquid sealed inside timer body instead wind-up spring power timer uses stretched rubber band unwinding time will depend size stretch rubber band lesser extent ambient temperature Baton Rouge modeler Lewis Roussel uses Badge timers new Coupe Rather run direct line back stab DT uses simple lever mounted side pylon hold stab line down putting too high load timer close look photo should explain everything Badge timer similar smaller Button timers available Wheels & Wings Box 762 Lafayette CA 94549-0762 Badge timers sell $13 Buttons $18 Shipping $1 per order Badge Lite version shown photo Another lightweight alternative has popular almost 20 years various home-made adaptations Tomy wind-up toy early 1980s articles describing ways modify Tomy use timer ready-to-use version made Australia several years has discontinued Now British-designed Polish-made version available through FAI Model Supply Like earlier fletcher timers Australia new timers feature aluminum faceplate turned Deirin DT scroll works familiar Tomy gear train Mini DT Timer its name implies strictly single-function dethermalizer timer sells $1750 Super Mini Timer $1950 can handle two additional functions such VIT Variable Incidence Tailplane auto rudder Weight about 6 grams Order direct FAI Model Supply address below Andriukov Stab Starline Internationals Sal Fruciano loaned Alexandre Andriukovs new Wakefield stabs examine first thing noticed really isnt much notice thing looks like piece off Indoor model like part outdoor rubber model Theres leading edge trailing edge some very thin ribs between leading edge forms main structure stab consists 35mm diameter carbon-fiber tube provides both torsional bending strength entire stab carbon tubes have popular Europe stab spars first time have seen used leading edge tube appears rolled single layer Russian unidirectional carbon Quoted weights similar tubes 12-15-gram range ribs very thin about 6mm carbon-capped fact carbon capstrip extends completely around front stab attached tube leading edge best guess ribs made thick block balsa carved sanded exact airfoil shape covered single layer unidirectional carbon sliced desired thickness using diamond saw 35mm hole tube carefully drilled out leaving carbon capstrip undisturbed ribs slipped over tube Lewis Roussels Coupe Rolled 1/32 balsa tailboom carbon-fiber New Tomy-based timers FAl Model Supply Three-function motor tube two-piece wing lightweight Badge timer Super Mini Timer top single-function Mini DT Timer 140 Model Aviation e timer provides light reliable DT Coupe Rubber band pulls timer arm slowed viscous fluid timer glued place Evidently rear rib carefully cut away top om capstrips could slipped over carbon trailing edge carbon-fiber trailing edge way small about 5 x 10mm reinforce center Alex uses small piece molded carbon cloth much like wing D-box skin Uncapped false ribs help preserve rather thick airfoil looks like popular Wobbeking stab airfoil stiffen tips against bowing inward Andriukov uses 3 mm-wide balsa ribs capped carbon stab measures 78 x 370mm 3146 x 14A6 inches comes out 2886 square decimeters 4455 square inches Weight Mylar-covered stab about 42 grams finished covered stab $35 plus shipping would good idea write Sal first check availability Starline International 6146 E Cactus Wren Rd Scottsdale AZ 85253 Tel 602 948-5798 Model Engine World Richard Palmer sent along copy British magazine Model Engine World As can gather title monthly publication focus model engines types early very collectible ignition engines 1930s engines today magazine edited John Goodall similar size NFFS Digest includes black-and-white photographs copy have includes review Webra 61 converted diesel step-by-step instructions building 13cc side-valve four-stroke engine review OTC 19 Brown Junior copy made students Missouri technical college indepth article Gordon Cornell mechanics model engines Previous issues have included articles OK Cub reworking CS Oliver replica works piece Doug Galbreath MP Jet 061 interested engines especially history model engines magazine should provide lot good reading can also look pictures mentally kick yourself unloading Dooling 29 $10 back 60s US readers can subscribe Model Engine World sending Richard check $45 year address Richard Palmer Box 609 Palisades NY 10964-0609 live outside US subscribe directly Model Engine World Barton Model Products 34 Barton Gate Barton under Needwood Burton Trent Staffs DEl 3 8AG England Prices range 2435 pounds Sterling live Australia contact David Owens Box 264 Fairy Meadow NSW 2519 Australia Show-Off Plans June July 1996 Duration columns mentioned Frank Eblings Show-Off power model early 1950s FAI Power model looked like good possibility Nostalgia Gas Jim OReilly now back Kansas after year Georgia wants everyone know has full-sized plans available Show-Off wing area works out 406 square inches projected Sounds about right good greenhead Torp 15 Like Jims other plans CAD-drawn will allow Jim eventually scale design up down easily Check him about availability other sizes order set 406-size Show-Off plans send check $9 $8 plan plus dollar postage Jim OReilly 4760 N Battin Wichita KS 67220 might want include couple bucks extra catalog other CAD plans Throw third dollar Jim will send list 100 cottageindustry free flight suppliers New Size Tan II FAI Model Supply owner John Clapp called recently tell about new size available Tan II rubber addition familiar l/g 3As sizes John now able supply 3/s one-pound boxes new smaller size should popular Coupe P-30 fliers limited 10 grams rubber Using 1/8 rubber smallest previously available often forced chose between making up 10-strand 12-strand motors what really needed 11-strand motor new A2 size will allow little flexibility fine-tuning rubber-prop-model combination maximum performance price will same other sizes Tan II$ 17 per pound postpaid Write FAI Model Supply Box 366 Sayre PA 18840-0366 Tel 717 8829873 ary1997 141 35mm diameter carbon tube forms LE main structural member stab Thin ribs carbon-capped strength View below reveals molded carbon cloth center reinforcement Balsa webbing Vie thick grain vertical Lightweight Andriukov FiB stab uses minimum structure reduce weight carbon fiber strength stiffness
