COUPE Kit Competition rubber-power kits few far between give hearty three cheers new appears Champion Coupe isnt newit has seen ten years competi tionbut has recently kitted So far about 50 kits have peddled off mostly Southern California Marketed Champion Model Productswhich corner George Schroedters garage 880 Carmen Court La Verne CA 91750its price tag whomping $1395 plus $170 postage handling look what get money Wing stab full-geodetic Union Jack construction means nearly 40 pieces stab alone ribs including diagonal half-ribs cut shape notched Both wing stab trailing edges furnished tapered notched ribs sides top bottom sheets sheet-box fuselage accurately cut shape marked formers Blade single-blade prop laminatedfour thicknesses 1/16 sheet hub tapering two tipand ready sand final shape undercamber built goodie-package includes bits wire bent shape tubing cut length su mmcQwir26 FAI POWEft bcnaq ALBQEA41 J525 1 ii 4 -f 3 t-J--F -J Fl K Vxi 28 q 425 -45 metal teflon washers springs little odds ends needed such model addition excellent plans furnished eight pages instructions should about enough oneblade prop gives fast climb short motor run intention get up thermals hurry Competition track record excellent time worth about 37 cents hour ribs pitt bEI2t2s Hi --it- jill --It-ii 2255 -I{7i7/ L K5 -H alone worth price kit Henn/Peclc Bill Henn along son has doing great things Peanut Scale AMA Scale Old Timer Rubber Mulvihill passed along idea rubber-power noseblock shown sketch uses larger Mulvihill Old Timer Rubber models Peck Polymers PA-7 bearing comes 046 No5d4od L J2CJB8C1Z 1i2Q5 Pcdz PA- N4on u5t lbearin9 id auninum tubinB Qj15 rear Gearjn9 home c-ut ffus 64 Model Aviation iiori i jean ana SOn eonara SflOW OTT ineir new all-foam FF power jobsquite competitive Ron old time great back competition new tricks See text forwhat has done foam articles will appear MA hole Bill drills out fit whatever size wire uses prop shaft small Peck nylon nose button can used ubing must whittled down slightly stock hole 0032 diameter again can drilled out suit Neat solution common problem Summerwind Doug Galbreath used Summerwind shown three-view during rounds 6 through 18 FAI Team Selection Finals Taft last Fall gain spot US team used Thrashing Machine earlier rounds two models almost identical except airfoils An 8353-b2 flat bottom used Summerwind Go-795 used Thrashing machine Dougs crew chief Ken Oliver recently showed off slick solid aluminum mandrel making fuselages Doug making - Ir--- ~jiT7fl7r2zz= G. _ - i/Kr T XII Clizmp ion cZuje roducts F -i---i-Indies Coupe dHjver class Direct measuring microscope reading directly thousandths inch offers new way measure critical rubber width Indoor models pair models World Champs using laminated Kevlar balsa fiberglass fuselages fiberglass front ends cowled engines bottom exhaust outlets Ersatz Balsa During World War II somehow managed make-do mate rials other balsa model struc tures some phases model aviation non-balsa materials have virtually taken over few years back Allsa seemed like answer although apparently died aborning Epoxy resins aramid carbon fibers cyanoacrylates pervade liter ature still balsa stick-n-tissue con struction survives stock-in-trade AMA-Gas competition free-fighters rising cost balsa perhaps should again explore alternatives has done Ron St Jean Ron dropped out model aviation decade two now back whole station-wagon-full non-balsa gas models boot basic idea Hot-wire cut form sawing sanding continued page 117 April 1979 65 New thin DT fuse marketed Peck-Polymers great small models weight drag importantand big ones too course day before 18th bIrthday Joe Kubina set Category II Senior record won prestigious Mulvihill last Nats gathered trophies time seven years old has run up fantastic number wins both Indoor Outdoor events its principal hard work application acrobatic training Jagdflieger schulen fighter pilot schools Luft waffe schools socalled hack aircraft fighter other squadrons Luftwaffe Jungmeisters lived died FF Old Timers/Haught continued page 63 scale Old Timers powered abundantly available 049 engine its popu larity has usurped 020 Rep lica event Contrary 020 Replica has become all-out competition event Half Scale still fun class feel event has greatest possibilities beginners event will argue service already being offered 020 Replica class dominated expensive TD 020 engine its often cantankerous disposition Half Scale other hand offers home cast-off engines plastic C/L trainers Baby Bee 049 offers ease starting readily available parts stocks can souped up nearly TD 049 performance replacing stock cylinder twin-intake-port cylinder TD 290 series en gines using ID glow head can adapted squeeze-off timer operation drilling two #35 holes side tank routing fuel pick up line needle valve inlet out through hole timer back tank fuel sport flying simply rotate tank until fill overflow lines horizon tal limit fuel capacity time total engine run stopwatch After deter mining run time manner flight engine runs regulated timing before releasing model thus avoiding cost timer give extra Baby Bees kid down block just itching get model airplanes -scale size requirement provides unlimited variety subjects intent rules old-time designs already just right 049 power make ideal subjects beginners Since special event flown national competitions allow full-size designs used local CD option basis Im referring designs like Musketeer 42 Taibis Winged Yankee Miss Tiny Rocketeers fact designs 09 19 en gine range readily adaptable Baby Bees will perform quite well have Musketeer 42 flies great Cox 290 special engine have flown ship competition combined Glow class popular Northwest could flown competition ignition engines using Glow engine run penalty rule Rules require construction tech niques same full-size counter part using appropriately smaller wood sizes course substitution sheet built-up structure allowed Clarence Haught Rt 5 Box 16 Coeur dAlene ID 83814 FF Duration/Meuser continued page 65 whatever method suits plane fancy appropriate shapes foam plastic represent wing tail surfaces fuselage intended super-model Cover surfaces grade number layers Silkspan appropriate task using dilute white glue Reinforce highstress points bit plywood finish off whole shebang Pactra Formula-U perhaps some other space-age hardening fuel-proofing coat ing have model plane ready fly thing hand compare Rons Ramrod-derived models Starduster 600 ultralite B-C model typical trend Northern Cal year two ago Viking few unmention ables Rons foamies heavier far lightest bunch lighter some state-of-the-art stick-n tissue parts stiffness torsion bending seemed about equivalent stick-n-tissue models same size weight have some reservations about crashworthiness repairability time will tell Building time longer conventional model building first foamie suspect far shorter once get tooled up tooling isnt much follow Rons lead Youll hearing about soon Meanwhile Experiment Editors Note Ron preparing series articles Model Aviation appear early issues Outstanding modeler Most trophies rep resent significant accomplishment some significant others US rubber power competition Mulvihill Trophythe started whole Nats thing over half century ago ranks Big 1977 Nats won Joe Kubina Warren Mich igan day before eighteenth birth day set Category II record process Joe earned first trophy 11 years earlier has racked up impressive array meantime modeling interests run gamut indoor micro film indoor outdoor HL glider gas power rubber power course towline glider has trophied 1978 Nats collected total often trophies five First Place Joes non-modeling accomplishments clude bagging deer bow arrow Boy Scouting rank Life Scout Certificate Recognition Outstanding Academic Achievement State Michigan Scholarship Competition member Detroit Balsa Bugs other interests include waterskiing camping dirt-biking football has working draftsman started college last Fall wish him con tinued success Measuring rubber width Ive never totally successful measuring rubber motor stock either micrometer dialindicator-type thickness gage never get same reading twice rubber has slightly beveled edge becomes total disaster microscope micrometer stage always seemed like answer April1979 117 Kraftsmanship kit processed AAMCO GOLD BALSAThis Trainer will blow apart hits ground GREATEST R/C BASIC TRAINER4 Design & Kit ALL TIME Ask over 25000 satisfied builders H-BAY dealers sold themSHALL WE SAY MORE Aodreses Aircraft Model Co mr US Rte 1& North St Topsijeld Mass 01983 887-8541 Price $3995 kit per dollar bar ero cost better part of$ 1000 bit bulky seem have bumbled solution least seems like solution time will tell potential solution 50-power direct measuring microscope marketed Edmund Scientific Co Basically small 50-power microscope Beneath eyepiece reticle consisting scale graduated thousandths inch five-mil marks accented lO-mil marks numbered Total scale length cor responds 100 mils 1/10 inch actual size reticle scale several times appears crisp clear bottom end has slanted concave chromeplated cap reflects light onto object being viewed clear-plastic goodie bottom holds thing correct distance specimen cheapie optical mechanical quality surprisingly good image appears sharp clear over entire field view accuracy depends adjustment clear-plastic goodie respect scope body pre-set factory As received off 1 mil over whole 100-mil range percent full scale pretty darned good such thing Id say readjusted put right made intermediate markings right also fuzzed up image slightly Skinny DT Fuse remember thin stuff red spiral stripe used get friends England send us thats what Im talking about Mini Dethermalizer Fuse recently introduced Peck-Polymers apparently same stuff also same peddled Blue Ridge Models packaged 2-ft lengths sell $149 complete instruc tions showing install top fuselage less likely cause fires since far forward tail wont change trim much burns away Being small diameterit fits nicely 3/16 id snuffer tubeboth snuffer fuse weigh about half much regular Sig 1/4-in stuff drag less too making ideal small models certainly adequate largest Burning rate moving air 142 minutes per stripe moving air stripes widely spaced Sigs turns out burning rate per inch still bit faster Sigs reliable Pirelli Available. Maybe Two sources new Pirelli have opened up US Oldtimer Models Box 18002 Mil waukee WI 53218 CHE Hobbies 10900 Eastwood Ave Inglewood CA 90304 Oldtimer Models has selling lot Indoor crowd notes Easy B record 1845 Paper Stick record over 28 minutes among others have set using rubber Sizes prices 2 mm $375 per 100 ft 3 mm $420 per 100 ft $950 per 245 ft 75 oz 6 mm $840per lOOftand$1900per245 ft15 oz Prices postpaid subject change Eventually Oldtimer will have other sizes including 15 mm 1/16 CHE expected large shipment should have arrived time read Size isnt stated presumed 6 mm e $15 per pound Thats good news. except price bad news some batches new Pirelli exhibit characteristic common some batches old Pirelli knew hated brittleness often breaks half turns get wound up energy output may far less reported certain batches So nothings new pay money take chances Third Sierra Cup International meet sponsored Sierra Eagles Northern California will take place October 13 14 Sacramento immedi ately following World Championships Taft Patterned after Pierre Trebod contest held France following European world-champs contests should draw World Champs competitors supporters plus large number other American modelers attend World Champs observers helpers appears will first actual international contestFAI sanctioned thatever held US Nordic Glider Fl Wakefield Rubber Power FlB FAI Power FlC events measure should Biggie Decade FAL-event competition US details will appear due course previous FAL program parti cipants will receive announcements have questions check Roger Simpson 2625 Queenwood Dr Rancho Cordova CA 95670 Model Aviation Plan Service wonder have taken advantage little announcement accompanying monthly list full-size plans says sending stamped self-ad dressed business-size envelope Model Aviation can obtain complete listing of available plans free asking Only random sampling listed month magazine As Decem ber 1978 143 plans listed 37 whichor 259%are free-flight models doesnt include hybrid RC assisted old-timers Plans models have appeared full-size plans magazine available better check back-issues file planning something like Peanut scale Pennyplane model Average price plan around $3 postpaid Its well worth pair postage stamps five minutes time Id say Bob Meuser 4200 Gregory St Oakland CA 94619 FF Sport/Scale/Warner continued page 67 entire flight cannot see sticking scalelength landing gear sacrificing prop efficiency either Most see WW II fighter race plane roaring around its gear down keeping designed function machine must ROG let hatches slide back least 150 flap used models well let performance judged no farther model leaves ground picks up again touches down landing between applicable what should sea planes us fortunate have Lake Elsinore disposal Must choose scale 118 Model Aviation FINISH MODEL AS ANY ONE OF THREE DIFFERENT AIRCRAFT #121 ORE RED LION MISS PATTERSON MISS NEW ORLEANS PRICE $595 FROM YOUR DEALER OR ORDER DIRECT ADDING 15% POSTAGE AND HANDLING SEND 5O FOR CATALOG DEPT MA PAWNEE STREET MARCOS CALIFORNIA 9
Edition: Model Aviation - 1979/04
Page Numbers: 64, 65, 117, 118
COUPE Kit Competition rubber-power kits few far between give hearty three cheers new appears Champion Coupe isnt newit has seen ten years competi tionbut has recently kitted So far about 50 kits have peddled off mostly Southern California Marketed Champion Model Productswhich corner George Schroedters garage 880 Carmen Court La Verne CA 91750its price tag whomping $1395 plus $170 postage handling look what get money Wing stab full-geodetic Union Jack construction means nearly 40 pieces stab alone ribs including diagonal half-ribs cut shape notched Both wing stab trailing edges furnished tapered notched ribs sides top bottom sheets sheet-box fuselage accurately cut shape marked formers Blade single-blade prop laminatedfour thicknesses 1/16 sheet hub tapering two tipand ready sand final shape undercamber built goodie-package includes bits wire bent shape tubing cut length su mmcQwir26 FAI POWEft bcnaq ALBQEA41 J525 1 ii 4 -f 3 t-J--F -J Fl K Vxi 28 q 425 -45 metal teflon washers springs little odds ends needed such model addition excellent plans furnished eight pages instructions should about enough oneblade prop gives fast climb short motor run intention get up thermals hurry Competition track record excellent time worth about 37 cents hour ribs pitt bEI2t2s Hi --it- jill --It-ii 2255 -I{7i7/ L K5 -H alone worth price kit Henn/Peclc Bill Henn along son has doing great things Peanut Scale AMA Scale Old Timer Rubber Mulvihill passed along idea rubber-power noseblock shown sketch uses larger Mulvihill Old Timer Rubber models Peck Polymers PA-7 bearing comes 046 No5d4od L J2CJB8C1Z 1i2Q5 Pcdz PA- N4on u5t lbearin9 id auninum tubinB Qj15 rear Gearjn9 home c-ut ffus 64 Model Aviation iiori i jean ana SOn eonara SflOW OTT ineir new all-foam FF power jobsquite competitive Ron old time great back competition new tricks See text forwhat has done foam articles will appear MA hole Bill drills out fit whatever size wire uses prop shaft small Peck nylon nose button can used ubing must whittled down slightly stock hole 0032 diameter again can drilled out suit Neat solution common problem Summerwind Doug Galbreath used Summerwind shown three-view during rounds 6 through 18 FAI Team Selection Finals Taft last Fall gain spot US team used Thrashing Machine earlier rounds two models almost identical except airfoils An 8353-b2 flat bottom used Summerwind Go-795 used Thrashing machine Dougs crew chief Ken Oliver recently showed off slick solid aluminum mandrel making fuselages Doug making - Ir--- ~jiT7fl7r2zz= G. _ - i/Kr T XII Clizmp ion cZuje roducts F -i---i-Indies Coupe dHjver class Direct measuring microscope reading directly thousandths inch offers new way measure critical rubber width Indoor models pair models World Champs using laminated Kevlar balsa fiberglass fuselages fiberglass front ends cowled engines bottom exhaust outlets Ersatz Balsa During World War II somehow managed make-do mate rials other balsa model struc tures some phases model aviation non-balsa materials have virtually taken over few years back Allsa seemed like answer although apparently died aborning Epoxy resins aramid carbon fibers cyanoacrylates pervade liter ature still balsa stick-n-tissue con struction survives stock-in-trade AMA-Gas competition free-fighters rising cost balsa perhaps should again explore alternatives has done Ron St Jean Ron dropped out model aviation decade two now back whole station-wagon-full non-balsa gas models boot basic idea Hot-wire cut form sawing sanding continued page 117 April 1979 65 New thin DT fuse marketed Peck-Polymers great small models weight drag importantand big ones too course day before 18th bIrthday Joe Kubina set Category II Senior record won prestigious Mulvihill last Nats gathered trophies time seven years old has run up fantastic number wins both Indoor Outdoor events its principal hard work application acrobatic training Jagdflieger schulen fighter pilot schools Luft waffe schools socalled hack aircraft fighter other squadrons Luftwaffe Jungmeisters lived died FF Old Timers/Haught continued page 63 scale Old Timers powered abundantly available 049 engine its popu larity has usurped 020 Rep lica event Contrary 020 Replica has become all-out competition event Half Scale still fun class feel event has greatest possibilities beginners event will argue service already being offered 020 Replica class dominated expensive TD 020 engine its often cantankerous disposition Half Scale other hand offers home cast-off engines plastic C/L trainers Baby Bee 049 offers ease starting readily available parts stocks can souped up nearly TD 049 performance replacing stock cylinder twin-intake-port cylinder TD 290 series en gines using ID glow head can adapted squeeze-off timer operation drilling two #35 holes side tank routing fuel pick up line needle valve inlet out through hole timer back tank fuel sport flying simply rotate tank until fill overflow lines horizon tal limit fuel capacity time total engine run stopwatch After deter mining run time manner flight engine runs regulated timing before releasing model thus avoiding cost timer give extra Baby Bees kid down block just itching get model airplanes -scale size requirement provides unlimited variety subjects intent rules old-time designs already just right 049 power make ideal subjects beginners Since special event flown national competitions allow full-size designs used local CD option basis Im referring designs like Musketeer 42 Taibis Winged Yankee Miss Tiny Rocketeers fact designs 09 19 en gine range readily adaptable Baby Bees will perform quite well have Musketeer 42 flies great Cox 290 special engine have flown ship competition combined Glow class popular Northwest could flown competition ignition engines using Glow engine run penalty rule Rules require construction tech niques same full-size counter part using appropriately smaller wood sizes course substitution sheet built-up structure allowed Clarence Haught Rt 5 Box 16 Coeur dAlene ID 83814 FF Duration/Meuser continued page 65 whatever method suits plane fancy appropriate shapes foam plastic represent wing tail surfaces fuselage intended super-model Cover surfaces grade number layers Silkspan appropriate task using dilute white glue Reinforce highstress points bit plywood finish off whole shebang Pactra Formula-U perhaps some other space-age hardening fuel-proofing coat ing have model plane ready fly thing hand compare Rons Ramrod-derived models Starduster 600 ultralite B-C model typical trend Northern Cal year two ago Viking few unmention ables Rons foamies heavier far lightest bunch lighter some state-of-the-art stick-n tissue parts stiffness torsion bending seemed about equivalent stick-n-tissue models same size weight have some reservations about crashworthiness repairability time will tell Building time longer conventional model building first foamie suspect far shorter once get tooled up tooling isnt much follow Rons lead Youll hearing about soon Meanwhile Experiment Editors Note Ron preparing series articles Model Aviation appear early issues Outstanding modeler Most trophies rep resent significant accomplishment some significant others US rubber power competition Mulvihill Trophythe started whole Nats thing over half century ago ranks Big 1977 Nats won Joe Kubina Warren Mich igan day before eighteenth birth day set Category II record process Joe earned first trophy 11 years earlier has racked up impressive array meantime modeling interests run gamut indoor micro film indoor outdoor HL glider gas power rubber power course towline glider has trophied 1978 Nats collected total often trophies five First Place Joes non-modeling accomplishments clude bagging deer bow arrow Boy Scouting rank Life Scout Certificate Recognition Outstanding Academic Achievement State Michigan Scholarship Competition member Detroit Balsa Bugs other interests include waterskiing camping dirt-biking football has working draftsman started college last Fall wish him con tinued success Measuring rubber width Ive never totally successful measuring rubber motor stock either micrometer dialindicator-type thickness gage never get same reading twice rubber has slightly beveled edge becomes total disaster microscope micrometer stage always seemed like answer April1979 117 Kraftsmanship kit processed AAMCO GOLD BALSAThis Trainer will blow apart hits ground GREATEST R/C BASIC TRAINER4 Design & Kit ALL TIME Ask over 25000 satisfied builders H-BAY dealers sold themSHALL WE SAY MORE Aodreses Aircraft Model Co mr US Rte 1& North St Topsijeld Mass 01983 887-8541 Price $3995 kit per dollar bar ero cost better part of$ 1000 bit bulky seem have bumbled solution least seems like solution time will tell potential solution 50-power direct measuring microscope marketed Edmund Scientific Co Basically small 50-power microscope Beneath eyepiece reticle consisting scale graduated thousandths inch five-mil marks accented lO-mil marks numbered Total scale length cor responds 100 mils 1/10 inch actual size reticle scale several times appears crisp clear bottom end has slanted concave chromeplated cap reflects light onto object being viewed clear-plastic goodie bottom holds thing correct distance specimen cheapie optical mechanical quality surprisingly good image appears sharp clear over entire field view accuracy depends adjustment clear-plastic goodie respect scope body pre-set factory As received off 1 mil over whole 100-mil range percent full scale pretty darned good such thing Id say readjusted put right made intermediate markings right also fuzzed up image slightly Skinny DT Fuse remember thin stuff red spiral stripe used get friends England send us thats what Im talking about Mini Dethermalizer Fuse recently introduced Peck-Polymers apparently same stuff also same peddled Blue Ridge Models packaged 2-ft lengths sell $149 complete instruc tions showing install top fuselage less likely cause fires since far forward tail wont change trim much burns away Being small diameterit fits nicely 3/16 id snuffer tubeboth snuffer fuse weigh about half much regular Sig 1/4-in stuff drag less too making ideal small models certainly adequate largest Burning rate moving air 142 minutes per stripe moving air stripes widely spaced Sigs turns out burning rate per inch still bit faster Sigs reliable Pirelli Available. Maybe Two sources new Pirelli have opened up US Oldtimer Models Box 18002 Mil waukee WI 53218 CHE Hobbies 10900 Eastwood Ave Inglewood CA 90304 Oldtimer Models has selling lot Indoor crowd notes Easy B record 1845 Paper Stick record over 28 minutes among others have set using rubber Sizes prices 2 mm $375 per 100 ft 3 mm $420 per 100 ft $950 per 245 ft 75 oz 6 mm $840per lOOftand$1900per245 ft15 oz Prices postpaid subject change Eventually Oldtimer will have other sizes including 15 mm 1/16 CHE expected large shipment should have arrived time read Size isnt stated presumed 6 mm e $15 per pound Thats good news. except price bad news some batches new Pirelli exhibit characteristic common some batches old Pirelli knew hated brittleness often breaks half turns get wound up energy output may far less reported certain batches So nothings new pay money take chances Third Sierra Cup International meet sponsored Sierra Eagles Northern California will take place October 13 14 Sacramento immedi ately following World Championships Taft Patterned after Pierre Trebod contest held France following European world-champs contests should draw World Champs competitors supporters plus large number other American modelers attend World Champs observers helpers appears will first actual international contestFAI sanctioned thatever held US Nordic Glider Fl Wakefield Rubber Power FlB FAI Power FlC events measure should Biggie Decade FAL-event competition US details will appear due course previous FAL program parti cipants will receive announcements have questions check Roger Simpson 2625 Queenwood Dr Rancho Cordova CA 95670 Model Aviation Plan Service wonder have taken advantage little announcement accompanying monthly list full-size plans says sending stamped self-ad dressed business-size envelope Model Aviation can obtain complete listing of available plans free asking Only random sampling listed month magazine As Decem ber 1978 143 plans listed 37 whichor 259%are free-flight models doesnt include hybrid RC assisted old-timers Plans models have appeared full-size plans magazine available better check back-issues file planning something like Peanut scale Pennyplane model Average price plan around $3 postpaid Its well worth pair postage stamps five minutes time Id say Bob Meuser 4200 Gregory St Oakland CA 94619 FF Sport/Scale/Warner continued page 67 entire flight cannot see sticking scalelength landing gear sacrificing prop efficiency either Most see WW II fighter race plane roaring around its gear down keeping designed function machine must ROG let hatches slide back least 150 flap used models well let performance judged no farther model leaves ground picks up again touches down landing between applicable what should sea planes us fortunate have Lake Elsinore disposal Must choose scale 118 Model Aviation FINISH MODEL AS ANY ONE OF THREE DIFFERENT AIRCRAFT #121 ORE RED LION MISS PATTERSON MISS NEW ORLEANS PRICE $595 FROM YOUR DEALER OR ORDER DIRECT ADDING 15% POSTAGE AND HANDLING SEND 5O FOR CATALOG DEPT MA PAWNEE STREET MARCOS CALIFORNIA 9
Edition: Model Aviation - 1979/04
Page Numbers: 64, 65, 117, 118
COUPE Kit Competition rubber-power kits few far between give hearty three cheers new appears Champion Coupe isnt newit has seen ten years competi tionbut has recently kitted So far about 50 kits have peddled off mostly Southern California Marketed Champion Model Productswhich corner George Schroedters garage 880 Carmen Court La Verne CA 91750its price tag whomping $1395 plus $170 postage handling look what get money Wing stab full-geodetic Union Jack construction means nearly 40 pieces stab alone ribs including diagonal half-ribs cut shape notched Both wing stab trailing edges furnished tapered notched ribs sides top bottom sheets sheet-box fuselage accurately cut shape marked formers Blade single-blade prop laminatedfour thicknesses 1/16 sheet hub tapering two tipand ready sand final shape undercamber built goodie-package includes bits wire bent shape tubing cut length su mmcQwir26 FAI POWEft bcnaq ALBQEA41 J525 1 ii 4 -f 3 t-J--F -J Fl K Vxi 28 q 425 -45 metal teflon washers springs little odds ends needed such model addition excellent plans furnished eight pages instructions should about enough oneblade prop gives fast climb short motor run intention get up thermals hurry Competition track record excellent time worth about 37 cents hour ribs pitt bEI2t2s Hi --it- jill --It-ii 2255 -I{7i7/ L K5 -H alone worth price kit Henn/Peclc Bill Henn along son has doing great things Peanut Scale AMA Scale Old Timer Rubber Mulvihill passed along idea rubber-power noseblock shown sketch uses larger Mulvihill Old Timer Rubber models Peck Polymers PA-7 bearing comes 046 No5d4od L J2CJB8C1Z 1i2Q5 Pcdz PA- N4on u5t lbearin9 id auninum tubinB Qj15 rear Gearjn9 home c-ut ffus 64 Model Aviation iiori i jean ana SOn eonara SflOW OTT ineir new all-foam FF power jobsquite competitive Ron old time great back competition new tricks See text forwhat has done foam articles will appear MA hole Bill drills out fit whatever size wire uses prop shaft small Peck nylon nose button can used ubing must whittled down slightly stock hole 0032 diameter again can drilled out suit Neat solution common problem Summerwind Doug Galbreath used Summerwind shown three-view during rounds 6 through 18 FAI Team Selection Finals Taft last Fall gain spot US team used Thrashing Machine earlier rounds two models almost identical except airfoils An 8353-b2 flat bottom used Summerwind Go-795 used Thrashing machine Dougs crew chief Ken Oliver recently showed off slick solid aluminum mandrel making fuselages Doug making - Ir--- ~jiT7fl7r2zz= G. _ - i/Kr T XII Clizmp ion cZuje roducts F -i---i-Indies Coupe dHjver class Direct measuring microscope reading directly thousandths inch offers new way measure critical rubber width Indoor models pair models World Champs using laminated Kevlar balsa fiberglass fuselages fiberglass front ends cowled engines bottom exhaust outlets Ersatz Balsa During World War II somehow managed make-do mate rials other balsa model struc tures some phases model aviation non-balsa materials have virtually taken over few years back Allsa seemed like answer although apparently died aborning Epoxy resins aramid carbon fibers cyanoacrylates pervade liter ature still balsa stick-n-tissue con struction survives stock-in-trade AMA-Gas competition free-fighters rising cost balsa perhaps should again explore alternatives has done Ron St Jean Ron dropped out model aviation decade two now back whole station-wagon-full non-balsa gas models boot basic idea Hot-wire cut form sawing sanding continued page 117 April 1979 65 New thin DT fuse marketed Peck-Polymers great small models weight drag importantand big ones too course day before 18th bIrthday Joe Kubina set Category II Senior record won prestigious Mulvihill last Nats gathered trophies time seven years old has run up fantastic number wins both Indoor Outdoor events its principal hard work application acrobatic training Jagdflieger schulen fighter pilot schools Luft waffe schools socalled hack aircraft fighter other squadrons Luftwaffe Jungmeisters lived died FF Old Timers/Haught continued page 63 scale Old Timers powered abundantly available 049 engine its popu larity has usurped 020 Rep lica event Contrary 020 Replica has become all-out competition event Half Scale still fun class feel event has greatest possibilities beginners event will argue service already being offered 020 Replica class dominated expensive TD 020 engine its often cantankerous disposition Half Scale other hand offers home cast-off engines plastic C/L trainers Baby Bee 049 offers ease starting readily available parts stocks can souped up nearly TD 049 performance replacing stock cylinder twin-intake-port cylinder TD 290 series en gines using ID glow head can adapted squeeze-off timer operation drilling two #35 holes side tank routing fuel pick up line needle valve inlet out through hole timer back tank fuel sport flying simply rotate tank until fill overflow lines horizon tal limit fuel capacity time total engine run stopwatch After deter mining run time manner flight engine runs regulated timing before releasing model thus avoiding cost timer give extra Baby Bees kid down block just itching get model airplanes -scale size requirement provides unlimited variety subjects intent rules old-time designs already just right 049 power make ideal subjects beginners Since special event flown national competitions allow full-size designs used local CD option basis Im referring designs like Musketeer 42 Taibis Winged Yankee Miss Tiny Rocketeers fact designs 09 19 en gine range readily adaptable Baby Bees will perform quite well have Musketeer 42 flies great Cox 290 special engine have flown ship competition combined Glow class popular Northwest could flown competition ignition engines using Glow engine run penalty rule Rules require construction tech niques same full-size counter part using appropriately smaller wood sizes course substitution sheet built-up structure allowed Clarence Haught Rt 5 Box 16 Coeur dAlene ID 83814 FF Duration/Meuser continued page 65 whatever method suits plane fancy appropriate shapes foam plastic represent wing tail surfaces fuselage intended super-model Cover surfaces grade number layers Silkspan appropriate task using dilute white glue Reinforce highstress points bit plywood finish off whole shebang Pactra Formula-U perhaps some other space-age hardening fuel-proofing coat ing have model plane ready fly thing hand compare Rons Ramrod-derived models Starduster 600 ultralite B-C model typical trend Northern Cal year two ago Viking few unmention ables Rons foamies heavier far lightest bunch lighter some state-of-the-art stick-n tissue parts stiffness torsion bending seemed about equivalent stick-n-tissue models same size weight have some reservations about crashworthiness repairability time will tell Building time longer conventional model building first foamie suspect far shorter once get tooled up tooling isnt much follow Rons lead Youll hearing about soon Meanwhile Experiment Editors Note Ron preparing series articles Model Aviation appear early issues Outstanding modeler Most trophies rep resent significant accomplishment some significant others US rubber power competition Mulvihill Trophythe started whole Nats thing over half century ago ranks Big 1977 Nats won Joe Kubina Warren Mich igan day before eighteenth birth day set Category II record process Joe earned first trophy 11 years earlier has racked up impressive array meantime modeling interests run gamut indoor micro film indoor outdoor HL glider gas power rubber power course towline glider has trophied 1978 Nats collected total often trophies five First Place Joes non-modeling accomplishments clude bagging deer bow arrow Boy Scouting rank Life Scout Certificate Recognition Outstanding Academic Achievement State Michigan Scholarship Competition member Detroit Balsa Bugs other interests include waterskiing camping dirt-biking football has working draftsman started college last Fall wish him con tinued success Measuring rubber width Ive never totally successful measuring rubber motor stock either micrometer dialindicator-type thickness gage never get same reading twice rubber has slightly beveled edge becomes total disaster microscope micrometer stage always seemed like answer April1979 117 Kraftsmanship kit processed AAMCO GOLD BALSAThis Trainer will blow apart hits ground GREATEST R/C BASIC TRAINER4 Design & Kit ALL TIME Ask over 25000 satisfied builders H-BAY dealers sold themSHALL WE SAY MORE Aodreses Aircraft Model Co mr US Rte 1& North St Topsijeld Mass 01983 887-8541 Price $3995 kit per dollar bar ero cost better part of$ 1000 bit bulky seem have bumbled solution least seems like solution time will tell potential solution 50-power direct measuring microscope marketed Edmund Scientific Co Basically small 50-power microscope Beneath eyepiece reticle consisting scale graduated thousandths inch five-mil marks accented lO-mil marks numbered Total scale length cor responds 100 mils 1/10 inch actual size reticle scale several times appears crisp clear bottom end has slanted concave chromeplated cap reflects light onto object being viewed clear-plastic goodie bottom holds thing correct distance specimen cheapie optical mechanical quality surprisingly good image appears sharp clear over entire field view accuracy depends adjustment clear-plastic goodie respect scope body pre-set factory As received off 1 mil over whole 100-mil range percent full scale pretty darned good such thing Id say readjusted put right made intermediate markings right also fuzzed up image slightly Skinny DT Fuse remember thin stuff red spiral stripe used get friends England send us thats what Im talking about Mini Dethermalizer Fuse recently introduced Peck-Polymers apparently same stuff also same peddled Blue Ridge Models packaged 2-ft lengths sell $149 complete instruc tions showing install top fuselage less likely cause fires since far forward tail wont change trim much burns away Being small diameterit fits nicely 3/16 id snuffer tubeboth snuffer fuse weigh about half much regular Sig 1/4-in stuff drag less too making ideal small models certainly adequate largest Burning rate moving air 142 minutes per stripe moving air stripes widely spaced Sigs turns out burning rate per inch still bit faster Sigs reliable Pirelli Available. Maybe Two sources new Pirelli have opened up US Oldtimer Models Box 18002 Mil waukee WI 53218 CHE Hobbies 10900 Eastwood Ave Inglewood CA 90304 Oldtimer Models has selling lot Indoor crowd notes Easy B record 1845 Paper Stick record over 28 minutes among others have set using rubber Sizes prices 2 mm $375 per 100 ft 3 mm $420 per 100 ft $950 per 245 ft 75 oz 6 mm $840per lOOftand$1900per245 ft15 oz Prices postpaid subject change Eventually Oldtimer will have other sizes including 15 mm 1/16 CHE expected large shipment should have arrived time read Size isnt stated presumed 6 mm e $15 per pound Thats good news. except price bad news some batches new Pirelli exhibit characteristic common some batches old Pirelli knew hated brittleness often breaks half turns get wound up energy output may far less reported certain batches So nothings new pay money take chances Third Sierra Cup International meet sponsored Sierra Eagles Northern California will take place October 13 14 Sacramento immedi ately following World Championships Taft Patterned after Pierre Trebod contest held France following European world-champs contests should draw World Champs competitors supporters plus large number other American modelers attend World Champs observers helpers appears will first actual international contestFAI sanctioned thatever held US Nordic Glider Fl Wakefield Rubber Power FlB FAI Power FlC events measure should Biggie Decade FAL-event competition US details will appear due course previous FAL program parti cipants will receive announcements have questions check Roger Simpson 2625 Queenwood Dr Rancho Cordova CA 95670 Model Aviation Plan Service wonder have taken advantage little announcement accompanying monthly list full-size plans says sending stamped self-ad dressed business-size envelope Model Aviation can obtain complete listing of available plans free asking Only random sampling listed month magazine As Decem ber 1978 143 plans listed 37 whichor 259%are free-flight models doesnt include hybrid RC assisted old-timers Plans models have appeared full-size plans magazine available better check back-issues file planning something like Peanut scale Pennyplane model Average price plan around $3 postpaid Its well worth pair postage stamps five minutes time Id say Bob Meuser 4200 Gregory St Oakland CA 94619 FF Sport/Scale/Warner continued page 67 entire flight cannot see sticking scalelength landing gear sacrificing prop efficiency either Most see WW II fighter race plane roaring around its gear down keeping designed function machine must ROG let hatches slide back least 150 flap used models well let performance judged no farther model leaves ground picks up again touches down landing between applicable what should sea planes us fortunate have Lake Elsinore disposal Must choose scale 118 Model Aviation FINISH MODEL AS ANY ONE OF THREE DIFFERENT AIRCRAFT #121 ORE RED LION MISS PATTERSON MISS NEW ORLEANS PRICE $595 FROM YOUR DEALER OR ORDER DIRECT ADDING 15% POSTAGE AND HANDLING SEND 5O FOR CATALOG DEPT MA PAWNEE STREET MARCOS CALIFORNIA 9
Edition: Model Aviation - 1979/04
Page Numbers: 64, 65, 117, 118
COUPE Kit Competition rubber-power kits few far between give hearty three cheers new appears Champion Coupe isnt newit has seen ten years competi tionbut has recently kitted So far about 50 kits have peddled off mostly Southern California Marketed Champion Model Productswhich corner George Schroedters garage 880 Carmen Court La Verne CA 91750its price tag whomping $1395 plus $170 postage handling look what get money Wing stab full-geodetic Union Jack construction means nearly 40 pieces stab alone ribs including diagonal half-ribs cut shape notched Both wing stab trailing edges furnished tapered notched ribs sides top bottom sheets sheet-box fuselage accurately cut shape marked formers Blade single-blade prop laminatedfour thicknesses 1/16 sheet hub tapering two tipand ready sand final shape undercamber built goodie-package includes bits wire bent shape tubing cut length su mmcQwir26 FAI POWEft bcnaq ALBQEA41 J525 1 ii 4 -f 3 t-J--F -J Fl K Vxi 28 q 425 -45 metal teflon washers springs little odds ends needed such model addition excellent plans furnished eight pages instructions should about enough oneblade prop gives fast climb short motor run intention get up thermals hurry Competition track record excellent time worth about 37 cents hour ribs pitt bEI2t2s Hi --it- jill --It-ii 2255 -I{7i7/ L K5 -H alone worth price kit Henn/Peclc Bill Henn along son has doing great things Peanut Scale AMA Scale Old Timer Rubber Mulvihill passed along idea rubber-power noseblock shown sketch uses larger Mulvihill Old Timer Rubber models Peck Polymers PA-7 bearing comes 046 No5d4od L J2CJB8C1Z 1i2Q5 Pcdz PA- N4on u5t lbearin9 id auninum tubinB Qj15 rear Gearjn9 home c-ut ffus 64 Model Aviation iiori i jean ana SOn eonara SflOW OTT ineir new all-foam FF power jobsquite competitive Ron old time great back competition new tricks See text forwhat has done foam articles will appear MA hole Bill drills out fit whatever size wire uses prop shaft small Peck nylon nose button can used ubing must whittled down slightly stock hole 0032 diameter again can drilled out suit Neat solution common problem Summerwind Doug Galbreath used Summerwind shown three-view during rounds 6 through 18 FAI Team Selection Finals Taft last Fall gain spot US team used Thrashing Machine earlier rounds two models almost identical except airfoils An 8353-b2 flat bottom used Summerwind Go-795 used Thrashing machine Dougs crew chief Ken Oliver recently showed off slick solid aluminum mandrel making fuselages Doug making - Ir--- ~jiT7fl7r2zz= G. _ - i/Kr T XII Clizmp ion cZuje roducts F -i---i-Indies Coupe dHjver class Direct measuring microscope reading directly thousandths inch offers new way measure critical rubber width Indoor models pair models World Champs using laminated Kevlar balsa fiberglass fuselages fiberglass front ends cowled engines bottom exhaust outlets Ersatz Balsa During World War II somehow managed make-do mate rials other balsa model struc tures some phases model aviation non-balsa materials have virtually taken over few years back Allsa seemed like answer although apparently died aborning Epoxy resins aramid carbon fibers cyanoacrylates pervade liter ature still balsa stick-n-tissue con struction survives stock-in-trade AMA-Gas competition free-fighters rising cost balsa perhaps should again explore alternatives has done Ron St Jean Ron dropped out model aviation decade two now back whole station-wagon-full non-balsa gas models boot basic idea Hot-wire cut form sawing sanding continued page 117 April 1979 65 New thin DT fuse marketed Peck-Polymers great small models weight drag importantand big ones too course day before 18th bIrthday Joe Kubina set Category II Senior record won prestigious Mulvihill last Nats gathered trophies time seven years old has run up fantastic number wins both Indoor Outdoor events its principal hard work application acrobatic training Jagdflieger schulen fighter pilot schools Luft waffe schools socalled hack aircraft fighter other squadrons Luftwaffe Jungmeisters lived died FF Old Timers/Haught continued page 63 scale Old Timers powered abundantly available 049 engine its popu larity has usurped 020 Rep lica event Contrary 020 Replica has become all-out competition event Half Scale still fun class feel event has greatest possibilities beginners event will argue service already being offered 020 Replica class dominated expensive TD 020 engine its often cantankerous disposition Half Scale other hand offers home cast-off engines plastic C/L trainers Baby Bee 049 offers ease starting readily available parts stocks can souped up nearly TD 049 performance replacing stock cylinder twin-intake-port cylinder TD 290 series en gines using ID glow head can adapted squeeze-off timer operation drilling two #35 holes side tank routing fuel pick up line needle valve inlet out through hole timer back tank fuel sport flying simply rotate tank until fill overflow lines horizon tal limit fuel capacity time total engine run stopwatch After deter mining run time manner flight engine runs regulated timing before releasing model thus avoiding cost timer give extra Baby Bees kid down block just itching get model airplanes -scale size requirement provides unlimited variety subjects intent rules old-time designs already just right 049 power make ideal subjects beginners Since special event flown national competitions allow full-size designs used local CD option basis Im referring designs like Musketeer 42 Taibis Winged Yankee Miss Tiny Rocketeers fact designs 09 19 en gine range readily adaptable Baby Bees will perform quite well have Musketeer 42 flies great Cox 290 special engine have flown ship competition combined Glow class popular Northwest could flown competition ignition engines using Glow engine run penalty rule Rules require construction tech niques same full-size counter part using appropriately smaller wood sizes course substitution sheet built-up structure allowed Clarence Haught Rt 5 Box 16 Coeur dAlene ID 83814 FF Duration/Meuser continued page 65 whatever method suits plane fancy appropriate shapes foam plastic represent wing tail surfaces fuselage intended super-model Cover surfaces grade number layers Silkspan appropriate task using dilute white glue Reinforce highstress points bit plywood finish off whole shebang Pactra Formula-U perhaps some other space-age hardening fuel-proofing coat ing have model plane ready fly thing hand compare Rons Ramrod-derived models Starduster 600 ultralite B-C model typical trend Northern Cal year two ago Viking few unmention ables Rons foamies heavier far lightest bunch lighter some state-of-the-art stick-n tissue parts stiffness torsion bending seemed about equivalent stick-n-tissue models same size weight have some reservations about crashworthiness repairability time will tell Building time longer conventional model building first foamie suspect far shorter once get tooled up tooling isnt much follow Rons lead Youll hearing about soon Meanwhile Experiment Editors Note Ron preparing series articles Model Aviation appear early issues Outstanding modeler Most trophies rep resent significant accomplishment some significant others US rubber power competition Mulvihill Trophythe started whole Nats thing over half century ago ranks Big 1977 Nats won Joe Kubina Warren Mich igan day before eighteenth birth day set Category II record process Joe earned first trophy 11 years earlier has racked up impressive array meantime modeling interests run gamut indoor micro film indoor outdoor HL glider gas power rubber power course towline glider has trophied 1978 Nats collected total often trophies five First Place Joes non-modeling accomplishments clude bagging deer bow arrow Boy Scouting rank Life Scout Certificate Recognition Outstanding Academic Achievement State Michigan Scholarship Competition member Detroit Balsa Bugs other interests include waterskiing camping dirt-biking football has working draftsman started college last Fall wish him con tinued success Measuring rubber width Ive never totally successful measuring rubber motor stock either micrometer dialindicator-type thickness gage never get same reading twice rubber has slightly beveled edge becomes total disaster microscope micrometer stage always seemed like answer April1979 117 Kraftsmanship kit processed AAMCO GOLD BALSAThis Trainer will blow apart hits ground GREATEST R/C BASIC TRAINER4 Design & Kit ALL TIME Ask over 25000 satisfied builders H-BAY dealers sold themSHALL WE SAY MORE Aodreses Aircraft Model Co mr US Rte 1& North St Topsijeld Mass 01983 887-8541 Price $3995 kit per dollar bar ero cost better part of$ 1000 bit bulky seem have bumbled solution least seems like solution time will tell potential solution 50-power direct measuring microscope marketed Edmund Scientific Co Basically small 50-power microscope Beneath eyepiece reticle consisting scale graduated thousandths inch five-mil marks accented lO-mil marks numbered Total scale length cor responds 100 mils 1/10 inch actual size reticle scale several times appears crisp clear bottom end has slanted concave chromeplated cap reflects light onto object being viewed clear-plastic goodie bottom holds thing correct distance specimen cheapie optical mechanical quality surprisingly good image appears sharp clear over entire field view accuracy depends adjustment clear-plastic goodie respect scope body pre-set factory As received off 1 mil over whole 100-mil range percent full scale pretty darned good such thing Id say readjusted put right made intermediate markings right also fuzzed up image slightly Skinny DT Fuse remember thin stuff red spiral stripe used get friends England send us thats what Im talking about Mini Dethermalizer Fuse recently introduced Peck-Polymers apparently same stuff also same peddled Blue Ridge Models packaged 2-ft lengths sell $149 complete instruc tions showing install top fuselage less likely cause fires since far forward tail wont change trim much burns away Being small diameterit fits nicely 3/16 id snuffer tubeboth snuffer fuse weigh about half much regular Sig 1/4-in stuff drag less too making ideal small models certainly adequate largest Burning rate moving air 142 minutes per stripe moving air stripes widely spaced Sigs turns out burning rate per inch still bit faster Sigs reliable Pirelli Available. Maybe Two sources new Pirelli have opened up US Oldtimer Models Box 18002 Mil waukee WI 53218 CHE Hobbies 10900 Eastwood Ave Inglewood CA 90304 Oldtimer Models has selling lot Indoor crowd notes Easy B record 1845 Paper Stick record over 28 minutes among others have set using rubber Sizes prices 2 mm $375 per 100 ft 3 mm $420 per 100 ft $950 per 245 ft 75 oz 6 mm $840per lOOftand$1900per245 ft15 oz Prices postpaid subject change Eventually Oldtimer will have other sizes including 15 mm 1/16 CHE expected large shipment should have arrived time read Size isnt stated presumed 6 mm e $15 per pound Thats good news. except price bad news some batches new Pirelli exhibit characteristic common some batches old Pirelli knew hated brittleness often breaks half turns get wound up energy output may far less reported certain batches So nothings new pay money take chances Third Sierra Cup International meet sponsored Sierra Eagles Northern California will take place October 13 14 Sacramento immedi ately following World Championships Taft Patterned after Pierre Trebod contest held France following European world-champs contests should draw World Champs competitors supporters plus large number other American modelers attend World Champs observers helpers appears will first actual international contestFAI sanctioned thatever held US Nordic Glider Fl Wakefield Rubber Power FlB FAI Power FlC events measure should Biggie Decade FAL-event competition US details will appear due course previous FAL program parti cipants will receive announcements have questions check Roger Simpson 2625 Queenwood Dr Rancho Cordova CA 95670 Model Aviation Plan Service wonder have taken advantage little announcement accompanying monthly list full-size plans says sending stamped self-ad dressed business-size envelope Model Aviation can obtain complete listing of available plans free asking Only random sampling listed month magazine As Decem ber 1978 143 plans listed 37 whichor 259%are free-flight models doesnt include hybrid RC assisted old-timers Plans models have appeared full-size plans magazine available better check back-issues file planning something like Peanut scale Pennyplane model Average price plan around $3 postpaid Its well worth pair postage stamps five minutes time Id say Bob Meuser 4200 Gregory St Oakland CA 94619 FF Sport/Scale/Warner continued page 67 entire flight cannot see sticking scalelength landing gear sacrificing prop efficiency either Most see WW II fighter race plane roaring around its gear down keeping designed function machine must ROG let hatches slide back least 150 flap used models well let performance judged no farther model leaves ground picks up again touches down landing between applicable what should sea planes us fortunate have Lake Elsinore disposal Must choose scale 118 Model Aviation FINISH MODEL AS ANY ONE OF THREE DIFFERENT AIRCRAFT #121 ORE RED LION MISS PATTERSON MISS NEW ORLEANS PRICE $595 FROM YOUR DEALER OR ORDER DIRECT ADDING 15% POSTAGE AND HANDLING SEND 5O FOR CATALOG DEPT MA PAWNEE STREET MARCOS CALIFORNIA 9