GIRATIONS After reporting outdoor autogiro July issue heard Ron Ganser about indoor giro flew West Baden last year approach basically similar July issue twin rigid rotors mounted side-byside Id started indoor machine before tack ling outdoor gave up figuring Id learn rugged machine Rons model showed no discouraging tendencies low power higher power applied wing twisted giving much greater angie incidence rotors machine stopped dead its tracks settled straight down rotors turning high rate Rons rotors mounted wing high pylons resulted great torque fragile wing Solution perhaps lower pylons twist-resisting wire bracing no tor sional problem wing being covered doped tissue both sides torsionally very stiff did fold original wing several times due lack sufficient bending strength resist great lift rotors model launched Meanwhile found two side-by-side-rotor giros Frank Zaics ModelAeronautics Yearbooks both employed hinged rotors gas engine powered Frank Ehiing 1938 edition outdoor rubber-power Parnell Schoenky 1951-52 edition So record having thought new~ idea hat already appeared Zaic Yearbook remains intact Meanwhile took crack Category record US FF Champs got apairof nice two-minute flights put hole barely getting above car-top altitude missed record 3 sec Well theres always next year Champion Coupe Update Since April issue went pressthe described Champion Coupe kita few changes have made mainly propeller department Champ kit described recall singie-blade prop pre-fonned molded balsa blade bit sanding blade finished cinch beginner George Schroed ter kits designer manufacturer developed feeling role Coupe model newcomers being replaced P-30 event perhaps atwo-blader carved blades would make model bit com petitive additional work required make prop justified George spent year experimenting props both oneblade two-blade design although experimental models showed no improvement over old design finally hit made significant improvement perform- brass nuts supplied blades can re ance 16-diameter 18-pitch affair Z- moved repair replacement should wire hub model will consistently turn necessary anumberofotherminorbut flights 2i minutes very-early-morning air potentially important changes kit too new prop shaft can used either price including shipping handling Crockett hook prop-blade blocks charge $1565 $2815 double kit drilled belt-sanded outline both front two kits set plans box side views amount wood must want try new prop own Coupe removed carving sanding minimal can buy prop kitconsisting blade blanks ends Z-wire hub threaded threaded Z-wire prop shaft cut-to-size balsa September 1979 55 Merlin went poof befloid . Twin-rotor indoor autogiro Ron Ganser flew well low power wing twist caused problems high power background Rans ornithopterwing flapper Off-beat events bring up new problems Soiving fun Son Confucius Meuser say storybook picture Jose Tellez established Open Category ii National record 8 mm 478 sec West Baden Indiana simple carefully builtand flown helicopter model text Bob does annual record-summation act Obarski FF great old Chicago-Goldberg days Tellex plc laminated noseblock numerous other goodiesfor $595 pair blade blanks alone go $350 Champion Model Products also sells 100-ft lengths Sig fuse $895 post paid Remember include 6% sales tax Californians address 880 Carmen Court La Verne CA 91750 Slated release about time goes press Coupe-size Mulvihill unlimited rubberpower kit called Upshot Price $1465 postpaid Fuselage built-up stick-n-tissue construction accepts much longer rubber motor Coupe course Tissue Tips following FFFL jar newsletter Alabama FF Flyers edited Bill Mathews article written Tom Hep ler applies specifically double-covering Japanese tissue much applies other paper coverings single coverings well Ive tried it works advertised Ive also added few ideas ownhope Tom doesnt mind Give frame two coats clear dope thinned enough brush easily Sand lightly after first coat bottom edge undercambered ribs apply several extra coats Coat areas tissue attached Opinions vary whether tops ribs should dope tissue will stick arent doped will stick better Place first layer tissue grain running spanwise over frame tack tissue frame three places shown sketch layer tissue used modelers prefer run grain spanwise sags splits less easily chordwise grain tacking done applying drop thinner outside tissue soaks StickU/ing paid /iereflrt.2 177 . second. third2 Eqtia/ tension wrin/4es Science rears Its ugiy head know tissue cover text gives new wrinkle through softens dope underneath bonds little rubbing spit-moistened fingertip aids bonding Tack spot leading edge spot trailing edge let dry until tissue well stuck about 30 seconds tack third spot opposite end pulling tissue Wrinkles will form along long sides triangle formed three tacks certain strengths wrinkles eauaL Hold tissue frame points leading trailing edges about two rib-bays two-tack end Smooth out tissue run thinner-wetted brush along edges up points tissue held Con tinue two bays time until plumb out wing Experience will tell much tension apply tack tissue stick remainder frame Too little tension too much will result wrinkles final job Extra care must taken applying tissue lower surface undercambered wings bottom surface should covered first After tissue has stuck leading trailing edges described above go over rib thinner-soaked brush im mediately rub tissue onto rib fingertip doesnt stick apply thinner try again cant made stick over 100% certainty probably didnt dope bottom rib heavily enough lost tissue doesnt stick first time Inasmuch top frame yet covered can apply additional dope small brush areas seem need between 56 Model Aviation Continued page 120 Above Both Champion Coupe new Muivihili version calied Lip shot now have two-biaded carved props Prop kit can purchased separately Left Yes folder simpie Both pix Meuser didnt fly anymore increasingly popular P/30 event plastic-prop rubber-power models having maximum dimension 30 inches maxed out Senior-Open event Hugo Sandroni placed first Bob White number two spot Junior P/30 event Mamie Meuser made three 3-ruin maxes thereby becoming first Junior ever max out event probably first female certainly first Meuser ever top Bob Whites score rubber-power event fairness however note White didnt have grandfather along help him find thermals seems darned shame two Juniors vied Junior Sweepstakes award Dave Turgeon won hands down least seven trophies told first places both Junior Indoor Outdoor Hand-Launch Glider first Junior Gas Jason Kendy took Senior Sweeps trophy Irv Aker took Open Sweeps award Wailed mere five points out 600 Joe Foster received Chuck Broadhurst Memorial Trophy then stories 14 guys always decide Id much interested listening stories am packing car Pd getting home reasonable hour Besides have spent far too much time telling own stories P11 late anyhow Gary Medley didnt tell f-only story makings best lot Picking good air A/2 Nordic Towline Glider event wasnt easy after regular seven flights two maxed out Gary Bruce Hannah Jr Gary lost best model would have ok hadnt damaged too badly fly third model twanger hook could have used tf hadnt left twanger towline home arranged borrow Wayne Zinks twanger line would have ok fonly hadnt got put wrong car its way Taft managed borrow twanger mechanism tied Jim Wilsons towline would have ok Wilsons line woven Dacron instead nylon monofilament Well Han nah took off straight tow Medley heels f model hadnt gone off side come off line early might have made additional 7 sec would have taken beat Hannah Id writing Hannahs f-only story Steve Geraghty pretty good story too After making three maxes MulvihilL hed have made sure max first fly-off flight wing hadnt folded up no apparent reason after model gliding several minutes nice thermal figure out nobody else can Now (only headwinds arent too strong (only can find just gas station pumping (only engine doesnt fall off might able make home write story.. FF Duration/Meuser continued page 56 tissue rib slick way really certain plenty dope holding tissue bottoms ribs apply additional dope industrial syringe looks like hypodermic needle dinosaurs dope should well thinned sufficient make run inch two along rib gravitys help first layer down spray rubbing alcohol Dont spray directly onto tissue Let mist fall onto tissue Pin down structure dries Use flat board 1/8 3/16 inch strips under wing hold tissue above board dry give surface couple coats dope thinned equal part thinner pin down dry overnight Use same procedure apply second layer tissue except grain should run chordwise Use three tacks before bond tissue around edges top surface along ribs also undercambered surfaces bonding complete apply spray coat water Pin down before dry apply thinner over whole thing will soften dope first layer stick two layers together apply several coats thinned dope pin down allow dry overnight longer possible avoid warps Lastly wing gas model apply fuel FOR THE SOARING BUFF supertape applies atickey brushing masking Its stronger typical RIC building material lt weighs 1 gin par sq ft building area lts 0006 thick lts ready instant apply Olts quickest efficient method applying balsa greenskin other skin foam wing cores Plus dozens other great uses Try 3/8rolI $479 1roll $795 TrolI $1595 ALL ROLLS ARE 2160 LONG superwings ortfolio Everything need know create own super-performance sailplane completely illustrated difinative work 20 pages packed technical data charts diagrams step-by-step instructions million $ worth information interested obtaining winning edge sailplane performance Hi Johnson Only $150 Features plated 15 4 cr steel support mem ber plated 3/32 manganese bronze moving parts 050 1/2 alumirnas zockor strap simple wockor ing stake turf spike aspbalt screw eye bnlt 6-32 T nut furnisbed board moont ing 25 lb capacity will pull apart 121 ibs spring biased restraint arm Ibrown open position on-release built loab pre- vents accidental releasejv pp nil MODEL COMPONENTS BOX 56 6 IUCINI OR 0 405 120 Model Aviation HERE COMES THE PUP - build up Kit 0L792 $11950 l*xdva package trclude c*e*san motor moradsee Local Dealer uws wsop assORDER DIRECT Postpaid control hors riloo bolts 61 14-4 Prop Prototype Flew Great laortggeo strop social load bolts oral 5160 rolls plus CdP000 12720-Deos MA m 0R97306 T 003 923627 MfgPlant 11230 Pot ,d Roaa NE nk OR 97Dealer Distribalors Invited CIUDEDiAIIItC Tel 213 8994312 11015 Glenoaks Blvd Pacoima CA 91331 proofer choice 1978 Indoor Record Recap takes awhile get data AMA sort out confirm some data seems questionable find hole column put So half-past 1978 Im just getting around reporting 1978 records Any goes indoor modeling far greatest activity took place Pennyplane Novice Pennyplane particularly latter since records set back zero first year Record setters include Ichiro Sugioka Bucky Jocy Servaites Kris Warmann Cezar Banks Richard Whitten Bob Marnie Meuser bulk records though went Walter VanGorder son Michael flying Banks design Meuser No Non-Cents respectively set records both Open Junior three ceiling-height categories biggie however went Manny Radoff set Category III Open Pennyplane record 1630 Lakehurst using version John Kukons biplane pair long-standing records yielded hand Master Jim Richmond Third NIMAS Indoor Record Trials West Baden Category II posted score 36 mm 214 sec Hand-Launch Stick 17 mm 342 sec Baby ROG event officially referred ROG Stick using un-traditionaJ high-aspect-ratio machine latter Dave Lindley set Cat II Junior record ROG Stick 9 mm 126 sec considerable activity weirdo events autogiro helicopter ornithopter Richard Obarski old Chicago Aeronut posted 8 mm 476 sec Open Cat II Copter record Dave Lindley established Junior Giro records three ceiling-height cate gories best being 3 mm 536 sec Cat II Several Ornithopter records set particularly significant compared scores set thirties forties contention because possible rules violations Paper Stick originally supposed simpler easier alternative microfilmcovered models often happens turned difficult Indoor events second perhaps Easy B Richard Obarski upped Category III Open record event unimaginable 27 mm 486 sec Danger Epoxy has making rounds magazines newsletters past few years bears re-emphasizing Unless disagree old adage two eyes better article originally appeared Canadian National Safety Council article relates hardeners catalysts used fiber giass resins such hardeners several sorts resins used fiberglass epoxy polyester example So isnt crystal clear what catalyst article refers could luck out again couldnt According articles drop catalyst eye will progressively destroy eye tissue blindness inevitable result Once action has started no known way stopping let alone reversing least case eye eventually penetrated removed am continuously flooded work safety bulletins telling horror stories about gunk goop seems improbable horror stories could true still must some truth Probably best rule follow unless know forsure shipping clerk Ed faster looks Fact RADIO SOUTH Team pretty fast So want fast turn- round R/C repairs orders call RADIO SOUTH watch Ole Ed jump 4I 9ff RADIO SOUTH Customer satisfaction isnt just motto its way life provide fast economical in-house service radios engines sell list satisfied cus tomers reads like whos R/C competi tion Call Steve Helms resident R/C expert thinner acetone right over Hope make Bob Meuser 4200 Gregory St Oakland CA 94619 FF Indoor/Tenny continued page 57 Q Do have enough meetings year may overdoing Q Do have Junior problem No little bums dont want fly toy airplanes hell Q Is club getting too technical com petitive Dont make laughtake look lousy flight times Q Are doing can support MIAMA old guilt trip will get time safe assume isnt sure plenty ventilation dont get you get off quickly smells stay clear it doesnt smell didnt get out faucet stay clear anyhow work detector sensitive will measure rate flow acetone coming out fingertip within few seconds time drop placed fingertip other hand Meanwhile acetone has gone through lot important stuff instances effects gunks goops cumulative irreversible Cumulative means microprocessor body integrates total dosage get day born reaches pre-programed limit zappo Irreversible means saying youre sorry promising good boy wont help Got hot date Want wash up dope September 1979 121 advice before buy new equipment call Steve discuss problems having nrant amant HaII ka d er torreliable radio repairs RADIO SOUTH IS THE CHOICE OF THE PROS. US SOUTHERN R/C PRODUCTS INC T 3- BOX 47 NIMS LANE PENSACOLA FL 32503 PHONE 904 477-3974
Edition: Model Aviation - 1979/09
Page Numbers: 55, 56, 120, 121
GIRATIONS After reporting outdoor autogiro July issue heard Ron Ganser about indoor giro flew West Baden last year approach basically similar July issue twin rigid rotors mounted side-byside Id started indoor machine before tack ling outdoor gave up figuring Id learn rugged machine Rons model showed no discouraging tendencies low power higher power applied wing twisted giving much greater angie incidence rotors machine stopped dead its tracks settled straight down rotors turning high rate Rons rotors mounted wing high pylons resulted great torque fragile wing Solution perhaps lower pylons twist-resisting wire bracing no tor sional problem wing being covered doped tissue both sides torsionally very stiff did fold original wing several times due lack sufficient bending strength resist great lift rotors model launched Meanwhile found two side-by-side-rotor giros Frank Zaics ModelAeronautics Yearbooks both employed hinged rotors gas engine powered Frank Ehiing 1938 edition outdoor rubber-power Parnell Schoenky 1951-52 edition So record having thought new~ idea hat already appeared Zaic Yearbook remains intact Meanwhile took crack Category record US FF Champs got apairof nice two-minute flights put hole barely getting above car-top altitude missed record 3 sec Well theres always next year Champion Coupe Update Since April issue went pressthe described Champion Coupe kita few changes have made mainly propeller department Champ kit described recall singie-blade prop pre-fonned molded balsa blade bit sanding blade finished cinch beginner George Schroed ter kits designer manufacturer developed feeling role Coupe model newcomers being replaced P-30 event perhaps atwo-blader carved blades would make model bit com petitive additional work required make prop justified George spent year experimenting props both oneblade two-blade design although experimental models showed no improvement over old design finally hit made significant improvement perform- brass nuts supplied blades can re ance 16-diameter 18-pitch affair Z- moved repair replacement should wire hub model will consistently turn necessary anumberofotherminorbut flights 2i minutes very-early-morning air potentially important changes kit too new prop shaft can used either price including shipping handling Crockett hook prop-blade blocks charge $1565 $2815 double kit drilled belt-sanded outline both front two kits set plans box side views amount wood must want try new prop own Coupe removed carving sanding minimal can buy prop kitconsisting blade blanks ends Z-wire hub threaded threaded Z-wire prop shaft cut-to-size balsa September 1979 55 Merlin went poof befloid . Twin-rotor indoor autogiro Ron Ganser flew well low power wing twist caused problems high power background Rans ornithopterwing flapper Off-beat events bring up new problems Soiving fun Son Confucius Meuser say storybook picture Jose Tellez established Open Category ii National record 8 mm 478 sec West Baden Indiana simple carefully builtand flown helicopter model text Bob does annual record-summation act Obarski FF great old Chicago-Goldberg days Tellex plc laminated noseblock numerous other goodiesfor $595 pair blade blanks alone go $350 Champion Model Products also sells 100-ft lengths Sig fuse $895 post paid Remember include 6% sales tax Californians address 880 Carmen Court La Verne CA 91750 Slated release about time goes press Coupe-size Mulvihill unlimited rubberpower kit called Upshot Price $1465 postpaid Fuselage built-up stick-n-tissue construction accepts much longer rubber motor Coupe course Tissue Tips following FFFL jar newsletter Alabama FF Flyers edited Bill Mathews article written Tom Hep ler applies specifically double-covering Japanese tissue much applies other paper coverings single coverings well Ive tried it works advertised Ive also added few ideas ownhope Tom doesnt mind Give frame two coats clear dope thinned enough brush easily Sand lightly after first coat bottom edge undercambered ribs apply several extra coats Coat areas tissue attached Opinions vary whether tops ribs should dope tissue will stick arent doped will stick better Place first layer tissue grain running spanwise over frame tack tissue frame three places shown sketch layer tissue used modelers prefer run grain spanwise sags splits less easily chordwise grain tacking done applying drop thinner outside tissue soaks StickU/ing paid /iereflrt.2 177 . second. third2 Eqtia/ tension wrin/4es Science rears Its ugiy head know tissue cover text gives new wrinkle through softens dope underneath bonds little rubbing spit-moistened fingertip aids bonding Tack spot leading edge spot trailing edge let dry until tissue well stuck about 30 seconds tack third spot opposite end pulling tissue Wrinkles will form along long sides triangle formed three tacks certain strengths wrinkles eauaL Hold tissue frame points leading trailing edges about two rib-bays two-tack end Smooth out tissue run thinner-wetted brush along edges up points tissue held Con tinue two bays time until plumb out wing Experience will tell much tension apply tack tissue stick remainder frame Too little tension too much will result wrinkles final job Extra care must taken applying tissue lower surface undercambered wings bottom surface should covered first After tissue has stuck leading trailing edges described above go over rib thinner-soaked brush im mediately rub tissue onto rib fingertip doesnt stick apply thinner try again cant made stick over 100% certainty probably didnt dope bottom rib heavily enough lost tissue doesnt stick first time Inasmuch top frame yet covered can apply additional dope small brush areas seem need between 56 Model Aviation Continued page 120 Above Both Champion Coupe new Muivihili version calied Lip shot now have two-biaded carved props Prop kit can purchased separately Left Yes folder simpie Both pix Meuser didnt fly anymore increasingly popular P/30 event plastic-prop rubber-power models having maximum dimension 30 inches maxed out Senior-Open event Hugo Sandroni placed first Bob White number two spot Junior P/30 event Mamie Meuser made three 3-ruin maxes thereby becoming first Junior ever max out event probably first female certainly first Meuser ever top Bob Whites score rubber-power event fairness however note White didnt have grandfather along help him find thermals seems darned shame two Juniors vied Junior Sweepstakes award Dave Turgeon won hands down least seven trophies told first places both Junior Indoor Outdoor Hand-Launch Glider first Junior Gas Jason Kendy took Senior Sweeps trophy Irv Aker took Open Sweeps award Wailed mere five points out 600 Joe Foster received Chuck Broadhurst Memorial Trophy then stories 14 guys always decide Id much interested listening stories am packing car Pd getting home reasonable hour Besides have spent far too much time telling own stories P11 late anyhow Gary Medley didnt tell f-only story makings best lot Picking good air A/2 Nordic Towline Glider event wasnt easy after regular seven flights two maxed out Gary Bruce Hannah Jr Gary lost best model would have ok hadnt damaged too badly fly third model twanger hook could have used tf hadnt left twanger towline home arranged borrow Wayne Zinks twanger line would have ok fonly hadnt got put wrong car its way Taft managed borrow twanger mechanism tied Jim Wilsons towline would have ok Wilsons line woven Dacron instead nylon monofilament Well Han nah took off straight tow Medley heels f model hadnt gone off side come off line early might have made additional 7 sec would have taken beat Hannah Id writing Hannahs f-only story Steve Geraghty pretty good story too After making three maxes MulvihilL hed have made sure max first fly-off flight wing hadnt folded up no apparent reason after model gliding several minutes nice thermal figure out nobody else can Now (only headwinds arent too strong (only can find just gas station pumping (only engine doesnt fall off might able make home write story.. FF Duration/Meuser continued page 56 tissue rib slick way really certain plenty dope holding tissue bottoms ribs apply additional dope industrial syringe looks like hypodermic needle dinosaurs dope should well thinned sufficient make run inch two along rib gravitys help first layer down spray rubbing alcohol Dont spray directly onto tissue Let mist fall onto tissue Pin down structure dries Use flat board 1/8 3/16 inch strips under wing hold tissue above board dry give surface couple coats dope thinned equal part thinner pin down dry overnight Use same procedure apply second layer tissue except grain should run chordwise Use three tacks before bond tissue around edges top surface along ribs also undercambered surfaces bonding complete apply spray coat water Pin down before dry apply thinner over whole thing will soften dope first layer stick two layers together apply several coats thinned dope pin down allow dry overnight longer possible avoid warps Lastly wing gas model apply fuel FOR THE SOARING BUFF supertape applies atickey brushing masking Its stronger typical RIC building material lt weighs 1 gin par sq ft building area lts 0006 thick lts ready instant apply Olts quickest efficient method applying balsa greenskin other skin foam wing cores Plus dozens other great uses Try 3/8rolI $479 1roll $795 TrolI $1595 ALL ROLLS ARE 2160 LONG superwings ortfolio Everything need know create own super-performance sailplane completely illustrated difinative work 20 pages packed technical data charts diagrams step-by-step instructions million $ worth information interested obtaining winning edge sailplane performance Hi Johnson Only $150 Features plated 15 4 cr steel support mem ber plated 3/32 manganese bronze moving parts 050 1/2 alumirnas zockor strap simple wockor ing stake turf spike aspbalt screw eye bnlt 6-32 T nut furnisbed board moont ing 25 lb capacity will pull apart 121 ibs spring biased restraint arm Ibrown open position on-release built loab pre- vents accidental releasejv pp nil MODEL COMPONENTS BOX 56 6 IUCINI OR 0 405 120 Model Aviation HERE COMES THE PUP - build up Kit 0L792 $11950 l*xdva package trclude c*e*san motor moradsee Local Dealer uws wsop assORDER DIRECT Postpaid control hors riloo bolts 61 14-4 Prop Prototype Flew Great laortggeo strop social load bolts oral 5160 rolls plus CdP000 12720-Deos MA m 0R97306 T 003 923627 MfgPlant 11230 Pot ,d Roaa NE nk OR 97Dealer Distribalors Invited CIUDEDiAIIItC Tel 213 8994312 11015 Glenoaks Blvd Pacoima CA 91331 proofer choice 1978 Indoor Record Recap takes awhile get data AMA sort out confirm some data seems questionable find hole column put So half-past 1978 Im just getting around reporting 1978 records Any goes indoor modeling far greatest activity took place Pennyplane Novice Pennyplane particularly latter since records set back zero first year Record setters include Ichiro Sugioka Bucky Jocy Servaites Kris Warmann Cezar Banks Richard Whitten Bob Marnie Meuser bulk records though went Walter VanGorder son Michael flying Banks design Meuser No Non-Cents respectively set records both Open Junior three ceiling-height categories biggie however went Manny Radoff set Category III Open Pennyplane record 1630 Lakehurst using version John Kukons biplane pair long-standing records yielded hand Master Jim Richmond Third NIMAS Indoor Record Trials West Baden Category II posted score 36 mm 214 sec Hand-Launch Stick 17 mm 342 sec Baby ROG event officially referred ROG Stick using un-traditionaJ high-aspect-ratio machine latter Dave Lindley set Cat II Junior record ROG Stick 9 mm 126 sec considerable activity weirdo events autogiro helicopter ornithopter Richard Obarski old Chicago Aeronut posted 8 mm 476 sec Open Cat II Copter record Dave Lindley established Junior Giro records three ceiling-height cate gories best being 3 mm 536 sec Cat II Several Ornithopter records set particularly significant compared scores set thirties forties contention because possible rules violations Paper Stick originally supposed simpler easier alternative microfilmcovered models often happens turned difficult Indoor events second perhaps Easy B Richard Obarski upped Category III Open record event unimaginable 27 mm 486 sec Danger Epoxy has making rounds magazines newsletters past few years bears re-emphasizing Unless disagree old adage two eyes better article originally appeared Canadian National Safety Council article relates hardeners catalysts used fiber giass resins such hardeners several sorts resins used fiberglass epoxy polyester example So isnt crystal clear what catalyst article refers could luck out again couldnt According articles drop catalyst eye will progressively destroy eye tissue blindness inevitable result Once action has started no known way stopping let alone reversing least case eye eventually penetrated removed am continuously flooded work safety bulletins telling horror stories about gunk goop seems improbable horror stories could true still must some truth Probably best rule follow unless know forsure shipping clerk Ed faster looks Fact RADIO SOUTH Team pretty fast So want fast turn- round R/C repairs orders call RADIO SOUTH watch Ole Ed jump 4I 9ff RADIO SOUTH Customer satisfaction isnt just motto its way life provide fast economical in-house service radios engines sell list satisfied cus tomers reads like whos R/C competi tion Call Steve Helms resident R/C expert thinner acetone right over Hope make Bob Meuser 4200 Gregory St Oakland CA 94619 FF Indoor/Tenny continued page 57 Q Do have enough meetings year may overdoing Q Do have Junior problem No little bums dont want fly toy airplanes hell Q Is club getting too technical com petitive Dont make laughtake look lousy flight times Q Are doing can support MIAMA old guilt trip will get time safe assume isnt sure plenty ventilation dont get you get off quickly smells stay clear it doesnt smell didnt get out faucet stay clear anyhow work detector sensitive will measure rate flow acetone coming out fingertip within few seconds time drop placed fingertip other hand Meanwhile acetone has gone through lot important stuff instances effects gunks goops cumulative irreversible Cumulative means microprocessor body integrates total dosage get day born reaches pre-programed limit zappo Irreversible means saying youre sorry promising good boy wont help Got hot date Want wash up dope September 1979 121 advice before buy new equipment call Steve discuss problems having nrant amant HaII ka d er torreliable radio repairs RADIO SOUTH IS THE CHOICE OF THE PROS. US SOUTHERN R/C PRODUCTS INC T 3- BOX 47 NIMS LANE PENSACOLA FL 32503 PHONE 904 477-3974
Edition: Model Aviation - 1979/09
Page Numbers: 55, 56, 120, 121
GIRATIONS After reporting outdoor autogiro July issue heard Ron Ganser about indoor giro flew West Baden last year approach basically similar July issue twin rigid rotors mounted side-byside Id started indoor machine before tack ling outdoor gave up figuring Id learn rugged machine Rons model showed no discouraging tendencies low power higher power applied wing twisted giving much greater angie incidence rotors machine stopped dead its tracks settled straight down rotors turning high rate Rons rotors mounted wing high pylons resulted great torque fragile wing Solution perhaps lower pylons twist-resisting wire bracing no tor sional problem wing being covered doped tissue both sides torsionally very stiff did fold original wing several times due lack sufficient bending strength resist great lift rotors model launched Meanwhile found two side-by-side-rotor giros Frank Zaics ModelAeronautics Yearbooks both employed hinged rotors gas engine powered Frank Ehiing 1938 edition outdoor rubber-power Parnell Schoenky 1951-52 edition So record having thought new~ idea hat already appeared Zaic Yearbook remains intact Meanwhile took crack Category record US FF Champs got apairof nice two-minute flights put hole barely getting above car-top altitude missed record 3 sec Well theres always next year Champion Coupe Update Since April issue went pressthe described Champion Coupe kita few changes have made mainly propeller department Champ kit described recall singie-blade prop pre-fonned molded balsa blade bit sanding blade finished cinch beginner George Schroed ter kits designer manufacturer developed feeling role Coupe model newcomers being replaced P-30 event perhaps atwo-blader carved blades would make model bit com petitive additional work required make prop justified George spent year experimenting props both oneblade two-blade design although experimental models showed no improvement over old design finally hit made significant improvement perform- brass nuts supplied blades can re ance 16-diameter 18-pitch affair Z- moved repair replacement should wire hub model will consistently turn necessary anumberofotherminorbut flights 2i minutes very-early-morning air potentially important changes kit too new prop shaft can used either price including shipping handling Crockett hook prop-blade blocks charge $1565 $2815 double kit drilled belt-sanded outline both front two kits set plans box side views amount wood must want try new prop own Coupe removed carving sanding minimal can buy prop kitconsisting blade blanks ends Z-wire hub threaded threaded Z-wire prop shaft cut-to-size balsa September 1979 55 Merlin went poof befloid . Twin-rotor indoor autogiro Ron Ganser flew well low power wing twist caused problems high power background Rans ornithopterwing flapper Off-beat events bring up new problems Soiving fun Son Confucius Meuser say storybook picture Jose Tellez established Open Category ii National record 8 mm 478 sec West Baden Indiana simple carefully builtand flown helicopter model text Bob does annual record-summation act Obarski FF great old Chicago-Goldberg days Tellex plc laminated noseblock numerous other goodiesfor $595 pair blade blanks alone go $350 Champion Model Products also sells 100-ft lengths Sig fuse $895 post paid Remember include 6% sales tax Californians address 880 Carmen Court La Verne CA 91750 Slated release about time goes press Coupe-size Mulvihill unlimited rubberpower kit called Upshot Price $1465 postpaid Fuselage built-up stick-n-tissue construction accepts much longer rubber motor Coupe course Tissue Tips following FFFL jar newsletter Alabama FF Flyers edited Bill Mathews article written Tom Hep ler applies specifically double-covering Japanese tissue much applies other paper coverings single coverings well Ive tried it works advertised Ive also added few ideas ownhope Tom doesnt mind Give frame two coats clear dope thinned enough brush easily Sand lightly after first coat bottom edge undercambered ribs apply several extra coats Coat areas tissue attached Opinions vary whether tops ribs should dope tissue will stick arent doped will stick better Place first layer tissue grain running spanwise over frame tack tissue frame three places shown sketch layer tissue used modelers prefer run grain spanwise sags splits less easily chordwise grain tacking done applying drop thinner outside tissue soaks StickU/ing paid /iereflrt.2 177 . second. third2 Eqtia/ tension wrin/4es Science rears Its ugiy head know tissue cover text gives new wrinkle through softens dope underneath bonds little rubbing spit-moistened fingertip aids bonding Tack spot leading edge spot trailing edge let dry until tissue well stuck about 30 seconds tack third spot opposite end pulling tissue Wrinkles will form along long sides triangle formed three tacks certain strengths wrinkles eauaL Hold tissue frame points leading trailing edges about two rib-bays two-tack end Smooth out tissue run thinner-wetted brush along edges up points tissue held Con tinue two bays time until plumb out wing Experience will tell much tension apply tack tissue stick remainder frame Too little tension too much will result wrinkles final job Extra care must taken applying tissue lower surface undercambered wings bottom surface should covered first After tissue has stuck leading trailing edges described above go over rib thinner-soaked brush im mediately rub tissue onto rib fingertip doesnt stick apply thinner try again cant made stick over 100% certainty probably didnt dope bottom rib heavily enough lost tissue doesnt stick first time Inasmuch top frame yet covered can apply additional dope small brush areas seem need between 56 Model Aviation Continued page 120 Above Both Champion Coupe new Muivihili version calied Lip shot now have two-biaded carved props Prop kit can purchased separately Left Yes folder simpie Both pix Meuser didnt fly anymore increasingly popular P/30 event plastic-prop rubber-power models having maximum dimension 30 inches maxed out Senior-Open event Hugo Sandroni placed first Bob White number two spot Junior P/30 event Mamie Meuser made three 3-ruin maxes thereby becoming first Junior ever max out event probably first female certainly first Meuser ever top Bob Whites score rubber-power event fairness however note White didnt have grandfather along help him find thermals seems darned shame two Juniors vied Junior Sweepstakes award Dave Turgeon won hands down least seven trophies told first places both Junior Indoor Outdoor Hand-Launch Glider first Junior Gas Jason Kendy took Senior Sweeps trophy Irv Aker took Open Sweeps award Wailed mere five points out 600 Joe Foster received Chuck Broadhurst Memorial Trophy then stories 14 guys always decide Id much interested listening stories am packing car Pd getting home reasonable hour Besides have spent far too much time telling own stories P11 late anyhow Gary Medley didnt tell f-only story makings best lot Picking good air A/2 Nordic Towline Glider event wasnt easy after regular seven flights two maxed out Gary Bruce Hannah Jr Gary lost best model would have ok hadnt damaged too badly fly third model twanger hook could have used tf hadnt left twanger towline home arranged borrow Wayne Zinks twanger line would have ok fonly hadnt got put wrong car its way Taft managed borrow twanger mechanism tied Jim Wilsons towline would have ok Wilsons line woven Dacron instead nylon monofilament Well Han nah took off straight tow Medley heels f model hadnt gone off side come off line early might have made additional 7 sec would have taken beat Hannah Id writing Hannahs f-only story Steve Geraghty pretty good story too After making three maxes MulvihilL hed have made sure max first fly-off flight wing hadnt folded up no apparent reason after model gliding several minutes nice thermal figure out nobody else can Now (only headwinds arent too strong (only can find just gas station pumping (only engine doesnt fall off might able make home write story.. FF Duration/Meuser continued page 56 tissue rib slick way really certain plenty dope holding tissue bottoms ribs apply additional dope industrial syringe looks like hypodermic needle dinosaurs dope should well thinned sufficient make run inch two along rib gravitys help first layer down spray rubbing alcohol Dont spray directly onto tissue Let mist fall onto tissue Pin down structure dries Use flat board 1/8 3/16 inch strips under wing hold tissue above board dry give surface couple coats dope thinned equal part thinner pin down dry overnight Use same procedure apply second layer tissue except grain should run chordwise Use three tacks before bond tissue around edges top surface along ribs also undercambered surfaces bonding complete apply spray coat water Pin down before dry apply thinner over whole thing will soften dope first layer stick two layers together apply several coats thinned dope pin down allow dry overnight longer possible avoid warps Lastly wing gas model apply fuel FOR THE SOARING BUFF supertape applies atickey brushing masking Its stronger typical RIC building material lt weighs 1 gin par sq ft building area lts 0006 thick lts ready instant apply Olts quickest efficient method applying balsa greenskin other skin foam wing cores Plus dozens other great uses Try 3/8rolI $479 1roll $795 TrolI $1595 ALL ROLLS ARE 2160 LONG superwings ortfolio Everything need know create own super-performance sailplane completely illustrated difinative work 20 pages packed technical data charts diagrams step-by-step instructions million $ worth information interested obtaining winning edge sailplane performance Hi Johnson Only $150 Features plated 15 4 cr steel support mem ber plated 3/32 manganese bronze moving parts 050 1/2 alumirnas zockor strap simple wockor ing stake turf spike aspbalt screw eye bnlt 6-32 T nut furnisbed board moont ing 25 lb capacity will pull apart 121 ibs spring biased restraint arm Ibrown open position on-release built loab pre- vents accidental releasejv pp nil MODEL COMPONENTS BOX 56 6 IUCINI OR 0 405 120 Model Aviation HERE COMES THE PUP - build up Kit 0L792 $11950 l*xdva package trclude c*e*san motor moradsee Local Dealer uws wsop assORDER DIRECT Postpaid control hors riloo bolts 61 14-4 Prop Prototype Flew Great laortggeo strop social load bolts oral 5160 rolls plus CdP000 12720-Deos MA m 0R97306 T 003 923627 MfgPlant 11230 Pot ,d Roaa NE nk OR 97Dealer Distribalors Invited CIUDEDiAIIItC Tel 213 8994312 11015 Glenoaks Blvd Pacoima CA 91331 proofer choice 1978 Indoor Record Recap takes awhile get data AMA sort out confirm some data seems questionable find hole column put So half-past 1978 Im just getting around reporting 1978 records Any goes indoor modeling far greatest activity took place Pennyplane Novice Pennyplane particularly latter since records set back zero first year Record setters include Ichiro Sugioka Bucky Jocy Servaites Kris Warmann Cezar Banks Richard Whitten Bob Marnie Meuser bulk records though went Walter VanGorder son Michael flying Banks design Meuser No Non-Cents respectively set records both Open Junior three ceiling-height categories biggie however went Manny Radoff set Category III Open Pennyplane record 1630 Lakehurst using version John Kukons biplane pair long-standing records yielded hand Master Jim Richmond Third NIMAS Indoor Record Trials West Baden Category II posted score 36 mm 214 sec Hand-Launch Stick 17 mm 342 sec Baby ROG event officially referred ROG Stick using un-traditionaJ high-aspect-ratio machine latter Dave Lindley set Cat II Junior record ROG Stick 9 mm 126 sec considerable activity weirdo events autogiro helicopter ornithopter Richard Obarski old Chicago Aeronut posted 8 mm 476 sec Open Cat II Copter record Dave Lindley established Junior Giro records three ceiling-height cate gories best being 3 mm 536 sec Cat II Several Ornithopter records set particularly significant compared scores set thirties forties contention because possible rules violations Paper Stick originally supposed simpler easier alternative microfilmcovered models often happens turned difficult Indoor events second perhaps Easy B Richard Obarski upped Category III Open record event unimaginable 27 mm 486 sec Danger Epoxy has making rounds magazines newsletters past few years bears re-emphasizing Unless disagree old adage two eyes better article originally appeared Canadian National Safety Council article relates hardeners catalysts used fiber giass resins such hardeners several sorts resins used fiberglass epoxy polyester example So isnt crystal clear what catalyst article refers could luck out again couldnt According articles drop catalyst eye will progressively destroy eye tissue blindness inevitable result Once action has started no known way stopping let alone reversing least case eye eventually penetrated removed am continuously flooded work safety bulletins telling horror stories about gunk goop seems improbable horror stories could true still must some truth Probably best rule follow unless know forsure shipping clerk Ed faster looks Fact RADIO SOUTH Team pretty fast So want fast turn- round R/C repairs orders call RADIO SOUTH watch Ole Ed jump 4I 9ff RADIO SOUTH Customer satisfaction isnt just motto its way life provide fast economical in-house service radios engines sell list satisfied cus tomers reads like whos R/C competi tion Call Steve Helms resident R/C expert thinner acetone right over Hope make Bob Meuser 4200 Gregory St Oakland CA 94619 FF Indoor/Tenny continued page 57 Q Do have enough meetings year may overdoing Q Do have Junior problem No little bums dont want fly toy airplanes hell Q Is club getting too technical com petitive Dont make laughtake look lousy flight times Q Are doing can support MIAMA old guilt trip will get time safe assume isnt sure plenty ventilation dont get you get off quickly smells stay clear it doesnt smell didnt get out faucet stay clear anyhow work detector sensitive will measure rate flow acetone coming out fingertip within few seconds time drop placed fingertip other hand Meanwhile acetone has gone through lot important stuff instances effects gunks goops cumulative irreversible Cumulative means microprocessor body integrates total dosage get day born reaches pre-programed limit zappo Irreversible means saying youre sorry promising good boy wont help Got hot date Want wash up dope September 1979 121 advice before buy new equipment call Steve discuss problems having nrant amant HaII ka d er torreliable radio repairs RADIO SOUTH IS THE CHOICE OF THE PROS. US SOUTHERN R/C PRODUCTS INC T 3- BOX 47 NIMS LANE PENSACOLA FL 32503 PHONE 904 477-3974
Edition: Model Aviation - 1979/09
Page Numbers: 55, 56, 120, 121
GIRATIONS After reporting outdoor autogiro July issue heard Ron Ganser about indoor giro flew West Baden last year approach basically similar July issue twin rigid rotors mounted side-byside Id started indoor machine before tack ling outdoor gave up figuring Id learn rugged machine Rons model showed no discouraging tendencies low power higher power applied wing twisted giving much greater angie incidence rotors machine stopped dead its tracks settled straight down rotors turning high rate Rons rotors mounted wing high pylons resulted great torque fragile wing Solution perhaps lower pylons twist-resisting wire bracing no tor sional problem wing being covered doped tissue both sides torsionally very stiff did fold original wing several times due lack sufficient bending strength resist great lift rotors model launched Meanwhile found two side-by-side-rotor giros Frank Zaics ModelAeronautics Yearbooks both employed hinged rotors gas engine powered Frank Ehiing 1938 edition outdoor rubber-power Parnell Schoenky 1951-52 edition So record having thought new~ idea hat already appeared Zaic Yearbook remains intact Meanwhile took crack Category record US FF Champs got apairof nice two-minute flights put hole barely getting above car-top altitude missed record 3 sec Well theres always next year Champion Coupe Update Since April issue went pressthe described Champion Coupe kita few changes have made mainly propeller department Champ kit described recall singie-blade prop pre-fonned molded balsa blade bit sanding blade finished cinch beginner George Schroed ter kits designer manufacturer developed feeling role Coupe model newcomers being replaced P-30 event perhaps atwo-blader carved blades would make model bit com petitive additional work required make prop justified George spent year experimenting props both oneblade two-blade design although experimental models showed no improvement over old design finally hit made significant improvement perform- brass nuts supplied blades can re ance 16-diameter 18-pitch affair Z- moved repair replacement should wire hub model will consistently turn necessary anumberofotherminorbut flights 2i minutes very-early-morning air potentially important changes kit too new prop shaft can used either price including shipping handling Crockett hook prop-blade blocks charge $1565 $2815 double kit drilled belt-sanded outline both front two kits set plans box side views amount wood must want try new prop own Coupe removed carving sanding minimal can buy prop kitconsisting blade blanks ends Z-wire hub threaded threaded Z-wire prop shaft cut-to-size balsa September 1979 55 Merlin went poof befloid . Twin-rotor indoor autogiro Ron Ganser flew well low power wing twist caused problems high power background Rans ornithopterwing flapper Off-beat events bring up new problems Soiving fun Son Confucius Meuser say storybook picture Jose Tellez established Open Category ii National record 8 mm 478 sec West Baden Indiana simple carefully builtand flown helicopter model text Bob does annual record-summation act Obarski FF great old Chicago-Goldberg days Tellex plc laminated noseblock numerous other goodiesfor $595 pair blade blanks alone go $350 Champion Model Products also sells 100-ft lengths Sig fuse $895 post paid Remember include 6% sales tax Californians address 880 Carmen Court La Verne CA 91750 Slated release about time goes press Coupe-size Mulvihill unlimited rubberpower kit called Upshot Price $1465 postpaid Fuselage built-up stick-n-tissue construction accepts much longer rubber motor Coupe course Tissue Tips following FFFL jar newsletter Alabama FF Flyers edited Bill Mathews article written Tom Hep ler applies specifically double-covering Japanese tissue much applies other paper coverings single coverings well Ive tried it works advertised Ive also added few ideas ownhope Tom doesnt mind Give frame two coats clear dope thinned enough brush easily Sand lightly after first coat bottom edge undercambered ribs apply several extra coats Coat areas tissue attached Opinions vary whether tops ribs should dope tissue will stick arent doped will stick better Place first layer tissue grain running spanwise over frame tack tissue frame three places shown sketch layer tissue used modelers prefer run grain spanwise sags splits less easily chordwise grain tacking done applying drop thinner outside tissue soaks StickU/ing paid /iereflrt.2 177 . second. third2 Eqtia/ tension wrin/4es Science rears Its ugiy head know tissue cover text gives new wrinkle through softens dope underneath bonds little rubbing spit-moistened fingertip aids bonding Tack spot leading edge spot trailing edge let dry until tissue well stuck about 30 seconds tack third spot opposite end pulling tissue Wrinkles will form along long sides triangle formed three tacks certain strengths wrinkles eauaL Hold tissue frame points leading trailing edges about two rib-bays two-tack end Smooth out tissue run thinner-wetted brush along edges up points tissue held Con tinue two bays time until plumb out wing Experience will tell much tension apply tack tissue stick remainder frame Too little tension too much will result wrinkles final job Extra care must taken applying tissue lower surface undercambered wings bottom surface should covered first After tissue has stuck leading trailing edges described above go over rib thinner-soaked brush im mediately rub tissue onto rib fingertip doesnt stick apply thinner try again cant made stick over 100% certainty probably didnt dope bottom rib heavily enough lost tissue doesnt stick first time Inasmuch top frame yet covered can apply additional dope small brush areas seem need between 56 Model Aviation Continued page 120 Above Both Champion Coupe new Muivihili version calied Lip shot now have two-biaded carved props Prop kit can purchased separately Left Yes folder simpie Both pix Meuser didnt fly anymore increasingly popular P/30 event plastic-prop rubber-power models having maximum dimension 30 inches maxed out Senior-Open event Hugo Sandroni placed first Bob White number two spot Junior P/30 event Mamie Meuser made three 3-ruin maxes thereby becoming first Junior ever max out event probably first female certainly first Meuser ever top Bob Whites score rubber-power event fairness however note White didnt have grandfather along help him find thermals seems darned shame two Juniors vied Junior Sweepstakes award Dave Turgeon won hands down least seven trophies told first places both Junior Indoor Outdoor Hand-Launch Glider first Junior Gas Jason Kendy took Senior Sweeps trophy Irv Aker took Open Sweeps award Wailed mere five points out 600 Joe Foster received Chuck Broadhurst Memorial Trophy then stories 14 guys always decide Id much interested listening stories am packing car Pd getting home reasonable hour Besides have spent far too much time telling own stories P11 late anyhow Gary Medley didnt tell f-only story makings best lot Picking good air A/2 Nordic Towline Glider event wasnt easy after regular seven flights two maxed out Gary Bruce Hannah Jr Gary lost best model would have ok hadnt damaged too badly fly third model twanger hook could have used tf hadnt left twanger towline home arranged borrow Wayne Zinks twanger line would have ok fonly hadnt got put wrong car its way Taft managed borrow twanger mechanism tied Jim Wilsons towline would have ok Wilsons line woven Dacron instead nylon monofilament Well Han nah took off straight tow Medley heels f model hadnt gone off side come off line early might have made additional 7 sec would have taken beat Hannah Id writing Hannahs f-only story Steve Geraghty pretty good story too After making three maxes MulvihilL hed have made sure max first fly-off flight wing hadnt folded up no apparent reason after model gliding several minutes nice thermal figure out nobody else can Now (only headwinds arent too strong (only can find just gas station pumping (only engine doesnt fall off might able make home write story.. FF Duration/Meuser continued page 56 tissue rib slick way really certain plenty dope holding tissue bottoms ribs apply additional dope industrial syringe looks like hypodermic needle dinosaurs dope should well thinned sufficient make run inch two along rib gravitys help first layer down spray rubbing alcohol Dont spray directly onto tissue Let mist fall onto tissue Pin down structure dries Use flat board 1/8 3/16 inch strips under wing hold tissue above board dry give surface couple coats dope thinned equal part thinner pin down dry overnight Use same procedure apply second layer tissue except grain should run chordwise Use three tacks before bond tissue around edges top surface along ribs also undercambered surfaces bonding complete apply spray coat water Pin down before dry apply thinner over whole thing will soften dope first layer stick two layers together apply several coats thinned dope pin down allow dry overnight longer possible avoid warps Lastly wing gas model apply fuel FOR THE SOARING BUFF supertape applies atickey brushing masking Its stronger typical RIC building material lt weighs 1 gin par sq ft building area lts 0006 thick lts ready instant apply Olts quickest efficient method applying balsa greenskin other skin foam wing cores Plus dozens other great uses Try 3/8rolI $479 1roll $795 TrolI $1595 ALL ROLLS ARE 2160 LONG superwings ortfolio Everything need know create own super-performance sailplane completely illustrated difinative work 20 pages packed technical data charts diagrams step-by-step instructions million $ worth information interested obtaining winning edge sailplane performance Hi Johnson Only $150 Features plated 15 4 cr steel support mem ber plated 3/32 manganese bronze moving parts 050 1/2 alumirnas zockor strap simple wockor ing stake turf spike aspbalt screw eye bnlt 6-32 T nut furnisbed board moont ing 25 lb capacity will pull apart 121 ibs spring biased restraint arm Ibrown open position on-release built loab pre- vents accidental releasejv pp nil MODEL COMPONENTS BOX 56 6 IUCINI OR 0 405 120 Model Aviation HERE COMES THE PUP - build up Kit 0L792 $11950 l*xdva package trclude c*e*san motor moradsee Local Dealer uws wsop assORDER DIRECT Postpaid control hors riloo bolts 61 14-4 Prop Prototype Flew Great laortggeo strop social load bolts oral 5160 rolls plus CdP000 12720-Deos MA m 0R97306 T 003 923627 MfgPlant 11230 Pot ,d Roaa NE nk OR 97Dealer Distribalors Invited CIUDEDiAIIItC Tel 213 8994312 11015 Glenoaks Blvd Pacoima CA 91331 proofer choice 1978 Indoor Record Recap takes awhile get data AMA sort out confirm some data seems questionable find hole column put So half-past 1978 Im just getting around reporting 1978 records Any goes indoor modeling far greatest activity took place Pennyplane Novice Pennyplane particularly latter since records set back zero first year Record setters include Ichiro Sugioka Bucky Jocy Servaites Kris Warmann Cezar Banks Richard Whitten Bob Marnie Meuser bulk records though went Walter VanGorder son Michael flying Banks design Meuser No Non-Cents respectively set records both Open Junior three ceiling-height categories biggie however went Manny Radoff set Category III Open Pennyplane record 1630 Lakehurst using version John Kukons biplane pair long-standing records yielded hand Master Jim Richmond Third NIMAS Indoor Record Trials West Baden Category II posted score 36 mm 214 sec Hand-Launch Stick 17 mm 342 sec Baby ROG event officially referred ROG Stick using un-traditionaJ high-aspect-ratio machine latter Dave Lindley set Cat II Junior record ROG Stick 9 mm 126 sec considerable activity weirdo events autogiro helicopter ornithopter Richard Obarski old Chicago Aeronut posted 8 mm 476 sec Open Cat II Copter record Dave Lindley established Junior Giro records three ceiling-height cate gories best being 3 mm 536 sec Cat II Several Ornithopter records set particularly significant compared scores set thirties forties contention because possible rules violations Paper Stick originally supposed simpler easier alternative microfilmcovered models often happens turned difficult Indoor events second perhaps Easy B Richard Obarski upped Category III Open record event unimaginable 27 mm 486 sec Danger Epoxy has making rounds magazines newsletters past few years bears re-emphasizing Unless disagree old adage two eyes better article originally appeared Canadian National Safety Council article relates hardeners catalysts used fiber giass resins such hardeners several sorts resins used fiberglass epoxy polyester example So isnt crystal clear what catalyst article refers could luck out again couldnt According articles drop catalyst eye will progressively destroy eye tissue blindness inevitable result Once action has started no known way stopping let alone reversing least case eye eventually penetrated removed am continuously flooded work safety bulletins telling horror stories about gunk goop seems improbable horror stories could true still must some truth Probably best rule follow unless know forsure shipping clerk Ed faster looks Fact RADIO SOUTH Team pretty fast So want fast turn- round R/C repairs orders call RADIO SOUTH watch Ole Ed jump 4I 9ff RADIO SOUTH Customer satisfaction isnt just motto its way life provide fast economical in-house service radios engines sell list satisfied cus tomers reads like whos R/C competi tion Call Steve Helms resident R/C expert thinner acetone right over Hope make Bob Meuser 4200 Gregory St Oakland CA 94619 FF Indoor/Tenny continued page 57 Q Do have enough meetings year may overdoing Q Do have Junior problem No little bums dont want fly toy airplanes hell Q Is club getting too technical com petitive Dont make laughtake look lousy flight times Q Are doing can support MIAMA old guilt trip will get time safe assume isnt sure plenty ventilation dont get you get off quickly smells stay clear it doesnt smell didnt get out faucet stay clear anyhow work detector sensitive will measure rate flow acetone coming out fingertip within few seconds time drop placed fingertip other hand Meanwhile acetone has gone through lot important stuff instances effects gunks goops cumulative irreversible Cumulative means microprocessor body integrates total dosage get day born reaches pre-programed limit zappo Irreversible means saying youre sorry promising good boy wont help Got hot date Want wash up dope September 1979 121 advice before buy new equipment call Steve discuss problems having nrant amant HaII ka d er torreliable radio repairs RADIO SOUTH IS THE CHOICE OF THE PROS. US SOUTHERN R/C PRODUCTS INC T 3- BOX 47 NIMS LANE PENSACOLA FL 32503 PHONE 904 477-3974