Free Flight Duration Bob Meuser WILL THE REAL Peter Allnutt please stand up Remember terrific movie African Queen Humphrey Katherine WhatsTheir-Names what name hero Peter Allnutt Well kiddies today going talk about real Peter Allnutt north border up Canada way flies FIA Nordic towline glider Un limited Rubber won FlA event US Nats twice row just warm up World Champs took second place last year FIA event Peter describes occasion Fantastic organization weather flying field food drink fellow ship among competitors ll take some topping competition big guns blew thermals hot summer day didnt watch Mylar streamers thermistors closely model likely find itself big downer FlA event very much wait-and-piggy back game what tried idea circle-towing among 30 guys lines strung out just didnt appeal variable wind direction caused bit prob lem sometimes flier assistant change positions quickly allow going after model lift 42 fly-off surprisingly Luckily drew spot end line downwind parked cars team figured heat source remaining late day would parked cars Brian Eggle pu~ r 3 27 -I 14 -7 C 50% stons check parking area ther mistor confirmed guess starting gun went off headed cars found lift right away stopwatch hit 4-minute mark team went mad appeared others fell short Well turned out young Russian Niktoz Tchop also made Again team went huddle de cided would let Tehop go first fol low him launch same air did what started gone short distance felt light lift decision made continue after Tchop let model go what seemed like fairly good air decided release model first few turns looked good lift soon died out Tchop ran until found great chunk air blasted off steep climbing turn made 5 minutes fact got about 12 minutes timer must have stuck cant say enough Canadian team really proud part have always sent good individual fliers World Champs time sent ream Previous ly seemed lack certain something Russians East Germans Danes some others time Indi vidual second place FIA third FlB Wakefield plus third place FlB team shows wasnt just luck Peters airfoil obtained enlarging plan Hacklingers MP-12 appeared Aeromodeller along elastic turbulators long tip panels give V-wing ther 1 1 K 5 hi 3.1 46 -z1 75 U17aecezbn daeAlP/2 KlI7T7x7ba spruce center 1iands E&ry fl/rh rib 4 ribs near votat s s ft -y tips Svara r mats pa-20 class FiA Peter AlInrar 2viadz Secondp47ce 975 UbrId Chanpionhui maling characteristics V-wing towing problems no intentional warps Stabilizer tilt-09 difference tip ele vations used connection 04 rudder offset get desired turning radius single 5/32-in wing-joiner wire permits changing incidence angle side shimming locating pegs near leading edge Slight wash-in shimmed right inside wing model tends spin-in strong lift gluing done epoxy cement wing finished Sheffield brand lacquer instead dope both prevent warps Peters previous gliders named Adagio figured perhaps C/L Speed model called Allegro Indoor model named Pianissimo Class-D Gas job named Fortissimo sort expected latest glider called Pui Adagio no just plain PA-20 twentieth glider Peter other Canadians have tried towbook system around find spring-and-ring twang-hook call greatest liking Max Aid circle tow unit sports twang-hook system can purchased Peter Allnutt RR-2 Orange ville Ontario Canada NFFS Supplies 4200 Gregory St Oakland CA 94619 Either way its $850 postpaid write Peter hell send drawing model showing full-size airfoils rib templates addition second place World Champs Peters PA-20 took third Criter ium Pierre Trebod third Coupe dAm sterdam third Criterium du Nord Hang Peter youll win something yet Vintage Aero Perhaps have seen have mag ads Vintage Aero 1 Glen Tenafly NJ 07670 mildly curious guess figured life would complete didnt build 1910 Bleriot Monoplane replica circa-1915 Ideal Model Aeroplane Company kit just received Vintage Aeros catalog Perhaps wrong before get notion old Ideal stuff Vintage Aero peddles better point Out Vintage carries Peck-Poly mer Hannan Williams Brothers other stuff well instance carries Peck props described earlier plus 8-1/3 diam version same plus North Pacific Kaysun plastic props plus Guillow/Tern Aero line major distributor has adver tised has unable supply half year Mr Vintage also claims have viable alternative Pirelli/Filatti rubber mill well take rain check could happen considering high-quality Pirelli yester-yore produced sole purpose grafting grapes specialize complete line goodies rubber-powered model builder what man said glance catalog indi cates true degree although dont see Bob Wilder winders Jim Taylor Wakefield front ends Vintage does carry line covering materials includes what call American Bamboo several grades neat thing can get creamy fabric color effort couple coats polyurethane varnish its little difficult stomach using space-age polyurethane varnish get crummy pre 1920 look can tell personal ex perience way stick bamboo parts together Lucas-Lefler twin-pusher five-minute epoxy 34 Model Aviation k Fley Joint Cm ii wing wjrr Jm1iortant no built-in wliW waps Boom rolled tube 5 - 160 o O%OSO 40 40 40 50 lb Centre wing panels covered glass cloth 127 g/m2 Tips aed toil covered Ight Modeispan 755 grans 31 din2 65 din2 Rossi Roy Collies short pan Own l77oRbmm 770 — 2 mm ply ribs7 mm cbs sanded angle gland Y30 3o3 sprace corner tapered 15o15 3 mm balsa between Li II110100 13040 40 40 40 vol Ill' I II 500 Wieg section Undo Remus Ln 234-630 Wing sectine Miss Mivifat Fladiveha press time models scheduled printed Swedish magazine Modellflygnytt Vintage Catalog selling $100 makes good reading World Champ Power Model What does take win meet youre competing against worlds best put question Lars G Oloffson won FIC event recent World Champs Bulgaria answer 1 think very difficult say anything about won know thing Plovdiv used javelin launch mean run 4 5 meters put ting whole body throwing model Im sure model came Out 10 15 meters higher would have normal launch Lars did lot experimenting during year preceding Champs propellers Some purchased props ones own making Ill try summarize it sort figures 4-sec engine run hard launch 4-in pitch seemed best normal launch 3 3/2-in pitch seemed best model would get high javelin launch 4-in pitch tried 4 5-in pitches 10-sec engine runs engine ran too slow ground making difficult get proper adjustments results Lars used 4-in pitch prop rounds such prop engine turned about 25000 rpm ground Well weve heard higher rpms dont give trophy Lars mentions during prop tests 4-sec engine runs models consistently clocking over 2 minutes still air Swedishstyle 4-sec engine runs thing past FAI competition l977 World Champs until rules changed yet again its 7-sec engine runs flights Lars emphasizes Props important modelers think heard some best FIC fliers Champs used props extremely thin blades NFFS Supplies reports sudden crease sales carbon fibers since World Champs Gosh suppose might correlation perhaps am simply invoking Meusers Thirty-Seventh Law two aspects situation neither understand somehow related Ok guys someone going invent metal propeller Metal props specifically prohibited AMA competition isnt word about AMA ver sion FAI rules AMA events Boron metal carbon isnt quite So what SWEPEVff 6 the/rat Sweepettes 1i Lee 7-lines Aug Bestf/qht z sec under irft ceiling boron carbide Strictly speaking metallic compound metal AMAs defini tion what about intermetallic com pounds Well well burn bridge come Sweepette Revisited interesting talk Lee Hines recently about birth evolution Sweepette middle fifties Inglewood Flightmasters held several club indoor contests included hand-launch glider event wingspan limited 6 first Sweepettes appeared shown drawing about suc cessful six-incher time achieving 23 sec 17-ft ceiling continued page 68 sanded bit 7 undercambe 1ihedral Stab /ht ain shet air/oil oandedinto/MNdI top surI1}H iflhIL Cut auay/rsweepbad 1, jflCII az7-mn iii1111III i I I AA/ewser 9e February 1976 35 450 T 120115 A30 50 UNCLE REMUS AND MISS MuFFETT PlC RY LARSO OLOFSSON AKMG FREE FLIGHT TEAM SWEDEN Roth inndels ased WC Fleedic Miss Mottets rnsinds 1Sand 6 sec ily-oti Uncle Remus roands 6 7 4 sec tip-ott Warpt 3 mm wash-oat both wing tips 3mm wash-in right wing inner panel Weight Wing area Tail area Eagraa Prop K go 0 140 o a rr Oaa go 4 0 Fuselage Secnion wing TE No tormers n F age SocO ab T F vig 3m 04 1 1I1L 11w e4e { strahrgravi STINSON RELIANT 11 II B25 95 STAR *FISH OPERATING SAILING MODEL little beauty will warm heart sailor large small Its excellent sailing model Hull design long keel & ballast pro vide excellent stability waterAnd its equally pretty mantlepece HEIGHT 2Oa LENGTH I4o BEAM3t RC Sport continued contestants served free meal field Friday Saturday night unannounced feature Saturday night dinner night flying RC Buzzard Bombshell CCRCC club member Clyde Bordelon least four flights made about 9 pm aircraft illuminated two cyclists flashlights attached sides fuselage last flight flare attached air plane 8-foot wire can imagine eerie sight seeing illuminated orange wings swinging flare moving about black sky first night RC flights means Earl Hickman president Indian City Radio Control Club Wyandotte Mich made night flights during Spring 1975 else has done Let know please address 12 Connie Dr Shalimar Fla 32579 ANTIQuE PLANS FOR GAS MODELERS PRICE INCLUDE PATTERNS 42 Roetg P 26A$14 Se,te p., 45 Boeng 9483 P12 56 36 FoltltenTeipe DRi $747 ConHotnkP6E $15 36 Col R Spod $111 $10 47 GoshotnIt F11C2 $15 39 Cal B Ninopo 17 59 47 ConIC Helidine $11 39 Soptoith Pop$8 48 GIn Glodoto$10 42 Ott Stool Boo II $9 4$ 5 Koydet P117 $10 $1 2B6C $11 50 Polish F, 9-6$10 $1157CotOl EFoton$15 57 Hon4no Ttnt-Toi$P55 BoejgB-$Ronlet$0 6 AEG G V Bottibe $12 6$ Doog 038005 $12 66 Coo G3 Boo ito $16 63 0 SItokot P591 $14 IO7P4otn6tB1$20$7LtndLnohSnio$12 54 Sopon Spilfno$15MANY MANY MORE 45Mo 109E Pt$1255 PtA M h $25$202$ $25 50Hodsnn Bonthe$1671 Dooao OCS$25* 50$11 Wdoo PSI$1977 Boo B 7G Po$22 51Boo B-l7GPott$106 $Sn$$o C 78S 2 SI0 Wildcat PaP 2$1549 Pit Mo $ PA5$ 51J4nItets 26-88$1050 Co 0 A2 56CWoho,In P40$15RE SURE TO00020 5 47It Mt 6to11son$12POE HANDLING UINS 10 OS R/C Scale Control line SPAN $7 NE 461056 LENGTH 38SCALE SF7 FF Duration/Meuser continued page 35 activity apparently died few years later Lees friend Chuck Furitani called Lee ask knew could some indoor flying After checking around Lee found recreation hall Wilmington available years competition Wilmington followed produced design trends still prevalent well some high flight times Lee Ron Wittman did winning culmination activity Lees Cate gory record 37 sec made Sweep ette 16 Mk III shown 1964-65 Model eronau tic Yearbook Later Lee applied what learned lowceiling flying high-ceiling flying rec ord shows worked Lee cautions what learns high-ceiling flying very helpful under low-ceiling conditions however Lee soon became first guy solar sys tem exceed mm 20 sec later first pass 1 mm 25 sec Lee told getting 20-gram record setter first catwalk Santa Ana Marine blimp hangara height 130 ft seeing Curt Stevens hit center catwalk 160 ft upwith 35-gram machine Curt best throwing arm Lee has ever seen Lee usually better control consistent made difference long run Ron Wittman wasnt exactly sitting hands time has couple first-place Nats trophies prove recently after being away Indoor HLG flying five years Ron became first break mm 30 sec barrier using pointed-tip Super-Sweep design hangars Santa Ana no longer available model flying perhaps history high-ceiling Indoor HLG modeling has already written will someone another part country write another chapter point story certainly Lee Ron some sort superhumans have good throwing arms sure training God-given gift body type different Laurel Hardy Ferarri Peterbilt having best throwing arm best construction adjusting technique best control best design doesnt automatically ensure first place As sportand anyone would deny Indoor HLG true sport simply hasnt paying attentionit right combination wins Dedication name game goal guts keep working toward no matter what certainly dont mean detract what Ron Lee have achieved venture lots young fellows working together learning others tri umphs mistakes well own could well better equally dedicated goal Tee Dee 020 Fuel Line keep fuel line attached too-short projection stock Tee Dee 020 fuel tank classy ways doing job such drilling tapping special threaded fitting simplest solution according survey made Flightplug Southern Cal Old-Timer newsletter first slip half-inch piece regulator plas tic fuel line such Perfect brand over tank spigot slip surgical gum rubber fuel line over works Rumors difficult believe anyone could top out-of-the-box perfor mance Rossi 15almost 3/4 hp unpiped plain FAI fuelapparently several having go HKG OPS OS Cox Proto types Cox have already appeared contest scene Piston cylinder inter changeable identical Rossi prototypes reported hot Batsheet observes Cox production motors have sometimes superior prototypes due Coxs sophisticated manufacturing tech niques HKG has around few months hasnt exactly revolutionized FAI Power scene performance OS Schnurle 40 indication OS 15 should exciting Italian OPS organization pro duces extremely fast 29 40 60 engines should know make tolerable 15 HLG DT Kit Silky Sullivan P0 Box 2272 Anderson md 46011 peddles complete swing ing-weight type dethermalizer kit 50 post paid dont get much 50 because isnt much time worth anything kit worth times price outfits charge twice catalog Small Parts Thats what call themselves Small Parts Inc 6901 NE Third Ave Miami Fla 33138 its thing like screw down Size 000 up 1/4 spring Deirin gear tiny pulley some sort have good part dont have buy 10000 ft dozen gross stuff except extremely inexpensive items have buy need orders under $500 $100 service charge other isnt charge postage Want piece small steel tubing Check hypodermic tubing ranges 008 203 inches diameter latter would ideal building hypo give flu shots pet dinosaur 008 too big check Tubing minia ture stainless steel smallest size 003 od 001 id wonder know has hole let alone large address 4200 Gregory St Oakland Calif 94619 68 Model Aviation 3620 G SIee$ Philodelpho Pennsylvania 19134 Phone ISIS 4264I00 s4ot $ OUICKR5T NAIL 5ERVIC# *
Edition: Model Aviation - 1976/02
Page Numbers: 34, 35, 68
Edition: Model Aviation - 1976/02
Page Numbers: 34, 35, 68
Free Flight Duration Bob Meuser WILL THE REAL Peter Allnutt please stand up Remember terrific movie African Queen Humphrey Katherine WhatsTheir-Names what name hero Peter Allnutt Well kiddies today going talk about real Peter Allnutt north border up Canada way flies FIA Nordic towline glider Un limited Rubber won FlA event US Nats twice row just warm up World Champs took second place last year FIA event Peter describes occasion Fantastic organization weather flying field food drink fellow ship among competitors ll take some topping competition big guns blew thermals hot summer day didnt watch Mylar streamers thermistors closely model likely find itself big downer FlA event very much wait-and-piggy back game what tried idea circle-towing among 30 guys lines strung out just didnt appeal variable wind direction caused bit prob lem sometimes flier assistant change positions quickly allow going after model lift 42 fly-off surprisingly Luckily drew spot end line downwind parked cars team figured heat source remaining late day would parked cars Brian Eggle pu~ r 3 27 -I 14 -7 C 50% stons check parking area ther mistor confirmed guess starting gun went off headed cars found lift right away stopwatch hit 4-minute mark team went mad appeared others fell short Well turned out young Russian Niktoz Tchop also made Again team went huddle de cided would let Tehop go first fol low him launch same air did what started gone short distance felt light lift decision made continue after Tchop let model go what seemed like fairly good air decided release model first few turns looked good lift soon died out Tchop ran until found great chunk air blasted off steep climbing turn made 5 minutes fact got about 12 minutes timer must have stuck cant say enough Canadian team really proud part have always sent good individual fliers World Champs time sent ream Previous ly seemed lack certain something Russians East Germans Danes some others time Indi vidual second place FIA third FlB Wakefield plus third place FlB team shows wasnt just luck Peters airfoil obtained enlarging plan Hacklingers MP-12 appeared Aeromodeller along elastic turbulators long tip panels give V-wing ther 1 1 K 5 hi 3.1 46 -z1 75 U17aecezbn daeAlP/2 KlI7T7x7ba spruce center 1iands E&ry fl/rh rib 4 ribs near votat s s ft -y tips Svara r mats pa-20 class FiA Peter AlInrar 2viadz Secondp47ce 975 UbrId Chanpionhui maling characteristics V-wing towing problems no intentional warps Stabilizer tilt-09 difference tip ele vations used connection 04 rudder offset get desired turning radius single 5/32-in wing-joiner wire permits changing incidence angle side shimming locating pegs near leading edge Slight wash-in shimmed right inside wing model tends spin-in strong lift gluing done epoxy cement wing finished Sheffield brand lacquer instead dope both prevent warps Peters previous gliders named Adagio figured perhaps C/L Speed model called Allegro Indoor model named Pianissimo Class-D Gas job named Fortissimo sort expected latest glider called Pui Adagio no just plain PA-20 twentieth glider Peter other Canadians have tried towbook system around find spring-and-ring twang-hook call greatest liking Max Aid circle tow unit sports twang-hook system can purchased Peter Allnutt RR-2 Orange ville Ontario Canada NFFS Supplies 4200 Gregory St Oakland CA 94619 Either way its $850 postpaid write Peter hell send drawing model showing full-size airfoils rib templates addition second place World Champs Peters PA-20 took third Criter ium Pierre Trebod third Coupe dAm sterdam third Criterium du Nord Hang Peter youll win something yet Vintage Aero Perhaps have seen have mag ads Vintage Aero 1 Glen Tenafly NJ 07670 mildly curious guess figured life would complete didnt build 1910 Bleriot Monoplane replica circa-1915 Ideal Model Aeroplane Company kit just received Vintage Aeros catalog Perhaps wrong before get notion old Ideal stuff Vintage Aero peddles better point Out Vintage carries Peck-Poly mer Hannan Williams Brothers other stuff well instance carries Peck props described earlier plus 8-1/3 diam version same plus North Pacific Kaysun plastic props plus Guillow/Tern Aero line major distributor has adver tised has unable supply half year Mr Vintage also claims have viable alternative Pirelli/Filatti rubber mill well take rain check could happen considering high-quality Pirelli yester-yore produced sole purpose grafting grapes specialize complete line goodies rubber-powered model builder what man said glance catalog indi cates true degree although dont see Bob Wilder winders Jim Taylor Wakefield front ends Vintage does carry line covering materials includes what call American Bamboo several grades neat thing can get creamy fabric color effort couple coats polyurethane varnish its little difficult stomach using space-age polyurethane varnish get crummy pre 1920 look can tell personal ex perience way stick bamboo parts together Lucas-Lefler twin-pusher five-minute epoxy 34 Model Aviation k Fley Joint Cm ii wing wjrr Jm1iortant no built-in wliW waps Boom rolled tube 5 - 160 o O%OSO 40 40 40 50 lb Centre wing panels covered glass cloth 127 g/m2 Tips aed toil covered Ight Modeispan 755 grans 31 din2 65 din2 Rossi Roy Collies short pan Own l77oRbmm 770 — 2 mm ply ribs7 mm cbs sanded angle gland Y30 3o3 sprace corner tapered 15o15 3 mm balsa between Li II110100 13040 40 40 40 vol Ill' I II 500 Wieg section Undo Remus Ln 234-630 Wing sectine Miss Mivifat Fladiveha press time models scheduled printed Swedish magazine Modellflygnytt Vintage Catalog selling $100 makes good reading World Champ Power Model What does take win meet youre competing against worlds best put question Lars G Oloffson won FIC event recent World Champs Bulgaria answer 1 think very difficult say anything about won know thing Plovdiv used javelin launch mean run 4 5 meters put ting whole body throwing model Im sure model came Out 10 15 meters higher would have normal launch Lars did lot experimenting during year preceding Champs propellers Some purchased props ones own making Ill try summarize it sort figures 4-sec engine run hard launch 4-in pitch seemed best normal launch 3 3/2-in pitch seemed best model would get high javelin launch 4-in pitch tried 4 5-in pitches 10-sec engine runs engine ran too slow ground making difficult get proper adjustments results Lars used 4-in pitch prop rounds such prop engine turned about 25000 rpm ground Well weve heard higher rpms dont give trophy Lars mentions during prop tests 4-sec engine runs models consistently clocking over 2 minutes still air Swedishstyle 4-sec engine runs thing past FAI competition l977 World Champs until rules changed yet again its 7-sec engine runs flights Lars emphasizes Props important modelers think heard some best FIC fliers Champs used props extremely thin blades NFFS Supplies reports sudden crease sales carbon fibers since World Champs Gosh suppose might correlation perhaps am simply invoking Meusers Thirty-Seventh Law two aspects situation neither understand somehow related Ok guys someone going invent metal propeller Metal props specifically prohibited AMA competition isnt word about AMA ver sion FAI rules AMA events Boron metal carbon isnt quite So what SWEPEVff 6 the/rat Sweepettes 1i Lee 7-lines Aug Bestf/qht z sec under irft ceiling boron carbide Strictly speaking metallic compound metal AMAs defini tion what about intermetallic com pounds Well well burn bridge come Sweepette Revisited interesting talk Lee Hines recently about birth evolution Sweepette middle fifties Inglewood Flightmasters held several club indoor contests included hand-launch glider event wingspan limited 6 first Sweepettes appeared shown drawing about suc cessful six-incher time achieving 23 sec 17-ft ceiling continued page 68 sanded bit 7 undercambe 1ihedral Stab /ht ain shet air/oil oandedinto/MNdI top surI1}H iflhIL Cut auay/rsweepbad 1, jflCII az7-mn iii1111III i I I AA/ewser 9e February 1976 35 450 T 120115 A30 50 UNCLE REMUS AND MISS MuFFETT PlC RY LARSO OLOFSSON AKMG FREE FLIGHT TEAM SWEDEN Roth inndels ased WC Fleedic Miss Mottets rnsinds 1Sand 6 sec ily-oti Uncle Remus roands 6 7 4 sec tip-ott Warpt 3 mm wash-oat both wing tips 3mm wash-in right wing inner panel Weight Wing area Tail area Eagraa Prop K go 0 140 o a rr Oaa go 4 0 Fuselage Secnion wing TE No tormers n F age SocO ab T F vig 3m 04 1 1I1L 11w e4e { strahrgravi STINSON RELIANT 11 II B25 95 STAR *FISH OPERATING SAILING MODEL little beauty will warm heart sailor large small Its excellent sailing model Hull design long keel & ballast pro vide excellent stability waterAnd its equally pretty mantlepece HEIGHT 2Oa LENGTH I4o BEAM3t RC Sport continued contestants served free meal field Friday Saturday night unannounced feature Saturday night dinner night flying RC Buzzard Bombshell CCRCC club member Clyde Bordelon least four flights made about 9 pm aircraft illuminated two cyclists flashlights attached sides fuselage last flight flare attached air plane 8-foot wire can imagine eerie sight seeing illuminated orange wings swinging flare moving about black sky first night RC flights means Earl Hickman president Indian City Radio Control Club Wyandotte Mich made night flights during Spring 1975 else has done Let know please address 12 Connie Dr Shalimar Fla 32579 ANTIQuE PLANS FOR GAS MODELERS PRICE INCLUDE PATTERNS 42 Roetg P 26A$14 Se,te p., 45 Boeng 9483 P12 56 36 FoltltenTeipe DRi $747 ConHotnkP6E $15 36 Col R Spod $111 $10 47 GoshotnIt F11C2 $15 39 Cal B Ninopo 17 59 47 ConIC Helidine $11 39 Soptoith Pop$8 48 GIn Glodoto$10 42 Ott Stool Boo II $9 4$ 5 Koydet P117 $10 $1 2B6C $11 50 Polish F, 9-6$10 $1157CotOl EFoton$15 57 Hon4no Ttnt-Toi$P55 BoejgB-$Ronlet$0 6 AEG G V Bottibe $12 6$ Doog 038005 $12 66 Coo G3 Boo ito $16 63 0 SItokot P591 $14 IO7P4otn6tB1$20$7LtndLnohSnio$12 54 Sopon Spilfno$15MANY MANY MORE 45Mo 109E Pt$1255 PtA M h $25$202$ $25 50Hodsnn Bonthe$1671 Dooao OCS$25* 50$11 Wdoo PSI$1977 Boo B 7G Po$22 51Boo B-l7GPott$106 $Sn$$o C 78S 2 SI0 Wildcat PaP 2$1549 Pit Mo $ PA5$ 51J4nItets 26-88$1050 Co 0 A2 56CWoho,In P40$15RE SURE TO00020 5 47It Mt 6to11son$12POE HANDLING UINS 10 OS R/C Scale Control line SPAN $7 NE 461056 LENGTH 38SCALE SF7 FF Duration/Meuser continued page 35 activity apparently died few years later Lees friend Chuck Furitani called Lee ask knew could some indoor flying After checking around Lee found recreation hall Wilmington available years competition Wilmington followed produced design trends still prevalent well some high flight times Lee Ron Wittman did winning culmination activity Lees Cate gory record 37 sec made Sweep ette 16 Mk III shown 1964-65 Model eronau tic Yearbook Later Lee applied what learned lowceiling flying high-ceiling flying rec ord shows worked Lee cautions what learns high-ceiling flying very helpful under low-ceiling conditions however Lee soon became first guy solar sys tem exceed mm 20 sec later first pass 1 mm 25 sec Lee told getting 20-gram record setter first catwalk Santa Ana Marine blimp hangara height 130 ft seeing Curt Stevens hit center catwalk 160 ft upwith 35-gram machine Curt best throwing arm Lee has ever seen Lee usually better control consistent made difference long run Ron Wittman wasnt exactly sitting hands time has couple first-place Nats trophies prove recently after being away Indoor HLG flying five years Ron became first break mm 30 sec barrier using pointed-tip Super-Sweep design hangars Santa Ana no longer available model flying perhaps history high-ceiling Indoor HLG modeling has already written will someone another part country write another chapter point story certainly Lee Ron some sort superhumans have good throwing arms sure training God-given gift body type different Laurel Hardy Ferarri Peterbilt having best throwing arm best construction adjusting technique best control best design doesnt automatically ensure first place As sportand anyone would deny Indoor HLG true sport simply hasnt paying attentionit right combination wins Dedication name game goal guts keep working toward no matter what certainly dont mean detract what Ron Lee have achieved venture lots young fellows working together learning others tri umphs mistakes well own could well better equally dedicated goal Tee Dee 020 Fuel Line keep fuel line attached too-short projection stock Tee Dee 020 fuel tank classy ways doing job such drilling tapping special threaded fitting simplest solution according survey made Flightplug Southern Cal Old-Timer newsletter first slip half-inch piece regulator plas tic fuel line such Perfect brand over tank spigot slip surgical gum rubber fuel line over works Rumors difficult believe anyone could top out-of-the-box perfor mance Rossi 15almost 3/4 hp unpiped plain FAI fuelapparently several having go HKG OPS OS Cox Proto types Cox have already appeared contest scene Piston cylinder inter changeable identical Rossi prototypes reported hot Batsheet observes Cox production motors have sometimes superior prototypes due Coxs sophisticated manufacturing tech niques HKG has around few months hasnt exactly revolutionized FAI Power scene performance OS Schnurle 40 indication OS 15 should exciting Italian OPS organization pro duces extremely fast 29 40 60 engines should know make tolerable 15 HLG DT Kit Silky Sullivan P0 Box 2272 Anderson md 46011 peddles complete swing ing-weight type dethermalizer kit 50 post paid dont get much 50 because isnt much time worth anything kit worth times price outfits charge twice catalog Small Parts Thats what call themselves Small Parts Inc 6901 NE Third Ave Miami Fla 33138 its thing like screw down Size 000 up 1/4 spring Deirin gear tiny pulley some sort have good part dont have buy 10000 ft dozen gross stuff except extremely inexpensive items have buy need orders under $500 $100 service charge other isnt charge postage Want piece small steel tubing Check hypodermic tubing ranges 008 203 inches diameter latter would ideal building hypo give flu shots pet dinosaur 008 too big check Tubing minia ture stainless steel smallest size 003 od 001 id wonder know has hole let alone large address 4200 Gregory St Oakland Calif 94619 68 Model Aviation 3620 G SIee$ Philodelpho Pennsylvania 19134 Phone ISIS 4264I00 s4ot $ OUICKR5T NAIL 5ERVIC# *
Edition: Model Aviation - 1976/02
Page Numbers: 34, 35, 68
Free Flight Duration Bob Meuser WILL THE REAL Peter Allnutt please stand up Remember terrific movie African Queen Humphrey Katherine WhatsTheir-Names what name hero Peter Allnutt Well kiddies today going talk about real Peter Allnutt north border up Canada way flies FIA Nordic towline glider Un limited Rubber won FlA event US Nats twice row just warm up World Champs took second place last year FIA event Peter describes occasion Fantastic organization weather flying field food drink fellow ship among competitors ll take some topping competition big guns blew thermals hot summer day didnt watch Mylar streamers thermistors closely model likely find itself big downer FlA event very much wait-and-piggy back game what tried idea circle-towing among 30 guys lines strung out just didnt appeal variable wind direction caused bit prob lem sometimes flier assistant change positions quickly allow going after model lift 42 fly-off surprisingly Luckily drew spot end line downwind parked cars team figured heat source remaining late day would parked cars Brian Eggle pu~ r 3 27 -I 14 -7 C 50% stons check parking area ther mistor confirmed guess starting gun went off headed cars found lift right away stopwatch hit 4-minute mark team went mad appeared others fell short Well turned out young Russian Niktoz Tchop also made Again team went huddle de cided would let Tehop go first fol low him launch same air did what started gone short distance felt light lift decision made continue after Tchop let model go what seemed like fairly good air decided release model first few turns looked good lift soon died out Tchop ran until found great chunk air blasted off steep climbing turn made 5 minutes fact got about 12 minutes timer must have stuck cant say enough Canadian team really proud part have always sent good individual fliers World Champs time sent ream Previous ly seemed lack certain something Russians East Germans Danes some others time Indi vidual second place FIA third FlB Wakefield plus third place FlB team shows wasnt just luck Peters airfoil obtained enlarging plan Hacklingers MP-12 appeared Aeromodeller along elastic turbulators long tip panels give V-wing ther 1 1 K 5 hi 3.1 46 -z1 75 U17aecezbn daeAlP/2 KlI7T7x7ba spruce center 1iands E&ry fl/rh rib 4 ribs near votat s s ft -y tips Svara r mats pa-20 class FiA Peter AlInrar 2viadz Secondp47ce 975 UbrId Chanpionhui maling characteristics V-wing towing problems no intentional warps Stabilizer tilt-09 difference tip ele vations used connection 04 rudder offset get desired turning radius single 5/32-in wing-joiner wire permits changing incidence angle side shimming locating pegs near leading edge Slight wash-in shimmed right inside wing model tends spin-in strong lift gluing done epoxy cement wing finished Sheffield brand lacquer instead dope both prevent warps Peters previous gliders named Adagio figured perhaps C/L Speed model called Allegro Indoor model named Pianissimo Class-D Gas job named Fortissimo sort expected latest glider called Pui Adagio no just plain PA-20 twentieth glider Peter other Canadians have tried towbook system around find spring-and-ring twang-hook call greatest liking Max Aid circle tow unit sports twang-hook system can purchased Peter Allnutt RR-2 Orange ville Ontario Canada NFFS Supplies 4200 Gregory St Oakland CA 94619 Either way its $850 postpaid write Peter hell send drawing model showing full-size airfoils rib templates addition second place World Champs Peters PA-20 took third Criter ium Pierre Trebod third Coupe dAm sterdam third Criterium du Nord Hang Peter youll win something yet Vintage Aero Perhaps have seen have mag ads Vintage Aero 1 Glen Tenafly NJ 07670 mildly curious guess figured life would complete didnt build 1910 Bleriot Monoplane replica circa-1915 Ideal Model Aeroplane Company kit just received Vintage Aeros catalog Perhaps wrong before get notion old Ideal stuff Vintage Aero peddles better point Out Vintage carries Peck-Poly mer Hannan Williams Brothers other stuff well instance carries Peck props described earlier plus 8-1/3 diam version same plus North Pacific Kaysun plastic props plus Guillow/Tern Aero line major distributor has adver tised has unable supply half year Mr Vintage also claims have viable alternative Pirelli/Filatti rubber mill well take rain check could happen considering high-quality Pirelli yester-yore produced sole purpose grafting grapes specialize complete line goodies rubber-powered model builder what man said glance catalog indi cates true degree although dont see Bob Wilder winders Jim Taylor Wakefield front ends Vintage does carry line covering materials includes what call American Bamboo several grades neat thing can get creamy fabric color effort couple coats polyurethane varnish its little difficult stomach using space-age polyurethane varnish get crummy pre 1920 look can tell personal ex perience way stick bamboo parts together Lucas-Lefler twin-pusher five-minute epoxy 34 Model Aviation k Fley Joint Cm ii wing wjrr Jm1iortant no built-in wliW waps Boom rolled tube 5 - 160 o O%OSO 40 40 40 50 lb Centre wing panels covered glass cloth 127 g/m2 Tips aed toil covered Ight Modeispan 755 grans 31 din2 65 din2 Rossi Roy Collies short pan Own l77oRbmm 770 — 2 mm ply ribs7 mm cbs sanded angle gland Y30 3o3 sprace corner tapered 15o15 3 mm balsa between Li II110100 13040 40 40 40 vol Ill' I II 500 Wieg section Undo Remus Ln 234-630 Wing sectine Miss Mivifat Fladiveha press time models scheduled printed Swedish magazine Modellflygnytt Vintage Catalog selling $100 makes good reading World Champ Power Model What does take win meet youre competing against worlds best put question Lars G Oloffson won FIC event recent World Champs Bulgaria answer 1 think very difficult say anything about won know thing Plovdiv used javelin launch mean run 4 5 meters put ting whole body throwing model Im sure model came Out 10 15 meters higher would have normal launch Lars did lot experimenting during year preceding Champs propellers Some purchased props ones own making Ill try summarize it sort figures 4-sec engine run hard launch 4-in pitch seemed best normal launch 3 3/2-in pitch seemed best model would get high javelin launch 4-in pitch tried 4 5-in pitches 10-sec engine runs engine ran too slow ground making difficult get proper adjustments results Lars used 4-in pitch prop rounds such prop engine turned about 25000 rpm ground Well weve heard higher rpms dont give trophy Lars mentions during prop tests 4-sec engine runs models consistently clocking over 2 minutes still air Swedishstyle 4-sec engine runs thing past FAI competition l977 World Champs until rules changed yet again its 7-sec engine runs flights Lars emphasizes Props important modelers think heard some best FIC fliers Champs used props extremely thin blades NFFS Supplies reports sudden crease sales carbon fibers since World Champs Gosh suppose might correlation perhaps am simply invoking Meusers Thirty-Seventh Law two aspects situation neither understand somehow related Ok guys someone going invent metal propeller Metal props specifically prohibited AMA competition isnt word about AMA ver sion FAI rules AMA events Boron metal carbon isnt quite So what SWEPEVff 6 the/rat Sweepettes 1i Lee 7-lines Aug Bestf/qht z sec under irft ceiling boron carbide Strictly speaking metallic compound metal AMAs defini tion what about intermetallic com pounds Well well burn bridge come Sweepette Revisited interesting talk Lee Hines recently about birth evolution Sweepette middle fifties Inglewood Flightmasters held several club indoor contests included hand-launch glider event wingspan limited 6 first Sweepettes appeared shown drawing about suc cessful six-incher time achieving 23 sec 17-ft ceiling continued page 68 sanded bit 7 undercambe 1ihedral Stab /ht ain shet air/oil oandedinto/MNdI top surI1}H iflhIL Cut auay/rsweepbad 1, jflCII az7-mn iii1111III i I I AA/ewser 9e February 1976 35 450 T 120115 A30 50 UNCLE REMUS AND MISS MuFFETT PlC RY LARSO OLOFSSON AKMG FREE FLIGHT TEAM SWEDEN Roth inndels ased WC Fleedic Miss Mottets rnsinds 1Sand 6 sec ily-oti Uncle Remus roands 6 7 4 sec tip-ott Warpt 3 mm wash-oat both wing tips 3mm wash-in right wing inner panel Weight Wing area Tail area Eagraa Prop K go 0 140 o a rr Oaa go 4 0 Fuselage Secnion wing TE No tormers n F age SocO ab T F vig 3m 04 1 1I1L 11w e4e { strahrgravi STINSON RELIANT 11 II B25 95 STAR *FISH OPERATING SAILING MODEL little beauty will warm heart sailor large small Its excellent sailing model Hull design long keel & ballast pro vide excellent stability waterAnd its equally pretty mantlepece HEIGHT 2Oa LENGTH I4o BEAM3t RC Sport continued contestants served free meal field Friday Saturday night unannounced feature Saturday night dinner night flying RC Buzzard Bombshell CCRCC club member Clyde Bordelon least four flights made about 9 pm aircraft illuminated two cyclists flashlights attached sides fuselage last flight flare attached air plane 8-foot wire can imagine eerie sight seeing illuminated orange wings swinging flare moving about black sky first night RC flights means Earl Hickman president Indian City Radio Control Club Wyandotte Mich made night flights during Spring 1975 else has done Let know please address 12 Connie Dr Shalimar Fla 32579 ANTIQuE PLANS FOR GAS MODELERS PRICE INCLUDE PATTERNS 42 Roetg P 26A$14 Se,te p., 45 Boeng 9483 P12 56 36 FoltltenTeipe DRi $747 ConHotnkP6E $15 36 Col R Spod $111 $10 47 GoshotnIt F11C2 $15 39 Cal B Ninopo 17 59 47 ConIC Helidine $11 39 Soptoith Pop$8 48 GIn Glodoto$10 42 Ott Stool Boo II $9 4$ 5 Koydet P117 $10 $1 2B6C $11 50 Polish F, 9-6$10 $1157CotOl EFoton$15 57 Hon4no Ttnt-Toi$P55 BoejgB-$Ronlet$0 6 AEG G V Bottibe $12 6$ Doog 038005 $12 66 Coo G3 Boo ito $16 63 0 SItokot P591 $14 IO7P4otn6tB1$20$7LtndLnohSnio$12 54 Sopon Spilfno$15MANY MANY MORE 45Mo 109E Pt$1255 PtA M h $25$202$ $25 50Hodsnn Bonthe$1671 Dooao OCS$25* 50$11 Wdoo PSI$1977 Boo B 7G Po$22 51Boo B-l7GPott$106 $Sn$$o C 78S 2 SI0 Wildcat PaP 2$1549 Pit Mo $ PA5$ 51J4nItets 26-88$1050 Co 0 A2 56CWoho,In P40$15RE SURE TO00020 5 47It Mt 6to11son$12POE HANDLING UINS 10 OS R/C Scale Control line SPAN $7 NE 461056 LENGTH 38SCALE SF7 FF Duration/Meuser continued page 35 activity apparently died few years later Lees friend Chuck Furitani called Lee ask knew could some indoor flying After checking around Lee found recreation hall Wilmington available years competition Wilmington followed produced design trends still prevalent well some high flight times Lee Ron Wittman did winning culmination activity Lees Cate gory record 37 sec made Sweep ette 16 Mk III shown 1964-65 Model eronau tic Yearbook Later Lee applied what learned lowceiling flying high-ceiling flying rec ord shows worked Lee cautions what learns high-ceiling flying very helpful under low-ceiling conditions however Lee soon became first guy solar sys tem exceed mm 20 sec later first pass 1 mm 25 sec Lee told getting 20-gram record setter first catwalk Santa Ana Marine blimp hangara height 130 ft seeing Curt Stevens hit center catwalk 160 ft upwith 35-gram machine Curt best throwing arm Lee has ever seen Lee usually better control consistent made difference long run Ron Wittman wasnt exactly sitting hands time has couple first-place Nats trophies prove recently after being away Indoor HLG flying five years Ron became first break mm 30 sec barrier using pointed-tip Super-Sweep design hangars Santa Ana no longer available model flying perhaps history high-ceiling Indoor HLG modeling has already written will someone another part country write another chapter point story certainly Lee Ron some sort superhumans have good throwing arms sure training God-given gift body type different Laurel Hardy Ferarri Peterbilt having best throwing arm best construction adjusting technique best control best design doesnt automatically ensure first place As sportand anyone would deny Indoor HLG true sport 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