Free Flight DURA TION Bob Meuser NEW different Thunderbugs Called-Time event As invented John Ferrer competition concept applied ROG outdoor rubber-power models seems applicable other classes well Its simple Announce predicted flight time Make flight absolute difference between actual predicted flight time score Lowest total score three flights wins Enter often like first trial event lowest three-flight score nine seconds Scores individual flights ranged A-sec 45 sec event greeted enthusi asm Thunderbugs membership will included future contests Irv Acker has donated trophy first person post three-flight score less second Catch thermal lose wonder will lead development nonthermal detectors New covering film Ray Harlan market ing new polyester film material intended Indoor models both lighter tougher other film market easily trimmed outline framework usine solderine pencil Bead form e4 oi end 4b ivy/on line ste text Bead slips /flto notch disc line wraps arornd shaft 1 065 iptdoor rubber 0/2 piasziC Modtfied 7bmy motor New tricks timing functions Tomy Toy windup motors Bob has column cuts almost readily microfilm easily attached frameworks spray-on mounting adhesives sold art sup ply shops Ray experimenting apply ing some techniques used microfilm new material example covering wing flat putting di hedral afterward Called Ultrafilm mate rial costs $6 10-ft rollenough half dozen Pennyplanes Include $125 postage handling unless order other Harlan goodiesscale balsa stripper tail boom format same time Rays ad dress 15 Happy Hollow Rd Wayland MA 01778 Tow gliderwith FF model Some lads San Diego area Frank Allen Frank Jr Charlie Yost Tommy Wil son have fooling around seems like fun tow plane Cox Pee Wee-powered all-sheet profile biplane about 2 I-in wingspan glider all-sheet affair 15-in span having towhook nose 12 15-ft length thread loop end connected two rather open towhook required closed too much towline wont fall off goes well did number flights until glider went off blue thermal engine cuts tow plane stalls bit towline releases glider off away NFFS Distinguished Service Award Free Flight community has maintained tight bond comes matters Free Flight bond exists because com mon interest plus willingness few perform effort above average Board Directors NFFS now feels individuals should recog nized Accordingly Distinguished Serv ice Award has created award based upon individuals contribution technical monetary literary educational supportive et al further ance NFFS particular Free Flight general Distinguished Service Award will awarded need arises necessarily specific event award does way replace fluence Free Flight Hall Fame rather supplements Anyone can nominate individual nomination must accompanied some very good cogent rea sons its submittal Remember title Distinguished persons deeds must above average Please submit nominations writing very legible along indi viduals address phone number well own would also interested knowing person member NFFS NIMAS SAM AMA etc Mail nom ination either Hardy Brodersen PO Box 1104 Birmingham MI 48012 J Italiano 1655 Revere Dr Brookfield WI 53005 Folding props gas engines Im sorry theres no photo item K&W Enter prises 7824 Lexington Ave Philadel phia PA 19152 marketing folding prop selling piece hub sembly suitable engines 15 21 cu displacement goes $28 fi berglass blades go $4 avail able in7 x 27 x 37 x 3/2and8 x 4 sizes K&W continues market its StopA-Prop engine brakes spare parts adapters forth Book preview preview bit skimpy side necessarily inasmuch definitive Scale-buffs-only column besides havent seen copy book yet knowing authors track record think Im safe assuming pre-publication flyer accurate youll get moneys worth title Scrapbook Scale 3-Views Nos talgia author Bill Hannan Primarily seems collection articles three-viewsabout dozen latterof full-size aircraft Much consists material has appeared other publications between 1964 pre Th D7czutostczk o whatever 68 Model Aviation ring-wing thing Bud Overn engine has removed photo TD 010 Wing 7-in diameter foam hoop Modei stall-proof isunched straight up fin top wing gives same lateral stability effect dihedral sent some sources might fingertips Le Fanatique de LAviation France Popular Rotorcraft Flying Cross Cockade Journal example three-views include obscure pioneer monoplanes Golden Age racer biplane triplane two canards autogiro gyrop tre whatever devil three different Farman Mosquitoes England France Germany Spain US Also included ready-to-use construc tion drawings three flying models simple catapult glider rubber-power pro file model wouldnt know Pea nut Scale model Format 8/2 x 11 56 pages long Price $895 plus $100 per book postage California residents add 6% sales tax Bills previous bookPeanut Power still available same price Ask Bill autograph copy like Order W C Hannan Graphics PO Box Escondido CA 92025 Tomy timers again Jack Pitcher wasnt person bumble fact Tomy Pencil Pet toys have windup motors smaller tlan earlier ones column August 1983 realize potential makings ultra-lightweight dethermalizer timer Bill Gieskieng has playing new ones too back Model Aviation June 1982 Don Lindley Stan Stoy pre sented article modifications older larger Tomy motors gist modification abandon spring drive entirely discard part case containing thereby reducing thickness about 50% supply needed power means external rubberband Gies kieng uses essentially same scheme adds few touches own Bill has turned Tomy multifunction timer heart system disc having dimeter about 4 cut 012-in plastic sheet scissors notched placesone notch function monofilament timer line terminates loop Lindley-Stoy system rather bead bead made tying over hand knot line applying drop CyA adhesive dipping baking soda Bill uses 2-lb monofilament lines little buildup shaft use beads prevents several lines interfering other extra pull additional lines gets timer started positive fashion speeds up operation start making greater accuracy short-time functions Bill has used the system HandContinued page 162 October 1983 69 Norm Poti concentrating distant bubble machinelooking rising air found lot day since fiew 22 maxes set new Category iii Class C Open record Satellite 788 uses K&B 40 RR Series 71 power Thats Air Force Museum Dayton background Covering yellow/orange/red white trim Photo H Murphy Chris Matsuno won Coupe dHlver CIAs meet Dayton September 26 iast year Just look beautiful condition fleids downwind leg H Murphy photo Bob gave considerable exposure rules experimental new Forty-Niner FF Gas event May 1983 columnthen make few corrections August 1983 Heres John 01denkamp San Diego Orbiteers New Event Committee co-chairman about launch Gold Box first Forty-Niner meet held recently Perris John suggests anyone building class model use heavier landing gear 3/32-in wire used Gold Box covered orange silver MonoKotecarries ping-pong-bail pilot John reports long tail moment ship made erratic ROGs next wont long will also have 425-sq-in wing Gold Box flew oft board looked malestic Placed 4th C Sabransky plc roughly oval outlined bamboo landing gear Bassett stuck triedand-proven wooden struts substituted fat pair M&M air wheels skinny wooden ones used previous ships power plant orig inal A-model Brown Juniors Rather go St Louis just airplane Bassett built two models same design called second Miss Philadelphia V also gave slightly different paint job numberB-l 17 Otherwise two ships identical June 1935 Nationals turned out huge disappointment Bassett Plagued engine trouble missed chance win Texaco Trophy third last time won would have allowed keep permanently Next season hed 21too old qualify Texaco competition Leo Weiss won event unique all-balsa twin-tailed model highly streamlined small comparision other entries Weiss ran engine part-throttle conserve gas scored new record 64 mm. 12 sec Second place went Bruno Marchi Boston 41 mm 55 sec effort best Bassett could manage third place flight 36 mm 49 sec quite respectable nonetheless considering engine ran about /2 mm Perhaps Bassetts engineamong very first Brown Juniors built veteran hundreds Ilightswas finally showing its age maybe just having bad day Whatever reason setback must have hard pill swallow mod eler keenly competitive since 1932 Nationals failed place top model airplane com petition entered never beaten own gameGas model flying So discouraged apparently fore leaving St Louis announced last contest isnt clear whether Bassett really tended quit modeling hap pened later summar $100 top prize offered Junior Birdmen America contest held Lake hurst NJ Naval Air Station prospect winning much money equivalent maybe $700 SI 000 today hard ignore Bassett says easily per suaded out retirement August 28 1935 entered twin ships time calling Miss Philly V VI Junior Birdmen Gas Model Classic few Gas meets ome ever sponsored organization later brought its own downfall turning against Gas power crowd about 1000 watched both models fly OOS meet before ground observers credited Miss Philly VI contest-winning time 17 mm 48 sec Two weeks later Bassett received $100 check mail Lawrence Shaw national director Junior Birdmen Second place worth $50 Leo Vartanian Brooklyn NY $25 third prize went Henry Stadelmeir New York City contest might have net loss Bassett valued models around $75 apiece Fortunately few days after meet spotted scrub pine underbrush several miles air station cruising Navy blimp crews eventually recovered undamaged continued FF Duration/Meuser Continued pacze 69 Launch Gliders supply auto-stab functionthe trailing edge tail pops up little after about secondin addi tion dethermalizer function sees no problem adding additional functions might want Are confused am about now thought sorted out headbone until read what wrote realized Id simply have make sketch see Business opportunity Che Hobbies up grabs Hugo Sandroni going home Argentina selling out mail-order Free Flight business song plus wholesale value inventory half price new car could put self business get tax writeoffs would make entire initial expense evap orate Che Hobbies still business Sandroni wont leaving yet addition has just finished printing new catalog includes Free Flight goodies various manufacturers large small plus bunch own 23-page catalog sells $2 might seem bit steep However cant stay business giving away catalogs cost close amount just printing mailing jacking up prices Che has chosen address Che Hobbies 10900 Eastwood Ave Inglewood CA 90304 phone 213 674-1756 Bob Meuser 4200 Gregory Sr Oakland CA 94619 FF Indoor/Tenny Continued jaqe 71 model similar layout Brians model larger less con trollable next highest time 867 seconds made Butch Hadland Peanut Scale Ace England flying very nice Fokker Peanut Scale model Butchs model flew quite fast relatively speaking im portant consistent flat left turn got around course minimum wasted motion Let explain what mean wasted motion Martin Varney Brians father won Peanut Speed event US Indoor Champs earlier ib Continued page 164 162 Model Aviation eye ojolon ai lrlot Os alt ala highly detailed $2400 otwn.SI7OO Other supero gIantscaIe prans - Poll size 9 POKIER DVIlI 24 Ca In $2500 9 PT-I 9 Oaadra 110150 82800 9 PIPER 14 MIlitary J3 Cab Osadra 92000 land cash chk Plans sent rolled UPS POSTPAID mangy ordr toreign orders add 40% air mail TAYLOR-CRAFT Send large sane tot brochlrtOS 01 LEE TAYLOR all Taylororalt olans otterings 210 WIllow Anansa RosanlIlO CA 95078
Edition: Model Aviation - 1983/10
Page Numbers: 68, 69, 162
Free Flight DURA TION Bob Meuser NEW different Thunderbugs Called-Time event As invented John Ferrer competition concept applied ROG outdoor rubber-power models seems applicable other classes well Its simple Announce predicted flight time Make flight absolute difference between actual predicted flight time score Lowest total score three flights wins Enter often like first trial event lowest three-flight score nine seconds Scores individual flights ranged A-sec 45 sec event greeted enthusi asm Thunderbugs membership will included future contests Irv Acker has donated trophy first person post three-flight score less second Catch thermal lose wonder will lead development nonthermal detectors New covering film Ray Harlan market ing new polyester film material intended Indoor models both lighter tougher other film market easily trimmed outline framework usine solderine pencil Bead form e4 oi end 4b ivy/on line ste text Bead slips /flto notch disc line wraps arornd shaft 1 065 iptdoor rubber 0/2 piasziC Modtfied 7bmy motor New tricks timing functions Tomy Toy windup motors Bob has column cuts almost readily microfilm easily attached frameworks spray-on mounting adhesives sold art sup ply shops Ray experimenting apply ing some techniques used microfilm new material example covering wing flat putting di hedral afterward Called Ultrafilm mate rial costs $6 10-ft rollenough half dozen Pennyplanes Include $125 postage handling unless order other Harlan goodiesscale balsa stripper tail boom format same time Rays ad dress 15 Happy Hollow Rd Wayland MA 01778 Tow gliderwith FF model Some lads San Diego area Frank Allen Frank Jr Charlie Yost Tommy Wil son have fooling around seems like fun tow plane Cox Pee Wee-powered all-sheet profile biplane about 2 I-in wingspan glider all-sheet affair 15-in span having towhook nose 12 15-ft length thread loop end connected two rather open towhook required closed too much towline wont fall off goes well did number flights until glider went off blue thermal engine cuts tow plane stalls bit towline releases glider off away NFFS Distinguished Service Award Free Flight community has maintained tight bond comes matters Free Flight bond exists because com mon interest plus willingness few perform effort above average Board Directors NFFS now feels individuals should recog nized Accordingly Distinguished Serv ice Award has created award based upon individuals contribution technical monetary literary educational supportive et al further ance NFFS particular Free Flight general Distinguished Service Award will awarded need arises necessarily specific event award does way replace fluence Free Flight Hall Fame rather supplements Anyone can nominate individual nomination must accompanied some very good cogent rea sons its submittal Remember title Distinguished persons deeds must above average Please submit nominations writing very legible along indi viduals address phone number well own would also interested knowing person member NFFS NIMAS SAM AMA etc Mail nom ination either Hardy Brodersen PO Box 1104 Birmingham MI 48012 J Italiano 1655 Revere Dr Brookfield WI 53005 Folding props gas engines Im sorry theres no photo item K&W Enter prises 7824 Lexington Ave Philadel phia PA 19152 marketing folding prop selling piece hub sembly suitable engines 15 21 cu displacement goes $28 fi berglass blades go $4 avail able in7 x 27 x 37 x 3/2and8 x 4 sizes K&W continues market its StopA-Prop engine brakes spare parts adapters forth Book preview preview bit skimpy side necessarily inasmuch definitive Scale-buffs-only column besides havent seen copy book yet knowing authors track record think Im safe assuming pre-publication flyer accurate youll get moneys worth title Scrapbook Scale 3-Views Nos talgia author Bill Hannan Primarily seems collection articles three-viewsabout dozen latterof full-size aircraft Much consists material has appeared other publications between 1964 pre Th D7czutostczk o whatever 68 Model Aviation ring-wing thing Bud Overn engine has removed photo TD 010 Wing 7-in diameter foam hoop Modei stall-proof isunched straight up fin top wing gives same lateral stability effect dihedral sent some sources might fingertips Le Fanatique de LAviation France Popular Rotorcraft Flying Cross Cockade Journal example three-views include obscure pioneer monoplanes Golden Age racer biplane triplane two canards autogiro gyrop tre whatever devil three different Farman Mosquitoes England France Germany Spain US Also included ready-to-use construc tion drawings three flying models simple catapult glider rubber-power pro file model wouldnt know Pea nut Scale model Format 8/2 x 11 56 pages long Price $895 plus $100 per book postage California residents add 6% sales tax Bills previous bookPeanut Power still available same price Ask Bill autograph copy like Order W C Hannan Graphics PO Box Escondido CA 92025 Tomy timers again Jack Pitcher wasnt person bumble fact Tomy Pencil Pet toys have windup motors smaller tlan earlier ones column August 1983 realize potential makings ultra-lightweight dethermalizer timer Bill Gieskieng has playing new ones too back Model Aviation June 1982 Don Lindley Stan Stoy pre sented article modifications older larger Tomy motors gist modification abandon spring drive entirely discard part case containing thereby reducing thickness about 50% supply needed power means external rubberband Gies kieng uses essentially same scheme adds few touches own Bill has turned Tomy multifunction timer heart system disc having dimeter about 4 cut 012-in plastic sheet scissors notched placesone notch function monofilament timer line terminates loop Lindley-Stoy system rather bead bead made tying over hand knot line applying drop CyA adhesive dipping baking soda Bill uses 2-lb monofilament lines little buildup shaft use beads prevents several lines interfering other extra pull additional lines gets timer started positive fashion speeds up operation start making greater accuracy short-time functions Bill has used the system HandContinued page 162 October 1983 69 Norm Poti concentrating distant bubble machinelooking rising air found lot day since fiew 22 maxes set new Category iii Class C Open record Satellite 788 uses K&B 40 RR Series 71 power Thats Air Force Museum Dayton background Covering yellow/orange/red white trim Photo H Murphy Chris Matsuno won Coupe dHlver CIAs meet Dayton September 26 iast year Just look beautiful condition fleids downwind leg H Murphy photo Bob gave considerable exposure rules experimental new Forty-Niner FF Gas event May 1983 columnthen make few corrections August 1983 Heres John 01denkamp San Diego Orbiteers New Event Committee co-chairman about launch Gold Box first Forty-Niner meet held recently Perris John suggests anyone building class model use heavier landing gear 3/32-in wire used Gold Box covered orange silver MonoKotecarries ping-pong-bail pilot John reports long tail moment ship made erratic ROGs next wont long will also have 425-sq-in wing Gold Box flew oft board looked malestic Placed 4th C Sabransky plc roughly oval outlined bamboo landing gear Bassett stuck triedand-proven wooden struts substituted fat pair M&M air wheels skinny wooden ones used previous ships power plant orig inal A-model Brown Juniors Rather go St Louis just airplane Bassett built two models same design called second Miss Philadelphia V also gave slightly different paint job numberB-l 17 Otherwise two ships identical June 1935 Nationals turned out huge disappointment Bassett Plagued engine trouble missed chance win Texaco Trophy third last time won would have allowed keep permanently Next season hed 21too old qualify Texaco competition Leo Weiss won event unique all-balsa twin-tailed model highly streamlined small comparision other entries Weiss ran engine part-throttle conserve gas scored new record 64 mm. 12 sec Second place went Bruno Marchi Boston 41 mm 55 sec effort best Bassett could manage third place flight 36 mm 49 sec quite respectable nonetheless considering engine ran about /2 mm Perhaps Bassetts engineamong very first Brown Juniors built veteran hundreds Ilightswas finally showing its age maybe just having bad day Whatever reason setback must have hard pill swallow mod eler keenly competitive since 1932 Nationals failed place top model airplane com petition entered never beaten own gameGas model flying So discouraged apparently fore leaving St Louis announced last contest isnt clear whether Bassett really tended quit modeling hap pened later summar $100 top prize offered Junior Birdmen America contest held Lake hurst NJ Naval Air Station prospect winning much money equivalent maybe $700 SI 000 today hard ignore Bassett says easily per suaded out retirement August 28 1935 entered twin ships time calling Miss Philly V VI Junior Birdmen Gas Model Classic few Gas meets ome ever sponsored organization later brought its own downfall turning against Gas power crowd about 1000 watched both models fly OOS meet before ground observers credited Miss Philly VI contest-winning time 17 mm 48 sec Two weeks later Bassett received $100 check mail Lawrence Shaw national director Junior Birdmen Second place worth $50 Leo Vartanian Brooklyn NY $25 third prize went Henry Stadelmeir New York City contest might have net loss Bassett valued models around $75 apiece Fortunately few days after meet spotted scrub pine underbrush several miles air station cruising Navy blimp crews eventually recovered undamaged continued FF Duration/Meuser Continued pacze 69 Launch Gliders supply auto-stab functionthe trailing edge tail pops up little after about secondin addi tion dethermalizer function sees no problem adding additional functions might want Are confused am about now thought sorted out headbone until read what wrote realized Id simply have make sketch see Business opportunity Che Hobbies up grabs Hugo Sandroni going home Argentina selling out mail-order Free Flight business song plus wholesale value inventory half price new car could put self business get tax writeoffs would make entire initial expense evap orate Che Hobbies still business Sandroni wont leaving yet addition has just finished printing new catalog includes Free Flight goodies various manufacturers large small plus bunch own 23-page catalog sells $2 might seem bit steep However cant stay business giving away catalogs cost close amount just printing mailing jacking up prices Che has chosen address Che Hobbies 10900 Eastwood Ave Inglewood CA 90304 phone 213 674-1756 Bob Meuser 4200 Gregory Sr Oakland CA 94619 FF Indoor/Tenny Continued jaqe 71 model similar layout Brians model larger less con trollable next highest time 867 seconds made Butch Hadland Peanut Scale Ace England flying very nice Fokker Peanut Scale model Butchs model flew quite fast relatively speaking im portant consistent flat left turn got around course minimum wasted motion Let explain what mean wasted motion Martin Varney Brians father won Peanut Speed event US Indoor Champs earlier ib Continued page 164 162 Model Aviation eye ojolon ai lrlot Os alt ala highly detailed $2400 otwn.SI7OO Other supero gIantscaIe prans - Poll size 9 POKIER DVIlI 24 Ca In $2500 9 PT-I 9 Oaadra 110150 82800 9 PIPER 14 MIlitary J3 Cab Osadra 92000 land cash chk Plans sent rolled UPS POSTPAID mangy ordr toreign orders add 40% air mail TAYLOR-CRAFT Send large sane tot brochlrtOS 01 LEE TAYLOR all Taylororalt olans otterings 210 WIllow Anansa RosanlIlO CA 95078
Edition: Model Aviation - 1983/10
Page Numbers: 68, 69, 162
Free Flight DURA TION Bob Meuser NEW different Thunderbugs Called-Time event As invented John Ferrer competition concept applied ROG outdoor rubber-power models seems applicable other classes well Its simple Announce predicted flight time Make flight absolute difference between actual predicted flight time score Lowest total score three flights wins Enter often like first trial event lowest three-flight score nine seconds Scores individual flights ranged A-sec 45 sec event greeted enthusi asm Thunderbugs membership will included future contests Irv Acker has donated trophy first person post three-flight score less second Catch thermal lose wonder will lead development nonthermal detectors New covering film Ray Harlan market ing new polyester film material intended Indoor models both lighter tougher other film market easily trimmed outline framework usine solderine pencil Bead form e4 oi end 4b ivy/on line ste text Bead slips /flto notch disc line wraps arornd shaft 1 065 iptdoor rubber 0/2 piasziC Modtfied 7bmy motor New tricks timing functions Tomy Toy windup motors Bob has column cuts almost readily microfilm easily attached frameworks spray-on mounting adhesives sold art sup ply shops Ray experimenting apply ing some techniques used microfilm new material example covering wing flat putting di hedral afterward Called Ultrafilm mate rial costs $6 10-ft rollenough half dozen Pennyplanes Include $125 postage handling unless order other Harlan goodiesscale balsa stripper tail boom format same time Rays ad dress 15 Happy Hollow Rd Wayland MA 01778 Tow gliderwith FF model Some lads San Diego area Frank Allen Frank Jr Charlie Yost Tommy Wil son have fooling around seems like fun tow plane Cox Pee Wee-powered all-sheet profile biplane about 2 I-in wingspan glider all-sheet affair 15-in span having towhook nose 12 15-ft length thread loop end connected two rather open towhook required closed too much towline wont fall off goes well did number flights until glider went off blue thermal engine cuts tow plane stalls bit towline releases glider off away NFFS Distinguished Service Award Free Flight community has maintained tight bond comes matters Free Flight bond exists because com mon interest plus willingness few perform effort above average Board Directors NFFS now feels individuals should recog nized Accordingly Distinguished Serv ice Award has created award based upon individuals contribution technical monetary literary educational supportive et al further ance NFFS particular Free Flight general Distinguished Service Award will awarded need arises necessarily specific event award does way replace fluence Free Flight Hall Fame rather supplements Anyone can nominate individual nomination must accompanied some very good cogent rea sons its submittal Remember title Distinguished persons deeds must above average Please submit nominations writing very legible along indi viduals address phone number well own would also interested knowing person member NFFS NIMAS SAM AMA etc Mail nom ination either Hardy Brodersen PO Box 1104 Birmingham MI 48012 J Italiano 1655 Revere Dr Brookfield WI 53005 Folding props gas engines Im sorry theres no photo item K&W Enter prises 7824 Lexington Ave Philadel phia PA 19152 marketing folding prop selling piece hub sembly suitable engines 15 21 cu displacement goes $28 fi berglass blades go $4 avail able in7 x 27 x 37 x 3/2and8 x 4 sizes K&W continues market its StopA-Prop engine brakes spare parts adapters forth Book preview preview bit skimpy side necessarily inasmuch definitive Scale-buffs-only column besides havent seen copy book yet knowing authors track record think Im safe assuming pre-publication flyer accurate youll get moneys worth title Scrapbook Scale 3-Views Nos talgia author Bill Hannan Primarily seems collection articles three-viewsabout dozen latterof full-size aircraft Much consists material has appeared other publications between 1964 pre Th D7czutostczk o whatever 68 Model Aviation ring-wing thing Bud Overn engine has removed photo TD 010 Wing 7-in diameter foam hoop Modei stall-proof isunched straight up fin top wing gives same lateral stability effect dihedral sent some sources might fingertips Le Fanatique de LAviation France Popular Rotorcraft Flying Cross Cockade Journal example three-views include obscure pioneer monoplanes Golden Age racer biplane triplane two canards autogiro gyrop tre whatever devil three different Farman Mosquitoes England France Germany Spain US Also included ready-to-use construc tion drawings three flying models simple catapult glider rubber-power pro file model wouldnt know Pea nut Scale model Format 8/2 x 11 56 pages long Price $895 plus $100 per book postage California residents add 6% sales tax Bills previous bookPeanut Power still available same price Ask Bill autograph copy like Order W C Hannan Graphics PO Box Escondido CA 92025 Tomy timers again Jack Pitcher wasnt person bumble fact Tomy Pencil Pet toys have windup motors smaller tlan earlier ones column August 1983 realize potential makings ultra-lightweight dethermalizer timer Bill Gieskieng has playing new ones too back Model Aviation June 1982 Don Lindley Stan Stoy pre sented article modifications older larger Tomy motors gist modification abandon spring drive entirely discard part case containing thereby reducing thickness about 50% supply needed power means external rubberband Gies kieng uses essentially same scheme adds few touches own Bill has turned Tomy multifunction timer heart system disc having dimeter about 4 cut 012-in plastic sheet scissors notched placesone notch function monofilament timer line terminates loop Lindley-Stoy system rather bead bead made tying over hand knot line applying drop CyA adhesive dipping baking soda Bill uses 2-lb monofilament lines little buildup shaft use beads prevents several lines interfering other extra pull additional lines gets timer started positive fashion speeds up operation start making greater accuracy short-time functions Bill has used the system HandContinued page 162 October 1983 69 Norm Poti concentrating distant bubble machinelooking rising air found lot day since fiew 22 maxes set new Category iii Class C Open record Satellite 788 uses K&B 40 RR Series 71 power Thats Air Force Museum Dayton background Covering yellow/orange/red white trim Photo H Murphy Chris Matsuno won Coupe dHlver CIAs meet Dayton September 26 iast year Just look beautiful condition fleids downwind leg H Murphy photo Bob gave considerable exposure rules experimental new Forty-Niner FF Gas event May 1983 columnthen make few corrections August 1983 Heres John 01denkamp San Diego Orbiteers New Event Committee co-chairman about launch Gold Box first Forty-Niner meet held recently Perris John suggests anyone building class model use heavier landing gear 3/32-in wire used Gold Box covered orange silver MonoKotecarries ping-pong-bail pilot John reports long tail moment ship made erratic ROGs next wont long will also have 425-sq-in wing Gold Box flew oft board looked malestic Placed 4th C Sabransky plc roughly oval outlined bamboo landing gear Bassett stuck triedand-proven wooden struts substituted fat pair M&M air wheels skinny wooden ones used previous ships power plant orig inal A-model Brown Juniors Rather go St Louis just airplane Bassett built two models same design called second Miss Philadelphia V also gave slightly different paint job numberB-l 17 Otherwise two ships identical June 1935 Nationals turned out huge disappointment Bassett Plagued engine trouble missed chance win Texaco Trophy third last time won would have allowed keep permanently Next season hed 21too old qualify Texaco competition Leo Weiss won event unique all-balsa twin-tailed model highly streamlined small comparision other entries Weiss ran engine part-throttle conserve gas scored new record 64 mm. 12 sec Second place went Bruno Marchi Boston 41 mm 55 sec effort best Bassett could manage third place flight 36 mm 49 sec quite respectable nonetheless considering engine ran about /2 mm Perhaps Bassetts engineamong very first Brown Juniors built veteran hundreds Ilightswas finally showing its age maybe just having bad day Whatever reason setback must have hard pill swallow mod eler keenly competitive since 1932 Nationals failed place top model airplane com petition entered never beaten own gameGas model flying So discouraged apparently fore leaving St Louis announced last contest isnt clear whether Bassett really tended quit modeling hap pened later summar $100 top prize offered Junior Birdmen America contest held Lake hurst NJ Naval Air Station prospect winning much money equivalent maybe $700 SI 000 today hard ignore Bassett says easily per suaded out retirement August 28 1935 entered twin ships time calling Miss Philly V VI Junior Birdmen Gas Model Classic few Gas meets ome ever sponsored organization later brought its own downfall turning against Gas power crowd about 1000 watched both models fly OOS meet before ground observers credited Miss Philly VI contest-winning time 17 mm 48 sec Two weeks later Bassett received $100 check mail Lawrence Shaw national director Junior Birdmen Second place worth $50 Leo Vartanian Brooklyn NY $25 third prize went Henry Stadelmeir New York City contest might have net loss Bassett valued models around $75 apiece Fortunately few days after meet spotted scrub pine underbrush several miles air station cruising Navy blimp crews eventually recovered undamaged continued FF Duration/Meuser Continued pacze 69 Launch Gliders supply auto-stab functionthe trailing edge tail pops up little after about secondin addi tion dethermalizer function sees no problem adding additional functions might want Are confused am about now thought sorted out headbone until read what wrote realized Id simply have make sketch see Business opportunity Che Hobbies up grabs Hugo Sandroni going home Argentina selling out mail-order Free Flight business song plus wholesale value inventory half price new car could put self business get tax writeoffs would make entire initial expense evap orate Che Hobbies still business Sandroni wont leaving yet addition has just finished printing new catalog includes Free Flight goodies various manufacturers large small plus bunch own 23-page catalog sells $2 might seem bit steep However cant stay business giving away catalogs cost close amount just printing mailing jacking up prices Che has chosen address Che Hobbies 10900 Eastwood Ave Inglewood CA 90304 phone 213 674-1756 Bob Meuser 4200 Gregory Sr Oakland CA 94619 FF Indoor/Tenny Continued jaqe 71 model similar layout Brians model larger less con trollable next highest time 867 seconds made Butch Hadland Peanut Scale Ace England flying very nice Fokker Peanut Scale model Butchs model flew quite fast relatively speaking im portant consistent flat left turn got around course minimum wasted motion Let explain what mean wasted motion Martin Varney Brians father won Peanut Speed event US Indoor Champs earlier ib Continued page 164 162 Model Aviation eye ojolon ai lrlot Os alt ala highly detailed $2400 otwn.SI7OO Other supero gIantscaIe prans - Poll size 9 POKIER DVIlI 24 Ca In $2500 9 PT-I 9 Oaadra 110150 82800 9 PIPER 14 MIlitary J3 Cab Osadra 92000 land cash chk Plans sent rolled UPS POSTPAID mangy ordr toreign orders add 40% air mail TAYLOR-CRAFT Send large sane tot brochlrtOS 01 LEE TAYLOR all Taylororalt olans otterings 210 WIllow Anansa RosanlIlO CA 95078