THE HOBBY SHOP versus Free Flighter bellyache lot about fact local hobby shops dont carry much stuff need So mail-order along X-Acto knives other items could get local shop compelling reason go apparently shops look yond ends corporate noses isnt often present item newsletter editing half death following article Wasatch Free Right Association newsletter edited Franklin Anderson seems put subject together pretty well positive way main problem getting local hobby shops carry lines merchandise care about would would re duce necessity presently have buy ing things mail ordera practice local business people detest say merchandise stocked would sell hobby shop owners interested items turn over fast and/or have high markup say theyll special-order what wantbut wont stock reply can special-order ourselves get quicker besides big market course Radio Control other end spectrumplastic Free-Flighters swer that things want large-capital-investment items anyway have stock wont tie up lot business capital thoughtful observers throughout country have la mented fact modeling industry has well-served younger modelers except plastic shelf models much can find typical hobby shop suitable 10- 12- 14-year-old potential future customer model enthusiast Curiously Free Right movement best place youngsters get solid basics needand have fun doing talking about old-fashioned stick-and-tissue rubber-powered flying models smaller affordable power Free Right models like /2A-sized ones No all-plastic Control Liners flashy box wont experienced modelers have trouble getting pretty impractical things run fly result often discouragement abandonment hobby after long struggle big-money makers hope local hobby shops will little toward supporting future bigspenders stocking least little bit small stuff now model airplane enthusiast both flier builder least equal emphasis good lines flying model kits have never seen townexcept some model builder has sent away some thing mail order can youngster get exposure great modeling experi ences way As model airplane club could encourage hobby shops stock wider variety Free Flight merchandise including beginners kits hand-launched gliders Peanut Scale small power kits engines Indoor models rep lica kits scratch-building supplies like balsa plans props building sup plies Manufacturers distributors would like encourage give bigger dis counts retail hobby shop owners will stock merchandise presently dont get enough profit justify tying up capital care about future industry much care about hobby should things Some aspects hobby dont need much special attention plastic RC will get along just fine because models attractive fun spectacular thrilling yes above plastic doesnt give young modeler construction skills needed real model airplane enthusiastthe will day buying building RC maybe Free Flight area basic build ing flying skills can developed enjoyed best urge local hobby shops 62 Model Aviation Rick Lin R dad Ricks Pennypiane msde Japanese kit files 3-4 minutes despite fiat-pitch prop heavy construction Rick member Revere Model Aircraft SocietyBili Warners school ciub began decade ago Warner photo Some worlds finest Scale modeiers Flightmastera West Ciub take time off iittie fun 13-in-span twin-pushers Note variety designs paeudo-scaie smaii replicas old-time Outdoor models indoor-ish wide-chord modeis Ken Johnsons over-and-under job reai break traditional two-barrei designs Participants front row L-R Carlo Godel Maroin Albert Dave Vincent Mike Mulligan Dick Baxter Lonnie Cope Others back row L-R Ferrell Papic Gabe Mora Joe Bailey Ken Johnson Chria Johnson Barnaby Wainfan Pseudoserodynamics fame Von Whitiock Photo Bill Warner support area also urge national manufacturers distributors Free Flight merchandise both Scale en durance both rubber power both new nostalgic movementsyes want see Comet Peck-Polymer Golden Age Fly line Keil Craft Veron Guillow Scientific son represented local dealers shelves make possible local hobby shops stock items adopting attractive discounts ordering policies Ron Williams book republished Ac cording Wasatch Free Flight Associa tion Ron Williams outstanding book Building Flying Indoor Model Air planes will republished later year first edition 8000 copies pub lished Simon Schuster 1981 De spite being sellout S S elected republish book noted Janu ary issue MA Ed Whittens Junior Flight page Picking up Franklin Anderson took copy book rendition Rons Yeloise Manhattan Formula model publisher friend thing led other publisher-to-be Giffs Smith Peregrine Smith Books Falcon Books Layton UT Well good shame see such excellent book become unavailable hear some copies have remaindered being peddled off major mail-order book outfits Dont expect source viable long Well try keep posted Rubber motor make-up jig Making motors desired length no sweat RuEi6er slr4i wrap wrap uiber and5 kefernce mctrs Twoicces x3xosujt Heres gadget take some pain out making-up rubber motors specific weight rather specific length/number turns Theres info column making specified weight Wakefield Coupe dHiver models another story since batch rubber strip has different weight per unit length frequently varies end one-pound spool other jig shown sketch attributed Bob White makes problem little easier usual procedure weigh out little desired weight rubber snip down exactly what want 395 grams perhaps 40-gram Wake motor allowing bit lube Trimming off ends knot after its tied will lose tenth gram too using jig wrap up doesnt come out end few inches knot unwind readjust jig try again Te dious beats pounding nails dining-room tablewhich often leads get ting blood carpet Orbiteers newsletter item Fudo Takagi Notch-maker oldie-but-goodie item keeps popping up various forms version comes Tom Winter via Nebraska FF newsletter What follows slickest useful hint youve seen anywhere pay attention Want make 1000 notches exactly alike never destroy former will need garnet paper balsa sheet about 2-in wide 12-in long same thickness desired notches steel straightedge good razor blade Take 2 x 12 set edge flush against edge sheet garnet paper Move straightedge up against side 2 x 12 over laps garnet paper Now let 2 X 12 drop press straightedge down firmly Continued page 160 June 1984 63 Joe Foster seems able excel event concentrates indoor RC shown during Brief Encounter Worst Kind PAl Power Lack flying site nearer home two-hour drive kind dulled interest Photo Fred Terzian Sal Taibi has winning Gas events Nats 36 years using K&B engines big cabin Powerhouse 1 Sals first first-placer 1939 Starduster R won latin C Gas 2nd D Gas 83 Nate believe hes finally getting hang FEA TURES * Fun high speed per formance lands like trainer * Strong balsa con struction * Full scale plans mixer included MAGUS 10 DELTA * 3-years design 10 Engine pan flight testing Send Certified Check MO $2695 Pay Shipping MI reside add 4% tax Magus Model Aircraft 3518 Laurel Burton Michigan 48529 FF Old-Timers/Haught Continued page 157 Tanks lot have received inquiries time-to-time about replacement fuel tanks ignition engines Plastic tanks deteriorate age mined owners converted engine glow plugs plastic used simply compatible alcohol fuels know two sources replacement tanks Air Accessories 3600 Pittman Road Independence MO 64052 Custom Re produced Tanks 29 Stewart Ave Pitts burgh PA 15227 little overlap product lists will probably need contact both suppliers find what need Correction In February 1984 column balsa cuts stated reference annual rings me cuts tangent rings others directly across some randomly cross annular rings cuts called B C re spectively should have read A' C cuts frequently selected random B used casually Im glad someone reads stuff proven person wrote called out errors Turbulators Letters continue trickle subject turbulators wrote about few columns back have received conclude us use main reason strength Some folks will admit crease glide performance refer slight main thing comes through like em should allowed Nuf said appreciate letters Clarence Haught 3226 Honeysuckle Dr Coeur dAlene ID 83814 FF Duration/Meuser Continued aaae 63 slice along razor blade didnt have garnet paper face up did now proud possessor strip garnet paper exactly wide notches want cut Glue edge 2 x 12 glue dry spraypaint new tool day-glow orange youll lose amidst other balsa thing about garnet paper lasts forever balsa once hit upon idea painting saws orange stopped losing last has endured five years Several points worth emphasizing Note length saw 12 should allow long smooth strokes plenty length guiding method cutting strip garnet paper exactly right width seems pretty slick some versions Ive seen strips balsa glued sides 2 x 12 limit depth cut case Commercial Rubber mid-Thirties dozens designs small models built Commercial Rubber rules appeared modeling magazines Such models later classified Class C Fuse lage models event popular event pre-WW II era Such models can compete Old-Timer rubberpower events under SAM Society Antique Modelers rules dis advantage flown competition larger models also eligible Thats idea event specifically smaller models cropped up Southern Cali fornia soon picked up Central Indiana Aeromodelers CIA Competition events such models will held June 10 meet CIA Wright-Patterson AFB SAM Champs held during last week June Bong Field WI Condensed rules follow official rules Design published kitted fore 1943 Max wingspan 36 pro jected Fixed two-wheel landing gear original design Models will ROG Rise Off-Ground Construction must follow original no added turbulator spars geodetic construction few diagonals sheet-balsa fill-in may added fuse lage No limit rubber model weight Prop must two-blade balsa free wheeling regardless prop original Prop diameter may increased 16 must similar props era Landing gear may extended allow ground clearance propeller complete set rules send SASE LU mC address end column lists available plans send SASE Plans RR No 1 Box 450 New Palestine IN 46163 Oldtimer Models PO Box 913 Westminster CA 92683 John Pond send $1 PO Box 3215 San Jose CA 95156 Bert Pond 128 Warren Terrace Longmeadow MA 01106 Designs era clude Gordon Lights 1934 Wakefield Ranger High-Climber De La Maters One-Half Stoners 1937 Stout Trophy winner Comet AYA 5 Pepper Berkeley Buccaneer Zaics 1937 Diamond Contestant Jim Cahills winner 1934 Zaic yearbook Nostalgia Gas events Invented some five years ago nimble mind Ralph Prey Nostalgia bridges gap between OldTimer events modern stuff Eligible model designs period Janu ary 1 1943 through December 31 1956 Eligible engines include period plus few others spirit period primarily loop-scavenged plainbearing engines As event developed regional differences rules event cropped up normal Within past few months differences have ironed out now have unified set rules put together under aegis National Free Flight Society NFFS John Pond putting together list eli gible model designsand hell probably able furnish plans themand Bob Larsh making list eligible engines should available soon rules occupy full page small type too much present will send SASE Ill send copy NFFS members neednt bother January issue Free Flight NFFS Di gest hands printer writing 160 Model Aviation writing advertisers mention read about Model Aviation Im quasiNostalgia event going tried out CIA Tentatively engines up 025 Cu will permitted legal Nos talgia model may scaled down cope small engine size Presumably other features rules will follow 020-Old-Timer Well keep posted Department Philosophy owner multi-megabuck-per-year athletic team sponsor Indy racer sure wouldnt go around telling competition what up Free Flight com petition time Curiously perhaps seems Free Flight types always willing share secrets anyone cares enough askor asking via various underground club newsletters magazine articles Perhaps because own thing doesnt work well back old drawing board Weve hundred times before take another whack it does work justifiably damned proud inclined crow about bit winning result withholding information may benefit adversaries signif icance such win lessened thereby Cripes dont know think Im some kind philosopher something know competition-oriented Free Flight nice environment live Bob Meuser 4200 Gregory St Oakland CA 94619 FF Scale/Warner Continued oaae 65 almost-finished Citabria models result frustrating windshield-installation ses sion What has always worked well brushing thinned cellulose glue around framing letting dry Slap plastic assuming have tried paper pattern cut plastic touch brush some Kodak film-splicing cement edge now goes capillary action holds fine Recently discovered Wilhold R/C-56 glue looks like white glue holds like crazy make little goof quick wipe damp cloth takes off nicely unless let dry have problem Still dries clear doesnt look bad Taping plastic down often allows time brush short bit edge R/C-56 leisure dries peel off tape little lighter fluid carefully applied may help go along edges under tape Note kids makes plastic car models check extra decal sheets oil company spark plug similar decals might adorn corner rear window Just touch casual ob server battle between fliers scalers has raged long have making TIGER TAIL 4 Ohidgeys latest beat series little larger lighter slower retains honest flight character tislics its predecessors Especially recommended sportsman ad vanced pattern also good choice turn-around pattern Plans construction hints $995 WELLER 3 BLADE PROP very stiff molded fiberglas propellor England Its efficient design allows substantial reduction noise level actually improving per formance $2000 NEW NEW CLAMP IT FOREVER STAINLESS STEEL PIPE CLAMPS Light strong Low-protile selflocking 3116 width wont cut silicone couplers Pkg 4 clamps $295 models call flying scale tempts balance two qualities have never successfuland never will long people differing likes abilities fly event Politics pure simple de termines what good balance may France new Super Peanut class 20-second max has installed please builders heavier de tailed models recent meet Orldans class topped Alain Parmentiers 1911 Cessna closely followed B Fillons Breguet Point dInterrogation tiny lettering sides Hawker Fury Claude Webers Nieuport 62-C Bill Noonans proxy-flown Fokker S-9 biplane regular Open Peanut class went Andre Mritte a90-second Poullin JP-30 What think event basically static-scale show flying qualification Theres still time get entry blank 1984 Flying Aces NATS MkIV held July 14-15 Utica MI latest addition traditional FAC events mostly rubber scale Earl Stahl Per petual Trophy can bet will hotly-contested can hear rustle cloudsters out thumbing through old mags hunting up Earls finest de signs Get information sheet copy FAC rules sending large SASE Ralph Kuenz 14645 Stahelin Detroit MI 48223 today Special attraction less C Bar row author Marine Fighting Squadron Nine will guest speaker Saturday nights banquet niceties belonging Flying Aces plesure reading words wisdom Glue Guru aka Leon Bennett latest entitled Phugoid Menace Infamous Zoom Doom NEW NEW WING TUBE & SOCKETS 1 1 dia aluminum alloy tubing plug-in wings Included pair special slip-fit phenolic sockets build wing-structure 2024 alum lube 24 long socket 12 long S8951se1 Sleeve Puller $795 BearIng Puller $695 ENGINE SLEEVE & BEARING PULLER Pull tight sleeves bearings easily damage Cone cone expanding brass ring grips sleeve bearing ID new 60s 17MM rear bearing *Special* Bath $1395 See Dealer Order Direct Include 75 Per Item UPS GP Gater RIC Preducts 3713 Pompano Dr Pensacola FL 32514 Phone AC 904 476-8639 dandy term phugoid oscil lation part vocabulary probable phenomenon itself part experience launch model begins little roller coaster num ber dips model con tinues getting larger larger until finally arrive full-fledged modeldestroying stall Zoom under power says Guru comes high velocity large angle attack wing highly-stable tailplane set ting avoid problem can cut speed reducing power motor going longer smaller increasing prop pitch simplest method crease downthrust seems have best promise allowing high power altitude-grabbing becoming non-existent force once plane glide phase states Zaic hearing would probably suggest reducing downthrust adding sidethrust turn zoom spiral climb Leon says rarely has spiral stability allow approach used suggests possibility using spring some old-timers used surgical tubing nose block would compressed under fully-wound motor would gradually reduce downthrust angle motor ran down As reduced stability solution moving CG aft decreasing negative tallplane Glue Guru rejects basis Scale jobs dont have enough tail surface solution zoom problem up drag building biplanes Variable tailplane incidence gadgets ought help problem often fail operate well reality keep up Glue Gurus pro nouncements depth try subscribing June 1984 161
Edition: Model Aviation - 1984/06
Page Numbers: 62, 63, 160, 161
THE HOBBY SHOP versus Free Flighter bellyache lot about fact local hobby shops dont carry much stuff need So mail-order along X-Acto knives other items could get local shop compelling reason go apparently shops look yond ends corporate noses isnt often present item newsletter editing half death following article Wasatch Free Right Association newsletter edited Franklin Anderson seems put subject together pretty well positive way main problem getting local hobby shops carry lines merchandise care about would would re duce necessity presently have buy ing things mail ordera practice local business people detest say merchandise stocked would sell hobby shop owners interested items turn over fast and/or have high markup say theyll special-order what wantbut wont stock reply can special-order ourselves get quicker besides big market course Radio Control other end spectrumplastic Free-Flighters swer that things want large-capital-investment items anyway have stock wont tie up lot business capital thoughtful observers throughout country have la mented fact modeling industry has well-served younger modelers except plastic shelf models much can find typical hobby shop suitable 10- 12- 14-year-old potential future customer model enthusiast Curiously Free Right movement best place youngsters get solid basics needand have fun doing talking about old-fashioned stick-and-tissue rubber-powered flying models smaller affordable power Free Right models like /2A-sized ones No all-plastic Control Liners flashy box wont experienced modelers have trouble getting pretty impractical things run fly result often discouragement abandonment hobby after long struggle big-money makers hope local hobby shops will little toward supporting future bigspenders stocking least little bit small stuff now model airplane enthusiast both flier builder least equal emphasis good lines flying model kits have never seen townexcept some model builder has sent away some thing mail order can youngster get exposure great modeling experi ences way As model airplane club could encourage hobby shops stock wider variety Free Flight merchandise including beginners kits hand-launched gliders Peanut Scale small power kits engines Indoor models rep lica kits scratch-building supplies like balsa plans props building sup plies Manufacturers distributors would like encourage give bigger dis counts retail hobby shop owners will stock merchandise presently dont get enough profit justify tying up capital care about future industry much care about hobby should things Some aspects hobby dont need much special attention plastic RC will get along just fine because models attractive fun spectacular thrilling yes above plastic doesnt give young modeler construction skills needed real model airplane enthusiastthe will day buying building RC maybe Free Flight area basic build ing flying skills can developed enjoyed best urge local hobby shops 62 Model Aviation Rick Lin R dad Ricks Pennypiane msde Japanese kit files 3-4 minutes despite fiat-pitch prop heavy construction Rick member Revere Model Aircraft SocietyBili Warners school ciub began decade ago Warner photo Some worlds finest Scale modeiers Flightmastera West Ciub take time off iittie fun 13-in-span twin-pushers Note variety designs paeudo-scaie smaii replicas old-time Outdoor models indoor-ish wide-chord modeis Ken Johnsons over-and-under job reai break traditional two-barrei designs Participants front row L-R Carlo Godel Maroin Albert Dave Vincent Mike Mulligan Dick Baxter Lonnie Cope Others back row L-R Ferrell Papic Gabe Mora Joe Bailey Ken Johnson Chria Johnson Barnaby Wainfan Pseudoserodynamics fame Von Whitiock Photo Bill Warner support area also urge national manufacturers distributors Free Flight merchandise both Scale en durance both rubber power both new nostalgic movementsyes want see Comet Peck-Polymer Golden Age Fly line Keil Craft Veron Guillow Scientific son represented local dealers shelves make possible local hobby shops stock items adopting attractive discounts ordering policies Ron Williams book republished Ac cording Wasatch Free Flight Associa tion Ron Williams outstanding book Building Flying Indoor Model Air planes will republished later year first edition 8000 copies pub lished Simon Schuster 1981 De spite being sellout S S elected republish book noted Janu ary issue MA Ed Whittens Junior Flight page Picking up Franklin Anderson took copy book rendition Rons Yeloise Manhattan Formula model publisher friend thing led other publisher-to-be Giffs Smith Peregrine Smith Books Falcon Books Layton UT Well good shame see such excellent book become unavailable hear some copies have remaindered being peddled off major mail-order book outfits Dont expect source viable long Well try keep posted Rubber motor make-up jig Making motors desired length no sweat RuEi6er slr4i wrap wrap uiber and5 kefernce mctrs Twoicces x3xosujt Heres gadget take some pain out making-up rubber motors specific weight rather specific length/number turns Theres info column making specified weight Wakefield Coupe dHiver models another story since batch rubber strip has different weight per unit length frequently varies end one-pound spool other jig shown sketch attributed Bob White makes problem little easier usual procedure weigh out little desired weight rubber snip down exactly what want 395 grams perhaps 40-gram Wake motor allowing bit lube Trimming off ends knot after its tied will lose tenth gram too using jig wrap up doesnt come out end few inches knot unwind readjust jig try again Te dious beats pounding nails dining-room tablewhich often leads get ting blood carpet Orbiteers newsletter item Fudo Takagi Notch-maker oldie-but-goodie item keeps popping up various forms version comes Tom Winter via Nebraska FF newsletter What follows slickest useful hint youve seen anywhere pay attention Want make 1000 notches exactly alike never destroy former will need garnet paper balsa sheet about 2-in wide 12-in long same thickness desired notches steel straightedge good razor blade Take 2 x 12 set edge flush against edge sheet garnet paper Move straightedge up against side 2 x 12 over laps garnet paper Now let 2 X 12 drop press straightedge down firmly Continued page 160 June 1984 63 Joe Foster seems able excel event concentrates indoor RC shown during Brief Encounter Worst Kind PAl Power Lack flying site nearer home two-hour drive kind dulled interest Photo Fred Terzian Sal Taibi has winning Gas events Nats 36 years using K&B engines big cabin Powerhouse 1 Sals first first-placer 1939 Starduster R won latin C Gas 2nd D Gas 83 Nate believe hes finally getting hang FEA TURES * Fun high speed per formance lands like trainer * Strong balsa con struction * Full scale plans mixer included MAGUS 10 DELTA * 3-years design 10 Engine pan flight testing Send Certified Check MO $2695 Pay Shipping MI reside add 4% tax Magus Model Aircraft 3518 Laurel Burton Michigan 48529 FF Old-Timers/Haught Continued page 157 Tanks lot have received inquiries time-to-time about replacement fuel tanks ignition engines Plastic tanks deteriorate age mined owners converted engine glow plugs plastic used simply compatible alcohol fuels know two sources replacement tanks Air Accessories 3600 Pittman Road Independence MO 64052 Custom Re produced Tanks 29 Stewart Ave Pitts burgh PA 15227 little overlap product lists will probably need contact both suppliers find what need Correction In February 1984 column balsa cuts stated reference annual rings me cuts tangent rings others directly across some randomly cross annular rings cuts called B C re spectively should have read A' C cuts frequently selected random B used casually Im glad someone reads stuff proven person wrote called out errors Turbulators Letters continue trickle subject turbulators wrote about few columns back have received conclude us use main reason strength Some folks will admit crease glide performance refer slight main thing comes through like em should allowed Nuf said appreciate letters Clarence Haught 3226 Honeysuckle Dr Coeur dAlene ID 83814 FF Duration/Meuser Continued aaae 63 slice along razor blade didnt have garnet paper face up did now proud possessor strip garnet paper exactly wide notches want cut Glue edge 2 x 12 glue dry spraypaint new tool day-glow orange youll lose amidst other balsa thing about garnet paper lasts forever balsa once hit upon idea painting saws orange stopped losing last has endured five years Several points worth emphasizing Note length saw 12 should allow long smooth strokes plenty length guiding method cutting strip garnet paper exactly right width seems pretty slick some versions Ive seen strips balsa glued sides 2 x 12 limit depth cut case Commercial Rubber mid-Thirties dozens designs small models built Commercial Rubber rules appeared modeling magazines Such models later classified Class C Fuse lage models event popular event pre-WW II era Such models can compete Old-Timer rubberpower events under SAM Society Antique Modelers rules dis advantage flown competition larger models also eligible Thats idea event specifically smaller models cropped up Southern Cali fornia soon picked up Central Indiana Aeromodelers CIA Competition events such models will held June 10 meet CIA Wright-Patterson AFB SAM Champs held during last week June Bong Field WI Condensed rules follow official rules Design published kitted fore 1943 Max wingspan 36 pro jected Fixed two-wheel landing gear original design Models will ROG Rise Off-Ground Construction must follow original no added turbulator spars geodetic construction few diagonals sheet-balsa fill-in may added fuse lage No limit rubber model weight Prop must two-blade balsa free wheeling regardless prop original Prop diameter may increased 16 must similar props era Landing gear may extended allow ground clearance propeller complete set rules send SASE LU mC address end column lists available plans send SASE Plans RR No 1 Box 450 New Palestine IN 46163 Oldtimer Models PO Box 913 Westminster CA 92683 John Pond send $1 PO Box 3215 San Jose CA 95156 Bert Pond 128 Warren Terrace Longmeadow MA 01106 Designs era clude Gordon Lights 1934 Wakefield Ranger High-Climber De La Maters One-Half Stoners 1937 Stout Trophy winner Comet AYA 5 Pepper Berkeley Buccaneer Zaics 1937 Diamond Contestant Jim Cahills winner 1934 Zaic yearbook Nostalgia Gas events Invented some five years ago nimble mind Ralph Prey Nostalgia bridges gap between OldTimer events modern stuff Eligible model designs period Janu ary 1 1943 through December 31 1956 Eligible engines include period plus few others spirit period primarily loop-scavenged plainbearing engines As event developed regional differences rules event cropped up normal Within past few months differences have ironed out now have unified set rules put together under aegis National Free Flight Society NFFS John Pond putting together list eli gible model designsand hell probably able furnish plans themand Bob Larsh making list eligible engines should available soon rules occupy full page small type too much present will send SASE Ill send copy NFFS members neednt bother January issue Free Flight NFFS Di gest hands printer writing 160 Model Aviation writing advertisers mention read about Model Aviation Im quasiNostalgia event going tried out CIA Tentatively engines up 025 Cu will permitted legal Nos talgia model may scaled down cope small engine size Presumably other features rules will follow 020-Old-Timer Well keep posted Department Philosophy owner multi-megabuck-per-year athletic team sponsor Indy racer sure wouldnt go around telling competition what up Free Flight com petition time Curiously perhaps seems Free Flight types always willing share secrets anyone cares enough askor asking via various underground club newsletters magazine articles Perhaps because own thing doesnt work well back old drawing board Weve hundred times before take another whack it does work justifiably damned proud inclined crow about bit winning result withholding information may benefit adversaries signif icance such win lessened thereby Cripes dont know think Im some kind philosopher something know competition-oriented Free Flight nice environment live Bob Meuser 4200 Gregory St Oakland CA 94619 FF Scale/Warner Continued oaae 65 almost-finished Citabria models result frustrating windshield-installation ses sion What has always worked well brushing thinned cellulose glue around framing letting dry Slap plastic assuming have tried paper pattern cut plastic touch brush some Kodak film-splicing cement edge now goes capillary action holds fine Recently discovered Wilhold R/C-56 glue looks like white glue holds like crazy make little goof quick wipe damp cloth takes off nicely unless let dry have problem Still dries clear doesnt look bad Taping plastic down often allows time brush short bit edge R/C-56 leisure dries peel off tape little lighter fluid carefully applied may help go along edges under tape Note kids makes plastic car models check extra decal sheets oil company spark plug similar decals might adorn corner rear window Just touch casual ob server battle between fliers scalers has raged long have making TIGER TAIL 4 Ohidgeys latest beat series little larger lighter slower retains honest flight character tislics its predecessors Especially recommended sportsman ad vanced pattern also good choice turn-around pattern Plans construction hints $995 WELLER 3 BLADE PROP very stiff molded fiberglas propellor England Its efficient design allows substantial reduction noise level actually improving per formance $2000 NEW NEW CLAMP IT FOREVER STAINLESS STEEL PIPE CLAMPS Light strong Low-protile selflocking 3116 width wont cut silicone couplers Pkg 4 clamps $295 models call flying scale tempts balance two qualities have never successfuland never will long people differing likes abilities fly event Politics pure simple de termines what good balance may France new Super Peanut class 20-second max has installed please builders heavier de tailed models recent meet Orldans class topped Alain Parmentiers 1911 Cessna closely followed B Fillons Breguet Point dInterrogation tiny lettering sides Hawker Fury Claude Webers Nieuport 62-C Bill Noonans proxy-flown Fokker S-9 biplane regular Open Peanut class went Andre Mritte a90-second Poullin JP-30 What think event basically static-scale show flying qualification Theres still time get entry blank 1984 Flying Aces NATS MkIV held July 14-15 Utica MI latest addition traditional FAC events mostly rubber scale Earl Stahl Per petual Trophy can bet will hotly-contested can hear rustle cloudsters out thumbing through old mags hunting up Earls finest de signs Get information sheet copy FAC rules sending large SASE Ralph Kuenz 14645 Stahelin Detroit MI 48223 today Special attraction less C Bar row author Marine Fighting Squadron Nine will guest speaker Saturday nights banquet niceties belonging Flying Aces plesure reading words wisdom Glue Guru aka Leon Bennett latest entitled Phugoid Menace Infamous Zoom Doom NEW NEW WING TUBE & SOCKETS 1 1 dia aluminum alloy tubing plug-in wings Included pair special slip-fit phenolic sockets build wing-structure 2024 alum lube 24 long socket 12 long S8951se1 Sleeve Puller $795 BearIng Puller $695 ENGINE SLEEVE & BEARING PULLER Pull tight sleeves bearings easily damage Cone cone expanding brass ring grips sleeve bearing ID new 60s 17MM rear bearing *Special* Bath $1395 See Dealer Order Direct Include 75 Per Item UPS GP Gater RIC Preducts 3713 Pompano Dr Pensacola FL 32514 Phone AC 904 476-8639 dandy term phugoid oscil lation part vocabulary probable phenomenon itself part experience launch model begins little roller coaster num ber dips model con tinues getting larger larger until finally arrive full-fledged modeldestroying stall Zoom under power says Guru comes high velocity large angle attack wing highly-stable tailplane set ting avoid problem can cut speed reducing power motor going longer smaller increasing prop pitch simplest method crease downthrust seems have best promise allowing high power altitude-grabbing becoming non-existent force once plane glide phase states Zaic hearing would probably suggest reducing downthrust adding sidethrust turn zoom spiral climb Leon says rarely has spiral stability allow approach used suggests possibility using spring some old-timers used surgical tubing nose block would compressed under fully-wound motor would gradually reduce downthrust angle motor ran down As reduced stability solution moving CG aft decreasing negative tallplane Glue Guru rejects basis Scale jobs dont have enough tail surface solution zoom problem up drag building biplanes Variable tailplane incidence gadgets ought help problem often fail operate well reality keep up Glue Gurus pro nouncements depth try subscribing June 1984 161
Edition: Model Aviation - 1984/06
Page Numbers: 62, 63, 160, 161
THE HOBBY SHOP versus Free Flighter bellyache lot about fact local hobby shops dont carry much stuff need So mail-order along X-Acto knives other items could get local shop compelling reason go apparently shops look yond ends corporate noses isnt often present item newsletter editing half death following article Wasatch Free Right Association newsletter edited Franklin Anderson seems put subject together pretty well positive way main problem getting local hobby shops carry lines merchandise care about would would re duce necessity presently have buy ing things mail ordera practice local business people detest say merchandise stocked would sell hobby shop owners interested items turn over fast and/or have high markup say theyll special-order what wantbut wont stock reply can special-order ourselves get quicker besides big market course Radio Control other end spectrumplastic Free-Flighters swer that things want large-capital-investment items anyway have stock wont tie up lot business capital thoughtful observers throughout country have la mented fact modeling industry has well-served younger modelers except plastic shelf models much can find typical hobby shop suitable 10- 12- 14-year-old potential future customer model enthusiast Curiously Free Right movement best place youngsters get solid basics needand have fun doing talking about old-fashioned stick-and-tissue rubber-powered flying models smaller affordable power Free Right models like /2A-sized ones No all-plastic Control Liners flashy box wont experienced modelers have trouble getting pretty impractical things run fly result often discouragement abandonment hobby after long struggle big-money makers hope local hobby shops will little toward supporting future bigspenders stocking least little bit small stuff now model airplane enthusiast both flier builder least equal emphasis good lines flying model kits have never seen townexcept some model builder has sent away some thing mail order can youngster get exposure great modeling experi ences way As model airplane club could encourage hobby shops stock wider variety Free Flight merchandise including beginners kits hand-launched gliders Peanut Scale small power kits engines Indoor models rep lica kits scratch-building supplies like balsa plans props building sup plies Manufacturers distributors would like encourage give bigger dis counts retail hobby shop owners will stock merchandise presently dont get enough profit justify tying up capital care about future industry much care about hobby should things Some aspects hobby dont need much special attention plastic RC will get along just fine because models attractive fun spectacular thrilling yes above plastic doesnt give young modeler construction skills needed real model airplane enthusiastthe will day buying building RC maybe Free Flight area basic build ing flying skills can developed enjoyed best urge local hobby shops 62 Model Aviation Rick Lin R dad Ricks Pennypiane msde Japanese kit files 3-4 minutes despite fiat-pitch prop heavy construction Rick member Revere Model Aircraft SocietyBili Warners school ciub began decade ago Warner photo Some worlds finest Scale modeiers Flightmastera West Ciub take time off iittie fun 13-in-span twin-pushers Note variety designs paeudo-scaie smaii replicas old-time Outdoor models indoor-ish wide-chord modeis Ken Johnsons over-and-under job reai break traditional two-barrei designs Participants front row L-R Carlo Godel Maroin Albert Dave Vincent Mike Mulligan Dick Baxter Lonnie Cope Others back row L-R Ferrell Papic Gabe Mora Joe Bailey Ken Johnson Chria Johnson Barnaby Wainfan Pseudoserodynamics fame Von Whitiock Photo Bill Warner support area also urge national manufacturers distributors Free Flight merchandise both Scale en durance both rubber power both new nostalgic movementsyes want see Comet Peck-Polymer Golden Age Fly line Keil Craft Veron Guillow Scientific son represented local dealers shelves make possible local hobby shops stock items adopting attractive discounts ordering policies Ron Williams book republished Ac cording Wasatch Free Flight Associa tion Ron Williams outstanding book Building Flying Indoor Model Air planes will republished later year first edition 8000 copies pub lished Simon Schuster 1981 De spite being sellout S S elected republish book noted Janu ary issue MA Ed Whittens Junior Flight page Picking up Franklin Anderson took copy book rendition Rons Yeloise Manhattan Formula model publisher friend thing led other publisher-to-be Giffs Smith Peregrine Smith Books Falcon Books Layton UT Well good shame see such excellent book become unavailable hear some copies have remaindered being peddled off major mail-order book outfits Dont expect source viable long Well try keep posted Rubber motor make-up jig Making motors desired length no sweat RuEi6er slr4i wrap wrap uiber and5 kefernce mctrs Twoicces x3xosujt Heres gadget take some pain out making-up rubber motors specific weight rather specific length/number turns Theres info column making specified weight Wakefield Coupe dHiver models another story since batch rubber strip has different weight per unit length frequently varies end one-pound spool other jig shown sketch attributed Bob White makes problem little easier usual procedure weigh out little desired weight rubber snip down exactly what want 395 grams perhaps 40-gram Wake motor allowing bit lube Trimming off ends knot after its tied will lose tenth gram too using jig wrap up doesnt come out end few inches knot unwind readjust jig try again Te dious beats pounding nails dining-room tablewhich often leads get ting blood carpet Orbiteers newsletter item Fudo Takagi Notch-maker oldie-but-goodie item keeps popping up various forms version comes Tom Winter via Nebraska FF newsletter What follows slickest useful hint youve seen anywhere pay attention Want make 1000 notches exactly alike never destroy former will need garnet paper balsa sheet about 2-in wide 12-in long same thickness desired notches steel straightedge good razor blade Take 2 x 12 set edge flush against edge sheet garnet paper Move straightedge up against side 2 x 12 over laps garnet paper Now let 2 X 12 drop press straightedge down firmly Continued page 160 June 1984 63 Joe Foster seems able excel event concentrates indoor RC shown during Brief Encounter Worst Kind PAl Power Lack flying site nearer home two-hour drive kind dulled interest Photo Fred Terzian Sal Taibi has winning Gas events Nats 36 years using K&B engines big cabin Powerhouse 1 Sals first first-placer 1939 Starduster R won latin C Gas 2nd D Gas 83 Nate believe hes finally getting hang FEA TURES * Fun high speed per formance lands like trainer * Strong balsa con struction * Full scale plans mixer included MAGUS 10 DELTA * 3-years design 10 Engine pan flight testing Send Certified Check MO $2695 Pay Shipping MI reside add 4% tax Magus Model Aircraft 3518 Laurel Burton Michigan 48529 FF Old-Timers/Haught Continued page 157 Tanks lot have received inquiries time-to-time about replacement fuel tanks ignition engines Plastic tanks deteriorate age mined owners converted engine glow plugs plastic used simply compatible alcohol fuels know two sources replacement tanks Air Accessories 3600 Pittman Road Independence MO 64052 Custom Re produced Tanks 29 Stewart Ave Pitts burgh PA 15227 little overlap product lists will probably need contact both suppliers find what need Correction In February 1984 column balsa cuts stated reference annual rings me cuts tangent rings others directly across some randomly cross annular rings cuts called B C re spectively should have read A' C cuts frequently selected random B used casually Im glad someone reads stuff proven person wrote called out errors Turbulators Letters continue trickle subject turbulators wrote about few columns back have received conclude us use main reason strength Some folks will admit crease glide performance refer slight main thing comes through like em should allowed Nuf said appreciate letters Clarence Haught 3226 Honeysuckle Dr Coeur dAlene ID 83814 FF Duration/Meuser Continued aaae 63 slice along razor blade didnt have garnet paper face up did now proud possessor strip garnet paper exactly wide notches want cut Glue edge 2 x 12 glue dry spraypaint new tool day-glow orange youll lose amidst other balsa thing about garnet paper lasts forever balsa once hit upon idea painting saws orange stopped losing last has endured five years Several points worth emphasizing Note length saw 12 should allow long smooth strokes plenty length guiding method cutting strip garnet paper exactly right width seems pretty slick some versions Ive seen strips balsa glued sides 2 x 12 limit depth cut case Commercial Rubber mid-Thirties dozens designs small models built Commercial Rubber rules appeared modeling magazines Such models later classified Class C Fuse lage models event popular event pre-WW II era Such models can compete Old-Timer rubberpower events under SAM Society Antique Modelers rules dis advantage flown competition larger models also eligible Thats idea event specifically smaller models cropped up Southern Cali fornia soon picked up Central Indiana Aeromodelers CIA Competition events such models will held June 10 meet CIA Wright-Patterson AFB SAM Champs held during last week June Bong Field WI Condensed rules follow official rules Design published kitted fore 1943 Max wingspan 36 pro jected Fixed two-wheel landing gear original design Models will ROG Rise Off-Ground Construction must follow original no added turbulator spars geodetic construction few diagonals sheet-balsa fill-in may added fuse lage No limit rubber model weight Prop must two-blade balsa free wheeling regardless prop original Prop diameter may increased 16 must similar props era Landing gear may extended allow ground clearance propeller complete set rules send SASE LU mC address end column lists available plans send SASE Plans RR No 1 Box 450 New Palestine IN 46163 Oldtimer Models PO Box 913 Westminster CA 92683 John Pond send $1 PO Box 3215 San Jose CA 95156 Bert Pond 128 Warren Terrace Longmeadow MA 01106 Designs era clude Gordon Lights 1934 Wakefield Ranger High-Climber De La Maters One-Half Stoners 1937 Stout Trophy winner Comet AYA 5 Pepper Berkeley Buccaneer Zaics 1937 Diamond Contestant Jim Cahills winner 1934 Zaic yearbook Nostalgia Gas events Invented some five years ago nimble mind Ralph Prey Nostalgia bridges gap between OldTimer events modern stuff Eligible model designs period Janu ary 1 1943 through December 31 1956 Eligible engines include period plus few others spirit period primarily loop-scavenged plainbearing engines As event developed regional differences rules event cropped up normal Within past few months differences have ironed out now have unified set rules put together under aegis National Free Flight Society NFFS John Pond putting together list eli gible model designsand hell probably able furnish plans themand Bob Larsh making list eligible engines should available soon rules occupy full page small type too much present will send SASE Ill send copy NFFS members neednt bother January issue Free Flight NFFS Di gest hands printer writing 160 Model Aviation writing advertisers mention read about Model Aviation Im quasiNostalgia event going tried out CIA Tentatively engines up 025 Cu will permitted legal Nos talgia model may scaled down cope small engine size Presumably other features rules will follow 020-Old-Timer Well keep posted Department Philosophy owner multi-megabuck-per-year athletic team sponsor Indy racer sure wouldnt go around telling competition what up Free Flight com petition time Curiously perhaps seems Free Flight types always willing share secrets anyone cares enough askor asking via various underground club newsletters magazine articles Perhaps because own thing doesnt work well back old drawing board Weve hundred times before take another whack it does work justifiably damned proud inclined crow about bit winning result withholding information may benefit adversaries signif icance such win lessened thereby Cripes dont know think Im some kind philosopher something know competition-oriented Free Flight nice environment live Bob Meuser 4200 Gregory St Oakland CA 94619 FF Scale/Warner Continued oaae 65 almost-finished Citabria models result frustrating windshield-installation ses sion What has always worked well brushing thinned cellulose glue around framing letting dry Slap plastic assuming have tried paper pattern cut plastic touch brush some Kodak film-splicing cement edge now goes capillary action holds fine Recently discovered Wilhold R/C-56 glue looks like white glue holds like crazy make little goof quick wipe damp cloth takes off nicely unless let dry have problem Still dries clear doesnt look bad Taping plastic down often allows time brush short bit edge R/C-56 leisure dries peel off tape little lighter fluid carefully applied may help go along edges under tape Note kids makes plastic car models check extra decal sheets oil company spark plug similar decals might adorn corner rear window Just touch casual ob server battle between fliers scalers has raged long have making TIGER TAIL 4 Ohidgeys latest beat series little larger lighter slower retains honest flight character tislics its predecessors Especially recommended sportsman ad vanced pattern also good choice turn-around pattern Plans construction hints $995 WELLER 3 BLADE PROP very stiff molded fiberglas propellor England Its efficient design allows substantial reduction noise level actually improving per formance $2000 NEW NEW CLAMP IT FOREVER STAINLESS STEEL PIPE CLAMPS Light strong Low-protile selflocking 3116 width wont cut silicone couplers Pkg 4 clamps $295 models call flying scale tempts balance two qualities have never successfuland never will long people differing likes abilities fly event Politics pure simple de termines what good balance may France new Super Peanut class 20-second max has installed please builders heavier de tailed models recent meet Orldans class topped Alain Parmentiers 1911 Cessna closely followed B Fillons Breguet Point dInterrogation tiny lettering sides Hawker Fury Claude Webers Nieuport 62-C Bill Noonans proxy-flown Fokker S-9 biplane regular Open Peanut class went Andre Mritte a90-second Poullin JP-30 What think event basically static-scale show flying qualification Theres still time get entry blank 1984 Flying Aces NATS MkIV held July 14-15 Utica MI latest addition traditional FAC events mostly rubber scale Earl Stahl Per petual Trophy can bet will hotly-contested can hear rustle cloudsters out thumbing through old mags hunting up Earls finest de signs Get information sheet copy FAC rules sending large SASE Ralph Kuenz 14645 Stahelin Detroit MI 48223 today Special attraction less C Bar row author Marine Fighting Squadron Nine will guest speaker Saturday nights banquet niceties belonging Flying Aces plesure reading words wisdom Glue Guru aka Leon Bennett latest entitled Phugoid Menace Infamous Zoom Doom NEW NEW WING TUBE & SOCKETS 1 1 dia aluminum alloy tubing plug-in wings Included pair special slip-fit phenolic sockets build wing-structure 2024 alum lube 24 long socket 12 long S8951se1 Sleeve Puller $795 BearIng Puller $695 ENGINE SLEEVE & BEARING PULLER Pull tight sleeves bearings easily damage Cone cone expanding brass ring grips sleeve bearing ID new 60s 17MM rear bearing *Special* Bath $1395 See Dealer Order Direct Include 75 Per Item UPS GP Gater RIC Preducts 3713 Pompano Dr Pensacola FL 32514 Phone AC 904 476-8639 dandy term phugoid oscil lation part vocabulary probable phenomenon itself part experience launch model begins little roller coaster num ber dips model con tinues getting larger larger until finally arrive full-fledged modeldestroying stall Zoom under power says Guru comes high velocity large angle attack wing highly-stable tailplane set ting avoid problem can cut speed reducing power motor going longer smaller increasing prop pitch simplest method crease downthrust seems have best promise allowing high power altitude-grabbing becoming non-existent force once plane glide phase states Zaic hearing would probably suggest reducing downthrust adding sidethrust turn zoom spiral climb Leon says rarely has spiral stability allow approach used suggests possibility using spring some old-timers used surgical tubing nose block would compressed under fully-wound motor would gradually reduce downthrust angle motor ran down As reduced stability solution moving CG aft decreasing negative tallplane Glue Guru rejects basis Scale jobs dont have enough tail surface solution zoom problem up drag building biplanes Variable tailplane incidence gadgets ought help problem often fail operate well reality keep up Glue Gurus pro nouncements depth try subscribing June 1984 161
Edition: Model Aviation - 1984/06
Page Numbers: 62, 63, 160, 161
THE HOBBY SHOP versus Free Flighter bellyache lot about fact local hobby shops dont carry much stuff need So mail-order along X-Acto knives other items could get local shop compelling reason go apparently shops look yond ends corporate noses isnt often present item newsletter editing half death following article Wasatch Free Right Association newsletter edited Franklin Anderson seems put subject together pretty well positive way main problem getting local hobby shops carry lines merchandise care about would would re duce necessity presently have buy ing things mail ordera practice local business people detest say merchandise stocked would sell hobby shop owners interested items turn over fast and/or have high markup say theyll special-order what wantbut wont stock reply can special-order ourselves get quicker besides big market course Radio Control other end spectrumplastic Free-Flighters swer that things want large-capital-investment items anyway have stock wont tie up lot business capital thoughtful observers throughout country have la mented fact modeling industry has well-served younger modelers except plastic shelf models much can find typical hobby shop suitable 10- 12- 14-year-old potential future customer model enthusiast Curiously Free Right movement best place youngsters get solid basics needand have fun doing talking about old-fashioned stick-and-tissue rubber-powered flying models smaller affordable power Free Right models like /2A-sized ones No all-plastic Control Liners flashy box wont experienced modelers have trouble getting pretty impractical things run fly result often discouragement abandonment hobby after long struggle big-money makers hope local hobby shops will little toward supporting future bigspenders stocking least little bit small stuff now model airplane enthusiast both flier builder least equal emphasis good lines flying model kits have never seen townexcept some model builder has sent away some thing mail order can youngster get exposure great modeling experi ences way As model airplane club could encourage hobby shops stock wider variety Free Flight merchandise including beginners kits hand-launched gliders Peanut Scale small power kits engines Indoor models rep lica kits scratch-building supplies like balsa plans props building sup plies Manufacturers distributors would like encourage give bigger dis counts retail hobby shop owners will stock merchandise presently dont get enough profit justify tying up capital care about future industry much care about hobby should things Some aspects hobby dont need much special attention plastic RC will get along just fine because models attractive fun spectacular thrilling yes above plastic doesnt give young modeler construction skills needed real model airplane enthusiastthe will day buying building RC maybe Free Flight area basic build ing flying skills can developed enjoyed best urge local hobby shops 62 Model Aviation Rick Lin R dad Ricks Pennypiane msde Japanese kit files 3-4 minutes despite fiat-pitch prop heavy construction Rick member Revere Model Aircraft SocietyBili Warners school ciub began decade ago Warner photo Some worlds finest Scale modeiers Flightmastera West Ciub take time off iittie fun 13-in-span twin-pushers Note variety designs paeudo-scaie smaii replicas old-time Outdoor models indoor-ish wide-chord modeis Ken Johnsons over-and-under job reai break traditional two-barrei designs Participants front row L-R Carlo Godel Maroin Albert Dave Vincent Mike Mulligan Dick Baxter Lonnie Cope Others back row L-R Ferrell Papic Gabe Mora Joe Bailey Ken Johnson Chria Johnson Barnaby Wainfan Pseudoserodynamics fame Von Whitiock Photo Bill Warner support area also urge national manufacturers distributors Free Flight merchandise both Scale en durance both rubber power both new nostalgic movementsyes want see Comet Peck-Polymer Golden Age Fly line Keil Craft Veron Guillow Scientific son represented local dealers shelves make possible local hobby shops stock items adopting attractive discounts ordering policies Ron Williams book republished Ac cording Wasatch Free Flight Associa tion Ron Williams outstanding book Building Flying Indoor Model Air planes will republished later year first edition 8000 copies pub lished Simon Schuster 1981 De spite being sellout S S elected republish book noted Janu ary issue MA Ed Whittens Junior Flight page Picking up Franklin Anderson took copy book rendition Rons Yeloise Manhattan Formula model publisher friend thing led other publisher-to-be Giffs Smith Peregrine Smith Books Falcon Books Layton UT Well good shame see such excellent book become unavailable hear some copies have remaindered being peddled off major mail-order book outfits Dont expect source viable long Well try keep posted Rubber motor make-up jig Making motors desired length no sweat RuEi6er slr4i wrap wrap uiber and5 kefernce mctrs Twoicces x3xosujt Heres gadget take some pain out making-up rubber motors specific weight rather specific length/number turns Theres info column making specified weight Wakefield Coupe dHiver models another story since batch rubber strip has different weight per unit length frequently varies end one-pound spool other jig shown sketch attributed Bob White makes problem little easier usual procedure weigh out little desired weight rubber snip down exactly what want 395 grams perhaps 40-gram Wake motor allowing bit lube Trimming off ends knot after its tied will lose tenth gram too using jig wrap up doesnt come out end few inches knot unwind readjust jig try again Te dious beats pounding nails dining-room tablewhich often leads get ting blood carpet Orbiteers newsletter item Fudo Takagi Notch-maker oldie-but-goodie item keeps popping up various forms version comes Tom Winter via Nebraska FF newsletter What follows slickest useful hint youve seen anywhere pay attention Want make 1000 notches exactly alike never destroy former will need garnet paper balsa sheet about 2-in wide 12-in long same thickness desired notches steel straightedge good razor blade Take 2 x 12 set edge flush against edge sheet garnet paper Move straightedge up against side 2 x 12 over laps garnet paper Now let 2 X 12 drop press straightedge down firmly Continued page 160 June 1984 63 Joe Foster seems able excel event concentrates indoor RC shown during Brief Encounter Worst Kind PAl Power Lack flying site nearer home two-hour drive kind dulled interest Photo Fred Terzian Sal Taibi has winning Gas events Nats 36 years using K&B engines big cabin Powerhouse 1 Sals first first-placer 1939 Starduster R won latin C Gas 2nd D Gas 83 Nate believe hes finally getting hang FEA TURES * Fun high speed per formance lands like trainer * Strong balsa con struction * Full scale plans mixer included MAGUS 10 DELTA * 3-years design 10 Engine pan flight testing Send Certified Check MO $2695 Pay Shipping MI reside add 4% tax Magus Model Aircraft 3518 Laurel Burton Michigan 48529 FF Old-Timers/Haught Continued page 157 Tanks lot have received inquiries time-to-time about replacement fuel tanks ignition engines Plastic tanks deteriorate age mined owners converted engine glow plugs plastic used simply compatible alcohol fuels know two sources replacement tanks Air Accessories 3600 Pittman Road Independence MO 64052 Custom Re produced Tanks 29 Stewart Ave Pitts burgh PA 15227 little overlap product lists will probably need contact both suppliers find what need Correction In February 1984 column balsa cuts stated reference annual rings me cuts tangent rings others directly across some randomly cross annular rings cuts called B C re spectively should have read A' C cuts frequently selected random B used casually Im glad someone reads stuff proven person wrote called out errors Turbulators Letters continue trickle subject turbulators wrote about few columns back have received conclude us use main reason strength Some folks will admit crease glide performance refer slight main thing comes through like em should allowed Nuf said appreciate letters Clarence Haught 3226 Honeysuckle Dr Coeur dAlene ID 83814 FF Duration/Meuser Continued aaae 63 slice along razor blade didnt have garnet paper face up did now proud possessor strip garnet paper exactly wide notches want cut Glue edge 2 x 12 glue dry spraypaint new tool day-glow orange youll lose amidst other balsa thing about garnet paper lasts forever balsa once hit upon idea painting saws orange stopped losing last has endured five years Several points worth emphasizing Note length saw 12 should allow long smooth strokes plenty length guiding method cutting strip garnet paper exactly right width seems pretty slick some versions Ive seen strips balsa glued sides 2 x 12 limit depth cut case Commercial Rubber mid-Thirties dozens designs small models built Commercial Rubber rules appeared modeling magazines Such models later classified Class C Fuse lage models event popular event pre-WW II era Such models can compete Old-Timer rubberpower events under SAM Society Antique Modelers rules dis advantage flown competition larger models also eligible Thats idea event specifically smaller models cropped up Southern Cali fornia soon picked up Central Indiana Aeromodelers CIA Competition events such models will held June 10 meet CIA Wright-Patterson AFB SAM Champs held during last week June Bong Field WI Condensed rules follow official rules Design published kitted fore 1943 Max wingspan 36 pro jected Fixed two-wheel landing gear original design Models will ROG Rise Off-Ground Construction must follow original no added turbulator spars geodetic construction few diagonals sheet-balsa fill-in may added fuse lage No limit rubber model weight Prop must two-blade balsa free wheeling regardless prop original Prop diameter may increased 16 must similar props era Landing gear may extended allow ground clearance propeller complete set rules send SASE LU mC address end column lists available plans send SASE Plans RR No 1 Box 450 New Palestine IN 46163 Oldtimer Models PO Box 913 Westminster CA 92683 John Pond send $1 PO Box 3215 San Jose CA 95156 Bert Pond 128 Warren Terrace Longmeadow MA 01106 Designs era clude Gordon Lights 1934 Wakefield Ranger High-Climber De La Maters One-Half Stoners 1937 Stout Trophy winner Comet AYA 5 Pepper Berkeley Buccaneer Zaics 1937 Diamond Contestant Jim Cahills winner 1934 Zaic yearbook Nostalgia Gas events Invented some five years ago nimble mind Ralph Prey Nostalgia bridges gap between OldTimer events modern stuff Eligible model designs period Janu ary 1 1943 through December 31 1956 Eligible engines include period plus few others spirit period primarily loop-scavenged plainbearing engines As event developed regional differences rules event cropped up normal Within past few months differences have ironed out now have unified set rules put together under aegis National Free Flight Society NFFS John Pond putting together list eli gible model designsand hell probably able furnish plans themand Bob Larsh making list eligible engines should available soon rules occupy full page small type too much present will send SASE Ill send copy NFFS members neednt bother January issue Free Flight NFFS Di gest hands printer writing 160 Model Aviation writing advertisers mention read about Model Aviation Im quasiNostalgia event going tried out CIA Tentatively engines up 025 Cu will permitted legal Nos talgia model may scaled down cope small engine size Presumably other features rules will follow 020-Old-Timer Well keep posted Department Philosophy owner multi-megabuck-per-year athletic team sponsor Indy racer sure wouldnt go around telling competition what up Free Flight com petition time Curiously perhaps seems Free Flight types always willing share secrets anyone cares enough askor asking via various underground club newsletters magazine articles Perhaps because own thing doesnt work well back old drawing board Weve hundred times before take another whack it does work justifiably damned proud inclined crow about bit winning result withholding information may benefit adversaries signif icance such win lessened thereby Cripes dont know think Im some kind philosopher something know competition-oriented Free Flight nice environment live Bob Meuser 4200 Gregory St Oakland CA 94619 FF Scale/Warner Continued oaae 65 almost-finished Citabria models result frustrating windshield-installation ses sion What has always worked well brushing thinned cellulose glue around framing letting dry Slap plastic assuming have tried paper pattern cut plastic touch brush some Kodak film-splicing cement edge now goes capillary action holds fine Recently discovered Wilhold R/C-56 glue looks like white glue holds like crazy make little goof quick wipe damp cloth takes off nicely unless let dry have problem Still dries clear doesnt look bad Taping plastic down often allows time brush short bit edge R/C-56 leisure dries peel off tape little lighter fluid carefully applied may help go along edges under tape Note kids makes plastic car models check extra decal sheets oil company spark plug similar decals might adorn corner rear window Just touch casual ob server battle between fliers scalers has raged long have making TIGER TAIL 4 Ohidgeys latest beat series little larger lighter slower retains honest flight character tislics its predecessors Especially recommended sportsman ad vanced pattern also good choice turn-around pattern Plans construction hints $995 WELLER 3 BLADE PROP very stiff molded fiberglas propellor England Its efficient design allows substantial reduction noise level actually improving per formance $2000 NEW NEW CLAMP IT FOREVER STAINLESS STEEL PIPE CLAMPS Light strong Low-protile selflocking 3116 width wont cut silicone couplers Pkg 4 clamps $295 models call flying scale tempts balance two qualities have never successfuland never will long people differing likes abilities fly event Politics pure simple de termines what good balance may France new Super Peanut class 20-second max has installed please builders heavier de tailed models recent meet Orldans class topped Alain Parmentiers 1911 Cessna closely followed B Fillons Breguet Point dInterrogation tiny lettering sides Hawker Fury Claude Webers Nieuport 62-C Bill Noonans proxy-flown Fokker S-9 biplane regular Open Peanut class went Andre Mritte a90-second Poullin JP-30 What think event basically static-scale show flying qualification Theres still time get entry blank 1984 Flying Aces NATS MkIV held July 14-15 Utica MI latest addition traditional FAC events mostly rubber scale Earl Stahl Per petual Trophy can bet will hotly-contested can hear rustle cloudsters out thumbing through old mags hunting up Earls finest de signs Get information sheet copy FAC rules sending large SASE Ralph Kuenz 14645 Stahelin Detroit MI 48223 today Special attraction less C Bar row author Marine Fighting Squadron Nine will guest speaker Saturday nights banquet niceties belonging Flying Aces plesure reading words wisdom Glue Guru aka Leon Bennett latest entitled Phugoid Menace Infamous Zoom Doom NEW NEW WING TUBE & SOCKETS 1 1 dia aluminum alloy tubing plug-in wings Included pair special slip-fit phenolic sockets build wing-structure 2024 alum lube 24 long socket 12 long S8951se1 Sleeve Puller $795 BearIng Puller $695 ENGINE SLEEVE & BEARING PULLER Pull tight sleeves bearings easily damage Cone cone expanding brass ring grips sleeve bearing ID new 60s 17MM rear bearing *Special* Bath $1395 See Dealer Order Direct Include 75 Per Item UPS GP Gater RIC Preducts 3713 Pompano Dr Pensacola FL 32514 Phone AC 904 476-8639 dandy term phugoid oscil lation part vocabulary probable phenomenon itself part experience launch model begins little roller coaster num ber dips model con tinues getting larger larger until finally arrive full-fledged modeldestroying stall Zoom under power says Guru comes high velocity large angle attack wing highly-stable tailplane set ting avoid problem can cut speed reducing power motor going longer smaller increasing prop pitch simplest method crease downthrust seems have best promise allowing high power altitude-grabbing becoming non-existent force once plane glide phase states Zaic hearing would probably suggest reducing downthrust adding sidethrust turn zoom spiral climb Leon says rarely has spiral stability allow approach used suggests possibility using spring some old-timers used surgical tubing nose block would compressed under fully-wound motor would gradually reduce downthrust angle motor ran down As reduced stability solution moving CG aft decreasing negative tallplane Glue Guru rejects basis Scale jobs dont have enough tail surface solution zoom problem up drag building biplanes Variable tailplane incidence gadgets ought help problem often fail operate well reality keep up Glue Gurus pro nouncements depth try subscribing June 1984 161