Free Flight: Old-Timers

these engines either directly through cooperative dealer know hobby shop owner has amassed huge collection engines way unfortunately will never get out bulk cardboard con tainer tremendous shame Flea markets swap meets garage sales Continued page 89 Old Timers 0 Clarence Haught SCAVENGER HUNT can find old ignition engine frequently asked question answer al ways simple course enquirer after specific make model has work cut out him field con siderably narrower may expect pay top price example good run ning condition however quite partic ular have time acquire some trading stock have much better chance getting just what want Literally thousands upon thousands ignition engines manufactured sold large percentage engines still around Some lost few worn out destroyed people prone stick things back corner personally interested object has some apparent implied value problem becomes locating engines convincing owner should transfer interest logical sources previous fliers interest has changed Ask old-time members club ask around Senior Citizens Center names modelers bygone years Its surprising used fly model airplanes Another good source local hobby shop old engines brought newcomers hobby hoping trade old engine new products Often engines no interest hob dealer can obtained very reasonable cost Perhaps can work out arrangement whereby can obtain August 1977 45 fluck ehr gets KGS off max boosted aloft its Super Cyke 60 KGS stood Kovel Grant shared KG project Struck modernized Ferrarase plc Pine tuning Remco ignition 29 gorgeous Brooklyn Dodger Hans Oschnernote ignition DT timers Red-white-and-blue color scheme dresses up appearance Ferrarase pic Don Nordlund coaxes life Super Cyke 1937 Frank Ehling Talisman 60 built casting kit Mark Pechner tascunating cabin job Flat center-section pronounced tip-hedral Stalick plc project Great have equipment Took Mark 30 hours make mula will break 10 minutes Ed Whitten has put correspond ence speculations history Manhat tan Formula special issue Star Skippers newsletter has publish ing Besides lots words threeview sketches photos Man hattan models would like have copy send business-sized self-addressed stamped envelope Ed Whitten Box 176 Wall St Station New York NY 10005 Engine Powered Indoor Models about CO2 engines letter Bill Hannan activescale model proponents California opens up very interesting area speculation First Bill relates Scale Staffel newlyformed group modelers San Diego area have contest classes both scale non-scale indoor CO2 powered mod els scale model section quite similar other scale contests non-scale event judged solely flight duration somewhat reminiscent early days outdoor gas models flights must ROG capacity CO2 gas tank limited 3 cc per cylinder present flights being made com mercial plastic props Tern Aero Wil liams Brothers Bill expects larger diameter carved wood props will greatly increase current 2Y2 minute duration silent slow gentle flight con trary ones initial conceptultra-low power used stretch engines mile age another type indoor model compatible mike shipsbut ap parently action resembles Pen nyplane models Bud Tenny PO Box 545 Richardson TX 75080 FF Old-Timers/Haught continued page 45 hobby shows sources worth investi gating Boxes odds ends may yield complete engine few parts Some times parts Consist timers point assemblies removed years ago upon advent Ray Ardens glow plug coils condensers plugs wheels etc value Old-Timer enthusiast know collector has accumulated nice array engines through basic hobby old clock repair restoration hobby types go through suc cession interests happy trade off items no longer interest Charity stores can hold some pleasant surprises alert modeler Get ac quainted some folks work Make regular stop Bulletin board notices read Try putting small notice laun dry mats grocery stores schools barber shops golf courses camera stores can think will probably yield lot Baby Bee 049s its worth effort Try word tachometer BUZZBEE measures engine RPM start finish Listen engine pitch match tone new BuzzBee tachometer read out RPM BuzzBee dial Thats easy measure engine RPM yours competitors new BuzzBee whether model standing still motion dont have close whirling propellers can hear engine can measure its RPM BuzzBee BuzzBee covers full range todays powerful engines 2500 35000 RPM single NEDA 1604 series 9-volt battery included powers solid state electronics lightweight 55 oz BuzzBee fits comfortably hand turns push button generates audible tone sonically matched vary ing engine speeds Easy-to-read printed face shiny black case fuelproof Dont guess Dont psyched Get BuzzBee sure DIVISION OF EMERSON ELECTRIC CO 5000 Fernview Ave Cincinnati Ohio 45212 ad screen out glow engines avoid words like antique real old~ terms tend inflate asking prices Classified ads newspapers particu larly Sunday editions shopper guides trade journals often worth cost Dont pass up non-ignition en gines Bought right few glow engines handy trading stock give youngster just itching get model airplanes Dont overlook engines sold during transistion period ignition glow simply ignition engines sold timers usually cams hidden simple pressed cov er can readily converted addi tion stock parts someone business converting modem glow en gines have friend works telephone gas company ask him keep eye out models engines tucked away basements may doing some installment work may able supply some leads actually obtain en gine must dozens other possibili ties havent thought Let imagi nation run wild have pen pal Indian apolis Don Jenkins has obtained respectable number good flying engines just few months just following up leads opportunity presented itself August1977 89 see local hobby dealer veI #l RUBBER & CO2 DIM ioe 24 /2 WINGSPAN WINNER AT THE 50th NATS tOt 22 /2 WINGSPAN 5695 st 40years ago p lStfamaus ______________*108 andRend Speedt 28 WINGSPAN S6 Send tar tree brochure FLYLINE MODELS V10A43 ASHBY FL FAIRFAX VA 22030 C02 Rubber uts Walnuts Hazelnuts $1i i MODERNISTIC MODELS $1000 plans first three in-flight BHP PUBLICATIONS photos Modernistics Waco Aristo PO BOX 6974 ALBUQUERQUE NM 87107 craft Must powered C02 Earli Send SASE listing est postmark No strings attached Good Hunting Clarence Haught Route 5 Box 16 Coeur dAlene ID 83814 RC Sport/Van Putte continued page 21 like have written George Myers writes Radio Technique column suggested either publish column obvious reason am including immediately column item really belongs Radio Technique column dont want step Georges toes will see soon Modders continue see things other people Bill Burdge looked Clorox bot tle saw obvious saw engine fairing own words Bill explains present am using special fairing around under OS Max 45 original-design cabin biplane looks quite nice trick select appropriate size Clorox bottle fairly easy cannot find empty bottle around home always trash barrel nearest laundromat Since Clorox bottles white desires paint fairing color match model good idea rub bot tle vigorously steel wool will both clean material provide bet ter surface dope other paint Don Lowe world class flier always willingly shares flying secrets pro vides assistance fliers less gifted himself following edited version taped conversation between Don Dick McGraw former NSRCA K-Factor editor tape made last years Toledo Exposition gave per mission use will generally find pat tern airplanes set up con trol surface throws fly good pattern may give some difficulty spin maneu ver youve got careful about What milk nose up some reasonable attitude above horizon make sure airplane stalls straight ahead letting dive maneuver flies dives maneuver wont get spin Generally speaking Ive found higher nose pulled above horizon really deep stall easier make airplane spin may sound strange get nose up exaggerated attitude airplane will spin easier get very flat flat entry airplane often doesnt stall completely may slide dive spin come out want start raising nose airplane still has speed enough nose pulled up Since engine will idling wont help much entering spin let airplane slow down too much nose just isnt going come up start raising nose right away bringing up attitude want air plane stall feeding up elevator slows down until stalls hold up elevator feed everything else Ive got including aileron Generally airplanes spin easier right may also sound strange might think going direc tion engine torque would make easier make airplane spin exactly opposite personally prefer spinning airplane left because seems snap out spin easier However airplane particularly difficult spin left trying spin right may solve problem another trick works some airplanes Dropping landing gear makes some airplanes spin easier adds drag shifts vertical center grav ity Beyond Im really sure just what does does work some air planes Phoenix 5 didnt spin easily always dropped landing gear make spin theres nothing rules says cant insurance policy get pat tern-type airplane has properly set up other maneuvers spin add dual rate elevator will give additional elevator control spin course another insurance policy obtain easy spin entry get Phoenix 7 because changes made tween Phoenix 6 Phoenix 7 done improve spin entry June column made tongue-incheek suggestion about Fun Fly event involving contestants passing transmitters another Norm Schini Nap panee Indiana took up challenge wrote idea Fun Fly event great thing forgot schedule auction Norm went mention club Sky Knights Fun Fly coming up will contest director welcomed some ideas events ideas Fun Fly events involve both fun safe air plane pilot spectators Too often events geared best fliers club end up plane breakers dangerous events average flier Events should designed average pilots flying average airplanes can have safe fun competing against other have some ideas meet criteria events Id like hear can shared via column meantime few like Le Mans Start pilot removes prop nut prop airplane goes starting line signal watch started runs airplane carrying prop prop nut bal anced installs prop nut starts engine takes off airplane Time stops airplane leaves ground course minimum time wins 90 Model Aviation Stahl design 10% FOR PACKING AND POSTAGE VA RESIDENTS ADD 4% TAX