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Free Flight: Old-Timers

Author: B. Baker


Edition: Model Aviation - 1995/03
Page Numbers: 125, 126

FREE FLIGHT OLD-TIMERS THERE IS MAGAZINE people interest constructing miniature engines called Strictly C sample issue have 8/9 1994 has quarter-scale Wright Brothers Kitty Hawk engine lead article conclusion part 5 construction quarter-scale Kinner five-cylinder radial engine Ads magazine list several castings kits sale including some replicas antique model airplane engines Especially recommended five kits Roger Schroeder 4111 West 98th Street Overland Park KS 66207 send SASE list includes Brown Junior scaled 19 displacement Other articles included Conversion Magnum 4OGP OS 35/40 Spark Ignition Make Own Ceramic Insulators Spark Plugs Making Own Spur Gears Easy Way Subscriptions $25 Strictly IC 24920 43rd Avenue South Kent WA 98032-4 160 Although magazine Volume 7 now back issues available publisher indices past volumes available interested catching up impression very high-quality publication interests tools required November column showed Jim OReillys method determining hinge angle perfect fold requires compound angle get rotation blade well folding back use wire hub look up Jims Tubestake OMT article March 1987 issue Model Aviation use hub drilled hinge hole drawing Jim should help drilling jig shown could used minor modifications establish position solder hinge tube piece brass sheet bound wooden hub traditional Old-Timer way make jig cut scraps 2 x 4 l2l6o depending pitch/diameter ratio desired see November column would suggest Old-Timer models P/D 13 angle should 150 quick job can get table saw could have made such block seventh-grade shop using hand tools dont know anyone seventh-grade shop borrow table saw Attach some little strips hold hub 450 edge block drill hinge holes drill press Jim points out errors additive one-degree error anywhere will make two-degree error somewhere else Jim OReilly has also started plans service illustrated list $2 high quality CAD plans include modern redrawn OldTimer designs including Lidgards small rubber cabin Jabberwock eater Lidgards Eugene large rubber cabin about 190 square inches fine alternative usual choices pretty model too other selections include Lanzos Puss Moth correct airfoil time Civy Boy 84 Nostalgia fans 13 plans current list others works am after him redo Theoradical original waslike old magazine planspretty primitive also suggested Stahl large Mustang model Boulton Paul Defiant box-and-former structure instead half-shell structure original crazy-making opinion older get avoid crazy-making things DE/L LIf have interest P265 5this suggestion Jim have suggestion own Jim would appreciate hearing So send $2 list Jim OReilly 4760 North Battin Wichita KS 67220 /40z/ OReillys drawing shows drilling jig compound-angle hinges rubber-model props Details text Hank Nystrom tells now has ignition model available Texas Timer Contact Hank Texas Timers 3317 Pine Timbers Drive Johnson City TN 37604 Tel 615 282-6423Interesting note Texas timers now made Tennessee Well make Japanese cars Texas Timers quality clockwork items made special features modem free flights like quick DT autosurfaces etc OK Engines Box 355 Mohawk NY 13407 came out some months ago catalog March 1995 125 Two views David Hodges beautiful Miss Worlds Fair Great 1930s style 1990s workmanship photography RC CHANNEL ANALV7FR Featured Model Airplane News Model Aviation Flying Models RC Modeler RC product club needs interference frequency control $825 includes S&H contiguous US CO residents add sales tax Call write Dr Jim Hauser Aero Spectra corporation Post Office Box 3021 Boulder Colorado 80307 Tel Fax 303-499-2584 Pitts-Style Mufflers UNIVERSAL STRAP ON older engines muffler OOlts Ii 29-45 JT-40P $2595 5 1-61 JT-60P $2795 MOKI 61 JT-MK61 P $2995 UNIVERSAL BOLT ON side mounted engines Will nt 90% engines made after 1989 Easy attach Just bolt muffler engine factory muffler bolts bolts sup~ muffler JT-4OPB 29-45 $2795 J i -bUt-li 51-61 $3195 MAIL ORDER Please add $400 tsr UPS shipping Check MO Visa MC COD accepted Add $450 estra lot COD 8% sales tea JT-A91PASP 108$3295 JT-F74PFOX 74$3395 JT-M1O8PMAX 91-108$3595 JT-BGXPMAX BOXI$3695 JT-5T69PST 61-75-90$3395 JT-5T25PST 25-3000$3595 JT-MK15OPMOKI 15$3695 JT-W12OPWEBRA 1 20$3395 AnEri Cub engines parts now catalog OK ignition parts some pre-WW II models such 49 60 postwar engines such Bantam CO2 etc Suggest send couple bucks catalogs Clarence Bull has retired course has started new career making modelairplane-related supplies now makes Y&O propellers calls BY&O made Beech wood also available laminated wood very pretty different-colored woods used alternating layers real Old-Timer Nostalgia-era propeller old-design model Clarence H Bull Jr BY&O Propellers Box 492 Harrisburg OR 97446 Now before hook comes out yanks off-stage want tell get Robert Eiermans list $3 lot pagespostage nearly $1 describes engines sale rare collectable common runner true antique very latest What unique will accept whatever model items have want dispose give credit can spend items list have cleaned out engines parts kits books.it like having garage sale return have some new nearly new engines can use current projects list contains items other engines including kits silk clockwork timers books interest free flight modeler books want tell about addition used books has fresh new copies Art Suhrs books really need interest ignition engines books contain reprints model magazine articles reviewing engines new books well printed bounda nice professional joband would require extensive magazine collection equal content Highly recommended Robert Ejerman 504 Las Posas Ridgecrest CA 93555 Tel 619 375-5537 15 20 26 4-cycle Delightful Fly Makes Excellent Electric Ideal Small Fields eWingloading 4- 10 ozlsq ft Sprung Landing Gear Seeing Belle vi ngi Rent new video just $18 $10 refundedon return Catalogs -$2 order Prices Include Shipping CLANCY AVIATION 219W 2nd AVENUE MESA AZ 85210-1317 602 649-1534 NEW Electric Lazy Bee Quantum Leap electric radiocontrol performance ltdoes talce-offs loops rolls has 12 minute duration 6-cell battery packl Electric Lazy Bee Kit $60 New 20% wing original Lazy Bee Original Lazy Bee Kit $54 Lazy Bee Float Kit -$24 III FIX IT YOURSELF Easv uset oSave Money Save Ttme As low $1095 FREE Catalog Call Smithy 1 -800-4SMITHY wrote Smithy Dept MA 1 800 476 48493023 E 2nd Street Ask operator MAThe Dalles OR 97058 126 Model Aviation Jet Propelled Turbojet Sounds Like Real Jet Plane Battery Powered Push-Button Control FLY REAL J ET Only $2391 Plus S4Q Postage Send Check Money Order Orders Sh ed Promptly AFTER 2 minutes later mATS RIOHR ThE LAZY BEE CONVERTS PROM LAND PLANE TO SEA PLANE IN JUST 2 MINUTESI

Author: B. Baker


Edition: Model Aviation - 1995/03
Page Numbers: 125, 126

FREE FLIGHT OLD-TIMERS THERE IS MAGAZINE people interest constructing miniature engines called Strictly C sample issue have 8/9 1994 has quarter-scale Wright Brothers Kitty Hawk engine lead article conclusion part 5 construction quarter-scale Kinner five-cylinder radial engine Ads magazine list several castings kits sale including some replicas antique model airplane engines Especially recommended five kits Roger Schroeder 4111 West 98th Street Overland Park KS 66207 send SASE list includes Brown Junior scaled 19 displacement Other articles included Conversion Magnum 4OGP OS 35/40 Spark Ignition Make Own Ceramic Insulators Spark Plugs Making Own Spur Gears Easy Way Subscriptions $25 Strictly IC 24920 43rd Avenue South Kent WA 98032-4 160 Although magazine Volume 7 now back issues available publisher indices past volumes available interested catching up impression very high-quality publication interests tools required November column showed Jim OReillys method determining hinge angle perfect fold requires compound angle get rotation blade well folding back use wire hub look up Jims Tubestake OMT article March 1987 issue Model Aviation use hub drilled hinge hole drawing Jim should help drilling jig shown could used minor modifications establish position solder hinge tube piece brass sheet bound wooden hub traditional Old-Timer way make jig cut scraps 2 x 4 l2l6o depending pitch/diameter ratio desired see November column would suggest Old-Timer models P/D 13 angle should 150 quick job can get table saw could have made such block seventh-grade shop using hand tools dont know anyone seventh-grade shop borrow table saw Attach some little strips hold hub 450 edge block drill hinge holes drill press Jim points out errors additive one-degree error anywhere will make two-degree error somewhere else Jim OReilly has also started plans service illustrated list $2 high quality CAD plans include modern redrawn OldTimer designs including Lidgards small rubber cabin Jabberwock eater Lidgards Eugene large rubber cabin about 190 square inches fine alternative usual choices pretty model too other selections include Lanzos Puss Moth correct airfoil time Civy Boy 84 Nostalgia fans 13 plans current list others works am after him redo Theoradical original waslike old magazine planspretty primitive also suggested Stahl large Mustang model Boulton Paul Defiant box-and-former structure instead half-shell structure original crazy-making opinion older get avoid crazy-making things DE/L LIf have interest P265 5this suggestion Jim have suggestion own Jim would appreciate hearing So send $2 list Jim OReilly 4760 North Battin Wichita KS 67220 /40z/ OReillys drawing shows drilling jig compound-angle hinges rubber-model props Details text Hank Nystrom tells now has ignition model available Texas Timer Contact Hank Texas Timers 3317 Pine Timbers Drive Johnson City TN 37604 Tel 615 282-6423Interesting note Texas timers now made Tennessee Well make Japanese cars Texas Timers quality clockwork items made special features modem free flights like quick DT autosurfaces etc OK Engines Box 355 Mohawk NY 13407 came out some months ago catalog March 1995 125 Two views David Hodges beautiful Miss Worlds Fair Great 1930s style 1990s workmanship photography RC CHANNEL ANALV7FR Featured Model Airplane News Model Aviation Flying Models RC Modeler RC product club needs interference frequency control $825 includes S&H contiguous US CO residents add sales tax Call write Dr Jim Hauser Aero Spectra corporation Post Office Box 3021 Boulder Colorado 80307 Tel Fax 303-499-2584 Pitts-Style Mufflers UNIVERSAL STRAP ON older engines muffler OOlts Ii 29-45 JT-40P $2595 5 1-61 JT-60P $2795 MOKI 61 JT-MK61 P $2995 UNIVERSAL BOLT ON side mounted engines Will nt 90% engines made after 1989 Easy attach Just bolt muffler engine factory muffler bolts bolts sup~ muffler JT-4OPB 29-45 $2795 J i -bUt-li 51-61 $3195 MAIL ORDER Please add $400 tsr UPS shipping Check MO Visa MC COD accepted Add $450 estra lot COD 8% sales tea JT-A91PASP 108$3295 JT-F74PFOX 74$3395 JT-M1O8PMAX 91-108$3595 JT-BGXPMAX BOXI$3695 JT-5T69PST 61-75-90$3395 JT-5T25PST 25-3000$3595 JT-MK15OPMOKI 15$3695 JT-W12OPWEBRA 1 20$3395 AnEri Cub engines parts now catalog OK ignition parts some pre-WW II models such 49 60 postwar engines such Bantam CO2 etc Suggest send couple bucks catalogs Clarence Bull has retired course has started new career making modelairplane-related supplies now makes Y&O propellers calls BY&O made Beech wood also available laminated wood very pretty different-colored woods used alternating layers real Old-Timer Nostalgia-era propeller old-design model Clarence H Bull Jr BY&O Propellers Box 492 Harrisburg OR 97446 Now before hook comes out yanks off-stage want tell get Robert Eiermans list $3 lot pagespostage nearly $1 describes engines sale rare collectable common runner true antique very latest What unique will accept whatever model items have want dispose give credit can spend items list have cleaned out engines parts kits books.it like having garage sale return have some new nearly new engines can use current projects list contains items other engines including kits silk clockwork timers books interest free flight modeler books want tell about addition used books has fresh new copies Art Suhrs books really need interest ignition engines books contain reprints model magazine articles reviewing engines new books well printed bounda nice professional joband would require extensive magazine collection equal content Highly recommended Robert Ejerman 504 Las Posas Ridgecrest CA 93555 Tel 619 375-5537 15 20 26 4-cycle Delightful Fly Makes Excellent Electric Ideal Small Fields eWingloading 4- 10 ozlsq ft Sprung Landing Gear Seeing Belle vi ngi Rent new video just $18 $10 refundedon return Catalogs -$2 order Prices Include Shipping CLANCY AVIATION 219W 2nd AVENUE MESA AZ 85210-1317 602 649-1534 NEW Electric Lazy Bee Quantum Leap electric radiocontrol performance ltdoes talce-offs loops rolls has 12 minute duration 6-cell battery packl Electric Lazy Bee Kit $60 New 20% wing original Lazy Bee Original Lazy Bee Kit $54 Lazy Bee Float Kit -$24 III FIX IT YOURSELF Easv uset oSave Money Save Ttme As low $1095 FREE Catalog Call Smithy 1 -800-4SMITHY wrote Smithy Dept MA 1 800 476 48493023 E 2nd Street Ask operator MAThe Dalles OR 97058 126 Model Aviation Jet Propelled Turbojet Sounds Like Real Jet Plane Battery Powered Push-Button Control FLY REAL J ET Only $2391 Plus S4Q Postage Send Check Money Order Orders Sh ed Promptly AFTER 2 minutes later mATS RIOHR ThE LAZY BEE CONVERTS PROM LAND PLANE TO SEA PLANE IN JUST 2 MINUTESI

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