SCALE SPORT Bill Warner CLOSE eyes imagine 38 wingspan rubber-powered biplane against cumuluscluttered blue sky huge 16 freewheeler up front flashing sun climbing circle until ship high couldnt see binoculars Sound like dream Well pinch myself time two make sure awake during great 24 minute OOS flight Bill MeConachies Douglas 0-38 Taft over morial Day US FF Champs Weighing hefty 13 ounces 70-gram rubber motor included Douglas run-of-themill floater biplanes have never noted potential fly out sight Bill didnt bother put name phone number Thirty years wakefield experience however may have something did fine weather scale day following rain preceding night made some super lift know Bill feels having done like myself few years ago BE2E diesel model seven-minute overrun gone two years lying out wastes around Taft 0-38 built Aeromodeller plans detailed using info given Peter Westburg drawings talking Bill about model some two hours after its disappearance flying site rocked famous California carthquakes people dunt pay much mind Guess model musts landed used Bill best Glasgow accent Shucks Bill Ill bet ol HungGod Thermals hangin seeing its first hes Its great pleasure send months TWA award along Flying Scot Thermal Worthy jumbo biplane Ray Berens Jumbo Scale trophy taken home master modeler Hal Cover must have some fun stuffing its immensity Lotus Esprit Just prove just luck Hal also cleaned out top honors Rubber Power scale Berens Perpetual fell Hals superseale Volksplane magnificent un beatable Helio Stallion May 1980 MA domi nated Rubber V-L electric-powered Nesmith Cougar topped Power Scale indoor scene Taft welcome year raining felines canines outside First time Ive seen rain 20 years Mexican team hand bevy Fikes Laceys made going really tough Ron Wittman made two row color-doped condenser-paper covered Fokker E-lll Findecker really amazing sights Mike Mulligans Schoenfeldt Fire cracker racer doing dozens laps around 48 Model Aviation Bill McConachie Palo Alto CA atthe 1980 US FF Champs Douglaso-38 Jumbo Rubber ship lostona 24 mm OOSflight Planeweighsl3oz including7ogramsof rubbertoturnthe 1 Bin prop Photo Phyllis Warner Bill Hannans General Aristocrat entryforthe Bostonian West event everyone else making embryo-endurance-type planes Walt Mooney Bill pulls scale job out Hannan hat P1 inc weighs 14 02 Photo Bill Hannan 1 / Nick DeCarlis Gainesville FL put retracting gear Keith Ryder rubber-power racer look carefully center section wing will see winds motor winduptoy pulls gear information article Photo DeCarlis gym realistic could Fikes may stay up forever scale impression 75 mph headwind Vital Elorza lawyer Mexico City real life won outdoor Peanut stroke luck Fike brought three floated Out sight earlyon what everyone expected However judging after flying great leveler best fliers being lost thermal activity no expected itto winner As luck would have it found Vital took well-deserved first place Among notable ships Taft year Loren Williams outstanding Gordon Israel Racer ajumbo 226 sq spanning 36 superlight wing Ferrell Papics Astro 02 Bleriot 7 electric just back win Scale Staffel Annual put fine thermal performance always flew rails old Lee-Richards Annular flew well being inherently stable design lot adjust ment leeway As grows older th Nicads Astro 02 battery pack have begun exhibit delightful tendency go down different times four having different personality means power reduced full t 20 seconds half about 30 seconds t 45 seconds plane makes smooth powered landing about cell may seem like much years Ive put up gas engines giving burst power just quit leaving scale model nice stall attitude costing flight points real joy Ralph Cookes gas-powered Corsair no transition problems however made very realistic low-level strafing runs Nice see someone still knows start too Mik Mikkelsons Peanut Chamber maid work art 6 grams continually threatened lose itself outdoor flights bravest souls Carlo Godel took trophy home 1913 Nieuport Schneider Cup racer Guess knew going rain Participation FF scale events growing FF Champs after its tenth running ne can foresee will become biggies Bill Stroman Flightmasters congratulated great job has done keeping event going growing So ya tore down outhouse have no use old Sears catalogs anymore Well Walt Mooney reports new use versatile volume well old phone books cutting surfaces just slice out tissue letters indoor ribs whatever rip off hacked up sheets back square fine smooth surface Besides always fun read ads power mowers long underwear Homemade printwood Xerox mentioned last column well-covered article Ed Van Wagner June 1979 RCM want avail yourself method Ed Xerox employee 24 years suggests use Xerox 1860 copier best results Use drafting tape hold Xerox copy parts correct position use long strokes hot iron applying pressure imbed plastic black lines wood too hard thin soft sheets stickler neatness advised standard Continued page 120 CESS Perhaps need something bit out-ofthe ordinary scale competition Cessna 182 big stable airplane ideal scale trainer 40 engine Put 60 under cowl fly circles around competition semi-symmetrical airfoil makes 182 groove yet its docile kitten total scale realism add optional flaps Trike gear pleasant ground handling kit all-balsa lots hardware molded parts speedy construction clear plans special illustrated construction booklet make skit anyone can build Kit features Span 72 Area 702 Sq 5-7 lbs flying weight 4 channel Power 40 60 2657NE 88hS ee Main Fo da3380 Teephone935 436 September 1980 49 Jumbo Scale rubber Gordon Israel Red Head racer Loren Williams Flightmasters club Seen prior its being covered 36 span ship has 226 sq area took trophy its first time out 1980 Taft FF Champs Look delicate wing structure L Williams Earl Van Gorder Wappingers t Temco TT-1 old Berkeley kit designed Henry Struck fuselage lightened substituting tissue stringers 1/32 balsa planking Jetex Scorpion 600 gives powerEarl hopes will ROG Model covered yellow Modeispan weighs 5 oz Landing lights aluminum foil J Arnouts plc 181 ZONA SAWS famous line hobby saws Razor #200 $190 $165 #1*345 Replacement blades available dealer F Model Supply PO Box 3957 Toerance CA 90510 USA effectiveness fin increased because additional length its leading edge Entry exit removable door left-hand side windscreen could jettisoned flight both seat rudder pedals adjustable inverted v-i 2 overhead-valve engine special version aircooled supercharged 19-litre Renault 613 produced 900 hp 300 m 1000 ft Basically similar 450-hp Renault 12R-01 powered C714 fighter special engines compression ratio increased 640 725 its manifold pressure 323 496 inches mercury thus boosting nominal rpm 2500 3000 Propeller shaft forward crankcase extended some 10 cm 4 allow superior streamlining nose improved intake engine cooling duct Formed magnesium-alloy panels made up engine cowling Carburetor feed ducted bottom single intake cooling air carefully baffled ensure cooling cylinders discharged beneath fuselage through large louvre flank Steamlined exhausts chrome-molybdenum steel oil cooler almost half large again C712 made up two closespaced skins riveted together fitted underside rear fuselage magnesium fuel tank 206 litres 45 gallons capacity situ ated behind engine firewall 345 litre 76 gallons oil tank fitted behind pilots seat three-bladed Ratier propeller early form constant speed unit already fitted modified C7 12 Blade pitch could varied 300 45 0 controlled reversible electric motor connected throttle control centrifugal regulator altered blade angle opposition changes engine speed NEWIkE FliqilT LiNE Box Perfect competitor Small light yet big enough -12 volt battery power panel starter extra props plugs much Assembled Finished $995 Complete starter panel battery$7185 Also CL specialized accessories Send 254 info ThePO Box 4981 Pike Fiht Lancaster PA 17604 ivX phone 717 29P2136 Exhaustive wind tunnel tests carried out January 1939 Eiffel Laboratory using 1/10th scale models complete aircraft wing alone known performance C460 basis taking account relative propeller efficiencies propeller/aircraft interference cooling drag possible calculate considerable accuracy both level flight climb performance shown table below success denied C714R highly qualified group under Marcel Riffard created protracted delays due manpower shortages military production well great care lavished surface finish engine development help up completion until war Germany inevitable ideas record attempt abandoned C7 14R did fly reach Istres German forces approached Paris June 1940 hidden ample cellars Renault building Champs-Elysees survived occupation undetected Following liberation Paris 1944 C714R displayed aviation exhibition held Velodrome dHiver sports stadium falsely represented product re-emerging French aviation industry Its immaculate clear lacquer covered familiar greyish mid-blue Caudron Coupe Deutsch machines later repainted darker saturated shade resembling midnight blue Detroyats C460 C7 1 4R placed permanent display Musee de lAir Chalais-Meudon remained until recentfy being added present display le Bourget Its rudder still bravely bears blue white red tricolor France legend C7 14R / Avions Caudron Before being displayed Le Bourget during Paris Salon 1971 name RIFFARD added fitting belated tribute genius man drive initiative made name Caudron synonymous speed author gratefully acknowledges patient cooperation Monsieur Georges Otfinovsky well help Conservateur staff Musee de lAir preparing article scale drawing CL Combat/Johnson continued page 41 5% nitro fuel contest management supplied fuel little dye FAI has gained popularity local level using airplane set lines Also adopting least first round losers bracket FAI nice touch dont have time full double elimination system about least first round losers bracket Nats year remember last year against changed minds after first round Right SB Send orders Kustom Kraftsmanship PO Box 2699 Laguna Hills CA 92653 KK pays postage items sent within USA California residents pay additional 6% sales tax Mini mum order $500 Id send catalogs first send self-addressed envelope just cant wait heres some stuff youll need Stock No 102 New TD customized $3550 Stock No 104 New TD larger venturi $3595 Stock No 174 Custom TD Fine thread needle valve assembly $475 Stock No 170 Piston/Rod reset tool $295 Stock No 510 Universal Custom Needle valve $475 fits Rossi Tigre 15 Piston/rod reset tool absolute must youre going run TD very much Complete instructions come handy device Charlie Johnson 3716 Ingraham St San Diego CA 92109 FF Sport/Scale/Warner continued page 49 Xerox copy 1% larger original plan can slice inside black lines no great penalty have sand em off before applying translucent tissue covering Retracting gear rubber jobs has long dream bored-with-it-all modelers Imagine being first kid block pull up wheels takeoff Joe Ott Spitfire Well Nick DeCarlis Gainesville FL has picked up Tomy Mini-Bath-tubbie motor idea kicked around among free fighters lot after FF Liar newsletter suggested its use HLG dethermalizers Nick uses spinning arm little balsa flag end slow down toy motor As unwinds pays out thread holds gear extended position Rubberband tension provides power pull gear up hold tailskid trigger start going via 1/16 sq pushrod Nick reports about 8second retract time should prove really great see test bed Keith Ryder racer gear retracting straight back sim plicity Bostonian West new class planes 16 max span 14 max length 6 max prop dia windows 3 max chord enclosing box 1 x 2 x 3 main characteristic 120 Model Aviation REPUBLIC SEABEE s PRODUCTS 1100 Michigan Box 161 Maryaville MI 48040 Wing Span 70 Complete Hardware Epoxy Glass Retractable Gear 40 Powered Factors BROWN CO-2 ENGINES ENGINES ARE IN STOCK NEW CHARGER AND 5 SIZES OF TANISS BROWN ENGINES COMPLETE CATALOG $100 TO FIND ACCESSORIES KITS AND PLANS FOR RUBBER POWERED MODELS PNONE 17141 469-867T Peek-Polymers W 2498-AM ESA CALIF 920411 event brainchild Walt Mooney San Diego Scale Staffel 14 gram minimum weight foils ultra-light crowd gives us normal builders chance event catching fast times already 90 second range Dick Baxters fuselage-on side design Navy/Marine Armory Los Angeles Bill Hannan Warren Shipp immediately whipped out semi-scale General Aristocrats proceeded wow crowd some magnificent flights San Carlos Gym BW Meet May Watch class big things especially planes can also fly Embryo Endurance event outdoors Thanks cards letters photos gang Bill Warner 423-C San Vicente Blvd Santa Monica CA 90402 Dornier/SrulI continued page 53 put minimum possible keei weight down First spray light blue undersurfaces next lighter green upper pattern last darker green upper pattem Refer photos model better still references called out plan splinter camouflage pattern used DO 335 Mask spray markings glue canopy As final touch major structural panel lines can drawn drafting pen Make up front rear props nose plugs Two 7-in Sleek Streek plastic props can used two rubber motors employed case notch spinners glue props after wire hooks have attached Make sure rear prop put backwards concave surface blades facing rear single rubber motor two props used rear propeller will have left-handed prop carved formed balsa Make blade size pitch about same right-hand front prop single prop motor used 7 8-in plastic prop will fine Flying Make sure model balances shown Ballast necessary get CG right Check warps out line surfaces vertical fin should have very slight about 1/16 left turn left wing panel should have about in ie leading edge tip should raised about ect warps misalign ment before test flying test purposes pus 16-in long loop loops er Before winding make sure about 2 degrees downthrust both props rear prop means shaft actually pointing top fuselage Next put about 150 turns motors Remember wind rear prop motor proper direction Launching little bit tricky because dam lower fin rear prop have found easiest reliable way launch Arrow grasp both spinnersthe front left hand rear right Release front prop first gently push model forward right hand few practice launches will get right Under low power model should descend long powered glide very slight left turn Adjust tail surfaces until get flight path change thrust setting CG point Now begin add about 100 150 turns after successful flight Once get beyond about 500 turns use thrust adjustments get smooth slow climb cruise left followed slow descent also left built adjusted described lam sure will pleased looks flying ability offbeat German fighter scaled up version about 24-in span could have spectacular flight performance would large enough carry additional scale details finish will first try ParaCraft H ux continued page 65 around underneath completely over thc top worlds first ParaCraft loopback wards settled somewhat unceremoniously about five feet trees clear thing needed elevator adjust pitch angle could level pod pull against headwinds clear skill throttle like helicopter pilot evening attached old elevator side rudder re-rigged chute better angle offlight next weekend took Beast flying site show skeptics would really fly After getting through usual What wings Does really fly set Out show guess refresh memory ease model flight because overpowered takeoff did first ParaCraft figure 9 over top chute straight gave camera Leonard Smith asked him record event got figure 9 beautifully Im surc skeptics feeling kind hearted help did wanted watch fool run up down field trying prod unseemly rack wood towing banner air holding pieces together eternal 5 minutes waiting epoxy set appreciated next takeoff careful made myself aware throttle handled care asked what squatting leaning runningduring takeoff Did body English really help explain attempt keep eye delicately poised fuselage could easily blocked view chute next six flights made believers Touch-and-go figure eights hovering climbing altitude proved craft controllable spite its very slow flight unseemly steep angle plenty improvement made prototype veteran problem proved amusing accumula tion grass stones inside chute pockets curtailed some flights until shaken out called Dr Nicolaides tell success achieved after seeing article say admired someone would actually sit ParaCraft during prototype test crack-ups during test would have broken record broken bones Wonder theres record broken props congratulated succeeding photo go asked see some photos craft Since second ParaCraft less attractive decided construct third model would detract beauty chute third version designed break away unit could survive training further test trim strange angle flight something less precarious hope achieve level performance will allow used air shows Its definitely unusual watch show team said wanted Praying Mantis kept away 12 models might eat them1 Wings & Wheels Museum continued page 68 automobile displays parallel aircraft devel opments include such classic pieces World War ambulance 1930 Duesenberg 1934 Packard valued excess $250000 aircraft displays feature first transports used major airlines sister ship Amelia Earharts Lockheed Electra also display along German Heinkel I-I bomber Battle Britain last flying Boeing 247-D worlds first modern airliner Guests also have opportunity experience some sensations flight Fly Theatre special effects motion picture shown giant screen surrounding stereo sound visually transports audience out theatre pilots seat balloons biplanes jets spacecraft film produced Wings Wheels Conoco Inc Sentry Post Theatre shows variety historic films aircraft automobile development attrac tion also houses gallery aviation art large restoration complex research facilities offices Civil Air Patrol Experimental Aircraft Association Wings Wheels located Florida Road South west runway Orlando Interna tional Airport admission $550 adults $275 children 6-12 children under six years age admitted free admission price tax-deductible contribution used operating expenses new exhibits Wings Wheels open daily Visitors should allow least two hours Wings Wheels adventure FF Champs/Haught continued page 21 air some keen competition particularly B Pylon Zippers Alerts Rangers battled out sort Out top five 13 entered No maxed out times good considering 5-minute maxes 25-second run ROG Old-Timer Class events seemed have lowest entry partially due scarcity original engines size Converted glow engines available doesnt seem boost interest class Perhaps some engine builders should take note produce 1 22 Model Aviation DYNATHRUsr PROPS INC GET MORE THRUST FOR YOUR BIGGIE WITH EFFICIENT DURABLE GLASS FILLED PROPS FROM D YNA THRUST Designed conjunction Dave Plan Direct sales prices NOW include shipping 18-618-8 $800 20-820-10 $1000 15-6 $500 16 inchers coming soon 2541 NE 11th Cs Pompano Beach FL 33062 Phone3059419119 DYNATHRUST PROPS INC
Edition: Model Aviation - 1980/09
Page Numbers: 48, 49, 120, 122
SCALE SPORT Bill Warner CLOSE eyes imagine 38 wingspan rubber-powered biplane against cumuluscluttered blue sky huge 16 freewheeler up front flashing sun climbing circle until ship high couldnt see binoculars Sound like dream Well pinch myself time two make sure awake during great 24 minute OOS flight Bill MeConachies Douglas 0-38 Taft over morial Day US FF Champs Weighing hefty 13 ounces 70-gram rubber motor included Douglas run-of-themill floater biplanes have never noted potential fly out sight Bill didnt bother put name phone number Thirty years wakefield experience however may have something did fine weather scale day following rain preceding night made some super lift know Bill feels having done like myself few years ago BE2E diesel model seven-minute overrun gone two years lying out wastes around Taft 0-38 built Aeromodeller plans detailed using info given Peter Westburg drawings talking Bill about model some two hours after its disappearance flying site rocked famous California carthquakes people dunt pay much mind Guess model musts landed used Bill best Glasgow accent Shucks Bill Ill bet ol HungGod Thermals hangin seeing its first hes Its great pleasure send months TWA award along Flying Scot Thermal Worthy jumbo biplane Ray Berens Jumbo Scale trophy taken home master modeler Hal Cover must have some fun stuffing its immensity Lotus Esprit Just prove just luck Hal also cleaned out top honors Rubber Power scale Berens Perpetual fell Hals superseale Volksplane magnificent un beatable Helio Stallion May 1980 MA domi nated Rubber V-L electric-powered Nesmith Cougar topped Power Scale indoor scene Taft welcome year raining felines canines outside First time Ive seen rain 20 years Mexican team hand bevy Fikes Laceys made going really tough Ron Wittman made two row color-doped condenser-paper covered Fokker E-lll Findecker really amazing sights Mike Mulligans Schoenfeldt Fire cracker racer doing dozens laps around 48 Model Aviation Bill McConachie Palo Alto CA atthe 1980 US FF Champs Douglaso-38 Jumbo Rubber ship lostona 24 mm OOSflight Planeweighsl3oz including7ogramsof rubbertoturnthe 1 Bin prop Photo Phyllis Warner Bill Hannans General Aristocrat entryforthe Bostonian West event everyone else making embryo-endurance-type planes Walt Mooney Bill pulls scale job out Hannan hat P1 inc weighs 14 02 Photo Bill Hannan 1 / Nick DeCarlis Gainesville FL put retracting gear Keith Ryder rubber-power racer look carefully center section wing will see winds motor winduptoy pulls gear information article Photo DeCarlis gym realistic could Fikes may stay up forever scale impression 75 mph headwind Vital Elorza lawyer Mexico City real life won outdoor Peanut stroke luck Fike brought three floated Out sight earlyon what everyone expected However judging after flying great leveler best fliers being lost thermal activity no expected itto winner As luck would have it found Vital took well-deserved first place Among notable ships Taft year Loren Williams outstanding Gordon Israel Racer ajumbo 226 sq spanning 36 superlight wing Ferrell Papics Astro 02 Bleriot 7 electric just back win Scale Staffel Annual put fine thermal performance always flew rails old Lee-Richards Annular flew well being inherently stable design lot adjust ment leeway As grows older th Nicads Astro 02 battery pack have begun exhibit delightful tendency go down different times four having different personality means power reduced full t 20 seconds half about 30 seconds t 45 seconds plane makes smooth powered landing about cell may seem like much years Ive put up gas engines giving burst power just quit leaving scale model nice stall attitude costing flight points real joy Ralph Cookes gas-powered Corsair no transition problems however made very realistic low-level strafing runs Nice see someone still knows start too Mik Mikkelsons Peanut Chamber maid work art 6 grams continually threatened lose itself outdoor flights bravest souls Carlo Godel took trophy home 1913 Nieuport Schneider Cup racer Guess knew going rain Participation FF scale events growing FF Champs after its tenth running ne can foresee will become biggies Bill Stroman Flightmasters congratulated great job has done keeping event going growing So ya tore down outhouse have no use old Sears catalogs anymore Well Walt Mooney reports new use versatile volume well old phone books cutting surfaces just slice out tissue letters indoor ribs whatever rip off hacked up sheets back square fine smooth surface Besides always fun read ads power mowers long underwear Homemade printwood Xerox mentioned last column well-covered article Ed Van Wagner June 1979 RCM want avail yourself method Ed Xerox employee 24 years suggests use Xerox 1860 copier best results Use drafting tape hold Xerox copy parts correct position use long strokes hot iron applying pressure imbed plastic black lines wood too hard thin soft sheets stickler neatness advised standard Continued page 120 CESS Perhaps need something bit out-ofthe ordinary scale competition Cessna 182 big stable airplane ideal scale trainer 40 engine Put 60 under cowl fly circles around competition semi-symmetrical airfoil makes 182 groove yet its docile kitten total scale realism add optional flaps Trike gear pleasant ground handling kit all-balsa lots hardware molded parts speedy construction clear plans special illustrated construction booklet make skit anyone can build Kit features Span 72 Area 702 Sq 5-7 lbs flying weight 4 channel Power 40 60 2657NE 88hS ee Main Fo da3380 Teephone935 436 September 1980 49 Jumbo Scale rubber Gordon Israel Red Head racer Loren Williams Flightmasters club Seen prior its being covered 36 span ship has 226 sq area took trophy its first time out 1980 Taft FF Champs Look delicate wing structure L Williams Earl Van Gorder Wappingers t Temco TT-1 old Berkeley kit designed Henry Struck fuselage lightened substituting tissue stringers 1/32 balsa planking Jetex Scorpion 600 gives powerEarl hopes will ROG Model covered yellow Modeispan weighs 5 oz Landing lights aluminum foil J Arnouts plc 181 ZONA SAWS famous line hobby saws Razor #200 $190 $165 #1*345 Replacement blades available dealer F Model Supply PO Box 3957 Toerance CA 90510 USA effectiveness fin increased because additional length its leading edge Entry exit removable door left-hand side windscreen could jettisoned flight both seat rudder pedals adjustable inverted v-i 2 overhead-valve engine special version aircooled supercharged 19-litre Renault 613 produced 900 hp 300 m 1000 ft Basically similar 450-hp Renault 12R-01 powered C714 fighter special engines compression ratio increased 640 725 its manifold pressure 323 496 inches mercury thus boosting nominal rpm 2500 3000 Propeller shaft forward crankcase extended some 10 cm 4 allow superior streamlining nose improved intake engine cooling duct Formed magnesium-alloy panels made up engine cowling Carburetor feed ducted bottom single intake cooling air carefully baffled ensure cooling cylinders discharged beneath fuselage through large louvre flank Steamlined exhausts chrome-molybdenum steel oil cooler almost half large again C712 made up two closespaced skins riveted together fitted underside rear fuselage magnesium fuel tank 206 litres 45 gallons capacity situ ated behind engine firewall 345 litre 76 gallons oil tank fitted behind pilots seat three-bladed Ratier propeller early form constant speed unit already fitted modified C7 12 Blade pitch could varied 300 45 0 controlled reversible electric motor connected throttle control centrifugal regulator altered blade angle opposition changes engine speed NEWIkE FliqilT LiNE Box Perfect competitor Small light yet big enough -12 volt battery power panel starter extra props plugs much Assembled Finished $995 Complete starter panel battery$7185 Also CL specialized accessories Send 254 info ThePO Box 4981 Pike Fiht Lancaster PA 17604 ivX phone 717 29P2136 Exhaustive wind tunnel tests carried out January 1939 Eiffel Laboratory using 1/10th scale models complete aircraft wing alone known performance C460 basis taking account relative propeller efficiencies propeller/aircraft interference cooling drag possible calculate considerable accuracy both level flight climb performance shown table below success denied C714R highly qualified group under Marcel Riffard created protracted delays due manpower shortages military production well great care lavished surface finish engine development help up completion until war Germany inevitable ideas record attempt abandoned C7 14R did fly reach Istres German forces approached Paris June 1940 hidden ample cellars Renault building Champs-Elysees survived occupation undetected Following liberation Paris 1944 C714R displayed aviation exhibition held Velodrome dHiver sports stadium falsely represented product re-emerging French aviation industry Its immaculate clear lacquer covered familiar greyish mid-blue Caudron Coupe Deutsch machines later repainted darker saturated shade resembling midnight blue Detroyats C460 C7 1 4R placed permanent display Musee de lAir Chalais-Meudon remained until recentfy being added present display le Bourget Its rudder still bravely bears blue white red tricolor France legend C7 14R / Avions Caudron Before being displayed Le Bourget during Paris Salon 1971 name RIFFARD added fitting belated tribute genius man drive initiative made name Caudron synonymous speed author gratefully acknowledges patient cooperation Monsieur Georges Otfinovsky well help Conservateur staff Musee de lAir preparing article scale drawing CL Combat/Johnson continued page 41 5% nitro fuel contest management supplied fuel little dye FAI has gained popularity local level using airplane set lines Also adopting least first round losers bracket FAI nice touch dont have time full double elimination system about least first round losers bracket Nats year remember last year against changed minds after first round Right SB Send orders Kustom Kraftsmanship PO Box 2699 Laguna Hills CA 92653 KK pays postage items sent within USA California residents pay additional 6% sales tax Mini mum order $500 Id send catalogs first send self-addressed envelope just cant wait heres some stuff youll need Stock No 102 New TD customized $3550 Stock No 104 New TD larger venturi $3595 Stock No 174 Custom TD Fine thread needle valve assembly $475 Stock No 170 Piston/Rod reset tool $295 Stock No 510 Universal Custom Needle valve $475 fits Rossi Tigre 15 Piston/rod reset tool absolute must youre going run TD very much Complete instructions come handy device Charlie Johnson 3716 Ingraham St San Diego CA 92109 FF Sport/Scale/Warner continued page 49 Xerox copy 1% larger original plan can slice inside black lines no great penalty have sand em off before applying translucent tissue covering Retracting gear rubber jobs has long dream bored-with-it-all modelers Imagine being first kid block pull up wheels takeoff Joe Ott Spitfire Well Nick DeCarlis Gainesville FL has picked up Tomy Mini-Bath-tubbie motor idea kicked around among free fighters lot after FF Liar newsletter suggested its use HLG dethermalizers Nick uses spinning arm little balsa flag end slow down toy motor As unwinds pays out thread holds gear extended position Rubberband tension provides power pull gear up hold tailskid trigger start going via 1/16 sq pushrod Nick reports about 8second retract time should prove really great see test bed Keith Ryder racer gear retracting straight back sim plicity Bostonian West new class planes 16 max span 14 max length 6 max prop dia windows 3 max chord enclosing box 1 x 2 x 3 main characteristic 120 Model Aviation REPUBLIC SEABEE s PRODUCTS 1100 Michigan Box 161 Maryaville MI 48040 Wing Span 70 Complete Hardware Epoxy Glass Retractable Gear 40 Powered Factors BROWN CO-2 ENGINES ENGINES ARE IN STOCK NEW CHARGER AND 5 SIZES OF TANISS BROWN ENGINES COMPLETE CATALOG $100 TO FIND ACCESSORIES KITS AND PLANS FOR RUBBER POWERED MODELS PNONE 17141 469-867T Peek-Polymers W 2498-AM ESA CALIF 920411 event brainchild Walt Mooney San Diego Scale Staffel 14 gram minimum weight foils ultra-light crowd gives us normal builders chance event catching fast times already 90 second range Dick Baxters fuselage-on side design Navy/Marine Armory Los Angeles Bill Hannan Warren Shipp immediately whipped out semi-scale General Aristocrats proceeded wow crowd some magnificent flights San Carlos Gym BW Meet May Watch class big things especially planes can also fly Embryo Endurance event outdoors Thanks cards letters photos gang Bill Warner 423-C San Vicente Blvd Santa Monica CA 90402 Dornier/SrulI continued page 53 put minimum possible keei weight down First spray light blue undersurfaces next lighter green upper pattern last darker green upper pattem Refer photos model better still references called out plan splinter camouflage pattern used DO 335 Mask spray markings glue canopy As final touch major structural panel lines can drawn drafting pen Make up front rear props nose plugs Two 7-in Sleek Streek plastic props can used two rubber motors employed case notch spinners glue props after wire hooks have attached Make sure rear prop put backwards concave surface blades facing rear single rubber motor two props used rear propeller will have left-handed prop carved formed balsa Make blade size pitch about same right-hand front prop single prop motor used 7 8-in plastic prop will fine Flying Make sure model balances shown Ballast necessary get CG right Check warps out line surfaces vertical fin should have very slight about 1/16 left turn left wing panel should have about in ie leading edge tip should raised about ect warps misalign ment before test flying test purposes pus 16-in long loop loops er Before winding make sure about 2 degrees downthrust both props rear prop means shaft actually pointing top fuselage Next put about 150 turns motors Remember wind rear prop motor proper direction Launching little bit tricky because dam lower fin rear prop have found easiest reliable way launch Arrow grasp both spinnersthe front left hand rear right Release front prop first gently push model forward right hand few practice launches will get right Under low power model should descend long powered glide very slight left turn Adjust tail surfaces until get flight path change thrust setting CG point Now begin add about 100 150 turns after successful flight Once get beyond about 500 turns use thrust adjustments get smooth slow climb cruise left followed slow descent also left built adjusted described lam sure will pleased looks flying ability offbeat German fighter scaled up version about 24-in span could have spectacular flight performance would large enough carry additional scale details finish will first try ParaCraft H ux continued page 65 around underneath completely over thc top worlds first ParaCraft loopback wards settled somewhat unceremoniously about five feet trees clear thing needed elevator adjust pitch angle could level pod pull against headwinds clear skill throttle like helicopter pilot evening attached old elevator side rudder re-rigged chute better angle offlight next weekend took Beast flying site show skeptics would really fly After getting through usual What wings Does really fly set Out show guess refresh memory ease model flight because overpowered takeoff did first ParaCraft figure 9 over top chute straight gave camera Leonard Smith asked him record event got figure 9 beautifully Im surc skeptics feeling kind hearted help did wanted watch fool run up down field trying prod unseemly rack wood towing banner air holding pieces together eternal 5 minutes waiting epoxy set appreciated next takeoff careful made myself aware throttle handled care asked what squatting leaning runningduring takeoff Did body English really help explain attempt keep eye delicately poised fuselage could easily blocked view chute next six flights made believers Touch-and-go figure eights hovering climbing altitude proved craft controllable spite its very slow flight unseemly steep angle plenty improvement made prototype veteran problem proved amusing accumula tion grass stones inside chute pockets curtailed some flights until shaken out called Dr Nicolaides tell success achieved after seeing article say admired someone would actually sit ParaCraft during prototype test crack-ups during test would have broken record broken bones Wonder theres record broken props congratulated succeeding photo go asked see some photos craft Since second ParaCraft less attractive decided construct third model would detract beauty chute third version designed break away unit could survive training further test trim strange angle flight something less precarious hope achieve level performance will allow used air shows Its definitely unusual watch show team said wanted Praying Mantis kept away 12 models might eat them1 Wings & Wheels Museum continued page 68 automobile displays parallel aircraft devel opments include such classic pieces World War ambulance 1930 Duesenberg 1934 Packard valued excess $250000 aircraft displays feature first transports used major airlines sister ship Amelia Earharts Lockheed Electra also display along German Heinkel I-I bomber Battle Britain last flying Boeing 247-D worlds first modern airliner Guests also have opportunity experience some sensations flight Fly Theatre special effects motion picture shown giant screen surrounding stereo sound visually transports audience out theatre pilots seat balloons biplanes jets spacecraft film produced Wings Wheels Conoco Inc Sentry Post Theatre shows variety historic films aircraft automobile development attrac tion also houses gallery aviation art large restoration complex research facilities offices Civil Air Patrol Experimental Aircraft Association Wings Wheels located Florida Road South west runway Orlando Interna tional Airport admission $550 adults $275 children 6-12 children under six years age admitted free admission price tax-deductible contribution used operating expenses new exhibits Wings Wheels open daily Visitors should allow least two hours Wings Wheels adventure FF Champs/Haught continued page 21 air some keen competition particularly B Pylon Zippers Alerts Rangers battled out sort Out top five 13 entered No maxed out times good considering 5-minute maxes 25-second run ROG Old-Timer Class events seemed have lowest entry partially due scarcity original engines size Converted glow engines available doesnt seem boost interest class Perhaps some engine builders should take note produce 1 22 Model Aviation DYNATHRUsr PROPS INC GET MORE THRUST FOR YOUR BIGGIE WITH EFFICIENT DURABLE GLASS FILLED PROPS FROM D YNA THRUST Designed conjunction Dave Plan Direct sales prices NOW include shipping 18-618-8 $800 20-820-10 $1000 15-6 $500 16 inchers coming soon 2541 NE 11th Cs Pompano Beach FL 33062 Phone3059419119 DYNATHRUST PROPS INC
Edition: Model Aviation - 1980/09
Page Numbers: 48, 49, 120, 122
SCALE SPORT Bill Warner CLOSE eyes imagine 38 wingspan rubber-powered biplane against cumuluscluttered blue sky huge 16 freewheeler up front flashing sun climbing circle until ship high couldnt see binoculars Sound like dream Well pinch myself time two make sure awake during great 24 minute OOS flight Bill MeConachies Douglas 0-38 Taft over morial Day US FF Champs Weighing hefty 13 ounces 70-gram rubber motor included Douglas run-of-themill floater biplanes have never noted potential fly out sight Bill didnt bother put name phone number Thirty years wakefield experience however may have something did fine weather scale day following rain preceding night made some super lift know Bill feels having done like myself few years ago BE2E diesel model seven-minute overrun gone two years lying out wastes around Taft 0-38 built Aeromodeller plans detailed using info given Peter Westburg drawings talking Bill about model some two hours after its disappearance flying site rocked famous California carthquakes people dunt pay much mind Guess model musts landed used Bill best Glasgow accent Shucks Bill Ill bet ol HungGod Thermals hangin seeing its first hes Its great pleasure send months TWA award along Flying Scot Thermal Worthy jumbo biplane Ray Berens Jumbo Scale trophy taken home master modeler Hal Cover must have some fun stuffing its immensity Lotus Esprit Just prove just luck Hal also cleaned out top honors Rubber Power scale Berens Perpetual fell Hals superseale Volksplane magnificent un beatable Helio Stallion May 1980 MA domi nated Rubber V-L electric-powered Nesmith Cougar topped Power Scale indoor scene Taft welcome year raining felines canines outside First time Ive seen rain 20 years Mexican team hand bevy Fikes Laceys made going really tough Ron Wittman made two row color-doped condenser-paper covered Fokker E-lll Findecker really amazing sights Mike Mulligans Schoenfeldt Fire cracker racer doing dozens laps around 48 Model Aviation Bill McConachie Palo Alto CA atthe 1980 US FF Champs Douglaso-38 Jumbo Rubber ship lostona 24 mm OOSflight Planeweighsl3oz including7ogramsof rubbertoturnthe 1 Bin prop Photo Phyllis Warner Bill Hannans General Aristocrat entryforthe Bostonian West event everyone else making embryo-endurance-type planes Walt Mooney Bill pulls scale job out Hannan hat P1 inc weighs 14 02 Photo Bill Hannan 1 / Nick DeCarlis Gainesville FL put retracting gear Keith Ryder rubber-power racer look carefully center section wing will see winds motor winduptoy pulls gear information article Photo DeCarlis gym realistic could Fikes may stay up forever scale impression 75 mph headwind Vital Elorza lawyer Mexico City real life won outdoor Peanut stroke luck Fike brought three floated Out sight earlyon what everyone expected However judging after flying great leveler best fliers being lost thermal activity no expected itto winner As luck would have it found Vital took well-deserved first place Among notable ships Taft year Loren Williams outstanding Gordon Israel Racer ajumbo 226 sq spanning 36 superlight wing Ferrell Papics Astro 02 Bleriot 7 electric just back win Scale Staffel Annual put fine thermal performance always flew rails old Lee-Richards Annular flew well being inherently stable design lot adjust ment leeway As grows older th Nicads Astro 02 battery pack have begun exhibit delightful tendency go down different times four having different personality means power reduced full t 20 seconds half about 30 seconds t 45 seconds plane makes smooth powered landing about cell may seem like much years Ive put up gas engines giving burst power just quit leaving scale model nice stall attitude costing flight points real joy Ralph Cookes gas-powered Corsair no transition problems however made very realistic low-level strafing runs Nice see someone still knows start too Mik Mikkelsons Peanut Chamber maid work art 6 grams continually threatened lose itself outdoor flights bravest souls Carlo Godel took trophy home 1913 Nieuport Schneider Cup racer Guess knew going rain Participation FF scale events growing FF Champs after its tenth running ne can foresee will become biggies Bill Stroman Flightmasters congratulated great job has done keeping event going growing So ya tore down outhouse have no use old Sears catalogs anymore Well Walt Mooney reports new use versatile volume well old phone books cutting surfaces just slice out tissue letters indoor ribs whatever rip off hacked up sheets back square fine smooth surface Besides always fun read ads power mowers long underwear Homemade printwood Xerox mentioned last column well-covered article Ed Van Wagner June 1979 RCM want avail yourself method Ed Xerox employee 24 years suggests use Xerox 1860 copier best results Use drafting tape hold Xerox copy parts correct position use long strokes hot iron applying pressure imbed plastic black lines wood too hard thin soft sheets stickler neatness advised standard Continued page 120 CESS Perhaps need something bit out-ofthe ordinary scale competition Cessna 182 big stable airplane ideal scale trainer 40 engine Put 60 under cowl fly circles around competition semi-symmetrical airfoil makes 182 groove yet its docile kitten total scale realism add optional flaps Trike gear pleasant ground handling kit all-balsa lots hardware molded parts speedy construction clear plans special illustrated construction booklet make skit anyone can build Kit features Span 72 Area 702 Sq 5-7 lbs flying weight 4 channel Power 40 60 2657NE 88hS ee Main Fo da3380 Teephone935 436 September 1980 49 Jumbo Scale rubber Gordon Israel Red Head racer Loren Williams Flightmasters club Seen prior its being covered 36 span ship has 226 sq area took trophy its first time out 1980 Taft FF Champs Look delicate wing structure L Williams Earl Van Gorder Wappingers t Temco TT-1 old Berkeley kit designed Henry Struck fuselage lightened substituting tissue stringers 1/32 balsa planking Jetex Scorpion 600 gives powerEarl hopes will ROG Model covered yellow Modeispan weighs 5 oz Landing lights aluminum foil J Arnouts plc 181 ZONA SAWS famous line hobby saws Razor #200 $190 $165 #1*345 Replacement blades available dealer F Model Supply PO Box 3957 Toerance CA 90510 USA effectiveness fin increased because additional length its leading edge Entry exit removable door left-hand side windscreen could jettisoned flight both seat rudder pedals adjustable inverted v-i 2 overhead-valve engine special version aircooled supercharged 19-litre Renault 613 produced 900 hp 300 m 1000 ft Basically similar 450-hp Renault 12R-01 powered C714 fighter special engines compression ratio increased 640 725 its manifold pressure 323 496 inches mercury thus boosting nominal rpm 2500 3000 Propeller shaft forward crankcase extended some 10 cm 4 allow superior streamlining nose improved intake engine cooling duct Formed magnesium-alloy panels made up engine cowling Carburetor feed ducted bottom single intake cooling air carefully baffled ensure cooling cylinders discharged beneath fuselage through large louvre flank Steamlined exhausts chrome-molybdenum steel oil cooler almost half large again C712 made up two closespaced skins riveted together fitted underside rear fuselage magnesium fuel tank 206 litres 45 gallons capacity situ ated behind engine firewall 345 litre 76 gallons oil tank fitted behind pilots seat three-bladed Ratier propeller early form constant speed unit already fitted modified C7 12 Blade pitch could varied 300 45 0 controlled reversible electric motor connected throttle control centrifugal regulator altered blade angle opposition changes engine speed NEWIkE FliqilT LiNE Box Perfect competitor Small light yet big enough -12 volt battery power panel starter extra props plugs much Assembled Finished $995 Complete starter panel battery$7185 Also CL specialized accessories Send 254 info ThePO Box 4981 Pike Fiht Lancaster PA 17604 ivX phone 717 29P2136 Exhaustive wind tunnel tests carried out January 1939 Eiffel Laboratory using 1/10th scale models complete aircraft wing alone known performance C460 basis taking account relative propeller efficiencies propeller/aircraft interference cooling drag possible calculate considerable accuracy both level flight climb performance shown table below success denied C714R highly qualified group under Marcel Riffard created protracted delays due manpower shortages military production well great care lavished surface finish engine development help up completion until war Germany inevitable ideas record attempt abandoned C7 14R did fly reach Istres German forces approached Paris June 1940 hidden ample cellars Renault building Champs-Elysees survived occupation undetected Following liberation Paris 1944 C714R displayed aviation exhibition held Velodrome dHiver sports stadium falsely represented product re-emerging French aviation industry Its immaculate clear lacquer covered familiar greyish mid-blue Caudron Coupe Deutsch machines later repainted darker saturated shade resembling midnight blue Detroyats C460 C7 1 4R placed permanent display Musee de lAir Chalais-Meudon remained until recentfy being added present display le Bourget Its rudder still bravely bears blue white red tricolor France legend C7 14R / Avions Caudron Before being displayed Le Bourget during Paris Salon 1971 name RIFFARD added fitting belated tribute genius man drive initiative made name Caudron synonymous speed author gratefully acknowledges patient cooperation Monsieur Georges Otfinovsky well help Conservateur staff Musee de lAir preparing article scale drawing CL Combat/Johnson continued page 41 5% nitro fuel contest management supplied fuel little dye FAI has gained popularity local level using airplane set lines Also adopting least first round losers bracket FAI nice touch dont have time full double elimination system about least first round losers bracket Nats year remember last year against changed minds after first round Right SB Send orders Kustom Kraftsmanship PO Box 2699 Laguna Hills CA 92653 KK pays postage items sent within USA California residents pay additional 6% sales tax Mini mum order $500 Id send catalogs first send self-addressed envelope just cant wait heres some stuff youll need Stock No 102 New TD customized $3550 Stock No 104 New TD larger venturi $3595 Stock No 174 Custom TD Fine thread needle valve assembly $475 Stock No 170 Piston/Rod reset tool $295 Stock No 510 Universal Custom Needle valve $475 fits Rossi Tigre 15 Piston/rod reset tool absolute must youre going run TD very much Complete instructions come handy device Charlie Johnson 3716 Ingraham St San Diego CA 92109 FF Sport/Scale/Warner continued page 49 Xerox copy 1% larger original plan can slice inside black lines no great penalty have sand em off before applying translucent tissue covering Retracting gear rubber jobs has long dream bored-with-it-all modelers Imagine being first kid block pull up wheels takeoff Joe Ott Spitfire Well Nick DeCarlis Gainesville FL has picked up Tomy Mini-Bath-tubbie motor idea kicked around among free fighters lot after FF Liar newsletter suggested its use HLG dethermalizers Nick uses spinning arm little balsa flag end slow down toy motor As unwinds pays out thread holds gear extended position Rubberband tension provides power pull gear up hold tailskid trigger start going via 1/16 sq pushrod Nick reports about 8second retract time should prove really great see test bed Keith Ryder racer gear retracting straight back sim plicity Bostonian West new class planes 16 max span 14 max length 6 max prop dia windows 3 max chord enclosing box 1 x 2 x 3 main characteristic 120 Model Aviation REPUBLIC SEABEE s PRODUCTS 1100 Michigan Box 161 Maryaville MI 48040 Wing Span 70 Complete Hardware Epoxy Glass Retractable Gear 40 Powered Factors BROWN CO-2 ENGINES ENGINES ARE IN STOCK NEW CHARGER AND 5 SIZES OF TANISS BROWN ENGINES COMPLETE CATALOG $100 TO FIND ACCESSORIES KITS AND PLANS FOR RUBBER POWERED MODELS PNONE 17141 469-867T Peek-Polymers W 2498-AM ESA CALIF 920411 event brainchild Walt Mooney San Diego Scale Staffel 14 gram minimum weight foils ultra-light crowd gives us normal builders chance event catching fast times already 90 second range Dick Baxters fuselage-on side design Navy/Marine Armory Los Angeles Bill Hannan Warren Shipp immediately whipped out semi-scale General Aristocrats proceeded wow crowd some magnificent flights San Carlos Gym BW Meet May Watch class big things especially planes can also fly Embryo Endurance event outdoors Thanks cards letters photos gang Bill Warner 423-C San Vicente Blvd Santa Monica CA 90402 Dornier/SrulI continued page 53 put minimum possible keei weight down First spray light blue undersurfaces next lighter green upper pattern last darker green upper pattem Refer photos model better still references called out plan splinter camouflage pattern used DO 335 Mask spray markings glue canopy As final touch major structural panel lines can drawn drafting pen Make up front rear props nose plugs Two 7-in Sleek Streek plastic props can used two rubber motors employed case notch spinners glue props after wire hooks have attached Make sure rear prop put backwards concave surface blades facing rear single rubber motor two props used rear propeller will have left-handed prop carved formed balsa Make blade size pitch about same right-hand front prop single prop motor used 7 8-in plastic prop will fine Flying Make sure model balances shown Ballast necessary get CG right Check warps out line surfaces vertical fin should have very slight about 1/16 left turn left wing panel should have about in ie leading edge tip should raised about ect warps misalign ment before test flying test purposes pus 16-in long loop loops er Before winding make sure about 2 degrees downthrust both props rear prop means shaft actually pointing top fuselage Next put about 150 turns motors Remember wind rear prop motor proper direction Launching little bit tricky because dam lower fin rear prop have found easiest reliable way launch Arrow grasp both spinnersthe front left hand rear right Release front prop first gently push model forward right hand few practice launches will get right Under low power model should descend long powered glide very slight left turn Adjust tail surfaces until get flight path change thrust setting CG point Now begin add about 100 150 turns after successful flight Once get beyond about 500 turns use thrust adjustments get smooth slow climb cruise left followed slow descent also left built adjusted described lam sure will pleased looks flying ability offbeat German fighter scaled up version about 24-in span could have spectacular flight performance would large enough carry additional scale details finish will first try ParaCraft H ux continued page 65 around underneath completely over thc top worlds first ParaCraft loopback wards settled somewhat unceremoniously about five feet trees clear thing needed elevator adjust pitch angle could level pod pull against headwinds clear skill throttle like helicopter pilot evening attached old elevator side rudder re-rigged chute better angle offlight next weekend took Beast flying site show skeptics would really fly After getting through usual What wings Does really fly set Out show guess refresh memory ease model flight because overpowered takeoff did first ParaCraft figure 9 over top chute straight gave camera Leonard Smith asked him record event got figure 9 beautifully Im surc skeptics feeling kind hearted help did wanted watch fool run up down field trying prod unseemly rack wood towing banner air holding pieces together eternal 5 minutes waiting epoxy set appreciated next takeoff careful made myself aware throttle handled care asked what squatting leaning runningduring takeoff Did body English really help explain attempt keep eye delicately poised fuselage could easily blocked view chute next six flights made believers Touch-and-go figure eights hovering climbing altitude proved craft controllable spite its very slow flight unseemly steep angle plenty improvement made prototype veteran problem proved amusing accumula tion grass stones inside chute pockets curtailed some flights until shaken out called Dr Nicolaides tell success achieved after seeing article say admired someone would actually sit ParaCraft during prototype test crack-ups during test would have broken record broken bones Wonder theres record broken props congratulated succeeding photo go asked see some photos craft Since second ParaCraft less attractive decided construct third model would detract beauty chute third version designed break away unit could survive training further test trim strange angle flight something less precarious hope achieve level performance will allow used air shows Its definitely unusual watch show team said wanted Praying Mantis kept away 12 models might eat them1 Wings & Wheels Museum continued page 68 automobile displays parallel aircraft devel opments include such classic pieces World War ambulance 1930 Duesenberg 1934 Packard valued excess $250000 aircraft displays feature first transports used major airlines sister ship Amelia Earharts Lockheed Electra also display along German Heinkel I-I bomber Battle Britain last flying Boeing 247-D worlds first modern airliner Guests also have opportunity experience some sensations flight Fly Theatre special effects motion picture shown giant screen surrounding stereo sound visually transports audience out theatre pilots seat balloons biplanes jets spacecraft film produced Wings Wheels Conoco Inc Sentry Post Theatre shows variety historic films aircraft automobile development attrac tion also houses gallery aviation art large restoration complex research facilities offices Civil Air Patrol Experimental Aircraft Association Wings Wheels located Florida Road South west runway Orlando Interna tional Airport admission $550 adults $275 children 6-12 children under six years age admitted free admission price tax-deductible contribution used operating expenses new exhibits Wings Wheels open daily Visitors should allow least two hours Wings Wheels adventure FF Champs/Haught continued page 21 air some keen competition particularly B Pylon Zippers Alerts Rangers battled out sort Out top five 13 entered No maxed out times good considering 5-minute maxes 25-second run ROG Old-Timer Class events seemed have lowest entry partially due scarcity original engines size Converted glow engines available doesnt seem boost interest class Perhaps some engine builders should take note produce 1 22 Model Aviation DYNATHRUsr PROPS INC GET MORE THRUST FOR YOUR BIGGIE WITH EFFICIENT DURABLE GLASS FILLED PROPS FROM D YNA THRUST Designed conjunction Dave Plan Direct sales prices NOW include shipping 18-618-8 $800 20-820-10 $1000 15-6 $500 16 inchers coming soon 2541 NE 11th Cs Pompano Beach FL 33062 Phone3059419119 DYNATHRUST PROPS INC
Edition: Model Aviation - 1980/09
Page Numbers: 48, 49, 120, 122
SCALE SPORT Bill Warner CLOSE eyes imagine 38 wingspan rubber-powered biplane against cumuluscluttered blue sky huge 16 freewheeler up front flashing sun climbing circle until ship high couldnt see binoculars Sound like dream Well pinch myself time two make sure awake during great 24 minute OOS flight Bill MeConachies Douglas 0-38 Taft over morial Day US FF Champs Weighing hefty 13 ounces 70-gram rubber motor included Douglas run-of-themill floater biplanes have never noted potential fly out sight Bill didnt bother put name phone number Thirty years wakefield experience however may have something did fine weather scale day following rain preceding night made some super lift know Bill feels having done like myself few years ago BE2E diesel model seven-minute overrun gone two years lying out wastes around Taft 0-38 built Aeromodeller plans detailed using info given Peter Westburg drawings talking Bill about model some two hours after its disappearance flying site rocked famous California carthquakes people dunt pay much mind Guess model musts landed used Bill best Glasgow accent Shucks Bill Ill bet ol HungGod Thermals hangin seeing its first hes Its great pleasure send months TWA award along Flying Scot Thermal Worthy jumbo biplane Ray Berens Jumbo Scale trophy taken home master modeler Hal Cover must have some fun stuffing its immensity Lotus Esprit Just prove just luck Hal also cleaned out top honors Rubber Power scale Berens Perpetual fell Hals superseale Volksplane magnificent un beatable Helio Stallion May 1980 MA domi nated Rubber V-L electric-powered Nesmith Cougar topped Power Scale indoor scene Taft welcome year raining felines canines outside First time Ive seen rain 20 years Mexican team hand bevy Fikes Laceys made going really tough Ron Wittman made two row color-doped condenser-paper covered Fokker E-lll Findecker really amazing sights Mike Mulligans Schoenfeldt Fire cracker racer doing dozens laps around 48 Model Aviation Bill McConachie Palo Alto CA atthe 1980 US FF Champs Douglaso-38 Jumbo Rubber ship lostona 24 mm OOSflight Planeweighsl3oz including7ogramsof rubbertoturnthe 1 Bin prop Photo Phyllis Warner Bill Hannans General Aristocrat entryforthe Bostonian West event everyone else making embryo-endurance-type planes Walt Mooney Bill pulls scale job out Hannan hat P1 inc weighs 14 02 Photo Bill Hannan 1 / Nick DeCarlis Gainesville FL put retracting gear Keith Ryder rubber-power racer look carefully center section wing will see winds motor winduptoy pulls gear information article Photo DeCarlis gym realistic could Fikes may stay up forever scale impression 75 mph headwind Vital Elorza lawyer Mexico City real life won outdoor Peanut stroke luck Fike brought three floated Out sight earlyon what everyone expected However judging after flying great leveler best fliers being lost thermal activity no expected itto winner As luck would have it found Vital took well-deserved first place Among notable ships Taft year Loren Williams outstanding Gordon Israel Racer ajumbo 226 sq spanning 36 superlight wing Ferrell Papics Astro 02 Bleriot 7 electric just back win Scale Staffel Annual put fine thermal performance always flew rails old Lee-Richards Annular flew well being inherently stable design lot adjust ment leeway As grows older th Nicads Astro 02 battery pack have begun exhibit delightful tendency go down different times four having different personality means power reduced full t 20 seconds half about 30 seconds t 45 seconds plane makes smooth powered landing about cell may seem like much years Ive put up gas engines giving burst power just quit leaving scale model nice stall attitude costing flight points real joy Ralph Cookes gas-powered Corsair no transition problems however made very realistic low-level strafing runs Nice see someone still knows start too Mik Mikkelsons Peanut Chamber maid work art 6 grams continually threatened lose itself outdoor flights bravest souls Carlo Godel took trophy home 1913 Nieuport Schneider Cup racer Guess knew going rain Participation FF scale events growing FF Champs after its tenth running ne can foresee will become biggies Bill Stroman Flightmasters congratulated great job has done keeping event going growing So ya tore down outhouse have no use old Sears catalogs anymore Well Walt Mooney reports new use versatile volume well old phone books cutting surfaces just slice out tissue letters indoor ribs whatever rip off hacked up sheets back square fine smooth surface Besides always fun read ads power mowers long underwear Homemade printwood Xerox mentioned last column well-covered article Ed Van Wagner June 1979 RCM want avail yourself method Ed Xerox employee 24 years suggests use Xerox 1860 copier best results Use drafting tape hold Xerox copy parts correct position use long strokes hot iron applying pressure imbed plastic black lines wood too hard thin soft sheets stickler neatness advised standard Continued page 120 CESS Perhaps need something bit out-ofthe ordinary scale competition Cessna 182 big stable airplane ideal scale trainer 40 engine Put 60 under cowl fly circles around competition semi-symmetrical airfoil makes 182 groove yet its docile kitten total scale realism add optional flaps Trike gear pleasant ground handling kit all-balsa lots hardware molded parts speedy construction clear plans special illustrated construction booklet make skit anyone can build Kit features Span 72 Area 702 Sq 5-7 lbs flying weight 4 channel Power 40 60 2657NE 88hS ee Main Fo da3380 Teephone935 436 September 1980 49 Jumbo Scale rubber Gordon Israel Red Head racer Loren Williams Flightmasters club Seen prior its being covered 36 span ship has 226 sq area took trophy its first time out 1980 Taft FF Champs Look delicate wing structure L Williams Earl Van Gorder Wappingers t Temco TT-1 old Berkeley kit designed Henry Struck fuselage lightened substituting tissue stringers 1/32 balsa planking Jetex Scorpion 600 gives powerEarl hopes will ROG Model covered yellow Modeispan weighs 5 oz Landing lights aluminum foil J Arnouts plc 181 ZONA SAWS famous line hobby saws Razor #200 $190 $165 #1*345 Replacement blades available dealer F Model Supply PO Box 3957 Toerance CA 90510 USA effectiveness fin increased because additional length its leading edge Entry exit removable door left-hand side windscreen could jettisoned flight both seat rudder pedals adjustable inverted v-i 2 overhead-valve engine special version aircooled supercharged 19-litre Renault 613 produced 900 hp 300 m 1000 ft Basically similar 450-hp Renault 12R-01 powered C714 fighter special engines compression ratio increased 640 725 its manifold pressure 323 496 inches mercury thus boosting nominal rpm 2500 3000 Propeller shaft forward crankcase extended some 10 cm 4 allow superior streamlining nose improved intake engine cooling duct Formed magnesium-alloy panels made up engine cowling Carburetor feed ducted bottom single intake cooling air carefully baffled ensure cooling cylinders discharged beneath fuselage through large louvre flank Steamlined exhausts chrome-molybdenum steel oil cooler almost half large again C712 made up two closespaced skins riveted together fitted underside rear fuselage magnesium fuel tank 206 litres 45 gallons capacity situ ated behind engine firewall 345 litre 76 gallons oil tank fitted behind pilots seat three-bladed Ratier propeller early form constant speed unit already fitted modified C7 12 Blade pitch could varied 300 45 0 controlled reversible electric motor connected throttle control centrifugal regulator altered blade angle opposition changes engine speed NEWIkE FliqilT LiNE Box Perfect competitor Small light yet big enough -12 volt battery power panel starter extra props plugs much Assembled Finished $995 Complete starter panel battery$7185 Also CL specialized accessories Send 254 info ThePO Box 4981 Pike Fiht Lancaster PA 17604 ivX phone 717 29P2136 Exhaustive wind tunnel tests carried out January 1939 Eiffel Laboratory using 1/10th scale models complete aircraft wing alone known performance C460 basis taking account relative propeller efficiencies propeller/aircraft interference cooling drag possible calculate considerable accuracy both level flight climb performance shown table below success denied C714R highly qualified group under Marcel Riffard created protracted delays due manpower shortages military production well great care lavished surface finish engine development help up completion until war Germany inevitable ideas record attempt abandoned C7 14R did fly reach Istres German forces approached Paris June 1940 hidden ample cellars Renault building Champs-Elysees survived occupation undetected Following liberation Paris 1944 C714R displayed aviation exhibition held Velodrome dHiver sports stadium falsely represented product re-emerging French aviation industry Its immaculate clear lacquer covered familiar greyish mid-blue Caudron Coupe Deutsch machines later repainted darker saturated shade resembling midnight blue Detroyats C460 C7 1 4R placed permanent display Musee de lAir Chalais-Meudon remained until recentfy being added present display le Bourget Its rudder still bravely bears blue white red tricolor France legend C7 14R / Avions Caudron Before being displayed Le Bourget during Paris Salon 1971 name RIFFARD added fitting belated tribute genius man drive initiative made name Caudron synonymous speed author gratefully acknowledges patient cooperation Monsieur Georges Otfinovsky well help Conservateur staff Musee de lAir preparing article scale drawing CL Combat/Johnson continued page 41 5% nitro fuel contest management supplied fuel little dye FAI has gained popularity local level using airplane set lines Also adopting least first round losers bracket FAI nice touch dont have time full double elimination system about least first round losers bracket Nats year remember last year against changed minds after first round Right SB Send orders Kustom Kraftsmanship PO Box 2699 Laguna Hills CA 92653 KK pays postage items sent within USA California residents pay additional 6% sales tax Mini mum order $500 Id send catalogs first send self-addressed envelope just cant wait heres some stuff youll need Stock No 102 New TD customized $3550 Stock No 104 New TD larger venturi $3595 Stock No 174 Custom TD Fine thread needle valve assembly $475 Stock No 170 Piston/Rod reset tool $295 Stock No 510 Universal Custom Needle valve $475 fits Rossi Tigre 15 Piston/rod reset tool absolute must youre going run TD very much Complete instructions come handy device Charlie Johnson 3716 Ingraham St San Diego CA 92109 FF Sport/Scale/Warner continued page 49 Xerox copy 1% larger original plan can slice inside black lines no great penalty have sand em off before applying translucent tissue covering Retracting gear rubber jobs has long dream bored-with-it-all modelers Imagine being first kid block pull up wheels takeoff Joe Ott Spitfire Well Nick DeCarlis Gainesville FL has picked up Tomy Mini-Bath-tubbie motor idea kicked around among free fighters lot after FF Liar newsletter suggested its use HLG dethermalizers Nick uses spinning arm little balsa flag end slow down toy motor As unwinds pays out thread holds gear extended position Rubberband tension provides power pull gear up hold tailskid trigger start going via 1/16 sq pushrod Nick reports about 8second retract time should prove really great see test bed Keith Ryder racer gear retracting straight back sim plicity Bostonian West new class planes 16 max span 14 max length 6 max prop dia windows 3 max chord enclosing box 1 x 2 x 3 main characteristic 120 Model Aviation REPUBLIC SEABEE s PRODUCTS 1100 Michigan Box 161 Maryaville MI 48040 Wing Span 70 Complete Hardware Epoxy Glass Retractable Gear 40 Powered Factors BROWN CO-2 ENGINES ENGINES ARE IN STOCK NEW CHARGER AND 5 SIZES OF TANISS BROWN ENGINES COMPLETE CATALOG $100 TO FIND ACCESSORIES KITS AND PLANS FOR RUBBER POWERED MODELS PNONE 17141 469-867T Peek-Polymers W 2498-AM ESA CALIF 920411 event brainchild Walt Mooney San Diego Scale Staffel 14 gram minimum weight foils ultra-light crowd gives us normal builders chance event catching fast times already 90 second range Dick Baxters fuselage-on side design Navy/Marine Armory Los Angeles Bill Hannan Warren Shipp immediately whipped out semi-scale General Aristocrats proceeded wow crowd some magnificent flights San Carlos Gym BW Meet May Watch class big things especially planes can also fly Embryo Endurance event outdoors Thanks cards letters photos gang Bill Warner 423-C San Vicente Blvd Santa Monica CA 90402 Dornier/SrulI continued page 53 put minimum possible keei weight down First spray light blue undersurfaces next lighter green upper pattern last darker green upper pattem Refer photos model better still references called out plan splinter camouflage pattern used DO 335 Mask spray markings glue canopy As final touch major structural panel lines can drawn drafting pen Make up front rear props nose plugs Two 7-in Sleek Streek plastic props can used two rubber motors employed case notch spinners glue props after wire hooks have attached Make sure rear prop put backwards concave surface blades facing rear single rubber motor two props used rear propeller will have left-handed prop carved formed balsa Make blade size pitch about same right-hand front prop single prop motor used 7 8-in plastic prop will fine Flying Make sure model balances shown Ballast necessary get CG right Check warps out line surfaces vertical fin should have very slight about 1/16 left turn left wing panel should have about in ie leading edge tip should raised about ect warps misalign ment before test flying test purposes pus 16-in long loop loops er Before winding make sure about 2 degrees downthrust both props rear prop means shaft actually pointing top fuselage Next put about 150 turns motors Remember wind rear prop motor proper direction Launching little bit tricky because dam lower fin rear prop have found easiest reliable way launch Arrow grasp both spinnersthe front left hand rear right Release front prop first gently push model forward right hand few practice launches will get right Under low power model should descend long powered glide very slight left turn Adjust tail surfaces until get flight path change thrust setting CG point Now begin add about 100 150 turns after successful flight Once get beyond about 500 turns use thrust adjustments get smooth slow climb cruise left followed slow descent also left built adjusted described lam sure will pleased looks flying ability offbeat German fighter scaled up version about 24-in span could have spectacular flight performance would large enough carry additional scale details finish will first try ParaCraft H ux continued page 65 around underneath completely over thc top worlds first ParaCraft loopback wards settled somewhat unceremoniously about five feet trees clear thing needed elevator adjust pitch angle could level pod pull against headwinds clear skill throttle like helicopter pilot evening attached old elevator side rudder re-rigged chute better angle offlight next weekend took Beast flying site show skeptics would really fly After getting through usual What wings Does really fly set Out show guess refresh memory ease model flight because overpowered takeoff did first ParaCraft figure 9 over top chute straight gave camera Leonard Smith asked him record event got figure 9 beautifully Im surc skeptics feeling kind hearted help did wanted watch fool run up down field trying prod unseemly rack wood towing banner air holding pieces together eternal 5 minutes waiting epoxy set appreciated next takeoff careful made myself aware throttle handled care asked what squatting leaning runningduring takeoff Did body English really help explain attempt keep eye delicately poised fuselage could easily blocked view chute next six flights made believers Touch-and-go figure eights hovering climbing altitude proved craft controllable spite its very slow flight unseemly steep angle plenty improvement made prototype veteran problem proved amusing accumula tion grass stones inside chute pockets curtailed some flights until shaken out called Dr Nicolaides tell success achieved after seeing article say admired someone would actually sit ParaCraft during prototype test crack-ups during test would have broken record broken bones Wonder theres record broken props congratulated succeeding photo go asked see some photos craft Since second ParaCraft less attractive decided construct third model would detract beauty chute third version designed break away unit could survive training further test trim strange angle flight something less precarious hope achieve level performance will allow used air shows Its definitely unusual watch show team said wanted Praying Mantis kept away 12 models might eat them1 Wings & Wheels Museum continued page 68 automobile displays parallel aircraft devel opments include such classic pieces World War ambulance 1930 Duesenberg 1934 Packard valued excess $250000 aircraft displays feature first transports used major airlines sister ship Amelia Earharts Lockheed Electra also display along German Heinkel I-I bomber Battle Britain last flying Boeing 247-D worlds first modern airliner Guests also have opportunity experience some sensations flight Fly Theatre special effects motion picture shown giant screen surrounding stereo sound visually transports audience out theatre pilots seat balloons biplanes jets spacecraft film produced Wings Wheels Conoco Inc Sentry Post Theatre shows variety historic films aircraft automobile development attrac tion also houses gallery aviation art large restoration complex research facilities offices Civil Air Patrol Experimental Aircraft Association Wings Wheels located Florida Road South west runway Orlando Interna tional Airport admission $550 adults $275 children 6-12 children under six years age admitted free admission price tax-deductible contribution used operating expenses new exhibits Wings Wheels open daily Visitors should allow least two hours Wings Wheels adventure FF Champs/Haught continued page 21 air some keen competition particularly B Pylon Zippers Alerts Rangers battled out sort Out top five 13 entered No maxed out times good considering 5-minute maxes 25-second run ROG Old-Timer Class events seemed have lowest entry partially due scarcity original engines size Converted glow engines available doesnt seem boost interest class Perhaps some engine builders should take note produce 1 22 Model Aviation DYNATHRUsr PROPS INC GET MORE THRUST FOR YOUR BIGGIE WITH EFFICIENT DURABLE GLASS FILLED PROPS FROM D YNA THRUST Designed conjunction Dave Plan Direct sales prices NOW include shipping 18-618-8 $800 20-820-10 $1000 15-6 $500 16 inchers coming soon 2541 NE 11th Cs Pompano Beach FL 33062 Phone3059419119 DYNATHRUST PROPS INC