Free Flight: Sport and Scale

FREE FLIGHT SPORT SCALE GETTING INTO Free Right Scale aint easy once Build-on plans articles ads great kits tons supplies use FF modelers once filled model magazines small town used have store stocked things like Japanese tissue rubber strip dime kits other things kids needed No Nowadays finding multipage build-on rubber-scale plan major magazine would like finding Sarah Vaughn track Snoop Doggy-Dog compact disc So does newcomer break exciting challenging rewarding discipline way become acquainted wealth resources available have tried bring together best what available concerning branch should say root hobby Cottage Wings Resource Guide project have working past few years Ive tried help make people aware rich varied world Free Flight Scale Its list essential sources FF Scale modeler suppliers plan sources clubs newsletters information documentation et cetera Most big-bucks operations never hear much about current model press 200 listings present updates made almost daily non-profit undertaking sole purpose steering modelers road modeling satisfaction have fans list write corrections have never anyone say wasnt worth its weight four-pound C-grain balsa Send dollar bill cover printing cost legal-size self-addressed stamped envelope SASE postage two ounces 55 cents Bill Warner 1370 Monache Ave Porterville CA 93257 Start Newsletter Club newsletters put out experienced FF Scalers FF Scalers priceless lifeblood FF Scale experience ones listed Cottage Wings guide have chosen few representative ones should become familiar Flying Aces Club newsletter 3301 Cindy Lane Erie PA 16506 bimonthly newsletter has also put out plan packs great Rubber Scale models some greatest modelers hobby drawn 1200-plus membership mostly retirement-age enthusiasts Annual membership $15 Max-Fax journal DC Maxecutors Frank Rowsome 10904 Bellehaven Road Damascus MD 20872 countrys top clubs DC Maxecuters have class newsletter separate build-on Scale plan issue bimonthly newsletter $15 per year Flightmasters newsletter Byron Calomins 3406 Fela Ave Long Beach CA 90808 Flightmasters celebrating its fiftieth birthday has all-Scale since Tom Arnold puts Wright Brothers building bicycles Always three-views plans things use FF Scalers Bimonthly $15 per year Hangar Pilot Dr John B Martin 2180 Tigertail Miami FL 33133 Doc Martin puts out long-running Ben Hailman Macungie PA launches Cynthia Bonorris examines authors 402 flight Dallas Cornelius Pacific Nesmith Cougar Peanut model Ace Tom Hailman photo later lost 16-minute-plus flight June1996 135 Doesnt Bob Schlosbergs C02-powered Sorrell Hiperbipe make want start building FF Scale model tonight Gordon Roberts Cleveland Free Flight Society readies dime kit Fokker DVII flight newsletter lots character Indoor modelers MIAMA club international leader Indoor scene Subscriptions $1250 per year get kits materials Aerodyne 1924 Edinger Santa Ana CA 92705 Tel 714 258-0805 Al Heinrich carries good colored nitrate covers white also has other colors plus butyrate dopes Diesel glow fuel silk electrics CO2s lots old-time rubber gas kits books plans Send $2 large SASE catalog Al recently bought out Old Timer Model Supply formerly owned late great Ken Sykora Sams Chapel Sandon Herts 5G9 OQJ England George Wallbridges incredible mailorder house England 58-page catalog lots pictures drawings inspiration free except need send US five-dollar bill no checks stamps cover postage has over 1600 goodies stock including about everything thats available US plus plenty stuff thats Pay orders Visa MasterCard work internationally Peck-Polymers Box 710399 Santee CA 92072 Tel 619448-1818 Fax 619448-1833 Model-for-model Peck has history winners other manufacturer know Sandys line really great kits supplies engines motors small RC equipment books plans second-tonone beginning modeler carries full line CO2 electric stuff too including Gasparmn Czech Brown CO2 engines extensive fascinating catalog $4 Hobby Supply South 5060 Glade Road Acworth GA 30101 Tel 404 974-0843 Denny Atkins Ray Abadie stock lots useful stuff like Trexler wheels Japanese silk Peck products Golden Age Veron KeilKraft Mercury kits dopes tissues Jet-X super catalog lots pictures drawings sells $4less cost produce catalog also Internet installments http/ ourworldcompuservecomlhomepageslhss Few Plans Sources inexpensive way explore aircraft interested build plans rather kits Most really nifty models arent available kit form though may have once few Cottage sources include AA Lidberg Model Plan Service 1008 E Baseline Road Suite 1074 Tempe AZ 85283 Tel 602 730-9180 Al Lidberg has large range fine plans range small Profile Scale models advanced built-up rubber-powered Scale airplanes knock-off wings detailed instructions well laid out print Send $150 16 pages listings Allen Hunt Plan Service Box 726 Dunbar WV 25064-0726 Allen has 2000 plans catalog illustrated line drawings can see what look like old-time model plans have redone rib former outlines both wingsa nice feature considering originally done Some have three-view Scale drawings catalog $4 refundable order Bag Peanuts Doug Mooney Box 231192 San Diego CA 92194 Packs plans Peanut Scale 13-inch maximum span models legendary Walt Mooney six different sets bags plans Sets 1-5 have approximately 13 plans $6 postage paid per set Thats almost 50 cents Set 6 has 36 plans reduced 8inch span Pistachio Scale John Pond Plans Service Box 90310 San Jose CA 95 109-3310 John Pond has what probably largest selection plans world has four different catalogs Gas-Powered Free Right Rubber Towline Scale Models A-K Scale Models L-Z catalogs $2 Special Resources Hannans Runway Box 210 Magalia CA 95954 Bill few suppliers fan club noted columnist Model Builder magazine respected designer author number books aero history small-scale rubber models charming wife Joan pronounced Joanne 136 Model Aviation cale suppliers like Al Lidberg have excellent products cant afford expensive advertising See text details Don Munns jumbo Comet Taylorcraft fitted CO2 engine Longquiet slow picturesque flights slab-sided Lacey M-1O may plain Jane its great introduction Free Flight Scale modeling carry line books including own interest FF Scalers also carry three-views model accessories whimsy lots Ask about beginning-modeler book section catalog $1 $2 foreign brochure send self-addressed stamped envelope SASE T Hobby Lobby 3512W Victory Blvd Burbank CA 91505 Tel 818 842-5062 Tony Addle Naccarato run finest family-run hobby shops world institution experts phases hobby Indoor microfilm models RC Giants stock stuff youll find nowhere else Theyre center Blacksheep Exhibition Squadron running Junior programs helping new modelers way can bobby shops know have tour busses stop Aircraft Data Win McCombs Box 763576 Dallas TX 75224 Bill McCombs recently updated book Making Scale Models Fly something FF Scaler should have library extensive intensive should answer questions beginners branch hobby might have Bills book $1495 postage paid Anyone can build FF Scale model getting fly something else Some recommended kits getting started Rank Beginner L-TEC Hawk Falcon Eagle ready-to-fly plastic foam sport models Theyre well-engineered guaranteed fliers people have never able get Free Right model fly Theyre available T Hobby Lobby Novice Two stick-fuselage models will help learn basic FF building adjusting techniques Peck-Polymers Peck ROG Sky Bunny Intermediate Built-up fuselage non-scale models such Peck-Polymers Prairie Bird flying Aces Moth Transition-to-Scale models highwing Lacey M-l0 Nesmith Cougar low-wing Miles M-l0 MacDonald Madcap Andreason BA-4 biplane Peck-Polymers hope will tempted join wonderful world Free Flight Scale modelers first time have small WACO cabin rubber model make minute low-ceiling gym watch Marcoux-Bromberg circle lazily upward thermal youll convinced ne plus ultra modeldom ery needs call write B&P Associates PO Box 22054 Waco TX 76702-2054 817662-5587 FREEDOM new electric starter battery pack cuts cord has always tied starter power panel Discover freedom being able start plane wherever added safety less wire get caught prop charge hefty 4 Amp/hour pack will take through weekend flying power enough spare dont stop have Ni-Cads virtually size imaginable cut experimenter free design whatever takes make yours best setup field NEED SCALE DOCUMENTATION Antiques Militar Civilian Helicopters Sailpianes hove Ihe wL1 largest oiraizft dowmentu lion wileclion 5800 different Full color photo studies 1905-1996 33000 3-view line drawings New 1996 Catalog/Guide 188 pages Only $8A000 Bob Banka s Scale Model Research 3114 Yukon Avenue a Mesa GA 92626 79-8058 Look i th ii,,t aI ht,l June 1996 137 B&P Associates Gives Total Flight Line D mI2164771445 hi Service & Repairs Most Radio Control Systems Utilizing Calibrated Test Equipment & Spectrum Analyzers Endorsed AMA RCMA Sticker Station #105 Futaba Airtronics JR Ace HiTec Tower Cirrus World Engines & WE USE GENUINE FACTORY 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